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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-31
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE CITY.
me MSHea sasisfaelory rest fhe
macnlnerv. Pipes aud Hydrents
IN rorfeci order.

rhe Memphia water-works Compn.
nv Mnks n Sntiafacaory rest rue
Maohlnesy. ripes and hydrsn"
IN rerfect order.
In accordance with an order from the
MAYOR the Gre test Of the WateF'works
was made on Saturday under the super
vision Of numerous commi1ees APP
pointed for that purpose. The Holly
system. which is in use ia Memphis, may
be explained in brief as follows; BY
the aid Of force aud lifting pumps,
worked by powerful machinery, the wa
ter can be brought from a great depth TO
the surface, aud from there discharged
INTO n reservoir or directly into the sup
ply pipes. The old process Of erecting
costly dams aud long lines Of aqueducts
is thereby obviated. while the water, be-
ing taken from the bottom Of the river,
is not subject to the extraneons sub
stances which are mixed with the water
on the surface.
The Memphis Water-worksare located
on Wolf river, and consist Of powerful
engines, capable of working eight giant
force aud liit pumps that bring the
water from the bed of Wolf river These
pumps are in an immense wellI which
connects with the fltering well beneath
Wolf river by means Of tunnel. There
are also other engines and machinery,
aud reservoir helding five million gal
Ions Of water for fire purposes.
The Memphis Water Company was or
gained in February, 1872, by act Of the
Legislature, and its present stockholders
are Messrs. John Cubbius, John 8 Tool,
B. C. Brown, +. P. Mahan, o. p Lyles,
Charles j. Phillips, f. NJ. Moiiatt and
the City of Memphis. The,ofiieers of the
company are: President, John Cubbins;
Secretary, W. l.. Cameron; Treasurer,
Charles J. Phillips; Financial Agent, F.
?. Mahan; Attorney, o. P. Lyles.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-31
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
Assessors Notice
- TO -
DELIkQUENTS.
MAYoR's OFFICE. CRY HALL.
.........., Vf.,...r Marak O7fb 1872


A GREAT MANY PERSONS II A We
"A failed TO make returns and some have
mo dc only partial returns to the City Assessors
Of the taxable property owned or controlledb by
tnem. In such cases it is the duty of the AS
their power, all taxable property of such per-
sons and its value. The Assessors have reason
TO believe that many persons having money or
capital liable to taxation have not reported
the same, under the impression that they ere
not required to do so.
Now we give notice that we will turn over to
the Mayor, on
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NOTICE
NOTICE!

THE MEMPHIS WATER COMPANY ARE
ready to supply consumers steadily with water
from let Of April. An parties who have con-
nections with the main pipe will please call at
this Office and pay their water rate and have
the water turned On.
WI. CAMERON. Secretary.
OFFIoE. No. Il West Court street. 25-sl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-31

MILLERs Cut OFF" saloon, in rear
Of German National Bank, is the place.
DC
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PRIVILEGES.
Privileges for Orphans Ball.

DARTIEs DESIRING TO BID FOR BAR
i or Refreshment Privileges OF the
Orphans Ball, April 18TH,
at the Exposition. can leaye the same at JOS.
SPECHT'S. until the 10th inst. The Commit
tee reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
26-4l j. A. HAYES, JB., Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-31

Gentlemen wishing to get a nice sait
Of clothes for the coming spring season
would do best to examine the new aud
beautiful stock Of spriSg goods just re-
ceived by
A. n. GOODMAN,
100 Main street.
he guarantees a 81 in eli eases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-31
Executive Committee :
Floor Managers I:
TICKETS,

Which can be procured of any Of the Commit
tee and ut the principal stores.
Rules and regulations will be published
hereafter. 26-t
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GRATED and illuminated.
az The names OF the various Com
miGtees are a guarantee tnaif
will he the event OF
the season.
az Railroads have beeu requested
90 issue haif-fare tickets.

M strict order and decOsum viii
be enforced.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02

.JouS CARRoLLs WIDows--ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DIsPUTE.-A singular
case came up on Saturday i'll the Kings
County Supreme Court. Two women claim
to be the widows of one man, whose csl1tc,
amounting to nearly one hundred thousand
dollars, they are now quarrelIiug over. Ac-
cording to one side OF the story, John Car
roll married young lady in Manchester,
England, and they had four children; then
he disappeared from England, came to this
country, and married another woman, with
whom he lived, at the corner Of Myrtl ave-
nue. and DUttield street, for number OF
years. His first wife learning of his where
abouts came here in October, 1872, for the
purpose Of asserting her rights as his lawful
wife. Carroll became alarmed and returned
to England, leaving the women to settle the
matter. 1t was then announced that Carroll
had died, and both women set up claim for
his property. Tie court reserved its decl'
sion.-Ne,v York Post.
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connection with, nor Is 1t conducted in the
interest Of, any religious denomination what
ever. This University is founded and adj.
mini>tered upon che broad basis Of mi evan
gelical Christianity. It's peculiar function is
TO mpart Il high and catholic scholarship in
literature and science. 1t aims to do this
consistently with the principles of true re-
ligion bat it neither teaches nor proscribes
the religious doctrines Of any sect of Chris.
tlans. There is nothing in its charter, its
constitution, or its teachings that belongs to
sect irialiSm, or that gives to any denomina.
ton any preponderance. or influence in the
University to the exclusion or injury of any
other. In support of these declarations the
trustees can appeal to the history of their
action, and Of the University ITSELF"
Mr.. Tucker said, in conclusion, that the
two brightest names in American history,
and those dearest TO southern hearts ut least,
were those Of Washington and Lee; and
that these two men, in the ordering OF Fro
violence, had united their efforts across the
long intervening years In the building up OF
this institution. That Washington, in its In
fancy, had richly endowed it; and that our
fathers, in their gratitude, had called 1t by
his name That General Lee had devoted
the five last years of his heart-broken LIE In
unrcmitting toll and anxiety to the enlarge.
ment and development of this institution
into great univcrsity-a university Tor the
whole Southland that he meckiy bowed
his head TO the stroke of death at last, cheer
ed by the belief that, in this effort for his
people at least, he had succeeded. The trIs-
tees of the institution, to commemorate his
virtues, to commemorate the last desire or
his life, bad sailed this university, which he
had created, by his name.
lie said that he could but observe with in
dignant shame that there were persons, he
believed they were few, who begrudged the
name OF Washington and Lee University, and
Intentionally spoke instead OF Washington
College, Lexington College, or even the Lex
iucton school. They did not begrudge it to
the living, but to the Cead. They refused to
General Lee the honor that the trustees and
The Legislature of Virginia have sought to
do him, in linking his name with that OF
Washington in the appclation Of 4 great in
stitulou OF learning; and refuse to call by
its chartered name of University, the in>titu-
ton which his laborS made university, ana
which has been recognized to be SO by the
Leg stature of his native State.
The address was received with profound
attention.
The number Of students i'll the academic
departments of the University is hardly up
to that Of last year at the present date. ms
is aScribed TO the falling off from The States
of Louisiana and Texas, owing 10 the vel.
luw-tcyer quarantine, which, it is hoped, will
he but temporary.
The law school of the University. under
the charge OF Hon. John Randolph Tucker,
has largely increased in numbers. IL con-
taius students from the States OF Indiana,
PENNSYLVANIA, and New Iork--the repre-
sentative from New York being the son OF
Hon. Roger A. Pryor. OBSERVER.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02

This is sufficient evidence of the stability Of
our merchants. They have held their posi-
ton with main force and determination, and
ills well that they were in such q prosper
Gus state and SO we'll prepared for the
storm. The season has been prosper
GUS one, and the general impression
was that the crisis came upon them
at the time when they were fully prepared
to meet it. All that is now needed is more
leniency on the part Of the banks. They
have been too severe on the merchants, and
now that they are in position to extend
that did to the mercantile men which is SO
necessary for the extension OF their business,
they surely should extend them the facilities
which they absolutely require. This will
open the market for foreign exchange and
set the wheels in motion, and entire conf
dence will soon be restored.
The depreciation in value Is something
which will require time to recover. All the
produce and cotton merchants have probably
lost some money, but they have held out,
and can recover after time, If everything
goes on as favorably as it did on Friday and
There were negotiations of ex-
change, but at ruinons rates. Still 1t aided
shippers wonderfully, and during the coming
week it is anticipated that The block Will be
entirely remoyed.-D Daily Bulletin.
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EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENTS At SING
SING PRIsoS-DIscoyERY or A WHIsKEf.
STILL IN FULL UPERATIoS.-A singular dis
coyery, illustrative of the extraordinary fer
tility of convict ingenuity, has just been
made at Sing-Sing prison, being no less sur.
prising than the finding OF whiskey.stiil,
which had evidently been in operation tor
months, to the pecuniary advantage Of one
convict ut least. For some time past con-
yicts have occasionally been noticed to be
under the influence of strong drink, but all
efforts on the part OF the officials failed to
elicit from them where the liquor had been
obtained. A couple of nights ago, however,
an incident transpired which ultimately led
the prison authorities to the fountain of con-
Wet bliss.
4 night-guard. while noiselessly pacing one
of The galleries, when all the Jall-Drds were
supposed to be slumbering, had his atten-
ton attracted to cell occupied solely oy q
character known in the prison as irish
Tom" This individual appeared to 5e ralH-
ing in q conversational sort OF way TO some
person near him, whom he alternately chlded
and caressed, using such terms OF endear-
mept Us a man, under circumstances Oh
conyivial nature, might address to bosom
friend or bencfactor. On opening Toms
cell the guard found him in glorious state
of intoyication, giving some atiectlonate
advice to black bottle, the contents
of which had almost evaporated through
his dexterous manipulation. Next morning
on being told, under penalty of severe pun
isbment. that he must say where, he pro-
cured the LIQUOR, Tom at first hesitated, but
tilally said that he had obtained it from an
other convict named John Short, VINO was
working in one OF the marble quarrles.
Without informing Short, q search OF the
quarry was Immediately instituted, where, ID
a secluded corner, sheltered by few rough
boards. was found one of the most remark
able contrivances on record for the manu-
facture of whiskey. A couple Of the prison
tubs, holding perhaps twelve or fifteen gal
Ions each, contained the mash, which was
composed of potatoes, scrans OF bread, a
sprinking Of tomatoes, with some corn and
coarse meal collected in the prison stables.
An iron kettle answered the purpose Of
still. while sec ion Of half-inch gas-plpe,
artistically bent, formed the World. thus conf
pletipg an apparatus which, it is understood,
was capable OF producing about five gnllons
of homespun spirits daily. This frightful
liquor Short, who constructed and owned
the still. retailed to his leilow.convicts IN
sarsaparilla bottles at the moderate price OF
81 each. Before Short had received nottn-
cation of the seizure of his distillery ne was
made to undergo search, when, concealed
on his person, wus found belt containing
over 5000, being the proceeds OF sales lrom
his Illicit business.
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FarmyilIe.
BUSINESS sTAGSATIoN-Co CONSERVATIVE CANVASS
ING--ToBACCo.


IEG--ToBACCo.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the Richmond Dispatch.1
FARMv1LLE, VA, October /, 1873.
Bank suspensions here and abroad have 10
some extent paralyz ed business in our usually
active mart, but all heads are yet above
water, and, it is believed, will keep so.
Confidence and currency will soon reestablist
vigorous and healthy trade.
Conservative canvassing is in no way sus-
pended. On Monday night Conservative
club was enthusiastically organized in our
corporation and township, when able and
effective speeches were made, and measures
set on foot which will, we are contidept,
disappoint MIR. Hughes in his vain aDd:hn-
potent boast that Southside Virginia would
elect him.
Enthusiasm already tingles in the finger
tips of every Conservative voter, and all are
eager to have our gallant standard-bearcr
visit US.
An inspection Of the figures Of tobacco
sales in Farmvile for the year ending yes
terday indicates an increase of sales of loose
tobacco, despite the host of squalter Ware
houses which had brief existence on every
side of us last winter. Considerably more
than 100000 pounds passed through our
two warehouses.
The present crop, which is being rapidly
harvested, will prove by all odds the largest
and best raised since the war.
Allen and Robertson are having lively
fight over that senatorial bone. Each has his
own nominating convention. " When thieves
fall out" &c. You know the rest.
PnHERISE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02

WHAT VIRGINIA Is DONG FOR EDUCATIoN.
Professor JONES, of Washington and Lee
University, writes to the Hanover y. H.
AnriL:
That you may see that the " old educated
classes in the South do not deem educa-
ton "of little importance" let me ask your
attention to my own State Of Nirglnla-a
State in which the Government, anu hence
also the school administration, Is fully lp the
haads of these old educated classes. In;hIS
State, under 4 system of public instruction
organized during the few years since the
war, ] find from the school report of 1872 an
nggl cgate or 3,G95 public schOos-an in
crease of G4S since the preceding year; with
an actual enrolment OF 1GG,371 puplis-an
increase of 1929. and an average full at
tendance OF 95.4SS-an increase OF 1906
since the preceding year. Besides, lind
| 30. 49T pupils reported as attending private
| schools, Il number which. from want OF fnil
| information, is doubtless far below the actual
| fact.
In the same report find in Virginia lSI
private high schools or academies. with i,Iol
pupils, "a large portion of whom will short
| ly enter college, In collegiate education,
| for herself and her sister States of the South,
| Virginia is scarcely second to any State in
the Union. In her colleges and universities
Istind 1913 students, and in her technical,
professional, and normal schools, Soo-a to-
| tai of 1906 in attendance upon different
schools of the highest grade.
| Such are some of the statistics to befound
| in the admirable report of Superintendent
Rufner, and if other endorsement IS need
| ed let me refer you to the reports OF Gen
| eral Eaton, United States Commissioner OF
Education, and of Rev. Barnard Sears, D. d.,
commissioner of the Peabody tund-both OIL
whom refer to the school work in Virginia
| in terms of highest praise. This is what
the sold educated classes that control Fir-
| ginia have done and are doing for education.
| All this has been done in State blasted
almost ruined-by the war; and the exhibit
here made represents an amount OF personal
and public sacrifice, for the sake of educa'
| ton, of which our fellow-citizens at the
North have scarcely any conception. at the
North education, though necessity, is, in
sense, a luxury; that is, it is supported
mainly out of the Superiority of abundant
wealth. Here it is sustained by people
who have been for the most purt reduced
TO poverty, and mlny Of whom feel the schoo
taxes as an actual deduction from their
means of living. Your colleges are endowed
| with hundreds OF thousands Of dollars by
men who might almost give millions; ours
gather their scanty contributions in tens ano
hundreds from those who most often deny
| themselves to do this much.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02

NATIONAL FARMERS CONVENTIONAL call
has been issued by the Central Committee oil
the State Farmers Association Of Illinois for
a national convention Of farmers, to be held
at Chicago on the 22d of October. An lnVl.
tation has been extended to all agricultural
associations, open and secret, asking them to
send delegates identified with their interests.
The object is to perfect an organization OF
the industrial classes who suffer By the pre-
yaliug ovcrchurgcs in transportation. In
other words, the agricuturisls intend to
combine against monopoly, and fight 1t out
all along the line. The producing interests
are to be protected at all hazards, and the
leaders in the movement think that this is
the time to begin, and that they have strength
enough TO maintain their cause. In The
present crippled state of railroad finances
there is prospect Of Il bitter and uncertain
fight through the Observation-Disclosures
american.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02

/. HosoRs TO THE Son OF A FORMER FIEGf-
sIAs.-ILynchburg Repablfcaa.]-In let
ter from General II. E., Colston, one OF the
American officers In charge Of the expedition
about to start from Cairo, Egypt, to explore
the upper region of the Nile,the following
in reference to the excellence OF american
talent. as exemplited by Baltimore physi-
clan, fthe son of the late DR.. Warren, of this
city, may be noted. About month since
the Pasha of Egypt was taken violently III
with an attack of strangulated hernia, ana
his life despaired of by the native physicians.
When all hope was given over, with much
hesitation the officers of the palace allowed
Er. E. Warren, of Baltimore, who is con-
nected with the expedition, to take charge OF
the sinking magnate. In weeks time the
Pasha recovered, ind amidst great ceremony
DR.. Warren was decorated with an insignia
of merit, and the triumph of American med
icaI skill established.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02
Tho Crisis and the COLLEGES.

From the New Orh W orlu, Scpiehipei Owl
However transient the effects Of the re-
cent panic upon the financial interests of the
country may prove to be, It's effects upon
other interests promise to be much more
lasting. Already thousands of men have
been discharged from industries engaged IN
supplying cars and locomotives to the rail-
roads: and while the laborcrs thus dis
charged have before them gloomy pros
pect of cold and hunger for the coming
winter, the industries thus suddenly checked
NAV be a long time in regaining the lost
prosperity. There are also premonltions OF
trouble in the iron-rolling and in the woollen
industries;, and if the trouble in Wall
street continues to react in this way upon
the several departments of the general
economy, the ground.swell from the panic
may cause more real, albeit less exciting,
disaster than the storm itself. Coming as 1t
does at the season Immediately preceding the
opening of the colleges, the financial trouble
is not unlikely to diminish the prosperity
and the usefulness of those institutions
during the next academic year; for the cost
of supporting youth at college, though not
necessarily great, is sufficient to be an i'm
portant element in the annual expenditure
Of families in moderate circumstances, and
in the majority of cases difference of few
hundred dollars in the income Of families
decides the question whether the sons shall
90 to college; and the present stagnation in
business must unavoidable deprive many
parents of the means which they would
otherwise have had for giving their sons a
liberal education. The youth who goes to
college often requires, or thinks that he re-
ouires, better wardrobe than was necessary
in his village or country home. He must also
have money for books, for travelling eX-
penses, and for making the Usual advance de-
posit on account OF board. tuition, etc. The
pinch of the expense comes in the month OF
September, before he leaves home, and it Is
inst at this period that money Is every where
hard to get. The merchants are unable
readily to collect their debts, professional
men must wait for their fees, and the dead
lock in the negotiation of foreign exchanges
makes it impossible for the farmers 10 reai!ze
on their crops. Hence many people VINO
suffer no ultimate loss by the financial Crisis
will be embarrassed to provide Tue means
for sending their children to college anu 10
other educational institutions. 10 obvmte
this difficulty as far as may be these lnstltu-
tions should offer every accommodation IN
their power to embarrassed parents VINO de-
sire TO educate their children. The high
Standing of the University of Virginia may
cause the example which it has given In
this direction to be adopted by other instl'
tutions. This university has just made
arrangements for giving credit to all stu
dents who are temporarily embarrassed by
the present stringency of money; and other
institutions would not only advance the in
terests of education, but would also pro-
mote their own interests by adopting the
same policy.
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StauntOn.
THE DEATH OF COLONEL JOHN B. BALDWIN
GLOOM IN THE CITY-HIS LAST HOURS.

THE DEATH OF COLONEL JOHN B. BALDWIN
GLOOM IN THE C1TY-H1s LAST HOURS.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispaich.l
,5t STAUNToN, October 1, 1873.
Our community is Borrowing this morning
over the death of Colonel John Briscoe Bald
win. He died last night about half-past 8
O'Clock. 1t had been feared for some time
that this last illness would prove fatal, yet
the shock is none the less great that 1t was
anticipated 1t was known yesterday that
his life depended upon the success Of an
operation to be performed by DR.. Gouley, OF
New York, and our whole community anxi-
o,,sly yet tearfully awaited the result. Aud
general feeling Of relief prevailed the breasts
of all when it was announced that he had
stood the operation successfully and hopes
were entertained of his recovery. But
suffering as he was from intense pain
II was impossible to keep him quiet, which
was so essential to the success of the opera
ton. Soon after O'Clock p. NJ. he arose
from his bed and was seized with fainting
spell, from which he never recovered. He
died very calmly and peacefully, and with
out suffering, ut half-past s O'Clock. Though
not wholly unexpected, the death OF Colonel
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-02

DELEGATES FROM VIRGINIA TO THE WEST
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR.-[Charle>ton, w. Va,
Courier -General Peyton Wise, Colonei
John Booker, and Jesse Hutchinson, Es4.,
were appointed by tue Virginia state fair
to visit the Cincinnati Exposition and our
Fair. MIR. Hutcheson, of this delegation,
arrived yesterday, and the other gentlemen
are en- route for this place. They VIII re.
main with us during the week. The bond
of community OF interest between the mother
State aud her daughter, West Virginia, cln
be cemented in no manner SO well and endu-
ringly us by these State exhibitions each T.
tended by the citizens of the other State.