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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-07
County commissionsrs' Nesting.
We take the following report Of pro
ceedings from the Avalanche

we TAKE the iohoWlnk report OF pro-
eeedings from the Aualanche
The question of the county voting
stock 10 the Mississippi River railway
came up before the County Commits
sioners yesterday, q full Board being
present. Rev. Dr. A. H. Kerr, one Of
the directors, on behalf of the com mittee,
composed of President A. S. Mitchell,
Judge Cochran and himself, appointed
at a late meeting of the directors, pre-
scented q memorial asking an appropria-
ton of 100000 by Shelby county. In
an address OF about twenty minutes, he
urged the appropriation as q matter of
simple justice to the northern portion OF
the county, whose citizens, while always
taxed for public improvements, had
never derived benefits from any of them.
They had always been literally hewsrs OF
wood and drawers Of water for the other
more favored sections. DR.. Kerr closed
by saying that if the appropriations we're
made the road would certainly be built
DR.. Kerr was followed by Col. A. S.
Mitchell, President Of the road, who read
extracts from the charter; also the Law
comforting power on the Boards OF
County Commissioners to make appro-
priations
Colonel Mtchell's remarks we're very
interesting; and among other facts pre-
scented was one which must strike the
reader as somewhat remarkable, as bear
ing on Memphis trade. II was this (:
That from Rutherford Station on the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, north Of Hum
boIdi, 70 which point, last year, large
portion Of the cotton raised in Dyer
county was hauled for shipment, il cost
only "a IS per bale to lay the cotton
down 10 Cincinnati, while from the same
point i cost s. per bale to ship it TO
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PENNsYLVANIA,

LEBANON, January III. A. Beatty,
charged with robbing the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company's office,
at Allentown, in April last, was tried
to day and found guilty. Beatty will be
tried tomorrow on charge of robbing
the safe of Andrew Koceider, at Ann
vile, in April last. Nat. Derwent, who
was engaged with Beatty, escaped from
Jail on the morning of January !, and is
still al large.
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BY T Ell E G RAP Il
LATEST TO NOON TO-DAY.
VIRGINIA..

RICHMOND, January THE revenue
collections for this District last year
amount to 100000, being nearly $780,
900 more than in 1867.
The State press, so far as heard from,
stand as follows on the new movement
for universal suffrage, with the hope of
universal amnesty: In favor oft, eleven
Democratic papers, and against it, eight
Democratic and two Republican papers.
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.cid nae nnd boSV T17I71 ! y = = = =
The capacity y sal pints Of ammonia.
ducing the nearly doubled for re-
Ice. II water to the temperature of
Il -encs. water kept in room awhile
~ always unfit for use. For the same
reason the water from pump should al
ways be pumped up in the morning be-
fore any OF it is used. Impure water is
more Injurious than impure air. The
above, if true, proves how exceedingly
ecaroless many of us are AZ regards our
health, for we venture TO say that large
msjority of the people use water for
drinking which has absorbed for hours
the noxious gases of their rooms. Much
care is requisite to preserve health.
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MARKETS.
Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, by Southern Pacific
and Atlantic Telegraph

Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, by Southern Pacific
and Atlantic Telegraph.l
New York, January I, 1890 am.
Gold; las Cotton: Uplands-O Ordinary,
24a; good ordinary, 253; low middling,
264; middling. q; good middlinG, 2f3
Tlorida-Ordinary, 24a; good ordinary,
25l; low middling, 26A; middling, 81 ;
good middling, 273. Mobile-0rdinary;
24a good ordinary, 25a; low miadlinp,
26f; middling, 27t; good middling, 2s3.
New Orleans and Texas-0rdinary, "a;
good ordinary, 26; low middling, q !;
middling, 27l; goad middling, Est
The market is dull; holders not inclined
to accept buyers views. Sterling ex-
change steady at 1898 for sixty-day bills.
Gold steady and carrying at 1872 per
cent. Money easier at 7 per cent. on
call.
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To Purify Room.

Set pitcher Of water in a.room, and
in few hours il will have absorbed all
the respirea gases in the room, the air Of
which will become purer, but the water
utterly filthy. The colder the water is
the greater the capacity 70 bold these
gsses At ordinary temperature 4 pail
Of water viii contain pint Of carbonic
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u.nnh;s In other words, the discrimr
nation against Memphis by hostile raiI-
rosds was 30 great that ii cost twenty
Eve cents per bale loss TO ship tnes eVv
ton Of Dyer county TO Cincinnau man rnan
to Memphis, its natural marked Eyer
county grows about five thousand pa'e'
of cetton. The crop Of the county ; ,
worth. this year, in round figures, $oW j.
ooo Every pound Of II ought to co me
n Memphis, aud would, if the Mislis-
s;nni River railroad were built. The
saIl;no az this cotton and the sending
hack Of supplies to its growers would
v;sld tan per cent. profit, or $50, 1000 a
season. to the Memphis merchants, that
now goes. in great part, to Cinclnnah.
cain. Mr.. Mitchell stated that while
corn was selling in Memphis some
months ago at 9Oc. and 81 per bushel, i
was drug 10 Dyer county at 4Oc. and
SOC. per bushel. Dyer county could
have shipped 100000 bushels to Mem
nbis. worth, at least, $450,000. But per-
hans not 1000 bushels came to Memphis,
because it needed to be hauled twenty
Eve miles to the river, or twenty-eight
m;les 10 the Mobile and Ohio railroad for
sb;nment (eyen if the Mobile aud Ohio
railroad would have permitted it to come
to Mempbis) Memphis lost, then, the
handling and selling of S450,000 worth
of corn, just in the season when thera
was the greatest demand for it. Allow,
again, ten per cent. for profit, and it will
be seen that our merchants lost Tor failed
to make) $4,000 on one years corn crop
of Dyer county for the lack Of the Mis-
sissippi river railroad.
Put the two items togelher--the cot
ton and corn of Dyer county--diysrted
to another market by hostile railroad,
or not marketed at all because of the lack
of railroad facilities, and they sum up an
aggregate loss of 5000 per annum to
our merchants because the Mississippi
river railroad is rot bpilt.
But this ia only one county yisld, ont
of the five counties equally rich, pene-
trated BY this railroad, and this presents
the loss on two commodities only of all
the varied and valuable productions OF |
the cnpnties of the line of the road. 1t |
is easy to perceive, tried by the test of
unquestioned facts, that the merchants
and business men of Memphis are losing
nearly S5,O0O,0O0 annually of trade
north yielding profit of ten per cent.
that legtimatsy belongs to them-a
trade that will flow irresistably to Mem.
Ih;s yheB the Mississippi River railroad
is built
Quite number of facts elicited from
Colonel Mitchell were the result of in
quiries by Commissioner White, who was
leng since on record as firm friend and
advocate of public improvement, as were
also some of the facts contained in the
following interesting statement below,
furnished at request by Captain Milli-
gan, the Chief Engineer of the road:
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BIG CREEK LAM
Ten Miles Of Memphis.

on leo. 80 AND 200 ACRRs OUT OF 500
OOs on the Mississippi River Railroad. soon
to be built. and rear the prospective depot. for
sale a. barkains, and Immediately; also. 20
aeres, mainly Cypress Timber; also. STEAM
MILL. Apply to ny sons on premises, or 70
nysell this ssonfh. a. Ralsieh.
1905 acres good stock kanche on the Lavasa.
Trinity, Liberty county. Tcxss. Fine Pianfa-
ton 70 sell or exchange for city property. All
uues perfect. tiitl s. S. REMBBRT.
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Omce Peoples Insurance co.

SxNHHrs, TKxE., December 81. 1858.
STOCKHOLDERS WILL PLEASE TAKE
- notice that the instaiment Of ten per cent-
ordered by the Directory, and netiied 10 them
through ny circular. l. due. one-half each on
I'd January and LIST FebruWy. 1859,
paynbls At the ofes Of the company.
los s.P. RRAD. Secretary.
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NEW MEMPHIS THEATER

Lessee. MRs. W. O. THOMPSON.
Manager and Treasurer, O. ID. STKINKOHL.
Stage Manager. ROBERT MoWADE.
THURSDAY EVENING. January I, 1889.
Two Plays DELICATE GROUND, and The
Fairy Spectacle, BEAUTY AND THE
Friday Eve. benent of Mrs. M. flanagan.
SCALE. OF PRrcEs-Dress Circle and Par
quette, 81; Orchestra Chairs. 81 so; Family
Circle, so cents; Colored Boxes, 30 cents; Col
ored Gallery. rs cents.
s~Doors omen at u to 7o'cock; curtain will
rise at u to precisely. Box-book open from 10
o'clock am. to pm.
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sTRAYEp OF sToLEH.

STRAYED-LAsT WEEK. FROM No. J9s
- Union street, one COW and calf, COW white,
sonable reward will be paid for their delivery
to Glosel RALPH W0RMELEY.
CTRAYED-FR0MS 81 MARKET. STREET.
- on the 23i of November. Dark Brindle,
Muley cow, both ears cropped, white on the
back, in good order and giving milk. ANY in
formation rewarded nv '-s-+' TITUS.
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MAYDWELL & ANDERSON.
Nos. 81 arid 10 Union Street.

MQNUMEN IS, TeMBS. HEAD AND
WI Foot Ston es. Mantels, Vases. Counter and
Table Tops. 4 urniture slabs, ETC., stc., Of the
best Italian az q American Marble. at North
err prices, u kinds Of Building Stone sold st
the Yard chea q. a5-ll2
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celebrated names arise to compete with the fou-
suggested. Tradition is as favorable to Lord
Bacon as to Pym or Bolingbroke. He certainly
had the essential qualities of an orator-great
learning, great ability, and brillian; magma
ton If We cone down later, we have brilliant
galaxy Of names to select from: Burke,
Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Earl Grey, and, still later ;
Canning and Gladstone We know not what
A-. Smith makes the criterion of oratory. Ii 1t
lie success in persuasion, Pitt, and even Fox
must be included in the first four. II it be dra-
matte power and sparkling brilliancy, Sheridan
is the equal Of any of them. If it consist IN a
ronderful capacity Of blending philosophy with
fact, and enliyening both By powerful imag'n-
a ton. Burke and Gladstone cannot be omitted
from Nr Smiths list Earl Greys " silyery
tones. too, were almost irresistibly fascinating
while Cannings wit and irony were the terror
Of the house. If the orator must be good man,
as Quintilian holds, then Bolingbroke must be
excluded. If he is to be scholar, then John
Bright must follow In spite of Edmund Burke's
unporuhr'ty with his contemporaries, we think
vii be eeaerllly conceded that in all that
constitutes the true orator, he is superior to any
in Prof Smiths list. We are disposed to put in
a plea for Fox. also; and his generally accepted
designation A. The English Demosthenes -
would be. perhaps. a good warrant for dong so.
But Burke we must insist upon.
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the general grounds on which the Fifteenth
amendment is proposed, and they neea no
explanation here For two reasons We shouiu
apply the remedy at once, though II De d Wv
lent one. In the first place. if we do not
check the disease. it may destroy u.s. Inc
very excitement which Mr.. Hendricks de-
nlores. is not caused by the attempt TO neal
it. but bv the evil itself. Passions are hlgn
II, ,olitics we admit. but there is no certain
tv that they will be allayed TIL definite
...,lor,enr /. made of the question that ex-
.ites them. NJ. hendricks would argue
that il j. no time to buy FIRE engines when
ones bouse is on fire. The man who should
fail 10 proyide an engine till his house was in
flames would certainly deserve censure ior
hi. negligence. But the imminent danger oi
his property would hardly be regarded as
reason for further postponemen' OF tha'
duty. The illustration implies that there was
but enc remedy. and that close at hand as
is the case with the Fifteenth Amendment
In the second place, if We are assured mat
the present danger will PASS away, we are
not ON that account relieved from the re
sponsibility Of preparing at once Tor i's re
appearance. The Just maxim 20 prepare Tor
war in time Of peace, is forgotten when the
reaee comes. Temporary security disarna
arrrebeu.ion. Nowhere i this more torci-
bIv illustrated than in the field of political
reforms. It is only when people are awake
to their immediate necessity that they can
be effected. The public excitement which
demonstrates their importance, offers at the
same time the occasion for their adoption,
and he Is q wi.e statesman who directs his
course by this principle
IF Mr.. Hendrica, would study history
more closely he would not be found mis-
quoting it, and misapplyins its lessons. lie
would be thrown back upon the true Demo
cratic reason for opposing the amendment
that it will force the party to maintain hon
est mai5rities or none. Less cautious mem
bers Of the party acknowledge this reason
and claim no other. But Mr.. Hendricks
wishes better one, and in his search in
wolves himself and his hearers in a maze Of
souhistrv
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r, .-.-.. ..-...,.- -.--
STATE executive committee cA4'lus d convention
Of the Young Mems Christian Association and
Churches. 10 convene At Rutland
$3.50 -,'...-'' s'- .'.'... % '-.5
- -. ~ '''C'.'
~ J.,,,. $50 90 :, '-g''-.s' O'''
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DEAR BRETHREN We invite you to cur third
annual Jubilee. The Masters voice calls Us 10
counsel and to action. That voice should str
our souls Ike the blast Of a trumpet Our work
IS not yet finished. There is yet much land 70
he possessed and We are able o. take 10 I we act
IN concert, guided by the great Captain Of cur
salvation. Col has dealt graci1u,ly and bounti-
fully with Us To the past We grsateflly -c-
knowledge His directing hand aai ,hauk HIM
for the measure Of success which has attelI-
Cd cur efforts. But We arrrrc.4-e the increased
responsibilities laid ~ u- aud earnestly lee
sire . fitting preparation With wisdom for the
work
Al members Of Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations in Vermont are earnestly requested 20
attend this Convention. and We cor,lia,Ir invite
the pastor and one Law delegate from each evan
celical Church in the State TO be present and
participate I'm the exercises All delesstes IN
the Stare Sunday School Convention 10 be Or
gained immediately after the adjournment #
dis Conventional are invited TO meet with rs
Let Us laior to1c,her. hand ia hand. till the
glorious work ordered bv the MASTER shall be a.
compli.hsd.
7, .,. e.g,,.,, $4,000 .b.,r Ri,
~ ,,t';.-.., . p 81 - :. - -
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The Massachusetts, Republican Convention
wisely, as We think, declined to permit the party
to be divided by the Temperance question. The
eighth resolution Of the series adopted, is as fol-
lows:
Rssoired, That the Republican party IS a ma
tional party, coextensive silh the country; that
in this Commonwealth IL spplies no TESTS not en-
acted in other States that it ought not here 10
add to or subtract FROM the natioual creed shat
diverse views upon the best method of ,uppressin
intemperance are honestly held among It's mem-
bers, and that the decision as to Whist legislation
upon the sale Of intoxicating liquors is likely 20
prove most salutsry should be lef, entirely to
the viii Of the people as indicated by the sens
tors AMI representatives elected by their votes.
A substitute was offered, asserting tho ,.l.-
viction Of the party that the Prohibiiory Law
is unsatisfactory to the people, but it wa vot-
ed down by large majority. The Boston
papers say that nc convention for years h4s passed
off 50 smoothly. The interest conferred largely ia
Mr.. summers speech, portions Of which we
present to our readers this morning
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-10-01

The Democracy Of New York met 81 Syracuse,
tie other Day, in the spirit and character u me
Tlustrious Mr.. GummiIse. Thomas Carlyle Is
hopeful Of the United States compared with these
discontinued patriots From the report of the
proceedings We should think the Convention vas
baptized in tears aud rendered cheerful by
Sroans and lamentations There was no humor,
no wit, no enthusiasm no applause during the
speeches except at the close Of some moarn.ai
period and the more mouruful, the louder the
applause. The audience appeared to put a pre-
MUM on dependency. It was IS sad fuHereai
feast
Now what WAS the cause Of this 1oleful spirit a:
1t was not the past misfortunes Of the Democracy
nor reflection upon their future prospects. No
thing Of the kind. The triaiug fact that ;he
party ioesn', at present control the general
government was in it,elf no cause of grief This
was to be regretted o.ly because it deprived 'he
country Of an honest, patriotic, capable. just.
heightened, fearless, jealous, faithful ami sue
cessful administratic Now Grants admins
tration has none Of these virtues, but the
opposite. and many other vices Il has not given
the country peace it has prolonged the Dis
union Of the States; it coerces states by
military force it fails to protect the masses
it has favored class interests ; it has turned It's
back upon the people il is the peusioner and
patron Of wealth But this i not all. For
while thus abusir z the standard Of almu,tra-
ton at home il has lowered the tone Of oar DE-
plomacy abroad by the character Of It's appoint
meuts by its vacil ations and lesit-t0ns 10 re-
gard 10 our rights as = nation, It's want OF
sympathy with pc ope struggling for liberty
and It's Indifference 10 the fate Of American citi-
zeus. victims Of f reign despotism.' Now we
confess that this is = terrible Indictment We
pass over the conn on principle that all in1ict-
menIs must contain specific charges IL would
in this case be inc 3nvenient, and cencralites
will dazzle, even wi ere they 10 not convince
But We ask any imp .rtial observer TO regard i
he can the patriotic grief Of these New York
Democrats with unconcern. There Is something
touching about it something that calls TO mind
the lachrymose Job Trotter.
Indeed we did not suppose that the country
was in so bad a state. We know that the Demo-
Gratis are out Of Office. But we had hoped that
even that might be endured for three years
more. We were willing to give the present al
u.inistraricu some credit for reducing the debt
tor pushing along reconstruction for protect
ing the freedmen and unonists OF the South
whom the Democrats mean Of course by &c the
masses. and for mfusing into the service a
rttle honesty and efficiency. But it seems that
our satisfaction vas without reas n livery
where. except in New York where there
i, Democratic Cove nor, there Is only cor
ruptou, shame and ruin.
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The Russian police have discovered. = rsvolu-
tionary society composed OF students of the Jul
versities Of Moscow and Kief The Russian So
calsts abroad have been very active Of late, and
large quantities of their pamphlets have been
coniscated on the Russian frontier. In one Of
these the writer speaks of war in the East,
(which would draw the Europe an Powers into a
general conAagration,' as in .m;nent, and adds
that it would :" furnish an opportunity for "a
deal reform Of the politics and social organiza-
ton of Russia The SUI ,piciOns of the author
tiles have also been exc' ted by certain demon
STATIONS which have q late taken place among
the students Of wilma The other dsy the Polish
and Russian STUDENT dined together, and after
dinner toast TO the speedy liberation Of the
two great Slavop &C nations of Russia and Po-
land " was drurJ with much enthusiasm.
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Mrs Stoves charge gains, byron wss lad
enough. but hardly As unjust to the memory Of
the po.i as poetical defence OF him by Martin
Farquhar Upper. The latter mr.st be excru-
ciatingy painful to all the friends ofthe deceased
bard. Mr. Tupper's - defence - was not pub
lished in the periodicals, bu; Is gr atuitousiy dis
tributei in printed sheets. Lady Byron's state
ment to Mrs Stowe is called " Wormed-out con-
fdenc., If the dying" We present two speci-
mems Of Mr. Upper production, in which he
denouuces the author Of Uncle Tom Cabin
And our pure English homes must not be dren .hed
Heediessly thus with pestlental vapours,
That classic Byron's glory may be quenched
In yleness filtered through the posts and pap, rs-
"No we denounce thee by that widows bed
Thou safest, meanly, pruriently plyiu-.
Bribcd by a scribbeI's fee to damn the dead
And blab the slanderous secrets Of the dying. -
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Masters voice ssyinz, '' Go. IN this ttv--.-,-
have not sent thec2' ---sa'
Yours 10 Christian bombs.
FAVE " P. BRawS. Rutland
GLo. l. DAVIS, Burlington
A c. STsvlNs, Wood-toct
SAN. T. BROOKS, St Jobns5gr-
TuEo SWIFT, Manchester.
o b. BOuCIAs, Brsttlsba-o.
State Executive Come.
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A few days ago We ventured to piriic- chat
the first year Of Ger. Grants administration
would show reduction in the public debt Of
500, 900 600 We are compelled, not very re-
luctautly, to add to these figures. sl25,OOO,-
900 is Gen. Grants estimate, and we presume
our readers will willingly accept the amend