Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

The remains of the late mate, Hen
ry Lopez, who lost his life by the
burning of the Lotus No. 3, were re-
moved yesterday and inferred in Capt.
Lew Hates lot, in Spring Grove Gem
etery, at Cincinnati,
The fine steamer L. p. Schenck,
Captain Lawrence Carter in command,
leaves Glenn's wharf boat this evening
at five O'Clock for New Orleans, max
ing all principal way landings. Mr..
Burns does the hOnors of the Office.
The new and p~alatial passenger
steamer Guiding Star, Captain w. b.
Miller, leaves Glenn's wharf boat this
evening at 5 o'clock for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati, going through
with dispatch. Captain John s.
Jones is her first clerk.
The new and magnificent White
river mail packet Josie Harry, passed
Devalls Bluff this morning for Mem
phis with a good list of cotton and
other freights and will arrive here
Friday morning and leave Saturday
with a return trip,
The James D. Parker, CAPTAIN
Charley Russell's favorite Ohio river
packet, will arrive Tomorrow morn
ing from the Ohio river with a full
cargo of Western products and will
leave Saturday e%yenening with a re-
turn trip for Cincinnati.
Commodore Milt Harry. of the
White River Mail Line, arrived last
evening from Cincinnati, whittier he
had been as a delegate to the steam
boatmen's convention. He will reioin
his beautiful and popular packet at
Devalls Bluff.
Captain Henry Powers, mate of the
Katie Hooper, and Captain Ed Now
land disagreed, and in consequence
Captain Powers, who is an old tar,
retired in good order at Pine Bluff
and returned home last night by rail.
VIM. H. Page, head engineer of the
towboat Nail City, fell overheard be-
low Wheeling, Va, yesterday morning
and was drowned. He went out on
the fantail to oil the pitman and is
supposed to have fallen off.
The Southern Transportation Com
pany have reduced the rates to New
Orleans to 20 cents per hundred for
bacon, hams and lard, and 60 cents
per Dbl for pork. with the usual ad-
vance on way landings,
Charles Garner, a colored man on
the Clinton, plying between Cincin-
natl and st. Louis, was struck on the
head with a bludgeon by a negro
Waterman named Pinky, Saturday
night, and fatally wounded. Pinky
fled the boat in the darkness. before
the crime was discovered, and escaped.
The new and elegant passenger
steamer W. p. Halliday, of the
Anchor Line, Captain Il. w. Gould,
leaves the Anchor Line wharfboat
this evening at FIVE o'clock, sharp, for
New Orleans, making all principal
way landings. E. w. Gould, jr., pre-
sides at the desk.
The great and good Anchor Liner
City of Alton, Captain Bixby, leaves
the c%ompany's wharfboat, foot of
Monroe street, this evening at five
o'clock, sharp, for Cairo and st. Louis.
doing all bend business and making
direct connection with the principal
railroads for all points East and West.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, came in from the upper
coast with IA bales and Is bags of cot
ton, 90 SKIS seed, and sundries. She
leaves this evening at sharp 6 o'clock
with a return trip for Osceola and all
way landings on the upper coast. b.
0. Michel, Cyrus Fay and Al Speers
are her clever clerks.
The Grand Tower, Capt. Lennox,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving the
company wharf boat tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock for Vicksburg, at
tending to all way business and max
ing close connection at Vicksburg
with the Parisott Line for Yazoo
river and the regular packets for New
Orleans, giving through bills of lading
and ticketing passengers through.
The red tiger packet Coahoma.
Capt. Henry Cooper, of the Lee Mail
Line, brought in this morning 81 bales
cotton, l57 sacks seed and sundries
and a good list of people. She leaves
this evening at 6 O'Clock. sharp
with a return trip for Friar's Point,
carrying the mail, making all way
landings on schedule time and CON
Meeting at Glendale with the Mobile
and Northwestern railroad. Billy
Smither is her chief clerk, assisted by
Platt Rhodes and Frank Ellison.
The reliable and independent White
river packet Hard Cash, Captain Ed
Postal, leaves this evening at 6 o'clock,
sharp, for White river, paying strict
attention to all plantation business,
aud going through to J%acksonport,
making direct connection with light
draught steamers for upper White
and Black rivers. The Hard Cash is
not only a safe and prompt carrier,
but has superb passenger accommo-
dations, and is differed by practical
and careful boatmen. Charley Postal
and j. G. Wyckoff, two worthy gen
tlemen and accommodating clerks,
have charge of the Office.
The Little Rock Gazette, of Tues
day, says The fine steamer Hattie
Rowland is aGoat. Captain Darragh
and his assistants succeeded in raising
her on Sunday morning. She is nov
at the shore a short distance below the
oil mill. Captain Darragh certainly
deserves the thanks of the owners and
underwriters interested in this fine
boat for the indomitable energy and
perseverance he has shown in saving
her, as nearly all the experienced
steamboaman. who visited tho hoat