Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-24


The Mississippi river is frozen over
hard a short distance above Cairo and
gorged with ice at st. Louis.
The Mary Houston, en- route from
Cincinnati TO New Orleans, will be
due down tonight.
The City of Augusta passed out Of
White river Friday night for New
Orleans with 1900 bales Of cotton and
a lot of seed.
The Coahoma, Captain Henry Coop
er, is the regular mail line packet
leaving tomorrow for Friar's Point
and the bends.
The Golden Crown and A.. G. Dom
nally, from Cincinnati, arrived at New
Orleans yesterday, and the 4. OIL
Stansrd left there for st. Louis.
The lower coast packets 0uachita
Belle, Illinois and Coahoma had big
trips Of freight and people out last
evening.
The Thomas Sherlock leaves Gin
cinnati this evening for Memphis, and
the Vint Shinkle leaves there tO-mor-
row for Memphis.
The U. P. Schenck, en- route from
Cincinnati to New0rleans, added here
J 304 bales of cotton.
The G. B. Church passed up last
evening for Cincinnati with 800 tons
of freight and added here 200 bales Of
cotton.
Heavy ice running in the Ohio river
! at Wheeling, w. Va, and all local
packets have laid up.
, The Dyersburg came in this morn
s ing from Forked Deer river with a full
, load of cotton and cotton seed, and
leaves tomorrow evening with a rer
turn trip.
9 Efforts are being made to poole
issues with the Thompson Dean, the
! new steamer building for the Mem
phis and New Orleans trade, the
T Henry Frank and G. P. Chouteau.
The Osceola Belle returned to the
upper coast with a splendid trip of
freight and was crowded with people,
|, bends folks returning home with their
Christmas goods.
n Commodore James S. Wise, of the
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Com
. pany, after spending a few days here
3 with his numerous friends, returned
home last night byrail.
or The wharfmaster has issued an or
70 der that all freights for local packets
must be delivered north of Monroe
" street, and for the New Orleans pack.
a. cts south of that street.
r The Ruth left last evening for Mad.
er rid bends and the upper coast trade
y in which she will try her fortunes
q Captain Joe Mccullough, her worth,
lg commander, says he has good encour
agement.
ei The Thompson Dean cleared las
evening for New Orleans with 22OI
in bales of cotton, 80 tons of way freight
s: 30 cabin passengers, and has engage
t; ments in the bends sufficient to I'll
ID, her out.
l., The tow boat Robin, en- route fror
ar Pomeroy, Ohio, to this port with
y barges of salt in tow, 1000 bbls i
all and consigned to Messrs. M. /
,bl Meacham 4 Co., sunk two Of he
~ barges near Cincinnati, causing a los
lie of 5000 bbls of her cargo.
Ter The James D. Parker will arriv
for Thursday from Cincinnati, and leav
~, on Saturday with a return trip. TIL
,Sm1 wind caught her at New Albany i
w landing at the wharfboat, which II
lac suited in tearing down one of he
&c; stages, jackstaff and derrick, and wasl
sP- ing four b%uggies.
:" The splendid steamer Hattie Nov
ell land, Captain James III. Reese, is tn
for. regular Arkansas river mail packt
for leaving this evening at 5 o'clock fC
DIS, Little Rock and all points on Arkar
sas river, attending to all way bus
ness. W. B. McEnulty, a genial an
clever gentleman, presidesin the ofic
hio The regular st. Francis river ma
packet Batesville, Captain j. d. RAJ
dali in command, leaves this evenir
az, no for st. Francis river and all poin
through to Wittsburg. Captain D. ]
Abrahams, a courteous gentleman,
her chief clerk, seconded by Bird
Banning.
The Anchor Line packet Bel
Memphis, Captain John G. Crane, vi
pm leave the Anchor Line wharfboat, 70
of Monroe street, this evening at
pm O'Clock, for Cairo and st. Louis, co
D'm m Meeting at Cairo with the princip
railroads for all points East and We.
The George w. Cheek, command
by Captain Stacker Lee, is the regul
mail packet this evening for Frial
Point and all way landings and Civ
'r' prompt and particular attention to
plantation and other business entru,
ed to her. Walker Outlaw is her p
lite purser, assisted by Platt Rhod
~ and Mr.. Houston.
The party who went down last trip
the Golden Rule with w. G. Hardwi
and was registered as Mrs. Hardwi
in the Golden Rule Pilot was not !
Geo. wife. His wife is at her home
Pontotoc street. She has not been 0
of the city since her arrival on Novel
s in Der the 4th, after the epidemic.
20 Captain w. w. O'Neal, the gre
ark. and good coal dealer, arrived in t
With city yesterday from Pittsburg a
st. awaits here the arrival of the Di
,zen Fulton, which will be down tod
rose with 20 barges of Pittsburg coal
$ on tow. She leaves 7 haFges here