Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-21

at Baldwin's, and steamers will
have no further trouble there. &
The Andy Baum cleared for Gin
cinnati with $40 bales Of cotton
and a lot of old scrap iron and sun
dries and so cabin passengers.
The Cons Millar encountered a
terrific storm last evening at Point
Pleasant, which caused her to lay
by a couple of hours until it abated.
Billy Smithers has done gone
and done it at last. He has taken
the pledge, but through mOdesty he
wears the red ribbon under his belt.
The Sam Roberts and barges
came up this morning from New
Orleans, cleaned out here, and pro-
ceeds on her voyage tc the Ohio
river.
The City of Helena leaves st,
Louis to-day for Vicksburg, and the
John A. Scudder leaves there to-
morrow for New Orleans, both
Anchor Line packets.
Mr.. Charley Quentel, who has
been to Cincinnati attending the
musical festival, and MI. Hop Lou
don and family, returned home last
evening on the Mary Houston,
The Anchor Line packet City of
Vicksburg will pass down this af-
ternoon for VickSburg, after dis
charging here a lot of freight and
adding 20 tons for points below.
Count Chamberlin, the great re-
former, lectures on temperance to-
night at Kinney's tarraulin shed.
He is determined to convert all the
boatmen before his boat lays up.
The Mary Houston passed down
last evening for New Orleans with
1900 tons of freight, including 400
sacks corn. She added here at the
Lee wharfboat 500 sacks oil meal.
The officers Of the Hattie Now
land report the snagboat McComb
as doing good work in the Arkan-
sas river, cleaning out the channel
by removing snags and obstruc-
tons.
Mr.. ]. @. Oammer, assistant river
reporter of the Avalanche, who has
been to Cincinnati attending the
musical festival, returned home this
morning ON the Cons Millar. He
says the festival was the biggest
thing out.
The H. G. Yaeger, Of the Red
Top Line, came in this morning
from st. Louis, en- route to New
Orleans, well laden. She has a big
lot of freight for here. She added
at Hopeield $50 sacks oil meal,
and gets at Glenn's wharf boat 100
tons of oil cake.
The celebrated passenger steamer
Charles Morgan, Captain Albert
Stein, leaves the Lee wharf boat
tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock for
New Orleans, making all principal
was landings. Harry Stein is her
clever purser. All business en-
trusted to the Morgan will meet
with proper care and attention.
The mail packet Mark Twain,
Captain ], D.. Randall, is receiving
at the foot of Monroe street for st.
Francis river, and leaves tomorrow
evening, going through to Wits
burg and connecting with the light
draught steamer Anna for the Sunk
Lands. A. L. Banning is her chief
clerk, seconded by Lee Cummins, jr.
The good steamer A. ]. White,
Captain N. S. Green, is the. regu-
lar packet leaving tomorrow even
ing for Arkansas City and the
bends. She gives special attention
to all way and plantation business,
John Gwathmey is her purser, and
he attends to all business with care
and promptitud de.
Ihe Golden crown passed up at
noon for Cincinnati with 500 tons
of sugar, molaSses and miscellan-
eOus freight and 800 bales Eastern
bound cotton which she added at
Vicksburg, and had so cabin pas
sengers and rs deckers. She put
off here at Glenn's wharfboat 20
bbls molasses, % bbls potatoes, IA
bales hoop-iron, 2 hhds nuts and 4
pkgs mdse.
During Captain R. W. Light
burne's absence Mr.. James Frank
lin, his efficient secretary, will rep