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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24
COTTON.

Since our last weekly issue the staple has
been duh aud dropping atall the leading mar
kets. and business has bee4 light. Our dis
patches give the tenor of affairs in New York
and Liverpool. With US prices have been
sustained throughout the week, and some buy
ers declare they could make better terms a
few days ago than they can now. The offer
inss generally are light, and are not consid-
cred desirable except two or three tables. To-
day the inquiry was small. and sales up to
noon were trivial, with holders. as a class.
firm, and asking = to &c above the views of
buyers. as was the case all the week. Quota
tions are nominally the same as on Saturday.
Some Of our operators in the staple win fit
away this week. Mr.. Kimball leaves to-day
or tomorrow. Messrs. Eustis. Curtis. Smith
and Wolcott viii leave during the week for
the East, and Mr.. Trout win also get away in
a few days, TO rusticate on the coast If Flor
ida during the heated term.
The weeks receipts were 4545 bales. exports
1878 bales; sales, 400 bales. against co.'s bales
received, l2,S27 bales exported and 600 bales
sold last week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24
ROCCO'S.


The most delicious strawberries in the
city can be had at the fashionable ice
cream saloon OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24
The Races.

Tomorrow the races over the Chicka-
saw Jockey Club Course will commence
and will introduce weeks sport of the
most enjoyable character. Over sixty
celebrated horses are on the grounds.
The track is III splendid order, much
better than during last season, when it
was pronounced by turfmen as the fastest
in the South. The routes to the course
are in good condition. There are two
carriage roads--one via Poplar street
boulevard and the other by Central ave-
nue.. Trains will be run regularly over
the Charleston railroad, and the Beal
street line of street cars will connect
with the Charleston road at the head Of
Vance street. The races tomorrow will
commence at 3 o'c clock pm. aea
PROGRAMME. Xiii 80
Post stake, two mile heats, five entries.
One mile stretch, for three year ODDS
FIVE entries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

NEW YoRK. April "a. 1925 p.m.-Govern- |
ments are irregular. Sterling exchange Is
steady at logzs. Gold is carrying at per cent.
Mona, 10 easv NJ x 10 per cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

at the northeast corner of Main and
Adams streets. The best Of soda water
and purest of syrups can also be found
at Roccos. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

Some few changes have occurred during the
week in our local money market, but as a
whole. il has been very monotonOus. Cur
rency has continued in good supply, and the
demand for II has not been larger. All good
paper has been taken at 9 to 10 per cent, with
little on the market, while paper net eonsid.
cred frst.class has been hard to negotiate at
any figure. Cotton has moved slowly and cot
ton bills have offered in small way only. so
that the supply of exchange has not equalled
the demand. Several shipments Of currency
have occurred during the week TO keep up bal
ances. and the checking rates have been very
firm at &c premium on New York, while in
buying there has been more activity. ranging
from par to &c premium. Stocks and bonds
of all kinds are firm. City currency bonds arc
bought at 5sc. and gold bonds at Gle. County
warrants are tending upward. and range from
% to nc. Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
stock has also been in demand. with little now
on the market. Some 200 shares of Memphis
and Charleston railroad stock were taken BY
broker on Saturday at S594c. Gold went up
in New York during the week to l111s. and in
thismarket an order was filed at 1l05<. but
dealers generally keep margin Of z to lc on
Eastern quotations. ar..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

HoT LUNCH tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock, and every morning afterwards,
at Eureka saloon, $50 Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

If You want good cid Megibben
whisky, 40 20 278 Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

BLANKS, ALL KINDS
wi at the Ledger Office. b Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24
4ss Spruce street. philadelphia. Pa.

w ANTED-LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN
w To know that $1,000 is offered for any case
Of blind, bleeding, or itching piles. ,hat
Goodyear 4 Hills 81 Main st: llz.f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24

TI0R sALE-A BRAN NEW SEWING MA;
chine for sale cheap. at this Office. lloO-l
NOR sALE-TOWNSHIP PLATS, LOOSE
sheets and nicely bound IN oook' ON manu-
and for sale at this office: !. -.
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nnn saIE- GREAT nARGAINs :
NOR SALE-C0TTAGE RESIDENCE, ON
Shelby street. Inquire Of ,,
CONFER & RICHARDSON;
o2-+ No. Q Towards Row.

NOR SALE MY TW0-ST0RY RESI-
II dence situated on Cooper avenue, consist
ing of ten large rooms: stables and all neces-
sary buildings. with ~ aeresof rlcn iana'
sio'e' WIN. ii. CARVER,
IA No. Howard Row.
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For Arkansas River-Memphis l. Ar.
kansas River Packet Company.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
The Grave Of prensi...

The correspondent of some North
ern journal, who recently visited the
grave Of Sergeant s. Prentiss, writes
Us follows of the last resting place Of
that divinely gifted man:
A little more than a mile from the
beautiful haunted streets Of Natchez,
close by the roadside, sweet UNI.
brageous grove OF towering shrubs
and trees bend over their pensivt
branches to the ground as II they
overshadowed and guarded somt
precious deposit. A paling encloses
them, and although palace like
mansion is near a proudly endowed
domain, yet sweet and sacred still.
ness rests over the grove. Birds Of
melodious songs and glorious plumage
pour out the most thrilling harmo.
MES there; and well they may! fol
beneath the bough they stand on
sleeps one whose voice had more than
the witchery of the choristers Of the
fragrant forests of the South
And the thunder clouds that often
times rolls above the place Of lowly
rest, solemnly rehearslng Its deep.
toned attestations of its Eternal Gre.
ator's sovereignty and power, may
hush for moment, Its fearful growl.
He who sleeps there could thunder
like Demosthenes, and the fast, o.
his intellect and the coruscations O
his wit were as dazzling as those
which leap from yonder overarchine
canopy Of the storm.
There Sleeps Prentiss! The boy
from Maine, who came In youth Ia
win immortal fame and who came
back In the high noon Of his man.
hood to die--and find 80 sweet aad
quiet grave!
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
the OLD HOUSE FAR AWAY.

The Wild birds MARBLE. the siivery rills
Sing cheerily round the spot,
And The peaceful shade of the purple hill'
Falls dim on my mothers cot;
Its windpwsR are small and its thutch Is low
And Its ancient walls are gray;
Oh! see It'll l love II whereer CO.
That old house far away.
The little clock ticks on the parlor wall
Recording the passing hours;
And the pet gcraniutn grows rank and tall
With It's brilliant scarlet flowers;
And the old straw chair SO cosy and low,
Where mother sat knitting all day.
Oh! see III 1 love III where'er GO
In that old house far away.
Dear motheri how plainly see her now
Reclining In that old chair,
With the sunset resting upon her brow,
That was so smooth and fair;
With her crimped border white MS snow,
And her once dark hair now gray:
,! my heart Is with her wIlere'er 60
in that old house fur away.
Not all the treasure the world affords,
The riches of land and sea-
Not all the wealth of earth's proud lords
Can blot from my memory
The roof that sheltered each dear head,
And the humble floor OF clay,
Where the feet love were wont to tread,
In that old house far away.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
Fire md Life.

What Ii now the popular estimate
OF mans character Tor prudence
should lie omit to insure his property
against the chances of destruction by
fire? Would not such man he re
garded as thOughtless and would II
not be said of him that he deserved
his fate, should such a catastrophe
involve him in ruin?
II this be the public opinion In re-
gard to what-may never arise, what
must it be In the contemplation Of
what Is certain to occur? If IL be
deemed, necessary to guard against
the disastrous results of a fire, 0I
which the chances are comparatively
few, how much more Is It an obliga-
ton to provide against those Of death,
which Is beyond the power of man to
avert, and which Is Inevitable to all.
The chances only In regard to death
are that 1t will occur before the full
measure of the expectancy of life il
reached; and, as these chances even
are greater than those Of a fire, II an
insurance to guard against such q loss
be regarded In the light II Is, It is
difficult to understand how any one
can neglect to provide against the
consequences that premature death
may create, causing ruin and destitu-
ton to the bereaved families.
1t was many years before the pref
udices against fire insurance cOmpa-
MES were brokentiown. Their power
to perform their contracts was doubt.
ed, and their system ridiculed by the
wits of the day. But they proved
their usefulness and established their
value to the community. The insti
tuition Of life insurance was of more
recent date. 1t was, however, based
upon sounder principles In regard to
Its stability. It's foundation rested
upon an immutable law of Nature In
respect to mortality, with which
knowledge 1t was easy to create q sys.
tenn that might he depended upon for
its correctness. it has been seen how
this latter institution has now won
its way, rivalling the other in the
raPidlty of its developments In this
country. 1thas astonished the world !;
and, as an illustration Of this prog.
ress, we may menti N the name OF
one Of our New York companies,
which In less than twelve years has
become the compeer of the oldest OIL
'ces In Europe, and to-day heads the
list in the extent Of yearly transac-
tons. We allude to the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, whose career
Is fair exponent Of the system and
Of public opinion. The position that
this company now holds will mark an
era In the history Of life insurance, as
an evidence of the increasing reliance
that is felt In the institution; aud,
While the conduct of Its business has
gained for 1t the confidence of the
public, 1t has established the fact of
aIa'most universal recognition of the
benefits to besecured by life Insurance.
The time has come when but few
should be uninsured. The soundness
of the system Is established. 1t has
the moral support Of governments,
hnanciers, ministers of religion, and
philanthropists, as being the great
good work of the age; and no excuse
Is now left to that improvident sell
isliness which leaves as u burden on
the State that duty which every man
can himself SO easily perform.-Spec-
tdfOr.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

A monument OF white marble,
twenty feet high, with nm appropriate
inscription, erected ut Charleston, JEFF
ferson county, West Virginia, TO the
memory OF the Confederate dead bur
led Ia that county, was unvailed last
week, with Masonic and other cers-
monies.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
DIR ESS.

1t has become the custom in Eng
land among old families and those
holding an undeniable position in the
social world, for the ladies to affect
great simplicity of dress upon all ex-
cept special occasions. This Is the
more marked now, when extrava-
gance and display seem to he the rul-
ing passion, and, in abiding to the ex-
cess of ornament and finery so fire.
quently adopted by the nOuveau
richie, an English lady of rank re-
marked, now leave that sort of
thing to my maid"
The day has long since passed when
social grades were distinguished by
the costume, nor Is 1t any longer
necessary, rs was the case in the last
century, to wear gold lace upon the
coat to mark the gentleman. Such a
fashion happily has become extinct,
and Ii is a mistake to suppose that
the world now accords its respect To
those whose claims for distinction
are based upon mere outside show,
however, IL Is true that i'm respect to
dress IL cannot fail to admire the be-
coming. Grace of person and oil
mind are what captivate, and dia-
monds and lace can hardly make the
wearer more attractive, ii these are
wanting.
The enormous expense of dress al
the presents day in this city is serious
evil ii has caused many an aching
heart, and 1t will be a happy day
when fashion shall so order il that
the lady is to be distinguished by her
unarrayed apparel, lingeringno long
er In the glitter of a fictitious brilli-
ancy of attire; 1t will at all events
be matter of rejoicing for the aver
age Pdter FdmHias. -Spcctator.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
which IIave been paid In by railroad
cOmpaujes lie burned.

which have been paid In by railroad
companies he burned.
TIE Comptroller discouuges the
idea of lesseniny the taxes for the
ensuing Year, Us only deferring for
the time being, payment Ut an in
debtedness for which tie honor Of the
State is bound. He suggests that the
past due Interest OH the State debt,
and also all interest that shall be due
on the LIST of January, 1873, including
the coupons due OF that date, be fund
ed In coupon bonds of the State, due
at thirty or forty yesrs. This plan,
II adopted, without u serious reduc-
ton to the present rate Of taxation,
would ennble the State to meet its
interest In July, 1873.
Each county should, the Comp
troller thinks, be required to pay the
costs Of Its own criminal prosecutions.
The report concludes by recom-
mending that the payment Of taxes
with the scalps of destructive ami
mails, he stopped.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

EVERYTHING Is snare, and a
wicked heart Is apt 10 be taken. la.
bor to be sensible of this, and let the
sinfulness Of your nature be your
greatest burden. Get purity ofheart,
and holy life will follow upon IL,
but II you strive only against out
ward acts of sin, while your heart Is
let alone, your labor viii be In vain.
Remember, that Gods eyes are In
the heart, and He hath provided a
hell for bypocrites.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
Death Of the Hero OF Fort sumter

A private telegram, received by a
relative at Cincinnati, announces
the death Of General Robert Amber.
son, the hero Of Fort Sumter, NJ Nice,
France, yesterday. The report ofhi,
destitute circumstances is pronoun ,ed
wholly untrue.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

II Is sweet TO have friends you can
trust, and convenient sometimes Ia
have friends who are not AFRAID 10
trust you.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

LIVE 1T Down. An honest black
smith was once grossly insulted, and
his character UNANIMOUSLY DETAINED.
Friends advised him to seek redress
by means Of the law, but to one and
all he replied: "No: / will go IL
my forge, and there In six months
shall have worked out such u charac-
ter and earned such ms all the judges,
law courts any lawyers in the world
could never give me. He was right.
1t is by honest labor, industrious toll
manly toll, and conscience void ol
oifense that We assert our true digni-
ty, and prove our truth, honesty and
respectability.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

Pride Is increased by ignorance,
those who assume the most are usu-
ally those who know the least.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
CLARKSVILLE
FEMALE ACADEMY

,I,HE SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
j this institution begins on the ith OF
september next.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04
LOOK OUT.

A NY one desiring the WALLACE PAT
"A EMIT CRATE, will please call on me-
Is have purchased the exclusive !fns
shuuld ai,y one bny elsewhere than 81
David Hooser, at Hopkinsviiie. or OF ~:
;. iDorrls. Of ilarksvilie. with view oi
,sing them In said counties. ~ n uhny,
,nys done. 4 viii, IN the tutute, prohlbit
heir use unless parclIasrd Of Mr. hoossS
" mysrif, Al, Al n,,,,t,ir
u-l---st 49,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

Has hand complete stock DRUGS and MEDICINES
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, CHEMICALS, PATENT
MEDICINES, OILS and DYESrUFFS, PAINTS, PUTTY GLASS
which Physicians prescriptions
and orders will have and careful
EN- u house Feb -, 1871 ny
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

Of the best quality. Come along, friends,
and will show you something that will
do to bet on. .
Sept 0, '7l-tf
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-04

a material reduction of taxation can
be made unless new and reliable
sources Of revenue can be made q vail
able, sufficient to supply such deficit
as may result from Il reduction,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28

Fashion has ut last laid her hands on
the babies. A baby's wardrobe has be.
come as expensive piece Of work as that
Of queen Of the beau monde. Their caps
and 6onnets are made in the latest fashion,
and their baskets and bassanets perfect
maryels Of cOnvoluted laces and ribbons.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28
DIR. JOHNSON

Member Of tho Royal College OF Surgeons, Lon.
don, Graduate Of one Of tho most eminent Col.
legeg IN ne United States; and tho greater part
London, Paris, Philadelphia and elseWhere' has
effected some OF the most astonishing cures that
were ever known. Many troubled with ringing
In the head and cars when asleep, great nervous.
ness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashlTl.
ness, with frequent blushIng, attended some.
times with arrangement Of mind, wGrG cured
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28

reflect that sound mind and body arc tho most
necessary requisites 10 promote connubIal hap.
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prospect hOurly dlrkens to the view, thS mind
becomes Swallowed with despair aud Oiled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness Of
another hccOnICs blIuhInd with mr. n,v,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28
GheG,ttdi4eneers,
"JONES."

The following little story, with its
moral, though written for the Macon,
Georgia, Telegraph, is quite too good to
be enjoyed by the farmers Of the South
alone:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28

The following little story, with its
moral, though written for the Macon,
Georgia, Telegraph, is quite too good to
be enjoyed by the farmers OF the South
alone:
knew man and he lived in Jones
Which Jones Is q county Of rod hills and stones
And he lived pretty much bygstting OF loans,
Aud his mules wcru nothing hut skin and bones,
And his hogs were nat ~ his cOrn'bread PONIES,
And he had 'bOut thousand acres OF land.
This mainland his name was also Jones'
lie sworc that he'd leave tlicm old red hills and
stones, -.ir
For lie couldn't make nothIn' hut yellowish cot
/ ton, lr#-
And little Of that, for his fences were rotten,
And what little cotton he had, that was bouGhten,
And no couldn't get living from the land.
And the longer he sworc the maddcr he got,
And hc'rose and he walked 10 the stable lot,
And no hOlloOed to Tom to come there and hitch,
rich, ..
And 10 quit raising cock burs, thistlcs aud SIGH,
And wasting their time on barren lands.
So him and Tom they ltched up their mules,
Protesting that folks were mighty big fools
That I'D stay In Georgia their lifetime out,
jest scratching a living, when all OF them
mought
Get places in Texas where cotton would sprout
BY the time you could plant It In the land.
And he drove by house where man named
Brown
Was living, not for from the edge Of the town,
Ana he hantered Brown for TO buy his place,
Aud said that seeing as money was skACe,
And seeding as AheFiif5 were hard to flcc,
Two dollars wOald get the land.
They cIopcd at dollar and my cents,
And Jones he bought him Il wagon and tents,
Aud loaded his corn, and his women, and truck,
And moved TO Texas, which ittook
His entire pile, with tho best OF luck,
To got there and get him little land.
But Brown moved out on tho old Jones' farm,
And he rolled mp his breeches and barred his arm,
And he picked all tho rocks from Otf'n the ground
And he rooted 1t up and plOughed II down,
And FOwed his corn and wheat In the land.
Five years GID by, and Brown, one day.,
Who got so fat that he wouldn't wcIgh,)
Was altting down, Sorter lazlly,
10 the bnlliGst dinner you ever see,
When one OF the children Jumped on his knee
And says, ,",'yan's Jones, which you bought
And thCIe was Jones, standing ont at the fence,
And he hadn't no wagon, nor mules, nor tents.
,Eon had left Texas afOOt and conc
Georgia TO SEQ II he couldn't get some
Employment, and he was looking az hum
DlcAs II he had never owned any land.
D1t Brown he asked him In, and he sot DO. .
Him down to his ViCtuals smoking bot,
Aud when he filled himself and the floor
brown looked at him sharp and swOrG
That whether mems land was rich or poor,
There was more IN the man than there was in
the land" ST..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28
YOUNG MEM

Who haye Injured themselves hya certain prac.
tlce, INDUCED In when alone, a habit frequently
learned nom evel companions, Or al school, the
eliects Of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and, II not cured, renders marriage i'm.
possible, and destroys both mind and body,
should apply Immediately.
What pity thltA Young man, the hope OF his
country, Tho pride Of his parents, should be
snatChCd rom oil prospects and GnlOyments OF
llio by tho consequences Of dcYiating from tho
path Of nature, and indulging In a certain GO.
Crcl habit, Such persons must, before Contcm.
nlatIhO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28

ELEcrMcrrY AS A MOTIVE PowER.-
A Washington dispatch says that Gen.
Leggett, the new Commissioner Of Pa.
TENT, has placed in charge Of u special
examiner tho improvement in machinery
for using electricity as o motive power
for which caveats are now being filed. A
New jersey inventor claims that the pow.
Or can be by his invention indefinitely
multiplied without increasing the size Of
the battery or the strength Of the current.
He has here q two-hOrse power engine,
run by single cup battery, tho expense
being no greater than the cost ola battery
In country telegraph Office.