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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-12
The Vacant and Expiring Chancel.
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To the Editor Of the Ledger:
My squib in Saturdays LEDGER sug-
costing BarriSter James Gallagher for
the nominal Chancellor, vice Walker,
resigned, stirred up an Attorney" (2)
in yesterdays Appeal; but judging from
the feeling shown by this attorney, l
think detect the =" masters" hand who
informs the world that liable and emf
nent lawyers are aspiring to the success
sorship," which shows that Attorney "
must be in a position to know what is
going on, and that they will discharge
the important duties of the Office for
many months to come; at least, till the
election in 1876" and that the very best
Of counsel has been retained to test
the constitutionality of the act abolish
ing the courts" which displays an inti-
mate knowledge of what is being done
behind the scene to thwart the tax-pay-
ers in their plans of retrenchment and
reform and a determination on the part
of oficeholders to disregard all law
which cuts off their supply of public
pap, for | take it that Attorney" will
hardly hold that the act abelishing the
Second Chancery Court is not to all in
tents and purposes a law, which all
of6ceholders are, under their oath Of
office, required to support until set aside
by the proper tribunal. Attorney" "
says that =" the respectable members Of
the bar are a unit against the abolish
ment OF our courts" Of course they
are, but not against the adjustment Of
those useless ones, the Second Chancery
aud the Second Circuit, and, moreover,
those lawyers having no practice can,
of course, spare these courts" Now,
Mr.. Estes and others who refused to
sign a petition asking the Legislature
not to abolish these courts are generally
regarded as respectable" in point Of
ability, and the belief prevails in this
community that they get a fair share Of
practice. | hardly think Governor Por.
ter, who was elected as a reformer, will
give any n the appointment for the
purpose Of inaugurating a fight over a
law demanded by the taxpayers and
approved by himself; but if be does,
then l renominate Barrister Gallagher
for the empty honor and call the
NrvT
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cheek Touch right EYER "Touch
left eyel" Touch .onguer "Close
eyesl" Look sober" Laugh etc,
etc. Now these things have been talked
of and laughed at by hundreds Of citi-
zens. Boys are the bOldest critics; they
come out in the strongest terms on ,he
absurdity of such touch eyes" aud
a" touch noses" They have reproduced
Mr.. Pickets anecdotes of his kin, his
aunt Sukeys and uncle Jakes until, no
wonder, it has become the general idea
that he is utterly unit for the place, and
the people who we're instrumental in
.foisting this man on our schools to their
injury will be held to a strict account by
the people whose trust they have be-
trayed. PARENT.
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"PRoPERLY AsCERrAINED.,

The payment Of taxes will be resumed
about September and will be paid cheer,
fully. We can assure our funding friends
that there is no intention in this State Ia
repudiate a dollar of the properly ascel
tanned debt Memphis Ledger.
Properly ascertained." We should
like to have the LEDGER explain what it
means by that. If the editor of the
LEDGER, while sitting as a member OF
the General Assembly, at the last ses-
sion, ever opened his mouth to suggest a
plan by which the validity Of the State
debt, either il whole or in part, should
be " properly a%scertained," we are not
awar Of the fact. The enemies of the
State credit invariably base their as
saults upon the presumed invalidity of
at least a portion Of the debt, but in no
case have they indicated a single specific
reason why the people are not morally
and legally responsible for the face
value of every bond that was funded
Nashville Union and american.
There is nothing terrible couched in
the words properly a~scertained." The
funding act itself requires a very strict
examination of bonds presented for
funding or registration. The officers Of
the executive department have exercised
this proper ~precaution to a greater de-
gree than may be known by those who
have not examined the Comptroller s
very full and able report. The Attorney
General Of the State has also been in
strueted to test the legality of all
doubtful bonds presented. Whether
this has been done to the extent
contemplated by the law, we have nc
means Of finding out. But we do know
that the people labor under O
suspicion that much Of the funded debt
is unjust, if not illegal, and while they
submit to it with some degree Of pa.
thence, they must request the bond
holders not to ride them too hard, OF
they may be forced to a more unpleas
ant alternative. A good crop, however
will do much to restore a healthy anC
cheerful feeling, and no doubt {
long step will be taken toward re
storing the credit of the State. The de
fault thus far has been caused by inabil
ity and not an inclination to resist an,
honest debt. AS to the LEDGER, or an,
one connected with it, we have acquies
ced in the funding bill thus fer, fearin.
that an opposite course on the part @
the State might bring greater evils, bu
the manner Of its passage and the bod.
of the law we have always condemneu
as something hastily saddled on the PEG
pie before they knew what it was.
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Bonds $2Oeach.

The Industrial Exhibition Company win
furnish agents with Circulars. etc.. etc.
Each Newspaper published in the town where
agent is located Will. as soon as agency Il ca
tablished be given an advertisement. adver.
usng such agency and the company. and fully
explaining the plans, purposes and objects OF
the Company. Such Advertisement will con-
unue in such papers as long as agency is sue
c~essfully conducted.
The Industrial Exhibition Company is the
first to adopt the plan so long in use BY the
European governments of issuing bonds when
the principal is made secure and not risksd.
but where there is a chance for alarge pre-
MUM. an investment of $40 is sure to return
to the investor s2l-one dollar more than Co.'S
and the holder of a $40 Bond may obtain a
premium either of $50, 800. 500, $500, $1,000,
$4,000, $4,000. $4,000. SIS. 200 or 500, 900. The
interest. which is ordinarily distributed to All
the bond-holders pro rata. is in this loan dis
tributed by chance. The purchaser Of a bond,
knows he will receive back his investment.
with a small rate of interest added, and In,
consideration Of taking this small rate of in
terest, he has a chance in the above named
premiums, which are simply the distribution
Of interest on the whole loan.
Each bond participates in four drawings
each year, until it has drawn a premium, when
it is surrendered, the premium laid, and the
bond cancelled.
The Industrial Exhibition Company, under
a special charter, granted by the State o New
York, is given auth Gritty to issue these bonds.
The Legislature Of the State, recognizing tho
great benefits which will arise from the sue
cess of this enterprise. have exempted all the
real estate and property Of the Company from
taxation and assessments for FIVE years, and
has also conferred other great privileges.
Every American who understands the pur.
poses of this Company will, Of a necessity,
feel a pride in aiding it to a successful termi-
nation,
Each individual who buys a bond becomes
an owner and an interested party, and when
he views the structure erected with his money
can say, " 1 aided to erect in our country the
most magnificent building the world has ever
seen. a palace which, in truth. represents the
industry, energy and mechanical genius Of the
American people,"
The manufacturers and the inventors Of
America are peculiarly interested in the sue
cess Of this enterprise. for the reason that tits
to be their home, where all their inventions
and manufactures can be exhibited and sold.
The building win contain $4,000 square
feet of space.
Purchasers desiring Bonds before an agency
is established where they reside, will commu-
nicate direct with this Office. from where they
can be supplied.
Parties desiring to act as agents or to pur-
chase bonds will address
Industrial Exhibition Company.
No. I2 East 18TH Street,
Bet. BROADWAY N 9TH AVENUE,
New York City,
NoTE-All moneys by draft en- New York.
or Express, or postal ~order-charges paid by
sender.s s0dkwt
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0neen Y,ctorIn.s man Frianr.

A correspondent Of the San Francisco
Newsletter, now in England, writes:
MANY anecdotes are told concerning
the sort of relationship which exists be-
tween our honored lady the Queen and
her faithful servant, John Brown. Some
of these must, Of course, be taken with
a grain OF salt, but the following, / be-
lieve, can he relied upon: Johns
affection for her Majesty is very great.
1t was Prince Albert who first took the
man, simply because he was straight
forward and extremely independent.
John never alters his broad Scotch
tongne-to please any one, not even.
royalty itself. The Queen was, once
getting settled costly upon her little
Highland pony, The animal being
small and the read dusty. it became
necessary to tuck up her riding habit
with a pin. John Brown was perform
ing this office, when suddenly, o dear
exclaimed her Majesty, you have pricked
me, Brown Your Majesty should
wear mair claes, then, was Johns re-
ply. Brown was presently after sent in
to fetch a certain mantle which the
Queen described. Instead of bringing
the one described, John brought a much
thicker one. Brown, said the Queen,
that isn't the one at all. It's Just this
nae ither, your Majesty said John,
buckling it behind the saddle; I ken
MAR about the weather than you, and
the Queen submitted like a child"
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CHICAGO, July IA man about fifty
and q woman about forty-6ve years Of
age were found drowned in the lake at
Waukegan yesterday afternoon. They
had been lettering about the place Sat
urday. They we're entirely unknown in
the vicinity. and it is supposed they de-
liberately committed suicide by walking
into the water. The coroner's jury this
morning rendered a verdict of found
drowned.
EVANSVILLE, o., July 1.-Two men,
Lewis Gerwig and Charles Church, were
drowned last night by the upsetting Of
a skif. Both drunk.
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THE SCHOOL, NORTHUMBERLAND

Wehave refrained from any particular
discussion Of the school question for a
time, but given our correspondents con-
siderable space. These communications
speak of matters that concern the vital
interests Of the people and have at
tracted general attention. They are
terse, vigorous and pointed, dealing in
facts and charges, to which are ap-
pended the specifications. Surely these
things furnish food for thought, and can
not fail to have a lasting effect. When
our correspondents are through we shall
sum up the evidence and have a few
words to say, and this in a spirit Of fair
ness to all. The charges of intolerance
and prescription against a portion of the
School Board is altogether too serious
a matter to be passed over in silence,
If injustice has been done the Board
it is a very great injustice. and needs to
be corrected. If it is true, then the
Board is unworthy of public confidence
and respect. We begin to suspect that
two or three master minds of the Board
make cat's-paws of the rest, and that
some very worthy gentlemen have the
same as handed over their proxies to the
few who run the machine. We say it
looks that way, and that such an impress
sion is finding a Judgment in the public
mind. Men who undertake to perform
an important public duty cannot excuse
themselves for neglect by setting up that
there is no pay in it. The Legislatures
of South Carolina before the war received
no compensation whatever; yet those
bodies we're distinguished for intelli-
gence, ability and efficiency. The du-
ties Of School Visitor are onerous and
perplexing, we admit, but this does not
justify any one in delegating his mind
and his work and his vote to his more
energetic or seheming neighbor. Every
one should investigate and work and
vote for himself.
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.sAttenffon.,,
NEXT.

To the Editor Of the Ledger:
In Mr.. Sl%aughter's article No. ) he
gives some idea Of the silly exercises Mr..
Picket puts the children through. There
are nearly 5000 children in the schools
and sixty teachers. Now the intelligent
boys, girls and teachers have talked a
good deal of these exercises-teachers
under their breath for fear of Mr.. Pick.
cts displeasure, but boys and girls have
no such fear, and these latter are often
heard to indulge in the rudest criticism:
oh, he's crazy" He's an old fool"
etc, etc. This, Of course, is not the way
boys should speak Of school superintend.
entsi but imagine large boys reading
Horace, or Homer, receiving the train.
ing invented by Mr.. Picket, Children.
attention. 4" Positionr Hands foldr'
Arms foldr' Arms on chestr' /" Fold
on desk" Hands on head" Touch
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Velocity and Duration Of Light,
Ming.

A large fash Of lightning, distinctly
seen, often leaves upon the mind an i'm
preston that it he's lasted fully a second
or more, but it is proved that such is not
the fact. Its velocity is at the rate of
288,0 900 miles per second. The utmost
duration Of a hasA from beginning to
end is estimated not to exceed the six
tieth part Of a second, though retained
upon the retina so much longer. This
may be proved during a storm on a per-
fectly dark night by setting a wheel to
work so rapidly that in a steady light its
spokes appear to blend and become. in
d~ividually invisible. 1t being dark, and
the wheel rapidly revolving as above,
when a flash of lightning occurs the
wheel will appear to the eye motionless,
every spoke being distinctly and separ-
ately visible and still. This was first
observed by Wheatstone, and is recorded
by him in conjunction with other similar
experiments, as conclusive proof that
the duration Of the fash is excessively
brief.
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Fire.

OswEGo, July PA FIRE broke out at
eleven o'clock this morning in Lewis
planning mill, which was entirely con
sumed. together with Perkins pump
factory, Derosa & Co.'s carriage
shop and George SINNERS paint
shop. The FIRE is still burning and has
reached the building occupied by Hook
and Ladder Company No. 2 and the
Herrick Hose Company.
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Those who owe taxes should bear in
mind that the amount bears interest at
the rate Of six per cent. since it fell due,
and that after the first of October all the
heavy penalties provided by the old as
sessment law of March, 1873, will re-
vive and be in full force. Delinquents
may be assured that tax-collectors will
be fresh and vigorous after such a long
and ~uproftable vacation.
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Now that Plymouth Church has pre-
scented Beecher with SSO,OOOin the shape
Of increase in salary, the public will
understand where the money is TO come
from to pay the expenses of the trial.
1t comes from the pockets of the rich
members who admire Beecher's free
love doctrines and contempt of religion,
but by passing it through his hands they
make good the assertion that he paid it
all from his own pocket.
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River Kilograms.

CAIRO, July IL. = Arrived Grand
Memphis, L pm; Eddyville,
IL I'm. Departed Grand
St. Louis, 4 am. Heavy rain
morning; cloudy and hot.
CINCINNATI, July l2.-The river is
almost stationary; cloudy and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-12

WE have received a copy Of The Age,
a new daily evening paper started at
Knoxville. 1t is Democratic in tone, is
the organ of the Changers CT East Ten
nessee and is neatly printed. Whether
a third daily can live at Knoxville is one
of the problems which Colonel Charlton,
the editor, can work out.
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NEW YORK.

NV YORK, July u. "A circular
signed 1.-THE Erie Protection Committee
of London" has been circulated, calling
a meeting Of the Erie stockholders at A
pm. to-day to discuss matters relative to
the annual election tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-12

The President of the Italian Geo.
graphical Society has just received
favorable intelligence of the expedition
sent to examine the possibility Of CON
Quoting the waters Of the sea into the
hollow basins of the Sahara. The Tuni.
sian government co-operates e%nergeti-
cally in supplying guides, escorts, tents,
horses, ETC., for the expedition, which at
Cares will be divided into two parties.
One is to explore the oasis of Gerid and
carry out some interesting collateral r,
searches among the ruins of Carthage,
particularly the remains of the aqu-
ducts and the remarkable lead mountain
of Gebel Drucas.
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ProbabiIities.

washington, July l2.-For Ten
nessee, Ohio valley and lower lakes,
falling barometer, southwest to south
east winds, warmer, partly cloudy
weather, and in the two first districts
rain areas.
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J1ly y ~ tbs '1 9asiS Sisy; at Of ! her orG soSiir ei%;.
L. D. Mullins. jr., No. $50 fernando road, Of
apoplexy. Mrs. MARTHA e. TUGGLE, consort
Of the late John j. Tuggle, aged So years.
The friends and acquaintance of the family
are respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from the fernando street NJ. r. Church. this
(Monday) afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
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GENERAL HENRY L. BENYING, a prom
inent citizen of Columbus, Georgia, died
at Atlanta on the 10th inst. He served
with distinction as a Brigadier General
in Lees army and was a successful law
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An English Admiral in Favor OF
COck.FtghtIng.


New York Times.l
Admiral Rous, the President of the
Jockey Club and an enthusiast for all
kinds of sport, has come forward in
London as the champion of cock-6ght.
ing. He confesses that "if cooking,
which was once. a grand sport with the
mobiles Of this kingdom, be now a sin, he
is an old and hardened sinner" In 1872
he brought ten English bred cocks from
Sydney to Malacca, and fought and won
ten battles with a Chinese merchant, who
had fought and defeated all the Malays;
and be adds, Il would 60 two hundred
miles to see a main between the
Cheshire pyles and the Lancashire
black-breasted reds, if there was no legal
prohibition; an amusement which Gre
ates alliances and augments friendly ac-
quaintances adds to the strength of the
empire, for united we stand; and the
monotony of human life is relieved by
every salutary diversion" He also ex-
presses his contempt for the man " who
is daily an accessory to the murder of
youth in the shape Of veal, lamb and
spring chickens, and who yet prides
himself on his amiability and expatiates
in the House of Commons on the cruelty
Of allowing pugnacious birds to contend
in fair fight, to the admiration Of thou
sands of good, honest men, who delight
in such specimens Of first-rate pluck and
courage
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The Government has gone to Cape
May on an excursion. Meantime the
head cooks run what is left at Washing
ton and Long Branch.
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New Jerseyisn' straining herselfto ed.
ueate the children Of her dead soldiers,
but she has put up an 81 900 monument
10 their poor fathers.
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BONDS.
Local Agents Wanted.

An Agent Wanted for Each Town
and County in n United states.
Parties desiring to act as agents must ac-
company their application by letter Of recon-
mendation as to character and responsibility
from and signed by the editor Of a newspaper
published in the town or county for which
agent proposes to act. Tho agency is to sslh
the bonds Of the EddusiriaI ErkifaSon Com
OauV-
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The subscription price of the
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per aunum
for Daily, ana 90 per annum for
weekly. POSTAGE FREE.


Subscribers leaving the city for the summer
months can have the PUBLIC LEDGER mailed
to any address at 75c per month, postage paid.
Leave orders at counting room. No. ID Madi-
son street.
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The exposure of spiritaalistic frauds
seems to be in order. The latest we have
heard Of was at San Francisco. One
Professor Jacobs, an importation from
Chicago, was the principal juggler, and
such a poor one that the crowd could see
through the clumsy tricks as they were
performed. Even the faithful were dis
gusted, and so is the whole intelligent
world, with this shameless business.
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MEETINGS
Knights Of Pythias.
Tennessee Grove No. l, U A. 0. d.

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS AND IN
i 1TIATI0N Of new members this evening
at 5 o'clock at our new hall, No. 2e5 Second
street. to which all members of our Grove and
members Of sister Groves are cordially in
vited. By order Of the N. A.
+. w. BUTTINGHAUS. Secretary.
July 70. 1873.
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WHEN't the Supreme Court declared the
jury law unconstitutional, one of the
funding organs announced the fact with
great glee aud said that everything else
done by the late Legislature would go
the same way. 1t pains us to remind
our venerable contemporary that the
Supreme Court has passed upon the act
s%uspending penalties on delinquent tax
payers, whereby the July interest got a
black eye, and pronounced the law con-
stitutional and in full force. How sad.