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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16
FOREIGN.
Brussels.

LONDON, July l6.-The ex-King Of
Hanover is dangerously i'll at Vienna.
A Paris special says that M. Dupont
has given notice of an amendments the
bill reported from the committee of
thirty by NJ. Ventavon yesterday, provi-
ding that the Senate shall consist of one
hundred members nominated by Mac
Mahon aud one hundred and thirty mem
bers of the Assembly, to be selected by
the deputies from the separate depart
ments, and that the Cardinals, Marshals
and Admirals shall be Senators ex officio;
that the first Senate shall sit three years,
and the next six or more, according to
the decision of the Assembly, the presi-
dent of the Assembly to become the
provisional president of the Republic
In the event of vacancy between the
adjournment of the present Assembly
and the meeting of the next, the presi-
dent of the Republic shall be empowered
to dissolve the Assembly with the APP
proval of the Senate.
Various accounts agree that Bis.
marck's escape was miraculous, his
hand touching his hat when wounded.
His coachman fearing a second shot,
struck the would-be assassin across the
face. A number of police have been
sent to Kissengen to protect Bismarck
from repetition of the attack. Evil
dence has been discovered betokening
conspiracy.
MADRID, July l6.-The Carlists or
dered that one Republican be shot for
every she'll fred by the feet off Bilboa.
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Great sun.

Some progress has already been made
in the royal English gun factories at
Woolwich arsenal in the manufacture
of the experimental so ton gun, which
is intended to furnish data for the con-
struction of the guns of the Infexible.
The length of the gun over all will be ~
feet, the bore being "a feet long. The
calibre will be IA inches, 10 inches and
l6 inches successfully, the gun being
bored up after each series of experiments.
The l4-inch calibre will take prejectiie
of 100 lbs, firing a maximum charge
of about 100 lbs. Of specially manufac-
tured powder; the l5-inch will take
/, 400 ID. shot and about 245 lbs. of pow
der; the l6-inch will throw 1850 ID.
shot, with about 800 lbs OF powder. The
heaviest gun now in the service, p35
tons, (Woolwich Infant,) can pierce Is
inches of iron at the muzzle; the ranges
at which the projectiles for the SO-ton
gun will perform the same feat, will be-
for the l4-inch shot, $500 yards; for the
l5-inch shot, 5000 yards; and for the
l6-inch shot, $500 yards-nearly four
miles. At fighting range of 500 yards,
the Woolwich Infant will penetrate IA
inches of iron; but the SO-ton gun, with
a l4-inch calibre, will pierce about II
inches; with the l5-inch, about 49, in
ches; and with the l6-inch, about 20 in
ches. The maximum range at which
shells could be thrown into a fortress
will be-for the l2-inch about 5000
yards; l4-inch, 10000 yards; l5-inch,
10000 yards; l6-inch, 10000 yards, or
close upon six miles.
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Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, July l6.-For the South
Atlantic and Gulf States, clear or fair
weather in the interior rain on the Gulf
coast. Variable winds and lower tenn
perature east Of the Mississippi river and
continued high barometer. For Ten
nesseee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather and areas Of rain. with
variable winds, no decided rise in tenn
perature and rising barometer. For the
lower lake regions and Northwest, clear
or fair weather during the day, followed
by wind shifting to essterly and south
erly, rising temperature and falling ba-
rometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16

IT is quite likely that two of the NOM
inees of the civil rights convention could
not give the required bond if elected,
The County Court at the April term
fixed these bonds as follows; Sheriff,
,Sl35, 900; County Court Clerk, $l35,OOO,
to be increased if privilege tax should
hereafter be fixed by the county; Tax
Collector and Trustee, $4,000 each,
and the amount will have to be increased
on these because courthouse tax of
six cents I'D valorem was assessed at
the present term of the Court. Giving
a heavy bond under the laws of Tonnes
see is aserious undertaking at any time,
and especially in the light of recent ex-
perience which makes property-owners
sensitive about going on any mans pa
per or bond.
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CUBAN NEWS.

New York, July l6.-News is received
by way Of San Domingo that the three
Cubans who lately landed on the coast
of Camaguery, and who were captured
shortly after landing by the Spaniards,
were executed on the Spanish gunboat
Neptune, in which they were being con-
veyed from Neuvitas to Havana. Juan
Bellids Deluna, editor of the Cuban
paper La Indepencia and Joe Ferrer de
Canta, editor of the Spanish paper La
Cronista, have been placed under bonds
to restrain them from dueling.
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NEW YORK.
secret service Onicers Summoned
90 Washington = Dismissal OF
French Sea Captains.

secret Service Onicers Summoned
90 Washington - Dismissal OF
French Sea Captains.
New York, July l6.-All secret SER
vice officers on duty in this city have
been summoned to Washington to an.
swer the charges pending against them
in connection with the ring and safe
burglary.
News has been received here that the
French Steamship Company has dis
missed from its service Captains Ler-
naire and Rousseau, the former Of the
steamer Europe and the latter of the
steamer Amerique. Both have been re-
moved for abandoning their vessels.
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of James McCarty, first mate Of the
American ship Cultivator, on the charge
of having, on the 18th of last January,
shot and killed John Smith, alias John
Wright, one of the seamen of the vessel,
when she was one day out from San
Francisco. McCarty and several wit
nesses are expected at this port on the
steamer Colima, be having been sent
there for trial by the American consul at
Brussels.
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OK the It'll of August, when the returns
will be pretty we'll in, there will be about
eight whites, now on the civil rights
ticket, in the fix of tavern keeper, who
tried to palm off " billed crow on his
guests for spring chicken. The boarders.
raised an instruction, and he under
took to settle it by eating crow or two
in their presence, to prove that it was
choice, tender bird. He worried down
about half of one OF the black, tough
fowls, when a violent rebellion broke out
in his stomach. After desperate effort,
he quelled it SO as to be able to remark
that he had "no great hankering after
crow, nohow," and got out at the back
door.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16

A CORRESPONDENT of the Banner, wIi-
ting from Dunlap, in Sequatchie Valley,
says: Judge Marks and Hon. Dorsey
B. Thomas are most prominently men
toned for Governor. Judge Sneed is
also well and favorably spoken of as
man eminently qualified to make good
Governor, though the people seem to
think he is the right man in the right
place now, as one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court"
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Ra.e Ra,Iers on tor Europe.

PHILADELPHIA, July l6. "A large
crowd witnessed the departure Of the
steamship Ohio for Liverpool this morn
ing with the members of the Boston and
Athletic base ball clubs Oh their profes-
sional tour in England A number of
friends of both clubs accompany them
down the river as far as Delaware City
with bands of music.
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Useful servants.

The Esquimaux dog, which is found
with very little variation in shape, size
or color, on both sides of Behring's
Strait, is in many respects, to the settled
tribes inhabiting those districts, what the
reindeer is TO the Laplander, and the
camel to the Arab. Though treated very
indifferently, these useful animals are
absolutely essential 10 the existence Of
these semi-barbarous tribes. The dis.
lance of the settlements one from the
other, and the absence Of any inter-com-
municatiOn in summer, make each viii
lage dependent on its own resources,
and prevent any mutual support and as
sistance Should the winter be extra
severe, famine often sets in, and these
imProyident people never think of stir
ring until the last dried fish in store has
been devoured; so that their only hope
lies in their dog teams, which are often
called upon to commerce journey of
one hundred and fifty or two hundred
miles over deep snow, in search OF some
friendly tribe Of wandering Koraks, hav.
ing been on scanty rations perhaps for
week or fortnight previously. During
these tOilsome journeys, the natives are
often compelled to travel all night as
well as all day, and they practice delud-
ing the dogs into the belief that thew
have slept all night by allowing them 10
stop and sleep and hour or two before
sunrise, when they awake them 10 con.
tinue their wearisome journey. This
deception generally answers, aud the
animals resume their labors with renewed
cheerfulness and energy. The sacrifice
Of these dogs is considered by the natives
as the surest way Of appeasing the anger
Of the evil spirits; and sometimes twenty
or thirty Of them may be seen suspended
by the hind legs on long poles ever a
single encampment. Altogether, they
are ill.used animals; and If they could
reason, the hard-worked creatures might
eeme to the sad conclusion that merit i,
seldom appreciated in this lower world
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CAIRO, July l6-Arrived-Silverthorn,
Evansville, II pm; Mary Alice, New
Orleans, an; Atlantic, ST. Louis, 7
an. Departed-Silverthorn, Evansville,
midnight Mary Alice, St. Louis, an.
Weather cloudy and warm.
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CINCINNATI, July l6.-John Kaiser, Of
Franklin, Ohio, ended a four weeks
drunken spree last night by shooting his
wife, instantly killing her, and then put
ting the pistol to his own head, fred two
shots and died instantly.
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Iowa Politics

McGREGoR, Iowa, July l6.-Hon. Il.
o. Pratt has been renominated for Con-
gress in this Fourth district.
OTrUMwA, Iowa, July l6.-In the anti
monopolist convention E. N. Gates, Of
Jasper county, was nominated for Con-
gress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16

If six thousand negro voters are al
lowed only one-ninth of the Offices on
the Radical ticket, and that ninth little
one and likely to be abolished soon,
what would they get if there were six or
seven hundred white Radicals in the
county instead of corporars guard2
First class in mental arithmetic, please
stand up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July l6.-The
telegraph cable vessels Fsraday and
Ambassador finished their work off this
harbor last night, and sailed for Nova
Scotia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16

MR. 10 LOCKE has taken charge Of the city
circulation of the LEDGER. The public can
rely upon him for its prompt and regular de-
livery
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BARBECUE.
BARBECUE.
GRAND BARBECUE
And Ratification Meeting
At Bartlett. Tennessee,
ON
Tuesday, July 81, 1874.

uNHERE WILL BE A GRAND. BARBECUE
at Bartlett. on Tuesday. July Il, lSa, 70
ratify the nominations made by the anti-had-
icai Convention Of July 2, 1874. Let every
and prosperity OF the county and State come
out and lend helping hand in the grand
movement for the overthrow Of Radical IA.
natics. All the candidates on the ba iLIt.;n
ticket will be present, and several dlstl1-
euished speakers will also be present and az
dress the people. The ladies are espeeiahy
invited. o.t,tnv
come one. come ali. Tho ep enhins
iii beafn AZ 10 a m Dinner as 2
Pm; free 90 all. Special train , aSr
the occasion. Ls-l-1
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DIED.

HOLMES-At Dunlap Springs. July 18th,
VIM. r. Holmes. son Of the late George l..
Holmes.
The funeral will take place from HoIst's at
o'ocloek this afternoon. Services at the
grave.
Nashville and New Orleans papers please
amy
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Cash Capital, $25O,OOO.
JOHN Il. FARGASON, President
JOHN OVERTON, Jr., V. President
r. A. PARKER, /: Cashier
DIRECTORS.
Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF THE TERMS OF A DEED
ID in trust to me executed byF. Minderman,
on the 18th day of February. 1873, duly regis
tered in the Registers office of Shelby county,
Tennessee, in Deed Book 90, page ia, will,
on
Saturday, Sth day of August, 1874,
within legal hours, at the south gate of Court
Square. in the city of Memphis. Tennessee,
sell to the highest bidder, for cash, the prop
Being in Memphis. Tennessee. ON the north
west corner-0f Main and 0verton streets, A
feet on Main streets and rs feet on Overton
street. being part of lot Nc. l55 on the original
plan Of the city.
Terms Cash. Equity of redemption barred.
Title believed to be good, but sell and con-
vey only as Trustee.
WILLIAM BENJES, Trustee.
HUMEs &c PosToN. Attorneys. 1879
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16

A CAREFUL private census taken in
1872 for political purposes revealed the
fact that there were 1880 Irish voters in
the First, Second, Third, Eighth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh and Tenth wards. Now,
if Mulvihill carries 1000 in his pocket
and Andrew Davis 1000, who takes care
of the poor little fellows outside?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-16
THE BARTLETT TICKET.

For Sheriff.
c. L. ANDERSON.
For State and County Tar Collector.
A.E. FARMLAND.
Far County Court Clerk,
JAMES REILLY.
For County Trustee.
~. RAWLINGS.
For Clerk of Criminal Court.
N. PERKINS.
For County Register.
H. W. GRIEBEL.
For Clerk First Circuit Court.
B.F. COLEMAN.
For Clerk Second Circuit Court.
GU. CAMPBELL.
For Cleyk Of the Bartlett CircHit Court.
JOHN MoBR00KS.
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established A. D., 1905.
JAMES III. Low, Manager,

formerly Wood & Low. N o.
GEORGIA
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The Boston Post thus breaks the
silence as to the late Mr.. Janin; Jules
Jauin wrote anywhere aud anyhow; in
cabs, in the cafes, amid the hubbub OF
the green-room Of every theater, pinch
ing and kissing ballet girls between the
beginning and the end Of a sentence.
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CTATE OF IENNEsNEEa
Insurance COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
NAsfAnLLE, June 10. 1874.
r WIN. MORROW, INSURANCE CON-
i, missioner do hereby certify that the
New OrIeans Insurance Company,
located al New Orleans, in the State Of Lou
isiana, has produced TO me satisfactory evi-
dence that said Company has complied with
all the requirements Of the laws Of the State
Of Tennessee imposed on Insurance eOmpa-
mics, and further certify tAatJames e. War
ner, agent Of said Company. has authority to-
take risks and transact the business Of insu-
rance for and in behalf of said Company in
this State, at Memphis, Tennessee. during
the year ending December 81, 1874.
fSignedl W MORROW,
ei-ii9 Insurance Commissioner Of Tenn.
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PRICE OF TICKETS.

T0T IICEGIE u TUIVT M -VIV--' --------
THOs. y. BRAN LETEB.
Agent and Manager, Public Library BUILDING,
For full Information apply to g. n. SAM
UELs. No. West Court street, Memphis,
Tennessee. oo-i%s-S"-i1'
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REFERENCE BY PERMISSION:
First National Bank, Thos. II. Allen 4 Co..
Fourth National Bank, Stewart, Gwynne AGO.
Bsnk Of Commerce, Martin & Hillsman.
Insures Against Fire.
az Risks en- Private Dwellings especially
solicited.
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JAMES E. WARNER, Resident Agent,

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-10
MIR. WILSON IN HIS SEAT.

lac resumption of his official duties, with re-
stored health and yigor, by Vice President Will
son. gives pleasure to host OF those who rely
upon his sound sense, and faithful observation
Of the needs and duties of the time. The Boston
-Adeertiser Of Monday, commenting upon his
ro-appearance in the Senate says +
There are also indications that he will take
more active part in the counsels of the a. min
istration than he has been able to do foI some
time past, as well as in shaping the action of
the majority in Congress.
"Ihe great changes which have happened
since the government forces scattered in the ear
ly summer have made all our political leaders
cautious. The state of parties and the condition
OF the country now call for the exercise of all
the wisdom, foresight and moral courage at
their command. While these changes have
been going on, and even while the events which
made them inevitable were transporting, Mr.
Wilson was in the position of an outside, though
deeply interested observer. No other person
connected with the government had equal oppor-
tunities for seeing in full operation the intiuen-
ces which led to the Republican defeat in No
Sember, or has had better means OF judging
how the LOSSES were the best repaired We
trust that his health and strength will enable
him to enter actively into the work OF the ses-
sion, and that he may long live to enjoy the full
fruition of the principles to which his life has
been devoted
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-10
A Lyric SIouse a, Reading.

The Reading Eagle thus speaks of the musi-
cal performances OF mouse in that city to
which one of its reporters recently listened
The mouse was first heard chirping like bird
several weeks ago. though at that time it was
not known where the singular noise came from.
There is a canary bird i'll the house, but when
the strange noise was heard the bird was re-
moved from the kitchen and the noise continued.
Finally one day mouse appeared, and crawled
mp the ceiling and took refuge between several
flower pots standing on the kitchen window sill.
Then it commenced chirping and singing its
plaintive melodies until every occupant Of the
house became excited not to say alarmed at the
most singular aud mysterious affair. One OF the
gentlemen boarding at the house caught the ht-
tie stranger, which proved to be very tame, and
put it into box. The little thing again com
menced singing and carried on its serenade sc
loud that Mr.. Turner. who was in the basement
could distinctly hear it.
There was no mistake about it, for it was
mouse, having the full powers OF canary bird
II had three simple moar teeth in each jaw
with five differentiated submits, the upper moi
sors wedge shaped, the lower compressed anC
pointed; the fore feet the fore toes and a rud
mentaiy thumb the hind feet five toed, the tai
long, nearly destitute Of hair and scaly.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-10
Literary No.es.

The remarkable series of papers, published
an Ltppincou's Magazine, under the title of "The
New Hyperion is now nearly complete, the last
being announced for the January issue OF that
periodical. The author appears at Edward
strahan,' and his charming seriea Of spapera,
full of rare delicacy of humor, characterza-
ton and description will soon be published in
book form Announcement will also shortly be
made OF an illustrated work from his pen, to be
called "a Century After" and to present. as we
venture to infer from the title some testimony
concerning American progress up TO the Cen
tennial
The ninth volume Of that unequalled work,
Appetons Cyclopedid, il recently ont, and we
observe that the article on ''Iron-Clad Ships, =
covering thirteen pages, aud most literally illus
trated, is by Gen. James Harrison Wilson
whom we take to be, of course, the gallant cav
airy general, well-known in Delaware where he
found his wife.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-10
PRICES OF SEWING MACHINES.

An enterprsing individual of Philadelphia Of
fers to present any person purchasing sewing
machine of him barrel of flour and a ton of
coal. The question at once arises, in learning
OF this liberal proposition, how can the indiyid
ual in question afford such 'boot ~ How, in
deed except through the inordinate and unfair
prices charged for sewing mschines. 1t is just
as well that this offer to 'giye away" coal and
-four has been made, so that people can see that
there is no giving in the case, but that
sewing machines are disposed Of TO some fa-
vored parties at rates which viii allow them to
resell az the retail price, throw considerable
donceur into the bargain, and yet make money
Sixty dollars is the lowest retail rate for any of
the leading machines. There are many infer
lor and cheaper instruments made, but our pre-
MUM giyer does not deal in them. The half
dozen principal manufacturers have nearly
uniform scale OF prices, and the figure we have
named is about the lowest at which purchasers
can get machines of any OF them at retail. But
this agent gets them nevertheless ,at the extraor
dinary discount of 30per cent if not more. If we
call it 80 per CT we shall see that he has S1S
wherewith to pay for the ton Of coal aud the
barrel Of -four, which he can doubtless obtain
for $1i or S15. The $50 machines, we must re-
member, are the very plainest variety, and are
not as generally sold as those at higher figure.
Prices run up to all sorts of fancy figures, ac-
eording to the finish, cabinet work, ornamenting
DC, given. The SIS machine is perhaps the ia
yorite in majority of instances, and upon thii
the discount at the rate named is 90. Tha
the manufacturer can allow such discounts showi
how cheaply sewing machines are made as com
pared with the prices at which they sell. Il
can be proved, in fact, that the whole
COST of $50 machine, including
table and all fittings necessary to pu
che instrument in running order, il not over $40
The business is one that is attended with pecu
liar expenses in the way of keeping it attractive
ly before the public, but with all this the presen
charges, as may be seen from the above, are yer!
exorbitant. $50 is enough to pay at retail TO
the best plain open-table machine that is made
and the discount which the manufacturer allow
the agent proves it,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-10
Commercial Almanac and Xear Book



This work. just issued from the COMMERCIAL
Press is meeting with more than usually ready
sale and the publishers have discovered, already,
that the very large edition printed will not be
sufficient to supply the popular demand.
We present to our readers a summary Of the
contents Of its pages, VIZ The usual astron-
0mical tables, showing the moons phases, the
rising and setting Of the sun and moon, based
upon careful and reliable calculations;
the eclpses for the year; election returns. giving
the vote for President and Congressman in 1872
and Governor and Congressman in 1874, through
out Delaware the vote for Sheriff in New Cas-
tie County in 1872 and 1874 the vote at the
Little Election" in 1874 in New Castle County;
the vote for officers of city Of Wilmington in
1872, 1873 and 1874 and for Council iii 1873 and
1874 the vote for members of the Board of
Public Education in 1874; list of State officers
Judges of the various courts members of the
Legislature County officers Hundred officers
Throughout the State, showing the dates of cleo
ton appointment and the p. o. address U.
S, officers IN the State Rates OF Postage
L. s. taxes and stamp duties com
pendulum of the State License Laws, officially
prepared, and over nifty Household Recipes se-
lected with great care and endorsed in most
cases by housewives of Wilmington who have
tested their merits. The advertisements Of sev.
eral Of our prominent business houses are dis
played in the work, which are of Themselves
worthy of perusal We can recommend all sc
represented as worthy the patronage of the peo
pie.
The price Of the work has been reduced to tel
cents, at which price it can be had as long th'
edition lasts at the office of publication and Al
the book stores by mail, 10 cents. Published
by the COMMERCIAL PRINTING Co.