Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-11

vile yesterday morning at 8 o'clock.
The 0sceola Belle returned last
evening to the upper coast with a good
trip Of freight and people. 79a
The Belle Of Shreveport and Joe
Kinney left New Orleans yesterday for
st. Louis.
The Illinois returned to Arkansas
City last evening with a fair showing
Of freight and people.
The Grand Tower, for St. Louis.
added 1874 bales of Eastern-boun
cotton and a large lot of way freight
Captain Elem Calvert is at St. Louis
and wishes to go boating again. He
was superintendent of the Anchor
Line interests here for several years.
The Golden Rule, en- route from
New Orleaus to Cincinnati, passed
V~icksburg Sunday and will be here
tonight.
The Anchor Line packet City Of
Helena left Vicksburg yesterday noon
for st. Louis and will be due here to-
morrow.
The towboat Thomas w. Means is
en- route from the Ohio for this port
with barges containing 10000 barrels
salt for this market.
The Future City with three barges
containing 10000 bushels of wheat
and corn are en- route from ST Louis
to New Orleans.
The James Howard passed up last
night for st. Louis after d~ischarging
here 30 bxs oranges, 30 bxs lemons,
90 bbls sugar and % pkgs sundries.
The punctual little steamer Jay
Hardy, Captain Billy Davis in com
mand, leaves on time this evening for
Island 81 and Old river, doing all way
business.
The Thomas Sherlock leaves Gin
einnati to-day for New Orleans and
will be followed on Thursday by the
Robert Mitchell, and on Saturday by
the Charles Morgan.
The Mary Houston, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
Cairo last evening, and will pass here
tonight. She has on board 100 cocks
which are being taken to New Orleans
to fight in the national cock-mane.
Captain Tom feathers has closed
the contract for his new Natchez, and
she is to be finished by the first of
June next,
A telegram received from Louisville
states that Captain u. M. Shereley is
growing weaker daily, and that there
is no hope for his recovery,
Washington advices says the house
committee on commerce have agreed
to an appropriation of 100000 for the
improvement Of the Ohio river, $780,
600 for the Kentucky river, and $780,
600 for the Tennessee river.
The City of Vicksbug passed down
last evening for Vicksburg we'll laden.
She discharged here 40 bales cotton.
79l SKIS grain, SOB pkgs lard, 70 wet
bbls, 2hhds and 3 tcs bacon, 161 bxs
crackers, Is head cattle and 40 pkgs
sundries, and added % tons for points
below.
The Batesville, Captain Maumus,
leaves this evening for st. Francis
river and all points through to Wits
burg, carrying the mail and doing all
way business, Captain d. B. Abra-
hams, a clever gentleman and efficient
clerk, has charge of the Office, assisted
by Birdie Banning.
The Iron Mountain passed down
yesterday out of the Ohio river with
eight loaded barges containing $500
tons steel rails Cor Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas railroad, $4,000 bushels
bulk wheat, $4,000 bushels bulk corn.
10000 sacks corn, 1000 sacks oats.
5000 barrels -four and meal and 5000
splice bars.
A large number of points above St.
Louis charge no wharfage, and the
Others only a nominal rent for the
ground occupied by the packet com
pany's warehouse. This system of
steamboat lines owning warehouses sis
a great assistance to river business.
There will be many of them in course
of time.
Captain W. C. Hardwick realized
we'll on the three large potato boats
taken South early in the season. He
is now near Evansville preparing to
load six large hatboats with corn for
sugar planters above and below New
Orleans. There were seven boats in
his feet, but one was crushed and de-
strOyed by ice during the late freeze.
Captain Gus Montana, a popular
bOatman, has taken command of the
O.W. Pierce and will run her between
here and Horn Lake as a tri-weekly
packet, doing all business around
Presidents Island. Mr.. Otto Seyppel,
a clever gentleman, is her purser, and
all business entrusted to her will meet
with proper care and attention. She
leaves to-day on her initial trip.
The steamship Guy Mannering sailed
from New Orleans last week for Liv-
erpool with an immense cargo, con
sisting of 65H bales of cotton, 1888
sacks of oil cake, and 1900 pieces of
slaves. This steamship is 420 feet
long and is drawing % feet 6 inches.
The value Of this cargo is about $780,
600, There are two other steamships
Of about the same capacity and many
Of ordinary capacity loading at New
Orleans for most all points of the
compass.
The great favorite lower coast
packet Geo. w. Cheek, Of the Lee
Mail Line, in command Of that practi-
cal boatman and sociable gentleman
Captain Stacker Lee, leaves this eve
ming for Friar's Point, carrying the
mail and doing all way business. w.
W. Houston, a gentleman who is re-.
cognized for his integrity, promptness
in business and universal courtesy. is