Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-19

ifom D Onlo river with a full cargo
Of Western products, aud leaves
Wednesday evening with a return trip
for Cincinnati. Capt. James Wilson
does the honors Of the Office.
The Batesville, Captain Maumus, is
the regular mail packet leaving to-
morrow evening for the st. Francis
river, going through to Wittsburg and
attending promptly to all way bust
ness. Birdie Banning, a clever gem
tleman and accommodating clerk, has
charge of the Office.
The Maumelle, Captain Rees
Pritchard, will arrive in port to-day
from Arkansas river with a fair list Of
cotton and other freight, and leaves
tomorrow evening with a return trip,
carrying the mail and going through
to Little Rock. Captain j. A. Ne
Cornell is her chief clerk, seconded
by Charley Musselmau.
Captain j. d. Randall will have the
repairs of the steamer General Miles
completed in a Few days, and will then
leave with her for the st. Francis river
and will run her as a daily packet be-
tween Wittsburg and Madison, run
ming in connection with the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad.
The Anchor Line packet Gold Dust.
Captain John 7. McCord, will leave
the company's wharfboat this evening
at five O'Clock, sharp, for Cairo and
st. Louis, attending to all bend bust
ness and making close connection with
the principal railroads for all points
East and West.
The steam slOop which is used as a
surveying boat, en- route from New
Orleans to st. Louis, made her ap-
pearance yesterday morning, anchored
out in the stream and remained until
in the afternoon when she steamed up
the river. Captain Warman pilots
her to Cairo. She attracted much
attention as many Memphians had
never before seen such a craft.
The Memphis and st. Louis packet
st. Genevieve, Captain Ed Gray, will
arrive tonight from st. Louis with a
full cargo Of grain and produce, and
leaves the Anchor Line wharfboat to-
morrow evening with a return trip for
Cairo and st. Louis. She has been
reprinted, thoroughly overhauled and
put in complete running order, and
with the Belle Memphis will ply reg
ular during the season between here
and st. Louis, The Belle Memphis
will leave here every Saturday, and
the st. Genevieve every Tuesday.
The Ceahoma, Captain Stacker Lee.
of the Lee Mail Line, arrived yester-
day morning from Friar's Point with
90 bales Of cotton, II SKIS seed and %
pkgs sundries. She had also a good
list of people. She leaves this even
ing at six o'clock, sharp, with a re-
turn trip for Friar's Point, carrying
the mail and making all way landings
on schedule time, and connecting at
Glendale with the Mobile and North.
western railroad. Captain John
VI hdIhluCy 10 HeT puTSer, ana mas as
sOeiated with him in the Office Messrs.
Plat Rhodes and j. W. Haley.
The 0uachita Belle, Capt. Mark
Cheek, came in. last evening from
Vicksburg with IS bales and Is bags
of cotton and 50 pkgs sundries. She
had also a large list of people, having
her rooms full and quite a number on
cots. She had also a large number Of
deckers. She did a good way bust
ness on both her down and up trips,
She is receiving at the foot of Court
street for a return trip, and leaves to.
morrow evening at sharp 8 o'clock and
makes close connection at Vicksburg
with the regular packets for New Or
leans and Yazoo river, giving through
bills of lading and ticketing passen-
gers through. Capt. Lee Cummins is
her clerk, assisted by Messrs. Neil
Booker and Lee Cummins, jr.