Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-14
The Charles Morgan, thoroughly
ossAse 90. and ssp.isisd 20 Gin

" Hee~ A~ot eNcnAub w %cHOttran1s
TheE w. Cole was delayed on ac-
count Of her deck crew. but left this
morsing With good trip for Vieks>
burg. roc
The Guiding Star. with big trip
Of freight, ssed to New Orleans
early this morning. She vas full Of
people.
The Carrier loads at St. Louis this
week for Ciucinnali, and it is said
will enter the Southern Transports
ton Line.
The David R.Powell from St. Louis,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday, and
the Henry Frank left there last even
Ing Ter this port 4
The Andy Baum departed At 10
o'clock last night for the Ohio river
with 80 bales cotton, IS bales rags
and good list Of sundriss.
Pilots James Madison and Charles !
Nichols, who brought the new Chick /
asaw from Cincinnati TO this port, re- I
turned home last night by rail.
The Kate Adams will be in to.
morrow morning, and is the regular
mail packet leaving in the evening for
Arkansaw City and way landings.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City Of New Orleans, in COM
mand of Captain A. j Carter, passes
up to-day for Cairo and St. Louis.
Archie Woods is her polite clerk.
The James Lee, in command Of
Captain Marsh Miller, is tho mail
packet leaving this evening for Hele
ma, Briars Point and way landings
Plat Rhodes presides in the office.
The stem band Of the lower Missis-
sippi river steamer j, M. White is
said TO be the largest ever put on a
steamboat. 1t is made OF A inch iron.
is 81 feet long and weighs 2260 pounds.
Another new boat, the Joe Peters,
is due to-day from Pittsburg, and was
built expressly for the Memphis and
Arkansaw river trade. She will leave
the latter part ofthe week on her first
trip. llt lillC Itnr
Captain Lew Hates whistling VIII
Kyle is announced TO pass up to-mor-
row evening for Cincinnati and way
| landings on the Ohio river. II. 9.
Lowe, at the foot Of Jefferson street,
is her agent.
Daniel White, one OF the oldest
steamboat mates On the river, died
yesterday at New Orleans, aged Sc
years. All the boats at that port had
their flags flying at half mast out of
respect to his memory.
The Coahoma brought in 1877 bales
cotton, 10 bass seed cotton and 1892
SKIS cotton seed. She leaves again this
evening for Osceola and way landings.
Captain Henry Cooper commands, with
VIM. Smither in the office.
Captain Frank Leasure, of the
towbOat NJ. G. Knox, was caught be
tween his boat and barge and
crushed to death at Pittsburg on
Monday last. He was about % years
Of age and married year ago.
The steamer Henry A. Tyler will
arrive to morrow, and is the regular
packet leaving on Saturday at noon
for Cairo, Paducah and way landings.
Captain Henry @. Lowe, her agent,
will give all desired information.
Captain G. Wash Floyd came down
in the Office of the steamer Uhicka
saw, and will turn the same over to
Charlie Postal to morrow. Captain
Floyd has brought more new boats
out from Pittsburg than any ten men
on the river.
The Anchor Line steamer John A.
Soudder from st. Louis passed to New
Orleans tits forenoon, after diseharg-
ing l29 bbls -four, 243 SKIS cotton seed ,
and adding 1900 SKIS cotton seed meal
She bad l400 tons for points below,
took on $500 SKIS corn in Madrid Bend
and gets 100 tons Of cotton seed meal
at Arkansaw City.
The Commercial Gazette, of Gin
cinnati, has a correspondent at the
Soldiers Home near Dayton, who
says John G. Baxter, Cincinnati, is q
member Of this national asylum. This
old time engineer was in command Of
the throttle valve Of the United States
ram Switzerland, in her glorious
fight before Memphis, in 1862.
The new steamer Ohickasaw sailed
into por. yesterday with about zoo
tons Of freight brought from the Ohio
/ river. Her arrival was witnessed BY
+ a number of people frow the bluffs ,anc
) quite number inspected her during
: the day, all pronouneing her a fine
; piece Of marine architecture, and well
adapted for the White river trade
, Being compelled to await her crew
/, which are on the Tyler, she has defer.
: red her departure until tomorrow
+ evening.
4 Dave Montgomery, medical director
= Of the steamer L w Cole, received (
r telegram yesterday morning to "comt
J. home quick" He surmised tn,
o cause, but later in the day another
dispatch was received which read
Son and daughter doing WE'LL" Thi
bewildered him, for he said he die
not understand whether there was al
increase OF one or two in the family
n At all events, to satisfy himself, h,
n left last night for home.
II The Florence, Evansville and Nash
vile Packet Company, composed 0
n some OF the most substantial bushes
n men in Evansville, as we'll as thr
"bOne and sinew" of Florence, Tus
cumbia and other points on the Ten
nessee river, have just built the ney
steamer w. K. Nisbet, for the Evans
Vile and Florence trade, and the stor
goes that the old company does no
propose letting the new boat having
day in the river-that they propos
starting one boat from Paduoah |
hours ahead Of the Nisbet, one along
side Of her and another "a hours be
hind her, for fear she'll turn back O.
them.
The great iron steamer, Ohas. l
u Chouteau, arrived early this mornin
with 100 hhds sugar, 272 bSls molasse
40 hhds cocoanuts, 2l3 SKIS salt, 30
bjls cotton ties and 1873 SKIS cotto
10 seed. The Ohouteau leaves again thi
81 evening for Helena, Terrene, Arkar
q saw City, Vicksburg, New Orlear
u and prominent way landings. Beside
being big cotton carrier, she hi
IL superior passenger accommodation
sets an elegant table and is in charg
Of Of clever and experienced officer
az Captain VIM. Thorwegan command
with Captain George Miltenborger
n, charge of the office, assisted by Pet,
Writ.
Probably a Western Lie.
oil Detroit Free Press.
az As a counterpart Of the recent sto
Is, in the Drawer of Harper's Mag
No zina nf the man who ALWAYS threW N