Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

/ nv chanuci ~ tue MlaainAippl, be-
tween Cairo and st. Louis, is improving
some, with a six foot stage Of water.
The New Orleans Herald Of last
Thursday says;
We are pleased 70 reporttha Captain
George w. Rea, who has been confined
TO the house from severe cold is much
better, and will be out, probably, to-day,
attending TO his packet, the Belle Row.
land.
We understand that the Carter Line
steamer st. Luke. from st. Louis, is at
the mouth Of Red river, with full load
Of freight for Shreveport and other
points. She is drawing too much water
TO proceed, and 1T last accounts was try
ing to obtais one Of our light draft
steamers TO take her cargo OF her hands
and believer II ut its destination.
The Bart Able arrived last night from
Greenville with 259 bales of cotton and
3ll9 sacks OF cotton seed She will now
retire and go through course Of re-
pairs ready for some other paying trade,
AS the Pargoud resumes her place, loav-
ing this evening at five clock.
The Vicksburg Herald has another
item. Here it is: "a few weeks ago
person could hardly have believed that
the river would have fallen so 10y as it
has. 1t is solo that it can't get much
lower without being way below the ele-
vator. Lol the low water"
The United States marshal at New
Orleans has the iron steamer John T.
Moore in his clutches, at the suit of
Amanda M. f. Simonds. Interested
parties are admonished to appear and
show cause, ETC., on the 29th inst. At
the same time the owners of the Bossier
must also appear to satisfy j. Baird and
others
The St. Louis dispatch says that the
strike on the upper line boats has not
yet been abandoned. The pilots of the
Alexander Mitchell, Muscatine and
Minneapolis have quit work and re-
turned to Keokuk yesterday. The com
pany is having considerable trouble with
their pilots and the present indications
are that the advance of wages asked
will have to be paid.
OF the fire on the James Howard, n
special to the st. Louis Dispatch from
Morley, Missouri, dated 18th, says:
The steamer James Howard took fire
yesterday afternoon about one o'clock,
while lying at Commerce, Missouri, fifty
miles above Cairo. The fire originated
in the engine room, but from what cause
is at present mystery, and soon com
municated to some highly inhammable
freight in the hull. The flames spread
rapidly over the upper works, and for a
time it seemed impossible to save a
number OF the lady passengers, who
were beside themselves with excitement,
rushing hither and thither in search of
friends or valuables. Captain Pegram
and clerk Chassaing were highly com
mendable in their efforts TO save the pas
sengers, and by their GOODNESS got all
ashore safely. The hose was brought
into requisition by which the flames were
partially subdued, but it soon became
evident that the only means by which
any part of the boat could be saved was
by scuttling her, which was accordingly
done midship the hull, and the boat at
once settled in about twenty feet Of
water. Most of the cargo win be saved,
and also the hull, but the upper works
are almost entirely destroyed. There
were about forty passengers, all Of whom
are safe and now in this place waiting
the arrival OF the next boat to be con-
veyed to their destination.
The Howard was built at Jacksonville,
Indiana, in the latter part of 1870, by
the Howard Bros, of that place, at a
cost of $4,000. She was valued July
9th, 1872, at $l30, 900 by the underwrit-
ers; March 9Th, 1872, at $4,000, and
July 2Sth at $4,000. Her length was
800 feet; beam, IS feet; depth of hold, 10
feet Her draught light was 81 feet, and
had carrying capacity for 5000 tons.
She had six boilers, 30 feet long; two
cylinders, 10 feet stroke, 35s inches in
diameter, and carried $50 feet OF hose.
She was the second largest steamer ever
built for iron service, and had carry
ing capacity of about five tons greater
than any other boat. The Republic is
regarded as the finest steamer aAoat, but
the Howard is the heaviest carrier and
the strongest built. She was insured in
Cincinnati companies for $4,000, on an
insurance valuation of 100000, of
which the Amazon Insurance Company
of that city had $2500 on the hull.