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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
MIsCELLAEEOUs.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The week opens out gloomy.
Little business OIL the levee.
Cotton receipts are diminishing rap.
idly.
The packets in yesterday and this
morning had slim trips.
The Susie Silver, for the Ohio river,
Kountz, Tolle, and City of Vicksburg,
for st. Louis, are due up to-day.
The James Howard, for New Orleans,
and Grand Tower, for Vicksburg, left
st. Louis Saturday evening.
The Thomas Sherlock left New Or.
leans yesterday morning for Cincinnati.
The james D. Parker, for Memphis,
and the Charles Morgan, for New Or
leans, left Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The packets out Saturday evening had
moderate trips.
The c. B. Church passed up yesterday
for the Ohio river with $50 tons Of
freight.
The Mary Houston passed down yes.
terday for New Orleans. She added here
249 bales of cotton, 1900 sacks of oil
meal, "a head Of cattle and a lot of sun.
dries.
The John B. Maude passed down for
Vicksburg well laden. She put off here
a large lot Of freight, and added 80 tons
of bends freight.
The Geneyieye passed up last night
for st. Louis with a moderate trip.
Captain Lee Finney, late of the Col
orado, has charge Of the office of the
John B. Maude. A good selection.
The Kellogg arrived yesterday with a
tow OF ice for Bohlen, Huse Il Co.
The Maunelle from Cincinnati passed
down yesterday morning for Arkansas
river with ESQ tons Of freight. She put
oh here a few packages Of freight, but
added nothing.
The George ". Cheek. Captain Nat
Green, is the regular packet leaving this
evening for Friar's Point, paying strict
attention to all way business. Msssrs.
D. P. Davis and John P. Langlois have
charge Of the office.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vinton,
came in from Cincinnati with 300 tons
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
On Thursday, ApriI "a, Is76.

legal hours, in front Of the Court House,
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed to sell. to the
highest bidder. for cash, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit: Lying and Being
in the county of shelby, State OF Tennessee,
and in the Seventeenth Civil District, begin
ming at a sweet gum marked R. B. at the
northwest corner Of a two hundred acre
grant in the name Of @. D. MCLEAN; thence
north S90 east 9S poles and II links to a stake
with elm and dogwood pointers, the north
boundary Of said grant; thence south 100 east
80 poles and IL links to a stake with black
gum n d.dogwood pointers thence south $50
WestSQ poles to a stake in the west boundary
Of SAID grant, with oak and poplar pointers;
thence north 10 west S. poles and II links to
the beginning, containing So Si-100 acres. See
Book 81, page $50.
Levied on as the property of defendant.
estate Of Boyd Williams, to satisfy said iudg-
ment. interest and costs.
Memphis, 14th day of March, 1876.
@. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff of Shelby County, Tenn.
By j. &C. BUSTER, d. S.
/, B. HoRRIGAS. Attorney for plaintiff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
SherifF's Sale of Real ESTATE.

DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
i that by virtue Of an execution to me
directed from the Honorable Circuit Court Of
Shelby county. Tennessee. in the case Of
Walker az HOrrigan ct al. VS.. Estate Of Boyd
Williams, judgment rendered on the 9th day
OF August, 1873, for the sum of two hundred
and forty-nine dollars and ninety cents, with
interest and costs of suit, to satisfy said
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BOATS LEAVING To.DAY

DVA4u LLATINN LU-UALs
Napoleon. A.. J. White. pm
Friar's Point, Geo. W. Cheek............5 p.m
Mhulson' pm
New Orleans, Thompson Dean........ .~...5 pm
Ashp0rt, OsceOla Belle...........m-........~5 pm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
Nav YORK. April "A. 1918 am .-COtton is

NEW YoRK. April "a, l2:10 p~.m.-Cotton is
quiet, with futures a shade easier. Sales for
future delivery, $500 bales.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-31

ITO THOSE contemplating building or re-
l. pairing we would call especls! attenI ILL., ~
our vel! selected stock O.. Doors, oasnes, bIipas
and Building Materials of all KEGS Whlcn We
will aaIi rs rhe.n rs the same can be bought IN
OF out of the State. B. f. PEAkE i CO.;
ap14 iS1 King ST.. lexar dris, ' ..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-31

FNGLISH and AMERICAN GRAIN and
D. GRASS SUYTHES, Stones, Rifles, Snsths,
Rakes, &c.. for sale, wholesale and retail, at IS
King stseet.
je2 j. T. CREIGHTON q SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-31
Alefal(0ria 6azette
MONDAY EVENING. JULY 81

THE NAME OF THE DEITY WRITTEN By
LIGHTNING The Lynchburg News stoutly
maintains that John Brown, = negro recently
killed in Campbell county, he'd the letters Cop
imprinted upon his body. Doctor Thomas H.
Muorlnau, Of Campbell county, in letter to the
Richmond Christian Advocate, corroborstes the
statement. he says: The lightning bad set ire
and left side and arm before the fire was extin-
gushed. Ia his ulanisca eftrts to free himself
from those who were restraining him the skih
was rubbed from the burned f sn. and present
ed the following characters GOD, very close
representations, to say the least of them, of the
capital letters used in printing the name OF
Deity, VIII lie around and between them the SKID
was unremoved, and apparently not burned.
The above occupied the snge St an
sWsre was in sucient days the symbol OF Deity;
This man then appears to have been branded
with the name of his Creator in the symbolic
thoussnd wears ago, and in the printed language
of the nation to which he belongs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
What Happened to an Unsuccessful
Lawyer.

a Washington correspondent of the
Milwaukee Commercial Times says
Thirty years ago, more or less, a small
man owned a small store in a small
town in the State of Illinois. There
were then, as now, other small men,
small stores and small towns in that
prairie land, but | have in my mind S
eye that particular man, store and town.
The gentleman was younger then by 80
years, a native of Ohio, educated among
the Buckeyes, and, after studying law
with Edwin NJ. Stanton, was admitted
to the St. Louis bar. | believe ne began
the practice of law, but his health failed,
and going westward in quest of new
life, he came upon this small town,
where he pitched his tent, or, to be more
select, opened his ''cOrner grocery, -
and began q tlourishing trade in mo-
lasses, candles, nails, twine, matches,
butter, beeSwaX, camphor, cough-sirup,
etc, as well as other luxuries too nu-
merous to mention. But those who have
visited country stores can well imagine
the balance of the stock. Our merchant
did not despise the "day of small
things, - and he might now be weighing
out groceries, had not the gold fever of
lS49 seized upon and finally possessed
him, filling his thoughts by day and
dreams by night.
That grocery on the corner was "sold
out, ;" and that man went further West.
With the thousands who crossed the
plains and climbed the mountains, he
went on, and on toward the sun which
never went down before his golden
vision, till it set upon the waters of the
great Pacific.
Fortune, too often a tickle goddess,
favored him, and soon successful specu-
lation in this El Dorado made the ''cSr-
ner grocery" in the prairie village an
enterprise of the past-not entirely for
gotten, but merely dim spot upon
fading memory. Fifteen years later
and he becomes largely interested in
Nevada mines and is a manager of the
Bank of California. He need 90 no
further now, but may write upon his
silver bars, in letters of gold, Eureka
q have found it." But gold and sill
yer do not satisfy ambition. There is
an aspiration for public life.
Ten years follow, and we 60 to the
United States Senate to see the Senator
from Nevada take an oath of office. 1t
is brief ceremony, and then he takes
his seat between Senator Cameron of
Wisconsin, and Senator Reyes of Penn
sylvaHia, on the outer row, on the Re-
publican side of the chamber. Senator
Sharon is now fifty-five years of age,
and a widOWer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
A Concise Romance of ShebOygan.

Story for husbands and wives. Ger
tain citizen of ShebOygan and partner
of bosom didn't get along together at
all. Monster with emerald optics which
doth cure his own bacon was what was
matter with wife. Wife couldn't stand
it. As husband wouldn't dote on her,
resolved to hide him out. Went to
drug store and called for strychnine in
connection with rats. Druggist, know
ing unpleasant state of affairs tween
husband and wife, put up for her pow
dered sugar instead of poison, and
went and advised husband to look out
for squalls, 'Cordingly husband watch
ed wife that night making pancakes for
him, of which he's remarkably fond,
and saw her slyly empty powder
strychnine she thought, powdered sugar
he knew-into batter. Husband de-
youred all the batter-cakes and sighed
for more to devour. Presently pretend
ed to be mighty sick, dropped over on
floor and played very dead-dead as
door-nail. Wife then went out and came
back with rope, and was about to tie it
round husbands neck to make folks
think suicide, when husband jumped up,
seized rope and everlastingly salivated
wife with it; wore her clean out, leaving
nothing but mass of black and blue
stripes. And now, when wife, by use
of DR.. Quarles Quigley's Quick Cure,
gets well and and up and about again,
it's thought they'll be happiest couple
in Sheboygan.-LouisUilIe Courter-Joar-
1anI
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
The Tables Turned.

A year ago or so John Hunt, of Brew
erton, took unto himself wife. The
secret history of their lives during the
year which followed shall not be writ
ten; suffice it to say that Mrs. Hunt re-
Gently determined upon fOrsaking her
liege lord, and did so, whereat he was
wrOth. To avenge his anger he resOlv-
ed upon giving Mrs. Hunt dressing of
tar-and-feathers, but he could not make
such a presentation without assistance,
and how could assistance be obtained?
A thought struck him-whisky would
help him out. So he assembled certain
individuals before a bar, where certain
beverages were dispensed, and after all
had freely partaken Of his hberality Re
divulged his plan. They were to 90 to
the house where his wife was stopping,
decoy her into the street, seize her and
apply the offensive coating in a twink
ling, he to give the signal for action by
a whistle. On arriving ut the house,
one of the party entered it and soon re-
turned to the street with Mrs. H., when
the whistle was given. At once the par
ty rushed forward, with the bucket of
tar and feathers which Hunt had pro-
vided, but to his horror their footsteps
were directed toward him instead of
in the direction of his wife. 1t was but
the work of a moment to smear him
from head to foot with tar and cover
him with feathers till he resembled an
Onondaga brave. He was quick to see
that he was the victim of his own ma
chinations, and was glad TO sneak away
without further observation-disclosures
On. ~ Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
A Child Eleven Years Of Age Sentenced
TO Fifteen Years Penal Seryitude.

A criminal case of more than usual
interest was tried on the Midland Cir
cult at Lincoln, in England, on March
20. William Harrod, only IL years of
age, was arraigned for the willtul muir
der of boy named Hebblewhite on
February 10, last. 1t appeared in evi-
dence that the prisoner left his grand
mothers house on his return home about
dusk that day in company with the de-
ceased. On the next morning Hebble-
whites body was found in a pond, with
several wounds and bruises on the head.
Death, however, had not been caused
by these wounds, which only stunned
him, but by drowning. By the side of
the pOnd-which was onl ly about five
feet deep-were boys footprints and
the impression of a boys knee, as
though the deceased had tried to get out
of the water. After Harrod had been
arrested on suspicion, he wrote letter
to his mother, in which he gave this &C
count of his quarrel with the dead boy:
"He asked me if would have a fight
and L told him no. and he said he
would, and then he drew stake out of
some kids and struck me twice with it
across the legs as hard as ever he could,
and then l pulled another out and struck
him four times across the head and
twice across the face; then he swore at
me; then | showed him in the pit and |
saw that he was in the middle; and then
| ran home across the church-yard, and
now | have told you the solid truth
The theory of the defense, which was
founded on this letter, was that Hebble-
white had attacked the accused and
had fallen into the water in the course
of the struggle; but this theory is not
entitled to much consideration as the
deceased was a younger and smaller
boy than the prisoner, and there are no
marks of violence on the prisoner.
Justice Lindley, in charging the jury,
said that if there had been a fight pro-
voked by the prisoner it would be muir
der, and if provoked by deceased man.
slaughter, unless the violence was out
of proportion to what would have been
warranted. This last question in the
case was the most difficult of all, be-
cause, although a person ever fourteen
years of age is presumed to be capable
of committing crime, if he is under that
age, the presumption is in his favor,
and jury must be satisfied that there
was a wickedness of mind or mischiev-
Gus disposition showing that he was
conscious that he was doing wrong.
In the absence of such evidence they
were bound to acquit the prisoner both
of murder and of manslaughter. After
a short absence the jury found the pris-
oner guilty of manslaughter; and he
was subsequently sentenced to fifteen
years penal servitude. Mr.. Justice
Lindley, however, announced his inten-
tion of communicating with the Home
Secretary in the matter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
A Georgia Phenomenon.

One of the wonderful phenomena of
the country, and of which very little is
known, even to those who have spent
their lives almost within its very shad-
Ow, is Rich Hill, located in Crawford
County, about twelve miles from this
place. Mr.. Gray Andrews, one of the
oldest citizens of the county, gave us
some interesting information which we
would like to give our readers had we
the time and space. The hill aboundS
in pure specimens of limestone rocks,
tusks and limb bones of monster wild
animals like the mastodon, together
with the remains of extinct genera and
species of smaller quadrupedS; shells
and genealogical curiosities of the
great deep, consisting of petrifed fish
bones, mollusca, etc.
Gen. Bennett, a northern man, burnt
large quantities of lime from these for
nations twenty-five years ago for COM
mercial purposes. Mr.. Andrews says
during the last ten years one side of
the hill has gradually sunken in, leav-
ing apertureS in the rock large enough
to insert fence rails. On top it covers
nearly twenty acres, and there is farm,
with farm houses, and a gentleman living
there far above all his neighbors in the
surrounding country. The hill can be
seen for miles, and it is said that on q
very clear day smoke arising from dwell
ings and machine shops in the City of Ma
con can be seen very easily.-EOH YGl-
leg (Gd) Mirror.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
The Usage Ceded Lands.

I A Washington correspondent of the
New York Times gives the following
particulars regarding the Usage ceded
lands, which the Supreme Court has
finally decided belong to the actual set
| tiers thereon who obtained their titles
through the Government:
Under certain acts of Congress pass
ed in March, 1868, and July, 1866,
grams of land in Kansas were made, in
the usual form, IN cid of the Missouri,
Kansas end Texas, and the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence and Galveston Rail
road Companies. At the time these
grants were made the Usage Indians
held large tract of rich and valuable
land in Kansas, known as the Usage
Reservation. The OSages decided their
land to the United States by a treaty
proclaimed Jan. 21, 1867, the Govern
ment undertaking 20 sell that portion
known as the Usage Treaty land, about
nine hundred and sixty thousand acres,
the proceeds to be applied TO the gen
eral civilization of the Indians. An
other portion of the land was called the
Usage Trust land, and this was to be
selves. A third portion was called the
diminished reservation, which remain
ed in possession of the 0sages until re-
Gently, when, by an arrangement with
the tribe, this diminished portion was
also sold, and the Osages went to the
Indian Territory. On April TO-, 1869,
Congress passed an act authorizing the
sale of the Usage ceded lands to actual
settlers at 1925 per acre, and under this
act settlers entered the ceded lands. The
railroads then set up a claim that these
lands belonged to them by virtue of the
acts of March, 1868 and July, 1866.
They claim that although when the acts
were passed these lands did not pass
under the grant, that the grant attach
ed when the Indian title was extinguish-
ed. Acknowledgement Williams, at the
instance of Congressman Lawrence, of
Ohio, authorized suit TO be brought in
the name of the United States against
the railroad companies, to adjudge that
they were not entitled to the lands. The
case was decided by Justice Miller, of
the Supreme Court, and Judge Dillon,
of the Kansas District Court, in Janu-
ary, 1874, the decision being against the
railroads, and in favor of the settlers,
to protect whom the suit was brought
by the Government. The railroads ap-
pealed the case to the Supreme Court,
before which it was argued last OctO-
Der by Judge Black and Mr.. Lawrence
for the settlers, and Colonel Phillips
and Senator Edmunds for the railroad
companies. There is now on these
ceded lands a population of at least
1000 people, possessing schools,
churches and various industrial eStab-
lishments. A decision in favor of the
railroad companies would have abro-
gated the title of these people to their
property, which was regularly pur-
chased from the United States.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
A Novel Piece Of Mechanism.

/ Mr.. Andrew GaudrOn, of 235 st.
Aubin Avenue, says the Detroit Tribune,
is, after nearly year of constant labor,
about completing a complicated piece
of mechanism, intended to represent
"The Resurrection of General Wash
ington," and which it is his intention to
exhibit at the Centennial Exposition. The
whole apparatus is enclosed in cabinet
9 feet high, 81 feet broad, and p feet
deep. The lower half contains the ma
chinery, and in the upper portion the
diOrama is displayed. The scene is a
fac-simile of the tomb of Washington.
Upon one side stands an American and
on the other a French soldier of the
present day, while at the side and upon
the recess beyond are painted allegor-
ical figures and emblems. The machin-
cry, which is quite complicated, is Ope-
rated by a spring similar to those used
in clock. When it is set in motion
miniature cannon is fired, a bell is tolled,
and curtain, suspended across the face
of the recess of the cabinet, rises slowly,
bringing to view the tomb and sentinel
soldiers. The latter stand at an ''Or-
der" In the course of minute or so
the tomb opens, fac-simile of the
father of his country arises therefrOm.
Simultaneously, the soldiers face toward
the tomb and present arms, and Wash
ington performs the usual mill
tary salutation. Then there de-
scends from the clouds an Ameri-
can eagle, holding in its taIons
a staff, on one end of which is an Amer
lean flag and upon the other the ma
tional ensign of France, carrying in its
beak a laurel wreath with which it
crowns the resurrected Washington.
The machinery continues to revolve,
and the scene is reversed and repeated
as often as is desired, each representa-
ton requiring about three minutes.
The figures are made upon q scale of
about three inches to the foot. The
heads are carved by Mr.. Julius Melchers,
and the bodies are minutely correct and
properly propOrtioned. The guns car
ried by the soldiers are in exact imita-
ten of Springfield rifles, and the cos
tune of the soldiers is patterned after
the uniforms of the armies of this cOun-
try and France. The dress of Wash
ingtOn is the same in color and style as
that worn by him at the battle of Tren-
ton. The construction of this curious
piece of mechanism has brought out 4
great deal of ingenuity, and, as can be
readily surmised, embOdies a great
amount of fine and skillful workman
ship. The inventor was Ormerly en-
plOyed at the Detroit Safe Works and
also at the Pullman Car Works; but of
late, having fitted up a shop in his own
house, he has spent many months in
perfecting this representation of the re-
surrection of Washington.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
The Mischief of the Latest Fashions.

Were not a peculiarly moral per-
son, l should say for my own part,
" Drat the fashions - For | am not
Venus, and the incoming modes will,
unless am much mistaken, be pitiless
to those who are any thing else. The
old Princesse or Gabrielle cut for dress
es is to be revived-nay, is revived, and
threatens to become the rage. Now,
in old days, with hoops and full skirts,
these gored, all in one, dresses were
not so bad, but now, what with tie-back
skirts, and glove-6tting dresses, women
who are either too thin or too stout
have hard time of it. OF course such
figure as that of Croizette looks simp-
ly divine in such attire, but how many
women have figure like that of Croi
zette, should like to know? Not one
form in hundred can stand the total
absence of drapery, And so, fat and
forty, or thin and thirty, must be turned
into guys, in order that the sweet and
shapely may have chance to stun the
world with revelation of lOveliness.-
Lucy Hooper, in the Philadelphia Tsle-
OrnDh.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-20
PBNGENT PARAeR1PHS.

Az old lady was in the habit OF talk
ing to her friends in a gloomy, depress-
ing manner, presenting only the sad
side of life. Hang it,n said one, af-
ter long and sOmber interview, ''she
wouldn't allow that there was bright
side to the moonl"
SAID little bov to his mother the
other morning: ''Ma, had the beauti-
fullest dream last night you ever saw. L
dreamt that wouldn't go to school, and
that you went out in the yard and cut a
great long switch, but Just as you was
going to give me an awful dressin' the
world came to an endl DidR'tI get out
of it easy, thought"
A NEW resident in Prescott, Arizona,
anxious to learn something of Spanish,
was talking lately with Mexican friend
about the language, when the friend
told him that to start with the Spanish
alphabet was different from the Eng
lish. Snow" said the Mexican, ''fOr
instance, we have no w in our alpha
bet" sNo W, said the young Amer
lean ''then how do you spell wagon in
SpanishP"
AN amusing story at the expense of
Bishop Haven Methodist EpiseopaD
is told by correspondent of Pitts
burgh newspaper. '' DR.. Newhall, the
former President of Delaware College,
at Newark, Del, and a personal friend
of Bishop Haven, was very sick, and
for some days he thought himself i'm
mortal and refused to take any food.
The Bishop visited him, and tried to
prevail upon him to take some nourish-
ment. NO, don't want any thingi'
said he, Il am immortal. | am IN
heaven. This is heaven Then paus-
ing for a moment and looking
at his visitor with n troubled air,
he said: But, Haven. how in the
world did you get here?'N