Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15


The City of Alton is due down
for New Orleans.
The Enterprise sunk two barges
of coal at Browns Island below
Pittsburg.
Several toWs of coal will leave
Pittsburg to-day for Southern mar
kets
The Andy Baum will leave Gin
cinnati tomorrow evening for
Memphis.
The @. B. Church will be down
Sunday for New Orleans.
The Florence Meyer left Little
Rock Wednesday for New Orleans
with a cargo Of cotton and other
freights.
The Smoky City, with a large tow
OF empty bargeS, passed up at noon.
The Charles Morgan leaves Gin
cinnati tomorrow for New Orleans.
The Greyhound, with a tow of
lower Ohio river coal for Bryan &
Co., came into port yesterday.
The Susie Silver leaves st. Louis
tomorrow for New Orleans.
The local inspectors at St. Louis
have suspended the license Of Joe
Jones, pilot Of the q. O. Yaeger,
for violation of rule No. 4, in the
case Of the collision between the
Yaeger and St. Genevieve.
The prospects are that there will
be more stcamboating on the upper
Missouri this season than there has
been for many years past.
MIR. Byers, the popular medicine
man of the steamer j. W. Gaff,
this morning presented us With an
original Murphy, which is of huge
proportions, and locks as if it was
the daddy" Of all the Murphys.
The Phil Allin and G. W. Cheek
cleared for the lower coast last eve
ming with fair trips Of freight and
people.
The 3. G. Yaeger Scooped in
1882 sacks Of corn in Madrid bends,
picked up 27O tons of oil cake here
and at Hopefeld, and gathered in
1000 slaves at Presidents Island.
The City of yicksburg, Captain
Riley, left St. Louis last night for
Vicksburg, leaving here tomorrow
evening at 5 o'clock, attending to
way business and making all regr-
lar connections.
The Colorado passed down last
evening for Vicksburg loaded flat
in the water. She discharged at
the elevator 1910 bbls meal and
flour, 3S casks bacon, 21O pkgs lard,
60 head stock, 4O3 pkgs sundries,
and added rs tons for points below.
The Belle of Shreveport, en-
route from New Orleans to st.
Louis with 625 hhds sugar, 125 bbls
molasses, 125 bbls rice and sun
dries, passed up at noon after dis.
charging here 70 packages of sun.
dries.
The Ooahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee, is the regular mail packet this
evening for Friar's Point, giving
special attention to way business.
Captain Ed Thomas, a courteous
gentleman, presides at the desk.
The Cons Millar for Memphis,
which left Cincinnati Wednesday
evening, has $50 tons, including
1900 kegs nails, 800 bbls whisky,
so casks bacon, 800 bbls -four, 4OC
bbls meal, 80 tons bar iron and
miscellaneous freight.
The G. P. Chouteau will arrive
here Monday morning, and leave
Tuesday evening with a return
trip for New Orleans. Captain R,
P. Glenn is making arrangements
and will receive freight for her.
Commodore James S. Wise places
all the steamers Of the Memphis
and Ohio Packet Company at the
the disposal Of the exc~ursionists
until April l, aud guarantees to
furnish pleasure and health.
Mr.. VIM. Smithers, the efficient
freight clerk Of the Coahoma, who
has been confined to his room fol
several days past with a spell OF
sickness, is recovering, and was out
on the street yesterday.
The 0sceols Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, is the regular mail packet