Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-11

SeeA uuuOA tho huoplCch 4 tntAncuOl
Line, are announced to pass here to.
morrow at 10 am. bound for New Or
leans. Captain Ad Storm, at the ele.
vator, is their agent.
In a week or two more our local
coast packets will find it difficult t
run and make their time, or bring in
anything like a paying trip. They
are all too heavy draft when it come.
to extreme low water.
Colonel Will s. Hays sung his sons
"She Sleeps" assisted by the Seventh
Regiment band before an audience o.
20, 1000 at the Louisville Exposition OIL
Saturday night last, and it is said t.
have been a big success.
Captain VIM. Combs, a noted coast
captain Of ante bellum days, died on
Wednesday last in East Felicians
parish. He had been of the river
for a number OF years, the last boat
he commanded was the Bella Donna.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
St. Louis with 1900 tons Of freight
passed here yesterday afternoon bound
for New Orleans. She had also in tow
q barge containing $500 bbls Of -four
which she takes as far as Vicksburg
She added here about so TONS.
A telegram to Captain H. G. Lowe,
agent, states that the Hard Cash will
arrive tonight and leaves on time to.
morrow for all points on White river
through to JaCksonport, where con
n%ection is made with light draft
steamers for upper White and Black
rivers.
The Ida Darragh brought in 20 bales
cotton and over 800 axis seed. The re-.
turns to Arkansaw river this evening,
aud connects at Pine Bluff with the
pool line boats for Little Rock and
points above. Captain Ed Rowland
commands, with j. N. Thompson
in charge Of the office, as.
aisted by Lon Hudson.
The Ida Lee, in command of Cap
lain j. @. Collins, is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Mariana, the
Cutoff, Wittsburg, and for all points
on L'Anguille and St. Francis rivers
as high as the stage of water will per-
nit, connecting with the light draft
steamer Advance for the Sunk Lands.
Charles Stockley presides in the Office.
The tug Billy Kilby en- route from
Helena to New Orleans with a tow
Of slaves, sunk one barge on Friday
last at Cotton Wood landing, six miles
above Lake Providence. The barge
contained $4,000 slaves, and was con-
signed to B. Blanco, New Orleans.
Captain Kilby went down to the scene
Of the accident to see what could be
done.
Will Hays, in speaking of the APP
pointment Of Captain Ed Thomas as
agent for the Milt Harry White River
Line Of packets, says; THE appoint
mont is a good one, aud Captain
Thomas will prove an able representa-.
tive Of first class line run by a first
class man-Captain Milt Harry"
Captain Ed Thomas is we'll and favor
ably known to the people of the Ohio
valley.
The Henry A. Tyler returned to
Cairo last night flying light, but has
engagements above. As she proposes
to remain in the trade during the
entire business SEASON, our merchants
and the planters along the line should
give her a share Of their patronage.
Captain H. G, Lowe, at the foot Of
Jefferson street, is her agent, and will
give through bills lading to st. Louis,
st. Paul and points on the upper
rivers.
When tho Bertha Lee reaches her
destination she will have traversed
something we $500 miles. She leaves
the Mississippi by way of the %jetties
and entering'the Gulf will coast it to
Punta Rosa, Fla. From Punta Rosa
she will go up the Coloosahatchie
to Lake 0keechobee, through
Lake O~keechObee and up the Kis.
river through Lakes Tohope-
kaliga and Cypress to Kissimme City,
from which point she will run.
Four loaded freight cars of theTexas
Pacific road were precipitated into
the Atchalafaya river on Friday last.
1t appears hat eight cars were being
backed down the steep incline on to
the transfer, but tie speed became so
great the engineer could not check the
same. The water which covers the
sunken ears is very deep, and it is
probable that the p~erishable freight
therein will DO a total loss
makes thesecond accident Of the
kind which has occurred on the Texas
aud Pacific road during the past twelve
months, but fortunately both accidents
happeded to freight trains. Should a
passenger train run off the tranfer
boat into the Atchalafaya river, the
loss Of life can be better imagined than
described, for the reason that no pas
senger would have a chance to escape.
THE MOUND BUILDERS.
An Interesting Description of n
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