Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-22

Paris I. Brown TOR New Orleans leave
Cincinnati this evening.
Captain Isaac Bryson has resumed
command of the Bostona, relieving
Captain w. p. Walker.
The new Mary Houston, Captain
Charley Miller, leaves Glenn's wharf
boat this afternoon for Cincinnati.
The tow boats kellogg and Fleming
are en- route from the Illinois river to
this port and New Orleans with tows
Of ice.
The City of Yicksburg, of the
Anchor Line, left st. Louis last even
ing for Vicksburg and leaves here on
Monday morning.
The elegant steamer Illinois, Capt.
John b. Davis, is the regular Monday
packet for Arkansas City and the
lower coast.
The shipments of coal out of the
Monongahela pools during January
and February were 2,802, 500 bushels ;
coke, 289,8O0 bushels.
The Silver Cloud, en- route from the
Tennessee river to Cincinnati, has a
a big trip, one item of her cargo being
1000 bags of peanuts.
The Belle Memphis left Vicksburg
yesterday at II am. for st. Louis. She
will arrive here tomorrow night and
leave Monday for st. Louis.
The 0uachita Belle left Vicksburg
yesterday noon for Memphis and will
arrive tomorrow afternoon and leave
on Tuesday with a return trip.
The B~atesville, Captain Randall,
will arrive tomorrow from st. Francis
river with a good trip of cotton, and
leaves on Tuesday with a return trip.
The new Anchor Line steamer City
Of Greenyille leaves Louisville this
evening for st. Louis to receive her
furniture and outfit and take her
place in the Anchor Line.
Captain Jack Clark, who died at
New Orleans a few days since of pneu-
monia, used to work for Messrs. Brown
4 Jones on the tug Nettie Jones, and
is well known in steamboat circles.
The Guiding Star passed down last
evening for New Orleans loaded fiat
in the water and had 65 cabin passen-
gers. She put off here Z head stock
and refused freight but added some
people.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Sterling
Mcintyre, will arrive Monday from
the Ohio river with a full cargo OF
Western products, and leaves Wednes-
day next with a return trip for Gin.
cinnati.
The Diamond Joe Line will start in
next week, in opposition to the Keo.
kuk Northern Line. The new mai
line is booming, and will undoubtedly
be a success merchants are taking al
interest.
The Hard Cash will pass Devall',
Bluff tomorrow morning for Mem
phis with a good list of cotton anC
other freight, and will arrive on Tues
day and return to White river Wednes
day evening.
The Marlin Speed will be let off o
the ways at Mound City to-day full
repaired, and will arrive here in tn,
early part of the week ready to resum,
her regular trips in the Memphis ant
Arkansas River Mail Line.
This has been the shortest cotto,
season for steamboats, known for man,
years, and it is distressing to see s.
many fine boats go to the bank for tn.
want of business aud so much capita
invested lay idle.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vintor
leaves this evening at 5 o'clock 70
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati
ticketing passengers through to al
points East at a lower rate than evel
VIM. Harbinson, an affable gentleman
presides at the desk.
There will be a meeting of steam
boatmen and business men identife
with river commerce held at the col
ton exchange this afternoon, for tn
purpose of selecting delegates to al
tend the Cincinnati convention whie
will be held on the 31st instant.
No danger is apprehended of a
overflow this spring, the snow in tn
mountains having gradually melte,
and the river kept within its bank.
and unless unprecedented rains Shout,
come there will be no danger of al
overflow or an extreme high stage 9
water.
The Henry Frank got away 70
New Orleans with 800 bales cotton
1000 SKIS oil cake and meal, and 20
bbls oil. This will probably be he
last trip for this season in the Mem
phis trade owing to the light ship
ment Of cotton and scarcity Of othe
freights.
The excellent upper coast packe
Shields, Captain j. G. Shields in com
mand, came in from Madrid Bend
with another good trip Of corn, cottor
and miscellaneous freight. She leave
Monday evening with a return trip fc
New Madrid and all way landings o
the upper coast. Mr.. Reuter-, a cleve
gentleman, presideS at the desk.
The City of Alton came in la.
night from st. Louis well laden. Sh
discharged here at the Anchor Lin
wharf boat 982 bbls -four and mea
625 SKIS corn, $50 SKIS oats, 200 SIX
bran, $40 bales hay, $40 boxes starcl
% tierces lard and l26 pkgs sundrie.
She added at Hopefeld 800 SKIS o
cake and took on here a lot of oil cak
and meal and a small list of cotton an
sundries, and left at 10 I'm. for Ne
Orleans.
The Lee Mail Line steamer Geora
w. Cheek, Captain Stacker Lee
command, leaves this evening prompt
at 6 o'clock for Friar's Point and wa