Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-22

The Centennial left New Orleans
last evening for St. Louis.
The Mary Houston from New Or
leans arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Katie Hooper leaves Little
Rock to-day for Memphis.
The Golden Rule put off here 80
bales hay.
The contracts for the paving of the
lower levee will soon be let out.
Southern freights along the Ohio
are getting scarce.
The Vint Shinkle leaves Cincinnati
tomorrow evening for Memphis.
Nearly all of the crop of cotton Of
the past season has been shipped to
market.
The Silver Cloud has finally retired
from the Cincinnati and Tennessee
river trade.
Captain Maumus goes out in com
mand Of the B~atesville this evening
In the absence of Captain Randall.
Captain Thomas Darragh left last
evening by rail bound for Louisville
and Cincinnati on a business trip.
The j. w, Gaf, which left here
Saturday night for Cincinnati. added
10000 feet walnut lumber Sunday
night at Gayoso landing.
Arkansas river is getting down to
low tide, and for the present there is
no show for the Florence Meyer to get
out with her trip Of cotton.
The Shields, Capt. j. G.. Shields.
leaves this evening for Evansville.
Charley Reuter- is her gentlemanly
clerk.
The John A. Scudder, of the An
Choir Line, leaves st. Louis this even
ing for New Orleans, and leaves here
Saturday morning.
Colonel j.. d. Moore and his esti-
mable wife returned home from Gin
c%innati yesterday on the James D.
Parker.
The c. P, Chouteau from st. Louis
arrived at New Orleans yesterday with
a full cargo, including 1000 bales of
cotton and 5000 SKIS oil meal and cake,
which was taken on below here.
The City of Helena, of the Anchor
Line, left St. Louis last evening for
Vicksburg, and will leave here Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Captain VIM. Maingault purchased
yesterday of Mrs. Brooks the propel-
Ter o. W, Pierce. Captain Maingault
will run her in Hatchie river, tow
ing out slaves and doing jobbing work.
The Paris G. Brown, Captain Halli-
day, en- route from Cincinnati to New
Orleans, passed Evansville yesterday
at noon, and will leave here Thursday
morning.
The Gold Dust passed up last eve
ming for st. Louis with a good up
stream trip. She put off here 81 bales
of cotton and added 140 bales of East
ern-bOund cotton.
Captain R. w. Lightburne, at his
Union ticket Office, No. Z Monroe
street, sells tickets by river and rail
to any prominent point in the United
States.
The City of Alton, Captain Bixby.
OF the Anchor Line, passed Vicks-
burg Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock
and will arrive here tomorrow morn
ing and leave in the evening at
o'clock, sharp, for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Andy Baum, en- route from
Cincinnati to Memphis, passed Evans
vile yesterday at 3 pm, and will ar
rive here Thursday morning and leave
on Saturday evening with a return
trip.
The excellent light draught propel.
Ter Dyersburg, Captain Berry, is the
regular packet leaving this evening
for D%yersburg and all points on the
Forked Deer river. Il. B. Pendleton
presldes at the desk.
Captain Billy Maingault has. his
transfer boat, the General Pierson
draped in mourning in respect to the
memory of the gentleman after whom
the boat is named, who died in
Connecticut a few days since.
The new Anchor Line packet w.
T. Halliday, Captain Gould. leaves
the company's wharfboat, foot of Mon.
roe street, tomorrow morning at 1C
O'Clock for New Orleans, making all
principal way landings.
Henry Shaw, second clerk of the
James d, Parker, got indignant be-
cause he was woke up to stand his
watch, jumped the boat under way
between Cairo and this port. got his
money, stepped on the Calf and went
North to cool down.
The upper coast mail packet Osceola
Belle, Captain j g. Andrews is re-
ceiving at the foot of Court street,
and leaves tomorrow evening, her
regular mail day, for Osceola and the
upper coast: B. 0. Michel, Cyrus
Fay and Al Speeres, a trio of clever
gentlemen, have charge Of the office.
Thenew Anchor Line packet CITY
of Greenville made the run from New
Orleans to st. Louis in ) days, Il
hours and 30 minutes. She lost II
hours and 25 minutes by fog and baG
weather, and made 80 landings. This /,
on exceedingly good run for a new
boat with RaW machinery.