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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

SNAuADue ANasy LAMNct AVNu.l
Constable Frank Morris Yesterday solo
the remsios Of Dan Castello's Circu.
and Meuagerie at auction in the pres
ebce Of a large crowd of probably zoe
people, The sale took place at Colonel
Charles c. Burns stable on Locust
street. Il a made in accordance with
an execution levied on the property BY
S. K Stiekney, the clown, and one OF
Two other performers, Tor salary due and
unpaid
The sale was en- immense sacrifice, as
the property worth $4,000 or $4,000,
brought only 1920 Joseph Morris
purchased q fine black horse Tor $40; q
ticset wagon worth $500 or $4OJ for
Sl5j; three sets of 6oe harness for $45;
three camels for 5000, and the enrire
canvas, seats, poles, etc, for .$I05,
making a total Of $545. All but the
harness vas purchased for parties in the
East The camels were worth from $4O0
20 S700 each, and the largest Of the
three, IN immense Arabian dromedary,
is said to be the finest one Of the species
in the country. This fine animal
brought 500 at the sale, aud others $50
each.
The circus canvas, double, is worth
PROBABLY $500, and brought only $lO5
1t consists OF two coverings, one oil
which is new, the affair being water.
proof. Henry Gumberts purchased two
animalwagons for $50. Captain Horn.
brook, for other parties, purchased o
fne gray ring.horse and two trick.mules
for $275, the two mules bringing only
S75. Colonel c. G. Burns took a trick.
stallion, Excelsior, at 5000, but it was
discovered afterward that the ANNA
was dying with collie, and it is doubtful
il the Colonel will receive him. Genera
James NJ Shackleford, one calico
ring.horse (billed as a thoroughbred
Arabisn) $67 so. Henry Brommelhous
purchased two little black Shetland
ponies, a perfect match, for $S2 so
The total amount of the sale was Sl22O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
FOREIGN.

LONDON, November IA dispatch
from st. Petersburg says the Gear 10
addressing the generals aud officers at
the close of the review ct Tsarskasela
on Wednesday, said; Gentlemen, let
us wish the best success to the com
manders of our armies"
The Cars words we're received with
enthusiastic cheering. All freight traf.
fc has been stopped since yesterday on
railways between Warsaw and Terespol,
Kico and Brest, Russian Bozesc, Mos.
COW and Brest, Tombeff and LaratoG
Graess and S~earizyn, CbsrkoG Nico!iaei
and Moscow and Koslof.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
TRUE STATEMENT OF THE CASE.
A Manly, S-tatesmanlike
AppealtOth Country.
The Democrats Determine to Stick.
A More Hopeful View.

New YORK, November 1.-THE Her
AIDS New Orleans special says that tbs
Democratic Committee at | o'clock this
morning had prepared a reply to the Re
publican letter Of refusal, which in sub
stance is as follows: They admit nc
official powers to the right or to interfere
with tae internal affairs Of the State O
Louisiana, but they are here at the re,
quest OF an organization of a great po,
liticsl party. where they meet represen.
%tatives Of the opposition, selected by the
President himself for the same purpose
and, as he says in his army order, for
the sake Of seeing an honest count OF
the vote actually cast. They assume this
as a mutual object since the question has
become a national one, and they
insist that the people Of the United
States can only be satisfied with a fair
and honest count, aud further. that pro.
per respect should be paid to the fact
that the people of the United States
have elected Tilden by q majority OF
nearly 300. 000-ignoripg the negro vote
by a majority Of over one million In
reply to the statement that the Vice
President has authority to count the
votes, they take direct issue and assert
that Congress- itself, consisting Of the
Senate and House, has been solely in
vested With such power; that for thirty
years a precedent has established this
right. The Senate invariably appointed
one, and the House two t~ellers, to whom
the duty has been delegated. They en-
phatically deny that the Constitution of
the United States ever contemplated
delegating such grave aud arbitrary
powers to any one individual, and that
right and responsibility belong to Con.
gress itself. They also deny that the
Returning Board of Louisiana can be
safely trusted with the manipulation of
the returns Of election, having been al
reaiy virtually set aside twice BY reports
OF Congressional Commission comprised
ofleading representative oil both political
parties, and once by the rejection of the
officials decided to have been elected BY
the Board. The more so because the
Board, as at present constituted, is pre-
eisely the same, with but one exception,
it consisting of two United States off,
cials and one candidate for office at the
late election, hoping for but little from
the Republicans.
The above is more in the form of a
protest than a letter, but the Democrats
assert their intention to appeal for and
demand a representation of en- official
count; and are equally firm in the ex
preston Of their belief in a successful
issue of their efforts. II is very evident
that they intend to stick to the last, and
will exhaust every remedy before defeat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
HOMICIDE IN HUNTSVILLE.
Napoleon b. Kennedy Killed by
Alexander PerrymRn.
Huntsville (Ala.O Independent. 18th

Napoleon b. Kennedy Killed by
Alexander FerrymRn.
Huntsville (Ala.l Independent, 16th.l
On Saturday last a distressing affair
which resulted in the killing OF N. B,
Kennedy, of Arkansas, BY Mr.. Alex,
Perrymsn, a freight conductor on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad, took
place on the arrival of the westward
bound evening freight at the depot in this
city. From the information we have
been able to gather. the killing appears
to have been an act of simple self.de-
Tense.
1t seems that Kennedy and his brother
from jackson came down on the freight.
on which they had some cotton, and on
arrival here, being somewhat under the
influence Of liquor, refused to leave the
car, whick the brakemen wanted to lock
up preparatory to going to supper, and
acted in q threatening manner.
Mr.. Perryman was sent for, and he
succeeded in getting them out Of the car
on the platform Of tbs depot, where they
Immediately assaulted him with their
knives drawn.
At this moment Tom GLENN, one Of
the workmen at the machine shop, came
out from under the car where be had
been inspecting the wheels and brakes
with his tools in his hand.
Perrymsn snalched the hammer and
monkey wrench from him, and with the
hammer knocked one of the brothers
down, and threw the wrench at the
other, striking him on the head and
fractnring the skull, from the effects Of
which he died in a few hours.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

WASHINGTON, November 17.-For Ten.
nessee, Ohio valley, lower Lake region,
upper Mississippi and lever Missouri
valleys, northeast to southeast winds,
stationary or higher temperature and
stationary or falling barometer, with
cloudy weather and slight rain or snow
attending the formation os a storm GEN.
ter In the Missouri valley. The upper
Ohio river will rise eighty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

Bishop McTyeire, in his notes m the
lndisn Mission Conference, at Vinita,
October 22d, tells a good one at the ex.
pense of DR.. j. B AcFerrin, Missionary
Secretary, who was present in all his
glory. One day be rose 10 speak. Said
a lady to her elbow neighbor, Who is
going to interpret for him2' (She mis-.
took him fora chief Of one of the tribes J
20, he can speak English" was the re.
ply. The Secretary had uttered O few
sentences, when the lady of the first
part nudgcd her friend" He does right
well, only a lille broker" - Western
Methodist
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

The Irish Government announces by a
special order that for the present, rail.
way companies may receive rams for
carriage in their vans without the disin.
lection of the latter being Insisted on,
provided that the animals are carried in
cribs aud are not allowed TO leave the
cribs while in transit" In a postscript
the size of these cribs ia prescribed:
" Wooden cribs of 3 feet 6 inches long.
2 feet 3 inches high, and | foot s inches
broad, outside measure, will pass into
the narrowest a door" There is thus
no difficulty about getting the crib into
the car; the only trouble is how TO get
the ram into the crib.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

The Western Methodist, of this week,
mentions The death Of Rev. J. G Gas
gov. supernnmerary in the Benton die.
trict, who died peacefully aud triumph.
autly October SOth, after three weeks Of
suffering from pneumonia. For come
time he has been deeply silicted. Ia toe
days Of health and strength be vas a
useful laborer. BE passed away in bis
f%fy.seventh year His family have The
sympathy Of mary friends Els brethren
in Conference will pey a fitting tribute
d bis worth"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

Mr. Robson, architecht to the School
Board for London, says; 1T cannot be
too widely known to all householders in
large towns that a water. trap is no more
effective against the passage Of sewer
gas into q house than a stls leading into
a field is to a pedestrian-that is to say,
il is an obstruction (sometimes formid-
ablel but nothing o The true
remedy is to have a water.trap immedi.
ateIy outside the house
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
&am0Fed Earriaga OF Prominent
Persons.


For some weeks past there have been
.rnmors 10 the effect hat in the event OF
his election to the Presidency, Mr.. Tilden
vas TO be married to Miss Leila Morse,
daughter Of the late Professor Morse,
preparatory to furnishing a mistress for
The White House. la the event Of his
defeat it was rumored that the couple
would sail Immediately for Europe
These reports assume more definite
form, and the engagement has been
positively asserted in social and political
circles for the past few days. The friends
Of the lady do not credit the story, and
20 positive authority for the announce.
meht a be obtsi1ed from any OF Gov.
Tilden's friends. Mr.. Tilden has been
for years an intimate acquaintance oil
the family. Miss Morse is a young
lady, twenty.four years Of age.
IF stately figure and much beauty oil
%eountenance. She is rarely accom-
piished as a musician and linguist Miss
Morse and her mother sail for Europe on
Wednesday next. with the intention Of
remaining abroad for three years Of
moTe. This latter fact is accepted as .
detail Of the reputed engagement.
The marriage Of John Kelly to Mis-
Theresa hullin, the niece Of CArdioa
AoClaskey, is to be celebrated in New
York City, and not 10 Washington. The
rgmor that the ceremony was to be per
formed in Washington arose from ths
fact that Miss Mullins married sister
Mrs. Cleary, resides in that city. Miss
Aullin is about thirty years Of age.
During the illness Of the Cardinal sht
and her sister, Miss Mary Mullin, were
very attentive in nursing him,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
BLAIEE's CHANCES FOR THE PREsI.
DENCY CONSIDERED.

uAM14
Washington special to the New York
Tribune Of the 10Th says:
Influential Republicans here talk OF
the election of Mr.. Blaine to the Presi-
dency Of the Senate as an event likely TO
ensue Immediately after the assembling
OF Congress. If such action should be
taken it would of course be to provide
for a possible contingency which might
leave a vacancy in the Office Of both
President and Vice President Of the
United States after the Ash Of March,
and devolve the powers OF the Execu-
tive upon the presiding officer Of the
Senate. A prominent Democratic
newspaper lately suggested that If
Raves should be declared elected by the
votes of Florida aud Louisiana the
Democratic House would refuse to 60
into joint convention in February to
count the vote, aud would thus make
the election incomplete and sbortive.
Il there should be q disposition shown
to take such q course it may be regarded
as certain that the Senate viii see that
the government is administered by com
petent and resolute hands in the inter-
regnum of q year which would elapse be-
fore a new election could be held under
the Constitution, and the President then
chosen inaugurated, 1t is scarcely proba.
bic that Mr.. Blaine would accept the
place under other circumstances than
these. The Presidency of the Senate is
seldom desired by its influential mem.
bsrs, because the occupant of the chnir
is deprived Of opportunity for taking
part 10 the discussions and work of the
body, and has in the way Of compensa-
ton for this loss almost none Of the
mower possessed by the Speaker of the
House.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

A SERIOUS chargegf ballot-box Stating
has been made in the Bartlett precine.
by Mr.. Calvin s. Adams, a Democrat,
who was q Of the supervisors. He
says he voted tue Democratic ticket, and
only makes the charge because it is bis
sworn duty to do 50. We regret to hear
such a report against our Bartlett friends.
But if anr individual mas tempered with
the ballot box let the olTense be traced
to him aud not laid on such an excel
lent community.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
DrOOkTyn Navy Yard on n war
Pooling.

Footing.
New YORK, November lit wa ru.
mored here yesterday that orders hac
been received from Washington to place
the entire Brooklyn Navy Yard on a wal
footing. Commodore Nicholson declined
to say anything 10 regard TO the matter
bat it is certain that very unusual move
ments are 10 progress at the yards, snt
that the frigate Minnesota was yeatetds,
furnished ammunition aud fully equip
ped for sea.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

Five thousand workmen are employed
IN the construction Of coast defense near
Odessa, AID the Notifications and rma
ments Of the ports Of Odessa, sebastopol
and kerteh are being carried on actively.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
Row The Legislative Halls OF south

eltVstNN NoAB1 " ne MlfnOnt
Furniture.
Cincinnati Enquircr.J
The fact is that the halls of legisla.
lion arc without furniture. The late
Legislature passed an appropriation to
re'urnish the halls and committee rooms.
and before this learned body ad journed-
nearly all negroes, with three f5urths
unatIe 70 read or vrite-a polored Scion
rose 70 his feet and said
"Mistah Speakah, | moves. sab. dat
de b%onahable membahs Of dis Legislatah
hab de privilege oh takin' to dsr own
homes ell de ole furniture, sab
This sensible proposition 10 the confa.
sion OF the hour failed of a passage in
both branches, hut it was enforced all
the same, aud all the old carpets, desks.
chairs, tables, patter busters, spittoons
aud eloeks-in a word, every article that
could be gathered up and oarted away
disappearing. The attempt to replace
the necessary appliances to law. making
was not successful.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

NEw YoRK, November IA dis
patch from Baltimore says the re.elec-
ton Of Walsh to the next Congress from
the sixta district will be contested by
MoComas, the Republican candidate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
THS vole for Governor, by Congress.
ional Districts. with twelve counties to
hear from officially. ia as f%ollaWe.

The vote for Porter is slready-with II
counties to hear from-l3, 1872 in excess OF
that received by him in 1874. while his
majority is within GAL votes of that by
wblch be was FIRST elected. - american,
1871.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

THE Sparta Index says that Abraham
Austin, a colored man, aged III years,
living in White county, came forward
on election day and voted the Demo.
cratic ticket
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17
Pal.e MntrImonlaI Bumor

New York, November l7.-Miss Lillio
Morse, daughter Of the late Prof. Morse,
before sailing for Europe yesterday, gave
her positive denial to the current rumor
of her engagement to Governor Tilder.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

The subscription price Of the PUB.
LILO LEDGER is IS per annum for
The Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Wesklg-P Postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

The Little Rock Star of the l4th an.
nounces that the Gazstte establishment
has been bought by Major John D. AID.
aus and General W. D. Blocher. The
latter ives formerly one Of the propde.
tors of tao paper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

d
N0TICE.
To Tax Payers-COrrectiOn.

T HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE AT
ment Of Taxes. before going into the hands of
C0nstables. is the first Monday ia January.
instead Of the fret Monday IN February.
/ accordingly hereby notify all part es TO
come forward before that time and make pay
ment; and request all large property hslders
SO that bills may be made out while | have
time.
November Is. 1876. Gg-T7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

TIE Louisiana Returning Board is
not in session today. having adjourned
Yesterday without any important action
to meet Saturday at nooa. The delay
seems 10 be unnecessary and only
strengthens the idea that the Rldical
game is to freeze out the Democrats,
manufacture capital and make snre
work Of the great frauds contemplated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

TnE official count Of the Florida Can.
y~assiug Board will not commence this
week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-17

shall rebound to the prosperity Of Ten
nessee, whether it sends him to the Uui-
ted States Senate or retires him to tho
shades of a Henry county courthouse.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
A Late Autumn Wedding.

MAKE note of the 18th of June,
those who were so happy to be mar
ried, or began any enterprise on that
date, for it was said by the stars to be
most conspicuous day. Be that as it
may, it witnessed somewhat eXcep-
tional and decidedly interesting bridal
ceremony. The principal parties con-
sisted of a widow over fifty, and a
widower of probably year or two
nearer sixty, who had been lovers in
their youth; had separated, married
each some one else; lost their partners,
and after many years of marriage and
widOwhOod have come together again,
both seemingly as much in love as ev-
er; have renewed their youth in that
love, and been united till death do them
part.
There might be luck in such an ex-
pertinent with some people, but this
promises most auspiciouSly. The lady
is young looking, still handsome, with
q ouiplCAloH tllttV many SIIo IhiSllo
envy: has an ample income of her
own, and no children to suffer from
the loss of their mother, or the acqui-
sition of father. The gentleman is
well-preserved, well-to-do," and has
two grown sons-no daughters
pet their new mamma much more,
probably, than if it were their old one.
No bride of twenty was ever more shy,
more glad, more sweet, than this bride
of fifty, in whose cheeks the white and
red played so alternately as if she had
not already passed the summer of her
DAYS and reached the autumn, but still
felt the thrill of expectancy beating at
her heart, with its pain, its wonder, its
mystery.
Few lives have two springs or two
summers vouchsafed to them, and SO
friend ventured to suggest, urging also
the freedom she had enjoyed, the
independence of actions as likely to af-
ford an agreeable contrast to the new
scene of restraint which marriage
would impose. ...... ..-
"But it is SO dreadfully lonely" re-
marked the then unmarried bride,
"and 1 don't want to be free OF indie
pendent. | think our limitations are
more the source of happiness than we
dream of. AT any rate, shall be glad
to have some one sufficiently interested
in my movements to inquire about my
goings-out and my comings-in, and ]
shall accept the slight restriction it
may impose for the sake of the comfort
affection gives. Jennie Jat'ae, IN Bal
tinloye american,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
New Caledonia and Its Mineral
Treasures.

THE beauty and wealth of New Cal
edonia are as yet little appreciated, and
probably when they are more generally
known the world will have arepetition
of Australia's history. l have lately
seen some very interesting letters from
Numea, giving detailed accounts of the
climate, Savages, civilized inhabitants,
and, finally, of the great discoveries in
metals, particularly those of nickel,
made, and being made, in what must
be thought one of the richest spots
upon earth. Gold was found in con-
siderable quantities in 1870, but the re-
turn did not repay the laborer, and
digging was about to be abandoned,
when copper was discovered in such
abundance that it has since proved a
great source of wealth. 1t was first
heard Of in the following accidental
manner: A party of miners, having
breakfasted copiously, separated right
and left in search of quiet hooks in
which to enjoy their afternoon nap.
One of them Ga trihe more intoxicated
than the others, perhaps laid himself
down so near the edge of a ravine that
he unconsciously rolled into it! Upon
coming fairly to his senses he saw, to
his great delight, that he was lying
upon a bed of copper! So " fortune
comes to some lucky mortals in
dreams" Not long after this, green
looking bits of stone or metal were dis
covered in the neighborhood of Mont
dor mot far from Nume0, which, on
further examination, proved to contain
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
Principles of Good Farming.

THE better to retain important facts
in the memory, am ever fond OF re-
ducing the principles OF good farming
TO brief maXims and rules, compress
ing into single short sentence the glst
of many page. Thus [ carry about
me mental pabulum to be digested at
the handle of the plow or hoe. The
following are some Of these prlncl-
pies:
1. The farmer who would succeed
well, and derive pleasure as well as
profit from his calling, must manifest
an active and abiding interest i'll his
vocation. 1t takes heart-work to make
hand-work pleasant.
2. The farmer must study how best
to increase and maintain fertility to his
soils. There is no inertia in agricul-
ture. There must be progress, either
forward or retrOgrade.
3. The farmer must strive to in
crease the quality as well as the guam
tity of his crops. 1t is the quality that
determines the price. In this eek
celsior' should be his rlnvaryingmotto.
4. The farmer must seek with 9
watchful eye to improve his market
facilities 1t is transportation that eats
up the profits.
5. The art of raising better stock is
not as we'll known as it should be
Keep no more animals than you have
the facilities to feed and care fol
well.
6. The farmer must seek to improve
his social. intellectual and financial
condition. -Erchdnge.