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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-03
Columbia, s. G.

A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch thus writes concerning Column
bia, s. c..
This city was once the pride Of the
State. Besides being its capital, much
of the wealth and refinement of the State
was centered here; for here were the
homes of many Of the largest planters
within her borders. The stores of her
merchants we're filled with the costliest
iewelry and fabrics that could be had.
None better or finer were to be found IN
all the South. The buildings were on the
most elaborate plan, and the grounds
around them were laid off in the most
elegant style and filed with beautiful
shrubbery and flowers of the brightest
hues and most exquisite fragrance. But
Old times have changed. old manners gone,
A stranger fills the Stuarts' throne"
and scarcely a vestige of the former city
except her wide streets and magnificent
distances remain to tell Of her former
magnifcenee. First, the vandals OF
Sherman in his famous march to the
sea laid it low in ashes. Scarce house
was left. Then the domination OF ig
norant negroes--now masters where they
were once slaves-produced despond
ing effect upon the people; and now, as
| if they had not already suffered enough
the arrests under the Ku-Klux proclama'
ton have come to utterly break, II pos
sible. the hopes and prosperity OF her
citizens. As yet, however, they work
undauntedly on. Much of the city has
been rebuilt, but not in its former mag
niEeence.
Until recently trade had been quite
active, and the hopes of the people had
TO a considerable extent revived, but the
excitement in the surrounding counties,
caused by the arrests Of more than a
hundred citizens, and the uncertainty as
regards their future condition, has
caused a very great depression in trade
Hundreds Of men have fed the
State TO avoid apprehended arrests, and
left their families unprotected, and 9TH
ers fear TO leave home and their families
to insult during their Sbsence. To show
the state Of feeling existing in Columbia
/ will mention one circumstance: One
OF the parties DfOuRhl 10 lhlb jail udu
hearing before the United States com
missioner few days since. On the trial
no witnesses appearing for the prosecu-
ton. his counsel moved for his discharge,
but the commissioner postponed the
case twelve days until witnesses could
be found. When this decision was made
known, the counsel for the prisoner re-
marked that Il this state Of things was
10 continue he trembled for his own
safety as well as that Of every man in
the community, for IL any one could be
arrested and incarcerated untiltestimony
could be found there was no telling what
would be the end Of it, or words to that
effect Such is the general feeling in
regard to this reign Of terror. One
young man from Chester county told your
correspondent that he had done nothing
which demanded his arrest, but be was
momentarily expecting it, and, said he,
woe TO the man by whose instrumer-
tality / am arrested. These two cir
cumstances will give you some idea Of
the state Of feeling existing in this State.
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Our aHOssn PREsIDENr.
New stables for the white Hous

New stables for the White House.
The Washington Chronicle gives an
extended description Of the President
superb stables in that city, which are
rapidly approaching completion. They
viii be two stories high, having a pressed
brick front, with trimmings Of Seneca
stone and a most gorgeous ard elabo
rately finished French roof, from the
center Of which a handsome tower will
arise. The ventilation has been ar
ranged on the most perfect plan, hues
being used throughout the building.
There are 70 be two wings, for the ac-
commodation Of four carriages. All
the modern improvements are 10 be in
troduced, including gas and water, and
marble dust is TO be used on the front
with the mortar, instead Of white sand.
The stalls for the Presidential horses and
colts will be quite roomy and elegant,
while in the cellar q tasty boudoir is 10
be provided for the dedication Of the
Presidential COW. The hostlers will
have neat and well-furnished apartments
on the second floor. When finished il is
expected that the stables Will compare
faForatly with any in the country. There
are larger ones, IL is true, but none that
compare 9Th them IN beauty, style Of
finish. adornments and completeness.
The cost Of the enterprise is estimated
by the architect at $50. 600.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.



IESOUTH MEMPHIS, No. llS-meets I'd Friday
in each month--hali corner Madison and SEQ
ond. w. S. Matthews, W. M; Ben X. Pull
AseTRoNA, No. 16s-meets LIST Monday In
every month, at Odd Fellows' Hall. corner
Court and Main. @. M. Carroll. W. M; John
Beamish, Secretary.
LEILA ScoTT, No. 2S9-meets LIST Friday Of
each month-hall corner Madison and Second.
III. II. Higbee, W. NJ; Nj. 5. Judah. Sec'y.
DESoTO, No. Connects Sd Friday Of each
month-Odd FellOwsp Hall. Il. @. William
con, W. NJ; K. W. Shelton. Secretary.
KuwIENrNG, No. 3il-meets 4th Friday Of
each month-at South Memphis Hall. corner
Of Madison and Second. W. B. Richardet,
W. NJ; Louis Czapski, Secretary.
ROYAL ARCH.
PENN CHAPTER. No. 22-meets I'd Monday OF
each month-0dd Fellows Hall, c NJ. Car
roll, M. Il. II. p; 3. NJ. Levy, Secretary.
MEMPHIS CHAPTER, No 95-meets OF Odd
Fellow Hall, Sd Monday Of each month. W.
s. Matthews. NJ. e. IL. p; John W. Ward,
Secretary.
II. AND g. N.
EUREKA COUNCIL, No. 6-meets 3D. Monday
of each fnonth-Odd Fellows Hall. d. b.
Forster, Tn. H.; G. II. Myers, Rec.
TRHPLARs.
CYRENE CoNlfAEDERY, no. 4--meets 9Th Mon
day Of each month. Geo. Mellersh, Com. I.
j. Barchus, Rec.
CALVARY CHATTER OF RosE Cook. 18th. No.
!. Charles W. Adams, sd. M. W.; II.
T. Tomlinson, Sd. Sec.'.
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lA-vxiii-142

Sinking Fast.-Pals, miserable, discour-
aged, without relish for food, without energy
enough for exertion. yet with no acute pain,
or other specific indication of disease, how
often do we see feeble inyalids fading as it
were out Of life without any apparent cause.
We say Of them that they are sinking fast. /"
or " sinking gradually" as the case may be.
But there Is ne good reason why they should
sink at all. Persons in this dead alive state
simply want inyigorating and vitalizing. Ma
ture, in a state Of torpor, demands help.
Bring out the reserve Of vitality in the system,
brace the nerves; tone the stomach. break up
the morbid trance of body and mind with
course Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Il can
be done. 1t has been done in Thousands Of
instances. The effect upon the eneryated
frame is electric. Never give up. however
languid and broken down. Remember that
for the exhausted. the debilitated, the de-
spending. this powerful vegetable restorative
is a genuine elixir. Il is not a mere stimnlant
that provokes transient fash Of vigor in the
system, and then leaves 1t in more depressed
condition than before. II removes the causes
Of debility by altering the secrstions aud reg
ulating the action Of the internal organs, as
well as reinforcing them. 1t is particularly
valuable medicine at this season, because it
Is an antidote to the malaria which produces
Intermittent fever. bilious collie and other
disorders Of the bowels prevalent in the fall.
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Interest all Readers,

Thus making the WEEKLY LEDGER a well
ONE. pleasing and interesting
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Ticket Office. S7S Main street. corner of South
Court.
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Franklin Book Binderv

oLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING. AND
b bindine Of every description. erccuted IN
a very superior manner, ana HAff-nlsi y
1--WE entire satiEllctlon.
- Nv Blank Book uapcrembr1c'e tne nrlt
nfilr In Auaricat ny stock curn - o. ne
fne9t In The entire market, arq rrlf e. @ eotl,
peta With any house IN Aenr pas. - ~ ~ ~.
fnf IA 10 their Interest o. .Iial ne a tall eei.re
Qriering elleghe-c. - -
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CENTRAIIzING DIVORCE.
A Movements for a National Divorc
law.

Movement Tor a NutlOnhi DlNofee
law.
Herald Washington Special
A rather remarkable movement mas
been put on foot here by Mrs. Admiral
Dahlgren, Mrs. General Sherman ana
the other ladies who are taking an act
i've part in opposing woman suffrage,
the scheme being nothing less IMAM 70
completely outhank the sutiragists oil
the Tilton-Woodhous school. These
ladies do not believe that the Constitu-
ton as it now stands, gives to women the
right TO vote, and they are determined
to deprive the others Of their so-called
sixteenth amendment by occupying the
ground themselves, with an amendment
providing for uniform system OF d.
vorce. Their principal argument IN Ia
vor of the new measure is that II the
courts in other States are obliged to rec
ognize Indiana divorces as valid, though
they are generally obtained by fraud,
the tribunals of that State virtually abb
sorb the whole divorce business OF the
country, and imperil the property and
marital rights Of every woman from
Maine to California. This, they think,
makes the question one of such national
importance as to require theinterterenee
of Congress, under constitutional SAFE
guards; and they desire the constitu-
tional provision they are seeking to be
called the Sixteenth amendment. !,
They are going to work like real
high-born ladies to encompass their
ends, and design having their measure
first introduced into the Senate rather
than the House, since the former is a
body of much more decorum and dignity
than the latter. What is more, MI.
Trumbull is to be asked to take charge
of the amendment, both as Chairman OF
the Judiciary Committee and as the
purest and best of the Senators OF the
! United States. 1t is believed that tins
measure will secure for American women
all the rights they care to exercise IN
public affairs and save them from the
wrongs of such pernicious legislation as
is the disgrace OF Indiana. The flank
movement on the suffragists by appro-
priating their favorite amendment is
regarded as a good stroke and one that
will nut at rest the agitation of ques-
ton which few ambitious women, by
driving its best friends into obscurity'
have made disreputable. 1t is not IN
tended to make the amendment too rad
| zeal. and it is only feared that it may be
defeated by the promoters OF so-called
reform overlooking it and killing it. A
lively scrimmage among the female pol
iticians is expected, and the movement
] oonno+ Gail 20 odd new features to that
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Attachment Notice.

Jno. Overton VS.. E. B Denny, g. II. Denny
and JAS. Peabody. General Agents Weeds
Sewing Machine Company. doing business
in the city of Memphis, under the name
and style Of Denny 4 Peabody.
A ENACTMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
n in the above entitled cause. on the ground
of Tennessee, and the same having been re-
turned by the proper officer, LEVIED, etc.,
the defendants are hereby notified to appear
on Thursday, November %. 1871, at my Office
in the city Of Memphis. at 10 o'clock Am,
proceeded with OK parte. This notice will be
published in the Public Ledger newspaper for
5s-5S-65-7i S. A. MOORE. ]. P.
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ITnited Ancient osaer OF Druias.

TENNESSEE GROVE, No. I, U. A. o. D.
meets at the Druid Hall, No. 81 South Court
street, on the let and "a Tuesday evenings In
each month. j, s.. Heilieers. n. A, j.
Beehler. v. A; +. W ButtinEhaus. Secre-
tary; John L. Ii hberF, Treasurer.
MEMPHIS GROVE. No. 1--meets at the Druid
Hall. 81 Court street, every Thursday evening.
VIM. NJ. Loeb, n. A.; II. Oertel. v. Al j.
y. Shide, Secretary; Barney Gray. Treasurer.
Hall, 81 Court street. on the lgt and Sd Mon
day evenings in each month. A. u. Davis.
", A.; George W. Baxter. v A.; NJ. Bren,
Secretary; Martin Cohen. Treasurer.
the Druid Hall, on the ID and 9Th Tuesday
evenings in each month. J. Beehler, y. S. A.
A. HitEfeld, Secretary.
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mo. All. REPETITION for Divorced
In the First Chancery Court, OF
Shelby County, Tenn.

FIJI. Lucas
VS..
Cora A. Lucas
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
L this cause that the defendant Cora S. Lucas
il nonresident Of the State of Tennessee
IL is therefore ordered that she make her ep-
pearance herein, at the courthouse in the city
Of Memphis, Tennessee, on or before the first
Monday in December. 1871, and plead, answer
or demur to complainant's bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as TO her and set
for hearing OK parte. and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week, for four sue.
cessiye weeks, in the Pablo Ledger.
EDMUND A. COLE,
Clerk and Master.
ByR. j. BLACK, Deputy Clerk and Master.
j. Nj. Gregory. Solicitor for complainant.
5l-57-63-70
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an MARRIAGE.

Harry RELIEF FOR You've MEN from the
effects Of Errors and Abuses in early life
Nervous debility cured. Impediments e
Marriage removed. New method Of treat
ment. New and remarkable remedies. Book
and Circulars sent free. in sealed envelops
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No.
South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. 3-S
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Avoid Quaoks. victim Of early indiscre-
tor, causing nervous debility and premature
decay, having tried in vain every advertised
remedy, has discovered a simple Means OF
seIf-cure. which he will send free to his fell
low-sufferers. Address
j. II. REEVES,
2l-xiy2Oeod 70 Nassau street. New York.
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On Monday, November 90, 1871,

Court Square, in the city Of Memphis, Ten
nessee, sell for each. to the highest bidder.
the following described property. to-wit:
Lying and being on the south line Of Polar
street, fronting sixtv-one feet on Poplar street
feet to an alley, and beginning at the north
east corner Of lot sold by Jno. NJ. Lea and
wife TO J. N. Brooks. and az point sixty-fye
feet five inches west Of the intersection Of the
streets; thence west Eixty-One feet ;
thence south one degree east one
hundred and fifty eight feet 70 an alley 4;
thence east with said alley sixty-one feet;
thence north one degree west one hundred and
ifty-eight feet 70 beginning. Title believed
TO Be good, but will sell and convey only as
trustee. Equity Of redemption barred.
43-6s d. II. POSITION, Trustee.
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Attachment Notice.

S. L. James I
VS..
W. A. Fitchner.J
A TTACHMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
"A in the above entitled cause. on the
grounds that the defendant is a nonresident
Of the State OF Tennessee. and the same having
been returned by the proper officer. levied.
etc, the defendant hereby notified to appear
U mv ons Ia c;tx os snS;s a aD dsfsnd
this action. or the same will be proceeded with
ex parte. This notice will be published in the
Public Ledger, newspaper published in the
city of Memphis, once week for four consec-
utive weeks.
64-60-66-72 s. A. MOORE. j. p.
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Attachment Notice.

). II. HOusol
AK. carior.J
A PLACEMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
n In the above entitled cause. on the
grounds that the defendant Is a nonresident
Of the State Of Tennessee. and the same having
been returned By the proper oticer. levied.
etc. i, the defendant Is hereby notified 70 appear
on November II, lSll, az 10 An, A. ny once
In the city Of Memphis, and defend this action,
or the same will be proceed with ex parte.
This notice will Be published In the Public
Ledger, a Newspaper Published In the city OF
Memphis, once week Tor Jour conI,4eeuuFe
weeks. ~. a. NUM-,
ss-ff-50-5s Justice Of The Peace.
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mo. 428.l ai'
In the Second Chancery Court Of
Shelby County, Tenn.
The Weed Sewing Machine Co.. of Conn.



TT APPEARING FROM THE BILL DULY
l. sworn to in this cause that the de-
fendant, Il. B. Denny, is Justly indebted to
the complainant in the sum Of about $1,000,
due By two promissory notes. and that said
Denny is a nonresident of the State Of Ten
nessee. and has abseonded and left the State.
and that for these causes an attachment was
sued out of this court against the property. of
defendant, and the same was issued and has
been returned by the Sheriff. duly levied on
the property Of defendant, Il. B. Denny;
It is therefore ordered by the Clerk and Mas
ter that he make his appearance herein,
at the courthouse of the Second Chancery
Court ofehelby county. in the city of Mem
phis. Tenn. on or before the first Mo day in
January. 1872. and plead, answer or demur TO
compliments bill or the same will be taken for
confessed as TO him, said Denny, and set for
hearing ex parte, and that copy of this order
be published once week. for four successive
weeks, in the Memphis Public Ledger. This
November l, 1871. M. d. u. STEWART,
Clerk and Master.
By @. BELoHER, Deputy Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest:
Humes x Poston, Solicitors for complainant.
k4-G0-ff-7l
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Attachment Notice.

J. II. House
vs..
George Gardner
A PLACEMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
"A In the above entitled cause, on the ground
that defendant is nonresident Of the State
OF Tennessee. and the zane having been 70
defendant Is hereby notified 70 appear on the
nth day Of November, 1911, at 10 q. m. at ny
Office. in the city Of Memphis. and defend this
action, or the same will be proceeded with
ex parfe. This notice will be published In the
Public Ledger Newspaper for four consecutive
weeks. S. A. MOORE,
28-ii-50-56 Justice Of the Peace.
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Hon. James Brooks, Of the New York
Express, writes from Pekln as iollows'
One of the first things impressing a
traveller in China is the babies, the count
less babies. Nautilus, evidently, IS not
read here, or the New England native
American non-propagation creed; Null
tiply and replenish the earth, IN our
Bible, ia in the Confucian classics, in an
other paraphrase "Beget children, toibe
sure Of having your bones well taken
care of" "The more sons you have
the better off you are in heaven Girl
babies however, alas for the poor things,
are deemed curses rather than blessings,
more especially II you have too many OF
them-such curses, that often the little
iasses are tumbled away to perish-boy
babies, never. All the junks we passed,
or saw, were more or less filled with
babies-naked babies, mixed up with
the cocks, and hens, and dogs, and kit
tens. Fathers were as often fondling
them as the mothers This love OF
babies It is that makes up the Chinese
countless numbers, ever populatlng the
land, and forcing the poor often to starye,
or TO live on kitten outlets or puppy
steaks. What we saw most Of on our
boat Journey, was watermelons, pretty
good ones species of cantelopes, that
they nibble, as monkeys would; then
peaches, that nobody else could eat
they are so bad-with onions, onions,
onions innumerable. Indeed, the whole
population hereabout seems saturated
with onions and opium. isaae
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Hon. James Brooks, writing from Tien
Tain, China, to the New York Express
of the great food already reported by
telegraph, says: All the upper North
China appears to have broken loose, and
to be flowing down here in mud, straw,
bamboo, millet, sorghum and other
crops, etc. The grand canal has broken
out and is pouring in the Yellow river,
If not the Yangtze. Houses, mud and
straw built, are tumbling down by the
thousands. Whole villages are gone and
all the inhabitants drowned. The desc
lation Of the typhoon / witnessed in Ja-
pan is but trife in comparison with
this universal misery. Thousands will
starye to death this coming winter.
The honor of being the richest man in
the United States lies between William
B. Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and A.
T. Stewart. Probably neither of these
gentlemen can tell within ten millions
what he is worth, and there is not sup
posed to be so much difference between
them. Sixty millions is medium esti-
mate of the wealth of either Of the
three. So says the New York Express.
The handsome Nathan mansion in
New York cannot be rented for love or
money, on account Of the murder.
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RAnLROAD TIME TABLEs. |.

Ferryboat will leave wharfboas, foot Of
Union street. daily. at $50 am.
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LOCAL.
Truslee Sale.


by VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY in
ID me vested by decree Of the First Chancery
Court Of Shelby county, Tenn. rendered IN
the cause Of W, !, Harden VS.. X. n, Brown
and others, No. 40. N. II. b., such decree
sqbstitutpS ne Is trustee iP room and stead sad
Of trust executed by James Young and wife.
on the 18th day Of January. 1881, TO said Pos
ton, upon the lands hereinafter described, and
by virtue Of the authority so vested in me as
aforesaid, will, on tHt AtHl
Saturday, December 2, 1871,
within legal hours, ~ front Of the sheria's
Office, in the city OF memphis. Tenn, on the
west side of Second street, between Union and
Gayoso streets, and in front OF the south por-
ton Of the Greenlaw Opera House, proceed TO
sell, for cash, to the highest and best bidder,
the following real estate. or so much thereof
cured by the trust. The property lies in Shelby
county, Tenn. and is thus described: The
front tract, containing 0 40-100 acres,
and being, the. same that was con
ley Blakemore by deed dated 18th. February,
1856, registered in the Registers Office OF
Shelby county in book %. pp. 26I-S, and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at sweet
gum 10 ehains and AZ links south OF Bfadshaw's
south line Of q 400 acre tract and on the line
between said j. Young and A. g. Blakemore;
thence west. crossing Cane creek, 4 chains;
thence south % chains and 30 links TO a sweet
gum tnence east fcnhlnb 70 n, ". blhke-
more's southwest corner; thence north %
chains and 50 links with A. e.. Blakemore's
west line to the beginning. Also so much Of
the following dosrcribed property as had not
been sold or mortgaged to others prior to jan
nary Is, 1851. and remained the property Of
James Young and his wife on that day. The
description of the whole tract Is as follows,
containing about 40 acres, and being a part
of tract originally in the name of James
Seawell: Beginning ut the northwest corner
of said original tract at stake north 49,
east ~ links from white oak marked W. p. |;
thence east passing an elm.at 10 chains and
links, the southeast corner of j. Ramsey's
5000 acre grant, In all 80 chains, TO a stake Of
sweet and black-gum and black oak pointers I;
thence south. crossing Cane creek at chains
and p links, in all 10 chains and 40 links, to
| q sweet-gum thence west chains TO n stake !;
thence south. crossing said creek at chains,
in all % chains and so links to q sweet
gum thence east chains TO o stake and
dogwood; thence south 6 chains and 10
links to stake and black-gum marked
h.; thence west 30 chains to stake /;
thence north 40 chains and 70 links to the be-
ginning, to which. deed of trust and the
Chancery Court record, reference is here made
for greater certainty. Titles believed to be
good. but will sell and convey only trustee
Equity Of redemption barred. Ir
MARCUS j. WRIGHT,
Sheriff Of Shelby county and Trustee.
HuMKs & Posr0S, Attorneys.
5S-78