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Colonel II. n. Lsckstt- Death of o
Well known Texan.
From the New Orleans Picayune. I'll

From the New Orleans Picayune, I'll
The friends of this gallant gentleman
will not be surprised to learn of his death,
as he had long been suffering from bron-
chisl disease, and, being himself physi-
clan OF high attainments, he had prpph-
esed bis own death from it as certain
aud inevitable.
Colonel Luckett was Of military
family, and was sn educated soldier, a
graduate of the Military Academy at
West Point, but abandoned the army for
the profession of medicine, in which he
was engaged at Corpus Christi, Texas, at
the tiua the late war broke out.
A man of most ardent impulses, and
generous and patriotic feeling, be Of once
determined to devote his talents and ep-
erRies to the cause Of the South. He re-
ates this 10 on address TO the people of
the Senatorial District Of which be vas a
citizen, in May, 1865; on the back of one
Of number Of copies which he left with
the writer as his friend this notice is now
written. he says:
had been educated to believe that
when the reserved rights Of the States
were luItAltUBu win utStTuCttOut EhEu
State had the right ITO judge Of the in
fraction and the mode and measure of
redress" therefore Joined the Confed-
crate army, and endeavored to discharge
my dnty in the field. We have been de-
feated, and now regard reconstruction
Of the old Government ss the very best
thing possible left TO our peopls. ! sur
rendered in good faith, and now claim to
he as loyal to the Government Of the
United States and its Constitution as any
citizen who left Texas in her hour OF
need to Join 10 the crusade against her
people and their institutions, Since the
surrender have been under arrest, and,
by military order, confined in prison, but
am now on parole.
Colonel Luckett raised snd commanded
a regiment of Texas soldiers in the war
for Confederate independence, which was
a model for discipline and efficiency, and
at the close of il retired from the service
without blot upon bis private or public
character.
He was the soul of honor and high
spirit, and was as chivslrous in his
defense of the unknown, but wrongly
treated, as be was in his friendship and
in his adherence Of the mean and the
unworthy.
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Increase OF Pensions.

Commissioner Van Aernam hasdirected
that in future all applications for in
creased pensions under the act Of July
q, 1868, must be made out according to
the following form, which must be &C.
compaBied with the pension certificate
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir Believing that / am entitled to
arrears of pension, from the (date Of
death or discharge, as the case may be)
for Company -, -th Regiment, case
No. =, thereby return my pension certi6-
cate with the request that new certif-
cate may be issued to me and sent TO :.
Here give the name and address,
The Commissioner does not intend to
allow any fees to be charged by claim
agents or attorneys.
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General ChiIton's Remarks mt the
Memphis Convention.

To the Editor of the Courier Journal:
A publication has been made in refer
ence to General Chilton's remarks in the
Memphis Convention by various Nsrth-
ern newspapers, which does that gentle
man great Injustice.
He said that he had fought four years
and half in the Confederate cause, and
at the end was ready to fight forty years
more, but that, haring accepted the SIT
uation in good faith, there ,cas no man
more DESTROYS and determined than him
self to uphold the Government" Il
The italicised portion has been left out,
and the other is going the rounds of the
press. / heard General Chilton's speech,
and understood it as quoted above, but
have waited until his return to learn
whether it was correct. He authorizes
me to say that it is.
As the Commercial Convention stu
diously avoided everything political, and
Republicans and ex -rebels sat har-
moniously side by side, it ia but an
act of justice that all the papers
which copied the first partof the remar ks
should also publish the conclusion by in
sertipg this card in their journals.
Very respectfully.
BLAsToy DUNCAN.
Loniaville, May "a, 1869.
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BOSTON.

BosroN, May ga stock train ar.
rived at Worcester, Massachusetts, on
Tuesday from Albany en- route to Provi.
dence, loaded with Texas cattle, which
were found to be in horrible condition
Twenty-Five large bovines were found
jammed into one car, two of which had
apparently been dead some time. Two
others were dead, aud others were down
and unable to rise, while all were evi
IDENTIFY starving and had apparetly been
without food or water for several days
The cattle were unloaded, fed and exer
cised, and then put into fresh cars, and
sst off ON their way.
The ffty-ffth annual meeting Of the
American Tract Society OF Boston as
sembled to-day, Senator Wilson presid.
ing Julius A. Palmer, the Treasurer,
read his report, from which it appears
that the debt Of the society at the begin.
ming of the year was l7,495; the pay
ments and expenditures $ll8. COG,
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The disadvantages Of being man are
forcibly told in the following letter writ
ten to gentleman who applied for ad-
mission to membership in the New York
Sorosis:
Mr.. R. B. RoosIVRLr Dear Sir ;
Your proposition to become a member Of
the Sorosis was laid before the Executive
Committee, and subsequently before the
club. | regret to say the decision was
not in your favor. The reasons, it is
only fair to state, we're not those of char
acter, position or personal merit, but
consisted solely OF society restrictions as
to sex Personally you have been found
very agreeable by several members of the
Sorssis. Reputation and position are
alike unexceptionable; but the unfor-
tulate fact Of your being . man out
weighs thess and ell other claims to mem
bership.
We willingly admit, of course, that the
accident Of your sex is on your part q
misfortune, and not fault. Nor do we
Wish to arrogate anything to ourselves
because we had the good fortune TO be
born women. We sympathize most truly
and heartily With you and the entire male
creation in their present and prospective
desoiation and unhappiness; but this is
all we can do. Sorosis is too young for
the society of gentlemen, and must be
allowed time to grow. By and by, when
it has realized proper age, say twenty
one, it may ally itself With the Press
Club, or some other male organization Of
good character and standing; butt for
years to come, it's reply to oil male saitors
must be, Principles, not men"
JENNIE JUNE CRoLY,
President Of Sorosis.
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Equal Representation I'm Great Bril-
tain.


From the Philadelphia Ledger.l
A parliamentary paper recently pub
lished, furnishes statistics in reference to
the allotment of representatives to Par
Lament, both on the basis of population
and of the amount of taxes paid by the
respective grand divisions. Thus the es-
timated population at the middle of 1868,
for the whole United Kingdom, was 30,s
369,845 souls, distributed as follows:
England, 2l,500,00O; Scotland, 3.l25,-
600; and ireland, 100000. The aggre-
gate taxes paid during the two years
ending December 81, 1867, amounted to
$64l 1878, $50, obtained as follows: From
England. $4S4, 067 $50; from Scotland,
500, SO4 $50; and from Ireland, SCI, 006,-
$40. From the above figures it has been
calculated that the 65S members Of the
House Of Commons should be allotted as
follows; Preportionally to the popula-
ton, England would have 469 represent
atives, Scotland 60, aud ireland 100;
proportienally to taxation, England
would have 496. Scotland SO, and Ireland
69 representatives proportionally to the
mean Of the preceding numbers for POI
plation and taxation, England would
have Asa, Scotland 81, and Ireland 95
representatives. Atpresent England has
500 members, Scotland SO. and Ireland
lC5,
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Coed News for Germans.

A Philadelphia paper says the'reoent
proclaim alton by the Grand Duke of Oh
denburg, relieving bis former subjects
who have immigrated to the United
States from the penalty exacted by the
laws Of Germany for the nen-fulflment
of military service, will give to our Ger
man fsllow-citisens, who have hitherto
been deferred by the action of these laws
from visiting their fatherland, that Sc
curity they have so long desired. The
treaties made by our Government with
the different German rulers and States
are of 80 effective character as to en-.
tirely protect the liberties Of our natural
ICED citizens who may wish to take
up temporary residence in any
portion of those States There
are IN be no more fnes or penalties in
future, and no more risk Of our adopted
citizens being drafted into the army when
business or pleasure takes them home
again. The old and absurd theory OF
allegiance without consent is dead. and
the principle that man is the only judge
as to what country he owes fsalty is now
recognized, and it prevails almost every.
where throughout Europe. This should
be gratifying news to our German friends
and we greatly mistake if il does not have
the effect Of drawing their sympathieI
closer to the country Of their adoption
which stretches out its arms TO the far
thest corners Of the earth to guard theil
rights and liberties.
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RemIniscences-A Practical JOKE.

Reminiscences-A Practical Joke.
The veteran John Neal, who is pub.
fishing his "reminiscences, relates the fol-
lowing practical joke upon distin-
guished member Of the "Delphian Club"
Of Baltimore:
Two or three of us Delphians were
dining at the house of friend. On the
table was plate Of hard crackers or bis.
cult. Some talk was had about the diff
Guilty of swallowing them without the
help Of water. Somebody declared that
it would be impossible for any human
being to eat five of these little crackers
without drinking. "But in how long
time ?" said our President, Pertinax Par
ticular. In Eve minutes" was the an
swer. "I'll betyou half-a-dozen of wins,"
said the President, firing up as only DR..
Tobias Watkins could FIRE up on such an
occasion, he being capital surgeon and
valuing himself especially on all that
concerned deglutition, physiology, an
atomy, and oil the rest OF the sciences,
I'm bet you half-a-dozen that /
can eat five of those biscuit--not
crackers, if you please--biscuit, sir,
biscuit : within Eve minutes, and
without drinking a drop" !, " !,
aud who shall time youY The Vice
President" Agreed, And so Mr..
Pierpont, our Vice President, lugged out
his watch, and sat, with one elbow on the
table, and with eyes fixed upon its face,
while Watkins went to work. The first
two or three were soon disposed Of but
the fourth began to be troublesome, and
long before he had got through with the
fifth, be began to breathe short, to grow
very red in the face, and to shift about
in his chair, as if undergoing stranguls-
ton. At last, after two or three convul-
sive gasps, with eyes fixed upon Mr..
Pierpont, he succeeded in swallowing the
last mouthful; and springing from his
chair, he asked, ia voice 30 husky as to |
be almost inaudible, how long he had
been at work, m
"Just six minutes and half" said
Mr.. Pierpont without change of coun-
tenance.
And then wasn't there q shout / |
never heard them laugh more heartily, |
nor, If | must own mp, more unfeelingly.
The poor doctor was almost beside him.
self with suppressed rage; be couldn't
see the joke-not he; and, while he sat
putting and blowing, seemed to believe, |
almost, that he had been cruelty betrayed,
and perhaps cheated. Nor do / believe |
that he ever forgot or forgave the trick,
to his dying day, though he was one of
the most amiable men ever knew, aud
eminently good-natured, but Q man who |
could not bear to DO laughed at. This
snecdots will give some idea of how the |
Dslphians passed their learned LEISURE"
how | prepared for the bar and how ]
studied elocution.
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RHODE ISLAND.

Providence, May u. The Rhode
Island House Of Representatives passed,
yesterday afternoon, nearly unanimously,
a resolution that the General Assembly
holds in high esteem the administrative
ability OF his Excellency Governor Am
brose E. Burnside, and entertain unim-
paired confidence in his courage, patriot
ism and loyalty and also hold in CRATE.
ful remembrance the self-sacrifcing GAL
lantry Of the officers and soldiers Of
Rhode Island during the late formidable
rebellion. D4 f.a
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Knocked In the kAtou'
From the Chicago Times.
Some Radicals OF rather extended I'M
aeination find q new purpose TO be So
cured BIZ the completion Of the Pacific
railway. At least, such is the inference
of an article entitled "Our Military
Highway" which appears in the Army
! n.d Mary Journal, and in which the po-
sition is taken that now secession on the
part Of the Pacific States will be impos'
sible. ITO have marched" says this
journal, troops across the continent, or
sent them in transports across the 18TH
mus, around Cape Horn, would have IN
volved an enormous expense; and might
have been labor lost" 1t was for this rea-
son, probably. that the Radical admins
tration enforced no draft in California,
and permitted the business OF the State
to be conducted in specie. While all the
rest of the "loyal" States had to come
up to the draft rack and to come down to
legal tender, California, owing to the
lack of military highway" was per-
mitted to be just as loyal as it pleased in
the matter of recruits and the employ
ment Of greenbacks.
1t is hardly necessary to say that this
indirect menace of California is not
called for, particularly at this late day.
Its chief point of interest is the admis-
sion that the Pacific railway is q "mili-
tary highway" along which troops can
be transported in Q manner that will
enable the national authority to present
itself IS strong, and almost as speedily,
at San Francisco as at Charleston.
California can see now why it was per.
mitted such latitude during the late war.
1t arose from the enormous expense "
involved in marching troops across the
continent" or in sending them across the
isthmus, or "around Cape Horn" The
Golden State should understand that the
next war will bring different state of
things. If necessary, the existence OF
our military highway will enable
Federal troops to reach "San Francisco
about as speedily as Charleston" when
ever it may be necessary to enforce q
draft or contract made on the basis OF
legaltender.
The employment of the Pacific railway
as military highway is all bosh. There
is not q road in existence anywhere that
could more readily be rendered ussless
than this same Pacific railway. Its
enormous amount of trestle work makes
it weak, as a military line, beyond COM
parison. There is scarcely mile of it,
from Cheyenne to Sacramento, that may
not be successfully defended BY squad
of Comanches against half-dozen of the
best regiments 10 the United States. So
that, so far as the enforcement of future |
drafts or legal tender acts in California
are concerned, the future is not ct all
more promising than the past,
The Pacific railway is in no sense |
whatever military highway. Primarily,
its objects are the distribution of lands
and Government bonds among select
few; and, secondarily, to aid the pprr
poses of peace as involved in the immi-
grafton and the transportation of indus
trial products. The military man who |
builds any hopes on railway with tres.
ties one thousand feet long and one hun
dred feet high is constructing an edfice
upon empty air,
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Ex.President FRANKLIN Pierce.

Among the names Of the distinguished
gentlemen whom the recent meeting Of
the Cincinnati Society has called to this
city, we have been gratiGed to notice that
Of sx- President Franklin Pierce. Our
readers will be glad to know that the
health of this eminent citizen is entirely
restored. he left Baltimore yesterday
evening for the North, thereby depriving
many of our people Of the opportunity
Of testifying 10 person their respect for
his character and their grateful sense Of
bis patriotism and public services. BAL
timore Gazette 2lst.
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NEW YORK,

NEw YonK. May Fill is stated that
Minister Thornton informed Secretary
Fish, yesterday, that the steamer Quaker
City was the property Of British subjects
and was destined for Jamaica and not
Cuba, and there was no reason Why her
clearance should not be granted. The
Secretary conferred with Secretary Bout
we'll, and the two agreed that il would be
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The Murder of the Radical LegIsla-
tor-True Bill Pound Against the

The Murder of the Radical LegIsla-
tor-True Bill Pound Against the
Negro.
The Tribune and kindred sheets have
been bowling over what they termed the
murder Of DR.. Aver, BY the Ku-klux,
The following from the Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle and Sentinel explains the mat
ter: a
The Grand Jury Of Jefferson county
found a true bill for the murder, on Tues
day last, against William Wilson Flour
noy, freedman, for the killing Of DR..
Aver, Radical member Of the Legislature
from that county. The case was called
for trial on Tuesday evening, and q mo-
ton was made By Wilson's counsel for q
continuance, on the ground that the bill
had Just been returned against him, and
that be had no time for preparation for
his trial, and because of the great excite
ment in the country growing out OF the
recent homicide. The court granted the
continuance, and ordered the prisoner 70
be taken from the Louisville jail and
brought to the jail in this city, which was
done on Thursday evening There was
much feelingamong the negroes IN JET.
ferson against the accused, and the jai
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best to let her sail; but, in the mean
time, information was received that she
had been lbeled by the Spanish Consul
and seized. 1t was then decided to lei
the matter be judiciously settled by the
courts.
Kate Fisher. the actress, was in court
yesterday on charge of grand larceny,
preferred by Mrs Bevells, Of Long Island,
in having, it is alleged, stolen . watch
worth two hundred dollars. She denied
the act, and the case was postponed till
Friday.
Scott q Munson, the absconding Wall
street grain merchants, have swindled to
larger extent than was at first reported,
their total fraudulent transactions
amounting to $751; 900. Thos. SelmaH,
Won Nostrand J. w. Mott and the Guar
antee Indemnity Company are repre-
scented to be the heaviest sufferers.
ROCHESTER,, May PA disgusting
case of body snatching has just occurred
at Williamson, Wayne county. Stephen
Burton, respectable citizen, died on
Wednesday last from an over dose of
chloroform, aud was buried on Friday. 1t
was suspected that his grave had been
robbed and it was examined. The body
had been dragged out of the coffin and
mutilated, and was found concealed in
the woods near by. DR.. Brent, of Onta.
rio, and two medical stu dents have been
arrested and held to answer for the crime.
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BY TELE G R A P q,
LATEST To NOON TO-DAY.
BROWNSVILLE.

Supreme Court az brownsville.
Special to The PUBLTo LEDeER.l
BROWNSVILLE, TEss., May ~, l2:6C
p.m.-Ths court postponed until thres
o'clock. Election proceeding quietly
Vote small. ,s
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Special Notices.


The Healing Pool.
An essay for young men on the crime Of
solitude. and the diseases and abuses which
create impedimcnss to marriage. with sure
means Of relief Seat in sealed letter
envelopes. free Of charge. Address. DR.. J..
skillin HOughton. Howard Association. Phil
adeiphia, Pa. $3.50
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glishmen that Canada ought to go, and
some day must 60, aud when she goes
must be absorbed into the Republic. Inc
most thoughtful among English states.
men would rejoice to be rid OF o cosby
dependency. But they never Will let y
90 under menace. or while its cesslon
might expose England to the suspicion
of guaranteeing it from fear.
This correspondent doubtless expresses
the views of Eaglishmen, judging from
the character of these plucky and
proud people, Who would rather be blotted
ont from the map of the world than yield
the unjust demands spoken of in Mr..
Summers speech. The amount due, as
alleged in this buncombe speech OF the
chusetts Senator, for damage to
American commerce by the depredations
of Confederate cruisers is only about
$500 900, 900. A snug amount, we must
confess, which is sufficient to make the
old British lion roar and the English
press to threaten fight and pre-
fer annihilation before the Government
should pay so exorbitant an amount
Not only this, but the gentleman from
Plymouth Rock wants, in addition to the
money paid, an apology for the insult to
the Government of this country for the
declaration of belligereucy by England,
setting forth on-interference in our
domestic broil. If John Ball complies
with so absurd bill of cost as demanded
by the New England Radicals, all ma
tons would at once cease to have
respect for Her Msjesty's government;
and, the Yankee himself would entertain
a contempt for the mother of his coun-
try.
If President Grant is fond of war, he
A. catalan ant
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Liverpool CotfOn-Aay q, 2 pm
Market frmer, but not quotably higher
middling nplsnds, lid; Orleans, ll2d
sales for the day, 10, 900 bales.
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had been guarded by the whites to pre-
vent a threatened lynching of Wilson by
the colored people. Wilson denies the
homicide, but the evidence, we learn, is
Of the most convincing character as to
his guilt.
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General Hardware Business.

Our well known experience in this trade in
duces rs TO rely upon a continuance OF the
very liberal patronage bestowed upon our pre-
deeessers; We propose to keep on hand a
.toek ven aaapted 70 the wants Of the sur
times % 9her great inducemens 70 purchasers !.
$50 BARBOUR. WILDER a SIMPSON;
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London Money = May &c. 2 pm
Five.twenties, 79l; Erie, 10; Consols,
93I; Illinois Central, 95R; Bonds in
Frankfort, 863.
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House and Lot for sale or Rent,
AT LEIGH.

WILL SELL Oh RENT ODD FELLOWS
IL Hall. at Raleigh. IL has twelve rooms, and
would make hotel. Call az our lamp and oil
as OF. PRESCOTT co.
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CO-PartnershIp.

JAS. @. BARBOUR, THos. D. Vf1nRp.
las. G. SIMPSON.
From the above it viii be seen that We have
become tho successors Of Nessrs. Il. Robbins
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Dissolution.

THE FIRM OF E. ROBBINS 4 BRADLEY,
Il Of Memphis and New York, Is this day
DISSOLVED, By mutual consent. The firm
name will be signed by either partner in liQui-
dation. The entire stock Of goods. and the
conveyed to Messrs. BARBOUR, WILDER a.
SIMPSON. who will conduct the business in
Memphis, on their own account, add in whose
behalf the confidence Of the public is respect
lsisnedl ELISHA ROBBINS,
&c Warren street. New York.
EDWARD BRADLEY,
90 Second street. Memphis, Tenn.
Dated Memphis. April 20. 1850.
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If President Grant is fond of war, he
can be gratifed by urging the settlement
of the Alabama claims on the basis OF
Mr.. Summers speech.
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lpm.-Market frmer, but unchanged
in prices; sales up to this hour, 800
bales,