Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24

will be finished by the last Of the week
aud will be open to navigation the first
OF October. adI ds saa
The Molie Moore for New Orleans
and the John B. Maude for vicksburg
left St. Louis Saturday evening.
The new steamer James Guthrie will
be launched from the ways at Towards
shipyard the latter end Of next week.
The upper Ohio river packet Salt Val
ley sunk eight miles below Portsmouth
last Friday and lies in a bad shape.
The steamer Yazoo leaves Louisville
on Thursday for New Orleans.
Work on Captain John ". Tobin's
new steamer has been commenced by
the Towards at Jacksonville. She will
be swift aud fine.
The A. j. White, Captain George Me-
lone, will start out in the Friar's Point
trade Saturday next.
The George W. Cheek will have her
repairs completed this week aud enters
the Helena trade Monday next.
Captain Lee Cummins has retired from
the Illinois and takes charge Of the office
Of the George W. Cheek.
The James Howard for St. Louis
passed Vicksburg Saturday night and is
due up tomorrow.
The Colorado passed up yesterday
morning for St. Louis. She put off here
five bales of cotton and a lot of sundries.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain Bob
Riley, will arrive tonight from Vicks-
burg, and leave the elevator tomorrow
evening for Cairo and St. Louis.
The Susie Silver win pass down to-day
fer New Orleans.
Captain R. P. Glenn, of the big red
wharfboat, returned from GAINESVILLE this
morning and is again at his post.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal,
will arrive tomorrow from White river
with a good trip, and willreturn Wednes.
day next.
Captain James P. English, representa-
tive Of the New Orleans cotton seed as.
ISOLATION, will make his headquarters
here this season.
The John A. Scudder will have her
guards cut down at St, Louis and be
converted into a cotton carrier, and enter
the Memphis ard New Orleans trade,
leaving 81. Louis the 10th of next
month.
The Belle of Shreveport leaves st.
Louis on Wednesday for New Orleans
The new steamer Sam Roberts will
leave Middleport, Ohio, for New Orleans
on the fret rise.
The Katie Hooper had q goud trip out
Saturday evening. Mr.. Graves, of the
firm of Bohlen, Huse & Co aud family,
aud Superintendent Hardin an d several
OF their friends we're among her passen-
gers. They make the round trip.
The boat ace yesterday was a fnan-
cial success. The Katie Podesta won
the race easily, and thereby South Mem
phis was made happy.
The Carl schurz, Captain Mat Trem
mel, finished her repairs this morning
aud will leave this evening for Scanlan''
Landing, doing all way business. Capt
Phil Harmon holds forth in the Office.
The osceela Belle, CO plain ]. G. An.
dreWs, cam in this morning from tbs
upper coast with an excellent trip Ant
returns this evening to .Ashport, carrying
the mail and attending to all way bust
ness. B o. Michel is her clever purser
Captain j. 7. Washington, Of tie R
E. Lee wharfboatA will retain his Office
No. 300 Front str eet, for The convenience
OF shippers and those having business
with the various steamers he represents
where he can be found at all hours.
The Capitol City passed down yestel
day morning for Vicksburg we'll laden
She discharged here so bbls aud Al hal
bSls -four, 6 bxs eggs s,ld 10 pkgs sur
dries, and added so tons miscellaneou
freight.
The John B. Msude. Captain William
Blake, will be the Anchor Line packt
leaving the elevator tom errow mOrninI
for Vicksburg and the bends, carryin
the nail and attending to all way bus
ness. Mr.. Gobell presides at the desl
The Hattie Nowland. Captain Jane
d, ReeS, will arrive to-day from Arksl
sas river aud leave to. morrow evenin
with a return trip for Little Rock an
all points on Arkansas river. W. ]
Butler presides in the Office.
The Cons Millar, Captain Villa
Tichenor, is receiving for Cinciuna
and all points on the Ohio river az
leaves on Wednesday. She will 5
through without detention. Captai
james Wilson is her clever and aecon
modsiing clerk.
The Mark Twain, Captain Randa
leaves tomorrow evening for St. Franc
river and all points through to Wi1tsbur
connecting at the cutoff with the lig
drAught steamer Anna for upper
Francis river. She carries the mail a
attends e all way business.
Captain William Thorweigan, of d
burned steamer Grand Republic, h
purchased an iron hull 225 feet long,