Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-09
The Golden Rule arrived at Gin.

The Chas. Morgan for New Or
leans aud Andy Baum for Memphis
leave Cincinnati to-day.
The Mary Houston leaves New
Orleans this evening for Cincinnati,
A coal-boat rise at Pittsburg.
J The Capitol City will be repaired
at st. Louis and have a new pair
of smoke stacks.
The wharfage tax at Louisville
has been reduced to one.haH thefor-
mer rates. Memphis should follow
the example.
! The new boat Gunby Jordan, for
the Appalachicola river, will be due
here Monday.
Considerable grain in bulk is be-
ing shipped from st. Louis to New
Orleans.
The U. P. Sohenck viii be down
Monday morning for New Orleans.
Captain Ed Nowland's' New Ar
kansaw river packet, building at
Pittsburg, will be launched to-day,
and be completed by the latter part
+0f July,
The Coahoma put in a new cyl
inder yesterday, and got away after
dark with a fair trip of freight
and people.
Mr.. James Thomas, bill clerk of
the Coahoma, left last night by
rail for Evansville on a visit to his
parents.
1t kept the tugs and laborers
busy yesterday at the coal feet to
keep the barges pumped out of rain
water.
Mr.. John Mossop, clerk of the
R. E. Lee, returned yesterday from
the Hot Springs, and left last even
ing by rail for New Orleans.
The Port EadS passed down to-
day for New Orleans with three
barges in tow.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat
Tremmel, is the regular packet
leaving this evening for Scanlan's
Landing, attending to all way bust
ness. Phil Harmon is her gentle
manly purser.
The Phil Allin left Vicksburg
on time yesterday for Memphis.
She will arrive here tomorrow
evening and return to Vicksburg
on Tuesday.
Captain r. S. Yerkes and j. NJ.
Bloden purchased the little steamer
Granger at Little Rock yesterday.
Captain Yerkes will run her in the
upper Arkansas river trade.
The Grand Republic, Captain
VIM. Thorweigan, leaves st. Louis
to-day for New Orleans, and will be
here Tuesday morning. Captain
R. P. Glenn is making engagements
for her.
The City of Vicksburg cleared
for st. Louis last evening with 3O2
bales of Eastern cotton, 500 bbls.
new potatoes and sundries, and also
had a fair list of people.
The Anchor Line packet st.
Genevieve, Captain Sam McPhee-
tiers, leaves the elevator tomorrow
evening at 5 o'clock for Cairo and
st. Louis, doing all bends business
and connecting with the principal
railroads for all points East and
West and the Northern Line packets
fer st. Paul.
The Mark Twain, Captain Ran
dali, will arrive to-day from St.
Francis river with a good trip of
cotton and other freights and re-
turns to Wittsburg on Tuesday
next, carrying the mail and con
Meeting with a light : draught
steamer for the Sunk Lands.
The fa~st-running steamer A. G.
Donnally, Captain Henry Hart, will
leave Gleun's wharf boat at noon TO-
morrow for Cincinnati, making fast
time and connecting with all the
principal railroads for points East
and West. MI. Donnally, a genial
and accommodating gentleman, has
charge of the desk.
Our steamboat friends would
confer a great favor upon the dis
tre8sed family Of the late Mr..
Horace f. Smith for any informa-
ton they can gain Of his body,
which is supposed to be floating
between here aud Helena. A re-