Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-27

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list of cotton and other freight,
and returns tomorrow evening to
Little Rock, carrying the mail aud
attending promptly to all way bust
ness. Captain J. A. Mcconnell
holds forth in the Office, with Mr..
Joe Boyd as assistant. lh
|. The new upper Tennessee river
packet w. A. johnson will be
ready to be towed down to Evans
vile by the close of next week,
where she win be completed. She
is named after Captain johnson, a
proment merchant of Tuscumbia,
Alabama, and formerly commander
and owner of the Tennessee river
steamer Time, which made him
800, 900.
The elegant steamer Thomas
Sherlock, Captain Lew Hates,
leaves the Lee wharfboa to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings. She is a good and safe
carrier, and has unsurpassed passen-
ger accommodations. Captain John
S. Jones, an affable gentleman, pre-
sides at the desk. Captain Wash
ington will make engagements for
her, and receive at the Lee wharf
boat.
Still the attendance of rlvermen
increases in number and enthusi-
asm at the Murphy meetings. To-
night there will be an unusual
large number of the " boys" at the
Greenlaw Opera House, as several
of the "0h-be.joyful' have express.
ed a desire to don the red ribbon.
We are glad to see the firm hold
this movement has made upon the
steamboatment and hope they will
not weary in we'll doing.
The Capitol CITY. CAPTAIN John
G. Crane, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock for
Vicksburg and rthe bends, carrying
the mail, dong all way business
and connecting at Arkansas City
with the Pine Bluff railroad and at
Yicksburg with the New Orleans
and Yazoo river packets, giving
through bills Of lading aud ticket
ing passengers through. Billy
Bleckner is her purser.
The Hard Cash, Captain Postal,
is receiving at Glenn's wharf boat
for White river and all points
through to Jacksonport, and leaves
positively on Wednesday, May 20,
at 5 o'clock pm. She carries the
mail and makes direct connection
at Jacksonport with the steamers
Alberta and Milt Harry for upper
White and Black rivers. Charley
Postal and Count Chamberlin Off
ciate in the Office, which is a sure
guarantee of all business entrusted
to her being properly attended to.
The Mark Twain, Captain Ran
dali, came in last evening from st.
Francis river with 26 bales cotton,
125 sacks seed, II head Of cattle
and sundries. She is receiving at
the foot of Monroe street for a re-
turn trip to the st. Francis, and
leaves Wednesday evening, going
through to Wittsburg, taking the
mail and connecting with the light
draught steamer Anna for the Sunk
Lands. A. L. Banning, a genial
and clever gentleman, presides at
the desk, and is ably seconded by
Lee Cummins, ir.
The Illinois, Captain J, J Oar
ragh, came in last evening from
Vicksburg with 40 bales of cotton
and 200 sacks of seed and sundries
and a big list of people, and did a
good way business all the way up,
She will return to Vicksburg to
morrow evening, giving special at
tention to all plantation business,
and connecting at Arkansas City
with the Pine Bluff railroad, and at
Vicksburg with the New Orleans
and Yazoo river packets. Captain
Lee Cummins, an efficient officer, is
her purser, and has associated with
him in the office Marlin Jones and
Will Darragh.
: The splendid steamer James d.
Parker, Captain G. b. Russell,
came in near noon from Cincinnati
with a fnll CARGO of Western nro,