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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11
AN nuTRAaR

The New York Sun says attention has
been called to the fact Of three English
convicts have been sent to New York
by the prison authorities Of Manchester,
England 1t appears that ether Euro
pean countries are in the habit Of getting
rid Of troublesome wrongdoers in a
similar way. The official organ Of the
Grand Dachy Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
says that that petty government claims
the right TO dispose Of its eonyicis in
this manner, and that every European
government has done so for many years.
1t adds that if any convict in the Grand
Dueal penitentiary should be deemed
worthy Of the elemency Of Duke Fred
erick. and should couple bis application
for a pardon with a promise Of leaving
Meekienburg forever and taking up his
abode ID the United States, such pardon
would undoubtedly be granted
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11
KU.KLUx EXPENSES.

A Washington dispatch says that the
large expenditures of money under the
Ku-Klux or enforcement act have natu-
rally attracted the attention of Congress,
but to no purpose. Two millions ofdollars
for that purpose have been heretofore
appropriated, and the deficiency which
the House provided for Thursday calls
for another million, making three mil
lions of dollars in all. The>greater part
of this has been absorbed by the fees
and expenses of the United States mar
shals and district attorneys in arresting
parties charged with Ku-Klux crimes,
and in summoning witnesses. The
Democratic members openly declared in
the House that the extra amount just
voted was to enable Federal officials TO
influence the Presidential campaign in
the sections where the rigors of the en-
forcement act would be made manifest,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID made to me by II. w. Loving, dated Feb
ruary IA, 1871. and recorded in Registers
office of Shelby county, in book 10; page sos.
said deed to secure certain Indebtedness
paid, / will, as such trustee, on
Thursday, 2sth day Of March, 1872,
between the hours Of II and II an, at the
southwe est corner of Madison and Main streets,
Memphis, Tenn. proceed to sell for cash, to
the highest bidder. the following lot or parcel
of land. lying in the county of Shelby and
State of Tennessee. in District No. IL, being
the northeast part of the east half Of section
two t2). township one %, in range seven ca
west, containing one hundred and ninety
two (l92) acres, the said one hundred and
ninety-tw0 ll92) acres Of land being the same
which was attached and appOrtiened to 5. w.
Boyer and Susan A, his wife, in division of
the land given by Isaac Wilborn in his will to
the said S. W. Boyer and wife and one w. II.
Allen, between them and said Allen, by com
missioners appoin ed by the County Court of
Shelby county aforesaid. and the same tract
of land conveyed TO said .. w. Boyer and
Susan A., his wife. by II. Il. Wilb.rn and A,
@. WilbOrn, executors of the last will and
testament of the said Isaac Wilborn. Decd
by their deed OF date the 18th day Of Noyens-
Der. 1882
The right Of redemption is waived in said
trust deed, and the title to the property is be-
lieved TO good, but / convey only as Trustee.
JOHN G. LANIkk, Trustee.
Office 2s6 Second street,
February 26. 1872. l63.td
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11
An Unfortunate Error.

In the Nashville Union aud American
OF the 9th inst. appeared local notice
of a pardon issued to b b Barnes. who
was said to have been convicted Of
forgery in this city. The Avalanche Of
this morning, without noticing the error,
copied the paragraph. The party par
doned by the Governor was William
Beauregard who had forged the signature
of Mr.. b. b. Barnes, a well-known law
yer of this city. The mistake made by
our cotemporariee has been most unfor-
tunate, and will, no doubt, be corrected
as soon as possihle.
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COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The County Convention TO be Held
ON the Third Thursday in June
Next, the goth prOx.

The County Convention TO be Held
ON the Third Thursday In June
Next, the goth prOx.
The Shelby County Executive Commit
tee metin this city on Saturday afternoon.
Messrs. w. II. Carroll, A. B. Haynes,
c. Jones, j. c. Powell, S. Ward, b.
Bledsoe, J. P. Anderson and j. ]. Du-
Bose were elected members. These
gentlemen, with the following, constitute
the committee at present: W. W. Nc
Dowell, chairman; j. H. Mathes, secre-
tary; Messrs. NJ. d. L. Stewart, f. d.
Stockton, A. C. Belts, j. A. Murray, II.
Irby, N. C. Perkins, T. Holman, P. NJ.
Winters, T. W. 0'Donnell, R. f. Looney,
W. j. Chase, c. L. Anderson, j. M.
Heating, ]. Stokes, s. Green, j. R.
Droescher, ]. Douglass and J. Newsom.
The following resolution was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, That a convention should
be held for the purpose of nominating
candidates for county Offices, and that
the time for holding said convention be
the third Thursday in June Goth, and
that the chairman of this committee now
appoint committee of five members to
FIX the basis of representation, to report
at called meeting of the Executive
Committee, to be held on notice from
the chairman.
Chairman Mcdowell appointed on the
committee Messrs. Holman, Anderson
Green, Stewart and Belts. After which
the Executive Committee adjourn ed
subject to a call of the chairman
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11
rae WAY mol cARRY ELEcrIoNs.

The Radical party understands how to
carry elections. 1t is stated that the
most extraordinary frauds and rascali-
ties are being proven in the investiga-
ton ordered by the Pennsylvania State
Senate in regard to the late special cleo
ton in Philadelphia, whereby Gray, the
Grant candidate, was declared elected
over Mcclure, Independent Republicas.
Men who have been dead for years are
on the register as having voted. 10 one
poling-place it was proven that Mcclure
had lightweight votes, instead Of thirty
five. as returned. In another sixty-five
we're proven, when forty-seven only
were returned. David Powell testified
that he voted twice for Gray. Joseph
Graham, who voted for Mcclure, was
struck on the back Of the neck by a po-
lice officer while he was voting. Charles
II Carter, an election inspector, ;esti-
fed that Mcclure ballots we're taken out
of the box. There we're none returned,
although three clerks and inspectors had
put such tickets into the box.
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coGoNEL WALTER COLEMAN.

We are glad to learn that this gentle
man, who has been consigned to the
grave by incorrect reports, and whose
supposed death elected such outspoken
words of eulogy, though he has been
quite ill, is progressing to conva-
lescence. About the hour we were
going to press on Saturday a report OF
his death came to US, but we could trace
it to no reliable source. We doubted the
truth of it, because such man as Wal
ter Coleman could not die and the nev
not fly on the wings of the wind. We
trust that the destroyer has spent his
force among the legal fraternity, and
that when the spring opens and the sun
comes out warm and genial, he will
have disappeared from among us.
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Inquest on AN Unknown.

The body of German or Swede was
found lying on Union avenue yesterday
morning. Coroner Moffatt held an in
quest, but no light could be thrown on
the matter. 1t was discovered that the
previous evening the man had applied
for food and shelter in the neighborhood,
and appeared to be sick. he died from
the effects of want, sickness and expos
ure. Even his name remains unknown,
and his friends and relatives will proba-
bly, never hear of his sickness and death.
but will give him up as lost in the great
ocean of humanity until time whispers
that be has become one of the clods of
the valley.
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FOREIGN.

ROME, March 1.-THE Pope to-day re-
ceived a deputation of Romans. Re
ferring to his intention of leaving Rome,
he said it was not possible for two au-
thorities to exist simultaneously and
work tremendously.
LONDON, March ll.-Dispatches just
received announce the death Of Mazzini,
at Pisa, on Sunday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

Chancellor Morgan rendered the fol-
lowing decisions to-day; Mayor and
Aldermen of Memphis vs. R. d. Grace,
ct al, judgment for complainants; Wat
son VS.. Haynes, petition for re-hearing
refused; Mckinney VS.. Belle Clover,
judgment for complainant, as at first
hearing; Bartlett VS.. Crenshew, demur-
rer overruled; Lauterbach vs.. Beehler,
judgment for complainant; Reed VS..
Maugum, judgment for complainant;
Scott VS.. Glover, plea overruled; Moore
vs.. Green, come up on re-hearing as to
fund, which A. Aston, clerk and master,
and Fowler both claimed, decided for
Fowler; Schnerring VS.. Eichberg, pre-
scented for re hearing, judgment for de-
PENDANT, as at last term.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

Mr.. S. F. Bond, a resident Of Bond s
Station, on the Memphis and Louisville
railroad, lost a valuable horse last Au-
gust. Yesterday he discovered the
stolen animal in the possession of ne
gro, Madison Monroe. The horse has
passed through dozen hands since the
theft, and the same number of warrants
were sworn out before Esquire Spelman,
who will pick out the horse-thief from
the group this afternoon.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March ll.-Diplomats
in Washington are inquiring why no
public explanation has been given OF
the extraordinary conduct of Mr.. Ora
mer, United States Russian minister, by
forcing upon him and other members OF
the diplomat ic corps the confidential
note of Secretary Fish in regard to the
Catacazy difficulty.
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HOMICIDE.
A white Man shot Dead ON lhe Ra-
leigh Road.


Last Saturday evening, at o'clock
two white men, J.. B. Taylor and AL
Moses, engaged in a controversy while
drinking at Claywells grocery, five
miles from the city, on the Raleigh road.
Taylor walked out, paid no attention to
his own mule, but mounted saddle
mule belonging to Moses, and was
quietly riding away, when he was ordered
to halt by Moses. Taylor was intoxi-
Gated, and believed he was on his own
mule; he therefore turned in his saddle
and made some insulting reply. Moses
deliberately drew a Colts navy pistol,
leveled it and fired, the ball striking
Taylor in the forehead, killing him in
stantly. He fell from the mule dead, and
his body was carried back to the grocery.
Moses mounted his mule and fed.
THE ARREST.
Deputy Sheriffs r. l.. Taggert and W.
D. Powell left this city last evening to
arrest Moses. The officers searched for
him last night and got on his trail
Early this morning Messrs. Taggert and
Powell rode up to log cabin situated in
Wolf river bottom, near the old Raleigh
road, seven miles from the city, and en-
tered the building, pistol in hand. They
found Moses secreted inside, arrested
him and brought him to Memphis. The
warrant was returned before Recorder
Winters who will hear the facts of the
case sometime tomorrow.
THE PARTIES.
J. B. Taylor, the dead man, was q
painter by trade, and resided in the
neighborhood of Claywell's store. Al.
Moses, the slayer, has been engaged in
hauling wood and farming not far from
the same neighborhood. The men had
been drinking, and were not very well
acquainted with each other. Moses
says he believed Taylor was stealing his
mule, while Taylor, no doubt, thought
he was mounted on his own beast.
Deputy Sheriifs Taggert and Powell
deserve credit for the prompt manner in
which they effected the capture os the
homicide.
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FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY.
A German Kills hts wife ana Three
children.

a German hAIita MS WIG N"N AHDc
children. 49, .... 4.
DAYTON, O., March IA frighttul
tragedy was enacted four miles from this
city yesterday. A German named Leon
ard Morguard murdered his wife and
three children. His wife was fousd ly-
ing on the bed stark naked, choked to
death. About 200 yards from the house
and close by small stream was found
the youngest child, an infant, with its
head mashed in; short distance further
up the stream were found the other two
children, a boy and girl, aged six and
eight years, stark naked, but with no
marks upon their bodies. They were
evidently drowned and their bodies af-
terward taken out Of the stream and laid
upon the bank. Morguard was arrested
and is now in jail here. 1t is thought
that he is insane.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

THE Cincinnati Enquirer of Friday
says: The siIver-tongued Bingham,
of Ohio, yesterday uplifted his mellifu-
GUS voice in opposition to resolution
to investigate Secretary Robson, and it
was not received. Robson has been
charged with robberes of the Treasury
amounting to hundreds of thousands,
and in one case the time, name and
place are given, and the amount Speclf-
cally stated at S93, 900. Yet an investi-
CATION is deemed unnecessary.
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Penalty of AssauIting an Editor.

CIYoIYNATI, March ll.-John Walden,
who assaulted Mr.. Perry, one Of the edi-
tors of the Gazette, upon the street the
other evening, was this morning fined
$500 and sentenced to the work house
for one year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11
PUBLIC NOTICE.

J. ID. Edwards' Memphis Headquar.
ters lee Depot, 27s second 80.
From this date the season through !
will keep a regular day and night ice de-
pot, for the benefit Of the entire public,
where everybody can get ice at all hours
Of night and day at the lowest prices.
l47-l6l I'D. EDWARDS, 27s Second st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

In reference to the appointment of ex-
Governor Holden minister. to Peru, the
New York Sun remarks: Governor
Holden left North Carolina to escape
criminal prosecutions after he had been
impeached by the Legislature. He
probably knows as much about Peru as
one of Barnums cannibals. Peru may
feel complimented at the appointment
of a man who cannot return to his
own State, but who can represent Grant
in Lima. t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

Seventy misdemeanor cases were dis
posed Of by the recorder to-day. Annie
Fisher and Ellen Page, charged with rob-
berry from the person Of countryman,
we're committed in default Of $4,000
bonds each. Charles Parish, a thieying
negro. was sent up in default Of $1,000
bonds. A number of pistol toters we're
bound over to appear before the Crimi-
nal Court.
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srrAr-nrruo at sl5 Second st. al


Just received, Yarmouth bloaiers,
smoked halibut aud salmon. Roe her
rings, new Canadian oatmeal. and other
articles too numerous to mention, at J.
DsvOio's, cor. Third and Adams ll2l-t
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LEGAL.
Administrator's Notice.

To the Creditors Of the Estate of John Inge:
HAVING SUGGESTED THE INS0L-
IL vency Of the estate Of John Inge to the
Clerk of the County Court of Shelby county.
! hereby notify all persons having claims
against said estate to appear before the said
County Court Clerk and file the same, authen-
ticated In the manner prescribed BY law. on
or before the 9th day of September, 1872;
otherwise the same will be forever barred.
JAMES w. AVERY,
Admir- John Inge, deceased.
March 1872. 934
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11

II. r. HELPER issues an address from
Salisbury, North Carolina, to the honest
Republicans of that State, calling on
them to accredit delegation to the CiR-
cinnati convention. He contends that
another four years of such Republican
ism as is now maintained in North Caro-
lima will bring it down to infamy and
disgrace" a ttu
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sEALEp PRoPosALs.

c,RALFD PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
- cciVed. al the Chamber Of Commerse,
Memphis, until the 10Th inst. for grading,
travelling. bridging and laying the stone iouu-
aati0n Oh the rOad-bsd for one mile OF me
shelby County Turnpike, compromising A.
Mclean avenue and thence running east i9r
snid one mile. Specifications Will be made
knoun b. application % n. A. Montgomery
Superintendent Of the road
LION TROlsDALE. SeeretaEs.
March 6. ~. 5lf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-11
AUCTION.
LANIER & CO.'S
SALES OF REAL ESTATE
TRUST SALE

of n Valuable Tract of Land, in
shelby county. Tenn, con-
tanning One Hundred and
. Nfnery.TwO Acres.
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Gls-Trrr1so at slS Second st.


We are agents for the sale Of Har
beri's celebrated varieties.
COSAWAY & LISsDAY,
81 1863 Main street.
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united stntes Canrf.

Judge Whitney, Of the District Court,
resumed the call Of the Law docket to-
day. Forty cases will be called each
day. Judge Emmons will be here this
evening, and will hold the Circuit Court
tomorrow. The criminal docket viii be
called and appeals from the District
Court heard.
We Make Specially of Blank
Books.
Prompt attention given to orders for
any style. BOTLE q CHAPMAN,
y 279l Main street.
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Oysters.

Fresh stock received daily by V. d.
Fuchs, Al Jefferson street. TITO
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

THE THIMBLE.-The name of this little
ses for urging the needle through cloth, is
said TO have been derived from "thumb"
and "bell," being at first tumble and
afterwards thimble. 1t is of Chinese in
vention, aud was introduced into England
about the year 1896, by John Lotting, who
came from Holland and commenced its
manufacture in Isington, near London,
and pursued it with great profit and sue
cess. Formerly iron and brass were used
latterly silver, gold and steel have taken
their places. In the ordinary manufacture
thin plates of metal are introduced into a
die, and then punched into shape. In
Paris gold thimbles are manufactured to Il
large extent. Thin sheet iron is cut into
disks about two inches in diameter these,
being heated TO n red heat are struck with
punch into a number of holes, gradually
increasing in depth to give them the proper
shape. 1t is then trimmed, polished and
indented around its outer surface with a
number of little holes by means OF a little
wheel. 1t is then converted into steel by
the concentration process, tempered, secured
and brought to blue color. A thin sheet
of gold is then introduced into the interior
and fast ened to the steel by means of a
polished steel mandrel. Gold leaf il then
applied to the outsid and attached to ii by
pressure, the edges being fastened TO a
small groove made ready to receive them.
The thmble is then finished and ready for
nae.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

This is an age of inquiry and people are
beginning to realize the magnitude Of the
evil caused by the use of injurious compounds
for the hair, which are prepared and forced
Into market, by men who are not practical
physicians, and who may not be aware of the
injury they are producing. These prepara-
lions have been analysed by competent chem
lists, and shown to contain poisonous sub
stances, causing Nervousness, Headache, Par
alysis, and often fatal results.
In contrast with such injurious articles, we
call attention to the Hair Restorer prepared
by DR.. r. Greene, Superintendent of the Bos-
ton Medical Institute, who has been a sue
cessful physician in Boston for more than o
quarter Of q century. DR.. Greene uses Veg
etable Remedies only, and can assure the pub
lie that this Hair Restorer will do all that is
claimed for it, without possibility of injury.
at hare tested sample of DR.. Greene's Hair
Restorer, and find that no poisonous metals or
Injurious matters eriSt in ii.
c. T. JACKSON, State Assayer"
The use of this Hair Rcstorer for twenty
FIVE years has tested its superiority as q dress
ing, and its power to preserve the hair and
scalp in healthy condition. 1t removes
dandruff, prevents the hair from falling off,
preserves its natural color, restores it when
prematurely gray, renders it soft and glossy,
promotes its healthy growth, and is the best
dressing ever discovered. While other prep
arations are sold at almost any price, Dr.
Greene's Hair Restorer has sustained its good
qualities, its price, and its reputation. II is
prepared by DR.. Il. Greene at the Medical In
stitute, "a Temple Place, Boston, and sold at
81 per bottle, or six for SIS, or sent by ex-
press to any part of the country. Pamphlet
sent free. Address Dr. r. Greene, "a Tenn
VN1a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-10-18

or the rope from which swung basket for
drawing the passenger across some wild
chasm, the step is long to tho magnificent
"Victoria" bridge at Montreal, or the steel
arch structure at st. Louis, or the Suspen-
sion Bridge at Niagara, or that now going
up over the East River connecting New
York and Brooklyn. In studying the his
tory of this development, we almost tire OF
the details of abutmont and pier, of arch,
span and truse, of tube, caisson, tower and
cable.
Many centuries ago there existed in
Southern Europe society calling them
selves Brethren of the Bridge" 1t was
formed expressly for the security of tray
oilers in passing the rivers, where they had
before been subject TO the exactons and
punderngs of banditti. The object pro-
posed they en- deavored to reach by estab-
fishing ferries and safe resting places on
the banks of the rivers; and subsequently
by building permanent and secure bridges.
One of tn most ancient bridges of modern
Europe, that over the Rhone, at Avignon,
in France, was their work and the old
London bridge ov err the Thames, the first
stone bridge in the city, was commenced
as is supposed-in 117G, by member OF
their order. 1t would not be easy 10 COM
pute the good accomplished by such body
of men. Nor, propably, do we appreciate
fully the extent 10 which our convenience
and comfort in more recent times are serv-
ed by theirsuccossors-th modern "Breth-
rem Of the Bridge"
A pre-eminent place among these will
certainly belong to the projectors Of the
bridge from the mainland to Goat Island,
in the Bay of San Francisco, if that should
prove really a success. For, certainly, how
ever sure ANYWAY have felt that there could
be nothing novel now found out in bridge
building, this is new and we should judge
comparatively inexpensive. The chief or
only question with the uninitiated must be,
whether il is feasible and safe.
1t is proposed to extend across the chan
mel an immense tube of boiler iron, sunk
thirty feet below the surface of the water,
and held in place by system of cables,
anchors, and buoys. But chiefly ii is to be
its own support. Railroad trains are to be
run through it,..and these it is TO float ,,,as
the iron ship floats her cargo. "a chief
problem.with.th engineer haslbeen to have
the buoyancy Of the tubes equal to the
weight of train of cars, so as to require the
mi nmum of anchorage and support" The
diameter Of the tubes is to be twenty feet,
and they are to be internally strengthened
by a system of iron beams and framework,
which, 80 far, shall make them safe. Great
confidence is expressed that the project
will succeed. If it does, it would certainly
be hard to tell where such asystem of tun-
nelling:may stop.-Mercdntiie Journal.