Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-09

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The river here is rising fifteen inches
per day, and has risen in all over five
feet, completely submerging the bar OPP
posite the city. At Cairo yesterday the
rise was three inches, and at st. Louis
two inches. The Missouri continues to
pour out immense quantities of drift, and
its lower tributaries are yet full to over
flowing The upper Mississippi is de-
Ginning slowly, but will doubtless again
rise soon, as heavy rains are reported
along its head waters The Ohio is fall
ing at Pittsburg, and is stationary at
Cincinnati and Louisville, but rising be-
low. White river is again getting low,
there being less than four feet in the
channel to Devall's Bluff The Arkan-
sas continues to rise at Little Rock, the
swell there having already reached the
hight of five feet. Business at the levee
is quiet. Weather cool and windy.
The r. p Walt goes out Saturday for
White river.
The United States mail steamer Pat
Cleburne, Captain Reese Pritchard, will
back out at 5 p. m. to-day for all points
on the Arkansas, going through TO Little
Rock and connecting with light-draught
packets for points above. John n Har-
bine is secretary.
The Julia, Captain Townsend, will pass
up this evening for st. Louis. Jimmy
Thompson is her clerk.
The good steamer Norman, Captain
Kennedy, hacks out at FIVE pm. to-day
for Cairo and Evansville, being the reg
ular Wednesday packet in that trade.
Lew. Morris is her purser.
That immense freight steamer, the
Great Republic, Captain Donaldson in
command, will be down to-day, and
leaves at four p M for New Orleans and
the bends. Messrs. Atkinson and Floyd
are her secretaries.
The regular Memphis and New Or
leans steamer Belle Lee has her cargo
discharged, and commenced loading for
New Orleans this morning She will de-
part at FIVE o'clock this evening, and
pays particular attention to all way
business. She possesses extraordinary
passenger accommodations and is Just
the boat to travel on for pleasure or
business. Captain Frank Hicks is com
mander, John S. Sullivan is cashier, and
Messrs. Ralph Hicks and Tom Sullivan
are clerks. Amy information regarding
freights or passage can be obtained by
application to R. W. Lightburne, or
Mart. Walt & Co., agents, 296 and 272
Front street.
The GAINESVILLE arrived at New Or
leans last night from the Arkansas river.
The Ozark left Cincinnati yesterday
for this port
A morning eotemporary says the Ar
kansas Belle was towed over the falls a,
Louisvilley yesterday. Towing boats over
the falls is something new in the annals
of steamboating.
The Susie Silver was to have left St.
Louis yesterday for New Orleans.
Workmen are busily engaged length
ening the cabin of the C. B. Church.
The extension will give the boat fourteen
new and commodious state-rooms, be-
sides improving her appearance Oonsid-
erablY.
The Bayou Meto is to be made navi-
gable, aud boats have already advanced
up the bayou some twenty miles without
meeting with any serious obstacles
This natural canal has its rise in the
northern portion of Pulaski county, Ar
kansas, and flows southeasterly to the
Prairie county line, which it strikes
about midway of its western boundary,
passing through that county near the
southeastern corner, where it enters Ar
kansas county, and flows through it to
its mouth, where it empties into the
Arkansas river. For one hundred and |
fifty miles it flows through region oil
great fertility and through forests Oval
liable timber,
River and steamboatmen generally |
voted the straight Democratic ticket
yesterday, in consequence of which
handsome majority was given for the
ticket
Capt Ike Thompson has sold or traded |
the Charmer to Admiral John Jones for
the Emperor, giving $500 to boot.
The Kate Kinney and H. S. Turner
have been sold to Ohio river parties who
will place them in the Cincinnati and 4
New Orleans trade. Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars was paid for the Kinney /
and S26, 600 for the Turner.
Messrs. Baldwin aud Adams, Commits
sioners for the improvement of the Nav /
gatiou Of Black River Missouri, from |
The town of Poplar Bluff, in Butler cOaa-
y, TO the State line of Arkansas, will let
the same TO contract ON Saturday, !
November Is.
The most important bridge on the line |
of the New Orleans and Mobile road is
the one at Bay st. Louis, which is ten
thousand feet, or about two miles long.
The Rigolets bridge is three thousand,
six hundred and seventy.6ve feet long;
the bridge at Biloxi measures SIX thou
sand feet. All three are draw bridges.
The Rigolets bridge can be drawn back
TO the extent Of one hundred feet on
each side Of the central pillar to allow
the passage of vessels. The other two
have an opening Of eighty feet
The Carter Line Red river steamer II. |
NJ. shreve viii pass down tomorrow for