Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-02

cotJOh, % bacAb COTTON Secu anu a lew
-pckgs sundries.
The Chas. Morgan, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, arrived at
Louisville yesterday morning and re-
manned there until after II o'clock
last night in order to pass through the
free canal.
The City Of Alton, Captain Bixby
in command, will pass down to morrow
evening en- route to New Orleans.
She is an elegant Anchor line packet,
and will leave from the company's
wharfboat at the foot of Union street.
Mate Henry Powers, of the steamer
Hard Cash, has almost entirely re-
covered from his recent illness and
will on Monday next leave for Az
kansas, on a visit to his brother,
where ne hopes to regain his former
strength.
The Virgie Lee will arrive Sunday
morning and leave with a return trip
Monday evening for Cairo, Louisville,
Evansville, Cincinnati, and all way
landings on the Ohio river, giving
through tickets to all eastern points
at very low rates.
CAPTAIN T. j. Coghill has lately
purchased the interest Of Mrs. Henry
A. Dorhman in the Belle Shreveport,
and is now one third owner in the
boat. The widow of Captain Rhea,
formerly commander of the Belle,
owns the other two.thirds.
CAPTAIN j. D. Randall, with Ene,n-
eer Tom Dawson, will leave on Mon
day next for New Orleans to bring
up his late purchase. the sidewheel
steamer Rene Macredy, which is to
take the place of the Batesville, in
the st. Francis river trade.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, arrived from the
upper coast last night with a fair trip.
She is the mail packet leaving this
evening for Osceo.a and all way land
ings. John HALEY is her chief clerk
and is seconded by Hugh Tomlinson.
The City of Vicksburg, en- route
from st. Louis to Vicksburg. passed
down this forenoon with a big trip.
She put off here 242 bbls -four, 48 bb.s
molasses, 30 t%ierces lard, 10 ~tierces
hams, 10 pckgs EGGS and about l00
pckgs sundries. Sac added about 10
tons for Vicksburg and the bends.
The Batesville, Captain 0. K. Jop-
lin in command, is the regular mail
packet leaving this evening for Mari
anna, the Cut-0f, and al interme-
date landings on L'Anguille and st.
Francis rivers, connecting with the
Marcus Collins for Wittsburg. A. L.
Banning presides at the desk, aud is
assisted by Will Lash.
Ruless1, changed to read as follows;
When steamers are approaching each
other, the signal for passing shall be,
one sound of the steam whistle to
keep to the right, and two sounds of
he steam whistle to keep to the left.
these signals to be made first by the
descending steamer" 1t went into
effect yesterday. Pilots should bear
it in mind and avoid trouble.
The Golden Rule, five and a hall
days out from New Orlerns, passed W
this morning with about FIVE hundred
tons Of freight, and a fair list of PEG
pie. She discharged here GO seeks salt,
20 cases claret and a few pkgs sun.
dries. She took on at the mouth O.
st. Francis river 40, 900 feet of lumber
but nothing in the way of freight a
this point. The Rule lost considera.
BILE time this trip by breaking her doc.
tor which had been giving trouble al
the way up.
The swift running and elegant pas
senger steamer James Lee, Captain
Stacker Lee in command, came in las
night with II bales cotton, 600 sack
cotton seed, a good list of sundrie,
and full of people. She is the regu
lar packet leaving this day for Helena
Fliar's Point aud all intermediat,
landings, carrying The mail, payiul
close attention to all way business
and connecting at Glendale with tn,
Mobile and Northwestern train. The
Lee is one Of the best packets on the
river, has superb passenger accommo-
dations, and her officers are polite an(
sociable. Lloyd w. Wbitlow pre-
sides at the desk and is assisted By
Mike Logan and Plat Rhodes.
Has Finnegan funked in his pro
posed revolution Of the local trade ou.
of this port? or did the Helena folk,
think twice before they put up tina.
guarantee against possible loss? Thos,
of his boats on the Alabama rive
which are not laid IN for repairs arr
running between Mobile and Mont
gomery, and possibly making more
money than he would in the specula
tioD Of setting the Lees afire. "-Ap
peal. From appearances he has funk
ed through parties who are expecting
positions on the new line, feel conf.
dent that he will bring a boat or tVC
around in the fall, Maybe he will, i
he can sell out his Alabama rive
trade,
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