Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-24

The Osceola Belle for the upper,
and the james Lee for the lower
coast, had fair trips out last evening.
The City of Greenville from Vicks.
burg, and the My Choice from New
Orleans, arrived at ST. Louis yester-
day.
The Paris G. Brown, with a bic
trip Of freight, passed up yesterday en-
route to the Ohio. She did nothing
Of interest here.
The Andy Baum departed last
evening with 100 bales of cotton, 20
bales rags, 81 bbls soap, $4,000 feet
feet lumber and a few people.
Very few people are leaving the
city at present. The river as we'll as the
railroad passenger agents with good
cause are complaining of iytime.
The Robert Mitchell, Captain Dan
Moore in command, is advertised to
pass up this evening, en- route to
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati. j.
L. Washington is her agent.
Orders island and Miller's chute
have become objects Of interest in the
last day or two. They are just below
the Anchor line wharfboat, and pilots
should become familiar with them.
The clerks of the Josie Harry are at
the foot of Monroe street receiving
White river freight and signing bills
Of lading. The Harry will leave to-
morrow Sunday evening for White
river.
A big crowd left last night on the
Coahema for Helena. They had a
bar and restaurant down stairs, and a
soda water and cake stand up stairs.
Bob Church was manager Of the ex-
cursion.
The John B. Maude, Captain Harry
BrOlaski in command, is the Anchor
line packet leaving tomorrow at 10
am. for Cairo and St. Louis. Billy
Blenker, a pleasant gentleman presides
at the desk.
The little sidewheel steamer Star of
the West, Captain w. j. Ashford in
command, is the daily packet leaving
this evening for Scanlan's, Cat Island
and way landings. Neil Booker is
her polite clerk.
Captain George Carvell, of Helena,
after but a few days illness, died on
Thursday morning last. He was we'll
and favorably known to steamboat.
men, having run a coal yard at Helena
for several years.
The race horse steamer City of
Alton, Captain Horace Bixbey in
command, will leave from the Anchor
line wharf boat at 5 pm. to-day, for
V%icksburg. New Orleans and the
bends. William Mason presides at
the desk.
The differing Gold Dust, Captain
}. I. McCOrd in command, is the
Anchor line packet leaving the wharf
boat, foot Of Union street at 10 am.
tomorrow, bound for Vicksburg and
the bends. Henry DIETRICH is her
polite clerk.
DIR. ). Ill. Collins, in charge of the
inspection station at the foot of Presi.
dents Island, came up this morning,
accompanied by his wife and child,
the latter being very i'll. They left on
the train for La Grange, where the
parents of the lady reside.
The 100 emigrants coming down on
the James D. Parker are but the ad.
vance guard of about 1900 who are
ticketed from Castle garden, New
York, to Arkansas City. They are tC
build the railroad and add to the pop.
u%latioD of the rich state of Arkansaw
The G. W. Cheek, looking as fresh
as a daisy, will be brought up to the
landing early Monday morning, and
receive to leave in the evening for
Arkansas City and way landings.
Captain VI. R. Cheek will have com
mand, and A. L. Cummins will be ia
charge of the Office.
The local inspectors of Louisville
have rendered their decision in regard
to the sinking of the Alice on the
falls in April last. They have de-
eided that it was caused by the care.
lessness or gross ineficiency of the
then acting master, G. +. Adams, and
have suspended his license for a pc.
riod of ninety days,
Colonel H.. P. Ricketts, river and
commercial editor of the Avalanche,
is on his feet again, after a hard tussle
with al attack of malarial fever. He
now looks like he had been drawn
through an augerhole. He leaves for
Huntsville, Ala, tomorrow to take a
little rest, and upon his return will
have the augerhole in his pocket.
Towner will fix him up.
The blue ribbon packet, Josie Har.
ry, Captain NJ. R. Harry in command.
will arrive tonight and leave to-mor.
row evening positively for Devall's
Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport and all
intermediate landings, carrying the
mail, paying strict attention to all way
business and connecting with the
steamers Milt Harry and Winnie for
upper White, Black and Little Red
rivers. Walker Outlaw presides at
the desk and is assisted by j. NJ.
Truslow.
We understood that the railroad
company, who have commenced the
building of a road on the levee, will,
when they cut down the edge of the
bluffs, dump the dirt on the levee.
This should not be allowed, and our
deputy wharimaster should interfere.
With two-thirds of the levee space
taken up with rock and gravel, and
then dirt piles all over the levee, how
much room will steamboatmen have
to transact their business? They had
better lay up their boats for a couple
Of months, so that the railroad com
pouxr oon not alOnU u,tb m.