Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-22

ing from the Arkansas river, and leave
Saturday with a return trip, going
through to Little Rock.
The steamer Shields, which piled
between here and New Madrid for
several weeks, has entered the Salt
river trade in place Of the sunken
steamer Market Boy.
Captain c. D. Conway, of Cote
Brilliante, is running a farm in the
Columbia Bottom, Mo. His last
steamer vas the City of Vicksburg.
Duri the past season Memphis has
shippedko Cincinnati and the East by
river 1900 more bales of cotton than
the rail routes. Last year the rail
shipments exceeded the river $1,000
bales-quite a difference.
Captain H. L. Harper's steamer
Whisper has been chartered to Capt.
Leathers to take the place of the IA
nous Natchez in the New Orleans
trade from the first of June until the
fall business begins.
Captain Joseph Elliott sold yester-
day to Captain Gastrell, of Natchez,
the sidewheel steamer City of Au-
gusta terms private. Capt. Gastrell
purchased her for the New Orleans
and Natchez trade, for which she is
well suited.
Captain Joseph Elliott will have a
new and splendid sidewheel steamer
next season to ply in the New Orleans
and White river trade. She will have
a carrying capacity of $500 bales and
be a fast runner, making fourteen-day
trips.
Pittsburg Telegram of Tuesday F:
Captain James H. Rees is back from
Memphis. He will give his attention
during the next two months to getting
out the new Memphis and Vicksburg
packet"
Captain Bob Wise will entertain
the Bluff City Grays on his renowned
packet the j.. W. Calf tomorrow
night and give them an excursion a
short distance up the river it will
be n OF the grandest affairs of the
season.
The Belle of Shreveport passed
down yesterday afternoon for New
Orleans, loaded down to the guards.
She put off here l engine and boiler,
and added 20 casks bacon and rs bbls
lime. She had also ID negro emigrants
returning from Kansas.
The pilots have petitioned congress
to repeal the extortionate charges for
pilots license on the Western waters,
and make the charges what they were
before the war-$5 for original and 81
per year for renewals.
Captain Joe Speeres, formerly clerk
Of the Illinois and other lower coast
packets, is now travelling for Messrs.
Arthur Crooks Il Co., of st. Louis.
He passed down yesterday on the
Belle of Shreveport on a soliciting
tour along the lower Mississippi.
Captain d. S. Barmore, of Jackson
vile, has contracted with the United
States government to build two snag.
boats, each 120 feet long, "A feet beam
four and a half feet hold, with engines
three and a half feet stroke, cylinders
ten inches in diameter. They are tC
be finished in three months.
The Grand Tower, Of the Anchor
Line, Captain Lennox in command
came in last night from Vicksburg
and leaves the company's wharfboar
this evening at 5 o'clock, sharp, fol-
Cairo and st. Louis, attending to al
bend business and making close con
nection with the PRINCIPAL railroad
for all points East and West. Ton
! White is her purser.
) The new and excellent little packe
II. p. Rogers, Captain John Fritz
! leaves this evening at five o'clock 70,
Scanlan's Landing, making all wa,
landings. The Rogers is well adapted
to the trade, and under the good man
agement of Captain Fritz and hi
brother, her efficient clerk, will sool
build up a paying trade.
Captain John S. Richey and enginee
Ben Atkison, old steamboatmen, hay,
had an enmity toward each other fol
some time, and on Monday, at Ney
Albany, met at the river, when Capt
Richey proposed to fight it out, I,
which Atkison agreed, They thei
went at it, the affair being a blood,
J one, in which Atkison was worsted.
Captain John B. Davis left thi
morning by rail for st. Louis to brin.
out his excellent packet Rob Roy, 70
the Memphis and Arkansas City trade
She leaves st. Louis Monday next 70
! Memphis, and makes her initial tril
in the Arkansas City trade on tn
following Thursday,
I The Anchor Line packet City 0
Helena, Captain Mckee, will pas
down this afternoon for Vicksburg
She carries the mail, makes all wa
landings and connects at Vicksbur
(, with the regular packets for New On
J, leans and Yazoo river, giving throug
bills of lading and ticketing passen
r gers through. George Walton,
courteous gentleman, presides at th
desk.
= Captain Charles b. Russell an
Clerk &. w. Mccoy, of the Memphi
packet James d. Parker, are the re
cipients each of a handsome tortois
: cigar case, inlaid with gold and file
with choice Havanas, from Mrs. an
Miss Bedford, of Memphis, relative
Of Captain Ed Hart, Of Memphis, VIII
! were pleased with their round trip o
the Parker.
The Paris G. Brown, Captain A. !
Halliday, will leave Glenn's wharf
boat tomorrow morning at 10 o'cloc
d for New Orleans, making all the prin
e cipal way landings. Captain Glen