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

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The Pat Cleburne is the regular Mos-
day U. s. mail steamer for all points on
the Arkansas. ttA
The little steamer Maysyille leaves
Louisville for White river tomorrow.
The Iiew Galveston and Houston
steamer Charles Fowler makes her trial
trip at Louisville Monday, and com
mences receiving Cor those points Tues
day.
The Walt and Batesville, from White
river, A. j. White, from Napoleon, and
City of Chester, from ST. Louis, arrived
last evening, I'll with good trips
Captain Marsh Miller, of the A. J..
White, was seriously bruised by falling
down the stairway of the pilot house, on
the upward trip of the White, hut is able
to attend his duties.
Colonel Merrill goes from here to Lit
tie Rock to establish water gauge.
The following telegram is from the
New Orleans Commercial Bulletin of
the sth:
VIcKsBuRG, November G.--To G. G..
Wayne: Belle Lee will arrive Wednes-
day evening, leave Saturday have on
board $500 bales cotton.
j. FRANK Hicks, Master.
The Jennie Howell" says the New
Orleans Commercial Bulletin of Wednes-
day, arrived yesterday morning from
0uachita river with one hundred and
ninety.nine bales cotton, one hundred
and twenty-five sacks cotton seed, and
thirty-fonr hides. She only succeeded
in getting as far as Catahoula Shoals,
and we are indebted to her officers for
the information that the best water they
could find at these shoals was two and a
half feet and very narrow; so they did
not attempt to haul over it. They re-
port the 0uachita as falling and no
hopes Of rise The Yazoo and Talla-
hatchie rivers have failed, gone to pro-
test, can't pay worth cent in the way
of steamboating for large class boats;
hence the Lotawanna, Captain w. M.
Dane, will be heavy loser by their fail
hre, and will have TO await their slow
movements to commence distributing
their sssets, which may after all turn
out dollar for dollar"
The Sallie is overdue from the Arkan-
sas.
The banquet given at the Louisville
Hotel Louisville, to the delegates was
from the reports in our Louisville ex-
changes, magnificent affair. Several
Congressman present offered toasts,
which we're responded to by the dele
gates, our Mr.. Jas. Lee, jr., responding
to the fifth regular toast-Steamboat In
terests.
The Convention Committee on Life
Saving Apparatus and Light recommend
the following in their report;
HThat the legislative powers of the
Inspectors ought to be reduced. They
should be required to report to Congress
each session, instead Of making laws
themselves. We are satisfied Congress
never intended TO make them, o. body,
a legislative power to be used and con-
trolled to the injury of such an interest
as the steamboats, have become. We
would recommend to the Convention the
adoption of the following as to light:
Be it further enacted, That all steam
ers shall be permitted to use refined pc
troleum, of 40 fire test, for the purpose
of lighting up their vessels.
o. +. PREscOTT, Chairman.
The ten New York delegates to the
Louisville Convention represent over
slOO,OOO,OOe in steamboat property.
At the Convention, on Thursday, a
delegate from New York said the object
of the Convention was to do away with
the Objectionable features of the present
steamboat bill, the most prominent of
which was the Board of Supervising
Inspectors with their patent rights. Hit
the nail square that time.
The steam gauge question was humor-
ously explained as follows by the speaker
at the Convention day OF two since:
Why, said he, they have even ordered
a great big steam gauge to be placed in
the ferry-boats at New York. They are
set to ring bell at certain pressure.
They are placed in the cabin where the
ladies are. The steam gets tea high,
jingle goes the bell, and overheard goes
the ladies'. 1t was said take off the bell;
then what use is the steam gauge2 The
engineer is not going up into the ladies'
cabin to see how the steam is. If | was
Local Inspector would make my dimes
and clear out. But that is just what
they are doing any way. Applause.
Three hundred delegates and guests
partook Of the banquet at Louisville.
From the accounts in the Louisville pa
pers the Louisville Hotel done It up
brown
The Louisville 0ourier-Journsl says
the new White river steamer Emma C.
Elliott leaves that port to-morrow morn
ing for this port.
The Cairo Pnlletin OF Wednesday
saYsl
To Evansville the channel is very
ragged, aud the packets have to bring
lighters as far down as Paducah. Cairo
is and has been the head Of navigation
for several months, aud will continue so
all winter. An early freeze up is looked
for, and then such places as st. Louis,
louisville, Cincinnati and Paducah will
be left out in the cold From the upper
Ohio we gain no favorable news. Ii has
been customary for the steamboatmer
to take sugar in theirs, but now they
are willing to take little more water
and less sugar.
A Louisville paper styles our young
Capt, Samuel 2, Adams, of the Rose
vile, the Chesterfield Of the river.
The following from a St. Louis ex
change Of yesterday canirms yester
days predictions In the LEDGER: