Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-15

The coal barges stranded by the
Alice Brown at ShooAy bar are now
high and dry.
The John B. Maude, of the Anchor
Line, left st. Louis last evening for
V%icksburg and leaves here Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The John Gilmore and barges
passed down this morning. She
dropped a barge here loaded with bulk
grain.
The John A. Scudder left st. Louis
last evening for New Orleans and
leaves here Saturday morning at 10
o'clock.
The Coahoma returned TO Friar's
Point last evening with a good trip of
freight and a large list of people, in
GLIDING a bridal party for Helena.
The large amount of grain and pro-
duce being handled on the levee to-day
Is an evidence of a revival of business
and more stability in trade than there
was at this time last season.
The James d. Parker, from Mem
phis, and Mary Houston, from New
Orleans, bound for Cincinnati, passed
Evansville yesterday morning at eight
o'clock.
The Robert Mitchell passed down
last evening for New Orleans with
700 tons Of freight. She put off here
a few packages Of freight and added
70 packages of merchandise.
The w. P. Halliday passed downthis
morning for New Orleans, well laden.
She discharged here 1000 bbls -four
and meal, 1000 SKIS corn, and 800 pkgs
general merchandise, and added 900
sacks oil cake and a lot of meal.
The Marlin Speed, Captain Eugene
Smith, will arrive tomorrow from
Arkansas river, and leave Saturday
evening with a return trip for Little
Koch, carrying the mail and doing all
way business.
The Joe Williams passed up this
morning for the Ohio river with a tow
of empty barges and the Bart Able,
which will be towed to Jacksonville
to be dlsmantled and her machinery
placed into a new boat.
The Grand Tower passed down this
morning with a splendid trim of
freight. She put off here 1854 bbls
flour and meal, l02 sacks grain, Is
casks meat, 4 bbls pork and 500 pkgs
miscellaneous freight and added sc
tons for points below.
The towboat John Porter, which
carried death and desolation with her
along the Ohio river during the cpl
demic last summer, will not be per
mltted, so the upper country papers
say, to come into Southern ATTITUDES
this summer.
The new and magnificent passenger
steamer Guiding Star, in command
of Captain w. B. Miller, one of the
most popular boatmen on the river
will leave Glenn's wharfboat to-mor-
row at four o'clock for New Orleans
making all principal way landings
Captain j. S. Jones is her purser.
The Mark Twain will arrive TO-DAY
from Cairo with her new dress on
Her hull is as red as blood, while out.
side she is pure white. She has a
cargo of 1900 sacks corn, 400 bbls
meal and 80 bbls salt for this market
and a barge load Of coal for Captain
Randall.
The tug Night Hawk, Captain Duo
Broadhurst in command, which had
been to New Orleans with a tow O
slaves, returned to port last evening
Captain Dave Thomas piloted heI
through in six days, and is now oper
for another engagement. CAPTAIN
Thomas reports the river below here
as being in bad condition-the chan.
mel crooked and full of snags.
The propeller Vandeberg. which
has been to New Orleans with a tow
of slaves out Of Tennessee river, ar.
rived this morning, Captain Henry
Wilburn, her pilot, bringing hel
through on good time. She proceed.
on up the river, and Henry is now
awaiting for something good to turf
up, and is open for another engage
ment.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Sterlinl
Mcintyre in command, will arrive to.
day from the Ohio river with a full
cargo of grain aud produce, and leave,
Saturday evening with a return triI
for Cincinnati, ticketing passenger.
through to all points East at a cheaper
rate than ever. Captain j. A. Lind.
say, an affable gentleman, is her chiet
clerk.
EThe new, swift and palatial mail
and passenger steamer Josie Harry
Captain Milt Harry, will arrive to-day
from White river with a good trip fol
this season of the year, and will leave
Saturday evening with a return trip
going through to Jacksonport. Walk.
err Outlaw, one of the most popular
boatmen on White river, is her chic
clerk.
Captain John Deering is negotiating
with Captain James II. Rees for tn,
construction of a steamer for tn,
Memphis and Hatchie river trade o
the following dimensions 1l5 fee,
with % feet beam, 8 feet hold, ma
chinery Is inch cylinders, with 5 fee.
stroke, 2 steel boilers with 6 hues 2.
feet long, the boat to have a carrying
capacity of 400 bales of cotton anC
to be completed for next season,
business.
An officer of the City of Helena
this morning informed us that there
were very few, If any, of the Graz,
negroes along the banks between here
and Vicksburg who had the Kansas
fever. II would be a happy riddanct
to beth white and oolored to encour
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