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, 1875-11-11
RAILROAD NEWS.
Tho Roads from the I3nat to CHI.
cnao Join the Pool.
a Reduction Of Running Expenses Ex,
pected-.'Furt1lor Increase
Of Farcs.
National Railroad Convention. .--IndeneutI.
cnt Frcig!t Line.

rlIf
/ Than. 80 ,E 49, ,, ,
hoo"s " t"""tu aRo LIE lRth0NF p'lhliahed
tile tact that tho Michigan Central, Michigan
| e,,.,,-, ,.3 ri, ,,.,,. l. r.. ,r ,,
,oroi ,,,t,, ,,oo,,,,,, ...aar.. H., ,',s,' ~.
o :, 'e -, ",."'Ho''e"s es ""'e" 'no
ehfninRa oi tue tlfoe lines woro TO be poo[f i,
aud TINT !" consequence high rases would hcfo.
after bo maintained by tloso roads, Thouub An
| ct1ort vas mate tn 1i.cre,t tho a,,o,n.o,,on,
.rt1 5o,,, :, - ,,.,o,.aa.. ~, ,,,'..'. 49,,
""u "'.s 10 eo'l''s"ee'' wv annso'uent aesel-
othiehsa have proren lint thc Information WAS
only too vail founded. As Hthtod before, ali the
roatls leading from Chicago to tho East arc in
tbts continuation o1r,nt tin nn,y r,is l. r,,i.
... D., ','1', ,~~et~ ~, ~" A'.o cu'>
as, 1'o1t' WHICH, no"evo'' naS aGFeoa 10 act IN
eht'ro nafmohg wiki tho others aud
submit to tho rates and rules made by
tho combination. Tim reason tb;s roa,, t1 m,
sign Inn aan,o ,,-..,,.nt =. IT,, a.,,ar', 49,.
nIrreJr boc,nso ~ 81 H. sno WILLIS "hs M
Er1e aud Atlantis 4 I,rnst Woats, ~ ~ 49," 1,so
thetn.civas i, anv s;;,, Tnu, 'nu.e'oT caNnos u''l
bei.nr thnm tI,o o,h"r ",,% %",. tus -. ~ ~
purnoses ia i,1st M ,cs, IL, H., t 20 ano t
otueru desr}to it, rcmarLs ni',p e ~ 10 to
Tho combination. "0''' A'' D''As :"
but tLa ronla ica,ti,o firm, tin 1,... !. c,,,,.
have niso ontornd into m ...ot,n.,t =, Eeaso
moro comnot,tiu,, il, Ina r;,'r. ' ~ nN'e 10
by tlo folowi,,,, t,ispstnI, u''' a. ~" oo seen
NEW Your. Nc, l., IN, ,.r t,.,u,
eyiyn,a central III onl Ism 1otf Csntr1' Penn.
co1nr Ia tho agrcc1hun; Gstwrst ~ p'
Michigan Centra and iahe Hh,rn Coopsne. tha .nn,
cuTrece usAn'nB ttat toy willing 10 agrcs upon
UNIFORM r4ca aud tellce sxpsusca III tie atter of
Hs,,ue tr.' oas'ne's'
!, Tho new arrangement is nothing moro nor less
thah to' onattneht OF the Sa. AtoGa cumbiila-
slon ontcTed into about Il year ago, b.lt which
or1de do"n owing to the opposition Of tho pgcsn
ana ml tl's reop!e, and tho unwsngucss Of the
on..l"fo .s q ohfo 10 1nln' Tho inter roads on-
poal1ion having DOW bean osescnsne. it ia ho-
neYed W tue HasHay MaHagasa tl4at tLey can
they 20 not mean 10 bo moderate in ratu,ug tle
, 1875-11-11
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.


pnbuAleE1 tAIon4hoat tao un1tGu Sta4eA.
NEW YnnE, Oct. Il. tS'o.
nR NAnWAY.nkAR 8En. sua iudueed by 4 ssn.e .t o.
duty Ia tho suffering 10 mako bFet stAtsn16nt VI tue
va. kinG Ut yuuf .uIns fuyso1s. Eur susstA ysas
haa boon snectTt with somo tfaubs II thu h4 dlnf ~
urinary oskAas Hhlah twelve months ago
Il nest terrihls affecting dlssAss, wn!ch pJscia
.mms"n u tbe kaasYs Ia T. ads5 LII ~ x.Is u
9.r s2t1sa .h.t E sxo5 p1e,sst 81
fhy.tc|sns and hsd tAkaa largo quantity u msdetn
path A!epAtha sud hunooHathI hut had Ent no fee
fsr:;I ID Imp taaE ~ Fesa nS.'so II IT,
sfaaed IN Mho had lous hesn suffering - Atd
boon IMtut night 81 ad ut some nf ssahcJouF & n1Ist
tud eonulAnasa taking tllsn Ii tfra dsJa sEsat
" ~ q. ". JAMEH, OinelnaatL o.
, 1875-11-11

Spfesot Dapateh to Tbs CA,caao Tribune,
BLooMlSaTos, Nov. 10.--R. ". and j. 4. Stub
plehs!d, ct this county. Htasted to-day for
EUROPE on the aecond trip this year. Thoy will
import ton Norman stallions, "'''
, 1875-11-11
RESIGNATION


Spse1at Dftpateh to THE CA.ta9o 2rl6una.
IAas1sd, Mich, Nov. 0.-p. r. Vanzile. hny-
tn:: beon e'ocssd Judge oR tho Fifth Circuit, has
tendored bis resignation as Judge of Probate Of
Eaton County.
, 1875-11-11

op*eA dfVo :" " fha cA.e1ga Trbun4
ikptAaAfoL1s. hoY. 1Q.-TDa Cupmlstse 40,
polluted tor that purpose awarded tue prize Tor
tae centenola1 poem to DE. Ospheus Eyasts, su.
fe5ln.snMaens g o. The Hospital TOR tie Insaae, Who
ItVts.
, 1875-11-11
INDIAN TERRITORY ptAs,L,sM,

Srtcai U,srdtfh to The Ch4ca J., f1,b.ne
MusNouEE. Nov. 10.--W.li,am Cochran, a
Cherokee. and Sim Nelson, Chcka.aw, wero
kt'lod by Houston Brown. Cnl,kasaw. a few
days AGO IN Ftclt tns County, Chickasaw Nation,
No tuither particulars Mt pteseut
, 1875-11-11
]CEAn STEAMSHIP MEMS

LONDON, Nov. 10.-Bteamships Spain. Citv of
Montreal. mud Victoria have arrived out.
NEW 1oRK. Nov. l0--Axriyed-stoamsh
Ethiopia, from Glasgow.
, 1875-11-11
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Discovery Of n Scheme In New
York for Showing "Quccr"
Railroad Tickets,
Third Day Of the Trial, at Fort Wayne,
Of Joseph Wall, for murder.
A Prtncely Rnrglnr Of Gotham Brought
to Gricf at Last.

BOGUS RAILROAD TICKETS,

6CGU3 ffHILHCHD tlCNE -
6pte;a D.i'~tth IL ne C,.,ea {r'bun..
Few Yong, Nor. 1tf,--Intornlntn rna rn
ceiyed this morning by John !. Spro:,,1, General
Agont in thts city for tho illinois Gantr4l HAIL
Wsy, Of tho e1istoncc Of an extensive
System of forgery upon that Comrany
BY means Of t,cicts purporttag to have
haeu Issued by that Company for pAs-
nsge between Chicago and Deaycr City. Ihc
tickcts have boon offered for salo IN ttis cit j,
and from Information that LAS Already boon TO-
oeiYed 1t te believed slat tho forkers hs ma 10
Ne" York the bass of operations. Two tirkets
wore offered for sale thiA morning, mo be.uy
No. 4,9l9, having beau otfurcd at Tho
1t. Nicholas lfutel. a.d auo:I.nr, numbered
4;S5s, at ttc Grand ccnttal Hotel. The utro inE
VI otle'a las afro beet heard of, but 30 csutiuun
were tba movements Of tho pnssons engaged in
thn operation that tho pat tculsrs aud nnnbors
OF tue tickets oonl3 not 10 oblalDed. Tho c,,uu-
tnrfelta Are prints d OIL psuE paper, which makrs
them ulller u OIL tito genuine, and the name OF w.
i. .Johnson ie atlacheh to every coupon IN scrllt
tpFe Mh'le the genuine signature IN s.amped on
tho psinc.pA tckut by iac-H1nl1r bluck, nl,d o.
on tue coupons At a!a Tue forged tickets \ rcar
to have been issued by tho i1llnuts Ce,hta lsat'-
way Company for aratsis between C!i.caSo
and Denver City via st. Louis Tu.,
coupons. attached to tho forged t1c,";s
make only one ctupon neco sary between Chi
cago aud st. Louis, while III thv gcnnlno 1t IL
necessary to bave two, namely: QUO coupon bo-
tweon Chicago And Etlnghan1, ani anottrs
hotweou E}inRham and ii. Louis, Or cour-e.
the 81 urous tickets are must certain to be de-
tecttd by conductors Ut tho road, but, Iii order
to xesent even the possibility Of any If them
belu8 taken by mistake. lilo a8ent In this CITY
Ina 1ufolsnod sbe nlain olcc IN Cntcago bs teIa-
graph OF tho discoveries that he lll. already
made, and plan that ho has adopted IL
stop tho sale Of tckota IN TINS city.
The police have been .laccd on tho
track of the pofeons who hAvo oife,et
the tickets for sale. and it IL pe'eyed that tue
whole gang connected with tho forgery HiI br
captured. unless they should take alarm before I
tha rlce can succeed IN thcir plan uf upcra.
Mons for securing the forRera and Their a6onts.
, 1875-11-11
THE PEklTENT.nRY FIR L,f5.

NEW YoNK, Nov. 10.-Thc trial Of John Nc
Gulre for killing Samuel Jackson, colored man,
while returning from picnic at Solution Park,
Brooklyn. OIL Oct. IT, was concluded to-day, Tho
jury returned verdict Of guilty OF mni der in
tho Becord dearea md McGulre MAS seutonr,i
to state prlhou for life
, 1875-11-11

Srrrml Hsrdt.ii I" Ihs fi..e rra TRIBUNE.
sr. Lou's. Nov l0.--E. T. Wasl.burn, Cliof
Of the scrrei Service Detective Force, has been
in conference to-day with tile Chief of Iol!ce
au1 other officials. and it il supposed tho confer
ence was III rcfcrence to the receut arrest of
notor'nns co11nte fcitoyu whuAc head1uarters srs
supposed to have hnen in 1t. Louie. liz uxpects
to clsc.t sonc Important aid III III king fulthrr
nFtcnts from tho hec0unterfeters who wero indicted
to-day.
, 1875-11-11

. '7ss'7' 0"p*4se'7 10 n tAl1000 gT7bNH4
DLooA1AaToS, ILL.,, Nor. 1D.-The Ltberal Con.
tefeoee OF Illinois opeus Tomorrow evening with
u SoEmon by DR.. Kerr, Of Rockford. and Mil c,,u.
tlnue unsil Sunday. Great p1opa ations .Ta
being made by the Free Couareostion.t f.hrr,,
Of shls city tor the Conference, and for the ~.
eeptlon u tbs delegates, Who are re4ueHtea to
Eepoit It tho church waea they arriye,
, 1875-11-11
ascouRoep EDITOR SHOOTS.

4. 1F13uT%,
FORT WAYNE, lud.. Nov.l0.-Yas&es.lsy After
sooo. It Huntington. ssmue! F. Winter, etito. Of
- Huntington Democrat, rust Justice Of thp
, 1875-11-11

1sEfefat Dsuatch to The Chicago 1bstas
Sioux CRY, H., Nov. 10.-lIog-oholora la proy.
nleht In tins Heostou.
, 1875-11-11

BOSTON, Nov. lo.-Tho two leading psptlst
papass ia 1oston--the Bra sad Ha.atn.an a,,i
Aefacsor.-havo beeu consolidated, with, DR..
Lotl1acr in editorial control,
, 1875-11-11

npscWs UNbatcH 70 Iht Ch1taa0 XTituIA
elouI CiTr, Nov. 10.-Articles OF incospora-
tlon OF the Covingson, Columbus i Hack Hllts
Nallroad will be filed this week. The CORPORA.
soEs are among the most substantial citizens
hDEe &nd IN Northern Nebraska.
, 1875-11-11

=. o'tRIIRu CUFFINS FRUH 0HaVE9.
NEW YonK, Nov. a.-lha Williamsburg UNDER
takers arc o1cited IN regard to tho operations ol
1ournsyman cohin.mauer who keeps shop.
It ~as discovered that he waa in tile habit Of
fooo'ng cemeteries aud grAyeysrda OF The
eomas Deposited IN na~!y-mada graves.
u u stated shat hs would take ls,rse
niles, a. nlKht. to visit Cemetery vlora cor1,ae
hAa oeeu recently hurlsd. boy always a.cotu-
pshlcu hun aud bclped him e1tlume tbs colius.
lne cosinh would be removed from sf.e rough boz
T.. as wv corpse taken cut of the cul!iu aud mt
10 the rough box and resuteFIe,l. The coin tEus
paoeuiea would b taken to Ills city snd so!d to
Wt,'e lg!o oha1ef,aAes. The onsuder Hhosa unma IL
"AlAn nake, has tseu arrested,
, 1875-11-11
Tuuor Of Twelvc Yenrn' Growth Cared b.
Ra4lwny's lleAoIvent.

BEVERLY. Ma&A, Jllf ~ l4@.
DH, RAnwAY; 1hays had ora,isn tuaot u the o!arss
aud bHHal4 All the doctors sAid " thers help iof
r." trio stef,;hin3 thas w rseoansade tut psth
voud ~ but bsd no tatth 10 n because hsd sut
tered yo. toek s1 butas VI ltosal1snt
and ono bu1 Of Had -, . Pills aud bottles .f youf
Hssdy ss! and tha1o Il not ssn of s9nut 70 b zen
2. IT, ut TO-, hst'oT sm.sst mart nd h:pDsr 5a IT, Fl,
sida Of le bnwes tho xron .rite this 70 Tor
tha benefit of ptnrs. You pnblIah choGss
HANNAH P. KNAPP.
p1ics, 81 psr bottle.
, 1875-11-11

opeT7af UsDdEfh % The EHk'u1n Tf7bunf,
QUINCY. ILL.,. Nov. 10 The Hoffman scandal
tr1kl 10 aow iu fall proRross. Tno sessions OF
Inc coune'l arc secret. but Mig ronor. or has
managed to got full report OF tho proceedings
To-day, IN tbn course Of Which Gen. l'rt ntIss,
Ma1sle Ballou aud n Mrs. saisror {uot witness
70 the foimer trial) wore examined, Miss
naa!oo n reiterated her testimony r,.en III tie
fn1nush s7a'. 10 ths effect ltaa. Dir. Hoffman had
~ particular occaslnns. alr8. HbFrer, tho
ne1 "llnese, Also tenti1ed that Hoffman
Aaa made impropet ADVANCES sud
r,I attempted 70 take tm ropcr l1bcrt,cs wuh llcr.
Wallace, recently l'resulur Elder ~ ,h,s diss
taes. AND the m defense by Tho lov. DR.. Davies, Of
lays. '"'' 'o'''a'
, 1875-11-11
Kidney and Bladder Complaints,

trlnAr, aad Womb Diseases. Gravel, Dabstss, n,opth
sappsEe Of wAtsr. uoontlnanos Of ur1no, BElxhs !s
deposs, tho wAteF = tbluk. cloudy i1ed 1T
@ ~ kG s1s Wc u =. Fiji sas
h!te bonsduat depoaits. and Hhsn thsre Il pticktn4
burning sensAon when pAssiux Mat0I aud pxtp tho BmA
Of tbs back and aiDng tho lolna.
, 1875-11-11

sptc,us pHnaftA 10 III. ch,eaoo ir,hua<,
NEW foAx, Nov. 10.-The Directors OF the
Now York Cleap Transportation Associa.ion mot
yoHtotdsy. The Committee On Claims aud
Grievances reported that an unusually Iaruo
number Of communications had been received
complaining Of discrimination ln frslgl1t.,atos
mado by trunk limos against Nav York In favor
of other Eastern cities. amounting to 30 por cout
on fourth class freghta 10 Chicago and 1T.
Long; Other INSTANCES Of discrltnlnn;ion against
Ao' York are giyon and tho only way IN tbs
opinion OF tho Committee to relieve Now
iork from such dIsadyanthpes WA
to be. found in the operation of
an ludopeudent. aud houestl y.coustr,cted
railroad between tho Eaot aud West 4 consnI-
taton with tho representatives Of tho trunk lines,
With Wow Of securing Immediate rolof, was
roeommensled. Dir. Barron satd TINT Iast sum
mer 10 spent two weeks in Chicago. He iIad
found the merchants there eaRor for tho nro,
posed last trstght sino. Tn all sides he received
Wofds or cheer aud encouragement. Tue mer-
chants OF Chicago wore willing to do their elxre
toward building tho road, "-'"'"
, 1875-11-11

,IHE NATIONAL RAILROAD CONVENTION,
tie National 1sailroad Convention hero m.
Proachcs, lntoreat 10 the project Increases, Com
mnncas!ons nro boing received daily from Gov.
efnofs Of States. Mayors Of clties and CONNER.
cal bodies III different parts Of tho Union. an.
nounotng tho appointment Of delegates, and tho
Pfoshecta ate TINT the Convention will not only
90 ono of the lsracst ever held III this country.
bat "lll be couapoked Of somo Of tho most pro,n.
,nent aud iHtuon!ial moh III their reupcclIyo
localities: Delegates Hlli be appointed By tl.o
Mescnents Exchange hero 10 tho Couyoutlon to
20 held at Me.nphiB On tic 10Th inst, With a
view 10 atil further explain the objects and pt,r
noses ~ q the consoatiou called tor this punt an
tho 23d inst. and to give informat,oa to the
bouthetn people. WV
, 1875-11-11

THREE PERSONS POISONED.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 'o.-Sesttal days aso
tho family Of Charles Massey, Sr. nl,o lives At
FoFdssl1e. Ky., ~ers taxen audden'y III. Physi-
c'anH pronounced the srknoss tho effect of
poison, aud. despite heir e1orts Tho eou.
daughter, and vito died. The rhssicsrs
hare tscoscred tha. the well used by the family
was hiled With poison. either s.rychnlun or
AfEohio. bul II " it ca'ne il.uro fs not known
so tessoa is suspected, bnt all things indicate
TINT. tho roisnn was p!t In tho well by human
hant'h oshc"h "t har. 3lhssays family arc In
lar way to recover.
, 1875-11-11

HR*H PLUtKEp FROM THE BUnNfNo,
Srfeiat fhs nth to The c. ftA1n I. btnt.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 10.-At meet!ng of tho
mansRfts Of tho Industrial 11ome to-day tt was
stated that Mary Judge. girl of II. who had
been abducted and taken TO chicago by her
mother, pfohigate wom n, and nbanduncd
t'cle to bcr own r~soircca. had been recovered,
md. although extremely v'o'aat anu intraeshble
n tIEBe. was overcome ut tho sight Of tho Mn
iron. and had suffered herself t. he lnslallod in
hoi old q,laricrR nad her taHlry tlnerr 1oplaced
BY c4cAn tidy as:'c Ss:o IL nov happy again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-02
FOREIGN.


LONDON, November 2.-There has beer
another heavy withdrawal of bullion
from the Bank Of England to day. The
amount taken out on balance aggregate,
e5S4,00O, most Of it being for shipment
to Germany.
The King and Queen Of Denmark and
their daughter, the Princess Thura, &C
companied by Prince John of Schleswig
Holstein Sanderburg Glucksburg, arrived
in England t. lay. The royal party
we're met at Dover BY the Princess Of
Wales and suite and escorted to Lon.
don, where the distinguished visitors
will remain until the beginning of De-
cember.
Notwithstanding the regular Michael
masterm has been abolished, Lord Cairns,
Lord Chancellor, extended The custom
airy reception to the judges at his man
sion to-day. They afterward proceeded
in procession to Westminster Hall, to
i%naugurate the new Michaelmas sittings
under the judicature act. The Lord
Chancellor and Lord Justices will set as
a court of appeal.
ROME, November 2.-The trial is pro-
ceeding in this cityo OF Giuseppe Laiconi,
Michele Armati, Luigi Msrelli, Cornelis
Pho Ferezza and Salvatore Scar
petit, charged with being concerned in
muroer Of Raffaele S~onzogno, editor
joint proprietor of the ultra demo-
cratic journal, La Capitale. The assas-
.sination created a great sensation al the
time, and wal by many attributed to the
party. This excitement has by
no e died out, as may be seen in the
fact that the p~ostofice sequestrates all
newspapers containing the trial
proceedings. The trial has apparently
developed the fact that The murder was
by Ferezza, though the evi.
ienee is believed 10 be insufficient to
convict him. Laiconi at one time was
to be the real instigator of the
The German and Italian Missions here
have been raised to Embassies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-02

HAN CARTER, a coIored politician for.
merly Of Memphis, but Of late years an
O~ficekolder 10 Mississippi, made speech
the other day down below Vicksburg, in
the midst Of which the gallant leader
saw a little eOBlnsion on the outskirts Of
The crowd and took 10 his heels like a
Wild turkey and made himsslf conspic-
uously absent. and crossed the river
halt scared to death. The wicked Gee
when no man pursoeth. Ham admitted
when be got back to Vicksburg that not
a weapon was drawn or a shot fred that
he knew Of.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-02

great number Of people are clamoroa'
to make the bondholder a preferred
creditor. The third section Of the fund
ing act ave the coupon-clippers prefer
ence. The last, or rather the present
General Assembly, repealed that section
at the instance Of a Shelby member, and
the people looked on without a word Of
disapprobation, The people have had
no cause to change their minds, and no
argument from a bondholder will be re-
ceived with salvos of applause. 1t the
b~ondholders OF their own motion will
call a convention, report the respective
amounts Of bonds they hold, and pledge
themselves in a manner that will make
it legally binding to refund the debt at
fifty cents on the dollar, bearing four
per cent. interest and running thirty
years, we believe the people Of Tennes-
see would accept the proposition
and be willing to make the
contract a part Of the constitution,
reserving the right to make agreed cases
to test in the highest courts the legality
Of all doubtful bonds. 1t has to come
to something like this or worse, and the
sooner the better for all concerned. And
will tell the surviving members of the
ring in advance that they will
End the next Legislature even more diff
icult to drive into measures than the
last. If they persist, like Shylock, in
demanding the pound Of flesh, they will
have to take it without drawing one
drop of blood"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-02
view York LIENS.

NEw YoRE, November "A dozen OF
more small failures were announced yes
terday, embracing traders ia nearly every
line Of staples, but none of any maeni
tude, and a majority came to light by
assignments filed in the office of the
clerks Of court.
A dispatch from Scranton lays that
during the Halloween sports in that city
Anthony Scanlon demonstrated with
Henry Keller, both boys, for assaultiRg
the house Of the former with stones, and
in the wrangle that followed Keller
fatally stabbed Scanlon.
1t is understood the railroads running
to the West are about to agree on a new
and higher freight tariff, to go into effect
on the 18th instant on the basis Of sixty
cents to Chicago on fourth class
freight. Several roads yesterday ordered
their agents to make no time contracts
for freight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-02
The Chinese Feast Of the neaa

q
San Francisco Bulletin. October III
The Chinese Autumnal Festival ove,
the dead OF their race, which Commenced
on Sunday week, reached its most inter
esting point last Thursday. From dav
light until noon the road to Lone Monn.
tain cemetery was literally alive with
pedestrians and express wagon nacked
with the elite and rAbble Of Chinatown.
roasted hogs, aud every description Of
Chinese provisions. By IL o'clock the
wooden altar, heal the center of the
cemetery, was surrounded by a large
heather band and a liberal store of fish
flesh and fowl, not to mention stacks Of
cakes and candies. On one side of the
altar, il so it might be called, a a
large stove, ove- which a prominent
funetionary busted himself in making
tea for the entire crowd. Joss-sticks
we're burning upon the altar. and ON
three sides candles burned, illuminating
the figures Of three deities-the one on
the west representing what answers in
their theology to u devil, and whom
they evidently think it necessary TO pro.
pitiate before proceeding with their wor.
ship over the individual graves. Toward
the east, or rising sun, another less hide
Gus figure, representing the mighty shirt
of God; and on the south an insigni6.
cant, good-natured, porcelain imagine.
representing some local spiritual iuno.
tionary. Provisions we're heaped before
seven of these figures, and an incanta.
ton performed before them, severaIly.
after which, to the horrible music of a
smart Celestial band, they repaired to the
individual graves, the relation of the
deceased at each tomb taking a princi
pal part. The Oldest female relative Gf
there we're any females present) danced
about the grave several times, descapt-
ing on the virtues of the departed.
Alter this she deposit 4 on the grave
marrow strips Of yellow PAPER yellow be.
ing the imperis. color, and upon this
the provisions brought by the relatives
we're plsc /, if relativ we're present.
II they were not, the spirit of the person
had to be cont nted With slices of the
hogs which had been brourht out for
that purpose The male relative then
poured some ne on the { ave; the
priest stuck up some light / Joss sticks
and mu'ter 4 and douoled himself nj.
and then the FAINT site procession passed
to another grave. .4.ser visiting as
many ray as praeti. BILE, in accord.
ance with the requirement. Of a Celes-
tial day OF labor, he assembly met at
the altar and enjoy ! a simple COLLATION.
Of gritted ca, CHOW chow, and cold tea.
which time the ladi J reposed
lnder parasols, which protected them
rom the suns rays. At lie end of the
and recherche banquet they gath
cred up the provisions, that there might
De no free lunch at the expense of the
nation, scrambled into their express
wagons. and returned to their iresides a
title faster than was compatible with the
'olemnity OF the occasion and the safety
their persons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-02
CAssIUs M. CLAY.

HoN. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, of Kentucky
was in the city to day, on his return HON,
from Mississippi. BE is in fine healtl
and spirits, though rather fatiEued frop
his labors in the Mississippi canvass
During bis visit to the State he mad,
Eve speeches, but did NOT reach Vicks
burg, owing to the irregularity OF th,
boats. The carpet baggers put up theil
best speakers, white and black, TO an
swer, or rather to annoy him, but he was
well posted as to the record Of the little
defaulters and political stool pigeons
and as candor is a prominent trait with
Mr.. Clay, he made it very hot tor some
Of them. Sam Ireland, the negro poll.
%tician, was pitted against him, but was
shown up to be a defaulter, and was glad
to get out of the way. A white man Of
the same liz was 50 thoroughly
exposed by Mr.. Clay that the
crowd determined to throw the
fellow in the Mississippi river, and it was
only Mr.. Clay's interposition that saved
him. The crowds, we learn, we're mostly
colored, as the speaking took place in
Coahoma, Bolivar and Washington coun.
ties. The carpet-baggers threw every
obstacle in the way OF Mr.. Clay, but
the negroes knew who he was; knew
that he was an emancipationist all
his life, and had riskad his life
for his principles long before the
wsF, There we're many Kentucky ne
groes present who knew him per-
%sonally, and were ready to bear testi-
mony to the truth Of any statement he
made as to his v record. Mr.. Clay
has done good work forthe Conservative
cause, and is confident that it will pre-
vail today at the election. de deserves
the hearty gratitude Of the Conservatives
and Democrats Of Mississippi for
his noble effort in their behalf.
1t is nearly thirty years since Mr.. Clay
was Ia Memphis the last time previous
to this visit. Re was then captain Of a
company, and on bis way to the Mexican
war, during which hesuHered the horrors
Of captivity. The other day as be vent
down he met one Of the members Of his
old company, Mr.. Il. Seessel, Of this
city. and the meeting was Of the most
and gratifying nature. Mr..
Clsy's eight years absence on a foreign
mission to St. Petersburg seems to have
strengthened his fine co~nstiistion. He
has lately taken part in the Ohio cam
asd seems full Of vigor and enthu-
After spending a few hours in
the city to-day be LETT on the Hoon train
for Louisville.