Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-29

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Bluff tomorrow morning for Memphis
and will arrive here on Tuesday and
leave on Wednesday with a return
trip.
The j. W. Calf, en- route from Gin
clnnati to Memphis, passed Evansville
yesterday afternoon, and will arrive
here Monday morning and leave on
Wednesday with a return trip.
Paul Boyton, the swimist, on his
way to the Gulf, leaves Evansville to-
day, and is due here the latter part of
next week.
The Henry Frank carried into New
Orleans this season 50,598 bales Of
cotton, 1890 SKIS cotton seed, 1885
SKIS oil cake, 1926 SKIS oil meal, and
1918 bbls oil.
The Colorado, Captain Sam Nc
Pheeters, of the Anchor Line, is
receiving at the company's wharfboat,
foot Of Monroe street, for Vicksburg
and the bends, and will leave this
evening at ) o'clock, sharp, attending
to all way business.
There is no foundation for the ru-
mors that Major Adams has sold his
mail contract and the Vicksburg
packet line to Commodore Scudder.
Major Adams will keep up the Vicks-
burg line and carry the mails regu-
larly.
The Charles Morgan passed up this
morning at half-past three O'Clock with
a splendid upstream trip. She dis
charged here 81 bbls molasseS, 80 bxs
r%aisins, 10 bbls tar and sundries, and
added several lots of freight and some
people.
The palatial passenger steamer and
big carrier the james Howard, Cap
tain James O'Neil in command, leaves
the Anchor Line wharfboat this even
ing at six o'clock for New Orleans,
making all principal way landings.
Captain Archie Woods presides at
the desk.
Captain VIM. Thomas, of the Henry
Frank, ALT Grissom's right hand
bower, returned yesterday from New
Orleans. He reports his packet as on
the docks being strengthened some
what, and put in good condition for
another seasons business.
The Cons Millar, Captain William
Tichenor in command, leaves this
evening at five o clock for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati, ticketing her
passengers through to all points East
at exceedingly low rates. Capt. Jas.
Wilson, an afable gentleman, holds
forth in the Office.
Col Bob Peoples, the medicine mar
on the Josie Harry, has his laboratory
stocked with the finest and best in the
world, and he has always had the re-
putation of dealing in nothing but
strict goods. He is not only a clever
gentleman, but one of the best dis
pensers and mixers of fluids on the
river.
The Katie Hooper, Captain EC
Rowland, leaves this evening for Little
Rock and all points on the Arkansas
river, carrying the mail and maxim.
direct connection at the Rock with
light-draught steamer for Fort SmitI
and the upper Arkansas river, Capt
Jimmy Thompson is her purser, which
is a sure guarantee that all business
entrusted to her will be properly at
tended to.
The George W. Cheek, of the mai
line, came in on time with 55 bale
and Z bags of cotton, 80 SKIS seed, ant
1122 SKIS corn, and sundries, and leave
this evening with a return trip 70,
Friar's Point, carrying the mail, an(
giving special attention to all way anC
plantation business. w. w, Hustor
and Nat Banks are her clever and &C
co%mmodating clerks.
The new and elegant mail and pas
senger steamer Josie Harry, in com
mand of Captain James Kinman, vii
leave this evening for White river ant
all way landings, going through tt
J%acksonport and connecting thor,
with the light draught steamers Mil
Harry and Alberta for upper White
and black rivers. Walker Outlaw, F.,
worthy gentleman and efficient clerk
presides in the office, and is assisted
by Dan Sullivan, clever and accnmmo
dating,
Commodore Milt Harry, of tht
White River Mail Line, has commit.
ted to memory a speech written fol
him by Stacker Lee, which he viii
recite before the convention of steam.
boatmen, showing tho whereofs anC
whyfores of boats carrying freights a
cheap rates, heavy insurance, and tn,
bare-faced cussedness of the new fan
gled government tax tackled on t
poor steambQatmen who can't afford t,
pay lobbyists to represent them i
aopgress.