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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December THE Com
mittee of Ways and Means received re-
port from the subcommittee which pro
poses to let the duties on iron remain
generally as they are, but raise the du-
ties on steel and nickel. The committee
will undoubtedly propose on pig iron six
or seven dollars instead of nine dollars,
the present duty. The committee will
report next Monday.
A misconception of the estimate Of the
cotton crop published by the d Department
of Agriculture has been current in COM
mercial circles. The highest estimate
has been 2, $50, 900 bales. The figures in
the Commissioners report TO the Presi-
dent are 1900, 900 bales.
WAsHISGroN, December SIN the Su-
preme Court, yesterday, was argued the
case of Harrington against Saunders,
from the Circuit Court for West Tennes-
see. The decision below was sustained
on The cotton taxed imposed under the
internal revenue laws of 1866 1t is
maintained here that the tax is invalid,
because unconstitutional, as being di.
rect tax without spportionment and as
being tax on State expectations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
3 Y TELEG R A P H
LATEST To NOON TO-DAY.
Dispatches to tho southwsstsrn Press
Association.
NEW YORK.

New YoBK, December S--John j
Eckel, after being told that he was abou
to die, said that be had nothing 10 dc
with the Burdell murder, but he told facts
that point directly to Mrs.. Cunningham
as the murderer. Il is said that Mrs.
Cunningham and daughter we're both
present at his funeral yesterday.
1t is stated that Pere Hyacinthe has
received dispatch from Rome to come
there Immediately.
A suit was commenced in the Superior
Court yesterday by R j. Bennett against
the Mayor, Controller Chamberlain and
others, to prevent the auditing or paying
of exorbtant bills against the city.
Samuel 7. Blatehford, late Deputy
Collector of this city, it is understood,
acknowledged to Mr.. Pierpont his COM
plicity in the drawback frauds and
promised to make full expose of the
matter. He says that his revelations
will astonish the country, and intimated
that he would implicate those who stood
high in Office, business and political cir
cles in New York and elsewhere.
It is stated in official circles here that
the Spanish gunboats must be released.
Judge Pierpont has on several occasions
officially called the attention of the
Peruvian Minister to the Importance of
his producing evidence to sustain the
charges upon which the gunboats were
libelled but the Minister has taken no
further steps in the matter, and appears
Indifferent as to whether the vessels are
detained or not. Judge Pierpont says
be has not sufficient evidence in his pos.
session to warrant further detention.
Collector Matthews yesterday seized
the Wholesale liquor establishment of j.
Ritherman, Bank street, Newark, for
fraud upon the revenue. Rilherman Was
taken into custody.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
The Population Of the Globe.

There are on the globe l,2S8, 000. 900
Of souls, of which 800 100000 are Of the
Caucasian rscei 552 900, 900 of the
MonguI race 10000 900 Of the E.hi-
opisn roce lie 100000 Of the Malay
race; 1000 600 OF the Iudo-Americsn
race There are 3 G42 languages spoken,
aud !, 900 different religions. The yearly
mortality Of the globe is 81. 1888 1893 per-
sons. This is at the rate Of 1854 per
day. 3 100 per hoOr, 62 per minute. S,
each pulsaiion Of the heart markes the
deoease Of some human creature The
aver ge Of human life is 3S years.
Married men live Inner than single
ones. 0ne-eighth Of the whole populs-
ton is military. There are 336 900 600
Ca istians, s, 900, 900 Isrsslite'. GO, 0OO, 900
Asiatic religIonisis, 100. 000, 900 Mohsm-
medsus, aud 400. 0O0. 900 Paeans. 10
the Christian churches 10000 900 pro.
fess the Roman Catholic. $1,000 900 pro-
fess the Greek faith, 100000 the Pro
tssts1t.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
nEmOCRATIC PRINCIPLEs.

True Democratic principles, says an
exchange, can never die. They are as
eternal as the stars They are the sum
and substance of genuine Republicanism.
They are truth and justice, and instinct
with Immortality. So long as Constitu-
tons EXIT. so long as law survives, 80
long will Democracy live. 1t is o tree
whose roots are imbedded in the heart
of the Constitution, and in the shadow
of whose protecting branches Liberty
lives and thrives. 1t is the breakwater
destined to stay the foul food of political
corruption which now devastates the
country. We group together few OF Its
cardinal principles. Do they not far
oA,shine the wealth of Ormus and OF
Iad?" :.
"The right of State to regulate its
own domestic affairs in its own way.
Composition to bank monopolies.
"Opposi,ion to tariff moDopolies.
Opposition to military rule.
Opposition to centralized govern
meDt
"Opposition to an extravagant admin
istrstion of the General Government.
"Oppositien to the subordiuation OF
civil law to martial law in time OF pro-
found peace.
"The restoration OF the Federal Gov
eminent to its original status.
"A strict construction of the Federal
Constitution.
"The restriction laws of Congress and
the Executive to their legitimate duties.
Composition to the forced surrender,
by any State, of its reserved and inherent
rights to the Federal Government.
"The substitution of o valuable specie
circulating medium for, o worthless pa
per currency.
Equality of rights and taxation for
State and citizen"
The FIRST of these principles we hold to
be the keystone of the arch. Remove 1t,
and our form of government undergoes
change. Let the people embalm 1T In
their memories. The above are Demo-
cratic or Conservative principles, and 80
tar from being dead issues, they never
possessed more vitality than they do to-
day. They cannot die. They are the
life-breath in the nostrils of tbs Rspublic.
When they die. if death 10 them were
possible, the Republic will expire with
them.
The above is taken from the jackson
(Tenn.) Tribune, which is veritably 9
live and we'll edited sheet. In summing
up the principles of the Democratic
party, the editor somehow omits the most
important plank of our platform. 1t is
this-thet this Government was founded
by white men; that it is white mans
government, and should be controlled
only by white men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

EDITOR LEDgER: At the instance OF
many members of the Bar and of the
business community, and in accordance
with my own Preference desire, through
your paper, 10 cell upon Col. Carrick W.
Heiskell to announce himself candi-
date for the Judgeship of the First Cir
cult of Shelby. Possessing an active,
masculine intellect. incorruptible purity
and simplicity Of character, and scrupu.
loEs courtesy of department, combined
with far more than nsnal accomplishment
in his profession, he would in the opin.
ion of those who know him well make an
admirable Judge, CITIZEN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
LOUISIANA.

SHREVEPORT, December s-The Red
river packet steamer Richmond struck
sawyer twelve miles below here and
sunk. The boat total loss. She wa.
one of the best boats in the trade. NJ
lives lost.
Election returns from Eastern Texas
indicates a msjority for Hamilton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

The fact that the Law imposing q tax
m incomes expiers by limitation on the
Both Of June, 1870, and that but one moro
assessment can be made under the
present law, creates much comment and
speculation IS to whether Commissioner
Delsno will recomend a re.ensotment of
the law 10 bis forthcoming report. l. is
known that Mr.. Delsno regards the in
come tax as one of the most equitable
under the revenue laws. aud it is proba-
Bile that il be alludes to the suffice, 10
any way In his report, il will be 10 terms
Of appreciation, and that be will reeo
mend iis continuance. BE will favor the
continuance Of the present tax on whisky
and tobacco; but be is DESTROYS Of ulti'
mstely repeating all sections Of the Law
excepting those relating TO tobacco,
spirits and INCOMES. he thinks the
Whole laiesesl revenue should be derived
frog those three souFces. He is opposed
to tie license tax, aud dssi'ss the repeal
oftaxes on proprietary articles under
Schedules A and b
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
Deputy commissioners, Notice,

1iHE poll books AMI rtturns are now ready,
i You will please cal, at ny ufiee and get
them. J0HN Z. BOUGHNEk,
Commissioned OF Rexist-ation for shelby Co.
Msmphis, Dsoembsr s. isG9.
lAvalanese. APPEAL and Sun copy Tor one
week ~ -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

The city marshal Of Adrian, Michigan.
has served 90 tie keepers sf the liquor
saloons 'blaek list" Of those 10 whom
i is forbidden TO sell liquor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

GAYOSO MEAT STORE.

I RESPECTFULLY. ANNOUNCES To THE
L citizens Of South MemThis. and ne public
In genera, that keep constantly IN hard AZ
my meat store. under the Gayos'j Hotel, all
kinds Of fresh meats, vegetable. butter and
eggs. which offer for sale az low. IL not lower
than anybody else: and viii oliver the same
anywhere In the city, free n CD age.
AT III flEEClKT. CR
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
MARRIED.

c0ENELL-TAYL0R.-On Tuesday even
iug. December Nh. At the residence Of JeIse
raEe. E'q., By TIE hey. Father Kelly. Michsei
this s.;T.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

No Cure. Eo Pay !-stons's Tonic Syrup
cures Chills and Fever. or money refunded.
Sold by M. ROSE. 81 Main street, and GOOD
YEAR 4 FALLS. Isl Main street. 1897
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08
City Election Notice.

city Election Notice.
THE following. persons are hereby appointed
Il judges, Clerks and Deputy Commissioners,
men,, Councilman and other officers, as pro-
yided by the new city charter.
Election Thursday, Jan. 6, 1870.
LIST ward-North End of Navy Yard.
Deputy Commissioner, Nat Miller; judges,
Clerks. W J McKeon. jr. and F T Atwood.
I'D Ward-At w. j. Chase's FEED store.
Poplar street.
Deputy Commissioner, W Chase; judges.
w II Bridges, X w Lightburn ana Charles
Smith; Clerks. Thos Fox and A X Edgington.
Sd Ward-At Squire Kfernan's ONCE.
on Adams street.
Deputy Commissioner, 7 P Adams; judges,
Woodward. w McKeon and DR. ID f Good
year; Clerks, Thos Garvey and W W Gilbert.
4th Ward-At No. % Madison street.
A Lacy, P M Stanley and W Greenlaw
Clerks. Daniel kirwin and A Holding.
9Th Ward-At Room 90, Circuit Court
House.
Deputy Commissioner, r j Bougbner:
Judges, Owen smith. Theodore Hoist and D
, Mallory; .Clerks.J M Coleman and Michael
Magevney. jr.
9Th Ward-At Waldran Block, Maj,
street.
Deputy Commissioner, W A Nelson; Judges.
H B Chids, T Norment and @ b Cb'drcb
Clerks, Samuel Moore. jr. and W II Clp.rk.
9TH Ward-At cor Linden and Causey
streets.
Deputy Commissioner, o G Joncs: Judees.
W Stewart, Thomas II lockwood and John
League Clerks. + Foster and W 7 Vandyke.
Sth Ward = At ColOred Church ON
Qufnby street.
Deputy Commissioner, VIM Tate; Judges, D
Monsarrat. d Pante and 4 McGeoy; Clerks,
D Stewart and Eugene Levi.
eth Ward-At cor. Kerr and Fifth SITS.
Deputy Commissioners j D Danbury;
Judges, W B Gibson, G M Wardig and John
Knox; Clerks. ] G Handwerker and +
Schaper.
10th ward-AtA Africa BaiIey's Church
Deputy Commissioner, W F Boan; Judges,
r Loony. W @ Ellis and Jas M Williamson;
Clerks. Augusta Bigien and John Quinlan.
Where there are not suitable places TO hold
the election in the places designated, the Dep
uty Commissioner and Judges will select one as
''0 = JOHN P. BOUGHNER,
Commissioner Of Registration for Shelby Co.
64-l08
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

Governor Pages residence at Railand
vhieh is nearly finished, lie the finest il
Vsrmost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

Words OF Cneer-0n tho Errors of Youth
and the Follies of Age. in relation to Marriage
and Social Evils. with helping hand for the
errirg and unfortunate. Sent in sealed letter
envelopes. free of charge. Address. HOWARD
ASSOCIATION. Box p. Philadelphia. Penn
sSlvania. 23.l00
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

THE following persons are hereby appointed
i Judges. Clerks and Deputy Cemm issioners.
to open and hold an election for Mayor, Alder
men,, Councilmen and other officers, as pro-
yided by the new city charter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-18
A Peaceful End to . Troubled Life
Death OF a Once Notorious Man.
From the Ohio State Journal

" notice IN one Ut our exchanges the
death of man at Pittsfieid Lora!n county.
Ohio, on the 23i ult., whose name VII,
BRING to the recollection of many ui the Old
er readers OF the Jo""nal the circumstances
OF al excitement lii about the year 1888,
which. !Or intensity and widespread pre-
yaieucc, has scarcely been 5xceled by ans
OF the thousand aad one events tlat have
since absorbed the public attention sor he
tiGle beng. The body Of yolug g.I by
the 0alae of Sarah \ Cornell, oil FAD
River, Mass, was found by the side q
hays,aCa, IL n2.a Te4Ote from the EI4b
way, rItb the Indications OF q great strUg-
Clio and atrocIOus MJyI&E On and about q.
\ Methodist minister Of the piece, named
EphraIIu *. Avery, was suspected arrested
and tried, bo,n IN civil and ecclesiastical
courts, as the author Of tie atYocious aom-
icida
Mr.. Avery was very popular and talent
ed preacher, and the gifi was a member OF
his church. The ecclesiastical court &c
quilted hin, with full conviction of his in
nocence, and the civil court failed 70 make
case against him. Bat that did not set
tie the question Of his innocence in the
nlnds OF the people thereabont, and Of
the whole country, for the excitement on
the subject was as intense IN Ono and 9th
er distant States, as In Massachusetts
/ One bali OF the people believed him inho
cent, and the other halt we've well persuad-
ed Of his guilt. Mr. AVery, after his ac>
quitta! Resumed his occupation a. a preach
er, Gnd iabCye5 In several localities. beng
settled tor several years at Richmond. Mass.
and other places in that neigh horbood.
Hundreds for a while went great distances
to see aud hear him; but it vas evident
that curiosity, more than anything else,
tended to swell his audience; and be could
not outgr0w or outllve the suspicion that
existed against him. SO he finally retired
| from the ministry and removed to distant
country to seek the quiet and freedom from
annoyance, which he could not expect in
| Massachusetts. For the last twenty or
thirty years, Mr.. Avery has led the life of a
| quiet and industrious farmer at Pittsfeld,
| Ohio, where he died on the 23d uIt, going
to the grave with the respect and regre: of
his reighbors and Appropriateness. His age
ct death was seventy years.
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Ginty On Time"

George L. Ginty III letter written soma
time ago, 10 JACK Turner, Of the Portage
Register, thus beautifully mora!I2es upon
Time as an Artist:
a rare old artist is Time, rs he goes
along on hi successful career. Poets and
dreamcrs may call him tOCib builder
may sing Of his skill in constructing the
sarcophagu5 where youth nd beauty slum-
Der side by side-but they err. That the
old fellow Is architect enough to plan a
tomb, Is possible. 4 jeYelar may b Oe his
potato patch, Without being 4 tcnian. And
Time can vary his occupation, end not lose
his regular standing at The brush. 4 close
student will tind that in the great business
directory of Nature, he is set down as an
artisan artist without rival.
| know, that when the summer is passed
away. aud the little flowers are sick unto
death, one Frost sets up his easel With
the usual sign, custom solicited, and
points groteeque embroidery figures on the
glass Of our wIAdo S, but the birds IN
spring frlghten him away with their songs
of welcome to the resurrected daffodil; the
buds yawn forth in their petals that they
want to get up, and blushingly refuses to
appear en- dishaLtle until the key is turned
upon them But ali the year round, the
studio of Time is OPEN all the year the
stately halls Of his mansion resound with
the tread of patrons. HIS house grows not
dngy or dismal for laci; Of visitors. And
all the year, his brush is painting those
funny wrinkles and crows feet OH our
faces, that mistaken people call old age,
How foolish Old?
He merer grow old, Jack; the same
blood that dashes through the veins at
twenty, courses perhaps steadier-
at sixty. LIES long journey, many are
the wrecks by the wayside, and thousands
grow weary travelling. Lumbago and
rheumatism are only indications that the
road Crews rough. We are boys when we
start out on the TRIP; we're boys when We
get to the end But we never grow old.
Because this Time uses his brush upon us;
because In painting some wintry scene, he
/ powders our whlskers just to improve the
effect, Is no reasonable reason why actu-
aries should resolve that as each twelve
months slip by. We get more aged Groom
( oId? Impossible. Last week | graspeC
the hand Of one who in my more youthtn
] days, cared for me. His hair was touched
I With silver. as skiilful as the Seasons TIM
the leaves of Autumn, but he was not old
+ His heart was just as warm as ever; he
was gray haired boy. Burrows had beer
+ penclled IN lasting colors upon his brow
. by this w0ndrous artist, but they denoted
+ not the absence or youth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-18
Hard on School Teachers,

The New Orleans Times complains that
school teachers in that city are not paid by
the city authorities with any reasonable de
gree Of promptEess, and that the conse-
quence is that many of this worthy class OF
laborers are suffering great restitution and
want. Most of them are females in iDdi-
gent circumstances, and some of them
widows with little children dependent upon
the scanty earnings of their mothers for
their daily bread, and yet their monthly
pay is allowed to run behind for many
months, until brokers will no longer dis
count their certificates nor erocers give
them credit, and they are reduced to great
straits for their daily food
This state of affairs would seem TO indi
cate that the people of New Orleans hav,
not yet so far recovered from the influence
of the peculiar institution" as 10 have a
very high appreciation OF common schools.
Whether their public schools are realS
worth supporting may not be quite certain
If they are not, they 3hould either be mad,
better and adequately supported. or abau.
Goned altogether, and not ke.p dependent
females starving on attempts to do that fol
which they are not qualified
The common schools of the great city o
Spoons were not, in the palmy days o.
slavery, or the highest order. We recollec
having heard, some years ago, story Of
an examination of teachers in that city
which was said to illustrate the condition
of popular education there. A gentleman
from the North, who was there on visit
was invited TO accompany young lady &C
quaintance who proposed to compete for al
appointment to one Of the city schools, AM
thinking it good opportunity 70 lear
something of the educational interests 0
the city. be complied. Entering he room
he found about dozen young ladies seate'
10 front of desk with drawn curtain
and the board of examiners seated benin,
it. He took q scat where he could pc,
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had been to Sunday school, and had some
moral ideas, and | pictured to him hell in
all its material horrors and sulphur, and
thirst and fire.
Now, said I, Il mean to make you take
an oath that will send you there if you
swear false
The boys lips turned white. 1 can't
teke that oath, said he; | can go there.
My father gave me that bond and told me
to sell 1t.
We took the boys affidavit and arrested
his father, who had become the custodian
Of Tip Rsmsdell's secret, for Tip being a
poor shyster, without mind, had nearly
dled of this awful responsibility Of wealth.
The brother, Crosby, being little sharper,
but not more honest, had brought some ink
to ca ncel the names on the bonds and then
had made a venture with No. Is, 664. We
found halt the bends on Crosby and half on
Tip, end AS we had promised the boy. we
let the poor pair of thieves up as unworthy
OF further notice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-18

A Rich STORY. The following we clip
from an exchange. 1t is old but good, and
Will bear reading again:
Do any of you know old Bill LoNery
He moved from Spring field to some point
in Minnesota. Bill is tough, smart as a
whip aud Keen a. bfiar, but then, like all
of Us teiers, Bill loved TO see tie bottom
of the tumbler at all times, Well, once
there was Methodist revival in town.
1911 was there, and a little too tuI OF his
kind of spirits to hold much OF the other
kind. But he sat still As the sermon
was ended aud the minister came down
from his proclamation stand and said
Now want all who love he LordJ esus
to come forward and be prayed for !"
No one moved In minute he repeat
ed: Brethren and sinners | want all who
love the Lord, OF who wish to love him to
come forward on this bench -
No one moved. Then he looked mad
and spoke rather quick
If there Is a man In this house who is a
friend 10 the Lord [ want him to come for
ward If he has no friends we will quit ="
just then old Bill arose, hitched up his
trousers, and in a peculiar halt sober voice
sang out
Hold on thar [ M L III l. IN friend to
the Lo.d or any other man who hahn I no
mere friends than he pears TO ave IN this
ere section