Public Ledger

Captain Nat Baldwin has named his new boat, now building at Jeffersonville, the Hope.

Mike Quigley, a deckhand on the towboat Future City, en route to St. Louis, fell overboard a few miles below Cairo Saturday night and was drowned.

The C. B. Church will be down Thursday for New Orleans.

The Cons Millar passed Evansville to-day for Memphis.

The Grand Tower leaves St. Louis to-day for Memphis and Vicksburg.

The James D. Parker leaves Cincinnati to-morrow for Memphis.

The E. M. Norton discharged her salt and nails and returned up the river last night with her two empty barges.

Captain James H. Pepper and Mr. John M. Peters left yesterday by rail for New Orleans.

Lish Evans' New Orleans Serenaders did not take well at Little Rock.

Captain Glenn is selling excursion tickets to St. Paul via the Centennial and Northern Line packets.

The Golden Rule passed up this morning for the Ohio. She put off here at Glenn's wharf boat 265 sacks salt, 50 bbls. ale and a few packages sundries.

The E. O. Stanard passed up last night for St. Louis. She put off at the wharfboat 50 cases cider, 25 cases claret, 10 bales moss and 35 bales rags.

The J. W. Gaff will excursion the M. E. church folks up and down the river this evening.

The Warner, with 2 barges of hay, 6700 bales and one barge of bulk corn, passed down for New Orleans last evening.

Captain Robert Wise and Captain R. W. Lightburne leave this evening by rail for Cincinnati to attend the silver wedding of Commodore James D. Wise, which takes place at Cincinnati on Thursday next.

The Aggie has withdrawn from the St. Francis river trade and turned her trip over to the Mark Twain. She will for the present do jobbing and towing around the harbor.

The John B. Maude passed down this morning for Vicksburg well laden. She put off on the elevator 400 bbls. meal, 375 bbls. flour, 173 sacks bran, 40 sacks corn, and 1000 packages sundries, and added 5 tons of ice, 5 tons of miscellaneous freight, and several people.

The A. J. White and Coahoma, for the lower coast, and Osceola Belle for the upper coast, cleared last evening with good trips of freight and people.

The palatial passenger steamer Grand Republic will leave Glenn's wharfboat Thursday evening at six o'clock for New Orleans, making all principal way landings. Capt. R. P. Glenn will make engagements and receive freight for her.

The Golden City, Capt. Hegler, will leave Glenn's wharfboat on Thursday morning at ten o'clock for Cincinnati. Captain Glenn will ticket passengers through to all points East, and will receive freight for her at the wharfboat.

The Kellogg came up this morning from Helena with an empty ice barge. She makes up her tow here of empty ice barges and will leave to-day for Illinois river.

Captain J. H. Reaney, agent of the Yellowstone fleet at Bismarck, writes under date of May 28th: "We are having big steamboating from this place—over twenty-five boats. Our company are running twelve boats and four barges, and we are building barges at this point. We launch our first barge to-morrow."

The Maumelle, Captain Thomas Darragh, is the regular mail packet, leaving this evening for Little Rock and all points on the Arkansas river. Mr. Wm. Morrison, an affable gentleman, is her top clerk, and is seconded by Charley Musselman.

The City of Vicksburg, Captain Bob Riley, came in last night from Vicksburg and leaves this evening at five o'clock for Cairo and St. Louis. She makes direct connection with the principal railroads for all points East and with the Northern Line packets for St. Paul. Chris Sharpe is her purser.

The Kate Dixon is being overhauled at Vicksburg. Her cabin is being lengthened, pilot-house rebuilt, and is to be finely fitted up with new furniture and carpets, and will be ready for the bends trade within two weeks.

The Mark Twain, Captain Randall, leaves this evening for Vicksburg and all points on St. Francis river and connecting with a light draught steamer for the Sunk Lands.