Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-31

she lays up here to await future
The Oil Valley and barges passed
up this morning for the Ohio river.
The Oakland and barges passed up
last night.
The Silver Cloud leaves Evansville
to-day for Tennessee river.
The Red Wing, in all probability,
will enter the Memahis and Vicksburg
trade in the Adams Mail Line.
The Anchor Line packet Belle of
Shreveport will pass down this after
noon for New Orleans.
The Dick Fulton, with a tow of
empty barges passed up last night for
the Ohio river.
The Sam Roberts and barges, eli
route to New Orleans, adds here a lot
of cotton, oil cake and meal.
Heavy running ice madN its appear
ance at OsceOla yesterday and will be
passing here tomorrow.
The John B. Maude is loading at
Cairo for Vicksburg and the bends.
The James d. Parker, Captain G.
B. Russell, is in port and leaves
for Cincinnati as soon as navigation
opens up.
This is a good time for Billy Haines
to buy a thermometer-he'll seldom
find them lower,
The Kate Dixson will arrive
Thursday from Y~icksburg and leave
Saturday morning with q return trip.
The Ohio is gorged with ice at
several points between Pittsburg and
Cincinnati.
The Paris c. Brown passed up this
morning for Cincinnati with 500 tons
of freight. She put off here 16 bales
Of cotton and a lot of sundries.
Captain Tom Leathers will build
/, a boat next season that can take the
John w. Cannon in. He don't like
the idea of the John w. Cannon
passing the Natchez underway.
The Katie Hooper lays up and will
not return to the Arkansas liver until
there is more water or an Improvement
of navigation in that stream.
The local packets leaving tomorrow
include the mail boats Coahoana, for
r Friar's Point, and the 0sceola Belle,
for Osoeola and the upper coast.
: The Illinois, which left last evening
for Riyerton, and the City of Augusta,
a coming in from New 0rleuns, came
near colliding last evening at Presi-
dents Island. No harm was done, but
I the local inspectors want to investi-
; gate.
The Batesville, Captain J. D. Ran.
! dali, is the regular mail packet leav-
5 ing this evening for the ST. Francis
river and all points through to Wits.
burg. Captain D. B. Abrahams. {
: courteous gentleman, controls the
! Office, assisted by Birdie Banning.
!, The Annie P. Silver discharged a
T Cairo on Friday last - car loads O
! sugar, 10 car loads molasses and
Z large lot of salt and other freights
4 and is loading there in the Ancho,
0 lime with a return trip for New
Orleans.
l. Captain J. w. Quill, of the steame
Mary, who married o young lady O
Pine Bluff a few years since, has lai
up his boat at Mobile, to get a ne,
shaft in place of a broken one. Thi
is the first mishap that has befalle
n. the Mary since she was first bull
n. several years ago.
n The staunch little steamer ia
+" Hardy, Captain William Davis, leave
this evening for Island 81, Old Rive
and all landings in behind the islands
attending promptly to all business en-
trusted to her. Mr.. Jimmy Davis, a
accurate clerk and clever gentleman
attends to the clerical department.
!. The famous passenger steame
Charles Morgan was sold at Unite
States marshal sale at Cincinnati, O
Saturday last, and purchased by M.
w. ii. Thompson, of st. Louis, fC
!, $4,000 cash. Mr.. Thompson, Il
successful purchaser, is a brother-il
va law Of Captain Albert Stein.
The fine steamer George w. Chez
:. lof the Lee Mail Line, leaves tn
IN evening at 5 O'Clock for Friar's Poin
nu carrying the mail and paying strict a
%tention to all way and plantation bus
ness. Captain Stacker Lee command
nc with Walker Outlaw, a worthy gentl,
'a man, in charge of the office, assistC
NC by Plat Rhodes and Mr.. Houston.
h Captain Oscar Postal will make
trial trip to-day with his staunch an
w neat little packet the Trader, whic
flo he has almost rebuilt and put in frs
class order for the Cache river trad
1ia which he enters next week, runniT
= throughout the season, making reguli
trips, connecting at Devalls Bluff wit
the White river packets and Lift
Rock road.
The new and elegant light-draugl
Arkansas river mail packet Marli
Speed, Captain Eugene Smith in con
mand, will arrive to-day from Arkal
sas river and leaves tomorrow evel
ing with a return trip, going throul
,ck to Little Rock. Wash Floyd, one
the most popular clerks on the rive
till has charge of the office, seconded
Johnny Briggs.
Dr. The mammoth steamer Hen
Frank, Captain Frank Hicks, will a
irs rive tomorrow morning from Ne
Orleans and will leave in the event.
with a return trip, making all prime
'ne pal way landings, Cotton and 9th
F. freights will be received for her at ii
in r. Il. Lee wharfboat at all time
err Captain Aft GriSsom, an affable 20
tlnman IL ber chief clark aeeisted