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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-16

whom these transactions were had were
not preserved. This is not done by
books unless in credit transactions. Va
rious transactions are here detailed. Z.
Some Of the new issue may have been
burned for old issue, by mistake, as il
was difficult to distinguish the two
issues. The money burned was care
fully counted by the proper persons. 8.
The committee make an assertion about
the expense account and yet admit that
they did not have the account before
them, when in fact they did have tho en-
tire cash account before them. The
salaries were. fixed by the Governor and
by the Chancery Court. The cashier
was retained four years when the organ
ization Of the board Of directors
ceased. 3. Mr.. Watson asserts that he
produced all the vouchers called for.
No delay has been caused in litigation
by his neglect. 1t is not his fault that
decisions have been delayed. Then, in
conclusion, Mr.. Watson gives some in
formation in regard to his general course,
and claims that he succeeded in collect
ing many bad debts, and saved the State
by his skillful 6nanciering many thou.
sands Of dollars that otherwise would
have been loss. The reply is
vigorous, foreihle and well put together.
1t is evident that Mr.. Watson knows
more about the details of banking, and
especially of the workings of this par
tieular institution, than any outsider
could learn in superficial examination
of month or two, or even longer. The
appointees of the Chancery Court, how
ever, ought to be able by this time to
make an exhaustive report-one which
will deal solely in facts, and not in
guesses or inierences, and set this con-
troyersy at rest for all time to come. We
desire, in common with all good citi-
zens, to see the interests of the State
protected, and hope at the same time
that Mr.. Watson may be entirely vindi-
Gated
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River TeIegrams.

Came, December l6.-Arrived-Ed
dyville, Nashville, midnight; James d,
Parker, Cincinnati, 6 am. Departed
Glencoe, New Orleans, s pm; Charles
Morgan aud Mary Alice. New Orleans, $
p.m.; Eddyville, Nashville, 8 am. Light
rain last night and this forenoon.
CIScISEArI, December i6.-River
feet 3 inches.
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Holiday Pictures.

At the house Of L. NJ. Dean, No. 38l
Main street, can be found an elegant
collection of paintings and chromos,
suitable for holiday presents. Many Of
these pictures are gems of art and would
be most acceptable Christmas presents.
Mr.. Dean deals largely in elegant pic
ture frames, paper hangings, looking
glasses, window shades, paints, oils,
glass, etc. His stock of goods is com.
plete in all lines, and he sells all goods
1t the lowelt possible rates His holiday
pictures and other goods muat be seen
10 order to be fully appreciated. Dean s
is fine art store where painters, artists
and the general public can find every.
thing appertaining to art. Go and ex
anime the beautiful chromos and oil
paintings before you make purchases Of
holiday presents.
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LEGAL.
Petition for Divorce.

In the Second Circuit Court of Shelby Coun
ty, ennessee-Blanche Cambon vs.. Justin
Cambon.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
l. this cause that the defendant, Justin Cam
bon, is a nonresident of the State of Tennes-
appearances herein at the courthouse in the
city of Memphis. Tennessee, on or before the
third Monday in January next, 1875, and
plead, answer or demur to plaintiff g bill. or
the same will be taken for confessed as to him
and set for hearing OK parse; and that a copy
OF this order be published once week for
four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
A eopy-Atteyt:
FRANK Bras. Attorney for Plaintiff.
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In the First Circuit Court Of Shelby County,
Tennessee-B. b. MeGehee VS.. John bod
son.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTH AV-
i ing been sued out under section 1855 Of the
Cede Of Tennessee, and returned into, court
levied upon the property, moneys, goods ana
effects Of the defendant in the custody or pos
session Of d. A. Clarke. and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is Justly in
debted to plaintiff in the sum Of $500 By note,
and that he is a nonresident OF the state OF
Tennessee; il is therefore ordered that the
said defendant, John Dodson, make his per.
sOnal appearance herein, before. the Judge OF
the First Circuit Court Of Shelby county, at
the courthouse in the city Of Memphis, on
the third Monday in January next, and de-
fend said attachment suit within the time pre-,
scribed By law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex parte; and that copy Of this order
be published once a week for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of December, 1874.
B.F. COLEMAN, Clerk.
CLAP 4 MEux. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
92-98-l0l-ll0
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BANGOR, Ms, December l6.-A ERE on
Main street last night destroyed nine
stores and the Harrison House. The loss
is estimated at $4,000; insurance, $780,
600.
ST. Louis. December l6,-The st.
Charles starch factory at st. Charles,
Mo-, burned yesterday, with considerable
corn and manufactured starch. Loss,
SIS, 900; insurance, $4,000.
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AT COST POR CASH.

Having an unusually large stock Of
goods on hand. and desiring 10 reduce
the same. am now Offering at cost, for
cash, my large and well selected variety
Of china. glass and queensware until
January next Merchants and house
keepers wishing to avail themselves Of
this opportunity are inTited TO call and
examine for themselves.
CHARLES n. ERIcH,
81 32l Main street.
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Last night Sheriff Anderson arrested
c. W. Ashford on a capias from the
Criminal Court, charging him with em.
bezzlement and obtaining goods under
false pretense. The indictment alleges
that Ashford was an agent for Wright,
Gillies & Co, to sell forty-6ve sacks Of
coffee valued at sl4OO, and that the said
Ashford appropriated and embezzled
the proceeds. The money is said to
have been lost at faro. Sheriff Ander'
son has been looking for the defendant
for several days, and found him last
night in g faro bank on the corner Of
Monroe and Second streets. Ashford
was lodged 10 Jail in dsfa ult Of bail.
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Petition for Divorce.

In the Second Circuit Court of Shelby county.
Tennessee Eliza Davis VS.. Spot Davis.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause. that the defendant is q resident
of the State OF Arkansas. and a nonresident
Of the State of Tennessee; it is therefore or
dered, that he make his appearance herein at
the court house, in the city Of Memphis, Ten
nessee, on or before the third Monday in jan
uary next, 1875. and plead. answer or demur
to plaintiffs bill. or the same will be taken
for confessed, as to him, and set fer hearing
OK parte, and that a copy Of this order be pub
lished once week, for four successive weeks.
in the Public Ledger.
A copy-attest;
GEO. j. CAMPBELL, Clerk
% QQ- 10l- ITO
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Ex-senator Cornell, of Ithioa, founder
of the Cornell University, is danger
ously i'll. and his physicians have little
hopes of his living more than three or
four weeks longer. Public cares for the
last two or three years have been hurry
ing him rapidly towards the grave.
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q sns Hsssssss; ;: sisssossss scei'

NEw York. December 1.-THE
steamship August Andrew, which ran
aground at Rogers shoals Sunday,
threw overheard fifty tons of beet root
sugar in endeavoring to tighten her of.
The Board OF Managers of the Metho-
dist Missionary Society met yesterday to
conclude the business Of the year. APP
preparations we're made for the purpose
of repairing property at Pachana, Mex
leo, and Rev. VIM. Butler was granted a
power of attorney to acquire title for
the Secretary. Very large appropria-
tons we're made for domestic missions,
particularly for the relief of the dis.
tricts devastated by the grasshopper
plague. Money was also appropriated
for an increase Of salaries, chiefly in the
district of Rome, Italy.
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Reanfv On Di.trens.

One of Nashville's brightest and most
sensible young ladies was busily engaged
a few mornings since in making cake.
She donned a calico dress, pinned q
flaming red shawl about her shoulders,
fastened her heavy brown hair in a coil
on the top of her head and had just
plunged her hands into the dough, when
the door bell rang. She happened to be
the only one in the house at the time
and 80 was forced TO answer the COLL her
self, which she did after hastily washing
her hands, and was Mortified at discover
ing her visitor to be a spruce young
gentleman friend and three stranger
gentleman. An embarrassing introduc
ton took place, the visitors were seated
in the parlor, and then the young lady
excused herself, 10 resppear in few
moments in a costume better suited TO
the psrlor. During her absence, she
made such a complete transformation
in her appearance, that she was mortified
at finding her stranger visitors did not
recognize her. thus rendering a second
Introduction necessary, which ceremony
the Naahville young man performed by
saying Shes the same young lady we
met ct the door, gentlemea-the very
same young lady. -NashviIie Bulletin.
That may have hsppenss in Nashville;
we hope It did, being certain that moth
ting Of the sort has occurred in Memphis
recently.
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FOREIGN.

BERLIN, December l5.-Herr Majunke,
a member of the Reichstag and editor OF
the Germananea, who was arrested for
a press offense, has been released.
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SclWoL hooks, embracing every book
nov "a use at sithoF public Or private
schools 10 the city. can be fo=nd -
Mansford's, corner Second and Monrns,
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HOlIenberg, NO. 204 Main
street, has everything i'm the
music line fresh allow prices.
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PIASos for rent at 81 per month, and
for sale at lew prices on installmeRts. TO
close out at Ames, Beattie & Co. 8 Fur
niture and Carpet Store, 1896 Main street.
7S-t
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call.


MESPBIs. Tenn. December u. 1874.
Mr.. c. ". Metealf, Alderman Messrs. A. G:
Tuthur and :. j. Camp. Councilmen. and
Dr.. r. w. Mitchell, School Visitor:
GExTLEMEN-Approving of yoss course
in the General Council and School Board,
and feeling that the interests Of our
ward will be carefully protected by your
selves, we, the citizens Of the Third ward,
regardless Of party or political prefer
ferences, would Request that you allow
your names to be submitted to the voters
of the ward at the approaching munich
pal election for reelection, pledging
ourselves 70 give you an earnest and I'M
divided support.
james Elder Mansfield
A VsoearO b Vaccaro
y SaFtcr,4c A CardOna
w L AndorscE James Cameron
Joseph o Andrews gmes Leslie
John Powell N Philact
W SchiliinE J 5 Andrews
6 III judah n M'Dayitt
Y BacigalupO IN Hill
/ ] Wheeler JCsepb MOntsdOnicO
InGmaS Esvala j Devote
A L LOsenstaia Hugh A Hamilton
David Hasting IA II lands
b Rocco r II Agrate
Il NJ Drake EH Leidy
w Y Humes II Coffin
billiard JH Martin
y II Schif II Quinn
4 A Maddox NJ App
" M'CQwn Lou Leubrio
John u Ecx NJ James x Sons
N Turner HB Cranmer
James Lee. IT, and many Others.
Pat PiHe.
Kindling just received and for sale by
81. BEESARD Coal ASSOCIATION,
No. Is Madison street.
St. Bernard, Pittsburg and Camel Coal.
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BOARD or DIRECTORs.
STOCKS.
MILLIONS ARE MADE

LIVERY WEEK IN WALL STREET. WE
II issue a weekly paper and pamphlet show
ing the var1ous methods Of operating IN stocks
and Gold. Sample copy free. Double prlyi-
leres negotiated on members Of the Stock Bx-
chance. Stocks bought on small margin.
Colleetions made. j. Hickling K Co. Bank
en- and Brokers. 70 Broadway. New York.
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NEw style tables at converse's. 81
South Court street sol
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The above shows the average cost of tuition
per pupil in the different schools during the
year, charging each school with its proportion
Of salaries Of Superintendent. Secretary Of the
Board and other general expenses. 1t also
shows the difference per pupil in the different
schools per pupil.
But to show the whole cost Of conducting the
schools for this year, the following rents paid
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MASSACHUSETTS has Q constitution
adopted in 1880, and yet some of the
young folks begin to talk about wanting
a new one, as il State ought to have
new constitution every day.
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gLgcYIoN.

nyHR STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FOURTH
i National Bank Of Memphis are hereby
notified that the annual election for nine Di-
rociors % serve the ensuing year VII be held
1870. between the hours Of 10 an. and pm.
1914 w. G. MCCLURE, Cashier.
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Go % he Mansion House, sss Main,
for oysters, drinks and cigars. est
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FLOWERS, Christmas trees and decors-
tons, at CrAigs, 379 Main street. 100
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A choice lot receiv ed at Victor d.
Fuchs, Al jefferson street. "a
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ChrI.ll.aa nnd Ncu Year,. Preaentl

OhFIstlaAH hnU wv HeNFI' EFeHentF
Pianos, organs and musical instrH-
ments Of every description 1t prices TO
suit the times. at Leopold GOepefs, 375
Main street. 80
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MARBLE WORKS.
MARBLE WORKS.
MONUMENTAL
MARBLE WORKS.

ITALIAN. AMERICAN AND TALADEGA
Il marble at very low prices, as follows:
Headstones. feet, With socket and foot
stone: IsttsE sd IS 90
headstones, ~ feet, with socket and
headstone, feet, with socket and foot
stone. lettsrsd,........................-..l Is 90
And al other sizes in proportion. ItaIiar
and American marble box tombs panele5 ~
f9and, ana iall size. $50. Also Italian mar
pc spIe monument, feet high and iettered-
SloO. These rates are lower than marbis Vs.
ever sold 81 IN Memphis before. Desiens senf
q me country tree Of charge. ElmWood enrb-
ina ct reduced rates. ~ eui'-
ss.les TH0s: MAYpwELL. s. Union A.
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asatemerk OF the coas oe the several
city acfh0ia in TN scholastic Year
ending Humo "a, 1874 omitted In
sna Anmnnf uanora.
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BONDS.
-
$50
WILL BUY A
First Mortgage Premium Bond
-oF THR-
N. Y. Industrial Exhibition Co.


TlHESE BONDS ARE ISSUED FOR THE
Il purpose Of raising funds for the erection
Of a. building in the City of New York, to be
used for
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240 Main Street.

Ell PRINCIPE DE GALES The best and
cheapest. Key West cigar at Frank d
Dessauers, FOG Main street. l0l
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S. Bernard, Pittsburg and Camel Coal.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-04

Marshal Serrano, with an army of 81 900
men and ninety pieces of artillery, was then
face to face with q Carlist force. of s., 600,
while General Iona, with column S,0o0
strong, was moving on the enemy's rear.
"A dispatch from Cape Coast Castle, dated
February %, received in London on the 14th
inst, says that all the troops except the
Highlanders had embarked for home, and that
Gen. Wolseley was to leave on the .7th of
March.
A letter of the Pope to the Catholic Bishops
of Austria exhorting them to combat the
pending ecclesiastical bills in the Reichsrath
has been made public. His Holiness says
these measures are calculated to place the
Church in ruinous seryitude, and takes oc-
easion to renew his protest against the rup-
ture of the Coneordat. The Pope has also
written to the Emperor Francis Joseph, adj
juring him to protect the Church within his
dominion. q "a ss.
General Wolseley is to accompany the re-
mains Of DR.. Livingstone to England.
The steamship Laeonia, from Alexandria
for Algiers, with 278 pilgrims returning from
Mecca, encountered terrific gale in the Med
iterranean. III of the pilgrims washed
overheard, all Of when were drowned.
The eighteenth birthday of the Prince Inn
perial was celebrated with great ecldt at
sChisefhiirst on the 18th ihst. afssft8as# ~
r A telegram from the City of Mexico, OH the
18th. reports q fearful outrage which was per-
petrated by a mob at Abualucco, in the State
of Jalisco, on the preceding Sunday. In Che
morning a priest delivered an incendiary SER
mon, in the course of which he advocated the
determination of the Protestants. This so
excited his hearers that an armed mob of two
hundred persers gatherediin theevening and
proceeded to the residence of Rev. John Ste.
yens, a Congregational minister, sent out by.
the. Boston Board of Foreign Missions, and
with cries Of ''Long live. the priestst'' they
broke into the house, and seizing the clergy
man, smashed his head to a Jelly and chopped
his body into pieces. They afterward Sacked
the house and carriedoff everything of value.
After much delay the fiotBasl Suppressed by
the focal authorities. The, Government had
sent detachment Of troops to the place. A
rigid investigation had been set on foot, and
orders had been issued for tho arrest of all
priests III A haIYahleeo and the ncighboring
towns of Teshitau. A mob in Sagnayo, act
ing under similar religious frenzy, It Is sstated
attackeda small garrison of thefovn; burned
the, public archives, and pillaged' the houses
of the authorities. .,,. E... &
An uprising Of the slaves on sof1e Of the
Cuban plantations is reported. Jsss9 s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-04
Liquid Fuel.

The advantages which liquid fuel is by
some claimed to possess, as a steam-pro-
ducing material for purposes OF locomo-
ton, are familiar to all, and, if not, gener-
allv accepted or acknowledged, the yalu-
able properties of such fuel as an agent for
improving various manufactures, especial
" those Connected with iron ship-bulld-
ing, have been quite satisfactorily demon
strated.
a series of experiments, madewith great
care in England, to prove the capabilities
of creosote in the process of bending iron
plates, show some results OF peculiar IN
terest in this direction. The furnace, in
this case, was Lit with liquid fuel, and after
an Interval of an hour, was sufficiently
heated for the reception of the plate: A
six-inch plate, sevets and one-half feet long
and three feet wide, was then placed in the
furnace. and after pn hour and halt, was
heated so as to be feady for the operation
of bending. The supply of vaperized
creosote was afforded to the furnace from
generator by six jets, introduced by
small openings, a sufficient quantity1ot OF at
mospheric air to support combustion being
also admitted.
In the case of another furnace for heat
ing thinner plates, the liquid fuel, which
was supplied by four jets, was drawn from
the same generator assfor the larger, The
average time occupied in heating halfincE
plates by this means was seven minutes
| The plates thus heated were remarkably y
free from scale, owing to the absence OF al
deteriorating action in the products O
combustion In this process, also, the heal
can be directed either to the whole or to {
part of the plate, SO that, if necessary t.
bend only one end of it, the heat can o.
applied to that particular portion. Ih'
heating of the emetal is accurately regulated
by increasing or diminishing the numbel
of jets.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

s The Grand Lodge of Ohio, Knights of Py-
thias, met in Cincinnati on the 18th. Delega-
tions were present from all parts of the State
A procession of 1900 paraded the streets.
= A San Francisco dispatch of the 18th says
that the Hualpais Apaehes declare their will
ingness to return to the old ground and obey
all orders of General Crook, but say they will
die before they will go back to the Colorado
River Reservation. If the troops want to
fight them they must expect big battle.
General Crook was at San Carlos. On the
10th of March the Apaehes stole stock from
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GRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs.l.i +

Sid. Wallace, the notorious desperate, who
was charged with the murder of several men,
was hanged at Clarksville, Ark, on the 18th,
in presence of a large crowd of spectators.
When brought upon the scafold he said,
"iGentlemen, some of you probably came eX-
pecting a long talk, but you will be disap-
pointed make no confession to men, but to
God. What ]. have done has been in self
defense and defense of friends, and only
wish I had more lives to. beused the same
way" After the cap was pulled down and
his last. moment had arrived he exclaimed,
iF' Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy kingdom" The drop thensfell, and the
desperate was usflered into eternity.
Two cars were thrown down an embank-
ment some thirty feet high, on the Central
Pacific Railroad, about twelve miles west of
Toano, on the 14th. Several of the passen-
gers were injured, one,it was thought, fatal
ly. The accident was caused by broken
rail. u
Cass Matloek, charged with the murder OF
family of Missouri movers at Rock Greek,
near Little Rock, Ark, in November last, has
been found guilty of murder in the first de
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PITH AND POINT.
From the panbury News. i

p lFrom the Danbury News.
MASSACHUSETTS temper is sadly puck
cred by Butler per Simmons.
NATURES noblenien never descend to
'amean action, and rarely eat with fork.
ADANBURY boy has thirty-two warts on
the back of his left hand He CRATES all
the horse-radish for the family. ss.5<
One Of the hardest working men in Dan
bury earns his bread by the sweat of other
peoples brows.. He makes sweat-leathers
for hats.
OWING to the abandonment of the fe-
male hoops, and the lengthening of the fe-
male white skirt, the condition, of the
payements is unusually good for this sea-
son. = 81 ~ as4,g-s
CouRTNG receives fresh impetus from
the advent of maple-sugar. Twenty-Five
cents worth of maple-sugar will ge farther
than two dollars worth of candies. s7a
A LADY in Indiana has died of triehia-
nasis. The account says "she was q pure
and lovely lady, Without doubt, but
try to picture to yourself pure and lovely
being swallowing raw pork. HEEL
If banks were kept open through. the
night what immense deposits they would
receive. To have ten-thousand dollar
dream after the. bank closes and TO wake
before it opens is one of the exquisitB tor
tufes of life. ssssszszasssrs4asssa-~s-ss
THERE are young men who cannot hold
a skein of yarn for their mothers without
wincing, but will hold 125 pounds. of
a neighboring family for the best part of a
might, with patience and docility that are
certainly phenomenal. i,sr : .s,sa,s
Our correspondent, George Alfred
Townsend, and the correspondent of the
Chicago Times had personal encounter
in Washington q few days ago. While we
must depiore an exhibition Of such a ma
ture by gentlemen, still We feel. glad that
onr correspondent licked. 81 5 a.i:,