davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
wuAT 1sA poL1rICAL RINGI

The decadence in political morality
since the Radical party obtained power
ia food for reflection to all patriotic men.
The Grant ring is well photographed by
the Philadelphia Press; The political
ring is the offspring of the same in
stincts as brigandage, except that it sub
stitutes low cunning in place OF the ad-
yenturous spirit which prompts the latter
to risk danger in its pursuit. The
"Stand and deliverl" Of the bril-
eaud is an infinitely more manly
method of depicting the pockets
of the unwary traveller than the
unblushing appropriation of the peO-
ple's money by political robbers, under
color or in defiance of law. The former
is a stranger to the man he robs; he
openly processes villainy and commits
no breach of trust. The latter adds the
meanness of hypocrisy and the guilt OF
breach of trust to his crime OF law
breaking, and does irreparable damage
to society and republican institutions
by destroying confidence between man
and man, and by displaying the capac
ity for evil there is in the maladminstra'
ton Of good laws or the passage of bad
ones. We know Of no greater evil that
can befall a community than to be-
come subjected to the domination OF a
political ring. It matters not what
party name II may assume or what prin-
ciplss It nay profess, these are but q
psrt Of the tools With which il expects
70 accomplish It's work, and are the
reflection Of the prepondsrant sentiment
of the community in which il operates
A band Of forty thieves must have a
captain and rules for his own govern
ment. which is Of necessity despotsm.
"Of with mis- haadl" is the only penalty
for disobedience which men ofAli Bahia
pursuit can give, as the slightest toler-
ance characterization might imperil the
existence of the band. " Honor among
thieves" is an old adage, and to peach
on a pal the worst of crimes. The same
principles guide the action Of the Polit-
ical Ring, which, by spreading its de-
moralizing influence through the body
polite, and resorting to packed conven-
tons, bribery, perjury, rufianism and
their kindred crimes, steal away not
only the peoples money but their lib
erty, and bring Republican government
into disrepute."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
LATEST ITELEGRAMS.
.v,,,c.u psrss kssocrArrox, VIA 9. p. q A.
TELnankfH COMPANY.
specials 90 ths ledger.
! NEW YORK.


New YoRK, July 5.-Fourth Of July
passed of very quietly in the city, There
was the usual parade Of militia In the
afternoon and display of fireworks in
the evening. A number Of casualties
occurred from the careless handling Of
fireworks during the day, but mostly Of
a trifing character. The heat through
out the city was intense, mercury being
s60 at three p m. A number Of sun.
stroke cases, fully equalled by that Of
preceding holidays. and number Of
deaths from heat will reach nearly fifty.
A large number of men were Frustrated
by the heat during the day. Fires in
the city were very numerous.
BRooKLYS, July ga serious acci-
dent occurred on the south side Of the
railroad, near Hubbard station, on Long
Island, about FIVE o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, caused bya collision between
two passenger cars, both having excur-
sionists on board. Both engines were
wrecked, several cars crushed, and ten
persons severely wounded, one of whom
has since died from injuries.
John Carrigan made brutal attack
on his wife last night, knocking her
down and kicking her in the abdomen
several times. She was pregnant, and
lived but few moments after Corrigan
was arrested. s is"t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
1nlsn1RLF RnITnRs.

The editorial corps of New York Is
rapidly becoming legion Of fre-eaters,
and invitations to accept coffee and
pistols ere being freely circulated.
Last week the editorial columns Of the
Irish Democrat contained a glowing
eulogium on the late Thomas Francis
Meagher, which panezyrie was severely
criticised in the Fifth Aysnne Journal.
General Gleason, formerly Of General
Meagher's command, called on Colonel
Dunlop, OF the Journal. for that salts
faction for which he would be TespoBsi-
bic 70 Meagher. we're be alive. Danlop
disciaimed the honor Of the publication
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, July 5.-The Fourth passed
of with unusual quietness, partly owing
to the prohibition Of fireworks in the
city, though this did not entirely prevent
the uoe of gun powder.
A terrible ARRAY took place ON North
Market street in the evening. An
Irishman named Mcnamara, living in a
frame shanty, came home and began
breaking his windows and making great
disturbance. Officer Cronan ordered
him to stop, but he refused and Eushed
into the house. The officer then tried
to arrest him, when he was Joined by
another man named Kelly, and they be-
gan throwing brickbats and beating the
officer with clubs. He then drew his
pistol and shot sMcNamara dead and
wounded Kelly. The Irishmen in the
neighborhood are terribly excited, and
threatened to have the policeman's life.
Some fine time was made at the races
at Dexter Park yesterday, where all i'm
mense crowd was gathered. In the first
match Tom Wonder won. Time, 2:44,
1881, 1881. In the second race Nor
nahl won. Time, 2:42i, 2:4Sl, 1881.
The third race was won by Chicago.
Time, 2:4la, 2:34l, 2:sO. Lady Fair
field won the running race. Time, l4s3,
l:4s3.
The Troy Base Ball Club was badly
beaten in a match game yesterday by
the Baltimoreans. Score, 20 to 3.
Hikchee, balloonist, assembled yes
terday from the grounds in the West Di-
vision in the presence of an immense
crowd, performing on atrapeze by hang
ing head downward, until lost to sight.
The wind drove the balloon out into
Lake Michigan. About noon it col
lapsed and descended to the water, and
although no car was attached, the per-
former puton a life preserver and after
being some time in the water was washed
ashore south Of the city and escaped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
For the LegI.Intnre.

In to-dsys LEDGE appears the an
nouneement Of Captain Sam K. Gam
mon as candidate to represent Shelby
county in the Lower House Of tie Leg
stature. 1t is almost needless to state
that Captain Cannon is a most popular
young lawyer in this city. He is gen
tieman of culture and talent, one learned
in the Law, aud has made a reputation
in this county as assistant Attorney
General, which position will render II
impossible for him to canvass the county.
Being emiusudy qualified for the posi-.
ton to which he aspires, aud possessing
that necessary element known as popu-
larity, Captain Gsmmon's chances Of
nomination at the primary election on
the goth inst. are numerous and not to
be ignored by his opponents. Ii nom.
mated his election is, Of course, secured
and Shelby county will have in that
event representative honest, able and
industrious, who viii faithfully attend Il
the interest Of his constituents. Captain
Cannon has host Of friends through
out the city and county who will work
earnestly for his nomination and cleo
ton. The young men of Tennessee are
moving forvsrd-s hopeful sign-for tC
them sooner or ister must the cares o.
State be transferred.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
ANNOUNCEMENT,
sUBURBAH LOTS.
One Hundred Lots for Sale

r HAVE JUST FINISHED LAYING OF
another portion Of my home place On ne
Hernando road. inst outside Of the city limits
and an thr sfreet railroad. i would invite
persons who wish 70 build 70 call and see
these lots. Having aifcaqy ioid sessIsl =. ~
Falaried young men would ndyise otnels "
Al iikewlse- and invest what they have %
sns,e M reai rgtate, Il . the bet poflihio
ssVinos hank. No corporation taxes 70 pay.
Il will seli on favorable termg. .....,,
107-lIs No. u Madison street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

The aggregate popular vote for Presi-
dent in 1869 was about 5,7SS,OO At
the present time the population of voters
of alien nationalities, including the col
ored voters, is as follows: Colored, $685.
600, of whom So, 900 are in the Northern
and $4,000 in the border States. The
Irish have 3O6. LAG. being strongest in
New York and Pennsylvania. The Ger
mans have about 100000; the Welsh,
II 600; the Scandinavians, 34,426; the
Swiss, $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

The constant arrival of meteors on
the earth's crust has given rise to con
siderable speculation among savants.
The latest is from Professor Young, who
claims to have witnessed the great ex-
plosion in the sun in September last,
which explosion indicated force sufi-
cient to project matter beyond the
sphere of solar attraction. This is
gratifying intelligence, but the constant
dropping of meteoric bodies on the
earth's surface may even yet cause some
personal Inconvenience to those who
collide with them. a4s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

The fight is now between DR.. Useful
H. Greeley, of Amherst College, and
DR.. Useless S. Grant, of Harvard. In
November next the people will decide
which is the better doctor-he who can
heal nations wounds, or he who would
keep them open. So far as the South is
concerned, he who is in favor Of Grant
is in favor Of plumber, oppression, ty-
ranny and all the evils that rascality is
heir TO.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

A SELECT committee of the British
House of Commons, has reported in
favor of establishing reformatories for
habitual drunkards, similar to those es-
tablishedin this country. Good Templars
and Father Mathew societies have done
much more for the temperance cause
than have reformatories, State farms or
prohibitory laws. If a drunkard reforms
at all It must be in the open air, in the
free exercise of his daily avocation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

The New York Sun insists that DR..
Grant did not deserve the degree LID.
In one of his late State papers he speaks
of former preeedents," and it is his
constant habit to employ the past parti-
ciple done" instead Of the preterite
"did," saying, for instance, he done it, +"
where be ought 70 say he did it"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

and Axed n on a brother editor who IL
now seeking health and recreation at
s ratoga Gleason awaits che return OF
the Saratoga chap i'm order to demand
an apology, or meeting. The editors
of the Times and Sun INDUCED in the
following passage Of compliments a Jew
days since -lA--
"-The Sun-the editor of which is
the most oowardly, venal, and reckless
libeller now living" wnsfftE
Whereto the Sun replies:
whoever SAYS that the editor of the
Sun is yenal is liar, libeller, and u
scoundrel. As to the question OF cow
ardice the editor of the Times has a
perpetual opportunity to put that to the
test, which he persistently negiects to
improve. W
To the eye Of the Southern reader this
would appear to be an invitation from
Mr.. Dana to Mr.. Jennings to call early
at the Sun office and engage in per
sonal encounter, but it will appear
strange to the Southern readers that Mr..
Dana did not respond by note instead OF
editorial to the cheerful compliments Of
the Times. The extreme editorial iras-
cibility in New York may in part arise
from the unusual heat of the weather.
If so, the belligerents should be muzzled
during the dog days in order that the
public peace in the neighborhood OF
Printing House Square may be properly
nregerved
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

GAs.-The new gas company is to
supply the city with gas for the next
thirty years. This settles the gas con-
troversy so far as supplying the city is
concerned until the year 1908.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

Brooks OPERA HOUSE. The public
should know that they can witness a
fist.class variety entertainment, given
by fifteen first-class artists. Don't fail
to witness the great sensational extrava-
ganza entitled The Female Slave Mar
ket, which surpasses anything ever seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

H. SEEHAUsES, at 245 Second street,
has just received choice lot Of violins,
accordeons, futinas and French harps,
which he offers at astonishingly low
prices, considering their excellent
quality. 87r
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
DENTISTRY.
Dr. Nneed. Dentist,

ID EsPECTFULLY OFFERS his Pk0fklss-
N sional services 70 the ciufens OF Memphi'
and surrounding country.
Oficc In the Madam Vincent builoing' COT
uer on Court and second streets. -.
Memphis, June =, ~. win
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
The great problematical things Of the

age are the existence Of DR.. Livingstone
and the Cuban war. II any intelligent
mind can prove the exietence Of the
former or comprehend the true condition
of the latter, he will stand a head and
front above his fellow men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
DIR. HINsON

HAs LATELY PROCURED AN INSTRU-
Ill ment that removes the disntegrated por-
ton of the teeth with comparatively no pain,
complish with it more in one hour than for
meriy in three. Give him call and your
teeth shall be more perfectly plugged and for
less money than ever before.
s. HINS0N, Dentist,
lO6-lsl Office and dwelling. 2S3 Main 81:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

PIMPLEs and brown spots on the face,
eruptions, blotches, scrofulous diseases,
and all sores arising from impure blood,
are cured by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Oiscoverv eod.dAw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
PUMPS, 44S Main street.
shelby county warrants.

have warrants for sale, receivable
for taxes, due and past due. Persons
wishing to purchase viii call on s. P.
Read at Union and Planters Bank.
88t JOHN B. ROBINSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

PourIcs. Political excitement ran
high at the picnic at James Park last
night. Several incipient fights were
nipped in the bud by the prompt inter
ference Of friends. The excitement
over the voting for the horse was intense
between ten and eleven o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

DEMocRATs.-The Democratic Execu-
tive Committee meet at the Second
Chancery Court room this afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
WHAT THE JET PALACE HAS TO SAY.

We take great pleasure in announcing to the
public, and the ladies in particular, that we re-
ceiving daily attractions in line of goods Real
Whtby Jet is all the go at present. Being manufac-
tured much cheaper than usual, we offer that line at
low figures, and our assortment is superb.
Attention is called to our different styles of Hair
0rnaments---all new.
We have made an immense reduction on all Solid
Gold Goods, from the finest gold Watches and Chains
down TO plain lScarat gold rings.
In Plate JeweIry claim to keep the only COM
pIete stock in the city, These goods are equally as
well finished as the solid gold jewery, and are guar
anteed to wear from five to ten years.
The best Jewellers and Watchmakers i'm our employ
for all kinds of repairing and manufacturing li
I. ROSCHER g. CO., 326 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

SoME general law should be estab-
lished to prevent such an infiiction on
the reading public as campaign poetry.
The efforts made by thousands of poets
to discover words that will rhyme with
Greeley, Grant and Chappaque, deserve
some commentator, but when discovered
no apology can be found for inilicting
them upon the public in poems composed
of ten or more stanzas each. There is
a vein of poetry in every human SOUL
but in the great majority of cases it is
not worth bringing to the surface-in
fact, it won't pan out well. 1t not
every being that can secure admission
into the golden guild" or Chamber up
the sleeps of Mount Parnassus with i'm
punity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

IMPORTANT NEws.-This mornings
train brought Mansford big package of
illustrated papers, magazines and the
like. Call and see him, at the corner Of
Second aud Monroe, if you want inter
esting reading matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
STOCK.
CHOICE SWINE.

DOLAND CHINA. EQUAL TO ANY. IN
j the West; Berkshire and Essex bred d.
rectly from imported stock of good size.
Prices reasonable. / am located on the Hi
Write. stating what you want. Address,
57-S3-l0s L. 7. CLARK, Onarga. Ill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05
EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATE YOUR DAUGHTERS.
Ecsp,wsIIa Tar.naa.ao

VIZ 4. WARDS SEMINARY HAS
w closed its seventh year; 29l pupils, As
graduates. The maximum mark being 1000
for a year, the present Senior Glass stood 892.
The largest and most successful school in the
South. The Fall Session opens sept. s.; For
catalogue address, ". L. WARD,
FIR g7-l03-l09 Nashville, Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-05

GOVERNOR HENRY A. WISE, Of Vir-
ginia. announces that in the event Hor-
ace Greeley is nominated at Baltimore
be will pursue an unwise course and
take the stump for GRAFT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-13
How Not to Die.

Thousands fall prey to disease not because the
maladies that affect them necessarily fatal, but
because they lack the requisite amount Of active
vitality to make valiant resistance to the enemy
1t is a wise precauton to keep the body always in
state of defence-always prepared to iend or the
germs of epidemic and other disorders, and to
battle the evil influence of damp miasma and sud
den thermometrical changes There is no Difficult.
ty in doing this 1t is fact as well authenticated
as that two and two makes four, that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is specially adapted to this pur
pose and for the simple reason that its invigorat
ing and regulating properties superior to those
of any other medicine in the world. During the
twenty years that it has been in general use, ample
opportunities have been afforded to compare ts
medicinal properties with those of other prepare
tons claiming to be ola similar class, and the re-
suit has been its adoption by the American people
as the standard tonic of the age, its introduction
into every civilized portion of the western hemis'
phere. and an annual sale which dwarfs into in
significance the demand for all its wouldbe com
petitors.
The record on which its popularity rests is a Gu
riosity in medical literature, for it includes an al
most unlimited variety of human ailments and dis.
abilities. In fact. no other remedy possess such a
variety of hygienic virtues, and it is to these char
acteristics that 1t owes its prestige as household
medicine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-13

1t is a subject of general remark, among
both wholesale and retail druggists, that no
medicine introduced to the American public
has ever gained such popularity and met
with so large sale in all parts of the land,
in the same length of time, as has DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This cannot de-
pend upon its having been more largely ad-
vertsed than any other medicine, as such is
not the case. The correct explanation, we
think is found in the fact that this medicine
produces the most wonderful and perfect
cures of very bad cases of bronchial throat
and lung diseases, is undoubtedly the most
perfect and efficient remedy for all kinds of
coughs that has ever been introduced to the
public, and at the same time possesses the
greatest of blood purifying and strengthening
properties that medical science has been
able to produce, thus rendering it a sovereign
remedy not only in the cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness and Coughs, but also
for all diseases of the liver and blood, as
scrofulous disease, skin diseases, botches,
rough skin, pimples, black specks and dis
colorrtlons. 1t has therefore wide range of
application and usefulness, and it not only
gives the most perfect satisfaction to all who
use it, but far exceeds the expectations of the
most sanguine, thus eliciting the loudest
praise and making permanent living advertis-
ing mediums of all who use it. For these
reasons it is that there is not perhaps a
druggist in all the vast domain of this CONT
nent, who tries to please his customers and
supply their wants that does not keep and sell
large quantities of this most valuable med-
cine. mon-&w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-13
Telegraph News in General.

Bangor, II. A young man named Nc
Dewitt, graduate of the reform school, went
into the saloon of Thomas Mccain last ev-
ening and made disturbance, and upon be-
ing demonstrated with by the proprietor he
stabbed him between the fifth and sixth ribs
with pocket knife. The wound however
was fortunately not dangerous one. Nc
Dewitt made his escape and he has not been
arrested.
Lowell, ~. Thos. Clark, years old, hav-
ing been missed since Thursday afternoon,
was found this morning in the Booth Mills
canal the water being drawn off to facilitate
the search.
Carlisle, Pa, II. disastrous fire has
been burning for the.past six days on South
Mountain. 1t commenced in the vicinity OF
Pine Grove furnaces. To-day it is raging
stronger than ever and is rapidly working
down the mountain towards Holy Springs
A large quantity of trees have been destroy
ed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-13
FOREIGN NEWS.

London, IL. The Sunday morning Observ-
err says that communications have been pass
ing between the Cabinets at Washington and
London all the past week. The government
of the United States has as yet made no def
mite proposition of favorable character.
There is ground for hope, however, that Pres
ident Grant may recommend and the Senate
approve modification of the treaty of Wash
ington. The course of the British govern
ment before Parliament tomorrow depends on
the reply of the Washington Cabinet. Pub
lie opinion in England is averse to any action
which will close negotiations for settlement.
Madrid IL. The Carlists continue to give
in submissions to the government. Marshal
Serrano will have a greater portion of the
forces under his command concentrated in
the Province of Biscay. Tomorrow the an
nual budget will be made public. The ex-
penditures for the past fiscal year are &C.,
600, 900 pesetas, and the receipts 54S, 900, 900
pesetas. The budget proposes to levey tax
of 10 per cent on railway fares. The tax on
interest of internal debt is retained, and lega-
cies are also taxed. The tax on landed prop
erty is increased l0p per cent. The budget for
the clergy is continued substantially without
change.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-13
Miners on q Strike.

Detroit, Mich, II. The sheriff of Hough-
ton county and the judge of the dstric,
court telegraphs Gov. Balwin from Heclay
Calmet and Schoolcraft mines, 1900 men EN-
ployed in these mines are on strike and COM
hitting outrages against the men who refuse
to join them. The property the companies
are threatened with distraction, and the civil
authorities are inadequate to preserve the
peace. Troops are asked for Immediately to
quell the disturbances. Gov. Balwin tele-
graphed to Gen. Sheridan at Chicago, re.
questing two companies of infantry to be sen,
to the mines. Gen. Sheridan in reply stated
that all the available troops at his command
have been sent to the Plains. Application
was then made to Gen. Cook at Detroit, and
company of infantry will leave in the morn
ing for the mines. Information was received
at the Free Press office gives rise to the belief
that the disorder will spread to the adjoining
counties.