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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-23
BY T L E G R P d
LATEST TO NOON TO-DAY.
MARKETS..

NEW YoRK, November %, 1890 AM
Gold opened at 1874. Cotton in moderate
demand, but holders are anticipating an
advance and holding out of market.
Quotations nominally unchanged.
ll:3O am.-Gold, l3ls. Cotton in fair
demand and prices advanced aplands,
24ic; Mobile, 25c; Orleans, 26fc. Ex-
change steady and unchanged.
Newfoundland lines not working ]
1925 p. m Gold l34s; coupons 81, ll5k
go, ll2s; "a, 1914; IS, 1851; 6-2Os, new
issue, 1921; 81, llOi; coupons '6s, llO3;
1910 coupons, 1864. New York Central,
l23s; Erie, l43i. Government bonds
steady, with better demand. Sterling
exchange quiet, at lO9s for sixty day
bills. Money abundant; on call at six
per cent Gold loaning fat Market
generally steady. Pacific skies, 9sa
Tenuessee-old, 60; new, 675.s
New ORLEANS, November %, ll:3O p m.
Gold, l34a Cotton very firm, and hold
ers are asking higher rates; middling,
23ic. New York sight bills, / dis.
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NEW YORK.

New YORK, November 23.-The loss
by fire, on Mercer street, last night, is
estimated at sl25,OOO.
Jonn Kelly, who was nominated as a
candidate for mayor by the Democratic
City Union party, and R. 7. Lawrence,
their candidate for corporation, have
both declined. The executive commit
tee of that party have decided to tender
the mayoralty to Judge Daley.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecber preached a
sermon last night on the evils of stock
gambling. After wildly abiding to the
prevailing desire of men to grasp riches
by all means, fair or foul, the reverend
gentleman forcibly dilated upon the
present system of stock gambling upon
Wall street, passing some severe structures
upon the spectators, and contending
that if the curse Of rash speculation was
not put an end to the most terrible con-
sequences would ensue.
A Panama letter says an American re-
Gently arrived there from California,
named Henry V. Clinton, is under arrest
for swindling several parties by means of
false letters of credit on Duncan, Sher-
man Il Co.
A Madrid dispatch states the Roths-
childs and Earrings will take large por-
tons of the new Spanish loans.
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That school Fund.

Our nSighbor of the Appeal demurs
to our suggesiian that it should pursue its
investigations on the school fund subject
We regret that, as an Independent press,
il should shrink from plain duty, in q
matter where the public interest is so
materially concerned. Why, then, has
it broached the subject at all2 Why
despair" at the very threshold ofthe in
vestigaiios prop0sed2 The Appeal says:
Unless we get farther light from an
official investigation Of the facts as to the
(" sacred fund," we despair Of knowing
ANYTHING beyond what has already been
giyeu the public. We have heard ru-
mors akin TO those suggested by the
I,KpcKR. but we do not care 70 make pub
location Of mere rumor Besides, II such
A sum a. $500 Of the school fund IS
known 20 any of our citizens to exist 10
Memphis, the fact must be known TO these
who made the report upon the conoiuon
of the Treasury, and the parties 10 pos
session can shield themselves behind the
official recognition; or il may be IN SUIT;
and. therefore, not an available asset Of
he State. We know nothing Of the mat
ter beyond what We have already pub
Hshed.
What is The cfbcisl investigation TO
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penitensiary War i'm the Legislature.

A. g. Sharp, Director OF the tennessee
penitentiary, has submitted his minority
report. He objects to the removal of
MeElwes and the appointment of new
warden. The lessees having failed to
make quarterly payments as provided by
law, he insists that the Directors should
declare the contract with them void
without reference of the matter to the
Legislature He says that had this been
done, instead of making such reference,
the State would have saved money, though
the convicts had been maintained in
idleuess. The barbarous system of
whipping had been again introduced.
The prison is indebted over thirty thou
sand dollars. 1t has cost the State in
actual money paid out from May l, 1866,
to November l, 1868, $220,600, and the
State is minus $4,000 besides, for tools
sold the lessees and unpaid for. They
had also damaged the stone quarry. The
whole cost Of supporting the three hum
bred and fifty convicts in idleness for the
time specified should not have exceeded
Sl2S, 100, and the State has expended
Sl95,l2l more than that sum. From
1850 to 1860 only S97, 900 was appropri-
ated to the expense Ct supporting the
Penitentiary, including $4,000 ex-
pended for damage by fire. And the
Capitol was built in that time by the
convicts, besides a wing to the prison,
which, had it been paid for as free labor,
the prison account, instead of being
behind, would have shown surplus in
the treasury. The prison has capacity
to accommodate 450 convicts, and has
now All. If the increase is as great for
the next as it has been for the past eight
months, an additional prison will be
necessary. he recommends the en-
ployment of two hundred on railroads,
and that petit larceny should be pun
ished in the several counties, thus
reducing largely the receipts of convicts.
BE thinks branch penitentiary in the
eastern part of the State would be prefer
able to enlarging that at Nashville, and
recommends that If the leasing system is
continued, not more than one hundred
should be leased to any one party OF
firm, and that as few as fifty be author
lied, which be says has secured better
prices for the labor where the expert
ment has been tried, as in the Ohio and
Indiana prisons.
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Perauisitss.

The report by cable that draft for one
million pounds sterling had been paid the
Russian Government by Barring Bros on
account Of the Alaska purchase BY the
United States, gives rise TO some inquiry
as TO why the draft was for only Eve mil
lion dollars, whereas the purchase money
was seven million two hundred thousand
dollars A story has hoated about here
for q month o. I've that this addition OF
tive millions and upward svells the bank
accounts Of various high officials, sdi'
tors, correspondents, lobbyists and iSsf-
ers. who are supposed 10 have aided IN
sitting the opposition Of the House OF
Representatives 10 that purchase. II has
been said that list Of all Who we're paid
their price Is in existence, in which sew
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MAINE.

PORTLAND, November 23.-Dispatches
from Westbrooke state that landslide
took place about FIVE o'clock this morn
ing, just below the Cumberland paper
mills, which comprised about forty acres
in area, and completely filled the chan
mel of the Presumpscot river so that the
water is backed within three feet of the
top of the dam. The lower story of the
mill is submerged.
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Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, November 23.-Mary
E. Bell, widow lady, residing on the
corner of Nineteenth and Pine streets,
was murdered last night by her son-in-
law, named George A. Twitchell, jr.
Her body was afterward thrown from
second-story window. The deed was
committed with heavy iron poker. No
cause has yet been assigned for the act.
The murderer was arrested.
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eral prominent journals are put down at
500 each, aud lesser lights in proper
ton but the story Is said to be mere Cos
sin, aud malicious at that Nevertheless
the fact that only Eve millions reached
his Czarship has suspicious look
Courier Journal.
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DIED.

VANCE.-Tbis morning, at the residence of
Col. Robertson Topp. Capt. Samuel Vance.
Funeral services will be performed at Cal
vary church, a; y o'clock to- morrow. and the
remains borne to the Memphis and Louisville
railroad depot for transportation to the family
vault at Nashville. Friends and acquaintance
are invited to the funeral services. Carriages
will be at command. both at the residence Of
Col. Topp. on Beal street. and in front Of
Holst's. on Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-23

OFFICE STATE AND COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR
SHELBY Co., TENN, MEMPHIS, Nov. l. J
John League. ESQ.,, County Court Clerk, Shelby
County:
SIR: In accordance with the amended reve-
nue. law of the State of Tennessee. passed by
the General Assembly on the 18th Of March.
1868. which requires sworn statements of the
amount of State and county taxes collected,
and the amount outstanding. etc., TO be filed
by Collectors in their respective County Clerks
Office. on the FIRST days Of November. December
and January of each year, I have the honor to
submit herewith the statement for Shelby
county, on this first day of November. 1868.
Very respectfully. your obedient servant.
WIN. MCLEAN,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-23
EIINERAL NOTICE

The friends and acquaintauces Of Edward
ODonnell are invited to attend his funeral to-
morrow. at 10 o'clock am. from his late resi-
dence on Ross avenue, near Hawley street
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Dissolution OF COpartnership.

I, r,.i,,,s from the frn Of A. vseoaro a
ca. 1 oordially rrcommend ny r1ccrlscrt 20
The coafdencs and pa,ror,sgs Il n ~ if,en41
APPEAL ard Avalanche copy enc vssk-l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-23
FOR RENT.


EOR SALE AND RENT.-F0R SALE, A
Il neat and new cottage residence near GilPs
station, two and one-half miles out on Mem
phs and Charleston railroad. For rent the
next year, a good farm three miles below Hope
field, on Mississippi river. with dwelling. gin
house. press, necessary out houses. and over 10y
acres Of open land. For terms and particulars
apply to Eli Rayner. sSe
OFFICE FOR RENT-THE OFFICE NO. 9
" Madison street, now occupied by Manhat-
tan Savings Bank formerly Levy Bore).
Inquire on premises. 20
NOR RENT-TWo STORES AND FIX
Il lures, with rooms over them. on tho corner
BUILDING. Apply at No. SO fernando street.
to f74l LOUIS RAJA.
NOR RENT--A LARGE AND ELEGANT
g Residence, with all necessary outhouses,
fruit trees, eisterns and two acres Of richest
garden land. Possession from first of January
next. Located within twelve minutes ride OF
0Vu'' 'fu"''' A'''' DIR. GILBERT,
est 81 South Court street.
NOR RENT WISH TO LEASE OR
Il rent, for term of years, my large Black
smith and Wagon Shop Sg M pei Isv StTes
NOR KENT-TWOCO MFOKTABLETW TWO
Il story Franc Residences. new. SIX rooms in
each on Main street extended, and near street
cars rent very low. Apply to A. A. BUR-
NN1 PARTE n McGEHEE 4 BURLESeN,
62.t No. 1872 Front street.
NOR RENT-STOREHO Ne. $50 FRONT
l. street. Inquire on premises. 6l-t
NOR KkNT-I WISH TO RENT MY
II Farm, situated six miles southwest of
Holly Springs, Miss, containing $50 acres of
fine land-200 under cultivation. with house,
gin and press, stables. cribs. aud all necessary
outhOuses in one of the best Beig hborhoods in
Marshall county. Also, the stock and corn on
the place are for sale, on reasonable terms
Possession given Chrstmas,
S4s 5. q. RHINE, 1856 Majy street.
NOR RBNT.-A RESIDBHCE ON KERR
Il avenue of six reor<, with smoke house,
stables. and other out buildings. and good els
tern and WEI. with five acres OF ground. Also,
two residences on Union streets one of six
rooms and one of eight rooms. Apply. to MI
NOR MERRIWETHER, at No. IS Union
street. 8-t
EOR KBNT--A GOOD DWELLING, CON-
IL taining six rooms. kitchen. servants house,
smoke house and stable, with five acres Of rich
lana. suitable for garden purposes. situated one
and half miles from Court Square, near the
MhooL's. Price, $500 q year.. Apply to-
H. BRINKLEY,
70 SO Madison street.
C,OR RENTAL RIDGEWAY STATION.
IT Two Cottage residences, in complete order.
on Memphis and Charleston railroad. IL miles
from the city. A good school for girls at the
place. Cars each way. at pleasure Go 5 AgPly 10
ST osce is. ever sos Front Il.
EOR KENT,-.s ACRES OF HELb-tM-
Ing, suitable for garden purposes. Applvto
2-f Moshy Block.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-23

WILL SELL, ON WEDNESDAY MORN
Il ing. November 25th. at 10 O'Clock, at No. S75
Main street. between Gayoso andMcCall streets.
Chamber Sets, in Oak, Walnct and Rosewood;
Parlor Sets, in Reps, Brooatelle and Damask !;
Marble-Top and Mirrored Sideboards, Blu
reaus, Washstands and Commodes, Wardrobes,
Office Desks. Hat-Racks, What-Nots. Etegres,
Sales Chairs. Tables and full line ofnew first
class Furniture.
Alss, a large lot of Metallic Burial Baskets.
Cases and Collins. with a full line of Under
Furniture Wagons, Harness, etc., etc.
Sale without reserve, and continued daily
until closed out. Terms, cash on delivery.
T. MAYFIELD, Receiver.
A. WALLACE, Auctionesr 70
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REMOVAL.

WE HAVE REMOVED OUR OFFICE
w from No. 800 to No. 80 Front street
two doors south Of our former stand.
Tq-iss FOSTER. GWYN a co.
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Dissolution.
Chamber Set for sale.

A VERY ELEGANT CHAMBER SET OF
~ Rosewood furniture nth nesTiF neE brus-
reis cnrpst nsH = ula ~ = esutlsua1 asd
LADY, uhs aesien rivirr up her ron. can -
bourht 81 . rsasonahls prios hy spTlyinf a g
Madison street =
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

A TTENTION. SIR KNIGHTS = A
"A stated conclave of Cyrene Commandery
No. 4, Knights Templar, will be held in their
asylum this Monday evening at seven o'clock.
Transient Sir knights are fraternally invited.
By command of JOHN TENT, K. Q.
N. J. WIGGIS. Recorder.
NOTICE.-MR. II. D. BULKLEY HAS
IN become associated with the undersigned in
the Agency of the Carolina Life Insurance
Company. for Tennessee and Central Alabama,
10 date from the 1st of November, 1858. The
style Of the firm will hereafter be Bull ley, Fer
sr. s0n 4 Prvett. + I'm n. PkEVFfT
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$4,000 WORTH OF
EXTRA STOCK AND BUGGY SALE

NoL. JESSE FORREST HAVING SOLD
y out bis Stables on Adams sttset ve VII
close out on
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Hi Reserved Pine Stock. fflssu hcsds also.
II Burriss End Harness. II i. wsll-knotn
- sssrpf NC. cAYCE 4 Co.
Aucfioneers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1868-04-23
MIsCELLAN
A Very Old Lady.

recollect returning rom school one evening
when child, and finding myself, as entered
the door-yard" at home, in the midst of q
group Of visitors, who were taking leave Of tho
family A very old lady. in a neat black
-" "scOop-shovel" bonnet, was leaning on the
arm of her daughter, who was also an aged
woman. Several others were standing about
my own dear grandmother among the res:
and all Of them seemed TO me old enough to
be the daughters of Mcthuselah.'
stood peering at them curiously, sun bon
net in hand, when the very old lady camo
slowly towards ne. t1
" How old are you. little girl ?" she asked.
"Sx years old"
"Arc your was six years old hundred
years ago. ,~.
How ! started and looked up wonderingly
under the deep black bonnet. She smiled as
she added, MY dear child, am hundred
years older than you are :" and as she kissed
my forehead, and laid her thin hand tenderly
on my bare head, felt even then that it was
O bencdiction.
How honored we all felt by her presence
No one else was spoken Of for a week and We
children all felt that it would be very pleasant
to live hundred years longer, and to be still
good-natured, and have everybody very proud
Of US. Let me live to an old ags. but let mo
not outlive the free use Of all my faculties.
should be the prayer and aspiration Of every
child. Let us point him 10 that goal, and bid
him seek to win the race Heaven often forces
US to answer our own prayers and we must
undoubtedly do so in this case, or they will ro-
main unanswered. We ought to live for old
age just in the spirit we are constantly exhorted
to live for heaven, that is to think Of it, take
measures to attain it, and make provision for
it. 80
l DO not mean merely the laying up Of
" much goods" for tho many years" An
honest old age has right to be independent,
and to be no moro numbered with much SER
wing, u os.en needs change. Let the old
man be free to leave his home occasionally.
and with his old wife, hand in hand, let him 90
travelling to soc the, world and enjoy it. They
may thus add years to their length Of days.
much to their stock of happiness, and moro
still to the vigor and restoration Of decsying
faculties. After three-score years and ten Of
robust work, either with brain or hands, So
ciety owes the veteran a competence, and every
rational enjoyment which it will procure; and
it is al wrong if he has not been able to obtain
this
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1868-04-23
Mississippi Tragedy.


We noticed few days ago, (says the Colum-
bus, Miss, Sentinel the killing of a man
named Barrier, by man named Wilson, at
Philadelphia, Neshoba, County, Miss. Since
then we have heard the particulars from 4
member of the Columbus bar, who has recent
" been near the scene Of blood, and the facts
make it one of the most terrible tragedies that
has ever occurred in this section.
It seems that young Barrier was engaged to
be married to one of the most respectable and
beautiful girls in the county. The day before
the day set for the marriage, Barrier met young
Wilson in the street, and requested him TO 60
with him to the Probate Office to get his mar
rage license. He did 50. The license was OBJ
tanned and Berricr left the Office. Wilson, also.
clandestinely obtained license to marry the
same girl. The company had assembled at the
time and place appointed for the celebration Of
the nuptiaIs. and Just rs all things were ready,
tho lady was reported very sick. Chloroform.
morphine and other oTiatls were administered
to her, and in n few hours she was sufficiently
revived and the marriage VOWS were taken
None knew at that time the cause Of her sud-
den sickness. Ii was afterwards asccrtained
that Wilson had sent her q message not to
marry Barrier. TIE communication so much
affected her, that she became shostly pale and
tainted.
After the cermony, as is the custom in that
region. the new husband carried his bride to
his humble home That night the pair, after
having retired to the bridal chamber, were
aroused hv several friends Of Wilson, and one
of them demanded an interview with the bride.
She saw him. and in a few minutes informed
her husband that she intended to return to her
fathers home at once She left with Wilson S
friends. and went back to her fathers house
Immediately after she filed bill for a divorce,
alleging that she married Barrier, while under
the influence Of opiates.
A few days after. the Circuit Court was to
meet and on the first day Of the court large
crowd collected at the county town. Before
noon the crowd were seen rushing to one point,
where something unusual was transporting
Barrier wss attracted, and approached the scene
Of excitement. when be discovered Wilson
heating with a large stick the ministcr-Mr.
Seal-who. few days before, had performed
TIE marriage ceremony between himself and
Miss. White. As he approached, Wilson turn
ed and accosted him said: DO you take up
this difficulty" Barrier replied do = AT
this revo, yers were drawn and five shots ex-
changed Barrier was killed dead upon the
spot. and Wilson dangerously, but not mortal
~ wounded.
Thus ended this terribletrsgedy Of real life.
What must be the feelings Of the i'll fated
widow. Mrs.. Barrie? Terrible beyond descrip-
ton Truly may it be said truth is stranger
than fiction. There is in this a foundation for
= 81 ,,IIirr rr-0rnCn
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Railroad Travel.

The fastest train in England is one on the
Great Western railway, THE broad guage,
which goes every day l94 miles, with four stop
pages amounting to twenty minutes. in AZ
houis, OF at the rate Of 4S miles an hour. The
greatest exceptional ruin ever made in Great
Britain was in 1862, when the answers were
brought to the dispatches sent to Washington
respecting Messrs. Mason and Slidell. The
train from Cork TO Dublin ran at the rate OF
IL miles an hour. The mail steamer. from
Dublin reached Holyhead 1t SIS in the morn
ing, At e.2s the special train left London aud
performed the whole distance in exactly five
hours, or at a speed of 52i miles an hour--a
speed unparalleled for so long distance on a
line crowded with traffic. BY means of an
Invention for supplying the tender with water
from trough in iransitu, the engine ran 139
miles without pulling up to take water. This
is the longest run ever made by any engine in
this country without stopping. In France the
fastest trains do not exceed "a miles an hour.
in Belgium SAT in Prussia a4l.-Ths Stock
holder.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1868-04-23
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

The regular monthly meeting of the Direc-
tors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany took place on Wednesday of last week at
their Office, Camden Station, the President, J.
w. Garrett, Esq, in the chair.
Resolutions declaring dividends, and the
payment Of United States tax were adopted.
The President stated, in relation to the f.
nancial condition Of the Company, that the
great works in which the Company had been
engaged, especially since the close Of the war,
had absorbed its means TO such an extent that
in order to obtain the requisite capital for the
prosecution of works of vital interest TO the
community a suitable plan must be promptly
adopted Whi.stthelarge expenditures in com
pleting the double track, in constructing the
Washington County Road ir adding extensive
ly TO the equipment and in constructing iron
bridges upon the main line, would soon cease,
yet other leading improvements required Wig
orous prosecution. Within the next ten days
the Camden cut off" will be brought into
regular use, its frSt-clasS double track and the
superior iron bridge over Gwynn's Falls having
been completed Upon the opening of this
improved line the time Of the trains between
Baltimore and Washington will be reduced to
one hour and fifteen minutes.
The heavy and costly work in the constrrc-
ton Of the tunnels at Point of Rocks and VIII
hams' Point is nearly completed so that it is
expected that the double track through those
tunnels will be opened during the current
month. The arching of the tunnels upon the
Parkersburg Branch Road progresses rapidly,
and ndtheexpenditurest thereon continue to amount
to $50 900 per month. The remainder of this
work will be completed by the lst of October
next. Although thus many heavy expendi-
lures will cease, yet, as arrangements have been
made for building rapidly the bridges over the
Ohio river to connect the Parkersburg Branch
and the Marietta and Cincinnati Road and the
main stem Of the Baltimore and Ohio Road with
the Central Ohio Road, it is anticipated that a
million and half Of dollars will be required
for those structures within the next eighteen
months.
Additional contracts have recently been made
upon the Metropolitan Branch Road, and so
large an amount Of work has been undertaken
upon this bnanch, that arrangements must be
made for the heavy payments that will be re-
qured.
The construction Of the Pittsburg and Con-
nellsyille. Winchester and Strasburg and other
lines. which will be assisted by the Baltimore
and Ohio Company, will require large amount
of capital