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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01
RIVER INTRLLIGENOR.
noArs AnyrnrIaep TO IRAYn.

boats ADVERTISER To LHAyE.
y. Z. Lee, New Orleans. saturday-.....,6 y. m
Julia, ~. Louis. this D. M
City Of Nioksburs, Well sbufs. Saturday y. m
Fort 0lbiOn. Arkansas river. Saturday. pm
II. ,. Turner, Cincinnati, this day.,.,....h Pm
belle Vernon, Cincinnati, Saturday, y. m
A. j. White. Napoleon, this day.......,,h y. IN
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Mary Miller, Cincinnati.
Colorado, 81. Louis.
Mary II. Poe. ST. Louis,
Julia, Vioksburg.
Phil Allin, Friars Point.
A. j. White, Napoleon.
Belle Vernon, Cincinnati
DEPARTuREs.
Steamer Mary Il. Poe, Red river.
st. Francis, MarianRa.
City Of Chester, ST. Louis.
Mary Miller. New Orleans
Colorado. Vicksburg.
m PORT.
Fort Gibson. Mary Boyd, Julia, Phil
Allin, A. j. White, Belle Vernon.
Daily report Of the stage Of water and the
changes during the tweniy-four hours ending
10 noon to-days
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01
STEAMBOATS,.
For Cincinnati.

FOR CINCINNATI.
"0ld Reliable memphis and Ohio River
Packet CO.-F0r Louisville and Cincinnati
The steamer
BELLE VERNON. ..............K Remission, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE U=.
w SATURDAY. August 2, at snss,t
'P'm' Apply e. D CORE : CO. S s,,s,,ss''''''
130-133 266 Front street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01

PAY your city tax and save l21 per
cent. l33
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01

NOR SALE MAGISTRATES BLANKS
for Mississippi aud Tennessee. general
a. ,ortment kept on hand ard for sale cheap at
fiji office. NJ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01

NEw 0RLElNs. August I. ll:0 a.m.-Cotton
is firm. Middling, lS3zc; sales, =; sight ex-
change. &c premium. sterling. 1j54e.
NEw YoRK. August !. 1913 a.m.-Cotton
nm. .-naL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01
For New Orleans.

For Voksburg, Natchez and New Orleans
The great unrivaed steamer
RUBr. Il. LEE. .a...................Cannon, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE IT,
6 pm. - S-'sa.aa1AA'as
j. #. WASHINGTON. Agent,
l3l-133 AZ Madison street.
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Cincinnati has Chinese dentist.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
RiONEY.

PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS. TENN. August /. 1873.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-01

NOR RENT = COTTAGES, OFFICES.
y sleeping-rooms aud one store room on
Main street. Apply to
MoRAE. MYERS a SNEED,
2J-f 279% Main street. up stairs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

It appears to be understood that the
election OF John J. Patterson, as Senator
from South Carolina, will be investigated
by the Senate before he is allowed to
take his seat. The charge that he was
elected through bribery and corruption,
has become 90 general that many Sana-
tors are of the opinion that the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections should
look into the matter. Among the most
prominent and specific of his acousers is
the Hon. Robert B. Elliott, colored mem
ber OF the House from South Carolina,
Who was himself candidate before the
Legislature for United States Senator.
1t is understood that as soon as Patter-
sons credentials are presented they will
be referred to the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections. So much has been
said recently Of the manner in which
Senators have secured their election that
the more respectable members of the
Senate are disposed to have thorough
investigation.
Wash. Cor. Philadelphia Press.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

RA1LRoAD FROM LAKE ERIE TO Angus.
gA.--We learn from tho following letter
IS thsSA AbhayilIe, Is. o. Press and Ban.
itsfsof the proposition of q news and
grand railway enterprise, with Augusta
60 the objectiva point Of connection:
s.$ KNoxvIES, TENH., Dec. 6, 1879.
WssA. leo, Editor Ab6euiae Prtss and
Banner,
DEAR Sra: A party of MS are engaged
IN working up narrow gauge railway
from Lake Erie South to the Ohio River,
thence up tho valley of the Big Sandy in
Eastern kentucky, crossing through
Southwest Virginia and Upper East
Tennessee, crossing the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Rsilroad at Green
Vile, Tennessee; and we propose to ex-
tend this line to Augusta, Georgia, pass
ing your town. The sections through
which the proposed line will run speak
for themselves. No line will surpass it
In the quality, quantity and accessibility
of the mineral and timber along it's
route.
We are now procuring charters in the
different States, and We would like to &C.
cure the cooperation of some of your
live men. Will you please furnish mo
With the names of your representatives,
and those who would take IN interest in
securing a charter through your State.
Yours truly,
o. G. VANDERHOOF,
Engineer and Surveyor
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

A STRANGE CAsE.-About ten yoars
ago, white boy by the name Of Henry
Purdie Lane, then only about five years
old. mysteriously disappeared from this
city, it being the general impression ut
the time that he was stolen by circus
company. Nothing more was heard from
the little fellow or his Whereabouts, and
his relatives mourned him as lost to them
forever, when, few weeks since, o let
ter was received from him by Postmaster
Brink, written in Michigan, in which he
gave detailed description of his recol-
lections in regard to his family. Col.
Brink went to see Mr.. John Turner, tho
grand father of the boy, who is m en-
p!oyee at the gas works in this city, and
the result will be the speedy return of
the boy to his home and friends. It
now transpires that the little fellow was
stolen by woman, who carried him to
New York city and from there to the
West, where he has since been left en-
tirely dependent upon his own resources
for support Wilmington .Stur.
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ANpERsoN.-The Intelligeacey says ::


Mr. Harvin Vandiver, who was con-
victed. last summer OF being accessory to
the murder of his son-in-law, and was
afterwards pardoned by the Governor,
died on last Sunday, in the seventieth
year of his age. It is singular that his
death occurred just five days prior to
the time set for his e1ecution-l7th of
January.
The exaggerated stories concerning
smallpox in this County are almost too
ridiculous to merit public notice. We
desire 10 make the emphatic declaration,
however, that the whole truth of this
matter has been published in the lateNi.
gencer from time to time, that only three
or four families have been afflicted, and
that the disease has been under control
from the outset. Barker's Greek Church,
the neighborhood where the small pox
appeared, is about cqni-dstant from An
derson and Abbeville-near the dividing
line between the two Counties.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

N ,oh above the post office rascals,
who acted in 80 shameless q manner
during tho last Presidential campaign,
as their i1ssrumspts inEquickpess and
despatch Hre superior to the slow:moving
post coaches, or one-horse nails: The
knowledge which would thus be acquired
Of the private affairs of citizens would
constitute an uncomfortable annoyance.
All England rose in indignant rep,on-
STRANGE, thirty years ego, against Sir
James Graham and the Ministry which
he represented, when he seized and
opened the letters of Mazzini in London.
Macauley and other great speskers de-
nounced the tyranny and arbitrariness
of the act in no measured terms, on the
floor OF thef House Of Commons, and
Carlyle wrote scathing letter to the
Times, in the cour"e of which he charao.
terized it as Zone of the yiler forms of
scoundrelism. And yet, what is the
opening of the letters OF single fo-
reigner, to deliberate oversight ssa
inspection by. officials, pledged to no
secrecy, aud free to speak as they
pleased, representing Government
whose friendship may be partial, and is
often one.sided, OF the private affairs of
the citizens, their business and their
correspondence Of every kind2 It would
ohafe to an iusufferable degree the spirit
of any free people.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

An eccentric old gentleman died few
days since, at Conway, Massachusetts,
who, years ago, had his grave dug and
brioked, saying that he would probably
die in winter, when it would be hard to
dig it.
Several newspapers in Milan have
opened subscription lists for erecting O
monument to the ex-Emperor Napoleon,
that city being the first in Italy which
was liberated by him from Austrian rule.
A Chinaman who had become snow.
blind while working on the Central Pa
citic Railway applied at San Francisco
police station on the Sd instant for
official permission to have himself shot.
A now post Office has been established
in Greenville County, on the Ashevilie
line, known as KeIly's Store, and Mr..
Isaac Kelly has been appointed cost
master.
The bale of cotton which was present
ed to Miss Lydia Thompson, in Savan-
nah, last year, was sold in st. Louis, last
week, for $500, and she gave the pro-
ceeds to the poor of that city.
Amputation at the hip is considered
one OF the most difficult operations in
surgery. Three successful cases, how
ever, were reported last year-one in De-
troit, Mioh., and two in England.
A new paper in Texas starts out with
the announcement that sin religion we
are conservative, and we intend to ad-
hero to the cash system"
Mr.. 0. Witter has been appointed
postmaster at Camden.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

The CHAMPION "SKATIsr. Now that
the winter season has fairly set in, that
young man who skates from one city to
another, varying in distances from 80 to
150 miles. has loomed up again. He has
been skating on the Mississippi River
all the way up to $50 miles. On the
Hudson River he has sknted 80 miles,
and on the st. Lawrence over 200. It is
almost time for him to skate away from
that pack Of wolves that annually pursue
him from the wilderness to the borders
of civilization, feeling their hot breath
on his cheek nearly all the way, but es.
Gaping them at last.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

UNITED STATES Court, CHARLESTON,
January 15.-In the District Court. the
petition Of Jesse w. Norwood. for final
discharge in bankruptcy, was referred to
Registrar Jaeger.
The petition of N. s. Harris to sell
chooses in action, in the case of @. r.
franklin, bankrupt, was granted.
In the case of Arthur B. Lee, indicted
tor selling segars and tobacco without o
license. the Jury rendered verdict of
mot guilty"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

The PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TIE
PATENT LAws.-The Nav York Journal
Of Commerce severely comments on the
proposed amendment to the patent laws
now pending in Congress-, which pro.
vides that "no extension granted prior
to the passage OF this Act shall be held
invalid by reason of the fact that the
certificate of extension was not annexed
before the expiration of suoh patent" y
The only effect OF this amendment, the
Journal Of Commerce says. is to revive
the old French Mellier straw paper pa-
tent, defunot five years ago, and the
effect of its passage will be to add one
cent to every pound Of paper purchased
by newspaper publishers. The matter
should be carefully examined into by
members OF Congress before they vote on
", otherwise great injustice may he done.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lawson Eidson-$5O Reward.
W. s. 81. M. Talbott-Mules Arrived.
Htna Fire Insurance Company.
J. 81. Sawyer-$50, 600 to Loan,
Jacob Levin-Gas Bills.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

A Kansas paper announces that ono
"Colonol' Jennison. having failed in his
candidature for the State Senate. has re-
opened his gambling hell in Leaven-
worth.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

suPRRdss dssCouRrATHuRsDAY, January
1e.-The Court met at10,A NJ. Pre-
sent-Chief Justice Moses and Associate
Justices Wright and Willard. til. = :,
The State &c ress B. @. Shiver ct al. vs.
9. Il. Hoge, Conptroller-G General. MI.
Campbell in reply for rslators. (, -:
l.. =. Campbell. receiver, rs. exesu-
tois ~: n. Conner ct al Appeal dis
The following decision was rendered.
s. Marco %. J. NJ. Brown, County
Treasurer of Darlington County-Man.
damus. Petition granted. Opinion bv
Willard. A. J.
At P. H., Court adjourned.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

GRANGE OF THE PATRONS OF HuspANpRY
The National Grange assembled in
Washington on the 9th inst, and were
in session four days. The following
States had representatives present: New
jersey, Nebraska. Iowa. Indiana, New
York, District of Columbia, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri
and South Carolina. Messrs. Thomas
Taylor and D. Wyatt Aiken were the
delegates from South Carolina. The
session was an important one. The
constitution Of the order was revised and
amended. The following is an extract
from Secretary Kelley's report:
The increase OF new oranges during
the year 1872 amounts to 1850, to which
dispensations have been Issued. The
amount of money received by me from
the same and other sources, as shown in
the Treasurer's report. is SIT, ,366. 81 :.
During the past year, there has been or
ganized eight State Oranges, in the fol-
lowing States: Illinois, (re-organized, J
Indiana. Wisconsin, (re-organized,) Yer
mont, South Carolina. Nebraska, Mis-
sissippi and Kansas; while Michigan and
Missouri are ready to be admitted, as
well as Ohio, Tennessee and Arkansas;
Oregon will not be far behind. In re-
gard to the standing of the States Us to
working and paying oranges. Iowa takes
the lead-haying 754 recorded South
Carolina stands next, having organized
its State Grange with sixty-two SUBJ
oranges, and has now on record 1O2
oranges. and with Mississippi, with sixty
one oranges, is the only State where
every grange reports and pays dues
promptly.
Minnesota, the oldest State in our or
der, follows in the list. Some of her
oranges are dormant from good cause,
but through the exertions of the present
efficient Master of the State Grange,
they are reviving. We now have sub
oranges organized in twenty-five States,
and three have been established in Ca.
NADIA. The total number of oranges is
1852. The general condition OF the
order is more fourishing than We had
reason to anticipate at the commence
ment OF the year, and its prospects for
the future are certainly encouraging.
The following officers for the ensuing
three years were elected:
Worthy Master-Dudley ". Adams,
Iowa.
Overseer- Thomas Taylor. South Co.
rolina.
Executive Oommittee-Wm. Saunders.
D. O.; D. w. Aiken, 8. c.; E. R.
Shankland, Iowa.
Lecturer-T. A. Thompson, Mime
sofa.
Steward-A. J. Vaughan, Mississippi
Assistant Steward-G. W. Thompson,
New Jersey.
Chaplain-A. B. Grosh. District of
Columbia.
Treasurer. NJ. Mcdowell, New
York.
secretary-O. H. Kelley, District of
Columbia.
Gate. Keeper-O. Dinwiddje, Indiana
Ceres Sister Adams, Iowa.
Pomona-Sistcr Kelley, District Of
Columbia.
Flors--Sister Abbott, Iowa.
Lady Assistant Steward-Sister Hall,
District Of Columbia.
The next meeting OF the National
Grange will take place in st. Louis, Mo, !,
on the first Monday in February. 1874.
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CorrsspondeAca.

COLUMBIA, g. o.. Jannsfy 10; 1873. ].
L. G Carpenter, Esq. .sSiR:sI am .in..
formed that ct the meett tthRsof the CITY
Council, last evening. yon used Language. !.
in discussing nm account tspresanted 60
Council by me. to thet following, effect:
Alderman Carpenter, said ssshe had mo
more doubt than he had oe his own ex.
istence that half the amotnt OF the bill
Was fraud. he thought the bin ought
to be cut down and the parties left to
their own recourse.
I desire TO bo informed i: such was tile
pnrport OF tile language used BY you?
This will be handed'toy you by Mr.. r. g.
Shiver, who will receive your answer.
Very respectfully.
JOHN AGNEW, JR.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

The most Industrious amender OF the
constitution. in Washington is carpet.
Dag congressman Porter, of Virginia,
wnose tltle to fame is that he procured
tne imprisonment OF the man who
latest proposition is that members of the
House OF Representatives be elected for
four years, instead Of two. AS A. Ward
might have said, this is two too much.
Naples has raised 5000 soldiers to
hunt down seyon brigands, but the bri.
gands are hunting the soldiers.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

COLUMBIA, 8. c.. January Is, 1878.
John AgneD, Jr.-DEAR SIR: Your
note at the hands of Mr.. Shiver is before
me. No such language Was used by me
regarding your bill. What did say
was, that probably large numbers OF
bills brought before Council were nearly,
II not half, frauds. Your bill was not
instanoed as one. I made the motion
that It be psid. what language used
Was IN general sense, and in no wise
particular. Respectfully, yours,
L. OASS CARPENTER.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

The STOKES APPEAL.-It is stated that
the legal profession of New York are
very much exercised oEer the bill OF e1-
oeptions proposed to be filed by the
counsel of Stokes to the rulings of Judge
Boardman, the main point of which
seems to be contained in the judges
charge to the jury, the language OF
which, it ID alleged, was calculated to
discredit the testimony Of Stokes to the
extent that if his testimony came in con-
hict with other testimony it was not, on
account Of his being interested, to be be-
lieved. Itis oontended that, under ahe
statute, the credibility Of witness is not
to be doubted on account of his implica-
tion in the matter at issue. Another
fact favorable to Stokes is that there are
thirty-two judges in the State all Of
equal power, and any one OF whom can
interfere to stop the execution.
YoRKv1nnR MArTERs.-The Enquirer
says: +
Mr.. E. N. Crawford has been ap-
pointed postmaster at McConnellsville,
in this County. instead Of Mr.. Andrew
F. Lindsay, resigned.
On Monday morning last. about 2
O'Clock, small building containing two
rooms, on the premises occupied by Mr..
Stanhope Sadler. and belonging to Mr..
Samuel q. Moore, was discovered to be
on fire. One room contained quantity
OF meat and other family supplies; the
other Quantity of extra furniture, bed
ding. etc. The building and contents
were soon entirely destroyed. The origin
OF the FIRE is unknown. The loss will
probably not exceed $500.
An election was held on Monday last
for an Intendaut and four Wardens for
the town of Yorkvilie, for the present
year. The following is the result: In
tendant-Capt. Thos. s. Jefferys. Ward
eus-. 8. r. Thomson. Joseph Hern-
don, j. n. Fayssoux and B. P. Boyd.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

Mark Twain is in favor of annexing
the Sandwich Islands. He says: "We
must annex those people. We can aflict
them with our wise and benefcent 60.
7srimons. We can introduce tho no.
velty of thieves, all the way up from
street car pick-pockets to municipal
robbers and government defaulters, and
show them how amusing it is to arrest
them and try them and then turn them
loose-some for cash and some for 'po-
litical influence We can make them
ashamed of their simple and primitive
justice. We can do away with their oc-
oasional hangings for murder"
A PRACTICAL V1Ew.-The Richmond
Enquirer thinks the "best way to get
out OF our present embarrassed condition
would be for every farmer to come to a
fixed determination to buy no more
fipery for his daughters on credit, to
make his sons support themselves, to
hire but few laborers on his farm, (no
moro than are necessary in connection
with the family,) to sell all the land that
he cannot conveniently cultivate, and to
get out OF debt ss rapidly as possible"
A young squaw OF the Pluto tribe,
who was too much given to flirting, was
punished by being burned to death by
her friends.
Hair has grown to the length of nine
feet on the head of young lady at
Humboldt, Kansas.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-17

MAIL A1hARRANaRMENTs.- Tho Northern
mail opens $50 a. M. and 800 P. NJ.
closes 8 P. n. and HOO A. NJ. Charles
ton day mail opens 6.15 P. NJ. !; closes 6.
A. A.; night opens 700 A. H.; closes
8. 10 P. NJ. Greenville opens Gas p. NJ. ::
closes 6 Am. Western opens 6.9OA.
NJ. and 1870 P. H.; closes 8 and P. III.
Wilmington opens $50 F. M; closes
1870 A. III. On Sunday the Office is
open from to 4 P, M:
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pncatec, ana not TO De grRsped except
by thorough examination and study. A
business, as the Telegraph well says. in.
volving the employment of capital OF
over $50. 900, 900, Of 10. 900 skilled labor
ers, Of 5000 separate places where it is
transacted, and an annual expenditure OF
over 81. 600, 900. cannot be comprehended
except by long and careful study of
the subject by persons qualified both by
study and experience.
The most patent objection to Mr..
CresweiPs schomois the enormous power
which It's adoption would confer upon
tho General Government, and the prac.
tical espionsge which it would erect and
establish over the affairs of citizens and
States for political purposes. The peo-
pie, in time Of war, or in the event of
disturbance, would be placed Of the
mercy Of the General Government. and
another Seward would only have to
touch the wires, as the late Secretary Of
State rang his little bell, to secure the
speedy incarceration of citizens any
whore in this vast country. The free
dom Of the press would be destroyed;
it's oensureu on the Government could be
effectually stopped, and it could only
live life OF subservienoy to power, and
sof permissivescriticism on anything.
Obnoxious newspapers oonld be easily
wiped out OF existence. or compelled to
change their policy. AS a tool in the
hands Of 4 nnscrupulous partisans, or
superserviceable officials, it would be
perfect. Manipulators of the telegraph,
in their power for evil, would be as
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been postponed.
The Governor has appointed tho fol.
lowing: Warren D. Feagle, of Newberry,
Notary Public; E. P. Stoney and W. W.
Starr, Notaries for Aiken.
The Supreme Court adjourned yester-
day, for this term.
Those who take pleasure in gardening
are beginning to prepare the beds for
early spring salads and other esculents.
The bill providing for the extension of
time for the payment of taxes for the
fiscal year commencing November, 1872,
has been ratified. This bill leaves it in
the discretion of the Governor and At
torney General to extend the time for
payment of taxes in any County, when
collection ia impracticable.
The State Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry adjourned at very late hour
last night, after harmonious session of
two days. Important private business
was transacted.
The Working Man is the title of an
eight-page weekly, which made its ap-
pearanoe, yesterday, under the control
OF Mr.. Tilman r. Gaines, assisted by
Mr.. Edward W. Soreven. The prog
pectus says:
"The Working Nan is not seotarian or
political, but designed as q first class
family and business journal. Surely the
progress.loving and working people OF
South Carolina will not fail to encourage
and be benefited by such paper. The
price is very low, only So. 90 u year. In
clubs of five, $l.75; in clubs of ten,
81 So"
There ore now thirteen papers pub
lished in Columbia.