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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-19
A SCAMP ON HIS TRAVELS.
The Adventures of n Rebel Colonel
How he BeguiIed New YOrE
Belle and FIeeced - Milwauke es

"
From the New York SUM-
A gay and fascinating young English
man appeared in this city during the
war, and by his enchanting manners
won for himself the entree into the best
society, He became suitor for the
hand Of ayoung woman of wealth and
beauty in this city, and won her atfec-
tons, The mother refused her consent
TO this union with her daughter, and the
captivating Englishman left, and next
appeared as a rebel spy
Again he appeared as suitor, and
found the mother obstinately opposed to
the alliance; and so he left for the West,
where he obtained employment with
Mr.. Noonan of Milwaukee, and soon
decamped with $4,000 which he collected
in the name of Mr.. Noonan.
Detectives were put upon his track,
but they failed to discover his where
abouts until Noonan saw notice of his
marriage in New York newspaper. The
detectives again pursued, and arrested
him in Boston, where he was doing a
commission business with several firms.
Hearing that the officers of the law were
on his trail, he escaped to Philadelphia,
where he was arrested last Saturday. He
is now on his way to Milwaukee for trial
When he returned to this city from
Milwaukee, he renewed his acquaintance
with the girl whom he adored, and, not
withstanding the prudent opposition of
her mother, married her on the 25th of
last month, at the rectory of the Rev.
DIR. Rowell of this city. The accused
says that he held commission as Col
onel in the Confederate army, and is re-
lated to prominent London notables.
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Edwin booth al Home.

A few evenings since, in company
with couple of literary friends went
to see Booth play Hamlet. After sitting
through the first three acts, and while
witnessing the splendid acting of the
interview with his mother, which think
the finest point in the play, one of my
friends suggested that we should call
upon the great tragedian behind the
scenes had never seen him before,
and the temptation of seeing Hamlet as
he was, was too strong to be overcome
by any hesitancy about intruding upon
the great actors retirement Mrs. Booth
was in plain evening dress, sitting in q
corner knitting, entertaining her friends
in lively conversation. had not seen
her since she left the stage, and was
glad to find her more than usually at
tractiye. She was formerly Miss Mary
McVicker, of Chicago, and was known
as an actress of great ability, and
woman of noble and brilliant qualities
She has a sharp, bright and expressive
face The conversation was mainly upon
dramatic matters. Hamlet who had
just left his mother in such fearful con
dition at his invectives against her mar
riage, was sitting on lounge in an easy
posture smoking a dark meerschaum
pipe. Beyond his stage costume, his
makeup for the play was but little more
than his natural appearance. He wore
his own hair, and beyond the faintest
possible tinge of rouge on his cheeks,
there was no attempt to identify himself
with the character by any mere accesso-
ries of art or fashion.
Mr.. Booth has made his home in the
theater. He had suit of eight rooms
on the upper floors, which were intended
for studies, but he found that it would be
better to convert them into dwelling.
He said he was so tired after acting
that it was torture to 20 through the
trouble of dressing to travel four or five |
blocks Hamlet, he said, did not ex
haust him except by its intensity. |
Richard was the most exhausting play |
He wanted to produce it, but did not ike
to attempt it until he had forgotten Colly |
Cibber' wretched version, and was able |
to produce it as written by Shakespeare.
One of the party suggested that many of
Cibber editions were of advantage; but, !
said Booth, there is no advantage in Glib |
ber's play that cannot be counterbal-
anced by the original text. Shakespeare |
as Shakespeare wrote it is great deal
stronger than Cibber's variation. .-Phita-
deiphia Star.
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A PATHETIC HISTORY.
Death Ofa woman i'm n Railroad Car
The Kindness of Passengers.

Capt S. Main, conductor on the Coun-
ell Bluff and st. Louis Pullman car line,
furnishes some particulars attending the
death of Mrs. McClurg on the sleeping
car of the Union Pacific railroad while
on her way from California with two
small children to join her parents in ST.
Louis. The story is very sad one, and
what few circumstances are learned eX-
hibits the selfshness as well as the golden
side of human nature. The poor woman
lost her husband in California some time
ago, and being i'll with consumption, she
became dispirited, and longed to return
to st. LOUIS Her desire was to see her
parents, named Collins, residing on
Emily street She started with two
small children, boy and girl, aged re-
spectively four and six years. At or
near Sacramento, she was robbed of all
her money by man, whom she believed
was connected with the railroad, who de-
manded $l2 from her on a pretence of
paying for her baggage. In her feeble
and bewildered state, she handed the
man her wallet The wretch disappeared
and was never seen by the invalid again
She was robbed in this way of about
81 900, in gold and greenbacks. She
fingered, gradually sinking lower and
lower, until the train on its long and te-
dions route, had reached Papio station,
this side of Salt Lake Here she called
her children and some of the passengers
to her side, and told them she was about to
die. She asked some one to pray for her,
but there was no one present who vOlun
teered, although, as stated by the con-
ductor, there was not dry eye among
the passengers. Death ended the poor
woman miseries, and her body, with the
orphan children, who could hardly have
q realizing sense of their loss, were
brought on to Omaha. Here military
officer took an interest in the matter, and
the body was put in charge of an under
taker,. with directions to have it placed
in a coffin and sent to St Louis. The
children were taken in charge by Cap
tain Main, and brought TO st. Louis, hav-
ing received almost parental attentions
from two families, who were EN- route for
New Orleans, and also from a sister-in-
law of Colonel Bogy, who was returning
to st. Louis after an absence of twenty
years. These persons were cognizant of
the circumstances attending the death of
Mrs. McClurg The passengers raised
a purse of one hundred and forty dollars
in gold for the children The latter were
met at the North Missouri depot, by Mr..
Collins, who had been telegraphed from
Omaha, and taken to his home.
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Death of an Ohio state Senator In
the Indiana Penitentiary.

The New Albany Ledger gives the fol-
lowing account of the death of a convict
in the Southern prison: There is sad
history connected with the convict Watts,
who died few days ago at the Southern
prison at JeffersOnville. He was for
merly from Ohio. In that State he was
once highly respected. He had been a
member of the Ohio State Senate, and
filled the Offices of County Clerk and
County Auditor. He was for many
wears a prominent, useful and influential
member of the Presbyterian church. He
married. after arriving at middle age, a
Young and beautiful, but very vain and
extravagant woman. She was not ft
companion for such man, and she rap
idly went to the bad dragging her
husband along with her. He fell into
the habit Of drinking. and finally became
a common drunkard. He finally re-
moved from Ohio to Indiana, where he
continued his Incorporate habits and his
wife her peccadilloes. In one of his
drunken sprees he committed the crime
that consigned him to the penitentiary
for seven years. Five years of his term
had been served when be died From
the moment Of his entrance into the
prison he was a changed man. He be-
came religious, and was fervent and
faithful in the performance of his re-
lieious duties, and his death is described
as one Of religious triumph. The wO-
man who had been the cause Of his
downfall and the ruin Of his reputation
deserted him from the moment when the
calamities Of his crime fell upon him.
Such is one Of the sad pictures Of
human life andman's degradation
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Our Old Friend Turned mp Again.
L n.,Lnr c. N V Ti..ins March d, l

LONDON OOr. y. L. IllAes, Marcn AO.l
Gen. Cary, Esq, NJ. c., who comes tC
England with recommendation from
Mr.. Delevan, gave an address last night
at Birmingham on Temperance and
Education, Mr.. Gould, the United States
Consul, in the chair. Gen. Carry, fol
lowing in the footsteps of several of his
more or less illustrious predecessors,
patted John Bull as follows, to begin with
Hon. s. f. Cary, who was received
with much applause, commenced by say
ing that he believed he wFs standing in
place which had often been occupied
by one of the most illustrious statesmen
on the earth--a man whom the people
on the other side of the Atlantic were as
glad to hear as his constituents in Bir-
mingham. The longer he staid in Eng
land, and the more he mingled with her
population, the more he was satisfied that
England and America were one people
Not one simply in language, because
when in Yorkshire, he had some doubts
upon the point; but one in laws, one in
their adhesion to the principles of civil
aud religions liberty, and one, as he be-
lieved, in destiny. The two countries
would be false to their ancestors, false TO
each other, false to posterity, false to
the God of nations, If they ever per-
mitted anything to create a war
between the people Of England and
the United States. He believed that if
the people of America were to be con
suited a thousand Alabama difficulties
would not be sufficient to plunge their
country into a war. Ii was remarka-
bic fact that the public mind in England
and America were now directed toward
the same great questions In England
they were discussing the land question;
on the other side Of the Atlantic they
we're casting about TO see how they could
prevent the land getting into the hands
of few. He hoped TO live TO see the
day when every custom-house would be
obiiterated. and when no Englishman's
trunk should be searched for contraband
articles when he landed on the other side
of the ocean. He was going home to
take the field upon that question. He
used TO be on the other side; but he had
his eye-teo d cut. He came from the
agricultural districts of the West, where
they were starving for clothes, and where
the corn was rotting in the CRIB for want
of a market
Having administered the usual guam
tity Of soft-sawder the General Dragged
on American ea1cation and the Maine
law, and advised his hearers TO go aud
do likewise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-19
CON. Thomas, Habits and Tas.es.

Gen. Thomas was simple, severely SO
in his habits of life and dress; yet he was
an aristocrat in which there could be nc
guile. His was an aristocracy of worth,
not of pride of money or position. He
was a gentleman of the olden school,
whose self-respect was too great to allow
the commission of dishonorable or a
meretricious act. He never ate, even in
the army, except from solid silver ser
vice, but always of plain wholesome food.
An indulgence in wines and liquors was
the exception, and then never when a
young man was present Profanity
found no place upon his lips. In all his
service, those the NEST intimate never
knew him to be thrown off his guard, or
to give expression TO a warm, hasty or
indignant word. He never was com
PEELED to apologize for wounds caused by
indiscretiOn eitherin temper or language.
He was complete master Of himself
His headquarters we're always a model
of neatness, sobriety and discipline.
He was so indifferent TO all pOmp and
circumstance Of war, on the other hand,
that though made Major General on
April %, he had no stars on his coat
until after the battle of Stone River,
eight months afterwards, and they were
put on BY the strategy Of his servant, al
the instigation Of some members Of his
staff. He wore his Colonels coat until
the moment Of his taking command at
Mill Springs, though he had been a Brig
adler General six months.
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COILS, No. 267 Main Street.

Boucher, and put more money in the hat,
Its owner went home that evening richer
than he had ever been before. When he
went to his bed, he folded his hands, and
prayed that God might bless good
Boucher, so that when he should become
old he too might have friend to help
LIN,
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The 2.45 pm, train from Memphis leaves
daily. The 100 a. IN. train leaves daily except
Sunday. Since the completion of the Ohio
river bridge at Louisville, the omnibus and
ferry transfer at that point is avoided.
Sleeping cars run through on the 2.45 p. m.
train from Memphis to Louisville, connecting
day cars, running though from Louisville to
Philadelphia and New York without change.
Berths. sections or state. rooms can be engaged
in through cars to New York at Ticket Office,
237l4 Main street.
Trains connect for Nashville and st. Louis
as follows:
Leave Memphis. 2.45 pm. 400 am.
Arrive at Nashville. 900 am. 600 pm.
- - st. Louis.....-.l0.00 PIN. 300 pm.
Ticket Office. 23719 Main street. near Jetfer-
son; and at Depot, head Of Main street.
j. +. BOYD, Superintendent.
JAS. SPEED. Ticket Agent 9-G2-t
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coPARTNERsHIP.
Copartnership Notice.
n j. BIcLEy. Gro. MrIIrRsu n McNP,r

N. J. BIeLEY. GEo. MELLERsH. D. McMEAL.
WE HAVE THIS DAY ASSOCIATED
w with us as a partner. DR.. ID, McMeaI
The firm name will be continued We return
our thanks to the citizens of Memphis and
surrounding country for their liberal patron
age during the past, and respectfully solicit n
continuance of the same for the future; guar
anteeing always to furnish the best article OF
coal at the lowest market rates. and to attend
to all orders promptly, with an aim solely to
give satisfaction.
BIGLEY, MELLERSH L CO.,
South Court and Main streets.
Memphis. April l. 1870. s0-5s
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WRAPPING PS.ee5
Game Wrar Paper

Il nsos sols - LIZARD A co, "a FRONT ST.
cane agents for Howell kemley 4 Co-
= Paper. have. nov on hand = MI sntp.y
4 are oiTerinr BELow CfECnEATI FkcEs. D-I
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HoTIcE.
n NOTICE (!

To the CitizensOf Shelby County.
TlHE CONFEDERATE RELIEF AND HIS
tOrieaI Acknowledgements that yOuiDdOrse no
application for relief unless you are fully sat
lsfed. upon your personal knowledge. that IN
applicant really needs assistance.
JOHN W. DAWSON.
z-52 secFetav
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TAILoRS,
Tailors' Notice.

EIRTH & PEPLOw HAVE REMOVED
u No. p Gayoso street. two doors wet
Main. They are ready 10 do work Y.ii 4,
cheap. Call and see th~-n. qSf7
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PASSENGERS GOING EAST,
Via Louisville or Cairo,
SHOULD PURCHASE TICKETS by THE
Erie & Atlantic & Great Western R'y

Forming the best and most comfortable line to
New York. Boston, and Northern and Atlantic
cities, with magnificent Palace Combined Day
and Night Coaches. through to New York
without change.
TWO EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY.
This is the only line from Cincinnati to New
York under one management; the only line
from Cincinnati 10 New York without break of
Gauge the only line whose trains run through
to New York without change; the only line
running coaches through without using COM
promise wheels the only line running Palace
Broad Gauge Coaches through without change.
rS- IL you desire prompt time and certain
connections, finest scenery on the continent.
most comfortable cars in the world. most mag
nifcens dining halls and ample time for meals,
and the safest, best. and most comfortable
route-gO to New York by the ERIE AND AT
LANTIC AND GREAT WEsrERN RAILWAY.
Tickets by this line for sale at all Ticket
Offices through the South.
WM. r. BARR.
Genl Passenger Ag't, N. Y.
W. b. SHATTUC.
Gen'l South n AT, Cincinnati. Q. l2-s9
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Cash Capital, 80 s4OO.OOO
ASSETS. FEBRUARY l. 1870:
STATE OF TENNESSEE. I
CoMPTRoLLKR's OFFICE.

CIAIE VI ltNNENcEEs
COMPTR0LLER's OFFICE,
NASHVILLE. January ], 1870 }
I. G.. W. Blackburn. Comptroller of the
Treasury, do hereby certify that the Washing
ton Insurance Company, located at New York,
in the State Of New York, has produced to me
satisfactory evidence that said Company has
complied with all the requirements Of the laws
Of the State of Tennessee imposed on INSURANCE
Tomlinson 4 Co. agents of said Company,
have also complied with the requirements Of
the laws Of the State. made and provided in
such eases: wherefore, said Insurance Com
pany has authority 10 take risks and transact
The business Of insurance in this State at Mem
i'-' G. W. BLACKBURN.
Comptroller of Tennessee.
II. T. TOMLINS0N & CO., AGENTS,
n Madison ST.. Memphis.
N-if -
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday Mt so per annum Tin
advance; clubs of five or more, 81 so.
Communications upon subjects of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
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RAILROADS.
Memphis and Louisville R. R.
CONDENSED TIME TABLE.

TAKES EFFECT FEB. :, 1870.
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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
CoAfpTpnT Ep'Q 0gPfcF

CoMPTROLLER's OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, January |, 1870.
/, G. W. Blackburn. Comptroller of the
Treasury, do hereby certify that the Home
Insurance Company, located at New Haven, in
the State of Connecticut, has produced to me
satisfactory evidence that said Company has
complied with all the requirements of the laws
of the State of Tennessee imposed on Insu-
II. T. Tomlinson a Co., ag Is Of said Company,
have also complied with requirements Of the
laws Of the State. made and provided in such
cases: wherefore. said Home Insurance Com
pany has authority to take risks and transact
the business of insurance in this State, at
Memphis, Tennessee.
G. w. BLACKBURN,
Comptroller of Tennessee.
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D. R. SATTERLEE, President.
S1ts SAMh l. Fs TAhC0TT' II s9I Vice Presidents.
VIM. S. G00DELL, Secretary.
Il. b. C0WLES, Assistant Secretary.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-01-19
THE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY
OF PITTSBURGH, PA,
FOR THE
SAFE-KEEPING OF BONDS AND OTHER SECU-
RITES, &e.
NO. IS, FOURTH AVENUE.
GUAR Il RATES.

For a TedT or less
Covenant and all other Cou-l
pom Securities, including SSl,O per 81 600
bank Bills,
Gold Coin or Bullion. Us d" 1000
Silver Coin or Bullion. 200 4" 1000
Silver or Gold Plate, under seal,
on owner's estimate OF full val
ne, and rate subject to adjust LOO " 1000
ment for bulk on a basis Of
Deeds, Mortgages, Valuable Papers gener-
ally, when Of no fixed value, Sl,O0a year each
or according TO bulk. Wills, $500 which pre-
MUM cover the remainder Of the life Of the
maker.
The Company is also prepared to lei
Iron Safes, leach furnished with a Tin
Box inside its Burglar Proof Vault, the
Ren5er exclusively holding the key thereof,
at the following rates, viz SIS, q, 80, 60, 20,
and 100, per mum Also to Store Books OF
Accounts, Records, Valuable Title Papers,
etc, at reasonable rates.
Professionalism Phillips.
Wee PreSfdent-Henry Lloyd.
DfrectOrs-William Phillips. Henry LlOvd
William Rea, William NJ. Lyon, James L.
Bennett, Byron II. Painter, Joseph s. MOrri
son. George Black. Curtis G.. Hussey.
Secretary and Ifedsttrer-S. +. Won Bonhorst.
lOct. 2, IS69-3m.
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a Ittle how was washed and dresset
How TO Fatten a Poor Horse.

Many good horses devOur large
quantities of grain or hay, and will
continue thin and poor; the food eat
en- is not properly assimilated. If
usual feed has been unground grain
and hay, nothing but a change will
effect any desirable alteration In the
appearance of the animal. In case
oil meal cannot be obtained readily,
mingle a bushel flax seed, one of bar
ley, one of oats, another bushel of
corn, and let it be a fair proportion of
all his feed. Or the meal, or the bar
ley, oats and corn, in equal quantities
may first be procured, and one-fourth
part of oil cake mingled with it when
the meal is sprinkled on cut feed
Feed two or three quarts of mixture
three times daily, mingled with a peck
of cut hay or straw. If the horse will
eat that greedily, let the quantity be
increased.
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COAL, COAL, COAL.
O COAL.
HAIR JEWELRY,
ZEPHYR WORK, GO.

MISS E. c. & S. E. GORDON
ll Manufacturers efHair Jewelry, Switch
es, Curls and Chignons, Hair and Zephyr
Flowers. Stamping done for Embroidering
and Braiding, and all kinds of plain sewing
and stitching. also Gray's Union Charts for
cutting dresses, kept for sale at our rooms.
All orders filed promptly.
~ Highest prices paid for Hair.
Rooms in Kings Block, second floor, Main
Street, Warren. }. May &c, lS69-tf.
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At Walnut HilI, i'm Barren coun

At Walnut Hill, in Barren county,
Kentucky, a few nights since, theques-
ton, "Are all the human family now
on earth descendants of Adam and
Eve?" was discussed and decided in
the negative by the debating society
of that burg. This is an unfortunate
decision for the claims of several de
seendants" who have been in the habit
of tracing their genealogy back to the
originaIsettlers in the Garden of Eden.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-01-19

A young German residing in this
country lately asked a young lady in
Austria a very interesting question,
and received the happy yes by the
Atlantic cable. A Vienna paper, in
chronicling the fact, says: perhaps
the bride and bridegroom may ex-
change in the same way their first
kisses, which would be electrifying
indeed,