Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-21

Tor her was 5000.
The Marlin Speed left Little Rock
last evening for Memphis, and will
arrive here Friday and leave Saturday
evening with a return trip for Little
Rock.
The Hard Cash left last evening for
Mound City, at which point she will
be taken out on the ways and docked
and thoroughly repaired.
j. w. ThOrnburg, agent at Paducah
for the Evansville and Cairo Packet
Company, died at Paducah Saturday
night last.
The Tennessee river packet w. A..
johnson has taken the place of the
Jim Fisk in the Cairo and Padueah
trade.
Pittsburg kilograms of Tuesday say
coal men are offering II to 2 cents per
bushel to towboats for towing coal to
Cincinnati, and $75 per barge for tow
ing empty barges back.
The Robert Mitchell leaves New
Orleans this evening for Cincinnati,
and will be followed on Saturday by
the Guiding Star.
The tug Two Brothers, with barges,
went down to ShooAy bar yesterday
to save what coal could be saved Of
the stranded barges of the Alice
Browns tow.
The Maumelle got away at noon for
Arkansas river with a fair trip of
freight. She was compelled to lay
over until to-day in order to make
some light repairs.
Master Augustus Cummins, son of
Captain Lee Cummins, a promising
young man, accompanied his father on
the Belle last evening, making the
round trip for pleasure and recreation.
The big jim Howard, of the Anchor
Line, Captain James 0'Neal in com
mand, will pass up this afternoon for
Cairo and st. Louis. She will make
close connection with the principal
railroads for all points East and West.
Captain Henry Hart is at the wreck
Of the A. G. Donnally, saving what he
can Of the wreck. He will use the
engines, which are not much dam
aged, in his new boat now building at
Cincinnati.
The Golden Rule passed down last
evening for New Orleans loaded fiat
in the water. She discharged at
Glenn's wharfboat, foot of jefferson
street, a few lots of freight and added
several packages and some people.
Captain John Fritz with his new
and neat little packet H. P. Rogers.
leaves the foot of Union street this
evening at five o'clock for Seaman
Landing, making all way landings
The IL. p. is we'll suited for the trade.
and has all accommodations requisite
and will prove a success in the trade
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G
Andrews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening at six o'clock
sharp, for 0sceola aud all way land.
ings on the upper coast. B. D. Mich
ell, Cyrus Fay and AL Speeres, a tric
of clever gentlemen, are her clerks.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox
of the Anchor Line, will arrive to
night from Vickshurg, and leave to
morrow evening at five o'clock fol
Cairo and st. Louis, attending to al
bend business and connecting will
the principal railroads for all point
Fast and West.
Near all the staterooms have beer
engaged on the Natchez, which leave
New Orleans on the 3lst for Cincin
natl. Mr.. Harry Stein, of tn
Charles Morgan, will have charge o
the Office of the Natchez on her fare
well trip from New Orleans to Gin
cinnati.
The Batesville took the Gen. Mile.
in tow last evening for Madison, whert
on arrival she will enter her new trad,
between Madison and Wittsburg, run
ming in connection with the Memphi
and Little Rock railroad and maxim,
daily trips. Ln4f
The Charles p. Chouteau passed VI
yesterday for st. Louis. She laid her
but fifteen minutes and was taxed 81
for wharfage for the privilege Of spend
ing $50 for ice and supplies, and 500
for coal which she took in tow, He.
freight bill for this port was $3.50
The captain thought it a steep priv
ilege tax to do business and spenC
money with M~emphians, and says i
would pay better not to land here.
Captain John B. Davis leaves thi
evening for st. Louis to bring out hi
Memphis and Arkansas City packe
Rob Roy. She leaves st. Louis mex.
Monday. Merchants ordering good
should have them shipped by the Rol
Roy, as she is a Memphis institution
and comes here to run in the bends il
I their interest. Planters should ais
take much interest in this new boat
as they can depend on having thei
orders filed pHnctually and faithful
looked after.
The famous passenger steamer J
w. Gaf, Captain Bob Wise in com
mand, will arrive tomorrow mornin
from Cincinnati with a full cargo o
Western products and leaves on Sat
urday with a return trip, tioketini
passengers through to all points Eas
at a lower rate than ever. She ais
gives excursion rates to all points o.
the Ohio river. Capt. Wash Thomp
son, who is one Of the best fellows il
the world, is her chief clerk.
The pilots Of the Laura B. Davi
report a bad snag directly In tn
channel just above the mouth Q
Green river, which pilots should looI
out for. There is good water on eithe
side of it. They also report anothe
in the channel inst below the govern
mept light, neal the brick distilleFy
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