Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-06
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.

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WASHINGTON. d. c., June s, 1871.
WEATHER PRoBABLITIEs: Local storms are
! probable for tonight Monday on the coast of
North Carolina and west of Ohio; partially
| cloudy and clear weather, without important
| changes in temperature are probable for Tues
day from the Mississippi to the Atlantic.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river fell FIVE inches during the twenty
four hours ending at noon to-day, and is now
twenty-one feet ten inches below high water
mark Of 1861. At Cairo yesterday the river
rose one inch; tomorrow it doubtless will be
falling again as the decline at st. Louis and
all points above continues rapidly. The Ohio
is falling at all points. One or two of its
lower tributaries-the Wabash and Cumber-
land-are rising slowly. however, and will
benefit navigation some. White river is
steadily falling. as also is the Arkansas. The
latter has seven feet scant to Little Rock and
the former six feet six inches to Jaeksonport.
Business at the landing is dull with but little
movement either in freights or passengers.
The Julia leaves at 5 pm. for Cairo and st.
Louis.
The Legal Tender. Captain VIM. Elliot COM
handing, with Ed. Postal, Dan Sullivan and
Arthur Field in the Office, is the regular Tues
day White river United States mail packet,
leaving to-day at pm. for all points on
White river, connecting at Devalps Bluff with
the Little Rock railroad.
The st. Francis, Captain Tom Bowman,
backs out at pm. to-day for Helena, Madi-
son and all points on the st. Francis. She
has tip-top accommodations. and does gen.
eral plantation business. Messrs. Paine,
Berry and Clark are her secretaries.
The towboat Antelope struck the bridge
pier at Dubuque Sunday, and sunk in deep
water. No lives were lost.
| Reports continue to come from the Missouri
to the effect that great flood is on its way
down.
The yearly June rise is anticipated at st.
Louis about the Doth inst.
Captain Dick English was out enjoying the
| air yesterday after being confined to his room
for nearly two weeks by illness.
Yesterdays st. Louis Democrat contains
the following;
Among the twenty steamboat departures
| yesterday are three for the navigation and
supply of the Upper Missouri as far up as
| Grand river. ZIG miles and Fort Benton,
3ll2 miles from st. Louis"
The river functionary of the st. Louis Re-
publican is highly elated over the expression
regarding clipper-rigged steamers. and laughs
heartily-in his sleeve. We have several of that
class hero-among them the Phil Allin, White,
Pat Cleburne, and many others that can easily
II get away" with any Of the single.masted
scows sailing from that port. A morning CO.
temporary copies the paragraph, and thinks
clipper-rigged steamer is something new on
the Mississippi, Z" or anywhere else." The
huvial prognosticator of the cOtemporary
mentioned has probably never been near
enough to salt water to distinguish the differ
ence between a four-oared gig, dug-out.
or three masted ocean steamer. The Re-
publican man knows better, as in his boy
hood days he successfully nayigated Hatchie
river and its frog-pond tributaries searching
for craw-fsh and fresh water eels. 1t is un-
necessary to add that the river man Of our
morning eotemporary was not about during
the angling days Of the river editor of the
Republican.
Butler county, Missouri, has appropriated
5000 TO improve Black river, from the Arkan-
sns line to Poplar Bluff.
The Mohawk is on her way down towing
three barges containing $500 tons freight.
This includes 1900 bushels bulk corn, 5000
barrels -four. and Ii, 600 sacks corn and oats
also. in one unprecedented consignment, 1900
tierces of lard.
The new steamer Gaty No. l. now under
construction for the st. Louis and New Or
leans trade. will be 300 feet long. so feet beam
and 9 feet hold. Her cylinders will be "a
inches in diameter and 10 feet stroke. She
will have 5 boilers. each 81 feet long. Her
cabin will be full length. similar to that of the
John Kyle. She will draw only 80 inches
light, and her capacity will be 1000 tons.
The 7. F. Eckert has gone into the picnic |
business at Cairo.
The Natchez passed at two o'clock this
morning. two days and nine hours out from |
New Orleans.
The Pat Cleburne is the next regular steamer
for the Arkansas river. She leaves on Friday.
and carries the United States mail.
The Mollie Ebert passed up this morning
with a light trip.
The Ohio rose four feet at Evansville on
Friday. but is declining again.
The Indiana has 800 hogsheads tobacco for
New Orleans.
The Belfast reshipped her Ohio river freight
at and returns from Evansville to New Or
leans.
The Evansville Journal. in referring to the
trip of the r. c. Gray from the Arkansas
river. says:
Tony Quinlan, her mate, was rather serious
when he passed here, having received mys-
FERROUS missile sent aboard by a rOustab0ut,
just as the boat was backing out from Arkan-
sas Post. 1t was written on the 2isth and
250th pages Of journal. and, as near as we
can decipher the Intercollegiate, sets out a.
follows: Ranks Post. .Arks, Arks Post,
Arks-To the mate on the X. G. Gray: Sur.
you insulted me. and wish 70 get satisfac
ton, and the only way is 90 give you this;
you said Alp got out Of the way; IL did not
have nothing else to talk forever about; when 7
/ was doing all for Feron could you please {
leave me note Of satisfaction. am Tar a
get Man. with sundry other mysterious char E
acters which are unintelligible, including the I
terrible words = ku-klux. and in marginal d
note these words; I" Be sure and hand 20 the y
mate Of the K. G. Gray" Tony could make 7
notbfur ont of IL lint has boon ever Einro u