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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

In the central criminal court at
London, the trial of the Fletcher
spirituaistic case is now in progress.
aud attracting great attention. James
Fletcher, Mrs. Susan Willis Fletcher.
his wife; and Charles Marion, are the
defendants in tho action, the charge
being the obtaining of jewels and oth-
or private property of Mrs. Harti
Davies under what purpoted to be the
instructions of Mrs. Davies dead
mother. These instructions came
from the mother through the agency
Of the Fletchers, and were given both
verbally and in writing. The schemes
seem to have been very skillfully
managed. the notion being very skill
fully managed, the notion being sys.
tematically and persistently urged
upon Mrs. Davies that whenever She
handled or wore the jewels they served
as a means OF Accommodation by mean,
OF which, through her affections for
her dead mother, the latter was ena.
bled to exert an unwholesome inau-
ence upon her. The faith of Mrs
Davies in the honesty with which this
obvious imposture was carried on wa,
marvellous. Her confidence does NOT
seem TO have been shaken until tho
Fletchers had secured legal possession
of some $4,000 worth of her persona
property, had induced her to becom,
a member Of their family, and then
discouraged probably by the fact that
although 10 i'll health she showed n,
signs Of dying, grew cold towards her
The most astounding part of the con
fdence game is the indifference o
Mrs. Davies husband while this ne
farious business was going on. tn
business was fnally taken to court
and on the 9th of February last tn.
Fletchers and their accomplish Mar
ton were committed for trial. Mrs
Fletcher ~thereupon caused a STAMPED.
in London society by announcing h.
intention to call as witnesses 20 he
high character every titled PERSONA
who ever sat at a seance with hersel
and her husband. Among the Der
sonages whom she has threatened +
drag unWillingly in the witness box !
one very exalted indeed-to wit, th
first gentleman in Europe"-"Wales
himself. The mere rumor Of such
proceeding caused intense coRsterna
ton, and every effort has been mad
to prevent the scandal which woulC
ensue-with what effect is yet to b
seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Nashville Herald.l

Nashville Herald.l
1t became evident so soon as the
1908 proposition Of the bondholders
was submitted to the legislature that
a conspiracy 1--WE know of no other
word conveying the meaning) had
been formed to betray the democratic
party and deliver tito the republicans.
Che conspiracy has been largely euc-
cessiul, the terms agreed upon and the
first step tllly consummated. This is
not idle talk or made without ample
proof to support it. The democratic
party went before the country last
year on as distinct a platform for the
settlement of the debt as ever it did
on any question. The republicans
had a different one. Those temporal
rily in charge of the democratic organ
ization, when the time came, stepped
from their own to the republican, and
used every effort in their power to
carry with them every member
of the Legislature. They did carry
enough to pass the debt bill. The pro-
gramme now, is to cooperate with the
republican party TO carry it into ef-
feet. In otner words, there is a con-
tract for the delivery of enough of
the democratic party to the republic
can, to make it tne dominant party in
Tennessee politics. Can the delivery
be made? That is to be the question
in this state. Men who have been
honored by the party are to be its foes
of the future. 1hey alone, too, are re-
sponsible for the debt troubles in this
state. Will the republican party take
the traitors into its fold and honor
themP We warn it to beware Of them.
They leave their own party because
they are incompetent to manage it
honorably and successfully. 1t will
cause some pangs of regret with old
democrats to part with some men
they have trusted. The American
has long been the organ Of the
party in the state. Its democracy
dates back nearly half a century.
People have become used to looking
to it for democratic doctrine. It is un-
kind in it to betray them, but hereaf-
ter it must be classed as republican.
The republicans have long wanted an
organ at the capital. They have it
now. The news should be telegraphed
TO Washington to break the dead lock
in the senate by retaining its chief as
secretary of the senate, if he is j nclud
ed in the sell out. Men have betrayed
trusts, forsaken their party and Joined
IFS adversaries; but this is the first
time in the history of American poll
ticl that an attempt has been made to
transfer the whole party of a state to its
adversary. We least suspected ii of the
American. We thought it took too
much pride in the party it had so long
represented to forsake and attempt to
betray it in an hour of trial. There
are some things our republican con-
temporary ought to do. 1t ought to
90 and embrace Buchanan, and hum
bly, beg his pardon for de7ouneing
him as a traitor to his party. We
very much doubt, however, If Mr..
Buchanan would forgive the Ameri-
can. We would not be surprised ifhe
did not in turn denounce it as a traitor
to its party. Forty-seven republican
members Of the legislature have work
ed great changes in the politics Of the
state. Jhe surprise of their first sue
cess has been discounted by their
latest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Mon-RssIdon Notice.

No. 3993-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Elizabeth Stanley ct al VS..
Ida b Stanley ct all
IT appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendants, Ida B Stanley
and Alice Z Stanley are nonresident
of the State Of Tennessee; it is therefore
ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at tho courthouse Of Shelby county,
in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the frsl
Monday in May, 1881, and plead, an
swer or demur to complainant bill, OF
the anne will be taken for confessed
and that a copy Of this order DO pub
lished once q week, for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger, .
This 9th day Of April, 1881.
X. j. BLACA, Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest;
BY Il. B. MoliENRY, D. c.. * NJ.
Humes q Poston, solrs for complainant.
81 81 81 40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

To all who arc suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., i will send
q recipe that will cure you, FREE or
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary in South America. Send 2
self-ad lressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph 7.
Lnman, station d, New Yo-k City.
liz rrrf ia oodhw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Reeds GntEdso Tonic prevents maIari,
Distressing Facts

I~nter-0cean.l
Two distressing facts stare every re-
publican Of Chicago in the face this
morning. One is that Carter Harri-
son has bcen reelected mayor of the
city, aud the other is that in nearly
every precinct the republican voters
failed to do their duty, either as or
ganizers, workers or voters. With a
majority Of 500 on the presidential
ticket last fall, the republicans have
been defeated, as far as the leading
candidate is concerned, by a ma
jority quite as large for the demo-
Gratis. An analysis Of the vote cast
shows in every case a large falling off
OF the republican vote, but in many
cases a democratic vote nearly or cutie
as large as hat for prC resident. " hat
ever else may be said of Mr.. Harrison
he is as hot headed a partisan and az
indiscreet in pushing party measures
as any man who ever held Office in
CHICAGO. Just why blind partisan
ship should recommend a Bourbon OF
the worst type u Chicago republicans
can never be satisfactorily explained
to the stalWartg beyond the city limits.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Bnrneti's COcOaine Has Received
Universal Endorsement.

No other preparation possesses
such remarkable properties for EN-.
bellishing and strengthening the haiI
and rendering it dark and glossy. II
cures badness and eradicates dan
druf.
Burnett's Fla C. ing Extracts are
theIbost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Lame back, lumbago, sciatica, and
all diseases Of the kidneys, bladder,
aud urinary organs are positively and
permanently cured by the wonderful
new remedy, Prof. Guilmette's kidney
mad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Thousands have been cured of dumb
ague, bilious disorders, jaundice, dys-
pepsia, and all diseases Of the liver,
blood and stomach, when all other
remedies have failed, by using Prof.
Guilmette's French liver pad, which
is a quick and permanent cure for
those disorders. Ask your druggist
Tor the great remedy, and take no
other, and if he does not keep it, send
$l.5O in a letter TO the French Pad
Co., Toledo, o., and receive one by
mail postpaid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
PJiOF. GUILMETTE's
French Ex1d1aeyPae
WHiCH CURES BY ABSORPTION

WHICH CURES BY ABSORPTION.
Ask your druggist for Prof. Guilmett e's
French Kidney Pad and take no other. If he
has not got it, send 50 and you will receive the
TEsTIM5NIAIs FROM THE Pee ,pr
Judge Buchanan, Lawyer, Toledo X saws.
cured me Of Lumbago in three ' yaeFey inc,
My case hsd been given up bytb NAT do tors
as incurable. During all this 7 me "a cred
untold agony and paid ou' large sim IS Of
George Vsttsr, j. P, To l.ao n .v,. I
suffered for three years wi h T Soy.t 10 10 oSnS SSiRid-
ney Disease, and often ~ "a ~ az Il MT on
orutehess. l was entir' ,Iy and Marina reutly
fItsu al1er wearing ar Of. Guiimette's / Tench
Squire N. q, Ser ~ evIvonio. n r;tes.
l have been z gres' snfo-sr co. X vm -SieL
~ y ms y iI%ssse Of the Kidneys. For \ Feeks
~ = LILY = W. unable to get out Of bed; took
temporary ~ lcine' but they gave me only
mnsfte5 T,yY lief. l wore two Of Prof. 3uil-
I ItesSs z AN .ney Pads six weeks, and 1 now
AIyM AaU entirely cured.
vss , u slen jerome, Toledo, o., says: FOR
fsl llave been confined, q great part { + re
@f =. my bed, with Lucorrhea and f male
neakdess. l wore one Of Guilmette's Kj dnsS
Feqh ana was cured in ono month.
"a. D, Hreeni wholesale grocer, Findle v n
writes; 1 suffered for % years with lame Il. -
weaving one ofProf 6uiimette's Kidnf vP thy
d. 4. keesling, NJ. D., druggist, Loo aus
port, ma, when sending in an order for ~
Aey Pads, writes; / wore one Of the hrst nnes
w naa ana 1 received more benefit FRI ~ Il
tnan anything l ever used, in fact tia pa5s
give better general satisfaction than aIv LLe1s
ney remedy we ever sold, hlu-
Ray q shoemaker, druggists, Han ILL,
bpioii We are working up a lively trade n nnn1
t ubS' as anu Az nearing Of good result 4 from
phls. mem'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Durno's catarrh snuff cures all af-
fections of the mucous membrane Of
the head and throat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

DIR. Green's Oxygenated Bitters
is the best remedy for dyspepsia, bill
BUSINESS, malaria, Indigestion, all dis
orders Of the stomach, and diseases Of
the blood. kidneys. liver, skin, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

There has been only two cabinet
officers younger than Robert Lincoln,
Alexander Hamilton, who was only
80 when appointed by Washington
secretary of the treasury and Henry
Knox, the first secretary ofwar under
the Constitution. who was only 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
HenrY's CarboIIc saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, tet-
Ter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

and all kinds of skin eruptions, freck-
Ides and pimples. Be sure you get
Henry's carbolic salve, as all others
are but limitations and counterfeits.
| Price % cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
SOM ETHIMC
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means of So.
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is a
delicate and harmless arti.
Gle, which instantly removes
FreckIes, Tan, Redness,
ROughness, EruptiOns, VuI.
gar Flushings, etc., etc. So
delicate and natural are its
effects that its use is not
suspected by anybody.
No lady has the right to
present a disfgured face in
society when the Magnolia
Balm is sold by all druggists
for Is cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Portaline, or Tabler's vegetable
liver powder, stands at the head of the
list OF remedies for sour stomach,
billousncss, dyspepsia. etc.
For sale by W. N. Wilkcrson & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Prof. GulnGt&S French LiT Rr PAD

hnli positively elro Fever and Az ue. Dumb
dyspepsia and al! Gtseases oftheL Saunalce'
hcn ana Blood. Price 81 .50by mail ", SUM
fEOd; vgilmette's Tloatise on theB idbsynsu a 5UI
100 TRENCH PA ID Co
M wood FOL edo Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Public Sale Lattlng Soap Manufacturing
and Oil Refining Company.

NHE fve-story brick building, formerly
known as the Bradley block, situated AZ
the foot of Adams ltreet, with the ground oc-
cupied thereby, and extending to Mississippi
river, with all the machinery for making soap
and refining oil, together with soap and soap
material on hand at time Of sale, and office
public safe, on the 23d day of April next, for
cash By order Of the Board of Directors.
2046 JOHN il CHlDESTER, Pres't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
SheriFs Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given, that by
j virtue of a venditioni exponas, 10 me
directed from the lion. Circuit Court Of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the case of B Ian
agan and Cathariue Lanagan VS.. Mrs. JoanT, n
Keith, judgment rendered on the LIST day OF
November. 1890, for the sum Of %twenty-t.hreo
dollars aud - cents, with interest and costs al
suit. 10 satisfy said judgment, etc., I will, on
Saturday, the 30th day Of April, 1881,
IN legal hours, in front Of the Courthouse. IN
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn.
proceed to sell, TO the highest bidder, for easb'
the following described property, to-wit,
Situated, lying and being in the county n,
Shelby, State Of Tennessee, beginning AZ n
point on the north line Of Winchester street
l50) fifty feet from the southwest corner nj lot
l9J, running thence 40 feet to Mrs, FityeoraId5s
line; thence east with said Mrs. Fitzeereid,s
line 30 feet; thence north "a feet; thence east
40 feet; thence south Il feet; thence west IL
feet; thence sou.h 33N feet to Winebesfer
street; thence Wost with the north line az
Winchester street So feet to the beeinnine
Levied on as the property Of defendant, Mrs.
Joanna Keith, TO satisfy said Judgment, in
terest and costs.
Memphis. 9TH day Of April, 1881.
PR ATHY.
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
By a j McLENDOE, DIS.
smith X Collier, Att Ito Plaintiff. a4O4 6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

DR.. Motifs liver pills are the best
cathartic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

DY virtue of a trust deed by W NJ Brooks
ID to me as trustee to secure an indebted
ness from said Brooks TO John ] Horner, exc
the Register Of 81 Shelby county, Tenn D,ni book X
No. 81. page 564, | will, on
April Goth, 1881,
at IL noon. in front Of the Planters Insurance
Building, Al Madison street, in the Taxing
District Of Shelby county (Memphis), sell to.
the highest bidder for cash, lot number ten,
in block Ne. twenty-five, west side of Main
street. south Of Beal street, in said Taxing
District.
Redemption waived. Title believed to be-
good, but l only sell and convey as trustee.
II G KING, Trustee.
March 90, 1884,. "a 80 SO 40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
lOO. 1000 Tickets, at Two Dollars Each,
Half Tickets. One Dollar.

1867 Prizes, amounting TO- .................ys1 lO, 400
at all points, to whom liberal compensation
will be paid.
For further information, writo clearly, Civ
ing full address. Send orders By express or
Registered Letter, or Money order By mail,
addressed only to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Baltimore, Md have used DR..
Bulls cough syrup personally and in
my family for two or three years, and
am prepared to say there is nothing to
compare to it as a remedy for coughs,
colds, etc.-James Corrie, Dentist.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
nANEM 1RACEx

Thlt the Pad fails to c ure. This great remedy
VIII Positively and Pc rmanently cure Lumba-
Dropsy, Bright's Dis case Of the Kidneys, In
confluence and Rel aution of the Urine, In
fammation of the Kidneys, Catarrh Of the
Bladder, High Col Jored Urine, Pain in the
Back, Side or Loins;, Nervous Weakness, and
in fact all disorders. of the Bladder and Urin-
airy Organs whethe r contracted By private dis
eases or otherwise.
LADIES, if yIJu are suffering from Female
Kidneys, Bladd or, or Urinary Organs,
-. you. CAN BE CURED!
Without swa lowing nauseous medicines, BIZ
PJiOF. GUILMFTTE,g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
Louisiana STATE Lottery Company.

This Institution was regularly incorporated
By the Legislature of the State for Educational
and Charitable purposes in 1858, o the
term Oftwenty.nVe years, to which con-
tract the inviolable faith of the State Is
an Overwhelming popular vote, securing is
franchise in the new constitution, adopted
December 2, A. D. 1879, with a capital Of
N,000,00O TO which it has since added a re-
serve fund Of over $4,000. Its Grand
Single Number Drawings will take
never scales or postpones. Look at the follow
nR distribution:
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N. A.

M. A. DAUPHN,
New Orleans, La,
Ms. 919 Broadway, New York,
or ID. l.. Gillespie,
No. Q West Court street, Memphis, Tenn,
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and management Of
Gems. g. 7. Beauregard and Jubal A. EARLY.
w&s35
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Reds Git Edge Toni cassists digestion
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Reeds Gil Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic allays irritation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-11
LOTTERY.

EEK
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-02-12
PLANTERS COLUMN.

-. .,
we copy the ioilowing from 'he IA" """
Gazette, London, in some hopes that planters
NAV try the cultivation of the cinchon, plant.
49,. l;.,.;.,. 90 H.. ,,i,,.
Wv
where the Tee would propao'y succeed
An elevation of few hundred feet in any
,olcrably rainy region would ensure the start
;rc - n. ,,,r, and afterwards !, rcou;rcs lint
i;. liz oaro pr a,,snt;on IN Tho time comes To
- oe ,i,s 6rs, barvcs, Of barl' and then the
la 90 - mr,crsely valuable and easily ree
5mnod - n m,,lctable article,
=, -, ~.
We REFERRED sno,' ''n'c oso 10 'ne veiy
grauiy'ng success VI '''o eNpu.'ne''s III i"u"
commenced some years "so WIN view 10 ,''e
h"'ur"'hn''o'' !" 'ia' county vi '"o ie'u,.""
park OF o'hcnon" P'nh'' so famous III ,he MS
Tory OIL SCUM h'pc''oa "s jesuit oaIk. VII
oiemehts Markha'h' VINO was hohorao'y con-
eerned ih starting anu "'s'ns iorwaro 'he eA-
pertinent announces u doom Oh inc progress
MADE ana the results achieNcu, ana III can
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Office and the replies thereto by the several
Representatives asking especial attention to
the fact, as stated in another column, that the
or where or by whom being the only points
left in doubt:
DEPARTMENT OF FoREIaN ArYAIns,
HONOLULU, February 3D. 1881.
SIR: Having learned that some of the Repre-
sentatives of Foreign Powers and Consular Agents
had reason to suspect that dispatches which they
had forwarded to their Governments by the mail
steamer Zeolanda, leaving this port for San Fran
cisco the Goth of August last had been abstract
ed from the mail bags, or from the outside bags
from the post-offce before going on board.
should be glad to learn from you, if you have miss
ed dispatches sent by that mail, the exact parti-
culars, so that the matter may be thoroughly in
vestigated should there seem to be good grounds
for entertaining the suspicion that such was the
case.
Will you be kind enough to state if your other
correspondence, If any, by the same mail arrived
at its destination and how your letters posted
also generally what are the grounds for your sus-
picion, that letters by that mail may have been
abstrscted from the bags, If any suspscion exists
in your mind. i have the honor to be Sir, your
most obedient humble servant
[SignedI WI. GREEN.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HER MAJEsrY's CONSULATE GENERAL,
HoNoLULu, February 7th, 1881.
SIN: In reply to the inquiries contained in your
Excellency's letter of the Sd instant have the
honor to state that Her Majestys Under Secretary
Of State for Foreign Affairs has notified me that
dispatch No. "a, which, with other dispatches, was
posted the Goth Of August last had not been re-
ceived at the Foreign Office.
Al i was ON Hawaii when the Zealand,o left for
the Coast, inclose for your information letter
from Mr.. (ActinR) Vioe-COnsul Walker Contain
ing full particulars with regard to the postage of
my lettsSs ON the 30th Of August, 1880
] may add, that the missing dispatch was in
ClOaed in separate cover.
have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient
humble servant,
[Sianedl JANIS H. woDsHousx.
BRITIzH VICE. CONSULATE,
HONOLULU, February 5th, 1881.
SIN: With reference to your enquiry az to the
manner in which your dispatches per the steamer
mail Of August 36th, 1880, were posted, have TO
reporo that In list of letters posted on that dsy
BY the postage clerk of Mr.. TheO H. Davies Of
noe there appears the charge Of n cents for post
aee On account Of II. b. Ms Consulate General
the posti0n Of this charge In the said list inicat
ing, with very like ground for doubt that the let
ters upon which this amount was paid was posted
ut the Honolulu post once. Later in the saine list
. further charge Of rs oents for postage ON tbs
aAme accoynt appears from the poaition Of which
charge Il cannot be stated with certainty whether
The bttsr@ 70 which i refers we're posted at the
poet-o0c1 through the agents Of the steamer or
on board 5hs steam ship Zeaiand,a.
am HI, Your obedient servant.
lSignsdl THos. Il. WALxna,
Acting vioe-Consul.
To His EzoslIency J. H. wodshouss.