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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-18
MISSOURI VALLEY
Life Insurance Company,
once Southwestern Department
NO. 2Ss FRONT ROW. MEAPHIS.
aGenitt a Weld. asnl Agents.


Read The FoIIoWIhHi
LrrrLK Rock. December II. 1869.
Wa. Holt, ESQ.,, State Agent missouri 'AiieS
Life Insurance company'
So. I, Il with pleasure We acknow edge
..Si;nt 81 fwelty-fve hundred dollars from
Won. through Messrs. Merritt Weld. Gene, Al
ASents Southwestern Department, IN setus- N
ment By your Company o. r9ncs "a. 20, u ~
10 ~cuid cordially recommend the MiseSuri
v.ItsvS fo ali parties desiring 20 insure TIER
lives, as one in every way ss. rofsny see IN
dsnce ARD patronaee oi tne oos 7. ~ ~. os,,s
Ssny. & the prompt payment os:;= 'ssses.
'sfs ''' ". M. ADAMS,
GORDON N. PEA1.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-18
Inc. l92l
In the Chancery Court Of Memphis,
Tennessee.
F. jenkins 4 sOns.D
vs..
Richard c. wilkins.

1T sppearinr from afiisvit in this cause that
the defendant Richard c. wilkins Is a non
resident Of the State Of Tennesses. IL is there
fore ordered that be make his appearances
herein. at the Courthouse in the city Of Mem
mis-. Tenn on the first Monday - February,
is5Q ard nlead, answer or demur 70 complain
ATS bill or the sane will be taken for confessed
A. 10 him snd set for bearing expaTte and that
4 cory Of this order Do pubIishe1 one. week
Tor four successive weeks. IN the Memphis
Eveuing Le1Fer.
AUaUSTON ALST0N. G. aud N.
By BENZ. CoLNAN, Deputy G. and b..
A Copy--Attest: Winchester. keaves Win
chester. Solicitors for Complainant lloo-ll9
, 1870-09-19
A NIn11inc-Forty Ycars Con1iuc-
InEnfe

From The Elizabeth {y. ~ Journal
In Green Village, three ml1es west of Madi-
Eon and four miles south OF Mortistown.
Charles Crowell. maniac, is confined. He is
q native Of tho place, and is nnw aixty-eighs
years old, forty OF which he has been confined,
and the most Of the time raying maniac. Heis
confined IN room SIX feet by eight, chained to
the floor, With not a rag of clothing on him,
nor an article Of furniture in the room, save
the straw on which he VAS perched IN = sitting
posture, with his feet drawn mp uulec him.
The room had door at one end and an
opening on the other with shutter, which
wae open. TIE room was ceiled with boards,
Of the pe1son who has the charge
one q few feet OF, he has spent for
ty years OF lis life, thirty-fye Of which, it
would be safe to say, IS destitute Of clothing
as he was bern into the world. He is now
comparatively harmless, and has lost the
power Of 1omotion. except as he crawls. He
has been successlvely cared for by 3 mother.
q sister, and now By y niece, who Is devoted
in her attentions to Lin, at times even put
ting the food which he eats into his mouth.
Years ago, over hundred bed quilts, which
torn in stripe. and even nov, everything lie
gets hold Of is served in the same way 3; It is
therefore from necessity that he goes naked.
On inquiring as to the Cause OF his condition,
and what were LIE early hab1ta, We we're told
that when 3 young man he was OF great prom
ise aud bright parts; he WAS a great student Of
the Bible, large part Of which he knew By
heart, and even now in his wretched state he
will repeat at times wso1s passages from It.
Tho only way they can account for his present
condition is from hard study and neglect Of
early medical treatment. He was three
months in Nex York asylum before our Tren-
ton Institution was established. but his case
YVES declared incurable. Heis obliged to be kept
chained, as otherwise he would escape, as he
has in years gone by, to the terror OF the
neighbOrLood. Ha never NOM attempts to
inj1Ie taoae who wait upon him. Such an
other wretche1 beng in human form cannot
, 1870-09-19

Charge Considering tho high position of the
aseaiIant, considering the fact that he was
upon tho point Of starting for tll6 army, this
Project said that he could take no notice of
the charge. Imagine such situation. Well,
the affair did not cud here. Observe that I
am trying to give an impartial account, and
without impntinG blanc to either party. No
sooner was this termination known than va
rious reports began to arise atont the fallen
hero. It may l'e That they were all mali
cious inventions ct tic enemy: can only
rouch for tho reports It wls re-
ported that at dinner at The Grand Ho:ol,
Doctor z had remarked that the Princess
Royal Of Prussia was coming to Paris and
was to dine ut bis houso. Tins epeech, whesll-
er made OF NOT, wa7 report ed to the authors
ties, aud the doctor was regarded At once ~ n
Pussian s5npathizer, ii not Spy. Herewas
another situation. Tho pet Of high court Ia
dee, enriched by information upon tho value
Of town lois, q man wearing tho rosette Of the
Legion d'Honncu--surely the Charge must
have been the work Of tho enemy, an under
hand plot to work his ruin. Report says that
the gentleman and his intimate friend in the
same profession have left fot Tfouville. This
may seem petty affair to sandwich among
the great and shining events Of to-day, but
can ASSURE you that it has caused moro gossip
among Americans in Paris than all the news
from the 'front.',
, 1870-09-19
DOUBLE TRAGEDY,
"A U3tDG Man Seizea a Gun and
Shoots Dcnd his Murderer.

A DytDG Man Seizes a Gun and
Shoots Dcnd his Murderer.
From The Memphis t7tnn} Aralanehe, Sept. Is.
Cn tuesday evening, q short while after
DARK, a. most. terrible tragedy occurred at
Shelby, station on the Memphis and Louis.
vile Railroad, eighteen miles from This civ.
From what o1r reporter has been able to
gether from those persons who seemed to be
Informed in regard to the occurrence, it APP
pears that Samuel J. Dickey and Gus. Fleming
had been during the afternoon playing ten
pins in the alley Of Messra, English & Stew
art. They we're friendly, and nothing occur
red to mar the pleasure Of the game until an
old man, whose name eonld not DO ascer-
tained, and who had just come from Memphis,
entered the saloon Mr. Fleming used words
to the old man which Dicltey did not seem to
consider appropriate to be applied to one OF
liB age, and thereuuon demonstrated with
him. This angered F., and dispute arose
between N1r. Dickcy and himself.
Finally Fleming left, and went to the house
of Squire Brewer, near by, and aaked him for
the loan OF q double-barreled shotgun.
s'What do you want with it :" inquired the
Squire.
'To kill Chickens" replied Fleming, who
took the gun and departed.
Meeting Dickey standing in the grocery
store of William jones, he levelled tho gun at
him, and tired. Tho contents entered his left
eide: D'ckey quickly seized gun which vas
toward the door, fred at Fleming, the con-
tents entering his left breast, short dis
tance above the heart. Just then both fell
dead within twelve feet of each other
a jury Of inquest was summoned by Squire
Brewer, and a verdict rendered in accordance
with the above facts.
Mr.. Samuel J. Dickey was farmer who re-
sided about four miles from Shelby Station.
He was widower, aud leaves but one child,
aged 8 years. He Was about So years OF age.
air. Fleming kept livery stable ut Shelby,
WAS married man, and leaves wife and ono
child. He was q years Of age.
yesterday, and procured two walnut coff3us
from Messrs. FIaherty 4; Co., which he took
with him On the afternoon train. Tho affair
has: Of course, created great excitement in
Shelby and its vicinity.
, 1870-09-19
tend to defeat, peryert. or obstruct,

tend to defeat, peryert, or obstruct,
the carrying into effect Of every rcforma-
tory provision of the new constitution. In
the hands of secretly or openly hostile
Legislature, the new constitution will
prove Of little value to the people. Its
best and wisest provisions will be strangled
or nullifed, and not On article WIZ
be carried into effect in good faith lis
restrictions on rings, public plumber, h1gh
fees, special privileges, and corporate
monopolies will he evaded or rendered
nucatory, and the whole work Of tie con-
vention will 30 for nothing, The safe and
nroper thing TO DO is TO place the new con-
titution in tho hands Of its friends, and
keep its enemies ont Of tho Legislature.
After waiting SO long to get good con-
s1itution, and spending SO much money
and thought in the endeavor, the people
cannot afford now to let the party control
tle Legislature who not only refuse to en-
dorse it in their platform, but place at the
to-, of their ticket one Of its most persist
c.:;;, active, and implacable foes. The men
WIN nominated and support Anderson iu-
Tend to Nuke the new constitution dead
Letter aud useless instrument. It's friends
must pu! forth their most strenuous efforts
TO defeat the election of every Legislative
I tanaidate who is not known to be pro-
ncn..ced friend Of the new constitution.
, 1870-09-19

On tho receipt Of the news Of the surrender
OF Louis Napoleon and his army to the Ger
mans, after the battle Of Sedan, James Saxton,
ST.. editor Of the Canton. o., Repository, pub
Eshed tue announcement in his papcs in par
allel columns with that Of the surrender of
tile first Napoleon after Waterloo, taken from
the files Of his own paper OF August, 1915, ff-
ty-fivo years ago.
There is probably no other editor in the
United States who published tho nows Of tho
defeat OF Napoleon tho Great at Waterloo
that has lived to publish, in his own paper,
the defeat Of Napoleon the Little at Sedan.
He commenced publishing bis paper two years
before the battle Of Waterloo, and has con-
t,nued it without intermission ever since
working steadily in his office. With scarcely
the 1oss Of days time, for ffty-eeyen years.
He says, whom he has edited his paper sixty
years. tc intends to knock Oh and travel.
, 1870-09-19
GcncrnlVoR Moltkc's Opinion OF the
French Of1icerx.

French Officers.
An Interesting lettor appears IN the Satut
ihotsc OF Lyons relative to the instructions
which the PTuesian and French officers are
respectively obliged to possess, il which the
writer quotes the opinion Of General Yon
Motke on French strategy and military educa-
ton. He Gays:
!, "Genera]Iyon Mo'tke has always mapifo:t :ted
the greatest contempt for our strategy, I
remember having Heard quoted some Of bis
mission to Berlin: DO not talk to me
Ct your military education in Africa.
II you Haro never been there, 90 much
tho better; when you become General
you Will be glad OF it. The war you have been
CARRYING on for forty years against the Arabs
any skillful marches, no feints, no counter
marches, rarely any surprises. With that
school you will do nothing moro than form
other schools like it. The first great war viii
demonstrate your inetficioncy. and we're not
n presence OF man of your merit, sir,
Of tha trade tu which you devote yourselves,
Among !oa-do not deny it-a pioneer il al-
most ridiculous person, aud III general, the
workingman is one OF moan iuteli-
eense. Here, on the contrary the
moet considerations studies are in
Captain knows % much as your staff officers
who arc so brilliant in the ballroom. Have
,ou even superficial smattering Of the ele-
ments Of the military art On leaving your
specinl schools? am tempted to doubt it.
Come, now continued Gen. do Moltke,
taking the other, by tho hand, I'll wager
that you do not know which is the most val
liable piece OF furniture for the chamber of an
officer IN garrison. Come With me- So
saying, the old prussian led his intcrlocutor
into small bed-chamber suited to sub-]iou-
terant; a small bed without curtains, three
straw chairs, shelves Of books from the floor
to the roof. and in tina middle OF tile room
black wooden board on an e1sel:
tho ground strawed with morsels Of chalk. 1T
Is with this that We beat our adversa1ios
every morning. mutmured the old tactician,
who was destined to give afterward so severe
a1esson to General Froissard, the Profeasoro Of
the Prince Imperial, 'And for drawings.
here is all We want, and II. dc Moltke exhib-
tied some geological maps. What singular
conversation, when one thinks that it took
place IN March. 1870: for copy it literally
from letter dated the 21st Of that month.
What may re not have to say about the 1es-
sons to be derived from it We shall profit
By them at later period"
, 1870-09-19
NEW YORK.

special peapateh 10 The ohcago Tribune.
THE aahksE.
1asted all ay toae,her With tho cbron,c ' onta. ~
he last day ., the week, iunarted du1uess to nil
.ne " un street "athets: the neaereness OF the
war news also aad ITS effect.
GOLD
was Iaucuff Mt abont ia the nnr+natfona hc1no
onis !. pes eeA'' Tue sales we're H1ning III
o' t"s oo1'u"4ue ocnaou 1ol eola was
lalHeF actlse' tne 1ates oelne and per cent per
annum, and 1-Gi per cent until Monday. The
"4 ooysnSxESr nosns m '''@''
were nfn Oh neat matket
nsSe sennass sn seg .. ease in the
,as u.ss as -. ea.a ~ 20 eutptcu tntt 1e
appsoSeu coAatelals. nouea tue bond dealers
we're not paying over per cent.
RAILWAY STOCKS
III W Iva" 'e7'eAs a'''"''ons' 1u0
market was qa'el' ...
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
"as au, as asan w s'ealel oaS' ano 1ates were
nen'iseo 1'1aanaus-
1no raa,,,o al1RoAn r. ,sa 4a, rhoJEcM
,aIse competing trunk llnes to the West, which
ms been 10 session for couple OF days,
gsoAG ~ Up idst nlaat M,saoat accomplishing
auu WINTER latts ICE Tue transportation OIL West
EN- ifeghts, which are stilf about 50 per cent be-
4aes 1t p presea Sa5 oMaa
;i nc caeaR llelgats auopteA ~ rival ltne This
!!ag, mncn g. cannot @ pig controlled by other corpo-
'''|'''s ''s" 1sa:sDa sREaps1ePTs q1gah'za''0n
Iaefe Was continuation Of the excitement IN
nreausta1s, anu for wheat S1.5o 1sas refused to-
In three days. ''''' "'NA - '''' A''A''~> " wv
70 the Associated Pres..
, 1870-09-19

hnr's {A"9 s'' c"''ftsenftet i;ega Of the @r York
The Americans in Paris have Just had their
little gossip, and . small war all their own.
were engaged in this miniature war? Togive
the histoay of the affair now agitatiDg the
American colony, it il necessary to 60 back
many months First let me say there are a
few professional gentlemen from ACROSS the
Atlantic who have been greatly favored in
T. and a dentist Of renown.' One fourth OF
July there was to have been an American eel
ebraiion in the tBois de Boulogue, but owing
to the recent death Of Maximillian in Mexico;
the Emperor politely requested that
the affair bo deferred. However, pri-
Hotel, at which Surgeon Y WAS prom
ineot and Doctor = left out. The latter
went 80 far as to threaten tho meeting with
visit Of the police. He was told to do so, but
nothing came Of the affair but bad blood.
When the war broke ont the men who had re-
riches, received authority to raise an Ameri-
can Legion. Numbers Of officers presented
themselves, but few privates, and ut length
the affair turned into an ambulance. This
tried to stand alone, but failed until it hsd re-
ceiyed the sanction Of the International So
cioty. There we're difficulties innumeraole
and red tape in abundance: Meetings were
held nightly, and at one OF the last Of these
Surgeon KS name was proposed for some
Office. Remembering the dinner Of three
years ago. Doctor q objected to the nomi-
nation. When the meeting was over COLI
sion occurred. Surgeon " is little man,
enemy enc ocsips hin down and aa1'eea ebokpe s h G'a
upon The floor. Considering the belligereut
reputation Of tho assailed, cartel was 10 ,ked
for the following morning, but the injured
party healed his honor b. making q police
, 1870-09-19

Eastern Extension or tho 81. Leu,>
d Snnt1 Fc Ikullrond.

To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune:
The city OF Chicago has heretofore got the
trade Of Southern Kansas and the trade OF
New Mexico, and Colorado, all By making
connection with Kansas City, but this St,
Louis i Santa Fe Road. branching from the
Psclfic Railroad ut Holden, tho most Southern
point on the Pacific Railroad, and running
southwest, will catch all the trade some 10
or 50 miles south OF kansas City and carry it
direct to st. Louis. It starts from Holden.
ana at Paola, Kansas, it CROSSES tie Kansas
City, Ft. Scott + Gulf Railroad, Is miles
South Of Kansas City, and there it iutercopss
a,l the trade and travel before it reaches
Kansaa City. Twenty-four miles further west
1t crosses tho Leayenworth, Lawrence & Gal
weston ltailroad ut Ottawa, some 50 or GO miles
southwest Of Kansas CITY, and there intercepts
all Of the trade and travel both from New
Mexico and the Gu1f OF Mexico before it
reaches Kansas City. Then it will pass along
tho valley Of the alarais des cygnes River, and
making connection With the Kansas Pacific
cepts all tho trade and travel from Colorado
long before 1t rel" hes Kansas City, mud takes
it straight to st. Louis. some twenty miles
shorter route than Cia Kansas City, So apy
one can SEQ by reference to the map that this
railroad sweeps from Chicago all the trade
the Gulf Of Mexico, and Colorado. all at one
stroke. Tho only relief for Chicago is to
nske connection at once By the most direc,
line with Holden. Missouri. The st.
Louis Santa Fe Railroad is NOW
oelnE rapidly constructed from Holden
southwest. Thirty-eix miles of the road are
now graded to tho west line of Missouri,
and all is under contract to PaolA, Kansas
The iron is now being laid, and the cars wall
run to Harrisonvil1e in tue month Of Septem-
her, and to Panla, Kansas, in January The
road will bo operated By the Missouri, Kansas
4 Texas Railway Company. The ST. Louis /
Santa Fe Railroad Company have passed
resolution declaring their intention to extend
the line Of their road from its eastern ter
minus, at Holden, in q northeasterly direction
to some point on the Missouri River, from
Boouyi1lcto Glasgow, and there connecting
with the Louisiana l. Missouri River Railroad,
which makes direct connection with Chicago.
". B. Nichols. Vice President Of the St. Louis
i Santa Fe Railroad Company, il one Of the
committee appointed to work upon the east
crn extension Of said railroad.
he has been in this city for the past week,
aid has received favorable encouragement.
Tho Chicago, Alton i; st. Louis Railroad Co,
will stock and operate the Lonisiana L. Mis-
soutl Aver ka1lroad; and aIr. Blackstone,
the PRESIDENT OF said company, promises Mr.
Nichols his influence for q favorable connee-
tion at some point in Saline County, Missouri
And now it remains for the BUSINESS men OF
Chics so to do then part and you will soon have
hult one Of the most important railroads cyei
built to tie city OF Chicago. For further in
formatitu I refer every business man AMI
friend Of Chicago to tle map.
CHICAGO, Ssr.. Is, 1870,
, 1870-09-19

A Detroit paper, in srecula:ing oa tho
expected progress Of Duluth, remarks
that 9 ......-.-.
= All Minnesota, :he northwest third o. Iowa, the
haff Of New Mexico, nl>st OF ARIZONA, nnd al Inc
Pacific. States and Territories, Utah, Wyoming,
llaho, Dakota, and atl British Ame.ic.l, are nca
rr Duluth than Chicago; and nearly all M:nnns7-
IN, the northwest co11itr Of Iowa, nnt all tho tr-
f1tory west OF ticss: Sia:cs, art nearer Duluth
,tan Milwaukee. Thus far Of geographical dis
transportation, md those 1k3y to be. shortened,
speedily By new cocnccdons, and Duluth has th.s,
:tlrantane for NIL mississippi towns north OF WI
mona all Minnesota stations on the Milwaukee,
s St. Paul Road, and to nearly a. far south as
nanssy, and 70 nearly a!t places west and
.os1a of that road: all The stations On On
81. Paul / fncihc Road, now extending pearig
Acrss Minnesota. Frum all these points, Duluth
may. fl Ill the most OF them She certainly will,
to Chicago and M'1Waukee, and thus fur interfere
With the trade Of these cities. Chicago ts no
nearer Buffalo than Duluth. while tho latter Is
nn ~, nes af 81 H. g5aas u
The rrGslnc.s Of Minnesota, sG5 miles BY !alltoad
~ Chicago, continue undrr this state 81 1acts7
ssIttcli of railroad transportation and repeated
s:autilinK Is savet, sum equal it ts computcd to
sl,5o. go on one 5ea1s surplus product Of Mill
We expect to see thriving town grow
up either at Duluth or at Bayfield,, the lat
ter having, i'll some respects, the superior
rlaun to future greatness But Detroit
Spectators would do well to remember
First. That the moment the Northern
Pacific Roud is tapped at point west of
Dnlnth by more direct branch leading TO
Chicago. Duluth is stripped of its honors
as the eastesn terminus of the road.
Secondly. That q great metropolis is
not often built at port which is ice-locked
six or eight months Of the year.
Thirdly. That it has long since been
demonstrated By Southwestern statisticisns
That the route ria Chicago is circuitous
and indirect one for grain going from Iowa
to New York, and that the direct route is
ria St. Louis, New Orleans, and the Flori-
da reefs, but the difficulty is that the
money that buys the crops is in Chicago;
the goods wauted III exchange for them are
here; the facilities for handling them in
large quantities are here; and, as crops
cannot 60 where there is no money, no
goods, and no buyers, they are not likely
to 60 to Duluth merely becahse that town
is little nearer to the place of growth.
, 1870-09-19
IS Paris lnlpregnablo7- 7-HFhnt til
First Nnpo4eDu Thought,

IN T0f1S aHpFeEnH0AG1- 1-Nnht 1WG
First Napoleon Thought.
Tie Correspondence of Napoleon I. Vol. 81,
page 14a, contains tho following from Ma.
po[eon himself:
"If hostilities, al 1t WAS to bs feared, COM
menced before tho autumn, tue atmies OF
Europe in coalition would be mu:h moro uu-
marous than the French armies, and it would
then DO before Paris or Lyons that the fate OF
tho empire must be decided. Theso two great
capitals Of Europe, ard like them we're 30 no
longer. II, however, in 1905, Vienna had
been fortified, the battla OF Ulcn could
not have decided the war; tho army
corps commanded bv General ku-
tersof might have aw.i!ed tho other
OImutz. In 1909, Prince Charles, beaten at
Eckmuhl, and obliged to retreat by tlo left
bank Of the Danube, would have had time to
reach Vienna, and to unite with the armies OF
General Hiller and the Archdnke John. Had
Berlin been fortified in 1906. tho army beaten
at jena might have been rallied, aud the Rus
sian army would have mado junction. In
1903, it Madrid had been fortress, the
French army, after the victories OF Espenosa.
Of Tudela, of Bargos, or Soaro Sierra, would
not have marched upon the capital, and, lay
Ing ASIDE Salamanca and Valladolid, tho En-
glish, under Moore, and the Spanish under
komana, might have arrived under tue forth
1cations Of Madrid. Paris has baon eaysd bv
her rails eight Or ton tinea. In s35 shs
would have been prey to the Normans when
those ba1barisns invested her in win for ten
years. In 1858 she was beseiged By tbs Dau-
phin, and when the citizens threw
omen THAR gates to him it MAS Of Their
own free will. In 1853, Edward, K,ny OF
England, was encampea at Montronje, and
carried fire and sword up to tho foot Of the
walls, bnt could dc nothing against tue CITY,
and fell back. In 1927 Henry T. repulsed ttio
assaults o: Charles VII. In 1854 tbs Coant
Of cLarolais aesailed the capital but failed in
all bis attacks, In 1872 Paris would have
been taken by tie Duke Of Burgundy, who was
subject to be content with ravasing the
suburbs. lu 1886 Charles T., master OF
Champagne, had his headquarters at Meaux
his scouting parties came up to tie very
walls, bnt the capital WAS able to resist him.
In 1883 Henry III. and Henry ". aurged in
vain against tie fortifcations Of Paris until
neace opened tho gates. In 1880, during the
F1ondc, the waila saved the city repeatedly.
Lastly. had Paris been strong place In
l814-!5. capable of only weeks resist tuce.
uEou events"