Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-17

sion on her is better medicine than the
physicians prescribe.
The Mary Boyd is the United States
mail steamer to leave on Friday for the
Arkansas.
The upper Cumberland at one point
rose thirty-fve feet in ten hours, sweep
ing off at rapid rate mills, lumber, coal
boats, cattle and everything else that
could not be instantly removed beyond
the reach of the merciless food.
A heavy snow fell at Dubuque night
before last.
The Simpson Horner, with sixteen
coal boats in tow, passed down last night
for New Orleans.
Robert Chandler has taken the post of
second clerk on the Capitol City, assist
ing ]. B. White.
The Nellie Peck, on her way up to
Milestone from Sioux City, had to I'M
load 1900 sacks of -four at Santee Agen-
cy, on account of low water, and double
the trip from that point to MILESTONE.
She was the first boat to ascend the Mis-
souri, from Sioux City this year.
The national House of Representatives
on Monday passed the river and harbor
bill, with appropriations of $400,000 for
st. Mary's canal, in Michigan; 100000
for the louisville and Portland canal,
and 800, 900 for the Chicago river.
Captain John Triplett, of the Morning
Star, was married on Monday at Louis
vile to Miss Lottie Gsrding, Of that city.
At the prese mt rate there will be but few
bachelors among steamboatmen by next
fall.
The Commonwealth has a cargo of
railroad iron for Evansville.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
just issued special instructions to super
vising local and assistant local inspec-
tors of steam vessels, informing them
that the habit of assistant local inspec-
tors at certain ports requ. ring certlil-
Gates OF inspection as local in spectors IS
illegal, and must be discontinu ed forth
with. Correct titles must be Q. wen to
all signatures, but no official com uunl-
cation other than inspection certificate
must be signed by assistant inspector. =.
Assistant inspectors are declared imme-
diately subordinate to local inspectors.
Inspectors of ,hulls are designated as
chairmen of the local boards of which
they are members, and will be obeyed
and respected accordingly, and will be
held responsible for their districts by
the Department.
Twelve hundred dollars for the suffer-
ers by the Oceanus disaster was sub
scribed by the kind-hearted merchants
of st. Louis on Change Monday. Capt.
Thomas W. Rea is now at the scene of
the disaster with a fine large yawl,
crew and complete outfit to search for
the bodies of the unfortunate victims,
and make all possible efforts to recover
those not already found
We learn that the Memphis and Gin
cinnati Packet Company-Cobb's line
expect before great while to have
frst-class line Of steamers in the trade.
They will be built especially adapted for
the requirements of the trade, combining
all the essentials of speed, comfort and
elegance.
The Great Republic has 800 tons iron,
and will be due tomorrow from below.
A five-inch rise here and decline of
thirteen inches at Louisville is reported
at noon.
The regular St. Louis packet to-day is
the Colorado. Passengers will find her
accommodations complete, and to ship
pers she offers superior inducements.
Captain j. f. Luker commands, and
Messrs. Dietrich and Quesnel are her
clerks. Billy Dill will furnish informa-
ton as to connections with railroads at
Belmont, Cairo and st. Louis. His office
is on the wharf boat.
Among the items Of the Sam ]. Hales
freight are fifty hogsheads bacon, two
hundred kegs beer and two hundred and
fifty kegs nails.
The new steamboat bill will be reported
back to the United States Senate from
he subcommittee tomorrow.
The D. Newcomb will tow five barges,
oaded with $4,000 bags of corn, to New
Orleans from Mt. Vernon, Indiana.