Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

! water A slight rise is close at hand.
The Ohio rose one foot at Galipolis.
ST. Louis, November l7.-There has
been a rise in the river in the last
twenty-four hours of three-qprters Of an
/ inch. Arrived-Colorado from Vicks-
burg; FL orence, from below; Andy john
son, from New Orleans. Departed-City
of Chester r, for Memphis, m. Boats
leaving tD-morrow-Adam Jacobs, for
Grand To wer; Colorado, for Vicksburg;
Mary, Alice and barges, for New Or
leans; Columbia, for Little Rock; Lady
Lee, for Rel river.
New ORLEANS, November l7.-Ar-
rived-Katie, from the bends; P. w.
Strader, from St. Louis; Shannon, from
Evansville; Ouachita and Belle of Vieks-
burg, from Red river; and the lower
coast packets. Departed-katie, for
the bends; p W. Strader and City OF
Quincy, fof St. Lonis; and the lower
coast packets. Weather clear. River
fourteen feet below high-water mark of
1862.
The Mary Boyd goes ont on Monday
for the Arkansas.
new coal tug, for Bro Yn and Jones,
Of this city, was launched At Pittsbnrg
yesterday. See our special t, 'legram for
particulars.
Charlie Smithers, clerk of tie r. p.
Walt, has at the hall of the ChaL lber of
Commerce curiosity in the WY OF
manifests.
The Cheek brought in this morn ing
l26 bales Of cotton and 46l sacks OF
seed. The r. p Walt, from Whit e
river, came in with III bales of cotton
and fair passenger list. The James
Howard is loading 300 sacks of oil
cake for New Orleans. The Emile La
Barge came in from vicksburg with 80
bales Of cotton and l55 sacks of seed.
Our Pittsbarg dispatch gives the ad-
ditional list of coal tows which left there
on the present rise.
Sixty steamers, with six million FIVE
hundred thousand bushels of coal, left
Pittsburg on che present rise The way
the boats got crews and got their tows
together is said to have been in some
thing of a hurry.
The Louisville, the big sternwheeler,
passed down after dark last night She
added nothing, however but few hun
bred boxes of coal.
Captain Jack Chambers, one of the
oldest clerks on the Arkansas river, and
more recently the conductor of the very
able river column of The Paper ire
Gently published at Pittsburg), is in the
city spending few days among his
many friends.
The Glasgow got 900 bales of cotton
last night for above.
The elegant packet George w. Cheek
leaves to-day at five pm. for Friar's
Point and all the coast landings. Cap
tain Mark Cheek is her popular COM
mander.
The fine steamer R. P. Walt, Captain
William Ashford, leaves to-day at five
pm. for White river. Mr.. L. w. Out
law is her secretary.
The fine steamer Grand Tower, Cap
tain Lennox, leaves today at FIVE pm.
for Cairo and st. Louis and all the up
per landings.
Rates on oil cake 20 New Orleans is
said to be five dollars per long ton.
Six hundred bales of cotton awaits the
Lucy Bertram.
The Dardanelle went out last night
with a good trip.
There are quite number ofboats due
from above and below; but as their
agents are not enterprising enough to
let the public know what boats they are,
or where they are destined, we will for
once omit our usual custom of noticing
those due, and refer our readers to our
special kilograms for the information.
The St. Louis Democrat of Thursday
contains the following account Of col
lision between the Great Republic and
W. J. Lewis, wh ch was unavoidably
crowded cut OF gu yesterd ay S issue
The steamer w. J. Lewis left her land
ing and started down the river about
half-past five o clock last evening" with
a heavy load o. freight aud a large num-
Der Of deck passengers on board. When
opposite the eoot OF Anna street she met.
the Great Republic, which was coming
up the channel Ia tow Of a smaller boat
Through some Misunderstanding of sig
mails, or the iiiattentiou of the officers Of
one of the boats, they eolided. The
bow of the Great Republic struck the
Lewis in front of the wheel, cutting into
her hull below the water line. Her off,
GERS, finding that she was in danger Of
sinking, stretched a tarpaulin over the
hole, temporarily stopping the leak The
boat was then headed for shore, and
landed at the foot of Anna street. As
the other boat kept on up the stream,
she was probably uninjured. Great ex-
citement and alarm prevailed among
the passengers of the Lewis until they
were safely landed Owing to the
prompt action of the officers in stretch
ing the tarpaulin, there did not enough
water enter the hold to damage the
freight.
The Dean Line of steamers will, with
out doubt, re-enter the Memphis and
Cincinnati trade, within a few days
Thursdays St. Louis Republican con-
tains the following.
Mrs. Jane 0'Conner is in great dis.
tress about her son Michael O Conner,
aged twenty years, who left this port
about six weeks ago, on the steamer Co
lumbia, az a Waterman. Mrs. O'COnner
is in destitute circumstances, and her
son Michael was looked t0'for a support.
She fears that It was he who was drowned
of the Cheek below Memphis last week.
Any one possessed Of information con
corning Michael O'Conner, would confer
favor on a distressed family BY sending
Il to this Office.
We have hitherto omitted 70 acknow-
ledge our Indebtedness for courtesies ex-
tended By Dr.. Watierson, Of the Courier