Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-22

Captain Rees Pritchard, the veteran
AATssisss river boatman, commands,
with Charley Musselman. an expert
clerk and clever gentleman. in charge
OF the Office, seconded BY William
Darragh.
The swift and popular mail and
passenger steamer Ouachita Belle. of
the Adams Mail Line, in command of
that experienced and practical boat
man Captain Mark Cheek, leaves
this evening at sharp six o'clock for
Vicksburg, carrying the mail, giving
special attention to all way and plan
tation business, and makes direct
connection at Vicksburg with the
regular packets for New Orleans and
Yazoo river, giving through bills. of
lading and ticketing passengers
through. Captain Lee Cummins, a
gentleman who is recognized for his
integrity, strict attention to business
and universal courtesy, is her chief
clerk, and has associated with him in
the Office Messrs. Neil Booker. Lee
Oummins, jr., and Tommy Huse.
Parties at Cincinnati have for some
time been agitating the question of
building a fast steamer to ply between
that port and New Orleans TO carry
passengers and light freights. and run
on schedule time. The plan is feasible
and We believe a fast boat, run on
schedule time would pay. People will
Know when to look, for her, they will
wait for her, and we have never seen
a boat ply in any trade yet that was
regular in her trips without success,
unless she met with misfortune of
some kind. The thug that will cause
an increase in passenger business on
Western waters will not be SO much
the fine or fast boats that may be built
as the reliable and regular boats. The
Charles Morgan one season ran indie
p~endently in the Cincinnati and New
Orleans trade, leaving Cincinnati every
third Saturday, and that season she
averaged about 400 passengers every
round trip.
The palatial and swift passenger
steamer Charles Morgan, in command
ofthe veteran and pioneer. of the Gin
c%innati and New Orleans trade, Capt.
AFT Stein, leaves Glenn's f boat
this evening at s o'clock for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati. She will
go through with dispatch and will
ticket passengers to all points East.
She is making railroad time coming
up, having left New Orleans Saturday
evening, passed Vicksburg yesterday
morning at Z o'clock and telegraphed
her agent that she would be here this
evening and leave promptly at s
o'clock. Those wishing a safe and
pleasant journey up the river will do
well to take passage on her. The
Morgan has no superior in fare. speed
and comfort, and is run with such
great care that she never meets with
an accident. AS an evidence of her
great popularity with the travelling
public she is most always full Of
people, and carries more passengers
than any other steamer that plies the
river. Her sumptuous fare and pala-
tlal passenger accommodations has
won for her a lasting reputation. She
is also celebrated for her regularity in
running, always making her time and
leaving all points on schedule or adj
vertised time. Harry Stein, a gentle
man with whom it is a pleasure to
travel and do business, controls the
Office. lie makes it a point to enter.
tain and please all who travel on the
Morgan, aud he never fails to please
the most fastidiOus. Associated with
him in the Office are Messrs. Adam
Wayland and Lou Burnham.
The splendid steamer James d
Parker, the favorite passenger steamer
of the Memphis and Cincinnati pack
cts, Captain Charley Russell in COM
mand, came in yesterday afternoon
loaded fiat in the water, and having
one of the best trips of the season.
The principal items of her cargo
were 2945 SKIS corn, 494 bbls -four, 28l
bbls meal, % bbls potatoes, IS bbls oil
81 SKIS potatoes, 400 bbls cement, 397
empty bbls, 100 pkgs lard, Al grind
stones, 268 bales hay, l442 pkgs hard
ware, and 1863 pkgs miscellaneous
freight. She did a heavy way bust
ness all the way down, and in addition
to her large freight she had quite a
number of people, amongst them Col.
j. d. Moore and lady, William +.
Wheeler and bride, Mrs. Ed Hart
and daughter, Mr.. D. Thorne, Mrs. H.
j. Minor and Miss Carrie Minor, OF
Indiana, who make the round trip,
and a party Of excursionists who went
up on the Gaff to meet Mr.. Wheeler
and his beautiful bride. The Parker
is receiving at the foot of Court street
for a return trip to Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati, and will leave to-mor-
row evening, ticket;ng passengers
through to all points East at a lower
rate than ever. She will also give
excursion rates to all points on the
Ohio river. She has unsurpassed
passenger accommodations, and is a
safe and reliable carrier. Robert Nc
Coy, a gentleman who is noted for his
uniform kindness and prompt atten-
ton to business, is her chief clerk,
and is ably seconded in his official
duties by Harry Millar, who, by the
way, is one of the cleyerest gentlemen
on the river.