Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-17

and Charles Morgan for New Or
leans left Cincinnati last evening,
The Garrett and barges are due
up.
The E. 0. Stanard is due down
tomorrow for New Orleans.
The A. @. Donnally is due up
Saturday, bound for the Ohio river.
The O. B. Church leaves New
Orleans to-day for the Ohio river.
The Fannie Tatum broke her
shaft at Sioux City.
The Charley Bowen gets away
to-day for the Ohio river with her
empty salt bargeS.
The Centennial leaves St. Louis
Saturday for New Orleans.
No departures at New Orleans
yesterday.
The new mountain steamers
Rosebud and Big Horn, leave Pitts
burg next week for the Yellow
stone.
Potomac Shad are being caught
on the falls at Louisville.
Captain A, T. Gilmore will COM
mand the new steamer Matte
Hayes.
The Mary Houston leaves Gin
cinnati to-day for New Orleans,
and the Golden Rule and Robert
Mitchell are advertised to leave for
the same destination Saturday next.
Mr.. John L. Thornburg, a for
mer steamboat pilot, died at his
residence on Monday near Pitts
burg, of heart disease-aged fifty
three years,
Hiram Seigler, who fell overheard
from the Tarascon in the canal Sun
day, and was pulled Out and taken
to the Marine Hospital at Louis
vile, died a few hours afterwards.
He was a deck passenger from
Crawford county, Ind
The Carl Schurz has gone to
Haile'S Point after a tow of stave
barges which she will take to New
Orleans. During her absence Capt.
Phil Harmon will have a packet to
run in her place between here and
Scanlan's.
Captain R W. L~ightburne, agent
of the Memphis and Cincinnati
Packet Line, received a telegram
this morning from Captain Bob
Wise, dated at Cairo, stating that
the Gaff would arrive here Friday
morning at s o'clock.
The Belle of Texas, Captain Ed
Rowland, will arrive tomorrow
morning from Arkansas river and
leave on Saturday with a return
trip to Little Rock, going through
with dispatch.
The Shannon, from Fort Smith,
en- route to Cincinnati with about
5000 sacks of wheat and other
freight, passed up last nj ght.
The Yint Shinkle cleared for
Cincinnati with $50 bbls. oil, S74
bales cotton and sundries, and had
a fair list of people. The big trip
was due to the energy and work of
her agent, Capt. R. W. Lightburne.
Captain Moses, of the New Or
leans board of underwriters, and
Major John D. Adams, reached this
city last evening from New Orleans.
The rapid decline of the river
has been ruinous to lumber men as
they + unable to raft out their
logs at the present stage of water.
The A. j. White, Captain George
Molone, came in last night with a
good list of people, 10 bales of
cotton and a lot of seed and sun
dries. She returns this evening at
five o'clock to Arkansas City, carry
ing the mail and giving special
attention to all way business. Capt.
Cook Creighton, a worthy and eff
Gent officer, presides at the desk.
The steamer Benton left Fort
Benton on the 18th inst. with a
good passenger trip, and will leave
Bismarck by Saturday night again
for Benton. She was the first boat
to Benton, arriving there on the
9TH, which is said to be the earliest
arrival on record by six days. 1t is
that the Ida Rees arrived at
Benton some years ago on May
18th.
Louisville has reduced her wharf