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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16

not consider the General Government
so livery far of, when few days at
most will translate them from San Fran
cisco to Washington. A change must
have come over our neighbours dream.
A month or two ago he did not think the
General Government" so very lar
oF"--at least not so far but he was
willing to make a struggle to reach 1t.
We don't like his advice. gHe,nay be an
attorney, but a very Indifferent counsel
lar Who does not know that our pri-
yate affair" depend pretty much upon
the manner in which our public affairs
are managed and conducted. No great
while has elapsed since we did make cot
ton and get as much as possible for 1t;
and having no voicein the General Gov
eminent" we were taxed three cents
a pound upon it. If"the politics OF the
South will therefore wisely be for some
years: get rich - make money we
have not learned the way--has the Ava
lanche2 This reminds us of the fatherly
advice: my son, get money; honestly
if YOU can, but get money" OF course
industry can only reap its reward when
the wheels of government roR smoothly
and to get money" in any other way
may appear very facile to this writer,
who talks of driving parties from the
field and creating a new party for an
emergency, with a glibness astonishing
to us who know how parties with long
lives have been raised and perpetuated.
When the girl with the fairy gift baffied
the brigand, it was not without many
mischances, that the willy robber in
vented that she reached the deneument,
and we are not willing to trust to the
fairy gifts of this ner light Of modern
times, who can raise parties at his call
and dispense them at his pleasure, inn
pressed as we are ludt iio SuSh Po"Si
has been impaired. 1t is really IN
scrutable how any one could have played
the leader of the forty thieves with such
accuracy, unless he had been practicing
in that department He soft-soaps our
people by assuring them the politics of
our people are tobacco, sugar and cotton
and the highest prices for them. Can
we not point even to the columns of the
Avalanche, when they claimed that less
cotton and more corn should be plantedY
Do we not feel that we never have raised
enough grain and what grain gives us,
when we have the finest climate in the
world2 Tobacco isa luxury-sugar does
not enter into the domestic economy of
the State vermont would beat us hol-
low, and all we have TO rely upon by the
teaching of this astute writer is, that we
must get the best price for cotton that
we can. We can only get good prices
for our industry when we have an equit-
able government
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN 7

Will our neighbor, the Avalanche
please explain the meaning of this grand
Eloquent passage from its leading edito-
rial of this morning2
The wonderful uses to which steam and
electricity have been made applicable by
the genius of the nineteenth century,
have made an impress stampede across
the world which deity cannot efface.
Wonderful indeedi The genius Of
the nineteenth century" is a bigger
"buster than the grim monster that
was shut up in box and cast into the
sea. Impress stampede is what Po-
lonius would call "a vile phrase" but il
anything it is expressive, because il
makes a mark which deity cannot eff
face" How, and when, did the Ava
lanche make the discovery? Deity
presiding over all ages may be supposed
to be quite equal to the genius of the
nineteenth century," or of the Avalanche
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W. B. RrcHARpEr, sec'y,

Ne mothaw" is to have resting
spell from the attack of sentimental song
composers viii, s. Hays has got a
new song, The Night my Father Died 4"
The New York Democrat thinks that
eannibals must be light eaters, in view
of the statement that there are only two
missionaries to twenty thousand eanpi-
balls
1t is estimated that over ono hundred
young ladies are at present studying law
IL this country, but more than one
hundred aspire to the degree of daugh-
ter-in-law.
Brignoli and Isabella McCulloch are
to be married after all, but the we'd
ding, which did not occur at Portland,
as recently reported, is to come OF short
ly at Charleston, 1i
Within the last four or FIVE years the
use Of flowers for decorative purposes
has become more and more popular in
society. Worn in buttonholes, worn in
riding-habits, formed into bouquets,
prepared for epergnes, arranged for
weddings and balls, the demand for
them has not only enormously increased,
but taste for their artistic grouping
has been developed which necessitates
the employment Of skilled and practiced
hands.
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HEAR U.s.

We feel that the General Government
is very far off, and it is not profitable TO
concern ourselves about it. We will at
tend to our private affairs. make cotton
and get as much as possible for IT, The
politics Of the South will therefore wise
liz be for some years: get rich-make
money. If the Radical party impedes
this, the Radical party will be driven
from uOwer. IL the Conservative party
interieres with this policy, it will go by
the board, and il IL is necessary to ere
ate new party to aid the people in max
ing money and growing rich, tbs new
marty will be formed at once. The loss
of property by the South was enormous,
and the savings Of a hundred years.
Are they 20 remain poor forever2 Is it
not natural and wise and..,,patriOtic TO
regain what was lost2 Parties and par
~ men will be of little service 20 this
work-and they will be trusted by the
people only so far as they prove TO be
serriceablc. The politics OF our people
are tobacco, sugar and cotton, and the
highest prices for them.
We do no; like to occupy so much Of
our space with such twaddle, but it is a
difficult thing. where there IS so little
meaning. to know where to stop. The
writer has been brought up in a strange
part Of the country, and his lullaby
must have been Thou art so near and
vet so far. Nowadays. people on the
other slope Of the Rocky Mountains dc
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OHIO.
GERMAN Fund for Prussia. etc.

CINCINNATI, August l6.-The Execu-
tive German Aid Committee will forward
as first installment to-day $250O to the
North German Government.
The journeymen coopers have de-
manded an advance in wages, and will
meet this morning. Bsm SIS
Jno Gauche, jr., just arrived from
New Orleans, was apprehended upon a
dispatch charging him with embezzle-
ment of $4,000, funds of the Firemen' s
Charitable Association in that city
Two labor mass meetings have been
arranged for this week. The labor as
sembly appointed additional delegates to
the Labor Convention.
Gen. Scbenck.
DAYTON, August l6.-Gen Schenck
will not return here until the last of the
week
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CALIFORNIA.
destructive ConfIagration.

San FRANcIsco, August l6.-A de-
structive conhagration occurred last
night in the large factory on the San
Jose railway, about eight miles from this
city The building was totally destroyed.
The factory employed over one hundred
men. The fire is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary. Loss, $780,
900: fully insured.
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Call for Mass Meeting.

At a meeting of the Democratic Exec
utive Committee, held August 10Th, 1870
at their rooms, Cadmus, Ayres Block,
Second street, the following was adopted:
A mass meeting of hepeople is hereby
called to assemble at Memphis, in the
Greenlaw Opera House on Thursday 18th
inst, at IL o'clock a. M, for the purpose
of appointing delegates to the guberna-
torial convention to be held at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 18th day of September.
Also, for the purpose of appointing
delegates to attend the Congressional,
Senatorial and Floaterial convention,
called by NJ. d. L. Stewart, Of the Cen
trail Democratic Executive Committee,
to he held in this city on the LIST day Of
September.
j. j. DUBosE, Chairman.
W. b. RIcHARpET, sec'y, t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16

MIR. Thomas Tardrew. of New YORK oity, Is
authorized to act as Northern advertising
agent of the PUBLIC LEDGER. M
S. H. Parvin. General Advertising Agent,
Cincinnati, Ohio, is our duly authorized agent
to contract for advertisements.
Hudson, Menet 4 Gay. 1888 Dearborn street.
and Barnhart. Bros. q Co., "a Madison street,
Chicago, will contract for advertisements for
This paDer. .NNfFH.
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A correspondent Of the Nashville
Union and American writes from yir-
ginia as follows:
| arrived at Montgomery White Sui
phur Springs on the morning Of the 18th,
where / found about ono hundred and
fifty visitors. All being strangers 70 me,
| left in the stage for Allegheny Springs,
which are growing rapidly in favor and
patronage; so much so, that at this
early period they are literally japmed,
and not even the poor comfort Of cot
could be obtained Among the vast
number lover four bundred) | found Mr.
and Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Judge TFigg Capt
W. G. Ewin and Miss F-r, Of Nash
vile. Leo Wheat is among the guests,
and after Tea on the evening Of my arri-
val, bis piano aceompaniments, as well
as two caystipas by an accomplished
young lady from LyhehbHrg, were highly
appreciated by the visitors. The pro-
gramme for the week is a masquerade
ball on the 10th, and grand concert on
the 18th by Leo Wheat and Henry Far
mer with his magic Aute.
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George Washington for the Legis
Iature.

To tho Editor of the Ledger:
la late elections the people of Shelby
county have shown disposition to
bestow political preferment on young
men where they were known to be worthy
and competent 1t is, perhaps, best that
it should be so; and that such selections,
when they can be made, not only without
jeopardy to our present interests but
with fair prospect of future dividend, are
eminently polite and well-considered,
for in no way can we SO well educate our
future statesmen. In this connection
allow me to suggest the name Of George
Washington, Esq, unquestionably one of
the ablest young attorneys at the Mem
phis bar, as our Democratic candidate
for the Legislature. To those who know
him best it were idle to speak of his
qualifications; nor do we care to do SO
at all In Q communication Of this nature,
for we are satisfied 1t would be highly
Objectionable to the subject Of it. Will
the gentleman respond? CUBA.
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using. or have heretofore used it as an altera-
tive and corrective, not one can be found who
would exchange II for any other preparation
in the known world. Forintermittent fevers,
nervous debility. constipation. sick stomach.
and all complaints arising from INDIGESTION or
impoverishmcnt Of the blood, IL is the only
article which can be conscicntiously euaran-
teed, and no onewho Is thoroughly acquainted
with its virtues will allow interested dealers
in worthless slops. on which they make a
larger profit, to furnish them in the place OF
he great vegetable restorative. cod
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KENTUCKY.


LOUISVILLE, August l6.-Gov. Steven
son has offered reward of $3.50 for the
detection Of the parties engaged in the
burning of barns, haystacks, etc, and
$500 reward for the arrest and conviction
of the persons guilty of killing William
Turpin and Thomas Harper, both me-
groes, in or near Versailles. The Cover
nor especially calls upon the civil au-
thorities to be prompt and vigilant in
bringing offenders to justice
r aaao Proclamation.
FRANKroRT, KY, August l6.-The
proclamation Of the Governor published
this morning, touching the outbreaks in
Woodford and Franklin counties, offers
areward for the detection of the rioters.
Officials are directed to exercise more
vigorously the powers with which they
are vested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16

Sound Logic for the Siek.--The invalid
has often good reasons TO exclaim. ''saEe me
from my friends" As general thing. each
Of them will have a different medicine to pro-
pose. and IL he follows all their prescriptions
in turn. their well-meant advice may be the
death Of him. The only sensible course in any
case Of sickness Is TO resort promptly 70 spe-
cifo which has stood the test Of long and
widely extended public experience. and OBJ
tanned on solid and sufficient grounds the re-
putation Of standard remedy. This rank
among the restoratives Of our day belongs Of
right. aud beyond all dispute. TO Hosteiier's
Stomach Bitters. Let those who are taking il
at this debiliiating season as an inEigorant an
aver Dor themselves as 10 IL tonic properties.
Can any dysnetic. ahe has ever ased il. aars-
ton its superiority As ssomasAie over every
other medieine9 Ca any person Of bilious
habit. who has ever taken Il for liver CON-
plant. doubt is efficiency !; i believed
among tho tens Of thousands Who are nov
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16
IOWA.
Suicide of a Young Man.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, August l6.-A
young man named Hiram Wooden,
twenty years of age, committed suicide
in PLEASANT Valley township last even
ing. No cause ASSIGNED
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NOTICED.

TWO GOOD STEAMBOATS, WANTED TO
L run up White river and connect with the
Memphis and Little Rock railroad at Deyall's
Bluff until finished. and for twelve months
after the road Is finished to White river, To
this road. Parties wishing to onter this trade
can make advantageous arrangements with
this Company, The large amount Of freights
going West, and the prospect of low water
make this route desirable. Apply al the office
of the Company, No. 81 South Cour. street.
1A-l54 3. d, WILLIAMS, Gen'I Sup,t.
Anpeal and Sun eonY LOT n - -L-,NP y
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NOTICE.

ITO ALL WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN ,
l. Those indebted to me for medical services
will please call on Capt. J. W Hinchel!, No.
$50 Second strict, or No. 3I7 Main street
jackson block. and settle all notes and ac-
counts. lie has all of my books and papers
up to 1870 for collection and settlement, and
those wishing to save suits will do we'll BY
callinson him early. A. L., KIMBR0, M. d.,
No. IS Real street, Memphis
Memphis, August Is. 1S70-l45-l56
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ject of securing the establishment of
guarantees for the maintenance Of
peace, and the protection Of the equa-
librum of Europe
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CHICAGO.
Germans Enthusiastic Over Prus.
sian Victories.

CHICAGO, August l6.-The Germans
held great meeting last night to rejoice
over the victories, and arrange for a
general celebration for the purpose Of
raising money Mrs. Claussenens, wife
of the North German Consol, has alone
collected about two thousand dollars.
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FOR SALE.

OFFICE OF CHEF OF POLICE,
MEMPHIS, August l6. 1870.
+ WILL SELLT0 THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
i for cash, at NJ. C. Cayce Il Co. IS, atauction
at the hour of 10 am. Wednesday, August
18th, two Oxen, which have been taken up,
and are now to be sold for the purpose of pay
ing charges. L. w. O,DONNELL,3
Chiof &c poIina
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AUCTION.
STEAMBOAT MASON
AT AUCTION, ma
Wednesday Morning, August 18th.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SALE OF
/ the steamers Wicks and Church, the side
wheel steamboat Mason will be sold. She lies
four miles above the mouth of st. Francis. at
Browns Landing. She is high and dry on a
sandbar. lying perfectly straight and in good
condition. Nn9 ua nf3
DESCRIPTION. -Shc is 1l9 feet long; dou-
BILE engines-S-inch cylinders, feet stroke,
slide valve. one doctor in perfect order; boiler
% feet long, - inches in diameter. 8 hues |;
with all cordage, equipments, etc. Sold by
order of the owners. Title perfect. Terms cash
A Il ERANKLANn. Ancfinneer
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

Panie-struek Beauty.--It is a terrible
shock to a charming woman-indeed, 70 ANY
woman-to find that her teeth are beginning
TO CO." Never viii any human being who
uses the fragrant SOzoDoST make THAT dis
eoYery.
"sPALDSo's GLUE" no well-reguIated
family will be without IT, cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16

Trenton, Georgia, is just down the
Wills Valley from Chattanooga, in a
county known as tho State of Dade'
The following graphic letter is FROM one
of the most intellectual of the inhabi-
tants:
TRFxTOs. Ga. August p, 1870.
Mr.. Edeter ChattanOOga finest
John Robinson gratte circus Exhib-
ated at Trenton, on 18th.
Revernt parson Smith was sitting ner
the canvass In the shade raising the Eg
Of curtins when a Waterman gave him a
severe blow on the he'd with hiory club
INJECTING q cerious wound though not
eonsidard fatel, he objected ceriOusly TO
going in. il was Generally Supposed thai
he was takeing the names Of the mem
bers Of his church whoom was in attend
anee that had gon in before he came CUP.
Yours Respectfully, S. PERKINS
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Getting Married. 7Essaysfor young men on
the delights of home, and the propriety or
improperly Of getting married. with sanitary
help for those who feel untitled for matrimo-
NAL happiness. Sent free, in sealed snvel-
opes. Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
Box p, Philadelphia. Pa. Alb
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-16

No Cure, No Pay. = FoRREsr's JUNIPER
TAR-For Coughs. Group. Whooping- Cough
Asthma. Bronchitis. Sore Throat. Splitting of
Blood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief
and positive cure. or price refunded so cents.
N. B Tho genuine article has yellow labels,
with white. imprinted wrapper.
Gilt w GOODYEAR 4 HILLS.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-13

The late Jeremiah Mason was once
engaged in a famous trial, in which soihe
good Methodist brethren were concern
ed. One morning, when the court
opened, an oyer-zealous friend of his
client came to him, and in a solemn whis-
per said:
"NIr Mason, Mr.. MasoE, / had a Wis.
ion last night. Gabriel appeared to me,
and told me that Brother A. was inIio
cent. No mistake about it."
every well,' said the man of law, not
so much as lifting his head from over
the table on which he was writing, eVe-
.ry well, better have Gabriel subpenaed
Immediately"
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Now subtract this number of square
acres, one hundred and nineteen million,
six hundred and fifteen thousand, eight
hundred and forty, from the amount Of
these internal land grants of ONE HUN
DRED AND THIRTY MILLION, EIGHT HUN
DRIED AND sEvENrY-rouR rHiousANn,E EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FoRrY-oNf, and it will be
found there is enough of this territory
left over to make two States as large as
Massachusetts, and million and a half
uf acres besides.
from the Cincinnati Commercial, Radical
"The behavior Of the existing Con-
gress upon the most impottant issue Of
subsidies to private cor Drations by
grants of the public lands, has been By
no means so unexceptiohable as could
have been desired. While most of these
land grabs have failed in the House, t,co
Of the largest ones have been put through
By Republican votes. And this matter is
so Uital a one, aad so universally appre-
ciated By the masses of roters ioho make
and anmake Congressmen, that zoe look to
see a condign rebuke administered either
in the nominating conventions or else at
the polls, to those soho voted to gire a,oay
the peoples heritage in the public lands to
priudte moaopolists." I"
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Applying Scripture.

A good old lady who improved every
opportunity to teach by precept and e4-
ample; once remarked at prayer meet
ing:
"My friends, as / came along I saw q
COW switching of her tail in this wick
ed world of strife she was peaceful and
contented a switching of her tail, and
said to myself-Go thou and do like
wise."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-13

DIVORCE IN New YoRK. Chief Justice
Chapman, of Massachusetts,, testifies
that having to look upa divorce case in
New York he found thirty cases in con-
secutiye order on the satne docket, all
entered by the same attorney ,all referred
to the same referee, all grounded upon
the allegations Of adultery, all supported
by the same Witnesses, and all granted
by the same judge, upon tile same day!n
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Kindin Him.

The following dialogue is said to have
taken place recently between married
couple on their travels:
"My Gear, are you comfortable in that
corner ?" !.
"Quite, thank you dear"
"Sure there is plenty Of room for
your feet p i
.Quite sure, love"
aAnd no cold air from the window by
your ear ?"
"Quite certain, darling
"Then, my dear; ri change places
with YOU"
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From the Ohio stste.man.l
black the Best Color.

In West Virginia and Missouri, some
of the disfranchised whites a few weeks
ago commenced availing themselves of
the law to enforce the Fifteenth Amend
ment, to compel the Radical registers to
place their names on the registration list.
That law was designed to secure the ne
gro in his electoral privileges, but under
its provisions it was also possible to
compel the partisan registers to do JUS
tice TO the disffanchised whites. As; q
result, prosecutions were commenced in
the United States Courts under law, es-
pecially in West Virginia, against delin.
quent registers who refused to enroll
white Democrats; but this was nothing
more than the Radicals had bargained
for, and an appeal was at once made to
Washington to secure the dismissal of
the suits. General Toombs' staff officer,
on duty in General Grants Cabinet, at
once;telegraphed to the United States
District Attorney, of West Virginia, as
follows:
"Dismiss all prosecutions under third
section of the act to enforce the right
of the citizens of the United States to
vote in the several States of this Union,
where the offense is not the distinction
forbidden in the second"
/ The meaning of this answer is, briefly,
that only in cases where colnred citizens
are rejected by registers need prosecu-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-13

LE There is no greater mistake in
social life than indulging III over-faniil-
iarity. Intercourse, even between ihsi-
mate friends, should have some digulty
about It. Cowper. in his poem entitled
ssFriehdship,' says on this point:
.'The man that halls you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back,
How he esteems your lkerit,
Is such a friend that you had need
Be very much his friend indeed,
To pardon or to bear IT."
Our young folks should copy this
verse into their scrap books; and SOME
of d larger growth DIRE advised to tread,
mark, and inwardly digest the same"
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Conundrun,s.

Why is. Scotland like place not men-
tionable to ears polite? Because it is
the land of immortal Burns.
Why is a surgeon, since the discovery
of ether, like a swindler2 Because be
cuts off without payin' (pain.
@ and P..ran race: / backed O. P.
won. Why was this like sending MY
servant for cigars and be brought me
cavendish? ? Because 1t was WRONG to
bach O. Ha! ha.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-13

GEA tariff for .srevenue' with inciden-
tai protection" ETC., ETC., is in the Ohio
Republican" platform. Certainly,-we
saw it there.
Said q darkey preacher once: my
brudders, IN all de troubles of dis life,
thar's one place where you can find SYM
pathy-shuahp sWhar ?-whar ?" ciied
a hundred sables at once. 'sIn de die
tionary," was the answer.
"Republican' platforms and dictionary
sympathy" amount each to about the
same thing.