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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
THE STORM YESTERDAY.
A Cyclone from the Gulf-NumerOus
Small Crafts Sunk on the New
England COaSt-Disasters
on the Lakes.

New YORK, October 5.-Ths dispatches
show that the storm Of yesterday and
last night was severe wherever felt. The
center of the cyclone Of the gulf passed
yesterday afternoon midway between
Norfolk and Washington, left the coast
near Cape May and probably pursued a
n%ortheasterly path about one hundred
miles from the coast. Rain is now fall.
ing in New England. Elsewhere the
weather is clear or partly cloudy. Along
the New England coast numerous small
crafts we're sunk, but no loss Of life is
reported, while larger vessels sought a
secure harbor aud anchorage.
By the breaking of the dams at Ches.
ter Greek, Pa, Crozier's mills, at Up.
land, we're flooded and several hundred
hands temporarily thrown out of employ
ment.
The mills IN Chester are very much
damaged.
The trains on the Baltimore Central
railroad are greatly delayed by the wash
outs, and telegraph communication with
them is broken.
CHICAGO, October 5.-Reports begin
to come in of serious damages to lake
shipping during the blow of the past two
days, No great disaster has occurred,
but numerous small accidents are re-
ported, and scarcely a vessel that was
out of port escaped injury entirely,
The schooners Hope and Eveline Bates
are ashore, the brig Fashion is going to
pieces at Sangabuck and others are in
trouble. No loss Of life reported.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

MADAME THERESA TITIESs or TITJENs,
the celebrated vocalist whose death in
London was announced on the Sd inst,
was of Hungarian extraction, and
was born in 1884 at Hamburg, in
which city she began her operate
career at the age of fifteen. Thence
she went to Frankfort, and was sub
sequently engaged for three years st the
Imperial theater at Vienna, Fhere she
established her reputation As 5 represent
alive of the greater roles of the lyric stage,
such as those of Leonors in Fidelio,
valentine" in Les Faguenots, and
"Douna Anna " in Don Giovanni. She
then removed to Lond.n, and has since
been engaged at Her Maissty's Theater,
under the management of Me-, MapleseO,
taking high rank S an operate and ora
torio singer. /. 1875 she visited Amer
lea, and was WILL received during a brief
tour, appearag mostly in concerts. She
has been afflicted for several months
with an internal tumOr, and not long
since admitted to a terrible and unsuc.
sessfA surgical operation, which doubt
less fastened her death. She will be
sincerely mourned in swo hsmisphsrss,
'here her excellsnciss Of character aud
uperier endowments are known.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
rae NEW YORK pEMooRAcY.

The New York Democratic State
convention concluded its second days
proceedings yesterday and adjourned
The following ticket was reuominated:
Secretary of State, Allen C. Beach;
comptroller, Frederick P. 0lcott; treas
urer, james Mackin; attorney.general,
Augustus Schoonmsker; State engineer
and surveyor, Horatio Seymour, jr. A
strong set of resolutions were adopted
denouncing the crime by which Tilden
was deprived of the Presidency after
being elected; thanking the house Of
representatives for their just refusal in
the exercise Of the most ancient and
valuable privilege belonging to the repre-
s~entatives Of the people in all constitu.
ti0nal governments, to appropriate
money for the support of soldiers to be
usedinthe illegal and despotic oppression
of citizensi in any portion of the republic;
and declaring that the present national
administration, by its withdrawal of tn,
troops from tie South, ard its cessation
from the mischievous, demonstrations
and oppressive interference with the in
ternsl affairs Of the States, has, in tina.
respect, reversed the vicious precedenti
Of the Republican party and followed
the course marked out by the Fedora
constitution, to which the Democrat
stand pledged, and it is therefore en-
titled, in that particular, to the approve
Of all good citizens. A hard none,
plank is adopted as usual; civil service i
demanded in every department of GU.
public affairs and opposition to subsi
dies" meaning the Texas and PaciG,
railroad, is declared. The remaining
various resolutions and subjects touched
relate mostly to the local affairs of New
York State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
Failure % rromlnen, FIrms.

New YORK, October 5.-Brown & Cor
ham, fruit importers, have failed. Their
are 5000, 900; their assets have
not get been made known.
The insurance agency of Alleger Bros,
of this city, is in default about $l35, 600
with the Commercial Union Assurance
Company Of England. The agency is
indebted to other companies, but for
small amounts. The Commercial Union
have taken complete possession of the
agency, its books, accounts, etc, and are
temporarily conducting its business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

IT is reported that Mr.. Samuel ]. Til.
den will be a candidate for the United
States senate. The New York State
Democratic Convention which adjourned
at Albany yesterday, seems to have been
controlled by anti.Tilden Influences.
Horaio Seymour, jr., nominated for N
important office, was Of those who united
in signing a circular just before the St.
Louis Convention which declared that
New York State could not be carried for
the party with Tilden at the head of the
ticket Perhaps Tilden may think that
New York cannot be carried with
HorstiO, jr., a; the tail Of the ticket He
has an opportunity to think SO if be
chooses to think about it at all. Then
honOrs would be easy, for Tilden carried
New York, and tie young son of his
father, the Democratic candidate Of
1868. will doubtless be elected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
RAscALLY Low TAX ASSESSMENTS

The Chattanooga Dispatch has been
furnishing some facts which sre highly
interesting down this way and doubtless
all over the State. These facts are taken
from the assessment; lists Of Hamilton
county. Here are few Of them;
StsmbAugh, Chamberlain & Wilder,
owner Of what is known IS the Cruteh-
field tract containing l62 sores Of the
best land il the city tor Buildings and
factories, and for which 100000 was
paid By the present TO Wm.
Crutchfeld in the fsl Of 1873. assessed
st Ss4S0. as the total value
The Vulcan WorKs-ineluiing twenty
I've acres OF land, improvements ma
ehinsry, etc are assessed ST Sl2.500
This property vas bid IN al the late
ehEnesry sale for S1S.00l
/ Sco6sli ou rssl estate shich cost
hin <75oa Sn3 8 $4,000 rolling mill
and sQuip1suis, i assessed On q value
Of o1ly S1090
Wider / Chs15srlsia, for oaeshird
i-fs-sa Il IL E1ras q lana N the Fifth
Ekri are assessed On 4 value Ct $3.50
Kerr B7Fuz O - Esrss Of lkni lying
nsE- the Stsria. Hn1s.. vsl1si C the
Ssssss1rE b3aks u S-S5l
sam Bgves O = Ec-as Ct lard Sd
51lrl1g A16 Ealah vas sid b J. P.
Ssycs q J c S.Bnts1 ior SsgN pz-
Ee-s Essssss1 a. $3.50
II Enrt nu-sShT loE assessments
c-1arsrns5 UIT 1hH pH9fs 4 Ekzlion
tsF EEn sal Il - EisD5 Il 81 o~n
business AM We Ea1 Esesgi Tia EaE5cs
III tins 1E-z Essz-Z Ia otb= az
YsTsI q s S -s- Cr-= 70 S
~. Ws nBVTsz = EoE 1tEi i. TIA
GJ AT csIrT T11ET 3 Essasss5
1s1Ly Ho-sEbs-s y Tia z@EUaoo5
Of EkEi i Z Ec- al Es- II zors
than i W912 11E Bt1 regular sale O.
easy isrza. We. c-s e5szfy EFEsss
the Law II F-ch : zE-rE tie Erss-s
Of State g0Tsrn.s.i are A-9El
upoa others, and tksss, il tzrn, become
dissatisfied, if moi 50 denoEslizsi ss 70
fall into the sane unfair and dishouss;
practices. We DO lot know any remedy
for this except a sound, healthy public
sentiment and a State board Of equslizs-
ton, with power and time given to act
and harmonic the assessments from one
end Of the State to the other. This sub
ject should be aGitated and a plan ma
tured by the time the next legislature
meets. The present State tax is only
ten cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of property, and if the above
items are an average Of the Hamilton
county assessments we imagine the PEG
pie up there are not bowed down By
heavy taxation, unless the County Cour
has some way Of getting at them, IN
known to the STATE comptroller.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

THE greenback convention at S..
Louis adopted yesterday a long pream.
bic and series Of resolutions demanding
the immediate repeal Of the resumption
act Of 1875, the withdrawal Of national.
bank circulation and the issuance of ab-
soluts money IN gresnbscks to be q legal
tender for all purposes aud in sufficient
quantities to redeem all bonds row out
or to be issued hereafter, and that the
same be loaned by the government to
States, counties, cities and individuals at
three per cent interest. Several other
things are demanded, sll Of which being
granted or brought about would insug-
urate the grsenbsck and the moral and
social millennium.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

TEE statement of the public debt for
the first Of October shows q reduction in
September Of about 81 OO0, O00 Elk.
olnsiTs o; al demands from holders Of
o5in certificates. called bonds, ard for
unFzii interest, the gold on hand is, in
rC1na uun5srs $50, 900 The amount
dns for called bands is SIS. s 5,642, and
II interest about $1,000. 600; but the
co1dihons OF which this is held sre not
clearly sno1gh dsf5ed to make it safe to
SAY h0E mseh Of the sun Of these two
amounts VII reach the money market
dzriug The nsIi month.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

CLEzK ADAMS. Of the house, Gov ssys
t-Et lie has received the credentials Of all
The representatives except from the
FOzih California district Pscheeo aud
WiZzinioo, and the First Missouri, Frost
aud Asieslt. Without deciding as to
thsss tTO, adams viii place on his roll
twelve Democratic majority. As it is
understood that the Republican in the
California district and the Democrat IL
the Missouri district obtained certificates.
the ratio Of the Democratic majority on
the roll would not be changed By the de-
eision Of these two cases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
River

Special to the Ledger:
DEvALL's BLUFF, October 4, 3 pm
The Ruth passed here this morning for
Memphis with a good trip of cotton aud
miscellaneous freight. viii arrive Sat.
urday morning at daylight and return to
White river in the evening on time.
Ed CRowELL, Clerk.
CAIRO, October 5-noon.-Arrived-
Silverthorn, Evansville, / am; Yazoo,
Ohio, 10 a I'M Weaver, New Orleans, IL
am. Silverthorn, Evansville, 4 am
Clear and cool. p
CISCIENATI, October 81 The river is
falling. Clear aud cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

1t is announced hat Russia has asked
Roumauia for a further contingent of
40, 1000 men, for which she promises the
cession Of a portion Of Russian Bessa-
raoia aud a considerable subsidy. The
Roumanian chambers are to be conyoked
to discuss the proposal. The Times
vienna correspondent thinks the fore
going not wholly true, but it may be a
feeler to prepare toe R%oumanians for
further sacrifices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
TRAIN WRECKED.
Twelve Persons Known to be Killed
aRd Fiity Wounded.

%PoTTsyrLLE, October San excursion
train from the Pennybscker reunion.
held rear schwenks Hill yesterday on
the Pickering Valley railroad, when near
Fh@nixville last night between nine and
ten o'clock was badly wrecked By the
rains washing out the track for some
distance. There we're about 200 persons
on the train. Up to $3.50 this morning
the dispatches show twelve persons killed
and about City wounded. Owing to the
confusion and excitement it Is impossi.
Die to obtain the names or exact number
OF the killed aud wounded.
other Railroad Accidents.
fREScHTowS, N, J., October 5.-Three
persons we're drowned on the wreck sf
the s%outbbouud osvego and philadelphia
Express, on the Belvidere division. last
n~lght-the engineer, conductor, and an
unknown lady. The train lies some die.
tauce from the shore, where il was
washed by the current. The nevsboy,
baggage master, fireman and others
saved themselves by swimming.
New York, October 5.-The storm on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
steamer Ashore

New YORK, October 5.-The steamer
Massachusetts, from Providence for New
York, went ashore near Horizons Point,
Long Island Sound, at midnight She
lies about four hundred feet from shore,
full Of water. The passengers are all
aafa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

The secretary Of the treasury, upon
the recommendation of the commissioner
of internal revenue, has declined a prop.
osition to compromise the tobacco suits
now in progress at Greensboro, N. C.
There are eighteen such cases, and the
amount involved is Sl2O, 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

PHILADELPHIA, October 5.-The State
central committee Of the GreeBback and
United Labor parties have agreed to
unite for the purpose of conducting the
present State campaign, and to be
known as the United Greenback and
Labor State central committee"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

The second day of the Episcopal'Gen
eral Convention at Boston was opened
with prayer by Bishops Bedell Of Ohio
and Green of Mississippi. There we're
$50 delegates present. The business
meeting began at balf.past ten o'clock.
and considerable preliminary work was
done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
PUBLIC LEDGER
0TFICR-No. Is MADISON SrREzs.
nEEMPuIs,
Friday Evening. Oct. 5. 1877.

The subscription price Of tic PUB
LIC LEDGER IS s. per SaHum for
the Daily, and 81 per aRaUm for The
Reeky-POstags free
Persons tearing the city for the sum-
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
al use per month, or tsoo dollars for
three months in adoaReS Tith the
pririlege Of changing posto6Roe
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

WILKEsBARRE. Pa, October 5.-An
incendiary FIRE 10 Nanticoke, a mining
town near here, burned fourteen build
ings. Less $25, 600; mostly Insured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

C%ocmrUArE, MASS, October 5.-Mrs.
De Lormel and sisters, while driving
across the railroad track, we're struck
by the locomotive aud killed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

BGTs we're oferedin Washington, War.
rem county, N. j., last week that General
Mcclellan would carry the State by at
least 10000 majority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
LEGAL.
Adminisfratrix,a NOTICE.

HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AND
IL qualified as administrative of the estate
of Flank Wait, deco .sed, all persons having
claims against said estate are notified to pre-
sent them to me within the time required by
law or they will be forever barred. Claims
may he presented TO Mr.. Thos. II. Milburn at
the Fourth National Bank.
CHARLOTTE II. WAIT, Adm'x.
RANDOLPH, HAMMOND "a WAssELL, Att'ys.
October A. 1877. 20-26-42 48
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
ANNOUNCEMENT.
NN~
O n a~gIstrate.

announce myself a candidate for Magis-
trate Of the Fifth Civil District, vacant by the
resignation Of Esquire Robbins. Election on
the llth of October. I hope my friends will
not forget to 60 and vote for me.
Este G., A, STOCKLEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
B. AND |. ASSOCIATION.
MUTUAL BENEFIT
Building and Lean Association.

THE BOOKS OF THIS ASSOCIATION ARE
l. now open for subscription to the capital
stock at the business places of the following
officers:
David P. MADDEN, $50 Front street; 4. G..
Jones, SO Madison street; j. NJ. kowlkes. IL
Union street; +. A, Tyler. Jr.; j. B. Emery.
1852 Front street; John =. Cameron, SMadison
street; II. g, Dert, No. ll5fa Beal streets;
j.. e.. Beasley, 10. IS Madison street;
B Mcfarland. p Nadison street.
We invite special attention to the low
premium plan of this Association, and the
small expense 70 borrower.
d. p. MADDEN. President.
HERBERT RHETT, Seorel4ry. 90
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

WAsmYGroN, October 5.--For Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley clear or partly
cloudy weather, northerly winds, station.
airy or higher pressure aud temperature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05
INSURANCE..

Represents Following Insurance
Companies;
Htna, Of Hortford, assets. ........S7, 1887 ,907 {
Pherix, Of Hartford. assets...... 2,4N, 53l
franklin, of Philadelphia. assets $685. o.
Insurance Company of North
America, Philadelphia, assets. $50, 1888 90
Royal Insurance Company, Liv-
erpoOl, assets. .000, 900 90
Mercantile Mutual CMarine) Insu-
rance Company. Of New York,
asbeJs 80 l,UUU,UUO w
l-xxvii-i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-05

The Chattanooga Dispatch has been
furnishing some facts which sre highly
interesting down this way and doubtless
aIl over the State. These facts are taken
from the assessment lists Of Hamilton
nnnntr Hers are s few Of thsm.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
Wasn't the Man,
[ilcdteQ.
[Signedl

A man with weak eyes and green
spectacles came wandering into the
office the other day, and wanted us
to head subscription to build a
monument over the grave of Brig
ham Young. We declined. We fiat
ly refused, saying that Mr.. YOung's
family was big enough and rich
enough to provide him with enough
monuments to reach from the grave
half way to heaven.
"SOyou won't put down a dollar?'
asked the Weak-eyed man.
mot solitary dollar" we said,
"not a nickel, not a single red cent. -
"What," he replied in amaze
ment, "and here is the very place
/ expected to get the list headed,
right here at the literary centre of
this busy metropolis. You won't
give a paltry dollar in irredeemable
fiuctuatiOn currency for monument
over the grave of the author of
Might Thoughts won't you ?
You'll"
But we assured him that Brigham
Young never wrote a line of "Night
Thoughts" and that the author of
that poem died more than a hun
dred years ago.
"Whatv exclaimed the weak
eyed man, brigham Young didn't
write Might Thoughts % "
"Not a thought" we said; "he
never thought after dark he went
to sleep"
"WeIl, what did he write ?" the
monument canvasser asked.
"Never wrote anything" we told
him che didn't know how to write;
signed his receipts for money with
an X, and preached all his sermons
Off-hand, because he didn't know
how to make notes."
"WelI, well, well" the agent said,
musingly, chow this world is given
to lying. What did Brigham Young
do, if he never wrote poetry, and
couldn't write, and never thought
"Married," we said, "married.
Didn't need to think to do that.
The less he thought the more he
married, and when he died he had
so many wives and children that
his funeral looked like a foundling
hospital and charity school picnic
procession"
The man rose wearily and started
for the door, pausing to ask:
"Where is the public library? /
must read up a little on the public
men of our day. Strange, passing
strange, that I should have got this
stranger named Brigham, of whom
l never heard before, so badly mixed
up with Edwin Young" g."-B,Tliag-
tom HdtCkeye.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
"Dat.s .Nough of dat story.

During the progress of the Liberia
movement last Saturday, one of the
workers in the cause got an old dar-
key who did not take kindly to the
movement off to one side and began
describing the great benefits the ne
gro would enjoy by elnigrating, and
among other things told him that
there the negro did not have to
work; nature had provided every
thing for his comfort; there the
milk and honey, and bread and
sugar trees covered the forests, and
bananas, cocoanuts, pine apples,
lemons, and all the tropical fruits
grew as plentiful as China berries
here. "Dat's 'nough of dat story"
said the old darkey, "dat amt so !;
kase if it was de white man would a
went dar long ago, and de nigger
neber would hab known muffin bout
it.-,StrerepOrt. L0.) Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27

We hear of anti-treating, anti
drinking, ,anti-smokingsOcieties,a and
what we need for mortality as well
as the comfort and happiness Of our
homes is anti-credit society. II
young married people would organ
ize such a society, the cardinal ar
ticle of which should be that they
would not buy a pound Of meat or
sugar, not pair Of shoes nor a cali
co dress, not newspaper, nor any
other article whatever without pay
ing cash for it on the spot, they
would find themselves at the end OF
five or ten years among the most
respected as well as most prosperous
people of the community. The
secret of living within ones means
lies i'm paying cash for what one
buys Rochester Her0id.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
AnEndignant subscriber.

A gentleman who came down
from Lexington Saturday asked how
times were in that section. He said :
About all / have heard of lately is
a joke on an editor, who, going
away, left his paper in charge of a
minister. During the minister's stay
in his sanctum the following letter
came from a mountain subscriber
"You know damned well / paid
my subscription to your paper the
last time / was in Lexington. If /
get any more such letters from
you as I received last week, l will
come down to Lexington and maui
hi out of you !"
81 have been trying to maui that
thing out of the editor for ten years
past, and if you will really come
down and maui it out of him, then,
my dear sir, / have twenty men,
bers of my church / will also get
you to operate on"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-27
Tomb Of Pcter the :ren1.

On an island of the NeVa are the
fortress and Cathedral of st. Peter
and st. Paul. The spire, which is
exceedingly slender, is gilded and
surmounted with an angel and cross.
1t is three hundred and seventy-one
feet from the ground to the top of
the cross. Many readers will recall
the story of the miraculous ascent of
this spire by a Russian peasant in
1880, who undertook the task to re-
pair the angel with nothing but a
rope and nail to assist him in the
ascent. The church contains the re-
mains of several of Russia's soVer-
eigns in marble caskets, among them
being Peter the Great, Catharine the
Great, Alexander l., and the late
Emperor Nicholas. The most dis
tinguished mOnarchs lie i'm the cor
ners, apparently the poorest places,
but according to the Russian ideas,
the position of honor. Not far from
the above church is Peter the Greats
cottage. There the famous boat
made by himself-is shown, together
with the now tattered sail. In the
larger of the two rooms is the Jew
eled image which Peter had with
him in the decisive battle at Pol
tava, where he hecOnquered the Swedes
and established his greatness. The
little apartment was bright with the
light of many tapers placed thereb by
those who have faith in the efficacy
of the shrine to prosper their under
talSings.