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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
NEW YORK

New YoRE, March Son Friday
hight, as Bacon 0vington was getting
ready TO 80 to Europe, a clerk from
4 Pearsall served him with a
subpoena 10 produce two letters hat were
Friday night. July 10th, one sent
to Monroe Place, where the Plymouth
church investigating committee were in
session, and another to Mrs. Tilton, at
her home in Livingstone street, early
the next day. 0vington assured ex-
Fullerton that if any letters had
been written his wife wrote them, and
that she would respond to a subpoena.
He was allowed to go away to Europe,
and his wife is to be subpenaed.
The fact that the letters were sent was
discovered through search of the books
of the American District Telegraph
Company. Tilton told his counsel il
was his greatest puzzle TO know why
Elizabeth was so transformed in twenty
four hours, because he had left her at
home happy when he went away, and
had found her sleeping when he returned
and was awakend next morning by her
farewell words. He told his counsel Of
his dilemma, and after every SORT oil
reasoning they concluded to search the
books of the American District Tele'
graph Company. They found that on
Friday night q note had been sent to
Mr.. Storrs, at "a Monroe Place, and an
answer obtained and sent to Mrs. Tilton.
James Redpath publishes a card, saying:
" Tilton did not send me the original
manuscript of his true story to have il
surreptitiously published in New Eng
land. l never have had the remotest
idea Of publishing it. / have not been
summoned as a witness for the defense.
When Mr.. Morris said in his opening
speech that / acted as Beecher's agent
to get my friend Frank Moulton out Of
the case, he stated what he cannot prove,
because it is not true. / acted without
Beecher's knowledge"
Grape on door-bell knob of the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Jeffrey, a juror, who be.
came sick on Thursday, caused a com
motion among those who deplore any in.
terruption of the trial of the scandal
case, but inquiry proved it to be a Mr..
Plant, a boarder, who died Of chronic
neuralgia. Jeffreys was perfectly we'll.
Mr.. Beecher received fourteen new
members into Plymouth church yester-
day. He closed the benedictien with
the words: Grace, mercy and peace be
with you all"
1t is stated that the quarrel between
the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylva-
ME railroad companies is in the way Of
settlement AID that a compromise will
probably be agreed upop within a day or
two.
Mrs. Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith,
widow Of the late Gerrett Smith, died at
Peterboro Saturday, aged Il years.
Proceedings in the Tilton-Beecher
trial were resumed today. A great
crowd pressed around the door leading
to the Brooklyn City Court room, but no
one was admitted after the seats we're oc-
g cupied.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

This gives the opposition thlrty-tWo
Totes. and the Republicans forty-one,
though all Of the latter can by no
means be counted for the Administra-
ton on important political questions.
The following changes are noted ia the
o~omuosition Of the new Senate: Newton
Booth. Of California, takes the place of )
s. Hagar; VIM. w. Eaton succeeds VIM
A. Buckingham, of Connecticut Charles
w. Jones takes the place Of Abijah Gil
bert, from Florida; Joseph u. Mcdonald
succeeds Daniel D. Pratt, Of Indiana
Wm. PinkHey Wythe takes the place OF
w. T. Hamilton, Of Maryland; Henry L.
Dawes is the successor Of W. B. Wash
burn, of Massachusetts; Isaac P. Chris
tiancy takes the place Of Zachariah Chan
dler, ofMich. SIR. Mcmillan, succeeds
Alexander Ramsey, Of Mimi Blanch
z. Bruce takes the seat Of Henry R.
Pease, OF Mississippi; Carl Schurz, Of
Missouri, gives way to Francis M.
Cockrell; Algernon S. Paddock is
successor Of Thomas W. Upton, of
Nebraska; William M. Stewart, of
Nevada, retires in favor Of William
Sharon; from New Jersey Theo.
dore f. Randolph succeeds John P.
Stockton; Reuben y. Fenton gives
way to Francis Herman, Of New York
William A. Wallace takes the place Of
John Scott, of Pennsylvania; A. E..
Burnside succeeds William Sprague, Of
Rhode Island; William G. Brownlow
will be succeeded by ex.President
Andrew johnson, Of Tennessee; Nor
a C. Hamilton succeeds Joseph W.,
Flanagan, from Texas; Robt. E. Withers
ia the successor OF John +. Lewis, of
Virginia; Allen T. Caperton takes the
place of Arthur l.. Foreman, of West
Virginia; Angus Cameron is the sue
cessor of Matt Carpenter, OF Wisconsin.
In 1877 the terms Of Messrs. Gold
thwaite, Salisbury, Norwood, Stevenson,
Ransom, Kelly, Cooper, johnson (Vif'
giuia) and Davis Democrats), and
Messrs. Clayton, Logan Wright, Harvey,
West, Boutwell,, Ferry, Window, Alcorn,
Cragin, Frelinghuysen, Anthony, Rob
ertson, Hamilton, Hitchcock and Howe
Republicans) expire.
The only seat in the United States
Senate now remaining to be filed is Q
disputed one from Louisiana, claimed by
Pinchback.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
TIN FORFEIT ISSUE OF THE BANK OF
TENNESSEE.

Onr private advices from Nashville
give a different color to the decision in
The Bank Of Tennessee case. The court
held that the State was no party to the
bills, aud that no decree could be pro-
nounced affecting her liability; that she
was not subject to suit for the issues of
the bank; that as to the bank, it was
liable for the $4,000 of new issue sued on
in this particular case before the day
named OF 1873, and that it is pre-
ierred to the claims Of %depositors, but
they significantly reserve the question
whether any notes not already sued upon
can be recovered against the bank, five
years from the aspiration of the charter
which has long since expired; that the
creditors Of the bank como in before the
school fund, but that the schools Of par.
heuler counties can recover any bonds
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, March s.-For the lower
lakes, northwest winds, colder, clearing
or clear weather and rising barometer
from the Ohio valley to the Gulf coast.
For the Northwest, upper lakes aud Mis-
souri,, falling barometer, warmer, cloudy
weather aud snow. The river will rise
at Memphis and Vicksburg and fall at
St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
Attention.

Attention. Lawyers.
An amendment to the bill creating
the arbitration courts at Jackson has
been introduced in the House and SEN
ate allowing the commissioners to adj
journ at jackson when the business from
the county circuits" is disposed Of,
and 10 sit at Memphis and hear causes
from Shelby county. The business at
Jackson will probably be disposed Of in
two weeks, and the commission meet
here the third week in March. Lawyers
who desire to submit cases to the com
mission will do well to file their argu-
ments at once, as the Clerk Of the Su-
preme Court at jackson will forward
transcripts upon application to attor-
neys in any cause in which the agree
meut to submit has been filed. This
will enable the bar to propose briefs and
be ready for trial when the commission
meets here. 8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

At Reggie several curious letters Of
the great historian, Guicciardini, written
when he governed Modena in the name
of Pope Leo X, have come to light.
They will serve to clear up some obscure
points of that time. In a Roman library
there has been found an important med
tied work OF the philosopher C%ampanella,
upon the Reformation and times OF
Iuther.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

PoucHKEEPsIE, N. Y, March s.-The
storm of last night was the heaviest in
many years. Nearly a foot and a half
Of now fell, blockading Eve freight
trains south of here. Three locomotives
have been sent to help them out. The
Atlantic express train is several hours
behind time. Fears Of a disastrous
freshet are r~edoubled.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
AmusementS

MEMPHIS THEATER. - Tonight the
great historical play entitled Mary Stu
art, with Mrs. Bowers in the title role,
will be the attraction at the theater. The
cast ia very good, as can be seen from the
published programmes. The dramatic
attractions to be presented during the
week will be deserving Of public patron
age. On tomorrow night Loves Sacri-
fee will be produced, with Mrs. Bowers
as " Marguerite" and Mr.. McCollum as
" Mathew Elmore."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
Avoid Trouble and Expense.

Fred C. Sehaper, City Tax Collector,
in another column, informs those who
have not paid their city taxes for the
year 1874, that distress warrants will
be placed in the hands Of the proper off.
GERS on Monday, March 10Th, 1875.
Those who wish to avoid a heavy ex-
pense will settle on or before the 18th
instant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

The correspondent Of the London
Times says it is proposed to erect at
Copenhagen a bronze statue Of Hans
Christian Anderson, who will enter on
his seventy-frst year in April. The sub
scription is fixed at a trihing sum, in or
der that all classes and even children
NAV take part in il.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

A Kentucky woman gave birth to five
children in one year-triplets in January
and twins in December. Her mother
had previously given birth to triplets,
her sister is the mother of three pairs of
twins, and each of her two daughters has
given birth to triplets. Bad family for
an economical man to marry into.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
FOREIGN.


LONDON, March ga dispatch from
Berlin says the Pope has permitted the
Austrian bishops to comply with the
law, which requires that the authorities
be notified of the names of priests ap-
pointed to a living. This is considered
in Berlin evidence that the Pope is
actuated by political motives, as a re.
s%istance of the Prussian bishops, which
he encourages to a similar law, is the
principal cause OF the recent trouble
with the Catholic Church.
The canon between Spain and the
United States for the settlement Of the
Virginius affair has been signed.
The Alfonsists and Carlists are ex-
changing prisoners.
The amount Of bullion Withdrawn
from the Bank OF England on balance
to-day was $780, OO. all for the United
States.
PARIS, March San order ~forbidding
the sale of a newspaper called the Nine
teenth Century has been received.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

THE latest newspapers and periodicals
can always be found at Billy Lieben's
news stand, 1864 Main street. His as
sortment embraces all the leading pub
li%cations in the United States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
Extra Session OF the Indiana IegIs-
lRluFa

lNDIANoPoLIs, March S.-The Legisla-
ture has been called to convene in extra
session on Tuesday, March 9. Governor
Hendricks, in his proclamation, gives
the following as his reasons therefor:
Because of a disagreement between the
Senate and House Of Representatives
at the present session of the General
Assembly, a failure to pass laws indis.
pensable to the administration of the
State government, including the revenue
and general appropriation bill, has
occurred, and because thereof the public
welfare requires a special session Of the
General Assembly"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

A. MARIE has removed from No. 623
Jefferson street to 294 Third, neal M9di-
son., where he will continue to rent mas
querade suits. He has no connection
with the business at 621 Jefferson street
whatever. 8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

Our whalebOne c0rsets, soc.
Our side laced cloth shoes, 81.
KAHN Il FREIBERG,
1859, III, 173 Main St, cor. Poplar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08
TIE limited STATES SENATE.

The following shows the political
complexion Of the old United States
Senate as compared with that which as
sembled on the 9th Of March, with the
losses and gains of both parties;
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

Go TO Esch's, Second street, opposite
Court Square, and buy the always reliable
CABANAS CIGAR
at &c apiece. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

SCHOOL books, embracing every book
now in use at either public or private
schools in the city, can be foand at
Mansford's, corner Second and Monroe.
III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

EIGHT barges St. Bernard coal JUS
received. Also Pittsburg and came
coal.
ST. BERNARD Coal ASSOCIATION,
l48t Is Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

The LEDGER job Office is n Of the
most extensive in the South and capa'
BILE Of executing any class Of job work.
1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

PRIME mess beef in whole and half
barrels at H. Seessel, ST., & Sons, Y
Jefferson, corner of Third. Z
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

ALL the latest magazines, dailies and
periodicals can be found at P. j. Cole
mans news. stand and cigar store, No.
605 Beal street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

which they can identity as belonging to
them specifically. There are many
other points decided which we can only
state VIII en- we have a complete abstract.
In an interview with a reporter the
other da ', Butler is represented as say
ing thatin his opinion the present is the
gloOmies I period since the outbreak Of
the rebel lion. Then he continues in this
style.
II saw. the danger then from seeing
the tenn per of the Southern men-not
the Sout bern statesmen. / see it now
through the same medium. Domestic
wars are never planned. All history
shows th atnations drift into them against
the bette r judgment Of the Sober and
rightthi mixing men Of both coutending
factions Aad it is only my trust in an
overriding Providence in favor of the
destiny of this country that gives me
substai Itiai hope now. And / vet hope,
above all things, that my f~orebodings are
unfounded' aud unsubstAntial."
With Butler the wish is father to the
thought"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

UOunty OF Shelby, J
/, W. W. Thatcher. Cashier Of the above
named Bank, do sOlemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best Of my
knowledge and belief.
W.. W. TEACHER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day of March, 1875.
NJ. B. IRRELEVANT, Notary Public.
COrtect-Attest W. A. Gage, Tnad S. Ely,
II, Fursteheim, Directors,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

Burn COke.-Sold by coal deal
ers and the Gas Company. Is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

The type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee frst-class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1891
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

FERNANDO
Insurance Co.
oF
NO.'22 Madison Street.
directors,

Insursn against Loss By RI.
rino and River RtIks. ~
ss- Risks on PTiYpk DWELLING .,p.oioIlv,
u'a" ltS-2p-f
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PROFESSIONAL.
NOTICE.
AssessOr's NOtice. Gixtl m.

DR0PERTY HoLDFr vn
hereby noSr yperty In the Sixth ward arc
befoSs .lned 10 give IN their assessments
. % the undersigned assessor between this
and tho 10th day Of March, 1875, or % per
cent will DO annexed 70 their taxes. once
p.m., and until the 10th day. Of March, 1870.
j. A. THOMPSON,
lA-s Ass'r Sixth Ward, State and County,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

EIGHT barges St. Bernard coal just
received. Also Pittsburg and camel
coal.
ST. BERNARD Coal ASSOCIATION,
l4St Is Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

The GENUINE TROPICAL, a fine cigar,
3 for 25c, at H. Eseh's. 10
STRANGERS, 90 to Converse s, 81 South
Court street. cot
In the LEDGER job Office car be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job of printing. l2St
EIGHT barges St, Bernard coal just
received. Also Pittsburg and camel
coal.
ST.. BERNARD Coal ASSOCIATION,
l48t Is Madison street.
News for the Millions.
Mansford has three thousand copies Of
old magazines, such as Harper's, Elec-
tic, Scribner, etc., which will be sold at
ten cents a copy.
Burn COke.-Sold by coal deal
ers and the Gas Company. 10
EIGHT barges St. Bernard coal just
received. Also Pittsburg and camel
coal.
ST. BERNARD Coal ASSOCIATION,
l4St 10 Madison street.
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MILITARY.


HEADQUARTERS COMPANY A,
IRISH VOLUNTEERS, TENN. DIVISION.
MEMPHIS. March 5, 1910.
Order No. 81
VKTEEKLY DRILL OF THIS COMMAND
w al their armOry, 23 Second street, at
o'clock sharp. tomorrow TUESDAY even
ing. A prompt attendance is desired.
By order JOHN S. SULLIVAN, Capt..
JOIN RUSSELL, 0.S.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

The GENUINE TROPICAL, a fne cigar,
3 for 25c, at H. Eseh's. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

The LEDGER job office is in constant
receipt from the foundries Of new type,
embracing all the latest and best styles.
lQt
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STRANGERS, go to Converse's s, 81 South
Court street. COT
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
OFFICE-No. Is MADISON SrRKKr.
M P
Monday evening. March $, 1875.

The subscription price of the
PUBLIC LEDGER Is IS per hi
for Daily, and 81 per annum for
weekly. POSTAGE FREE.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-05-13
The Coming Age.

We may say, by way of introduction to the
following article, for which we are ignorantly
unable to give due credit, having found it
aaoat among our exchanges, that the saying of
the speaker alluded to, is, as the writer of
the article seems not to know, founded upon a
fact. That fact was often discoursed upon by
a now dead friend, philosopher and scholar, and
is the magnetic current which girdles the earth,
diaronally, or, as fashion might frame the
phraseology of it, son the bias" and which
may yet be made available for telegraphic COM
munication, without the Intervention OF over
land wires or ocean cables:
"a we'll known speaker said in recent
speech that the time was coming when we
might communicate instantly with San Fran
cisco without wire or operator. The audience
laughed at him. Perhaps his statement is not
so extravagant as it seems. Had the ordinary
work now done by the ordinary telegraph been
predicted forty years ago, it would have been
received with the same incredulty. Ihe truth
is that science, like politics and love, always
develops in unexpected directions: Modern
science is a paradox. Water, which was al
ways considered the most incombustlble matter
in nature, produces the greatest heat known.
Watch springs burn like pitch: The chemist
prepares delicate muslin, so that it can be
CleauSeQ Dy IRE. AIStHlS 10 PiC'CiiDSo .'A
dangerous diseases. Frozen feet are saved by
plunging them into snow Children are told
to keep away from iron during q thunder
storm, yet hardware stores are never struck by
lightning. Persons suffering from hydropho-
bia 90 into convulsions at the sight of water.
A French physician has, however, cured fifty
cases of this malady with hot baths. An edi-
tor of New York newspaper lost his sight,
until a surgeon put knife into his eyeballs,
whereupon the man recovered and went about
his work. The widest imagination is unable
to predict the discoveries of the future. For
all we know, families in the next century may
pump fuel from the river, and illuminate their
houses with ice and electricity. Iron vessels,
properly magnetized, may sail through the air
like balloons. An intelligent farmer turn the
soil of q thousand acres in day. American
grain may be shot into Liverpool and Calcutta
through iron pipes laid u'iaer the sea. by
means of condensed air and cold vapor en-
gines, excursion parties may travel along the
floor of the ocean, sailing past ancient wrecks
and mountains of coral. In those coming days
our present mode of telegraphy will be classed
with the wooden ploughs of Egypt, and the
people will look back to steamships and loco
motives as we do now look back to sail-boats
and stare coaches"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-05-13

How TO PUT Down MATrING.-As the
summer is approaching, and the time of mat
ting draws near, it may be we'll to call the at
tention of house keepers to the fact that, as
there is right way Of doing everything, there
is decidedly right way to put down Canton
mating. 1t is the almost universal practice to
put it down wrong. Most persons cut the
lengths, and then, laying the breadths in their
proper places on the floor, proceed to drive q
vast number of tacks up and down the edges.
This method serves the purpose of keeping the
covering very tightly on the floor, but it in
lures the boards and ruins the mattings. Ev-
cry tack breaks one straw, and perhaps more.
These Canton mattings are made on boats,
where they are woven in short pieces about two
yards loug. These short pieces are aiterward
Joined together on the shore in lengths OF about
forty yards. 1t is easy to see where these two
yard pieces are joined and the first thing to be
done after the mating is cut in the proper
lengths, is to sew these places across and across
on the wrong side to keep the joints from
opening. Then sew the breadths together, and
tack it to the floor in the same manner that
YOU treat a carpet. Mattings made in this way
will last fully twice as long as where they are
tackled in every breadth A good mating
should last six or seven years.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-05-13

NERVOUS CHILDREN.-Nervous children
suffer untold agonies from fear when put to
bed alone. No tongue can tell the horrors of
a lonely room to such children. A little, del
icate boy, whom his parents were drilling to
sleep alone, used to scream violently every
night, and his father would come and whip
him. He mistook the pertinacity for obstina-
cy, and thought it his duty to conquer the
chid's will. One night he said, "Why do you
always scream so, when you know you shall be
punished ?" 90, father, father !" said the little
fellow, 81 don't mind your whipping me, if
You'll only stay with me" That fathers eyes
were opened from that moment He saw that
a human being cannot be governed by dead
rules, like plant or All animal.
A little skill and little insight into the ma
tllre of child will prevent grievous mistakes
in managing them. The sense of Loneliness
which many young children feel on going to
bed alone can be easily prevented, by putting
the doll or other favorite plaything on the pill
low or in the hand for company We knew
one little two-year-old who could be composed
to sleep only by having dlapitated book that
he was fond of placed under the pillow. Chill
dren who arc too old to feel sense of protec-
tion from such things are helped to 60 to sleep
quietly by a lively play with the mother at the
time of going to bed, by the little hymn or
PRAYER, the oft-repeated kiss, the pleasant sto-
ry of something to be enjoyed the next day..
Lively, bright, loving thoughts and aassocla..
tions connected with the hour aud place of
going to bed are the cure for nervous children.
It is great mistake to ask them if they are
afraid, or tell them there is nothing to be
afraid Of or to suggest the subject of fear in
any Way
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-05-13

"A Chicago husband, three weeks mar
ried has sued for divorce, OH the ground
that his wife has an early-rising mania
that she insists upon getting up every morn
ing at o'clock, and as soon as she is dres-
,ed stirs him up with the broomstick until
he follows her example.
"A gentleman said to his gardener:
"Georce the time will come when a man will
be able to carry the manure of an acre of land
in one of his waistcoat pockets" To which
the gardener replied: Il believe it, sir; but he
will be able to carry all the crop in the other
pocket"