Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-27

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DUBUQUE, November 26.-The raft
tower s. W. Crane, that started yester
day for Rock Island, was obliged to turn
back, and has gone on ways. A large
lumber raft, owned by s. B. Stannard,
st. Louis, caught in the main channel
above here. An effort is making to
secure it.
QUINCY, November 26.-The st. Johns
arrived up at 8 pm, and leaves for
Keokuk tonight, She brought up the
Andy Johnson's passengers and part
OF her freight. The Grey Eagle arrived
down this afternoon. The Pembina and
Victory, which started for st. Louis last
night, put back on account Of the ice,
and are laid up in the bay. The Grey
Eagle leaves tonight for the wreck Of
the Andy. Weather clear and cold.
River one foot and nine inches, a fall of
seven inches since yesterday.
The st. Francis goes out tomorrow.
The great low-pressure Richmond,
Captain Nat. Green, will pass down to-
morrow evening.
The good steamer Fort Gibson, Capt.
Bowlin, leaves for Fort Smith and Fort
Gibson direct this evening at pm.
Samuel Haines, an efficient clerk, goes
out in charge of the Office.
The elegant passenger steamer A. j.
White, Captain George Malone, leaves
to-day at pm. for Napoleon and all
way landings. R. P. Fields and Charles
jackson are her clerks.
The Alice leaves to-day at 8 pm. for
Cairo, St. Louis and all way landings.
The elegant passenger steamer Belle
St. Louis, Captain William Blake, leaves
to-day at 5 pm. for Vicksburg and all
the way landings. Mr.. Alf Grissom
holds forth in the office.
The Missouri is frozen over at Omaha,
and navigation in the upper Missouri IS
suspended for the season.
The City of Alton passed up this lore
noon four and half days out from New
Orleans. She discharged here 100 tons
freight, and has 600 tons for above, in
GLIDING 1000 bars railroad iron and 1900
sacks salt
The Frank Forrest brought in to-day
lO2 bales cotton and 904 sacks seed.
The Mary Alice and barges passed
down yesterday.
The Indiana came in yesterday with
two barges in tow, and departed for New
Orleans, drawing seven feet.
The A. J. White had not arrived up to
the hour we went to press, but was mo-
mentarily expected. She has a large
trip of cotton, and was detained by the
heavy fog.
The Susie Silver passed up yesterday,
discharging here the large trip Of long
and short sweetening of tho season.
She put out 29O barrels, los half barrels,
and al kegs molasses, and ll5 hogs
heads sugar, besides 10 bales of cotton
and 10 barrels oranges, and had 100 tons
sugar and molasses for Chicago, to be
reshipped at Cairo, and 300 tons of the
same class Of freight for st. Louis. She
was four and half days out and had a
barge in tow.
The Great Republic and Belfast were
safely over Reeves yesterday morning.
The St. Francis came in last night
from Phillips bayou with 238 bales Of
cotton, 1850 sacks of seed, and $4,000
feet of lumber.
The Alice arrived from st. Louis at
dark last night, with good trip of
grain and produce.
Pilots are cautioned against the wreck
of the Leonidas in about the middle OF
the river opposite New Albany.
The St. Louis Democrat gives the fol-
lowing discouraging prospects in the up
per rivers
Navigation practically suspended
hence IN all the upper rivers but it is
believed this thing will be only tempo
rary. There was a little ice floating
here yesterday. Ice has taken posses
sion Of the upper rivers. Georges have
formed at various points on the upper
Mississippi, and the Illinois has frozen
over at Peoria. The transformation was
pretty sudden and unexpected. Below
Quincy heavy ice is floating; several
steamers have run in it, but they were
compelled under the stress OF eircum-
stances.
The Alice had fifty tons Little Rock
freight for reshipment by rail at Hope
field.
Captain Jno. Scudder has gone to
Vicksburg.
The following paragraph from a
Northern exchange is going the rounds;
Jefferson Davis was the first lumber
man upon Wisconsin waters. He and
his men did their first cutting on Red
( Cedar river, tributary ofthe Chippewa,
where the village of Mepomoine now
stands.
The Tom Jasper was insured in Gin
cinnati offices for $4,000, and probably
her freight list" and cargo are also in
sured. AS the boat is considerably
broken and somewhat twisted, she will
probably go on the ways at Mound City,
or 60 to St. Louis for repairs,
The following circular and telegram
explains themselves:
OFF1cE SUPERVISING Inspector sixth DIST,
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. a, 1911.
To Local Inspectors Of Steamboats,. Sixth Dis
triet;
A circular promulgGting amendments
to former rules approved and adopted by
the Board of Supervising Inspectors
and the Honorable Secretary of the
Treasury having been received by you,
you will at once cause all steam vessels
in your inspection district to provide
themselves with these appliances, as d.
rected therein, as soon as they can be
procured. Very respectfully,
W. +. RAYNOLDs, JR.,
Inspectors of Hulls.
By authority of Samuel Houston (Su-
pervising Inspector officially ABSENT