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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-12
T. l.. hodges Acquitted-Dr. Lsth.
rop Dead.

rop Dead. n.
LITTLE Rock, January III L.
Hodges, whose trial has been progress
ing for several days in the Criminal
Court on charge of feloniously appro'
priatine the slate taken of the buildings
at the penitentiary, while he rEas con-
tractor, was acquitted, the jury return
ing a verdict of not guilty after being
out about two minutes. u is stated
that Hodges intends to commence a
civil suit against Senator Clayton and
Governor Hadley to recover damages,
charging that this was malicious per-
seeution on their part 3 u.i .nfA
DIR. Lathropi who was shot at a house
of ill-fame on the morning of the I'd,
has since died. ye5,5, ..l snes
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-12
GOVERNOR wARMoTH TO GENERAL EMORY.
&f NEW ORLEANS, January:1l. 1872. y.

20 NEW URLEANS, JanuarysII' IoIz. I.
GENERAL-Affairs have assumed sIca
a shape now that think danger Of riot
or tumult has about passed. | write to
say that l think by tomorrow at twelve
O clock you can safely withdraw your
troops to their barracks. | cannot let
the opportunity pass without thanking
You and your troops for the prompt and
efficient services in the interest of peace
and order during the past ten days, and
to assure you of my highest considera-
ton and regard for yourself.
| have the honor to be, very truly
yours, ID. U. WARNoTH'
Governor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-12
CoTToR SEED.
DIssoLUTIoN.'
DIaSOLUTION.

DIa MEMPHIS. TEsN., December 30, 1871.
TVHE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE
i existing between II. I. Tomlinson and M.
B. Judah, under the style Of III. 7. Tomlinson
4 Co., Managers Of the SouthWestern Depart
ment Of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance
Company, has been dissolved by mutual con
sent. to take effect from this date ,,eo,,
ii. 7. T0MLINSON.
N. S. JUDAH,
ra rfff rIrrf - lf"ltIf -ii su'p,
OPnCE OF IHE GJOBE mutual LrEE ISs. COL
= Cor. Broadway and Warren Sts.,Ac Z
NKw YoRK, January 2. lT2.
The firm of II. T. Tomlinson 4 Co., as Man
ayers Of the Southwestern Department OF tho
Globe Mutual Life Insurancs Company. f.t
Memphis, Tenn, having been dissolved. you
will please make yourrcports and remttten ces
hereafter to william b. Richardets the Com-
pany's Cashier. al Memphis condueting your
correspondence with him. . y. JjL-,,,, @
Messrs. NJ. s. judah and w. Logan W alker,
as Assistant Supetintendents Of Agencies oi
the Company, will hereafter be emyloye d in
the appointment and supervision Of Agents.
81 different points, under instructions from
this Office ~ VERY respectfully,
IlS-iiS PLINY FIREMAN. President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-12
NEW ORLEANS.

Cougratuistory Letter from Sena.
SoE west 20 Warm ath-rhe cover
20, shIrAs the Troubles About
Ended-MartiaI Law Desired
New ORLEANS, January ll.-Senator
West telegraphs to Governor Warmoth
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-12

Partnership Notice.
TO COnslgnees and Shipners

q 0PVIcE OF SURF Miss. x TENN. R. r. ~
!, 30 MEMPHIS, Tenn. January IL, 1871. o.
MR.P. .WoODHAs BEEN APPOINTED
1il Freight Agent for this Company at Mem
1Phis, taking eject this date, in place Of Mr..
~ "a. Pamphhs -yAS. YONGE,
ll4.llS Superintendent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-12
GROCERIES.
FOR SALE.

10000 LIPS. BULK CLEAR SIDES.
10000 - SHOULDERS.
10000 HAMS.
AZ W, and 1852 Front street. ~,
ll9- zig Up Ila WARREN * .NO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
The President,s' Stables.

The now stables of the White House
are 10 by so feet, two stories in height,
with Mansard roof. Their interior
and exterior appointments are said TO
surpass even those of Robert BonneYss
famous establishments Their y cost
was nearly $4,000. No appropriation
whatever for such an end has been
made. Every day of work upon them
has been in deliberate violation Of the
law which requires specific, grantsssof
mcney for specific objects Worse
than this, the $4,000 has been taken
nom the funds appropriated by Con-
gress tor the new State Department..
When a South Carolina carpet Dagger
lobbies q loan of a million dollars to
some railroad, and steals part of it for
his own use, we call it theft. When
the President of the United States
builds his stables with part of tho
money ordered by Congress to DO
spent on the State Department. he
comes dangerously near Initiating the
men whom he Keeps IN power at the
South. The plea that he did not mean
to do wrong, II true, is no excuse
The Executive should be neither the
aw-mak;ng nor law breaking power
Unfortunately the present Executive
is both. S4A s'eiitsq p9lt9Df1 hi'f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
Whole No. 208.
Caught in His own Trap.

| "A girl, young and prettie, and above
! all, gifted with an air of admirable
! candor, lately presented herself before
1 Partisan lawyer. sasa ate s35ssi 2 e
e" Monsieur, I have come to consult
you on a grave affair. want to
oblige man love to marry me in
spite of himself. How shall pro-
! ceed ?v3 a1 lsilai fii ieEailoE- q
The gentleman of the bar had OF
4 course sufficiently elastic conscience.
/ He reflected moment, and then. be-
| ing sure that no one overheard him,
replied hesitatingly.: Li.a439e e7io
q MademoiseIle, according TO our
Nav you always possess the means of
| forcing man to marry you. = You
must remain on three occasions alone
with him; you can then go before a
| Judge and swear that he is your lever.n
2" And will that suffice, mohsieur?" ?"
.ts Yes, mademoiselle, with one fur
ther condition. +tHae2 tii't-.'s z
q Well ?z tsisAis 1ias5 q si9i
tiThen you will produce witnesses
who will make oath to having seen
| yon remain a quarter of an hour with
the Individual said to have triiied with
your affections" ait- - 52sit2s3
sSVery we'll, monsieur, 1 will retain
you as counsel in the management of
this affair. Good day" ."t=ti go sisi4s
A few days lafterward the young,
lady returned. She was nlysteriously
received by the lawyer, who scarcely
gave her time to seat herself, aud
questioned her with the most lively,
curiasitv s,'li 9iil iit sst5nsa9ti- sle 3sai
@Capftal, Capital!' ~ .'2qf2sI 942s y
<. Perseyere in YOUR design. mad
emoiselle, but the next time yoIl come
to consult me give me the name of
the young man you are going to make.
SO happy in spite of himself" litii'i.' ! !.
"A fortnight aftcrward, the young
lady Knocked Mt the door of the coun-
sePs room. No sooner was she in
than she flung herself into chair say
ing that the walk had made her almost
breathless. Her council tried to re-
assure her, made her inhale salts, and
even proposed to unloose her gar-f
ments. ai'4 oIiit lfiitfli 81 bt'stit't'igi
'"It is useless, monsieur," she said,
g / am much BETTER 'tftio. 5Ais - -
"Well, now, tell me the name of the
fortunate mortal $3.50 ~ ''fi.,&
".Well, then, the fortunate mortal,
be it known to you, is yourself,p said
the young beauty, bursting into a
laugh. !" / love yod, have been here
three time tetela-tetee with you, and
my four witnesses are below, ready
and willing to accompany me to the |
magistrates" gravely continued the
narrator. 1
The lawyer, thus caught, had the
good sense not to get angry. The
most singular fact of all is that he |
adores his young wife, who makes an
excellent housekeeper. 3 r ~ 'ai
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A city Of Women. uPoI .

Mrs. Lenowens, late, a governess Of
the court of Siam, tells some strange
stories of that country. She relates
that the central part of the capital city
of bangkok, Siam, is devoted rexclul
sivel5A to the residence of some 5000
! women, among whom no man but the
king may enter. The inhabitants OF
this inner city are the thousand women
of the royal hafem, and some 5000
more who are soldieas, iartifcers and
slayes. This little world is ruled gbyi
women as magistrates. who admins,
ter the laws of the Kingdom. There
is-no appeal from their decision.A-. "a
Prisoners are arrested by sheriffs ofe
their own sex. Ii a disturbance arises !
it is suppressed, by,a, force of Ama-f
IONS, trained from infancy to the use
of the sword and spear. Meanwhile
the slave..women carry on variety of 4
manufactures, or go outside the walls
to till the fields. The women of ,highsv
er birth are E sealedY to the king !; the b
slave women may marry, but their ,
husbands dwell outside the walis.--sI
The children. if boys, are banished n
from the city of women; only fheo
girls remain, All the oriental dis
tinction of rank are, serupulouly lob-it
served Within this strange realm; ex-l
cept that the; magistrates are chosen
for personal character, and wisdem. edf
Mrs. 3Ienowens, speaks with great ;
reverence of the woman who was
chief justice when she was in Bankok4
and tells some remarkable anecdotes G
of the courage with which she en-
forced justice against offenders far su4k
perlor to herself in social rank.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
The Earth,s Crust at OAioago.

The Chicago 4ribsae gives the fol-
lowing account of what the drill pass
ed through in boring 1,220 feet in that
The drill had an easy tine of it for
the first fifty feet, boring with great
readiness through clay. Then came
335 feet of slate and rotten rock, which
was pretty easily disposed of. Then 5
feet quicksand, which caved and made
things generally uncomfortable; then
IL foot mixture of sand and stones ;
then the drill worked its way slowly
through l02 feet of hard rock, after
piercing which the water made its
first appearance, and the well was fill
ed: then came ITO feet Of white lime
stone rock which was pierced slowly,
but having made its way through, the
diligence of, the drill was rewarded
with a esoft thing" in the of 290 feet
Of CLAW. More limestone to a depth of
20 feet followed, and then mixture
of slate and shale, and after that 40
feet of soapstone then slate again to
depth of los feet, and again 400 feet
of white lime rock. Here a stratum
of 25 feet of brown sand was struck
for the first time,s and after 1t sand
stone rock another layer of 10 feet of
shale, 20 feet of lime rock, and 15 feet
of slate and rotten rock. This caved
almost as badly as quicksand, and an
iron pipe of the size of the we'll was
let down to cover the treacherous spot.
Below this was T5 feet of lime rock
again, IL feet of sandstone rock, So
feet Of lime rock, and then, at depth
of /, 1876 feet, a crevice, lined as before
described, with metallic flint, contain
ing water. thirty feet below which the
fiow nearly doubled. isissA'isifs Hn",l
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
EERH6=
The Sons of successful Men.

What becomes of the sons of sue
cessful men 2 .Affew firms are in the
hands of the founders; but these are
tha exceptions. The old name and the
old trade generally pass into the hands
Of others. "Do you see that mlan
shoveling in coal ?-Well, his children
! and children like his, will j ostle your
pampered SONS and rule this lands1l
said an old New Yorker, the other
day. The old names cease in the pull
pit; the famed men of the bar seldom
have successor; the eminent ,julists
carry their .honors with, them to the
grave; merchant princes are tobIffer-
ated. Fhe reason is clear: The fathers
laid the basis of business one way and
the, sons build another. Men, who,
earned their fortunes by hard work
that knew sixteen hours toll BY per-l
sonal attention; that were their OWN
book-keePefs, salesmen, cashiers and
often porters, are followed by sons
who do as little as possible; who ,del-5,
egate to others all the work they can,
and who know more Of the road than
of the ledger " 9oYst ~ mo 9fnS1
Young men who fling the examples
of their sircs to the winds find it easy
to squander a. valuable name, run
through1a fortune quicker than it was /,
made, and find themselves white +,
young, at the point from which their,
fathers started. One thing is QUITE D
marked in New Y orks lit is the fact
that the heavy business isgettiug intO0
the hands of the foreigners. The,
heavy importers, the. great bankers
and much of the trade of value, ia
slipping out oftlie hands Of Americans
as the t ade of london got into the
hands of the Lombafds. 1li 3e98ybe gat
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
, Count the Money

The Treasury of the United States
has, ever since the issue of paper mo-
1 ney, been in nearly the same hands.
! The Treasurer and the Register, the
CASHIER sbook-keepers, and teIlershaye
been nearly all the time the same men,;
| They have, during their term of Of,
| flee, issued bonds to the amount Of
several thousand millions of dollars;
| they have printed, Issued, received
| and issued again, greenbacksl to thea
| value of many thousands of millions
of dollars. For ten years they have
kept their own accounts and made :
their own reports. Their books have
never been examined except by, them-y
selves, and for the condition of fiscal
affairs the country has no evidence
save that of the men who have been
keeping their own accounts of their
own transactions. .d BIgoR erahf noit
There is not q bank in the country, 4,
whose affairs do not require con-
staiit overhauling, and the only pro-
lection against fraud is in the vigilanti
examinationiof books, and the actualb
counting of the cash and securities
represented to be on hand. The Treas ?
ury, during the last FIVE years, has had
occasion TO overhaul the accounts and
count the money in the hands Of ma
ny officers outside the Department..
The books represented everything as
lovely. but the cash boxes were found
to be empty. How is it in the Treas
ury itself2H We find every day bank
cashiers,I in colnsioR with telleFs, ns-s
ing and losing the; money of the banks,
for five, ten, and fifteen years, and, by
adroit bookkeeping, defying detec-f
tion and successfully hiding the frauds
What is possible out of the Treasury
is possible within it. Ten years is n
long time for an Institution handling,
money and securities by the thousands
of millions of dollars to nave no inves-
tigation, no overhauling of the books,
no counting of the funds ON hand.-
monthly statements are not self-proy-i
inc. Who can tell how much money,
is actually in the Treasury without
counting itP The report OF Mr.. Spin
ner, nor of Secretary Boutwell,, nor of
any clerk, book-keeper, or cashier, is,
satisfactory, What is wanted is the.
displacement of all these men for at
least three months, until there can be
a thorough investigation and compar-i
ison by persons not interested in the
accuracy of the. books as they now,
show. AS this is not possible under
the present administration, the only
way to obtain count of the money
in the treasury, and an examination
of the bond-list, is to have new DEAL.
We do not impeach the honesty of the
present officers of the Treasury; but
we insist that at the end of ten years
1t is time to T" count the money" In the
Treasury. diiH issAGAtlS Il Iudagu4F
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THE voIoELEss.
BY OLIVER wENDELL HOMES.

We count the broken Tyres that rest a 81
Where the sweet wailing singers slunaber,
But Ger their silent sisters breast
And wild flowers who will stoop tonumber2
A few mag touch the magic string, aessf. .
A noisy fame be proud 90 win them
Alas for those that never sing. = - ~
But die with all their music m them
Nay grieve not for the dead alone, ---@ Z
where song has told their sad hearts story;
Weep for the Yoiceless who have known -
The cress without the crown of gl0ryf
Not where Leueadian bfeezes sleep At+1s -
sO'er6apuo's memory haunted pillow. iEga &
But where the glistening night deYs weep
DER namefess sorrows church yard willow.
o hearts that break and give no sign, ~, -.
save Whitening lips and faded tresses.
TIN death Pours out his cordial wine, at = ~
slow drDppeti from misery's crushing presses
II singing breath or echoing chord; s,...
TO every hiIldeu pang were given, 81 - 81
What endless ipelDdies were poured, = q -sEI
As sad a. earth, as sweet rs heaven a., he
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
Er,ulptions,2 Ei.,u lions Of !, the Mountain
..if - ~ Merapi.

In the evening of the 18th of April
| the volcano Merapi, in. Java, W hich
! had been quiet since. 1862, began to
show s1gns.ofi vigorous life. Streams
of lava issued out of the mountain,
and rushing ftriously downwards,
buried whole villages in their fiery
masses, filled up the favines and
checked the course of rivers. This
outbqrst was one of the most frightful
ever known. 1t came so unlocked
for that every one was surprised by
it. A river in the neighborhood9 of
the mountain was filled with lava to
to depth of fifteen feet. ALI the trees
on its banks (Which are 80 feet lhigh)
have been consumed or scorchedi by
the fearful heat. "A great many hu-
man beings have perished, together
with their villages. Very little is yet
known of the fate of those living on
the Merapi,to height of 200 feet
the mountain being inaccessible; the
authorities, who endeavored to ascer-
tain the nature of the working of the
volcano, saw only smoke, ashes and
glowing lava, Showers of ashes,
stones and sand followed the casting
out Of the lava, and caused dreadful
devastation. At several places the
sand and ashes lay from two to four
feet deep, whereby great damages has
been done to the coffee and other
crops. AT Solo and other; places the
ashes and sand showers lasted three
days and It became SO dark that lamps
had to be lighted in the daytime in
consequence, The volcanic outburst
was accompanied by slight shocks of
earthquake. 1t is said that thousands
of Javanese have had to take fight
after having lost their all their vii
lagos had become uninhabitable owing
to most of the houses having fallen
down. BY last accounts, 200 dead
bodies had been found on one side of
the volcano.4 Awoman who escaped
brought news thather fellow-yillagers
160in umberlhad iperished london
Times odl i9sd iced 3di .sa9ai80I
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/ GRACE GREEDwooD, has found in
California among the mountains, a
young landlords wife who is q singu-
iarly Spirited and original character,
en- enthusiastic mountaineer, a good
rider climber and shet. In rough
heights and gorges; she hunts tne
deer, the fox, the hare, though the
wildcat is her speciality. And she is
neither dyspeptic, nor paralytic, nor
bent double with spinal curvature, nor
afflicted with any of the diseases
peculiar to women hereabouts. Per-
haps if more of our young women
hunted husbands less and wild ami
mails more, they would be both
healthier and happier and get better
mated into the bargain, as4ff -s9f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15
KITTY RIDER:

kneeling by the stream / saw, .i
Kate. the farmers daughtef,
Drinking, m her rosy palm f-l l
Dippingup the water
She had thrown her hat aside,
Bare her arm and shoulder, 10 ~
Each unconscious charm displayed,
Made my love grow bolder. "A
So slowly, tenderly. III t.a Il
Went and kneft beside her,
Drank with her from out the stream, q
Flushing Kitty Rider .s :,
And said. The poets think T2s z
Life is like river, slst.t 4 sfs-s5i
Shall we not its waters drink, a
Always love, togethers"
Many years have passed US by, 90.
Like the flowing water,
But drink Lies stream to-day, ~
With the farmers daughter -
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Frankness.


81 Be frank with the world. Frank
ness.is the child of honesty and cour-
age. Say just what you mean to do
on every occasion and take it for
granted you mean to do what is right
IF a friend ask you favor you should
grant it if it is reasonable if it is not,
tell him plainly why you cannot; you
will wrong him and wrong yourself
by yequivocation of any kind. Never
do a wrong thing to make a friend or
to keep one; the man who requires
you to do so is dearly purchased and
at sacrifice Deal Kindly and firmly
with all men, and you will find it the
policy that wears the best. lAboye all
do not appear to others what you are
not. If you have any fault to find
With any one, tell him, not others, of
what you complain. There isno more
dangerous experimentation that of un-
dertaking- to do one thing to mans
face and another behind his back. We
should live and speak out of doors, as
the phrase is: do what we are willing
should be known and read by all men.
1t is not best as matter of principle,
but as o matter o., policy. i; ss.'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-15

nl ssWhene'er take my walks abroad
how many snobs L see" would have
sung Doctor Watts had he visited
Long Branch in 1872, ~ g.m i..e
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Collins Bapk sss.s gs,af!

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dzsoaa5 bsGzsi aoftzGsaisoTq oiidgq =
.llsi1 lgl5 s1.sa.s r :. l-Ss - e n 81
NEW GOODS. -
We have receiyed many choice NEW GOODS GOODS
the ureseuf season making a fine addition to our
.t-ct e ,,,s,.h 80, 81 ,vhicb e re-
spestfully invite the atsentiOn ofenssenerss 8,
We have, IS usual, fun supply Of -
4sss4 q ziseeiinneous BOOKS ssa
History, Poetry, Novels. -and the late new aud
- - '1'-71S f..Ti,, s -
| fste3 !iasaHS95-. Jili..aI s3sI % 45ss-,
sucn As are in general use IN tasi Soninty Ana
nsaixSlE lsehoolI statfonsry.l p .lte5esE
10 .a.ff nrnst -eIfIff fs9sssl5.. IA. qsf,u.
We Keep ON hand. also. . good assortment mi ' on
nne Stationery. .--..,,,...., ..f..-,. g...sssf-E
mp .l Ahu rso's J.
Ia -inled rehoA .o's 90. anu
- si493 Initial Nots Paper '.,aas
,l9o i....1tE af -. go .ils.l -. = :.
Deantiiniiy ana ca eNPeoisiousiy s'-HPeu u olas9-
D q. .sLorton's sapsrior Gold Psns.
CO., r, -. ,.;.tzz 49, eStetNAi ''ls
~ e1s ~ 4'set'sss5 4 J3Afi aHE 20
aofsIo8b 9di II Inks.l .ggel5iai2 Ra.i
u .lasi.l.Is xa9g. Is...0l.t zfiti iBga
BLACK Violet COPYING Of the s7 best quality
-Tys ss,is ,ess.s i Toys : i;,sF7s.s 65ssety
"a, ..s...i., E,.,..5 u .sas.s .,s s,.ff.,
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GEORGE sZDIER, NJ. b. =
Physicfan ana Surseons z IR2renna Ohio
Office with W, 3. Thomas, ESD, Empire Block:
Residences on walnut, second door south OF
Main Street sN -. fs.SY 36-tf.
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CLsEFELAND u &PITEsRURGR RAILKqAn
On ana alter Jisuz 5sf, 1872 Trims WI leave.
Stations daily. Sundays excepted } as follosss
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ETNA HOUSE,
e. MUssER, Proprietor. west side Public
Square, Ravenna, Ohio. eo-ti.
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10 Foisasiia at o. bHs1nmao 3gT
e-.-..l.... $50. IL. - l..l IL L..