Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-12


Ark ansas river. Pat Cleburne............5p p. N
81. Louis. Il. st. Joseuh 49,. .....5 b. m
lVicksbufg .......-City Of Helena, p. m
White river. Legal Tender ..,......5 pm
RIVER, WEATHER, BUSINESS. ~
The river came to q stand here last
evening, and has now fully 10 feet below
and 8 feet above Cairo. The Cumber-
land has risen rapidly during the past
few days, and has fully II feet over Har-
peth shoals. With that one exception,
the streams above are either stationary
or declining. The changes reported are
as follows Cairo, stationary; Cincin-
natl, fell inches; Leavenworth, inch;
New Orleans, 2 inches; Omaha, inch;
Pittsburg, 3 incRes; Shreveport, inch;
| St, Louis, inches; yicksburg, 3 inches.
| AT Nashville, it rose 5 inches; Louis
vile, 2 inches; Evansville, l6 inches.
The weather cleared off last evening, but
| it is yet too cold for comfort.
~ PoRT NEWS. z
|. A fair amount Of business was done
at the landing last eyening.........The
Belle Memphis arrived al dark with a
bouncing trip and returned this morn
ing with good way freight and plenty
of people. ......The Kilgour, from Gin
cinnati, put off lot of plows, and
left for New Orleans with nine hundred
tons and good passenger trip...,.,.-,The
lA.J. White left for Napoleon with a
smashing load Of people, both in the
cabin, on deck and the Freedmen's Blu
reau, and had splendid trip Of freight
...a The Thompson Dean, from New
Orleans, FIVE days out, discharged here
20 tons of freight, and had 800 tons for
above 6ss
The arrivals to-day were the &. w.
Cheek from Friar's Point with 81 bales
of cotton, 292 sacks of seed and good
trip of passengers. .......The Glasgow,
! from the Ohio, came in early, and has
$50 tons of freight for this port.........
The Julia, from St. Louis, came in with
a large cargo Of grain and produce.,.......
The s. S. Merrill passed down this
morning, drawing seven feet, with 500
tons of freight for re.shipment to the
Arkansas and White rivers.........The
Sioux City will take the White river
freight, and the Minnie that for the
| Arkansas. 'H a1i2 1f
-iit, MISCELLANEOUS.
In the House of Representatives last
.. yening bill was introduced and refer
re-, authorizing the construction of a
brid, We over the Ohio at Henderson. We
exnee, next to hear of patent being
granted some ingenious Yankee for
nronelIin steamboats, by hot air, or a
donble ba ck-action chimney hinge to
lower the chimneys every time the
wheels make twenty revolutions. The
latter will be necessary if many more
bridges are constructed. eroI
The good steamer Glasgow, Captain
A. Baird, will leave our landing at ten
o'clock tomorrow morning foEall points
ON White river as well as the Little Red
and Black rivers, She is staunch
boat, well officered and deserves patrO-
mage. sa .,a.. .,...
We were honored this morning with
a call from Mr.. Dill, clerk of the s. S.
Merrill, who rejects the idea of the ini-
tials of his lively craft being styled
sheep.skin ar soft soap, and says the
true meaning is steamship.
The elegant passenger steamer Pat
Cleburne leaves this evening at i've
O clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and
all points on the Arkansas river. Capt.
Reese Pritehard commands, and John
Hardin is clerk. The Cleburne was
compelled to delay her departure, owing
40 the large amount of freight she had
10 ret on board. ..I la4
m c Robt. Burns goes out tomorrow
eveuin for Cincinnati. 4sa. b1. ii
Tho lily of Helena, Captain Mckee,
having b sen delayed above, leaves for
vicksburg at five o'clock this evening
VIII n Pow. n is her attentive secretary.
The G. W. Cheek, Captain George
Malone, leaves At five o'clock this even
inc for Friars Point and all way land
ings. She has a iull trip secured.
The LEDGER will get the city printing
lust as certain as it does the steamboat
printing. 1t can afford TO and VIII DO
both cheaper than any other establish
ment in the city. ...
The feet passenger steamer Legal
Tender, Captain William Ashford,
leaves this evening at FIVE o'clock for
Devalrs Bluff, JacI-sonpOrt and all
points on White river. E. c. Postal,