Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-11

The Maumelle, Captain James Bow
lin, will arrive tonight from Arkan-
sas river with a good list Of cotton and
leaves Saturday evening with a return
trip for Pine Bluff and all points on
Arkansas river. Messrs Charley Mus
selman and George Cunningham are
her clerks.
The following towboats with tows Of
coal left Pittsburg Tuesday for Gin
c%innati A S BlackmOre, Sam Clark,
Fisher, Grand Lake, Diamond,
Alex Swift, Charley Brown, George
Lysle and Hornet, with 1,O37, 600
bushels. For Louisville: Dodsworth.
with 593, 900 bushels.
The Josie Harry, Captain Milt
Harry, passed Devall's Bluff yester-
day with 1900 bales of cotton. and
will have 1900 bales out Of the river.
all for Memphis. She will arrive to-
morrow and leave Saturday evening
with a return trip for White river.
going through to Ja~cksonport.
The Judge Fletcher, Captain Will
liam Ashford, leaves this evening on
time for Commerce and the lower
coast, in place of the Rapid Transit.
She will give special attention to all
way business. Frank Ellison, an affa-
bic gentleman, controls the office
seconded by Charley Leftwich.
The Anchor line packet City of
Greenyille, Captain Elem Calvert,
leaves the company's wharfboat, foot
Of Court street, tomorrow, Friday, at
10 I'm for Vicksburg; carrying the
mail, attending to all way business
and connecting at Vicksburg with the
regular packets for New Orleans and
Yazoo river.
Mississippi is not represented on
the executive committee appointed by
the Mississippi river improvement
convention to draw up a memorial to
congress, with reference to the i'm
proyement of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries, while Missouri has
three representatives on that commit
tee; and yet Mississippi has nearly 800
miles Of frontage on the principal river
of the great West.
The new steamer, Will Kyle, passed
down on her maiden trip at 10 a. m,
for New Orleans, with a splendid trip
of freight and people. The Kyle is a
fine steamer, and complete in all her
apartments. She is owned by Captain
Lew Hates, her commander, and Mr..
Alexander, her chief clerk. She put
off here, a few lots offreight and added
a lot Of cotton and some oil cake.
The Colorado, Captain Sam. Nc.
Pheters, came in at 10 am. from st
Louis with a full cargo Of grain anC
general merchandise, having neal
5,OOOpackages of miscellaneous freight
She leaves the company's wharfboar
this evening at five o'clock sharp witt
a return trip for Cairo and st. Louis
attending to all way business and con.
Meeting with the principal railroads
for all points East and West.
The upper Cumberland pilots VIII,
are accepting a bride of $50 each pc.
month to keep them from plotting an!
outside" boats, are liable to havi
their licenses revoked and to be prose
cuted for entering into a conspiracy Il
retard and injure commerce. 1t is
very clear case. The owners of til,
three boats are also liable to prosecu
ton and punishment. The owners o
the three steamers have ''hired" tn,
q pilots, and employ only G..
The Memphis Avalanche of thi.
morning contains the following: Rod
ney Durff, son of our esteemed con.
temporary, Colonel James DurF, o.
the LEDGER, has gone on the Osceolc
Belle to learn Office business with the
view of becoming a river clerk. L
the young gentleman proves as euer.
getic as his father he will make hi;
way to a position of credit and useful
ness in his chosen vocation" We
doff our chapeau to our worthy con-
temporary Tor his compliments and
trust that we will always merit his
appreciation.