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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12
eovERNOR PORTER.

EOhIhh.
Governor Porter will deliver a
campaign speech at the Greenlaw
Opera House tonight, and he
should be listened to by all classes
of citizens, and especially by all
Democrats. The Governor has
created no little discord and division
in Democratic ranks throughout
the State by his unfortunate and
ill-timed action with reference to
the payment of the Coupons
The people of Tennessee were OPP
posed to that payment, and are still
opposed to it, and it would have
been well if the Governor had lis
tened to the sage advice given him
by the law officer Of the State,
Attorney General Heiskell, who in
response to a short Executive
letter asking his advice in the mat
ter replied in brief as follows:
. / must say that the question
is not free from difficulty, and that while
/ can bring my mind to no other cor.
clusions, | am satisfied that you can be
subject to nc just reflection if you
should, under the circumstances, defer
the payment until the Legislature can act
upon the subject.
The Appeal, one of our ablest
contemporaries and a strong sup
porter of Governor Porter, put the
case in a nutshell when it said:
To put it plainly, Attorney.Ge General
Heiskell says to the Governor, the con.
stitutiou says you shall not pay. but an.
constitutional custom and Supreme
Court decision says you may or shall
pay Now. es we understand, the con.
stitution is the fundamental law, gagged
by which all laws stand or fall. II ia the
supreme law, to observe which the Gov.
crnor is sworn most solemnly. II saws
that money shall not be paid out unless
appropriated by law. Whether it is best
for the Executive to obey the constitu.
tiou or custom and q manifestly uncon.
stitutional decision of the Supreme
Court, there can be but one answer. The
constitution must be preserved at any
hazard The constitution says he a
not, the Legislature having failed e
make an appropriation for that purpose.
Faulty as it is, the constitution must BE-
respected, upheld and sustained. 1t i
the supreme law of the State, and cannot
be violated with %impunity, bad prece
dents TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
Let us stick to the constitution. II is our
chart and guide, and the safeguard Of
our liberties.
The LEDGER opposed the fund.
ing ring scheme, and at once
opposed the coupon paying scheme
When the Governor took the bull
by the horns and announced that
the coupons would be paid, the
LEDGER as in duty bound, and
having the best interests Of the
people in view, at once and consist
emily took down Governor Porter't
name from the head of its columns
and opposed his reelection ; and
the LEDGER will continue to oppose
his reelection upon the same
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Wrar VIRGINIA

WHEELING, October ll.-But very few
returns have besn received from this
State as yet. Those received, however.
show, 10 some few cases, gains for Golf,
Republican, but they are Offset by still
heavier gains for Matthews, Democrat.
Matthews' majority will probably reach
10000. The Legislature will be about
t~wo.thirds Democratic, thus securing for
them two United States Senators. The
vote Of this city and county is not yet
reported III full. Enough is known,
however, to insure the election of the
entire Democratic county ticket.
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grounds. Personally we have the
highest regard for the Governor,
but upon the "coupon paying"
question the LEDGER and the
Governor are as widely apart as the
poles. In our issue of yesterday
we politely asked that Governor
Porter would explain the coupon
matter in full, and now that Cover
nor Porter is in the city we again
put the question: at is rumOred
that the Fourth National Bank of
Nashville, a State depository, had
to come to the aid of the Governor,
and we have to believe that the pay
ment of coupons in New York and
Nashville was not resolved upon
until certain banks or individuals
had agreed to advance enough to
make up the required amount after
paying out all the money in the
State Treasury. Now, if the State
officers have borrowed 100000 or
5000, 900, we would like to know
what collateral has been put up
bonds, coupons or what, and what
rate of interest is paid? The people
have a right to ask their public ser
wants, or those running for office,
to rise and explain, and we hope
Porter will explain the
coupon transaction in full, and will
state whether or not money had
been borrowed by the State or adj
vances for the State by any bank or
individual, directly or indirectly,
and if so, under what circumstances,
amount, ETC." That Governor
Porter had a legal right to borrow
the money, no one doubts or denies,
as that power is still vested in the
State government. We believe the
of the coupons was a most
unfortunate mistake, an error that
is now almost irreparable, and the
pursued by Governor Porter
is well calculated to imperil the
success of the Democratic party in
Tennessee. Believing this to be so,
we think it would be wise and pa
triotic in him to retire from the
race and permit some other leading
to take his place as a can
didate for Governor-one who can
harmonic the party, which is now
hopeleSsly divided, and upon an
issue which in all probability will
secure in this State the defeat of
our standard bearers, Tilden and
Hendricks, in November next, and
one which will most certainly defeat
of candidates on the State
Legislative ticket.
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OHIO.

COLUMBUS, October IL, 2:39 pm
Muskingum county gives Bell a majority
Of $50, a Republican gain of $50. The
probabilities are that the Republicans
elect their county ticket except Clerk of
the Court. Hooking county shows a net
Democratic gain Of AZ votes, There are
gains in two townships Of Madison, Civ
ing Bell a net gain over Barnes of S39.
Interior counties and the Western Re-
serve come in slowly.
Brown county, Barnes, 1884; Bell.
1924.
Returns indicate some doubt as to the
election Of Matthews to Congress in the
Second district and Mcmahon in the
Fourth. 1t will probably take the official
count to decide these districts.
COLUMBUS, October ll.-While it is
impossible tonight to send official fig
ures by Congressional Districts, sufi-
cient returns have been received here to
make it certain that the Democrats have
elected the following Congressman: Say.
Ter in tie First district, Mcmahon in the
Fourth, Rice in the Fifth, Dickey in the
Seventh, Ewing in the Twelfth, Southland
in the Thirteenth, Finley in the -Four.
ieebth. The Republicans have elected
the following Congressman: Matthews
in the Second district, Gardiner in the
Third, Cox in the Sixth, Refer in the
Eighth, Jones in the Ninth, Foster in
the Tenth, Neal in the Eleventh, Van
Worries in the Fifteenth, Dsnford in the
Sixteenth, Mckinley in the Seventeenth.
Monroe in the Eighteenth, Garfield 10
the Nineteenth and Townsend in the
Twentieth. Thus the Republicans gain
six CongressmeD, which exactly rever8e5,
politically, the present Congressional
delegation in Ohio.
CINCINNATI, October ll.-There up.
pears 10 be no doubt about the election
Of Banning in the Stcond district by
about 90 majority. sayler, Ia the First
district, has about 600 majority. Official
figures cannot be had, but the Republi-
cans concede their election.
TOLEDO, October ll.-This district
gives Cox, Republican, for Congress,
1900 majority, aud Barnes l4OO. The
Republicans elect a county ticket in full
in Williams and Lucas, and the Demo
Gratis in Henry aud 0ttowa, with a mixed
tic ,et IN Wood county.
MANCHESTER, October 1.-THE official
vote Of Adams county is as follows:
Boynton, 1921; Firck, 227l; Barnes,
1881; Bell, 2273.
DAYTON, October ll.-Montgomery
county. Bell, 1868; Barnes. 2O25; Finck,
1914; Boyntou, 1918. Mcmahon, Demo-
cratic candidate foF Congress, $3.50;
Howard, Republican, 1869, Fourth dis.
triot, for Congress, Mcmahon, 20Or;
Howard, 2209; McMahon'a majority, IS.
Two years ego it was 1899. The Soldiers
Home gave Barnes a majority OF $50 in
a vote Of about 1900,
Howard, for Congress, in Preble, S9i
majority. Howard will contest the cleo.
ton on the ground OF bribery, fraud and
illegal votes.
CISoRsArI, October l2.-Reyised re.
turns Of this county give Bell a majority
Of ssl; Boyntou a msiority Of lis; Say.
Ter, Democratic candidate for Congress,
q majority Of 652; Banning, Democratic
candidate for Congress, a majority Of 95.
The Republicans elect one Judge, Com
J missioner and Recorder,
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MAnRTrD


M00RE-HACH-At Asbury Chapel. Octo.
Der II, 1876, ct 81 O'clock pm, by Rev. j.. II.
Evans, Mr. SAM 4. moore to Miss LOUISA a.
HAcH, both Of Memphis
Cards Of invitation announcing the above
happy event were several days in advance in
the hands of friends Of both parties. who, to-
gether with others Of mutual acquaintance,
thronged the benches and aisles of the chapel
to witness the n~uptials of this unique and de-
voted couple. At the appointed hour they
appeared at the bymeneal altar, where,
standing meath a Goral bell pendent from a
festOoned archway, and in language Of beau
tiful and pathetic inspiration, the golden
chain of love that links their dostinies in one
was round them entwined, as
1.-Two souls with but n single thought,
Tive hearts that beat as ona.n
Amid the congratulations Of friends they
embark upon their matrimonial voyage UNI
der most favorable auspi :es-a serene sky,
a-cbed with the rainbow Of promise. May
not a cloud rest upon their young and joyous
hearts, and a bon govd0e is the wish Of
A FRIEND.
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the special committee, and if nee
essary should instruct the City
Attorney to take the necessary legal
steps to compel the Street Railway
Company to live up to its obliga-
tons as provided by its contract
with the city, or should take the
necessary steps to have the charter
of the Company forfeited for viola
tons of its provisions. The public
demand nothing more, and will be
satisfied with no less.
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GsneraI Newton's Reception.

New York, October l2-The reeep,
ton given to General Newton by the
Xavier Union last night was attended by
Mayor Wickham, General Hancock,
Comptroller Green, G. W. Childs, Gen.
eral scammon, Bishops Corrigan and
Laughlin, and a large number Of promi-
nent Catholic clergynen and substantial
citizens.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

WHILE the London papers have
been worrying DR.. Slade, who was
arrested for writing upon his slate
the messages ascribed to the spirits,
the exposure of a similar humbug
in Boston has attracted little atten-
ton, and the confession which q
medium recently made in Rochester
has been already forgotten. The
Boston juggler had done a large
business in spirit hands. A trap
door was discovered in the back
parlor, and the method of mater
ialization was disclosed by The
Boston Herald. The hands were
manufactured the day before the
Seance, and warmed up for the oc-
casion by being dipped into a pail
of parafine, The jugglery in these
exhibitions is of the coarsest charac-
ter, but it is clear enough to delude
diseased minds in England and
America.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

WHEN the original Thames tun-
mel was constructed, it was one Of
the wonders of the world. Now it
is tunneled every few months at
different points, and the fact
scarcely furnishes more than a brief
paragraph in the newspapers. A
tunnel is now being made at Wool
wich almost exclusively for the
convenience Of two manufacturing
companies on the other side of the
river.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12
THE CITY vs.. TIE STREET RAILWAY

Ahb VIII We Ah6 oAAnAA AhAA" 4
We understand that the General
Council special committee, raised
for the purpose of reporting upon
the City Railway Company street
repairing matter, has been unable to
come to any settlement with the
little monopoly. The city is spend
ing forty thousand dollars in paving
with rock the west side of Main
and in repairing with wooden blocks
the east side of the street, and it is
disgraceful that the street railroad
company has not been or is not COM
PEELED to keep the pavement between
its track and for two feet outside in
good repair. Section of the Rail-
way Company charter is as follows:
Be it further enacted, That whenever
the said track shall be placed on the road
the same shall be laid with such rails and
in such manner as shall not obstruct a
rage travel, and said company shall
cause said tracks to conform to the grade
Of the roads as they now are or as it may
be by them, and at their expense changed
or altered; and said company shall keep
the surface Of such roads inside the rails
and for two feet outside on each eide
thereof in good order and repair.
On the 18th Of July, 1872, the
Street Railway Company entered
into a contract with the city. This
contract provides, among other
things, that "the Railway Com
pany shall keepin repair the tracks
of its railways; that the same shall
not become a nuisance or impede
public travel and shall keep in
good repair the portions of the
street enclosed within the tracks Of
hts railways and two feet on each
side Of the tracks and the Railway
Company shall repair the pavement
on the said portions Of the said
streets as often as may be necessary
to keep the same in good condition
as the adjacent portions Of said
streets; but this contract shall not
be SO construed as to impose upon
the Railway Company the obliga-
ton to lay, or pay the cost Of, a new
pavement on the streets, or any
part Of them," etc. Nothing could
be palmer than these provisions,
and this contract and charter should
be enforced by the city. The city
is now putting Main street in a fine
state Of repair, yet we find the
pavement between the railroad
tracks. and for two feet outside,
in 1rrible state of decay.
made SO by the tramping mules
and rolling stock Of the railroad
company. The only proposition
made by the railroad company to
the committee is as follows: II the
city would lay down a new rock
pavement on Main street, the com
pany would magnanimously con.
clude to lay down new iron rails"
The members of the General Coun.
Gil should ponder over the report Of
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YraIn collision.

CINCINNATI, October IA special
engine on the Ohio and Mississippi rail-
road last evening rsa into a switching
engine, ear Aurora, Ind, killing the
fireman Of The latter, Frank Woods, who
was oiliug his engine CT the momen Of
the collisiQa, and BADLY injuring 4 Gas,
kill, a helper on the engine, and slightly
iniuring sloss tho engineer of the spe-
cial engine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

Negligent Architect and Bunder.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS October l2.--The
Coroner's jury on the Hampden street
accident, Of September 29th, in which
four men We're killed by the falling Of
the building, censure both the architect
and contractor--the plans of the former
being defective, and the work of the lat.
ter negligent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

STATE DEMOCRATIC E%xEoUTrVE COMMITTEE.
A. S. Dsaderick, Of Washington.
y. A. Moses. Of Knox.
A. M. johnson. Of Hamilton.
j. W. Judd. Of Robertson.
J. W. Childress, IT,, Of Rutherford.
A. &. Merritt, Of Davidson.
D. B. Cooper. Of Msury.
j. H. Freeman, Of Madison.
7. j. Edwards, Of 0bion.
J.. Z Wright, Of Shelby.
Members at Largo-James G. Malone, ThoS
0'Connor, D. N. Kennedy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

ELHCTORS.
First District-W. H. IpgersOll, of Greene
Second District-MoseI White, Of Knox
county.
Fourth Distribution. Benton MoMlllAn, OF
Fifth District-Hon. z. Cooper, Of Bedford
county.
Sixth District-Thomas L.. DOdd, Of David
son county.
Seventh District-John u. Moore, Of HEX
Eighth District-Hon. B. a. EnlOe, Of Mad
ison county.
Ninth Distriot-G. W. Smithesl. Of Upton
county.
Tenth District-J. W. ClApp, Of Shelby
county.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12
LEGISLATIVE 4

SENATOR PeR SHELBY. FAYETTE AND TIPrps
WIN. A. MILLIJAN, Of
F~LoTERIIL Representative ron SHELBY AM
FAYETTE.
WIN. A. COLLIER, OF Shelby.
SENATORS FOR SHELBY COUNTY.
J.J. DUBOSE.
s. C. MADDUX.
REPRESENT iTIyFs FOR SHELBY CoUETY.
M. D. L. STEWART,
GEO. D. PETERS,
HENRY L. DOUGLASS,
". d. NELSON.
TH0S. G. LOWE,
W. W. COLEMAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

The expeditions of Stanley to
Africa have taken on a fresh signi-
fcance. 1t turns out now that he
has not gone SO much for the pur-
pose Of exploration, or as mission
airy to the gentle savage, but that
he is, in reality, an ivory Speculator
and has gone prepared to barter
beads, brass wire and other trlnkcts
held in great value by the natives
for the much coveted article.
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Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, October IL. - For Ten
nessee aud Ohio valley falling barome.
ter, easterly TO %southerIy winds, warmer,
cloudy weather and possibly followed by
rain areas in the former,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

IT has been proposed to establish
penny banks in connection with the
public schools of New York city.
The experiment has been tried in
London, where in a few months
1886 children had deposited nc less
than 5000.
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River TeIegrsms.

CAIRO, October l2.-Arrived-Andy
Baum, Memphis, 5 am; Peytona, Louis.
vile, I. Departed-Mauie, Vicksburg,
8 PM Bigley, louisville, 10; Iron
Mountain, St, Louis, IL; Baum, Cincin
natl, 5am. Weather clear and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

GUfRRANF.-At 8 ann this day Mrs
ELIZA GUERRAET. aged Sc years
Funeral from tho first methodist church
tomorrow friday morpi1g at II o'clock,
Friends of the family and those of Mrs. S, E.
Cochran sye respectfully invited to attend,
Services by Rev, :. b. urratt,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

The subscription price Of the PUBLIC
LEDGER is IS per anHum for the Daily,
and 50 per annum for the weskly-Post
age free.
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A WESTERN judge recently con-
structed the longest science on
record. lie sentenced a murderer
for life, and afterward added two
more years to the sentence, because
the prisoner called him ano gentle
man."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

THE Bashi-B ozOuks in the Turk
ish army continue to be unmanago-
able, and many of them have left
the front. Even Turkey may before
long be compelled to suppress these
marauders and assassins.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-12

CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
FoR TENTH DISTRICT.
H. CASEY YOUNG, Of Shelby.
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IMMIGRATION promises this year
to largely exceed that of last year.
Up to june 80, 1876, III, 1855 ar
rived. The total number who
reached these shores last year was
139,950.
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RATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FoR President.
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN. Of New York.
FoR WOE President.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, Of Indiana.
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STATE ELECTORAL TICRRT.

ELEcroRs PoR TIE STATE AT LARGE.
". B. BATE, of Davidson county.
Il. A. JAMES, Of Hamilton county.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-26
A. T. Stewards Eyactness.

If a piece of goods was not perfect, Mr..
Stewart said so; If the colors were not
fast, he explained that at the outset, hav-
ing moreover perfect pieces and fast col
ors at the disposal of his customers after
the explanation. One of his first clerks,
1t is said, left his service in disgust be-
cause the young merchant rebuked him
Tor selling dress pattern along with two
or three glib lies about its quality.
" You're bound to fail on such princi.
pies" remarked this brilliant gentleman,
and disappeared forthwith from history.
Mr.. Stewards exactness had not this way
of exhibition only, but it pervaded all his
business habits, and as his business grew
larger and absorbed his whole attention,
became the most marked characteristic of
the man, Small men, physically, are apt
to be exact whether anybody has explained
1t or not. In his first shop and in the i'm
mense dry goods palaces that sue
ceeded ii, he required of his clerks and
statesmen the most scrupulous eXactness.
Any trlfiing disarrangement, amounting
to no more than an untidiness, ANNOYED
ana even deeply displeased him. Know
ing his business as he did down to the
minutest details, he knew at a glance if
everything on the grea' floors of his mar.
bic and iron stores was as it should be.
ana whenever he spied fault he made il
his personal business 10 set the fault right
ana render his reason on the spot With so
many men in his employment many nat,
urally hardly saw him from week to week.
lie never spoke to me but twice. said
an eX-clerk. "Once | tore a piece of
wrapping-paper roughly across, and he
came around 10 tell me | should have
folded il and made even edges People
he said, didn't like to get shiftless-look
ing bundles Again, | wound bundle
round with an extra turn of string. and
before | could cut il he had the bundle
out al my hand and unNound the unnec-
eSsary turn, Never waste even piece
OF string he said; waste is ALWAYS
wrong. II is easily Imaginable that in
in the torty-tve or more years of his bust
ness life, wlth his thousands of clerks
the repression of Individual wastes
though they were minute, made, in the
aggregate, no iuconsiderable economy.
and the unreASonableness OF any waste
may very naturally have strongly i'm.
pressed itself upon his mind Passing
through his retail store Oh his morning
visit without any special inspection. he
noted a dozen minor points which the
floor walkers and department managers
had overlooked entirely Had case
come to his knowledge where in the sale
OF bit OF ribbon or calico fraction of
an inch less than the proper length or
dered had been sent, dismissal would have
been the punishment OF the offending