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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-24

BONNER is said to be tempting Thurlow
Weed with $50, 900 for his book.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-24

LAND

TNTEN AND TWELVE MILES OF MEN,
i phis, of every quality. and Ia any quantity,
from 80 70 80. even 500 acIes, tmbcred and
c'eared. for sale and rent both also, new steam
Mil. nearly comFlete; good location; alsos
street Nemrhis. or st kenhcrtun. fEelve
miles north 0i city, On Bic Greek Plank Road.
l6-lsle S. s. HEMBkRI.
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MRS. POPE, PRINCIPAL. POPLAR
NJ street. east q Orleans. The new sc.sion
begins February 3D.. ISIS. II
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Marble Spring,
Marble Spring,
Box Spring,
Magnolia Spring,
Arsenic Spring,
Sulphur Spring,
Freestone Spring

FreestOne Spring
The place has never been visited by epidemic
of any kind, and peculiarly characteristic of its
healthfulness is the longevity Of the inhabi-
tants. Tne oldest citizens of Shelby county
are residents Of Raleigh.
The Springs are as much resorted to by plea
sure-seekers as by invalids, owing to beauty of
scenery and various artificial as well as natural
attractions. Connected with the Springs are
Pavilion, Ladies' Bowling Alley. Rustic Ar
bers Reading Saloon, Gents Bowling Alley,
Saloon, Billiard Room, Gymnasiums, Refresh
ment Tables. etc., while Wolf river affords ex-
cellent Boating and Fishing.
The ground accomp lnying the Springs. in
the above scheme and included in the First
Prize is fifteen acres in extent, overlooking the
valley, and affords. in addition to a magnificent
site for q grand hotel and other buildings,
splendid facilities for n park, promenades, etc.
An analysis Of the several Springs. by distin-
guished medical men, shows that they are un-
surpassed in mineral and curative properties
by any in the United States. There is no rea-
son then why Raleigh should not become as
famous as Saratoga. Sharon or Lebanon, and
as largely patronized: 1t needs only capital
and enterprise to accomplish this end.
charter is before the State Legislature for
the incorporation of the Springs, and move
nent has been inaugurated looking to direct
rail communication with Memphis.
For this prize $40, 900 was recently offered.
which was declined. in order that the above
scheme may be fully carried out.
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MANSION HOUSE AND lot RESIDENCE
of Col. J. NJ. Coleman is within few var s of
the Springs. The house is in first class order,
contains ten rooms, and is beautifully emhow-
cred in shrubbery. The lot is well fenced and
ornamented with fine shade and fruit trees.
and affords all necessary outhouses. cisterns,
etc, 1t is midway between the village and
Spring Valley. on the main promenade. VAL
ne SSOOO
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c. F. Chamberlain 4 Co.. B. Loewenstein 4
NJ Apperron 4 Co., o. G. Boone a Co.
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PRIZE No. 1.-The celebrated RALEIGH
MINERAL SPRINGS. situated on the con-
fines of Raleigh, late county seat of Shelby
county. Tenn, nine miles northeast Of Mem
phis: and two miles from Wells station, on
the Memphis and Louisville railroad. These
Springs are six in number, of various mineral
and medicinal qusii lies, and ARE visited every
Summer by thousands of seekers Of health aud
pleasure, from all quarters of the country.
They are within few steps of the village. Of
Raleigh. in beautiful valley. and also within
few hundred feet of Wolf river. which wind s
around the base of the eminence on which the
village of Raleigh is situated, and empties into
the" F ther of Waters" at Memphis. Nume-
rous remarkable cures Of various diseases have
been experienced by, y,sojourners at this health
inspiring retreat, and the present proprietor,
Col. j. NJ. Coleman. can produce hundreds of
certificates Of cures in cases which had been
entirely given over by medical skill. The
ground surrounding the Springs, and in fact
the entire village of Raleigh, rises to an emf
hence of pure air, and is as remarkable for its
healthfulnes as beauty of location. The
Springs are in fine order, never failing, and are
designated as follows:
an r.u
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NOTICE.--Persons ordering Certificates by
mail can send Ereenbacks 70 the amount ef Eve
dollars in registered letters, and postOflce or
other drafts. payable 10 our order for larger
amounts, AZ our risk. with address Of town.
county and State carefully written.
All orders for certificates. and ccmmunica-
tons should be addressed 20
II. n. Rocket.
Financial secretary.
AT Phenix Mutual Ins Co., Bethel Block, 80
Main street. Memnhil. Tenn. lloI
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MISS CATHERINE GIBBONS, young lady
of the highest respectability, committed
suicide at her mother residence, in New
York, on Thursday last. For the past
few months she had given close applica-
ton to religious subjects, on which topic
abe was exceedingly enthusiastic, with a
tendency to insanity. Watching the OPP
portunity when her guardians were
asleep, she crept from her room and pro-
ceeded to the stairway, adjusted cloth
about her neck, one end of which she
fastened to the bannisters. She then
threw herself from the stairway.
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PRIZE No. s.-oNE THOUSAND DOL

PRIZE No. 4 10 25.--TWENTY- TWO
COTTAGE LOTS. valued at $3.50 each. These
lots are portion Of the village Of Raleigh. de-
lightfully situated, all fronting on thorough
ing that the winners shall have free access at
all times to the Springs and belongings.
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In London, at the SUGGESTION OF The
well known philanthropist, Miss Burdett
Coutis, an association has been formed
to furnish work for the unemployed in
road-making, cleaning streets, and in
similar ways. Miss Coutts has under
taken to pay $50 persons for six months,
at about SOC, and has given $500 to-
ward the road-making fund.
II nv be interesting to many of our
usaders 10 know that the bank Of Eng
Ma willingly gives "goo1 money for
All silver which has been worn smooth
by fair wear and tear. II, koseyer, the
coin bears the slightest sign Of ill-nsage,
sush as a dint or a scratch, they OF
course decline to change them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-24

DoS PIATr, a leading and influential
Ohio Radical, says in q recently-pub-
lished letter that General Grant can't 90
into the presidency with his mouth shut
that the 2l7,OOO Ohio Republicans
would not support the Angel Gabriel
on such terms" He adds; Weston
can walk, aud Coburn can fight, and old
Billy Seward, with our Government on
the verge Of bankruptcy, can purchase
The North Pole and fever-stricken islands
under the torrid zone but all this won't
scull a pot meal kettle sp the Niagara
Eith a crowbar, as Weed, Raymond &
Co. are trying To do"
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WEARE PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS
w for every description of Fruit, Flowers,
and Ornamental Trees, Grape and Strawberry
Vines and Hot House Plants, Roses, etc., etc.
Our stock is made up of the best selections
which can be gotten up. in Europe or America.
We solicit correspondence from all who pur-
chase trees in large or small quantities. or any
who wish to adorn their places with choice and
rare Flowers and Shrubs.
HS- First-class Landscape Gardener.
Flowers for Bouquets andWreaths always on
hand.
As- Descriptive Catalogues, with prices and
all necessary information, will be furnished by
applying personally or by letter 70
57-14 JOHN TRENT & co.
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Ss4,5OO IN PREMIUMS
NUMBER OF PRIZES. e5
CERTIFICATES, s5 EACH
A Fortune or n Homestead for So
Capital Prize Valued at $4,000

the Springs and Grounds Immediately sur
rounding.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-01-25
horse teams. Last winter gangs of men were
hired at go per month to gum"
Death by EI-htninr.


The effects of shock of artificial lightning
On a gentleman of our acquaintance, who is very
sensitive to the electric discharge may be here
described. Under ordinary circumstances, the
discharge from a Leyden jar is exceedingly un.
pleasent to him. Some time ago he happened to
stand in the presence Of numerous audience
with battery of fifteen large Leyden lars char
god beside him. Through some swkwardness
on his part he touched wire which ne had no
right to touch, and the discharge of the)battery
went through his body. Here life was absolute
~ blotted out for very sensible interval with
out a trace. of pain. In second or two con-
seriousness returned; the recipient of the shock
saw himself IN the presence of his audience and
apparatus, and, by the help of these facts, immo-
dlateiy concluded that he had received the bat
terry dicharge. His intellectual consciousness of
his position was restored with exceeding rapid
lty. but not SO his optical consciousness To
prevent the audience from being alarmed, he OBJ
served that 1t had often been his desire to re-
ceiye accidentally such a shock, and that his wish
had at length been fulfilled. But while max
Ing this remark the appearance which his body
presented to him was that of number of sepa-
rate pieces. The arms, for example, were detach-
ed from the trunk and seemed suspended in the
air. In fact, memory and the power of reason
Ing appeared 10 be complete long before the optic
nerve was restored to healthy action. But what
We wish chiefly to dwell upon here is, the abso-
lutte painlessness of the shock and there cannot
be doubt that to persen struck dead by light
ming, the passage from life to death occurs with
out consciousness being in the least degree i'm
plicated. 1t is an abrupt stoppage of sensation,
unaccompanied by pang.-Hnpers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-01-25

The Pennington (6e.} Chronicle says Major
Dill, of Philips, sends US the following interest
ing item A farmer in this town q short time
since. in digging well, came upon scaly or
lrregularly laminatei rock, about two feet below
the surface Of the ground. Through this ledge
he worked down by blasting four feet further.
at which depth he found three frogs, completely
Embedded in the rock. These frogs were each
from three to four inches in length, but about an
eighth OF an inch in thickness, appearing a il
tattened out by pressure. In about ten minutes
after they were thrown out they showed signs Of
life by slight motions or twinges Of the eye. They
also commenced INITIATING themselves and grow
ing thicker, and in tho course Of half a, hour
hoped off, They were nearly the same color a
the ledge in which they were found.
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The Latest Pirate Treasure DC
Ek luStOn,

A correspondent Of the Hartford Times, writ
ing from Hazardvills, Conn.,, Jan LIST, says that
great excitement exists among the Spiritualists
in Scitico and Hazardvills. One of the greatest
spirit developments of the age, they believe, is
about " occur, revealing 10 mortal man the hid
den wealth and treasure which for three GEN.
turies has quietly rested in the earth, on the
premises OF M. Thomas Barrett in the village Of
SciticO. The circumstances are a. follows: A.
d. Putnam, lineal descendant of the revolu-
tionary hero, who says he has recently been sent
here from the State Of California, through the
influence Of the spirit of Benjamin Franklin, has
vigorously set TO work three sets Of men, night
and day, paying at the rates of $3 per day, in
digging 2 subterranean passage, which he claims
10 lead tos cave under large hill, which hin il
close to the bank Of the Scantic river. a little
west Of the Scitico stockinet factory, where the
spirit Of Benjamin Franklin assures him he will
lind valusbles in tho shape of diamonds and bars
Of gold TO the amount of five millions OF dollars
% which was Deposited by Spanish pirates three
centuries ago, who, after being holly pursued,
burned their ships at or near the mouth of the
Connecticut river, taking their small boats and
coming up the Connecticut being closely follow.
ed. They took the Scantic as far as Scitico Falls,
calculating OH taking an overland route to
Massachusetts Bay, but being attacked by the
Indians, and two Of their number being killed,
they deposited their booty in what was called q
natural cave ut that time, covering the mouth of
the cave with stones. Mr.. Putnam says he shall
enter the cave, if filed with wolves, angels, or
devils; and II he is AZ successful in dragging
from this subterranean vault the five millions ~
his grest-grandfather was in unearthing q She
wolf, elairvoyant mediums will DO above par in
this place. There are a large number of persons
visiting the spot daily, from far and. near.
Strangers and those coming from q distance,
will be furnished with guide by calling at the
shoe store of Mr.. Thomas Barrett, tho owner Of
tho land. Tho disposition TO be made of the gold
Is a follows: Mr.. Barrett the owner OF tho land,
has one fifth the Governor of tho State, one
fifth, 70 be used for educational purposes; gen.
tleman In Boston, one fifth, to be used for the
Catholic Society, rs the Spaniards were Catho-
lies; one fifth to tho spiritualists, and one fifth
70 Mr.. Putnam. g1ptE eFsl,s,., yg.sf Il
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The spruce Gum Buslness or
Maine.

A correspondent Of the Lewiston Journal, in a
letter from Byron, Me-, says: "The spruce gum
business Of this region is quite large. am told
that merchant of Weld purchased in single
year $1,000 worth. A large number of men arc
engaged in cumming during the fall and winter
months Five and seven dollars day il com.
mon days receipt. With such stimulus the
gum gathercr goes forth, equipped with KNAPP.
sack and Ratchet. lie commences his work, and
by night, il he be expert, he will return 70 camp
with fifty pounds of Whist u called hatchet and
chewing gum. The former Is worth nine or ton
cents, tho latter fifty eenta. per pound; bnt q
very small proportion 10 Of the 6rst quality. I
have Just met tive men who have been on an
eight days cruise, Thoy have gathered FIVE
hundred pounds; it will average ten oents per
pound, netting them good wages, II will be seen
Some estimate the gum business OF Maine at go.
600 year in the raw material. I think il much
more than that. In Franklin end Oxford ooun.
ties very large qusntity Il gathered annually
1t is taken 10 market frou tAis region with four
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How MMsl<rats Swim Under the

Muskrats have a curious method of travelling
long distances under the ice. In their winter
excursions to their feeding grounds, which are
frequently at great distances from their abodes,
they take in breath at starting, and remain I'M
der the water as long es they can They then
rise up to the ice, and breathe out the air in their
lungs, which remains in bubbles against the low
er surface of the ice. They wait till this air re-
covers oxygen from the water and ice, and then
take it in again. and 60 on till the operation has
to be repeated. In this way they can travel al
most any distance, and live any length of time
under the ice. The hunter sometimes takes adj
vantage Of this habit of the muskrat in the follow
ing manner:-When the marshes and ponds,
where the muskrats abound are first frozen over,
and the ice was thin and clear, on striking into
their houses with their hatchet, for the purpose
| Of setting his traps he frequently sees a whole
family plunge into the water and swim away I'M
der the ice. Following one Of them for some
distance, he sees him come up to renew his
breath in the manner above described. After
the animal has breathed against the ice, and be-
fore he has time to take his bubble in again, the
hunter strikes with his hatchet directly over him,
and drives him away from his breath In this
case he browns in swimming few rods, and the
hunter, emitting u hole in the ice, takes him out
Mink, otter, and beaver travel under the ice in
the same way, and hunters have frequently told
me of taking otter in the manner have describ-
ed when these animals visit the houses of the
muskrat for prey 1rdppe''s Guide.
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@ice.lanp.
.....:.: .vcbs.or and Jenny Lind.

Jenny Lind gave Il concert at Washington du-
ring the session Of Con ress and a mark OF her
respect and with "A view to the ecl0t, sent polite
invitations To the President. Mr. Fillmore, the
members Of the Cabinet, Mr.. Clap, and many
other distinguished members of both houses of
Congress. Ithappenod on that day several men,
bers of the Cabinet and Senate were dining with
NJ Bcdisco, the Russian minister His good din
ner and choice wines had kept the party 30 late,
that the concert was nearly over when Webster,
Clay, Crittenden and others came in, whether
from the hurry in which they came, or from the
heat of the room, their faces were little flushed
and they looked somewhat Hurried.
After the applause with which these gentle
men had been received, had subsidized, and silence
once more resUoret, one second part of the con-
cert was opened by Jenny Lind, with I" Hail CO.
mmbia" az
This took place during the height of the debate
and excitement of the slavery question, and the
compromise resolutions of Mr.. Clay; and this
patriotic air, as a part of the programme, was
considered peculiarly appropriate at concert
where the head of the government, and q large
number of both branches of the Legislative De-
partment were present. At the closing verse,
Webster's patriotism boiled over, ne could stand
it no longer; and raising like Olympic Jove, he
added his deep sonorous bass voice to the chorus
and / venture to say, that never IN the whole
receive
one-half of the applause as that which her song
and Websters chorus received. wv
Mrs. Webster, who sat Immediately behind
him, kept Juggling at his coat tail to make him
sit down or stop singing, but it was no earthly
use--and at the close Of each verse, Webster
joined in, and it was hard to say whether Jenny
Lind Webster, or the audience were the most
delighted. have seen Rubin, Lablaohe. and
the two Crisis, on the stage At one time, but such
a happy injunction of the national air of Hail
Columbia as Jenny Lind's tenor and Daniel
Webstors bass we shall never hear or see again.
Az Che ciose vi the air. Mr. Webster rose with
his hat in his hand, and made her such a bow as
Chesterfield would have deemed fortune for
his son. and which eclipsed D'Orsay's Jenny
Lind, bushing at the distinguished honor, cour-
tested to the floor; the audience applauded TO
the very echo; Webster, determined not to be
outdone in politenoss, bowed again Miss Lind
re-courtesicd, the house re-applauded, and this
was repeated nine times, or I'm villain elser
have seen Niagara and Taglioni, Mars and
Malbrar; have walked through the ruins at
Postum and the Colosseum by moonlight; crossed
the Mena Bridge and the Thames Tunnel. but
ncver while memory lasts will this scene fade
away.
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THUNDERBoLTs AS REMEDIEs.-An English
writer argues that several physical maladies can
be cured by lightning. The doctrine that "like
cures like holds good, he asserts, in the
case Of maladies to which the destructive ell
ement gives birth; whether the fright, or some
proper action of the electric fluid works the cure,
It is hard to say, but the fact is incontestible.
Several cases are reported where individuals par
alyzed from their youth have recovered complete
use of their limbs by lightning strokes in after
years. A country clergyman in Kent WAS par
alyzed by apoplexy in l7Gl, and struck by light
nsng about year after, when all traces of the
paralysis left him. A man who had lost the use
OF both arms was guarding some animals in a
field lightning fell upon him, and when he came
to his senses he found that he could use both
arms and hands. These are but few out of
many recorded instances. A variety of ailments
besides paralysis have been cured or ameliorated
by the same agency, even blindness; for one
Gardley, some time an actor at the Surrey The
alter, who had been for many years blind Of one
eye, had his sight quite restored by lightning
flash.