Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-03

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ing and will leave here Saturday.
The Guiding Star passed up last
night for Cincinnati with 500 tons of
freight and a good list Of people. She
added here $40 bales Of cotton and a
few lots Of miscellaneous freight.
The u. p. Schenck passed down this
morning for New Orleans fully laden.
She discharged here a few lots of
freight, and added 200 bbls oil and a
lot of oil cake.
The colors Of the steamers in port
at Cincinnati on Tuesday were dis
played at half mast in respect to the
memory of tho late ex-Mayor G.. w.
G. Johnston.
Captain NJ. NJ. Deem, chief clerk of
the Andy Baum, is recovering from
his late spell Of sickness, and is able
to enjoy Robinson county and con-
verse with his friends.
The towboats j. b. Williams with
$4,000 bushels of coal and Simpson
Homer with POI 600 bushels coal for
New Orleans, j. w. Goold, with 100
600 bushels for Cincinnati aud Fred
Wilson, with $4,000 bushels for
Louisville, left Pittsburg yesterday.
The j, W, Gaff got off last night for
Cincinnati with 400 bales cotton, $50
car-wheels, $50 SKIS oil meal, 80 bales
rags, 200 empty bbls, Is bbls oil, and
sundries, and rs p~eople-One of the
best trips of the season.
Major John D. Adams has closed a
contract with Captain Jas. H. Ress,
OF Pittsburg, for a new sidewheel
steamer for the Phil Allin machinery.
The new boat is intended FER the
Vicksburg trade.
The W. p. Halliday passed down
last evening for New Orleans we'll
laden. She put off here 903 bbls
Hour and,meal, $50 SKIS bran and 200
pkgs sundries and added a list of cot
ton and oil meal.
The Grand Tower passed down this
morning for Fieksburg with a Splen-
did trip. She put off here 1908 bbls
Hour and meal, 228 SKIS bran, n bales
cotton, 238 SKIS corn, l0l bbls whisky,
~ casks meat, 1873 pcs bulk meat. l34l
! pkgs sundries, and added rs tons for
) points below. She had also a good
passenger trip.
! The new Mary Houston, Captain
) Charley Miller, leaves Glenn's wharf.
boat tomorrow at 10 o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings. Captain Glenn will make
engagements and receive freight for
her at all times at his wharfboat
foot OF Union street.
4 The great Ohio river popular pas
senger steamer JAS. ID. Parker will ar
rive to-day from the Ohio river with
another big trip Of freight aud people.
and leaves on Saturday with a return
trip, and leaves Cincinnati for Mem
phis on her next trip April the 10th.
Captain Charley Russell commands.
with Robert w. Mccoy as chief clerk,
assisted by Harry Millar and Mr.
Shaw, all clever gentlemen.
The City Of Helena, Captain Nc.
Kee, arrived last night from Vicks.
burg with a good upstream trip
She put of here 6S bales of cottor
and sundries and adds a large list O.
Eastern bound cotton and leaves thu
company's wharfboat, foot of Monro,
street, AZ 5 o'clock, sharp, this evening
for Cairo and st. Louis attending t
all bend business and making direc
connection with the principal rail
roads for all points East and West
George Walton is her purser.
The Marlin Speed, Captain Eugen.
Smith in command, came in from Lit
tie Rock with 1875 bales of cotton, Ii.
0 SKIS seed, and reshipped at the moutl
4 ia bales of cotton. She leaves Sat
e urday evening with a return trip fo
] Little Rock and all points on the Ar
G kansas river. Wash Floyd aud john,
Briggs, two of the best clerks on tn,
t river and clever gentlemen, hay.
! charge of the Office.
The Lee Mail Line packet Geo. w
5 Cheek, came in last night from Friar'
! Point with q bales cotton, 416 sack
/; seed and sundries and also had
: good list of people. She leaves thi
i evening at sharp six. O'Clock with
return trip for Friar's Point, carryinl
e the mail, attending to ell way business
I and making close connection at Glen
. dale with the Mobile and Northwest
ern railroad. w. w. Huston and Ma
Banks, two clever gentlemen, hay,
charge Of the Office.
The following committee was an
pointed by Captain G. W.. Bachelor
president Of the river convention, t,
report on Captain John Uowden'
scheme for the improvement of tn.
Mississippi and its outlet to the gulf
David Gibson, Ben +. Eggleston, JAS
D. Parker, s. +. Covington and Gee
= w. Neare, Ohio; n, w. Nelson, r. S
y Semple, Jno. s.. Williamson and Vint
! Shinkle, Kentucky JAS. A. Black
u more, Pennsylvania.
: Major j. D. Adams yesterday tele
graphed Captain Milt Harry, in repl,
to a dispatch from Captain Harry, in
Quiring about the Adams Line, tina
there is no connection between tn
Anchor Line and the Adams Line, ex
cept that during the summer months
or dull season, tho Anchor Line vii
carry one mail per week (Friday) +
4 Vicksburg; that one Of his steamer
will run regularly, leaving hero ever,
Tuesday, He also denies all report
p Of any sell out, and says that a
soon as the business season opens, b
" which time his other boat will be com
pleted, that two frst-class steamer
d will ply regularly between Memphi
and Vioksburg in the interest Q
Memphis merchants and tho planter
! along the bends.
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