Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12

The II. G. Yeager arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
The best portion OF the levee will be
blocked off next week with wharf boats.
The A. ]. White will enter the Friar's
Point trade next week, leaving on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, thus
giving the bends folks the advantage of
q daily line of packets.
The Illinois, Captain Nat Green, is the
Thursday mail packet for Arkopolis.
The City Of Vicksburg cleared for st.
Louis with 265 bales of cotton for the
East 40 sacks of wheat and sundries
aud a fair list of people.
The Katie Hooper left Little Rock
yesterday noon for Memphis and will be
here Friday morning.
The Grand Tower for Vicksburg ard
John F. Tolle for New Orleans left St.
Louis yesterday.
The new Red river boat Danube leaves
Cincinnati this evening for New Orleans.
The Rath is due to.morrowfrom Mound
City, and leaves on Saturday for White
river.
The St. Genevieve leaves St. Louis to.
day for Memphis and will arrive Friday
night.
The City of Alton leaves St. Louis to-
morrow for New Orleans.
The James Howard passed down this
morning for New Orleans with 1900 tons
Of freight and a barge she had in tow.
The DeSoto owing club has accepted
the challsnge from the Bluff Citys to
row for $3.50.
The Archie P. Green is announced to
leave Louisville on Friday for White
river.
The e steamer Cornie Brandon
leaves Louisville tomorrow for Red
river.
Captain Dave Stewart, an old steam.
boatmAn, died at Cairo on Sunday.
The Maumelle leaves Cincinnati this
evening for Memphis and Arkansas river.
Captain Stephen Davis, an old steam
boat veteran, died at Marietta, Ohio, on
Monday from the effects of sunstroke.
The deceased vas about seventy years
old.
The osceOla Belle, Captain Andrews,
brought in from the upper coast a fair
trip. She will return to Ashport this
evening, carrying the mail and doing all
way business. B. o. Michel and Cyrus
Fay, two clever gentlemen, are her
clerks.
The Coahoms, Captain Stacker Lee, is
the regular mail packet leaving this
evening for Friar's Point, giving special
attention to all bend business. Mr.. Ed
Thomas, a prince Of good fellows, holds
forth in the Office.
The Cons Millar, Captain William
Tichenor 10 command, is due to morrow
from Cincinnati and returns to the Ohio
on Friday. Captain Lightburne will
make engagements for her and give all
information as regards her movements.
Captain Mat Tremmel, with the Carl
Schurz aud two cauopied barges, gives a
grand river excursion tomorrow night,
leaving the foot Of Union street at nine
o'clock. Good music will be in attend.
ance and good order will be maintained.
Captain Tremmel designs making this
excursion the grandest Of the season, as
it is the closing one.
Mr.. Charley Bourne received a tele-
gram this morning from Captain ]. I.
Washington stating that the Keystone
would leave Mound City to.morrow at
daylight with his new whariboat, the R.
E. Lee, in tow for Memphis, and will ar.
rive here Saturday evening or Sunday
morning.
Congress woOld do a good act by re-
ducing the license Of captains, pilots,
engineers and mates TO that of ante
bellum times. Steamboatmen would be
sstitfed with that previous to the war.
1t only cost five dollars to get an original
license and one dollar per year to renew
papers. Wages are now lower on the
river than they were before the wal,
while the government tax is double and
almost thribble what it formerly was.
There should be a reduction in license
by all means.
The new and elegant steamer Hard
Cash, Captain Ed Postal in command,
came in last evening from White river
with bale new cotton, los sacks seed.
10 sacks wheat and sundries and a big
passenger list. Among her passengers
we're Colonel Jake Frolich, Of the Searcy
Record, and Family, who remain in the
city a few days visiting relatives and
friends. Colonel Frolich WAS we'll pleased
with the kind treatment be received on
tn Hard Cash. He says her and her
officers are quite popular with the White
river people. She leaves this evening at
sharp five for all points on Whi.e, Black
and Little Red rivers, going through to
Jacksouport and connecting with a lieht
draught steamer for Black river. She
will also give special attention to all Mis-
sissippi river business this side Of
Terrene. Charley Postal, a gentleman
with whom il is a pleasure to travel and