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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08
Brilliant Extravaganza at Sara.
tOgn.


Saratoga Letter.l
Mrs. William Vanderbilt is here,
and any one would think she had put
as much money into her summer
wardrobe as her husband has in the
magnificent palace building on Fifth
avenue. Some one told me she had
sixty bonnets, but | don't believe
that, though it is true she had TO en-
gage an extra room for her trunks, and
every time she appears it is in a new
toilet. The lace on her parasols alone
would fit out many a society belle for
the season, and her morning negligeo
are all elegant in their way as the full
dress of the evening. Lace, fine,
flmy and exquisite, is used as though
common as the sands of the sea, and
embroidery Of the most delicate aud
elaborate description, cover her silk
and satin carriage dresses, while all
the dainty accessories of the toilet
that women dote on, such as handker-
chiefs, gloves, belts and lingerie, are
Of the most perfect and expensive
kind.
All accounts agree hat the season
at Saratoga is unprecedented in bril-
liancy. The hotels have been full, as
a rule, and the festivities on a grander
scale than ever before. Money has
been spent freely, but with rather less
ostentatious display than formerly. OF
the cost Of the largest three hotels a
correspondent says: 81 am not far
wrong when | put down the entire
cost Of the Grand Union Hotel al
something less than 81, 0O0. 900; prob.
ably $8OO,OO would cover the whole
investment. Yet this is a prodipious
sum Of money to be planted in a small
village with a moral population OF
more than 5000. The United States
Hotel cost 81 100 900, built with ex.
~travagant prices; but it was purchased
at a forced sale for $3.50, 900. Con.
gress Hall cost over $500, 900, and at a
bankrupt sale it was bought in fol-
sl25, 600. These figures are far below
the popular estimate, but are proha-
bly, about correct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08
The Prince ImperiaI's Little RO-
nance.

Jennie June has discovered all
about the romance which terminated in
the death Of the Prince Imperial. She
discovered the facts in Paris, where she
is at present hobnobbing with the
Royal families of several countries,
and it was doubtless from some of her
highly connected friends that Jennie
secured the following ghost story con
corning the Empress Eugene
She wrecked her son as we'll as her
husband, and her pilgrimage to Zulu.
land was in the. lights0f confession, as
well as atonement. 1t was perhaps
natural that she should never forget
that she had been Empress, and that
her son might be in the future an EN-
peror. Very early every art had beeo
used to gain the esteem and favor Of
Queen Victoria, for the dearest wish
of the Empress Eugenie's heart was
that her son should establish his
claims, aud consolidate hers by an
alliance with the great reigning house
of England; and Princess Beatrice
manifested no unwillingness to look
upon herself as his bride, should the
prospect be good Of regaining what
his father had lost. But, alasl he was
only a boy; a good time and a pretty
face we're more to him than a King
dom and a Princess. he fell in love
with the pretty daughter Of a brewer
in Chiselhurst, an innocent attach
ment enough-one that he would have
been likely to outgrow; but it made
his mother frantic. She could nSFer
get rid of the idea that military fame
Is the foundation of all greatness, and
she urged him to become a soldier, and
show the world a hero-a man des-
tined to fill a great place. He yielded
and the Duke of Cambridge yielded to
what he regarded as an unmitigated
piece of folly; and the poor boy took
his last walk with the brewers hand
some daughter, and went away, not
caring much what became of.hiw. He
was a nice young fellow, with more Of
his father than his mother in him
and he died possibly with less unwill-
iugness of one who had a possible
Kingdom in prospect, and an illus
trious Princess as a possible wife.
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A Rnnr.nn nhifnnrH.

Jem bangs, we staff, has deceased.
He departed this life last Monday.
He went 4th without a struggle, and
such is Lie. Tu-day we are as pep
per grass mighty smart-tu morrow
we are cut down like a cowcumber of
the ground. Jem kept d nice store
which his wife now ons. His virchues
was numerous to behold. Many
things were bought at this growcery,
and we are happy to state to the ad-
mirin' world that he never cheatid,
speshully in the wait ~ofmackrel, which
was nice and smelt sweet, his survivin'
wife ID now the same wa. We never
knew him to put sand in his sugar,
though he had a big sand bar in front
of his house, nor water in his lickers,
though the Ohio passed his dore.
Peace to his remaiues. He leaves one
wife, niue children, one COW, four
horses, a grocer's store, aud other
quadrupes to morne his lOss-but in
the language Of the poit, his loss is
their eternal gain.
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Attempt 10 murder Ola hickory.

Speaking Of the attempt to assassin
ate President Jackson by Lawrence,
the Boston Post states:
The attempt was deliberate. and he
fingered about the White House to
carry his design into execution, but
was frustrated. The motive assigned
was to rid the country of a President
who stood in the way of his employ
ment, having heard the debates in
Congress, and also been told that he
would have no more employment be-
cause he was opposed to the Presi-
dent. On inquiry as to who, in his
opinion, would make a good President,
his reply was Clay, Webster or Cal
houn. His expectation was that with
a change good times would return,
mechanics would find plenty Of en-
ployment, and that the United States
Bank would make money abundant.
The speeches which had specially
pleased him were those of these SEN
ators, and he was led to regard jack
son a tyrant because of the common
talk to hat effect among the people.
When asked ii he had been advised to
shoot him he replied yes, but declined
to name persons. lie was entirely IN.
concerned as to the consequences of
his act, and anticipated no punish
ment.
Colonel Benton closed his account
of the matter by observing that this
attempted assassination was one of
those cases Of which history presents
many i~nstances-a diseased mind
acted upon by a general cutlery against
a public man. He heard the Presl-
dent accused of breaking up the labor
of the country, and believed it; OF
making money scarce, and believed it;
of being a tyrant, and believed it; OF
being an obstacle to all relief, and ne
lieved it. And coming to a regular
conclusion from all these beliefs, he
attempted to do what the state of
things required him to do-take the
life Of the man whom he considered
the sole cause Of his own and the gem
eral calamity, and the sole obstacle to
his own and the general happiness. 4"
The reader will ind some analogies
between this case and that of Guiteau
and make their own reflections.
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RIVER #
What Came Out Of White and
Arlxansaw Rivers Last Year.

A review Of the cotton carrying
trade Of the past twelve months along
the Mississippi river and its tributa-
ries is interesting. The quantity
shipped out Of White river by boats
last year was 54,l86 bales. Of this
25,6lS bales came here, the steamer
Hard Cash bringing 1867 bales and
the Josie Harry 1851 bales. The
latter brought out of White river for
reshipment to New Orleans 5377
bales and the Hard Cash 1881 bales,
so that the Josie Harry carried in all
1888 bales and the Hard Cash &c.
848 bales, a total Of 34,lS6 bales. In
addition the steamer Bedford made
six or seven trips in White river car
rying through to New Orleans about
$4,000 bales of cotton and the Red
Cloud also made one trip carrying out
to New Orleans 1000 bales.
In the ArkansaW river there were
no through New Orleans boats.
Steamers carried out of the river a
total of 34,391 bales, of which 1886
bales were reshipped at the mouth of
the river to New Orleans and 12,505
bales came here. The Marlin Speed
heads the list, having brought out
1920 bales, of which 10,42l went to
New Orleans and 1858 bales came
here. The Katie Hooper carried out
in all 1898 bales, 1908 going off at
the mouth for New Orleans and $500
came here. The Maumelle carried
out of the Arkansaw 1858 bales, 1896
going to New Orleans and 957 coming
here; while the Plow Boy carried out
1861 bales, all for reshipment to New
Orleans.
The total sent out of the two rivers
by steamboat sums up 90,535 bales, of
which 32,058 bales was reshipped
south from the mouth, 10000 bales
was through New Orleans cotton from
White river and 3S,477 bales came
to this port. In addition large ship
ments Of cotton went out Of the Ar
kansaw valley by railroads leading into
Arkansaw City on the Mississippi
river below the mouth Of the Arkan-
saw river. A considerable quantity
also found its way north from Little
Rock by rail and also from Newport
on White river.
The total river receipts of cotton
here for the year sums up l14,60l
bales. OF this 70,938 bales came
from along the shores Of the main
Mississippi river, and full 20,0OO'bales
of the amount was grown above this
port. The St.. Francis valley sent us
By steamboats, 1907 bales, also a good
list by rail, and shipped by steamers
to New Orleans about as much as
came here.
The prospects for the ensuing sea-
son is less encouraging as far as guam
tity goes in the estimation of planters
of both the White aud Arkansaw val
leys. Few planters expect to ship
more than halt of the amount they
did last year, and many say they will
not raise a third of a crop. 1t will,
however. be gathered early, will class
Ligh and command a good price.
If the steamboats, plying in White
and Arkansaw rivers carry $4,000
bales out of both streams. both for
New Orleans and this market, they
will do we'll, for all boatmen, as we'll
as others, say the crop is short.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08

CONTROLLER Campbell, Of New
York City, in his recent report shows
that the debt Of the city amounts to
500, 1893, 974 49. This shows a reduc-
ton of SIS, COO, 1000 during the last five
years, and this reduction would be in
creased we're it not that the city is
obliged to spend an extra $l7,OOO,OOO
during the next few year for addition
al water facilities. A new aqueduct
will have to be built, aud taxes will
be higher than ever in consequence.
This year it is necessary to raise $3l,-
258,39O by taxation, Of which S,OOO,-
900 go to the police and schools. The
real estate valuation of the city is
1910, 735, 200, and personal property is
valued at 5000, 2l2OO0.
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IIedmond. Inc OutIaw.


Atlanta POst-A ppeal.l
On Monday last, the famous moon
sinner, Redmond, was sentenced in
the United States Court at Greenville
South Carolina, to ten years imprison.
ment and a fne of $500. The local
par ers say that much sympathy is felt
for the famous outlaw, as he is young,
handsome, chivalrous and generous To
a fault. II is thought that a petition
for his pardon, which has many sigma.
lures, will be favorably considered.
From a diary kept by Redmond, we
CLEAN the following facts. He was
born in Mecklenburg county, North
Carolina, in 1874, was educated at
Princeton College, New jersey, and
travelled in Europe for several years.
He commenced his career Of outlawry
at Ashyille, North Carolina, in 1867,
and during the eleven years following
was concerned in many crimes and
desperate enterprises. During that
period his band Of moenshiners killed
81 men, and Redmond himself killed
or was directly concerned in the death
Of 81 men.
The revenue officers never had a
braYer or shrewder foe to encounter
end they are delighted to know that
his career Of outlaBry is ended. 1t
will be recollected that for about three
years before his capture, Redmond
bad entirely abandoned bis lawless
lite, and was engase1 in farming. II
is his intention, if pardoned, 10 devote
himself to his little farm in the noun
tains Of North Carolina.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08
Troubled with Appetite.

Little Rock Gazette.l
Doctor" said a blear. eyed nan to
a Little Rock physician, whose Office
he had just entered, there's some
thing the matter with me"
"Let me see your tongue. Tongues
all right Let me feel your pulse.
Pulse all right. How long have you
been Affected"
"Sinoe yesterday morning"
Taken suddenly
"No sir; comes on very gradual. |
think that the trouble is with my
appetite.
"You are a very healthy looking
man to have any trouble with your
appetite"
my health is the trouble, sir. I'm
hungry as a wolf, and | thought that
I'd call in and get you to prescribe
fifty cents for me. Write it in
English. l don't want the druggist
10 make a mistake and give me a dol
lar. That would be an overdose.
Won't do it, eh? Well, that's all
right. Don't believe you are much Of
a doctor any way"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08
he Of Good Cheer.

There is one remedy which has prov
ed itself to be a priceless boon and a
true friend to suffering humanity. Il
has saved thousands Of nervous, debil-
itated, headaching mortals TO lives Of
usefulness and the full enjoyment of
robust health. II you are weak, nerv-
GUS and debilitated, or suffer from in
digestion and dyspepsia, you make a
serious mistake and do yourself great
injustice if you fail to try this excel.
lent medicine. You will find it a per-
feet panacea for all your troubles.
In a few weeks time your shattered
nervous system will DO restored to
a natural and lhealthful condition, all
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08

point. II is already in operation be-
yond Springfield to Kansas City. and
the work Of construction is going on
from Springfield this way, the build.
ers intending 10 push the work as fast
rs men and means can do it.
Some difficulty is experienced in
laying out The proposed line through
the rugged country to the southeast
of Springfield, and this part Of the
enterprise progresses slowly. 1t is
stated that s%eventy-fve miles Of the
line has been perfected, and engineers
are busy surveying the route farther
on. AS soon as,the line is laid out,
or definitely determined, the labor of
construction will be started at this
end, and also at one or more inter
mediate points.
The railway managers interested in
carrying this project through, say they
are more anxious 10 complete the road
than the people can possibly be. A
half finished railway is not very profit
able to its owners, and until itreaches
some permanent distributing point,
they do not expect it to be. Therefore,
they are bent on pushing the route
through vigorously.
From General II. +. Patterson, of
this city, who, some weeks ago visited
the Kansas City country and held
various conferences with the railway
men interested, the information is
elected that the company have all the
money they need. The first mortgage
bonds OF the road have been sold at a
good price and funds are in hand to.
pay cash as they go along.
1t is useless to dwell upon thesim-
portauce of this highway to the com
mercial interests of this city. When
it is completed. those who feel any
doubt on the subject will be con.
WINGED. AT the present time a large
portion of the meat sold and distrib-
uted here comes to us from Kansas
not on a direct line Of railway,
but in a round about circumlOcution
sort of fashion, often delayed many
days on the way and at heavy rates Of
freight.
With the road to Kansas City in OPP
GRAFTON, as anticipated, in eighteen
months, or at most two years hence,
also with the road to Selma and the
Atlantic coast in running order in
less than half that time, our railway
system will be equal to all demands,
aud nothing remains but to use every
possible exertion to increase our faeil-
tiles for communication with the
southwestern country.
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symptoms Of dyspepsia and indigestion
disappear, and the possibility of par
alysis, apoplexy, and other disorders
that load to sudden death, will be re-
moved forever. This meritorious
compound is a preparation of Iron
and essential vegetable t%onics. 1t is
the only preparation Of Iron that does
not give headache or blacken the
teeth. 1t is called Browns Iron Bit
tiers. Demand it of your druggist,
and take no substitute. 1t will give
the greatest satisfaction, for its effects
are lasting, and not temporary, as is
the case with alcoholic preparations.
Browns Iron Bitters contain no alco-
hol.- Enquirer.
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Sd. Aanes FemaIe Aoademy. Memphla.

UlHIS institution Is Delightfully."- situated in
l. a retired and healthy part Of the city of
Memphis, commanding the advantage Of
town and country. The entire surroundings
breathe aa air Of peaceful seolusion, which
ever exerts so powerful an influence over the
moral, physical and intellectual life. Tho
course Of study embraces the various branches
Of a solid and useful education. In the regu-
lar English course, the pupils on entering are
ranked according to their proficiency in Or
biography, Grammar and Arithmetic. Par
ticular attention is given to Sacred and Pro-
fame History, Rhetoric and Composition,
Latin and French enter into the regular
course, A portion of time is allowed 90 each
pupil for plain and ornamental N~eedlcWorkr
Shell, Flowers, etc. Terms per Session, pas-
able half yearly invariably in advance-0rI
board and tuition in all branches taught in
the highest schools, Plain Sewing, Marking,
etc., Bed. Bedding, Stationery and Washing,
tlOO and SIS, according to tho age or class of
the pupil Special terms when several menu
bors Of the same family attend the school. No
allowance is made for partial absence or With
draWal before the expiration Of the tenn, eX-|
cept in case Of serious or protraeted illness
hXTkAs-German. Italian, ETC., each ST.
Music on Piano and use Of instrument, S3jt
so; Embroidery and Ornamental Work, sl0;l
Use Of Library, So; Dancing and C~alisthenics|
At professors charges; Vocal Music IN class,s5;I
Private Lessons, SIS. Board per month durineA
vacation, ifspent at the Academy, washing
ETC., SIS. Medicine and physician's fees will
form extra charges. Terms for day pupils, 81
81, s. or S. per month. For further n%articul
lar, apply to the LADY SUPERIOR.
1877 28
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The superstitiously inclined had
abundant material to stir up their
vivid imaginations in the darkness
hat prevailed in New England and
the mirage Of sixty five ships that
was seen at Long Branch the day the
President was removed. The hazi-
ness Of the atmosphere, the feebleness
Of the suns Iight and the redness Of
the noon have been observed here ia
the South and perhaps all over the
country. There are many things in
nature which even scientific men can
explain except by mere hypothesis.
The aurora borealis, the fiery over
flow of a volcano, the falling Of stars
as in 1886, the shooting stars seen any
clear night, the mirage5 seen by weary
travellers on sandy deserts, and many
other things which excite no particu-
lar alarm are phenomena which counot
be exactly accounted for upon
ordinary principles. OF course
there are generally accepted the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08

The Secretary of the Treasury has
clearly defined the status Of. mutilated
coin. He says that there is no pro-
vision for its redemption by the gov
eminent, but intimates that every one
has the right to sell it as old gold or
silver. Among the meters may be
included the United States, for any
citizen may deposit bullion at the AS
say Office and receive its value when
this is determined Between mutt
lated coin and worn money there is
a distinction; for the wear Of the me-
tallic currency in use is overlooked by
the government as long as there is
enough Of the inscription left to signi-
fy the denomination. Mutilation,
however, is wilful and pot accidental,
and the loss must be sustained by the
holder.
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Horace Greeley's Driver in
Trouble.

San Francisco CALL
Hank Monk, the famous Rocky
Mountain stage driver, whose boast
was that he had never had an upset,
came TO grief one day last week. His
stage was turned bottom side up while
be was the driver and when he had for
a passenger ex-Attorney General
Devens. The general was accompanied
by his daughter, a clergyman and a
professor, on their way from Tahoe to
Carson, Nevada. Monk feels very
badly about the accident, and he is
said to be looking around for a site for
a tombstOne.
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Chang, the Chinese giant, as pic
tured in circus advertisements along
side persons Of presumably ordinary
statute, is not less than twenty-five
feet heigh, though his real height is
eight feet, and Tom Thumb, who is
nowabout three and a half, is made to
appear less than two.
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Education for Blacks In MissIs.
slppI.

Judge Watson. Of Holly Springs, lin the Chi
cago lnter-Ocean.l
Since the Reconstruction Constitu-
ton was adopted the idea of the resur-
rection Of slavery has not been toler-
ated by or entered into the heads of
the Southern leaders. Such ~utterances
come from hot.headed fools and block
heads. A little more Cancellation on
the part Of the Northern press and
politicians would have helped
reconstruction much. In Missis-
sippi arc the Alcorn, Toupala
and Shaw universities for
eolered pleople, besides the State
Normal at Holly Springs. Mr.. Har-
per, the Principal Of the Shaw Uni
versity, was a former resident Of this
State. There are 5000 free schools
in this State, one-half Of which are
for colored people The blacks have
better educational facilities there
than perhaps in any State. There
were $4,000 appropriated last year
for public schools. The blacks get
perhars half of this. The whites pay
the greater part for the education of
the blacks, although tho latter are ar
rayed against them in politics.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08

A country journal having made the
curious discovery that Mr.. William
H. Vanderbilt has the Presidential
humble bee in his bonnet, the Chicago
Times remarks that, although he owns
a good deal of the national debt, he
will not enter the White House as its
tenant much before the Jews will re-
enter Jerusalem.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-08

GOVERNOR CORNELL, ofNew York,
vetoed eighty-fve acts of the last Leg
lature and permitted several others to
die by not a~fixing his signature. a
good veto Governor, where the power
amounts to anything, is great blessing
to almost any State.
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Russia will not demand the extra
dition Of Leo Hartmann from this
country. 1t would be no use; be has
not been here except on paper. A man
might as we'll draw . cheek on a bank
in which he had nothing on deposit.
Russia check on America for Hart
mann would have to be returned 20
litely Endorsed, no funds" Now, if
Russia desires to fnd out the true in
Wardness Of the Hartmann business,
on this side Of the water
let her extradite the reporters on the
New York Herald and Chicago Tri-
bune, who wrote up simultaneous
interviews with the dynamite apostle
and put them on the witness stand.
They would be missed in this country
for a while, but the bereavement
could be endured as evidence oil
friendly feeling toward Russia, our
ancient friend and sympathizer. II
those reporters we're turned loose over
there, this country would have
occasion and ample opportunity to pay
off an old debt by returning sympathy
in hind