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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
FOREIGN.

The preliminary conference of Plenipo-
tentaries at ~Constantinople is satisfactorily
ended, and the decisions arrived at have
been approved by their respective Govern
ments.
Another revolution has taken place in
San Domingo. President Gonzales has
been deposed, and a provisional Govern
ment formed for the purpose of restoring
ex-President Baez to power.
1t is estimated that 120 vessels and 25O
lives were lost in a recent severe gale on the
north coast of Scotland and the Orkney
Islands.
The Plenary Conference of the represent
atives of the Powers held its first session at
Constantinople on the oath. Savit Pasha
presided. 1t was proposed that the armis-
tice be prolonged Is days. The new Turk
ish Constitution, which was proclaimed on
the day preceding the meeting of the Con-
ference, is extremely liberal in its pro-
visions, guaranteeing the liberty of the
press, and the free exercise of public wor-
ship by all creeds, and making primary ed
ucation compulsory.
h convent of the Sisters of Providence,
at st. Elizabeth, near toilette, Province Of
Quebec, was burned to the gTonnd on
Christmas night, and thirteen of the in
mates persisted in the flames.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
WEST N SOUTH.

The Illinois Democratic State Central
Committee met at Springfield, or stiie 91st,
and adopted resolutions affirming the con-
stitutional right Of the House to participate
in the electoral count and denying the right
of the President Of the Senate to conduct
the III alone; also requesting that mass
meetings shall be held December 80 in each
county Of the States OF citizens irrespective
of party, for the selection Of delegates to
a convention in Springfield, January g..
An unusually large and brilliant meteor
was visible throughout Illinois, Kentucky,
Missouri, Kansas, and adjoining States, ON
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.

A large meeting of Conservative tax-pay-
ers was held at Charleston, on the Dist, al
which resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed, recognizing Hampton and Simpson as
lawfully elected, and pledging them moral,
financial and material aid.
Both State Legislatures adjourned sine die
on the ed, leaving the two State Executives
to act upon their own responsibility.
move the quo acarronto proceedings by the
Tilden Electors against the Hayes Electors
Vin South. Carolina was decided on the Goth
Justice Willard delivered the opinion of the
Court, refusing the motion to remove the
case to the United States Circuit Court, un-
der the act of Congress of 1875.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04

Louisiana.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.

On the Doth, a statement of voters reject
ed in. each parish and at what polls rejected was
received from the Returning Board. Senator
'MeDonalds made a motion that a subpoena duces
tecum issue to the Returning Board for all pro-
tests and al davits accompanying the CONSOLE
dated statements of the Supervisors; also for the
returns of the Commissioner of each poll in each
parish. The motion was argued, but no decision
made. A number of witnesses were
in regard to intimidation and outrages. Ben.
James, colored, of Ouachita Parish, a constable,
.and. also United States Deputy Marshal at the
time of the election, testified: Was captured by
a party of armed white men while carrying a
poll. box from Monroe to I.Ogtown; endeavored
TO get away and was shot and wounded in the
arm, but finally succeeded in hiding in a
ditch and thus effected his escape; stated that
the negroes were threatened and intimiGated,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
EAST.

A consultation of leading Democrats of
Pennsylvania was held at Harrisburgh on
the 22d, and an address was adopted, declar-
ing Tilden and Hendricks fairly elected and
urging upon Congress the duty of seeing
the result so declared. ~
A committee of New York merchants,
bankers and others, without regard to
party, have addressed a memorial to Con-
gress expressing great satisfaction at the
appointment Of a joint committee to con-
slider the proper mode of counting the bal
lots for President and Vice-President, and
pray for a prompt determination of the
mode. 81. ar 20 ESQ., a .ar a.. Ed
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

r....F o. s-- r-t--af- "
Senator Ferry, President of the Senate,
says that in all cases where conflicting cleo
toral certificates are known to have been is
sued, ne receipt will be given by him to
either messenger: i 49,, d
President orion, OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company, on, the 23d, informed
the Congressional committees that fhe
Board of Directors of the Company had BY
official resolution taken from its officers the
control of all messages now in possession of
the Company, andthatdh he would therefore
be unable to respond to the subpenas is
sued against him The present condition
of his health being somewhat critical, he
begged that the House Committee would
excuse him from personal ~atterdance upon
them at New Orleans.
The fact has recently been, made public
that some weeks ago a package, said to con-
tain $23, DOC, was sent from theicash room of
the Treasury Department, at Washington to
the Illinois National Bank at Chicago, by ex-
press, and upon its receipt it was, found TO
contain only a lot of waste paper. Where
and in what manner the robbery was accom-
plished is entirely unknown. ~, I-a
The President, on the 26th, sent to the
Senat a message, inclosing the report and
journal of the proceedings Of the commits
sion appointed in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Indian Appropriation bill of
last year to treat with the Sioux Indians for
the REIMBURSEMENT Of their right to the
Black Hills. By the terms of the agree
ment the country is now opened to white
settlers.
A Washington special to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, Goth, says: Gen. Ander-
son, of the Louisiana Returning Board, had
an interview with the President to-day,
and gave him a complete inside history of
the Louisiana election. He indicated that
the Board would refuse to answer all the
House Investigating Committees demands,
and would submit to Imprisonment for con-
tempt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04

If there is any thing that make 3,
man suddenly recollect that he is, not a,
blue and gold butterfly in a rose-pink
atmosphere it is to have his vile yell
at him, as he goes through the door:
"Remember, George, the coal is out,
and we haven't got any kindling-wood,
and there's not a single potato in the
cellar. Remember that you don't for
get it now"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
Florida,

The Senate Committee, on the Goth, call
ed on the Secretary of State for a tabulated state
rnent of the vote for Presidential Electors on the
face of the returns, which was furn shed, fgur-
ing up: Hayes, FL $50, and Ftlden, a, p; this,
including return No. /, from Baker County.
which was by the unanimous action
of the Board rejected and other
returns substituted, gives Tilden l 8
majority. Evidence was taken in regard to
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04

George Whalen, a gymnast, while
performing at the Theater Con1ique, in
Cleveland, the other night, mssh his
hold on a suspended bar, amir fell to
the stage with terrific force, iniuring
his spine so severely that he can not
recover. Whalen is known as one of
the Norman Brothers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04

irregularities in the polling and canvassing of
the votes in Friendship Church Precinct, Jack
son County, where the Republican Supervisor
was driven from the door, as is alleged, and the
canvass took place two miles from the polling
place. The House Committees have proceed.
ed to take evidence elsewhere, s t.-,..q
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04
fra3d. q Nalsa1aes8aLouis I}aeehus, Repub-
eaFs suAefvsen t.RSgis9atioh Of the Eleventh
'ard. fAtdedsIfaaF oseH toH BY Analmber Of

Vote the Republican ticket, but were afraid of
losing their situations; kno" 81 colored men who
have been discharged since election for voting
the Republican ticket; objected to give the names
OF any of them. as they had requested him for
COTS sake not to do 50. Tie statement of Abel,
the Secretary OF the Returning Board, as given
to the committee, shows that, the Board threw
votes, exclusive OF those not returned by the
Supervisors. The COMMITTEES adjourned till
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06
FIRE ON PRESIDENTS ISLAND.
Anxious Crowds on the Bluff Watch.
Ing the Planes.

About halfpast ten o'clock to-day a
dark smoke was seen issuing from the
quarters on Presidents Island, some two
miles below the city, used as a county
vorkhouse, and lately leased by General
Forrest. A few moments later and a
clear, red sheet Of fame burst through
the smoke, aud hundreds of people, un.
able to render assistance, or do anything
but look and ask questions Of others no
better informed than themselves, assem-
bled on the bias aud stood gazing in the
direction Of the FIRE. At first it was re.
ported that the %ginhonse was on fire, hut
some one familiar with the situation soon
pointed out the ginhouse 10 a different
part of the Island, quite out of danger.
As there are no ~6re-engines or other a.
cilities on the Island to extinguish fire
1t was soon decided and evident that the
entire row of buildings known as the
barracks, and Others connected, would
be consumed. Various eonjectures and
surmises were msde-among others, that
the place had been set on FIRE purposely,
and that the county c%onvicts, numbering
near 8 hundred, had taken possession of
the island to burn down everything on it
and escape to the woods on one side or
the other. The fact that the cotton. gin
continued to give forth puts Of steam,
as though running as usual, did not
strengthen this idea.
The barracks we're built by General
Forrest some two years ago, when be
took the contract to run the county poor
house and leased the upper end of the
island. The material used was pine or
cypress lumber aud, of course, very
combustible. The main building was
100 by "a feet divided of into various
apartments, one of which was used as a
s%tOre.room; the others mostly for the
prisoners and their guards. There
was an L or wing to the building
65 by 80, used as a dining. room and
kitchen, and back Of this a bake oven
and laundry, Just east Of the main
building aud at right angles with it, stood
the stable, a building of forty.two stalls,
which is likely burnt also.
General Forrestsp5 over $40, 900 ID
fixing up the place. His contract dated
from the first of January, 1876, and rar
for FIVE years. He had Just got his AFFAIR."
in shape to make money when he wsi
taken with his last fatal illness. Thi,
FIRE will doubtless be a heavy loss to tht
estate; though we have no means Of ar
irving at a reliable estimate. 1t is be
lieved hat the residence occupied b,
General Forrest and his son Captain
Willie Forrest, now in charge of tb.
place, owing to its distance from th,
quarters, is lot burned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06

One of the lady patrons of the Shell
tering Arms, a New York charity, has
just given $50, 600 to that institution for
the erection of a new home, 10 De known
as the Little May Cottage" 1t is to be
g memorial to a young daughter who
died recently. The donor has refused
to have her name made public.
Poor Josephine Bonaparte's mansion
Of Malmaison has just been sold by gov.
eminent to the agent of a foreign per.
sonage for Sl2O, 900. Another celebrated
mansion, the Hotel de Monaco, in the
Rue de Vareune, built in the seventeenth
century by Cortonne for Marshal Mont,
morency, and occupied by Grimaldi,
Prince Of Monaco, by Princess AIDE,
laide Of Orleans, and BY Gen. Cavalgnae
duripg his presidency, is reported to
have been presented by the Duchess Of
Galliegs TO the Comte de Paris.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06
TIE NEW GOLDEN RULE.
A Magnificent Steamboat = The
Finest and COstliest Steamer
Ever Built for leland Waters.

The new Golden Rule will leave the
Lee whariboat tomorrow morning at 9
o'clock for New Orleans, on her maiden
trip. She is one of the most complete
aud finest steamers aAoat, and worthy of
the patronage Of the travelling public.
der arrival to morrow morning will be
the attraction at the levee, as Captain
Shinkle has a large number Of friends
here who are awaiting anxiously to in.
spect his great steamer.
This is the second steamer of that
name built by Captain 0 P. Shinkle for
the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade,
the fret being somewhat smaller, but the
largest aud finest sidewheeler that had
been built up to two years ago, the period
WheDit came out. The new Golden Rule
is by far the most eommodious, costliest
and palstisl steamer yet built, her cabin
being a magnificent saloon Of glistsning
splendor and costly finish, the equal OF
which is not to be found 90 the Western
waters.
The hull, which is finely shaped and
modelled for speed, having a length of
26l feet, Az fee, breath of beam, and Ga
feet depth Of hold, is capable of carrying
1900 tons. Tbis is the hull measure.
ment; the entire length Of the steamer
over all being 200 feet. The hall is
built of heavier timbers than is usually
pEt into boats on Western waters, the
material being well seasoned oak.
She has new and powerful machinery,
and her cabin is a model Of beauty, be.
ing faultleSs and superbly grand, while
her staterooms are large and elegantly
furnished; in fact she is a floating pal
ace. The following are her officers:
Captain, o. P. Shinkle; clerk, W. R.
Shaw; second clerk, Albert Shiukle;
mate, Green B%ondarant; second mate,
Mac Bondurant; steward, Il. NJ. Drake;
pilots, Brison and Marion Pursell; first
engineer, Abner Bagby; second engi.
ueer, zeb Ashford.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06

The general council met last night for
the transaction Of regular business. In
the board OF aldermen the comptroller
report received showed the receipts from
all sources for the month Of November
to be $32,Sl172i for the current year of
1877 to date, 1892, SIS. 26; appropriations
for the month OF November, $24, 268. 10;
current fiscal year, $243, sol O9; balance
unappropriated. 1913, 279 80. The reports
of various other departments were like
wise received. Various petitions were
acted upon.
Mr.. Grant introduced an ordinance
GSing the mayors salary for the next
two years at $4,000. Adopted.
The ordinance to lay psvements on q
dozen or 30 streets, to the amount Of
5000, 900, the contractors to be paid 10
claims against delinquent tex payers,
passed second reading after a long and
heated debate.
Ia the board of ~councilmen a petition
was presented from the members of the
fire department asking Tor relief and for
an allowance to make up what they lost
by discount in selling scrip representing
back pay. Report Of committee amend.
ed by recommending ten per cent per
aunum additional on back pay.
The resolution and report of the com
mittee as TO faro BANKS end other gaming
houses, and in favor Of suppressing the
same, and instructing the police commits.
%sioners to make no discrimination as to
gambling houses, vas laid on the table.
The ordinance to fix the salary Of the
mayor al $4,000 per annum was adopted.
Considerable business OF an unimpor-
tant character was attended to, and the
board adjourned to meet Friday night
next at the usual hour.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06
FACTS AND FANCIES.

A Harvard freshman has had to a
a fine of $40 for smashing a street lamp.
Governor Vance, of North Carolina,
is to deliver a lecture on The Dema.
gogue,"
There are 632 convicts in the Southern
Indiana prison, mostly employed 10 the
manufacture of hardware.
Herman q. Armenian, of Pine Island,
Mlsn., fought under Napoleon at Water.
loo, and is LOG years old
Mrs. Julia Ward Hove writes that in
solent staring by men almost drives re-
spectacle women from walking iu the
London streets.
Mrs. Jane Kise, a sister of Governor
Williams, OF Indiana. d ed very suddenly
on Friday last, At her residence ten miles
southeast OF V,nceuues.
We thong ! it bad enough ia Ken.
lucky to nave to pay u TAX on 4 fellows
head, but We uouce in tina Missouri pa.
pers great cou plant about back taxes.
-[Glasgow Times.
Rlbberies Of county treasures have
become so numerous in Ohio that the
c~ltizens feel like paying their taxes d.
rect to the robbers and thus save dam
aye to sales Free Press.
A Nyack man is trying to invent a
gravy bowl that will not break when a
woman throws it at her husbands head.
There has been too much erockery
broken ia this Christian nineteenth cen.
tOry New York Herald.
"Musing on the io6aite, eh27 said a
facetiOus chap to a melancholy looking
individual who was walkisg along The
roadside with bowed head and serious
OOunteneucs. well, yes; same thing
thinking Of my debts."
Dio Lewis believes that a large pro.
portion of deaths among babies are
caused by diSease of the brain. This
theory entirely relieves bio Of an obliga.
ton TO explain how be came to survive
the period Of ~babyhood Worcester
Press.
There is a handsome print out Of an
.inundation, with a big wooden shoe aoat.
ing down the iorewater with three little
chickens in it. 1t is called The Life
Boat, but some call it the "Toe Boat"
and say the chickens are hunting for the
corn. They are placed all around the
hatch-wsy.
The hall Of the Scottish Corporation
in Fleet street, London, was destroyed
by FIRE on the l4th inst. 1t was one Of
the Oldest buildings in the city Of Lon.
don, and formerly belonged 10 the RoyNl
Society, from whom it was bought in
1882. In the principal hall we're several
ve.y line portraits, the presents Of differ
emit governors, including iulllenrtA por-
traits Of Mary, Queen OF Scots, said 70
have been painted by ZGeohsro. ana Of
William ~, who was Tor twenty years
president Of the institution,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06
AREADY, No.
How ths Philadelphia soldiers
COhnlifsed a Grave Blundsr.
piitsbure Post.1

isOw the Philadelphia soldiers
Cohnifsed a crave Blundsr.
Piitsburs POIt.I
The following incident. which is said
to have occurred 10 Hutchinson's Bat
terry, prior 20 the breaking of camp ia
the anthracite coal regions, seems to
show the danger Of placing guns loaded
With bullets ia the hands Of unframed
and inexperienced soldiers, and as Capt.
Beck promptly aud plainly told the men,
furnishes an explanation Of the massacre
10 this city on the lsmeuted and never
to be forgotten 2lst of July. The mem.
bers of the battery we're drawn up in
line, shooting at a target, directions hav-
ing been given to dispose of all the anu.
milton on hand When Capt. Beck gave
the orders Ready, s;ml'-before he had
time to utter another syllable there was
a sharp crack and a dozen rifles rang out
on the stiffness of the camp. Every
man who fred will please step out of the
ranks" vas the command Of the cap
tain, in obedience to which iourteen men
walked from the line. Captain Beck was
very much excited, and recalling the
night OF terror in the round house, of
which he vas an inmate, and the causes
which necessitated the retreat to that
place, said: Men you are disgraeed.
No order TO FIRE was given, and a pre-
cisely similar Olunder on the part OF the
Philadelphia soldiers at the Twenty
eight street crossing, on the 2lst of last
Jolly, played havoc in Pittsburg Ysu
Will surrender your ammunition to your
comrades and retire" The men WHO
had fred without orders then turned owe
their ammunition, and were merely on.
lockers during the remainder Of the tar
get DrRctica
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06
A Nes Am ri PrimR Donna In
Paris

Paris NOV. ~ Cor. Courier des Etats Unis.1
The entire American colony in Paris
Vas present at the debat Of d young car
%tatrlce, also su American, tor America
IS tbs fashion at present at Paris. The
debutante of the Thester Italien is
named Maria Litts, which is probably
the Italian Translation Of Mary Lytton.
Sne Is originally, | am into med, from
the little town Of Bloomington, in Hi.
nols. She is only twenty.tbree years old,
and is a blonde of the Irish or German
type. Her mouth is lsrge--a little too
large, and her stature, which is ordinary.
does not yet seem sufficiently developed
or perfectly erect. Her face has q GER
tain resemblance to that of Albani. but
without it's elegance This inferiority is
compensated by q quietness of glance
which denotes great intelligence. In
deed, M. Escudier SAYS that this is her
great quality, and it is to this quality
that is attributed the facility With which
she has been ~improvised into a cauta-
tree and actress by her professor.
Madam Anna Lagrange, the old favorite
Ut New York. She must have been sure
OF her pupil to risk her in the role Of
Donizetti's Lncca, which requires to be
acted as we'll as sung, and which last
season was one of tho triumphs of
Albani.
Those who say that Miss Litta has
equsled her predecessor hatter her teo
muchi but she really has approached her
very closely. Rer style is less pure and
her voice thinner, but is fresh and clear.
and it's thin fiber has that precious quail.
ity of timber which ensblee il to rise
above all accomplishments. She makes
no fewer astonishing runs than Albani.
In Tact, she makes more, but quality in
such cases is of more importance than
quantity. As an actress she has that
lntrepidity Of American ladies who dis.
trust nothing, and she goes ahead at all
hazards. In fine, her success has been
decided, and she promises 10 become a
great artist it she is not overworked, or
if che is DOT spoiled by premature Fat.
teries. II. Escudier believes in her fu.
ture, for he has engaged her for Eve
years, Here, then, is singing America
getting a foothold in Paris.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06
LEDGER LINES.

Probate Court. Judge Ray presiding,
meets Saturday.
The Cumberland Presbyterian church
IS to have a bell weighing 24sl pounds.
Flora Wolf, stabbed by her drunken
lover, Higgins. is improving. and may
recover.
Judge Trigg telegraphs from Bristol
that he will be in Memphis Monday or
Tuesday next.
The police docket this morning shows
only a few fines for drunkenness and
misdemeanors.
Evangeline at the Memphis Theater
tonight for the last time. To morrow
night the Little Corsair.
Who will be the next mayor This is
the great question which agitates the
mind of everybody, from the banker to
the bootblack.
An election will be held at Lucy Depot
on the 10Th instant, to fill a vacancy &C.
casioned by the resignation Of ESQUIRE
W. d. Reynolds, magistrate of the Third
district.
There are said to be several candidates
for mayor held out near big trees where
the lightning is likely to, strike. They
might as we'll come out now; they are in
no danger.
Mr.. J. A. Simmons, after a long and
satisfactory connection, has resigned,
and Mr.. Henry I. Goodlett has been
elected as secretary Of the Peoples In.
surance Company.
The extraordinary drawing of the
Louisiana lottery, which comes off next
Tuesday, lie exciting great interest in
this city among the buyers of lottery
tickets, whose name is almost legion.
The Criminal Court jury in the case Of
Peter Foute, charged with killing a negro
named Henry Wallace, on the Lundy
place, came in at II o'clock to-day with
a verdict of not guilty, and defendant
was discharged.
Mrs. D. P. Bowers, supported by an
excellent company, will commence a
weeks engagement Monday night next
at the Memphis Theater, appearing in a
number OF new dramas. Mrs. Bowers is
a f%svorite with the Memphis public.
Ed F. Sisson, the Chattanooga agent
of the st. Louis and Iron Mountain rail.
way, is in the city. He is enc of the
most successful agents to drum up emf.
grants 10 the business. If be stops here
a day or two a large emigration to Texas
may be expected via Poplar Bluff.
The Irish Literary Association meets
to night at the usual place, on Poplar
street, for the semi.annual election OF
officers and the transaction Of other i'm.
portant business. A full attendance il
expected and old members desired to
come up and take a new start for the sea.
sou.
The first snow Of the season in Mem
phis fell yesterday afternoon about sun
down. The fakes we're rather large bur
not numerous to the square yard, anG
melted as o o as they touched tb,
ground. The fall continued only a few
minutes and was not generally observed
The weather was cold enough during thu
night for snow, but none OF the "beauti
ful" was to be seen this morning