Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02

The CgnsMlllat departed last svsn.
ing for Cincinnati with the hghtest
trip Of the season. She had no cotton,
10 bales rags, 600 SKIS cottonseed meal,
l2O bundles Of box material, a lot Of.
sundries and 6 few passengers.
Captain S. s. Garrett. the new in
cumbeHt Of the Office Of Supervising
Inspector Of this district, will leave
here in a day or two for Louisville to
receive the books and papers Of the
office left by his predecessor, Colonel
B D. Carr.
On account Of low water in st.
Francis river the Rene Macready will
probably lay up after the present trip.
II so, the Lee Line will take ST.
Francis river freight and connect At
the mouth Of the river with the low
water packet Advance.
The %punctual upper coast packet,
CoahOma, in command of Captain
Henry Cooper, leaves this evening
for Osceola and all way landings,
giving prompt attention to all bust.
ness that offers. Hugh Tomlinson
and Charles Bourne are in charge of
the Office affairs.
The james Lee, in command of
Captain Stacker Lee, is the mail pack
ct leaving this evening for Helena.
FriarS Point and way landings. She
will pay strict attention to all business
entrusted to her, aud make close con.
n%ection at Glendale with trains on the
Mobile Il Northwestern railroad. Ar
thur Browne, Platt Rhodes and John
q. Wyckctf are in charge Of the Of.
fee.
The popular james W. Calf will ar.
rive tomorrow, and leaves on Friday
at 5 pm. for all points on the Ohio.
through to Cincinnati, where close
connection will be made with the diff
ferent railroads, and passengers tick
eted through to points East at low
rates. Captain R. w. L~iEhtburne.
her agent, at MOI Monroe street. will
give further information.
The splendid steamer Katie Hooper,
in command of Captain Ed. Rowland.
IS the regular packet leaving this ev.
eniDg for Pine Bluff and way landings
on Arkansaw river, giving prompt at
tention to all business that offers and
making connection with the regular
low water boats for Little Rock and
points above. Captain Chas. Mus
selman and Will Darragh are in
charge of the Office.
The Plow Boy, in command Of Cap
tain Charles NJ. Postal, arrived this
forenoon having been detained by fog
She leaves again this evening in
place Of the Hard Cash for all points
on White river through to jackson.
port, where direct connection is made
with light draft steamers for upper
White and Black rivers. Joseph
Postal assists Charlie with the. affairs
ofthe Office.
Mr. Ed Banning went out yesterday
in charge of the Office of the Rene
Macready, i n place Of his brother
BERTHE, who stopped off to look after
the affairs" of the family, an addi-
tional ten pounds in the person Of a
bouncing boy being added to the
family circle early yesterday morning.
OF course, this being the first issue"
BERTHE feels quite proud, and his
friends, who are legion, extend congrat-
ulations. Long life to the little one.
From yesterday at noon until last
night the Ohio river at Cincinnati rose
six feet, and much damage was done to
coal fleets. This water all came from
Licking river, which empties into the
Ohio opposite Cincinnati, and il is
reported that Licking river rose %
feet during the "A hours ending last
night. Quite a number of coal
boats, lighthouses, skiffs and pleasure
boats were washed away at Cincinnati
and the loss is roughly estimated al
$4,000. The Vint Shinkle, lying at
the wharfboat, and was to have left
there last evening for this port, was
struck by a floating barge and had a
hole 30 or 40 feet long knocked in her
side above the water line near the
stern. All the side streams in that
vicinity are rushing out at a fearful
rate.
Captain Hiram 0. Brace, at present
pilot OF the Memphis and Ohio river
packet, Cons Millar, yesterday received
the recommendation of the Board for
the Office of Inspector of Hulls for
this district, the Office having recently
been made vacant by the promotion of
Captain s. S Garrett to the Office of
Supervising Inspector of the Sixth
District. Captain Brace was
chosen from twelve applicants
by the Board, consisting Of Captain
s. S. Garrett, General W. j. Smith
aud Judge Hammond, of the United
States Court, who have forwarded the
name of their choice to Secretary of
the Treasury FolVer for his conirma-
ton. Captain Brace has been we'll
known in this section for the past ff
teen years EIe is a gentleman of in.
dustry, sobriety and fine intelligence,
and is we'll qualified for the position.
having been connected with the river
almost his entire life and was formerly
a ship carpenter. For a number of
years he wal commander and pilot in
the Arkansaw. river trade, and is a
first class pilot on the Ohio and Mis-.
sissippi rivers. The selection of
Captain Brazee for the position of
Hull Inspector will meet with the
hearty approval of the river fraternity.
Dill T.