Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-14

airy. Departed: Glencoe, for New Or
leans. 8 p.m. yesterday. A rumor from
Dog Tooth reports the Arkansas over
the bar and will be down to-day.
LOUISVILLE, December l4.-The river
b as fallen inches; 4 feet in the car al
,lnd 2 feet in the chute. No departures
for the South.
Mr.. W. F. Taley, river editor Of the
New Albany Ledger, has been presented
a fine gold watch and chain. Commo-
dore Rollingpin, of the st. Louis Times,
says, 1.-THE example of New Albany
should be initiated by other cities. tits
noble"
The Mary Boyd will be due from the
Arkansas tomorrow.
The Roseville left Little Rock for New
Orleans yesterday with 300 bales of cot
ton.
The Emma G. Elliott yesterday took
800 bales Of cotton and rs tons of oil
cake for New Orleans.
The price of cotton seed on the levee
has been advance to $40 per ton by some
of our enterprising oil manufacturers.
The Shannon, Belfast and Lawrence
are advertised to leave Louisville tod ay
for the lower Mississippi.
The Frank Forrest brought in 25O
bales of hay, sixty.eight bales of cotton
and is sacks of seed.
The Alaska passed down this morn
ing, eleven days out from Cincinnati
with barge in tow.
The Potomac passed up last night
after dischargiDg here a lot of miscel-
laneous freight. including l6S sacks OF
seed.
The Bismarck came in from New Or
leans this morning. six and half day 3
out, with l3l barrels of molasses and a
lot of sundries for this port. She has
500 tons for above, including 5000 sacks
of salt
Reeves bar is now clear of boats. The
Yaeger is, however, aground at Helena
bar.
The Emma Floyd arrived from Gin
cinnati last night with good trip.
Mr.. John Sullivan, the popular clerk
of the Belle Lee, arrived from below
last night on the Potomac. He reports
that the Belle Lee, while under way
ran through herself near Niblett's land
ing, the strap around the starboard pit
man giving way. Both cylinder heads, T
head, follower, piston head and stufing
box were badly broken, nearly killing
negro rouster standing near. The Lee
is now coming up on one wheel, and will
be assisted by the Little Alps and a
barge sent down last night. A new cyl
inder has been ordered by telegraph,
and repairs will be made as fast as pos
sible. The accident is much regretted,
as Captain Hicks was just about to take
large trip to New Orleans, and the
prospects for the season were excellent.
On the first of next month the signal
stations along the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers will receive, in addition to the re-
port of the condition of the weather, a
report Of the rise and fell Of the rivers
at all important points. This report will
be of invaluable service to steamboat
men.
The Belle Lee had engaged below here,
and would have carried into New Or
leans on her next trip down, 5000 bales
of cotton had it not been for the acct
dent alluded to above. She loses about
$4,000 by the accident.
The Nightingale had to double-trip it
from Rob Roy to Little Rock.
The Fanny Brandeis has net yet been
raised, nor do we hear anything relating
to the removal of her cargo.
Two small steamers, the Rhoda and
Matte Bell, are running up the St.
Francis river from Helena.
On Tuesday the river at Helena was
one foot seven inches above low-water
mark, and forty-two feet nine inches be.
low high water mark.
The river man Of the Louisville Ledg
er is something Of poet. This is hii
last attempt;
The bridge has a pier
A. each end Of span.
] Which acts as sort Of
An upright dam.
There's dam above,
And dam below,
And several dams,
As the steamers 90
Down the chute and
Over the rocks,
Into the ditch
And through the locks.
But the river treats them all as a sham.
Whistler a natural or Weitzel dam,
u dimples, and sparkles. and foams along,
Happy a. minstrel with a Win Hays song.
The only stopping place on its route
Is the basin the Champion can't pump ont.
The situation at st. Louis is give
as follows by yesterdays st. Louis RI
publican:
The harbor threatened 10 be filed yei
terday with floating ice. A large see
ton, say twenty acres Of ice from th
gorge above the bridge piers, gave wa,
and hoated down into the harbor. Thi
caused some Inconvenience for q TINT
but it soon aoated away, leaving tn
harbOr clear again. The ferries cor
tinue to make regular trips as usual
The weather remains very please nj, "a
and worun F.ru v,o-o 1.~~. 80 nurl