Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-23

IrelRubeu Win III nOEto VI cAPiVsiFes anu
clap-traps, machine wit, powder-house
humor, and the fates only know how
many other horrible, side-splitting con-
trivances. She is advertised to leave
New York on the 18th of September.
Among the supplies will be 10000 buck
cts. Only two bits for an excursion on
the Commodore's craft. He calls it
Commodore Rollingpin's Nautical Al
manac. Only freighted for 1873.
The Evansville Courier says: James
Matheney, the famous pilot, returned
yesterday from the Grand Chain, his
lights being Of no further use to nayiga-
ton. The Tennessee river ran out so
rapidly that he was compelled to quit
for the present. He informs us that
there was at least rise of four feet there,
which makes navigation perfectly safe at
that point"
A number of disasters have happened
to the coal feet few miles below Pitts
burg, at Merriman and the Trap, where
quite number of boats and barges have
been sunk At last accounts the chan
mel was very narrow, as there were wrecks
on each side of it, and those towboats
that had not passed this point prior to
the wrecks were obliged to double trip
it, as it was unsafe to attempt to take
full tow through. The total amount of
coal lost is estimated at upward of 250,-
900 bushels. John Dippold lost two
boats sunk, and has one sticking; N. j.
Bigley, two coal boats sunk; r. * j.
Watson, six barges of coal sunk; Rogers
& Wallace, one coal boat sunk; j. Sharp
Mcdonald, one barge sunk; James
Doyle, two small boats, not coal, one
sunk and one sticking; W. II. Brown,
one fuel boat sunk. These losses will
foot up fully $4,000.
The City of Quincy left New Orleans
Saturday evening with fine trip of
freight, consisting of 400 sacks of salt
for St. Louis, $50 hogsheads of sugar
and large lot of molasses for this city,
and $50 tons Of miscellaneous freight.
She had also a very fair passenger list.
We learn that later advices from Ala
bama confirm the worst reports previ-
ously received of the destruction to the
cotton crops on the tributaries of the
Alabama by the recent floods. Near
Tuscaloosa, where there was rise of
eighty-nine feet, the sheet of water in
the swollen river is reported to have
been FIVE miles in width.
The Legal Tender passed Cairo yes
terday for st. Louis.
Our Pittsburg special to-day says re-
garding coal shipments: ."The total
shipments of coal, deducting losses thus
far reported, fOots up as follows; For
Cincinnati-25 steamers, 6 coal-boats,
2l4 barges, and 2,575,000 bushels; for
Louisville-43 steamers, $50 coal-boats,
1872 barges, and 5,589,OO0 bushels; for
St. Louis--l steamer, IL barges, and
10000 bushels; for Baton Rouge
steamers, IA coal-boats, 3 barges, and
1872 ,OOO Aggregate-7l steamers, III
coalboats, All barges, and s,626,0OO
bushels of coal.
The Bismarck, from New Orleans for
St. Louis, passed up before noon with
300 tons of freight, and 10 passengers.
Included in her freight list she had 25OO
bars of railroad iron, q crates, us sacks
coffee, los barrels rosin, and $50 tons of
miscellaneous freight.
The feet passenger steamer st. Fran
els, Captain T. B. Bowman, leaves this
evening at FIVE o'clock for Helena, Mari
ana, Wittsburg and all the usual way
landings. Sam Paine and Billy Dean
are her clerks.
The regular ssmi-weekly coast packet
G, W. Cheek, Captain George Malone,
leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Napoleon, Chicot and all way landings.
Robert H. Wildberger and Charlie
Sharpe are her popular clerks.
The regular st. Louis and Vicksburg
United States mail packet Belle st.
Louis, Captain ALI. Grissom, leaves this
evening at five o'clock for st. Louis and
all the bend landings. She has superior
accommodations and fare. Mr.. Thomas
is her prime minister.
The reliable passenger packet Thos.
II. Allen, in command of Captain En-
gene Smith, leaves this afternoon at FIVE
o'clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and
all the way landings Colonel Pat Nor