Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-22

A deck pa sssngeF named Williams had
his throat o Ut from ear 10 ear on the
Katie, near 'airvisw, last Friday night,
by = negro rt'usier, who attempted TO
rob him. Williams. feeling the negro
fumbling about his pockets, sWoke, aud
on opening his eyes, the black devil
gave him a terrible slash with a razor,
cutting bis throat as above stated; then
thinking his victim dead the negro en-.
traeted bis pocket book, containing
about $50, and jumped the boat when
near Delta. The wounded man, vii.
liams, was sert 10 the hospital at Vicks'
burg the wound not having proved fatal.
Upon examination Of the wound il was
found that the razor had split the leit
ear wide open and passed within quar-
ter Of an inch Of the jugular vein. infict-
ing dangerous but not necessarily fatal
wound. The passengers on the boat
made up purse Of $40 which they pre-
scented 10 Williams TO relieve his present
necessities, he having been robbed Of oil
the money he had in his possession.
Captain Frank Smiths family are pas
sengers down this trip on the Belle Lee.
Captain Elem Calvert, for years the
controlling spirit Of the Memphis aud
st. Louis Packet Line at this city, enters
the arena to-day in the general steam
boat agency business, and we anticipate
for him in the future fair share Of pa
tronage. He is personally known to
every shipper and merchant in the city,
and has, by his strict attention to bust
ness while serving the Anchor Line,
won the confidence and esteem OF all
with whom he has had either business or
social relations, and now coming before
the public in his new capacity, wherein
he expects to serve both the shipper and
the boat, he will be a valuable acquisi-
ton to the commercial interests OF the
city, as we'll as q reliable and trustworthy
ACQUISITION TO the marine circles. lie
has made his home amongst us, and we
must therefore in order to keep him
here make for him paying business in
his new enterprise.
DRrFrwooD. -The Pine Bluff Press OF
the 18th says: Captain Ed. Rowland
proposes to put boat in the river to
make tri-weekly trips between Pine
Bluff and Little Rock, if the project is
properly sustained by our merchants
and business men" .........The swell from
the upper Mississippi is coming down
quite fast, and kilograms we're received
yesterday that it had already reached the
lower rapids. Mart. Stone, formerly
mate of the Qickstep, died last Tuesday
in the Insane Asylum at Toledo, Ohio, at
the age of thirty-six years. He became
deranged a year ago.........The ma
ehinery of the sunken steamers Brill and
Cherokee are to be sold shortly at Louis
vile at auction .........The tug Maggie,
sold Monday at New Orleans by the
United States Marshal, was purchased
by Captain John KounS.........Captain
NJ. A. Cox, late commander of the Brill,
has gone to Louisville to purchase the
machinery of that steamer.........Two
craneboats raised the stern Of the New
State and three towboats tried to pull
her out of the channel Thursday, but
her hold being full of sand, it failed, and
the work of removing the wreck has been
given up for the present. A barge of
coke is sunk alongside the wreck, and
steamers have to ply between the two
wrecks and have to use precaution. The
other side is deemed hazardous to run
owing to the dam........A flood is feared
in the Minnesota Valley; the river is
bank full, and still swelling at last &C
counts.