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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19
The Russians Attack Arda-
han, and are Again
Repulsed.
THEY MAINTAIN THEIR POSITION
NEAR KARs, AND A BATTLE
Is EXPECTED SHORTLY.
The Russians Reported to Have
Crossed the Danube in
Spite Of the Turk
ish Monitors.

LONDON, May 10 The Standards
Pesth correspondent says some extreme
Hungarian papers demand that Count
Andrassy should treat the approach Of
the Russians to the neighborhood of the
Austrian frontier as casus belli. Mill
tary men consider thatfhe time has ar
rived for concentrating a corps OF obser-
walton in Transylvania. l hear from
Semlin that the military preparations of
the Servians are now quite evident.
Prince Milan to day nominated Colonel
Dragaschvitoh chief of staff, and ordered
General Olympus to resume command
on the Drina, toward which artillery
are marching.
A Widdin dispatch of yesterday re-
ports that six thousand Circassians are
joining the Turkish army as volunteers.
A Renter telegram from Erzeroum,
May 18th, says the Russians attacked
Arabian in force, and were again re-
pulsed. Communication is becoming
difficult. The wires to Kars are broken.
The Russians maintain their positions in
the neighborhood of Kers. A battle is
expected shortly.
a Bucharest dispatch, commenting on
the removal Of Russian headquarters to
Cotroceril, says: THE establishment Of
Russian headquarters there indicates
the purpose of expanding Russian ope-
rations over an extended front. This
leads to the natural conclusion that the
passage Of the Danube will not be made
for come time, as it will be necessary TO
bring all the Russian reserve stores Lear
the river in order to prevent any delay
after it is crossed. With Russian corps
stretched along an extended front, it
will not be difficult to throw a force
across the river at some undefended
point where Tele du Pont may be seized
and fortified to protect the crossing of
other corps 10 the vicinity. AS there are
no heavy masses Of Russian infantry on
The bank of the Danube west Of Ibrail it
is scarcely probable that any passage
will be attempted until all the corps are
in position"
The above sketch represents the
strategic situation. The tactical situa.
ton is as follows; The Russians appear
to have crossed between REM and Ibrail
in spite Of the Turkish monitors, and are
now awaiting the %deployment OF the
center and right wing on the line OF the
river, while the Roumanians and Turks
are exchanging comparatively harmless
compliments across the river between
the Jalomnitza and Kalafat positions.
These operations seem to be confined to
attempts to ascertain the number, cGlibre
and position of each Others batteries on
their respective sides Of the Danube.
Four monitors appeared before 0sman
yesterday. One returned to the mouth
Of the Danube, and then went to Tult.
cha, and the other two remained watch.
ing the Russians. At Ismail the Rus
slams have been trying experiments with
Krupp shells fred into the river. They
sacceeded in exploding them under the
water, the fragments flying great dis.
t%aDces. The Roumanians are so much
in need of officers that they intend to
prematurely give grades to the first class
Of the military academy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19
A SPECIAL teIegram 70 lhe CInelnnaLi

A SPECIAL telegram to the Cincinnati
Commercial of the 18th states that
The letter written by the President,
requesting General Garfield to withdraw
from the senatorial contest will BE-
printed The circumstances were as
follows; On the 18th of March last the
President sent fer General Garfield and
personally requested him to withdraw
from the senatorial contest, on the
ground that he could better serve the
administration and the country in the
house. Garfield asked time for conqid-
Grafton, and on the following morning
desired the President to put his request
in writing, The President accordingly
wrote the letter, setting forth the reasons
Why he desired Garfield to wit hdraw
from the senatorial contest, and added
that he felt that it was entirely within
the range OF possibility that Garfield
could be elected speaker.
In some way or other the Republican
opponents to the new policy attach great
Importance TO this letter, and think that
its publication will have a trerhendou.
effect, but in precisely what way does
not appear. 1t seems that at the time it
vas written the friends Of the admins
ration were quite confident that two
Democrats from South Carolina, Casey
Young, Of Tennessee; Schleicher aud
Throekmorton, Of Texas, aud Slemons
and Cause, Of Arkansas, would vote foi
the administration candidate for speaker.
Now, however, it appears that these gen.
tlemen are unwilling TO vote for Garfield.
Whether they would vote for any other
Republican is not assumed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19
CHANGING TEXT RACKS.

Our board of education and superiu,
tendent Of city schools should ponder
over the following scrap Of wisdom, re-
CARELESS of what book publishers OF
agents may say to the contrary. This
New Yerk World refers to a bill now on
it's way through the legislature providing
that text books used in the common
schools shall not be changed more than
once in Eve years, and indorses it hearti.
ly as aiming a blow at one Of The worst
abuses connected with the public educa.
ton. The editor says;
If a change is made in the text books
the least evil that resuits--but that which
is the easiest to appreciates the loss
to parents in being obliged to purchase
a new stock for tseir children. The
damage done to pupils in the school is
a more serious matter. They are dis
turbed in their habits Of study by the
change Of their text books, since at their
age the slightest variation OF methods IL
a puzzle; and no sooner do they grow
accustomed to one author than another
is thrust upon them, who makes the old
familiar things look new aud strange.
The hurt to teachers is still worse. They
get into the habit of presenting and ex-
planning a subject in the fashion of the
text book, and their effectiveness de-
ponds greatly upon their thorough ac-
quaintance with it. Not the least part
OF their duty is the guidance OF the pupils
in the use OF the book; for on their abil.
ity to handle that source Of information
their progress must depend. The instruc
tor with a text book fresh from the print.
ing press is like the master of a vessel
cropping his way into q strange river by
soundings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19

The Holly Springs miss Reporter
says: ut is reported that a regiment
Of Federal troops are coming to this
place to spend the summer. While the
indians and Mexicans are making daily
depredations upon the western border:
of this great country, Staying men,
women and children, burning settle.
ments and stealing all they can carry
away, half the army of the Union is
spending a perfect holiday in sections
of the country where all is peace aud
repose. The army should perform the
duties for which it was created or be dis.
banded. We have entirely too large az
army unless it we're put to a better use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19

The largest contributor to the revenue
Of England is said to be a brewing firm,
which pays about $4,000 for every work,
ing day Of the year.
In a case tried at Liverpool recently.
a witness described o man az having
been so drunk hat "he could not crush
the sugar in his whisky"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19
10 TAX.PAYERe.
Merchants Tax.

THE sUNDRY MANDAMUs TAX ON
l merchants capital for the years 1875 and
1876 Soc on the sl0O-has been decided BY tho
supreme Oeurt In favor Of the city. Said tax
. now duel also, the Brown MandamBs tax
with. and to save otleorst tees would adj
wise all owlngthem Ia come forward and nav.
wa J,J"RAWLIN6S, County Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19
1 v Kilograms.

CAIRO, May 10 -Arrived-E. 0. Stan
ard, St. Louis, 10 p.m John F. Tolle,
New Orleans, A a Coal City, New
Orleans, 8. Departed-St. Geneyieve,
Y~icksburg, 8 pm Tolle, St. Louis, 4
am. Weather fair and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19
steamboat sunk.

OMAHA, May 1.-the steamer Don
Cameron, sunk above Sioux City in IS
feet of water, was snagged, No lives
we're lost. The boat and cargo is a total
loss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-19

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood. etc.. l 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
T. imam, Station D. Bible House, New York
City. l29-Xxiv- 128d6w
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LEDGER.
rurrrrn 49,. d.
saturday evening, May 10, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB.
Lie LEDGER is IS per annum for
the Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Reskg-POstage free.
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Indications,

WASHINGTON, May l9.-For Tennessee
and Ohio valley falling barometer and
higher temperature, east to south winds
and clear or partly cloudy weather, with
rain areas at western stations.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
How to Work.

The Jefferson City (Mo.l JonrhaI tells
this, which is well known fact:
about week ago a gentleman from
Tennessee representing capital of
$40. 900, in search of a location at which
to engage in business, gave us call,
and after stating his mission West ask
ed to look at our paper. We handed
him the morning Journal. To our sur
prise he did not stop to read newsy local
'pickups," or our attractive editorial
page, but he turned at once to the ad-
vertising columns and commenced count
ing over their spaces. aHa
"Well," said-he, glancing up from
the paper, ''is that alI?"- Is that the
business of this town?n
"Oh, no." said we, ''here is the Tn
bune with few advertisements that do
not appear in the Journal" :" >
He then counted two additional local
business advertisements in the Tribune,
and again looked up with the remark:
'And that's all, is its Why, you
haven't got near as much of town as I
thought you. had;" and then we explain
ed to him that we have a great many
business men who do not advertise
"They. are not business men to hurt
if they dc not advertise" was his
answer.
We could not contradict him, and
we were powerless to vindicate the
"claims of the CITY,"
He left us, saying if he had time he
would look around, but he thought this
was no place for him."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21

The Hartford Times is of the
opinion that the day of colored re-
presentatives in Congress is num-
bered. 1t has been a matter of very
general remark that there are but
three coIored members in the present
House-Cain, Rainey and Smalls, of
South Carolina. all OF whose seats
are contested by white men. In the
last House there we're seven colored
members, and in the Congress before
that, more. 1t is the general i'm
preston that hereafter, unless col
ored members are elected in the
Northern States, none will ever
again be seen in Congress. AS the
three in the present Congress have
only been admitted on prima facia
cases on certificates manipulated by
the notorious Chamberlain and Car
doza, cooked up by the fraudulent
Returning Board of South Carolina,
it would not be at all strange that
the House elections committee, after
o. consideration oftheir cases, should
give their seats to the contestants
In each instance. The colored Con.
gressman has been a very decided
failure. Elliott, of South Carolina,
was the most prominent one that ever
held a seat. His speeches were re-
markably good. and it was generally
believed that they were prepared for
him by Ben Butler. Smalls, who
now represents a South Carolina
constituency. has just emerged from
Jail, where he was confined for frauds
in that State. If the juries of that
State do their duty they will have
him in the penitentiary before long.
Southern States will not elect any
more colored congressman, as even
the negroes are opposed to them.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21

III The conviction that something
must be done to arrest the vast
amount or crime aud evil Of every
kind caused by the sale Of intoxica-
ting drinks, is spreading and swell
ing like a tide. 1t is not confined
to any section of country, but is
manifesting itself in all directions,
North and South. East and West.
The New Orleans Times says: ''Peo-
pie will begin to think that we of
Louisiana are getting Puritanical if
this sort of fthing goes on much long
er. @ Parish after parish is falling
in line with the prohibition banner"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
The Old Subscriber.

He came wearily up the sanctum steps
yesterday afternoons; and turning the
waste-basket upside down, sat down
upon it with sigh that might have
been cut up in tornadoes and whirl :
winds enough to go around half dozen
agricultural counties. He had weary
look about him as though he had been
trying to die and couldn't find doctor.
His coat was ragged and patched here
and there with prosperous and clanish
communities of cookie burs. His boots,
waterproof variety, so arranged that if
you stuck them in the river the water
would run out faster than it would run
in. We asked how he Jared, and he
glanced savagely among our exchanges
before he answered sadly:
"Well, pretty miserable thank ye.
Ye see, the times comes in pretty hard,
and it was pretty hard sleddin' to git
along. either had to sell the six dogs,
or cut down the expenses in some other
way, and so l stopped the paper. 1
missed it powerful bad the first few
weeks, then I kind O. got used to it.
Borrowing it once in while here and
there, but the folks didn't somehow
pear to lend their paper, and so final
ly lost sight of it altogether. Then
trouble began right off. The first thing
1 knew, was arrested and fined $40 for
violating the game law. See, things has
been changed little, and didn't know
nothing about it; but as the Judge said
as how ignorance wasn't no excuse in
these days, when the State was SO full
of papers that you couldn't fire a stone
out o. the winder without hittin' a.
editor. Then, in week, was arrest
ed and fined $50 for violating the fishery
law, and when begged off, an said I
didn't know nothin' about it the Judge
asked where was raised, and remitted
80 of the fine for me to take a paper
with. But kinder thought I con1dn't
get in any more scrapes, and / sorto
hung on to the 50. In about three days
after was took up and fined 81 and
costs for hunting on Sunday, and 1 hope
I may die if knew it was Sunday. An
had to sell the gun to get out of the
jug. Then a fellow came along and
bought every grain of corn had ia the
crib at six cents less than I found the
next day it was worth In the market;
then lost two of the best cows you
ever saw, and they was took up and adj
vertised, and all the time / was huntin'
the whole country over for 'em, and
when I found 'em at last, the cost was
more than the COWS was worth The
taxes come due and did't know it, an
the farm was sold an had big costs to
pay, before knowed thing about it,
Then lost SO on bet that Pendleton
had dead sure thing on the Democratic
nomination. another S. on a bet that
Belknap was Secretary of War, an |
don't know anything about Babcock,
nor Blaine, nor nobody, and every week
since I've stopped the paper, I've paid
out more money to keep out of trouble
than would keep me in newspapers all
my days. Put my name on the list
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
EXTRA SESSION.
Joneshoro' Times .

b A proposition to have an extra session
of the Legislature has been discussed
pretty freely by the press throughout the
State lately. In all the references to the
subject SO far noticed, the question of
adjusting the State debt upon some COM
promise basis seems to be the great aim
and object of those favoring an extra
session.
The Importance of an adjustment that
will enable the State to wipe out the
continued disgrace of failing and refus-
ing to pay the interest on her debt,
much of which is in the shape of bonds
held by educational and charitable in
stitutions and as investments for the
benefit of minors and wards throughout
u the State, cannot be over estimated yet
what good could result from fifty ad-
justments while the State is cursed with
as'Ten cents Legislature.
If the present Legislature has sand
enough in its gIzzard to levy tax suf-
ficient to meet the current expenses and
resume the payment of interest on an
adjusted debt, by all means give them
chance. If they have not, an extra ses-
sion would be bnTlesque, and their ex-
penses an outrage upon the tax payers.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21

Republican journals in their efforts
toinduce Mr. Hayes to abandon his
Southern aud civil service policies,
remind him of the fate of President
Johnson. But they either ignore or
forget the fact that the political sit.
uatiou has greatly changed since Mr..
johnson held the Presidential office.
The excitement and sectional feel
ings growing out OF the war had not
then subsidized, aud the Republican
party was in power in a majority Of
the States and in both Houses of
Congress. Johnson would not have
failed could he have commanded the
popular support and approval accor-
ded to Hayes. The Republican par
ty is not now in position to either
dictate a policy to the National Ad-
ministra alton or to enforce upon it
their unconstitutional measures.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21


"Good gracious Is exclaimed Ru-
us. running his fingers wildly
trough his red--that is, his auburn
-curls, and causing the aureole to
arise again. Don't say another
word about it. Cover the whole of
your house. and mine also-though
it isn't mine there too you have the
advantage of me. as you have in
every thing else-with signs if you
will. can make a living for my
mother and myself somewhere else.
if not here. I have no large family
depending upon me. like Bright
& Cor
"oh dear no. Mr.. Lynde, that
wouldn't please me at ALL said the
little woman ssthe somewhere else.'
you know. Stay right here. There'll
be room for US both after q while, I'm
sure of it."
Rufus looked into the rosy, earn
est face with an almost lover-like
smile. as Fred burst into the store
shouting. ''The lawyer says, come
to his Office ten o'cloct tomorrow
morning. and he'll see that that old
sign comes down in jiffy.''
"Oh, you wicked boyl" said
Bright & Co.
Never mind him." said Rufus.
Il give you my word that the sign
shall remain just where it is" and
seizing his hat he escorted her to
her own door, leaving Fred in the
act of executing a breakdown illus
trative of extreme astonishment but
much too astonished to whistle an &C
compartment.
And the sign didn't come down
that is, it did eventually, but not
until the next May. and then anoth-
er, still larger, and stretching twice
the distance. took its place.
'Lynde, Bright. & Co.. the new
sign reads. and the two small stores
are turned into one large one, and
"Rufus Lynde" and 'Bsight & Co."
are partners for life.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
The M0FFistOWn Gazette.
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 21, 1877.

DR.. Piosal, resigned his posi-.
tion as Chaplain Of the House of
Representatives last Wednesday.
The Doctor is almost entirely blind.
He was once a shoemaker in Mar
tinsburg. West Va. and studied
theology while working on the bench
He has passed his fiftieth year in the
Methodist ministry, aud converted
Randolph Tucker from avowed scep-
ticism by means of a powerful SER
mon.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
VDHE. UNDERsIGNRD HAV-

FTyHE UNDERSIGNED HA v
ing leased the above popular ard conyenient
stand, begs leave to inform his many friends and
the travelling public that he is prepared to ac-
conamodate his guests IN the best and most approv
cd style. This House IS situated on Main street, in
the center of the town aud convenient tS the epoA.
The proprietor has fitted UP in his house room
they can conveniently display their samples to the
many inuairing business men Of this thriving
young city. My table shall be always supplied
with the delicaees and substantials OF tha
Charges shall he moderate aerYants polite and in
fact neither pains or expense viii be spared To
traveller and stranger porter VIII be in waiting
at the depot upon the arrival ef each train to con-
vey your baggage to and from the same free Of
charge. There Is also in connection With the Ho-
tel 6rst-clasz Stable.
Please give CALL a thing you VIII not regret
ct all.
JOSEPH GRIGSBY, IS
Sept. =, 1877. apRopR1ETOn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21

A sf Y OCCASIONALLY tramp does
good thing. Not long since, near
town in Maine. two of them got TO
quarreling about which was the best
city TO get square meal in. One
advocated New Orleans and the 9TH
er Boston, whereupon war was again
declared between the North and the
South, and the result of the first
battle wiped out both armies, and
now the blue and gray lie side by
side where the daisies and Jump-up
Johnies grow.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
THE DREADFuL DRAeoM
the Editor of the AIorristown Gazette

10 the Editor Of the AIorristown Gazette
The following lines were written il
the year 1928 by John Lofiin, alias Mil
ford Bard, which l found in looking
over some old papers. AS you have re
yived the "Cousin Sally Dillard'' case
which Jones wrote about the same date
I have concluded to offer it to you fol
reprint also. Lof1in was at times sub
Ject to sprees of irtemperance. He had
but few superiors as writer. As YOU
paper has a large circulation in the
mountain districts, it might have some
influence. Respectfully,
JAMES SHIELDS.
Nov. 16, 1877.
They tell US of the Egyptian asp,
The bite of which is death,
The victim yielding with gasp
His hot and hurried breath
The Egyptian queen, says history,
The reptile vile applied;
And in the arms of agony,
Victoriously died.
They tell me that in Italy,
There is a reptile dread,#
The sting of which is agony,
And dOoms the victim dead
But it is said that music's sound,
May soothe the poisoned part;
Yea, heal the CALLING CHASTITY wound,
And save the sinking heart.
They tell me too, of serpents vast,
That crawl on Afric's shore,
And swallow men-historians past,
Tell us of one of yore.
But there is yet one of kind,
More fatal than the whole,
That stings the body and the mind,
Yea, doth DEvoUR the soul.
'1'is found almost DER all the earth,
Save Turkeys wide domains,
And there if it e'er hath birth,
'Tis kept in mercy's chains.
Tis found in our own gardens gay,
In our own flowery fields,
Devouring every passing day,
Its thousands as its meals.
The poisonous venom withers youth,
Blasts character and health,
All sink before it, hope and truth;
And comfort, joy and wealth.
It is the author too Of shame,
And never fails to kill;
Reader dost thou desire the name?-
The SERPENT OF THE STILL.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
What his visits Were Like.

"Your visits remind me of the
growth of successful newspaper"
said Uncle Jabes. leaning his chin
on his cane. and glancing at William
Henry, who was sweet on Angelica.
"How so?" inquired William Hen
ry.
"Well. they commenced on a
weekly, grew TO be tri-weekly, and
have now became daily, with a Sah-
day supplement-
Yes." said William Henry brac-
ing up, "aad after we are married
we will issue an extra
Sh-h," said Angelica. and then
they went out for a stroll.
Kansis City mo } special TO the Gin
cinnati Enquirer: "sheriG Bryant, Of
Rhea county, Tenn, arrived in this city
tonight from the West, having in
charge one R. c. Knight, who is want
ed in Tennessee for the endorsement of
$40, 900 from the White county collector.
Bryant was served with a writ of habeas
corpus at the Union Depot here, and
will have hearing before Judge Wood
son in the Circuit Court tomorrow, at
8 o'clock"