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The President has nominated and
Judge TAFT has accepted the place made
vacant by Belknap's resignation. He is
quite q different mar from bis predeces.
sor and the kind Of men Grant usually
appoints, and has been prominent at the
oar and in various public enterprises for
. great many years. Alphonso Taft vas
born in Vermont, November 10, 1910,
and is, therefore, 10 his sixly.sixth
year. He was educated at Yale
College and admitted to the bar at
New Haven, Connecticut, in 1888,
and entered upon the practice at
the bar at Cincinnati in 1889. he
wa a member Of the convention that
nominated General Fremont in 1856 and
was a candidate for Congress that year,
and vas badly beaten by George n.
PendletOR. This covered his political
experience. He was appointed q Judge
Of the Superior Court Of Cincinnati in
1855 and was twice elected afterWard TO
the Saua slice BY tbs popular vote-tbe
lest time, 10 1859, be received the unaDi.
NOUS vote Of bon parties. 10 1872
Taft resigned bis POSITION and en-
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, March 9-The report of the
betrothal Of the Duke OF Genoa to Arch
Duchess Maria Christine, of Austria, is
contrsdicted.
The remains of the late Lady Augusta
Stanley, who died on the LIST inst, were
buried at Westminster Abbey to-day
with great pomp. Queen Victoria and
her daughters Beatrice and the Mar.
chioness of Lorne we're present. The
Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate
Of all England, the Earl of Shaftesbury
and the Duke Of Westminster were the
chief pail bearers. The Duke Of Cum
berland, Bishop Of London, Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, Viscount Cardwell,
Max Muller and many other distin.
guished persons followed in the process
sion. Dean Stanley, the chief mourner,
performed the burial service. The re.
mains we're inferred in Westminster Alb
hey at the express desire Of the Queen,
an honor accorded few ladies.
PARIS, March 9.-The Rappel an
nounces that Senators and Deputies
favoring complete amnesty will meet to.
morrow to frame a motion looking to
that end, which will be introduced in
both Chambers early next week.
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tered upon the practice of his profession,
AID has been since, as we'll as previous
ly, engaged in many great cases. 10
1867 Judge Taft received the degree Of
Doctor of Laws from Yale College, Of
which he is a trustee. He is like
wise, or was, a trustee Of the
University Of Cincinnati, and has at all
times taken great interest in educational
matters. Last year he was favorsbly
mentioned for the Republican nomina-
ton for Governor of Ohio. His has been
q useful, unsullied career. As a man
and citizen none stand higher. Thatthe
President should select such a man is q
surprise all around. 1t would seem that
he begins to realize the folly aad wicked
ness Of appointing personal favoriteS to
high positions for which they are not
qualified. Neither party can make any
complaint at the appointment OF such q
man as Judge Taft. Republican as he
is, he is an honest, upright mau and will
not betray his trust.
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Action Of volcanoes.

From Nature.I
As far back as the winter Of l8l7-l8
Mr.. Scrope's attention was drawn to
geological pursuits by the accident Of
his residence at that time in Italy when
Vesuvius was in a state Of constant
eruption. Having leisure to indulge his
taste, he gave himself up to the task of
watching the progress Of the Nespolitan
volcano. He was led to extend his
observation to the relics of older volcanic
vents in the same neighborhood, and in
the following year spent SOM time
among the Lipari Islands and in Sicily.
Having now learnt a great deal both Of
existing and extinct volcanoes, he e
plored the old volcano tracts lying to the
north Of Naples and west to the Appe-
mines, an dreiurned to England with u far
larger experience of volcanic phenomena
than any ofhis contemporaries possessed.
In this way he came to recognize how
important a part has been taken by vol
canic action in the past as well as in the
present history of the earth. He was,
therefore, naturally surprised to End
views of a total opposite kind not only
in vogue, but advocated with q force and
persistence which refused to consider
volcanoes as anything more than modern
and abnormal interferences with the
settled order of nature, and as Of no
more real significance than s~ubterranean
coal seams somehow set on fire, These
dogmas Of the Wernerian school had
gained such an ascendancy that many
staunch adherents of that school-men
like G.. B. Greenougb, the founder of the
Geological Society-seemed to regard
volcanoes with q kind of personal dislike,
and violently opposed any attempt TO
elevate them into important geological
agents. Mr.. Scrope, on his return to
England, spent some time at Cambridge;
aud finding his views supported and en-.
couraged there, among others by Sedg
wick, be determined to give himself up to
the study Of q district of extinct volcs-
noes, where the phenomena 10 be OBJ
served bore close relation to thoee of the
basalts and similar rocks Of Britain and
Germany, sndwhere, nevertheless, mani
fest relics of true volcanic cones and
craters existed. He selected for this
purpose the msrvellously interesting
tract of Auvergne in Central France and
established himself there in the summer
Of 1871. A campaign of six months
made him thoroughly familiar with the
volcanic geology of that region and en-
abled him to bring home such a series Of
pictorial sketches and diagrams as could
not, he felt, but carry conviction home to
ever the sturdiest Wernerian that the
basalt platesux Of Auvergne, instead Of
being portions Of the universal precipi.
tate Of a primeval ocean, where in truth
only fragments Of lsva-aows erupted at
different times and at different levels in
the gradual erosion OF the valleys. He
prepared q narrative Of bis researches
and al atlas Of most admirable views
and sections.
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HAVANA, March 9.-The news from
the City of Mexico is that in Yucatan
the troops put to death some seven Rev.
Olutionist prisoners, and the Revolution
lists retaliated by shooting some Federal
officers.
News has been received that the
pCubans have sold their fllibustering
steamer, the 0ctaVia, lately the Uruguay,
with her cargo and arms to the revolu.
tionAry party Of Hayti, and that she Is
now flying the British flag.
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washingten Special 10 Chicago Timss.l
A visitor at the White House this
evening found General Grant thrown
considerably out of his usual passive
solidity. The President r~elinquished his
billiard cue as the visitor entered, and
showed by very languid action and adj
dress hat even his thick crust had finally
been penetrated by the acknowledged re-
suit of his own system Of government.
The caller remarked that the White
House never seemed so gloomy.
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Fred. who are
generally so joyous and gay Of speech,
we're depressed and r~eticent. Even Fred
had lost his usual boyish fun. Mrs. Fred
was feeling q little downcast. Her bus
baud leaves tomorrow night for Chicago
to report himself for duty on the Yellow
stone. His departure makes q radical
change in General Grants methods, for
in returning to bis regiment Fred viii
lose his long-enjoyed rank Of acting
lieutenant colonel on Sheridan's staff
Everything is to be done now, however,
to conciliate public sentiment, and Fred,
just as his first intoxicating draugbt of
fathethood is about to be presented TO
him, is banished 10 the wilds of Arizona.
His young wife is not in a condition to
travel at present. The President seems
quite unlike his usual self His o~bstinacy
is fairly melted. He has been calling on
the politicians for advice, and actually
promises to select such a person TO sue
coed Belknsp as the party may dictate.
he has offered the vacant position to
several gentlemen recommended TO him
by the reform wing OF his party. but be
finds it impossible to get an acceptance.
he offered the position ts General Gar
field on yesterday, and that gentleman
instantly declined it. General Dix has
also declined the proIfer, TWAS asserted
with emphasis that General Butler would
be offered the place, but there is every
reason to believe tonight that the choice
lies between General Webster, Collector
Of Internal Revenue at Chicago, and s,
A. Hurlbut, member Of Congress from
the Fourth district of Illinois. 1t is al
most certain that General Webster has
the strongest backing for the place.
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TIE Baltimore Gazette has discovered
that 0rville Grant, the Presidents
brother, has been employed for eighteen
months at the rate of $24OO per annum
to assist a firm in that city to secure con-
tracts. Before they employed him they
could get no government contracts, but
since then they have had all they could
do. The firm was interviewed at length
and admitted these facts, saying
that they employed him as a
solicitor, just as they would have en-
ploJed any one else in the regular way,
and that bis business was chiefly to sup
ply them with information as to what
contracts would be to let out. He had
secured them v%srions valuable contracts,
but they did not consider the fact OF his
being the Presidents brother made it
wrong to employ him. This may be so
in the abstract, but Presidents brothers
and friends often obtain exclusive in.
formation.
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PISoHBAcK can open a barber. shop. a
whisky.mill, snaek-house or something Of
that scrt. The Senate WAs brought to q
vote yesterday on his case, and decided
by q vote Of. thirty-two to t%wsnty-nine
that be be not admitted to q seat in that
body. he will never draw that 500, 900
Of bsck-sslary hat has accrued since he
FIRST claimed the place. Morton failed
to get hin through and will, perhaps,
have to pay bic board bills to get rid Of
him. They needed another vote or two
in the Senate, and the more reckless ones
we're willing to admit P~inchback, al
though elected by q bogus Legislature. for
the sake Of the msjority it might give
them in some critical juncture Of a~ffairs.
The way is open to Mr.. j. B. Eustis, who
was was elected by the present Lrgisls-
ture, which has been recognized by the
present House of Representatives, but
was refused a certificate by Governor
Kellogg on the grounds that there was
no vacancy. Pinebback thinks there is
q considerable vacancy now. Mr.. Eustis
will have a Glance to put in his claim.
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STEAMBOAT Cor. London Telegraph
Your readers will be glad to learn that
Prince Abdul Medjid, the Suitan's
youngest son, who has attained to the
age Of eight years, has been made q
bimbashi-i e., captain Of thousand
or major, and that the 6rmen which con
veyed bis appointment has been sent 10
him bya special messenger. The Sui.
tan 8 second son, Prince Djemal-ed-din,
who is an elderly admiral at thirteen
years OF age, has interested himself
greatly in the drill of our new FIRE bri-
gsde, and has ever made the men 20
through their evoloutions two or three
times over for his amusement As he is
an admiral, it is but right in him to wish
10 see all the hands at the pumps, and
we will hope that If his elder brother
Prince Youssouf Izzed.din, ever sets fire
to the bosphorus, the admiral will be
equal to the suppression of the con6a-
grafton. The appointment Of Halet
Pasha to DO the minister Of public works
must be regarded as another proof-ii
any additional proof we're wanted-of
the paramount influence Of the Sultans
Valide. He has long been her intendant
Of finances. and II, in bis administration
Of the public works, be a serve bis
country as well as he has his mistress,
Turkey may YET be rich.
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AS A feature Of the Philadelphia Cen
t~ennial there will be a full and complete
exhibition ofAmerican newspapers under
the management of George P. Rowell Il
Co., of New York. Apavilion will be built
expressly for that purpose at a cost,
when finished and properly attended to,
of about $4,000. 1t will be a handsome
building, 67x46 feet and total hight of
80 feet. Arrangements will be perfect
for the exhibition Of the 1870 periodicals
published 10 the United States. Every
convenience will be provided for the exhi-
bitten of these periodicals aud the &C.
commodation of the press fraternity Of
the whole country. Numerous desks
and alcoyes will be provided for those
who may desire to write. The building
will be thoroughly lighted and ventilated,
so there will be at least u place at the
Centennial where tie journalist may
rest his weary feet in perfect welcome
without money and without price. The
idea is q recent one, but it will doubtless
be carried out in a n that will re-
feet credit upon this great interest
of the country.
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NORWICH, CoES March "a ERE at
Danielsonville last night destroyed the
freight depot Of the Norwich and Wor-
cester railroad, passenger station and a
block including the pOstofice, telegraph
office, b. E. TilIingbast & Co. store and
meat market. Loss, not a~scertained.
CINCINNATI, March ga FIRE at Ken
ton, Ohio, last evening destroyed Flack's
market, Harris candy mandatory, Frey
Sisters millinery establishment and
Fink's stove store. Loss, between $50
900 and $25, 600. ~
ERIE. PESS., March 9.-The FIRE last
night in Lock & Co.'s extensive dry
goods store is estimated to have dam
aged and destroyed goods to the amount
of $4,000 or $4,000.
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TOLEDO, ONO, March 9.-Andrsw
Stephan, late county treasurer, and VIM.
Kraus, senior proprietor Of the late City
Bank, have been indicted by the Grand
Jury of this county, the former for EN-.
bezzling county funds, and the latter for
receiving aud using the same. Neither
party has as yet been found and it is sup
posed that both have left the city.
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REAL ESTATE.
F. W.. RoYsTER. W, B. wALDRAN.
NJ. L. BACON.
Memphis and Miss, Valley
LAND AGENCY
AND
GEN'L REAL ESTATE OFFICE
No. 2sO MAIN STREET.

E0R THE SALE, PURCHASE, LEASE on
= exchange of. Cotton Farms, Unimproved
Cotton Lands, Sugar Plantations and sugs,
Lands, Tobacco, Grain, Grass and Timbel
Lands in the States Of Mississippi, Louisiana
Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Aiakams.
Land business in all its branches nromntIr
and correctly attended 10.
Memphis City and Suburban property will
DO made a specially, ~
Shelby county and West Tennessee Lands
embracing those adapted TO PLANTING. Grain
and GTs,ss growing, Grazing and Fruit grow
inE, Will receive special attention.
raging Iaxas, kedeeming Property Sold fol
Taxes, Leasing. Renting, Jappraising and Col
Letting promptly attended 70.
hogotiation for Money on MORTGAGE.
GALES by AueEION Of every character In
the line OF this firm especially solicited. "
Exohange Of properties lying in ANY Of tha
state. negotiated. Wv
All business intrusted to us shallbe pyomot.
~, faithfully and efficiently executed.
All Transactions with this Oloe will ba oon.
Quoted upon the ~strictest basis Of Cash-
BY bringing 70 the duties Of this most inn
portant enterprise important alike Ia onv
country, our people and ourselvesl, our best
energies D long experience, We hope M
least TO merit the confidence and 4 poriion M
the patronage Of u people. We desire h NJ
interviewed BY all who feel An interest q, y
LIVE FIRM, whose mission 4 to Aid hi %rSinviga
Grating ourgreateat interest. ~
l510 d6w nAOVN.
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The Democratic Executive Committee
Of Haywood county has called a county
convention to meet on the FIRST Saturday
in April for the purpose of nominating
candidates for county Offices. The place
where it is to be held is not mentioned
in the call. We nominate Brownsville
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WARRINGTON, March 9.-Por Tennes.
see and the Ohio valley, warmer, easter.
ly to southerly winds, partly cloudy
weather aud falling barometer during the
rest Of Thursday, followed in the west
srn portions of the districts during
Thursday night by threatening weather
and rain.
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PhiIadeIpbIa Items.

PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-Bishop Ste
Vens, Of the Diocese Of Pennsylvania,
sailed to-day for Bermuda, for the bene-
TT Of his health. he intends to return
next month.
The investigation Of affairs at the
navy yOrd here By the sub committee Of
the national House committee, it is now
said, will not begin until rex week.
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Tue Knoxville Chronicle is in favor Of
kicking all the thieves out Of the Repub-
lican party and sending them to the pen.
itentiary so that their votes shall count
for nothing on either side. 1t would
break the country to bald a thousand
new penitentiaries oil at once. Ii would
take two or three Indian reservations to
hold the crowd that our contemporary
proposes to ~ostraczie.
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GATH says 10 the Graphic that the
moral Of the Belknap scandal to the
wives OF poor Cabinet ministers is
Wash your own dishes like old Mrs.
Frank P. Blair. To Cabinet ministers
Go to market like John Marshall and
walk OF your fat.
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TIE sub-Nsval Committee Of Congress
sent to Philadelphia to investigate mat.
terS there has already discovered where
the government lost $500, 900 by the ia,
voritism shown TO contractors.
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A Mysterloas Asaoelatton

CHICAGO, March Sit has been ascer,
tanned through afilavits of numerous
persons in this city that there is an or.
ganized company, which has it's head.
quarters in Buffalo, New York, gotten up
expressly for furnishing witnesses and
professional jurymen in any part Of the
country to run cases and give such test,
mony as is desired to bring about certain
ends. 1t is said also that this associa.
tion has its rsmifcations through Chi,
cago, New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Cincinnati and other cities, where there
are regular agencies, and that there are
a certain class Of lawyers and private
and public detectives connected with
them. 1t is understood that this matter
will be presented to the Grand Jury here
to-day,
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TIE election takes place in New
Hampshire next Tuesday. The Bel.
KNAPP business has greatly alarmed the
Republicans. They are trying to repeat
some of Blaine speech on amnesty, bu,
the folks up there have heard Of the
stealing going on and will not be %
easily fired up on that sort Of stuff as
usual.
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SALE oF STOCKS
NOTICE..

MEMPHIS. Tenn. March s, 1876.
Under INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
u Board of Directors of the Home Insu.
rance and Trust Company Of Memphis. / will
proceed to sell on Saturday. March IS, 1876,
l49 for twenty shares of the capital stock of
said Company, and apply the proceeds Of such
sale to the payment Of I. D. billiards. note,
to whom said certificate yrs issued. Sale to
take place at II o'clock Am. at the southwest
corner Of Madison and Main streets, Mem
sid R. P. boiling. sec'y.
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CAIRO March 9.-Arrved-ChsFIes B.
Church, Cincinnati, 10 pm; Bermuda,
Nashville ' am Leopard, New Or
leans T. Departed Church, New Or
leans ! ami Leopard, St. Lonis, 8, Der.
uuda' Nashville, .. Weather clopdy and
Wsrm-
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A North Carolina negro thought he
could outrau q locomotive the other day
on the Air Line road, and when he picked
himself Up, after being thrown twenty
feet and landing on bis head he said,
Yer don't ketch dis yer chile doin' dat
agin. It's q right smart wonder l didn't
tear desc britches clean Of"
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Prenhat in Canada.

TORONTO, March {. -The Nopanc river
ia fifteen feet higher than ever known
before in the vicinity Of Eewburg. Mill.
dams and ridges have been carried
away and several mills and houses are
undermined.
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THAT public sentiment can move
Grant is evident 10 the order which
sends gentleman Freddy back to bis
regiment in Arizona.
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FREE

E0R THE SPEEDY CURE OF sEMmAY.
u weakness. lost manhood and All disc.ia..
brought on by indiscr0tiopS oT exoeas. Ins
druggist has tho Ingredients. AddrSss-nXy
ViphQN 4 90, ROx&e8.:Nsw York;
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TO uELIn0UEhTs.
OfTIcK OF WATER COMPANY.
MguanIs, March l, 1876.

DELINQUENT WATER CONSUMERS
urs hereby notIssd that the water viii
DOsiaysIy 10 shut oa from their premises II
sSs bllb A.. not pad o. Or before tAs 10th Of
March. ". l. CAMERON.
I'll Agent Of Trustees.
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BRHRIEGER- AZ bis residence on the Old
Raleigh road. this morning March y. 1876, At
. o'clock. CHARLES B%EHeINGEa, aged 81 years.
Due notice Of the funeral will be given.
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~ HOTEL
Peabody Hotel
MEMPHIS, TENN.

THE PEABODY HAVING CHANGED
i Proprietors. the following Rates for Board
and Rooms will be charged from this date;
Board and BOom, % so to "a per Day.
Day Beard, ss6 per Month.
Day Board. Two Meals, ESQ per Month.
Day Board, Transient, ~ 80 per Day.
Having made our terms moderate, wo hone
70 receive . liberal share Of patronage, and
merchants Of Momphis and the gonerai public.
- q. -. GALLOWAY, manHkcf.
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TIE courierJOurnsl witty man says
that just now the thorn in RObesous aide
is Wbitthorne.
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MEM
Thursday Evening, March o, 1876.

The subscription price Of the PUBLIC
LEDGER Is IS per annum for DAILY, and
2 pr amman for Weekly. POSTAGE
FREE.
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BELENIP ives the President of the
Army Of Tennessee.
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Saturday, April 8, 1879,

within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit: Part Of lot No. 40. plan Of the city Of
Memphis, beginning at the intersection Of the
south side Of Jackson street with tho west side
Of Center alley; thence west with the south
50 feet; thence east 49k feet to tle west side Of
Center alley; thence nerth with the west side
Of said alley so feet to the beginning.
Terms Of Sale On a credit Of seven and
twelve months; notes with approved security
required Of purchaser; lien retained, and
equity Of redemption barred.
This March s, 1876.
e. A. COLE. C. and N.
8 By r. j. BLACK, D. O. and NJ.
FLIPPIH X MCFARLAND. Att'ys. IRA
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S5l. 0A&SifFSIe PRyFrTsPER WS7T
articles lust pasi ,6T,ooye i or fosfoitI SOY cS M
va; AAs aS 4. Il. oRf11y a a lISs sent free .
B6-66WI
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OFFICIAL
NOTICE TO CITY TAx.PAYE1 3.

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TaE ! T rsSs,; February q, il SR'
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v,Sv 70 ne on December. isI5 cen deliv-
R HyIticg mat l Will issue Di ~ aereby give
By M SrS SSgai ,sN all whs fail S ~ .Ess VAR
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