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Of August, or by the people at more pre-
liminary gatherings. The advocates of
high State credit charge that a failure to
pay a part Of the interest for any
length of time is as bad as to
repudiate it all and attempt to fasten the
stigma of reputation upon the State.
The surest way to make this a valid
charge would be to double or treble the
rate of taxation, Then the Trustees will
have to sell out the State, and the State
cannot make a title ever if anybody
would buy. We assume two facts as well
established; First, the people will not
voluntarily repudiate a cent Of their just
obligations; second, they cannot at pres
emit endure an increased rate Of taxation
The State is not bankrupt, but sorely
pressed, and her citizens have been
tainted as regulators until they can
bear it with more composure than al
first. When it comes to confscation or
default of the interest they will speedily
choose the latter. The b~ondholders
have their agencies at work all over the
State and a desperate effort will be made
to elect a high tax Legislature next fall.
They have made some converts and may
make more. 1t behooVes the people to
be wide awake and compel all aspirants
to define themselves on this vital ques-
ton. The State may not see fit to ask
the holders of her securities to scale the
bonds or abate the rate of interest, but
If the next General Assembly will only
stand firm and refuse to increase the
burdens of the people a proposition will
come from the other side in due time
We should regret to see any educationsI
institution which holds these bonds made
to suffer. Provision could properly be
made for such cases. There are equi
ties on both sides that would require
nice adjustment, However, when thu
compromise comes-as come it vii
sooner or later-such details will be
come proper subjects of discussion. lie
the tax stand as it is until Malone
comes to the mountain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28
FOREIGN.

LONDON, March 28.-The latest betting
on the inter-university boat race is six to
FIVE in favor of Oxford.
There lie little doing on the Stock Elk
change, the regular fo~rtnightly settle-
ment which began to-day claiming the
principal attention. Foreign securities
are fat, with a pressure to sell, and rates
for continuation Of contracts over settle-
ment are rather onerous. No failures
have been announced in the house thus
far, but the stoppage of one outside spec
ulstor is reported, with considerable liza
biliaties. 1t is not probable that a set
Element will be completed without
trouble, but no important suspensions
are anticipated.
Advices received to-day from India
report that the steamship Jowad, from
Shehr, was wrecked in the Arabian Sea.
She had aboard about five hundred
pilgrims, chiefly Persians, bound to
Birskire. Three men, supposed to be
the only survivors, have reached Hod-
Ida.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28
LIE RErOLp.

The New York Graphic recently re-
published in the correspondence of its
sensational correspondent, George Al
fred Townsend, the infamous story about
Rev. DR.. Stuart Robinson planning to
introduce smallpox into the North from
the Canada side during the war. Moth
ing is too base and villsinous for these
Radical correspondents and papers. The
story originated in 1865 by the testimony
Of a perjured scouHdrel named Godfrey
J. Hyams, whom Doctor Robinson had
befriended in Canada. Hyams after.
wards repented, went before a magistrate
and swore that his statement before the
committee at Washington vas false. The
moustrous lie was discredited by the
worst enemies Of the South, was de-
nounced by Doctor Robinson in fitting
terms, and it wal permitted to rest until
1872. BE was very sick during that year
and at one time with small pox at his
home in Louisville, and the Chicago
Evening Post revived the story, elabo.
rated on it and gloated exultingly over
what was supposed to be his dying
groans. But he did not die, and being q
man of nerve, as soon as he got up brought
suit against the Post for libel and recov
cred $25, 900 damages. He only claimed
enough of the amount to pay costs ant
expenses Of the suit, about 5000, ant
relinquished his claim on the balance
The St. Louis Democrat and New Yorl
Tribune at different times revamped thu
shameless fslsehood and gave it neV
legs to run around the world. TIL
Doctor promptly brought suits agains
both papers, which are yet in the court
and will be decided against them doubt
less if ever brought to trial. From al
intimation contained in the Courier
Journal we presume that he will sue tn
Graphic for libel. The Graphic make
a very lame explanation, which does nc
even approximate the shadow of a
apology. This is not the end Of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28
The chief Justice.

James W. DeaLeriek, the Chief Justice
elect of the Supreme Court Of Tennessee,
was born in Jonesboro, Washington
county, November 25, 1872. He was
educated at the East Tennessee Univer-
sity, and at Center College, Danville, Ky.
At the age Of twenty he married Miss
Mcdowell, daughter of DR.. Ephraim
Mcdowell, a distinguished Kentucky
surgeon, and granddaughter Of Gov.
Isaac Shelby, Kentucky first Governor.
At the age of thirty he commenced the
study of the law in the Office Of Judge
Lucky, the frat Circuit Judge and
Chancellor Of the Jonesboro District
he remained at Jonesboro until just
after the close of the war, when hi
removed to Knoxville in April, 1867
He was elected to the State Senate o
1872; was a Bell and Everett electorir
1860, and was elected to the Supreme
Judgeship in 1870. Chief Justic,
Desderick had six sons in the Confeder
ate army.
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IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

The Supreme Court Of the United
States has rendered two very important
and long-expected decisions. The en-
%forcement act, that everlasting monu-
ment of Radical infamy, was declared un-
constitutional. The case grew out Of the
famous Grant parish affair, and was CERT.
fed from the Louisiana District Court by
Judge Bradley who decided in favor Of
the defendants, on the grounds Of the
unconstitutiouality Of the enforcement
act. The judgment of the court below
was affirmed, and an order made for the
discharge of the defendants. The opin.
ION is very elaborate, and was delivered
by Chief Justice Waite. Justice Cliff.
ford disSentod, but concurred in the
opinion. The other opinion was in re.
gard to the Kentucky election case,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28
CHANGE.


The Knoxville Press and Herald
ceased to exist with its issue Of last Sat
urday, the 25th inst. The Daily Free
P:ess was founded in June, 1867, by Col
John NJ, Flemming, and in December of
the same year was consolidated with the
Daily Herald, which had been founded
by the Ramage Brothers; hence the
double nama. The Tribune, owned and
edited by Colonel Flemming and Captain
Sam Mckinney, has now bought out
the Press and Herald and assumed its
contracts with subscribers and sdver.
tisers. Mr.. William j.. Ramage
continues the business Of job
printing and book-binding. He com.
mends the Tribune to his old friends
in a graceful valedictory. The Press
and Herald was edited during the greater
part Of its career by Col. Flemming,
and was an able, influential paper, with
a large circulation throughout East
Tennessee. The Tribune is q larger
paper, is free from membranes, law
suits and entangling alliances, and now
that it has the field as a Democratic
daily, speeds on its way with bright pros
pect of success and increasing powei
for good. There are still three dailiei
in Knoxville. The Chronicle is Re
publican, the Age a granger, and they
do not necessarily come into any clost
competition. Journalism ought to rur
smoothly and pro6tably in hat end o
the vineyard, and we hope it will.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28

SCRANTON, Pa, March %. Ferry
miners left this city for Black Hills yes
terday. They we're accompanied to the
depot by a brass band and a crowd Of
about two thousand men, women and
children. The gold-hunters were pro
vided with arms, ammunition and min.
ing implements and were regularly off.
cered.
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a wrecked.

New YORK, March 28.-The steam
ship Great Western, which went ashore
on Long Island coast Saturday night, has
parted amidships, and will be a total
wreck. Her crew have arrived here.
Her sister ship, the Cornwall, has been
libeled by the vessel which collided with
the Great Western Saturday morning
Lat
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Henvx nnoW az 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIE, March 2S.-After a contin-
uous rain all day yesterday the heaviest
storm of the season set in about
ten o'clock last night and up to the
present %writing-ll a.m-some ten
inches Of snow has fallen. The streets
are in a horribly slushy state, and the
street railroad and other travel is much
impeded. Temperature mild.
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which has been pending some years. 1t
decides the federal election law unconsti-
tutional. Thus, after a lapse of several
years, two of the most outrageous acts OF
partisan legislation, passed solely to pro-
woke strife and retain the Republican
party in power, are declared by the
highest court in the land void and I'M
constitutional. These laws we're framed
in such general terms that the court
compared one Of them to a drag-net
large enough to catch all possible offend
ers, leaving it to the courts to step inside
and say who could be rightfully detained
and who should be set at large. 1t was
purely Political in its intent AID effect
There is some satisfaction in knowing
that the courts Of the country though
often influenced by partisan considera'
tons, are not entirely owned aud con-
trolled by any party.
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River kilograms.

CA1Ro, March 2S.-Arrived-John A
Scudder, New Orleans, 10 p M; Iron
sides, Pittsburg, 9 am. Departed-JOhn
A. Scudder, St. Louis, midnight; Raven,
St. Louis, I am. Light snow and cool
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nnnnfar6ait nInnnu

New York, March 2s.-Frank Mare
ton, alias Frank Rogers, has been ar.
rested in Brooklyn charged with passing
counterfeit 6ve-dollsr bills on the Traders
National Bank Of Chicago
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AUCTION,

No. $3.50. R. D. Barzilla Rsney ct ais vs..
La Grange and Memphis r. r. Co., ct ais.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF SALE IN
i the above cause from the Chancery Court,
/ will sell to the highest bidder, the following
property, to-wit: Situated in Fort Pickering,
and known on the Plan Of Subdivision as.
Block /, Lots II q % % 1921 80 80 "a AZ.
Block q, lots 10 1915 Is 20 q % q %, Block 8,
lots 2356713b II IS 2lS262 Is 30. Block I,
lots 6 7 IS 20 q % 28. Block 5, lots 6 q Is %.
Block 6, lots 6 I II II IS 20 e. Block. lots 5
5 3 q Fl R Il "a y b lS % 3 ! g & & 3 q. Il.
Block 10. lets IL 10 IA Is 81 Is 20 81 80 1873 42 l3.
Block II, lots 10 II IL Is Is IS 80 80. Block Il.
lots 10 16 II IS 10 20 q % n 2B AZ.
Block 49,. lots Is u Is % 81 81 g.
b Block '6,l II } ISts 3 ! o 2 Il ; i, & s s. 2 e 2 p g 81 y o. B q a
Block Is, lots / rs 6 80 ID IA q q % A& 262 q
IS 81 80 81 3S 80 40. Block II. lets IL Is a Is.
Block 10, lots 5 s 7S9 10. Block q. lots 1897
8 9 10l1 IA. Block q, lots IL. Is. q. Block
%. lots 345. Block "a, lots 6789W II IL l6 y
1919 20 q 223. Block Is, lots s 78910ll IL ID
Block 2f, lots IL one.half Of 8 s 8 g..
Block %, lots l 2345678l213l4. Block %,
lots IL 10 IA Is 16 II IS 10 20 q %. Block 30,
lots 10 II 70 10 "A, Block 20, lots ] 267. Block
80. lots 4 5 8. Block "a, lot 7. Block 80, lots l
2345e, Block 40, lots "a. -Four acrer de,
fcrlpeu Is OopOl OIOuuub VI. buo ptan,OA
Fort Pickering, bounded on the north by
blocks IS and 10, on the east by Fifth street,
on the south by blocks 20 and u, and on the
west by Fourth street..
Seven acres situated south of the old track
of naGrange and Memphis railroad, north o.
Soloman Rozelps field, ~ poles wide and lB(
poles and % links in length, the same con
Veyed by A. B. Carr to LaGrange and Mem.
phis Railroad Company By deed, recorded il
Book M, A8. d
Also lot No. 8. in block A. laid down on III,
original map Of Fort Pickering as Rossel
street, but now fronting 60 feet on Pamela
street, and running back $50 fe~et-bounded or
the north by lot No. ] in block A..
Also lot No, {, in block A, set apart origin.
ally as Pamela street, now fronting 60 feet OF
Broadway, and running back 800 feet; bound.
ed on the east By lot 6, on the west by lots 8, 1
and 5 in blockA.
Terms; Note at !, u and IS months, will
approved security. and lien retained, Equity
Of redemption barred.
JOHN P. TREzEYANT, A~uctionesr.
gEo;. W. WINCHESTER, Special CommissioneI
AcO-H0 .HY 1864"
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probabilities.

WASHINGTON, March 28.-FOr the Gulf
States, the upper Missouri and lower
Missouri valleys, colder, partly cloudy
weather, with northerly to westerly
winds and rising barometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28

OF the SO generals and &C lieutenant
generals in the Prussian army, all are of
noble birth. There are only Is plebeians
among the LAT major generals, only u
among the lac infantry colonies, and
only 6 among the 60 cavalry colonies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28

William Ravenscroft. a hair dresser,
has been sentenced to fifteen years penal
servitude by the London Criminal Court
for having written q letter to the wife of
a city merchant, in which he demanded
money with menaces and without reason
able or probable cause.
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To he HANGED.

CAYUGA, ON, March 2s.-JOhn and
James Young. convicted of the murder
of Abel Mcdonald on the goth of No
vember last, zeal Caledonia, have been
sentenced to be hanged June 2lst next
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-28

SINCE the death of Chief Justice
Nicholson, reducing the court to five
members, the court will no longer be al.
lowed, under the Constitution, to sit in
two sections. Nor can the number OF
members be increased to six under the
present Constitution. The court, we are
informed, will close its session at Nash
vile on the 10th Of April and begin the
next term at Knoxville on the LIST OF
May. During the interval the over
worked judges will enjoy a brief rest.
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GOOD TEMPLARs.
PRODUCE,
j, II. WAGGENER & co.
COMMISSION.
BAG Front Street.
IN RTORN.

100 Bales Hay; 400 Boxes Of T. s.
SOmmer 8 Co.'s Excelsior Crackers
also Flour, Pearl Meal, GFits and
HOmlny, for Sale, 24-l0l
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The subscription price of the PUBLIC
LEDGER is IS per anRum for the Daily,
and 50 per annum for the w~eekly-POst-
aRe free,
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q 9 q day at home. Agents wanted. Out
PAS At and terms free. TRUE & CO., Au-

16SQOO per day at home. Samples worth
UCTOHU 81 free. STrNsON 4 Co.. Portland.
Maine.
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ROBERT Y. SCHRNoK.
Mr.. Faulkner said that Mr.. schenck
miStOok. 1t was the intention of the
committee to invite him to appear before
the committee,
Mr.. Swann also remarked that the
committee would give Mr.. Scbenck
every facility with the aid Of counsel.
Mr.. Schenck then gave. a circumstan-
tai account Of his connection With the
Emma mine.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-29
Historical Research About Fire.

The Revue Scientifique prints a curious
paper by Professor Jolly, in which he in
quires by whom aud when fire was first
discovered. Abiding to the fable of Pro-
metheus, he finds it Of Indian origin. In
the Vedss the god of fire, Agni Compare
with the Latin 1gnis,) is concealed in a
| secret place whence the god Matarishyan
| forces him out, and make him commune ate
the celestial fire to Manou, the first man.
The very name of Prometheus is tracGable
to the Vedas, and calls to mind the process
employed by the ancient Brahmins to OBJ
tain the sac4 ed fire. For this purpose they
used stick, called pramatha, which they
ignited by friction. TIE prefix pra gives
the idea of taking by force, a circumstance
which strengthens the evidence afforded by
the resemblance of that word to Prone
theus.
There were several ways for obtaining fire
by friction; the most primitive one con-
sisted in rubbing two pieces of dry wood
against each other; but this was improved
in course of time. A stick was made to
slide fast up and down in groove: then
came the "tire. drill" consisting in piece
OF wood having a cavity in which stick
was inserted, which was pressed upon by
the operator who at the same time made it
turn very fast after the fashion of wimble
The Brahmins used this drill, but with
cord rolled round it. by pulling which they
gave an alternate rotary motion to the
stick. Another mode of obtaining fire was
that OF striking two tiints together, etc.
Professor Jolly now arrives at the oucs-
ton as to whether prehistoric men was in
possession of fire. The Able Bourgeois
goes so far as to say that it was known as
early as the miocenc period, because in the
sands of the Orleanais he has found q piece
OF artificial paste having ciIders adhering
to it, and lying in the midst OF bones Of the
mastodon and d.noterium. Our author
considers the thing not impossible, but not
sufficiently proved; nevertheless he is posi-
i've that the most ancient quatenary man
did use fire, many fireplaces with ashes,
clnders, halt-calcined bones and fragments
OF rude pottery having unquestionably been
found IN caverns pertaining o the period of
the reindeer, the bear and polished stone.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-29
A snake as Thick as q Fruit Jar.
From the Pottstown Ledger.

1t is reported that for some time the resi-
dents of Blandon and vicinity ,Berks county,
have lived in great excitement and fear on
account Of an enormous black snake which,
it is said, has been seen by several persons.
The monster is supposed to be about 90 feet
in length and as thick as u common fruit
jar, and its mouth, when wide open, large
enough to take in mans head. The eyes
are of fiery red, and the monster presents
terrible aspect Civil Engineer Zacharias,
who visited the neighborhood, says that A
W. Kaufman, Thomas Penhood, and other
well known persons saw the monster. Mr.
kaufman says that the snake reached the
length of two rails on the ground along 8
rail fence, and then to the top of the fence
where its head was. He procured his gur
to shoot it, but was afraid to fire.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-29
Down Under Hell Gate.
From N. Y. Sun, Sept. %.

Il The divers that went down among th'
fragments of Hallett's Reef at He'll Gatt
yesterday had only a short time TO work
The tide sweeps around the Point ct thu
rate of eight knots an hour, and the inter-
walls between the ebb and food tides were
the only hours available. The divers were
lowered over these places in the excavation
that were known to have been lightly
charged, and where the stones we're suppos-
ed to be in large pieces. This however, SO
far as the divers could ascertain, proved in
correct, as fragments Of rock were piled up
from five to six feet in hight, and there were
holes of the same depth The deduction re-
ported to Gen. Newton is, that 40 feet from
the shore fragments of rock are found 9 feet
below mean water mark ; at 1870 feet rock is
| found feet from the surface &; from $50
feet to 800 feet the bottom slopes gradually
down to 20 feet, and outside the buoys no
less than 20 feet of water has been found
The proper survey of the exploded tunnels
and galle' les is to be begun this morning by
Mr.. William Preuss.
On Monday the work on Flood Rock will
be commenced, and the miners that excavat-
ed Hallett's Point will, under Mr.. Bernard
Boyle, again be employed. Flood Rock is
the most dangerous of all the instructions
in He'll Gate, and when steam was unknown,
scarcely day went by that vessel was not
In some way injured. The current around
this reef varies also with the wind. During
northeaster, the bulk of water driven in
eddies and bubbles like boiling water, pass
ing the rock with fearful velocity. A
westerly Wind-Thich is free wind both
ways-on the contrary, drives the water into
the Sound, sometimes with great strength,
but with different cddies and currents. Work
on Flood Rock was commenced July, 1878,
and continued to May last, when it was sus-
pended. This reef, on which Gen. Newton
will next try his skill, covers an area of
seven acres, and is 900 feet from Hallett's |
Point, and 750 feet from the nearest point OF
the Astoria shore. The excavation under
this rock can be finished inside of three !
years, should sufficient money be given. |
The appropriation of S220,000 from which |
$40 900 has been expended on the explosion !
of the mine at Hallett's Reef will, however, |
get the work nicely under way.
Yesterday Gen. Newton received the fol- |
lowing:
Lieut.-Col. Newton, Engineer, Army
New York city Your despatch |
received yesterday evening at s O'Clock. |
congratulate you upon the successful accom-
plishment of the greatest achievement of
the age in that branch of engineering, and
one OF the greatest achievements in engineer
ing.
A. A. HUMPHREYS, Chief of Engineers.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
The ladies Of Astoria have sent the officers
a congratulatory letter.
1t was ascertained yesterday by photo
graphic measurement that the lets of water
sent into the air by the explosion went up
$50 feet.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-29
Personal.

The greatest merit Of VIM. H. Seward in
the Senate was that he was the best lstere
there.
Old John Adams said, when he was nine
ty years of age, in letter, that he had
seen four wars, and that, following each OF
these wars, there had been period of great
financial and industrial depression.
Mr.. Ball has completed the model of his
statue Of Charles Summer, 1t stands with
the left foot advanced and the right hand
thrown lightly back and resting on Letles-
tai. The left hand holds scroll to the
breast.
There lives at Boston Highlands ycner-
able dame named Harriet Hawlew, who is
one hundred and three years old, and who
mas never visited theatre nor ridden in a
railroad car. Her father stood by the side
OF General Warren when he fell at Bunker
Hill.
A medical student named Irvine volun-
teered at the Manchester (Eng) infrmary
recently, to have twenty-five ounces OF
blood taken from his body, to be injected
into the veins of poor factory operative
who had had leg amputated. 1t was a
severe risk to Mr.. Irvine, but the operation
was successful.
Canaris, the Greek admiral, is alive a,
Athens, hearty ard eighty-two. Canaris
fifty odd years ago, with forty-two asso-
ciates, took the sacrament and devoted
himself to death in sailing two flre-ships
into the midst of the Turkish fleet at Scios.
succeeding in destroying the pacha's shin
with many hundred men.
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