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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

CRY CoUNCh.-The City Council will
meet tomorrow afternoon, and is ex-
pected to adjourn until Thursday on ac-
count OF the Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

GREELEY CLuBs. 1T Is quite time the
Greeley and Brown clubs were getting
to work in earnest: Democrats and Lib
eral Republicans should put their shout
ders to the wheel and give long pull, a
strong pull and pull altogether.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

IMPRovEMENr.-The office of the Clerk
of the Second Circuit Courtroom is be-
ing renovated, and the walls and ceiling
1t will look better now.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

vAaRAxcY.-ar. W. Z. Weaver was
adjudged a vagrant this morning ia this,
that he had no visible means Of sup
port The Recorder fined him fifty dol
lars. Look sharp, loafers. u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

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. ISL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

The old company sells gas at So 90 per
1000. No charge for setting meters.
Office, 29l Second street. 59t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

CONVENTION. The Congressional Con.
vention to nominate candidate for
Congress from this district meets at the
Second Chancery Courtroom tomorrow
morning at halfpast eleven o'clock
The Shelby county delegation will meet
half hour earlier for organization.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06
THE CITY.

PITTsBuRa and Camel coal and gaa
coke. Brown & Jones, Office 282 Main
street, Bethel Block. I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

HI. g. HOllenberg has the finest
stock of pianos and organs I'm she
city. Call and see him IL you like
fair dealing and NO humbug. SIT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

Fans for rocking chairs at AmeS,
Beattie d Co. Quantities al reduced
prices-No. 396 Main street. 1857
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

FRESH OYSTERS, received daily, on
and after the 7th inst, at Continental
Restaurant. ''l
l48 w. w. KINGDOM.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

WV. WALLACE, ]. P, viii be in the
Office of S. A. Moore, Esq, No. 80 Mon
roe street, to transact business as magis-
trate. .- aas 1911
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

Violin and guitar strings. best
italian, at III. Seehausen's, $40
Second street. SIT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

Mr.. Pat Short, Treasurer Of the New
Memphis Theater, has returned to the
city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

Genuine Gravel Roofing, by Bar.
thOIOmew q Alien. 40 N. Court. 14t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

Buy Jour wood from @ H. Jeha-
son, Ill Poplar st., near Fourth. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

GRAVEL, or composition roofing both
GENUINE, by 4. c. Jones, PSI Main st.
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]. W. S. Browne, 44S Main st. IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

DRIVEN WELLS, 44S MSin street. 98t
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chicEssiaE Planes. szs second st.
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Memphis and Charleston railroad-.-....... 2

LIVERPOOL. August G. II 30 a.m.-Cotton
opens firm. Uplands. 91s9g,zd; Orleans. 100
l0Hd. =
2 p.m.-Cotton is frmer. Uplands, 914d;
Orleans. 101sd. Sales, Is 900 bales. Of which
400 were for export and speculation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

Gas rIEEIsa, ias Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

UTANTED-NEEDIN MONEY .IMME-
w diately, will sell marble work of all
kinds Mt very reduced figures for thirty days.
72-t THuS. MAXWELL, so Union ST.
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FOR RENT.

w. A. WHEATLEY, Rental Agent,
Bethel Block, Office No. 3. Receiver
nnina accented. at s.--. = ~ 4 -
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NTANTED = CUSTOMERS FOR ONE
w thousand pairs of mems, women and
children's shoes, at low prices, at Marsh d
Warmers, 46 Beal street, near Main. TAT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

nor RENT-THREE LARGE AND Spa
I cious rooms. Apply at Wilcox & Gibbs
Sewing Mach ne Rooms, 3Sl Main st. 1851
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06
aTRAYEp.

CTRAYED-FROM CORNER OF P0PLAR.
- and DUNLAP streets. on or about the nth Of
'hne. a sorrel horse about nine years old; nj
marks on back and side; q natural PAGER and
very gentle / will give $50 for his recovery.
iS3f GEO. A. CLARK. u Madison 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

NOR SILE-A COMPLETE STOCK OF
X drue fxtnres. suitable for country drug
store; also. a small stock Of fresh drugs.
SnIendid bargain To be had by promptly adj
dras inc W. S. ANDERSON,
iI7-l4i St. Louis Wharfboat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

nor NERVOUSNESS HOUSE, CORNER
L Beal and Shelby So. business house, No.
Towards row; one pair. Offices, over Hill,
FOntane Il Co.; two sleeping-rooms over the
same; three offices. over No. 9 Union st: APP
ply to A. W. ROBERTS,
132-143 ANIL. Meacham IL Co IS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

NOR RENT-oNE OFFICE. APPLY AT
4 286 Front st., near Molloy's Bank. 1861
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tBelow high water.
Blank (......) indicates no report; cipher (O)
stationary. .-..
T0ficiail s.w. RHODE,
0hserver Sional Cervice II 8 A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

NOR SALE-A NEW FRAME COTTAGE
house containing seven rooms, with
norebes. on a line of street railroad. in South
Memphis For terms, apply p
e. y F0NTAINE,
500 L No O West Court street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-06

NOR RENT-A WELL-SHADED COTTAGE
L residence at Ridgeway; good cistern water
and out-houses. S M0SBY,
1873 No. 304 Front street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

Seven months ago Chicago was al.
most obliterated from the face of the
earth By one of the most terrible con-
hagrations Of modern times; one who
saw it then would hardly recognize it
now. The rapidity with which it has
been rebuilt is marvellous. The un.
slightly ruins made by the fire are
almost entirely replaced by fine blocks
OF buildings, more substantial and
beautiful than those which once oc.
cupicd their sites, and the value Of
property is rapidly rising in all parts
of the city. On Wabash avenue and
in Jackson, Adams, Monroe and JEFF.
ferson streets the price of land has
advanced from one thousand dollars
per front foot to twelve hundred dol
lars, and in some instances to fifteen
hundred dollars. The Grand Pacific
Hotel is the finest and largest of the
new buildings, and has five hundred
rooms. 1t is rebuilding on it's old site,
and will cost.one million dollars. The
Republic Life Insurance building
which was badly damaged by the fire
is rebuilding with stone, iron and
brick, and the many public edifces in
process Of erection will make Chicago
a much finer and better city than it
ever was before. AS may readily be
believed, in all buildings great pre-
cautions are taken against danger Of
FIRE, Chicago being "burnt child,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
The Tribune. publishes the following
MILL WAY, S. C.--tf

The Tribune, publishes the following
card: "The Tribune has ceased to be
a party organ, but the unexpected
nomination OF it's editor at Cincinnati
seems to involve it in a new embar-
rassment. All must be aware that
the position of a journalist, who is at
the same time candidate. is at best
irksome and difficult. That he 10 fct-
tered in action and restrained in criti-
cism, by the knowledge that whatever
he may say or do is closely scanned
by thousands, eager to find in it what
may he so interpreted as to annoy or
perplex those who are supporting him
as candidate, and to whom his
shackled condition will not permit
him to be serviceable. The under
signed, therefore, will withdraw abso.
lutely from the conduct of the Tribune,
and will hencefortb, until further no.
tice, exercise no control nor supervi,
sion over it's columns"
(Signed) "HORACE GREELEY"
The editorial management of the
Tribune will fall upon Whitelaw Reid
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

MR. GREELEY's. CANDoR.-The dis
patches this morning tell US that Mr..
Greeley's assertion that he will retire
if the Democrats makea straight-out
nomination is not taken in good part
by the Democrats in Congress. If
there be foundation for this report,
the Congressional Democrats IN ques,
ton are no better than a huddle of
children. OF course Mr.. Greeley will
retire, and ought to retire, if the
Democrats make separate nomina-
tion. If the Democrats endorse the
Liberal ticket, Mr. Greeley will be
elected if they make a nomination
Of their own, General Grant will be
elected. This is the long and the
short Of it.-Loaisuille CourierJournal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
PASSING OVER JORDAN.

Hark i! I hear the harps eternal,
Ringing on the further shore,
As T near those swollen waters,
With their deep and solemn roar.
And my soul, though stained with sor
row,
Fading as the light Of day,
Passes swiftly Ger those waters,
To the city far away.
Souls have crossed before me, sanity,
TO that land Of perfect rest, 30 .
And hear them singing family,
In the ma1sionsof the blest.
Just beyond the river fiasheth.
Jebu-Salem of my God, -,
Where the white wave, rising. splashetl
On the shore by angels trod. ....
Stop! I see the boatnlen nearing;
See, the snowy sail Is set,
And the oars are floating idly,
And the sail is drifting wet.
Call nv father! Call my mother!
Tell them that the boatmen's here;
And another, 0another!
Unto whom my soul is DEAR
Call them quick, for am passing
Through the valley of the grave;
am passing with the boatman
Der the deep and sullen wave.
-Dreans. Music, by f. II. Warren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

The Trustees Of the Southern Bap.
tist Theological Seminary are in daily
session in Raleigh, N. c., discussing
the question of removing the 8, semi
nary from Greenville S. G There
are several propositions before them
Kentucky offers $500, 1000 on condition
that it is, removed to that State, and
Louisville and Russelcile are compe.
ting for it; Tennessee offers 100000
from the State at large. and all that
can be raised at any location in the
State to which the seminary may be
removed nnder this proposition Mem
phis offers $2OO,OOO; Nashville $50. 900,
and the buildings of the State Uni
vcrsity and Chattanooga $4,000,
which has been actually put into good
hands. Atlanta is a.so competing
but her proposition is not yet in form
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
The First Strasburg Clock.

The old clock at Strasburg, in Ger.
many according to a description
written three hundred years ago, had
a beautiful golden cock upon it, which
upon the arrival of every new hour,
Tapped its wings, stretched forth it's
neck, and crowcd twice.
The hours were struck upon a bell
by the figure Of an angel. This an
gel first opened door, gave saluta-
ton to the figure of the Virgin Mary,
and then proceeded to strike the hours.
The first quarter of the hour was an
uounced by little child, who stepped
out and hit the bell with an apple.
The half.hour came, and then appear
ed youth who darted an arrow at
it, while at the third quarter man
touched it with the tip of his staff,
and at the last quarter an old man
with his crutch. The day Of the
month was pointed out by statue.
1t gave the motions of the sun, moon.
earth and planets. After two tun-
dred years, this mechanism was re.
moved, and many changes made in it.
The present Strasburg clock is only
set into full motion at MONDAY.
1t was made by an artist of Stras-
burg, to replace the old one, which
had fallen into decay.
There was an old clock at Venice
in 1868, in which the hours were
struck by two Moors. While they
did their work. three kings entered
from door, bowed to tho figures OF
the Virgin and Child, and returned
through door on the opposite side.
The word clock, as applied to a
time. keeper that struck the hours.
was first used by Dante, who died in
1921
There is a legend of a mysterious
clock said to have been a gift to
Charlemagne, 800 years after Christ.
at was made of gilded bronze, around
which the course of the hours was
displayed; at t.the end Of each hour,
the number of brazen balls requisite
to mark the hour was thrown cut
from above and let fall upon q GYM
bal below, while q corresponding
number Of horsemen issued from
windows placed around the dial"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

How JUDGE DAVIS BECAME sRIcH.
Judge Davis, of Illinois, is q rich
man. The public may not know how
be became wealthy. About thirty.
five years ago, when Judge Davis was
a practicing lawyer in the West, ne
was employed by Connecticut man
to collect $500. Davis went to the!
place where the debtor lived, and
found him to be rich in landed posses
sions, but without spare dollar in
money. he finally settled the bill BY
giving a deed for the tract of LAID
q fat, moist and undesirable piece Of
land in appearance, lying close BY q.
sheet of water, and consisting perhaps
of 60 acres. Davis subsequently met
his Connecticut client in st. Louis,
when the latter (who seems not to
have possessed the usual Connections
sbrewdness) fell to and gave him Al
regular blowing up" for taking the
land rather than insisting upon the
$500 in cash; he didn't want any Of
your western land, and he told Davis
that having accepted it in payment
for the de0t, he had better keep it
himself, and pay over the money out
of his own pocket. To this Davis
agreed. Stepping into friends place
of business he borrowed $500, took
the Connecticut mans receipt for the
land, and held the land for a rise.,
That piece Of land now forms part Of
one of the suburbs of Chicago. Judge
Davis has sold two or three hundred
thousand dollars worth of it, and has
nearly million dollars worth of it.
left. 1t is q striking example of what
the possession of western property
has done for it's holders and as the
story has never before been printed:
We thought it would be interesting
enough to publish.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

IMMIGRATION TO THE SoUTH.-ln q
previous article, we indicated South
ern Europe as the most likely field for
the South to seek that immigration
which is so imperatively needed for
the restoration of her exhausted
labor. But the South must do much
more than seek abroad in order to en-
courage q substantial immigration of
a thrifty andsusefnl class. She must
offer adequate inducements at home,
and these inducements must be such
as will compete with the jealous, de-
termined and intelligent efforts made
by the States of the Northwest, their
railroads and land agencies, to keep
the tide of population flowing in their
direction as it has hitherto done.
Land must be chearencd to imnA-
grants ;labor and good wages assured
them and especially must they feel
sure that they will enjoy that perfect
social equality that is so large an ele-
ment in the inducements which &C.
tuats the European proletoire when he
abandons his old home and ancient
associations and customs for new
home in the untried West. If the
planters of the Carolinas, Georgia and
Virginia, instead Of encouraging the
appointment of politician State emf
grafton agents." were to fern them
selves into homestead societies" !"
subscribing land instead Of money,
and guaranteeing to incoming labor
small farms at nominal prices, the
houses which are to be built and paid
for out of the wages of the emigrants,
they would not only procare labor,
but that very kind of permanent, set
tied, domesticated labor which they
themselves most need, and which will
be most useful in restoring the State
to healthy condition. Let it be
known to the thrifty peasan;ry of the
agricultural parts of Italy that mar
ried man, by going to the South, can
obtain at once o farm of twenty. or
thirty acres of land, with a house
upon it for bis immediate occupancy,
all of which he can make his own free
simple property by the labor of five
years, and an important immigration
will be at once secured.
The essence of the matter is, that
the South must not invite peasantry,
nor tenantry, but q yeoman class of
small proprietors, who will identify
themselves with the interests of the
country, and become at once an indus.
trial resource, the backbone of con-
servatism and the bulwark of liberty.
And all this the Southern people can
do now, at once and efficiently. with
out putting their hands in their pock-
cts for dollar, and by their own in
dividual, unaided personal efforts
Washington (D. C) Patriot. ...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
VrRy S1eN1F1cANr.-It is state

VERY S1eN1FIcANT.-It is stated
upon good authority that Hon. james
Brooks, of New York. and uon. ). b.
Beck, of Kentucky are in favor of the
Cincinnati nomination. One is rep:
resentativo man of the old Wing and
Democratic parties, now fused in the
opposition, md tho other is repre-
sentative of tho Conservative Demo
cratic party of the South, they are
both leading men. This is very sig
nifcant. No two men could more
strongly represent the parties and
sections to which they belong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

ioned barbecues, and serenades and
pic-nics"-and then, as his hopes
were famed by his imagination, he
continued-"and we will have i'm yet
Mr.. Greeley aint a-going back on his
old neighbors."
PREPARATIONS.
In consequence of the belief that
these sanguine rustics entertain re-
garding the forthcoming treasures
and excitements of the campaign,
movements are in progress for the
erection of a liberty pole and the for
nation of Greeley clubs and the
Haunting of Greeley banners, and the
bright, rosy-cheeked damsels Of Chap
oaqua are already enjoying them
selves in anticipation Of fine times
and heaps of city beaus all through
the summer.
A PASSING VIEW.
As one instance Of the interest now
centering in Chappaqua it is worthy
of note that when the trains stop
through passengers step out on the
platform and inquire which is Farm
er Greeley's place; and on express
trains, which pass Chappaqua at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour,
anxious faces may be seen at the win
dows eagerly searching among the
various frame houses in the hamlet
for that particular house on the road
side of which they have all read
the homestead of Honest Horace.
MOVEMENTS ON THE SAGE.
On Saturday morning Mr.. Greeley,
accompanied by Mr.. Alvin Johnson,
his brother-in.law, and number of
gentlemen, went out to Chappaqua
on the twenty-five minutes to nln'
train and remained until quarter
after four when he returned to the
city. He passed the hours upon the
farm mainly in cutting wood, his
brother-in-law and the rest of the
party taking a hand at the axe-han-
lie; then he showed the visitors
round the farm, took dinner at the
House and returned. Whenever he
in the village he was warm
" greeted by the villagers, all o
whom wished and prophesied his sue
cess. He had a hearty word for all
and remembered their names without
the effort usual with so great a man
to remember his poor neighbors.
Z yesterday morning he attended Dr.
Capers' church and was at work in
his Office in the afternoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

A Swede had his head broken by a
falling brick in Chicago the other
day. One of the great advantages of
being born colored gentleman is that
you then have a head which brick
won't break.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
AN ERA OF PROSPERITY AT HAND.
From the Lancaster Ledger.

IF the Democrats at the North will
now throw aside party hate and per-
sonal motives, and continue to exhib-
it that craftsmanship which has
marked their course up to the present
time, Grant will be remaEded to that
obscurity for which he is so peculiar
ly fitted, and new era of prosperity
will dawn upon the country. The
nomination OF Greeley, to the South
should be especially acceptable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
TO THE DEMOCRACY.
THE CONVENTION A SUCCESS.
TFrom the Keouee Courier.

The platform is brief, explicit, and
under the new order of things, uhob.
jectionable to any section of the coun-
try. 1t gives to tho South all VIC
could expect, and little less than we
could ask. It robs the North of
nothing. 1t leaves the question of
protection with the people, where it
properly belongs. for there it must be
decided, Notwithstanding the personal
views of any man or section. The
Convention,> we think, has teen a
success, not only on the principles
set forth in tho platform, but in the
men chosen TO bear them to victory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
[From the Cheraw Democrot.7

We are firmly convinced that it is
the duty of the Democratic party to
support Greeley and Brown, not be-
cause we think they will advance The
interests Of the Democracy or put one
Democrat in office, but because we
think they are honest men, and it is
the only means Of preventing the re.
election Of Grant and inficting four
years more of plunder and persecu.
tion on the country. II the Demo-
Gratis run a ticket Of their own the in
dications are that the Liberal candi-
dates will be Withdrawn, rather than
allow the government to fall into tho
hands of the Democracy. As the
only choice is between honest and
dishonest Republicans, We shall GER
tainly support Greeley and Brown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22

About 100000 Germans emigrate
from the mother country annually.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-22
THE WORLD REPUDIATED.
from the Camden Journal.1

In allnding to the work the New
York World editorially expresses sur.
prise at the nominations, and declares
that they have cut off all hope Of con-
cert with the Democratic party. We
are confident, however, that the
World does not echo the sentiments
of majority Of Dem ocrats.
From the Georgetown Timss.]
We hold it to be high duty on
the part of those who are oppressed
and victimized by Grant and his min
ions, to adopt and support such can
didates, as may be available to drive
him and his coadjutors and depend
.ents from place and power. To sue
ceed in this, we believe that the best
policy the Democratic party can pur-
sue should be either to make no nom
ination, or in case Of a convention be-
ing called and held, that it will in.
dorse and ratify the nominations
made at Cincinnati. If such a course
be pursued, Grant will be beaten as
was Van Buren, in 1840. 1t is mat
ter Of life with the people that Grant
and his hirelings should be divested
Of power, and an opportunity like
that of the present should not be
thrown away, because We cannot get
exactly such men to rule the country
as our individual choice might sug-
gest.