Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

The Thomas Sherlock, from New
Orleans, arrived at Cincinnati yester-
day.
The Commonwealth and John Dip
pold and barges, from st. Louis, ar
rived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Charles Morgan, from New
Orleans, arrived at Cincinnati this
morning.
The Osceola Belle, Shields and Jay
Hardy cleared last evening for the
upper coast with fair trips.
The c. p. Chouteau, Baker and
Gilmore and barges arrived at st.
Louis yesterday from New Orleans.
The Kountz Line steamers have
been withdrawn from the St. Louis
and New Orleans trade.
The Raven and barges, from the
Ohio river, passed down last night tor
New Orleans.
The Hattie Rowland will be taken
to Mound City to be locked and re-
paired.
A movement is on foot amongst the
the merchants to place a line of pack
cts in the Arkansas river trade.
Captain John Darragh, of the steam
er Hattie Rowland, arrived last night
by rail from Little Rock.
The James d. Parker, en- route from
Cincinnati to Memphis, passed Evans
vile last night at 10 o'clock and will
arrive here Thursday morning.
Captain Pat Kallaher's wharfage
collections for two weeks ending
March % footed up $l369.45; a good
showing.
MIR. VIM, Thomas, late freight clerk
of the Henry Frank, is now open for
an engagement OIL some irst-class
packet.
The Guiding Star, bound for Gin
e%innati, passed Vicksburg last eve
ming at o'clock and is due here to-
morrow noon.
On another page will be found the
proceedings of the steamboatmen'
convention held at Cincinnati yester-
day.
On her last trip up the Natchez had
1000 pkgs freight for Vicksburg-thC
largest freight from New Orleans since
the war.
Mr.. VIM. Hall, for many years the
mail agent of the Louisville and Gin.
%cinnati U. S. Mail Line Company
steamers, died at Rising Sun, Ind, OF
Friday morning.
The City of Vicksburg, for St
Louis, had a good trip. She added
here 400 bales Of Eastern bound cot
ton and 10 tons of miscellaneou
freight.
The Belle of Shreveport passed VI
last evening for St. Louis. She dis
charged here 140 bbls sugar, lis pkg,
soda, % sacks salt and Is boxe.
oranges.
The Anchor Line steamers City o
Alton and City of Helena left Vicks
burg yesterday at II am for st
Louis, and are due here tomorrow
night or Thursday morning.
The Robert Mitchell, Captain Dal
Moore, will pass up this afternoon 70
Cincinnati, going through with dis
patch. Captain Frank Stein does tn
honors Of the Office.
Captain j. A. Mcdonnell. chic
clerk of the Hattie Rowland, cam
around yesterday from Little Rock o.
the Maumelle in the interest Of tn
boat he so ably represents.
The steamship Baltimore arrived a
New Orleans a few days since fror
Rio Janeiro with $4,000 sacks coffee
This is said to be the largest consign
ment of the above article ever receive
at that port.
Among the passengers of the Ma
melle yesterday was Colonel Ere
Kramer, a prominent business gentle
man of Little Rock and Captain Toi
Darragh's father-in-law.
Mr.. B. Benjamin, of B. Beniami
& Sons, a well known dealer in oil
iron, died in Cincinnati on Monda,
The deceased has been a resident {
Cincinnati for over 20 years, and wa
well known in marine circles.
The Annie ?. Silver passed dow
this morning for New Orleans full
laden. She discharged here rs BIB.
-four, 100 bbls meal, 622 SKIS oats. %
SKIS corn, - casks bacon, 6 bxs egg,
and added several lots of freight.
The citizens of Greenville, Miss
have ordered a handsome set of color
for the beautiful Anchor Line steame
named after hat lourishing little cit,
7 The new steamer will be complete
and leave st. Louis this week t(
Vicksburg,
The Gold Dust passed down la
night for Vicksburg with a splendi
trip. She discharged here 1915 BIB
flour and meal, ZIG sacks oats, 20 ball
hay, 1910 pieces of bulk meat. 11G tc
: 6l casks and l6 bxs bacon and %,
pkgs miscellaneous freight and adde
50 tons for points below.
Captain Thomas Darragh will soc
/ retire from the river and engage
: business at Little Rock. Captain To,
) is a thorough business man and OF
who is almost sure to do well and NAL
| friends wherever he goes. We hol
his new enterprise will be crownC
with success.
2 The New Orleans Times, Of Il
Both ult., says The Henry Fran
was towed to Algiers yesterday, an
has taken a position near the i
Richardson, Frank Pargoud an
Thompson Dean, and from preset
g appearances that side of the riv,
i will soon be filled up by the retire