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s.ivsa. as they most certainly have been, with
proving the Intent with which the act charged as
criminal committed no good reason exists for
Guiding in prosecutions of larceny The intent Is the
vital fact to be asc0rtatnsd. And other plainly
within the common purpose or design, have been
allowed legal evidence Of 1t in treason murder rob
berry, arson, embezzlement fraud, receiving stolen
goods COpperman People, n. Y. Sup. CT IS So y.
y SD and other cases and appears why lar
eeny should be included In the principe. The
prisoners counsel insists that IL violation OF the
rule precluding the prosecution OF bad char
acter when evidence that subject was given on
his That include direct evidence OF
the prisoners guilt IL relates TO general proof ofchAr
acter and nothing else. Facts lending 10 the
accused guilty OF specified crime may incidentally
affect his character they certainly would. hut
thar Is no reason why they cannot he proved; II IL
were no person could ever be proved guilty Of crime
which ne himself did not confess The proof offered and
received by the Court was that Of fact CONSTITUTING
material ingredient OF the crime IL was direct proof
OF guilt IN IN connict with the rule invoked in
thOw that the prisoner probably actuated by one
general Intention including all the property ne man
aged the three different occasions aud IL
had direct tendency IT, exhibit the nature and charac
Of that intent Itwas solely received for that pur
pose and directly tended 10 show intention 20 steal
when the property was procured which was the sub.
Ject OF the trial The prisoner was rightly convicted
and the Iudgme mt should be affirmed
writ OF error was subsequently taken out by
Mr.. Knitting ana the case was reviewed by the
Ceurb OF Appeals which Court sustained the con.
Yiction and refused q new trial.
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wards for example. the average annual death
rate IL only about twenty IN the thousand inhaol-
tants TneIo reside the middle classes or our pop
alton, and large proportion OF the children are
kept In town during the summer, ana thrive, 10
All appearances, ~ well as they would have done
IA the country and certainly better than they pos
siDly could have done In the mlasmatc rural re-
about US. o. p n
NEW YORK, July 40 Ia7h
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THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.

The full Board met yesterday morning. Presi-
dent Matse in the chair. Several bills were sub
mitted and ordered paid. BIDS for the repairing
or the sleamtug U. S. Grant were received, and
that OF Mr. D. Leary being the lowest the con-
tract was given him. An application was received
from Captain Williams asking for postponement
OF his Trial TO Thursday, August 8, ~ ten O'Clock
A. NJ, TO enable him TO procure furTher evidence
ana subpoena witnesses. me application was
granted. Alter some further business or an I'M
Im portaRt character the Board adjourned
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A DARK CASE.

cHuyALGous coLoIED pIyUE-HE CUTS THE
NTERLoPER IN THREE PLACES.
Rev. J. G, Holland. assistant pastor Of the Arr
IAN Union Methodist caurch, ls6 West ThlrtstR
stresb Has RrTatsAcd AZ the Warrington Plaza
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CONTINUED ON NMEa PAGEl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13
TIE RIYRR.

The river here is still rising slowly,
but certainly will come to a stand within
twenty-four hours, unless we have more
rain. At Evansville the decline yester-
day was one foot. BY this time the total
decline there has probably been all Of
two feet, as the Ohio is falling rapidly at
all points above. The rise at Paducah
was six inches yesterday; on the day
before it was eleven. To-day's reports
will probably show a decline at that
point, as it will be impossible for the
Wabash to counterfeit the decline Of the
Ohio beyond to-day, and probably the
rise from that river has already been ez-
hausted. If so, by tomorrow the de-
cline at Paducah and Cairo will be
rapid. The steady decline in the Mis-
sissippi has again caused a decline at
Cairo of one inch in the last twenty-four
hours, as shown by the signal reports.
While these facts give assurance OF an
early and rapid decline here, there is
still danger to be apprehended from
neglect of l~eyees, particularly those
thrown up for temporary protection.
Yesterday we intended saying that we
could not reasonably hope for a decline
here for several days, though we believe
it will not rise after to-day. The word
decline" was omitted by mistake.
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on and atter to.day:

The conference between officers of the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads, at Baltimore, had reference to
the above schedule only so far as they
had a mutual understanding as to the
minor details in regard to freight going
west from Philadelphia and Baltimore,
the Erie and New York Central railroads
having already agreed upon details af.
iecting New York and Boston.
Sir Edward Watkin, chairman of the
stockholders and bondholders' commit
tee of the Erie railway in England,
started last evening on a tour of inspec-
ton of the Erie road, and on his return
will make an examination of the books
and affairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13
Probabilities.

WAsHIyGToY, August l3,-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley, clear or fair
weather, except local rains in the south
western portion, light or gentle winds,
mostly from the east or south, no decided
change in temperature. slowly rising ba-
.rometer, followed by falling barometer.
The Ohio river will continue to fall at
stations below Paducah, but will fall be-
lowsthe danger line and rise slightly at
Paducah. The Mississippi will fall slowly
at Cairo and St. Louis and rise slowly at
Memphis, Helena and Vicksburg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13
NEW YORK.

NEw YoRK, August IL "A statement
Of the affairs of Duncan, Sherman & Co.
has been prepared Tor the public, from
which it appears that the liabilities of
the firm are S4s72,l2s, and the assets
81, IL, 740. This statement is not Off
cial, and can be taken as representing
only the approximate amounts. 1t has
been prepared to answer the many in
quiries regarding the probable condition
of affairs. and with the special care to
avoid making q better showingthan may
be justified by the final results. All
doubtful assets have been reduced or
entirely stricken out. The amount of
liabilities given in the statement on ac-
count of travellers credits and circular
notei is s2S7,975.
The new freight tariff to the West, an
advance on the former rates, 60 into
operation this morning over the four
trunk lines, the New York Central, Erie,
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads. Passenger rates we're made
uniform more than six weeks ago. The
freight agents are not permitted to make
contracts for more than ten days under
the new arrangements. The following
are the rates at which ireights will be
taken over the great trunk lines from
New York and Boston to leading points
West on and after to-day:
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yellow Fever az PascagouIa.

NEW ORLEANS, August l2.-Pasca-
goula, Mississippi: THE yellow fever
broke out here Sunday, August 8. 1t is
not known how it originated; supposed
to have been brought from Havana.
There are now thirty cases under treat
ment. The disease is of a malignant
type. Seven deaths, including DR.. Brad
ford, q leading phYsieian."
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River -TeIegranls.

CINCINNATI, August - River falling
fast. Weather clear and warm.
CAIRO, August 49, Arrived-Barnard
Ohio river, 7 an Departed-John L.
Rhoads, \St. Louis, 10 pm; Lilly, st.
Louis, 3 a M Barnard, st. Louis, s;
Alice, South, 9. River "A feet 5 inches;
and has fallen 3 inches since 7 o'clock
last night. Weather clear and warm.
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FANATICIsM.

Morton may fail to wiring blood out Of
the bloody shirt, but there are a few
fanetical, religious editors, so-called, in
the North, who see blood in the moon
every time they turn their holy eyes
Southwark. A late number of the North
western Christian Advocate, the Chicago
organ Of the NJ. E. Church, deliberately
and uuequivoeally states that on Mon
day, the 9TH Of July, a large assembly of
blacks gathered to celebrated the Fourth
in Memphis. A crowd Of whites made
an attack and scattered the assembly
amid a thorough fasilade. A few ne.
groes were killed and many were
wounded. This outrage is pronounced
all the more outrageous, since
it was thoroughly u%nprovoked."
Then follows such comments as might
be expected. Now it is q notorious fact,
and was telegraphed all over the coun-
try, that General Forrest, General Pill.
low, Colonel Galloway, of the Appeal,
and a number Of other Southern gentle
men attended the colored barbecue near
this city on the 9th of July, ard that e&-
pressions Of mutual confidence and good
will we're freely INDUCED in by both
white and colored orators. There was
not the slightest disturbance. Some
five or six thousand colored persons
we're present, and perhaps twenty or thir-
ty white people, some Of whom were there
by special invitation, others as mere
spectators. How strange that this Chris
tian editor, many days aiterward, had
not heard of the occurrence, but had
heard Of and could relate the details Of
a bloody slaughter Of unofending col
ored folks by the whites. He not only
heard Of something the daily papers
missed, but something that never had the
ieast foundation or shadow OF fact.
Nothing Of the kind happened in or
around Memphis at the Fourth" Of July
celebration this year or any previous
year. It is a pious lie, manufactured
outside Of Memphis to suit some base
and malicious purpose. The paper 10
which it appears goes into thousands of
families where perhaps no other peperis
taken, and the glazing falsehood will 20
uneontradicted. The Chicago Advocate,
OF course, is not 10 be taken as a fair
representative Of the religious press, but
1t circulates widely and doubtless caters
to the worst passions Of men and wilfully
perverts facts and now and then INDUCES
in fiction to crafty feelings not inspired
by reading the Sermon on the Mount.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

ASD now that there are not enough of
monopolies in the country, it is proposed
to consolidate the Western Union Tele-
graph Company with the Atlantic and
Pacific Company. President Orion, of
the former company, however, says that
no propositions have been made which
it would be to the interest Of the Western
Union to accept.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

An Cd man Of eighty committed sui
eide at Cleveland, Ohio, on the night of
the 10th instant by hanging himself in a
cemetery. He evidently had concluded
that the sands of life were running too
slowly for one Of his age.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

WHEN the river begins to go down, as
we presume it will in the course Of time,
the people must not be surprised if an
unhealthy stencil arises from the decayed
vegetation, and the burning rays Of
a September sun develop sickness and
malarious yapors. Let our authorities
be on the alert and every man put
his own premises in a clean sanitary
condition.
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MEETIMc.
Templars OF Honor,

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF NATOMA
" Temple Of II. and T. No. ] are notified to
attend a regular meeting this QkIDAY) eve
ming, August l3. 1875, at 8 o'clock, In their
hall. Gayoso Block. No. 3s2 Main street.
By order b.. @ REAHARD. ". @. T.
JOIN W. BRUSH. w. X.
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Childe Gladstone is about to marry the
youngest daughter of Lord and Lady
Blantyre, who is also granddaughter to
the Duchess of Sutherland. It is impor.
tant that Americans should keep them
selves informed about the matter, and
the space above occupied is cheerfully
Welded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

By emigrating to Virginia a man gets
a chance to join the Sublime Masters
Of the Oriental Secret, and Illustrious
Companions Of the Order of Humility"
They probably don't wear tin hats, but
its something Of an object to have
illustrious companions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

TIE Constitution exempts the pro-
ducts Of the soil in the hands Of the pro-
Queer or his immediate vendor from tax
alton. Taxing his wagon in which be
hauls his produce to market is indirectly
taxing the produce, for the tax must
come out of the profits he makes as a
producer. An act of the Legislature
passed to more fully carry out the spirit
of the Constitution expressly declares
that wagons used by farmers to haul
corn. oats, etc shall beexempt.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, August l3.-Parliament was
prorogued to-day until the 18th of 0cto-
Der.
The Queen speech closing the session
says her relations with all the foreign
powers continues cordial, and she looks
forward with confidence to a maintain
ance Of European peace. The visit of
the Sultan of Zanzibar has led to
the conclusion Of a supplementary con-
vention looking to a more complete sup
preston Of the East African slave trade.
With regard to the attack on the English
expedition and the murder of Mr..
Margary on Chinese territory, she
says no effort will be spared to secure
the punishment of the instigators and
perpetrators Of the crime. The colonies
are generally prosperous. Referring to
the preservation of the peace of Ireland,
her Majesty expresses her qualification
at the adoption of a measure which,
while relaxing the stringency of former
enactments, is calculated to create tran
guilty there. Regarding shipping bills
her Majesty r%eioices that Parliament
has been able, by temporary enactment,
to diminish the dangers to which
the British seamen are exposed.
She has every reason to hope that the
progress OF the evenu which has mark
ed recent years will be fully sustained in
the present one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

TIE cad4 aign is taking shape in Mis-.
sissippi and the Democrats at every
point are organizing for a splendid effort
to redeem their down-trodden State. The
Vicksburg Herald, n Of the boldest and
ablest papers in the South, has taken a
stand that inspires is party with courage
and terriGes the thieves and robbers that
have rioted so long on the plumber Of
those so unfortunate as to have anything
to be stolen. Our friends on the river
and in North Mississippi may look to the
Herald for all the news Of the canvass
and for words Of patriotism and ncour
sgement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

SHOWING at Pixies Peak yesterday,
and the thermometer at 330. If next
winter is as cool proportionately as this
summer we may expect to see the Mis-
sissippi frozen over all the way to the
.,1f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

The appointment of Pierrepont to
Office as Attorney General appears to
have had a most salutary effect on the
Ku.Klux Of the South. Not a single
outrage has since been reported to the
Department Of Justice. 1t is strange
that those fellows with high hats should
cut so many antics just to please Will
liams. OF course that Christian gentle
man and carriage grabber never had
any of those stories manufactured. Pre-
posterous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

JACOBI-On the evening Of August 18th.
JosEPH. son Of Theodore and Rebecca jacob,
aged seven years and four months.
The funeral will take place this day, August
18th. at 4 o'clock pm, from the house on
Kerr avenue and Horn Lake road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

A railroad mar has been made Chief
Of Police in Chicago. 1t will seem a
little awkward to him at FIRST, as there
won't be SO many important meetings
for him to attend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

The Public Ledger for Absentees.
Subscribers leaving the city for the summer
moths can have the PUBLIC LEDGER mailed
70 any address at 75e per month, postage paid.
Leave orders at counting roon, No. ID Madi-
son street.
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R M OCTORER.


Any one investing in these Bonds has the
satisfaction of knowing that his bond Is GER
tain to be paid at maturity; and further that
he assists in building in the city of New York
a permanent Temple of Industry, which will
be an ornament and a pride to every Ameri-
can.
Each Bondholder, until his bond is re-
deemed, is a part owner Of twenty. two acres
OF land situated in the heart Of the city Of
New York, and estimated TO be worth Two
Million -Four. Hundred Thousand Dollars;
And the building which is estimated to cost
The excavations for the foundation was
commenced on the 10th of May, 1875. and the
building will be ready to. receive the goods
from the Centennial Exhibition at its close.
No investment for people of small means
was ever offered e~qualing the Bonds OF the In
dustrial Exhibition Co. The bonds are SO;
cured by mortgage which makes the principal
safe, and eminently secure, and in addition to
which each bondholder participates four times
q year in the allotment Of premiums above
named.
The difference between these bonds and a
lottery ticket is. in a lottery the holder must
lose his money or draw a prize, while the
holder of an Industrial Exhibition Bond can
not lose his investment. but must have re-
turned to him the principal and a small rate
of interest added, and in addition has an OPP
portunity to draw a premium ranging from
$50 to S1U0, 900.
The Board Of Directors and the Trustees Of
the mortgagage are among the most eminent
Of the business men of New York. and is of
itself a guarantee that the bonds are a safe
and desirable investment.
The Company is not responsible for any
money sent. except it be by check, postal or.
der, draft or express payable to the order of
the Industrial Exhibition Company.
Circulars sent on application.
Address,
Industrial Exhibition Company,
NO. IL EAst s7th street.,
123dkwt New York City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

SENATOR THURMAN, having made bis
great speech in the Ohio canvas, has
taken rooms for the season at Putin. Bay.
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BONDS.
QUARTER BONDS
OF THE
Industrial Exhibition Co..
FIVE DOLLARS EACH,
So EACH,
FIVE DOLLARS EACH,
$5 90,

WILL BUY A QUARTER BOND OF THE
w. Industrial Exhibition Company Of New
York.
Each Quarter Bond participates in Four
deemed.
The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter Of tho below named pre-
miumE
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~ IN nr Z

We presume that il the General Coun-
Gil repeats the ordinance construed to
tax suburban gardeners and farmers who
venture to town in a wagon to sell what
they raise, that will be the last Of it. The
construction, however, is a forced one,
directly against the spirit of the consti-
tuition, and the tax could no doubt be
successfully resisted in the courts. The
case Of Battelle & Co. has little or no
bearing in the present issue. In that de-
%cision, we venture to say, there is not
the remotest allusion to a farmer or mar
ket wagon. The construction OF the or
dinance in question is violent and un-
precedented. 1t is further than that; it
is an outrage and disgrace; a species of
legalized blackmail upon the sweat and
toll of the honest producer, Of which
the smallest village would be ashamed.
The collection Of this tax would increase
the expenses Of every family in Mem
phis and thus assist in driving out the
few mechanics aud workingmen left.
Let every industry be unfettered and free
to expand from small beginnings to great
success. The wealth Of the country comes
out of the soil, and when a man has the
physical courage to forsake the shade of
the city to cultivate the soil in this yicin-
ity and supply our markets with cheap,
fresh vegetables and fruits he should be
encouraged rather than outlswed, sus-
tanned instead of being quarantined out
side until he pays an excise duty for the
privilege Of making an honest living.
As the shortest way to get out Of this
trouble, let the se-called law be repealed.
The General Council, in accordance with
a suggestion from the Mayor, has very
promptly suspended the collection of the
tax until the ordinance can be repealed.
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the BROWN COTTON GIN CO.,

Manufacturers Of Cotton Gins, Cotton Gin
Feeders, Condensers and Cotton Gin Mate
rails of every description. Our Gins have
been in use thirty years, and have an estab-
lished reputation for simplicity, light.run-
ming, durability, and for quality and quantity
of lint produced. Our Feeder is easily at
tached to tho Gin, and easily operated by any
hand of ordinary intelligence. They are the
simplest and cheapest Feeder in the market
and feed with more regularity than is possible
by hand, increasing the Out-turn and giving a
cleaner and better sample. At all Fairs where
exhibited and by Planters having them in use,
they have been accorded the highest eneomi-
ums. Our cOndensers are well made, durable
ard simple in construction, and dQ.what is
required Of them rapidly and we'll. No addi-
tional power is required to drive the Feeder
or Condenser, and no Gin House is complete.
without them. We are prepared to warrant,
to any reasonable extent, perfect satisfaction
to every purchaser. Circulars, prices and full
information furnished Address as above, or
apply to w. A. SMITH, Memphis, Tom.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-13

WOODRUFF, alias Miller, formerly of
Virginia, was found concealed in the
Office Of the railroad company at San
Francisco yesterday, and confined in the
city prison. He has two wives, one in
San Francisco and the other in New
York, and until recently they were ut
terly ignorant Of each Others existence.
At home he was Miller, in New York he
was Woodruff to his family there, and
lived in Australia. BE has lived this
double life several years, and by dishon-
est practices accumulated quite a for.
tune, which he will now ~probasly have
to give up. He will find that tie way of
the transgressor is hard.
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NOTICES..
Trust Sale.

-
VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED MADE
ID to me on the sd day of November, 1871,
by the Memphis Turner's Association Of the
county Of Shelby and State Of Tennessee
and duly registered in the Registers office Of
Shelby county, in Book 50. page SIS; and in
pursuance Of the powers thereby conferred on
me as Trustee, l shall,
On the 18th day Of September, 1876,
at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in the city Of Memphis. Tenn, pro-
coed to sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following described lot Of
land, lying in Memphis. Tenn, and bounded
and described as follows: Beginning 54 feet
from the northwest corner of lot No. 473, at
the intersection Of Poplar street, and what is
known as Corporation alley, or the first alley
esst of Third street, at a stake; thence south
and parallel with said alley 1851 feet to q
stake; thence east parallel with Poplar street
SO feet to a stake; thence north and parallel
with said alley l48h feet to a stake on Poplar
street; thence west with Poplar street to the
beginning.
In said trust deed the equity Of redemption
is expressly waived, and the title is believed
to be indisputable. but 1 shall sell and convey
as Trustee only. Sale between II O'Clock
am. and ! O'Clock pm.
JOHN p. IRRELEVANT, Trustee,
Estes 4 Elicit. Attorney. 1913
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RANK.


R. C. DANIEL. j. A. HAYES. JR.,
President. Cashier.
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The subscriptions psiee OF the
PUBLIC LEDGE is IS per annum
FOR Daily, and 80 per amman for
WEEKLY. POSTAGE FREE.