Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-08

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Cairo laid here until nearly dark to coal
she had s25 hogsheada sugar and 800
barrels molasaes for Louisville aud Gin
cinnati. The Indiana had a good trip
OF sugar and molasses. The Little Alps
went down with tow OF barges and the
4. II. Eckert came up at dark from
White river with the freight, etc., taken
from the I. II. Allen and towing barge.
Scarcely anything was done at the river
this morning. The Warner aud barges
from the Ohio aud the Dardanello from
White river were the only arrivals, the
latter brought 2s5 bales Of cotton and
reshipped for New Orleans 2l7 bales at
the mouth Of White river.
BOATS TO LEAyE.
FoR ST. LouIs.-Tba City Of Chester
viii leave at five pm. tomorrow
FoR FRIAR's PoINT. - The regular
coast packet Phil Allin, Captain James
Lee, departs at five o'clock this afternoon
for Friar's Point and all the usual way
landings. Mr.. VIM. p. Gray is chief
clerk.
FoR HALE's PoNr. The Hale's Point
steamer, Geo. w. Cheek, backs out at
five o'clock this evening for all the up
per landings.
For LITTLE Rock DIREcT.-The light.
draught passenger packet Dardanelle,
ia command of Captain Reese Pritch-
ard, leaves this evening at FIVE o'clock
for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all points
on the Arkansas river, reshipping all
upper Arkansas river freight at Little
Rock.
RIVER TELEGRAMs.
CINCINNATI, January S.-The river is
rising steadily, with 80 feet water in
channel. Departed: Nick Lopgworth
and Louisville for New Orleans last
night.
PITTsBURG. January S.-River station
airy, 9 feet inches. Last night the
most of the coal feet succeeded in get
ting of. The fleet consists of forty-seyen
steamers and four hundred and ten
barges, containing five and a quarter
million bushels of coal.
LITTLE Rock, January s.-River has
risen in all nine feet and still rising.
ST. LOUIS, January S.-Rlver still
falling. No movement in the ice to-day
up to noon.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Indiana met with another acct
dent coming up that came near putting
an end to her existence. Friday morn
ing last, about two o'clock, when she lay
at the bank opposite Lake Providence
repairing her wheels, fire was discov-
cred in the nursery, and before it was
got under control it had burned con-
siderable portion of the after part of the
boat Lizzie Hale, chambermaid, was
burned so badly she died the next morn
ing and was buried at Chicot. Another
female was lost in trying to get to the
shore, falling between the boat and
barge.
The Eckert is unloading the machin-
cry, etc, taken from the T. H. Allen, at
the foot of Jefferson street.
The landing needs repairs badly. Let
the new Council and Board of Aldermen
give it their attention.
The Pink Varble and NJ. E. Forsythe
are due from below.
The st. Louis Globe thinks it all well
enough for such Small places" as Mem
phis and Cincinnati to have ice smash
ups, and thus get their names in the pa
pers, but St. Louis is above such small
work.
The dry docks were towed up to their
old place yesterday.
The Howard and Glasgow go to
Evansville when the river opens above
Cairo.
The Mary Boyd passed Augusta this
morning on her way to this city with
zig trip of cotton.
The total rise in White river at Des
Arc up to last night was four feet, which
will make seven foot depth in that
tream.
Inspectors Clark and Rolston expect
o leave this evening for Cairo.