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The true medical philosophy.

The remarkable cures Of dyspepsia, oonsti-
patton. general debility, intermittent and re-
mittent feyers, nervousness, mental despon-
dency. and a host Of other ailments, by that
popular botanic invigorant and Alternative,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. prove that to
p~ialize, not deplete, the sick, Ia the true med
ical philosophy. Under the old system pa
tients underwent a course Of treatment that
often had the effect Of exhausting their few
remaining energies. Drastic purgation, and
the administration Of violent remedies with a
weakening reaction were frequently and most
unnecessarily resorted TO in cases where lnyig.
grafton combined with mild regulatiye treat.
ment was the sole desideratum. That thil
unwise mode Of medication has been to Z
great extent abandoned Is in no small degree
due 10 the success which has attended thC
peerless remedy above named.
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ST. LOUIS.
DefaultIng 4 udttOr-Rald on IIIIcit
DfstiIIerIes.

DefauItIng u~ditor-Raid On IIIicit
DistlllerIes. UI
ST. LOUIS, June l3 1t is announced
that Colonel VIM. Il. Heath, Auditor OF
this county, is in arrears to the amount
of from fifty to one hundred thousand
dollars and that suit will be brought
against him to recover the deficit. The
money belongs to the township school
funds, the collection Of which is made
by the County Auditor under the law.
Colonel Myer, supervisor OF internal
revenue, returned from his raid on Illicit
distilleries in Cape Girardeau and Bal
linger counties. he has broken up
about twenty stills, destroyed a large
amount of property, arrested and placed
under bonds sixteen persons charged
with making crooked whisky. Some
fifty stills have been running in the
J above named counties for about twelve
years past, and allowing they only ran
three months in the year, the govern
ment has been defrauded OF from fifteen
to twenty thousand dollars per annum,
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READING, PENN, June l3.-The work
men excavating on the Perkiomer valley
branch Of the Reading railroad we're yes
terday caved upon, and VIM. Welch
killed and there others seriously in
jured.
Thomas Elliott while tapping a cess
pool yesterday was overcome by foul air
fell into the we'll and suffOcated. John
Edwards vent to Elliott's assistance.
when be too was overcome and fell into
the we'll and died. George Dorsey (col
ored) ~endeavored to rescue the other two
and also became unconscious, but wal
dragged out in time to ave his life.
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dangerous, bad man. His election
as President would be a serious
blow to republican institutions.
He possesses brain power, courage,
wit, audacity, and is withal am
bilious as Alexander and unprinci-
pied as Lucifer. His desire for
power has intensified into a burn
ing, consuming lust to which every
thing else is made subordinate.
The Republican party a few years
ago would not have taken up such
a man, but in the present emer-
gency he suits their purposes and
he is popular. 1t is not unlikely
that he will lead off at Cincinnati
with a higher vote than any other
candidate, and it is possible that
he will be nominated. If the party
had within it the elements Of re-
form a different ticket would be
presented. Such men as Hayes,
Bristow or Washburne would
stand a chance. MI. Blaine'S i'll
ness does not probably impair his
chances, but rather makes him a
martyr to "rebel" persecution, en-
titled to the crown of the victor
and a nomination.
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Forgery.

BALTIMORE, June l3.-William Baker
and Charles A. Baker, wholesale fruit
dealers, the former a member Of the Sec
ond branch Of the City Council, we're ar
rested last evening charged with forging
the names of different persons to thirty
six promissory notes for $4,000, which
we're taken up by the Traders and Union
national banks and s. ]. Farber, Of the
firm Of Stillman, Farber & Co. They
were committed 10 default Of bail. In
the City Council last night William Ba
ker' resignation was laid on the table
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Meath Of a C~entenarinp.

PHILADELPHIA, June l3.--Mrs. Marga-
ret Donaldson Boggs died here last even
ing at the age of one hundred years, FIVE
months snG two days. She was born and
had always lived in Philadelphia. She
was a cousin Of Andrew Jackson's wife
and was the last surviving descendant Of
Mrs. Betsy Ross, who made the hrst
American flag Of the present pattern.
On the 10th of last January Mrs. Boggs
celebrated her hundredth birthday and
received many visitors Of prominence
and distinction. Her faculties remained
clear and her memory strong almost to
the time Of her death.
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SPEAKER KERR's TRIUMPHANT AC-
QUITTAL.

Good men Of all parties will be
gratifed that Mr.. Olymers commit
tee, after a painstaking investiga-
ton, unanimously reported that
the charges made against Mr.. Kerr
were found unqualifedly false, and
that Mr.. Kerr stood fully exonera-
ted from all complication affecting
his personal honor or official integ-
rity, and that the committee found
nothing in its whole progress OF IN
vestigation to impair or detract
from his well-established reputa-
ton for unquestioned personal in
tegrity and unsullied purity. This
was the unanimous Judgment not
only of the committee but Of the
House, as was ascertained by a rlS-
ing vote. Two hundred and ten
members rose in their seats to in
dorse the report and give the lie to
an infamous SANDER against a
pure man. Mr.. Kerr is not a
partisan or a rabid politician,
but a pure gentleman, a patriot
and a lofty statesman, who would
not and could not do wrong to
serve himself or his party. There
are few such men in public places
nowadays, and when one is founC
it is some satisfaction to see that ht
cannot be wantonly traduced with.
, out exciting the virtuouS indigna
, ton of the public almost withou
regard to party lines. A few era
! ven, cowardly journals have en-
deavored to make capital out o
! this foul conspiracy, but to tn.
! honor of American journalism, b
: it said, very few papers gave an.
q credence to the charges. The YER
j.. idea that such a man would plac
. himself in the power Of a strange
!, and barter away all the honor
of a long and honorable care(
4 for the paltry sum Of four hundre
: dollars in greenbacks was as n
/ pulsive as it was absurd. He wi
. already indicated in the hear
i and minds Of the people, but h
? formal acquittal by friends ar
a foes alike without distinction
" this particular period, SO trying
4 the characters of public men, mu
i. be doubly grateful to the weari'
and as is supposed dying Speak
n He has enjoyed throughout IL
- trying ordeal and affection t
!. respect and sympathy of all dece
men everywhere. What would L
70 Mr.. Blaine give for such a vindi'
r. ton?
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London News.l
Looking at music merely as a So
cial institution-M. Gautier would
have said a social evil-every one
must notice that the life Of the
non-musical man or woman is be-
ing made increasingly hard to him.
Nc "shop" is nearly SO much
talked as musical shop, and there
is none which 50 absolutely battles
the uninitiated. Into the charmed
realm of melody and harmony no
foe can enter by violence; no ore
by much study and long yigilS can
learn to understand musical con-
versation. This fact marks off mu-
steal from every other form of
" shop" If a person falls into the
society of city men, he is not per
haps at first very greatly edified,'
but by degrees, and with pains, he
picks up some thread, some clue to
guide him in the labyrinth of tech
nical terms. Even a lady can un-
derstand cricket " shop" if she has
been brought up with a large and
determined family of brothers, and
there are enthusiasts who believe
that the minds of women are not
incapable of understanding the
state of the odds. All sports, and
every form Of business, touch life
in some one Ineligible way; but
talk about music to the non-mu-
steal does not attach itself to
any known or movable link
with their existence. A man
may have the subtlest sense of hui
NOR. and vet be incapable Of seeing
the fun Of a famous remark about
the counterpoint of Herr Wagner
and how it is like a number OF per
sons jostling against each other il
q narrow doorway. 1t is not only
that the unmusical man does moi
catch the meaning, but that nj
amount of study and application
will teach him the meaning. Ill
can get the definition of counter
point off by heart, but that doe
nothing for him, because the word
cannot be by him connected witt
any impressions Of the sense, still
less with any ideas. To the non
musical, in short, musical converse
ton is transcendental-that is t
say, gibberish. Now, considerin
this, It seems rather hard on
small, but not exactly despicable O
nefarious class of persons, that mi
steal slang should have stolen int
all the arts. A critic tells us thf
the impression produced by this {
/. that poem resembles the impressiO
. produced by a motett or a fugu
=, But to the lover Of poetry this ma
: mean absolutely nothing, for man
. lovers of poetry, like Victor Hug
!, dislike all music, and specially Il
!. piano. How would a musician lii
:, to be told that the "Deutsches R
QUEEN" resembles the third choir
in the Agamemnon of HschyluS
Shakspeare's nineteenth sonnet?
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MRS. PlounI'. Aneedote. OrJohnsOn

McMillan's Magazine.l
Her old friend had breathed his
last in his dingy home in Fleet
street, London. No sooner was the
event known, and the old philoSo-
pher at rest under the stones at
Westminster Abbey, than the print
ers were busy issuing "Anecdotes."
Everybody who had a story of the
dead lion was in a hurry to tell it;
and of course Boswell and Mrs.
Pio1zi were looked to by all the
world for the largest and most in
teresting collections. Her cameo
dotes of the late Samuel johnson,
during the Last Twenty years of
his Life" were written in Italy
Immediately after the news Of his
death reached her, shipped off to
England from. Leghorn, and pub
lished in London in 1885, young
Samuel Lysons making her bargain
for her with Mr., Cadet, the pub.
Usher. "Judge my transport ant
my husbands" she wrote nearl,
thirty years afterward, "when a
Rome we received letters saying
the book was bought with sucl
avidity that Cadet had not on
copy left when the King sent for i
c at ten o'clock at night, and he wa
forced to beg one from a friend t
supply his Majesty's Impotence
who sat up all night reading it.
e Boswell, who was preparing hi
e pyramid" as he called his "Lii
Of johnson" was outraged at tn
e sudden flare of feminine popularit,
n and strove to undermine his rival
position by accusing her of inacou
racy and untruth. His efforts wei
4; in vain. The whole Of the fir
:, impression of her little book WI
: sold on the first day it was pul
lished /; 9300 were lying ready fl
? her in her publishers hands; al
N her "Anecdotes" were the gossip
* the whole town, although WalpC
W sneered at them, Hannah Mo
yawned, and Peter Pindar gre
funny.
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RLAIER's ILLFR ss.

Unable to extricate himself from
accumulated proofs Of unworthy at-
ton, goaded to desperation by the
slow and tortuous processes Of a cool
and imperturbable committee, sick
at heart and Disguised at his own
failures and exposures, Mr.. Blaine
succumbed on Sunday to physical
p~rostration and is yet dangerously
i'll. The report was at first received
with incredulity even by his friends.
The supposition was natural that
he was tired of the unequal and
Instantaneous fight and had
feigned sickness in order to get q
little rest and to give his undivided
attention to the proceedings of thu
convention in session at Cincinnati
The tricky, artiul nature OF tn
man at once suggested that he ha,
adopted a ruse to excite sympath.
and compass purposes that cOul'
not be accomplished in an oper
fair fight. But it seems that h
had an attack of sunstroke, 81
perinduced no doubt by his II
cent excitement and p%erturbatio
of mind while fighting the Cor
federate" Congress, as he deligh.
to call it. He overrated his ow
capacities and underestimated IL
task before him. Blaine is a bol(
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Rounderlnr Of a Gunboat.

SAN FRAYoIsco, June l3.-The Pacific
mail steamer City of Sidney, from Pan
ANA, brings news Of the laundering oil
the Guatemalisn gunboat Gen. Barnos'
of San Jose de Guatemala during the
gale a week previous to the time the
City Of Sidney touched at that port, May
3lst. The crew Of the guuboat wal
saved, but sixteen soldiers went dowI
with her
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To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiScretions Of youth. nervous weakness.
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., l will
send a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discOv-
erod By a missionary in South America. Send
a self-addressed envelope to the REy. JosEPH
7. LYMAN, Station D. Bible House, New York
CITY. l-l66-Nodhw
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FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, June l3.-Jefferson Davis
has arrived here in the steamship Mem
phis from New Orleans.
LONDON, June ia riot has taken
place at Gibraltar. Spanish kilograms
say the trouble began by the German
sailors OF the iron-clad feet insulting
ladies on the wharf. All German sailors
were confined to their ships until the
feet sailed.
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naArH OF COL. ROBERrsoN rOPP.

In the death of Colonel Robert
son Topp, which occurred this
morning at 3 o'clock, this commu-
nifty loses an old, esteemed and
prominent citizen, whose life, If
written out, would fill a large space
in the history of Memphis. de
was born in Davidson county, April
90, 1907, and was, therefore, a little
over si%xty-nine years old. His pa
rents were among the pioneer set
tiers in the territory south OF the
Ohio river, afterward embraced in
the State of FARMLAND, and now
included within the boundaries OF
Tennessee. He entered the bar at
Columbia, in Mauray county, we
are informed, at an early age, mar
ried a Miss Vance at Nashville,
and removed to Memphis some
forty years ago. Shortly afterward
he was elected to the Legislature,
succeeding and warmly supported
by Colonel @. D. Mclean. In that
body he made a splendid record,
and was ever after a man of mark.
In personal appearance he strong
" resembled Andrew jackson,
by whom he was ever regarded with
great favor and whom he likewise
resembled in many stern and ster-
ling traits of character. At an
early day he became largely inter
ested in real estate operations and
at one time almost owned what was
known as South Memphis before il
was united with North Memphis
In the promotion of railroad
schemes and all great enterprise
for the benefit of Memphis he galway
took a leading part. The record
of the courts will show tina
he has been interested in more rea
estate than perhaps any one mai
who ever lived in the county. A
one time he was very wealthy, AM
when he had abundance OF mean
he was liberal accordingly; but tn
war greatly impaired his large fol
tune. In ante-bellum times he Wa
a Wing and an active POLITICAL
He was earnest, fearless and infiV
entail. Of late years he has nj
figured so much in public affair
and for several months past h.
seldom been seen away from HON
owing to i'll health. His poWeri
constitution was gradually unde
mined by an insidious diseai
and this morning, surrounded
his grief-stricken family al
friends, he quietly breathed his la
The event was only anticipated
afew who knew his condition, a
caused a most painful Surpr
throughout the community. Ht
survived by his wife and all til
children eight in number
mourn an irreparable loss.
lived an active, eventful life,
largely identified with public
t~erests, and we shall not soon Il
on his like again. Peace and no
to his memory.
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Chicnxo whisky Frauds.

CHICAGO, June l3.-The trial Of AL.
derman e. F. Cullerton on the charge Of
completely in whisky frauds terminated
to-day, and the jury fornd the defendant
guilty on the fourth count OF the indict-
ment, which charges neglect Of duty.
he was acquitted on the remaining
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The Confederate decoration took
place at Knoxville last Saturday,
the 18th inst. Colonel Moses
White, formerly of this city, deliv-
cred the grafton of the day. As
usual, he made a very happy effort.
The attendance was large and the
occasion one Of great interest.
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RInine ConyaIescing.

WASHINGTON, June l3-Drs. Verdi
and Pope in their bulletin this morning
say Mr.. Blaine's condition is greatly I'M
proved and that be is convalescing rap.
idly. At 2 o'clock this morning, on
awaking from sleep, he called for crack
ers and butter and relished them amaz.
inglv
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DEMocRAr1c Sac conventions

DEMOCRATIC State conventions
will be held tomorrow, the 14th, in
Arkansas, Mississippi and North
Carolina. In the latter State ex-
Governor Vance is a candidate for
the nomination for Governor, and
will probably receive it, although
he has some bitter opposition, and
the utmost harmony does not pre-
vail in the ranks Of the party.
Hon. Josiah Turner, recent editor
of the Raleigh Daily Sentinel, has
declared himself an independent
Democratic candidate for Governor.
Lively times are expected in the
convention. The politics Of North
Carolina are a study, and can only
be fully understood by those who
are on the ground and study moth
ing else. At Little Rock a candi.
date for Governor will he nomi
! mated. There are numerous aspi
, rants, and the situation is mixed
Other State officers are to be nomi
mated likewise, and as nomination
! equivalent to an election, great in
terest is manifested on the result
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President Of AN Insane Asylum
Killed by n Patient.

CASANDA1GUA, June l3.-Dr. George
Cook, president of Brigham Hall Insane
Asylum, al C~snandaigua, was fatally
stabbed yesterday by an insane patient
named Brown. The temporal and trans
verse facial arteries we're severed aud he
died about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
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To1e0rama.

CAIRO, June 10 Arrived - John B.
Maude, Yicksburg, G am; Grand Lake
No. 2, New Orleans, 9; Arch P. Green,
White river, loon. Departed-Garrett
Island 10, II p m. Bigley, St. Louis, s
am. Maude and Grand Lake, St. Louis,
noon. Light rain.
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ATTENTION!
Mem beers of Building and Loan Com
panieS and ALI Others.
U~NRESERVED SALE
Three Beautiful Building Lots al
Auction.
of Unclaimed Goods.

CUsToM-HoUsE. MEMPHIS. TENN.,(
~SURvKYOR's 0FFIoE, May rs, 1876.
TIME FOLLOWING DESCRIBED GOODS
having been seized and forfeited to the
United States, notice Is h~erebygiven that on
June 20, 1876, at the hour Of u o'clock M. az
the United States Bonded Warehouse, zig
Second street, at the port Of Memphis, | Will
sell at public auction, to the highest and best
one cask Irish whisky, marked II. Q. % r.
W. j. SMITH,
"a. and.Q Surveyor Of Customs.
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tunate, and yet they were all truly
loyal. Morton's committee ought
to look into these rebel cOnspiracies
against the friends of the govern
ment.
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PROBABILITIES.

WASHINGTON, June l3.-For Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley, falling barome-
ter, southeast to southwest winds, in
creasing c%loudiness and local storms.
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SAMUEL W. HODGES, late post
master at Newton, Mississippi, can
not attend the Cincinnati conven-
ton owing to the interference of a
Federal court, but he is going to the
Albany penitentiary one year; cause
undue familiarity with other peo-
pies finances passing through the
mails. This is the third postmaster
at Newton in the last three or four
years who has been likewise unfor-
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C0NDE--In 81. Louis, on Thursday, June
sth, MARIETTA F., beloved wife Of Colonel II.
Clay Condo. formerly Of this city, in the for
tieth year Of her age.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE Psi,
SATURDAY, JUNE 18th,

by means Of primary election to be held in
the various Wards of the city and in the Civil
Districts Of the county outside OF the city,
under the supervision and direction oil the
sui. committee Of each Ward aud District.
The election will be by ballot, and the polls
will DO opened at 3 pm. In the WARDS Of the
city, and CLOSED at pm. and in the Districts
they will be opened st IL 10. ana closed Ntb
D m. The respective sub commlttees are
charged with the supervision OF, the primary
election in their particular Ward OF, District.
They ar requested TO provide anything neces-
sary for holding the same, 70 furnish clerks TO
record the names Of the voters, ana In all re-
spects 10 conduct the election as one author
IT IA recommended by The. Board that the
voters in Inc respective Civil Districts and
Wards when casting their votes for delegates,
aiso indicate their choice for magistrates and
MATHEMATICIAN names Of the candidates for
/ maeistratean and oonttable receiving the highest
| vote In each District to be presented 10 the
NYYTbe Iist Ok subcommittee will remain az
heretofore announced, and no further puhli-
alton thereof will be made.
The delegates elected on said 18th day OF
| June will meet In Convention al. the EXPOSE
tion building, In tho city Of Memphis, on
/ "Wednesday. juno Dist, at Il O'Clock, for the
purpose OF nominating the officers before
mentioned. BY order Of Executive Board.
~ IRVING nAIsEY, Chairman.
K. j., KARI, Secretary. 1874
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

The subscription price Of the PUBLIC
LEDGER is Ss per anaum for the Daily
and 50 per annum for the weskly-Post.
age free.
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POLITICAL.
COUNTY
Democratic Conservative
CONVENTION.

nHE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EX-
ecutivo Committee Of the Democratic and
Conservative party Of Shelby county call a
Convention Of all those who are willing to CO.
operate with It in us efforts TO restore honest,
economical and constitutional government
to the people; to lessen the burdens Of taxa
ton upon them TO inaugula ate true reform in
every branch Of civil s%ervicei TO held public
officers to q rigid accountability in the dis
charge of their duties; to secure the impartial
execution Of the laws, and to distribute fatty
and honestly among oil classes the burdens Of
taxation-to meet in the city Of Memphis on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21st,
at II o'clock, for the purpose Of nominating
candidates for the following Offices;
Sheriff.
County Trustee.
Judge Of Criminal Court,
Attorney General Of Bartlett Circuit Court.
The Executive Beard recommend the cleo
tion Of delegates on