Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

last evening for Cincinnati with an
excellent trip.
The City Of Vicksburg has been
withdrawn from the Vicksburg
trade, and the Belle Memphis takes
her place.
The Louisville and Evansville
Mail Packet Company have con-
tracted at Jacksonville for a new
sternwheel steamer 22O feet long,
with So feet beam and Al feet hold.
The Grand Republic, on her
grand excursion trip to the %ietties,
will leave Glenn's wharfboat Satur-
day next at IL m.
The Belle of Texas will arrive to-
morrow morning from Arkansas
river and leave on Saturday with
a return trip for Little Rock.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry,
is the regular Saturday White river
mail packet. She will arrive in port
tomorrow evening.
The A. G. Donnally passed down
this morning for New Orleans. She
put. off here several packages Of
freight.
The City of Helena, Captain Nc
Kee, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving tomorrow eyeningfor Cairo
and st. Louis, making direct con-
nection with all railroads for points
East and West.
The Capitol City, Capt. John G.
Crane, leaves the elevator to.mor
row morning at 10 o'clock for
Vicksburg and the bends, carrying
the mail and doing all way business.
The Andy Baum, Capt. Vinton,
goes to Cincinnati Saturday even.
ing. Captain Deems has control of
the office.
The A. j. White, Captain Geo.
Malone, brought in from the lower
coast a fair list Of cotton and other
freight and was full Of people. She
returns this evening at five o'clock
to Arkansas City, carrying the mail
and doing all way business. Capt.
Cook Creighton controls the Office,
and is ably assisted by Billy Smlther
and Mr.. Darragh.
The city of Keokuk has just
now a suit in the United States
Supreme Court which may prove of
considerable benefit to other cities.
The decision of the highest tribu-
nal in the land settles the right Of
the city to the use of the levee for
all public purposes, and also places
the title in fee of all accretions be-
low high-water mark in the city,
declaring the AUDITING lot owners
from titles in the made ground or
that which may be made hereafter
by the city for public purposes.
A telegram to the Cincinnati Ga
zette from Washington says that the
representatives of the steamboat in
terests from the principal Eastern
and Western cities are sending re-
quests to Secretary Sherman for the
reappointment Of Captain Burnett
as supervising inspector general.
The grounds of the requests are
stated to be his honesty, ability,
knowledge of steamboat law, and
the capacity to administer it. 1t is
now known that his removal was
brought about by politicians, work
ing in collision with men hostile to
the Western steamboat interest, and
that the charges and complaints
brought against him were alike un-
founded. The reappointment of
Capt. Frank Burnett to his old po-
sition would be hailed with Joy by
all friends of the great navigable
interest.
Pittsburg advices of Tuesday
The Ike Hammitt is loading with
cotton ties. The Ironsides is an
nounced to depart for st. Louis
Thursday. Speer, the hull builder
at Belle Vernon, is building the
hulls for two new Arkansas river
packets; also the hull of Commo-
dore Kountz's big stern-wheeler.
The two new upper Missouri
steamers, Rosebud and Big Horn,
are announced to leave here on
the 10Th.
Captain Woodburn, of the Fan,
ME Moore, writes thusly to a Gin
cinnati exchange
SARAssA, ARK, May LII sec
the insurance companies have raised
the rate Of insurance, on account
Of the many accidents that have
occurred on the Arkansas. / car