Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-15

of corn, 300 sacks Of oil cake and 100
tons Of way freight....,...Tbe Pauline
Carroll left for above at noon yesterday
.........The Phil Allin, from Friars
Point, came in with 1863 bales Of cotton
and 1856 sacks of seed.
The Commonwealth and Katie Kountz
passed down early this morning with
good trips.........The Longwerth, from
Louisville, was thirteen days in the
gorge at Columbus. She added 1000
sacks of corn on the way down, and put
off here 100 tons of freight, and left for
New Orleans this morning, drawing six
and a half feet.........The Jno. f. Tolle
started for above early this morning
....-...The H. C. Yeager passed down
without landing.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Yesterday was the coolest Of the
season at Louisville, and heavy cakes
of ice, nearly foot thick, passed by the
city in huge masses all day.
The Dardanelle is the regular mail
steamer for the Arkansas river to-mor-
row.
The ST. Louis Democrat counsels
those living on the lowlands to prepare
for freshet such as has not been seen
in years. 1t says:
Every one probably knows that an unpreee
dented amount of snow has fallen in the
States and Territories. This is melting in
c pee ana dc other small have been
pouring out swollen foods for two or three
days past. The Missouri promises to rush
down impetuously within short period. Ii
was rising rapidly at Boonyille on Saturday,
and heavy rise in the Gasconade and Usage
has been looked for. Let the mild weather
continue two or three days longer, and the
Illinois and Upper Mississippi will mount
their banks wildly.
R. A. Speed, coal agent for Brown &
Jones, of this city, was visitor on
Change at St. Louis on Monday.
An exchange has it that 7. R. Scow-
den, Esq, the original protector of the
Louisville and Portland canal, has been
appointed to the charge of that enter
prise to its completion.
The George W. Cheek, Captain George
Malone, leaves for Friar' Point and all
coast landings this evening at FIVE
o'clock. Messrs. F. S. Gonterman,
Chas. jackson and ]. W. Briggs are
clerks.
One of the officers of the Richmond
makes the following statement relative
to the collision between the Richmond
and Sabine:
On Sunday morning. between two and three
O'clock, while the steamer Richmond was
going up, bound for ST, Louis, when immedi-
ately under Twelve Mile Point, about 100
yards from the east bank Of the river, was
met by steamer Sabine descending. The Sa-
bine attempted to pass down between the
Richmond and the east bank. causing col
lision. The point Of contact was the larboard
bow of the Richmond and the starboard quar-
ter about the derricks of the Sabine, empty
ing seventy-iye or eighty bales of cotton off
the starboard bow of the Sabine on to the lar
beard. bow Of the Richmond. The Sabine
sunk in twenty feet of water, and the Rich
mond was damaged on the larboard bow sutii-
Gent to necessitate return to this city for re-
pairs. When the two boats came together the
engines OF tue hlCumODu ndu Deen stopped
and were backing. No lives were lost. The
Richmond went alongside the Sabine and took
of her passengers, crew and cabin furniture.
and remained alonside her until o'clock
pm, taking of cotton and other yaluables.
The Sabine had q cargo of 1900 bales of cot
ton, the greater portion Of which will be
saved.
The statement Of the officers of the
Sabine was that they were carried on by
the drift of the stream, and that the first
moment the Richmond hove in sight sig
nails were given which were never an
swered. The courts will doubtless de-
eide the point in dispute. At the time
of the rescue there were twenty male and
six female passengers on board No
lives lost. AS need scarcely be remark
ed, the pilots on board both boats, to-
gether with al of their friends, stoutly
maintained that the opposite party was
in fault. 1t was contended by the Rich
mond that she was on the right or prop
er side of the river in ascending, and
that the Sabine had cut across her bow,
the proper signals at the time having
been given.