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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10
THE A L

During the discussion last Friday Of
the question as to what action might be
taken by the legislature under the gov
ernor's call, Mr.. Phelan addressed the
house, in substance, as follows:
The question was not to be decided
upon such presidents as should deter
mine the action OF a justice upon q petty
case before him. Itinvolved the highest
considerations of constitutional law,
upon the powers which we're inherent IN
every legislature in any form of govern.
ment. But, upon purely technical
grounds, the right to consider the whole
question Of compromise was unquestion-
ed. The constitution provided that the
governor should specify the subjects OF
legislation for called sessions. But II
did rot say he should descend to further
details, nor could the powers of this as
sembly be limited by such details should
be mention them. The distinction OF
genus and species-of general and
speeial-pervaded all logic aud ell
physics. In this case the genus
was the State debt, the species was
the compromise of the debt. When
the governor had mentioned this last he
had exhausted his powers, and the as
sembly had control Of the subjects, with
ont regard to the further and unneces
sary descriptive details of sixty
cents-or six per cent. interest. Beyond
this, however, rose the great authority oil
the people embodied in the assembly.
This was limited only by the dictates OF
common sense and the limitation of the
organic law. He referred to Peck 4l0
aud jug. 6l0 for confirmation of these
positions. That it was a doubtful ques-
ton be would admit-but be did 80 only
to give the governor the benefit Of the
doubt. He viewed his proclamation as
one that was i'll advised aud hasty, and
as betraying a want of confidence in the
judgment and capacity Of the people. 1t
was unfortunate that the governor had
raised this question. He could certainly
have avoided it, and by the terms Of lis
proclamation left the whole matter to
the untrammeled action Of the people,
through their representatives.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

The Texas-P Pacific railroad bill intro.
duced by Mr.. Stephens Friday in the
house, is modified to the extent Of omit
ting the branch lines from the PROPOSE.
ton and providing only for the construc-
ton of the main line from Fort Worth
to San Diego Bay. The feature Of the
bill, omitted in the dispatches, is that
the government ia asked simply to guar
tee the prompt payment of the interest
on the bonds issued, and the bonds with
the guarantee of the government in.
dorSed are not to be delivered to the
company save as the road is completed
The security given by the company is
more than ample. The roads east Of
the Mississippi can only secure any real
benefit from this road by concentrating
their resources and building a road from
Devalls Bluff to Texerkana.
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The Louisiana ssnutOrship.

New Orleans Democrat, 3D.
The admission Of Kellogg to the United
States senate is a fitting end of the most
d%lsgraceful parliamentary contest on
record. 1t is another crime against the
constitution, another outrage upon pub.
lie decency and another kick bestowed
upon Louisiana. Kellogg vas never
elected senator from this State, and be
ID in no sense the representative of our
people. He is the representative Of
nothing except IN era, which all parties
should unite in putting out Of the way,
full Of villaiuy, violence and shame. The
people he has the impudence to claim
TO represent loathe and despise him;
they %repudiate him and his pretensions,
and they can call to mind not a single
event in his career among them that
aruuses 10 their hearts any other feeling
than that Of indignation or resentment.
The Legislature of the State, we have no
doubt, will repudiate his p~retensions,
aud we are equally confident that the
day on which the Democrats hold a ma.
joriyt in the senate, they should expel
this impert. nent upstart and shameless
pretender and rogue from that body.
The people will note that the Republi
cans voted in a solid body to perpetrate
this outrage upon the country and Lou.
islana. The administration senators
voted with the disafected senators;
Stanley Matthews and Christianoy voted
with Conkling and Edmunds TO disgrace
the senate, to prolong a little while
longer the power OF the Republican party
in IT,. The President seems not to have
made a single effort to prevent an act
which is at once a violation of the con.
s%titution and a terrible rebuke to hin.
Senator Matthews, by his vote, proclaims
his OWE infamy to the world. But why
discuss this trimmer and trickster, who
has been false to every cause he ever
undertook. Some weeks ago we sketched
him to the best of our ability, and we
could not improve the picture; we can
only say that we would not rub out a line
Of the sketch.
IL is very evident now that the Presi
dent has retired from his advanced posi.
ton, and fallen back on the main body
Of the Republican party. he had but
onc Of two things TO do-either to Join
The Democrats or make terms with the
Republicans. He has adopted the latter
course. Conkling has whipped him in,
now, then, the Democrats should leave
him to the mercy Of his iriends.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
Spseiai photographic Correspondence Of tn
Courier-J %eurnal.

Spscini photographic Correspondence Of the
Courier-J eurnal.
WASHINGTON, December THE Presi.
dent to-day determined not to make any
more nominations until after the holiday
recess, on the ground that there were
already enough before the senate. An
exception will be made in favor of nee
essary appointments in the departments
at Washington. The nominations most
discussed are the New York custom.
house appointments. Democratic sena
tors to-day express the opinion that they
will be confirmed, that only oAe or two
Democrats will follow Mr.. Conkling's
lead in opposing them, and that the rest
will vote to confirm. 1t is thought that
a dozen Republicans, including Hoar,
Dawes, Burhsides, Booth, Matthews and
Christiancy, will vote to confirm, in
which case Conkling will be beaten.
D-IsAGREEMEETs OF REPUBLICAN, sESA.
TORS.
The divisions anon the senate Re.
publicans appear to be on the increase.
They are afraid to drop Conover and
Patterson from their committee chair
manships Tor their voting for Butler.
They are beginning to quarrel about the
Presidents nominations and general
policy. On the money question they
will agree to disagree. Their latest row
is a contest for the position of sergeant.
alarms between the incumbent, Major
French, aud N. G. 0rdway, OF New
Hampshire. The contest has assumed a
sharp, personal tone, and is seriously
vexing the Republican caucus. A COM
mittee composed of Messrs. Jones, of
Nevada, Howe, of Wisconsin, aud Cam
eron, oil Pennsylvania, has been ap.
pointed to investigate the charges against
Major French.
THE SILVER BILL.
II is already apparent that the silver
bill is to be extensively discussed. II
no Presidential veto stood in the way, il
is probable that the senate would reject
the amendments offered by the finance
committee, and adopt the Bland bill as
it passed the house Of representatives
bat such a bill could not be expected to
pass by q two-thirds vote over the veto.
1t is believed, therefore, that the friends
Of remonetiziug silver will rally on the
committee bill, as the one most likely to
prevail owe a veto.
MAJOR ADAMS AND COLONEL POLK.
A mean fight is being made by some
NAL contents on Major Adams, clerk Of
the house, for appointing an ex-Confed.
crate to the place of Tally, clerk. 1t is
fair to say that the South has only a very
small percentage Of appointments. A
similar raid is being made on Colonel
Polk, the door-keeper, who is one of the
best officers the house has had this many
a day. These outcries are largely
prompted by persons who have axes to
grind. l. Q. W.
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CAIRO. ILL December lO.-Arrived-
City of Vicksburg, St. Louis, IL pm.
James W, CAT, Memphis, 2 am; Don
nally, Cincinnati, A; Yaeger, St. Louis
.. Departed-City Of Alton, New Or
leans, 9 pm; Arkansas Belle, Evans
vile, 10; CAT, Cincinnati, 4 am; Cit,
of Vicksburg, Vicksburg. Z; Dounslly
New Orleans, Z. Clear and pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

San action was tried in the court o.
common pleas in London, the other day
in which DR.. Keneaiy, Of T~iehborns
fame, was sued by Mr.. COote for $685. fol
services rendered as solicitor. His de
fense was that the services we're rendered
grstuitously. and that DR.. Kenealy had
promised to send Coote business in ex'
change for services. This agreement
DR.. Kenealy swore be had fully complied
with. The jury, however, brought 10 q
verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount.
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indications.

WASHINGTON, December l0.-For Ten.
nessee, the Ohio valley and upper lake
region rising barometer, southwest to
northwest winds, warmer, clear or part.
ly cloudy weather; in the last district
occasional light SHOWS or rain, and fol.
lowed in the western portion by falling
barometer and winds backing to south
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Accidentally Kiled.

PHILADELPHIA, December l0.-Psu
line Streicher, aged fifteen years, was in
stantly killed last evening by the acct
dental discharge of a pistol. Henry
Russell was at the time removing 6
cartridge from the pistol-the owner
Lewis Meyers, having been refused ad
mittance to the house while carrying the
weapon. The girls parents reside al
Birmingham, Penn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

The Little Rock Gazette says: Every
train on the Iron Mountain road is liter
ally jammed and packed with immi
grants for Texas, while multiplied thou.
sands make their way by the overland
routes aud by other railroads. The
great majority Of these home-seekers
have little or no money left after arriv.
ing at their journeys end. Thousands
would get away il they we're able. Every
department Of business, every profession
is fall. The result is distress aud power.
W. Yes, it is far better to stop in Ar
kansas.
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Indicted for ConsnirnCx.

New YORK, December lO.-Robert L.
Case, president, Theodore R. Wetmore.
vice-president, and Isaac d. Allen, sec.
rotary, of the Security Life Insurance
and Annuity Company, have been again
indicted this time for conspiracy, as
security against their possible escape OF
technical grounds in the other proceed
ings.
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%TELEGRAPHIC
STOCKS AND BONDS.

1 1RNDaf
LONDON, December 10, 2 p.m.-Consolr
for money, 95 SIG; on account, $50;
United States new four.and a.halfs, 1861;
United States fve.twenties Of 1867, 1904
United States t~en.forties, 1889; new fves
1911; Erie, 81
New York, December 10, ll:5O a.m.-
United States skies Of 1881, -@lO76;
United States skies Of 1881, coupons
ll0B@lll5i new four-snd-a-halfs, lO5t@
1851; coupons, lO5b@lO5f; fve-twenties
Of 1865, new issue, lO6s@lO6B; 6ve.twen.
ties Of 1867, lO9b@lO9s; hve-twenties Of
1858, coupons, -@llll; ten.forties
lOSi@lOss; %ten.fortiss, coupons, lOSg@
lOs4; currency skies, -@l2Oi; new 6ves
lOTt@lO7i.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, December 10 Wheat, win,
ter, lOs9d@lls6d; Milwaukee red, los I'd
Oils Cd; California white, Us ida
Us lOd; California club, l2s led@l3s Sd
Germ, 29s 6d@3Os Cd. Pork, SIS Cd
Beet, SIS Cd. Bacon, long clear, 31s Cd.
short clear, 3es Cd. Lard, 48s Cd. Tai
low. 4Os 81.
CHICAGO, December 10, 1850 a.m.-
Wheat active at llOs for January. Corr
irregular al 42@42 for December; 43I
@43b for December. Pork l2lO@l2 III
for %Januaryj u 273@i2 80 for February
Lard, I 92l@7 95 for January. Receipts
Flour, ll,2O4; wheat, 53.34O; corn
20, 1868 shipmeuis--Flour O24Oi wheat
5000; corn, 21,ll8.
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Trouble A-n,isipa,sd.

LOUISVILLE, December lO.-A dis.
patch to the Courier-Journa from Stand.
ford, KY, says serious trouble is expect.
ed at any moment in Lincoln county
over the capture there last week of sew.
eral outlaws.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

The coIOred people in Lynchburg
think that q large meteor, which some
Of them saw flashing through the sky,
formed the letters NJ and l.. They are
looking for a seer able to interpret lie
sign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

HERE is the kind Of law a Republican
legislature passed &c Ohio
Section /. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly OF the State of Ohio,
That all white male citizens, residents
of ibis State, being eighteen years Of age
and ander the age Of iorty-6ve years, ex'
cepGng persons exempt by law, shall be
enrolled in The militia and perform mill.
iary duty ia sach manner as herelnPfter
prescribed.
mo negroes admitted" you see.
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nIRn.

PARTEE-At his residence on MoLemOre
avenue, Monday morning, December 10th, at
8 o'clock, h. A. PARrEE. SR.
Funeral services at the family residence
tomorrow TUESDAY) at 2 o'clock pm.
Friends Of the family are respectfully invited
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10
SPECIAL NOTICE.
IA OARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiScretions of youth. nervous weakness.
early decay. loss Of manhood, etc.. I will
send a receipt that will cure you. FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
T. IEMAE, Station d, BiBle House. Ne,c York
CITY. 96-xxvii-35 eodkw
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9Th SERIES COMMENCES JAN. |. 1878.
BUSINESS CHARGE
Dissolution of Partnership.

NlHe copagtnership e~xistins between the un-
l. d~ersigned, under the firm name Of l..
Goepel & Co., has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent, @. Kesmodel retiring
from the firm. Leopold Goepel will continue
the business on his own account under the
same style and firm. and will collect all out
standing accounts and assume all Liabilities.
lSignedl LEOPOLD G0EPEL,
CHAS. KESM0DEL.
Memphis, December Z. 1877.
BB- Referring to the above, the undersigned
would respectfully inform his friends and tho
public IN general, that he will continue the
agency for the sale OF the celebrated KNABE
PIANOS and other frst-class Instruments, as
also the business In sheet Music and Musical
Merchandise, in all its branches, at the I'D
stand, No. 375 Main street. A large stock Of
Knabo Pianos received for the holidays.
Special Inducements offered in Sheet Music
and Musical Merchandise. A call respect
fully solicited. LEOPOLD G0EPEL.
trading under firm Of l.. Gospel Il Co., S75
Main street. 1851
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A CALL on J. R F11PPIx.
MEMPHIS. November DC. IS

- TIT NENFNEIENE~ ~ W.T.
The undersigned, citizens Of Memphis,
respectfully call upon Hon. J. R, Flippin
to himself as a candidate for
reelection as mayor Of the city for the
approaching term. Without disparsging,
in any degree, the qualifications Of other
Well-known citizens who have been named
for the Office, we deem it of the highest
Importance to the true interests OF the
city that Mayor FlippiA should be re.
oInnInI.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

A committee Of the school board in
st. Louis is considering the question Of
removing married female teachers from
their positions in the public schools of
that city.
Two new hotels are going up at Spring
Lake, the new watering pace below
Lorg Branch, on the Jersey coast.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
For Mavar

To the Editor of the Ledger:
You will please announce me as q candidate
for Mayor of the city of Memphis at the en-.
suing municipal election. subject to tho action,
OF the Democratic Conservative Convention,
SS.te JOHN JOHNSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-10

We also hand you a similar request
made outside Of the meeting aforesaid,
by men in hearty sympathy, as we be.
lieve, with the sentiments above afore-
said.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-06-30

were out as scouts mounted on team
horses. They took off their saddles, put
on the harness of the dead horses and
hitched to the wagon, got all the living ill.,
to it, just AS tho Indians made another
charge upon them. Charles Rice and his
comrades mounted the horses attached to
the wagon and ran them at the top of their
speed pursued by the Indians to Crooks
lane. The Indians then abandoned the
chase. They had to leave the body OF
Norton who had died during the night, also
their saddles which were taken by the In
dams ..
The above in some of its details may need
revision as we get the afidavits of Moore,
Mrs. Norton and Mrs. Chamberlain who
were all through the fight during that
dreadful night. So far as we can ascertain
no horse trade Of Norton's precipitated
this attack as telegraphed to Portland.
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their camp about six miles abov. =
This confirms Jim Lawyers etc..
made in the Indian Council y.,,.ra.A
Lapwai as to the purposes Of Lool;,.'
and his forty men. Baird saw, th..s "s
dams told two ChinAmen near m.
Clearwater that they had declared :.
against the whites and would Comm.
their raids npon the inhabitaut, y,,,..
two days. When this news reached w.
Idaho force Of 20 volunteers. st.r,.a =
mediately for the Clearwater No ma.
from them when Baird left, Gen. Hov...
was notified and said that hs would ..,.
detachment Of regulars to scour III. co,.
try in that direction this morning.
The volunteers who were in tho fob,
White Bird saw an Indian who wen, On,
as one of the friendly with Col. Perry fro,
Lapwai beckon the hostiles forward in N.
fight. and other movements of some o, IL,
friendly Indians evincing their privi,y win
the hostiles during the fight. The late.
Indian statement OF the strength OF Joseph,
fighting force at Skookum Chuck ma,
Horse Shoe Bend is 22O warrior, All =,
this side OF Salmon river. Squaws child.
rem and plumber on the fiat opposits m.
bend between Salmon and Snake riv.,.
HJoseph intends to stane bis ground and
night we are liable to hear Of the main bod,
OF the troops engaging the Indian force a,
any moment. Three suspicious Indian,
were seen to enter Whites mountain hon.:
yesterday and afterwards they piled a,
rocks as signals on the small hill on hi,
side. That Indiun spies of tho ho.,;l..
haye been recently reconnoiteripp the nos;
ton Of things at the garrison, there A.,
abundant evidences. ho"a
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the east are so prone to abuse frontier
settlers, that it becomes Of the gravest
importance to US that the officers in the
War Department who are on the ground
or near the scene of hostilities should
not malign us by false reports at the
very outset of Indian atrocities. To
say the least we can, it is surprising
strange that such an impression should
reach Portland and be published to the
world in regard to Norton within 4S
hours OF the time Of his death, when
that death occurred $50 miles distant
from any telegraph line and AGO miles
from Portland where the account was
published. Whoever sent the dispatch
must have been ini,nical to the. settlers
and framed the cause out Of whole cloth.
Cannot the Portland papers publish the
fuli dispatches sent over the wires on
the 10th to clear themselves from the
charge Of having wantonly thus ma
|isned the deady We shall see.
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FROM MOUNT IDAHO.
June 9th 1877.

At "a. H.--EzrA Baird and Robert Nh.
gent arrived through from Mt. Idaho hav.
ing left there At 5r. n. yesterday. Baird
brings letter from l.. p. Brown dated
yesterday morniag from which we extract
the following: ':Gen. Howard Was here
yesterday for few moments. His fore 60
are at Johnsoa's place near head of Rocky
canyon, and will move to Salmon river
without delay He assures the people tina.
every effort il bis power shall be made to
punish the lndians, and remove all suspi-
cious characters from the country" After
stating that white man had been driving
off stock belonging to settlers on tho pra;.
rio he says:
1--WE cannot stand to be robbed by In
dams and whites, and should aay one be
caught in driving away stock they will
need 90 judge, jury or coroner to pass up
on their case. Let them take warming
Salmon river "fences thro wa open and crop,
ruined. Andrew Bensing, father.iu-law
OIL. G. Brown came in last evening, hav.
ing been out six days without food or blsn-
kets. He made his way down the river
(Salmon,) and crossed at Rocky Canon,
came up and was found yesterday on the
prairie. The sick and wounded are ce,1
ting along very we'll under the care Of DR..
s@ s RGOwN
Baird reports that the Clearwater In dians
under Lookihgglass had turned Goose and
piuudered Geo. Dempster's place betwee
the Middle and South forks of Clearwater
and driven of all the stock of the settlers
'ouud between these fork. and had i, q,
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LETTER FI,OMPIyE CREEK
PINE CREEK, June 25th 1877.

PINE CREEK, juno 25th 1877.
To A. LELAND EsQ.-Sir:- last Satur-
day one or more of the tribe known as river
Snakes, killed Mr.. John Richie Of this
place in his own house. The Indian who
killed him took his horse to Hangman
Creek and told the C9ur Alenes that two
white men had fred on him between Pine
Creek and Hangman Greek, that he re-.
turned the FIRE and killed one Of the white
men and took his horse. The CGnr "a
lenes took the horse and brought him to
Pine Creek. Parties here knew the horse
and went to Mr.. Ritchie's house and found
him dead. lie was shot through the breast
the ball ranging downwards. He had also
been struck on the forehead with an Ak.
The AK Was found LAY ing near with hair
sticking TO it. Tho Indians story about
being fred On is absurd, as Nr. Richie is
an old man, had no arms whatever and had
no companion. Mr.. Richie was respect.
cd citizen of this place and his death has
caused great excitement in thi. place. The
Cnnr d Alene Indians who throughout tho
present difficulty have acted molly, are re.
ported to be in pursuit Of the murderer.
..... Respectfully,
J. ]. CASH.
Mr.. Cash writes 10 another letter as fol-
lows: ''The murder was committed by a
Mex Perez Indian whose father's name is
""t-n-Schin. Alexia, a Ceur d Alene In
dian knows him. He in company nth his
little squad of indiana have gone to the
Spokane. The Indians here say he lives
At Wa-wa-wa."
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NOT ICE, G:
U. S. LAND Oryrcs, !
Lewiston I. Il June 9 1877. (

COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
" at this Office by JOSEPH FISCO agaiu.t
JohN HARDIN for abandoning his Homestead
Entry; NO. AZ, dated July l3 1872. upon the
south half OF south east quarter Of section 70.
ana north half OF north east quarter of section
80, township 80 north, range S west, in Nes
Perez County I. T., with a view to the cancel
aaron of'said entry, the snid parties are hereby
summoned to appear at this Office on the Esd
day of July, 1877, mt II O'Clock A. NJ, TO re-
spond ana furnish testimony concerning said
alleged bandonment. :. 5
JIM. HOWE, Il. J. MONROE.
Register. r.. .-,- Receiver.