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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-25

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TIED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
LIED STATES for the Eastern District OF Vir'
ginia
In the matter of Willoughby Newton, Jr.,
bankrupt-ip bankruptcy
Eastern, District Of Virgtnia, 10 aoit
By virtue of an order made on the 18th day of
March, 1874, by the Hon. Ro. w. Hughes, judge Of
the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, Ia the above entitled cause,
I will expose for sale on the premises in the
county of Westmoreland ut public auction, to
the highest bidder on MONDAY, THE 18TH
DAY OF APRIL, the following real estate
in Westmoreland county, viz: That valuable
farm called Mount Pleasant" surrendered by
| the bankrupt, containing $50 acres. This is
generally considered one of the finest estates IN
| Eastern Virginia produces well, lies immedi
| ately on a creek within short distance of thu
| Potomac river.
| TERMS.-One.thirdc cash; balance on a credit o
six ,twelve and eighteen months, possession givel
from day of sale, title to be retained by assignee
| until the entire purchase money is paid, thu
notes for the deferred payments TO bear lnteres
at the rate of six per centum per annum.
Parties desiring to purchase this Valuabi
estate will apply for further information t
Messrs Mathews s. Mathews, commissioner
for the creditors, law office No Goddin Hal
corner Eleventh and Bank streets.
ROBERT M. MAYO,
NH l4-law4w Assignee.
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rr,HIs rs TO GIVE NOTlCE-That on
the I4th day of March 1874, a warrant In

YTyHIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-That on
i the l4th day of March 1874, warrant In
bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Va, against the estate OF w. q.
Davis. of Prince Edward county, Va, who has
been adiudged a bankrupt on his own petition;
that the payment of any debts. and the deli
yery of any property belonging to said bank
rupt. to him or for his use, and the transfer OF
any property by him, are forbidden by law;
that meeting of the creditors OF said bank
rupt, to prove their debts and choose one OF
more assignees of his estate, will be held at a
| court of bankruptcy, to be holden at Petersburg
| Virginia, before J. L. Waterman, esq, regis
| ter on the 18th day OF April, a. d., 1874, a.
! 10 O'Clock a. m. DAVID B. PARKER,
NH ,s--M2w u. 8. Marshal.
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One minor branch may be established
in each state, at such place as the governor
thereof may select and be approved by the
proprietor of the Exchequer: Prop,ded,
that the managers thereof shall be elected
as the managers of the other branches OF
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addition thereto, be advanced upon pro-
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centum annual dividends, for a period
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.


TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
LIED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of w. T. Grasswtt, bank.
rupt--in bankruptcy.
At Richmond. Va this 10th day of March, 1873.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Please take notice, that petition has been
presented to the Hon. Robert w. Hughes, judge
of said District Court, in Bankruptcy, by Jacob
Conn., assignee the estate of said bankrupt,
to sell the real estate belonging to said bank
rupt, free from all liens and encumbrances
thereon.
This is to give notice to all persons interested
that in the terms of said petition an order has
been issued by the Judge Aforesaid, for all per.
sons who may be interested in said estate. to APP
pear before Register w. W. Forbes, at his Office
in the said city of Richmond, on the I'd day of
April 1874, at 10 o'clock m, and show cause, if
any you have. why such order should not be-.
granted JACOB CONN.,
NH 17--Tn2w Assignee.
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such as Peas, &c.
Descriptive Catalogues furnished when
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RICHMOND, VA
fe 2-dsW&w3m
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I'm THE DISTRICT CONRT OF THE UNI
L TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of John s. Northington, bank
rupt--in bankruptcy.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
The undersigned. Joseph Jorgensyn, of Din
widdie county, Virginia, hereby gives notice of
his appointment as assignee Of the estate OF
John S. Northington, Of Dinwiddie county, in
said district. who was on the Goth day OF JAN
uary, a. d., 1874 adjudged bankrupt on his
own petition by the District Court for said dis.
| trict
| Dated at Petersburg, Va, February %, 1874.
JOSEPH JORGENSEN,
NH 6-Th3w Assignee.
|
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5l56
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the District of Virginia.
In the matter of Rowlett Winfree, a bankrupt
lin bankruptcy.
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
William IT. Allderdice, of Richmond city, in
The county of Henrieo, and state of Virginia,
hereby gives notice of his appointment rs as
signee of the estate of Rowlett Wiafiee, of the
county of Henrico, in said district; and who
was to-wit on the oath day of jan, a. d., 1874
adjudged bankrupt upon the petition of him
self, by the District Court of the United States.
for said district.
Dated at Richmond, the 26th day of February,
a. d., 1874.
NH 3--Tu3w Assignee.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-10

finished en- that street an extensive con-
tract to lay down sewerage and make
connections with sinks, etc. The pave
ment is being put down in good style
and carefully.
President Robbins, of the Board Of
Aldermen, returned yesterday from a
trip to the sea coast of New Hampshire
He tells of frest and oyercoats, which
brings a shudder upon Memphians who
have been here all the summer perspir-
ing it out on this parallel Of latitude,
which is $50 and l0>.
A good joke is told on an energetic
police officer, who has been watching
fast hack driving and the fast people
inside, as they plunge along on the boule.
ward to the beer gardens. Seeing hack
being driven furiously down Poplar
street, and hearing songs coming from
the inside, he stopped the travelling
menagerie, when, to his horror, he found
the passengers,to be cyprian, a police
official and city official, all Of whom
were having a good time. The patrol
man does not take so much interest in
hacks as heretofore.
Yesterday we heard a gentleman
solicited to become candidate and re-
spond to the call which would be made
in the papers. He sensibly replied;
" Gentlemen, there is no money in the
Office, hardly enough to pay board at a
second rate hotel. l have no desire to
assist in making bad laws, or in chang
ing the good ones. l do not believe, like
many physicians, that constitution was
made to be mended. l am making an
honest living; so please excuse me.
1t is pleasure to receive the follow
ing Arcadian or Grangerian item of
news from the Trenton News.Gazette,
which journal has been apologizing
and almost justifying the late murders
which disgraced that little village: "On
the farm of S. o. Wiley, of Gibson
county, partridge took possession of
hens nest containing three eggs and
successfully Matched them, and is now
industriously engaged in raising three
foil hedged, bona fde wild chickens.
They are as wild as natural born free
American partridges, and instead of
growing like other Chickens indulge in
first class efforts to whistle Bob White,
Bob Whitel'" Since that time the notes
of the partridges sound like "Ku Klux,
Ku-Kluxp
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-10
Literary Curiosity.

A Hungarian exile, DR.. Gabor Naphe-
Cyl, residing at Washington, has just ex-
ecuted a very curious and beautiful
piece of chirogrophy intended as let
ter of coincidence to Mrs. Taylor, relict
of the late President The whole work
was done with pen and ink, on a sheet
of paper five feet long and seven broad.
1t contains eighteen poetical inscrip'
tons in as many different languages and
a likeness of General Taylor, in which
outlines Of the face and whole person
are formed of written portions of the
biography and sentiments of the de-
ceased. His hair is composed of the
words. so disposed as at little distance
to appear quite natural: :" In the battle
field amidst the sound of cannon, the
drums and trumpets, the hurrahs of the
siege, and the signs of the wounded, my
locks became whitened."
The eyes, viz /: My glance was ever
forward-to the Father in heaven and
for the Republic.
The nose is composed Of the follow
ing words: / breathed the air of lib
erty--in any other air | could not exist"
The mouth is composed from his last
words. 81 have always endeavored to
DO my duty. am not afraid to de-"
The neck: Not proud, only in be-
ing a son of the Republic"
The shoulders: With pleasure l
have borne the great duties with which
the nation has so greatly honored me.
The rest of the portrait is filled up in
a similar manner, and surrounded by
likenesses of Washington, Tell, Freder-
lex Barbarossa. Alexander the Great,
Draco and others. The whole is signed
by the President and members of both
Houses Of Congress, and is to be pre-
sented in the form of a memento from
them to the widow Of General Taylor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-10
The Treasures of Khiva

A writer in the London Spectator,
speaking of the invasion of last Khiva
year, says: "Said Mohammed, the Khan,
had fed, and the Russian General, with
his staff and his suite, rode through the
gateway, guarded so vainly by its brass
cannon, into the mysterious palace
which no European had ever entered
triumphant over the savage power
against which the successive expeditions
of 200 years has hitherto failed. Few
persons can look carelessly on an object
of fanatical reverence and faith to a
whole people. The Sacred Tower of
Khiva is a plain, round tower, l25 feet
in hight, without pedestal, capital or
ornament of any kind. Its surface is
made Of burnt tiles, colored blue, green,
purple and brown, on white ground, ar
ranged in broad stripes and fig
ures with exquisite effect. 1t is Gov
cred with verses Of the Koran,
and from its summit the mollahs call the
people to the sunset prayer. The palace,
huge, irregular structure, with external
mud walls twenty feet high has three
centers of interest-the hall of state, the
treasure chamber, and the harem. The
hall of audience is open to the court,
asnked by towers whose decoration re-
sembles that of the Sacred Tower, has a
floor raised six feet above the pavement,
and a roof supported by pillars of carved
wood. 1t must have been very like
scene in a play, when the General the
Grand Duke, the Prince, and the others
reclined upon the raised stage, and re
freshed themselves with wheaton cake,
apricots, cherries and iced water, while
the band played the Blue Beard music
of Offenbach. Beautiful armor, car
pets, coverlets of fine silk embroid-
cry, marvellous in color, splendid
cashmere shawls, three hundred
books, many very curious and valuable,
were among the treasures Of the mystic
rious palace. The books, bound in
leather or parchment, we're all beauti-
fully written by hand, and among them
was the history Of the world, and his
tory of Khiva from the beginning of
time. How did the armor, beautifully
inlaid with gold, find its way to the
treasure chamber Of the Khan2 What
is the story of those two exquisltely
wrought gauntlets, which bear on each
a lily in gold, and crescent OF much
later workmanship, telling of the Chris.
tan knight from far France, who carried
the flower device of his. land and his
lady-love to defeat and conhscation by
the Saracen foe?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-10
Lumber and Laihs.

One of the largest lumber establish
ments in the city is that owned by the
enterprising firm of R. L. Cochran &
Co., who have their business Office at
No. Howard Row, and their mills and
lumber yards on Wolf river. This firm
does large business in the line Of lum-
Der, laths, shingles, doors, sash and
blinds, which articles they are prepared
to furnish to the public in any quantity
and at the lowest cash prices. See ad-
vertisement in another column.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-10
SHOTGUN JUSTICE.
How the African officer of the Law
served a Peace warrant. with a
Shotgun.

Yesterday Morris Arthis, alias Bob
Davis, armed with a peace warrant is
sued by justice Of the peace, visited
the Weaver Place, near Presidents
Island, for the purpose of arresting
James Sales, the person described in the
warrant, who was also a negro. Sales
refused to be arrested and ran, when
constable Arthis, leveling his heavy
artillery, presented with his compliments
dose Of fifteen buckshot, propelled
from le-barrelIed shotgun, on re-
ceiving which the negro fell dead. Dep
uty coroner Mat Shelby went down this
morning and held an inquest on the
body Of the perforated African. The
jury of inquest returned verdict that
the deceased came to his death at the
hands Of Morris Arthis, alias Bob
Davis, he having received fifteen wounds
in the back Of the head from pellets of
lead, fred from double-barrelled shot
gun by said Arthis. The shootist was
arrested and was sent to Jail without
bail by Esquire BALL. who issued the
original peace warrant against said
Sales.
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GIBSON COUNTY.

Investigations into the Recent Dis.
Iurbances- General Campbell Re
tsfned at a Fee OF e3O,OOO-TW0
sides 10 the story.
Special to the Union and Americana
JACKSON, TENN, September 8.-Judge
Carthel reached this place yesterday
and opened and Immediately adjourned
the Circuit Court, in order to return to
Trenton and protract the session OF his
court there sufficiently longer to allow
the Grand Jury time and opportunity to
follow up their Investigations into the
recent disturbances in Gibson county,
leading to the killing of the negroes who
were taken from the Trenton jail.
A rumor, evidently well founded, and
discussed on the street here, is to the
effect that General Alex W. Campbell,
of this place, one of the most prominent
lawyers in Tennessee, has been retained
at fee of thirty thousand dollars to de-
fend certain parties in the suspected
district. in the event they are arrested.
General Campbell has been heard to re-
mark that there are two sides to the
question, and that when the facts are
known, the husbands, fathers and broth
ers throughout the country, North and
South, whose blood would curde at the
thought of their wives, daughters and
sisters being held in the coerced embrace
of these black lustful brutes, will regret
the sheet iron thunder they imagine the
occasion has justified. OCCASIONAL.
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RAPE AND MURDER.
A Horrible Murder Story from Hem
deFsOn COuDfy-SwifG Retributi0n
Overtakes the Perpetrators.


deFsOn COuDfy-SwifG Retributi0n
OVertakes the Perpetrators.
From the Dresden (renn.) Democrat. 4th.I
A young lady of good family, residing
in Henderson county, while out walking
one evening Of last week, was suddenly
seized by three fends in human shape,
benefciaries Of the civil rights bill, and
carried to the woods, when her tongue
was cut out to prevent her cries, and her
person outraged by each of them in
turn until their unnatural lust was satis-
fed. Her prolonged absence caused
uneasiness, search was instituted, and
her body was discovered on the follow
ing day The whole country was soon
aroused and the perpetrators of this
hellish deed caught and made to pay
the penalty Of their crimes with their
lives.
Again, on last Saturday, four men pur-
sued and caught negro at Edgar
Station, on the Mississippi Central rail.
road and hung him to a tree. He was
charged with having committed rape
on a white woman living at Fort Jeffer-
son. on the same road. Mr.. Editor, is
this the seed Charles Sumner intended
sowing when he framed the civil rights
bill2 II so, it is working like charm.
The above is from our regular CORE
spondent at Ralston, who received the
facts as published, from a gentleman
living in Henderson county, near the
scene of the outrage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-10
MENrH1s. September 10. 1874
To the Editor of the Ledger:

To the Editor of the Ledger:
In your paper of yesterday state
ment appears from some of my friends
that my name would be placed before
the approaching Convention for place
on the Representative ticket.
While am under obligations for the
friendship which prompted the call, yet
| feel that there are others much better
qualified to represent the people and
having more claims upon our citizens.
In addition to this, l have recently en-
barked in a new business which will re-
quire my undivided attention.
For these reasons l would respectfully
decline, and at tie same time thank my
friends for their interest in my behalf.
Respectfully, A. S. LIvERMoRE.