Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-04
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est OF this season. Our kilograms from
above report a similar change and but
slim prospects Of navigation above Cairo,
the water having become too low over
the bars to pass loaded steamers. Our
kilograms give the latest news from the
rivers above and below.
The Robert Buus is the next Ohio
river packet. She leaves on Wednesday.
The Louisville for Louisville left here
yesterday with 400 bales Of cotton for
Shawneetow n, and the Minneela for Gin
cinnGti took 800 bales.
The Legal Tender goes out tomorrow
for White river.
The Geo. w. Cheek came in late Fri
day night from Friar's Point, with a
deck load Of nearly $50 negroes, that had
quit work On the plantations below and
flock to the city to live in idleness and
steal. The planters in some cases will
lose one quarter Of their crop by this
sudden emigration.
The st. Francis, for st. Francis river,
and Geo. W. Cheek, for Friar's Point,
leave tomorrow evening.
The st. Louis wharfboat sprung a
leak about midnight Friday night, and
but for the prompt exertions of Elem
Calvert, Ad Storm, Billy Dill and eight
or ten others who tGrned out in their
night clothes and rolled all the freight
from the wharfboat to the steamer St.
Joseph, laying alongside, the st. Louis
Packet Company would to-day be fishing
for the wharfboat in sixty feet of water.
Those who saw them say the way the
new rousters handled boxes and barrels
was a caution.
There will be meeting of steamboat
men at the hall Of the Chamber of Com
merce tomorrow. Important matters
will be brought up for consideration,
consequently full attendance is de-
sired.
The Warner, from Wheeling, passed
down last night, discharging here 1891
kegs of nails. She had two karges in
tow.
One hundred and sixty-one timbers of
the Tom Jasper were broken.
Rates south from St. Louis on Satur-
day were as follows; To New Orleans.
Flour, 81 per barrel; pound freight. so
cents per 100. To Memphis: Flour, so
cents per barrel, and pound freight 40
cents per 100.
PRoDUcE BoATs.-Saturdays Leuis-
vile Ledger says large number of pro-
duce boats have arrived there during the
past few days, all bound South, loaded
with apples, potatoes, etc. A number
were crowding down toward the canal
getting ready to go through, and others
were lying to above the city, on the out
side Of the tow-head.
Louisville will soon reduce her wharf
tax.
The Sallie will be repaired and leave
Cairo to-day for Little Rock with her
cargo wet and dry.
From the Burlington Gazette Of
Wednesday last we learn that the river
completely closed at that point. The
ice stopped moving about eight clock
Tuesday morning.
The Quincy Herald of last Thursday
says: The river is blocking up, and is
reported closed at Keokuk. The water
yesterday fell ten inches, and the water
stage last night was three inches above
low-vater mark.
The Thompson Dean has life-boat
invented by Beaupre & Gebhart, of Me-
tropolis, III, and known as their auto
matte life-boat 1t is built Of galvan-
lied iron, is twenty feet long and five
feet wide, and when sunk has bueyan-
cy of five thousand pounds, and when
capsized it will right itself and displace
the water in the short space Of fifteen
seconds. This is the first life-boat Of
the kind ever constructed, and was built
expressly for Captain James H. Pepper
by the inventors.
The elegant passenger steamer, Pat
Cleburne, leaves to-day at 8 pm. for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all points on
the Arkansas river. Captain Reese
pritohard commands and Greed I.
Walker is her secretary.
The City Of Vicksburg, Captain A. j.
Carter, leaves to-day at p. m. for Vicks-
burg and all way landings. Garrett Huls
is clerk.
The A. ]. White will arrive this eve
ming and leave tomorrow for Napoleon.
The Emile LaBarge has 1000 hhls
-four for this city.
Saturdays St. Louis Republican has
the following: "The fall altogether up
to six O'Clock last evening was not less
than one foot The ice continues to
move, though slowly. The masses of
floating ice are now quite large, thick,
and dangerous to encounter. Above
the piers of the bridge there seems no
break in the ice-helds, and in conse-
quence the ferry packets have all with
drawn to the lever landings.
There were twenty-eight arrivals at
Cairo last Monday, amongst which were
nine new boats as follows: Laura, Cliff
ford, ST. Marys, John Scott, Texas, San
Juan, Crescent City, Emma c. Elliott,
City Of Helena.
SilYeFthorn, river editor of the Evans
vile Journal, has notified his marine
friends that from half-past ten TO twslye
o'clock he can be found at church. The
Louisville Journal eommends his action
and says: ave hope that he may keep
this practice up until he gets forgive
ness for his besesting sin. While the