Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-10

of Congress. Let this bill, therefore, re-
main until it can be examined. Let
these inuendoes against the honor Of the
President of the United States, and
which have not been denied here, be ex-
amined. "a w 9r9Y 44y % II
Mr., Garfield (Rep., Ohio, VI ask the
chair whether it is parliamentary Ian
guage for the gentleman to say that the
House is corrupt and rotten ?dIg0 aHt 4
The Speaker--It is not p.a-ilg D7ilI
Mr.. Cox-I did not apply that remark
to my friend from Ohib, and he need not
be personal about it. ! said that there
were gilded flies of corruption all about
the Capitol. scl ya.gss taa
Mr.. Van Horn (Repa Mo. )-Every gem
tleman has right to speak from his own
standpoint. Laughter lua 20
After some further discussion, the Con-
ference report was agreed to-yeas, l07;
nays, Sc. ,i..,.-s,u b; .rig4vl !,
Wilmington IN. CO. thieves steal the
street lamps. ias oi iog8 1d ,ti
Grant and Maynard is the ticket of
the East Tennessee Radicals for 1872.
At Knoxville on Wednesday night, j :,
Upton accidentally shot his sister in the
knee with pistol " LNR 90
A business man of Winchester, Va 2
paid last year upward of $4,000 for
sumach berries and bark. 5rs %
A Mexican has been travelling about
Nashville swallowing a sword for SO
much a swallow. ~ ~ ' VA
A correspondent Of the New Orleans
Picayune wants to know if the Cornhill
Magazine is not an agricultural journal
Mr.. George Foster, the oldest citizen
of Charlotte county, Va, died a few days
ago at the advanced age of lob years.
Until few months ago he was able to
walk over his plantation and attend to
business.
Mr.. E. A. Pollard returned to Lynch
burg Wednesday, after an absence Of
several months His health is not much
improved, and he. is still severe sufri
ferer from the disease known as Bright's
disease of the kidneys. hplN
The demand for East Tennessee bacon
in the South is steadily increasing 1t
commands two cents per pound more
than Western meat Over 10000 pounds
have been shipped from Riceyille during
the past two weeks. T., -., M.
Col. Mat Stratton's mill and distillery,
located little distance out of Nashville,
was entirely destroyed by fire on lSatur-
day last, Loss, $4,000 with no insur-
ance Fifty persons were thrown out of
employment by the fire
Newburyport is determined to get
license tax out of the witches Sabbath
of the Spiritualists, but doesn't know
whether to class them as giyers of the
atrical exhibitions or as retailers of
spirits. ..'alanfsd .slIasq a
Our Texas exchanges generally speak
of growing disposition among the peo-
pie to plant not so much cotton and
more corn, wheat, potatoes, and all that
sort of thing, for which Increasing i'm
migration is sure to produce an increas-
ing demand. s.ar ~-N
A poor Savannah woman placed over
the grave Of her recently buried son a
school slate with his name and age in
scribed thereon, and then covered the
whole with pane or two of glass Sub
sequently this poor yet sincere memo
rial was stolen by some candidate for
the gallows, leaving the mound without
a mark This is the extremity of mean
ness.
A Hoosier critic heard Nilsson the
other day, and the tones Of her voice, he
says, fell on the tender tendrils Of his
heart" like the buhbling music of dis |
tant waterfalls on bed of crushed !
roses. We don't exactly understand
that. Perhaps. be meant to write
crushed noses, - ,r.lr
The Wing and Register has been
shown number of specimensof marble |
taken from the ground Of Colonel John
Williams, about two miles from Knox
vile. One of the specimens was a pure /
white marble, and the editor was in
formed by the Colonel that Of this pecu-
liar variety there is a formation three
hundred and seventy-6ve feet deep,
three-quarters Of mile in length and
half mile in width. Available quarry.
Pittsylyania county, Virginia, has a
character named John Anderson, who is
said to have committed two murders in
Kentucky, and is known to have com.
mitted one in that county. He goes
armed with two murderous navy shooters,
and has a staff Of three outlaws, who
always accompany him. An unsuecess-
ful attempt was made 10 capture him
one day last week, and it is thought be
will not much longer remain at large.
A Virginia paper says: miss Macy
Martin Middlebrook, young lady from
the county Of Anne Arundel, Nd, not
yet twenty-five years of age, sold the
last one hundred Of her cabbage crop
this week for Sc 30. The whole crop 1
numbered slightly over 5000 head. and
has aggregated something over $225.
When il is remembered that Miss Mid
dlebrook notremarkably robust, weighs
only l23 pounds, and that she titled the
soil and made the crop with her own
hands, but few win withhold the remark
that Miss NJ. is every inch woman.
Christmas Eve she sold in the Lexington
market, in Baltimore, over Eve hundred
ponnds Of turkey Of her own raising at
20 cents per pound, and since the 18th
day Of October last has knitted over
three dozen pairs Of socks Now, ifhere is
not wife worthy Of any man, We would