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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, April IA tremendous
storm of snow and sleet is prevailing
this morning. greatly interfering with
operations generally.
A young man named Frederick
Knapp, nephew Of the wealthiest resi-
dent Of Oak Park, near the city, was
found hanging by the neck from halter
in the stable Saturday. No cause is
known for the suicide. q
Lieutenant Fred Grant has arrived
here to take his position as Lieutenant
Colonel on General Sheridan's staff.
The election Of assessors, collectors
and constables in this city and county
takes place to-day. -
The twenty-flth anniversary of Spirit
ualism was celebrated in Rice Il Jack
sons hall yesterday evening by literary
and festive exercises. About four hun
dred persons were present.
Phillip Munsen and VIM. Bross, two
of the men injured by the falling of
skylight on the Singer bnil1ing yester-
day, are dead, and another is internally
injured.
An official report of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad shows the earnings last
year to have been $6,Gl3, 433; expenses,
$4,467 ,5s5, including $l42, $50 State tax,
leaving the net earnings $2.l45,s47.
The receipts on both passengers and
traffic were less than in 1871.
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FOREIGN.

MADKlD, April lat Barcelona the
are greatly excited in cOnse-
quence Of Csrlist outrages 10 che town
of Bepgsl and adioiniugdistriets IT'S
claimed that the clergy are ip league
with the insurgents, and this has turned
the tide Of public indignation against the
priests aud others IN this ciiy TO such an
alarming extent that their lives are in-
perilled.
Citizens are assembling IN crevds ~
The streets and attacking the churches.
The utmost endeavors Of The authorities
have been exertsd 70 stay the tumuli,
but without success. RIOT and blood
shed is imminent The people are Wild
giih excitement, and threats Of ven
geancs are MADE againsl The parlisi sTm-
psihiEsrs and priests
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ADJUSTMENTS.

o.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-CapitolG a
dramatization Of Mrs. Southworth' s
novel, Hidden Hand, was presented
by the Katie Putnam Comedy Company
.atthe Grand Opera House last night.
The audience, large and fashionable
one, enjoyed the play, and gave vent to
their pleasure in repeated outbursts OF
applause. Miss Katie appeared to ad-
vantage as 3" Capitola,p and was well
supported by the members Of the com;
pany. This evening Capitola will be
repeated. Tomorrow evening an at
tractive bill win be presented-Little
Treasure and Daughter Of the Regi
ment, in both Of which plays Miss Katie
takes the leading roles
MASQUERADE BGLL.Lon Thursday,
April nth, a grand mask and fancy
dress ball, for the benefit of the orphans
of the Church Home, Leath, St. Peters
and Jewish orphan asylums will be held
at the Exposition Building. The COM
mittees Of arrangements, reception,
executive and floor managers are com
posed Of our best known citizens, and in
their hands the affair must Of necessity
be successful. The best of music has
been engaged Tor the occasion, aud apart
from the pleasure to be enjoyed the
good cause ought to be sufficient TO az
tract large concourse of visitors.
OLYMPIC VARIETIEs.-Manager Buch-
arian has the only variety entertainment
in the city, at his Olympic, on Washing
ton street, near the corner Of Main. A
fine troupe of specially artists appear
each evening. The corps consists of
vocal and instrumental performers,
dancers, minstrels, pantomimists, etc.
The stage manager has arranged an
attractive programme for this evenings
entertainment. New stars will be
brought out during the week fa.r..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

10 NuN ANltNl VI Nh' HNaaNff
notice that you are warm advocate
Of the intention Of the commissioners OF
the Chamber OF Commerce 70 the Vienna
Exposition 10 distribute pamphlets, IN
several languages, descriptive OF Mqm'
phis and territory adjacent 10 H. Bot
did Il ever occur TO YOU II ibis be Lawful,
or iftho commissioner would be allowed
10 distribute the pamphletsg | happen
to kn0W that in Germany they would not
be allowed to do 80, aud should they At
tempt, for instance, TO distribute them IN
Strasbnrg, or in any part Of Alsaeo or
Germany, il would not be many hours
before they would be arrested, as Il hap
pcned only about Elk weeks ago 70 an
knglishman whow Imprisoned on bis
arrival al Stettin, on suspicion OF being
an agent to induce people 70 emigrate TO
Montreal, Canada, by means Of the very
Kind of pamphlets which you propose 20
get up for distribution at Vienna. How
ever. whether the same law exists IN
Austria or France am not able 10 say,
but 10 be Of any use in Austria Il would
be Absolutely necessary TO publish these
pamphlets, also, in the Tzechic, Sclavish
aud Hungarian languages. In this con
nection, | may express my conyiction
that the only practical way OF obtaining
immigration IS 10 treat with fairness and
justice those who are here or may come
In the future, as thereby alone they
would induce others 10 follow them.
Had this been done, in regard TO North.
eru as well as foreign immigrants for
the last twenty years, ! assert, without
fear of contradiction, that this State
would have several hundred thousand
more inhabitants and several millions
more wealth than at present II.
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INDIAN Depredaaiona.

LEAyESwoRrH, April l.-Dirsct and
trustworthy advice from the southwest
ern frontier tell of further depredstions
on the lsth of March. Four government
surveyors LETT camp and started down
the river. Not returning that night, their
friends became alarmed and began
search for them. Nine miles out they
struck an Indian trail Of tEenty ponies,
and three miles further fouod the bodies
Of the surveyors buried under the
sand few inches deep. The murdered
men we're David Short and EN- Deming,
Of Arkansas City; c. II. Davis, Of
Cream Ridge, near pAillipolhs, No, and
an Rnglishman named Robert Pool.
Eight hundred Cheyeunes we're in camp
two miles from the surveyors, and the
latter fearing an attack returned to Ar
kansas City.
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ruE POSTAL CAR DIFFICULTY.

lis announced that Postmaster Sen
eral Cresswell. accompanied by Senators
Howe and Cameron, will make tour
South 10 inspect the manner in which
mails are distributed, and the railroad
facilities for accomplishing the same.
This is a matter Of much Importance to
all classes having business % other
correspondence at distance, especial
" with New York. For several years
past the through mails have been DIS
,ributed en- route while the cars were IN
motion. Discontinue the system, and
great trouble and Inconvenience would
be experienced at once. 1t would be
going back ten years.
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Coroner,s Inquest.

Early this morning the body of white
woman was found floating in the Bayou
Gayoso at the head of Main street Cor
oner Caldwell held an inquest which de-
veloped the facts that the deceased was
named Jane Cassel, was about sixty
years of age, was poor and infrm, and
was addicted to drinking. She was seen
near the Ohio depot late last evening.
The jury returned verdict Of acct
dental death from drowning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

THr Senate protest against the iunding
hill which we publish to-day, is an ehee'
tive document, and will doubtless be read
with interest by those who have studied
the funding question and watched its
history for the last two years. For It must
be conceded now, in the light Of recent
events. that the leading bondholders
set about securing the passage of a bill
in their favor sometime ago, and while
the scheme, as it succeeded, is new to
the people, it is the result Of well laid
plans. which even the press did not per-
eeive. A sense Of State pride in the
mind Of the Governor and many others
was taken advantage Of, and the bill was
rushed through. There was, in the outset
an honest difference Of opinion, doubt
less, but in the end there was pride Of
personal opinion, aud the excitement
oulran-good Judgment. The facts in the
case, which we're not generally under
stood, have to be presented now, and
possibly acted upon in the future.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

MURRAY & RIDGELY, merchant tailors,
will remove to the new building now
being erected for them at their old place
about the Is. Of May. For the present
they are at 800 Main street, up stairs,
opposite Peabody Hotel, where they are
receiving, Of their own importation from
London and Paris, the largest and finest
stock Of English and French piece.goods
brought South 1t includes all the nov
elties-eyerythinG kept in Hrst-class es-
Establishments. Our customers and the
public viii find upon examination that
our stock cannot be excelled. 22-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

A very plucky schooltnistress keeps
in Corinth, N. Y. She recently had oc-
casion to reprimand a pupil, when q
brother OF the scholar rushed at her and
took her by the throat. Forthwith she
Knocked him down., Getting mp, he
tried the experiment over again. with a
like result. She then informed this
champion that il he tried it third time
she would kill him, and he, not in the
least doubling that she would keep her
word, concluded to eyacuate the semi
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

AlCleveland. Ohio, paper reports that
lady recently got into a hofse'car in
that city, carrying with her a dimlnaiive
noodle dog. Thr condnotor, IN thensual
polite manner Of those fauchonaries, In.
iimated that IL was against the rules Of
the Company for dogs to enter the cars,
aud that he ninst put hers out. The
lady was. however, equal 20 the occasion,
and drawing revolver from her pocket
pointed il at the man. and threatened 10
Ere Il he dared TO touch her dog The
conductor dropped the subject and re.
tired 10 the back platform, aud the rest
Of the passengers precipliately LETT the
car, but the lady with the pistol and the
dog remained in quiet possession. IL rs
said that the conductor lost his presence
Of mind'so completely that he forgot 70
ask the LADY for her fare. itV 'i %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

The new assessment law, which we
hope soon to publish as amended, pro
Hdes that municipal corporations IN this
State shall not levy tax upon money
capital loaned, or upon money invested
in banking, OF in any species Of manu-
featuring or mining. or upon any other
corporation, exceeding the amount OF
tax levied by the State upon such capl-
tai. If municipal corporations have had
such power previously, we we're not
aware Of the fact. The spirit and gen
eral tenor Of our laws, il not the letter.
always prevented counties and cities
from fixing higher rate of taxation
than that levied and collected by the
State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

JOE LocKr.-At No. 236 Main, near
the corner Of Jefferson street, is the best
looking newsman 10 the city Joe has
the latest daily and weekly newspapers
from all parts Of the world, and all the
weekly pictorials and mAgazines for
April. His collection of American and
European fashion books is complete.
If you want papers, periodicals, novels
or stationery, go to Locke's grand news
depot and hand in your orders. Ieo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01
A Laughing Plant,

A singular vegetable phenomenon has
beer discovered during recent exploFa-
lions 10 Arabia. 1t is called the laugh
ing plant, from the effect which is pro-
duced by the seeds. When they are pull
verized and eaten in small quantities
the person eating them will soon begin
to laugh loudly, then to sing, dance and
do all manner Of absurd things This
lasts for about an hour, after which he
goes to sleep, utterly unconscious OF
what has occurred. 1t has been sug-
gested that this plant might be made a
substitute for alcohol, and that it would
have the advantage of being cheaper,
until the Government should see the
trick and commence to tax it. But il is
scarcely probable that the Arabian plant
could in fact be made popular in that
capacity, for it does not appear that it
inspires the person who partakes of it
with a dosiFa 70 whip bis wife, murder
his mother, or to indulge in many singn-
lar acts which the alcohol Of the period
moves one to perpstrste.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

THE report Of the Grand Jury oecu-
pies large space in our columns to-day
TO the exclusion Of other prepared mat
ter. It will be read with unusual in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

In the next House Of Representatives
there win be four Smiths, one each from
New York. Virginia, Ohio and North
Carolina; four Wilson's, rom Maryland,
Iowa, Oregon and lndianai three VIII
liamses, from Wisconsin, Massachusetts,
and Indiana, three Clarke, from New
Jersey Missouri, and New York. three
Harrises. from Massachusetts,, Georgia
and virginia; two Cobbs, one from North
Carolina and one from kanans; two
Parkers, one from New Hampshire and
one from Missouri, and there are eight
brothers. Ebenezer and Georgof n. Honr,
come from Massachusetts,, aud there are
enough other points in the roster TO
make considerable annoyance IN the
transaction fof public business ID the
House. Washingfoa Correspondence
on BqlfimOre Gazette.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

The beautiful monthly magazine, the
Bow Bells, for March, is to be found
at r. J. Walker news depot, le5 Beal
street. This is one of the finest maya
ziues placed on our table. Call and
for the new volume a'l ~
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NOTI CE!.
N o TOE ,
COAL.
BLACK DIAMONDs.

WAIT 4 LEWIS are the O-nly Co al
Dealers IN the city who are sellIB. 2
Ne. 1 Pittsburg Coal at as cents per
barrel delivered; and II spreferre q,
will weigh on City scales. il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

A few days since the Mormon temple
in Kirkland, near PaiRsyiIle, D., Esss5li
to Joseph Smith, the leader Of the anu
polygamy Mormons, who nov have their
headquarters at Plano. III. The sale Of
he old building has made considerable
sSciielle7t in Kirkland, as II is generally
supposed that TIE branch Of the Mormon
people Who are nov settled in Illinois
mean 70 reiarn 10 her early settlement.
Colonies Of these anl-polygamy. or
"Josephite," Latter bay Siirfs nov erisf
in all paris Of the northwest"
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WASHINGTON.

WAsmXGroS, April 1.-The public
debt statement, issued to-day, shows a
decrease in debt for March Of $l,644,-
0rg OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

WHEATON & Co., The Hatters, 279
Main street, sign of the tiger are now
receiving q very fine assortment of
spring style hats for gents, youths and
hovs. e. 70
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WELLS.
BORED WELLS.

~. I am prepared 10 furnifh an TIerr0ne With
bored Wells. The wells are ruarauteed 10 be
Ne cheagest most durable and convenient
known I vii EiVo q full supply Of water for
any parpoie, o. No pay asFed. HA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01


The following is one Of a ssfiss Of
resolutions recently passed by farm
ers GLIB in Illinois: That in view Of
the fact that the cost Of sewing machines
ia from i've 70 seven collars, OF, with
table and az complete, from ten to
thirty dollars, while they are sold a,
from sixty to one hundred and twenty
FIVE dollars, we are often reminded Of
the fact that We pay enormous profits to
manufacturers sgd middle-men. Now.
therefore, resolved, fhat We Eill use old
mowers, reapers and plows; wear our
old hats, ooets, pants aud honnets, and
paddle our own canoe generally, until
we can purchase at prices somewhat cor.
responding to the prices we get for our
produce and labor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

o HARPER, Galaxy, Atlantic and other
magazines for April have been received
by Mansford, corner of Second and
Monroe streets. Also another lot of
George Eliot's tMiddlemarch "-cheap
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He guarantees a ct in all cases.

MR- WILEHsoS, the clever and enter
prising nevsdsaler at IN Main street,
has a fall supply Of Northern and East
ern dailies ard weeklies Of latest date,
and has also received in addition to all
the popular periodicals. Of The day full
me Of stationery Of the Guest quality
and lstasi style, inelud.ng a variety Of
initial note and letter paper aud en-
velopes that cannot bat please any per
son Of taste in such matters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

FURxIrURE repaired, varnisbed and
reupholstered by Martin Eyke, 81 Madi-
son street. 30
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NOTICE.


rVHE MEM, us WATER COMPANY AR &
ready to supply consumers steadily with water
from LIST of April. All parties who have con-
nections with t he main pipe will please call at
this office and pay clearwater rate and have
the water turned on.
,aftu w. L. CAMERON, Secretary.
OFFICE, No. II West Court street. 26-S7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

SnlrrISG TAGS printed Just at New
York prices at the PUBLIC LEDGER
office. he9las lsnW' q mlai 4ST
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

Gentlemen wishing to get nice suit
Of clothes for the coming spring season
would do best 10 examine the new and
beautiful stock Of spring goods just re-
ceived by yu
"A. N. GOODMAN. a
I0O Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

You don't have TO take large doses Of
Kress Fever Tonic. T. eP7tsins mofe
curative yirise ttan any other ague ned'
ieine Grswoli 8 Go. haye il a ther
drug store, lsf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-01

Z AwNISGalmade to order by Martin
Eyke, 81 Madison street. ~. 30
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-01
State Finances.

Several propositions as TO ascentaininc
the amount aud validity of tho State
debt are before the Legislature. Mr.
Cochran has introduced bill which
provides fo: commission to consist Of
the Governor, Comptroller General,
Treasurer, Attorney General and the
President of the Senate, aud Speaker of
the House. Five thousand dollars ara
appropriated to tho purpose, and pen
ally is affixed to socure full report to
the Legislature at its aext session. Mt.
Crittenden, of Greenville, has introduced
a joint resolution requiring the Com;
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-01

OF ally other known grain or grass That
oat straw is of great value ha, long, been
proved and allowed to be of nearly equal
value to hay when cut green adding
to its grain say Fifty bushels to the acre.
would give nearly "a ton E. the best of
feed on which not only 9oes young stock
grow thrifty and large, and the condi,
tion of work horses improve, but with
bran or meal it is one of the very best
things to feed to COWS Tor milk or butter.
The only feed found superior TO oats
was clover, cut in first bloom and we'll
cured, with four ears Of corn and four
quarts Of bran once day. On this a
fine supply of butter may be looked for
aud COW to do her very best. 1t may
also be said in favor OF oats that thew
are easy to grow, nice to handle, anil
the most wholesome and nutritious food
for stock, poultry and hogs included
are early harvested, and the land left in
good condition for clover, which should
follow Colonial Farmer.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-01

OF being written up by the reporters. 1t
will be observed that large proportion
of tho distinguished murdcrers werc
actuated in their crime by the motive of
revenge. Stokes, Scanned, King and
Simmons evidently contemplated killing
their victims for some time previous
Scanned was on the track of Donohue
for two years. King arranged his
tragedy with great deiberation before
hand on the model of the Stokes Fisk
affair. Foster and Sharkey were drunk
when they committed murder, but they
belong to the order Of ruifiaus which
ought to be taught that life must be
held sacred. The only one of ths above
batch for whom any sympathy is ex
ousable is Bleakley. There are some
slight extenuating circumstances in his
case.
Two more murders hsvo recently been
added to the black list.
On Monday last young newspaper
compositor named Magruder. deliberately
and in exquisite sang .fi,oid shot and
murdered fellow craftsman for "satis
faction" The victim is Mr.. Clarence
Lockwood, a native of spartanbury, in
this State.
And the last murder was equally
deliberate and cause less. A bill poster
named Nixon, killed an express driver.
because their vehicles became entanyled
in the crowd in Chatham street.
1t is time, high time that that the
flow of blood should stop.
Some one has proposed that the whole
batch Of murderers, now lying in tho
Tombs, should be executed, all to .ether
and thus afford spectacular lesson,
which would teach the people tho sa-
oredness of human life, and afford
memorable and awful warning for the
future.
And truly it seems that the offended
and outraged majesty of the law, should
be thus suumarily vindlcatcd.
lnsulted Justice demands the :,.cca.
tomb sacrifice.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-01

An act to require county conmiss.
toner's to give bond before entering on
their duties.
An act to amend the act charterin
cersain towns and villages.
joint resolution authorizing and re-
quiring the State Treasurer to pay and
cancel the notes and certificates issued
in payment for furnishing the hall of
the House cf Representatives, &c.
Joint resolution to ratify the amend
ment to the constitution relating to the
increase of the State debt.
An act to change the name of Henry
Hash to Henry Hash Silver.
An act to make appropriation for the
payment of the balance of salary of the
members, &c.
An act to allow Wm. II. Wynn to
chanS Ills name.
An act to require the State and county
officers elected 5y the people to qualify
within thirty days after receiving
official notification thereof.
An act TO extend the time for officers
toqualify.
An act to repeal sections 5, and 7
Of chapter SO of the General Statues.
The committee to which was relerre d
the 'bil to regulate the deposit of State
county and othe. funds" reports fayora.
bly, thereon.
Section 2 of the bill provides "that it
shall be the duty ofthc judges of probate,
the shcritfs and clerks Of court of the
respective counties OF this State, to de-
post all money now held, or hereafter
received by them, in the bank or banks
which shall be designated by State
board consisting of the Governor, comp
t'oIIcr general, attorney general, State
Surer and the judge of the circuit
'ch moneys may he held, aud it shall
further be their duty to publish weekly
in Il newspaper to be designated by the
Said board u daily, certified statement of
all moneys received or paid out by them
durlns the previous week, showing from
whom received and to whom paid out,
or II not paid out, where the same hax
deen deposited, Provided, that no court
or county iunds shall be deposited in auy
bank outside Of tise county iu which
they may arise if there b. within such
county OF hereafter established, State
or national bank, or brunch of either
which shall have complied With the pro-
visions ot' this act"