Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-06


RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river rose three inches during the
past twenty-four hours, and is now two
feet six inches below the high water
mark of 1867. At Cairo the river is
falling slowly, and at st. Louis a rapid
decline is reported. The Ohio is rising
at Evansville, but falling rapidly at all
points above. At Cincinnati yesterday
the decline was three feet six inches, and
at Louisville three feet. The water here
has not yet attained the hight reached
by the spring rise of last year, and from
present indications will not do so on
this rise. White and the Arkansas are
booming full, and continue to rise
Both streams are out Of the banks, and
the water has spread over the country
for miles. The weather is clear and
pleasant. Business at the levee is fairly
active.
The st. Francis goes out tomorrow
for Wittsburg and all landings on the
st. Francis river.
The Legal Tender is the regular Tues
day mail packet for White river
About a dozen fatboats passed down
yesterday.
The Sam j. Hale is in with boom
ing trip, and returns to Cincinnati on
Wednesday.
The United States mail packet Phil
Allin departs at 5 pm. to-day for Hell
ena, Friar's Point and all the plantation
landings. James Lee is master and
Stack Lee clerk
The United States mail steamer Mary
Boyd, Capt R. L. Haines, departs at 5
pm. to-day for Pine Bluff, Little Rock
and all intermediate landings on Arkan-
sas river and the Mississippi, connecting
at Little Rock with steamers for Van
Buren,, Fort Smith, and all points above.
The City of Cairo gets away at pm.
for Vicksburg and the bends.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Crane in
command, and Messrs. Blenker and
Perry clerks, leaves at pm. for Cairo
and st. Louis.
The Belle Memphis brought &C bales
and large miscellaneous cargo.
The Phil Allin, from Friar's Point,
brought 52S bales of cotton, 2OO6 sacks
of cotton seed, and good trip of people.
The bids forthe construction of retain
ing walls of the Louisville and Portland
canal we're opened on Tuesday last by
Gen. Weitzel. There were six bidders.
The lowest bid made was by H. McGin-
sey & Co., being $780, 1856.
Capt P. X. Barclay, well known
steamboatman, died of an internal hem
orrhage at Cincinnati on Wednesday,
and was buried yesterday.
A letter to the COurierJournal, from
one of the editors of that paper, enjoy
ing a trip on the Katie, says she made
one stretch of twenty-six miles in one
hour and nine minutes, another of twelve
miles in thirty minutes, and this, too, in
the face of strong head-wind that, in
the opinion of the pilots, retarded her
three miles per hour She car
ried at no time over ll5 pounds of steam,
while she is allowed by the inspectors to
carry 1872 pounds. In short, she has
given entire satisfaction.
Au exchange says: The Louisiana
House has granted an appropriation Of
BIS, 600 to the Mississippi River Packet
Company, a corporation composed Of
colored people The directors Of the
company have agreed to allow white
persons to come to the first table and |
enjoy all the privileges of the line"
In the new law to protect life and |
property on vessels propelled by steam,
a clause has been discovered which ex-
smpts all owners Of such vessels from
liability as common carriers for the
baggage Of passengers unless there is a
special bill Of lading. Il is stated that
{ was not the intention TO pass the
clause.
In the river and harbor bill passed By /