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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19
AN RXpENsIY LnxnRY.

The Pittsburg Post publishes the ex-
penses per annum for three average
years Of Pierce's, Lincoln aud Grants
administrations, giving the items. This
statementIsbows that our boosted republi-
a simplicity is a thing Of the past, and
that we have drifted into a style more be-
coming the munifcent display Of a mon
archy. Here are the aggregates: First
year, l856-57- Pierce's administration
White House expenses, including Presi.
dents salary, total $35, 303;. 1854 5,
Lincola K on same account, $47,50O;
1S75-'76, Grants administration - on
same account, including $4,000 salary,
to President, and sundry repairs, extra
furniture and extraordinary expenses
about the Executive Mansion, $l24.4O4.
Mr.. Lincoln's last year was a time Of in.
Aation and high prices aud unusual de
mands upon the President, yet his ex.
penses that year we're only $500
greater than Mr.. Pierce's. But in 9
time Of profound peace, when President
Grant dispenses no Inequalities, but &C
cepts a great deal, his expenses, in ad
dition to his double salary, ar,
about double any Of his predecessor
It is right that the Executive should liv
in a respectable style as becomes tn
Chief Magistrate Of a great country
but when it becomes a money.makin
business for a ring Of contractors VIII
surround and hitter the President, whe
that President is neither dignifed nor
man Of fitness for the position, en-
the people see him growing rich an
affecting the style Of liveried shoddyisr
with which lie associates, it is enough t
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BONDS.
Bonds $40 each.

The Industrial Exhibition Company will
furnish agents with Circulars, etc. etc.
Each Newspaper published in the town where
agent is located will, as soon as agency is es-
tablished be given an advertisement. adver-
Using such agency and the company, and fully
explaining the plans, purposes and objects of
the Company. Such advertisement will con-
tinue in such papers as long as agency is sue
cessfully conducted.
The Industrial Exhibition Company is the
first to adopt the plan so long in use by the
European governments of issuing bonds when
the principal is made secure and not risked,
but where there is a chance for a large pre-.
MUM, an investment of $50 is sure to return
to the investor SCI one dollar more than cost
and the holder Of a $40 Bond may obtain a
premium either Of $50. 500. $500. $500. $1,000,
$4,000, $1,000, 5000 $25, 900 or 800, 900. The
interest. which is ordinarily distributed to all
the bond-holders pro rata. is in this loan dis
tributed by chance. The purchaser of q bond
knows he will receive back his investment,
with q small rate Of interest added. and in
consideration of taking this small rate of in
terest, he has a chance in the above named
premiums, which are simply the distribution
Of interest on the whole loan.
Each bond participates in four drawings
each year., until it has drawn apremium. when
it is surrendered, the premium aid, and the
bond cancelled.
The Industrial Exhibition Company, under
a especial charter, granted by the State of New
York, is given authority to issue these bonds.
The Legislature Of the State, recognizing the
great benefits which will arise from the sue
cess of this enterprise. have exempted all the
real estate and property Of the Company from
taxation and assessments for five years, and
has also conferred other great privileges.
Every American who understands the pur.
poses Of this Company will, Of a necessity,
feel a pride in aiding it to a successful termi-
nation.
Each individual who buys a bond becomes
an owner and an interested party, and when
he views the structure erected with his money
can say. +" aided to erect in our country the
most magnificent building the world has ever
seen. a palace v hich. in truth. represents the
industry, energy and mechanical genius Of the
American people,"
The manufacturers and the inventors Of
America are peculiarly interested in the sue
cess of this enterprise. for the reason that tits
to be their home. where all their inventions
and manufactures can be exhibited and sold.
The building will contain 5,S2O,0O0 square
feet Of space.
Purchasers desiring Bonds before an agency
is established where they reside, will commu-
nicate direct with this office, from where they
can be supplied.
Parties desiring to act as agents or to pur-
chase bonds will address
Industrial Exhibition Company,
No. IL East 18th Street,
BET. BROADWAY M 5TH AVENUE,
Now York City.
NoTE AN moneys by draft on New York,
or Express. or postal order charges paid BY
sender. @d&wt
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The Radicals of Ohio got up and sup
ported the crusade movement last year,
but since General Cary, a temperance
man, has been nominated on the Demo-
cratic ticket for Lieutenant Governor
along with old Bill Allen for Governor,
the whole Radical pack is at his heels
and republishes all the temperance
tracts he ever wrote in his life. Con.
sistency is a jewel, but is never found in
that party.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, July l9.-Mitchell, an En-.
~glishman, also tied Fulton in shooting
for the St. Leger stakes Saturday.
Shooting for the Albert prizes is tax.
ing place today at Wimbledon. The
ranges are 200. 600 and 900 yards.
The shooting at the first two ranges is
finished and the scores show Gildersleeye
two points ahead, he having made sixty
eight out of a possible seventy. At the
first range Gildersleeve, Fulton and
Coleman, Of the American team, each
made thirty four points out of a possible
thirty-fve; while Hamilton, Petty, wy
att, Greenhill and Rigby, the latter two
ofthe Irish team, made thirty-Gve points.
AT the second range Greenhill and
Rigby scored thirty-two points each.
The ties of Saturday at Wimbledon
for the St. Leger sweepstakes we're shot
off to-day. Fulton, Of the American
team, won; Mitchell second and John
Rigby third.
Amount of bullion gone into the Bank
of England on balance to-day is elsS,-
900.
BERLIN, July l9.-Returns Of the Ba-
varian elections indicate that the cleo
toral college will consist of seventy
seven liberals and seventy-nine ultra
m%ontanes.
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River kilograms.

CAIRO, July 10 Arrived - Grand
Tower, Memphis, l am; Minneola,
Memphis, IL. Departed Grand Tower,
St. Louis, 2 an; Minneola, Cincinnati,
noon Heavy rain with hail this morn
ing.
CINCINNATI, July l9.-River falling
steadily. Light rain, and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

The Oxford Miss Falcon, which for
ten years has been a staunch and able
Democratic paper in the hands Of Capt
s. NJ. Thompson, has changed hands,
Professor R. J.. Guthrie becoming the
purchaser and owner. he says he has
steadily refused to abandon the time
honored principles of the party, and
rather than do so has yielded up the
paper to which be was so attached. So
we infer hat there is to be a change in
its tone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

Kate Field finds a new field in Paris.
Ex-Governor English, of Connecti-
cut, and his son are travelling in Ireland.
Clara Morris is touring in Ireland.
She will also do" Scotland and
France.
This is the season of the year when
industrious housewives can all the fruit
they can AN,
Feehter, ct his benefit in Montreal,
bad but sixty persons present, including
ushers, etc.
The Connecticut Legislature peremp-
torily sat down on a bill abolishing rail-
way passes.
A doctors vile attempted to move
him by her tears. "Ah," said he, tears
are useless. l have Analysed them.
They contain a little phosphate of lime,
some chloride of sodium, and water"
Travelling along the road Of life, tits
ever a pleasure to gather up the chunks
Of wisdom which careless philosophers
have dropped by the wayside. Here's
one that was lately dropped: A woman
who was obliged to give up chewing gum
may still be happy in a sassafras tree.
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The Public Ledger for Absentee
HOME AGAIN."

ATTORNEY GENERAL LUKE Z. WRIGHT,
who went to st. Louis to assist Sheriff
Anderson in extricating Waddy Tbomp-
sen from a network of habeas corpuses.
returned, along with the prisoner and
Sheriff, Saturday afternoon. 1t required
the combined efforts Of both to get
Waddy away. In Missouri the law is
different from that of Tennessee on the
hsbeas corpus question. Every Judge
in that State can grant the writ upon the
same identical petition successively, and
after all these are exhausted, or even
before, such a writ may be had
from a United States Circuit Judge,
and his decision may be appealed to the
United States Supreme Court. So Wsddy
mad a pretty good thing of it. he could
have kept Sheriff Anderson at st. Louis
Tor years. But Luke Wright put himself
in q position where he could DO the most
good, and by the prompt and hearty CO.
operation Of the chief of police, who
seems to be abrick Of a good fellow, they
managed to give Waddy the benefit of
q few hours ride in the country and as
a result he breathes the air of Tennes-
see. He has had some experience in the
habeas corpus line. In 1869. it may be
remembered, he was arrested in Missouri
for a certain alleged fondness for sugar
in New Orleans. A United States mar
shall started with him for New Orleans
by rail. Certain Memphis lawyers we're
advised Of the fact, procured a writ
Of habeas corpus, went to Jackson, Ten
nessee with q squad Of armed Metropoli-
tan policemen and seized the whole party
and brought them to Memphis. The
case was heard before the court issuing
the writ-Judge Hunter, perhaps-and
Wsddy was discharged. Since that time
Waddy has greatly admired that palla-
dun Of human liberty-the writ Of ha-
beas corpus. At St. Louis, when SO sick
that he could not turn over in bed, the
news Of a hsbeas corpus would bring
him forth, full dressed, as quick as
ALT Burnett could change him
self from en- old woman to
a r~ollicksome Irishmap. Altogether
it is a remarkable case. Sheriff Ander-
o got arrested himself, and it was a
doubtful matter whether be would cap.
ture Waddy or get captured himself.
lie wrote back to a friend that if he
ever concluded to write a yellow-backed
dime novel be would locate the most
stirring incidents in St. Loris. Now
that the distinguished lessee Of the Mis-
souri, penitentiary is the guest of q city
which hes always claimed him, we leave
him to a jury of his peera, if one can be
found in Shelby county. If the State
makes good the six indictments against
him, one of them for the capital offense
of horse stealing, the probabilities are
that he will become more familiar with
the Tennessee penitentiary than with
that reformatory institution in Missouri.
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STATE FINANCES.
The Failure 10 borrow Explained
by Governor POrter-NO 'sGoOd's In
an Extra session.

-
The Failure 10 Borrow Explained
an Extra session.
The following letter appears in the
Nashville papers OF the 18th instant:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
NASHVILLE. July IL, 1875. J
SHIN answer to your inquiry l have
to state that an effort was made in good
faith to borrow money to meet the July
interest on the State debt. The people
of the State expected hat the interest
would be paid il a loan could be nego-
tiated on terms that were at all liberal.
The necessary amount Of money was
offered to the Comptroller at seven and
a quarter (7f) per cent. per annum, but
in making a loan Of 5000, 900 he was re-
quired to deposit as collateral security
the sun Of $S50,000 in the bonds Of the
State. he could not comply with this
requirement fer the reason that he wat
not provided with the securities de-
manded.
1t is true, as you suggest, hat the
power to negotiate a loan has been
granted to the Comptroller, but he can.
not exercise it so long as banks and
bankers refuse to accept his undertake
ing, without a pledge of other security.
There was some hesitation in making
the loan on the part of bankers on other
grounds, but it could have been negoti-
ated If the Comptroller had been pro-
vided with the necessary collaterals; in
my own opinion the undertaking OF the
Comptroller, backed as he is by the en-
tire of the State, would be
ample security for any amount borrowed
under authority Of the Financial Board
But a different opinion controlled the
action Of the bankers Of New York.
In answer to the other inquiry, | have
this to say: do not believe that the
present General Assembly would provide
additional means to pay the interest on
the State debt, or enlarge the power of
Comptroller of the Treasury to bor-
money, and | cannot, therefore, see
any good result from an extra session Of
Legislature. / have the honor 10 be
Your obedient servant,
JAS D. PORTER.
GEY. NJ. j. WRIGHT, Columbia, Tenn.
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NEW YORK.

New York. July l~9.-During a quar-
rel among some drunken negroes in a
saloon OF Broome street, near Thomp-
son, early yesterday, one man was killed,
another fatally wounded and two or
three badly cut.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

The State of Tennessee produced in
1870, according to the census report,
l,6l9,386 bushels Of wheat and 50, 900, 900
bushels Of corn. We are informed by a
gentleman just from Lincoln and Dyer
counties that these two alone will pro-
duce half a million each. According to
this Tennessee will raise several millions
this year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

JUICES NICHOLSON and Turney, of the
Supreme Court, are going to Warm
Springs, N. c., to take a few days much
needed rest during their official vaca-
ton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

GIBSON county is assessed 5000 by the
commissioners for the Philadelphia cen
tennial as her proportion Of the subscrip-
ton necessary to have Tennessee prop.
eHy represented next year.
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ProbabiIities,

WASHINGTON, July 19-In the Gulf
States, Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
rising to stationary barometer, southeast
to northeast winds, partly cloudy and
generally cooler weather, with occasional
rains
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

Mr.. w. ]. BIRDsoNG, Of Madison
county, sowed two bushels of rye this
season and gathered sixty bushels from
two acres. This is what might be called
a prompt return and a good crop,
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AMusEMERTs-
PICNIC! PICNIC!

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CITIZENS
w Of Memphis, do hereby tender TO Mr..
IH0S. r. ROGERS
COMPLIMENTARY PICNIC,
To assist him in replacing bis household
goods, etc.. lost at the late FIRE at James
Park. Picnic to be held on
Monday, the 26th day of July, 1875,
at James Park.
We have known Mr.. Rogers for several
years, and in rendering this benefit simply ap-
preciate his kindness to us on occasions OF
former picnics at James Park.
Az Davis, Jacob S~teinkuhl,
p I Wright, PC Rogers,
A HUM, VIM Henry,
ID G keahard, bingham,
A j Wheeler, John Il Moyston,
w III Moyston, ME- Ball,
VIM S Matthews, ABB Vaccaro,
John Scheibler, Louis Podesta.
VIM Floyd, CHalllna,
J w Lieben, kaufman,
II Arnold. " MOller,
Jacob V Glass, Jos, Specht,
G Quentel, m
n Stotz. b Willard,
J. SOiari, Naccar0. lzl-lzz
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Centennial OF Daniel O'ConneII.

COhANAhs
WASHINGTON, July l9-The Catholic
benevolent societies of the District Of
Columbia will meet on Friday to make
arrangements for celebrating the centen-
NAL of Daniel O'ConneIl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

BROTHER WATSON, Of the Spiritual
Magazine, has at last heard Of two cases
Of nsanity-probably from s%piritualism
We have heard Of hundreds, but have no
idea that our distinguished friend is in
any danger. He is altogether too sharp
and worldly.wise for that.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

CRoP reports continue to be favorable
from all directions. We hear of some
damage to wheat, especially in East
Tennessee, but not Of a very serious ma
tnre.
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BRIGHAM You've is a bereaved widower
of the thirty-second degree. His be-
loved wife Emaline died on the 18th
instant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

GENERAL FORREST participated in an
indignation meeting last fall after the
Gibson county disturbances; hence the
Trenton News Gazette cannot forgive
him for attending q Fourth Of July col.
ored picnic 1t is indignant and thinks
his remarks should have been "briefer."
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WATERS' new SCALE PIANOS

are the best made the touch elastic. and fine
singing tone. powerful, pure and even.
WATERS CONCERTO ORGANS
cannot be excelled in tone or beauty; they
defy. competition. The Concerto Stop is a fine
Imitation Of the Human Vo ce.
PRICES EXTREMELY Low for cash dur
ing this month. Monthly Instalments re-
ceived; Pianos and Organs to Let. and Rent
Money allowed il purchased. Secondhand
Instruments AT GREAT BARGAINS.
AGENTS WANTED. A liberal discount to
Teachers, Ministers, Churches. Schools,
Lodges, etc. Special inducements to the
trade. illustrated Catalogues Mailed. H9R-
ACE WATERS Il SONS, 4Sl Broadway, New
York. Box y56T.
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The Globe-D Democrat finds comfort in
saying hat "the Democratic papers
have not yet attacked the Administra.
ton on the ground Of it's having become
a grandfather, but the Washington cor
respondents Of the Independent press
have been instructed to inquire very
closely into the dates"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

JOE JEFFERSON will remain in Europe
two years. He has bis whole family
with him and will pass the summer in
Switzerland.
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The Pittsburg Post puts it this way:
Why shouldn't the farms of Changers
be exempt from taxation as we'll as Ma.
tional bonds2 is the conundrum now
floating through the Ohio valley"
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The BROWN COTTON GIN CO.,

Manufacturers of Cotton Gins, Cotton Gin
Feeders, Condensers and Cotton Gin Mate
rails of every description. Our Gins have
been in use thirty years, and have an estab-
lished reputation for simplicity. light-run-
ming, durability, and for quality and quantity
Of lint produced. Our Feeder is easily at
tached to the Gin, and easily operated by any
hand of ordinary intelligence. They are the
simplest and cheapest Feeder in the market
and feed with more regularity than is possible
by hand. increasing the o~ut-turn and giving o
cleaner and better sample. At all Fairs where
exhibited and by Planters having them in use,
they have been accorded the highest encomi-
ums. Our condensers are well made, durable
and simple in construction, and do what is
required of them RAPIDLY and we'll. No addi-
tional power is required to drive the Feeder
or Condenser. and no Gin House is complete
without them. We are prepared to warrant,
to any reasonable extent, perfect satisfaction
to every purchaser. Circulars, prices and full
information furnished Addres, as above, or
apply to W. A. SMITH Memphis. Tenn
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sTosK DIVIDEND.
Dividend Notice.

OFFICE UERsANDo INSURANCE COL
MEMPHIS, july IL, 1875.
TIME STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS COM
i pany are hereby notified that, at a meet
ing Of the Directors held this dav. a cash divi-
dend of ten llO per cent. was declared out OF
the net earnings of the past six months, pay
able on demand.
116 l21 II. NJ. NELSON, Secretary.
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WI are glad to see that the Jackson
Wing and Tribune, which was suspended
temporarily on account of a loss by fire
on the 9Th Of June, has reappeared in a
new aud beautiful dress. We will rot
say anything about the tabled phoenix
except that the Office was partially in
sured in the Phoenix Insurance, of
Hartford, and the loss still was over two
thousand dollars. The paper looks
brighter than ever, and we hope will be
as prosperous as it is characterized by
life and energy.
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BANGOR, Me-, July l9.-George Mea.
way killed his wife yesterday. They had
been separated
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make them murmur in these bard times
and to suspect that something is wrong.
Many Of the hard-working, economical
people Of this country can hardly get
bread for their families. When they see
public officials Of high or low degree
r%iOting, in high living it is calculated to
produce dissatisfaction, and shows to all
who are not blinded by p~artisanship that
something is wrong. There is a demand
all over the country for a more economi-
cal administration of public affairs from
the National Executive down to munich
pal governments, and the people will be
heard from in the next general election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

EIGHTY thousand white shad, sent to
Knoxville by the fish commissioner, were
emptied into Holston river last Friday
night. They were brought in twelve
large tin cans from Holyoke, Massachu-
sets, on the Connecticut river. When
deposited in the river they were only a
few hours old, were about a third of an
inch long and the thickness of a horse
hair. An effort will be made in this
manner to stock many of the rivers Of
the country with shad. The theory is
that these diminutive specimens Of the
fnny tribe will start for the ocean next
October and return in three years to
spawn, and that the stock will increase
ad infnitum. The shad, at maturity, is
about twenty inches long and esteemed
90 a great delicacy. The journey to the
ocean and back is a long one, but we
read lately that shad put in the river at
st. Paul or St. Anthony's Falls three
years ago had begun to return and it is
believed that the waters Of the Holston
are as accessible and attractive for the
fish as the upper Mississippi.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19

THIRrY.EIGHT papers in Tennessee use
patent outsides.
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STOCK DIVIDEND.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

OYprcE OF BLUFF CRY INSURANCE Co.,(
MEaPHis, TENE., July s, 1875.
MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF
"A this Company held this day,
A dividend Of Five Per Cent.
declared upon the capital stock and or
dered TO DO credited upon the stock notes.
1lO-l2l W. II. MOORE, Seo'y.
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GAINESVILLE Chronicle: At the close
of the war the debt of Tennessee was
$50, los, OOO; on the LIST of January, 1872,
it was $45,6S3. 900. Who administed
the government Of the State from 1865
to 1922 The Radical party, through
Federal appointments and Federal bay
onets, Who, then, is responsible for the
immense accumulation Of the debt dur.
ing that periodi Certainly not the AK
payers Of Tennessee. Yet the bond
holders, who ought tolook to the Federal
Government for pay, are indignant be-
cause our people will not starve them
selves to pay the interest on a debt
which they had no agency in creating.
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GEN. NJ. j. WRIGHT, Columbia, Tenn.
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INSURANCE.

y. @. NELLY, d. P. HADDKx. W. H. MOORE,
President. V. President. ] Secretary.