Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-21

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mouth of the Louisville canal con-
tlnue OF formidable dimensions. The
depth of water over the government
dam at the head Of Sand Island is re-
ported to be only 81 feet.
There will be no packet leaving to-
morrow evening for Arkansaw river.
Merchants should hold their freight
until the arrival Of the Plow Boy,
which will be here Monday night and
leave Wednesday for Pine Blnff.
The commodious and elegant An.
Choir Line steamer City of New Or
leans, 10 command of Captain A. j.
Carter, is announced to pass down at
II m. to morrow for Vicksburg, New
Orleans and the Bends. Archie Woods
is her polite clerk.
A Morgan City special to New Or.
leans states that the steamer Tom
Parker, which left for Sabine Pass on
the 10th, was probably lost in the storm
OF the 18th. s. L. Randlett, formerly
President of the Police Jury of ST.
Mary's Parish, is believed to have
been drowned in the food.
The Lee Line steamer Coahoma. in
command Of Captain Henry Cooper, is
the packet this evening for Osceola
and way landings on the upper coast,
carrying the mail and giving strict
attention to all business entrusted to
her. Hugh Tomlinson presides at the
desk, and is assisted by John Haley.
It's reported at St Louis and be-
lieved in steamboat circles. that Cap
tain Bueson has sold the Montana to
Captain George Keith and some Kan
sas City parties, and that she will en-
ter the st. Louis and Kansas City
trade under command of Captain
Keith. The Centennial will at once
enter the st. Louis and St. Paul
trade.
Since the Memphis and Ohio river
steamer Vint Shinkle has been over
hauled and her machinery improved,
she is now about two miles an hour
faster. On her last trip down she
passed the Guiding Star, under full
Roadway, and went around her to make
a landing, She is now the fastest boat
in the line.
at the suit Of the Monongehela
Navigation Company against John
Kennedy, to recover tolls, the Jury
returned a verdict for plaintiff for
1882 IS. The defendant ran his tow
boat through the break in the dam
and refused to pay toll. In conse-
quence the company has several suits
pending against other towboat owners
of similar charaster.
| Joe Graham, the diver, went down
yesterday to the wreck of the Golden
| City, but found the water too swift to
do much. Another ladder was bor-
rowed yesterday from the Guiding
Star and he goes down again to-day.
All the upper works are burned and
hoated off so that nothing remains
but the machinery and hull. No
bodies were seen about the wreck.
On Tuesday next the Rene Mac
ready re-enters the Memphis and st.
Francis river trade, going to Helena,
Mariana, the Cutoff, Wittsburg and
Jail way landings on LAnguille and
st. Francis rivers, making direct con-
nection with the light-draught steam
er Advance for the Sunk Lands. Can
tain j. d. Randall, the Superintend-
snt, has his Office at 2S2 Front street,
where further information can be de-
rived.
The feet and elegant steamer James
Lee is on berth to leave this evening
for Helena, Friars Point and all way
landings, carrying the mail, attending
promptly to all business that offers
and making close connection at Glen
dale with trains on the Mobile &
Northwestern railroad. Captain
Stacker Lee commands, with the
Office In charge of Lloyd w. Whitlow,
assisted by Platt Rhodes and Arthur
Browne.
The Josie Harry arrived last night,
having brought out of White river IS
bales cotton, 5 bales of which she put
of at Terrene for reshippment to New
Orleans. The Harry is receiving at
the foot of Monroe street to leave at
pm. tomorrow for Helena, Terrene,
Devalls Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport
and intermediate landings, carrying
the mail, attending promptly to ali
business entrusted to her, and making
direct connection at her destination
with smaller boats for upper White
and Black rivers,
The Vint Shinkle, from the Ohio
river, arrived last evening with a
splendid trip of freight, comprising
1858 pkgs, She will leave this even
ing with a return trip for Cairo, Louis
vile, Cincinnati and all Intermediate
landings, making close connection With
the different railroads, and giving
through tickets to all points East at
very low rates. The accommodations
of the Shinkle are second to none In
the line, and her officers are polite and
accommodating to their patrons
Captain G.. Wash Thompson com.
mands, with the Office in charge Of
Colonel j. D. Moore, assisted BY Ad
Rennett.