Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-17

property on board Of vessels propelled
in whole or In part by steam; and It is
believed that it will be more acceptable
to the steamboat and steamship interest
than the law Of last session. The only
feature of the bill left open to be dis
cussed is that holding the owners on the
lakes and Western rivers to the same
liabilities as those imposed on Eastern
owners.
One section Of the floating docks be-
longing to Caldwell, Elston & Co. was
broken loose from! Towards ship yard at
Jeffersonville by The ice to-day, and car
ried over the falls. Also about one hun
bred feet more Of General Weitzel's
dam, built last season, was swept away
by the floating ice. The loss is esti-
mated at one hundred thousand dollars.
The river is falling with six feet in
the canal and four feet on the falls. II
rained most of the day, but at five pm,
it turned to snow. Thermometer 350.
The Robert Mitchell arrived from New
Orleans.
A portion of the gorge below Cincin-
natl broke away about eleven o'clock
last night and swept down and destroy
ed fifty coal boats. The loss is estima-
ted at one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Considerable ice is row com
ing down from the gorge above there,
the main portion of which has not yet
given way. AS yet the steamboats, ly-
ing at the loyee there are uninjured.
The gorge at St. Louis remains firm.
The United States mail packet Oar
danelle, Captain Ed. Rowland, leaves
this afternoon at FIVE o'clock for Pine
Bluff, Little Rock and all points on the
Arkansas river. Mr.. John W. Will
liams is chief clerk.
The new and elegant passenger steam
er Emma c. Elliott, leaves this after
noon at FIVE o'clock for Jacksonport,
taking in all the way landings between
this and that port. The snmptuous pas
senger accommodations of the Elliott,
the obliging disposition of her officers
and her well-known speed, make her
favorite in the trade. Captain John D.
Elliott, Walter Outlaw and Arthur
Fields are her clerks.
The G. W. Cheek, Captain George
Malone, leaves this evening at FIVE
clock for Friar's Point and all way
landings. F. S. Gonterman and L. II.
Briggs are clerks.
The river departments of the st. Louis
papers were well represented at Mardi-
Gras in New Orleans. Next year Mem
phis will be the attraction.
The Cincinnati underwriters have
made a contract with Captain John
Kyle, president of the Wrecking com
pany, to send for his diver, who is at
Madison, to work at the wreck of the
sunken steamer Nashville.
The freight on the hurricane deck and
boiler deck guards of the Nashville was
removed. The boats furniture and
cabin outfit. and everything removable,
were also saved. Two dozen fine parlor
chairs. shipped by John Bailey, for New
Orleans, were lost overheard by the boat
careening. A complete outfit for o
printing Office, for Mayfeld, Ky, is
among the freight on the sunken boat
that will probably, be total loss.
A Pittsburg telegram of the 18th says:
The gorge in the Ohio, near Sewickley,
mov& some distance last night, sinking
several barges of coal. There are a
number of barges and several coal tugs
ice bound at different points beIof, and
considerable anxiety is felt in regard TO
their safety.