Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-20

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The Morning Star arrived at Louisville
yesterday from Henderson, with both
wheels badly broken, and reports heavy
ice all the way from Evansville. She saw
the Mollie Ebert at the head OF Blue
River island, floating sideways in the
middle of the river, with ice piled upon
her upper side. The John Gilmore, with
tow, was above Brandenburg, also
floating sideways.
No boats have left 81. Louis for the
South yet, as the underwriters refuse to
take risks, il not being known positively
that the channel is wide open" below
there.
A coal fleet of fifteen towboats arrived
at Cincinnati yesterday from Pittsburg.
The Cincinnati Commercial of Wednes.
day last has the following PERSONAL"
Enoch Taylor, an old Cincinnatian,
and manager of the Merchants Dis
patch, in Memphis, is here on his way
from the East. Taylor looks as fresh
and IS as fragrant as peach tree in full
bloom"
Mr. A. B. Ryland, Of the st. Louis
Democrat, passed the critical period
Saturday night, and is thought to be out
OF danger.
The towboat Fisher, recently cut down
and sunk by the ice at St. Louis, has
toppled over and will prove a total loss.
She was valued at $4,000, but was not
insured.
A fireman on the j. c. Crossley lost
his life by the bursting of mud drum at
Huntington, in the Ohio, last Wednes-
day.
Thomas s. Royse is the Cincinnati
agent for the Elliott line of steamers.
The General Buell. sunk below Madi-
son was raised on Friday last and goes
on the ways at Cincinnati for repairs.
The Sam J. Hale having been sold,
Captain John Skunk and Clerk Law
renee Carter are looking out for new
berths
A telegram from Alton, ILL.,, dated the
18th, says: THE river rose seventeen
feet up to two clock this evening, when
it began falling again as rapidly as it
had risen. The gorge in front OF the
city moved down about 800 yards this
morning" A dispatch from St. Charles,
Mo, Of the same date says: "The gorge
broke at ten m. yesterday. River rose
six feet and fell about foot during the
night. River fall of floating ice.@
The Glencoe parted a six-inch hawser
twice trying to pull the Illinois off Island
No. 2.
A dispatch to the New Orleans Plea
ynne from Baton Rouge dated the 18th,
says the Mary Louise caught the Lady
Lee at Twelve Mile Point, and passed
her under way in two minutes. The Lee
left New Orleans fifteen minutes ahead
Of the Louise
A difficulty occurred on she City of
Quincy last Monday at New Orleans, be-
tween Thomas Meagher, cook, and
Bob Powell, deck hand resulting in
the former being dangerously cut with
dirk knife. The assassin escaped.
Saturday St. Louis Republican says:
Captain Thorwegan went down to
Thursday night and raised
steam on the Great Republic, determined
that the gorge should not catch him un-
awares. Several other steamboatmen
set up on the wharfboats to witness the
crash, but it did not come worth cent"
Captain Packer has bought sixteen
barges with their cargoes of coal at
Louisville, paying 1871 cents for the coal.
The Florence Lee has been relieved
rom her position in the ice gorge at
Rose Claire, and is now on her way to
he Tennessee river. Her loss on freight
will not exceed $4,000.