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SAN FRANCISCO.
Quiet Restored and All Fears Of a
General Outbreak DIspel,cd.
The Military Organizations Retire.
Subject 20 UaIi - The Police
Force Doubled.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3l.-Qoiet having
been restored, all fears of a general out
break are dispelled. The committee OF
safety last evening decided to adjourn
SUBJECT to a call from the chairman. The
organization will be maintained, and the
various companies will hold themselves
ready to assemble at their respective
headquarters on summons or at the tap
OF the bell. The formation Of PATROLS
Tor the protection of property in the
various wards is recommended, and the
co operation Of members Of the commit
tee with the regular police and watchmen
whenever requisite, Muskets and am.
munition Issued to the committee are to
be returned to the authorities, but the
members will retain the clubs and badges.
Horticultural Hall is TO be retained as
general headquarters, but o roam rented
for war headquarters is to be given.
The executive committee Of common
safety and police commissioners held a
conference and decided to at once double
the police force of the city. This will
raise the force to three hundred, besides
specials and substitutes. Committee
guarantee payment Of salaries to the new
officers until the meeting Of the next leg.
islature, when a bill will be introduced
providing for them permanently. Gov.
ernor Irwin, who attended the COME.
ence, expressed a willingness to sign
such bill and use any influence he could
properly employ TO secure its passage.
The whole action Of the committee be
met the unqualified approval of all good
citizens, and the authorities freely ex.
press their conviction that it has been
tbs means Of suppressing what thrc t.
ened TO become a serious and disscace.ll
outbreak.
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DeserIplIon or . water.pout.

The clouds grew very dark and
threatening, and Immediately the
course of the vessel was changed
from southeast to due north, in or
der to run away from the point to
ward where the storm seemed to be
%centering, proved to be on our port
bow. Gradually the clouds, which,
by-the-by, were forming in strait,
grew almost black, and seemed to
be about three miles away. kbreeze
having sprung up suddenly, led us
to think we were certain TO have our
thus far remarkably smooth passage
interrupted by an Indian Ocean
storm, or possibly a cyclone. But
instead, to our great pleasure, we
saw emerging from the dense mass
of cloud a most distinctly marked
water spout. We could see perfectly
well the water rise, in the shape of
a cylinder, to a considerable height
from the ocean, when the reyolu-
lions of the wind grew larger, and
the water, being carried by the wind,
spread out in the form OF a funnel,
larger and larger, until it became
lost in the clouds.
The spout was drawing water for
about fifteen minutes, when we no.
Iced that its junction with the
ocean was broken, and it then look
ed almost precisely like the lower
part Of a balloon as it floats in the
air, Tapping from side to side. Grad
-ually this lower part disappeared
from the bottom upward, until it
was wholly lost in the clouds. AL
most Immediately afterward we saw
on the surface of the water what
looked like steam rising, but which
proved to be spray caused by a
heavy fall Of rain; on 1t came un-
til it reached us, when, for at least
thirty minutes, it rained as herd as
ever saw it rain any where.
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MENKEN BROTHERS
FOREIGN.

LONDON, July 81. = Mehemet Ais
vanguard is within twenty miles of Tire.
mood.
1t is believed that W. H. Smith, one Of
the joint secretaries to the treasury, will
succeed the late Mr.. Hunt.
Samuel Warren, an English author, ia
dead; also Blame, proprietor of the
Metaneo gaming tables.
Suleiman Pasha and corps effected q
junction with Kaauf Pasha, near Teni
Selgbra, and an engagement is proceed
ing,
Her majesty steamers Flamiugo and
Condor, which 90 to the Danube to pro.
tect British interests, aud to assert Great
Britain's treaty right to maintain two
gunboats on the Danube, will be accom-
panied to the Black Sea by the ironclads
Shannon and Agincourt. to support
them, should their passage be opposed.
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Ths worhlne People.

D4lliMulN saul
In recent speech at Sheffield
England, Mr.. Roebuck spoke of the
difficulty which the members Of
working classes have in saving
money. ''To manifest providence
he said, els for them to manifest a
virtue almost unsurpassed in this
world of ours There are so
many innocent indulgences of
which a man in full work and on
full pay can have his modest share,
that it is a severe trial Of resolu-
tiol to do without them. 1t is not
much, at the best, compared with
the luxurious enjoyment of others,
that the laboring man asks. He is
called upon to bear the heat and
burden Of the battles of peace and
war, of which others, no worthier,
receive the rank and emoluments,
and is in general we'll content so
that he can secure food, raiment
and shelter for his wife and chill
dren. When hard times come
thoughtless people are apt to ask
why the working classes did not
save, as if saving on wages only
sufficient to keep body and soul to-
gether was the easiest thing in t c
world. 1t would be interesting 10
know how much the individuals
who taunt the working classes thus
have ever saved themselves Mr..
Roebuck seemed to think that it
was the glass too much, and the
drink too long which prevented the
English workingman from prosper
ing. In this country there is as
much sobriety, courtesy and indus
try among mechanics and laborers
as any other people, but it is no
easy matter for the best Of them so
to economic as to tide over such
times as the present. George Sand
says that poverty makes the work
ing man drink, and drink makes
vicious. That assertion coaId
not be applied here, for in the ma
of cases, our. workingmen
are temperate and intelligent. Yet
they have great trials to endure,
and deserve the sympathies and aid
of the community. AT this mo-
ment in the United States there
are multitudes of honest and in
dustrious men who, from no fault
of theirs, are out of employment
and utterly unable to provide for
families which are as dear to them,
and deseryedly so, rs those of the
wealthiest in the land. Possibly if
more of the labor of this compare
lively new country were employed
in agriculture. and city life made
subordinate to country life, as it is
in the South, where, notwithstand-
ing the impoyerishment by the
war, there is less distress for the
means of life than in any other
part Of the United States, it would
be better for the common good.
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THE HOSTILES.
Gen. Howard in Pursuit of Joseph
and White Bird. who have
Crossed the Mountains.
This Movement, Says Howard, will
Crush out the Strength of the
hOstiles aud Bring the
War TO Il Close,

SAN Francisco, July 30.-A Portland
press dispatch says: General Howard is
at present at Kamia awaiting the arrival
Of Major Sanford. AS soon as that officer
joins him Howard will take all the avail
able force and push vigorously after
Joseph and White Bird, who crossed the
Bitter Root mountains by way of the
Lolo trail. He will go through to Mis-.
soula as speedily as his command can
move. He will have in the neighborhood
Of five hundred men. Another force
under the command Of General Wheaton
will leave Fort Lapwai, and moving
north pass through the Spokane country
and cross over into Montana through the
Sahou Pass. After crossing the noun
tains the troops will push down to Ms
soula, where they will join General How.
ard. 1t is expected that Howard's and
WheAton's attachments will reach that
point simultaneously. Wheaton will
command about 450 or SEQ men, and his
detour through the Spokane country will
be made at the request of Indian Inspec.
tor Watkins, There are a number Of tribes
squatted through that region who Wish to
be placed on the reservation. Inspector
Watkins is authorized 10 select a suitable
reservation and locate the Indians.
His principal object in passing that
country is to make a personal in
spection of the character and disposition
Of the Indians, the nature of these re
gions, and to designate where reserva-
tons are to be located. 1t ia also thought
the marching Of a large force of troons
through there will have a very beneficial
effect on the Indians. Most of them are
peaceably disposed toward the whites,
while some are inclined to be turbulent.
The detachment will not leave Lapwai
for a week or more. Any struggling
bands of hostiles which may have broken
away from Joseph or White Bird, or at.
tempting to reach the Spokane country,
will be intercepted by Wheaton, and cut
off. This movement will, it is believed,
crush out the strength Of the hostiles and
bring peace to the WI ole region o! country
west Of Bitter Root mountains, and with
the capture of Joseph's and White Birds
bands of renegades, bring the wal to a
close.
Colonel Green with a force of cavalry
will remain in and about Kama to pro.
tect the settlement and to cut off all the
struggling squads of Indians he can find.
Captain Wilkinson received yesterday
evening a dipatch in regard to obtaining
Warm Spring scouts to accompany Gen
eral Howard through the Lolo trail to
the mountains. The Indians, mostly
gone after fish and game, have called for
a council for Monday the Both. | will
send word Wednesday as to the result
If any scouts are obtained they will come
to Dallas as soon as possible and be con-
veyed to the front. Howard having dis
pensed with the services Of part of his
scouting force is very DESTROYS of secur-
ing a number of Warm Spring scouts.
These scouts, it will be remembered per.
formed gallant aud effective service dur
ing the Modoc war.
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ONO DEMOCRACY.
The Platform Adopted ne Columbus
July 26eh. 1877.


The Democratic party of Ohio in State
convention assembled renews its pledges
of devotion to the Union aud the consli-
tuition, with the amendments. Il de-
clares as essential TO the preservation OF
tree government the faithful adherence
to the following principles; A strict
construction OF the constitution; home
rule; the supremacy of civil over mill
tary power; the separation OF Church
ami State; equality of all citizens b.
fore the law; liberty OF individual ac-
ton unvexed by sumptuary laws; the alb
solute acQniesence in the lawfully ex
pressed will Of the majority; opposition
to all subsidies; the reservation Of pub.
lie lands Ia the use of actual settlers;
the maintenance and perfeeting OF the
common school system. Pertinent to
the issues now pending before the people,
Resolved-First. That We look upon
the inauguration Of r. B. Hayes to the
high Office Of President of the United
States, in spite Of a majority Of the cleo
torial and popular vote given BY the PEG.
Pile to Samuel J.. Tilden, as the most
dangerous enoroachment upon popular
rights that has ever been attempted in
this or any other free country, and that
q repetition Of the fraud will not be toll.
Grated.
Second-That the destruction Of the
industry of the country and the pauper-
izing OF Labor Rre the inevitable fruits
of the vicious laws enacted by the Re-
publican party.
Third-ThAt as a means Of relieving
the distressed portions OF the community,
and removing the great stringsncy com.
planned OF in business circles, we demand
the immediate repeal of the resumption
act.
Fourth-Thst we d%enounce as an out
rage upon the rights of the people the
enactment Of the Republican measure
demoralizirg silver and demand the pas.
sage OF q law which shall restore silver
to its monetary power.
Fifth-That we favor the retention Of
%greenback currency as the best paper
money we have ever had, and declare
against any further contraction.
Sixth-We congratulate the country
upon the acceptance by the present ad-
ministration Of the constitutional and
pacific policy of local self-government
in the States South, so long advocated by
the Democratic party, which has brought
peace and harmony to that section Of the
Union.
Seventh-That the registry law framed
BY the last legislature is b~urdensome
and expensive, and discriminates un.
justly against the poorer classes of voters,
and we therefore demand its immediate
repeal.
Eighth-We favor a tariff fr revenue.
Ninth-We favor the issue BY the gem
eral government alone of all circulating
mediums, whether paper or metallic, to
be always Of equal tender, and ~incoutro.
yertible.
Tenth-That we condemn the acts of
the Federal Administration in using the
regular troops of the United States TO in.
%tertere with the elections and other polit.
zeal affairs Of the States as unconstitu.
tional, unlawful and unjusti6able, aud
destructive of the rights of the people
and Of the States.
Eleventh-We commend the ticket this
day formed by the Convention to the
favorable consideration and support of
all citizens of the State.
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THE
BUILDING AND LOAN
AS ASSOCIATION
TO THE FRONT.
TlG Pioneer Associations Memphis
Chartered Oct. 1, 1871.
Fifty MOnihs' DOes PaId-ROOkN
NaiHS. Toward Maturity, (
I RS3.72 per share.
NEW SERIES. NO BACK DUES.

RI, A. MAN SAYS TO HIS TENANT
i that II he will pay him three or four del.
lars more per month than he has been in the
habit OF paying, at tho expiration of eieht or
nine years he would give him n deed of the,
property, the tenant would be most likely la.
accept the 0ller. This is the principle unOr,
which these Aas0ciacions work"
In order TO IN I the demand Of many an.
plicants, this Association has decided ie issue
Quarteriy series Of ~tOem, Onr sub~
scription book for tho Fourth Series, dniinr
on the lst day of July inst. Is now onen
The Series will be limited, and our ffiend. arr
requested to hand IN their subscrintions at
once TO the Secretary Mt the office of the AS
Soeiatlon, No, III Main street, up stairs. wi q
Will be in attendance duriSg business hours 10
give all desired information rs To- tho work
iHes OF tho Association,
Ihis Association is commended TO tbe work..
ingmen OF Memphis particularly. It's history
ns success ltS present prominent rank in the,
financial aud business circles of the citv re,
good work in the past and IFS bright nrosneca
Tor better work in the future mark h a. 4
prominent oxalnP lc OF what the puck, per,e.
yerance, stability and f~rugaliiy of the WORK
lnQmen OF Memphis can achieve
Vur quarterly issuance of new stock onons
~ an opportunity to all classes to avail them
selVes q the benefits which attach TO this
ASSOCIATION by reason OF eXperiem er.
henieveu success and Il low ratio Of
working expenses.
L. LAGRILL, President.
u y. PATERsoN, Secretary. IM.i5l
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OwrNa 10 pressure of news mat

OWING to pressure of news mat
ter during the strike we did not
have space for the platform of the
Ohio Democracy, which is there
fore published to-day. It's princi-
pal points are a demand for the
restoration of the silver dollar, the
repeal of the resumption act and
the retention of the greenback dol
lar. It also declares that the in
auguration of r. b. Hayes as Pres
ident in spite of the popular and
electoral vote against him is a dan
gerOus encroachment on popular
rights, and that the labor troubles
are owing to the financial policy Of
the Republican party. 1t declares
also an opposition to all subsidies,
which is understood to be an allu-
sion to the Texas and Pacific rail
road bill. The platform is well
drawn and calculated to win. 1t
pacifes both the grcenback and
silver men, aud takes advantage Of
the plumbers of the Republican
party which brought about the re-
cent dissatisfaction among laborjng
elements. It is believed and con-
fdently predicted that Bishop, the
nominee for governor, will carry
the State by a large majority. This
is likely to be an ''off year" with
the Republicans, to be followed by
several others of the same sort.
We only regret that the Ohio Dem
ocrats put themselves by inference
On record as against the Texas and
railroad bill.
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ST. LOUIS.
Ever thing Qnlet and Business Fully
Resumed.

ST. LOUIS, July 3l.-No change in the
situation here this morning. Everything
quiet and business fully resumed.
1t is reported that a number of com,
panies at East st. Louis have been sent
to Springfield, ILL.,, to guard the co ,
mines in that vicinity against the
strikers, but the confirmation si tue re
pert has not been Obtained.
Three oil the strikers have been charged
With assisting in forcibly closing the
mills, factsries, etc last week, and have
been Gned $500 each by Judge Cullen,
Of the Police Court.
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WAsmsoToS, July sl.-For Tennes.
see and the Ohio valley increasing north
east winds, veering to southeast at west.
ern stations increasing cloudiness, pos.
sibly followed by local rains, rising
barometer and stationary or higher tenn
peraLure.
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CHI AGO.
All Roads Running Trims aud i lrgo
AmOuuts Of Freight MOVIug.

CHICAGO, July 81 = Some apprehea-
sion existed yesterday and last night,
lest the engineers on the Chicago,
Burling on, and Quincy railroad,
who have been indicating their
intention to strike, would join the
iremen and stop all trains. This did not,
however, occur, as up to IL pm. nearly
all the engineers on the road not o..
ready at work had signifed their inteu.
ton Of resuming this morning. The
road is now RI .dy to do its usual
business on all branches. Other roads
ere also running trains about as usual,
and q large amount Of ,.eight is moving
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V TeIeErams.

CAIRO, July 81. noon. -Arrived-Bel
Memphis, VicksburG. . pm; J. W. CAT.
Memphis, 81 Atlantic, St. Louis, 0;
Cherokee, Cincinnati, | am Arrow,
Ohio river, 2, Departed-Belle Mem
phia, St. Louis. 10 pm; CAT, Cincinnati
TO- Arrow, 81. Louis, 8 am. Clear and
wnrm
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= NEWS is received Of an import
ant engagement between the Rus
slams and Turks near Rustchuk,
Sunday, in which the former were
victorious, between the czaroW it,
and Eyoub Pasha. The Turkish
corps are reported to have been dc
leated, with a loss Of thirty guns,
ten standards and five thousand
prisoners. Later official dispatch
confirm the foregoing. The num-
Der of Turkish prisoners is now
given as eight thousond. Ahmed
Eyoub's army is stated to be com
pletaly routed. The Russians WI
probably at once resume the often
siye and follow up their advantages.
1t seems to be only a question OF
time, and shoit time at that, until
the Russians viii be laundering at
the gates Of Constantirople. The
sick non Of Europe is desperately
III
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N MEMORIAM.


To all whe are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., 1 will send
recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-address0d envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
T. IMAM. Station D. Bible House. Now York
City. l29-xxiv l2sdAw
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
oEFIcK-No. Is MADISON Srnuur.
Ms
Tuesday Evening, Jelly ~, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB.
LIC LEDGER is s. per annum for
the Daily, and % per snnUm for the
Weekly-Postdge free.
Persons leacing the city for the sum
mer a order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tro dollars for
zhree months, in ddpanee, Nth the
privilege of changing pOstobice.
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CINCINNATI,
Fresh Troubles Expo cted at Co.
Iumbus.

CNcSSATI, July 3l.-Under orders
from Governor Young Eve companies Of
the Ohio National Guard, under com
mAnd Of Colonel G. B. Hunt, lett here on
the early train this morning for Colum.
bus. where they expected fresh trouble
with the strikers,
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YIoEEInE, suIcIds and schools.

The suicide Of a London school
boy twelve years of age is causing
much talk in England. The little
fellow had run away from Chiist's
Hospital School, had boon brought
back and had been logged. A sec
ond time he ran away and was re-
taken; but while shut up in a room
to await another logging he put an
end to his troubles by fastening
around his neck the cord attached
to the ventilator of the prison and
hanging himself When they came
next morning to fog him he was
out OF their reach. The coronei s
jury, with the usual stupidity, rem.
dered a verdict of Temporary in
sanity" The verdict, however, has
not settled the case. Mr.. Sergeant
Sherlock, in his seat in the hon. !
OF commons, asked the home tecrc-
tary whether his "atlention has
been called to the inquest on VIM.
Arthur Gibbs, a Ohrist's hospital
boy twelve years Of age, who was
found by the jury 10 have commit
ted suicide while in a state of tenn
porary insanity; and, further,
whether an inquiry is TO be insti,
tuted into the treatment TO which IL
is alleged the boy was subjected
The head master Of the sa6ool do.
MES that the boy was cruelty treat.
ed, and has placed a denial in the
hands of the home secretary. But
it is known that the boy himself
complained hal he had been sys.
tematically prosecuted.
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strike OF Negro RoustabOuts.

CAIRO, July 3l-A number Of negro
roustabouts here struck for an advance
from twenty to thirty cents per hour.
The demands we're acceded to, ami in-
terruption was but temporary.
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A local item in the Chicago Post:
Hardware men who are so avaricious
IS to swing out special signs calling at.
teutiOu to the fact that they sell powder,
shot aud pistols should be looked after"
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SUPPOSE - just suppose for a
moment, by a powerful effort of
the imagination-that the "confed-
crate" congress had filibustered
Hayes out Of his seat, and thus
caused an adj interim President to
be inaugurated. Suppose that he,
desiring to carry the country in the
fall for the Republican party, had
recognized Packard and Chamber
lain as governors, and given them
an army to keep them in office ; Of
course those soldiers could net have
been spared to settle the riots up
North. What then would have
become of Pittsburg, Reading,
Chicago, st. Louis, and other
places, where the fear Of Federal
bayOnets alone restored law and
order? The very idea suggests all
that is terrible. Some of the little
politicians and agitatOrS who, as
usual, kept in their holes until the
danger was over, ought to be very
thankful that Hayes recalled the
troops from the South in time to
assure their safety. No one of the
whole bowling gang has been heard
from since the row began. They
snufed the battle from afar and
sought the safest places.
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WHAT about the proposition Of
the Pittsburg rioters to tax the
workingmen of the whole country
to pay for their deyilment? We
have not heard any thing more of
it. The people of Allegheny
county, who are liable according to
the laws of the State for the full
amount, stood by and saw the
property destroyed. Now let them
pay for it and learn a useful lesson.
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in DRY GOODS.
AT MENKEN BROTHERS
Clearing Sale of Summer Goods.

Richardson's Linenat 25c, worth 4Oc
Pillow Case COttOns at l93c, worth 1886
S-4 AndrOscOggln Bleachod Sheeting, : 22lc
81 AndrOscOggin Bleached Sheeting, 25c
1914 Bleached and Brown ~Sheeting, {: 22lc and 25c
White Pique, Zoe and 12tc
Victoria Lawns, I2Ic and I5c
Handsome Linen Lawns, l5c, worth Csc
Fine "A Bleached Domestic, 74c
LOnsdale Finish Bleached Domestic, Zoe
Ladies' Linen Suits, from 1876 up
Solid Lawns, 75c
Fancy Dress Goods, : 71c
Bargains in Every Department.