Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-13

in the Senate at Washington yesterday
and referred. The next application for
a charter will be to bridge the Mississip-
pi between Hopedeld, Ark, and Chelsea,
Tenn, and the only means known to
prevent the passage Of such bill and
the certain humiliation Of Memphis,
would be for the city authorities to
award the public printing to the loscest
bidder-that is the LEDGER.
That elegant passenger steamer, the
Julia, Captain Boyd leaves this evening
at FIVE o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis.
Mr.. James Thompson is purser
The Mohawk is reported aground at
Liberty bar.
Mr.. James T. Bourne, a well-known
gentleman long connected with the river
interests, has again entered the field as
steamboat agent here, and will GER
tainly receive fair share of patronage.
On Wednesday last as the hands were
at work in tearing up the deck of the
steamer Falls City, they recovered the
body of Anderson Pearson, colored
roaustabout. His remains we're found
beneath the boiler deck, in rear Of the
boilers.
A heavy cable chain holding the wharf
boat to the shore at Evansville was
snapped in two on Friday by the storm,
and the wharf boat carried out into the
river.
The Mary Miller, for the Arkansas,
left Cincinnati with 34S packages can
dies and lard, 1000 kegs nails, $50 pack
ages glassware, 200 barrels whisky, 200
barrels flour, 1000 kegs miscellaneous
freight, and 20 tons for Paducah.
The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle
wonders at the surprise manifested over
the loss of the Altoona, and the fact that
negligence on the part of her officers ia
attributed as the principal cause Of her
loss. and says it is reliably informed
that both boat and cargo would undoubt-
eddy have been saved had it not been for
a portable mill lost from the Nashville,
when she was sunk by the ice, on which
the Altoona caught, and on which she
now lies. The boat was assigned that
place at the landing, and she put in
there without the slightest knowledge Of
an obstruction.
The Minneola entered protest at Cairo.
Her bow was badly damaged, but her
cargo was not seriously injured. She
was driven to the bank by the wind above
0sceola, and struck log which was
lying out Of the water, which stove in
her guard, near the bow, and cut her
hull to the waters edge. She patched
up the break and proceeded on her way.
There is scant eight feet of water from
Cairo to ST. Louis.
Captain Stanton j. Bachelor, Of the
Potomac, in writing to Thos. S. Royse,
her agent, from near this city, on the
It'll, closes his letter with the following
description of the good time the passen-
gers are having on that superb steamer:
" We have the gayest, prettiest and live
lest party OF ladies l have ever seen on
a boat. They allow no rest for the wick
ed-going it from morning till twelve at
night. Hope we will get through and
back all right All well, but not all
quiet on the Potomac.
On the last up trip of the Colorado,
she picked up snag while few miles
above here, which ran through her star
board wheelhouse, doing slight damage
to her wheel
The St. Louis Packet Company re-
ceived here last week 10000 barrels of
-four.
The wife of Cal Slauson, clerk of the
was presented with beautiful
service of fourteen pieces by the citizens
Of Vicksburg