Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-20


The dam at lock No. l, Elk river, was
yesterday damaged by washing under, to
the Smount of $4,000. Will be repaired
Immediately.
CINCINNATI, December 2O.-River fall
ing. -Four feet eleven inches. Arrived
yesterday: Charmer, Evansville; Abeo-
ma, Tennessee river. No departures.
About two inches of snow fell early last
evening. Now clear and freezing.
PIrrsBURG, December 20-River sta
tionary, with about thirty-fve inches
water in the channel. Showing.
CAIRO, December 20-River station
airy. Light snow last evening. Very
cold now.
ST. LOUIS, December 20-River fall
ing with four and a half feet to Cairo.
The ice gorge above the bridge pier is
still mere solid and no effort will be
made to break it. Three inches OF snow
fell last night. Now clear and cold.
EVANSVILLE, December 20-Weather
cloudy and showing since four p. m.
Mercury 32o. River has fallen two
inches Snow fell last night.
LOUISVILLE, December 20. River fall
ing; three feet three inches in the canal,
eighteen inches in the chute and four
feet on Portland ear. Weather cold and
showing.
NEW ORLEANS, December 2OAAr-
rivedy yesterday: Fl. A. Yeager, St Louis;
Emma Elliott, Memphis. Departed:
Belle st. Louis, St. Louis.
Capt. Steve Wilkins, Of the st. Louis
Packet Company, wss busy Monday
circulating himself among the consign-
ees Of freight per steamer Belle Mem
phis, getting their signatures to a gene
raj average bond. The freight was re-
shipped on the Julia AS Steve had
about 700 persons to call upon, it's sup
posed he done little log-rolling for the
position of wharfmaster at the same
time.
We learn of two more candidates for
that very lucrative Office, Wharfmaster,
who will announce themselves in day
or two. One more is wanted to make
the number twenty. Come out, some
body, and be sacrificed.
The Dardanelle is the Friday mail
packet for the Arkansas.
The Lawrence goes out for Cincin-
natl tomorrow.
The immense hammer lost by Captain
Dodge few days since has been fshed
out.
A report reaches the city that the Ce-
leste, recently sunk in Siler's chute, is in
danger of breaking in two.
There are still two more candidates to
announce themselves for Wharfmas-
ter before the day of election. The de-
sired number of candidates twenty has
now been reached.
The only known ornaments TO the
banks Mississippi river are its beauti-
full cities and worthless feet OF snag-
boats. A pilot who runs in the trade
below here says that every time he passes
the snsg-boats they are choking stumps
on the banks instead of those in the
river.
Reynolds, the leader Of the gang Of
negroes who attacked Cummings trad
ing-bost at Walnut Bend, and killed the
owner thereof has been arrested and
confined in Jail at Helena. He made a
clean breast of the affair, and il was
with the utmost difficulty the Helenians
were restrained from breaking open the
jail and lynching the murderer.
At the suggestion Of the LEDGER, that
the citizens Of Helena should make the
new steamer City of Helena an appro-
pirate present, some enterprisiug gentle
men Of that city raised subscription of
$500 toward the purchase of piano.
The instrument is said to be fine one,
and will be fully tested upon the arrival
Of that boat at Helena.
Cotton stealing is increasing along
the river below. On the night Of the
18th inst, four bales were stolen from
Messrs. Trevith & Harris, Trotter's
Landing, marked IN. I. and numbered
respectively, /, 3, 5, s.
The Fort Smith Herald of the 18th
says: UNLESS the river rises soon, we
will be in sad need Of something to eat,
and, perchance, something TO wear"
On Saturday the river at Vicksburg
was two feet above the lowest water
mark of 1871, and forty-nine inches be-
low the highest water-mark of 1852.
W. II. Holmes, a deck passenger on
the Belle St. Louis, died after leaving
Helena on the last downward trip Of
that boat
When the gorge below st. Louis was
broken the other day the river above the
gorge fell foot in thirty minutes. In
breaking the gorge the Fisher knocked
her rudder-irons of and broke her wheels
badly. In several places the ice was
gorged TO the bottom, and was ten feet
thick. When the gorge gave way, such
a volume Of water rushed down that she
could not stem it, and had TO lay BY.
SO fine did she break the ice that 4 vii
not isterrupt other boats going out OF
coming in.
H. c. Fuguay, the hay king Of New
burg, has three thousand tons Of hay foT
shipment South.
II is currently reported that Mr. Nor
ris Satterwhite, Of the firm Of Satter-
white & Brothers, steamboat agents, is
to lead to the hymeneal altar soon one
Of the bellies Of Louisville.
Captain G. W. Boyd gave large party
and oyster supper on board the julia At
Cairo last Thursday evening,
Saturdays Helena Clarion says: The
Emma c. Elliott tarried at our wharf al
day Thursday, and Miss Emma c. e.
lott, the young lady for whom the boat
was named, visited many OF our 0nsi-
ness houses. Miss Z. is, Of course,
proud Of the packet.
The flags Of the boats in port we're ct
half mast to-day in respect to the mem
ory Of Mr.. Downs, recently q clerk on
the Geo. W. Cheek, who died Yesterday.
The Marble City, from VicksburE,
came in last night and discharged 70
bales cotton. $40 sacks seed and ~ bar
rels oil. and lays over until this evening,
leaving a. ege pm. for Cairo and 81.
Louis.