Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.


A dispatch from Captain Ashford to Major
Adams states that the Eckert's divers are of
the opinion that the Thomas II. Allen can be
raised.
i The City of Chester, Charles Bodmann and
Exporter are all due to-day from above
The John Howard arrived at New Orleans
yesterday, all right.
Mr.. j. ii. Porter, pilot of the Batesyile,
was married last night to Miss Milbra Ora
ham, Of this city. This makes the third or
fourth river chap that has already gone to
everlasting happiness during the past thirty
days, right from among our midst. and, like
steamboat accidents, when one starts more are
sure to follow.
The B. II. Hurt has been sold for $1,000 to go
to the Vicksburg and Yazoo trade, and will
take a load there from Evansville.
At the National Commercial Convention
yesterday at st. Louis, Mr.. James. delegate
from this State, offered a resolution requesting
Congress to appropriate S650.000 for the i'm
provement of the Tennessee river as recon-
mended by the Engineer Bureau Of the War
Department. The Committee on the Atlantic
and Great Western Canal, reported memo
rial to Congress setting forth the great import
ance to the country of the construction of a
canal from Huntsville, on the Tennessee
river to a point on the Coosa river, Georgia.
for the cheap transportation of the products of
the great West to the seaboard by shorter
and more reliable route than any now in ex-
| istence.
This report developed strong opposition on
| the part of several ST. Louis and New Orleans
gentlemen. because. it was asserted. grain
could not be shipped in good order via the
Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico,
owing to the humidity of the climate, and the
report was recommitted for modification.
Auctioneer FARMLAND sells lot of dam
aged cotton at the levee this afternoon.
A Washington telegram of the 9th. referring
to the bill to limit steam pressure. says
| The House amendment which extends its
| operations TO the entire country and which
was offered by Mr.. Conger, of Michigan, pro-
vides that for one year after the passage Of the
| act there shall be suspension of any present
| legal provision requiring the use on steam
| boats of lookup safety valves, recording
| steam gauges. pipes to carry steam into the
holds Of vessels, low water indicators and
| testing pumps.
The City of Keithsburg has been wrecked
and abandoned.
| Captain William Blake bought half inter-
| est in the Capitol City from the Anchor line
| for So, OOO and viii be her commander. John
Blake will be her clerk. She is at Cairo max
| ing few slight repairs. preparatory to com
| ing down the river.
The ferryboat Nellie Thomas. ninety-fve
feet long and twenty-one feet beam, was pur-
chased the other day at st. Louis, and is 60
| ing to Little Rock to be used as a transfer
boat for the Cairo and Fulton railroad until
the bridge is completed. She cost her present
owners 5000.
| Commodore John S. McCune lost his fine
| trotting mare Fanny last Sunday with the
epizOotic at st. Louis. He valued her at
| $1,000, and had but recently purchased her Of
Captain Ansyl Phillips for $500.
The Robert Mitchell and City of Quincy are
due up to-day.