Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20

The Annie P. Silver. destined to
New Orleans, will be due down to,
morrow afternoon.
The City Of New Orleans for st.
Louis and Golden Grown for Cinoin,
natl. left New Orleans Saturday eyens
ing.
The Central City with cargo for
this port left St. Louis Saturday even,
ing, and will be due here on to.mor-
row.
The Dean Adams is the Lee Line
packet leaving this evening for Osce-
ola and way landings on the upper
coast.
The City of Helena passed to St.
Louis yesterday forenoon. She added
% bales Of cotton and a lot Of miscel-
laneous freight.
Coal men generally do not want to
see a cOalbOat rise for a couple of
months as they all have a good supply
on hand at present.
The Lee Line packet Coahoma
brought in Is bales cotton, 80 SKIS cot
ton seed and % bbls apples. She re
turns to Friars Point this evening.
Captain Billy Hodge yesterday
afternoon had his recent purchase,
the tug A. B. Stafford, out for trial
trip, and everything worked smoothly.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
Cairo passed to Vicksburg yesterday
forenoon, after disoharging 300 pkgs,
and adding about 20 tons of miscela-
neous freight.
The Belle Memphis, in command of
Captain |. Fl. Mckee, will be the Ans
Choir Line packet leaving at 10 clock
in the morning for Vicksburg. John
K Messeagale is her chief clerk.
Peter Heekel, PittsburV pilot, was
found dead in his room at his home a
few mornings since. He had been
unwell for some time, and lost his wife
few months ago.
Navigation is virtually suspended
in the vicinity of Pittsburg on the
upper Ohio river, aud at points below
Cincinnati only the lightest draft
steamers can move along.
The City of ViCksburg, in command
Of CAPTAIN S. A. McPheeters, will be
up this evening and leaves at 10 o'clock
in the morning for Cairo and St.
Louis. Billy Bleuker is her polite
clerk.
The Ida Darragh brought in %
bales cotton and 60 SKIS cotton seed.
She returns to Arkansaw river to-
morrow evening, and connects at Pine
Bluff with the pool line boats for
Little Rock and points above.
The City Of St, Louis, with big lot
of freight, passed TO New Orleans last
night. she put off nothing of interest
and added 40 tons, including 96 bales
hay, 100 SKIS corn and 200 SKIS oats.
The John A. Scudder, from New
Orleans, arrived early this morning,
discharged $50 bbls cement, 400 kegs
soda, 10 hhds sugar, 157 SKIS cotton
seed and about 300 pkgs sundries. She
cleaned out boilers and at noon was
preparing to leave for St. Louis.
The Memphis and Ohio River
Packet Company, on account of the
rapidly receding river, are undecided
as to sending another boat out from
Cincinnati this week. The James W.
Gaff and Cons Millar are both this side
Of Louisville, and bound for this post.
The tug Billy Kilby arrived from
Tiptonyille this morning with barge
of slaves, added two others and left
for Helena, where three more barges
will be added to her tow, making six
in all. She will get away from Helena
about the last Of the week. Captain
G. W. Seaman and Dave Thomas are
her pilots.
The Cons Miilar for Memphis and
Wyoming for New Orleans, both with
barges to be used as lighters. left Gin
cinnati Saturday evening. Unless the
feet of boats, including the Gaff,
Schenck, Guthrie, and others, get out
of the way the channel will be i'm,
passable at Flint Island, where a
number Of boats are detained.
The Ida Lee, in command of Capt.
o. X. Joplin, is the mail packet
leaving toNmorrow evening for Mari
anna, the Cut OF, Wittsburg and all
way landings on L'Anguille and St.
Francis rivers through to Mark Tree,
the crossing Of the Kansas City aud
Memphis railroad, where connection
is made with the light draft steamer
Advance for the Sunk Lands.
The steamer Chas. P. Ohouteau,
spending the summer at st. Louis,
has made 43 excursions this season,
and carried 26, l4S people, not iuclud-
ing excursions made since Wednesday |
last. Out of the immense number Of |
people carried, not single mishap oc-
CURED. The'last excursion Of the
.Qhonteau will be made on TIA ID ofI