Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-03

tons: For the improvement Of the
Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Little
Missouri, White, Black, Red, Petit Jean
and 0uachita rivers, in the States of
Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri,
100000; provided that $4,000 Of said
amount be expended in improving the
Onachita river, Louisiana, in accordance
with plan submitted by the chief OF
engineers in report to the Secretary of
War, dated April 8, 1872. For the i'm
provement of Tangipahoa river, Lou
isiana, $2500. For removing the raft in
Red river, Louisiana, $l50,0OO. For re-
moving the wreck Of the gun-boat Ore
gon, in the Tchefuncta river, Louisiana,
$4,000. For the improvement of Calca-
sieu pass, in the State of Louisiana
$4,000. For the Improvement of Tones
bayou, Louisiana, $4,000 The Secre-
tary of War is directed to cause exam
nations of surveys to be made for ship
canal from the Mississippi river, near
Fort St. Philip, to a point near Breton
island, in the Gulf Of Mexico.
The Continental, now nearly due from
above, is loaded to her guards.
The contract for building bridge
over the Arkansas at Little Rock, has
already been entered into, and in the
course of time steamers will duck their
chimneys on that stream as we'll as the
Missouri.
The James Howard left Evansville
with six hundred tons.
The Richmond left at Vicksburg the
remains of George Thomas, one OF her
deck-hands, who was killed by another
deck-hand by the name of William
Fields. by pushing him from the barri-
cade or monkey deck of the boat while
fighting.
A Sioux City paper says the Miner
sprung leak and sank at Yankton on
May 9th. A later telegram says she
returned to Sioux City for repairs.
By an advertisement elsewhere it will
be seen that the steamer City of Quincy
will leave at pm. tomorrow for St.
Louis and st. Paul direct
By telegram received just as we are
going to press, we learn that the palatal
steamer Robert Mitchell, L. d. Cobb
agent, will pass down at 10 I'm. to-mor-
row for Vicksburg, Natchez, New Or
iOoHo ohN why
A Dolly Warden canoe has been in
vented by New York pencil singer,
who will make trip in it down the
Mississippi from st. Paul.
St. Louis collected Sc S26 so wharfage
last month.
Captain Yerkes, of the steamer r. C.
Gray, says that every plantation on the
north side of the Arkansas river from
Jack Halls, below New Gascony, to the
Arkansas Post, was submerged by the
late overflow.
The r. L. Lee has laid up at New
Orleans, turning her freight over to the
Thompson Dean; the latter boat has for
ST. Louis 300 tons miscellaneous freight.
ITEMs.-The John T. Moore takes a
cargo of railroad iron from New Orleans
to Jacksonport The rain fall at Shreve-
port for three days ending the 26th ult.,
was nearly seven inches, causing a two
foot rise in tweRty-four hours. An
overflow is expected in Red river.
The following is a brief log sent us by
Captain Fowler, of the Thompson Dean,
which boat passed up this morning
Steamer Thompson Dean left New Or
leans May Both at pm, in place of
steamer Robert E. Lee; made sixty-fve
freight, mail and passenger landings,
and arrived at Memphis Mon day, June
3, at 9:l5 am. three days and fourteen
hours out carried the mail to Vicksburg;
lost four hours mending wheel"
The Thomas H. Allen will arrive to-
day, but not in time to get her cargo out
to leave again this evening. She will
lay over until tomorrow evening.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
leaves at five o'clock this evening for
Cairo and St. Louis. Billy Blenker is
clerk, and more clever river dignitary
does not exist than he. Popular at ev-
cry landing kind and obliging to all, it
is not strange that his commander
Crane, and himself have won a world
wide reputation for their boat.
The passenger steamer Julia leaves at
five o'clock this evening for Vicksburg.
Captain Boyd commands, and Jimmy
Thompson, Esq, is her prime minister.
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