Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-27

The Belle Texas lays up and viii
wait for something good to turn up.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, left
Evansville last evening at o'clock,
and is due here tomorrow night
The City of Helena left St. Louis
last evening for Vicksburg.
The City of Augusta left at noon
for White river with a moderate trip.
The Raven and barges are loading
at Evansville for New Orleans.
The james Howard leaves this
afternoon for New Orleans with her
big trip Of cotton and other freight. -
The particulars of the sinking of the
A. j. White will be found on our local
page.
The Guiding Star, Captain William
Miller's new and magnificent passen-
ger steamer, leaves Cincinnati Satur-
day evening for New Orleans.
The Bette Gilbert will be docked
at Cincinnati and receive a new cabin
before coming South.
The Laura Lee leaves Cincinnati
tomorrow for New Orleans.
Steam will be raised on the new
mammoth steamer Ed Richardson in
about three weeks.
The Marlin Speed, Captain Eugene
Smith, is due from the Arkansas river
with a big LIST of eotton.i
Captain A. McOarty has resumed
the steamboat agency business in Pitts
burg,
The Belle Memphis passed up this
morning for st. Louis with a fair list
of cotton and other freight.
The steamers John NJ. Chambers
and Red Cloud leave st. Louis for
the South this week. They will re-
! main South during the winter, plying
in one of the Southern tributaries.
Captain E. w. Gould's new Anchor
Line steamer, building at Jefferson
vile, will be ready for business by the
, 10th of December.
The Grand Tower, from st. Louis,
arriyed at Vicksburg yesterday after
+: moon, and leaves there to-day with a
; return trip.
The B~atesville, Captain j. D. Ran
dali, laid over to make some light re-
pairs to her machinery, and will leave
Friday evening for the st. Francis
river, going through to Wittsburg.
: The splendid passenger steamer
d John A. Scudder, Captain Jack Car.
I. ter, will leave the Lee wharfboat thi.
evening at 5 o'clock for New Orleans
making all principal way landings.
Captain Frank Hicks, of the Henri
Frank, will be spliced in a few day
to an accomplished and handsom,
= young lady living near Memphis.
: Captain James H.. Rees will droI
the fine steamer Hattie Rowland t
the wharf and commence receiving 70
n Arkansas river and leaves Saturda
evening, going through to Little Rock
/, The iron steamer G. P. Chouteau
Captain VIM. Thorweigan, will arriv
t, to-day from New Orleans, and is an
Or nounced to leave this evening with
return trip. George Miltenberger j
Is her %gentlemanly clerk.
The Paris @. Brown passed up q
s, noon for Cincinnati with a fair W
stream trip. She put off at Glenn
er wharfboat a lot of sugar and molasse
The City of Vicksburg passed dow
x for Vicksburg well laden with freigl
- and full Of people. She discharge
. here several hundred packages
y. merchandise and added 20 tons fc
~ points below.
e. The present coal run from Pitt
h. burg foots up as follows: For Mac
son, $4,000 bushels for New Orlean
I280,000; for Cincinnati, 1,163, 600; f
Louisville, 4,164,0O0; total, 5,799,0C
bushels.
Captain Frank Vinson, who is We
and favorably known in marine circle
IN and who has in times past been a SUI
IN cessful and popular steamboat ager
IN resumes the steamboat agency, al
IN will have an Office on Front row.
IN The Thompson Dean, Captain j
I'm Pepper, arrived at noon from M
Orleans with 63 hhds sugar and a
of molasses and other stuff. She W
leave Saturday evening with a retu
= trip for New Orleans.
Captain Ludlow, an old steamboi
man, inspected the Guiding Star a
pronounced her a perfect beauty.
:. was commander of the fast side-wh,
Cambria, when she made her famo
run from Cincinnati to st. Louis
lie, years ago,
The rate to New Orleans from
Louis, via the Anchor and Barge lin
rule as follows: 30 cents per bar
the and % cents per 100 pounds to n.
ow Orleans, and go cents per barrel a
ter 30 cents per 100 pounds on way freig
it'll Navigation in Arkansas river is i
st. proved and the Memphis and Arka
eet sas River United States Mail pack,
It's will now be enabled to make regu
10 trips and carry all the freight offer
81 and bring out all the cotton on
the banks ready for shipment.
4 The upper coast mail packet, Csc.
ms la Belle, Captain j, G, Andre
the leaves this evening at five o'clock
} o 0sceola, and all intermediate landin
on B. 0. Michel, a genial and clever g
az tleman, is her purser, assisted bye
IN Row and Mr. Snears
The Jay Hardy, Captain Will
,o;s Davis, brought in from Island 81 {
i0A the cutoff a fair list Of cotton ,
% seed, aud returns this evening to
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