Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24

Office is presided over by the genial
and clever Tom White.
Among the changes announced are :
Captain Tom Shields gees back to
Cairo as agent of the Anchor Line;
Captain Elem Calvert takes command
of the John A. Scudder, and Ajax
Carter will defy the lightning on the
City of Greenville.
At Pittsburg there is an over-supply
of st. Louis and Missouri river ton
mage. The Clifton, Dakota, Butte
and Rhodes are there. The latter is
not trying TO do anything; the others
are canyassing hard for business. and
IN consequence rates are being shaved
very close.
The City of Helena, en- route to
Vicksburg, passed down this forenoon,
discharging here 1886 bbls meal and
flour, 50 casks and 1876 boxes meat, 258
sacks grain, Y bales hay and over 1000
packages sundries. She added here
about % tons Of freight for Vicksburg
and the bends.
The JOS. B. Williams is en- route for
New Orleans with a tow of Sc boats
and barges, containing 645,089 bushels
coal and $1,000 bushels coke-total,
GS0,O89 bushels 25,5l3 tons coal 700
tons coke-total tons, 25,213. Dimen-
sions Of tow Width over all, 25S feet +;
length, GAS feet; length of steamer
included, 862 feet.
The New Orleans Democrat. 22d,
says: "A roustabout on the Thomp-
son Dean last February, who fell off
her stage and hurt himself, has sued
that boat for $500 damages. Evil
dence was taken in Chambers Satur-
day. The way in which notice of suit
was given, is the same old story over
again. The first notice her owners
received of it was the placing of a
keeper aboard. 1t is another case of
snap judgment hat will be brought
to the notice Of Judge Billings at the
proper time
An ordinance recently passed by the
legislative council compels the coal
chuckers to remove from the leyee the
houses in which they now live. This
Is very hard on the boys, who are a
hard working set. and called up at all
hours of the night to attend to sup
plying steamers with coal. They live
at the landing because it is right where
their business is, and to remove them
would cause much trouble to not only
the boys but to steamboatmen.
Commodore Rollingpin q. H. Car
ter will, on May 10th, deliver a lee
ture in st. Louis for the benefit of the
widow of NJ. j. Dalton, the mate who
lost his life on the relief boat John
NJ. Chambers, last summer, while on
a mission of mercy to the afflicted
along the river. The commodore will
not only deliver his lecture without
enumeration, but will himself buy
five tickets at one dollar each. This
shows what kind of stuff the majority
OF river men are made of.
Notice is given to steamboatmen
who may have any machinery or other
property lying upon the levee to re.
move the anne at an early day, or they
will be removed by the wharfmastel
and sold to pay charges. There is one
steamboat shaft which has been on the
levee for several years. The owner OF
owners had better look out or They
will lose it. The levee is to be cleared
within the next thirty days of every.
thing with the exception of the tar
paulin depot.
The popular White river packe
Josie Harry, will be in tonight, anC
is the regular mail packet leaving OF
Saturday next for Devall's Bluff
Augusta, JacksonpOrt and all wa,
landings on White, Black and littlr
Red rivers, making direct connection
with light-draught packets for uppel
White and Black rivers. Capt. Mil
Il. Harry is in command, while Walker
Outlaw, a social and accommodation,
young man, looks after the affairs 0
the office.
The splendid passenger steame.
Marlin Speed will be brought up tt
the landing tomorrow morning, anC
commence receiving to leave on Satur
day next in place of the Katie Hope.
for Pine Bluff and all Wav landing,
on Arkansas river through to Littl,
Rock, where she will make djrec
connection with light draught boat
for Fort Smith and points above
Captain +. B. Smith, who came oyeI
last night from the Rock, will 90 on
in charge of the Speed.
Captain Vinton's elegant steamer
Andy Baum arrived last evening witt
about 500 tons of freight, including
327 bbls -four, 200 bbls meal, 60 Dbl
apples, "a casks bacon, 1872 bales hay
j6l empty oil bbls, 1853 sacks corr
and about 1000 pkgs sundries. She i
discharging at the upper landing, anC
will leave on Saturday at 5 pm. fo
Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati and al
way landings on the Ohio river, givinI
passengers through tickets to all point
East at greatly reduced rates. TIL.
Baum is the best packet in the line, ha
elegant passenger accommodations ant
her tables are supplied with the bes
in the market. Captain NJ. NJ. Deem
her popular clerk, will see that passen
gers are made comfortable while unde
his care.