Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-14
THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION.
The Congressional Committee, on
its Way Down to Cairo,
Stops at Louisville for
a Few Hours.
who Are On the Guiding star.


J The Mississippi River Commission
appointed by Congress on the day
prior to its adjournment, to iuvesti
gate the condition ofthe Father Of Wa
ters and determine what is necessary
in the way Of further improvement O.
its channel, arrived in this city yester
day morning between IL and l.
o'clock. The commission left Cincin
natl on Thursday morning at 9 O'Clock
By the New Orleans packet, Guiding
Star, which has been specially char
tered for the trip.
From Cincinnati the party was &C.
companied as far as Aurora, Indiana
by a large delegation Of Cincinnatiaus
headed by Mayor Means and other
representative men. The Guiding
Star came as far as Louisville loaded
heavily with freight, and for this rea
son the trip was an unusually slow
one. Moreover, the dense fog that
arose on Thursday night made it nee
essary for the boat to lay up for
several hours at Madison.
The steamer is an excellent one for
the purposes of the commission. She
IS aIarge, finely finished craft, of good
peed and well manned. She is under
the command Of Captain j. D. Heglsr,
aud Sterling Mcintyre as first clerk,
and this of itself is enough to secure
a pleasant trip to the Congressman.
Some special preparations have been
made for the investigations that the
commission is about to pursue The
Weston electric light has been adopt
d and lamps are fitted up on all parts
OF the boat. On the forward end OF
he hurricane deck the largest light
ever used on any western riyer-800O
'andle power-has been placed, and
)efOre the Guiding Star LETT the wharf
Yesterday afternoont the powerful beam
from the light was directed up the
liver, making, for a quarter of a mile a
path Of white light.
The boat will not be under the
exclusive control of the commission
until Cairo is reached, but from that
point she will take no freight except
when the Congressman wish to land
in the course of their work. From
Cincinnati to this point she brought
several passengers, but none of them
r"re permitted to go further down the
river.
Inc members of the commission
1ow on the Guiding Star are Hon.
John w. Carlisle, OF C%ovington, and
Hon. Ben Butterworth, of Cincinnati
The rest Of the members will join the
oarty at Cairo, whittier they will 60
~ rail. The commission is made VI
IS follows: Hon. j. G. Burroughs
| If Michigan, chairman; Hon. J. D.
Robinson, of Massachusetts, Hon. R
G. Hazleton, of Wisconsin; Hon
frank Hiscock, of New York; Hon.
E. j. Ellis, OF Louisiana; Hon. j. r
Thomas Of Illinois; Hon. w. S. Hol-
nan. of Indiana; Hon. Ben Butter
worth, of Ohio; Hon. John G. Car
Isle, OF Kentucky.
The party at present consists 0i
Hon. j. G. Carlisle and wife, Hon.
Ben Butterworth and wife, Mrs james
W. Walker, of Covington, guest O.
Mrs. Carlisle; Col. T. Q. Crawford
secretary of the commission and As
'Ociated Press agent, wife and child,
md Captain Thomas Cavanaugh, As.
istaut Sergeant alarms of the
House.
The commission is also accompanied
by Mr.. Z II. Ironsides, of the Gin.
c%innati Gazette; Col G. d. Bailey, o.
he Cincinnati Commercial. and Mr.,
Morla1 H. johnson, of the New York
Herald.
The commission will have as con
hitting engineer. Mr.. N. H. Hatton
of Baltimore, Nd. There is also witt
them a eolored caterer from Wash
ngton. The Guiding Star left last
night about 6 o'clock.