Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-31


Magenta, New Orleans,
Colorado, st. Louis.
Louisville, Louisville.
Richmond, st. Louis,
w. b. Dance, st. Louis.
II. G. Gray. Arkansas river.
BOATS IN PORT.
Steamers Ozark, Sallie y, ,Robt. Burns, G.
W. Cheek, Belle st. Louis, W. A. Caldwell,
Fanny Brandies.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river continues to rise. but very slowly.
and the rise to-day will not perhaps exceed ten
inches. At Cairo. during the "a hours ending
at six o'clock last night, the rise was eighteen
inches. and at St. Louis during the same
time the river rose eighteen inches. The Up
per Mississippi and Missouri, with their tribu-
taries. continue to rise slowly, but unless
warm weather sets in above we do not appre-
bend any danger from an overflow. Should
the weather, however, turn suddenly warm,
the vast quantity OF snow that has fallen dur
ing the winter in tho mountains, with the
heavy rains reported as having fallen within
the past few days would cause the river to
rise very rapidly. and with the heavy rise now
coming out of the Ohio, would undoubtedly
cause general overflow below, The Ohio is
falling at Marietta and Pittsburg, but rising
rapidly at Cincinnati and Louisville, having
risen yesterday six feet at the former and four
feet at the latter point, where there is now IS
feet in the canal and Is feet over the falls.
White river is about stationary. with nearly
five feet to Jacksonpart. The Arkansas is
falling again, and has but 30 inches to Little
Rock and 20 inches above there to Dardanelle
and Fort Smith.
Business at the wharf this morning vas
good, considering the gloeIlg aspect of the
weather.
The Richmond and W, B, Dance passed up
last night for st, Louis. Capt. Nat. Green. of
the former, has our thanks for copy of the
Headlight, which he has revived, and which
will hereafter be issued at the principal points
along the river. The Louisville and Colorado
passed up this morning, and the re Gray for
the Arkansas with heavy trip, passed down.
In backing out the Louisville Tapped her
guard over q barge lying at the wharf, and it
was with some difficulty that the barge was
extracted from under the guards. but it was
finally done without injuring either boat or
barge.
Two stalwart roustabouts had a lively little
set-to this morning ON the Ozark, and for
about five minutes wool, blood and coal Jew
around promiscuously. Tbs affair was settled,
however. before the arrival of the police by
one of the combatants accidentally falling
under the other, whose thumb interJered with
the free circulation of air in the windpipe of
the fallen hero, who cried huff" when he
was released, and resumed his work, fully
satisfied that he wasn't near as strong as he
thought he was"
The Belle st. Louis discharged 1000 bbls
-four and 1000 sacks grain. She returns to st.
Louis at five pm,
The Colorado put off los bales cotton from
below,
The Magenta for New Orleans yesterday
took from this port 100 bales cotton and 245O
sacks seed and the Alice Dean for Cincinnati
took 500 bales, entirely clearing the levee of
cotton.
A one-haf interest in the Belle Leo was
purchased yesterday By Mart. Walt and Capt.
Frank Hicks of this city; price $4,000. The
latter will soon assume command, and place
the Belle Lee in the Memphis and New Orleans
trade.
The splendid steamer Ozark, Capt, Now
land. will depart at five o'clock THIS evening
for Pine Bluff and Little Reck aud all way
landings on the Arkansas, making close con-
nectipn at Little Rock with light draught
steamers for Fort Smith. Tom Brashear is
the gentlemanly clerk of the Ozark.
The Helena and Friar's Point trade is rapidly
both in freight and passengers, IL
we may judge of the manifests and register Of
the G. W. Cheek. Perhaps it may be the !
popularity of the officers Of that boat. Capt |
MALONE will hack he's out at i've O'Clock this I
evening. and will make all the way landings. |
The Van Buren, Ark.l Press. of recent |
date. complains bitterly of the detention of
merchandise shipped from Louisville. Cincin-
natl and other points, on outside boats, at |
exceedingly low rates, the freight thus Skinned |
in some cases lying at Little Rock month, |
the low water compelling those boats to lay up |
with their oargoes, just at the time too when /
the merchants needed the goods most. The |
Press says: " We have no doubt but the sale I
Of one-half of the merchandise on the Arma- |
dillo has been lost by the detention !" and con- |
cludes with gentle hint to shippers and mer, |
chants that the Arkansas River Packet Com !
pany have delivered freight promptly all the |
lime during the low water, aud suggests ship
ments by that line.
The towboat Niagara, bound down, ran |
through herself, a few days since, below /
and was compelled to land her tow,
md return to Pittsburg on one engine for
'engirs,
An immense ice gorge above Dubuque gave
way on Tuesday, and yesterday the ice was
passing Dubuque in large quantities.
The j. S. Neel, with tow Of Toe harges, is
iue.
The PemLina. the FIRST boat of the season at
Davenport, arrived at that point Friday last
rom her winter quarters at Rockingham,
The John ii. Groesbeck and Alaska are due
rom below, and the Olive Branch. Marble
)ity. Bengal TIGER and p. W. strader from
ieleW,
Particulars OF TIE BURNING OF TIE JEF-
a passenger who came up on
he Walter d. Dance last night we learn the
particulars Of the buFning of the Red
River packet jefferson, on Sunday morning.
Tho jefferson caught ere in one Of her tiers Of
,otton ON the larboard guard. between the
lours of 9 and 10 o'clock, one mile above the
mouth of Black river, As soon as the FIRE was
discovered, the crew commenced throwing
yerhoard the top tiers of cotton. and par
tally succeeded for a time in subduing the .
lanes. and while thus engaged the Ere broke
ut afresh and. Notwithstanding the untiring ,
forts Of the passengers and crew, the boat
nd cargo of $50 bales less 30 or 10 bales thrown
veRbord) became total loss.
Whenit beeame evident the boat could not
e saved she was run ashore, and the officers. :
rev and Messengers ALI MANAGED 10 get of