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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-09
HICKMAN,

where we with regret had to part with
one of our passengers, Mr.. John C. viii
son, who served with gaIlantry in the
Confederate service until the cause was
lost, when, believing that Cardinal Richie.
lieu's theory, that the pen is mightier
than the sword was correctly based, be.
came proprietor of the Hickman Courier
a weekly established over eighteen years.
Once 0 under way, forty six
hours from Memphis, we made the pros
porous town Of Columbus, also In tho
Blue Grass State, and situated directly
opposite to where
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-09
aYrgTs INSTANT DaEsl lLEvAE0a.

SMITHS INSTANT DaEsN TLEvAgos. fA
This Cut shows the Upper Partefthesklt
wrong side out. with ihe " Elevator
hTedin. You can rRas your tklrt while pass
Ing = muddy plaos, and then let II fall. II
kesps the tklt from the Filth. It Loopein
fuilness IL tho back. " saves more than ten
times its cost. Ii can ne cnRnged from one
saving, when used in the common house
dresses. Price, As cent? each
The above PATTERN WITH CLOTH
MODEL complete. and ONE DhEsS ELEVA-
to any person who will send sixty. CENTS
with their name and address to A. BUR-
DETTE SMITH, 94 Broadway. N. Y. City.
Smiths Illustrated Pattern Bazaar.
Sample Copy. Is cents. Subscription Price,
81 10 a year. postpaid. One Dollars worth Of
Drouifum-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-09

The Pacific railroads have received
from the government S64, 600, 900 and
200, 900, 900 acres of land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-09
THE BATTLE OF NJ

was fought, and which, l understand, was
the first place where third term Ulyssus
engaged in action with a Confederate
force. 1t is now the terminal point OF
the Cairo, Fulton and Iron Mountain
railroad. Two hours more brought Us to
, 1876-06-03

refused the Academy of Music here sons weeks ago,
and she is quite Indignant about it, but says that in
addition b doing the centennial she Is determined 10
- hire hall in which al her eicqueno, and tell
what she knows about the relations OF the sexes
THE WHIPPING POT-
Eleven men were publicly whipped at New Castle,
Delaware, last Saturday, with tie est-o -nne-talls
Two were white men and the balance nesroes. They
received from twenty TO forty lashes eaeh snd We're
then taken down amid the jeers and laughter OF the
assembled ioungers and street Arabs
CENTENNIAL JOTTINds-
Centennial travelling elOaks fOr ladies is the latest
rage. They made Of light cloth, serge, or water
proof. The shapes are loose uls-ers, or else cape
cioaks or circulars with lOO!s.
The butchers association have 3 grand centennial
parade here day after 70 morrow. Members Of that
organization viii come from neghhoring towns, and
it Is predicted that there Will be 1900 the
procession.
More than one-hslf of the space in the special Uni
ted States government buIldInS devoted TO the dis
play OF articles Tor the Smithsonian Institute and The
commission American food and fishes REN-
, 1876-06-03

The FAyoRITE AT CINCINNATI The
Indianapolis Joayaal, the nome organ Of Sen
ator Morton, claims at least two hundred
votes fo- that statesman on the first ballot IN
the Cincinnati convention and on the sec
oud it predicts he will receive large access
sion of strength from Pennsylvania, Chic and
other States. In the meantime the net result
of instructions given up TO date by the va
rious States to their representatives, IN the
Cincinnati convention can only be that one
instruction will offset another, while 40 can
didate can possibly get strong enough vote
f,3m instructed deleg4tes 70 do him any good
in that convention. This leaves it certain
that the action Of the convention cannot b.
guided by the Instructions of the STATE con
yeutions. but that the result must be lett to
the Judgment Of its nembers.
, 1876-06-03

MORE ROGUEs EScAPISG.-Numters O.
knayes and swirjlsrs are availiDg themselves
Of the noa-observanee Of exiradition treaties
nv England, to victimize those who trust
them. and Zee the country aud take refuge
:, Great Britain. NJ Won Hollen, tee ci'y
collector Of Chicago, has fed to EuroP=, leAv-
ing Deficiency Of 500. .OOG in biz accounts
And BY Boston dispatch Of the ~ n uit-'
Newton MOrs-. OF N@'ick, sueee-soF OF me
fJrg=r Winslo~, has folio~sd him. having
appropriated $4,000 Of the tom iGnd7 OF
Natiek, enough 70 enable him TO i've lh
good style Tor many years IN the doialnloa-
OF tho Empress Of India.
, 1876-06-03

WILL. GET HER DIAMoSDs.-At last bill
has passed the House to allow Mrs- Fitch
n receive her diamcnis-ths Rhedive Of
Egypt's prssent-duty free, and so the Proba-
bi.ify is that she will coon Be blessed with
the possessioa of these exceedingly trouble
s5me Jewels. As the duty on them would
have amounted to sDmething over $4,000.
il may Gs imagined that her husband never
coula have taken them Out Of 'be Custom
House without some such legislation as this
Wharhsr Their possession will be worth the
anxiety insep4rable from he custody Of such
valuable gems may further be doubted.
, 1876-06-03

TaE Moron or HorE--The Philadel-
phis Tune, says that John W. heelY, the in
ven,or Of the new motor which is TO monop-
olize the proeuration OF force, appears 10 be On
the verge Of SUCCESS, and that he il more san
guiue than ever. He thinks he will 10 able
to exhibit the motor ct work by the middle
OF June, and that, barring all accidents,
it will be in complete working order By ths
Fourth Of July. From bis having some fifty
hands employed in the machinery prcpara-
tious, and his other heavy expenses both ne
and the capitalists sssocieted with him would
seen to have full ooafdenee il the early til
umph of the invention, and believe them.
selves On the a9od-tide Of fortune. Said
Keely last week to Is,e' reporter Who vis-
tied his workshop: This machine will de-
velop 500 horse-po~e--enoGgh to run all
the cars IN Phil.delphia -nd New York put
toge,ber-aad can BE- charged With seventy
gal!ous VI pure vspOr per minute. Ine pnes-
ent c-n;ury has giYea birth to tneny narVeis,
steam, Biography. etc, and Ne are going TO
ssrouish the world N g-e-fe- measure than
even great scientists can imagine"
, 1876-06-03
MTlloBIAL ElLL

The most imposing and =uls'alt 81 Of all the exhibi-
Ton structures IS memorial hall, built at est OF
Sl5OgOOg Ly the State Of Pennsylvania and the c!ty
Of Philadelphia. It Is PLACID at the disposal the
commission, 10 be used during the exhbton for the
display Of sculpture, painting in oil and water ooors,
enErlvings and EsLo5raPhy po:osrIy =, indu- trial
and architectural designs, models and decorations,
ceremic and Yitreous works, and mosaic and iHlei.s
executions After the exhibition it is designed to
make il the receptacle of an industrial and art culec-
tion similar TO the famous South kensington Mu-
scum at IonlOn The design Of the builIing Is mol
crn Renaissance Il stands terrace l22 feet
above the level Of the SehUykl, Is on line parallel
with ami 261 feet north or the main bun ling Il IS
built Of granite sos feet long and 2lO feet wide,
and has a dome of glass and IRON, the summit OF
which IS $50 feet above the ground. 1t covers "a
acres of ground
, 1876-06-03

The PRIScE or MALES As A ZooLoGisr-
The Prince Of Wales improved his time
Will, IA India by Collecting together q mu-
seum of Wild animals. he brought home
With him to England two musk deer, three
,hsrs, 8 manis, ihrse adult ostriehes, 1Our
elephants, five tigers, three ieopards. sixteen
Impzan phraasu's. more ,hsn tSe1'y 'rago-
uaE- aud cheer phsas4Dts, init pigeons, pea
fowl, etc
, 1876-06-03

To WAsH LAcE-CoVer common quart
10 lie with linen, then wrap yoar lace sronnc
tbz bot,I5, being careful TO keep The pearl or
edge cut smooth. You may put on several
lsyers Of lace. TbeE cover the whole "hh
anorher niece of linen. Wash the bottle sad
It's coverings with suds. rubbing With the
palm Of the hand, then boil with the 0Inef
clothe- On washing day; blus and stffen
with thin starch. fis string around the
n ek of iLs bottle ard hang up 10 dry:
Whsn quite dry rip of the outside llnen, ana
vour lace viii Be found clean and smooth.
, 1876-06-03
Cur Washington Letter.

WAsHI&GrOH, D. C., May Is, lss6.
Enron STATESMAN Gen Winfield Scott Han
cock, n possible candidate for the Presidency, on
the democratic ticket was brave and dsshng officer
during the war, whose magnificent presence, as he
rode along the line Of battle, reassGrsl the most
timid, and, on many occasion, was Instrumental
in plucking victory from the jaws Of delat. As an
army correspondent during the war, I had oppOr-
tunity on more than one battlefield, 70 observe his
gallant bearing. 1 shall never forget when The
caunons volleyed and tEUnieTei at the last day
battle on Gett! sbuIg heights, with what cllmness
and inteTpi3ity Haucock heli his second oorps which
stood the hrunt of Lees assaults for Ou: long dread
full hours, up TO its w.Irk. True the Union ranks
would sway AMI waver, and so.netiln all back be
fore the terrific onslaughts of Lees legOns but,
cUufagel by tie presence OF their cOmmtnding Cen
eral, who rode, sword hand, up and down the line
entreatiug them 70 hur back tie enemy, the in
vIriab'y rallied, and reganed their former position
Finally the General received a terrible wound IN the
thigh, and pale and Jleeling Was ean.eI under a
tree on the battefell where lie established his head
quarters refusing; to be taken TO the until after
Ia contest had been decided saw HInco;k again
at Spo;sylvauia Court House, one fos;y morning
twelve years ago, Just after he had naGs his famous
charge in which he caplurei 5000 prisoners, among
within were the confederate generals Stewart and
Edward johnson; and, again, afterwards in the
bloody scenes around Petersburg whbh formed the
prelude 10 the surrender at Al pOmauOX; and in
every instance lie displayed skill and gllantry
commander, which fCr him tie admiration of the
entire army Of the Potomac. And Yet, many OF
those who admire Hancock most question the pTu-
priety Of his nomination at st. L0uIs, the ground
that, while his record As sJllier is untarn:shei and
his devotion to democratic principles Unquesiunel,
lie has had no experience in the administration OF
cIyil afTsiS TO qualify hm for the proper dargs Of
the high an !nriant duties Of tL- chief executive
prominent democratic representative in Congress
said to me, the other day, wuen Htnoock men
toned as a candidate " We can't aft ri II Hancock
IS q o man, an strong M: IN many respects ;
buL We want no mO,e men on horseback The
COun ~ has had enough Of GrltsIn % make II dis
-ustei at tie bare suggestion Of tie nomination OF
another milItgry usan. We hive enough good zen
!ska Illlen, thurman, Rty.Ea, Hendricks, aud
others tie ranks Of elvl hi5 without going 70 the
t,. q. HsspflIfsfa
, 1876-06-03

,I-TII KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAM liz
~ very choicest cuts OF
prrP MUTTON,
PORK, hI,rt1~
HAMS, DS,TTsS, ,GES
LARD,
Bainy practical stock men, lhIEy,! - 80, in-
on Meat Market and supplying customers WIN 'i'
best in the country ;,, 20 10 srite1
L GIVE US your custom if you Nis' 70 .. g
as We are determined 10 spare io t''--' 4-tf
public.
, 1876-06-03

PgREy I1souAs, delinquent subscriber, is invited
70 cali II tbs C1Eor II are eos'7eSE informed,
NJ T,r.s iv,s some a here II t= nellt orhooi OF
Dsvron .t ne rnAtter Of res.ierce ri lot prevent
his calling and settling hls aooanI'
, 1876-06-03
ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL,

" hat they are Doing In the City Of Broth.
cry Lose-lhe Centennial BuiIdsn=s-
Foreign Nations Represented suu.
day Opening Question Victoria Wood
hu'i and Iennie-The Whipping Post
i'm DeIeHare-sottin.-s.
, 1876-06-03
AGRICULTURAL HALL

This building IS located on coInEaning elevation
near tie northern extremity OF the triangular plot
forming the exhibition grounds. 1t presents novel
combination Of materials. mainly wood and glass
and consists Of long nave, crossed by three tran
seuts each being composed Of trUss arches OF the
Gothic form The ground plan Is parallelogram,
so feet by $50 feet covering about 10! acres Steam
royger IL supplied for the Of agricultural ma
chiuery. and there are a number Of very extensive
annexes for the display of pouolog!cal exhibits,
wagons and carriages and machinery for which thele
- M nom IN the main structure. In connection
with tie agricultural department are extensive stock
wards. These are for the exhibition Of horses, cattle
swine sleep, poultry, etc. Agricultural Hall cost
a 600 lis EXHIBITS classified INTO agrcultu urh
ana forest prour1s pOmoosy, fish culture ami Up-
,,,tus animal aud vegetable product, textile sub
Stances of vegetable or animal orl1n machines, m
TInspts and processes OF manufacture, agcutE II
,i Germs, and administration, and tlllse and gen
el..l management
, 1876-06-03

Nor 4 SFKoNG CANnlDAIE--The recent
political victory Obtained in the Ohio Stale
convention by Governor William IL Allen
has caused some Of his friends 10 urge his
nomination for the Presidency. The Cinein-
natl Eaga.rsy is conspicuous in the category
It's advocacy causes the Augusta Ga Ser
ts'l to sAy-
Governor allen would be acceptable 10 the
p.opls Of the South, but 'be gre-'e-t nIs!Or-
tune Is iha; be l. not available a. a Presiczn-
tial candidate We musr put Iae man for
ward tbEt will command the fall Strength OF
the democratic party. This Governor Allen
cannot do, and u would be bulh stupid and
foolish FOR the democratic party 70 paE him II
the rsce to be defeated.
, 1876-06-03

FOR REFERENCES The terms OF twenty
SIX United States Senators will expire On the
4th of March next. Following Is their class
ifcation politically:
Rr2ublicans-Clayton, Arkansas; Logan,
Illinois; Wright, Iowa; Harvey. Kansas {;
West, Louisisas Morrill,, Maine; Boutwell,,
Massachusetts Ferry, Aiehis=si Wsasemr
Minnesota; Alcgrn, Mississippi; Hitchcock,
Nebraska; Cragin, New Hampshire; Ere
linghuysrn. New jersey; Anthony. Rhode
Island Robertson, South Carolina I; Hamil-
ton, Texas; Howe, Wisconsin
Democrats rhwaite, Alabama, Sauls-
bury, Delaware; Norwood. Georgia; o'e-
vsnsOn, kentucky; Ransom. North Carolina
Kelly, Oregon; Cooper, Trunes>ee; Davis,
West Virginia; Johnston. Virginia
, 1876-06-03

PHILADELPHIA, May l6, ls76
EDITOR srArEs,iAS For the part six days AT hast
Philadelphia has been the focus toward which W Re
directed the thoughts OF ali the people Of this land if
indeed may not say of all the civilized world Dur
ing the past five days We have behelI here the Hwer
and first fruitiu from the seed planted by r.tyiot
Ism aud 50 patiently end earnestly and bovefuIIy
cultivated through four years Of labor that nov, la,
ITS crown. II is four years since the fst
was effected IN preparation for the centennial el-
tion but 1t Is less than two years since the work be-
gan upon the beautiful and massive structures that
are to-day devoted To art, 70 industry and to pat
rlOtism
The readers Of the STATESMAN Will no doubt in
common with the people throughout this land OF pat
notlSm ani enterprise feel deep interest IN what Is
t"nsprlng here al this time, and 1t shal he the AHA
oi your correspondent TO give that which Will be
SOUGHT after by tie general reader
THE GROUNDS AID BUILDINGS
The visitor on de. ostiny his half dollar, passes
ta'oush one OF the groups Of the turnstles, which
Ieisters his entrance finds himself in great grassy
quadrangle, with the main building upon the right
and machinery Hall upon the left. Crossing tins
space he reaches the avenue Of the republic broad
street extending along lie fronts of two great build
ings. occupied By various departments Of the exhb
tion, the judges pavilion being the most conspicuous
To the right Of these Is the wagon bdiIliug a great
shed OF corrugated rOn and still further TO the right
raised upon terrace, is Memorial Hall Tie build
ings at the entrance closely grouped that a
comprehensive view cannot well he had here, but by
walking along the avenue Of the republic, toward the
head OF the artificial lake which, with its grassy
banks, looks as though II might hive been tn re
always, one can take n the great extent Of the
gr und-, the beauty OF which 20 bring forth
expression OF adu.iIation the beEolder. SVa.e
wall not permit describe infinitely IN this letter
but three bH''ings-the main building, memorial
hall and agricultural hall
, 1876-06-03
THE aIAIS BUILDING.


This siup-ndcus structure Is heated along the
southern border OF the exhibition grounds, extend
ing east and west lSSa feet length and north and
south i6i feet in width The height in the INTERIOR
from the floor TO the louvre, is 20 feet The building
is Of wool, iron and glass. In the center Of each
side i grand entrance each Of the four corners
tower IS feet hgh and rising from the center OF the
main builling are four other towers, each 10 ct
high, and making the outlines Of a square which
measures 20 feet on each side From these towers,
and from proneHades which connect them near their
summit, magnificent view of the city and country
Is afl.dei. Tie building Gust 100000 and las a
hiUr splce Of 2l47 acres person 20 traverse 10th
siies OF the grand and of each trensept order
thereby TO al the exhibits, must accomplish the
distance Of a! out eleven miles The exhibits en-
hTucs The departments nf mining and meta 'lur2-y.
manufactures and education anl science these being
sub !Iviyi INTO ny branches there diii
indus tries rel Il to each apartment. The eN-
lDjtiug pace Is oocupei by thrty-tiye different I
c,luutr,s Il Is file! with slow OF every dss
eripUou. Many OF these OF very great value and
ali CT them arranged with regularity POSSESSED
by lew, # any, citlsS.
, 1876-06-03
THs PREEES


The organ Of the White House Ring boldly an
uouuccs that the republicans expect 70 elect the next
President because 1t viii be impossible on account
OF s,ctcnll G.fIrcnces for tie d-moc.tic party TO
unite on any candidate ul0 can BE- sfsc,rh 1t asserts
that The democracy can be relrlon 10 make mistakes
enough TO insure is defeat It's good policy t. find
out what your enemies want yea 70 10, and then
30, 10 do Il. And this Is just what the democratic
party Is going do Il Is not u be denied that mis-
takes have been made in the past and Il Is very GER
tain that our opponents would Ike to have make
more in the future. In this however, it is safe to
assume they are doomed TO disappointment. If the
spirit which aninates the representatives OF tn dem
ocraey meets at Washingtn, and the ton Of the
press throughout the country 10 be taken ~ II
dic4tors Of party sentiment, there never vas Hose
tarnestness manifested, greater determination,
70 sacrifice all other conscientious TO success This
Is especially the with the South, which has no
Presidential candidate Of its own 20 urge and only
asks that tie nominee shall lie the nan who can
draw the largest support from the liberals and inde
| pendents. TIden's strength in tie Southland al
most every Southern State Is claimed for him
solely from the kLoBledgs of his strength in the
doubtful States of the East, without whose votes
neither party can elect u eiila-e E'tef Day a1u
or Hendricks would be preferred personal grounds,
| by many Southern men who are pronoupced IiideG
! men They argue that # We carry New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut, We succeed without In
diana and Olio but that if carry the last named
States and lose New York, we shall lie defeated
liberal republicans Ike General BANKS, and also tie
democratic members OF COugress Massachusetts,,
assert that Tdea wCaId even carry that state; and
these assertions have lad great weight with SOuthe u
ul-n Asie Iiese are simple facts Ii the sssump-
tons are false they should De met az 0ace II VIII
not do Tor the petty 70 make mistake; and there Is
| no doubt rs TO the drlfJ Oi pubLe opinion now
, 1876-06-03
ronKIGx NATIONS REFEEsESTED.

Tie following Is Il list OF the foreign nations rep
resented at the centennial; Crest Britain and Ire
lap1 France and Colonies. Germany, Austria and
Vupaary. Canada, British Colonies, Sweden, Japan,
The Meth rianls Belgium, Spain, Russla, ltaly,
N-yrav Brazil, SYsitzsrIand, MeNioc, China, TuT-
tsv Frvut Portugal, Denmark, Chilli, the ATSen-
80 Hs7pblj,. Tuuis, ard sandwich Islands, Peru
.,, C,r,n,r, Free State Zach nation has building
Of Il, own in which are displayed works Of art and
IN lustrv. The Iesder can imagine the heterogeneous
oolleti5n CT people 20 lie sen on The groGhGs eieA
7, vben II Is remembered that there represen
.,tlves from thirt!-hve ditee nations, speaking
al their Languages and revealing their peculiar habits
ami uauners. Turk. ChiuaInAn, Frenehman, Jap
,rese- Fnglishman German and American comes
and goes upon his own business The walks are
,rn,ed IN this metropolis Of the wo ID, and yet no
one serns 100 busy 20 answer inquiry, and every
sans 10 feel courteous desire 70 assist the IN
o,irer after kuowleis and indeed one can get much
If the charm and f4vor OF foreign travel here One
Oh rurk. IN chocolate hose, yoluaaincas chocolate
+,uzar. picturesque white scarf or cloak over one
,i5r a1I white turban, makes one 4 e. as Il al
I,,IB ku.sl snl bow toward Mecca IN another N
- In another dire,ti Il i 10 5s seen the swain
S,-Iv- o. Jap4n. blu- shirts, abeed On til- Ilc4
,,ta bi,rfrr N QiCs, sulrWuiy constructing IAsi'
- j., sur1lrent INCONSISTENCIES that they ere IN
| der any other than their own japanese sun
rHE SUNDAY OPENING
.rrrs was Izrss and enthusiasts meeting held AZ
.,,s,I NaIl Iast Saturday night 10 protest egalns'
=, rt f the comm i>s5oners IN closing t- esnien-
1 81 grounds On SuId,y. Several ministers we're
cont ami delivered speeches IN which tley char
.,5yss the action Of the commissioners as ur" lse-
-. .r,,-d tl..t il w0ald rot be 3eseeIailon OF
80 toope the gates on th-t day Among tae
.-,,,,;9ent men pre-elt WIS Col John W HneY'
,,,,,s very ioreibie speseh wai'h was rseeiyei
iG Ng Saupause Your correspondent Inls ia
- sIir,r is very stIoug aesbst eltslns tLs siVuL7
70 70 S~,5,e and If tie COMMISSIONERS Aesz1 tLs &C
; On - I,iEI.e on ion they c1unt much longer &c
s,.s ,,s-. ~ tIroJS open the gates on that day
! VICTORIA wooDHuLL-
The woodhur sni her sister iennie arrived N th'
few days since, and were almost irnrneiAoei!
! intsryeyed by an enteEPrisins reporter VIC vas
, 1876-06-03

The woodhull snd her SISTER 1enTle AITl'e N lhs
city few days since, and were almost
intsryisyed by an enteTP-isins reporter VIC vas