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sufficiently 10 obtain food. shelter and
clothing and a little money. This is
just what the tramp wants. He is aim
less, worthless and savage. and commits
all manner Of outrages, according to op-
portunity and inclination. This is q
growing evil, and one that must be met
and corrected. Public sentiment aroused
and directed. can abate this NUS
aRce. The tramp is not only a
thief, a vagrant and a brutalized
being, but be is 8 dissemination Of disease
and scatters infection in his path. Not
one in City really wants regular employ
ment. A few days ago n of these
knights Of the road applied to Colonel
McDavitt for a hot breakfast. The Col
onel told him to dig up some stumps in
the lot-get bis breakfast and go to work
al regular wages. Looking at the stump
patch a moment, the tramp replied with
scorn: Il would starve aud die before l
would do such work as thatl" The old
gentleman called his dog aud the tramp
ran down to the fence and sprang over
it like an athlete in a circus jumping
over sixteen horses. The jackson Trib-
une and Sun, of last week says:
We commend to the authorities in this
city the policy pursued by the Milan Off
cials in dealing with tramps. They are
arrested in Milan as Migrants and made
to work out fines on the streets. This
policy wherever pursued invsribly results
in a happy radiance of tranps. Our
police in jackson should be forced to
execute the law against Migrants, and if
they fail men should be employed who
can and will execute the law. Nota day
but what ten to twenty tramps beg or
steal through the suburbs OF the city.
They have been known lately to curse
ladies' who refused to feed them, aud
threatened families with serious harm
TIE evil is becoming unbearable, and
dangerous, and the people demand
protection from the authorities.
The cities aud towns can protect them.
better than the farmers. We
and again urge a vigorous enforce
nent of the vagrant law in densely set
led communities, and the bulldog and
policy in thinly settled neigh
1orhoods. Now and then there is a mer-
%torious case, all such can be easily
distinguished. There is abundance of
york for all who are able and willing.
The sick and weak can be provided for
our hospitals and p%oor-houses. The
lime has come when idlers aud %lOafers
be forced to make a living by the
iweat Of their brows. Industrious,
peaceful people are tired Of supporting
IN army of ahle-bodied vagabonds, aud
lere in the South they will not submit to
t much longer. Let the tramp go TO the
,otton patch or take a position on the
shain-gsng.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-23

ATERRIBLE cOlliery explosion occurred
at High Blantyre, near Glasgow, yester-
day. Over four hundred men were in
the mine. Forty dead bodies were found
at the bottom Of one shaft. A faint
knocking has been heard in the other
pit, but no one had been rescued alive up
70 . late hour last night. 1t is not likely
thst many Of the men can survive the
poisonous gases. The event produces a
profound sensation Of horror, especially
At Glasgow and London.
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WASHINGTON, October 23.-F, n TEN.
nessee and the Ohio valley, the lake re.
gion, upper Missi ,sippi aud lower Mis-.
souri, valleys warmer, clear or partly
cloudy weather, light southerly winds,
stationary or lower pressure, possibly fol
lowed 10 Il northwest by rain areas.
The rivers will remain stationary.
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Trustee,s sale.

ON NOVEMBER Is, 1877, AT "a O'CLOCK
" M, / will, as Trustee, in front Of nv
office, No: 43% Madison street, Memphis,
Tenn, sell at public sale to the highest BID.
der, for cash, that lot Of land Ia shelby
county, Tennessee, known as the west half Of
Lot No. 4. in block 81 Fort Pickering, stu
ated at the southeast intersection of Jackson.
and Seventh streets, having a front on The
south side Of jackson street Of 56A feet, with
uniform width tOuthwardly to an alley, and n.
front on the east side Of Seventh street OF
NY feet The right of redemption is Waived,
only as Trustee.
1888 j. NJ. GREGORY. Trustee.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CARD.

To all who are suffering from tho errors and
indiscrstions Of youth, nervous weakness.
carly decay, loss Of manhood, ETC.. I will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
BY a missionary In South Amerlca. Send q
self-addrcssod envelope to the AEv. JosRrH
T. Imam. Station D, Bloc House, Ns,c York
en-. 80. xxyii-S-eodaw
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THK Avalanche of this morning says,
editorially:
The name Of Judge R. J.. Morgan will
De presented as a candidate for the Su.
preme Court Having served as chan
cellor for the whole term with fidelity
and ability, his friends justly think be is
q suitable candidate for promotion on the
bench. The election will be held in Au-
gust, 1878, at which time all the judicial
positions in the State will be flied by a
popular election.
Judge Morgan was a prominent eandi.
date for governor before the convention
which nominated Governor Porter, aud
is most favorably known throughout the
State.
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DIED.

PARTEE AT her hime in Concord. n. c.,
on Sunday morning. 2lst inst. Mrs. CATHE-
RINE PARrEE lmother Of Colonel II. A. Partee
Of this city,, in the s1th year Of her age.
She died full Of years and good deeds; had
been a consistent and exemplary member Of
the NJ. Il. church over forty years, and died
as she had lived. in the full faith of the gospel
and with the Christians hope Of a blessed i'm
mortality. x.
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QUEBEc, October PA mandament
issued by the archbishop of the province,
in council with other bishops, ordering
the priests in charge of cures not to
meddle in any way in political matters
or elections, has been published from the
cathedral.
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CINCINNATI, October 23.-Jhe official
vote Of this county in the recent election
gives the following plaralides: Bishop,
CDemocrat), for governor, 1859; Fitch,
lDemocrat), acknowledgement, ENC.
Howells, ~(Democratl, treasurer, 223l.
Pillars, (Democrat), attorney general
2l57i o'Key, (Democrat), Judge So.
preme Court, 24l5, The oaly Republi
can elected vas Cappeller, county audi
tor, by 55s plurality.
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WASHINGTON, October % = Senator
Blaine is still confined to his bed, with
the prospect of an early recovery, the
fever being much weaker than on yester.
day. Few persons only are admitted 10
his chamber, quiet being essential.
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Beware Of tramps, ia the motto of sev-
eral Of our Tennessee exchanges. They
are coming down from the North by the
thousand. Under the pietense Of poverty
and a desire to obtain employment, they
work upon the sympathies Of the people
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KNoxyrLLr, October % r. ". DR.. W.
b. Nunsey, Of the Southern Methodist
church, died suddenly this morning at
JonesborJ.
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aan DomInLa RebeIIIon.

NEW YoRE, October 23.-Puerto Plata
and Loveja, San Domingo, have been
reoccupied by The government troops.
All the other PROVINCES are still in re.
bellion.
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Saturday, November II, 1877,
NOTICE.

VlHE undersigned having qualified rs Exec
utors under the will of the late Daniel
Bates. notice is hereby given to all persons
the same fof settlement,
W. II. BATES, /
33-3Q-A5.6l
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I'D r. $751;
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

-
Chancery Court of Shelby County-J. W. JEFF
ferson. admir- of M. ii. Kerr, deceased, vs..
Mary +. Kerr ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTRRLOCUTORY
ID decree ftr sale. entered in the above cause
on the 18th day Of October, 1877, | will sell. at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
Of the CLERK and Masters Office, court. house
building, Main street. Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, November 10, 1872,
within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
to wit:
In civil district No. 6, about six miles north
east Of Memphis, and near McConnells old
mill, consisting of two tracts-one tract con-
tainlng l6 acres, and the other 26.5S acres.
said land is a part Of the original M. A. Kerr
tract, and is the land on which said Moses Il.
Kerr resided at the time Of his death.
Terms Of sale ne-third cash; balance in
twelve months; note with approved security,
bearing interest from date; lien retained, etc.
This October 10. 1877.
B. A. COLE, @. and NJ.
By r j. BLACK, D.. @ and M.
Smith Y Collier. solioitors. 42-4S.5t60
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Ere.

ST. JoHYs, October 23.-An incen-
diary in Fredericton last night destroy
ed several residences and stores. Loss,
$50 600.
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~ EM
lekday Evening, Oct. %, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is S. per GRRum for
ne Daily, and 81 per AMMAN for the
Neekg-PostGgs free.
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T%ELEGRAPhIC
STOCKS n BONDS.

LONDON, October %, 4 p.m.-Consols
for money, IS 1916; on account, 90;
United States new four.and.a.halfs, 1919;
United States ive-twenties of 1865, lO43;
United States fve-twenties of 1867, 1919;
United States ten-forties, 1913; new fveB,
1861; Erie, l3B.
New YORK, October %, ll:50 a M
United States skies of 1881, lO95@1lO;
United States skies of 1881, coupons,
= @ll0s; new four and-a-halfs, = "a
1854; coupons, l05s@l05a; 6ve.twenties
of 1865, new issue, lO5s@lO63; ive.twen.
ties Of 1867, = @lO8f; 6ve.twenties OF
1868, coupons, = @l09s; t%en.forties,
-s@lO7B; ten-fortics, coupons, 1880
1889; currency skies, - @l20@; new
6yes, l061@lO62.
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In Supreme COurt at Jackson,

James A. Anderson, Admir- de bonis non of
FIN. Cash, deceased. VS.. j. 0. Thweatt.
RY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO.
~ nourced by the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee at Jackson, in this cause, June 6. 1877.
l will offer for sale to the highest bidder, in
'front.' OF the court. house of Shelby county in
the city of Memphis. on
Thursday, November %, 1877,
the real estate mentioned in said decree, situ-
ate in the northwestern part of Shelby county,
and described al follows
Beginning at a stake IA links east of an
ash we" thence north 26 poles 10 a stake:
thence north 75o east i7.9 poles TO a stake:
thence north 5ho west 1874 poles 81 links TO a
stake; when.e east 5fo north ~ poles 10 links.
is a gum marked "P M" thence west 57o
souto 30 poles 20% links TO a stake; thence
north 81 west 6S1a poles to a stake on the
north boundary line; thence with said line
wet 57' south lSlB poles TO a stake; whence.
20 links IS an ash marked "R VIZ t7en.e.
south l, ~ east, $50 poles to a stake; whence,
west ~ links is a white walnut marked Up %
thence east "a north g719 poles to q stakes
thence south $50 east I64I poles to a stake.
whence south S5o east IS links Is a sycamore
"L;" thence east IL o. west 1914 poles 10 the
beginning containing 1870. p aSie s. and being
the same tract Of land conveyed by +. 81,
Cash TO j. y. Ihweatt on )st day Of january,
1866, BY deed of that date registered in The
Registers Off 20 Of Shelby county, Record
Book No. n, part |, pages 1853 and 154.
Terms OF sale-cash. Equity of redemption
barred.
JOHN Il. FREEMAN, Clerk.
hortrecht q Graft, SlIc tors. 42-7l
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BREADsTUFFs


LIVERPOOL, October 23.-Wheat, win.
ter, 0sSd@lls3d; Milwaukee red, los ID
oils Sd; California white, l2s 8d0
l35 Cd; California club, lbs d@l Cd.
Germ, 9-@29s.6d. Pork, Al eds. Beef,
92s Cd. Bacon, long clear, 39s Cd; short
clear, Ais Cd. Lard, 45s Cd. Tallow,
Ais.
CHICAGO. October 90, lO;45 am =
Wheat inactive aud firm at | 06b for No.
vember. Corn is firm at 44044s for No.
vember Pork is dull and normally at
II 55@l2 60 for January or November;
II 45@l2 479 seller year. Lard is nom
insly 8 10 tor seller year; s 2098 224
for January. Receipts-Flour, l3,5l8;
wheat, 1887; corn, 60. SIG. Shipments
Flour, l2,066; wheat, 1880; corn,
ll3.Co2 Stock in store on the 22d-
Wheat, 596,5S6; corn, 648,6s9. Dry
sailed meats, boxed, steady; shoulders,
So; short ribs, u; short clear, 7s; long
clear and short clear, III long clear, 7s
Pork strips, 7; bacon strips, a Second
picked hams, l04@ll for lG average
fresh cured; green hams, s bid and 81
asked for l6 average Loose meats quiet;
short ribs, nominally Z %; long clear,
u; shoulders, GO
New YORK, October %, 1915 p M
Flour is easy Wheat is steadier and
nominal at 800; Milwaukee, | 81. Corn
quiet aud firm at 6l9@6l2 Mess pork
IL quiet at Is 60 bid for November; Is ID
for December; 10 IS for January. Lard
is quiet at 8 IS bid for October; 8 80 iol
November; 8 724 for December; 8 72l fol
year. Whisky is quiet at | l34.
CI%ScISNArI, October %, / pm-Floul
ia a shade frner. Wheat is quiet; white
| 300l IS Corn quiet and unchanged
Whisky in good demand at l on. Pork
IL so bid and 10 IS asked. Lard is un
changed Bulk meats are firm and un
changed. Bacon is in good demand
sides. 9093.
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We are indebted to Col. Casey Young,
our member Of congress. for the initial
number OF the Congressional Record Of
tee Forty-6fth congress-frst session.
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B. n \. AaeooIArloN.
EUREKA
Building & Loan Assn
Capital, 100000

O~FFIEEHsf
JOHN ". COCHRAN, President
o. II. +. PIPER, Vice President
WIN. GAY, ;;;'; secretary
W. d. BEARD, tits; Attorney
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THE B0OKs0 OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE
open for subscription, and parties wishing
To snbscriho can find books In the hands OF
each Director at their respective places. Of
business, and the Secretary at ONCE OF Mer-
chants Insurance Co., % Madison street
This Association will make loaps up0n
farms In any part Of Shelby county, rs per
terms Of its charter. 1921
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j.. W. COCHRAN, ISAAC SCHWAB,
JOHN p. HOFFMAN,, W. D, GRUB s..
D. III. p. PIPER, JOHN A. KIRBY,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
Personal.

The French Minister, M. Max Out
rey, will summer at Newport.
Ex-Governor Swami, of Maryland,
has given $50, 900 for two cottages at
Newport.
The Vicksburg Herald announces
that Ex-Governor Davis" is tending
bar in Macon. =. Z, ...-...
A Chicago paper reports that Gen.
Logan is getting ready to accept q
foreign mission.
Halleck had very crude notions of
mstrimony. He remained single be-
cause he was deaf.
They say the Kaiser returned Bis
marck's resignation with never" writ
ten on the margin.
Hon. John A. Kasson, the new Min
lister to Spain, lives, when at home, in
DesMoines, Iowa, In a plain brick
house one story high.
Francis Joseph, of Austria, is a fine
amateur violinist, but in the grand Euro
pean concerto about to be performed
he will have to play second fiddle.
The Prince of Wales, a fortnight
age, made the most rapid journey on
record between London and Paris. The
time occupied was seven hours and
three quarters, including stoppages at
Folkestone and Amiens, but exclusive
of an hour and half at Beulogne for
supper and rest.
Poor Carlotts has at last, it is re-
ported, heard of the fate of her hus-
band. She received the news calmly,
but it is impossible to say whether or
not she appreciates its significance
fully. She has occasional fits of de-
lirium, and one phase of her insanity
has never quilted her. She Is still
afraid that her food is poisoned, and
refuses to partake of it until some one
else has tasted it. She writes, paints
and studies music. f,-
Distinguished honors were paid to
the memory and name of Hon. William
G. BrownIoY.- 4 public meeting was
held at the board Of trade rooms to
take appropriate action. The com
maiider of the 'OfConuer gZo1syes, q
Confederate officer during the late
war. rendered his company as an escort
on the occasion. The flags on the Gus
tom house and the leading wholesale
business houses were placed at half
mast, and the courts also adjourned
IS tribute of respect 10 his memory.
The president of the Kentucky Med
ical Society, at . meeting of that or
ganiZAtion held at Louisville last week,
took occasion-to cay some hard things
about women doctors So, says the
Louisville Commercial We can see no
reason why women should not become
the very best Of doctnrs. They GER
tAinly would have a, much sympathy
for their patients, and would take as
much interest in them As males. Tie
idea that women are incapable of be
coming as proficient in the profession
- men is all bosh. intellectually, men
are not Superior % women Il Is all .
matter Of education. and il women have
the same opportunities they will be
able 70 accomplish the same results.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

THE assertion that the European
conflict will create a demand for gold
abroad and make the return to specie
payments in this country difficult is
surely without reason. We will ex-
port more than we will buy. This ex-
cess of exports must be paid for in
American securities, drawing gold, or
in gold. We will soon owe the world
nothing. Our bonds will be taken up
and then, If the war still rage, the sup
ply Of gold must be exhausted in Eu-
rope to pay for breadstuffs and NUM-
tions of war in this country. Surely
there is better time coming and with
it comes the reign of gold instead OF
paper.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
THE PRESIDENTS VICTORY.

The st. Louis Republican, a stanch
Democratic paper, says that the Presi-
dent has won two victories-one over
the Democratic party and one over his
own. Very certainly he has conquered
the Democracy by adopting their pol
icy as the rule of his administration,
and there Are not few Democrats
who accept the peculiar sort of Repub-
licanism which he has been illustrating;
there are nearly eight millions of them.
At the same time Mr.. Hayes has con-
quered the Republican leaders by the
intrinsic virtue of an anti Republican
policy which the country approves, and
they are powerless to resist. There is
no installing the deep chagrin which
mipgles with the Republican leaders
reluctant submission to the Hayes
policy. Mr.. Blame, we are now told,
twill make no opposition to the Pres
ident at the special session." and
Mr.. VIM. E. Chandler, late secretary
of the Republican National Commit
tee, and others, while "not hesitating
20 place on record their opinion that
the President has made great mistake,
and that they cannot approve his
course in Louisiana and South Carroll
ma, yet do not intend to contribute
anything to destroy the Republican
party, and see nothing to be gained
by attempting to ferment discussions
init" But Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Chand-
Ter are not as msgnanimous as they
would have US believe. 1t is not out
Of affection for Mr.. Hayes nor for the
Republican party, they agree to abstain
from opposition to the new policy; it
is out of regard for themselves. They
simply agree not to dash their heads
to pieces against it. i
A month ago we took the liberty of
assuring Mr.. Hayes of that Democratic
support for his Southern policy, the
proofs of which are now coming to him.
We now take the liberty of assuring
him of the continuance Of that support
as long as he continues to pursue that
policy. He may call it a Republican
policy il it pleases HIM to do so; it is
enough for us to know that it is very
Democratic sort of Republicauism,
and far more acceptable to Democrats
than to the Republican leaders.
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gen. JAMES P. MAJOR, who died
on last Monday at the Raymond
House, was a native of Fayette, How
ard county, Missouri. He was gradu-
ated at West Point, and served in the
Second United States Cavalry under
Col. Robert E. Lee. He entered the
Confederate States service and served
under Gen. Price, and under Gen. Van
Dorm in Mississippi and Tennessee.
He was transferred to the Texas Grams
Mississippi department, and command
ed brigade and later corps of Texas
cavalry. He was skillful and daring
soldier, winning everywhere the admi
ration and confidence of all who obeyed
his orders.
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THE New York Herald says that the
President is now busying himself first
with the Louisiana offices. Marshal
Pitkin, now that Casey is disposed of.
is to have a successor, Southern
man, q man of influence and character.
The President doubtless remembers
the advice given him last fall by the
venerable ex-President Woolsey, of
Yale, to "put Southern men into
Southern Offices" We trust he will
warn the new nen to keep their handle
away from the politics of the State.
Let the Federal officers attend to their
duties. 1t is an indecency, as we'll as
a gross improperly, for Federal office
holders to presume to meddle in poll
tics as party leaders; and the country
has suffered too much already from
such interference. 1t has not forgot
ten United States Marshal Packard,
chairman of the Republican State Com
mittee of Louisiana, and, more scan
dalous yet, Secretary Chandler, chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee. Whenever the President APP
points Federal officer he ought to
give him one piece of warnlng-"As
soon as 1 catch you meddling in poll
tics, off goes your head" If he kept
his word this would go long way
toward reforming the civil service.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

'TnE South" is urged by the New
York Express to ''abide In her unsul-
lied integrity and stand as one man
solid.'' The Express is an organ of
TammanY Hall, and uuites with Tam
many in opposing internal improve
ments by government aid south of the
Ohio river. It's advice to the South is
to "stand solid" as a witless tool of
Tamnany Hall. Our recollection is
that the Express, early IN 1861, advised
1.-THE South" to &c Oh with the seces-
sion movement. and that it afterwards
urged 'the North to destroy the Con-
federacy, the fruit of that movement.
The Northern Bourbons are adopts in
the art of giving bad advice to "the
South"
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The most remarkable fact in the
recent history of the Southern States
is the instant and complete cessation
of political disturbances, murder, vlo-
lence and lawlessness which has fol-
lowed upon the stoppage of Federal
military interference. Arkansas, for
instance, was so given. over to lawless-
ness under the carpetbag rule that Re-
publicsns declared constantly that
they would not dare to remain in the
State if Congress did not GUST the
Democratic Governor, Garland, and
maintain the Republican, Brooks, by
armed forces. Blu, happily. Congress
refused to do this The State passed
into the complets control of the Dem
ocrats in the spring of 1875, and peace,
order, obedience to and respect for law
at once took the place Of violence and
lawlessness, and have been maintained
ever since, no one making the least
complaint. Ildeed, q large negro en-
igratioD began to set into Arkansas
from other States soon after it fell into
the hands of the surely a
most forcible commentary on the wis
dom of the policy Of local self-goyern-
ment and Federal non-interference.