Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-16
RIVER TELEGRAMs.

Shoals. Weather clear.
EVANSVILLE, December lG.-Weather
clear and cold. River has fallen six
inches.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec l5.-Arrived-
Kate Kinney, for Louisville. Departed
P. W. Strader, for St. Louis; Utah, for
Arkansas river.
CAIRO Dec. 15.-Departed-Pauline
Carroll, for New Orleans, pm. River
stationary. Weather clear
Items are getting so scarce with GER
tain press agent up the Ohio that he teie-
graphs the fact every time boat gets a
new coat of paint.
The Ohio is expected to freeze at
Evansville.
Navigation above Cincinnati has again
been suspended.
The c. B. Church lays up here with
her cargo Of railroad iron until better
channel depth is reported. She draws
too much water.
There is but FIVE feet eleven inches at
Reeves bar and about seven feet above
to Cairo.
The Walt brought 673 bales of cotton
and l55 sacks seed, and reshipped ga
bales of the former for New Orleans.
The Emma c. Elliott, on her down
trip, struck the wreck of the Lucy Ber-
tram, near Helena, springing some of
her timbers and causing her to leak.
The injury was speedily repaired, how
ever, without delaying her.
Captain Dave Hakill came up on the
Kountz to-day. He reports the Cheek
in no danger, and denies the runOr that
when she got aground one of his passen-
gers suggested that if he would get into
the yawl, laying along side, that the
Cheek would float off.
The Richmond is at the foot of Reeves
bar sounding, and will without doubt be
up this evening.
The Batesville brought 43l bales Of
cotton and reshipped &C at the mouth
of White river.
The Mollie Moore, seven days out
from New Orleans, passed up this
morning, diseharging thirty-fve tons
here, and had 400 tons above, including
497 hhds. sugar and 100 sacks salt.
The Carrie V. Kountz, six days out
from New Orleans, arrived at noon with
1000 sacks salt for this city and will re
turn to New Orleans from this point
Shanless wrecking boat came up to
day with the machinery Of the For
: Smith
The Columbia arrived from Belmont
this morning and departed for Arkansai
r river, drawing FIVE feet.
The Glencoe is reported aground a
Island 26.
The Belle Lee came up last night, will
) 81 bales cotton, As sacks seed, 236 bar
5 rels molasses, 2lS sacks coffee, zoe
, bundles cotton-ties, 1873 hogheads sugar
: aud lot of sundries She lays up her'
: until the arrival of her new cylinders.
e The Radical leaders are, we under
= stand, about to nominate son Of Han
\ as q candidate for wharfmaster.
Captain Harry Brolaski, Of the Peori'
{; Packet Company, yesterday proposed t,
n the St. Louis Merchants Exchange t,
/ break up the gorge from Widow Walk
err s landing to open water in the harbor
for two thousand dollars The PROPOSE
q ton was accepted. and the steamer I'LL
nois, and perhaps City Of Pekiu, will be
Il gin operations to-day. The prospect c
At a channel through the gorge sufficient
a wide for the resumption Of navigation
flattering.
There is four feet of water betweel
Cairo and St. Louis.
The A. j. White, Captain George Ma
lone, leaves to-day at four pm. for Ma
]; poleon and all way landings. B. T
7: Fields is clerk.
9: The St. Joseph, Captain Corbit'
J; leaves to-day at Eve pm. for Cairo, s.
- Louis, and the coast landings.
I; The regular United States mail an
i passenger packet R. P. Walt, Captain
. VIM. Ashford, leaves to-day at five p. m
for Devalls Bluff, Jaeksonport and al
. points on White river. f. W. Outla'
is secretary.
A Shreveport telegram Of the lit
says:
sc THE Era No. 10 reports i've feet o.
> the fats, and three feet xinches on tn
II new cut road in the lake, aud falling
or River falling here Wash Senteu lai
to up. Nothing new from above the raft.
" On her last trip up the R. j. Loci
! wood picked up 3 snag At Bernard
i landing on the starbOard side forwar'
4 which passed up over her decks, broke
to derrick, tore away part Of her eabi
x deck, knocked overheard a few hog
!. heads Of sugar and burst several ba
rels Of molAsses, Protest was enters
8, at Cairo.
The trip Of the Utah from the ArkA
e; sas vas fourteen hundred bales Of CO
q. 2. ton and fifty Cinnamon.