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sWEENY.


The New York Herald, of Wednesday,
says Peter B. sweeny has resigned
his Office as Commissioner of Public
Parks, and expresses in his letter to
Mayor Hall, published in the Herald to-
day, his intention to retire entirely from
public life, and henceforth to con6ne his
connection with political affairs to the
single duty of voting Mr.. Sweeny has
been an active and useful member Of the
department over which he has presided,
and to him the people are especially in
debted for the great improvements made
in the city parks, and for those compre-
hensive plans for the development of
the upper part of the island and Of West
chester county which have already ad-
ded SO largely to the value Of city and
suburban property.
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Amusements.


u lMEHPHIs TnELfER.r Fought Mrs.
D. P. Bowers will appear in the attract
i've and popular drama Mary Stuart, the
ill.fated Queen Of Scotland. The char
acter Of Lord George Douglas" will
be presented by Mr.. McCollom. Mary
Stuart is one of the great specialties Of
Mrs, BdVsis, ahdacrOwded and fashion
able house will no doubt be present this
evening. Seats are being rapidly en-.
gagged FOR every night this week
BRooMs. Great attractions are pre-
sented every night at Broom's Opera
House on Jefferson street. Manager
Broom has a fine company, consisting Of
ballet troupe and a number Of sensa-
tional .vocalists and specially perform
ers. The Can-Can is produced every
evening.
OLYPIo VAEETIEs.-Ma Manager LusR s
Washington Street 1heater continues to
be as popular as ever with the public. A
new company has been engaged, con-
sisting Of the best variety talent in the
country. The big calcium light on Main
street designates where the Can-Can
hourishes.
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NEW YORK.
Departure of General sherman ana
Lieufenant Grnnt-JOurda ana
N-t,- ~ - Nawa nf AlaNfa- ~ O.

Departure of General sherman and
Iieufennnt Grnnt-JOurdani and
Cuba-N0 News OF Alexis. tAtt tt
NEW YoRk, November l4.-The frigate
Wabash arrived this, morning, and at
two o'clock pm. Lieut.. Fred Grant took
his departure for Europe with General
Sherman, Admiral Alden and Colonel
Andenried.
Mr.. Phelps, counsel for General Jour
dan, who was indicted for violating the
neutrality laws in preparing q Cuban ex-
petition, yesterday moved before Judge
Woodruff, in the United States Circuit
Court, that the case be proceeded with
The District Attorney said he was not
ready, but he would stipulate that if he
was ready to go on with the trial at an
early day.. weara %
A not. pros. viii be entered in the
ease of j. II. Ingersoll, who still avoids
arrest by keeping out of the county.
He is at present in Orange, N. j.
John o Brien aged twenty years, was
placed on trial in the Court OF denerai
Sessions to-day, for the murder of Chas.
Casey in liquor saloon in Roosevelt
street some time since. 0'Brien's coun-
sci put in a plea Of manslaughter' and
the prisoner was sentenced tothe State
prison for four years to hard labor.
There is no news Of Prince Alexis and
the Reception Committee sin great
state Of excitement. No more vessels
have yet arrived and it may be several
days before the Prince puts 10 an APP
pearance.
The steamer Franklin, from the Bah
tic via Halifax, is detained by the
Health Officer at the upper quarantine e,
with thirty cases of cholera on board,
Last evening the sick were transferred
} to-the hospital receiving ship.
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sfnte rnxes COLLECTED.

Privilege Tax Collector Mathes re-
ports the State taxes collected from
merchants for the year ending April l,
1871. at s29, G93 Is; for seven months up
to the first of October the amount col
lected was s2O,S72 SO. The amount re-
funded to Wholesale liquor dealers was
S2475. For the year ending April J.,
1871, the tipplers' tax paid amounted
to 500 1872 20; and for the seven
months ending October LIST it amounted
to 92ss 'l6. Total tax collected for the
State from merchants and saloon-keepers
for the entire period of time mentioned
above $E7 e62 ~. The amount collected
under the tipplers' tax comes within a
few THOUSAND dollars Of amounting to
the sum paid BY the merchandise the
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CINCINNATI.


CISoISSATI, November I4.-John d.
Martin. Mail Agent on the Louisville
and Cincinnati Short Line railroad, was
thrown from his car while rounding a
curve near Worthwhile, Ky, yesterday
evening. and is said to be dangerously il
not fatally wounded The train was
stopped Immediately after the accident
occurred. and he was picked up in an
insensible condition, but recovered in a
short time. Mr.. Martin was standing in
the car door and the train gave a sud
den lureh and he was pitched out.
John R. Murray was Killed at Pleas
ant Hill, Ohio, yesterday, by John Cecil
who struck him over the head with an
iron bar.
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CHICAGO.


CHICAGO, November 1.-THE Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company will
push their new line to Chicago as rapidly
as possible. They will enter the city on
the Illinois Central track, and If the
railroads will purchase the lake front
ground, they viii unite with other com
panies in building depots.
The Board of Public Works to-day adj
vertiss for proposals for the immediate
construction of bridges across the river
at Rush street and Chicago avenue.
The new Board Of Trade buildings are
nearly completed, and will be occupied
about the last Of this month. Business
on Change, has now resumed its former
activity. i hgl shoE ie3F4f
The smallpox has disappeared from
the barracks, all the inhabitants having
been recently yaccinated,
The Cincinnati soup house is still
doing a good business, furnishing fooG
for the hungry.
1t is reported that the Chicago Tri
bune and Times, Cincinnati Commercial
and st. Louis Republican will leave th'
Associated Press, and form a separate
news organization.
The Illinois Legislature meets for it
adjourned session at Springfield mex
session. 1t will take action for restoring
the real estate titles in Chicago, and the
result is anxiously awaited.
: The eharred bones Of a man were
found in the Government stables this
morning. They are supposed to be
those OF discharged soldier Of the
Seventh Cavalry named Henry Snyder
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elite of Washington society, and pro
to be the largest and most
fashionable audience ever assembled In
this city, greeted the Parepa-Rosa com
pany ON their first appearance last
night.
The Board of Public Works in this
city do not appear to feel confident that
the large negro vote under their control
can carry the four-million loan at the
coming election. =. " ! ~ ~
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
MEMP HISS
Tuesday Evening, Nov. liz 1871.
THE Rad OLD MAN.


One Of our Northern Democratic CO.
temporaries, referring to Wendell Phil
lips lips remarks on public affairs, says the
picture drawn of the condition of
the country is absolutely frightful, and
the remedy he proposes is the equali-
cation of property" He threatens that
"land, private property, and all sorts of
property shall be so dearly taxed that it
will be impossible to be rich that IS
the way he proposes to make an equal
division of all property. Now, leaving
out of view the utter injustice of this
bold agrarianism, if there really be any
reason why it should prevail, are not the
Radicals responsible for the state of
things that would require so terrible
remedy Have they not held undis-
puted sway in the National Govern
ment for ten years2 Have they not
subdued to their uses each and every de-
partment of the Government-the Elk
ecutive, the Legislative, and lastly the
Judiciary They have them all, and
are they not answerable for the wide
spread woe that Phillips has portrayed
When they came into power peace and
plenty smiled on all the land. And now,
as their greatest orator admits, poverty
and privation are everywhere-and all
this is the effect Of little more than ten
gears of Radical rulel And to crown
our misery, we are to be subjugated still
further and forever more by superadding
the policy and practices Of the Paris
Commune to the doctrine Of Radicalism,
under the direction of the old Radical
leader, Wendell Phillips Alas for the
results of the misgovernment. of the
last TEN YEARS.
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The Meeting this Afternoon.

To the Editor Of the Ledger: GH
The railroad to Red river and to Texas
is of more value to Memphis than any
enterprise ever contemplated by her cit
liens. Compared with this the railroads
centering in Memphis are positively in
significant in Importance. Please call
attention to the meeting called for four
clock to-day at the Chamber of Com
merce, and urge our people to come for
ward in order that steps may be inmedi'
ately taken TO build the road There is
no use in casing over the matter. We
need the road. Our merchants and citi-
zens, am sure, are all for III and now
is the time to set to work to build II.
Let there be good and fousing attend
ance at four o'clock to-day at the hall Of
the Chamber Of Com merce.
Respectfully, WV. R. MOORE.
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EDUCATIONAL.
Meeting OF The school Hoard Last
Might.

Meeting OF me sS,r"'
At the regular monthly meeting held
last night of the School Board the Super
intendent read his report, showing that
$3.50 tickets Of admission had been
issued to white children and 1852 to
colored children. The average attend
ance was 2l7O white children and 4l5
colored children
The monthly payroll amounts to
s54O5 u.s. The Treasurer reported the
total receipts slsi27e, and expenditures
ST. ,l26, leaving a balance on hand OF
s2l3O. isa NJ
After considerable discussion the re-
mort of the Committee on Rules and
REGULATIONS was adopted, by which no
person (if maleJ shah be admitted as
a teacher under the age Of twenty-one
wears, and (if a female) under the age OF
eighteen, except those who graduate at
the High School. "
The different committees reported the
schools in fine condition. The Peabody
and Linden Street Schools we're reported
over. crowded. The motion to procure
another building for the Linden Street
Schools was referred. rlne
The motion to instruct the Building
and Finance committees to find suitable
ground upon which to erect q High
School was referred.
The following visiting committees
were appointed;
Adams street--Mr. W. u. Mitchell,
DR.. Goodyear, Messrs. d. s. Plumber
and S. j. Camp.
Court street-Dr. V. f. Elliott, Messrs.
Levi Joy, G. Quackenbush and Judge
T. r. Smith.
/. Alabama street-Dr. Fenner, Messrs
III. M. Heating, John Grehan and vii
liam Frolich. $50
Linden street--Dr. W. 4. Mitchell
Messrs. W. Y. Cirode, J, II. Speed and
Marcus Jones,
! Peabody-Dr. j. L. II. Taylor, DR..
W. +. Rodgers, Messrs. IL. Dent and D.
NJ. Williamson.
Chelsea aud Raleigh road-Messrs.
J. L. Johnson, s. Folwell, I. G. Nc
Gimpsey, j. Haines and II. McCor
mack. z HiIt NON NV
Market and Poplar streets-Messrs
NJ. V. Holbrook, g. H. Stahl and j. Ne
wills
Washington street-0ld committed
continued. fs aos.byE az - .aO,
street-Former committee continued.
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WASHINGTON.
Meteorie Display Texas state

MeleOrAc DISPLAY Texas hlAAt
Bonds scheme.
WAsHINoroN, November livery
preparation has been made AZ the naval
observatory here for observing the me
teoric display, which Is expected to
occur during several nights this week.
Senator Hamilton, Of Texas is the au-
thority for the statement that certain
parties who left Texas since the recent
election in that State, are nov in New
YORK for The purpose Of selling over a
million dollars worth Of Texas State
bonds, which are fraudulent Senator
Hamilton NOV on his way 70 New
York for the purpose Of exposing, and,
II possible, defeating this scheme.
A crowded house, representing the
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LOUISVILLE.
The MuTderers of the Park Family
Discovered.

The Wanderers of the Park Family
Discovered. MN
LOUISVILLE, November Ia George
johnson, a negro, was arrested this
morning at Henryville, Ind. He con
tradicted himself under examination,
and was eontradieted by other Witnesses,
so that he was held as implicated BY the
evidence ia the murder Of the Park fam
lily. About nine o'clock last night, upon
being told that the murder was al
ready traced to him, he confessed that
he and two other negroes, Squire Taylor
and Davis, expecting to get about $4,000
by the crime, murdered the Park family.
He said that be watched outside, and
Davis held the light, while Taylor done
the killing; that they got $40, and that
the others refused fair division. PArt
ties were sent out Immediately to arrest
Taylor and Davis The two girls, Eme-
line and Helen, cannot recover. The
funeral Of three victims will take place
this morning. Great Excitement ex-
lists.
HESRYvILLE, ISD,, November l4-Mr.
Kirk, residing near here, while return
ing from the scene Of the terrible muir
der, when hear his hohey was pursued
by two rufIians, and barely escaped to
his house in time to bArrieade the door
and call for help. The rufians at
tempted to break in, when he told them
he would kill them ifthey entered They
then left, bnt returned at intervals
through the night. l.nifUHryH
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Dwelt on the wherefore
And discussed the which.

THE Oxford (Mississippi) Falcon of
the 10th says: The following persons
from near Ripley, Tippah county, were
brought to this place last Monday under
guard, charged with Ku-Kluxing: Harris
Taylor, John and Zack Noble, and
Richard Cartwright. We know nothing
in regard to the guilt or innocence of
the prisoners. ffIff
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sALE-Married. at 81. Lazarus
Church. en Wsdnssday last. By he Rev; d.
sale.
These are young Memphis people. Mr..
Jones Il the son Of the late Governor James
G. Jones. and Miss Leila il the second dauEh-
ter Of the late DR.. Sale. In the language Of
the poet, "bless you my children"
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MATuREp F1yE.rwENrIEs.

1t is stated that the August notice
from the Treasury for the redemption Of
500, 600 900 Of the matured fve-twenties
requires that they shall be presented for
payment in Washington. An appeal
has been made to the Secretary to have
most of them redeemed in New York on
the ground Of convenience to the money
center. Possibly schedules will be fur
nished the assistant treasury there for
that purpose. Of the new bonds to take
their place it is stated that but sixty mil
lions have been sent to the London syn
dictate, thus leaving thirty-fve millions
to be supplied, dedueting the FIVE per
cent. paid at the time of the subscrip-
ton. The whole transaction, however,
is to be closed on December LIST.
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ONE of the papers says that an oppor-
unity for extending our foreign rela-
tons and sending another Minister Plen-
ipotentiary abroad is offered by the ere
alton of a veritable King of the Canni'
bal Islands. The Fits have elevated
their head center to the throne under
the name and style of Ebenezer. The
national hymn will propably commence
with the familiar line,
Here I'll raise my Ebenezer.
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The Louisville Ledger says: An Ar
kansas medium went of into a trance,
and described certain carpetbag Judge
Of the County Court as the author Of
several recent horse-stealihg depreda-
tons. Like the Roman tyraut, the Ar
kansas judge had the fair spiritualist
imprisoned for simply dreaming that he
was a rogue.
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GovERSoR PALMER, of Illinois, in his
letter to his Attorney General, speaking
Of Lieutenant General Sheridan and
Mayor Mason, of Chicago, says: " They,
[Sheridan and Masonl by their lawless
acts, attacked and insulted the dignity
and authority of the State, and have,
by their dangerous example, weakened
public confidence in the Constitution
and the laws, and in their attempt to en-
force usurped and lawless authority,
they have sacrificed the life of a peacea-
HE citizen."
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TAXES.
IMPORTANT M NOTICE.
oyFIcE CRY Tax CoLLEcroR. [
MENFHIE, November 5, 1911. J

AFTER THE 1sT OF DECEMBER THERE
will be 40 DISCOUNT allowed on CITY rAxEs
FeR 1871. The act giving tan PR oEST. DIS
cousT being HEPKsrED ct the regular Coussi,
meeting. November lat, tax-payers are ie-
a..eated 10 come up BkfohK ms lsr or De-
cEnBER. FELIX W. ROBERTSON.
s-s2 City Tax Collector.
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IT turns out that Camp, the United
States Attorney at Knoxville, has not
lost his head. Brownlow and Maynard
demanded his removal for political rea'
sons. 1t was announced that his head
had fallen, but it is now said that the
statement was not true. Camp went to
Washington, saw the President, Of
course, and
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A WAsHISGToS special says that relia-
BILE advices from Georgia are to the ei-
feet that the Legislature will refuse to
recognize about fifty million dollars
worth Of bills assuming liability for rail-
road corporations, which are alleged to
have been passed by the old Legislature
through BuIlocks influence But this
is only specimen of the condition Of
affairs in the Southern States, brought
about by Radical rule in four years.
Such enormous and inexcusable frauds
as have been committed in the name Of
loyalty have no parallel in the worlds
history; and to make matters still worse
Grant proposes to put every community
under martial law that objects to or
tries 10 expose them.
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WAIVED.
TO COTTON PICKERs.

L CAN GIVE EMPLOYMENT TO ~wENTY
Il cotton pickers on ne Bedford ic,rrm1s, eigh!
bottom. Wages, one dollar per hundred
pounds Report 10 the managers on said
farms ff0-fSl B. W. BEDFORD. 1
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FORTUNE TELLER.

ME ANNE,
VHR FORTUNE TELLER. CAN BIZ CON-
II suited u ~
Ies Main webster BIoek). Sd aOor.
l7f
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THE Cincinnati Enquirer says: The
New York papers come to us loaded
with congratulatory jargon about the
late city election. The Sun takes a
very sensible view of it, and heads its
editorial column with 1.-The Revolution
in the State-Now for the Nation.
That's the talk. While our good Re
publican friends have their hands in, lei
us move upon the corrupt, thieving car
pet-bag governments of Grant in the
South, and the custom-house robbers
and revenue swindlers in the North.
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NOTICE.
MEMPHIs LITERARY sOCIETY.

A IL MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO
~ - rreseut - tht reEnlf lneetIhr this
efenlnr ~ ~ O'Clock. u busincss of IN
portance 20 ali o. 10 be tranaacted. Done By
''1'' u ''' \. J. MoLEMoRR, sse'y.
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We beg our citizens to go to the
Chamber Of Commerce at four o'clock
this afternoon and beslir themselves for
the read that will connect Memphis with
the Red river country. The people all
along the liue want the road, and Mem
phis must have IT,
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In is stated that in Great Britain
many railroad companies have secured
a profitable traffic by pursuing policy
toward commuters so liberal and accom-
modating that new towns have rapidly
grown up on their lines, creating a solid
basis for the permanent.s support OF the
roads that without such action would
not have existed at all. In this country
the policy generally adopted by similar
companies is TO treat commuters as II
they were set Of imposters, giving them
the least possible accommodation for
the highest rates of fare they think i
safe to exact.
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rHr wAnnERIna uLYssHs.

The Cincinnati Commercial gives a
very minute account, which occupies
over three columns in fine type, Of the
wandering of Ulysses" since General
Lees surrender and thus sums up:
The foregoing are the wanderings OF
Ulysses. Since his nomination as Pres
ident as the figures above will show, he
has been absent from Washington sol
DAYS mot including, as we have before
stated, the days of his returningl, and
has traversed. as nearly as can be de-
termined, 1869 miles; or, since the
surrender of Lee, he has been absent 754
days, and wandered distance Of g.
O58 miles-not counting numberless
drives, horseback excursions and little
trips that have escaped telegraphic rec
IGNITION. Much indeed has he been
tossed about, both on the sea and on the
land and-think Of that sixty-odd thous-
and mile trail Of cigar-smokel
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.


AMERICAN PRESS AssooIArroE, VIA Q. p! A.
TELEGRAPH ooNPAEr
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AnHUAL BALL.

ANNUAL GRAND BALL
Or -
Ezra Lodge No. 80, Ale K s. B.
WILL BR GIyEN AT sIENPHIs CLUB
w HAIL. Monday, N0fembef ~. Isl Ter
the Joint benefit Of the above lodge and the
Cleveland Orphan Asylum. Tickets, o.; ad-
hitting one gentleman and ladies. 02-o3
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CEMENT
CEMENT, PLASTER AND LIME.
.Prices Reduced!

FOR CASH ON DELIVERY.
Hay. Corn, Oats and Bran at the lowest
market rates. JOHN A. DENIE,
ii-s9is No. a South Court street.
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LEGAL.
RECEIVERS SALE OF LAND.
DY AUTHORITY OF THE oHANoERY
ID Court Of Memphis. Tennessee. will sell,
On Thursday, December z, 1871,

commencing at ten q clock IN, al the Real
Estate Exchange Of Royster. He1evant A Co..
northeast corner Of Jeherson and Main streets,
Memphis, about p 900 acres Of land. lying in
the counties of Poinsett, Craighead, Kan
dolph, Green and Monroe, in the State Of Ar
kansas. Some portion Of this land "a said 10
Be OF superior fertility, and lying contiguous
to protected lines Of railroads In said stats
valuable for both its timber and soil. am
authorized By the decree OF said court 70 ac-
cept in payment for said lands anyvalid debts
against the Gayos0 Savings Institution; and
said lands will accordingly be offered for sale
either for cash OF for such debts AZ have been
6led or allowed BIZ the court, or valid demands
AGAINST said Institution. Sale VIII BE con-
tinued from day TO day til All i sold.
57-sl s. M0SBI. keeeiyer.
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coal
ANNOUNCEMENT.


For Wherfmnster.
We are authorized 10 announce Mr.. J. NJ.
MCKNIGHT a. a candidate for Wharfmaster
at the ensuing election. bZf
We arc authorized 70 announce TOBIAS
WOLFE a. a candidate for Mharfmaster ni
the ensnins Municipal eleeiion-January
1sTl
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