Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-08

channel and falling slowly.
EVANSVILLE, IND, November g.
Weather cloudy, with signs of rain.
River stationary.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The landing was crowded with steam
ers all yesterday evening, giving Mem
phis, with her limited wharf facilities
the appearance of a iirst-class city The
river rose an inch, and will doubtless go
an inch or two higher, as the waters
above are rising slowly. There is now
scant six feet TO Cairo, and about six
and half feet over Reeves bar below,
and seven feet at Helena bar, The
weather to-day is cloudy and mild, with
indications of rain.
The W. j. Lewis came in from below
this morning with thirty bales of cotton
and two thousand and sixty-nine sacks
seed.
The City Of Quincy came in from
above, four and one-half days out, and
passed down, drawing five and one-half
feet.
The I. II. Allen came in from the
Arkansas river with two hundred and
fourteen bales OF cotton; and the Fort
Gibson brought in seventy-four bales,
The Legal Tender came in from White
river with four hundred and ninety-Gve
bales cotton, and re-shipped one hundred
and ninety-fve at the mouth Of White
river for re-shipment to New Orleans.
The Yeager, from St. Louis, had fair
trip, and added nothing.
The search for the lost Nettie Jones
has been abandoned.
FoR ST. LoUIs-The Mountaineer
leaves to-day at pm. for Cairo, st.
Louis and all way landings.
FoR Arkansas RIvER-The fine pas
senger steamer GAINESVILLE, Capt. Hard
wick, leaves to-day at pm. for Pine
Bluff, Little Rock and all way landings.
Courteous and gentlemanly officers have
charge of the office.
The Batesville will go out tomorrow
evening for all points on White and
Black Rivers.
The Memphis Avalanche, Of Novem-
Der LIST, copies our notice of the Belle
Lee in our issue OF October 9th and
actually has forgotten to give us the
proper credit for it; and we know it is
an oversight, Captain Trask, but don't
forget that adage: Do unto others (not
as you would have them but as they
have done unto you. We forgive you
this time, but don't let us catch you at it
again, for it is not becoming of you, and
we have too high an appreciation Of you
and your talents to suppose you would
want to filch anything out Of our miser-
able gotten up column.-N. o. Com
mercidt Bulletin, 4th.
At an adjourned meeting of steam
boatmen, held at Louisville on Monday,
Boatmens Association was organized,
adopting substantially the same consti-
tuition and bylaws as those of the Gin
cinnati Association. They also determ-
ined to give banquet to the delegates
to the Convention tomorrow; 1865 was
raised for that purpose. The directors
of the Association are Frank Carter, A..
Verhoeff, jr., b. C. Levi, A. T. Gilmore,
l.. b. Durham, Moses Irwin and r. II.
Voolfolk. The officers are: President,
X. H. Voolfolk; Secretary, Adam Way
land. The banquet will be The affair of
the season, and from the preparations
made will do credit TO the Louisville
Steamboatmen's Association. The del
egates representing Louisville in the
Convention are z. NJ. Sherley, II, Yer
hoeff, jr.; L. B. Durham, Moses Irwin,
of New Albany; James Howard, of JEFF
fersonville; George Ainsley, B. C. Levi,
Pinckney Varble, Frank Carter and Jo-
seph Mitchell.
The City of Quincy turns out to have
been the boat mentioned by the LEDGER
nearly a week since as the one that
offered equal cabin privileges to the
black and white race. Comment is I'M
necessary.
Yesterdays st. Louis Democrat says
Business fair, with rates to New Or
leans tending slightly downward Flour
by steamer yesterday, soc per barrel; by
barges, soc. The probabilities are for
lower water. There is no favorable
news from the upper river nor the Ohio.
Tonnage in port for New Orleans is ex-
cessive. The Katie p. Kountz will come
off the docks to-day. She will load for
Red river The City of Cairo, Capt. Il.
+. Dix's boat, will be off the ways to-
morrow, and on Thursday or Friday will
come to the wharf to load for New Or
leans.
St. Louis sends seventeen delegates to
the Convention, and all of them go and
will work earnestly in behalf of the com
mon interest.
There are four and half feet at Dog
tooth.
The New Albany Standard, of Satur-
day, has the following:
About the fourth trial of the merits of
the Harrington steam syphon pump lde-
signed by its agents 70 act as an equiya-
lent for the doubIe-acting donkey pump
required by recent act Of Congress on
steamers above 300 tons burden), took
place at the landing at Portland last
Tuesday evening on the steamer X. C..
Gray. The trial developed as on for
mer occasions, its entire ineapacity to do
the work required as an equivalent for
the usual donkeyp pump. On the trial
above allnded to, the water was displaced
in the hose by steam, which caused the
hose to burst with such force as to blow
a portion Of them, with the nozzle on
end, overheard into the river.
The steamboatmen of Nashville elected
Captain H. II. Harrison delegate to
the Louisville Convention, and appointed
a committee to revise the law.
The Lucy Bertram, Rob Roy, and An