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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

Departure Of tho Republican Committee.
Hon. John Sherman, Hon. Eugene Hale,
General j. A. Garfield, E. w. Stoughton,
Esq, Hon. Nh. Van Allen and Hon. Court
landt Parker, the last Of the committee of
representative gentlemen who have visited
Us at the request of President Grant, de-
parted last night for Washington.
They have been in daily attendance on
the Returning Board, have mingled freely
among all classes of citizens, heard all sides
and all shades of opinion, and are now
better qualified by their experience and
unprejudiced disposition to give an opinion
on affairs here than any other men in the
country, and they will probably be heard
from before long on the subject.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

Tho En9fnoer'o Report on the Jetties.
A Washington special, November 90, to
the New York Graphic, says:
Some time ago the Secretary of War sp
pointed committee of army engineers to
examine the work of Captain Eads, who
has q contract with the government to i'm.
prove the navigation of the mouth of the
Mississippi river by the celebrated jetty
system. The committee consisted of Gen
erals Alexander, Barnard and Wright, and
for some weeks past they have been ex-
amining the work as far as Captain Eads
had completed it. They have returned to
Washington and will complete their report
at once. The character of the report is not
known, but it is unoficially stated that it
will not be very enthusiastic over tho work
of Captain Eads. 1t is said that the board
did not find it to be of q permanent char
aoter, and that the depth of water in the
channel has not been increased to an
extent warranting the OUTLAY of money that
has been spent. The conditions of the con-
tract prevent the Secretary of War from
paying Captain Eads for bis work unless it
is approved by q board of experts; bue the
friends of the scheme claim that another
board will be demanded in case the present
report is unfavOrable.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
secator Rose 90 ConklfnR.

Hon. Thomas Murphy, ex collector Of the
port of New York, has been stopping at the
Arlington for several days. He recently
visited Senator ConkIing, and says that
during his illness the New York Senator
has lost q good deal OF his vitality. He
stoops, and one of bis eyes is nearly closed.
Mr.. Murphy does not think that Senator
Conkiing's condition will allow him to take
rs prominent . part in public affairs this
winter ~ beretotcre,- Washingto" Rep"b.
licAa.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

The Irish salmon fishery has been an un-
precedented success in all rivers this year.
In ono of them lll7 salmon were caught
with one shot of net.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
Only q few days.

Only q few days.
Only few days.
Only few days.
fortune rains favors next Monday.
fortune rains favOrs next Monday.
Fortune rains fav0rs next Monday,
Fortune rains favors next MOndav.
Get in the ring.
Get in the ring.
Got In the ring.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

CONTINUED on pIoavn PAvs.I
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
At Staub's.

The next race of the fall meeting will
occur on Tuesday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
WKn Is GOING no FTeHrl

The New York Herald, of the 18Th,
answers this in the course Of a long arti-
Gle, as follows; Pray, who ia going to
fsht2 Suppose Mr.. Hayes is declared
properly elected by The Congressional
committees, are the Northern Deme
cratic leaders going to shoulder their
muskets aud 20 to WARP Ii they do they
will do much more than they did in 1861,
when they left the South in the lcrch
to eight cut a battle 10 which they had
urged and persuaded them. Do these
Northern Democratic leaders imagine
Southern men have forgotten thst
turn2 Let them ask any Southern
man who fought against the Uaion in
the late war; they will get a very disa-
greeable answer. The Southern men
are not going to fight. They have been
through ell that, and have learned that
war is not a pleassn; or useful way to set.
tie political disappointmen,s or wrongs
Or suppose Mr., Tilden is declared elected
By the committees, who is going to
fght2 Shall we hear OF Major General
Chandler and Major General Cam
eron and Major General Tyner shout.
deriug their swords to resist4 Not they.
They are great at clustering ana manip
ulatinE. They know how, most adroitly
and shamefully, to impose upon the is.
norauce and inhame the p~rejadices Of
the poor soldier in the White House
They will brag, probably, to the end; but
they know perfectly well hat if Mr..
TiIden ia elected they will have to sub
nit, because the American people OF
both parties will make them submit"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
Amnsernents

MEMPHIS TH~EATER.-A crowded house
greeted Mr.. Sothern last night, when he
appeared in a Hornets Nest. The dress
circle and parquette were filed with
ladies', all Of which formed a pleasing
aud brilliant scene. The play is a farci-
cal comedy, full Of witticisms, drolleries,
slang phrases and curious terms Of
speecs that give rise to bumor. 1t is a
well and rather brilliantly written farce
and one particularly adapted to Mr..
SotEern's talents aud stage business.
AS sidney %SpooGbilt" Mr.. Solhern ep.
pelred to advantage, and he received
numbeyless tributes of applause from
the pleased audience. The farce is full
Of happy hits aud good situations and
became popular last night. Mr.. Sothern
was well supported by Misc Linda Dielz
as Carrie Gresham" The counting
scene between Spoonful" (Mr. Soth.
ern) ana Carrie Gresham" Miss Dielz)
was quite q charming bit Of acting,
thoroughly natural and Delightfully."-
piQusnt aed refreshing. 1t was not
overdone in either role and was properly
roandlg ~applsuded by the audience, who
as critics displayed most oommeudable
JUDGMENT. The other characters were
fairly sustained by the members of the
supporting company.
At the matinee today Our American
Cousin will be reproduced, and tonight
Mr.. Sothe5n viii take a farewell benefit
in Home and Dandreary Married and
settlsd.
ENGLISH 0PERA-Next Monday night
the Caroline Richings. Bernard English
opera troupe will commence an engage
ment at the tbester. Daring the week
the following favorite operas will b. pro-
duoed; Monday night, Mariana; Tues
day, Bohemian Girl; Wednesday, Il Tro,
v~atore; Thursday, Martha; Friday,
Faust Saturday night, Marriage of Fig.
arc; Saturday matinee, Fra Diavalo.
The sale Of reserved seats will commence
to morrow morning at HollenhorG's, Tbs
chorus and orchestra comprise some fifty
persons, each Of whom is an artist.
WAsHISGToE STREET VARIETIES -Tbis
place Of public amusement continues to
attract good audiences nightly. The
entertainments are interesting and The
company quite a good one. The attrac
tons are yocalisms, clog aud JIG dancing
specialties Of oil kinds, instrumental
music and negro comicalities. A peE
programme will be presented nightly,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
WASHINGTON.
CongrcssionaI ProeeodInea.


WASHINGTON, December i6 -Housz-
Mr. ~Schleyohus amendment 10 the post
oaice appropriation bin, increasing the
appropriation for the transportation Of
the mails on star routes aud steamboats,,
was agreed to-yess. 90; nays &C, The
bill then passed without division.
The Speaker laid before the House
the telegram received BY him from DIR.
Morrison, chairman Of the Louisiana
select committee and that to Morrison
from Orion, President Western Union
Telegraph Company. refusing to pro-
duce The originals Of Telegraph dis
patches. The dispatches having beenread
Mir. Wood, Of New York, rose to offer
a resolution, promising it BY an express
sion of bis belief hat the House would
not be slow to viadicate its rights and
privileges.
Mr. Hoar made a point Of order that
the resolution was not properly be-
fore the House, as the report of the
committee could not be made to the
House by telegraph. The Speaker ever.
ruled the point of order aud ruled that
il was a question of privilege and was
properly before the House.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
Q OF THE HOUR.

The less we have to say about the
Presidential muddle just now the better
it will be for us here in the South. We
are on the vantage ground now. aud can
hold it, no matter who ia iusugurated
President. We labor under a deep sense
of wrong aud Misrepresentation. But
the calm, patient attitude Of the mssses,
the digniGed statesman like course Of
our leaders, such as Lamar, Hampton,
Gordon, land even Ben Hill, have enlisted
the sympathy and command the pro
found admiration of many who have LOT
always been inclined to be iair-minded
toward the South. We have everything
to gain by continuing in this conrse;
everything to lose by a change CT policy.
1t has cOme to pass that Southern Demo
Gratis are the great conservative element
of the country and have it in tkeir
power 10 preserve the equilibrium
Of the various iactions and sections that
are now so greatly agitsted. Serious
disturbing agencies are at work, and no
man cun foresee the result Let US re
main impertur5able, deeply interested
though we may be, but calm aud IN
moved as q high rock in the midst Of a
storm. II is our opinion, and only al
opinion. that there will be no war OIL
serious disturbance. let who will be Prssi
dent, When there is it will be time t.
DECIDE what part We will take, il any
But let rs not cross the bridge before We
come to Il, Cr build bridges Tor our enc
mics. The men Sho do the racket be
forehaud are not The men to stand ih'
discordant racket Of bslile when j
conner,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

Murlrsesboro. Chiekamauga, the various
battles in East Tennessee under Long
street, andi in Bashrod Johnson's brigade,
which was ordered thence to Virginia;
was in the eight at Wallhalrs Junction,
between Richmond and Petersburg, aud
at Drewry's Bluff; fought over the
ground IN front Of Petersburg hat was
blown up by Grant; then the command
was sent north of the James river and
placed in front OF Buffers Da,cb Gap
canal, where there was much hard SER
vice. Subsequently Nc. Goodwin was
captured while on picket duty again in
front Of Petersburg vas carried to
Washington and placed ia the Old Capi-
toll prison. from a window Of which he
witnessed the excitement on the street
produced by the assassination Of Lin.
coin. He was carried thence to John
sons Island, Ohio, and was released on
the 2sd Of. June, 1865. Sine the war Mr..
Goodwin has been engaged as above de-
scribsd. He is a member and deacon Of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
az Fay eiteyille. he is in favor
of sustaining the faith aud credit
Of the State; in favor of repeating
the conventional rate of interest law;
in favor Of repeating the present assess
ment law, and Of reducing the expenses
Of the State as low as possible, ever to
reducing the Governors salary to q point
where it will merely give him a good
living. These are some Of the practical
measures he advocated before the intelli-
gent people O; Lincoln and Giles coun-
ties, aud which he will support with
ability in the Legislature. He made the
canvass over the district With Colonel z.
S. Bobo. but when o Republican came
out the Democratic committee nomina.
ted Mr.. Goodwin on the 30th Of October,
and his only competitor at the polls was
VIM. B.. Nichs, q Republican. Mr.. Good
win represents a highly intelligent con.
%stitueucy, and the propriety Of their
choice in his election will no doubt bs
vsrifed by a good record in the next
General Assembly.
TIE vote Of Giles county was as fol,
lows: For President = Tilden, 1915;
Hayes, 1861. Jor Governor - Porter
Dem.) 1928; Thomas (Ind. Dem J, 20.
For Congress Seventh district-Whit.
thorne DEM, 1913; Clife (Rep }, 3
For s-Goodwin DEM,
1925; Nichs rep, 1864.
Lincoln ceunty-Tilden 1920; Hay es,
598; Porter, 1917; Thomas, 80 For
Congress Fifth istrict)-Bright DEM,
1854; Galbraith, $50. Fer Representa-.
tivs-Goodwin, $500; Nichs, 6lS. Til
dsn's msjority in both counties, 1881;
Goodwin's majority, 4272.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
NEW
Examination OF wilson BEFORE the
H0use Committee.

LNhEnAzEAf0n OA RttG0T BEFORE the
House Committee.
NV ORLEANS, Decelber l6.-The
following we're the points brought out on
the Grass examination Of witnesses before
the House Committee yesterday:
Henry Carroll said be was a nilkman,
and thst bis customers we're Waite peo.
pie; he believed be should be rewarded
for voting the Democratic ticket; be also
though, if the Democrats triumphed that
times would be easier and his customers
would pay him sooner for milk.
Petty said; II never made any charge
against my asssilsnts; they had me ar
rested but the case has net been heard"
Mr.. Ward said be had been elected to
the Legislature in 1872 by the Republi-
cans, bot did not serve bis second term
because be was turned cot. BE said
that the Republicans illegally put him in
the House for the second term, and that
they illegally turned him out. He said
he had been shot at several times BY Re.
publieans after lhat; be ssid he was a
Republican when shot at. He also said
that bis life was in danger last sum,
mer on account Of being a witness in Q
bribery case. and that he left the State
and was away six months. He said fur
Their that he had promised to canvass the
State for the Democrats, If they would
pay him. He said before making that
sgreemsat; Il called on the Republican
Executive Committee snd proposed /,
canvass the State for the Republicans
bat they did not went me. Moran sais
! told o gentleman that | was wiling Il
testify, aud he wrote II down. Il was Il
the olics Of Colonel Patton, Chairman o
the Democratic Committee. fhayeb bee,
! sayisei 10 leave the city by Anderson
who said need expect Hslhing from th
Republican party. Ny interest in bein.
10 the cUstom.house when the affidavit
8 were made for ihs Returning Board wa
to learn secrets and use them to max
them put me back 10 ny place in ih
e custom house. | knew that if l pc,
o sessed their secrets l could make myseI
felt"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
VanaerhIIt rnnllnInten

New YoRK, December l6.-The Trib.
une says that late last night William II.
Vanderbilt finally capitulated, signing
the surrender Of the New York Central
and the agreement for an advance o.
freight and passenger rates, which the
other lines bsye been pressing upon him.
with the freight discrimination against
New 2ork unchanged. The New York
agent Of the Northwestern Dispatch
Freight Combination over the Erie, At
lantic and Great Western and Baltimore
and Ohio railroads yesterday received
orders from the general manager "a
close up tho business q the corporation
by January 6rst.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
FOREIGN.

PARIS. December l6.-The Republique
F'aRcaise Of to day declares that the
Simon ministry ia bound to eatisfy the
Republican demands on The questions
upon which the Dufaurc ministry was
deiested
RoME, December l6 The Parliamen-
tary committee on the revision Of the
pesal code have unanimously voted to
report in favor Of abolishing the death
penalty.
VIENNA, December l6 --Seryia has
sIgnided her willingness to make proper
reparation for the recent insult to the
Austrian flag, IN the foreible detention
and searching Of an Austrian mai
steamer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
TerrIac enle on tnn r.nn.n.

CLEVELAND. O., December ia ter.
rife gale of Wind from the northwest
prevailed here last night, commencing
about nine o'clock and continuing until
this morning. The thermometer in the
signal office registered forty.four miles
per hour as the highest velocity of the
wind Considerable damage was done
in the city, but the most serious yet re.
ported icing the blowing down Of the
spire Of st. Malachi's church.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

SRetches Of abe NopbrTa
OF tDs FOrtiefh General Assembly
Of t~epnessee.
JAMES WILSON GOODWIN,
OF Fayetts, Tennessee, Pictorial Repre-
sentative elect from LINCOLN and Giles
counties, was bora in the northwestern
portion Of Lincoln county. November Z,
ls43, snd was therefore thirty.tbree
years old on the day he was elected TO
the Legislature. He wss married No.
vembar II, 1869, to Miss Aollie A. gam
ner. His early life was spent Oh q farm.
olerked in a dry goods store one year at
SSanvillei taught school one year
Qs69), and then engaged 10 mer.
cbandise at the same place. In
1912 be continued the same bushes,
at Lester Station, Giles county, and dur.
log that time read Law. he was lieenssa
to practice law By Chancellor A. S.
Marks in April, 1878. His education
vas received al Boon's Hill and Green.
wood Academy, principally OF the latter
place, under the tutorship Of Professor
P. Hinnebeugh Greenwood. He studied
Latin and Greek aud some Of the higher
Mathematics and Science, but did not
graduate. In 1873 and 1874 he was
County Superintendent of Public Ia.
structiOn. Daring the war Mr.. Goodwin
took the part Of an active soldier from
frat to last, volunteering in Captain D.
6. Smiths Company Of the 44th Tennes
see Regiment. He wa a private one
year, then Sergeant until the battle o.
Cbickamaugs, when he was made color
bearer to succeed one who was killed
he carried the colors of that gallant old
regiment at the siege and charge on
Knoxville 10 November, 1863, and at the
battle Of Beans Station, Dec. IA, 1863;
commissioned Lieutenant in February
1854, and held that position until N,
close Of the war. he vas in oil the greai
battles in which his regiment was on
gaged, except Shiloh was at PERI vile
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

Ex-GoyERSoR HARRIs seems to be
daily gaining strength as a candidsls fer
the United States Senate. His name IS
most iavorsbly mentioned by the papers
10 various portions Of the State, and We
have yet to see or hear Of any %unfavor-
able criticism. We confidently believe
that be will be easily and triumphsntly
elected for the long term.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
M w1Ir1AM MnRRnw


This worthy gentleman being in the
city on q AyiOg business trip, we take
o occasion to state that in the seven years
he has held the high trust of State Treas
urer, having been elected by three sue.
csssiveL he has acquitted him
self with the utmost fidelity aud the high
est credit. He has tall times been pune
tilious and scrupulous in the discharge
of his duties, yet by native pOliteness
and an earnest desire to DO exact justice
between the State and every individual,
from the highest to the lowest, he has
won the respect and warm esteem Of the
people from Carter to Shelby. He de.
clines TO be a candidate Tor re election,
and goes ont Of Office enjoying the fullest
confidence Of the public. It is, indeed,
an envisble reputation which has never
been asssiled 10 such ti@es as these
through three terms CT office, held undei
as many administrations. The State has
need for such men, and w regret that
be can no longer be retained in some
public position Of trust and usefulness
In whatever business be may engage, Oh
place he may be called upon to gil, we
unite with his many friends ell over the
State in wishing him success commcn.
surate with his hnc abilities and deserv.
inca
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
A Prime Kennedy foz
Elass- " A"tNthA

The pangs endured BY the rheumatic are
attributed By tcientidc pathologisB to the
contact Of a certain abnormal acrid element
IN the blood with the sensitive covering of the
muscles and joints. Hostettor's Stomach Bit
ssrs. being q superb blood depurent. is admi4
rably calculated to expel this impurity. and
BY removing the cause to alsay the pain and
foverish symptoms which it produces. That
IL s a most successful femsdy for rheumatism
neuralgia and sOut. as we'll az a reliable
msens Of counteraeting those diseases, Is a
fact amply evidenced By voluntary certiG-
Gates omanating from those whom 1t has
cured, and attosled by medical practitioners
Of high repute. II is likewise . sovo reign Gu
rativo Of dyspepsia. constipation, liver com
plant. urinary troubles and general debility,
as well na tbs mo I popular aud successful
autid0te TO malaria eXtant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

WARRINGTON special: Hayes is bid
ding high for Southern support. Liberal
promises are made by his agents that
the carpet. Dagger is to be roo'el out,
and the South treated more kindly than
heretofore. These pledges and assur.
ancss are given in order to disarm South
ern opposition 10 bis inauguration and
to divide the Democratic party. II be
can come in, Don Cameton, Bristow and
E7arts are to be IN his eabioet."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

SENATOR KY, Of Tennessee, was the
only Democrat who voted in favor Of Ed.
munds' proposed constitutional amend
ment to refer ire electoral vote to the
Supreme Court.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
LEoAL.
AdmInialrafor'a Notice.

LII PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS
"A against the. estate Of Francis Moore, de-
ceasaj, are Hereby notified TO present them 70
me for payment within the time prescribed by
law; otherwise they will be forever barred.
All persons indebted 10 said estate viii como
forward at enco and settle their Indebtedness,
or suit will BIO pr mptly instituted.
81. WOLF, Administrator,
o.. lOi-ll0-ll6 2i2 front street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is s. per dnnam for
the Daily, and 50 per anHHm for the
Reskly-POstage free
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16

THE average Republican doesn't car,
a dime about Watts hymns, or Watts
version of the Psalms, bat Watts vote Of
Oregon Is What ,hey hang their hopes
upon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-16
BIOGRAPHICAL.

PERSONAL Sketches Of tb@ Nswbrra
OF tss FOrtieih General Assembly
Of teuneasee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-22
A Vermont Jury Decides Lager Beer
Not Intoxicating.

n The old question, whether or no la
GERBER will intoxicate, has just been
passed upon by minor court in Yer
mont. Under the prohibitory law of
that State, key of lager-beer had been
seized in a saloon as contraband, and
the owner claimed its restoration on the
ground that the liquor was not intoXi-
eating, and hence did not come within
the provisions of the liquor law. The
main evidence for the prosecution was
the testimony of physician that lager
beer contained six per cent. of alcohol 4;
and that of two other witnesses, one an
expert in the consumption of the article,
named Philips, who swore that he had
drank good deal of it, but had never
got very hot on that alone. He testi-
fed that on one. occasion he had
drank it all night until he was chuck
full, and thought he weighed two hun
dred, and that it made him light-headed (;
but the counsel for the defense made
the point hat it had not been shown
that the witness was not. ight-headed
when he began his nights work
The third witness for the prose-
cution swore that he once drank enough
lager-beer in New Haven to lay him
out for six hours. On the other side,
an array of physicians was produced,
several of whom testified to the effects
of lager from their own experience.
DIR. Pond said that he found but 40
per cent. of alcohol in the beer seized,
and that a man might drink from fiji
teen to twenty glasses, and, aside from
feeling little sleepy or stupid, expert
.ence no. effects from it. Dr.eAdams
testified that he had drank lager-beer
very freely, al that he could hold !; had
drank till he was chuck full, and should
as soon think of getting drunk on new
milk; and five other physicians gave it
as their opinion that lager was not in
toxicating. The result WAS that the
jury returned verdict in favor of the
owner of the beer, so that it is estab-
lished in Vermont, unless the verdict
should be reversed by higher court,
that lager beer is-not Intoxicating, and
may be sold acknowledging the State
liquor law.-N. Y. Sun.