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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
SHERIFF..
N o II I @ H
Taxpayers of Shelby County.

THE Tax Books for the year 1889 viii be ready
L January ], 1870. and will Immediately
thereafter proceed to collect according 10 law.
All TAXPAYERS who have personal property
must come forward at once or they will find
their taxes in the hands Of Cnnstables, whe are
authorized 10 distrain a suGficiency to pay all
taxes. will attend at the following named
places for the purpose OF receiving the State
and County taxes for tho year 1859:
District No. lat G. NJ. Freed's store Hazel
Rlatsl, on Tuesday, January H..
District No. Nv. G. Wards. Esq., on Non
day, January TO-
District No. g. BoltOn's store, on Saturday.
Janusrys.
District No. 4-cuba. on Friday. January 4.
District No. s. Hneine house tcorner Second.
on Monday. January "a
District No. 6-Raleigh. on Saturday, jan
uary IS.
District No. 7-Bartleti. on Friday. January
u.
Dist-ict No. s-shelby Depot. on wednesday.
January u.
District No. 9-Fisherville. on Thursday.
Janusry ID.
District No. 10 osllisrvills. on Monday.
January ".
District No. Il-GernsntOEp, on Tuesday.
January Is.
District Ma. l2-MschanlssvIIle. on Thurs
District No. i5-Arrolds. on Friday. jan
uary q.
District No. a. Ofics corner Second and
Union, on Tuesday, January Is.
District No. IS -Handwerker's grocery tChel-
seal, on Saturday, January n.
District Nc. .s-White's station, On Wsdnes-
day, January 10.
bistrist No. IL Mcconaeli's Church. On
MN. MCLEAN.
Tax Collector, Shelby County. Tenn.
Ofico In County Court building. soTnsr 0
Seclud and Union streets, Room MOI. N-lls
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
rne wonders OF am Atom.

All things visible around US are aggrs.
cations of atoms. From particles Of
dust. which under the miscroscope could
scarcely be distinguished one from the
other, are all the varied forms OF nature
created. This grain OF dust, this par.
ticle Of saud, has strange properties and
powers. Scieace has discovered some,
but stilI more truths are hidden within
this irregular molecule Of matter which
We nov survey than even philosophy
dares dream Of. How strangely it obeys
the impulses OF heat--mysterious are the
Influences OF light upon it--electricity
wonderfully excites i,--aud still more
curious ia the manner In which II obeys
the magic Of chemical force. These are
phenomena which We have seen; we
know them and we can reproduce Them
at our pleasure. We have advanced
little way into the secrets OF nature, and
from the spot we hsve gained we look
forward with vision somewhat frightened
by our task but We discover 30 much to
be yet unknown, that we learn another
trnth--our vast ignorance OF many things
relating 10 this grain Of dust
1t gathers around 1t other PARTICLES;
they cling together, and each acting upon
every other one, and all of them arrang-
ing themselves around the little center
according 10 some law, beautiful crys-
tai resulis, the geometric perfection ct it's
forms being a 81 URGE of admiration. IL
exerts some other powers, and atom
adhering to atom, obeying the Influences
of many external radiant forces, under
goes inexplicable changes; and the same
dust which we fnd forming the diamond
aggregates into the lordiy tree, blends to
produce the graceful, scented and richly
painted flower, and combines to yield the
luxury of fruit. IL quickens with yet
undiscovered energies; it moves with
life; dust and vital force combine
blood, bone, nerve aud muscle, result
from the combination. Forces which
we cannot, by the utmost rs6nements OF
our philosophy, detect, direct the whole,
aud IRON the same dust which formed
the rock and grew it in the tree, is pro-
duced a living aud breathing thing,
capable of receiving a divine illumina'
ton, or bearing in its new state the glad
ness and the glory Of soul. = Hunts
Poetry of Science.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

o. the 9Th of May, 1869, certain Paw
nee Indians left their reservations and
went into Polk county, Nebraska. where
they murdered Edward McMurty. The
widow Of the murdered man now appeals
10 the IGdian Department for dansges
amounting to s25. 900, which she asks
may be assessed upon tbs tribe and taken
from their appropriations.
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Arrival and Departure Of Trains.


,,,sa,ssrppr Ann rKSNgssEE HAILRoAD.
New orlesp. mail daily. $sSp'@. l s:s M = n
SreisSt (except Sunday, 2:s5 pm, 400 Nm Nm
Mail train makes direct connection ior NO"
Orleans and all points South. ..o,,on fo,
Express trap makes direct 6 Sofnsi0H oiiy
Mississippi Central raiIroad. "a =, On.
T;cket Office. 2S7l< Main street. and 81 tne
aepot. Omnibuses will call ior passengers anu
check baggage In any part Of 'Ae CITY W ''A'
Ing orders a ~ - fITV1EsRMoIE. Cen. sup't.
r,xpHrs AND oHiaLEnroE RAILROAD.
mnroarh mail daiIy...........l2:Oi P.x. $3.50 Pm.
Throueh express, daily(does
not nrriveSunday or leave n. n, IA =,
in:sh r.r. il:5V r.h.
Junction Accommodation S;2o IN. GLE,
savo Sunday ................. CIV f'A' o'i' Ans
9:4sA.N. 4:40P.M.
Raiirosi time ffteen minutes faster than
0'e ot lisa Ne. 2ys Meta street, and Ct Depot,
A. A. BARNES, u. I. A.
plnNxy UuGHEs, Passenger Agent.
vrrssrs lrD LouIsvILLx RAILROAD.
nav Exprsss................~12 Pm. 400 AM.
r nIaai,s 20 Observation-Disclosures. 9:i5 SEQ :"
f 'Iicsst ofico, No. aS71 Main street. De-
pot ue@a Va s. B. JONES. Sup't-
SELL HOWELL. PASSENGER Agent
urprHrs AND LITTLE ROCK pArLsoAp.
aorro wrs7 Leave Hopefcld at 500 am. I;
arrive st L'Aneuille at l2:nom.
oovfrc Y ssr--Lenve I'Apguillc at i2;3O p.m.;
arrive gt uopsaeld at $50 pm.
Tr,;ns leave dgily. Ferryboat leaves foot oil
Union street ct f'C0 am. cry time.
y. D. WILLIAMS;
Gnnernl Agent and Superintes dent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
FINAL sEFTLRMFGT.

I HAVE this day flei With q. g Clerk Of the
i County Court q shelb- county M fnal
nerea. - 4. y. 1-ics. aecrased, md viii appir
e the February tt1E Of said Court for q con-
frmniion 81 same. aud for my discharss from
such administr biion. OF the an persons utter
osted are hereby nos.sSs.
-JHOs 3. ROBINSON. Admir-.
Memphis, pecsnhsr g. 1866. lc7-l1i'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
THE CITY.

NoTIcE No bills against the LEDGER
Office or myself will hereafter be recog-
nized ia settiements. or 10 any other way,
unless contracted by me in person or on
fmy written order. 4. WHITMoRE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

Why ia Il that Marvin & Co. safes are
used in preference to ell others by the
leading banking houses, hotels, and rail
road Offices in the principal cities North
and Esst2 Because they are the safest.
ORGILL BRos. b Co., Agents,
ia Cor. Monroe and Front ste.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

| hereby announce myself as on inde-
pendent candidate for reelection to the
Office Of Sheriff of Shelby County ct the
ensuing March election.
A. p. CURRY,
I22 Sheriff Of Shelby County.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

a RARE CHANcE.-The proprietor Of
the LEDGER IL now Offering at a bargain
one OF the most desirable pieces of
pfoperfy in the suburbs OF Memphis.
The place Is four miles out on the Der
nando read, and cornering on the survey
made for the Memphis and Selma rail-
road, aud upon which SHOULD the road
ever be completely the depot will be
erected. ss there will be no land on
either side Of The road for sale for many
years 70 come The tract contains
twelve end half acres good land, well
improved; nsv house. kitchen, servants
hoase, snoke-house, corn-crib, carri0ge-
house, wagon end shelter, etc, all new;
fne young orchard, raspberTies, straw
berries and grapes fine clover LOT, grass
lot, garden, etc. two splendid cisterns
aud horse pond. Adjoining the above
place, on the north side. is Widow Whit
more's place, cootainiDg tEen,y-iour
acre, well improved. that Is also on the
make, as 3 bargain. For any one desir
Qua cf going into the gardening and fruit
raisisg basiness, these two places cannot
be excelied o. regards location, quality
Of soil, improvements aud cheaDDess Of
the prices that they sre row offered az.
Anv one desirous 20 invest slll be shown
tie lands ty calling a. tie LEDSrz ofhce.
OF a. Bsu1rr q Weddelfs otice, 1ss
Second street, or on the premises. ar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

G A N 9 E R s
Killed I'm As Hours without Knife
or Pain.

Dhs SFALDlNG a Co.
Tennessee State Cancer, Lung, Eye and Ear
Branch Infrmary. Consultation Room,
IS Monroe street. Memphis. Tenn.
Permanently established, Il roady for the re-
ceptien Of patients afflicted with Cancers,
Ulcers. old Sere Lees. Rye and Bar. and Lung
disess and Asthma.
PILES, without knife. Kidney and Biad-
der complaints.
All old cbycnle diseases. No charge for con-
sultatiou.
All diseases Of women and children eonhdcn-
del diseases. skiltul LADY Ia aftgndnnco 70
vat on female patients.
Medicine sent &, all parts. Addresa.
DR.. sPALDING = CO.
qQ 10 p Memnhia- tenne1aee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

II YOU wsut bargains in millinery and
dress masking, call On NJ. d. Roberts 4
Co, 1924 Main street. l22
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"

Tbs BEsr Is THE CHRAPEsT.-J. De-
vote has the best of everything in the
family grocery liue, corner Third and
Adams streets. OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
To Mister McHenry Esq


DEER SUR motifs bi Louisville Ky
Courierjournal that Mr. Mnrphy had leaft
your hotel and supposing that you wer in
kneed of man 10 tax his position thut
wud apply for it | have bean in the tav-
ern line a pretty good bit of TAI time and
no that cud infsene hig trade to eny
hotel as no most all the men wimen
and children in noxubee county. / have
about | hundrid or dollars Good let
The house hav and not charg eny intrist
on it if youeus knee1 il hav also mum
Der barrel OF cole oil that | Good also let
the house hsv ct CRATE deel cheaper
prise than it Good BE- bot this day eny
where. thsre was 2 feIiers from your
town here last mite and thay told me sbot
you and they said that maybe you WIS q
re!ashnn ov niue as we yer ov the same
name was forml frum west Tenuese
thar wos q big LOT Of us 10 that sexton OF
The state kaoEd McHenry in gscrgi
be was shoe maker but don't think it
wss you as his name was Galiver Msc-
Henry / wish you would rite ne if thaie
is q prospeck for me in the tavern the
men from your place was Mister Foot
thomas and the other Teller name wos (.
A!bouiisr rite & LEI me nov all about It
lancer bv relurne male t. me 4 much
o5lige Respectfully your 4 Co
E. Al MoHEsRY.
n. b. i sm purity psait At figures
E. A McHEERY.
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To HoUsEKEEPERs. Call al II. Wetter
4 Cos. 10 and Is Monroe street, and
se- the Improved Monitor Coal and Wood
Cook Siove l39
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

We have just received large stock Of
plow handles 0RcILL BRos 4 Co.,
ia Cor. Front and Monroe SITS.
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Medical Notice.

DR. G. G. CADE, LATE VISITING
Orleans, La, and for the last three years sur
eeon Of the U. s. Post Hospital at Jackson,
Miss. respectfully tenders kis pTole sional SER
vices to the citizees OF Memphis md vicinity,
in cases Of evtry cha acter. Special attention
given 10 all diseases peculiar TO females; also,
venereal, syphilis, tumors. and all chronic dis
easee.
I5-iO-l4 No. III Real Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
w nounce Colonel HUGH d. Greer as a can
didats for the Office Of County Court Clerk,
subject to the Democratic Convention. to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
Letter of Application from an Ann
biaiuOs sEfssissippian Who Wants a

From the louisville Couiier-Jourral
The following is the copy of letter
received by Mr. McHenry, of the L,uis-
vile Hotel, few days since. tits thought
to be genuine. and explains itself, as
we'll as the writer's opinion of matters
and things in general:
.r1~ M,cc Taruk1Sr0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

! VIZ F :ss I s:s s :;s s:. =: rs ;I Gs 20
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13

r HARVEY MATHBS rs A CANDIDATE
u. for County Court Clerk. subject to the
proper Democratic Convention. to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
rival and Departure Of the Nails from
he Memphis PostofHcs--new Arrange

Ut posrorrlos. MExrars, TrsS.}
i' March 8. 1859. i
Arr. Cios'R.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-13
ANNOUNCER ENTs.

CLERK or CRIMINAL COURT.
M MEALS rs A CANDIDATE FOR THE
Nl 4. Office Of Clerk Of the Criminal Court.
subject to tho decision of the Democratic Con-
veation Of the 9th Instant
+ AM A CANDIDATE FOR CLERK OF
I the Criminal Court OF Shelby county, sub
W. II. AVERY.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17

GENERAL AMEs resigned his position in the
regular army, position so good that it was
not worth his while to resign it unless with
something decidedly better in his grasp, to
accept the seat in the United States Senate
to which the reconstructed Legislature of
Mississippi elected him. Revels, his colored
colleague, was admitted to his seat some time
ago, and has already begun to feel so COM
Portable in it that he has made his maiden
speech. General Ames, however, is still out
in the cold. The Democrats made deter
mined effort to have Reves' credentials re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, but
failed. When Ames' credentials were
presented by Senator Robertson, of South
Carolina, on the 25th of February,
they were referred to the Judiciary
Committee, without ceremony and apparently
without opposition, and with the Judiciary
Committee they still remain. This unusual
reference and delay look as if the committee
regarded the Generals claims to seat as
rather unsatisfactory. At the time of his
election to the Senate, General Ames was an
officer of the regular army, oa duty in the
State of Mississippi as military commander
and provisional governor under the Recon
struction acts, and if the law which applies to
such cases in general is applied impartially
to his case, he was not q citizen of the State
which attempted to bestow upon him the
highest honor within its gift 1t is quite
probable that the Senate will ultimately take
this view of the case, and that the Legislature
of Mississippi will be called upon to elect
some one else as the direct successor to jeff.
Davis.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17

The STATE House of Representatives yes
terday made an appropriation of 5000 to pay
the clerk of the Treasury Investigating Com
mittee, after an unsuccessful attempt on the
part of somebody with a conscience to have
the amount reduced to $400. After perform
ing this virtuous deed, the next subject
that engaged the attention of our
honored legislators was to a proposition to
pay Thomas Wilson, Sergeant-at-Arms, the
sum of $237'90 for witness fees and services
rendered in attending the PoliceBil Investi-
eating Committee. Strange to say, there was
a decided opposition to this, which would
seem to indicate that the Sergeant-a is
not in the good graces of some of the mem
bers. What this committee was ever ap-
pointed for, unless it was to give it's mem
bers an opportunity to have good time in
Philadelphia, nobody outside of the Legisla-
ture probably knows, and what services Ser
geant- -at-Arms Thomas Wilson rendered
what will entitle him to the amount named,
unless for ordering the whisky and cigars
consumed by the committee during their
arduous labors, nobody knows but himself.
Mr. Brown, who offered the original resolu-
ton appointing the committee, stated that
there had been provision to the effect that
there should be no expense to the State, and
further, that there had never been an order
issued by the chairman to have single wit
ness subpoenaed. The matter was finally
postponed for the present, in order to have
the bill itemized, and we presume that the
| Sergeant-at-Arms understands the disposition
of the average Pennsylvania legislator well
enough by this time to feel tolerably sure
that he will ultimately get the money.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17
EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY MARcH H. 1870

For these evils he considered the ballot
remedy, and here it is probable that he and
many other advocates of the reform will
be greatly mistaken. That the dark ages
still exist in some parts of Ireland is
due, more than any other cause, to centuries
of British misrule and tyranny, and it will
require some more potent measure, than
reform in the method of conducting
elections to bring about better
state of affairs. Indeed, many of the English
friends of the ballot appear to have very
exaggerated idea of its value as affecting the
purity of elections. This is not altogether un-
natural or to be wondered at, but it is likely
to produce some disappointment when the re-
form actually goes into operation. No one in
the United States doubts for moment that
the only proper way of voting at public cleo
tions is by ballot, but we do not consider it
by any means as perfect guarantee of purity
or perfect protection for the voter. No
system that could be devised would be this,
but we contend that the voter is entitled to
such protection as secret voting gives, and
that he has, Independently of every other
consideration, a right to vote for who
ONOA uo CuOOb6b DuL ulIlS6I
being informed of the nature of his choice.
That the ballot will produce any
great or material change in the
British party machinery for conducting
elections Immediately is scarcely probable,
but that it will ultimately bring about decided
improvements and place an additional power
in the hands of the Liberal party is certain.
1t will remove an incentive to riot at the
polls, and it will relieve tenants and en-
ployes of manufacturing establishments of
the necessity that now exists of depositing
their votes at the dictation of men who have
the power of Withholding from them the
means of support for themselves and their
families. These considerations alone are
sufficient to induce decision in favor of the
proposed reform, especially as the old system
has nothing whatever in its favor except that
it has been the custom from remote an
tiqaity.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17
TILE RALLOT IN ENGLAND.

THERE seems to be q fair chance that the
British Parliament will adopt the bill now
before it for the conduct of elections by bal
lot, and then Mr.. Gladstone can congratulate
himself upon having distinguished his Pre-
miership by the accomplishment of at least
two great and pregnant reforms. The Ballot
bill was read for second time yesterday in
the House of Commons, and the debate upon
it indicates that the feeling is increasing that
some such measure is absolutely necessary,
not only for the protection of voters and for
securing q reasonable amount of purity in
the elections, but for the prevention of in
Vulnerable outrages that are attendant upon
the present system. Mr.. Latham, who moved
the second reading of the bill, said that it
was the only remedy for great evils, especially
in Ireland, where it was indispensable for the
protection of voters against landlords and
priests, and Mr.. Osborne, in an account of
his experiences as candidate for Waterford,
and the hairbreadth escapes that he under
went, said that the dark ages still existed in
some parts of Ireland, and that there was
absolutely no freedom or security at cleo.
tions. Everybody went armed to the polls;
voters were torn from their beds, compelled
to vote, and returned on shutters to find theil
houses burned down by the opposition party
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17

RAILROAD TRAvBLLING.-An important paper on
this subject was recently read before the English
Society of Arts. The writer, Mr.. G. w. Jones, COM
plains OF the eXorbitant charges made for passen-
ger trafic The source OF this mistake in the
selection Of the mile as the standard of measure
ment 1t would be better to select a "stage" of ten
or twenty miles, the travellers going but portion
OF the way having TO pay for the entire stage. The
shorter distances would be compensated for by the
longer distances. Mr.. Jones also suggested the
plOyment OF railway omnibuses. He proposes the
division of the country into railroad circles OF so to
100 miles round, embracing population Of from
600 to 150 000 These circles should be pierced
with lines of light passenger trains, starting every
half hour, travelling at the rate OF twenty-five miles
an hour, and charging by the "stage" OF fifteen
miles. This would increase the railroad traffic be-
yond imagination. The money rate would be one
penny for third-class, threepence for secondcass,
and sxpence for 1rst-cass accommodation The
saving tickets alone would be E150,000. Mr..
Jones calculates that according to this plan, travel
lers might be taken to Holyhead, distance Of 264
miles, for Is 3d. As. 3D., and 9s according to class,
and to Edinburgh distance Of 405 miles, at fares
OF Is. lid, 5s 3D., lis. 3D. This plan was favorably
received although Mr.. Airport, the oldest railroad
manager in the country, declared that its adoption
would ruin ever company in England.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17
OBITU AIRY.
General James w. Ripley.


Brevet Maj General James w. Ripley, United
States Army, died on Tuesday last in Hartford,
Connecticut, in his seventy-sixth year. General
Ripley graduated from West Point among the
early cadets on June l. 1914. He took high
honors on his graduation and was Immediately
commissioned second lieutenant of artillery.
His army life extended without intermission
from the war of 1879 to the late Rebellion, a
period of half century. He received first
ieutenants commission April 20, 1918, and be-
came captain August l, 1926, while a member OF
the 4th Artillery. In May, 1889, he was trans
ferred to the Ordnance Department. His majors
commission was received July 7, 1888, and that
of Heutenant-coonel December 81, 1854. He
assumed the Office of Chief of Ordnance Bureau
August 3, 1861, when he lahored incessantly In
gathering and arming the forces of the Union
army for the suppression of the Rebellion. His
great labors seriously impaired his health,
and ON the 18th of September, 1863 he was
placed upon the retired list at his own request,
and returned TO his home in Connecticut. He
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-17

The WORLD apparently moves little when
some one has the courage to introduce bill
for the abolition of the game laws into the Brit
ish House of Commons. 1t is not too much to
say that those laws have used more suffer
ing, misery, and indefensible outrage than all
the other obsolete statutes of the English
law-books combined, and yet the sporting in
stincts of British patrician would induce
him to consent to a severance of the Church
and State, to the introduction of the ballot,
to universal suffrage, or almost to the aboli-
tion of royalty itself, rather than that his
pheasants and rabbits should not be protected
by penalties dread and dire against the
ravages of plebeian poachers. 1t is not sur
prising to learn that the bill met with Bit
ter opposition, and that it was withdrawn.
The next time, however, it will probably be
accorded hearing, and in few years it may
even be passed, in spite of the opposition of
those who will look upon it as an attempt to
knock away one of the main supports of that
much-vaunted but very shadowy instrument
popularly known as the British Constitution.
Quite as strange things have happened
without causing the downfall of nations.