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Includsd The above lbs baIes % arTIVt
Forward deliveries without change and the Transactions
light; sales as follows all on basis Of Low Nidiing
evening after August, 800 at 10 1l6'i fovem-
bsr 500 at l7aoa 1000 baes Sales todsy ~ - p NJ Au
gust 100 at 10 ll32o 10 1882 coo al 10 76e 200 At
10 1890 500 7l6c 100 10 notice til 25,h. 200
at 10 716 100 1884,, 100 at 10 IL 32c 100 At 92c no
notice S.pember II 1910 October 300 al 17h5 100
II 2l.32c 100 At l7as November goo a. December
200 l7l4c-tOs 900 bales Grand total BOO bales.
COFFEE-The Gr but rather quett RIO 2Od2l 2,
gold only $40 bags BY the Ontano private
FLOUR AND MBA-TAe Floor nsrfet 1t the opening
DULL Shipping varted-these firm The
limited supply Other without important Change AZ the
the market very fm on hs low grades The Medium and bet
Is 600 Extras arrive IN September a. 50 TO- We
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REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE BoNDs-Coupon or
Registered, interest per cent, guaranteed by the
EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY. Capital, $l,UOOOO
For sale at the office Of the Company No 20 Cedar
ST. Ny. JONATHAN EDWARDS, President.
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THE M RKETS.
[c.rsmilr reported for TnE TRIBUNE

ICarsiuiiY reported TnE TsIBUSk
"WEDNESDAY Aug 90 1873.
ASHYSThe receipts to-day 50 Pots steady bat
quiet; quoted a IS 20. Pearls duh aud nom nal
COTfONrhero has been only Moderate aesnd for Cotton on the
spot without change all grades rcsp for Ordinary
LII a.. Ln..r " nunte !.
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WOOL MARX ut

ro,os Aus trn bsorIat hsslsg perVatr' the wool
Maid, With speeslsnTs ncs bal e denAAi Almost Wholly
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The Quotations are based Cotton store running o
more than half Craie shove OF below the CRAZE duJei
nm
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offered Asked.
were the quotations

State bonds were dull and without important
feature. Tennessees sold at 82i082l The following
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THE MONEY MARKET.

AUGUST 90 1873
SALES AT Tux STOCK EXCHANGE-oPFICIAL REPORT
CONDENSED EXPRESSLY FOR THE TRIBUNE
YIRsr CALL lot O'CLOCK An.
sales Of Government Ronds
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A NCHOR LINE. - EXPRESS STEAMERS
"A sail from Pier 20. North Rive-s New York -
CALIFORNIA Aug % INDIA SstariY Ang %
CALEDONIA % EUROPA. Saturday sent rs
FROM ShOain
ireland GERMANY Norway Syejen Denmark Of America
speedily comfortably AMI cheap other route has
Drafts Certificates be BOUGHT &C lowest earreDes rates
- -''' HENDERSON BROTHERS. Ageata
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
AunRIoLE PREss ARTICULATION. VIA .. ?. . A.
TBLHaRkPH COMPANY.
Specials 60 the Ledger.
NEW YORK.

New YORK, June l6.-Jay Gould and
others who recently went West for the
purpose of participating in the railroad
elections, are expected in Wal! street to-
day. 1t is thought their presence will
stimulate business, and stock brokers,
who have had very few commissions in
the absence of these heavy spectators,
have become very cheerful.
The Times special from Boston says
General Butler has at last announced
himself as candidate for Governor OF
Massachusetts, aud his second fight for
the position may now be said to have
fairly begun. At a recent dinner at the
Revere House, given by one Of bis sup
porters, and at which were also DR.. u.
B. Loring, Collector Russell and men
from all sections of the State. he said
he would be glad TO receive all the votes,
but should not feel unkind to those
friends who might oppose him, though
his heart would be little warmer for
those who voted for him. He defended
his course on the salary grab, and denied
being the author Of the bill, and said he
was at first greatly opposed to It; later,
however, he became convinced that it
was right, and 50 he advocated and
should defend it. He spoke Of the nuw-
Der of times Congress had voted in ia
yor of similar bills in regard to back
pay, and gave one instance in which
Senators Sumner and Wilson and Gov.
Washburne had taken their back pay.
The Times Washington special says
the official statement Of the Commis-
sioners that examined the rescued crew
Of the Polaris will take the form of q
report to the President 1t is expected
to be ready for publication Wednesday.
The report win net be very long, and
will be a summary Of the results rather
than a narrative Of Che expedition. It
will be accompanied by the last dispatch
written BY Captain Hall to the Depart
ment, the draft Of which was found
among papers on bis desk. 4
map, prepared by Sergeant Meyer,
will also accompany the papers sent to
the President The statements Of Tyson
and Meyer will be given 10 the press 50
soon as proof can be obtained from the
government Office. Accompanying Ser
eeant Meyers statement viii be his
diary or journal which be KEEP; while the
party vas on the ice. i. contains com
plete record OF every day after they
parted from the Polaris oil they reached
Washington.
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sunlight a Necessity.

From Halls Journal of Health.l
Sun-baths cost nothing, and are the
most refreshing, life-giving baths that
one can take, whether sick or well.
Every housekeeper knows the necessity
Of giving her woolens the benefit of the
sun from time to time. especially after q
long rainy season, or long absence of
the sun. Many will think Of the injury
their clothes are liable to from damp
ness, who will never reflect that an oc-
casional exposure of their own bodies
TO the sunlight is equally necessary to
their own health. Tho sun-bath costs
nothing, and that is a misfortune, for
people are still deluded with the idea
that those thingsuenly can be good or
useful whichda money. Let it not be
forgotten, three 81 God s most beneficent
gifts to man--three things the most ne
cessary to good health--7sunlight, fresh
air and water are free 10 all you can
have them In abundance, without money
and without price, If you will. II you
would enjoy good health, then see to it
that you are supplied with pure air to
breathe all the time; that you battle for
an hour or so in the sunlight; and that
you quench your thirst with no other
fluid than water.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

lilla the residence Of her sou in Kansas
whittier she had gone soon after the
death Of her sonin-law. Her physl
clans Immediately detected poison, aud
told her that she could survive but few
hours. Facing death, she made a most
startling confession. She confessed 70
having poisoned her husband in looo'
Mrs. A. W. Drake, her own daughter
two children Of Mr.. A. W. brakes her
grandchildren. the wife Of E. H. Drake
formerly of this city, and last sep'em'
Der Mr.. A. W. Drake. She then went 10
her sons in Kansas. and short time
ago made n mixture Of poison to admin
lister TO him on the first opportunity
Feeling unwell day or two afterward'
she went after some medicine to the
cupboard, and by mistake took the fatal
dose prepared for her son, which resulted
in her ewn death. Thus passed from
this life by her hand husband, two
daughters, a son.in.law, two grand child
rem and herself while she attempted TO
poison her own son. who had offered her
n home for the remainder Of her life.
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n,.n.irana Fra.hst.

CHrcAoo, June l6.-The following &C
count of a military disaster has been re-
ceiyed at headquarters Military Division
of the Missouri, in this city: Captain
Alexander Moore, commanding com
pany F, Third cavalry, writing from the
field, under date Of June 9th, TO Major
Dubois, commanding the regiment, at
Fort Mcpherson, Nebraska, says; l
have the honor to report that, in accord
ance with instructions, / left Fort Nc
Pherson, May 9th, 1873, with one guide.
one wagon-msster, five teamsters and
fify.6ve enlisted men Of company +,
Third cavalry, for the purpose OF pa
trolling the Republican valley. May
3lst, marched down BlackWood creek
about twelve miles, and went into camp
about nine pm. A terrible freshet,
without any apparent cause, rushed
down the valley, carrying everything be-
fore it. Men, horses, tents and army
wagons we're swept along like corks
For FIVE days previous we had no rain,
and where the water came from so sud-
denly l cannot yet understand. The
valley of Blackwood is about fortyhye
miles long and one mile to mile and a
half wide. This entire stretch of coun-
try was one raging torrent OF at
least from six 10 seven feet Deep
and how any man or horse escaped is
marvellous. The only thing, indeed, that
prevented total destruction was the TACT
that my camp was surrounded by belt
Of timber on three sides, and as the men
were carried of by the current they were
enabled to save themselves by catching
the limbs OF trees. When day broke on
the morning of the lst of June it showed
almost all the men of my company in
the tops of trees, without any cover
ing except remnants of under-clothes,
and beneath them the torrent was
still raging. After the lapse of
few hours the water began TO fall,
and few men who could swim got to
the hills. Afterward the others, myself
among the number, were got of. Up to
this time nothing was to be seen OF what
had been my camp except the top of an
army wagon, which had struck log on
the ground, and on this wagon were col
lected eleven men, who were thus saved
from o watery grave. The settlers At
the mouth of the Lakewood river lost
almost all their stock and property.
Some Of the stock was recovered when
the Aosd went dewn. Six Of my com
pany were drowned and twenty-six
horses lost. / remained at the scene Of
the disaster for four days, and recovered
FIVE Of the dead bodies, and almost all
the equipment Of the COMMAND"
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Pnlloa Iiamn.

Recorder Winters attended to the
cases Of forty two offenders this morn
ing, aud assessed fines TO the amount OF
si25 Among the cases tried were seven
disorderlies, sixteen DRINKS and INSIDE
meanors, and nuisanoes enough TO put
the Recorder out Of patience. Eliza
Thompson aud Sallie Lee, aaffran col
ored maidens. INDUCED in rough and
tumble Eight that cost them five dollars
each. II. Chapman. for assault aud
battery, paid ten dollars, aud Tom hel
chan, for induIging in fighting, paid a
like amount, A. F. Hubert donated a
five dollar bill for an assault, and VIM.
Pithey, a careless hack driver, was lined
Fifty dollars for putting the silk to his
iiery steeds and driving them at gao
gait over the Nicolson. William Storey
for carrying concealed weapons, was
fined fifty dollars and cited to appear be-
fore the Criminal Court, his bond being
fixed Mt $4,000, and Charles Corner, for
attempting to bride an officer, paid ten
dollars to the city. Emma Lee, the in
diyidual Of color who, few nights since,
popped of Smith 4 Wesson at the
corner of Main and Madison streets, was
discharged from arrest this morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16
FOREIGN.


LosDoy, June ia dispatch re-
oeIyed here from Zanzibar. Africa, says
that the Sultan has resolved to abolish
the slave trade existing in that country.
His Majesty, the CzarOviiz Of Russia,
and wife have arrived in this city from
Vienna.
MADRID, June l6.-Information has
been received here Of an important VIC
tory gained By General Nonvillas, CON-
handing the government troops. over
the Carlisis. under General DOrregaray,
near yitloria, the capital Of the province
Of AlavA, iEeuty-nins miles south Of
Bilbao. After . severe engagement the
Carists we're finally routed With heavy
loss, three hundred being killed and .
large number wounded Seven hundred
prisoners were eapturei By government
troops. besides a considerable quantity
Of arms and military stores. The news
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WASHINGTON.


WAsHIXdr0E, June l6.-Rear Admiral
Pennock, in his report to the Navy De-
partment relative to the condition Of af-
fairs in the Sandwich Islands, expresses
the opinion that danger exists of the
encroachment Of foreign powers in the
Hiwiain territory, which wsuld be pre-
Judicial TO opr best interests. The
Danger lies In the approaching
bankruptcy Of the present government,
and the consequent necessity for a for
eign loan through the influence Of which
our supremacy may be threatened I'M
less other assistance Is granted by our
people or our Government. 1t Is proba-
Bile our Government will take immediate
steps to firmly secure their interests in
the Sandwich Islands, and adopt the nee
essary measures TO foster the feeling OF
annexation among the people Of these
islands. 1t is absolutely necessary TO
the building up and maintenance of 9lF
Pacific trade that American influence
should predominAte in the Sandwich
islands.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16
MULTIPLIED TAXATION,

The assessment law is bad enough a.
hest and has come in for its free and
sharp criticism in the columns OF thl'
paper; but we have no desire TO make u
out worse than the facts justify. Inc
assertion is frequently made that piece
of property may be made TO bring III
taxes several times in the same year
All property must he listed to the per
son owning the same on the lOth OF
January eack year, and it is not likely
that more than one person will own the
same piece of property successfully on
that particular day. Under an improb'
able statement, however, the same or a
given value may be made to produce
taxes more than once. A farm may be
sold three or four times in the year and
notes given by each purchaser. If they
are not taken up by next assessment day
then the holders will have to return them
under the head of personal property
But one thousand dollars worth of prop
erty is exempt from taxation, and the
case here supposed is net likely to occur
often in the regular run of business.
Under section % Of the law, merchants
who hold more notes than any other
class, perhaps, are allowed to deduct
from notes, due bills, negotiable paper,
accounts aud judgments on Sotrent par
ties, cash on hand, etc., all bona hide
debts incurred in conducting the regu-
lar business of such person, firm. ETC.,
and pertaining to the same business out
of which arose the notes, due bills, ETC.,
from which such debts are to be de-
Quoted. tits extremelyimprobable that
any one not a mere SPECTATOR would
buy a farm on a credit and sell it again
on credit unless making big profit, in
which case he could afford to pay tax
on the note held, and it is less likely that
any one except curbstone broker would
borrow money on a credit and loan it
out again the same year. borrowers
of money ere usually farmers or mer-
chants or manufacturers who need 1T
in their business, and seldom turn lem
der or money shaver in the same year.
An examination of the law and its prac-
teal bearings, while revealing many OBJ
iectionable features, will convince any
business man that the State will very
rarely realize more than one tax in one
year from the same piece of property on
itsLypotbecated value. The plain truth is
hard enough, without being multiplied
in imagination. The taxation of notes
and accounts and money on hand is IN
furious to all business interests, unpro-
ductive of revenue, because it drives
away capital, and has been decided
illegal by the Supreme Court of the
United States, as affecting contracts be-
tween parties. The assessment law, and
the revenue bill which failed for want OF
a quorum on its last reading, were strin-
gent measures introduced to render the
funding bill practical success. q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

Sewer Lake. in Utah, is body Of va
ter some forty miles long By fifteen vide,
distant about ten miles from the new
Sewer mineral district. Its waters con
tain about the same proportion oil aei,
as that found in sea water. Il Is saio
that il has long been believed among
the Indians living in the region around
the lake that Il Is inhabited BY marine
monsters. and their terror Of these crea,
lures l. such that they cannot Be nay eeo
10 20 near this water. The san i..He
Tribune saws that gentleman Who re-
cently returned from visit 70 the sewer ,
county While there rode for miies along =
The shore Of The lake. and saw several q
these monsters sporting in the ga,tess'
TIE largest Of these be rather inden-
nitely describes IS about fifty teet lone
by twenty IN circumference, While rs
back, As It played and spoutee. vas
plainly visible some tea feet above s-. .i.
He aid be saw others, smaller Than ne
one described. similarly amusing mem
selves in the distance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16
A RnARn OF HEALTH.

As the Board Of Aldermen and Gem
mon Council hold an adjourned meet
ing tonight, we hope some positive mea
sure will be taken to revive the Board o
Health, with view to placing the ciiJ
in a sound sanitary condition. Many O.
the alleys. lanes, back premises and va
cant lots in Memphis are in filthy,
unhealthy condition, aud stink in the
nostrils Of every passer-by. The city
has the name abroad Of being in a dirty,
unhealthy state, aud strangers visiting
this place never 20 sssy aad deny these
reports. We may deny them, but We
are interested witnesses, and an outsid-
er's word will 90 further and faster than
ANYTHING that can be said by the Mem
phis press or people. Situated as this
citv 4. in The obtuse angle formed By the
;uncture Of the Mississippi and Wolf
rivers and bisecied BY Gayoso hayou, q
e-ooksa muddy. sisgnani iHlst Of black
10 a eompetsut Board Of Health
,bould be "a permanent institution. With
5;scretionary power. to whom II. public
could look for regular mertuary reports
- full statistics Of health every sesk.
W. have had within little ever hsf a
- meningitis. smallpox and touch
n ,pmmsr sickness, resembling choisrA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16
prArH Or A BRILI1ANr JOuRNALIsr

Major w. II. Ewing, principal proprl-
etor and general manager of the st.
Louis Times, died from typhoid fever in
St. Louis last Friday, after a painful ill
ness of ten weeks. We knew the de-
ceased personally in the early part Of
the war, when he was with General Zol-
licoffer as aid-de-camp, and on General
J. s. Marmaduke's staff as Assistant
General. He was young and handsome,
knew no fear, and was universally popu-
lar in the army. He married during the
war at BatesVille, Arkansas. In 1863
he left Nashville for St. Louis, where he
bought a third interest in the Times, and
last August he bought another third,
which made him the principal proprietor.
At the time Of his death he was only
thirty-one years old, and was a prospe.
rous and highly promising young jour
nalist. He has many relatives and
friends in Tennessee TO mourn his I'M
timely loss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16
cotton GrowiuE in California.

The San Francisco Bulletin of May 6
says: Horace f. Buckley informs us
that he will ship thirty-three thousand
pounds Of California cotton TO England
BY the ship Ontario, now loading with
wheat at Oakland. This is the first ship
ment Of the article to the English mar
ket. The Buckley ArotheTs have been
engaged three years in cotton raising in
this State. The quantity produced last
year was one hundred aad forty thous-
and pounds, and most Of it was taken by
the local mills in this city. This year
the planters are more numerous, and the
acreage in cotton shows a large increase
over any other year. AT present the
crop has promising look, the small fly
which injured It last year not having
made its appearance thus far in the sea-
son. The plant stands the dry weather
remarkable we'll; nevertheless, the plan
ters view the irrigation scheme with IA
yor as that would make assurance doubly
sure. Experiments show that cotton is
a mere certain crop than corn. The
Chinese have taken hold Of the enter.
prise, and have leased one hundred and
fifty acres, which they are working on
their own account.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

"A FRIEND in need is friend in
Decd" and such friend is Helmbold 5
Buchu to the unfortunate sufferer who
has been sowing bis wild oats. War
ranted to cure all diseases Of the kid
neys and urinary organs. Look out for
counterfeits. Genuine has private pro-
prietary stamp Of H. I. Helm5old on
each bottle. Directions accompany.
Sold by all druggists. John F. Henry,
New York, sole agent. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

JoE LocKE.-Harper, Galaxy, Dem
crest, Peterson, Cooley and other mag
azines for June, and the latest novels
received at Joe Locke's news de.
pot, No. 236 Main street. The latest
dailies from all quarters, foreign papers
and periodicals of every land, maya
zines and fashion books Of latest dates
can be found at Joe's. A fine lot of sta
tionery, etc., for sale.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

GENERAL BUTLER has at length for
mally announced himself candidate
for Governor Of Massachusetts,. he de-
tends the back salary grab, of course, as
he has always grabbed everything within
reach. If Massachusetts will only be SO
kind as to elect him out of Congress 1t
will be a considerable relief to the rest
of the country. If he suits the old bay
State" the outsiders can have no cause
OF complaint.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16
CALIPGRNIA.

SAS FRANcIsco, June le.- Surgeon
Dewitt has just arrived in this city from
the lava beds. he emphstically denies
the statement made by the Washington
press that Colonel GilIem has been
guilty Of nsglecting the wOunded troops.
Surgeon Dewitt says that Colonel Gil
lem has used every means in his power
to succor both officers and priVates who
have been wounded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

ONE of the organs Of the Memphis anti
funders says: -, ~ q.
1.-THE assessment law. with oil It's
searching, inquisitorial and obnoxious
features, was passed that the funding
bin might be practical success.
When we consider that but one OF the
Memphis anti funding delegation voted
against the assessment law, we 'musi
take this as rather severe from the anti
funding organ upon the anti,tundlng leg
islators.-NashUilte Union and Amer'-
can, l4h. frr I,.lF,
Tico of our members voted against the
bill. Those who voted for it did so under
the protest that it was that or nothing
We think nothing would have been bet.
ter two to one. Then the old law would
have been left in force.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

DECarUE, III, JuHe l6.-Last Sep
tember Mr.. A W. Drake. an honest
farmer living near Noamqua. died sud
denly and under Circumstances indica-
tive Of foul play. His moiherihlav,
Nrs York, vas keeping house for hin.
! A lev DAYS since she vas taken violently
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

MAxsFoRD, corner of Second and
Monroe, has London Punch, Graphic,
Illustrated News, and all the great dali
lies, weeklies, monthlies and quarterlies.
You can always find the latest and best
at the complete establishment on the
corner of Second and Monroe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

The contest goes on with undated
warmth over the authorship of Betsy
and are out" The authorship is a
small matter, but the public might feel
some concern to know where Betsy and
|" went and what time of evening we
(they) got back, if they returned that
night at all. Betsey's mother ought to
call her to account if she weat without
leave.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-16

Bow BELLS for June has arrived, and
is to be had at Walkers news depot, 100
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, 1873-06-16

of the battle has created great excite
ment at the capital.
PANS, June l6.-Ths resignation OF
NJ. Beute, Minister Of the Interior, Is
announced. He viii be succeeded by
NJ. Goulard.