Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15

Gently convicted ofcriminal libel, have
been granted a new trial.
The City of Providence left St.
Louis last evening and passes here
Friday forenoon on her way to Vicks-
burg.
Harry Millar has resigned the
second clerkship of the steamer St.
Paul, and Thomas Calhoun has been
appointed in his place.
The Arkansaw City left Vicksburg
at noon yesterday. She will arrive to-
morrow afternoon and leave for St.
Louis at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
The repairs Of the Hard Cash are
progressing favorably and she will be
ready to resume her trips to White
White river on Wednesday September
9th.
The Golden Rule from New Orleans
is due to-day and is announced to
leave at 6 o'clock this evening for Gin.
cinnatti and way landings on the Ohio
river.
The Ohio river is getting low and
boats lose considerable time in sound
ing the prominent bars. The little
stem>winders will soon have chance
to do something.
The City of Vicksburg added l65
kegs beer, &c bales hay, % SKIS oats, 46
SKIS corn and about 10 tons of miscel
laneOus freight, and left in the evening
for Vicksburg.
The Emma Etheridge towed the
crippled tOwboat De Paw to Louis
vile. The latter had steel shaft
which broke, and in breaking it broke
cylinder. Builders no longer favor
steel shafts.
Jacob Blitz, who was engineer on
pile driver at Plum Point, went crazy
the other day and was taken to St.
Louis on the City of Cairo. He is so
bad that confinement is necessary.
The government steamer Emma
Ethridge ran into the steamer Bertha
Lee on Monday when near Golconda
and came near sinking her. The Lee
was bound for Padhcah to go on the
docks and arrived there safely.
The John Dippold, under charter
OF the government, arrived from the
Ohio last evening with several bsrges
OF stone, and left early this morning
for the works at Wilson's Point.
The Coahoma arrived during the
night with l6 bales cotton. 20 SKIS seed
cotton, ia SKIS cottonseed and 10 head
cattle She returns to Helena and
Friars Point this evening.
The w. 2. Halliday from St. Louis
loaded deep, arrived near midnight.
She put of nothing of interest, but
added about 60 tons, including l75
SKIS oats, 80 SKIS corn and 100 bales hay
leaving at daylight for New Or.
leans.
The James W. Calf will be the
Friday evening packet leaving for
Cincinnati. She offers special rates to
the Louisville Exposition, and also
gives through tickets and cheap rates
to prominent points East.
There is "a feet of water in the
chute of Island No. 30a Plum Point,
which the government is trying to
shut off, and 8 feet in the bend, where
it is desired for steamers. The cur
rent through the chute is as swift as a
mill tail.
The Pittsburg Steamboat Off GERS
Protective Association elected off GERS
on Saturday last with j. M Davis as
President. This association has paid
within the last three months S22O3 to
the families Of three deceased mem.
berS and now has $l496 43 in the
treasury with membership of 400.
The popular local packet Kate
Adams will arrive to night and leaves
at 3 o'clock to morrow evening for
Helena, Friars Point, Terreue. Ar.
kansaw City and intermediate land
ings. She is a popular passenger
steamer, the best that ever ran from
this port, and offers special induces
meuts to those wishing to make an
excursion to Arksnsaw City and re
turn.
1t is stated that towboat, getting
away from pilot, some two weeks ago !
at Plum Point, went down through |
the piling put in by the government
to throw the channel from the chute,
and since then the channel of the river
has been down though them, where
there is now "a feet of water.
1t appears that the hitch at New
Orleans, whereby foreign vessels are |
not permitted to come to the city on |
account of quarantine regulations, is
about to cause stagnation iu the Mis-.
sissippi River grain traffic. II the
vessels were allowed to como to quar-
autiue station, the Valley Compauy's
tows could go there aud transfer their
cargoes on board,
WASHINGTON, August ID Masters