Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-27

only danger now is a sudden change in
the weather. The Arkansas has swollen
fourteen inches, and White river is rising.
roe o. RIVER TELEGRAMs.
PIrrsBURG, December 26.--River ris-
ing rapidly, with ei,=ht feet at,dusk.
Navigation to loves --1orts will be re-
sumed at once. ~.
CINCINNATI, December 27-River fall
ing slowly, with six feet seven inches in
the channel. Weather cloudy and damp.
Considerable thin ice floating in the
river Shamrock arrived from above.
She will take the place of the Bostona
in the Portsmouth Packet Company.
NASHVILLE, December 27.-River fall
ing with twenty. one inches on Harpeth
shoals. Weather cloudy and cold.
LOUISVILLE, December 26.-River ris-
ing slowly, with four feet eight inches in
the canal and two feet eight inches in
the chute. The weather is cloudy and
damp.
EVANSVILLE, December 27.-Weather
cloudy and cold. River risen 6 inches
ST. LOUIS, December 26.-No arrivals
or departures. The river continues to
rise, the result of a gorge below, the ex-
tent Of which, however, is not known.
CAIRO, December 26.-Departed Sam
Orr, for Cannelton, pm John Kyle,
New Orleans, pm. River risen hive
inches it has rained since five pm.
NEW ORLEANS, December 26.-W cath
er clear and warm, Arrived: Mary
Alice, st. Louis; Argosy, Cincinnati;
Pauline Carroll, St. Louis. Departed;
Argosy, Cincinnati River unaltered.
roy PORT NEWS.
Business was not over active yester-
day and this morning ......".The Legal
Tender has had a fair trip for White
river, as also did the Cleburne for the
Arkansas. The Cheek, for Friars'
Point was we'll laden. ........The Rankin
left for Evansville with 700 bales of cot
ton..,.,...The A, J, White brought 205
bales cotton and 1913 sacks seed.
D'o4 MISCELLANEOUS.
The A. ]. White, Captain Mark Cheek
in command, will depart at pm. to-
day for Helena, Friar's Point and Napo-
leon.
There are several boats reported
aground at Reeves to-day, among them
the Bismarck st. Francis and City OF
Cairo.
The Mary Boyd left Little Rock for
this point yesterday iga
Nineteen boats are now between st,
Louis and Cairo, detained by ice and
low water Some OF them are in a dan
gerous situation. iii a. ="
THR KATE KEARKEY SUsK.-The Kate
Kearney, large, new stern-wheel boat,
sunk on the night Of the Oath, at the
head Of Island 50. The chimneys over
turned and nothing is to be seen except
the pilot house. No lives were lost.
1t is not thought that anything can be
saved, except part of her freight, which
is damaged, and her machinery and out
fit. She was owned by Captain McPher
son, and the clerk, II. H. Bodeman Is
valued at Sl8,0 600; and insured for SILL
0O0y $4,000 each in the Union Farmers
and National, Cincinnati. and the Frank
lin, Etna and Peabody, Wheeling. She
passed here on Saturday last loaded
with produce t.li elas
Our special dispatch from Cincinnati
to-day, referring to the loss Of the Amer
lea, says: Captain Pierce telegraph
from Madison, Indiana, to-day that b
thinks the steamer America, which sunl
at that point few days ago, has brokel
n two One of her pilots who has al
rived says the water was three feet deel
in her cabin amidship. The cargo wa
all more or less damaged, except wha
was on the hurricane deck The loss OF
the cargo is estimated at 500, 600 Tn
boat was built in Pittshurg in 1862 b,
Captain William Dean, and was com
manded by Captain Thomas Golding
afterward by Captain Poe, who sold he
to Captain John Kyle aud others, VIII
put her in the Arkansas river trade. Las
season Captain Kyle sold her to III
Nashville Packet Company, and she wa
in charge of Captain Z. Pierce when sh
sunk The bulk of the Americas carg
is insured in Cincinnati Offices"
Captain Charley Schultze, late Of tn
Virginia, has been appointed command
er Of the Mary Houston.
The regular Ohio river packet Law
renee, Captain Ferrall, leaves to-day a
FIVE pm. for Louisville, Cincinnati an
Ill l0lul1 On int Oulos
A Cairo telegram Of the 24th says:
"The ferryboat Cairo got aground Q
the mouth Of the Ohio last night. Tn
7. F. Eckert worked at her until FIVE =
m. before she got OF. No contract ha
yet been made by any one for the re
moval Of Bacon Rock Captain SeuC
der, Of the st. Louis and Menphi
Packet Company, requested Captai
Dugan to explode torpedoes in IL an
the latter promised to DO so, if be shonl
J decide that It would do any good. HI
rock IS now two and a half feet out o
water, and proves so large IN eircumie
renee that Captain Dugan has decided
not to place the blast he Is ready {
take the contract for its removal, how.
ever. II any parties wish to make one.
The gorge above Columbus vas two
miles long. %,
Il Tslerrams sent from here on the sd
10 the Cincinnati Commercial and 81
Louis Democrat, reporting the SINKING
Of the Phil Allin, were Of course intend
| ed As a Joke BY the correspondent
There are enough towboats a. Pitts
brrgb 10 bring out S,O00,000 Bushels Of
coal half OF which viii, no doubt come
10 POINTS below Louisville.
/ IRE Louisville Ledger recommends
H.. The great and glorious President Of
The United States be called upon to an
pouuce himself % candidate for
Whsrfmaster from here. He voaldn {
siand . ghost a a chance OF election II
I be did. IL requires nan nth some
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