Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-19

Adams Mail Line, leaving Saturday
next on her initial trip The Ruth is
a safe carrier, and has unsurpassed
passenger accommodations. Under
the management Of Captain Joe
Mccullough, and w. r. Mccullough
her chief clerk, she is bound to be as
successful in the Vicksburg trade as
she has been in the White river trade.
The Belle of st. Louis, Captain Jas.
A. Yore, Of the Anchor Line, came in
last night from st. Louis with a big
trip, having 1888 bbls of -four and
meal, 1873 bbls pork, 406 SKIS corn, 479
SKIS oats, 449 SKIS bran, 70 SKIS shipstuf,
8 bales and II bags of cotton, 1876 SKIS
cotton seed, 44S rolls bagging, 537 box
es crackers, 149 dressed hogs, and 1850
pkgs Of miscellaneous freight. She
leaves the Anchor Line wharfboat
again this evening with q return trip
for Cairo and st. Louis, doing all bend
business.
Dispatches received at St. Louis
last night state that the Scudder,
which was aground at Hat Island, got
off, and is now at Chester. A number
Of laden barges have been moored in
safe quarters at and near the Ste.
Geneyieve. The river has fallen five
inches here, and is full of ice, which
has stopped along the Illinois shore.
The ferry boats still run, with more
or less difficulty, but otherwise navi-
CATION may be called suspended.
Weather clear and cold mercury
several degrees below freezing point.
r. f. Walls Aatboat, with 246O
barrels potatoes, FIVE wseks out from
Davenport, Iowa, arrived here on
Tuesday last and passed to Vicksburg
for a market yesterday. Another boat
belonging to the same is expected here
in a few days from Cave-in-R Rock, on
the Ohio, with 1850 barrels potatoes
for this market. Among other ar
rivals within the past few days were
Tom Tobin's boat, with potatoes from
Golconda, Mo-; Creslin's, with a small
load of apples and potatoes B. +.
Allen in charge of ~Stevenson's boat,
from Rockport, Ohio river, with 400C
barrels potatoes; also Roberts &
Gathers boat, from Alton, Ill.
The elegant and swift passenger
steamer 0uachita Belle, Of the Adam;
Mail Line, in command Of that evel
popular boatman Captain Mark Cheek
came in this morning on time with
1876 bales and 70 sacks of cotton, III
sacks seed and sundrics. She also haC
a big trip of people. She returns THU
evening to Arkansas City, carrying tn,
mail, doing all way business and max
ing connection with the Katydid for
V%icksbuIg, giving through bills 0
lading and ticketing passenger
through to all points South. Tit
Belle is one of the most complete pas
senger steamers that plies the Missis
sippi. Captain Lee Cummins, al
afable gentleman, controls the Office
assisted by Neil Booker and Lee Cum
minis, jr., two ofthe cleverest and &C
c~ommodating clerks that comes int
port.
The popular lower coast packet Hi
nois, Captain George Malone in com
mand, came in on time with 227 bale
and 36 bags of cotton, 2l88 sacks see,
and 40 pkgs sundries. She also had
good list of cabin passengers aud
large number of deckers, She return
this evening to Riverton, leaving a
sharp 6 o'clock, and will pay strict al
} t%ention to all business. In view of th
hard times Captain Malone, to az
} commodate the bends people and Civ
5 them cheap rates and the benefit {
J his frst-class packet, has reduce
freights to 10 cents per hundred, an
? 20 cents per Dbl, also carrying bricl
lumber and other freights for planta
: tions at the lowest rates. The Ill
r nois is a safe carrier, makes all land
ings on schedule time and attend
promptly to all business entrusted
her. Marlin Jones, one of the mos
popular clerks on the river, and a gen
tleman who is noted for his integrit!
correctness in business and universe
courtesy, is her chief clerk.