Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-15

Robert Mitchell, is very low and not
expected to live.
The Robert Mitchell en- route. from
Cincinnati to New Orleans. passed
Louisville yesterday.
Jim Hurst, a lightning pilot. an old
Paducah boy, is running a tavern in
st. Louis.
The Little Eagle, the government
survey boat, came up yesterday from
below for supplies.
Hon. W. P. Fowler, the venerable
father Of the Fowler boys, has joined
the Catholic church.
There are several bad holes and bad
places on the levee that should be i'm
mediately repaired.
aMr. William Harbeson, bill clerk of
the Andy Baum, is accompanied by
his wife and little son this trip.
The new Memphis and New Orleans
packet Ed Richardson leaves New
Orleans to-day for Memphis.
The Anchor Line packet Grand
Tower left st. Louis last evening for
Vlcksburg, arriving here tomorrow.
The Paris G. Brown, due up to-
morrow for the Ohio river. has 600
hhds sugar, 300 bbls molasses and
sundries.
johnny Briggs, the efficient second
clerk Of the Marlin Speed, left last
night for Little Rock by rail to rejoin
his packet.
Captain W. w. Coulson has sold the
n. II. Durfee to George G.. Keith. who
will run her in the Missouri river.
Price, S11, 900.
The Anchor Line packet City of
Vicksburg left Vicksburg yesterday
noon for st. Louis, and will arrive
here Monday.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Osceola and
the upper coast.
On our local page will be found an
account of the burning Of the A. c.
Donnally, which passed here Wednes.
day noon bound for Cincinnati.
The Paris c. Brown, en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Vicksburg last evening at 4 o'clock
and is due here Monday afternoon.
The Kountz Line steamer Rucker
arrived at Little Rock yesterday from
New Orleans. She goes to Fort Smith
in search Of load of cotton.
Captain James Remission. a veteran
steamboatman, formerly commander
Of the Vint Shinkle, leaves this even
ing by rail for Hot Springs.
The John A. Scudder passed ND
last evening for st. Louis. She dis
charged here Is hhds sugar and 100
bbls oranges and sundries.
There are over twenty applicants
for the command of the government
snagboat y. A. Woodruff, recently va
Gated by Captain I'll. ii. Drown.
Mr.. II. %Silyerman, a prominent
merchant of Indian Bay, Ark, who
came around on the Josie Harry, was
a visitor at the cotton exchange yes
terday.
The United States survey boats
Clytie, Doris and Thetis left Cairo on
Thursday, one for each Of the points
Of Osceola, Lake Providence and Ar
kansas City.
The Adams Mail Line packet
0uachita Belle left Vicksburg yester-
day noon for Memphis, and will arrive
on Monday and return on Tuesday.
her regular day.
The Cons Millar leaves Cincinnati
for Memphis to-day. and will be fol.
lowed by the JAS. w. Gaff, with her
Mardi-Gras excursionists on Wednes-
day next.
The famous passenger steamer Chas.
Morgan, Rex's flagship of the Ohio
squadron, leaves Cincinnati this wen
ing for New Orleans and leaves here
Wednesday next.
The Centennial, which left New
Orleans Wednesday for st. Louis. has
$50 hhds sugar, 500 bbls molasses' 7Ol
bales jute, 500 bxs lemons and oranges
and $50 bbls rice.
The Belle st. Louis. of the Anchor
Line, Captain Cartwright in com.
mand, leaves the wharfboat foot of
Monroe street, this evening at 5
o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis.
The following are the PRINCIPAL
items of the Golden Crown which left
New Orleans Wednesday evening for
Cincinnati 20 hhds sugar. $50 bbls
molasses, 400 bbls rice and 60 bales of
rags.
Captain Asa Bumgardner leaves
this evening on the Vint Shinkle for
Hale's Point to take charge of the
new boat, the Mag B., which he pur.
chased forthe Metropolis and Paducah
trade.
Captain Dugan reports the wrecker
Eckert at work at the sunken G.. B.
Church, washing the mud from her
decks. The boat is perfectly straight.
and he has hopes Of raising her and
saving most of the cargo.
The little steamer Home, which has
been plying In Black bayou, a tribu.
tary of Yazoo river, was burned on
Monday night last. Her cargo con
sisted of n bales Of cotton consigned
to Vicksburg.
The Memphis and Cincinnati pack
ct Andy Baum passed Evansville
yesterday at Bpm. for Memphis. and
will arrive here Monday and leave on
Wednesday next with a return trip for
Cincinnati.
The Mary Miller is to be dismantled.
The career of a lucky old boat has
ended. She was owned and command
ed first by the late Henry Miller, and
was named after his sister, a Nashville