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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

Memphis Real Estate DissFibution.
Arrangements perfected for November
9Th. Drawing positively takes place on
that dag. Sale Of tickets eloses Wednes-
day evening, the 9Th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
TILE. CITY.


TILE. CITY.
Nj EMP HIS.
Tuesday Evening, Oct. 81, 1871.
See fourth page for additional local
PITTsBURG and Camel coal and gus
coke. Brown & Jones, Office 2s2 Main
street, Bethel Block. i9falis
Be friend to tliyself," and do your
house cleaning with Il. Morgan's Sons
Sapolio 1t removes stains from mar.
BILE, paint, hard walls, and brightens al
metallic articles, knives, tins, etc. Ash
your grocer.
Real Estate DIST rIbutiOn of Mem
phis.
Ten days required to hear from foreign
agencies.
No postponement. Draws November
9th, positively. A'i7 ia
BROWNE 4 BRowNH ,Sl5 Second st. al
WARNER's PREPARATIONS for sale al
the Little Drug Store Round the Corner
SO Adams street. 1901
PUMPs at 3l5 Second street. All
- HI
Go TO Bfackett & Co.'S, 32l Second
street, for young Kentucky mules. 3O-1
Memphis Real Estate Distribution
Arrangements perfected for November
9th. Drawing positively takes place on
that day. Sale of tickets closes Wednes-
day evening, the sth:
The best Habana smoking tobacco
found at S. Sternberg & Co.'S, 3l3 Main
street 20 7baa1a4 kIat 46t
PACE & SToyAL's Rough and Ready
tobacco, found at Sternberg's, 3l3 Main
street. ,ui oi
Oysters.
Fresh stock received daily By YsD.
Fuchs, II Jefferson street. l7C
Buy your wood from c. II. johnson
III Poplar street. 90
Real Estate DistrfbutiOn OF Mem
phis.
Ten days required to hear from foreign
agencies.
No postponement. Draws November
9TH, positively. 'A V'i'u i''-'i
GAs-F1rrNG at 3l5 Second st. al
THnIAx 4 GA1sMAS, 6s Union street
have on hand fine lot of HORSES anC
MULES, which they offer for sale on thirty
or sixty days time. 3O-Sl
ArMoREs mince-meat, Millaird's fines
prepared family chocolate, new strained
and comb honey, very choice, at J. De
voto's, cor. Third and Adams st. 26-l
HAVE your CRATES set with Lemon
patent. This improvement embodiei
utility, economy and durability. Call a
229 Second street.. 81 - ~ = 81
Memphis Real Estate Distribu fiOn
Arrangements perfected for NoyeInbe
9th. Drawing positively takes place oil
that day. Sale of tickets closes Wednes
day evening, the sth.
srEAu-FIrr1SG at sl5 Second st. AZ
B.F. GRAvELY's tobacco, TO be ioun'
at Sternberes. 3l3 Main street. g
To rro5,ca d, olear br;ebt health,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
The SubSidcd Press.

The suspension of the Charleston
Is. C.) Republican moves the New
York Times to remark:
"The fact appears to be that there
is not yet Republican party in the
Southern States capable of support
ing an independent Republican news
paper. The result is that uoarly, if
not all, Southern Republican journals
are fed from the State treasures, and
do not thrive morally on that diet
This is one of the evils that time
alone will cure" a'
This comment implicitly approves
the practice Of the Southern State
treasures in using the tax payers
money to publish partisan news pa pers.
This identical thing is one of the
strong counts in the Times fierce in
dectment of the Tammany govern.
ment, of New York. The Times is
right in denouncing this misconduct
of Tammany, but all its denunciation
applies, according to its own state
ment of the case, to the Radical gov
ernment Of. every Southern State
Baltimore Sun.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Ben Bntler.

Ben Butler, in his endeavor to set
to be Governor of Massachusetts, is
parading himself as the most popular
man among the negroes that there is
in the United States. lie says: If
| am not sustained in more cabins
by the prayers of the c>lored mon
than auy commander in the army,
will never appear in public again"
The New York Tribune illustrates
him thus:
"Here's yer nice roast chicken"
cried an aged colorcd man, as the
cars stopped at a Virginia railway
station. "1cre's your roast ohick'n, N
taters, all nice and hot" holding his
plate aloft and walking the platform.
"W here did you get that chicken,
Uucle Z" asked passenger. Uncle
looked at the intruder sharply, and
then turns away, crying, "IIere's
yer rice roast chick'n, gentl'm'n' all
hot needn't 40 in de house for dat"
"Nh here did you get that chicken r.
repeats the inquiaitive passenger.
"Look ycr,' says uncle, speaking
privately. is you from de Norf. ~
Eyes," els you friend of de cul
lud man p "I hope am" "Den
don't you nebbcr ask me wlar l got
dat chick'n. Here's yer nice roast
chick'n, all hot"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Stick TO the Fence.

For Fifteen years daily, at Stamford,
Conn.,, a man has sat on fence and
watched every railroad train as it
passed d.-Erchange.
He is probably trying to make up
his mind if it would be safe to ride in
the oars. Old fellow, you stick to
that fence If the top rail is sharp,
turn it over or put a cushion on it,.
Fit up a smoking apartment on the
next pannel If you like, and rig a
luxurious couch on tho next one to
that. Bring out your baggage, take
a check for it and hang it On post.
Buy ticket and punch it youraeIf.
ask yourself the distance to the next
station, and get insulted. Se-
cure, as your means will permit, all
the luxuries of railroad travel, but
don't get off that fence to enjoy them.
So shall you die q natural death,
and the good wife shall not expend
the farm fighting the life insurance
companies over your cold corpse.
You're in, the right O. this thing, old
rooster .. .'''
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
The Tidal Wave.

Prof. Caleb G. Forshcy has com
fortcd committee of anxious inuuir.
crs in New Orleans with the assur-
nncc that the tidal-wavo prediction
ascrihcd to Prof. Aggassiz, is a
"monstrous and cruel hoax" in
which the learned scicrtist (now ab-
sent on tour of discovery had no
agency. Prof. Forshcy states some of
the facts with regard to the tides,
which arc set forth with equal cloar
ness in the primary school Biographies
and gives tho pleasant assurance "that
no conjunction of the planets, what
ever their positions, can appreciably
affect the carth's tides. SO it seems
we won't bavc the basin at Baltimore
cleared out by the great agency of
nature without expense.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
EXPLOSION.

The fatal explosion of torpedoes in
New York on the l4th instant, re-
calls one precisely similar which oc.
CURED in Berlin, Prussia, some three
or four years ago. On that occasion
IA large case filled with Illuminating
powder for the toys known as parlor
pistols, which some porters were un-
loading from a freight car into an
express wagon, had exploded with
terrific effect, shattering horses and
wagon, killing two men on the spot
wounding others and wrccking
everything in the neighborhood
The out-of-town firm who forwarded
tho packages were. on Investigation,
found to have neglected the proper
"declaration" of their dangerous in~
voice, and had to take the conse-
quences. They had to pay ruinous
damages to the families of the uufor.
tunate porters, and heavy fines to the
State, and were imprisoned-i short
were finally and socially well-nigh
ruined. This precedent points its
ownmoral, applicable in the New York
case. .,.. .r. ...,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Who arc the Happy?

A familiar writor tells US that
happiness is tho gay to morrow of the
mind, that never comes :" but we will
not say amen to this. Truo tho
search after happiness since tho days
of Rasselas is seldom blest with any
fortunate result, unless wo except
the lessons taught us on the road.
Tho fruitless endoavor to be happy
the constant striving after this grand
ultimatum Is never successful. Hap.
piness comes as Parthenia says love
does, unseen, unsought. She is coy
and exactiug: We sot apart q day
on which We determine to bo happy,
and perhaps include many who are to
partakc with us Of its p.oasuros-wo
build our hopes on such a natural
and plausible foundation that we
scarcely deem it possible We can be
disappointed. The day comes, all is
bright and beautiful, the winged
courses of our fanciod car cannot
move too swiftly, and we hail tho
sunlight as the fitting courier to her
aid our joy. Ere that sun has set we
arc called to mourn over the nothing.
ness of our dream-something is sure
to happen to rob us of all enjoyment,
and we find out what others have be-.
fore discovered, that we can never
count upon one day-nay ono hour
of happiness. When we least expect
it, sometimes n low voice whispers,
and 10 |! we are happy, a soft touch Is
laid upon our hoart, and poaco comos
to the troubled soul, brightness to
tho weary eye.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Death OF Distinguished Charleston
Physician.

The medical and scientific world
will regret to learn Of the death Of
the eminent physician and naturalist,
Dr.. John j.. Holbrook, of this city,
who died of apoplexy, at Norfolk, near
Boston, Mass, on tho 9Th instant.
Dr.. Holbrook was born in Beaufort,
s. c., 10 1894. At an early age he
went to reside with relatives in Mas.
sachusetts, where lie was reared and
educated. llc was graduated at
Brown University in 1915, studied
medicine in the schools of Philadcl.
phia, Edinburgand Paris, and settlcd
in Charleston, where he was appoint
cd professor of anatomy in the Char
lesion Medical College, then recently
instituted Charleston Mems.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Blood for Blood In Jefferson County.

Great excitement prevails in Jeffer.
son County Ga. Some time ago, a negro
there, of very bad, reputation, named
Bug Pierce, wantohly y shot and killed a
young man by the name of Joseph
Coleman, who went to his house as an
officer of tho law. After this, Pierce
fed Immediately to Atlanta and
thence to Washington City. On
Friday night last he returned to his
home, bringing with him a guard of
three U. S. soldiers. Havirg mur.
dered an officer of the law in cold
blood, the Government sent him back
with bay youets to brave on outraged
community. AS soon as he arrived,
the civil authorities arrested him upon
a charge of murder. And on Satur-
day night last, while under tho charge
of an officer, party of disguised men
suddenly appeared, SEIZED and secur-
ed the flicer, tied the negro, threw
him int" Cart, and drove off with
hin. The cart which belonged to the
officers premises, came back to the
place next morning, but none of the
party of the previous night with it.
1t is believed Pierce received sum-
mary punish ncnt for the murder Of
young Coleman. On Monday after.
noon last company Of U. S. soldiers
arrived in Barlow, the county town Of
j Jetferson, with Instructions to arrest
q number Of citiZens.-EdyefeM Aa-
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
-
Political.

The Legislature Of Illinois, it is re.
ported, will be placed in on ombarras.
sing situation by the action of tho
presiding officers Of the two bodies Of
which it is composed. The Speaker
of the House Of Representatives, it is
asserted, intends to summon that
body to meet in special session in
Chicago. on November 18th, and
Lieutenant Governor Dougherty in
tends to summon the Senate to meet
at Springfield, the State capitol on
tho same day.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Prayer OF a Distracted People.

Mr.. Groesbeck, in his great speech
at Steubenville, uttered the following
invocation for national blessing which
may well serve, as form Of prayer
for tho people of the United States: r,
81 plead for the preservation. of
this Union as a limited Government
/ plead for the State as, our home
government" Lplead for tho aopus,
toned freedom, of our elections, and
that they may not ba spoiled lby mill
tary supervision. ! plead for. the
sapc.ity and inviolability of chat
great writ which alone secures our
daily personal liberty The war is
ended, and wo have entered tho
seventh year of peace. 1 plead for
the spirit of pence and confidence
and good will in all our public conduct.
The hand outstretohed in friendly
salutation is q better peace. m or
than the shut hand upliftea to strike -
rr.5 -----t+---e. 2 - 4.--~---3n jig .rro
Tho flip flap waggle is tho stylish
Saratoga gait now.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
A Ball OF Fire Exp|odes in a Church Fill.
ed with Pc0plc.

The New Albany (Ind.) Ledger
says on Sunday night last, the Camp
Ground, on Potato Run, in Harl ison
County, was the scene of one of the
strangest and most startling freaks of
lightning. Sho tly after the con:rc~
CATION had assembled for worship. the
storm burst forth with all its fury. The
minister had just commenced his text
when there came vivid fl .sh of light.
ming followed by quick, sharp peal
OF thunder. In all instant aftcrward
a ball of FIRE, as large as a thirty-two
pound cannon ball, entered the win
dow, and after following the ceilirg
to the center of the building it cx.
ploded with loud crash, scattering
sp :rks all over the house.
The effect upou the people there
assembled was electrical. The min
lister was Knocked back in tho pulpit,
and the entire congregation slid from
their seats to the fl ,or, but whether
for better safety or from tho effects of
the shock Is not known. The pe,s,ns
in The house describe the sensation
produced BY the lightning as of pc
culitr numbing character. The light.
ming first struck tree standing at the
corner of the churc and from there
I'assing to one of the windows, pane
Of which it knocked out without
breaking, and SO passed iutv the
church.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Remarkable Phenomenon at Wilmington,
.r. n, C.,

| .. N. L.
The Wilmington Journal, of yes
te;day, says:
The very peculiar appearance OF
the sun, yesterday at noon attracted
the presence Of nearly NIL who were
abroad at that hour. That luminary
| appeared to be hidden and his light
obstructcd by heavy gray mass of
clouds, which extended around it in
a perfect circle Of apparently about
Eve degrees in distance from the d.
ameter to the circumference. The
edges Of the clouds we're bordercd by
a bright ring, partaking Of many of
the hucs of the rainbow, and this
ring was again surrounded by large
and moro distinct circle, and this
again was cut into towards tho North,
by another ring, tho Southern por-
tion only of which was visible. Tho
appearance lasted, in all, for forty
minutes, otherwise the day was fair
and clear throughout.
This was certainly most peculiar
condition of the atmosphere, and one
Of which the scientific men had failed
to inform us. What it may purport
no one can, as yet, forctcll, but cou-
pied with the prediction Of the tidal
wave, said to have been made by Prof.
Agas>iz, it set the minds of men to
speeulating to fearful and alarming
oXtent.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27

Complaints, strongly rcdolcnt of
'"lGnation, are ascending from all
qr ,rters Mt the neat little system of
r"tbery instituted by the United
States Treasury, in the redemption of
matilatcd currency. 1t is held that,
except under undouhtcd evidence of
fraud, the Government has no right to
deduct portion Of tho value of n
note because corner becomes fraycd
out in handling, thus throwing upon
the people the entire burden of the
wear and tear Of paper currcncy.-
There is reason in this undoubtedly.
IF the people consent to have the
place of specie currency supplied
with accomm odation paper, the duty
of keeping the latter in good condition
should properly rest upon tho Gov.
ernmcnt, particularly as wo know it
to be in the yearly receipt Of very
large profit from notes lost or destroy.
cd. Mr.. B,Htwcll is one Of tho clos
est financial shavcrs i, IL r. u.l.
III this instance, scrapes the skin very
close. lie should be careful, or he
III y draw blood.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27

Counts Rattazzi and Cavour, and
Italian money and skill moro than
divide the honors of an achievement
far surprising llannibaps or Napo-
Icons. The progress Of tho work
has been carefully noticed from tho
beginning, and the late completion Of
the boring left the event now realized
only a question Of days. 1t has bcon
recently travcrscd in thirty.eight
minutes. The air was excellent, and
the rails perfectly level.
Tho renovated Stock Exchange
New York, was opened on Saturday
last, and is described as Wall.street
palace.
Thorc arc five months in this year
having five Sundays ing
that does not occur onco in fifty years.
A man, who was very i'll, was ad.
vised to send for q physician. "No,
if am to dio let me die at my lois.
ure."
The Spiritualists arc now in Coun
Gil ut Troy, and representatives arc
assembled from every section Of tho
Union.
A Gentle cavalry company is being
organized at Salt Lake City.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Power OF Kindness.

A poor woman used to give an elo-
phant, who often pas 'cd her stall in
tho market, handful Of green's, of
which he was very fond. One day he
was in great fury, and broke away
from his keeper, and camo raging
down market.placc. Every ono fled, :,
and in her haste the market woman
forgot her little child. But tho fu.
rions elephant, instead of trampling
it to death, lifted it up tenderly and
laid it on one side in a place Of safe.
ty. DO you believe she was sorry she
gave him handful of green's as he
went by? No. We sometimes profit by
kind action when wo least expect
IT,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Senator SCOTS Story.

A Washington correspondent Of the
Now York Tribune, writes as follows
to that paper: s~.
Senator Scott has received O lott or
from Colonel Rono, us. A., com.
manding at Spartanburg, S. c., who
has been stationed there sinco thu
Sub-Iny ycstigating Committee visited
that place. Col. Reno states that NO
out.ragos have occurred there since his
--------<>.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
A Sheriff and AlnyOr Killed by Negro.

A Sheriff and AIuyor Killed by n Negro.
The New Orleans Times of Thurs
day says: :
About sund"wn Tuesday night the
two brothers Herring, the Sheriff aud
Mayor of B, ram Station, on the jack.
son railroad, ten miles this side of
jackson, we're attacked by n negro,
whose name We did not ascertain,
aud almost instantly killed. The ne.
gro previously had a difficulty with
his employer about hitching up an
OK team. He struck his employer
ond ran, and the brothers Horring
pursued him. lie was finally brought
to bay, and one of the party fired a
shot gun at him, woundirg him with
squirrel shot in tho thigh and hand
He then drew a knife aud cut one in
the throat and the o'hcr across the
abdomen, killing both instantly.
The negro, when the train passed
}yram last night was lying at the
station unable to move, and the two
bodies were about fftocr feet from
him. The difficulty occurred at that
place. The Sheriff of Jackson had
beon telcgraphed, and was expected
on the next train.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
Fielldish.

A disp Itch from Wavcrlcy, Va,
Septcmb r 18th, to tho Richmond
Va, dispatch, gives tho following :
"Soon after tho second down freight
train of the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad passed Wavcrly Sta
tion to-day, engineer Catlott discover
ed negro man about hundred
yards ahe' I'd Of them holding boy on
the track. Catlett rs soon as he saw
the situation, blew down brakes and
reversed his engine, but the man
held on until the engine was within
twenty steps of them, when he jump
ed of. leaving the boy, who, in trying
to follow, was run over and literally
cut to pieces, both arms and both legs
being mashed off, leaving his body
horrible mutilatcd mass The train
was stopped at once, when it was
found that the man had tod the bo,
to the rail with rope hardly six feet
long, and had held him on the oppo-
site of the track to the ono on which
the rope was tied until tho train ap-
proachcd, with tho above result.
The ncgro's name was Mack Colbert,
and the boy was his stcpson. lie
said he tied the boy there to whip
him, but his actions from tho first In.
dlcatcd that his intention was mur
der, and nothing less the track be-
ing an airline for more than twenty.
five miles in the direction from which
tho train came. Tho iiend was Lett
in charge of Mr.. Hart and several
others, and has doubtless been locked
up. The boy was still breathing |
when the train left, but was uncon- |
sci us, and ere this is dead.'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
THE RULE or Tile BAYONET.
The Independent Press Oh ,Murtlal. Law in
..re 49,: Our State. .,o ...--

That thore should be any ,necessi
ty MARTIAL law In South Carolina il
a most telling condemnation of The
policy Of Federal interference in the
internal affairs Of that State, and OF
the malignant influence of carpet bag
government. NJ better, evidence. is
needed to show thut the men foisted
upon the people. by violence or chica.
merry are as incompetent ns they are
corrupt.-Netp York Advertissr, Rep.
A SAD AND HUMILtATINa SPECTACLE.
What a sad aud humiliating spec
taole have we here. jAt the best,
and taking Grant on his own showing,
what q proof does his proposed inter
vention afford of the utter incapacity
and worthlessncss of tho oarpct.bag
government Of South Carolina. View.
ing the case from Grants own stand.
point, to what n dilemma does he re-
duce us--either to lot ono of tho
strongest Republican States in the
Union lapse into chaos, or maintain
order therein with the bayonet under
law of Congress whose main fea.
lures are clearly unconstitutional
and which clothes the President with
the powers of dictator. Bnt when
it is n remembered that the case is to
largo extent simulated one, and
that this use Of unwurranted powers,
and this display of the bayonet are
mainly to enable the President to
thwart the wishes of a majority of the
Republican party by obtaining a
nomination for another term, not in
dependent Republicans only, bu. all
law.abiding people should consider
what is necessary to preserve the lib
critics of the country. - New York
Sun, Radical.
THE FRUITS OF NEGRO RULE.
Many parts Of the South are as
peaceful and prosperous as before the
war. Why is it that of all he $ .uth-
ern States South Carolina is reduced
to the humiliating attitude of chrun
10 disorder Z Is it beouuse her domi.
nant black population, under her re.
construction system absolutely rule
the State, Or are they, with all their
vain conceits, SO utterly incompetent
and all ignorant that they have
brought all these troubles upon the
Commonwealth with their ''fantastic
tricks" in tho State administration 7
1t would seem 80 ; for surely, with
anything like a just, honorab and
reasonable administration, the State
authorities, white or black, would
be able to take care of themselves
and their followers in the main.
tonance of law and order even in
South Carolina.-NetU York Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27
An Indian ParodfSe,

Special Indian Agent Vincent Col
yor advises the Secretary of the In.
terror by telegraph from tho Camp
Talarosa, via Santa Fe, that, assisted
by Superintendent Popo and Agent
Fiper, he had cxa amined the valley of
Talarosa, with the view Of making an
Indian reservation. He found it re-
mote from white sottlers, surrounded
by mountains, filed with game, and
containing plenty of wood and water
with sufficient arabic land. Accord.
ingly, under authority previously
given, he has DECLARED this valley 90
miles wide 80 miles long-a reserva.
tion for the southern rowing Apaohes,
and instructed Agent Piper to remove
the agency from Cavado Alimosa as
oJn as practicable. D. .,. tg