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- HnLLArn TESTIMONIAL.

The testimonial rendered By eleven
New York theaters on Thursday even
ing last, 10 the memory of dead actor,
the late George Holland, and for the ben
eft Of his widow and children, was sig
ni6cant expression Of the sense Of the
public in condemnation Of religious big
otry. and in support Of the charity OF
Christianity. The New York Standard
saws on the subject Of this testimonial:
tits interesting mainly because it at
fords an opportunity for the display OF
those kindly feelings which actors as a
class cherish toward one another IN al
Fiction. and Of the estimation in which
the better portions Of the stage are held
bv respectable people generally. Mr..
Holland was not a remarkably great actor
or a pre-eminently heroic man. his best
friends and most profound admirers wall
scarcely claim those merits for him. de
was. howeyer,an extremely conscientious,
painstaking, lsborious, excellent and sue
cessful artist, whose private life was hawed
by vices. His career was a clean career,
and his memory is fragrant and whole
some one. In reviewing all that be was,
on the stage and of, the reviewer feels
that the life was a good one; that its tai
ents we're finely cultured aud well be-
slowed. and that its home was preserved
peaceful, pure, and happy, nncontam-
mated By any Of those errors which 50
frequently deiace lives that are spent in
the service Of professions which profess
TO be purer than the profession Of the
stage. Actors as class are said 70 be
clannish. They are clannish, in
the sense that they stick to each other
and sacrifice themselves for one another
with generosity that is characteristic
Of only two other levels Of society Boz
hemians " and very poor people. The
most fastidiously jealous and exacting
class of people on the face Of the earth
thew are also the most genially and de
lghtfnlly impractical helping one an
other with that poetic belief in an equal
distribution of property which one almost
never encounters elsewhere in the world
before the footlights.
But the Holland benefit is likewise an
indication of the respect in which tbs
public holds the stage. In spite Of al
that may justly be said in regard to th'
demoralizing tendencies Of modern dra
matization; IN spite Of the so-called puer
ilities Of the pantomime and prurienee
of the ballet there is, at bottom, dee
reverence for what is pure and intellect
nal in the representations Of the stage
Mr.. Holland contributed a great deal I
this order Of entertainment. he did s
unostentatiously and industriously 70
many years, aud he helped 70 throw tn
steady glow Of respectability aroun
much that would otherwise have beei
villifed as meretricious This TESTING
NAL therefore has dual expression.
Is the mouthpiece alike Of actor an
public: a digHifed refutation Of To
charge that the secular world has reaso
10 be ashamed Of cherishing the benef
cent alluremenis Of the stage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23
The Ascent OF Mount washington
An winter.

Professor Huntington, one of the me
neurological party spending the winter
at Mount Washington. writes;
From the depot Of the Mount wash
ington railway, in summer, the ascent,
on foot. il a person is accustomed to
walking is comparatively easy. Although
the ties are three feet apart, and there is
q rise of one foot in three a part OF the
way, vet a person with muscles strong
from exercise can walk 70 the very sum,
nit of the mountain without sitting down
to rest. But suppose it is winter.
The snow has accumulated to con-
siderable depth, even in the ties, but then
il is no great hindrance. Should it, how
ever, be attempted second time, you
will find that the snow that was com
pressed beneath the foot has changed to
ice, and the oval forms give still less
secure footing; IL it is thawing, and the
ice is almost ready to slip OF as you
tread upon it, every one will see that
upon trestle thirty feet high, walking
is somewhat dangerous, and to walk
down is a feat from which even most
expert acrobat would shrink. If at the
depot we take snow shoes, we can walk
with comparative ease, half way up, and
then the snow is so compact that they
are no longer needed; and as there are
few Irregularities in the surface, the
walking is better than in summer:
Above the limit of the trees the rail-
way is covered with ice of every iantas-
tic shape, and the framework OF the
Gulf tank is now so ornamented that
one can hardly believe that IT Is tue
rude structure we see in summer. The
Lizzie Bourne monument which we have
been accustomed to see only a rough
pile of stones, is now an object OF archl-
tectural beauty such as as no sculptor
can carve from marble. Immediately
above the monument the timber trestles
are completely covered with deposits OF
frozen mist extending two or three feet
horizontally from the timber on which
the track is laid, and every piece of tim
Der which forms the trestle is ornament
ed with beautiful forms of frost work,
deposited in graceful curve as the wind
sweeps through the trestle.
On the summit the buildings, the piles
of rock and stones, so rough in summer,
are now completely covered with frost,
while the snow fills the spaces between
the Jagged rocks. On the sides of the
buildings towards the northwest the frost
has accumulated so that now it is more
than a foot in thickness The frost
work on the depot, while it has every
where the same general appearance, the
points show exactly the direction OF the
wind as it came into every nook and
corner of the building. The frost on the
braces and timbers that extend outward
seems Ike one triangular mass, and on
the chains it is often two feet in dame
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23
CALIFORNIA.
Mail Train Robbed.

san FRAScIsco. I@nuary 2s.-The
eastward bound overland train arrived
at Alta at 7 pm. last evening. The
mail agent locked the mail car securely
on starting, and II was considered per
fectly safe and impenetrable 10 thieves
but on arriving at Alta il was found that
bolts had been broken by robbers and the
car entered, and a mailbag containing
registered letters stolen. A package OF
coin Of the value Of $4,000 was also Sc
cured By the robbers. The robbery was
done in ths quietest manner possible
The guard Of Wells a Fargo's express,
who was in an adjoining compartment Of
the same car, vas entirely ignorant Of
the robbery. Trains have been dis
patched 10 Sacramento and 70 Wads-
worth for officers 20 scour the country in
pursuit Of the robbers.
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WASHINGTON.
Naval Appropriation nm


WAsmSGToS, January 23.-The naval
appropriation bill is the special order for
Tuesday. The totalamount appropriated
by the bill as it comes from the commit
tee is sl9, 233, 600, being over S5,OOO,OOO
less than the amount called for by the
Secretary Of the Navy. About 500, 600
is appropriated to torpedoes and new
branches Of the naval servicei 100000
for the construction Of two iron-plated
torpedo boats; 100000 is allowed for
patent hydrostatic arrangement for the
raising Of turrets of monitors; $4,000
in part payment Of the great refracting
telescope now constructing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23

Among the petitions for patent rights
lately presented TO the Minister Of the
Interior in Chill is that Of NJ. Ferdinand
Cause, a native Of France, relative to
the discovery Of a system IN which air
in a state Of expansion, in combination
with other agents, produces the instan-
taneous breakage OF the hardest masses
Of granite. metallic, or other stone.
Besides this the system is claimed to
possess an advantage over those hitherto
employed. inasmuch as il produces no
explosion whatever when breahrg the
rock, and permits a person TO stand with
perfect safety az distance OF two me-
tree from the stone. II this process be
a. eficacious as described, Il viii be OF
material service 10 mining industry,
doing away with blasting powder
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23

The Philadelphia papers have got the
old fremen down on them by articles
headed Sic Transit Gloria Jakey."
The red shirts say they'll make it the
sickest old transit for the editors if they
catch them.
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TAXES.
-o~-~~~~~~~~-o-~--~>-~~----.-
Notice to Tax Payers.
NOTICE TO TAX COLLECTORS.
C0MPTR0LLER's OFFICE, /
NAsHYILLE. December 10. 1870.

J
CROM THIS DATE NO CREDITS WILL
Il be given to Tax Collectors for land sales,
until proof satisfactorily made establishes the
fact that the delinquent has no personal prop
erty from which the taxes can be collected.
The practice of selling real estate for taxes. at
cost to the State, when personal property
can be sold, was never contemplated, as will
be showndrom the following extracts from the
code:
:" Section COZ. The Collector, upon receiving
the tax list, shall Immediately, by advertise
ment at four OF the most public places in each
civil district, give twenty days notice of the
place and time when and where he will attend
and receive taxes.
Section COS. If any person within such dis
trict fail to attend or otherwise pay his taxes
on or before the day appointed, the Collector
shall levy the same by distraining and selling
the delinquent's goods and chattels, giving at
least twenty days notice OF such sale by ad-
yertisement at four of the most public places
in the district.
"section 500. Such sale shall be by public
auction, and no more property shall be sold
than is sufficient to pay the taxes, costs and
charges; and if the sale produce surplus, it
shall be returned TO the owner OF the property.
Section $40. If the Collector have cause to
fear that any person charged with taxes is
about to remove from the county without pay
ing his taxes, he may, at any time, levy such
sale.
"Section Gil. And if such person has re-
moved into any other county. distress war
rant may be issued by the Collector, if in office
or by the Clerk, if the Collectors term of
service has expired-to the Sheriff of the
county to which the party has so removed, for
the collection of the taxes due from him."
Very respectfully,
ED. r. PENNEBAKER,
Comptroller, etc.
1t will be seen from the above instructions
to me that l am compelled to issue distress
warrants for collections of taxes, before selling
real estate. Therefore notice is hereby given,
that inasmuch as | will have to take judgment
of concentrations at this term Of the Court,
that cannot grant longer induigences and
payments must be made Immediately.
WIN. MCLEAN,
12O-125l Tax Collector Shelby County.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23

Ethan Allen, who died in Worcester,
Massachusetts, at the age OF sixty-fonr,
preceded Colt in the manufacture OF re-
volvers. One Of his earliest inventions
was the "pepper-box revolver, produced
in 1915. He leaves a fortune.
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oLe,e. Mhat b lhe Reason.

The scandal Of ways that we're dark
that always more or less lowered about
Thaddeus Stevens while living, has been
unfortunately revived by the suspicious
conduct Of his executors, who have not
yet complied with the law requiring
them TO make and file an inventory Of
his estate as a dead man. They, how
ever, stoutly deny the insinuations that
the delay was in order 70 conceal the
fact Of Mr. Stevens holding more inte-
rest in one or the other Of the Pacific
railroads than was quite consistent as
an independent member Of Congress.
They explain that they have been both
cred by an extra claim for services from
the colored woman who was Mr. Stevens
bousekeeper-and scandal says some
thing more-for the last quarter century
Of his life, and which claim they have
now compromised They promise now
to comply with the law, and file an in
ventory very soon, but the delay, quite
naturally, seems inexcusable, and II Mr..
Stevens reputation suffers in cOnse-
quence it will be the fault Of those into
whose hands he left the care Of hi.
property, and supposed he left also the
care Of his honor-SpriRgtietd Repub-
bean.
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FRANCE.

BoRDFAUx, January pm. Gambetta
arrived at St. Malo, a French sea port
town on the English channel, from
Layil yesterday. After a brief stay in
town he left via steamer for Cherbourg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23

Jusr received, 25 dozen Mallard ducks,
which will sell at Is cents pair. Call
on S. Clements, u Beal street. l24
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Best Pittsburg coal, at $l--delivered.
1921 WAIT & LEWIS
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A passage curiously apropos to pres
ent experiences in Paris came across us
the other day in turning over the leaves
Of Alexander Dumas thousand and
One Phantoms, written many years
ago. One Of the characters tells another
that the Prussians will one day scourge
Paris, and that the Fats ought 10 e en-
couraged and well fed, for the Patlsiaas
will certainly have to eat them. Dumas
little expected TO live 10 see his joculaI
remark a sad reality.
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Gladstone Is reported 20 be almost
worn out With anxiety and overwork,
and 10 be suffering from heart disease.
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FRESH shad at j. ID. Edwards, 81
Second street II
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Bestplacefor billiards-willett's IA
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sTEAM-FrrrrSG at sl5 Second st.
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A wealthy Farmer Found Dead in
the Road.

FLUSHING, January 23.-The dead body
Of Garrett W. Nostrond, very wealthy
farmer, was found in the road near
Syassett yesterday He had been drink
ing the night before with two men named
Kelly and Levine II is supposed that
these men murdered him, as his body
presented the appearance of having been
terribly hacked with q Ratchet The
coroner's jury brought in a verdict
against the accused, and they were both
committed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23

NoTIcE. Where can we get nice tur-
keys? Why, at the never-failing poultry,
game, fish and oyster depot. j. d. Ed
wards, 27S Second street. ia
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NEW YORK.
Anniversary of the Birth of Burns
Excursion Around the world
Assaults and Robbery.


Assaults and Robbery.
NEW YORK, January 23.-Wednesday
evening the Burns Club of this city will
celebrate the anniversary of the birth Of
Burns by dinner at the Metropolitan
Hotel.
A long projected excursion around the
world by party of New Workers started
Saturday evening at seven o'clock on
board the steamer Alaska Among the
party is son of Collector Murphy, and
son of Superintendent Hovey, of the
Adams Express Company. The vessel
will touch at many Of the seaboard con
tinental cities. Accommodations have
been made for the convenience of the
tourists.
The weather to-day is intensely cold
but clear.
William A. Chris:iaman, while in a
restaurant in Sixth avenue, was assault
ed and robbed Of his watch and $40 in
money by gang Of five men, who were
arrested afterwards and held for exami
nation.
Yesterday morning quarrel occurred
between two brothers, Alexander and
William Myers, negroes, during which
William drew dirk knife and stabbed
his brother three times, inficting dan
gerous wounds. The wounded man was
conveyed to the hospital. The assailant
eqcanad
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
speciaI. 10 the ledger.

AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. VIA 3. p. q A.
TELE0RAPH COMPANY.
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Mayors OFFIcE, CRY HALL,
MENPHIs, July 10, 1871.
In accordance with the provisions of the
above ordinances, m election win be held in
All the wards of the city of Memphis the 18th
dav of August, ISL, between the hours fixed
By law. JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
Ig2-147
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-17

DARK AVENUE ACADEMY, aI-a
i miles from Memphis, near the. Memphis
Principal; I. c. Miller. Assistant. The ninth
session will open September 4. 1911. Students
prepared for the University Of Virginia OF
any college. Twenty boarders can be accom-
kadford x Co.. and II. Wade 4 Co.. Mem
phis, Tennessee. l09-S
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EDUCATIONAL.
a. Q "A ID e NJ Y
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
JACKSON, TENNESSEE.
EDUCATIONAL

1NHE ACADEMY rs UNDER THE CHARGE
l. of the Sisters of the Order Of st. Dominic
The system of education is the same as that
pursued at st. Agnes. Memphis. II is every
way calculated to secure all the aims of edu-
cation-moral and intellectual culture, re-
fnement of manners and physical improve
ment. No effort will be spared to render the
institution worthy of an extensive patronage.
The discipline of the school will be firm and
uniform, while the strietest attention will be
paid to the health. comfort and want of the
pupils. The course of studies occupies all the
branches, useful and ornamental, that are
usually taught. The academic year consists
of two sessions of five months each, the first
commencing on the FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEM-
BER; the second on the FIRST MONDAY OF
FEBRUARY.
Terms per Session - Payable half
yearly, invariably in advance.
For board and tuition in any or all of the
following branches: Reading, Writing, Arith-
metic, English.G Geography, History,
Rhetoric. Composition, Criticism, Principles
of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Botany.
Mental and Moral Philosophy. Plain Sewing,
Marking-S75, $50 or $40. according to the age
or class of the pupil. For day scholars. tuition,
sl5. $40 or s25. according to age or class above.
No pupil of the Senior Department may ex-
pect promotion under year. 1929
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ABOUT WOMEN

IT'S very true, 0 maiden fair,
You're pleasant to the sight,
With flowing locks of golden hair
And eyes Of flashing light.
Upon your cheek health loves to train
The lily and the rose,
But something makes your beauty vain
That dwells upon your nose!
Not that the lovely nose could find,
Upon loVelier face,
Mid all the flowers of womankind,
A more befitting place.
But there's a curl upon its tip,
Half comic, half severe,
In cool collusion with the lip
That savors of sneer.
So, beauty bright. if you would wed,
When lovers come TO woo,
Beware the tossing of the head,
The glance that looks askew.
Men ask for love, and not for wit
That scerches where it glows,
IT'S heart, not head, you ought to hit
Uncurl your scornful nose
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Russia Exciting Hostility to Tur-
Constantinople July 1S) Correspondence of
tho London Times.

Constantinople July 1S) Correspondence of
tho London Times.I
One would have thought that the con-
ciliatory attitude of the Porte toward
Russia in the Black sea question would
have secured for Turkey, if not sense
of gratitude, at least a certain amount
of impartiality at the hands OF the Rus
sian press This, however, has not been
the case. Many Russian papers have
again taken up, and more warmly than
ever the old and favorite theme of the
pretended deplorable condition of the
Christians in Turkey and the barbarity
Of the Mussulmen Nor is any calumny
spared in support of this misrepresenta-
ton. Thus, the Goloss does not hesi-
tate TO affirm that Christian blood is
shed in torrents at Barrialouka, in Bos-
mia, and that the Turks are determined
to extirpitate the Christian faith from
that part of the empire. The Gazette
Of the Bourse will also have it that the
insurrection in Albania has taken such
proportions that the Goyernor-General
has been obliged to gather around him
all the forces of that province Such
calumnies do not, of course, deserve
any refutation, but the Porte feels that
they ought not to be published with inn
punity, or left uneontradicted by the
Russian authorities.
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HOPE HALL INSTITUTE,
A school for Boys and Girls,
No. no Marshall Avenue,
1T. TOOF. PRINCIPAL.

UlHE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITU-
/ tion will commence on Monday. Septem-
Der 4, 1871. The location is one of the most
desirable for school purposes in the city. 1t
with good water, and includes n beautiful
grove Of forest trees. afording excellent facil-
ities for healthful recreation. The rooms will
be supplied with improved school furniture
and such other comforts as may be necessary
to secure the health and progress of pupils.
The principal pledges his undivided attention
to the work of advancing those intrusted to
his care.
information concerning the Institute. OF Prin-
cipal, are respectfully referred TO Major j. j.
Busby. Major W. d. Beard, David Walk. IL.
A. Mttleton, DR.. ID. Gober. Jno. S. TOof.
Te0 10I-u9I.0S
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FLORIDA WATER.
The Celebrated
Murray
Lanman's
Florida Water
FLORIDA WATER.

The most lasting, agreeable
and refreshing Of all per-
fumes, for use on the hand
kerchief, at the toilet, and in
the bath. For sale by all
Druggists and Perfumsrs. ls-t
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Terms per Session - Payable half
yearly, invariably in advance.
LA SALETTE ACADEMY,
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
NO. I7S THIRD STREET

UlHE ACADEMIC YEAR CONSISTS OF
i two sessions of five months each. the first
commencing on the first Monday of Septem-
ber; the second on the first Monday of Feb
ruary. Terms per sessiOn-payable in ad-
vance. For tuition in the English branches,
SIS. $40, $25, $50, according to the age or class
of the pupil. For further information apply
TO the Superior of La Salette.O 1929
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BURNETT COOKING EXTRACTS are the
best Sold by all frst-class drugg lists
and grocers.
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The Emperor of Brazil Speaks His
Mind to a World COrrespODde mt
His Country Wants Men-Pune ;ent
Criticism of the English 80 ciaI
SySfem-A Contemplated Visi & TO
the United states.
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sooK HINpERY.
BOOK 5INDERY.
Franklin Book Binderv.
AND -
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY.
No. Is West Court Street, Memphis.
sc reap D-,,-fcfo-
5. Q. TeoF. PreprIelor.

DLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING, AND
ID binding Of every description. executed IN
a very superior manner. and warranted ID
give entire satisfaction.
80 Ny Blank Book papercmbracog the frat
mills in America; my stock consists Of the
finest in the entire market. and prices % COM
pete with any house in Memphis. Parties viii
find il 10 their interest to give ne a call before
ordering elsewhere. ll-t
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
TIME PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
L every afternoon Except Sunday by
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at So per annum lin
advanced; clubs of five or more. 81 SO.
Communications upon subjects of general
interest TO the public arc at all times accept
able.
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What do great liars do when they die2
They lie still.