Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-16

| warm.
The Norman for this port and St.
Mary for New Orleans passed Cairo
yesterday.
The Bertha left Louisville for New Or
leans last night.
The Pat Cleburne will arrive to-day,
and departs tomorrow for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock, and all landings on the Ar
kansas.
The Celeste gets away tomorrow eve
ming for all points on White river to
Jacksonport. The Durham took her
Arkansas river freight yesterday and
carries it to the mouth of White river,
where she reships on the Fort Smith,
now coming down the Arkansas to 60 in
the upper White river trade.
The Colorado, Mckee master, will be
up to-day, and departs at 5 pm. for
Cairo and St. Louis
The Norman goes ont tomorrow for
Cairo Paducah, Evansville and Louis
vile.
The Anderson leaves tonight for Hell
ena and Friar's Point.
The Oil City is the regular packet to-
day for Shawnee Village and all inter
mediate landings
| Slut Meals Magenta has received a
thorough overhauling at Paducah. She
has new warehouses, side-house, new
guards, new bitching and chimneys and
new cabin furnitare.
Louisville draymen are making hay
while the sun shines. They charge from
81 80 to SO so per load (2-horse dray) for
transferring freight from the mail line
steamers to the Portland wharf That's
encouraging for several Arkansas mer-
chants who passed through here few
days ago to buy goods in Cincinnati,
Owing to these high rates the Cincin-
natl and Louisville Mail Line, after full
filling present engagements, will decline
to receive any more freight far shipment
by river at Portland
Cap.. Sam Shock returned from St,
Louis yesterday.
The bismarck, passed up with 1900
bars railroad iron and 700 boxes tin
plate, for St. Louis. She discharged
here 1900 bundles iron ties and len at 10
o'clock for her Ses.inotion.
Tine Bngineer-in-Chief U. S. A., at
Mobile, is charged with the survey of
the Coosa and the fombigbee rivers,
with view to determine what appropri-
alton is needed for their improvement,
A party is already at work on the Coosa,
and will soon commence on the Tombig-
bee.
Rev. w. G. Stout, of Arkansas, pub
fishes a letter in the New Or
leans Bulletin on the subject of
the best meth9d If cleaning out
the mouth of the Mississippi and
keeping it free from obstruction. He
says that fresh water will contain in sus-
pension more mud and silt than the salt
water Of the sea; and that when the
fresh water of the river meets the salt
water of the gulf The greater part of the
mud is deposited by chemical action,
thus forming the bar at the mouth of the !
river. Mr.. Stout verifes this theory by
the fact that rivers flowing through
rich al.svial countries always have
larger accumulations at their con-
a5ence with the sea than others; so that
the depth of the bar at the mouth of
river affords good criterion of the char |
acter of the soil on the shores of the
stream and its tributaries. He proposes
to remedy the evil by closing one of the
mouths of the river, and only opening
it to let vessels pass in and out. In this
manner in one of the channels, the pas
sage will be kept free by the prevention
of deposits, and the necessity of contin-
ual dredging will be obviated,
The United States Mail Line Company
are building a stone wall along the
wharf at Cincinnati, from the pier Of the
suspension bridge to the wharfboat at
the foot of Vine street, 200 feet in length
and four feet in breadth, to prevent The |
river bank from caying or gliding into |
the river, which it hes been doing for
some time.
The A. j: White has II inches of water
at her stern and six inches at her bow
She will certainly get off on this rise.
VIM. r. Wicks. ars. engineer of the
Louisville and White river steamer r.
%. Gray, and cousin of Mr.. NJ. J. |
Wicks, of this city, died suddenly on the |
above-named steamer this morning,
about ten miles above this port, of hem /
orrhage of the lungs. On Thursday
evening ha had slight hemorrhage, but
paid no attention to il continuing his
work. This morning, soon after enter
ing the engine room to 60 on duty,
he was attacked with a violent
hemorrhage, and died in very
few moments. Mr.. Wicks has
been engaged upon the river for many
years, serving as engineer on some of
the largest steamers, and had but recent /
ly taken a position on the Gray. He 1
was well known ana highly esteemed for
his many noble qualities, and was a
sober and industrious man. lie leaves
a family in Louisville; also brother,
Mr.. George W. Wicks, prominent
merchant of that city. An inquest was
held on the remains this morning, the
verdict Of the Jury being in accordance
with the facts given. His remains will
be forwarded to Louisville for inter
ment.