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A Horrible Discovery.

1 Convincing evidence Of a revolving
crime, or rather q seri0s of Grimes, has
recently been discovered in Naples, in
yolying the Wholesale murder of inno-
cent babes by process which tasks the
credulity Of human nature. The person
charged with these crimes is woman
named Rose Porro, who has occupied
unpretentions quarters only three doors
from the little chapel of San Severe, on
one Of the most frequented streets in
Naples. The attention Of the police
was FIRST attracted by the frequent ap.
pearance in the Neapolitan journals Of
an advertisement, the purport Of which
was that persons wishing to relinquish
their claim upon infants could find home
for them by calling upon and paying a
certain sum to Rose PORE. Two Police
men we're assigned recently to investigate
the subject, and the result Of their vigi-
lance was the discovery that an extraor-
binary number Of babies were brought
to these apartments, and that they were
rarely if ever brought away. A close
search through every part OF the house
was instituted and in various raoms in
FANS we're found spraddiing about the
bare floors crying from cold and hunger.
The cellar was also searched and here
the corpses Of Eve children were found,
and beneath the tiles Of the floor were
three other bodies. The house was
taken possession Of by the police, who
Will closely inspect the walls 10 find opt
the full extent pf this gFieyogs roll Of
Igfaptieides. The keeper Of the house
Is described as g strong, beautiful and
cunning woman In appearance, with an
air Of innocence that would deceive the
sharpest detective.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
lHrnIoAx PREss ASSOCIATIONS. VIA .. ?. A.
TELnsRAPH COMPANY.
RpeofaIs 20 the Ledger.
NASHVILLE.

Special to the Ledger.l
NASHVILLE, January 2s.-New bill;
By Mr.. Warren, to secure revenue to
the State.
House resolution on second reading,
authorizing the superintendent OF the
capitol building to remove the furnaces
now in the basement of the. capitol and
substitute others of better pattern.
Senate bills passed second reading:
To regulate appeal bonds in unwritten
accounts; to amend exemption laws; TO
amend common school laws; 10 reduce
fees of all jurors except grand and regu-
lar traverse jurors to one dollar per day;
10 repeal laws Of the State in relation to
the enrolment Of causes; TO exempt the
property Of married women from sale
for husbands debts, unless the debts
are made for the benefit of the family;
to authorize notaries to take acknowl-
edgment Of deeds, etc; to exempt the
property Of soldiers of the war of 1912
from taxation during the life of such
soldier; 10 amend the registration laws;
TO regulate practice in proceedings
for the sale Of land that has been sold
for taxes and bought in by the State; to
grant the city Of Memphis the exclusive
right to the property occupied by the
Memphis Hospital.
In the House, joint resolution to
elect a public printer on the 9TH Of Feb
ruary was adopted. A resolution APP
pointing a committee from the Senate
aud House to examine the expenditures
Of State money for the Supreme Court,
penitentiary, elections. etc, was adopted.
New bills referred: Authorizing the
county courts to use more vigilance in
the Improvement OF county roads; TO
amend section 2775 Of the Code SO as to
commence action for accounts within
two years after the last item.
Mr.. Jeups bill rejecting humorously
on temperance bills was introduced, and
very promptly laid on the table.
The whisky distillery ofMcRea, Maury
& Co, Summer street, the largest and
mOst complete establishment Of the kind
ia the State. was entirely destroyed by
FIRE this morning. More than five hun
bred barrels of whisky we're destroyed,
and also the machinery, material, etc.
The building belonged to John Lumsden.
and was insured for $4,000 in the State
and 5000 in the Bluff City. The entire
loss is oyer $4,000.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, January 2s.-The trial Of
Mrs. Boyce for the murder of Calvert
II. johnson, in her own house. did moi
develop positive proof yesterday. Sew
eral witnesses testified to the prisoner
conduct on the night Of the alleged
murder, when she came into the oyster
saloon greatly excited and called for a
drink. She said she had dead man
in her house and wanted those present
to come and see him. The father Of
deceased testified that Mrs. Boyce told
him she had child by his son, and
that his son had given her the United
States bonds which she is now charged
with having stolen from deceased.
The disagreement between the police
commissioners and the superintendent
continues, each wing evidently deter
mined to have his way. The superin.
tendent yesterday presented the name OF
a clerk for confirmation, which the board
refused to aecede to, claiming that the
appointing power rests with them.
Rev. james Barthold, Of Michigan, was
duped by two swindlers yesterday out OF
g9g5.
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NV YoAE. January 2s.-The Com
mitiee Of Seventy held a meeting las
evening. elected several new members
and adopted several proposed amend
meuis 70 The newciy charter.
George siddons and Arthur Chamber
will meet Thursday to sign articles Il
eight for the feather weight champion
ship Of America and $1,000. The hgh
takes place within five hundred miles O
this city. The FIRST deposit Of 800 wal
made yesterday by Siddons under ,h'
challenge recently issued by Chambers
AT Sing Sing. since therecent escapes
Eve. temporary sentry boxes have been
placed upon the river side Of the prison
and guards stationed, fully armed with
pistols aud muskels, They are also sup
piled with skates aud ice spnra The
prison authorities have given up all
hopes Of reeApturing the escaped con
viets. ...
Recorder Hackett was presiding in
the Court Of General Sessions yesterday,
in conformity with law passed last
winter, authorizing judges Of that Court
10 hold a double session whenever in
their judgment the public Interests re-
ouired H. He ordered the clerk Of the
Court TO enter an order for an additional
panel Of jurors, returuable Monday, for
the purpose of holding double Court in
February. This will probably secure
the trial next month Of all murder
cases now accumulated on the District
Attorneys hands. ti-lt.
General J. White, United States min
ister resident to the Argentine Repub-
lie, sails for Europe tomorrow in the
steamship Algeria, on his way to his
post at Buenos Ayres.
The steamer Tibee, belonging to the
SANTANA Company, sails tomorrow for
SANTANA, with an assorted cargo and
Few passengers. us hOe 'Ao"S"s P'S"
able that many visitors will so on a voy-
age before spring. when an excursion
will be announced by the Company. The
Directors OF the Company will meet to-
day and arrange details for the voyage.
For nearly half a century the hre-
mems ball has been second to none OF
all the balls Of the seasons, and the
forty-fourth, given at the Academy Of
Music last evening. although the weather
was dreadfully stormy and the ball the
last to be given, was far from being the
least successful. Fire engines glittered
in the light of the gas, and at the
rear of the stage the banner and other
insignia Of the fire department hung in
conspicuous positions. The balls are
discontinued because Of the permanent
fund for the widows and orphans of de-
ceased 6remen having reached $4,000,
and needs no longer the aid afforded by
firemen's balls. 81 US
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Colonel Ksrss divorce bin IL catching
| Il on all sides The papers Cad Il oon'
veuient subject for ridiculs. and the
ladies, some Of them, seen 10 think Il
is framed especially for their further
oppression. The precise terms Of the
bin are evidently misunderstood. II
does not compel people to live together
nolens roleas, as il were, where the hua'
hand IA drunkard and spiia tobacco
Juice with precision. or the wife, a ter
magant, who unsexes herself TO get her
rights in the matrimonial territories.
The actual divorce can only be had for
the one oiiense. bat separation can
take place--lhat isa divorce from bed
and board with alimony granted aud
Fixed BY the court. The change is not
what many suppose. ID does not compel
the wife TO live with brutal husband,
but il prevents either party from marry
ing again except in case OF divorce
a pincnlo, which is TO be granted only
for adultery. We should think d.
yorced wife with alimony decreed by the
court aud protection guaranteed by the
law of the land might forego the risk OF
irving another husband. The marriage
vow has something in il about until
death" which in Indiana and Chicago
il construed to mean-until tired OF each
other But Kerr is fully able to explain
himself as well as to speak for himself
and we shall wait to hear from him.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


DETROIT, MIcH., Jan. zS.-Mayoi
Maffat was before the Recorders Court
last week charged with tearing down
smallpox cards from his neighbor
house. He claimed the cards were not
posted in accordance with the law, and
we're SO placed that they coBld not be
read from the street, q circumstance
which prompted street arabs to run up
to the afflicted house to read the card,
and then give out unearthly screaches
and run, and he claimed that as con-
seryator Of the peace it was his duty TO
remove the eRrds. Recorder Swift fined
the Mayor two hundred dollars, with
confinement 10 the house Of correction
as an alternative. The Mayor is out Of
town, and Of course nobody can say
whether be intends TO pay the fine or 60
to the house Of correction.
IAcEsoSYILLE. III, January 2s.-Ar.
Amage, living near NsVmopsVills, casa
county, has herd Of cattle afflicted
with disease resembling the epizootie,
which is causing considerable alarm
among neighboring feeders. The disease
has caused several deaths, and is re-
ported to be very severe upon il
victims.
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THE LouIsIAKA CASE.


Investigation is the order Of the day al
Washington, and it is to be hoped that
out OF so much inquiry and searching
scrutiny some good will come. The
Louisiana investigation begins to attract
notice, and has already brought forth
damaging evidence against the Pinch.
back usurpers. 1t was admitted yester-
day that whole parishes we're thrown out
by the Kellogg board npon mere hear
say, and that hundreds Of votes never cast
were counted in for the Republican ticket
that is, for Kellogg, Pinchback. etc.
These are startling admissions, but sus-
tain all that has ever been charged by
the members Of the Peoples Legsla-
tare against the usurpers. With the
latter il was rule or ruin at all hazards.
II did not occur 10 them that their IN.
lawful acts would be laid bare before the
world at the hands Of a Senate invest.
eating committee at Washington, else
they might have acted with more eau
ton and foresight. But it all has come
TO light now, and we do not believe the
government party at Washington can
or will sustain the usurpers who have
been running rough-shod over the laws
Of Louisiana and the rights and liberties
OF the people. II they are sustained.
then free government is only a name
and a mOekery, and the people have no
rights which a reckless majority are
bound to respect.
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JEAN iSeELow.
IH S...: :. :% sss ss.s % 81 81

Ietter from the Poofeaa-What nhs
Desires Amerienn women 10 Dis
cover.
The following letter from Jean lnge
low 70 Mrs. Lucy Stone, OF Boston, vii
be read with interest;
DnAR MADAM have been long IN
the habit Of receiving from America
your paper, the Woman's journal, and
as / do not know who Is the kind and
courteous donor, ! hope ! may convey
any thanks through you, as one OF 'he
editors.
/ am glad Of the information | derive
from the Journal but ! have not found
time hitherto TO give the whole subject
of rights such an amount Of study AS 10
make il wise TO utter my crude thoughts
respecting them; other things appear TO
b. given 70 me To do. aud take them up
10 the exclusion Of what lies beyond.
You have, venture TO think, more
than one problem 10 work out in Amer.
lea. on which, in great degree, depend
the welfare Of women. In one OF these
take an interest, and hope TO see you
settle Il for yourselves and for us.
want YOU to discover how domestic work
Is TO be combined with high culture,
So long as household work is thought
degrading land no where Is this so much
the ease as in America), there never
can be anything like universal educa'
ton; there must always be some who
work all their lives because others will
not work at all. IL is TO be one Of the
great things that you Americans, be-
a. NAaah tha
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The Latest Impertluences AbOul
W. susan B.

susan B.
Cincinnati critics say Susan B. An
thony seats herself with great dignity,
preparatory to commencing her lee
ture." SO did Job when afflicted with
cutaneous Troubles. 'f
A Cincinnati paper says Susan b. An
thony is in jail, but the world moves on,
aud posterity will come to her relief.
But whose posterity will it beY Not
Susan B. Anthonysl
1t is some consolation to know that
when Susan B. Anthony goes to the
penitentiary for illegal voting she will
leave no orphan children behind her to
suffer for want of mother tender care.
The Judge who required bail bond OF
Susan b. Anthony to attend her trial
for illegal voting is fool, or else he
didn't know that Susan had been work
ing three weeks on a speech for the oc-
casion.
Susan B. Anthony says that she will
die in jail-di'ah, sir-before she will
humble herself enough to ask for bail.
Eighty or ninety years ago this same
Susan was noted for her sweet and ami
able temper.
The National Woman Suffrage Con.
vention, which meets at Washington on
the 10th of February, promises to give
Susan B. Anthony an ovation" The
high price of eggs in the Capitol city
will deter many from ovating who
would otherwise turn out and throw a
Shanghai berry or two. just for fun-and
the cause. +ft
A Kansas editor says if Susan B. An
thony and her voting associates get shut
up in prison for voting, he knows of lots
Of men whereabouts who will urge their
wives TO vote at the next election. Who
knows but this is the very idea that So.
san B. has been acting on all the time?
1t really looks as if her present course
was nothing but flank movement de-
signed to drive the men into support Of
her course. A year or two spent in the
penitentiary may fully vindicate her
strategy. We can afford TO give her
time-three years, if she wants it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

A German professor borrowed couple
Of condemned communists, injected calx
into their systems, and then bled them 70
death and laid them away on the shelf.
Three monlhs after he injected the blood
OF soae healthy live men into their veins,
sent some double.proof lightning through
them, and prestol up jumped one OF
them and commenced to eat. The other
just rolled over sleepily, and SAID, o,
quit yer foolin'; I'm too dead, and
wouldn't Taaarrect. The restored one
realized his situation and Hed the coun-
try 10 escape his sentence. It's useless
for the old croakers 10 say the thing can
be done; they cant stop progressive
science BY holding on 10 its coat tails.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

Turkey is not a nice place for jour
nalism At all. The Government there
has a disagreeable way Of interfering
aud stamping out newspapers. or at least
OF giving them q long and ruinous Vaca-
tion. The PrsYo, Q local Bulgarian
sheet, Fas put lately into 8 state Of sus'
pended animation for one month, 20 was
the Orakir, an Armenian publication,
this being the 9Th suspended in Con
stantinople within thirty days. Every
kind Of rascality fourishes; the police
is noioriously disorganizedi the Govern
mentis effective III nothing save in sus-
pending newspapers. and q nice sort Of
Goverppspi il Pusi Be-.
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WASHINGTON,
Great ExeIfement-EafI Then.
ter and Other Prominent Build
ings I'm Planes.


Great ExeItement-EafIO Then.
Ter and other Prominent Build.
ings I'm Flames.
WAsHN0ros, January %. 1880 an.
The National Theater is on fire. The
interior throughout is in a perfect blaze,
also the Imperial Hotel adjoining, and,
in fact, the entire row Of houses on each
ride Of the theater. The fire department
is out and the engines are being worked
vigorously. The streets are crowded and
great excitement prevails. Weather
clear and cold, Vat no wind.
LATER.-The National Theater is en-
tirely consumed with all the fixtures,
ETC.; also the contents Of the billiard
saloon and Miller 4 Jones sample room
on the first floor. Fortunately Rhep
the lower part Of the house burned the
entire floor fell in, checking the Gre and
adding greatly to the security Of the
surrounding buildings. The Imperial
Hotel at one time was on Gre and the
guests began to vacate when the roof
fell in. This was stopped and comparative
quiet is restored. Il is impossible at this
hour to estimate the loss. The theater
was a wooden building. and considered
unsafe. The employees Of the Treasury,
War, Navy, Postoiioe and Interior De
partments rushed out. thinking The whole
city was in danger. Hose vas laid across
Pennsylvania avenue. and car travel was
entirely blockaded.
The FIRE is now entirely extnguished,
the railroad tracks cleared and the
crowds dispensing.
The Imperial Hotel suffered slightly,
the iaruiiure being damaged BY water.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

The young lady medical students in
Edinburgh have so far carried their
point that they are TO DO admitted 70
the Royal In6rmary under the following
conditions; First. Clinical instrue-
ton to DO given at separate hour from
that at which male students are ad-
mitted. Second. Female students TO
conGne their clinical visits to a stated
number Of wards containing not le's
than eighty beds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

EpucArIoSAL.-A gentleman Of sew
eral years successful experience desires
a situation in country rvillage school
in West Tennessee. Testimonials and
references Of the most satisfactory char
aeter furnished. Address Il. Whitmore,
PUBLIC LEDGER office, Memphis, Tennes-
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, January 2s.-John G. Orr
and George Carr, the detectives mixed
up with thieves in the robbery of houses
last simmer, we're discharged from the
police force to-day.
River twenty-five feet two inches.
Weather clear and cold. Arrived Blue
Lodge and Bengal Tiger with coal from
Pittsburg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

Paul WRIoHr, the enterprising news
dealer whose emporium is located at No.
296 Main street, has all tho latest papers
and periodicals, and the very best Of
cigars. Give him call.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

The proud Duke Of Somerset had .
second wife, who one day threw her arms
rou nd his neck. and afleotionately kissed
him. Looking At her with naughty cold
ness, he said, Madam. my FIRST wife was
a Percy, and she would not have taken
such a liberty
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

THE members Of the House Commit
tee on charitable institutions have been
in Knoxville two or three days visiting
the Deaf aud Dumb Asylum and other
places Of interest about the city. On
their return to Nashville they will be
enabled to legislate understandingly
upOn the important questions cOnfided
IN than
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

The Pennsylvania Constitutional
Convention viii doubtless make a provi-
sion requiring that the Senatorial and
ether districts Of the State. formed every
ten years, shall be Of compact and con
tica0ss Territory, bounded BY county
lines and cout=ia IS nearly as possible
az equal uuuber Of ishabiiauis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

For few dollars useless stoves can
be made as good as new, at 7. s, Jukes',
1923 Second street. Repairing burnt-out
stoves a speciality. eod'l2s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

The celebrated Fitzhugh BroiIers.
best I'm use. are for sale by Prince
a. Co., 1875 Main street.. Every
hOusekeePer should have ono. III
not satisfactory money returned.
100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

A farmer who wished 10 invest lha 90,
emulation Of bis Industry IN United
States securities, vent into a broker
Office to obtain some Eve tventies.
The clerk inquired: What deao@sHa-
non viii you have them, sirT Having
never heard that word used excepting 70
distinguish sects. the farmer, after It,
tie deliberaiion, replied. Well Jon may
give me part in Oh scbool Presbyterian.
70 please tic Old lady, bat give ne ths
hsA op'i 10 Free Win Baptist
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

Insure with the n Memphis city Fire
and General Insurance Co., once no
Madison street. l20-li5
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EDUCATIONAL
MRS. HAILE's
Memphis Female Seminary.
ace sHEI.SY STREET.

IT AFFORDS NE MUCH PLEASURE 70
i announce % ny old patrons, friends and
ruuila. Tat I viii reopen ny school, ioI
Young ladiee. On Wednesday, January I'D. I
will 81 ready % see NJ friends and enroll
pupilr on and sfter Wednesday. December
iiih. 81 ny residence.
Mrs. ANNIE ID. HALE.
No. f62 Shelby street
Circulsrs 10 Be had Il The music, book and
drng stores. ~
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DICKS national, &c Madison street,
frst-elass saloon; formerly Old Ma
tional Open day and night. 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

TuK newly elected Secretary Of State
and Comptroller will take possession OF
their Offices on the first Of February.
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Mr. John z. Owens.

MT John Ia owens.
whose name Is associated in the minds Of all
intelligent play-gOers with the greatest dra-
matte triumph ever achieved in Europe 81
America, supported BY his own DraMalle
Combination. expressly engaged 10 rapport
him during his tour Of the country. kntre
change eac& y.erfertcancs,
Monday, Saa. 27--Oeynes celebrated com
edy. In three aeys. ehSitled ENERl B0DY'S
FHiFND nd s0ION eHINGLEi Mr.. Owens
as - MAJOR DeBoots" snd "Solon Single"
Tucsdsv. Jan. 28-Ceieman's famous com
edy, In three acts, Of the = lR-AI LAW and
H1bpIRST DAY or ~ LIFE; Mr.. Owens
a. . DIT. Petsr Pangloss, IL. D., and ASS. 7"
- w.dss,dsy. Jan. 99-vIcTIMs and sOLON
sHfNGLE: M. Owens as Butterfly and
Sst1rdsy. Al 2 p.m.-0WENS MATINEE.
seat Teeurod six days IN advance.
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PUBLIC SALE.

In the John Pope tract, six miles east Of the
city, So 0-divlded into two tracts, on one Of
which is a cabin with fifteen acres enclosed,
ana never-failing well of line water. sale
at IL o'clock.
Land buyers should not overlook this oppor-
% city Of making q good Investment.
Title unquestinnable. TERMS easy, ana
RoYs TER, IRRELEVANT & co.
DS- Persons fro I'm the city wishing TO attend
the sale will be- furnished conveyance there
end back. l1'-lzs
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

CoR SIX NIGHTS AND ONE MATINEE
IL only, commencing Monday evening. lam
uary 9Th, the far-famed Comedian and deiin-
Gator Of The comic and pathetic drama,