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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-28
STILL GOING ON.

The railroads Of the North keep up
the work of slaughter right bravely. On
the night of the 26th, twenty-one passen-
gers were killed outright only seven
miles from Boston, and forty or fifty
we're wounded. On the Philadelphia and
Erie road, on the same day, collision
occurred resulting in the killing and
wounding of many persons. We pro
gressl They do not progress In Europe
as we do. And then, the cholera is
coming, and the yellow fever is
epidemic in Charleston. With our rail
roads, steamboats,, six-shooters and the
scourges now threatening us, we shall
not lack the instruments of depOpula-
ton. No wonder we cry out for immi-
grants. The law of population is not
far in advance Of depopulatioE. We
want people from the other side Of the
Atlantic. We can offer them lands,
labor and ultimate independence. But
can we offer them security of life
Some foolish foreigners may conclude
that it is better to starve at home than
be slaughtered in America.
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TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

FoRT WAYNE, ND, August lS.-The
stave factory of B. B. Stowner & Co.
was entirely destroyed by fire on Satur-
day last. All the stock was saved. Loss
on machinery and building, $4,000; in
sured for $1,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 28.-Colo-
mel Holloway, of the Journal, has brought
suit in the Superior Court of Marion
county against his former partners, Jas.
G. Douglas, Sam'l NJ. Douglas and A.
Conner, for the recovery of $4,000, al
legged TO have been a part of the profits
arising from the State aud city printing
when Conner was Secretary and the
brothers Douglas, city printers.
ATHENS, o., August 2s.-An excur
sion train of sixteen passenger coaches
filed With Odd Fellows, their families
and friends from various points, arrived
here on Saturday. They formed in pro
cession at the depot and marched to
College Green, where interesting adj
dresses we're made, after which the whole
number, twenty-five hundred, partook OIL
free dinner Everything passed of
harmoniously.
CINCINNATI, o., August 2S.-Genera
Fremont addressed the merchants OIL
Change to-day on the subject Of the
new short line railroad from this city tC
New York.
COLUMBUS, o., August 2S.-Pete
Kelsel, an old citizen, while sitting oil
his porch waiting for dinner, Saturday
dropped dead of heart disease.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-28

PARTIES spending the summer months
from the city should leave their address
nj our counting-room for the DAILY or
WEEKLY LEDGER, which will be promptly
mailed to them during their absence.
The WEEKLY LEDGER contains all the
important city news of the week, under
the respective dates. For three months
DAILY, 80; WEEKLY, 70 cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-28

two horses monopolizes to great ex'
tent the telegraphic columns oil the
public journals. Everybody must reaa o.
the race between Longfellow and Helm
bold, while the poor, strained and stu
fened animals stand, all unconscious
swallowing their provender. The defeat
of Longfellow was sad reverse to those
who went into ecstasies over him. Hun
dreds of thousands changed hands on
his reverse. We do not know what con-
ISOLATION to offer the crest-fallen enthusl'
osts Their minds are dark with grief
and many of them bowed down with the
intolerable burden, are half inclined to
declare that they will never tie to another
horse as long as they live. Has Grant
talked horse into the ascendant
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Cotton FACTORS and Grocers

The well-known house of cambridge,
Mitchell & Co., cotton factors, wholesale
grocers and commission merchants, is
located at No. Is Union street (Lee
Block, between Main and Front streets.
This sterling firm is composed Of Messrs.
C. F. cambridge, DeSoto county, Miss,
J. A. Sims, Holly Springs, Miss, A, j.
Block, Oakland, Miss, and j. II. Nit
chell, late with Galbreath, Stewart 4 Co.
These gentlemen are all frst-class bust
ness men, and have many claims on the
public for its patronage. Having a
large and well-assorted stock of goods
selected especially with a view to this
market, they solicit a continuance Of
trade from their numerous customers
and invite the public generally to call
and examine their stock, believing they
can sell goods as low as any house il
| the city.
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LEGAL,
mo. 1896. R. d.
In the Second Chancery Court Of
Shelby County, Tenn.
Mary A. Herman. Richard Mckay ct all

Mary A. Herman. Richard Mckay ct al
VS.
Louis G. Norvell. o. G. Boone ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL DULY
/. sworn to in this cause that the de-
PENDANTS, Louis G. Norvell and o, Q. Boone,
are non-residents of the State of Tennessee;
it is therefore ordered by the Clerk and Mas
ter that they make their appearance herein.
Court of Shelby county, in the city of Mem
phis, Tenn. on or before the first Monday in
October, 1871. and plead, answer or demur
to compliments bill. or the same will be
taken for confessed as to them and set for
be published once week, for foul. successive
weeks, in the Memphis Public Ledger: This
August %, 1871. M. d, L, STEWART.
Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest:
Randolph. Hammond Il Jordan, Solicitors
for complainant. l55-2-o-4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-28

THERE are indications that the Cincin-
matt Enquirer is dropping into the new
departure. Pendleton, in his Loveland
speech, was silent on the subject. In
reference to a charge by Garfield that
the Democracy had changed their opin-
ions in reference to the merits Of the
Constitutional amendments, the En-
quirer says: Because they choose to
submit to a successful usurpation, does
it follow they approve it2 If General
Garfield hands over his purse and watch
to the highwayman, is he in favor O
robbery The distinction between obey
ing and approving is so obvious as to re
quire no comment.
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mo. 2S4.l
In the First Chancery Court, Of
Shelby County, Tenn.
Thomas Winters

VS.
Geo B Fleece, Jno Peete firm of Fleece.
Peete Il Coz II McCombs ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
L this cause that the defendant ii S::McCombs
is nonresident of the State of Tennessee;
it is therefore ordered that he make his ap-
pearance herein. Mt the cOurt-hose in the city
of Memphis. Tennessee. on or before the first
Monday in October. 1871, and plead. answer
or demur to complainants bill, or the same
for hearing exparte, and that copy Of this
order be published once week, for four sue
cessive weeks. in the Pablo Ledger.
III IHf EDMUND A. COLE,
Clerk and Master.
ByR. j. BLACK. Deputy Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest:
Randolph, Hammond &c Jordan Solicitors
for COMPLAINANT. 155-2-8-H
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Grneeries nnd Gnnnlies.

Mr.. j. r. Lisenburry, at No. 3 Water
street, between Adams and Jefferson, is
a general dealer in produce, groceries,
plantation and steamboat supplies, which
he will sell at low rates. Orders are
respectfully solicited.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-28

ForreSts Juniper Tar-ROr Coughs. Groups.
Hoarsepess, Whooping Cough. Splitting Blood.
Bronchitis, and all diseases Of the lungs.
Parties purchasing should be careful, as there
are two or three counterfeits resembling the
oe,uiae calculated to mislead all in want Of
this preparation. The genuine Is warranted,
or the money refunded; and thisis prepared
BIZ DR.. JANIS Mason FoRREsT 4 Co., since
1852. Price reduced to thirty-6ve cents.
GOODYEAR 4 HILLS,
elf 2Sl Main st.. Sole Agents. Memphis.
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RAILROAD.
STOCKHOLDERS SPECIAL TRAIN

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF STOCK
Il holders in the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Company who desire to attend the
Annual Convention at Huntsville. Wednes-
day, August 30th. a special train. with parlOr
coaches. will leave Memphis at eight o'clock
pm. Tuesday; returning. leave Huntsville at
eight o'clock p. m. Wednesday. Stockholders
can also 20 and return on regular trains.
l5f-l55 9. L. ANDERSON, Sup't.
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~ me. IL. RI
In the First Chancery Court Of Shelby
County, Tennessee.

Andrew Renkert,
VS.
Thomas b. Mynatt, ct al }
1T APPEARING FROM THE SHERIFF'S
i return in the above cause that defendants,
Catherine w Littlefeld and @ w Turner, are
not to be found in Shelby county; it is there
fore ordered that they make their appearance
herein at the courthouse in the city Of Mem
phis, Tennessee, on or before the first Monday
IN October, 1871, and plead. answer or demur
to compliments bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to them and set for
hearing ex parte. and that q copy Of this or
der be published once week, for four success
siye weeks, in the Memphis Public Ledger.
EDMUND A. COLE,
tiH Clerk and Master.
By r. J. BLACK, Deputy Clerk and Master.
A cOpy-Attest.
Randolph, Hammond * Jordan, solicitors
for Complainant. l55-2-S-H
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Buy the best, which is always cheap
est. j. Devote has full supply of the
best family groceries. Call and see, at
the corner of Third and Adams streets.
10i-4l
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Gas.

The Memphis Gas Light Company is
now supplying gas to the city Of supe-
rior Illuminating power and brilhancy
at reduced rates, and has on hand coke
and coal-tar; also naptha-tar, the best
lubricator for railroad cars and heavy
machinery. Office. POI Second street.
1i6f
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GAs-v1rrINa at Bis Second St.

BRowS's EYGLIsH RooFING PAINT FOR
TIS RooFs.-The best composition now
in use for felt roofs. All kinds of roofs
repaired and warranted, by
1886 Z. C. JONES, III Poplar.st.
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Az exchange says: Some Of the
strong-minded women at Washington
have lately been visiting, by deputation,
houses Of ill-fame, and conversing with
the inmates, with a view to their refor.
nation. Have these women ever read
the following lines in Popes Essay on
Man2
Vice is n monster Of such frightful micn,
That 20 be hated needs hut 20 be seen;
But seen too Oft. familiar with IFS face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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T. M. s. RHETT's school will open at
l6l Union street on the first Monday in
September. LOG
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-28

PITTsBURG, Camel, Mt. Carbon and
Raymond coal as low as the lowest.
Gro. MELLERsH,
l40t cor. South Court and Main SITS.
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Pasture Farm.-One hundred ana
forty acres clover and grass nj Mon.
RedfOrd's farm. Fine water, secure
stables, fences, etc. See Braekett
A. Co. anH 1887
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
~. .S,pERRINs' SAUCE
Pronounced by Connoisseurs
.rrrr ONLY GOOD SAUCE"

II improves appetite and digestion. and IT
Il u,rivaIed for its favor. We are directed by
Mossrs. LEA & PERKINS to prosecute all
parties making or vending eounteriels.
JOHN DUNCAN's SONS,
tu-,-x;;i-1t2 Agents. New York.
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NURSERY.
Bluff City Nursery,
N. PERDUE, PROPRIETOR.
Poplar Street, near Dunlap Avenue
OLoP JOHNSON, Florist and Landscape Gar
dener, late Of Royal Gardens. Stockholm.

81 Greenhouse and hardy plants; cut now
ers. bouquets, heral decorations for balls, par
ties, weddings and funerals. Lawns, gardenl
and cemetery lots laid out the most artistic
style. S-iin
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EDUCATIONAL.
ST. AGNES ACADEMY
FOR YOUNG LADIES,

Memphis, Tennessee.
THIS ACADEMY, FOR THE EDUCATION
Il Of young ladies, is under the superintend-
ence Of the Sisters Of st. Dominic. The course
of instruction includes useful and ornamental
given to moral and polite department. The
school year commences on the FIRST MONDAY
OF SEPTEMBER, and closes about the last of
June. Terms per session, payable half in adj
vance, S75. $50. $50 and 500, according TO the
agreed class Of the pupils. For further in
formation apply 10 or address the
MOTHER SUPERIOR,
lH-8 ST. Agnes Academy.
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AMERICAN DRIVEN WELLS at Browne
& Brownies, 3l5 Second street. lO9t
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Go TO Craig's seed store, Nos. s77 and
s79 Main street, for paper bags. l59
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PAPER bags at Craig's seed store, Nos.
81 and 379 Main street. 1853
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Genuine Gravel Roofing, by BAR
thoIOmew a. Allen, 40 N. Court. 104t
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NOTICES.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

F,HE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
l. of the Chamber Of Commerce, VIII pc helo
this (M0NDAY) day at four o'clock Pm
Among other important matters ior oon i sh,
Southern Commercial Convention at BAIT.
more, and to the Pacific Railroad Convention
~ r. A. PTNS0N. President.
I,RoN TRousDALF Secretary.
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Puxps at sl5 Second street. at
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IINL wv
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-03

It is stated that in New York city, re-
gently, a quantity OF human hair, silky,
silver gray, and thirty inches long.
was sold for $35 an ounoe-neafly
twice as much as gold will bring. One
house in that city has imported 5000
pounds of hair since January, paying
for it 300, 600 in gold. They have ut
work on it 100 girls, who earn from
twelve to eighteen dollars week; and
yet they find the demand greater than
the supply. Hair has advanced twenty
five per cent. in market value. and is
likely to go up twenty five per cent. moro.
At last, tho pestiferous house flies ure
to meet tho fnte they deserve. Titus
vile, Pa, has invented reliable sort Of
Gy-papnr. This fy-pnpcr is covered
with nitro-glycerinc, glue and molnsses.
The flies, attracted by tho rnolasses.
nliSht, and arc stuck fnst by Tho glue
Should any got away, they proceed to
rub their legs together in ccstacy, when
the friction of their own shins causes the
hitro-glycerno adhe ring to their feet
aud limbs to explode, blowing them to
atoms.
After :nuch consideration of the qucs-
ton of the most fitting statue to crown
the top Of tho reconstructed Vcndome
Column, nj. Thicrs has very logically
concluded that Napoleon l. in his gray
overcoat and cockedllut, shall be re-
placed there. This is IL proper solution
of the matter, since the Vendome
Column without the first Emperor wonld
be paradox.
Divers who'go under the sea, say that
sharks never go to tho bottom, but pluy
around near tho surface, bnt they fire.
qnently SEQ small fishes all around them
while on tho bottom They insert their
noses into all the creviccs Of the armor,
and particularly show curiosity to exa-
mine the glass eyes, md are sometimes
very troublesome.
TAXING LIBEltrIEs. In announcing
his intention to snbmi. to tho action of
tho Massachusetts Republican Conven.
ton, General Butler said: II feel myself
bound by it RS mnn Of honor" This is
n "new departure" and it appears to us
that this notorious gentleman has taken
IL liberty with honor which is the most
unwarrantablo act of his lifo.
An Irishmnn, noticing n lady pnss
down the street. cspied two strips de-
pending from under her mantle Not
knowing TINT these were styled snshcs,
and were hanging in their right place,
he exclaimed: 'An' fnith, mn'am, yer
galluses are loose!'' H
The Paris Commune, during their
short reign, burned the guilloiine; but
Hcnlrecht, the chief cxccntioncr for
Paris, has been commissioned to make
nnother-this ii ne of iron.
It is asserted that when the European
and North American hallway from Ban
gor to st. John is completed, the ocean
voyage to Europe can be nude in five
days.
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A Goss1p1Na Onp R1oHmonn RAnnnn

A GOssIPING OLD RICHMOND BARBER
ON THINGS OF THE PAST -Lomax Smith,
q barber in the Exchange Hotel, Rich.
mond, ie q relic Of the palmy DAYS OF
Virginia. A. writer in the Petersburg
Progress sat In the old gentleman's chair,
TO whom Smith gossiped about old times:
"a nice collection of gentlemen, sir, "
said LomaX, "this convention at Assem-
bly, Hull; many very genteel and able
persons there, sir. It does me good to
see again in Virginia the best people
coming forward to take part in politics.
Aud yet. sir, there are some great men
here, scattered about among the
hundreds don't know; but excuse me,
sir, turn your face little to tho lett
yon cart remember the convention of
'29. can you? Too young! Yes, yes!
Well, there was Mr.. Jcems Madison, and
that other gentlemnn, very smart. but
rather figh,y, Mr.. Randolph, of Roam
'oke, and more thnn l can Tell now. You
have got hig mon here to-day. but, bless
my soul. air, they WIS all giants then
there wasn't n humble individual here
Giants, Sir, ginnts, every one"
And Lomax rc-strapped his razor,
turned our head gently aud began again
"And how did they come hero. sir?
Omnibnses. hacks? Not they! Private
carriages, private servants. and each Ind
u square mahogany box. with silver
monntings In this were four square
bottles, trimmed with vines aud leaves
Of gold; ono held old pineapple rnm,
one brandy aud Iloncy-poach aud honey,
sir; ono sherry md ono Madeira. No
wh!skey aud no drinking at bars The
case was in every Delegates room. with
the key put away, bnt." snd here Lomax
thoughtfully and suggestivcly drew his
razor through the palm OF un honest
hand, "their constituents knew where
the key was. sir. Yes, sir! And shay
ing them was fifty cents. No change!
Those were days! Why, nothing now is
ns good as it was, and can tell the rea-
son. Ever since 1850. when they got up
the universal suffrage. things have been
going down, down, down. 1 never used
TO shave anybody that was nobody, aud
now | hardly ever shnve anybody that is
anybody. Yea, sir, that 1850 suffrage
commenced the whole thing, and now
nothing is like it used to be. Why, sau-
sage, sir, sausage the old Virginia lux
uryl Whit is it now? 1t used to be
made ont of the choicest part of the hog,
and now you're lucky if it's hog at all !;
and when it is, there is nothing but
gristle and lean." Lomnx drew a long
sigh, we gently rose, and declining the
change" left the premises with tho con-
vlction that Lomax was more than half
right.
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SERIOUS Aco1DENT.-Aifred, colored
man in the employ OF Mr.. Rivers Har-
ley, at Barnwell village, was seriously if
not fatally injured. Oh Thursday morn
ing, by the falling Of o tree. It seems
that he hitohed his team near the tree,
and as it started to fall he made an effort
to- save his mules, just reaching them in
time to be crcshed By il. DR.. Duncan
was promptly called in, and upon exami-
nation found both thighs fractured, be-
sides sustaining severe internal injuries.
BarnaoeN Sentinel,
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ANY party which now allies itself with
corrupt mon, or corrupt policy. is
doamed. York Times.
Then, why do you urge people to join
the Republican party?
Ben. Butler spent $50, 600 to get the
nomination of Governor from the Re-
publican Convention, which met at Wor-
oester. on the 9th nlt., and then got
"bottled up" for his pains.
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FIVE STORES, HOTEL AND Two NEWS
PAPER OFFICES BURNED. AT 3 o'clock,
Yesterday morning, suys the Columbus
(Gn.) S.tn. of the 29th ult., destructive
fire occurred Ia Tnlbotton, sweeping
away the entire block East of the court
house.
Simon Grant, the colored man who
was found i'll such a terrible condition on
James Island, ii few days ago. died on
Saturday
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-03

DooLEYs YEAST POWDER stands unequaled
for making light. healthy and M mutritious rolls.
used in the manufacture Of this powder are
not only chemically pure, but 80 proportioned
that the results produced arc the same each
timo. In this respect, it possesses superb
tea spoon-fuls are required for quart of
flour. For salo by grocers generally. Use
Dooley's Yeast Powder only. Dooley Il Bro
ther, Proprictors, 90 New street, New York.
Oct IS
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If Connecticut does not speedily make
marked improvement upon her wooden
nutmegs, it is to be fearcd that the in
ventive genius of California will carry
that State ahead of her. At recent
election for assessor in San Francisco,
the Radicals made good many votes by
surreptitiously applying nitrate of silver
to the name of tho opposing candidate.
As the application produced no immedi-
ate effect on the ballots. they were depo-
cited in the box without suspicion on
the part Of the voters. But when the
vote came to be counted the chemical
action of the nitrate of silver had per-
formed its mission and the name had
disappeared from the ballots. A man
who would be guilty of suoh conduct as
that couldn't be trusted with FIVE dol
lar bill hundred yards from home by
his own cherished mother-in-law.
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DECLINE OF THE FEVER. The number
Of certificates Of death from yellow
fever, received and reported by DR..
Lebby, 3the city registrar, during the
week ending at noon. on Saturday last,
is 20, viz: Sundays report s, Mondays
report s, Tuesdays report 5, Wednes-
days report 5, Thursdays report 8,
Fridays report 8, and Saturday g report
g. But, according to the dates given
rs, only 90 of these deaths occurred
during the current week, viz: Sunday 2,
Monday s. Tuesday 8. Wednesday 8,
and Thureday s. The deaths reported
on Sunday, September "a, as we'll US 8 of
the s deaths reported on Monday, and l
Of the deaths reported on Tuesday, %
i'm ail,) took place in the week ending on
Saturday, September "a, and were in
eluded in the 80 deaths, for that week,
reported officially by the registrar.
Yesterday no deaths wero reported, so
that the current week begins we'll.
a Charleston Ne,cs.
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IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS AND Contractors.
We learn from our Charleston exchanges that
MIR. p. =. Toale, the well-known manufacturer
q depot at No 20 II ayno street, where be keeps
constantly on hand not only all articles from
his own mandatory, but also every variety
Of bnildors' hardware, French and American
window glass, both plain and ornamental,
slate Mantels, and, in short, everything, me-
ceesary to tinhh handsomely residence, g
store. or q church. Aug 81