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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-12
A FALSE GUIDES FATE.
An Incident of Colonel DahIRren,,
Reid Around Richmond.

An Incident or Colonel DahIgren's
Reid Around Richmond.
Lieut.. Robt. Black in Philadelphia Times
We now learned we were about
three miles from Dover Mills and
ten miles below Columbia Mills.
Our guide, the negro spoken of in
the first of this narrative, and who
had been assigned to this expedi.
ton, misleG us during the night,
and to obviate the delay of retrac-
ing our steps, Colonel Dahlgren, on
the representation of the guide
that an excellent ford was to be
found at Dover Mills, concluded to
cross at that point. After two
hours halt we again moved on and
soon reached Dover Mills, but only
to meet disappointment. The ne
gro had deceived US; no ford ex-
listed at this point, nor was there
any means Of crossing the river.
lie then stated that the ford was
three miles below; this was most
obviously false, as the river was evil
DENLY nayigable to and above this
place, as we saw scows and a sloop
going down the river, and it would
seem impossible that he should not
know that no ford existed in the
neighborhood, where he had seen
vessels daily passing. Colonel
Dahlgren had warned him that if
detected acting in bad faith or w.
ing, we would surely hang him,
and after we left Dover Mills and
had gone down the river so far as
to render prevarioation unayailing,
the colonel charged him with be-
traying us, destroying the whole
design of the expedition, and haz-
arding the lives of every one en-
gagged in it, and told him that he
should be hung in conformity with
the terms of his service. The ne
gro became greatly alarmed, stated
confusedly that he was mistaken
thought We intended to cross the
river in boats, and finally said he
had done wrong and was sorry, etc
The colonel ordered him to be
hung; a halter-strap was used fol
the purpose, and we left the miser-
able wretch dangling by the road
side. His body was afterward cut
down by the rear guard.
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The New York Herald has invented

The New York Herald has invented a
cork undershirt for school boys who ex
pect corporel punishment.
A Frenchman thinks be has discovered
that round-sared animals love music and
sharp-eared animals hate it.
Grants visit to the tomb Of Shaks-
peare must have been as touching sa
that Of Mark Twain to the grave Of
Adam -[Bostou Post.
The car begins to say that be never
did have any heart in this f~oolishness,
and he will DO asking the Sultan over Ia
a tallow dip pretty soon.
The Japanese dislike alcohol as a bev
erage. In copying American c%iviliza
ton, they draw the line at mixed drinks
Some people fear the Japs are missing
the true spirit Of our institutions.
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the Democrats Richard NJ. Bishop, the
G~reenbackers Stephen johnson, the Pro-
h~ibitionists Henry a. Thompson, one Of
the Workingmen's conventions L. HI
Bonds, and the other Stephen johnson,
the Greenback nominee. The two prin-
cipal tickets we're as follows:
REPUBLICAN. DEMOCRATIC.
For Governor. D
Lieutenant Governor,
FerdinandSVogeler. Jabez W. Fitch.
Judge of the Supreme Court.
William w. Johnson. John W, Okey,
Clerk of the Supreme Court,
Dwight Cr0Well. Richard J, Tanning.
Attorney Genera.
George X. Nash. Isaiah Pillars.
Treasurer Of State
John NJ, MiIHkin. Athoay Howells.
State School Commissioner,
Joseph r. Lukens' James J.. Burns.
Member Of the Board Of Public Works.
Augustus W. Luckey. Martin Schiller.
The vote of Ohio fer President last
November was as follows; Hayes, $780,
sos; Tilden, S2s.ls2i Cooper Green.
back 9O67; Smith Prohibitionist) 1886,
Total vote, 65S,77l, Hayes over Tilden,
1916; Hayes over all, 2747. The last
legislature stood on joint ballot, IS Re-
publicaps to 6S Democrats.
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who l afterward learned was Capt.
Lowrie, a retired naval officer and
a Democrat who took an active
part in the election of Tilden and
Hendricks last fall, approached two
gentlemen who were talking to-
gether, and addressing one, whom
/ learned was Mr.. Brewer, one of
the editors of the Erie Dispatch, a
Don Cameron sheet, asked for a
few minutes conversation. Brewer
sharply refused Captain Lowrie the
desired interview. Whereupon the
captain raised his cane, breaking a
glass globe overhead in its ascent,
and nearly breaking Brewers head
in its descent. Then followed a
rough and tumble fight. Brewer
being the younger and more athletic
man mauled and hammered Capt.
Lowrie terribly, and left him bleed
ing and helpless on the marble
floor.
The cause of the affray, which
seemed to be town talk on the fol-
lowing day, was that Brewer had
taken advantage of the weakness
and wiokedness of the captains
wife. Another Key and Sickles
affair is sure to develop from the
quarrel, at least so the people of
Erie generally declare. R. G. W.
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Belgrade and Russia Definitely
Agree upon Terms-Her
Troops Marching to
the Front.
Expulsion from France of an Ameri-
can for Taking Part in the
Election Struggle.
Gambetta Sentenced to Three Months
Imprisonment.

LONDON, October l "A Belgrade
special says the cabinet has unanimously
and definitely agreed upon terms of
agreement with Russia. This probably
refers to an agreement concerning the
subsidy of one million roables to be paid
Servia monthly from the time her army
is SEN to the frontier. Troops are con.
%tinually marching 10 the frontier, ready
for any offensive movement on the part
Of the Turks.
Cuistics, the Servian agent at Constan.
tinople, is expected home shortly.
PARIS, October l2.-Duke Decazes,
minister of foreign affairs, writes to the
Rsppel, censuring it for endeavoring to
excite public opinion about the expul-
sion from France of Bedel, American.
lie says Bedel displayed great activity
in the department Of the Seine ct Marine
in furthering the election OF q candidate
hostile to the government. He says Be
del, in taking an active part in the cleo.
torsl struggle and openly manifesting
hostility to the government, has abused
our hospitality aud justly brought upon
himself the application of article I OIL
the law Of December Sd.
Duke De Broglie,i president Of the
council and minister of justice, has ad
dressed a circular to the procureurs o.
G%eneraux. 1t instructs them to prose
cute disseminators Of the false reports
about negotiations and alliances between
foreign powers, in view of tie probabl,
consequences of the coming elections
This is probably in consequence of thu
currentrumor Of an anti-clerical alliance
between Germany and Italy.
Gambetta has been sentenced to tire,
months Imprisonment and to pay a fine
Of $500 for placarding his recent address
to the election in his ACCOMPLISHMENT
The printer of the address has been sen
fenced to fifteen days Imprisonment ant
to pay q fine OF $500.
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PEoF. CUNNING says that the old
Egyptian and Assyrian had the down
ward slope Of the eye and no calves on
the legs. The same with the Greeks and
other old savages, The men had no
calves. Wherever we find the downward
slope of the eye and no calves we. find
~tanahc;sm and ignorance. Show me a
man without calves and l viii show you
a nineompoop. The cat has q down
ward slope of its eye, aud the cat is a
fanatic. In Massachusetts, we have q
statesman with 8 downward slope Of his
eye, or rather both eyes, and he is a fa-
matte. | refer to General Butler. An
other thing: Oar foreiathers had small
noses. Having small noses they munched
their food; yes, nunched it. Your great.
grandisthers actually uunehsd what they
ate. As they grew more civilized they
cut their meat, their jaws grew smaller
aud they gradually ate it. Ny friends,
cut your meat small and you will have
smalljaws."
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FRANCE.
fhe unpobaIarllr OF mncMahon.

A Paris letter to the Tribune
says:
The Presidents Normandy Jour
ney has shown him he was not pop
ular and demonstrated that the re-
public was so. 1t was proposed to
him after his failure in the North
to try the South and Southwest, and
he was assured that he would be re-
ceived quite differently. The fact
is that the cabinet believes it could
manage" the people of the Cir
onde better than the Norman peas
ants and burghers, and it was sup
posed that between M. de Fourtou
and the Due Decazes, both born in
the Bordelais region, it would be
quite easy to "get up" a kind of
demonstration" in favor of the
chief of the state. But never was
a completer disappointment! The
people of Bordeaux prove them
selves as "politic" as their fellows
in Paris or Caen, and the tone of
their welcome, such as it was, was
more unequivoeal and louder. They
were cordial toward the President
of the republic because that he was
the President of the republic; and
Vive la republiquel was the unceas-
ing cry which they shouted from
morning till night in the marshals
ears. That this annoyance was in
tense is denied by none of his init
mates-nor could he continue to
disguise this, but his resolution was
almost as strong against his own
ministers as against the "public."
So the notion has. been gradually
taking hold of the marshal that he
has been deceived-"taken in" and
is UNDESIRABLE to him, as all men of
perfect intellectual superiority.
From the day when Augouleme,
and then Tours, fatty refused to
pay one farthing to receive him,
Marshal MacMahon has realized his
moral defeat, and the week preced-
ing M. Theirs death, he repeated
persistently that he would resign,
and that nothing should induce
him to remain to be "made a fool
of" Till N. Theirs died, it was
extremely hard for the "~household"
to get the better of these angry re-
solves, and every "inhuence," do
nestle and clerical, was put under
requisition to keep the marshal, al
most forcibly, at his post. But at
NJ. Theirs death, the Joy was vio-
lent, unrestrained, and it was Silly
imagined that the soul of the Re-
public was forever quenched, leav-
ing only a dead body behind.
Another sad deception During
the funeral ceremonies the entire
Bordeaux programme had to be
altered! The political harangue
which the marshal was to speak.
and which was, in reality, to be the
declaration Of principles whereby
the electoral period was to be open
ed, had to be torn up, as the decree
for the state Of siege had been, and
in reply to the mayor of Bordeaux
"a firm Republican,, the marshal
had to read a few lines, in which
he guaranteed to uphold the con-
stitution. have just seen an eye
witness, who stood close to the Off
cial group, and who says "the glum
expression Of ill-will on the presi-
dents countenance was quite anus
ing to witness, and escaped no
one."
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T~ELRGRApHfC MARKErs
SHOCKS AND BoxDs.


NEw York, October II, 1850 am
United States skies Of 1881, l09@l09f;
United States skies of 1881, coupons,
lO9b@ll0s; new four-and-a-halfs, l04t@
lot; coupons, l045@l04t; fv~e-twenties
Of 1865, new Issue, l05t@l051; ive-twen-
ties of 1867, lO7s@1O7f; 6ve.twenties of
1868, coupons, = @l094; ten.forties,
= @l06si ten.forties, coupons. 1880
1915 currency skies, l205@l2Os; new
fivss, lC6s@lO6a.
LONDON, October IL, 4 p.m.-Consols
for money, 50 5-l6; on account IS 9 l6;
United States new four.and. a.halis, lO4;
United States ive-twenties Of 1865, l04t;
United States hve-twenties of 1867, 1914;
United States ten-forties, l07; new 6ves,
1868; Erie, l3a
The amount Of bullion withdrawn from
the Bank OF England on balance to-day
is 100000.
~BREADsTUFFs.
LIVEEPooL, October l2.-Wheat, win.
ter, llS4d@lls9d; Milwaukee red, los 4d
Oils sd; California white, l2s lido
rs l0d; California club, l2s l0d@l3s I'd.
Germ, 27s 9d@2Ss Cd. Pork, AIS. Beef,
92s Cd. Bacon, long clear, 40s Cd; short
clear, AIS cd. Lard, 46s Cd. Tallow,
Ais.
CHICAGO, October IL, ll:O5 am
Wheat is active and unsettled l los for
October; ! O7b forNovember; Mol. ll31;
No. 2, l29 cash. Corn, 43t@43S for
May; 42t@42s for October; cash, 421@
42s for November; 4lt@4l3 for the year.
Pork is quiet, steady and nominal, IL 80
for seller year; IL 81 for January. Lard
is nominally unchanged at 8 25@S 273.
Second picked hams are scarce and firm;
ll@llf medium average; l0t@lO4 heavy
average. Dry sailed meats, boxed, easier;
shoulders, 81; short ribs, II; short clear,
st; long clear and short clear, s; long
clear Il. Pork strips, II; bacon strips,
New YORK, October IL, 1915 pm
Flour is steady. Wheat is nominal at
| 80; Milwaukee, l 36. Corn is quiet at
59@593 Mess pork is nominal at ID rs
OLA 30. Lard is quiet at 9 Is. Whisky
quiet at | l39
CINCINNATI, October IL, l p.m.-Flour,
dull and lower. Wheat and corn are
unchanged. Whisky is quiet at l O8.
Pork and lard are firm and unchanged.
Bulk meats are in good demand; sales of
short ribs at st, and new held higher;
short clear, 81. Bacon is active; shout
ders nominal; short ribs, ct; short clear,
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CAIRO, Ill October u Arrived
st Genevieve, St. Louis, l am Susie
Silver, New Orleans, 0 a m Mary Eliz-
abeth, 0hio river, noon. Departed-St.
Genevieve, Memphis, 4 am; Susie Sill
yer, st. Louis, II am. Cloudy and cool.
CISoIySATI, October II The river is
6 feet 3 inches and falling. Weather
clear,
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Assaulted WIN a stick

WASHINGTON, October II Judge
Wright, of Indiana, assaulted Columbus
Delano this morning in the street With q
stick, inficting serious wounds upon bis
head Delano was conveyed to the resi-
dence Of his ~sonin-law, Mr.. Ames.
Wright's grievances against Delano arose
out Of a question Of Iudian claims.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.

Napoleon Nv cultivates a mustache
after the style Of his late fathers, cos
uetically pointed.
Mexico might as we'll understand that
the next time our Uncle visits that coun.
try, he will go to stay.
The Sioux wanted more to 60 to keep
ing house with than though they had
been a newly married couple.
Any county fsir in this State which
does not open up with at least one FIVE
legged calf may expect bad weather.
Most all umbrellas succeed 10 making
a great spread, but when one is stolen
the owner may spread himself in vain.
a woman at eighteen wants FIVE trunks
When she travels. At fifty she can get
along with a bottle Of cold tea.-[Pater.
son Guardian.
Mrs. Mackenzie, Of Montreal, who last
year eloped with young Bridges, has
abandoned her effort to get a divorce in
Chicago, and returned home.
Ore coal miner is killed or injured for
every two ions Of coal taken from the
mines, and this is the reason why drivers
are weighed with their loads.
You cant tell q mans character by
the way be shakes hands. he may be
annoyed at the tightuess Of his new sus.
psndsrS and hardly grip at all.
Now l cat have sweet cake and ST. y
out Of SCHOOL, we're the frat words of a
Toledo boy after being ished out OF the
river and brought to consciousness.
Mr.. l.. II. Flersheim, of Chicago, has
been appointed as agent for the West in
behalf CT the International French Elk
position, to be held in Paris next year.
Six months ago everybody was aux
i)us to read about wrestling matches,
Nov when a banana peeling aops a pc
destrian on his back men simply smile
aud pass on.
The Baroness de Lepel (nee Julia B
AUSTIN died a few days since in Europe
aged twenty-five. She Vas a Milwaukee
: girl, and got her titled husband vhrr
t studying music 10 Italy some years ago
i A Twenty.third street man sat tw,
g hours at a boarding house dinner yester
/. day with the lower joint Of a spripl
J. chicken in his fingers. He tried the lath,
on it for a while and then said, Bring Of
/ a baseball bat, or something easy. rs
y, Louis Times.
Another historical point is settled A
Robinson Crusoe, Lydia Thompson wear
six.buttoned kids. -LExchange. Nov
d Robinson used to wear a great deal NOR
clothes than that. faint fair, Lydia
He had more than six kids, but he dido
d button them. They did all their ow
buttin'.
> Well, il can't be for long" convu
d siyely sighed the bereaved widow, as Sd
returned from the last obsequies of b,
v dear lamented mo, it won't last long.
aud sure enough it didn't. Six mont
later she was skipping around prieir
70 orange blossoms and iuquiripg after Ii
Ie latest styles in wedding clrds.-rNe
Of York Weekly,
ID A new kind OF fashionable cold b,
u. broken out. 1t lie cheaper than hay fsvs
lie and will doubtless enjoy the widest D
se trouage Of the middle classes. It h.
re ole c~ompensating advantage, howeve
n, you cough mere and blow your nose lie
ID than with the hay fever. You can get
rs at any drug store. Mentiou this pap.
When you inquire for it Il Hawkeye.
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FIRE

CHICAGO, October IL "A special from
Winneconue, Wis, says a fire last night
destroyed the Culver House and stable
attached, with some dozen other build.
ings. Total loss SO. 900 to $780, 900; in.
s%urance, $4,000, of which $4,000 is in the
Underwriters of New York.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAR.n.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretiOns of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay. loss Of manhood, etc.. 1 will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send q
self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
7. IEMAN, Station d, Bi5Ie House, Nep YorI
CITY. So xxvii-35-eodkw
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THE Appeal continues to rejoice at the
Democratic victory in Ohio, and the
Avalanche continues to become sadder
and sadder over the smashing Of Repub.
lican idols.
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CAPTAIN LOwRIE,s FIGHT.

How n Retired ON eer Undertooh
To Funish His hife's seducer.
New York SUM-
| was at Erie a few days ago just
before Don Cameron came up to
the State Fair to shake hands polit-
leally with his subjects. At the
Reed House on the evening of the
Slst Of September, as guests and
townspeople were passing in and
out and sitting in the corridor, an
old gentleman Of hue appearance,
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THAT convenient Republican plea, the
" off year" will not avail the Rcpubli-
cans, North or South; nor will it explain
a disaster in Ohio which is surrounded
by mauy ominous circumstances.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, October l2.-For Ten.
nessee and the Ohio valley clear weather,
followed by increasing cloudiness and
rain areas, variable Winds shifting to
warmer southerly and falling barometer
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Our Democratic exchanges come to US
adorned with cuts of growing ROSTERS.
The bird Of freedom has returned to his
perch and sounds the note Of victory.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
M HIS
Friday Evening, Oct. ~, 1877.

The subscription price Of tie PUB
Lie LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per SnnSn for the
Weeklv-Postdgs free.
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Legal.
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

No. 1l9l. R. = Chancery Court Of Shelby
County-E. R. Irby, Adm'x of Edward
Irby, deceased, VS., VIM. E. lrby ct al.
pY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUT0RY
u decree for sale. entered in the above
cause on the 9TH day Of February. 1877, and
renewed, etc. July 10. 1877. and october II,
1877, | will sell, at public auction, to the high
Office. courthouse building, Main street,
Memphis, Tenn, on
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-08-25

If the State and the Board OF school
directors Of Richland Parish intended
You say Nor what good II was sup
posed would he accomplished by the
publication of the report" the report
was a part Of the proceedings of The
school board and il would be wrong
t. publish part Of the proceedings OF
the School Board and suppress part
and DO not ste why the School
Board should not make public their
entire proceedings even Il 1t should
slow that former officers Of the Board
were dcfaulters. Why your indigua-
ton Mr. Editor at the school Boards
publishing their proceeding, Of the
i,h If August when they reported
Oliver dcfaultcr for >l3G4 i0-l00.
Why did YOU not pitch into the school
Board f,r publishing their proceedings
e the ,th o. July in which the pc
cccdng- charge hir with being =
l,tau,c: for $i39 ol-l00 Gac tie
school fund f'r taxes for building
school houses and paying teachers
la, hc collected Ia-t fall and failed to
uay over according 10 Law and why
d!I YOU not pi'ch into the Police Jury
for charging him with being de-
tau,:cr l-r
and into .IGjEe Parsons for rendering
. judgment against him for that sum
10 June ls77. Again you say -,
strikes u that tie Board Of which "
+ Oliver was Treasurer was better
prepared 10 decide a. TO whether Lc
discharged 'he du'ics of the Office
faithfully or not than the present
board. WI! you please inform tho
public from whom YOU received such
information hat be discharged the
duties OF bis office faithfully whether
from Oliver or lhc proceedings Of the
school Board Of which lie was
Treasurer have cyGmincd their
proceeding word by word and find
nothing Of Tie kind + Lewis
Pres w T Oliver Trcs. & W Day
Oliver did not constitute a quorum TO
10 business for at hat time there was
seven members Of the Board | T.
Lewis, W T Oliver and W Day
Oliver could not settle wi, Oliver nor
canceil bis Bond Ycu say TO say
now that he was a defaulcr is 10
charge lbat Board with either dis
honesty or gross neglect Of duty"
That ScLo0. Board neither settled
with Oliver nor cancelled his Bond
for il was not majority Of Tie Board
" + Oliver could not have sit on the
Board to settle with himself nor can
cell his Bond and there was but | l.
Lewis and W Day Oliver present.
The School Board was not the custo-
dian of the school money, W 7 Oliver
was is custodian and for that reason
the Law requires the Treasurer to
give a BOnd for 5000 for its safe
keeping Truly
j II TOLER
One of the Committc