Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-02

rive to-day, from White river, with q
big trip of cotton, and will leave to-
morrow evening with a return trip 60
ing through to ~Jacksonport. Walker
Outlaw is her chief clerk assisted by
Messrs. Boyd and Smith,
Some idea of the costliness Of
steamboats, doing business with small
towns may be cleaned from the intel
ligence that one company, running
several boats on the Ohio river, in a
trade 200 miles long, pays over S4O,-
600 per year for wharfage. This
amount is twenty per cent. on the
capital Of the company and quite sug-
g%estive.
Captain Frank Banksmith, late
chief clerk Of the Coahoma, will rep
resent the Lee line Of packets ashore.
A better selection could not have been
made. Captain Banksmith is a thor
ough business man and has the conf
dence and respect Of the mercantile
community. He win prove a great
acquisition to the Lee lines interest
on shore.
The splendid light draught steamer,
Maumelle, Captain james Bowlin,
will arrive to-day from the Arkansas
river with a good list of cotton, and
will leave this evening with a return
trip for Pine Bluff, carrying the mail
and attending to all way business.
Charley Musselman controls the office,
assisted by George Cunningham.
The elegant sidewheel steamer Andy
Baum, Captain Vinton, is receiving
at thefoot of Court street for Cincin-
natl and all points on the Ohio, and
leaves tomorrow evening. She makes
close connection with the principal
railroads for all points East and West,
and gives through rates. Captain NJ.
NJ. Deems, a clever gentleman, is her
chief clerk, seconded by Mr.. Hardin
son, a courteous gentleman.
The steamboatmen respectfully,
through the LEDGER, solicit mer-
chants to send their freight down 70
the boats on the days of departure be-
fore five o'clock. The scarcity and
unreliability of labor, and rush of
freight late in the evening, DELAYS the
boats several hours after night, and
causes not only confusion to the boat
men, but entails a heavy loss on them
on account of labor.
The excellent steamer Batesyille.
Captain ID. B. Abrams in command.
leaves the foot of Union street this
evening for Wittsburg and all points
on st. Francis river, carrying the
mail, giving attention to all way bust
ness and connecting at Mariana with
the light draught boat Marcus Collins
for Wittsburg and the Sunk lands.
Birdie Banning, who, by his deport-
ment, has. made himself so popular on
the river, seconds Captain Abrams
in the office.
A telegram received from Captain
j. D. Randall of the steamer
Marcus Collins, at Helena, last
evening, reports that he had sue
ceeded in saving all but eight
or ten bales of the cotton from
the sunken barge, brought out from
the st. Francis by the steamer Bates
vile and wrecked in the stream on
Saturday morning last. Captain Ran
dali would remain at Helena to pro-
tect the interests of all concerned.
The lost barge had 434 bales of cotton
on board, all consigned to New Or
leans. The steamer Stanard brought
some $50 bales here yesterday, taken
from the wreck.
The Fawn, Captain J. F. Vaughn
in command, came in near oon from
Evansville, with a full cargo of grain
and produce; one item of her cargo
was 1880 SKIS corn. She leaves to-
night at ten o'clock with a return trip
for Cairo and Evansville. She pays
strict attention to all way business.
She gets a good send-oif from here,
taking on this side 400 bales of com
pressed cotton, and adding at Hope
field 800 bales, all bound East. Robt.
Moffat, a genial and clever gentleman,
oficiates in the office. The Fawn is a
safe and good carrier,
The old fayorite lower coast packet.
the Coahoma, Captain E. O. Banks in
command, came IN this morning with
666 bales cotton, y bags seed cotton,
ll3l SKIS seed and 46 pkgs sundries.
and had also a good list of people.
She leaves this evening with a return
trip for Friars Point, carrying the
mail, attending to all bend business,
and connecting at Glendale with the
Northwestern and Mobile railroad.
Billy Smither, who is one of the most
popular clerks on the river, is her
chief clerk, and has associated with
him in the'ofice Messrs. John Haley
and Tom Hook, two clever gentlemen
and accommodating clerks.