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TRADE CoMPETITIoS-The feeling that in
the United States Great Britain has dan
gerous competitor for the commerce OF the
world is apparent to any one reading the
English newspapers Thus, the London
Times re;oices over the end OF the strike IN
Glasgow, which for six months has paralyzed
the enormous iron ship-building trade OF that
city. and calls attention to 1.-THE ominous
fact that, during the last three or four
months, in which the Clyde ship builders
have been prevented from taking contracts,
b. tue quarrel with their workmen, the ship.
Building business has shown sudden signs OF
revival IN the United States Inc
same foiEes which drove The trade away from
Miliwan to Glasgow nay drive it from Glas-
g1E beyond The Atlantic and the Clyde has
no speil 20 win 1t back, except those which
the Thames has usci IN vain The strike
causea a iass 70 ttle 1Eolk.Ren. n wages alone,
ci S.o0, ;s.
, 1877-11-03

TIE good people Of Boston take COM
passion on the people of Maine on &C
count of the absence of liquor in the state,
and none is allowed to be imported, 30
thew put demijohns OF whisky In bar-
re,s cf -four and smuggle it IN that way.
The barrels containing the demijohns arc
sold at fancy prices as superfine orand-
, 1877-11-03

Tuyy have some funny jnZymen IN Ne,
rada. A case was recently tired at "asa m
;n which the Jury found verdict for the
defendant and assessed the costs 70 tle
oo,.rt for showing partiality in his rulings.
The indre read the findings and then SCI
the verdict aside and fined the Jrry 1or
enntemnt of court.
, 1877-11-03

.onurISHor JAMES GTssoS, os Richmond
y-:-,,;,,;, \ brother OF General John Gib2'n'
commanding the military district o. I.! Aon-
tana. ms been raised 70 the See "I haitlhlclV'
= -, rI.cc Of Archbishop Bayley, de'easet-
, 1877-11-03

THE Apa,hls have cleaned ont the ella
valley. They have killed twenty persons,
including several vc,nen aud children. and
carried Of several woT,lez
, 1877-11-03

FsrScH bonds are held by the people, not
nv cr-,iitalists a. in this country 1t Is esd
mated that there are eco ts0renn france,
md there are ovet 4, J0d. 900 land-holders
, 1877-11-03

-.py CONTAINING ABOUT zoe Et,t'Esi Is
i . miles on Haiia MA.;a ,s-,, We sf.r ARDS
- - - - ,-ris- fsuc, NH - Er,d n: Z. ,ar5,,t
S.:f Iuqu.reoi LACY e q -"---''
, 1877-11-03

DlRr 10 do rieht: dare 70 he trae and
a.. :. ya,,- uother-in Ian ii she kicks yor.
, 1877-11-03

BLAxk ,loRreAsEs at this oaiee.
, 1877-11-03
G. II. MACK.
TEN TT ST.
Eo-1, for sale

arrrcE N UNION BLOCK. over Rees < " ~ li'.' |.
u s..-s. WalIa walla-
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BREVTTIES.

A Constantinople correspondent says
it is stated that Ismail Pasha has arrived
before Erwan, in Russian Armenia, and
is about to attack that place.
A St. Petersburg correspondent an.
nounces that the empress of Russia will
shortly visit Moscow. Kief and Jassy.
to Inspect the hospitals, and will meet
the car at Bucharest.
A telegram from TiAis ~contradicts
Mukhtar Pasha's report that Abraham
had been evacuated by the Russians,
and states, on the contrary, that the
garrison had been increased to twelve
battalions Of infantry.
Official dispatches published at Con
stantinopie deny the correctness Of the
rumor that the Russians had completely
evacuated Shipka Pass. 1t states that,
on the contrary, two Turkish brigades,
which captured Fort st. Nicholas, re.
tired to their fol mer positions for strate-
gical reasons, after having occupied the
fort for six hours.
A severe storm swept over the city Of
Galveston aud along the coast night be-
fore last. The wind blew at the rate Of
fifty miles per hour and the rain fell in
torrents. The shipping is safe in the
bay and no damage done to it, but sew.
eral congresses and business blocks
were considerably damaged there, and a
propeller is missiSg At Rockport.
lie Temps states hat Prince Napoleon
arrived to-day at Chateau de Dave, Ma.
muir, Belgium, on a visit TO Due De Fee
nan Nunez, who is related through his
wife to the Montejo family. He will re.
main there under the pretext Of hunting.
The London Daily News Paris CORE.
%Spondent says his coming so near the
French frontier during the electoral
period occasions remark. There are
some who think be is dreaming Of laurels
Of Strasbourg and Boulogne.
A St. Louis dispatch says: The uego.
tiations which have been in progress two
or three weeks past between the Catholic
Colonization Association of this city and
the Central branch Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, for the purchase Of
land on the line Of the road, have been
contaminated and contracts executed in
due form. The land purchased is in
PottawAttomie county. Kansas. amount.
ing TO IL, 200 acres at SO 60 per acre. A
large colony will Immediately organize
for settlement on this land.
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The Turks Capture Fort St
Nicholas, but are Com
PEELED to Abandon 1t.
Siege Proceeds ut PIevna
and the Turks Must
Soon be Shut i'm
Entirely.
McBahOn's Manifesto to
the French People is
Published.

LONDON, September l9.-H. MAILER 4
Co., silk merchants, have failed. Liabil
tiles estimated at $500. 900.
A correspondent at Shipka reports
that on the 18th, after seven hours
bloody fighting, in which the Turks
showed extraordinary gallantry. they at
FIVE in the evening took Fort St. Nicho.
las, the highest point of the Russian
works, capturing FIVE guns; but the lat.
ter, owing to large reinforcements re-
ceived by the Russians, aud the enor.
nous difficulty Of the position, the Turks
we're obliged TO abandon it.
A correspondent before Plevna on the
10th says: The siege proceeds, and the
Turks must soOn be shut in entirely.
The spirit of all ranks of the Russian
army is admirable, Supplies are pleuti-
full and the weather splendid.
PARIS, Ssptembe. l9.-President Nc
Mahon's manifesto to the French peo.
pie is published. he says for the last
four years he has maintained peace, and
the personal confidence with which he is
honored by foreign sovereigns enables
him to render Frances relations with all
powers more cordial, He points out how
France has prespered, and says the cham
Der Of deputies, throwing of the leader
ship of moderate men, at length 70 got
the share of authority belonging to him,
and which be could not allow to be di.
minished without involving the honor of
his name before the people of France
and before history. In the exercise of
his right he dissolved the chamber. His
government will designate among the
candidates those who are authorized to
make use Of his name. Elections favor.
able to his policy will facilitate the regu-
lar conduct of the existing government
Hostile elections would aggravate a con.
Hlct between public powers, as we'll as
impede the course of business end
maintain agitation, and France in the
midst of these fresh complications
would become for Europe the object Of
distrust. AS for himself bis duty would
increase with danger. He could not
Obey the mandates of demagogues. He
could neither become al instrument of
Radicahsm nor abandon the post at
which the Conservatives have placed
him. he shall remain to defend Con.
s~eryative interests With the support of
the senate, and shall energetically pro.
tect the faithful public servants who, at
a difficult moment, have not allowed
themselves to be intimidated by vain
threats. he awaits with full confidence
manifestations Of the peoples senti-
ments. With Gods help they will Sc.
cureSo France stability, order aud peace.
He asks the people to listen to a soldier
who is guided by nothing but the love of
country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-19
LOUISVILLE SWALLOWING "FROss,
AND OTHER THINGS,

The jubilation at Louisville must have
been more intense even than the ,ele.
graphic dispatches led us to imagine.
The Courier-Journal Of yesterday deyotes
a page to the reception Of the Presiden.
tial party and says editorially: THE
South has had to swallow a good mauy
frogs the last twelve years, aud is not
going to make any wry faces over this
one. Even if it we're disposed to do so
it could not. On the contrary, the pres.
ent frog is a good fat one, aud beingd done
to q turn aud dressed a la mode, it is not
in the least bad to take. Our local re.
pOrteFs, who give the speeches, chronicle
also the scenes. All day long, and
nearly all night long, the streets we're
alive with merry-msking. Everybody
realizes the nature Of the occasion. 1t
is in nowise partisan. 1t is peace.
The star4uenehing angel of the dawn
has appeared ct last, not in the person
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REPAIRIMc.
Have Moved 10 e8OI SECOND Street
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

Before Thos. Fleming. Justice OF the Peace
fol. Shelby county, Tenn II. Twohig, use
Of Margaret Twohig, VS.. G. II. Weber.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section 1856 Of the
Code OF Tennessee. and returned by the proper
officer. levied upon the property of the defend
ant, and affidavit having been made that de-
PENDANT is indebted. to the plaintiffs in the
sum of s2S 05, due by account. and that the
is . Nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee; II
Is therefore ordered that the said defendant
make his personal appearance before me on
the 2ith day Of October. 1877, at 10 o'clock
am. at my office, No. 80 Madison st., IN the
city Of Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
by law or the Same will be proceeded with ex.
Earte; and that . copy Of this ordOr DO pub.
in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of September, 1877.
l6 2l-27.33 THOS. FLEMING. J. p.
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BOWLING ALONG.
The President Makes a NsighbOrly
Talk at Bowling Green.
Also Others Of His Cabinet Who Are
AlOng-Etc.

BowLISe GREEN, September Is.-Ths
Presidential party left Louisville at $3.50
TINS morning on a special train furnished
BY DR.. Standiford, president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, who
placed the officers car at the disposal Of
the President and party, consisting Of
the President and Mrs. Hayes, Secretary
EVarts, Postmaster General Key, the
Misses Evarts, Miss Plat, Mrs. New.
comb, Webb Hayes, Birchard Hayes,
DIR. Stamford, General E. H. Murray,
Major Y. d. Beckham, Governor Wade
Hampton and a number of invited
guests from Louisville, the Stamford
Guards OF Louisville accompanying the
party as an escort to the President and
presenting a fine soldierly appearance.
Owing TO the early hour that the party
started there were but few people at the
depot to see them of, but at the stations
along the road crowds had assembled to
see the President; but the train made no
stop until Elizabethtown was reached,
where q large crowd had assembled and
we're firing q salute as the train arrived.
The President from the zeal of the train
addressed them as follows:
This reminds me of my home in
Ohio. | eau hardly believe that you
are not Fremont people; that | am not
with my old ~ueighbors. l know very
well that ell these welcomes are not for
me Individually, but that they are the
common sentiment chat you desire to
have harmony and peace and good will
to exist between oil sections Of this
country. OF course there may exist a
difference of opinion among US in poll
tics the same as in religion and other
questions, but aside from all this there is
a common sentiment Of patriotism, in
which we are all united. Knowing that
they meet the approval of your hearts, l
will nov introduce to you som of the
gentlemen who are associated in the gov.
eminent with me. First, the distinguished
gentleman from New York. Mr.. William
the secretary of State. l regret
that the time is too short to make an ex.
tended speech. The great trouble is
over, then let US strike hands and 90
back to the old friendship of Washington
and Jefferson. These sentiments | would
commend to you"
Mr.. Evarts here stepped forward and
commenced to address the people, when
the train started.
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Of any man or party, but God-sent.
into the hearts OF men; and the people
feel it. Damn politics is the feeling,
where it is not the word. We may quar-.
rel as much as we like next week or next
year; belize we shall; but to-day we
mean to immediate the Goddess Of Lib
erty on q red, roaring dry goods box, and
woe to the idiot who gets in our way
That's the kind OF a girl we are, and
we don't care who knows It'll" Who will
doubt after this that reconstruction is
complete? The invitation in the Cour-
ierJournal of a former issue to the Pres.
ident to take something to drink, seems
to have been generally accepted, AID we
will bet a copy of the WEEKLY LEDGER
for one year 1.-TWO dollars per annum, in
variably in advanced, that there we're
more headaches in Louisville to the
inch yesterday than on any sim
liar piece Of territory in the United
States. Tomorrow will be the day for
headaches and footing bills in Nashville.
Who wouldn't be a patriot and occasion
ally immediate the Goddess of Liberty
between the champagne and the sher-
The folks at Louisville have bad
q good time, but how the frogs" stood
il is another matter.
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Now is the timelof year when the hay.
fever" patients gather themselves 10.
gether from the four quarters Of the land
and a~ssemSlein convection to "wbereasn
aud to %"rSsolrte' and to exchange catar.
rhal and asthmatie symptoms. And
this IS about the way in which they con.
duct themselves in their assemblings to
ge'her' a member arises, handkerchief
In hand, and moves that Rev. Henry
Ward Bee-a'cbe-a-a chu-a cher take
tue a'chee- .cbe-a. chair" Carried
The gentleman, in taking the chair
'nanks the convention FOR the hon-a.
ehee-or conferred upod wud who has
LOT so benny years beed wud of the hos,
ao-a'ehee-tive workers ia the cause
a-which-chee-this CONVENTION has so
such at heart, dabely, the abelioratiou
oil the coalition of the bulstudes who
suffer the d~iscubcords Of hay-a fe.-
chee-ber." This is a sample of wbaI
takes place at a hay fever convention -
New York World.
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Church rnrnainn

ERIE, PENN, September l9.-Judge
Galbraith has decided that churches in
course OF erection but not completed are
not exempt from taxation under the new
constitution Of this State. The case was
an appeal by Bishop Mullen against the
action Of the county commissioner in
taxing the new unfinished Catholic ca.
thedral.
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The report that SuIeimau Pasha has
carried Shipks Pass may not be true,
but that he has gained some advantages
OF position seems to be a fact beyond
question. Reports, however, are so con-
dicting aud unreliable that no one can
tell what to believe. The Turks are well
handled by skillinl officers; the Russians
have been b~utchered by bungling gen.
eralsbip. The 0ttomans took advice Of
the best officers of the world that money
could employ; the Mnscovites scorned
all such aids, relied upon themselves.
and repelled all suggestions from the
outside. They built a wall around their
armies and doggedly pursued a reckless
course mapped out in St. Petersburg.
The Russians outnumber the Turks
They have the toughest and most patient
soldiers in the world, but the generals
LACE dash and celebrity Of action. They
have managed badly. The sick man of
Europe is the l%iveliest invalid that has
appeared yet. he has regained youth
iul strength without forgetting the ex
%perienee Of age and modern education.
Those who sympathize with the veal
Turks will begin to take another
view Of the matter and wonder now
the other powers were so long de.
ceived, Tne Turks are taking care
OF themselves and owe no THANKS
to England or any other pretended
friend. While naturally prejudiced
against them on account Of their bar
barities toward the Cretaus and other
Christians, and their peculiar character
aud customs, we must admire their
heroic qualities displayed in the defense
Of their homes, harems and religion
Russia can only succeed now by bring
ing forward overwhelming reinforce.
ments, and eve then the struggle be-.
tween the cross and the crescent will
only be decided by a protraced and
bloody war, which will effect all Europe.
desolate fair countries and drench them
with blood.
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YrOm JIG Arctic ReKIonn.

SAN Francisco, September l9.-Capt.
Dollsrd, of the schooner W. F. March,
just arrived from the Arctic Ocean, re.
ports that the crew of an American yes.
sci, name not a%scertained, had recently
killed thirteen natives, near Cape Prince
OF Wales. The trouble is understood TO
have arisen in the course Of trade with
the natives. The latter are greatly ex,
cited and disposed to be hostile since the
occurrence.
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STANLEY, rHE GREAT EXPLORER.

4nAo A0AbN9I0 6AA AhNANEA4 JOAhk
American has at last been heard from on
the west coast of Africa, after many
months Of painful silence. When last
heard of previously he was somewhere
near the west of Central Africa, a little
north OF the equator, we believe. After
completing his survey OF Tongonyiki
lake, Stanley and his followers pushed
across the country to Nyangwe on the
Luolaba. This was the most northerly
point reached by the gallant Cameron
when he attempted to solve the mystery
of Congo and its Identification with the
main drainage line Of the Luolobs basin.
1t will be remembered that Cameron here
encountered such hostile tribes and
dense forests hat be abandoned the idea
of following the river and DETECTED to
the west or southwest, and after almost
unparalleled fatigue, danger and suffer
ing succeeded in reaching St. Paul de
Lordo Oh the west coast, after a direct
march Of over sixteen hundred niles.
Still the great problem remains unsolved,
although Cameron gave it as bis opinion
that the Congo and the Lucha5o rivers
were identical. Stanley undertook the
solution, and plunged into unknown
wilds, where he was far removed from
civilization and succor, as if cast upon
some unknown island in the South
Pacific ocean. At every step he was
opposed by hostile Cannibal tribes
who dogged his march day and night,
and picked off his men with poisoned
arrows. On the way many of them fell
by disease or yielded to fatigue or want
of food. Finally he procured canoes,
and with them and the boat Lady
Alice, which he had carried across
the continent in pieces on the shoulders
of men. proceeded on the perilous voy.
age. At last they encountered a tribe
armed with muskets, and had to fight
them almost upon IN equal footing. The
particulars which have come to hand are
of thrilling interest. At last, decimatedin
numbers from sickness, desertion, fight.
ing and toll in passing cataracts, the
party numbering lis reached the mouth
of the Congo river on the 10Th Of last
August, having crossed the continent
from zanzibar on the east. He is the
only white man who ever accomplished
the feat by this route. His last surviv.
ing white companion died on the voyage
as we'll as afaitbiul and intelligent native.
Many narrow and fearful escapes were
made, and but for the discretion, courage
and address Of this gallant explorer all
would have persisted. Mr. Stanley will
proceed to St. Paul de Lordo, aud we
presume will await orders from the New
York Heard aud London Daily Tele.
graph, or sail for England. By his su.
perior tact, endurance aud bravery, he
has not only shed peculiar lustrs upon
American valor but has cleared up one
of the greatest remaining mysteries Of
African geography, in the attempted
valuation Of which millions have been
spent and many valuable lives sacrificed.
The maps of Africa may COW all be re-
vised and portions well defined that
hitherto we're nebulous with doubt and
uncertainty. Little remains now for any
great discOverer, but the way is opened
for commerce aud great enterprises di.
rected by science and civilization.
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They held a congress in the happy
hunting grounds at the end of the sea
son. The green peach said: II have
slain my tens of thousands" And the
watermelon remarked: Il have been
the medium through which several hun.
dred thousand passed in their checks"
But when the rotnnd clam-bake arose
and took the floor the assembled com.
pany hid their heads in silence, and
took an immediate and unhesitating
tumble. PUCK.
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sNITH' the drowned freight agent, has
turned up, to the great delight Of the two
insurance companies which had taken
stock on his health and longevity. The
rest of the public merely wonders. A
few more people say, Il told you so"
Smith was a fast mar and became alien.
ated from his wife on account of some
body else. He answers the description
of the youth described by Solomon in
the seventh chapter OF Proverbs.
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VIZ aubscription price Of De PUI

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Weekly-POstase free.
Persons tearing the city for the sum
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tUO dollars for
three months, in adednce, Nth the
privilege of changing posto6ice.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, September l9.-For Ten.
neSsee and the Ohio valley falling bar
ometer, stationary temperature, north.
erly winds, increasing cloadiness and rain
areas.
The rivers will slowly fall.
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New YoRK, September l9.-Ex.Minis-
ter WaShburne returned from Europe in
steamship Scythia. Ex-Governor Hen.
bricks, who had intended sailing in the
S'ythia, wal detained by business a
week longer in London than he antici.
pated. He is expected in steamship
Russia, which left Liverpool on the l2sh
instant.
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River r

CAIRO, ILL September l9 Arrived
Glencoe, New Orleans, 8 pm; Alton,
St. Louis, 8; Dora Cabler, Evansville,
PM Belle Memphis, Memphis, IL. De
parted Glencoe, St. Louis, 8 pm Dora
Cablsr, Evansville, 81 Alton, New Or.
leans, 3 am; Belle Memphis, St. Louis,
I. Cloudy and cool.
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WHO Is TO BE THE NEXT SPEAKER

WHO is TO BE THE NEXT SPEAKER
The New York Herald of the 18th
inst. answers this question in favor Of
Randall:
At this time it seems probable that
Mr Randall, speaker OF the last house,
will be reelected, and he is, on many
accounts, a very fit man for the place.
Though he is a vigorous partisan be pre-.
sided over the last session with admitted
impartiality and justice, He was par
tieuIsrly happy in the selection of such
committees as he had to appoint, taking
care to give the minority always a fair
representation, and making his appoint.
ments in all Eases with due regard to fit
ness and character, He is a man of un-
impeachable rectitude and belongs to
the liberal Wing Of his party.
Whoever is chosen speaker will have
serious responsibilities to bear. The
new congress will have to act upon a
number OF very important public ques-
lions, aud the future Of parties will de.
pend greatly upon their course on these
questions. But the speaker, il he is an
able man, can almost certainly control
the action Of the house on many If not
most of these questions; and upon his
shoulders will fall the task of making
such a record for his party as shall rec
ommend it to the country in the next
elections. A new congress will be chosen
next fall, and while we believe that be.
fore then both the present parties will be
shattered it is easy to see that the organ
izstion which shall be able this winter to
gather to it, by a sound and wise policy,
the best opinion Of the country, will 20
into the canvass Of 1878 With the fairest
chances of success. The new Ques.
will stare the new speaker in the
face as soon as be takes his seat; and
unless he mesns-whoever he may be-
to ruin his party in the public esteem be
will have to treat these new questions in
a statesmanlike and fearless manner
when be ZONES to select bis committees.