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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-30
How Snon Forroticn.

If we die to-day the sun will shine q:
brightly, and the birds will sing as
sweetly tomorrow. Business will not
De suspended a moment, and the great
mass will not bestow q moment upon our
memories. is he desd?" will be the
solemn inquiry of a few, as they pass to
their work. But no one will miss us ex.
eept our Immediate connections, and in
a short time they will forget and laugh
as merrily as when we sat beside them.
Thus shall we all, now active in life, pass
away. Our children crowd close behind
us, and they will soon be gone. In a
few years not a living sonl can say. 81
remember him." We lived in another
age, and did business with those who
slumber in the tomb. Thus is lifel How
rapidly it passesl
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DISASTROUS FIRES.
-ls,y House. burned IN montreal.

sixty Houses Burned In MONTREAL.
MoNcKroS, N R, May So.-A FIRE to.
day destroyed the dry goods store of ].
& c. Harris, and the grocery of T. & E.
Taylor. Loss, $4,000.
MONTREAL, May sO.-Another disas-
tr0us fire occurred at | O'clock this morn
ing, by which about sixty houses we're
destroyed and about the same number of
families rendered homeless. The fire
broke out in Ceuroy's stables, situated
on Dalhousie street, ID Grifintown. A
high wind was blowing at the time and
the flames spread with lightning rapidity
and communicated to Esplin's lumber
yard and planning mill in the rear. An
immense quantity Of lumber was stored
on Esplin's premises, and the flames
soon increased rapidly, sending forth
sparks into the surrounding streets,
which contained small wooden houses.
The fire spread from the lumber piles to
a number of sheds belonging to the tene.
NEST houses, in the rear of Esplin's lam.
Der yard.
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what Came OF the Rife Team's visit.
From the New York World, May 2I.l

A wedding ceremony of interest to a
wide circle of New Workers will take
place at Grace church this afternoon,
when Miss Van Setback, the daughter of
Mr., Jenkins YaH Setback, the well
known Broad street broker and ex AL.
derman, will be married to Mr.. William
X, Doekrell, a son Of MIR, Thomas Dock.
rell, one OF the town councillors of Dub.
lin, and a nephew of Maurice Brooks.
Esq formerly lord mayor of Dublin,
and o the home rule colleague of Sir
Arthur Guinness in the representation
of the capital Of Ireland in the British
parliament.
When the Irish rife team first visited
this country in 1874 they we're accom-.
panied, as our reader will remember, by
a number Of prominent Irish gentlemen,
among them Mr., Brooks hi1aself, then
lord mayor, with the lady mayoress and
his nephew, the bridegroom Of to day, a
personable and accomplished youth
fresh from Trinity college. The cere.
mony Of to-day is the agreeable and in.
teresting result of the friendship then
formed between the lord mayors party
and the family Of Mr.. Van Setback.
Young Mr.. Dockrell is a member of
the London branch Of bis uncle Mr..
Brooks house in Dublin. Just be-.
fore he left England for this country
upon the present suspicious occasion
his uncle made him a present, it is un.
derstood, of a cosey and comfortable
house on Primrose Hill, in the West End
of London, and thither after the mar.
riage he will take his wife, first, however,
making a tour of the United States and
Canada.
Mr.. Doekrell was born in Dublin, and.
as we have said, was educated at old
Trinity. He is only tweuty-four years
Of age aud the bride twenty. The cere.
mony at the church will take place at 4
pm, after which a reception; for which
invitations have been issued to the most
intimate friends of the family, will be
held at the residence Of the brides faith.
er, No. l UOiversity-place.
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Deeoratton Day iu New York

New YORK, May 3O.-The observance
of Decoration Day in this city to-day
is more general, and ia on a larger
and more elaborate scale than has
heretofore characterized this ami
verSary; The weather is delightful
and the streets are crowded with sight
aeers. All the public buildings, banks,
insurance companies, etc. are closed
and business almost entirely suspended.
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LONDON, May 3O.-It is stated that
General Grant promised the mayor of
Liverpool to return to that town probably
on the 2Slh of June TO accept a banquet
profered in his honor. The general
and party will arrive at the London road
station at Manchester this morning at
1925 o'clock, where they will be received
by the mayor and other members Of the
corporation. The party will proceed in
carriages to Sir Joseph Whitworth's ma.
chinery aud gus factory, the Warehouse
Of s 6 j.. Watts y Co., the Assize Court
and Royal Exchange, and afterward pro.
coed to the town hall where addressed
will be presented by the city council
General and Mrs. Grant will ROMAN the
guests o. the mayor at the mayoral
apartments in the town ball this even.
ing, aud proceed 10 London tomorrow
at noon BY special train.
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south Caroliua AGairs.

NEW YORK, May 39.--A Charleston,
S. c., special says; The house last
night, by q vote Of Sc to 20, refused to
admit the entire Charleston delegation
of seventeen members, fifteen colored
and two whites, including Mackey,
speaker Of the Chamberlain house. The
resignation Of Senator Whittemore, who
left here upon an indefinite leave of ab,
sence a week ago, has been received and
accepted.
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supreme Conrt n~eoI.ion.

Some weeks since a man named Lam.
beth was convicted in our Criminal Court
and sentenced to a term Of years in the
penitentiary on the charge of embezzle-
ing money from express company pack,
ages while acting as an express mes.
aenger on the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad in 1873. The Supreme Court a
few days ago affirmed the decision OF
the Criminal Court and ruled as follows:
Lambeth VS.. State Criminal Law-Embezzle.
ment-Local Jurisdiction.
/. The ofense Of embezzlement IL
purely statutory, derived from the Eng.
lish Statutes, q Henry 8. CHI. Z; 80 Geo.
3, CHI. So; Z Geo. 4, ch. 20, modified by
Is Wet. ch. &c code, 4708. The object
OF the statutes was to protect EMPLOYERS
against employees If the money or
property goes into the possession of
the employer before it does into that of
the employe, the offense is larceny, and
not embezzlement. To be embezzle.
ment, it must not come into the poses.
sion OF the employer before it does into
the possession of the employee. 1t must
come directly, in the course Of the em-
ploye'a employment, from the third
person. 10 such a case, by the common
law there could be no larceny, as there
was no trespass. 2 Bish. Or. Law. sec.
352; People VS. Hennessey, 10 Wend.
l41; People rs. Sherman, 10 Wend, 296.
2 The essence Of the ofsnse is, that a
trusted agent, according to the course Of
his employment, has received, as the
agent Of bis employer, money or goods
OF another, aud betrays his trust By
%iraudulently appropriating the same to
his ogn use. 1t lies for thus converting
the property Of either the employer or
OF q third person. The words ANY
other person. in the statute, mean any
person other THAI the .employe. Is
Wend l41i 10 Wend. 296.
3 That the defendant is on appren.
tice, or under eighteen years OF age, Is a
matter Of defense that the defendant
must make out. The sounder rule ia.
that the defendant must show that be ia
within The exceptions Of the statute, and
not for the State to show that he is with
out.
q. When the property is received By
the %employe from a third person TO be
delivered to the employer, as where a
messenger, or express agent, receives
money from a third person to be deliv-
cred to an express company, the title to
the property may be laid in eithea
3. Where such msssapaer or agent re-
ceived q package OF money in Missis
sippi TO be delivered TO the company in
Memphis for delivery to another and
ab%stracted the money in Mississippi, and
failed 10 deliver tho same to his en-
ployer, the insurance company in Mem
phiB, the ofense is a continuing one, and
is contaminated at Memphis by failure
to deliver or account for TO his employer.
G.. Rendering an account to his en-
ployer, emitting the item of the money
appropriated, is evidence to show the com.
mission Of the ofense.-Rex VS., Creed, !
9, & X, 60,
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from Omahn.

OMAHA, May 3O.-William Conner, a
painter, fell from a scaIolding, a dis.
lance of sixty feet, and was instantly
killed, at Waterloo, Nebraska, yesterday
afternoon.
The steamer Weaver anl the Victor,
with two bargei in tow, passed Platts.
mouth at 1880 Am. The river is still
rising.
Decoration day is partially observed
here by procession 70 cemeteries, with
band, flags, etc.
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Bucharest Correspondents State
that Peace RumOrs are in
Circulation.
Voluntary Contributions
in Russia for War
Purposes.
The Ports Has Made Levee upon thu
Christians for 200 900 Troops.

LONDON, May 3O.-.Ths Times and
News Bucharest correspondents both
reiterato the statement that peace
rumors are in circulation.
A special from Vienna to the Daily
Telegraph says 1t is rumored here that
the present Austrian minister of war is
about to be replaced by Herr a. Malina.
ry, governor of Crotia, and q leading
member Of the Slay military party that
advocates the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina to Austria,
Over 100000 of roubles have been
raised in Russia for war purposes by
voluntary contributions
VIENNA, MAY 3O.-There was another
railway accident near Ploiesti to-day,
and several persons we're killed aud in
jured.
The country now dominated by Rus
slams in Armenia is about three thou
sand square miles.
ALEXANDRIA, May 30 The Egyptian
contingent for Turkey has not gone yet.
The easou of the detention are un.
known.
A dispatch from Constantinople states
that the porte has made leyies upon the
Christians for two hundred thousand
troops.
The Paris Republicans, under the ad.
vice of Gambetta, accept Theirs as their
leader. They propose to have the next
electoral canvass under Theirs name, to
which Theirs consents.
MANCHESTER, May 3O.-A special from
Vienna to the Guardian says messages
from St. Petersburg denying that the
Caucasian instruction has any iuAu-
duence on the campaign should not be
accepted as representing the real aitua.
ton. When the Circassian chief, Scha-
myl, in 1854, with l6. 1000 Tschetchenes,
descended into the Koor valley, the Rus
slams were compelled to evacuate Baya-
zed and all their positions and retire to
Tifis. They also abandoned their ex-
petition to Rfghanistan. The present.
rebellion, at least, blocks their sole com.
munication between Wladikakus and
TiAis.
BERLIN, May 3O.--An order issued to.
day d~esignates three battalions ofinfant-
ry and four batteries Of artillery to re-
inforce Metz and Strassburg, and one
battalion Of rifles will be stationed ct
SaveTne.
ST. PETERsBURG, May 30. = Heavy
both on the Danube and in Cauca.
sus, delay Russian operations. Advices
from Tiais to the 10th inst. mentions
only reconnoissances and unimportant
cavalry operations.
CoNsTAYTIyoPLE, May 8O.--No confr.
nation has been received here of the re.
capture Of Arabian.
LONDON, May 3O.-The Derby race
was won by Silvia Glen, Arthur second,
Rob Roy third. There we're seventeen
starters. --latest betting was 5 to 2
%aZoinst Chament, 9 to 2 against Rob
Roy, 7 to l against Atyre and 8 to |
against Brown Prince. The last betting
again the winner was twelve to one.
LoSnoY May 30.-J. Lothrop Motley,
American historian, died yesterday.
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NNoLhIng paYs IIka aelenos.u d )!

Nothing pays like SCIENCE" is be-
ginning to be the despairing cry Of
writer's in other departments Of litera.
ture, aud the rapid publication Of scien.
life works and their apparently rapid
purchase all over the country, show bet.
ter than anything ellie the change which
is coming over the thought Of the day.
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The Baltimore Gazette has the
following to say concerning Senator
Bayard:
Senator Bayard is one of the few men
who think for themselves and dare 10
express their views without stopping to
consider whether they will be popular or
not. Such has been his position upon
the electoral commission question. Ia
April Senator Bsyard wrote a letter on
this subject, extracts from which lust
appear in print. he still maintains that
the electoral bill was the best way out OF
the difficulty, for it prevented a terrible
moral and physical coDhagrstion, which,
if once suffered to get under way, woald
have swept out of existence our form of
government, the public credit, and what
remains OF property for it to protect"
Ee says further of the bill, Its object
and results; mo juster or iairer plan
Of dealing with a difficult and important
public question was ever enacted into
law to my knowledge. Had the Repub.
lican leaders who assisted in framing
the bill continued as true to its objects
as did the Democrats, g very different
result would have been reached; not
merely that Mr.. Tilden would have been
placed in the Office to which he had bsen
elected, but the more important value
and permanent victory would have been
gained in the overthrow Of fraud and
lawlessness, and the establishment in
the hearts and minds Of the American
people Of a belief that their Govern
ment was founded upon truth, Justice
and right; and that the man Of the psrty
who trusted in these would be secure
What this country needs is peace and
rest. We have tried force, and found
that its victories we're delusive and inse-
cure. Let us now prove the superiority
Of the coGqrests Of calmness and rea.
son"
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Saturday, June 2, 1877.

within legal hours. the following descr' ,L.,1
property, situated in Shelby county, T'.pn
ana 10 the city Of Memphis, to-wit:
Lot Ne. q OF the south side of Beal st,oot
fronting on Beal street ~ feet and ,n S.rGet.
PACK l4S feet to an alley. the same l,eing lof
NO; y Of the subdivision by Brooke q Sn,r ~
2 Plat Of which is recorded on tn. resordss Sof
m d : OF saleL.on a credit Of G and 70
barred. u r~euehpuoh
This May l, 1877.
m EDMUND A. COLE, @. and M.
~ NJ j; BLACK. D. Q. and M.
W. w. GoodwiA. Solicitor. 59.Ni
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To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood. etc.. 1 will send
a recipe 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
I. ISMAN, Station D, Bible House, New York
City. l29-xxiv l2sdhw
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RIVer TeIeRrnma

CAIRO, May 30.--Arrived-Vint Shin.
kle, Cincinnati, A am; Bigley, St. Louis,
9. Departed-Yint Shinkle, Memphis,
6 am. Clear and warm.
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The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per amman for the
Weeky-POstage tree,
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WASHINGTON, May 3O.-For Tennessee
anc Ohio valley, falling barometer, sta.
tionary or rising temperature, s%outherly
winds, clear or partly cloudy weather.
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If WE may believe all that comes
over the wires from Salt Lake City
about the defiant attitude assumed.
by Brigham Young, it may be con
fdently predicted that the polyga-
nous old saint and prophet viii
come to grief at no very remote
dnv
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INSURANCE.
]. A. SIMMONS,
No. 8 Madison ST.,
MEMPEIS, : TENNESSEE,
Represents Following Inaurnne p
Companies

Atna, Of Hartford, assets. -. AZ. OH. e07 r
PhGyix, Of Hartford. assetsm.mm 2'467SSi3s
TIsnklIn, Oh Philadelphis. assets 1852, S650 C
America, Philadelphia, assets, 6.6O1. $50
Springfield Fire and Marine. Of '
AS SDTiDSfHG d6r Mass assets 800; 1915 720
M Cincinnati 4 asset; ..yT- 1000. 900 OC
surahce Company. ofHew York.
assets sSi ~"~-~.~.... l,OOO.OOOO9
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On Saturday, June 10, 1877.

within legal hours, tho following desoribed
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
The undivided half Interest of dofondou
J II. Lawrence, in the north half az iot W.
4Ol, bounded thus: Beginning at the intep'
section OF the south side of FXebange strest
With the east side Of Third strest tbeScc,
south ' des. and 50 min. west "a feet and s.
inches tea stake; thence east l4S feet and &
inches to Exchange street; thence with Nv.
ehange street l4SR feet to the beginnine.
Terms OF sale cash. Equity al reclamation,
waved m, as per decree and deed oftrust herein-
This May Is, 1877. n''oln-
m EDMUND A. COLE, c. I'm.
ByR. J. BLACK, u. @. &M. N
~. M. Hearn, Solicitor. es 40
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Few persons properly estimate
the difference between a high and
low rate Of interest, and therefore
often borrow money at ruinous
rates that no legitimate business
can stand. But few have figured
on the difference between 6 and s
per cent. One dollar loaned for
100 years at G per cent, with the
interest collected annually and add
ed to the principal, will amount to
$40. At s per cent. it amounts
to s22O3, or nearly seven times as
much. AT 8 per cent, the usual
rate Of interest in England, it
amounts to 1925, whereas at 10
per cent, the usual rate in the
United States, it is $1S, 500, or
nearly one thousand times as much.
At II per cent. it amounts to 1884,
675, or more than four thousand
times as much. At IS per cent. it
amounts to s15,245,OO7, and at "A
per cent, which we sometimes hear
talked OF, it reaches tho enormous
sum of 2,551, 799. 4O4, or more
the State Of Ohio is worth.
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LgoAL.
lR. 22eO.l
Try Sale AG u

lR. 2200.l
UlSneery Sale of Real Estate,
Ohancery Court Of Shelby COMPREHENSION
DOnoho VS.. j. D. Allen ct al.
R1 VIRTUE OF AN INTRKLOCUTORY
a. ~ Tecree ioI sale, entered in the above cause
az public auction. to tho highest bidder in
'front.' Of the Clerk and Masters Office. Can't
nouse building. Main street, Memphis.
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to make a martyr. He was not
fined as a r~ecusant, had no inter-
course with known Catholics, and
in all arrests under the penal laws
there is no allusion to him, even as
using his undonbted influence with
the great to shield some poor vic
tim.n
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No. 2ll2-R.l
Chaneery Sale Of Real Estate,

Chancery Court Of Shelby Countv-Co+hu
W. Littlefeld VS.. James Ii. Lawrenca " ~
by VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCCToRv
~ decree for sale, entered in the aL.nvec onso
on the 2Sd day Of February, 1877. 7 viii sell
AZ public, auction, to the highest bidder IN
'front.' Of the Clerk and Masters Office. Cont
House, Main street. Memphis, Tennessee.
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j.. HARVEY MATHEs, Secretary.
1t was further resolved that the
substance Of the resolutions passed
be published in the Memphis Ap-
peal and LEDGER, with the request
that the Tennessee, Texas and other
Southern papers be requested to
copy the same. This is a crude out
line of the trip, which afforded I'M
usual opportunities for observation,
social enjoyment and physical re-
creation. Each member of the
party came back with enlarged
ideas Of Texas and the Importance
of closer commercial relations.
Tennesseeans are found in every
town and county, and the people
generally are anxious to trade with
Memphis. The trade is there; all
we have to do is to go and take it.
j. II. M.
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The Catholic World has an able
and very interesting review of Mr..
George Wilkes shakespeare from
an American Point of View" The
reviewer especially oombats Mr..
Wilkes argument that Shak-
speare was a Catholic Of a bigoted
type. mot a single act Of Shak-
speare's is recorded" says the re-
viewer, chat stamps him as a
Catholic. He was not Of the stuff
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seeing the country already opened up
and now being opened up and of becom-
ing acquainted with the agricultural re.
sources of Texas, We deem il our duty to
recommend. and take pleasure in recon.
mending, that State to those in the other
States OF the Union who with willing
hearts aud hands or a limited capital
desire to avail themselves at q new coun.
try where by labor, thrift and energy they
may build fortunes and enjoy the advan-
tages which wait on industrious settlers.
Resolved, That in our judgment no
other of the Western States offers such
advantages to the frugal aud sober labor.
or; that in over two thousand miles of
wellappointed, well-oficered, and thor.
ouJhly managed railroads every facility
for prospecting is afforded intending
emigrants and most advantageous oppor-
t%unities TOR reaching the best markets in
the Mississippi Valley are open to the
settlers, ts whose enterprise the beautiful
and growing towns through which we
passed in our tour owe their origin and
prosperous outlook.
ReeoiNeu, lnat 10 lurtner tue views
and purposes of the patriotic people of
Texas, and that they may be brought
especially into connection with Memphis,
we urge upon congress the passage at its
session of the act known as the
Texas Pacific Railroad bill.
Resolved, That we deem this Measure
of paramount Importance, not only to
the South, but to the government and
people OF the whole Union, because it
will assure to them unobstrueted trans.
portstion between the Atlantic and Pa.
cI6c coasts at all seasons Of the year, in.
the settlement of a vast and pro-
dIctive regioa, open a rich mineral coun-
try now dead TO the nation and cement
by commercial ties great States and Ter.
that one day will be among the
greatest Of the sisters of the Union.
Resolved, That our thanks are espe.
oislly due to Governor John C. Brown,
Mr.. George Noble, Mr.. r W Thompson,
il, all of the Texas and Pacific, aud bon
James I. D. Wilson, mayor of Houston.
II. ! Semmes nresidant of evenrsio,;eke |
The Morning herald., 1877-09-01

The Mussulman preserves the lives Of
the lower animals solicitously. Though he
considers the dog impure, and never makes
a friend of him, he thinks it sinful to kill
him, and allows the neighborhood and even
the streets of his town to be infested by
packs of masterless dogs whom we should
Get rid of in London or Berlin in one day.
The beggar does not venture to destroy his
vermin; he puts them tenderly on tae
ground. There are hospitals in Cairo for
superannuated cats, wh2rs they are tcl at
the public expense. But to human ht4 II"
is utterly Indifferent, he cXt:nGrishcs it
with much less scrur,e tlan that with
which we shoot horse, past his work.