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, 1880-11-12
The Dead Letter Office.

The forthcoming report of the Third
Assistant Postmaster General will show
that 3,S53,65l letters and packages
were received at the dead letter Office
during the fiscal year ended June 80, of
which, in round numbers, 2,700, 900
were sent thither from the local post
Offices because unclaimed, 100000 were
held for postage, 100000 were misdi-
rected, 100000 ! ore fictitious addresses,
and over 5000 were not addressed at
ALL The receipts at the dead letter
office also included about $4,000 letters
returned from hotels, the persons ad
dressed having left for other places, iand
$4,000 letters and packages returned
from foreign countries. The great mass
Of the total number of letters and pack
ages contained nothing of value, and
over 100000 OF this description were
destroyed, the senders not being found
Of the remainder, 2l,974 contained
drafts, checks, notes, etc., of the face
value Of $l,526,2l7, and 26,964 con-
tanned money amounting 70 $49,43S
Most Of the property has been returned
to the owners, A small amount, how
ever, is still in the custody Of the de-
partment. Some S06,000 letters were
opened and returned to the writer's,
and $4,000 were returned without
opening, in consequence of the names or
addresses of the senders appearing on
the envelopes, A curious fact, devel-
oped by a comparison of the figures
with the similar statistics of former
years, is that the percentage Of undl-
rected, misdirected and unstamped letters
are exactly the same each year, these
evidences of carelessness or ignorance
keeping quite even pace with the annu-
ally increasing amount of general postal
business. Postmaster General May
nard has issued an order directing that
all magazines, pamphlets and other like
reading matter received attthe dead let
ter office shall hereafter, instead of be.
ing sold for waste pepper, be distributed
to charitable and reformatory institu'
tions in and around the national capital.
, 1880-11-12

An English doctor IN China says:
"The Chinese make, on the whole, very
good patients. Occasionally some of
them try our patience not a little. One
gets four days supply of medicine
away with him, the receipt bearing on
it, a spoonful three times daily after
each meal He comes back next morn
ing for more, thinking to aatter you by
stating that he drank the former guam
tity at one dose. Another has his arm
carefully put up in splints, and on his
next visit he brings his dressings in a
separate parcel. They are great beliey.
ers in internal administration, and, al.
though he have only cut finger, it is
difficult for Chinaman to see why he
should not get some medicine to 'eat I"
Kingsford's OswegO Corn Starch, on
account of its delicious purity, IS the best
for children and inyaIids
, 1880-11-12
H. H. H.
Horse Medicine,
%. ID. r., lS69.

A g A HORSE MEDICINE IT IS SUPERIOR TO
"A any Liniment ever invented. For RINGBONE,
SORES apply freely to blister from three TO five
days in succession and four or five days. IL not
cured, repeat at first. SPRAIES, STIFF JOINTS
ply a small quantity, so as not to blister SADDLE
SORES CUTS, and all other sores where the skin il
broken mix the Liniment half and half, with any
kind Of oil, and apply In moderation.
WBFor sale by the Trade everywhere.
STOCKTON, Feb 4, 1850.
II, n, MOORE & SON having this day purchased the
right title and interest Of WILLIAMS & MOORE in
the 'E. II. II. HORSE MEDICINE" will continue it's
manufacture as SOLE PRoPR1ETORS, to whom all
orders should be addressed ..
r. Fl. MOORE SON.
Hodge, Davis & Co., Agents, Portland, Or
, 1880-11-12

HEM0DELso, NEW, TEACHERS, NEW METHOD
Devoted to the preparation for business affairs Of
either sex or any age, in special course Of bookkeep
ing, penmanshp, business calculation forms and us.
ages commercial law, correspondence and practical
training in the English branches. For full information
call on or address W. LYNN WHITE,
Manager and Proprietor
Office 12s Front ST., or Box 1O4 Portland. Or.
, 1880-11-12

Nevea put much confidence in such as
put no confidence in others. A nan
prone to suspect evil is mostly looking
out for what he sees in himself.
, 1880-11-12

Mirth should be the embroidery of
the conversation, not the web, and wit
the ornament of the mind, not the fur
niture.
, 1880-11-12

The condensation OF Local News
select and reliable and contains matters
Of interest to everyone acquainted with
Oregon af&iYs.
, 1880-11-12

r an making any purCnRS9 or an
writing tn response TO amy advertise
ment In this paper yOn VIII please n>en.
ton the Aame OF the Daper.
, 1880-11-12
Latest Market Reports!
Full Telegraphic Reports,
Other MatterslOf General Interest
published up to the time of going
TO Press.

Ely" The Market Review is the most
2;mplete and reliable one furnished to
any paper of general rsws in this State.
The Editorials are ably written and
are of themselves worth more than the
subscription price.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
inspection.

Special to the Courier Journal.l
WAsHINGToN, August 1.-THE
supervising inspector general has is
sued an order which will, it is be-
lIeVed, cause increased vigilance ON
the part of local inspectors of steam
boats. The law seems to be deficient.
1t simply provides that supervising
inspectors can, whenever thew think
1t expedient, visit any licensed vessel
and examine into its condition 10 as
certain whether the rules and r@egula.
tons OF the government have been
complied with. The department. car
not compel supervising inspectors 10
do more than the law requires. but an
order has been issued requiring daily
reports to be made, which will stimu-
late the inspectors to increased yipi-
lance. In these daily reports the sn-
pervlsing inspector must give
the names OF the steamers visited. Che
day names OF ports where the steamer
was examined; when inspected bv To-
cal inspectors of the district. If the
bulls and boilers are in apparent good
order; number of life boats on board.
life boats in good order with oars md
life lines complete; plugs and hole
pins secured by lanyard; life presery.
ers in good order; permanent stay.
ways from the main to the upper deck
fore and aft; woodwork around The
boiler thoroughly shielded by incom.
bustlble material (section 4470. re-
vlsed statutes), and has "a clear spase
OF not less than sixteen inches on ali
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
SIMON CAMERON'S WRATH.
A Newspaper Report Which He
Looks Upon as an Insult
to Him.

SARATOGA, August 6.-Ex-Senator
Simon Cameron seemed to be in fine
spirits this morning. He had taken
a stroll to the Congress Spring before
breakfast with the Hon. BENJAMIN
Brewster, Of Philadelphia, and after
his morning meal walked briskly
about the United States corridors,
and at length stood leaning against a
post on the broad veranda. But he
quickly withdrew his toothpick and
assumed a by no means gentle look,
when asked if he was correctly re-
ported as saying that his son Don gave
Mr., Hayes $1,000.
Il will never talk to a Herald news
paper man again, never. 1t is an in
suit to take a private and confidential
conversation and report it in full to
the public" and the senator's gray
eyes snapped with Indignation, or
what he meant to have pass for that.
"Of course, if it was a private con-
%versation, and intended as such, il
should not have been reported"
"Of course not and it was an in
suit to do it,"
THAT leaves the inference that the
fact was true"
well, sir, | won't have anything
more to do with newspaper men,
never, never" Ex-senator Cameron
said the second never with very great
emphasis"
Il would like to ask you something
about Garfield's chances in Pennsyl-
vania."
Don't know anything at all about
them"
And | thought Mr.. Lincoln's first
secretary of war was going to say he
didn't care. His lips seemed to te
puckered just about right for these
words, but he added, Il am not in
public any more. | am a private citi.
zen. That's all. [ don't care for
newspapers or newspaper people, and
you may say so if you want to. | don't
want to have anything to do with
them, and in saying this l don't mean
to be uncivil to you"
Five minutes after this ex-senator
Cameron went to the news stand and
bought copies of the Sun, Herald and
Times, then just in, and spent the
rest Of the forenoon in a shady spot
on the velanda reading them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

not bind another; that the law, how
ever solemnly enacted, that is passed
by one legislature may be repealed by
another. as has been done in the very
case which has for years confused our
politics and at last resulted in a divis-
ion that we chronicle with sorrow, the
more SO that those who felt it their
duty to make tito make it in def
ance of the majority-were hooted as
they left the hall and hailed with de-
risive laughter and jeers and have
seen proper since to retaliate with
charges of corruption and railroad di-
recdon and domination. Some allow
ance must be made for the excitement
of the occasion, although many con-
siderate and sensible people viii. say
that it was not a time for excitement,
1t was not the place for excitable peo-
pie, but rather for the coolest reason,
the most matured Judgment and the
best craftsmanship of the state. Some
of this was present and much of it was
but to no avail so far as COM
promise was concerned. This is the
Que blemish to another wise good
work. \ = =
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
Artesian Wells in Texas.

Dallas Herald.l
We are proud to record a grand
success in Dallas county in the mat
ter of artesian wells. On the ranches
Of both Mr.. @. @. Slaughter and Mr..
Barnett Gibbs, in the lower edge of
Grapevine prairie, wells only 60 and
6S feet respectively in depth have
been bored, from which rush forth,
several feet above the ground, vol
umes of water over six inches in d.
ameter. The water is cold and pure,
and sufficient not only for a great
number of stock, but for irrigating a
considerable area OF land. They are
in a neighborhood heretofore scarce
of water, and will encourage many
others in different parts of the county
to try the experiment.
AT and near Terrell, for several
years, similar wells, but Of much less
volume, have been in use from six to
twenty-four years.
Near Yorktown, in Dewitt county.
there is another we'll Of the same
kind, only sixty-four feet deep. May
We not hope that many such will be
bored in different parts of the state?
Waco Examiner.l
Won't one Of the Fort Worth pa
pers give us a full account of the ar
tesian wells in the city, their number,
the character and uses of the water2
Fort Worth Advanced
We will do the very best we can on
that subject; but they are being drilled
so rapidly now, that it is almost i'm
possible TO keep the run of them. To
the best of our knowledge there are
between t~hirty-fve and forty. Only
about half of them flow continuously,
the remainder having pump and
windmill attachments for flowing
water. The size of a stream flowed Is
from one TO three inches; the last one
drilled, that of Mr.. Brewer, being a
three inch flow. The water is cool,
clear and very pleasant to the taste,
and contains little or no lime. For
washing purposes the water is quite
soft and agreeable to use. las yet, bel
sides that portion Of which is carried
around in water wagons and used in
bath rooms at the wells. the greatest
portion Of the water is allowed to
waste, no effort being made to put il
to any use. The depth of these wells
varies from about two hundred 10
three hundred and ninety feet. The
water is considered wholesome and far
superior to our underground ~cistern
water, Indeed the marked decrease
IN typhoid fever which formerly ragged
so distressingly in this city is attribut-
ed mainly TO the use of artesian well
water instead of cistern and river wa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
GEN. HANCOCK'S WEDDING.
The RecOllectiOns of One Who
Was Present at that Bril-
liant Occasion.
FrOm be Clncinnati Ga1ette.l

From the Cincinnati Gazette.l
Mr.. Peter A. White, president of
the Germania insurance company, was
a guest at the wedding of Maj. Gen.
Hancock, in st. Louis, thirty years
ago. Yesterday a reporter of the Ga
zette, having come in possession of
that information, called upon Mr..
White to got a description of the at
fair
MY recollection isn't very lively on
that point said Mr.. White, obliging-
ly, except that it was a very grand
affair. | went down from Cincinnati
to attend it; the only other Cincin-
NATHAN that l remember as being
there was Col. A. G. Mitchell. He
was a prominent lawyer here, but had
graduated at West Point, and when
the war broke out he went
back into the army. He served gal
lantly, and won distinction at the bat
tie of Monterey, for which his friends
here presented him a magnificent
sword on his return. l was a very
intimate acquaintance of General
Hancock, having known him ever
since he came from West Point and
was stationed at Newport Barracks as
second lieutenant. We used to call
on the same young ladies. and became
chums as young men will under such
circumstances. We didn't agree in
politics just then, for l was a wing
while he was a democrat; however,
I've been with his party for a long
time since, though | didn't like its
conduct on the money question. We
kept up a correspondence after he left
the barracks, and still do, and so |
was invited to the wedding and went.
AS | said, | don't remember much
about it, except hat it was a grand
affair.
Mr.. Russell, who was the father of
the bride, was a partner in the grocery
business with a MIR. Bennett; the firm
was either Russell & Bennett or Ben
nett g. Russell. They bad married
sisters, | think, and lived in a double
stone front house on Fourth street,
not far from the Planters hotel,
which was the fashionable stopping
place then. They had the houses
connected with a doorway through
the partition wall, and used both for
the wedding. They danced in one
and had the dinner in the other, while
the old gentlemen who were not MIN
BILE enough for the dance played whist
in the upstairs rooms. The ceremony
was performed by, [ think, a Unita-
rian minister, but he used the Episco-
pal ceremony. The company was a
very large and brilliant one, and in
cluded a great number of army Off
GERS, some of them of high rank, but l
can't recall their names"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
TRIBUTE.
70 IHE NEnOEY or ms a. =. HOLLnlr.

o Lord, / turn TO thee alone,
When darkness fills my vOiceless thoughts,
And nothing save Thee can atone
For wretshe deeds that ! have wrought.
How frail is man, how soon 70 fall,
Like grass that Withers in a day;
His fame. his home. his pride. his all
Will crumble down TO common clay.
The hall that echoes TO the tread,
Its master long has made it fear,
Will sound with wailings for the dead,
With passions tempests and despair.
My sister Matte, where art thou,
RepOsing meath yOn cypress tieef
I'll write thy name, Ill crown thy brow,
And consecrate thy memory.
U tender. umid, b~right-eyed one,
Too early art thou gone TO rest;
Berett are we since death hath won
Our friend so tried, 20 true. the best;
Glad belle, whose merry tones have called
Glad children forth to Sabbath prayer,
Sad bells, whose mOurnful chimes have pulled
Her form, to rest forever there
Within a village chureh-yard's silent green,
Atar away from busy strife of mem
Where age on age shall weave their silver
sheen,
And tiny flowers make thy diadem.
To him the crimson hooded morn shall bring,
Its tribute glad Ofgolden hours TO come
NJ, more forever. but the sable wing
Of hopeless years shall watt him to his tomb.
o roses white, 0 roses red,
Bloom doubly white or red for me;
For here, I too, would make my bed,
And rest with loved ones peacefully.
E V. HOLIDAY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
TIE WORK OF THE STATE
CONVENTION.
Cool Comment of u High State
Credit Journal.
Memphis Appeal. August l3tb.l

Memphis Appeal. August 1Sth.l
The democratic state convention
has adjourned after three days of labor
without parallel in the history of poll
tics Of Tennessee. The most moment
GUS party gathering since 1860, it has
passed into history also, as the only
one that ever produced serious schism.
or anything like defiant opposition,
Perhaps this was inevitable. To
those who participated in its deliber-
lions it may seem SO but there are
many thoughtful men who have
watched the proceedings as they have
been reported in the newspapers who
think e~therwise-who are of opinion
that on n of the points always in.
sisted upon by the APPEAL harmony
might have been maintained and a
nomination made to which even Will
o and Savage might have been will
hing to yield assent and support. The
submission to the people Of whatever
proposition for the settlement of the
state debt may be agreed upon would
have silenced all clamor and satisfied
all opposition. This is true democratic
doctrine-it is a doctrine that. if we
know the rank and file of the party of
Tennessee, we fear they will insis upon.
even to the enlargement of a ticket
that a most acceptable and a platform
that in all other respects is thorough
ly In keeping with the history and
purposes OF a party, in the ascendancy
OF which the republic found its growth
and Its largest measure of prosperity
Division or schism was a thing to be
especially avoided just now. As Pres
ident Lincoln would say, this is no
time to swap horses. The stream that
separates us from success is swollen
and turbid, and we have need for all
the strength We can muster to con.
quer all the difficulties that beset ms
and achieve a victory that will place
us beyond a contingency like that of
1876, and secure to the country the
benefits and blessings of an adminis-
tration Of federal affairs upon demo-
cratic principles. We can i'll afford
to lose I even n man; we cannot
afford to lose many who are in
any sense representative, and
and who cling so ten~aciously to views
that the vote last year on the fifty and
four proposition convinces us are
held by very many thousands in every
part of the state. The Appoals
opinions on the question of the
payment OF the state debt are
well known, not only in every
county in the state, but throughout
the country. Ever since John q
Browns administration, we have adj
yocated the maintenance OF the nnb.
lie credit, even though a sacrifice had
to be made in doing SO. But we have
also advocated, as a policy %consonant
with all the precedents of the demo-
cratic party, the submission to tbe
people Of whatever plan or proposition
the legislature might deem fair and
reasonable upon agreement with the
creditors Of the state. We think so
still. This is not a question of
trusting or distressing legislators.
II is a question growing out Of
the iact that one legislature can
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
THENEw GENERAL
The VeXed Question Who Is
General Manager of the
Memphis Roads
Settled.

Little Rock Gazette, 18th
The rumOrs which have been flying
around, concerning the appointment
of a new general manager of the Mem
phis and Little Rock railroad, have
no excuse now for spreading their
gossamer wings any longer. President
Dow yesterday appointed Mr.. W. P.
Harrington as general manager of the
road, and to him the employees under
his charge will report. The two gentle
men whose names have been mention
ed in connection with the Office, MI.
E. X. Sibley and Mr.. w. E. Smith
are both gentlemen of ability, and
either would have filed the position
with honor to himself and profit to the
company, but Mr.. Harrington was APP
pointed. He has been connected with
the road for the past five years, as
chief engineer and land commissioner.
Before his connection with this rail-
road, Mr.. Harrington was with the
Memphis and Paducah road, as chief
engineer, and before that was associ-
ated in the construction of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad. The experience
which he has had fits him for his new
position, and there is no doubt but
that he Will fill it with signal ability.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
Nerve POWer.

Few people suffer so much nervous
exhaustion as newspaper editors. The
wear and tear of getting out a good
paper tell fearfully, and readers sell
dom know how much vital force a
single item may have cost the one who
wrote it. Editors have often been
driven to drink in order to stimulate
their exhausted faculties, but Of late
are using Warmers Safe Nervine in
stead. This valuable preparation acts
as a soothing power, quoting the
nerves and producing sleep with all
the reireehment that it brings.
Sold wholesale by 5. Mansfield &
Co., and W. N. Wilkerson & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14
A wOman's Terrible Trial.

Carson (Nevada) Appeal
Yesterday morning Mrs. Chatter
mug, a lady living on Nevada street.
got excited over the account of Tan
ner's fast and announced that she
would refrain from talking for forty
days. She began at nine o'clock yes
terday morning, at half-past ten her
pulse was so feeble from exhaustion
that the physician feared she would
die by noon. At eleven O'Clock her
heart beat but twenty-six a minute.
and her respirations were hardly no.
tieeable. Here friends here urged
her to discontinue her terrible task.
and told her some terrible gossip
about a neighbor. On hearing It she
Immediately rushed from the house.
and going across the street met a lady
friend aud talked until half.past six
last night, and is now fully restored.
Her record of nearly two hours and a
quarter OF absolute silence now takes
Its place at the top of the list. Con-
gratulatory letters are pouring in from
all sides, and she has had several Of
fers to take the lecture field.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

The right of trial by jury, the ha-
beas corpus, the liberty of the press,
the freedom of speech, the natural
rights of persons, and the rights of
property must be preserved Ex-
tract from General Hancock's order,
November 18th. 1867.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

sides Of the boiler, and at the back
end a clean space of tive feet.
(Rule ten, rules and regulati0ns); fire
pumps and hose in good order; was
the crew drilled to boat exercise; was
assist in the examination ofthe steam
er by; the following named Ii
censed officers visited the board of in
spectiors at. The form requires
direct answeres TO be made to all Of
these nnestinns-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

The LEDGER office book bindery,
ID Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
class book bindery, and is conducted
by competent workmen capable Of
executing work in as good and sub
stantial a style as can be done any
where.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads,
bills of lading, and all kinds of com
mercial printing done as we'll and
cheap at the LEDGER Office as any
where in the United States. Mer-
chants would save money by calling
at LEDGER Office before giving their
orders to drummers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

10 all who are suffering from the errors and
lndiscTetlons Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc, l will send
q recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
SnAhuE: This great remedy was discovered
py q missionary in South America. Send a
seI-addressed envelope 10 the Rev. Joseph Il,
lnman' Station d, New Yo-k City.
lis xxi ia eodAW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-14

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is S5 per annum and
SOC per month tOrlssS than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per u
postage free.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
ban order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing postOfice.
Friday Evening AnRuat HI. 1850