Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-02

! The Clprksviils will leave St. Louis TO-DAY
or tomorrow for the Arkansas.
St. Louis took in" 9.22s % wharfage
during September.
The James Howard leaves st. Louis to-day
for New Orleans.
The two Oldest steamboatmen now living are
Captain William Birch of Marietta, Ohio, now
about ninety-three years of age, and Captain
Nelson Crook of Pennsylvania, who went
blind some time since, and is now about sew
enty years of age.
The st. Louis Democrat says the charter
fever is contagious there, and adds: "All the
Carter Line of Red river steamers will shortly
repose proudly under the general incorpora-
ton laws of the State of Missouri. We pre-
sumo the steamers will hereafter run under
the name of the st. Louis and Red River
Packet Company"
X. Z. Neal, Of the Indiana, adyertises the
Lotawana for sale. She is stern-wheel, and
carries zoo bales, and is now at New Orleans
Eighteen kegs of powder have been exploded
under the wreck of the Black Hawk, and it
VIII take as much more before it will be re-
moved One of the blasts loosened several
barrels of pork, which looks as fresh as if
packed yesterday. This is remarkable, as it
has been in the wreck about eight years.
Theodore Zeigler, son of Captain Aleck
Zeigler, was married yesterday at st. Louis.
His father stopped off to attend the wedding,
and Captain Townsend is coming down ON the
Chester in his stead.
Louisville collected s6S9 50 wharfage last
month.
GLEANIN0S.
The Pauline Carroll was pulled of the
Mound City ways by the snag boat Abert.....
The Umpire has doubtless been sold to Pegram
Bofhnger Of st. Leuis. who will run her in
upper Red river. where they have large con-
tract. She was worth s6O00 The I. +.
Eckert was only ffty-fve minutes raising the
Grand Tower coal barge after her pump began
throwing water. She is a whale and her alder
manic Captain Irwin Dugan porpoise The
Albert is still working at the wreck of the
Black Hawk, and probably will succeed in re-
moving it before many days.....The authori-
ties at Little Rock contemplate purchasing
the whale exhibited at Coles circus, put him
in the river. and use his spouting apparatus
for the purpose of supplying the city with
water.....T The John Kyle was lying at Natchez
in a crippled condition when the Pargoud
passed there......The Forsythe will go to Cairo
and load when rates are better...... Twenty two
hundred and fifty dollars was paid for the bar
on the Belfast......Says the St. Louis Democrat:
e 1t is rumored that Captain Pepper is about
to arrive from Cincinnati to load the Thomp-
son Dean to the water and take her down
SAITH. Tho Kyle follows the Exporter, and
the Commonwealth follows the Pauline Car
roll. On yesterday morning the ship
Crescent City arrived at New Orleans with
1000 tons of ice......The single scull race of
three miles came off at Cincinnati on Monday,
between Jackson. of Pittsburg, and Weeks, of
Newport. The former won in 2sla minutes....
The Louisville authorities recently appropri-
ated $4,000 TO repair the Portland wharf.
RIVER PERSONALS.
Mr.. Jse Hornthal has been appointed cotton
agent at Vicksburg for the steamers Natchez
and Robert L. Lee.
Mr.. Copley, engineer on the Elevator at
Vicksburg. was passenger up on the Colorado
John LsnglOis. late second clerk of steamer
Richmond, has finally quit the river as thing
to be avoided by aspiring men. He secured an
engagement with Cook Creighton, and left st.
Louis on Friday for the end of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad
Mcfarland is river man of the New Orleans
National Republican. He is an active and
spirited reporter.
Commodore VIM. j. Kountz has been nom
mated by the Democrats and Liberals of Pitts
burg as Congressman.
George Gill, the second engineer of the
steamer Grand Tower, died at st. Louis on
Monday. at four clock in the afternoon. He
was unRarried, and was young man of fine
promise and stood high among his associates
and employers,