Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-25

ing.
1t is thought hat the repairs Of the
Kate Adsms will be completed in
time for her to resume her trips in the
ArkAhsaV City trade on Thursday
next.
The towboat Future City, with
barges, is coming up from New o.
leans, bound for st. Louis. An item Of
her freight is 1900 bdls cotton ties
for this port.
The DeSmet, in command Of the
genial Captain Frank Beck. was here
until last evening. discharging about
300 tons Of freight. She had about
100 tons on board when she left for
Vicksburg and points below.
A dispatch from Cairo states; The
Belle Shreveport reshipped her st.
Louis freight and goes on the ways at
Paducah to have her stern raised and
some caulking done and 90 the inns
provement Of navigation will load for
New Orleans.
The old looks Of the Louisville
canal were thrown open yesterday for
commerce and is suitable for small
steamers, there being more water at
the outlet Of the old canal locks than
at the outlet Of the new canal locks at
the present crisis Of low water.
The Hard Cash will arrive this at
ternoon and is the regular packet
leaving to morrow evening for ell
points on White river through to
JSeksOnport, where connection is made
with the regular light draft steamers
for upper White and Black rivers.
The Ida Lee in command Of Cap
tain j. q Collins, is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Mariana, the
Cut OF aud way landings 90 St, Fran
els river, making connection with the
light draft steamer Advance for
Wittsburg and the Sunk Land.
Charles Stockley is her chiei clerk.
The big cotton carrier Charles P
C~houteau, 10 command Of Captain W
Il Thorwegan, is announced to pass
here to morrow at 10 a M, on her way
to New Orleans She has splendid
passenger accommodations and is in
charge of courteous aud experienced
officers. Captain George Miltenber>
ger presides 10 the office
The Key West just of the ways at
Paducah and bound for New Orleans,
while making a landing at Twenty
One Mile Point, Sunday night, struck
the bank with such fierce as to cause
her 10 leak 50 badly that freight had
to be transferred to the steamer st.
which happened to be passing at
the time, and towed her to New Or
leans.
Many changes are noted in the dit
ferent streams now that the water is
down to low water stage, and it would
be well for all pilots who are idle to
post themselves in regard to these
changes, so that when there is rush
OF business in steamboat circles, the
same can be attended to without loss
Of time, and with as few accidents as
possible.
A little a c between Mate Phinu
Starr and a drunken white man, in
which the former was in the lead,
occurred yesterday afternoon on the
levea. Officer Chastine, fearing that
Phinn might get hurt, stopped the
race, and on a slow march turned their
steps towards the stationhOuse. Some
eye witnesses say they saw a little pen
knife or paper cutter in the hands Of
the drunken man.
Vicksburg Owing to the extreme
low stage of water in the lake oppo-
site the city front, the dredgeboat
Herndon has been compelled to sus-
pend work in the harbor improvement,
The banks slough in faster than she
can excavate the mud. As she has
not been able to dig it out fast enough
to make room for herself and scows to
work in, it has been deemed expodient
to suspend work for the present. Col
Rittenhouse Moore, who contracted
to complete the work by the Both Of
this month, has filed a paper asking
the government to extend the time
specified for the work until the 30th
Of next June. There is only about
four tenths of the work esti-
mated to be done in the basin
and canal, and only one seventh Of the
work for the canal basin and
canal leading to Kleinstone completed
at present. There remains Of the ap
preparation of 800, 900 for the im>
provement Of this harbor, $50, 600,
has not been spent. So far the
only work done on our harbor was
that done on Delta Point last fall.
when $4,000 was expended, which
has resulted 10 preventing any caving
the bank was protected b. theSe
revsTments. A survey is now being
made Of all the inner harbor by a
force, so as 10 present to the
commission at their October
meeting a complete showing of the
amount Of filling since the work was
commenced here, The survey will
Of running lines from this side
to the shore opposite, about every 400
feet, and will be thorough and com
plete. The preparations for the sur
vey have been going on for some time
past, and active work was commenced
last week on the survey.
EDUCATORsI N COUNCIL.
In Favor of Federal Aid, But
Want no Cotton lax.
Friday was the day Of the Inter