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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
Remarkable Mirage.

A correspondent of the Rochester Fx-
press writes as follows: The under-
signed was one of the hundreds at Monnt
Hope on Sunday afternoon who wit.
messed, probably, one of t'ne most nor
feet and sublime mirageg. ever seen in
this country. On the entire north slly
as far as the angle o.. bison, was lifted
the blue waters Of Lake Ontario, while
rejecting from Der bosom could be seen
the mountains, hills, valleys, bays and
rivers on the Canadian shore inland FOR
miles. TIE coast could be plainly seen
over a stretch Of fifty miles, and so per-
feet at one time that the ferests could
readily be distinguished. The reader
can form some idea of its grandeur by
knowing that country separated from
Rochester by lake seventy to one hun
dred miles in width, was, as if suddenly,
by the great hand of its Creator, painted
upon the heavens so plain as to be seen
from a standing point one hundred miles
distant Gentlemen present who were
familiar with the Canada shore could
readily distinguish Rice Lake, Belvidere
and other prominent points in Canada.
The lake looked as though it had by a
great tidal wave rolled upon Rochester,
had covered one entire half of the city,
and no building could be seen north of
Main street, or any land between the
city and the lake.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
MEMPHIS TENN. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25 1871.

board soles previously distributed to the
French infantry. The rifles were chiefly
Of the class made to sell, and had
nearly all enjoyed a repose of several
years ON the dusty shop shelves. Many
Of them were very dangerous weapons
we mean to those who fred them. The
result was that while enterprising Ameri-
cans and their European agents made q
very handsome profit by these transac-
tions the Germans suffered but little
damage from them. The French, in
deed, have some reason to complain that
dictator Gambetta should have wasted
the public money in paying extravagant
prices for rotten cloth and worthless
weapons, but we hardly see that the
Germans can justly accuse the venders
of unfriendliness."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
Yankee war material i'm France.

The North German Gazette makes the
following remarks with regard to the
war material which France bought in
this country:
Every medal has its reverse, says the
proverb, and we have just been assured
that the naferisl so literally supplied to
France during the war by American
spectators, and about which German
journals so often demonstrated did us
little harm aud our enemies as little
good. II appears at present certain
that the clothing furnished TO the French
troops from beyond the Atlantic was
made from 'shoddy, so that If a soldier
accidentally stumbled his knees instan-
taneously made their way through his
trowsers, and a coat had TO be put on
with the greatest care and tenderness,
lest the arms should suddenly part com
pany with the body.
These articles we're probably de
livered as suitable and appropriate ac-
compartments TO the shoes with paste
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25

The Dead AIive-HOw the Spirit OF
N supposed Dead Man was the
spirit of a Living Man-Tricks
that are Vain.
An aged and highly respected gentle
man of New Albany, Indiana, who for
many years has been very firm believer
in spiritualism, has recently had his faith
greatly shaken in the dogma of this ism
by revelations that have come directly
to him through the living instead of the
dead. 1t was in this wise:
Over twelve years ago favorite son
of the gentleman in question went into
the British navy. For time the father
received letters from the son; but in the
course of the passing years these letters
ceased to arrive, and over eight years
passed without the father receiving any
information from the son other than that
communicated through spiritual medi-
ums. Most of the spirits agreed that the
son was dead but at one period medi-
um or mediums insisted that the boy was
alive, and would arrive on certain YES
sci at q certain time at New Orleans.
The time arrived and passed, and even
to this day no such vessel has arrived at
New Orleans
The majority--nearly all, indeed--of
the mediums for the past five or six years
have agreed, in their communications
with the father, that the son was dead;
that he died, some held, in Ireland;
others on an island of the ocean. The
father himself believed that he frequently
held communication with his dead son,
and in this belief he was backed by the
testimony Of several mediums, who at
tested that the son had come to them
from the spirit-land and talked with
them, not unfrequently referring to his
near relatives that were known to be
dead. The fathers belief was so pecu-
liar as to be a consolation to him in his
supposed bereavement; and thus the
matter stood until recently
A few weeks ago, just how many we
cannot state with exactness, the father
received letter from the son he had
mourned as dead, and with whose spirit
he had so frequently held, as he imag
ined, sweet converse. The letter was
received by the father at the New Albany
postofiice, and announced that the son
was alive and in good health; that he
Yves at present and had been for nearly
eight years, a resident of Australia. The
facts in relation to the supposed death
of the son, and the communications held
by the father with his supposed disem-
bodied spirit, are quite familiar to the
citizens of New Albany, and have fire.
quently been the subject Of comment
particularly so on account of the simple
and serene faith of the father in the sup
posed revelations made TO him directly
from the son or through the mediums he
consulted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25

Hon. Leonard G. Kilham, on his way
home from Albany to Oneida last Satur-
day, asked the railroad conductor to tel
egraph for his horse to be at the depot on
his arrival Somehow the telegraph
made a woful mistake, the word horse
being transformed into hearse, and
promptly to the depot repaired an under
taker in full suit of doleful black, and
with n hearse with dropping plumes,
while the depot platform was crowded
with melancholy friends with elongated
faces. When the train stopped the first
passenger 10 jump off was the expected
corpse, maniiesting as great degree of
animation as could be expected from a
dead man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25

At the Easter vestry election in St.
Clements Church, Philadelphia, female
pew holders lsingle) voted without re-
striction, but married ladies we're per
mitted to do so only when they were ac-
companied by their husband or could
present evidence Of their husbands con-
currenee in the vote Of which they we're
about TO cast.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25

Pierre Bonaparte, who killed Victor
Noir, in Paris, lives at present on his
farm in Belgium. He is said to be in
such needy circumstances that he is I'M
able to pay the mortgages on that farm.
His property in Paris has been seized,
by order Of the courts, Pierre Bonaparte
not having paid to the heirs of his vic
tim the 5000 francs damages to which
he was condemned by the high court
which acquitted him Of the criminal
charge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25

Those who have worn their hats Eve
years will be pleased TO see that they are
Just in fashion again. and those who
have pantaloons bought in lS4S will be
glad to know that they (the pantaloons)
will also be, with their elastic footings,
the pride of the man of fashion, even as
they were his pride twenty-three years
since
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
GOING TO SLEEP.
AIs w Ahh w hOAese
Publisher and Proprietor.


The light is fading down the sky,
The shadows grow and multiply,
i hear the thrush evening song;
But / have borne with toll and wrong
.Fe 30 long, so long
Dim dreams my drowsy senses drown
So, darling, kiss my eyelids down.
My life's brief span went wasted by,
My summers ended fruitlessly
/ learned to hunger, strive and wait,
4 | found you love-oh happy fate
So late, so late
Now all my fields are turning brown,
So, darling. kiss my eyelids downl
Oh, blessed sleep oh, perfect rest
Thus pillOwed on your faithful breast,
Nor life nor death is wholly drear,
D, tender heart, since you are here.
So dear, so dear
Sweet love, my SOULS sufficient crown
Now. darling, kiss my eyelids down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
Auctieneers.
Trust sale.


DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED TO ME
ID executed. and recorded in the Register >
Office OF Shelby county on Sd Of Noveulber,
1859, in book 70, page l4s, etc.. will sell TO
the highest bidder. for cash. to carry out the
provisions Of said Trust Deed. the following
real estate conveyed TO me therein, tO-wit; A
certain tract or parcel Of land in shelby
county. Tennessee, in the Buntyn tract, on
Memphis and Charleston railroad, near Bun
tyn station; beginning at the point Of north;
west intersection Of 9Oodwyn and Midland
avenues. thence north, with west boundary
ofGoodwyn avenue. eleven chains and ninety;
four links; thence west eight chains and
twenty links; thence south eleven chains and
ninety-four links; thence east eight chains
and twenty links; containing 1s-lOO acres,
more OF less. Sale on
Monday, 2ad OF May,
Al the Real Rstate Exchange Of Royster,
Trezevant A Co.. northeast corner Of Main
md jefferson streets, Memphis, between 10
o'clock a m. and 2 o clock p m. Title believed
10 be perfect but i sell and convey only as
Trustee. JOHN P. TREZEVANT,
Trustee.
RorsrER, TEKzKvANT & Co.. AuetiOneers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
COTTON FACTORS.
Gen1 Commission Merchants,
2O2 Front street, Memphis.

IRON THE ABOVE CARD IT WILL BE
II seen that the firms Of David P. Hadden *
Co. and Avery x Co. have united, and will
continue business, in the firm name Of Hadden
x Avery. at the old stand Of David p. Hadden
a Co.. 3l2 Front street. This copartnership
dates from April 1, ISL.
DAVID p. HADDEN.
SS-5s JAMES W. AVERY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
TWO STREET RAILROADS,

and in a very central part of the city, arc
invited to be present, as the sale will be
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
Bounded on the South by Georgia st.

Mr.. Smith having determined to dispose Of
i, this property. all persons Wishing LOT ac-
cessible by
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25

DLANTATION AND CROP MORTGAGES
Il for sale in quantities TO suit, at this Office
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
UnequivOcally PeremptOry,

If bidders are on tho ground.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
IT H n Nj - .

The terms are liberals ono-third cash; bal
ance in one and two years, with six per cent
interest; and the chain of TITLE short. sim
pie and perfect.
RoYsTER. IRRELEVANT CO..
Auctianeers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
LARGE NUMBER OF LOTS,

LYING BETWEEN
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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-23
Something Interesting About PFOmIs-
sorry Notes.

In the Legal Journal of this week
we find a decision of Chief-Justice
Thompson, of the Supreme Court, in
which it is held that, where a blank
had been left in a nOte at the time of
filling up, signing and delivery, and
afterward had been increased in
amount by writing over the blank,
the maker was answerable for the full
face of the note as altered, after it had
passed to bona fde holder for value, in
the usual course of business. The
case was that of GarTard as. Hadden,
error to the Common Pleas of Fayette
county. The maker of the note filled
in the words ''hundred" and dollars"
in the printed form. The payee after
ward filed the blank by inserting the
words "and fifty" thus making the
note call for tone hundred and fifty
dOllars.u In this condition it was pur-
chased by the plaintiff, and the draw
er refusing to pay the face of the note,
suit was entered. There was nothing
on the face Of the note to show the
slightest alteration, and the hand
writing and the ink were the same,
and there was no crOwding OF the
words, the the blank giving ample
room. The drawer was held to have
invited the fraud by his own negli-
ted tamperinig; awT'iti. ffe could have
saved all difficulty by scoring the
blank with a pen. As between the
maker and the payee, the alteration
would not have made the note void,
but not so as between tile drawer and
an innocent holder for yalue. The
Chief Justice, after citing the author
tiles on the point, says; ave think
this rule is necessary to facilitate the
circulation of commercial paper, aud
at the same time increase the care of
drawers and acceptOrs of said paper,
and also of bankers, brokers, and 9TH
ers in taking it. This rule will not
apply to cases where the alteration
is apparent on the face Of the pa
pern
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-23
CreditabIe TO Washington.

Our National Capital has so mUny
sins to account for that we toke pleas
ure in recording one prominent and
distinctive virtue. Richard Smith,
Esq, of the Cincinnati Gazette, in a
letter to that paper under date of the
4th inst, says:
81 A person coming from Cincinnati
or New York to Washington can not
fail to observe the difference between
the observance of the Sabbath here
and in those cities. The laws are are
no more strict here than in Cincinna-
ii, but they are rigidly enforced. The
result is a day of rest for the people,
not in name, but in reality. No
hacks are to be seen standing in the
streets; no shops are open; coffee
houses can not be entered; cigars can
not be purchased, and even the bar
Der shop business is suspended. Car
riages may be obtained by sending to
a livery stable, and strangers may be
shaved by ordering a barber to their
rooms at the hotel; but the class of
people who in Cincinnati are forced
TO work on Sunday are in Washington
relieved from work and care when the
clock strikes twelve on Saturday
night.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-23

The San Francisco NeIgs Letter thus
satirizes the frequency of homicide
from marital jealousy:
"All mems wives who have hitherto
enjoyed the advantage of our acquaint-
ance are hereby notified that this
ceases to-day, never to be renewed
It is with deep grief that we disrupt
the social relations which promise so
much, but we feel impelled thereto by
the first law of nature. Our lady
friends who have the misfortune to be
married TO other and inferior men
will please stick like a leech 10 their
legal protectors and not recognize us
on the street. We have taken cOnsid-
erable pleasure in their sOciety-a
pleasure which we fiatter ourselves
has been mutual-but this thing can
no longer be permitted to go on. We
trust that our motive-Which is pure
cOwardice-wilI net be miscOns strued.
Somebody perishes ingloriOusly every
day for being upon speaking terms
with married women, and we do not
care to have our turn come round
Deeply grateful for tine past forbeaI
ance Of aggrieyed husbands, We max
our bow and retire. Hereafter our
mods and smiles will be lavished upon
girls and widows exclusively; none
others need apply. WhOsOever shall
attempt to introduce US to his own
wife, or that Of anOthe. man, will be
regarded as a cOnspiratOr against our
precious life, and subjected to abuse
in the columns Of this journal. NJ
ture is strong in US, and we do not
wish to die. Whenever we shall f4el
a desire that way we shall treat some
bO1y's wife with common courtesy, get
shot, and go quietly to our reward"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-23
TerrIae Hurrlcane Al s.. LouIs.

ST. LOUIS, March S.-A most terri
fie hurricane passed over a portion of
East st. Louis, between two and three
o'clock this afternoon. The wind first
came from the southeast, aceOmpa-
MED by a brisk shower, but suddenly
veered to the southwest and came
with a fury and force never before
witnessed in this latitude. 1t first
struck the elevator on the bank of the
river, and took parts Of its roof, and
passing on in the northeast direction,
il totally demolished the freight de-
pot of the st. Louis & Vandalia Rail-
road, eight hundred feet long By one
hundred wide, and "a water tank eigh-
ty feet high. The freight and passenger
depot and ticket Offieeof the South
Eastern Railroad, two freight depOts,
portion Of the passenger depot and
ticket Office, aud a large round hOus
of the Chicago & Alton road. The
car house, scale Office, freight Office,
and part of one of the freight depOts
of the Ohio & Mississippi road: the
freight and passenger depOts of the
Toledo & Wabash road, and a number
of dwelling houses in the vicinity. A
portion Of the roof Of the Terre Haute
& Indianapolis depot was blown off
Nearly all the derricks and other ap-
pliances used in the construction Of
the bridge we're tern from their nla ees
and blown into the river Everything
within a width of from two to three
hundred yards was actually torn 70
pieces. a whole train of ears, inelud-
ing a thirty ton LOCOMOTIVES, was
blown from the track and hurled some
forty feet into q slough. Another
train of thirteen cars, laden with
grain, was OverthrOwn aud smashed,
and one ear blown into the river. A
train coming in on the Terre Haute
road, when at Brooklyn, three miles
north of st. Louis, was blown from
the track, and some forty ears stand
ing on the side tracks Of the Toledo,
Chicago & Alton road, about nine
miles out, were OverthrOwn. The
round house of the Chicago & Alton
road, after being blown down, caught
fire from an engine inside and was
burned to ruins. The engineer Of the
locomotive was burned 10 death. The
number Of killed and wounded cannot
be stated tonight, but seven are
known to be killed, between thirty
and forty seriously, some dangerously,
wounded, and a good many more
slightly injured. 1t is believed that
the number buried beneath the ruins
of the scene is frightful. Houses are
torn to fragments; Others are unroof-
ed or upset; and still others were car
ried bodily from their foundations.
Scarcely building or tree, or any
thing else within the track of the
storm, is standing. The wreck and
ruin is complete. The pecuniary
losses are estimated as follows: Chi
cagO & Alton railroad, $500, 900; Ohio
& Mississippi, $500, 900; Toledo & Wa
bash, SIPS 900; St. Louis & Vandalia,
$50, 900; South Eastern, $4,000; Wig
gins Ferry Company, $4,000. Two
or three steamboats,, lying on the east
ern side of the river, were also very
seriously damaged.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-23
4 PrOphecy a hundred Years Old.

Able Galiana, writing to his friend
Madame d'Epinay, 1771, sketches the
world as it would be in a hundred
years. We quote his words from
irNotes and Queries :"
SIN one hundred years we shall re-
semble the Chinese much more than
we do at present. There will be two
very distinct treligions-theO one that of
the higher and lettered classes; the
other that of the people, who will be
divided between three or -four sects,
living on tolerably good terms with
each other. Priests and monks will
be more numerous than they are now
moderately rich, ignored, and tran
Gull. The Pope will be nothing more
than an illustrious bishop, and not a
sovereign. They will have pared
away all his temporal dOminiOns bit
by bit. There will be large regular
armies on foot, and but little fighting.
The troops will perform admirably on
parade, but neither officers nor men
will be fierce or brave; they will wear
rich uniforms, that is all. The
chief sovereign of Europe will be the
monarch of our TaTtars-that is to say,
the prince who will possess Poland,
Russia, Prussia, and command the
Baltic and Black seas, for the ma
tiOns of the north will always
be less cowardly than those of the
south. The remaining princes will be
under the political mastery of this
prominent cabinet. England will sep
arate herself from Europe as Japan
has done from China. She will unite
herself with America, of which she
will possess the greater part, and COM
merce of the remainder. There will
be despotism without cruelty, with
out efusion of blood-a despotism OF
cbicanery, founded always on the in
depreciation of old laws, on the cum
ming and slight of the courts and law
yers-a despotism of which the great
aim will be to get at the wealth Of indi-
viduals. Happy in those days the mil
lionaires, who will be our mandarins.
They will be everything, for the mill
tary will serve only for parade. Man.
ufacturers will flourish everywhere, as
they do now in India"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-23
Snrrer Of the Railrnad.

Gen. w. Gleason, whose services
have been secured as Chief Engineer
of the Mansfield, COldwater & Lake
Michigan r. R., was in the city Mon
day and Tuesday, making preiimina-
ry arrangements for permanent sur
yey of the road. On Wednesday, he
commenced his work at the north
west corner of the Junction of the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
and Atlantic & Great Western Rail-
WAYS. He will follow the track of the
former to beyond Spring Mills Sta
ton and then strike across country.
He will at present go to Tiffin, and
will then be prepared to form his esti-
mates so that the contracts for the
building Of the road may be let. Gen.
Gleason is from Michigan, and is said
to be one of the most able engineers
in the country. The company have
been fortunate in securing his services.
Mansfield Shield and Banner.