Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-22

captain II. w. ulgnIOuIhe VIII
make engagements for her.
The John B. Aaude passed up
yesterday for st. Louis with a
moderate trip. She put off here Il
bales of cotton and added 81 bales
cotton for st. Louis.
The @. B. Church passed up Sat
urday night at IL o'clock with 200
tons off freight and So people. She
discharged here 100 boxes lemons
and added 40 barrels of oil.
The Commonwealth passed down
Saturday night for New Orleans
well laden. She put off here $3.50
sacks of corn, 100 sacks of bran,
70 barrels Of flour and 124 sacks Of
oats, and added a lot of oil cake
and oil meal.
When a Mississippi boatman gets
under the weather he don't COM
plain Of feeling bad. He simply
observes that he amt making steam
today, and thinks he'd better clean
out his boiler. I,
The Cons Millar, Captain VIM.
Tichenor, will arrive tonight from
the Ohio river with a good cargo of
Western products, returning to
Cincinnati on Wednesday evening.
Captain R. W. Lightburne will
make engagements for her.
The Golden Rule passed down
last night for New Orleans fully
laden, the principal part of her
cargo being 10000 sacks Of corn,
which she picked up in the lower
Ohio. She put off here 100 boxes
axes, so boxes soap and added some
people. "a
The 0Sceola Belle, Captain J. G..
Andrews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Osceola,
carving the mail and attending TO
all way business. B. 0. Michel
and Cyrus Fay do the honors Of the
Office.
The Phil Allin, Captain Nat
Green, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening at five O'Clock
for Arkansas City, doing all way
business and connecting with the
Pine Bluff road at Arkansas City.
John Gwathmey, a genial and clev-
er gentleman, presides at the desk,
assisted by Messrs. Neil Booker
and Gabe Booker.
The West Wind, Captain ]. D.
Randall, came in from St. Francis
river with So bales of cotton, a lot
of seed and sundries, and reshipped
at the mouth 20 bales. She returns
to st. Francis river Wednesday
evening, going through to Wits
burg. D. B. Abrahams and Birdie
Banning are her clever and accom-
modating clerks.
The Mollie Moore came in from
ST. Louis en- route for New Orleans
with a large cargo of grain and
other freight. She discharges here
1907 sacks corn, 275 bbls and 100
half bbls flour, so sacks oats, rs
dozen pals, "a tierces hams and
1858 dry bbls, and adds a lot Of oil
cake and oil meal.
The packets brought in slim
trips, and the steamboatmen report
a desrth of business in the bends.
Tarveli is light with little movement
in freights. The dullness is &C.
counted for on account of the plan
ters being busily engaged in plant
ing.
The George W. Cheek, Captain
Mark Cheek, brought in from the
lower coast an excellent trip, and
returns this evening to Friar's
Point in place Of the Ooahoma, car
rying the mail and attending to all
way business. Walker Outlaw, a
courteous gentleman, presides at
the desk.
The City of vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator to-mor-
row morning at 10 O'Clock for
Vicksburg and the bends, doing all
way business, and connecting at
Arkansas City with the Pine. Bluff
road and at Vicksburg with the
New Orleans and Yazoo river
steamers, giving through bills Of
lading and ticketing passengers
through. Chris Sharpe, an agree
able gentleman, does the honors Of
the office.
The fine sidewheel steamer Andy