Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-23

trip of freight and people.
The Bee and barges passed down
for New Orleans.
The Grand Lake passed up yes
terday afternoon for st. Louis with
a tow of barges.
The Charles Morgan left New Or
leans last evening for Cincinnati,
and will pass here on Sunday.
The Golden Rule left Cincinnati
last evening for New Orleans.
The Colorado for st. Louis and
Florence Meyer for Arkansas river
left Vicksburg yesterday.
The Thompson Dean for New
Orleans passed Vicksburg yoster-
day.
The Robert Mitchell for New
Orleans and james D. Parker fol
Memphis passed Louisville yeSter-
day.
The Capitol City left st. Louis
yesterday for V~icksburg.
Hopefeld bar is showing itself
again.
The Schenck and Belle of Shreve-
port are due from New Orleans to-
morrow night.
The Andy Baum leaves Cincin-
natl tomorrow evening for Mem
'phis.
The Fannie Moore is still in Ar
kansas river, above Little Rock,
awaiting sufficient water to enable
her to load for New Orleans.
The City of Augusta goes up
Arkansas river in search of a load
of cotton and other freight for New
Orleans.
The Commonwealth, which has
been aground at Bulletin towhead
for the past two days, had not put
in on appearance up to the closing
of our report.
The Capitol City, Capt. O'NeaI,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving
Sunday morning for Yicksburg.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Crane,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving
tomorrow evening for Cairo
and St. Louis, doing all way bust
ness and making direct connection
with the principal railroads for all
points East and West.
The towboats Mercer and Coal
City, with tows of coal, are due
down this morning.
The James Howard took into
New 0eleans this trip 673O sacks
of corn, 2344 sacks of oats, 1916
bales Of cotton, 740 sacks of seed
and a lot of oil meal, oil cake and
sundries.
The towboat Iron Mountain
came in last evening from Pittsburg
with barges loaded with railroad
iron and'Pittsburg wares. She put
of here near 1000 tons, including
glassware, agricultural implements
and railroad iron.
The 0Sceola Belle, Captain An
drews, leaves positively this evening
at five o'clock for Ashport and all
way landings on the upper coast.
Captain 0. K. Joplin has charge Of
the Office, which lisa sure guarantee
a pleasant trip on the Belle.
The City Of Helena passed down
this morning for Vicksburg well
laden. She put off here over 1000
packages Of freight and added so
tons of bends freight.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat
Tremmel, is the regular packet,
leaving this evening for Scanlan's
landing and the bends. Phil Har-
mon is her purser.
The new and elegant steamer
Golden City, Captain Hegler in
command, leaves this evening at 5
o'clock for New Orleans, making
all principal way landings. She
has unsurpassed passenger accom-
modations. Captain Sterling Nc
Intyre presides at the desk.
The A. J. White, Captain Nat
Green, came in last night from
the lower coast with SO bales and
2 bags Of cotton and II sacks of
seed and sundries, and had a good
list Of people. She returns at sharp
five this evening to Friar's Point,
giving special attention to all plan
tation business. Charley Smither,
John Burke and Marlin Jones, a
trio Of clever gentlemen, arc her
clerks.