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Luguet, the French actor, when play
ing at Brussels extricated himself with
amusing tact from an embarrassing po-
sition Ia the course Of the piece he, as
a soldier, had to bring in a dispatch and
present it TO the king. His majesty had
imagined that tie dispatch would be
fairly transcribed and had not therefore
committed it to memory. But this was
a slip Of blank paper, and the king was
in despair. A happy thought struck
him; handing It to the soldier, he said,
" Read it, my good fellow" Bu. Luguet
did not feel equal to improVising a letter,
and respectfully answered, Pardon
me, sire, | am born OF parents honest
but poor. | never learned to read"
And here the king lost his head and was
Kissed of the stage.
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Of such awful crimes as that of last
night. Perhaps better lighted streets
would have a salutary effect for dark
ness invites aud shields the foulest deeds.
Perhaps the police force should be
strengthened; if so. let it be done. and
whatever else is necessary and practics-
BILE to protect life, encourage the weak,
and promote the safety and well-being Of
society.
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hVuq0h pors new lerA HofAa.I
In London, life begins and ends
late in the day. The very crossing
sweepers do not turn out till 10
o'clock, and no neEs-boys rouse the
sleeping echoes Of orr streets at the
pnaArthly hour of 8. Everything
encourages a man to lie in bed late
of q morning. If he gets up at 0
he will tumble over the housemaid's
pail Just outside the door, and even
The cloth will not be laid for his
breakfast. The great !'West End
does not seem to be fairly up and
ABOUT till 5 or 4 in the afternoon.
Toward 6 o'clock the streets are
crowded, and Burlington Arcade
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PIgeon-shooting Match.

SAN FRAYcIsco, January 20 AT the
pigeon shooting match at Oakland, be-
tween Bogardus and Robinson, sixty sim
gle birds, twenty-one yards rise, eighty
yards boundary; twenty pairs, eighteen
yards rise, hundred yards boundary,
Bogardus, ftty.two single; Robinson,
6fty-one single. The match stopped on
the third pair, Robinson refusing to con.
time on the ground Of unfair ruling.
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FACTS n FANCIES.

Serpcnts Of all species shed their skins
annually like sea crabs and Holsters.
Iron castings shrink about oue-tenth
of an inch to the foot in cooling in the
mold.
Great warriors, like great earthquakes,
are principally remembered for the mis-
chief they have done.
There are a thousand hacking at the
branches Of evil to one who is striking
at the root.
To make the most of the good and the
least Of the evil of life is the best philos-
ophy Of life.
A Racine Wis., woman ordered a
policeman to fnd her dog aud send it
home, aud asked him what he was paid
for.
A New Jersey woman is so clearly
that she uses two rolling pins, one for
pie crust sad the o'her for her husbands
head.
1t would be an entertaining change 10
human affairs to determine everything
by minorities. They almost always elsim
to be in the right.
No man can play a good game Of whist
and kiss bis right-haud partner between
tho games. 1t is high time this fact was
thoroughly understood. aal
1t is fact hat before we begin to
think We seem to know everything;
while when we set about thinking earnest,
we seen to know nothing.
1t is said that a strong solution of car,
bolic acid and water, poured iAtO holes,
kills all the aptsi it touches, aud the sur
yigors immediately take themselves of.
We never could bsliese thai providence
had sent a few men iRto he world, ready
booted aRd spqrred to ride, aud millions
ready saddlei and bridled 10 be ridden.
Whenever Olive Logan par.slsu too
freely OF apple dumplings she sits down
and writes to some newspaper that Grant
is a bigger man than Washington
Brooklyn Argus.
The area Of the five great oceans are
as follows; Pacific Ocean. 6O.OQO.OOO
equaFe niles Atlantic 0oean, rs. OOO, !
900; lndian Ocean, 20, 600, 900; Aatartic
Ocean, 10000 OOi Arctic Qsesn, a..
900, 900.
A Cincinnati physician sued another
man Siuply for calling him, on a postal
card, "A liar, a quAck, a thief, a mur
derer, a rascal, a %rufian, a villain, q
iorger, a perjarer, m ignOragSS. /. pre-.
tender, and a general beat"
Newspapers we're preceded 10 antiquity
by the acta diurna Of the Romans, which
we're daily official written rsporta Of GO.
c%urrences, and u aodssn EUROPE BY pc
'iedloal publications ia manuscript. The
Graf French newspaper was published in
1905.
Why do we not feel the pressure q
the atmesphere?" Answer-=Bcoaass is
is so equally distributsd, Every square
foot Of earth suaiains a pressure Of 2l6O
pounds, An ordinary sized man, sup.
poaing be presents a surface Of fourteen
square feet, sustAins the enormous pres
sure Of 3O,24O pounds. The pressure Of
the atmosphere is made apparent by 70,
moving the air rom any tube The lower
end Of which is immersed in water or
any other auid, This fluid will be pressed
up the tube, and the weight Of the liquid
thus pressed will be equal to the veiaht
OF a column Of the atmospheEe having a
diameter equal 70 that Of the tube.
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WASHINGTON.


Congressional proceedings.
WAsHiEGroE. January 2O.-Before the
COMMITTEES on the powers. privileges aud
duties Of the house 0swin d. Roberts,
cashier Of the Second National Bank Of
New York, exhibited two certificates Of
deposit by z Chandler. one for $4,000,
the other for $4,000. They we're made
payable on his own order or the return
of the certificates. The Endorsement
read, PAY s. B. Packard or order. z.
Chandler" Dr
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Ritter

%CIyCISNArI. January 2O.-River City
three feet six inches, and still rising.
Heavy rain last night.
P~ITTsBURG, January 2O.-The liver ia
nine ieet eight inches on the gauge aud
rising. Weather cloudy and mild-it
rained last night. The Mouongahela is
rising at all points above.
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New York Bank statement.

New YoRK, January 20.-The bank
statement for the week is as follows:
Loans-lecrease, 81, 76l, 500; specie
Increase, ST., 2S7 500; legal tender-in-
crease, $3,OS5, 900; deposits-increase
SO, Ala. 500; observation-disclosures $685.
451i reserve-increase, $3,454,7T5.
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Thursday, January rs, 1877,

at IL M. at the southwest corner of Man aud
Madison streets. in the city of Memphis, two
lots lying in the city of Memphis, described.
as follows; One lot designated upon the plan
tween Memphis aud Fort Pickering, surveyed
by Rucker y Parsons, civil engineers, April.
1851, as lot 3S2, in block Q, fronting n feet on
Webster street and running back TO- feet TO
an alley, The other lot designated on same,
plan as No. S7S, 10 block 10, fronting ~ feet
on Webster street and running back i7O.7 feel
to an alley.
We are authorized to sell any of this prop.
erty at private sale.
We sell as Trustees only. but hold undar
warranty deed from R. @. Brinkley. Eso
No equity of redemption. f
Terms-One-thira cash; balance in one ana
I'VE years secured by a lien on the property
a deposlt OF 10 per cent will lbe required &C.
SAFE. W. kQLKES lr-..
HENRY r. DIX, trustees.
MENPHIs, January 10, 1877. tx 2t
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chicago mnrKe,,.

CHICAGO, January 20, ll:2O am
Wheat is quiet but stsady-$l BIZ to
l BIZ for February delivery; 81 SSs to
| 334 for March. Stock Of provisions on
hand-POrk, 1872, l6l; lard, 1854; salt
pork hams, 25,432. Corn is dull at Ate
for February; ALE for March; 49lc for
May; .43Ic for cash January. Rye is
dull and nominally unchanged at 72c for
January; 73c for February. Receipts
Flour, 1894; wheat, is. 943; corn, los, 291;
oats, 1872; rye, 1886; barley. 5000.
ShipmentS-Flour 4747; wheat, 1862;
corn, A.l6O; oats, 6l25; rye, none; bar.
ley. 1853. Pork is steady but quiet at
sl7 l2I for February; 81 42l for March;
ST. 72l for April. Lard is quiet at
81 O9t for February $ll 20 to IL 22l
foF March, backing to date, 1906, 1871
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FINNEY-At his residence. Ia this city. n.
lzi4o saturday, Torning. January goth, of
consumption, I. Q, fISEEY, aged iiyears and
6 months,
Funeral will take place tomorrow (sUN-
PAY afternoon at 2H o'clock, from bis late
residence, No. 70 Madis,n street.
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The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 50 per snnum for The
Resklu-Postaqs free.
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Wedn0sday, January "a, IS77,

about five acres of land in the city Of Mem
rhis, known as tho Dayie Place or BrinkIey
College tot, on the south side Of Georgia street,
west Of and adjoining Judge Wright's resi-
denee place. IL has been subdivided into.
small lots, each fronting on a hish, wide
plication. 80
We will also aeil on
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LEGAL
AUCTION SALE
beautiful Lots by Trustees

pY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED RE-
- corded in the office of the Register of
Shelby county. Tenn. in Book l06, on page
800, we will sell at public auction, on
, 1877-04-28
A Gard from Nr. Blaine.

BosToS, APsil II, ISL.
To THE EDITOR or TIE HERAID:-YOur
Columbia correspondent Is IN error IN his
statement that he'd conference with Gov
Chamberlain in New York. have seen
Governor Chamberlain but once for year.
and that WAS in the private Cacinet-rucm OF
President Hayes, on the 9Th Of Aarch. n0r
have ! written or telegraphed TO him or heard
from him in any way. The same is true re-
speeriug Governor Packard, eSoep, IN the
matter cf one telegram received trom him.
which 1 read publicly in the United States
S-na,e. Bu; am sure that Governor Cham
berlain knows that Re has my profouDdest
sympathy In the heroic. though uneaee- ssini
struggle be has made in South Carolina for
civil liberty aud constitutional government.
am equally sure that Governor Packard
feels that my heart aud Judgment are both
with him Ia The e0ntes, be l. s'iH Gaging
against great odds for the Govsrnorship that
be holds by title us valid as that " hIoh
Justly ard lawfully seated K. b. Hayes IN
the Presidential chair J trust also that both
go7ernurs know iha. the Boston pres 10
more represents the sta!wart republican feel
ing of New England On the pending isSues
than the same press did when II demanded
the enforcement Of the fugitive slave law II
1851. J. u. BLAINE.
, 1877-04-28

REDUCING THE FoRCE.-The Secre>
tary Of the treasury has turned adrift
about three hundred employees, many
of whom were helpless, poor, and
needy" The secretary te>tities to bis
reluctance TO dismiss these people from
situations which had served TO keep
The wolf from the door, but had no al
Tentative but TO let the axe drop at
last. IL would be interesting now if
some industrious compiler of facts
would inform the pubic how many
persons have been discharged from the
treasuary department within the last
eighteen months, and how many ap-
polnted. Soon after the first session
OF the last Congress closed, having re-
duced the appropriations materially
from estimates, the unpleasant opera
ton OF dlseha-g;ng clerks commenced,
aud has been kept up ever since. Ii
the reports are all true, nearly a thous
and must have been discharged, and il:
seems that there are enough left TO do
The work of the department. The
point Is, II substitutes have been quiet
iy appointed for those who were dis
missed with SO much newspaper pa
raie, or ii there was a Thousand more
clerks employed a year and half ago
than there was work for.
, 1877-04-28
I NIIN- D. VI FItiNlt
Publisher Of die S'atLe Dispatch,
LA, April y h, 1871.


A NEGRO JUDGE.-The latest eXhi>
hilton of devotion TO the cause of civil
service reform that the Fraudulent
President has favored the country
with, remarks the New York Sun, is
his appointment OF S B. McLin to be
associate justice of the Supreme Court
OF New Mexico. McLin is Florida
citizen of African descent. lie was
chairman OF the returning board which
stole the electors Of that State fJ:
Hayes. Indeed, it was his casting
vote in tha; political machine which
made the larceny effective, and gave
HAYES possession of an office to which
he was never elected. OF course Nc
Lln must be rewarded for such I'M
portant services, and Hayes shows
that he has some appreciation OF the
fitness of things by appointing this
fellow TO place on the bench OF the
Supreme Court in New Mexico. The
people of that territory have been SUB
jected to almost every magma bic spe.
cies of oppression End misgovernment
by the federal ring" who ruled over
them under Grant, and it is a matter
of notoriety that the machinery OF the
United States courts have been used
TO aid the schemes of the federal of
fee holders who have so greatly re.
tarded the development of the terri
tory. In sending his colored friend,
and in one sense his creator, 10 New
Mexico in the capacity of a supreme
court Judge. Mr.. Hayes adds 10 the
territorial judiciary a person whose re
cord gives good reasoa for the belief
that he will not hesitate TO Co operate
in any iniquiIous scheme which may
be made profitable 10 himself o: his
e0n'ederates. McLin will nndoubted.
Iy find in his new vocation ample Op
portunl;Ies for the display of his pecu
liar talents; and the people of New
Mexico are entitled to the sympathy
Of their fellow citizens throughout tie
country.
, 1877-04-28
The speakership.

The extra session makes the organs
izatiou Of the new Congress topic OF
discussion and speculation earlier than
is usual. Nothing is more stupid than
the notions put forth by portion OF
the republican press which Is weigh>
ing the respective chances OF Garhsld,
Foster and Gen. Banks, as if there
were chances of the election OF re-
publican Speaker. According TO our
estimate Mr.. Garfield Will probably be
nominated by the republican caucus /;
but neither he nor any other repubh-
can will be elected. Yet it Is given
on; in some quarters that even PresI
dent HAYES has hope in that dlrectlon-
We believe he is too cleaTSlghted 10
hore anything of the sort. He may
no doubt rely on the support OF quite
a number of democrats IN the S0urth-
ern policy. But an expectation that
any one of the number would vote for
Garfield or any republican for Speaker
is preposterous. The election Of the
Speaker is party question pure and
simple.
There is no justification which a
democratic member could offer 10 bis
constituents for voting tor a repubh-
car candidate for Speaker. There are
other questions on which democrats
NAV support HAYES. His Southern
policy is a milder type of the demo>
cratic policy on the same subject, and
no democrat should hesitate 10 uphold
the President against his radical as
saIanlS. Bat 10 vote for hiS eandl-
date for Speaker would be different
thieg 1t wou.d be An inexcusable
desertion from the democratic ranks.
1t would stamp aud brand all the par
licipants A. parties to Il di~credlIabIe
bargain. 1t would be as injurious 10
Mr.. Hayes as to the recreant demo
Gratis 10 have it supposed that bis
Southern policy is the result OF an IN
triguing coalition with his political
opponents. The strength and dignity
OF lis position lie il the idea that II has
been taken from simple, dislntereal-
ed sense o; Justice. The moment it is
degraded in public estimation into
trading intrigue for Political support
in the House all the moral elevation
which has hedged the President, As
divinity is said to hedge king, viii
vanish, and he will be regarded as j
vulgar, schemlng politician.
We refuse TO believe that Hayes Is
inspiring any dicker respecting the
Speakership, or that he Is a party to
any bargsin for gaining republican
Senator from Louisiana as the prlee of
Withdrawing the tlroops from that
State. If he should act from any
other motive than a sease Of night
and regard for his constitutions, obi
gatiouS he would forfeit The confidence
of the country. The election of the
Speaker is no proper business OF his,
aud we are persuaded that he will
! hold himself aloot from attempts TO
influence il. Mr.. Garfield viii prob
ably be the republican candidate !;
and this mark Of honor Will give him
prestige and influence as lie repubIi-
can leader in the House Al the In
dlcationS point TO the nomination Of
Mr. Randall by the democratic eau
Gus and nothing is mere certain than
that the candidate of the democratic
caucus viii be the next Speaker.-N.
\. Herald.
, 1877-04-28
The Hayes Policy

CHICAGO, April 25--The Journals Wash
ington special says The publication Of ex-
Senator Wade's letter, attacking the PrfsI-
dents policy, Is The suij-ot Of discussion 10
day. The opinion prevails that the letter
viii encourage other republicans TO speak out
their convictions.
Senator Gordon says that the President
has done something which the democratic
party has b=en trying to accomplish tor years,
and has made united S nth aud divided
North. Under this condition. he thinks The
success OF The democrats IA The next great
contest Is assured.
richmond. April q. The DiYat,k, 10 day
says II Is folly to supro-e the Pre-lien' :
se'ion in regard 20 South Carohua and Loni-
siaua will result III any d,moorats leaving
their party 20 join the administration. The
PreSidrnr has simply followed The d mucraric
doctrine in the course Iu:sued, Tor which be
Is entitled 10 p,aiss.
, 1877-04-28

AN INSURANCE P0INr In none of
our speculative institutions are there
more complications for the law 10
adjust .han in life insurance. Some
new point is constantly arising 10 EN-
bsrrass the policy holder, who when
sn issue is made, has no alternative
but to appeal 10 the Courts in order
10 obtain his rights. Here is an in
stance of new sui; that is on trial in
New York: Wisner Murray had his
life insured in the New York Com
PAM for $4,000. He afterwards un-
deriook TO e1whiie Robert Berdeil.
and was saot dead in the fray. The
principle held b. the company in re
sisting the payment Of the policy is
that Murray jeopardIzed his life, con.
trsry 10 law, and that there was hence
a forfeiture. The decision OF the case
is awaited with some anxiety, but the
preceientS are SAID TO be IN favor of
the insurance company, and the fact
Is principally interesting as going 10
warn holders of life insurance policies
10 be law abiding members Of the
community.
, 1877-04-28

\ DEFUNCT PARTY.-A writer il
the Sacramento Record Union thinks
Hayes has left tie republican party
without an apology for It's existence,
Here is what is SAID Of the man who
was counted in" By Morton and hi,
associates iu iuiamy He found q re-
publican government existing IN South
Carolina. He withdrew from it gov.
ernmeutal support. and II tell at the
command Of a mob whose willingness
to do deeds of violence gave It all The
right or power it possessed. He per
mltted one Wade Hampton, who long
since earned the rlght TO die on the
galloWs of traitor, 10 uSurp the office
of governor. Chamberlain abdicated d
bis office no; because he did not re
ceiye majority Of votes, but because
his supporters were negro voters.
Thus Hayes begins bis administration
by aiding in the establishment Of the
doctrine that violent minority may
by the force of mob spirit overthrow
a government established by The will
OF tie majority. 1t is useless to at
tempt by p aGSlble sounding noshings
10 cover up the ugly facts. Chamber
lain's supporters, though numerically
superior, were negroes. Hamptou'S
supporters were the old rebel element
which is determined that negro en-
franchisemeut shall be hullltied. II
Cham berlain's supporters had been
of the bowie knife and revolver per-
suasion he would have renamed gov
ernor. Hampton has made a snc-
cesstnl appeal from the verdict OF The
ballot box to force, aud Hayes calls
this infamy my Southern Policy" "
Would TIden have done otherwise ?
How would his Southern policy have
differed from this2 He would have
thrown the government OF tie late
rebel States into The hands of the lare
rebels; HAYES did just that. He
would have proceeded Upon the theory
lba; a governmental policy should ~
more tie historical fact of rebellion !;
this is the true inwardness OF Hayes
policy. Tilden would have placed a
an ex rebel general in bis Cabine, /;
HAYES did that. Tllden would have
truckIed TO the violent anti negro en-
franchisemert sentiment OF the white
South; HAYES is doing that. Where
does this leave the republican party !:
In my humble opinion, it does not
leave it an apology for existence. This
boasled Southern policy Is not only a
repudiaiion of The republican party,
but is reouke to ii and all lis tradl
tions aad history.
, 1877-04-28

SHooTISG or The TRAIN-Last Saturday
the passengers on the train bound South were
treated to diversion al Turner station nor
included III the programme II seems that a
Young man those name was EO-'er had been
working for an old man named Vance; ard
that Foster and Yance's wife got on The
train for th- purpose Of deserving he said
old man. B fore the train. started, however,
Vance 20, on board with 4. double barrel shot
gun, wirh The evident intention OF shooting
both the woman and her paramour. He
soon fonud the guilty lupls, and was u about
shooting when John Sullivan graSpei tn q
weapon and so diverted rbe man : aim a. to
fire the gun ont of the door of ibe baggage
ear. Conductor Bocart then went 20 Sullivan :
aid, and before they 90; through Ni'h Vance,
they took not only he shotgun away iron
him hu also three pistols; and showed him
off the train. The woman only came a. far
~ jefferson with her lover, aud there both
are p-rhapS waiting 70 give the old man
another chanee.-LosJtTg Lu&l paa9efa.