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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-20
VALUABLEPROPERTY FOR SALE
On Monday. 23d Of january, 1871.

TN PURSUANCE OF. A DECREE OF THE
/ Chancery Court of Nashville, in the case Of
Fred Terrass. admir-, etc, VS.: Russell Hous-
ton, admir-. etc., ct al. /, will sell at public
sale. to the highest bidder. on the premises, in
Memphis, at IL o'clock M. on MONDAY,
erty. to-wit:
A house and lot in the city of Memphis,
Tennessee, fronting twenty-one feet and two
and four-seventh inches l2l feet and 2 AZ
inches) on Main street, and having depth Of
"a feet inches, and being lot No. Of the sub
division Of lots Nos. III and 2l8.
TERMS. Credits of II. IS and q months !;
notes required, with approved security on the
frst and second notes, and the individual
notes of the purchaser for the two last pay
ments, and lien retained.
NATHANIEL BAXTER yk.,
l22-123 Clerk and Master.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.
james Kimbel, ESQ.,, will be buried in Elm
wood Cemetery this afternoon at o'clock.
Services at the grave, by the Rev. Samuel
Watson
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NURSERY.
Bluff City Nursery,
NJ. PERDUE. PROPRIETOR,
Poplar Street, near Dunlap Avenue.
OLOP Johnson, Florist and Landscape Gar.
dener. late Of Royal Gardens. Stockholm.

Hs- Greenhouse and hardy plants. cut how-
ers. bouquets, heral decorations for balls. par
ties, weddings and funerals. Lawns. gardens
nyle. I9-fin
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
specials to che Ledger.

AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, VIA 8. P.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
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Cruelty to Prisoners.

In the name of mercy, as well as justice,
we ask, cannot something be done to lessen
the miseries Of those prisoners held in the
Tombs and in other places of confinement
awaiting examination and trial2 Innocent
and guilty, the hardened criminal and the
novitiate, those accused Of high crimes and
those charged with petty delinquencies, are all
frequently huddled together in common cells
until their cases are decided in the due and
procrastinating process of law. A day or two
since we had to chronicle the case of poor
prisoner freezing to death In one Of our city
prisons. Since then, we learn, the narrow
den in which the deceased was confined has
been supplied with huge stove, and now the
purpose Of the keepers seems to be to roast to
death instead OF freezing to death the prison
ers placed under their charge, This is re-
hnement Of cruelty only paralleled by the
tortures prastised by the infamous Council of
Ten in Venice during the Dark Ages. It was
the practice there to nearly freeze victim to
death, then restore him by casting him into a
caldron of boiling oil or roasting the soles of
his feet over a slow fire. Are the terrible
tortures of the Dark Ages to be restored in this
enlightened age3 We have Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Can not
We have one to prevent the torturing Of
prIsoners-at least until they are tried and
found guilty2
The New York herald., 1871-12-12
20 Royal Family Of England and Their
Present Sorrow.

20 Royal Family of England and Their
Present Sorrow.
The certainty of the near approach of the
death Of the Prince Of Wales leads us ma
turally to think of those who will be left
behind to mourn his loss. 1t is seldom that
death comes 80 directly home to SO many
nations. The death of the Prince of Wales
would Of course put all the Courts Of Europe In
mourning. But the mourning would be special
in Berlin, in Copenhagen, in Athens, in
Brussels, In most of the minor Courts
of Germany and at st. Petersburg. After
all, however, the chief mourners must be
the mourners at Sandringham and Wind
sor. The Princess Alexandra first claims
our sympathy. Her husband and the
father of her little ones will soon be no
more. How great the change since March 10,
1863, when London welcomed her as London
never welcomed Princess before! Her chill
dren are too young yet to fully understand
their sorrowful position. But tie poor Queen,
what shall we say of her? OF inflrm health,
which she received in 1861, when the
Prince Consort died, the Queen must feel
that all the consultations of religion are neces-
sary to enable her to bear this fresh stroke
How Queen Victoria, who has given abundant
proof that she feels domestic sorrow, is to get
over this new agony, no one can tell. This
only we can say with confidence, that while
the courts of Europe will mourn, some of them
formally and some of them with genuine
sorrow, right-tbinking men and women, the
wide world over, will feel and confess that
two persons have a strong claim for their
sympathy-a sympathy which they will un-
| grudgingly give. These two persons are the
Princess and the Qneen. Little as we care
in this country for royalty and its surround
ings we feel that Alexandra and Victoria are
our sisters. Let US hope that needed
strength will be given them, and that this
heavy calamity, if it be really destined to fall
upon them, they will be enabled to bear.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

THE ELE OTIoNs IN SPAIN AND REPUBLICAN
Cause.-The SpaDiards had an election yester-
day for members of the Cortes. 1t was what
would be termed general election in Eng
land. The returns have been reported to us
In the aggregate, by cable, as they reached
Madrid last night. They indicate that the re-
publicans have gained an accession of strength
to their former force in the Legislature.
This new power comes chiefly from the NUM-
cipal or civic centres-the historic fountains
and repositories of democracy and liberty in
the Peninsula. The republicans carried
twenty three out Of forty eight Of the pro-
vincial capitals and forty-eight Of the smaller
towns. Thus do the Spaniards continue to
draw the line between royalism and foreign
Nngcraft and radicalism and home rule still
more distinctly every day.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

The QUAcKs OF ENGLAND TO QUEEN VIo-
roRIA.-The telegraph line which communl-
Gates between Queen Victoria's palace and
Sandringham was closed during portion Of
the day yesterday. This action was forced
on the members of the royal household,
for the reason that the line was burdened with
messages forwarded by quack doctors to the
Queen rendering medical advice for the benefit
of the Prince Of Wales. The perslstency of
the British professional quack is proverbial
the world over. They may seek to excuse 1t
in The present instance under the cover Of q
loyal anxiety for the recovery of the patient.
Perhaps they will attempt to justify 1t by his
torioal precedent, and allege that during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth the gypsy quack
doctor Wsyland Smith cured the Duke Of
Sussex, Her Majesty's famous Master of the
Horse, BY the administration Of an unknown
confection, when he was laid sick almost to
death IN Ksnuwogth Castle
The New York herald., 1871-12-12


the honors then paid him have been but i'm
perfectly repeated in the case of the Grand
Duke Alexis. In 1862, accompanied by Dean
Stanley, he travelled in the East, visiting
Egypt and Palestine, and among other things
inspecting the grave Of Abraham in the field Of
Macpelah. More than once public testimony
has been borne to the fact that he is well
read In history. He is respectable linguist );
in Greek and Latin he is fairly versed, and
In several OF the European tongues he can
write with ease and grace and speak with
fuency. His musical attainments are said to
be good. In recent years he has given proof
that he has inherited some Of his fathers talent,
and latterly he has been quite successful in
his society and after dinner speeches. There
is no reason why such man, should he be
spared, should not prove himself to be popu-
lar and efficient ruler. Should 1t be his for
tune to reach the throne, and should he In
such case realize his position and grid him
self for his proper work, the British people
would pardon the indiscretions of youth,
and Albert the First might pass into history
as one of the popular sovereigns Of England
If, however, his life should be spared and no
change should take place in his habits, his ac-
cessIon to the throne might be attended with
trouble and his tenure of power might be inse-
ended, and the English throne will probably
never be honored or dishonored by his occu-
pancy.
The death of the Prince will be but little
likely to make any immediate change In the
government of Great Britain. The Queen
has been pronounced, on good authority, to
be as capable Of discharging the duties of her
high Office az ever she was; and it is
reasonable to take it for granted that this
fresh sorrow, while it will stife all discomfort,
will rally around her all ranks and classes Of
the people, and secure for her their hearty
sympathy and support. If the Queen should
on an early day desire to retire from the cares
of State it will be quite as easy to appoint a
be to invest him with the crown should he
live. The Duke of Edlnburg is more popular
favorite than is his brother, and, failing the
Duke Of Edinburg, the Princess Alexandria
as mother and guardian of the youthful
heir apparent, would command the confidence
of all. The death of the Prince of Wales
will be an immediate national sorrow, but
it will not be regarded as an irreparable
national loss. In one respect this death will
be accepted as worldwide lesson. Youth,
strength, wealth, science, care and dutifnl
hearts and hands have all fought for the pres
ervation Of his life but it is almost certain
that Death, in spite of all, will claim his
victim and come forth the conqueror. So
must it be until the grim and merciless
mower shall have gathered in his last sheaf.
Palda mors nquo pulsat pede
Pauperum tabernas, regumQue turreS.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

A MODEST BnL-The bill introduced yester-
day in Congress by Wallace, Of South Caro-
lima, for the removal Of their constitutional
disabilities from three persons. This is tri-
Hing with the main question. The bill intro
duced by Mr.. Cox, Of New York, is the only
bill which will meet the case-a bill for gen.
eral amnesty, without exception bill which
will take in JEFF Davis, Breckinridge, Ste
phens, Toombs and Wade Hampton, with all
the rest concerned in the exploded Southern
Confederacy,
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

THE SMALLPOX seems to be again on the
Increase, and 1t would be we'll for persons
who have not already been vaccinated to get
vaccinated at once. They should be careful,
however, where they get the vaccine matter.
A corps Of the Board Of Health physicians,
under the direction Of Sanitary Inspector
Morris, make ''house to house visits" every
day and vaccinate free Of charge. 1t should
be borne In mind that an ounce Of prevention
Ls better than pound Of cure
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

hoped that he will act now with the
wisdom and Hrmness that distinguished his
conduct then. He should remember that the
propriety or impropriety Of Sunday parade
is not now at issue; the question is whether.
In the particular instance Of the Internationals.
memorial funeral procession is to be pro-
hibited when the same thing has been suffered
oyer and over again in this city. The Cover
nor is under no more obligation to leave the
decision of this matter to the police authorl-
ties than he was to suffer them to act their
pleasure in regard to the Orange procession.
He interviewed to protect citizens in their
personal rights and privileges in the
one case; he is exhorted to do the same
thing In the other case Indeed, while
q violent opposition, growing out of preju-
dice and blgotry, threatened dangerous col
lision ON the famous 18th of July, there is
nothing to indicate any trouble at all at the
Internationals demonstration, unless con-
fict should grow out Of an unwarrantable
interference with their rights. Governor
Hoffman, therefore, has it in his power to
insure the preservation of the peace by doing
as he did five months ago and overruling the
order of the Police Commissioners. But
should his decision be adverse to the prayer
of the deputation 1t is evident from last
nights proceedings that the societies, In
censed at the arrest Of some Of their number,
are preparing to defy the police authorities,
and to parade on Sunday next. This propo-
sition does not meet the approval of all the
Internationals, many of them, indeed, having
been originally opposed to the Communist
demonstration; but it Is believed that there
are sufficient number In favor of 1t to render
its attempt highly probable. In this event q
disgraceful and dangerous street row may be
the consequence; and we warn the police
authorities in advance that the people will
hold them morally responsible for the result.
The police have no better right and no more
occasion to interfere with the proposed
memorial procession than with any military or
Masonic funeral. The best thing the Commits
sioners can do is to recall their absurd aud
Objectionable order, and to suffer Superin-
tendent Kelso to eat his hot mutton In peace
on Sunday next. If they interfere at all In
the matter it should be to uphold and protect
the societies in their right to meet and parade.
The Internationals are for the most part
honest, sober, orderly, Woodworking men,
and they will, no doubt, conduct themselves
in becoming manner on this occasion.
Even the free lovers and free thinkers among
them will observe decency and respect the
law, and the police have already given ample
proof of their ability to preserve the peace II
any rioting or disorderly conduct should
occur. There is, therefore, no pretence for
the arbitrary interference of the Police Com
sioners with the proposed parade. There
may be some dead-letter law on the musty
statute books prohibiting Sunday demonstra-
tions; but it is neither expedient nor practi-
cable to attempt Its enforcement now, and It
is too late in the day to revive the old Puri-
tanical witch burning spirit that prompted its
enactment.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12
TRIPLE SHE E T
Now York, Tuesday, December 10, 1871
CONTENTS OF TO.DAY,S HERALD.

PAGE
l-Advertisementst
x-Advertisements.
S-Washington: Interesting Proceedings in Con-
observation-disclosures kilograms.
A-Tae d Prince mccoy Of Wales History Of the Inceplon
Him; WHAT is Said OF q British Republic;
Goe nsnls Heir
ment-Meeung Of the Board OF Apportion-
men me1t~The New England societyaThe Col
0red Orphans-Newark's Sacrificed Sergeant
Foreign Miscellaneous ltems-Personal Notes.
5-TTla Of Mrs. Wnarton-The Hornet: Arrival In
s New York 70 Of the Captain OF the Adventurous
Cruiser-The Fourth Avenue Man.Trap: Meet
Ing OF the Aldermanic Committee; A Confer.
ence with Citizens; How Relief Can be Sc.
Young Mems ps@ocratic m ReiormAA an Faia
Mistake-The Death OF the Rev. DR.. Higbee-
BROOKLYN Anairs-Young Mems UniversaIist
Assocation-A Terrible Accident.
0-Edltorlas: Leading Article. THE Approaching
Death Of the Prince Of Wales-A National
Calamity and Worldwide Sensation
Amusement Announcements.
S-The Prince OF Wales Illness: Progress Of the
Disease During Yesterday ana this Morning;
The Princes Condition Extremely Precarious;
Tue Nation Excited BY Generous Sympathy
European Cable Miscellaneous
S-The Courts-The Alleged Head Centre OF Coun
terfeiters Trial Of Joshua d. Minor, Indicted
his PossesslonMThe Methodist Preachers. cher =
Church Of st. Mary the Nirgin-The Great So
ons On fs in Genera 'e sgea hSoI
Dusky Lovers-Robbng Brig-An Act OF
Friendship that did not Turn Out "All Rlght'-
Fatal ar-crushng Case.
0-The Pneumatic Tunnel-The Buckhout Butch.
ery-Pigeon Shooting-Financial and Com
mercial Reports-Cattle Market-DomesliC
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In the Boards OF Alder.
men and Assistant Observation-Disclosures and
Deaths Ghs-Advertlsements.
1O-The International: Public Feeling Against the
Police Board; Enthusiastic Meeting Last
Night; The Parade ordered for Next sun
daytime Italian Opera-shipping InIelli-
observation-disclosures.
11-AdvertlseMents.
ticor noptc
The New York herald., 1871-12-12
Tho Eclipse of tho Sun.

On q line extending from the South
Pacific Ocean, northwestwardly through
Australia Ceylon, and British India, to
the Arabian Sea, there was total
eclipse of the sun last night, which may
be called this morning, in the far Eastern
Hemisphere The scientific companies espe-
cially detailed to make observations of this
eclipse are one English company in Australia,
and another in Ceylon, and one or two Dutch
corps in the island of Java. Since the intro
duction into these observations of the photo
graph and Of that wonderful instrument, the
spectroscope, they have become exceedingly
interesting From the formation OF the lines
of light on the lens of the spectroscope the
burning substances from which the light ID
drawn can be ascertained. Thus 1t appears
that the rays from the sun disclose large
proportion Of iron among the combustt-
bles which make up that stupendous
globe Of fire; and that the same degree
of heat applied to our atmosphere would
speedily reduce our little planet to a body
of gas The phenomena of these eclipses Of
the sun, however, which men of science seem
most anxious to get at are those immense pro-
jections of fame reaching out beyond the line
of the moons shadow from fifty to hundred
thousand miles. But the question may be
asked, What does it all signifyp We answer
that in solving these mysteries of the sun and
the moon we shall soon know how to predict
the changing seasons on the earth and in diff
ferent parts Of the earth from year to year, 80
as to enable nations and communities to pro-
vide for seasons of plenty and seasons Of
drought and famine. Our Signal Service Bu-
reau is doing good work in this direction, but
when we get into the mysteries Of the sun, IT'D
light, heat and electrical force we shall know
much more. We expect to learn something
which will ultimately affect the price Of butter
from the scientific observations of this eclipse.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

THE LATEST PRESIDENTIAL TICKET out IL
Colonel Thomas A. Scott, of Pennsylvania,
for President, and General Malone (or the
''steam engine In little breeches') of Virgins,
for Vice President. This would make
colossal consolidated railroad ticket, which,
If successful, would only require such
Cabinet Ministers as Commodore Vanderbilt
and q few other railroad monarchs, to con-
situte an administration that would be bound
to 90 ahead-or burstl
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

THE NEXT CONVENTION Of the National
Board of Trade, we perceive, is to be held in
New York. What is the use of holding 1t In
any of the interior provincial towns like st.
Louis, where an ocean ship is never seen, and
where the principal trade is confined to wild
bnffalo meat and new whiskey9 The present
st. Louis Convocation has very appropriate
presidinr offcer-Bl0wI
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

The CITY OF ST. PAUL, MINI, is In peril Of
a fire confagration In consequence of a difa-
Guilty between the city authorities and the
Water Works Company. 'By st. Paul." then,
the water works don't ''go bravely on" The
city should own the works, and then there
would be no bother on the subject.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

of civil service reform, In the course
Of which Senator Trumbull Of Illinois,
gave some very hard hits to the present
administration in regard to the exercise OF Its
official patronage, citing particularly the
extravagant management of the New York
Custom House, where, in the single matter OF
supernumerary weighers, there is an annual
outlay Of ffty-seven thousand dollars, where,
through the warehousing system, immense
robberies are perpetrated on importers, and
where appointments are made for mere partl-
san purposes, or even from personal motives.
No action was taken on the resolution, but an
investigation was ordered in the House on the
late Treasury desalcations.
The question of final adjournment has
already presented ITSELF in the form of pro-
position in the Senate to fix the day for the
third Monday In May. No action was taken
on it, but 1t Is not to be supposed that the
revenue reformers, who are in q majority In
the House, will allow their game to be blocked
In such manner. There will be hard fight
over tariff and Internal revenue duties before
any agreement for final adjournment is
arrived at; but, in the meantime, the House
has agreed to holiday adjournment from
Thursday, the 2lst Of December, till Monday,
the sth Of January. There is no question as
to the Senate concurring in the resolution.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

BORED TO DKATH-The newspapers with
the lengthy reports Of the National Board Oh
Trade,
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

GRAND OPERA HOUSE. of ah Az and 23d ST.
auE SHEETS OF NEW YORK.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, rwenty-fourth street. =
Tuv NRw DRAMA OF DIVORCE.
The New York herald., 1871-12-12

WOODS MUSEUM Broadway, corner 36th st.-Perform.
ces after noon and evenng.-LIFE IN THR STREETS.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

BOOTHS THEATRE. Tweny-third st. corner Sixth av.
JAn
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wALLAcKs THEATRE, Broadway ana 18th street, :
IA n pTu
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NIBLOS GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and
Houston streets.-OUR AMERICAN COUSIN.
New-York tribune., 1871-11-03

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