Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-10

NNS NNA"fN0 nCfOidt nlOoulCAo
for a number Of days, broke on
Monday, taking down stream with
it the John Hanna, loaded with
cotton for New Orleans.
The steamer st, GeneyieYe, Capt.
James Yore, arrived last evening
from Vicksburg, after a tedious
trip Of nine days on account of the
ice embargo. She is receiving at the
elevator, and leaves tomorrow even
ing for Vicksburg and the bends,
carrying the mail and attending to
all way business. She laid over in
order to accommodate shippers.
The Belle of Texas, Captain
Nat Green, leaves positively this
evening for Friar's Point and the
bends, giving strict attention to all
way business. She is a safe carrier
and has unsurpassed passenger ac-
commodations. Charley Smither
has charge of the office. Captain
R. W. Lightburne is making en-
gagements for her.
The steamer 0sceola Belle, when
near Shockley's Landing, 80 miles
above here, was caught in the
heavy masses OF ice which had bro
ken from the gorge at Randolph,
and unable to make a landing she
lay out in the river. The ice
piled around her up to her boiler
deck, and all on beard feared their
time had come,iand several cane
down to hard praying to be relieved
Fl en- their perilous position.
The James d. Parker, Captain
Russell, arrived last night from
VickSPurg with $50 bales of cotton
and sundries, and a fam list of peo-
pie. She was nine days out, being
ice-bound below Ozark landing.
She lays up here and awaits The
resumption of navigation and will
then proceed to Cincinnati.
The passengers on the lce-bound
steamers below Ozark Island, after
the ratiOns gave out on the Parker,
st. Gcnevievs and Phil Allin, col
lected on the latter steamer and
Captain Stacker Lee acted as com
missary and pun chased beef for
them at war prices,'and the bill Of
fare was clne-fsl beef and hard
tack.
The Ruth, Captain Milt Harry,
leaves tomorrow evening for all
points on White river through to
Jacksonport, attending to all way
business and taking freight and
passengers for all points on Black
aud Little Red rivers, connecting
with the steamer Macarthur for all
points on Black river and with the
st. Alberta for BateWille. Through
bills of lading given. Ed Crowell
is her purser.
The Phil Allin, Captain George
Malone, one Of the ice-bound steam
ers, was one Of the first to come in
last evening, followed by the st.
Geneyieye. She brought in 273
bales Of cotton, a lot of seed and
7O9 packages of sundries and a
good list of people. She returns
this evening at sharp five o'clock to
Arkansas City, carrying the mail
and doing all way business. The
hopping Phil Allin will go through
with dispatch. Captain Stack Lee,
a gentleman with whom it is a
pleasure to travel and do business,
controls the office. The following
set Of resolutions were voted TO
Captain Lee and Captain Malone,
while ice.bound at Ozark Island
Proceedings at a meeting Of the
passengers on board Of the steamer
Phil Allin, this January 8, 1877:
DR. Blackburn was called to the
chair, and 5. Il. Whitehead APP
pointed Secretary.
On motion the following gentle
men we're appointed as a committee
to draft resolutions HI. Dufin, l.
|. Croker, S. NJ. Dabney, George
NJ. Bunch.
During the absence Of the com.
mittee, DR.. Shelby, representative
Of Bolivar county, was called upor
to address the passengers, which he
did in a short and most appropri-
ate style.
The committee having returned
reported the following
FooT OF OZARK ISLAND,
January 8, 1877
W., tie undersigned passenger.
| on tho steamer Phil Allin. nine day,