Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-16

inches in the channel, with tendency
to rise. 4tl eli14l ran ~
PlrTeBuRG, October l5.--The weather
IS cloudy, with slight rain and indica-
tons Of more, ~
ST. LOUIS, October 15.-Arriyed, st.
Luke, Memphis Mollie Moore and Mary
Aliee, New Orleans Departed, Column
bia, Memphis; Tom Jasper, Mary Il.
Poe and Mary Alice, New Orleans Lucy
Bertrand, New Orleans. River station
AIRY. Weather cloudy and cool. tug
CAIRos October l5i-Down, II. NJ
Shreve, st. Louis TO Vicksburg, IL a. m.
r. p. Walt, st. Louis to Memphis, II
am. Belle of Pike, st. Louis TO. Mem
phis. 4p IN. River falling slowly. Heavy
rain last night.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river came to stand yesterday,
and up to noon to-day had swollen about
an inch from the recent heavy rains.
Reports from the upper streams an
nounce heavy and continuous rains,
which will undoubtedly be gladly vel
coined BY river men in that as well as
this sectionof the country. A rise from
the Missouri is looked for, and along the
Ohio, below louisville, the side streams
are said to be swelling Below there is
no Improvement. The rivers are all
low and navigation hazardous even to
light draft boats. White river may i'm
prove some, as it is believed the rain of
Saturday night and Sunday extended to
that region Of country. The Arkansas
is low and offers no Inducements to for
eign vessels Business yesterday was
moderately active, and is improving.
-Four boats arrived this morning from st.
Louis. The Susie Silver, with lighter
in tow, added here fifty bales of cotton,
and left with fair trip. The Silver
Bow discharged one hundred and fifty
eight sacks Of grain, adding nothing.
The Mouhtaineer had all she could
bring, and returns with a load Of cotton.
The Glasgow, FIVE and a half days out,
passed down, drawing FIVE feet. The
Mohawk passed up after discharging
three hundred and forty-eight barrels of
cement. The local packets brought
good trips. The Cheek had three hun
dred and twenty-four bales Of cotton,
FIVE hundred and forty-eight sacks seed
and all the people her cabin would hold,
The weather Is clear and cool. a,r1
The Thos. H. Allen goes out to-mor-
row in the Elliott Line for all points on
White river, o hn.gr
The river at Cairo is p feet below the
high water mark of 1867. 'h
The Board of Supervising Inspectors
Of steamboats,, now in session at Wash
ington, witnessed trial of the different
life RATS in the Potomac river on Satnr-
day. The only raft that could not be
broken or sunk by people being crowded
on it was the " Iugersoll metallic raft,
Of New York, and it was adopted. In
life saving apparatus Professor Merri-
man was the most successful. The Board
will probably adjourn tomorrow. .5Ia
Mr., Hayward, who recently took
charge Of the commercial and river col
umns Of the Appeal, returned yesterday
from Louisville, where he went to meet
his wife. odd inv
The 0ceanus passed up with 800 tons
of freight for St. Louis, including 800
bars railroad iron .-t
The remains Of Capt, English were
inferred at Elmwood Cemetery yester-
day, and we're followed there by a large
number of friends and acquaintance.
The Masonic fraternity, of which Capt.
English was member attended in a
body, and conducted the ceremonies,
The Little Alps came up yesterday
from the shoals below, and is now at the
foot of Union street, ready to render
assistance to BOATS in,need. Ju
The Memphis and ST. Louis Packet
Company are deserving Of the highest
Communication for their efforts during
the extreme low water to keep our city
supplied with produce. All Of their
large boats have been laid up, and a fleet
Of light draught steamers chartered at
great expense to take their places. Bust
ness has been exceedingly bad, and
hardly a trip has been made that money
was not lost, and yet they maintain the
line from St. Louis to this city and
vicksburg.
Capt. r. H., Voolfolk has re.a}ae,
from Washington to Louisvilie lIt
thinks that the new steamboat law will
be greatly modified by the Board Of su-
pervising Inspectors, now sitting in
Washington,
Ouachita river is more dilicultto nav
igate than it has been for three or four
years past The Economist, very
light-draught steamer, was three weeks
in making a trip from Monroe down to
Catahoula shoals and back.
General Weitzel states that the Louis
vile canal will be completed about the /
middle Of next month. The work |
would have been fully completed on the
goth Of this month had not one of the
original contractors been behind with
his work. This section had to be given
to q new firm, and Will be completed by
the time above stated.
Captain DugAn Reese mot Irwin has
invented huge coal sucker, which is
nothing more nOr.less than a. coal pump.
orrathvr 1machins which 10 sttaehed %