Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-01

The vint shinkle passed Louisville
yesterday for Memphis, after adding
there 675 rolls bagging, $50 barrels
salt and 300 barrels cement.
The Golden Rule leaves Cincinnati
tomorrow evening for New Orleans,
and will be followed on Thursday by
the new steamer VIII Kyle.
The LEDGER Job Printing office
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. +
The Mary Houston passed down for
New Orleans Sunday alto am, loaded
down to the guards. She added here
532 barrels oil and 632 sacks oil meal.
The Eldorado came in from the
Ohio at 9 am, loaded fat in the water.
She put off here a lot of stuff and gets
away this afternoon for New Or
leans.
Captain Randle, with his new upper
St. Francis river steamer the Marcus
Collins, got away Saturday night for
Wittsburg, with about forty tons of
freight.
The Mark Twain, Captain George
Malone, came in from Scanlans with
&c bales cotton, 16 bgs cotton seed and
973 seeks seed. She leaves this evening
with a return trip.
The Rapid Transit, Captain Billy
Ashford's Commerce packet, resumes
her trips, leaving this evening. Frank
Ellison presides at the desk with
Charley Leftwich as assistant.
The James D. Parker cleared yes
terday at 3 a. M, for Cincinnati, with
200 bales of cotton, 400 iron axles, 800
car wheels and sundries, and also had
30 cabin passengers and 10 deckers.
A suit was entered at New Orleans
last week for $4,000 damages against
the Lucy E. Gastrell, by the wife of
a colored roustabout who was drowned
off that boat some time ago.
Captain Robert Ward, a we'll known
Cumberland and Ohio river boatman,
died at his residence, near Paducah,
Saturday morning. The last boat he
commanded was the Milbrey.
The good little steamer Dyersburg,
came in this morning from Dyersburg,
with 1874 bales cotton, IL bags seed
cotton and 1928 SKIS seed. She leaves
tomorrow eSening with a return trip.
The John Gilmore passed down
Sunday afternoon with six barges OF
grain and produce. She added to her
tow here a barge of oil cake, which
was loaded for her by Captain R. P.
Glenn.
The Guiding Star passed Evansville
yesterday afternoon, bound for New
Orleans, and will be here to leave
Wednesday evening. Captain j. I.
Washington will give all information
as regards her.
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The Lee line ~ofpackets and the Ar
kansas line Of packets, owing to the
scarcity and unreliability of labor, will
not receive freights hereafter, after
five o'clock on the days of the de.
p%arture of the packets.
The Cherokee came in this morning
from New Orleans with 50 bales cot
ton, AZ bags seed cotton and a large
lot of seed. She loads here with a
return trip for New Orleans. Captain
Joe Elliott came up on her.
The Gold Dust, Captain John Nc
Cord, came in from St. Louis, with a
splendid trip Of freight and people.
She discharged here wei 5000 pkgs
of general mdse., and adds % tons fo1
points below, and gets away for Vicks-
burg this afternoon.
The Golden City passed up Saturday
evening for Cincinnati with 100 tons
of freight. One item of her cargo was
57s barrels of molases. She discharged
here, 15O,scks salt, 16 bbls molasses, 16
hhds sugar and 212 pkgs sundries.
The City of Greenville passed up
Sunday afternoon, for St. Louis, with
an excellent upstream trip. She put
off here, 1873 bales cotton, 10 bgs seed
cotton and so pkgs sundries, and added
a small list of Eastern bound cotton.
The James Howard took into New
Orleans this trip 6,379 bales of cotton.
4,l04 sacks of seed, 2,2O6 sacks of oil
cake and $50 barrels of oil, and left
New Orleans Saturday evening with a
return trip for this port.
The Maumelle, Captain James
Bowlin, will arrive to-day from Arkan-
sas river, and leave tomorrow evening
with a return trip, carrying the mail
and going through to Little Rock.
Charley Musselman is her chief
clerk.
The Henry Frank, Captain Frank
Hicks, will be found in port to morrow
morning, receiving for New Orleans
and leaves Wednesday evening. Cap
tain Alf. Grissom is her purser.
CAPTAIN j. ~ WASHINGTON will mako