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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

If you want to prepare your system
against yellow fever, use DR.. G. A.
Buchignani's anti-bihous pills and lndo-
Americana Bitters. For sale at c.
Curtis & Co. drug store, No. 246 Main
street. 10y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

Bow BELLS for September has arrived,
and is to be had at Walkers news depot,
lO5 Beal street. This magazine is the
finest ladies journal placed upon our
table, and Walker has plenty Of them.
Call early and secure a copy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

b, visiting the Hole in the Wall, on
Monroe street, opposite the Peabody,
vou viii BE- sstonished, By Gsorgel l6i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

A merchant last Sunday requested his
cook to have dinner at four o clock pm
About two o'clock he was surprised to
receive splendid dinner from the ser
wants in charge at the next door. On
inquiry be found that in the absence Of
the residents the servants all took the
yellow fever in an apochryphal sense,
got certificates Of their necessities and
had drawn a weeks rations from the
commissary. This, added to the stock
they had on hand, enabled them to live
very comfortably, and to divide with the
gentleman, who only expected two meals
last Sunday. The bureau is great in
stitutioB for some folks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

Fresh oysters received daily at Ma
dame Vincent's Crystal Palace. Served
in every style, and in cans to families. l6t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

To his Honor. the Mayer 81 Memphis;
DEsR SIR-The people Of the city Of
Norfolk extend their heartieh sympa-
thies 70 the people Of your city IN Their
deep distress. and tie val q mourning
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28
FRESH OYSTERS.

Received daily by Victor D. Fuchs,
Al Jefferson street. lit
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Mothers, Mothers, Mothers-Don't fail to
procure MRS. wINSL0W'S SOOTHING
SYRUP for all diseases incident to the period
of teething in children. 1t relieves the child
from pain. cures wind collie, regulates the bow.
els and by giving relief and health to the child.
gives rest to the mother. Be sure and call for
MRS. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" For sale
by all druggists. l00-wsm-xvii-99
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

BUT your Eood from c. b. JohHson,
az Poplar strsst near Fourtt. lg9T
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

BIZ visiting che Cotton Room, Nos. 5
ADD West 0Ourt. near Front street,
voa siIl b. astonished. by John. 40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28
THE MEMPHIS HEROINE.

Miss Matte Stephenson, who died at
Memphis of yellow fever, contracted
while nursing the sick, was, for some
time, as has already been stated, in The
service Of Mr.. o. L. Reeves, of Normal
That gentleman testilies to the nobility
of her character. She was resolute and
fearless, yet gentle and unassuming.
she was a devout Christian, conscien-
tious in every act and duty of daily life;
saying but little, yet evidently self con-
fdent. When the terrible epidemic
broke out in the South, she carefully
read the accounts of its ravages, and
while she informed none Of her desires
or plans, she expressed to child Of Mr..
Reeves the wish that she could 90 aud
help the sufferers" Finally, having
made up her mind to go to Memphis, she
asked Mr.. Reeves for her money, about
1922, but informed no one, not even her
parents, Of her intention, came TO
Bloomington, and took the Central cars
for Cairo. Arrived there, she wrote
Mrs. Reeves, expressing her regret that
she had to leave her alone, and adding
that she should yet know all about her
experience. The rest we know. These
facts only serve to add a brighter lustre
to name that will ever be re membered
and hOnored.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

An eminent fashionable authority says
The true woman Of ton will endeavor
this fall by the grace and simplicity OF
her attire 10 show that her husband has
neither robbed bank nor been the lead
er Of q rinEsP The reform comes Hpi
a moment too soon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

live judge IRON history Of what Il the
book Of glory composed1 Are not lts
leaves dead mep's skins-iis lslieFt
stamped 10 human biood-its golden
clasps The pillsgs Of nations. II is ~
laminaisd With tears aud broken bears
D0Hgias yfrroid
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LIST OF GIFTS,

TOTAL, 12,OeO GIFTS, ALL CASH,
amounting to 500, 900
The distribu ION will BIO positive whether all
all paid in Up rortion to the tickets sOld-all
uusold ticke.s ooing destroyed as at the First
and Second Concerts and not represented in
the drawing.
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IsDiAsAroLis. October 2. 1873.

To the Mayor Of Memphis;
The City Council Of indianapolis Ap-
propriaied $500, 10 city warrants. Rev.
Dr. j N. Wise, Of Cincinnati, as vel as
myself addressed the Council. ] leavs
20 morrow for Cleveland, TIE people
Of Indianapolis synpathize With yoai
God bless them; city warrants VIII be
sent TO ne At CinciRnstii write me there
What 20 DO with then.
n. M. LoEENsrNE.
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CIET CONCERT.
CIR CONCEHIs
GRANDEST SCHEME EVER KNOWN
FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Public Library of Kentucky.
$4,000 CASH GIFTS, $1,000, 900.
Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift.
100000 for $50.

VNHE FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
i authorized by special act Of the Legisla-
ture for the benefit Of the Public Library of
Kentucky, will take place in Public Library
HILL nj I,nnisviIln KeninckY. n
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wednesday, December 8, 1873.

Only Sixty Thousand tickets will be sold
and ono-half of these are intended fer the
European market, thus leaving only 30. 200 for
sale in the United States, where 100000 were
disposed Of for the Third Concert. The tickets
are divided into ten coupons OF. parts, and
have on their back the Scheme with full ex-
PLANTATION of the mode of drawing.
At this Concert. which will be the grandest
musical display ever witnessed in this coun-
try the unprccedented sum of
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$1.5OO.OOO

divided into Il, 900 cash gifts will be distribu-
ted by lot among the ticket holdexs-the num-
bcrs of the tickets to be drawn from one wheel
ny blind children and tho gifts from another.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-10-28

n aI-N y u : y TT
ST. LOUIS. October p, 1873.
To the Mayor Of Memphis:
Memphis Relief Association at work.
Sent to-day $1,000 by the Adams ex.
press; four barrels beef and two barrels
aour, by City Of Chester, for Howard
Association. Acknowledge receipt
J. NJ. WILLIAMSON, Prest
SAN MAY, Secy,
Relief Association.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25
The Central Water-L.ire.

The national canal across the breast OF the
Union, uniting the Atlantic with the Missis-
s,rpi, is earnestly and ably supported by the
New York Times. We have had on file for
a few DAYS an article from that paper pre-
senting the claims of this line to the aid OF
the Federal Government. For want Of room
we confine our use Of it to the following
striking paragraph, with which the Illness
article concludes:
"The feasibility of constructing trans
Allegheny canal has been over and over
AGAIN tested and demonstrated by Govern
mrnt engineers. The actual cost Of con-
struction, originally great. has been vastly
reduced bv Nirrinia's surrender of her COM
pletcd james River watcr-line (Which already
extends over half the distance to be coyercdl,
now in operation from the Chesapeake Bay
almost to the Allegheny summit. With an
outlay lin four or five annual instalncntsl OF
six million dollars the entire work would be
insured, and the mighty volume of western
TRANSPORTATION, now damned up in the Mis-
sissipni Valley. would find All outlet by The
Ohio and kanawha rivers to the oceans.
Nearly rs large an amount has been appfo-
p,iated for some Of our colossal post-otflccs
and local improvements, and there IS 10 GOOD
financial reason why this great national tho
roughfarc. Is necessary 10 The East as 10 the
West, should not be undertaken. III we
rnnld make sure that the work could he car
ricd on without iohhcrr, or corruption. or eH-
i,s,yagance, we should give the project our
hearty approval.
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papers please copy
nEaTRg,

nIed. on the 7sd Of January, 1879, SkkAH p
Miller aged forty-nine years.
Her funeral will rike place on sAibhDA
NfiRNiNti at 10 O'Clock from her Int residence OF
Fulton Ill., Friends and acqnaintanccs are ih'i'e'
New York and Brooklyn papers please copy.
Died. on Thursday, 2sd instant, Of paralysis
sixth year of his age.
The funeral will take p1a~e from his late residence
40 Ninth street, TO-DAY Saturday at II o'ciocH
A. 81 Relatives aud friends OF the family are re-
sUectfully invited to attend.
Died on the 18th Of January, 1879 at the RESIDENCE
MIR. LUCY ALVIS. aged eighty-cnc years
She hath SCARED from these regions OF care
10 realms where the sanctlBed rest;
Her dear spirit has fed to that home
Where tic righteous through Jesus are b'est.
Died. I'm this city. Sunday morning january lath
NJ : O'Clock, EMMA VIRGINIA PLEDGE. lnlanl
dsu-htcr of J. w. aud Emma S. Pledge, aged one
month aud three days
tiled on the eith instant, Of liph'llcria, WALTER
LEE son Of J. and G.. EaEier, aged two years, one
month, and Ave days.
so fades the lovely blooming flower,
Frail smiling solace of an hour,
so SOON our transient comforts lily,
And pleasure only blooms to die.
His funeral will take place Mt his fathers resi-
cencc In Haryie, at O'Clock z. III. SAL UkDhi :
25th.
Died. at her residence; Fulton Hill, on Thur
day, the esd instant. Mrs. SARAH ANN MILLER
wife OF G.. J. Miller. aged forty-n:ne years:
Her funeral will lake place from Nicholson
Street Methodist church THIS DAY 1T hall-phss ~
O'Clock. The relatives and friends Of Tic lan! arc
Respectfully invited to attend
Green Point, New York, and Brooklyn papers
please copy.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25
The Corrupt Louisiana Judge.

Judge DURELr, of the United States Court,
who unset the Government Of Louisiana.
was brought to disgrace by his reckless per-
version of law before he usurped power over
that State. The Supreme Court of the United
States, in CASH Us. TERRELL III WALLACE.
200) in ovcrruling one of this mans de-
cisions, admiuis!c cred such a rchuke MS no.
where else has hccn uttered in the history
of the court. This was its language:
alt is seen from the bill and decree that
while the United States was not made de-
PENDANT, and while it is we'll settled that it
could not be sued in the court below, the
only relief prayed by the bill was rclict
against the United States. and the only de-
cree rendered which was not merely formal
was decree against the United States for
over $500, 900, and q further decree barring
her right to assert her priority rs n creditor
Of the bank in the distribution of its funds.
1t is strange that in any court protesting
70 administer the English system Of equity
jurisprudence such 4 decree could be rem
lered against any one not party to tho suit.
and who had in no manner appeared in the
case: and i. is almost incredible that in any
Federal court of this Union, except tile
Court Of Chains. a moneyed judgment could
lie rendered against the United States.'
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Spoliation of Virginia.

The State Journal of this city has vein
Of sincerity and II strong thread of justice in
It's moral web that occasionally show them
selves, Notwithstanding the party cmbarrtSs-
ments which surround them. There could
be nothing more true, more open.hearted,
and generous than what it says in the follow.
ing extract about the spoliation of Virginia
"What we said of the sstangled sover-
eighty Of Virginia we meant, and what we
said Of her 'spoliation and robbery we
meant. Although 'Union SOLDIER and
fighting in the interests Of national unity
and sovereignty, we neither helped to despoi!
or rob Virginia. II Subscriber can say rs
much we shall be glad to have him say it.
In the editorial referred to we laid down Il
principle of law universally recognized by
civilized nations that where one sovereign
| ly surplants another it takes its liabilities
along with the supplantcd sovereignty
| and eminent domain. We have repeatedly
said that the partition and spoialion of Viz
ginla WITS wrong-tlnt there was no warrant
for it but in the last and most desperate
necessity of the war /; and that when the war
ceased the State should have been RENTED
| to its ancient jurisdiction and rights Of SOW
creignty. It's spoiation WAS never justified
on any other ground than that of the war
making and war-eXacting power. No other
State WAS stripped Of its territory or sub
jectcd to strangulation and robbery"
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nansr,,1,t Iaw-Rsco strucsipn.

The hin said to have been intrpducea Dy
Mr. BINGHAM in the House ofKepresenta-
lives 10 explain d clat,ae In che bankrups
law and which was estopped by the adon-
ton of resolution repeating that law,
is intended to defeat the decision OF the
Court Of Appeals Of this State. This bill de-
clares that the exemptions allowed bank
rupt by the act approved June 9, 1917
amendatory Of the bankrupt law, shoulo'
"and it is hereby enacted that they saa" oe'
"thc amount allowed by the Constitution
and LAWS of each State respectively as ca
listing in the year 1871, and TINT aucA eN,
emrtion- he valid against debts CONTRACTED
:. before the adoption and passage oil soc''
-. State Constitution and laws. rs wen H.
:. those contracted after the same, anu aE''l's'
u" liens by Judgment OF decree Oh "i'' 6''''
"cour:."
This is lcci9ia,ing creditors o't VI ."e'
;,du,,;,4hlc RIGHTS. According to the time
ho,ored ideas and construction Of better
people than direct public affairs IN 'hese
times. it is hard to describe such measure
rs auything less than " swind'c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25
Eanawha Coal-Cincinnati.

The people of Cincinnati are actively
pressing enterprises in the hanawha valley.
One company is adycnturinS largely on the
Coal river. Ii proposes railroad fifteen
miles long, with branches in the gorges OF
the hills uuderlaid by coal seams. The
main lIuc follows the Coal river and joins
the Kanawha at the town known as Goals
mouth. There the road strikes the Chesa-
pcake and Ohio railroad as well us the Ia
nawha river, and thus the people Of Cincln-
natl will have communication with those
mines as we'll by water as rail. The pro-
lectors of this enterprise think that Win
The road on Coal river they can penetrate Il
coal country Of enc thousand square miles,
from which an unlimited supply Of canDel,
splint, and bituminou' coal can he Cd,
.aiucd at half the price paid by Cincinnati
last year for those Goals.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25
The Franking Privilege.

Tie Senate has passed, as our reader
know, the House bill relative to the franklin.
privilege with an amendment. The HOUSE
bill abolished the frankinS privilege exccp
that public documents should be paid witt
stamps-a very proper exception. The
Senate'a amendment strikes out this eXcep'
ton, and, furthermore, expressly prohibits
any compensation for postage to members
OF course this defeats the bill.
This Is II mean act in the Senate-oue that
Is sign Of the decay Of dignity and integrity
IN that body. IL would have been, in COM
parision with what they did, honorable 10
reject the bill. The Senate Intends tho
amendment to kill the bill, and their iutcn-
ton will triumph.
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The Wrong and the Right Way.


3. The debt Of Virginia never will he paid
while mon controlling public opinion fhHz"
their Ingenuity to find out. flrs', h'" 70
avoid pairing; and, second, that we ci''''''
raw. To show that State cannoi oe s"e''
and that .'honor" is the only ground 'oI
hono that chr will rav is no difficult Job, but
"hoaor" is thing people 90 not Ike &c
sacrifice in failing to pay. Yet, TO case
tho State conscience on shat point, the men
oprosad 10 paving proceed to show that the
State canno, pay. That is the easiest thing In
the world 10 prove TO people who arc anX-
ious TO come under tho conviction that II |,
true.
The fact is. for two years leading men have
used their best excr.ons TO prove that the
State cannot pay. The assessment OF
lands nj a time when there was little sale for
lands was one cXpcdient employed Tor th''
purpose. The reaSscssmcut was The work
OF local boards, and resulted in diminishing
the value Of real estate about Sl9,o00.00o.
Who can exrcct any effort to pay when these
schemes showing inability to ray have been
pushed with SO much zeal?
Now. ii gentlemen would change their
policy and go to work to see what can he
done, great change would take place in the
hopes and spirits Of the people. As long as
we remain in the present condition o!
apathy and disinclination to do any
thing to redeem the public credit there
must I've stagnation IN al! enterprise
and Industry, and hope must continue
almost suGocated and gaspins for breath
But cheer up, luke resolution, and so to
work to try to do what you now sulktiy, Ike
z baking horse, make no exertion TO do, and
,he people will take fresh hope. business will
he enliyened, immigration will lie Invited
lands will have price, and tie resources OF
the State Will increase. If wc leave the farm
unuuitiYated while we lay lazily complaining
that we are unable to work, it will 60 to rack
and ruin, just rs the State will as long as
nothing is done to restore her credit and re-
riye the energies and hopes of her people.
1t Is easy to allow things TO =" to rack, but
dreadful to live in the midst of ruin. 1t is
Iabor to get out of trouble and emharrasS-
meut, but Paradise is enjoyed by those who
achieve that noble triumph. On the one
hand are curses, on the other blessings.
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Is, ,,yevey. grin,e !, should be punished

ITO nreyerit crime IT should be punished
wherever found. . dose. . ),
Or. WEES, from North Carolina, MADE =.
sad reporter the condition Of the 1ans !"
that state. which rs yet had no state prison.
60 unhealthy were the county jn'is tha1 Que
out of every fifteen prisoners diea.
MFR. WHITE, Of Pittsburgh, said that thal
CITY had work-house, which haa the hist
vcor Of its existence come within $4,000 OF
having its expenses. Prisoners were paio
for oyerwork. which WINS found to be good
policy.
Mr.. Burr, of Ohio. said that in Ohio they
had changed the system Of overwork to al
lowing the prisoner ten per cent. upon his
earnings, he receiving the aggregate at his
discharge. Last year SG,G95 was paid in this
way. Nothing else Interesting transpired
1t the days session.
Connected with this subject Is report oil
The Chief of Police Of Boston, considerable
volume, which Is receiving attention. In
the system explained By him, the preVen'
ton of crime by vigilance is an important
part To effect arrests promptly, but when
practicable to get behind the arrest and lis
possibility by interfering with the train Of
circumstances that leads TO crime.
The first step in pursuance OF the Boston
method was The dismissal of detectives. De-
tectiycs are expected to associate with GRIM
inals to keep In with the crime till ready
to expose it. The Boston chief was assured
that lie could never dispense with such ser
vices. He did, however, and, ne reports
successfully. Citizens could be employed
for special occasions to watch or recognize
susrected persons, without that possibility
Of recognition in turn which so often defeats
the efforts Of 4 permanent detective force
Its great success. the chief reports, was EVIL
dent during the Jubilee, and ufterward dtl'
ring the great fire; OCCASIONS when a vast
increase of crime might have been expected.
In fact, adjoining cities offered police aid,
but Boston, as usual, declined outside help.
The new system was pushed to the utmost
\ large party of thieves and roughs were
on train approaching Boston during Jtlbi-
lee days. Warned by telegraph, the police
prepared to receive them, and also sent out
men in citizens dress TO meet them. Mea-
sures so far in advance discouraged the in
vaders, and they took return trains before
reaching the city.
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Rnsteed and IIuInphreES.

One OF the most impudent things in
this day of impudcnre is the movement OF
Judges HUMPHREYS and BCsTEED in their at
tempt to swap places. They sent in their
designations coupled with the condition that
they were appointed the one to the Judge
ship vacated by the resignation Of the other.
The United States Senate very properly re-
,olycd that there was no vacancy in either
iudgcs!iip until the incumbent had resigned
Internationally. and returned the nomina-
tons.
Such Il trick would have been impossible
before the war; but the INSCRIPTIONS war
party grew so presumptuous as to suppose
that the Government belonged to them
These two Judges forget, however, that the
war is long over, and their proprietary rela.
tons TO the Government are seriously altered.
They have received lesson which they will
not soan forget. We hardly suppose, after
trying their little game, that they will try an
unconditional resignation The Washington
correspondent Of the New York Tribune
says:
"The Washington Bar has been gratitied
by the action of the Senate Judiciary Com.
mittce in recommending the return to the
President Of the nominations of Judges
Humphreys and Busted, whom the Pre,i-
dent had allowed 10 change places. The
committee holds that each resignation being
conditional on his confirmation in the new
place, no actual vacancies have occurred.
The Washington Bar have not, if the fire.
quent remarks members of it make are an
index, very high appreciation of Judge
Humphreys legal learning, but they felt that
the uppoin&sent of man like Busteed, who,
however ,iS5Sstly, has been suspected Of moi
being entirely honest, was in some degree
an outrage on the character of the Washing
ton Judiciary"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25

Z REra1BUrtox Fos GoNGREssIosAI. BRIBERY.
The Credit Mubilier investigation has I'm.
earthed enough to induce an inquiry into
penalties. Tappears that the law covering
the case is an net to prevent frauds. approved
February, 1853, which DEGREES that any per-
son Offering bride of any kind to any mem-
Der of Congress, or any member receiving
the same, shall. on conviction, be fined not
more than three times the amount offered or
given, and be imprisoned in penitentlary
not more than three years, aud the person
holding Office shall forfeit it and shall be for
ever disqualified from holding any office OF
honor. trust, or profit, under the United
StateS,
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1t is little singular that while the Boards
of Trade of Boston and of ST. Louis send to
Congress circumstances against the repeal OF
the bankrupt law four thousand citizens OF
New York should very strongly urge its re-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25

CoTroN-TAx REFUNDING BILL.-Washing-
ton letter.wrters report that the cotton.taX
refunding bill is killed. The committee hay.
ing 1t in charge will report against it. Very
probably it was speculation to inure to the
benefit Of sbarpers, and not cotton pro-
Lucers. That is the general opinion and the
cause of opposition to it in committee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25

Congress proposes to increase each MEN,
bes's compensation TO $4,000 per annum. As
The quality OF the service aepreciates the
pay increases,