Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-07

Orleans last evening for Evansville.
Tho U. P. Scheuck passed down
this morning at six o'clock for New
Orleans fully laden.
The City of Alton, from st. Louis.
and Thompson Dean, from Cairo.
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Belle of Shreveport, for St.
Louis, and Golden Rule. for Cincin-
natl, left New Orleans last evening.
The Gold Dust from New Orleans,
and City Of Vicksburg, from Vicks-
burg, arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The new boat being built for the
White Collar Line is to be called the
Iron Age.
The Evansville Courier says Thad
Conant is lying very i'll at his residence
in that city.
Mr.. Il. A, Donnally, clerk of the
late A.. G. Donnally, was married
"Wednesday night at Newport, KY, to
Miss Eveline Remme.
Captain Peter Eichels goes up the
river with a view of purchasing a
small steamer for one of the Southern
trades.
Engineers William Miller and Jas.
Dngan propose emigrating to Lead
vile, Col.
Parties are negotiating for the pur-
chase Of the steamer Corona for the
Alabama river trade.
The Belle st. Louis will arrive to-
morrow from the Future Great with a
tull cargo of grain and produce.
The Henry Frank took on 1000
bales of New Orleans cotton at Helena
and will get more than that at the
mouth Of White river.
The Mark Twain, owing to her re.
pairs not being finished, postponed her
departure to st. Francis river.
The j. w. Calf, from Memphis, ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday, and
leaves there tomorrow with a return
trip.
The Eldorado, from Cincinnati, and
John ID. Scully, from Arkansas river.
bound for New Orleans, passed Vicks.
burg yesterday.
The Belle Memphis arrived al
Vicksburg yesterday, and leaves there
to-day at noon with a return trip fol-
st. Louis.
Captain VIM. Mcclure, a well.
known pilot, died at Spottsyille, Ky.
on Tuesday, aged 81 years.
The Little Eagle brought up from
below last night a couple of survey
boats, and went down the river again
this morning.
Mr., Josie Hughes sold to Henri,
Gennett at Nashville, on "Wednesday
last, one-half of the steamer Eddy.
vile for $2250.
Matt Wines, Of Newport, has ship
ped as engineer on the wrecking boa
Hiram Hill, lying at the wreck of The
Ed Hodges and barges.
The New Orleans Times report.
Captain Tomas p. feathers improving
rapidly, and says he will soon be abb
to resume command of the steamer
Natehcz.
Captain VIM. Jones, of the Parriso.
Line, arrived in the the city yesterda,
from Vicksburg and met with a warn
reception from his numerous friends
Pilots in the lower trade ask for
government light in Matthews bend
about half way between Bernard
Ark, and Lake Washington, Miss.
on the Arkansas shore.
The c. p. Chouteau took into New
Orleans this trip S212 SKIS oil cake an,
meal, 3207 bales Of cotton, 2245 SIX
cotton seed, 665 bbls oil, and 100 ton
of pound freight.
The City of Helena cleared las
evening for St. Louis with a good up
stream trip. She added here III.
bales of Eastern-bound cotton and Il
tons of way freight.
Captain Joe Spears is now clerkin.
on Messrs. Carroll & Co. s wharfboa
at Friar's Point. Joe is one of tn
best clerks ON the river, and will prov.
quite an acquisition to Messrs. Carol
4 Co.
The propeller Aft Stevens, en- rout.
from Obion river to st. Louis with
load of lumber, knocked a hole in he
hull and is lying at Commerce, 2
miles above Cairo, in distress.
Captain Billy Davis, with his pune
tual little steamer Jay Hardy, leave
this evening for Island 81, Old river
and all way landings.
The Adams mail line steame
0ucahita Belle, leaves Vicksbdrg to
day at noon for Memphis, and viii
arrive here Sunday afternoon.
Joseph Il. S. Greenough, brother o
John and james Greenough, bot
we'll known steamboat clerks, died a
the residence of his mother. in ALE
ghony City, Monday night last.
The Arkansas river is falling S
rapidly that the Florence Meyer
which is above Little Rock searchin
for a load of cotton for New Orleans
will have some trouble in getting gu
Of the river.
The Charles Morgan made the ru.
from New Orleans to Cincinnati in
days and II hours, making 80 landing
and discharged 200 tons of freight a
Louisville. Her commander, Capital.
AlfStcin, is a steamboatman all ovel
The Andy Baum, Captain Vintor
is receiving at the foot of Court stree
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati
and leaves tomorrow evening, ticket
ing passengers through to all point
East. Captain NJ. NJ, Deems, a cleve
gentleman, presides at the desk.
The new and magnificent passenge
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