Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-13
The COahoma returned TO Friar's

a NAHt 49,
The II. O. Yaeger is due down
to-day.
The levee is covered with cot.
ton, cotton seed and the miscel.
laneous cargo of the Vint Shinkle.
The tow-boat Oakland, which
passed here Tuesday with a tow Of
coal for New Orleans, found one of
her barges in a sinking condition at
the foot of Walnut bend as the
Cheek passed her yesterday.
The Cherokee leaves Cincinnati
to-day for New Orleans, and will be
followed on Saturday by the new
steamer Mary Houston.
The famous passenger steamer
Charles Morgan will be down Sun
day morning for New Orleans.
The 0sceola Belle returned to
the upper coast with an excellent
trip.
The Wild Boy raised her sunken
barge and took it out to Caro-.
Charles German is at present
mate on the Charles Morgan.
Last season the river was closed
by ice at st. Louis December 10th
at noon.
The machinery of the burned
steamer Bismarck will be auctioned
off at st. Louis Saturday.
The Lizzie Bayliss comes South
to engage in the cotton seed bust
ness.
The towboat Bee, sunk below
Cape Girardeau, is a total loss.
Billy Haines says "you can kill
wild turkeys with a stick up Ar
kansas river"
I. j. Patterson, clerk on the
Mercer, died at Baton Rouge as the
steamer passed that point Saturday
last.
The Greyhound left for the Ohio
with a tow of empty barges.
The Ashland, out Of the Arkan-
sas with a load of cotton for New
Orleans, passed Vicksburg yester-
day morning.
The Roberts and barges for the
Ohio passed VickSburg yesterday.
The Colorado arrived at Vicks-
burg yesterday morning and leaves
there today at noon for st. Louis.
The Susie Silver, for New Or
leans, and st. Genevieve, for Mem
phis, left st. Louis last evening.
The Capital City and Golddust
arrived at st. Louis yesterday. +.
The James Howard, from Mem
phis, arrived at New Orleans yes
terday and leaves there to-day with
a return trip for Memphis.
The Thompson Dean, for Mem
phis, Golden City, for Cincinnati,
and Commonwealth, for st. Louis,
left New Orleans last evening.
The Joe II. Bigley, John A.
Wood, James Gilmore and Ed
Hobbs, with lows of coal for the
South, passed Evansville yesterday
morning.
The submarine diver Hiram Hill,
who has been to the sunken steamer
Bee, reports the prospects unfavor.
able for raising her. The water
yesterday morning was over her
boiler deck and the boat badly
listed.
The John A. Scadder cleared fol-
New Orleans with 1900 bales cot
ton, 500 barrels oil and 20 cabin
passengers. She also added al
Hopefeled 425 sacks oil cake and
400 barrels oil.
The Golden Crown will pass up
to-day for the Ohio river. The
following are the principal items OIL
her cargo: $50 hogsheads sugar,
1000 barrels molasses, 100 sacks o.
salt, 200 barrels and boxes oranges
and $50 tons of sundries.
There is too much "red tape
connected with the management o.
the Louisville canal and its locks
There is a feeling Of general dissat.
isfaction existing among our steam.
( boat and towboat men in reoard :,
the unnecessary delays they are
} subjected to by those who "strut
their brief existence clothed in I
little bit Of authority"
, "lndian joe" the Indian half
breed deckhand who used to rur