Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-29

plumber. The name Of the lost pas.
senger is Harry Shinn, Of Huntingdon
w. Va, and the second pantryman.
John Ewing, Of Nashville. Tenn.
Captain w. A. Lees, representing
the we'll known house Of Charles Reb-
stock Il Co., OfSt. Louis, is on board
the Charles Rebstock and would be
pleased to have his old Memphis
friends call on him. The captain used
to be a resident Of this city many
years ago.
The Cherokee, which passed here
Sunday. grounded at Shoe fly bar. a
few miles above Helena. The John
L. Moore, enroute to this port,
stopped alongside, took off consider
able Of her freight and she worked
herself of. The Moore worked at her
nine hours.
Captain Frank NJ. Cayton, one OF
best informed steamboatmen ahoat,
has been appointed in command of the
snag-bOat j. N. Macomb. Having
spent almost all his life on the river
and as a pilot, he knows full well the
wants Of his brethren and will do his
best to keep the river clear of OBJ
structions.
The Ste. Genevieve, which should
have been here early Monday morn
ing, did not arrive until yesterday at
noon. The most of her delay occurred
above Cairo. Though she had to lay
up above here night before last on ac-
count of the heavy fog, She put of
CHA packages and went back last
evening flying light.
Yesterday afternoon, while the Paris
Z. Brown was lying at Cairo, Mr.. Mans
ford Hall, the second clerk ofthe boat,
had an alteration with a negro during
which he fred three shots at the negro,
one ofwhich will doubtless prove fatal.
Very few people know what these
clerks have to stand before they resort
to such harsh measures.
Owing to the wild" rumors of
chills attacking the natives of the
Mississippi valley below here, the
quarantine station at Vicksburg will
be kept up until the 18th of October,
and longer if thought necessary.
Doubtless the steamer H. H. Benner
will make another excursion before
the cold weather sets 10.
The light draught steamer Marlin
Speed, in command of Captain John
j. Darragh, is the regular packet
leaving this evening for Pine Bluff
and all way landings on Arkansas
river, paying prompt attention to
business, and connecting with the
low water packet Plow Boy for Little
Rock and all spOints above. Charlie
Mussclman presides at the desk and is
assisted by Will Darragh.
The elegant passenger steamer,
james Lee; Captain Stack Lee in
command, came in at daylight with
a fair trip from the lower coast, and
is the mail packet this evening for
Helena, Friars Point and all interme-
date landings, paying strict attention
to all G. o. d. and plantation business,
and connecting at Glendale with the
Mobile and Northwestern train. Cap
tain Lloyd w. Whitlow is her chief
clerk and has for his assistants Plat
Rhodes and Arthur Brown,
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, came in this
morning with a fair trip from above,
and leaves again this eveningfor Osce-
ola and all intermediate landings, car
rying the mail and paying prompt at
trntion to all bu mess entrusted to her.
Billy Smithers, a polite and socitl
young man, presides az the desk, and
IS assisted by John Haley and Hugh
Tomlinson.
Tho Hard Cash, Captain L. c. Pos
tai in command, arrived last night,
bringing out of White river 3S7 bales
of cotton, III of which she resbippped
at Terrene for New Orleans. She
leaves again this evening for Devall's
Bluff, Augusta, %Jacksonport and all
intermediate landings, on White and
Little Rec rivers, connecting with
light draught packets for upper White
and Black rivers. Charles NJ. Postal
nresides at the desk and is assisted by
John G. Wyckof.