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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
THE COTTON CROP.

From careful collection Of reports
from all parts Of the country, tits evident
that the yield of cotton this year has
been unusually largely far the great
est since 1861. This fact is as well
known to Northern consumers as to any
Southern buyer or planter. The exces-
sive supply and the war in Europe enable
manufacturers to set their own prices.
We see no prospect of rise in cotton
and therefore have to advise planters to
bring in their first bales, pay their gro
Gerry bills, and patiently wait and see II
any improvement will take place. If the
people would only learn to raise their
own bread and meat and forage, the cot
ton raised would command better prices
and would bring as much money in the
aggregate as when they raise nothing
but cotton, and thus glut the market
Buying rotten corn at dollar bushei,
bacon at thirty cents per pound, and
hay at high price, eats up all
the profit in the cotton, so the planter
handling a great deal of money, is often
doing a very poor business. Cotton was
once king in certain sense, but that
was when the planter owned and fully
controlled his labor. Such labor as he
has now demands bacon and mackerel
and whisky and new clothes and tobacco
and pin-money in advance; then de-
mands a holiday every week and mule
to ride off on Sunday, and half the crop
for his share. When fall comes he
knows he is in debt and has to be hired
over before he will pick out the crop. 1t
is estimated that over four millions
bales of cotton will be made this year
The new crop is coming into market by
every train and boat. Yet money is
scarce rates of discount enormous, and
times hard. The reason is that cotton is
down: holders are unwilling to sell at
such prices, and buyers, having it all
their own way, are not in hurry to be-
gin operations. The planters generally
express a resolution to sell only enough
10 settle with their merchants, and then
hold for better prices. We would like to
encourage them, but, in view OF all the
facts known, cannot expect the price
will advance much before spring' II
then. This is caused, first, by the war
second, from over-cropping.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION.
How women are Birehea.

Ii does not appear that the ladies OF
Russia are any better than their sisters
in this country; and yet the rod is not
spared on them. They are logged
enough to make them very superior be-
iugs. If there is any virtue in licking
lasses. A book, with the inviting title
of The Rod in all Countries, says that
anecdotes Of the tlagellation OF ladies IN
Russia could be multiplied to any ex.
tent. The author says 1t was stated
few years ago in German newspaper
that three Of the most beautiful women
of St Petersburg were driven direct
from one Of the Imperial balls in their
own carriages, in all their fnery Of satin
and lace, TO the police station, and, after
being mounted on a mans shoulders
with their dress tucked up, were smartly
whipped with a birch rod. No explana
ton was given, but they we're dismissed
with the significant caution 10 hold their
tongues in the future. At another In
perial party some young ladies, who hac
I been chatting too freely. were politely
escorted BY a maitre d hotel 10 q distant
apartment, where, being made 10 knee
over an ottoman, they were severely
smaeked by a female housekeeper, viii
their satin slippers, and then sent home.
/ II this Is true, it explains the woman .
rights movement that has lately attracted
attention in Russia This objection
Of women TO the rod probably comes o.
permitting them 70 have the alphabet
There is really no safety when this /
7 conceded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
NEGROES SEEKING OFFICE.

Tabs Gross, negro preacher IN for
mer days, and a substitute broker in
Cincinnati during the war, announces
himself Republican candidate for
sheriff of Pulaski county little Rock,
Arkansas. This is in keeping with gem
eral disposition on the port of the South
ern darkey to run for Office, which is
very annoying to their new masters, who
claim all the offices and fat places by
right of discovery or loyalty. Our
Memphis negroes have not as yet caught
the infection; they are thick-headed
set, who think it is honor enough
to do all the footing and yelling
and voting for their share, while such
men as ". ]. Smith, who is mentally,
morally aud socially, as well as phys
ically, far the inferior Of the negro, Ed.
Shaw, can do all the oifice-holding and
drawing Of salaries. The negroes do the
work and hold the bag, while the white
scalawags reap the profits and cot all
the chicken pie. The eolored men OF
other sections are better posted and more
ambitious. They demand share of the
offices. and in some instances their
claims haze been recognized where they
had good working majority. In Georgia
several negroes are running or intending
10 run for Congress, and wherever
they are strong enough they de-
mand a Division of the local Offices
with their white brethren. in
Louisiana they have negro Lieutenant
Governor and q large plumber of mem
hers of the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatiyes. In South Carolina they
have members in the city government
and in the Legislature; but in Memphis
the darkies are satisfied to nominate
sneh men as Smith, who risked his life
for them in many hen-roost but takes
care never to lend one of them two dol
lars As long as the negroes permit
themselves to be led by designing othee-
seekers they will be in continual hot
water. always poor, and beneath the re
speet Of decent white people. If they
viii keep ont of politics and mind then
worn. they will be treated kindly By
those able to assist them, and viii hav'
no trouble.
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LANES aoRpoN BENNETT.

James Gordon Bennett, the far and
widely known editor of the New York
Herald, is lying very low, and his life has
been despaired Of We will not write his
obituary ia advance. but can say Of him,
whether dead or living, that he made q
success of journalism in pursuit after the
almighty dollar. he struck out boldly
in a new field, and has since had dozen
ora hundred puuy imitators- Principles,
If he had any. he kept as private prop
ersy. pabliely he followed the popular
side 50 closely and WITH % much tact,
,hat he was afen mistaken for leader.
EIs-as notoric=s fora sensational style,
and took special delight in changing
his politics several times in every great
political campaign to rnake people rad
he Herald In former years his paper
haa the lead q al others in z's~ YORK,
but nov there are tro or three Others
ahead Of the Herald in circulation, fo'
the day has passed when mere eiaP-iraF
and bumconbs vii Win such success a.
he Herald once eEioEed.
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A BAD Report from MormondOm

A Mrs. Pierce, wife of a Methodist
clergyman, formerly of Geddos, New
York, now laboring at Salt Lake City,
writes to sister in Oswego, New York,
thus:
| can not tell of the awful condition,
socially. ofthe women here-so degraded
so unhappy, and yet SO deluded, most of
them, that they think that they can never
reach Heaven unless they become the
third. fourth or fifth wife of some con-
temptible old Mormon. We are sur
prised every day at the number Of poor
people in this city.
There are a few of the leading men
who have become wealthy by wronging
the poor men and women, and the ma
iority are poor, very poor, and there is
class of the more intelligent minds who
are leaving the Mormon Church, and as
soon.as they are cut off from the church,
their means Of support are taken away,
and all persons are forbidden to employ
them or to help them in any way, and we
have formed Ladies Christian Associ-
alton, the object being to aid this class
of people especially the elevation of
moor women. Ii would make your heart
ache to see the poor women here without
means Of support, and too old and intrm
to work, they are forced 10 beg.
Persons who, perhaps, have left good
homes in some of the Eastern States,
under the delusion that they are coming
TO Zion, the city Of the Saints, and where
they would never see any more sorrow
or trouble. But the poor creatures have
seen nothing but sorrow since coming
here, and their story is invariably the
same. They are deceived, defrauded OF
their money, away from their friends,
and no work. II is no uncommon thing
to see four or Eve such persons call in
one day and ask for little washing or
some Kind Of work to do.
Then there is another class. The first
wives of many Of these miserable men
who have taken other and younger wo-
men Il will not call them wives, because
they are mol. Isuch), deserving their first
wife perhaps with large family Of chill
dren. ! had case reported to me yes
| terday Of the first wife of one Of the
apostles as being very destitute, and
there are thousands of such cases here.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Bear in Mind.-When disease has under
mined the health, and the physical system has
become prostrated, stimulant that wiii not
only strengthen, but remove the cause. should
be Immediately resorted to. Mental distress
is also fruitful source Of the breaking down
of the constitution. and the rayages OF TINS
enemy to health are truly alarming for all
such maladies Hostetter's stomach bitters
have been found unsurpassed. ny acting
directly upon the digestive organs, 'noy ~
move the heavy. disagreeabie feeiins a'.er
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FRANCE.

Tours, October 5.-The little fortress
of Bitsehe still holds out, notwithstand'
ing the tremendous cannonade of the
Prussian siege artillery. The fortress,
from its isolated position above the
town, is considered impregnable to as
sault. The garrison numbers not over
two thousand, yet they have harrassed
the operations of the besiegers greatly
The town itself is being destroyed by
the Prussian batteries, but they have moi
injured the Notifications.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
AUSTRIA.

vienna, Oct 3.-Further Russian ag'
gressive movements on the East are re-
ported. The Russian government is
now,,reported to be making extraordinary
military preparations in massachusetts,
as if for offensive operations against the
Turkish region adjoining the Caucasian
or against the Persian territory upon
the Caucasian. The fortified passes to
Asia have been reinforced, and stores are
being Accumulated.
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, October 5.-The British Gov
eminent has resolved to adopt the small
bore Calling mitrailleuse for field ser
vice and fortress defense.
Rumors are spreading throughout the
city that Gen. Won Moltke has been
killed in battle, and now generally
credited
The following advices have been re-
ceived here from China:
SHANGHAI, Sept. l5.-The Chinese
are threatening foreigners at Che-Foo
Kin-Kiang and ouin. At Kiang gen
eral determination of the foreign element
is feared"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
Remedy for ChiIIs and Fever.,

Itisa notorious fact that the medical
fraternity have no remedy but quinine
for chilis and fevers, and that 50 far as
the patient Is concerned. It Is a matter
OF doubt which does the most damage to
his constitutiou-the disease or the rem
edy. Those who have had any expe-
rience With the disease know that the
simple remedies used By those living IN
districts infested By chills are more en-
caeioas than al the prescriptions Of the
physicians. In view Of the fact that
there Is such . prevalence 6 ~ Ssss=se
in the West, We are requested By a gen
tleman residing in an adjoining county
TO assure all those suffering from the
affection that the swallowing. az sunrise
in the morning, for three mornings in
succession, q heaping teasP0onful 81
salt. dissolved IN a tumbler Of water, wi
effect . certain cure.-tiH- Tunes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
10. of Appointments by Demo
cratic Nominees.

Th. Democratic nominees for Congress, Sen
atsr and Floater will address the people OF
their respective districts at the places ana
times below designated;
Germantown. Thursday, October 9th.
collieryilIe, Friday. October 18th.
Baskerville, Saturday, October sth.
Wythe Depot, Monday. October 10th.
Rolton's Store. Tuesday, October 18th.
Cuba. Wednesday, October 18th.
Bartlett, Thursday, October 18th.
Mechanicsville. Friday. October 14th.
Lafayette, Saturday, October 18th.
someryille. Monday. October 18th.
Fayette Corner, Tuesday, October 18th.
Oakland. Wednesday, October 18th.
Macon, Thursday. October 10th.
Moscow, Friday, October 2lst.
LaGrange, Saturday, October I'D.
North Memphis Market House,, Monday
night, October oath.
South Memphis mississippi and Tennessee
Depst), Tuesday night, October 18th.
Randolph, Upton county, Saturday octo-
Der 18th.
Portersyille, Monday. October 3lst.
Mt. Zion, Tuesday. November list.
We cordially invite all nominees for Comfy
Representatives to join us in the above APP
pointments, and hope the people will turn Out
and give us an opportunity to be heard,
W. W. VAUGHAN.
J.J. DuBosE,
]. NJ. HARRIS.
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EREIcHI
TO SHIPPERS.

ozrrcr MrrPHls AsD AEKASsAs kIFEh
PacxET C0MFANN.
NrrrH1s. octobert ls4o-
TX ORDER TO ENABLE The B0AIs "
| tbis Line % leave promptly a. the no-I -
Terfised IS o'clock ,. nj, thipecls II. ~.
t---s- ~ hills lafirr signed ~ q cioc y. n
80 JOHN D. ADAMS. Pre.llen-.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05

Ne. 80. y. r. d.
s~~,ua rhnucery Court OF
sheIby County. Tennessee
John Huber.
u.rr.rst Elizabeth Hubsr.l -. -
II tPPFARING FROM EE1lkA ~
sh.-if In procsss IN this eaese pa 80 -
f-rianf i not g be tolna n o-s.iis -. - -
-. $500. al he Courtholse IN Ne -
- r----Li- Te-n.. On o. oefore ne -
No-faT Ia Norsnber, ~ 80 ~
ansrsr q demur q GO. ~ -. -.
- =. - - - - fof hearing eKpArtei
- 80 4 esry II this order b flo.l, -
80 ussk. f1r far E1ccessifs Hee-A. - -
r ~ o--<-5f,.~f- M.D.L. sTEH All.
= NrFf Cerk ard Mastsr.
m. H.-uss. ssIisitor fsr Conpl.inant.
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RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, October 5.-The
Gear Alexander has conferred upon the
celebrated Prussian General and STRAIT
egetist Won Moltke, the highest military
decoration of the Empire, accompanied
by cordial letter of felicitation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05

Getting Married. Essays for Young Men,
ON Social Evils, and the propriety or impro-
priety of getting Married. with sanitary help
for those who feel untitled for matrimonial
happiness. Sent free, in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box T.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. lo-sS
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No Cure, No Pay. : FoRREsr's JUMPER
TAR-For Coughs. Group, Whooping- Cough,
Asthma, Bronchitis. Sore Throat, Splitting OF
Blood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief
and positive cure. or price refunded. 80 cents.
B.-The genuine article has yellow labels
with white, imprinted wrapper.
o-11-+ GOODYEAR & HILLS.
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AUCTION,
Auction -nis-.

.ONTHE sru PAY of q Iop s. is'e. az AZ
- ~ sod street. W aiIi feli a rutiic
-9rfIsr. n ne Highest Bidder. ilf gaal, tsc
~rrInr aarans len in ainra glih ua y a. p.
Nsrrsn. lrr'd We ulii al D. rag a. Ser
s5 sss ''''' ''-' 4. KICK kBEo.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05

The Muscatine Journal says an inter
es.iur and pleasant little table=s = en-
acted in that city on certain evening"
A young nan sticks Little biiicf d0az IN
the crack Of rate-posi for = y0ung lady,
While q Jealous rival watches HIN from
the opposite side Of TIE street and ear
mes them Of.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05

The City Council Of Nuscatine has
been mandamused t0-tke extent Of a
levy Of sls6. 600 TO satisfy Judgments on
railroad esaR0ns. ms e equal % ~
per cent. q the assessed valuation Of the
city. and cannot be paid without ruin 10
manv ureperfy-hoiders.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05

CAPTAIN J. H. BATE, appointed a del
erate to the Cincinnati Convention, is a
member of the firm of W. H. Andrews
4 Co., of this city, instead of the name
we happened to write yesterday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05
Vacant City Lots

On Shelby street. Alabama street, Second
street, Beal street, Wellington street, Talbot
street. Jones avenue, Ross avenue. Exchange
street, Trezeyant street. Walnut street, Mar
ket street, tennessee street, Linden street,
fernando road, State Line road.
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nv VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
Is executed 70 me By John IA. West on the
az dav of April. 1s6s. 20 secure the payment
III a certain Indebtedness which Il fully de-
scribed In aid deed. will, a. Trustee, sell Tor
cash- IA the highest bidder, In front 81 the
ofice Of Young. Mallory Cannon, No. ~
Madison street. on
Thursday. November ioth- 1870,
Al II o'clock an. the property described IN
80 deed of trust, t0-uit; That certain iot o.
r.rrei al land lying aud teinr In the county ci
-beIbv md state 81 Icnnessee, and near the
~ifv n Memphis. being part q lot No - 81
Wfiiorrhhy N illiams suh-division. and know =
snd desirnatcd on a plat of suh-disision ei
ssid lot No. - b. NJ. A. Kerr. q April ?, ~
- lofs No. :. ) and 9. and bounded a. follow !,
so-wif. Berinnine a = stake. the soutnEc.i
ro-rer n Naddinr's lot and COLLEGE stfee Z
rn-'ni-- thence norfhUarily three hundred
~ eirht So feet % . stake. fouth-eaet go
- ~ iot No 10: thence westHArdt, w.
-,1.h line of aid lot No 10, one hurdred and
sirtv-fve uf5l feet % q stake. seuthsett coz
~ ~ lot No. % and vest side or foftc. ~ Z,
-. thence ucstuardly. with east Inc Or 49,
sv--.e- thrse hundred and eight - let "
4 rtafe Al the intcrfccticn of s.id atete % 49,
Coiiere street. thence easisardiy one 2 .neIsi
sri -irty Eve fsl feet q TIE ss=is.isils -.
rer. containirr one and AZ cne-Aanai
fbs lie b believed 70 BE- sod. bat fsn
ari srrrrr oriv a. Trustee. -. -
49, r. ID. MALlUhl. y W. 80.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-05

TIA California Eous we're killed last
week in Bate county, near The had Of
Rock creek aud another escaped iron q
trap By leaving q foot behind The
beasts had been eating colts
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City Property, Improved.

Main street business house in the Webster
Block.
Main street residence, between Vance and
Pontotoc.
Shelby street-Handsome brick residence.
- - Residence and store house.
Vance street-Four houses, rental $500 per
annum, ut bargain.
Beal street-Two-story frame dwelling.
Second street-Two business hoases.
. Lot S71z 1854; brick i'm
proyements.
" fernando street-Lot 75xlSi; fine improve
ments.
Exchange street. Lot 271SxliS1si cottage
improvements.
Exchange street extended-Two two-story
Washington street-Neat cottage residence.
Mosby street--Two handsome dwellings.
Orleans street-Lot 50xl7O; two-story frame
Count street-Lot 5Ox165 frame residence.
- Lot 3715xl4Sh
Alabama street-Three dwellings,.
DeSoto street-Lot 75xlSO; very handsome
improvements.
Linden street-A very desirable two-story
frame house. -.
Webster street--Frame dwelling; a good.
substantial Improvement.
Chelsea-Numerous improved places.
Market street-Business house and residence
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Suburban.
IMPROVED AND UNIMPR0vED.)

McLemore avenue-Seven acres; fine i'm
provements.
Horn Lake road-Five acres. admirably i'm
proved.
the city limits; good, substantial improve
ments; can be had at a bargain.
Poplar street Boulevard-371Sa acres; fine I'M
provements.
On the Memphis and Ohio railroad, six miles
from the city-Eorty acres.
Woodlawn, near Buntyn's-Three acres.
Cooper avenue-Thirteen acres; very hand
some improvements.
Union avenue-Seven acres; good improve
ments.
Warfeld tract = Fourteen and one-half
acres.
Kerr tract--Twenty and one-quarter acres.
Central avenue-Thirteen acres; fine i'm
prOvements.
Valentine avenue-Nine and three-quarter
acres; good improvements.
Belts tract-Twenty-fiye acres. ,r
Several fine building sites in Mrs. ,. ".
Jones' subdivision, on the Poplar street bouie-
ward; also. fve-acre lots suitable for garden
ing purposes.
One hundred and ninety-two acres ten miles
from the city. at n low figure.
Seven years lease on an Alabama street lot,
50xl50 frame house with four rooms, kitchen,
etc.. can be had at bargain.
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General Lees Illness.

W AtHlNhIbNs VSN0veA
Colonel Chiswick, just from Lexing-
ton, reports that on the evening OF the
2sth of September, General Lee, after
presiding over an unusually large meet
ing Of the faculty Of Washington Col
lege, attended a protracted and excited
meeting Of the vesiry Of the Episcopal
Church. On returning TO his residence,
he failed from extraordinary fatigue, and
was placed in bed, where he has since re-
NAMED under the treatment OF his ply
stefan. He has had no symptoms OF apo
plexy or paralysis. He has had full use
Of his bodily powers, and speaks as oee-
casion requires. His physicians conf
IDENTIFY expect his recovery in a day OF
so. Al noon to-day Monday he was
cheerful. and his family and physicians
we're confident Of speedy restoration.
The Colonel left General Lee house at
IL clock to-day.
The California Methodist College Is TO
be at once removed from Nacayille to
santa Rosa, and the building 1t has oe'
cupied at the former place isto be trans
formed into a silk factory.
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MILLiN Err Y,
FRENCH SUITS.
TRUST SALES.
Trmstee's = ale.


ny VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
IL execufed TO me BY John II. West. on the
"a dsy OF April, 1865. 70 secure the payment q
certain Indebtedness which il fully described
In said deed, will. as Trustee. sell for cash,
10 the highest bidder. in front Of the once OF
Young, Mallory 4 Cannon, No. IL Madison
street. on
Thursday, November 10Th, 1870
80 daed az truFt. to-wit: That certain lot or
parcel Of land situate. lying and being IN inc
city Of Memphis. county Of shelby. ana ctate
OF tennessee. designated and described as lo'
No. !, in block No. 81. on the east side q De,,
Soto street. commencing one hundred ana
twenty-five l25l feet south OF the lntersec.lon
az DeSoto and Beal streets; running thence
south seventy-fve (75l feet on DeSoto street
thence east one hundred and SIX lool lee,
thence north. parallel with DeSoto street
seventv-fve f75i feet; and thence one hundred
ana III liO6 Feet 70 the beginnine. =,
The title l. believed 70 be good, out SCI
AZ vs. sg"'s' WI I. d. MALLORY. Trustee.
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DIVIDEND.
n O II g E .
sALooR.
The Beauty Saloon,

No. soe Ia vain street.
TosFPH LuCARiNI. IL ADDITION 10
sI having the best wtnCs, liquors AID cigar,
- fr~n- vii hrrcaffr have on hand and
--r,s in ever knasn style The best aud frcth
81 Norfolk oysters. itmuf as. -. IS,
k=-rr a. frcluenfcrF 81 ~ numtnirAf Ola
Siani. has .haIEe 81 th.. lcl.-imsn.. -.
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M either private or at PUBLIC AUCTION,
and invite attention to the following list Of
property for sale:
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REAL ESTATE.
"A ADAMS STREET,

tnetween Main and second s,reets,)