Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-19

nau tO~MOTfON lot NeN orleans.
The Paris c. Brown leaves New
Orleans this evening for Cincinnati.
The James ID. Parker added at
Louisville for Memphis 1000 rolls
bagging, and % tons Of general mer-
chandise.
The new and imprOyised passenger
steamer U. P. Schenck, Captain Law
renee Carter, will be due down Thurs
day for New Orleans.
The james Gilmore and three
barges were aground on Saturday last,
above jackson Rock on the Grand
Chain.
Captain Thomas w. Shields has
been appointed the Cairo agent for the
Memphis Packet Company and the
two Anchor Lines.
The big James Howard for st.
Louis and Golden Rule for Cincinnati
will be due up tomorrow.
The Anchor Line packet Belle st.
Louis, Captain James Yore, will leave
the Lee wharfboat this afternoon for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The Daniel Boon is en- route from
the upper Ohio, bound south with a
large tow of produce boats.
Captain w. j. Kountz will name his
new boat, building at Pittsburg for
the Red River trade, John d. Scully.
Captain aM. A. Cox, for some years
connected with the Brownsville Packet
Company, thinks of building for the
lower river trade.
The steamers City of Alton and
Yellow Stone, from St. Louis, and
Kitty Nye, from Wheeling, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The Oil Valley, from the upper
lOhio, with a tow of produce boats
bound south, passed Cincinnati Mon
day.
Captain Lev Ware, of the upper st.
Francis river packet Anna, is in the
city interviewing his numerous friends.
Broadhorns, loaded with produce and
other marketable truck, from the Ohio
! river region, are coming in rapidly and
falling into line at the flatboat land
ing.
The earthquake last night shook al
, of the "Y. f." out Of US. We fell
. the first shock very sensibly, and for ;
second or two thought our time haC
n come.
The Southern Transportation Com
panies packets will leave Cincinnati fol
New Orleans, as follows: Colder
City this evening, Charles Morgan OF
Thursday, and the Thomas Sherlock
|, Saturday.
The Florence Meyer passed dow
last night for New Orleans, fully ladel
with freight and a good list Of people
She put off here a few pkgs Of freight
. On her arrival at New Orleans sh
will enter the Arkansas river andN ev
Orleans trade.
The Belle Texas, Captain Jane
Rees, is loading at Cairo for Memphi,
= and leaves there this evening. NJ
w. B. McEnulty, of the Hatty Now
land, left last night for Cairo by raj
- to come out in charge of the office.
The Anchor Line packet City c
$. yicksburg, Captain Bob Riley, leave
B the Lee wharfboat this evening at fy
O'Clock for Cairo and st. Louis, doiI
all bend business. Chris Sharpe,
clever gentleman, holds forth in Il
Office.
Captain John T. Washington, la
of the Lee wharfboat, continues h
steamboat agency business and has h
m efice at present with Major John Ha
m bin, where he can be found at a
IN times ready to attend to business.
Captain John w. Cannon's ne
steamer Ed Richardson has nine boi
ers made of the celebrated "BlaC
Diamond y steel boiler plate. The ,
NJ. White, Robert y. Lee, and maj
Dt other famous packets have boilers
the same material.
~. Captain r. w. Lightburne, the i
defatigable superintendent of ii
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet lin
was thrown out of his bed last mig
by the shock OF the earthquake. Ca
tain Richard thought his time hi
81 come.
ID We learn that Billy Nucles, late
A the Marlin Speed, has accepted Il
Il position Of chief clerk of the A.
N White. A better selection could n
MS. have hoep made. Mr.. Nucles is II
on only a competent clerk but a pnpVl
,el bOatWan, and has gained for hims,
lrg on the Arkansas river an onyiat
|, 4 reputation
i s The new Mary Houston which Il
he Cincinnati Saturday evening for N,
ry, Orleans had 800 tons and liberal c
at gagements below there, including 4
on bales hay, q large lot OF apples a
Ia potatoes, 800 bbls whisky, and a lot
les corn and stock. She had also over
till cabin passengers.
Business along the upper Miss
lno sippi, above KeOkuk, is better tn
W, has been known by steamboatmen
~ many years past, and to accommoda
WIG this business, the Keokuk NopthC
line Packet Company Will run tn.
lght,dTaHght ~freighters until the
cqmulati0p Of ice forces a suspense
of navigation.
up The new White river mail pacl
Josie Harry, Captain Milt Harry.
on. due to-day from white river with
AS big trip Of cotton, and leayes imwe0
ately with a return trip. Captain
d. Moore, a courteous gentleman
u'c her chief clerk.
The Maumelle, Captain Thos. D.
"a rash is receiving at the Lee wha
.oa boat for Arkansas river and all poi
through to Little Rock, issy;9E /
yer aven;nc Cantain + a MeCnnn,