Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

chlel CleIAi &holhlcu ny DHulS D"h
ming and Will Lash.
A large number Of citizens, includ-
ing several prominent merchants and
admirers of the new and swift steamer
James Lee, collected on the bluffs
yesterday morning to see her come
into port. She rounded the point,
coming up like a railroad train, and
made the run from the point to the
wharf in ten minutes. She came in
gallant style, with a good freight trip
and full Of people. She is proving
herself to be a fast boat, and as her
machinery is working smooth her I'M
ming qualities improve.
The regular upper coast mail packet
0sceola Belle, Captain J. G. Andrews,
came in Sunday afternoon with 429
bales cotton, 43 bags seed cotton, 1915
SKIS seed and % pkgs sundries. She
had also a big trip of people as usual.
She leaves this evening at FIVE o'clock
with a return trip for 0sceola, carry
ing the mail and paying strict atten-
ton to all way business. Captain b.
o. Michel, a worthy gentleman and
efficient clerk, controls the Office, as
sisted by Messr. Cyrus Fay and Braz
Given.
The great Ohio river passenger
steamer, the J. W. Gaf, Capt. Robt.
Wise, will arrive to-day from Cincin-
natl with a full cargo of west
ern products and big trip of people,
and leaves Wednesday evening with a
return trip for Cincinnati. She will
ticket passengers through to all points
east at exceeding low rates. Captain
Wash Thompson is her chief clerk,
assisted by Mr.. Russell and Amos
Fisher. Captain r. w. LightburDe
is making arrangements for her, and
will have freight received for her on
the levee at the foot ofCourt street.
The City of Vicksburg passed up
last evening for st. Louis with a mod
crate list of freight. She put of here
448 bales of cotton, SO bags of seed
cotton, 1884 sacks of seed and AZ
packages of sundries. She proceeded
on to St. Louis with a pair of stumps
rugged up, having lost her chimneys in
the storm Friday morning at Stor
Landing. Captain Riley says she
made a narrow escape from destruc.
ton by either being blown to pieces OIL
burned up after the chimneys were
blown down. By the superhumau
exertions of Captain Riley and his
officers, she was saved from destruc.
ton. She was laying at the banl
when the storm struck her. 1t wa.
very sudden and unexpected. A
soon asthe chimDeys were blowndowr
the fires were withdrawn Immediately
which saved the boat from fire.
The new and p~alatial Lee mail lin
steamer, James Lee in, command o
that ever-popular boatman, Captain
Stacker Lee, came in Sunday at l.
a. m, with 6l2 bales cotton, POSI- SEX
seed, 9pkgs sundries and a large list O
people. She leaves. this evening a
sharp 3 o'clock, with a return trip 70
Friar's Point, carrying the mail an,
attending promptly to all way bushes:
) The new steamer is one of the mos
complete packets on the river. is
good carrier and has no superior j
speed, comfort and safety, in fact, he
| passenger accommodations are equa
) to the R. L. Lees and Match
ez. Lloyd Whitlow, a gentl
, man who is recognized for his in
; tegrity and universal courtesy, control
) the Office and has for his aids Messrs
Plat Rhodes and Arthur Brown. tw
clever gentlemen and accommodatin
I clerks.
The report of Inspector Genera
Dumont shows that during the fsca
year 1899 steamers were inspected an
, 1928 officers licenses issued. TIL
total number of lives lost by accident
was 1874 of which we're not charga
bic to accidents resulting from the US
of steam in navigation. There ha
been a steady decrease in the numbe
Of fatal casualties, notwithstandin
that 400 vessels have been added t
the steam merchant marine during tn.
year. The report also contains tn
5 following, which is timely and just
The only real objection to any par
, of the steamboat LAW is to that portion
which discriminates against steamer
] engaged in inland navigation in tn
matter of the personal liabilities of tn
owners thereof. Why certain liabili
ties should be imposed upon vessel
navigating our rivers or inland water
, which are not placed upon those ply
ing in other waters is incomprehensi
bic, and the hope is expressed tina
b Congress will take some action to re