Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-30

arrived from lblhnu ~ ..'.'''' NC oVeaiho
City Of Cairo left for Cairo, there beinI
sufficient water for her.........The Johl
Howard passed up early after putin
out 30 bales cotton and l46 sacks seed
.a.....The r. p. Walt, from White river
brosght 607 bales cotton and a good tril
Of people. ST. Joseph, from
Cairo, brought large cargo o
grain and produce. ........The steame
Glencoe, six days out from New Or
leans, passed up, discharging herr
fifty tons Of assorted freight, and haI
three hundred hogsheads sugar and five
hundred barrels molasses for point
above. ..,....The L. II. Allen, from thu
wreck of the Roseville, came in " al
tattered and torn" having weathered I
gale week or so since. She had si'
hundred and sixty-two bales Of cot
ton. ........ The steamer John Kyle
with barge in tow came in from Cairo
and discharged twenty tons miscellane
Gus freight. The Yeager passed "
with GOO tons, principally "long anc
short sweetering." ........The Groesbecl
also passed up with 400 Conference.-The
Batesville, from White river, brought
1888 bales cotton, besides good passen
ger list, as Captain Smith always does
....-.,.The A. j. White brought rs bales
of cotton and 456 sacks seed and returns.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Warner and barges, bound up,
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The r. G. Gray left Little Rock last
night for Cincinnati, and the Columbia
started for st. Louis.
The regular tri-weekly passenger
packet G. W. Cheek, Captain George
Malone, leaves to-day at FIVE pm. for
Friar's Point and all way landings. F.
S. Gonterman and L. II. Briggs are
clerks.
The passenger steamer A. j. White,
Captain Mark Cheek, leaves to-day at
five pm. for Napoleon and all way
landings. Mr.. B. P. Fields is clerk.
The St. Joseph, Captain Corbitt,
leaves to-day at FIVE pm. for Cairo and
all way landings.
The Julia, Captain Boyd, leaves to-
day at FIVE pm. for Vicksburg and all
the coast landings. Mr.. James Thomp-
son is her obliging secretary.
The fine steamer r. p. Walt, Captain
William Ashford, leaves at FIVE pm. to-
day, taking freight and passengers to
Jacksonport, Augusta, Des Arc, and all
way points. L. W. Outlaw and Charles
Spither are clerks.
The excellent steamer Pat Cleburne,
Captain Reese Pritchard, leaves this az.
ternoon at FIVE o'clock for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock and all intermediate land
ings on the Arkansas.
We copy as follows from the st. Louis
Republican of yesterday:
" The river at this point is falling and
full of floating ice. The ice gorge above
having grounded on the BARI little
above the elevator, so diverted the cur
rent that the channel has changed the
Illinois shore-the water has become
very deep around the head Of Bloody Is
land and in front of Brooklyn. The
harbor Of St. Louis is very seriously en-
dangered by this change in the current.
A bar is rapidly forming directly in
front of the elevator, extending down
nearly to the bridge piers and up to the
front Of North Market street. Should
remedy not be soon provided against the
present change Of current long sand
beach will cut off all access to the ele-
vator, and all the northern portion of the
wharf.
Captain Henry Jones, President of
the Cincinnati and Memphis Packet
Company and the Cincinnati and New
Orleans Packet Company, and the king
bee of Cincinnati steamboat capitalists,
was a visitor on Change yesterday.
The H. G. Creveling was busy yester-
day in cutting the ice around the
steamers and wharf hoatsat the landing.
A large number Of men were in at
tendance upon the meeting of the Steam
boatmen's Association yesterday even
ing, when Captain Gould made a full
report (most Of which has been pub
lished). His report gives satisfaction to
all. After which Colonel Bryson read
an able article on the abohshing Of the
wharfage tax, which was referred to the
executive committee at Louisville.
" The Tom Jasper is aground at Van
ellis. The Sim Rees is assisting her.
The wreeking boat Salvor and the
Commonwealth are reported in a very
critical condition at the arsenal, owing
to the ice having formed around them
and moving now and then. The Com
monwealth's chaips and roues were
parted Wednesday by the moving ice,
aud, at one time, it was thought she |
would be sunk.
AT the meeting of steamboatmen at |
st. Louis on Thursday Captain Gould,
Of the executive committee at |
Washington read his report, which was
adopted aud the captain requested to |
return to Washington and urge upon
Congress the necessity Of passing the
steamboat bill. "a revised. 1t was also |
that the question Of wharfage |
be considered by the executive commit
tee, with view of reducing the enor-
nous charges now asked by river cities
for boats to land and do business at |
them.
The Natchez arrived at New Orleans
last Saturday with an Immense trip,
of 1898 bales cotton, 5l78 |
sacks seed, l92 sacks oil seed, and over
100 passengers.
Hereafter there will be a regular tri- |
weekly mail to points below, the Mem
phis and st. Louis Packet Company
having been awarded the contract for !
the mails from Memphis to
and all intermediate landings,
to commence on Monday This will
suit the river men below.
The Emile LaBarge passed Helena |
this morning on her way up,
The Kate Kearney sunk in twelve
feet of water at the head Of Island No.
81. Her ehimneys overturned, doing
considerable damage. 1t is thought
save a small portion of her
freight and machinery can be saved.
The Little Rock Gazette gives the fol-
lowing relative to the loss Of the Rose
vile:
She struck snag at Sandy Bayou,
about thirty miles above the mouth Of
White river, on last Wednesday morning
about two o'clock. This snag has
caused much damage to boats, sixty
timbers in the Dardanelle was broken
by it, The boat sunk in about four feet
Of water, and will prove total wreck.
The eleven hundred bales of cotton she
carried will be saved entire. The 7. H.
Allen, which was at the bayou loading
cotton, was active in assisting the disa-
bled steamer, and had the i'll luck TO be