Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-04

4hO OltJ VI QtN OIi6duo IbLldlu6u
in port until a late hour last,night
thus allowing her passengers to take a
view ofthe Bluff City by moonlight.
The Annie P. Silver, in command
Of Captain Keith, is announced to pass
down this evening for New Orleans.
Green +. Shields is her polite clerk.
The Coahoma left at loon to.day
for Osceola and way landings on the
upper coast. She will be back to-
morrow and leave Monday for Friars
Point.
Charles Owens has resigned his
position as pilot of the Andy Baum to
60 on the Will Kyle when she comes
out: The Kyle is to leave Cincinnati
on Wednesday next.
Captain Geo. Miltenberger. chief
clerk Of the Chas. P. Chouteau, ac-
companied by his wife, are passengers
on the City Of New Orleans, which
passed up yesterday for st. Louis.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
tomorrow at 10 am. are the Common
wealth for Vicksburg, and the Gold
Dust for st. Louis. Captain AID Storm,
at the wharfboat, is agent of this line.
Captain J. T. Washington, the well
known steamboat agent, left by rail
last night for Newport, KY, where he
will spend a few weeks of rest with his
daughters during the high water
season.
Captain Oates will send his neat
little steamer Fulton to Hatchie river
this evening. She will attend prompt
" to all business intrusted to her.
Captain John Deering commands with
Wade Hampton in the Office.
The ferryboat John 0verton will
make another trip to Marion to.mor-
row afternoon, leaving at SPIN. Those
taking passage will see sights which
they may never see again. They will
see a sample Of the great food of 1892,
At Cairo a mark made by Abraham
Bird showing the high water of 1916
was covered Ia inches by the recent
rise. The high water of 1867 was II
inches lower than the recent year. as
shown by the government water gauge
at Cairo.
Captain James Lee, after several
weeks of rest at the home of his SON
Captain James Lee, jr--is again on
his pet steamer and namesake, james
Lee, and will superintend the brush.
ing up and repainting during her re.
tirement.
The food of 1882 reached its heiphI
yesterday forenoon, when lbe exact
reading of the government gauge was
"a feet 10 inches. In the future thi,
will be counted the highest notch
attained at the port of Memphis. Al
the river is falling, we may look for ,
decline from this on.
The Marlin Speed, in command O
Captain John j.. Darrough, is th,
mail packet leaving at 5 pm. to. da,
for Pine Bluff and all intermediatI
landings attending promptly to all bus
mess that offers and making direc
connection with the regular packet
for Little Rock and points above
Captain Charles MusseIman preside
at the desk and is assisted by w. j
Ashford, jr.
The Tiger, under charter by Cap
tain j. d. Randall, will leave from I'll,
foot Of Court street at 5 pm. to -da.
for Mariana and points on St. Fran
els river as far as Madison, where sh,
connects with the light draf
steamer Mike Davis for Wittsbur,
and the Sunk Lands; also takin'
freight and passengers for points Of
the Memphis & Little Rock r~ailroa,
between Madison and Brinkley. ShI
will be back to leave again on Tuesda,
next.
Captain S. S. Garrett, one of tn
Local Inspectors of steamboats, at thi
port, is favorably mentioned as tn
successor of B. o. Carr, of Louisville
who has sent in his resignation as Su
pervising Inspector of this District
Captain Garrett would, no doubt, b
very acceptable to the river fraternity
He is a gentleman with marked atil
ity for the position, is a smart lawyer
and his rulings would, no doubt, coin
eide with the views of river men i
general.
The John B. Maude, in commanI
of Captain Harry Brolaski, arrive,
before daylight with a big trip O
freight, comprising 7e47 pkes, includ
ing 2678 bbls of -four, ls5 bbls meal
2l6l SKIS corn, $40 SKIS oats, 240 SIX
bran, and sixty bales of hay. She ha
her entire cargo on shore, and viii
leave promptly at 5 pm. with a return
trip for Cairo aud st. Louis. Len
Carter is in charge Of the Office
assisted by AL Simpson.
The new Anchor Line packet, Cit,
ofNew Orleans, has proved her meta
and added a laurel to the fame of he.
builders, the Towards, of Jefferson
vile, Ind. She arrived here yesterda,
afternoon making the run from New
Orleans to this port, a distance of 79i
miles, against a heavy current ant
rising river, in two days, twenty. thre,
hours and five minutes, includinI
stopages at IL landings, and attendin.
to her regular business.
CAPTAIN Milt Harry's elegant an,
popular steamer Josie Harry is re
ceiving at the foot of Poplar street fo
Helena, Terrene, Deval' 5 Bluff an,
all way landings through to Newport
where she will connect with smalle
boats for upper White and Blacl
rivers. Besides attending to her reg
ular business she will take r%ailroa.
freight and passengers to Devalls Bluff
where direct connection will be mad
with trains on the Memphis & Littl
Rock railroad for points West. job.
Q. Wyckof and Peter Mitchell assis
in the Office.