Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-15

and the Golden Rule from New Or
leans, passed Louisville last evening.
The Belle Memphis left st. Louis
last evening for this port. and leaves
mere Monday evening with a return
trip.
The City of Greenville, from Vicks-
burg, and the Charles p. Chouteau,
from New Orleans, arrived at st.
Louis yesterday.
The r. r. Springer, from Cincin-
natl, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day, and leaves there this evening
with a return trip.
The Gold Dust, Captain j. C. Nc
Cord, is the Anchor line packet pass
ing down tomorrow forenoon for
Vicksburg and the bends.
Captain w. w. 0'Neal, a big coal
merchant, left last evening on the
Charles Morgan to look after his coal
Interests at points below.
The City Of Eicksburg departed
last evening for st. Louis, adding here
300 bales cotton, 10000 feet lumber,
and a good list of people.
The Vint Shinkle departed last
evening for Cincinnati with $50 bales
cotton, 100 bbls oil, 30 tons old liron.
l5,OCO feet of lumber, and about 40
people.
The Charles Morgan, passed down
last evening with neal 1900 tons of
freight and about 20 people. She put
off here about 1000 pkgs, and added 80
bbls lime.
Captain John P. Whitney, of the
United States snagboatse service is in the
city, awaiting an assignment to duty.
He was last or the snag boat Reese,
which is laid up here.
Captain Ed. Postal's favorite steam
er, Hard Cash, will pass Duvalls
Bluff tomorrow, on her way down.
she will arrive by daylight on Tuesday
and leave again Wednesday evening
with a return trip.
Pilots report only seven feet on the
bar at Rising Sun, and the water is
growing shallow for the larger class
of steamers.
The Annie P. Silver, CAPTAIN D. II.
Silver in command, is the Anchor
line packet leaving this afternoon for
Cairo and St. Louis.
The Iron Mountain and barges were
at New Orleans 10 days, the most of
which time was lost in waiting for
vessels to take her cargo.
The New Mary Houston, Captain
Charlie Miller in command, will pass
down tomorrow at noon for New
Orleans and way landings.
Commodore Jas. S. Wise, superin-
tendent of the Cincinnati and Mem
phis packet company, will arrive to-
morrow Of the JAS, W. Gaf.
The John b. Maude, Captain Bro
laski in command, is the Anchor line
packet passing up tomorrow forenoon
for st. Louis. Billy Blenker is her
polite clerk.
The Golden Crown Captain Eugene
Shinkle in command, will pass up at
at 8 am. tomorrow, for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati. Chant Shinkle
presides at the desk.
Captain 6. W. Thompson, Of the
Virgie Lee, will be accompanied by
his sister and sister-in- law this trip,
and will receive a hearty welcome by
their Memphis friends.
Captain Matt Williams and wife
are coming up passengers on the
Golden Crown. Mrs. Williams goes
to Evansville to visit relations, while
the captain goes to Pittsburg to bring
out the new Dean Adams.
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer, John A. Scudder, Captain
Ajax Carter in command, will pass
down this evening en- route to New
Orleans. George +. Baker, a pleasant
gentleman, presides at the desk.
Memphis is at present doing o big
lumber business, judging from the
the amount shipped on packets going
north. Yesterday $4,000 feet OF lum-
Der was shipped on two packets, one
for St. Louis and the other for Gin
c%innati.
The Katie Hooper arrived last
evening from Arkansas river with )
bales cotton and 763 SKIS cotton seed.
She also reshipped at Terrene for New
Orleans 81 bales cotton. The Hooper
lays up for the present, tho Marlin
Speed going out in her place.
The James Lee will arrive to.nigh
with a big lot of flowers, sent here by
the ladies along the line, to be used
on TO. morrow in the decoration of the
graves of our beloved dead heroes.
She will also bring up a crowd of pas
sengers, who come to participate in
the ceremonies.
The splendid light draught steamer,
Marlin Speed, Captain Ed. Rowland
in command, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock and all way landings on
Arkansas riysr connecting with
lighter boats for TT. Smith and inter-
mediate points, Captain j. N. Thomp-
son in presides at the desk and is as
sisted by Amos Day.
The aeet and elegant blue ribbon
racket, Josie Harry, Capt, Milt r.
Harry Id command, will leave from
the foot of Monroe street at 5 pm,
for DqValls Bluff, Augusta, jackson
port aud way landings, making direct
connection with light dragght packets
for upper White and Black rivers.
Walsar Outlaw is her accommodating
clerk and is assisted by Billy
Nuckles.
Capt. Geo. Fearn's Helena and Con-
cordia packet, Bertha Lee, will arrive