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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-19
PardOned.

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A recent number Of the Nashville
Union and American gives the following
item Of news on the lottery question:;
At the January term of the Shelby
Criminal Court, 1872, d. G. Loewenstine,
b. NJ Loewenstine, L. Herzog and II.
Herzog, leading merchants at Memphis,
were indicted for vending lottery tickets,
contrary to the 4890th section of the
Code, and upon conviction we're fined in
the sum Of $400 and costs, and also SEN
fenced to period Of ninety days i'm
prisonment in the county jail. The ex-
ecution Of the sentence as to imprison-
ment was suspended by His Honor.
Judge Flippin, the fine and costs having
been paid in accordance with the judg-
ment Of the Court. The convicted par
ties presented petition yesterday to
Governor Brown stating that they sold
the tickets in connection with their bus
mess as merchants and in ignorance of
the illegality of the same, and asking
pardon so far as the imprisonment was
concerned. The petition was recon-
mended BY His Honor, Judge Fiippin,
and Attorney General Wright, of the
Criminal Court, in which the parties
we're tried and convicted, besides having
the signatures of other prominent citi-
zens of Memphis. One reason urged by
those signing was that they believed the
discontinuanoe of the illegal enterprise
had been totally accomplished. Upon
the above state of affairs Governor
Brown granted the pardon.
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THE wooDMAN.

LT BY JUDGE SII.As u. WRIGHT.
a fThe following poem, communicated to the
Pittsburg Post, is quite above the ordinary
run OF newspaper poetry. We should like to
see something else from the author.-EDIToR
LEDaER.Ik fFEAffHa9h u ,ueaa
b. All day long the stslwart woodman ~
Swings his giittering axe amain, " gNS s
And the stricken mountain monarch
Means with heart consuming pain.
Each incessive stroke is followed
gsssrS ~ SlssS ssodrS sar 70 SiSss pih tosetHef H
Some Alaskan ice-struck ship.
lfll'Round about his feot collecting.
Reaching even to the knee,
"a Two white heaps hewn from the bosom q
I. OF that stout and stately tree. are
Ds And length timid tremor
Steals upon each limb and leaf;
E And q groan so very human,
Now o. wall akin to grief.
fIarkl a sound. as IL, of thunder
Shakes the hill and shakes the sky.
And the echoes catch each other
As among the rocks they ny.
Now the woodman stands mement
To regain his falling breath,
And with open, careless collar
: Breathes in rosy, hill-born health. -
Then he mounts the fallen monarch,g
Asa King might mount his throne,
And he triumphs in the conquest,
Witch his arm hath woH alone. ~
Log on log of lengthy segment "
Down the hillside soon is rolled
When the plow ere long will struggle.
To deplore the virgin meuld.
Now the heaps are nightly kindleds
And the fires light up the sky,
And a more than boreal brightness,
Beams about the hill-tops high. afi
Now he builds his cribbed cabin, " ~ =
Fences round about field,
Which no foeman @ 'er can conquer,
ttnd no freeman e'er will yield.
vSvrinkIed be our land with cabins
Grandeur but provokes q groan--
And liberty is ever cradled, a7
In the cots that poor men own.
BuRSErT's COLOGNE is the best and
cheapest.
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BuRSErr's COLOGNE is the best an
cheapest.
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FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY l9, 1872.
q ROYAL SCANDAL.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge
seeks Divorce from Prince
Tack

neeks DhVOfce tfOm Frfhco
Teck. rtsrrsrsf III
Correspondence Now York World.l
II Is rumored in the clubs that pro-
ceedings will be shortly taken by her
Royal Highness the Princess Mary Of
Cambridge TO secure divorce from her
husband, Prince Teck, on the ground Of
the Princes unfaithfulness. aoIl
That any unhappiness should cloud
the lie of the Princess Mary Of Cam
bridge will be heard with profound re-
gret by most Of the English people,
among whom she was extremely popu-
lar. Fair, fat and forty she is one Of
the most estimable and best-liked Of the
descendants Of George III. She is the
sister OF the Duke Of Cambridge, and
was married at Kew to the German ca
det, from whom abe is now understood 70
seek separation, in June. 1866. She has
had three children, who are blessed with
tremendously lengthy and sonorous
names. The eldest, who mayb be conve-
niently described as the Princess
Mary, was born at Kensington
Palace, May 26, 1861; Prince Adolph
was born on August l3. 1868, and
Prince Francis in January, 1870. The
Princess has o pension of $4,000, Of
which $4,000 has come to her since
1850; the remaining s2000 was added
in 1865. She did not marry until late
in life, having been thirty-three years old
before she was led to the altar, her fail
ure TO secure an eligible husband being
generally imputed to the fact that, though
she was undoubtedly good and sensible,
there was rather too much Of her, her
weight being something appalling. There
is legendary romance about her earlier
life, which tells how she fell in love with
handsome young peer, whom she
would have married but for the cruel
veto which the Royal Marriages act ena-
bled her Majesty the Queen to interpose.
, tits more difficult to tell who are the
Tecks. They are nobodies 1t is true
they find niche in the Burke's Peer
age" of Germany, but in the 900 pages
Of the "Almanack de Gotha" there are
few more insignificant names than that
of Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexan-
DIRE Prince de Teck, not wholly uncon-
nected Nitn the Wurtemberg royal fami-'
ly, sometimes known as the Count Ho-
henstein, and prince with the title of
Hghness of some years standing. He
is four years younger than his wife. He
is now Grand Cross of the Bath. 3 z lt
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incident I'm Artenus wards Early
Life

Life.
In his lecture on Artemus Ward, Mark
Twain tells the following:
"When Artemus Ward was very
young be and a companion got hold of
pack of cards, and learned to play
euchre. Artemus was perfectly fasci-
mated with the game, and played it as
often as he had an opportunity; but 1t
had TO be dene on the sly, and he had TO
hide his, cards from his parents. So,
when he was looking around for place
to hide them, the boys thought the
safest place where they could put the
cards was in the pockets of the minis
ter black gown, under the very agis of
the church. l don't know what @gis
means, but it's a good word and | sup
pose it's all right. Well, the old minis
ter was called on to baptize a convert,
and as he went down into the water
wearing the gown the cards began to
come up to the surface and float off.
|The boys who were on the bank watch
ing, though in great fear, kept their eyes
on the cards. 1t so happened there
came up FIVE, two. bowers and three
aces. OF course the boys were thrashed,
and an old aunt of Artemus proceeded
to lecture him on the enormity of his
crime. why said she, just imagine
how the poor man must have felt when
he saw the cards coming upl / should
have thought he would have tainted, and
l don't see how he got out. Well,
said Artemus, don't see how he could
help going out on such a hand.
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REV. ABRAHAM DE SOLA.
The Jewish Rabbi who Prayed in
the House of Representative al
WaahingfOn. NL fLIt l .

q'he Jewish Rabbi who Prayed I'm
the House of Representatives at
Washington. O4 DfAIi
From the Now York Herald. January 1871
The. unusual circumstance of q jew
ish Rabbi opening the proceedings OF
u the House of Representatives with pray
er has attracted an unusual amount OF
attention in political and religious cir
cles. A Herald reporter yesterday call
ed on Rev. Professor Abraham DsSola,
he Rabbi who ofieiated in Washington,
Nd gained some interesting particulars
g the occurrence. Mr.. DeSolR is be-
Oav ~ olent and intellectual looking old
cant, s, Z m, an, but With a strongly marked
3ow;sh. co, ,1ntenance He has charge OF
= svna, ropue in Montreal at present, but
o,;gS;nal 10 ma Nv ca,1e from England The
followinly is the statement ne maAeS re'-
alive to his visit 20 washington;
What original, ID the idea OF your
offering up prayer inquired tne re-
porter. IIlJW
vious to my arriving by some, friends OF
civil and religious liberty, VINO TOOK an
interest in the affair, notably the hon.
A. i. Solomons, member of the Leglsla-
tnre from the District Of ColuE1bia. L
feel greatly obliged to Rev. Dr., butter
who gave way in my behalf, and also %
Speaker Blaine for the courtesy EXTENDED
to me"
81 suppose that of your own perGua-
sion in Washington feel gratihed that
such a privilege has been granted 70
'VSOb YES; very much grati6ed; and
I am ver v much pleased myself. There
has been c, ,nsiderable talk over 1t IN the
religion circ. les Of Washington apa 2
uunber of pro Nnlinent gentlemen hese
expressed 10 me Their satisfaction at tne
tolerstion displa, ed by the House. OF
Representatives. 1t .'s unusual for for
S;eper 10 ofieiate In s.Tcha way in that
civ hut the fact Of jew opening
Christian assembly with Erayer Is alto-
gether without precedent.
Have you been TO En'siA"u 10
cently2"
Yes, a short time ago. ma n \
DO Jews enjoy as much frseeom
there as they do in this country
well, yes and no. No, inasmuoh as
III ey have 70 contribute to the support
of an established church in which they
40 not believe. Yes, for the reason that
there are few positions from which they
are d,,barred. j mean in civil point OF
view.
aTbe re are no disabilities remaining
on the tatute-books against members OF
your per suasion .os6.ci
Not hat am aware Of. though there
NAV be 40 me obsolete ones. Why, a jew
is 1av. = \, ember Of Her Majesty's Cabi-
nst En- the T, ,ersOa Of Mr.. Jessup. who has
recently be-. 4 appointed Solicitor Gene-
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aLnnThe sIEnl Nuisance.

.
One of the greatest blots upon the
beauty of our architecture has also
proven to be one Of the greatest sources
Of danger in the event of fire. II has
become the custom to cover The fronts
of the finest buildings, as well as the
rneanest, with signs, gaudy and plain, of
ali sizes and of every character, from
the prstentious gilt-lettering of bank
or Insurance company to the announce
rnent OF coiored gentleman who does
vhitewashing. Ir Made almost unani-
mously of wood, and dry from exposure,
hOse form ready agents for conveying
the DANES. anF urort .nT y-.u
tits to be presumed that the object in
making such display is TO force the at
tention of passers BY ont the same end
could be attained equally vel. OF even
better, BY reducing the signs and paying
a little more attention to the effects of
different colors. 1t is not the size OF
any object that soonest attracts the eye,
and this lesson might be learned TO ad-
vantage by advertisers in stone and
wood. So long as the present practice
continues, and the fronts OF tke finest
buildings are allowed TO be disfgured W
these painted boards, not only must all
Architectural beauty be sacrificed, but a
constant source Of danger will eHiss--in
~ cEanee thus Afforded for Gre to be
ronSeyed from one building to another.
In nearly every city there is enforced an
ordinance regulating the distance which
s;gns NAV project into the street A
wiser ordinance would be one limiting
their si1e and allowing the use Of only
non-iniammable materials IN their con-
ttruction, iassasa .aLnL -I-AE-..
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george WashIngton-An Old seam
dal ResuFrected.

LOUISVILLE, January l3.
AcOrrespondent of the New Albany
Ledger reports examining a record in the
handwriting of Colonel Thomas Posey,
which puts at rest the story that he was
an Legitimate son of General Washing
ton. The record discloses the fact that
General Posey was born in 1854. and
married Mary Thornton on the 22d Of
January. l7s4. The result Of this union
was ten children, one Of which, the sixth
son, was Colonel Thomas Posey, the as
sumed illegitimate child, born on the
29th Of March, 1871. The character of
his mother was such as places her be-
Tond even suspicion Of a violation Of her
marriage VOWS. Besides the time At
which the birth Of the pretended child is
fixed vas before her marriage. o.
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The sssertion that man, however OBJ
jsctioushle. cas- always find some woman
to marry him vas illustrated last week
In Salisbury, Conn. A woman was
united to & man in that town from whom
a former wife but s week previously pro-
cured adiyorce on the grounds Of brutal
treatment
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NOTICE

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raj by Mr.. Gladstone. He is very strict
in his belief. And then there are quite
a number Of Jews members Of tParlia.
mentv7Baron Rothschild, Mr.. Goldsmith,
Alderman Salomons, who mas also been
Lord Mayor Of London, and q namber
Of others.' I q
) But such privilege as you enjoyed
in Washington would be impossible in
the British House Of Commons?'
"Yes, at present it would; but we, are
not. without hopes that the time may
come when even that will be possible.
Civil and religious liberty in the fullest
sense is making rapid strides, and in a
short time it is probable that the Estab.
lished Church will cease 10 exist, and
then, of course, there will be no obstacle
in the way. / may again say that am
very much pleased with whattrsnspired
in Washington, and so also will be She
people of my own persuasion, and my
congregation in Montreal in particular.
/ thiak it is a pleasing indication Of the
rapid progress that is being made in the
religious toleration Of the country, AZ
Thanking Mr.. DeSola for his courtesy
the reporter withdrew J ,SAiN9ft
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-10
NORTH CAROLINA,
Of the election in North Carolina, the
New York Tribune of the 7th inst. says:

OF the election in North Carolina, the
New York Tribune of the Tth inst. says:
"Within twenty-four hours after the
North Carolina election, we published a
table of actual and estimated returns of
majorities by counties, indicating the elec-
tion of Mr.. MerrimOn by a majority Of 575.
We believed then, and believe still, that this
was below the honest result actually at
tanned. Suspicious have been daily grow
ing ever since of a purpose on the part of
the administration leaders to delay the re-
turns from remote counties until there was
time TO figure up the result, and see what
majority was needed to count Caldwell
in. Whatever the final
count may show, we have already gained
far more than We expected the day before
the election, and have made sure of the
State by handsome majority ia November.
We believe that we have also honestly car
ried it now by majority fully IS great as
that claimed in the Tribune twenty-fOUr
hours after the election"
The Tribune is not alone in suspecting G
fraud in North Carolina. The Grant men
went into the contest to win at whatever
cost of money or cheating.
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A LONG BRANCH SENSATION.
A Meeting, A Match and a Marriage
Within TMentY-four HOurs.

The Long Branch correspondent of the
Newark Journal writes:
Last evening there was a grand chop
at the Mansion House, and many Newark
ers were on the floor doing the delightful,
together with a brilliant company of ladies
and gentlemen from other sections. Short
ly before ten o'clock Connselor-at-law John
ID. Banghart, of Jersey City, and son of
Senator Baughart, of Hunterdon county,
was introduced to q dashing widow of
thirty-fiye summers, named Mrs. Caroline
Marsh, of New York. The widow is said
to be possessed of 100000. She is, per-
haps, the most extravagantly fashionable
dresser seen here for years, and has no
end of magnificent suits. She has been at
tended by her dressing-maid, and has been
very noted lady here.
After dancing together awhile, the pair
promenaded on the piazza, and clung To-
gether SO tenaciously that everybody was
struck, and said the counselor was certain
ly struck too. "a genuine case Of love at
first sight" not few Said. The counselor
is fine looking fellow of about thirty-three
Two years or so her junior. She is "a
di3nt in her elegant widows weeds, and
looks really well for one who has grieved at
the graves Of two husbands. To cut the
story short, the two were married this
evening about seven o'clock by tbs Rev.
James B. Wilson, D. D., after spending
the day together promenading and carriage
riding. have seen the certificate, which
Mr.. Banghart seems to be quite proud OF,
as indeed he is Of his bride.
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BLESS the woman with frog, or toad, OF
snake, in her stomach, will she never
leave us in peace! lis no use to tell these
people that it is against the most unaltera-
bic laws of nature-hying in the face of
Providence as it were-tnat such things
should be. That the dissolvent acids Of
the stomach would eXtinguish the life of =
young crocodile in two minutes, aud that
they, therefore, have no business TO have
snakes, or toads, or lizards, or frogs wan
dering around in them. The last case is
that of Mrs. John RoudabIsh, Of New
Hanover township, Penn. She very na-
turally ''alarmed her family" one day by
stating that she felt something like a snake
crawling up her throat. AS she was not
subject TO the "hysterica passio" OF "climb-
ing sorrow" which so troubled the grand
old Lear, she was, upon her persisting in
her statement, taken to Philadelphia /.
Once there, under what is called the skill
full treatment of an eminent physician, she
got rid of lizard, but Mrs. ROudabush
sis positive, and the doctor is of the same
opinion, that another of these loathsome
reptiles is still in her stomach" Mrs.
Roudabush had better first change her
physician, and then there is some pOssihil-
ity of her cure.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

Shelbyville has social club.
CHATTANOOGA is to have a directory.
The Mayor Of Woodbury. has a new
beaver hal.
Ns'Beautiful young men" of Woodbury.
play CrOquet.
The devil Of the Woodbury. Press re-
Gently committed murder.
Corn crops between the Hiwassee and
Tennessee are unsurpassed.
Thursday night thieves took $3.50 from
the store safe of c. f. Keith, Athens.
Kirby, of the Times, is Nice-President OF
the Chattanooga Gymnastie Association.
Several colored persons have applied TO
the Murfreesbero Recorder for divorces.
The Methodists of MugfreesbOro and vi
cinity will hold a camp meeting early in
September.
On the Shelbyville pike, near Murfrees-
bOro, last week was killed thirty-three
rattler rattlesnake.
At! Webster's foundry, Chattanooga,
three steam engines, each costing S27,-
600 are building.
The Memphis flea is insinuating, vora-
Cious and tenacious. How about the snag-
gle tooth mosquitoes?
Rutherford county farmers have made
twenty-three bushels Of wheat and forty
four bushels Of oats 70 the acre.
An Educational Convention for the Ne
thodist Episcopal Church South, will be
held in connection with the National Cam
meeting at Knoxville, Sept. 21.
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An Exciting Day at Buffalo.
Goldsmith Maid Behaves Badly.
Lucy Comes to the Front.

One Horse Drops Dead Another
Bursts n Blood Vessel.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 9.-The attend
ance at the races to-day increased 70 Is, 900.
Weather fine. Track in good condition.
In the first race for 2:25 horses Rosalind
burst blood vessel while scoring for the
start, and on the first heat JAS II. Burke
who was ahead dropped dead of heart dis
ease on entering the home stretch. The
race was won by Judge Fullerton in three
straight heats, beating Lula Derby, None
such and Triumph in about the order NAM
ed. Time-2:25; 2:24s; 2:25.
The great race Of the day, free for all,
was called at 4:10. Entries: Goldsmith
Maid, Americal Girl, Lucy and Henry.
Goldsmith Maid sold in the pools at 100 to
% against tho field. Before reaching the
first turn, in the first heat, the Maid skip
ped; the American Girl shot ahead and
kept ahead to the half post, when sbe was
overhauled by Lucy who won by a length,
the Maid second, and the Girl third.
The second heat proved highly exciting,
and completely changed the CURRENT of pub
lie opinion. The horses start, ed after con-
siderable scoring, the Maid again leading,
but breaking badly. American Girl got the
advantage some, being hOtly pressed in the
home stretch by Lucy and Goldsmith Maid,
and coming in by half head, winning the
heat in 2:17t.
In the third heat the Maid again took the
lead. After the usual breaking by all and
much fluctUating in position, the heat was
given to Lucy.
In the fourth heat Henry lead, closely
followed by the other three to the quarter,
when hot contest occurred between the
Girl and the Maid and Lucy to the home
stretch, when the Girl skipped and Lucy and
the Maid shot length ahead, Lucy win
ming the heat, the Maid second, the Girl
third and Henry fourth.
SUMMARY-Purse Of $4,000, for all
horses:
Goldsmith Maid. d.................22 8 2
American Girl. l...................3 3
henry y'..'..... ..>.s.4 4 4
Time 2:lS4, 2:l74, 2:19z, 2:22.
Before closing the trots, the judges an
n0rmcad that the owner, Of James &. Burke
would have his entrance fee returned.
A $4,000 Challenge.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-TThe owner of jim
Irving, who won the S2:34 purse at Buffalo,
issues a challenge for two races, mile heats
| and Two mile heals, each for $4,000 a
side.
The Maid TO Run at Milwaukee Again.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 9.--The annual races
Of the Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Association Of Milwaukee takes place
on the goth inst. On the fourth day there
is q special purse of $1,000 to Goldsmith
Maid and Lucy, when the famous time of
last year will be equalled if not exceIled.
Entries close at New Hall House on Aug.
II.