Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-09
Captain

matt and all way landings Captain
Miller, is chief clerk.
The R. Il. Lee, Cora Bell and Susie
Silver are below Evansville to-day cem-
ing down.
The police are after the boats that
bring here and sell southern fruits. The
city ordinance says they must take out
license for SO doing. Rather heavy on
the boats
Major John d. Adams has gone to his
plantation above Little Rock, to be alb
sent week. Captain Reese Pritchard
manages the affairs Of the Arkansas
River Packet Company during his alb
sence, and right we'll does he do it, too.
The Sam Hale brought nearly one hun
bred tons OF freight for reshipment to
the Arkansas on the Mary Boyd.
The river men didn't attend the typos
picnic in body yesterday, consequently
the gold ornament was not voted
Mr.. Charley feathers, formerly third
clerk of the General Buell. has been pro-
NOTED to second clerk Of the same boat
The wreck Of the Oceanus has turned
over, and there is now twenty-five feet
water, with swift current running over
it. Nothing can be done with it at pre-
sent.
A telegram of the 9th from Shreve-
port states that the lakes and bayous
had fallen ten inches in twenty-four
hours.
The bridge at Leavenworth being so
low the Missouri River Packet Com
pany have been compelled to withdraw
their boats from the Omaha trade.
On her last trip up, the Alaska had
some freight for Columbus, but had to
take it to Cairo as no one could be
found who would receive it at Columbus
The clerks of the Alaska and many
others are bitter against this manner of
doing business at that port.
The A. ]. White now extends her
trips to Chicot City, some twenty-five
miles below Napoleon, at the terminus
of the Mississippi 0uachita and Red
River railroad. She leaves here again
tomorrow.
A Milwaukee telegram of the 18th states
that on that day there was great excite
ment among steamboatmen, the boats Of
nearly all the lines being stopped by
the United States Supervising Inspec-
tor making a complete blockade in the
freight business, and doing incalculable
injury to the lines.
Captain Truman j. Holmes, formerly
commander of the Princess, has recently
inspected the steamer Katie, at New Or
leans. There is an expectation in boat
ing circles there that Captain Holmes
will purchase her for the New Orleans
and Vicksburg trade.
A Pilot, in a communication to the
st. Louis Democrat, classes river calam
tiles under three heads, bursting, blow.
ing up or exploding and collapsing, and
saws the cause of the 0ceanus disaster
was want of water in the boiler, result
ing in the generation of an explosive
gas that only wanted one drop of water
to produce destructive explosion.
The Courier-J ournal of Wednesday
has the following: 1.-THE hands at work
on the locks struck for higher wages yes
terday evening. This will retard the
progress Of the work until compromise
can be effected Considerable complaint
is being made against the management
of the canal Whether or not it is well
founded, we are unable to say. At any
rate, we should not be surprised to see
several lawsuits instituted against the
Canal Company for detention.
A nine-inch rise is reported at st.
Louis since pm. yesterday. To-day
light rains are reported at Davenport
and Nashville.
The Wicks is coming up with 2500
bars railroad iron and 1000 sacks salt
for st. Louis.
The current in the lower Red river is
very swift, and boats make slow speed
going up.
The Shreveport Times says that there
is considerable talk about the prospect
of navigating Mack's bayou, which puts
into Red river about five miles below
that city. With little work it can be
made navigable to Strange's Ferry, on
the Arkansas line, for class of small
boats.
The R. E. Lee made her last trip from
Cairo to New Orleans and back in nine
and half days.
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