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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-23
EnsuEeg against LOEs By Fire, H.
zine and River Riaka.
LEGAL.
LEGAL.
l1223.l
Chancery Sale of Real Estate,


Chancery Sale of Real Estate,
@. ID. Mclean ct al. VS.. James r, Chalmers
ct al. First Chancery Court of Shelby
county.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
~ decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the 18th day Of February, 1875, 1 will sell at
public auction. to the highest bidder, in front
Of the Clerk and Masters Office, new court
house building. Main street, Memphis, Ten.
nessee, on
Saturday, October 16, 1875,
within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to- wit: Two lots or parcels Of land known as
lots Nos. l9 and 20 in block No. 26, as appears
on the plan Of the west half Of Fort Picker
ing, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a
point where the east side of Fifth street inter
scots with the north side of Carolina street
and running thence eastWardly With the
northern boundary of Carolina street
5Ja feet to an alley: thence northWardly
with tho western boundary Of said alley 9S
feet; thence westwardly and parallel with
said northern boundary Of Carolina street
1914 feet to the eastern boundary of Fifth
street; thence southwark with the eastern
boundary of Fifth street IS feet to the begin
ming.
Terms of Sale- Cash.
This September %, 1875.
Il. A. COLE, C. and M.
By R. j, BLACK, D. g. and nj.
VANCE q ANDERSON. Attorneys,
g0-2I-27-22-sQ $500
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-23
INSURANCE.

2eS Second ST., opposite Court Square.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
THE NIoNEYLEsS MAN

This beautiful poem was composed years az
by Henry Stanton, of Maysville, Ky. Such gems o
poetry are not often met with, written by author
i whose names are never known In h'story.l
| Is there no place on the face Of the earth
Where charity dwelleth, where virtue has birth
Where bosoms in kindness and mercy will heave
And the poor and the wretched shall ask and re
Is there no place on earth where knock from til,
Will bring kind angel and open the door?
All! search the wide world wherever you can,
T1ere is no open door TO. the moneyless man.
Go look In the hall where the chandelier light
Drives OF with its spiendor the darkness OF night
Where the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy fold,
And mirrors Of silver take up and renew
In long lighted vistas the ,'wildering view;
Go there In your patches, and find II you can,
welcoming smile for the moneyless man.
Go look in your church Of the cloud-reaching spre
Which gives back to the sun his same look OF fire
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous with
Ana Il the walls seem as pure as soul without SIN
In the pomp and the pride Of their worldly estate
WAX down In your patches. and find II you can
VINO opens pew for moneyless man.
Go look to your judges, in dark lowing gown,
With the scales wherein law weigheth quietly
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles on the
And punI:hes r.sn. while he in:.!aes wrong;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have laid,
To render verdict they We already made
Go there In the courtroom, and finti II ron can,
Any law for the case Of moncyless man.
0olook in the banks, where Mammon hss told
His hundreds and Thousands of silver and gold
where. SAFE from the hands OF the starving and
Lies Pile upon pile Of the slItserins ore;
walk up to the counter-Ah, therc you may stay.
Tni your limbs have grown old and your hair turns
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

the Judge on his back, on the ribs, on
his arms. on his shonlderbladcs, or
the bald place on his head, on his
shins il bntted his nose, il buttcd his
spectacles off, it butted his watch into
mass of loose cog. " heels, it butted
his high hat into black silk chaos !; it
butted him over into the corner and
up against the fence; butted three
small boys into fits, butied the money
taker ct the gate, and them fled out In
to the air. The Judge did not dis
tribute the prizes that day. When
they collected him from various
parts Of the pen they wiped the mud
from his trowsers and the blood from
his nose, and sent him home with q
perennial stomach-ache and de-.
termination to atart after that wan
dering mutton the first thing in the
morning with shot gun.--Mar
.Adeler.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
why Jshnson's Ram Failed to get .
Rremlum.

Our country fair is just over; but
Johnson's Cotswold ram did not take
the prize that was offered for the best
animal Of that kind Judge Pitman was
chairman of the committee ON rama,
and he manifested the deepest interest
in Johnson's ram; indicating clearly
that IL any sheep ought to take prize
that one ought 10. Johnson's ram was
by itself in pen with 8 high board
fence, and before readjudicating the
prizes the Judge thought he had, bet
ter 70 in and make close examina-
ton of the animal for the purpose of
sscertaining the fineness of its wool
etc. As soon - the Judge reached
the interior he walked toward the
ram, whercupon the ram began to
lower his head and shake It ominously.
Just as the Judge was about to feel
the fleece, tho ram leaped forward and
planted his bead in the Judges stomach
rolling him over ON the ground. Before
tho Judge had timo to realize what
had happened, the ram came at him
again and began . series Of promiscu-
ouk butts, each given with the precision
end toscs of . pile-driver. u buttsd
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

CAPT. F. n. IRISH. of Iowa City,
8ther of the Hon. John p. Irish, war
illed in the streets of that city, on
he 18th inst. He was blind, and
khile passing along the street the
Dngue OF q loaded wagon struck him,
hjuring him so severely a. to cause
Ms death in few hours. Capt. Irish
Vas .. sea Captain in his prime, but
lbr twenty yosrs has been blind.
Death Is decidedly terrible mes.
.senger under any circumstances, bu,
swhen it comes in such hurried and
unexpected manner as VIC have record
(ed, the grief Of tho stricken friends is
rendered doubly poignant.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
Hanging 1. Fa.AI.a .s.,..

hon8lm8 N koeA1on again.
From the Cincinnati Times.
The Supreme Court, OF Massachu.
setts, have ovefruied tho exceptions
taken In the case Of the boy.murderer,
Pomeroy, and sentence Of death must
now be pronounced. IL ever there
was case Of monomania for murder
that boy had one, and Il IL hardly
probable that tho Governor will ever
permit him to 70 to the gsllows, yet
it is but another evidence among many
Of the widespread disgust against :
bungling criminal Jurisprudence which
has invited an increase Of crime, and
ofA disposition to put . stop to it re-
gardless of the laws teohnicalitiss.
The case Of Foster, in New York, was
% like one. Public sentiment demand.
led his hanging, although strict inter.
probation Of the existing statutes did
not Justify verdict Of murder In the
first degree. England has just given
. remarkable and even stronger in.
stance Of the same class. A brutal
flend, In . quarrel with his wife, kick.
ed her So severely that she died in
consequence. There was neither o
plo&uoultutc0 lutcukaOu W kiils uOC tuo
use of deadly weapon, aud the case
was clearly without the statutory def
nition of murder in the first degree |;
yet the act was so brutal, so fiendish,
that the man was convicted of murder,
and expiated his crime on the gallows.
And It IL sincerely to bo hoped that
this turn in popular sentiment will
continue until ii effects tnrn in the
laws. Let the Maudsley doctrine of
an s'irresistible impulse TO crime" be
established if you please; but lot the
criminal all the same be put where he
can do no further harm. The crime Ii
just as dangerous to society when ths
impulse Ia one of mental disease al
when It 10 ono Of perfect free will
In fact, the scientists, with their fas
cinating theory OF automatic action O
the brain. are leaving very little sfre
wilp in the world but il does not d
follow that the automatic murdere
should be allowed free scope for ID
| working ~ Aia dsetzustlvs AashiAss.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

LITTLE Delaware still keeps her
whipping posts in her jail yards, to
whip negroes, and now aud then q
|scalawag white man. She also
keeps her Bayard In tho U. S. Senate
to rise In his scat and declare that such
Union soldiers as Phil Sheridan "are
not fit to breath tho air of this coun.
try" But one thing Delaware has
|gonc back upon-heretofore divorces
were granted by the Legislature--a
committee to hear tho cases was ap-
pointed, and as they recommended,
The case usually terminated. This
business is now placed in the hands
|Of the courts.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

/ I, 6 u
Inc senate Juaiciary Committee. nav ing. been
directed by the Senate to report what Is the mean
ing and extent of the so-called ''press gag law
OF june y, is14 submitted report to-day, ex-
pressing their opinion that the second section of
the act Of June y 1874, confers upon the courts
of the District of Columbia the power to arrest of
with crime committed within the District, and
hold them for trial (which was the law before),
and to arrest offenders found in the District who
have committed crimes against the United States
in some judicial district of the United States and
TO send them to such district for trial. and that is
all. No person can be brought into the District of
Columbia under ii, either for Libel or any other
crime The committee are OF opinion that both
sections of the act are necessary and proper, and
in perfect with the principles Of justice
and oil ciNiiized Jurisprudence, Without proyis-
IONS OF this character the District of Columbia
would be an asylum for offenders committing
crimes against the laws of the United States and
escaping hither. IL only remains to report as di-
ieced by the resolution of the Senate whether the
sa,t act has any application TO prosecution or in
dletment for the crime oflbel in any case. We
are Of opinion that, as before stated, no person
charged with the crime of libel can be brought in
TO the District Of Columbia under it, for no per-
son can be brought here under il for any crime
whatever, and ii is equally plain that no person
charged with the crime of libel in any other dis
trct or place in the United States can be arrested
mere and sent to such district or place under it, for
the following reasons:
Libel is not crime against the laws of the Uni
ted States in any of the States, so that no case
could arise j which a court or Judge in the DIS
trict of Columbia could be called upon to arrest
person here and send him to any State for trial for
libel 1t should be here observed that the juris-
diction the courts of the United States in crimi
nal cases is confined to offenses created by the
statutes of the United States No ofiense at law is
indiciabe or triable in courts of the United States
Il was early determined by the Supreme Court Of
the United States and is the settled law ofthe land
If in any Territory libel is crime by its laws and
Il such laws could be held for such purposes to be
the laws of the United States, the act Under con-
sideration provides no aid In sending person
from this District to such Territory, for the third
section of the act of 1883 has no application what
ever to Territories. The result Is that the act 81
June %, ls74, is not in our opinion obnoxious to
any criticism, and In respect of the crime of libel
1t confers no power either to bring person charg-
ed with II into the District Of Columbia. or send
him out of 1t.
GEO. +. EpMuNps,
RoscoE CONKLNC,
FRED +. FRELiNGHuYsEy
GEO G. WRIGHT,
ALLEN @. THURMAN,
JOHN w. STEVENSON
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

HE democratic Supreme Court Of
Indiana has kicked colored children
out Of tho public schools. Following
this, recent attempt was made in the
Democratic Legislature of Indiana, to
pass an act to admit colored pupils
Into schools where the number of
blacks was 90 few in district, AZ not
to justify having separate schools,
Here the old Democracy piped in
again, and the bill was defeated. So
Democracy condemns the children OF
the colored people to ignorance, to 20
without education, for Ia almost ali
cases the colored parents arc too
poor to maintain. their children abroad
to obtain an education. This is the
offspring OF tho same sentiment that
made slaves of the blacks. Because
1t is not moro severe, is simply because
the authors cannot now make it worse.
1t is a most foolish and perishable
bias of mind. 1t cannot surviye-it
must and will pass away. We have
observed that the most embittered
persons We ever knew towards the
blacks, upon this subject, were, some
Of them, those who by marriage or
otherwise, were allied to a tincture of
black blood. Tho truth is, the educa-
tion Of every child in the U. s. is the
chief thing to be desired among all
things; 1t Is the hope of good society /:
of peaceful, quiet homes of the pres.
ervation and protection of property,
and Of the perpetuity of the country.
Tho consignment of colorcd children
to ignorance, or any others, is nursing
the bcpumbed adder in our boeems.
which 10 liable one day sting us to
death.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
From the Daily Of the 10th.

From the Daily of the 10th.
DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION.
Democracy met in Convention last
night under the deceitful colors of the
Peoples party. 1t is the same old trick
they have played time and again
Looking in upon it, however, VIC
saw hardly single actor in it but
those who were the Simon.pure old
unadulterated. It's officers were all ol
that class-its nominees are old Demo
Gratis save that Buckley was put in for
the unimportant place of Assessor.
All over the country no party ID
acting in organized form but the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. 1t
is even the boast of the organ of De-
mocracy in this county that it has
never been anything else but tho ST.
mon-pure. Anti-Monopoly is kicked
out at the back door after it has been
used to pull Democratic chestnuts
from the fire. Liberalism is Tilted
everyone one of that class in the U. s..
Senate is left at home. The national
platform which was gulped down by
the Democratic party in 1872, under
the leadership of Liberalism is spewed
out of the Democratic party and
here under our noses Democracy calls
these outside parties, mere side shows,
ephemeral organizations, mere auxil-
laries to build up the cid Democratic
party, and yet Democracy goes on to
gull some people, as they have again
attempted in this so-cAlled peoples con.
vention in this city.
If there be those whose purity leads
them out Of the Republican party in
seeking reform, into the ranks of De-
mocracy-if there be those who see
good government, economy in expcn-
ditures and the best interests of socie-
" lying in the support of the citizens
constituting the peoples convention
and their ticket nominated last night,
over that presented through the Re-
publican convention and its candi-
dates, we hope they may let that
purity shine, and let 1t be set upon .
hill that all rnay sec it. If they can.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

THE Senate sat All night on tho l7xh
inst., struggling over the considers
Ftion of resolution to admit Pinch
back, of Louisiana, to q scat in the
Senate. The session continued on
during tho 18th. Democracy again
Fshowed its revolutionary character by
blocking legislation in the Senate as i,
did in the House. This work of the
Democracy costs the dear people tens
of thousands of dollars. Because they
cannot rule they stop legislation by
dilatory motions, speaking agains,
time, &C., and prevent majority OF
! the Senate from proceeding with busi-
ness. This is the glorious reform par.
Fly, the party of good order, the allies
4 Of our friends who have left their old
Republican friends on account of their
corruption.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

The Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad IL
one OF the old roads of the country,
and built on economical and honest
principles. There is no watered stock
about It, like too many of our Eastern
roads. 1t has stood bravely ont
against combinations TO arbitrarily fix
Ifreights. notwithstanding old Como.
'dore Vanderbilt made President Gar-
rett visit In state to coax him into
an arrangement. This state of cross
purposes has brought its fruits, and
Tom Scott, of the Pennsylvania Cen.
trail, and Vanderbilt have commenced
trying to squeeze the Baltimore &
Ohio into terms. If we mistake no,
they have commen ced q war in which
the squeezers viii get worsted. How.
ever, this may be the people arc going
to reap harvest in low freights fol
the spring trade.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

TEE Democratic leaders in Wash.
ipgton are In trouble. Alabama, Texas
and other Southern States want 10 rev.
olutionize a la Arkansas and make for
themselves new constitutions. This Is
Just what Gen. Grant alluded to in his
recent brief message. II Arkansas
Democracy can revolutionize why no,
the rest of tho Southern States. The
Democrat leaders are frightened and
cry out, "For Gods sake don't attempt
to mako new constitutions "The in.
fuence clearly is bad until We get
better on our feet
An Inter- Ocean special says:
There have been general consultations Of late
nediency Of the southern States calling convan.
tons 10 change their constitutions, and It has been
snch conventions. The question first came nj,
from Georgia, some weeks since, and Senator Cor.
Don Mrots 81, strongly 9n deprecating the movement.
Of members and the most prominent Conserya
tves In North Carolina upon the propriety OF call
etor Ransom. and he consulted the Dem0crais :
Iree!y ~ both houses, and wrote back that the en-
1se nooy q CONSERVATIVES here were opposed 10
acmt 'uSn conventions now In any part Of the
n4usn. sn9u! MMnln few days the Texas Leg
state mere upon the same subject There vas a
Iepy sen. to-day, signed BY the whole delegation,
The object OF these conventions. a. stsfsd n
Southern member here, was not to Change those
portions OF the Constitution relating 10 orestions
Of the present government or those growing out of
he war. bat the reply In al cases was that NO
messer what the reasons were, II was altoGether
inexRodlent at present 70 call constitutional con.
yseuees tos apy puypQ1e whateyey,ii
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

Mrs. Dale, Of Detroit, held hot buck
wheat cake over her husbands counteaance
for several minutes, because be expressed
his disaproval Of free-,ove doctrines. ssThe
family must be run on an unsectarian baais''
said Mrs. D.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
Iowa Centennial appointments.

Editors Register:-Iu pursuance OF
the plan adopted by our board, oi
grouping the products of onr State in.
to thirty.two groups, VIC have, up to
da;e made the Following appoint
ments:
I. A sample of the geological STRAIT.
ification Of the State. w r Fox, Stuart
2. A sample Of all the rock and stone
OF the State. Donohue & McCosh,
Burlington.
3. A sample Of tho soils OF the State,
accompanied with an analysis. Prof.
j K Macomber, Ames.
4. A sample Of all the sands, gravel,
gypsum, ochers, &c. Prof. J X Ma
comber, Ames.
2. AL wood.producing plants, with
. cross section Of all trees above six
inches In diameter. Prof. CE Bessey,
Ames. hga
8. All fruits. State horticultural
Society Committee to Prof. McAffee,
Secretary, Ames. g eS5s
TO. All grains, seeds and grasses. j
W Fulton, Fairfield.
IL. ALI Geological specimens, espec.
tally noticing onr domesticated ami.
mails. o s Mcneil, Davenport.
IL. All ornithological specimens, es.
pecially noticing onr domesticated
fowls, DR. j. NJ Shaffer, Keokuk. ID
IA The oonchology OF the State,
Paleology and Paleontology, DIR d A
Holman, Oskaloosa.
y. All fancy, ornamental and hand
iwork, Mrs A 8 Welch, Ames.
26. All newspapers, books and liter
ary publications. William II Fleming,
Des Moines.
2S, The organization Of scientific
associations, including schools, col.
lcgea, &c. Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, Col. A Abernethy, Des
Moines. .z~. &.
.. AL religious statistics. church
history, Sc, of the State. Elder J A
Nash, Des Moines.
80. All patents and useful inventions
Of the State. Thomas G. Orwig, Des
Moines.
Appointments for other Groupes
will be made as soon as suitable indi.
viduals can be found.
ALEX. SHAW, Sec'y.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
TELEG RA .EaEaEG.
THE RAILROAD wAR.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l6--Thos. Scott.
President Of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad, has written letter in reply
to the telegram of President Garrett.
of the Baltimore & Ohio Road, in ref
erence to tho Pennsylvania company
refusing to allow the Baltimore s.
| Ohto cars 10 run over their track in
the city Of Philadelphia also with
drawing through passenger tickets
rom their Offices in New York and
new England, in which telegram Gar
rett affirms that the Baltimore 81 Ohio
Railroad will not hesitate to yindicate
its ability to maintain its rights and
| secure equitable and just relations for
its business to all points, by adopting
rates that seem proper.
The reply asserts that Garrett has
been guilty OF demagoguism, and has
| acted in bad faith with other trunk
I lines in regard to rates. He will, he
says, protect Philadelphia and New
York, and other points accessible BY
the Pennsylvania railroad. While the
company desires tho best and most
equitable accommodation for the pub
lie and for the company that can be
arranged, they will secure fair share
Of the business of the country, and
particular pains shall be taken to
make everything convenient. Hence.
forth the public shall not suffer from
the action of tho B. & 0. r. r. in its
attempts to harrass the company.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16-The Inter. Ocean
tomorrow will state that the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad will, unless a
compromise Is effected with the Penn
sylvania company before 10 o'clock
tomorrow. reduce its passenger rates
both eastward and westward. It will
also reduce freight rates from west to
east as they have been reduced from
east to west. This will involve all the
other trunk lines running from the
Mississippi Valley to the East, This
determination of the B. & o. r. r. ia
tho result Of q correspondence be-
tween President Garrett and Colonel
Scott, yesterday and to-day.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 16- Orders have
been given for Q great reduction in
passenger rates between Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and the lead.
Ing western cities. Between Chicago
and Washington, from $40 to 10; be-
tween Cincinnati and Washington,
from SIG to 10; from st. Louis to Bal
timore and Washington, 1923 to $l5,
and other reductions in proportion.
Thesc reductions take place at once.
western connections have telegraph
cd that they will cheerfully cooperate
in its policy throughout, as long as the
Pennsylvania road continues to OBJ
etruct it's business to Philadelphia and
New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

The fret ballot to-day in Joint Con-
vention resulted in the election of S.
j. Mcmillan, q. s. Senator, by vote
of 81 to 81 for Lochren. The Senator
elect 10 the present Chief Justice of the
State Supreme Court, and is a man of
unimpeachable integrity, of very mod :
ate abilities and always Republican
in politics, aud though having been
for many years on Benches of the Dis
trict and Supreme Courts, his particle
ton In political affairs has been limit
ed to casting his vote. His age ia
about so. He is prominent member
Of the Presbyterian Church.