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MANT8.

TANTED.SA RESPECTABLE
w woman WAnta Z BltuAtIoR - BeAmStrGBA.
Can DO al kinds Of family sewing Also q BItua-
tlop wanted ~ houEekeCpcr by competent per.
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FOR RENT.

IGOR RENT. THE RESI-. IN 4NS
~ dSne go on Fourth s street, now occupied It'll
feb7. u .IS9.s1ohl JAMES PAUL..
TOR RENT.-THAT FIRST-RATE
Il business stand on the west Bi0G Of Main
street, north OF Union. which IL at present oCcu.
pied BIZ NrI. Force an millinery and trimming
store. Apply 10 TH0S. O'BRIEN, if
IAn3l Real Estate Agent,
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ORGANIC WEAKNESS


Member Of the Royal College Of Surgcus. In.
don, GrRauAte Of ono bf tile most emlneh, Cd
leges Ia the United States, and the greater pCt
ofWhose life has been spent In the hospitals d
London, Paris, Philadelphia and ELSEWHERE. h,
effected some Of the mort astonishing CuErs thit
were OVer known. Many troubled With hnginEs
the head, md ears when asleep, great ntsTSa,
ness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, baShg
ness, with frequent bluEhlng, attended Ione
times with arrangement Of mind, were eurrd Ia
FnadtRiAlV
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MARRIAGE.

Married Persons, or Young Men eoutcupl,,,,
marriage, being aware Of Physical WetfbSSH
Organic Debility, DGfOrmiues, speedily Cuf1
H0Wh6 PLACES himself under the cars Of i; !
may EGIIg i9paly conldo lp his honor a. 4 FISG.
man AM confidently rely upon his skin al b,
uIRfhnN ~
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TOR RENT-THEsTOREhesA
y ROOM, No. 8 M9ln street opposite Ill
and now occupied by Geo. ", Robinson. Pos
session given Aptll lat 1870 b.
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especlaIiy, Who have become the victim, a, q
tAfy Vice, that dreadful and destructive 6,,.,
which annually sweeps 10 an untinelT S,I W..
thousands Of Young Men Of tho most eTrs ~,
talents and brilliant intellect, who might o,S..
wise hlFo1 entEapcCdl listOping SCahteS VII 4.
thundGt Or Oloquenee, oFtWlked 10 eeStSFy X.
living lYIe, mlytealls Nth lall e9nadOaoe. W
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FOR.RENT-THAT LARGE In
IL and desirable house on Hampton It'll
ntrest . few doOrs above the Catholic Ca.I.h
thedtal, now occupied BY Samuel J. Boyd, Esq.
PoSSegSl0n given April let, 1870. Apply 20
JAMIE, IL y JOS. L. WILDE:
TOR RENT-TH E,,RESI- In
u dence now occupied by John Bailey, M
Esq, on Sixth street, one door below
HRmpden; contains ToomS and hall, Possession
given Apfll 1St, 1870 Apply to
janl0. Jos. l.. WILDE.
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OFFICE, NO. Z SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
Lott hand side going nom Baltimore street, few
doors nom the corner. Fail not 10 observe lhF
name and number. am
~ No letters received unless posi-. paid aud
containing stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send portion
Of advertisement describing symptoms.
The Doctors DIPLOMA hangs In hls Oillcc
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-16
NOVEMBER.
BY ALICE CAREY.


o winds, ye are blowing too rough, too rough,
Thrilling and chilling too soon the hours,
And the summer has not been long enough
For all your beauty. my flowers, my flowers
Not half, not half of long enough
For all your beauty, my dear, dear flowers
0 frosts, ye are falling too soon on the leaf,
Dulling the grasses and dimming the groves,
And the summer has been too brief, too BRIEF,
For all your cooling my doves, my doves
Too brief, the summer has been too brief,
For all your cooling, and wooing my doves
O waters, hold to your fountains fast,
Nor faithless fly, from the sege-sown nooks
And the summer has gone too fast, too fast
For all your sweetness. my brooks, my
Too fast, the summer has gone too fast
For all your ringing and singing, my brooks
0 clovers, clovers, keep to your red.
And stick your little leaves gray with dew ;
Too clearly the summer shades are fed,
For all your moaning, my insect crew
Aye, all too early, summer has Ned
For all your droning, my insect crew
0 wane from your roundness not, fair moon,
But make your land with your brightness
bright,
For all my joy, because O. the light
Too soon, the summer has gone too soon
For all myjoy because O. the hight!
All colder, closer, the shadow. slides.
And leaning sunward the daisy stands,
Like one o er reaching the icy tides
To catch the touches Of loving hands
Aye, reaching to catch Ter the closing tides
The last warm touch of loving hands.
And the daisy will die, and the waning moor
Will fail in the sky, and the murmuroui
grove
Stand hashed. and my life will be DER toe
soon,
For my Joy because of bis love,
Who made the land. and the leaves, and thu
moon,
And all that is fair, with the light of his love
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THE SATAN ROCKET.
Extraordinary Military Invention.

Extraordinary Military Invention.
From La France.l ..sr ste
NJ. L., the distinguished civil en-
gineer and chemist, of the Rue de Lon
dres, Paris, has invented rocket which
will be formidable engine of defense.
He has christened il the fusee satan. We
have seen this rocket made, and will en-
deavor to describe it to our readers. To
the end of an ordinary rocket is attached
very slight receptacle of tin, having ex-
actly the shape of conical bullet. In
this receptacle is arranged chamber
filled with composition, based, we believe,
upon sulphuret Of carbon, which compo-
sition, once lighted, gives out considera-
BILE heat A fuse communicates from
this chamber with the top Of the rocket
The tin bullet is filled just before being
used with petroleum oil. The lighted
rocket rises in the air and traverses the
space necessary to arrive over certain
spot. Arrived above its object,
the rocket sets fire to the fuse, the
composition in the chamber of the bullet
takes light, bursts its envelope, and at
the same time fires the petroleum, which
falls like sheet of flame and continues
burning. This sheet of fame fills a space
of sixteen to twenty-four square metres,
according to the size of the rocket. No.
| threws one litre of petroleum, No. 2
two litres, and No. 3 three litres. They
can be thrown distance of six kilome-
tres, and aimed with great precision, be-
ing balanced by means of long stick
attached to each rocket, which main
tains the elevation given to it at the
time of discharge. Some interesting ex-
periments were made with this weapon
at st. Clond on the 18th of last month.
In less than ten minutes a considerable
space of ground was covered with sea
of fire. A committee composed of su-
perior officers of artillery, presided over
the experiments, and the general at their
head was appalled, by the terrible nature
of this engine of destruction.
Just imagine this sea of fire falling
upon the Prussian masses, burning every
thing, setting light to the cartridges in
the soldiers pouches and to the ammu-
milton vans of the artillery. Their rout
would be complete. The committee, in
its report, has declared in its opinion no
civilized nation could make use of these
rockets except for reprisals; and it would
be only in case of the Prussians firing
upon us with petroleum bombs, such as
they used at Strasburg, that we should
be entitled to retaliate with the new
rocket However it may be, the Com
mittee of National Defense has given the
inventor large building on the Batig-
mole formerly a girls school), and has
ordered the immediate manufacture, on
a large scale, of satan rockets. From
day to day two hundred workmen will be
actively employed, and within few days
we shall have sufficient stock to enable
us to repay the Prussians in their own
coin, if, as at Strasburg, they make use
of unlawful weapons.
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ly intended escape, but when accused Of
the crime replied, with true sang .frOid,
Yes, he ruined me and my child, and |
intended to kill him." Is this sample
of the class of women who can prate OF
their ruin as a plea for assassination :
A woman who had raked the slums and
slews Of whole continent, and who,
doubtless, had sustained no other real
grievance at the hands of Crittenden
than his refusal to abandon his family at
her behest. OF course the lady" simu-
lated insanity, and chewed up glass
tumbler admirably by way of helping on
her future plea. A highAyer who has
perpetrated so much villainy as this
woman, and so coolly, is utterly incapa-
BILE of becoming insane. The Judge and
counsel who give her the benefit of that
plea should remember the fate of poor
Crittenden. He secured her acquittal
once-and fearfully has he atoned for it.
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Dreadful Scene at Metz before the
Surrender. ~

1t is stated at Maeysle- -Haut, on the
authority of staff officer Of Gen. Picard
of the imperial guard, who claims to
have escaped through the Prnssian lines
on the day of the surrender of s!eiz, that
on the day preceding (WedEeseay) there
took place the most awful scene ever
witnessed il modern warfare. At two
clock in the afternoon complete mass
of unarmed people of Metz swarmed
through the western gates OF the city
into the plain. They were Of all ages
and ranks in life, and Of both sexes, and
numbered nearly or quite 10000 persons.
At the head marched a man and woman,
the latter carrying a white flag. In the
rear were hundreds Of children, ali car
rying little white flags behind them
moved strong body of French troops,
pressing them forward into the plain
1t is stated that these unhappy people
were expelled because there was no food
for them, and that they were thus NOV
ing forth solely to seek the means Of
saving themselves from death within the
walls. As they approached, Prussian
orderly was seen to ride to the front, or
dering the outposts to fire upon them
Still the people moved on, the man and
woman in the front with the white flag
moving more rapidly The man suddenly
fell, struck by bullet. The woman
waving the flag, continued to advance
the children, meanwhile, screaming most
piteously. The fire of the Prnssians was
kept up deliberately and steadily, as il
upon an armed column. The woman
fell with her flag. The men wavered for
moment, then turned and fled in the
most horrible disorder, struggling, fall
ing, and involved in an inextricable con
fusion of the dead and dying and the fu.
gitives. Still the Prussian fire grew con
stantly hotter. The French troops ad
vancing to the front closed around the
helpless mass Of flying citizens, and q
terrible fusilade began on both sides.
The spectacle became devilish in its hor'
ror. The road was strewn with the bodies
of women and children. The forts OF lie
Villeux and Les Bottles poured shells and
shots upon the Prussians till the last fu.
gitiye hsd disappeared, and the French
troops slowly fell back, the motley crowd
hurrying in all directions around the
city walls and in az the different gates.
They trooped from all sides thFpqgh the
streets, and flung themselves dowE=
children carrying bundles, mothers
frantic with the loss of their children
in the Garde Place, where all night long
they lay on the pavements in dumb des.
psiS 10 await their doom Of famine, since
ayerted by the capitulation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-16
Reported Death of Mexican Revo.
IutiOnist.

From the San Francisco CALI
A report comes by way of the City Of
Mexico that the notorious revolationist,
General Placido Vega, recently resi-
dent of this city. has been killed at last
near Topic. Parties reported at Guada-
laiara that the bandit Jules Garcia, who
was recently shot, had in his possession
documents duplicating Vega in con-
spiracy against Manuel Lozada, who
styles himself Natural Chief Of the
District Of Tepic, and it is suggested
that the assassination of Vega, which
followed the discovery, was due to that
fact. UfHh
Vega left here little more than a
year since, and has been keeping the
State of Sinaloa in hot water ever since.
His last notable exploit was the fitting
out of the piratical expedition which
plundered Guaymas with the aid Of the
cid gunboat Forward, which was pursued
by the United States steamer 0ssipee
and destroyed near Boca Teacapan.
Vega was, or is-he has been so often
captured and reported shot, but managed
TO escape, that we hesitate to give full
CTGQtuCt W INC piNoShN hSNo bAAt VI AAf
most slippery and troublesome custom
ers with whom the Mexican government
ever had 10 deal Without a particle of
military ability or administrative talent,
he managed to induce many abler men,
at different times, into embarking in his
reckless and ill-planned expeditions.
Among these were several Americans,
who lost their lives through his selfish
ambition. Some three years since, he
took a party from this city to Sinaloa,
and was quickly made prisoner by GEN
eral Corona, who had orders to shoot him
at once, but who took the responsibility
Of sending him to the City of Mexico for
trial. On his way to Mexico, he broke
his parole at Colima, escaped to the sea-
shore. made his way to Lower California,
and ultimately reached San Francisco.
he failed ,'however, TO learn wisdomfrom
experience, and went back to meet death,
il l. reported, at the hands Of his old ally
and friend, LOzada. Nobody has yet been
found to shoot Lozada, and thus complete
the work.
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INSURANCE
INSURANCE.
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association
OF MEMPHIS. TENN.
OFFICE: NO. o UNION STREET.

First Question-How much. per annum will
it cost a man Of thirty-fve to insure his life in
Answcr~sl3l for a IS, 900 policy.
Second Question-HOw much will II cost IN
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association OF
IAN Ansswer-About s ss7 so, payable at intervals.
(See table of standard authorities at our otice.)
Third QgestiOn-Why this difference for the
same risk2
Answer-1st. Because by this plan the Asso-
citation only calls for enough in initiation fees
(the interest upon which will finally pay work
ing expenses), and the 81 at death to pay losses.
I'd. If there are no deaths, no tax.
Fourth Question-How can you afford to in
sure so much less than the old mode.
Answer-Because we do not charge enough
in advance TO pay you one-halt PACK IN alvl-
dends out of your own money PAID IN premiums
Fifth Question-Isa policy of insurance upon
the Mutual plan the same in all respects, save
as to chargesY ,
Answer-After the Association has, issued
$500 policies. and is keptto that standard d IN
you are taxed only at the death of member; !;
while in the old mode you are taxed whether
losses or not. and that in advance,
Sixth Question-Will policy holder IN TINS
Association receive diyidendH
Answer-Yes; from all accumulatien which
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus interest
Seventh Question-How are your funds In
vested?
AnEWer-O nucT ulItcllOu VI tnO 4 ihahSV
Committee, on unincumbered real estate, val
ued at twice the amount Of the investment, or
undoubted city acceptance.
Eighth Question-Does the Association pay
to the heirs Of the policy holder two dollars for
each enrolled member who has heretofore paid
ali assessments, should any member fail to
pay on last assessment
Answer-Yes; as the Association holds in its
permanent fund, paid in by initiation fee, an
amount in excess of any amount it viii be at
one time called upon to pay on the death Of a
member.
We insure from Is TO 50 years. 32-t
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Bargain and Corrupi,aH Dfvoree.

The Peck bargain and corFapsiep d.
vorce suit in New York is now a seRsa-
ton in that sensation-loving city. The
incidents Of this case are remarkable,
and If true give US the spectacle Of the
most contemplate characters figuring in
a way that would shame the worst schools
of fiction, whiah refuse to produce a
novel without relieving il by at least one
virtuous and honest character. The
Peck divorce suit gives us the holloying
incidents:
"A scheming mother-in-law, offended
at her daughter-in-law, offers a son S3O,-
900 to divorce his wife. The son, q
paper collar manufacturer, who seems
worthy Of such mother, consents. The
wife, deservedly bound 10 such a hns-
band, secretly agrees 20 the separation
on the faith Of his promise 20 marry her
again as soon as the mother has been
robbed Of her $4,000. A raseally book
keeper, worthy of such master. swears
to the commission Of adultery with the
wife. and the divorce is granted. Very
naturally such a husband refuses 10
marry such wife, and quite naturally
the wife goes into the court. exposes the
conspiracy. sRd makes humanity blush
at is baseness.
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BROKERS.
W. R. CUNNINGHAM. A. G. ELLIOTT
CUNNINGHAM g. ELLIOTT,
General Brokers,
ROOM NO. . MAGNOLIA BLOCK.
Merchandise Bought and Sold.

DROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO coll
Il lections and negotiation 0floans on bonds,
notes or collaterals.
Agents for r. T. WILSON & CO.. BANKERS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, New YORK.
We are authorized to negotiate for sale or
purchase of cotton through our friends, at
either Memphis. New York or Liverpool.
SIPS
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EMIGRATION.
MA ITO AL
Land and Emigration
G OMP NY.
Labor Departm ent,

RsrABLIsHKD FOR THE PROTECTION
II and assistance Of English, Danish, NOT
weaian, Swedish and German IMMIGkANTS,
By procuring employment and hnding home.
for them. Companies, contractors, farmerl
and all parties in want Of mechanics, raiiroad
laborcrs. farm hands. saw mill hands, garden
ers, and any kind OF male OF female help- ear
obtain reliable English, Norwegian, Denlsh,
SWedish or German Immirants, BY appiyinf
personally or By letter 20
sOPHUS HIRsH. Labor Commissioner.
General Offices Labor Department, Nos, u
and II Jefferson st.. Memphis. Af
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LuM BER.
PARTNE ERSHlP.
Partnership.

II HAVE THIS DAY ASSOCIATED WITH
L ME. in the profits Of nay insurance business.
Mr.. John II. Bowen and Mr.. Joseph II:
in future be II. A. Littleton & Co. Thank
full to patrons for past favors, we would
respectfully solicit continuance of the same
II. A. LITTLETON & co.
Memphis, November l, 1870. 59-6S
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TAXES.
NOTICE! /!
0FFIcE OF Cry Tax COLLECTOR, .
MEMPHIS. Nov. u. 1870. !

ONEANL VI llll AAA NOLLEiiNNf
MEMPHIS. Nov. u. 1870.
IN ALL CASES WHERE THE CITY BE
Il came the purchaser Of property AZ thefaA
sale recently made. the owners Of the property
are hereby given the privilege Of rcdeemine
the same up 10 the first Of January, lsl \ BY
paying the amount Of the taxes and cSis.
After the FIRST day Of January. ISL. the prop
erty cannot be redeemed except by paying the
taxes. costs. and fly per cent, interest
thereon. as provided In Section t9 u thg
Amended Charter. passed on the hrsi DAY oi
December. lisa =
And notice Is also given that IN an cases m
which the city has purchased property Tor the
non-paymeut Of taxes. including as well ali
purchases made at sales in previous years ~
those made in the present year, and where the
property has not been redeemed, the city viii.
immediately after the first day Of January.
ism. proceed to file bills in chancery for the
purpose Of quicting the title Il has quircd by
the said purchases.
Up 10 the first day Of January. 1s7l. aay of
the above mentioned property may b. re-
deemed By paying the ausunt q iAe axes
and costs.
- Come forward and pay your T.xos f,r
$50. before DISTRESS WARiAAle nafe N
Be sERvED. We will promiFe that ~ "AA
shall be NEGLECTED uhcr that TINE ee.et.
FELIX W R0Bkhlr1N.
- tliL l.L .---- 80.
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LOUISVILLE ROUTE.
FALL SCHEDULE.
Takes Effect October I'd, 1870.

Brownsville accommodation leaves at 4.45
p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Daily through train to Nashville and Chat
tanOoga without change of cars. Leave at
go pm; arrive in Nashville at am,
Chattanooga at 10 am, next day.
The train leaving Memphis at lbs pm. runs
daily. The am. train does not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through 70 Louisville
through on the lbs pm. train from Memphis
to Louisville. connecting at Louisville with
through cars to Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buff
falo and New York, without change. Only
one change from Louisville to Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms, in through cars. can be engaged
at the Ticket Office, 237l5 Main street.
J.F. BOYD, Superintendent.
JAS SPEED Ticket Agent. g-62-f
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~ WHTTNORF. JOB PRINTER AND
". Publisher. IS Madis0 street.
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murder ms a Remedy for sRuin.' \


From the Chicago Tribunel
The assassination of Mr.. A. p. Critten-
den, of San Francisco nephew of the
late John j. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
and one of the foremost lawyers of the
Pacific coast, is the last and lowest ex-
ample of the practice of murder as cure
for pretended "ruin." The assailant in
this case was . female "highHyer,' such
as, perhaps, no country but California
could produce. She had ruined and
bankrupted one husband, who, after
years of infatuated devotion to her, had
committed suicide from a sense of shame
for her character and conduct. She had
then married again, been divorced, and
married again in California; went TO
Mexico, and then to New York as pub
lie adventures, and succeeded; confed-
Grated with sharpers in numerous des-
perate crimes; returned to Virginia City
and opened hotel captured Critten-
den, and won him from his fidelity to his
family; marched through the street wav-
ing the Confederate flag, daring any man
to raise the Federal flag nher presence,
and shot at one who did so; was defend
ed by Crittenden, and, through his influ-
ence, was acquitted; went upon the stage
and failed; shone at balls and theaters;
captured a rich old lover named
SNYDER and married HIM; finding, after
six weeks of marriage, she could not get
his money, got divorce, and, few days
after committed the murder of Critten-
den, under peculiarly atrocious circum-
stances. His wife and daughter had
been absent for the summer months, in
the Atlantic States, and Crittenden, with
his two sons, one of twenty-five, and the
other q bright boy Of twelve years Of
age, had come up from San Francisco,
on steamer, to Oakland, where he was
10 meet the absent ones, whose arrival
was expected by the train. His assassin,
Mrs. Snyder, alias Fair, alias ETC., dis
guised, armed, and heavily veiled, ac-
companied him on the boat 10 the place
of meeting; watched him while he kissed
his wife and daughter; watched his
children as they embraced each other
and their returning mother, and, as soon
as the steamer had started, and the
family were pleasantly seated around
their father, on an upper deck, walked
deliberately up TO him, snd, before her
intention could be suspected, and so
quickly but one person saw the act, fired
a pistol within two feet Of his right
breast, the ball entering with fatal effect.
Mr.. Crittenden sat, for moment as IL
astounded, rose TO his feet, and fell IN
conscious To the floor. He died the next
day.
His murderess glided through the
crowd on the boat, and at first apparent