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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
Tur New York Herald. of the Q

The New York Herald, of the 23d,
predicts the passage of the Reconstruc-
tion bill through the Senate as follows
What then is the prospect? Will this
bill pass the Senate The hope is ex-
pressed in some quarters that in the Sen
ate it will stick-that the ursurpations of
power here proposed are too fragrant and
audacious to be imposed upon the old
republican schemes Of that body, who
have still lingering weakness of res oect
for the landmarks of the Constitution.
All such hopes, however, we fear, will
prove delusions. The question before the
Senate, under cover Of this bill, is the
next Presidency. II is not constitutional
question, nor question OF justice or the
fitness of things, but simple question
of party expediency. The Republican
party, as Calhoun said of the old Demo-
cratic, and as we may say Of every party,
political or religious, lis held together
by the cohesive power of the public
plunder" Every Republican in the
House Except one, Cary, Of Ohio, elected
as an independently voted for this bill.
The conservative wing Of the party in
the House is gone 1t has been ab-
sorbed by the radical wing, and so we
conelade it will soon appear in the
Senate. We think it may be safely as
sumed that this bill, substantially as it
stands, will be passed by the Senate
that it will be vetoed by the President,
and that il will then be passed over his
veto BY two-thirds vote in each house,
and that so, by act Of Congress, we shall
soon have a provisional dictator set up
over the ten outside rebel States superior
in his authority not only to the Presi-
dent and the judiciary, but to Congress
itself
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The number of cases of cholera in
Havana from the 10Th of October to the
3lst of December, 1867, was l772, of
which $50 were fatal, in a population of
100000. The epidemic reached its hight
on the 25tn OF November, when the num-
Der of cases was LOG. In proportion to
the number of inhabitants, nearly nine
per cent. have been attacked, and over
four per cent died, showing about fifty
per cent. Of mortality.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The entire mercantile navy Of Europe,
according to late statistical returns, con-
sists Of 100000 vessels, representing a
tonnage Of l2,00O,000, and employing
100000 men. This amount of shipping
is thus distributed: Bremen, 29l vessels (;
Hamburg. 539; Lubeck, as; Hanover,
906; Meeklenburg-Schwerin, 424; Old
eDburg, 6l0; Prussia, ll43; Austria,
94gl; Belgium. l07; Spain. 1859 /;
France, 1929; Greece, 4452; Holland,
2227; Italy, 1928; Portugal, sol
Great Britain. 27,ses; Russia, l4l6;
Denmark. e740; the Elbe Duchies, 1852 /;
Norway, 567s; Sweden, 1886; Turkey,
2300N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

Ii Cincinnati, coal is given to the poor,
but before they are furnished with it they
hsve to take the following very stringent
oath "Do you solemnly swear thatyour
answer to the Question regarding your
application for coal shall be the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, for which you shall answer to God
and that you will use it for your own
family only, and that you will not sell,
trade, lend nor give it to any other per-
,on."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

A wELBKSeSS property owner in New
Orleans has reduced the rent on one OF
bis stores from $1,000 to $1,000 a year,
although he might have received $4,000
for It from a new tenant. This is an ex-
ample worthy Of imitation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The British Viceroy of India has
lately held grand celebration at Luck
now. The princes of Victoria's great
Oriental Empire of 2OO,OOO,OOO people
passed in gorgeous procession before the
Viceroy. Four hundred richly capa-
risoned elephants also formed part of the
grand array The show is known as the
"Durbar."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The Masonic Grand Lodge of New
Brunswick was consecrated on Thursday
night and the officers installed. There
was large gathering of the fraternity
and nearly all the Lodges in its jurisdic-
ton were represented. B. Testers is
Grand Master
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

PRoVIDEScR LUDLAN, a Republican
member Of the New Jersey State Senate,
from Cumberland county, died suddenly,
on the 10th inst. This leaves the politi-
al complexion Of the Senate, eleven
Democrats to nine Republicans The
election Of successor to Senator Lud-
lam will be closely contested, as the vote
in his district at the last New Jersey
election was Republican, 1859; Demo-
erat, 254O; a Republican msjoriiy Of %.
Good by, Radical majority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The New York Erening Post (radical)
does not seem to have very high
opinion of Speaker Cofax's sagacity.
In remarking upon the recklessness OF
its friends in Congress it says: " 1t may
look very well in man who is approach
ing a precipice to cry out, No step
backward but to those who see where be
is going it looks very foolish"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

THE gross receipts of the Pittsbure
Opera House, the only place of amuse.
ment regularly open during the past
year, we're Sss,l9 The receipts Of all
places Of amusement in 81. Louis for the
same term we're $2ss,793. Only one Of
the ST. Louis houses exceeded the Pitts
burg establishment in amount Of busi-
49,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
PRIZE No. 3.--0NE THOUSAND DOL
Details of the Drawing.

Six thousand and seven hundred tickets, rep
resenting tho certificates issued. will be placed
in one wheel. and the same number Of blanks,
includ ing twenty five inscri' ed with the names
Of the D emiums, will be placed jn another.
From these wheels tickets will he drawn at the
same time, and the number drawn wi take the
premium drawn simultan eously.
All moneys received upon the sale Of these
shares will be placed in the German National
Bank Of Memphis. and will remain there q the
credit Of the Association until the drawing
takes place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

A DIVORCE case has just been tried in
Freeport Illineis, wherein Mrs. Catha-
rine Schudt sued for a divorce from her
husband because, although married fol-
three years, he persistently refused to
consummate the marriage. His defense
was that he did not want any children.
The jury returned a verdict in favor Of
the wife, granting the divorce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
states that most of the wooden manufac-
turerG that are running in that vicinity
are expecting fair spring trade. as
pretty much all the imported goods are
used up, and they consider that impor-
tations must nearly cease as long as our
present low prices in wooens continue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

MRS. MARY A. ETHRIDGE, of Meridian,
Miss, died the other day of medicine
wrongly administered by a couple of
medical bunglers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

THREE members of the Nashville Rad
ical Common Council-Messrs. Cochran,
Bryan and Yarbrough-have resigned in
disgust.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

GEO. W. SMALLEY, the London corre-
spondent Of the New York Tribune, re-
ceives a yearly salary of $4,000 in gold.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

In Qaebec, tha; well known individual,
" the Oldest inhabiiant," asserts this to
be the coolest winter in bis memory not
30 much from the occasional state Of the
Thermometer ss the steady average de-
gree Of cold.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The Knoxville Press and Herald pro-
nounces Governor Brownlow distress
ingly healthy"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

GEN. PALMER is about to proceed to
Washington to ask Congressional aid for
the Southern Pacific railroad company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

One of the New Orleans theaters il
burlesquing the Mongrel Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

Mr.. Story's residence, near Pamela,
Miss, was destroyed by fire last week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
PRIZE No. 1.-the ceIebrated RALE

PRIZE No. I.---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 qualities. and are visited every
Summer by thousands of eekers of health and
pleasure, from all quarters of the country.
They are within few steps of the village of
Raleigh, in beautiful valley. and also within
a few hundred feet of Wof f river, which wind s
around the base of the eminence on which the
village of Raleigh is situated and empties int o
the" II ther 81 Voters at Memphis Nume-
rous remarkable cures of various diseases have
been experienced by 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 emil
nence of pure air, and is as remarkable for its
healthfulne as beauty of location. The
Springs are in fine order, never failing, and are
designated as follows:
Marble Spring,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
CERTIFICATES. s5 EACH
A Fortune or Homestead for 80
Capital Prize Valued at $4,000

Which amount has recently been offered 70
the Springs and Grounds Immediately sur
rounding.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

In Brooklyn, last year. there weTe 242
fires, destroying property valued at $500,
s36, as compared with 2s9 fires in 1896,
destroying properly valued At Sesl ,SS9.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
Marble Spring,
Row Gnriu0
Box Spring,
Magnolia Spring,
Arsenic Spring,
Sulphur Spring,
FreestOne Spring


The place has never been visited by epidemic
of any kind, and peculiarly characteristic of its
| healthfuness Is the longevity of the inhabi-
tants. Tne Oldest citizens of Shelby county
are residents of Raleigh.
The Springs arc as much resortei 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 a
Pavilion, Ladies' Bowling Alley. Rustic Ar
bors, Reading Saloon, Gents Bowling Alley,
Saloon, Billiard Room. Gymnasiums, Refresh
ment Tables. etc.. while Wolf river affords ex-
cellent Boating and Fishing.
The ground accompanying 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 aid other buildings
splendid facilities for park, prnmenades, etc.
An analy sis of the several Springs. by distin-
guished medical mon, 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 Lee anon, and
as largely pat-onized. It needs only capital
and enterprise to accomplish this end
A charter is before the State Legislature for
the Incorporation Of the Springs. aud move
ment has been inaugurated looking TO direct
rail communication with Memphis.
For this prize, so, 900 was recently offered.
which was declined. in order that the above
scheme may be fully carried out.
PRIZE No. 2,--The elegant COUNTRY
MANSION HOUSE AND LOT RESIDENCE
of Col. j. M. Coleman is within few var of
the Springs. The house is in first class order,
contains ten. rooms, and is beautifully EN- kow-
cred in khrubbery. The lot is well fenced and
omamented 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
ue, $4,000.
PRIZE No. 3.--0NE THOUSAND DOL
LARS IN CASH.
PRIZE No. 4 10 25.--TwENTY TWO
COTTAGE LOTS. valued at $3.50 each. These
lots are portion Of the village Of Raleigh. de-
lghtfully situated, all fronting on thorough
fares, and will be drawn with the understand
ing that the winners shall have FREQ access at
all times 10 the Springs and belongings.
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NUMBER OF PRIZES. e5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

FI11nII-T -t NM,
At Phanix Mutual Ins. Co. Bethel Block, 80
Main stree. Memphi', Tenn. llO7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

c. F. Chamberlain 4 Co.. 3, Loewsustein 4
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07

The PHILADELPHIA TWENTY-FIVE covered
themselves with glory yesterday in the great
international cricket match with the ALI
England Eleven. The game was barely won
by the latter, and their captain confes,e that
the Philadelphians had given them harder
fight than they had before encountered in
any section of the United States or Canada.
AS yet cricket has not become such an insult
ferable nuisance as baseball, and we can
therefore contemplate this fattering result
with considerable satisfaction.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07

AN interesting feature of the mighty demon
stration of the Boys in Blue was their readi-
ness to accept the epithet "carpet- -baggers," {"
which the Rebels have endeavored to surround
with odium. The fact that Southern journals
have the audacity to reproach enterprising
Northern citizens because they have exercised
their undoubted right of seeking homes on the
soil which was reclaimed and conquered by
the valor of the Union armies, proves that
many Rebels are not only very badly recon-
structed, but that they are as blind to their
true interests now as they were when they
aided the secession conspirators to levy trea
sonable war against their country. The whole
nation is descended from carpet-baggers, and
every American is 80 familiar with the re-
moval of families from one State to another,
that the denunciation of this common practice
could only have originated in the Rebel belief
that loyal men should be treated as alien
enemies in the disaffected portions of their
native land.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07
OBITUARY..
Joshua r. Blanchard.

The cause of peace has sustained a sad loss
by the death of Joshua p. Blanchard, of Bos-
ton, the oldest apostle OF peace in the United
States If not in the world. In connection with
the Rev. Dr. Charming, he commenced writing
against war, and subsequently materially aided
in the formation of the American Peace So
ciety, and became its Secretary, devoting all
his time and considerable money to its Inte.
rests. AT the time of his death he was one of
the Vice. Presidents of the Universal Peace
Society. From the very first he has been an
unwaveri ng friend of the radical peace princi-
pie, holding that the New Testament In all
cases, and Internationally. prohibited coer-
cion and civil war, as well as foreign; indeed,
that the former was always far worse than the
latter. Mr.. Blanchard was about the earliest
friend OF the colored race, having opened q
Sunday School for children about the year
1920. But while he saw slavery as an evil, he
saw that the Bible made war a crime, the
commi sion OF which mere evil did not JUS.
tify. He was In favor OF peaceaole and
gradual abolition of slavery, with a reasonable
compensation TO slave-oWners. as adopted by
England in 1887.
AS a consistent and sincere Christian, If
equalled, he has not been excelled; In his long
life OF phtlan hropy and usefulness, or nearly
ninety years, retaining TO the last MS mind IN
full Vigor, and his interest In the Peace ques-
ZION undiminished.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07
Politics and Business.

AT no period in the history of the country was
the success of the Republican party more essen
tial to industrial and financial prosperity than
at the present moment. The election Of Grant
will be followed by benignant reign of peace,
in which all the old wounds of the war will be
healed order will be established in the South
as well as the North; and energetic men will
be permitted to till cotton fields despite their
belief in radical principles, and to assist freely
in developing the boundless natural resources
of Dixie's land without joining muir
derous Ku-Klux Klans. The election OF
Seymour would not only revive new re-
bellion that would exclude from Southern soil
every honest and enterprisipg Unionist, but 1t
would change the whole financial system OF
the nation. The Democracy has made an
open declaration of hostility to the National
Banks, the National Bonds, the National Debt,
and the National adjustment of the issues
growing out Of the war. 1t affirmed at New
York the views of the bafied Confederate
conspirators who were crushed at Richmond
by General Grant. 1t sounded the keynote
of a crusade against the peace and the pros
perity of the loyal citizens of the United
States, which, if successful, would result in
universal ruin, and in the qualification of the
fendish hatred of the worst foes of this Repub-
lic-the desperate politicians who were the
leaders of the Rebellion during the war and
who are now the leaders of the Democratic
party. Nothing is more Calling to these men
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07

ANY civilized people who were permitted to
cast their suffrages for Chief Magistrate,
would delight in such an opportunity as will
soon be offered to the American people Of
voting for a hero whose fame resounds
throughout the world, and who unites modesty,
patriotism, and sound common sense to his
brilliant military abilities. There will be as
much fitness and propriety in the election
of General Grant to the Presidency in 1868 as
there was in the choice of Washington as the
first ruler of the new republic; and we hazard
little in predicting that the administration OF
the conqueror of the Rebellion will be as sue
cessful as that of the chieftain who commanded
the Revolutionary army. While the charAc-
teristics of these great men differ widely in
some respects, Grant is as well qualified to
become leader in peace as well as in war,
now, as Washington was during the eventful
epoch in which he lived.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07

IT was a favorite custom of the Democracy
in former times to endorse the motto of Deoa-
tur:-"Our country, may she always be right:
but our country, right or wrong" If we apply
this sentiment to the present position of public
affairs, it evidently becomes the duty of every
patriotic man to vote for Grant and Coltax
The war proved over and over again how Bit
terly the Rebels hated the North, and this
feeling of antagonism is still cherished by the
Rebel leaders who are acting at this moment
with the Democratic party. The Southern
friends of the Union are now all members of
the Republican party, and the bulk of the
Southern Democracy remain to-day as in
tensely hostile to the National Government
and to loyal citizens as they were during
the bloody years when they bore arms against
Union soldiers, and starved Union prisoners
in their vile dungeons.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07

A GREAT many leaders of the Democra tic
party would rather see it permanently de-
feated than reformed and purged of its rebel
lious elements. They are determined to use
it as plank by which the shipwrecked pirates
of the Confederacy can be restored to power;
and if it cannot be converted into plant in-
strument for the accomplishment of this pur-
pose, they care but little how soon it perishes.
1t is evident that men Of this stamp controlled
the Tammany Hall Convention, and they Sc
lected candidates and framed platform favor
able to their infamous views. Blair is the
open advocate of new rebellion; Seymour is
the humble slave of the pro-slavery leaders of
his party; and the reconstruction policy of the
Democracy WAS dictated by Wade Hampton.
The wishes of the moderate members of the
Democratic party were contemptuously disre-
garded, and the people must choose now
between what is essentially Rebel ticket
and the patriotic candidates OF patriotic
party.