Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-23

fredericksburg. Washington, and other
localities A portion Of the lsh hatehed
out will be placed in the river At Zach
particular station, and others viii be
transmitted by rail 10 adjacent waters
both on the Atlantic coast and In the
Mississippi valley.
The Board Of Supervisors atWashing-
ton expect to complete their labors to-
day.
Preparations were being made yeaier'
day, says Tuesdays Courier.Journal, for
blowing up the sunken steamer Bill in
the canal. On Saturday they had her
raised three feet but, with the breaking
Of the machinery. she settled back, aud
the prospect Of raising her was at once
abandoned.
At Louisville, on Monday, the stock
holders OF the Mail Line reelected their
old Board Of Directors Messrs. Thomas
Sherlock T. G. Pierce, j. W. CAT, Gin
einnati; W. C. Hite, Z. NJ. Sherley,
Louisville. The Board then adjourned
TO meet again in Cincinnati, on Monday
next, when the Board Of Directors will
elect president, superintendent, treas.
urer, etc.
Mondays Evansville Journal says:
While the Idlewild was lying at Hen
derson Saturday morning a young wO.
man, plainly dressed, came on board,
and walking hurriedly back, called for
the chambermaid and asked for a room,
saying she was very sick. She was
shown a room, and in about ten minutes
gave birth to a daughter. DR.. james
Letcher was called in and afforded her
needed medical assistance. Before leav-
ing the woman and child were sent TO
the St. Mary's hospital, where they will
be we'll cared for The officers OF the
boat and few citizens made up purse
Of twenty dollars for their benefit. The
officers Of the boat and others suggest as
the name Of the child, Virginia ldlewild
Pratt.
DRIFTwooD. The hull Of the dis
mantled gunboat Carondelet, recently
swept away from Gallipolis, lodged on
the head Of Manchester Island. 1t lies
head up stream, and straight up and
down the river, with the top Of its deck
out of water. 1t will be left high and
dry when the river falls. ........The Tom
Jasper has laid up at St. Louis........
The John Kyle ran from New Orleans
to Vicksburg in thirty-Gve hours.."""..
Jack Hanna, first clerk of the Mary Me-
Donald, has resigned his position to
start in business on shore, and will To-
cate at Chicot City. His successor has
not yet been named ......... Yesterdays
St. Louis Republican contains the fol-
lowing: THE arrival Of the first boat
of the season from st. Louis has al
ways been regarded by the st. Paulines
as an event worthy of commemoration.
The advent of the Northwestern at the
long deserted wharf Of st. Paul last Sat
urday night formed no exception to the
general rule 1t was eight o'clock at
night, but that did not prevent mighty
rush of people to the wharf to hail the
arrival of the FIRST boat Both the
Press and Pioneer devote large space
to the recital Of the incidents connected
with the arrival, and republish the an
nual record of the opening of the river,
from period soon after the advent Of
Marquette and Joliet to the present year
of our Lord" .........0n Monday Captain
Pink Varble piloted the Longworth down
over the Louisville falls. .........The
Batesville left Jaoksonport last night
with five hundred bales Of cotton, part
of which was at the mouth of the Little
Red when the food came down White
river. She entered protest at Jackson
port yesterday.