Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-21
BREvIrrEs.



We learn that Mr.. J. B. synnott, the
genial writer and compositor, so long
connected with the LEDGER, is lying
very III at his residence in the city II
We regret TO announce the death Of
Lizzie infant daughter of L. d. McKis.
sick, at Bonsorck, Virginia, on the 18th
inst. Funeral tomorrow of which due
notice will be given. s.ai' gea'ia ~
n Reserved seats for the Stonewall Jack
son concert Friday evening can be Sc
cured only on Friday from nine o'clock
a. m. to four o'clock pm. Those who
contemplate attending the concert had
better bear this in mind. asiaiet
The remains of Mrs. Sallie Hndman,
the mother Of the late Gen. T. c. Hind
man, jr.. and relict of Col, T. c. Hind
man, ST., who died in Memphis on the
18th inst, at the advanced age of eighty
years. were conveyed to Ripley, Miss,
and deposited in their final resting place,
the family cemetery at the old home
stead, nearly two miles east Of Ripley,
on Thursday last--the funeral services
being conducted by the Rev. WA. Gray.
The Winona Miss Democrat comes
out greatly enlarged and improved. A
quarto form has been adopted and the
readers furnished large amount of ex
cellent miscellaneous matter. The Dem
ocrat is edited by that accomplished
gentleman, Colonel j. W. Booth, who
makes it red hot to the Radicals o.
Mississippi. He exposes their rascal
ties with sharp and piercing blade that
goes to the marrow Few papers in that
State have been as fearless and powerful
in contending with the elements Of usur
patton which domineer over the people
We hope the editor may live to see his
State free, and to occupy prominent
place in the capitol at Jackson--whert
carpet-baggers now revel.
The following is a list Of delegates
from Shelby county to the Radical Cub
ernatorial Convention, which meets al
Nashville tomorrow W. j. Smith, Bar
bour Lewis, L. B. Eaton, j. E. Biglow
H. Il. Hudson, Joseph Clouston, Edward
Shaw, Giles Roberts, William Cook, A
B. Newkirk, Robert McKenna, R. f
Patterson, W. I. Kennedy, Alfred
Carnes, Thomas BROADLY, Tucker Ed
wards, Thad Plummer, Josiah DeLoacl
NJ, T. Williamson, i, B. Harrigan, Geo
NJ. Greeley, A. Aston, R. H. Thorn, J
C. Merriwether, Moses Hopkins, Robert
Butcher, Charlie White, Elias Clayton
VIM. r. Ould, J J. Sears, s. B. Beau
mont, A. P. Curry, NJ. t. Ryder, L., E
Dyer, Thos. Carrigan, VIM. Mclean, H
Tobridge, S. McAffee, Anthony Ander
son, Burrill Lee, Robert Pointer and j.
II. Sailor.
The Goodman Miss. Central Star, o.
the 18th, in speaking of Tennessee poll
ties, says:
Colonel J. J. DuBose, the able editor
of that influential journal, the Memphis
LEDGER, has received the well meriteC
compliment of being nominated as the
Democratic candidate for State Senator
from Memphis. Col. DuBose is well fitted
to be the standard-bearer Of the gallan
Democracy of Memphis. True to the
South, firm in integrity and unfalterin
in principle, he viii prove very BayarC
in the Legislative halls of Tennessee
and an honor to her councils. The
Democracy of Shelby county are fortu
nate in having such leader, and unde
his guidance we predict that victory vii
crown their efforts in the coming cam
paign. m an
The Courier7J Journal of Monday, says
The Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Missis
sippi, who has been spending day o
two at the Gait House, on his way hom'
from summer excursion in France, il
the same genial, live, and active maj
who handled the reins of the lnterio
Department under the Buchanan Admin
istration. Indeed, he seems to b.
younger, instead of older, by ten years
Among the politicians of the South ther'
were, and there are, very few who com
bined in such large degree talents for pub
lie and private business. The ex-Secre
tary is a rich as well as famous man
favorite no less with society thar
with the people. He is making his hom'
now in Memphis, retired from ofhcia
cares, but busy with legal and social en-
gagements. Colonel Thompson is OIL
the sunny side of sixty; has scarcely {
gray hair in his head; is robust anc
agile, and looks as if he might live fit.
years longer. A good deal Of idle, ill
natured talk used to float about between
Canada and Washington, during the war
concerning his operations in the forme
locality. Much of this was false and al
of it exaggerated 1t is pleasant tt
know, however, that it made little or nj
impression upon himself or the public
mind NIagtf
NJ. c. CAYcE Il Cove call attention
to the advertisement of this excellen
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