Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-23

a. Nj. Hutchinson commands, whiie MI
W. NJ Brown governs the Office affairs,
and the popular Permission is freight re-
ceiver.
FoR ST. LOUISVILLE regular Satnr'
day United States Mail and Anchor
Line steamer Grand Tower, now at the
elevator, will depart positively at .
o'clock this afternoon for Cairo. st.
Louis, and all bend landings. Her ac'
commodations are splendid and equal
to those Of any hotel in the country.
Capt Lennox is her very able CON-
mander, and Mr.. White purser.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In our Geographic columns to day will
be found the particulars of the loss Of
the Carter Line steamer Geo. G. Wolf
by explosion. This is the third steamer
the Carter Line has lost within year.
An accident to the transfer boat II. C.
Mutt occurred last night. See local col
umn for particulars.
The bars in Red river are cutting out.
Last nights kilograms state that there
is five feet over Coushatta and seven
feet on the other bars.
The upper river pilots say they have
not struck, they simply contend for a
uniform rate of wages. Some have re-
tired from their positions, but they Pro-
fess to believe the company will soon
tire Of inferior pilots, who are working
for cheap pay, and accede to their de-
mands.
The John Kyle now on her way up,
has 1910 sacks of salt and 375 tons Of
sugar-a quantity of space well calcu-
lated to preserve in any weather and
sweetly occupied.
In 1855 it cost twenty five dollars pas
sage from Davenport to st. Paul. A
year ago today it cost but FIVE dollars
from St. Louis to st. Paul, and now the
fare is but fifteen dollars.
The Julia will be due up to night.
Yesterdays Courier Journal says:
" The river here will not rise more than
eighteen or twenty inches above the
present stage. This will not be enough
water for any coal to 90 below; conse-
quently all the coal that is now on its
way down will have to be mOored above
the falls until there is anotherri rise in the
river"
The Mary Miller, coming down the
Ohio for New Orleans, has a fine trip,
including 1900 barrels of pork, 1900
barrels of potatoes and quantity Of
miscellaneous freight.
In 1884 fourteen bales Of cotton were
shipped from America to England over
the pond" of which eight bales were
seized as Improperly entered, on the
ground that so much cotton as this could
not have been produced in the United
States, and this was one hundred and
fifty years after the first importation Of
cotton grown in the same country. In
l74l the first sample of Georgia cotton
was taken to England.
The discussion OF the American Inter
Oceanic Canal will probably form an
important feature in Congress next win
ter. There Gre three chief routes-the
Darien or Napapi, the Nicaraguan, and
that of Tehauntepec and each have
their advocates, but no one will cost less
than one hundred million dollars. The
shortest route, the Nspapi, seems to be
gaining ground. Its whole length is re-
ported as about one hundred miles, while
canal of thirty miles will be sufficient
to connect the two streams and bays
which lie on the other side Of the 18TH
mus.
OF the Wawassett holocaust Wash
ington telegram says: The opinion
seems to settle, as the investigation pro-
ceeds on the general ineapacity of the
officers, the only redeeming feature being
the courage of the captain and pilot.
The overlooking Of the boat, the want Of
presence Of mind on the part of some of
the officers by failing TO throw over hfe-
and the fact that the tiller-
lines were hempen instead of iron wire,
fully account for the great loss Of life
that ensued The company consists Of
wealthy men here, and if there is no
means of reaching them and compelling
some payment as recompense for the
loss Of life, caused in great part by their
in managing, which only half
paid those who were charged with the
control Of the boat, the law is lamentsbly
deficient"
PERSONALS.
William j. Lewis has been elected
President Of the muoh-troubled St Louis
Mutual Insurance Company. Will he
bring order out Of chaOs1 is a question
that agitates the mind Of the policy
holders......... William Clark and Robert
Grove are 10 be the second and third
clerks on the St. Francis this season.
........Mr. Ed. Miller, clerk OF the
steamer Commonwealth, and Elliott MI (
Ter. his brother, clerk Of the steamer
Mary Houston. have gone toiPut-in-Bsy, !