Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-06

ing on account of shore Toe and dis
charged her cargo on the Coahoma,
and dropped down below the point and
went into winter quarters.
The new Memphis and New Or
leans packet Ed Richardson, and
Captain Gould'S: new Anchor Liner
for the st. Louis and New Orleans
trade, are ready to leave Louisville to
enter their respective trades as soon
as navigation is resumed.
Owing 10 the heavy ice in the river
and the embargo of the insurance
companies, Captain Milt Harry would
not venture out Saturday fer White
river with the Josie Harry, and he
dropped his fine packet down below
the point and went into winter quar-
ters.
The officers of the 0uaohita Belle,
which arrived last evening reports
the Thompson Dean which left here
Saturday evening for New Orleans, as
laying at Austins' landing yesterday
morning, and the John Gilmore with
her barges loaded here with cotton
and oil cake and meal for New
Orleans, laid up in a safe harbor in
Walnut bend.
A man in a skif, surrounded by a
large field Of ice, passed here this
morning at 2 am. crying for help, and
being unable to effect a landing. As
he foated by efforts were made by the
men on the coal-feet to relieve him
from his perilouS position, but they
could not get near him on account of
the ice. The man informed the per-
sons that endeavored to rescue him
that he had been in the skif for two
days in the floating lee, trying to effect
a landing, and hat he was carried
away from Madrid bends with his frail
bark, encircled with a large field Of
ice. He passed on down the river, be-
ing unable to receive assistance or
effect a landing on account Of the
shore ice.
The famous and popular 0uachita
Belle, Of the Adams mail line, Captain
Mark Cheek in command, arrived yes
terdsy afternoon from Arkansas City,
with 1874 bales and 40 bags of cotton,
and 800 sacks seed and 80 cabin pas
sengers, and landed at Fort Pickering.
being unable to get into the landing on
account Of the heavy ice. She will
come to the levee as soon as the wealth
or moderates and the ice Trims out,
and resume her regular trips. If ia
vorable, she will come up to the levee
this afternoon and leave on time for
Arkansas City. Captain Lee Cum
minis, her worthy and efficient chief
clerk, reports the ice in the bends as
being very heavy, and almost impos-
sible for boats to work through it.
The Belle will leave on her return
trip as soon as the ice admits and will,
as usual, attend promptly to all way
and plantation business.
Messrs. Gronauer and Ralston.
United States local inspectors of the
district, have kindly provided US with
a synopsis of the business transacted
during the year ending December 81,
1878 viz: Steamers inspected, 6S;
masters licensed, 1853; mates licensed.
81; engineers licensed, 128; pilots
licensed, "a; boilers inspected, 1913;
number of boilers defective, 20; num-
Der Of steamers gone out of service, 5;
amount of property lost by explosion,
$4,000; amount of property lost by
collision, 800; amount of tonnage of
steamers inspected, 14,872.4S; licenses
revoked and suspended, ID; number
o fboileers given away under hydros-
tatic pressure, 2; boilers condemned.
z; Investigations for violation of law,
10; accidents by fire, 2; lives lost by
fire, 3; accidents by collision, /; acct
dents by snags, 2; new steamers built,
z; amount of property lost by fire,
$4,000; amount of property lost by
snags, $4,000; amount of fees col
lected for tonnage, $2215 IS; amount
of fees collected for licenses. $3O45.