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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
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The Cincinnati Commercial, after DIP
ming into statistics, furnishes facts and
figures as 10 the Indebtedness oil the
Southern States. Nine Southern States
wbose assessed valuation is less than
seventeen hundred millions Of dollars
and for State and municipal purposes
two hundred and eighiy.three millions o.
dollars, or seventeen per cent. upon all
they own. We append the debts oil q
few States bordering upon the Mlssis-
sippi river: .,.a,
The State debt Of Tennessee was about
S9I boo 600 in January last. To this we
must ada county debts amounting, IN
$50 10 81. 700 600, and city and town
5sh,s 10 The amount OF 1900, 900, or an
AGGREGATE sum owed by Tennesseeans oil
Ssl 900 900. The valuation OF the state
rsai and personal, was assessed at S2o5,'
7s2l6l, in 1870. The proportion oil IN
debtedness is, therefore, about tweive
The public debt Of Arkansas, another
State singularly favored by nature IN tne
elements of wealth, has grown IRON
three millions Of dollars in 1870 to ~
$50. 900 in 1872. The whole valne OF the
property Of her citizens was assessed a.
se4 100000 in 1870. The public debt
with which she is burdened tmore than
two.thirds Of which was created WITHIN
two years) thus amounts 10 nearly twelve
Der cent. upon her valuation.
II was reserved for Louisiana to cal
the climax of dishonesty in the creation
of public debt. II her State Indebtedness
is correctly reported at the present nm'
as $4l ,OO0, 900, and We add thereto $Zs,
OOO, 600 Of county and municipal indeot
elness. which was outstanding IN 1871
we shall find the unhappy State undel
mortgage TO the amount OF twenty-eigh
rer cent. upon her entire valuation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
FOREIGN.

PARIS. August 1.-THE cities OF Nancy
and Belfort were evacuated yesterday
by the German troops, who burned all
the goods which could not be carried oil.
The inhabitants of both cities remained
in their houses while the Germans were
leaving.
LONDON, August 1.-THE Chesterfield
cup at the Goodwood race was won by
Drumund, Louise second and Roths'
child's Hannah third. Nineteen ran.
Victor won the Corinthian plate race.
Betting was eight to one against Victor.
Wilpole and Perth ran dead heat ior
the second place. Eight ran.
MADRID, August IA dispatch has
been received by the Minister OF "ar
announcing that sharp fight has taken
place near Malaga between the republi'
cans and insurgents, in which the latter
were defeated and driven from the field
81 iusurrectionists were killed. The in
surgent feet has sailed from Almerla
There is great rejoicing over its depar
ture. 1t is believed the feet will mex
visit Alicante, and the garrison and clti
zens Of that place are preparing iol
defense. The arsenal in Cadiz still
holds out for the government.
The government has opened a BON
bardment upon the positions occupied
by the insurgents in San Fernando.
The government troops in Seville have
captured twenty cannon.
The Junta and Gros de Valencia hal
seized three vessels belonging to thu
revenue service.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
French investigation. of Diet

M. Cabasson is credited with having
presented to the French Academy Gu.
rious essay on that somewhat hackneyed
theme, the effect Of diet on the moral
and intellectual faculties OF man. Its
influence is, in his opinion, very great.
In a passage of Lies Miserables," Vic
tor Hugo likens French vivaeity to the
light French wines, and English ponder
osity to "porterbeer;" and many French
men are convinced that the distinguished
traits of the two nations may in great
measure be ascrIbed to the use Of these
two beverages. But NJ. Cabasson speaks
from experience, having experimental
on his own person with various articles
of food. Coffee taken on an empty
stomach appears to have produced most
startling effects. He states that imme-
diately after imbibing it his ideas &C
ouired unusual proiundity, his style 10
writing was cold but correct, while, on
the other hand, his temper underwent
pernicious change-that is, he became
morose, egotistical, and generally dlsa,
greeable. A moderate breakfast restored
him 10 his normal state, and the disap-
pearance Of intellectual profundity was
compensated for by an influx OF genial
and generous ideas-such at least being
the modest testimony Of M. Cabasson IN
his own case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

HANGING is played out in Tennessee
90 saws Governor Brown. Ere long the
cheerful notes of the assassin's pistol
will again be heard in our midst, since
tits now generally believed that no man
shall hang, and, hang i'll who cares
about the penitentiary2 Nothing checks
crime SO suddenly and effectually as a
liberal system of hanging, when neees-
sary. If the death penalty ought to be
abolished, Messieurs, the assassins, ought
TO set the example.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

ABsEsrEEIsN is beginning to have an
evil effect on Memphis. This act of the
capitalist, who derives his revenue in one
country and spends it in another, has
this season taken out Of Memphis nearly
q million Of dollars. This sum, ex-
handed in the erection Of buildings in
our city, would add materially TO its
prosperity and appearance, but what
can't b.. cured must be endured"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

AK election in North Carolina is TO
be held on the 18th Of next month, for the
purpose of adopting or rejecting GER
tain proposed constitutional amend
ments. Among the number is one
changing time of the meeting of the
Legislature from one TO two years-that
IS, that there shall be biennial instead oil
annual sessions, and another proposes
to relieve the Legislature from levying a
tax TO pay interest on the State debt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
pat selIs a Revenue Omeer.

The Madison Courier tells this Of a
revenue officer who was sent into the
illicit whisky distilling district in Ken
lucky. He knew illicit distilling was
going on, but he could get no basis to
work from. Coming to an Irishman who
was tolerably drunk, the officer tapped
him on the shoulder, and said: MY
man. do you want to make ten do.larsr
"Is Il ten dollars7" said Pat, sure an
/ do" "Then," said the officer, show
me private still" "Tll do the same;
follow me, yer honor" The officer fol-
lowed across lots and fields to the camp
Of company Of soldiers that had been
sent there to aid the revenue otieers.
The soldiers we're in line-dress parade;
"Do you see that red-headed man Z
asked Pat, pointing TO one OF the sol
diers. "Yes, replied the officer; de
is" said Pat, my brother; he's been IN
the service twelve years. He'll be a cor
poral after a while, but he is private
still" "Ten dollars gone and no illicit
found" moralized the officer as be
wendell his way back to his hotel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

The statistics Of Georgia, Virginia,
South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina,
are also given, and which present the
frightfuI results Of carpet-bag rule or
robbery. 1t must be recollected that to
the debt of each State must be added the
proportional share which each State Is
bound to pay Of the great national debt
Of twenty-five hundred millions Of dol
loro
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

Persons OF note are Hocking in rapidly,
says a Saratoga letter. Fernando Wood
and Ben" Educated Ben" as Mr..
Brougham calls him-are here. Never
saw brothers more different in person
mel than these two. Fernando glides as
with the easy grace of an eel, while BeH
tbrashes as ike big whale, his star
board and larboard Aue working, and
his broad-brimmed Panama hat sits on
has head like buggy top half up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATIONAL.
ST. AGNES ACADEMY
For Young Ladies.

THIS INSTITUTION. CONDUCTED BY
/ the Sisters of st. Dominic. is delightfully."-
situated in healthy and retired part Of the clty
of Memphis, Tennessee. The buildings are
annie and commodious, standing in the CEN
ter Of extensive and highly improved grounds,
shaded by forest trees, and laid cut and sci
with rare plants and shrubbery. :,
The course Of studies comprises all the
branches, useful and ornamental, that are
usually taught.
The academic year consists of two sessions
| of five months each; the first commencing on
| the first of September, the second on the hrs'
Monday of February.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
NOTICES.
Notice to DeIinquents.

A LII PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT PAID
n their State. county and Railroad Taxes
are notified that on and after the list of Au-
gust, 1873, we will proceed TO levy and sell
personal property 10 pay the same.
GEO. Il. WILLIAMS,
4. S. MALLORY.
l2s-l33 Constables for Shelby county.
NOTICE - PURSUANT TO THE PRO:
IN visions Of an act of Congress, approved
March 8, 1873, authorizing the construction OF
a bridge across the Mississippi river, at st.
Louis, Missouri, by the st. Clair and Caron-
delet Bridge Company, the aforesaid company
hereby gives notice TO all concerned, that they
will, on or before the 10th day Of JULY next,
submit To the Secretary OF War, for his exam
ination and approval, a design for suspen-
sion bridge. consisting of two channel spans
OF six hundred feet each. and two end spans Of
three hundred feet each, with an elevation OF
one hundred feet above low water mark;
They will also file q map giving the proposed
location of the bridge, the Topography OF the
banks Of the river at high and low water, the
direction of the current at all stages. and the
soundings, showing accurately the bed OF the
stream, and furnishing such other intorma-
ton as may be required for full and salts
factory understanding Of the subject by the
Secretary of War. ~, q.
BY order of Board of Directors OF the 81.
Clair and Carondelet Bridge Company.
M. HENDERSON, Sec'y.
st. Louis, Mo-, June 80. 1873. 1l3-l42
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

The model Mayor Of CharlesiOWn,
Massachusetts,. took the city government
on q pleasure excursion so~s the h.s.
Dor Thursday. paying the bills ont Of his
own pocket.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

A Rhode Island paper, describing a
picnic, says: After this a bountiful
supply Of tongue aud other excellent
game, including ice cream, was duly
disnoeed Of"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
ADVERTISING.
LEGAL ADVERTISING

rSROM AND AFTER THIS DATE. WE
n will charge (l0 cents per line for the ~,
Insertion, and Eve 90 cents per line ior cen
-nh.squert insertion Of all legal adrerase-
--erf1- errerf such as may Be inserted TOT
fhirfT DAYS OF longer consecluNeyi Nhlcn
WiI be charred az card rate. ~ Ne slua.,e ,,
rrurfinr EIGHT fl lines nonpareii soma " y :
square. Tie printers tees % pe iAia IN ~
'Ale' ID WY IA. W. ALEXANDER,
I'm. Memphis Apueal Pub. Co.
Al. kELLAh,
Memphis Aralanche.
Il. MHIIMoRk,
Memphis. 5suuarT 81, iEs. Int
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
OFFICIAL.
BIDS DO supply the City with CoaI

MAYOR OTTlcE. CIV I'LL
MrnFHfs. IExsEssEF, July -, 49,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RESQLUl
Il 81 the General Council, autnolllint ~
Mayer " 81 advertise Cor BIDS p taffit - :
80 ,~itf Z I'm barrels nf cral Cor ire ne y
~ Iifcrenf ierafiments Of The rofeIrneni
durinr tie nerf winter. "a b dcli. 80 ~
ouired 81 order 81 TIE MAYOR. anl - ~ -,
avs ffal sealed BIDS Tor such lulfy vi -
rr-rivcF IL this dHce tiIl d NJ Alse-t va
pilr ~ rrfcifT find and quality q c.el.
i0-IH JOHN JUHAtvNi Aalofs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

Western county farmers who planted
buckwheat with their potatoes are not
troubled with bugs. One taste Of the
buckwheat sets the bugs scratching 90
furiously that they cannot find time to
attack the potatoaa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

A religious journal is of the opinion
that young clerUmen Of the Episcopal
church show a widely-prevailing, un-
wise, imprudent, and both personally
and for the church a most injurious, all.
absorbing passion for matrimonY.p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
Terms per Session,
Payable half yearly. in advance

For board and tuition in any Of the following
branches: Reading, Arithmetic, English
Composition, Criticism, Principles Of Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry and Botany, Mental
and Moral Philosophy. Plain Sewing, Marx
ing, etc., SIS, $50, $50 and 500, according to
For day scholars. tuition. els. $40. SIS or $50,
according 10 age or class as above.
For further information apply to or address
the MOTHEk SUPEhlOh,
I3l-I57 st. Agnes Academy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
Notice to Lawyers.

WE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE LEDGER
w Office blank notices to take dispositions,
and printed instructions to the officer taking
the same; also blank captions and ceTtih-
cotac luE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

One profession (says Punch is safe
from the invasion Of woman. She may
enter the army. but it is impossible that
she can man the navy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

The statue Of the Empress Josephine
in the Avenue Josephine, which was re
moved BY the men Of the fourth Of Sep
TENDER, is about TO be replaced on il,
pedeaiaI.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

The Paris Univers announces with
great joy that Mr.. Darwin was rejected
~ twenty-six against six votes as cor
responding member Of the French Acad
anar of Science.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

European Kings, Princes and states
men are just nov particularly DESTROYS
Of pouring their secrets into the sympA
the6e ears Of American newspaper cor
respondents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

The Delazare river from BsaFerskill
Point 10 Trsnioa. is spanned By 10 Jess
than twenty -siEhf bridges, some Of Ehioh
measure one-hah nile in length.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
I. o. o. r.

TIME OFFICERS AND MEM ,s,SE.sksts,.
i bers of Memphis Degree Lodge s1Zs&s
No. 3, L. o. o. f., are requested q
to meet at their hall this (SAT-
URDAY) evening at o'clock, for work il
the degrees. By order. =,
THos. S. BINGHAM. Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

During the last siK months 1880
Chinese sziFTs=ss have l==ded in Cali
fornia OF white folks there we're COO
les
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
M RS. HAILE'S
Memphis Female Seminary
4Cs SHELBY STREET.

TT AFFORDS NE MUCH PLEASURE TO
i announce to my old patrons, friends and
pupils, that / will reopen my school, for
young ladies' on Wednesday, January I'D.
will be ready to see my friends and enroll
pupils on and after Wednesday, December
18th, at my residence.
MRS. ANNIE d. HALLE.
No. 462 Shelby street.
Circulars to be had at the music. book and
drug alnre.. dL-I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
MEDICAL.
CHOLERA ALL GOr
GOoDYEAR's LIVER TONIC,
RAPIIsI AssocIATIoN

SUPERINTENDENT OFFiCE,
pApuCAH AND MEHPHIs n. X. 20
MENFHIs. July 81. II
nELEGATEs TO THE BAPTIST ASS
~ aticn 81 CorinTtou sunday, Augu'
vii pay one fare going % Coringten.
will - returned % Monday ana lnd
mon rrrfifrafs OF clerk of the Arsncia'i II
lu-lH =. W WILBUR =
iAvaiancho and Appeal copy.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
RAILROAD.
NOTICE..
NO 10 E (!

rNHE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
Of the Memphis Building and Savings As
sociation will be held Monday evening, August
4th. S pm, at the Office of the Globe Mutual
Life Insurance Co.. No. Al Madison street.
Stockholders are all expected to be present.
By order Il. III. JUDAH, Pres I.
S. STBRM, Sec'y. sam
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-09

upon the occurrence of vacancy. 1t
has heretofore been urged against Bing-
ham that Ohio had already first-class
appointment in Schenck, but it seems TO
be generally understood in official circles
here, that Schenck intends to resign
and come home to be candidate for
the United States Senate. At any rate,
Bingham's friends will not fail to call
the Presidents attention to the oppor-
tunity now presented to provide for him.
Bingham was promised the mission to
Japan, but il is thought he would prefer
n more civilized country. The Times
special says that it appears to be con-
coded that Bingham will receive the st.
Petersburg Mission.
An immense tank in the reducing
establishment OF Schoreman Il Co., in
the southern part of the city, exploded
last night with terrible violence, tearing
ont one side Of the building, killing three
men and boy, and scalding two others.
HARTFORD, Conn, May s.-President
Grant, in: consequence of the extent OF
his Western tour, will not make pro-
fessional visit to. Governor Jewett, but
will limit his stay in Connecticut to the
time necessary to attend the reunion
of the Army of the Potomac, in New
Haven next week
CHICAGO, May s.
The Chicago Northwestern and Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railroads have de-
cided to pool their earnings until April
$780, in the proportion of 80 to Az per
cent. The arrangement excludes that
portion OF the Northwestern road run
ming to Margaret. The agreement only
lacks the approval of the representatives
OF the German and Dutch interest, now
en- route from Amsterdam.
A quarter OF a century having elapsed
since DR.. f. H. Chaplin assumed the
pastorship of the Fourth Uniyersalist
Society, the event was appropriately
honored yesterday in the church. Dr.
Chaplin was presented with $4,000.
special from Taunton, Mass, says {
fire broke ont last night in Wilbur
stable and spreading to the City Hote
stables, consumed them; slsol Jones
Atheneum and the stores underneath
Loss 100000.
. New ORLEANS, May s.
} The following message was receive
by Governor Kellogg to-day from Wash
ington: "The President directs me t
5 say that he deprecates an aggresslv
policy, and the United States authorize
! are not to be used except in an emergel
;, cy The officer in command of the d
b partment in which Louisiana is included
= has been sent full instructions in regar
d to the course the President desires hi
ii to pursue. You will therefore take /
&c action which would require the sanctio
Of the President, without orders fro
ic headquarters. Signed, General She
lie man.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-09

TIE RIsg n BALTIMORE CONSOLIDATED.
Tie G III Hill News OF the Sd says of
the recent rise in the Baltimore Consol-
ida Il stock: IL IS: Saturdays strike in
this promising mine raised very lively
stir in sto:k circles, causing an advance
in tn stock OF that mine from 40 cents a
share to s. ia deci leily lively and
wonderful raise. This was based upon
tn fact that the west drift, at the 225-
foot level, suddenly, yet not unexpect-
edly, as may have been seen from our
late reports Of the mine, ran directly into
fine body Of ore, some of which was Of
very high grade. 1t tapped a heavy
flow Of water about the same time, which
Induced suspension OF operations
more or less, but to-day the work is
going ahead as before. The new strike
is situated about 450 feet west from the
shaft, and the drift has passed into i
seven or eight feet, with the face still il
fine ore. How extensive it will develoI
to be is, of course, not possible to know
at present, but it is certainly a mos
important and encouraging development
for that section of the old Comestock. ;
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-09
SELLING MINES THROUGH MIS-
REPRESENTATION

Recent sales of mining property by
fraud and misrepresentation-by the eI-
hibition of purchased experts, reports
and false assayer's certifcates-are elicit
ing general comment from the press Of
Utah and Colorado. They all agree that
nothing can be so damaging to the repu-
tation of a mineral region, and that such
impositions and swindles should be Wis.
tied with the most severe penalties; and
this view of the matter has our concur
renee. There ought to be among the
statutes OF all the mining communities a
law prescribing for these swindiing sales
penalties Of unusual severity. Such en-
actmeuts would have for their justifca-
ton every consideration OF public policy.
The robbing Of mails, incendiarism, and
the like, are crimes punishable with the
most severe penalties, not so much from
the enormity OF such otfenses in them
selves, as from consideration OF the
widespread injury which might result
from their commission. And upon the
same reasoning, from clearest considera-
tons Of public policy, the swindler who
salts" mines, secures fraudulent assay
er's certificates and false reports of min
ing experts, thereby effecting sales of
worthless property, should be amenable
to law almost, if not quite, as :igorous
as that for the punishment of arson.
Such swindliDg transactions injuriously
affect every honest man identified with
undeveloped ming regions. Their intiu-
ence is to prevent and discourage capt.
talists from investing in property OF real
merit, causing il to lie dromant indef-
nitely, thus retarding all interests, public
and private, where such undeveloped
property is situate.
We hope the mountain press will con.
tinua to denounce these unscrupulou'
swindlers Of the mines until public opin
ion forces the enactment Of penal law
which will pr scribe penalties common
surate with the magnitude Of their crimes
laws which shall consider thes
sw.nllrs in their consequential character
the same as public policy requires that tn
crimes Of arson aud mail robbery shall b
viewed and punished.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-09

SECRETARY DELANo, of the Interior
Department, writes W. W. Belknap, Sec
rotary of War, saying that all persons on
the Ute reservation in Colorado are, in
his opinion, wrongfully there, and should
be removed therefrom. He therefore
requested that the proper officers of the
War Department be directed to notify
the intruders that they must leave the
reservation on or before the first day Of
April, 1878, and that at the expiration Of
that period, if they still remain, the
order for their removal will BE- promptly
enforced.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-09

SYMPATHETIC DEsPERATIoN.-The fol-
lowing We clip from the Salt Lake Her
aid OF May A. "Self-dosing with lauda-
num-in fact overdosing-was thu way
fellow is reported to have tried shutting
of this mortal coil in centrally located
hotel in town, on Friday night There
is said to be connection between it and
another case of attempted suicide, also
with laudanum, reported from Phoebe a
few days ago, in which the party was of
the feminine gender. No inquest in
either case
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-09

The EsQUIMAUx MopE.-The Esqui.
maux have much more pleasant way Of
carrying on litigation than civilized ma
tons, aud through it justice is as often
reached. Judges are not necessary, and
the impanelng of a jury is unknown.
A large crowd of people assemble, and
both plaintiff and defendant in turn
relate anecdotes and other jokes for
several hours, judgement being ulti.
mately given in favor of the man who
has best succeeded in amusing the mul.
titude.