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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
sho, uimseIr ON IIIs wife's Grave,
From the New York HeraldI a.. 4.

From the new lOIh Aleiafts4
On Saturday afternoon a well-dressed
man, about twenty-six years OF age
drove up to the Lutheran Cemetery,
Middle Village, and, showing ticket,
was admitted to the grounds, and di-
rected to a grave which be said was the
grave Of his wife. In very few MN
dtes the attention of the attendant was
drawn to the locality by the explosion oi
A pistol, when il was ascertained that the
man had shot himself, his body falling
across the grave TO which he had been
directed. An inquest was held yesteIr-
day by Coroner Tewksbury, Of Hunter
Point when the following facts were as
eertained: The name OF the unfortunate
man was Peter Smith. He resided at
60 Thorp avenue, Williamsburg, was a
carpenter by trade, twenty-six years OF
age. and some weeks ago host his wife
And only child BY that terrible disease,
smallpox, which has been raging in that
part Of Brooklyn the past few months,
siLce which time he nRs been disconso-
late. saving that be would soon meet his
wife. About noon he hired horse and
buggy. saying that he was going into the
country. when he deliberately drove TO
The cemetery and shot himself Verdict
Of Jury, death from his own hands
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
J1M pIupso, OF THE raA1RIE BELLE.
BY JOHN HAY.

BY JOHN HAY.
Wall, no 1, cant tell whar he lives.
Because he don't live, you see;
'Leastways he's got out OF the habit
:. Oflivin' like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three years
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks.
The night of the Prairie BELIEF
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez nder-the7dlll
4 And another one here, in Pike.
A keerless man in his talk was jim,
And an awkward man in a row
But he never funked. and he never lied'
reckon he never knowed how.
i. siit -laf4 3 f'iHN"+Att ~
And this was all the religion he had:
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the Pilots bell. =
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fre-7 o.
/, A thousand times he swere- tar.r
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank 900
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mississip,
And her day come at last
The MOyaster was better boat,
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed;
And SO she came tearin' along that night
The oldest craft on the line. l, sra..,
with n Niger squat on her safety valve,
And her furnace crammed, rosin and pine
The fire bust out as she clared the bar, l
And burnt hole in the night, ,lF
And quick as a flash she turned and made
For that willer-bank on the right. ;.
There was running and cursing, but Jim
yelled out
/ Over all the Internal roar, "a
Z" l'll hold her nozzle agin the bank "a Nl
I Till the last ealoot's ashore. ~ va
Through the hot, black breath of the burning
han . E 81
Z Jim Bludso's voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cussedness,
7 And knowed he would keep bis word;
And sure's you're born, they all got on gf
Afore the smokestacks fell; a
And Bludso's ghost went up alone .fr.
In the smoke Of the Prairie Belle. b.. .as
He weren't no saint-but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
'Longside Of some pi0us gentlemen al
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty a dead sure thing,
And went for it there and theni. at, sos
And Christ amt a goin' to be too hard 10
On a man that died for men. f s taaa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

spoken evil Of people. but only when ]
thought r.yself obliged to do So and
have said, "Such one is a coward, and
such a one is a scoundrel.R / have
sometimes given way to passion; but
who could help swearing to see a general
or regiment that did not do their duty,
or an adjutant who did not understand
one7 have been careless as soldier
and lived like a philosopher. wish TO
die as Christian. / never liked swag-
gerers either in war or religion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
A rrlbute 70 Tom Corwin.

I
Ex-Governor Ashley delivered lee
ture in Chicago a day or two ago on
Men and Measures duriag Ten Years
in Congress" and in the course of his
remarks spoke Of Thomas Corwin as
follows: a f,
Foremost among the genial and com
panionable members Of the House stood
! Thomas Corwin, of Ohio. He belonged
to the ancient regime, and has been dis
tinguished for wit and humor, as well as
for active service in Congress. He had
been too long Wing to forget the teach
ings Of conservatism He was i'll at
ease in the new and aggressive Republi-
canparty. b.uga li'nt
In his most radical efforts he was so
far behind the Speaker that the latter
sometimes told him that unless he
adopted one side hewould drift down the
current and land in the ranks of his
lifelong political opponents. He was
never in any sense a reformer, and after
giving his adhesion to the compromise
measures of 1850, including the Fugi-
tive Slave bill, he was always classed by
the Radicals as an opponent of emanci-
patton. At least he was national
Unionist, and voted for Mr.. Lincoln in
1860 During Mr.. Ashley's service with
him in the House, occasionally in the ex-
citement of debate, he would address the
Speaker as Mr.. President and the mem
bers as Senators, and then stray into the
abandoned fields of whiggery, and elo-
quently elaborate the beauties of con
servatism
The peculiar humor of Corwin made
him general favorite among all parties.
AS man, few possessed more lovable
traits of character. He was generous
and noble in all his impulses; never with
out kind word or witty expression to
relieve the embarrassments and asperi-
ties often engendered by party strife.
He was keen without being malignant,
refined and elegant, and yet always eff
fective. poN agH 9a
No one felt the hurt of wound in
hicted by Corwin. When he spoke, every
part of his person spoke, and his powers
of ridicule left small chance of reply.
His mobility of feature was very remark
able, giving point and effectiveness to
his sentiments. He was man of simple
nature, and remarkably .abstemious in
his habits.
Mr.. Ashley never saw him indulge,
even in glass of wine at dinner. He
had ambition, but it was not arrogant or
selfish. His first aim was to excel as a
debater. That he wished to be Presi-
dent, and at one time labored for it, is
doubtless true, but the failure did not
trouble or sour him, as it did so many.
He will ever have place among our
distinguished men. The speaker saw
him in the midst of story with which
he was entertaining party at Washing
ton, stricken with apoplexy and death {.
Thus passed away Thomas Corwin, tb e
orator and statesman, who in his la st
days atoned for all his mistakes by h is
devoted love of country, and the unfs i
tering faith with which he stood to serve
her in the hour of her agony and despa ir
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
Dog Teams I'm siberia.

The winter travel of the Kamtchadales
is accomplished entirely upon dog
sledges, and in no other pursuit of their
lives do they spend more time, and eX-
hibit their native skill and ingenuity to
better advantage. They may even be
said to have made dogs for themselves
in the first place, for the present ST.
berian animal is nothing more than a
half domesticated Arctic wolf, and still
retains all of his wolfish instincts and
peculiarities. There is probably no
more hardy, enduring animal in the
world. You may compel him to sleep
out on the snow in temperature of 70
degrees below zero, drive him with heavy
loads until his feet crack open and print
the snow with blood, or starve him until
he eats his harness, but his strength and
his spirit seem alike unconquerable. /
have driven team Of nine dogs more
than hundred miles in a day and a
night, and have frequently worked them
hard for forty-eight hours, without being
able to give them particle Of food. In
general they feed once a day, their al
lowance being a single dried fish, weigh
ing, perhaps, pound and half or two
pounds. This is given to them at night.
so that they begin another days work
with empty stomachs.
Under favorable circumstances eleven
dogs will make from forty to fifty miles
a day with man and load of 400
pounds. They are harnessed to the
sledge in successive couples by long
central thong of seal-skin, to which each
individual dog is attached by a collar
and short trace. They are guided and
controlled entirely by the voice and by
q lead dog, who is especially trained for
that purpose. The driver carries no
whip, but has instead a thick stick,
about four feet in length and two inches
in diameter, called an "oerstel This
is armed at one end with long iron
spike, and is used to check the speed of
the, sledge in descending hills, and TO
stop the dogs when they leave the road,
as they frequently do, in pursuit Of rein
deer and foxes. The spiked end is then
thrust down in front Of one of the knees
or uprights of the runners, and drags in
that position through the snow, the
upper end being firmly held by the
driver. 1t is a powerful lever, and when
skillfully used breaks up q sledge very
promptly and effectively. : Geo. KEENAN,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

$1,000 Per Week

Can be made on the quiet BY parties Who are
mp 70 snuff, without interfering with other
business. Address, conidentially, THOS.
MORGAN a CO., 500 broadway, New
YORK. -eOd-l46
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

One of a gang Of robbers recently
broken up in Nevada, among other Gu
rious confessions, has said that in 1867
the gang purchased quartz mill, for the
purpose Of breaking up and working
over the silver bricks which they ex-
pected to steal in order 20 avoid detec-
ton in disposing Of their booty. A mem
Der Of the party who engaged in this
novel milling operation filed his petition
in bankruptcy previous to the purchase,
in order TO secure his prospective profits
from the grasp Of his creditors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

During the past year these centenari-
ans have died in Maine;1uella Gross, Of
Orland, aged l07 years; Thornton Jenk-
ms, Of Saco, l02; Meltiah Lawrence, Of
Gardiner, 100; Father Elijah Jones, 100;
]. Burnham, Of Madrid, 100; Sally
Brown, lOS, and Jonah Gregory, Of Ap-
pleton, over 100.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
INTEREST.
notice.
MAYORS OFFICE. CITY HALL.
Mv,rpufa Deremher H. 1s70.

MAYORS OFFICE. CITY HALL. !
MnfPHIs. December Is, 1870. !
U,HE Interest falling due on the lst day Of
January. ls71. on the bonds Of the city Of
Memphis. viii be paid on presentation Of the
proper coupons at the once Of P. NJ. Myers a
Co., Bankers. No. p Pine street. in the City
Of New York. on and after Monday. January
2,ls1. ....... -,
q-f JOHN JOHNkONs Mayor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-which enables the
operator ohandle ewerk more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operator require
an inclination Of the body forward (detrl--
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use. aHn.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

Its simplicity renders its movements
80 easy that child can work it.. 1t is
almost noiseless in operation, and for
speed and rapidity of motion exsels all
others, as has been demonstrated thou
sand times by competition,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

The prices are within reach of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the plain
est in finish will work as wellas the most
costly. ,rv. r,rrg
Full and thorough instructions given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
DENTISTRY.
DENTISTRY.
Dental Co. partnership.
DRS. HINSON & MAYES.

nR. HINS0N HAVING ASSOCIATED
IL with him DR.. Mayes. Of Bolivar, Tenn,
who is a graduate Of the Baltimore and Penn
sylyania Colleges Of Dental Surgery, sessions
and winters '5S and '59. takes this method 70
announce to the public, as in the past, 80 IN
the future, will be found striving TO excel IN
repairing the natural teeth and replacing arti-
fetal with neatness and dispatch. Particular
attention given in the regulation Of teeth and
diseases Of the gums with ETHEREAL; and NJ
trous Oxide gas being given IN the extracton
ofteeth. HypuOtics are also used in plugging,
which are harmless and efhcacious to obtund
sensibility. Office and residence, No. -
Main street. Memphis. Teun. lz-lzt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
Merchandise Bought and Sold.
hotels.
HOTELS.
Peab Ody Hotel !

THIS gELL-KNowN HOUSE HAS
passed into the hands Of the undersigned for
a term Ofy ears. He will spare no attention or
expense to uaksitA
FIR ST CLASS HOTEL.
In eve ~ respect. and hopes to merit . Liberal
PatrO' saEs. = MILLER.
r-+- Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18

1t is an instrument of great versatility
in its operations. 1t will hem, fell, braid,
cord, gather, tuck more beautifully than
any other machine in use, without bast-
ing or any preparation of the work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-18
Wheeler e. Wilson s
N e w q
SILENT WORKING
Sewing Machine!
rs SUPERIOR "a
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: :

It's yearly sales are larger thar those
of all other Sewing Machines combined,
This fact alone is the surest test of its
merit and superiority.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25
Webster County Convention.
WEBSTER COURT House, w. Va.
October 18th 1871

At Convention held at the Court
House of Webster county on the ninth
OF October, 1871, by the Democratic
and Conservative party Of said county,
the Convention was called to order by
Charles McDodrill, Esq. Hon P. B.
Weatherhend was chosen President
and B. Mollohan Secretary.
The Object of the meeting was to
nominate candidates for the coming
election on the fonrth Thursday in Oc-
tober, 1871 and as Webster and Poca-
hontas counties comprise the fourth
delegate district, the following nomina-
tons were made: Major Marshall Trip
let, OF Glade township, Webster coun-
~, was unanimously chosen as a
candidate for the Constitutional Con-
vention, and John A. McNeal, Of
Pocahontas county, was chosen as q
candidate for the Legislature. DR..
Chas. w. Benedon was chosen as a
candidate for County Superintendent OF
Free Schools.
For Supervisor of Fork Lick town
ship the Convention did not agree, as
there were two candidates running,
Charles McDodrill and Adam &. Han
nick, both very good men, and the
Convention thought best to let the two
candidates run the race through, and
let the voters of SAID township choose
their man.
For Justice, Patrick +. Duffy was
chosen as a candidate, and Isaac W.
Cool was chosen as candidate for the
office of Constable. The Cow ention
quietly and peaceably.
say good for the banner county Of
Webster! Hoping that your good
people will come out more than con-
querors in the next election.
Respectfully,
B. MoLLoHAN, Secv.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25

Special Correspondence of the Pittsburgh
Commercial
October ), 1871.

commercially
October ), 1871.
The citizens Of Tuscarawas Valley
met en- n,QSSe few days since, including
the towns Of Unaware, Bolivar and Ioar,
and consolidated the interest already
awakened, in favor of the new road. and
pledged to the company $1,000 on ten
miles. The right Of way was given free
except three or four farms. This, with
the amount as pledged from Wheeling
ito any company building road termi,
mating at Wheeling and running thence
northwestwardly towards the lakes"
will make up the local subscriptions to
the required amount, viz: $4,000 per
mile. The company have negotiated
with parties East, and there is no doubt
the company will be in condition to put
the road under contract by January |,
1872. This is a road much needed, and
would give to Wheeling, the eastern
terminus, better facilities and be much
more beneficial to the manufacturing
interests of the city than her present
connections-either present or prospect
ive-as they will be made with the Pan
Handle at about the same distance as
the Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky
railroad, and as we have been informed
by the business men that if the
city could secure the trade OF the lakes,
the Baltimore company would gladly
extend them the right hand OF fellow
ship to secure the trade. The engineers
sent by the Eastern capitalists to inves-
tigate the route have pronounced it
practicable, and have given the direc-
tors positive assurances that if the peo-
pie living along the line do their duty,
the cars will be running to Wheeling in
less than eighteen months. Over $780,
600 of local subscriptions have been
pledged by the farmers and citizens
along the line. Outside of the points
at either end, distance Of sixty miles,
the Zoar community have subscribed
two hundred and forty shares. $4,000,
and have donated the right of way,
equal to sixty acres Of land, worth 500
per acre. This, l am informed, has
been accomplished mainly by the efforts
of few energetic men, who have been
pushing the matter from the beginning,
and have thus far been successful in
every move, having secured nearly
double the amount Of subscri ptions re-
ouired by law on which to organize the
company. Nothing remains now to be
done but the consultation OF the Wheel
ing interests with this company, or with
the Wooster aud lake interests, and the
road will be pushed to an early compile
ton
This company was incorporated on
the 9th day Of April, and on the Goth
Of September the stockholders elected a
Board of Directors, President, Treasurer
and Secretary. The directors were re
quested, by resolution passed at the
meeting at Bowerston to proceed as soon
as practicable to make locating sur.
vey.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25
Attempi 10 Force War with Eng.
u land.

The recapture Of the schooner Horton
by a party Of MASSACHUSETTS fishermen
from the British authorities in Canada
is shrewdly suspected to be part Of
well-concocted scheme on the part of
Ben Butler and his friends to further
his favorite hobby of war with Eng
land. The Boston Adrertiser, in al
luding to it, says;
Neither the State nor the Treasury
Department have received any official
intelligence whatever from the "Glou-
cester War;" and the whole affair
would be made light of were it not for
the grave international questions in
volved and the peculiar state of our
relations with England. Secretary
Boutwell, is, to say the least, slightly
surprised to learn of the departure Of
the revenue cutters from Boston on
hostile voyage up Cape Ann and along
the coast without orders or suggestions
from headquarters, or even a report Of
their bold proceedings. He doubts,
indeed, whether in assuming the
responsibility OF the orders which has
the Mahoning, McCulloch, and other
Government vessels cruising for the
British Government vessel, Boston
custom officers have not overstepped
the proper bounds, and if trouble comes
Of their action they will scarcely escape
blameless. In the absence OF official
advces there is a general disposition
among both officials and the public to
connect the exploits at Guysborough,
the excitement at Gloucester, and the
lecture at Philadelphia, on Monday
evening, as all in some way the results
of a familiar and fertile brain which
has kept Massachusetts, busy for several
weeks past. The coincidence is so
apparent that the suggestion is inevi-
table, and the affair has already been
christencd Buffers muss." There
are, however, grayer points OF the case
in which our gallant fishermen have
acted with more energy than diplomatic
wisdom, and Should the British Govern
ment demand it, it is not unlikely that
our own would restore the Horton and
officially disavow its seizure. No one
here anticipates that the English gun
boat will make any attempt to recap
ture the schooner hv force in on: own
waters
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25

We earnestly insist upon all who
value Democratic principles and their
ascendancy in this county and State,
putting forth every proper exertlon to
elect the entire Democratic ticket to-
morrow. Every vote should be polled.
We have the ability to give the ticket
a majority of several hundred votes.
Our only peril now lies in the danger of
not polling all the Democratic strength.
There is too much connected with the
proper government of the State at
stake in the present election, to excuse
any apathy on the part OF the Democ-
racy. Thepolitical foes at whose hands
we have suffered so much are active and
persistent in their struggle for restora-
ton 10 power. We must 'cork if we
would prevent recurrence of the dark
days of Radical rule. Much may be
done to-day toward winning victory
TO morrow. Attend to it at once.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25

THE Radicals are claiming a vast
deal of credit for their magnanimity (?)
in adopting Professor PENDLEToN as
one of their candidates for the Constr
tutional Convention. Why, bless their
simple souls! they never would have
nominated Mr.. PENDLEToN if they
could have beaten him. Had IT been
possible for them to defeat the Professor
bv the nomination of straight out
Radical, they would assuredly have
made the attempt, and, instead OF speak
ing Of Mr.. PENDLEToN in compliment
tary terms, the Mtclligencsr would have
treated him to all sorts Of mean, little
personal filings and innendoes such as
have characterized its assaults upon the
other candidates on the Democratic
ticket. They are entitled ~ no credit
for placing Mr.. PENDLEroN on their
ticket and have manifested no actual
generosity thereby. He was first an
nounced as q Democratic candidate; he
was first nominated by Democratic
Convention; and the Radicals offer no
opposition to him simply because it
would be useless for them to do so.
"Only this and nothing more.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25

THERE is not a single man on the
Radical ticket who is entitled to Demo,
cratic support in suOh a oont0"t q" that
in which we.are now engaged. 1t is a
contest between measurement men; q
struggle for Constitutional reform.
against the party that would fasten
upon us the old Constitution with all lis
errors and all its dangerous and ohnox,
ious features. We want men 'cho acll
cote riqht-not those whose whole mhn.
ence will be cast in favor OF our political
antagonist.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25

The importance OF every vote IN po'
litical campaign has been forcibly Illus
trated by the recent election in Ohio. Six
Radical members Of the Legislature are
elected by majorities that aggregate
less than three hundred. Had the
Democrats been as vigilant and indus
trious as they should have been, they
would have elected their candidates in
these six counties and thus controlled
the Legislature and secured an United
States Senator. A single Democratic
vote in this county tomorrow may be
of the utmost Importance. Vote early
and then hunt up your friends. Every
Democratic vote is needed and must
he polled.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-25

GOVERNOR STANTON now says he is in
favor Of increasing the number OF
Judges of the Supreme Court to five,
and vet, when the call for Convention
was pending, that very proposition was
greeted with a perfect howl from the
Radical press OF the State, and was used
as an argument against the Convention.
WHY did not Mr.. STANTON declare in
the speeches he made during the cam
paign that he was in favor of such an
amendment? This sort Of death bed
repentance" will hardly admit the
Governor to the political paradise he
now seeks to attain.