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The ErIangers in London.

Auglo-American Times.l
We have followed the consolidation
Of the Alabama Great Southern " 18th
much interest, and speculated on its
securing the Cincinnati South ern.
when it would possess a through line
to Cincinnati from Shreveport on the
one side and New Orleans on. the
other, with many feeders, con stitn-
ting it one Of the strongest, perhaps
the strongest of the Southern roads
with the exception of the Louisville
* Nashville. The rise of this GONNA.
ny is one Of the incidents Of The re-
markable railroad progress in the
South; aud it is understood it will be
associated with a great land and emf
grating business; Offering to English
capitalists facilities for founding in.
dustrles now proved to be most profit
able 10 these districts. The lands it
opens are rich in minerals, iron and
coal; IL tapsa fertile cotton country,
and both ia the manufacture Of iron
and Of cotton, the South is making
rapid strides. In discussing the pro
gress Of this syndicate some months
ago, we suggested the acquisition of
the Cincinnati Southern to be follow
ed by an alliance with the Southern
Pacific. Gould's roads have formed
their own connections, but the South
ern Pacific now making its way into
New Orleans, would be in a position
to join hands with this syndicate-for
Huntingdon's road, the Chesapeake
& Ohio, is crossed by the Cincinnati
Southern, and the whole would fit to-
gether in a way which makes us be-
lieye that some such design is in view.
One paper says the Erlanger roads
will be a main door to Mr.. Gould's
Southwestern system; but Mr.. Gould
has many doors, and the man who can
bid highest evidently is MI. Hunt
ingdon. Whether the shares Of the
Alabama Great Southern should be
bought at the present price is a mat
ter for investors; but they certainly
are worth close attention; for the syn
dicate's design is clear, 10 use the
words Of an old proyerb, either TO
make a spoon or spoil a horn"
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Annexing WrangellL Land and Ex-
ipIOrtng Herald IsIRnd--CruIse
OfIhe COrwin-NO Traces of the
Jeanette.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

SAN FRANcIsoo, Sept. 26, 1881.
The bark Legal Tender brings news
to-day from the Arctic Ocean that the
intrepid commander of the Corwin,
Captain G. l.. Hooper, reached Her
aid Island on July 81, and hoisted
the Stars and Stripes on Wrangell
Land on August12. Thisnorthern land
has hitherto been only seen from dis
tance. Over it now is the national
ensign of the United States, and is
now within the domain Of the Repub-
lie. The struggle for this achieve
ment was no holiday business. 1t was
battling with ice for q dozen days,
and the magnificent little cutter stood
bravely the task assigned her. The
captain, to your correspondent, writes
Of her as "a thing of life" one moment
threatened with destruction, then
rising again with almost human deter
minatioR to make another effort, and
SO laboring until she reached within
half a mile Of the shore in open water.
LANDING ON wRANGELL LAND.
The party under command of Lieut.
Reynolds who carried the flag Of the
United States, took formal possession
of Wrangell Land in the name Of the
Republic of the United States, plant
ing a pole in a high cleft and to the
staff attached a bottle containing
information of the landing, and a tin
cvlinder with a copy Of the New York
Herald, bearing the date Of March ".
The spot where the party landed from
the Corwin was near by the river,
which was named Clark river, after
MIR. Clark, of the Revenue Marine.
Mr.. Il. W. Clark was ever ready to
render services to Captain Hooper in
cruising in the Arctic after the jean
nette. When the flag was hoated to
the breeze the cutter fired a salute and
three hearty cheers were given by the
crew on board and we're heartily
responded to by the gallant party on
shore.
NO TIDINGs OF THE JEANETTE.
No traces of the Jeanette were
found, neither anything prognosticat-
ing any disaster, as the cairns built by
them might be many miles away from
where the Corwin party landed. The
Corwin afterward tried to reach Her,
aid Island, but was forced to go east
ward and sought to reach the whaling
bark Daniel Webster, which wa
caught in the ice eight miles south o
Point Barrow and crushed July 3
leaving the crew barely time II
escape. After great suffering and ex
posure some of them reached Ic.
Cape and finally were rescued an,
distributed round among the whalinI
fleet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
ST. Aanes female ACADEMY. MamphIs.

HNHIS Institution is DELIGHTFULLY."- situated in
Il a retired and healthy part Of the city of
Memphis, commanding tho advantage Of
town and country. The entire surroundings
breathe an air Of peaceful seclusiOn, which
ever exeIts so powerful an influence over the
moral, physical and intellectual life. The
course Of study embraces the various branches
Of q 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
tioular 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 to each
pupil for plain and ornamental NeedleWOrk,
Shell, Flowers, etc. Terms per Session, pays
able half yearly invariably in advance-for
board and tuition In all branches taught in
the highest schools, Plain Sewing, Marking,
ETC., Bed: Bedding, Stationery and Washing,
800 and Sl25, according to the age or class Of
the pupil. Special terms whom several mem
bers Of the same family attend the school. No
allowance is made for partial absence OF with
drawal before the expiration of the term, OK
cept in case of serious or protracted illness.
ExTRAs-German. Italian, ETC., each s2;
Music on Piano and use Of instrument, $50;
Drawing and Water Colors, $40; Oil Painting,
$50; Embroidery and Ornamental Work, $40;
Use of Library, 81; Dancing and Calisthenics
ut professors charges;V Vocal Music in class, S5;
Private Lessons, SIS. Board per month during
vacation, il spent at the Academy, washing,
etc., SIS. Medicine and physicians fees will
form extra charges. Terms for day pupils, So.
81, s. or Sc per month. For further %particu-
lars apply to tho LADY sUPERI0n.
l37 %
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mystery of domestic drudgery has
been simplifed within the last twenty
years. The benefaction is universal.
Acknowledged by rich and poor, BY
men and women, by husband and
wife, by traveller and boarder, by cook
and jourmapd. In nothing has art
been more effective, than in the mys-
teries of home, than in increasing the
Injuries Of the rich and in promoting
the comforts of the poor. Every new
HOUSEHOLD appurtenance is reduced to
the system Of a labor-saving machine.
And SO it is in science and literature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

Father Ryan, the poet priest, ac-
quainting the New Orleans committee
with his inability to participate in the
memorial services last Monday, said,
my heart is with you. Wherever in
the North or South, after this day,
o~onsecrated by the grief Of a CONT
nent and world, whoever will dare to
lift a voice Of sectionalism in the
country will insult the beautiful mem
ory Of the victim President, and will
be worse than the maniac who shot
him, and will strike a blow at the
hearts Of fifty million of people, fused
into one great, vast, sympathetic heart
by the bullet that deprives the people
of a great and good man."
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Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic Allays Irritation
Gen. Priichard still IIarplug on
the Waterproof

Cleveland Leader.l
JEFFERSON, September 15.-Gen.
B. d. Pritehard. Of Allegan, Mich,
is spending a few days in Jefferson.
He is a cousin of Mrs. Henry Talcott,
and, also Of John and Ersstus Pritch-
ard, of this place. General Pritchard
is famous in history as being the CON-
manding officer of the Fourth Michi.
gan cavalry, which on the llth day OF
May, 1865. effected the CAPTURE Of
Jefferson Davis and family, Postmas-
ter General Reagan; and other nota-
bles Of the Lost Cause" In a con
~versation with General Pritchard TO-
day, he said the apparel in which
Davis was disguised when captured
was a wonan's waterproof, as stated
by Davis, which was much too small
for him, and which was fastened
around him so as TO conceal his limbs
and feet; that to cover the upper part
of his person a ladies cashmere shawl
was thrown over his head and shout.
ders, which Davis pulled down over
his forehead and chin so that nothing
could be seen except his eyes and
nose. His gray chin whiskers were con-
cealed beneath the shawl, and thus at
tired he was presenteda at the door ofthe
tent by Mrs. Davis withan entreaty ito
let her poor old mother go to the
spring for some water" General
Pritchard says the disguise consisted
only Of such waterproof and shawl,
but that such disguise was a clever
one, and that in it Jefferson Davis,
then President Of the Confederate
States Of America, looked like an old
woman whom he had met 10 the Sunny
South. The general intimates that
any statement that the above men.
toned attire was not a disguise and
was not intended as such is simply a
ridiculous falsehood, Jefferson Davis
to the contrary Notwithstanding. At
ter the imprisonment of Davis in For
tress Monroe the wal department, de
slrous to have the much alked-of
garments in their possession commits
stoned General Pritchard to procure
them, which was easily done By him,
he receiving them directly from the
hands of Mrs. Davis. We are told
by General Pritchard that there was
no attempt at resistance, or any show
Of fight upon the part Of any of the
members Of Davis family or attend.
ants, with the exception OF Davis pri.
vate secretary, Harrison, who was
captured while attempting to draw a
revolver that the capture Of the
whole party was very quietly made.
the dash Of the Federal cavalry being
as unexpected as it was sudden, and
that escape or resistance was an i'm
possibility.
General Pritchard is of course an
Ohio man, having been born in Por-
tage county; he Is a graduate Of the
law department Of Ann Arbor. Mich
lgan., and commenced the practice of
law just previous TO the war in Ale.
gan, where be now resides. He is
State Treasurer Of Michigan, now
holding his second term, and under his
administration said State has paid off
its entire Indebtedness, and has now a
surplus of more than two million dol
lars. The General is a very fine look
ing and pleasant spoken gentleman, Of
the age Of forty-fye, and with his
wife and two children will spend the
remainder Of the week at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Henry Talcott in this
village.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

NEARLY all the heads Of bureaus,
chief clerks and many Of the promi.
nent clerks in the various department.
at Washington displayed great zeal in
denouncing Mr.. Conkling, General
Grant and other Stalwart leaders dur.
ing the early days Of the Garfield ad.
ministration. They carried their zeal
50 far as to make vigorous war on all
the Stalwarts 10 Office here and
elsewhere. And now it is said they
are preparing to live on crow diet for
the next ninety days. A good many
Of them might as well refrain from
this deep humiliation. They will
have to go all the same, and a worse
crowd cannot be found to take their
places. We hope that Arthur will
turn out four-ffths Of the entire lot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

SENATOR Malone has written to
friends in Washington that he will
find it very inconyenient to attend the
special session and that it will be i'm
possible for him to be present at the
opening Of the Senate. 1t is con.
iectured by Eppa Hunter and other
politicians that he will avoid voting
for either a Democratic or Republican
candidate for President protein.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30
EDUCATIONAL.
Miss COlVaYS School
viii Reopen Monday, October Sd, 1881.

N order to give themselves the bes possible
i opportunities for the thorough study of the
excellent Quincy methods, Miss Conway, Miss
Lewellyn and MissAcIee will spend the month
Of September in theBoston andQuincy schools.
When they return, il will be to bring TO the
Memphis people and their children the very
nest mat inns country affords Anyone wish
meantime, may do so by addressing her at 6l8
fremont Street, Boston, Mass. Circulars 0 n
tanning full particulars may be had at the
bookstores on and after September Doth. 32S
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Reeds GiltEdge Toni reYents malaria
Chincse Noolen Factory.

Chinese Wooden Factory.
The A~theneum.l
The Chinese have been endeavoring
to render themselves to a certain ex.
tent independent of foreign trade com
petition, by starting a wooden factory
at Lan-choW-fu, the capital of the
Kansuh province, Northwest China.
Lan-chow-fu is situated on the hills,
some four thousand feet above the
level Of the sea, while all the country
round is billy. Ia the surrounding
districts are immense numbers Of
sheep, the fleece of which. it was
thought, would make good wooden
cloth. The difficulties, however, ap-
pear to have proved almost insuDer-
able. Lan-chow.tu is about flty-tour
days overland journey to Hankow,
and the machinery for the mills, after
being purchased in Europe, had to be
carried piecemeal on mems shoulders
for the distance, and many months were
consumed in this laborious transit. A
year was occupied after the arrival of
tiD AhaSnluClJ III HtCeSodIy
tons, and it was not till November,
1880, that the mills cot in working
order. The drawbacks then appeared
to be manifold. The wool was very
coarse aud SO mixed with hair that 40
people could pick only two pounds Of
wool per diem. Then, again, the water
supply was insufficient, and what was
forthcoming was brackish. and conse-
quently unsuitable for dyeing pur-
poses. The mandarins we're apathetic
when asked to deepen the wells, and
replied that the water would leak out
at the bottom il they did. Altogether
there are, according to the latest &C.
counts, 1900 spindles, some Of which
work up cloth from camels' hair; bat,
Notwithstanding all efforts, the Lam
ehow.fu factories cannot compete with
foreign woolen textures, and the col
lapse Of the undertaking is said to be.
inevitable.
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oouRsE oF NM ooRWIN.

The Corwin, after taking a new sup
ply Of coal, would proceed, August II,
again westward to Wrangell Land, in
hopes of seeing the Rodgers aud hear
ing something OF the Jeanette.
Captain Hooper showed no uneasi-
ness about the American expedition,
and until there is something known
there is no necessity for alarm.
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Thinkers viii Read end Heed
This.

When our most experienced and
practical physicians WILDLY endorse
aud recommend a medicine, knowing
from the Ingredients used it must
have an excellent general effect on the
human system, and be a true strength
ener of every organ of life, and recog-
nizea as natures best assistant in
curiag dyspepsia, indigestion, general
debility, nervous p%rostration, want Of
vitality, convalescence, fevers, chronic
chills and fever, dumb ague, female
diseases, broken-down constitutions,
i'll health. weakness, debility, imper-
feet action of the organs Of life aud
health, ETC., all of which make life
miserable; then indeed should the
newspaper press of the country call
the attention of suffering humanity to
so meritOriOus a compound. We refer
to Browns Iron Bitters, a remedy
having the largest sale in the East of
any medicine ever invented, simply
because it has the merit and gives
permanent r~elief.-[Herald.
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shall be in the hands Of those who arc
competent to direct it; and that ex-
isting forces, under which the South
has multiplied so rapidly in popula.
ton during the last ten years, shall
continue to operate.
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Health is Wealth !

On. Z. o. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TREAr-
NRET; a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness. Com
v%ulsions, Nervous Headache, Mental bepros-
sion, Loss of Memory, Spermatorrhna, Impo-
tency, Involuntary Emissions, Premature Old
Age, oaused by over-exertion, self. abuse, or
oYer-indulgence, which leads to misery, decay
Each box contains. one months treatment.
One dollar a box, or six boxes for Eve dollars;
sent BY mail prepaid on receipt Of price. We
guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With
each order received By US for six boxes, accom-
panied with five dollars, we will send the pur-
chaser our written guarantee 10 return the
money II the treatment does net effect n cure.
Guarantees issued only by A. RENKEHT a
CO., Wholesale and Retail Druerists, 2l5 Main
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders by mail will
receive prompt attention. 5xxxiiii65d&W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is S. per
annum and SOC per month for less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per snnum-pOstage
free. Payable in advance inysria-
bly,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-30

Health, strength, and yigor given
and miraculous cures effected, by
using Browns Iron Bitters. Its sale
IL immense.
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Premature Loss Of the HAIR
May be entirely prevented by the use
Of Rurnetts Cocoaine.
Tnesuperiorily or Bar1etts Flavor.
log Extracts consists in their perfect
purity of strength.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

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Friday evening, sept. 80, 1854.
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Ea,os.g t.e Fogtenco 81 de M .enn
e,ond-claes matter.
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ftrgl insertion, 81 % PEI ,fuaro
9uhsequent Insertions, ~
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according 20 the epAcE occupied, e a0oye
Fates-thero being twslve itnns Of scliS sre to
the inch.
Night linas Of ucapafsii, soiia. sers .trtes
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uanner OF displaying their fav0rs.
SOtioes 10 local column Inherited to Tsnty
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Wsss Public L8ogar,

Pablsasi every TpopdaS nt 81 pet raT,;
III months, G0c; three months, 400 u ad-
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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-11-10
Sl5 !

battles with savage races. What impi.
for instance, could have stormed
laagered camp without warning had
watch-dogs been taken by Briton regi-
meDts to Zululand? The soldier, un-
used to destroy the dark figures of the
Kaflirs as they glided through the long
grass of South Africa, was helpless
where sharp, intelligent animal would
have been active and alert. No sur
prise would have been possible, many
a panic would have been obviated. Yet
we never dreamt Of utilizing the best
OF all protectors and safest of all COM
panionS, the British bull-terrier. OF
course we are not at once Jumping to
the conclusion that the canine device
will succeed, and that because the Rus
slams have adopted dogs as sentries we
must next do the same. The fact that
ducks by their quackiug once saved
Rome has never been thought suffi-
ciently to demonstrate that an army in
the field should have a flock of ducks
with its outposts. All that we can do
is to watch the movement as it is de-
veloped in the Muscovite army. and
make our own experiments. There
will be no great difficulty in doing SO,
for it may be assumed that English Of
ficers are at least as intelligent as their
Russian brethren, and could soon de-
eide for themselves how far the new
idea is likely to be sound. The duty
devolving upon those who have charge
of the army which costs us so much,
and is, in point of numbers, so small,
is to clearly observe all that goes ON
around them, and put to the test such
changes as may from time to time rec
ommend themselves. The Russian
and German maneuvers in this respect
afford much food for careful thought.
They are conducted 10y men whose busi-
ness in life is that of war, and who
have lately had much experience. The
work they achieve should be turned
chiefly to account 10y us in 50 far as it
is useful; and the ideas they adopt,
however new-fangled. must be fairly
examined before they are finally re-
jected as preposterous and impossible
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Good Thoughts,


They are never alone who are ac-
companied with noble thoughts.
However things may seem, no evil
thing succeeds, and no good thing is
a failure.
Trust man to be good and true,
and if he is not, your trust will tend
to make him such.
1t is with you as with plants; from
the first fruits they bear, we learn
what may be expected in the future.
The worst education that teaches
self-denial is better than the best that
teaches everything else, and not that.
There is nothing keeps longer than
a mlddling fortune, and nothing melts
away sooner than great one. Power
ty treads upon the heels of great and.
unexpected riches.
There is bran in all meal, and there
are dregs in all wine All roads must
at times be rough, and all seas must
be tossed with tempest. To fly from
trouble will need long wings, and to
escape discomfort will require more
than magician's skill.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-11-10
The Rights of Property in Submarine
Cables

In the electrical congress at Paris
the question has been raised rs to the
rights of property in submarine cables.
At present no government has juris-
diction beyond three miles of the coast,
and the cutting of a cable beyond that
distance is not a criminal Offense. M.
Reynaud opened the discussion as to
whether the law might not be altered
upon some international basis. DR..
G. w. Siemens urged strongly the i'm
portance Of giving some protection to
so valuable property as cables. IA
Cochery, the minister of posts and tel
egraphs, spoke about the Importance
of the subject, and suggested that Il
representation should be made to the
different governments. This was
agreed to by acclamation.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-11-10

The one thousand farmers in HambIen
county, Tenn, will produce this season
twenty thousand bushels of dried fruit,
worth $4,000.
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Brevity may be the soul of wit but it is
very far from being the soul of truth
Holmes.