Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-20

he vii come ont on ono Of the finest
packets Of the lower coast rge0 81
The very light draft steamer G. Il. Van
Etten, in command Of Captain Il. B.
Smith, leaves here Saturday eveningfor
Pine Bluff and way landings on Ar
kansaw river. and win run between
Pine Bluff and the mouth Of White
river during the businers season.
Captain Charles Musselman will have
charge Of the office. y bf7
The new boat building at Pittsburg
for Captain E. G. Postal will be named
Chiekasaw, net after the crack mill,
tary company Of this city, but after
tae famous Indian of that name who
pitched his wigRam on these bluffs
and smoked his pipe alone and con-
tented. The boat will be ready for
business by the middle Of October.
The huh Of Captain John Oar
rash's new tOWbOat, now building at
Pittsburg, will be ready to launch on
Saturday next. He will name her the
r. A. Speed, after a well known gen
tleman Of this city, a representative
Of Brown 4 Jones extensive coal
firm. The Speed is built for a harbor
tOWboat at this port, and will do all
kinds Of towing.
Reports from above show no i'm
provement in navigation. No rise
reported anywhere Atall points the
rivers are stationary or falling, and
the prospects of continued low water
for several weeks to come are very
favorable. The Cumberland and Ten
nessee rivers are down to their lowest
notch, and it will take several hard
I steady rains to raise those streams to a
good navigable condition.
The charter Of the WOodson Trans
pOrtation Company is now on file in
the Office Of the Secretary Of State Of
Arkansaw. They propose to navigate
the Mississippi and Arkansaw rivers
and their tributaries, The charter is
to run fifty years, and the incorpora
tors include Captain John N. Hardin,
OF this city, superintendent Of the
Memphis and Arkausaw river packets.
The sidewheel steamer Reno Ma
cresdy, in command Of Captain j. D.
Randall, is the mail packet leaving
this evening in place of the Kate
Adams for Helena, Friars Point, Ter
rene, Arkansaw City and way landings,
attending promptly to all business in,
trusted to her and connecting at her
destination with trains on the Little
Rock, Mississippi River and Texas
railroad. Ansel Bauksmith is in
charge of the Office,
The new and splendid steamer II.
A. Tyler, in command of Captain
John E. Messengale, leaves this eve
ming at 5 o'clock for Hickman, Cairo,
st. Louis and all way landings, She
Is at the elevator and running under
the auspices Of the Anchor Line.
Passengers for up the river can rest
assured of good, comfortable accom-
modatiOns and kind treatment at the
hands of her efficient corps of officers.
Lem Hill, assisted by his brother,
does the honors of the office.
The Anchor Lime steamer Com
monwealth, bound from St. Louis to
Vicksburg, ran on a barge Of rock re-
Gently sunk by the government steam
er Mississippi, a few miles above the
city, and was lightened by the Billy
Ezell and pulled off by the Vidalia.
This barge of rock is a great obstruc'
ton to the passage of steamers, and
the officers Of the Commonwealth have
placed a barrel buoy wei the sunken
barge. The Commonwealth proceeded
to Vicksburg, after adding nearly 100
tons Of freight.