Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-06

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last evening for Memphis.
The little Jay Hardy, Captain Billy.
Davis, Is the regular Friday packet for
Island 81 and Old river.
The James ID. Parker. en- route
from Memphis 20 Cincinnati. passed
Evansville last night at 9 O'Clock.
The Greyhound cleared yesterday
for the mouth of White river with
five barges of coal in tow for that.
station.
The Coahoma, Captain James Lee.
ST., Is the regular Friday mail packet
for Friar's Point and the bends. She
will be found in port tomorrow morn
ing ready to receive.
The Belle of Shreveport leaves New
Orleans this evening for st. Louis. and
will be followed on Saturday by the
City Of Alton.
The Robert Mitchell passed up last
night for Cincinnati with 600 tons of
freight. She added here 39l bales of
Evansville cotton and 10000 feet of
walnut lumber.
The Vint Shinkle returned to Gin
cinnati with 738 bales of cotton. 800
bbls oil IA bales Of rags, &C, 900 feet wal
nut lumber and sundries, and had also
30 cabin passengers.
The famous upper coast mail racket
Osceola Belle will arrive in port to-
morrow morning and leave in the
evening with a return trip for 0sceola
and the upper coast.
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer Andy Baum, Captain Vim
ton, is receiving at the foot of Court
street for Cincinnati, and leaves
Saturday evening. Captain NJ. M.
Deems presidcs at the desk.
The Henry Frank got away last
night for New Orleans with 1900 SKIS
OIL meal, 1900 bales of cotton and sun
dries, and added at HopeGeld 100
bales Of cotton, She has engagements
below sufficient to fill her out.
The new White river packet Josie
Harry, Captain Milt Harry, is the
regular Saturday White river mail
packet. She will arrive in port to-
morrow morning with a good list of
cotton.
The steamer City of Augusta went
into New Orleans last Monday from
Trenton on the 0uachita with 374
bales cotton, 9l2 SKIS seed and 9l28
slaves. The towboat Grafton arrived
there the anne day with three bargcs
OF slaves from the Tennessee river.
The Grand Tower, of the Anchor
Line, passed down this morning for
v~icksburg with a splendid trip. She
discharged here 35Obbls -four, 81 bales
and % bags cotton, 500 SKIS seed and
"A bbls cider, and added 20 tons of
miscellaneous freight for points be-
low.
The Commonwealth, Capt. Corvell.
of the Anchor Line, leaves the COM
pany's w%harfboat, foot of Monroe
street, tomorrow at ten O'Clock for
New Orleans, making all principal
way landings. Freight will be received
for her at all times at the Anchor Line
wharfboat.
The new and magnificent passenger
steamer Ed Richardson. Captain John
Cannon, leaves the r. Il. Lee wharf
boat Saturday evening for New Or
leans, making all principal way land
ings. Captain Washington will make
engagements and receive freight at all
times for her at the Lee wharfboat.
The staunch and neat little steamer
Mark Twain, Captain j. d. Randall.
is receiving at the foot of Union street
for st. Francis river and the Sunk
Lands and will leave Friday evening,
going through to Wittsburg and con-
Meeting with the light draught steamer
Anna for the Sunk Lands and head
waters Of the st. Francis. She gives
prompt attention to way business.
The good steamer Geo. w. Cheek.
Of the Lee Mail Line, Capt. Stacker
Lee in command, came in this morn
ing on time with 173 bales and 3 bags
Of cotton, 200 sacks seed and sundries.
and a good list of cabin passengers
and deckers. She returns this eve
ming to Friar's Point, carrying the
mail and paying strict attention to all
way and plantation business. w. w.
Houston, a genial and clever gentle
man, controls tn. office, assisted by
Nat Banks.
The City of Helena, of the Anchor
Line, Captain Mckee in command. is
receiving at the company's wharfboat,
foot Of Monroe street. and will leave
this evening at 5 o'clock, sharp. for
Cairo and st. Louis, doing all way
business and making close connection
with the principal railroads for all
points East and West. George Wal
ter, a sociable gentleman, presides at
the desk. She discharged here Is
bales of cotton and a lot of sundries,
and adds 1000 bales of Eastern bound
cotton.
The fine steamer Katie Hooper, of
the Memphis and Arkansas River
Mail Line, Captain Ed Rowland in
command, came in this morning from
Arkansas river with 234 bales cotton.
453 sacks seed, 50 bbls oil, 5 head
stock, l55 pkgs sundries, and re-
shipped at the mouth SOL bales cotton:
total out Of the river 5S5 bales. She
is receiving for a return trip and leaves
Saturday f1r Arkansas river. going
through to Little Rock and making
dlroot connection with a lig~ht-draught
steamer for Fort Smith and upper Ar
kansas river. Captain Jimmy Thomp.
son, a worthy gentleman, holds forth
in the office.
The very popular Adams Mail Line
packet Rod Wing, Captain George
Malone. came in this morning With o0