Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-02

An ocean race between the steamers
Russia aud Republic is the topic of con-
versation in marine circles in New York.
The Republics time from New York to
Liverpool was eight days and nine hours,
and her opponent came laundering in
but two hours later.
The John Kyle will be locked at st.
Louis to-day.
The Argonaut and three barges were
sold at st. Louis yesterday for $4,000.
The Mary Mcdonald was advertised
to leave st. Louis yesterday for the
Ouachita river.
Nine feet Of water is the channel depth
between Cairo and st. Louis
Misses Mary L. and Amelia Poe are
passengers for the trip ON the steamer
Mary E. Poe, coming down for Red
river.
A dispatch to the LEDGER says that
the Nashville was raised at Cincinnati
yesterday, and that the Belle Vernon
will be raised to-day.
The texas of the Silver Bow and the
hurricane deck from the wheel-house
forward have been carried away by the
current, and rest against the Emile La
Barge, which lies just below the wreck.
The Lockwood has settled little, and
her cabin is about to tumble of. 1t ia
thought that her hull and machinery
can be saved
The T. H. Allen goes out Monday for
the Arkansas.
The elegant passenger steamer City
of Vicksburg, A. j. Carter master, and
Garrett Hulls secretary, will pass down,
leaving the wharfboat at pm. to-day
for 'Vicksburg and the bends.
That elegant steamer, the Grand
Tower, Captain Lennox, leaves this eve
ming at five o'clock for Cairo and st.
Louis. Messrs. White and Crane are
her clerks.
The Sam. j. Hale, Captain HANDLE
ton, leaves this evening at five o'clock
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
She laid over, in order to accommodate
shippers.
The G. W. Cheek, Captain George Ma
lone, leaves at FIVE o'clock this evening
for Friars Point and all way landings.
F. S. Gonterman and L. H. Briggs are
clerks.
The new and elegant passenger
steamer Emma c. Elliott leaves this
afternoon at five o'clock for Jackson
port, taking in all the way landings be-
tween this and that port. Captain John
D. Elliott commands, and Walter Out
law and Arthur Fields are her clerks
The Columbia is broken into frag-
ments from the texas aft. Can't be
raised under any circumstances.
Wharfage collections by Captain Light
burne for February will hardly exceed
$1,000. That collected at st. Louis was
s3l25 20.
A Quincy telegram of the 29th ult.
reports a heavy ice gorge below that
city.
Another steamboat accident is re-
ported in our telegraphic column today.
Yesterdays St. Louis Republican has
the following cheerful items:
There is large accumulation of
freight here, and boats get all they can
handle at remunerating rates, On ac-
count of the vast accumulation of mer-
chaudise and produce here, freight rates
have remained without change since the
opening of navigation. Business on the
wharf is still very active There is a
dearth of tonnage, in fact, to meet the
full demands of the emergency. How
ever, the returning boats will soon sup
ply any deficiency in that respect. Nayi-
cation is now open in all directions-on
the Illinois to Naples, on the Mississippi
nearly to Louisiana, on the Missouri to
Next week business will
oman hrisklv with the rivera ahOve