Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

u Belle lett last evening
for Greenville with an excellent trip
The Hard Cash is due, from White
river, with another big trip of cotton.
Major John Hardin returned home
lsst night from Pine Bluff and Little
Rock.
The 0sceola Belle and George w
Cheek returned to the upper coast
with fair trips.
The Chouteau took into New Or.
leans, the last trip, 7.4OO bales cotton
and 3,lOO seeks seed.
The Andy Baum, en- route from
Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Cairo
yesterday at II I'm
The Grand Tower left St. Louis last
evening for Vicksburg, and leaves
here Monday at 10 am.
The Batesville will arrive to-mor-
row from St. Francis River, with an
other large list of cotton.
The Imperial, with a tow of grain
and produce, left Cairo yesterday
morning for New Orleans.
The James Lee returned to Friar's
Point, last evening, with a splendid
trip Of freight and people.
The James d. Parker, for Memphis,
and Golden Crown, for New Orleans,
leave Cincinnati this evening.
The Charles Morgan, .enroute from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
V~icksburg yesterday at II In.
First-clasS printing at low rates at
the LEDGER Job Printing office and
Book Bindery, No. ID Madison. +
The Mark Twain, Captain Geo.
Malone, is the regular packet leaving
this evening for Council Bend. She
will attend to all way business.
John Bakers hatboat, with a strait
load Of potatoes from Golconda,
passed here going south yesterday.
The Coal Bluff has gone from Hen
derson to Grand Chain, to complete
the government work at that point.
Steam will be raised next Tuesday
on Captain Harris new Cincinnati and
New Orleans packet, the Reuben r.
Springer.
The new Mary Houston and U. P.
Schenck from Cincinnati, and c. X.
Peck from st. Louis, arrived at New
Orleans yesterday.
The John B. Maude passed up last
evening for St. Louis. She put of
here, 10 bales cotton, 678 sacks seed
and 80 pkgs sundries.
The rain and bad weather for the
past three or four days has retarded
business and thrown the packets out
of their regular time.
The W. P. Halliday, of the Anchor
Line, left Cairo last evening at seven
o'clock for New Orleans, and will be
down in the morning.
The new steamer Will Kyle, bound
from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
passed Louisville yesterday and is due
here Monday evening.
The Gold Dust, from st. Louis, ar.
rived at Vicksburg last evening at six
o'clock, and leaves there to-day at
noon with a return trip.
The LEDGER Job Printing office
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc.
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. /
Diver Alf. Burris, of the Eckert
and b. r. Powell, clerk, left last eve.
ming on the Belle Memphis, bound
for the wreck of the Belle st. Louis.
The Bedford, from Ironton, bound
for New Orleans, passed louisville
yesterday. The principal items of her
cargo are 5000 kegs nails and 5000
plows.
The Carrier, due from New Or
leans, bound for st. Louis, has a car
30 of1,C0O hhds sugar, 500 bbls mo-
lasses and 70 tons of miscellaneous
freight.
The City of Helena, Captain Nc
Kee, will pass down this afternoon for
Vicksburg. She has near 5000 pks Of
general mdse i.r this port, and will
add 80 tons for points in the bends.
Captain James II. Reese left last
night by rail for Pittsburg. He
waited over to haye the company of
Major John ID. Adams, who goes to
Washington by the way'of Pittsburg.
Captain VIM. Ashford, with his
Rapid Transit, leaves on time this
evening for Commerce and the lower
coast. Messrs. Frank Ellison and
Charley Leftwich hold forth in the
Office.
The Robert Mitchell passed down
last night for New Orleans well laden.
She discharged here $50 plows, IS
bundles pillow points, 800 packages
wagon stuff, $50 barrels whisky, 1850
barrels apples and 10 buggies.
The Memphis and Ohio river packet
company held their annual meeting
on Wednesday last, and reelected the
old officers President Jas. w. Gaf,