Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

The Sam Roberts passed up yester
day for St. Louis with a tow Of lum
Der.
The John s. Bransford departed
Saturday evening forWhite river Will
a fine trip.
Dennis McDermott went out il
charge of the lower deck of the Johl
s. Bransford.
The Gold Dust left Sunday morning
for Vicksburg after adding 20 ton
Of way freight.
The Josie Harry left Sunday morn
ing for Paducah, where she goes Of
the docks for repairs.
The Golden Rule for Cincinnati
and the w. P. Halliday for st. Louis
left New Orleans Saturday.
The John A Scudder left st. Loui,
Saturday evening for New Orleans
She will pass here tomorrow.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis
and the U. P. Scbenck for New Or.
leans, left Cincinnati Saturday even.
ing.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving tomorrow morning for Cairo
and st. Louis.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Ed
Rowland, leaves Wednesday evening
for Pine Bluff and all way points on
Arkansaw river.
The City of New Orleans passed
down Saturday afternoon for New
Orleans with 100 tons Of freight. She
put off here 70 pckgs.
The City of GreenvilIe will arrive
this evening from st. Louis, and leave
az ~ clock tomorrow morning fol-
Vicksburg and the bends.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal
will arrive to night from White river
She leaves Wednesday evening for
Jacksonport and way poi ats on White
river.
When the Schenck left Cincinnati
she bad $50 tons of fret yht, and was
drawing nearly six feet. She had 15C
tons engaged above Louisville, in.
Guiding 1000 boxes Of starch.
The Vint Shinkie on her last
trip up the Ohio, carried
to Cincinnati 1850 sacks wheat. 6ls
bales cotton, 10000 feet Of lumber
and a long list of miscellan eous freight
besides a cabin full of people.
The City of Alton pass ID up last
night for St. Louis with 600 tons Of
freight and a fair trip of passengers.
She discharged here so bbls moIssses.
30 bbls and 10 hhds sugar, 100 roll.
bagging and % SKIS salt.
The Lee Line packet Coahoma.
Captain Henry Cooper; leaves at
pm. to-day for Osceola and all way
mail and plantation landings on the
upper coast. Messrs. Hugh Tomlin
son and John Haley are her clerks.
No work has been done by the gov.
eminent forces in the vicinity Of Plumb
Point for several weeks, The high
water and exhaustion of funds beinp
the cause. 1t is said that nearly ali
OF the work performed last fall and
winter has been swept away by the
foods.
Captain s. s Garrett, of this city.
nominated at Washington, Saturday,
for Supervising Inspector of steam
boats for the Sixth District, will be
confirmed without delay. The charges
fled against him were found to be
trivial where they were not baseless.
Captain G.P. Ryman has contracted
with the Towards for another Cum
berland river packet. She is to be
ITO feet in length, with 80 feet beam
and 5 feet hold-the largest boat and
finest he has ever had in the trade.
She is to have fifteen inch cylinders
with 81 feet stroke.
The Rene Macready, Captain o. K.
Joplin, leaves tomorrow evening for
the Cutoff, Wittsburg and
all way landings on the L'Anguille
and st. Francis rivers. She makes
direct connections with the light draft
Advance for the Sunk Lands.
L, Banning is her CLERK.
Captain Mark Cheek backs out the
Dean Adams this evening for Terrene,
Concordia, Arkansaw City and all
Intermediate landings. She carries
the mail and attends to all plantation
Captain A. L. Cummins is
,hiet clerk and is assisted by Walker
Outlaw and Lee Cummins.
Cincinnati Commercial: Captain
Higbee has sold the bowlder
steamer Harry Higbee to
Captain James Ware aud Ben Barton
for $4,000. Captain Higbee will here
after confne his operations to the
Alex Chambers and take her to Cairo,
Ind thence South to the cotton seed
business.
The James W. Gaff, Captain Bob
Wise. leaves IN. morrow a~van;no for