Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-24
this afternoon for DevalPs Bluff, Jack
sonport and all points on White river.

SOupoIt anu All pOluJb OH w niue river.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The latest from the Bodmauu was that
she had found a solid resting place at
Powers island. The Dictator, with light
ers, went from Cairo to relieve her.
The Steamboatmen sConvention meets
in Cleveland, Ohio, tomorrow, and
nearly every city in the South and along
the rivers sent delegates but our own,
which shows lack of enterprise that
anything but becoming to city doing
business of over fifty millions of dollars
yearly. If the owners and those inter-
ested in boats do not care to take the
matter in hand our merchants should
do it.
On her downward trip to-day the
Turner will add here nearly 100 head OF
horses that go to Louisiana for mar.
ket.
Cabin fare to Helena has been reduced
to two dollars and fifty cents, on account
of healthy competition
We see it announced in the st. Joseph
papers that the Missouri river at that
point has risen about one foot six inches
The rise comes from the upper river.
The latest Omaha papers received, an
nounee the river as still rising at that
point, but the Signal Service Bureau
maintains dignifed silence as to the
water in that stream.
The Natchez carried 1873 bales Of cot
ton to New Orleans last Friday.
The New Orleans National Republican
is authorized to state that all boats of
ha q
cotton from Vicksburg and all points
below to New Orleans for the sum of
fifty cents per bale" Rather early in
the season to commence cutting rates
The Memphis Packet Company, with
their usual foresight, have stationed Ed
Gray, one of the most scientific pilots on
the lower part of the river, above Cairo,
where he will pass over the bad places
and bars twice every twenty-four hours.
By this means, becoming perfectly fami-
liar with every change that takes place
in the channel and every break that
shows itself, the company will guard
against grounding or striking its boats.
GLEANINGs.
OF the 9l9 bales of cotton received
Yesterday, 1926 came by river.........There
is an abundance of freight along the
upper Mississippi. Rates are to be ad-
vanced from Muscatine to st. Louis by
both the companies now contending for
the supremacy of that stream.........A
party of captains, pilots and engineers
nave chartered the Vigo at Evansville
for fishing excursion .........Len Dod-
son, Of the snagboat Aber,, was in Gin
cinnati Friday, purchasing battery to
be used in removing the wreck of the
Black Hawk.........Legal proceedings
have been instituted in the Cincinnati
courts against the r. W. Skillenger for
refusing to pay wharfage........,The Cap
tain of the propeller Rover was fined
5000 at Mobile last Friday, for failing to
renew the boats license in proper time
.........There is no information from the
upper Red river, and but sixteen inches
of water in the river from Shreveport to
Boone's kend.........The Tolle is due
from below. Plugging the sunken
wharfboat at Vicksburg has been COM
pleted and the Submarine will COM
mence pumping her out to-day.
RIVER PERSONALS.
Captain Reub. Haines, Captain Rufus
Caldwell and Captain Pat Morrison ar
rived at Little Rock Saturday evening,
the two former from Fort Smith and the
latter from Hot Springs, ready for duty.