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NEW YORK.
medication of Reformed Church
TofaI subscriptions for Chicng0,
a.. nso.80I-BiIliard Exhibition
international Yachting.

Medication of Reformed Church--
TOfaI subscriptions for Cnicheo,
so. D10.60l-BiIlinrd Exhibition
international Yachting.
NEW YoRK, October 23.-The dedica-
ton Of the Madison avenue Reformed
Church, corner Fifty-Seventh street and
Madison avenue, took place yesterday
Rev. DR.. Gauz, pastor, and Rev. Drs.
Dewitt and Ferris delivered addresses,
and collection was subsequently taken
up for the benefit Of the congregations
of churches burnt in Chicago, and a
handsome sum realized.
Mr.. A. A. Low, treasurer of Chamber
of Commerce committee on Chicago re-
lief reports having received on Satur-
day $1,000 Oh, making o total of contrlbu-
tons sent by the Chamber Of Commerce
of $685., 662 %. The employees of the
appraisers department in the custom
house gave $3.50, and the attaches OF the
sheriff's office gave $500, of which 5000
| is to be sent to Chicago and the balance
to the Michigan and Wisconsin sufferers.
Other subscriptions were received Sat
urday and yesterday, making the total
subscription from New York 81 ,529,Ssl.
At the present time there are some
eight or ten Of the finest billiard players
of the United States and Canada in this
city, including the two Dions and Mons.
Garneer Several of these professionals
have announced their intention OF CIV
ing a grand exhibition Of their skill at
Chris O. Connor's rooms, the proceeds OF
which are to be donated to Chicago bill
liardisls who have been ruined by the
fire. The exhibition will take place to-
morrow evening
To-day the fifth race for the Queens
cup, with the yatch Liyonia, will be
sailed over the club course. The excite
ment in the matter of interest involved
in the retention of the American cup
on this side of the water is increasing,
and there will undoubtedly be a large
number of spectators on the lower bay
to witness the contest. The contesting
yachts will not be numbered by the
committee until just previous to starting.
According to the American record the
race of Saturday gives three victories
for America and one for the English
man. Sir Ashbury thinks differently,
however, as the following note to the
subcommittee Of the New York Yacht
Club, Saturday morning, indicates;
I..,t NEW YORK. October q.
GENTS | continue the series OF races
without prejudice to my confirmed
claim, the subject Of your communic'-
ton Of the goth. .D
Yours truly, JAS. AsHBuRY
This is likely to give rise to new COM
plications, as the New York yachtmen,
if they win the race to-day, will consider
the series ended, while Ashbury will
claim another race. r,
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IN HIS POWER.

This pretty tough story is told II is
said that the daring Prussian minister
holds at present the mercantile exist
ence of England in his hands, the result
of having humbled France in the dust.
No less sum than twenty-five millions
sterling is now in his possession, in the
shape Of bills drawn by French on Eng
lish capitalists, and should he think Of
presenting them and converting them
into gold, all the specie in the Bank Of
England would not suffice, as II pos
sesses little more than twenty-one mil
lions in all. The directors Of that insti-
tuition have endeayored to avert a crisis
by raising the rate Of discount to five
per cent, but this viii not prevent the
calamity, if he chooses to insist on pay
ment of his bills, for they are bound to
give gold for their notes on presanta-
ton, and he could thus render the estab-
lishment bankrupt in day, or reduce
to similar condition all those whose
paper he holds. W F.E
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COTTON pRospEor.

The Agricultural Bureau has sent out
its cotton report for October II says
the cotton returns for the mouth are no
more favorable than those Of the pre-
ceding month. In no State is the aver
age of September fully sustained. The
general average Of the condition in the
first week of the present month is f76
per cent. against so per cent. in Sep
TENDER. In some sections in the Missis-
sippi valley and in Texas, improved
prospects are reported, while the pre-
ponderance Of testimony in the South
West, as well as ON the Atlantic coast,
favors a further reduction Of the ex-
pected yield. The percentage of the
condition in the several States is as fol
low North Carolina, 80; South Caro-
lima, rs ; Georgia, "; Florida, 49, Ala
bama, rs Mississippi, 76; louisiana,
70 Texas, 70; Arkansas, 81 Tennes-
see, "a. The report proceeds The
injuries reported are from rust,
shedding of bolls prematurely,
sufficiently low temperature to
check the development Of hollis
in more northern latitudes, floods
and inundations in Florida and Georgia,
sprouting or rotting of bolls from rains,
drought in the section OF Georgia, and
the boil and army worms in portions Of
Mississippi and more western States, 1t
does not appear that the losses from
insects are general or very serious, with
a few isolated exceptions. Drought
should be credited with larger proper
ton of the depreciation than any other
assigned cause, Notwithstanding the fact
that cotton endures lack of moisture
better than other crops" 1t does not
think the indications point to a yield Of
over three million bales. Others, per
haps as competent as the Government is
to make an estimate, place the yield
much higher. One point is settled on all
hands the production will fall below
that of last year by very great odds.
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WASHINGTON.
Important Decf-IOn in the su
preme Court.

Important Decf-lOn in the su.
preme Court.
WAsmSGros, October 23.-An impor-
tant decision viii be delivered at the
present adjourned term Of the Supreme
Court. The opinion Of the Court is to
be announced in case in which is in
volved the question Of tho constitution
atty Of what ia known as the Drake
amendment II viii be remembered
that Senator Dsake, Of Missouri, be-
fore taking his seat as Chief Justice
Of the Court Of Claims, drew up a bib
providing that the pardon Of the Presi-
dent does not entitle disloyal persons to
bring suits against the United States
and prosecute them in the Court Of
Claims. This provision was inserted in
the Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill,
approved July 18th, 1870. Several cases
coming under this are now pending in
the United States Supreme Court on an
appeal from the United States Court Of
Claims, and the forthcoming opinion is
looked for with great interest
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AND GEORGIA.

The Ku-Klux war is to be- according
to the Macon Telegraph, extended into
Georgia That paper says that the
Cabinet, enraged at the bad luck attend
ing the elections in the Reconstructed
States, is about to turn over a new leaf
in Georgia, and the South generally.
They are about to kick front and rear.
Martial law is to be Iried on the leading
Democrats under the Ku-Klux bill, on
the one hand, and on the other all the
leading Radicals who have compromised
the party. by their theAs are to be
pitched neck and heels out Of the party
windows. This is a lively programme if
true. and there is collateral evidence to
show that something Of the kind is on
foot. Dispatches to Forney's Press hint
at Il. and the Savannah News has Wash
ington news to the same purpose. That
paper sets forth at length how the Caro-
linas have been secured to the Radicals
forever under the Ku-Klux policy, and
how the Cabinet confidently anticipates
that the Georgia Democracy will soon
be brought to grief under this heroic
treatment" This is all very heroic,
very fair, and very ike Grant
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HAVE NO LOSSES

In the terrible confagration that swept over
that city yesterday, affecting the financial,
commercial and insurance Interests OF the
whole country, crippling and impairing many
Of the oldest and sOundest insurance COM
panies, and utterly running SO many, that
property-hOlders with difficulty decide where
TO look for protection.
We trust this calamity will OF necessity end
the reckless and In many instances scandal
Gus competition that has sprung up within
the last two years, almost driving prudent
underwriters from the field. and giving un-
mistakeble premonition that day OF wreck
and retributiOn was certain in the not very
distant future, and which is only precipitated
BY this terrible visitation Of Providence.
Insurance is one of the main pillars sus-
tanning the credit Of the mercantile interest,
and should be so managed as to make sure its
safety and soundncss under all circumstances
lin fact It's stability should be above all sus-
This can never be unless underwriters ad-
here TO such rates of premium as experience
has proved 10 be adequate and necessary TO
meet ordinary losses and provide Reserve
Fund for such contingencies as are sure %
arise. No prudence or foresight can t9retell
the time or place that the blow will fall, yet
II Is sure TO come, as the records show: Troy,
Portland and Chicago succeeding each other
in increased magnitude, more than Outstrip-
ming the gigantic growth Of the country.
The Mercantile and Insurance interests are
40 Intimately blended that il Is reasonable TO
assume that the former will readily and COR
daily respond TO any reasonable demand Of
sueh companies as have fortunately escaped
the general wreck. or have tOckh0lders able
and willing to make good their impairment,
for an equitable advance Of rates, sufficient
10 bring their business To paying point ana
give assurance Of future sound condition.
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al exchange says the death Of Ger

Ak exchange says the death Of Gen
eral Justin Dimick, late of the United
States army, which occurred one day
last week, is regretted by many Exon
federate officers, who were imprisoned
in Fort Warren, near Boston, while he
was in command there. and who were
treated as kindly by him as the nature
Of his duties would allow. Among these
officers were General S. B. Buckner, and
the present Governor Of Tennessee,
General John c. Brown. General Dim
lex, who was a graduate Of West Point,
and was seventy years old at the time Of
his death, had been in the army more
than fifty years. He served with dis
tinction in the Seminole war, in Florida,
and in the Mexican war. as Wen As ID
the late war between the sections.
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MARKETS.

NV YoRR, October 23.-Flour dull.
Wheat in fair demand at lower rates.
Corn and oats dull. Whisky steady.
Meas pork quiet Lard dull Groceries
unchanged Receipts - -four, 5000
barrels; wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn,
5000 busLslsi oats, $4,000 bushels.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

MhAfhins 4hNhss pctoDefs 80 iofA.
To the Editor Of the Ledger:
Some one has advanced the idea that
the Democratic party should not have a
candidate for the Presidency in 1872.
1t is the best suggestion yet made. We
cannot by any possible chance elect a
candidate; then let us adopt the Douglas
motto, bide my time and leave the
field free to the Radical party. Then
will there be two Radical candidates IN
the field, and we can vote for the one
who will concede most TO US.
KFNo.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

Or the Ohio election the Cincinnati
Enquirer says: In sixty counties Noyes
has but IL, lO7 majority. The % counties
to be heard from gave Sherwood 1900
last year. The Republican majority
will be little larger than it was last year
The whole gain is in Cuyahoga county,
where the liquor interest coalesced with
the Republicans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

CHARLES O'CoSSoR, who has been APP
pointed by Governor Hoffman to assist
in the prosecution of the New York
swindlers, announces that he will at once
begin the work in earnest, and that in
the prosecution thereof he will hold
himself entirely aloof from all political
cliques. This is right and commenda-
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RATES Must BE ADVANCED

10 paying point or business deolinedi the
future safety Of Insurance depends upon IN
derWriters adhering to this position.
We therefore advise our Agents, IN respond-
ing 10 the increased demand that Will lneV,t-
ably press upon them for the QUbEN'S poll
cies. not TO charge unreasonable rates, put 70
firmly adhere 10 the spirit Of the above anu
insist upon such equitable advance a. pru-
donoe imperitively demands. Al.
AFents when IN doubt as 70 the. proper rate
uiil' refer IA this Office, and will then have
such advice a. experiences dictates;
and eficient co-operaton in accommodating
the wants Of the public, and are confident
that he QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY
can Though them render service 10 the
mercantile community that viii prove mutu-
AiiS WM. II. ROSS.
Manager, United States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

Mr.. Alexander, the well-known stock
raiser Of Kentucky is about to marry.
His tenants and friends in Airdrie, Scot
land, where his ancestral estate is stu
ated, intend TO celebrate the event by
sending to their laird and lady con-
gratulatory address.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

HENRY WARD BEEcHER, whose sympa-
thies are with the Radicals, is reported
to have said, in the course Of recent re-
marks upon the New York municipal
corruptions, that No political capital
can be made out Of these disclosures,
as they were simply an evidence of the
financial dishonesty Of the times, which
is as manifest in Washington as in New
York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

A contemporary suggests that there
should Be added TO the faculty Of some
Of our American colleges a professor
ship Of common sense."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

Mas. LEAEY, who owns the COW that
kicked over the lamp that burned Chi
csgo, denies the kicking over business.
Nov. Mrs. Leary, you should know bet
ter. You should know that your COW
did kick over that lamp.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

IT is said that the Radicals have given
up the impending Virginia. election as
hopeless. Their dirty politics have no
business on the clean soil Of Virginia,
and their dirty feet neither.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

GRANT is making circuit of the
North. What is the fellow after2 Our
generation has much to boast Of. Among
other things it can boast the smallest
President that ever lived
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

TnE fellow who suggested the policy
of fighting the devil with FIRE did not
suppose that sulphurous individual was
ayaricious, else he would have suggested
rifts-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

AcooRDISo to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, that city has not been swift to
extend relief to the rural sufferers. 1t
says: 1t is by no means creditable to
Cincinnati that She has done SO little for
the aid of the unfortunate victims of
the fires of Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Chicago calamity, great as it was,
was nothing in comparison with them.
The loss of life by the rural fires was
tenfold greater, and the restitution and
suffering among the survivors incon-
ceivably more appalling than at Chi
cago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

II is said that Dawes, Of Massaehu-
sets is TO be the Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means in the House
of Representatives which meets in De-
eember. General Butler, in eonse-
quence Of bis late career, is to have no
prominent position assigned him This
is the revenge Of Speaker Blaine 20
whom Butler Is opposed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

liz Noble county, Ohio, there was tie
for the Legislature. In Vinton county
the Republican candidate received a
majority of but four votes. In Highland
the majority was thirty-six. In Hardin
and Knox counties it was very small
probably less than fifty. In Scioto
county it was only one hundred and ten.
These show how purely accidental it is
that the Republicans have any majority
in the General Assembly Of Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

BUTLER wants a Goldfish war with
Great Britain, aud comes into court
with cod by the gills.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
specials to tho Ledger.

lnKRIoAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. VIA 3. p A.
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

The Nicolson pavement has been es-
pecially Chicago institution. In the
late conlagration an eyewitness says
they burned like finder" like petro-
leum would have been more aecu-
rate phrase. The New York Journal of
Commerce says: "In the crowded parts
Of New York this pavement should be
ripped up at once, leaving us the secu-
rity Of solid, uninaamable ground until
a irst-class stone pavement can be
laid
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-23

TINS is negro rule, pure and unmIxed.
The Columbus (Mississippi) Index says;
7 1t 10 an actual fact that, although the
Republican party in the county has three
times the numerical strength of the
whites, the registration standing 4s77
blacks to 1884 whites, there are not
enough men in it who can read and
write to fill the public offices and clerk
ships Ofcourse, therefore, any expec-
tation of splitting that party is hope
less-there is no one to be benefited by
making the attempt" We should like
to see this state of things in county in
Ohio Illinois or Indiana.
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q sUNDRIEs.
> II N ID n Il Il =.

ESQ boxes Cheese.
30 bbIs and hlf bb1s Pickles
25 hIf bbIs White Fish.
300 kits a. IHlf bbls Mackerel.
80 bbIs and hIf bbls KrOut-
so bbls HOminy and Grfts.
200 cs imp. Brandy Cherries
so tubs OF Fresh Butter.
Is boxes Breakfast BACON.
25 trsnewsugar cured hams
100 kegs Spiced Pigs Feet.
1900 cases canned Fruits and
JelItes.
so cases Sardines.
200 bbIs Apples q Potatoes,
just received at
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HI. II. TOMLIN ON,
AGENT,
No. IL Madison street.
MOTTO Il.
OFFIcE or II. 7. ToNLIysoS 4 CO.. J
MTnPHls. THNS.. October -, III.

OFFICE or II. 7. TOslLINsoN 4 CO., }
MEnFHIs, TENs.. October D. ieil.
The foIlowins dispatch has just been re-
ceiysd BY ui. which We publish for the inf0r-
nation Of our roIiey-holdsr, in the Pacific
Insurance company. Of San Franeisco.
California;
ITO H. 7. Tomiinr0n Co.. Memphis. Tenn:
Received this morning dispatch from
San Francisco. dated October ~, 81 ioiioHss
ave uake provision Tor payment Of AZ
lose. nrd re1urao kulinesr immsdiarriy. A.
HeEsment will make good all impalfment Of
capital. ACT gitt Dre,sr i ,... .so.qin..f,
You will accept riskz. .....-...o,...
. FRAME, HARE A LOCKWOOD,
e General Agents.. No. % Broadway, n. J"
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HEAprNa GREELEY.

Butler has been heard from. A Wash
ington special to the Louisville Ledger
says: During his recent visit here,
among other things, Butler developed a
plan 10 Grant, which the latter thinks
will head off Greeleys Presidential
movement and bring harmony generally
to the Republican party in New York.
Butler is of opinion that Fenton should
be nominated for Vice President, which
position he thinks the latter could be
induced to accept He asserts that
Conkling could find no fault with this
proceeding. as the Vice Presidency is a
mere honorary position, without in
fluence, and is generally fatal to the
man who occunies IL I.1fH
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CEMENT.
CEMENT, PLASTER AND LIME.
Prices ReducedI

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ALL KINDS
vi IL the Ledger % Ice. - Madison. street.
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NOTICE.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UNHE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF
/ the Chamber of Commerce will be held
this (MONDAYl afternoon at three o'cloek.
EN- X. A. PINS0N. President.
Iron TROUsDALE, Secretary.
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Sp0iE Horses Feet.

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~ 10 airli l'nPoss'''o 10 Ge' q
mo'su a'o' I''at having 'he 1foeS
o .m "W'y, veterinary surgeons:
~! IL, 3cn'IhE leal''l% p'acNSl'il'n7
'T'ro ''Ias ,illFos sho,i'h hol De par
~ onr P''t'1 NOT even trln!Ihca'
40 '''''or ny pl'aolc ana soi' INC
It1% IS, CUT away smooth on al
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Public Library of Kentucky.

THE CITTZEN'S BANK OF KY, is
TREASURER, and the Corp0rators and gu
poryisors are tho Hon. Thomas f.. Bramlette,
late Governor Of Kentucky, and twenty,-scyen
of tho mos, distinguished and respectable eiti-
z6ns of the State.
The undersigned. late principal business
manager of the very successful Gift Concert for
the benefit ofthe Merchant! . Library, at san
Francisco, has been sgpolnted Agent ana
Maparer of this Grand GItt Concert tors ,loco
in public, and everything will be d0neto sat
isfy the buyers OF tickets that their interests
will DO as well protected nsi they were person
ally present to superlntcnd tho entire affair.
For tickets md information apply 70 r..
No. s Astor House, New York.
IL. N, Hempsted, No. 40 Broadway, Milwau-
kcc, Wis. .r'.4 . 90
NJ. 4. French, Virginia City, Nevada.
N. A. Wolf, No. 3l6 Chestnut ST., st. Lonis.
Tickets, olso for sale in every prominent
Owing to the general derangoment Of mails
and advertisements consequent on the disas-
trous confagratiOns in the West, tho salo OF
tickets in this enterprise is cxten led to Noy.
20, 1871, ut which time tho main office, l2o Nam
mcnt Of accounts and business. No orders
except by mail will DO received after Dec. lst,,
and no orders BY mail will BIO filled after Dec.
10Th. The Now York Office willclose Dec. 10Th
other agencies Dee. 9th. Every ticket uns0ld
Dec. 18th will DO cancelled by lts number. The
drawing will take place in public, Dec. 10th,
1871, commencing at Q. m, and continue un
iii tho T2l gifts awarded. Payment of awards
will commence Dec. 10th, alto o'clock. n. m.
Circulars of awards will be found Mt every
agcncv rs soon as they can DO issued correctly.
and will also be sent to all ticket buyers ga
soon as possible. No order will be filled at the
main Office for less than $40.
ChaAS. u. PETERG. Manager.
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SOor As 4 MAJRE--Soot is near
" as valuable rs pnanure as guanO,
bulk for bulk, audit costs nothing.
1t IL, in fact, necessary to the safety
of every house th3it should be care
fully collected antcmoved from the
premises. AT leai one half of the
fires which annuai destroy life and
property are occaslnod by an accu-
mutation of SCOT 1.-THE stove pipes,
chimneys, etc. Sol contains a con-
siderable proporth of ammonia,
and on this account is very benoii-
cial to all kinds t plants; but it
should be used viii caution, as il is
rather powerful folbic tender leaves
of most plants, AMI requires to be
composed with ten Ines its bulk of
muck, ashes, etc, 4 dilutedIwith q
large quantity of Sater. Twelve
quarts of SCOT diss3ed in q hogs
head Of water mails an excellent
liquid manure, whiclmay be applied
with excellent eifecto al! kinds Of
vegetables and fowes. 1t is better
to apply it to the soilbout.the roots
than o0e leaves or ems.