Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-13
Ohio river froishts at New Orleans

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up last evening for st. Louis. She
loads there for the mountains.
The Hattie Rowland cleared for
Arkansas river with a good trip of
freight and a fair list of people.
The Charles Morgan, bound for New
Orleans, passed Louisville yesterday
and leaves here Saturday afternoon.
The Dewdrop enters the Wabash
and New Harmony trade in place of
the sunken Ada.
The Golden City passed down last
night for New Orleans loaded down to
the guards. She added here 1000
sacks oil meal and a lot of other stuff.
The Marlin Speed left Little Rock
yesterday for Mound City, Illinois,
where she will be put on the ways and
repaired. She will be here Sunday.
The Katie Hooper left Little Rock
yesterday morning for Memphis with
l3O tons Of freight and will arrive here
Sunday morning.
The City of Alton passed IN this
morning for st. Louis with a good I'M
stream trip. She discharged here 80
hhds sugar, Sc bbls molasses, 100 bbls
sweet potatoes, $40 SKIS seed.
The Jay Hardy, Captain Billy Davis,
brought in from the upper coast a
good list of cotton and seed, leaving
tomorrow evening for Island 81 with
return trip.
The steamboat Ida sunk and turned
over at Southeastern Switch, in the
Wabash river, in 30 feet of water, on
Monday last,
The Robert Mitchell leaves Cincin
natl this evening for New Orleans and
will be followed on Saturday next by
the Guiding Star.
The Yint Shinkle and Andy Baum
from Memphis, and Guiding Star
from New Orleans, arrived at Cincin-
natl this morning.
The new and elegant White river
mail packet Josie Harry, Capt. Milt
Harry, will arrive tomorrow from
White river, and will leave on Satur-
day with a return trip.
The w. P. Halliday, bound for New
Orleans, passed Vicksburg yesterday
at 10 am, and the Annie p. Silver
for the same destination passed at /
pm.
Huse, Loomis & Co. are preparing
to move $4,000 tons Of ice. The crews
have got the Kellogg, Beaver and
Florence, and these towboats will
start south from Peru, as the
water is rising.
The Anchor Line packet John A.
Scudder left st. Louis last evening for
New Orleans, and will be down Sat
urday morning, She has 800 tons
miscellaneous freight for Memphis.
Mr.. John P. Coleman, city editor of
the Vicksburg Evening Commercial
has taken charge of the river column
of that paper and will henceforth do
the wet end business.
The Cons Millar got away yesterday
evening for Cincinnati with 100 bales
cotton, $50 barrels oil, II bales rags,
so barrels tallow, 4O5 bundles green
hides, a lot of scrap iron and 20 peo-
pie.
The John Means, with a tow of six
barges, en- route from st. Louis to New
Orleans, has the following among her
items of freight: 1O5, 600 bushels of
corn, 10000 bushels rye, 1900 bales
hay, $500 sacks oats and 300 barrels Of
meal.
The Gold Dust passed down last
night for New Orleans we'll laden.
She put off here 100 bbls -four, 92G
SKIS bran and oats, 123 bxs crackers. 81
casks bacon, 81 hogs and a few pkgs
sundries, and added 28S SKIS oil cake
and q bales cotton.
The New Orleans and Red river
packet Bonnie Lee, en- route from
Shreveport to New Orleans, with a
cargo of 1850 bales cotton, struck an
obstruction in Red river and sunk
yesterday morning. A wreeking boat
has gone to her assistance.
The Centennial, which left New
Orleans Tuesday evening for St.
Louis, has the following principal
items of freight 424 hhds sugar. 5S4
bales jute, $50 bbls rice, 525 bxs lem
ons and oranges, and has for Memphis
300 bbls cement and 100 bbls -four.
The superb passenger steamer Thos.
Sherlock, Captain Lew Hates, will
leave Glenn's wharfboat tomorrow
evening at 5 o'clock for New Orleans,
making all principal way landings.
Captain R. P. eileen will make en-
gagements for her and receive freight
for her at all times at his wharf boat.
foot Of Union street.
The steamer Yint Shinklc, in at
temptingtO go from the head of the
canal to the Louisville wharf ON
tuesday morning, sheered on the dam
opposite Seventh street, where she
lodged and had to be lightened off.
Tho R%esolute parted several lines in
pulling at her. She succeeded in get
ting off yesterday and arrived safely at
Cincinnati this morning.
The fine steamer George w. Cheek,
Captain Stacker Lee, of the Lee Mail
Line, brought in 20 bales and , bags
of cotton, 2lS sacks seed, ? cows and
calves and l6 pkgs sundrios. She had
a good list of people. She returns at
6 o'clock, sharp, to Friar's Point, car.
rying the mail and doing all way bust
ness. W. w. Houston, a courteous
gentleman, controls the office, assist
ed by Nat Banks.
The great and good iron steamer C.
?. Ohouteau, Captain William Thor
weigsn in command, leaves PROXIMITY
this evening at six o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
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