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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
SEW YORK.
The w, u. Telegraph Company and
it's RatSs-FRfr Prospects of the
Bank of California ResUming Rus.
fuPHg Hf

The w, U. Telegraph Company and
it's Ratss-FRfr Prospects of the
Bank of California Resumiug Rus.
fnesS.
New York, September president
Orion, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, speaking in connection with
the proposition for a consolidation with
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company, negotiations for which consol-
idations to all appearances are entirely
broken off, says: 1.-The statement that it
was the intention of the managers of the
Western Union Company to advance
rates to the West and elsewhere is
wholly incorrect. The rates for the
whole country are based on air line dis
tances until they reach two hundred and
fifty miles, which is the maximum price
for ten-Eord messages TO any part Of the
United States that is reached by our
wires. ! have no desire to do a very
large business between distant points at
the same price for a message that is
charged for short distances, but I have
great ambition to be able to send a meg
sage to any part of the United States at
O cost in nc case greater than one dol.
lar. The Western Union can reduce it's
rates to the price mentioned sooner if it
can have the whole telegraph business
Of the country under its control than if
its plans are INSTRUCTED BY the interior
enee of competing lines"
The Herald has a dispatch from San
Francisco which states that the investi,
eating committee OF the Bank of Cali.
fornia are slowly reaching a better con.
dition Of things than the directors had
any hopes Of. Within the last twenty
four hours they have discovered a round
million more assets. Two newspapers
there, for political reasons, it is charged.
unite in declaring that the bank will
never resume; and there is nothing more
morally certain than that the bank will
reopen at the earliest moment they can
perfect the new machinery-probably
next week. II is stated by the best au-
thority that the bank is perfectly solvent
and that on opening they will meet all
their obligations abroad as we'll as at
nome. m
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ceived at the hands Of the public yester-
day. This send-Otf so early in the sea
son is highly appreciated and encourage
ing. When. newspapers prosper il is an
evidence that interests of trade
are quickenei. and shows that the public
pulse has a healthy beat. There is every
reason to believe that Memphis viii have
a better trade this season than for fifteen
years. Every possible circumstance is
in our favor, and the merchants by their
prompt and early action in advertising
proclaim their confidence in the near
future, as well as their ability and readi-
ness. Our streets yesterday wore an air
of activity that has not been seen for
many months. Absentees are returning
rapidly, goods are beginning to arrive,
and every preparation is making for an
unprecedented rush Of business. The
city was never more healthy at this sea-
son, or the people more hopeful.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
French Society Picnic.

Next Monday at James Park will
come of the entertainment given in aid
of the sufferers by the overAows and
floods in France. Our French residents
are a modest and unpretentious class,
who seldom make any calls upon our
citizens, but who generally respond most
literally to all demands made upon
them by the Americans, Italians, Ger
mans, Irish and Swiss. The tickets are
selling rapidly, one gentleman (Mr. Joe
Oliver, of the house of Oliver, Finnie &
Co., )having taken twenty-four yesterday,
and other gentlemen have been quite as
liberal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
NJ P CITY SCHOOLS.

The public schools Of the city will re.
open az fpllova. Monday, September,
latb, the schools eff Market street and Of
the Peabody; Tuesday, September l4th,
the schools Of Alabama street and LIN
den street; Wednesday, September 18th
those OF Chelsea and Court streets.
The pupils Of the first seven ara3es
will attend the bgilling1 If their proper
districts rs Sormerly.
The boys Of the new eighth grade liv.
irg north of Washington street will Dc.
euDy room number eight, Market street,
the girls Of the same grade and section
will occupy room number eight. Ala
bama street. The boys of the eighth
grade south of Washington street will
occupy room number eight, Linden
street; the girls Of thiq grade and Sec
ton will occupy the ROOM formerly used
By ihe high school on Court street.
The only change in the primary dis.
triets will beobservedin connection with
the boundaries Of Court district, which
are-on the north, Washington street.
on the south, Union, west to HERNANDEZ:
thence south to Beal; thence west TO
the river.
The students Of the Normal school
will convene in the upper rooms of the
Market street building; the principal
room Of the male department, numhav
Y west front; the principal room Of the
female department, number IL east
front.
The studies of the Normal school will
be mainly the English branches formerly
taught in the high school; a few neces.
sary changes and additions only will be
made. The books, as fas as possible,
will be the same.
Pupils Whe declare their intention to
learn the art Of teaching will have
special opportunities for the study of
normal methods, and the theory and
practice Of teaching, but in other re-
spects all will pursue the same course.
The change Of the high school depart
monts Of the public sehools to tue nor.
NAL plan, so eommOn Of late, is designed
10 enable them properly to educate their
own teachers, and yet OF the same time
give those who do not desire 10 teach
the benefits Of the most approved
methods Of instruction.
II is designed, under proper restric.
tons and examinations, TO accept the
knowledge Of branches, wherever &C.
quired, which have heretofore been
taught in city high schools as an equiva-
lent for a part Of the normal course.
Arrangements will be made for gradu-
alton from the normal school in one, two
and three years, according TO the quail.
hcation OF those who enter.
Ia consideration Of the distance OF
some parts Of the city fFom The Market
street building, /. 10 designed to shorten
the daily pessions Of the normal school
10 nve hours.
That the two departments, male and
female, may DO sufficiently near each
other 10 be IN charge Of a single princi-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
CALIFORNIA.
The Rank of CaIifernia-Election
Returns.

SAX FRAScIsco, September IA gen
tleman in confidential relations with thu
directors of the Bank of Californi,
stated last evening with reference to tn,
rumored meeting Of the stockholders to
day that he has no knowledge Of such
meeting having been called; also, thai
the examination Of accounts has moi
sufficiently progressed to enable the di'
rectors to make a definite statement az
to the condition of the bank. The d.
rectors we're in session last night, but
nothing is known of their proceedings
All the clerks of the Bank OF Califor-
mia we're discharged yesterday.
There is reason to believe that the
directors of the Bank Of California are
endeavoring to effect arrangements with
the. Oriental Bank Of London looking to
assistance from that quarter in the con
templated resumption, but nothing def
mite is known as yet.
1t is believed that. the Stock Board
will open next week.
The signs are that money will soon be
easier. In addition to the disbursements
by the United States Treasury, the mint
will be ready to issue about two millions
in a few days. Prospects are brighten
ing and the feeling is buoyant.
Election returns from the interior are
coming in very slowly. As far as heard
from Diedwell polls 100, Irwin 2l75,
Phelps 1880. Nothing is yet known as
to the election in the city, though many
consider the Clayton ring ahead for
Mayor. The vote of the city is about
$25, 900.
There are a few scattering returns
from the city, but not enough to furnish
any indication of the state of the vote.
The Independents are very confident
that they have elected most of the city
officers, but the Mayor is doubtful. Moth
ing later has been received from the in.
terror.
In the Second Congressional District
the fight is between Page and Larkins.
futile as far as heard from is much be.
hind, The impression is that Piper is
ahead in this district, but all speculation
as to the result in the city is utterly
vague and unreliable.
The election returns to date are
meager, but Indicate that the Democrats
have elected the State ticket by a large
majority. Houghton and Luttrell are
probably elected in their respective Con-
g~ressionsl districts. No returns yet
from the city precincts, 2:45 am.
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pal, they are convened in the same
building, and yet that they may be as
thoroughly separate as possible, they
will occupy separate rooms, have separ-
ate entrances, separate grounds and will
arrive and depart at different hours. The
daily session Of the male department
will be from nine am. until two pm; OF
the female department frem ten am.
until three pm. The only case ar
ranged for the joint occupation of a
room will occur during the recitation Of
some of the smaller classes, to avoid ex-
pense.
The arrangements for the normal
school and the plans for conducting edu-
cation in the lower grades have been es-
tablished under a most careful consider
alton of approved aud thoroughly tested
systems OF instruction.
Although much of the course is adopt
ed to meet the financial condition of the
schools, yet it is believed that in the
main it will equally we'll meet the de-
mands of culture and otherwise main
tain the best interests of the schools.
The principals and teachers OF the
white schools are requested to convene
at the usual place Of meeting on Court
street, Saturday, the llth of September,
at Bpm.
The pupils Of all grades belonging to
the colored schools in the south part Of
the city will, as formerly, occupy the
Clay street building. Rooms for the
north part of the city are not yet en-
gagged, but will be soon, and s~easOnable
notice given.
The principal and teachers of the col
ored schools are requested to meet at
Clay street, Thursday, the 9th Of Sep
TENDER, at 3 pm.
A. PICKETT, Superintendent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
A Brace Of Vetoes.

At the General Council meeting held
yesterday Mayor League vetoed the fol
lowing passed resolutions:
RoSolged, Thet the Mayor aud Oity
Attorney be authorized, out Of the fund
OF 1910 96, now in the Union and Plan
ters Bank, TO pay, or compromise the
several judgments rendered in favor Of
q. b. Lamar against the city on con.
pons, amounting 10 about $500. .
II any Of the said fund Of 1910 96 be.
longs to the Mississippi River railroad
FIND, The City TresFlfer Ia directed Il
depoait TO the credit Of that fund q suai.
Gent amount Of general interest fund to
make said Mississippi River railroad &C
CONT good.
Resolved, That for the years 1873 and
1914 the stockholders Of the Mississippi
Valley Insurance Company shall pay the
sa6es ior those years respectively upon
The capital stock Is listed for the year
1873 at $4,000 and for 1874 At $500,
900.
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Harvey Robinson.

A resume of Memphis business would
be incomplete without an a%llusion to
Harvey Robinson's place at No. II Mon
roe street, opposite the Peabody Hotel.
Mr.. Robinson is an old residenter and
as popular as the day is long, and his
elegant establishment is graced by Mr..
W. Fl. Bingham, the favorite OF all river
men and a host of others. The liquors,
wines, brandies, etc., kept on hand, are
Of the choicest brands; a large and Sc
lect patronage is the result. With Harvey
at n end of the counter and William
at the other, few establishments in the
city cah command more friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
FOREIGN.

LoxDoS, September 2.-Intelligence
was received this noon OF q collision be-
tween her Msjesty's war vessels Iron
Dnke and Vanguard, resulting in the
sinking Of the latter. No lives were
Loaf. Bath are ~louble-sceew mon ships,
srmor plated and Of 6034 tons each.
madrid, September 2.-General Mar
tinez Compos has arrived at Ripoll on
his way to Barcelona with the prisoners
captured at SEQ. De Urgel, the BishoI
captured, will be imprisoned in the For
tress St. Alicante, where be will avail
the decision Of the government.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, September Michael
Kuhn, who was kicked in the abdomen
BY his wife on Tuesday last, died oday.
To-day d large number Of the depos-
itors Of the Freedmen's Savings Bank
crowded that institution, expecting a
dividend Of Is per ceEt., having been
misled by a statement that a dividend
would be made the first Of September.
The depositors we're informed that a
dividend would not be declared before
Christmas the remaining sum of $4,000
for that purpose having been realized.
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Holly Springs Reporter. Advertise
Bank ExchnnEe.

In our notice yesterday of the Bank
Exchange saloon, corner North Court
and Second streets, we inadvertently
made It read Thomas Dugan and Geo.
Cheek" instead Of Daniel Dugan and
Geo. Cheek, as it should have read. The
Bank Exchange saloon aud Stonewall
House are two different establishments.
The Bank Exchange has the finest wines
ar1 liquors the world can produce. Mr..
Dan Dugap, who has no superior in his
line Of business, aud who Is also 9 popft,
eous gentleman, prssides over the bar,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
The Centennlnl Tsa Pnrlr

The public cannot forget, il it would,
that the great tea party, upder the aus.
piees Of the leading ladies of our society
and the commissioners, comes Of to.
night at the Peabody Hotel. Fhe ledie,
and their gentlemen friends have worked
with patriotic zeal in this matter and
perfected all the arrangements for a dc
lightful entertainment. The beauty and
wealth of Memphis will be brilliantly
represented this evening and all present
will doubtless carry away aud cherish
pleasant recollections Of the occasion.
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TODAY.

Much of the matter prepared for yes.
terday's LEDGER was crowded out, and
some Of it appears to-day. Our friends
came down on us with an avalanche of
favors, until, at one o'clock, we had to
appeal to them to desist. Several arti-
cles intended for yesterday appear to-
day, including a notice Of the Check
Line "BOsrd Of Health Statistics"
The Nashville American Oar
Prosperity The Stock Trade" etc.
We supplement the shortcomings Of yes
terday by a variety Of reading matter
to-day, and assure our friends Of o full
sized, live, sparkling paper from this
time forth. We desire to express our
thanks for the generous patronage re-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
Holly Springs Reporter. Advertise.
DIED.

DIED.
APP-In this city. at half-past ten o'clock
this morning. of congestion. OSCAR APR, in
the fortieth year Of his age.
The funeral will take place at the family
residence. "a Main street. tomorrow (FRI-
DAY. morning at 9 o'clock. Friends and &C.
quaintances are respectfully invited to attend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02

70 Centennial note paper manufac.
tursd ia ye oldo style by 20 olds pspsl
maker. For sale by
\. A. r Don a Co.,
II al Main street, below Union.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02

JOHN WALSH, livery stable, No. 62
MON street. Horses, buggies and car.
riages for hire. q
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EDUCATIONAL.
State Female College,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
MRS. HARRIET N. COLLINS, Pres't.

A SISTED BY AFACULTY OF ELEVEN
"A officers and teachers, Of long experiences
IN each Department of the Institution.
Prices reduced to suit the times. Location
beautiful and pre,ominently healthy. Gives
q home. Superior facilities for instruction in
Music and Painting. College year begins
September 18th. Send for Catalogue contain.
inc full particulars. Address
JOHN s. COLLINS, A. b., Secretary.
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AdministratOr's Se1lIemenI.

No. 1325-4-In the Probate Colart of Shelby
County, Tennessee. james Cameron adj
THIS rs TO NOTIFY ALL PERSONS
J. interested in the estate Of said o. e. Cam
eron, deceased, that 1 will, at my office In tho
city Of Memphis, on MONDAY, October 4,
1875, at 10 O'Clock am. take and etate,tho fnai
settlement of James Cameron; administraior
OF the estate Of said .. q. Cameron, deceased.
This September l, 1875.
JAMES REILLY, Clof1.
By JOIN j. SHEA, Deputy Gle rk.
5. X. Cannon and IL. Clay King. Aitor-
neys, l-6-l11H
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LEGAL.
Dbl Supreme Court and Jackaon
James g; Collier ct al vs.. James A. Anderson.

James G.. Collier ct al VS.. james A. Anderson,
Administrator, etc. ct Al:
IN PURSUANCE OF THE DECREE PRO-
i nounced by the Supreme Court Of Tennes-
see at Jackson, the Sth day OF June, 1875, in
this cause, / will offer for sale, to the highest
bidder. for cash, in front of the Court House
of Shelby county, in the city of Memphis. on
Monday, the 4th day Of October, 1876,
within legal hours, the real estate mentioned
and described in the pleadings and dccreca as
follows: A certain tract or parcel Of land
lying and being in Shelby county, Tennessee,
about one mile south Of the city Of Memphis,
and being the north half Of what is known
and described as lots 50 and 60, on the plan
and survey Of q 1254-acre tract of land GEM
posing part Of the estate Of Andrew Kerr. de-
ceased, and being the same land conveyed By
John Wildberger to Sarah @. Wheaton BY
deed, registered in the Registers Office Of
Shelby county, Tennessee, in Book NO. %. pr.
1856, 3S7, 389.
Terms Of Sale-Cash.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
CLAP Il MEUx, Solicitors.
September 2. 1875. On
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

ten. Sherman, ii is now said, will
divide up the diamond necklace the Khe-
dive sent to his daughter, Mrs. Fitch, Civ:
ing one-fourth of it to each of his girls.
One of Tennysons friends quoted one
of Tennyson's lines in the poets presence
as Il happy instance of the natural express
sion of "a spontaneous thought, and the
poet said: " | smoked dozen cigars over
that line"
They couldn't get along without Col.
Wheeler down at Charlotte, N. c. In
1885, forty years ago, he opened the branch
mint there, and now, in 1875, that the
thing is played out, he's there to close it
up again.
Ours is not the only language whose
reform is mooted. German, which is
pretty nearly phonetic already, is TO be
made completely so by Prussian statute,
and Prof Raumcr, of Erlangen, Is at
work under order of the Government, in
eliminating supertluous chs" and doing
what other small things may be needed.
When he has framed his rules they will be
adopted in the public schools,
--Erastus Wells, the Missouri NJ, c.,
used to be an omnibus driver, and the other
day when "A team attached to st. Louis
Sittl-i'tt btNdilit illShN llt tpoh tit ltluS
frsm the drivers hands and guided the
coursing mules the rest of the way home,
minding the bell-calls and talking about
the weather to the passengers on the front
platform with the easy manner of a prac-
ticed whip
The widow of Samuel Williston,
founder of the Williston Seminary at East
Hampton. Mass, ut the anniversary ofthe
;,,a In, ;,,ui , nj of
the WiIliston homestead of fifteen acres,
valued at $50 900 The only conditions
attached were that the new library build
ing be placed upon the land, that she be
allowed to use the family mansion as her
residence, and that after her death it shall
be occupied rs Il residence by the Princi
pal of the seminary.
--Tragedienncs are often tragic without
meaning 20 be. 1t is related that Miss
Charlotte Cushman was recently riding in
Hartford horse-Car when, thinking she
had arrived at her destination, she turned
10 her neighbor and asked in her deep
tone, in which there was more of kath-
crime of England than is usually heard
on horse cars: This is Pleasant street,
Is 10 not?" The lady addressed seized
her dramatic opportunity with equally
tragic effect, and replied: "Nis" There
was "A roar Of merriment, in which Miss
Cushman joined as heartily as any.
--Sheridan's Bride has thus been done
into poetry: The first that the General saw
was the groups of wedding guests, then
the presents in troops. What was done,
what TO do, he knew like book, then
Selling her hand with lovingest look, he
marched down the room mid smothered
huzzas, and the friends on each side held
their breath then, because the words that
the priest spoke compelled them to pause.
With lace and with silk the fair lady was
gay; by the flash Of her eye and her fans
nervous play she seemed to the whole
smiling country to say; The conquerors
conquered, dontyou see, 10! Sheridan here
surrenders TO me"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-01

which infests the warm regions of the
United States, is from one to one and q
half inches long
One species of cockroach, the Plato
modes unicolor. is very abundant in the
woods in Illinois. 1t may be found
under the loose bark of stumps and de-
cayed trees at all seasons of the year. Its
egg-cases are about half an inch in length,
and of shining, mahogany color. The
B1dtta Gauanica and Blatta Ldpponica,
two European species, run wild in the
woods about Paris. They are both do
mesticated in the northern counties of
the Continent. 1t is claimed that the b.
Gernaanica was introduced into Russia by
the army returning from the seven-years'
war. 1t is now very common in the
houses of ST Petersburg. 1t eats almost
everything, but prefers white bread to
flour and meat. The Blatta Lappontca
is very destructive to the smoked fish
prepared for winter. The " Croton bug"
(Ectobia Geymanica) that so tries the
souls OF housekeepers in New York, Bos-
ton, and Chicago even is a pale, small
species of cockroach. Tribune.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-01
M4RG4RET.

r,.o the garden walked; meier had seen her
,,-asr : budding white rose she stood in the
shade OF the door.
c,,;a, and pale was her face, but maidenly
bright were her eyes,
v.;r az the newly-born moon when low in the
easterly skies.
,rhore az stood by her side my spirit grew
happy and free;
would / had said what thought, that none
would marry but theel
.1te far of bells were tolling, for twas some
ones funeral-day,
"a in the meadows close by the mowers
were moving the hay.
r,to the garden | walked; but once had
seen her before;
Vacant and still was the house, wide open
was standing the door.
r,on silent and listening l went up to the
curtainless bed,
,p,,eye she Law shrouded in white, all winterly,
lonely and dead;
rheye was q look on her face, as If she'd
been thinking of me.
q Dear Margaret then whispered i, none
will marry but thee"
And the far-of bells were ringing, for twas
some ones weddiDg-day,
ara in the meadows close by the mowers
we're moving the hay
silent and dark was yon lake, as under the
desolate bill,
Iit nv no CLEAN from the sky, it slumbered
there, dreary and still,
Till. with It's swallow-like wing, the wind in
its wandering fight
Touched into music the reeds, and broke it
in ripples OF light.
Silent and dark was my heart, till suddenly
thrilled by The tone
Tender and pure of the voice, which told me
| wae not alone
Yet how | long TO be dead, whene'er, on a
calm summer day,
The far-off bells are ringing, and the mowers
are moving the hay.
Augustus Taylor, IL. Spectator.