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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-05-04

wThe Fifteenth A me d m e i,
which was supposed to be such good
thing for the South, is proving to be a
two-edged tool in the hands of it's Rad
ical manipulators. The negroes at the
North, who seem to be so much pleas
ed with the new rights which they
have hitherto failed to obtain at the
hands of their friends, acted i'll the re-
cent elections with so much insolence
as to drive away many Republicans
from the Radical Candidates. The
Radical papers in Connecticut admit
that the Amendment caused the loss of
many votes to Jewell, and that it
sOnred him more. In Indiana the ne
groes have been forcing themselves in
to Radical Conventions where they
were not wanted, and have been urg-
ing their pretepsions to Offices which
were never intended for them. Hence,
in the recent town elections, more
votes were driven off from the Radical
candidates than could be compensated
by the whole newly-enfranchised negro
population. And so will it be all
through the North. The Northern peo-
pie never intended to have negro suf-
frage at their own firesides. Even the
most Radical of the States voted it
down by large majorities. The Fiji
teenth Amendment was carried through
to save the Southern States to the Rad
ical party. While perhaps failing in
that object, it will also secure many of
the Northern States to the Democracy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-05-04

mas been running q ~ horse power
engine for the past four months, u.s.
ing no fuel but crude petroleum or
shale oil, and is Visited daily by large
numbers of gentlemen to witness its
operation. The machine is quite
simple, occupies but little space, and
is of immense power. 1t consists of
two wrought iron OFFENDERS. one
within the other. with dome on the
outer one, the inside offender is the
generator for converting the oil into
gaseons vapor by the application of
superheated steam in copper pipes,
which result is instantly obtained
and the vapor passes into the outer
cylinder or gas-holder, from thence
through tubes into the dome which is
filed with elastic sponges in which
is another pipe by which super-heat-
ed steam is brought in and there
mixed and thence conducted to the
fire box under the boiler where it
supplies "a gas burners which are
lighted by fame as any other gas,
producing, Professor Henry says, the
most perfect combustion. This in
vention will be as important in its
y
results as any of the great inventions
of the past SO years. Our Govern
ment has been very much interested
in the many experiments that have
been made with a view of utilizing
crude petroleum by adopting it to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08
seasonabIe Advice.

The heat, especially out of the shade,
is intense. How to avoid prostration hy
such weather is trite, but II the telling Of
On old story saves the life or mitigates
the safprings Of one individual it is
worth the while 10 tell it, Therefore, We
say that while this very warm weather
prevails do not be in hurry about any
thing, but walk, eat, drink and work
slowly. Keep in the shade as much as
possible. PatrOnize ice water sparingly,
likewise animal food. Subsist upon the
rieh, rips, SOEnd frnits Of the season.
Battle With mOderaiioli Dc nst remaiR ia
the water longer than ten minutes Wear
light clothing; We mean light in weight,
bat maintain wOrsted or flannel under
garments.
Do not get angry; angeF e Q Danger
Gus passion when the mercury has risen
above H0S. Do not fret Avoid worry
and anxiety Sleep at least eight hours
out Of every twenty-four, and let the
hours for sleep be selected from the early
part Of the night Above all, avoid in
toxicating beverages They are no use
at this season, even when swallowed tenn
perately; they are damaging in the ex-
tremo, II taken in extremely warm
weather immoderately. 4 couple or
drnks Of ardent spirits will predispose
anybody, the hard-vorking man esDec-
islly, to sunstroke apopelexy or syncope
Be temperate N al things, good-natured
and ehaste, and fear not.
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n.trimony Gone Mad,
From thest. Louis Times.l

From the ST. Louis Times.
The great sensation of the month at
Lowell, Mass, is to be the marriage Of
General Mississippi Ames to Miss
Blanche Butler, beautiful daughter of the
great bottled-up. Greater sensation this
promises to be than tie seventy-fve con-
founded Cpnfuoan shoemakeFs at North
Adams Massachusetts will NOT have
bean SO stirred since the burning of the
Ursaline convent, or the Anthony Burns
lestigity, or the eonglomeration Of great
noises ut the Coliseum, for this is TO be
none of your ordinary two-penny we'd
dings, with few friends in solemn state
to witness it, parting fee to the parson,
and bridal tour to Cohasset or Nahant,
t'his is No eQBWoH matgiMo9y tAal, h 70
be perpetrated In th6 CITY OF splndles to
the music of the Merrimac and the clat-
tering castanets Of the cotton mills. 1t
is Ames, late satrap of the South and in
eligible Senator from the State of Jefiier-
sou Dagis, who ig n he united IN bridal
bonds 10 The aaRghteF Of Beniamih T.
Butler, soldier and legislator of high de-
gree; great at Washington in the service
Of State, great at New Orleans in service
of plate!
togl ssFs. We Gre told, are to be given
to the contamination of this matrimonial
alliance. Day will begin and day will
end in rare and radiant revelry, until,
upon the evening of the fourth, the grand
efept te sAieh 80 many -hogrs Of lNx'
urloas fpstiVlty have given preliminary
zest, will be made by some round, iai,
oily man of God an accomplished fact,
and the lovely Blanche find repose in the
arms of her chiyalric Adelbert.
This exhibition is to be carried on with
great hsiliiaAey aad eARiialig. Reeeb
tons, soirees and bahquets will dazzle
the pathway of the felicitous pair to
their nuptial coach. Wine will flow
rare gifts be interchangeable stomachs
of the nobility be gorged with costly
gisads. aba all toYell from tha aFisiq-
cratfc conf Founder Of Ayers pills 70 The \
sallow-faeed girls who inhabit the fac
tories, viii stand upon its head astonished
and inarticulate.
Such is the snobbery to which our Re-
publican siIaalieiiy has come at last.
Upon such ness of bFazsn eoiaI, hopes
the questionable respectability Of Gen.
Ames to fad basis, and the
maudlin humors of Ben. Butler a place
n the public admiration.
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THE CONVENTION WILL BE HELD,

Can the Independent Journal say, with
out disturbing the equanimity of its We
racity, that il has not exercised all its
ingenuity to retard the possibility Of a
convention to nominate judicial candi-
dates? Does il claim to be in any way
concerned or interested in the perpetuity
or the success Of the Democratic organi-
cation? Has il not made. war upon that
organization and sought its dismember-
ment? How Tar remote from Radical
is he who is clamorous against the only
alive organization which combats and
contests the heresies of RadicalismY As
between the two parties contending for
the mastery, the one to restore order ana
peace, prosperity and happiness, and the
other to retain ill-gotten power, to sub
serve selfish ends and perpetuate Its
own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, can there be such
a thing as neutrality based on elevated
purpose, and untinged by avarice, either
in the hope and expectation, or IN the
fruition? We certainly think the latter an
impossibility, and so believing, our pollti-
cal feelings prompt our expressions which
may be more suggestive than refined
and so emphatic as to startle the sensi-
tiveness of the thin-skinned. What con-
stitutes party man? Is he, only, party
man who receives the nomination OF a
convention? Would he not be as much
a party man who should receive the sup
port ofthose adverse to a convention and
opposed to that mode or any mode OF
nomination? Does the voice of con
vention, although representing the voice
of the people, constitute party candl-
date. who in turn would become a party
Judge? Is it possible all these sequences
are conscientiously believed to be indis-
pensable to a nomination? The fnde-
pendent journal is rather on the fence
about it. 1t admits, reluctantly, per
haps:
But we admit that it does not follow
that the convention to meet in Nashville
will, as a matter Of course, nominate
party men.
And it expresses with lachrymose sigh;
We hope they will do well. We have
combatted the attempt to prevent con-
vention; we have believed that conven-
ton was necessary to the harmonious
action of the Democratic party, and to
save the Supreme Bench from the defile-
ment of Radical judges; we have never
sought to urge the nomination of mere
partisans as judges; we have considered
our safdty to lie in the free intercourse
and consultation of delegates fresh from
the people of every part of the State; we
have interposed no objection as bar,
except that of being Radical, and we
unite in the wish of our Independent CO
temporary, and we, too, hope they will
do well. That is all that can be re-
auired, and after the nomination indie
journals may square their yards
for peaceful acqpiescence or a battle
in earnest.
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NASHVILLE.
A "aie 10, on aSe 3. 8 n. ~ ksiironG.

AcclOtnt OA thAc "a ~
NASHVILLE, July "wednesday about
three O'clock a daughter Of Doyle White,
respectable citizen living at Green
brier station on the Edgefeld and
Kentucky railroad, went out to pick
blackberries. She was accosted by a
unprecedented negro, who made insult
ing proposals, and then Selling her, out
ragged her person in the most shameful
manner. After perpetrating the deed
the negro fled.
A terrible railroad accident occurred
on the Louisville and Nashville railroad
at Bowling Green, Ky, at ten o'clock
yesterday morning, in which A. Evans
lost his life. He was in the act of step
ping across from one car to another
when, his foot slipping, he fell between the
cars and had an arm and leg crushed
into fragments. He died of his injuries
shortly after, Evans was formerly a cit
izen of Nashville, and was employed in
the Express Office at this place for nearly
five years.
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ANOTHER CASDIDATE.-It will be seen
by the announcement that Mr.. A. 3.
Taylor, of the firm of Taylor, Cook d
Co., is candidate for County Register.
1t may be said in commentator of this
gentleman that he entered the Confede-
rate service as private of the Shelby
Grays, 4th Tenn. Regiment, and before
the war ended he commanded brigade
of sharpshooters, attached to the Army
of Virginia. Can any one want a
prouder record2 Not as mere soldier
of the cause, but as one worthy to win
his way and to be banked by no slight
to success is his past record
revived a st
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Messrs. Synnott Of the LEDGER, and
Brennan of the Avalanche, we are in
formed are confined TO their rooms with
chills Memphis Sun,
Altogether o mistake, The first-pamed
has gone on q piscatorial excursion in
which he is determined to accomplish
more than the President, except in the
number of NJ, L. bottles, and the latter
made quite i'll by the 'sickly influence of
his columns can stand the pressure no
longer, and will be out again before the
thing is run into the ground.
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Extremes I'm Wall street.

The fierce extremes" Of Wall street
may be best illustrated by the experience
of W. He came into the market in
1862 with 5000, bought gold at 10 and
sold it at 1876; bought again three times
as much, sold it for 100; went into Erie
at 80, sold it for So bought Pacific Mail
at rae. sold it for l65. In March, 1863,
he had S4s, 900 this bankers. But this
was only the beginning, Something was
going on in Harlem, so he bought z. 900
Harlem; Morse was at work in Pitts
burg, 80 be bought 1000 Pittsburg; Erie
was feverishly moving toward 30, he
bought 1000 Erie Meanwhile Hooker
was moving on Charlottesville, and
there was silence in the stock market for
the space of day. Now the news came
sf . retrograde movement-in plain
English, = gepulse The army was this
side the RappahaaLGel the signal was
given, and the coh0rt Of on.is 6qygd
on their enemy's works Erie sold up
to ITO, Pittsburg los, and Harlem in its
,,soDortion. He pocketed $90,0W more
by fhis venture and in March, 1864, he
stood $250,6uG aaead If the market.
Then for a short space he hRd 4 llafH
ing life. A pair of spanking bays, tan
dem, whirled him to the Park in a tall
iielssont, with turnkey in livery on the
back seas III. 2 bng on his hat Over
his morning repast .oated the aromatic
steam of Mocha and the fiayors VI eosljl
fruits. He lunched off partridges stuffed
ni,s trufiles, washed down by bottle of
Chateaa a'Ysem or the liquid pellucid
gold of the yintage " SeFFeg and his
dinner was nine courses Of fish, Hesi apg
fowl at Delmonico's s, fanked by the most
toothsome of entremets and wines that
yea4 make a Mussulman forswear his
creed,
But soon W sah'sFel o change-"a
sea change into something tRos, Fich but
strange" He had a friend who gaye
him a few points" on Galena, then
selling for l42. There was pool in it
which was going to put it mp to lis; it
was actually worth 200; there was an ex-
ira dividend of 40 per cent. to be de-
William y. Ogden was ~ tka
were the points tie
bought 5000 shares Then he bought
5000 Pittsbprg at 1873, and 1000 Fort
Wayne az ia In ten days he lost
This was ia ts.s sFest panic /
of April, 1864.
We met W six weeks ago He
Informed US that he had just breakfasted |
5a : coolest plate of hash and a cup Of
lied coffee, but in which the |
strongest imagina,AG.. could not detect a
irop Of the infusion OF tue Arabian .
berry. His coat was foxy, his hat had q
,uspicion of shine, and he was generally |
ma Aoyn at the heel. Such is the present |
conditions Ct ihis Individual, but the fr-
ure may have great th.Dgs IN store for !
lim.-Ten Years Ia Wall street
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PROPOSALS.
Notice to Contractors /

CFAI.Ep PROPOSALS WILL BIZ RE
- teiyed AZ the Engineers of3es, Memphis.
Tennessee. until y m. on the ~ Of August,
1870. for the graduation. aaaEonry and bridge
superstructure or lhe Mississippi River rail-
road, between Cotington and Ripley, dis
tares ~ afteen miles. A portion 81 the work
> heavy and worthy the attention of centrae-
tors.
ofice Of the Ciiei fpcincer, 40 Main street,
Memphi1. 4epn,, on and AMER June 6, 1870.
4H0Sa n. WELLINGTON,
FlA @ eng. Miss. River k.R.
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Larkin G. Mead, the sculptor, is en-
gageion tablet, to be erected in the
chapel at the Naval Academy by the OH
GERS and men of the Asiatip squadron,
in memoFE of lieutenant Commander
A. s. Mackenzie, who was killed while
CALAMITY leading charge ON an ambush
Of sayages, in the island Of Formosa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

A Last WoRn.-Mr. Morrow, who at
lends and directs the Orphans in their
cpucertizing tour, viii add the very best
morceauS from his budget this evening.
Ii is the intention to combine every at
tractiye influence, and every spare half.
dollar should find its way to the treasury
this evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

FRANKS, I'VE were furnished to-day
with Eastern papers via Louisville, by
the Southern Express Company, whose
attention we thankfully acknowledge.
They were Of the 9Th lsa,,, and were GER
calmly an Iime from New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

Mr.. Thomas Tardrew. of New York City, is
authorized to act as Northern advertising
agent of the PUBIC LEDGER. A
S. II. Parvin. General Advertising Agent,
Cincinnati, Ohio. is our duly authorized agent
10 contract for advertisements.
Hudson, Menet 4 Gay, 1873 Dearborn street,
and Barnhart, Bros. & Co.. "A Madison street,
Chicago, will contract for advertisements for
this Daper
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

If ,aan was to come and tell me there
was no auch thing in the world as money,
should take it for granted that he,
therefore, thinks so because he himself
never had any. This applies to religion,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08
BOOK BINDERY.
Franklin Book IBindery
BLANK BOOK MANDATORY,
No. Is West Court Street, Memphis.
SC. TOOF, Proprietor.

DLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING. AND
~ Binding Of every description. executed in
a very superior manner. and warranted a
give entire satisfaction. y
~ Ny Blank Book paper embraces the dr.,
mills IN America; my stock consists 4 ne
hnest IN the entire market. and prices "a cor.
pete with any house IN Memphis. Pa tiles viii
ordering elsewhere. s0-f
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- THE FAR WEST.
Red cloud ON the War path.

CHEYENNE, July Red Cloud is on
Tongue river, collecting his tribes for a
war on the whites. The Northern Chey-
ennes and Arrapahoes are going to war
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Getting Married. Essays for young men on
the delights Of home, and the propriety or
improperly Of getting married, with sanitary
help for those who feel aRatted for matrimo-
NAL happiAeSs, Sspt isso. IN sealed snvel-
ays., address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
Box P, Philadelphia. Pa. Alb
No Cure, No Pay. = FoRREsT's JUMPER
TAR-For Coughs, Group. Whooping Cough,
Asthma. Bronchitis. Sore Throat, spltting vi
Blood and Lung Dlseases. Immediate relief
and positive euro, OF price refunded. 80 cents.
N. B.-The genuine article has yellow labels,
with white. imprinted wrapper.
9-l1-f GOODYEAR 4 HILLS.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.


AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. VIA 8. ?. 4 A.
TRLEoRAPH COMPANY.
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sherin7s Sale OF Real Estate.

|a. 45M t-NA 49, w ~ s4l
pY VIRTUE OF A PAURIUS FIERI FA-
~ cias to me directed in case of Union Bank
Of Tennessee ys. Frazer Titus 4 Co., from the
Law Court of Memphis, for the sum of $500,
besides interest and cost, l will on
Saturday. 18th day Yr August next.
In front of the sheriff's office. in the Greenlaw
Opera Building, on Second street.. city Of
TO the highest bidder, for cash, the following
described real estate, levied on as the prop
erty of the defendant. Frazer Titus, to-wit:
An undivided one-half interest in parts of lots
er's map of the city of Memphis, and situated
on the southwest corner of Main and Ex-
change streets; commencing at the intersee-
ton Of the west line Of Main .street with the
south line Of Exchange street, thencerunning
an alley; thence southwardly with said alley
"a feet;. thence eastwardly, and parallel
with Exchange street, l4S1a feet, to Main
street thence northwardly with the west line
Also oil the right and interest Of the said
Titus IN and to a parcel of ground, and the
buildings thereon, situated in the city Of
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, being
Fuckers map of the city Of Memphis; bcrin..
ming at the intersection of the north side of
Jefferson street with the west line of Front
alley; thence westwardly with the north line
of Jefferson street 42 feet; thence north. and
parallel with the west line of Front alley. Tl%
feet; thence east in direct line AZ feet, to the
west line Of said alley; thence south with said
west line, to the beginning; being the same
lot conveyed to Frazer Titus by the President,
Directors and Company of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank Of Memphis, and registered
in the Registers Office of Shelby county, in
book No. %. page 1856, etc.; levied on to sat-
isfy said execution for $500, with interest
and costs.
MARCUS ]. WRIGHT, Sheriff.
By W. w. COLEMAN, Deputy Sheriff,
July sth, 1870. Ii2-lls-123
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-08

The card published by Messrs Chap
man & Hall in the London papers, re-
lating to the completion of The Mystery
Of Edwin Brood is as follows: We
find THAI erroneSgs reports are in circu-
IatioD respecting Toe &Tstery Of Ed
wis brood, the novel on which NJ.
Dickens Wa o. work at the time he died
Il has been suggested thai the tale Is 20
be finished by other hands, we hope
you will allow us to state in yonr col
umns that Mr.. Dickens has left three
aas.bess complete, in addition to those
already pabiishal, this being one-half Of
the story as il was intended % BE- yHt-
ten. These numbers will be Pubiishsd,
and the fragment will so remain. No
other writer could be permitted BY rs 70
complete the work which Mr.. Dickens
has left.
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! think We shall all have vote in less
than eve years. As to their dIssensions
among themselves, there i jnsf a. much
among men, aEd has beep exer sinee
there has bsaR any legislature 81 al, 80
long as women are EtsGng on the SIDE Of
woman suffrage, such little dissaHsioPs
VII not hurt the main question.-Ohre
Tanon
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LOUISVILLE.
The Henderson Lottery Prize
Numbers.

Numbers.
LOUISVILLE, July S.-The Henderson
Lottery drawing took place last night,
occupying a good portion of the night.
Number 8 ,553 drew the first prize, valued
at $4,000 The following numbers
drew the main prizes: 7,l76, 1902,
1873. %. l7s. 81. Osl. s,47s, 3l,8S9.
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EDUCATIONAL.
Park Avenue Academy,

= aIk ANCAaO AC0.-
I-2 Miles from Memphis, near
Memphis a. Cpnrierton *. r.
TUE SEVENTH SESSION. OF THIS
L school Win open sep.embero, H'Y;;. STU
OF any Colleee. Twenty pupillear ee aeeoul-
modated with boa.-a. cor cfcul1rs Apply 70
Taylor. Radford ~ Co and II. Wade 4 Co..
Memphis. W. L. MILLER, NJ, A.,
n0'l0-7 Principal,
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sAPoLio,
ENocH NoReAN,s SONS, j
4arE, /,

CoR CLEANING WINDOWS WITHOUT
and PAINT; polishing KNIVES mo sezafsh-
ing); Washine DISHES. scruhhipg FLOORS,
FLOOR CLOTH. TABLES, hAfH TUBS, etc.
polishing tin, brass, iron, copper and steet
ware; repavips gums. OF, rust and dirt from
Ing, and all uses Except washing clothes). II
costs but few cents, and Is sold by AL good
grocery, drug and notion stores.
Depot, 2ll Washington st., n. Y, and 50
Oxford 81. london, Englana. l5l-12Srsst
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mo. n
In the First Chancery Court of
shelby County. Tennessee.
49,

Blanche b. McGehee, by her next)
friend, B. M. Bradford.
N. 0. Howard. ct al.
TT, APPEARING FROM AFFIpAyII IN
l. this cause that the defendant, N. o. How
ard, is q nonresident Of Tennessee and resi-
dent of the State Of Kentucky; il Is therefore
ordered that he make his appearance herein.
at the Courthouse in the City of Memphis.
day in September. 1870, and plead,
answer or demur to compliments bill,
or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to him and set for hearing exparte,
and that copy Of this order be published
80 d. A. COLE, Clerk and Master.
By II. B. McllENRy, Deputy @. and NJ.
A Copy-Attest: Wilson 4 Beard, Solicitors
for Complainant. 1l2-ll8-124-l3O
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w. H. MOOT E,

w. H. MOORE e,
Agent for the
Etna Life Insurance Company
OF HARTFORD. CONN.
Cash Assets, over $1s,O0O,OOO!
The Georgia
Home Fl o Insurance Company
OF COLUMBUS, GA.
Cash Assets, = $46s,071 AZ!
The State
Fire Insurance Company
OF NASHVILLE. TENN.
Capital, - , SsOO,ooo!
Office: 29l Main Street,
with the Savings Bank of Mem
phis.