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A Fortune I'm the Rough-A $780, 90
Diamond.

A few days ago asgentleman came up
the river on the steamer New Boston,
who privately exhibited to the officers of
that packet a diamond in the rough,
which in its unpublished state is supposed
to be worth somewhere in the vicinity OF
1900, 900. IL is further supposed 10 be
the second or third diamond in size in
the world. 1t is about the size of wal
nut, is perfectly transparent, and has the
power Of magnifying to the same extent
as frst quality glass. The lucky
possessor found it at bis home in the gold
mining districts OF Nova Scotia, and also
stated that he he'd found one or ivo small
ones, one Of which he sold for D y 900 in its
rough state. 70 convince the officers Of
the boat, he produced files OF Nova
Scotia papers containing accounts Of the
finding Of the diamond, minute descrip-
tons Of the same, descriptions OF the
finder, and other evidence too indisputa-
BILE TO be questioned. he also showed
letters from prominent New York jewell
ers, Who he'd examined the prize, one Of
which vas from the house Of Ball, Black
& Co. He is going 10 Iowa TO zee about
landed investments, With q view Of sone
day locating there, He proposss 10 have
the diamond polished, and sell il TO some
crowned head, IL possible. goF the BEN
eft Of the ladies we will sisis that We
don't know whether be IL married or not
There is no "cave IN this siofy,-Roci
Island Argus.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

planned, but lie cannot, and there is no
use to deny q lie Of this sort, for
"Conyince iuan against his will. ~,
And he will DO Of the same opinion stiL"
These are doubtless some of the causes
Of our late defeat, aud we must guard
against them in the future if we desire
the success of our party. The sequel,
therefore, is: All candidates should be
selected by active. energetic, pushing
business mep-men who will carry
weight and influence in the community
and voters should be preferred as such to
the exclusion ofworn-out politicians who
are dead and buried, politically, and who
should therefore wait for the general
resurrection when all can vote. Those
who, unfortunately, are disfranchised,
and are thread-bare in the service,
should not desire to be so dictatorial as
to select the candidates for others to vote
for when they cannot vote for them them
selves.
Now, gentlemen, If you like my music,
/ will, in few days, give you another
solo, from captain JIsKs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

In Mr.. Msdilrs address before the

In Mr.. Msdilrs address before the
Indiana editors, be says:
In regard to miscellaneous selections
for your paper, | shall say little, as it is
matter of taste and judgment, aud ed
itors are Influenced very much by their
own literary habits of thought, their age
and temperament. Young editors,
have observed, as q general thing, run to
love stories, sentimental sonnets, "origi-
nal poetry and facetious anecdotes and
fun; while the pious veterans Of the press
are more given to Publishing essays on
the vanity of all earthly things, appeals
to the unconverted, death-bed scenes of
iufidels, and other matter of somberhue.
OF course, there are many degrees be-
tween these extremes, and the only rule
! can lay down is to avoid extremes, and
when you are in doubt as to the morality
or ACCESSIBILITY of selection, submit it
to your wife and follow her advice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05
uuerriug guides in the conduct Of ma

uuerring guides in the conduct Of ma
tions."
In answer to the address of the Liver
pool Chamber Of Commerce, Mr.. Motley
expressed his high appreciation of their
friendly sentiments towards America,
and assured them that during the period
of his Office he should endeavor to pro-
mote good understanding between two
nations Of the same race, and bound by
unity of interest hitherto unequaled.
The best and highest purposes Of both
were fulfilled by faithful friendship. The
American people and Government de-
sired amicable relations with Great
Britain on the basis of justice and dis
passionate regard for the rights and du-
ties of both. 1t was the earnest wish
of America to extend commerce, but the
question of free trade was beyond the
limits of his functions, it's settlement
being vested by the people in Congress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05
NICHOLSON PAVEMENT A CARD
PROM BROWN d co.

We publish below q card of Messrs.
Brown & Co., in reply TO an Alderman
who, il we are correctly informed, is ex-
ceediugly anxious to be a prominent
man; but il the small experiment made
sometime since is an indication Of his
popularity, we are inclined to believe
that be will scarcely get higher than
the present position given him BY his de-
luded partissns. This well-timed letter
spoken of reads as follows:
EDIroR LEDGER: The Communication
Of Alderman" in Fridays Appeal, is
one devoted chiefly TO "glittering gener-
alities." The writer, however, after
much flourish Of trumpets, settles down
10 high privates half way through his ar
ticle' and his real point, No. /, is, in
sfsod of being Hnicilling 10 take the
loan of bonds, they petitioned for and
fought hard TO get them"
Will any person having knowledge Of
the facts deny that we tried 10 get thest
bonds as a payment and not loan, ant
that the Board, in executive session, re
fused 10 pay. aud compelled rs TO chang,
oar auplication snd ask for q loan, vhicl
We did,
Yes. it is true, that sitter We had trie'
hard TO get psy of the city, and could no,
We accepted as loan q small part o
what was due rs ss . payment
And again, the writer thinks We hav
expressed too much confidence in tn
strength Of our proposition before tn
Board. II is bat fair for him TO kno.
the faith that is in ne. and this il Is; w
were told that q certain Alderman ant
the writer Of the Communication IN ID
Appeal is ambitious to serve the publi
in az vacant places Of public trust, b1
especially in the capacity Of Mayor; and
a. the proof Of his quslifcAiion for Oh
ofhce. be is latterly exhibidng 3 wOndel
f1l AMOUNT Of fidelity to the city By hi
opposition 10 everything-and that hi
greatest delight is in opposing the rhOl
Beard, for this can be made theoeeasio
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A brilliant meteor.

A dispatch printed elsewhere notes
the appearance of meteor in Boston on
Thursday evening last, A New York
pspe. ef yesterday describes, :hs phe-
nomenon az witnessed in that city:
A meteor of unusual splendor and
brilliancy made its appearance in the
heavens last evening few minutes after
III o'clock. II was first observed at a
point ten degrees N. N. W. of the star
Affair, or Aquilae-its size not being
at that moment particularly large. 1t
moved in an arc of thirty degrees to the
North East, and as it pursued this course
with rapid movement, its size and VOL
ume of light increased in prodigious
manner. 1t threw ont 9 train of 81 srkles
of bright rose color, though the nucleus
of the meteor was of pale greenish
hue. The duration of its fight was
about five seconds; it then exploded
into Flaming fragments, which were
rpeedily extinguished, and all the
region BECAME dark again. The dark
ness of the night, the moon being OBJ
scured, made this wonderful phenomenon
the more APPARENT and it consequently
attracted the attention of thousands OF
persons in different parts of this city, as
well as in places adjacent. The light Of
the meteor was much brighter than the
brightest moonlight, and the shadows it
cast yeFe propoftipnstely intense in
their obscuFi,y. A gentleman who was
ON one of the Fulton ferryboats at the
instant the meteor was darting across
the heavens, assures us that all the ex-
panse appeared to be cleaning with
iigkilingsI and that the reflection Of
light upon the points of the waves formed
a scene of remarkable beauty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

The SACRED DEAD.

The press, both North and South, have
been prompt in condemnipg the unchris-
tan like action Of Generals Grant and
Logan in refusing floral houors TO be PAID
Confederate dead. With truly noble and
brave men, should there be difference
all feelings Of enmity and earthly hatred
cease when the grave opens to receive
i,s sacred trust. Would earth-born NOR
tails endeavor to assume the hend-iike
shape of Satan, and pursue the spirits OF
their victims here into that paradise where
the soul is thought to rest until the
final day Of jndgment2 Will not man find
rest in the grave from his prosecutors on
earth? It looks as if General Grant
would add to his already unequalled rep
utation of being a senseless dolt the we'll
earned uotoriety of Decorating the
graves of brave men, who feared not him
and his myrmidon host while living, but
fell fighting for their homes and their
couutry's honor. Would this newly
made Executive reflect for moment he
would learn that the lives of these men
whose graves now be would dishonor pur-
chased his promotion that had not they
and others equally brave have met on the
battlefield, % then General Grant to-day
would, perhaps, have been driving his lit
tie wood-cart to and from his native
village. The news was carried with
lightning speed throughout the country
chat General Logan, commanding the
Grand Army of the Republic, protests
against the usual honors paid the Con-
federate dead; that few graves labout
thirty in number) at Arlington were
securely guarded with lieutenant and
detachment Of United States marines
10 prevent, on last Sunday, these graves
from being strewa with flowers by Union
and Confederate friends. This act oil
petty tyranny will go down as
a black and damning spot OF In
fanny upon the names of Grant and
Logan-men, byena-iike, who would dig
I'D and uaugh, with savage satisfaction,
the bones Of buried men consigned to
rest in the grave. The Government
could not, we suppose, imagine that these
friends Of the brave dead intended
treason by strewing their graves Win
flowers. There was nothing in the act
that portended armed resistance or want
of respect to the powers that be- but
n ceremoniai honor was only intended to
the memory of men whose names should
be cherished by all with respect,
whether friend or foe, after death has
claimed its victim.
Grant, the head Of the Government, 10
allowing a guard to be placed around the
graves Of these fallen men to prevent a
deserved honor to be paid, has shown him
self the petty tyrant, who should merit
the contempt Of all noble men in the
land. He, by this act, has forfeited the
respect Of all Southerners, and his name
should be placed hereafter in the same
catalogue with that Of Ben Butler, and
others of his stamp. Shall our enemies
never cease to prosecute usf
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Eurepe-sveseh Of Mr.. nolIsy.

LIVERPOOL, Msy sl.-EsrIy this morn
ing Minister Motley received addresses
Of wsloome presented By The Liverpool
and American Chambers Of Commerce,
aud soon afterwsrd departed for London.
Mr.. Motley received the addresses Of
the Chambers Of Commerce at bis hotel
this morning To bis reply 10 that OF
the American Chamber OF Commerce. ne
returned thanks for the welcome be bed
received % the representative 81 The
United Statea He said the earnest hope
aud chief wish Of President Grants ad-
ministratiou and Of the people Of Ame-
RIGA was 10 cultivate faithfully friendly
and equitable relGtioss with the Govern
ment and people Of Great britain, The
happiness Of the World. Arrangement OF
civilization, and best hopes Of humanity,
depended on the concord Of all branches
Of the human family, especially on that
Of the two Leading nsiions, both cor
necled by pablo and personal interests,
allied BY blood, addicted 10 commerce
and the cultivation Of The arts Of peace.
Mr.. Motley CONCLUDED ~ iollovs; my
most sirenuous eforts snail bo devoted
to further good understanding. on The
basis Of enduring friendship and kind
relations, 10 accordancs with The gree;
principles Of justice and honor, which
are the immuiAble and oaly safe and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

We regret to hear that the accident
which occurred to Hon. George h. Pen
dleton, on the Gath ult,, at Cincinnati,
turns out to be more serious than either
be or his friends expected. 1t is likely
to confne him to his house for number
of weeks. An ankle was dislocated, and
other injuries inflicted of very painful
character. philadelphia Age.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

The Rev. Mr.. Richardson, of Washing
ton township, Paulding county, Ohio,
will be one hundred and six years old in
September. Last season, although an
unfavorable one, he raised two hundred
and fifty bushels of corn. He can walk
Eve miles of Sunday and preach ser
mon, and is apparently enjoying the
health and vigoF OF o young man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

The Hlustrie, of Paris, publishes an
engraving of q great spreading tree near
Cairo, under which, according to tradi-
ton, Joseph and Mary, and the infant
Jesus took shelter during the fight into
Egypt The tree, which stands on
ground belonging to the Isthmus of Suez
Canal Company was marked to be cut
down, but the Empress Eugene has pur-
chased it standing, and now pays a
keeper to watch it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

Prominent Virginians are here urging
the President to appoint Judge Rives, Of
that State, to the Supreme Court Of the
United States, under the law passed by
the last Congress increasing the number
of Judges Washington letter TO the
Baltimore Sun,
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Ne,c York Stoek = June

Liverpool COtton-Jane s, 2 pm
Market frmer but not higher; up
lands, l13d; Orleans, llsd; sales for
the day, $4,000 bales. Sales for the
week, 10000 bales, of which $4,000 were
for exports and 900 bales to specula.
tors. Stock on hand, $4,000 bales, Of
which 22l 600 are American.
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Special Notices.

The Healing Pool.-An essay for young mon
on the crime of solitude. and the diseases and
abuses which create impediments to marriage.
with sure means Of relief. Scat in sealed letter
envelopes. free of charge. Address. DR.. j..
Skillin Houghton. Howard Association. Phil
adelphia, Pa. 73-150
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p.m.-Market unchanged in prices;
sales for to-day, 1000 bales. ai9

Nesc York Aoney-June 5, IL M
Governments little 6rmer, and active.
Sterling Exchange dull, 1898 for prime.
Gold carrying at Z per cent ; with
an advanced market-in consequence of
the bulls putting it up to sell on =.
Money, &c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

An old man of sixty, who recently poi
soned himself in New Haven, left note
requesting the minister to preach in his
funeral discourse that had been delivered
over his wife,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

London Money - June 6. 2 pm
Five-twenties, SOs; Erie, lsa; Consols,
92a; Illinois Central, IS; Bonds in
Frankfort, $685.
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MARYLAND.

ANNAPOLIS, June b.--The ball last
night in honor of Mrs. Admiral Porter,
was fine affair, and was attended BY the
President and his wife, Secretaries Borie
and Creswcll, General Sherman, and
many other distinguished persons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

Napoleon III, say the Paris correspon-
dents of the Brussels papers, was present
in disguise at quite q number OF the re.
cent political meetings in Paris.
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N % II I Q Il

rs HEREBY GIVEN TO POLICY HOLD
L erT Of the DeSofo fnsurance and Trust CON-
PAW. that "a a company has discontinued the
Insurance business. and re-insurei all out
tar dinr Gre risks In the Peoples Insurance.
Company. All parties haTing business with
call Al the ofice 81 the Peoplsh Company, ~
w. ~ - VIZ. N. FARRTEaToE,
Esf Piss't Desois lbs. and Trust Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

macher from the Lutheran Synod. Ad
icurned
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

Domestic and Foreign Market Reports. az
Telsgraphsd to the Public Ledger" by
the Southern Pacific and Atlantic Tele-
graph Company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-05

Neio York Cotton June s, ii am
Market opens quiet but firm.
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to the trade We Sole Agents in Memphis for
Ce's
sorghu ,Bradfe Comm
fIs1ea casa dR sln
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-08-05

AcRoss THE NIAGARA ON A VELoc.
IPEDE.-Prof. Andrew jenkins, some
times called the Canadian Blondiu, a
tight rope performer of celebrity, about
the 10th Of August intends to essay u
most perilous feat, nothing less than
crossing the fearful chasm of niagara
river below the falls by means Of We
locipedc ridden over tight rope. The
place Of crossing will be a short dis.
lance below the old Suspension bridge,
where the length of the spanning cable
will be about one thousand feet, The
vehicle used by the daring velocipedo-
fuuambulist is of peculiar construction.
The wheels are grooved, aud it is pro
PEELED by tue hands, balance pole being
carried on the feet. BY this means
Prof. jenkins says he eau surmount a
considerable grade. Nothing of the
sort has ever been attempted in public,
and the novelty and danger of the feat
will doubtless attract great crowd to
witness the trial.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-08-05

As If TIE mark of Cain was not sufIi.
cicntly put upon Ben. Butler, by his
previous acts, he now demands, in a
letter, that no virginiau, elected by the
people, shall take seat in the Virginia
Legislature who cannot take the test
oath which the President repudiated in
Georgia, Candy in South Carolina, and
the people Of Virginia by the ballot
The majority vote, he says, in all such
cases, should be disregarded, and the
places given to those set aside by the
people. What is the just estimate of Q
man of SO much injustice and vindic.
tivenessy
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remarks
Truth Fifty Spoken.

The New York World, of the Both
ult., abiding to the miserable abortion
Of reconstruction, says;
There is no greater satire ON reeonstrnc-
ton than the outcome Of it. Its imported
Governors are already stencil to their own
party. Bullock, Of Georgia, is remanded
to impeachment by the voice of the very
papers he founded; Yarmouth, of Louisi.
ana, is preparing to emigrate TO Illinois,
whence he came; Scott, of South Carolina,
is denounced as robber; Smith, Of Ala
baina, has won unanimous opinion Of his
itnbecility; and Wells, of Virginia, has been
spcwed out Of the State. Time will be, ere
long, when the carpet baggers will court the
seclusion of servitude aud exile rather than
the infamy of liberty.
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The latest counterfeit ten dollar
greenback is SO very similar to the orig
inal note that the authorities at Wash
ington are preparing to issue an entirely
new series Of notes from one to one
thousand dollars, inclusive, under the
direct supervision Of hole in the sky
Boutwell,, who has apparently discovered
hole in the Treasury US deep as the
other was high, On these virgin notes
we are pleased to learu there will appear
no craven image Of any living man,
They will probably soon be circulating
around in the place Of money, unless
some half a dozen millions fully com.
pleted, except the signatures, should
again be missed from the Treasury
building. In that case the spectacles
of Mr.. Hole.in.thesky will be in re.
QUESTION a second time.
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Anotaor cose IF ds,,b ,bro,oh ,bo
c,ralaSsnoss &C. drrac;s,,. LII ~.
ranncod II Rostos $50 s,oI ~. - ha gu
t;llaS a., ronaa,oa na;.an.n ' I nus D'ou =,
lanSanr,, o'laIass,, 5.s s sU o's 70, -
ra.;"n ~ .'' -, 49,, ~. .nI'u ~. .Ci P %
$500 $3.50 ~ $50 10 .' ''., w VT
oII. Ja' ! u.n'neu sna' .'he rest,h u
.an ,os =, eoyS S ~ o'ngi un9ual'nga per
S S.,, ~ "us ~. ~ l,spen''ns e'etAs y one
49, .',n u,ne W '''e oo'i',
r .ues snOa.a " u'seouu'enancea oy thc
a., ahon, pai,;mo,. ~ ssoy 80; a'so
ana" 'a aoous Da'.inio'e 'ha' pa',en.
"as i.:s :. one u 'no oeue'o'eh'
ha so;a :. ."e e,sy noa 'ons since
~ Dens enen no'P n.nc ihs.eau %
;e.sna a =, ,aeAp au.nona,ca',on, ou'
u t ru .ac's miiuoup.less became Il known
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Under this head the New Y rk 'SHH
m. ... ~. n
caiis attentivn 10 the jazz shat Atuu'
sAlex Raansev t,hairn,nn ~ Tho Postal
$500 1
C0nmittce IN the United States Senate,
/, .4 ~ n.
V now Nn atia Us aspectai hhNyy sAA-
,r.ora;narv anil Minister plenipaten.
vary ""' ''' Os'''''''' o'"s'1' ~
"'s',-'e " -" f'ss"' ''S' ~"
rien0" uose'"'Ae"'' ii's n''''A' '''N'e
We are told is announced almost in the
~, . =,
same papers which inform us oil AIR
,tV..hh,,, .l.o -, NJ. x,o.t
"aenoutno eoeeuoe rum ms P"s''
yaryinp the monotonv of official life by
Z.
q turn amid the gambling and The gut
-. oc ~ ea.aa, w.,ar;no ,l,ees
W. - e'S WI NS" "N"S f"'07
Wherefore. the San asks:
WIZ Mr.. Creswei DC good enough % inform
the people who pay the taxes what he mas
70 sYfnn elFht or Ten thousand uoiars OF tho
pubic funds ID order that an amiabie "la srn-
ueman IKE NJ. RAMSEY may uaset N EafeFe
without cost 10 kimseltf we shouid aaatsss
TINS inquiry % Ten Grant also, put WINE tne
Mar-steamer Iailaponsa Is lying on Long
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CHANGE OF TINE.
WESTERN MD. RAILROAD.
lI :sss........;l;i; s..a

ON and after Monday, August I'd, 1869,
the passenger trains will run rs follows:
Leave Double Pipe Creek Station at S.6i
A. NJ. aud l2.40P NJ.
Leave York Road Station at 900 A. NJ,
and II. ASP. ".
Leave Union Bridge at AS A. NJ. and
0. 10 A. NJ. and los p. NJ.
Leave Westminster at 5.45 A. NJ, and
1000 A. NJ, and .. 10 =. NJ.
Leave baltimore at $40 A. NJ, and $3.50
and $50 =. NJ.
Stages connect at Glen Morris Station for
Hampstead aud Manchester on arrival Of
$50 A. NJ. tain from Baltimore; at Mid.
deburg Station for Taneytown aud vt Dou.
bic Pipe Creek Station for EmmitisbuTg on
arrival same train.
Freight trains leave Double Pipe Creek
Station. daily, Except Sunday, at 1900 NJ,
Union Bridge at 500 A. NJ. and LOO z, NJ.
Westminster at 500 A. NJ and 200 II. NJ,
arriving 10 Baltimore the same evening,
Freight train leaves Baltimore at 500 A.
NJ, daily, (except Sunday, and arrives at
Westminster at 1000 A. NJ, and Double
Pike Creek Station at 1900 NJ.
An Express Car leaves Calvert Station,
Baltimore, daily, Except Sunday at $50
=. NJ. Light freight and parcels can come
by this car il delivered before a.Oa Y, NJ,
PASSENGER STATION. The Depot Of n,
C. H. W. Freight Station Corner Centre
ana North Streets
Office of General Freight and Passenger
Agent, No. 1893 North Street.
Office of President and Superintendent,
No. "a North Street, Baltimore,
N IA Ticket Office has been opened
at No. North Calyer, street, opposite
Barnum's Hotel, Tickets can be procured
at any time during the day AT all points on
line Of Road. Baggage called for, checked
aud delivered upon application at this office.
p II. IRWIN,
aug 5-tf Superintendent.