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FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF 1aE LKE
COUNTY SABBATH SCHOOL AssocIATIoY.-We
call attention to the meeting Of the above
Convention, which takes place at Denmark on
the llih, 18th and 18th of August. The
Convention movement is proving power Of
good in the Sabbath School work, and no one
engaged a. officer or teacher can afford to
neglect means that will add so much t.
their efficisncy in winning the little ones to
Jesus. All the Schools in the county are re-
quested to send delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-19

Toledo Aarkst.
BY telegraph foLspo July II.
Fiour-Receilts 500 bbls shipments bb7 bbls.
Whest-Dull; receipts 1850 tn shipments; white
steady amber SC lower ssles Of white Michigan st - 20
ambs ~ Is.
Corn-Heceipts ss75, shipr snts 1900 heavy and low
er, sales Of Michigan II 81.
oats-Ktesipta HOO; shipmen Is; unchanged % 70
Mol.
Rys-Rsceipts 80; unchanged at 81 SO.
Yrsights-Unchanssd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-19

RIVER NEws.-The Andy Johnson departs
ed for St. Louis Yesterday morning.
The Harry johnson and Victory were due
from below last evening, and viii depart for
that place to morrow morning.
The Diamond 10, Of the Northx esterp
Union Line, willdepart for 81. Louisp this ii.
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Phil. Sheridan, of the sau,A Line. for
st. Louis At o'clock. Col. s. NJ. Archer,
agent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-19

Clnetnnati market.
By Telegraph CIScIESAr, July Il
Flom-Unchanesd
Whsst-In fair demand 1t S2 FIR old red
Corn+Closed dull 1t %.
Oats-Duil a. -
Proyisionsvery duh and tht dsmard light and
inaL se
Weakhsr hot and very oppressive. Ihermon.ter ~
degrees IN the shsde 1t up TO % degrees At ten
o'clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-19

Milwaukee 0aRAes.
By Telegraph. MMWAuI1B, July II.
Flour Quiet andsteady. receipts 900 bu; shipments
1000 bu.
wheat Quiet and arm; No 81 81: No sl7e
Corn--SteAdy 1T %.
OAts-Dull and lower at 81.
Jrsights-Unchanged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-19

Foreign Marksss.
Lrvsapool, July le leo T. N.
flpur-30s.
Whsat--Ksd lis od white 49,
Corn 50. %.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
TENNFSSEE THURSDAY EVENING JANUARY g. 1868 NO no.
THr institution Of matrimony is in a

The institution of matrimony is in q
very precarious condition in the king
dom of Great Britain. Husbands and
wives who have the misfortune to live
under the protection of the British lion
will scarcely know whether they are
married or not. There will soon be no
occasion for divorce suits there, if many
more decisions are given which declare
certain marriages null and void. A
Scotch marriage will not be admitted, as
Mrs. Yelverton knows. Now, it is very
doubtful whether an American marriage
is good for anything in England. l. is
certain that Sir Eardly Gideon Culling
Eardly married lady in America; that
he concluded to marry again in England !
that he took..advice upon the subject, and
was told that divorce was not neces-
sary, as the first marriage could not
bind him. A very pretty state must
English society come to, if this sort OF
thing shall be continued Chicago
Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
New Orleans Races.

The first race on Friday, the second
day, was two mile dash, $500 purse,
the entries being Nellie Gwynne, Joe
Johnston and Wildair. Nellie won in
Ala. The second race was two mile
heats, purse $500. Six horses entered,
viz: br. c. Jack Gamble, jr., b. {. Agnes
Donovan, ch. c. by Indorser, br. b. Joe
Johnston, b. q. Black Crook, and b. C.
Edgecomb. Jack Gamble, entered as a
three year old, was, on examination, de-
cided to be year older, and accordingly
ruled out. The race was won by Joe
Johnston, Agnes Donovan being the
principal contestant Time-2:0O, zoo,
2:04, 2:05, 2:03
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
a Radical Journal Talks Plainly to Con-

The Cincinnati Commercial (RadicaD
thus lets loose at Congress
We need first an economical admins
tration Of the Government. Let Con-
gress abolish the franking swindle, and
regulate the mileage imposition, aud
abate the stationery nuisance, and dis
charge its swarm Of supernumerary
treasury eaters. This will set its house
in order. Then let the standing army
Of detectives and thieves employed in the
internal revenue department be dis
banded. Let the appropriations for
river and harbor improvements under
false pretenses, and for Notifications
worthless in war, and for super
nuous navy, and for hundreds Of
army officers without commands or en-
ployment, be discontinued. Simplify
the tariff and adjust it expressly for the
return of revenue, and discharge the
hordes of loafng stipsndiaries about the
custom-houses. Cease patronizing gigan-
tic swindles disguised as great public
enterprises. Bring to bear the best
intelligence and the utmost integrity in
the equalization of taxation. Extinguish
class legislation. Take off together
the premium on home. made sugar
and the penalty on homegrown
cotton. If we continue the tax on
cotton, put it upon corn and wheat,
too. Be not afraid of taxation.
1t is not taxation that is so terrible to
the people as pro6gacy. 1t is not the
raising of large revenue that is so un-
popular. 1t is the waste of hard-earned
money that produces public despair. 1t
is not the raising of five hundred mil
lions per year that is grievous. tits the
wastethat exaspera.es. If Congress is COW.
ardly on the question of taxation, we will
haye deficiency in the revenue instead
of surplus, and shall be getting into
instead Of out of debt. Then Congress
must do what it can to have more eff
cient service in the departments of the
Government. The first step that should
be taken is the repeal of the Tenure.of-
Office Law. The second is the adoption
of the Civil Service Bill. 1t is absurd to
tie up the hands of the President so that
he can not put thief out of office with
out consulting Congress. 1t is incom-
patible with good government and the
certain source Of inetficlency and corrup-
ton to change revenue and other civil
officers for political reasons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
Another Turn of the Radical Crank.

WASHINGTON, d. c., January 6.-The
Radicals sounded the depths of i.famy
to-day by passing Upson's resolution
with Boutwelrs amendment, directing
the Reconstruction Committee to report
another bill concerning the government
of Southern States. 1t is understood to
be a preconcerted arrangement, Thad.
Stevens already having prepared bill,
which will likely be reported at once.
He notified the committee 10 meet to-
morrow with this view.
The determination of the Radicals in
the House is to place the Southern State
governments entirely at the mercy OF
the negroes and their mean white allies,
and TO make assurance doubly sure, they
intend further to give General Grant the
power to. designate officers for that ser
vice, and thus attempt to thwart the
sfFoSs Of the President to ameliorate the
pitilnl condition Of that people. Louis
ellie Courier special
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
Chinese Gambling Houses in San Francisco

Chinese Gambling Houses In San FRANCISCO
A San Francisco paper, in reporting
the arrest of the Cinnamon in that city
for gambling, gives the following ac-
count of an unsuccessful attempt pre-
viously made;
The officers have frequently attempted
to get into the gaming houses kept by
individuals of that race, but seldom with
success. The games are usually carried
on in an inner room, to which there is
no entrance save through very narrow
hall, with many sharp angles and posted
sentries to obstruct the passage ofstrang-
ers or police officers. This arrange
ment renders it very difficult to obtain
admission to any of these places. About
three weeks since Officer Pines, who
participated in the present arrest, went
10 one of these Chinese houses with two
other officers He succeeded in pushing
past the first sentry, and entered the
narrow hall, but suddenly slip-n6ose
was dropped from hole in the ceiling
above, which fell over his head, and a
vigorous and sudden jerk upward
frightened the rope about his neck, and
he found himself lifted almost off his
feet. The men above had good will
to raise him to the ceiling and choke
him to death, but the other officers
rushed in, cut the rope, and released
him. His neck was considerably injured
by the moose, and, ss no one could be
seen, the officers did not attempt to go
farther.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

pT At Attleborough, Vermont, the
employees of large cotton factory quit
work on Monday, in consequence Of a
reduction of wages, which they believe
to be greater than the necessity OF the
times demands. The reduction is equal
to one.quaster of their present earnings
About two hundred are on strike. In
Massachusetts, the North Bridgewater
Gazette complains of dull times in that
usually busy town. Its manufacturing
shops are nearly all closed, and from
400 to 600 men are out of employment.
The iron-workers of Pittsburg have re-
sumed work at reduced wages, aud the
mill-owners hope to keep them in opera
ton ell winter. There is a strike an
nsunced among the cOal-heavers of the
Delaware, Lackawsnna aud Western
railroad, at Elizabeth, N J.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
A Romantic Marriage.

Monday evening a young man of
French descent arrived from Mattoon,
aud went direct to the Office of the
county clerk and procured license to
marry a fair country girl of his. Having
procured the desired document, he flew
back on the wings of love TO have his
bliss consummated.
In the meantime lover No 2, of Ger
man descent, stepped in and bore off the
prize. The 1overs arrived on the night
train apd took separate rooms at the
Charleston Hotel. Early Tuesday morn
ing the ardent lover followed in the foot
steps of his rival and repaired to the
County Clerk and also asked for license
The County Clerk, being of an obliging
disposition, granted the request
Having procured the desired docu.
ment, be at once sought the Office of
Squire Wright. The Squire was in, the
prospective bridegroom lost no time in
telling his business, the Squire accom-
panied him TO the hotel, and, in less
time than it takes US to tell the story, was
ioined to his idol. As the solemn words
=" What God has Joined together let no
man put asunder were pronounced,
lover No. | stepped in His looks of
chagrin and disappointment can be bet
ter imagined than described.
1t appears that the old folks favored
the suit of the latter, who happened to
possess the most of the worlds goods,
while the girl, banishing every merce-
nary feeling from her breast, favored the
attentions Of the former. The result
and finale, we presume, will surprise no
one, as it terminated as all such cases
nine times out of ten terminate-in the
girl carrying the point Charleston
(M.) Courier, I'd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

nara. II. H. Stuart, formerly Secre-
tary of the Interior under Fillmore, in
responding to an invitation to be present
at the banquet on the 9th of January,
says that he is disfranchised has not the
same privilege as his negro servant, but
that he will be happy to meet his fellow
patriots when the shackles shall be
stricken from the limbs of Virginia and
the other Southern States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

nea. The Chicago correspondent of
the New York Times says: Mistress.
keeping rs as much in vogue with our rich
men as it is in Paris. tits the ton, and
it is done openly and boldly, and the
man of wealth is thought none the worse
of for it. We might about as well have
Mormonism and done with it as the state
of society that exists among us. We
saw it estimated in one of the daily pa
pers short time ago that there were
eight hundred houses of prostitution in
the city, and three thousand five hun
dred courtesans. This estimate may
seem large, but when we know that they
are to be found in all parts of tbe city
right in the center, near the fremont
and Sherman House, where they have
secured o lodgment in business blocks
we are quite confident that the number
has not been overrated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

B6-A nice little speculation of the
St. Louis police has gust come to light
They have been levying 500 a month
upon a number of gambling houses,
under promise of immunity from arrest
The gamblers for some months have paid
this License" but last week determined
to discontinue it, and were pounced
upon and gobbled up. Hence this ex-
nose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

tdr The rain fell in torrents in New
York City on New Years day. At ii
o'clock it was impossible to get car
riage in any part of the city. Those
who had engaged carriages ahead for fl
teen or twenty dollars, congratulated
themselves on their good luck. Many
who trusted to the weather, offered from
forty to sixty dollars for coach, and
could not get one. 1t was one of the
most unpleasant and expensive New
Years days New York has ever expe-
rienced. A million dollsrs. at least,
we're spent on toilets, flowers, liquors,
edbles, etc., not to speak of carriage
hire. After all, the storm sadly inter-
fcred with the usual calls Of the day.
" This detection" says the New York
Times, "was sore disappointment to
the ladies', and particularly to the more
advanced in years, for, this being leap
year, they had resolved to exercise to
the full their hereditary privilege Of
aggressive courtship."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

Bay Paris has large groves of shade
trees. The total number of shade trees
planted in Paris is about las, ,0O0 occu-
pying 7.4S per cent. of the entire area Of
the city. The elm is the principal tree
in the promenades; next come the pine,
the horse-chesnut, the maple, the linden,
the acacia and the ailanthus.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

p6F- A Nashville special Of the 9th,
says: General Longs,reet was arrested
on Friday, while on his way to Wash
ington, on an old indictment for treason.
On account of flaw in the warrant, his
name not having been written properly,
the General got aboard the train and
was off before the warrant could be
amended."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

THERE are rival sporting clubs at To
lede, and the end of deer's tail is ac'
cepted as proof of the hunters capture
of the animal. One of the members has
recently been detected in scalping the
tails of dead deer lying in the Toledo
market.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

ma. The Atlanta Opinion, Radical
sheet, denounces the negro Bradley,
member of the Reconstruction Conven-
ton, and calls loudly for his arrest. 1t
says he has become downright pest and
nuisance, and his insolence and bullyism
has rendered his arrest necessary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

n6"A writer in the Northern Monthly
finds fault with Dickens because :" he has
no noble heroines in his books"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

1~ In Tallapoosa, Alabama, last
"55a, Two young men ntmed Doone anu
Jones, while participating in dance,
made deadly onslaught on each other.
Boone was stabbed to the heart, and died
almost instantly. Jones was terribly
hacked, and died in an hour.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

TIE following is list of American
sculptcrs in Italy, at least Of those resi-
dent in Rome and Florence: Mr.. Story,
Mr.. Rheinhart, Mr.. Ives, Mr.. Rogers,
Mr.. Mosier, Mr.. Haseltine, Mr.. Horatio
Stone, Miss Hosmer, Miss Whitney, Miss
Freeman, Miss Stebbins, Mr.. Ball, NJ,
Hart: Mr.. Mead, Mr.. jackson, Mr.. Pow.
ers, Mr., Colby, Mr.. Connolly. Some Of
those at Rome have commissions Of the
value of many thousand dollars, and
none Of them are without engagements
which will keep them for sometime en-
ployed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

The Chicago Tribune (Radical in a
notice of the coming New Hampshire
election, which takes place early in
March, says:
"The Democrats are making desper
ate efforts to elect their candidates, and
have gained fresh courage from their
successes in the Middle and Western
States. The overthrow of the prohibit
tory law in Massachusetts, has inspired
them with the hope that they may make
capital out of similar act on the New
Hampshire statute-book. They are there
fore instituting secret leagues, like those
which proved so efficacious in Massachu.
setts in defeating prohibition, though not
in killing Republicanism.".
The Tribuue omits to state that if one
fifth of the political reaction which oc-
CURED in Massachusetts, should be going
on in New Hampshire, its neighbor
State, the Democrats would carry 1t by a
large maiority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

1d~ A man has been arrested in the
Jardin des Pantes, Paris, for stealing
the blanket off the boa constructor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

a6- George Hsrdt, a prominent citi-
zen of Montgomery, Ala, committed
suicide Friday. The fatal act was brought
about by brooding over the troubled con-
dition of the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

16- The Pope has just lost, by death,
favorite servant who had been with him
nearly forty years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
ls- Dr. W. H. Russell ha. accepted

D6r DR.. W. H. Russell has accepted
the most responsible and influential out
side position connected with the London
Times, and is about to proceed to Paris
as its own regular correspondent In
his new character DR.. Russell will be
able to influence the foreign policy Of
the Empire to some extent, for the Brit
ish press takes its tone on many ques-
tions from the admirably selected eI-
tracts as well as the thoughtful remarks
on continental affairs, which have, as q
general rule, characterized the Paris
letters of the Thunderer. The Times
proprietors conduct their Paris Office on
scale of great magnifcence. The
salary is $4,000 year in gold, besides q
splendidly furnished house, carriages,
wines, servants and secretaries. In its
saloons the most celebrated statesmen
and wits of France and Europe assem-
BILE and are entertained, and the cores
pondent thus CLEANS from original
sources the current news of the day. DR..
OMeara, an Irishman of culture and
literary attainments, has for number
of years filled this position, and is now
succeeded by DR.. Russell, another Irish,
man, thus again illustrating the fact that
some of the leading positions of the
London press are occupied by persons Of
that country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

16r Five deserters from the army in
Georgia, sentenced to be branded with
the letter I'D" on the hip with red-hot
iron, we're pardoned Saturday by the
President, on the ground that the SEN
tence was barbarous and not demanded
by the requirements of the service in
time of neaca.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

nay The Pittsburg Post, the organ of
the Democracy ofWestern Pennsylvania,
has declared for the nomination Of Hon.
George a. Pendleton, of Ohio, for Pres
dent, as the only outspoken representa-
tive of paying the national debt in ma
tional money (greenbacks).
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

A. 7. STEWART has presented house
and lot worth $50, 900 10 Senator Cream
er Of the New York Legislature, for vim
dicstipg the former when assailsd on the
hoor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

sd- The Freemasons of Philadelphia
are to erect gigantic temple, $50 feet
long, $50 feet wide, and with tower 300
feet high. 1t is to be placed so that there
will be street on every side, is to cost
three-quarters of million, and be five
years in building. The lot is already
purchased.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09

SATURDAY, the l4th of December,
being the anniversary Of the death of the
Prince Consort, Queen Victoria and
various members Of the royal family
paid the usual visit to the Princes mauso-
ieum at Frogmore, and the remainder Of
the day was passed by her Majesty in
retirement. The Princes burial place
is still in an unfinished condition
Pope, Tkehis namesako Of genius and fre,
Gives the expression Of truth and force 70 the
lyro.
But in ons little matter they differ thetvo
And differ indeed vcry widely. 'tis true.
While ms verses gave great Alexander his
fame,
lis our here's reTerses accomplish the sane.
And fate may decree thatths end Il q r-pe
shall award yet bis highest position % Pope.
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