Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-19

cTt" ldhoioiicu 70 tue DcHc St LOUIS.
The former goes to White river, en-.
tering her old trade, and the latter goes
to Cairo tonight
Fifty cents an hour is the exorbitant
rate now demanded BY the laborers on
the levee
The Belle St. Louis was taken to the
St. Louis wharfboat this morning, and
began loading for Cairo. for which point
she leaves at eight o'clock this evening
thus giving our up-river friends an OPP
portunity to attend the Fair.
The George W. Cheel, Is the regular
Helena end Friar's Point United States
mail steamer to leave at pm. to-day,
Mark Cheek is in command and Frank
Gonterman clerk.
a Washington telegram received to
day. brings the following gratifying in
telligeuce to stenmboatmen at is re-
ported at the Treasury Department that
the Board of Steamboat inspectors will
be thoroughly reogsanized at an early
day, as the present members have failed
to give satisfaction in every respect.
The committee of the Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce are well pleased
with the work or the Louisville canal.
They say fifteen more days working
weather will advance it enough to let
through boats. The canal is eighty feet
wide.
The Cincinnati Commercial is author
lied to deny the statement that has ap.
peared in newspapers that Congress, at
its last session, appropriated SO, 900 for
the improvement Of Licking river.
Capt. Jno. n. Aoanger passed through
CINCINNATI on Monday, en- route from
Washington City to St. Louis. He reit.
crates all that has been said relative ia
the influence of patentees with Congress.
men being too heavy at present for
Western and Southern steamboatmen to
expect any relief by modifying the
obnoxious steamboat law. A general
convention of all interested in gulf, lake,
coast and river navigation is to convene
at Louisville, Kentucky, on or about No
yember 8. Captain Bofnger left Captains
Skunk and Woodburn, of Cincinnati,
and Captains Stockdale, Gray and
Blackmore, of Pittsburg, in Waghing;on
City.
The river at Cairo is so feet II inches
below high water mark OF last spring.
By an announcement elsewhere it will
be seen that the commodious and fleet
steamer Celeste, Captain Cooper, has
agaiR been placed in commission, and
will depart at Eve O'Clock this evening
for Pine Bluff Little Rock and Fort
Smith direct. Shippers will make a
note Of the fact.
Owing to the strike yesterday the T..
H. Allen failed to get away, as was ex-
pected, last night, but will positively de-
part this evening for all points on White
river, through to Jaeksonport.
Notice was received at New Albany,
Ind, on Saturdsy evening last, that
Captain All Stein wruld bring q $40, 900
damage sa,t In the United States Court
there against Marshal Payton for de-
I tanning the p. w. Strgder over Sunday
on debt seizure
Advertisers have taken possession Of
the rocks in the middle of the river at
Cincinnati, and banners bearing blazing
signs now float on the hyeege.
The Cirplaaeii fines aud Chronicle
Of Monday has the following;
The dispatches from Washington this
morning are not very encouraging with
regard to a modification in the new
steamboat law, the patent men seemingly
having obtained full control Of the Su-
pervisors. Instead Of changing the
laws so that they will be far more definite
in their meaning and applicable to West
ern navigation, they propose making
them still further odious by adding new
rules. The Supervisors claim that the
law will not permit Of their making any
changes, and they tell the steamboatmen
that the only remedy will be in laying
their grievances before Congress, to
bring about an enactment OF tho law
that will give the Board more liberty.
As it now appears, this special session
will be productive Of no good to the
public at large, and steamboatmen,
especially, will gain little by H. Ii is
believed at Washington, however, that
the steamboatmen's representatives viii
be successful in bringing the whole
matter before Congress, and then that
those members Of the Board who are in
any way interested in promoting the in
terests Of money classes or patent men
will be ousted from their positions and
superseded by persons unbiased ia prin-
eiple who it is known viii work for the
people, and secure their lives from peril
There is but four feet two inches Of
water above Cairo and twenty-eight
inches to Evansville.
A heavy rise in Red river is reported
at Shreveport and jefferson.
The following is going the rounds Of
the press, and may throw some light
upon the recent action Of the Super
vising Inspectors in adopting certain
water indicators and steam registers;
LIrrLE Rock. AK. October2
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