Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-24


The Nashville was pulled of from Portland
bar to-day, and tkiely m0ored at the foot OF
Sand Island. She had been stuck on the par
since Saturday.
morning. thermometer falling fast; only a
little above zero Mt dark. River moving in
consequence Of ice from above. and full OF
heavy ice. One barge OF coal sunk at loving
ton, ono here. and one at North Bend about
SO COO bushels were lost. Three barges, were
torn from their mo0rings at North Bend. anu
fioated down the river. raft Of lumber was
i torn leoee and hoated past the city.
VIcKsBURG. downs: 0uachita Belle. Ups
Belle Lee. Weather cloudy and cool. River
rising.
Columbus holds firm, and the weather IS very
cold-mercuryS above zero and falling. Inc
river has risen feet six inches. part OF which
/ is from the gorge below and part from Tlse IN
THE Cumberland. The susie silver, emma
elliott and Fannie Lewis are loading, WIN
/ he expectation that the rise will break tho
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BUSINESS.
mt little was done last night. the St. Fran
els b. wing the only arrival. She brought 2Ol
bales Of cotton, 2S6 sacks seed. and as many
people, as she could carry on deck IN her
cabin nd in the texas. She reports the BIS
marck ard aground at Helena. The Belle oil
Pike starved up last night, but lad 70 return
with her Cargo OF cotton-75O bales-op ac-
count of the heavy ice.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
FoR WmTE RyEB.--The Mary Boyd will
leave here this evening for all points on White
river. Mr.. j, S. Jones Is chief secretary.
FoR WHITE RIyKR.-The popular steamer
Batesvills. Captsin Albert Smith, will be here
to leave at five o'clock this evening for all
points on White river.
For NAPOLEON. -The A. j. White, Captain
Mark Cheek, leaves this afternoon at five
o'clock for Helena, Mariana. and all the
bend landings B. P. Fields, Charles Sharpe
and William Sluither are her popular clerks.
For MARIANNA.-The semi-weelly passen-
ger steamer st. Francis, Captain Bowman.
leaves this evening at five O'Clock for Helena.
Mariana and all the usual bend landings.
Messrs. Paine. Dean and Franklin are clerks.
MISCELLANEOUS. r
A public sale of government vessels took
place at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thurs
day. at which the United States frigate Guer-
riere, which originally cost $4,000, was sold
for $4,000. and the frigate Albany went for
s4s. 900. about half tie value of her engines.
The Cairo and Vince nnes railroad runs along
the bank of the Ohio. The cars are in full
view seven miles from Cairo, aifording beau
tiful sight.
Captain Dawson Davis. of the Anna, has
sued Peter Eichels for 5000 damages for an
alleged false arrest, having been detained by
United States Marshal Thrall short time
while at Cincinnati. uoa
The James Howard had 1000 bars of railroad
iron to put off at Helena. rrr
The West Wind gets 800 bales of cotton and
starts for Evansville as soon as the ice and
water will permit.
The Exporter is below the gorge at Column
bus. She is in bad luck.
If the ice is not too heavy, the James How
ard and P. W. Strader will Ne up to-day, to
unload at the elevator. er FtlgH
A blockade Of cotton and eastward bound
freight is reported at Louisville. in conse-
quence of which four-ifths of the cotton sent
east will have to go by river, as the Louisville
railroad will receive no more.
Eighty or ninety thousand bushels of coal
were sunk in the Ohio river at Cincinnati
yesterday by the floating ice.
The Mary Alice took into New Orleans last
trip 20 .293 packages, the Bee q, 7G0 packages
and S7l3 pieces Of bacon in bulk.
Glenn Nolte, one of the Anchor Line clerks
who was recently stabbed, is now about fully
recovered from his injuries. He is still de-
terminel to prosecute his assassin.
On the 14th instant the crew of the steamer
Bossier left Shreveport for New Orleans in
skiffs, the water being SO low that it was i'm
possible for larger crafts to float.
The wreck of the Caspian. which sunk in
1876. is supposed to be what the Ballast sunk
on some time ago near the head of Island 20.
Pilots are warned to look out for it, and run
well to the left going down stream.
Colonel W. F. Reynolds, Superintendent of
Western River Improvements. advertises for
proposals until January s. 1873, for the de-
livery of about 10000 linear feet of square
timber. principally 12xl2. and about 100000
feet broad measure of two and three inch
plank lcheAy pine or cypress), at or near each
of the following points on the 0uachita river;
Rock Row, Jack s island and Buffalo shoals.