Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-29

trip having been loaded by the Anchor
Line.
The John A. Scudder left New
Orleans Saturday evening aud will be
here Wednesday afternoon on her way
to st. Louis.
The Jay Gould and barges passed
up this forenoon for st. Louis, and is
double tripping it over all hard places.
The Golden Crown, now on her
way up from New Orleans, will ascend
the Ohio as far as the water will per-
nit. then lay up and await a rise to go
to Cincinnati.
The j. N, Maoomb cleared the
river between Vicksburg AMI this
point of 2I7 snags and accomplished
the task in fifteen days.
The Paris G. Brown will be due up
tomorrow morning on her way to
New Orleans. Captain Ad Storm at
the Anchor Line wharfboat is her
agent.
The Will Kyle left St. Louis Sat.
urday, for New Orleans, and will con
tinue to run under the auspices OF
the Anchor Line during the extreme
low water in the Ohio river.
The Memphis and New Orleans
cotton boats Henry Frank and Chas.
7. Chouteau will start the bales
rolling about September 10Th.
The barge of grain belonging to
Messrs. Speed 4 Graves, Of this city.
which sunk at East st. Louis, settled
in 20 feet Of water, and is a totsl
loss.
The Hard Cash will be due here TO-
morrow evening and is the regular
packet leaving Wednesday evening for
all points on White river through ia
Jacksonport.
The City of Alton from St. Louis.
due here last evening, is reported
aground at Bradley's, twenty miles
above here, and out of the channel.
She may possibly get of by night.
The Gold Dust, from st. Louis.
passed down this morning nearly
twenty-four hours behind time. She
put off 1914 packages here and added
20 tons ice and 30 tons sundries.
The Ste. Genevieve, in command OF
Captain G. W. Vickers, arrived this
morning with a good trip, and leaves
this evening on her return to Cairo
and st. Louis. John Messengale is
her chief clerk.
The Mike Davis will not leave for
st. Francis river tomorrow, but laws
over until Saturday. The Marcus
Collins, as soon as her repairs are COM
pleted, will run during the low water
season.
The snagboat j. N. Macomb did
not get away until this forenoon, her
crew having jumped her yesterday.
She clears the river of distractions
between this port and Cairo.
In the wharfboat and on the levee
in front there is a large amount Of
freight brought here since Saturday
by the Anchor Line. Consignees
should have the same removed as soon
as possible so as to make room fol
more.
The W. P. Halliday, four days out
from New Orleans with about 4OC
tons Of freight, passed UP Saturday
night after cleaning cut boilers. Sht
discharged $50 pkgs, and had among
her freight 5000 bids cotton ties.
Ugly reefs, whose hard rough edges
are only to be seen during periods @
the lowest water prOtrude above tn,
rivers surface, while the shiftinl
channel of a sandy bottom gives thu
daring navigator nc end of trouble.
The steamers Peninah and Genera
Meade, which were lodged high anC
dry, and hundreds of yards from thc
shore by the foods of the Missouri
last spring, have at lenght been gotter
into the water, and are running again
Captain Land Halliday, father O.
Captain Alex. Halliday, Of the Paris
Q, Brown, died at Gallipolis on Frida,
lost. Old-time steamboatmen viii,
remember him as a former owner
engineer and commander OF the Ohio
No. 4, running in the Marietta trade
The splendid sidewheel steamer
Rene Macready, in command Of Cant
Henry Cooper, is the regular mai
packet leavingthis evening for 0soeola
and all intermediate landings, giving
close attention to all way and planta-
ton business. John W. Haley is her
chief clerk and is assisted by Hugh
Tomlinson.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
here tomorrow at 10 am. are the
City of Greenville for Vicksbur9 and
the City Of Vicksburg for st. Louis.
Both are new and elegant passenger
steamers and in charge of clever and
experienced officers. CAPTAIN Al
Storm, superintendent at the wharf.
boat will give further information.
The new Anchor Line steamer City
Of New Orleans was successfully
launched on Thursday last at Jeffer.
vile. She is the largest and finest
boat yet built for the Anchor Line.
the hull being 300 feet in lenG.h ii. with
40 feet beam and % feet depth OF hold.
The cylinders are each 26 inches il
diameter, with 10 foot stroke.
Captain Milt Harry received a dis
patch last evening from Newport
stating that the light draught steamer
Milt larry would leave there to day
and be here to leave on Saturday next
in place of the Josie Harry, for al
points on White river, through tC
Jackso1port. 1t is found necessary
to let the little Milt Harry make {
trip or two, in order that the paint OIL
the Josie will be thoroughly dry be.
fore she goes out.
W, r. Bennett, we'll known to al