Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-16

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NEw ORLEANS, November l5.-Ar
rived: Mary L. Pope and City o.
Quincy. St. Louis Departed: Henry
Ames, Kellogg and barges and Common
wealth. st. Louis.
PITrsBURG, November 10 Five feet
in the channel and rising slowly
Weather cold.
CINCINNATI, November l6-Riyer ris
ing; FIVE feet one inch in the channel
Weather cloudy and cool. Charles Bod
man, Belle Vernon, st. Marys aud Texas
are loading for New Orleans direct.
CAIRO, November l5.-River rose one
foot. Weather clear Port list: De.
parted--Sallie, St Louis, one pm
Beaver st. Louis, one pm; General
Anderson, st. Louis, four pm.
EVANSVILLE, November l5.-Arrived
Burksville, from Cairo, am; Fayette
from Henderson, 8 am; Ruby, from
Rockport, 10 am. Departed: james f.
Rankin, Tor Cairo, 10 pm. The Pales-
tine turned back from French Island
unable to come over. The Umpire was
aground all day yesterday at Henderson
bar but got of late last night. Weather
clear and pleasant. The river has risen
six inches.
The favorite steamer Geo. w. Cheek
is the regular packet for Friar s Point
this evening at FIVE o'clock, stopping at
all way landings for freight and passen-
gers. Mark Cheek is master and Frank
Gonterman clerk.
The excellent steamer st. Francis
Captain Bowman, leaves at five clock
this evening for the st. Francis river,
paying especial attention to all way
business between this and Helena. Sam
c. Paine and W. B. Berry are clerks.
The fine steamer Celeste, Captain j.
H. Cooper, having been unavoidably de-
tanned, will leave for all points on the
Arkansas river as high as Fort Smith
this evening Walker Outlaw is her
chief clerk.
The fast and magnificent steamer
Belle Lee, Captain Frank Hicks, leaves
for New Orleans and all way landings at
four o'clock this afternoon. dohn S.
Sullivan is her chief secretary
The handsome steamer Belle of Pike
leaves to-day at Eve pm. !or Cairo, St.
Louis and all way landings.
The coal men were somewhat agitated
last night over the prospect of big rise
at Pittsburg.
Silverthorn, Of the Evansville Journal,
attended the Louisville Convention.
The Phil Allin, from FEiaps Point to-
day, brought in 2j6 bales of cotton and
us sacks cotton seed
The R. j. Lockwood passed down fron
st. Louis with good trip, drawing five
feet.
The Belle Of Pike came in from st,
Louis with a good trip Of grain and pro,
duce.
The Belle Lee gets a lot of cotton and
oil cake here, and will carry as passen-
gers several wedding parties.
The subcommittee of the executive
committee appointed by the Louisville
Convention will meet at Pittsburgh, on
the 2lst of the present month, to prepare
the preliminary work foF the delibera-
tions pf the latter body.
Ex-Supervisory Inspector Crawford is
out in card in response to the attack
made on him at Louisville by Commo-
dore Kouniz lie denies that he was or
is now in AIRY way interested in any of
the various patents charged by the Com
modore.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Pittsburg, Monday, in the celebrated
patent steam capstain case, John S. Me-
milan and others being eopRlainants
against Rhoaes sad others, for the in
iringement vi patent, Judge McKen-
nan delivered an opinion confirming the
patent and ordering decree in favor of
the compliments. The case has been
before the courts for several years.
Flour for this city is taken by the St.
Louis Packet Company, ct St. Louis, for
fortT cents per barrel. Down go frsights.
Wharfage at Louisville, for the two
weeks ending the 18th, was seven hun
dred and eighteen dollars.
The steamer Matte, haviss barge
laden with wood. a,yuck a log opposite
Bon Harbor, Ohio river, and sunk in
four feet Of water, last Friday,
The steamboating season is drawing
to close at st. Paul.
The R. Z. Lees last cargo from vicks-
burg tc New Orleans was 1854 bales cot
ton and 1923 sacks cotton seed. This
cargo was discharged in seyen hours.
A "nnd clerk lately arrived from
Memphis, who was on an outsider, I"
says that Worcester's big dictionary
hasn't half adjectives enough to express
his feelings Of condemnation Of the in
convenience Of the wharf at that city.
Can any one help our distressed friend
to batch Of new expletives2-.Sf. Louis
Republican l5fh.
Every paragraph referring to the con-
diti0n Of the levee here such as the above.
should be fastened to the garments Of
each Of the members of the General
Council.
Captains Brennan and Semple are
preparing the proceedings Of the Louis
vile Convention.
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