Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-13

below st. Charles. The Arkansas and
White rivers continues TO rise, and have
each fair stage OF water. Last even
Jog the weather was cool, aud high
wind came from the west. To-day "old
Sol was visible for moment ouly
when be first put in an appearance in
the east, and thereafter snow squall
came, lasting but few moments after
that the weather was variegated-at one
moment cloudy and the next clear.
BUSINESS.
The Cheek got out well laden last
night. The Andy Baum had over 300
bales Of cotton for cannelton and Gin
cinnati, and got away at seven o'clock
for lightning trip to Cincinnati and
back. Tie Pauline Carroll went down
with about 1900 tons, her boiler deck,
hull and hurricane being filed with
freight The Cleburne got away at dark
for White river, and had a good trip.
The Joe Kinney went up during the day
with 600 tons. There were four arrivals
to-day. The Phil Allin came up with
324 bales cotton, $50 sacks seed. The
Clarksville brought 1872 bales Of cotton.
The Auna, from the Ohio, put out about
10 tous, and had for the Arkansas 400
tons. The Bodmann passed down early.
r..t BOATS TO LEAVE.
FoR PINE BLUFF AND LITTLE Rock
The fine steamer GAINESVILLE, Captain
Sam B. Adams, now lying at the wharf
boat foot of Court street, will positively
leave at 8 o'clock Friday evening for the
above points. Shippers will get their
freight and bills down in time, and pas
sengers to secure choice state-rooms
must make early application. at
FoR ARKANSAS RIvER.-The Pink
Varble leaves for Pine Bluff on Satur-
day.
oRWHTE RIvER,-The Legal Tender
leaves on Saturday next.
For New ORLEAEs.-The elegant
steamer John B. Maude will get away at
4 o'clock this evening for New Orleans
and the bends. She is new, and has
frst-class accommodations and fare.
Captain J. f. Noel and Messrs. Swivel
and Putnam are the officers of the boat,
who are well and favorably known.
For CINCINNATI Potomac is the
next regular line steamer and will leave
on Saturday as above.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Mary Houston, Dexter and Yae-
ger passed Evansville yesterday on their
way down.
Three more tows of coal left Louisville
yesterday for the South.
George Griffin is now the Cheek bill
clerk
The wrecks above the foot Of Jefferson
street should be hauled away blown up,
torn to pieces or disposed of in some
manner. The space they occupy is the
very best part of the landing to dis
charge boats, and is needed badly.
The St. Joseph brought load of
freight down from st. Louis to Colum-
bus and Hickman to be distributed over
the South by rail from those points, when
the elevator here could have received
the same freight and our Memphis and
Charleston and Mississippi and Iennes-
see railroad could have distributed it as
well as the roads above.
At the last accounts the barge that
dumped the forty car loads of grain into
the river at Cairo was laying bottom up
with a part of her roof and cargo box
gone.
The Anchor line and Dayidson's White
Collar line will bring about thirteen
thousand people here to see Mardi-Gras.
Both lines reduce their fare fifty per
cent.
The wharf boat John A. Wood, with a
coal feet, passed down this morning.
A Middleport (Ohio) special of the
10th to the Cincinnati Commercial gives
the following particulars of the accident
to the Petrol No. 2, mention of which
was made in the LEDGER several days
ago:
About two o clock Sunday morning,
when about mile and ene-half below
Nashville, on the Ohio side, she ca
reened, losing her battery of boilers,
then capsized, and in that condition
foated off, and was caught at Ceredo.
All who remained with the boat, except
the cabin boy, Willie Thompson, who
never was seen out of the cabin, were
saved. Nine tried to swim ashore, OF
whom two-George w. Cakes, Petrol
deek.hand, and John II. Church, Neal
frenan-were drowned Captain W.
II. Rardon and James ]. McElhinny
reached the shore, but nearly lfelessi
every exertiOn was made to restore them
with the appliances at hand-success-
fully in the case Of Captain Rardon, but
Captaini McElhinny died in few min
utes after assistance had reached him.
There were twentyeight persons ON
board at the time of the accident.
A St. Louis telegram of the 10th says:
The Great Republic resumed her trip
south this morning, and the Richmond
expects to start tomorrow. The Repub-
lie will proceed to Chester and await
water. The Andy johnson, which sunk
Yesterday near Prices landing, was not
;,.,,rad.- the Keolruk Packet Comnanv.