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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

The Charleston Courier says: Gov.
Scott and his administration place
themselves beyond the pale of all legiti'
mate or recognized government when
they boldly acknowledge that their adj
ministration costs the impoverished peo-
pie of South Carolina two and hall
millions of dollars year, against, for
the same population, between four and
five hundred thousand dollars before the
war. And more than this, that with all
this vast expenditure, they have in
creased the public debt from four to
seventeen million, FIVE hundred and fifty
seven thousand dollars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
WHOSE FAULTi

Forney's Philadelphia Press says the
whites of the South are in state of re-
volt. That is simply false. If, however,
it we're true. whose fault would it be2
In 1865 Grant was sent South to observe
the condition of Southern sentiment
In his report he said;
/ am satisfied that the mass Of the
thinking men Of the South accept the
present situation of affairs in good
faith. My observations lead
me to the conclusion that the citizens of
the Southern States are anxious to re-
turn to self-government within the Union
as soon as possible; = y that they
are in earnest in wishing to do what
they think is required by the govern
ment, not humiliating to them as citi-
zens; and that if such course were
pointed out they would preserve it in
good faith.
Again, July IS, 1867, General Grant
bore this testimony before committee
of congress-:
know that Immediately after the
close of the rebellion there was very
fine feeling manifested in the South, and
thought we ought to take advantage Of
it as soon as possible.
That settles it. Grant himself is re-
sponsible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
PUBLIC LEDGER.
rnuRTEEHTH VOLUME.


The thirteenth volume of the PUBLIC
LEDGER closed yesterday, and enters
upon the fourteenth volume to-day. 1t
was commenced on the 4th of September,
1865, and has been in existence six years
and six months. Its success has been
uniform, and enters to-day upon its new
volume with increased strength, facili-
ties and patronage. We have no
new promises to make. What the
paper has been, it will continue
to be, with such improvements as expe-
rience has suggested. The friends of
the PUBLIC LEDGER are many, and we
embrace this occasion to thank them for
their uRfaltering support. We shall
strive more than ever to deserve it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, March 1.-The Pttsburg. Fit.
Wayne and Chicago railroad has run the
first train through to Washington, from
this city. The train bore the imperial
Japanese embassy and made the trip to
the capital without change via Philadel;
phia and Baltimore.
The governor of Bohemia has sent
eighty dollars, collected from the citi-
zens of Carlsburg for the German suffer
ers by fire. About ninety dollars just
received from Bombay, most Of it con-
tributed by Masonic lodge, for sufferers
here. f4
The weather has been fine for outdoor
operations, and building is going on
rapidly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
A CUT.

Judge Davis, in his answer to the con-
vention that nominated him, says the
Presidential Office is neither to be sought
nor declined. In view of the fact that
Grant has run his first term with view
Of securing a second, and in view Of the
further fact that Davis is aware of it,
what terrible cut is meant2 Now, let
Congress go to work and impsaeh Davis
for high crimes and misdemeanors, to
wit: For setting himself up as a candi-
date against the President and for in
sulting him and the party by affirming
that the Presidency is an Office not to
be sought. For smaller offenses than
these Andy johnson was ground through
a great impeaehmentmill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
FOREIGN.
Attempt ted Assassination OF queen
Victoria.

NlctOElhs
LONDON, March 1.-The following are
the facts in reference to the reported at
tempted assassination Of her majesty,
Queen Victoria: As the queen was re-
turning from a drive in the neighbor-
hood and after entering the park at
tached to Buckingham palace, boy
escaped the vigilance of the guard and
forced his way through the gates, and
approaching the carriage in which the
queen was seated, he drew a pistol and
presented it at the person of her majes-
ty, whereupon he was seized by her at
tendants and disarmed, when it was dis
covered that the pistol was an old flint
lock weapon and unloaded.
On searching the boy paper was dis
covered containing a petition for the re-
lease Of the Fenian prisoners now con-
fined throughout England. The petition
contained blank space for the queens
signature. go.
The rumored assassination created the
widest excitement throughout the city,
which was at once allayed by the prompt
publication Of the facts in the case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
MORE YILLAINY.

The New York Sun, always the first
in dragging to the light the rascalities
of the Grant administration, devotes
five columns of closely printed matter
to an exposure of vaillainies in the Mint
at Philadelphia. In its issue of last
Monday it says:
1t is scarcely necessary to call the at
tention of our readers to the facts
respecting the robbery Of the United
States by officials of the Mint at Phila-
delphia, of which we publish summary
in another column. These facts have
been ascertained by patient and diff
cult investigation; but if Congress will
take the matter in hand in earnest, as it
should do without delay, there is every
reason to believe that the disclosures
which we now lay before the public will
be far outdone. How corrupt, how rot
ten, how full of dishonesty and robbery
every department of the Federal govern
ment appears to have become since the
administration passed into the hands OF
Ulysses s. Grant,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
From the Knoxville Pres. and Herald, ast

From the Knoxville Press and Herald. 18th
ult.l
The most complete demolition of a
steam saw mill, that it has ever been our
province to report, occurred on last FRI
day afternoon, at a point four miles north
of Dalton, and one mile east Of the T..
T., v. & G. railroad, che particulars of
which, as narrated to US by parties who
seem to be conversant with the facts, are
as follows:
On the evening mentioned, there were
eight or ten persons at the mill besides
those engaged at work, brought there
from various causes. Among the num-
Der was the engineer who had had charge
of the engine up to within few days of
its explosion He quit the employ of
the Messrs. Brokers, who owned the
mill, on account of some difficulty in
regard to settlement between them,
and the engine was placed under
the control of an inexperienced man.
The former engineer came to the mill on
Friday for final settlement, and shortly
after arriving noticed the condition of
the boiler, and observed that he be-
lieved it would explode in very short
time, and he and one of the gentlemen
Immediately left. The explosion took
place Immediately thereafter, instantly
killing four and wounding eight men.
One Of the wounded men died soon
after, another of them died on Sunday
evening, and another cannot possibly re-
cover. The remaining five may recover.
One of the killed was fifty yards from
the boiler at the time of the explosion,
driving wagon drawn by four oxen,
loaded with saw-logs, and, strange to re-
late, he, together with all of the oxen,
were killed.
There was no water convenient, where
with to supply the engine, and it had to
be hauled from creek. Empty oil bar
rels were used for this purpose, and
made the water somewhat greasy, which
caused the engine to foam, which trou-
BILE the inexperienced engineer did not
understand, and consequently did not
know how to deal with or control it. The
explosion is attributed TO this cause.
The names of the killed are Wilson,
Quillian, Brinkley and Chastain. The
latter was blown one hundred yards
through the trees, and was torn to pieces
by tree top. Such sight was never
seen before. Mr.. Brinkley was thrown
fifty yards and was torn to pieces by a
stump, his head striking first. Strange
to say, the engineer was not killed.
Nothing remains of the mill but the saw,
the engine being thrown in every direc-
ton for one mile, as some parts of it
were picked up actually one mile from
the place of the explosion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

We find this statement in one of our
exchanges An examination of the mu-
nicipal accounts of New York shows, that
during the last three years the following
sums have been appropriated from the
city treasury, for purely sectarian pur-
poses. 1t will be seen the Roman Ca
tholic church has obtained over eighty
per cent. of the whole amount. Roman
Catholic, $l,396,3SS 81 Protestant
Episcopal, $56,s56 "A; Hebrew, $685.
s5l Sc; Reformed Dutch church, $22,-
2lO O6; Presbyterian, Sl3,56O 81; Bap-
fist, $685. GO; Methodist Episcopal,
1920 95; German Evangelical, 49,
694 l6 miscellaneous, $l94,O44 OF.
Grand total for three years, Lips
COZ. Is.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

sticks. But the gallant German comes
back with crushing rejoinder, and the
two sticks subside for breath. We wish
soaurz were eligible to tie Presidency.
When the Radical party ripped Up the
constitution and made the negro eligible
to the Presidency, ittook no thought of
such men as Schurz.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

ny VIRTUE OR A DEED OF TRUST
ID made TO me by "A W. Towns, u pu'i.ter's
ruary IA, 1874, and 7, seorqIeo N "a 49, IA
Office of Shelby county, IN ogoh ;,sdi .btsJness
said deed 70 secure cram ~ NJ mn
therein described, and WI leh - ouo anu uN
paid. will. as such trustee = on
Thursday, ssth day Of March, 1879
between the hours Of II and y Am at the
southwest corrler Of Madison ard NAN s s.rS
Memphis, lie nm. proceed 70 1911 - - ,,sv'.eI
the highest bidder, the following 10 vi -, ~
Of land. lyi ng in the county Of ~ 90 49, -
State Of le nnessee. in District n ., -' sttsns
the northeast part Of the east half q > 1871 ~
two ~, township one ~, IN range seye . ~ W
west, containing one hundred and min, W
two C92J acres. the said one hundred o. ~
ninety-two (i921 acres Of land being the sam .
which was attached and apportiened 70 ). W.
Boyer and lusan A.. his wife, in division Of
the land gi'fen BY Isaac Wilborn in his VIII 70
the said S. W. Boyer and wife and one W n.
Allen, betv Feen them and said Allen, ~ com
missioners appointed By the County Court Of
Shelby cou mtg aforesaid, and the same tract
of land CO nTeyed to said y. w. Boyer and
Susan A.. his wife, By II. =. Wilbsrn and A;
9. WilbOni, executors Of the last viii and
testament OF the said Isaac Wilborn, deed,
81 their de ed Of date the 18th day Of Noyen-
HE right Of redemption Is waived in said
trust deed. and the title TO the property H. be-
lieved 10 81 cd, but i convey only ae Trustee.
JOHN c. LANIEh. Trustee.
Office 2s5 Second street;
February %. 1sI2. if3.td
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2s7 Main street.

A fresh lot of imported cigars just re-
ceived. Escepcion, Rego Britannica
Rega Chico, Rego del Rey, Londres,
Partagas, Figaros, Cabargo del Rey and
other brands of imported cigars. Also
an assortment of fine domestic cigars.
GEo. L. GRAYsER, 237 Main street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

Observation-Disclosures.
Stock-jobbing is rapidly becoming a
profession in Memphis. The slang
phrases used by jobbers are not generally
understood by the public. The follow
ing explains the slang terms used on the
market: sol
"What is putt"
Suppose Erie is 81 to-day, and ! think
it is going down, / say to you, / will give
you one hundred dollars for the privilege
of putting it to you at thirty any time
within thirty or sixty days-that is a put.
fit goes to twenty-eight, buy it in
and put it to you for thirty, making two
per cent.
The wording of put, " is as fol-
lows
February 8, ls72.-For value re-
ceived, the bearer may put to me one
thousand shares of Lake Shore at ninety
three, on or before February 30, 1872
JOHN SMITH"
What is call2
In the same case suppose / think Erie
is going up. | say to you, if you will
let me call one hundred shares of Erie
from you at thirty-one, within sixty days,
l will give you one hundred dollars. If
Erie goes up to thirty-four | call my
Erie at thirty-one, and make three per
cent.
The wording of call is as follows:
February s, l872.-For value re-
ceived the bearer may call from me
one thousand shares Of Fort Wayne, at
eighty-seyen, on or before February 30,
1872. JOHN SMITH.
What is hedging?
"If buy a certain stock, thinking it
is going to advance, that is get long
in it, and it begins to fall, / go and sell
the same stock-sell it short and
then have hedged so that don't care
whether the market goes up or down.
Il" Covering shorts is when you have
sold stock expecting a decline and it
suddenly rises, then you are forced to
buy to cover the stock which you have
sold.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

The New York Tribune says: The
salient point in the French arms scan
dalis that the government armories we're
employed by General Grants admins
tration to manufacture cartridges for
the use of the French in the aggressive
war they opened in 1870 against the
Germans. There are other startling
features about it, but this is one point
which is admitted by all sides.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

IT is said that Suit & Co. have just
made the largest whisky transaction on
record. They have bought up all the
old WHISTLES in the United States. The
extent of the transaction may be guess
ed, when it is stated that from one house
alone they purchased sixteen hundred
barrels. 1t is a tremendous game, but,
as whisky leads, hundreds of thousands
will follow Suit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

A SPORTING paper thinks that Mr.. Col
fax, the truly great Vice President, pre-
SCENTS a remarkable resemblance to Mr..
James Mace, the truly great prize
fighter. Mr.. Mace retired to private
life, and Mr.. Colfax did likewise. Mr..
Mace changed his mind, and seeks pub
lie life again Mr.. Colfax has changed
his mind, and also seeks to continue in
public life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

IT is said that Democratic advices
from New Hampshire are highly encour-
aging. Democratic advices are gener-
ally encouraging before an election, but
by some sort of mistake, they are not so
much so after it. We can't account for
:.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

The telegraph brings US an account of
great whisky transaction. We decline
to publish it. We are willing to adver-
tise, in legitimate way, the business Of
the house that made the purchase.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

CoTToN-First-class samples, and cot
ton of all grades, bought at
G. w, SMITH & Co.'S,
3 Corner Main and Beal streets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

The History of n National Remedy.
Here is the history of the most cele-
brated tonic Of the age in nutshell.
In 1860 it was announced that certain
combination of vegetable ingredients,
with a pure diffusive stimulant, was
working wonders in the cure of chronic
dyspepsia, nervous debility, liver com
plant, periodical. fevers, rheumatism and
constitutional weakness. The unpre-
tending name given to the specific was
Plantation Bitters. The statement at
tracted the attention Of invalids every
where. The new remedy received a fair
trial, and the results more than con-
frmed all that had been said in its
praise. Thence forward it was grand
success. The business columns Of the
press spread the glorious news far and
wide, and the martyrs to indigestion,
biliousness, physical prostration and
premature decay, as if by common con-
sent, sought relief from the new vegeta-
BILE restorative. They found THAT they
sought From that time to the present
the increase in the demand for Planta-
ton Bitters has been one Of the most
striking events in this age. sOd-daw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

REELFooT LAKE FIsH-Fine lot jus
received by the City of Helena. Call
soon at Victor D. Fuchs, Al Jefferson
street. 2
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FUNERAL NOTICT.

The friends and acquaintance of WIZ. L.
MILLER are respectfully invited to attend his
funeral from Park Avenue Church, five miles
from Memphis, near Pigeon ROost road, Sum
day afternoon, at "a o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

For coughs, bronchitis and consump-
tion in its early stages, nothing equals
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
eol.dkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

KNOXVILLE has just been shaken by
an earthquake. AS Senator Brownlow
is not in Knoxville, It could have been
nothing else
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
DISSOLUTION.

TlHE FIRM HERETOFORE KNOWN AS
Il Browne a Browne, General Gas Filters
and Plumbers, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. and the business, at the same place,
will be carried on by j. W. s. BROWNE, who
assumes all liabilities and collects all amounts
due the old firm. j. w. S. BROWNE,
j. W. X. BROWNE
Memphis, Tenn, February 70, 1872. Is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
T1TIf AUCTION.
LANIER & CO.'S
PUBILG SALES OF REAL ESTATE
AUCTION.
avRUsT SALE

M "A VAN. BILE Tract of Land, I'm
sf,esh1 2, Dunty. Tenn, con-
fai1;sne One Hundred and
Wei y-TwO Acres.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

MATTRESSES and awnings Of all descrip-
tons made to order by Martin Eyke, 81
Madison street. 8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

CoKE AND Coal TAR for sale at Gas
Jompanys office, POI Second st. [70-t
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camping suppressed in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March LA bill
for the suppression of gambling passed
the senate on the 2sth ult., having pre-
viously passed the house, and was signed
by Governor Palmer on the 10Th. 1t is
now a law and will take effect July LIST.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

FURNITURE repaired, vanished and
re-upholstered by Martin Eyke, 81 Madi-
son street. 5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01
MASONIC.

A TTENTION. SIR KNIGHTS l--YoU ARE
"A hersby ordered to attend a Special Con-
claye of Cyrene Commandery, No; 4, at the
DAY. EVENING. at pm, for comforting
the orders of Red X Knights. The Knights
will appear in fatigue dress. All visiting Sir
Knights are courteously invited.
BY command GEO. MELLERSH. Z. @.
r. j. BARCHUs Rec
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

~Will grant Policies Of Insurance upo.
Firs: Marine and River risks at rates i "a
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FEARFUL EXPLOSION.
Steam Saw Mill Totally Demolished.

Four Men killed and Eight injured
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

BRoMo Chlorallum, the great disiR-
fectdnt, for sale by ]. B. Hills, 2sl Main
street. xiv-2s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-01

February &. lsI2.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-15
An Ancient Ruins in Africa.

The South African explorer, Carl
Mauch, visited the ruins of an ancient
mysterious city in the highland be-
tween the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers,
long known by native report to the
Portuguese, are situated in a land
which from its gold and ivory has long
been identified by some authorities as
the Oph1r of Scripture. One portion
OF the RUNS rises upon a granite hill
about 4, 900 feet in relative height; the
other, separated by slight valley, lies
upon somewhat raised terrace. From
the curved and zigzag form still appar-
ent IN the ruined walls which cover the
whole OF the western declivity of the
hill, these have doubtless formed once
lmpregnable fortress. The whole space
is densely Overgrown with nettles and
bushes, and some great trees have in
tertWined their roots with the build
ings. Without exception the walls,
some of which have still a height of
thirty feet, are built of cut granite
stones, generally of the size of an or
d1nary brick, but no mortar has been
used. The thickness of the walls
where they appear above ground is ten
Tooo' o'p0I1uS W seven OF elSnG above.
LII many places monolith plasters of
eight to ten feet in length, ornamented
In dlamond-shaped lines, stand out of
the building. 1t is thought they are the
ruins of factory, raisedin very remote
antiquity by strangers in the land to
oVer-aWe the savage inhabitants of the
region and serve as a depot for that
gold and ivory it affords. No native
mud-hut dwelling tribe could have con-
celved it's erection.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-15
Ancient and Modern Organic Life.

Whether the animal world has di-
minisLed n size as it has gone on,is an
interesting question which has often
been discussed. Dr. Hartwig, in
scholarlike work on E'The Subterra-
mean World" has partially answered
the qaery. He says that the colossal
size Of many of the extinct plants and
animals seem to favor the belief that
organic life has degenerated from it's
former powers but survey of exist
ing creation soon proves the vital prin-
ciple to be as strong and as fourishing
as ever. No fossil tree has yet been
found to equal the towering height of
the huge ,Se9uoids and IVeIli1agtonj0a0
of California; and though the horse
tails and club-mosses Of the carbonifer-
ous ages may well be called colossal
when compared with their diminutive
representative of the present day, yet
their height by no means exceeded
that of the tall bamboo OF India. No
fossil bivalve is as large as the T'5dacn0
of the tropical seas, and though our
nautilus is mere pigmY when compar-
ed with many of the ammonites, our
native auttle fishes are probably as bull
Ky as those of any of the former geolo-
gical formations. The living crusta-
ceans and fishes are not inferior to their
predecessors in size, and though the
giant saurians of the past were much
larger than our crocodlles, yet they do
not conapletely dwarf them by compar-
ison. The extinct Dii1Or71is far surpass-
ed the ostrich in size, but the mammoth
our elephant, and though the sloths of
the present day are mere pigmies when
compared with the Megatheriatna,y yetno
extinct mammal attains the size of the
Greenland whale.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-15
NO. 81.

By this grand series of acts the Re-
publican party has given personal free
dom and equality to all the colored
race, and is seeking to secure law, or
der, peace, education and general devel-
opment. Can a Republican forget this
record of brilliant deeds and of glori-
Gus achievements, which have won the
approval of conscience and reason. and
the admiration of liberal, progressive
and generous men the wide world over?
Will not the men of the African race
especially cling with deathless tenacity
to the organization which has achieved
Tor them results so comprehensive, far
reaching and enduring
Can colored citizens ever hesitate in
their choice between the Republican
party with such record of benefcent
deeds and the Democratic party that
has, fer 10 years, with sneezing end
hostile contempt opposed every gener-
Gus, humane and ennobllng measure de-
signed for their freedom, improvement
and elevation