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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-21

Last Friday Mr.. Robert Bonner drove
Dexter around the Fashion Course, the
horse pulling three hundred and twelve
pounds, and the track heavy, in 2253 /;
aud co the Prospect Park track, three
days ago, he drove the marvel. pulling
the same crushing weight, in 223S. The
FIRST quarter was made in thirty-dve Sec
onds, half aIle In IL |, third quarter in
l:4T, mile in 2:2Sl. There is no mistake
about either OF these performances, as
they we're done 10 the presence OF COM
petent witnesses and under the watch.
The time, taxing into consideration the
weight, ID simply wonderful. Mr.. Bonner,
in our opinion, is able to drive Dexter
faster than ever Doble drove him, for the
plain reason that IN sleeding him he does
not pull him to death. In this eonnec-
ton we wish to say 10 the quibblers that
we we're not romaneius Ehsu We stated
that We rode better than q 2:20 behind
Pocahontss 10 wagon. On the same
stretch Of road, and with the same weight,
we honestly believe that she can show
this bigh rstS Of speed under the hrm re.
cordipg hands Of the waich.-Tgrk Field
and Farm.
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Mississippi POlitics-Letter from an
Indignant Rad.

q. Gordon Adams, United States At
torney for the Southern District Of Mis-
sissippi, aud one of the most prominent
supporters of Judge Dent. hes forwarded
to the President the following letter re-
signing his position; ng %
WAsHIxGroS, ID. O., August 10, 1853.
To His Rxosilepcy U. S. Grant, President OF
the United States! r
8 SIR: | respectfully tender my ressgna-
ton of the Office Of Attorney Of the
United States for the Southern District
of Mississippi, Though the office is not
one of much i'm portance, / cannot retain
it without being identified, TO some ex-
tent, with an administration whose acts,
so far as they relate to my own State, Il
cannot approve. Major Wofferd, an Off
Ger of the late rebel army, who, IN de-
fiance of the coptlmely and reproach
heaped upon bin by the Southern people,
supported bravely and almost alone 10
his district the reconstruction policy OF
Congress, has been removed from office.
From the late approved Published state
meut of your views 1 am justified in the
belief that this is done in accord,
ance with the. established policy OF
your Administration. From the same
sources l learn your confidence IN
and support of General Anes, an othcer
who has degraded bis position as military
commander Of the fourth military. dis
trict by exercising its functions solely IN
furtheranee Of his own personal and
partisan ends, uRhesitsiingly vowing that
he desired 10 use the high Office Of Sena-
tor from my State as stepping stone to
brigadier general in the regular army,
aud whose whole course 10 that State has
been marked BY q tyrannical exercise OF
power utterly antAgonistic to the spirit OF
The reconstruction laws As resident
Of Mississippi, and one of the fonnders
Sf the Republican party n that State,
though never 9 political aspiraut, ! would
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-21

| The fighting in Cuba, according to all
accounts, has been characterized by ex-
trsordinary brutality. Itseems that this
feature is hereafter to be more prominent
than ever. A correspondent of the New
York Times, in q recent letter, says !:
Rejecting and sensible Spaniards are
inquiring in a very serious manner
whether the adoption of the iron handed
policy ia that best adapted for the re-
establishment of Spanish power and su-
premscy in this hitherto faithful isle, and
already q conciliatory spirit has began to
pervade the ultra party, who at this late
hour have awakened to sense of the
impending danger which threatens. De-
Rodas himself, with a keen insight aud q
Just estimation Of the difficulties of the sit.
uation, has adopted wise and humsle
policy with regard TO the Cubans, which,
if earlier applied, might have been at
tended with better results. As itis, how
ever, all hopes of compromise seem
to have vanished, and the adherants of the
revolution seemingly have made up their
minds to accept of no truce, to admit Of
no compromise until the absolute indie.
pendence of the island is secured. 1t
seems as if both parties had gone too far
to sbate one jot or title of their preten-
sions, and tie fierce savagerY which per-
vades either faction will endure to the
end, threatening the total extinction OF
either one or the other" s8l r..l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-21
The French srarshaIs.

The death of Marshal Mel, the French
Minister Of War, deprives the Emperor
Napoleon of one of his most ardent ad-
herents and most talented servants.
Although Mel was no original Bona
partist, and, in the early years of the
Second Empire had to suffer many Sights
at the Lands Of the Court of the Tuileries,
be had of late years become thoroughly
identified with the imperial cause, and
both the Emperor aud the Empress re-
posed the most unlimited confidence in
him. The blow which his death inl1icts
upon the Gosernment is more grievous
as Mel was the soul of the. reorganiza-
ton Of the French army. which is now
in progress, and as be had displayed
much skill &C debater in the Chambers
in defending the measures he had orig
mated. -.t fssoFs4s sag eei fsdg
Among the Marshals of the Second
Empire there is now but one man of
superior ability on whom the dynasty can
implicitly rely in case of an emergency.
II is Bazsine, who, no matter what may
be thought of his career in Mexico, is
considered in the French army a skillful
general, and perfectly able to handle
large bodies of troops. But there are q
great many officers in the French army
who dislike and even despiss him, on ac-
count Of the doubtful role be played in
Mexico. and in case war should break
out and Bazaine should obtain an i'm
portant command, great many of bis
comrades would no doubt take pains to foil
his plans as much as possible. Marshal
McMahon is certainly an abler man than
Bszine, and he is by far more popular in
the army than the latter; but the Court
so breads him on account of his we'll
known Orleanist proclivities that he will
hardly ever receive an important COM
mand outside of Algeria. Vaillan. and
paraguay D'Hilliers, the nominal COM
manders Of the Imperial Guard. are so
old that they can no longer take the field.
Forey lies bopelessly paralJ zed at Besan-
con, and Canbobert, after the blunders he
committed both 10 the Crimea and in
Italy, will, of course, not be placed again
at the head of an army 10 the field, bat
remain commander-in-c chief of the So
called Army of Paris. sffr .l rt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-21

A traveller on the Union Pacific rail-
road to Promontory Summit, U. T., says
the first three hundred miles OF the land
grant are Of great value; the next three
hundred medium; the succeeding four
hundred worthless or practically so to
this generation, and the small tract 10
Utah Valley OF more than average value.
What the value is of the lands west of
that point is not stated, but il is generally
believed that an immense mineral value
attaches to most Of them. Hr
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"WILLEYT'S." /" >"
No. 81 Adams street. =
Billiard and Bowling Rooms

,x-Ths most Elegant and comslst:s e: vs,,.y Es'sS-
,;'k,snt on its kind in the Mississippi ssaass;; a =;
sT The Tables and Alleysa "a Ins nsai1s, Rs - =
the me- g-snt Private Parlor. for senuem ID
- v ,nss and Liquors are Of the besi VuAii's
= -. cexvERsE a co.
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The proposed new bsysnet Of the
British infantry is the sane as that sup
piled to theIrish constabulary. tits a saw.
sword bayonei--ihat isio say, has a sword
edge and saw back, while the point is
Is effective IS that Of en- ordinary bsyo-
net
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be false to my State and to the Republi-
can principles which i have always
maintained, If longer retained the
office to which your kind preference has
assigned me. le g8 q
am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, q. GORDON ADAMS.
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A sad sight.

On Wednesday, in the Quarter Ses-
siops Court of Philadelphia, among the
prisoners brought up in the van was
pale and careworn-looking woman, &C
companied by two little girls, one about
three and the other about FIVE years Of
age. All were neatly aud oleanly clad,
the mother being dressed IN black. The
little ones, fresh from prison, exchanged
the cell for the dock, where their play
house for the day was the confined quar-
tsrs assigned for prisoners. Fortunately,
there were no others on the dock except
the family. The mother seemed ab-
strscted, and gave little heed to the pratt
lie of the children, who failed 10 under.
stand why they should be circumscrlbed
in their sports. The charge against
the mother is forgery, and to the three
bills she pleaded not guilty. Having
no place to put the children. they
accompanied her to prison. The forgery
Is understood to consist of preparing false
letters of recommendation the object be-
ing to obtain work to support herself and
children. 1t was noticeable that, while
in the case of notorious rogues It 10 ditti-
cult 10 secure the attendance of the Com
mouwealths witnesses, In this case the
witnesses we're promptly in attendance
The case, however, was not reached, and
the mother and. children were again sent
to prison. While they were in court, q
number ef gentlemen interested them
selves, and procured for the babes tood,
aud in other vsys endeayored 10 make
them comfortable. = ...,,.,ss d d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-21


= .I !,
Of the
authority
Msnph
q W BLACKBURN Controller Of TenuSass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-21

i A new Imovement in catching is an
need. The New York Herald says:
1.-The yacht Meteor, owned and com.
manded by George L. Lorillard, sailed
Yesterday for voysge around the world;
Mr. Lorillsrd expects to be absent several
years on bis excursion, rs be intends 70
spend some time Ct each place OF interest
en- route.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

A majority of persons living il the
South are predisposed to diseases of the
Liver, and most of the pains and aches
complained of are owing to deranged
state of that important organ. The
Simmons Liver Regulator is the great
remedy for the diseases incident to dis
organized Liver. Dyspepsia, Constipa-
ton, Sick Headache, Female Irregulari-
ties, etc. d.
One says: It has done me more good
than any medicine I ever used.
Another says: consider it an invalna-
BILE remedy.
Another says: My son, who was SO
long considered hopeless case, is now
in blooming health, from using the Sim
mons Regulator.
For sale by all druggists. J13t3
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

The British House of Commons, when
full, is composed of 65S members, but at
present, in consequence of vacancies
arising from elections declared to be in
valid, there are Only 622 sitting mem
bers. OF these meIlbers statistics of
different kinds have Jeen collected. The
latest information in reference to the
personal history of the members of the
House of Commons is as follows: The
university graduates number 338, among
whom 151 are graduates of Oxford and
1872 of Cambridge. There are 2S7 mem
bers who were educated at public
schools, 131 at Eton, 68 at Harrow, 20
at Rugby, and the remainder in smaller
numbers ut others. or the nobility,
there are three Irish peers and 106 sons
Of peers. The barristers number 120,
the members of the army SO, those in
the navy 13. Commerce is represented
by 10 bankers and 1876 engaged in other
kinds of business. There are 10 fathers
who have sons sitting with them in the
House, "a pairs of brothers, and three
brothers of one family.
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~ The CoNRBDERATRa DEAD AT PoINT
LooKoUT.-During the last three years
of the war, 5000 Confederate prisoners,
who died in the prison and hospital of
Point Lookout, were, buried in spot
near the shore of the Chesapeake Bay,
which was enclosed by the Federal au.
ltho5ities with temporary wooden fence.
The falling of the fenoe, which has since
decayed, the trampling Of stock upon
the graves, and the flooding of portion
of the low-lying land, have reduced the
graveyard to deplorable condition, the
names on the head boards of some of the
graves having become obliterated, and
even some of the bodies having been ex-
posed. Tho people of st. Mary's Coun-
ty, although greatly impoverished by
the war, raised 80, 500 by fair in 1867
for the purpose of draining aud enclos-
ing the land, but, unfortunately, the
whole of this sum wns lost by the failure
of the firm with which it was deposited.
Our own community are now invoked to
assist the people of st. Mary's in the
restoration of this neglected cemetery
a work of common humanity which the
respect heretofore evinned in the care
and decoration of the graves of those,
whether of North or South, who fell dur
luS buo WAT, leaVeS no reason 10 Delleve
will ue regarded with indifference.
Notwithstanding the dilapidated con-
dition of the graves at Point Lookout,
the friends of those buried there will be
glad to learn that Mr.. L. o. Smith, to
whom the land of the cemetery once be-
longed, and whose farm adjoins it, and
who has re-interred, at his own expense,
fifty of the bodies which had been ex-
posed, has in his possession a correct list,
furnished him by the surgeon of the post
before his departure, of the names of all
the Confederates inferred in the ceme-
terry, each name having a number at
tached, which corresponds with the num-
bers on the head-boards marking the
graves. BY this means the bodies even
now, in the dilapidated condition of the
place, can be readily identified. A copy
of the list is in this city, at the Office of
Mr.. j. Wesley Smith, Secretary Of the
Loudon Park Confederate Memorial AS
sociation, and can be seen upon applica-
ton. Mr. Smith, of st. Mary's, has
kindly volunteered, upon the receipt of
instructions to that effect, to forward to
their proper destination the remains of
any of the Confederate soldiers inferred
in the cemetery, charging simply the ac-
tual cost of removal. l.-Bduimore Sun.
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impracticsble, IS are, the views of Senator
Stockton on reconstruction, the issues
suggested by Mayor Hall are such as will
Ea snh In the coming October and No
syaEnbsE elections. To bring out the full
sEsnssh OF the ,D,se:Inoorao against the
asnaosaliEed and aiSorgapized Fepubli-
1f, as they SAY, il takes soms-
stlNg Ike defeat TO Iaksup The enes-
Gen. Graatj there % a-pSespect
st re will be thoroughly reused by the
Ic6iai15 fall elections.
~ hie f'@ lNe,o Fork Herald.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

The language of nature and experience
demonstrates that whoever would enjoy
the pleasures OF food, the beauties Of
landscape, The joys Of oompanionship, the
riches of literature, or the honors of
station and renown, must preserve Mei,.
health. The effect of foul, Injurious food
entering the stomach is to derange the
digestive organs and produce headache,
loss of appetite, unrefreshing sleep, low
spirits, feverish burnings, etc., which are
the symptoms of that horrid disease,
Dyspepsia, which assumes d thousand
shapes. and points toward o miserable
life and premature decay. PLANTATION
BTrrERs will prevent, overcome and
counteract all of these effects. They act
with unerring power, and are taken with
the pleasure of beverage.
MAGNOLIA WATER. Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold
at half the price. J17t3
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

The EXCESSIVE MoDEsTY OF SCALA
WAC GovRRNoR.-The Richmond Whig,
of July 7, says: -.
Governor Holden's paper, the Stand
ard, has the credit Of making the first
nominations for the next Presidential
election. The following is his ticket:
For President, U. s. Grant, of Illinois;
for Vice-President, VIM. W. Holden, Of
North Carolina. The modesty and mo-
deration OF his Governorship, in not
assigning himself the first place on the
ticket, excite universal admiration.
Holden has fairly won the palm of self
denial in this self-seeking age. His disin-
terestedness is all the moro glaring, from
the fact that he offered reward during
the war for the assassination Of President
Lincoln.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

The Cuban expedition Q20 men) that
quietly slipped away from New York. on
the 23d of last month, as quietly re-
turned to New York on Saturday even
ing last, in the brig A. Eldred. The
men made landing, and had slight
brush with the Spaniards, but cholera
and yellow fever were prevailing 80 badly
in the insurgent camp that all hands con-
cluded to return home while it was yet
in their power to do SO.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

DIR. TUFTS ExPEoroRANT.-All who
have used this invaluable medicine for
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Splitting of
Blood, Group, Inflammation of the
Lungs or Chest, Hoarseness, Difficulty
of Breathing, Bronchitis, and all dis
eases of the Lungs attest its usefulness
For Lung affections it has no equal.
J176
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

BEAUTIFUL WoMAN.-If you would be
beautiful, use Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
1t gives pure Blooming Complexion
and restores Youthful Beauty.
Its effects are gradual, natural and
perfect.
1t removes Redness, Blotches and PIN
pies, cures Tan, Sunburn and Freckles,
and makes lady of thirty appear but
twenty.
The Magnolia Balm makes the Skin
Smooth and Pearly; the Eye bright and
clear; the Check glow with the Bloom of
Youth, and imparts fresh, plump ap-
pearance to the Countenance. No lady
need complain of her Complexion, when
rs cents will purchase this delightful ar
ticle.
The best article to dress the hair is
Lyons Kathairon. JIG t13 T
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

The Governor of Florida has issued O
proclamation, fixing the second day Of
November next as the day on which q
popular vote shall be taken to determine
the proposed cession of West Florida to
Alabama.
The cane-brakes of the South are now
extensively used for making wrapping
paper in New England.
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A WARNNa.-A story is told, says O
cotemporary, which should be warning
to all Southern correspondents of the
New York Tribune. It is this: ''A short
time since, while the Shah of Persia,
with brilliant retinue, was hunting in
his grounds, he was thrown from his
horse, and the rumor soon spread that
he was dead. Upon recovering his senses
and hearing of the rumor which had
been spread, he was so exasperated that
he ordered the perpetrator to be put in
stantly to death; but, afterwards relent-
ing, he commuted the sentence to loss
by the culprit of both ears, and this
hereafter to be the punishment for
spreading false reports" The story
should be warning, not only TO South
ern correspondents of the Tribune, but
to editors South and North, who, with
malicious intent, spread "reports" before
their readers.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

A bull fight took place in Goffstown,
N. H., on the 7th instant. Two farmers
matched the bulls, and the fight was wit
messed by quite crowd. When one had
whipped the other, fresh bull was
trotted out, and the fight went on till it
was thought best to separate the ami
mails.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-17

A shoemaker, named Roach, living
on Staten Island, while under the infiu-
ence of liquor, on Monday last, muir
dered fourteen year old girl, named
Harrington, and then cut his own throat.
The largest crop of cotton marketed
in this country was 1859-6O, and was
4,675,77O bales, averaging $50 pounds
each. ,'.,nr
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DROWNED. Yesterday morning a num-
Der of colored boys were swimming at
the wharf of the Savannah aud Charles
ton Railroad, when one of them, Joe
Durham by name, about fourteen years
old, went beyond his depth and was
drowned. Charleston Courier, 18th.
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HEN1rsH's QUEEN's DELIGHT.
is it? Ask your neighbor, who has been
relieved of distressing disease. Ask
that rheumatic what cured him. Ask
the victims of dyspepsia. Ask that beau
tiful daughter what removed those hide
GUS spots and ulcers, and made her face
as fair as Parian marble. Ask the once
iaundiced victim Of liver complaint.
Ask that once poor emaciated form, the
subject of female irregularities, what
brought about such's marvellous change.
The answer is, 'It's HErNTsH's QUEENS
DELIGHT" Come out, then, all ye de-
spending ones. Be cheerful, gay and
happy. If you are sick, fail not to try,
only try-no easier task-a bottle of
HENTTsH's QUEEN DELIGHT il
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piratical enblem=-is to cast'a most foul
aspersion and bitter wrong upon the
reputation and, character of these illus
trious chieftsi1a The memory Of Stone
wall JEckson is 90 dsag to the5southsrn
peopse, that despite The estih$sion of
thaN aNortharnusfnd, id thaSouth hisname
viii be esteemed as the synonym of the
pure Christian and perfect soldier; and
for Southern youth--for Northern
youth, too, might be added-no more
shining aud illustrious example could be
cited for imitation. The glorious career
of these peerless soldiers, and The repu-
tation Of their virtues, have made their
fame and names familiar to the civilized
world; and yet the aliusion of General
Blair to these renowned soldiers Gas
foeman worthy Of his steel, instead of
a frank and manly endorsement from the
Army and Navy Society. produces only
hisses and oensure upon the speaker.
That at q convivial meeting it might we'll
be understood that the introduction Of
political matter was inappropriate, and
the calling to order of General Blair was
right and proper; but that the names of
these renowned generals should, when
introduced, excite only Kisses and in
sUits, eAcites the keenest feeling of in
dignation and reprobation for 30 little
and pitifu] a course of proceeding.
ONO Politics Rosencranz
has been nominated for Governor of
Ohio. The leading Democratic papers
speak in the highest terms of the nomi-
nation, and his success seems to be taken
for granted by many Republicans. The
New York Times mentions as curious
incident that when Vallandigham was
under Lincoln's 8 sentence of banishment,
he was visited at Murfreesboro, Tenn,
by General Rosencranz, and o rather
violent discussion ensued on political
matters. During the conversation, Val
landigham, claiming that his position
would be justified by the future policy
and events of the war, remarked to
Rosencranz that in five years the General
would think as the exile then thought,
and stand where he then stood. The
Times adds:
"It seems that Vallandigham was right
as to facts, and very nearly correct as to
time. He may not think precisely as
Vallandigham thought, but as the candi-
date of the Democracy of Ohio for the
Governorship, Rosencranz certainly
stands where Vallandigham stood"