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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
MARDl-oRAe.
MARDl-CRAS.
THE KING! TIVE KING!
Proclamation BY The King of the
Carnival
BE 1T KNOWN.

0O II AnOWns
THAT WE. THE KING, SERENE INCUR
l. joyous domains of mirth, uudisturbad BY
the perturbations OF Returnings Boards and
Joint Resolutions, witnessing with sorrOWful
eountenances the discOrd prevailing in our
favored land,
I.-That upon our Annual Carnival visit,
all political strife shall cease, and get tic har-
m0ny prevail amOnV our subjects.
LA.-That We will enter and take possession
OF our good city Of Memphis, ac high noon on
Monday. February I2, 1877,
heralded and marshaled, escorted and
tended as BELTS our High Estate; and wo CON-
mand the loyal Mayor and other high " ,n;te-
rial person. ~.mps-
IIl;-Aner the ceremonies Of or II recsption-
We Will repair in state to Olymr 10 psrE and
from the grounds we will dlspr .teb onr bovaI
Courier at 80 o'clock ,, M, in our Monster
bailoon, VINO VIII convey TO our distant sinh
lects the intelligence Of orr safs arrival and
we invite tho ldulatude 20 be present.
~ We command that orr SnnnaI Coro-
nation Ball shall be held on W0ND4Y
NIGHT: under tbe auspiees of onr fnn.io vin1
order Of the UJKS. Ou' iunV'lnS
npie,We command that Tue,day (MARDI-
ghAol.. February H., 1877, shall Be devoted TO
aiYiIU, innocent amusement and revelry; that
$500 ounlSSba- snail appear IN mask,
appateiied In the fashions Of our realm, and
ny 49 CLOCK pm. We command that the orders
o. Uhho and MOTLEY KREWE shall pass
before US in review.
yI.-And, finally, wo command that in the
shades Of night The mystic MEMPHI shall
appear, and Ia goI geous pageantry do honor
70 thor great renown. And that then our
good people shall HE them to our sumptuou ,
places OF testivity, and revei till our depar +.
ure. y
VfA.-Railroads, steamers and public a.
riers will tako heed, and VIC command them
niYal Celebration. =" Jar
Long live the Hingl
ATTEST: r
gyRhSn. RIA
lass.nA. 1Og-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
Riuar

CISoISNATI, January 8 = River un.
changed. About three inches of snow
has fallen since midnight.
CAIao, January S.-The change from
mild weather yesterday to extreme cold
to-day is not encouraging to hope for a
a resumption Of navigation. The Ohio
is full Of new ice. The gorge above Co.
lumbns Is still solid. Clear. Mercury
eight degrees above zero at daylight.
Five inches Of snow fell last night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
From New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, Janulry S-The city
is'quiet ct this hour, l2i3o pm. Several
thousand persons hav1 as,emtled in
and about St. Pstrick'S Hall, and tbs
crowd ia rapidly ii cres ing. Many
torres Cloled aud Gags displayed,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08

THE County Court Of Knox county has
Fixed the salary Of the Chairman for the
present year at $3.50. Salary of Super
iltendent of Public Schools, at $780,;
Superintendent Of Work-house, at $50
per month.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08

SPENCER Donaldson, a hitherto 70.
spectacle farmer, Of Blouut county, has
been found guilty Of murder 10 toe first
degree, in TIE Circuit Court ct Maryville,
end sentenced to be hanged on the 10th
of February, His victim VAS q colore ed
girl Of seventeen, who had worked for
him as q field hard, and It is supposed
was sboutto bring a disgrace on bin and
his family. Judge Ball, who presided,
refused to grant a new trial. An appeal
will be taken to the Supreme Court. The
Attorney General and his associate
counsel, Messrs. Hood sad Griuley, ore
prominent Democrats, from which our
Northern brethren might see bat the
life Of a negro ia the same before the
law in this State as the white mans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
MoTIos.
Important to Payers.

RIO GUARD AGAINST ERROR IN THE
u rush Of paying taxes the Iss
apu raiders nank, M, o MRdisOn ~,
TO IN case tho taxpayer loses the original no
tne Will suffer should the Collector fail 10
make the proper credit. Bills left with the
above, bank promptly attended To. Scrips
for tho duplicates. eO-li5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
LEGAL
I'rustea'a NnIe.

DIT VIRTUE OF A DEED IN TRUST
Cmade to me by q, A. Hildobrand and Mol.
lie Hildebrsnd. which deed in trust was re-
cOrdedin the Registers office of Shelby ooun.
y, I ennY on the 23d day of June, A. D.. ls7e,
in Record Book No. ll2, page $40; alao, in the
Chancery Clerks efiee Of neSoto county,
Miss, on the 221 day Of August, A. D., lsi6,
in Book No, "a, pssos 2l0 and I'll Of the Rec
ord Of Deeds Of Trust, in said office. and at
tho request Of the bene6oiaries Of said trust
decd, tine SAINT not having been satisfied, /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
Inauguration or Iodtnna'a Cover.
nor and other OMctafa.

lNpIAsAPoLIs, January 8.-At the LIST
moment it was decided, on account Of
the crowd, to hays the Inauguration
ceremonies at. tae Academy Of Music,
causing considerable celly and confu-
ion in seating the audience. ~ 1890
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08

There is a sudden fancy for restoring
the gilt and silver braids Of last season
for felt bats, The prettisst have wide,
black braid, bar red with gold on silver
threads for trimming the crown.
Striped velvet, which is SO fashionable
for evening wear, is new adopted for day
dresses. TIE most charming have very
fine stripes, almost lik, threads, on .
ground Of coptrssted color,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
Died.

MARIE This morning, January 8, ApElEN
MARIE. a native Of Marseilles, France, after
a short illness, aged 81 years.
Funeral from the residence. 2si Third street.
TOMORROW Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock. Friends Of tho family are respect
fully invited to attend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
Saturday, January 50, 1877,

Within legal hours, at the residence OF the
late @. A. Hildebrand, sell at public outory,
to the highest bidder for cash, the roal estate
conveyed in said trust deed, to-wit; The south
east quarter Of section eighteen QS, township
one ID, range seven "a, west. lying and being
partly IN Shelby county, Tom partly in De-
Soto county, Miss. aAa containing one hun
dred and sixty acres. more or less.
The title To- this land is believed TO DO good,
but | sell and convey only as Trustee.
January Z. 1877. A-i5
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, January 8 -For Ten
resaee and the Ohio valley, rapidly ris.
ing barometer. brisk and higher north
TO west winds, diminishing in force; de.
cidedly colder and clearer weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08

TX tie city Of Memphis there are two
ChsneeIlors, two Circuit Courts aud one
Criminal Court. Besides this. there IS an
extra Court in Shelby county held 81
Bartlett. In all East Tennessee we only
have three more Judges than there are
in Shelby county While the population OF
Shelby is not three times as large as that
of Knox county slone. 1t occurs TO us
that there would be a good place to apply
the pruninR.knite - norpiMe Chron.
iels, 9Th.
Nearly two years behind tine. The
Shelby delegation 10 the last Legislature
introduced and succeeded in passing a bill
ebolishing one Chaneery and one Circuit
Court, with the valuable clerkships at
tached TO each. No one has offered, Of
will, to establish them. There was lout
complaint at the time, but the people in
dorsed the act II comparisons are ii
order, see how much revenue Saelby
county pays in proportion to any tel
counties in East Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08

The Philadelphia papers are Dragging
about the 6ue sleighing in that city-the
finest, they say, that has been known
there in twenty years. Well, what Of it2
We have good sleiGhing here in the
South, bot we do not think it worth while
10 stay in bed 81 day en- that account.
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PUBLIC LEDGER
oFTIoB-NO. Is MAPrsoS STREET.
Al II PIX
Monday Evening, Han. 8 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is IS per annuri for
che Daily, and 81 per anaap' for the
Keekly-PostGge free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
Clerks Build and Saving Asso.
cation.

THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE
l Board OF Directors Of this Company on
WEDNE SDAY. III loSh inst. at ] O'clock,
p M at the %Company's Office, No. s Madison
street. I'LL ll3l P. B. JeNES, ssc'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
knights OF Honor,

A MEETING OF MEMPHIS LODGE, NO.
"A lo; wal bio held this MoNDAYl eve.
ming at O'Clock. for the transaction Of rern.
isar business and installation Of officers. A
iuh attendance is especially requested
@. D. TuoKEa. R. 'N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
JUDGES SALARIES.

Indorsing az we do the spirit of reform
which animates the Legislature, we may
say q word without creating any antago-
uisms in regard to the salaries of the
Judiciary. For many years it has been
the ease in this county, and doubtless IN
many Others, that a clerkship is worth
two, three or five times as much as a
judgeship. In cutting down or limiting
the pay of q clerk, whose duties are 30
simple and we'll defined by law that
any nan with a common English eduea-
ton can learn them ia 8 few mouths,
it does not follow that a proper
~tionate reduction should be made in
every case OF the Judges salary. That
there are mere courts than necessary in
the State is pretty generally believed.
Tho extent of territsry is not always the
measure Of the dockets and the amount
of work to be done. Some Of our Judges
are ov~erworked; others have more trouble
getting round a large circuit than in try
ing all their cases. To maintain the
purity, dignity and efficiency Of the judi
ciary, it should be removed from politics
and made IS independent as possible,
The Judges of the Supreme Court are
oyerworked and the dockets are yet
crowded. This may be partly rene
died by wise legislation. These Judges
are away from home ten months in the
veal, andtheir expenses are necessarily
very heavy. We could not expect to
increase the strength and high character
of the highest Court in tho State by cut
tlng down the pay Of the Judges below t
decent living, consistent with their posi-
ton, age and requirements. A reduc.
ton OF the Circuit and Chaneery CourI
Judges salaries is liable to work hard.
ship and injury. A cutting down which
might be admissible 10 q few circuits
or districts would possibly be veEy
detrimental and unjust in other parts
Of the State. The system should b.
considered as a whole, as something
elevated and abiding. That which in
lures or cripples a part will effect al
the rest. il the best legal minds Of th'
State are driven from the bench by
mistaken policy in a single county, tn
Commonwealth loses more in the int
gritty, capacity and honor Of that insti
tuition to which every citizen, high snt
Low, looks for justice and protection, thar
can be estimated in dollars and cents
The peace and safety aud well.being o
society depend upon the administration
OF the laws. None but the ablest snC
wisest men should be entrusted with thu
discharge Of this high and sacred duty
If the ermine is drsggled i'll the mire o
politics and regarded by the pecrl'
simply as aa Office Of profit, TO b. siyer
to this or that clever partisan regayolesI
Of his abilities And fitness, tho very Is
sence of the law is perverted and IL
uses corrupted. The best men in th'
State should be encouraged to 20 on th'
bench, and we would be clad to see then
as of old remain there upon 3 liberia
competency for life, or during good be
havior. We hope the Jiseislaturs vii
consider this subject as it deserves, ant
make haste slowly il any steps whicl
might possibly em~asculate the judiciary
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
L.EoAL.
Attachment N office.

DECO j. S. GALLOWAY. Justico of tho Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn ssee-MOtley & Co.
VS.. Is i. Logan
IN THIS CAUSE ANB.TTACHMENTHAV-
4 ing been sued Opt u Ader section 1855 of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned by the
proper officer levied by garnishment uBon
tho property Of tho, defendant, and affidavit
nayiIng been made that The defendant is Justly
indebted to tho plaintiff In tho sum of sbgg
by account. and that the defendant IL n nnr,
Iesidento of the State of fonnessee; Il is m sr,-
toro ordered that t5e said defendant mall,
his personal Appearance before J. Gallo.
way, Esq.,, or some 5tbsr Justice Of The.
Peace; on the 10th day of February. 1877 M
u o'clock m,A at my Office, No. 2i9% Main
street, in the city Of Memphjs. rsnl
nessee, and defend said %attaebment snGit
within the time prescribed BY law. or tbo
same WI Se proceeded with ey parte; and that
= SVpy Os sns ofaer be published once a wees
Thu 81 day Of January, 1877 N'uso''
sa.e.lsI-lza J GALLOWAY J.. p.
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Chamber of Commerce.

DEGULAR MONTHLY MEETING ON
III Monday. January s, at 4 p m, for trans
action Of regular business and consideration
Of proposed repeal, by the Legislature, of
present interest law. Members are requested
TO attend promptly.
B. EIsEMAN. President.
JoHN S. TooF, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
NOTICES.
sp.elal Meetlng OF Cotton Exchange

MONDAY, JANUARY 8, AT 4P.M., FOR
VI consideration Of proposed repeal Of the
Conventional interest law. In view Of the
great importance of the subject as affecting
our business interests. every member Of the
Exchange is earnestly invited to be present.
j.. T. PETIT, President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08

NOk POSTERS, SH0W BILLS. uGpDs
,ty,S OI " t1an. etc. gotten up with the latest
desired color, soto lie LEDGER d 1seSy Oi aSy
amino St0cksandipTioss. O~0o SUI e@-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
PROCLAIM

l. That upon our Annual Carnival visit,
all political strife shall cease. and get tic har-
mony prevail AMONG our subjects.
lA.-Ihat We will enter and take possession.
of our good city Of Memphis, &C high noon on
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-08

improbabIy the best Republican reputa-
ton will have to be lookedup.
There is an intimation that President
Hayes may send committee to Louis
lana to inspect our official stock on
the spot. President Grant introduced
this practice some months ago, and we
have reason to believe that information
obtained by the eminent Republicans who
came to prospect has had a good effect in
the formation of opinion upon the merits
of the electoral question. We are well
satisfied that President Hayes viii look
well to the personal character and politi-
cal efficiency of the Republicans whom
he may appoint. We may infer that he
will request Governor Packard to do the
same. There can be no doubt but that
the conditions Of appointment published
in the inaugural can be complied with
without going out of the Republican
party to do it. In this hope we await the
solution of the status quo.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-08

We are perfectly willing the President
shall take ample time to satisfy himself as
to the personal character of the official APP
pointments here, but the time has arrived
when he should decide the question of
State government and install the Repub-
lican officers and Legislature. The obi
cation of the executive does not depend
upon the action of the Senate, nor need
he properly await the admission Of the
Senators elect of Louisiana and South
Carolina.
The constitution commands the Presi-
dent in the RECESS of Congress, to guar
antee republican form of government
to every State.
The demand for the guaranty was made
upon President Grant by the Legislature
of Louisiana, and he executed it so far as
to maintain the existing relations between
the State government and the revolution
airy party.
The electoral vote has decided the
legality of the Republican government,
and the time has arrived when the
anarchy vNfch obstructs all business
must be terminated. We have stated in
tances in which the revolutionists have
encroached upon the status quo, and have
strengthened their position while the flag
of truce was flying. We now record q
violation of that truce which requires in
slant action at the hands of the Federal
executive. 1t is the attempt to nullify the
commissions of members of the Legisla-
ture claiming under the report of the Re-
turning Board. This is claim estab-
lished legally on the part of the revolu-
tionists and is q palpable violation of the
terms prescribed by the Federal execu-
tive. The President may, therefore, take
such time as may be necessary to deter
mine the fitness of his own appointees.
He may propose to Governor Packard
any qualifications for State Office that
he deems proper, but nothing can exon
crate him from the constitutional obliga-
ton to comply with the Legislative de-
mand for protection against ''the domes-
tic violence" which still exists in the usur-
patton of all the forms of State admins
tration. This duty car not be longer
postponed. Our lawful government may
dissolve, and the post norton examina-
ton disclose that it persisted from the
failure of the Federal government to exc
cute its plain constitutional duties Let
the administration of the Republican
Governor, Legislature and judiciary, de-
clared elected by the Returning Board,
be recognized, installed and inaugurated
in office, and we care not if the President
and Governor Packard devote the rest of
the year in selecting those persons in
Louisiana who are to hold Office under
them.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-08
FAITHFUL OFFICIALS.

The names of Governor Wells and Cen
eral Anderson will ever be held in CRATE
ful remembrance by the Republicans of
Louisiana; and not by them alone, for
they have rendered o service to the whole
country whose value it is difficult, if not
impossible, to estimate. By the firm stand
they took to carry out the law against
election frauds and violence, they saved
Louisiana the disgrace of casting an cleo
toral vote based on the murder of many
of her innocent citizens. The agents of
the Democracy performed well their part,
and presented their claim for reward
to the Returning Board. 1t was
promptly and firmly disallowed as
being contrary to law. Bribery and
threats to move the faithful officers from
their position of integrity were success
lively employed, but in vain. Imprison-
ment was accepted by them with cheerful
ness and equanimity. Nothing could
swerve them from obeying the laws they
have sworn to support, which provide
that if any man or party misbehaves at
an election he shall not be permitted to
reap any benefit from the temporary adj
vantages which may be derived from such
unlawful conduct.
We see by the dispatches that Messrs.
Wells and Anderson have, since the dis
persion of their prosecutors and their own
restoration to liberty, called upon Presi-
dent Hayes, by whom they were most cor
daily received. It is furthermore stated
that Governor Wells application for an
important position has been filed and the
assurance given him that it should receive
prompt attention. There are none in the
country to whom the new President is
under greater obligations than the Louisi-
ana Republicans who have managed so as
to pluck victory out of difficulty and
danger. In no other State in the Union,
except, perhaps, South Carolina, was the
Republican cause upheld at SO much
personal risk as in Louisiana. In
some places it was as much as
a mans life was worth to be known as a
Republican, and the whole business COM
munity of the city was bullied and dra-
grooned into the support Of the opposi-
ton. This support was not limited to
kind words and votes, but was demanded
and accorded in substantial contributions
of money and moneys worth. The mer-
chants have been actually impoverished
by their contributions to the capital fund
which was raised to sustain the stupendous
frauds whereby worthless Office hunters
were to be supplied with easy places
But against these great influences the
small band of Republican leaders and
officials stood firm as rock. They saved
the State from disgrace and the country
from disaster, and deservd well of the
man who owes his high position to their
heroic fortitude.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-08
A BASIS OF PEACE,

The revolutionary party has shown
purpose to hold on to every atom of po-
litical patronage. So far from Mr.. Mich
oils having offered to abandon the powers
of municipal appointment, a late Plea
ptne contains thirteen parish tax collect
ors, and the Democratic caucus proposes
to make the Lieutenant Governor the
president of the city police.
The people of Louisiana can now see the
motive of that party which has attempted
to seize the State government. They can
now perceive the causes OF political vio-
lence. It is to gain the public offices and
contracts and secure monopolies for
the subsistence of the aristocrats who fat
ten on the taxes paid by the people. We
believe that the State and the Republican
party would be all the better if Governor
Packard would call upon the Legislature
to provide for sending all the municipal
appointments to the people for election.
Reserve to the State executive no more
patronage than the Governor of Ohio or
of Massachusetts, possesses, and the prin-
cipaI motive for violence would be re-
moved. If the President will suggest to
the Republican Governors of Louisiana
and South Carolina the abdicstion of
municipal patronage, and send the clerks,
tax collectors and others to be elected by
the people, no one would know or care
who was Governor, more than they would
know or care about the State executive else
where. The Republican party has found
that this patronage brings no strength, but
involves the violence of the rapacious
Democracy. Let them repeal this execu-
tive weakness and send the parish offices to
be settled by the people of the parishes.
We attach so much importance to this
measure that we regard it as one item Of
peace, and would be glad to see it incor-
porated in any plan of adjustment which
the President may inaugurate. We want:
l. The recognition and installment of the
Packard government. 2. The election of
Of all municipal officers by the people.
8. The appointment or election of none
but Republican officers of the soundest
doctrine, the highest personal qualifca-
tons for Office, and the utmost capacity
to render the Republican party popular,
powerful and perpetual.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-08

cents per barrel. or at less than ave dol
lars per ton. With the combined demand
Of block or two Of factories the supply
Of coal could BE made adequate to con-
sumption and the price regulated against
low or frozen rivers. Without specific
authority to quote the profits of the cot
ton mandatory here, we may at least
say that Is sufficient to have justified the
enlargen BIT of the principal establish
ment. We may moreover say, upon the
best authority, that the female operative
labor here is as docile, as intelligent as
abundant and as economical as any
where else in the Union.
With such obvious arguments in favor
of participation in the protection on silk
and cotton goods, posterity, which will
be compelled to supplement commerce
with manufactures, will express astonish-
ment that these advantages were not real
lied by intelligence before they were
adopted by necessity.