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THE GREAT WEST.

AS it is, this country is the most won
derful on earth. The area embraced
Inv the boundaries of the United States
and territoriesI is capable of producln g
everv article essential to the existence
Of man, and every luxury the most cult
waited taste or appetite may desire. All
the Grains that enter into commerce II
nrodnces in abundance. 1t supplies the
world with cotton, and never can be
rivaled in the production of that staple.
II Is full of minerals, and diversified
with plains, mountains, prarles, rivers
lakes forests and fields. The western
norton of it is yet imperfectly explored,
Int enough has been discovered to estab-
lisb il in the eye of the world as the
most remarkable country yet brought to
the notice of man. We alluded yester-
day to the effect the air of the ROCKY
Mountains produces on health, ana we
have. required to the subject again to
suooest that it is not impossible that
within twenty years the old summer
baunts in the East will be COMPARE
lively abandoned for others in the
remote West. There have already
been parties of pleasure out on the
plains, on the mountains, and far away
from civilization. There, nature seems
TO have exhausted her strength and her
taste, for it depends on the peculiar Or
ganization of the mind whether one IS
more delighted with beauty as whole,
or with single scene in its isolated
grandeur. No doubt there are waters
there that will restore broken constltu-
tions and thrill the dropping soul with
new hopes and new aspirations. There
are valleys, groves, glens, and hills that
are loveler than Eden, and the airs
that blow over the scenes are pure as
the breath Of heaven when breathed
upon the first flowers of spring. The
energy that has penetrated these regions
with the railroad will not flag but move
forward until they are laid bare and
their treasures unlocked to the inspec-
ton Of the world The great tide OF
invalids, pleasure-seekers and specu-
lators, will roll to the West sum
mer after summer. 1t only flows there
in rills now; the rivers will soon be in
motion. Explorers seem to want Ian
guage to describe the country and the
impressions left by it upon their minds.
They encounter much they never read
of or dreamed of before They found
new elasticity Of limb and lightness OF
spirit that surprised them. Why may not
the West become the physician of the
East and cure even consumption
Health is worth more than gold, and II
the West can give us both, we shall be-
come the healthiesta and wealthiest nation
on earth.
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the Bones OF an Unknown Race.

The recent discovery of innumerable
skulls and human homes at the contiu-
euce of the Little Red and White rivers
has set the scientific people on the high
way of speculation. An immense num-
Der of ante or post diluyians must have
been driven into the point, where they
were surrounded and slaughtered by
their enemies. The graves of the un-
known dead extend for six miles in a
semi-circle. In fights around forts the
dead are generally found arranged in a
geometrical manner in circles or semi
circles, thereby giving color to the cor
rectness of Trains idea ON the logic
of circles. Everything on earth seems
to revolye in circles political ring, wars,
plaques, etc, Even life itself is said to
be rounded with a sleep" The deluge,
if it ever swept over this continent,
would have washed the dead in circles
upon the shores as the waters receded
But it was said by Sheridan, in one OF
his matchless comedies, that there were
families composed of fellows that even
the food could not wash away" Moth
ing is known of this great battlefield or
the strange race that filled this immense
moat with human bones. Time has
swept over their graves, and the future
only adds to the mystery in which the
secret is enshrouded. Like Old Caspar,
we can only say: at was famous
victory"
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nv GREELEY IN WAR PAINT.

DR.. Horace Greeley is all covered over
with war paint, and with bow and arrow
is on the war path after Grant. The
scalp is the thing the doctor is searching
for. Just think Of 1.-THE scalp Of Grant
hanging up to dry in the doctors wig
waml The warrior has been at Chicago
recently, and in his conference with Mr.
Grinnen Of Iowa, and Mr.. Wentworth
Of Illinois on Wednesday last, he thus
declared his opinion:
of we nominate Grant we shall GER
tainly be defeated. The public will stand
no more horse-jockey and present-taking
Presidents; we have had enough Of them.
/ tell you, gentlemen We must take a
new departure, and i can assure you
that we of the East are determined that
Il shall be done. / have been rather
ouiet about it so far, but want every
bodv now 10 understand what / think
When we take hold Of Grant, il will not
be with silk gloves on our hands. 1t has
got to be done"
Concerning the sert Of candidate that tbs
Republicans ought to nominate, DR.
Greeley expresses himself as follows
IAN / want is to have good man nomi
mated. who il elected win consent to Civ
mn the Office at the end Of his term
Besides. want to nominate man WIZ
II elected will elevate The Office TO wher'
II was in former days; a man who vii
not take presents Or use the military o
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WASHINGTON.
Dishonest Land observation-disclosures
tiOnal Law.


Dishonest Land Register-Interna-
ti0nai Law.
WASHINGTON, September l4.-About
a month ago the Interior Departmental
ceiyed information of swindling by the
register and receiver of the land office
at Olympus, Washington Territory. The
information was Immediately laid before
the President, and he ordered that Law
per the receiver, should be Immediately
removed. When the President was here
the last time he signed the appointment
Of Robert G. Stewart to the position,
who hurried away with all possible haste
to take charge of the Office and Govern
ment property. Proper measures to in
sure the Government against loss if pos
sible have already been taken. The
statement that Lawyer is still retained
in Office is untrue. hat s
A case involving rights Of Ambassa-
doris under International law, will shortly
be presented to the State department.
The decision of the United States will be
probably called for to confirm and es-
tablsh proceedings. on laws of con-
tracts between a citizen of the United
States and foreign power. Mr..
Sidney Oaksmith, on the 9TH day of
August, 1869, contracted with the Hay
tan government then under the Presi-
dency of Sylvan Salnave, for the sale
and delivery of an iron-clad called the
Atlantic. H
The sum to be paid was $l5O,OOO in
gold or coffee -$5O,O00 in gold, to be
paid on the complete equipment of the
vessel, and the balance to be paid within
certain specified time, either in coffee
or gold, according to the option of the
Haytien Government; and $40,4O4 SO
was paid on account of contract, and
this was at the request and demand OF
Mr.. Tate, then Minister Plenipotentiary
at Washington of the Hayden Govern
ment Formally delivered to the Hay
ten Governmental 1862 at Philadelphia,
he, Mr.. Tate, signing the necessary re-
ceipt therefor, in which he was Joined by
Admiral Films, the Admiral command
ing the said ram Atlantic. The Atlantic
sailed from the port of Philadelphia on
the 10th December, 1869, with her OIL
GERS and crew, and under the Haytian
flag, to carry out the strife then pending
with Salnave and Saget. The Atlantic,
from the day of her departure from our
port has never been heard of and Solnave
has fallen.
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yELIow FEVER STATISTICS.

A Northern paper says: The yeliow
fever mortality tables which we reprinted
recently from the Charleston News ex-
hibited by comparison of years-hrst'
that the disease when in Charleston is
usually at its hight in the third week IN
September; and, second, that this year
il will be less virulent than before. The
last visits of the fever to Charleston were
in 1854, 1856, and 1853; and the number
Of deaths from it for the first five weeks
of each year respectively, were 90, 81
and l47. In this year the number
of deaths for the same length, oil
time has been twenty-seven, and with
the unusual GOODNESS of the weather and
the prospect of an early frost there IS
reason TO believe that the danger will
soon be over. The disease is already
assuming the break-bone" type, which,
in spite of its frightful name, is n CON-
paratively mild and harmless type OF
fever. That Charleston is at all visited
this year by the former pest of the South
ern coast is due to the criminal neglect
of the Radical carpet-bag officials who
have had control of the city for the past
two or three years. sgW AGfg WF
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RIsMARcK ANGRY.

Bismarck is said to be angry. A cor
respondent of the London Telegraph
details a conversation he had with the
German chancellor, in which the latter
avowed not only great discomfort with
the recent department Of the French
and their government toward Germany
and the Germans, but even used the very
frank language, with the French we
never were and never can be friends
He accused them of numbering the Ger
man soldiers in some of the occupied
French provinces, and in his anger
scarcely showed much wisdom in the
contemptuous remark that they have
not man, political, civil or military,
and they know ROthing." he threatened
IF they prove, as they are trying to
prove, that they are not enough beaten,
we will do il at once"
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DIED.


ESTES-At the residence Of her son, D; M.
Estes. No, 39T Adams street, ut l24 O'Clock
nm, September Is, 1911, Mrs. Mary L.Estes.
aged seventy two years. Hatn N i
Funeral services at the residence of B. M.
Estes, Sg7 Adams street, this afternoon, Sep
TENDER 14th, at half past four o'clock. by Rev.
W. e. Bosgs. Hacks at Holst's, on Main street
WINTER-Maior d. Winter. at his resi-
dence. this (THURSnAY) morning at two
O'CLOCK, Of congestion.
Funeral from his late residence. on Marley
avenue, at ten o'clock am. Friday, Septem-
Der 18th. Services BY Rev. e, NJ. Richardson.
Carriages in attendance, aa..
Appeal and Avalanche copy.l
gMALL-This morning, at the residence Of
Hunsdon Cary, Jennie, daughter Of Mary J ,
and the late Henry D. small.
The funeral win take place from Grace
Church at Eve o'clock this afternoon.
DAVIDS-This morning at seven o'clock,
Austin, eldest child Of S. and L. NJ. pavids
The friends and acquaintance are invited
to attend the funeral from their residence
50 Avery street, tomorrow morning at tel
o'clock.
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FAMINE IN HUNGARY.

There is a terrible famine existing in
Southern Hungary, produced by tremen-
dous hail-storms and floods, aggravated
by shocking misgovernment. The Vi
emma Press says:
while the people are thus suffering
from natural causes, the Government has
put in execution for arrears Of taxes. IL
is a sad tact that many villages have
arrears far exceeding the value Of the
property; more especially is this the
case with Servian and Roumanian com
munities. The cattle Of the peasants
are now taken and sold for these arrears.
The sum obtained does not even cover
the costs Of execution, and the peasant
is left a beggar. Pauperism is frightfully
on the increase; for, with the ruin Of the
agriculture, trade and industry are also
brought down"
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A GOOD Idea.

The Attorney General intends investi-
eating the legal responsibility of parties
who have been renting houses for illegal
and questionable purposes. The game
pursued by many in order 70 avoid the
penalties of an indictment and conylc-
ton, is to commence suit of forcible
entry or detainer before some magistrate
against the Objectionable tenant, then
let judgment go against them by default.
The programme is then to take an APP
peal to the higher courts, which is never
intended to be prosecuted, and plead
this legal effort in bar of any indictment.
Another plan is to get a judgment
against the tenant, and then by agree
ment, let an appeal be taken, which cuts
off the right to eject from the premises.
This is also pleaded in bar for to all
appearances the cases hang fire in the
courts and the landlord has ostensibly
made every legal effort to get in posses
sion. rE
The result of this legal double-dealing
is to avoid punishment by indictment
before the Criminal Court, and to collect
q large rent, which no tenant engaged
in legitimate business could afford to
pay. A publication Of the names OF
landlords against whom indictments
have been found for renting houses for
bad purposes, and also Of those who
rent for such purposes, but who have
not as yet been indicted, would cause a
Autter of excitement in social circles.
Not being by nature or education sensa-
tional, we decline furnishing the inior-
nation so easily obtained from the
records of the Criminal Court.
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4. oe;ca-boldera % advance his own as

his office-holders to advance his own as
pirations for a second term, and IN the
meantime neglect the interests Of those
whose ruler he is. Besides, ! want a
man who is above mere pleasure-nunt-
ing; man who viii not dawdie away
one-fourth Of his term amid the toihes
and friyolities of a watering-place; and
one who, when called upon for an ex-
pression of his views on political ana
other subjects OF national interest, can
rive them in clear, comprehensive Ian
guage. That's the kind of man the
people want, and that's the kind oil man
we havn't got now" Now one OF TWO
things is certain. Either Grant or the
doctor must go under; and as the llrs'
can command most money, his scalp Is
in little danger from the towahawk OF
the doctor. AS between the TWO, we
incline to the LII. d., war paint ana an
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-14
THE GREAT NEWSPAPER.

The New York Herald, in an article
contradicting the rumors circulating
through the country press as to the meth
DDS of managing that Journal says that
the Herald is, for all practical purposes,
great corporation, employing from five
to six hundred men, and with its me-
chanical department filed with skillful
and intelligent workmen. In the intel
lectual department the Herald has a
force of from thirty to forty city report
ers, and an editorial staff of twelve to
fifteen men, besides correspondents in
all parts of the world, and many paid
contributors in all parts of the country.
Although it has large list of contribu-
tors, the Herald depends chiefly upon its
own trained and ample regular force,
which the article compares to q we'll
filed, well-drilled and well-ofiicered regl-
ment, every man not only knowing his
own place and keeping it, but also filling
it like soldier, the effectiveness of the
entire body depending upon the accurate
evolutions of the whole. .s.
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NEW YORK.
stable and osHOrses Burncd-The
Iln city Finances.

New York, September IA. About
midnight last night fire broke out in
the livery stable of p. c. Wilson, 80
Perry street. The flames spread so rap
idly and the smoke was so dense that the
firemen could not get into the premises
to rescue the horses in tho stable. When
the flames were extinguished it was as
certained that all the horses, twenty-three
in number, we're either burned to death
or suffocated, nineteen of which belonged
TO Mr.. Wilson. The others belonged to
various parties. Among. the horses was
one valued at $4,000. Wilson's loss is
estimated at $4,000. Insured for $1,000.
The building, which was insured, was
damaged to the amount of $1,000. Ag-
gregate loss will reach $4,000. Cause
Of fire unknown. ~. a leti
The committee of citizens appointed
to investigate the financial position of
affairs of both city and county, met yes
terday in the chamber of the Board OF
Supervisors. The session was private,
no person being allowed to enter the
room or participate in the proceedings
except those appointed for the purpose.
What transpired is not known, as the
conference was held chiefly for the pur-
pose of determining what course should
be pursued in order to facilitate the rigid
investigation that has been commenced.
1t is understood, however, that the citi-
zens committee intended to employ ex-
perts to go over the accounts; that how
ever long it may last it will continue
until full and satisfactory information
can be obtained. The citizens commit
tee were engaged in secret session until
they were joined by the committee Of
aldermen. After some discussion sub
committee was appointed, and the meet
ing adjourned.
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FATAL SHOOTING.
Two Convicts Attempt 60 Escape
and are Shot and Killed.

A Little Rock paper Of the 18th inst
contains an account Of the shooting OF
two convicts at that place:
About tweve o'clock yesterday, two
white convicts employed in Tankersley :
brick-yard, remembering the escape OF
ten colored convicts the other day, at
tempted to play the same game. While
the guards were being changed, the men
run upon plank standing against the
fence and jumped over. They then
started for the woods in the direction OF
Mr.. Hangers. Several shots were fired
al them before they were stopped. One
had succeeded in getting about 1--WE hun
dred yards from the fence when he was
shot through the heart and instantly
killed. The other was about two hun
bred and fifty yards of, when he was shot
in the head He was living last evening,
but there were no hopes of his recovery;
The guards were armed with Springfield
rifles. Coroner jacob held an inquest
over the body of the man that was
killed last evening.
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THE North will not have for itself ne
gro equality, yet it would force it upon
the South. A case IN point is stated by
the Pittsburg Post. A quadrOOn girl
entered one Of the schools in that city
on the 4th inst, and forthwith all the
white children stampeded. The Post
states that the moral of this little nara
tive is that the directors of the school
and the parents who send their children
there are Radicals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-14

A WASHINGTON special of the 18th
says: The superintendent ofthe money
order division Of the Postofice Depart
ment returned from Europe to-day. He
has been successful in his mission in ef-
fectihg arrangements for an interchange
of money orders between this country
and Great Britain and Germany. Ithas
already been introduced.
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NEARLY one half of the members Of
the French National Assembly are Of
noble birth. In the Republican Cham
Der there sit eight dukes, twenty-seven
marquises, forty-one counts, eleven Wis
counts, seventeen barons, and two hun
dred and four honorables with the pre-
fix lie. La, Les, Du, De, or Des.
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The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Enquire, writes September
10th: The statement is again made
that unless the Southern members Of the
Cabinet-Messrs. Alderman and Cres-
well, succeed in carrying their respec-
tive States for the Republican party
this fall, formidable movements VII be
made to have them retire from the Cabi-
net, and that representatives Of South
ern Radicahsm viii be chosen in their
places from North Carolina aud Missis-
sippi.
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w,ss1ssIppI RIyER RAILROAD.

On Tuesday last the town of Dyers-
burg voted fifty thousand dollars as sub
scription of stock to the Mississippi
River railroad. There were only six dis
senting votes. Ripley will soon hold an
election and vote a subscription OF
twenty-five thousand. This will com
plete the subscription to that important
enterprise and assure its success line
work goes bravely on. 'i'' '
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The advice given by the Huntsville
Advocate to the farmers Of North Ala
bama, is applicable to farmers generally.
1t advises them to save all the hay they
can for the coming winter. Crab grass
hay, if cut or pulled while green and
saved properly, is as good as any North
ern hay brought here. Therefore save
hay. Also pea and potato vines-both
make excellent feed for stock if cured
and stored in barn or stable.
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THE last joke at the expense OF the
French Society for the Protection OF
Animals is to the following effect; A
countryman, armed with an immense
club, presents himself before the presl-
dent of the society and claims the iirst
prize. He is asked to describe the act
of humanity on which he POUNDS his
claim. II saved the life of wolf; re-
piled the countryman. 81 might easily
have killed him with this bludgeoni"
and he swings his weapon in the air to
the intense discomfort of the president.
"But where was this wolff" inquiries
the latter; what had he done to your"
" He had Just deyoured my wife, is the
reply. The president reflects an in
slant, and then says: my friend, am
of the opinion that you have been sui
fciently rewarded" t4ar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-14

JUDGE ERsKrSE has decided, in the
United States District Court at Atlanta,
that the law of Georgia forbidding the
intermarrying of whites and negroes is
not repugnant to the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United
States or the civil rights law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-14

PRINCE Napoleon has published pam
phlet entitled "The Truth" and adj
dressed ITO my Calumniators." He
declares in it that he was a stranger to
the declaration of war against Germany.
He went to Italy by order of the Empe-
ror, who tried to array Italy and Austria
against Prussia. He states that he Of
fered to share the captivity of Napoleon
at Wilhelmshoe, but his offer was refused,
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Rows, and GhiIdren's Fall and Win
ter Clothing.

Parents and guardians wishing to
send their boys off to school can now
supply them with complete outfits OF
fall and winter clothing and underwear,
at J. D. Williams, 327 Main street. His
stock is new and fresh, just received,
and embraces everything necessary for
boys and children's wear. 10
Buy the best, which is always cheap
est. J. Devote has full supply Of the
best family groceries. Call and see, at
the corner of Third and Adams streets.
l04-tl
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ADTrcEs from Pennsylvania are very
encouraging to the Democracy. A lead
ing Republican from that State is of the
opinion that the State is irrevocably bst
to the Radicals, even though their pres
ent fnterneeine qusrrels should be
patched up
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The Kanawha West Virginia. Cou-
rier, gives official returns from forty-five
counties and unofficial from the remain
ing two, which make the majority in
favor Of convention 2,86O, The num-
Der Of votes cast was 5s,OOc-about two
thirds Of the aggregate registered vote
If the State. IU
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The army of ''bloated bondholders
has received an accession to its ranks.
The Kickapoo Indians have $3.50 600, the
proceeds Of their sales of Kansas lands,
Invested in the new United States five
per cents.
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A NEw YORK letter, speaking of the
performances of Lydia Thompson, says:
Blue Beard and Lydia in turn wish the
most diabolical things il ever they cease
to love-'Thst government powder be
made of clam chowder, if ever they cease
to love, or that horses have fins and
Horace Greeley have twins, IL ever they
cease 10 love-"
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BOYS AND CmLDRES's CLOTHING, from
two and half years old and upward.
]. d. WILLIAMS.
10 327 Main street.