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Jehn Brown at Gerri1 smiths.

A friend of the late Gerrit Smith re-
lates the following incident which oc.
Cured at the Smith mansion in Peters
boro several years ago:
Old John Brown and q son Of Henry
B. Stanton we're on a visit to the Smiths.
One morning young Stanton and Green
Smith, Gerrits son, took a number of
rifles Of various patterns from the house
and erected a target with a small bulls
eye in the center, for the purpose Of
trying the Workmanship and the quality
Of the rifles. While the boys were shoot
ing, the old abolition hero came up and
looked on. The distance was about fifty
yards, and the shooting a little wild.
Captain, suppose you try a shot or
two" said young Smith TO John Brown.
The old yetaran, without saying a
word, ran bis eye over the rifles, and,
selecting the one that suited him best,
loaded il carefully and took his stand a
little back Of where the boys had stood.
Then holding the rife on his right side,
with the muzzle close TO the ground, be
looked straight at the target, drew the
gun up slowly and fred the instant bis
eye sighted the mark. The ball pierced
the csnter Of the bulls eye. he fol.
lowed this up With two more shots in
like manner The sscoad shot struck
just inside the edge OF the bulls eye,
and the third shot. like the first, pierced
the center.
There, boys" said the old man, lay.
ing down the gnn, that's the way TO
shoot"
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LEGAL,
mo. lT99- Rules.l
Petition For Charter.
In the First chaucery Court Ofshelby Count

-
In the First Chancery Court o. Shelby County
Tennessee,
WHEREAS, u. URQUHART. WIN. s
w BRUCE, VIM X. Moore, III, Voter. 4.
Z. Risk, i. M. White. I, B. Haynes and j. 4,
Petit, all citizens Of Shelby county, Tennes-
see, have tiled q petition in said Co urt pray.
ing to be incorporated as a body polite under
the name and style Of THE Tennessee Iron
Manufacturing Company" for the object and
purpose Of manufacturing and dealing in iron
and steel. railway rails, spikes, nails and any
articles Of merchandise from iron and steel;
also for the purpose Of mining coal and iron
and vending the same; that they may have
succession for ninety-nine years that their
capital stock be fifty thousand dollars, divided
into shares Of. one hundred dollars each, with
power TO-. increase the capital from
time TO- time as the business of Tho
corporation may require; that they MAJ sue
and be sued; purchase. hold aud seli real
estate; make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations for t,e government Of the corpor-
alton not inconslstent with the Constitution
aud laws OF the United States and the State of
tennessee; and generally to have all the pow
corporations.
~ Is therefore ordered that all persons do.
slrlng 50 70 do make their appearance here;n
~ the court house In the CITY Of Memnhis
tennessee, on or before the first Monday in
feoruary, 1879. and show cause, II any they
nave. why the prayer Of petitioners :hould
confessed and proceeded with ex.parts; and
that a COPY Of this order DO published daily
Tor thirty days in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This January 3, 1875.
copy Attest,
r ga. COLI, G. and NJ.
ny Il. b. McHESRY. d. C. and NJ.
WiLsoS * BEARD. Solicitors for petihorera,
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A Bad Maaaae IncIdent.

A Paris letter in the Philadelphia
Press from Lucy Hooper says:
Among the costumes was a very
remarkable and unpleasant one. II
was that Of a baker, with white, round
cap, loose white jacket and long apron.
At a certain point in the evening the
wearer ~unbuttoned his jacket and
threw il back, when beneath appeared a
close fitting, woven shirt, on which was
painted, with considerable anatomical
accuracy, the ribs and yiscera Of a
1sYed body-all the veins, muscles, ar
%teFies, &C., being very infinitely por.
trayed. At the point where the
stomach should have been, there ap.
peared a round little canteen, marked
"Cognac," with a glass slung On each
side Of il. A very indelicate but oriRi-
nal gaFb yag worn by an inventive indi.
yidual, whose ingenuity procured for
him a nights lodging ia the station
house. His costume consisted Of a
square box, which extended from his
throat nearly to his kuees-his legs and
arms being clothed in their everyday
CARP. AT the back of this box was a
door, With thie inscription, do not
open" OF course, everybody who saw
him hastened TO open the door, aud az
within it there was nothing at al, so far
as clothes we're concerned, the effect
can be bet.eg imagined than described.
VI course bis career yes Q brief one, for
as soon as the peculiarly Of bis ettire
was made know he was at ouce arrested
end carried of to the station-house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11
FOREIGN.

MADRID, January ll.-In an engage.
ment in the Province Of Valencia the
government troops defeated the Carlists,
the latter losing forty killed, many
wounded and forty prisoners. The
Spanish Orders of Charles III, Isabella
the Catholic, and Marie Louise have
been re-established.
LONDON, January 1.-THE German
war vessels. Nautrilius and Albatross,
which recently left Spanish waters, have
been ordered back to Santander.
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wedhesday, Jannary 20, 1s75.

the following described property IN the Elev-
enth Surveyors and Seventh Civil Districts
Beginning at q stake. Mrs. Nancy ClarkIs
southwest corner, and running east IS chains
and 70 links to tho northeast, corner Of a l56.
Ecklin thence south l6 chains and 80 ink 10
stake 8 links north Of a red cak, and 70 link
north Of a high bank theneo west IS chains
and rs links 10 . stake ~ links south az q
double white oak. aud. in the old LaGrange
and Raleigh road thence north 10 chains md
The title 10 the above property Is GOOD mi I
convey only as Trustee,
ll2-l2l j. b. HILL.
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There now, a fellow is safe for awhile.
Judge Walsh, Of Brooklyn, has decided
that a woman has no right to open her
husbands letters.
AS the Cincinnati detectives cant find
thieves or stolen property, and are
growing rich out Of their failure to do so,
that city is going to abolish them.
The Rochester Chronicle man expected
a watch; be arose early; there was a
lump in the Toe Of his stocking; it looked
like q watch; he dove down; he smiled;
he carefully unrolled the paper; it was a
watch. no-a box Of blacking.
An ambitions Providence undertaken
went to Boston, and there falling in love
with a wealthy lady connected with one
of the old families,' asked her hand in
marriage. The proud damsel looked at
him scornfnlly for + nopert and said,
Sir, mHst consider your proposition .
grave joke"
According to tha World, the champion
turkey Of Massachusetts was so big this
year that they had to knock him on the
head with a sledge hammer, and draw
him up with a windlass. One Of his
hams was sent to a Boston charitable
institution and furnished a meal for
seventy Eve children.
A resident Of Hudson, N. r., sought
an injunction recently against a daily
newspaper Of that place on the ground
that by the printing Of the paper in the
morning his family are deprived Of
sleep, his house is racked by the work.
ing Of the press, which be claims jars
the whole building, and other damages
are sustained. The injunction was re.
fused.
A Glasgow paper meBaions--an ex.
traordinary case Of mistaken identity:
A man named Nicholas Nolen carried
home a drunken woman, whom be cup
posed was bis wife. Inside the house
the woman died, and It was then dis
covered that she was a total stranger.
The missing wife afterward turned up at
the Central Police Station, where she
ned been locked w on . charge Of
drunkenness.
Nellie Collins, q variety cir" at
Dallas, Texas, was the only person
among the large population with sufi.
Gent heather charity to take 10 and care
fer ten women aud children, immigrants
from South Carolina, gho arrived there
starving, ahelterless and penniless. She
gave up her room to them, bought them
food, and brought their case before the
public anthoFitieg, who provided fof
them,
An illustration Of the p~oor.debtor
laws OF Massachusetts, is found in i'm.
pF's'onIent Of a man for debt in one Of
the jails near Boston. He placed all
his property at the disposal of his credi.
tors but Tor some reason was not allow:
ed to take the poor debtors oath, and 10
now denied almost oil communication
with his friends, is forbidden the use Of
newspapers, and is obliged to march
daily with the prisoners who have GEM
mitted great crimes. The rules under
which he is thus restricted emanate
from the State prison commissioner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11
Monday, February l, 1875,

tho following described properly in the Elev-
enth Surveyors and Eighth Civil Districts +:
Beginning at a stake in Henry Johnson's
line. and running thence north AZ chains and
y links to n stake, hickory pointer; thence
west II chains and 60H links TO a stake. hick.
DRY pointer thence south 4S chains and s
inks 70 a stake, Periimmon and plumb point
beginning; containing 50. acres. The title 10
the above property Is good, but / convey only
as Trustee. J.B. HILL.
ll2.lN
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Riyer re,srrAm..

CAIRO, January ll.--Arrived-Lib.
erty. Ohio river. s pm h. s. Turner,
Cincinnati. 8; Indiana, New Orleans, 10.
Departed-Cleburne Evansville, s p.m.;
Turner, Memphis, 10; Indiana, Cincin.
natl, IL. Weather clear, with the mer.
curry 26' at noon.
CINCINNATI, January 1.-THE river is
fifteen feet FIVE inches and falling. The
weather is fair and m~oderating slightly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

P. ]. COLEMAN, at No. COZ Beal street,
has opened a news stand in connection
with his cigar store. All the leading
papers, etc, received ahead of all COM
petitors. 93t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

In Springfield recently a young mar
ried woman became possessed With the
idee that her proper vocation was that
of a novelist. So she secretly began a
thrilling story in which the hero was to
be s~tFOngled by his jealous wife. Into
the murder scene she determined to pour
her whole soul, and in order to properly
describe it she went to the bedside Of her
sleeping spouse and placing her hands
about his neck choked him into insensi.
he knocked her down with q
chair as soon as be revived, aud the
novel went into the stove.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

HOystOn's beautiful re.
touched and FURNISHED pho.
tographs, - per dozen. at
Star Gallery, $40 Main street.
Az
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

School books, embracing every book
now in use at either public or private
schools in the city, can be fo5nd at
Msnsford's, corner Second and Monroe.
III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

LADIES restaurant, Mansion House,
1888 Main, near Union. 65t
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Trustee,a Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST Ex-
ID ecuted TO me by j. II. Rockholt on Feb
ruary 8, 1872. / will Sell within legal hours, to
the highest bidder. for cash, in front Of 2S2
Front street, Memphis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

PLAY billiards at Couyerse's, 81 South
Court street. 60 t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

H0llenberg, No. 294 Main
street, has everything i'm the
music line fresh mt low prices.
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ANNUAL sTATEMERT.
Trade Of Memphis.
Annual Statement from the Chamber
OF Commerce..

THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRADE.
4. commerce, manufa etures, etc. OF Mem.
phis, for 1874. will be issued in about three
weeks from date. II will embrace 10) or more
pages OF inyaiuable statistical. aud other mat.
Ter pertaining 70 the business interests of
betical list Of members Of the Chamber Of
commerce, their business and location. Par
tics not already members should hand in their
names, TO the Secretary at once in order 70
have them included in this list. after conhr-
nation BY the chamber at its meeting on
nish the best advertising medium ever pre-
serted TO- our merchants and manufacturer.
az, subscribers will have their own card--none
other neatly printed on last page Of cover,
The edition will be about ten thousand. Col.
chants and manufacturers and receive their
orders and cards. JOHN s. TO0F
nO-ll5 Secretary Chamber Of Commerce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11
Trustees Sale.

RY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST Elk.
~ ccuted TO me By Geo. CHEEKY on The 18th
day OF December, 1872, ! will sell within legal
nsyss55s' 70 the highest bidder, for cash, in front
Of 2SS Front street, Memphis, on
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Amusements

MEMPHIS THEATER. = Tonight Mrs.
Lander, supported by the Lander Star
Company, will commence an engage.
ment at the theater, Mrs. Lander ap.
pearing as the Inflated Queen Of France,
Marie Antoinette." The critics Of
other cities agree that this role is one OF
Mrs. Lander's finest conceptions, in
which ample scope is given for her to
display the fine histrionic talent with
which she is gifted. The cast is excel.
lent and the play we'll set" with his
torical properties. The costumes which
will represent the times are from M.
Emele Pingat, dressmsker, Rue La
Grande, Paris. The Lawlor people are
said to be the very best dramatic COM
pany now travelling, being composed of
picked ladies and gentlemen from the
best theaters both in this country and
Europe. Already seats have been en-
gagged for every night during the week
by the lovers Of the legitimate drama.
Tomorrow night Mrs. Lander will APP
pear as Elizabeth, hat naughty and
imperious Queen of England, and on
Wednesday night Sheridan's great COM
edy, SCHOOL, for Scandal, will be the attrac-
ton.
JEFFERSON OPERA HOUSE,. This tenn
pie Of variety amusement is open nightly
to the public. Manager Steele has a
fine company, and presents a change of
programme each evening.
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VIM. A 81 90.
249 Main Street.

Go to the Mansion House, 1893 Main,
for oysters, drinks and cigars. est
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

STRANGERS, 90 to Converse's, 81 South
Court street. COT
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A father at Dubuque makes his chill
dron address him as follows. for in
stance; Most respected aud reverend
father. I'll take another later"
The new grotesque toy is a pair Of
sntiquated lovers seated on a sofa; when
wound mp they kiss, moving their lips
aud roltipg.their eyes in most ludicrous
ecstsay.
Sam Shsrpley. whose real name was
Samuel Sharp. the famous minstrel, died
at his residence in Providence, r. l., on
the lst he was born in Philadelphia in
1881, and, according to Tony Pastor.
he was the NEST original humOrist on
the minstrel stage"
The Sioux City tiowa) Journal was
obliged to issue an explanatory and
a~pologetic card the other day, owing to
a blunder of the foreman in the COM
posing.room. by which an account of
the marriage of two highly respectable
citizens of Desmoines was published
under the head of Crime"
you have a pleasant home and a
bright Preside, with happy children sit
ting around it, haven't you" said the
Judge. "Ycs, sir" said Mr.. Thompson,
who thought he saw a way cut Of the
difficulty. Well, said the Judge, "if
the happy children sit around the cheer
full Preside until you return, they will
stay there just forty.three days, as l
shall have to send you up for that time
--0;nn,nnoR Tgaose
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-11

New style tables at Converse's 9, 81
South Court street. cot
The New York herald., 1875-12-17
AN ABDUCTION FRUSTRATED.

TWO RESPECTABLE SERVANT GIRLS BEGUILED TO
NORFOLK, VA, AND TAKEN TO A DANCE HOUSE
ARREST OF THE TWO ABDUCToRs.
NORFOLK, Dec Is, 1875.
Two white men, Thomas Wood and James Smith,
dance house men, arrested by officer Humphrey
this morning and carried before Mayor Whitehead
the charge Of abductng respectable girls from the
city Of Boston, and after aluring them to low Norfolk
dance house attempted to outrage them. The girls in
their complaint to the Mayor said that two weeks ago
man giving his name James Smith came to their
home in Boston and induced them to to this city
under promise of giving them employment in his
family as house servants They consented the pro-
posa and arrived here late last night the Boston
steamship under his charge At the wharf they
met by strange man, who told by Smith to s'take
care of them and take them you know where" In the
meantime Smith left, and the party whom the girls
turned to took them down to the dance house
the corner of Union and Nebraska streets,
rooms, and in the Of half hour after they
had retired two strange men entered the apartment
and attempted to outrage them. The girls resisted
their assalants and cried Justify and finally succeeded
In escaping the With the aid of the police
they reached the station house and provided for
until Mayor Whitehead appeared to whom they gave
detailed account Of their misfortunes The Mayor
placed the matter in the hands of his Chief and the
above parties arrested and will be examined to-
morrow.
Smith acknowledged having brought the girls from
Boston, and Thomas Wood the proprietor of the dance
house, furnished the funds Wood acknowledged being
tue party who met the girls at the boat.
The New York herald., 1875-12-17
ME ILLINOIS WHISKEY RING.
FEAR AND TREMBLING IN PEKIN AND PEORIA
PROMINENT PERSONS IN ARREST.

FEAR AND TREMBLING IN PEKIN AND PEORIA
PROMINENT PERSONS IN ARREST.
PKKN, H., Dec l6, 1875
much excitement prevails In this city and Peoria
over the presumption that the crooked whskey light
mug Is soon to strike among dstillers here These
oa'eS rank high among whskey producing towns OF the
"es'' being situated the Illinois River There has
oeen excellent opportunity for illegal transactions and
u ne past dstilers and recters have not been slow
arA" themselves OF these advantages. Pekn and her
"nskey Ring have always been the bane Of this reve-
Huo and are mainly responsible for the location
~ Sonecsor 1ohn I. Harper here which occurred two
numbers, 800 900 20 = A'
mesaxeIman OF Pekin, the heavy dstilier; Don haus
.api1ns. ano Jones and Eads rectihers have within
tue past lew days been before the United States Court
at Springfield, ana are now under bonds Last night
government agents wore despatched from the Office Of
collector Merriam at Springfield to execute orders the
import or which will soon be known One went south
the other toward Peoria The Illinois Whiskey Ring
Is n more formidable and Includes prominent
than is generally known Its ramihcatlons touch Pc
KIM Peoria Chicago and St Louis should 1t fall to
pieces IN this crusade IL will involve Springfield and
some of her politicians in the general wreck
The New York herald., 1875-12-17
THE CANAL FRAUDS.

REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE TO
THE CANAL COMMISSION AS 40 AUDITOR
THAYER.
ALBANY, Dec. 16, 1875
At meeting of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund
to-day the Canal Fraud Investigating Commission pre-
sented charges against Mr. Thayer Auditor of the Canal
Department alleging that he has been engaged In pur-
chasing canal certificates at discount OF per cent
and that he had purchased such certificates to the
amount OF $3.50 000 These charges Auditor Thayer
MED m toto and said that last Monday after being
confined with sickness for ve weeks TO his residence
he addressed letter to tho Commission stating that
he understood they were taking evidence in relation
TO the purchase of these certificates and he desired
appear before them and explain his connection with the
matter They replied that when they wanted him they
would let him know, but they had given him the
opportunity to appear.
The Commissioners Of the Canal Fund after listening
to this statement from the Auditor on motion Of Lieu
tenant Governor Dorsheme referred the matter back
to the commission with the understanding that Audi
tor Thayer shall have hearing before them.
The New York herald., 1875-12-17
THE CENTENNIAL.

SECRET SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE CENTRAL.
COMMITTEE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ExHBI-
TIoNs OF EDUCATIONAL BRANCHES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16, 1875.
The Executive Committee Of the Centennial Commits
soners Is holding secret session this city. To-day
subcommittee consisting OF DR.. Loring Mr. Merrill Of
General Goshorn, appointed to confer with the
Finance Board with regard to erecting building cover
ing 80 900 square feet for exhibition Of the branches
OF education and social science. The proposition IS
favored by the members of the Board of Finance,
and will undoubtedly be carried out
An adjourned meeting of the gentlemen representing
the agricultural implement manufacturing interests of
the United States held the Continental Hotel this
afternoon the object being receive the report Of
special committee appointed to confer with the Ad-
vsory Board of the Agricultural Bureau the Centen
NAL Exhibition relative to the proposed trial of reapers
and mowers. The meeting occupied the entire after
noon, but accomplished very little in changing the
character OF the trial projected by the Centennial
authorities The convention unanimously adopted
resolution expressing the sense of manufacturers in
favor of trial under the direction of
the Commission, without either report or award ;
but Mr. Landreth, Chief OF the Agricultural
Department, present and stated that as he Is at
present advised the trial will take place according TO
the programme already mapped out and published ex-
tensivey throughout this and foreign countries 1t
finally determined to hold the subject in abey-
apce the special committee being meanwhile continued
to confer with the Executive Committee the subject
at Its January session.
The meeting representing over $40 o. 900 in capital
and thresfourths of the agricultural industry in this
country unanimously indorsed an appropriation by
Congress to the Centennial fund.
The New York herald., 1875-12-17
THE FRENCH SENATE.

THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY INCREASED by THE
LATEST NOMINATIONS.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE
PARIS, Dec. 16, 1875.
Ten Senators, taken from the republican
lists, were elected by the Assembly to-day.
BALLoTING FOR SENATOR'S IN THE ASSEMBLY -
THE PARTY OF THE RIGHT RETIREs FROM
THE coNTEsT-NAMEs AND POLITICAL cLAssI-
FIcATIoN OF THE NEW SENATORS.
PARIs, Dec. 16-Evening
The balotng for Senators continued in the Assembly
to-day.
THE PARTY or THE RIGHT RKrTREs FROM TIKI STRUGGLE
The Right Centre withdrew from the struggle and the
Left alone presented a list Of candidates.
LIST SENATOR'S ELECTED
The following gentlemen elected Senator's
N. Berenger Deputy for Drome, Of the Left Centre.
OF LEFT
NJ Magnin, Deputy for Cote d'or; NJ Jules Simon,
Deputy for Marne General Billot, Deputy for Correze
aud General Chareton, Deputy for Drome, all OF the
Left.
RADICALS AND PARTY FAorIoEIsrs.
MN. Cazot, Pichat, Schoclcher and ADAM radicals,
aud NJ Normandie, OF the Layergnst faction.