Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-21
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Adams street Jail, IL there was no other
reason, demands that the county prison
ers, crowded within its walls, should, at
The earliest day practicable, DO removed
TO securer quarters in the new Jail
building which has just been turned over
to tho county by the builders. For the
past year, attempts have been made at
regular intervals by the inmates Of the
old prison.house, TO break out by dis
placing the masonry of the walls or
digging under them, so that the necessity
now exists Of keeping a strong guard
constantly on watch, day and night,
where the holes..are known to exist. The
last Of these periodical attempts at
escape occurred during last night,
aud but for the guard referred 10, might
have resulted in Wholesale delivery.
About ten o'clock the prisouersin one Of
the lower apartments. by displacing the
bricks, had made assure in the wall
sufficiently large to admit Of the passage
through Of the body Of man, and were
about in the act Of escaping when one OF
the number devised method of ascer'
tanning whether the guard were on the
watch outside, as follows: Stripping of
his coat and hat, and putting them on
the handle Of broom, he showed them
through the hole Officer Beahm, Of the
guard, seeing this, and 10 the dark sup
posing it to be the body Of prisoner,
drew his pistol and fred two shotS at the
coat and hat, both Of which took effect
and severely wounded the broomstick, at
the same time convincing the birds
inside of the walls that it would not be
altogether safe to take wing.
a NOTICE TO COUNTRY MER-.
CHANTS. "A Iarge stock of caIicoes,
bIeached and brown domestics, plain
and striped osnaburgs, boots, shoes,
notions, ETC., can be bought mt very
low prices ut J. III. LOewenstine *
Bros, Clay Building. They are de-
termined 10 sell out. 4
E ExrRAcr from special report Of com
mittee on Sewing Machines, at Second
Louisiana Fair. Best Sewing Machine
for general work : -y SIS
Premium awarded this Machine, entry
No. | (GROVER & BAKER'S), for
strength Of Machine, frmness and vari-
ETY. Of work, sewing light and heavy
goods without change of tension, and for
adaptability for all fabrics from the
lightest muslin to the / heaviest and
coarsest cloths. r
The Agency for these celebrated ma
chimes is at 800 Main street. Call and
examine them. (2D
The IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT. The
addresses delivered in the Chamber OF
Commerce last evening, touching
scheme for inducing immigration to the
untitled lands of the South, delivered by
Mr.. John Everitt, of England, and Rev.
DR.. c. K. Marshall, Of Mississippi, both
gentlemen of clear heads and well in
formed minds, were listened to by an
audience composed largely of the repre-
sentatves of the commerce and intelli'
gence of the city. Both gentlemen
spoke at considerable length, the meet
ing not breaking up until nearly eleven
o'clock The entire business of the
meeting is briefly presented in the fol-
lowing resolutions which were offered by
Colonel Tate, and unanimously adopted:
Resolced, That convention of dele.
gates from all places interested in the
settling of the unemployed lands of the
Southern States with immigrants, and
the formation of Freehold, Land and
Immigrant Companies along the lines of
our railroads, be held at the city Of
jackson, Miss, on Tuesday, the. 3ist day
of March instant, for the purpose OF dis
cussing and agreeing upon plan OF co.
operation for the purposes aforesaid
and that the meeting heretofore appointed
to be held at jackson aforesaid on Thurs
day, the Goth instant, be postponed to
the Tpesday following.
All papers throughout the South are
requested to publish this resolatiop and
call attention to II.
Resolued, That the President OF the
Chamber of Commerce be requested and
authorized to appoint fifteen delegates to
represent this city in the convention to
be held at jackson, Miss, on the 3lst of
March. = fs 'Hea ~ '''e
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