Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-11

i. ii. Allen, City OF Nlcksburg.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE TODAY.
Arkansas riyer.......T. II. Allen...........5 p. m
Napolean. j. White.......5 y. IN
yansaille............. Mollie Raglan ...5 D. IN
Cairo ...............-.City Of Vicksburg...5 ,. m
RIVER, BUSINESS, MISCELLANEOUS.
The river is falling steadily and is now
but one foot above the lowest point Of
the season. The Arkansas has three
feet to Little Rock, twenty inches to
Fort Smith and is falling. White river
is three feet to Jacksonport and is de-
clining. The weather continues clear
aud is quite pleasant during the day but
cold at night Business is fairly active.
RIVER TELEGRAMs.
New ORLEANS, December l0.-The
weather is clear and pleasant The river
is fourteen feet one inch below the high
water gauge of 1862. Arrived ohm
Kyle, from st, Louis; Crescent City, from
Louisville. Departed-Belle Lee, for
Memphis; c. B. Church and Robert
Mitchell, for Cincinnati; Mollie Moore,
for Cairo; Carrie V. Kountz, for Arkan-
sas river; Belle Vernon, for Pittsburg.
The lower tributaries are still declining.
CINCINNATI, December 1.-The river
has fallen twenty-four inches, and is full
Of ice it is now six feet in the channel.
Departed Saturday-Nashville, for Mem
phis.
LOUISVILLE, December 1.-THE river
has fallen three inches in the past TWEEN
ty-four hours and is still falling. The
weather is clear and cold. No arrivals
are departures.
PITTsBURG, December ll.-Nayigation
is still suspended and the weather is
growing colder.
CAIRO, December l0.-Arrived : r.
Burns, from Memphis; Alaska, from Gin
cinnati; r. G.. Gray, from Louisville;
Emma Floyd, from Cincinnati. De-
parted-Robert Burns, for Cincinnati;
Arkansas Belle, for Evansville; R. G.
Gray, for Arkansas river; Emma Floyd,
for Memphis, and Marble City, for Vicks-
burg; Alaska for New Orleans. River
stationary. Weather is falling. Their
mometer $40.
VICKsBURG, December l0.-Up-
Charles Bodmann; Bismarck Down
Utah. Weather cool and clear. River
falling.
There is but six feet Of water at Reeves
and the same depth to Cairo.
Receipts for wharfage for the past two
weeks, at Louisville, SlSl4; since Ianu-
airy LIST, S35, 349. The latter 10 the larg-
est amount ever collected there for the
same length of time.
Parties who arrived at Cairo yesterday
from the feet of boats wintering at Dog
Tooth and Powers Island, report them
all o. X.
the Mitchell, Potomac Church, Belle
Vernon and Mollie Moore left New Or
leans Saturday bound up.
The Kate Kinney is reported stuck at
Reeves and the J. F. Tolle at Horn
Lake.
James Russell, pilot of the steamer
Belle st. Louis, dropped dead yesterday
from stroke Of apoplexy, above this
port. His body was brought here, and
this morning coroner's jury returned
a verdict as above. He leaves wife
and several children in St. Louis, to
whom the mournful intelligence was con-
veyed by telegraph. His remains we're
sent to St. Louis by rail at noon to-day. |
Thursdays Cincinnati Times says:
Captain W. L. Trask, of the Memphis
Avalanche, arrived in the city last night.
He starts for home tonight.
The Belle Lee carried 3443 bales of
cotton into Now Orleans on her last
trip.
A Shreveport telegram of the 9Th says;
Thorn and Rapides arrived this morn
ing; both gone to jefferson. Fonte-
nellie leaves for New Orleans tonight.
Converse left yesterday with good trip.
Moore left Sunday with excellent trip,
River stationary. Business lively. Moth
ing above the raft. The Rapides ran
into the Converse at Billy Robinson 8;
knocked off forty bales.
The Marble City will leave at pm.
to-day for yicksburg and the bends.
A telegram from Captain Malone of
the A. ]. White, reports the Cheek
aground at Bordeaux. The White will
arrive in time to leave at about 6 pm.
The Edinburg passed down for Red
river this morning, dischargirg here
1903 sacks corn. She was drawing
feet.
The City of Vicksburg arrived from
below to-day, with % bales of cotton, 345
sacks seed, and viii depart at 5 pm.
for Cairo, connecting there and at Bel
mont with the trains for St. Louis.
The Belle st, Louis came in last night,
100 tons here and, after add
ing 27s bales of cotton and fifty tons
way freight, left for New Orleans
The Emma Elliott goes out tomorrow
evening for New Orleans.
The Emma Floyd will leave this port
On Wednesday next as the regular Mem
phis and Cincinnati packet for Cairo,
Louisville and all points on the Ohio.
The Indiana came up during the night,
100 tons freight and left with
$50 tons for the Ohio.
The Sallie, for the Arkansas, passed |
iown last night, discharging here $50 |
barrels damaged -four.
The regular passenger steamer Thos.
q. Allen, Captain Eugene Smith, leaves
io-day at pm. for Pine Bluff, Little
Rock and all points on the Arkansas
river Walker Outlaw is chief purser.