Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-10


Exposition, giving a full description
Q fthe street procession on the opening
day.
Captain r. nas new Cumberland
] river packet was launched SATURDAY
from the waysat iilrmare's ship YARD
in Jeffersonvlllr
The Padurah agd D ersburg packet
H. v LOWS. white landing at the
bank at Paducah. Saturday night,
sprung a leak and snlk 20 feet from
shore, with THE itrt of water in her
cabin. No lives " re lost, and the
boat was not ipsnrel.
The David R Powell is to leave st.
Louis to morrow veniDg, TO be fol-
lowed on Saturday by the Carrier,
both under the au.pices ofthe Anchor
Line.
Work for the Delta Ga Point has
been commences, under the superyi
sion Of Assistant Engineer Coppee.
Sixty thousand dollars have been ap-
propriated by the United States gov
eminent for thi, work,
The Cons Millar, in command Of
Captain Charles 3 russell, is to leave
here this evening Tor Cairo, Louisville,
Cincinnati, and principal way land
lngs, making connection with the diff.
itrcnt railroads, and ticketing passen-
gers through to points east at low
rates She has splendid accommoda.
tio,s, aud is in charge Of courteous
Off ets james Voris is in charge Of
tlr office, assisted by Lowell lines and
AtSon Temple.
The River Commission steamer
Emma Etheridge came up last yen
lng from Lake Providence with the
Lula Worth in tow, and remained
until the fog cleared away this morn
ing, when she proceeded to Cairo.
The Hard Cash will be in this after.
noon and leaves with a return trip at
. iii 10 morrow for all points on
White river through to Jacksonport,
where direct connection is made with
light draft steamers for upper White
and Black rivers.
The Kate Adams, viii S. HAYS. S.
ii. Parisot and the City of Natchez
will be four important additions to
TO the tonnage OF our Western rivers.
Probably few years in the past twenty
five can exhibit such an aggregate Of
new tonnage as has been put out this
year.
The river between here and Helena
is in a very bad condition. Though
the snagboat Maeomb did some yer
good work, there are quite a number
OF snags made their appearance since
she passed up last week. Unless the
pilots arc very careful the graveyard
down at Bordeaux chute will add an
other boat to its list.
Boats have not yet started in the
Memphis and Hatchie river trade.
One reason is that the water is very
low, and another is that the draw
on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad is not yet completed; but the
managers OF the road are pushing the
work with a force of men, who are
laboring day and night for its compile
ton
The Rene Macready is to leave
Cincinnati this evening under the
au,pices of the Memphis and Ohio
River Line and will be here to leave
on tuesday next for Helena and st.
Francis river going through to Mari
anna if the stage of water will permit.
She has made extensive repairs and is
now us good as a new boat.
The tug Yaaderburg, which left
here last week with several barges Of
had considerable trouble be-
tween here and Helena, having been
aground twenty-four hours at Ben
and struck a log in Burdeaux
which punched a hole in the end of
one of the barges, but no material loss
was sustained. The pilots who took
her down thought they were well
as they had Just come up a
week before, but new distractions had
made their appearance in the mean
time.