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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

WASHINGTON, August 25.-For Ten
nessee, the Ohio Valley and Southwest,
east to south winds, slowly falling ba.
rometer, rising temperature and clearo OF
partly cloudy weather. The Ohio will
continue to fall. The Mississippi will
fall at stations above Vicksburg and will
remain stationary OF that point,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, August 25.-The De
partment OF Agriculture reports the ave-
rage condition of spring wheat August
LIST in all the States producing it, except
California, as 81 per cent extremes are
80 in Wisconsin and Minnesota and 60
in Nebraska, The condition of the win
ter wheat is not reported.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has or
dered that the payment Of the Septem-
Der interest be commenced to. morrow
without rebate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

COLONEL WV. NJ BRADToRn, the newly
appointed Chancellor in the Chattanooga
district is a Law partner Of Hon. A.
Blizzard, who was a member Of the Con.
stitudousl Convention of 1870 and q
Senator Of the Thirty,ninth General
Assembly. Judge Bradford was a prom
inent member of the bar at cambridge,
East Tennessee, and commanded a Con-
federste regiment (the Sixtieih Tennes-
see, we befieve), which he raised in
that country. After the surrender he
settled at Athens, where he has practiced
his profession with success aver since.
His appointment will doubtless give the
people Of that district as much s~atisfac
ton as Keys accession to the Senator.
ship.
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JANUARY AND JULY.
APRIL N


esssaaNa go
Any one investing in these Bonds has the
satisfaction of knowing that his bond Is GER
tam TO be paid az maturity; and further that
ne assists In building in the city of New York
a permanent Temple Of Industry, which will
De an ornament and a pride to every Ameri-
Each, Bondholder, until his bond is re-
deemed, IS a part owner of twenty. two acres
o. land situated in the heart of the city Of
new lOIk, and estimated to be worth Two
Million -four Hundred Thousand Dollars.
And the building which is estimated to cost
Seven Millions.
The excavations for the foundation was
commenced on the Goth OF May, 1875, and The
building will be ready TO receive the goods
IRON the Centennial Exhibition at its close.
NO investment for PEOPLE of small means
was ever offered e~qualing the Bonds Of the In
dustrial Exhibition Co. The bonds are Sc.
cured by mortgage which makes the principal
safe. and eminently secure, and in addition to.
when each bondholder participates four times
named.
The difference between these bonds and a
lottery ticket is, in a lottery the holder must
,Iose, his money or draw a prize. while the
holder OF an Industrial Exhibition Bond cam
not lose his investment. but must have re-
turned 10 MN the principal and a small rate
OF interest added. and in addition has an OPP
portunity to draw a premium ranging from
$50 to 800, 900.
Inc Board OF Directors and the Trustees of
the mortgagage are among the most eminent
OF the blu mess men of New York, and is of
itself a guarantee that the bonds are a safe
and desirable Investment.
The Company is not responsible for any
money sent. except it be by check, postal or
der, draft or express payable to the order Of
the Industrial Exhibition Company.
Circulars sent on application.
Address,
Industrial Exhibition Company,
No. IL East I7th street,
123d6Wt New york civ.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS will have an
opportunity to deliver an address in
peace, and that in a portion of the coun-
try be saw more than thirty years ago,
for it is where he was born. The Board
of Directors of the Christian county,
Kentucky, Agricultural and Mechanical
Association has invitad him to make an
address at the eleventh annual meeting,
which commences October 6.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

AT the surrender, Colonel Key found
himself in the pine woods Of North
Carolina without money, and uncertain
whether he could return home. He
wrote to Andrew johnson, then Presi-
dent and formerly a political friend,
stated his case and asked for advice.
By return mail there came a full pardsn
from the President. Key had occasion,
a year or SO later, to visit Washington
with his wife, and they were invited from
their humble boarding house to dine at
the White House, to the great amaze
ment Of their landlady. Ever since
those times Key had a warm feeling for
Johnson, though he may not have sup
ported him politically.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

COLONEL JOHN 7. TAYLOR, late post.
master at LaCygne, Kansas, has been
arrested for robbing the mails, aud held
to bail in the SUN Of $4,000. This is
nothing strange for a Radical postmaster,
but from the fact that he is a grandson
Of ex-President Taylor, and was on
General Sherman's staff in the war, and
was widely known, the case attracts con-
siderable attention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

OTTAWA, August 25.-Besides Perley
& Pattes, a number Of other establish
ments will close their saw mill Saturday.
This will throw two thousand men out of
employment.
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NEW ORLEANS.

Special to the Ledger:
New ORLEANS, August 25.-I have
shipped five thousand Mexican Twist Ci-
CARS; will be sold at my house, 200 Main
street, tomorrow, at five cents each.
They are delivered. Sol COLEMAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

GOVERNOR ALLEN, of Ohio, persist
emily refuses to retire from the canvass,
and the Republicans are in despair.
They ought to send to Williamson
county, Illinois, for the Ku-KIux. They
could fix him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-25

The efforts Of Messrs. Winn, Barbiere
and Maccabe deserve the recognition Of
the community. They have created
quite a Centennial breeze already, and
the ladies, having taken the "tea.party"
in hand, give assurance of success.
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FIre.

BosToN, August %. The Barnes
House, in West Rutland street, burned
yesterday. Loss, sos, 900; insurance,
$is, 500.
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The Public Ledger for Absentees.

Subscribers leaving the city for the summer
months can have the PUBLIC LEDGER mailed
to any address at 75e per month, postage paid.
Leave orders at counting room. No. 10 Madi-
son street.
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BONDS.
QUARTER BONDS
-OF THE
Industrial Exhibition Co.
FIVE DOLLARS EACH,
S. EACH,
FIVE DOLLARS EACH,
go 90,
Sd 90.

WILL BUY AQUARTER BOND OF THE.
~, Industrial Exhibition Company Of New
Each Quarter Bond participates in -Four
deemed. ~
The following Premiums show what any
BOND may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter Of the below named pre-
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EDUCATIONAL.
TIKI
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LIST OF GIFTS:

22.l7S Cash Gifts, amounting to~-....s1 600 900
NUMBER OF TICK ETs,~...~..IOO,Ooo
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21

with his sacred finger wrote on The sand
and refused to mste a puuishmr1t 10 the
SHINING woman not meted 20 %" sim
ming man, thereby forever stamping
with sacred condemnation Il inegusli-
ty that had hitherto obtained Not yet
has that Chr,stly lessen came to our
hearts, 1t ia just beginning 20 dawn on
the world. Those cruel and unequal
laws Of England were in full force wren
the wise Bacon wrote, yet little did his
wisdom weigh AGAINST their iDiquity-
They were in full force when the eight
less poet sung OF lost paradise. Better
had he sung Of the living hell law
makers were making Of the and. They
were in full force when those stern Re
pUlicans, Hampden and his cOupeers-
dethroned king for ship money, and
cut off his snnOiBted head FOR little
Illegal taxing. What was the crime Of
monOpolies and irregular levtes Of money
compared to the crime Of burning wO-
men for no fault but that Of old age and
poverty? or executing gipsies by the
dozen for no offer So but breathing The air
Of that "merry" old England? Com
pared to that "mOre decent" wsy OF
executing female icons? Compared 70
that grOtesqus iuiqujty "bsUetr OF
Clergy 1SW = NULi. ~ ~ ~ 1AlI "a - 80
red heresy laws; yet On al these laws
the great Bacon Ua3 silent The divine
Shakespeare was dumb, Milton was
nuts. And these stern Republicans
who struck 8 monarch f'Om hls throne
because of his violation Cf law, seemed
utterly oblivious of the existence Of
laws more deviIIshIy destructive than
any depot that ever lived; snd sgeinst
which they should have banded them
selvts with righteous wrath such
ensctments were stricken from Jae
code, and swept into deep oblivion
Concluded aCrt Sunday.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21

IT WILL be remembered by the read
ers Of the APPEAL that some time ago
Mr. Stephen Weston Healy, an Ameri-
can artist resident in Rome, wrote Sc
ries Of papers in wlech he charged that
certain American artists, among them
Mir. Pierce Francis Connolly and Mr..
Meade, were art thieves of the worst
and most brszen type, who were in the
habit Of palming the work Of their hired
workmen as their own design as well as
execution. Mr.. Connolly could not stand
this, and so ne brought an action for libel
against Mr.. Healy. The case was tried
before the civil and correctional court of
Rome, and decided on the fifteenth,
when Mr.. Hesly was convicted Of libel
and sentenced to fortnight's imprison-
ment and one thousand francs fine. This
decision puts an end to a disgraceful
scandal which hes lasted for two years.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21
TIE FIsmERMAN,s FUNERAL.

Upon the breezy head-land the fisherman >
grave they made,
Where, over the daises and clover bells, the
birchen branches swayed;
Above us the lark was singing IN the cloud
less skies of June,
And under the cliffs the pillows were chant
ing their ceaseless tune;
Fer the creamy line was curvlDg along the
hollow shore,
Where the dear old tides were flowing that he
would ride no more.
The dirge of the wave, the note of the bird,
and the priests low tone were bleut,
In the breeze that blew from the moOrland,
all laden with country scent;
But never a thought of the new -mown hay
tossing on sunny plains,
Or of lilies deep in the wild wood, or roses
gemming the lanes,
Woke in the hearts OF the stern. bronzed men
who gathered around the grave,
Where lay the mate who had fought with
them the battle Of wind and wave.
How boldly he steered the cable across the
fOaming bar,
When the sky was black to the eastward, and
the breakers white on the Scar!
How bis keen eye caught the squa1 ahead,
how bis strong hand furled the sail
As we drove DER the angry waters before the
How cheefy he kept all the long dark night,
and never person spoke
Good worIs, like those he said to us, when at
last the morning broke!
and sad they stood,
While the prayer was prayed, the blessing
said, and the Gull earth struck the wood;
And The widows sob, and the orphans wall,
Jared through the joyous air.
How could the light wind DER the sea blow on
so fresh and fair?
How could the gay waves laugh aud leap,
landward DER sand and stone,
While he, who knew and loved them all, lay
Tapped in clay alone?
But for long, when 20 the beetIIng nights the
snow-upped pillows roll,
When the cod, and skate, and dogfish dart
around the herring shoal;
When gear is sorted, and sails are Set and the
merry breezeS blow,
And away TO the deep sea harvest the stalWarI
Teapers go,
A kindly sight and hearty word they Will
give to him who lies
Where the clover springs, and the heather
blooms, beneath the northern skies
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21

THE report Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad furnishes b pleasant aud agree
able contrast to the reports OF most Of
the great trunk lines of the country.
From it we learn that the gross earnings
Of the main stem, six hundred and sev-
eDteen miles in length, for the year
ending October LIST, were SO, 5l4, us;
expenses, S., ISL, 972; net earnings, S4,-
332, 206-showing that the working ex-
penses were IS 70 100 per cent. Of the
gross earnings. The net earnings are
1856, S53 less than an 1874, and $500, sos
less than in 1873 decrease which is
attributed to the general depression Of
trade. The total earnings Of the main
stem and branches, nine hundred and
ninety three miles in length, were Sl4,-
426, $50; the expenses, 50, 1886, 543; net
earnings, S4,7S7,37l. The passen-
ger earnings of the main stem
were S1,6l3,239, an increase OF
sos, 09l-a result which, the re-
port remarks, sis particularly satisfac-
tory, as the rates during the large por-
ton of the yesr were greatly reduced in
connection with the railway conflict"
The stock Of the road and branches is
Sl6, 704 1852, and the funded debt $685.
7l6. 334-totsl, S45 All, 096. The net
earnings for the year, therefore, are over
ten per cent. Of the cost. The company
has declared two semi-annuaI dividends
of five per cent, each during the year.
In addition 10 which We have the graft
flying assurance that the surplus fund,
which is the result Of portion of the
annual earnings, now Invested in its
branch and connecting roads, and in the
great Improvements that have been
continuously constructed on the
main stem, which is not represented
by either stocks or bonds" has
reached the enormous amount of S34,-
O23, 1858, which is SIS, 1907, 232 greater than
its entire mortgage Indebtedness. Con-
trsst this result with the condition of the |
Pennsylvania Central or the Erie, rivals |
of the Baltimore and Ohio for western |
business, and it will be seen that the POI
sition Of the latter is so immeasurably |
superior as to admit Of no doubt that
Mr.. Garrett is above all other managers
not even excepting Vsnderbilt-the
best in the United States. He rests his
reputation upon solid results that every
of the Baltimore and OHIO
and Baltimore itself, loudly
confesses.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21

In the course OF his interview with
the New York San reporter, DR.. Won
Bulow, the great pianist, in response to
the question, "How are you pleased
with American pIanos?r Immediately,
evidently misunderstanding the ques-
ton, said: 81, of course, had no part In
the niano war. That was the affair of
DIR. Ullmann and Mr.. Henry d. Palmer,
my managers. Rubinstein was urged to
use the Steinwsy by his manager, Grau,
to " hom Steinway paid twenty thou
sand dollars. But Rubinstein said to
me, after it was decided that l should
use the Chickering, that he was glad
thst L was TO use it, because the Stein
ways were not gentlemen, and it would
be unpleasant for me to have to meet
them. l find the Chickering's to be
perfect gentlemen. can illustrste the
spirit Of the other firm. When Rubin.
stein was here his picture, with Stein
way HalP on it, hung in the window of
the Chickering's. When my portraits
were distributed, one was tsken TO the
Steinways's, and hung in their window.
Half an hour sfterwaId a musician
came in, and one OF the firm asked
him to take it down and carry it
away. I'VE don't want the thing here,'
he said, but we and our attaches don't
care to take it down; you do Us this
favor Another illus ration. There is
now going the rounds OF the German
papers in the west paragraph that
originally appeared in third-clsss Ger.
man paper in. this city, saying: sVon
Bulow is not an artist, but an ADVERTISE
ment for certain pisno firm. He is
not great pianist but travelling agent.n
That illustrates the character OF the
Steinways. "BefOre coming over here,n
the doctor continued, II was two months
on the Isle of Wight almost in solitary
confinement, with ChickeriDg piano
which was sent to me. I say as an artist,
tCithOatt prejudice, that they are the best
pianos IN the 10OTLd, taking everything
into consideration We haze pianos in
Germany Of splendid tone, but the action
isnot perfect. In certain movements like
this 1 cannot play as I aDOltld like TO on
the German piano" zThe doctor illus
trsted with his fingers on the center
table, and with many ta-ta- ta-tss with |
his voice, "On those pianos l have 10 |
play as the piano permits. Ga the |
play just as wish" H. |
G. Hollenberg, 29i Main street, is the |
Memphis agent for the sale Of CHECKER. |
ing pianos
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MOMENTS.


lie in n heavy trance,
With a world OF dream without me,
shapes OF shadow dance
In wavering bands about me;
But al times some mystic things
Appear in this phantom iair,
That almost seem 10 me yisitings
OF Truth known elsewhere.
The world is wide-these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are all.
A prayer In an hour Of pain,
Begun In en- undertOne,
Then lowered, as II would fain
Be heard by the heart alone;
A throb when the soul is entered
By a light that is lit above,
Where the God II Nature has conferred
The Beauty Of Love.
The world is wide-these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are All.
4 look that is telling a tale,
Which looks alone dare tell
When a cheek Is no longer pale,
That has caught the glance, as il fell;
A touch, which seems to unlock
Treasures unknown as yet,
And the bitteT-sweet first shock,
One can never forget
The world Is wide-theSe things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are All.
sense Of an earnest will
To help the lowly living
And terrible heart-thriIi
II you have no power ofgiVlng;
An arm OF aid to the weak,
A friendly hand to the friendle S,
Kind words, so short TO speak,
Bat whose echo is endless.
The world is wide the thiocs are small,
They may be nothing, but they are Al.
The moment we think we have learnt
The love of the all-wise one,
By which we could stand unburnt
On the ridge of the seething sun,
The moment We grasp at the clue,
Long-lost aud strangely riven,
Which guides our soul to the true,
And the Poet to Heaven.
The world is wide-these things are small,
If they be nothing what Is there at all?
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21

In Chattanooga the municipal cleo.
ton, which elded on Thursday, was
conducted on rigid party principles, and
the result was triumph for the Democ-
racy. As We learn from special to the
Nashville American, Colonel Tomlinson
Fort, Democrat, was elected mayor by a
msjqrity OF two hundred and eighty
three. J. J. Lowery was elected mar
shal by four hundred and ten majority.
The aldermen are equally divided be-
tween Democrats and Republicans. The
new charter is badly beaten. The con-
test was the most exciting in the histO-
ry of the city, and there was immense
enthusiasm over the result. Bonfires
were lighted, and Colonel Fort was con-
Quoted through the city on hOse-car-
rage by the enthusiastic firemen.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-21

PHILADELPHIA has something heav-
Ter on hand than the Centennial Her
debt, which, in 1854, was SIG, 573, ga II;
in 1854, SIS, gil ,OS4 81; in 1870, S44, 654,-
sS9 O8; in 1875, S64, $3.50, 46S IS. 1t is
true that g considerable portion of this
debt was incurred between 1851 and
1865, for war purposes, but every county
in the State incurred at the same time
Indebtedness prop9rtionately as large,
and have since discharged it, and that
with lighter tsx.rAte than the tsx-rate
of Philadelphia. During the last year,
Philadelphia real estate deprecated
500, coo, 600 IN market, value, and the
tax valuation was increased $40, 600, 900.
The debt is now over S64, 00O, 900, aud
it is expected to be increased dur
ing the current year nearly SIC, 900, 900.
Some six or eight millions Of this
amount will have to be actually paid in
full, to save the honor of the corpora
ton, as the restrictions Of the constitu-
ton prevent its being funded. For this
purpose tax Of three per cent on the
value Of real estate has been proposed,
but objected to on the score of that being
a greater sum than the profits Of the
whole business OF the city amounted to
last year. Poor Philadelphia! Men,
phis can sympathize with you,
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The woodruff Once More.

From an Interview of the Cincinnati Times.I
"Mrs. Woodruff, would like % have
you tell me your opinion OF the result o.
this new movement in the Beeeher
scandal" said the reporter later ia Lhe
conversation.
"It must Sli cOme to the surface sooner
or later" was the reply; sal the rotten
ness OF that cesspGOi, aud the moral
vileness and badness Of B-COklyn. There
will be statements made aud testimony
given entirely new aHdst8Ttiirg. Money
has been poured cut like water
to hide the truth, by parties who have
never yet been heard from IN connection
with the scandal, but to whom the truth
exposed were ruin; but all the opposing
and jarriDg interests will eventually isy
it all open, and the world viii gaze upon
it in horror"
''You are satisfied of Mrs. T'iltOn'5 in
fidelity?n
Satisfied l know it az well IS /
know / an alive"
"When did you first know it?"
"Almost the first time I ever met
Theodore, he poured the whole story
into my ears. told BIN there were but
two courses to take, either 90 imme-
diRtely and shoot Mr. Beecher or shut
Ato AOuth hHu Do s4tcutt anu uDL 20
blubbering sbCut like foolish, whipped
schOoiboy. But Tilton's own slips were
so frequent and so well known to
Beecher that he dared not move ike
man. Beecher and TiltOn and MCullOn
and Mrs. Tilton were at n1y house hun
dreds OF times, and ali this matter vas
freely talked o. ones while We were
together. After much talk, Theodore
arose and said: "Weil, Henry, you love
Elizabeth, and she love- you. II you
can bless her in any wa, do go, and /
will never interfere and drew US out OF
the room and left them alone together.
Mrs. Tilton is an ardent, intensely amor
GUS and passionate woman, and loves
Beecher devOtedIy."
"This is not the general ide9 OF mrs.
TiIton."
81 know it, but it is correct. L have
held her head in nav Jap for hours. while
she told over the story Of her love and
shame. Mis-. Beechsr Is grand and
noble woman, but SIS much mismated
with him as Elizabeth With Tne0dOre.
Beecher, in his boyhood, promised to
marry her, and she held him to bis
promise liz later years
ibid Tilton write that life Of yours?r
HE wrote every word, but wrote it
rom notes furnished him by a gentle
nan. 1t sounded the kneIl o. my ruin
md doWnfall.n