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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, February PA request
having been made to the Commissioners
Of the Land Office to eonstrue the act OF
June %, 1874, for the relief Of settlers
on railroad lands so as to permit the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to
select land containing coal and iron in
lie of the agricultural lands proposed to
be released in favor Of actual settlers,
the. Commissioner replies: "Tbe act of
June last provides that nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to en-
large or extend any grant to any rail.
roads. Your Company receives all its
coal and iron lands without diminution
on account Of the claim Of any settler.
To allow you in addition to surrender
lands purely agricultural and take the
reserved coal land of greatly increased
value would, in my judgment, materially
enlarge your grant, and would, therefore,
be in express violation Of the act under
which the claim is presented,
The Vice President laid before the
Senate the report Of the engineer in re-
gard to the survey and cost of extending
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal from
the Cumberland Mountains to Pittsburg,
which was ordered printed aud referred
to the Committee on Transportation
Routes. Anthony, Of Rhode Island,
presented the credentials Of Ambrose
Burnsides, Senator from Rhode Island
for six years from March 4, 1875, which
were read and placed on file. During
the morning hour Clayton moved that
the Presidents message on Arkansas
affairs be taken up for the purpose of
having it referred. Edmunds raised a
point of order that it could not be done,
as by a recent rule Of the Senate COM
mittees must be called in order, and that
nothing but unanimSus consent could
set that rule aside, therefore, he objected
to taking up the message now. Clayton
withdrew his motion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

II happened in New York last sum.
mer. A maiden, who had never worn long
dresses, was TO have been confirmed last
Easter. She was 10 be rarely attired;
her robe was TO be made with O train-
her FIRST. This, Of course, added TO the
importance Of the occasion; and, at odd
times all through Lent, she practieed in
her elder sisters dresses on the graceful
management Of the train. The Saturday
before Easter arrived at last, and with Il
her robe. II was Of the finest quality OF
India muslin. 1t was trimmed with
many narrow rufAes, beautifully EN-.
broidered on the edge. An old fashioned
mantle Of embroidered muslin asgraoe.
fully looped on the skirt, 10 lieu Of an
overskirt. The waist was fan.shaped.
with bretelles formed of narrow inseFtion
with wrought ruiies on each edge. A
plastrOn in front matched the bretelles.
The sleeves we're paHe1 lengthwise, with
narrow insertion between the puts and
wrought trills about the hands. An heir
loom in the shape Of an embroidered
muslin vail was added. Nothing could
have been more girlish, more perfect
than this whole suit.
Alas, there was one defeet-an insur,
mountable one in the eyes Of it's owner.
Through mistake or misunderstanding,
the m0diste had cut the skirt the usual
misses length, as she had been ia The
habit Of doing before.
The u~nregenerate might suppose it
still possible to be confirmed 10 the
dress. though it was short. Not 80. The
The damsel had decided TO be confirmed
in a trained gown on Easter Sunday and
no consideration could change her pgr,
poses. IL was necessarily too late to
have another gown made; so she refused
to attend the ceremonial, and has been
left, to the infinite peril Of her soul, In =
st.ste of outer darkness his whole year
through. II is her intention, kowever,
70 ally herself TO the church on the tetb
of MarcI 10 a trained gowR about which
here shall be no mistake.
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Sl72,5OO. The loss of Ives, Ingraham &
Co. is about 100000; insurance, $s5..
O00
PrahnniIities.

WASHINGTON. February l2.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley, falling
barometer, southeast to northeast winds,
warmer and cloudy weather. For the
upper Mississippi and lever Missouri
valleys and Northwest, falling barometer,
increasing northeast winds, followed by
a rapid rise in temperature, cloudy
weather and snow. The lower Missis.
sippi river will probably rise slowly, but
elsewhere the rivers will continue
stationary or falling.
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A ~BRAyADO'S DEATH.
The speech of a Man ON the Seal
fold In Nevada,

fold In Nevada.
An astonishing display Of brayado on
the scaffold was made at Carson, Neva
da, by John Murphy, on the 18th ult
To warm his feet before he left his cell
he danced a lively jig on the iron floor,
aud said: Don't forget, / am not a
Tom PaiPe man; | believe in God and
s%piEitualism." Arriving at the scaffold,
Murphy mounted the stand, and seating
himself with his legs crossed, waited
calmly. The sheriff read the lengthy
death warrant, the condemned mar smil-
ing the while. and at the utteranee Of
the words, Dead, dead, deadl" gave a
hollow laugh. During the reading of
the warrant Murphy walked across the
scaffold for a drink of water, anG, tshe
officer pausing, he said: go on, sheriE,
| hear you" Murphy had asked for an
hour to speak, and by his preparations
it was evident that he intended to oc-
cupy all the time allotted to him. He
proceeded to say that he had killed his
adversary in selfdefense, and ac-
cused one Of his lawyers of fatal in.
competency. He then entered on a
long protest against capital punishment.
After reading extracts from the works of
Judge Edmunds, he asked for a chew Of
tobacco, and repeated a poem of great
length in the Scotch dialect, said to have
been dictated by the spirit Of Robert
Burns to Lizzie Dolan, s~piritualistic lee
turer. Murphy walked uneasily to and
fro upon the scaffold during the delivery
OF the speech, and pointingto the motley
crowd Of men, women, hoodlums, Indians
and Cinnamon congregated on the hill
side to witness the execution, said, well,
they have come to see me Off" Kneel-
ing, he read a prayer from his book, and
rising, said to the sheriff, II am ready"
He stood up under the fatal moose, and
held up his cIenched fists as if in def.
ance. The sheriff approached and pin
Toned his arms. During the operation
Murphy remarked: "Pd like to give
those judges a little rub, by -" See.
Jag a friend in the crowd, he sang out,
Hello. Sweepy!" and then his eye
caught that of a reporter, and he said,
You are a~reporter2' Yes, Murphy"
answered the reporter. Well, just tell
them that you've seer me in a tight
place." The sheriff was then adjusting
the fatal moose. Those were his last
words.
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The Radiant Canal.

A Venetian correspondent says: ut
is a triumphal hour we live while drifting
down the Grand Canal between two lines
Of palaces whose facades have given
whole pages Of glorious form and color
to Ruskin's poetic prize. 1t is here we
see to the best advantage those bewilder-
ing facades hal look like lacework
wrought in variegated marbles the
clustered windows, each one a picture in
itself, windows that are scattered all over
the great houses with a disregard of old
architectural laws that is al first appall.
ing aud then delightful. We see the
stately palace where Lord Byron lived
for a time, and the grand. gloomy cham
bers, with a broadside of windows, that
have tales Of SORROW and OF blood con-
nected with them. We see the tall,
narrow, and exceedingly picturesque
home Of the unhappy D~esdemona, and
in another canal we are shown two or
three palaces hat are said to have been
Inhabited by the Moors. We float under
the great Rialto and its stone arch of
seyenty-four feet span, thirty-two feet in
hight, and covered by a double row Of
pretty little booths. Under this broad
arch orr voices ring as if we were in
some hall, aud here often Of a night
barges hlled with singers congregate
and give open air concert TO q river full
Of gondolas and a quay crowded with
listeners. A hundred Japanese lanterns
swing over the water, and when the last
chorus is raised, blue and red lights
stream up and down the river and food
the gloomy old honses With lovely light.
Oh, there ara festival nights in Venice;
this is the perpetual carnival Of the
Adriatici"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

THOMAS DUsFEE, who has just been
elected Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of Rhode Island, makes of the
Legislature the somewhat remarkable
request that, before he takes his seat.
the salary Of the Office, which is now
$4,000 a year, or $1,000 more than the As
soeiate Justices. may be reduced to $500,
because, he says, the Associate Justices
have almost as much work TO do as the
Chief Justice, and he thinks that $500 is
difference enough between the two. He
has delayed taking his seat for the ex'
press purpose of making this request, as
the salary Of a Judge cannot be changed
during his terms Of Office. The general
sentiment, however. seems to bein favor
of raising the salaries Of the Associate
Justices $500, and a bill has been intro.
dueed into the Legislature for this pur-
pose. One ~shudders to think ofthe con.
sequences that would result from a re-
fnsal on the part Of the Associate jus.
tees to have their salaries raised.
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mo. lS4S.l
NOm.Resident NNfice.

In the First Chancery Court of Shelby County,
Tennessee=Elizabeth +. Cunningham Ell al
VS.. B. f. White, Jr., ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM SHERIFF'S RE-
l turn in this cause that the defendant, b +
White. IT, IS not to be found in his county; II
ance herein, at the courthouse in the city Of
Memphis, Tenn. on or before the first Mon
day In March, 1875, and plead, answer or de-
myr TO complainant',s bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to him and set for
hearing ex;parte; and that q copy Of this
cessiye weeks in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of January, 1875.
Acopy-Attest;
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and M,
BY X. b. MCHENRY, Deputy G. and M.
l35-l4l-l47-l5S
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HOW 1T WAS DONE.

We have again aud again asserted
that Andrew Johnson was elected in vio'
lation of the wishes Of the Democracy
of the State, aud now we propose to give
the facts to sustain this assertion. On
the ballot which elected Andrew John
son he received Fifty two votes when it
required forty.nine to elect. OF these
ffty-two votes, four we're from West Ten
nessee. Peyton Smith, Senator from
FAyette, Shelby and Upton; DR.. Jordan,
Senator from Gibson and Carroll; DR..
Newburn, Representative from Harde-
man; R. P. Cole, Representative from
Henry, Weakly, Gibson and Carroll. Tip
ton and Fayette are almost unanimously
against Johnson, and at least t%wo-thirds
OF Peyton Smiths constituents are OPP.
posed to Andrew johnson; so with Har-
deman county, represented by DR.. New
burn, who voted for Andrew johnson;
Carroll and Gibson have very few John.
son Democrats in them. The same
remarks may be made ia reference to
Henry and Weakly. Had these four
men represented truly the Democracy
of their counties and districts johnson
would only have received forty.eight
votes, which would not have elected him.
There are doubtless several other coun-
ties in which the Democracy have been
misrepresented by their members.
We do not believe there is a single conn
ty in either Middle or West Tennessee
ahich a majority of the Democrats
either favored or are reconciled to the
election Of Andrew Johnson. If the
Immortal nine ever expect to be again
elected they must rely on Radical votes
to elect them. Having put themselves
under the guidance OF John League and
Pat Winters, they must rely npOu them
for future political promotion. If they
do not believe this, let them COM again
before the Democracy Of Shelby county.
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NASHVILLE.
Tennessse LesisIssure

Special TO the LEDGER
NAsHvInLE, February IA bill to
make State bonds and coupons, whether
due or not, receivable in half payment Of
taxes at sixty cents on the dollar was
discussed at length in the Honse this
morning. A motion to table failed by
ayes nineteen, nays ihy-One, aud the
debate involving State finances goes on
with great animation. The bill may fail,
but i has very strong Supporters. N.
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coNcERr.
ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS. WITH POS
SIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS. rs Of
FERED BY THEPOSTP0NEMENT OF PUB
Lie LIBRARY OF KY. TO THE 9TH OF
FEBRUARY NEXT. 0FTHRIR FIFTH AND
LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE
MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDGED TO THE
RETURN OF THE MONEY IF TIE DRAW
ING SHOULD NOT COME OFF AT THE
DAY NOW APPOINTED.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

FROM the query made to NJ. Brown,
of Kentucky, by the Speaker Of the
House, it would seem that. as soon as
any one begins to describe an infamous
character, they suspect that he is refer
ring to Butler. Ne York Herald.
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Big Fire ~ Hertrord. ConnecueuI

Dig Fire ~ Hartford, Connecticut.
HARTFORD, February l2.-Early this
morning a FIRE broke out in the base.
ment Of the store of W. NJ. Miller,
fancy goods dealer, on Main street. The
water, owing to frozen hydrants, vas in
short supply aud vas not available for
more than half an hour. Fhe Gre gained
such Roadway that the flames spread
southwark to STAIRS building, occupied
by Ives, l~ngraham q Co., dry goods; NJ.
Vix, retailer, and Eve families, besides
several dress.makeFs establishments.
The FIRE was confined 70 these
buildings, which are totally destroyed.
Falling walls in;rred several fremen,
bgt none %seriopsly. The totel loss will
be about $3.50, 600; insurance aggregate,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

The Brownsville States says: 1T is
predicted hat Colonel a. ]. Kellar, Of
the Avalanche, will be a prominent
candidate for Congress from the Tenth
district, two years hence"
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NOTICE.

HAVING QUALIFIED AS THE ADAM
IL istTatriL Of D Q Cross, in the Probate
itors Of the estate are notified 10 prsssnt thair
claims against the said estate in the time re-
CURED BY law or be forever barred IN law and
equity. Claims may be preserted and 6Ied'
with y NJ hearnl attorney, 30 Madison street.
Il NJ HEARN, Attorney. I27-fS5.iSg.l4i
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

A II CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE on
"a NOES Bottom, deceased. are hereby noti-
= % present their claims to the undersigned
M Hearn, attorney. etc, 80 Madison street. for
payment IN the lime required BY law. or he,
forever barred in law and equity.
.LUELLA B0LTO 81
Exocutrix Of M. Bolton, Decd.
u HEARE, Attorney. 127-ls-1Se-1s5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

ALL the branches Of the freedman
Bank are now closed, and the Commits
sioners are supposed to be collecting
enough 10 secure their salaries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

The type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee frstclass
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12

CAIRO, February l2.-NO arrivals or
departures. Heavy ice in the Ohio
again this morning. Weather clear and
pleasant.
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JOHN S. Cam. Secretary.

Hereafter all communications relating TO
the fifth concert should be addressed to the
undersigned. and l pledge myself that the
drawing shall come off February 9th or that
every dollar paid for tickets shall be returned.
o. M. BRIGGS, Agent and Manager,
Room 4 Public Library Building, Louisville,
Kentucky. 123-wAs.14Q
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STILL TO BE FOUND at my regular
places of business, No. 2O5 Main street,
and No. "a Jefferson street, under the
theater, where the public can find choice
wines and liquors. Give me a call.
l42 JAceH SFEINKUHL, Proprietor.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY or KENTUCKY.

Death of Gov. Standardization Of
the Trustees Successor AD.
p0lnted--No More POstpOnements
Drawing Certain February 27th.
AT a meeting Of the Trustees Of the Public
Library of Kentucky. January 16. 1875. it was
resolved that c. M. Briggs, ESQ.,, who under
the late Hon. Ihos. E. Bramlette was the real
business manage of the gift concerts already
given in aid Of the Public Library of Ken
lucky. be and he is hereby authorised to take
the place made vacant by the death Of said
Bramlette, in the management Of the affairs
of the fifth and last gift concert. and that the
drawing announced for February ~, 1875,
shall positively and unequivocally take place
on that day without any further postponement
or delay on any account whatever.
R. T. DURRETT, President.
-. n r..
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Attachment Notice.

Fred Ruser Before John Spelman, Jus
VS.. tice Of Peace of Shelby
Dennis Walsh.) county, Tennessee.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
i having been sued out under section 3I55 Of
the Code of Tennessee. and returned by the
proper officer levied upon the property Of the
defendants, and affidavit having been made
that the defendants are Justly indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum Of $3.50 by account, and
that defendant is a non resident of the State
Of Tennessee; il is therefore ordered that de-
fendant make his personal appearance be-
March, 1875, at ny office on Adams street.
near Second, Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn,
and defend said attachment suit. within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex parte; and that a copy Oh
weeks in the Memphis Ledger. This StA day
Of February, 1875.
lSS.1A-15O-i JOHN SPELMAN, Up.
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FREsH OYsTERs

Received daily by express at
1861 VIcToR D. FUCRs' Al Jefferson st
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The LEDGER job Office is one of the
most extensive in the South and capa
Bile of executing any class of job work.
1881
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Are you going after that sugar2"
called a Marquette, Mich, mother to her
boy, who was in the street. Am l go.
ing after that sugar2' drawled the youth,
in a spucy and ipppdent tone but just
then he happened to see his father com
ing up behind him, and he said very re-
spectfully and lovingly, why, of course
| APP, ma ! didn't know you needed il
right away
A miserable cynic, whose paragraph
is copied into a Cincinnati paper without
credit, says: THE widower's grief has
been pronounced by competent authority
to be lovely while it lasts, but it is not
constructed to endure the rude assault
Of lime. A Connecticut man, who only
last spring threw himself upon the cold
turf that wrapped his beloved's clay and
wept until his eyelashes fell out, has
SINCE had three Wsmen following him
around for slimony.P
The man who swallowed the fork in
Paris has found a rival there in a fellow
who recently laid a wager that he could
swallow l2O francs in gold. The wager
was accepted, the money, in ten franc
two dollar pieces, was absorbed, and
The foolish mar soon became so i'll that
he was transported to the hospital.
There an active course of treatment
soon broughtto light eleven of the twelve
gold pieces, but the twelfth remained
~obstinately hidden. An abscess forming
in the larynx its whereabouts Yas re.
vealed in somewhat dangerous fashion.
All efforts for its removal proved fruit
less, and ? total extinction of voice
ensued. The other day, during a violent
attack Of coughing, the abscess broke,
and the ten franc piece was coughed up.
In the midst Of his relief the ungrateful
scamp was furious because the hospital
authorities insisted upon returning the
cola TO its Ieyful owner. Boston Post.
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For Tickets or information, address
TAOB. II. BRAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager. Public Library Building,
Louisville, Ky.
For full information apply to O.. II. Samuel.
No. 6 West Court street Memphis.
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Whole Tickets. $50; Halves, SQ5; Tenth, or
each Coupon. IS; Eleven whole tickets, $500.
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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
j that by virtue Of two executions TO me
directed from the honorable First ChanoeFy
Court Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in TN
cases Of X. w. Howes ct al. VS.. A. II. D0w !.
lass, Judgment rendered on the 30th Of Jv' 80
1874, for the sum o. thirty-three dollar nv
hfty-iye cents, and A. II. Douglass " GHnr.
land "a Locke OF al, judgment REM, erad on
the 10th OF July, 1874, for the sup, ~ thros
hundred and twenty-fouI dollars ind eavantS
cents, with interest," and costs Of snits 10 sat
isfS said judgments, etc., / Will. on
Saturday, Goth Of February, 1875,
n legal hours, in 'front.' Of the court.house.
mepphlss, ~,Teppessee, proceed TO sell to the
highest BIDDER, for cash, the following de-
serl9oeQ property, tO-wit: Lying and being In
gRe state OF Tennessee, county Of Shelby, and
being lots Nos. 42s, R5, 428 and Az, lying
west Of and fronting upon Chickasaw street,
fronting together HS feet and 6 inches. run.
ming back in the direction Of Wolf river las
feet and inches, together with all the i'm
provements thereon, consisting of q large Ave-
story brick mill building. then known as the
Eagle Mills.
Levied on as the property Of defendant, A,
ID; Douglass, to satisfy said Judgment, inter-
est and costs.
G. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby County, Tenn.
MEAeHIs, January n. ISIS. lA-lS0-l&
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-26
Growth Of Character.

From the moment a babe begins
to notice surrounding objects, his
character is under the process of
formations; day by day, through IN
fancy and childhood, here a little
and there little, character grows
with the growth and strengthens
with the strength, until, good or bad,
it becomes coat of mail. Look at
a model man of business--prompt,
reliable, conscientious, cool and eau
tious, yet ear headed and energetic.
When do you suppose he developed
AL these admirable qualities? When
he was boy. Let us see the way
in which boy of ten years gets up
! in the morning, works, plays, stud
les, and we will tell you just about
what kind of man he will make.
The boy who is late at the breakfast
| table, late at school-who never does
anything at the right time, stands a
poor chance to he a prompt man.
The boy who half washes his face,
half does his task, forgets half his
errands, nalf learns his lessons, will
never make thorough man. The boy
who neglects his duties, be they ever
so small, and then excuses himse (
/ by saying, ooh. forgot! | didn't
! think!" will never be IA re liable man.
And the boy who finds pleasure in
the pain and suffering of weaker
things will never be a noble, gener.
Gus, kindly mana real gentleman.