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PUMPS at 3l5 Second street.
MARRIED.

COFFMAN-HUGHES- Grenada, Miss,
at the residence Of the brides father. on
Wednesday evening, February s. 1871, by Rev.
Geo. p. Richardson, Mr.. Charles M. Coffman
TO Miss Maggie +. Hughes, all Of Grenada.
We chronicle the union Of intelligent and
dignifed manhood with all that is lovely,
amiable and attractive in woman. We send
our greeting to mingle with the rejoicings of
loving friends everywhere. Thetidings comes
to us like the mellow chime offar-of, beauti-
fnl memory bells.Y and our hopes for their
future veal are linked in a chain Of unbroken
affection to the brightest dreams Of the past.
The stream Of life now flows on without a
ripple--clear, sparkling and beautifnl-show-
ing to the fancy Of buoyant youth nothing but
the reflex image Of its own merry thoughts.
Theirs be life Of happiness on earth. May
the visions Of youth, framed in fond and
changeIess love. still decorate the halls Of old
age; and in the golden light of blissfu here
after, may they realize the full fruition Of all
that friendship's prayers may bring them.
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A STRONG POINT.

The World says: Having been indicted
on a charge of violatingt the Enforcement
act, Mr.. Linton Stephens, brother OF
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Of Geor-
gia, makes some points in his own de
Tense. He quotes the Fifteenth Amend
ment, which reads thus:
Section l. The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States, or by
any State, on account of race, color, OF
previous condition of servitude.
Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.
Now, be says, what can Congress pro
hibit under this, and whom can it pro
hibit2 1t can prohibit any State
from denying or abridging suffrage Oh
account Of race, color, or previous con
dition of servitude." The sole subjec'
matter of Congressional legislation il
the prohibition of prohibition Of Cut
suffrage; the sole subjects Of Congress
sional legislation, the States. How then
says Mr.. Stephens, can Congress pas
an act to try me, who am not a State, TO
enforcing that law of Georgia which pro
hibits not on account of race, etc, Blu
does for non-payment Of taxes2 Tn
&noints appear well taken, and in the pc
~iiticaI prosecutions melted by this ad
minislration might be pressed with effect
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NATIONAL EDUCATION.

The bill of Hoar, OF Massachusetts y
establish national system OF education
is not likely to pass the House at this
session of Congress. Emanating IRON
Massachusetts,, it encounters at once a
presumption that it is colored, that its
lip is thick, and its head not remarkable
for its straight hairs. That State is
remarkable for the influence it exerts
upon legislation. But upon two distinct
subjects it has proved itself to be inyln-
chile. These are protection to manuiae-
lures and the negro When you take
an inventory Of the principles Of that
estate. the catalogue will be found to
contain little else. But Mr.. Hoar APP
pears upon the scene, and proposes
to add a third proposition to the
politics of his State. He propo-
ses a national system Of education.
His plan has already been discussed
by as as to matters of detail 1t is IN
keeping with the measures heretofore
adopted by Congress for the overthrow
of State authority 1t removes from the
States the subject Of education and places
it absolutely under the control of the
President. To carry out the system as
proposed, no less than forty-three thou
sand persons will be required The
chief Of these are to be appointed by the
President. The annual cost Of the sys-
tenn will average about twenty-four mil
lions; and for partisan purposes may be
carried up to fifty. 1t suggests an oppor-
tunity for corruption that has never
before been presented to the country. IT
the bill shall pass, there will speedily
come an educational terrorism, No
matter what the circumstances OF man
NAV be, whether rich or poor, he
will be compelled to send his chill
dreu to the national schools. A poor
farmer may need the services of his son
in the field, or his daughter at the spin
ning-wheel, but Massachusetts interferes
and posts them off to school with the
freshest Yankee books in their hands
books gotten up in hatred of the South
books that pervert its history, Islander
its people and poison the minds OF ITS
youth. 1t is monstrous measure. 1t
proposes to educate what Sumner would
style the national mind. The national
mindl Thatmsnd, when educated, would
be what2 The child Of the Southern
man would have learned to detest its
father, to despise the character of the
Southern people, to hate its coun-
try and to love and yenerate New Eng
land. Next to this monstrous result
would come the utter overthrow of COM
munities and the obliteration Of State
authority. The measure contains devil
under the guise of education.
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rexns AS . Wheat SING.

Texas was admitted into the Union in
1876, and re-admitted in 1870 hei
broad acres have scarcely been touched
by the pillow, and her population is
sparse. Yet she stands first in rank as
a meat-producing State, possessing more
cattle and horses than any other SIX Of
the American Commonwealths,
AS wheat and compromising State
she is making rapid strides toward the
front, and only the laggard movements
of her chartered railway enterprises
have hitherto prevented her from taking
high rank in the cereal States.
In ten years from now, when the great
wheat section, of which Dallas is a natu,
raj center, shall find the means Of rapid
transportation afforded her, the wheat
and corn of Texas viii be as well and
widely known in the markets OF the
world as are the present products of hel
ranches and prairies. TAusfin Journal
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mayor HnlI,s Advice 20 the Police

Mayor Hall, of New York city, has
issued the following circular to the
policemen detailed to serve under him
in the removal of street and sidewalk
distractions. The advice is so just, that
our city patrolmen and citizens can read
it and profit by it:
A policeman is peace officer.
A policeman is a sentinel.
As peace officer, his first duty should
be to set good example by being good
humored and polite while upon duty.
As sentinel, he should be always wary
and vigilant although there seems to be
no immediate necessity for watchfulness,
for there is no knowing when an emer-
gency will suddenly arise in great city.
Restraint by authority is never popu-
lar. neither to the child nor to the grown
man. Authority is, therefore, to be ex-
ercised with GOODNESS, and by always
keeping the temper,
Men offend in trivial matters as much
from carelessness and negligence as from
design. a1
Cautionary words are sometimes more
valuable than arrests.
Diplomacy is oftentimes as great a
weapon to the policeman in his inter-
course with his fellow-citizens, and in
dealing with abuses, as that quality is
for the general or the statesman. ~
Among all the trite sayings OF the
world, there is none more useful for the
policeman to remember than that An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound Ct
cure fG Efir aisu
The public man who quells any trouble
in its inception is as much worthy OF re-
membrance as one who redresses an
evil of already increasing magnitude.
Experience teaches that it is the little
things of life which give greatest annoy
ance to the individual, the family and
the community. Therefore, in search
ing for and reporting breaches OF cor
poration ordinances, although the breach
may appear of slight moment the trou-
BILE is worth rectifying before 1t gets to
be of vexatious importance.
If those to whom the complaints are
transmitted do not act with vigilance,
that should not deter from vigilance in
preferring the complaints
Rectify at once any street obstruction
Immediately dangerous to health, life
and comfort, or injurious to horses and
vehicles, lest the city be mulcted in dam
ages from suitors
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LOUISVILLE DAILY LEDGER.

We have received the FIRST number Of
this journal. 1t is large sheet, beau
tifully printed, tastefully arranged and
ably conducted. We predict for il q
high place in journalism and prosper
Gus career. In regard to its politics, the
following extract from its Introductory
article is given:
So far as dead issues are concerned
let them be buried with the dead Il mag
be well 70 see that under the hippani
title now in the mouths Of so many o
the unprincipled men Of the country
that living issues are not buried, anc
that the shadows Of an uuholy sepulchre
do not descend upon principles vital anc
Of esteem. The politician with a pru
dent concern for place may wen shrul
his shoulders az the assertion Of fund
amental principle, and stamp il as I
dead issue; but the people Who's
very liberty, right Of property, polio
protection, franchise Of defense and liil
itself, depend upon the exercise Of III
government under constitutional re
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Breckenridge caldwell Co.. Mo-. } Journal.l
Mr.. John Goodman, while clearing q
piece of land on the Chester farm, three
miles northeast of town, had occasion to
cut down large elm tree, and in chop
ping on the body OF the tree, some twenty
feet from the butt, he broke hisax against
a hard substance imbedded near the cen
ter of the log, which, on taking out,
proved TO be a stonel The stone weighs
two pounds, and is what geologists call
photographic limestone--averyra restone
'in-this section of country, This most
interesting object of antiquarian inquiry,
on close inspection, seems TO have been
inscribed with antique alphabetic charac-
ters similar to those that have been DIS,
covered in the mounds on the Ohio, and
in other localities in the West
These hieroglyphical stones are in the
ancient rock alphabet used by the re-
lasgi and other early barbaric nations,
The tree, judging from the concentrlc
rings, is four hundred years old.
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bonner will not let Grant ride behind
dexter" again, if be favors the income
tax; in short, he will not vote for him a
second term. He says:
Much as we are attached to General
Grant personally, we candidly confess
that, so intense is our detestation of this
odious and inquisitorial law if he COM
mits his administration TO the support
Of il, we shall hesitate long time be-
fore we indorse the odious law, by voting
for him for a second term.
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The Banner says the plan Of estab-
fishing endowed State Professorships in
the different departments Of learning in
Washincton-Lee University was the orig
inal suggestion of the late Robt. e. Lee.
His suggestion was at once acted upon,
and, although he did not live to see his
purpose carried out, he had the satisfac-
ton of knowing that it had been inaugu-
rated with every promise of final sue
cess. The sum of $4,000 is necessary
tolendow a State Professorship, and the
plan of General Lee includes every
Southern State. Ilv A.f aM
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The Washington Patriot says: The
finding Of the court martial in the case
Of the negro Cadet Smith has been before
the proper authority here for several
weeks, and yet no official PRONUNCIATION
has been made Of approval or disap-
proyal. When the War Department thus
lends itself to this sort Of proceeding
from craven apprehension Of political
effect in the discharge Of Official duty
how is Il possible to expect that discip
line or high moral tone will be preserved
at West Point
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straints, will be slow to contract then
views of what is dead to the interested
construction Of the timid time-serverr,, q
the covetous aspirant for place Ihs
Constitution is not dead, though i.s am
nation is, TO an extent snspeheeu q
the violent strains 70 winch IL sup
jected under the Radical rule. a reyo'
lutionary party has control OF all tne ae u,
partments of the General Goyernme 81 !
and the governments of !four-htths Of the
States. The cruel caprices OF the lead
ers of that party do not make their De
Wees for the prostitution of the Govern
mont nt Constitutional, though they may be
mt n motion in an official Legislative
FIRM executed by constitutional Presl,
dent and confirmed bya manacled and
unhappy court. 80. -. -
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A VERY correct decision was recently
made by court in California. 1t was
in libel suit. The Judge ruled that as
an editorial article appeared in the same
paper, after the one of which complaint
was made, apologizing for the first, and
avering a lack of all malice, the allega-
tons of this second article might be
considered as proof of the character and
intent Of the first. Under this ruling the
iury found a verdict for the defendant,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-18

A CORRESPONDENT of the Washington
Patriot says. Speaking Of explana
tons, would it not be proper to have an
explanation as to the occupation o.
Charles Lemos, ostensibly employed as
clerk in the Treasury Department al
$1,000 per annum, but who performs duty
at the Executive mansion as barber
Whom does he shaver As the Presi
dents face requires no razor, is this con
venience provided for the military stat
at the peoples expense2
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COLONEL WARD, an old and much es-
teemed citizen of Clarke county, Miss,
a true and well educated Southerner, is
teaching a negro school in the neighbor-
hood of Enterprise. The Colonel says
that the State has made an appropria-
ton to educate the children Of the negro,
and there is no reason why Southern
men should not become their teachers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-18

THIS morning we received much Of our
mail matter that should have come yes
terday. We do not know the cause, but
trust that the postmaster viii look into
the matter. 1t is 10 US Of the greatest
Importance that orr mail should reach
Us punctually. We have to condense 9
large amount Of work into three or fouI
hours. If the mail fails us, our embar
rassment is anything but pleasant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-18

MANY counties in the State, II Is said,
are imposing tax on dogs in accordance
with the act of the last Legislature. Here
is an item on that subject; England de-
rived a revenue of f2S5, 900 ($l, $780, OO)
last year by taxing dogs. The number
is !, 100000. Ireland, with one-quarter
as many inhabitants, supported more
than half million. a4tf
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AND so, after a great deal Of undigni-
fed clamor and sacrifice Of deeency,
Senators Hill and Miller, Of Georgia,
have been admitted 10 their seats-the
latter gentleman on Monday last. DUE
ing the debate upon Miller's admission
Morton declared that the bill repeating
the test oath had been passed by fraud
Messrs. Trumbull and Thurman handled
the assertion aud its author without
gloves.
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! TEE Missing sHfp. /

Time passes, the winds blow and the
water rolls, but no tidings come from the
steamer Tennessee. There is now little
hope that the vessel floats In some
way or other, ship, such as the Tennes-
see is traversing an ocean that is high
way of commerce, for thirty days, could
scarcely have escaped recognition. AS
the chances seem now very decidedly
against her safety, list Of those on
board will be read with painful interest,
Il is as follows: D97fvil ~ .hoe
Ex-senator Benjamin F. Wade, Hon.
Andrew d. White and DR.. S. G. Howe,
Commissioners Allan A. Burton, See
rotary Of the Commission; DR., U Z,
Barry, of the Department of Agricnl-
ture, botanist; III. r. Hit and John Z.
Foley, stenographers; Professor Blake,
of the State Department. geologlsti and
Professor T. +. Crane, of the Cornell
University, private secretary to Presi-
dent White. In addition to these, Cen
eral Sigel, Captain Henry Wade and
Fred. Douglass and his son accompanied
the expedition, though not in any ca
pacity. A number of newspaper men
also went with the expedition W. ID.
Hurlburt. New York World; General h.
v. Boynton, representative of the New
York Associated Press and the Cincin-
natl Gazette; Homer ]. Ramsdell, of the
New York Tribune; c. c. Fulton, of the
RoI.;n,o,-a Amarican. Arthur RI Shep-
herd, Of the Washington Republican,
and Charles f. Hart, of the New York
Standard.
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IT is limited that the President did not
so much care to raise the Berlin Mission
to frst-class dignity as to legislate
thereby Bancroft out of Office. 1t is the
creation of new Office, which must be
filed by the President; and he will not
appoint Bancroft 1t is a cunning piece
Of strategy to get rid of an official with
out kicking him out Of office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-18

THERE is no great amount of bark on
Senator Morton, Of Indiana, but Frank
Blair has been amusing himself in the
Senate by taking off what little he had.
Morton is better type of Radicalism
than Butler. Butler is sound Of consti-
tuition. Morton is diseased in both body
and mind.
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The people Of Mobile, Alabama, are
using active efforts to have a railroad
constructed from that city through Mis-
sissippi, by the way Of jackson, to some
point on the Mississippi river near
Helena, Arkansas.
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The Chattanooga Times announces
that it intends to bring suit against John
Baxter to recover 81, O0O, 900 damages for
illusions 10 the editor in his speech at
Knoxville the other day.
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TINS is pretty severe on Hiram Ulysses.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says The New
York Sun affects to disbelieye the state
ment made by us a few days ago in rela-
ton to the transactions of Ulysses 5.
Grant in this city about the commence
ment of the war. The Sun will probably
be surprised when We tell that the gen
tlemall is still living in this city from
whom Grant endeavored to borrow money
for the purpose of establishing a saloon
at Camp Dennison, when the Military
Camp of Instruction was first established
there. The worst of it was that the gem
tleman, who knew him well, hadn't con-
fidence enough in his ability to sell
whisky to soldiers to let him have the
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NOTICE. sm.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company
eFFIcg OF MEMPHIS AND ONO R. r. Co., !
No 10 M.nroaN ETuEpT


0FrIcE OF MEMPHIS AND OHIO r. X. Co.,
No. 10 MADISON STREET, -
MEMPHIS, TENN. February 10, 1911. .
Tameeting of the Board Of Directors Of
"A this company. held this day. the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted; 4,
Resolved, That we respectfully recommend
TO the stockholders of this company the ex-
change of their stock for the stock of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company,
upon the terms agreed on this day with said
company in the contract providing for The
consolidation Of the two companies, to-wit;
-Four dollars Of Memphis and Ohio Railroad
Company's stock for one dollar Of Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company's stock, and
that said exchange be made at as early day
Us y - NATHAN ADAMS, President.
r. A. PARKER, Secretary, aanaNt
nz- Referring to the above, our STOCKHOLM
ers who desire to make the exchange as stated
are informed that the same can be consum-
mated through this office, and will cheerful-
ly render them any assistance necessary lot
that purpose.
1880 r. A. PARKER, Secretary.
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GEY. WILLIAM B. HAzES, popularity
known in the Northsas the hero Of Fort
McAlister, is soon to wed the daughter
of Washington Mclean, the proprietor
of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He is spoken
Of as a man Of sterling worth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-18

The Banner says: The quo r0arrdnto
cases before the United States CIRCUIT
Court have been continued by Judge
Emmons. 1t is hazardous to state when
they win be acted upon, as the test case
before the United States Supreme Court
will have to come up in Its order, which
may not be for long time to come.
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GROCERIES.
NEW GOODS.

JUST RECEIVED
20 dferces Sugar-eured Hams,
% boxes Break fast Bacon.
80 boxes Yarmouth Blonteres
3 boxes amok ed Salmon.
80 nj bbIs Hoe Herring and Trout,
a5O pekgs MaehereI and Whitensh,
90 bbIs Hominy aud Grits.
so bbls Beans and Peas,
20 bbIa Golden syrup.
400 bbIs FlOur-vartOua grades
400 bbIa Ruaaet and y. ID. Potatoes
20 Pckgs Roll Bitter,
And other articles too numerous 70 mention.
for sale low al
G. A. ECKERLTs,
l2-lol cor. Front and Unien SIC.
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TIKI Pittsburg Post remarks: The trial
of Congressman Bowen on a charge OF
bigamy commenced in Washington on
Monday, and the prospect Is that his
partially for the matrimonial yoke in a
multiplex form viii 90 rather hard with
him But who knows but these perse
cutting females, who are at the bottom o.
the prosecution, are female Ku-Klux
intent upon doing injury to the loyal
carpet-bagger2 Congress ought to ap-
point an investigation committee at once
TO look into the matter.
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WESTERN Congressman are anxious to
get up Mercur's appointment bill so as to
offer amendments providing for an cleo
ton for the forty-second Congress at
large. The bill provides for thirty-three
additional members.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-18

tbs New York Herald has been com
phmeuting our Judge Flippin. It thinks
fellows Who carry arms in that city would
make good jail dodgers. No doubt oft.
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A TEXAS paper reports that since
September last 10000 people, with
1904 wagons, have emigrated from Ten
nessee and Georgia to the Lone Star
State. That looks like Texas was filling
up rapidly. The immigration into
Texas must be larger than into any Of
the Western States.
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LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

Rogers & Purnell)
VS.. .fI stJ
Mrs. Patterson.
A TTACHMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
n in the above entitled cause, on the ground
that defendant is a non resident of the State
of Tennessee, and the same having been re-
turned by the proper officer, executed by the
service OF writ of punishment on II. Il.
Guion. the defendant is hereby notified to APP
In the city of Memphis. at 10 o'clock Q; m.
and defend this action, or the same will be
proceeded with exparte. This notice will be
published in the Public Ledger newspaper for
four consecutive weeks.
147-l59-4-10l S. A. MOORE. j. 7.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Divorces. Absolute Divorces legally OBJ
tanned in New York. Indiana, Illinois. and
other States. for persons from any State OF
county. legal everywhere; desertion. drunk
enness. non-support. etc.. sufficient cause; nc
publicity. No charge until divorce Ia OBJ
tanned. Advice free. Address
MOORE a RICHARDSON,
Counsellors at Law,
lM-12-l0O 40 Broadway. New York City.
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A NEW article has been added to the
Holden articles Of impeachment. 1t
charges him with fraudulently causing
to be issued ten million bonds on account
Of internal improvements. Well, we do
wish they would get through with Holden.