Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-26

seed and sundries. She is the reg
ular packet leaving tomorrow
evening for Friar's Point and the
bends. Captain James Roland pre-
sides at the desk.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Jas.
Yore, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving the elevator this evening at
5 o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis,
attending to all bend business, Mr..
0. Hewitt does the honors of the
office.
The Coahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee, came in from Friar's Point
with 6l2 bales and II bags cotton,
1886 sacks seed, and sundries, and
returns to Frial's Point this even
ing, carrying the mail and doing
all way business. Mr.. Ed Thomas
is her chief clerk.
The Illinois, Captain Nat Green,
iSthe regularpacket leaving for Ark
opolis this evening at 5 o'clock, at
tending to all way business. John
Gwathmey, Joe Boyd and Neil
Booker, a trio of clever gentlemen,
have charge of the Office.
The John A.. Scudder, Captain
Hicks, will arrive this evening from
New Orleans and leave on Wednes-
day next with a return trip, max
ing all principal way landings.
The Phil Allin, Captain Garrett
Huls, will arrive to-day from Vicks-
burg with a good trip of cotton and
other freight and return tomorrow
evening to Vicksburg. Captain
Lee Cummins, Marlin Jones and
Billy Willis, a trio of clever gentle
men, have charge of the Office.
The Mark Twain, Captain j. D.
Randle, will leave promptly to-
morrow evening for the st. Francis
and all points through to Wits
burg, carrying the mail and doing
all way business. D. B. Abrahams,
a clever gentleman, oficiates in the
Office.
The Hattie Rowland, Captain
James ReeS, arrived last night from
the Arkansas with 349 bales of
cotton, GAS sacks seed and sundries
and reShipped at the mouth 1888
bales of cotton. Total out of the
river 582 bales. She will return TO
the Arkansas this evening, going
through to Little Rock, carrying
the mail and doing all way business.
Billy Butler, a gentleman with
whom it is a pleasure to travel and
do business, controls the Office af-
fairs.
Captain William Thorweigan'S
new iron steamer, the G. P. Chou.
teau, came in yesterday morning
from St. Louis. During yesterday
and to-day she has been visited by
a large number of citizens, friends
and patrons of Capt. Thorweigan.
The Chouteau is a fine specimen of
architectural beauty and finish, and
as a passenger and freight vessel
her superior is not to be found on
the river, her great facilities far
exceeding the most sanguine ex-
pectations Of Captain Thorweigan's
numerous friends, who join us in
wishing the captain and his new
boat a prosperous career, a success
which he so richly deserves. The
new boat is not excelled as a safe
carrier; her cabin is fitted up with
great neatness and has all the mod
ern Improvements, having accom-
modations for thirty cabin passen-
gers. Her dimensions are as fol
lows: length, 222 feet; beam, SO
feet; depth Of hold, 81 feet. Hell
power consists of two engines, hav-
ing ~ inch cylinders, with s feet
stroke, and has four steel boilers.
Her wheel is one of the largest on
the river and the best constructed
ever put on a steamboat. She has
a carrying capacity of 1000 bales o
cotton. A very peculiar feature il
her construction is the fact of hel
having fifteen water-tight compart
ments in her hull, thereby materi
| ally reducing the chances of sinking
) in case Of the vessel striking an,
| submarine obstruction with fore,
sufficient to break through he
T hull. Should three or four of thesC
compartments be broken into, Their
y Would still he sunicient huovanc,