Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-23

Will VpSh up mOfo Otlbk IN q cDup3S VI
weeks.
The Joseph H. Bigley and barges
passed up yesterday en- route to st.
Louis.
The James w. Gaf is announced to
leave Cincinnati tomorrow evening
for this port.
The Mary Houston passed up late
Saturday night for the Ohio, adding
here 263 bales cotton.
TIE Il. w. Cole returned Saturday
evening to the upper Mississippi after
another cargo of grain.
The Golden City added 1000 bags Of
corn at Evansville and is the next "O'
line steamer due down.
The Vint Shinkle arrived ct Cincin-
natl Saturday and the Will Kyle left
there for New Orleans.
The e. M. Norton and barges from
st. Louis passed down this forenoon,
adding here barge ofstaves.
Birds floating opera house Cham
pion is announced to give an exhibi-
ton this afternoon aud another to-
night.
The Gold Dust from st. Louis
passed down yesterday at lOa.m. add
ing about 10 tons for Vicksburg and
way handbags.
Engineers Thomas Henry and Hen
ry Myers, late of the Guiding Star
have taken charge Of the engines Of
the Andy Baum.
The new Anchor Line packet, City
of Vicksburg, was launched Saturday
afternoon BY the Towards Of the JET
%fersonville shipyard.
The Hard Cash will arrive to-mor.
row and lay up for a few weeks and be
everhauled and brushed up for an
other seasons business.
Captain Woodward and son have
purchased the tow boat Grafton, from
the St. Bernard coal company, and
will use her in the Kanawha trade.
The W. P. Halliday, loaded to the
guards, passed down Saturday night,
en- route to New Orleans. She added
here 40 bbls lime and 40 sacks oil
meal.
Captain Geo. Alcoke, late of the
Kountz line steamer j. B. Kehlor,
has gone into the discharging business
On the leyen at ST. Iouis and IL having
al he can do.
The Chas. Morgan, frem New Or
leans, will be due up tomorrow night
on her way to Cincinnati. She is a
fast boat with first-class accommoda-
lions.
The Chas. Morgan is announced to
pass up tomorrow at 5 pm. Captain
Harry Stein and clerk Adam Maryland
will see that passengers are comfOrta-
bly, roomed.
The Centennial, three and n hall
days out from New Orleans. passed up
this forenoon. She put of 20 bags OF
seed cotton and had 800 tons of freight
and 20 cabin passengers.
The City of Alton left New Orleans
Saturday for st. Louis, and will bring
to this city a big crowd of delegates tC
the meeting of the Mississippi Valley
Cotton Planters Association.
The Ste. Geneveiye in command O
Captain Sam McPhceters. is the An
Choir line packet leaving this eveniui
for Cairo aud St Louis. John +
Messengale is her polite clerk.
Captain Millspaugh, after ffteer
years service on the wharfboat Al
Shawneetown. has retired, and hi
place is now filed by John 4. Hal
who is well known to the stcamboa-
fraternity.
The Marlin Speed will arrive to
morrow, and leaves Wednesday ioI
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all wa.
landings on Arkansaw river, connect
ing with light draught packets 70
Fort Smith.
The Anchor Line packets Leaving
to morrow at 10 am. are the Common
wealth, for st. Louis, and the City o
Greenville for Vicksburg. Both ar
elegantly appointed packets aud il
charge Of clever officers.
The LEDGER job printing Office an,
book bindery, 10 Madison street, i
prepared to execute every class of io'
printing known to the business in
style unsurpassed and at rates as 10,
as any competitor. All orders prompt
ly filed and satisfaction guaranteed.
The Lee line packet Osceola Belle
in command Of Captain Cooper, is tn
regular packet leaving at 5 pm. to-da
for Osceola and all way landings cal
rying the mail and paying prompt al
tention to all business entrusted
her. Billy Smither presides at th
desk and is assisted by John Hale
and Hugh Tomlinson.
The Rene Macready, in comman
OF Captain o. K. Joplin, is r%eceivir
to leave at 5 pm. tomorrow 70
Mariana, the Cutoff and all wa
landings on L'Anguille and St. Fran
els rivers, through to Wittsburs
where she connects with light draugh
packets for the sunk lands. BERT
Banning is her chief clerk.
The Grand Lake, due up has anon
her tow the float Leah, which she wi
drop here. Edward Il. Marks, repre-
s%enting the New Orleans Democrat
will start from this point and float t
New Orleans stopping at points of in
terest to gather up item
for his journal. His float is 60 fee
long aud said to be handsomely fur
nisbed.
The elegant passenger steamer
, James Lee, in command of Captai
Stacker Lee, is the regular mail pack
ct leaving this evening for Helen;
Friars Point and all way landings