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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18
THE UNITED STATES COURTS.
Letter from Judge Emmons.

Letter from Judge Emmons.
A United States official in Cincinnati
has received the following letter from
Judge Emmons, with reference to the
compensation of District Judges, etc.
During the last year, in the hope of
clearing off the mass of business accu-
INFLATED in some of the districts, | suf-
fered great numbers of cases to be sub
mitted on briefs. My intention was to
forego nv summers vacation and dis
pose Of these causes. quite broke
down in the attempt and became so Sc.
riously i'll that an entire suspension OF
business became a necessity. Since
early in September have been dispos'
ing of such matters in my circuit as the
District Judges cannot hear, and that
business is now nearly all finished. L
have over two months hard work on my
hands if / dispatch it ever SO rapidly
and nothing will be gained by Court in
suit as to longer delay judgments in the
cases submitted for the purpose of hear
ing other matters. have no doubt my
duty is to dispose of what is before me.
In the future ! shall receive no more
cases in this form than | can decide i'm
mediately after their submission.
Can you not stimulate some action
in reference to the compensation OF
District Judges when doing duty out of
their home districts2 | have made one
Journey to Washington expressly for this
object. found no one opposed to the
reasonable law ! asked, and had the
promise from the Judiciary Committee
of its early passage. But it was late in
the session, and there was no one there
to press it upon their attention, and IL
was not reported. The old law was re-
pealed on account of some abuses under
il. | was afraid that in some cases fifty
dollars day had been allowed as such
expenses. In such old fogy temperance
men as you and | this would be unneces-
sarily liberal. proposed to limit it to
ten dollars, and conceded if Congress
would not be ashamed to go so low |
could partially accomplish what wished
if the maximum was FIVE dollars. The
present condition was lamentable. With
ample force in the circuit TO do
all its judicial duties promptly, could
it only be adjusted to the work, there are
some districts where BUSINESSES so much
behindhand as to bring discredit upon
the court, and in dollars and cents in
jure the Government thousand fold
the trivial expenses asked. Such is now
the discreditable insufficieney Of the
District Judges salary that those who
are more than willing, even anxious, to
20 where work is awaiting them, are
wholly unable to do SO. cannot make
an order for Judges to 90 and do the pub
lie work, that which is in excess of their
contemplated duties, when Congress re-
fuses to pay the actual cash disburse-
ments which their extra efforts cause.
The law which so complains Of delay
could, by little exertion, cause this to
be remedied. If it were so, single
year would show the creditable and un-
usual sight of United States doekets free
from causes ready for hearing, and not
heard.
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KU.KLUx TRIALS.

The Charleston Is. c. Courier, in
reference to the arrest and trial of citi-
Gems of that State before the tribunals
of the United States, says:
We learn that the ex-United States
Attorney General, Mr.. Stansbury, of
Ohio and the Hon. Reverdy Johnson,
of Baltimore, have been engaged TO de-
fend the men to be tried under the Ku-
Klux Act of Congress at the approach
ing session Of the United States Court,
to be held in this city. 1t will be neces-
sary to raise sum of money to carry
this project out, and it is hoped that
each county in this State will make a
contribution. The object is to see that
ample justice may be secured for the
prisoners in arrest, and that the consti-
nationality Of the ku-Klux proceedings
may be called into question. The
scheme meets our hearty approval, and
we commend it to those able and willing
to help Let us see to it that the great
writs Of personal liberty shall be vindi-
Gated before the legal tribunals Of the
country, and let us see, further, that the
humblest citizen Of the State, white OF
black, shall have all the advice and as
sistance that able counsel can give at a
time when party prejudices and party
venom are pursuing our people even
into the United States Courts. We have
no apology for those Prisoners guilty Of
crime, but we repeat it that at this time
South Carolina needs defence and vindi-
cation in the press and in the forum
Messrs. Stansbury and johnson will, nc
doubt, do all in their power to see thai
the case Of the prisoners is fully and
ably presented.
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KossUTH.

Ii is said that Louis Kossuth is of the
opinion that the House of Hapsburg, or
rather Austria, is drawing to an end.
He thinks that the German provinces OF
Austria will join the German Confede-
ration, and that the Sclsvonic provinces
will lean to the protection Of Russia.
He is more than ever convinced that
Hungary should be an independent
State, and be the barrier between Rus
STA and Germany. In this connection
he says:
If Hungary allows herself to be the
tool of the House Of Hapsburg she will
be lost Upper and Lower Austria, with
Vienna, must become a part Of the Ger
man empire. The House of Hapsburg
will then count on Hungary to save its
waning strength If Hungary puts her
self forward at this juncture to oppose
German unity, she will, like Poland, be
cut up and parceled out to her neigh
bors. 1t is her Inevitable destiny. Even
this morning find in the journals OF
Pesth, which come to me every day, that
there is a great emotion in Pesth, be-
cause the writers say that Austria trem-
bes in the balance. Thus you perceive
that Hungary, through her leaders, has
been seduced into becoming subservient
10 the House of Hapsburg.
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The rumor that Postmaster General
Creswell will recommend a system Of
postal telegraphy is probably well
grounded, and il is probable that bill
will be introduced in Congress looking
to the adoption Of telegraph communi-
cation al rates within the reach Of the
poorer classes Of the people, embracing
the more practical features Of this system
not under the direct control Of the Gov
eminent, but under its supervision. The
plan now suggested is simply to let out
to companies Offering the best terms the
contract for postal telegraph communi-
cation. OF the manner Of carrying the
mails over the postal routes, the compli-
Gated schemes embraced in the bill Of
B Gratz Brown when ia the Senate, and
the less cumbersome bill introduced in
the House BY Mr.. Washburne, nov Min
lister TO France, are substantially aban-
doned Their propositions included the
idea Of ownership Of the telegraph line
BY the Government; the proposed bill
for the next Congress does not embrace
this government ownerlhip, but leaves il
where i IS, 10 private citizens and com
panies.
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MARKETS.
Governmer

CINCINNATI, November ls.-Market
quiet. Cotton unchanged. Flour dull;
no sales. White wheat, 81 60. Corn
steady. Oats unchanged. Provisions
very quiet. Cut meats is shade lower.
Hogs are not very firm at "a II to 81 30.
Receipts, l2,29O Groceries unchanged.
Whisky steady at $50.
ST. LOUIS, November ls.-Flour ac-
tive and higher; low grades still in de-
mand. Corn unchanged; choice scarce.
Oats dull and quiet at yesterday sprices.
Barley dull; sales $50 sacks prime at Coo.
Rye firm and steady; No. 2, p to 73c.
Hogs, 50 IS to 10; market lower
with but little activity. Mess pork
active but at easier figures, Sl3 so to
$l3 IS. Bacon shoulders, y to 74e.
Clear sides, 7ac. Clear ribs, 7ic. Lard
dull and dropping. Holders are asking
yesterdays prices, but no buyers. Re
ceipts-wheat, 1882 sacks, l2,250 bush
els; corn, 1900 sacks, 5000 bushels; bar
ley, 265 sacks, 900 bushels; rye, &c sacks,
$50 bushels; hogs, 2S4.
New YORK, November l9.-Flour is
dull; corn is firm; oats are quiet; wheat
is strong with fair demand Whisky,
"a to 94lc. Mess pork is quiet at
Sl3 lac. Lard is quiet 99c. Coffee is
quiet but steady at l9l to 2l4c. Sugar
is quiet-Cuba, % to l0c; Porto Rico,
81 to 94c; refined soft, lie; hard, l2lc.
Live hogs are quiet at s. to 5 25; re-
ceipts, 5000 head.
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Mormon Hfstory-A chronology OF
the Latter Day saints.

The existing Crisis IN Otan lenus IN
terest to the following sketch of Mormon
history, furnished to the New York Her
aid BY Elder Ernest Lisle:
Joseph Smith, the prophet and founder
of the church, was born in the State OF
Vermont, in the year of our Lord 1905
The designs of heaven were first made
known to him at the early age Of fifteen,
when he was informed in vision of the
utter apostacy of the primitive church.
September %, 1927, Joseph Smith re-
ceived from the hands OF a messenger
from the Lord the golden records con-
tanning the ancient history Of this CONT
nent written by various prophets, and
concealed by Moroni in the year 420.
Joseph was informed then that he was to
be an instrument in the hands Of God to
re-establish His Church on the earth in
its former purity and holiness. The
prophet then proceeded to translate the
golden records.
ls30-The Church" was organized.
ls33-0ur people suffered great perse-
cution in Independence, Missouri
ls37-Elders aud priests were sent to
the different nations Of the earth in
order TO establish the Church through
out the world.
lS38-Persecution ragged. The prophet
was betrayed into the hands Of his enc
mics By a second Judas-a professed
friend. Shortly afterward Governor
Boggs, Of Missouri, issued his order oil
determination, followed by the massacre
Of number of our people in that State.
/ ls39-The people began to build Nau-
VOC, Illinois.
lS4l-The cornerstone of Nauvoo
Temple was laid by the prophet
lS42--Joseph prophesied that our peo'
pie would be driven to the Rocky Noun
tains
lS44-The prophet and his brother
we're murdered in the prison at Car
thage, Ill. During an eventful life OF
thirty-nine years, he was arrested, tried.
and honorably acquitted over forty
times, which 50 incensed his enemies
that they shed the blood Of innocent
men. Before going to prison Joseph
said, in a prophetic manner, Il 70
like lamb to the slaughter, but am as
calm as a summers morning for my
conscience is void Of ofense toward GOO
and toward all men. II shall be said O
me. he was murdered in cold blood
lss5-A large mob, led on by two
! Christian ministers, attacked Aauyoo
and battle was fought
ls46r-The exodus from NauvoO began
A Mormon regiment pas sent to Mexico
BY order of the UnitA States.
( ls47-Presiden Young entered Utah
known at that time as the Great Ameri
can Desert
/ ls4s-The mob set the temple in Nau
VOC on FIRE.
l952-Revelation on polygamy frs
made known. Since that time we havl
caused Utah 70 blossom as the rose
reared the most moral city on earth
and, while President Young has gov
erned us, known little or no crime, with
stood two military expeditions, hav,
been applauded for our frmness ant
called By the London Times a nation O
heroes, and here affirm that we are
loyal, law-abiding people, and desirl
nothing more than the prosperity Of ouI
E Territory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

The father.in-law Of cousin of a
sister-in-law of President Grant was
happily provided with an office in Ohio
last week.
Those who are still puzzling over the
precise meaning of syndicate, need
but to drop the IS and it will indicate
itself
A New York politician, in writing c
letter of coincidence to the widow Of a
"country member who had been his
friend, says; l am panied to hear that
- has gone to heaven. We were
bosom friends, but now we shall never
meet again"
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New York as the worlds Tele-
graphic Center.

The United States, standing between
the East" and West" according TO
the old division of the world, are the
natural receptacles Of tidings from both
hemispheres. The London Daily News
gives, on good authority, a programme
by which our continent is to be utilized
more than heretofore in the interest Of
commerce. 1t says that three lines Of
telegraphic cable are about to be laid
under the direction of Mr.. Cyrus w.
Field. One will be from San Francisco
TO Honolulu, thence to Midway Island,
and thence to Yokohama, FIVE thousand
FIVE hundred and seventy-three miles.
Another will be from Victoria, Vancou-
YER Island, to Hakodadi, Japan, thence
TO Asiatie Russia, Communicating with
Possiette, which is already connected
by telegraph with St. Petersburg. From
Atcha, one ofthe AleutianIsles, a lineis TO
20 to Yokohama and Shanghai, thus
communicating with China, while from
Yokohama a line is 70 20 TO Nippon.
thence to Possiette, Russia. Il is esti-
mated that eight thousand four hundred
and sixty-three miles Of wire will be re-
Quired from San Francisco 10 Possiette,
Russia, by the first line By the other
line, from Victoria to the same place,
about FIVE thousand two hundred and
forty-foUr miles will be needed. Lines
from Honolulu to Australia will join
San Francisco and Melbourne, touching
at the Fiji Islands; thence lines will
reach New Caledonia and Brisbane,
which is already connected with Mel
bourne, Adelaide and Fort Darwin on
the north coast, aud contract has been
already made for line from that place
to Java. Java is already in communities
ton with India and China Thus New
York may soon become the worlds clear
ing house for electric messages; the re-
clearinghouse and distributor Of the
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MORMON FAIrH.

A Northern paper is disposed to make
light Of Mormonism. 1t says we have
arrived at last at a solution Of the Chi
cago question which is personally salts
factory. We never believed that the
town was burnt because it was built
chiefly of wood, or that Mrs. O'Leary' s
vicious bovine kicked over a lamp be-
cause the people of Chicago we're wont
to behave in an unchristian manner
when the marriage yoke CALLED them.
Elder Lindley, a Mormon elder from
Salt Lake City, preached to a congrega-
ton OF Mormons at Williamsburg, Long
Island, last Sunday, and he told them
why Chicago was wiped out Said he:
1--WE are Gods chosen people. BE is
working. A few weeks ago Chicago was
destroyed. This is as but drop Of wa
ter 70 what viii soon happen. We were
driven from that State, and God, through
bis prophet, said they should not live
there.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
specials 20 the Ledger.
lnHRIoAr PRISE AssooIkTI0N. VIA .. r. a A.
rrLKeRAPH COMPANY.
THE INDIANA TRAGEDY.
Park Family Hung by n Mob.

The Three Negro Murderers of the
Park Family Hung by Mob.
LOUISVILLE, November Is. The three
negro murderers of the Park family were
hung by mob little after two o'clock
this morning The mob numbered about
fifty on horseback and on foot and were
disguised with faces hlackened and
yelled. On entering Charlestown they
broke open'a blacksmith shop and sup
piled themselves with sledge-hammers,
chisels, etc. They then proceeded to
the jail, and with drawn pistols demand
ed the keys of the jailor. he had given
them to the Sheriff, and they sent him
under guard forthem. The Sheriff said
the keys were in Jacksonville. Orders
we're then given to break the doors down,
and with chisels, sledges, crowbars, etc.,
they broke down three ponderous iron
doors and took the negroes Taylor and
Davis. They then went TO the upper
jail room for Johnson, when the Sheriff,
to save the Jail from total ruin, gave up
the keys, and they took ont Johnson.
Placing ropes around the negroes
necks, they closed the jail doors and
went to place known as the Gipsey
Camp, one and half miles from the
town, where they strung the three muir
derers upon separate trees. AT two min
utes past three o'clock the leader said
Our WORK is done till called together
again. The whole affair was done with
military precision. Not a word was
spoken, only to order or to keep some
of the bystanders quiet who attempted,
to give the alarm.
So far as is known there was not a
man absent from his home anywhere in
the neighborhood, and while there is no
doubt of the guilt of the negroes, there is
general feeling of regret that the
course of the law has been frustrated.
The coroner at noon yesterday sent out
wagon for the bodies, and has held an
inquest, but gained no information as to
who the mob were The jail was dam
aged to the extent Of five hundred dollars.
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scRASroN, Pa, November ls.-The
Wilksbarre Iron and Coal Company's
men are on strike for non-payment Of
their money, which has been consider
ably delayed past the usual date. This
is perhaps the commencement of series
of troubles, designed as a retaliation for
not voting for Parrish, the president Of
the company, who was running for the
State Senate at the late election, but
who was defeated.
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NEW YORK.
No Cholera Epidemic Appreciated
-SuspeDsiOn of Tweed's Bank
Bank Robbery.

Suspension OF TWeed1b bahA-
Bank Robbery.
New York, November lS.-There
we're two additional deaths from cholera
at the quarantine hospital yesterday, the
victims being the children of emigrants.
There appears at present to be no rea-
son to apprehend the spread of the dis
ease. The majority Of those now i'll are
in condition favorable to recovery.
The Guardian Savings Bank, Of which
Tweed is President, has suspended and a
receiver been appointed. The Bank has
ample securities and depositors will be
paid.
The Union Trust Company, No. 70
Broadway, was robbed last night, just
after bank hours, in most'daring man
ner. A little after clock, just when
the clerks we're busy, two respectable
looking strangers entered and asked for
Mr.. rockingham, the president They
we're directed to his room and we're adj
miited by Mr.. rockingham in person.
One stated that his name was Edwards,
and wished to borrow three or four thous'
dollars. While he aud the president
we're engaged in settling the prelfmina
RES Of the loan, his companion slipped
into an adjoining room and seized one
hundred bonds of one thousand dollart
each of the Monticello Company, lying
on the desk. Shortly after they left sus-
picion arising, Mr.. rockingham dis
patched an officer after the strangers,
and the one named Edwards was Sc
cured, but the other escaped. The bonds
stolen cannot be negotiated as notice
has been given by the president of the
company, but ignorant persons might
buy them. q
The Tribune is authority for the state
ment that it is asserted in well-informed
circles that Tweed handed his resigna-
ton to Mayor Hall. At late interview
between Tweed and Sweeney, on the sth
inst. ,SMr. Francis NJ. Bixby is said to
have been chosen by Tweed as his sue
cessor.
1t is announced this morning that
District Attorney Garvin has resolved to
take part in the prosecution Of James
Fisk, jr., in the suit instituted by Miss
Mansfield. The charge is criminal one.
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WASHINGTON.
The Ru.RIux subcommittee Dis
banded California Politics.

The Ru.KIux subcommittee Dis
banded-Calif0rnf Politics.
WASHINGTON, November l8.-The Con-
gressional Subcommittee who have
been investigating affairs in Alabama,
Georgia and Florida, have finished their
labors and disbanded. From what they
heard and saw, none of the committee
are prepared to recommend any strin-
gent measures to be inaugurated in
those States. Representative Schofield
freely admits that all he heard of the
Ku-Klux bugbear came through third
parties, and rested entirely upon hear
say evidence. The committee paid no
attention to financial matters, leaving
those for the consideration of the sub
Committee appointed expressly for that
purpose.
From the reports now in course OF
preparation it is evident that the esti-
mates for the annual expenditures will
be greatly increased for the coming year.
Senstor Williams, of Oregon, arrived
here last night from the Pacific coast,
in which region he has been for the past
FIVE months. He gives it as his belief,
from the evident change in public senti-
ment, that the State viii go Republican
at the spring election, and that the party
will be enabled to continue a Republi-
can in the United States Senate. In
California, Judge Williams says, the be-
lief is general that Sargent will be
elected Senator in place of Cole, al
though the latter is candidate. The
Federal oiiice-holders favor Cole, but
Mr.. Sargent and his friends are conf
dent of victory, and appear to have a
r.o;or;4xv of the TaOiqiatura
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George Francis Train at Nashville.
Special TO the Ledger.

NASHVILLE, November ls.-Another
grand ovation greeted the next Presi.
dent in this city last evening, surprising
Louisville. Mr.. Train was in excellent
trim, and 70 say that his immense audi
ence was startled, dumbfounded and
delighted would be simply reiieraiinq
what has already been said wherever be
has spoken. He was again and again
unanimously nominated for the Presi.
5sssy by the audience, almost One-hali
Of which were ladies Among those
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, November 1.-THE Rev. Mr..
Mcleod, chaplain to Queen Victoria,
has publicly denounced as every way
false the assertion uttered by Mr.. Dis
raelli few weeks since, that Her Maj
esty was morally and physically incapa-
BILE of performing the functions of the
Government
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

tbs Cincinnati Commercial has the
following comment on the big fee
pad 10 the three attorneys engaged in
the sale Of the delinquent railroads in
this State.
The three attorneys in the sale of the
delinquent railroads Of Tennessee were
awarded fifteen thousand dollars each
for their services, BY the Chancery Court
of Davidson county. The Legislature,
regarding his IS an extraragant allow.
ance. proposes 70 make L a subject o.
Investigation. and have turned il
over 10 the judiciary Committee
for examination. The attorneys, how
ever, took their pay in State bonds
g; market value; but as these bonds
are not the best securities in the world,
and. with the gable about reputation,
are likely 10 further depreciation, the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

HGRrFoRD,s November lS.-The Put
nam Fire Insurance Company have filed
an application for bankruptcy.
Pitfeld's hardware establishment at
Middletown was burned last night The
full loss is not ascertained. 1t was in
sured for S5O0O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

from Memphis observed in the hall dur
ing the lecture we're Mayor johnson and
Mr.. Tobey Mr. Train speaks again
this evening.
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TwESTY-FIvE choice deer received by
express, and for sale at Victor d, Fuchs ,
Al Jefferson street. l 6S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

GENUINE Del Rey cigars at S. Kauf-
man 4 Bro. S, 45 and Al Jefferson street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

organist of St. Peters Church, late Of
London, and formerly of the Academy
of Music of New York, has taken up his
residence in Memphis permanently, and
will take limited number Of pupils, who
desire to finish their education as vocal
lists or instrumentalists. Lessons on the
organ at special rates. Mr.. Perring
makes the cultivation Of the voice
specially. Applications may be left at
the music stores. 30
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-18

It is said that there is only one really
fre-proof building in London. It is the
new record Office, and is built Of iron
aud stone, With none Of the rooms open
ing into each other, there being yaulted
passages between ell the apartments.
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Oysters.

Fresh stock received daily by V. D..
Fuchs, Al Jefferson street. ITO