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NOTICE.

WILL PROCEED TO SELL TO THE
highest bidder. for cash, az the City W0rkhOuse,
on Saturday, April 3, 1875, large lot Of Hogs
taken up under the provisions Of city ordinance.
Sale 20 commence at II o'clock A. n.
ID. II. PITTMAN, City Marshal.
vrFrp1 Or v,H8I
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HOW TO BRING DOWN A CONGRESS-
WAY.

MAN.
Sam Ward (.'Vestlbuli Rex on
congressional dinners: "a senatorial
dinner must be more stately than a
dinner Of NJ. C's. The first are always
more recherche, and / believe l look
myself more dignifed upon such occa-
siOns. With the members Of the House,
on the other hand, a free and easy way
Is admissible, and the dinner contains,
as a rule, one great dish specially pre-
pared for the occasion, the rest of the
bill Of fare being of the usual charac-
ter. For instance, l Will sometimes
serve them a ham. l soak it for four
days in water, changing it four times
day, then boil 1t FIVE hours in cider with
a wisp of new hay; then l bake 1t with
brandy, sherry, or claret, according to
the weather, and when they have tasted
a slice Of that ham, why, they Will
pass any damned thing 1 want in Con-
gress.
JUDGE LoCHRANE was riding on the
strcet-car with one Of the lOyeliest young
lady residents on Peachtree street. a ne
gro maa entered, and throwing himself
lazily down on a seat, put a cigar between
his lips, and blew a great cloud Of smoke
across the aisle. Judge LOchrane quietly
stepped up to him, and ta6ingthe cigar out
Of his mouth, threw it into the street. He
said, explaining himself. 'IOu see, l
thought if would throw the cigar out,
would avoid a fuss, By removing the cd5uS
ieIE.-itGEtG Herald.
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Chancery Sale.
CHANCERY SALE.

w. F. Cooper, Trustee, ETC., rs. r. Il.
Thompson ct ais.
IN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE Rem
dered in the above entitled cause by the
Chancerv Court at Nashville, 1 will expose TO
public sale, at the Courthouse in Nashville,
On Saturday, April 10, 1875,
at y o'clock NJ, the following described tract
Of land:
The ~ acres remaining uusOld Of the subdl-
vision No. 1 Of the lands OF A. j. Duncan, situ-
ated on the Franklin turnpike, about three
miles from Nashville.
TERMS OF SALE-Une-thirdc cash; the bal
ance in one and two years, with interest from
day of sale. Notes will be required, with good
security, and lien retained.
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master.
rnh2O.T &an3In
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Notice.

OFFICE NASHVILLE AND DECATUR
" Railroad CO., Nashville, March 81, $50
ON and after Ist April, a cash dividend of three
per cent will be paid on the Certified stock
Of the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Com
pany, at the Oiiic1 OF the Company in Nashville.
apl st G.. W. SEAH, Secretary.
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the States, North aud South, hold
all their powers at the will Of
fuctuating majorities in Congress.
Such doctrine would be the death OF
local and self government.
In the course of argument, Mr.. Field
was interrupted by Justice Miller who
inquired what remedy certain Ken
lucky negroes would have without the
Enforcement act, when they lost the
right to vote by the mel dect or refusal
Of State officers to accept their pOl-tax
when rendered. Mr.. Field replied that
they had the same remedy as white
men under similar circumstances, name
", redress in the State courts. The new
amendments merely abolished all dis
tinctions of race and color, and nothing
can be tortured out Of them further
than placing black and whiteon level
with the same remedies for the same
/ grievances.
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LOTTERIES.
HESITATE LOTTERY.
HAVANA PLAN
Authorized by the State Of Ken
lucky.


SSsDOOsOOOu ted among the ticket
holders every month. The drawing takes place
on the last Saturday Of each m9nth. No post
pOnement. No reduction Of amount OF prizes
Puce Of whole tickets, SO; halves 50 quar-
tiers, s.. so.
Coupons and all prizes Of the Louisville Ii
brarv drawing taken In exchange for tickets
For circulars, giving fuu list OF prizes ana
full particulars, address
GEORGE WEBSTER, General Agent,
No. u Third street, Louisville, Ky.
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Supreme Court Sale.
MichnsI Ksnn 70. John Ratson.

HtCHUtt httIII % VVFIII " I-V9l'I'
IN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE OF THE
Honorable the Supreme Court of Tennessee,
now sitting at Nashville, rendered in the above
named cause, I will sell az public cutlery, TO the
highest bidder, nc the Courthouse door, in the
city OF Nashville
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-03

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIs has
found it necessary, in the vindication
Of his own common sense, to admins
ter a rebuke, mild but unmistakable,
to that fanatical contributor to Har-
per's, Eugene Lawrence; and further,
to intimate pretty broadly that he,
not Mast, is the editor of the journal
of civilization.
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DiSsOlUtlOn of Partnership.

THE PARTNERSHIP OF DODD & AN
j ders0n is this Gay dissolved by mutual COLI
sent, S X. Anderson retiring. The business
will be continued as usual by jas. II. DCdd-
All persons indebted 20 the Old firm will please
call and pay without delay.
JAS. H. DODD, Edgefeld.
ApriI L 1915. aul &C
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On Saturday, the 18th day OF
April, 1915,

a piece or parcel Of land in Edgeheld, David
son county, Tenn, known as Lot No. Is in
Shelby's addition 20 Edgehcld, fronting (ju)
hftv feet on Fatherland street, and running
back l7Ol one hundred and seventy feet 70 an
aIlev, together with the improvements thereon.
TRIMS OF SALE.-Credits Of six, twelve
and eighteen months. The purchaser will be re-
Ouired to execute notes for the purchase money,
with good and approved personal security and
lien retained.
Sale free from the equity Of redemption.
+. c DUNNINGTON,
Clerk Supreme Court.
March 1s Is75 IahZ1. ans .1OIT
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Large s'GTiety sale at ITO


GROCERIES, CARPETINGS, FINE DA-
u mask. Table Linen and Towels, Table Cut
lew, with a lot OF Dry Goods (Cut Stock and
Varieties generally. Also a lot Of Marble. Sale
positive. Terms, cash.
WINSTEAD, SHIELDS & CO.,
Aurii - II
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Supreme Court Sale
OF
Valuable Improved Property in
Edgelleld.


N OBEDIENCE TO ADECREE OF THE
i Honorable, the Supreme Court Of Iennes-
see, now sitting 1t Nashville, pronounced IN the
above entitled cause, Will sell at public Outcry,
10 tho highest bidder, at the Courthouse door
in the city Of Nashville,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
IMps ne rHE RLAcK CAR1NRr.

The Nashville American of the 18th
copies the following extract from the
LEDGER, and then makes its own com
ments, which we republish:
The Nashville American Of Thursday
is rather sarcastic, if not severe, on the
big crowd that was 30 badly sold By the
fraud and thimble- rigger Livingston at
the Memphis Theater last Sunday night.
Well, they deserve it richly Memphis
Ledger.
The LEDGER then copies the Ameri'
CAM remarks on the subject and adds
that it does not recoliect Of a complete
exposure being made by o confirmed
spiritualist, tee Katie King Ease not ex-
cepted." II is not to the interest of the
confirmed spiritualist's religion to ex.
pose the miraculous feature furnished
by the strolling jugglers. But they
have been abundsntly exposed by peo
pie who we're not s~piritualists. Prof.
Tyndall has exposed one or two profes
SIGNALS in p quiet way, and the Eddy
spooks have now gone to join the Daven
ports and others of that ilk. The last
exposure of spurious sp~iritualism il
mentioned by the Detroi. Post, Of a we'll
known operator, Mrs. Parry, who has
been electrifying the credulous in West
ern Michigan, and has suddenly gone ~
in a fash of light. She was engaged in
giving a seance at Rockford, KEN
county, a few evenings ago, and every.
thing passed of as per programme until
the imprudent spirit put forthS its hand
and boldly slapped MI. NJ. Lockwood on
the ear. That was exactly where il
missed it, for be instantly seized tbs
hand and called for a light. Alight was
brought, and strange to relate, thu spirit
was found to have vanished, while there
stood Mrs. Parry, hitched to the Other
end Of the arm, Juggling and pulling atil
as il it was her own. She got il, buI
gives no more soances, and the cabinet
having proved utterly un%trussworthy fol
spiritual purposes, now does duty as {
wuod-box.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
JOHN D. ADAMS.

It waB announced yesterday evening
that Colonel John D. Adams, one of our
leading criminal lawyers. had received
the appointment of Criminal Court
Judge, NJ Judge John R. Flippin, re-
signed. The appointment could hardly
have fallen upon worthier shoulders,
although we understand that there were
several other applicants Of unquestioned
ability and merit. Judge Adams has
given his attention almost exclusively
to criminal practice for FIVE years,
which is about the length of time
he has been a member at the bas. This
fact is rather in his favor than otherwise,
for no man could have taken the position
he has among our older lawyers in so
shert q time without strong natural abil.
tiles and previous training. AS a crimi'
nal lawyer he is well read and we'll post.
ID. His mind is clear, logical and well
balanced; and he is in the prime OF Wig
orous manhood. he is to a great extent
self-educated and selfmsde, having ere.
ated the most Of his opportunities and
elevated himself by his own indomitable
will and fixed purpose in whatever he
undertook. Those who took an interest
in the M~ecklenburg Centennial last
spring viii remember that Colonel
Adams is q native OF Mecklenburg
county, N. C. He is a worthy son Of
our proud old mother State, and will
doubtless wear his honors with dignity
and fidelity to a strict sense of duty,
congratulate Governor Porter in his
recognition Of solid worth, and congrat-
ulate Judge Adams on his accession to
the Judiciary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29

New YoRK, December 29.-The Even
ing Post announces the death yesterday
of Rev. Henry Boehm, better known as
Father Boehm, the Oldest preacher Of
the Methodist church in the country,
and probably the Oldest clergyman in
the world, at the house of his grand.
daughter, neal Richmond, Staten Island.
The 9Th Of last June, the one hundredth
anniversary Of his birth, was celebrated
at Jersey City by the New York Con-
ference, when Father Boehm submitted
an outline Of his own life and labor in
the Methodist church. he was chosen by
Bishop Asbury as his travelling compsn-
ion in the spring Of 1903, and travelled
with him until 1918, when the Bishop ap-
pointed Father Boehm Presiding Elder
Of Schuylkill District, composing the
whole territsry from Wilmington to
Stroudsburg between the Susquehsnns
and Delaware. For more than thirty
years Father Boehm has been in the
New Jersey Conference, and as early as
l842 was on the list of supernumerary
preachers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
Mixture Of Races and Mental Char
aelar-

One further general inquiry Of a diff.
ferent kind may be added: What effect
is produced on mental nature by mix.
ture Of races2 There is reason for be-
lieving that, throughout the animal
kingdom, the union of varieties that
have become widely divergent is physi-
cally injurious; while the union of
slightly divergent varieties is physically
beneficial. Does the like hold with the
mental nature2 Some facts seem to
show that mixture Of human races ex-
tremely unlike produces a worthless
type of mind-s mind fitted neither for
the kind Of life led by the higher Of the
two races, nor for hat led by the lower
a mind out Of adjustment to all condi.
tons Of life. Cortrariwise, we find that
peoples Of the same stock, slightly differ.
entiated by lives carried on in unlike
circumstances for many generations
produce by mixture a mental type hay
ing certain superiorities. In his work
on THE Huguenots," Mr.. Smiles points
out how large q number of distinguished
men among US have descended from
Flemish and French refugees; and NJ.
Alphone de Csndolle, in his "Histoire
des Sciences ct des Savants depuis deux
Slecles, shows that the descendants OF
French refugees in Switzerland have pro-
duced an unusually great proportion Of
scientific men. Though, in part, this re.
suit may be aseribed TO the origi.
nal natures Of such refugees, who
must have had that independence which
is a chief factor 10 originality, yet it is
probably in part due TO mixture OF
races. For thinking this we have eyi.
dence which is not open to two i~nterpre.
t%stions. Professor Morley draws atteu.
ton to the fact that, during 700 years OF
our early history, the best genius Of
England sprang up on the line Of eoun.
try in which Celts and Anglo-Saxons
came together" In like manner, Mr..
Gallon, in his "Englit Men Of Sci.
ence," shows that in recent days tbese
have mostly come from an inland region,
running generally from north 10 south,
which we may reasonably presume con.
teins more mixed blood than do the re,
gions east and west Of it. Such . result
seems probable a priori. Two nature,
respectively adapted TO slightly unlike
sets Of social conditions may be expected
by their union 10 produce a nature some.
what more plastic than either-a nature
more impressible by the new circum.
stances Of advancing social life, and
therefore more likely to originate new
ideas and display modified sentiments.
The comparative psychology Of mar
may, then, 6tly include the meptal
effects Of mixture; and among derivs,
tive inquiries We may ask, how fer Ia.
conquest Of race by racs has been instru
mental in advancing civilization by aid
ing mixture, 90 we'll as in other ways2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
when Dante first Eaw beatrice,

One day, in Folco Portinari's great
house round the corner, there was q
friendly gathering. II was in the year
1875, Just six centuries ago, and all the
neighbors we're invited, as was natural
and seemly, parents and children, TO cell
citrate the coming Of the May. The
sweet delusion OF the May TO which, de-
ceived by our poets, themselves led into
the error by Southern troubadours, we
cling with a fond and foolish faith which
is always disappointed but never shaken,
even in these colder regions, is no delu-
sion in Italy. The Tuscan May is some
thing like, we should suppose, what
weather Is in heaven; and, frankly, given
that exemption from grief and evil
which 10 the fret condition Of heaven.
II is scarcely possible to fancy what any
one could desire more for a simple bles-
sedness. The F~lorentines he'd the habit,
in those early days, Of going about tho
streets IN bands, the vincinato now as
aembled by one neighbor. now BY on.
other, with dancing and delight di
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
Charlie Ross.

BosroS, December ga lad answer
ing the description of Charlie Ross was
placed on the Montreal train at Nashua,
Monday night, by some men who failed
to provide him with tickets. He gave
another name at Grst, bat finally sold
the men had made him tell q fictitious
story and that his name was Ross, that
he had lived in Philadelphia, was car
ried away while playing with his brother
Eddie, and that his mothers name was
Annie.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29

~festeggiar pestrante ptimavera. Upon
this special May that good, and rich
Folco, who afterwards built the great
hospital, gave the feast to his neighbors.
The story is told by two rare historians
Dante himself, in the curious exalta-
ton Of his Vita Nuova,' and Boccac-
eio. We will let the old story.teller, I'M
rivaled in his craft, give his less impas-
stoned description FIRST: 1t happened
that Folco Portinsri, a man Of great
honor in those times among the citizens,
had assembled the neighbors in his house
to entertain them Qesteggiare), among
whom was the young pan called Alig-
hieri, whom (siuce little children, espe-
cially in places Of merry.making are
accustomed to 20 with their parents)
Dante, not having vet completed his
ninth year, had accompanied. And it
happened that with the others OF his age,
Of whom, both boys and girls, there we're
many in the house, after he had served
at the first tables as much as his tender
age permitted. childishly with the others
he began to play. There was among the
crowd Of children a daughter OF the
above-naued Folco, whose name was
Bice Though he always called her Beat
rice, her formal name), who was about
eight years old, gay and beautiful in her
childish fashion, and in her behavior
very gentle and agreeable; with habits
and language more serious and modest
than her age warranted; and, besides
this, with features so delicate and so
beautifully regulated, and full, besides
mere beauty, of so much candid lowell
ness that many thought her almost an
angel. This girl, then, such as | de-
scribed her, and perhaps even more
beautiful, appeared at the festa-not, l
suppose, for the first time, but for the
first time in power to create love-before
the eyes of Dante, who, though still a
child, received her image into his heart
with so much affection that from that
day henceforward, as lsng as he lived, it
never again parted from him. The Vita
Nuova of Dante is the story told in de-
tail Of the love which thus began-a love
which has been perhaps more questioned,
criticized and commented upon than
any other which the world has known
since then, - ornhiW.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29

Aps~vtcan Intervention In Cuba
kx-QnesR Isabel 90 Return 20
Hpafn.
NEw YoRK, December ga special
from Vienna says that the Secretary Of
State of the United States has trans
mitted to every European government a
circular, asking an expression of views
regarding American Intervention in
Cuba ir order to obtain data, to be used
in the preparation Of President Grants
supplementary message to Congress.
All the governments have replied salts
factorily. England is ready to indorse
Intervention at the present moment. The
other nations express q willingness to
support Intervention, cut hesitate to take
the initiative.
A Madrid special states that Count
Puronrostro is in Paris officially ar
ranging for the return of ex-Queen
Isabella to Spain. King Alfonso opposes
the minietry on this important matter.
he declares the ministers may resign,
but that his mother must have an asylum
in Spain, her residence to be in yalla-
dolid. Madrid is not considered a safe
place for her. 1t is believed this serious
issue has been forced on Alfonso by
Isabella, and that the results will be
most disastrous. The Spanish army will
be divided at once if the ex-Queen takes
any part in the direction or counsel of
State affairs. Isabella's return will even
cause the loss Of Senior Ssgssta to the
royalists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
Total. .~....... s,4I,5ss 1l.29e.7l I.355 On

TOtal"."~~~... s.54I.5oS 11,2es.74l l.S55, 2s
1t Seems anomalous that South Caro-
lima and Louisiana should increase more
rapidlythau Michigan, and as no foreign
population is coming into the Southern
States it is evident that some other States
ere being depleted. The border States
have suffered in propOrtiOn-that is Vir.
ginis, Tennessee, kentucky, etc. An
increase Of thirty per cent. in Eve years
in South Carolina indicates an abnormal
state Of affairs. The Globe-D Democrat,
commenting en- this table. SAYS: TT is
possible that all these several enumera.
tons may have been accurately taken,
and that the ppzzling and contra.
Trajectory ys.urns are nevertheless
true. but We must confess that
our faith is staggered ct finding New
York and New Jersey, Massachusetts
and Rhode Isiss NOT only exceeding
the ross Of incfi ss Of Michigan, but ex-
esading oil the cA!5udations which we're
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29

based on a steady increase of immigra-
ton. Our neighboring State of Iowa
can hardly increase three times as rep
idly as Michigan, and yet, according to
Iowa's last years census, her population
increased from 1851 1893 to l,S50,h44, an
increase of nearly eight per cent. in a
year A little judiciOus skepticism is
always desirable in the presence Of CEN
sus returns, and while both those Of 1870
and Of 1875 may be correct We prefer to
believe that no reliance is to be placed
on either set Of figures.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
River TeIeelnms.

CAIRo, December 29. -Arrived-Andy
Baum, Cincinnati, 8 PM; Peytoua, New
Orleans, 5 am. Belle IF Shreveport,
New Orleans, 3. Depsrted-Chester
Memphis, 10 p.m Baum, Memphis. III
Peytona, Louisville, 5 am; Carrie v.
Kountz, New Orleans, Z. Weather cool
and cloudy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29

Thirty-eight thousand persons were
arrested in Paris on the fall Of the Com.
mune, and 746O we're punished for having
warmed up that little viper in their
bosoms.
England is out wet-nursing in Egypt,
and France says the act is scandalouS
after the way they danced around to-
gether in the hsrems at Constsntinople,
in ls54-55.
William B. Astor smoked a dollar'G
worth Of cigars a day, and yet, see how
rich he got to be. But parents, in spite
Of such facts, keep on lecturing their
ions about extrayagant habits IL they
happen TO catch EN- smoking a 6ve-cent
cheroot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29
Yours, for truth and justice,
q.uupr Waroo.

IDr. Rice and Major Rhea state that
Captain Gifts publication, while unau-
thorized by them, was true and correct
in every particular. At the seance above
referred to by the Doctor he did state to
our reporter hat the sesnce TO be given
TO the press as a body would not come of
for several weeks, and that he would see
about it.--CIrY EDITOR