Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-03

feet eight inches, and rising slowly.
Weather clear and cool
PITTsBURG, November 3.-Weather
clear and COOL River falling, with
thirty-two inches in the channel.
EVANSVILLE, November 3.-Weather
clear and mild. The river has risen one
inch. Down; Ella Hughes, am;
Mary Miller, & am. Business active.
VICEsBuRG, November 3.-Down:
Wade Hampton, pm Up: Lady Lee,
8 pm. Weather clear and cool. River
falling.
QUINCY, ILL.,, November 4. -Weather
clear and frosty. River stationary at
two feet two inches.
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The rive: has fallen two inches since
noon yesterday, and is falling above.
The Arkansas fell twelve inches at Lit
tie Rock on Tuesday, and commenced
rising again on Wednesday, and up to
last night had swollen four feet at Little
Rock. White river is rising again and
the 0uachita is reported on a huge ben
der at Camden. Our special kilograms
give the latest news from points above
and below. Business at the landing is
gradually increasing. All the boats no.
ticed in the arrivals, brought good trips.
The A. j. White came in carly with
256 bales of cotton, and 1914 sacks Of
seed. The st. Francis is reported
agroundat Reeves. The Tom Jasper,
five days out from New Orleans, dis
charged here thirty tons of freight, and
had two hundred tons for St. Louis.
The Belfast discharged 225 sacks salt,
$50 packages cotton ties, and 50 sacks
coffee. The St. Joe came in with a
good trip. The weather is cloudy and
warm.
A diminutive war is brewing between
the st. Louis Underwriters and the
Peoria Packet Company.
Henry Weaver, mate Of the dredge-
boat 0ctavia, stabbed by the cook of
that boat last week, died at the Cairo
hospital yesterday.
Captain Marsh Miller, of the A. j.
White, reports the Indiana over Reeves
bar safely.
A report was circulated at Little Rock
yesterday that the Celeste had sunk be-
low there on the night previous, but
nothing definite was known, 1t proba-
bly, had its origin with the snagging of
the Fort Smith.
Rates of freight were advanced yester-
day to Memphis, to-hour Toe, pork
81 10, whisky 81 80, pound freight 4Oc
and 60c per 100. To Yickshurg-hour
81, pork 81 80, whisky 50 %, heavy
pound freight soc per 100. River here
steadily on the swell; the rate is slow,
but sure.--St. Louis Democrat, I'd.
From the Red river of the North, says
the St. Louis Democrat, we learn that
the steamer Selkirk went into winter
quarters on the 2lst inst, This closes
the season of navigation on the Red
river for the year 1871.
Regarding the steamboatmens asso-
Citations, now being organized through
out the West, Yesterdays St. Louis Dem
ocrat truly remarks, that with these
boatmen's associations existing like
network through the country, the power
Of the steamboat interest will be felt
very sensibly at Washington, and we
think the day is close at hand when
there will be strong disposition shown
there to do them entire justice. Justice
will be won by the steamboat interests
at all hazards.
The Kanawha river has risen twenty
inches, and is rising slowly,
A report of the meeting of the steam
boatmen held this morning, will be found
in our local columns.
General Weitzel reports work, on the
canal progressing rapidly, and that in
ten days it will be ready for the passage
of the larger boats.
St. Louis sends fifteen delegates to
the convention at Louisville as follows
W. W. Green, L. W. Gould, John N.
Bofnger, II. W. Brolaski, E. A. Sheble,
l. NJ. Mason, John 7. McCord, H. A.
Hearstick, s. l.. Fisher, James A. Yore,
Joseph II. Conn, William Rhodes, d.
Hiner, James. L. Huse, John F. Baker.
The St. Louis association has adopted
the following admission fee; Captains
and owners, S. pilots, 81 first clerks,
first engineers and first mates, 50; sec
ond mates, engineers, clerks, carpenters
and stewards, 50; and two dollars for
all others who feel such an interest in
the aims Of the association as to join ii.
The elegant steamer Pat Cleburner
Capt. Reese Pritchard, leaves for Little
Rock, Pine Bluff and all way landings
this evening at Eve o'clock. A. II.
O'Neill is her secretary.
FoR ST. LoUIs-The St. Joseph, Cap
tain Corbett, leaves for Belmont, Cairo
and St. Louis this afternoon at FIVE
o'clock.
The popular A. J. White departs at
Eve pm. to-day for Helena, Friar's
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