Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-12

The City Of Yicksbufg departed last
evening for 81. Louis, after adding $50
bales cotton and 1e. 900 feet lumber.
The Dean Adams will be in to-
night, and is the mail packet leaving
Tomorrow evening for Arkansaw
City.
The John B. Maude arrived at St.
Louis yesterday, and the Belle Mem
Phis left there last evening for Vicks-
burg. -
The City of New Orleans and the
X: II. Springer passed down yesterday.
The latter needed full 300 tons to fill
her out.
The Ste. Genevieve will arrive to-
night and is the Anchor Line packet
leaving tomorrow evening for Cairo
and st. Louis.
The City of Providence left Vicks-
burg at noon yesterday, and will be
here to leave Friday at 5 pm. for
Cairo and St. Louis.
The Mary Houston, from Cincin-
natl, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day, and the John A. Scudder leaves
there this evening for st. Louis.
The powerful towboat, Joseph B.
Williams, passed down this morning
for New Orleans, with one of the
heaviest lows of coal ever taken south.
The towboat Oakland passed down
yesterday for New Orleans after drop
ping here barge railroad iron and
a barge containing 10000 bushels Of
grain,
The Granite State departed this
forenoon for the Ohio with $50 bales
cotton, 20 bales rags, IS SKIS bones, $50
bbls Of oil, 400 SKIS cotton seek and
fair list of people.
The new Anchor Line steamer City
of Cairo leaves st. Louis tomorrow
evening for Vicksburg. She will ar
rive here Saturday evening and lay
over until Sunday at 10 am.
Pittsburg reports that the prospect
for her boat builders this summer is
net encouraging, there being compare
lively little work under contract at
present and not much in sight.
A dispatch from st. Paul states that
the three Peck steamers that were left
stranded by the receding waters of the
upper Missouri, at Bismarck, have
been put in the river again all right.
The Andy Baum will be here to-
morrow morning, and leaves Friday at
bpm. with a return trip for Cincin-
natl and points on the Ohio, Captain
r, W. Lightburne, No. Z Monroe
street, is her agent
The Rene Macready, in command Of
Captain 0. X. Joplin, is the railroad
packet leaving promptly at pm. for
Madison, where direct connection is
made with trains on the Little Rock
road for points West.
The towboats Jack Frost, coming
down and the Piasa going up eollided
near Island No, 10 on Monday night,
damaging the guards and fantail of the
steamer Pissa aud barge in her tow.
| The Jack Frost was uninjured and
nobody hurt by the accident.
Captain Stack Lee gave the firemen
| $25 for their ball, which took place
| Monday night and, SIS to the relief Of
the Association in acknowledgment
for their service rendered saving the
steamer James Lee from total destruc-
ton by fire couple of weeks since.
| Captain Ed Postal reliable steamer
Hard Cash will leave at 5 I'm. to. day
for Devalls Bluff, Augusta, jackson
port and all intermediate landings
making direct connection with tn,
light draft packets for upper White
and Black rivers. Chas. Nj. Posta
presides at the desk and is assisted b,
Joseph Postal
Captain e. B. Smiths splendid
light draught steamer Plow Boy il
the mail packet leaving this eveninl
for Pine Bluff and all way landings OF
Arkansaw river, making direct con
nection with the regular packets fo
Little Rock and points above. Viii
DarraRh presides at the desk and i
assisted by Ed Gay.
The Coahoma arrived last evenin,
with 8 bales cotton, 5 SKIS cotton seed
1900 feet lumber and good lot O
hides She is the Lee Line mail packe
leaving this evening for 0sceola anC
way mail landings on the upper coast
Captain henry Cooper is in command
with Hugh Tomlinson and ohm Halel
in charge Of the Office.
The James Lee arrived before day.
light with AZ bales of cotton, lot o.
hides and sundries and a good passen'
ger list. She leaves again this evening
with return trip for Helena, Friars
Point aud all way landings, carrying
the mail, giving strict attention to all
business entrusted to her, and making
close connection at Glendale with
trains on the Mobile & Northwestern
railroad. Captain Stacker Lee com
mands, with the Office in charge OF
Captain Lloyd w. Whitlaw, assisted
by Flatt Rhodes and Arthur Browne
The FOrebOdIngs of YOuih.ys
Said George Eliot: Childhood has
no forebodings; but then it is sOotheG
BY no memories of outlived sorrow.
You see, George never had any chill
dren, and didn't know. Where's the
boy often who hasn't the memory Of
OUTLYING the sorrow caused by the old
mans trunk strap, when he puts wet
sponge in the old mans boot thai
squirted water clear up the old mans
leg AID hasn't the boy forebodings
when he thinks the old man suspects
him Of putting tar on his hair brush