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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-05-31

AFRO SINRrTs.-The President to-day made
the folio wing appointments Isaac q. Mills, to
be U. s. marshal for the eastern district of Ar
kansas. stephen X. Harrington, to be U. s.
attorney for the eastern district Of Arkansas
kobeIt Wallace, to be Z. s. marshal for South
Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-05-31
MORE BLOODY WORK IN PAR
BURYIHG INSURGENTS ALIVE,

THEIR GRoAys HEARD ALL EIGHr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
A Municipal muddIe.

We have at present two clerks OF the
Recorders Court, both claiming the
right of office. In view of the meeting
of the Legislature Colonel DuBose re-
signed in favor of Mr.. Harris, who re-
ceiyed an appointment as Recorders
Clerk from acting Mayor Moffet. Re-
corder Scales appointed Mr.. Barinds, the
local reporter of the Press, to the same
Office, and refused to recognize the au-
thority of acting-Mayor Moffet to appoint
a successor to Col. DuBose. This morn
ing the rival clerks made out dockets, the
Recorder recognizing his own appointee
AS the interesting case stands at present
the records of the Recorders Court will
be kept by double entry, and by two
clerks, until some judicial power is in
voked to quiet the troubled waters of
ofice.holding. The complication is very
great indeed, as it is impossible to say at
present who is clerk-who has charge of
the forfeitures put up at the stationhouse
who receives the fines, or who surren-
ders the receipts for money putup. The
office is somewhat of sinecure, and is
worth fighting for. The work is quite
light and the regular salary one hundred
dollars per month. By getting the ap-
pOintment of Deputy Sheriff, and serv-
ing all the State warrants on parties in
Jail, for which there is fee of one dollar
in each case, summoning witnesses at
fifty cents each, and getting the regular
fee for carrying prisoners to and from
Jail, the salary mounts up to from 5000
to $500 per month-a sum not to be ig-
nored with impunity. The fight for the
Office will be interesting, and the result
will be made known in few days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
nrnmntic Rendinga.

This evening Mr.. Robert King will
deliver series of interesting dramatic
readings and recitations at the Memphis
Theater. The programme of the enter
tainment already published presents an
attractive literary feast, one that can be
enjoyed by fashionable Memphis au-
dience. We expect to see the theater
crowded this evening by all lovers of the
drama, and especially by the admirers of
the great Shakespeare. In addition to
the dramatic attractions, Miss Grace
Fielding, an accomplished pianist, will
discourse the sweetest music, consisting
Of gems from the best German and Ital-
ian masters Having been a pupil Of
the great Gottschalk, rare musical
feast may be anticipated. The doors of
the theater will be open at the usual
hour. Reserved seats can be secured
at the ticket Office during the afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
NEW YORK.
Paying on The CIty's indebtedness.

NV York, September 27.-Arrange-
ments are in progress at the Comp
trollers Office to pay off the laborers
employed by the Croton Acqueduct
Board. A number of the largest banks
in the city have agreed to advance the
money aud take an assignment of the
claims against the city by the labOrers as
security.
Mr.. Cady, clerk of arrears in the
comptroller's office, was yesterday en-
gagged in making out rolls and estimates,
and stated that on Thursday he would
be ready to pay portion Of the men to
whom the city was indebted for work
from the 3Oth of August to the 18th of
September. he also stated that Deputy
Comptroller Greene has arranged to pay
the teachers in the public schools to-
day. There is every reason to believe
that Comptroller Greene is prosecuting
his work Of reform in the management
ofthe finances with the greatest assiduity
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
The PfannensteIhI Case.

Deputy Sheriff Cranmer returned
from Philadelphia last evening, having,
in company with Colonel Lightner, the
keeper of the Lancaster county penn
jail, carried Mr.. Pfannensteihl to Phila-
delphia and lodged him in the Jail above
mentioned. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Pfannensteihl was arrested on
requisition of Governor Geary, of Penn
sylyania, on the charge Of obtaining
goods under false pretences After be-
ing arrested, writ of habeas corpus
was sued out before Judge Ray, of the
Probate Court, who restored Pfannen-
steihl to the custody of the Pennsylva-
MIA officer. The trial Of the case on its
merits will come off in Lancaster
county, Penn, some time next month.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
AN UGLY FIX.

The circumstances connected with the
presentation to Grant of the cottage at
Long Branch are freely commented on
by the press. The New York Sun says
there is no doubt whatever that the cot
tage was present to General Grant,
and that it was given with view of OBJ
tanning from him in his official capacity
as President some valuable thing AT
any rate, the subject is Of such serious
nature, and the statements in the Chi
cago Times so expressly accuse the
President of the grossest form Of bribery
and corruption, that one OF the hrst
acts of the House of Representa-
tives on its meeting in December
should be the appointment OF suita
Bile committee to investigate TINS
matter. and to ascertain whether the
statements made by this correspond
ent, and those of similar purport made
previously upon the subject by the Hud-
son Gazette and the Buffalo COURIER are
founded in fact or not. If they should
prove to be founded in fact, it will not
be possible to avoid the impeachment OF
General Grant and his removal from
Office. No more atrocous acts of official
misdemeanor have ever been charged
against any public officer than those set
forth in these allegations in the case Of
President Grant and his house at Long
Branch
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
THE REAL KU-KLux.

There is a report in circulation among
the negroes of Arkansas that Horace
Greeley belongs to the Ku-Klux Khan
That is mistake. The Khan belongs te
him and he runs it as machinist runs
his machine-for his own emolument
Let this report, with the change we sug-
oest. be circulated among the colored
people in all the States. The story OF
the u-Klux Khan, though it may not be
n pure invention of the enemy, is mon
strous exaggeration, a stupeduous false
hood, upon which this same Horace
Greeley has banked for four years, and
without which the Radical party aNould
90 to pieces. Every swindle and theft
of officials is set off by the falsehood OF
Ku-Klux outrages in the South. II
Hodge steals half million and con-
fesses the theft, the force of the crime is
broken among the Radical masses by
testimony presented to the Congressional
dirt-shoveling committee, organized to
manufacture horrors for partisan pur-
poses. The real Ku-Klux are the robbers
of the Treasury Of the nation. They
are the men who Ku-Kluxed the rights
of the States, and brought Republican
institutions into contempt. They hu'
Kluxed the Constitution, and, under the
mask of friendship overthrow IT. Yes,
Horace Greeley was Ku-Klux all the
long years in which he fought for the
overthrow of the institutions of the
South. he was one of the chief instru-
ments in Ku-Kluxing the South out of
more than a thousand millions of prop
erty. He Ku-Kluxed women into weeds,
and children into orphanage. There.
was not live thing in the South that
did not wither in the presence of out
RACES that resulted from his politics.
And because the poor South sometimes
initiates the trodden worm, and resents
its wrongs, Congress sends out com
mittee TO stretch a drag-net over it, in
the hope of finding some one who
has, in moment of passion, of
Tended against the peace and
dignity of the party that robs the
treasury of the people and legalizes
crime. Yes, call Mr.. Greeley Ku-
Klux. There is scarcely anything OF
the past in our institutions that has es-
capped him aud his masked marauders
Thad Stevens said the reconstruction
measures were outside of the Constr
tuition" What was the Congress that
passed them but marauder under the
mask of an oath to legislate within the
Constitution. Was not Akerman ma
rauder when he entered North Carolina
and told the people that if they changed
their Constitution Congress would not
recognize their action? Did he not deter
people from going to the polls, and did
he not violate the election law2 This
was marauding to some purpose, but all
done under the mask of kind words.
Tell it to the negroes of Arkansas, to
the negroes everywhere, that Greeley,
Grant, and all the rest who sail under
false colors, are Ku-Klux and masked
marauders.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
wAnE HAMPTON.

Gen. Wade Hampton thinks the South
should take no part in the National
Democratic Convention next year. His
reasons are:
LIST. Southern delegates 10 the Ma
tional Convention could exercise no in
1uence in shaping the policy OF making
up the issues, or in selecting the candl-
dates for the next contest, without serl-
ously injuring the prospects of Demo
cratic triumph; that this would inevita-
bly, be the case, is proven by the result
Of the late Democratic Convention,
where the very presence OF Southerners
was used to prejudice the action and de-
feat the candidates of the party.
I'd. IL Southern delegates could not,
with propriety, exert any influence IN
the Convention, while their mere attend
ance in it might result in infinite mis-
chief to the Democratic party, 1t is
surely the part of wisdom to refrain
from participating in the deliberations
of the Convention.
Sd. The Northern Democrats will have
to bear the burthen of the fight in the
next Presidential contest, and it is only
right that they should choose the field
and select the acknowledgements.
This policy was advocated in 1868 by
many Southern men. Perhaps Hamp-
ton is right.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
Fam from an Omnibus.

This forenoon an omnibus driver at
the Memphis and Louisville railway de-
pot permitted an intoxicated man named
George Pendleton to mount the driver $
seat. AT the corner of Main and JEFF
ferson, the driver whipped around into
Jefferson street, and Pendleton fell from
his elevated position. The wheel Of the
omnibus passed over his shoulder, in
fiicting severe bruises. The injured
man was carried into Chandeliers drug
store near by, and the proper restora-
tives were applied. No bones were
broken, and the top-heavy individual
was able to move homeward in a short
time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

BUTLER is about to smash things in
Massachusetts,. The Boston Journal
says: '
The question is often asked, Where
are the two Massachusetts, Senators, and
what are their opinions on the present
crisis in Massachusetts,? We are able to
set this matter at rest by their authority
We have seen Senators Sumner and
Wilson, and are authorized by them to
say that they deeply regret and deplore
the extraordinary canvass which Gene
raj Butler has precipitated upon the
Commonwealth, and especially the at
tacks which he has volunteered against
the existing State Government and Re
publican party of Massachusetts,, and
that in their opinion his nomination as
Governor would be hostile TO the best
interests of the Commonwealth and the
Republican party,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
Tremendous Excitement among
the People.
ABDICATION BY THE QUEEN
SPOKEN OF.
A Reformation Demanded.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, September 26.-The Right
Hon. Benz. Disraeli has succeeded in
producing a political and popular agita-
ton in Great Britain which may result
in effecting the most serious, if not
startling, consequences suddenly. The
learned gentleman has placed himself
in direct collision with the crown and
its authority as it is worn and welded
by Queen Victoria. He has accom-
plished the act raiely, wilfully and
publicly. To-day, at his country resi-
dence and home. in proposing toast to
the health of Her Majesty the Queen, he
took occasion to assure his friends and
neighbors that the sovereign lady has be-
come physically and morally incapaci-
tated for the performance of her public
duties any longer. This assertion was
accompanied with sentences of fervent
eulogy of Her Majesty, personally, con-
Guiding with the words that her duties
are excessive, and that no Englishman
is under such complete control of the
political traditions of the country as a
sovereign" His words have been pub
lished. The utterance has produced the
most tremendous excitement among the
people. 1t is canvassed by the highest
of the aristocracy and talked of among
the most humble of the democracy.
Disraeli has overshadowed Gladstone
almost completely in the eyes of the peo-
pie, who have been accurately in
formed of every word of his re-
marks, despite very vigorous eff
fort which has been made by some of
the metropolitan journals to suppress
them by non-publication. The subject
of the propriety of an abdication by
the Queen is spoken of in the clubs, and
very many of the most extreme loyalists
regret that Her Majesty did not harken
to the advice which was given her by the
late Lord Palmerston years since, when
he counselled her to delegate part Of
her monarchial duties, such as the sign
ing of acts Of Parliament by Royal war
rant, to member of the Privy Council,
and thus begin, Of her own free
will, to accustom the public mind
to her gradual and graceful disappear
ance from the throne. The Queen re-
iected Palmerston's advice, and has
since held to rigid assumption of every
essential of royal prerogative with the
spirit of tenacity or obstinacy which has
ever been characteristic Of the reigning
members of her family.
Disraeli is likely TO master the public
crisis. His bold diagnosis of the state
of the health of the Queen is accepted
very generally as being correct. The
royal lady has remained fevered and
irritable during many months. She
has been lately afflicted with inhamma-
tory sore throat and most painful gland
ular tumors, and has only just shaken
off a severe attack Of general illness.
The people speak of the tendency to in
sanity, which is hereditary in her family,
and there remains on the whole not the
slightest doubt that Disraeli has 'ex-
pressed sentiment which is already
national - Vietoris's abdication or
cheaper government or a complete
change in form of the ruling power Of
Great Britain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
MARKETS.

CINCINNATI, September 27.-Cotton is
firm; piddling, 1873 to zoe. Flour firm;
superfne, IS 40 to so. Wheat, little
doing; red winter, 81 81 to l Ss. Pro-
visions are little frmer; mess pork,
$l2 621 to IL IS. Cut meats are frmer.
Sugar is firm. Tobacco is steady. Whis-
ky advanced &c, and will probably go lie
higher; it is now strong at 94c for iron
bound
NEW York, Sept. q, ~ m.-Flour is
advancing; Ohio shipping, Sc so to Z;
Ohio trade, 81 tot rs; st. Louis low
extra, So 80 to Z; do. straight, 81 to
I %; Ohio Xxx, S. 80; fancy, 50 to
10 so; receipts $1,000 barrels. Wheat
active and tending upward; receipts
$4,000 bushels. Corn steady; receipts
67 900 bushels. Oats steady; receipts
10, 1000 bushels. Pork and lard dull
Coffee and sugar quiet and unchanged
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

In speaking of the Republican situa-
ton in Massachusetts,, Republican ex-
change says:
The fact that every noted Republican
of the State, occupying any prominent
place in national affairs or party poll
tics, is opposed to Butler and will take
an active part in the contest against the
audacious humbug, is one of the most
notable features of the situation. Bout
well, Dawes, Hoar, Sumner and Wilson
both Senators and the entire Congress
sional delegation are open in their OPP
position to the ranting demagogue and
will contribute to his defeat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

THE New York Express says: Each
tick of the clock for the last ten years
has added SO % to our National debt,
and every time the second hand has
made complete revolution 1896 so
haye accumulated to that already
weighty incumbent. At every inhals-
ton SIG Sc have been put upon the debt
side, and in the little time we take to
consume our dinner, at least So, 1886 have
been consumed by the Radical party at
Washington.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
srrAx-Yrrrno at BIS Second st. AT

The best remedy for the evil effects of
yellow-fever is life insurance policy in
good company. The company that
can give you the Endorsement of the
State in its policies is as good as the
best. The Missouri Valley Life Insur.
ance Company gives the Endorsement of
the State in its policies, making assur-
ance doubly sure. Call at the Office Of
the Company-No. 9West Court street
and protect your interests. No extra
charge for insuring females.
% WV. RUFFIS, Gen'l Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
Weston, the Pedestrlan-City COun-
ell Excursion.

CINCINNATI, September 27.-Weston,
the pedestrian, starts on his one hundred
and thirteen mile tramp at FIVE pm.
he is said to be in splendid condition.
A number Of the City Council, accom-
panied by representatives of the daily
papers. started on an excursion to Chi
cago to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

A LONDON correspondent of the New
York Mail says:
OF course / don't believe-and don't
you believe-that there is any warm
popular national attachment to the
Queen. The vast majority of the peo-
pie have no more of the old-fashioned
sentiment of loyalty in them than the
people Of New York city. Indeed, |
have heard warmer admiration for
Queen Victoria expressed in America
than | ever heard in England. But she
is universally believed to be good
woman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

NINE f. CHAlNEUx, l29 Beal street,
would respectfully inform her customers
and all the ladies of Memphis that she
is prepared to fill all orders in the short
est notice possible. Particular attention
paid to cutting and fitting. Several good
rooms for rent. %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
THE M0RMOEs.

1t is said that Brigham Young and
fourteen of his wives, and Elder Smith,
the second greatest man among the Nor
mons, have been subpenaed by the Uni
ted States grand jury in Salt Lake City,
but up to the present have not been
found. A Mormon paper, commenting
on the recent purchase of arms by the
Mormon Adjutant General, says; In
tine of peace prepare for war" The
Mormon problem is evidently near So
luton. Whether that solution shall be
a bloody one or not rests with the Nor
mons themselves. In the meantime 1T
would be well for the United States Gov
eminent to have troops near at hand to
render aid to the Gentiles and to help in
enforcing the mandates of the United
States Courts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
TWO DOILARs.

In order that they may be within the reach of
every one. r.
Its hoped and expected that the Third An
nuRl Fair will be so successful. financially, as
TO enable the Society 10 erect suitable build
ings and improve the grounds to such degree
of excellence as to render them q source of
pride to every citizen of Memphis. Shelby
county, and the adjacent country.
The Board OF Directors have selected Mr..
W. II. BATES to supervise the special ar
rangement, and Tickets can be had on appli-
cation TO him at the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Depot, or through any Of his sub
agencies.
IL I7 JACOB THOMPSON, President.
LEON TR0USDALE, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
NOTICE.
MEMPHIS FAIR RECORD.

TINE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
J. Memphis Agricultural and Mechanical
Society, having passed a resolution authoriz-
the Fair week. paper containing an Impair
tial and authentic account of each days pro-
ceedings, he will do so, assisted by j. b. Law
renee and e. q. Barbour. This paper, TEE
FAIR RECORD. will be printed in the best
style. on the best paper, in large folio size,
and designed to be such a paper that will not
only be readable, but OF sufficient value TO
secure preservation as a full and impartial
record of the interesting doings of the society.
Mr.. e, G. Barbour will call upon our BUSH
ness men with plat Of the paper, when they
can secure such space as they desire for their
advertisements.
LEON TR0USDALE, Secretary.
At Chamber of Commerce. 23t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
rHE AppRnAcH1Na EoL1psE.

The New York Herald has this refer
ence to the approaching eclipse of the
sun: "On the 18th of next December
there is TO be total eclipse of the sun.
1t will be visible close by Arabia, first in
the open sea. 1t will traverse the north
ern part of the Indian peninsula 1t
will thence pass across the northern ex-
tremity of Ceylon. 1t will not touch
land again until il reaches the south Of
Sumatra and the western extremity of
Java. Thence it will cross the northern
parts of Australia, and, except in some
of the smaller islands of the Polynesian
group it will not be seen again on land.
We notice that the governments of Flu.
rope, particularly that Of Great Britain,
are preparing to send out expeditions to
the available points of observation, and
it is stated that some Of the best astron-
omers of Great Britain and France, en-
couraged by the results Of the expert
ments made on the ocean Of the last
solar eclipse, are determined at all haz-
ards to find their way to Java, and from
that point of observation to examine
once more, with all the aid that science
can give, the sun corona"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

JUST received, at G. H. Bracket &
Co.'S, 32l Second street, fine lot of
young Kentucky mules, for sale cheap.
Also, several buggy, saddle and rocka-
way horses. 2O-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

IT is said that Butler has been so hard
pushed in his gubernatorial campaign in
Massachusetts,, that it was necessary for
him to melt down half a ton Of silver
spoons and plate to carry on the cam
paign. As he has an inexhaustible sup
ply of this munition of war, there seems
to be but little doubt that he viii secure
the nomination, even if he has to sur
round all his opponents with fathomless
Dutch Gap canals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ASH Premiums amounting to $40, 90

The Board Of Dire ctors. in commencing this
scheme to the public, promise that i shall be
carried out in good faith. They will appoint
Committee Of Award whose high character
will be sufficient guarantee that perfect fair
ness will control the distribution.
The price Of these Spec ial Tickets has been
fxed Mt the low sum of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27

MASSACHUSETTS begins TO complain Of
direct Federal interference in the,poli-
ties Of the State. The Boston Adver-
tiser, one Of the most staid Of the jour
mails, says:
The power Of the two most important
Federal Offices in the State is secretly at
work to commit the State Convention TO
policy which would be fatal TO Repub-
lican aseendency in Massachusetts,. We
refer to the Custom-house and the Office
Of United States Marshal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
MARRIED..

CREWS the 18th instant, at
the residence of Charles Hays, near Eutaw
Alabama, by the Rev. s. N. Smith, Hon. J.
NJ. Crews, of tennessee, and Miss Kate A.
Ormond, daughter of Hon. John A. 0rmond,
late Chief Justica of Alabama.