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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
River TeIerrams,

CINCINNATI, November l5.-Tbe river
is falling. Light rains.
CAIRO, ILL, November l5.-Arrived-
Idlewild, Evansville, l ami Warner
New Orleans. A; John B. MAude, Vicks
burg, 4; Commonwealth, New Orleans
I; Andy Baum, Cincinnati, 10 De,
psrted-Fanchon, New Orleans, 9 pm
City Of Helena, Vicksburg, 8; Idlewild,
Evansville, 4 am; Warner, St. Louis, 7,
Commonwealth, St. Louis, s; Maude, St.
Louis, 6; Andy Baum, Memphis, noon
Dyersburg, down, 4 am Clear and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

E%STERPRIsISG editors who have writ
ten up the pope's obituary aud pigeon
holed it, ready for instantaneous use
when the final announcement is made,
will read with bitter disappointment the
following dispatch from a gentleman who
is kept advised Of the pope's condition
NEw YoRK, November l2.-The pope
is neither dead nor dying. A medical
consultation 10 regard to his affection in
the legs was held ten weeks ago, and the
conclusion arrived at was that the pope
may live twenty FIVE years. HIS intelleci
Is uBimpsired aud his general bodily
health good. You may say that vouch
for this. JAMES A. McMAsTER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

Q~UEESsrowE. November l5.-ThC
steamer Illinois, hence for Philadelphia
returned to-day, having lost four boat
and a funnel; otherwise all we'll.
The steamer City Of Montreal, from
New York for Liverpool, arrived here
She reports the loss Of a boat and one
seaman while unsuccessiully endeavor
ing to rescue the crew OF a disabled
ship, name unknown.
Great uneasiness is felt about the
steamer Mexican, from Port Royal Sep
TENDER 10th, for Liverpool. Nothing
has been heard of her since her depart
ure, She had a crew Of thirty men, but
no passengers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
T~ELEGRAPHIC MARKETS
STOCKS ANT BONDS.


LONDON, November IL, p.m.-Consols
for money, Sc GIG; on account, 96S;
United States new four-and- a.halfs, 1868;
United States 6ve-twenties Of 1865, l064;
United States ive.twenties of 1867, 1888;
United States ten.forties, 1888; new ives,
1861; Erie, lO4.
The weekly statement OF the Bank Of
England shows an increase of specie of
915, 900. The proportion Of the banks
reserve to liability is Al l6 per cent.
PARIS, November l5.-The weekly
statement Of the Bank of France shows
a decrease of specie of H. 200, 900 francs.
New York, November Is, ll:50 a NJ
United States skies of 1881, llO@ll04;
United States skies of 1881, coupons,
= @ll0B; new four and-a-halfs, l04@
lO41; coupons, lO5t@lO5f; fve-.wenties
of 1865, new issue, lO5s@lO5a; iye-twen-
ties of 1867 ,:slO8i@lOs4 6ve.twenties Of
1868, coupons, = @llO; ten.forties,
l073@l08; ten-fortios, coupons, lO82@
1885; currency skies, - OBI; new
6ves, lO6l@lO63.
BREADsTUFFS.
LIVERPOOL, November Is Wheat, win.
ter, lOs9d@llsOi Milwaukee red, los 4d
Oils Id; California white, Us 8d@
l2sl0d; California club, l2s lod@l3s Sd.
Germ, 29s Od929s Sd. Pork, new, 59s Cd.
Beet, new, 92. cd. Bacon, long clear,
Ais Cd; short clear, Ais Cd. Lard, ASS Cd.
Tallow. 4Os Cd.
CHICAGO, November 10, 1850 a.m.-
Wheat firm at l O65@l OF for November;
/ O63@l O6J for seller year. Corn quiet
and easier at 44l@44S for November.
Pork firm at IL 35@l2 371 for January
Lard firm; sales At 8 O5 for January
Receipts-Flour, 1888; wheat, 34,2OSi
corn, 80. 1856. Shipments-Fiour, 1923
wheat, 1910; corn, 2.37l. Dry
sailed meats, boxed; shoulders, 81; Shor
ribs, G.; short clear, 65; long clear anc
short clear, 62; long clear, 6Si porl
strips, 81; bacon strips, II Second
picked hams, 1909 for fresh packed t.
30 days old; green hams firm at 7 bit
for l6 average. Loose meats; sales shor
ribs, 6 30; sales long clear, 6 10; greel
3 hams, sales II average at &c.
NEW York, November Is, 1915 p m
Flour is steady. Wheat quiet; Chicago
e 3l3; Milwaukee, l 324; red winter, 3
al AZ; amber winter, l 37@l Al. Cor
! is qaiet; mixed, 63. Mess pork is quie
s at l3 60 bid for January; ID 60 for Eel
ruary. Lard is quiet at 8 524 bid for Ne
vember; 8 471 for December; 5 so 70
r seller year; 8 So for January; 8 CO 70
February. Whisky quiet at O939l II
CINCINNATI, November l5,lp m.-Flou
is dull. Wheat is quiet; white, l 300
l 80. Corn is firm new, 3S. Whisky
strong at | o.. Pork is quiet at IL 81
Lard is irmer and held at 8. Bulk meal
g are scarce 81, 81, 81. Bacon is nomina
a Hogs are dull and lover packing, AZ
:, "a 35. Receipts, $500.
n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

The views Of Colonel John B. Savage
in regard to the State debt question, re-
Gently published in the LEDGER, have
attracted much attention. A few papers
have published what be said in his
McNinnville speech. Others condemn
without quoting. Tote lair, gentlemen.
Copy his remarks, and then pitch into
them if you are a mind to. The colonel
stands upon his own ground and can
take care of himself. He may be an
extremist, but be will be a bad man to
handle 10 the next canvass. No man
will run him Of the track with a pistol
or a big hickory stick. Rscollect that.
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indications.

WASHINGTON, November l5.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley cloudy and
rainy, followed by clearing weather,
colder northwest winds and stationary
followed by rising barometer. For the
Missouri valley warmer, clear or partly
cloudy weather, variable winds mostly
FROM the south and stationary or lower
pressure.
The..ivers will remain nearly station.
cry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

NEWPORT, November l5.-An ipjunc-
ton has been granted by Jrdge Royce
restraining the Possumpic railroad from
interfering with the Southeastern rail.
road in any way. Superintendent Fol
som, Of the Possumpic, arrived last eve
ming and was put under $4,000 bonds
in a civil suit for trespass on the South
eastern railroad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
TENNESSEE.

Scholastic population Of Gibson coun.
ty, June 30, 1871. Whites, 7243i colored,
2459. Total, 1902.
The superintendent Of public iustruc-
ion in 0bion county reports that ita
scholastic population for the current
year ia 6882.
Speaker H. NJ. McAdoo. Of the State
senate, has broken ground for a hand
some new brick residence, near bis Law
Office, at Wsyerly.
CAruthers Hall at Lebanon will shortly
be completed, and when the last touch
is laid on it will be one Of the handsom.
est buildings in the South.
The Monlvale Spring property was
sold at public sale on the premises last
Tuesday, General R n. Hood, trustee,
etc, becoming the purchaser.
D. A. Gallagher came to Nashville
from Atlanta five months ego, got on a
spree two weeks ago ssd tried to taper
OF on laudanum. His widow has no
children.
The election for city attorney Of Nash.
vile will occur on the 22d instant. W.
K. McAlister, the present incumbent,
and J. C. Bradford are candidates fol
the position.
Leon Trousdale, State superintendent
Of public instruction, will hold a teach
ers' institute at Trenton, Gibson county
commencing on the 23d instant, and con
%tinuing three days.
The authorities Of Murfreesboro ar,
looking for a bogus circus agent, VIII
added an co. too check for IS, presenter
it to the cashier Of a bank in that town
obtained the money aud departed for 81
unknown region.
The Sbatste Seminary, situated nes
} Cleveland, East Tennessee, was destroy
ed by fire a few nights ago. All the fui
niture except the organ was burned. Tn
building was insured for eleven hundre
1 dollars, which does not cover the loss b
several hundred dOllarR.
, A verdict for the plaintiff has bee
rendered in the case of G. Levine, {
Z Brownsville, against the Louisville
! Nashville and Great Southern Railroa
Company, for the killing Of his wife la-
e year. The jury assessed the damages
. $4,000 An appeal was taken to II
Supreme Court.
The new courthouse at Wavorly
rapidly approaching completion. It
admirably designed and substantial
constructed, and will be one Of the han
soonest county co%urthouses in the Stat
q We congratulate our friends OF Hut
! phreys upon this evidence of their e
.. scrprise, progress and prosperity.
The Supreme Court, on Saturday. Sc
; fenced Jacob Harris to be hanged on d
d 29th Of December, at Clinton, for d
murder Of Isaac White, in Anders,
ID county, on the 10th of July, 1876. 7
Z crime was the result of a dispute concer
II ing the war. White was a Confedera
d and Harris, the condemned man, a v
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

lent Union man. he cut of White,
head and rolled it down a hill like a foot
ball.
The postal route agents on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road have received their printed instruc'
tons to supply themselves with the re-
quired uniforms, together with descrip-
items of how they shall be made, of what
material, etc. They must supply them
selves within twenty days from the date
of the order.
Major Andrew B, Martin and Colonel
B. J. Tarver, having aspirsd to the chan.
cellorship, soon to be vacated by Chan
celIor Lurton, concluded to leave the
matter to be decided by the resident
lawyers of the county" The ballot
closed Thursday at ten o'clock in the
morning, at Lebanon, and the count gave
Tarver % and Martin l6.
The Jackson (Tenn.) Wing says: A
long gourd or vegetable dinner horn,
nearly FIVE feet in length, is now on ex.
hibition at McCutchen's store, on Market
street. This dinner horn has been pre-
scented by the fair association to the
Tennessee Historical Society, anc in
company with a mammoth puRger gourd,
seven feet in circumference, will soon be
sent 10 Nashville to forever remind the
legislature Of the late exemption law.
On the I'd instant Mr.. David HodgiRs,
whs lived about three miles north Of
Center Point, Henderson county, Was
caught in a gin aud killed outright. His
body was horribly mAngled, breaking
nearly every bone in it, and crushing his
skull, threw his brains in all directions.
Mr.. Hodgins was a son Of the late
surveyor of Henderson county, and was
snce deputy sheriff Of the county. He
has left a large family as we'll as many
friends to MOURN his horrible and un.
timely death.
American, 18th; The trustees Of the
Tennessee asylum for the insane met at
the capitol yesterday morning, b. B
Buckner, of Nashville, president, as fol-
lows: F. W. Earnest. Jonesboro; Hon.
7. Nixon Van Dyke, Athens; Hon.
George W. Jones, Fayetteville; Thos.
MeNeely, Charlotte; DR.. W.. A. Cheat
ham, Nashville; George W. White,
Edgefeld; DR.. Il. H. Brashears, Hum
boldt; Col. Butler P. Anderson, Mem
phis. They met at the capitol at noon
and devoted their time exclusively to
routine matters. The election of a
superintendent of the asylum will occur
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Nashville American, lltb: The first
S bill issued by the government, known
as ~greenback money, turned up not long
since in a deposit Of the Third National
Bank, Of Nashville, being letter A, No.
|, dated Washington, March 10, 1863.
Mr. ]. E. Goodwin, the teller, called at
tention to the fact. and the note was
sent to the treasury department for iden.
tifcation as the original first S. issued.
The bank was answered that it was, and
the officers and directors Immediately
decided % present it to the Tennessee
Historical Society. Z. D. Hicks, secre-
tary of the Commercial Insurance Com.
pany, an old and faithful member Of the
society, had the note put in an elegant
frame, with glass on both sides, showing
the back as well as the face Of the note,
and the bill thus secured from wind and
weather, will be presented to the Histori-
cal Society at their meeting on Tuesday
afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
A woman stabbed 20 Death,

BosroE, MASS, November %l5.-Bridget
Frances Kennedy was murdered at
Sodth Boston last evening, where she
had gone to visit her sister. About 8
o'clock she rang the bell, was admitted
by her brother aud Immediately fell to
the floor unconscious and died in ten
minutes On examination three stabs
we're found in her left breast, The affair
is involved In mystery. Peter hahonoy
was arrested. having a bloody knife in
his possessioni was under the Influence
Of liquor and had been seen near the
house braudishing a knife early in the
evening and threatening to kill some
one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

PORTLAND, November l5.-George W
Stevens, George W. Kemp, Warren
Walker, Charles A. Stevens, Benjamin
Written, Taylor S. Dodge, Henry G.
Mills and Edward Merrill, the striking
engineers on the Boston and Maine rail
road, have all been found guilty Of con
apiracy in obstructing the mails.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
TnE mo SUBSIDY CRY.

The Northern people having opened
up all the highways Of commerce and
improved all the rivers and hsrbors they
want by means of government aid have
suddenly become virtuouslY economical
and united in Spartan irmness against
further government appropriations
Take Illinois for instance. The Appeals
special correspondence this morning
from Washington contains the following
facts and figures:
Lands donated by tie government to the IL
linois Central railroad, 2,595. 053 acres.
Inr nnhlin hnildinra in Ihinarn. for
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g York HIems.

New YORK. November l5.-The hard
ware mandatory Of humans & Caption.
on Twenty'ninth street, was burned this
morning. Loss 100000.
The schedules of the firm of Charles
A. Herpich & Co, fur dealers, Mercer
street, place their liabilities at $25, 900;
net assets, $277, 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
CANCER, Plies ANp OPIUM HARIT.

We make the following extract in his behalf
from the Louisville Courier ournal
TIE ONLY TREATMENT FOR CANCERS.
Of all the duties and responsibilities resting
upon us in our capacity o. public journalists,
not one affords us more hearty and genuine
pleasure than to bear willing testimony to the
remarkable success which DR.. Couden, OF this
city, has met with for Q period Of fifteen years,
for the treatment Of that dreadful disease =
Cancer. From the time when he first discov-
cred the proper remedies and the principle
which should be applied in the treatment of
this malady, up to the present time, his pro-
f%essional services have been one grand tri-
umph over the ravaSes Of this most fatal and
horrible of all disease.
The following letter, presented to DR.. Cou-
den by a few OF his many patients, on his de-
parture from Mobile. Ala. is from gentlemen
Of the highest respectabihty, and the letter
speaks for itself;
MOBILE, ALA, February 6. 1871.
DR.. W. G. Couden, who for many years past
has resided in L ~uisville, KY, where he en-
Joys o high reputation as surgeon and physi-
tian, came to our city a few months ago for
the purpose Of practicing his profession in the
special treatment of canoerOus affections,
piles and opium habit.
We, the undersigned citizens Of Mobile,
| Ala, afflicted with cancer0us affections and
piles. placed our c ,ses in his hands, and are
now happy to say we have entirely recovered.
and desire to add this. our testimonial OF his
skill and success, to the many others he pos
fesses; also, to recommend to him all who
may need his services.
JACOB MAGEE-eured Of cancer.
CAPT. II G. BALDWIN cured Of cancer.
ID. u. HUGEE- cured of cancer.
j.. NJ. THoMPs0N-cured CT cancer.
II. G.. BLOUNT- cured of cancer.
j. NJ. FOsTER-oured of cancer.
@ S HUGER -curod Of cancer.
Dr.. WM. DEBs0N- cured o. cancer.
NJ. j. M. MAsON-cured Of piles.
GEO w. RICHARDSON cured OF piles.
WIN. K. AUSTIN cured of piles.
H. II. MAX -cured Of hip disease.
Governor George S. Houston, Of Alabama,
also cured of a very ugly cancer on the face
4 few cases in this State are also referred to
by consent: rev. g.. W. Mitchell. now Of
Athens. Ala. cured Of cancer in 1861 j. r.
Trotter, of Prospect, Giles county, Tenn,
cured Of cancer in 1870; James MOifett, OF
Troy, Tenn, cured in 1858. Various Others
The most obstinate case Of piles guaranteed
cured in a few weeks without the use Of knife
or l~igature.
The opium habit cured in from thirty tc
fifty days.
denis Cancer Journals, giving mode of treat.
ment and a largo list Of ca.es cured.
;, DIR. COUnEN
May DO Coosulted at
GastOh's Hotel, SO and 35 s. Court St
al-nI5M
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
John Chinaman ana the Cigar
Makers.

SAN RAxoIsoo, November l5-A COM
mittee OF cigar makers here have noti-
fed a similar committee in New York of
their intention to discharge several thou.
sand Chinese and bring whites from New
York to Gil their places. 1t is now re-
ported that one order for five hundred
has already been forwarded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
NOTICE.
NOTI,E TO TAXPAYERS.

TN a Communication addressed a to the public,
inst, there was shown el0S, 2l2 80 uncollected
on the Brown Mandamus for 1876. Many
claim they have paid by tho " front foot " for
the Nieolson pavement and expect protection
from the courts. That class Of payments,
from the best estimate | can make, will
amount to $4,000 or S95, 900, that would leave,
say S75, 900, to which there is no Offset. These
appear 10 be averGe to paying this tax-ex-
pecting some court decision in their favor.
None has come, nor do l expect any. Tax.
payers will bear me witne3sth that have waited
d reasonable time for court decisions Imust
now demand the payment Of the Brown Man
damus Tax for 1876, or require a legal iniunc-
ton TO prevent my collecting IL. all who do
net pay in cash in the next ten days, | shall
pl oceed against with all the power the law
gives me. j. j. RAWLINGS,
\ 4@ County Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15

One dollar put at compound interest
upon the day Columbus discovered Amer
lea would amount in 1879, when our re.
sumption act goes into effect, to the paltry
sum of 6 ,240, 900
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
PUBLIC LEDGER.
OTFICE-No. 10 MADISON sTRrzs.
MEEEP HISS
Thursday Evening, Nov. IO, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 50 per annam for the
ReeklN-Postaq tree.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
PILES. ETC.
DR.. W. C. COUDEN,
OF LOUISVILLE, KY,

HAS come to locate permanently in Mem
Ill phis, and has taken rooms at Gaston's
Hotel, on South Court street, where be may
be consulted in Office rooms. DR.. Couden
brings the HIGHEST testimonials from prominent
men. both North and South, us to his high
standing and his abilities in his specialties,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
Rlsks on FieId & Leiter.

BosToN, November l5.-The insurance
companies have SIS, OOOin risks on Field
& Letters establishment burnt yesterday
at Chicago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-15
3. ANp l AssoCIATIoM.
EUREKA
Building 6 Loan Assn
Capital, 100000

OFFICERS:
IOEN ". COCHRAN, ; President
0. II. p. PIPER, : Vice President
WM. GAY, So: Secretary
W. D. BEARD, :::: Attorney
JOHN A. HOLT, : II easurer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-29
General News,

The widow of Senator Morton is now in New
Haven.
General Grant is having his portrait painted in
Paris by Mr.. Healy.
Miss Mary Anderson, the actress, is going tc
France next year, there to study her art. The
young lady is credited with great enthusiasm, and
healthy realization of the fact that she is still
very young IN her profession.
The Adrian (Mich.) Times prints the following
as a genuine "excuse" brought TO teacher in
that neghborhood: "Miss--please Excuse min
ME for She is CRATE help to me thou Small she
may be would miss hur if the lord should Call
hur at any time & obligc Mrs. B."
There is good deal of solidity in the demo
cratic party in Mississippi, in spite of third party
movements. The Senate has only one republican
member and the House only eleven. There are
four colored members in the Legislature, three of
whom were elected on the democratic ticket. and
one on the republican.
The people of Wisconsin at the late election
ratified both the proposed amendments to the
Constitution of their State. The one increasing
the number of Jupreme Judgesfrom three 10 five
was carried by 1929 yeas to 1884, nays and
the one limiting to six years the time for auditing
claims against the State by 81 ,34S yeas to $3.50
nays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-29
Gardner l0ral;NeM s.

The rain of Sunday night, Monday and Tues
day. caused the highest rise of water in the Ken
nebec since the fall of 1869. The wharves were
covered several feet deep on Wednesday morn
ing, and the cellars on the river side of Water
street were partly ied. The Cobbossee Contee
is at its highest pitch. There will probably be no
lack of water for the winter.
The examination of the High Street Grammar
School took place Tuesday. The examination
was very thorough and the scholars stood the test
well. This school will remain in the F. Baptist
vestry another term, until the house is ready
The several meetings at the Brunswick Street
Baptist Church, have been of sufficient interest to
warrant their continuance another week. Bible
readings and social meetings each afternoon and
preaching by Rev. Mr.. Leonard each evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-29
DaII0meII local Menus.

Poultry was plenty in this market Thanksgiving
week; prices rangng from IA to 20 cents, according
to quality and chances incident to such occasions
Many sharp bargains might be recorded where q
half cent or so was saved by vigilant watchings
and patient waitings for just the favorable moment
for closing bargain.
1t is to be hoped that after participating in the
religious observances of the forenoon to-day, ev-
erybody and their friends may discuss the frugal
Thanksgiving dinner with thankfulness, and ap-
petites sharpened by the consciousness of benevo-
lent deeds performed. mingled with the sauce of
love and brotherly kindness in full measure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-29
BY the advice of the Executive Council, do
hereby appoint
Thursday, the Twenty-Ninth Day OF No
yember, instant,

AS ApAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE
70 our Father in Heaven, for his great goodness to
the people of this State the year that now clos
ing. While uniting with our felow-countrymen
upon that day. at the invitation Of the President OF
the United States, In solemn ackhow Judgement OF
the Divine favor wherewith our land has been
blest, let the peace and prosperity and exemption
from every i'll which our State has enjoyed in a
marked degree, be specially remembered before
Him with reverent thanks and gladness. May the
hearts of all be moved to make this customary ser
vice an earnest Offering of gratitude and devotion
and an occasion for befriending those who are il
need.
Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta, this
eighth day OF November In the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred ana seventy.s
and OF the Independence of the United states
of America, the one hundred and second.
SELDEN CONNOR.
BY the Governor.