Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-09

Hugh Mccullough. first officer Of the snag
boat s. H. Long. and one Of the Oldest steam
boatmen in the Adams Arkansas river line Of
steamers. died at the residence Of his brother
in Chelsea last night. and will be buried to-
morrow evening at two o'clock.
The United States mail packet Dardanelle,
Captain Ed. Rowland, leaves this afternoon
at five clock for Pine Bluff. Little Rock and
all points on the Arkansas river. Mr.. John
W. Williams is chief clerk.
The regular United States mail passenger
steamer A. j. White. Mark Cheek, master.
leaves this afternoon at FIVE o'clock for Napo-
leon and all way landings. Mr.. B. P. Fields
and Charlie Sharpe are her clerks.
The passenger steamer r. P. Walt, in com
mand of Captain Dave Hukill. leaves this
evening at hve o'clock for New Orleans and
all the coast landings. Colonel e. W. Outlaw
is her popular secretary.
The Bodman is raised up fifteen inches by
the ice gorge and the Kilgour six inches.
The Louisville Ledger says the Courier
Journals cut Of the ice gorge at Columbus
was first intended for facsimile of the phiE
of the grand duke; but finding it resembled
the gorge more than the jock. they gave it
another name.
The Louisville authorities will doubtless
charge full wharfage to the boats ice bound
there.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Wednesday has
the following;
Bt meeting Of the board of directors of
the Boatmen's Association, held yesterday
morning, secretary Reno was instructed TO as
| sess all steamboats, five cents per ton. hull
- If. All
| SEES incurred by the delegates TO Washington.
The Evansville authorities charge only one
days wharfage from boats ice-bound there.
We would suggest that our general council do
the same way with the boats ice-bound here.
The boats have had hard luck this season.
and few. if any. have made more than ex-
ponses.
The Allegheny Belle and bSrges were offered
at Belmont cargo Of corn for New Orleans
at forty-five cents sack. She Is destined for
Tennessee river. where she has cargo OF iron
engaged for Cincinnati.
The boats at the st. Louis wharf with car
goes on board are the Arkansas. destined for
New Orleans, drawing four feet. and has 400
tons. principally way freights; Mary Dayage,
for the same port. has two barges partly laden.
drawing respectively, two and three feet; the
City of Cairo has full cargo for the same
place. and is drawing four and a half feet;
the Colossal, for 0uachita river. has forty tons
on board the Mollie Moore has the New Or
leans freight of the Lucy Bertram. and is
drawing four feet the st. Luke, for this city,
is about half loaded. and is drawing four feet
the Continental and City Of Alton. for New
Orleans, are laden with light cargoes.
A dispatch from Evansville dated the 5tb
| says:
Saturday night the ice gorged below town,
and caused the river to rise so suddenly that
the steam boats harbored in the Big Sandy
up the Sandy. The ferryboat and the Oil Hun
| ter were both showed Oh shore. The Favorite,
Tom Hackney and wharfboat were crowded
up close together by the ice. The ice was
gorged at Sheridan. The steamboatmen cut
an opening in Sandy to. day, to guard against
a sudden rise in that stream.
The crews of the Minneola, Silver Moon and
Liberty No. are enjoying themselves skating
and hunting at Hawesville. Kentucky. where
the two first named boats are laid up, the Lib
erty being on the opposite side of the river. at
Cannelton. letter from one of the Moon
crew closes as follows: THE protracted
meeting now in progress at the Methodilt
church am glad TO see so wellrepresented by
the crews Of the Moon and Minneola. They
form the principal portion of the oongrega-
ton. and take lively interest in the ser
vices, and. ere this reaches you. am salts
fed some of the boys will have professed re-
ligion and become soldiers of the cross