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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-30

Pure Holland gin at p eter H. Don
nelly 4 Co.'S, 1879 Popla.c street. ls-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-30

Receipts to-day are 1853 balss. shipments
ll6l. stock 2lAO. Total receipts for the month
arc $50 and shipments T5l6. During the cor
responding month last season receipts were
7l7s, shiPmsnts 1874, while the stock was i07s,
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showing an increase IN both receipts and
shipments. OF the receipts this month $40
bales havo arrived during the mast six days.
and 1925 bales have been shipped during tho
same time. The sales for the week will be
4lOO balos. Last year at this time middling
in New York was l654c, uplands in Liverpool
SGD, eoid'flSJs. eifN
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TAKEN UP.

TAKEN uP-BY JACK. wIcKS COLL,
one bay horse-mule. The owner viii lind
him at DICKINSON. WILLIAMS x CO.,
$3.50 No. 30 Front street:
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STEAM BOATS.
For Cairo and 80. Loui

For Cairo and 80. Louis.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-U.
s. Daily Mail Line for New Madrid, Bel
mont, Cairo and st. Louis; connecting at
Belmont with the Iron Mountain railroad
at Cairo with the Illinois Central railroad
and boats up the Ohio river, and at St. Louis
with all railroads East and West.
BELLE OF PIKE LenOx, master
On place Of Grand Tower,
WILL LEAVE THIS DAY. N= -
w Goth inst, at pm. For slssaf FL
freight or passage apply on wharf E-zzsza='ssz'aA
boat, foot of Jefferson street, to
w. Il. DILL, Agent.
FLEM CALVERT. Sup't.
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KIcKsY.wIcKsY keeus knln.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-30

Sales yesterday were COO bales, the market
closing steady but hardly so active. To-day
a decline Of re in the New York market for
the better grades has checked, to q certain ex-
tent, the active demand, but buyers are out in
force. snd as the receipts to-day are over 1900
bales and the stock increasing in fair proper
ton With the receipts, the sales By the close
Of the day viii be equal 70 those Of yesterday.
although at slightly reduced figures. Up TO
noon SO bales had changed hands-mostly Of
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FOR RENT.

NOR RENT-TWO-STO FRAME Dwell
Il ling, corner of Manassas and Hawley
streets-one block north of car terminus on
poplar street. JOHN K. STEBBINS.
2b-3l $50 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-30

NOR RENT-A TWO-STORY RESIDENCE.
i No. 103 Robson street. Newly fitted up.
Apply next door. 1881
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wv ANTED. = SECONDHAND FURNI-
w niture, feathers and household goods
of all kinds bought at S32 Second street.
1Of II. T. SINN0TT.L
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EoR SALE.

NOR SAlE-CHELSEA LOT AND RESI-
dcnce. 81 feet front on Mill street By III
feet on an alley between Fourth and Fifth
streets improved with p an sig gsdd6 frame
DON0H0 Il BULKLEY,
17-26 80 Madison street.
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WANTED TEN wO0D-CHOPPERS TO
w cut cord wood all winter. Pay every
Saturday. Apply to X. r.. Richards, Hope
field. Ark, opposite Memphis. 2227
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06
Early Days Of William L. Marcy.

A correspondent OF the Liberal Chris
fiaH tells this stoEy about VIM. L. Marcy :
"Ispent q day Of my vacation az Charl-
ton, Mass Bill Marcy was a native Of
this neigborhood. and grew up to be n wild
and heady youth. He was thought by
his parents and by all the noighbors 10
be the worst boy they knew. One win
ter he succeeded, in conjunction with
kindred spirits, in ousting the teacher
from the district school Salem Towne,
then = young man, was summoned as the
fittest person to take charge Of these un-
rlly youth and complete the term.
Everybody thought the new teacher
would certainly have trouble with Bill
Marcy. But the trouble did not come.
The first day had not passed before Mr.
Towne had discovered in his pupil an
element of real good, and told him so.
This. TO the boy, was n most unusual ac-
knowledgment and il touched his heart
Some ore had seen good in him. He
was, then, capable Of better things, and
he was determined 20 make the endeavor
II was the turning-point of his life.
"Such was his conduct and such his
progress in study that his teacher advised
him to go on and prepare himself for
College. II was n great surprise to his
parents, but at the urgent solicitation Of
Mr.. Towne they gave their consent, and
he was placed under the instruction Of a
clergyman in the vicinity of his home.
At length he entered college, and passed
through the course with great success,
justifying at every step the confidence
and hope Of his best friend. In conse-
quent life he rose from one degree Of
eminence and usefulness to another,
until at last the whole world was familiar
with the name and fame Of William L.
Marcy.
Long years after he had left his
school-day haunts, and when he had
come to deserved eminence, he visited
Boston, and was the guest Of the then
governor of the old Bay State. Among
the distinguished men who were invited
TO meet him was General Silem Towne.
When the Governor saw Marcy and
Towne greet each other rs old friends,
he very naturally expressed pleasurable
surprise that they knew each other so
well. Why + said Marcy, that is the
man that made me. He was the first
who believed in me, told me what
might become, and helped me on in life
at that critical juncture. Whatever of
merit or distinction / have since attained
10 / owe to him more than to any other
living person.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06
Latest Fashion Notes.

Black cashmere is more used for travel
ing dresses than any other material.
Some very elegant silk dresses are
elaborately trimmed with fine muslin
embroidery.
Ruches of tulle and rufiles of Swiss
muslin are more worn for the neck and
sleeves Of dresses than formerly.
Some very pretty sacks are made Of the
white Persian towels, and trimmed with
black velvet are very stylish.
A new style OF bracelet is OF tortoise
shell made very wide and ornamented in
front with large monogram in gold.
Feathers have become quite ON expen-
sive item in the toilette, as the hand
some ones cost from twelve 10 twenty
dollars.
For ladies who admire large earrings,
new style il the head OF n stuffed hum
ming-bird with diamond eyes, inclosed
in n wide hoop OF FURNISHED gold. They
are very odd and showy.
Many dandies have taken 10 wearing
costly lace cravats, which looks very
effeminate and in bad taste. They also
propose wearing small feathers or wings
in the side of the low felt hats. What
next
Old laces have become worth their
weight in gold and are largely sought for,
the present fashion Of loose sleeves and
open bodices rendering il necessity TO
exhibit handsome lace and embroidery.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06

How PANCAKES WE'RE MADE OSeE
UPoN A TIHE.-When our gTandmothers
of about fifty years ago made griddle-
cakes, or, as they were then called, PAN
cakes, the following receipt was then in
use We do not present il for imitation,
but to show what changes a few years
have wrought in that article Of food.
" Pancakes should be made of half n
pint Of milk, three great spoonfuls OF
sugar, one or two eggs, teaspoonful of
dissolved pearl-ash, spiced with CHINA
mon or cloves, little salt, rose-water,
or lemon brandy. just as you happen TO
have il. Flour should be stirred in un-
TIL the spoon moves round with difficulty.
III they are thin, they are apt to soak
fat. Have the fat in your skillet boiling
hot, and drop them in with a spoon.
Let them cook until thoroughly brown.
The more fat they are cooked in, the
less they soak. II you have no eggs, or
wish TO save them, use the above ingre-
dients, and supply the place Of eggs by
two or three spoonfuls of lively empty
ings, in which case they must be made
FIVE or six hours before they are cooked.
A spoonful or more of New England
rum makes pancakes light. Flip makes
very nice pancakes. In this case, moth
ing is done but to sweeten your mug of
beer with molasses, put in one glass OF
New England rum, heat it till it foams
by putting in q hot poker, and stir it up
with -four as thick as other pancakes
Whatever we may think Of the above as
a recipe, the result seems to have given
great satisfaction to the good folks who
made and ate pancakes fifty years ago.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06

The Department of Agriculture has
issued circular setting forth that the
cotton crop reports, purporting 20 have
come from thd Department OF Agricul-
turo during the past month, have not
been genuine. The items in circulation,
often contradictory in tenor, and assum-
ing 10 be official, have had no origin in
the statistical data of that Office. The
returns OF September include reports
from about 401 eotton-growers' counties,
representing a very large proportion of
the cotton area. Those for August
point an average condition of the crop
almost identical with that Of the pre-
ceding reports the averages for Alabama
and Mississippi being the same, those Of
Louisiana and Tennessee being lighter,
and those of other Cotton States lower.
The State averages OF the September re-
port are somewhat lower than those of
August, though the principal depieeia
tion occurs in the States which yield a
small proportion of the crop, while the
reduction is slight in the important dis
triet represented by the States Of Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Lonisi-
ana. The percentage Of full condition
in the first week OF September, AS
averaged from all the obtainable data,
is thus stated North Carolina, 81 I;
South Carolina, 80; Georgia, rs;
Florida, IS /; Alabama, so Mississippi,
so; Louisiana, II Texas, 81 Arkan-
sis, 50 /; Tennessee, SO. There are re
ports Of injuries by the boll-wOrm and
caterpillar, mainly in Mississippi and
Louisiana, but no evidence that a general
or very serious loss from insects is prob
able. Rust is common in the Atlantic
States, and 10 some extent on the Gulf
coast Drouth has been injurious in the
Carolinas and Texas, though the reports
of rainfalls through the South indicate
a fair supply of moisture, the distri-
button OF which has been somewhat
more unequal than usual AT one point
in Georgia the fall in August was nearly
IA inches, and in parts Of Florida il
amounted TO BIB inches, The variable
atmospheric conditions have increased
the prevalence Of rust, and caused the
destruction of both leaves and fruit
These drawbacks, though greater than
those reported in September Of last year,
are not sufficiently serious 10 excite ap-
prehensions of a greatly deprecated
yield. They are reported each year in
some portions of the cotton area In
the records lnst year there was consider
able complaints Of damages 10 the cotton
crop from rust, worms, and unfavunble
August weather. These facts do not
point TO an enlargement Of the expecta-
ton hitherto indulged in. II they are
Trustworthy, the most favorable season
could scarcely bring a crop exceeding
$4,000 bales. II the growing season
should be short or unfayornble. 3.000,-
600 bales, would be n good result and
with a combination Of unfAyorable cir
cumstances. the product might be stall
further reduced.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06

Irene Robinson, a brightlooking
young woman, age 10, left her home IN
Peoria, Ill, two years ago, because her
parents wished her 10 marry n man old
enough 10 be her father, and for whom
she entertained decided dislike. To
guard against detection, she adopted
the habit Of o boy, and, with her hair
cut short, readily passed for a boy of
u or l6. She first went 10 Chicago, and
there obtained work as n teamster, pass
ing under the name OF William Franks.
She was suspected Of being a girl, but
denied il. and left Chicago through fear
OF being detected and sent home. She
worked nc various places as q farm h-
borer, but seldom stayed long at one
place. The prying eyes of women were
almost always the first 20 detect the im-
posture. After various adventures she
found herself in Troy, n. Y, few days
ago, and engaged herself as deck hand
on n canal boat commanded by Capt
Cabineau. On the way 30 New York
the captains wife accused her OF being
girl, and she finally confessed that
such was the case. BY the advice of
Mrs. Cabineau, shc went 20 one of the
police stations in New York, and asked
for aid 10 reach her home. She is tired
OF her rough life, and is anxious to see
her relatives, OF whom she heard moth
ing since leaving home. Her rough.
horny hands and sun-burnt face bear
witness TO her life of toll and exposure.
Her garb consists Of coat, much the
worse for wear and torn in several places,
patched pantaloons, rough wooden shirt,
a pair Of heavy boots, and battered
black hat. She possesses n cheerful dis
position. which even her rough life has
been unable to subdue. When asked
why she did not assume the garb of her
sex when she was first accused OF being
a girl, she said she was afraid OF being
found by her father and compelled 10 re-
turn home. She hns been sent home by
the police authorities.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06
A Kansas Girl.

The Topeka Kansas) Record nnrrateS
the following. which goes 10 show thns
the Kansas girl alluded 10 has pluck and
perseverance. II not discretion
{" As q gentleman was coming into
town the other day on the Wakarnsa
road. he noticed young girl ON a pony.
Pretty soon the pony began no display q
bad temper, and very shortly afterwards
threw the Rirl, who turned scmerSanlt
in the air and struck rn her head Tin tha
road with terrific force. The gentleman
got out of his buggy and went to her
assistance. He found she bad got . bad
fan. and had eut across her forehead.
He advised her 10 abandon pony riding
for the present, but she wiped the blood
from her face, and insisted upon mount
irla her Eracsicuh aeed again. Anxious
for her safety, her friend watcliod tor
failure Developments, and in few min
utes she was hurled over the pony's head
and this tame she struck the ground
with such force that he thought she
must have broken every bone in her
body. The pony took the opportunity
to gallop OIL She was again helped to
her feet, half stunned and covered with
dust. and urged to abandon riding snch
frnchous brute; but clutching her
riding whip, she started oE Inn pursuit
or the pony, evidently determined 90
ride iarn. or ret herneck broken lin the at
tempt. She was apparently about SIX
teen years of age.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06

A paper that takna--A ahsriiFs var
rant
Any two apples ase alike a they nra
pared.
Advice 10 persons medllating law
Keep your own counsel
The man who was injured by . burst
Of aIi1ahst. i recovering,
Tho lady that took everybody's eye,
must have hnd quite lot Of them
The man who waa nIl ahip-Hhapo must
have neomnd n little out oi proportion.
TO young onmpaienerS III y0ur tent
IN not waterproof you should pitch II.
If virtue Il is own reward. there WI
be persons who wiIl have little enough.
The young woman who mnrriea An un-
worthy man takes her lords name IN
vain.
stThat'n INV business !" ms Che butcher
anid VI Tine dog that wns killing hia
IN 4 sailor i shot nt. II hit a. III.
he would doubtless prefer 30 be hit In
the chest
A baru-aoor fowl and a lawyer who
talks for pay pick up their living with
their bills
aI tel Won, wife, I have aos Che plan
All IN INV head. " Alb, then, it's All In
q nutshell "
when n POOR fellow is about 70 ID
burned by the navngcs, hia very exisf-
- q - m4mhm
sheridan having been asked what wins
he Liked best. replied, {" The vine q
other people
Money il o great lever i'm the affairs
OF rnen 80 great ieaTcr that some q
MS can never keep IL.
Excess of rerempny shows wanf of
breeding; chat ciyility Nv bont which Ill :
cludes nIl superGucnn f0rnality-
Two long cnrs On each side are to
take t.e place of the cnrls "a the back
that hsve been worn 80 long By the
ladies.
Demi-trafns are 30 be adjusted Tor
strect-wcar hy means ot tapes No loop
them np 10 Che waist nt thn back seams
A New Jersey wDmnn discovered her
Lost little nov In GipMy camp mnd 81
tanautinn to recover him, waN assaulted
ami beaten OF by the ouflnwR- The
child beaeed 10 he allowed TO go with
his mother.
a Berkshire papa observed % NJ
dnurhters bean "a Jim II ycu want
In you can have her: but don't want
Won hanging around here unless yoh
mean business. If yOu intend ip marry
her. hurry up. for can't be kept awake
nights much longer
Saratoga girls are Organising an ansz-
kissing society. Recently the rules OF
the society imposed = fine of one dollar
for each kiss bestowed on the masculine
gender. AT the end cf q week some
az those girls we're actually indebted to
the society In sums ranging from - to
sa5. The association win disbnnd-
The proprietor of beer-Enrden and
hiHIiarl-safnOn I'm Cincinnati WnH brought
before the p0lice-coura for keeping hia
place open on Sunday. but the court
held that. inasmuch as he was an Israel
| ite who faithfully observed the seventh
dav OF the week IS che sabbath, no
conviction could be had under the stat
utes
A few months ann the Antwerp papers
reported that fhe = Wandering jew had
rrappcared and been spoken tn in thms
city. The tradition OF centuries is that
the visits of that mythical personnge
always precede wsr or pcstIcnce and
the superstitious IRE now connecting the
outbreak Of cholera IN Beigiam with the
recent visitation Of the wanderer. There
/ ia something remarkable In the vitality
of this ridiculous tradition.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06
A Whole County sinks in Florida.

The Florida mails give accounts Of an
astonishing phenomenon at Apopka,
Orange county, near Pilatka, The
whole county disappeared in one night,
and its site is covered by great lake.
A correspondent, writing from the
neighborhood, says:
Mr. Alex. X. Foster has just come in
with more marvellous and startling re-
ports, He says that on his way from
Orlando 20 Miltonyille, after crossing
Fort Metlin branch, he left the road 10
avoid the constant begging to which he
was being subjected The safest place,
he thought, was on high black jack
ridge, running parallel with the road.
which he accordingly took. After riding
a mile perhaps, his horse commenced
begging, and for some distance it was
questionable whether he could get
through; he however reached moro
solid footing again he commenced bog
ging at this time he noticed remark
able and portentous sounds in his rear.
The begging grew worse as he proceed
ed, until he had 10 dismount there
seemed To be no escape for him, both
he and his horse were still begging. The
sounds in his rear increased more and
more alarmingly and the route in front
more boggy-he dared not stop, as this
would have rendered il impossible 10
have extricated himself-he neither
dared nor could look behind him, his
whole thought and aim was 10 reach
terra irma. At last, after the most SUI
perhumAn exertions, both he and his
horse exhausted 10 the most extreme
degree, he reached solid groand. Turn
ing 10 examine into the cause Of these
fearful sounds in his rear, he saw one of
the most terrific and appalling sights it
has ever been the fate Of man TO witness.
The first thing that attracted his atten-
ton was that the trees were moving
first gyratory motion Of the top, then
some gradually sinking out of sight,
the tops revolving more and more rap
idly as they sunk and disappeared. 9th
ers following. and as they fell revolving
and describing ares Of circle against
the sky. Then the whole earth, as far
rs the eve could reach, sinking. and its
place supplied by n sea Of waters, rusl
ing. seething, boiling with the noise ii
mighty cataracts, and ever and anon
casting 10 the surface the roots, tops or
bodies OF mighty pines and oaks
People are rushing from the scene Of
disaster Our camp is crowded with the
terror-stricken inhabitants from the
country in our rear. Everybody is wait
ing with forebodings and horrible cx-
pectations. They believe the day Of
Judgment has come. The extraordinary
phenomenon appears more and more ex-
traordinary. The country from two
10 three miles from here 10 Lake Met
lin is entirely submerged, and is now
one vast lake. Nothing authoritative
from beyond, though rumors are rife
that Orlando is swallowed up and the
whole chain OF lakes 20 Lake Conway
are now united and form an immense
inland sea. We leave Immediately and
in terror for our own fate.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06

IRoN AND HARDWARE. The trade in
iron and hardware, says a New York pa
per, both domestic and foreign, presents
some remarkable features. Notwith-
standing an importation of iron Of more
than fifty per cent. greater than that of
last year, we shall find our markets far
from glutted. An active trade, with
prices fully maintained or advancing, is
TO be found in these products through
out the land. II is noteworthy that
several causes, both here and in England,
have combined TO keep up the price OF
iron, and the demand has been and is in
excess of the producing capacity of the
two counties. In Europe, Russia and
Germany have made demands on the
English iron-producers unprecedented
in history. Russia, ever since the Cri-
mean war, has kept in view one great
obiect-to cover her vast territory with
a network of railroads. For the last
fourteen years she has obtained year
ly loans in Western Europe, and has
steadily built iron roads with them.
But since the French-German war she
has doubled her usual rate of progress
in this work, and her orders for iron
rails in England have been more than
twice as great in the last year as ever
before. The demand for all kinds of
iron is very strong. American pig-iron
Is both scarce and high in price. Rails,
both of iron and of steel, are higher and
scarcer than they were six months ago,
and very healthy trade is doing, which
no doubt proves satisfactory to mer-
chants.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-06

Ak IxupExr or DIcxKSs.--It was in
one of those horrid opium-dens Of Lon
don, that he gathered the incident which
he related In tho opening chapters OF
Edwin brood" In n miserable court
we found the haggard old woman blow
ing at d kind OF pipe made OF an old
penny ink-bottle. The identical words
which Dickens puts into the mouth OF
this wretched creature in Edwin Drocd'
we heard her Groom as we leaned over
the sattered bed ON which she was lying.
There was something hideous in the way
this woman kept repeating, . 1eH pay
up according deary, won't We and
the Cinnamon and LAscars made never
to-be-forgotten pictures in the scene.
/ watched Dickens intensely as he went
among these outcasts of London, and
saw with what deep sympathy he en-
countered the sad and suffering in their
horrid abodes.