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New-York tribune., 1868-04-18

Thus Cuba with onesixth OF the population OF Mexico,
has nearly double her foreign connerce with an average
stil palmer the imports 100000 Mex
icos 100000 and her exports TO sooOOo OF
being 81 49, that Of Cuba So 2s In like manner Canada
leo Notwithstanding her advantages Of population pro
ducts, and resources Giving Mexico only the average
about Ss Der head her imports ought 20 be
double what they now are. The same reasoning will
and number of good railroads VIII greatly multiply
these. Regarding commerce still another fact Is worth
attention. Out OF total OF OF British imports
for seven years, cotton manufactures So 100000
and linen, si2O0o,Oo0 Yet American cotton goods are
preferred in Mexico because the quality and fabric OF
those from the North better particularly In the
commoner kinds worn by lsboers What prevented the
Mexican cotton buslnesst Nothing but British shrewd-
ness assisted by the diplomatic nonchalsnce OF repre-
In 1860 the interior commerce OF Mexico estimated
to he than $iccooo, We have learned from the
valued a annually Estates were 5000 worth
OOO and town property seSoooooo. or total OF
several times ahead OF these figures nc home. but they
win for the working out Of sum in taxation any
time Minister Of Hacienda and the commission OF
Congress choose TO cultivate this field OF finance. On
basis Of 1900 estates rating them only st sOo Oooo II
has been reckoned possible 10 than supply all the
deficiency in the budget after collecting enstoms and
public Will probably reach TO more than twelve millions
Tor the year. not counting Interest upon the foreign debt
Supposng that only eight millions sre To be raised from
customs there remains but four millions TO be collected
IN other ways
LerNO fctkOntu OF
Mexico at t9ooOOo,ooo During the IL years that have
passed since then. Is fair TO say that this sum has In
ut least, about $50 head
withsandng the depreciatve tendencies Of protraced
war. Maize. froles black beans bananas. and plata
mas aud chile red pepper which constitute the main
subsistence OF the poorer csssee, are. with slight excep
ton Is TO the bananas easily growS IN oil parts Of the
xapotes, several varieties oranges, emons lines cit
Ions pnsappes shr%oya @ S probably the %O.t peculiar
leo; but beside these are multitude Of Others neud
ing the melon variety, and dwarf specimens of APP
and III rat naa
known fruit and grain can be grown IN Mexico. Corn.
rye wheat barley rcethe latter yielding kind OF up
land crop certain parts OF the tierra caenc-can be
cultivated with ready success. Rice IL, OF course the
product VI special and damp narshy localities but
The other grains general and abundant. The states
OF Michoacan Jaco and Guanaiuato boast spectabe
product OF silk and heeswax. the latter constituting the
material Of the cunning wax-work for which sl the
churches Of Mexico noted Common and sweet pota-
toes beans ente Of several kinds also among
the common products. The maguey plant of which
extracted the line national drink OF pulque. and manu-
factured road twne and paper; the nopa national
cactus fun species ot which taken cue esiuaut dive
New-York tribune., 1868-04-18

give IL careful investigation. fully believing that ne
must come to the conclusion that Justce anu uuV
call for an Immediate pardon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
Tennessee : Insolvent bill John Hallum,
administrator estate Of j. W. Matthews, de-
aAnnoI 70 Innnas Ii. MatthaMs at al.

7
Tennessee : Insolvent bill John Hallum,
administrator estate Of j. W. Matthews, de-
ceased, VS.. James II. Matthews, ct al.
TNTHIS CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
i afidayit on file in this cause that detendants'
l., Stricklin and wife Bette j. Strick lin: Jas.
Hamer and wife Sarah G, Hamer, aBd. Mark
Healy are non. residents of the State Of Ten
nessee il is therefore ordered that they make
their appearance herein, at the Courthouse in
the city of Memphis, Tenn. on or before the
first Monday in March. 1865, and plead, answer
will be taken for confessed as to them, and set
for hearing * paTte and i l. further ordered
tate Of j. W. Matthews, deceased. file them
with the Clerk and Master on or before the he
barred and that a copy of this order be pub
lshed in the PUBLIC LEDGER, a newspaper
published in the city Of Memphis, for three
months.
A true copy-Attest:
A. ALST0N, Clerk and Master.
By.R. J. BLACK, d. G. and M.
January %, 1868.
tors for complainant. = YI-9a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
The Situation in England.

The telegraphic news which we pub
lished yesterday was varied aud full OF
interest The tory budget was produced
in the House of Commons, and although
it is not quite equal to expectation it is
not far from the mark Seventy million
pounds sterling were expected. Sixty
nine million six hundred thousand
pounds sterling have been realized. The
surplus of receipts over expenditures for
the coming fiscal year is estimated by
the Minister at nine hundred and twenty
thousand pounds sterling. The cost Of
the Abyssinian expedition is estimated
at FIVE million pounds sterling. By q
process which is not painfully complex
Mr.. Hunt, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, does not only see his way to
meet this burden, but to have surplus
of some seven or eight hundred thousand
pounds. The budget debate does not
seem to threaten serious difficulty to
the ministry,
The Church Rates Abolition bill was
brought up in the Lords, and after de-
bate of some toughness, in which the
anti-State Church tendencies of the day
were fully recognized, was read second
time. At the same time we learned that
one of those meetings which have already
been held in most of the large towns of
Scotland and England had been held in
Mr.. Surgeons New Tabernacle, at Lon:
don. The house, which is capable Of
holding FIVE thousand people, was well
filled on the occasion. Jchn Bright oc.
cupied the chair and made speech OF
unusual eloquence. The speeches were
all in one vein, and resolutions in favor
OF the general disendowment of religion
were unanimously adopted. The Clerk
enwell trial was progressing, and DANA
ging evidence was being produced against
the prisoners. The Prince and Princess
of Wales in Ireland still formed the cen
ter of admiration and enthusiasm. 1t
will be an interesting study to watch how
England will get out of all her numerous
present troubles,-Nr y Herald. 25th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
Note on Impeachment.

"While the long-winded impeachment
debates are in progress, says Wash
ineton letter, "Fessenden whites the
end Of his pen-stick, Grimes rubs his
chin, Ross and Norton snow up the floor
around them with bits of torn paper,
Conkling strokes approvingly the penin-
sula of light curly hair which stretches
down the center of his forehead; Trum-
bull is always in his seat, his desk COW
cred with law books, aud he gives the
case noticeable attention. Notwith-
standing his constant writing, Sumner
is attentive to the trial, and always in
formed of each aspect Of the case as it
comes up. Yates, who sits beside Sum-
ner, keeps his desk uniucumbered gem
orally, as we'll as his chair. When he
is in the chamber, Salisbury acts like a
Polar bear in a mensgerie, except Po-
lar bear doesn't chew quite so much to-
baeco, nor spit on fine carpets. He is
the most uneasy of the Senators. He
marches up and down, up and down,
turning quickly, and walking rapidly for
an hour at a time. No Senator on the
floor takes q greater interest in.the trial
than Rsverdy johnson, or pays 1t more
steady attention. He chews his lips, aud
when bis hands are not nervously picking
at his pantaloons. or rubbing them, his
mouth is never still. He leans back in
his chair and is, or looks to be, supremely
happy. Chase is sill fine looking, the
most imposing parsonage in the Chamber:
Some blockhead doctor, on account Of
some throat affection, last fall, advised
the Chief Justice 10 allow his beard
to grow under bis chin, and thick
clump Of white hair in that region is the
result The friends Of the Chief Justice
have been looking for that doctor ever
since. II he is found you viii hear Of
another impeachment trial Whiskers
helped Lincolu's appearances, but they
spoil, as much as such triiies can, the
face Of Mr.. Chase" rir 20 III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
The Working People.

The coopers' strike in New York con-
tiuues, but there is a prospect Of its be-
ing settled soon, by the employers scced-
ing to the wishes Of the strikers The
strike at the Chieopee Mills, Massachu.
setts, has ended. The mill owners granted
a part of the advance in wages de-
manded. The Trade Unions Of Great
Britain are among the most powerful
organizations Of that country. They are
located in 40s towns, and have about
700, 900 members, Smo5g whom are about
63. 900 miners, 33,599 engineers and ma
chinists, Is, ,O60 tailors, l0,690 iron foun-
ders, 5000 boiler makers and iron ship
builders, rs, 900 locomotive engineers and
fremen, 1902 carpenters, lI,162 ma
sons, 70, ,s24 bricklsyers, and 5000 plas-
terera.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
From Warrington.

WAsHIs0roN, April 27.-The court this
morning rejected two amendments 70 Mr.:
Edmunds proposition to admit ofiicial
reporters TO the secret deliberations OF
the court, and il with the rules offered
By Mr.. Sumner were postponed.
Stevens then addressed the court, but
his voice was inuadible TO half the court,
and to all IN the galleries. After speak
ing some minutes, his voice failed en-
tirely, aud Butler read the concluding
portions. Stevens held that q violation
Of the Tenure Of Office bill, by the terms
of that act, was msdemeanor, and dis
claimed the necessity of proving the IN
lawful intent Of the respondent, and that
the managers acted unwisely in making
such averment. II was enough that his
official acts were violation of law. He
charged on the President fat contradic-
ton OF himself, and added: HE ought
to have better conscience or better
memory" This from old Thad. Stevens
sounded like Satan rebuking sin. Stevens
referred to the President as an offspring
of assassination, who was defying the
Senate which had rebuked him. Stevens
harangue did not rise to the dignity Of
an argument, and what he lacked in
logic be made up in bitterness.
Judge Williams followed in dull and
prosy speech, which soon emptied the
GALLERIES. f.I.--.
The impeachers are losing ground, and
even bets are made to-day on the Presi-
dents acquittaL
A letter will be made public tom orrow
from Judge Black concerning his with
drawal as counsel for the President. His
stristures are very severe.
II appears that Butler, Bingham, and
other managers indorsed the Alta Villa
document to the President at the en-
treaties Of COL Shaffer and General
Hoyey, Of Illinois, Radicals, who we're in
terested in the case, and not for any sim
lister purpose, as charged by Johnson's
friends, and Judge Nelson, his counsel.
Thad. Stevens indorsed it, remarkingat
the time that he would sign any document
Judge Black said was all right.
Frank Blair, of Missouri, is looming
up as candidate of the National Democ-
racy for the Presidency. The volunteer
soldiers versus West Point is the cry Of
his friends.
Prominent Radicals assert that both
Wade and Colfax will be rejected by the
Chicago Convention for Vce-President,
and that the chances are decidedly favor
able to Hannibal Hamlin, and that it is
due him as he should have been nomi-
mated for re- e-eleclion with Lincoln.
The whites are registering freely and
claim that this will defeat the negro
shriekers in the next municipal election,
The Constitution in North Carolina is
carried beyond doubt Louisville
Courier speciGI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30

Together viii tks IarEs pstrOsArs sztsnds
us. rsndsr1 q IN eur poEsr tc oeer mdaee
nsnu IN prizes which Cur eonpetitors eAnne-
asOrd tolEivsl -,-og.koo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
Collecting Agency.

THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
asks leave to inform his friends throughout
the city and county. that hereafter he will give
prompt personol attention to the Collection of
ali Accounts and Claims Of whatsoever natare,
and when necessary, put the same in suit, He
will also attend TO the Renting and Sale or
found at his Office, corner Washington and
Main streets. Give him call.
1914 VIM. r. COTTON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30

A young Frenchman, q naturalized
citizen OF the United States, has, Il is
stated, been sentenced At Bordeaux 10
SIX days imprisonment, for the ohense
Of deseriion, in not presenting himself,
though absent from France when drawn
in The eonscription. He had emigrsted
at The age Of seventeen, but had tempo
rarily resarned after the lapse Of ten
years 10 settle the estate Of his deceased
father.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30

The Presidents counsel, Judge Curtis,
IL the one Who disented from the ma
iority opinion Of the United States Su-
preme Court headed By Judge fancy,
IN the celebrated Dred Scott decision.
He resigned bis position on account Of
insuficieney Of pay, and his practice
now amounts 10 $50, 900 year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
Double Daily Trains Continued.

| DOTH TRAINS MAKING DIRECT
| ID Through Connections TO all Eastern Cities.
| an advantage offered by no other route from
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30


MARCH, 1868: New READY, THE FOL-
vi lowing work. containing 1893 closely
printed, large octave pages, well bound in law
sheep. Price, $40:
THE LAW REGISTER; comprising all the
lawyers in the United States.
THE STATE RECORD: containing the State
and county officers, the organization, juris-
dction, and terms of the Courts for every
State and Territory. n
THE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY for the United
States; containing the officers ofthe Federal
Government, the duties Of the several DEPART
ments, sketches of all the members OF Con-
gress, the officers and terms of the Federal
Courts.
THE COLLECTORS ASSISTANT; giving
the laws for collecting debts, executing deeds.
verifying claims and taking testimony, with
forms for every State: with much other use
full information the whole constituting an
Official and Business Manual.
Prepared from Official returns by John Liv-
ingston, of the Few York bar. Secretary of the
Merchants Union Law Company. New York:
Published by the Merchants Union Law Com
pany. No. 12B Broadway. third floor lin the
American Exchange National Bank Buildine).
The book will be sent, prepaid. to any ad-
dress in the United States on receipt of ten
dollars; or. il will be forwarded by express.
with bill. to be paid on delivery.
From Alex. W. Randall. Postmaster Generals
GN- JonAl Ds IL On htlhtft IlIal hcclrltut
master General; Joseph ii. Blackfan, Chief
Clerk Postotiice Department.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. February q. 1858.
John Livingston, ESQ, Secretary Merchants
Union Law Company, New York;
DEAR Sra: Your new Law Register and OH
cial Directory, just issued. appears TO have
been very carefully prepared, and we think may
be Of great service in the transaction OF the
business Of this Department. The Work will
doubtless prove valuable 20 every ofcial,
banker merchant and business man.
ALEX. W. RANDALL,
Postmaster General.
ST. JOHN y. L. SKINNER.
First Assistant Postmaster 5enera
JOSFPH II. BLACKFAN.
Chief CLERK PostOaice Department.
From Hon. FRANCIS +. SPINNER. Treasu-
ror Of the United States.l
WasHryGroS. y. c., February q. ISIS.
John LIVINGSTON. ESQ.,. Secretary Merchants
Union Law Co.
DrAE SIN: The new Law Registsr and or
cial Directory, just issued. appears % have
been very carefully prepared. and We find Il OF
great service in the transaction Of the business
ofthis Department. We think the work geuid
prove valuable acquisition 10, and should ee
on the desk of,fvery prominent ofheial' oAnA-
e. merchant ahd bushes. man; n lans;;r,,r,rrp
$ Treasurer United siates.
+. B. mILLARD.
Justice of the Peace.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
THE S0MEKYILLE FALOON,

rs THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN
The Wealthy and POpulOus county Of FHyetts.
II eirculstes widely in Faystts and ADJOINING
eountiss. and is read by that class Of persons
Who deal largely, and almost szolusivslS. with
Msuphi.. nA5ns 1t = dssirlbls sdvsrti.ins
usaiun fsr tbOss vishius trads from that So
aSa. SEAL. L. SPARKS.
sod-1Q Prspristors-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
TRANSPORTATION.
Quickest Route East
is BY THE
MEMFH & LOUISVILLE
RAILROAD LINE!
Only 80 Hours and 55 Minutes TO New
York, 20 LIZ Hours 10 Louisville,
II 3.4 Hours TO Nashville,
and FL IL Hours 20
st. Louis.
Double Daily Trains Continued.
DOTH TRAINS MAKING DIRECT
| ID Through Connections TO all Eastern Cities.
| an advantage offered by no other route from
Memphis. CD rtEagFf gf8tat
Commencing Monday, April "a, Is6s,
Trains will leave Memphis as follows:
/ -.aA :. -
Commencing Monday, April "a. 1865,
Trains will leave Memphis as follows:
Morning Express, - 700 am.
Night Express, 400 pm.

Morning Express, - 700 am.
Night Express, 400 pm.
The ZOO am. Morning Express reaches Louis
vile at 4O0a.m., indianapolis at 10 IN, Gin
cinnati at IL noon, and New York at $50 pm,
the ne ext day, z Hours and 40 Minutes In
advance Of any Train leaving M Memphis the
same day by other routes. and with One Night
Less Railroad Travel.
The 400 pm. Night Express arrives at Leuis-
vile at 1890 p.m:, Nashville at t:45 am, 81.
Louis at 130 pm, the next day. Eastern pas
sengers king this Train have choice of routes
from Louisville either by the Jefiersonville
Railroad via Cincinnati or Indianapolis. er the
United States Mail Line Steamers via Cincin-
natl reaching New York the second morning
eleven hours and fifteen min utes in advance OF
passengers taking night train from Memphis
BY any other route. and with one night less
railroad travel.
THROUGH TICKETS, at Reduced Rates,
can be procured at the Company's Office. Z71a
Main street. corner Of Jefferson. or at Depot.
head of Main street; also, at Overton Hotel,
and of Larry Harmstad Co., corner OF Main
and Madison streets.
rs- Baggage Checked. at Depot or by the
Memphis City Transfer Company. at II Hotels,
Private Residences. or on board boats arriving
at Memphis. to all PRINCIPAL Eastern Cities.
70 .fI SAM. B. JONES. Superintendent.
ASA HILL, Passenger Agent. fS-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-30
+. ID. mILLARD,

Justice of the Peace.
OFFICE, No. . Adams street.
ls-ss-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-24
Land for Sale

SdICe
THE valuable lot of land on Middle Street. bound
Il ed by Franklin and Fore Streets, being the
southery corner. 1t will be sold favorable terms
Apply to WIN. H. JERRIS.-
aprl8ltf Real Estate Agent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-24
The HeadIess Rooster.

This great natural curiosity is now on ex-
hibition in New York, and is thus described
1t consists of a game cock, whose head was
cut off three months ago, but which, strange
TO say still lives, moves, walks, eats and
performs the ordinary functions OF leather
ed biped. A wound or scar remains where
the head was chopped of, and the bird walks
round its cage and shakes it elf showing that
there is some motive power inside The cover
ing OF feathers. Several surgeons and doc
tors visited the biped yesterday, and plo-
nounced it clear deception, proving to their
own satisfaction that for scientific reasons
the bird could not possibly exist without its
Uranium. But there stood the headless ami
NAL. living combination of their learned dis.
QUESTIONS. DIR. Parker of the medical col
lege says that in thirty days he can produce
phenomenon exactly similar to that on ex-
hibition. Among the distinguished savants
present was Mr.. Henry Bergh, whose tender
heart re VOTED at the idea of The body walking
round without the head. He went away,
however, satisfied that there was no cruelty
to animals practiced. The head was cut off
together with the heads of four brother roos-
tiers, about three months ago, at BERGEN, N,
]. This one escaped, and was found few
hours alter walking about, the blood con-
gealed on the wound, while the bodies of his
less fortunate brethren were already on the
dinner table. The headless hero was care
fully nursed, fed by injection into the crop,
and is now drawing large crowds at bis rooms
in Broadway. If this animal is an impose
ton, the deception is clever, and worth price
OF admission; ii it is a genuine beheaded liy-
ing rooster, it is nothing less than the eighth
wonder OF the world, or the original cock a.
doodle-do, with the crow omitted. 2
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-24

A New PHASE OF THE WOMAN CUES
TIcN.-Somebody is doing the "Woman Cues
ton" in Harper's from physical point of
view, and he INDUCES in sundry graphic and
interesting descriptions, from which we make
the following extract: al
A woman's arm is beautiful when, gradual
ly charging from delicate wrist, it becomes
round and plump, with rather more tullness
of the outer than inner side. 1t is seldom
sufficiently developed in the modern woman
O Oh fashion to reach the standard of classical
beauty. She does not use her limbs, and es-
pecialy her arms, sufficiently to give them
the muscular growth OF which they are capa-
Bile and there is no more expressive ilIustra-
ton OF the effects OF exercise and Incidence
than the contrast between the blanched and
tender pipestems of Miss Sophonisba in the
parior, and the bulky and glowing sledge-
hammers of Bridget in the Kitchen
A delicate and beautiful hand is considered
as the especial privilege of people OF leisure.
1t is seldom found among those women who
are obliged to work hard, though they NAV
be endowed with fine eyes, a beautiful mou til
or all other female charms. We are told that
small and delicate hands are more common
In the United States than elsewhere: but per-
haps we should hesitate in accepting this
compliment to the good looks of our women
al the expense OF their industry. "a
well-made hand should be delicate and
somewhat long. The back should be Just
plump enough to prevent the veins from be-
ing too prominent. The fingers must be
lcng, pulpy, and tapering, forming little gra-
duated columns OF perfect proportion. When
the hand is open there should be little dim
pies at the knuckles, which should be slight
ly prominent when the hand is closed.
Each finger onght to be gently curved on
the back, and somewhat fiat on the palmar
side. The thumb should not pass beyond
the middle joint OF the fore finger, which
should terminate when extended precisely at
the base OF the nail of the middle one. The
ring huser ought not to extend more than
nall way up the nail OF the same, and the
little finger should be exectly of the length of
the two joints of its neighbor. The
palm OF the hand, when open, should be
somewhat deep, and bordered with slight
~ curved and pulpy cushion of flesh. The
skin OF the whole should be delicate, smooth
and mostly white, but here and there slight
" tinted with rose color The fingers must
have an air of ease and flexbility. The
common habit of stretching their Joints
with the view of making them snap is
fatal to their regularity of proportion and
beauty.