Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-15

rise is also anticipated from its lower
tributaries Continuous rains have also
fallen along the entire length of the
Ohio, and to-day that stream is reported
rising at Louisville, Cincinnati and
Pittsburg. White river is about sta
tionary, with about three feet of water
to Augusta. The rise in the Arkansas
was but slight and that stream is again
declining. Frequent showers have
fallen here during the past twenty-four
hours. To-day it is cloudy, with pros
poets of more rain. Business at the
levee is quiet, with but few arrivals or
departures.
The new and commodious steamer Pat
Cleburne departs this evening for Napo-
leon, Buelah and all intermediate land
ings, connecting at the mouth of White
river with light draught steamers for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all points on
the upper Arkansas. Capt. Reese Pritch-
ard, the veteran of the trade, goes in
command, and Messrs. Huls and Outlaw
are clerks. -f2
The Des Arc brought in a good trip
from White river, and returns to that
stream tomorrow
The regular packet leaving for Helena
and Friar's Point tomorrow is the Geo.
W. Cheek.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Crane, COM
handing, backs out at pm. to-day for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The fine steamer Rubicon, Blake, mas
ter, will arrive from above to-day, and
departs at 5 pm. for Vicksburg and the
bends.
Geo. W. Cheeks new steamer made a
trial trip at Louisville and ran twelve
miles mp stream in 45 minutes, She
leaves Louisville on Saturday next for
this port sorso
The owners of the Great Republic will,
it is said, spend $4,000 in repairing her
She is to have an additional boiler.
The City of Cairo passed up this morn
ing with good trip.
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
Autumn will soon be here and-naviga-
ton of the Portland canal suspended
The Louisville Courier-Journal adds:
" From present indications we fear that
autumn will pass and spring approach
long before the canal is open to naviga-
ton"
The U. s. Government has sent to
New Albany ship-builders proposals for
building two vessels, to be used in the
coast survey.
The cost of running steamer round
trip between this country and Europe is
said to be about $4,000 in greenbacks.
We clip the following from the St.
Louis Republican of yesterday:
We learn from private source that
there are parties in this city who have it
in contemplation to build an iron
steamer especially for passenger bust
ness. 1t is thought that a steamer may
be built to make the trip from New Or
leans to this port in less than seventy
hours.
We find the following in the river
column of the Cincinnati Times of last
Friday:
Captain John Patterson, owner Of the
Silver Spray, it appears, has consider
able trouble with river pirates at Mem
phis. He states that when he left here
he was accompanied by Meredith, engi-
neer, who knew the locality of the safe.
Upon reaching the wreck he learned a. J.
w. Lloyd had fshed the safe out of six
feet of water. and was about to open it
and divide the plumber, when prevented
by other parties. Lloyd had also secured
much of the boats crockery and other
ware, and divided the spoils with parties
on shore, After Captain Patterson ar
rived Lloyd demanded a division of what
was in the safe but was afterward too
literally dealt with when paid one hum
bred dollars for his interference with the
wreck. No salvage could be claimed, as
the safe was not floating off nor in dam
ger eXcept from pirates.