Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-29
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RIVER, BUSINESS, WEATHER.
The river here has fallen eight inches since
Saturday. and Tat points above and below
the report for the past twenty-four hours is as
follows: New Orleans. rose two inches;
heavy rain yesterday. Pittsburg, declined
six iaches cloudy. Leavenworth. Nashville,
Louisville and Omaha, stationary. Cairo,
fell Eve inches. Vicksburg. fell two inches.
Cincinnati. rose FIVE inches. St. Louis, fell
one inch. Shreveport, rose four inches. The
Arkansas is falling rapidly, with six feet to
the Rock; and White river is falling, with
four feet to Jacksonport. The water above
indicates depth of nearly nine feet, and be-
low there are but eight feet oyer Reeves bar.
Navigation to all points above is suspended,
heavy floating ice having been encountered
at Madrid by upward bound boats. and, vir-
tually, Memphis is now the head of naviga-
ton. The weather is clear and excessively
cold. Skating on the ponds excellent.
PORT NEWS.
Business at the levee yesterday was dull.
The Robert Mitchell from New Orleans. dis
charged few packages. and departed for
the Ohio with 800 tons of freight...........The
towboat Valid and barges passed down at
noon: she brought wharfboat for Friar' s
Point, which the R. G. Gray towed to that
point from here The Dexter from New Or
leans. six days out. passed up, discharging
fifty tons Of freight here. She had 600 tons
for above. including 400 bars of railroad iron
The Belle St. Louis came in frem below
with % bales cotton. 1886 sacks seed. and left
for Cairo light.....The st, Francis, from Phil
lips bayou, brought in 2ls bales cotton. l46s
sacks seed and lot Of sundries to order.........
The r, c. Gray, from Louisville, discharged
two hundred tons miscellaneous ,freigft t, in
GLIDING lot of gas-pipe.
The Mary Boyd, from the Arkansas. arrived
with $50 bales Of cotton and 1l65 sacks of seed.
A lot of this is from the wreck of the Impor-
ter. ..... The G. w. Cheek brought in so bales Of
cotton and 1858 sacks Of seed, and fair pas
senger Ilst....The A. J. White. from Napo-
leon, came in with log bales of cotton. sl7
sacks of seed and a lot Of sundries to order
The towboat Allegheny Belle and barges
passed up early this morning THE Thomp-
son Dean arrived from Cairo drawing seven
feet. She leaves for New Orleans this even
ing. The Anna passed up from Red river
with light trip.
MfsCELLAEEoUs.
Our Cincinnati kilograms to-day report the
covington and Newport ferryboats stopped
by ice.
The river at Evansville is full Of heavy ice.
and telegram from Louisville reports gorge
from the towhead to Six-mile island.
One or two more days IS cold as yesterday,
and the river between Cairo and st. Louis will
be effeetually gorsed.
At pm. yesterday the thermometer at
Louisville indicated three degrees above zero.
the coolest Of the season.
A Washington telegram of Saturday to the
Ledger contains the following: John W..
0key, attorney for the Ohio river tugboat as
ISOLATION. made an argument this morning
before the house committee on commerce in
favor Of so amending the Negley steamboat
law that tugboats may be permitted to carr
an increased amount Of steam, irrespective
Of the character Of the merchandise towed.
The committee will doubtless report bill in
favor Of such amendment, striking out the
words coal and ice."
NJ uOM anu nnN Rao1cheNA et0oASA LAohAR-
sen Dean. in command Of Captain Pepper.
leaves this evening At four o'clock for Vicks-
burg. New Orleans and all way landings.
Mr.. N. B. Fowler holds forth in the office. II
is unnecessary for us to add that Messrs. Pep
per and Fowler are the favorite officers on one
Of the best boats afoat, and from personal ex-
perience we can testify to their hospitality,
Those concentrating A trip below cannot ind
better accommodations than those offered BY
the Dean.
The United States mail packet Dardanelle.
Captain I'D Rowland. leaves this afternoon at
Eve o'clock for Pine Bluff. Little Rock and
all points on the Arkansas river.
The regular United States mail passenger
steamer A. ]. White. Captain Mark Cheek
leaves this evening at Eve O'Clock for NaPo-
leon and all way landings, Mr.. 4. 7. flelds
and Charles Sharpe are her clerks. .. ;
The NJ. J. wieks has laid up at Cape Girar-
deau. The X. A. Babbaee has laid up at the
same place with three barges inflow, and has
paid part Of her crew.
A Pittsburg telegram reports both streams
frozen over there, and the river frozen over al
on CITY, and says; THE Kate Putnam i
reported aground on Beaver Shoals. The
vrsekinsboat Usage failed to raise the steamer
Carrie Converse, sunk at Bayou Sara. Henry
A. Dorman telstraphed from New 0rleani
that she has broken in two. The furniture
bedding. etc.. will be shipped TO st. Louis
The Pittsburg insurance COMPANIES los
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