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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-21
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BoArs IEAvIyo TODAY.
Belle Of Texan.

Is PORT.
Belle Of Texas.
The following boats are laid up here:
Mary Houston, John A. Scudder, Thos.
Sherlock, James D. Parker, Illinois, A.
j. White, George w. Cheek and Osceols
CoBdiuoh Of the Rivers.
The river here is getting down to
a lower stage than it has been for
many years at this season Of the
year, and is full of running ice.
From Al to 3 feet is the best water
above here, and 5 to 81 feet below.
Memphis is now the head Of nayi-
cation, the river being gorged at
Columbus. Arkansas river is still
low, there being but 26 inches from
Pine Bluff to the mouth. White
river is falling, with 3 feet from
Jacksonport to the mouth.
miscellaneous.
The weather is m%oderating, with
indications of rain.
Heavy floating ice has been pass
ing here to-day.
The river is gorged at Columbus,
twenty miles below Cairo.
The Mary Houston, G. B. Church,
Sherlock, Parker and all other
steamers laid up here have gone
10 Presidents Island chute for a
safe harbof.
Memphis continues to be the
head of navigation.
The st. Geneyieye, which left
Cairo on Wednesday for Vicksburg,
is fast in the gorge at Columbus.
The Pargoud is aground at Lake
Providence.
Only 4 feet G inches to 5 feet
water on the bars above here.
The Charles Morgan, en- route to
New Orleans, is in a safe harbor at
Osceola, and awaits the resumption
of navigation.
The Carondelet for New Orleans
had 1900 bales Of cotton and a lot
Of oil.
The Phil Allin for Arkansas
ECity and Osceola Belle for Ashport
had good trips Of freight ard peo-
pie.
The Governor Garland returned
to Arkansas river last evening with
a splendid trip of freight and peo-
pie.
The James Howard cleared for
New Orleans this morning with
2200 bales Of cotton, 277S sacks oil
meal, 73O bbls. oil, and a big trip Of
passengers. She has engagements
in the bends sufficient to ill her out,
Harry Stein, the efficient clerk
; Of the Charles Morgan, which il
laid up at 0sceola bar, leaves TODAY
for New Orleans by rail in the in.
, terest Of his packet.
The James Howard takes the
: Morgan's passengers through to
: New Orleans.
The tug job-boat ida, Captain
: Broadhurst in command, is now
, doing harbor service in place Of thc
, Ariel, which is making some light
} repairs.
! The tug Frank Jones leaves to
/. day for the mouth Of White river,
at which point she will do futur,
service.
/; Captain Kehoa, so far, has mol
!: been able to set the Carl Schur1
. aAoat.
: The IdlewiId will come here K
enter the lower coast trade il busi
i ness looks favorable.
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by VIRTUE OF AN ORDER rtF sa1p
II from the Hon. Ohanoery CourA oF SbaaihhEg
county, in the case Of the Union and piantn,ys
Bank and the Home Insurance Co. VS., MoSrts.
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A palnlgl e%ooidsnt occurred at the
Selton tbeater in Liverpool, on Noyem.
Der 20 The company at the time were
playing The Dead Hand" and Mrs.
Dreamer, wife Of the lessee, sustained
a part in the piece. At one point OF the
performance a pistol is fred at the back
OF the scenes, and Mrs.. Creamer had the
pistol 10 hand to do this, but lust at the
time the report should be made abe
handed the pistol to q Of the men,
askiua him to Gre it. Suddenly, however,
changing her mind, she thrust out her
band 70 get back the frearn, aud as she
was doing 50 The man pulled the trigger,
and the result was that two or three Of
the fingers Of the unfortunate lady we're
almost blown Of.
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The STATE OF TEENFssEE.
SnrInN lnuNnu

TnE UNDERSIGNED, EXECUTORS OF
! the wilt Of N. w. l~arpbell, late Of Man.
phis, attorney at law, hereby eive notice That
az persons having 9ry claims against Tic
arc requested h. exhibit The Same within i6ss
lime and IN the ma Liner prescribed By law. or
they will DO forever bmpsd, w."
T. Y WHITE p...
r. NJ BANKS EXECUTORS
dH@eJnandoi Miss, November q, 1875.
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A London letter says: Perhaps the
most curious thug is that the non.suc.
cess Of the British expedition 70 the
fcle and the declaration made that to
reach the Pole Is impossible, has created
a desire 70 make another attempt. In
deed, The project Of another expedition
Is nov 10 contemplation, and / should
not be surprised II n we're TO Start
next spring This much seems 10 be
certain and lhatis, there win be no fur.
Their attempt made by way Of Smiths
Sound. The present expedition has
demoaslfstsd that this route is amin.
practicable one"
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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GTvrN.
i that by virtue Of two vendi.toni -exponases
70 me directed from the Fbnorablo Cirouit
Court of Shelby county. Icennessee' in the
case Of Rheinstrom 4 Co. and h. n gemmes
q 20. vs.. Thomas Waters, for tho aEgregate
sum OF SIX hundzed and ~forty.nine dollars
ava torty-hve. cents, with interest and costs
Oh SUIT 70 satisfy said judgment. etc.. 1 viii.
On Saturday, December 80, 1876,
IL lssal hours, in front Of the Court House,
memphis, Tennessee, proceed to sell, to tho
highest bidder. for cash, the following de-
scrisod property, to-wit: Situate, lying and
being in the county Of Shelley, state of Ten-
nossoe, described in q deed by p. NJ. Winters
loIhomas Winters Of date November 81, 1874,
tor part Of city lot No. isl. fronting 40 feet on
the north side Of Jackson street, and running
back on the east side Of Center alley, betseen
Front and Main streets. north 74H feet. the
same width rs tie font, and being the
same lot conveyed to Thomas Winters by
Patrick Quincy by deed Of record ia the Office
of the Register of shelby county in Book No,
81, pages AS and 4i9, and By John Mahon BY
deed hkowise Of record in Book So. part i,
pages lSS and lS9. Above deed is of record in
the Registers Office Of Shelby county In Book
No. I0t. page 116.
Levied on rs the property of defendant
Thomas Winters to satisfy said iudgmoat.
interest anu costs.
Memphis, 9Th day Of December, 1876.
Y. i. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby County. Tenn
By w. D. CANNON, d, S.
Estes y Elicit, Attorneys for plaintiff.
Sc 92-eS
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doing in either,


There is an improved demand this
moruipg, aud the market is strong,
though not .quotably higher. Esti-
mated sales Cor the day, $500 bales.
nnrrnr rrnu,KeE %ouorArIoNs.
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Saturday, January G, 1877.

s, Ses southwest n gs eorneT Of Main and Madison
n. az public auction, to tho higbest bSiSSiyySeaS
for cash. the southwest quarter of seosioa 81
IN township J.. range west, basis me,it5so 90
vhlcsesaw c%ession, and the imprevs%nn.5
thsseon. hquity Of redemption waived, Nv
u.rS !, oeneqea to be good, but 1 sell and Viii
~-lV0 in, FORD, Trustee.
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SMERIRF,N sAnm

-OF-
Stock OF Groceries, EScc.
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\ PRICE, sI6 300
1OO,O0O Tickets aG ssue NOilaF Zach
rs 0E ppTVuC

l,Sg5 Prizes, amounting to..... ......... $780, 25
Write for Circulars or send order to
CHAS. T. HOWARD, New Orleans, La.
----
HEGULAR. QUARTER Y DRAWING On February
eod-82-ln6
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LEGAL.
Sheriff S Sole Of geal Estate,

DUBLlC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
4 that by virtue of an execution 70 me d.
rected Dom the Honorable Circuit Court Of
smelly county, Tenn, in thu case Of b. X.
Pullen We. Mrs j.. S. Wright, judgment ron
dered on the 7th day Of November, 1876, for
tne sum OF three hundred and seventy collars,
judgment, ETC.. l will, on
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.rrust @nle.

RY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUsr M
i record in Book IA, pages 81. 63 and ei
the Records Of Deeds ofDe o.o county. Mis,ol
made 70 me as trustee, to secure eeyia;n1
debtednoss mentioned therein, / viii o. ~
request Of the benoiciaries, sell on 80 ~ 'ho
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NEW YORK. December q. Il 20 p.m.-Cottsn
is quiet, with futures firm. Sales for fntaro
delivery. 12.SO0 bales.
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The following quotations are for or5erf
rom store and small lots in s iebbing way
APPLES-Medium. ! 50; choice, / 75s25l
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25

The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs
are ScHENCKs PULMoNIC SYRUP, SCHESCK's SEA
WEED Tonic, and SCHENCKS MANDRAKE PILLS,
and if taken before the lungs destroyed, speedy
cure is effected.
To these three medicines DIR. J. Fl. Schenck, OF
Philadelphia owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment of pulmonary diseases
The Pulnonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in
the lungs nature throws it off by an easy expecto-
ration, for when the phegnsor matter is ripe slight
cough will throw it of, the patient has rest and the
lungs begin to heal
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this Schencks
Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea Weed Tonic must
he freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver.
Schencks Mandrake Pills act on the liver, removing
all distractions, relax the gall bladder, the bile
starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is gentle stimulant
and Alternative; the akal of which it is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents souring. 1t as
sists the digestion by tOning up the stomach to n
healthy condition, that the food and the PulmOn-
ic Syrup will make good blood then the lungs heal,
and the patient will surely get well ii is taken
to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DIR. Schenck either per-
sonally by letter, do at his principal Office,
of Sixth and Arch Streets Philadelphia every
Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
Ell. HART & CO., Nos 70. 20 and II Tchoupitoulas
Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25

farmer in n neighboring village, one
Morten Bruins, we'll off but of bad repu-
tation, sought this daughter in marriage.
but was rejected both by her and by the
pastor.
Soon after a brother of his, Niels
Bruins, entered the pastors service as a
farm hand. Niels was lazy, impudent,
and quarrelseme, and frequent alterca-
tons occurred between him and his mas
ter. One day Sorsn found the man idling
in the garden. \ quarrel ensued, when
the pastor, his hot temper getting the
better of him, struck Niels several times
with a spade, saying: 81 will beat thee,
dog, until thou Hest dead at my feet"
The man then jumped up and ran off
into the woods, and was not seen again.
The rejected sutton, Morten, after mis-
brother had thus mysteriously disap-
peared, boldly charged the pastor with
the crime, and offered TO produce con-
vincing proofs of the fact. Soren was
therefore arraigned, when the following
evidence was arrayed against him. A
man testified that, on the night after the
! quarrel he saw the parson, in his green
dressing-gown and white night-cap, dig
cling hard in the garden. 1t was also
proved that, search having been made
| in the garden, a body had been unearth-
ed, undoubtedly that of Niels. with his
clothes and earrings upon it. A servant
girl testified not only to having heard
Soren repeatedly threaten to kill Niels,
but to having seen the parson go out into
the garden on the fatal night, in his
green dressing-gown and night-cap. Still
stronger evidence was produced to the
effect that the parson had been seen, in
his green dressinggow and night-cap,
carrying a heavy sack from the wood
near by into the garden. The chain OF
evidence was apparently complete against
Soren; and the poor parson now sealed
his own fate by declaring that he be-
lieved he had killed Niels, though I'M
consciously. He stated that he was wont
to talk in his sleep. He had found texts
written sermons and visited his church
in state of somnambulism. He must
therefore, have found the man dead in
the wood while thus unconscious, and
have buried him while in this coalition
To be brief Soren was found guilty and
executed.
Twenty years after, Niels Bruins turned
up again, alive and well, grown now ole
and gray He recounted how his brother
Morten (now dead) had concocted q r.
to fasten the crime of murder or ,ne
pastor, in revenge for the re; ~'ion u Ii,
suit. A body had been hs.n'e,leu anu
dressed in Niels' clotr,s,' inc uiesSln
xssd as We have cen, and replaced; Nor
) ten, dressed 4 them, had brought the
80. - -e sack, and buried it in the
-. and then, his plot carried out,
: 1nad given Niels purse and bid him
begone, and not to return, or his life
should answer for it. Niels had kept out
of the way till Morten's death, and had
now returned with this terrible tale.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25

How THEY FIXED ia New York
err, while journeying the other day, was
recognized by another citizen doing bus
mess near the Bowery, he being also
away from home on business, and after a
little preliminary conversation the first
remarked: Well, hear that you had
to make an assignment" "Yes, dat is
drew" replied the other. "And your
brother over on Chatham street, he as
signed too, didn't he?" "You see, it
was shust like dis" said the Bowery
man. al vhas owing a goot deal, and
Jacob he vhas owing goot deal. 1
makes over my stock to Jacob and Jacob
makes oyer his stock to me, and do his
peesness and he does my peesness, and
dem fellows what was after money doan
get some."
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CENTENNIALTIES.

Liverpool will have seventeen ex-
hibitors at the great exposition.
The whale boat race and the Indian
canoe race will be interesting trials of
speed on the Schuylkill river the coming
summer.
The Belgian commissioners, D'Altre-
mont and Cooley, and detachment Of
soldiers from Belgium, have arrived in
Philadelphia.
A tobacco firm of Lynchburg, Va,
have paid $1,000 for the privilege of
erecting small building in which to sell
tobacco and to exhibit the process OF pre-
pairing the weed for use.
Maryland has secured an eligible
site for its building, and the legislature
having made an appropriation of $685.
600. the commonwealth will doubtless be
well represented at Philadelphia.
The entries for the international re-
gatta close on the 18th of July. 1t will
take place on the Schuylkill, in view of
the international exhibition. What
crowds will be assembled there to see it.
A complete section of the mammoth
vein in the Plank Ridge shaft, Schuyl-
kill county, Pa, will be exhibited by
the Philadelphia and Reading coal and
iron company. 1t will be about 45 feet
long and feet square at the base.
Superintendent Hagan, from Scotland
Yard, London, and CoIpO.--i n. Aichtnn
of the royal engineers. have landed in
Philadelphia, where they will remain
during the centennial season in charge
of portions of the exhibits of British ar
ticles.
The women's pavilion, having been
completed, has been formally transferred
by the contractors to the board of fl
nance. 1t has been paid for entirely by
the women of the country. The cost
exclusive of interior decorations, was
$4,000.
Pennsylvania has contributed more
than 81, 500, 900 to the centennial exhibi
ton, New York more than 100000 and
Massachusetts, about $4,000. The EN-.
pire state ought to do better. The Mas
sachusetts commissioners are ashamed
and are trying to raise more money.
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In his recently published book, Our
Place Among the Infnites," Mr.. Richard
A. Proctor speaks of the discovery by
the late Mr. Goldsmith of five faint COM
panion stars to Sirius, and suggests that
their faintness may best be explained
by supposing that they are Opaque bodies,
which shine only by rejecting the light
which they receive from their sun,
Sirius" which is star more than 1000
times as big as our sun and has a disc
more than 300 times as large If this
view of them is correct and they are the
planets of the dog-star, as earth is a
planet of the sun, and they areas it
seems evident they are-sufficiently
cooled down to permit of the production
upon them of beings analogous to man,
the aspects of nature to these stellar
mortals must be simply astounding as we
can conceive of them. The largest of
these planets would contain 900 times
the volume of our sun, and would have
diameter of 100000 miles. The force
of gravity would be so great that moth
ing could be moved by men such as we.
Mountain SUBMITS, if they bore the same
proportion as on the earth, would tower
5000 miles above the level of the sea
trees would be in proportion, and men
themselves would be 5000 or 5000 feet
tall; butterflies forty feet long would fit
about; fire-flies, with lights as big as
hogsheads, would ilIume the nights.
The London Spectator is struck with awe
in the contemplation of this vastness,
but does not carry its speculations far
enough. If hydrogen at the centre of
the sun is of the consistency of pitch,
what must be the density of water on
the Sirian planets' And if water would
be solid, how would it form the tissues
of a body analogous to that of man, who
is nine-tenths water? A man a mile
high-how great, how awful would not
be his tailor's bills! Speculation stands
appalled, before this awful problem
DdiIy Gr0Dhic.
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BELKNIP IND LORD B.fCON.

The nearest precedent to Belknap's
case in form is probably that of Francis
Bacon, lord verulam, viscount St. Adams
and lord chancellor of England, which
corresponds to the mingled offices of vice
president, chief justice Of equity, cab
met minister and chief private counsel
lor of the sovereign. To kill the chan
cellor is treason as to kill the queen.
Lord Bacon was the greatest of English
political intellects, the friend of Eliza
beth and James L., reputed author OF
Shakespeare, and patron of Ben Jonson.
rich, learned and noble. He had the
greatest office in the land, had beaten
Sir Edwin Coke in rivalry, received
rich presents and legacies, and married
rich. Yet, giving way to voluptuous
improvidence in the year 1921, he took
brides direct, to the number of twenty
four cases, in one case receiving e400,
and in another f7OO. Public excite
ment ran so high that Bacon's health
failed like Belknap's spirit, and even
King James was alarmed and insisted
that he should plead guilty, which ne
did, as follows: 81 do plainly and in
genuously confess that 1 am guilty Of
corruption, and renounce all defense.
= = l beseech your lordships to be
merciful to broken reed" He
was sentenced to pay fine of
100000 and to go to jail, both of
which penalties were RENTED, but he
never recovered standing nor raised his
head again, and died neglected and
broken-hearted, although it was an age
of presents and brides. Bacon became
so poor that he was refused beer by
nobleman near his obscure lodgings, and
yet he protested that, though guilty, he
was the most honest chancellor England
had known-Gath in N. y Graphic
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What Will il matter. by-and-by,
Whether my path below was bright,
Whether IL wound through dark or light,
Under a gray or golden sky,
When look back on it, by-and-by?
What will it matter, by-and-by,
Whether, unhelped, toiled alone,
Dnshing my foot against n stone,
Missing the charge of the angel nigh,
Bidding me think of the oy-and-by:
What will ii matter, by-and-by,
Whether with dancing JOY | went
Down through the years with gay content,
Never believing-nay, not
fears would be sweeter by -and-by.
What will IL matter, by -and-by,
whether with cheek to cheek I've hin
Clo-e by the pallid angel, Pain.
Soothing my self through sob and sigh,
All viii be elsewise, by-and-by
what will II matter 7-Snught, II
ONLY am sure the way I've trod.
Gloomy or gladdencd. leads to God,
Questioning not of the how, the why,
II bat reach Him, by-and-by-
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25

THE PosToFFICEs.- committee of
congress is at present engaged in investi-
eating postal affairs with a view to re-
trenchment in expenditures in the post
office department. Among other plans,
it is proposed to cut down the salaries of
very many of the postmasters, grading
them according to the receipts of each
office. This plan will at the same time
increase the salaries now paid in several
cities. The following list of twenty-one
principal cities, being all at which the
gross receipts of money last year equaled
or exceeded 100000, gives fair idea
how salaries would be graded if the new
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NV getting the $1,000 salary

BENEFIT OF WALKING.-Everym muscle
in the body is greatly and uniformly
brought into action by the swing of the
legs and the arms, and, consequently, of
the trunk in a vertical direction. The
undulations made by the head, chest
and abdomen, in a vertical plane, are
thus not only according to Hogarths
line of beauty, but also in that tending
to perfect health. Every internal organ
is gently stimulated to more robust ac-
ton. Never, in IA common walk, does
Il person breathe twice the same air, be-
cause he is constantly changing his posi-
ton. This fact alone is of incalculable
advantage. Some writers contend that
the breathing of air once partially used
il one of the most fertile causes of CON
sumption. The most favorable time for
walking is about midday in the winter,
and in the morning and toward evening
in the summer.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25

1t ga great year for the old man.
Grandfsthers who have been neglected
and made to feel that they were in the
way, and wished they were dead, who
have long been thrust away in the kitch-
en- and left to humble to themselves in
the chimney corner, are astonished by
being brushed up of an evening and
brought into the parlor, where they are
shown off to the company as centennial
relics. Grandfather, you Knew Wash
ington, didn't you?" Yes, yes, !"
says grandfather, "the gin'rel borer'd Il
chaw terbaccer of me many and many a
time! :" The old man is going to Phila-
delphia, sure.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25

Pints and quarts OF filthy Catarrhal dis
charges. Where does it all come from? The
mucous membrane which lines the chambers
of the no Sc, and its little glands are diseased,
so that they draw from the blood its liquid,
and exposure to the air changes it into cor.
ruption. This life liqnid is needed to build
up the system, but it is extracted, and the
system is weakened by the loss. To cure,
gain flesh and strength by using DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, which also acts
directly upon these glands, correcting them
and apply DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with
Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only method
of reaching the upper cavities, where the
discharge accommodates and comes from. The
instrument and both medicines sold by drug
gists and dealers in medicines.