Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-01

and gentlemen composing a church
choir go 10 Helena to assist atthe ded-
i%catiou Off place Of worship.
The James d. Parker has been de.
layed in the Ohio above Evansville.
She passed that port yesterday at 6
am, but can hardly be here in time
10 leave tomorrow evening. She will
leave as soon as she can unload.
The Golden City, loaded to the
guards, passed down at an early hour
this morning, putting off about $50
packages, and adding SO bales cotton,
10 tons oil meal, II wagons, Is head
stock, aud about p tons Of sundries.
Messrs. Brown & Jones, coal dealers
ofthis city. have closed a contract with
James Rees, Of P~ittsburg, for a harbor
boat ITO feet long, 22.feet beam, 81
feet hold, engines, l3-inch cylinders,
5-feet stroke, two steel boilers p feet
long, with six fues.
The Paris G. Brown, from Cincin
natl, passed dowr this morning with a
full trip Of both freight and peoDle.
having added a considerable number
of the latter at this point. She nut
of a few packages. and added 200 bales
of cotton at Hope6eld.
The sidewheel steamer Andy Baum,
Of the Cincinnati and Memphis packet
company, since she was here last has
been overhauled and reitted. Some
alterations and interior decorations
have been made, and in a few days
she will be ready to load for this port
Three is reported over Portland bal.
The officers Of the Osceola Belle,
which arrived this forenoon, report
the w. P. Halliday aground again at
Osceola. The Belle pulled at her
awhile, but did not succeed in getting
her off. The Halliday is drawing I
feet s inches.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Ed.
Rowland in command, is the mail
packet leaving tomorrow evening for
Pine Bluff and all intermediate land
ings on Arkansas river, making direct
connection with the light draueht
packet Plow Boy for Little Rock and
points above. Captain j. N. Thomp-
son presides at the desk.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, is the mail
packet leaving this evening for Osce:
ola and all intermediate landings, car
rying the mail and paying prompt at
tentiOn to all Blu mess entrusted to her.
Billy Smithers, a polite and soci
young man, presides a. the desk, and
8 assisted by John Haley and Hugh
Tomlioson.
The Josie Harry is due this even
ing with a big trip Of cotton, and is
The mail packet leaving tomorrow
evening with a return trip for Devalrs
Bluff, Augusta. Jacksonport and ali
intermediate points, making direct
connection with the light draueht
packets Milt Harry and Winnie for
upper White, Black and Little Red
rivers. Walker Outlaw is her chief
clerk, and is assisted by Billy John
son.
The Batesville came in last night
bringing QUE of 81, Francis river 81
bales OF cOaon, reshippiug ii at the
mouth for New Orleans. She leave.
a"ain tomorrow evening for Mariana,
the Cut of, and intermediate land
ines, taking no freight for points above
The Cut on. Freight for such places
must be sent via the NJ, q i. railroad
to Madison where it is reshipped on
the light draught packet Advance for
des'ina ion.
The neat steamer Silyerthorn. ofthe
Lee line, with Captain Geo. Malonei in
command, will leave to morrow even
ing on her initial trip in the Memphis
and commerce trade, and remain
throughout the season. Since her re-
tirement she has undergone a thor
ough overbauling and repaintiDg, and
is now rs good as new. Her passenger
Accommodations are excellent, aud pas
sengers aud shippers eau rely Oh here
naming permanently in the trade.
The elegant passenger steamer VIII
Kyle, in commend Of Captain lew
Hates, from New Orleans, en- route to
CAIRO, Louisville, Cincinnati and all
intermediate points, will pass here on
Sunday next at 8 am, and being OF
light draught, passengers can rely
upon her taxing tnem to their desti
nation without detention. danes
Alexander is her polite clerk. Can
tain J:T. Washington, her agent, viii
give all fuFther lntlrmaCioR de9ired.
The elegant sidewheel steamer.
James Lee, Captain Stacker Lee 10
command, came in this morning with
a fair trip from below, and is the mail
packet leaving this evening for Hele.
"a, Friars Point and way landings.
paying prompt attention to all husi'
ness entrusted to her, and connecting
at Glendale with the Mobile and
Northwestern train, Captain Lloyd
W. WhilloW nresides at the desk and
isassisted byPlatt Rhodes and Arthur
Brown.
The w. P. Halliday, Captain E. w.
Gould in command, will pass down
this evening, en- route to New
Orleans. She has been delayed
by, grounding at BASIS, 15O
miles above, but got off yesterday
morning ana having her wheel broken.
she laid by for repairs. Captain Goulu
came down last night on tie Maude,
to have flel sent up to her. Passen
gers for the south will find her an ele-
CANT packet, and her officers clever
and sociable.
Complaint is made that the U. S.
snagboat, j. r. Meigs, has pulled all
snagS from the mouth Of White river
up to the Cue Oh, aud left the river
in a wore condition than she found
it, having lifted the slumps over on
the bars, where, as soon as the river
rises, they will not float off, but be-
come an obstruction to navigation, and
will cause some boat to come to a
standstill by having a nice little hole
torn in the bottom of her hull. Major
Benyaurd will, no doubt, look into
this matter and have it rectiied, as
We know he has the Interests of steam
boatmen at heart.
CAptain Momus with the steomer