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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

SURF FOR Losr BAa aAaE.-IIattic Bur-
dick sues the omnibus line in Chicago.
known as F. Parmelee & Co., 1.-THE firm is
composed Of Frank Parmelee, David A.
Gage and Liberty Bigelow,) to recover.
damages laid At $1,000. Tho plaintiff
charges that about year ago, she arrived
in this city via the Michigan Central Rail-
road, and purchased an omnibus ticket for
herself and baggage from that depot to
the Rock Island depot. Her baggage was
lost, and she now sues for the value, which
she places at $500.
The Jacksonville and St. Louis IA IL
road will be completed by the 10th Of jan
uary next, and thrown open to the public.
This road will have large passenger
travel, and al freights from below intend-
cd for Quincy, Keokuk and other points
on the upper Mississippi and in Iowa will
pass by this line.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03
Time for Nlatrimony.

DIR. johnson in his work on the economy
of health, says that marriage should not be
contracted before the first year Of the fourth
septennial on tho part Of the lady,
nor before the last year Of the same
on the part of the gentleman; in other
words, the female should be at least twenty
one years of age, and the male twenty -eight
years. The doctor says there should be q
difference Of several years between the sex
cs, at whatever period of life the connection
if formed. There is o difference of seven
years, not in the actual duration Of life be-
tween the two sexes, but in the stamina Of
the constitution, and in the symmetry Of the
form and lineaments Of the face. In re-
spect to early marriages, 80 far as concerns
the softer sex, for every year that marriage
is entered upon before the age Of twenty
one, there will be on an average, three
years of premature decay, more or less APP
parent, Of the corporal fabric
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

Missouri PACIFIC RAILRoAp-The earn
ings Of this road since its completion to
Kansas City, have considerably more than
doubled, and George r. Taylor, its Presi-
dent, predicts that by 1870 the earnings
will not amount to less than million dollars
per month. Every effort to put its equip
ment on par with the best eastern lines
is now being made, and no line Of its
length east or west has more brilliant
future before it. Really, though not nomi-
nally, q part--and thSpost profitable part
of the Union Pacific Line, it does the
carrying trade Of Kansas and Colorado,
and every section that is finished will
throw more than proportionato increase
into its hands.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

MAIL SERVICE IN WINTER.
General Denison has addressed q circular
TO railroad managers, mentioning the fact
that service on the railroads generally
during last winter, was SO irregularly per-
formed as seriously to delay the transmits
sion Of mails. The remedy he says,
lis with the companies. Lessen the
number Of cars on the mail trains, espe-
cially on those carrying through mails, to
the maximum that will not necessarily
prevent their schedule time being regu-
larry made, and the difficulty will be
removed. The request for you TO do SO
is in no sense unreasonable. but demanded
alike for the interest of the government
and the public, while your faithful COM
pliance will only be the proper observance
OF your contract with the department
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

The New Orleans papers say that the
Adams Express Company has loaned the
sum Of $2,OOO,O00 to Southern railro ads
to enable them to resume operations.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

The first ten miles of the Southern
Minnesota Railroad, from La Crescent.
was completed on the 23d, and there will
be twenty miles completed by Jan. Is.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03


CHECK ON Conductors. Presi-
dent of one Of tho st. kouis horse rail-
roads proposes to introduce upon his line
the Prussian gift system; each passcn-
ger who rides over the road is to secure
numbered check ticket for each trip made
which, if preserved until the end of the
year, will entitle the holder to chance in
distribution Of $1,000 or So, 600 in gifts
to the passengers. Each day quantity
Of these numbered checks are given to
the conductors, who at night will be re-
quircd to either return the checks or the ir
equivalent in tickets or money; and as
each passenger will be interested in secur-
ing his share Of the distribution at the
end of the year, and will therefore demand
his check when he pays his fare, the
company will havea check upon any dis
honesty upon the part Of the conductor
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

A SIMPLE CALCULATION. - Ike" said
Mrs. Darlington, !" how do they find out the
distance between tho earth and the sun ?"
"Oh," said the young hopeful, .sthey cal
culate quarter Of the distance, and then
multiply by four"
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

CRITICIsM Of Miss Braddon has not vet
been exhausted One writer says: ut
10 pity Lady Audley hadn't kept her 81
oret."
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

LOCOMOTIVE RUNAWAY. Monday
evening there occurred in this city u run
away Of somewhat novel and unusual
description-nothing less than that Of =
locomotive. The. engineer had gone to
his supper, and the fireman attempted to
play the part of both switchman and en-
ginecr, in taking the engine TO the tank
for water, but unluckily made signal
failure. He reversed his engine and
jumped off to place the switch, when the
locomotive started off on its own accord,
and went tearing down the track at
fearful rate, until it ran off the track At
an open switch about quarter Of q mile
from the place where it started, running
about 100 feet on the ground after it left
the track, tearing out the forward trucks,
and damaging the machine considerably,
though not SO much rs ii would be sup
posed, under the circumstances. Had tho
switch been closed and the engine kept
the main track, there must have been
general demolition, for the destruction Of
cars standing thereon would have been
inevitable. Clinton Herald.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03
Chicago and California Mall.

Chicago enterprise and influence have
achieved another triumph, and one that
will carry with It tho best wishes Of the
entire country, especially those Of our
friends on tho Pacific slope. Heretofore
the California overland mail has been
transmitted via st. Louis and tho Hanni-
bal and 81. Joseph Railroad, thence west
erly across the Plains, at an annual cost
of many thousands Of dollars. Arrange
ments have been perfected whereby the
California mails from the Eastern and
Northern States are to be conveyed via
Chicago. and thence west by the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway to Boonsboro,
Iowa, thence via the Western Stage Com
pany to Omaha, and thence by Ben. Halli-
days Overland Line, via Fort kcarney, to
Salt Lake, Idaho, and San Francisco.
This route offers saving of forty-eight
hours in time over the st. Louis route,
and what is quite as important, the mails
will be transmitted free Of cost to the
Government This has been brought
about by Chicago capitalists, an enter
prise which the Chicago and Northwest
crn Railway Company has seconded with
its immense influence and power.--Jour-
nal
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03

reach of highly spiced wine. As the tempera-
ture of the water increases, SO does his
thirst, and he gradually goes on drinking
the seasoned fluid until the heat kills him,
by which time his whole system has become
impregnated with the vino aromatic season.
ing, and flavor, described as delicious, is
Impaired to the flesh
The Irish papers are making consider
able fuss over what they call the "cattle
melon" which is considered quite an acqui-
sition to the agricultural resources of Ire
land 1t is nothing more than the Yankee
pumpkin, good thing to have about the
house.
"A colored belle, called the "Venus of
Cairo" is about to appear in Paris, in TRACE
dy. She is said to be the daughter of rich
merchant, and her turnout in the Bots, with
tho Mameluke page, attracts no little atten-
ton.
The New York papers hint that Miss
Rushton's new theatre" transformed from
a church in the short space Of sixteen days,
is in reality speculation of the proprietor
of the Herald.
There is q rule at Wheaton I'll. J Col
lege that no student shall become a member
Of secret society. Ono Of the students re-
Gently united with the society Of Good Tenn
plars The offender was summoned before
the collegiate authorities and required to
renounce his connection with it. He re-
fused, and was expelled from the college.
A suit was commenced before Justice to
compel reinstatement and was successful.
The matter was appealed to the Circuit
Court, where the decision was reversed and
the collegiate authorities we're victorious.
\ --Mdlle Parepa, the peerless vocalist, has
engaged with the Handel and Haydn Society
of Boston, to sing in Handel's .sJudus Mac
cabmus, !" and "Messiah, and Mendelsshon' q
.Elijab' this month at the Boston Music
Hail."
Seals have made their appearance in
the Gatinau river, and one was shot the
other day by sportsman.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03


terview with the President and Secretary
Seward, they expressed the opinion that
there would be no more executions or con-
fscations on account Of the rebellion--they
believing that the South had suffered
enough.
In Brooklyn on the 22d, man named W.
H. Russ, shot lady named Frances NJ.
Dayton, to whom he had been paying atten-
tons, and then made an Intellectual attempt
to commit suicide, Miss Dayton WIS not
expected to live. Russ is under arrest
Vicksburg paper asserts that the ne
groes in the Yazoo country are arming them
selves for the purpose Of taking possession
Of the land, and that tho whites were flying
towar Is the towns for protcetien.
| The cholera is raging in Asiatic Turkey.
in Aleppo alone there has been over II 900
deaths, Locusts are SO abundant in Syria
that famine is apprehended.
There are rulnors that Hon. Alexander
Randall will soon succeed Mr. Harlan az
Secretary Of the Interior.
The railroad between Washington and
Richmond is 80 frequently INSTRUCTED by
the placing Of ties on tie track, tearing ur
rails, ETC., that the nj ght trains have been
discontinued.
American officials in Canada have discoy-
cred $4,000 worth Of United States postage
stamps in bond at the Toronto custom
house, and have got out an Injunction up
on them. i is supposed that they wer,
captured by the pirate Florida.
G. B. Lamar and son, lately arrested il
Savannah, have been released by order o
! the Commanding General, upon their fur
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
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For the Public Ledger.
HIS GRAVE.

Twas December, fonr years ago. when
last saw it. Meath the sod of the
dark and bloody ground, on the sum-
NIT of a high hill overlooking, in the
distance, the beautiful Ohio, rest his re-
mains IT'S lovely spot The tall
trees keeping their vigils alone Ter his
grave. The rude rails that enclosed it
were decayed, and had long since broken
by the weight of accumulated leaves that
had been falling for years. The mound
was sunken, and many bushes, the naiu-
raj growth of the forest, were on it grow
ing. The head and foot-stones, which
we're years ago placed there by the hands
of now dead brother, had also fallen to
the earth, and the simple inscription
which they bore, was almost hidden be-
meath the moss that covered them.
Time, the sad defacer of all things
earthly, had made his ravages there /;
and, had it not been for the two unpre-
tending slabs bearing his name, which
l found among the dead leaves, his rest
ing place would have been undistin-
guished from those that were near him.
With what sorrow did ! ruminate over
this sad picture-typiiying so truthfnlly
the decay of man, and at the same time
showing unmistakable evidences OF that
want of affection and reverence that
should at least have made the place more
inviting to the eye The stranger who
should perchance in his ramblings turn
aside from the great highway hard by,
and finds himself among the few scat
tered graves near his, would never know
that other than common mortals were
there buried His grave had been neg
lected. No monument, however humble,
marked the spot. No kind hearts with
iilial love bad for many, many years
been near to mourn. No willing hands
had transplanted there the willow and
the evergreen. No blooming flowers
had ever there shed their faded leaves
No evidences Of affection and care were
to be seen; not even pathway leading
to the spot But all was deeayed, NTH
cred and forgotten. Forgotten, did ]
ssY2 There is yet one heart in which
thy memory lives and should the wintry
blast Of adversely ever give place to the
bright, cheering sunshine of prosperity,
then will that heart crafty its long
thought-of desire, and show to the world
a more fitting and lasting memorial to
that memory which it has so long en-
shrined LOUIS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
From Washington.

Special to the Missouri Republican,
WASHINGTON, May 24-Mr Sumner,
in the course of debate, to-day, on an
important subject, alluded to the first
Napoleon as the supposed uncle of the
present Emperor At the conclusion of
his remarks he sent note to the Asso-
ciated Press reporter to omit the word
supposed" fearing his remark would
offend the dignity OF Count Montholon
The statement telegraphed all over the
country, that the Senate had reconsid-
cred their vote respecting the nomina-
ton of Gen Blair as Collector of St
Louis, is entirely unfounded II is i'm
possible, under the rules of the Senate,
to reconsider rejection if ten days have
elapsed since 1t took place, which is the
case with Gen. Blair's nomination.
Five men Of the staff of Santa Anna
have arrived here. 1t is said their bust
ness here is to manipulate Congress in
favor Of Macmillan, to counteract the
present disposition Of Congress TO favor
and sustain Juarez' Government 1t
seems to be a pretty well settled opinion,
and one originating with Senior Romero,
that Santa Anna has visited this country
in the interest Of Macmillan.
The applications for pardon still con
tinue to arrive, and eight from Arkansas,
four from North Carolina, two from
Alabama, two from South Carolina, one
from Louisiana, and one from Texas,
we're received at the office of the At
torney General this morning.
The President has removed the present
Collector Of Internal Revenue at Peoria,
Illinois.
Il was evident from the debate and
the votes to-day that the House intends
TO pass n new Freedmens Bureau bill
In view of the investigations being made
by the President and the proposed one
By Congress into the workings of the
Bureau in the South a motion was made
to postpone the subject until the next
session Of Congress. This was lost.
however The sixth section Of the bill
was then so amended as to prohibit the
Commissioner Of Freedmen's Affairs
from delivering up the Sea Island cotton
lands Of South Carolina TO their owners,
which. are now held by the freedmen uu-
der Gen. Sherman's order, issued at
Savannah in 1865. The House will
probably vote on the new bill on Tues
day next. 1t is relieved Of some of the
objections which the President urged
against the bill which was vetoed.
The House to-day made some impor-
tant changes in the Tax bill. The stamp
tax on photographs was abolished and
one substituted in its place, taxing all
pictures produced by the sun five per
cent ad valorem. The House then took
up the free list and decided to exempt
from taxation the following articles
Minerals, coal and peat, umbrellas and
parasols and the frames Of which they
are made, bags made of paper, .cordage
aud rigging. rock and calcine gypsum,
window glass Of all kinds, reapers, NOW
ers, threshing machines, grain cradles,
plows, cultivators, seed drills, straw and
hay cutters, horse rakes and winnoEIng
mills.
The Senate resumed the reconstruction
report to-day. Gen. Stewart spoke at
great length in partial support Of the
plan. The number Of amendments thus
far offered in the Senate is sixty-four'
which is an almost certain indication
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
EMIGRATION.

This year in four months 4S,722 per
sons arrived, and in the last l6 days fol
lowing 1901, making the total of Go, 8l3.
From this time forward by far the
heaviest emigration of the year may be
expected. In the FIVE months from May
to September inclusive in 1864 more
than 10000 emigrants came. The in
crease this year to this time is in proper
ton of more than one-ffth, SO that the
total emigration of 1866 can be estimated
at nearly 100000. What influence the
cholera may exert in checking or ac-
celebrating emigration is not taken into
account A large proportion of the
number are Germans of the thrifty class.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
In. ToMENY IN TROUBLE.

We learn from Mobile correspondent
of the Argus that Mr. ToMESY, an old
citizen of Memphis, and long connected
with the Custom House here, " has been
arrested under most outrageous charges,
and that the Grand Jury have found a
true bill against him, and required him
to enter bond for $4,000, which he
did" Other charges coming up, the
bond was increased to $4,000, and Mr..
ToMEEY is still in durance vile, not able,
as yet, to meet the requirements of the
law. The correspondent adds that most
every man with whom he conversed upon
the subject, denounces ToaESr; whether
justly, or anjustly, he does not say.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
FROM NASHVILLE,
Released on Parole-D isinterment- Rspor
ted Murder.


Special Dispatch to the Republican,
NASHVILLE, May PA telegram re-
ceiyed here from the President directs
that John Portef6eld, arrested lately for
suspected completely in the Canada
Vaccinations during the rebellion, and
now confined at the penitentiary at
Nashville, be released on his parole, to
report hi: address and be ready to answer
any charge that the President may pre-
fer
Maj. wainwright has received orders to
remove the remains of all United States
soldiers buried between Chattanooga and
Resaca and the tunnel, on the Nashville
road to Chattanooga, for interment in
the National cemetery -,.
Reports were current in Chattanooga,
yesterday. of the murder at Resaca, Ga,
Of Union man named Willis, on his
way home from church with his wife.
Six men, armed with guns suddenly APP
peared on the roadside and ordered him
to halt. One william levelled his gun,
when Mrs. Willis caught the assassin's
hand, and the ball passed over Mr. Will
lis head. The rest of the scamps i'm
mediately fred, all the shots taking effect,
killing Willis at once. After cursing and
abusing his wife the murderers fed, and
are still unapprehended. 't
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
A sICKLY CITY.

An exchange paper says the City Of
Mexico is a very sickly place during the
summer months, owing to the difficulties
of draining the comparatively low site
on which it stands Late in April seven
deaths among Americans, some of them
of note. are mentioned HENRY W. Al
LEN, late Confederate Governor of Lou
isisna, died on the 22d of April, leaving
behind him the memory of a man far
more honest and selfsacrihcing than the
large mass Of those who attain to politi-
cal distinction nowadays On the San
dsv following, the 18th ult, Judge Gas.
l. AUSTIN, of Albany, New York then
ON a visit to the Mexican capital,
breathed his last, after q short illness
On the lst Of May, Mr.. JoHs A BENTLEY
. gentleman Of large wealth in factories
and plantations, died after an Illness OF
but a few hours. -Four other Americans
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
FROM ATLANTA.
Crop Prospects in Georgia-Riot at Quincy.
Fla, Reported--A Attempted Jail Emeute in

Mobile.
Special to the Missouri Republican,
ATLANTA, Ga. May 24-Reports from
Southwestern Georgia give more favor
able accounts of the crop prospects than
we have had heretofore The wheat is
nearly harvested and the yield is much
above the average; the promise is better
than it has been for years. About half
crop of cotton will be raised in Middle
Georgia The wheat and cotton crops
are much injured, the corn is frst-rate,
Passengers from below report bloody
riot between the whites and blacks at
Quincy, Florida, on Saturday night A
negro was arrested for some offense and
committed to jail and a large number
of blacks assembled and attempted to
rescue him, whereupon fight ensued
between the party and the town officers,
in which the Marshal was killed, and
several citizens wounded These are
only verbal accounts; the truth may
make it worse or modify it, o9e7
-Four prisoners passed through here
to-day, en- route for the penitentiary,
from Coweta county Two of them we're
lately in the United States army They
60 for seven years.
Sixty-six white men, confined in Jail in
Mobile, made desperate effort to escape
on Monday night They seized the jailor
as he was giving them water, and locked
him up. The plot was discovered, how
ever, the alarm given, and the police ar
rived in time to prevent any escape.
Major Generals Sheridan, Hartsuf and
Kautz are in Mobile
The Mobile papers say one more indict-
ment has been found against the late
acting Collector and Treasury Agent on
four different points of swindling and de-
frauding the Government The ex-Gov-
eminent officer is now under arrest on
another charge, which is not yet made
public, for there are others indicted with
him who have not yet been arrested.
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AFFECTING.

oeonee Cemetery, at Athens, Ga, was
lately the scene Of very marked mani
festations in commentator of the
Southern dead. A broken monument,
bearing the names of the dead, was
erected and half obscured by flowers.
At the head of each grave was placed a
small flag with . Confederate soldier
on it A Confederate flag, formed of
leaves and flowers, marked the grave of
General Conn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26
WENDELL PHILLIPS.

1t is intimated as not improbable that
WENDELL PHILLIPS may be sent TO Con
gress from Boston district This pos
sibility is based on the eight-honr move
ment, a combination Of mechanics Of all
parties, who are very earnest in the in
tention to put out of Office any man who
does not agree with their creed as to the
hours of labor, irrespective of political
issues
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-26

that the report as it came from the House
will not be adopted -
The House Committee on Banking Is
making thorough Investigation into
the affairs of the Merchants National
Ba6k here, with viewto perfect the
new bill, which they will soon report, 70
remedy the defect in the National Bank
ing law, so as to prevent failuresin the
future.
Mrs jeff Davis arrived here to-day
for the purpose of asking the President
to remove Mr.. Davis from his present
quarters, as suggested by the surgeons
report Unless his trial takes place IN
June, it is believed that change In the
locality of his confinement will be made.