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

be here tomorrow night and return
on Thursday.
The Commonwealth reached New
Orleans yesterday.
The Shannon, for New Orleans,
passed Evansville yesterday.
Twenty barges Of coal for Gin
cinnati with PIG, 900 bushels, and
is barges with 10000 bushels fol
Louisville, left Pittsbu-g yesterday.
The Osceola Belle returned tc
the upper coast with an excellent
trip.
The Illinois cleared last evening
for Arkopolis with a good trip o.
freight and people.
The Belle Memphis returned tC
st. Louis last evening with a fail
list of Eastern cotton and other
freight.
Captain Dugan is wrecking the
Glencoe. She could not be raised
The Susie Silver leaves st. Louis
tomorrow for Memphis.
The City of Alton will be due
here tomorrow for New Orleans.
The Grand Tower leaves st.
Louis to-day for Vicksburg.
The Belle Of Shreveport is on the
ways at st. Louis.
Michael Roach, a steamboat en-
gineer, died in the hospital at Cairo
on Saturday last. The last boat he
worked on was the H. S. McComb.
New Orleans has two months
supply of coal on hand.
The Tolle is due down for New
Orleans.
The A. G. Donnally for New Or
leans, the dredgeboat Bayley for
the jetties, and the Cons Millar
for Memphis are due down to-mor-
row morning.
The Golddust added here 300
bales of cotton.
The propeller trading boat Trader
came in from the Ohio with a load
cabbage and other produce.
The Centennial passed up last
night for st. Louis. She put off
here 80 bags of cotton, 1000 sacks
of seed and 20 boxes of lemons and
sundries.
Captain R. W. L%ightburne gives
through bills of lading to all points
on Yazoo river via the Phil Allin
and the Yazoo river Lee Line.
Captain R. W. Lightburne re-
ceived a telegram from Captain Bob
Wise, stating that he would arrive
here tonight with the Calf and
return tomorrow evening to Gin
cinnati.
The Mark Twain, Captain J. D.
Randall, is the regular mail packet
for the st. Francis, ;going through
to the cutoff. She having been
delayed by extending her trip up
the river, she will not arrive till
this afternoon, leaving tomorrow
evening. Mr.. D. B. Abrahams does
the honors of the Office.
The John B. Maude passed down
this morning for Vicksburg well
laden. She put off here several
hundred packages of freight, in.
Guiding rs bales Of cotton and 300
sacks of seed, and added 40 tons for
points below.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator this
evening at sharp five for Cairo and
st. Louis, doing all bend business
and connecting with the principa
railroads for all points East and
West. Chris Sharpe is her purser
The James Howard, Captain Pc
gram, is due to-day from New Or.
leans, and is announced to leave to
morrow evening with a return trip
She took freight at New Orleans 70.
all points below Vicksburg at ship.
pers' rates in opposition to thu
Vicksburg packets. She design
giving them some of the chicken
pie.
st. Louis river tonnage has beef
reduced by fire and sinking SOOI
tons during the past six weeks
This includes the Atlantic, Glencoe
Bismarck, Carondelet and Gran,
Republic.
The Hattie Rowland, Capt. Jas
H. Rees, will come in to-day iron
Arkansas river with a good list o
cotton on1 rafurne ~. .