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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-08-10
Vote for the Convention If you want to
reduce the taxes.
The Cost Of a Convention.
LEw!spuRo, W. ", July LIST, 1871.

LEwlsDuno, W, v, July LIST, 1871,
M. Editor: I have carefully compared
the several estimates that have been made
with regard to the cost Of amending our
State Constitution. Hon. James II. Fer
guson, in his estimate, has omitted some
items, while that Of the Legislative Com.
mittcc is based upon the idea Of session
of90 days. | can see no good reason why
the Convention should sit longer than As
days, the limit ofLegislativo sessions; GER
taiuly 60 days will be ample, but, to meet
coutingeucy,I thavefadded the ConIuIlttee's
estimate for 90 days. Hero are my fig
.rH
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-08-10

Vote for tho Convention, fyou want to
give every man an equal voice in the gov
cruMclt,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02

Point lace neck-ties are now worn by
fashionable young men in New York.
The wife of Count Catacazy is so much
prettier than any of the wives of the
Government at Washington, that he has
to get divorce or go home.
Madame Janauschek's jewelry, it is
said, is worth $4,000, and includes
presents from half dozen. of the
crowned heads of Europe and dia-
mond worth $4,000 presented to her by
the Car of Russia. Nothing is report
ed from Grant
A negro woman was relating her ex-
perience to gaping congregation Of
color, and among other things she said
she had been in heaven. One of the la
dies asked her, "Sister, did you see any
blacks in heaven2" "0h, git out. You
s'pose / 90 in de kitchen when war
darY
Up in Boston-where they have pro-
hibitory liquor law, and so many good
people are total abstinents-they are
very fond Of tea punch. The ingre-
dents thereof are one bottle Of cham
payne, one of whisky, one Of rum, two
Of claret, lemon and tablespoonful
of black tea.
In the dim light Of turned down gas,
a madly jealous San Francisco husband
administered an awful drubbing to the
stuffed figure of man, which had been
purposely placed under his wife's bed.
His reformation is believed to be thor
ough
Mrs. Woodruff has asked the Cleve-
land Herald to print the following:
The day the social speech was deliv-
cred in Steinway Hall, Mrs. Woodruff
spent three hours with Henry Ward
Beecher, who went through the speech
line by line, and he said that its high
moral tone would do honor to any pull
pit.
An editor in Illinois having engaged
new reporter, received the following as
his first effort: We are informed that
the gentleman hoo stood on his head un-
der pile driver for the purpose of hav-
ing tight pair of butes druv on, shortly
afterward found, himself Chiny, per-
fectly naked and without cent in his
pocket. "
An affecting incident-reported by
the Racine Journal "The other day
father and son were dressing hog, the
father doing the chopping. By a mis-
stroke, instead of splitting the hog open,
he split his sons hand. In explanation
how it happened, to the doctor, the
father exclaimed: j cannot tell lie,
doctor, indeed ] cannot ! did it with
my little hatohet The son was deeply
moved, and was heard to remark that
he had rather have such father than
whole slaughter-house full of dead
hogs.
Relative to the recent decisions in
New York, and elsewhere, that in GER
tain cases husbands are not responsible
for debts contracted by their wives, the
New York Commercial Advertiser says;
Here is balml Husbands who have
been pestered by the presentation of long
bills for necessary articles furnished
to extravagant wives need only prove
that they provide all that their means
will permit, and the dry goods men may
whistle for their money-and so, also,
when Mrs. Perkins agrees to keep con-
tract and fails to keep it, the men who
dealt with Mrs PERKINS cannot come
down upon Mr.. Perkins. After all, it
is something to live in q free country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
COufucius.

Hon. James Brooks writes TO the New
York Evening Express of China and
Conlucius:
To day | have had two grand visits
one to the living temple of the great
COnfucius, and the other to the grand
temples of the Buddhist Lamas, who
here represent the Grand Lama Of
Thibet and the bamas of Mongolia. |
approach the temple of Confuoius as
once approached Jerusalem, or the Are
9yagus, or the Pantheon, or Westminster
N6ey, or the Sorbonne. 1t is the well
A. H0Sledge in China-the light, the
Vi n cat, where no Bible is read.
Snly u, was born about $50 B. c.,
SDS1 and Srom the dag Of bis death,
sevsnty'tbree s"u years after, biz books
have ruled tn kings. TOE map
darins. the people Of Chipa-that u.s.
now about one4hird o. the human race.
Cbr;stianity and Confuc., 'nIsm are yet
S;v;J;ng AM he empire of the world. Over
two thousand years sConiuciaH Hism mas
kent together, under stable govern 'henl,
now the oldest government on eartn' ~
which has survived all the emplres anu
wrecks Of the European world. Hegee'
one must 90 up to the temple oil Noltts
Gins as one goes up to the Areopagus' II
NOT 10 Mars Hill and Jerusalem. Con
fucius wSs wiser and greater than Arg
totle, or Plato, or Cicero, or Seneca
His political and social lessons, and ooe-
dience to them, have saved China from
the wreck and ruin Of countless other
nations in Asia, Europe, aud Africa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
COMING OF THE SNOW.

mn s.u., IT,. 80 ,v,;,,.n q, Al,
tAne ioho"Ihk iinee WHY "'oA ~ '.'
country In 1867. when the yellow FEVER was IL
Memphis. The snow Of Thursday has sug.
sos'ou 'hon puphoa'ion'i
4 When summer days were bliRhting,
With their pestilence and woe,
painted, frail and failing.
knew that from the region
Where the borean blasts are kept,
The snow upon the relicts
thought IL could linger
Through the pestilence and woe,
I'd gather health and roses t'tt.fe
saw the forest fading,
And knew that by and by,
The gales would sound the Autumn,
knelt beneath the shadow
OF the leaves that then were brown,
And lifted up my spirit,
The birds forsook their covert,
And the woodland hum was low,
For nature was preparing
Twas eve, when in the distance
i beheld with kindling eye,
The couriers Of the winter
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
A VEN unrnllant iosrn,list. who ha

A very ungallant jostnslist, who has
ueoantly visited all the eosrts Of Eu-
~Oe, says, in letter TO the EtOiie Beige,
r.. Ne did not see a single good-looking
thai ~, As for the Grand Duchess
Prime, V0f Russia, about whose beauty
heredita. y lheSn written, he says that
50 much m n, ,; end ssrr-lOS1king creature;
who appears y Mt Greece he calls a
aye. Queen olg. -onan. Nho evidently
Pert-l0,oklng li'Ile TsN y 4 impress AFgSsta Of
Germany he charges VI. N drs, r., .s- ssty ne
Youthful a style. Her h9S - i her
saws. "is homely woman, ana So 'efii
dSuehter-in-law, the fat and ungTs,e,. :.
crown princess. The Princes, freae
riek Charles, in whom / expected % nnq
An angelic beauty, from what nae reaa req
about her, is a coarse-ieaturedS lazy, VIZ
vsrv imperious aud awkward manners.
sbs aupeared 70 be more Ike mouse
Ssspsr ar farmers wife than a frin-
tess.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
FOR SALE.
Lots For Sale in Ida City,
ON
Long Island, New York.

IDA CITY is SITUATED ON LONG IS
i land, 35 miles from New York city, the
Long Island railroad running centrally
through Ida City. Lots there are hereby Of
fered for sale on the following terms: Fifty
dollars each, on credit Of ten years, paya-
BILE in ten annual instalments-say s. % per
year on each lot. The parties owning the
above property propose to sell to the Southern
people one-half Of the lots, say 1000. on the
above terms, without interest. The East
River Bridge Is now in process of construc-
tion, connecting Manhattan Island, upon
which New York is situated, with Long Is
land.
This Is good opportunity for any person Of
this section OF country TO invest small sums
in the purchase Of these lots. Terms arc
easy. and within the reach OF all. Property
on Long Island will rapidly increase in value
as soon as East River Bridge Is completed.
Map of the City Of Ida can be seen, and
full information Given, upon application being
made to HY. f0NTAINE.
responding Secretary,
No. 10 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
REGIsTERs.

WARD REGISTERS.
First ward.
Owen Daily. Register. Office. No. So Front,
|rorner Of Commerce.
Second Ward.
p. Townsend. Register. Office, No. AZ Pop
lar. corner Of Second.
Third ward.
Thomas j. Adams. Register. ofhce. No.
1873 Second street. corner Of Warrington.
Fourth Ward.
John o. Lanfer. Register. Office. No. 2s6
Second street.
Firm ward.
A. n. Droescher, Register. Office, No. sSs
Second street, corner of Union.
Sixth Ward.
james Banks. REGISTER. Ofiee. No. SOC
Main street, corner Of Pontotoc.
seventh Ward.
A: J. Ferguson, Register. Olise. No. lii
Beal street, up stairs. Ferguson block.
Eighth Ward.
D. Papte, Reelster. 0Gee, No. ia Poplar
street. opposite the market,
Ninth Ward.
]. p. Danhury, Register. Office. corner Of
Fourth and Auction.
Tenth Ward.
Michael Dea, Register. Once corner Of
Main and Calhoun streets; and for the con-
Venience Of the citizens living In the eastern
portion Of the ward. his Office will be at Cen
trAl Point from Monday. the l1th December,
% saturday ne l6th, inelusixe. I5-e6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
A CARD.

A Ii LETTERS AND INQUIRIES IN
Areference to Ida City and the purchase and
sale Of lots should be addressed 10 Hy. Fon-
tame, Corresponding Secretary, No. ~ Madi-
son street, Memphis, Tenn. The tito TO tho
ment and maps published correctly represent
the value and attractions Of the place.
l13-tl JACOB TnOMPS0N.-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
Execution of Commune Generals


PARIS, November 30.-The Commune
prisoners, Rossel, Ferre and Burgeoise,
we're taken to the Camp Of Salary, the
place Of execution, under a strong es-
cort. The hollow-square was formed by
the troops at one end, at which the pris-
oncrs were placed. The behavior of the
three men was most courageous. AS the
soldiers approached TO blindfold them,
Ferre refused to allow the bandage to be
placed over his eyes, declaring that he
should look his executioners in the face.
AT 7 o'clock the company detailed for
the duty advanced and fired. Rossel fell
at the first discharge. He was instantly
killed. The bullets did not take imme-
diate effect upon the others, and as they
we're writhing the same shooting party,
in obedience TO instructions, came up
with pistols and gave the coup de grace,
which put them out Of their agony. The
bodies were then placed in plain collins
and Immediately removed. The execu-
ton took place in the presence of 5000
troops. A profound sensation was pro-
duced through the city by the details.
The death Of young Rossel is much la
mented,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02

Justification to aid the working of Lind
ley Greys Vaccinations.
jamie Martin returns TO the city once
again to be married to Pierre Raymond,
and from that day and henceforward,
neither Of them ever again saw or heard
Of Lindley Grey.
But although they stoutly declared
that they are no believers in old times
superstition, they are both slightly in
clined to put faith in the fantastic proph-
ecies of dreams.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
REGISTRATION.
N o III @ Il .
MAYORS 0PFIoE, CRY HALL.
MEMPHIS, TENN, November ., 1872.

MEMPHIS, TENN, November ., I8l2.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO-
i visions of Section 70 of the City Charter,
the following named persons have heen ap-
pointed and confirmed by the Board Of Alder
men as Ward Registers. for the purpose Of
carrying said section into execution. Their
Offices will be opened at the places named
below, on MONDAY, the 9th inst, at u
o'clock m, and remain open until Wednes-
day, the 10Th December. at which time regis
tration will cease. Citizens will take notice
that all parties desiring Ia vote at this muni-
cipal election are required to be registered in
the ward In which they reside. Certificates
hsFetaiore issued will not be recognized at the
JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02

BURNrrT's CooKING EXTRACTS are tue
best. Sold by all frst-class druggists
and grocers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
e. A. BENSO1
sl7 Main sl7 Main
Is NOW OFFERINa :

is NOW OFFERING
81 sTEINwAY Pianos frOm..--s475 to $500
50 GABIsER Pianos from.......--st0O TO $50
~ VOsE 4 SONS Pianos from-s950 to $500
SE MASON &HAMLIN 0rgans-s 70 TO $500
ALSO =. -.......rr
Pianos for Sale on Monthly Payments
Torethsr with the largest stock Of SHEET
MUSIC and MUSICAL MERCHANDlskev ever
brought 10 the South.
NOW is THE TIME TO BUY
County merchants and dealers will Plelse
ssnd In their ordsra, az can hll them ~ Rev
York prices for cash or good city accsptanees
for thirty, sixty or ninety days.
Old pinnos taken in exfhAnge for new opes.
Pianos tuned and repaired 10 . sntiiactory
manner. u. A. BENSON,
6t 81 Main street, Meulhlas
HHTHK Mo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
GINNING.
Poplar st. Cotton Gin and Pickery.
Nos. las aud I3O POpIarstreet.

FNHE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY INFORMED
i that on and after this date we will Gin
and Bale all cotton brought or sent TO us for
seven dollars per bale. we furnishing the bag
ging and ties, and covering the bale all over,
longing to tho bale. Or If the owner
desires US to keep the cotton seed be-
longing to the bale Of cotton as part
payment. we will gin and bale furnishing
bagging and ties, and cover the bale all over
for two dollars per bale, and the cotton seed
belonging to the bale Of cotton.
sc 9l GEOl w. PAYNE & co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
TAXES.
State and County Taxes for lS7l

VlHE TAX BOOKS FOR ISL ARE NOW IN
i my possession. / will collect Iaxes AZ my
Office until the 10th day Of January, ", when
the once will positively be closed ior INC
purpose Of Issuing
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
cIT4 Transfer.

Memphis City Transfer Company
EOR THE GREATER CONVENIENCE OF
il the business public we have opened an
Ofiee az
No. o west Court street.
Orders left ct No. g Court street. or at No. s
Main Etrest tMemphis and Ohio railroad de-
potl. for the delivery q freiEgt: viii rsceiFe
bronpt attention. b. P. F0N1AINE.
47-lO4 Superintendent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
DISTRESS WARRANTS

for all uneoIlectsd Taxes, and reporting lands
After the f0th day Of January ne1t viii
FPend one or tive days IN enrh DIS
frfct. Of whioh due notice will - Fifen. iof
the purpose sf collecting unpaid lafci and
issuing Distress Warrants
AGAINST PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Tarpaysrs mast not exPeet or ask Tor
faVors or extensions. a. none VIII De
rranfea that DO not come within ne aboFe
nstiee. Great and Small.
Rich and Poor Shall Pare AlikR
Ibavs but ons duty 70 perform. aud nat 10
q, coIleef the taEea according 80
law L knyu 10 other dutys and VIII
make no enceptlonh.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
HOUSE, SIGN. AND FREsCO
PAINTERS. ff4fr-

DEAN & CO., successors to Dean, Baxter q
Co.. 39l and 1893 Main street.
A. II. DAVIS, 2Sl Second street-Particular
attention given to calcimining walls in
any color. H... ~ I-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02
II II H
HOme-Made Shirt
GROCERIES.

Can be seen at this fashionable and popular
establishment. N-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-02

THE following lines were written in the
country in 1857. when the yellow fever was in
Memphis. The snow Of Thursday has sug-
gested their publicationl
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
a Polite hoy.

TIE ether LAY we were riding in
Il railway carriage. At ore Of tie
stations an Old gentleman entered,
aud was locking around him for Il
scat, when lad OF ten or twelve
years of age rose mp ai.d SAIL:
Take my seat, sir
Tie offer was gladly accepted,
aid the inii,1n old man sat down.
why did you give me Your
scat::" lie inquired of the boy.
Because you are old, sir, ard I
am a boy" was the quick reply.
The passengers were very much
pleased AID gratitied. For my part,
| wanted to seize hold of tic little
fellow and press him to my heart.
1t was a respect for age, which is
always praiscworthy.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

SESsrBLE.-iEe Emperor of Ira
I'll, having been interviewed by
correspondent of the New York
World, defines his idea of educa-
ton as follows:
When | talk of education, do
not refer to book learning OILY.
There is a certain training of every
citizen in the daily life of busy
nation, which nothing else can give.
One of your American or English
newspapers is whole system of
teaching in itself. And those who
are not yet able to read it, can not
fail to be largely influenced by the
immense national activity of which
it is the mirror. | see more clearly
than ever that side by side with the
schoolmaster and his book must he
the quickening influence Of pros
pefous manufactures and extended
commerce.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
HOGS.

It is prophesied by competent
critics that the hog crop this year
will be unusually large. Most Of
the farmers in the State are fattell-
ing an increased number of hogs for
the market. 1t is thought, how
ever, that since the trans-continental
railroad has been built, enabling
Eastern pork to be shipped to San
Francisco at moderate freights, that
our farmers will have to receive
smaller profits for their pork than
heretofore. But, although this may
be the case, the price will be high
enough to make it profitable; and
as Oregon pork has always ranked
high in the markets, its reputation
should be kept up.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07
4Anoshcr New Departure.

The Eugene City Guard, Demo
cratic), heads an article with "Shall
we organizer The interrogatory.
is addressed to Democrats gener-
ally, and not to us; but we will
risk the charge of impertinence by
venturing an opinion III reference to
it. Disorganuation, or an entire
lack of uniformity of faith or prac-
tice is, and has been for ten years at
least, the character Of the Demo-
cratic party. "New departures
have latterly been introduced for the
purpose of concentrating these wide
ly diverging elements, for the pur-
pose Of producing order out of chaos,
harmony out of disorder, consistency
out of wide discrepancy, strength
out of weakness, success out of in
increasing failure. But, alas, since
the elections this fall, the ma " who
, swallowed the ''departure' are now
spewing it up, either in small spats
or all at once, sickened nigh unto
death with the conviction that or
ganization, or harmony of sentiment
or principle, either on the amend
ments, finances or tariff, is utterly
impossible.
While the Vallandighamers are
for the amendments, and the Steph-
enses are against; while the Pen
dletons are for paying the public
debt III greenbacks, the .Joneses tor
reputation, and others for paying
it in gold; while the Randalls are
in favor of a high protective tariff,
while the Brookses are for free trade,
while these elements constitute the
organism, the life, the existence of
the Democratic party, we insist that
it is suicidal step for the Guard
to think of organizing. 1t would
be another "new departure"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07


s473 annually to every man, woman
and child in the State.
The average wheat crop Ill lose
county. Idaho, this year, is twenty
bushels per acre. Last year It wa
twenty-eight.
Frank Isrooker, of tie firm OF
Osborne e Erooker, wholesale Eq-
uor dealers in Eugene City, abs COLI
de,l lately with 5000 belonging to
Osborne. :. q. Saxon is SAID t. lose
$3.50 also.
The Washington Territory Leg
islature assembled in OLYMPIA laSt
Monday. The Council Las five ke-
publicans and four Democrats; the
House sixteen Republicans aid io'lr-
teen Democrats.
The Dallas Republican reports
considerable amount of grain uncut
by the farmers III that vicinity.
\ large porcupine was killed re-
Gently in YamhiIl county by Perry
Larki,lc. This is the first instance
ofthe kind on record, IN tie state.
From the Dallas Re/uJfirtu we
learn that Mr.. John Downing was
thrown from a fiactious mule lately,
and very seriously injured.
1t is said that the steamer -1A1sha, !,
which arrived at San Francisco last
month from voyage to China and
Jaran, brought net weight OF two
millions of pounds of tea. As the
amount of this commodity annually
consumed in tie United states is
about torty-two millions Of pounds,
the steamcrhas brought almost one
twentieth Of the whole amount.
\ cub bear was killed across the
river, about half a mile from the
Ploin9eo1er office, last week.
We learn from the Portland
journals, that a large number Of
Scandinavian emigrants are coming
to this State and Washington Terri
tory to engage in agriculture.
Also, that the surveyors arc en-
gagged i'll surveying route along
B street, for the proposed street
railroad.
Mrs. Noland, of Jacksonville,
while taking horseback ride last
Saturday, was thrown violently on
the bridge, receiving injuries about
the head that render her condition
critical, says the Times.
The Dalles lWo,ntaineer saws
that there are not less than sixteen
we'll defined cases of small pox in
Walla Walla, and the disease is
spreading. Business of all kinds
is suspended.
a hook and ladder company is to
be organized at Roseburg.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

Ex-President johnson is repre-
sentcd as looking better than he
did when in Washington, younger
and much more placid and good
humored. He says he has no polit-
ical aspirations, and intends soon to
go abroad and remain for considera-
able time.
We infer from this that Demo-
Gratis in power, grow older in ap-
pearance and more ill-nat,lred than
is their natural wont. Holding of.
flee, it would seem, has a bad infiu-
ence on them, and certainly their in
fuence on the welfare of the coun-
try is equally as bad. Now for
their poor sakes, and for the sake
of the Nation, too, let them retire
into private life, where they can
grow younger and much more
placid"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

The meeting held in Apollo Hall,
New York, September 3Oth, by the
Democratic refomers, was an inn
mense affair. The announcement Of
the chairman Of the meeting that q
Democratic organization had been
established in opposition to Tam
many was received with tremendous
cheers, as was also the reading of q
letter from John A. Dix announcing
his concurrence in the movement
and willingness to contribute to its
success. The general committee,
which had for its head ex-Mayor
Havemeyer, is made up Of the best
men in the city.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

Tn recent issue ofthe Democrat
ic organ in Portland, appeared the
following at facetiousness
"The latest news is, that there
has been no new developments of
stealing by Radical ofiice-holders
within the last twenty-four hour" !"
The Dallas Republican, skins it
to the bone in the following style !:
Just so, Mr.. Herald. The fact
is, the great mass Of stealings of
Radical office-holders that have
been developed have sprung from
the fertile brains of Democratic
quill drivers, and the late elections
prove ahat the people SO understand
them.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-07

At the Massachusetts, Republican
State Convention, which met at
Worcester, September 9th, all the
candidates withdrew except Wash
burn and Butler, and Washburn
was nominated on the first ballot.
The vote stood 643 votes for Wash
burn. and 464 votes for Butler
Butler made a speech declaring his
intention to abide by the decision
of the Convention.