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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-24
Fortified Coast Towns OF cuba.

The fortified seaports of Cuba are
Havana. Bahia Honda, Santiago de
Cube and Matanzas. With the exception
ot Santiage ae Gube, which is on the
southeastt coast the towns. Ganneq are all
on the north coast O, ina iStanql eaa!a
Honda, the objective point of the fatal
Lopez expedition Of 1851, lies sixty miles
to the west of Havana. 1t has fine
harbor, and fort protects the entrance.
Santiago de Cuba, which is distant from
Havana about three hundred miles, on
the other side of the island, is situated on
the Santiago river, six miles from the
mouth of the stream. The port through
which it is approached is four miles in
length, and several forts defend it. The
largest vessel can sail up to the city.
Matanzas is built upon both sides of
the San Juan river, and at the mouth
of that stream. 1t is on the north
west coast, distant from Havana fifty
two miles east. 1t is also we'll forth
fed. Havana is an admirably protected
city, so far as attacks from the sea are
concerned. The mouth of the channel
which lesds to the city, and which is a
quarter of mile wide, is defended on
the east side by the great MORO Castle,
and on the west by another powerful
fortress called La Punta. The channel, i,
which is thus defended at the entrance,
is half a mile wide and very narrow, SO
much so that but one vessel can pass at
time. Its defences constitute single
line of Notifications mounted with heavy
artillery. Southeast of Moro Castle Is
fortress, said to be the strongest OF all
the defensive works of Havana, known
as La Cabana. There are, in addition
TO these, three other forts mounted with
heavy guns and garrisoned. Upon the
MORO Castle is 6xed light, one hun
dred and forty-four feet high, which is
visible from great distance. The city
of Havana is distant about one hundred
and fifty miles south-southwest from
Cape Sable, on the Florida coast and six
hundred and fifty miles south-sOutheast
from New Orleans.
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PRICE OF TICKETS.

Whole tickets, $50; halves. SIS; tenths. OF
each coupon, s.; eleven whole tickets for $500;
twenty-five and a half tickets for $1,000; one
hundred and thirteen whole tickets for 5000
two hundred and twenty-seven whole tickets
Tor $4,000. No discount on less than $500
worth Of tickets at tim
Tie unparalled success Of the Third Gift
Coneart as we'll as the satisfaction given by
me First and Second makes it only necessary
10 announce the Fourth 10 insure the prompt
cert will IL conducted in all its details like
he Third, and full particulars may be learned
from circulars which will be sent free from
this ofiice & all who apply for them.
Tickets now ready for sale and all orders ac-
Liberal terms given 10 those Who buy % sell
again. THOS. ". BRAMLkIrE.
Aeent Pub. Lihr. Ky. and Manager Gift Con-
cert, Public Library Building, Louisville,
Kentucky. WfkM-l4z-lo
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NOTICE.

ON AND AFTER MONDAY, THE SIXTH sIy Y
" inst, and during the prevalence OF I Ell
low Fever, or until further notice: the , ware e.
houses Of the Companies represented wiz pMt M
open for business only between the nours VI
sam. and 4 PM; rn,,opu
General Superintendent N; & Il. II. H. NJ
JOHN 81; T.. FLYNN, "a sRR
NJ. BURKE,
SIT General Superintendent ": Y q: u: k:
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HAIR DYE.
Bachelors Hair Dve.

THIS SPLENDID HAIR DYE Is riE
best in the world. The only true and per
fect dye. Harmless, reliable and instan nta-
neous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tiuS
or unpleasant Odor. Remedies the III effects
Of bad dyes and washes. Produces nluEDl-
aTEfY a superb BLACK or NATURAL BROWN. and
leaves the hair CLFAN, SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL.
The genuine signed W. A. Bachelor. Sold by
All DruFrists. CHAS. BATCHELOk. -
6l-eod-xvii-ao Pronrleior. N p.
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Mississippi & Tennessee R. Z

an AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOV. 9. 1873.
~ Trains will run as follows:
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
New Orleans Mail, daily. 100 pm. 2:h0 m
Express, daily.................4:l5 pm. S;oO an
Trains on this road m axe close connection al
Grenada with Mississippi Central railroad ior
tba Wemphis and Louisville line for all points
North and East. and with the Memphis and
Little Rock railway for all points in Arkansas
and the West. only direct route to canton
Iackson. .Vicksburg, New Orleans and Mobile.
Ticksts on sale at 2371l Main street and al
the Depot. =, D,rpuu c,,.
16S-t M. DO hhDs pup "
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LIST OF GIFTS.
rorAL. y .oso eIFTs. AL oAsn,

Aosss@s'sssFssssffffa'F
The distribui ion will be positive whether all
the tickets arc sold or not, and tho 1000 gifts
All paid in D lportiOn to the tickets sold-all
unsold ticke,s being destroyed as at the First
and Second Concerts and not represented in
~.
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ADVERTISING.
LEGAL ADVERTISING

IaROM AND AFTER THIS DATE. WE
II will charge 40 cents per line for the nr,
insertion, and i've l5) cents per line for each
subsequent insertion Of all legal adyeTtisse-
ments. except such AZ may be inserted for
thirty days OF longer consecQ1vely, when
will be charged at card rate. By the SQUARE.
counting eight ls) lines nonpareil !, SOLID. % ne
square. The printers fees 10 be paid m al
q. w. ALEXANDER,
B. n. Memphis Appeal Pub. co.
Al kELLAR,
Memphis Avalanche.
E. WHITM0RE,
Public Ledger.
Memphis, January 81, ISIS. lsl-t
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sEEDsmEH.
.a--a-=--a-----s-asH-.aa-a
EBwD J. EVANS 4 CO.,
Nurserymen and Seedsmen,
YORK. PENNSYLVANIA.

c,.TafoRUEs MAILED TO APPLIcAN 6
r.f-- ~ ircrmissicu 20 Hon. J. ;. blaek !,
N.efirrton, u. C.i..heifer, son Ssfi'
nankerI. York, Pa
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ATTORNEYS.

MN * HAM. .
Attorneys-at-Law.
Ripley, Tennessee e
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

UIHE PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
j every afternoon (except sandAyl.at No. lS
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Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum Gin
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Subsequent insertiOns.~........ ~
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To regular advertisers we offer superior in
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All letters, whether upon business or other
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$1.5OO.OOO

divided into u, 600 cash gifts, will be dstribu-
ted BY lot among the ticket holders-the mum;
bers of the tickets to be drawn from one wheel
py blind children and the gifts from another.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-24

nz- No change Of cars by this line for Louis
willie. st. Louis or Nashville. Pullman Falace
sleeping. cars on all night trains,
For Tickets or information apply ut
Ticket Office, No. 237 1.2 Main St'
JOHN T. FLYNN. Sup't Memphis Div;
lanes SPEED, Ticket Agent. E-I
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
Great Southern Railroad.
aCIIEDULE.

Freight and Accommodation Train
leaves daily, Sundays excepted...- 6;l p.m
Mail Train leaves daily. ........;..:,.. l;,O p' III
Nashville Express Train leaves daily A;lr r'm
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"Wednesday, December 8, 1878.

Only Sixty Thousand tickets will be sold
and 5ne~haif of these are intended for the
European market. thus leaving only 5000 for
sale In the United Statos, where lgy,GO0 we're
disposed of for the Third Concert. The tickets
are divided into tea coupons or parts, and
have on their back the Reheme with full ex-
pjanation Of the mode of drawing;
AT this Concert. which will be the grandest
musical display ever witnessed ip This coun-
try, the unprecedented sum OF
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GIFT CONCERT.
Every Fifth Ticket Draws Gift.
&e5O,OOO fo1. 800.

rNHE FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
authorized by special act Of the Legisla,
ture for the benefit Of the Public Library oi
Kentucky, will take place in Public Library
Hall at louisville, Kentucky.
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THE CHIC0T TIMES,
BY -
CLYDE, GOFFE & co.
Terms of Subscription. 81 so RyeA-
in Advance.

mHE TINES Is NOT THE BEST ADVER-
tising medium under tho sun, but Mem-
phis merchants and al others desiring to IN
would 40 we'll % do 80 through its column.
Circulate extensively in Ashley. Bradley, Chic
cot. Drew. Desha and Lincoln counties. Ark,
and Bolivar and M4shingtqn countics. Miss.
address GLIDE, 6OtfE A CO.,
F-f PROPRIETOR,
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Depot al head Of Main street
Ticket once. 2sI,< Main street. one door
north Of Jefferson.
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RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

IEMPms AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. LeayeI.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25
Am Eccentric Moon.

Thomas Brown was employed at the
Blank street Theatre in this city a few
years ago as kind of utility man, and
one night the manager put him behind
the scene at the rear of the stage to take
care of the moon. Brown had candle
on the end of a long pole, and it was
his duty to hold the light behind the
moon, which was merely a round, I'M
painted space in the curtain, and to pull
the curtain slowly up to represent the
rising of the moon. Brown seated him.
self on piece of baronial castle, and
while waiting for the order to go to
work, he fell asleep. Presently the
tragedian on the stage said to the hero
inc, ''Swear by yon bright moon, ETC.,
ETC." and turned to point to it, but the
orb of night was not there. The stage
manager flew around and gave Brown
kick, and in frenzy ordered him to
ssh'ist that moon quicki" Brown was
bewildered and without waiting for fur
Their orders he ran the curtain clear up
with one jerk, when the cord broke and
down it came again. Another string
was hurriedly rugged on the pulley and
the moon began to rise properly, but
Browns nerves were so unstrung by
tUdb u0 lOlu buC CflllIllO
steadily behind it, so that there were
fifteen or twenty eclipses during the
ascent, the light meanwhile wandering
all over the curtain to the infinite amuse-
ment of the audience. However. the
luminary got safely up at last, and the
tragedian again observed, 'sSwear by.
yon bright moon," but before the words
were fairly out, the cord again snapped,
- yy..eI L. - A.
broke loose from the roller, revealing
Brown, the lunar elevator roaming
around IN his shirt sleeves with a candle
on stick. A moment later the NAH.
ager was fumbling among his hair, and
that very night Mr.. Brown closed his
theatrical career. The manager re-
marked to. a confidential friend that
while man who was capable of maxi
s. NJ. esss -
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25
combinations of Transportation lines and

combinations of transportation lines and
to bring TO the aid of farmers and consum-
ers of farm products the advantages OF
systematic cooperation, as. well as to
cultivate and enlarge the social feelings,
and improve the mental and moral char
acter of the people, the oranges were
organized. They have prospered be-
yond the most sanguine expectations of
their originators They have done i'm
mense good in all parts of the. country,
and are destined to do much more. I. :.
Soon after the close of the war, the
soldiers organized the fraternaI order,
known as the Grand Army of the Re-
public. This society was assailed by
precisely the same demonstrations as the
Grange, and in spite Of all its protests
and the resolutions and pledges OF its
National and State Encampments, that
it had no political standing, aspirations
or desires, the alarmists for years sound
ed their tocsins and their warnings.
This had about played out, and some
thing else was required, when this special
dispensation arose to crafty the thirst
ings for alarm. The State Oranges of
several Western States have protested
in resolutions, and the highest officers of
the order in the land, have published
cards, denying all political significance
for the order. Yet the earnest state
ments of men of unimpeachable char
acter and of official bodies, are worth
nothing in quoting the fears of bilious
people who are alarmed at the night
mares of their own imaginations.
Our correspondent admits that this
order was started in good faith, and for
a worthy object, but oh, dear, it has been
or will be ''harnessed to the wheels of
political chariots to break down political
parties. No use for those who know to
deny it, the timid ones are afraid. The
Grand Army did not hurt any one; but
these fellows who wear hay seed, o.!
dear. We must judge men, says our
correspondent, by the company they
keep. Did he ever know bad men to
join church and did he at once de-
nounce the whole Church of Christ be-
cause bad men and hypocrites had found
shelter in its folds. The produce of the
West is consumed in Vermont. We
send our cattle, horses and sheep spin
ming across the continent. The products
of our quarries and manufactures are
transported towards the four winds, and
as both producers and consumers we
have the same uses for the Grange that
any part of the country has. 1t is not
a political organization, neither does it
require a man to sink his citizenship and
renounce political party when he joins
it. If he was politician or huckster
before, he will probably be one still.
The ends and aims of the Grange are
high and noble. If it does any good for
the satirist and the wit to level his shafts
at it, let him do SO. 1t will spread and
enlarge, and we hope to have fourth of
a hundred Oranges in Rutland county
before the opening of spring, and if
necessary for the peace of society we
shall take delight in finding some haven
of rest fer those that are afraid, a
church where neither politics nor religion
is preached, where the peace of nothing
gness can be contemplated in quietude.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25

s.: Now, sir; if you should. hear His
Satanic Majesty speaking in praise OF
any so-called Christian reform, would
YOU urge the Christian world to adept
It at once as orthodox Methinks you
would say, ''The source from which this
praise doth come, bodies no. good to
Christendon. . -. <. e 81, j
Vermont has never been a good field
to foster the growth of political heresies.
Her air is too pure and her schools too.
frequent, and 1 think this Demeefatic-
political abortion win find. few foster
parents here, and that in the future, as
in the past, we shall retain our reputa-
ton as. the banner State for steadfast
political principles, and not as one who
changes with every changing tide or
waving rumor. 81 - OBSERVER.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25
THREATENED DISASTERS.

In another column q correspondent
ventilates his sentiments on the Grange
question, in way that demonstrates
that he is beyond his depth, and has but
a very superficial knowledge of what he
is trying to enlighten the people about.
There are class Of people in this State
that take delight in nursing imaginary
fears, and proclaiming the doctrine of
destruction to trembling race. These
people are so DESTROYS of being humbug-
ged by doleful forbodings of impending
evils, that we cannot have the heart to
shut our columns to the food upon
which they feed, and this letter is of the
kind they will take delight in, and feast
upon. Political troubles are the usual
difficulties that are anticipated, though
there is occasionally one who fears that
the social system and religious belief of
the world is out of Joint, as well as DO
Htics. The occasion of this letter is the
organization of Grange in Brandon.
and direful political effects are the evils
anticipated. We propose to briefly
glance at this question again now, that
our readers may see that we do not in
dulge in the fears of our Brandon letter
writer.
The flush times, and inflated currency,
and reckless method of doing business,
had brought upon the country some in
conyeniences, among which were OPP
pressive railroad combinations to bring
to corporate treasures the proceeds of
the honest toll of other men. Monopol-
les fourished and large class of un-
necessary middlemen between the pro-
ducer and consumer, obliterated the
profits of the former, while it increased
the expense of living to the latter. To
procure justice to be done, by breaking
down monopolies, destroying unholy
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25
Ghristn,as Eve.
By P. THOMSON.

r. a. a 81 . E F. ? "a g + q
Christmas eve, bring out the stocking,
Pin it tightly. to, the wall, s.sf.. r.
Once q years merry stranger, y v = 7.
Makes the little :oneSsa call. = Is .
Christmas eve-conle fairy visions, 3
2 OF the treasures held in store, =
From some mammoth horn of plenty,
Z; In a deinge now to. pour. 4.s.stss - q
Oncea year we all remember, gfs<s
What'a halo OF delight, 80. 5~',es 81
Wove itself in all Our dreaming <fa1st
6 On this blessed Christmas night.
Oh, thatpeace and plenty ever, s., II
J Crowned the earthly homes of all; -
Oh, that sorrows did not linger,
On cur swiftly rolling ball. ~ ~
Many hearths are clad in sorrow, u
Many children ask for bread, ~
Many weep for friends departed ss..f
To the regions of the dead. .,-. -.
Human pride may rear its mansions,
Christ may in a naangef sleep, t.s1 ,sN
Though his image bein temples, = y
Love is with the poor who weep.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25

. LAND IN THE SoUTH.--The decrease
in the number of large plantations under
cultivation, and the increase OF small
farms In the cotton States, is another.
notable feature of the new situation.
The latter has been estimated at Is, 382
in North Carolina, 1s,7fS. in South Car,
olina, 1893 in Georgia, 3; 673 in Florida;
IL, 254 in Alabama, 25, 1873 in Mississippi,
IL, 1913 in Louisiana, 1884 In. Texas,
TO, 420 in Arkansas. This is no evidence
OF prosperity, bat the reverse, the re-
duction' of size in the farms averaging
from one-haf to two-thirds,. and large
number of them ESQ called being merely
small patches under cultivation by squat
tiers, chiefly colored, yielding small re-
turns, while great bodies of formerly
cultivated lanas are left to go to waste
for want of capital and labor to cult
yate or work them. In some of the
more unfortunate States, such as South
Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the
decrease of the area of cultivation and
production is startling, and the figures
would seem Incredible if stated. Hence
the cry for immigration and labor which
comes up from those quarters. But re-
Gently a Michigan lumber company
bought 250,000 acres of Alabama wild
land, heavily tin1bered with. the best
pine, for ten cents per acre, for which
they now would not take q quarter of
million of dollars. Land is a drug in
the Southern States now, owing to the
causes stated; and even improved land
en-: be had at ridiculously low figures in
all the states south of Virginia, some
parts of Georgia and Alabama excepted.
Hoqper's MoQasilae for Janat0yN.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25
WE1sKLY HEFAID TIIURsDAY, DEcEMBER 1878

the same moon rise three times in one
night and of getting up any number OF
eeIipses and other sstronomic. pfenom-
.ena might be yaluable for some purposes,
he was about as fit for theatre as q
wan-eyed mule was for singing hymns.
.---I1n. .Ad6ler s. e N. ...-.., -.
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Business Gards.
PETER q IONE.

PETER @. JONES & SON
Dealers in all kinds of Paper. Also, Agents
for Smith q Peters Printers Gard Stock,
No. 102 De7onshire street, Boston. H..
aug8d&wly. s'.'-ts.
The sun., 1873-06-24

In the case of SUSAN II. ANrHoNY Judge
UtNr denied thcrcducst of Miss ANTHONY
counsel that the jury should he pollcd.
Tile privilege Of polling the jury has
rrcn held to bc an absolute right in this
state: and II is substantial right. II j. II
means of hndiug out whether the pro-
pounded verdict of Il jury is their real
verdict. "Thc object Of the polling to
Put it in the language of Il high legal au-
thority, is to ascertain whether the ver-
dict rendered 10y the foreman in behalf Of
himself and the rest is really coucurrcd in
10y the others
Il is easy to see from this mere statement
that the right is most important, and in
decd absolutely essential 10 the due admiu-
istration of justice.
Judge llrNr denied it in Miss ANTuoNY' =
case But then that was secondary mat
ter and subordinate 10 his denial TO the
uccuscd of right OF trial by jury, and an
impai tial verdict.
Unjust Judges are now, always have
been. and always will bc held in utter
dctc,tltion and adherence by free
people.
The sun., 1873-06-24

Nj, ID. p. ANTHONY, the editor OF the
Lcayenworh Times, makes direct charge
against the drunken United States District
judge, DELAIIAY Of Kansas, to the effect that
during the war while DELAuAY was MANAGING
confscation cases he made offers TO cpnllscate u
mortgage Of $3.50 which a Mr.. COCKRIIL held
upon lot belonging to Sir. ANTHONY in Leayen-
worth. Mr.. ANrHONY failed To accept the offer
as he says he could not see the justice Of
swindling a personal friend Recent develop
meuts, however, have enlightened him a. To- the
judges motives In 80 kindly offering to cK-
tingulsh "A just debt. IL has been shown that
Judge DELAuAY was in the habit Of drawing his
share Of the profits Of all such cases regularly,
and Investigations before Judge DILLON, Of the
United States Circuit Court In Kansas, have
developed the tact that THOMAS A. OSBORN, the
Governor Of Kansas and II son-in-law Of Judge
DEIAHAN, shared largely in the plumber from
tins source. The Credit Mubilirr party * well
represented ia Kansas, both in the Governor 5
char and ON the iudicial bench.
The sun., 1873-06-24

The literature ot angling, already exceed
insS rich, has received a notable addition Ia a
new book hv Mr.. ". &. PRIME, entitled GO IL
Fishing lHarpersl. II is not a scientific treatise
upon nsh or the modes Of taking them, bat "a
record u the experience Of an enthusiastic
angler, who Is at the slmc time traveller. a
scholar, and a gentleman. lie imparts To- the
narration Of fishing adventures in Maine. the
White Mountains, the Adrundacks, and the
hills of Connecticut the rare ilavor OF an intense
love Of mature, the most engaging personal char
dctcri-tir-, = cpSmop Titan knowledge Of men
and life. extensive reading, and warm and
deep philosophy, which takes hold Of the b,et
side OF the world. II Is alnycly book that every
summer tourist should have In hi- satchel.
Some of the stories that are told in It's pages are
models Of literary art but the great charm uf
the volume is it, uoLlc feeling and thorough
reality and sincerity.