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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-13

Before John T. Elliott. Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn.-J. A. Dogan VS..
Hardy Alferd.
IN THIS CAUSE AN NATTACHMENTH HAV-
\ ing been sued out under section 34S5 of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned byt proper
eihcer, levied upon the property Of the defend
ant, and affidavit having been made that the
defendant is justly indebted to the plaintiff in
the sum of $3.50, due by account, and that the
defendant is a n-resident Of the State Of
Tennessee; It is therefore ordered that defend
ant make his personal appearance before
John I. Elliott. j. p. on the 9th day of june
1875, at his Office, No. Sl5 Second street, in
the city Of Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex
| parte; and that copy of this order be pub
In the Public Ledger.
This 2Sth day Of April, 1876.
52-5t $40 JOHN 7. ELLIOTT, J.P.
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On the 18th day Of May, 1876,

at the northwest corner Of Poplar and Main
streets. in the city of Memphis, Tennessee,
offer for sale at public outcry, and sell to the
highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed real estate, with the improvements
thereon, to-wit; Beginning at stake at the
southwest corner Of ffty-aore tract of land
heretofore sold to Jones By G. A Shafer, and
running thence north with Jones' west line 81
chains to q stake, the northwest corner of
said Jones tract thenee west with the south
boundary line Of ninety'acre tract sold by
y. Brook 10 W. @. Bradford chains and s.
links to a stake; thence about % chains to tho
north side Of the Germantown plank road /;
thence east with the said road chains and IS
links to the beginning, containing By estima.
ten ten acres, more or less.
Title is considered good, but convey emily
as Trustee, a, S. BROWN, Trustee.
April 10. 1876. 81 6S
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Trustees Sale.

ON MONDAY, THE 29rH DAY OF MAY,
" 1876, within legal hours, in front Of Plant
will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, lot
No, S5. block Of A. Wrights subdivision,
fronting 80 feet on Wright avenue and run
ming back $50 feet to an alley, with the i'm
provements on same.
sell as Trustse under a deed made to me
by Mrs, @. Wright and Thomas Wright, re-
county, Tenn, Book 81, page 1855. TO which
reference is made.
E. G. JONES. Trustee.
L, B. MCFARIAND. Attornev MsTT
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NOn-Resldent Notice.

In the Chancery G urt of Shelby county, Ten
nessee--J. A. Anderson. administrator of
b. r, Norris, deceased, VS.. Mary A. Norris
ct al,
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
4 this cause that the defendant, Il. p.
Norris, is nonresident Of the State
he make his appearance herein, at the
courthouse, in the city Of Memphis, Ten
nessee, on OF before the first Monday in June.
1875, and plead, answer OF demur TO complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to him and set for hearing ex parte I;
and that a copy Of this order be published
once a week, for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of April, 1876.
A Acopy-Attest: .l.L
EDMUND A. COLE, c. and NJ.
BY r. j BLACK, Deputy o. and NJ.
NANoE y ANDERSON, Soils. for complainant.
b2.58-64-70
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Trustees Sale,

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX
ID ecuIed and delivered to me on the LIST 0
April, 1875, and recorded in the Register
Office Of Shelby county. in Book l06. page 1856
during legal hours,
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An Able Article in Defense Of
the System Facts and
Theories.
The Effects Of CrsVaSSes and Late
raj Currents.
A Big Question Well Handled By One
Who Has Studied 1t.
And COntraVePts the Memphis
Ledger and Chicago Tribune.
To the Editor of tho Ledger.

To the Editor OF the Ledger:
You will pardon me for again
coming to the rescue upon this
question Of protection to the Mis-
sissippi valley, and / am constrain-
ed more especially to do so by your
Endorsement, in the LEDGER Of the
4th inst, of the views expressed by
the Chicago Tribune Of recent date
on this subject.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, April Is. 1876.
AN AND AFTER SUNDAY. APRIL l6.
| 1875, trains will run as follows;
Leave. Arrive
N.w Slrlaans mail, daily..SOO pm. 12:40 p. m
Il. ypress train, daily lex aos
,ept Sunday. ..........;..-.4;2O p m. $3.50 am
n ciuht and kc'm' dation,
iMHlty S1N' NJ. BURKE, sup't.
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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
The writer of that article, located
a thousand miles from the subject
of inquiry and investigation, pre-
suming thus to offer opinion and
advice adverse to the opinions Of
the ablest engineers of the nation,
aided by the first and most cult
vated intellects the country has
produced, who have devoted the
best years of their lives to the in
vestigation of the subject on the
ground, making the subject Spe-
cialty, presents to me an instance Of
sublime self-appreciation, if such a
thing exists. | dare assert he did
not form his opinions from extend
ed investigation in person, or from
the views of intelligent engineers.
SENSIBLE MEN
wed no theories, but with such,
opinions formed from a knowledge
of the facts will not be yielded
unless to a reason explaining phe-
nomena at least as plausible as that
which has fastened conviction to
their minds. And to assert that a
Thing cannot exist because it is con-
trary to reason, when in fact there
stands the thing itself in actual ex-
istence, is to ignore the God7given
faculty that makes man superior to
fbe beast-it is to abandon reason
and surrender the understanding to
prejudice. 1t is argued that it is
contrary to reason to assert that the
water that meanders the channel OF
the river 400 miles to Vicksburg,
and floods the vast Yazoo delta
forty to eighty miles in width, In
many places twenty to thirty
feet in depth for miles, cannot be
confined within levees on the river
-"because it is contrary to reason.
This is the whole argument. Now,
sir, | think | win be able to show
before l am through, by known
facts, first, that the levees have moi
materially raised the flood line; anc
second, that crevasses when nu
merous or extensive, instead of per
manently reducing the hightof thC
water level in the channel Away
elevate it relatively higher than
above or below, unless the rive
above speedily recedes.
A PARADoxICAL PROPOSITION.
In submitting these proposition
| am perfectly conscious Of the ap
parent paradox. In discussing thi
question | shall deal with facts tina
cannot be disputed, and invite SOM
other explanation or solution OF tn
phenomena than am able to offer
for l seek light.
LET US SEE.
Chicot is some 200 miles VII
river below Memphis. Here tn
river is "higher than ever known
by about eighteen inches. A
Memphis the water hasnot reache
the highest flood line; neither Q
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RAILRoAps.
MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R
CNANGE OF SCHEDULE

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. MAY l4TH,
" 1876; ..,...
Mail train, daily ...-..~ lz.20 am % S'g ~ pm
Express train, daily....... 5.Wp'm l1']' d."
Somerville accom- dation 90
Except Sunday).......... 5.SO pm o'1O Am
Jackson, Tenn, accom- =, on
mediation lex. Sunday 40 pm ll.D Am
Mail train will not stop at flag stations DO
tween Grand Junction and Memphis. n
Trains connect at Grand Junction for all
points, and at Decatur closely for Montgom-
cry aud 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
l 'ristol and Memphis and Jackson, Tenn.
The new and magnificent sleeping car line
vii have one Of their new sleepers leave
Ne, 9phis daily on Express train at 5.e0 pm.
for |, y nchburg, Washington and Baltimore
witho ut change. 0Rly one change to New
York and PHILADELPHIA. Time ttoentv min
ttes fasts, than city time.
Ticket flee, 2S Main street.
WI. ROSS. Sup't.
Tow r. DlrUN, Ticket Agt. 4O-t
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! nneINa lIII G THE.

Exhibition at Philadelphia, this lint, will sell
Excursion Tickets at greatly reduced rates. r. n
THE SHORT LINE, the only line running
through cars to Eastern Cities. For sale at
ali the Ticket Offices in the South and South
JNO. MACLEOD, Gen. Sup't.
8. s. PARKER, Gen. Pass. ana Ticket Agent zen
Mouisville. Ky, lOl-xxnl-. .O9
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N n w YORh
sCHElDULE.


And other Easte.n Cities
WITHOUT CUANGE
Arriving many hours in advante Of eAi Oshsh. ish
ines. Connections made at Gin cinnaH with
all lines running
Pullman and Wagner Palace ,SleepeES
To Toledo, Detroit. Grand Rapids. Bal timore'
Washington, Sandusky, Cleveland, BSnaio'
Albany, Salamanca and Now York
our OH AN GIT .
This il the only line running its entire train
from louisville to Cincinnati, and the only
IiiU~ iiDe BY which passengers. from the South en-
route to Eastern and Northern Cities can
avoid n tedious haul through Louisville BY
changing cars at Short Line junction. with
u. and &. s. R. R., three miles south Of the
,eity. where they can be served with an excel
lent meal at Rufer Dining Hall. at all hours
Through sleepers from New Orleans, Mobile
Jacksonville, Atlanta, Little Rock, Memphis
MONTGOMERY and Nashville, make dlrecl con-
neetion at Short Limo Junction with through
Sieepers TO New Y York AMI other Eastern Cities
win this line.
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THE RIVER AT MEMPHIS

has not reached the highest flood
line, nor has it at Helena, or at any
point between, and the line Of levee
is intact protecting this valley on
the east 40 miles wide. Passing Hell
ena the valley on the east stretches
to sixty miles in width; yet for
eighty miles to the vicinity of Ar
kansas river the leyees are intact on
the east and the river has not yet
reached the highest food line and is
flooding the west bank Of the river
TO the hills.
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MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April Is. 1876.

Change of Schedule.
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RAILROAD rIwR TGBEEs.
dEMFHIB AND LoUIEvILLt RAfIRoAD.
Arrives. Leaves.

MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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Attachment Notice.

L. B. MCFARLAND. Attorney.
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Sleepig cars on mail train. Ticket otlces,
Louisville Depot, 2ST Main (cor. Madison
and 276 Main street.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
10 Let,

nOWN stairs tenement in a new house, III Lin
~ coin ST., Cor. Cedar. Water closet, Sebagc
water, gas Also light express wagon for sale. In
quire of S. ID MERRILL & CO.,
my20tf 81 Temple st.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM IN ArvANCE

management. There are a ft facts can.
cernlng Sam. Tilden, which, trust. will
sink into the minds of western and southern
Democrats.
lie Is hypocrite, political swindler. has
long been public plunderer, aud is really
the only disreputable candidate prominently
named on the Democratic side.
He has sought this high office by methods
so unprecedentedy shameless and disreputa-
Die tnat 1t would be an everlasting stigma up-
on Democratic convention to nominate
nln, and reproach upon the American peo-
pie TO elect him if nominated. If bis mil
lions could elect him, he would give us the
most corrupt administration the country has
ever known. Neither imperial dignities. nor
lne gloom OF solitude said Tacitus, could
save 1lberius from HIMSELF Aad Tilden
conlu not rise above himself or above the
sources of his power"
Ihe Brooklyn IN. " argus, another
Democratic journal, delivered itself in this
way:
"Gov. Tilden's advocacy of hard 'money'
Is Is as lhsihcere as are any of his other posi-
tlons. AS reformer Gov. Tiden is fraud ::
as business man he is badly smirched: as a
hard-money man he is without convictions I:
as an advertising adventurer and suborner
OF tne press he is impudent; and as politi-
lcal trlckster he is a disgrace. He is willing
to talk about national honor, and advocate
hard money at the east, while violating the
laws OF the country and issuing an illegal
currency in the west. He bid loudly for re-
form support throughout the state by attack
ing Dennlson in Syracuse and Lord In Roch-
ter, where the Democrats have no strength.
while bargaining with ring scoundreis in
Albany, New York and Brooklyn, where the
Democratic machine is powerful.''
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
Democratic Opinions of Tilden.

Before the st. Louis nomination imposed the
necessity disappearing Gov. Tilden, Democra-
tic journals and politicians had no scruples in
expressing their real sentiments in regard to
the man whose name now heads their col
umns as candidate for the Presidency. Here
is something from that eminent and widely
known Democrat, Mr.. August Belmont:
1 think he [Tilden] cannot carry New
York. Those who claim that he is unassail-
able do not know him, or if they do, then
they are quite as dishonest as he is. He has
been counsel for the broken down corpora
tions with which New York has been afflicted
for long term of years, and out of them he
has not come with clean hands.-AuJuSt
Belmont.
The Madison Patriot, leading Democrat
ic journal of Wisconsin, said this of Mr.. Til
den two days previous to the st. Louis con-
vention.
"Besides being a hard-soft-shinplaster-any.
thing g-to-make-dollar man, Governor Tilden
is big railway shark with a double row OF
teeth all round. Wouldn't it be cool opera.
ton to ask the nearly $4,000 reform voters
of Wisconsin, who oppose railway monopo
lies, to vote for Samuel j. Tilden? Some oI
them, from party punctllio, might do it, bu
the great mass would rebel, not only against
Tilden. but against the leaders who would
lead the masses into the great slaughter
pen."
Similar talk about Mr.. Tilden- was abun
dant in those two leading Democratic jour
nails, the New York Express and the Cincin.
natl Enquirer. Here is a part of what was
said of him, in the Cincinnati Enquirer O
June 25th:
"Tilden cannot carry his own State, should
he, by the wrath of God, be nominated fol-
the presidency. If there are potent reasons
why the Democracy of Tilden's own State
are opposed to his nomination, there arc
| more, and greater reasons, why the Democ-
racy of the West and South should be ntelli.
| gent and honorable enough to resist his
| bribes and defeat his nomination. We do
not apprehend his nomination, but we are
not insensible to the power of money and
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
Lost.

A SMALL black Russia leather pocket book,
"A containing about s25 in money and a note
payable to Lewis Pierce. The finder will please
leave it at No. 103 Commercial Street. jy10d3t*
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12

In the course of a recent article the Rich
mond (Va.l Enquirer says: SIN the first
place, the Radical hold upon power has here
tofore depended on the solid support Of sever
al hundred thousand voters of an inferior
and ignorant race, who were unconstitution-
ally clothed with the suffrage by the grace Of
arbitrary legislation and the point of the bay
onet But even without deducting this great
mass of machine-voters, who are moved like
puppets by the string which the carpet-b
gers move and pull, there is still great ma
jority of the people to whom the very name
of the Radical party is stencil and abomina-
tion." If this means anything, it means
that the several hundred thousand voters "ot
an ignorant and inferior race'' are not to be
allowed to vote this year. In pursuance of
this policy, Mr.. Cox wants the army TO be
abolished until after November.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
House for Sale.

A GOOD q story house, centrally located, con-
N tanning ten finished rooms with furnace, gas
Sebago, and good drainage. There is good garden,
with Grape vines, Strawberries, Gooseberries Cur
rants, Raspberres and Plums, connected with the
house. Apply to CHARLES CUSTIS 81 CO., 493
Congress Street. iy7dtf
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
TO Rent.

FEyHE up stairs tenement in No. 312 Congress
l. Street. One of the most desirable rents Of its
price in the city. Gas, Sebago, etc. Within three
minutes walk of post-ofice. Price $780, ju9dtf
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
The GREAT REPUTATION
Which VEGETINE has attained in all parts of the
country as
Great and Good Medicine,

and the large number of Testimonials which are con-
stantly being received from persons who have been
cured by its use, conclusive proof of its great
value. 1t is recommended by physicians and apoth-
ecaries As a Blood-Purfer and Health Restorer,
it has no equal.
VEGETINE is not prepared for fancy drink made
from poor liquors, which debiltates the system and
tends to destroy health instead of restoring it.
Are not the many testimonials given for the differ
ent complaints satisfactory to any reasonable
suffering from disease that they be cured? Read
the different testimonials given, and no one can
doubt. In many of these the persons say that
their pain and suffering can not be expressed as in
cases of Scrofula where apparently the whole body
was one mass of corruption. If VEGETINE will re-
leve PAM cleanse, purify and cure such Diseases
storing the patient to perfect health after trying diff
terent physicians, many remedies suffering for years.
can be cured? Why is this medicine performing
such great cures? 1t works in the blood in the
culating fluid. 1t can be truly called the Great
Blood Purifier. The great source of disease origin
ates intShe blood; and medicine that does not act
directly upon it, to purify and renovate has any just
claim upon public attention. When the blood be-
comes Hfeess and stagnant either from change of
weather or climate, want Of exercise irregular diet
or from any other cause, the VEGETINE will renew
the blood, carry off the putrid humors cleanse the
stomach, regulate the bowels and impart tone of
vigor to the whole body. The conviction is in the
public mind well in the medical profession that
the remedies supplied by the Vegetable Kingdom are
more safe, successful, in the cure of disease
than mineral medicines. VEGETINE is composed of
roots, baTks and herbs. 1t is pleasant to take and
is perfectly safe to give infant. Do you need il?
Do not hesitate to try it. You will never regret it.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12

The public have right to require of Presi'
dent Grant that he give good cause fol
asking Postmaster General Jewell to resign
the office he has filled with such conspicuous
fidelity and ability. Gov. Jewell has been
assailed during his occupancy of the position
of Postmaster General by the Democratic
press, land ne has been before one of the inves.
tigating committees ofthe Confederate House
nevertheless, the great mass of the intelligent
people of the country believe that he has
been apositive strength to the administration
and an officer of rare efficiency and courage.
Until good reason is assigned for this sud-
den removal, the President will be sharply
and justly criticised.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12

The Argus has added Brillat-Sayarin to
its staff-presumably the best thing of the
sort which Ican be obtained. But the new
gastronomic editor clearly shows that he was
not caught young, that the delights of the
table are to him a recent discovery, that he
was not to the mahogany born. The edi-
torial epicure essays to describe dinner,
and acquits himself fairly so long as he is
confined to the three conventional! courses !;
but when he attempts the entrees he be-
trays himself, his origin is revealed, his ma
tonality is beyond dispute, he shows him
self Yankee of the fields. This exploiter
OF the n'enu actually pictures dinner at
one of our large hotels in which fish-balls
figure on the carte. Shade of Soyer forbid !!
Like the "shibboleth" which betrayed the
Ephraimites, like the moi of the French
speaking Englishman, like the "view" of the
aspirant to New England Brahminism is the
fish-ball of the Argus editor. Fish-balls for
dinner! Faugh!
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12
To Lei.

HOUSE on the corner of High nd Danforth St.,
III in the best of repair, has looms and large
pantry, good furnace gas and Sebago water, good
cemented cellar, woodhouse and large Garden. In
qiure at No. IS High Street.
my16dtt PETER HANNA.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12

Total 49,
Vacancies in delegations can only be filled by
actual residents of the town whichthey represent.
The County Committee will be in session at said
Hall at O'Clock a. m. on the day of the Convention
for the purpose of receiving the credentials of dele
cations.
HIRAM KNOWLTON, Portland, Chairman.
SAMUEL DINGLEY, Sebago Lake, Secretary.
HENRY c. BREWER, Freeport.
d. W. MERRILL, Upper Gloucester.
w. L. PRINCE, Cumberland.
L.B. CHAPMAN, Deering.
L. S. WEBB, No. Brdgton.
Town committees are earnestly requested to for
ward the names of delegates at the earliest possible
moment to the chairman or secretary of the county
committee at Portland.
Portland, June 2sth, 1876.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-12

House 10 Let.
TEQUIRE of DIR. JOHNSON, the Dent
l. isf, over III. Ill. Hays, foot of Free ST.
iuQn