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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03
Wonruousr No one viii deny Thai

J. "A ohkHvlrAs Nv jug VII '@"y 49,
such an institution is needed In Mem
phis. has been, is to day, and always will
be needed so long as We are a city. II
evidences Of such need were wanted
they are abundantly afforded every hour
Of the day, on the street corners, at the
levee, and in the miserable haunts and
novels, where congregate in vice and In
dolence the swarm Of vagabonds and va
grants, of all ages, and both sexes and
colors, by whom the city is ovsrrun. Tie
tax payer feels such need at least once
a year when the assessor aud collector
comes around. Every respectable citizen
who directly or indirectly contributes
to the maintenance OF good order and
public morality must In greater or less
degree feel il. But probably no one is SO
fully impressed with the importance Of
the subject as those who are daily brought
in contact with the class in question
those upon whom II devolves to visit up
on them the force Of the ordinances
police. Hence 1t is the police commits
sioners, and especially Col Beaumont,
has been for months past clamorous for
workhouse-somewhere to lodge and
render comparatively useful the hordei
Of worthless and vagrant creatures
daily arrested only to be turned loose
upon the community again for
sheer lack of prison accommodations.
The station-houses, which were never in
tended as anything more than places Of
temporary imprisonment, would moi
begin to hold them, and hence turning
them loose is the only alternative. And
thus the system Of arrests aud trials, as
instituted for the punishment of petty
offenses, is rendered mere farce, and
might as well be dispensed with alto
gether. The police, aware of such q
state of things, must naturally feel less
jealous in the discharge Of their duty
while with the offender, the knowledge
that day or two in the lookup will be
the full extent of his punishment becomes
an absolute incentive to crime Thus, in
moral point of view, the existing con
dition of things demands reform, and
that reform must be workhouse. In o
financial light, the case is even stronger.
Every prisoner who now costs the city
City cents per diem to feed him would,
in a properly conducted workhouse
yield the city by his labor at least one
dollar above all expenses.
The parade of the inmates of the
Adams street station, made by direction
of Col. Beaumont, on Saturday last,
afforded pretty fair sample of the class
of creatures who are being boarded at
the expense of the city. Of the
one hundred and twenty odd who
formed the procession at least nine out
of every ten we're able-bodied men and
women, the residue being children, who
should be at a reform school rather than
surrounded by the corrupting associa-
tons and evil examples of station
house. The demonstration on Saturday
was side of the picture which has never
before been exposed to the public gaze,
and its effects, we trust, may be to arouse
a popular sentiment in favor of work
house and reform school, which will no,
abate until such an institution is estab'
lished
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40 OTHER PRIZES,

consisting of MONEY, SILVER TABLE
SITS, PIANOS, SEWING MACHINES.
Etc. making q scheme Of ssch inducements for
Certificates to be secured in Memphis Of Mr..
+. s. PLUMMER, 212 Front street w. II.
PAssM0RR A co.. 30 Second street. and AZ
GEORGE PATTIS0N X CO.. sl7k Main
street. Orders for certificates BY mail will be
promptly attended to BY Pattison 4 Co. Certi-
fcates, s. each.
P. s. LANHAM. Manager.
W. IT. RHEA. General Arent. l25-2awt
wHITEMORE HOUSE.
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Upton WBEKLY RECORD.
SAM. p. ROSE. EdIior and PrOpri'r.
TnE RECORD Is PUBLISHED EVERY
Il Friday. At M . ~


and IL an indepeudont Democratic paper. 10
cirrniafcs widely In the counties q Upton,
Lauierdsis. Haywood and fayetie. and e The
6est adveftising medium. throngh which the
1Dcrchants Of Memphi. may adxertl.e for eoun-
~ trade. 70 be found N " 81 hennessee-
as-.-t;s,nr,ts inserted on liberal terms.
e,..-i.sen comics furnished gratis 30 al Who
my ~ SAM. p. R0sR.
rr-ss C0vinrton, Team.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03

JUsr RECEIVED. forty jugs maple syrup,
by yesey 4 Cartwright, 7ss Front street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03

RIsetisn or County Trustee and
El Coroner, This morning.
Esquire J. III. Goodlett and Esquire
=. n. Miller the Success
fuI Candidates.

ana JONI IohRue requcotcu w nct ne
secretary. The roll being called, the
| following Justices responded to their
names; Bond, York, Ward, Carroll,
Herman, Smith, Pulliam, Walker. Jones.
Hill. Walton, Hall, Moore, Miller, Glis-
son, Brooks, GoodIett, Massey, Smith
and Blakely.
The Chairman announced that quo.
rum was present, and the Court was
ready for the transaction Of the business
before it, viz: The election Of County
Trustee and Coroner, to fill the vacancies
now existing in those Offices.
Judge P. 7. Scruggs, on behalf ofJudge
King, VIM. Heiskell, Esq, and himself,
proceeded to set forth the law author
izing the Justices to proceed to an cleo
ton. He advised that the Justices pro-
coed to the election of Trustee and Cor
oner for the county; that, when elected,
they take the bonds of said officers, and
when taken and approved, each Justice
sign the certificate of election and APP
prevail of the bond.
The Court then proceeded to ballot for
Trustee. ]. II. Goodlett, A. Woodward
and f. NJ. Cash were placed in nomina-
ton. A vote being taken resulted as fol-
lows:
Goodlett, 10; Woodward, 6; Cash, 3.
Esq. Goodlett was declared duly elected.
The election of Coroner being next
in order, R. B. Miller, DIR. o. R. Early,
7. G. Ladd and W. A. Hume announced
themselves as candidates.
A vote being taken, resulted as follows !;
Miller 9, Early |, Ladd 7, Hume l, and
Mulord l. M
A second ballot being requisite for
choice, resulted as follows: Miller ID,
Early 0, Lodd 6, Hume /, and Mulord L.
Esq. Miller was declared duly elected.
liz SEARCH OF PRErExT.-About the
middle of last week an understrapper in
the Adjutant Generals office under Gen.
Thomas made his appearance in this
city, evidently on smelling mis-
sion. Making himself known to no
one, he noiselessly crawled into
the Clerks Offices of the Grim
inal, Circuit and Municipal courts
With the ostensible object of compiling
statistics Of crime, but we have every
reason to believe with the real object of
searching for. pretext for send
ing Brownlow's militia to this
city. A complete list of all
murders committed in the county
within the past twelve months was taken
down, and it was noticed by those who
had an opportunity of watching the
operation that the negroes were set
down separately from the whites. 1t
was also noticeable that at least
eighty per cent. of the crime in Memphis
is chargeable to Brownlow's African
pets; and further, that where one negro,
fully one hundred whites have been the
sufferers. If Tbomas's Paul Pry will
report this complexion of the case to his
master, probably no Conservative will
raise an objection; and ifby any method
a pretext for Brownlow's chicken thieves
can be tortured out of it, we confess
being at a loss to see how it can be
done.
T...orn.~n D.,,a.n Mprrrrn tn q
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LOST Oh MIsOARRIED.

ENTITY COUPONS FOR .THIRTY-FIyE
/ dollars each, all numbered p and due INST
~ Jnlv. 1888. The Bonds from which these
Tonnn,e were taken were issued by the Mem
mis- and Little Rock railroad. aud were mum
bsrei al o. rs. 81. ee, 90, 100. l0. l02. l0S icy,
los, ile. I2s. ~, Is l26, ~, rs l2e 10, ~
~ 10 l5o ISL. 1s2. 15a l54 l55, 1856. l57. lbs,
isa. ia. Isl, is2, 1853. 16l. Tbs, payment Of
these Coupons have been stopped Any infor-
nation thankfully received BY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03
DRAWING OCTOBER s, 1868,
Most Positively
Five Hundred Prizes
Half Million Worth Of Property

THIS GRAND DISTRIBUTION OF VAL
i liable Real Estate Property, under the man
asement Of some of the most influential and
respected citizens Of St. Louis. will take place
October g 1853. WITHOUT FAIL OR POST
pONEMENT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03

Faulr CANS, at 1886 Second street
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Arrival and Departure Of Trains.

LAusDRY OFFICE. 40 Jefferson st.
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Money 90 loan ON Coliaterais at sss
Main street. "-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03

BurzHEl HurrrRll-ws have in our
preserving rooms one thousand packages
choice yellow butter, for mle 10 the trade.
memphis PREsERvIso ConrAxY,
1870 Under the Gayoso House.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03

r AM DISPOSED TO LEASE IS 2i-loO
i acres Of land for ten years. lying opposite
the front Of the late DR.. s: M. whsaton's, 10
AUGUST ]. Uses. 1881 B. w. BEDF0RD.
NOR RENT-COTTAGE RESIDENCE,
with four rooms and kitchen. on Linden
street. Apply to W.. LITTLEJ0HN.
1876 AZ Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-03
STOP! r. EA ID !!

For SEP. $40, $50 or 500, you can
buy one of the celebrated
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-17
Grants Refrigerator.

Some Of the newspapers, in discussing
the probability Of General Grants resig-
nation Of the Office Of General Of the
Army, state that when be resigns the
Office will expire with the acceptance of
his resignation, and that the highest
rank in the army will then be that Of
Lieutenant General, in which grade
General Sherman has no peer, and that
il will be within the discretion Of Con-
eress TO determine whether be shall be
promoted to the still higher grade, and it
viii require 3 special law, as in the case
Of Grant, to do so. This statement
Il erroneous 10 some particulars. The
law under which Grant received his ap-
Monument revives the old law providing
for the grade Of General Of the Army,
and leaves il to the discretion Of the
President 10 appoint en- officer Of that
position or not The resignation Of Gen.
Grant would merely make 3 vacancy
whicb could be flled BY another appoint
nent. II the Executive should deem il
necesssry or proper that the grade should
~ lent M. The laE does not contem-
nisse succession 80 g matter Of course
Iouispille Courier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-17
Memphis and Little Rock
RAIL % A ID.
OPEN no MADISON.
Overland Route to Little Rock.

ON AND AFTER. WEDNESDAY, SEP
~ TENDER 2, 1858. the train on the Eastern
Division of this road will run regularly as fol-
GOING wEsr-Leave Hopefeld Monday. We'd
nesday and Friday; at 7.SO am, and arrive
at Madison at l o'clock pm.
CexIse EAsT-Leave Madison Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, at 1880 am; arrive at
Hopafeld at O'Clock Pm, and Memphis
The Ferryboat NEVADA leaves the foot OF
Union street. at I am. Trains at Madison coz
meet with the Stage L ne between Madison and
80 passengers lea ring Memphis at fam.
arrive In Little Rock az pm. next day.
Tickets for sale at all the Railroad Ticket
Freirhts for Madison or way stations. re-
ceived by p. NJ. PATTERSON 4 CO.. at their
wharf boat, foot Of Union street.
Freight 10 way stations must be prepaid.
OyYfcK or RoAD-12 Jefferson street.
]. W. ROBERTSON,
KAT General SUPERINTENDENT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-17
M Il M II HI Is
STEAM DYEING AND CLEANING
ESTABLISHMENT,
R. a. HO'LLENBERG,
No. $50 Second street.

DYEING AND CLEANING OF SILKS,
IL Woolen and mixed goods Y done AZ TINS
place to perfection. Gentlemen's wear clean ca
nswnsss. Floss and original finish to the goods.
and does away with the old. destructive mode
Of occurring. The Repairing is done oy a COM
petent Taller. Prices are LEss than lnose d
any house in the city. and all WORK suar1nt sa
To give ratification. lS-Os
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-17
SUMMER sCHEDULE-JUNE, 1ses.

Beth Trains connect for Nashville.
Through Tickets, at Reduced Rates,
Can be procured at the Company's Office, 2311z
Main street, and at Depot, head OF Main street.
ss- Baggage Checked at depot. OF by the
Memphis City Transfer Company, at Hotels,
private residences, OF on board boats, to all
principal points East and North.
SAM. B. JONES, Superintendent,
ASA HILL, PASSENGER AGENT. 79-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-17

EFERRING TO THE ABOVE CARD,
III Il will be seen that We have completed our
mammoth Storehsuss, No. 2 Union street,
" Stoneuali Block" and are nov openin z IN
the largest and most varied stock Of
Groceries and Plantation Supplies
ever brought 70 this market We will Be
pleased 81 AL times 10 see and serve our old
customers, and a. many new as may favor Us
with call keturning thanks for the very
liberal patronage extended 10 ~ for the last
fifteen yeart. We hope By promptness In al
tnings and strict sttention 70 business 70 merit
Q continuation Of the sama
BaeTinr. Rope and Iron Ties furnishcd At
lowest market prices.
Our Mr.. IREADWELL win give bis entire
Attentions 20 the sale Of Cotton.
Our NJ. MkACHAM, one Of the Oldest Gro
cery Merchants IN the city, viii rive his undf-
videi attention % the Wholesale Groosry De-
partDent.
Cal and see ~ We win make il TO your IN
tercst 70 trade with us. 80
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7. VIENNOT e. CO.,


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TO Pay Charges.

xryEwILL SELL At our sALE 81 {, ~. /.
w No. 81 6scnnd sirss.s 2, ~ -. Z, 49,
~ ~. one trusk ard contests. the Froperty
q A. Cole 70 P'wS ". d. PlssMoRE a co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-17

ITS sxo--s inrly large circulate N througn-
cut the city n u State ofeTs busin - - -
excellent go rtunity % mare - 49,. n
kis section 90 he eounuF. ~
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03

Alton, Illinois, has shipped more than
100 bushels Of strawberries this year.
Wine, it Is said, is being made in Gaines
vile, Florida, of tomatoes, which Is reported
splendid.
Land near PIeasantvile, Vcnango county,
which was offered one month ago at $3.50
per acre, is now held at - 900 per acre.
Arson Maine, produces more wool than
any other town in the State. There are
23,0OO sheep ia the town, of chiefly Spanish
meriDo.
A farmer in Dcrbyshire, England, recently
took a prizn at fair, on three cabbages that
averaged 72-i2 pounds.
Andrew S. Fuller, author of Small Fruit
Cuturist. says that with him coal ashes are
worth So or 81 load, especially on sandy
land.
A correspondent of the Northern Farmer
says that vinegar, in the proportion of one
part to nine parts Of water, Is an effectual
remedy against injurious insects OF every
kind. 1t should be applied to vines and
plants with garden syringe or watering
ing pot with a fine nose.
An Attorney COW, recently imported by
Mr.. Sharpless, of Philadelphia, has on two
separate trials made Ii pounds of butter per
| week, giving II quarts of milk per day,
without other feed than grass in the pasture.
Mr.. d. ii. Stone, OF Genesee county,
Mich, recently sheared three year old
Merino ram, the fleece Of which weighed 20
pounds, fleece one year and one week old.
Five yearling rams gave Gl pounds ounces
of wool, and four ewes gave Al pounds
ounces.
A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man suggests, as an effective method of i'm
proving our stock, that a considerable tai
be levied on all stations, bulls, rams, and
boars. He thinks this would have the effec
of decreasing the number of inferior Oh
"scrub" animals of each class.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03
Della WARES AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE,

The endowment made by the General
Government, to support Agricultural Schools
In tho different States, by grants Of public
land, will be, If properly employed, a fine ba
sis for the permanent fund of such institions.
The share of Delaware is small in compare
son with that of New York, though, when
their population is considered, 1t is much
larger. We get ninety Thousand acres Of
public land, to be located, out of any lands
open for sale, by the State or its Commits
sioners. This, at the Government price of
@l.25 per acre, ought to realize us, clear Of
all expenses, nearly $4,000, and might
BIO made still more, il it were carefully and
judiclously applied.
One hundred thousand dollars in money,
for the basis of our operations, ought to Sc
cure to the State an excellent School. We
should regard it merely as the initial, the
foundation, fund. 1t alone should moi
be depended upon, but with this handsome
start, surely there is public spirit enough
in the State to greatly increase the endow-
ment Some wealthy son of the State, am
bilious to bequeath to posterity a name thai
will live, should add at least another hun,
dred thousand. Daniel Drew gave half &
million to the Theological Seminary bearing
his name; Ezra Cornell has given three-quar
tiers ofa million to his great University
Matthew Vassar gave some hundreds O
thousands to his Female College; Pete
Cooper ia not behind any of them with hi
great free Institution of Literature, Art ant
Science, in New York City.
A hundred thousand or twice that sun
ought to be added by private liberality /,
the Government endowment for the Della
ware College. Without this addition, tn
bounty of the General Government may b
an injury rather than benefit; enough Il
check individual liberality, but too little i
amply serve the great purpose, of establish
ing strong, healthy, vigorous institution
A college, to be really place of liberal in
struction, must have talented teachers, am
pie libraries and cabinets, as well as the nc
ccssary buildings. Without ample funds
these cannot be had. Without liberal el
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03

FARxER's IrKM.-The potato erop through
out the lower end Of Chester county Is large aud
Of good quality. They have been selling a. ~
as fafty cents per bushel at the Oxford ware
houses. but the best brought one dollar last
week. There has been no complaint Of the rot
In the field.
The Oxford Press says that the farmers Of that
section will have an exceedingly large crop Of
corn this fall-provided no killing frost occurs
before 1t npens. A stroll or drive into the
country In any direction reveals large fields on
almost every farm covered with the largest and
beat looking corn we have noticed FOR years.
In Lower Oxford, Chester county, Samuel
Dixon, one OF the prompt farmers, was engaged
In drilling n his wheat on Wednesday last, the
18th This Is extremely early for seeding, but he
thinks results during the few past years have
proved that early sown wheat does better than
lafa
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03

downent, = college" Is but sham, and
humbug, aspiring to tile which its ability
10 educate does mot warrant il in assuming
The country has now many weak inssitu-
tons, without that high standing which sbili-
ty. thoroughness, and profound educational
facilities, would give them We need not
have another, II proper exertions be made
What say you, friends OF education5
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03

CRop OF AprLgs.-The Oxford PreH says
Probably the best crop OF apples grown this sea-
son in this neighborhood. Is the crop Of Wilson
Marshalls orchard, in Cecil Co., Nd, near the
Pennsylvania line. Mr.. NJ. has 65 trees. on ~
acres Of land and he estimates the yield at 10 bn-
shells. This, OF course, Is d very small yield. as
It should be at least SIX times that quantity. A
few years ago he sold about s2s5 worth Of apples.
As he L. practical fruit grower we have made
some inquiries and obtained some hints that may
be useful TO our readers. His orchard was plant
cd Is years ago, on the south side Of slope and
the ground was worked until the trees were ten
years old, great care having been exercised 10
planting the trees, keeping them straight and
well pruned. The ground was well lined and
manured and good crops Of grain, potatoes, &c.
were obtained whilst the trees were small. II,
prunes about the first Of June, and trina of al
suckers or shoots In August. This summer pruu
ing an advantage in the fact that the cuts gro,
over with new bark and are prevented from de
caying. To prevent the growing OF shoots til
trees should be scored around the butts. Sine
the trees have become large the manuring an,
lining has not been abandoned, but the groun'
Ia treated TO a liberal coat yearly, and occasion
ally ploughed. by this course Of treatment MI
Ms orchard has never entirely failed ID bea
since the trees were two years planted, willis
orchards in the same neighborhood, planle
about the same time. never bore rightly mud ar
now almost gone. Mr. NJ. haa been selling hi
early varietes-Townsend and Calebs-in Ok
ford, this season, at s2 per bushel.
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,far,l1 \ ;9irtside.


The Annual Exhibition Of the Pennsyssania
Agricultural society d 70 b. heh thIs year a
Harrisburg, 90 the 18th snd sosh u september,
and Isl and Fad Of October. Catalogues II pre-
ruinms may be had by addressing the Secretary
OF tbs soes<sy, A. Blower Lonxzksr. at s'h'i :
town. Pa
Tbs usual Fair npoa the grounds At S'~'i'ta~n,
will be held this season by sbs EAsi i'ens. iva'a
Society and tho old Montgomery c.'u"is e''y'
which have been united. Combined. Thy ought
70 make npe Exhibitor, and d,nialrss gill do
70. The grounds there are familiar :" many Oh
our re>ders as very spacious and convenient
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03

Georgia newspapers say that the crops
In the northeastern section Of that State are
very fine. The corn cropis excellent. The
cotton is reported to be splendid, but the
quantity is small.
The receipts of the new crop Of barley
at Toronto, to date reach 10000 bushels
The price on the street averages 81 O6 per
bushel.
Real estate in New York is almost at q
dead halt at present. The auctioneers are
not making money enough to pay for clerk
| hire.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-03

contains all the elements of deep sill, the
richer II must be. Take Eny of our land and
mix the soil of six inches deep with poor
subsoil Of six inches and you decrease the
fertility OF that soil nearly one-half, and 80
in the same ratio in proportion to the depth,
and you not only make the soil poorer, bnt
you decrease It's capacity TO stand dry
weather, because you increase its liability TO
bake or become hard and so increase eyap-
Grafton. On the other hand. the richer the
soil Is in vegetable matter, or the more vege-
table matter il contains in proportion to its
depth, the more mellow il is, and. conse
quently, the more evaporation ID retarded
and the better Ii will stand dry weather, all
other things or circumstances being equal.