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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
The Cannon-Morse Homicide.

This case, at present on hearing be.
fore three Justices, continues to attract
public attention. The Second Circuit
Courtroom has been crowded since the
opening of the trial, and the greatest
interest seemed to be felt by the specta-
tors, especially by the sporting frater-
nity-the friends Of the deceased, Hold
Morse. The State has been working la
boriously and adroitly to prevent any
admission to bail, and to induce the JUS
tees, when they come to consider the
case finally, to remand the prisoner to
Jail without bail. The testimony being
introduced by counsel of the defendant
is gradually placing the act of homicide
in clearer light, and brings forth new
facts and incidents connected with the
Jefferson street tragedy.
The secrets of gambling houses and
other places of resort are being unfolded
with reference to the two actors in the
tragedy above mentioned. From the
testimony it is evident that bad blood
existed between the two men, and it re-
quired but little to bring about a col
lision-Hod Morse, in his drunken hours,
knocking down and whipping the woman
Joe Lee in order to exasperate Can
non, and denouncing him as a
cur >" who would not fight, and that
if he ever drew pistol on him
(Morse) he would make him jump into
the river" or, if he (Cannon) ever
tackled him he would cook his GOOSE"
had the effect of precipitating the bloody
collision. Hod Morse was in the habit
of getting drunk; he was known to be a
game and desperate man, who feared
naught on earth; he was an enemy not
for an instant to be despised. Added to
all this, the fact that Morse and a score
of others were in the habit of carrying
deadly weapons, and had been known to
use them on other occasions, was an
other step toward a deadly conflict.
We merely state these points in order
to place the actors and the act
in plain, clear light, stripped of all
the stuff that has been thrown around
the entire affair. Not having any
prejudices against or in favor of the
dead man, and knowing him merely by
that crucible, reputation, we are not dis
posed to do even MS memory any injus-
tice. Believing that his surviving friends
are entering into the spirit Of a State
prosecution with vim of an old crimi-
nal lawyer, and also believing that Cap
tain Cannon's friends are attending to
his interests, no doubt the court will be
well informed as to all the facts in the
case ere they render decision; and
whatever that decision may be all good
citizens will abide by, and all bad citi-
zens can do naught else.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
Memphis Beer Drinkers AnacreOn


tie.
Here, with my beer, / sit, while golden
moments fit; alas they pass unheeded
by, and as they fly, l, being dry, sit idly
slipping here, my beer. o, finer far, than
fame or riches are, the graceful smoke
wreaths of this free cigar. Why should
! weep, wall or sigh2 What if luck has
passed me by? What if my hopes are
dead-my pleasures aed2 Have l not
still my I'll of right good cheer-cigars
and beer2 Go, whining youth, forsoothl
Go, weep and wall sigh, and grow palel
Weave melancholy rhymes Of olden
times, whose joys like shadow-ghosts
appear-but leave me to my beerl Gold
is dross-love is loss; so if gulp my
sorrows down, or see them drown in
foamy draughts Of old nut brown, then l
do wear a crown without cross. Here,
with my beer, / sit, idly slipping, here,
my beerl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

was held by Esquire Miller on the body
of the deceased, and the jury returned a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death from gun-shot wounds, at the
hands Of ]. W. S. Browne.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
Liouor DenIers, Association

A meeting will be held to-day at four
o'clock pm, at the Cochran Hall, 1874
Main street. All liquor dealers are re-
auested to attend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

To make room for new stock, offer
all kinds of fancy goods, such as Bo-
hemian vases, toilet sets, French and
German china. lava and Parian goods,
al reduced prices. CHAs. N. Erich.
1Eu1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
Liverpool Cotton market.

LIVERPOOL. August %. II a.m.--Cotton Is
hardening. Sales. 1900 bales. Middling up
lands. 91sd; Orleans. g1Sd.
1p.m.-Cotton is frmer and held higher.
Sales, Il. 900 bales. of which 5000 were for OK
port and speculation. Uplands. 91sd; Orleans.
91z to 915d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
STEAM BOATS,
For Cairo and So. Louis.

For Cairo and Sc. LOuIs.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-U.
S. Daily Mail Line for New Madrid, Bel
mont, Cairo and st. Louis; connecting at
Belmont with the Iron Mountain railroad,
at Cairo with. the Illinois Central railroad
all railroads East and West.
ST. JOSEPH COrbet, master
MILL LEAVE THIS DAY, r..
w 18th inst, at pm. For elkzsLit I'D
freight or passage apply on wharf aG=Eiisss-saai
boat, foot of Jefferson street, to
w. Il. DILL, Agent
FLEM. CALVERT, Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
WOOL Woodi Wood ,

Five hundred cords of seasoned oak
and hickory at S. so per cord, delivered.
WAIT & LWls,
l58 395 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

NEW York. August 20. IS a.m.-Govern-
monts are dull but steady, Sterling exchange
is steady at 1924. Gold is loaning aat without
interest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
DRUGS AND PERFuMERY.
AND STILL THEY COMET

4 MOTHER FRESH SUPPLY OF DRUGS,
"A. patent medicines, soap, perfumerles etc.
at the LITTLE DRUG STORE 'RoUNDTHE CORNER:
Prominent among the patent medicines stand
Rosadalis, Koskoo, English Female Bitters,
Marchisi and Marshall's Catholicon, Seovilps
Blood and Liver Syrup. Philotoken, Clarke
Female Pills. Winchester's uypophosphites Of
Lime and Soda. IDjective Brow, kennedy's
Medical Discovery. India Cholagogue, etc.
of the hair preparations-Phalon's Vitalia,
Halls, Barrenps. Rings, Ayers Jayne's,
Sterling's Ambrosia. etc; My stock IN per
fumeries, for variety and excellence, cannot
be excelled in this or any other market.
Among a large and popular variety can be
found Atkinson's Ext. White Rose, -Bazine's
Hedyosmia. Beauties Own. Nilsson Bouquet.
Farine Ext. and Cologne (warranted), Rom
delitia, etc. And then l have a fine lot Of
sponges. old 1910 brandy, pure wines. and
WHISTLES, and everything usually found in a
tirst-class drug store; Only give me call.
and / guarantee satisfaction as TO variety,
quality and price. Special and personal at
tentiOn given to prescriptions.
N. d. BARRADALL,
1857 Practical Druggist, SO Adams street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
COTTON.

Sales yesterday were nearly 800 bales, which
nearly cleared the market of desirable lots.
To-day the New York market advanced &c on
the better grades, and was frmer both in spot
and future sales, as will be seen By our tele-
grams below. Buyers were out this morning,
but failed to find suitable lots, and sellers were
firm at = to &c advance on all styles. Sales
were about rs bales, all Of which were in pick
up lots. none Of which were large enough to
mention. We quote as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

TN. S. RHETT's school will open at
l6l Union street on the first Monday in
September. l55
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

Z CHILDREN's DEPOSIT POLICIES.
By means of which the parent may at a com
paratively small cost secure for his child. al
Is or q years old, sum sufficient with which
to commence life.
Branch Ofiice-NO. z Madison street,
! Memphis, Tenn.
lO9-3 General Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

NXTANTED-A GOOD WAG0N-MAKER,
w to whom good wages will be paid and
steady employment given. None other need
apply. ROUSH & CUNNINGHAM 4
ll4t Corner Monroe and DeSot0 streets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
For Arkansas RiYer-Memphis and
Arkansas River Packet Co,

UNHE NEW AND ELEGANT BOATS OF
Il this line leave Memphis for an points on
Arkansas river on Mondays and fridays ~
pm. W. II. kENNEDAN. Agent,
Company's Mharfboat.
SIT Foot Of Court street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

WANTED-A GENTLEMAN AND HIS
w wife require small cottage, or two or
three rooms (unfurnished) suitable for house
keeping-withn easy distance Of Court
Square. References exchanged. Address A.
b., 49, Main street. 154-1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

household furniture-parlor set, bedroom
and kitchen set-of private family, nearly
new. Will be sold cheap. Apply, for three
days. to IL. Buttenburg, 1877 Second street, up
stairs. l04-l0b
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

Another new bale was received yesterday
this one from Tunica county, Mississippi. and
the first from that State. Receipts to-day
were 147; shipments. 2lS; stock, 26I.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

NOR SALE-THE CHARLESTON HOUSE,
II at Depot Of Memphis and Charleston rail-
road. This is q large, commodious hotel
building, now the property of gentlemen
abroad, who will sell. II not sold privately,
will be offered publicly on Saturday, Oc-
IOber IL. to the highest bidder for one-half
cash; balance in twelve months, with inter-
est. Apply at Room 26, Planters Insurance
Building, Madison street
I5i-35 GEO. w. WINCHESTER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
FOR SALE.

NOR SALE =. FOREST HILL-ON THE
Il Memphis and Charleston railroad, seven
teen miles from Memphis, suitable for nm
educational institute or private residences.
The place contains two and half acres in
timber; six acres Of lawn and shade trees /;
and the rest in fruit trees of the best variety.
The land is rich and the products remunera-
tive. The college building is eighty by forty
three rooms and kitchen, etc. Best Of we'll
and cistern water location high and healthy;
neighborhood one ofthc best in Shelby county.
Price, 5000. Address 0verton. Ledger office,
or see proprietor on the premises. l54-2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

WANTED "A RELIABLE. INDUSTRY
w GUS and active man to take charge Of
the business management of the MEMPHIS
REAL ESTATE BULLETIN. 1t requires one
who is we'll qualified to canvass successfully
faithfully attend to the prompt delivery Of the
paper throughout every part of tho city, and
mailing to all sections of the country: APP
ply to JOHN @. LANIER * CO.,
i4-1 286 Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

10.45 n.m.-Cotton is quiet and firm.
12:15.-rhe market is quiet and firm. Low
middling. lSsc; middling, l9ize. Future
sales. 600 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

VXTANTED-A GOOD LABoRING MAN
w who is capable Of taking. charge. OF q
small farm; single one preferred. Apply at
No. 230 Front street, up stairs, rooms and 4.
1852 Gc4~ rEe IL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.. I
MEMPHIS. AuFust29.

New YORK Cotton Market.
NKw YoRK. August q. l0a.m.-The market
opens quiet. Sales yesterday, 1924; receipts,
29.3; receipts here. IA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

NOR SALE-0R FOR LEASE ON LONG
II time, ninety lots; several very desirable
and we'll located for cotton sheds, factories,
convenient for residences. A large number
will be leased, at low rates, for cheap resi-
denees. Also one lot Of six acres, Just outside
the corporate limits,
Apply between Sand 10 am. AT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

NKTANTED-A WET NURSE. APPLY AT
w the residence of j. j. Murphy. corner
Beal and Wellington streets. 1921
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29

WANTED BY AN ACTIVE. lENERr
w getic man, situation as salesman in store
or travelling man for goods that can carry
samples. Oyer two years experience as tray
Memphis. Address Salesman" Ledger
office. l5z-lbT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
RALEIGH SPRINGS.


WANTED BY A GOOD TENANT, "A
w house. containing from three to i've
rooms, within a mile and half Of Court
Square, Address M. E., p0stoflice. 1855 1856
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-29
THE CITY.

See fourth page for additional local.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
An Affecting Scene.

The Memphis San furnishes an account
of an affecting scene which occurred in
thar 5ity on the occasion of the sentence
Of one Of the murderers of young Schofeld !:
Judge FlipPin rhen spoke as follows:
Samuel Z. 2ostop, this is o1e OF 5ie SAD
de2t eras of my life. Cur parents and
their children Knew each ether. We grew
up together. went TO the same school, the
same church, and played ON the anne hill
and IN valley the innocent games in boy
hood. Years have passed since then. Our
roads in life have diverged. You now
stand convicted ola great, acapital crime,
and |, as the minister of the law, have i'm
posed upon me the painful duty Of pass
ing upon you the sentence ofdeath. Were
IT consistent with my Official duties, 4
would that this cup could pass from me-
But / cannot now shrink from this sad Of
Goial requirement. aad must not, and will
net. IL the future, though other victims
may fall. to avenge a violated law. 1t is
therefore, the sentence Of the court that
you be remanded to the county jail of
Shelby county, the place from whence you
came, to be securely kept until Friday,
the 10Th day Of Hay next, when you viii
be taken by The sheriff of Shelby county,
between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p m,
WITHIN one mile and a half of the court
house OF said county, and there to be
hanged by the neck until you are dead.
and may God have mercy OF your soul"
When poston vas called, both the Judge
and Poston was very much moved. Pos
ton shook Ike an aspen leaf and had to
grasp a chair for support. 1T the con-
clusion OF the sentence Judge F1ippin was
IN tears, as was nearly al the large crowd
gathered there. It was a most efecting
scene, and viii ever be remembered by
those who Witnessed it. It was a surprise
to ali to know the relation that had ex-
listed in early childhood between Judge
Flippin and Poston, and 1t must have in
deed been a sad thing for Judge Fl:ppin
to consign to death the playmate of his
boyhood days.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
Buy Yeu a Home.

Every laboring man should buy himself
a town Let. get that paid for, and then
work to make the necessary improvements.
a. little here and u lite there will
in due time produce you a home
of your own, and place you out of the
landlords grasp remember that fifty
dollars a year saved in rent, viii in a very
few years pay for your home, and the mo-
ney it costs you to move and shift about,
without any loss of furniture and time,
pay the interest ON a Ave hundred dollar
judgment against your property, until you
can gradually reduce it to nothing. You
can allbuy that way--why do you not risk
it? IF you fail you are no worse Off
you succeed, as any careful man IS sure to
Go. you have made a home and establish
ed a basis equal to many another's which
viii start you in business.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
The Power OF ETeney.

Money is the great motive power which
Keeps the machinery of in mo-
ton, and Its possession makes men either
miserable or happy, accordingly as it is
appreciated or used. Honey IN the hands
Of a bad man is a giant of power Of evil
equally strong in an opposite direction.
''The love OF money! says the good book,
sis the root of all evil" and this fact is
susceptible of proof without extensive re-
Election upon the subject. Men love mo-
ney, AID to obtain it will resort TO means
base. unlawful iniGuisous. No man starts
out IN lie With the expectancy to become
O thief OF a murderer and Jet many, very
May thron5h az ~inordi1ate love o. gold,
md themselves, before they ars aware,
upon the highway TO desperation. Murders
except II the heat OF passion, CT the graft
feasion ofrevenge, for real or supposed
injuries, are not committed merely for the
love Oh doing the deed, but as a necessity,
In the accomplishment Of a purpose, into
| which the desire ofmoney leads them. The
concurrent testimony OF al thieves is that
it their ro5beries il is also desirable te
avoid taking lie, if it can be done without
expense 70 themselves; but it mast be
done rather than lose the glittering pile or
endanger their future operations In theis.
TIE love of gold then ezerssa great power.
It peoples the prisons of tie country, en-
dangers society, and causes mourning and
distress in the land. Honey is a queer in
stitution. 1t buys provender, satisfies JUS
tee and heals wounded honor. Everything
resolves into cash, from stock jobbiGg to
building churches. Childhood Graves pen
MES; youth aspires to dimes; mankind
is swayed ~ the mighty dollar. The
blacksmith swings the mighty sledge, the
lawyer pleads Cor his client, and the judge
decides the question of liberty or c%onfine-
ment, life OF death, for his salary. Money
makes the man, therefore man must make
money ifhe would be respected by fools !;
the eve of the world looks through golden
spectaeies. It buys Brussels carpets, lace
curtains gil6ed eornioes, rich furniture.
aud builds marble mansions. It drives us
to church in splendid equipages and settles
fer the rent Of the bestpews. It buys silk
and jewelry for my lady"--it commands
the respect OF gaping crowds, and insures
obseGuiOus attention. Ii enables us to be
charitable, to send bibles to the heathens,
to remove domestic Indulgence. 1t giids
the ragged scenery OF life, spreads a velvet
carpet for the tired, and encases in gilt
frames the rude and busting turmoils of
existence. 1t Bids cares vanish, soothes
the anguish OF a bed of sickness, and stops
% in the accomplishment of any object
save thai it cannot ward off the darts of
tao grim destroyer. whose relentless hand
spares none, levels all distinctions, and
teaches poor weak humanity that it is but
dust. Those helpless and weak pause on
the brink of eternity, the beggar and the
millionaire, ana when the gpiri5 takes It's
flight the one is rich as the other, having
been compelled to leave behind all earth
ly possessions.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20

Terrible times in Warrenton. Va, are
thus depicted by the editor ofthe Sentinel {:
Afew weeks ago a dentist came to town
and advertised that he would remove all
of a persons teeth for ~ and insert a new
set for $40, besides giving six months
credit. The Werfenton people are very
fond Of bargains, 50 there was a rush for
| the dentists ONCE. lie was busy for two
weeks pulling teeth, and at the end of
that time half the people had empty gums,
and q bone-dust factory in the neigbbor-
| hood doubled its workmen so as to grind
up the teeth.
Meanwhile the people were waiting for
the dentist to fit them with new sets, the
abandoned s~counGrel eloped with the ho-
tel-keepers wife, aud there are two or
three thousand people in town who cannot
eat anything tougher than soup aud farina.
All the butchers have failed, and not q
cracker has been sold for three weeks.
| One mar, it is said. Whitfield out a set Of
wooden teeth for himself, but the first
drink Of whisky be took--Warrenton
whisky-set them in a blaze. and his fu-
neral came oil the next day. The dentist
will hear something TO HE disadvan.
! taae if be comes hnck, ~ z
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
CUR S.a.e FEHanceS-TTseEr Fre-
sent CADllg5GgS.

We understand from the proper author
tiles that, on the LIST day Of April, the
amount o. outstanding warrants drawn by
the Comptroller upon the State Treasury
amounted, in round numbers, to $82O.000.
In addition TO this there is a debt of $3.50
0O0 Tor borrowed money-bor-oWed for
pressing current expenses.
The taxes for 1871 will not begin to
come In before September 1, and by that
time the above sums viii have been in
creased $350,000, and by January 1.
S250,000 additional, making a total Of
$1,670,000. To this add 81, 900, 900 of
old issue of the Bank of Tennessee, and
we have $2,670,00O. To meet this amount
should all the Tennessee money come in
this year, would require s tax of at least
one dollar on the hundred dollars, instead
of sixty cents as at present. When it
is remembered that the tax of 1871 will
not be collected for two years, it VIII be
seen that the holders of warrants must ne
cessarily exercise, as in the past, great pa
thence.
AS soon as the Comptroller and State
Treasurer can make up the pro rata estl-
mates of the balance of school taxes for
1869, they viii issue warrants therefor to
each county, payable in Tennessee money,
as the law passed by the last Legislature
directs. The aggregate of this school tax
will amount to about 100000.
The redemption OF the school warrants
in Tennessee money viii have the effect TO
distribute 100000 of that currency
throughout the State, proportionateiy in
creasing IL its volume.
Comptroller Penneb&ker and DR. Wm.
Morrow, State Treasurer, are daily IN re-
ceipt of letters asking all manner of ques-
tions regarding the financial condition of
the State. The above facts viii, we think,
afford the requisite information TO all IN
terested parties.-BGnncr.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-20
JONESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE. THURSDAY, APRIL 90, 1871.
Farmers.

In the St. Louis Journal of EdcGtiOa
of March we find the following sensible re-
marks on the education of farmers children.
The neglect of this important matters as
apparent here as in the Old Dominion of
which the Editor speaks.
Having spent the greater part Of my life
in rural pursuits-whieh l have always
loved-I have had coed opportunities OF
observing the needs of the farmer, as well
as his generally heglectful'coprse ID regard
to mis- W interests. It has especially
grieved me eosee their general neglect of
the education of their children. Indeed,
the prevailing iIea among them Is that a
farmer needs bit little education. O.,
what a sad, sad mistake I would not insis1
on a thorough classical course generally,
but even this | am IL favor CT where tae
circumstances permit. What is obtained
IN the common schools, though extremity
important. If not absolutely Indispensable,
Is merely the perface TO the book; or, TO
use a mechanical phrase. 1t Is merely
acquiring the use Of the tools by which
au education may be wrought out a mere
preparatory training to enter upon the
study Of the great aims of life-nothing
more. Of ell the pursuits Of life, none
more than the farmers needs q thorough
and practical training in natural science.
This is so self-evident, that 20 the refec-
ting mind it needs no argument. 1t en-
tiers into every department ofhis life bust
ness and should he be always cropping IN
the dark, in ignorance Of its laws?.
70 whom is a knowledge of the laws OF
life, both physical and vegetable, of more
importance than to The farmer? Thesane
may be said of natural philosophy, chemis-
try, botany, etymology, and others proba-
bly, not quite so important. The day has
passed by when the sad necessity existed
for ignorance on these important subjects.
knowledge is now attainable by all who
viii put forth proper effort. Ignorance Is
wicked when knowledge is attainable.