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Nj. Il. L. Kesde thus describes Bret
n.rte: II spent ! portion Of two days with
him / short time since Ii San Francisco.
IL 70 : little below The medium stature,
well proportioned. has ! forehead more high
than broad. thin brown hair. : fair COM
rlcxion originally, but his face 10 now badly
piticd with smallpox; eyes remarkably
soft and brilliant, and IN indcscriGable e..
preston of countenances that indicates =
spirit in complete sympathy with al that is
beautiful and oil that IL good. His voice il
peculiarly sweet ind musical; His powers Of
endurance not over large; he is firm in his
opinions, but in the expression of them
u.od.st; si1ns rather than seeks society;
never courts but svoids notoriety: il q de.
ligh:ful companion; does fur more work
than he ought; understands what he can
do, and never attempts what lie cs..no. /;
and, in GENERAL sppeinncc, more nearly r.
semblcs that poet and scholar and gentle.
man, David G. Mitchell, than any person
with whom acquainted on this side Of
the cuntIncn." .....
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Deakk Of q Noble Wiosnass.

The telegraph brings W the pain full INTEL
ligencs Of the death Of Sonora Iona Mar.
guerita Mszk de Jusrez, wife Of the Presi.
dent Of Mexico. Born of nm honorable
family IN the city of Oaxaca, she ,1Arried 1t
fifteen, The then unknown young l1wyer,
who subsequently rose step by step IN lis
profession, and in political position dntil he
became literally the head of the nation, and
enc of the most famous men of our times.
Few women ever passed through such vi.
cissitudes Of fortune. She saw her husband
at one time prisoner in the hands of the
revoltcd Churcli Party. under Miramon, At
Gua!slajora. and threatened with instant
death. and again was herself competed by
foreign invaders to seek an asylum in the
United States. where she industriously fur
thcred the cause Of the Republic and con.
tributcd not little tc the final overthrow Of
the empire. On the fall of Macmillan
Mr. Sewar sent her and her children hack
to Mexico in an American war steamer.
She always manifested the most grateful
regard for the American people who had
been the friends Of her family and country
in their hour of adversely. She was ad.
mired and beloved by oil classes it, Mexico.
Size was the mother Of thirteen children, Of
whom ono son, fine promising young man
Of 20 years of age, now in Europe, three
married and three unmarried daughters sur.
vivc her. A year ago she appeared like an
American woman of thirty five or forty, in
excellent health. Nothing in her dress or
equipugc distinguished her from the wifc
Of any wcll-to-do citizen of The Car:tal
When the Seward Party called Il. the Palace
to bid her good bye on their departure from
the Capital, they found her sitting with her
daughters aroand hc:, n! engaged in family
sewing, ard noticed that the work was
merely laid aside for the moment to be re-.
sumcd on the departure Of their guests.
She was always kind, sympathetic and alta.
bic, displaying all the characteristics Of i
perfect lady, 4 faithful, devoted wife,
MODEL l:,oth.: and an homer to her sex and
race
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TIE ROMANCE OF A TExoR.-Ths 10
m antic. story Is related Of Carl Formes; the
well.known base: While abroad he was
suffering from these abscesscs, which form>
ed in his throat, the result Of over cxettion
of the vocal organs Hearing of . distin-
guisl,ed lady surgeon of the Universitv Of
Vienna, who hal made the study of the
throat and ear speciality, Nj: Formcs paid
her visit She informed him that an op-
Grafton WAS necessary, but that she felt
confident that it would DO successful in r..
lieving his bronchial trouble. He intrusted
his case to her, and the result was an entire
recovery. The intimacy thus formed re-
suited in propotsl Of marriage, and the
distinguished lady physician Of Vienna Is
dow the wife of the most distinguished
basso In the United States.
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TIE Cactus Fencs Il IN institdtidn peculiar
to Mexico Tho variety At the plant used
for this purpose 10 called the orgsndo. Itia
eight sided. and shoots up straight ~ On
arrow. from ten To twenty feet in height
and i've to eight inches in thickness. The
fence.builders cut their cactus 10 sections
at the right length, stick the cut into /
trench, cover the earth around it to the
depth OF foot. and The fence 10 made.
The: picc3 pre- 9et - eloeely together u
possible, and - .hcy take loot and: grow 70,
centuries, the fence improves with @sc.
instead Of going y decay Ike many other
fences. r-~t
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Duluth.
From the Duluth Tribune ]

Two years ago, the only families here
were those Of Messrs. ]. B. Culver, Sidney
Luce, J. d. Ray, WIN. Nct,leton, Horace
Saxon, Luke Marvin, J. r. Csrcy and N.
Decker, and the total number of Inhabitants
IN the place did not exceed forty; now we
have a population of very nearly 1000
Then, the whole town site. with the excep.
tion.cf a small patch" of ground on either
side of Superior street, between FIRST ind
Fourth avenues East. was dense and un
broken forest: now, the amount of land
cleared and improved within the city limits,
amounts to nearly 1000. Then, crooked
and zix'zag COW paths were the only thor.
cughfarcs fn'm one end of the tow plot 70
the other; now. We have nine miles of streets
we'll graded and two Ct them partly Maca-
damned, besides fopr miles Ut excellent
plank sidewalks of an average width of ten
feet Then, the buildings in Duluth did not
number much, il any, more than dozen,
and they certainly were not worth SO, 600.
all told; now, we have nearly Coo buildings.
and we point with pride to some which cost
5000. $4,000. 5000. geo. 900, $4s, 900.
and even $3.50, 900 each. and since that TIME,
there have been expended here, as our table
ct statistics shows. more than million and
q quarter do'1ors in buildings and In pcrma.
ncnt and substantial improvements. fhcn,
there was not q dry goods nor provision
store in Duluth, and the supplies for tic lit.
tie colony" here were purchased in supc.
rior and brought across the Bay in birch
lsrk canoes in the summer, and in dog trains
in the winter; now, we have mercantile
and business houses Gy tile score whose q
Grcgatc sales during the past year have
amounted to nearly $1,000, 900, and the
freight received At, and Slipped from Du.
luth during the eight months ending Dec.
81, 1870, amounts to over sessnsv Meusand
tons, or ut the rate Of los sos tons per
annum.
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Thirty or forty men ore now lying on
the broad Of their backs sick, owing to be.
ing loaded, caused BY working in the mines
of this district The peculiarly of the
mines here is that men on dn average can
not work over twenty days in any mine or
mill in tho district without suffering from
an attack OF lending. Whether this is caused
Ivy foul air or like cause, VIC lave not yet
ssccrtained for Z certainty, bu, judge that
it is owing 10 the peculiar kind OF rock or
ore which they work. Miners will have to
use the utmost care in keeping regular in
their habits of oil kinds, and when al attack
starts in, let them start in with the doctors
advice Immediately. BY observin: the nec-
esssry caution, they will save themselves
many day of suffering. Phoebe Record.
The following story of member Of the
General Assembly Of Kentucky is good. and
should not be lost: In the winter of 1867 .
member from one of the mountain counties
WA . persistent reader of the Louisville
journal, and each morning; as the House
opened. would commence reading lis ia.
vorite paper. About the same moment some
member would move to dispense with the
reading of the journal, and our iiiountain
friend, would lay down his paper. lie stood
this for SOME time. but one morning; Using
from lis scat after tile usual motion, he cx.
claimed ut the tip Of Ms voice: "Nlr. Speak.
er, I've sot he!c for morn . week and SUBJ
mitted to the tyrAny Of this House! Some.
body every morning moves to dispense with
the reading Of the journal, and I've lost
every paper I've bought for a week by it;
and no man has ever moved to dispense
with the Democrat or Courier; and MI.
Speaker, I won't stand it sny longer. Mr..
Spcaker,"-I1ere the balance was lost in the
general LAUGHTER.
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EvOytNtiO,s.

JOHN Morrow, Of San Fr4fcisco, has
Iaborcd ten years to demonstrate the prac.
ticabi!,ty of navigating the mir. He has the
machine completed, and it is tkde described
Ivy the reporter of the Dulljten:
The balloon Is cigar shaped, resting In =
narrow frame work of pine and wire. hav
Ing the appearance of huge tapcring-at
one cnd-aausagc In the skeleton of yacht.
The frame work bow of the vessel Is sharp
for the distance Of two feet, then bulges
rapidly. preserving oomcly contour to the
rounded stern. The extreme length Of the
Vessel is ~ feet, breadth 10 feet, and depth
q feet, The Carrying capacityi 10 u lbs, that
is, the hydrogen gas with which the balloon
Is inflated will sustain that weight With
the wire, wood work. boiler and engines
attached. there Is some 20 pounds to spare.
TIE cn4iscs ass. SMALL compact affairs,
beautiful specimens Of workmanship, and
of great power. The wings-two in mum.
CONSTRUCTED on the windmill principle.
Ire not more than three fe.s and half In
circumference, and revolve ly action Of the
engine TIE wings are 81. arranged that
they may he worked in horizontal or pre-.
peudicular position, tic shat. Of each rest.
ing on eog wheels. .,, ..,.s,. Sc. ID
The aight Of this novel miniature ma.
chine was success The eas holder was
Aiisd wiDk kydroSen gas !snd aosasd over %
Woodward's Gardens, . distance OF tocs
blocks. There steam was raised 10 10
boilers. and the ar ship ssiled
lSou. back and, ioftk \, the ta!sssiesioa 81
he inventor aad spectators.
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Curious Little Episode.

At tho New. York Academy Of Music re-.
Gently, Clars Loai:e KelIogg was singing
her very best, and looking her very pref.
test, conscious that her Swedish rival was
in tho house, and that the eyes Of New York
were upon them both. Nilsson, dressed In
blue velvet with On abundance of rich lace
and a profusion Of diamonds gtittering in
her golden hair, occupied prominent box
and l.nguidly applauded with her fan on
the edge of the box. In the second part Of
the programme, Clara Louise eSng I'm
Alone" was rapturously encorci. gave
''uome, Sweet Homc," a. IN encore, and
being compelled to return third time, dis.
pcnscd with the pianist. and seating herself
4. lie piano. poured forth with the most
witching srchncss and point. ''Shc's Fool.
ing Thee" It was noticed that Nilsson
listened 10 this with extreme attention, and
when Kellogg gave the lines: .- @
shr h.. rich hi,t Il Golden hue
Take carr. take care,
What che says 10 not true;
Beware, beware,
OuC A0SSuR wv
Nilsson. with look of excessive anger,
struck the edge Of the box with her ian %
angrily ~ 70 break it. At this there was
great laugh and . general clappipg Of hands,
the majority Of the people believing she had
done % In the warmth Of her admiration tor
her sister artist. But her angry look belisd
this. The Untitled who were posted were
highly amused, for II was evident that Nils.
son thought Kellogs's song x1is . reduction
on her hcartless jilting of Gustsve Dore.
He brought her into notice, made her pub
lie fsvori,e and the idol Of Paris; bat when
shc hsd reached the hight she bad sighed
for, she not only broke her marriage e..
gagemens with him. bat even Refused n "a.
NIT him to her drawing Eoomas ~ ordinary
visitor. He VA, IN the oomplstsst sense Of
the term, forbidden The house. ),
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4 CosTLv LAcA-Ths. New York lady
correspondent Of The 81. Louis kYssaess
goes into ecstacics ovefa douuce 70 inches
deep. > berthe and handkerchief OF the
richest old point, for which the prIcs l. q.
600. The pattern ID . wilderness Of roses
and buds and leakts. These seem IN lie
upon the beautiful ground work; lie petals
Of the rosss fold each over the Other. Bot
when breaihed upon, ths wbols flower lifts
frOm shs lace md tie leaves. STIR for % IN
elant aad then settle into their places again.
Il y . wonderful piaee Of lacp. s-rn1
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Arion Piano Forte Co.

for their supesb instuments ~ eonsidor then o..
pcrfOr to any other wake,
ConErstnIatng you upon the great suceesa yos have
obtained IN the manufacture Of 20 perfect ins,1u
ment remain your'.
Very truly.
New York, Sspt ID, 1870
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iuu..r,sat II Min ,,wn,,rA

lmpUrlAnt u Mill ON AGRA
INSTRUCTIONS having been given = receive appli.
i cations for patert under the PLACER Act VI July
9th 1870 The undersigned U. .. Mineral Land Sur
veyUr II prepared 10 give information 10 clsinants dc.
string to ata Themselves 0f the benefits VI said Act
and make the necessary surveys plats etc required
to mike entry Of placer mines. Parties maxim. in.
auiries win please inform me the sire Of claim mum.
Der Ut parties Uteseted whether On surveyed or I'M
surveyed lands II upon uneurveycd tho distance from
expepdcd On the mine. .N - 49,
surveys of mines for patent win be promptly execu-
ted aud esitsfsction guaranteed. refer By prints.
sion, - Il Washburn, Surveyor General Ly.
man, Register; + Nay Rscgiver; Allen DaniOsti,,
Agt N 4 e.. Co.: Helena; J c Kicker. mine.
Helena r Lowry Egg, Helena: w d Flowers, Nigh.
land aud W Dance Deer Lodge
Psrs0us on ths West side will pleasc address me At
Dear Lodge in cazs Of NJ. O. h OBsnnou.
vision GEO. b FOOTG
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
VIDA city.

Mr.. Henry Fontaine, agent for the
sale of Ida City lots at five dollars per
annum for ten years, has his office at
No. 10 Madison street.-the office of the
Memphis and Selma Railroad Company.
Mr.. Powell, one Of the owners of Ida
CITY, writes to us that those who would
buy should come forward at once, ss the
price of lots will soon be advanced.
His purpose is to get many good citi-
zens interested with him in laying the
foundation OF prosperous city, to be-
come a great manufacturing suburb OF
New York. He says further, we are
selling a good many lots, but want to
get through as soon as possible that l
may go to Brooklyn and get up the me
ehanics to start the erection Of said
city this fall and winters. Come on,
Il will make you all rich, that
will purchase ten lots in three years.
/ further propose to make the first pay
ment payable first day OF January, 1872.
I5only want to make the Indebtedness
TO us Of good people, that will pay us
and really TO assist me in the erection
of said city. Fellow-citizens, do not
regard my enterprise as q humbng, for
/ assure you it is big thing. ] can
sell ON the same terms our lots at one
hundred dollars each in New York aud
Brooklyn, bnt perfer selling Thorn to my
Southern friends, from whom we can
collect better and more easy, as Hon.
Jacob Thompson lives in this city, aud
Z expect to 90 to the Island and spend
the balance of my life in working the
thing through to a success or die in the
effort. Many cities have been built up
in from fifty to one hundred miles Of
New York city and why cannotJohn III.
Pontotoc Powell do likewise?
/ say, fel.ow-citiyeds, / can and will
do that very little job. We can afford
10, sen you one-third Of our lots for hfty
dollars although il is not much over 500
per acre. But our big speculation comes
by reserying alternate lots and giving to
he mechanic lot 70 build his house
and shop upon. The way we sell these
speculative lots almost amounts 70 gift
al the property. We reserve four thou
sand seven hundred lots--one-haf Of
which we are to give to the mechanics,
thereby raising the value Of the alternate
lots from one Thousand 70 perhaps five
thousand dollars, as did Breslau city last
wear. situated or located thirty miles
from Brooklyn. They took out three
thousand mechanics and settled them,
and in sixty days got their lots mp from
a mere nominal price TO three thousand
dollars This Is a well known fact
JHO. NJ. POWELL,
Better known as Pontotoc Powell.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
BALANCE OF TRADE.

1t is stated that by an official tran
script from the Treasury Department
books It appears that our imports of mer-
chandise for the last fiscal year exceeded
the exports by more than ninety-one mil
lions OF dollars, and that in addition to
this change of commodities, sixty-two
and half millions of specie were sent
abroad, over and above the imports OF
the bullion, which must necessarily be
added to the adverse balance of trade;
so that all the cotton, breadstuffs, tobac-
co, petroleum, pork, bacon, cheese, fire.
arms and other productions Of the soil
and manufactures, which we're exported
last year, did not reach within ninety
one millions of the foreign fabrics that
were imported. In two years balance
has been created against the United
States, including specie, of two hundred
and thirty millions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
HALTING.

Was Grant going a little too fast?
Has some sensible man advised him to
halt? The Administration, Washing
ton special informs us, appears to be re-
tracing its steps in the proposition to
declare martial law in South Corolina.
The Cabinet meeting which was ap-
pointed to dispose of the question, has
been indefinitely postponed. Two facts
have contributed to this result-the first
is a protest from influential Republican
quarters against such step, and the
second is the entire absence of any con-
firmation of Senator Scots bugaboo
stories as to the condition of affairs in
that State. The War Department re
ports from officers Of the army on duty
in South Carolina utterly fail to mention
any new outrages, as alleged, and the
department therefore has no intention
of issuing circular letter of instruc-
tions, as has been reported.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
STREET RAILROADS.

The law of street railway cars was
we'll stated byia Massachusetts, judge
who, IN case before him on complaint of
a passenger who had been elected from
car, said that eff passenger is either
intoxicated, or his manner is such as to
lead the conductor to suppose he is in
toxicated, and he uses violent, loud,
profane and indecent language, and
does not stop upon remonstranee, IL is
the right and the duty of the conductor
to stop the car, tell him toIleave, and if
he does not, to put him out" If such
is not the law here, it should be. We
have seen recently cases that came
within the ruling Of the Massachusetts,
Judge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
How 10 Prevent Crime and stOT
HOmicides.

HOmicides.
The following communication con-
tains suggestions to all law-abiding citi-
Gems and affords subjects for careful
thought and reflection to our municipal
authorities: .,..s
To the Editor Of the Public Ledger:
If there is an actual active desire felt
by good citizens, and our protective au-
thorities, to save the city from being
longer made a slaughter-pen of human
ity and general Golgotha of moralities,
let the authorities make, if necessary,
epeyy responsible white male resident a
preserver of the peace, protector of
property and maintainer of order and
decency, with not only the priuitege of
arresting offenders, but with saoogn obi
qati0n to do so. Let each be supplied
with a whistle, with special badge, to
be displayed only when imperatiYely
necessary, and with a pocket copy of
plain instructions and list of cognizable
offenses. That he may not be ham
pered with the irrelevant question Of
jurisdiction, let each be also quasi as
sistant Of the Sheriff, III a.e 81.
This viii reinforce the police corps by
numbers, and give it confidence and
moral support 1t will make it more
alive to its duties from sense Of ever
present, unknown assistants, and elevate
it to higher moral sense of duty. 1t
will create nucleus about which all
good citizens will rally.
If the real problem to be solved is
hoic TO prerent crime By its certain and
Immediate detection, arrest and punish
ment, we are confident that our authori-
ties who have undertaken, the protective
business would gladly avail themselves
of this valuable assistance, and all good
citizens will at once quietly offer them
selves for duty on this honorary detec-
tive service, and become an efficient and
wide-awake police corps.
QUIET CITIZEN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
NEW YORK.
Suicide = Family Row Stabbed by
sF s his Wffe-Fire. sos

Suiefde = Family Row -StHDDeu Dy
a his Wffe-Fire. gla
NEw YoRK, September 1l.-John @. Ed
wards, forty-four years of age, suicided
last evening. at 10 McDougal street. by shoot
ing himself through the head with a revolver.
He had been confined TO his room by Illness
for some time past, and being, apparently,
worse during the evening, his nurse went for
his physician. She returned just in time to
hear the report of the pistol, and entering his
room she found him dead. He was much de-
pressed in spirits by the belief that his NAL
ady was incurable.
Late last night, during family row in a
tenement house in Ludlow street. Peter No
Ian, aged sixty-fve years, was struck with a
club by his son -in-law. Michael 0'Mally, who
knocked him down and kicked him in the
face, nearly putting his eye out. Other mem
bers of the family interferred, and 0'Mally
received a scalp wound. They were all ar
rested and taken to the station-house where
Nolan's wounds we're pronounced serious.
He. however, refused to make any complaint
against o'Mally.
The Coroncr's jury. in the case of John
Reilly, who was stabbed by his wife at No. 50
Atlantic street. on the 3lst Of August, con-
cluded their labors late Saturday night, and
found a verdict against his wife. Ellen Reilly
who was taken back to jail to await the action
of the grand jury. She Is greatly depressed
and apparently insane.
Yesterday afternoon fire was discovered
in an engine-house attached TO a frame man
ufactory, Nos. 22s, 2sO and 2s2 East Forty.
eighth street, owned by the American Manu-
featuring Company. The fire beginning in
the engin e-house, in rear Of the main build
ing, extended to the latter, causing damage
TO the amount of $4,000. principally ma
chinery. Loss fully covered by insurance.
Building damaged to the amount of $1,000
Cause unknown. ...sa
Charles IL. Keller was assaulted on last
Thursday night while returning home from
the caledonian games with some friends. lie
is now dying from the wounds. A man named
James Donohue, Of seyenty-frst street, was
seen running away from the spot BY an officer
who caught him in a saloon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
THE PARTY LASH.

"vote the party ticket" That, says
the World, is the cry just now along the
Republican lines in Maine, Ohio, Wis
consin, and Iowa. "What matter if the
men nominated are notquite pleasing 10
you; it is never possible TO please all.
What matter if ali vital reforms have
been pushed aside by the contemplate
trieksters TO whom politics is never more
than scramble for spoils; every truly
loyal man must save the country and
rebuke the Ku-Klux and Tammsny De
moeracy by voting the regular ticket. =
And the regular ticket means the
mastery Of Grants adHtrents in the
party in each Of those States; it means
his nomination and another crack ofthe
party whip to elect him it means four
years more Of RAPID march toward mill
tary despotisn, Of cOntemptuOus tramp