Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

Louis.
The John A, Wood, with a big tow
Of coal, is due down to-day bound fol
New Orleans. sall
The Golden Crown from New Or
leans is overdue, and may pass up to-
day for the Ohio.
The Harry Brown left Cairo q eou.
pie Of days since for Pittsburg, towing
% empty coal barges.
The great iron steamer Charles P,
OhOutesu will be here to leave about
Wednesday for New Orleans.
Several Of the fog detained boats
have not yet arrived, but may be in
between this and tomorrow evening.
The City Of Baton Rouge, for St.
Louis, and the Thomas Sherlock, for
Cincinnati, left New Orleans sstur.
day.
The Oakland and barges from New
Orleans passed to St, Louis at noon
yesterday, dropping barge g here to
be loaded for New Orleans.
The James W. Gaff with her new
commander, Captain j. d. Moore, left
Cincinnati Saturday and returns to
the Ohio on Friday evening next.
The Celina sunk at Jacksonville
during the storm of Wednesday night
last, is likely to prove a total loss Her
insurance expired a few days previous.
On account Of the bad weather,
which prevailed last week, the steamer
Joe Peters reshipped her cotton at
Terrene and went back up Arkansaw
river.
The U. P. Schenek left Cincinnati
Saturday for New Orleans, and will be
followed Tomorrow evening by the
Paris .. Brown, and on Thursday by
the r. R. Springer,
The New Mary Houston, from Gin
cinnati, passed to New Orleans Satur-
day evening. She discharged 66 pkgs
and added % bbls molasses and 10 tons
Of miscellaneous freight.
The Dean Adams from Helena
brought in l6l bales cotton and 46l
SKIS cotton seed. The james Lee
brought in 4l9 bales cotton and 1892
SKIS cotton seed.
Captain John j. Darragh arrived
home yesterday by rail from Paducah
aud states that his new tOwboat, the
R A, Speed, will arrive to,day with
three barges of salt for this market.
The james Lee, in command Of
Captain Marsh Miller, is the mail
packet leaving this evening for Hell
ena, Friars Point and way landings.
Plat Rhodes presides in the Office.
The Mississippi Valley Transpor-
tation company are doing thriving
business this seas IN, and even during
the low water run regularly, meeting
with no accidents, and took large
cargoes to New Orleans.
The JennieC Campbell from the upper
Ohio river, with several barges in tow,
arrived yesterday afternoon, and dis,
charged 200 bbls rpples apples and
600 kegs nails. She proceeded south
this morning.
The City Of New Orleans from st.
Louis passed here on time yesterday
with a big trip Of freight. She dis
charged 10 bbls molasses and added so
bbls cement and so bbls iron, In
Madrid Bend she added $500 SKIS corn.
The City Of Vicksburg, in COM
mand of Captain Henry Keith, will be
due up tonight, and is the Anchor
Line packet leaving from the elevator
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The past week was a very hard one
on steamboatmen. Rainy weather and
dense fogs prevailed, which caused
long delays, putting nearly Of them of
time, but as far as reported no acci-
dents happened,
The COahoma brought in 23S bales
cotton, Z bags seed cotton and 1867 SKIS
seed, She is the Lee Line packet
leaving again this evening for 0sceola
and way landings, Captain Henry
Cooper commands, with j W Smither
in the Office.
The Ida Darragh is due to-day, and
leaves again at s o'clock tomorrow
evening for Pine Bluff and way land
ings on Arkansaw river, making con-
nection at her destination with the
pool line boats for Little Rock and
points above.
The Guiding Star in command Of
Captain j. D. Hegler, is announced to
pass up at 8 o'clock this evening fol-
all points on the Ohio river through
to Cincinnati. H. Q. Lowe, at the
foot of Jefferson street, is her agent
The W. P. Halliday, with 1900 tons
Of freight, passed to New Orleans
Saturday afternoon. She added hel
$50 empty bbls and a lot Of miscella'
nesus freight, and took on over 5000
SKIS corn in Madrid Bend.
The Belle Memphis, in command
Of Captain |. H. Mckee, will be The
Anchor Line packet leaving at II
o'clock tomorrow morning for Vieks'
burg and way landings. Henry Cor
| byn presides in the Office.
The Future City, from St. Louis
and bound for New Orleans with sil
barges, passed yesterday forenoon, ant
added here barge 81 containing 75OI
SKIS cotton seed meal, 1850 SKIS OF
cake, 500 bbls oil, and 1850 bales cot
ton. Notwithstanding the bad wealth
er she was but 80 hours out from
Cairo.
The adowheel steamer Rene Ma
cready, in command Of Captain o. X
Joplin, is the mail packet leaving to
morrow evening for Mariana, Tyron
"a, the Cut Of and all way landing
on L'Auguille and st. Francis river
through to Wittsburg and will Civ