Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-07

tnls evening % her return 70 y
Louis. a AfA fNHN
The Paris G. Brown passed Vieks
burg early yesterday morning, an,
viii be due here tomorrow evenin
bound for the Ohio river.
Pilot Cook Hoyle yesterday resign
ed bis position on the steamer Il. W
Cole TO accept similar one on tn
transfer steamer Chas. Merriam.
| TIE Cons Millar returned to tn
Ohio river last evening with 100 bale
cotton. 20 bales rags, $50 bbls oil, an,
a good list Of sundries and people.
The Paris @. Brown. ineommand o
Captain A. NJ. Holiday, is announced
to pass up tomorrow evening for til,
Ohio river. II. @. Lowe is he,
agent.
The D. Re Powell, from St. Louis
passed 70 New Orleans early thi
morning. She discharged 300 Dbl
Of -four and lot Of miscellaneou
freight.
The Kate Adams will be in to
morrow morning. aud is the regular
Adams Line mail packet leaving to
morrow evening for Arkansaw Cit,
and way landings.
z The R. R. Springer from Cincinnati
passed here last night for New0rleanl
with about 400 tons Of freight. Sh,
discharged and added literally here
and took on 400 SKIS corn in Madrid
Bend.
The U. p. Schenck, from New Or
lears, passed to the Ohio river las
night with about 100 tons Of freight
She discharged 81 bales cotton, 30 bbll
sugar, 800 bdls cotton ties, aud BOX
empty hhds.
No boat leaving for White river to,
day, but the Josie Harry turns bach
from Des Arc In order to be here L
leave at her regular hour on Saturday
next. and going through to Newport
on hernext trip. gl
Mr. Hugh Tomlinson, late clerk OIL
the Lee Line packets, has severed hi,
connection with the marines and be,
come citizen Of Mississippi county
Arkansaw. His address in the future
will be 0sceola, Ark.
The elegant steamer James Lee, ia
command Of Captain Marsh Miller
leaves again this evening for Helena
Friars Point aud way landings. Plat
Rhodes presides in the office, assisted
by Win Ashford, Will Darragh and
George Cunningham.
The steamer Ed Foster, converted
from ferrybOAt into a neat, stern,
wheel passenger packet, will be ready
for business in few days. She will
enter the Little Rock aud Fourche ia
Fave tradein command of her owner
Captain Harvey Lewis.
The Vint Shinkle will arrive to
morrow, and is the regular packet
leaving on Friday evening for all
points on the Ohio river through to
Cincinnati, giving through tickets and
cheap rates to points east. Captain
r. w. Lightburne is her agent,
Captain Billy Smither, now chic
clerk of the Lee Line packet Dear
Adams, received cordial welcome
from his many friends in the uppel
coast trade. Billy is we'll known boil
above and below here, and is held il
high esteem by passengers and ship
pers.
Two new steamers are in course o
construction at Towards shipyard
Of Jacksonville, Ind, and are for tn,
st. Louis and New Orleans Aucho
Line Company. One is intended 70
the st. Louis and Vioksburg trade
and the other for the st. Louis an,
New Orleans trade.
The Southern Transportation Lin
have concluded to send out but tw
boats per week, instead of three, a
previously announced. The Guidin.
Star leaves Cincinnati to-day, tn
Thos. Sherlock Saturday, the Charlie
Morgan Wednesday next and tn
Belle Shreveport the Saturday follow
ing.
The Dean Adams, from the uppe
coast, brought in 2lS bales cotton, 3
bags seed cotton and l4l2 SKIS cottol
seed. She returns this evening t,
0sceola and way landings. Captain
Henry Cooper commands, with j. W
Smithers in charge Of the Office, as
sisted by Charles Bourne and Johl
Rhodes.
Captain james B. franklin, passen
ger agent for the Memphis and 0hit
River Packets is around posting tn,
Viut Shinkle, which is to leave her,
Friday. The line he represents is il
perfect running order, and are sending
out two boats per week. Jim is full
of information, and will give the sam,
to travellers upon application.
The new steamer, Chickasaw, fOl
the Memphis and White river trade
leaves Pittsburg to-day. Our mer
chants ordering goods from Ohio rive
points should order their freight ship
ped by the ChiCkasaw, so she woul(
have a big trip for this port and Whit,
river. All orders given to II. @.
Lowe, her agent will be prompt.
attended TO.
1t is understood that the Anchor
Line and the Southern Transportation
Line Of boats will agree on basis o
rates from Cairo to points south whicl
is to be sustained throughout the en-
tire season, certain penalties to be i'm
posed upon parties breaking the agree
ment. 1t is also understood that The
regular Cincinnati and New 0rleanl
Line will wage an energetic warfur,
on all boats who advertise to run q
Independent, The New Mary HOus
ton and two or three other boats viii
probably belong to the latter class.