Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-23


noon, aud remained here until mid
night, cleaning out boilers and repair
ing machinery.
In consequence of having to put in
new cylinder the upper coast packet
Coahoms will not 20 out this evening
but will resume her regular trips to
Osceola on Wednesday.
The river at its present stage is very
treacherous to steamboat boilers, and
engineers cannot be to watchful.
Muddy water and heavy current to
run against will cause a burning Of
boilers.
The Commonwealth, from st. Louis,
passed down last evening for Vicks.
burg. She discharged here near 1000
packages and added lot of miscel.
laneeus freight for Vicksburg and
way landings,
The City of Helena, in command Of
Captain Elem Calvert, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving promptly at 5 D m,
to-day for Cairo, st. Louis and all way
mail landings. George Walton is her
polite clerk.
The City of Vicksburg, in command
of Captain r. X. Riley, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 10 am.
tomorrow for Vicksburg and all prin-
cipal way landings. Billy Blenker is
her polite clerk.
The City of Helena which arrived
last night had to pass by the following
mail landings on account of the high
stage of the river, Bass, Reelfoot,
Hathaway, Charlottesville, Brad
ley's and st. Clair.
A committee Of citizens Of Louis
vile have been delegated to 90 to
Frankfort to personallyintercede with
the Legislature to check the outrage
Gus use of the wharf by the Short
Line Railroad Transfer Company.
The Cons Millar will probably be in
this evening, and returns to the Ohio
Wednesday at Bpm. Captain R. w.
Lightburne, her agent, will give all
desired information, and furnish
through tickets to points East at very
low rates.
The Ohas. P. Chouteau took into
New Orleans 2161 bales cotton, 1910
SKIS cotton seed, 36l5 SKIS oil cake, and
1867 SKIS cotton seed meal. She will
leave tomorrow evening and make
two more trips in the trade. The cot.
ton season has been very short, but
this line have done a good business.
The Rene Macready, now in port, i,
receiving to leave at pm. to morrow
for Helena, Mariana, the Cut OFF anC
all way landings on L'AnguilIe anC
st. Francis rivers through to Wits
burg, where she makes direct connec.
ton with the light draught steame!
Advance for the Sunk Lands.
The City of New Orleans got ava,
at 3 o'clock this morning, having beer
detained here some time repairing
burnt boilers. She had 500 tons O
freight, and came through from New
| Orleans in three days and seventeen
hours, and would have made it in tel
hours less had it not been for the ba,
weather.
Captain W. G. Hardwick left her
yesterday for New Orleans to loo
after his feet of grain boats, six {
which have already passed south an
two more are at Paducah ready I
start. These boats contain 5000
bushels of corn and $4,000 bushels {
: oats, which he delivers to planter
along the sugar coast.
The Fulton came in Saturday nigh
from Hatchie river with a fair trl
after severe tussel with the trees an
brushes, which gave her chimneys an
pilot house general shaking up. 0v
J ing to the extreme high stage of til
water she will cease her trips for til
present, as it is next to impossible [
make the landings.
An obstinate but we'll fed mule a
tached to a dray loaded with plundC
ran away twice this morning on tn
levee, and created a great deal
amusement to those who happened I
be down there at so early an hou
With the aid of three men holdin
the mule he was finally got under col
troll and the load taken up the levee.
The swift and elegant steamer jaime
Lee, in command Of Captain Stacke
| Lee, is the regular mail packet leavin
this evening for Helena, Friars Poin
and all intermediate landings, maxim
close connection at Glendale witt
trains on the Mobile & Northwestern
railraod. Captain Lloyd w. Whitlo7
presides at the desk and is assisted b,
Platt Rhodes and Arthur Browne.
The Dean Adams, in command o
Mark r. Cheek, is the regular mai
packet leaving this evening for Hele
ma, Terrene, Arkansaw City and al
way landings, giving strict attention (,
all business entrusted to her and max
ing close connection with trains OF
the Little Rock, Mississippi River anC
Texas railroad. Captain A. L. Cum
minis presides at the desk and is as
sisted by Walker Outlaw and LIE,
Cummins, jr.
! A letter for a planter at Pecal
Point came through the mail thi
morning addressed as follows; 1T
| Mr.. Robert friend friend, in the car,
of the Captain on Board of the steam
er tri. Weekly U. S. Mail Packet fol
Randolph, Fulton, 0scoola and al
way landings, No. 3 Madison Street
The officers of the Coahoma will SCI
that this letter is delivered when thel
go out again-the directions are plaiI