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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13
TIE PLEA OLE INSANITY.

Governor Browns suggestion in re
gard to criminals acquitted on the plea
of insanity will be universally approved.
There has been no special legislation on
the subject in Tennessee, but the SUI
preme Court has ruled that when a
reasonable doubt of the sanity of the
accused exists he may be acquitted
The Governor earnestly recommends
Chat in all cases Of acquittal upon the
plea Of insanity the jury shall be re.
ouired TO so return in its verdict, and
that il shall then be the duty Of the
court 10 send the accused to the insane
asylum, only to be discharged when in
the opinion of the proper officers all
danger of return Of the malady is re-
moved. Society, he says, demands at
least this protection. Nothing seems
clearer or more in accordance with com
mon sense. If the accused suddenly
murdered his fellow-man once, is 1t not
likely that his madness might occur
most unexpectedly at any time and
Others be added to the list of victirasY
Surely a mad dog which had apparently
recovered would not be turned loose by
it's owner, nor should the courts OF JUS
tice let a mailman walk abroad among
the innocent and unprotected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13
@SPIRITuALISMlv
Has the Press Performed It's Whole
Duty I'm that Regard

To the Editor of the Ledger;
During the past week the press has
treated (2) its readers daily to long re-
ports of seances " held at the Overton
Hotel, which reports will be the source
Of more mischief than can be well esti-
mated. Will do mischief in this: that
they go out as official reports of what
spirits OF dead persons said and wrote,
of how this one received remarkable and
startling messages from brother who
died in India, and another from his
swearing captain who was killed in bat
tie, concerning the existence of either
of whom the medium could never
have heard 4 therefore the message must
be genuine, must have come from the
other world; and inasmuch as some Of
these spirits took occasion to inform
their friends that hereafter there is no
reward for virtue or punishment FOR vice,
that both heaven and hell are mere fol-
de-rol," what manner of thing is fol-
derol ~ therefore | say that persons
may be led astray and brought to grief
by the idea that IL matters nothing in
the next world whether person be
EOou Ut uau. Ou may IttOFt luab IL rs
not your duty to look after the affairs of
your readers in the next world, but 10
furnish them with reports Of what is
going on in this. / answer that
it is your duty to educate the public to
higher state of morality, AMI to print
or teach nothing which has tendency
in a reverse direction. To publish col
umns and columns Of reports Of the pro-
ceedings Of a mesmerizing Snowman, re-
plete with infdelism and immortality
with only faint word Of protest here
and there by reporter, is an outrage,
not only upon religion but upon de-
cency. What a record we make for the
week Our papers full Of spiritism, +"
and the public excited" over fraud as
silly as II is transparent. What a repu.
tation We will gain abroad for intelli-
gence. Shamel A community gone
crazy over a mountebank's tricks.
Faughl 1t makes the gorge rise 10 think
about il. What fOols the mesmerizers,
sWallowers Of swords aud ventriloquists
have never adopted the spirit
dodgel Gullble Souihrons, verify your
capacity for slowing humbug is great.
CosEoPoLITE.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

DuBUoUR, a., January H. - Tn,
woman Stickney and her daughter, AL
mira, who shot the school teacher
Wright, at Cedar City, Monday last
have made a full confession. They de
termiaed two weeks ago to make Wright
marry Almira or kill him, and had
been shaping their plans accordingly.
The intention was to kill him at noon
or Monday, but coming to the house
across the field the bloody act was done
then. The young man Richard George
also made q full confession. His OBJ
ject was to get Wright out of the way
that he might marry the girl. At last
reports Wright was still alive.
PITTsBURe, January l3.-There was q
destructive fire at Freeport, Penn, on
Saturday, and for time it was feared
that the whole place would be burned.
The fire originated in the planning mill
Of Snider & Baum, and it, together with
a large amount Of lumber, was destroyed.
The origin of the fire was the explosion
of an oil lamp in the engine room. The
loss is estimated at 100000. on which
there was an insurance of $4,000.
c. d. Brigham, recently editor Of the
Pittsburg Commercial, has gone to his
Florida plantation. 1t is stated that he
received 100000 for his interest in the
Commercial. When he came here from
New York some seven or eight years
ago, he had little or nothing. Russell
Erwin, who it is understood succeeds
Brigham, has been elected Clerk of the
State Senate.
LEXINGTON, Ky, January l3.-Capt.
Samuel D. Mccullough, an old and high
ly esteemed citizen, died last night. He
was long time proprietor ofthe famous
Burrows Mustard, and has been promi-
nent in literary circles.
DAYTON, o., January ia report
reached here last night that the large
wooden mills at Shaker Village, six
miles south east of this city, were entire
ly destroyed by fire.
An old Judy named Alexander fell
down stairs at her residence in the
southern part of the city last night, and,
it is thought, was fatally injured.
Robt. Mitchell, eighty-eighty years old,
a highly respected citizen, fell from a
wagon yesterday, and it is believed sus-
tanned injuries that will prove fatal.
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Ole Bull is making a tour in Pennsyl'
vania. t
Savannah, Georgia, is enjoying her
first run Of shad. W
At recent funeral of Connecticut
man, the hat was passed in behalf of the
widowed and the fatherless.
The country does not respond cheer
fully to the call for ten million dollars to
get up Philadelphia centennial cele-
bration.
Madame Catacazy has purchased a
large portion of the wardrobe and jew
elry formerly owned by the Empress
Eugene.
Prudent Californians nowadays get
preliminary certificate of insanity
from their family physicians before they
kill anybody.
When q man sounds false alarm Of
fire at Charleston the police knock him
down with club and the police justice
fines him forty dollars.
supday-school theatricals are fea-
ture of Nebraska City society. Belshaz-
Ears feast was dramatized and per.
formed there few nights ago.
Mr.. Gladstone denies the Spectator
accusation that he devotes part Of each
day to the study Of Homer, aud declares
that he has not read City consecutive
lines of the Had or Odyssey at any
time for four years.
The Pope has a devoted admirer, a
German countess, who has made a vow
that every year she would send him a
purse Of gold and a converted Jew.
She has made good her vow, and her
first offering to the church was received
with imposing ceremonies.
There has been terrific rise in prices
at Rome. None but the longpursed can
this year afford a RomaH winter Fur
nished houses are nearly double last
years price, and apartments, which
three years ago were procurable for 500
a month, now cost Sl6O
Alta recent Connecticut wedding, in
repeating the words, =" II you know Of
any just cause. etc, the minister looked
straight At nervous young man direct
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A GEORGIA Senator is to be chosen
this week by the Legislature in session
at Atlanta. The prominent candidates
are A. II. Stephens, Ben Hill, Herschell
". johnson, Colonel Herbert Fielden
and General John B. Gordon. The con
test it is thought lies between the first
and last of these gentlemen named here.
An opportunity will probably be allowed
the candidates to address the Legisla-
ture and give a specimen of the elo-
auence and wisdom with which they pro-
pose to electrify the United States SEN
ate. Stephens has the sympathy of the
people, who attribute in great measure
the late Democratic triumph in that
State to his influence. He has an or
gan, the Sun, which does him good ser
vice. But General Gordon has likewise
an organ in Atlanta, and he is recog-
nized as a man of more modern ideas
than his venerable competitor. Many
people believe that Mr.. Stephens would
not survive defeat much longer than
Horace Greeley. The contest Is one Of
the most interesting that has occupied
the attention of the whole country in
many years. The issues are mostly per
sonal, as all the candidates are men Of
distinction and ability, and nearly Of
one mind in politics.
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sumption at the hotel last evening Ac'
companied BY her husband and sister
the unfortunate lady arrived ~ our city
last evening from CaliforniSFwhere she
had been for her health. The party had
just got aboard the night express Of
the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne road,
where she was taken worse, and had to
be removed 10 the Sherman House,
where she expired after about twenty
minutes. The deceased was about
twenty-five years old. rlf(.ff.
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ly in front Of him. The fellow sprang
up with much haste and trepidation and
blurted out; Oh, no, bless mel not
the slightest objection, sir"
An Atlanta paper, speaking Of three
bridesmaids, says II is no idle compli-
ment to say that they are like three
Graces their faces mirroring back tho
purity and softness Of the skies, their
eyes floating in a light Of dewy tender
ness, or throwing radiant flashes from
the inner shrines of thought like jewel
tinted sparkles caught from broken rain
bows. The question is how much of the
English language was left for the brideY
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NEW YORK.


New YORK, January l3.-During al
interview of q newspaper reporter will
DR.. Durant, ex-President of the UrioE
Pacific railroad, Durant said he would
not be surprised if the names of VIM
Z. Dodge, Hooper and others would ap
pear on the Credit Mobilier investiga
ton. He also said in connection with
the Union Pacific business that the
Presidential party was not left out IN
the cold; that Dodge and Grant are on
most intimate terms, and that Dodge
looked after his friend Grant. There
are many town lots on the line of the
Union Pacific railroad. Some of these
town sites are already becoming valu
able, and Dodge managed that for the
White House people very skilfully. He
said the interruption between McComt
and Ames was caused by McComb being
behind in payment for twenty-five thou
sand dollars worth of stock, but when
McComb saw the stock going up to q
big thing he came up with the money
and demanded the stock. z lie mean.
time Ames and Alley sp the big
thing, and stealing a march on McComh
appropriated the stock to themselves.
They could afford the risk of putting in
twenty-five thousand dollars and draw
ing out sixty thousand, SO there was no
stock for McComb.
In connection with the bill of excep-
tons in the Stokes case, which will be
presented to the District Attorney TO-
morrow, Stokes counsel will also pre-
sent, it is said, what is technically known
as after discovered evidence" the effect
of which viii be to show that the jurors
on the last trial were not only signally
disqualified but were so morally, mas
much as they had stated, even before the
opening Of the defense, that it was their
determination to convict Stokes.
A dispatch from Sing Sing received at
police headquarters last night announces
the escape from that institution Of Fran
els Wilson, John Brady and George
DeLeon. The dispatch gives no details
respecting the manner in which the fell
ons effected their escape.
The examination of Colonel Blood
and Victoria Woodruff will be resumed
to-day. Judge Blatchford has decided
that the accused shall be allowed to tes-
tify in their own behalf The defendants
claim that they did not send obscene
matter through the mails, and assert
that they are victims Of an organized
persecution.
A matter Of much importance was IN
derstood 10 have been considered at the
directors meeting Of the New York
Central Railroad Company, held on
Saturday at Commodore Vanderbilfs
private Office. The subject was the best
method Of raising forty million dollars
TO double the track Of the road. No de-
cision was arrived at, however, and il is
said in regard 70 the matter that a re-
port was circulated that $50, 600, 900 seven
per cent. currency bonds will be issued,
aud also ten million, OF two million
pounds sterling, in six per cent. gold
bonds for negotiation in London.
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LATEST lTELEGRAMS.
AnnnIo1K rREna ASSOCIATION. VIA .. p. 4 A.
fnlnaRArn COMPANY.
specials 20 tne Ledger.
NASHVILLE.
Special to the Ledger

Special 10 the Ledger.
NASHVILLE, January lS.-SESArE.--
Resolutions: By James Grant, Of Chat
tanooga, new charter. BY Mr., White
expression Of sorrow at the death Of Mr.
Greeley; Mr.. White made a short ad
dress highly eulogistic of the character
Of the deceased, which was ordered
spread upon record; rules suspended and
resolution adopted. BY Mr. Smithson
to appoint committee to revise the
criminal code, agreed to; Messrs. Smith
son, Snipes and Tillman appointed. By
Mr.. Richardson. to appoint committee
to meet in the Hall CT Representatives,
Wednesday, the 10Th instant, for the
purpose of inaugurating Governor
Brown; agreed to; Richardson, Mutton
and Robertson appointed.
New bills: Snipes and Coulter each
introduced bills making sellers of liquor
responsible for damage done. By Mr..
Hughes, to repeal the tax levied on mer-
chandise, horse and cattle dealers. By
Mr.. Coulter, to regulate assignments Of
homesteads and dowry in land. By Mr..
Smithson, to distribute the State school
funds, and to repeal certain sections Of
an act passed 1870.
HovsE.-The Speaker announced the
outstanding committees of the House.
Mcfarland is chairman of Judiciary;
Houk, of Finance, Ways and Means;
Frierson, of Claims; Williamson, of
Education; Cummings, of Internal I'm
proyements; Wester, of Military Affairs;
Marley, of New Counties; Blevens, Of
Penitentiary; Brown, Of Banks; Linds-
ley, of Federal Relations; Patton, Of
Public Roads; Hughes, of Enrolled
Bills; Washington, of Public Grounds;
Noblitt, Of Charitable Institutions;
Ward, Of Agriculture and Manufuc-
lures; Mulvihill, of Tipping and Tip
ping Houses; Kerr, of Incorporationss
S. W. Tillman, Of Elections; Overton,
of Commerce; Jeup, of immigration.
New bills, by Mr.. Houk, providing
for compensation of judges and clerks of
elections. A.
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CHICAGO.

Cmcloo, January l3.-The total du-
ties paid in this city on direct imports
aud bonded goods in the past year is
S2.ll4.E64
Mrs. W. b. Phillips, daughter Of John
Dillon, Esq, Of 233 east Fourteenth
street. New York, died suddenly Of con-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13
LITTLE ROCK.

Special to the Ledger.
LITTLE Rock, January l3.-The indl
cations this morning are that Dorsey
will be elected to the United States Sen
ate on the first ballot He has gained
m any friends in the last few days, and
all combinations against him have been
broken, j..
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RAILROAD
OFFICIAL,
p II o OIL A M A TION.
Election in the Eighth Ward.

MAYORS OFFICE, Cry HALL,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, January IL, 1873.
WHEREAS, BY THE RETURNS MADE
w by the Sheriff Of Shelby county to the
General Council of the City Of Memphis, it APP
pears that at the election to ell certain mu-
nicipal offices, held on the I'd of January. in-
slant, in the different wards of the city, there
was in the Eighth Ward thereof tie vote for
one Councilman therefor.
Now. therefore, in compliance with Section
phis. proclamation is hereby made that an
election for one Councilman for the Eighth
Ward will be held at the usual polling place,
on Poplar street, opposite the market house,
Wednesday, January ~. 1873,
between the hours prescribed by law.
1923 JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PENNsYLvAEIA

Governor Geary, in his message read
in the Legislature of Pennsylvania on
the Sth instant, alluding TO the common
school system Of that State, says that
when introduced, thiriy-eight years ago
it was accepted with reluctance, but its
present popularity is indicated by the
entire absence Of complaint, and a still
more significant readiness by the PEG
pie TO assume the expenses requisite
ior its constant improvement and eff
cient application. The old prejudice
against the system no longer exists, yet
there is a lamentable indifference. and
large numbers do not attend the SCHOOL,.
In the State at large thirty-three per
cent Of the children are reported as
absentees. and, as was naturally to be ex-
pected, the resulting ignorance from this
neglect has proved a fruitful source Of
crime. Sixteen per cent Of the inmates
Of the State prison are unable. to read.
The Governor rec0mmends that such
measures should be Immediately adopted
as would secure a universal paricipa-
lion in the benefits Of the provision
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13
SALE OF A
Valuable Plantation

ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY
" being the Sd day Of February / will eaer
at public sale. at fernando, Miss, the planta-
ton formerly owned by n. b. Meacksm. lying
one-half mile north Of the town Of Senatobia,
where there are good schools, churches, etc.
Has q mile front on the county road to Her
nandO, and can be subdivided to advantage.
Contains 400 acres, $50 acres open, about 200
acres cultivated the past year; two-story
dwelling, smoke-house. Clubhouse and cabins.
All under fence, part of which Is good.
TERMS-One-third cash; balance in one
and two years, with ten per cent. interest
lIb-I2O M. J. WICKS.
Appeal and Avalanche copy one week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13

It is estimated that Father Burke has
realized 100000 for various benevo-
lent institutions BY means Of his lee.
lures in answer to Froude. and that
Fronde has realized 5000.
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LtstorPa.enta.


The following patents were issued tC
Southern inventors for the week ending
December nth, 1872, and reported 70,
the LEDGER by R. S. 4 A. P. Lacey
Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. c.:
l33,9l4-Fruit cover, o. W, Alexan
der, Usage, Texas.
1913, 9l5-Bottle stopper, j. B. Barsa.
loux, St. Louis, Mo. ..,. aA
1873, 92l-Curtain fixture, W. r. Cole
Baltimore, Nd.
1873, 935-Nail cutting machine, Mar
tain Hahn, Hermann, Mo.
1873, 955-Pump, G. M. Seward, Dyer
iss, S6O~Gate, E. B. Whitaker, Bel
air, Nd. 8g
1873, 9S3-Cotton seed planter, f. E.
Habersham, Old Church, Va.
134,Oll-Knife and fork, William d,
Smith, bonneville, Ga.
l34,O2l-Cotton press, John 7. Will
liams, Blakely, Ga.
l34.05l-Card holder, P. B. Groat,
Ham bal, Mo.
l34,O52-Bale tie, J. W. Gurley, Pc
tersburg, Va.
1874, OSO-Cotton scraper, G. Marsh, I'd
Natchez, Miss.
.O99-Cultivator, F. Reese, Wilson
vile, Ala.
Reissue, 5l94, Farebox, W. II. McLel-
Ian, New Orleans, La.
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For SALE.
FOE saIe-smaIl Farms.

MY FARM. CONTAINING ABOUT 375
Iil acres (l30 in cultivation. the bottom
finely timbered, within one mile of Horn Lake
depot, Mississippi and Tennessee railroad.
IL miles from Memphis; comfortable dwelling,
good gin hsuse, gin and press, houses for labor
ers, and hands enough on the place to run It
weIl-selected fruit trees in bearing. two acres
In scuppernOng grapes, an abundance of stock
water, and one ofthe finest springs in the South.
Also, $50 acres 100 in cultivation) adjoining
railroad, which may be subdiyided. if desired,
into 40 and 60-acre tracts.
am determined to sell, and offer the above
lands at a great sacrifice. For further infor
nation address James NJ. Greer, Attorney,
Al. White 4 Co., 234 Front st.. Clarke, Ely
& Co., 800 Front st.: Il. d. Crisman, 266 Front
ST.; or the undersigned, at Horn Lake, Miss.
1925 i. NJ. FLETCHEk. 4.
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Nnflce to l.aWYers.

WE HAVE PpR sALE AT TIE LEDqkh
w o0ce blank noticrl n tlte qele- ~.
ana printed insiruciilns o. ne olcsI .,...r
Gates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13

COLONEL KERR's bill to abolish the
"olfice of Public Printer will doubt
less pass without much opposition, and
after the expiration of the present term,
next November, the State printing can
be let cut to the lowest and best compe-
tent bidder that possesses the facilities
for doing such work. Politics and par
ties will then be left out of consideration
and the printing necessary for the State
will be put on business footing.
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MUSIC.

Musical Merchandise and Instru.
ments of every description, whole
sale and retail.
H. q. HOIlenbeFg keeps the laFg-
est and best selected stock I'm this
city. and a full assortment of the
Chick eHfng, HOlIenberg and Hal.
lett a. CumstOn Pianos, the Estey
Organs, and brass and siIver fnstru-
menta In full sets or single ptecee.
ReiDg n practical planO-maker
aud - musician of taste and ability,
ank known 20 the public as such
since 1853, patrons of this music
house may feel confident that they
will find all goods strictly as repre-
mLed and warranted, and at mod.
crate prices and ON easy termE.
WRrer0Oms, No. 2z4 Second street.
nn MA
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ADJUSTMENTS.
MEMPHIS THEATER

SPALDIEG x Proprietors
Z.
j. WESLEY ,.....--."Stage Manager
C,0R THREE NIGHTS AND WEDNESDAY
4 Matinee, commencing Monday, January
18th. The Great Southern Troupe; excelling
all rivals and competition. World-renowned
Duprez q BenedfcGs Original New
Orleans MfnslreIs,
moth Double Troupe and Brass Band. Now
on their twenty first annual iour. The largest
and most powerful company in existence.
Everywhere pronounced by press and public
as the superors of the minstrel stage. The
immense success attending the performances
Of this famous troupe have been universal.
For full particulars see programmes. Admis-
sion as usual. Charles II: Duprez. Business
Monday, January Doth, Jim Robinson's cir
Gus. rID.t UUfr llo-it
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notice
Notice to Contractors.

OPF1cE OF VIcKsBURe AND NASHVILLE r. R.
a4lr OKoLoNA, MISS, January 9th.
TIME EARTH GRADUATION ON THE
j. Vicksburg and Nashville railroad. be-
amounting to 1901 900 cubic yards, is5fered for
contract until February 15tn. 1873 Bids
will be considered tor any less amount.
Parties can examine profile and specih-
Iona, Miss, or at the City Engineers office,
Memphis. The company reserve the right TO
reject any or all bids.
BY order Of the President.
1l2-1S7 W. S. MOON, Chief Engineer.