Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

The damaged goods Of the Belle Yer.
mons cargo, or portion thereof, has
been sent 10 Cincinnati.
There is but four and half feet of
water on the bars above Evansville aud
five and a half feet above Louisville to
Cincinnati.
A fuel barge in tow Of the Mary Alice
was swamped a Cairo yesterday, aud
went to the bottom of the river in fifty
feet Of water. 1t contained ten thousand
bushels of coal.
The Elliott BrotherS have, II is said,
purchased the BannoSk City for the
White river trade.
OF the doings Of the Steam Boiler In
vestigating Committee nowVn session
NJ Washington, q telegram hon that
city, dated the llth, says: THE com
mittee at their meeting to-day deter
mined on a course ofpreliminary exper-
imeHts, to he made at Pittsburg and
Sandy Hook. Great attention will be
given to the subject Of safety valves; and
any parties having inventions of that
character will be invited by circular TO
send them at their own expense to No.
% Pine street, New York, before 0cto-
Der 10, when they will be tested. No
valves will be received unless they have
an area Of five inches square, and a
hange Of eight inches for attachment 10
the boiler. The nature Of the expert
ments in boilers was also determined,
involving the generation of steam up to
the rupturing point, and tests as to the
effect Of sediment and low water. The
FIRST experiments will be made at Sandy
Hook followed by those at Pittsburg A
meeting Of the two commissions will
then be held, anda new series Of expert
ments will be arranged. 1t is the pur-
pose of the commission to make the ex-
periments as thorough as possible"
Captain Quilts new Alabama river
steamer, Mary, leaves Louisville to-day
for New Orleans.
An enterprising steamboatman, Capt.
Cable, is building at Madison, Indiana,
harbor boat designed to prevent con-
hagration among steamboats, by draw
ing them away from burning boat. II
is sheeted with iron, and will be used at
st. Louis.
Thursdays Cincinnati Commercial
states that Captain James II. Pepper, of
the Thompson Dean, has been confined
to his bed in that city with fever, but is
improving slowly, and also says; THE
Lawrence has come off the ways in good
repair, and the improvement to the John
w. Garrett will be completed by Satur-
day. She is receiving a new stern. Her
repairs will foot up $4,000 Charles
Sebastian and VIM. Ford pilot the
Henry Probasco to New Orleans.
The wrecker T. F. Eckert has zone to
Commerce to raise the barge Maud
Lowry.
From the St, Louis Globe we learn
that Captain B. R. Pegram, as one of
owners of the James Howard, appeared
before the County Court there few DAYS
since and asked relief from assessment
of tax on that steamer, as she belonged
in Illinois. The petition was referred
to the Board of Assessors and County
Counselor.
Southwark bound passengers will bear
in mind the fact that the City of Helena
will be the Anchor Line boat for Vicks-
burg this evening, and northern passen-
gers will see by card elsewhere that
the Grand Tower is at the elevator, and
leaves for st. Louis this evening.
From some of the men employed on
the Grand Tower, we learn that Cloud
sent a message down, stating that he
would arrive here at four o'clock this
afternoon, and will doubtless land his
dugout at the foot of Jefferson street, or
at the big red wharfboat. If he stays
here over six hours the authorities will
charge him long wharfage. Urfortu-
nately, there will be no hand Of music
to receive him, but drNm-corps will an
nounce his arrival from the Madison
street bluff.
We are glad to learn to-day that
Captain Mike Shandley is improving
slowly, and will doubtless be out in a
few days.
The Tale and Arlington together left
New Orleans with 5000 sacks of salt on
Wednesday night.
Our kilograms contain the particulars
of the loss of the James Howard by fire
last night at Commerce. The I. f.
Eeket was at Commerce at the time, and
no douht will render nromAt assistance