Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-09

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tleman and accommodating clerk
controls the Office assisted by Mr.
Tomilson.
Captain bud Broadhurst came III
yesterday from the mouth of White
river on the 0uachita Belle. His tug.
the Night Hawk, which has four
barges loaded with slaves in tow, bound
for New Orleans, burnt her boilers in
White river near the cutoff, and Cap.
tain Broadhurst came here for a boiler
maker, wi. h whom he returned o n the
Ouachita Belle last evening. Her
repairs will be completed Immediately
and she will proceed with her tow ia
New Orleans.
The Anchor line packet City Of
Helena, Captain Mckee, which has
been delayed by bad weather and fog.
will arrive this afternoon from st.
Louis. She has 1000 pkgs Of miscel-
l%aneOus freight for this port. She gets
here a lot Of freight for the bends and
some people, and will leave at 5 O'Clock
for Vicksburg, carrying the mail, at
tending to all way business and max
ing connection at Arkansas City with
the Pine Bluff railroad, and at Vicks-
burg with the regular packets for New
Orleans and Yazoo river.
The elegant White river mail and
passenger steamer Josie Harry, Cap
tain Milt Harry, will arrive to day
from White river with another good
list of cotton and ether frc;sats, and
leaves tomorrow evening on her regu-
lar time with a return trip for White
river, going through to J~acksonport
and making direct connection with
light draught steamers for upper
White and Black rivers. Walker
Outlaw does the hon2rs of the Office
and he attends to all business with
promptness and care, and has for his
assistants Messrs, William Nucles and
Hugh Smith.
The great favorite passenger steamer
Yint Shinkle, Captain Sterling Nc
lntyre in command, will arrive TO day
from the Ohio river with a full cargo
Of Western products; and leaves to-
morrow at II m. with a return trip
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
She has been delayed by bad weather
and fog. The Shinkle has excellent
passenger accommodations, and tickets
passengers through to all points East
at reduced rates. Captain j.. A.
Lindsay, a worthy gentleman and eff
cient clerk, has charge of the Office.
lie makes it agreeable for all who
travel on the Shinkle.
The Charles Morgan passed up this
morning for Cincinnati with 1900 tons
Of freight and a good list of people.
The principal items of her cargo are
220O bbls molasses, 600 hhds and 275
bbls sugar, 100 tons scrap iron and
sundries. Near Lake Providence she
picked up a floating tree or log which
penetrated her guards forward of the
pantry and cook house, which made
things lively for a time, but did little
damage beyond tearing up the guards
and slightly damaging her pantry,
cook house and store room. She put
off here 10 bales of cotton and several
people and added ID cabin passengers.
The Morgan is'popular in this section
OF the country and always gets a good
picking up here.
The swift and p%alatial PASSENGER
steamer James Lee, CAPTAIN Stacker
Lee in command, came in this morn
ing on time, with 243 bales cotton. 81
bags seed cotton, Cos SKIS seed, Al pkgs
sundries, and had all the people in the
cabin she could accommodate, and had
also a large number of darkies. The
Lee has proved a grand success. She
IS in fact one of the best and most
complete packets that plies the lower
Mississippi, and has in so short a
time grown so popular with the people
on account Of regularity and comforts
that they wait for her at all the land
lngs. She leaves this evening with a
return trip for Friar's Point, carrying
the mail and attending to all way
business. Lloyd Whitlow, who is
recognized for his integrity and prompt
attention TO business. has charge OF
the Office, and has associated with
him in the office Messrs. Platt Rhodes,
Arthur Browne and Mr.. Dallam.
The New Orleans Democrat reports
another pleasing feat of the all power
full rouster. Among the crew of the
Belle OF Shreveport, on her last trip
into New Orleans, was one who has
rated all the way down. He was
never to be found when any work was
to be done, but appeared in the front
rank when the crew were called from
labor to retreshment. The mate cot
tired Of this racket, and when at a
point a short distance above New Or
leans, he told the shirker that he must
either work or quit, lie choose the lat
tor alternative, got his money and left
the boat. On reachingport the Captain
was summoned to appear before a II.
). commissioner on a suit brought by
the rouster to recover 81. alleged
to be due him for one days work.
Accompanied by the clerk and a deck
hand the captain appeared as ordered,
and the oral testimony of all the par
ties CONCERNED was taken under oath.
The next morning they we're again
ordered to appear, the commissioner
having decided to reopen the case.
This time the testimony was taken
doyR, by q shorthand reporter,
and the case again taken under
consideration, The Democrat saws
The uninitiated may ask, however.
why did not the captain pay such a
trifing claim and be done with it?
Things are not done that way in these
courts. The shyster lawyer who hangs
around these courts coaches his man
in ADVANCE, and as lis ices this just
~ law appears in the case as prator's