Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-10

The City Of V~icksburg, from St.
Louis, passed down this morning for
Vicksburg, after adding about4O tons.
The Andy Baum for tins port. and
the U. 2. Schenck for New Orleans,
will leave Cincinnati Tomorrow even
ing.
Cincinnati and Louisville have been
enjoying several inches Of snow, while
Memphis is forced to stand the same
depth of mud.
The City Of GreenyilIe, leaving this
! evening for st. Louis, gets $40 bales
OF Eastern bound cotton for reship-
ment at Cairo.
The Belle Memphislarrived at New
Orleans yesterday. and the Golden
City passed there last evening, bound
for New Orleans.
The Chas. P. Chouteau is the regu.
lar New Orleans packet. leaving here
Thursday evening. Captain j. T,
Washington will make engagement:
for her.
Captain N. B. Fowler. formerl,
chief clerk Of the Centennial, and
Captain S. 8. Graham, Of the Pittsbure
and Brownsville Packet Company.and
v. W. O'Neil, Of Pittsburg, are in the
city.
The canal at Louisville is again i'm
psssable, and boats vii lhave consider.
able trouble in ascending the falls.
The dam nuisance should be removed,
as it is simply an obstruction to navi-
cation.
The City of Helena arrived last
night with a light trip, comprising
2OO3 pkgs. She discharged the same
took on 10 tons of miscellaneous
freight aud left at 6 I'm. on her 70.
turn to st. Louis.
The City of Greenville, in command
Of Captain Joseph Bryan, is the An
Choir Line steamer leaving this even
ing for Cairo, st. Louis and all prin-
cipal way landings. Charles Quesnel
and Wash Gahren are in charge of the
office.
Captain A. ]. Carriers new and
beautiful Anchor Line steamer, City
OF New Orleans, is announced to pass
down this evening for VicksburV,
New Orleans and the bends. Archie
Woods and Larry Anderson are her
polite clerks.
Yesterday at New Orleans special
Deputy United States Marshal Wuz-
burger sold the big freight steamer
J, B. M. Kehlor to Captain W. H.
Thorwegan, ofthe steamer Charles p
Chouteau, for SOL He also sole
the Katie P. Kountz to D. G. Mccain
for $4,000.
The tug Night Hawk, in charge o.
Captain bud Broadhurst, which ha,
been at work down about Delta, La
for the government, returned yesterday
and will leave this evening for st
Francis river, where several barges
are being loaded with 1906 0 staye.
for her to tow TO New Orleans.
Clerk Charles Quesnel, of the City
Of Greeuville, will resign his position
after the present trip, and engage with
his brother in the stove manufacturing
business at st. Louis. His many
friends here, as we'll as those all along
the river, wish him abundant success
in his enterprise.
The Vint Shinkle arrived last nigh
with about 800 tons of miscellaneou.
freight and leaves a 5 p m. to. morrow
with a return trip for Cairo, Louisville
Cincinnati and all principal way land.
ings on the Ohio river and offer.
special inducements in the way Of
comfortable accommodations and
through tickets to all Eastern points
at very low rates.
The neat sidewheel steamer Rene
Macready, in command of Captain o
K. Joplin, is the regular packet leav.
ing at 5 pm. to-day for Helena, Ma.
r%ianna, the Cutoff, Wittsburg and all
way landings on L'Anguille and st
Francis rivers, making direct connec
ton with the light draft steamer AID.
vance for the Sunk Lands. A. L
Banning presides at the desk and i
assisted by Charles Stockley anc
James Conn.