Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-11

The City Of Helena arrived at
Vicksburg last evening from st.
Louis, and leaves there to-day with
a return trip.
The new steamer John w. Can
non will be down tomorrow for
New Orleans. She will remain
here several hours.
The Belle Of Shreveport dis
charged here 215 sacks salt and 20
casks porter, and added a lot Of
lumber and other stuff.
The James Howard, bound for
st. Louis, passed Vicksburg yester-
day and will arrive here tomorrow
afternoon aud leave in the evening.
The Anchor Line packet Gold
Dust, Captain John 7. McOord,
leaves this evening at 6 o'clock for
New Orleans, making all principal
way landings.
The pilots on the Hattie Now
land report the government snag-
boat McComb as doing good work
in removing snags aud distractions
in Arkansas river.
The West Wind was unable to
get away last evening on account Of
some arrangement of her machine
ry. She finished her repairs and
left this morning at s o'clock for
the upper coast.
The elegant steamer A. j. White,
Captain N. S. Green, will arrive
this evening from the lower coast
and return tomorrow evening to
Arkansas City, giving special atten-
ton to all way business.
The James w. Gaff, en- route
from Cincinnati to Memphis with u
big trip, passed Evansville last
evening and will arrive here to-
morrow night and leave Friday next
with a return trip.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator this eve-
ming at sharp 8 O'Clock for Cairo
and st. Louis, doing all bend bust
ness, and connecting with the prin.
cipal railroads for all points East
and West. Chris Sharpe presides
at the desk.
Captain j. d. Randall left last
night for Cincinnati and points on
the Ohio in search OF 4 suitable
boat for the St. Francis river trade
in the busy season. lie will either
purchase or contract for the build
ing of a new boat. During his
absence Captain Maumus will com
mand the Mark Twain.
The United States senate struck
out Of the river and harbor appro-
priation bill yesterday the appropri-
alton of seyenty-fye thousand dol
lars for improving White and st.
Francis rivers, aud to build a stern
wheel snagboat for those rivers, and
increasing the appropriation for
improving the mouth Of Red river,
in Louisiana, from fifty to one hun
dred thousand dollars.
The fine steamer Hard Cash,
Captain Ed Postal, came in this
morning from White river with 1O6
bales cotton, 175 sacks seed and 1856
packages sundries. She leaves to-
morrow evening with a return trip
for White river, carrying the mail,
attending to all way business and
going through to Jacksonport, max.
ing direct connection with the
Milt Harry ard Alberta for upper
White and Black rivers. Charley
Postal, a genial and clever gentle.
man, presides in the office.
The splendid little steamer Mark
Twain, Captain Maumus in COM
mand, leaves this evening for Wits
burg and all points on st. Francis
river, carrying the mail and attend
ing to all way business. Hereafter
she viii make semi. weekly trips,
leaving on Tuesdays, going through
to Wittsburg, aud leaving on Satur-
days, going as far as Mariana.
This arrangement will prove very
beneficial to the st. Francis river
folks. A. l. Banning, a gentleman
who is noted for his ur6anitY and
promptnesS in business, controls
the Office, and ia ably assisted by
lee Cummins, jr.
The palatial passenger steamer
Illinois, Captain j. J. Darragh in
command, leaves this evening at
6 o'clock for Yicksburg and the
bends, giving special attention to
all way business and connecting at
Arkansas City with the Pine Bluff
railroad and at Vicksburg with the
New Orleans and Yazoo river pack
etc. The Illinois is a safe and reli.
able carrier, has unsurpassed pas
senger accommodations, runs on
schedule time, and is in charge of
competent and careful boatmen.