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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
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Numbers Of old Memphians who are
personally acquainted with Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines will be pleased to learn
that the Supreme Court at Washington
a few days since approved the decision
of the United States Circuit Court for
the district of Louisiana, in the case of
Mrs. Gaines, which was an action TO
make the sureties Of the city Of New
Orleans responsibls for the amount Of
the Judgment against the city. The Su-
preme Court holds that under the laws
Of Louisiana suredes on an appeal bond,
operating as a supersedeas, are liable to
judgment sgainst them by summary pro.
ceeding after execution on the original
judgment has been issued, and a return
Of nulla bona made by the proper officer;
that the truth Of this return cannot be
questioned in subsequent proceeding
against the sureties, NOT can the officer
making the return be compelled to amend
or modify it unless he desires to do 60.
The fact that the defendant in the origi-
nal judgment has been garnished, or the
judgment sold at the instance of the
creditors Of the plaintiff. is no defense
for the s%ureties in the proceeding against
them, where they have not been made
parties to any such proceedings, to ap.
propriate the original judgment against
their principal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
aANp THEY gHALL oNAw A TIlg.v

The Radicals are still very sick over
the Oregon business. The Democrats
are habitualIy law abiding, and from the
first regarded it as q purely legal ques-
ton, and have not made haste to pass
judgment without the facts before them.
The most that is claimed generally is
that this Is as good a prina faeia cage
as any that the Republicans can present
from the three PROSTATE States. II a
wrong in any degree has been committed
it cannot exceed one-nineteeuth Of the
wrongs done in ths ~5ulIdozed States,
where nineteen votes we're captured aud
forced in for Hayes at the point Of toe
bayonet. AS we have seid before. it is
not altogether a settled question whether
the ineligibility Of a candidate for cleo
tor elects bis next highest competitor
II Republican success hinged on this
point, and this only, they would not hesi
tate to decide 10 the affirmative, right
or wrong. They claim that certain
Southern States are or have been Re-
publican, and that any change in
favor Of the Democrats is an evidence
Of fraud and intimidation. Oregon has
been a Democratic SlAte-has a Demo
cratic Governor and Democratic officers.
We might, by the same parity Of reason
log, insist that the State was carried fol
Hayes and Wheeler by illegal and VIC
lent means, and that therefore enough
Republican counties should be throw
out by the Canvassing Board to change
the result and elect Tilden. If onll
Oregon stood in the way the leaders 0
the dominant party would have ii
scruples about %coanting on, Cronin au,
counting in Postmaster Watts. Blu
they have committed themselves une
.quivocally against this course, and t
change now would involve n%incteeI
Southern electoral votes. The violenc
with which they Gssail Grover and Crou
in, and their mad rage show how great
they are perplexed and put out. Tn
few decent leaders axe anxious to main
tain a show and form Of consistency
Some Of them are eminent lawyers, an
can see a legal proposition without pa.
tisau bias, and have some professions
pride. photographed that the csbint
has taken no notice OF the Oregon que,
ton. The cabinet has nothing to d
with Il that we can see, though eVidentl
greatly worried over the complication
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Personal Sketches OF the Members
OF the F0rtietn General Assembly
Of Iennessee.

Personal Sketches OF tho Members
OF the FOrtieth General Assembly
Of I~ennsssee.
WILSON L. DUGGAY (REP.)
Member elect to the lower House from
Sewer and Cooke counties, was bora in
Sewer county; educated at Whortleberry
Springs Seminary, Knox county, where
he received a good academic education;
is tweHty-eight years old; married; post
Office, Fair Garden, Sewer county, Tenn.
Since 1871 be has been teaching in the
high schools OF his section. His father
was of English aud Irish parentage; his
mother of German descent. Daring the
war he was on the Union side.
though owing to his youth was not
in the army. BE is for the lowest pos
sible rate Of taxation that will enable
the State to meet all just demands and
pay current expenses, aud is opposed to
the present conventional rate of interest.
NJ. Duggsu has never before been a can
didate for any Office; Jet be has not Kept
entirely clear Of political affairs, having
taken an active part in elections aud
contributed to the press during political
contests. BE was nominated by a joint
convention Of Cooke and Sewer coun'
ties, composed of two delegates from
each civil district. he had three oppo-
nents in the convention, but vas nom.
mated on the first ballot, In the
race before the people be had three
competitors, all Of whom live in
Cock. county. The following is The
vote Of the two counties combined fol
Representative: W. 7. Duggan, Of Sc
vier, 23O8; Malcom McNsbb, Of Cooke
1875; John r. Schultz, Of Cooke, 247i
F. G. McGaha, of Cooke, 10. Duggan'l
majority over MeNabb lib; over al
S47. Mr.. McNab5 is a very popular
gentleman, and Duggan's majority ovel
him shows the esteen in which he i
held by hapeop'e. Mr.. DuggAn is TIL
son of Colonel Wilson Duggan, who rep
resented Cooke and Sewer counties il
the Legislature ten years in succession
before the war, and SEWER county on
term since the war. lie was q lawyer 0
prominence and high standing and prec
tics in the courts OF East Tennessee.
-. about forty years. The son gives Iai
, promise Of az equally useful aud sue
~eessful career.
The vote Of Cooke county at the No
vember election was: For President
Tildsn, SIS; Hayes, 1857. For Cover
nor-Porter (Democrat), go; Thoma
independent Democrat, 99l. For Cor
grss,, First district-McFarland (Demc
craft. $685.; Randolph Republican, 1925
Sewer county Tilden, 342; Hayes, 1876
Porter, $50; Thomas, 1874 For Cor
; gress, Second district-Cnllom demo
craft, 343; Tbornburgh Republican
1894 Total for Tilden in both counties
1857; for Hayes, 2733; for Porter, 1856
s for Thomas, lT25.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
THEY DIE HARp.

Some of the Republican journals are
consoling themselves with the idea that
if Cronin's vote does count it will not
make Tilden President. They claim now
that GsneralD NJ Frost,one Of the Tilden
electors 10 Missouri, is an %unpardoned
rebel general, and that his vote will be
thrown out. The Office Of rebel general
was notone Of profit and trust within the
meaning of the Constitution; and if 1t
was, perhaps Frost resigned, like Watts,
and was reinstated by the rest Of the
board. But If, as has been argued all
along by these same papers, Congress
cannot 60 back Of the face OF the returns,
how is the President Of the Senate and
the tellers appointed by Congress to get
at such a case or to prove officially that
General Frosts disabilities had not been
removed, and that in consequence he
could not act as elsctor for Tildsn or
auy other man? We are rather Of the
opinion, however, that this General Frost
was not such a distinguished rebel as to
be included 10 the small list Of those yet
held eleven years after the wat under the
ban of disabilities. There is nothing ia
this case, yet the Radicals catch at it as
drowning men catch ct straws. They
are SO in the habit Of grabbing things
that it comes natural with them upon al
occasions. The argument 80 often made
that it was the intention of the PEG
pie of Oregon to elect Hayes cleo
tors, would apply as well in the Mis-
souri, case where it was his intention t
vote for Tilden. There seems to be a
idea running through the Republican
mind that there is an elastic set of law
and rules for Republicans aud en- Ell
tirely different and mora rigid set fl
Democrats, especially those at the Souil
When it comes to collecting taxes the
know no North, no South, no East, n
West, but the benefits Of government
the patronage and encouragements b
long, of right, to the sections
party that sits up to be the go
eminent. Claiming the cole cred
for saving" it, they have assume
tie right to bleed the country until uttt
prostration prevails. This is a great,
glorious, q consistent party, this Repu
lican patty; and when it ia kicked on
as it will be sooner or later. the psop
will wonder why they submitted to Who'll
sale robbery and plumber in broad da
light so long. They do hang on vii
desperate ienacity; power is sweet, al
May Of them honestly believe, if the
can be said to be honest in snythin
that there is four years more good siea
ing in this country yet, aud they wi
prove it if they get half a chance. TIL
is the patriotic idea that inspires. not Il
masses, but many Of the leaders.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13


Mr.. W. W. Coreorau, OF Washington,
has given $4,000 to the University Of
Virginia, beside $4,000 which he gave a
few weeks ago in aid Ct lbe library Of
that institution. Mr.. Oorcorau's last
gift will bs applied to the endowment Of
Pr~ofessorships Of History, Literature
and Moral Philosophy.
The famous Charles pittsGeld estate
in England is at last 10 be distributed
among the heirs. The testator died in
LAO, and the GrSt DECISION was mol
reached by the Courts till 1898. Origi-
nslly amounting to 10000. the prop.
erty, between the increased value OIL
London real estate and compound inter-
est, is now said to be worth nearly
$4,000, 900.
II milk be introduced into bottles, vel
eorked, and put into a pint Of cold water
and gradually raised to the boiling point
and after being allowed to cool, be laker
out and put in a cool place, The mill
may be kept perfectly sweet for half 4
year Orr it may be ev%aporated to dry
ness " a gentle heat, and under con
slant stirring, a dry mass will thus b,
obtained, which, when dissolved in no
water, i said 70 possess all the qualitivI
VI the best milk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

WASHINGTON special; The Demo
Gratis make no argument. They merely
claim that Governor Grover, as a law.
abiding magistrate, had no recourse but
the commissioning Of Cronin; that il il
is wrong in principle, Congress may take
the point into consideration and 20 de-
ellie the matter. The non,committal
attitude of the Democrats and their
temperate expressions surprise aud per
pick the Republican schemers in the
Southern programme.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

AND still they come to the front Some.
body suggests through toe American,
Mr.. N. NJ Brien, jr, OF Davidson county,
for Speaker Of the next House. Mr..
Brien is a worthy gentleman aud a
promising young lawyer, but as be is the
youngest member elect OF the House aud
has not had any previous experience,
perhaps he could make more reputation
on the floor than in the chair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
Return OF DemuItIng
Omelal.

NEW YnRE, December IL Joshua f.
Bailey, who in 1859 fed from the coun-
try 81 a defaulter in his accounts with
the government as Internal Revenue
Collector Of the Thirty.seeond district,
has returned and made good his deficit,
ard received from the President O full
pardon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
rIiIrIl GeIzen.

New YoRK, December ia still Of
$50 gallons capacity, three mash tuba
With a capacity Of 4OOO gallons each and
other materials for carrying on illicit
%disiillation, has been seized in the cen
ter Of the block bounded by Eleventh
and Twelfth streets and a7enus Cand D.
The property is valued at s45,OO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
War vessel Pul out OF CommIssiop.

ERIE, Pa, December l3.--The United
States steamer Michigan has been yirtu-
ally put out Of commission, all Of her
officers having been detached except
six, and all her crew discharged except
ten. She is The oily United States war
vessel on the lakes. The DEPARTMENT.
action is due to reduced appropriations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
Valparaiso, Chill, almost Destroy.
ed by Fire.

PANAMA, December ia great fire
destroyed a portion Of Valparaiso on the
l4th and 10Th Of November. 1t began
in Cafe de La Marina at 2:3O am, No
vember IA, and was not completely ex.
tinguished until $3.50 am. next day.
Several valuable buildings were der
stroyed. The amount Of tho loss is NOT
yet known.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
Rates OF Interest In California

SAN F~RAYoIsoo, December ! 9-The
Directors Of the Bank of California yes
terday decided to reduce the rates Of in
terest fixing the minimum at 9 per cent.
and leaving the details TO the discretion
Of the officers. 1t is believed that other
banks will follow cult.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

Emerson received more money from
his apple orchard than from his books.
and George Eliot says she could have
made more money on the trapeze than
by writing Daniel Deronda. An mao.
cent critic says, now that Deronda is we'll
of her hands, why not take to the ira.
psze and draw a larger house than does
Anua Dickinson, ss 40 actress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
SMOKE
Goodyear shapes ladies' fell
hats for soc. 314 Second st. [S9
JUVENILE
The finest stock in the city,
AT D0D'S, 341 MAIN STREET.
The shiverise vic,ims


OF fever and aeUe, who freeze to-day to burn
tomorrow, might have heen exempted from
their present trials had they availed them
selves in time Of that safeguard against all
malarieus diseases, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. But if it istoo late fer prevention, tits
not too late for cure. A single bottle Of this
irresistible herbal tonic will stop the par
ozysms, and 4 brief course Of it will restore
the patient to vigorous health. Tbs pruden,
and thoughtful, however, who would rather
~iorestall disease than wait for its assaults,
will resort TO this surs defense against inter
miltsnt and remittent fevers at the commence
ment Of the season when they prevail. Now
is the time to forearm the system against
fever and ague, bilious complaints and dys.
pepsia- diseases which are. often engsndered,
and always aggravated, by the chills and
damps Of winter and early spring.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

WASHINGTON. December - For Ten.
nessee and the Ohio valley, southwest 70
northwest winds, partly cloudy weather,
stationary or slight fall in temperature,
and rise in barometer by Thursday morn
ing,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

sAYFRAgcIsco, December 10 Arrived
The Pacific mail steamer City Of New
York, from Sidney via Honolulu bring
ing the British mails.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

A party OF four fishermen formed the
project Of wintering in the forests ef
Fortune Bay, A. f., 10 February last,
for the purpose Of making a large catch
Of trout in the lakes and gullies of that
quarter, which abound with those fsb, in
order TO try the experiment Of sailing
them and establishing a trade 10 picked
trout. No account was ever received
from them, though constantly Up to lie
end Of June the friends aud relatiyea OF
the missing men searched the forests f,r
their bodies. Not until near the close Of
$ 'ptember was the mystery cleared up.
when a trouting party, composed af sew.
eral telegraph operators and their
friends, discovered four skeletons near 4
gully. The unfortunate fishermen mus
have lost their way and been immersed
in the DRIFT during one Of the terrif,
binding snow storms that prevail il
that section.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
ronr aanmen nroMned.

HALIgAx, December l3.-During the
snow.storm yesterday the brig Weotwood
vent ashore near Herring cove, aud four
Of her seamen we're drowned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
A nnltimore sen.nnon.

The Baltimore American says: "a
week ago last Saturday night q young
gentleman we'll and fsVorably known in
social circles in the western part Of the
city, attended Ford's Opera House. He
was accompanied by q young lady to
whom be paid marked attention, and
with whom be seemed very happy and
c~ontentel. Nov, not far from the Opera
House lives an eminent physician Of
large practice, a member Of the Ger.
mania Club, and a great sportsman.
This physician is parent to a handsome
daughter just budding into womanbood,
who, rumor has it, is engaged to the same
young man who attended the perform
auee with another girl. The perform
anee having concluded be escorted tie
young lady home, and, after a separa-
ton, kind and perhaps tender, at the
door, he dropped 10 to sse the young
lacy TO whom he had given his t.o,h
But she had heard from some source OF
another the fact that her lover had taken
a lady TO the theater that night.
aud it was a wrong che would aoi
pass By unnoticed. She upbraided tie
young nan; be was not so meek as be
should have been, aud hot words snsled.
Suddenly the girl seized a fogling piece
one Of her fathers f%ayorite guns, and
hastily cooking it, sred it at the reoreanI
lover. Fortunately be was not bit, anc
the father, who was 10 an adjoiuin.
room, rushed 10 Just in time n caict
his ~fsintirg child in bis arms. Directly
the police, who heard the shot, arrived
and an arrest, police court exposure
and all the rest OF it we're imminen.
However, after considerable persuasion
the matter was settled and hushed up
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
PUBLIC LEDGER
oFyTcE-Eo. IS MADISON sTRTnr.
MEMP HISS
wednesday Evening, Dec. Is, lsTs

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is S. per dnnam TOR
the Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Weekg-POstGgs free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13

"A insane Mother DroWas Her Two
children.
BRysoN, ONTARIO, December Is Mrs.
Collins, a widow, while temporarily in
sans yesterday, drownedhs two children
in the canal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-13
CoOKINc STOVES
NOTICE.

ONAND AFTER THIS DATE. MR.. JOHN
" b. Ford. at 1913 Poplar st.. will represent
us In the sale Of our Alligator and Occidental
Cooking Stoves, for coal CT wood, which we
guarantee to give entire satisfaction. oxoell-
Ing all otler Stoves heretofore sold ia this city.
POMEROY, PE0K0NER & CO.,
OF Cincinnati, ~.
Memphis, December Z, 1876, @W
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-11-15

PRESENT DoNG.-Don't live a
single hour of your life without doing
exactly what is to be done in it, and
going straight through it from begin
ming to end. Work, play, study,
whatever it is-take hold at once and
finish up squarely and cleanly, and
then attend to the next thing, without
letting any moment drop, out between.
1t is wonderful to see how many
hours prompt people cOntrive to make
of day.
1t is as if they pick up the moments
the dawdlers lost. And if you ever
find yourself where you have so many
things upon you that you hardly know
how to begin, take hold of the very
first one that comes to hand; and you
will find the rest will all fall into file
and follow like a company Of we'll
drilled soldiers, and though work may
be hard to meet when it charges in a
squad, it easily vanquished if you can
bring..it into line. No man ever
largely succeeded who just looked his
work in the face.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-11-15
Time Devoted to Meals.

An eminent physician states that
that the average time occupied in the
process Of taking food by the people
of New England does not exceed from
twelve to fifteen minutes from each meal
Such haste is injurious to health for
many reasons. The progress of
digestion begins i'll the mouth with the
action of the teeth and through
the excitement: of the salivary glands
by the. presence of food. Unless
saliva is abundantly mingled with the
after, the first act of digestion is
obstructed,' and natures plan is
changed. The..fluid not only lubricates
but acts chemically in the mouth, if a
reasonable time be given it upon all
the starch elements which make up
the great bulk of what we eat.
When eating in haste, great dea l
Of air is swallowed. Air is, to a CERTAIN
extent, always entangled in the saliva
and assists digestion, but when "wads'
of food succeed each other very rapid
ly, they seem to act like pistons in the
tube leading from the back of the
throat, and drive before and between
them into the stomach such amounts
of air as to distend that organ and
Impede its functions.
Another effect Of eating in this way
is that the masses of food imperfectly
mixed with saliva, becomes impacted
in the esophagus, checking its
muscular action, which is obviously
Intended to propel only one piece at a
time. This embarrassment is overcome
by taking at one gulp as much fluid as
the mouth will hold, thus distending
he elastic tube and washing the
INSTRUCTED food into the stomach.
All this is unnatural, and can hardly
fail to work mischief.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-11-15
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-11-15
TEE FARMING KING.

The farmer sat in his old armchair
Rosy and fair,
COMMENTED IT, ere.
kate, | declare"
lie said TO his wife, who was knitting near
I'VE need not fear
The hard times here,
Through the leaf of life is yellow and sere
"rm the king, and you are the queen
OF this fair scene,
These fields Of green
And gold between,
These cattle grazing upon the hill,
Taking their fl,
And sheep so still,
Like many held 10y single will.
"These BARNARD fowls are our subjects all
They heed the call.
And like a squall.
On fast wings tall.
Whenever we scatter for them the grain.
'Tis not in vain
We live and reign
In this our happy and calm domain.
"And Wheeler III, d"! he dim or fine,
In laia"""eshine.
I these of mine,
These fields of thine,
In cloudy shade and in sunny glow,
----- Viii over flow
Wnh crops that grow.
When gold is hi III aud when it is low.
nvexed with shifting of stocks and
shares,
And bulls aud bears,
Stripes and cares,
Aud the affairs
Or speculation in mart and street,
IN this retreat
Sweet peace can meet
With plenty on her rural beat,