Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-22

EVANSVILLE, November 22.-River
rose three inches. Down: Florence Lee,
at am. Ella Hughes, at am. The
Arkansas Belle came to the wharf, and
leaves to-day Cor Cairo.
The Commonwealth, FIVE days out
from New Orleans, passed up to-day,
discharging here thirty-ive barrels of
oranges, nineteen crates earthenware,
and had 600 tons freight for st. Louis
The City of Vicksburs, from below,
brought in 10 bales cotton and $50 sacks
seed.
The Lady Lee departed for Red river
drawing FIVE and half feet
The Colorado departed for below this
morning, after adding 50 tons of freight
here. She was drawing seven feet.
The Ada Heilman brought in good
trip of miscellaneous freight from above.
The Utah arrived at Little Rock yes
terday from ST. Louis.
Our special kilograms give the latest
news from the coal tows that left Pitts
burg on the recent rise.
The Ada Heilman goes out tomorrow
evening for Evansville. See Dick Light
burne card in our steamboat column.
The fine steamer Belle Memphis, Cap
tain Crane, leaves to-day at FIVE pm.
for Cairo and St. Louis Billy Benker
is clerk.
The Emma c. Elliott did not leave
Louisville Sunday, as reported by the
Western Associated Press dispatches,
but is advertised to leave there to-day
for this port.
1t is quite likely that water was let
into the canal at Louisville yesterday.
A large portion of the coal fleet has
arrived at Cincinnati.
The Pat Cleburne goes out on Friday
for the Arkansas river and on Monday
next the Fort Gibson will leave fer Fort
Smith direct.
The Howard is fast aground at Reeves /,
where there is but seven feet.
The Cleburne brought from the Ar
kansas III bales Of cotton.
The Louisville city Council have not
as yet reduced the wharf tax, bad luck
to it.
Mondays Louisville Ledger has the
following; 1.-THE Weitzel dam is not
yet under water, and work is sill being
performed to give it solidity. 1t is to be
hoped that work will cease in time to
make it an easy matter for the ice foes
and floods to remove it. "
The following from the Evansville
Courier, of Monday, if true, should for
ever drum Silverheels out of camp:
A meeting of steamboatmen was held
in the office of the Evansville Insurance
Company last night. Mr.. }. N. Silver
thorn, river editor of the Evansville
Journal, being secretary Of the meeting
carried off the only papers which were
Of interest, and refused our reporter the
privilege OF copying them, although a
motion was carried that they be pub
lished in the city papers. Silverthorn
refused our reporter the papers, and
his action being sustained by the Presi-
dent and others, we regard it as an at
tempt on their part to give the journal
an undue advantage, and under the cir
cumstances do moi feel justified in max
ing q report of the proceedings. IL was
n mean trick, and we want them to I'M
derstand that we so regard it.
Louisville freights to New Orleans are;
Bacon, 10 cents pork, 81 per Darrell
-four, so cents; potatoes, apples and
onions, Is cents; whisky, 81; hay, $l2
per ton; horses and mules IS to $40.
The repairs of the Richmond and the
new outfit this season cost about S25, 600.
The pilots of Nashville have adopted a
regular scale of wages under which they
will all work the coming season They
have organized Pilots Union.
The City of Helena leaves Louisville
tomorrow for St. Louis. That stand of
colors suggested by the Ledger as to be
forthcoming from the citizens Of Helena
will, we understand be in readiness
when the new boat touches the Helena
landing.
The licensed pilots of Nashville have
organized themselves into an association
for mutual protection. Captain Hughes
has been elected president, and c. P.
Yarbrough, secretary.
Capt. NJ. L. Virden, an old-time boat
man, will command the Memphis packet
Robert Burns this season; Capt. Jas. II.
Madison the Silver Moon, and Capt
John N. Skunk the Alice Dean, with
Capt. Metcalf in the Office.
Captain Keiser has arrived at Louis
vile with the crew of the City of HeleRa.
Messrs. Charles and Elliott Miller, for
several years past first and second
clerks of the steamer Indiana, will oc-
eupy the same position on the Mary
Houston this season.
Louisville charges wharfage on all
boats constructed at her landing. Mem
phis does not
AS yet but few disasters to the coal
fleet have been reported. The Gypsy
grounded FIVE barges and ore hatboat at
Merriman. The jacob Painter, it is ru-
mored, grounded four barges at Grow S
Island, and the Brilliant stuck one
barge at Merriman and another at Hay S
Ripple.
The iron propeller, Just built at Pitts
burg for Brown & Jones, will tow 10000
bushels Of coal TO this city.
The insurance companies at New Or
leans are subscribing literally to the
stock of the Iron Barge Company, which
proposes to raise 100000, and then lie
st. Louis raise another 100000.
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