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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17

and knows the absolute uselessness
of resistance. Neither he nor his
have had anything, SO far as is
known, to do with the present
troubles, which, indeed, as is gen
orally acknowledged, were stirred
up by GENERAL Crook himself when
he attacked Crazy Horses band last
March, Then was sown the wind
now we are reaping the whirl-
wind.
The pretext of this war is to
drive the Indians to the reserva-
tions on the Missouri river and
make them come into the agencies.
The Sioux object to this for several
reasons, chief of which are, first,
the hunting grounds on the Mis-
souri, are inferior to those on the
Tongue and Yellowstone; second,
at the agencies they are treated as
beggars, and are cheated and half
starved; third, they hate being
cooped up in reservations, where
they die Of inaction and bad food;
fourth, they think the country be-
longs to them and not to the
whites; fifth, they love their wild
freedom and abhOr the pale faces
civilization; sixth, they look upon
work as a cardinal vice-ft only
for squaws; seventh, they like
hunting and bloodshed. Under
these circumstances it would APP
pear sensible for the government
to adopt one of two courses-either
withdraw all troops from the dis
puted lands and leave the hunting
grounds, from Powder river to the
Yellowstone, to the Sioux, or move
in sufficient army-say 10000
men-to sweep them root and
branch from the face of the earth.
With our present force the wal
may drag its weary length along
for years. Better to make one
grand swoop and be done with the
wretched business, than to be goine
to the expense and annoyance 0.
annual expeditions, such as thosC
now on foot-none of them so or
ganized as to accomplish anything
decisive. The days are gone whel
one white soldier could whip tel
Indians. The latter are now bet
ter weaponed than our own army
and smart savage, with first
class rifle, a keen eye, plenty 0
powder and lead, and courage suf
ficient for all military purposes, i
quite enough for one good "regu
lar" to look after. If any firesid
hero thinks that he can come on
| to this region and get away with
g score of Sioux, Crook will give hir
1 plenty of chances before the sum
mer is over.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
A Remedy for small pox.

A correspondent of the Stockton
(Cal. Herald writes the following,
respecting d remedy for this terrible
scourge of the human race:
"When Jenner discovered cow
pox in England, the world of sci
ence hurled an avalanche of fame
upon his head, but when the most
scientific school of medicine in the
world published the recipe which l
herewith append, as a panacea for
smallpox, it passed unheeded. If
countries would compel their physi-
clans to use this remedy there
would be no need of pest houses.
Those who value advice and exp9-
rience will use it for that terrible
disease. 1t has been used, to my
knowledge, in hundreds of cases,
and is as unfailing as fate, conquer
ing in every instance; is harmless
when taken by well persons, and
will cure and prevent the small
pox, although the pittings are fill
ing. 1t viii also cure scarlet fever,
"Here is the recipe as | have
used it and cured smallpox, when
learned physicians said the patient
must die:
"Sulphate Of zinc, one grain; fox
glove (digitalis) one grain; half
teaspoonful Of sugar; mixed with
two tablespoonfuls of water. When
thoroughly mixed, add four ounces
Of water. Take a spoonful every
hour.
"For a child, small doses, accord
ing to age. Either disease will dis
appear in twelve hours"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
Living GorilIa in England

Mr.. Thomas j. Moore, curator
of the fine public Museum in
Liverpool, England, writing to the
London Times on the 23d Of June,
says:
GA veritable young living gorilla
was yesterday brought into Liver
pool by the German African
Society's Expedition, which arrived
by the steamship Loanda, from the
West Coast. The animal is a young
male, in the most perfect health
and condition, and measures nearly
three feet in hight. It's beetling
brows, fattened podgy nose, black
muzzle, small ears and thick fingers,
cleft only to the second joint dis
tinguish it unmiStakably from the
ohimpanzee.
"0nly one other specimen has
been brought alive to England. In
the winter of 1866 a young female
gorilla, of much smaller size, was
exhibited by the late Mrs. Womb
well in Liverpool and other places.
1t died in March, 1856, and was
sent to Mr.. Waterton, of Walton
Hall, who preserved the skin for
his own collection and sent the
skeleton to the Leeds Museum.
This specimen ! saw living in
Liverpool and dead at Walton Hall.
All subsequent attempts to import
the gorilla alive have failed; and
unfortunately, the British public
will have no opportunity of profit
ing by the present success, as the
members Of the expedition, with
commendable patriotism, are tax
ing the animal, on Saturday, by the
way of Hull, to Berlin.
"Could it have graced our own
| Geological gardens it would have
been the lion of the day; for, in ad-
dition to the great scientific interest
Of the species, the abounding life,
energy and joyous spirits of this
example would have made it a uni
yersai favorite. Courteously re-
ceived at Eberle's Alexandra Hotel
by the members Of the Exhibition,
! | found the creature romping and
rolling in full liberty about the
private draging-room, now looking
out of the window with all becom-
ing gravity and sedateness as
though interested, but not discon.
certed, by the busy multitude and
novelty without, then bounding
rapidly along on knuckles and feet
to examine and poke fun at some
newcomer; playfully mumbling al
has CALVES, pulling at his beard "a
! special delight, clinging to hi
arms, examining his hat (not 1T al
: to its improvement, curiously in
quisitive as to his umbrella, and Sc
on with visitor after visitor. If h'
becomes oyer-excited by the fun,
} gentle box on the ear would bring
: him to order like a child, like
child only to be on the romp agail
Immediately. He points with tn
e index finger, claps with hands, put
5 ont bis tongue, feeds on q mixe'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
Horse Racing in Denmark.

Pail Mall dazette.l
Our Copenhagen correspondent,
writing on the 10Th of June, says:
Racing as an institution has only
been known in Denmark during
the last eight or ten years, and is
therefore still in its infancy, only a
few, perhaps half score, of the
richest members Of the nobility as
yet indulging in this kind of sport.
The annual races have Just taken
place, and were on the first day
honored by the presence of the
Kings and Queens of Greece and
Denmark and the other members of
the royal family Except the Grown
Prince and Princess, who are in
deep mourning ON account of the
death of the Dowager Queen of
Sweden). The sovereigns on their
arrival and departure were greeted
with hearty cheers. Of the horses
which ran, the only one which is
known in England, as far as !
know, is Basnas, which created
some sensation in English racing
circles last year by beating Carmel
lon in a Plate at Newmarket, and
which at one time was thought to
have a great future. This horse be-
longed to M. Scavenius, was beaten
on Saturday in a two-mile race
(time 3 minutes, 81 seconds), and
came in only a bad third, the win
ner being a horse called Vigueur
but yesterday he won a race, one
mile and half (time 2 minutes, 80
seconds), thus turning the tables
on Vigueur. To any one accus-
toned to the English Derby OF
Oaks the affair was very tame in
deed, and the money turned oyel
in betting would be amply covered
by couple thousand guineas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
MEMPHIS TENN. MONDAY EVENING. JULY II. 1876 NJ

diet, decidedly prefers roast meats
to boiled, eats strawberries, as /
saw, with delicate appreciativeness,
is exquisitely clean and mannerly.
The palms of his hands and feet
are beautifully plump, soft, and
black as jet. He has been eight
months and a half in the possession
of the expedition, has grown some
six inches in that time, and is sup
posed to be between two and three
wears of ace"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
A Fresh sl0ry Abont EinooIn.

A Louisville man during the war
vent to Washington and asked the
pardon of q young Kentuckian,
who had returned from the rebel
army to visit his sweetheart, and
who had been captured by the
Union forces, tried as u spy and
sentenced to be hanged. Mr.. Lin
coin listened attentively to the reei-
tai of the facts, and then said, as if
determined to be merciful against
his convictions 6 Well, If a man
had as many lives as a cat, l think
! would take one of this young fell
lows by hanging him, but, as he
has but one life, he cannot be re-
stored, if he is hung once, no mat
TER how sorry he might be. So,
although | think a moderate hang
ing would do him good and be a
good example, | will pardon him."
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AdministratOr's Notice.

XTJHEREAS, LETTERS OF ADMINS
w tration on the estate of.Fred Schenk,
deceased, were granted to the undersigned at
Shelby county, Tennessee; now all persons
having claims against the estate Of said de-
cedent are hereby required to exhibit said
claims TO me at my office, No. 203 Main street.
Memphis, Tenn, within the time limited by
law, or the same will be barred,
JOHN S0HEIBLER.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, June o, 1876 99.l24
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
A seIenllic Chopler OF @ GenesIs.

Norman Macleod once attended
a meeting Of scientists in which the
meteoric theory was discussed. He
seems to have been greatly stirred
by the assumptions Of what is call
ed advanced thought, for he made
a speech whose wit charmed if it's
logic did not convince. He after
ward wrote to a friend that "per-
haps the men of science would do
well, in accordance with these last
results, to re-write the first chapter
of Genesis in this way:
81. The earth was without form
and void.
"2, A meteor fell upon the earth.
"3. The result was iish, flesh and
fowl.
"a. From these proceeded the
British Association.
Sand the British Association
pronounced it all tolerably good"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
DURING the CENTENNIAL

yczb;5ition at Philadelphia, this line will sell
Fxearsion Tickets at greatly REDUCED rates. In
TjIE SHORT LINE, the only line running
{hroueh cars to Eastern Cities, For sale az
ali the Ticket Offices in the South and South
west. s,av auw,t.
e.g. PARKER. Gen. Pass. and iickei aso95'' o5
louisville. Ky W. - 80 l...,ssi-.a ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
Attachment Notice.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman. Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn.-A. X. Gillen 4
Co. VS.. A. P. Durham.
IN HIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i iny cen sued out under section 1856 of the
Code OF tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant by garnish-
ment on I. Estes & Co., who answer that
they have in their possession forty-nine dol
lars and twenty-five cents belonging 10 the
defendant, and anidavit having been made
that defendant is inuebted to the plaintiff in
the sum OF one hundred and eighty dollars
and forty-six cents, due by account,
and that the claim is lust, and the
defendant is a nonresident Of the State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his perfonal appear
ance before me on the 1lth day OF August
1876, at o'clock am, at my ofico, No. 294
Front street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with OK parte; and that copy of this order be
published once a week for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 7th day Of July, 1876.
ll2llS-l24-l30 j. M. COLEMAN, j. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
JAMES d. Porter, Governor of the
State OF Tennessee ITO all who shall
See these Presents, Greeting:


MIHEREAS, A VACANCY EXISTS IN
w the office Of District Attorney General
Of the Bartlett Circuit Court of Shelby county,
caused by the resignation Of A. M. stephens,
ESQ: U
Now, therefore, 1, James d. Porter, Cover
nor Of the State Of Tennessee, by virtue of
the power and authority vested in me By the
Constitution and Laws, hereby order an cleo
ton to be held within the limits Of said Bart
lott oircuiton Thursday, the Sd day of August,
1876, to fill said vacancy; and the Sherifs and
other officers entrusted by law with such du-
ties in said Bartlett circuit will, on said day.
proceed to open and hold said election at all
hevarious precincts and voting places within
their respective counties, and due return
make as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, herounto set my
hand, and have caused the Great Seal OF State
to be affixed at Nashville, this 2lst day Of
June, 1876.
JAMES D. PORTER, Governor.
CHAs. N. GIBBs, Secretary Of State.
lOO-lO6-ll2-llS
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND SRvlLlE
AND
Great Southern Railroad.
aCHEDUIE:

Express train leaves daily Except
Saturday. l............ .,..,..''''.llfl Pm
Mail Train leaves daily l;4l I'm
Accommodation leaves daily--........ 5;UO p.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets or information, apply at Ticket
Office, 2S7 Main, northwest corAor of Madison
JOHN I. FLYNN, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMRs SPEED. Ticket Agent. 72t
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MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 1lrn,

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. JUNE 1lTH.
" 1876: -
Mail train. daily.........12.50 so am 1901 m
Express train, daily..,... 5.OO pm IL vi am
Somerville accom- dation 80
Except Sunday)........ 5.EO pm o.ze am
jackson, Tenn, accom-
mediation lex. Sunday).. A20 pm IL, Is am
Mail train will not stop at flag stations be-
tween Grand Junction and Memphis. =,
Trains connect at Grand junction for all
points, and at Decatur closely for Montgom-
cry and points South. Close connection. for
Nashville by both trains. Close connections
at Chattanooga for Eastern and Southeastern
points.
No change of cars between Memphis and
Bristol and Memphis and Jackson, Team.
The new and magnificent sleeping car line
will have one of their new sleepers leave
Memphis daily on Express train at > 90 pm.
for Lynchburg, Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0Rly one change to New
York and PHILADELPHIA. Time tioentB mn
rtes faster than oitg time.
Ticket office. 27s Main street.
WI. ROSS, Sup't.
Tow B. DUuK. Ticket Ag't. 4O-t
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Saturday. August 5, 1876.


within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and in the city Of Memphis. being the re-
mainder interest of IL. l.. Brinkley in one un-
divided half of certain property, to-wit: Lot
No. 2S2, ~ feet by l4s1s feet, fronting 74h
feet on the, east side Of Main street, and rum
ming back between parallel lines l48% feet to
an alley, the same being on the northeast
corner of Madison and Main streets.
2. Lot No. 1858, triangular lot lying between
Jackson street, Raleigh road and the alley
east of Third street.
west eorn.r Of Concord and Third streets.
4. Lot No. S93, l4Sa feet BY 1857 feet, north
east corner Of Concord aud Third streets.
Also the fee of said Brinkley in and to the
following property. to-wit, in Shelby county,
Tennessee, being part Of tract Of land lying
northeast of the city Of Memphis, and desig-
mated upon plat book No. /, page 38, Regis
ter's office Of shelby county, and by parti-
ton between ii. l.. Brinkley and Annie G..
Snowden; the lots colored yellow on said plat
belonging to defendant, II. l.. Brinkleyi as
particularly named in partition deed regis
tered in Book No. %, pp. 45S and 45s in said
in block No. 2. Lots 9, TO- IL, II, Is, l9, 20, q
and q in block No. 8. Lots l, 3, 4, 8, IL, Is,
"a, Is, l6 and II in block No. 6. Lots 8, 10, IL,
II, Is, 10 and 20 in block No. T. Lots 25 and 26
in block No. s. Lots 8. 10, H. u, 19, A. Is, IS,
Lots 9, 10, IL, II, Is, a. Is, l6 and II in block
No. TO- Lots l, 2, 6, Z 10, II, l6, II, Is and 10
in block No. IL; Lot II in block No. lS. Lot
| in block No. 4.
Terms of Sale-0n credit of seven months;
purchasers to execute notes with approved Sc
curiiy, bearing six per cent interest from
date. Lien retained to secure the same, and
equity Of redemption barred. lH'
This June 50 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and NJ.
By X. j. BLACK, d. O. and NJ.
Robertson 4 Rose, Attorneys. 105-1S6
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OUT CH AN @ H' :

This is the only line running its entire trains
trnsn Louisville to Cincinnati, and the o1Iy
line by which passengers tbara ir2I snV Cities can
avoid a tedieus haul through Louisville byy
cSSnring S cars at Short Line junction, WITH
Yn@d and 4. Is. r. r., three miles south OF the
oity, where they can be served with an excel excel
Tbroneh Steamers from New Orleans, Mobile,
jaeksonviile, Atlanta, Little Rock, Memphis,
Montgomery and Nashville, make direct CON-
nsction nj Short Limo junction with through
;Sieepers to New FORK and other Eastern VltieS
.v;o fhiq lino
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LEGAL.
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate

Chauoery Court Of Shelby County-A. NJ. Boyd
vs.. ii. l.. Brinkley ct al.
pY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0CUT0RY
ID decree for sale. entered in the above cause
on the lst day Of July 1875, and renewed
on the 29th day Of June. 1876, / will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
Of the Clerk and Masters office, Courthouse
BuildinR. Main street Mamnhis Tenn. ON
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RAnROAr 1--WE TABLES.

Memphis AND .oOlRvILLE RAILROAD.
ref Arrives Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17

THE NJ. f, CHURCH. SOUTH. WITHIN
the bounds of its circulation. embraces
membership of about ono hundred thousand.
Tbe geographical lines which bound its field
epbrace the largest portion of that territoryg
the commercial center of which is Momphis.
Lawyers, Doctors. Merchants. Teachers ana
Farmers subscribe for, and read the WEST
ERN METHODIST.
Business men will find it, no doubt. to thei
interest before completing their advertising
arrangements to consider the comparative
merits of our paper as an advertising me
dium.
We mean business. and viii make terms ,s
reasonable as any fair dealer would urge.
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Eight Dollars per Annun
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum lin
advance). Postage free.
Communications upon subjects of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
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MEMPHIS AMI cHARL tsToN R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-21
IGNORANCE BALKED HIS PUR.
POSE"

ave are happy to say that Duniway does not
aim 10 lie about us this time when she states
that we have written disgusting phiIIipics
against Woman Suffrage. Ignorance balked
her purpose. Phillipics and bucoIics are
equally beyond her conception"
We cannot, OF course, expect the
opinion of Webster to have much
weight when opposed to the learning of
this erudite (?) ignoramus. We will
venture to state, however, that the great
photographer gives as definition to the
word philippics, ga word used to denote
any discourse or defamation full of ac-
rimonious invective." Webster also
differs from this sapient holder of a d.
ploma from Pacific University in the
orthOgraphy of the woodworking "p''
instead of "a" However, a Ounce
whom a college has graduated just to
get rid of, may be expected to air his
little stock Of classic lore at the expense
OF SO trifling a matter as orthography,
and to gleefully imagine that we have
compared his editorials to the oration OF
Demosthenes against Philip of Mace.
don, or the orations of Cicero against
Mark Antony, when we characterized
them as disgusting philippics." We
suggest to the Faculty of Pacific Uni.
versity the prOpriety of "forbiddine
students to read who cannot spelp' be,
fore they turn out another such an edi
tor as is Luce of the Independent.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-21

to my father as suadries," modestly
requested Yours Truly.
The obliging clerk shook his head and
hesitated.
"Ask the proprietor" said he.
The proprietor is g handsome and
just man, and he knew the governor was
good for it, so he smiled and said "cer-
tainly," and Yours Truly was in funds.
But she hadn't any beau. The young
men of Portland are an impecunious set,
and custom demands, if they go with a
young lady, that they shall pay the
bills, and when they haven't the money,
how can they? So the matter ran
along till Sunday night. Then ''ser-
vice of sacred song" was the operatic
programme, so Yours Truly prevailed
upon boy to accompany her, who was
so young he couldn't help knowing she
couldn't mean matrimOny, his parents
consenting because the exercises were
to be reLigious!
Oh, tOhdt an opera! The New Mar
ket Theater was we'll filled by the most
completely "sold" assembly you ever
saw, Mrs. D. Christian people were
there who couldn't see anything "relig-
ious'' in italian mummery, trilled and
rolled and squealed and squalled and
yelled, as it was, in barbarous English
accent. Jewish people were there who
were "tickled" into suppressed tittering
that would break out into downright
laughter when the religious" negro
song of "Old Folks at Home" was rem.
dered in darkie's English-the only
words of the ''sacred service'' that were
Ineligible to anybody.
Mrs. Marston Morse, who persistently
styles herself "Miss," was elegantly
attired around the feet with ruffies ant
train, but the dress fitted her so badly
that it slipped entirely away from he
waist and aims, leaving her body badly
exposed to public gaze. Nobody seemed
annoyed except Yours Truly. Blu
some people will get used to anything
and on Tuesday night, at this sam,
prima donna's benefit, even Yours Trul,
forgot that the dress had half slipped OF
the singer, and she shut her eyes ant
. listened to the soft melody that warblet
from her throat till she gradually cease,
to feel annoyed because nobody couI,
understand the words.
But a0hat an opera! Four singers
all told, and three of them with cracke
voices And everybody pretended t
enjoy it, because not to do SO would ap
pear questionable!
o, Temporal! O, naOreS!
That people everywhere may some
time possess sufficient moral courage t
be honest in expressing their privat
opinions, is the subsiding wish of
YOURS TRULY.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-21
CENTENNIAL GOODS.


We have been favored with a look
through the room now used by Hon. A.
J. Dufur as depot for Centepnial
goods, and must say that we are agree
ably surprised at the quantity and quail
ity of the display already upon exhibit
ton. We have little doubt that
Oregon will bear away the medal for
wheat, oats, native grasses, wild rye,
fax, wool, dried fruits, and almost
everything which our citizens will take
the pains to properly preserve and pre-
pare for exhibition. The advantage
that such an opportunity will offer for
the extensive advertising of the inher-
ent resources of the great Northwest
cannot be over-estimated; certainly
they do not seem to be at all appreciated
now. This is to be regretted, as the
present golden opportunity will come
but once in the lifetime of anybody.
Mr.. Dufur deserves great credit for the
assiduity with which be attends to the
Centennial business. We have no
doubt that the women of Oregon are
able to furnish as fine a display as that
from any other State; but the question
is, tOiU they?