Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-06
NEGOTIATIONS.

Yesterday II was reported at Nash
Vile by parties who went there by land
from Carrsyille that Of the sunken
steamer r. G. Gray all that remained
above water had been destroyed by FIRE.
The gorge at Carrsville was still solid
Saturday morning.
A Pittsburg telegram received last
night says;
1t is reported from the head waters
that the State rivers are rising gradually.
The Mon ongahela at this point is falling
slowly; ten feet eight inches 40 this
point at Nix o'clock. A light, drizzling
rain commenced falling early. aud con-
tinued until this evening, The wind
has veercd around northwest and the
weather il growing colder. Large guam
titles Of ice still running in the river,
but will be in condition to morrow so
that some barges can get out
There are GKty towboats aud 10000
900 bushels Of coal to come out from
Pittsburg when the water permits.
Brown & Jones, the coal dealers here,
who lost so heavily by the breakup a
week ago, are now supplying steamers
at the usual prices, dividing their sup
ply between the boats and city.
The Joe Kinney arrived from Cairo
before noou with $50 bales Of cotton
and large cargo Of produce.
Yesterday at Cincinnati the river was
rising very rapidly, with nineteen feet
six inches in the channel ice floating
pretty heavy. Weather cloudy; two
inches snow fell there and at other points
along the Ohio.N
Regarding the situation at Louisville
dispatch sent from there last night
says:
There is not so much ice running to-
day. Some heavy cakes are coming
down, but the number is rapidly thin
ming out The ice runs on the Ken
lucky shoF below the Towhead, leaving
half the river clear on the Indiana side,
except a large field along the shore.
The ferryboat Shalcross this morning
broke the ice around the steamers and
up to the ferry dock, foot Of First street.
She will break through the narrow strip
of ice left in the morning. and resume
her trips 1t is estimated $4,000 will
cover all loss from the ice in this vicin.
ity. A number of coal boats and barges
were caught by the towboat Robin, after
passing over the falls, and moored at
the foot of Sand Island or at New Al
bany, generally in good condition.
Yesterday morning the ice gorge at
st. Louis moved again, and again lodged
at the Arsenal Island, where the river
is narrow, but no damage was done.
The Cheek, as will be seen by her
card elsewhere, has entered the trade
between this city and lHale's Point, and
will do general plantation business.
She is well adapted to the trade, and
will undoubtedly make money there.
She makes tri-weekly trips, leaving here
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
On Wednesday last heavy floating ice
passed Vcksburg for the first time in
many years.
Thursdays Vicksburg Times says:
The steamer Indiana passed up at
late hour Wednesday night, having
very good freight, consisting Of 1850
barrels of molasses, 2O42 bars of rail
road iron, 1923 green hides, AGO barrels
of sugar, 100 barrels of oranges, 400
barrels of rice, 400 empty beer barrels,
"a sacks Of coffee aud salt. On account
of the intense darkness she was com
PEELED to lay up for the night at the
point above town. When in the bend
above Grand Gulf on Tuesday night,
she picked up a snag which tore away
her guard, the same one which she on
this trip had repaired in New Orleans at
cost of $500.
The barges Red Stockings and Clar.
linda, sunk by the Commonwealth on her
way to Memphis through the ice, be-
longed to Captains Vincent Shinkle and
Albert Stein, and were insured in the
Kenton Insurance Company-the for
mer for $4,000.