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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-16
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS THAT LEAVE TO-DAY.
St. Louis, .....Belle St. Louis, .........5 p. m.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer st. Francis, Helena. .
City Of Helena, st. Louis.
" City of Chester, st. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer City of Helena, Vicksburg.
st. Francis, Helena.
City Of Chester, St. Louis.
" Celeste, 0sceols.
RIVER, WEATHER, MISCELLANEOUS.
The rise and fall at other points since our
last issue, as reported by the Signal Service
Bureau. is as follows:
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LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION

PITTsBURa and Camel coal and gas
coke. Brown & Jones, Office 2S2 Main
street. Bethel Block. I
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CoKE ASD Coal TAR for sale at Gas
Company's Office, 29l Second ST. Tot
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RoGAN, SEIDES & Co. viii have the
first bale Of new cotton from Mississippi
for sale tomorrow.
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Violin and guitar strings. best
italian, at III. seehausen's, 245
Second street SIT
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Genuine Gravel Roofing, by Bar.
thOlOmew d Allen. 40 N. Court. 10It
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FRESH OYSTERS, received daily, on
and after the It'll inst, at Continental
Restaurant.
l4S W. W. KINGDOM.
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h. j. WALKER, the enterprising news
dealer, No. los Beal street, has all the
latest dailies, wecklies and monthly pub
locations. He has also many European
periodicals and literature that he makes
specially. Call and see him.
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Fans for rocking chairs at Ames,
Beattis d Go. Quantities at reduced
prices-No. 3s6 Main street lost
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STRIKING A WoMAN.-A white man was
before the Recorder this morning
charged with striking woman about a
dog. The woman was, on the other
hand, charged with being a Borgia, and
with having poisoned the dog They ar
gued their own case, and entertained
the court for some time with eloquent
speeches after the manner Of certain
vel! known criminal pleaders. The
honor of manhood was vindicated by
the proof that no woman was struck,
and the woman exculpated from the
charge against her upon the proof that
she never poisoned the dog, never saw
the dog, and that the complainant never
had a dog. The city didn't get red
cent out of the whole party.
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GAS FITTING, 448 Main street. 9S-
chickerins Pianos, a74 second st.

WIN. WALLACE, ]. p, will be in the
Office of s. A. Moore, Esq, No. 80 Mon
roe street, to transact business as magis.
trate. l2lf
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MARROW EscAPE.-A little darby had
a very narrow escape yesterday on the
fernando road. A young gentleman
while out buggy-riding with a lady had
just turned into Elliott street, when the
horse became uHmanageable, and was
going very nearly at the top of his
speed, while little six year-old stood
only short distance off in front, uncon-
scious of the approaching vehicle. With
admirable GOODNESS the lady raised her
psrasol, gave scream, and just as she
leaned forward and struck the child the
buggy flew by, the wheel merely touch
ing the child's coat tail, or rather what
would have been if he had had any
coat on.
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DoG-KILLEG.-The dog.killer COM
menced his operations in Scotland this
morning, and is doing noble service in
the cause of his country out there. He
will take in Pinch next, and then South
Memphis.
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TnE LATEST ARRIVAL : Teas from
japan and all the tea regions. Parties
will be furnished with samples free at j.
Devotos, corner of Third and Adams
streets. 1851
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cTRAYED-FR0M CORNER OF POPLAR
- and Dunlap streets, on or about the 10Th Of
June. q sorrel horse about nine years old hf-
teen hands high ; white hind feet; harness
very gentle. will give 800 for his recovery.
1a3-f GEO. A. CLARK 70 Madison at
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THE CIsTERNs.-Captain Madden, Of
the Fire Department, informs US that it
is the custom, and necessary one, when
filling oisterns at night, to swing lamp
down in order to discover the amount of
water contained therein. No other way
is provided to make this examination.
Captain Madden is, of course, not in any
way responsible for the explosion of the
gas in the Jefferson street cistern a few
nights since. Our comments were made
from scientific standpoint, and not by
way of censure. Safety lamps such as
are used in Mines can be used in these
cistern explorations without danger, and
it would probably be well to furnish the
Fire Department with them.
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A MCMILLAN oAD.-Esquire Mil
Ter received letter this morning from
Mr.. G. A. Smith, who is now in Copen-
hagen, Denmark, organizing Danish and
Swedish colonies for this country, and
trying to induce the people Of that coun-
try to emigrate to Tennessee and Ar
kansas. Mr.. Smith, who is well known
to almost everybody In this city, and es-
pecially the Danish and Swedish resi-
dents, is an artist Of no small merit, and
while he is serving the people of Ten
nessee in the Old World, he does not for
get the cultivation of his peculiar talent
in the schools of the old masters. In
one of the photographs he sends home
to this country, is an admirable likeness
of Horace Greeley from painting by
himself which he made from a wood cut
in an illustrated paper. On the back Of
the photograph he writes: How is
Greeley? l wish / could help to fight
for him. Maybe will be home in time.
l have always thought him one of the
greatest and best men in the country"
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wv. S. BRowxr, AS Main St. IS
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MON REDFORD's PASTURE AND
GRASS FARM-RARE CHANCE.

1EY FARM. SEVEN MILES FROM CITY,
M containing 40 acres of splendid land,
snbdiyided into fields and wood lots, and well
adanted 10 grass culture or fam products.
Over half the and lays on a small creek and
;s ~ fhe first quality; a large portion OF the
remai der is fresh and quite productive. A
mart has been seeded in grasses, such as Or
ebayd Red Top, Timothy, Kentucky. Blue.
and Red Glover, which would have produced,
had Il been harvested. two tons per acre. The
improvements are first class and all new: con
stating az neat cottage Of three rooms, halls,
matches. closets. pantry, kitchen. ETC., in good
order. A splendid sta'le, just finished, with
ali modern improvements. containing hity
stalls. with sleeping room and feed room. and
large roomy loft ABOVE. over OOfect long; also,
a number Of outhOuses. Garden, orchard IN
bearing, and splendid well and clstern. The
entire place is watered by never failing springs
n d creeks, and cannot be surpassed IN let J.
ity 10 the country. From two to three thou
sand dollars may be made per year, with little
or no expense, by pasturing. and, II desired,
As fne hay AZ is made in the North may be
grown, baied and sold in addition to pastur-
ms. The nearest depot Of the Selma RAILROAD.
soon 70 be in operation. Is scarcely Two miles
thus afFording convenient facilities for ship
ming any marketable commodity to the, city.
Nv sole object for selling is physical inability
Ia attend rs MANAGEMENT. and for the next
forv days will offer at a bargain, for cash.
or A portion down, balance on long time; or
will trade fer city property. Also. my stock OIL
fine Mich Cows, Driying Horses, vehicles,
etc. etc. Possession Immediately. Address
me, care G. II. Bracket 4 Co., OF call at my
residence, Holly Ford road. -
1aSf MON. W. REDFORD.
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DRIVEN WELLS, 448 Main street. IS
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PUxrs, AS Main street. 80
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below high water.
Blank CD indicates no report; cipher tO)
stationary.
l0ficiall S. W. RHODE,
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NOR RENT-FLOOR-TH cOMMODI0US
and we'll arranged second floor of No. 2'S
Main street, recently improved and fitted for
any business. Apply to ,o,,,,,x
llSt l.. q A. L LOWENSTElN.
NOR RENT-STORE l6 JEFFERSON ST.;
h front Offices $50 Main; also two residences
l0a- 10 W. A. WHEA rLEY. Bethel block
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-26
81, BRAVE OLD BARNWBLL. ~
The Merry Days Before the Confederate
War.
[FRoM DUB OWN CORRESPONDENT

lFRoM DUB OWN NcoRRsspoNDENT.l
f.s BARNwELL, 8. G., Nov. 25, 1872.
There were merry days In this county In
years gone by, ere our poor men were so many
and our rich MEN 30 few-and II they chance
to come upon us now, our good old ancestors
tanghtus how to keep them.
At every gathering OF fun and festival you
could ever Hnd host Of convivial spirits,
whose jovlal. generous and many traits are
yet trsnitlonally recited. and priced as inhefi-
tances by the people Of BarnwelL
Every section of the old district had Its rep
resentative men and women, too, at the fair,
races, muster and encamp nent. ShaW's
Creek sent its Evauses and Plupketts, as tough
aud strong az the pine Knots of that region;
Edisto Its Toblns and Walkers, men and
marksmen; Jackson's Branch it's Brunsons
and Barkers; generous and hospitaole Ranse
Barker would bet his ''ootton money" (and
win) on the Free Niger Filly Stock on any
tnrf between Smyrna and Cowetta County.
The well.denned and placid c0untenance OF
Jake Brunson, peering out from under his
wagon cover, at Jonathan Pendar, importu-
Ing q bet or vote, while Ed. Stansell would
insist on fair play and no lodging. These
and a host ofothers made the old times merry
and happy. r.,..-,.. ..,a..
To-day are gathering here the descendants
of these sturdy yeomen and q thousand others
to participate In the festivities of the fair and
races.
The weather is delightful, and enjoyment
must follow. All the celebrated turtmen,
Gary, Hagood, Moore, Cash and the rest are
putting In appearances; the field. farm, garden
and areside productions are being arranged
for display, while Mitchells brass band enli-
vens the old town with the stirring airs OF
Dixie and the Wearing OF the Green.
SHERWOOD.
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SPARKS FROM TIE WIRES.

The Union Bank of Marietta, Ohio, has
suspended payment.
-Shanghae iadvices report multitudes OF
natives dying In Corea from starvation.
Judge Miller, of the United States Court
for Wisconsin, has decided that bankrupt
cannot sell his homestead aud claim hls store.
The cases OF we'll known clllzens oeing
suddenly and mysteriously missing. are muitl-
plying In New York with alarming rapidlty.
The governor and newly elected State OIL
GERS of Alabama assumed their offices yester-
day.
I'm drunken affray, which occurred In
New York yesterday between thieves ana
roughs, two of the combatants were Killed.
Oliver Read, banker OF Newport, 4. l.,
has been swindled out of seventeen thousand
dollars by bogus Central Pacific Railroad
bonds.
"A resolution to investigate the August
elections has been passed by the North Caro-
lima Legislature. The Conservative caucus
has nominated Vance for the United States
Senate.
1t rained all yesterday and the night pre-.
vious at Memphis, Tenn. Scarcely horse was
to be seen In the streets from the prevalence
OF the horse disease. Ok teams were getting
one dollar and a quarter for hauling cotton.
About two hundred and hlty shooting
stars were observed at New Haven, Conn.,. on
Sunday night, ny Professor Newton of Yale
College. They were supposed to have been
fragments OF Biela's comet.
THE steamer Batavia arrived at Boston
Yesterday, with the crew rescued from the
dismantled and water-logged bark Charles
Ward. The Ward was struck by a hurricane
in latitude 40, longitude Al. Eleven of the
crew were drowned.
"A storm prevailed In the English Channel
on Sunday, destroying many vessels and lives.
The steamer Nevada put back second time
from sea with damaged machinery. The wea.
ther yesterday was tempestuous, and more
disasters were reported.
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m. CLEAR AND HARMLESS. AS Wa
CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOB

m. CLEAR AND HARMLESS. AS VA
TER-NATEANs,s CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOB
TIE HAIR-A perfectly clear. preparation In one
bottle, as easily sppled as water, for restoring %
gray hair its natural color and youthful appeat.
snce, to eradicate and prevent dandruh, 20 pf6-
mote the growth Of the hair and stop lts falling
out. 1t is entirely harmless, and perfectly me-
from any poisonous substance, and win therefore
take the place OF all tina dirty and unpleasant
preparations now in use Numerous testimpniss
have been sent na rom many OF our most proni.
aent citizens, some ef5uhioh are subjoined. IN
everything In which the articles now in use arc
objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY B perfeot'
It is warranted to contain neither Sugar OF Lead
sulphur or Nitrate Of silver, It does not BOIL ste
clothes or scalp. is agreeaby perfumeo, ana
makes one Of the best dressings for the HAN In
naa. II restores the color Of the Hair 'more par
fecr and uniformly tnsn any other preparation"
and alwsys does 90 In from three TO ten daJf,
virtually feeding the roots OF the Hair with oil
the nourtahing qualities necessary 20 1n grown
and healthy condition; IT restores the decayed
and induces new growth OF the Hair moro pod
lively than anything else. The applicatson OF
this wonderful discovery also produces . pleasant
and cooling eject on the scalp and gives the Haif
a pleasing and elegant appearance Price q q
bottle. ARTHUR HAx1AH6,
Inventor and Proprietor, Wsshsn1GfHo.
For sale by the Agent -, DR. HSRlER,
>. No. lsl Meeting strees, 0naziostou. B. q
navas-atusss qs,..! 81 .I.i:tA
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TIE CIosE OF TIE COTTON PICKING
81 SEASON. sgh - ;f's::ii-;
From the New York Bulletin.l +

The cotton picking season: this year com.
menced earlier aud continued longer than
usual, and may generally be regarded as one
Of the most favorable that has ever occurred.
The earliHess OF the season ls attributed to the
increased use Of fertilizers which produce the
effect Of maturing the crop two weeks In ad-
vance of the usual time. But the weather
was superb from first to last throughout the
entire cotton area, and there were few days
when 1t was necessary to suspend picking. A
slight frost 10 Georgia month ago did more
good than harm, as 1t helped to open the b0lls
Without injurlng the staple. It was not until
the middle of November that there was any
damaging frost, and even then 1t was
not general In all the Southern States.
do any harm. It may be safely affirmed that
there were absolutely little or no losses this
year from Inability to galher the crop. Every
pound of cotton that could be picked was
picked, and there can be no doubt that the
unusually favorable picking season went far
towards compensating for The losses occasion.
ed by worms and weather during the last few
plenty OF Qime for the crop to mature, and
plenty of time TO pick 1t. The circumstances
were also favorable for ginning. and the late
rains Increased the navlgable capacity of The
rivers. 30 chat the vast quantities piled along
their banks could al be shipped. 1t also ap-
pears tnaG planners, Wnotnef owing 10 p0llttcai
causes or not 1t .is scarcely worth while to in
qulre, also manifested unusual activity In
pushing the crops to a market. The news OF
the burning OF 8 great many gln-houses In
South Carolina may also have contributed as
much as the unexcepuoDa high price at this
season TO induce planters to avoid the risks
of housing their crops. These, and other OBJ.
vlons causes, will account for the very many
receipts al all the Southern ports, amounting,
on thel6 of November to q total OF 49,, ,5sS
bales, being an increase of no less than 22O.-
$50 bales over the corresponding period last
year, and $3.50 more than In 1870. Thus it
will be seen that an unusually large proper
tion of the crop has already come forward;
bus exactly what proportion, Of course can.
no. be determined, as knowledge of the pre-.
else quantity remaining In planters hands is
manifestly impossible, and is only subject Of
speculation. It may be safely concluded, how
ever. that the actual results OF this crop are
much more satisfactory than was anticipated
at the commencement Of the picking season,
although falling considerably below the e&pac.
tations that were warranted until towards the
close of the growing season. 1t Is always
favorable sIgn when The Southern papers alb.
stain from complaints abont cotton, and it iB
remarkable that on this point we were wholly.
unable to discover any evidences Of dissatls-
faction during the entire picking season.
.
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TWELVE HUNDRED K1ssEs.-The Turin Opln-
lone relates curious peace-msking ceremony
which took place q. few days ago at Sedini:
'tTwenty-nine families Of eight districts OF An:
glona took share in this solemn pact OF
9eace. The bishop OF the diocese, accompanied
by five priests and the authorities Of the coun.
try. assisted at the ceremony. It began by
the assembling 10 large field near sedini OF
the different groups of the parties Interested.
who afterwards formed into separate rows Of
offenders and offended by the assasslnatons
committed or wounds inflicted by vendetta
within the last ten years. Then, placing
themselves opposite the bishop and project,
they embraced each other two by two, at nrst
with certain reluctance, but by degrees tne
Ice melted, and soon the greatest cordlaity
was manifested on both sides. The twenty
nine families, with their relations to the 1ourtn
generation, amounted In all to twelve nunt "
dred people, who thus exchanged tne hiss ,ss.d "
peace. crowd OF more than Two os,1no taousano
persons formed circle round this lnteIesues
scene. which left deep and most p'easinR IN I'M
nresson on all hearts. During tne remainuea sa
IF the day and on the following mornng .ae
most @ sincere 10y and satisfaction were mani,
Sa0ted On ali sides, and will, 1t is hopeo, %
90 'I lasting az It was solemly celebrated
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CHANGING THE GAUGE OF RA1LRoADs.-The
ranidity with which the gauge of q railway
cal, be changed is one Of The marvels of the
day. A year or 80 ago the broad-gauge rail.
Way from Cincinnati to St. Louis was changed
to q narrow-gauge road In the course Of a 5in-
gle Sunday; aud on last Sunday two hundred
miles of The Grand Trunk road, betw. en- Sarnia
and Fort Erie, was changed from gauge OF
five feet six inches to one Of tour feet eight and
a half inches 1t will be noticed that all~lhe
changes which have hitherto been made = the
gauge of railways actually In nse have been In
the direction of a narrower gauge. The Erie
ig now the only great road In the country
which ases the broad gauge, and this is to be
abandoned in favor of the narrow gauge When
ever the existing rolling stock Is worn out;
The broad gauge has been thoroughly tried
here and In England, aud is now universally
acknowledged to be q failure.
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sHINDLLNG TIE IMuGRANTs.

-7;':i!' Il Heartlcss Piece OF knavery.
Nearly three hundred destitute Italian emil
grants have arrived at Castle Garden, New
York. 1t is represented that they have been
victImAsed by bogus colonization society at
Hayrss France, who haye been sending agents
through Italy, offering many fabulous advan-
tsges To. colonlsts In the Republics Of Buenos'
Ayres and the United States. The New York
Tribune says:
The agents succeeded In collecting at Ma
Piles, on october IS, nearly three hundred em-
fgrants, principally On route tor Buenos Ayres.
$50 enraptured .wHretha peasaptry aolaceRSto
the towns of Sslerno, Benevento, Matera, Ca
pua. Gpta and Corvo, in Italy, that they sold or
moftgaged their cottages 1anc small gardens
to procure the passage money to land 10
which they had been led 70 expect TO una for.
tuneSawaiting their arrival. They were told
that the agents of the great colonization socl-
atp Wouid meet-tham at Marsei1lee, at Havrei
and az tneirlfnai dessiuatton, to show them,
eYerS courtesy. They purchased their through
tickets for Buenos Ayres to thennmoer OF TWO
hundred and eighty; 90 2 80 9a'.cH ~.
ron reaching HaVfe the emigrants were told
thSf It would be many days before vessei
would leave for BuenoS Ayres direct, OUT tney
were assured that such were the connexions
Of the society upon this eide Of the Atlantic
that II they. wonld proceed to New York they
would be forwarded thence TO their destlna-
tioff free of all expense. "On Wednesday they
reached this port; and upon landing at Castle
Garden presented their letters OF introduce
tion and, reiterated their confidence In the
agents of the ,secIety. The assurances Of the
commissioners OF emigration that no such
sociely was In existence did not entirely open
their eyes. They sat down on the benches In
Castle Garden TO await the arrival of the
agents,SWho, as they said, were coming to
take caf6 of them. > They were sure. of 1t "be-
cause they had been told 3d."
:. The scene in Castle Garden Is represented
as very distressing, many old men, women
and young children, unaccustomed to tho
climate, aud without baggage, crowd around
the stoves perfectly, helpless. They will be
gent to Wards Island.
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OYER TIE SEA.
The Troubles Thlokening In France.

Tho Troubles Thickentng In France.
PARIs, November rs.
Il is announced that tho members OF the
Right In the National Assembly have selected
General Changarnisr as their candidate for
President, In the event OF The resignation Of
President Theirs. The situation OF affairs Ia
gloomy The msjorityin the National Assem-
oily, 1t is stated, has declined to recede from
the position 1t has taken. and compromise OF
the differences between the executive and leg
islative departments OF the Government is re-
garded as improbable. ~
p The Strong Arm In Rome,
RoHE, November rs.
Five PERSONS who were prominently con-
nected With movement to hold radical
meeting in this city yesterday have been ar.
rested, and will be tried on charge OF high
treason. No disturbance followed this action
OF the government authorities, and the city
remains quiet. @ y
squeIching tho Slave Trade.
LONDON, November rs.
The United States steamers YaRtic aud Col
orado, With the British steamship Breton,
with promise of support from the Khedive
of Egypt, form an expedition against the slave
trade at Zanzibar. The Rhedlve proposes to
anticipate the expedition by SELLING the lake
region OF the Nile.