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

yesterday IN n OF the quarantine
steam launches. They can make Il
miles an hour.
The Cons Millar is due tomorrow,
and leaves Friday with a return triI
for Cincinnati, and will give passen-
gers through tickets to eastern points
at very low rates.
The Golden City, Captain j. d.
Hegler in command, is due up to-
morrow at daylight, enrOute to Cairo
and st. Louis. Captain r. p. Glenn
and james Carr r her agents.
The Star Of the West, Captain w.
j. Ashford in command, is the daily
packet leaving this evening for Scan
Ions, Cat Island and all way landings.
Neil Booker presides at the desk.
Though the river at this point is
rising rapidly, and we are to have a
a few feet more of rise, planters be-
low need have no fears at present
of an overflow. The LEDGER will
warn them when there is danger.
The Josie Harry is due tonight,
and is the mail packet leaving to-
morrow evening for Arkansas City,
connecting with the Mississippi River,
Pine Bluff and Texas railroad, and
with the Dean Adams for Vicksburg.
Capt. Geo. w. Rea and Capt. James
Good purchased at Pittsburg on
Monday last the towboat Joseph H.
Blgly for the Mississippi valley trans
portation company, and she has been
sent to st. Louis. The same parties
are negotiatingfo for the purchase of the
Smoky City for the came company.
The elegant steamer John A. Scud.
der, Captain A. j. Carter in COM
mand, will pass up at 5 pm. to-day.
bound for Cairo and st. Louis. She
is an Anchor liner, and will leave
from the company's wharlboat, foot
OF Union street. N. B. Fowler pre-.
sides at the desk.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command. brought in from
the upper coast 2 bales cotton, 2 bags
seed cotton, 60 sacks cotton seed and
sundries. She is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Osceola and
all way landings, giving strict atten-
ton to business. John Haley is her
chief clerk, and is assisted by Hugh
Tomlinson.
The snagboats John r. Meigs and
y. q. Wagner we're steaming up this
forenoon, preparatory to taking their
departure for st. Louis. 1t has been
a long time since they have done any
work-not because there was nothing
to DO, but because there was no appro-
priation within the grasp of the off.
GERS. The money is all right now, but
the river is high and rising.
The light draught steamer Mau.
melle, Captain j. j. Darragh in com
mand, arrived last evening with 14CJ
sacks cotton seed and sundries. She
IS the mail boat leaving this evening
tor Pine Bluff and all intermediate
landings, connecting with the steamer
Plow Boy for Little Rock and Fort
Smith. Charlie Musselman presides
at the desk, and is assisted BY VIII
Darragh.
The board of health steamer H. II.
Benner, arrived last evening with the
steam launches, Sentinel and Lookout
IN tow-the former she takes to Vicks.
burg. the latter she will leave here for
The Presidents island station. The
Picket, which was intended for Cairo.
was sunk a couple of miles from
Smithland, on the Ohio river. and lies
in l6 feet of water. Halliday Brothers
will raise her, and have her taken to
Cairo.
The "old reliable" Hard Cash. Cant.
Il. q: Postal in command, came in last
evening with IL bales cotton. sos SKIS
cotton seed, and so pkgs sundries.
She leaves again this evening with a
return trip for Devalls Buff. Au-
gusta, ~Jacksonport, and all interme.
date landings, connecting with small
boats for upper White and Black
rivers. Charles NJ. Postal presides at
the desk, and is assisted by John G.
WyckOff. I'M
The elegant steamer James Lee.
Captain Stacker Lee in command
brought in from the lower coast Ii
bales cotton, al SKIS cotton seed, $50
bbls oil, and suudries. She is the
regular packet leaving this evening
with a return trip for Helena, Friars
Point, and all way landings, carrying
the mail, paying strict attention to all
business entrusted to her, and making
direct connection at Glendale with the
Mobile and Northwestern train. Lloyd
W. Whitlow, Mike Logan and Plat
Rhodes, a trio of clever gentlemen.
look after the Office affairs.
The elegant and popular sidewheel
passenger steamer Andy Baum, Cap
tain IL. j. Vinton in command. is on
berth to leave this evening for Cairo.
Louisville, Cincinnati and all princi-
pal way landings on the Ohio river.
connecting with the different railroads
and giving passengers through tickets
to all points east at very low rates.
The Baum's accommodations are SUI
perb, and her tables are supplied with
the best. She carries a fine string
band for the pleasure of her patrons,
and her officers are polite and sociahle
Captain NJ. M. Dean presides at the
desk, andis assisted by Ned Sherman.
The Appeal says "the Arkansas is in
good boating order and rising, but
with no danger of an overflow" The
Arkansas river, though rising now, is
in a poor condition for navigation
The Maumelle returned last evening
from a weeks cruise up that stream,
and could not get to Pine Bluff, there
being not more than about 16inches on
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