Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-29

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Weather cold to-day The river is report
ed gorged above and open to Evansville
with considerable floating ice.
NEW ORLEANS, December 29.-Arriy
ed: Indiana, from Cairo; Dexter, from
St Louis; Seminole from White river
Departed Pauline Carroll, for st. Lous
Argosy and barges, for Cincinnati.
iYIcKsBURe, December 29.-Up. Put
nam, II last night; Governor Allen
10 am, today. Weather cool aud clear
River falling.
- en-. Louis, December REHABILITATION
is still suspended. The river is full O
running ice, and the ferries have som'
difficulty in crossing the gorge at Biz
Eddy TO keep from being carried away
and several boats have been forced dowr
with the ice, but no casualties are re
ported The river is stationary here
and the weather clear and moderate.
CINCINNATI, December 20 There is I
gorge FIVE miles long at North Bend
and the river is rising in consequence
tire inches per hour. Navigation is sus
pended. Boats which left last night have
returned. Weather cloudy.
PITTsBURG, December, 29.-Mononga
hela feet inches. Both rivers full o.
floating ice and navigation suspended
Coal men apprehend great danger from
two immense gorges in the Monongahe
Ia; one above Six-mile ferry, and the
other between McKeesport and Eliza
beth. a large number Of towboats are
at work endeavoring to effect a gradua
dislodgment of the ice.
iag'Ao' rA' PORT NEWS.
Nothing of Importance transacted al
the landing after the close of our report
yesterday 1.-The City of Cairo will
20 no farther up until there is better
water. !. The Lady Lee from New Or
leans arrived during the afternoon, and
after discharging fifty barrels molasses
and coaling she left for Cairo with 25C
tons sugar for shipment.......The Cheek
left for below with fair trip.........The
local packets to-day brought i66 bales
Of cotton, $50 bales of hay and 1865
sacks cotton seed The City of Cairo
left for above at an early hour this
morning........The Andes is due from
below. o.. ,.- $50. .-..
MISCELLANEOUS.
BY telegram to Messrs. Elliott and
Miller agents, we learn that the Andes,
Captain Cullum, will be up to-day to
leave at three pm. for Belmont and
Cairo The Andes has q cargo Of $50
tons, Including 900 hogsheads Of sugar.
The Crescent City and barges are re-
ported hard aground at Point Pleasant.
The S. H. Long is lying below Reeves
bar to render what assistance she can
to passing steamers.
Captain George Cheek, who went
down on the White, night before last,
and returned yesterday on the Cheek,
reports but little over four and 8 halt
feet of water at Reeves.
kilograms from above report the
weather moderating to-day. .fl
The Peytona and barges passed up
last night, bringing to this city the crew
of the wrecked steamer Kate Kearney,
sunk at Island 50.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says
that DR.. Chef. Brady, having sold his
cage of educated monkeys to Captain
Harry Rose, of Cincinnati, will take
charge of the LeClaire No. 2.
A dispatch received at Cincinnati
states that the America, sunk at Madi-
son, had broken into two. One Of her
pilots that arrived at Cincinnati says the
water was three feet deep in her cabin
,midships. No freight had been put
out on the bank, as had been telegraph
ed previously. The cargo was all more
or less damaged. The loss Of the cargo
on the America is estimated at $780,
000
The Cleburne for the Arkansas, and
r. P. Walt, for White river, are the
regular packets for tomorrow
There is between four and FIVE feet of
snow on the ground along nearly all the
upper tributaries of the Mississippi, and
at the head waters of the Missouri ten
feet is reported. Should the weather
continue cold until spring, the June rise
of 1872 will be the heaviest known in
years.
Captain r. G. ShinkIe, Secretary Of
the Pilots Association, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer of Wednesday, received a
letter from Representative Stevenson
yesterday promising the assistance ask
ed by the pilots at a meeting held in
this city recently, a full account of
which was published at the time.
The United States Marshal of Louisi-
ana calls upon the creditors Of the Po-
tomac to file their bills before the first
Monday IN January.
Captain Jao. B. Davis, Of White river
fame, is en- route to Washington.
Kentucky river has risen six feet.
The St. Louis Republican of the 18th
has the following items:
"1he Missouri river has been sending
out very large volume Of water, and
the consequence is considerable rise
OF the river at this port. The city en-
gineer yesterday morning reported a
rise of three feet three and halt inches
At night the river was falling. The
gorge at Big Eddy was still fast at last
accounts. The gorge above was partly
broken yesterday morning, and the river
in front of the city was filed with float
ing ice. Navigation is practically
closed here.
The United States Marshal sold the
towboat Petrol yesterday to the Levin
Iron Company for $4,000
The executive committee Of th,
board Of underwriters recommend that
no cargo risks be taken until it is know
that the gorge below is broken.
Captain VIM. Davidson received the
following dispatch yesterday from Crane
Tower, dated December 9th: The Ton
Jasper came through the ice gorge al
one am. All other boats laid up, anC
no possibility of getting through. W.
are coaling here. Leave with our head
pointed for the South this morning
Weather intensely cold and ice making
rapidly. n. B. HATCHER.
Yesterdays Nashville papers stat
that there was a considerable rise in the
neighborhood Of Carthage on Monday
last.
The Chattanooga Times Of Wednes-
day says
Captain jackson informs US Of Sc
rious collision Of the Mary Kate with