Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-06

PUBLIC LEDGER.
once: No. Is Madison Street.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
TEIE CITY. "a
n@ MEM PHI6,
Wednesday Evening. sept. o, 1871.
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See fourth page for additional local.
!, PITTsBuRG and Camel coal and gas
coke. Brown & Jones, Office 2S2 Main
street, Bethel Block. T
THE CITY.
See fourth page for additional local.
BREyITIEs.

The hotel registers show great increase Of
travel at present. Crowds Of strangers arrive
In the city daily.
City Tax Collector Robertson will advertise
for sale on the Goth inst, all property. on
which taxes are yet unpaid for 1870.
The Pfannensteihl- Pennsylvania equisition
habeas corpus case will be heard by Judge
Ray. Of the Probate Court, at 8 o'clock this
afternoon. ,a
The hearing OF the Cannon Morse habeas
corpus case has been postponed for several
days by Judge Ray, owing to pressing business
docketed in advance of the Cannon case.
The wonderful Davenport Brothers will
give seance on next Friday and Saturday
nights at the Memphis Theater. The regular
theatrical season will open ON next Monday
week. i3Ai si lAa ts1
The public schools are crowded with chill
dren. The growing popularity of the free
school system will necessitate ere long the
building Of new school-houses throughout the
city. ~
Joe Locke, the news king of Memphis, at
256 Main, has the daily papers from all the
citiet North. South, East and West Weekly
pictorials and foreign publications of latest
dates received regularly. ~
The shooting epidemic is moving south
ward. 1t reached Union street last evening"
and will soon fade away on the plains Of Fort
Pickering and become lost in the muddy
banks Of the upper Bayou Gayoso.
The grand sachems of the city composing
the General Council. will hold their regular
monthly meeting this afternoon at the City
Building. to consider many important ques-
tons of deep interest to all citizens.
A cotemporary noticing patent medicine,
a specific against cholic and cholera ,iwith the
utmost nai,ae says: For further particulars
as to THIS specific see our inside" Meaning,
ofcourse, the inside of the paper.
There are, two Judges of courts in the city at
present-J'udge Ray. of the Probate Court and
Chancellor Scott of the Second Ohansery.
The Chancellor can be found ''in chambers
from nine till eleven o'clock each morning.
Colonel Gus Signaigo. of the Grenada SEN
tinel. made the speech at the celebration of
Italian Unity, in New York City, a few days
since. The New York press is loud in its
praise Of the orator and the happy effort.
Go to Mansford's, corner of Second and
Monroe streets, for news goods, weekly picto--
rails. scientific. fashion and literary maya
zines. and the latest daily newspapers from
all parts of this country and Europe. u5t.
The investi.yation before Esquire Moore Of
the Browne-Adams homicide case was re-
sumed this int rning at eight o'clock. Owing
to the absence of witnesses the case was con-
tinued over to two. o'clock this afternoon.
when the examination of witnesses for the
defense will be pr oceeded with.
Emmons & Son, the great newsmen at No.
10 Jefferson and 40 Main, have received the
daily newspapers frflm st. Louis, Cincinnati,
Louisville, Chicago, New York, New Orleans,
Nashville and other cities. Foreign papers
and journals, and illustrated weekles from
Eastern and Northern cities Just received. e
An interesting revival Of religion is in pro-
gress at the fernando Street (MethOdist)
Church. The ceremonies are conducted by
Rev. DIR. Mullins, assisted by several minis
tiers of the same denomination. Last night
quite large number of mourners came for
ward and repented. Therevival will continue
for some time. t'
The sudden and exuberant growth Of crime
in this city can be laid at the doors OF two
classes of questionable houses, but as these
are licensed to ply illegal traffic by the city,
there seems to be no hope of speedy removal
of the cause of nearly all homieides COM
mitted in Memphis. This is the unVarnished
truth. deny it who win.
One-half of the quarrelsome people of
Memphis have been shooting at each other
with more or less effect The other half have
been swearing out peace warrants and bind
ing each other over to keep the peace. With
one-half of the fussy citizens in the grave
and the other half under bonds, Memphis
ought to be the quietest city on the continent.
Our witty and facetious confrere on the APP
peal turned her loose" on the LEDGER this
morning, no doubt expecting reply Not
having time for bantering, our friend must
excuse us. If he can meet us at John Robin
sons circus this afternoon we will tell him all
about the tunnel under the Mississippi river,
in which gigantic enterprise he is the largest |
stakeholder.