Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-08

boat with splendid piano; indeed
Captain Scudder has already been mott
fed to purchase one and draw on the
subscription committee for the amount
Nobly done. fAD ''i To flNli
OF the levee at that point the Helena
Clarion says; ut is getting along d
we'll as could be expected, and witt
good weather would be completed il
about two weeks, when we will have {
front levse that will stand one foo
higher water than 1862, with but LITTLE
additional work.
On her recent trip up the Shannon
was abandoned at New Albany by hel
crew and mate. The cause Of the sud
den debarkation was that the hands re
fused TO work at French Island, wher
the boat got aground going up, anC
one negro took up lump Of coal to at
tack the mate, James Kane, when tn,
latter drew a revolver and fred at thu
negro, missing him, but wounding al
innocent negro in the leg.
Dispatches received at Cincinnati
state that the steamer Potomac was at
tached at New Orleans Wednesday fol
damages of $4,000, claimed to be sus
tanned by the Robert +. Lee in COLI
sion last summer on the Mississippi.
Parties who arrived at Cairo yes
terday from the Emile LaBarge
report her out of danger. The leak was
stopped by shifting the freight, She has
1000 barrels of flour for this port, but
whether any portion Of 1t is damaged OIL
not is not known. 4"'i
The STEAMER FANNY BRANDEIs SUNK =
The Jas. H. Rankin, which came in this
morning from Evansville, reports the
Fanny Brandeis sunk in ten feet water
at the head Of Island 40, some eighteen
miles above here. The Brandeis left
here last night with two hundred bales
Of cotton, which win probably be lost.
The Jas. E. Rankin leaves at five p m
tomorrow for Cairo and Evansville.
The A. c. Yeager catheiup to the city
this morning from Reeves for barge to
Tighten her over that bar. She reports
the Great Republic and John f, Tale
still aground at Reeves, where there is
but six feet of water.
The Strader passed down this morning
ten days out from St. Louis. She was
drawing but FIVE feet of water.
The towboat Mary Alice and barges
passed down this morning, discharging
here two hundred bbls cement.
The Burns left last night for Cincin-
natl with 1900 bales of cotton
The Yeager, for New Orleans yester-
day added 353 bales of cotton. dI
The Memphis Packet Company at St..
Louis announce the following rates
South: Freights sent to Halliday Bros,
at Cairo, will be transferred 10 boats for
81 so q car, or for less than car load
80 cents a ton. From which point the
Memphis Packet Company will take it
to Memphis and Vicksburg at the follow
ing rates; To Memphis-Flour, 35c;
pork, Coo; whisky, 81, and pound freights
zoe per 100 pounds. To Vicksburg-
Flour, Coo; pork, 81 % per barrel, and
pound freights S5c per 100 pounds.
James Franklin second clerk Of the
Indiana, who has been i'll at his home
in this city for the past week or two, is
much better, and will join his boat on
her arrival here, ssHaa 4
The Belle st. Louis will pass down on
Sunday morning for Vicksburg Natchez
and New Orleans. M
Bob Lodge, formerly clerk of the
and Indiana, has gone into
the provision brokerage business at
Louisville. Cook Creighton is on the
plains trading with the Indians.
A Quincy telegram Of the 9TH says:
The ice gorged above the bridge this
and has probably gorged some
where below, as the river rose ten inches
since yesterday. It 10 now thirteen
inches above low water mark The fer
ryboat got stuck in the middle of the
river this afternoon, and was still fast at
last reports.
The st. Louis river editors are waiting
anxiously for the river to open. Two ice
gorges below there Is all they have to
write about
The Henry Ames is laid up in good
harbor three miles above Platin Rock.
In the Senate at Nashville, yesterday,
he House bill to repeal the law proYid-
ing for the opening Of Bag Hatchie river
passed third reading. i-fu
Yesterdays St. Louis Times contains
.he following items; bra Ia.
The ice is gorged for distance of
twenty miles below, but the riveS is re-
ported open from Widow Waters to
Cairo, though there was only three feet
IN the channel The rise here, caused
Dy the gorge is two feet. The ferryboats
and tug Creveling have succeeded in
the harbor of ice, and wero all
operating last evening Without incum-
France and doing 9 tremendous business.
The vast amount Of freights which are
going forward to boats at Cairo via the
Short, Line makes the ferry business
heavy. The St Louis and New Orleans
Packet Company are sep5iag sreight to
Cairo for the Glencoe which leaves for
New Orleans Saturday evening, and the
Memphis Packet Company are forward
ng a cargo for the Belle st. Louis,
which will extend her trip to New Or
leans, leaving Cairo Friday evening. o.,
The YANEEF spHootNAsTER ABROAD.
The following appears in the Shreveport
Southwestern. .rf