Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01

out Of Memphis She Is in com.
plete running order and has unsur-
passed passenger accommodations.
AL business entrusted TO her will
receive care and prompt attention.
John Gwathmey, one Of the most
popular and best boatmen on the
river, is her purser, assisted in the
office by Neil Booker and Billy
Thomas.
On board the j. w. Gaif to-mor-
row Thursday afternoon will be
given the annual May party by
Captain r. w. Wise to the little
folks of Memphis, and ii promises
to be an enjoyable event. The fol.
lowingis the invitation; "Oompli.
mentary to the little folks-You
are respectfully invited to attend a
hop on board the steamer Jas. w.
Calf Thursday, May I'd, from l to
8 pm" A large number of invi.
%tations have been issued, and the
boats cabins tomorrow evening
will be a scene worth witnessing.
Captain Wise and his officers will
exert themselves on this occasion.
The steamer Hard Cash, Captain
Ed Postal in command, will leave
this afternoon at 8 o'clock for all
points on White river, connecting
at Jacksonport with light draught
steamers for upper White and Black
rivers. She will also pay particular
attention to all Mississippi river
business this side of Terrene, The
Hard Cash is always punctual, run
ming on schedule time, and her
officers are capable, careful and ao-
commOdating. Charley Postal is
her chief clerk, which ought to be
sufficient guarantee to both ship
pers and travellers that their inter-
ests will be carefully attended to.
The splendid sidewheel passen-
ger steamer Ben Franklin, Captain
Drown, will leave this evening for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati,
ticketing passengers through to
New York city for $25, and other
Eastern cities at correspondingly
low rates, transferring passengers
and baggage to the railroad depots
free of charge. She will also give
excursion tickets to the grand mu-
steal festival which commences at
Cincinnati the 14th instant-return
tickets good on any boat of the
line. She has unsurpassed passen-
ger accommodations. Captain
Sterling Mcintyre, a gentleman
who is noted for his integrity and
promptnesS in business, and uni
versal courtesy, controls the Office,
and is assisted by Will Colbert, a
clever and accommodating clerk.
The Charles Morgan, which dur
ing the past two seasons has gained
the enviable reputation Of being the
most regular and reliable packet
that plies in the Cincinnati and
New Orleans trade, leaves the Lee
Wharfboat tomorrow morning at 9
o'clock for New Orleans, making
all principal way landings. The
Morgan runs on schedule time, and
never fails to make her time, and
by the good steamboating and man
agement of the commander, Cap
tain ALI Stein, she has become one
Of the most popular packets on the
river. She is as regular as clock
work. All business entrusted to
her is properly attended to, while
her accommodations vie with the
best in the land. She is a steam
boat all over and managed in the
most capable manner. AS an evil
dence Of the good treatment aud
fine accommodations afforded pas
sengers, she has carried more peo-
pie during the past season than any
other five packets Of her line put
together. Harry Stein, her chief
clerk, is a gentleman with whom it
is a pleasure to travel or do bust
ness, and, like his father, his motto
is to please and make agreeable all
who travel or do business with the
Morgan Rather" He is ably sup
ported in the office by Adam Way
land, a gentleman who made him
self quite popular in the bends
while bill clerk on the Thompson
Dean.
The fine steamer Mark Twain.