Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-27

ticketing passengers through. Chris
Sharpe does the honOrs ofthe office.
The splendid passenger packet
Thompson Dean, Captain James
Pepper, has deferred her departure
until tomorrow, She laid over in
order to enable shippers to fill their
lists, but will positively leave to-
morrow evening at 6 o'clock for
New Orleans making all the prin-
eipal way landings. Captain Frank,
a courteous and attentive clerk,
presides at the desk.
Rates on freight from Cincinnati
to New Orleans rule at l5c per 100
for bacon, 500 per Dbl for whisky,
and SOC per Dbl on pork, a good
deal lower than by rail, The river
holds, aud win always command,
the business over the railroads, both
in travel and freight, as long as the
stsamboatmen work together and
leave promptly on advertised time.
The Mollie Moore, Captain L. j..
Allen, will arrive to-day from st.
Louis. She has for Memphis 175
tons of freight including $40 bbls
and $50 half barrels of flour, so
bbls. meal, 511 sacks corn, 39S
sacks oats, so casks and 422 pieces
bacon, 5 tierces and 100 buckets
lard, and 80 packages sundries.
She will leave tomorrow evening at
A. o'clock for Vioksburg, Natchez
and New Orleans, taking freight at
low rates. Captain R. W. Glenn is
making engagements and will re-
ceive freight for her at the wharf
boat.
The popular passenger steamer
Vint Shinkle, Captain Kenniston
in command, leaves this evening at
5 o'clock for Cairo, Louisville aud
Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to all Eastern cities at ex-
ceedingly low rates, transferring
passengers and baggage to the rail
road depots free of charge. The
Shinkle has not only good passenger
accommodations but is a safe and
reliable carrier. Captain A. j..
Lindsay, a gentleman with whom
it is a pleasure to travel and do
business, controls the Office, and he
never fails to entertain and please
his guests.
The Commonwealth will leave St.
Louis this evening for New Orleans.
She has an anchor between her
c~himneys, the trade mark of the
new New Orleans packet company.
She will be followed on Saturday
by the Centennial. The Line will
be under the management of John
A. Scudder aud John P. Keyser,
with John W. Carroll as agent.
The following boats are already
named as having gone into the ar
rangement: Common wealth, Cen
tennial, Belle Of Shreveport, James
Howard, City of Alton, John A.
Scudder, and possibly the Golddust.
There will be no pooling Of earn
ings, but the owners of tonnage
will control their own property,
each paying his pro rata of the
shore expenses. After leaving st.
Louis, the boats will do their bust
ness with the agents Of the old
Anchor Line, stop at the elevators
at Memphis and Vicksburg. A boat
will leave each end of the route
Wednesdays and Saturdays, freight
or no freight.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Pos
tai, came in near noon from White
river with a fair list of cotton. She
has a broken cylinder, and lays over
one trip for repairs. The fine side
wheel steamer Belle Of Texas has
been chartered by Captain Postal to
make a trip for her, and she leaves
this evening at 5 o'clock in place Of
the Hasd Cash, going through to
Jacksonport, attending promptly to
all way business and making direct
connection with light draught
steamers for upper White and
Black rivers. All orders for the
Hard Cash will receive prompt at
tention. The Belle is an excellent
packet, has good passenger accom-
modations and is a safe carrier.
The officers Of the Hard Cash will
be transferred to her. Messrs.
Charles Postal and John Chamber
lin. two gentlemen who are Noted