Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-06

frlars folnt. captain james h0@
land, Hal Aydlett and Thomas
Hughes are her clerks.
The Belle of Texas, Captain Geo.
Malone, is the regular packet, leav-
ing this evening for New Madrid
and the bends. Messrs. Holmes
and Plat Rhodes, two clever gentle
men, have charge of the Office.
The Batesville, Captain Phil Har-
mon, is the regular packet for Scan
lan's landing, carrying the mail and
doing all way business. Lee Wool
ard assists Captain Harmon in the
office duties.
Mr.. N. M. Jones, the great coal
king and smasher Of the big New
Orleans monopoly, returned home
yesterday from st. Louis, and was
around yesterday afternoon hand
shaking with his numerous friends.
The j. W. Gaff, Capt. Bob Wise,
will come in this evening from the
Ohio, and returns to Cincinnati to-
morrow evening. Freight will be
received for her to-day and to-mor-
row at the foot of Monroe street.
Col. j. D. Moore, a prince of good
fellows, has charge of the office.
The Phil Allin, Captain Garrett
Huls, leaves this evening for Vicks-
burg and the bends, giving strict
attention to all way business and
making direct connection with the
Pine Bluff railroad at Arkopolis
and at Vicksburg with the Lee Line
for Yazoo river and the New Or
leans packets. Captain Tee Cum
minis, an affable gentleman, controls
the Office, and is assisted by Marlin
Jones and Billy Willis.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry,
passed Deyall's Bluff on Sunday for
Memphis with 600 bales of cotton,
and will have out of the river all
she can stow. She is due to-mor-
row morning and will return in the
evening to White river. Freight
will be received for her at the Lee
wharfboat. Captain W. @. Harry
will give all information as regards
her movements.
General Dumont, supervising
inspector general of steamboats,,
has completed his report upon the
steamboat inspection service. He
recommends that the statutes be
so amended as to fix the inspection
fees at $40 upon all vessels Of so
tons or under, instead of $25 for
all vessels of 100 tons or under, and
the ordinary rate per ton in excess.
He also recommends a reduction of
fees for license Of frst-grade engi-
neers and pilots from $40 to 81,
and second class pilots, engineers
and mates from So to SO. The $40
license fee for masters remains un-
changed. Of the ~irst-class engi-
neers and pilots there are 5434, and
of the second 1891, and of masters
1923.
The labor question on the levee
and on steamboats, is giving serious
trouble to steamboatmen, as is al
ways the case at this season of the
year. AS soon as the active season
opens out and cotton commences
moving the negro roustabouts COM
mence their vicious eapers by strik-
ing for higher wages, and even then,
when it is granted them, they are
not reliable, but, taking a sudden
notion, will jump for more, and
leave boats without crews just at
the moment they are all ready to
back out. 1t is all well enough for
labor to have its price, and a living
one at that, but there is a reason
able limit to all these things, and
more especially when steamers are
carrying freight at anything but
living prices. Some check should
be placed on the jumping move
ments for exorbitant wages by our
deck crews, and the only possible
remedy now presented is for our
mates and levee contractors to give
white labor the preference as long
as it can be obtained, and by that
means perhaps our steamboat own.
ers and officers can be relieved of
the labor trouble.
The palatial passenger steamer
Thompson Dean, the pride of the
Mississippi, leaves this evening at
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