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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-27

chancery Court Of Shelby csunty william
Coward VS. John p. CaruIhers

Chancery Court Of Shelby Ceunty- William
Coward VS. John P. Caruthers.
pY. VIRTUE OF AN NTRRLOCUTORY
~ decree for sale, entered In the above cause
on the 10th day Of January. 1873, I will sell. Of
pdhl:e auction. to the highest bidder. In ffcat
o. the CLERK and Masters Office, new Court
house Building, Main street. Memphis. Ten
nesseo, on
Saturday, January S, 1876,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated IN Shelby county, Tenn,
and In the city Of Memphis, to.wit: BEGINNING
at q stake 3lM feet from the northeast corner
Of tho intersection Of Shelby an6 Talbot
streets running thence east and parallel with
Talbot street 100 feet to a stake; thence north
feet 70 a stake; thence west l50 feet 70
shelby street; theneo south with the east sido
Of shelby street rs feet to the beginning.
Terms OF balo-On a credit OF ak months,
purchaser to execute note with approved secu-
Ivy iiea retained to further secure same.
equity OF redemption barred,
This December 9, 1875.
BY II. j. DLAoK. d. @. and nj.
JAMES ". TEMrLE, Attorney. sl.ll3
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Attachment Notice.


In the Circuit Court Of Shelby County. Ten
nessee-Marcus Jones, j. Il. Randall and J.
y. Danbufy VS.. The Memphis Industrial
Exhibition Association.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
y ing been sued out under section As5 Of the
Code Of Tennessee. and returned into court,
levied. upon the personal property Of the
defendant. and affidavit having been made
that the defendant Is justly indebted TO plain
tits in the sum Of el236 on due By notes, and
tnat defendant has fraudulently disposed Of
is property, or Is about fraudulently dispos-
ing Of 1t; Il is therefore ordered that The said
defendant The Memphis Industrial Exposi-
ton Association make its appearance
herein. before the Judge Of the Circuit
Court Of Shelby county, at the court
house in the city Of Memphis, on the third
Monday in January next, and defend said at
tachment suit within the time prescribed By
law, or the same will be proceeded with Ok
parte; and that q copy 81 this order be pub
lished once a week for four consecutive weeks
In the Memphis Ledger.
This 9th day Of December, 1875.
A true c~opy-Attest:
B +. COLEMAN, Clerk,
BY. GRO. J. CAMPBELL, DC.
q; v. FRAZER, Atty for Plaintiff.
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HELP.
LEGAL.
attachment Notice.

Before j. NJ. Coleman, Justice Of the Peace
Rudolph, Wurlitzer & Bro. VS.. Weston
White,
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTHAv.
i ing been sued out under section 1855 of the
Code Of Tennessee and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that the defendant is Justly
indebted to the plaintiff in the sum Of 1854 40
by note, and that the defendant is a non
fore ordered that the defendant make his per-
soDal appearance before me on the 18th day
Of January, 1876, at 10 O'Clock am. at my
office. No. 294 Frent street, in the city Of Mem
within the time prescribed By law, or the same
will be proceeded with ex parte; and that a
0 Of this order be published cnce a week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day Of December, 1875.
j. M COLEMAN. j.. p.
RANDOLPH, HAMMOND 4 JORDAN, Attorneys
for Plaintiff. 81 SO 99-16
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On Tuesday, December Is, 1875,

within legal hours, the following described
to-Wit: One hack, No. 36, in the
city Of Memphis. being used as apublic hack,
one horse--all TO DO present at the sale, to be
commenced atl2 m.
Terms Of sale CASH.
This December Is, 1915.
u A. COLE, @. and M.
By r. j. BLACK. D. O. and M.
j. r. ROBERTSON, DUvAL * DOUGLASS, and
j. W. ELDRIDGE. Attorneys. 9l-l02
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/. ct
PRIDE oY MEuPBIs LoDoR No. 392-meets
every Thursday evening AZ members' reepec-
IsDrAE MOUND LODeE No 42S-meets every
Jackson and Sixth streets. George B. Elliott.
w. o. T.
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Memphis 4 Ohio 4. 4. lS.S5
0.50l i.o0l Twice Daily.
memphis 4 Charleston
sol r. R.-Daily, II 10 /.
mississippi 4 Tennes-l
sec r. R.-Daily.
Memphis 4 Little Rock $50
ti.m r. R.-Daily.
JPaducah 4 Memphis 800
a.0Ol r. R.-Daily.
Miss. river to telonadl
Ol Friar's P't-daily.
(Vicksburg(tri-weeklyO
sol Mon, Thurs, Sat.
miss. river h st. L0uisl
s01 Mon. Thurs. Fri. 8
White kiver-Semi-
s 5Ol Weekly-rues. X Sat- 5
Ark river .semi-weekly(
5 DoTuesday and Saturday.
marion (tri-weeklyl-l
10 Mon, We'd. Fri. 10 8
Cuba, Tennessee
weekly-Friday. 10
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TEMPLARs OF HONOR.

NAronA TEMPLE OF H. AND 7. EHNIN
No, 1-meets every Friday even E&AN
ing at s O'Clock at new Masonic .-1M
hall, Gayoso block, Main street.
q. Il. Tate, W. @. T.; Chas. Layton. W. ".
T.; @. A. IS. Richardson. W. R.; j.. Z. Rogers,
W, A. r.: A. II. White. ". =. RI d. c. Nc.
Dougal, W IT.: A. HUM, w. U g. W.
Ramsey. W. d. wv. A. Hill, ", W. G:;.F.
\ Davis. W. s.; X. o. Milton, W. Chaplain.
CHELSEA TEMPLE or H. AND I. No. 2-meets
every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, at their
hall, Brick Church, Chelsea, g. r, Dawson,
W. y. t.; J. McH. Holmes. Wv T.; C.G.
Sender. w. R.; Robt. Kendall. w. A. RI
j. II. Chandler. W. r. R.; W NJ. Carr, w.
T..W. IS. Rodgers, W. u; ST. Noyes, W.
D. U; 7. B. Rawlings, w. g.; X. 7. White,
WIS.
MONTGOMERY coUxoIL No. l. T. A. AND S
t. meets first Monday In each month"; in
Masonic Hall, GayOso Block. at TX o'clock
pm. John W. Graham, @. Of c.; John W.
Brush. r.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-14
THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD OvEB
IN MEXICO.

Mexican newspapers received here and in
st. Louis concur in confirming the state
ments Of the agent, in Mexico, of the In
ternational Railroad Company. That our
readers may comprehend the vast impor-
lance to Texas, and to the whole country,
Of the iscts now published in Mexico, it
may be we'll to state that the international
road is regarded as the most important of
all the great lines of road in this country.
It's termini arc contemplated ultimately
to be Fulton, Arkansas, and San Bias,
Mexico, on the Pacific coast, with the City
Of Mexico, and other places of importance
in the republic of Mexico, To be reached BY
branches from the main line, which, travers-
ing diagonally the State of Texas, should
cross the Rio Grande at the most feasible
point.
The Legislature of the republic of Mexico
considered at its session last winter the ques-
ton Of granting q subsidy to company
which undertook and guaranteed the build
ing of these roads. The bill, which
was defeated, provided, as a guarantee
Of the builders Of this road, eight per
cent. of the customs receipts at the
plluCipal bcdpOIIo VI buO IcpuoAAC AOl = gwen
number Of yesrs, affording q fund largely
sufficient TO secure the success Of the enter
prise. There were five companies of Mis-
souri, and Texas engaged IN the under
taking, the International of Texas, the
Houston and Northern, the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas, the Cairo and Fulton, and
the Iron Mountain Companies. OF course
the failure of the bill, IS stated, deferred
the perfection of prellminaries.
There appears now to be q new aud f.
vorsble condition of the enterprise. BY
three different Mexican newspapers, pub
lished at the Mexican capital, we are told
that the Republic of Mexico has entered in
to contract with Mr.. Edward Lee Plumb,
representing the international Railway
company, BY which the government agree:
TO grant subsidy in aid Of the road 70 th'
City Of Mexico Of $1,000 per kilometrI
lover SIS, 900 per mile). This is certainly
3 most important piece OF information
The completion of the work will put rs IL
direct communication with one Of thu
richest regions ON the globe-rich, not only
in fruits aud ether products indigenous Z
the tropics, but IN che most fabulous min
eral wealth, gold, silver and copper
Nearly every mountain in Northern ant
Central Mexico is teeming with the preciou
metals, and her mines can only be devel
oped through the influx of American en-
i terprisc, that must be carried there BY tn
laundering wheels of the iron horse.
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new no FLE1sE GIANT.

A tail, good looking negro, with his
well dressed, closely veiIed wife, after Sun
day morning services were begun At the
Methodist Church, entered the house, and
advancing up the aisle. the bride was soon
seated beside two young ladies. She
sought to shove them aside, that the brawny
black might have seat. But there wasn't
space enough, and the gay sAmbo took
less conspicuous position among the
brethren. A steward approached our col
ored hero. and modestly conducted him to a
place for ''such cases made and provided, "
near the door. Then the imperturbabls, quiet
steward went to the ''veiled prophecies, "
who SAT near the droppinEs Of the sAnctua-
n. he spoke to her in 3 low tone. she
seemed to hesitate; be touched her gently
on the shoulder, she yielded, while 6anbo
At the door watched the steward very eager
II. The orange eolored African blossom
finally wilted and went ont IS If waited By
fragrant gentle zephyr. sambO staEehily
awaited her coming, and tho pair slung
themselves out Of church in high dudgeon,
shaking the dust OF their feet and OF the
building b. impressive stamping as they
went. They knew quite well Whist was
coming. They have churches oftheirown as
wellss schools. both sustained and the houses
built mainly by white people, and these two
Only seek = little notoriety. Il Is not
The preacher they would hear o. the pfsyers
70 which they would listen. They cane
thar they might b siscted. and that there
might Be- ''pslscculione q tho poos black
ana that some Phi shcrdsn might b cent
h,ther. Are not those negroes paid b Had
icai knavos 70 discharge such servlcosl A
neero o. two, mere o. less. knocked On chs
bad. might serve god puTpose, restoring
Davis % power and destroying Statehood 81
Iexas a. IL Louisiana. thus facilitating
~ acAisVsncn, % lie third tern and ths
c,,ahiiahncht ol ~ empiro. Nolhing.
jurs nov, would % delight Grant g .
nerfo not n lho capital 81 TEXAS.
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JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE states, in HayPer's
Weekly, that ell the very great men of the
South were of New England. Prentice
and Prentiss and Quitmsn were born down
East but came South when young, and were
indiees to Southern pecuhArities of thought,
feeling and action. Therefore, they left
frozen attitudes. The great men of the
North, for whose presence in our midst we
must ever be grateful, are, Bullock, Scott
and Patterson of South Carolina, Ames Of
Mississippi, Reed and Stearns Of Florida,
Kellogg, Durell, Packard, Warmoth and
Casey of Louisiana, Littlefeld, swepson
and other heroes and statesmen, who honor
the land of their birth by robbiug that Of
their adoption.
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Yankee papers sometimes tell OF wild
deeds Of sudden vengeance done in these
States, certainly as often Is negro, COM
hitting rape, is caught and executed by
frenzied mob; but no enormity ever done in
the South Is comparable, in hideous revolt
ing incidents, to the execution By mob At
Wallace, Kansas, Of J. B. North alas ''Buf-
salO Joe" The maA was only q robber and
q thief, and when captured was suspended
with telegraph wire to q telegraph pole.
The wire rested under his chin, and for two
hours he lived, suffering fearful agony until
he frOze to death During these two hours,
which must have been IN eternity 20 the
poor wretch, bis merciless pnrsuers ieered
ct him, turning deaf ear 70 his appeals
for release. II the moral sensibilities Of the
mob who thus luxuriated in the agony Of
Buffalo Joe" are not permanently blunted,
the sight Of the man struggling for life
must haunt them forever What hope OF
mercy can such men have9 Thcre is not that
degree Of sympathy FOX a wrOnged or suf-
fering Indian, that We confess for one of
our own race enduring the same anguish OF
wrongs. But here We have white men, not
Louisianians. but heaven-deseended North
ern white men, putting to death one Of their
own blood and race with unexanpled heart
lessness and cruelty. It would be terrible
in Northern eyes if Buffalo Joe" were
only black. SINCE be is white, Sheridan
will not be sent to Kansas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-14

ITIsa great shame that the only cannon
left Of those used by Fannin at Goliad is
suffered to be destroyed by time and rust.
The Legislature should see that it is pre-
served with tireless care. Gen. Steele's
suggestions should be approved, and o
building constructed for the preservation of
these memorials Of other days. If the
Legislature will not, the Library Associa-
ton should take charge of the old gun,
which will soon be the only survivor Of
''GOlisd." 1t is now being destroyed by
time and rust in an old field at Goliad.
Fannin, we believe, had only two field
pieces. This is one of them.
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prepay postage. Il Is evident that the
Piano editor would get after that remoTse-
less subscriber, the enormlty "a whose
crime makes the world shudder. This sab
scriber Is the last of his sort. His photo
graph should find a place in the Herald.
The prepayment Of postage makes the cash
system among newspapers, ever hereafter.
universal, even in Texas.
II is stated that Major Theo. Noel,
well known newspaper man Of Tsxas. has
been employed by certain gentlemen Of this
city 70 gather the materials and prepare a
volume for publication 10 be entitled ''rhe
Heads of the People The volume will
be printed in the finest style of art and on
tinted paper. II is to be pTofusely illus
trated, having the engraved likeness Of
each prominent member both Of the State
Legislature and Of the succeeding conven-
ton, with elaborate biographical sketches
Of these gentlemen. Major Noel will be
assisted BY some of the most tasteful ard
skillful writers Of the State.
The Waco Eamiaer and PItron says the
Austin STATESMAN, in an able article, takes
the same ground we did q few days since,
IN favor OF che Fourteenth Legislature dis
posing OF the International question
promptly, and before it calls constitu-
tional convention. This Is the key note,
and this is the true position. II would be
arrant cowardice on the part Of the present
Legislature, were it TO longer defer the con
sidsraton of this question, and worse than
cOwardice were il to attempt to foist the
matter upon the coming convention. The
people of Texas can tolerate almost any
other fault rather than weakness, and they
now demand at the hands of their legisla-
tors the final settlement of this vexed ques-
ton, one way or another, and they viii do
we'll to listen to the voice of the people.
The Houston Telegraph says the debt due
the International Railroad Company from
the State ought to be paid. 1t viii be a
wrong perpetrated upon the State IL steps
are not taken by the Legislature 10 have il
settled. To repudiste it would do more in
jury to the credit of Texas than the loss OF
ten times the amount involved. With the
reputation Texas is gaming everywhere, il
would be suicidal to longer handy this OBJ
legation about from Legislature TO court,
and backwards and forwards like shuttle
cock, allowing It TO rest nowhere. 1t may
be settled in some manner, or o basis OF set
Element agreed upon, without occupying
much time of the next Legislature; but bt
it long or short, we hope for our credit and
future welfare, that we may never again bC
called upon, in the performance of our duty
as public journal, 70 urge a speedy and il
! possible, final settlement of the Interna
| tiOnal bond question.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-14

The report of the State GeOlogist, S. B.
Buckley, A. NJ, shows that coal abounds
along the route Of the Texas Pacific Rail.
road. Therefore the absolute necessity fol-
the construction of the Austin branch to
the Gulf Fuel We must have. Forests, in
this vicinity, will soon be extirpeted
wood now costs from Eve to ten dollars pei
cord the cedar brakes viii soon be de.
stroyed; and it only remains for the people
of towns and villages, especially. to relieve
themselves Of the evil Of costly lumber and
fuel by constructing the proposed road.
Iron, too, is as great necessity of modern
civilization as coal, and these two indispen'
sable requisites of progress and civilization
are collOcated, as shown in this report, il
inexhaustible profusion, in Coleman ano
Stephens and other northwestern counties
of Texas.
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A PETITION has been numerously signed
by bondhclders of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, asking for an investigation into
the affairs of the company, and if the facts
bear out the assertions Of the petitioners,
then Congress will repeal the law incorpO-
rating the company, take back tho land
grants. possess the road, and assume the
payment of the bonds. These are the facts
that Tom Scott encounters when seeking
to assure the construction of the Southern
Pacific. Northern Credit Mobilier Swindlei
meet the South on the one hand, to render
progress impossible, and tyrant's myrmi
dons and carpet-bag thieves destroy even
political freedom on the other.
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TuR GEAvksr QUESTION FOR Tx
An GAWG1vEns.


The Stare hes conlessodly derived great
wealth and angmentsa population from the
construction q the international Railway,
and pet The Internationally road itself, IS Il ex-
lists. b almost valueless % iss owners The
State ge.a everything; The roae builders,
no<hlng. There aEe infinitely m,re honest
people "a Texas than knaves. Many years ago
Texas aas deemed the home Of ESCAPED des-
pozadoos, but ovon these were not thieves.
They had rude ideas ofhoaor. and would not
pegpeiralo frauds, even though they did not
ehiecl, a occasion, 70 little rough fight
inF. Civilization and the simple religion
81 our Savior, the press. pedsgogue. stump
speaker, and inaax q wealth and intelli-
sence have slowly wrought moral and
inleiecsual cosnkes, and The bully and
mufltrer and thief arc e th0ronghly de-
lpl.ea. aud more terribly and surely pun-
ished N Texas thar in any Amer
lean elsik. We have sea letters
I,oa al pos,io1s 81 Texas They eons
e lhe STATESMAN daily. and Whils written
SIMPLY thtt lhs people may know vhaf TIE
Legislature and convcntion VIII 40 and that
- writers g thozc IctlcEs nay hecens Cur
fo.1cis va. 90. md with infnils pleasure
What ~ peoplo hare % say. ThsY aEs
onc Alnor, Hilhoui dislesting Voics
lley ten it,k no1e shoala esads rsspousi.
b'''ls,. while eagerly Pocks,ing he ioss q
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AL kinds Of foreign green fruit are adj
mitted into the United States duty free.
Then comes GalvCston's opportunity. The
tropical orchards of the hemisphere are at
the gateways of Galveston, and then we
must have new and competing toll bridge
across the Indian Nation, to lessen the.cost
Of transportation, and then Galveston be-
comes the American tropical fruit market.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-14

II. MCBRIDE PRIDeEE, ESQ, is still
busily engaged in securing claims for
widows and orphans of soldiers of all the
wars in which Texans have participated.
The War Department bluffed him not long
ago because he couldn't take the irOn-clad,
and Mr.. Pridgen wept because of the
cruelty of the government to those whom
he represents. He charges nothing for his
services, and the absurd and UBIQUITOUS law
should surely be suspended, By special act
of Congress. in his behalf.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-14

THE report Of the Secretary Of State il,
to say the least Of it. highly 'shgurative."
There are fifty pages Of tables giving vast
deal Of information interesting to the Gen
eral Assembly and quite as amusing as
Chitty's Pleadings. The preparation Of
such report must have cost Mr.. DeBerry
q vast deal Of labor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-14

TIE memories of the battle of Lexington,
the first Of the Old Revolution, are to be
celebrated on the nineteenth of April. We
are drawing near in feeling and in hallowed
recollections to the birthday, and, we great
ly fear, are nearer, in fact, to the grave Of
the Republic.
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ernment 50, 000, 900 acres Of land already
belonging to them, aud IN consideration Of
this and other valuable securities they AK
the government not for loan OF subsidy.
but the guarantee OF five per cent interest
on the bonds to b. sold Tor the prosecution
of the work.
II the West and the South viii be true 10
their own interest, and united ia their
action, they Will receive the support Of
many laEge-minded and Just men from the
North and East, and few months wilt wit
ness the Inauguration of one Of the grandss.
and most bene6cen. enterprises OF the day.
CAPITOL.
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TIE COLORADO Citizen saws:

We claim Texas in its grand and glorious
entirety; from the magnificent pine forests
of the East, to the broad, rolling prairles
of the West; from the surf-beaten shores Of
the Gulf on the South to the great wheat
fields of the North. We want Texas, IN
divided, to become the great Empire State
of the Union, filed with railroads, telegraph
lines, manufactures and large and thrifty
population.
The Citizen need not add that the imme-
diate completion of the International road
is sine qua non to the grand results il
would attain.
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TIE rainfall of Texas is fifteen per cent.
more, annually, than that of Illinois, and
twenty-five per cent. more than that OF
Wisconsin, when the relative population OF
these three States, per square mile, was the
same. As fields are cultivated and trees
planted, the quantity of rain is steadily
augmented. Therefore, every farmer should
plant trees.
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FARMERS still boast of wheat crops about
Dallas and they are going to plant more
cotton than ever next year, Hog and
hominy" will soon pay best. Ames and
Kellogg and the black and white devils OF
South Carolina will send Texas two or three
hundred thousand white citizens next year.
They will want bread as we'll as freedom
and white mans government.
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II is well that Philadelphia and the whole
North is engaged in discussing the cele-
bration of the Centennial Anniversary of
American Independence. A hundred years
have elapsed and the war must be fought
over sgaln. It was waged one hundred
years ago, for the freedom of each colony,
and now it must be fought for that of each
State--not for the severance or dissolution,
but for the reproduction Of the Union.
Grant has converted it into a centralized
military despotism.
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THE corrupt government Of the rabble in
New York City having been overthrow,
the new mayor, Wickham, having the i'm
Plicit confidence of the people, went into
ofice on New Years day, and New York
was supremacy happy.
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THE San Antonio Herald has become
bronzed By being left out in the cold by
the State Legislature. The international
will soon shelter it beneath the roof-tree of
advancing civilization, and San Antonio
and the Herald will alike don new dresses
and stand forth before an enraptured world
in all the freshness and beauty Of reiuven-
ated activity and progressiveness.