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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25
For Arkansas River.

Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Com
pany-U. S. Mail Line For Pine Blue,
Little Rock. and all points through 10 Fort
Smith. a1HU
GAINESVILLE ....................Barrett, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON e.--.
w SATURDAY. 9th inst. at 8 ei,,sii,tr7
- JOHN N. HARDIN. Agent,
1924 Office on Wharfboat. foot of Court ST.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

NOR RENT-SEVERAL NICE SUBURBAN
4 houses; cottages in town. Lots well To-
Gated fer sale and lease.
1926 W. A. WHEATLBY, $50 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
roArs ApyERrlsEp no LElyE.

BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE.
City Of Chester. ST, Louis. this day.. pm
Pat Cleburne, Yicksburg, Friday. :.......lg a.
ClarksYille. Arkansas river, Saturday. pm
Laura Davis. Cincinnati. Friday......... pm
ARRIVALS. lal $3.50.
Steamer Phil Allin, Friars Point.
Shannon, New Orleans. .Yt
Nashville, White river.
Laura Davis, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES. lln f
Steamer Shannon. Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
Clarksville, Phil Allin, Laura Davis,
Nashville.
Daily report Of the stage. Of water and the
changes during the twenty-four hours ending
To noon to-day:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25
FOR RENT.

T,oR RENT-BoARDING HOUSE, NO. SO6
Il Second street. Apply to
2O-25 ]. b. HILL, Sl4 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25
FREIGHT.
TO STEAMBOATMEN.
STEAMBOATS,.
For vtcI.sbure

For Vicksburg.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-U.
5. Mail LiRe-For Helena, Chicot, Green
vile, Vicksburg and way landings.
PAT CLEBURNE ..o............Ashford. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE g~;s,
w FRIDAY, 26th instant, at attSP
~ E1g4 AID. STORM. Treasurer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

70 suspend currency payments Gu large
amounts There ia no Interruption Of
The purchase Of bonds by the Govern
ment has been stopped, taas
The associated banks Of Cincinnati
have adopted the plan Of the New York
clearing house.
wAsHISoroy, September 25.-Rich'
!" - - J. - =. = g 80 lI.aI. -. a .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

vCoR RENTAL APARTMENTS NEW
Bethel Block; choicest Offices, Easements
and sleeping rooms. Also -esldeenctes' cot
fases. etc. W. A. WHEATLEY,
% $50 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25
ZOE sALE oR EXCHANGE.

NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE VALUABLE
l. DICKINSON & NEWTON.
At Real Estate Ag'ts, 20 SeocLd street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

NOR sALE-A LOT WITH DOUBLE TEN
ement house on it, on the northeast cor
ner of Vance and Cynthia streets, fronting %
honee has four rooms and servants house.
Also, a lot on corner of Mari and Ma .niI
streets. fronting s. feet on Mari by l4S% on
Manassas street. For terma apply 70
JOHN W. JEFFERSON,
c2+ l6 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

NOR RENT-ONE SMALL COTTAGE, NO.
800 Court street extended; rent. $40 per
' On Dix. D. S. JOHNSON, 2O6 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

FoR CNCNEGTI.-The Laura Davis
leaves here tomorrow evening for the
Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

y-yoR RENT THAT ELEGANT RESI-
denee No. l75 Vance street, Possession
10th of September. Apply to j. IL. McDavitt at
@. W. GOyer IL Co.'S. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25
Foa SALE.

To0R SHLE-TWO DESIRABLE COTTAGE
residences at Ridgeway., twelve miles out
I%na,itbfnl free from all epidemies; good els
terms; good school and churches convenient.
92-f s. MOSBY. 3Ol Front street.
V1oR SALE-MEAT STORE AND GR0CE-
nv; years lease. 1872 fernando st. VI
VNOR SALE-AT A BARGAIN-THATC COM
nioIe suburban residence of acVes, "a
miles from the city on the Horn Lake road
known as the JAcOBT PLACE: dwelling OF "
rooms, with all modern improvements and all
,rotor chnioe frnits etc Terms easy. Title
perfect. SWAY me * J w
117-t 10 MAIN streeL.
r1nR sALE-A LOT WIrH DOUBLE TEN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-25

NEwORLKlSs. September .. ll;O a.m.-Nqt-
ton is entirely unsettled and nominal. Mid
ding. lie; sales. =; sight exchange. nominal.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1873-09-03
2n1embnrger @ajette.

9lr6eit tpte bic, ben Gonrabtn Donnert
binweasufabren. cine iuwobI pbpil&e als
r,oraltl@e llnm5sli&feit ,pdre, gang ses
culriS arei 9erren BON Der poltset au fol-
gen.
Die Sa9e fam CUR sert&tltden @ers
bancluns ; &apitdn Dpanert parb i@u!s
big befunben unb su feds Sabren &C.
fdnsnib perurtbsilt ; feline teipen 5elferss
belfer batten i9 aus cemS taute ssma9t.
@arte nur Sunss, rief Dpnnert nit
putbentHammten 8liden 9lrtbur 3u, als
pas urtbeil perfinoist rpOreen mar, mar
te nur, uniere &e9nuns III nod ntat abs
seialc6en ; mir trcffen sinancer einmal
nod unp tann bite bid!
Mm antern Morsen isselte Nrtbur als
&od uuf Der Brtss Scuna nit ieinem
Greunpe Sad auf Dem Meere.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
Dealing With Indians.

In the Oregon Indian War of 1855 and 1856, Ouhi, the most conspicuous chief of the Yakimas, a large and powerful tribe in Washington Terri tory, was one of the principal leaders. After several months of fighting, seeing the hopelessness of the contest, he came in and delivered himself up. The officer to whom he surrendered was Cap tain Dent, of the Ninth Infantry, the brother in law of President Grant. General Wright, who commanded the troops then in the field, as soon as the fact of the capture of Ouhi was an- nounced to him, directed the prisoner to be brought before him. He then said
 You have seen the sun for the last time. I am going to hang you. Not that you have fought against us in battle, but because before the war broke out you murdered Indian Agent Bolen. He was your friend; but. you followed him from the Yakima Agency on his journey to the Dalles, and when at noon he was resting, you and two other Indians killed him, and yet the moment before you had been smoking with him. This was not war-it was the act of dog, and you shall die a dogs death. Captain Dent, as Officer of the Day, you will detail Sergeant and the proper number of men, and hang this man as soon as the prepara- tions can be made.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
American Fancy Marbles.

Some two years ago there was discov- cred on the shores of Lake Champlain, Vermont, by MT. Hanson, of Philadel- phia, rich and valuable deposit of beautiful variegated marble. It varies from a deep red to pale chocolate col or. richly y marbled and grained. It is very hard and well adapted for making columns and ornamental work, such as pier or centre tables, panelings, fancy wainscoting, and cabinet purposes gen erally. When polished it is not easily defaced. The deposit is found in beds, or strata, varying in thickness from one to six feet. In the report of the geolog- ical survey of the State of Vermont it is said that |" the marble is found to be principally composed of fragments of stratiied rock varying in size from a barleycorn to blocks a foot or more in diameter, which appear to have been promiscuously piled together, after which they are cemented with a sub- stance having much more lime in it's composition. than the fragments thexn- selves. This cement has lighter color than the other portions of the mass, which gives it the beautiful starry and variegated appearance observable in the mosaic marble, making it equal ia beau ty to the artificial mosaic work of Her. culaneum and Pompeii.
 In the new Drexel Building, corner of Wall and Broad streets, New York city, these marbles are used in paneling and wainscoting of the interior, with admir- able effect. The contrasts in colors are very beautiful, but the Lake Champlain marble at once commands attention wherever it is encountered.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
The Seminole War.

At Carrollton, near New Orleans,
 lives Col. Bill Fisher, said to be the only surviving companion of the fa- nous Seminole chief Osceola. The Colonel ran away from the Friends school in Philadelphia when fifteen years of age, and joined the Seminoles. He was adopted into the tribe under the name of Oocha Bill. The Colonel's story of the origin of the Seminole war does not agree with the commonly pub- ished narrative. He says that party of stock-tenders were hunting for lost cattle and.met some Indians engaged in skinning animals. It was doubtful whether the beeves belonged to the h. dians or the stock raiser, as the latter werein the habitof catching and brand i ilg all the wild cattle they could over- t Ike. The white men did not wait to inquire, fired into the Indians and kill ed five. The result of this cruel and unjustiiable outrage was a war which cost thirty millions of dollars and the lives of many soldiers and citizens.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27

other two were young and quite good | looking. The men were swarthy, pow
 erful fellows, with bronzed countenances
 and bright, cunning eyes. I was greet ed civil1y and asked to remain to break fast, which very readily consented te do, as I had lasted from six o'clock the evening before, and felt con espond- ingly hungry.
 The fire was made in the centre of the camp, and mess, something like the Scotch haggis, was prepared in a large pot. It was say ory and inviting, and very little was left in the pot when the meal was concluded. I soon satisfied myself that the stories which I had heard about tragedy were false, and that the gypsies, in this particular in- stance, had been misrepresented. l learned from man who seemed to be 8 leader among them great many inter- esting particulars of their mode of life. The band had wintered in Philadelphia, and at the first opening of summer had started out on their annual tour. They weather drives them to take refuge in cities again, and so their lives are spent from year to year. They are very fond
 
 cannot procure animals in any other way they have no hesitation in stealing them. Sometimes the farmers retaliate, and if a gypsy's horse strays away, from the enclosure it is very rarely allowed to return again. The band were greatly excited over the loss of 8 pony which had broke loose Q night or two before, and of which no trace could be found. Ios1 4l,oH 1oe Police from Allentown, in company to the camp. The latter had previously sent on the following telegram:
 Are any of the gypsies in camp in your vicinity? If so, would you see if they have boy-blue eyes, light curly hair, about five feet four? If he is there detain him. His name is Frank Brooks. WILLIAM D. BROOKS.
 The gypsies disclaimed all knowledge of the boy, but from their manner I was convinced that they knew more than they cared to tell. MT. Brooks, who resides on Lombard street, Balti- more, says his son left home some weeks ago and has not since been heard of. From his habits MT. Brooks supposed that he had gone with band of gypsies, as he had predilection for their wan dering mode of life. From information received the afflicted father believed that the young fellow was with the identical band of gypsies whe treated your correspondent so hospitably; but he was disappointedin the hope offinding him, and left, very disconsolate. Two of the children who were with the gyp- sies looked very unlike the persons who claimed to be their parents, and in all probability they have been stolen. I left the camp about eleven o'clock in the forenoon and returned to Allentown, convinced that my nights adventure had not been fruitless one.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
Another Insane Lover.

It is getting to be fashionable now-a- days for a lover to take vengeance into his own hands, and if the lady does not respond to his affections, to use the pistol. The latest case, and certainly 8 most terrible one, occurred at Hudson, N. H. Henry Jewett, twenty-five years of age, had been endeavoring to win the hand of Miss Ella Wood, daughter of Charles Wood. Miss Wood rejected his offer of marriage, and her parents also opposed it. Early one morning Jewett visited Miss Wood, pulled from his pocket six-shooter and a1med it at her head and fired. The ball entered her forehead, just above the eye, and lodged under the skin. Miss Wood fell upon the floor, but not insensible. Jewett then passed from the room, when he met MT. Wood, and endeavored to assassinate him. MT. Wood caNght the enraged man by the throat, warded off the aim of the pistol, and so, fortu- nately, escaped. Jewett then put the pistol to his own ear and discharged it, the ball entering his head and causing a wound that must prove fatal. The indications are that it was Jewett's in- tention to murder the entire family.
 After the first shot was fired MT. Wood grappled with the assassin, and 8 fearful life and death struggle ensued, in which Jewett attempted to take MT. Woods life. MT. Wood finally over came Jewett and crushed him to the floor, when the latter placed the pistol at his own head and discharged it. In the excitement MT. Wood dragged him out of the house by the heels and left him under an apple tree to die.
 wound to the depth of five inches, and said he could not live. While he had his senses he asked forgiveness for what he had done, and in his wandering state of mind he called for Rev. A. W. Chaffn, now of Lynn, Mass, saying, "I leave myself in your, hands" Some years ago Jewett married Miss Smith, but the marriage was an unhappy one, and they soon separated.
 Miss Woods wound has been probed to depth of three inches, and although she has her senses her recovery is doubtful.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
JUST TAKEN HIS BrrrERs. We heard a

JUST TAKEN HIS BrTTERs. We heard 8 seedy-looking individual with an alarm ingly red nose remark to 8 brother soaker that he had "just taken his bit ters, but he did not mind taking another nip" His remark suggested train of reflection. How was it, we asked our selves, that the word "bitters" had grown to be synonym for gin, whisky, rum, and other alcoholic stimulants, to which it was applied indiscriminately. Bltters, we reasoned, suggested the idea of healthful tonic, not of poisonous stimulant something invigorating to the system, not an alcoholic irritant, full of fusel oil, producing present in- toxication and ultimate insanity, idiocy, or premature death. Moreover, our idea of bitters was totally irreconcilable with ''gin cocktails rum punches" /" and "brandy smashes," which, we are informed, are sweetened with sugar, and rendered doubly injurious with es- sences colored by means of mineral poison. This was bitter-sweet with a vengeance. We mentioned this problem to friend. He solved it by exclaim- ing: "Why, don't you know that most of these bitters advertised as remedies are only drams in disguise. Topers know it, if you do not. I must make ''and that's DR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs ;.there isn't particle of alcohol or fermented liquor in it, and it is the best vegetable tonic and alter ative in America. ."-Con1.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
\ REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
From the Har5ord Daily Times.l


 We have already alluded to the prosperous con- dition of the Phoenix Life Insurance Company. located in this city, of which Edson Fessenden is the President and James F. Burns Secretary. A careful nve stigation of its last annual state ment, just publ shed, warrants in submitting to the readers of the Times some further remarks upon it's rapid progress to popular favor and it's | remarkably prosperous condition at the present time.
 Let us compare it's condition ten years ago with what it is at the present time. In the years 1862 and 1863 it issued 1,n7 policies; it's, income was $125,672 dividends, s1 PA; losses by death S5s,- 6O0 assets, S437 933. Here was the business of two years.
 Ia 1873 it issued 1o,527 policies; it's income was S3 413 45; dividends, s94s 4.1 losses by death $831 116.32; net assets, $S, ,209, ,325.07. This increase of business and assets in the short period of ten years is worthy of special notice An income in 1872 of $3 100000 against $125672 in 1862 and 1883; it is near thirty to one. Over ten thousand policies last year against hun amount to over eight millions now; then l. ss wonderfui increase is not the, result of singla jump. It comes of regular yearly advances; show pTespeTity: g For @ nstapee the net assets Of the H he of ae 1872 G tb were 2o7 25o7-an increase during the year 1872
 The Phoenix has now ss o2o policies in force, ing so?67 Valued by the hs Ne New York standard ties ca its obliga up to 4ss57 Deduct ing this from it's net assets and the company has surplus of T .199 ,931 .50
 T"e officers lay these facts before the public wi h the assurance that they cannot be equaled in com paratlve strength by the statement Of ar company in New EnRland, if indeed by any in the country. though f'w others have larger aggregate of | assets. No company in this city equaled 1t last year in the mum ber of policies issued. Only one came wi hin 900 ot it. and the others were from 5000 to 1000 below it.
 In this sterling condition of its finances, in its hold it has upon public confluence, the Phenix may. with que negree of pride and satisfaction,
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
Temperature at Great Depths.

A deep bore of course affords the best means of practically testing the temper ature at different depths from the earth s surface, and to such purpose has recent ly been devoted the deepest we'll in the world, that completed within the past six months through the rock salt forma- tion at Sperenburg, near Berlin. This is 4, 169 feet deep, and experiments made with suitable appliances gave presum- ably correct data as to the temperature at various depths of the crust of the earth.
 It was found that at 100 feet the tenn perature was 57.2 degrees at 1000 feet, 73.8; at 2,000, 91.4 at 5000, 1094 ; and at the bottom of the bore, 118.6 de- grees. The we'll being full of water and that lowest down the warmest, the latter rises constantly to the top, so that a constant circulation is kept up. This renders it probable that the index of the thermometer gave a slightly less than the actual temperature at the bottom, and a proportionately reverse effect al the top.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
Bridal Tr0nSsnanS.

The PaU lfnW Gazette thinks that 8 man about to marry can commit no greater error than te interfere in any way with regard to his intended wife's trousseau. By so doing he is guilty of all act of extreme presumption, and he also incurs a pecuniary responsibility often Of serious nature. In dispute about a t>ride's trousseau, Sheriff Lees, at Airdrie, in Scotland, has just issued an interlocutor, which fully enters into the law as to husbands liability in this respect In the case in question the husband was sued by the trades man who supplied the outfit, and, as it was clearly proven that they were SUD- piled on the defendants order, the sheriff held him liable in the amount of the account, e27s. s., with g3 Is. lid. That it was the duty of the brides father to provide her wedding outfit; and, second, that the account should be reduced or disallewed, as it was extrava- gant for the position of the defenders wife. The learned sheriff, in long note, enters into the law on this point, and finds that while in ordinary cases the husband would not be liable, yet when as in this case the goods were got on his express order, he must be held to be the responsible party, and cannot be allowed to complaino of extravaganza. This seems only fair; for if husbands have ordered their wives trousseaus they cannot complain if they are sub- sequently called upon to pay; but of- ten both husband and wife afew months after marriage bitterly regret that a large sum which might have been use- fully expended in paying the grocer's, butchers, and bakers bills, or furnish ing their house, has found it's way into the milliner's pocket in the purchase of a vast number of useless articles.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
Means What He Says.

Though combinations strong as proofs of Holy Writ" and as numerous as the sands on the sea shore, were produced to prove that Dr. Pierce. the proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is in earnest and aaaeans what he says, when he offers $500 reward for any case of Catarrh which he cannot cure, yet there would be some skeptics and fogies who would continue to shout ''Hmabug v "HuMBUa '" 1t cannot be, because Dr. Homespun says Catarrh cannot be cured" Now, this Dr. Homespun is the identical, good natured old fellow who hon estly believes and persists in declaring that this earth is not round or spherical, but flat as a ''slap-iack, and does not turn over otherwise the water would all be spilled out of Deacon Bascom's mill pond. But astronomical science has positively demonstrated and proven that Dr, Homespun is wrong in supposing the earth to be flat and stationary, and medical science is daily proving the fact that he is no less mistaken and behind the times in regard to the durability of Catarrh. In short, it has been positively proven that this world n,oues, and that medical science is progressiUe-the opinion of Dr. Homespun to the contrary notwithstanding. That Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure Ga tarrh, thousands who have used it attest.
 Then buy it, and use it, in doubt do not stand, You will find it in drug stores all over the land.
 AR
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
Sensible.

The Press everywhere clamors for Life Insurance at low rates. The National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America offers it at three fourths the rates of Mutual companies. It guarantees their sufici- ency by their million dollars capital, and has two dollars assets for every dollar of liability. It wants an agent in every locality not now supplied, and will give liberal commissions for reliable service. E. A. Rollinsris President, and Jay Cooke is Chairman of the Finance Committee. Persons seeking insurance or employment cannot do better than to write to the Branch Office of the Company at Philadelphia
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27

IMPROVED FARMING LANDS. New York has 15, ,627, ,2O6 acres of improved farming lands, valued at $1 ,272, 857, 766 j; Ohio, IA, 469, 133 acres, valued at $1, ,054, . 465, ,226; Pennsylvania, II, ,515, ,995 acres, valued at $1, ,043, ,481 ,582; Illinois, 19,- 329, ,952 acres, valued at 1920, ,5O6, ,346 j; Indiana, 1O,1O4, ,279 acres, valued at $634, 8O4, 199 Michigan, 5,096, 936 acres, valued at $398, ,24O, ,578. The value of the improved farming lands in these six States is $5, 1926, 355, ,689. The total value of all the products and betterments of these farming lands for the year 1870, was $951 ,O12, ,597; or nearly ten hundred millions of dollars.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27
SMedenhnrgian.

The National Conferenceof the United States Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), has a sharp but short creed. As very few of the public gen. orally know what it is, we reprint a brief statement from the Cincinnati Commercial .aa. ,-
 I. There is one only living and true God. the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is the Divine Trim ity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in essence and in person One.
 II. The Sacred Scripture is the Word of God holy and divine in the letter and spirit, and the source of wisdom to angels and to men, B
 III. We must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeerner and Saviour, shun evils as sins against Him. and in all respects make the principles which He followed in the world the laws of our everyday life.
Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27

GRENAD1NE HOUSE DRESSES. House dresses of grenadine are made with a basque and over-skirt, or else the newer round Josephine waist. The basque is lined throughout with thick silk, and requires no inner lining it's edge is simply finished with a piping of silk 1; the postillion pleats behind are pressed fatly their whole length, precisely like those in riding-habits, and held down by two rows of buttons. Leads are put in the position to add to it's weight and keep it in place. Although the edge of the basque is very plain, the bosom and shoulders have an elaborate ruff and puff of the grenadine, beginning at the waist in front and extending up around the back of the neck.