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Mann, and hts nena ar Robbers,

The rohber hands about Naples are
the most daring and awe-spiring of the
armed forces Of Italy. About a year
ago, it vii be remembered, MaDzi, the
famous chief, was captured and proved
guilty Of enough TO sentence him to q
long term of confinement Rribes'
proved stronger than bars and bolts,
however, and he was soon away to the
mountains around Salerno, thirty miles
from Naples, and his 6rst step to repair
his somewhat weakened fortunes was to
carry off Signor Mancusi, q wealthy
landowner Of Saleruo, and demand
Sq4, 200 for his ransom from his family,
otherwise his head should pay the for
felt. The Government forbade the pay
ment of the ransom, and set about
exerting its feeble authority, offer
ing. in the first place, $4,000 re-
ward for Manzi's head. The chief
managed to communicate with Man
cusi's family, however, aud threat
ened instant deoapitation of their lord
unless that coveted ransom was speedily
forthcoming. By small sums the whole
amount was sent, the Government hav-
ing to be deaed and the troopE evaded in
accomplishing the sacrifice, and recent
ly the Signor has been restored after an
Imprisonment of six months, during
which time he lived on the coarsest fare
and was only too happy if be could find
tree 70 shelter him. the efforts of
the Government have ceased, and Manzi
is at liberty TO commit new depredations.
unrestrained. Despite his success, how
ever, his band has been much diminished
by desertions, some of the men being
under twenty years Of age who gave
themselves ap and received easy terms.
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Etiquette at Washington.

The Washington Capital has the fol-
loving remarks on Etiquette y: We
regret to learn that the reform proposed
in the old worn-out etiquette Of Wash
iugton will not be carried into effect.
The monstrous labor imposed upon the
good ladies of the Cabinet Of returning
calls made upon them hy every Tom,
Dick and Harry who happened TO be in
Washington is to be continued. The
wife Of Secretary is expected to begin
every day Immediately after breakfast
with hand bushel-basket of cards in
hack, and continue until six o'clock
without intermissiou, tearing up and
down streets, along back alleys, and out
into the suburbs in search Of boarding.
houses and hotels where the wives of
Tom, Dick and Harry are supposed TO
be lodged. Constitutions have been
impaired and lives lost il ikis insane
folly We have seen Secretaries wives
fade under the burden, aud their horses
grow eonsumptive as the season pro-
gressed. without any possible return for
the sacrifice. II is really pitiable 10 see
some newly-appointed female Cabinet
struggling with adversely on Capitol
Hill. No eoachman or haok-driver ever
does know the streets of that locality,
and of consequence madame goes wan
dering TO and fro inquiring her way
from house 70 house, trying 10 find the
infamous Tompkins from a,me remote
district who has called, WITH ten thou
sand others, on the female hNcumhent,
Why these calls cannot be returned BY
card ppsIles the viii and confoaqds the
understanding
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Death of sIr. Edward A. Pollard.

From the Lynchburg Republican, 17th.l
We announces with unfeigned regret
the death Of Mr.. Edward A. Pollard,
which mournful event transpired at the
residence of his brother, Mr.. Richard
Pollard, on Court street, in this city,
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 clock. Mr..
Pollard had long been great sufferer,
and his disease (Brights disease Of the
kidneys) inithis case, as in all others we
believe, baffled the skill of the best med
ical men of the country.
We have not the data at command TO
make more than brief mention of Mr..
Pollard's life. He was born. we believe,
in Nelson county, Va, and was educated
at the University of Virginia. Leaving
this venerable institution about the year
1851, the deceased located in San Fran
cisco, Cal. with the view of practicing
law, for which profession he had thor
oughly qualified himself. But he soon
became contributor TO the press on the
Pacific coast, and finally abandoned law
and entered the field of journalism.
Returning to Virginia about 1857, Mr..
Pollard devoted himself to literature,
for which he had decided taste as well
as gifts. During portion of the war he
was engaged as an editorial writer on
the Richmond Examiner. After the war
his time was occupied for months in the
preparation of history of the war,
which had large sale.
About two years ago Mr.. Pollard's
health became so feeble as to render him
an almost hopeless invalid, and he be-
came resident of Lynchburg, finding
welcome home with his brother. About
this time he made a profession of re-
ligioH, and connected himself with the
Court street Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and it will be a pleasure
to his friends to know that he'died in the
triumphs of the Christian faith.
During his painful illness he received
the unremitting attention of relatives
and friends. One Of his last requests
was, Bury me al Oak Ridge, beside my
brother" referring to the late 81. Rives
Pollard. In compliance with this re-
quest, his remains will be taken to Oak
Ridge on Wednesday next, to rest under
the old oaks he loved SO well.
Mr.. Pollard was in his fortieth year,
and unmarried.
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Publisher and Proprietor
THE HEATHEN CHINEE.
a mysterious Rum Of Luek Upon n
Virginia City Gambling Den.

Virginia City Gambling Den.
From the Nevada Enterprise.l
In Chinatown there is Diana game
which is literally patronized by the Ce-
lestials. We do not know enough of the
game to give description of its intri-
cacies, but can state that man who
happens to bet on the card about to,he
turned wins forty for one. There is a
Chinaman who bets at the game who is
looked upon with dread by the owner Of
it. Within the last ten days lie has won
over $1,000, and bis luck or prescience,
whatever it may be, seems never to de-
sert him. Night before last the China.
man packed off over $400 which he had
won from the game. The. proprietor
says this Chinaman comes in every
evening, and will stand aloof from all
others for space of five minutes or so,
when he will walk up to the table and
bet, say on the nine Of diamonds and
the square surrounding that card, and
also on the three other mines. On that
card the winner is paid forty for one; on
the square he gets two for one, and on
each Of the other mines he gets ten for
one. This was the first bet made by the
Chinaman on Tuesday evening
After receiving his winnings he retired
to one side and communed with himself
for the space of five or six minutes,
when he again approached the table
and bet his money on the eight of hearts,
aud in the square and on all the other
eight spots. The next card turned was
the identical eight of hearts, making
him winner as before, On bis money
bsing counted out, he recounts it, piece
by piece, with the utmost GOODNESS, and
again steps to one side. After the usual
apse Of time he again approached the
table, this time betting on the depce OF
clubs, which wins, like his other two
bets. Retiring as before, he ap-
pears to be absorbed in mental cal
culation. Approaching the table the
fourth time, he places his money on the
six of spades, and all the other skies and
on the square. Again be hits upon the
winning card, and receives his winnings
with the same stolid look of indiffer.
ence. By this hmD he is pretty we'll
loaded down with ooini certain per
centage of silver being paid him, and he
retires for the night 8st3si1 1910
This Chinaman has been betting with
this same run of luck, or whatever It
may be called, for about two weeks. He
has not won every bet he made in the
meantime, but be has NOT lost over $75
in all this time, when he has Won, as
previously stated, over $1,000. The,
owner of the game Is beginning TO en-
tertain superstitious dread of this ST.
lent and methodical Chinamla, and on
yesterday he purchased new box and
new cards to be dealt. He says that if
the Chinaman keeps on winning as he
has started in, he will break his bank.
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MEMPHIs, TENN: MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 23 1872.

had suffered such q shock that death was
inevitable; and she was informed Of it
and received the disclosure with compos-
ure, Shortly before her death she be-
came petfectly sane, and could speak
with clearness upon every topic. She
charged, as was stated, that the father
and sister were morally answerable for
all her .misfortunes. and many persons
who know her history confirm it. The
father has made every effort to pro-
cure her written statements, but to no
avail. The facts are well known among
a large circle ofacquaintances, and their
circulation has caused much scandal.
AS if in retribution, the sister has been
struck with a dreadful visitation of
providence, and since the first insanity
Of the poor girl aothing has seemed to
prosper with them" No adequate
cause being assigned for such unnat-
ural malignity as is here charged, the
story may be accepted somewhat skep-
tically; but at the same it affords an in
teresting study Of one of the common
est phases of insanity--the dread delu-
sion that nearest love is deadliest en-
mitv ill.
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A Strange stery,

Asserting its command of the names
in the case" to be published if neces-
sary, the Philadelphia Day gives the sub
stsaoa Of a written statement Left Ia the
hands Of hes private physician BY a
young lady dying in a mad-hopse Of that
city recently, wherein most extraor-
binary story of persecution unto death is
told. ut appears from this statement"
saws the journal Ksmed, and from
others made verbally by the Inflated
girl. that she lived with her father and
sister, and the husband Of the latter,
who is connected with the city govern
ment; and that being of very sensi-
tive disposition, they did everything in
their power 70 render her unhappy.
Scarcely ever did she receive O fair
word from them, and reproaches and
indignities we're heaped upon her, as
she supposed, to induce her to
leave them. II is said that upon one
occasion she did repair to the house of a
friead, but tho family became ashamed
and offered her g homo ageip, which she
was prevailed upon to accept, and re-
turned. In a short time, however, the
former treatment was feeumeu, anu neI
sensitive nature soon broke down under
it. until she was declared by the family
physician 10 he dsfqnged. She was
entirely harmless, her halluoinatiop lead
ing her to constant tears, and at times a
childish dread Of her relatives. She
would arise in the dead Of night and 70
forth in the yerd or streets in her night
clothes. Sometimes she would arouse
al the family in o stern manner,
and compel them 10 sit in a eircle With
their arms folded for hours st time.
At last the family became in much
dread Of her when these Daroxysms came
on. The physician made every effort 10
determine whether the insanity was real
OF simulated; but a. last there was no
doubt Of itr dread reality, and she was
removed 10 an insans asylum. Ayoung
man 70 whom she vas engagod to be
married was the only one who could
manage her, and to him she unfolded
much Of her trouble. All efforts 70 cure
Der, however, were in vain; her system
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EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATIONAL.
THE LEBANON, TENNESSEE,
SCHOOL.

u1UIs CELEBRATED INSTITUTION
will soon close the most prosperous session
since The war. Six reasons why every young
man who intends to make the Law his profes-
sion should attend the Law School at Lebanon
Ist-irhe Professors arc the m st eminent
teachers and lawyers in tie Southwest.
2d-The course embraces every principle OF
Law known to the Profession.
sd-its Moot Courts are intensely practical,
and in them are prepared and tried almost
everv kind of a case met in actual Practice 80
4th-Pupils entering on. January Dth WIZ
get Diploma in ten months, and Llcenss 70
They will also have the benefit Off ssmmer
vacation during the year.
5th-The healthfulness Of Lebanon and the
high Christian character OF its people
6th-Many Of the most successful Lawyers
and eminent Judges in the Southwest have
been educated in this school. Address
dkw HON. N. GREEN, Lebanen. Tenn:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-23

The wife Of Lieutenant Kendall, Of
Fort Davis, Texas, heard an unfamiliar
tapping on her window pane in the night
and cried out Who's thereY The
woolly headed raven failed to give the
eountersign and Mrs. Kendall discharged
q pistol, putting dead silence upon
him forever.
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PUBLICATION.

NTo PAPER IN MEMPHIS Is A BETTER
IN advertising medium than the western
Methodist, Il having within the limits Of
which Memphis 4 the commereial center q
very large eirculation. This can be known
and read Of all who - become interested.
Judicious advertising WI pay. Our once m
27sx Main street, up stairs, in same building
with Boyle 4 ChapDan.
ST. R.W. BLEW co.
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TAXES.
NOTICE

0FFIcR or CRY Tax COLLECTOR.
MEMPHIs. TKNS., December Is, 1872.
NITY TAXPAYERS ARE EARNESTLY
" requested 10 come forward and settle their
accounts, as taxes Will be declarsd PAST DUE
Council, at their last meeting. Instructed the
Tax Collector to issue WARRANTS against all
DELTNQUENTs and FeiEe PERSONAL PROPERTY 20
satisfy the amount due for the year 1872.
FELIX W. ROBERTSON.
93-104 City Tax Collector.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-23

Texas, with her hundreds of thou
sands Of cattle upon illimitable plains,
has no milk. 1t is impossible for trav-
eler to get a glass of milk in Texas
hotel. All the butter used in the State
is imported, and the only apology for
the lacteal fluid is a condensed article
from the Northern States.
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HAIR DYE.
Batohelc,1's Hair Dye.

This plendia Hair Dye is the best n ~ trorid.
The only true and p1rfect dye. Harmless, re-
liable and instanr tan eous; no disappointment
no ridiculous tin = or unpleasant oder, hem-
edies the III efes = Of bad dyes and washes.
Produces rHrEnf aTrfr = superb BLACK % NAT
URAL BHOWx, an 4 lea Fes The hair cLEAN, soii
AND BEAUTrTrl The genuine signed W. A
Bachelor. Sol ] By all Druggists.
CHaS. BACHELOR,
6l-eod-xri-c0 Pr0prietOr, N. Y.
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NOTICE.
Important to Delinquents

], Harvey Mathes, ESQ, Tax Collector on
Privileges: .. .
DRAR sra. In compliance with Act Of Legis-
lature. January IS. 1870. you will please fur
nieh me a COMPLETE LIST Of all merchants and
dealers In liquors BY retail in less quantities
than a quart, who are doing business without
license. 90 that can take the necessary steps
10 hold them IiAnlE on their bonds. and indict
IS the Law directs, Yours, etc,
LUKE 4. WRIGHT, Atty Gen'l, etc.
Memphis, December IA. 1871.
nF The above will be complied with during
J. HARVEY MATHEs,
Q2-Q7 1ax Collector on Privileges.
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TOYS.
II O Y . !!

CHARLES DECK gR, IA POPLAR ST,
~ has Just resolved Q fne stock of TOYS oF
al KIxps. Also. . large variety Of PLAIS AND
Fancy CAEDTEs, which be will sell az the low
est prices. All kinds Of CAKrs, plain and
0ruRmental, alWays on hand, or made q order
promptly. Give me 4 call - you pass. IS3-los
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WATER.
Notice to Water Consumers.

TTHE MEMPHIS WATER COMPANY
that portion Of the city north Of Union street,
and will be ready in a short time 10 furnish
water through the sa me. All persons who
contemplate making ttachments TO the pipes
are requested TO apply 10 the Company imme-
diately, as the same o an be accomplished at
less expense before tbs water is turned on; and
the Company also des re to know the number
Of persons who will / e consumers, in order to
make the necessary a rangements for the sup
ply cocks. Once, No II West Court street.
se-l00 w. j.. CAMERON, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-23

The settlers Of San Juan will have q
grand Jubilee when that island Is handed
over 70 the Americans
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PHYSICIAN.
DIR. H. RIEGER,
once No. 20 Poplar street, OvertOn
Hotel BufIdfng,

CEcOSD DOOR FROM MAIN STREET.
- Special Office hours from 10 pm, for the
treatment tofEyphilis-primary.s Of secondary. ter
tiary and hereditary; gonorrhea, gleet, stTlc-
ture, spermatorrhea and diseases o. the skin.
7s-l0i
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STEEvER & co.'s
Small PoX Preventive! !

II was used exten. sively during the poried
the Small Pox ragged in the Northern ci ties,
after having received the indorsement Of ply
Of Public Schools. 1t is to be suspended from
the neck and constantly worn. Where num-
bers Of children are gathered together. as at
school. or in the case of persons riding iE pas
chances Of Infection The price. 70 cents,
places IL within the reach Of all. Sent By
mail on receipt Of p rice and postage stamp.
SnEEVER 4 CO..
Second and Madison str eets,
s0-l05 MemphiE, Tenn:
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MEDICAL.
The Small POX!
PREPARE.

DURING THE PREVALENCE OF SMALL
~ Pox in our city and surrounding towns.
the danger OF contraT ting the disease may be
greatly lessened, if not entirely avoided. by
the use Of
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-18

therefore signified to him that he
was ut liberty to take up his bed
and walk.
We regret that such should have
been the result Of our experiment
In Japanese affairs. It is not i'm
probable thai European nations
may have seen with envy the grow
ing preponderence of American in
f1uence in japan, and their repre-
sentatives at the court of the Mika-
do may have set on foot some in
trigues to render the Americans
odious. Such things are not difh :
cult to do at such q court, and
among such people, whose feelings
Of hate and hostility are very easily
aroused against foreigners in public
positions such as our returning
"American cousins" haYe occupied
there. It may likewise be that our
friends, being without experience
in the habits of thought and tenor
of proceeding characteristic of Ash
atics, may have committed indisere-
tons that served to rouse i'll will
against them personally. Whatever
it may be it is now manifest that
the progressive movement of that
country has received backset for
the present at least. But, it must
be, no doubt that the step already
taken will remain for the benefit OF
future efforts in the same direction
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-18
FROM OTTAWA.

The news from Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana has entirely squelch-
cd the liberal democrats in this
"neck of the woods" They are as
quiet As little mice, and much less
harmful. Sic transit, etc.
The republicans are jubilant. A
rousing jolliflcation meeting was
held in Sheldon's hall last Saturday
night. The silver cornet band dis
coursed some splendid music, and a
number OF short, spicy speeches
were made.
Our primary elections went of
quietly. A few democrats were all
lowed to vote in some of the wards,
which causes some complaint
among the defeated candidates.
With one or two exceptions the
ticket gives satisfaction, and will be
elected by . good majority.
The thirty-thousand dollar school
house win soon be enclosed. 1t is
. fine structure, one of the very
best In the state
Tho machine shops are being
pushed forward in true railroad
style. The L. L. & G. road lie doing
. good business now. Long trains
of cattle are being shipped over it
almost every day, and the passen-
ger trains are all well loaded.
We are enjoying the 1ine fall
weather 60 common in Kansas, and
the farmers are gathering unusually
heavy crops of corn and vegetables.
c. b. R.
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TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.

A family by the name of Hunt,
consisting of the father, mother
and three children, have been Lying
on a claim some two miles from
Marion Centre, Marion county.
Their house was situated in q ra-
vine, built of stone and rooted with
dirt and sod, which was supported
with timbers.
Night before last, as some per-
sons were returning home from a
dance, they noticed that the roof of
the house had fallen in. They i'm
mediately went to the house and
found that the roof had fallen in
upon the family as they lay sleep
ing in their beds. The party went to
work at once to relieve them, and
upon taking the dirt away, found the
mother and three children dead,
and the fother so fastened and held
in his place that he was even pow
'erless to help himself.
The roof was very heavy and
came down with crushing force
upon the inmates of the fatal house.
For hours the father had lain pinned
to his bed, and was compelled to
hear the dying agonies of wife and
children; compelled to listen to
their piteous cries for help. Out on
the prairie beyond human reach,
immured in a living tomb, the hours
slowly drag along and still no help.
Still the appeals to "father, help us,
until all of human agony had been
and then a silence crept
over that dread abode, which was
but the stiffness of death itself.
The family had taken a claim,
and were in all probability rejoicing
in the hopes of home and comfort
in the years to come for their pres
ent privations, when the sad calam-
ity befel them. There is no ground
too sacred for the invading feet of
death, and around the hearth-stone
fire he comes unbidden, and the
family roof tree changes to the
gloom of the sepulchre.-Topeka
News,
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NOTICE.

In the district court of Lyon county, State
of Kansas.
8. B, Riggs and Howard Dunlap, part
ners as Riggs, Dunlap & Co., plaintiffs,
VS.. p j. Brittenbaugh. Harry G. Robin
son and the Emporlas Mutual Loan Asso.
citation, defendants.
THE said defendant, P. j. Britten-
l. baugh, of the State Of Ohio, will take
notice that on the 18th day of October,
1872, the said plaintiff flied his petition in
the office of the Clerk of said court, as
Emporia, Kansas, against said defendants,
and that he must answer the same on or
before. the It'll day Of December, A. d.
1872, or the same will be taken as true,
and judgment be rendered against said
defendants, p. j. Brittenbaugh and Har-
~ q. Robinson for the sum Of SI55. and
10 per cent interest from July 8, Is II;
per cent statutory damages on protested
note $3.50; % protest fees and 10 per cent
interest on 11.30. from October g, 1872;
$50 attorney fee, with costs Of suit, and that
the w u Of the S E Il Of section 81, tp. II,
range II east, in Lyon county, Kansas, be
ordered sold, and the proceeds arising
from said sale applied to satisfaction Of
such judgement.
BUCK & CUNNINGHAM,
42-A Attorneys for plaintiffs.
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Twn.vn HUNDBED.-Republicans
OF Lyon county. can We not make
our majority for Grant reach i 200 :
Two years ago we gave . majority
for Governor Harvey OF 1,0l2 We
can increase this to / 200 II we try.
Lot rs all mako mp our minds to 20
70 the polls. Lyon ought to DO the
banner republican county In pro-
portion to her population. II ev-
cry republican will take tho trouble
70 vote She viii be. Let ne not Be
lukewarm simply because there IL
no opposition. Vote and see that
your neighbors do the same. Let
n set our mark at 100 majority,
and resolve, each and every one,
that It shall not fAll short OF that.