Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

rise again within few days from the
rain of yesterday, which came from the
west. The Capitol City passed up last
night, FIVE days out from New Orleans
discharging here some miscellaneous
freight. The Henry Ames passed up
also, having been out six days. She had
90 tons Of freight for Hopefeld. The
Shannon, six days ont, also passed up
well laden. The White and Cheek are
due from below, and expected hourly.
A mother rain set in this morning lasting
two hours, when it cleared up, and at
noon the sun is shining brightly.
STEAMER SoUTHwEsTERy.-This ele
CANT Memphis and New Orleans packet
telegraphs from Helena to her agent,
Dick Lightbrune, that she will he here
tonight, and leave positively tomorrow
Tuesday, at 4 pm, on her return to
New Orleans. The Southwestern will
attend to all way and bend business, and
has come in the trade to accommodate
the people.
The receipts Of cotton by river begins
to show some heavy figures in the daily
report Of the Chamber of Commerce.
Nearly every boat arriving at our land
ing brings more or less of the staple.
A Washington telegram Of Sunday
states that the Board of Supervising In
spectors were on Sunday giving their
undivided attention to, and discussing
as well as examining, the various life
preserving apparatus. Another. dis
patch from the seat of Government
states that Solicitor Banfeld decides
that the steamboat laws require inspec-
ton certificates to state the number Of
passengers that any steamer, except
ferryboats, can accommodate, a greater
number not being allowed, and suggests
the enforcement OF these requirements.
The Yaeger, Silver Bow, Southwestern
and Indiana are due from below. The
latter returns to New Orleans from here,
leaving on Wednesday.
The Legal Tender makes another trip
to New Orleans, and will leave here on
Wednesday next at FIVE pm.
The Supervising Inspectors at Wash
ington recently adopted patent sy-
phon pump called the Harring pump,
which, IKE other patents adopted by
them, has proved failure, as will be
seen by the following telegram from
Louisville: "The Harring steam sy-
phon pump, recently adopted by the
Board of Supervising Inspectors at
Washington, was tried on the r. G.
Gray at New Albany Saturday, and
failed to give satisfaction, the pump
heating too quick and refused to take
water"
The Mary Houston will probably not
go in. the Cincinnati and New Orleans,
but will likely remain in the New Or
leans and Louisville line. SO say our
Louisville exchanges.
A Cincinnati exchange says the little
dinkies in that vicinity are having it all
their own way. With slow speed and
high rates they are making lots of
money.
An up river exchange says: The
navigable portion of Missouri river
amounts in all to 1850 miles. The
channel varies from 300 to 800 yards,
except in low water, when it is from GOO
to 700 feet. The river and tributaries
drain 1000 square miles"
The Paper of Cairo says With
commercial advantages unequaled in
the Mississippi Valley, with thirty thou
sand miles of navigable waters, Cairo
cannot boast of single line of steam
ers, or of the ownership of single bot
tom of 300 tuns burden"
The Clarksville is the regular mail
steamer to leave to-day at five pm.
for Vicksburg and all way landings.
By card from Captain Lightburne it
will be seen that the fine and light
draught passenger steamer Sioux City,
Capt. c. B. Tilden, leaves to-day at five
pm. for DeyalIs Bluff, Jacksonport and
all way landings. Tom Whitledge is
her Secretary.
The st. Luke, Captain Crane, is the
regular Cairo and st. Louis packet to
leave at FIVE o'clock this evening.
The Ada Heilman, having entered the
Memphis and Cairo trade, will make her
second trip, leaving at four pm. to-day
for Belmont, Cairo and all intermediate
landings. Captain Hall is in command.
The fine and feet passenger steamer
Pat. Cleburne, Captain Reese Pritehard,
leaves to-day at FIVE pm. for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock and all way landings. B.
F, Fields and A. II. 0'Neil are her
clerks. tn.
Hereafter the Memphis and Arkansas
River Packet Company will send out
two boats per week Mondays and Fri
days. to the Arkansas river, each boat
connecting at Little Rock with light
draught packets for Fort Smith.
The Carrie v. Kountz is advertised
elsewhere to leave to-day at five p. m. for
vicksburg, Natchez and New Orleans.
Her agent Captain Libgtburne has a
clerk at the levee to receive freight I'M
til her arrival.
The elegant passenger steamer A. }.
White, Captain George Malone, leaves
to-day at FIVE pm, for Napoleon and all
way landings Barney Barinds has
charge of The office,
Saturdays Louisville Ledger says
"There is an almost universal disap-
proval of the dam which General Welt
eel is now constructing across the Ohio
river at this point, above the bridge, and
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