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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-09

LTVERP0OL. April ., IZ:5O psm. > UOttOn
opens quiet. UDlands. sgd; orleans. $40
o16d.
3p.m.-Cotton is quiet. Uplands. slsd;. Or
leans. S1<963Sd. Sales, Il. 900 bales. Of which
1000 were for export and speculation.
NEW 0RLEANs. April 9. 1880 am. - Cot
ton Il ouiet and steady. Middling, 1870;
sales. 100 bales; receipts. 400 bales.
NoRFoLK. April 9.-Cotton receipts to-day.
1919 bales.
MOBILE, April 9. - The cotton market is
dull. Middling. 16c; receipts. 500 bales.
CHARLESTON. April 9.-The cotton market
is quiet. Middling, Ice; receipts, 579 bales.
GALVESTON, April 9.-COtt0n Is quiet.
Middling, 1890; receipts. $40 bales.
SAVANNAH, April 9.-CotiOn is quiet. Mid
ding. 1870; receipts, $50 bales.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.

BOATS LEAVING IU-DAls
Cincinnati, Andy Baum....................-. p. II
St. Louis, City Of Chester pm
Arkansas river, h. W. Dugan......-.....5 p II
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Glencoe, New Orleans.
" John Kyle, st. Louis.
City of Chester, st Louis.
+" Ben Franklin, Cincinnati.
" Frank Forest, Osceola.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Glencoe, ST. Louis.
John Kyle, New Orleans.
Phil Allin, Friar's Point.
BOATS IN PORT.
R.W. Dugan, Mary Boyd. Andy Baum
Ben Franklin, Quickstep, City of Ches
ter, Frank Forest.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather damp, with steady rain.
The river here declined four inches yes
terday. At St. Louis the river is falling.
At Cairo the river rose two inches yes.
terday, the rise being out of the Cum
berland. The Ohio is rising at Pitts
burg, but falling from Cincinnati to
Evansville. Cumberland river is still
rising. White river is rising slowly at
head waters. Arkansas river is falling
at Little Rock, with ten feet FIVE inches
in the channel. There is little or no
business doing on the landing, owing to
the hard rains.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t has been raining steadily for thirty
six hours.
The heavy rains of the past few days
extend along all the water courses
throughout the Northwest.
The decline at Cairo is six and half
feet altogether.
The landing was deserted this morn
ing on account of the rain.
The Glencoe passed up last evening
for St. Louis with light trip.
The John Kyle passed down last even
ing well laden. She put off here 65
bales cotton and 65S sacks corn, and
added So bales cotton, and got away for
New Orleans at dusk.
The Phil Allin, out last night, had a
moderate trip.
The Ben franklin, Captain William
came in last evening from Gin
cinnati with $50 tons of freight, and
leaves on Saturday with return. trip
for the Ohio river.
The Frank Forest, Captain o. X. Jop-
lin, arrived from the upper coast with a
fair list of cotton and seed. She leaves
to morrow evening with a return trip for
0sceola and all way landings on the
upper coast. j. w. Rhodesis her polite
and accommodating purser.
The Warner and barges left Cairo last
evening for New Orleans.
The Pat Rogers for Memphis left
Louisville yesterday.
The Clarksville from Memphis arrived
at Little Rock yesterday.
There have been heavy rains at Little
Rock for forty -eight hours, and all the
small streams are full.
The Exporter for Cincinnati, and
Yaeger for St. Louis, passed Vicksburg
yesterday.
The Grand Tower Cor Memphis, and
St. Genevieve for Vicksburg, left st.
Louis last evening.
The City Of Chester, Captain zeigler,
arrived this morning from st. Louis with
500 tons Of freight. She is the regular
Anchor Line packet leaving this evening
for Cairo aud St. Louis. Mr. Quensell
ioes the honors Of the Office.
Eugene Handlon and NJ. Purcell are
pilots on the Warner.
Owing to the Indictment weather yes
.erday the r. W. DugaB was unable to
ill her engagements. and in consequence
aid ever.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

PUBLIC LEDGER 0yFIcE,
Mn,rnuIa Tenn Anril O lA1A.

MEMPHIS. TENN. April 9. lS74.|
The money market this morning was quiet
and devoid of interest, the rainy weather re-
tarding all kinds of business hence there was
little stir on Madison street. Money con-
tinues to rule easy. with currency in COED
supply. The discount market is steady. First
class paper offering at the banks is taken at
IO@l2 v cent. v annum; on the streets money
is plentiful at 116@2 o cent, y month. Ex-
change is nominal at the following rates: On
New York par buying and selling at No pre-
MUM, Boston and Eastern points at par. and
ON New Orleans at &c discount. Brokers are
paying 1l2@ll2h for gold. with little offering.
City bonds and ex-coupons are firm and
steady. with light transactions. Nicolson
pavement scrip is in demand and held at $50
Coo. County and State warrants remain quiet
and steady. There is some inquiry for Alcorn
scrip at 75esOc. Railroad stocks and bonds
remain dull and nominal with no transact
fions worthy of nOtice.
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The market this morning opened dull at
yesterdays quotations. Liverpool was re-
ported quiet; uplands. SD; Orleans. Sl5@
sgd New York was reported dull; middling.
171sc. Futures steady. There was nothing
doing, owing to the heavy rains. which de-
ferred operations and the handling Of cotton.
At the closing of our report the market was
quiet, with quotations unchanged.
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r. I. ELLETT. Attorney.
March 3, 1874. std
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saturday, the 1lth day Of April next,

between legal hours, all the following
described property situated in the said
county Of Crockett. and State aforesaid, to-
wit; One town lot in the town of Gadsden.
beginning at black oak. Hugh Rains north
west corner THAT was), thence west forty-nine
poles to a double black oak, thence south AZ
teen degrees, east one hundred and eighty
feet 10 a stake, thence east fOrty-six poles 10 a
stake on said Rains west boundary. thence
north one hundred and eighty TO the begin
ming. containing 81 acres; the same being.
at the date Of said deed. the said W. b. Rich
ardsen's homestead. bought Of John b. Boy
kin. Nov. 5, $50. Also in same town four other
lets. viz: No. g on the west side Of Quincy
street, size 50xl25 feet lot No. 80 on Quincy
street. size Slxl25 feet, adjoins w. II. Soils
lot; lot No. 80 on Quincy street, size 3Oxi25
feet, adjoins W. II. Soils lot; lot No. 79 on
Poplar, corner Of the street. begins az a stake.
runs north fifteen poles, thence east ten poles
thence south twenty-four poles, thence west
fifteen poles, to the beginning. The said last
four lots were bought by w. b. Richardson
AZ sale made By a decree Of the Circuit
Court 10 1866 OF 1871, sold for a division Of the
estate Of John b. Boykin. deceased. Rirht
Of redemption waived. sale made for benefit
OF assignee Of said note. The undersigned
convey only as trustees.
]. W. DICKINSON.
H. q
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ID made BY w. b. Richardson and wife.
dated May II, 1872. to secure note of that
date for $500, to Dickinson, Williams * Co.,
the undersigned, or one OF them, will sell for
cash. at public auction, to the highest bidder.
on the premises, in the town Of 0adsden, in
the county Of Crockett, and State Of Tennes-
See, on
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I. IA. HUM. so Main stToel.
p,-T,1tx a BRos.. 70 Second street.
81 SrFsgrI., SR. 4 Sons. T6 Jehersons l5s Main
aroRer CRosRY, I23l< Union street.
nj. DhLeHErNER. l06 Main and igo haams;
n A MCCARvFR a Co. wholesale, 81 shelby.
- G. x BEo., IS Jefferson street.
GEo. THOMAS. IS Poplar street.
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| The following is the present tariff from New
| York and Boston to Memphis on freights by
the GreatW estern Dispatch Fast Freight Line:
All rail-First class, 81 81; second class, 81 Is;
third class. 81 OF; fourth class. Sac; fifth class.
| 67c.
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STEAMBOATS,.
For vicISsburS.

Memphis and st. Louis Packet co.,. S. Mail
Line-For Vicksburg and the Bends.
ST. GENEVIEVE.... Vickers, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE nuS.
w FRIDAY. the 10th inst. at s's8iHlks'E
AID. STORM,
34-35 Sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
For Arkansas River.
Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Com
pany-U. S. Mail Line - For Pine Bluf. .
Little Rock. and all points through to Fort
Smith.
R. w. DUGAN.. ,Nowland. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON 0s,s =
w FRIDAY. 10Th inst, at 1904
JOHN N. HARDIN, Agent.
A35 Office 200 Front street
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-24

The Roanoke (Va.) Chimes" learns that
Music, a sister of Captain John A. Me-
Caull's trotting stallion, Orange Blossom
was recently sold for $25, goo, Mr.. William
ii. Vanderbilt, of New York, being the
purchaser. Music has already shown het-
ter than $50.
L. 1. Wolfe, who escaped from tho
So nth Carolina Penitentiary in Octr,he,.
last, and was arrested at Harrisonhl rot
Va, and returned to prison, has has,
granted g. full and free pardon by Goyerno,.
Noses.
Rev. Dr., Swazey, a Presbyterian divine
of Chicago, produced sensation amsna
his congregation last Sunday by advancing
the theory that "the virtpous heather wifi
be saved.' All
Gerritt Smith has sent thousand dol.
lars to Governor Davis, of Minnesota -
be distributed among the farmers ra5 "
crops have been eaten up by the " "ranS
hoppers. si"'s
The School Board of PETERSBURG Va
the other day appointed twenty three fo'
male teachers for it's public schools all
from the best families Of that city. 0'''' "''
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A FREE SWING FOR CONGRESS
STONAL CANDIDATES..

Hon. Thomas Whitehead, of the Lynch
burg district, few days since published
card announcing himself candidate Tor
denomination to Congress, and declaring
his purpose to address his constituents IN
advance of the nominating convention
This determination was made without re-
gard to the recommendation of the State
Conservative Executive Committee that
IAN active canvass for the nomination by
aspirants for congressional honors is great
ly to be deprecated, and should be discount
tenanced.'' In view of that fact Mr.. N.
B. Meade, chairman, and Messrs. Alexari-
der r. Holiday and Lewis I'll. Frayser,
members of the Executive Committee, and
John A. Meredith, chairman OF the state
Committee, have issued a card in which
they say that, ''as the committee have no
means to enforce obedience to this recon-
mendation they deem it but just that the
other aspirantS from the same district
should be absolved from the obligation
which the resolution imposes on all mem
bers of the Conservative party" They
also add that the committee '"WOuld bf
derelict in it's duty to the party if it die
not condemn the course Of Hon. Thomas
Whitehead as injurious to the best inter
ests Of the party and destructive of it,
discipline and organization"
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KILLED BY LIGHTNING.-Last Satur-
day, during a thunderstorm, Mrs. Bow
man, wife of Mr.. Caleb Bowman, of this
county, was struck by lightning and killed.
MT. bowman was absent from home at the
time, and, from appearances, it is thought
Mrs. Bowman had been to the door to nut
some vessels under the caves of the house
to catch water, and returned into the house
Just as the lightning struck the house, PASS
ing through from end to end, and striking
Mrs. Bowman iii it's passage. Fortunlte-
ly the building did not take fire, OF her lit
tie child, which was unharmed bv the
lightning, must have persisted. After The
storm q neighbor discovered Mrs Bowman
lying in the floor and her little child sill ting
upon her body Carroll T0) NeeUs.
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The CLERGY OF STAUNTON. line Hills
borough (Ohio) Gazette" is publishing
series of most valuable letters from the
pen of &C. Fl. G. - who we take to be MI.
Charles Fl. Collins, a prominent citizen OF
that section who wasssecently visiting his
brother, Nh. w. A. collins, in Staunton.
The following is an extract of his letter
from here:
There are many fine churches here, and
clergy of superior culture-men OF edu-
cation, of varied reading, of large expert
ence in travel and of association with the
intellectual giants in all the walks OF life.
Yet are they modest, unassumlng ana UNI
obtrusive. A Virginian who much re-
sembed our townsman, General Mellow
eli in a conversation had with him under
the verandah Of the Virginia Hotel, Ia
noted hotel in Staunton), thus expressed
himself about their clergy: ''Sir, am i
PRESBYTERIAN but [ will say for all our
preachers, that they practice the Golden
FPnle, They NEEDLE with politics as little
as possible, sir. They are temperate, sober,
godly men, and preach temperance from
their pulpits; but, sir, they ignore entire
" all fanatical humbuggery, introduced
and engineered by traVellhg charlatansIof
personal profit. The consequence IS, that
our churches are all we'll attended by ALL
diences of respectful and attentive listen
ers; there are no shams OF hypocrlcy, and
society is not convulsed and disturbed by
causeless agitations. Our people, SIT, are
left to regulate their own stomachs, ana
eur women to supervise our domestic al
fairs 1t is not thought essential here to
happiness that the control of this town
should be delegated either to the churches
OF to the women, however amiable, pious
and Christian this combination might
prove. Sir, the example of Ohio. in this
respect, does not strike the average Vir-
ginia mind as the ne plus ultra OF happi-
ness" Your correspondent was discreet
| ly silent.
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ELOPING WITH A MINISTER'S DArGH-
TER.-John g. Kraft is pastor OF the
Twelfth Ward City Mission church, in
Newark N. j. He has a daughter Margaret,
about twenty years of age, who lived with
him at home on Charles street. A voun-
teer choir furnished the music for divine
service in the church, and John Wagon
blass, always regarded as a strict church
member, acted as leader. Miss Margaret
sang i'll the choir, and read her notes from
the same book as the leader. A familiari-
ty sprang up between them, which was the
subject of much remark among the church
members. Wagenblass's wife. for he is a
married man and has three children, fire.
quently eXpoStulated with him because Of
his attentions to Miss Kraft, but he as
sured her that her fears were unfounded.
Miss Kraft and Wagenblass we're in their
usual places in the choir last Sunday week,
but on the Friday following Miss Kraft
suddenly disappeared from home, and sub
sequent inquiry elected the fact that Oh
the same night Wagenblass also disappear
ed. There is no doubt they both fled to-
gether, but their route and destination are
unknown. Mrs. Wagenblass is in great
distress in consequence of her husbands
desertion. He left her penniless, and she
is obliged to depend upon the charity of
her neighbors to keep herself and little
ones from starving. The parents of the.
girl are stricken with grief because of their
daughters crime, and refuse to say any
thing about the matter.
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BOsTO& HoRRORs.-Anotler Victim OF
the Child MWderer.-At South Boston Sat
urdsv afternoon the remains Of little Ka-
tie Mary Curran, a girl of ten years, who
so mysteriously disappeared four months
ago, was found in the cellar of the build
ing No. 327 Broadway, formerly occupied
as store by Mrs. r. III. Pomroy, mother
of the young Pomroy now in jail awaiting
trial on the charge of cruelty torturing
and numbering young boy by the name
of Miller, on the 22d Of April. The dis
covery was made by some persons employ
ed in an adjoining cellar. A stone was
loosened and fell upon a pile of ashes i'll
the part formerly occupied by the Pomroys,
and upon going in to remove it fragment
of dress was seen protruding from the
heap. Upon pulling it out the clilds
head was brought to light. The police
were at once summoned and the uAnatu
raj grave was more fully examined, when
the remainder of the body Of the child
was exhumed. The remains were much
decompoSed, and utterly unrecognizable,
but the clothing was fully identified as
that of the little Curran girl Detectives
and the parents of the unfortunate little
so intense that the mother and elder bro
Their OF Pomroy were arrested, not from
any suspicion that they were accessory to
the atrocious acts Of the young fend, but
as q measure of safety, it being feared
that they would be lynched by the excited
crowd. The theory of the detectives is
that the young murderer enticed his vic
tim into the cellar during she absence OF
his mother, and after torturing her to
death disposed Of the remains in the man
ner above described.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-24

REV. j. L. BURROWS, of Richmond,
publishes a column about the Wilson scan-
dial, and concludes that it was the result of
Il Literary panic' in Danville. DR.. B. was
one Of the Investigating clergymen, and
adds as one of the results of his investiga-
ton, that:
'"The only Indecent gesture or GRIM
ace" of which, after careful enquiry.
could obtain a hint, was that when at the
close of the lecture Dr. w. said, as if
claiming reward for his services, "IHere
can be no objection to presenting ny bM,'' he
,,,st,tck oft has tips'' toward the audience,
the nearest of whom were ten feet from
the rostrum.'
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A lady ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

A LADY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
YEARS OLD.-Mrs Katie Shepp, living i'll
the Massanutten mountain, near Keezle-
town, five miles east of Harrisonburg, has
reached her one haNldred and Twentieth birth
day. Mrs. Shepp was married in the year
IVA, at the age of 20. Her husband who
has been dead about 60 years, was in his
23rd year at the time of the marriage, and
was wagner in the war of the Revolu-
ton. Mrs. Shepp remembers many of the
incidents then occurring i'll this vicinity,
and relates them with great gusto. She
contends that the last war was nothing in
comparison, as the Confederate and Fede-
ral soldiers were too well dressed and fed.
The old lady's mind is perfectly clear, and
she does the work of the family she lives
with as we'll as her own sewing, and has
never used spectacles. We think she would
be decided feature at the coming Centen
NAL exhibition at Philadelphia, and herage
can be verified by documentary and living
proof beyond doubt. -HNrrisonbmy Va.0
Commonwealth
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is with Beecher's fall before lovely

SCuClOQO Will D66Cu6I ldll DSlOl6 lONOly
Mrs. Tilton.
Z A YOUTHFUL PICTURE OF DEECHER's
FIRST PULPIT APPEARANCE.
"Burleigh' in the Boston journal"
writes the following description Of Beech
er's first sermon in Plymouth church
The congregation that greeted Mr..
Beecher half filled the house. Just before
the service commenced rough-looking
youngster, with turn down collar, with
an air of haste and energy, took the pull
pit. He looked like a young farmer fresh
from the plough. His dress was soiled,
hair in the utmost confusion, clothes i'll
fitting. stocking blue-shoes unAlacked-
Following DR.. Cox who was ultra cleri-
cal, with his white cravat and black silk
gown, the young Western preacher form
ed a marked contrast. He did then what
he has done ever since, proceeded at once
t" business without formality OF what is
known as private prayer. Before the
preacher got through his rough Western
look, his untidy hair, seedy dress, blue
stockings, short pants, and coarse shoes,
were forgotten. Then nearly all the
churches had service in the afternoon
Young Beecher was to preach in the even
Ing. My Informant and his family went
leisurely to church. There was an acre of
people outside. Even the standing room
was occupied before O'Clock. The dis
vent to their feelings in the origina | re-
mark, "A new BROOM" sc. An0 the
broom has been sweeping away for TWEEN
ty-Seven years.
MRS. TILTON'S SEPARATION FROM HER
HUSBAND.
The Brooklyn eagle" has the follow
ing in regard to Mrs. Tilton's withdrawal
from her husband
"Mrs. Tilton left her husbands home,
on Livingston street, last Friday morn
ing, and went to reside at the house of
Mr.. E. J. Ovington, in this city. The
children remain with Mr.. Tllton for the
present, and the household affairs. under
the supervision of an old servant, proceed
| as usual. MI. Tilton remains at his home,
busily engaged preparing his promised
| letter. He has not been to New Y ork for
five days, and seldom leaves his study
Friday morning Mrs. Tilton gently COM
municated her proposed withdrawal from
his roof, and soon after they quietly sepa-
rated. Mrs. rilton declines to make any
public statement OF the reasons which
have induced her to take this step.''
The same paper says the rumor to the
effect that MI. Tilton had begun proceed
ings in divorce against his wife is with
out foundation in fact, but the New Yorl
Tribune, among others, mentions a for
NAL separation as follows:
"The papers are being drawn up for ,
legal separation between Mr.. and Mrs
| Iilton. The residence in Livingston,
street is to be given to Mrs. Tilton, ant
the children will also be placed in he
custody. The separation will be by mu
tual consent. The details Of a divorce
suit, with all its annoyances, will there
fore be avoided''
Nh. Beecher publishes a card Wednesda,
in reply to Tilton, but it contains only pro
testations of his own and Mrs. Tilton'
innocence.
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then boarding together at Mrs. Fullers, in

then boarding together at Mrs. Fullers, in
New York.
Mr.. Sullivan offered to prove that from
1868 down to the time of the alleged lar
ceny the relations of the complainant and
the prisoner We're as intimate as if they
were man and wife. and that she was al
lowed to share in his personal property.
Judge Sutherland said that he was not
going to permit theatrical entertain
ment for the benefit of the public, but
would simply allow the counsel to prove
that Mr.. Roddy lived with her as his wife
or mistress.
The witness emphatically said that since
1868 he and the accused had not cohabited
together.
The prisoner was acouited of the CHARGE
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CONvENY
rIoN.-The Conservative Committee for
this district has issued the following call
A Convention Of delegates to nominate
Conservative candidate for Congress
from the 18th Congressional District is
hereby called to meet at Stanton at the
hour o'clock, P; M, on TUESDAY, the
LIST day of September, 1874.
The committee would respectfully re-
quest the county superintendent Of all
the coun ties in the district to fix Saturday
the 18th day of August, for the meeting
of county or township conventions to
nominate delegates to the Congressional
Convention. E. T. W. DUKE,
W. A. BURKE,
P. A. BoRsTs
Conservative Committee.
July 10th, 1874. 18th Congressional Dist.
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M1scEaENATIoN-A STOLEN LICENSE
AND BLACK AND WHITE WEDDING
On Thursday last Samuel W. Holmes, a
country negro, applied at the clerks office
OF Prince George Court House, for IL
cense to marry one Emma Ruff, who was
also reported to be the color Of an ace of
spades: He obtained thepaper, and armed
with this authority he presented himself on
Thursday evening to Rev. John Crocker,
a colored preacher in the same county, ask
ing to be united to one Emma J. E. Ruff,
who was seated by his side in venerable
buggy drawn by an antiquated ayaae. The
woman was white, but the license over
came any scruples which the pleacllermay
have entertained, and the ceremony was
gone through with in due form, and Sam.
was pronounced to be the lawful husband
OF Miss Emma Ruff, daughter of Jack
Ruff, Esq, of Surry county, Va. The af-
fair created considerable comment, but no
steps were taken to arrest the proceedings.
Pete1sbNyy Vd,) hader1AppeaJ,