Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-04


Jaeksonport, and the Arkansas seven or
eight feet to Little Rock. The weather
is clear aud warm, without the slightest
indications Of change or frost even
at night.
BUSINESS.
The Mollie Moore passed down near
dark last night, but ouly sent her pilots
and steward out in yawl, as she was
afraid to come to the landing. The
White came up at dark with 300 bales Of
cotton and 2Ol5 sacks OF seed
BOATS TO LEAVE.
For VIcKsBURa. The Anchor Liner
City Of Vicksburg, Captain Riley, will
be down to leave at ten am. tomorrow
for Vicksburg.
FoR NAPOLEON. -The A. J. White,
Captain NJ. Cheek, leaves this evening
Robert Wildberger and Charles Sharpe
clerks.
For ARKANSAS RIVER The Fort Glib
son, Captain James Bowlin, leaves for
Little Rock and way points this after.
room. Mr.. Holmes is chief clerk
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Exporter was hard aground at the
foot OF Island 81 when the Molle Moore
passed there.
The Anchor Line has subscribed and
paid over to the Howard Relief Associa-
ton one thousand dollars, to aid the
suffering poor Of this city. We shall
take occasion to speak Of this more than
liberal donation at some future time.
The Maude passed Vicksburg on her
way up yesterday.
Says the Cincinnati Enquirer: "The
Council Committee on Wharfage visited
the landing yesterday and agreed to ad-
vertise for proposals. to remove the bot
toms of the old wrecks burned at the
wharf some time ago. As soon as they
are removed the two wharfboats will be
placed closer together, which will give
more room for outside boats"
j. W. Halgath, the well-known Gin
cinnati steamboat agent, has given up
the river and accepted place in Adams
Express Company.
The II. C. Yaeger left New Orleans
Monday evening with 34OO sacks of salt,
1900 boxes sugar, and 100 tons of mia
cellaneous freight. She will pass up to-
day probably.
VIM. Gray and Stack Lee have both
been taken i'll with the fever. Mr.. Willis
as well as Mr.. Salisbury are doing well.
Belssy Hamilton and Andy Granger are
also doing we'll
From an article in Lippincotts Mag
azine for October, headed From the
Potomac to the Ohio" we take the fol-
lowing
When the little harbor at the mouth of
Sir Johns Run was still more wild and
lonely than now, James Rumsey, work
ing bath-tender at Berkeley Springs,
launched upon it boat that he had in
vented, of novel principle and propul-
sive force The force was steam, and
Rumsey had shown his model to Wash
ington in 1880. First discoveries of
steam locomotiou are turning up every
few months in embarrassing numbers,
but we cannot feel that we have a right
to suppress the claims of honest Rum
sey, the protege of Washington. The
dates are said to be as follows: Rum
sey launched his steamboat here
at Sir Johns Run in 1894, before
the General and throng of visitors
from the Springs; in 1888 John Fitch
launched another first steamboat on the
Delaware, and sent it successfully up to
Burlington; in 1907 Robert fulton set
third first steamboat on the Hudson, the
| Clermont. Rumseys motion was OBJ
tanned by the reaction of a current
squirted through the stern of the boat
against the water of the river, the cur
rent being pumped by steam. This &C
tion-;so primitive, so remote from the
principle of the engine now used
seems hardly worthy to be connected with
the great revolutionary invention of
steam travel; yet Washington certified
his opinion that the discovery is Of
vast Importance, and may be of the
greatest usefulness in our inland navl-
cation" James Rumsey, with just q
suspicion of the irritability Of talent
accused Fitch of coming pottering
around his Virginia workbench and
carrying off his ideas, to be aiterward
developed in Philadelphia. 1t is certain
that the development was great. Rum
sey died in England of apoplexy at
public lecture where he was explaining
his continuance.
The Cundindmarcs is reported aground
at Hughes Bar and considerably out of
the channel.
Several pilots who quit the X. N.
Line boats when the strike above the
rapids commenced, are in Davenport
plotting raft-boats over the rapids, and
make from $40 to $40 per day. So says
the Davenport Democrat.
FREIGHT.