Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-04
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upper Mississippi is declining and the
upper Missouri rising. The Ohio is fall
ing at Pittsburg and rising at Cincinnati,
while at Louisville it continues to decline
slowly. The Cumberland is declining as
also are the other tributaries of the lower
Ohio. White river has four feet scant to
Jacksonport, and is falling slowly. The
Arkansas is falling, with nearly eight
feet to Little Rock Weather pleasant
and business active.
The towboats Lake Erie, Coal Valley,
Alps, Greyhound and Baltic, with 347,-
900 bushels coal for Cincinnati, and Will
son and Mary Anne, with $4,000 bushels
for Louisville, left Pittsburg on the Cd
instant
The r. p. Walt will arrive tonight,
with over 1000 bales of cotton, and will
return to White river tomorrow
Since writing the above we learn from
Mr.. Patteson, agent, that the Celeste,
Captain Berry, will go out tomorrow
evening instead of the r. P. Walt. The
latter steamer, being heavily loaded, will
not probably arrive in time to load and
leave on her regular time.
The elegant st. Francis, Captain
Bowman, MASTER gets away at FIVE pm,
to-day for Mariana and all intermediate
landings ON the St. Francis river. She
carries the United States mail, and is a
safe boat to travel on. Mr.. Sam Paine
is purser, and W. B. Berry, secretary,
That elegant little packet, the Oil City,
having completed her repairs will de-
part at the usual hour, five o'clock, this
evening for Shawnee Village and all way
landings. j. D. Randall is MASTER and
NJ. W. Quinlan clerk.
The "old reliable" Mark Cheek will
leave port at five pm. to-day; on the
roof of his popular steamer, the George
W. Cheek, for Helena, Friars Point,
Beulah, Napoleon and Eunice carrying
the United States mail, and making all
way landings. Frank GontermaR pre-
sides at the desk, and Lou. Rrggs ia his
assistant,
1he Julia passed down this morning,
with good trip.
The City of Vicksburg, Conway, mas
ter, backs out at FIVE pm. to-day for
Cairo and St. Louis, Andy Isaacs and
George Briggs are clerks.
The United States mail steamer Thos.
H. Allen is now at the wharf loading,
and will depart at pm, for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock, and all intermediate land
ings or the Arkansas, connecting at the
Rock with the new steamer Durham for
all points above. Clay Rice, veteran
steamboatman, goes in command, and
Ernest Walworth, assisted by Aleck
Waddell, are clerks.
The coal dealers and merchants of
Louisville held meeting last night and
appointed a committee to attend the |
meeting at Cincinn at tonight, instruct
ing the committee to protest in the name
Of the business men of louisville against
the erection Of the Newport BRIDGET they |
end that the plan of the bridge will in
terfere with navigation
The expenses of the marine hospital |
at this city during October were SIPS;
number of patients ADMITTED, "A; num-
Der discharged, 81 deaths. 6; number of
patients remaining on October 3lst "a. |
The Mary Miller will be down to-day,
and departs tomorrow evening for Cairo,
Evansville aud Louisville.
We understand that Captain Cannon
on the last run of the Lee had on board
his boat officers of the Natchez, whom he
requested to make the trip and time his
vessel. 1t is said that they are perfectly |
satisfied that the Lee is the boat to wear
the horns. e
A New Orleans reporter ON board the /
Il. Z. Lee during he's recent fast run tells
how she horns were brought back:
" Captain R. II. Holmes, with coun-
tenance beaming with smiles of joy,
came aboard, and, through gentleman
whose name we fail to remember, pre-
scented the horns of the celebrated Prin-
cess-which had been replaced by Capt
feathers on the wharfboat-to Captain
Cannon with few appropriate remarks.
The Pittsburg Gazette says that Com
mander Kountz's new boat, Henry c.
Yeager, resembles the picture of Noah's
ark very much.
The great low-pressure steamer Rich
mond will arrive Tomorrow morning and |
depart at 4 pm. for New Orleans and the
bends.
st. Louis steamboatmen held a meet
ing Wednesday, and appointed COM
mittee to petition the City Council for
reduction Of the rates of wharfage.
The st. Louis Democrat of the Sd thus
describes the scene at the Ievee at that |
city on Wednesday morning:
On Tuesday afternoon the river here
was rising slowly. During the night it
rose nearly FIVE feet, and people going |
to the wharf in the morning we're startled /
to see the condition Of things. Numerous
lumber piles we're a1oat; piles Of sacks
of wheat had their lower tiers submerged;
barrels OF rosin and -four foated unheed- |
ed in the edge of the raging food, and |
forests Of drift rushed past from the wild /
woods along the Missouri The owners
Of the merchandise damaged and imper-
lied learned one after another the state |
Of affairs, and little later an animated /
scene was presented. Men up TO their
waists in water, removing iron, lumber,
grain and -four out Of the reach Of the
water. The wharfboats and some Of the
steamers seemed to be too far from the
bank, and it was difficult to reach them
from the shore.