Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-06

4 pm; IL 5. Turner, New Orleans to
st. Louis, pm; Lucy Bertram, Cairo
to New Orleans, pm; Tom Jasper,
New Orleans TO ST. Louis, am; Colo
RADIO, st. Louis to Vicksburg, 9 Dam; St,
Joseph, Memphis TO st. Louis, 10 am;
II. G. Yeager, St. Louis to New Or
leans IL m. City of Quincy, St. Louis
to New Orleans, 4 pm; st. Luke, st.
Louis to Memphis, 5 PM Mountaineer,
St. Louis to Memphis. pm,
LOUISVILLE, November 5. River rising
slowly, with feet inches large at the
head Of the canal, and 10 or II inches
in the chute. Weather clear and warm.
SHREVEPORT, La, November 8 River
raised in all 10 feet. Overflow at Long
Prairie.
ST. PAUL, MINI, November 5.-River
on "a stand, 3 feet to Prescott.
Weather cool and pleasant.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river has fallen two inches since
Saturday, and is falling slowly to-day.
White and the Arkansas each have good
boating stage and are declining slow
ly. From here to Helena five and half
feet Of water is reported over the shoaleSt
point, which is at Reeves and hence to
Cairo there is six feet. Business at the
landing yesterday was fair. The Usage
brought 25l bales Of cotton, and lays
up. The Commonwealth, ten days out,
came down, and laid over until this
morning, adding nothing Of Importance.
The Lady Lee, five days out, had fair
trip. The Durfee and Capitol City left
early yesterday for the south, adding but
little. The st. Francis brought BIG bales
Of cotton and 2539 sacks seed from the
ST. Francis river The Belle of Pike
brought $50 tons of produce from above.
The Heilman, from Cairo, had good
trip. The f. Forrest came in to-day
with 1853 bales of cotton and 400 sacks of
seed. The Sioux City brought in 344
bales of cotton. The Phil Allin arrived
with 454 bales Of cotton and Tag sacks
of seed The Julia, Henry Ames, Min
ME and Colorado are due from above.
The weather is clear and pleasant.
The st. Francis leaves tomorrow for
Helena and the St. Francis river.
The delegates elected to the Louis
vile convention will leave tomorrow for
Louisville
Owen G. Gates, purser of the Dexter,
is in the city.
The r, P. Walt is reported hard
aground at the foot of Bordeaux chute.
After getting aground the mate of the
Walt, Dan Starr, took the boats yawl,
and with half dozen of the crew started
to find the channel. Soon after leaving
the Walt the yawl sprung leak, and
duringsthe excitement which followed it
was capsized. Two Of the men were
drowned, and the other four saved,
Starr was picked up by the st. Francis
when life was nearly extinct.
George Todd, passenger on the
Commonwealth from St. Louis, was ar
rested yesterday for beating young
man named Burns in ON unmeroiful
manner.
The Legal Tender leaves for White
river tomorrow.
The snagboat S. S. Thayer arrived
from above yesterday at noon, and will
go to White river to work.
The Sioux City will lave this port at
four o'clock to morrow evening for all
points on Whila ,iyeF.
The new and fine steamer Roseyille,
Captain S. B. Adams, leaves to-day at
five o'clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock,
Fort Smith and all way landings on the
Arkansas. Greed f Walker is her pop
ular and clever clerk.
The Belle of Pike, Captain George
Lennox, is ANNOUNCED for St. Louis to-
day at five pm. Charles P. Hough is
clerk.
The popular A. j. White, Captain
George Malone, leaves as above this af
ternoon at five o'clock. Barney Barinds,
clerk.
The elegant passenger steamer Julia,
Captain George Townsend, leaves this
evening for Yicksburg and the bends.
James Thompson is her clerk.
Louisville steamboatmen will be rep
by ten delegates to the conven-
ton.
The latest kilograms report ten feet
rise at Shreveport, and the water still
rising with eight feet in the channel
An eight inch rise is reported at St.
Louis, and four inch rise at Cairo.
The steamboatmen Of Louisville have
invited Senator Morton, Hon. S. NJ.
Kerr and John Cohurn, Of Indiana, and
Hons. Boyd, Winchester. and James B.
Beck, Of Kentucky, to attend their con
lention on Wednesday.
The Seminole passed Yicksburg yes
erday morning for White river.
There is five feet from ST Louis to
Cairo and four and halffeet to Keokuk
The Adams and Elliott White river
steamers have secured the White river,
railroad mail and freight connection. |
The Davis line steamers, Usage and Sal
lie v, have been withdrawn.
A Western exchange, in referring 70
the great benefits to be derived from toe
Of the Ohio and MisEis-
sippi rivers, gives the following advice