Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-02

The james Howard passed down
yesterday for New Orleans we'll laden.
She put off here II tubs butter and a
lot of sundries. She added $500 SKIS
oil cake at Hopefeld and took on at
this side 1000 SKIS oil cake and a lot of
miscellaneous freight.
The Golden City, Captain J. D.
Hegler, will leave Glenn's wharfbOat,
foot of Jefferson street, Tomorrow at
4 PM, for New Orleans, making all
the principal way landings. Captain
William Mcintyre is her clever and
accommodating clerk. Captain Glenn
will make engagements and receive
freight for her at his wharfboa foot
Of Jefferson street.
The 0sceola Belle, Capt. J. G. An
drews, came in on time from the upper
coast with 3 bales and ! bag of cotton.
159 sacks seed and sundries, and had
also a good list Of people. She leaves
Wednesday evening. her regular mail
day, with a return trip for 0sceola and
the upper coast. b. o. Michel,
Cyrus Fay and Al Speers, a trio Of
clever gentlemen, are her clerks.
The Batesville, Capt. j. D. Randall,
came in this morning from Mariana
with a fair trip, and leaves tomorrow
evening with a return trip for St.
Francis river, carrying the mail and
going through to Wittsburg, connect
lug with a light-draught steamer for
the Sunk Lands. Birdie Banning is
her clever purser.
The elegant passenger steamer Gold
Dust, Capt. John 7. McCord, of the
Anchor Line, arrived last night from
Vicksburg, and leaves the eompany's
wharfboat, foot of Monroe street. this
evening at sharp 5 o'clock for Cairo
and st. Louis, attending to all bend
business and making direct connec-
ton with the principal railroads for
all points East and West.
The Memphis and St. Louis packet
Ste. Genevieve, Captain Ed Gray,
will arrive tomorrow merning from
st. Louis with a full cargo of miscel-
l%aneous freight and viii leave the
Anchor Line wharfboat in the even
ing at sharp 5 with a return trip fol
Cairo and st. Louis, attending to all
bend business and making direct con-
nection with the principal railroads
for all points East and West.
The " red tiger packet Coahoma
Captain Stacker Lee, came in yester-
day morning from Friar's Point with
q bales of cotton, 52l SKIS seed, 10(
bbls oil, 16 head cattle and % pkg,
sundries. She had also a large list O
people. She will leave this evening al
6 o'clock, sharp, with a return trip fol
Friar's Point, carrying the mail anC
attending promptly to all way bust.
ness. She makes all landings or
schedule time, and connects at Glen.
dale with the Mobile and Northwest.
ern railroad. Captain John Gwath.
mey, a gentleman who is noted fol
his uniform kindness and promp.
attention to business, controls the
office, and is assisted by Messrs. Plat
Rhodes and j. w. Haley.
The 0uachita Belle, Captain Mari
Cheek, came in last night from Ar
kopolis with Ii bales cotton, 1856 SIX
seed and 26 pkgs sundries, and had
big list Of people. The Illinois, il
charge of the officers of the Ouachit
Belle, goes out in her place this even
ing, the latter lying up for some ligh
repairs. The Illinois is in frst-clas
Apair and has palatial accommada
tions. She will leave the foot of Cour
street at 6 o'clock, sharp, for Arkopo
lis, carrying the mail, paying stric
attention to all way business, an
making direct connection at Arkansa
City with the Pine Bluff railroad
Captain Lee Cummins, a worthy gen
tleman and efficient clerk, has charg,
of the office, and has associated wit
him Messrs. Billy Thomas and lie
Cummins, jr,
While many of the papers are how
ing for free wharfage they are over
locking an important fact so far a
large cities are concerned. TAX
Memphis for instance. The steam
boat owners here who thorough
understand the wharfage question d
not want free wharfage for the yer
good reason hat the public landin
would become useless to steamboat
Immediately after the ordinance wen
into effect. Anything could Ian.
there, since there could be no specia
Legislation to say what should not d
so, and instead of being a blessing i
would prove a curse. With fire.
wharfage in the limited space of GU
public landing, the levee would b
crowded with all kinds of Aatboat:
RATS and other crafts which woul.
have as much right there as steam
boats. Steamboatmen are willing t
pay a reasonable rate of wharfage t
secure the inestimable privilege {
: exclusiveness, and that is all the
want. Reduce the wharfage at a
large cities to a nominal rate an
steamboatmen will be we'll satisfied
lat small towns the wharfage tax is a
abominatiOn, aud in comparison wit
the business transacted it amount
to extortion. That is where til
worst feature of the system comes il
MISSISSIPPI.