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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
USES OF THE ARMY.

General Sherman does not like the
use to which the army is put-that of
policeing elections. He excuses it on
the ground that it is, through all grada-
tons, responsible to the President, who
is responsible to the people. This rea-
soning may excuse the army for actions
it cannot help, but it cannot excuse the
President. Presidents were once re-
sponsible to the people, but things have
SO changed of late that the people are
responsible to the President. Quite a
difference. There is now no form in
which the President is responsible 10
the people, except that which relates to
his reelection. Even in that case,
according to Shermans doctrine of the
absolute obedience of the army to the
President, he may enforce his reelection
at the point Of the bayonet. If Grant
commands the army to burn and destroy
the State of New York, or tear down the
Bunker Hill monument, it must obey
according to the present military idea
no matter what New York and Massa.
chusetts may say or the courts may say
Power resides with the army, and the
army, if commanded. to overthrow the
civil authority, has no discretion. Ii
must obey This was not the doc
trine of Washington and Jackson
and VIII not many years more be the
doctrine Of American Presidents. In
what manner is the President response
BILE to the people for sending troops tC
New York and other States, to influence
elections in his own INTEREST," lmpeacl
him? Impossible. The Senate aud the
House are both in the interest of abso
lutte military power. Defeat him in 1871;
at the ballot-box Very well; but sup
pose tue army builds wall Of bayoneti
around it. How are the Democrats t.
deposit their votes2 Thus, with thii
Sherman idea Of the absolute submission
TO the will Of the President whether law
full or not, the people are utterly defense
less.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
SPAIN.

MADRID, January 4.-The funeral of
General Prim, which took place here on
Sunday, was attended by an immense
cohcourse vi people, VINO eVlnced the
deepest sympathy. As the funeral cor
tege passed through the streets, the
greatest solemnity prevailed. The occa-
sion was one which has never had a
parallel in Madrid, as showing the united
sympathy people had for the fate of a
leader. During the march through the
streets the best order and decorum pre-
vailed over the whole pageantand among
the spectators.
King Amadeus arrived in this city yes
terday. The greatest enthusiasm was
everywhere manifested on his arrival.
His reception was a series of ovationsi
and the day was made one Of rejoicing
throughout the city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
MEMPHIS;
"wednesday Evening, Jan. 4, 1871
MARION AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD.

General Forrest has petition when
will be presented to the County Court
mon the subject of the county subscrip-
ton TO the Marion and Memphis rail-
road The petitioners ask TO have re
moved from the proposed subscription OF
the county to the road the condition re-
specting the transportation of citizens
of Shelby county. They think that such
an exemption would prove ruinous to the
company. They further ask that in lieu
Of the twenty year SIX per cent. bonds
proposed to be issued, that the subscrip-
ton be made payable in fiveannual pay
ments without interest This, they
think, will enable them to do much more
work on the road, and that it will be bet
ter for the taxpayer. The accompany
ing decree seems to embody all material
points, and to suggest the favorable
action of the court. This Selma
road is of the very highest i'm
portance to our city. Like the Little
Rock road, it opens to our city a new
trade. 1t generates a country of great
wealth, and brings to us trade We have
never had, and cannot obtain except
through this enterprise. 1t differs from
the Memphis and Charleston, Missis-
sippi and Tennessee and Memphis and
Louisville roads in this. They afford
facility for bringing to Memphis trade
that it has generally obtained heretofore
by other modes of conveyance. This
road introduces us to a new trade and a
new people. This trade and these people
have heretofore all gone South. This
road completed, they will come here, be
cause it will be their interest to do SO.
In all this world there is no argument
so strong with human nature as is the
argument of self-interest If no other
consideration should induce Shelby
county to afford liberal aid to this road
the single one Of self-interest should be
sufficient. 1t will ruin us if it 60
elsewhere. We believe it will come here
There is power to bring it here. That
power is the power Of the people stimu'
lated BY interest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

A RADICAL correspondent thus writes
from Washington: 1.-THE South is going
back into the hands Of the enemies o.
equal rights. and It is hardly the tune
now to be talking of further amnesty
At any rate, such is the feeling OF a
decided majority of the republican
members of Congress. Virginia len
nessee, North Carolina and Georgia
have drifted back to the enemy, and
most of the other Southern States will
soon follow" Because people do not
vote for the party that has usurped the
rights of the States and the public, they
are to be outlawed. State constitutions
may be good, measures may be indifier-
ent. but when a vote is cast against the
marty, the unfortunate voter strikes his
foot against a stone thrown down in his
path. No amnesty for Democrats. That
Is the faith
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

From and after Sunday (last New
Year 81, the duty on tea goes down from
25 to 10 cents per pound coffee, 8 to 3
cents; new sugar, 81 to II cents; sugar
No. I, 4 to 2 cents; refined sugar, 8 to 4
cents; common molasses, 5 to 8 cents;
brandy, SO to 80; liquors, 81 80 to- ~ per
proof gellon; wool, 30 per cent to ii
and 10 cents; pig-iron, 50 to 81 perton-
while wrought and scrap are each IN
creased 81 per ton. Fifty-two articles,
chiefly drugs, are placed on the free list,
and the tariff upon forty articles re-
duced. tits supposed that most ofdeal-
ers have worked off their old stocks in
view of the coming reduction. Their
policy has been for some time to keep
short supply, and to exercise some dis
erection in favor of their customers only
filing part of their orders, under the i'm
preston that in many cases they would
have surplus over January LIST, if their
orders were not cut down.
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ILLINOIS.
The state Senatorship-GIOb Thea
ter Closed.


SpR1SGFIELD, January 4.-Goy. Pal
mer has consented to come before the
Republican caucus for United States
Senator. Oglesby and Keorver are both
still working hard, but Logan seems
ahead. d
All the candidates for Speaker Of the
House have withdrawn except Smith,
of Mclean county, who will be elected
to-day.
CHICAGO, January A. = The Globe
Theater, new place of amusement in
the West Division, was closed Last night
by the sheriff on account of pecuniary
difficulties. A large crowd had gathered
last night for admission, but the mana
ger announced that operations would be
suspended for the present.
Wendell Phillips lectured last night to
a large audience.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
K1LIINel HrM OFF.

The process of killing off Hoffman as
a candidate for the Presidency goes on.
Do not his friends know that no mortal
man can stand before the public for two
years as . candidate and survive the
platoons that sre necessarily firing al
him2 This thing Of parading a good
man now as Presidential aspirant will
ruin him. Our American experience is
that new men, started when attacks on
old ones have exhausted the resources
aud strength Of the enemy, are pretty
apt to win. Brought out as a new man
Hoffman would be strong, but kept on
the track for years. be would encounter
certain defeat We think dis Holman
homicide has gone far enough.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
NOTICES..
N oTICE !!


MENPHrs, January !, 1871
A LII SUBSCRIBERS OWING BALANCES
on their subscription stock to the Memphis
Wood and Willow Ware Manufacturing Com
pany. are requested to settle the same by the
1st day of February next. as all dues remain
ing unpaid at that time will be placed in the
hands Of an officer for collection.
By order Of the President.
lOs-lls CIV. HOFFMAN. sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, January 4.-The new
cabinet which has been formed is as fol-
lows: Theorrbeck. Minister Of the Int
rior; Guerriche, Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs; Jolles, Minister of Justicei Won
Basse, Minister Of Colonies; Blouse,
Minister Of Finance; Boons, Minister OF
War: and Brock, Minister Of Marine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

JUDGE ADVOCATE Holt denies state
ment lately published that when Surratt 5
mother was on trial he consented to re-
lease her if the former would give himself
up to trial, and that Surratt was informed
of this by his friends, who were in com
munication with him; and instead OF
complying at once, thereby securing the
release of his mother, he Immediately
a0sconded, leaving her to her fate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

MCDONALD, the Senator in Congress
from Arkansas, has retired from the con-
test with Clayton, and leaves the latter
in possession of the field He will have
very little opposition. In neither of
these meh has Arkansas ever had rep
resentative, Such men cannot represent
the people of that State. They can only
hope and struggle for victory over their
alien rulers at some time more suspicious
than the present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

AMoNG the noon dispatches received
by US yesterday, and thrown out, was
one giving a highly colored and false
statement Of circumstances attending
the recent election in Georgia. 1t was q
partisan plea for the injury of Georgia
for partisan endsU
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

THE country papers are still enlight-
ening mankind on the Eastern question,
the Black sea, the treaty Of 1856, and 50
on. A few lines occasionally concern
ing the hog and hominy interest would
no rafrashinO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

The Banner complains OF the way in
which the mails are neglected in the
South. We defy you to complain with
any sort of justice Of the manner in
which the Radical party and Radical in
terests generally in the South are neg
lected by the Government.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

a NEW Democratic paper is to be es
tablished at louisville, Kentucky. It !:
to be called the Louisville Ledger, and
is to be published daily aud weekly by
the Louisville Ledger Printing Com
many"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

The year is closed, and Paris is net
yet taken, nor does that event seem at
all likely to happen from what can be
gathered from the various and contra
dictory accounts given. The fact that
the endurance Of Paris has so much ex-
ceeded the predictions Of two months
ago, and no anti-war spirit has sprung
up in Germany, may not augur well for
the anticipations and plans of the Kasier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

+ IT is stated, and we see no reason to
doubt the truth of it, that it costs the
nation over S35O,OOO year to pay
Grants relations, who hold office under
the General Government for their Off
cial services. Of this sum S2S3,OOO 81
90 to the Dents and immediate relations,
and the remainder is gobbled up by per-
sons who have succeeded in demonstrate
ing beyond all possible doubt some sort
of connection with the Presidential pedi-
gree. Of truth, the Grant blood is
thicker than water, and deal sight
more expensive.
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DISSOLUTION.
-~---------------------
Dissolution Of COpartnership.

VNHB FIRM OF HAsKINs x ARVINE.
Il heretofore doing grocery business at No.
li9 Main street. Memphis. Tenn. was BY mu-
tual consent Dissolved, TO take effect Decem-
Der 18th, 1870 Mel Arvine withdrawina and
disp0sing Of bis interest in said arm 10 y. Il.
Haskins; i. 4. Haskins alone being author
lied 20 recent for any claiirs due or owing the
I. Il. HASKINS.
lO7-l69o MIL ARVINE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

The Courier-Journal remarks: Gen.
Grant declines to appoint Senator Will
liams, of Oregon, Attorney General in
place of Alderman, and some people be
lieye it is because Williams is from a
Democratic State But it is not. Gen.
Grant thinks that a man who has trav-
eled all the way from Oregon to Wash
ington, with nobody to show him the
way, is little too smart to be a member
of his Cabinet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
HUNTSVILLE.

Extension of the O. * VI. Railroad.
LOUISVILLE, January 4.-The Ohio
and Mis,issippiRailroad Company have
determined on extending that road from
this city to New Albany.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
REMOVAL.
II H MO Il!

TTNHE OFFICE OF THE MISSISSIPPI VAL
L ley Insurance Company has this day been
German National Bank. until completion ofits
apartments In Porter 4 Robinson's building,
on Madison street, between Main and Second
JOHN r. sTEBBINS. Vice Prgs't.
December 80. 1870. l05-i3l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

ZAcK CHASDLER is defended from the
charge of beinga Senatorial sucking
by the Detroit Free Press, which insists
shal e isn't aud never vas any SIGH
person; be sss brought up on the bot
tie.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
RooTS AND SHOES.
True Eco n o m y
ID Pound IN TuE
ETREK A BOOT!

UHE FIRST PREMIUM AT THE GREAT
81. Louis Fair for 1889 was awarded to the
manufacturers of this beautiful boot. 1t COM
bines ali the utility Of the sewed boot with the
cheapness of the pegged boot. It's construc-
ton is in this wise; inTtead Of pegs, peculiar
shaped brass screw Is driven into the sole when
damn, and smoothly and securely clinched,
thus holding the soles and uppers together SO
tight that they can never rip or give way.
They have all the smeOthness and elasticity OF
the seWed boot, and none of the disadVan-
tages attaching 10 the pegged boot. We sell
them at a price but trihe more than that Of
the pegged boots; thus we furnish you with
something that is indeed economical We
have a fresh stock of all kinds al Boots and
Shoes for ladies, gents, Eisses and children I;
also a fno line Of shoe ornaments, which We
will sell at wholesale and retail,
sJ0S. J. LEVETT 4 CO..
~ ~ Main atraak
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

SUIT has been entered in the Wash
ington courts against President Grant,
Chief Justice Chase, Mayor Emery, and
others, in their capacities as trustees Of
the Metropolitan Church Of that city, to
secure payment for the materials used
in the construction of the building.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
Notice. Italians.

TTNHE MEMBERS OF THE S0CIETA DI
Unione G Fratellanza Italiana will meet at
their hall on Thursday evening, January 9th,
at o'clock precisely, as the election OF ohcers
will take place. A full attendance IS re-
quested By order Of the President.
l07-lO9e A. b. NACCAhU, Sec. y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
DIED.

OUIsENBERRY-At his residence. 81 Beal
az clock am, isTiii;iTy 1,
Thomas Quisenberry.
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LIABILITIES
state Of Tennessee.
County Of Shelby,

state 81 tennessee,
County Of Shelby, J
I. ". W. Thaeher, Cashier Of the First
National Bank Of Memphis, do solemnly swear
that the above statements true 10 the best oi
my knowledge and belief.
W, W. THACHER, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn 20 before me this Sd
day OF January. ISL.
N. B. 4REZEYANT. Notary Public.
Corrcct-Attest: p. s. Davis, Q. y. Smith. j..
N. Oliver. Directors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04

A WASHINGTON dispatch announces
that Senator Williams has presented to
President Grant a handsome leather
saddle frame, curiously carved, the gift
of o poor Mexican in Oregon, and winds
up by saying: % 1t is said that Williams
will soon be appointed to Cabinet pos
;t;on "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
SALT
SALT! SALT!

NOV RECEIVING, A CARGO OF SALT
N direct from the Ohio river and Kanawha
Salt Works, h. BANkSMITH a CO.,
l0ss No. howard's Row. Sole Agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-04
CARPENTER,
HIN II H I'D,
Carpenter and Builder,

In the alley, rear OF Sc Jefferson.
- Residence. No. % E1changssstreet lex
en- ted. A-lh
New-York tribune., 1871-12-29
BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION

THE JOBBINS CASE-SERvICE OF A srBPENA IN
NEw-JERsEY SET ASIDE BY JUDGE BLATCu-
FORD.
Judge BlatchfOrd rendered, yesterday, al
important decision. In tho OF William f. obbins
assignee in bankruptcy OF Joseph 7. Browncr and
Townsend Jackson ag Ebenezer Montague and OF hers
recently tried In the United States District Court Jack
son and his copartner Joseph r. Browner were Jan.
%. is7o adjudged bankrups the petition Of q creditor
The plaintiff JObbns appointed TO be their assignee
Feb IS. 1870 and received tho usual assignment un
der which his title relates back TO JAN 49, 1870 dato
OF the ling OF the petition. The assignment
corded In the ofico Of the Clerk Of Hudson County
ewJcrsey, on June "a. ls1O On and prior to June Io
1862 Jackson seized in fee simple Of certain real
estate In Hudson County. New,Jersey. On that day
Jackson and his wife executed q mortgage to tho de-
fendant Montague such secure the pay
ment OF bond for 10000 and interest executed by
Jackson to Montague. Tho bill alleges that the bond
was given. with the knowledge OF Montague,
to shield the property from the. Just claims
~ tho creditors OF Jackson, and that tho
ei0.ooO due tho bond. On Nov.
a. lsG9. Jackson ami his wife conveyed tho said real
estate. with other property. by Decd to the defendant
AlbcrtsOn in Tee simple professrdy for tho rOu.rr
tion ~ 0oJ The icod recorded In Hudson Conn
ty NowJersey on Dec 1859. The bill alleges Thu,
deed war mdc III contemplation of bankruptcy. and for
the know ledge Of Albcrt.on Ou about F,b ~ 1870,
thr plaintiff hc1 bill IN equity osrt aside tho si deed
10 hibrrlron and other ancr5 made 10y Jnrk4on,
and u have roceiyvr sppolnL foe ths sd property,
New-York tribune., 1871-12-29
GENER.1L NOTES.

A CORRESPONDENT from the Wesleyan Uni
versy Middletoun Conn. wishes to say. that although
ladies have yet entered that Institution since the ac
ton Of the college authorities granting thCm equal
ra preparing tn enter AMI that oic niced w"nld he
there bat for the tact that She applied too ate Tor
, this session.
A bunch Of full-blown pan.ics Just pucked
from unpro:> cted garden in New London, n. H..
shows fofc.y than words that the recent weather
report stating that the thermometer indicated % below
zero in that town may have been slight e1agGeration
At all events the inhabitants declare 1t mistake and
moreover that the clrarncss OF the air and II fr
dom from moisture such that they do rot think thrlr
town nearly cold as Boston, They have also another
feature tht will bear favorable comparison with much
larger towns than their Ownhcy have engaged for tho
Winter of lectures at the NewLondon Institution
such celebrities a. PnllPs Murray Carleton Fulton
Photographic reporting has its inconvenience
as well its advantages. speaker who Is not accus
toned verbatim reports may find them very asonish
ing The case Of Judge Bryan, Of Columbia. & c.,
referred to in THE TRIBUNE of The 18th inst Ia fair
illustration Of what he tho result when function
ary whose public speaking has been exposed TO
anything more than the old syls Of reporting is sub
ieccd the modern process now appears that while
which he copied are not questioned the frequent repe
ttons which made the opnion as delivered by Judge
pally the result Of verbatim reporting The opinion
which the Judge PROPOSED to deliver, and Shich would
opportanty to revise it, would have been purecd from
repettons and consequently from obscurity.
Casting bread on the waters was made to
than figure OF speech at Detroit, the other
day. While party at work dragging the rapid cur
rent OF the river for drowned observant Ita
Ian. David BeptO, modesiy propOunded q method for
finding the whereabouts OF the body After increduOus
expostalaton the part Of tho wOrkmen. the Italian
obliged to try his plan nnaded. and calmly got
loaf Of bread and placing quantity OF quicksilver care
fully end threw the novel buoy into the stream
while the draggers looked contemptlOusly He
serted that the bread thus charged would stop Oh the
spot where the body lay The current carried th loaf
downward like ghtnine,Hln some distance from the
Shore and the spot where the men at work dragging.
but suddenly to the surprise Of ALL the loaf stopped In
mid.currn. and spinning cOnyulsively about, IA
yOuched for bv number Of spectators. absolutely stood
face Of the current. finally dashng down stream.
Sure enough, when the reached that spot the
body grapplcd, and the dcspiscd Italian WAS re-
New-York tribune., 1871-12-29
THE MULBERRY-sT. AFFRAY-KELLY's STATE.
MEST.

Coroner Young, ut No. G3 Mulberry ST., yes
tcrday, took tho antemortem statement offJohn Kelly.
who was brualy beaten Christmas morning, and Is
In critical condition II appears that early on
Christmas morning he was passing with Thomas Nc
KicInan along Mulberry ST. and when near Bayard-st.
they net Patrick Dcvns aud another man, who act
ing very drordrry: he called TO them not to make
much nos,; Dryns h once struck Kelly On the head.
telling him 10 tho pavement and rendering him par
TALLY in'ensibe; us Kelly recovered consciousness
about TO rise. James Clancy from tho hall
way of No. 70 Mubcrry-st., and dealt him bOS on tho
head with iron bar AS ho fell ho caught Clancy BY
the leg. and received several blows the head. and
dragged into grocery, where his sister came 10 HIS
asssance; he wa thrown out ON the walk, and Gnally
removed to the FraDkn-st Police ktatiOn where his
wounds were dressed by surgeon The attendant ply
stefan thinks that his recovery Is doubtful
diet against DcN Ins and Clancy red by the
jury. ami variants tOr their arrest s,uod " tho
CvrOuor.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-29

Of book pedder and Of seams'rrss severni Of the
complainants called on Capt Irving Of the detective
force and gave him description OF the thief which
responded with that OF Mary wilkins, a professional
sneak thief whose portrait gaces the thieves album at
Police Headquarters Search made for her. and she
was arrested yesterday. During the dav the following
who had suffered at her hands called at the Cen
tral Office and identified her Miss Dudley OF NOS West
One-hundred twen ynInthst, who hnd lost gold
watch and chain and SO: Mra. John McIave of No. ~
West One hundred and thrtietbst who had lOs' gold
watch and chain: Irs Lyon of No. l59 West Oaehun.
trcd- nth.st. from whom gold watch and
cnan ard silk value $50. Rad been taken. Tere
will doubtless be- many other complaints Tho prisoner
was detained at the Central Office and Will 10 taken "
day bcivlc Justice McQu8de at Harlem.