Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-18
RIyER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.

BOATS LEAVING TO DAY.
White river-........T II. Allen ....,......4 p. m.
New Orlcans........1 .uey Bertram. p.
st. Louis..-........ X. p. Walt............5 pm.
RIyER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river again commenced falling
yesterday, and up 10 this time has de
clined an inch and hall. There is
precious little encouragement for steam
boatmen from above. The Ohio is fall
ing at nearly every point, and the Mis-
sissippi gives no evidence of rise soon,
AT Quincy there is but fourteen inches
of water, and the river is falling. At
Dubuque three inch rise is reported
At St. Paul the rise is at the rate of an
inch in twenty four hours. The Missouri
rejoiced in squirt Of rise at Boonville
day or two since-the swell coming
from the Lamoine but the water now is
as low as ever, and is falling below there,
but rising at Omaha. The lower streams
improve slowly. A telegram from Shreye-
port states that Red river rose one foot
on Monday, and that further rise was
reported above. The Ouachita, White
and Arkansas are exceedingly low, and
no signs Of more water. But one boat
arrived after the close Of our report yes
terday. The departures generally took
out good trips The T. II. Allen, from
White river. was the only arrival to-day.
She brought six hundred and thirty
bales of cotton and good passenger
list. The Sallie, from Vicksburg last
night, brought fifty-one bales cotton and
fourteen hundred and forty-three sacks
seed. The weather is clear aud warm.
The clipper steamer X. p. Walt, Cap
tain Blake in command, will be in to-
day to leave at five pm. for Cairo and
ST. Louis. ea
The laborers at the landing struck for
higher wages this morning, aud would
not work for less than forty cents per
hour
The new ferryboat was launched
from the ways at the mouth of Wolf
river this morning.
The Thos. H. Allen, Capt. William
Elliott master, will back out at four
O'Clock this evening for all points on
White river.
The elegant steamer Lucy Bertram,
Captain Thompson, will pass down at
four pm. to-day for New Orleans and
all the lower landings. Captain Light
burne is her agent.
Ono Of the oldest" pilots on the river
was at the wheel of the White when she
grounded.
The Tom Reese grounded at Reeves
yesterday, but got three of her barges
over and came back here for fuel, re-
turning to extricate the balance Of her
tow.
The Mouutaineer got 3Ol ,ales of cot
ton for reshipment at Cairo yesterday,
and the Belle of Pike took log bales.
Fifty thousand dollars damage claimed
by the former owner and master of the
Hesper is four times the value of the
boat and cargo, instead of four trips,
as the types had it yesterday. The case
comes up for trial on the fourth Monday
in November.
Mr., Will T, King, formerly river edi-
tor of the Cincinnati Times, is now the
business manager of Pixies Opera
House in Cincinnati
The U. S. dredging boat 0ctavia ar
rived at St. Louis from the Missouri on
Sunday and was visited on Monday by
several of the city officials Of that vii
lage. She will at once commence the
work of clearing that harbor of old
wrecks, instead of clearing the channel
below here, which would benefit St. Louis
more than the work contemplated,
The Merrill, H. S. Turner, Dexter and
Wicks were advertised to leave St. Louis
yesterday and to-day for the lower Mis-
sissippi.
Yesterdays St. Louis Republican
brings US the sad intelligence shat Stan
ley Ryland is lying dangerously IN ai
the Sisters Hospital in-that city.
The Ohio river is so low both above
and below Louisville that steamboats,
have been compelled to adopt the rail
road signals and keep whistling to keep
the cows and other stock out Of the
channel. The next thing done will be
to place cowcatchers on the bows Of all
Ohio river steamers.
St Louis rates to New Orleans are
81 10 on -four and SOC on pound freight =
reduction Of loo.
Yesterdays St Louis Democrat an
tieipates rise Of Eve feet there and four
feet ont to Cairo within a week, aud
says: Heavy rains at Omaha and a
rise Of several feet expected in the
Missouri. One inch Of a rise in the
lower Illinois. Heavy rains through
Tennessee and Kentucky. An imme-
diaie rise expected in the Cumberland
aud Tennessee. Good news Of rise il
] Red river
1 Captain Crane is in command Of tn
81. Lake.
The Dexter, james Howard and e'hs