Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-20

| Ndptalu EQ Ootdi remained ashore
this trip aud Captain Fred Montana
went out in his stead.
The Mollie Moore, en- route from
81, Louis to New Orleans, passed
V~ieksburg yesterday at 6 am.
The Charles Morgan, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
V%ieksburg yesterday at ! am.
The Kehlor, en- route from New
Orleans to St. Louis, passed Vicks-
burg last evening.
The John B. Maude left st. Louis
last evening for Vicksburg and leaves
here Saturday at 10 am.
The Yint Shinkle, for Memphis.
and Golden Rule, for New Orleans.
left Cincinnati last evening.
The Hattie Rowland will arrive to-
morrow from Arkansas river, and
leaves on Saturday with a return trip.
Captain 7. j. Buford will be the
general agent of the Diamond 10, St.
Louis and st, Paul steamboat line.
The new Mary Houston for Cincin-
natl and Gold Dust for st. Louis will
be due up Saturday morning.
The Commonwealth, Of the Anchor
Line, leaves st. Louis on Saturday
for New Orleans.
The United States marshal will sell
at public aution at New Orleans on
Monday next the steamer Trenton.
The new Anchor Line packet City
Of Greenyille leaves Louisville the
latter part Of this week for St. Louis.
The Cons Millar, from Memphis,
arrived at Cincinnati this morning,
and leaves there on Saturday next
with a return trip.
The Thomas Sherlock, from Cincin-
natl, and John Means and barges,
from st. Louis, arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
Wright Powell, engineer, has quit
the Belle st. Louis. Thomas Nelson
has taken charge Of that boats en-
gines, at st. Louis.
Commodore John A. Scudder is in
New Orleans looking after the inter
ests Of the fine Anchor Line of steam
ers which he SO ably manages,
The @, P. Chouteau will arrive at
New Orleans to-day, and leaves there
tomorrow evening with a return trip
for Memphis.
M "a
Thos. Sherlock, Esq, is still con-
fined to his residence, in Clifton, with
erysipelas in one of his feet, but will
soon be out again.
Captain Jonathan Wood has a con.
tract to tow gravel from Prophets
Island to the Jetties, and has char
tered the towboats Wild Boy and
Painter No. 2 for that purpose.
0ne-h half interest of the Jimmie
Baker was sold on Tuesday at New
Orleans by the United States marshal
and was bid in by j. Bloom who had
a mortgage on the steamer.
Captain Sam Sanders, the veteran
Kentucky river navigator, will super.
intend the building and equipment Of
the new steamers to be built for the
Kentucky river trade.
The Jay Hardy, Captain Billy Davis,
leaves the foot of Union street to-
morrow evening for Island 81, Old
river, and all way landings on the up.
per coast.
The James D, Parker cleared last
night for Cincinnati with 1900 bales
cotton, 300 bbls oil, and sundries, and
% cabin passengers. Captain Joe
Moore and wife were among her pas.
sengers.
The Belle of Shreveport got away
last evening for New Orleans fully
laden. She discharged here 1880 pkgs
miscellaneous freight and added 1O0(
SKIS oil cake, 100 bales cotton and q lot
Of pound freight.
The U. P. Schenck passed mp this
morning for Cincinnati with a good
upstream trip. She put off here a
few lots of freight and added 504
bales Eastern-bound cotton and 10, OO(
feet lumber.
A meeting will be held at the cot
ton exchange Saturday next for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the
steamboatmen's convention, to be held
at Cincinnati on the 3lst inst.
The new and elegant White rive,
mail packet Josie Harry, Captain Milf
Harry, will arrive tomorrow morning
from White river, and leave on Satur.
day with a return trip.
The City of Alton, of the Anchor
Line, is due down tomorrow night
from st. Louis, and leaves Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock for New Or
leans. She has 500 tons of miscel-
laneOus freight for this port.
The towboats Il. NJ. Norton, Alps,
s. Q. Baker, Petrol, Kellogg, Flor
ence, Fleming and Beaver are coming
down the Illinois with tows of ice for
Southern markets.
The Dan Hine, sunk at Keokuk
some time since, was raised, but sunk
again. They now propose to sink the
barges between which she is swung.
shorten up the chains, then raise the
bargeS and the boat at the same time.
The W. p. Halliday passed up last
night for st, Louis with a good up,
stream trip. One item of her cargo
was $500 sacks salt, She added here
some cotton and other freight and dis
charged a few packages Of miscella-
neous freight.
The Anchor Line packet City of
Helena, Captain Mckee, is receiving
at the company's wharfboat, foot Of
Monroe street, for Cairo and st. Louis,
and leaves this evening at sharp 5
o'clock, attending to all bend business
and making close connection with the
%Drinoinal railroads for all no;n+s Eost