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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-08
POLITICAL.
Democratic Gains in Kentucky -
Henry WatersOn Elected.


LOUISVILLE, August 7.-Specials
to the Courier-Journal indicate
Democratic gains most everywhere
in Kentucky. Lexington gave a
Republican majority, somewhat less
than at previous elections.
In the Congressional race to-day
Henry Waterson was elected by an
overwhelming majority, only a few
scattering votes being cast for
Heady, Independent Democrat.
The Republicans had no local ticket
in the field. Able was elected
sheriff, and young Henry Clay was
beaten for prosecuting-attorney by
a few votes.
LEXINGTON, August - The
election for sheriff passed off quietly
in this city. Tarlton, Republican,
received 2072; Thomas, Democrat,
received 17s3-a Republican loss on
the vote of 1872 of $50 votes.
Thomas reported majority in this
county, 500; Democratic majority
in ~Sessamine, so.
INDIANAPOLIS, August Cen.
Ben Harrison returned home Sat
urday night. The nomination for
Governor was formally rendered
him in an address by Hon. A. G.
Porter, to which Gen. Harrison re-
piled, promising to announce his
decision as to his acceptance early
this week.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, August T.
The returns show Democratic gains
everywhere. Enough has been re-
ceived to warrant the statement
that the Democratic majority will
be thirty thousand. Many counties
heretofore Republican send Demo
Gratis to the Legislature, and the
Democratic majority viii be very
large. The vote by Congressional
shows seven of them Dem
ocratic and one Republican. AS
FAR as heard from there has not
been a disturbance of any kind in
the State. The utmost good feeling
prevailed everywhere.
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CONGRESSIONAL

WASHINGTON, August S.-The
Chair laid before the Senate a COM
m~unication from the Secretary Of
War inclosing a letter from the
chief OF the engineer corps remon-
strating against the proposed
amendments to the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill, limiting the
availability of the appropriation
for the Improvement Of Southwest
Pass Of the Mississippi river, in
which he expresses the opinion, if
the amendment should be finally
adopted, it will stop the work of
dredging and interfere with the
of New Orleans. Or
dered to be printed and to lie on
the table,
Mr.. Hitchcock called up the
Senate bill to establish the territory
of Pemhiha aud to provide a tenn
pOrary government therefor. The
proposed new territory consists of
the northern portion of the terri
tory Of Dakota. After Il brief dis
eUSSiou, Mr.. Edmunds moved to
postpone its further consideration
tin the first Monday in December
next Rejected l. yeas, 20; nays,
- The bill was then passed-yeas,
81; nays, 10,
Nh, Edmunds called up the re-
ports of the majority and minority
Of the committee which investigated
the circumstances attending the
late election in Mississippi, and it
was ordered that they be printed in
the Record and lie on the table.
Mr.. Logan, from the committee
on Military Affairs, reported adj
versely on the House bill to pardon
deserters from the army, and it was
indefinitely postponed.
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Saturday, August 26, 1876,

within legal hours, 10 front Of the court-
house, in the city of Memphis. sell ~ Inc
highest bidder, for cash, the following parcels
of land, or so much thereof as may be- peces.
sary to satisfy the taxes adjudged against Inc
same, and all costs, to-Wit: A LOT ~ land
lying in the city of Memphis, Shelby comfy,
Tennessee, owned by defendant Grehan. be.
ing lot 4 in Harbert's subdivision of mart of
country lot 5OS IN the south side Of Aiabama
street, beginning 100 feet east OF its intersec-
ti0n with the west line of country lot 503.
thence east with the south side Of Aiabeme
street 4S feet; thence south, parallel with the
west line Of lot sos, 1887 feet; thence west.
parallel with Alabama street, 4S% feet. thence
north 1851 feet 10 the beginning.
Also part Of lot No. 3 Of the Ragland tract.
containing 0ne-fourth of an acre; BeeinninS
AZ the southwest corner of lot No. 3 Of M.
haglands subdivision: thence east 1877 feet
inches; thence north 52% feet; thence west
VIZ feet to the east side Of Robson avennes
thence with said avenue south 52J% feet TO the,
lot3. f"i'oi VI
Also the following belonging to defend,r+
williams, t0-Wit: Lot No. IA in RagIe W.
SUBDIVISION, beginning at the intersection ~
the east side OF dunlap avenue with tLA sontb
side Of the Memphis and Charlestoo Tailyoe5
tack; thence south with the east line of inn
LAP, avenue 2S2h feet, more or less: thonco
east ~ ieet' more or less, to tho southwest cor
ner OF lot 10. the west half Of which Is owneJ
By Mrs. Currie; then alopR tho west IN or
said lot $50 feet to the south Inc Of The HIou Va
PMS ana charleston railroad track; thence
west along the south size Of said railroad
track 10y ieet, more or less. to the beginning
'uly % 1910. Is. 7. ANDERSOA,
Commissioner of Revenue.
John johnston, Attorney. l29-l35-lI-i47
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The MaIchless Man.
Albany August

-Four years ago and the magic
words, Match him !" expressed the
idolatrous devotion Of the Republi.
can party to Ulysses S. Grant. A
few short weeks ago and they bowed
in alteration before him, and in
dorsed him in the strongest phrase.
They then matched him by nomi-
mating Rutherford B. Hayes as his
successor, a man with sinuous rec
ord, and who can promise as read
lily as Grant himself, and find in.
doesers as easily. And to-day they
trample Grant in the mire of their
own throwing, and exalt Hayes as
being infinitely his superior. All
their laudations Of Grant they say
are intended in a Pickwickian
sense )" but they are careful at the
same time to assure Grant that they
only repudiate him after a Pick
wickian fashion, in order to catch
the votes Of the credulous grumb.
lers who can only be conciliated by
scolding about Grant, but care lit.
tie whether Grantism is actually
overthrow or not.
Who can match this trickery'
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THE A WEST.
Arrest OF James Dunlap, n Wash.
Ington LObbyist-The HOStiIes In
Texas.

Arrest OF James Dunlap, n Wash.
IHgtOn LObbyist-The HOStfles In
Texas.
L~BAyENwoRTH, August S.-Jas.
Dunlap, a well-known Washington
lobbyist, charged with making Aft
daYits in connection with lands in
the Kaw diminished reserve, was
brought here yesterday in charge
of Deputy United States Marshal
Kelly. Dunlap is said to have at
tempted to procure the passage by
the Senate Of a bill for the reap
of these Kaw lands,
with himself as one of the commits
sioners.
A wild kind Of story comes here
from Northern Texas that a large
body Of Indians, said to number
between 1000 and 5000, are camped
on the north fork Of Red river,
some twenty or thirty miles from
Fort Elliott, and that great fears
exist among the people of that SIC
ton that they mediate mischief, il
not war. 1t is said they are vel
armed and have abundance Of pro
visions.
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Tnden shs Defendant In n Buit IA
Equity.

Equity.
New YORK, August SIN the
suit in equity, begun some time ago,
by the st. Louis, Alton and Terre
Haute Railroad Company, against
Charles Butler and others, in which
Samuel X. Tilden is one of the de-
PENDANTS, a partial answer has been
filed by counsel for Governor Til
den. The defendants deny that any
Of the bonds or stocks mentioned
in the bill Of complaint have been
~unlawlully retained by, or divided
among the defendants, or issued
or disposed Of by them in violalation
Of their duty as members Of any
purchasing committee, or as mem
bers of a board Of directors, or in
violation Of any trust or confidence
reposed in him, or in any manner
whatsoever; and they also deny thai
by any action or failure on their
part liabilities or burdens of com.
plainants have been unjustly OF
unnecessarily increased to The
amount Of one million dollars Of
to any amount whatever. The
answer also shows that the com
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-08

The proprietors Of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tors promise nothing in behalf Of this famous
tonic and regulating elixir which It will not
perform. No pretensions %irresoncilable with
common sense are made in reference to it, but
evidences of the most positive nature has been
accumulating for over a quarter Of centur
in its behalf which proves it to be reliable
preventive and curative of malarial diseases,
an efficient and genial tonic and general cor
r%ective, and specially valuable in cases whore
the bowels. liver, stomach or urinary organs
are affected. Debility. tho source from whence
50 many bodily evils spring, is entirely rene
died by the invigorative action Of the Bitters,
which arrests premature decay and repairs
losses Of nervous and muscular power while
improving the appetite and rendering diges-
ton easy.
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1878 A. d.
Attachment Notice.

In the Circuit Court OF Shelby eount.e ToO
Inc Emmet Bank Of Memphis We. The Gen.
IN THISCAUSE AN ATTAOHMFNTu,v
4 Ing been sued out under section SIS Of 1rnadIo-
Oh tennessee and returned into Court LAVAL
upon the real estate of the deferSan toIie9
atidayit having been made that the deter,d apI
J. Justly indebted to plaintiff in the snp ~
thirteen hundred and eighty-seven doilssrrsG 10 81
eighty-six cents, BY account, and t6atA 4 2aa
nonresident OF the State Of Tennessse, II . =
therefore ordered that the said defendsD, uLls
Central Savings Bank ofst. Louis. Ma liant %a me
us personal appearance herein. before" tho
yuage OF the Circuit Court of Shelby comfy NY aS
ne court house in the city of Mempbbit:y a I
the thlrd Monday in September neTt a ~ on
iend s9ld attachment suit within the lima r u
scribed by law, or tho same will be- p Snns pEe3
WIN eX parte; and that a copy of tbis o vdJo1
DC published on5e a week for four eopsso vjIod
weeks N the Public Ledger. "'"9eOu''Ve
This 18th day of July, ISIS.
A copy-Attest:
~ II BE, COLEMAN. Clerk.
y b H.. COLEMAN, d. @. NNtN"
IlO-l26-l22- l3S ~ iaihtluss
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The ut. Louis GI0be-DemOernt and
BInfOrd wilson.


ST. LOUIS, August S.-The Globe
Democrat, referring to the Barnard
letter put in evidence by Bluford
Wilson, says editorially: "That
its references to Mr.. Mckee are
false in every particular. 1t is in
famously false in its statement that
Mr.. Mckee ever referred directly
or by inuendo 10 General Grant as
a person cognizant Of or interested
in the whisky frauds. It is false in
the assertion that Mr.. Mckee ever
attempted to make use of the late
Collector Ford in the manner indi-
Gated; and the use Of the names,
Messrs. Benton, Blow & Walsh, in
the connection in which Mr.. Bar
nard used them was a piece Of pre-
sumption of which few other men
but Barnard would have been
guilty. 1t was not justified by the
shadow of a fact"
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mo. 2322.l
NOn.Igesident Notice,


In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tennessee = John S. Sullivan VS.. The Cen
trail Savings Bank Of st. Louis, Me-, ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendants, the Central
Savings Bank of st. Louis, Missouri. and
Henry l.. Patterson, are citizens of the STATE
Of Missouri, and non-residents Of the State o.
Tennessee; that this suit was commenced by
complainant July Is, 1876 alleging an indebt
edness of SIS. 900 against defendant, said Saw
ings Bank. as evidenced BY certificates OF De.
post Nos. 1885, 1885 and 1887, filed herewith
and that q writ OF attachment has been issued
and returned LEVIED on the property o
said defendant situated in Shelby county
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein at the court
house in the city of Memphis, TENNESSEE.
on or before the FIRST Monday in September
1875, and plead, answer or demur Il
complainant's bill. or the same will be taken
for confessed as to them and set for hearint
OK parte; and that a copy o. this order be pub
lished once a week, for four successive week,
in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day of July, 1879.
A c~Opy-Attest.
EDMUND A. COLE, G, and M.
By Il. j. BLACK, d. @ and M.
Hanson Meatherford x Estes, solicitors for
complainant. l26-182-l38-14
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GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN AND THE
EXECUTIVE.


The New York Herald, of the
9TH, thus discusses the Hamburg
affair:
In the correspondence and re-
ports relative to the Hamburg mas
sacre submitted to Congress there
is a letter from Mr.. Chamberlain,
the Governor of South Carolina, to
the President. In this letter the
Governor recites the facts of the
massacre, and says hat it has re-
suited in "great and immediate
alarm among the colored people
and all Republicans in that section
Of the State" There is also san
intense solicitude for their lives and
liberties" on the part of these peo-
pie. He then asks: "Will the
general government take such pre-
cautions as may be suitable, in view
of the feeling of alarm already re-
ferred to, to restore confidence to
the poor people of both races and
political parties in this State, by
such a distribution of the military
forces now here as will render the
Intervention of the general govern
ment prompt and effective, if it
shall become necessary, in restoring
peace and order?"
There has been some discussion
as to whether Gov. Chamberlain did
ask for troops for South Carolina.
His enemies allege that he did make
this request, while his friends have
given out that he did not. We can
not read this letter in any other
light than as a request for troops.
AS such the President regarded it,
for in his response the President
says, 81 will give every aid for
which l can find law or constitu-
tional power" There have been for
some time more troops in South
Carolina than in any other South
ern State except Texas, so hal
really Chamberlain's own capital
may be said to be under the pro
lection of the government. When
Gen. Sherman was questioned the
other day about the troops in the
South, and whether they could be
sent to the Indian country, he an
swered that the President could not
remove them even for that purpose
nor permit their removal.
We are sorry the President should
find it necessary to have troops in
the South, and We are sorry to see
the Governor Of South Carolina in
the position of asking for more.
The country is sensitive on this
question of federal military inter
vention in the affairs of a State.
Governor Chamberlain should have
exhausted his own remedies before
seeking the President The pro
lection of the general government
is well enough as a last resort. 1t
should neither be lightly asked nor
lightly given. Our Southern States
have been so handled in the past
few years that the Governors run
at the first pretence to the Presi-
dent. 1t is a vicious habit, suoyer-
sive Of the independence and pride
Of a State. The Governor Of South
Carolina should first exhaust the
resources of his Commonwealth be-
fore he goes whining to Washing
Ton
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Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

Ghancery Court Of Shelby county-H. O. King
VS.. Washburn Trenary.
pY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
ID decree for sale. entered In the above
cause on tho oath day of June, 1876. 1 will sell
at public auction, to the highest bidder, In
front Of the. Clerk and Master office, Court
house building, Main street, Memphis, Tenn,
On Saturday, August 10, 1876,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
and in the city Of Memphis, To wit; Lots
Nos; u, 10, IS, 80. "a. and Al Of A. Wrisht's
subdiyisioni which lies in South Memphis, on
the east side Of Davie avenue, and between
geoIgia street, on tho north, and Broadway,
on the south.
Terms Of Sale-0n a credit of six months
purchaser to give note with approved seeuritv
bearing interest frem date. EQUITY Of redemp
ton barred.
This July Is, 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE, o. and M
By n. J. BLACK, ID. @. and NJ.
H.. Y. KING Attorney. 129-l85-lll.Ii7
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Saturday, Augud 2e, 1876.

within legal hours, 10 front of the eourt-
house, in the c ty of Memphis, sell to The
highest bidder. for cash. the following real
estate. owned or claimed by defendant John
i, Carr, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary to satisfy the taxes and all costs adiudred
against the same, to-wit: A tract Of land
lying in helby county. Tennessee. In The
tourth Civil District, containing by survey 81
acres, more or less, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at q stake on the southwest corner
of a tract sold by the Union ank Of Tennes-
see TO .. =. Trotter; thence with the bound
airy Of sald tract north s5' east 1874 4-l0 poles
to q stake, said Trotter's east corner. three
hickory pointers; thence north with James
Garyin's tract, SO o 100 poles to a stake, two
beech and dogWood pointers; thence west and
parallel with the north boundary to a stake
IN said Garyin's west boundary, dogwood
pointers; thence with said boundary TO he
beginning; being the same land conveyed by
1866. ~ -O
July %, 1875. 3. P. ANDERSON.
COMMISSIONS of Revenue.
John Johnston, Attorney. l29-135-IH-i47
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can furnish an example of a VIC
lated one-term pledge, made in as
good faith as hat which Governor
Hayes has given to his party. Elk
perience everywhere confirms what
Governor Tilden says, and every
voter knows that nothing short of
ineligibility can totally Danish the
hope of reflections - Oarier-JOur
nal.
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On Wednesday, August 0, 1928.

A. n99n, In front Of the Planters' Insu
Memphis. sell SG Madison W aus street, in the city ty" cf
saS following described property con ior cash,
SoId qeed OF trust, to.witi A SeStairDe eyed IN
npIs interest in the city Of Mempbdiisn lease
Sl sheloy, state Of Tennessee, be{Rnunis county
Anril hI'g Ises lot the term Of ten ysSr sV saSS
KL.una In the oity of Memnbisn q iot %
aSnnessee' qosci ibed as follows ~. Stater oe
ginning at the intersection Of ~ 'U,wit: Be-
MsIn street with the north line west SIDE Of
Main stra Dfa, shd Linden streets, f%rontiinag, , 10y
SNh ne hundred and twenty-five feat aSpth OF
Phillip g q. Tb on n S0 u b Memphis, leased by By
Ro,dlIo 'yS tease recorded in ChatteI N, march
p sheiBSy; cd gnss 'zoi Of the Register s osiis
s AVN ON which is tho livery siabiioV' same
and appSTien sSSssssE with all tho priviiosSSsss
u am Duilgings on sad parcels M gss lncl9d-
liacad ~ OF redemption waived. tt,Tund
v vvSas s " &c good, but 1 will only sell SarndSs be-
l0-l3R
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Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, August 8.-For
the Gulf States, Tennessee and the
Ohio valley, falling to stationary
barometer, easterly to southerly
winds, nearly stationary tempera-
ture and clear or partly cloudy
weather, with occasional rains in
the lower Ohio and lower Mississippi
valleys and the southwest.
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Saturday. Augnst 26. 1S7G.

in front Of the court house. in the city of
Memphis, sell the following described real
saIy TO discharge the taxel. costs and charges
adjudged against the same. to the bighest
bidder. for cash, to-wit: Lying in Shelby
county and in the city of Memphis, it beins
Lot No. 28O. and the east half Of Lot No. 27g,
bounded as follows: BEGINNING at the inter
section of the south side of Market street
with tho west side Of Second street; thence
south with the west line Of Second street 1887
feet to the alley; thence west with the north
line Of, the alley 5zs feet; thence north paral-
feet to the south boundary of Market street:
thence with said south boundary 552& feet to
tho beginning.
July 20, 1876. B. P. ANDERSON,
Commissioner of Revenue.
John Johnston, Attorney. I29-l35-Il1-i47
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FOREIGS.

-
LONDON, August S.-By u col
lision last night on the Somerset
and Dorset railroad, near Radstock,
between a London train aud an
empty excursion train, twelve per-
sons were killed and thirty injured.
There was an animated debate
in the House of Commons last
night ON the Bulgarian atrocities
The Times says: "0nce more the
massacres in Bulgaria have ocou-
pied the attention Of the House Of
Commons. In a few days the
members will have separated. But
for this We might expect a series
of debates in comparison with
which that of last night would De.
gentle and subdued in tone, for.
there can be little doubt we ae on
the verge of a revolution surprising
anything imaginable or ciyiNillzed
man could have conceived Of the
barbarities of Tartar o%onquerOrs,
The wild and senseleSs destruction
of human life, which modern stu
dents of history have been disposed
to look upon as fabulous, find a.
parallel in the deeds p%erpetated
within a few weeks at a few days
journey from our own shores, In
our own age we must turn to.
Ashantee or Dahomey for anything
similar to the CHASTITY spectacle
now presented by a Turkish
province, according to the tes-
timony of which there eau be no
reasonable doubt. The helpless in
habitants of the district about Tar
tar Bazaardeiki and Philipoli, men,
women and children, have been
slaughtered by thousands, and
their towns and villages utterly de
stroyed. 1t seems likely that those
whose human incredulity has led
them to suppose that accounts were
exaggerated viii have to abandon
the ~supposition. The testimony of
eye-witneSses, and the admissions
of anumber of the British Embassy,
charged with the investigation Of
these massacres, give no reason to
believe that there has been nothing
less than a general massacre Of the
population, against which the
Turkish government let loose its
hords. Furthermore, there is the
strongest evidence that these afro
cities have not been the work,
wholly, or even principally, of the
Circassia suffers, but of the Turk
ish irregular troops, commanded by
duly appointed officers, sent into
the country expressly to strike ter
ror into the population"
BUCHAREST, August Sin the
Chamber of Deputies to-day the
Prime Minister stated that the
foreign policy of the new cabinet
would be one of strict neutrality,
maintaining, however, public secu-
rity and vigilance, and guarding
the national frontiers.
BERLIN, August S.-Seryia, des-
pairing Of successful issues of the
war, has requested the powers to
mediate in favor of peace.
The Servians' attempt to raise q
loan in Russia proved failure.
In consequence of the capture of
Gurgusoratz, the Servian General
Lesch Janin had abandoned Salts
char and marched to join General
Tchnayeff. The Turks occupied
Saitschar unopposed.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
couri.r-Journa spsciaI.I

Courisr-Journal sDscial.l
WASHINGTON, August 6.-The
conference committee on the execu-
tive and legislative appropriation
bill is again in session, and has al
ready made much progress toward
agreement. 1t is believed that it
will finish the bill in season to re-
port it tomorrow. With this bill
settled, it will be practicable to
conclude the session by Wednesday
or Thursday next.
Mr.. Boutwell, is to put in his
lying campaign document about
Mississippi on Tuesday. Bayard is
busy preparing the minority re-
port, which it is said is unusually
able.
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pany was immensely benefited by
the accession of Tilden and friends
to its control. Transactions in
stock were individual acts and not
those of trustees, and amounts
paid Tilden for legal services were
for specific work done.
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River TelegramE.

CAIRO, August S.-Arrived -
Maude, Vicksburg, l am; Grand
Lake, st. Louis, noon; Arkansas
Belle, Evansville, noon. Departed
City of Alton. New Orleans, 8
pm; Maude, st. Louis, 1 am.
Light rain.
CINCINNATI, August S.-The
river is rising. Showery and
warmer.