Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-13
heavy coal tgWS, arrived at New Or

heavy coal tows, arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
The Little Eagle No. 2 has been
chartered to the Wabash and Pacific
railroad TO work at the wreck of the
st. Charles bridge.
The Andy Baum is receiving to
leave at 5 pm. tomorrow for Cairo,
Louisville, Cincinnati and all inter
mediate landings,
Mr.. james II. Davis, a river en-
gineer. died at his home in South
Memphis, yesterday, and will be
buried this afternoon.
The great Golden City, in command
Of Captain Sterling McIntirs, is due
up to day bound for Cincinnati. w.
4. McIntire is her polite clerk.
The City Of Alton, in command Of
Captain Dan Able, will be here to.
morrow and leave at 5 pm. for Cairo,
st. Louis and all way landings.
The Hard Cash will arrive TO night
and is the regular packet leaving to-
morrow evening for all points on
White river through to J%acksonport.
The Belle Memphis arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday, and left there at
noon to-day with a return trip for
Cairo and st. Louis. She passes here
Friday at 8 p. m.
Secretary R. G. Shinkle, of the
Cincinnati and New Orleans Pilots
Association, has had new boxes put up
at Evansville and Cairo. and members
will be furnished keys to the same.
The Chas, P. Chouteau will arrive
tomorrow and leave Thursday even
ing with a return trip for New Or
leans. Our shippers should encour-
age her in extending her trips to this
port.
The largo and elegant Anchor Line
steamer w. P. Halliday, in command
Of Captain Beck Jolly, will pass down
this evening on her way TO New Or.
leans. Owen G. Gates is in charge of
the Office.
The City of Greenville, in command
Of Captain Joseph Bryan, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving here az 5
pm. for Cairo. st. Louis and all prin
cipal way landings. Charles Quesnel
is her polite clerk.
Captain bud Broadhurst, with his
tug Night Hawk. is at work on the
government %jetties zeal Delta, aud
cannot do without his LEDGER. He
has ordered it sent to him during tho
time he is employed at that point.
The break iu Tones Bayou caused
a six foot fall at Shreveport, and that
with a river that was only at a good
steamboat stage not high by any means.
The importance Of keeping this bayou
closed could receive no better illustra.
ton.
The Steamboat Captains Associa-
ton at New Orleans has passed a
resolution indorsing Captain Harrison
for Wharf master, and also decided 10
petition the City Council not to alter
the freight ordinance now in contro
veTsy, as its alteration would mate
rally effect the steamboat interests.
The little side wheel steamer, Star
Of the West, we'll known here, was
burned to the waters edge in Atcha-
lalaya river a few days ago. She was
under charter with Stickney's circus,
which had left the boat to exhibit at
inland towns, and was to have met her
at Dryers Landing, on Red river.
The Lighthouse tender. Joseph Hen
ry, in charge oil Captain Crapster, ar.
rived last evening from New Orleans,
and lay here until daylight cleaning
boilers. The only changes made on
her up trip was the discontinuance Of
the light opposite Vancluse for want
of a keeper. and a new light was estab
lished at Hardin's Point,
Owing to the plentiful supply OF
coal on hand aud the prospect Of a
mild winter, coal to steamboats, took
a tumble" yesterday; and now the
diamonds" are sold at 40 cents pei
box Of two and one-half bushels. The
boats for some time past have beer
using considerable quantities of WOOD
to help out the planters along the
river who have had short crops,
The new Anchor Line steamer CITY
of New Orleans, on her first trip up
passed here last evening with 700 tons
of freight. She was five days out and
lost "a hours by fog, Many of our
citizens, who did not have a chance tc
visit her on her down trip two weeks
ago, availed themselves of the oppor
tunity last evening and pronounced
her n of the best steamers afoat.
Captain j. M. Momus and mate J.
@. Collins, who have been at work
cleaning Beuf river of Instructions
returned yesterday and make the fol-
lowing report; Number Of leaning
trees cut, 2O55; logs removed, 532;
snags removed, 3t4; trees deadened,
5l7;rack heaps cut up and burned, "a
Good work was done and now the river
is in a fair navigable condition.
Captain o. K. Joplin's splendid
side-wheel steamer Rene Ma5ready is
the regular packet leaving at 5 pm.
to-day for Mariana, the Cut Of and
all way landings on L'Anguille and
St. Francis rivers through to Wits
burg, or as far as the stage of water
will admit, the light draught steamer
Advance coming down to meet her
and taking her freight and passengers
for Wittsburg and the Sunk Lands,
A. L. Banning presides at the desk,
and is assisted by his brother Edward.
Mr.. Caldwell, a New Hampshire
cotton manufacturer has recently re.
turned from the South to Nashua. In
n ronort of hie ohcarvotiona wb;ob ~,