Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-20

The Jas. w. Gaf for Memphis and
Golden Grown for New Orleans leave
Cincinnati tomorrow evening.
Captain Ed Crowell, late of the
katydid, is making his headquarters
at present in New Orleans.
The Robert Mitchell will be up
Sunday morning, en- route TO Cincin-
natl.
The Belle Memphis leaves st. Louis
Tomorrow for Memphis, arriving here
Monday night.
The Mollie Moore, Captain John B.
Davis, will positively leave st. Louis
this evening for Memphis, and will
arrive here Monday.
Commodore Milt Harry came over
from Devall's Bluff by rail and is
around to-day looking after his steam
boat interests.
The j. w. Gaf arrived in Cincin-
natl Wednesday at 2 am, in time for
passengers to make connection with
the Eastern bound trains.
The Mary Houston for New Or.
leans, added here 60 hhds tobacco, 8
boilers for sugar plantations and 40
tons of miscellaneous freight.
Steamboatmen complain of the tar
dlness of Colonel Merrill in removing
the sunken salt boat in front of the
New Albany wharfboat, directly in
the channel.
Captain j. Y. Reynolds purchased
at Cincinnati on Wednesday the Laura
l. Davis from Captain j. c. Reno.
He will place her in the Wheeling and
Pittsburg trade.
The Katydid, in command of Capt.
I'd Thomas, passed up at 5 o'clock
this morning for the Ohio river. She
will enter a local trade in the lower
Ohio.
The H. P. Rogers, Captain Mart
Hampton, is the regular packet leav-
ing this evening at five o'clock for
Scanlan's Landing. Frank Palmer
is clerk.
The B~atesville, Captain Maumus.
Will arrive tomorrow morning from
st. Francis river and leave in the
evening with a return trip for Mari
anna.
The splendid passenger steamer
Paris =. Brown, Captain A. p. Halli-
day, will leave Glenn's wharfboat this
evening at 4 o'clock for New Orleans.
making all principal way landings.
The Anchor Line packet Colorado
leaves st. Louis this evening for
yicksburg and will leave here Mon
day morning.
The Marlin Speed left Pine Bluff
last night for Memphis with 1000 SKIS
seed, will arrive Sunday morning and
leave Monday evening with a return
trip.
Captain James Franklin, agent for
the Mollie Moore, received a telegram
this morning from Captain John B.
Davis, dated st. Louis, informing him
that rates on freights were firm at 1Oc
per hundred weight and zoe per barrel
on -four.
The Anchor Line packet James
Howard, Captain James O'Neal, will
leave the company's wharfboat to-
morrow evening at 5 o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings. Captain Woods presides at
the desk.
The b. o. Stanard passed down last
night FOR New Orleans. She dis
charged here $50 bbls -four. 200 bbls
meal, 200 rolls bagging and Is bdls
springs and added at Hopefeld 1000
sacks oil cake.
Obion river is too low for the Alf
Stevens to navigate. She is lying at
Dyersburg, with large engagements of
lumber for St. Louis, but owing to
the extreme low stage of water she is
unable to bring any Of it out.
Pittsburg Telegram of the 18th
River men continue to watch the sky
very closely, hoping for rain, but the
prospect for a rise is no better than it
has been. Most of the weather
prophets have subsidized.
The sale of the Cheek to the St.
Louis parties did notpan out we'll. The
shekels were not put down on her
arrival at st. Louis, and in conse-
quence Captain James Lee, ir., ordered
her home again, and Captain Henry
Cooper and Pilot George Keef left
yesterday by rail to bring here back
to her old stamping ground.
The 0sceola Belle, in command of
Captain j. G. Andrews, came in this
morning from the upper coast with
l82 SKIS seed, 10 pkgs sundries and a
fair list Of people. She returns this
evening at 6 o'clock to 0sceola, carry
ing the mail and paying close atten-
ton to way business. Captain B. 0.
Michel manages the office, assisted by
Cyrus Fay and Al Spcers.
The City of Yicksburg, Captain Bob
Riley, of the Anchor Line, will arrive
this evening from Vicksburg and
leave tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
for Cairo and st. Louis, carrying the
mail, attending to all bend business.
and connecting with the principal rail
roads for all points East and West.
Chris Sharp, a genial and clever gen
tleman, is her purser.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Greenville, Captain Jack Carter, will
leave the company's wharf boat to-
morrow at 10 am. for Vicksburg.
carrying the mail and attending. to all
way business also connects with the
Yazoo river and New Orleans packets.
giving through bills Of lading and
through rates,
The excellent Right draught steamer
Milt Harry, Captain Pete Macarthur
in command, will arrive to-day from
White river and will leave tomorrow
evening in place of the Josie Harry,
carrying the mail, giving prompt
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