Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-15

gan Sunday evening ana EXTENDED 10 |
noon to-day. River rose one inch. !
Weather warm, but changing to cold.
ST.. PAUL, November Ia. River rising, /
with three feet in the channel 1t has |
been raining all night, and has now
turned into a snow storm.
LEXINGTON. Mo-, November l4-The I
Missouri rose about four inches here and I
is still rising Rained hard all night.
ST. LOUIS, November l5.-The rain OF
Monday night turned TO snow this morn I
ing, and the first ice of the season was
formed. The river is falling slowly.
Another rise is, however, reported above.
Port list: Arrived during past twenty
four hours-M. J. Wicks, New Orleans;
st. Johns, Sucker State and Lake Su-
perior, Keokuk; Mary Mcdonald, Vicks- !
burg. Departed Katie p Kountz, Red
Rover, Northwestern, st. Paul; Grand |
Tower, Memphis; Gen. Anderson, Cairo.
VIcKsBuRG, November 1.-The river
is rising slowly. Port List: DOWN..
W. Strader, Tidal Wave, Shannon,
Natchez Upi Capitol City. Cool and
clear.
CINCINNATI, November Ii. - River
rising with four feet nine inches in the
channel. Weather now cold and clear
CAIRO, November l5.--WeatheF clear
and cold River rose three inches.
Port List: Arrived-St. Joseph, Mem
phis, p M City of Alton, St. Louis, 6
pm. Departed-Lockwood Red river,
/ pm. St. Joseph, St. Louis, pm.
Louisville, New Orleans, pm.
EVANSVILLE, November IA. = River
has risen six inches in the past twenty
four hours. Up-Fayette, Sam. Down
Maysville, G pm; Joseph Il. Rankin, ;
pm. Business very dull. Weather cold,
with snow.
LOUISVILLE, November l5.-TEe river
is stationary. with three feet six inches
at the head of the canal and twenty
inches in the chute. Clear and cold.
The Falls City has contracted at
Louisville to carry three railroad bridges,
one to Green river, one to Cumberland
river and another to Tennessee river.
The Emma C. Elliott begins to load
at Louisville to day.
Snow and ice is reported throughout
the North and West yesterday.
Our Pittsburg special reports coal
boat rise as expected.
The Belle Lee will leave here to-mor-
row for New Orleans.
The Mary Miller is reported aground
and some distance out Of the channel, at
Reeves.
The Undine came down last evening,
and will repair before leaving again.
The Belle of Pike leaves today at )
p, M for Cairo, St. Louis and all way
landings.
The fine passenger steamer Celeste,
Captain Cooper, leaves to-day at pm.
for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all points
on the Arkansas. Walker Outlaw is her
popular clerk.
The Utah came in this morning from
st. Louis, three and half days out, and
departed for the Arkansas, drawing four
and half feet.
The City of Vicksburg came in from
St. Louis, three and half days out, dis
charged here twenty-five tons freightand
added thirty tons way freight for below.
The H. S. Turner arrived from St.
Louis, three and half days out, and
discharged here five hundred and twenty
barrels of -four, and added several hun
dred bales of cotton for New Orleans.
At meeting of the St. Louis City
Council on Monday, the Harbor Master
recommended and urged the ne
cessity of providing steam tug-boat
that can be used as protection against
fire, and for cleaning of the sediment
and Instructions from the levee. He
also complained that the railroads were
blocking the leyee with their cars.
For six months ending October 9th,
$65,Osg 81 was expended in improving
the St. Louis levee aud barber.
Freight rates South from st. Louis
have again tumbled Now they are, Ia
New Orleans. by steamer: Flour, Coo
and pound freight, S5c by barges, 500
and 32le. To Vicksburg, reduced tC
Coo for flour, and pound freight 35e; to
Memphis, flour, Soc pork, soc; whisky
81 90; and pound freight 30 to 4Oe.
The 0uachita Belle takes the place o
the Wade Hampton in the New Orleans
and .Vicksburg trade.
Captain Goodwin of the Wade Hamp
ton states the chain which held the boa
gave way and she sunk up to her hurri
cane deck. When he left the boat h,
did not think that there was a possibil
ity of saving her The Usage was a
the wreck, but had not attempted to d.
anything.
The James Howard leaves Cairo to
day for New Orleans.
The lower Ohio packets are about Z
adopt the restaurant system.
A louisville exehange-the Ledger
says the canal will be open on Monda.
next.
All the smaller class boats running II
the Louisville and Cincinnati Mail Com
pany's line have beer Withdrawn, an
frst-class sidewheel steamers have take
their places.
The r. E. Lee left Port Gibson o.
Saturday with 29OO bales Of cotton 70
: New Orleans.
The lengths Of the Western nayigabl
rivers are as follows: Mississippi, 800
miles: Missouri, $1,000 Ohio, 1000 III