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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
CoIfax and sherman.

Ex-Vice President Colfax, who is
visiting in Andover, Ohio, publishes
the following card in the Cleveland
Herald:
ANDovER, o., June 22.-I read
with interest the interview in the
Herald with Senator Sherman about
his entrance into public life when
both of us we're elected secretaries of
the Wing National Convention Of
1852, at the request Of the Ohio and
Indiana delegations. The reporter
has stated the fact correctly, for both
of us have often spoken to friends Of
this coincidence, but the interview
does not bring out all the details. We
we're each chosen as secretary. il
should be added, on the ground that
being enthusiastic Wings, we could
never hope to be elected from our
Democratic districts, and yet two
years afterward each of us were
elected to Congress from those very
districts, and shook hands again when
We met at Washington City as we had
on the convention platform. Nor did
the condolences as TO Offices end
there. Both Of us we're afterward
candidates for Speaker, and both Of
us shook hands together again on the
floor Of the United States Senate in
1869. SCHUYLER OoLFAx.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
ROMANTIC nIERTING.
An Aged COIOred Couple Renew
Acquaintance After Twenty
one Years Separation.
Sam Antonio Expres,, o.


Wesley Tory, an old and we'll
known colored man of this city, had
the pleasure last Saturday evening of
meeting his wife, whom he had not
seen before in twenty-one years, dur
ing slavery times. An attempt of
friends to bring about a renewal Of the
matrimonial tie has thus far proven a
failure, as she is not willing to live
here, and Wesley says he would not
live anywhere else on earth. Although
he is getting far advanced in life, his
hair being silvered with the frosts of
many winters, the longer he lives the
more he is attached to life, and de-
clares that he would not die willingly
even to enter the golden mansions
above. Wesley is hard working, in
dustrious and thrifty colored man,
thought of and respected by his own
people; but he is Of the opinion that
he has been separated too long from
his first and only love to again resume
the responsibilities of double blessed
ness. She was sold from him in
slavery and taken away among stran.
gers. just as cruel fate had done for
many others before, and every effort
made by both of them to discover the
others whereabouts since the war has
been in vain until twenty one long
years, only to find themselves gray
haired and aged. If she can be pur-
suaded to make San Antonio her
future home, reconciliation may yet
be effected, and the old couple may yet
live many happy years together. The
event is a romantic one in the extreme
and illustrates the wonderful vicissi-
tudes of human life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
ANOTHER COLORED EXODUS,
Thousands of Blacks Expected
to Leave South Carolina this
Fall.
Chattanooga Times, Is.

Hon. Wilson Cook, colored, of
Greenville, s. c., one of the most
prominent colored men of that State,
an ex-member Of the Legislature, and
a very wealthy and influential man.
passed through the city yesterday
morning, en- route to Arkansaw. A
Times reporter had short conversa-
ton with Mr.. Cooke in the car yes
terday morning. He states that be is
going west to prospect with view of
making extensive purchases of land
for the purpose of planting a large
negro colony there. He states that
he has already purchased a large
tract on the line of the Fort
Smith railway, where he hopes to
have large colony in a few months.
He anticipates a heavy exodus this
fall and winter of blacks from South
Carolina.
We asked whether he ascribed this
exodus to political purposes, and he
replied that he did not think anyone
was influenced by such motive, but it
was merely desire on their part to
find locality where they could make
a livelihood. Landi in South Carolina,
he says, is we'll nigh exhausted, and
the poor negro, after he pays tribute
to his landlord, State and government
has not enough to make ends meet,
and it is but natural that he desires a
change. Mr. Cooke regards the exodus
OF last year as a great blessing to
South Carolina; it was so general and
ominous that the planters became
frightened lest they would be in
want of sufficient labor to work their
cotton, and in consequence more grain
was planted than during the past forty
years, and the yield will be greater
than during that period. This, he
thinks, will have the effect Of keeping
some at home who otherwise would
have emigrated. Yet he expects sever.
al thousand to leave that State within
year. The exodus will begin early
in the fall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
vCOLORED JOURNALISTS.
Live Topics To Be Discussed at
Their Convention in
Washington.
New York Sun.

A convention of colored journalists
is to be held at Washington on June
q, % and 20. There are about l25
papers in the country edited by col
ored men, all of them weeklies save
the Galveston Spectator, which claims
to be a daily, but is said to be irregu.
lar in its appearance. Most of the
papers are published in the South
and the editors are government en-
ployes. There are few Independent.
papers, such as the Chicago Conserya-
tor, the Globe Of this city, the Wash
ington Sunday Item, and the Louis.
vile Bulletin. There are two Demo
cratic papers, the New Era and the
Montgomery Herald. The Richmond
Star is a readjuster organ. The oldest
colored journalist in the country is 2.
A. Bell, editor Of the San Francisco
Elevator. He lived in New York
before the war. and was the friend
and associate Of Frederick Douglass
and the late Rev. Henry Highland
Garnett.
The National Colored Press Asso.
citation was organized several years
ago, and held a convention at Louis
vile in 1879 and another at Chicago
last year. The Washington conven-
ton promises to be more important
than its predecessors. A programme
has been arranged which assigns Ia
the various colored papers subjects
which their editors are to discuss, and
the selections are arranged with q
view to producing debate. Thus the
topic, 1.-The Democratic party and The
negro" is given to the New Era, Z
Democratic paper, and the Progress
sive American, which is an admins
tration Republican paper of this city
Among the topics set down for dis
cussion are. caste, its Use anC
Abuse" Wealth, How Best At
taiped;" "Shall We Advocate MixeC
Schools?" "The Negro and the Chi
nese Question:" Future of tie Ne
groes Of the South" Mr.. II. Thoma
Fortune, the editor Of the New Yorl
Globe, will read a paper on "Th,
Negro as an Independent Force ii
Politics"
Mr.. F. L. Barnett, Of the Chicag,
Conservator, is the President Of tn,
Association. The colored resident
Of Washington are making elaborat
preparations for the entertainment
of the visiting editors, and there vii
be a ball at Wizards Hall and
number Of receptions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
The PretzeI.
Burlington HaWkeye.


This delicious food grows best in
the shade, the shade of beer garden
being preferred. 1t is ripe at birth,
and is ready to eat as soon as it is
picked. In North Germany, where
the benighted people do not know any
better, the pretzel is called a
"kringle.' This is enough to spoil
the pretzel, only that is impossible.
The pretzel is always planted on free
lunch counters. There is more nu.
triton in barrel Of sawdust than
there is in a clothes basket full Of
pretzels. But then the pretzel is
much the drier Of the two. The gen.
uine pretzel has heart like marble
yard, and the hide is vanished to
keep it dry. 1t is vanished with hot
I've, and sprinkled with salt and ami
seed to give it tone. Before It as
sumes the expression so familiar to
the lovers Of this perennial fruit, the
pretzel is about the size of a garter
snake. After it is tied up in that
wonderful knot which makes the eater
wonder where to take his first bite, no
mau can guess at its length. Enough
is known, however, to warrant seien-
ti6c authorities in saying that if a
man should swallow pretzel whole,
and it should suddenly straighten out
in him, it would kill him in minute.
1t is not possible, however, for man
to cat pretzel whole. You can eat
all the rest Of it, but while there is
more hole than pretzel to begin with,
yet the more you eat the .pretzel the
more hole there is left.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
Another Southcrn FactorY.

A building for another extensive
cotton factory at Concord, N. c., has
Just been completed, and the dedica-
tory exercises are to be held on the
main floor Of the building next Sun.
day. The machinery has not yet been
put in, and the main floor has been
fixed to seat 1000 persons, Rev. DIR.
Craven, of Trinity College, is to
preach a sermon in the new building
at IL O'Clock that morning, and will
conclude with the dedicatory exercifes
Concord is forging ahead as a cotton
center, and promises to become q
prosperous city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
Tbs Dab Tail l0mBiltsee Wilhs
uut 4 t'artss
NashFIIIe American.

General w. Il. jackson, chairman
of the advisory council of Democrats
held on Thursday, has appointed the
following State Executive Committee:
For the State at Large-J. NJ. Dick
inson, of Davidson, chairman of the
committee; r. N. Hood, of Blount; e.
L. Bullock, of Madison.
First District-W. s. Dickson, of
Hamblen.
Second District j. W. Caldwell, of
Knox.
Third District-Thomas M. Burk-
EFT, Of McMinn.
Fourth DiStrict-J. J. Turner, of
Sumner.
Fifth District-A. l.. Lands, jr., of
Bedford.
Sixth District-R. L. Morris, of
Davidson.
Seventh Distriet--Thomas f. Per-
kins, of Williamson.
Eighth District-A. j. Weldon, of
Henry.
Ninth District-D. D. Bell, of
0bion.
Tenth District-Holmes Cummins,
of Shelby.
Chairman Dickinson has called
meeting of the committee for next
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
Lieut.. DanenhOwer and Mrs.
Melville.

Lieutenant Danenhower says as to
the criticism Of him by Mrs. George
Melville:
my friend George Melville sent no
letter nor message by me to his wife.
Her half. brother, Mr.. Geo. D. Teller,
called on me at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, and said that Mrs. Melville
wished to see me. | told him that |
had no news for her, but that / should
like to see her and the little girls. |
mentioned at the same time that |
felt delicacy about calling, and that
| would be only two hours at the Con-
tinental. and expressed a great desire
to see her. MIR. Teller sent the dis
patch without my seeing it.
THAT evening, on alighting from
the train at Philadelphia. Mr.. @. A.
Waldron spoke to me. | told him
substantially the same that l had told
Mr.. Teller, and further requested Mr..
Waldron to ask Mrs Melville, if pos
sible, to come in with the children.
Mr.. Waldron is the own brother Of
Mrs. Melville.
Il passed a sleepless night at my
uncIe's. The next day was two hours
at the Continental. During that time
a note from Mr.. Waldron was received
1t read as follows: Lieutenant Dan.
enhower: received message from
Mrs. Melville sending congratulations
and saying she cannot possibly come
up to-day. Would like you to stop al
Sharon Hill if you can.
G. A. WALDRoN.'
"a telegram from Mrs. Melville t.
my mother, offering congratulations
was received. The note was prompt!
answered, and | also telegraphed Mrs
Melville as follows: Arrangement
having been made for my reception a
Washington unknown to me, | regre
| cannot comply with your invitation
to call at present, but will come from
Washington expressly to do so.'
Il left on the afternoon train; di'
not know we passed Sharon Hill; wa
| in darkened compartment at the tim
with congresses on my eyes. hav
received no letters from Melville sine
my return.
II do not care TO go into print il
| this matter, anu prefer to wait unit
| George Melville comes home befor
saying anything about it."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

GUITEAU says he is not afraid to
die, because he is Gods man and has
done only Gods work, but that if
hung it will bring desOlatiOn on the
nation and on that account he hopes
something will happen to avert the
great calamity. A nation that could
hang Mrs. Surratt, aninnocent woman,
and Wirz, the Andersonville jailer,
who, to say the worst, was no more
than a tool, or the victim of circum-
stances beyond his control, can GER
tainly take its chances on human
monstrosity like Guiteau.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
ID Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and Job printing
establishment; is owned BY the same
proprietor; embraces all machines and
material used in frst-class book
bindery, and is conducted by cOmpe-
tent workmen, capable Of executing
work in as good and substantial a
style as oan be done anywhere. /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

To keep the stomach and liver in
perfect order is the great secret Of
preserving unbroken health. We
hazard nothing in saying that for the
correction Of all ills, irregularities
and impairments Of the action OF both
the stomach and liver, there is moth {.
ing equal to DR.. Holman's Pad. Act
ing by absorption, it does not interfere
with the functions of either of these
great organs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
Etiquette Among Train Men.
Chattanooga Times, 9th.

Yesterday morning, just as che in
coming East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia train pulled out Of the depot
to back into the yard, the Western &
Atlantic passenger train hove in sight
on the same track, and the question
Immediately arose who should give way
to the other. The East Tennessee
train men were not disposed to back,
and the Western & Atlantic train was
forced to pull out of their way. The
Memphis & Charleston train men, in
pulling out of the depot, had in view
the same tactics, but the Western
& Atlantic men were disposed to make
no further concessions, and started
ahead, and a collision would doubtless
have resulted had the Memphis 4
Charleston train not withdrawn from
the track.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

Miss Hattie Paul, the talented
young junior editor Of the Scimetar,
will attend the Tennessee Press Asso-
citation, which meets this week at Bon
Aqua Springs. She is a native Ten
esseean, has a brilliant and well
stored mind, and bids fair to be an
ornament to the profession she has
adopted. The members of the State
press who meet at Bon Acqua will no
doubt give her proper recognition as
she deserves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
Some Facts About Newspapers.

There are $50 dailynewspapers pub
lished in the United States, or to be
more precise, this is the number esti-
mated by the late census. The aver
age circulation Of these newspapers is
1871 copies each. Out of the whole
number Ia have a circulation OF less
than 500 copies, 282 have over 1000
and less than 5000. and l05 over 5000
and under 5000. In the city Of Chi
cago the average is 1922. These facts,
gained from the census reports, and
which can, therefore, be regarded as
authentic, show in a stronger light
than ever the wisdom Of investigating
the claims Of publishersin cases where
circulation is a vital consideration to
the advertising public.
The gross product or earnings Of all
the newspapers published in the
country for the census year was some
thing over s87, 900, 900, and ofthiscon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

THE unusual haste made by K. L.
Wilson and his associates to build a
railroad through from Memphis to
New Orleans is, no doubt, we'll under
stood by Mr.. G. P. Huntington. In
deed, it would not be surprising if
there is an understanding between the
two. and that this is really Mr.. Hunt
ington's work, sublet as matter Of
convenience to Wilson and others
The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad is
now virtually finished from Newport
News to Memphis. Regular trains
will be running through in a few
weeks. Mr.. Huntington has a rail
road running from San Francisco via
Ell Paso to New Orleans. The build
ing of a lire frome Memphis to New
Orleans. would fill the only gap be-
tween the two oceans, and fulfill the
dreams of a Southern Pacific rail-
road. Mr.. Wilson is a shrewd, bold
fnancier and knows what he is doing.
The road, it is announced, will be
pushed through in few months.
Work is to commence simultaneously
both ways from Vicksburg. 1t is
big scheme, and will have wonderful
influence in developing the rich allu-
vial region through which the
road will run. 1t will be
something to see cars direct
from San Francisco passing along our
river front within the next twelve or
eighteen months; yet it is within the
range of possibilities and would not
be stranger than to see cars from
Kansas City unloading at our elevators
or passing through en- route to- Bruins
wick or some other port on the
Georgia sea coast. The near future
is full of big events for Memphis
which must surely work to her advan
tage and greatly change the CONNER
cial status and complexion Of the
place in few years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

The Louisiana National Bank has
notified the First National of this
place that the $4,000 drawn by Mr..
John Weger Of Kasota, in the Louisi-
ana State Lottery, On May 9th, has
been deposited 10 their bank. The
money was paid in full without any
discount, and Mr.. w. is now one Of
the wealthy men Of the country.
John Weger was born in Norway, July
23d, 1882, and will be sixty years old
in July. He came 10 New York from
Norway in 1850, and came to Mime.
sofa in 1861. He enlisted in the U,
S. army soon after be came 20 Mime.
sofa, and after his term of service in
the army expired he located atKasota
where lie has resided ever since. We
understand that Mr.. Weger intends
starting a store, and putting the
remainder Of the money at interest
list Peter (Minn.) Tribune, May
"a, 1882.
The next drawing will be on Tues
day always Tuesday, July 18th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
JOhnny's Composition on the
Chinese Question.
San Francisco CHRONICLE

HE is small, he is dark, he is hawty
of mlen. His tail is the only humble
thing about him, but he is chuck full
of pizen. Some folks call hima wood
chuck, but he don't chuck worth a
cent. Our Chinaman tackled one
t'other night behind the barn, and
when he came in the house, as my
teacher would say, he had hodor of
serious trouble about him, and | said
'Po Sam; what ee matter wild ee?' but
Sam he did not seem to appreciate my
kindness, for he swore orful, and his
breath nearly suffocated ma and pa.
Then pa asked him what he had been
doing. Sam replied: Me catche
labbit, hut me lettee him glo agin.
Oh, my glaciouS.'
"You see, Sam thort he had big
rat, and I've was going to give feast to
his second cuzzln, who had just cum
from China. 1.-THE wind had blown
the other way, or Sam had a bad cold,
he would have ct that skunk as sure
as goose grease, and then the joke
would have been on the skunk"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

WHEN the North treats poor men
and colored men better than the
South treats them, her Puritanic
boasts about liberality and equality
will be more respected, and hypocrisy
will be at larger discount and there
will be fewer strikes, fewer Shylocks
and less tenement houses. Ideas
move the world, but practice and good
nature makes it human. Henry
Simpson (colored), editor Of The Man
sion of this city, an organ of the col. |
ored people, presented himself at the |
depot, last Sunday, desiring to join
the press gang" on their excursion
trip to Baltimore, Washington and
other points. Some wire.pullers
who, themselves, might not
travel very far with him on a
Pullman palace car might be seen be-
hind him as through glass darkly,"
but what Of that or them? Henry is
what they are not, an Arkansaw ed
itor, and whether prompted by them
or his own desire to take an excursion
and enjoy himself, he had perfect
right to make an application for the
privileges extended to others, and the
officers Of the Press Association aud
the boys Of the gang" did Just right
in taking Brother Henry Simpkins
along. That he will be treated well
by the other Arkansaw editors there
need be no Doubt Little Rock
Gazette, q.
The senior editor of the LEDGER
when in Little Rock, recently, wa
called upon by Mr.. Simpkins, and VI
found in him an intelligent, courteous
full .blooded colored man. Heis pub
fishing very creditable paper, de
voted to the interests of his race, an,
the harmonious relations of both races
Such men do good service for the pub
lie, and deserve encouragement fro1
the dominant race. We do not knov
or care what his politics are; he
most likely Republican, and has tn
same right to be one that we have
be a Democrat. After all the hypc
critical prating about the rights of tn
colored people, we believe that thos
who act well and strive to olevat
themselves and their families byprope
means, are treated better and receiv
more substantial aid and countenanc
in the South than in any other part {
the Werld,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

Mr.. H. w. Merton, of 0swego, N.
Y, writes: My wife has been restored
to perfect health and strength. SHE
suffered many years from Indigestion,
complicated with female Irregular.
ties. l never saw her lips so red and
her cheeks so rosy for years.
s. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son & Co.. and G.. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
FORTUNES FAYORITES /
Who They Are, Where They Live,
and to what Extent She BIssses
Them---The Wonderful Re-
cord Of the Past Year.

A partial list Of the prizes paid by the Louia-
lana State Lottery Company during the year
ending May, 1852, together with the names
and addresses given to the Company b. the
holders, emitting those who have requested it,
Receipts for the amounts are on nle at the
Offices Of the Company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

Letter heads, bill heads, bills Of
lading, envelopes, hand bills and every
other kind Of job printing executed in
the best style and at the lowest prices
at the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and blank book mandatory, IL
Madison street, !
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

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strength and beauty.
S. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

To all who are suffering from the errors and
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early decay, loss Of manhood, &c, I'll send
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By q missionary In South America. Send a
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28

The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared to
execute work with neatness and dis
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pptitnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-28
CHANCERY SALE.

No. 1890, R-Chancery Court Of Shelby county
j u McOalluui, admir- Of w ID McCallum,
decd, VS.. Sam Winfree OF al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale,
ID entered In the above cause on the 18th
day Of June, 1882 I win sell, at public auction,
Memphis, Tennessee. on
Saturday, July ], 1852,
within legal hours, commencing at 70 o'clock
m, all the unsolicited accounts due the Ca
tate Of W d heCallum, deceased, subject TO
inspection at the time Of sale.
Terms Of Sale--Cash. ta.g
This June2l, 1882.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Finlay 4 Peters, andW NJ Randolph, sol'rs.
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