Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-13

inches on the chute; about four feet on
Portland bar; thirty-four inches at Pup
Ply Creek.
ST.. Louis, November l3.--Arriyed
yesterday: Noble Moore and 0ceanus,
New Orleans; Northwestern, Keokuk.
No departures, River has risen thirteen
inches, the swell coming from Missouri.
Weather cloudy; indications Of rain.
PIrrsBURGH, November l2.-Weather
clear and dry; no signs OF rain. Eigh-
teen inches in the channel and station
airy.
New ORLEANS. November l2.-Ar-
rived: Lucy Bertram, Cairo. No depar
lures. River thirteen feet seven inches
below the high water mark Of 1862
Weather cloudy, with rain.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river has SWOLLEN five inches
since our last report, and has risen iit
teen inches since the last rise set in
White river and the Arkansas are de-
clining slowly, with q good stage Of
water in each. The condition of the
streams above will be seen by our spe'
cial kilograms below. The weather yes
terday was cloudy and damp in the
morning, and after dinner light driz-
cling rain set in, lasting until night.
There was but one arrival and one de-
parture To-day the weather is murky
and dark, with indications of more rain.
Our dispatches from st. Louis to-day
bring the news of thirteen inch rise al
that point. This viii let out all Of the
large class Of boats, and may improve
navigation below.
The Mary Miller, nearly three weeks
out from Louisville, came in yesterday
the first boat from the Ohio during the
low water season.
Messrs. 0. f. Prescott and James
Lee, jr., delegates to the Convention at
Louisville, returned yesterday.
The Dardanelle, from the Arkansas,
will be due tomorrow.
The Legal Tender will be of the docks
in time to leave tomorrow for White
river.
IL the resolution adopted by the Con-
vention at Louisville has any influence,
the Eighth District will shortly be in
need of new Supervising Inspector.
II is hoped that the next selection will
be from among practical steamboatmen.
The Alice leaves to-day at 8 pm.
for st. Louis and all way landings.
The fine, light draught passenger
steamer Batesville leaves to-day at 5
pm. for Devalrs Bluff, Jacksonport and
all points on Little Red and Black
rivers. Captain A. B. Smith is her pop
ular commander.
The Frank Forrest brought 2l9 bales
cotton and 663 sacks seed.
The Tom Morgan had l25 bales cotton
and 1873 sacks seed.
By an order published elsewhere it
will be seen that Mr.. Charles Haight has
been appointed agent of the Erie Trans
portation Company. A good selection.
Receipts of cotton by river for the past
forty-eight hours we're 2O52 bales.
A telegram from Captain John N. Bo-
finger, at St. Louis, to Captain Nat
Green, received at noon to-day, states
that the river has risen two feet at that
point, and is still rising. Captain Green
leaves tomorrow, and will load the
Richmond at once. She will probably
be here during the early part Of next
week.
The II. L. Turner will be down to-day
to leave at 3 pm. for vicksburg,
Natchez and New Orleans. She is n
fine passenger packet and a roomy
freighter.
The st. Francis brought in four hun
bred bales of cotton and thirteen hum
bred and nine sacks of seed.
The Celeste, from the Arkansas.
brought two hundred and thirty-nine
bales of cotton, and re-shipped ninety
five bales for New Orleans.
The Cheek, from Friar's Point,
brought up one hundred and eight bales
of cotton and one hundred and twelve
sacks of seed.
The feet passenger steamer Pat Gle
burne, Captain Reese Pritchard, leaves
to-day at 1870 P. m, for Pine Bluff, Little
Rock and all way landings. B. P.
Fields is her chief clerk,
The elegant passenger steamer A. ].
White, Captain George Malone, leaves
to-day at pm. for Napoleon and all
way landings.
The Legal Tender goes out tomorrow
for White river.
The Belle Lee carried as00 bales Of
cotton to New Orleans. The papers of
that city say that's good for high so far
this season.
Its rumored that $4,000 was recent
ly refused for the steamer St. Francis.
We are glad to see-now that that the
convention is over-that our morning
papers are taking some interest in its
proceedings, aud devoting little space
thereto. The LEDGER has devoted a
portion Of its space daily to the proceed
ings of the convention, and given in its
telegraph column far better and more
lengthy report of each day proceedings
than was published by any other city
paper. 1t recognizes, and always has,
the importance Of the steamboat inte-
rests, and shall not relax its endeavors
to promote the interest Of the same
Not being crowded for space to-day the
Morning nanars rive a nair svnon-