Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-15

from Ot. LOUIS lOr NSM NA4N"-S
100 tons of freight and large lot OF
stock, came in this morning. She as
charged here 222 sacks corn, AZ barrels
meal and 81 bales cotton, which she
added below Cairo. She takes on here
"A bales of cotton and gets away at noon
for New Orleans.
The Mollie Moore is due to-day from
New Orleans, bound for St. Louis.
The river at Greenville is still de-
clining. The City of Altony up this
morning, reports no further breaks in
the levee between here and Vicksburg,
but reports several breaks between
Vicksburg and New Orleans.
A storm passed over Madrid bends on
Monday night which blew down fences
and uprooted trees. Mr.. Phillips house,
in Phillips bend at the foot of No. 8, was
blown down. Mr.. Phillips and his wife
were in the house at the time, but es-
capped uninjured.
Captain Bob Wise, Of the steamer j.
D. Parker, made narrow escape from
drowning while taking on cattle at
Birdsville, landing above Smithland-
the staging gave way, throwing Captain
Wise into the river. At the place OF the
accident the banks are very steep and
the water thirty feet deep. The Cap
tain not being a swimmer his life was in
great peril; when he came up he struck
against the staging, which prevented
him from coming to the surface OF the
water until he had sunk for the third
time, when timely aid arrived, and his
mate and two or three of the crew Crap
pied him and drew him out of the water.
Captain Bob thought his time had come,
and says he prayed for forgiveness of
all his sins while he was down in Dayy
zones locker. His forehead shows two
severe cuts which be received when he
was knocked overheard.
The Phil Allin brought in this morn
ing IS bales cotton and l22 sacks seed
The Nick Longworth from Cincinnati
for New Orleans passed down at IL
a. m. with 1900 tons of freight. She did
not tarry long.
The Oil City left yesterday for Cairo
as the advertising boat of Dan Rice s
circus.
Captain Randall, of the Oil City, is re-
pairing the circus boat Laura No. 2
here, and will probably make a trade
with Dan Rice for her.
The superb passenger steamer Mary
Houston, Captain Charley Miller, leaves
this evening for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, Elliott Miller, clever gen.
tleman, does the honors of the Office.
The House Committee on Levees have
unanimously agreed to report the joint
resolution lately offered by Colonel La
mar, of Mississippi, reciting that the
reclamation of the Mississippi delta is a
national work and should be undertaken
by the general government, and pro.
viding also that the President be author
lied to appoint a mixed commission of
five persons, three Of whom shall be
civil engineers, acquainted with the allu-
vial basin of the Mississippi river, and
two of whom shall be officers of the
United States engineer corps, who. shall
report to Congress at its next session
fixed uniform and permanent plan for
the reclamation and redemption of the
alluvial basin from inundation.
The 0stranders, father and sons, are,
and have been, engaged in steamboating
for number of years, ana have been
singularly unfortunate. Captain Matt
Ostrander, the father, was on the Kate
Fleming when she exploded at Hurri-
cane Island; he was slightly scalded.
Engineer Nat Hurt, son-in-law, was
killed, and tie body never recovered, by
the explosion of the Forest Rose. Fred
Ostrander had both hips disloeated when
the Marquette blew up. Robert Os-
trander's first wife was on the Louisiana
when she exploded at the levee in New
Orleans with such terrible effect, and
was scalded; and but recently John
and his wife were killed by the same
fatal agent on the Crescent City.