Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-05

seed and suudries. She was delayed
by fog and bad weather. and lays over
until tomorrow, and goes out on her
regular day. Billy Smither, John
and Tom Hoke a trio Of clever
gentlemen are her clerks.
The Rapid Transit, Captain VIM.
Ashford, came in on time from Com
merce with a fair list Of cotton ana
seed, and leaves this evening at
3 o'clock with a return trip for Com
merce and all way landings. Frank
an affable gentleman, has
of the office, seconded by Char
ley Leftwich.
The Mark Twain, Captain George
Malone in command, came in on time
the lower coast with 81 bales Of
and 1855 sacks Of seed. She
this evening at 5 o'clock with a
trip for Council bends. She
will pay strict attention to all way
business. p. b. Price, late assistant
reporter of the Avalanche, is
her purscr.
The 0uachita Belle, Captain Mark
Cheek, of the Adams mail line, came
in last night from Arkansas City with
43l bales cotton, SO bags seed cotton
and 29O SKIS seed. She leaves this
evening at five o'clock with a return
trip for Arkansas City. Captain Lee
Cummins.is her chief clerk, assisted
by Messrs. Thomas and Lee Cummins,
The Belle Memphis, Captain John
G. Crane, ofthe Anchor Line, will ar
rive to-day, from st. Louis, with a full
cargo Of grain and produce, ana leaves
this evening at 5 o'clock with a return
trip for Cairo and st. Louis, carrying
the mail, attending to all way business
and making connection with the prin-
cipal railroads for all points East and
West.
The George w. Cheek, Captain
Henry Cooper, came in on time from
the upper coast with % bales cotton,
30 bags seed cotton and 2,289 SKIS seed.
She leaves this evening at five o'clock
with a returntrip for Osceola, paying
strict attention to all way business.
Messrs. Neil Booker and William
TomlinsOn, two courteous gentlemen,
have charge Of the Office.
The wharfmaster will locate the
~wharfboats tomorrow together. As
they lay they occupy the best portion
of the levee and are not in use hall
the time, and the captains Of the local
packets have been complaining for
several weeks about the contracted
wharf space, and the large amount of
room taken up by the position of the
wharlboats. The wharfmaster will
move them together, which will give
more room to the packets.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G.
Andrews, came in this morning at 10
o'clock with $50 bales of cotton, 25
bags seed cotton and 1900 sacks seed.
She leaves this evening on time with
a return trip for 0soeola and all way
landings on the upper coast, carrying
the mail and giving special attention
to all way business. Captain B. O..
Michel, the great favofitoofthe upper
coast, controls the office and has asso-
ciated with him as clerks Messrs.
Cyrus Fay and Braz. Given, two
clever gentlemen and accommodating
clerks.
The Vint shinklo. Capt. Sterling
Mcintyre, will arrive this evening
from Cincinnati with a full cargo of
Western products. She has been de.
layed on account of bad weather and
business. She will get discharged in
time to leave to morrow evening with
a return trip for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati. She will ticket passen
gers through to all points East. Capt.
A. j. Lindsay, a clever gentleman
presides at the desk. Capt. r. w.
Lightburn will make engagements and
receive freight for her at the foot of
Court street.
A petition was presented to the leg
islatiye council yesterday by Captain
j, T. Washington, of the r. Il. Lee
warfboat, asking an abatement of
wharfage for the four months Of the
epidemic. The petitioner raised the
point that wharfage is not a tax, but
merely a rent for the use of property,
citing United States court decisions
to that effect. The question was re-
lorred to the district attorney for his
opinion. Whatever the law may say,
it is no more than just that wharfboats
should be excused from paying %harf-
age during a period when not a single
boat landed at this port.
The storm this morning gave the
boats in port a good shaking up. The
winds struck them quartering up the
river, and made things lively for a few
moments. The crash and cracking of