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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-10
MEMPHIS TENN SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER TO- I877.

frequently elapsed without the ap-
pearance of a single elector. There
has never been a crowd outside, and
no indication of what was going
on within. Indeed, stranger
might pass dozen election places
without having any idea that the
destinies of France were being per-
haps decided more or less behind
the portal, about which a policeman
was lounging. The mode of proce-
dure is in every case the same. Just
within the doors number of touts
offer you voting paper, that is to
say, the name of candidate print
ed on a slip. This kind attention
is for the benefit of those who are
too lazy to write the name them
selves. The elector then, if he has
not already done SO, provides him
self at the proper bureau with a
printed authority to vote. Every
Frenchman is inscribed, or can get
himself inscribed, on the book of
the arrondissement in which he
lives, and the autorisation is de-
livered on application to every adult
male provided with this paper. The
elector walks into the voting room,
at one end of which is a table,
whereat sit the president du bureau
and his five or six assitants. The
elector raises his hat and hands his
paper to the president, who rises to
receive it, and calls out the name,
which is verified and marked on
one Of the lists laying on the table.
The elector then hands his folded
up slip Of paper containing the
name of the candidate; the presi.
dent drops it into the box before
him; the voter bows and retires and
the business is over. Nothing could
possibly be more simple than the
method employed, or more quiet
than the means by which it il
carried out. The voting at Belle.
vile is exactly similar to that in the
Faubourg st. Honore. Ex nnC
disco omnes.
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tached, and in the right-hand side
pocket he had a loaded pistol.
General" he said rapidly and
desperately, "you said l was a cow
ard, and it is a liep
His hand was restiag on the trig-
ger of the cooked pistol in his
pocket at the time, and he knew
Forrest would hit him. So he
pointed the pistol, still in his
pocket, at Forrest and pulled the
trigger.
The pistol did not 90 off. The
hammer had caught in the lining
of Gould's coat pocket.
With his left hand Forrest seized
the young man by his coat-collar
and pulled him towards him; with
his right hand he raised the white
handled penknife to his mouth,
and opened the blade with his teeth
about the same time. Gould placed
the muzzle of his pistol against
Forests groin and fired, and
almost simultaneously Forrest
plunged the blade of the penknife
into the artillery officers abdomen,
and with a single ripping cut nearly
disemboweled him. Forests wound
proved to be insignificant; Gould's,
| need hardly say, proved fatal.
But Forrest never acknowledged
himself to have been placed din a
bad fix" except once, which was
in the city of Memphis. General
Chalmers and a merchant in Mem
phis named j. G. Davis, had some
small disagreement about money
matters. / think that Chalmers
owned some property rented to
relatives Of Davis, and wrote a
short business note to them about
the rent. Davis replied by a fierce
note which inspired Chalmers with
a strong desire to "go and SEE
him." On the way to see Davis
Chalmers met General Forrest, and
asked the general to 90 there along
with him. Forrest went, ignorsnt
Of the real state Of affairs. Scarcely
had the two generals arrived at thu
head of the stairs leading to Davis
business Office, when the door wa
flung open and Davis knocked
Chalmers from the top of tht
stairs to the bottom. The next in
slant he placed a heavy revolver a
Forests head, exclaiming, "An(
this is what I've got for you-tw,
Confederate generals coming t,
whip one mani"
"Hold on hold on, Mr.. Davis!'
cried Forrest; "there'S some mis-
take here. l don't want any fus
with you-don't know what all thi
fuss is about. General 'Chalmer
asked me to come along with him
and | didn't know there was an,
trouble between YOU"
He was glad to get away, ant
began to inquire what sort of
man that j. G. Davis was. Folk
told him Davis was one of tn
most quiet, peaceable men in town
"Well, he may be peaceable," re
turned Forrest, "out he put me il
the tightest place l was ever in il
my life" Yet he never shove,
any ill to Davis afterward, evident
ly admiring his pluck.
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RIFLEMEN'S CONTROVERSIES.
sir Henry HAlfOrd Criticised In
Ireland on she Question OF HaF-
mOmy.

sir Henry HalfOrd Criticised In
Ireland on the Question OF HaF-
mony.
Sir Henry Halford, of the British
rifle team, said in a speech at Del
monico's, New York, in reply to
the toast, "The British rifle team,"
that when next a rifle team of his
country crossed the ocean to COM
pete with their Yankee cousins the
directors of the National Rifle As
sociation of America should so
arrange as to make that team the
representative team of Great Britain,
and not accept additional teams
from Scotland and Ireland. 1t will
be remembered that of the three
teams, English, Irish and Scotch,
in the international contest, last
summer, the best shots were made
by members of the Irish team. The
Irish rihemen are indignant at the
course Of Sir Henry Halford and
his confreres, and the subject has
been warmly discussed by the Irish
press. AS is usually the case in
such affairs, other grievances have
come to light, some Of which are
set forth in the following paragraph
from an editorial article in the
Dublin Times;
Anything more preposterous
than this was surely never heard Of.
When the so-called international
team visits America, the respcc-
tive nationalities of the Irish and
Scotch are conspicuOusly paraded
in order to show the closeness and
harmony of union between the two
countries. When, however, the
competitions take place in this
country and at Wimbledon, Irish
riAemen are totally debarred from
competing for the important prizes.
Anomalies like these should not be
allowed to exist. The subject OF
the rules of the so called National
Rife Association has engaged the
attention of the counsel Of the Irish
Rife Association, who, We expect,
will regard the interests of the
Irish rifemen. To their astonish-
ment and indignation, however, they
discovered that the international
matches have been altered, namely,
the twenty match, which used to be
shot at Edinburgh the year follow
ing the success of the Scotchmen,
has now been permanently trans
ferred to Wimbledon, in opposition
to the wishes of the Scotch, aud
without consulting the Irish. As
consequence the Scotch declined
to send a team of twenty men to
compete with the English in July
last, and the latter had, therefore,
virtually a walk-over, because the
Irish element in the volunteers has
never been able to compete with
success in this match. We trust
the Irish Rifle Association will
make inquiries into this matter,
and see that interests of Irishmen
are attended to, and that the system
of Capitalization is not carried out
in the matter of shooting as in
other matters"
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Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

li:41 P. m. Night Express Connects at Milan
iSs st hou OnGaso ~ snS
Southeast, at Guthrie for Hopkinsville, Hem
derson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North aid East.
lilo pm. Day Express-oonnectS for St..
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4.40 pm. Milan Accommodation = Daily
except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
vile, and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or Information, apply at Ticket
Office, 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
street.
M JOHN T. FLYNN, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum I'm
advanced. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
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MEMPHIS a LITTLE ROCK R.R.
shrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.

TIME CARDS
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train. daily. pm. 1l.3O p. IN.
Freight train daily lex
sunday .UU q. m. b20 p m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices z7S and 2s7 Main street, and at depot
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or TO the undersigned.
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
NJ. 8. JAY, g. P. and I. Ag't, Little Rock.
"; y. SMITH, sup't, Memphis Tenn.
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD,

ccHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. Ie,
y 1877:
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail and Express, daily .50p pm 45p.m
SOmerville accom- dat'n
Fine Twenty Minutes Faster than
CiHy ffme.
SOmerviIIe train will stop at reg
nlar and flag stations.
The IL. 60p.m. Train makes the quick
est lime ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
vile. Lynchburg, Washington, and the East,
and will stop at all Regular StatioRs, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, Except Flag Sta
Mons between Colliervillo and Memphis.
Tick ct 0ffce 27S MR1n stFeeG and Depot
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A, GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
I. S. DAVAN1,
1St Assistant General Passenger Agent
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

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We have tried DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
in our family, and can assert that it ia
the best remedy for cough or cold ever
introduced. Price, Csc.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-03-26
Revival Mee,inu

The meeting at City Hall last night was the
largest since the revival began. The hall was
packed, hundreds being obliged to stand and
many were obliged to go away, no being able
to even to get standing room.
The exercises opened with the hymn-"Over
There Mr.. Needham offered prayer, and
Mr.. Stebbins Subjective me the wings of
Faith
Mr.. Needham read the 4th and 9Th chapters
o. Revelation. Mr.. Stebbns sung-"Home of
the SOUL" the choir joining in the chorus. Mr.
Needham preached powerful sermon from
the 18th chapter of John, 1st, 81, 81 verses
I'm my fathers house are many mansions.
The immense audience listened with almost
breathless interest as the preacher dep cted in
glowing colors the joys and delights of heaven.
AT the close of the sermon Mr.. and Mrs.
Stebbins and Miss Sparrow sung watching
for You Mr.. Needham gave the beneGiction
and the meeting adjourned.
The meetings today will be prayer meeting at
a. m. and preaching at q p m. lat First
Baptist church.
The general committee of the churches is
requested to meet at the rooms Of the Y. NJ. G.
A. to-day at DIE
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PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERIcA-Camps No
3 and conyenes over the Eastern Express once,
Plum street, No. on Wednesday evening; NO.
first and third Saturdays OF each monih; no OH
Tuesday evening, at Arcana Hall; No at Schooi
House, Turner's Island, Cape Ehzapetn, rrioay
Evening.
BoswoRTH Posi- G. A. R.--Meeting every Friday
evening in Mechanics Hall, corner OF Congress anu
Casco streets.
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE REFORM CLUB-Head-
quarters in Printers Exchange, "a hoor, Excnabge
street. Open day and evening" agoc BUSINESS meeting
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Corner
Congress and Casco Streets. Every evening.
PORTLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. rs
Second Saturday of each month.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Block. Second Monday in each month. delivery
of books daily, to 9, day and evening.
PAYsoN LITERARY SooIETY-Meetings every
Monday evening, Browns Block, cor. Brown ana
Congress streets, at u O'CLOCK.
PORTLAND INSTITUTE AND PUBLIC LIBRARY
In City Building. Open and free to all from 10 to
/ and to 8.
MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
Corner of Congress and Casco streets. First Thurs
day IN each month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs-Bramhall Lodge, No. 3,
Thursday evenings; Munjoy Lodge, No. 6, Monday
evenings; Pine Tree, No. II, Friday evenings, at
their Hall, Clapp's Block, Market Square,
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNION. Corner
Congress and Brown streets. Fist Tuesday in each
month.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEM n!,i.
Arcana. Monday; Mission, "Wednesday, Wlinams
Block. Congress street; Mystic, Thursday, at Sons
Of Temperance Hall, Congress Hall; Iron Clao
Thursday, at West End.
PORTLAND SOCIETY OF NATURAL HIST Y
At theil library room, City Hall, on the first ano
third Monday evenings OF each month.
SoyEREIGNs OF INDUsTRY-Dirigo Council, No. 2
meets every Friday evening, at Arcana Hall, at u
o'clock.
PORTLAND FRATERNITY-No. ~ Free st. Block
Every evening.
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sMarch 26, 1885, horses and sleighs go every
where over the snow, which is as high as tne
fences. "-Smith' SJouaat.
There will be union gospel temperance and
revival meeting at Allen Mission chapel this
evening.
The deputies seized two barrels of beer on
York street, Saturday afternoon. They were
hid under the flooring in the ell of the house.
The dramatic club which recently brought
out "Neghbor Lakewood" are to appear again
next week, when "Caste" will be produced.
The trustees of the Maine Agricultural So
ciety adjourned Saturday noon for about ten
days
The annual Easter ball of the Irish Amcri.
can Association will take place at City Hall on
Monday evening April I'd.
Congress Hall is to be heated by steam an
other fall, the pipes to be laid from the Far
rington block boiler.
1t is said that someone on Centre street has
been blowing out the contents OF egg shells ana
filling them whisky. The eggs thus doctored
retail for 15 cents piece.
The Truckman's Express Company have
sold out to Millilzen's express. A new COM
pany called the Traders Express has been or
ganized, and will do business between this city
and Saco and Biddeford.
Two bruisers went into the police station
last night and complained that the officers al
Gorham's Corner had insulted them. 1t seems
they were loafing around and the officers very
properly told them that unless they went ava!
they would be arrested,
Three more new buildings are announced tt
go up at Woodford's Corner this season. Chas
Woodman is to erect house on Ocean street
A. Bennett one on Oak street and Charles ID
Stevens of Oregon, formerly of this place, is il
communication with parties relative to blocl
which he contemplates building on his lot a
the foot of Spring street.
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VmCt AAOuTss
From 500 m to $50 m, Sundays excepted.
PORTLAND, Me-, March "a, 1877.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive at 1920
p. m. and 1890 a. m. Close at $50 m, and $50
and 800 p. m.
Boston and the West. Arrive at 5.1Opm.
intermediate or Way Mails via Boston and Maine
Railway. Arrive at 1920 and 500 pm. Close at
$50 IN and $50 pm.
Great Southern and Western Arrive at IL. 20 m
and l2.30 m. Close at $50 m, 2.30 and 900 p M
Bangor, Mattawamkeag and connecting routes
Arrive at 100 p. m. Close at ia a. m.
Augusta and connecting routes. Arrive at 900 a
N. and 8 90 p. m. Close at II 80 m and 500 m.
Morning Northwestern by G. T. R. Arrive at $40
m. Close at $50 a m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 900 a. M, and
800 m. Close at $50 m, 11.30 and 800 p. m.
Rochester, N. H., and intermediate offices. Arrive
at 1.30 p IN. Close at 100 a m and 200 p m.
North Conway and other offices on the P. q 0. r
R. Arrive at 1905 m and $50 m. Close at 900
a m and 2.20 m.
By the Bridgton Stage. Arrive at 8 p m. Close at
$50 m.
Castine, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, S. w. Harbor, Mt.
chias, Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steam
er. Arrive at a. m. Close at 9 p. m.
Eastport, via each steamer. Arrive at 600 a m.
Close at 500 m.
Foreign Mails per Allan Line close every Satur-
Foreign Mails, via New FORK, day previous TO sail
ing of steamers. Close at 2.3O m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arrive
at 200 am. Close at 900 D m.
Skowhegan intermediate offices and the north.
Arrive at 800 m. Close at IL 80 a m.
Skowhegan closed pouch closes at 900 pm
Canada and intermediate Offices via G. Z. r. Ar
rive at 1873 p. m. Close at LOO m.
st. Pierre and Miquelon. Close alternate Fridays,
at 9. p. m.
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SIC SHIRTS
DIR. ScHENcK's STANDARD REMEDIES.


The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs
are ScHENcK's PULMoNIo SYRUP, ScHENcK's SEA
WEED TONIC, and ScHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS.
and ftaken before the lungs destroyed, speedy
cure is effected.
To these three medicines DR.. j. H. Schenck, of
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment of pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in
the lungs; nature throws it off by easy expectora
ton, for when the phlegm matter is ripe slight
cough will throw it off, the patient has rest and the
lungs begin to heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills and Sehenck' Sea Weed Tonic must
be freely used TO cleanse the stomach and liver.
Scleneks Mandrake Pills act ON the liver removing
all distractions, relax the gall bladder the bile
starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Sehenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant
and Alternative; the alka of which it is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents souring 1t assists
the digestion by toning up the stomach to healthy
condition, so that the food and the Pulmonc Syrup
will make good bloo1 then the lungs heal, and the
patient will surely get well if is taken to pre-
vent fresh cold
All who wish to consult DR.. Schenck, either per-
sonally by letter, do so his principal Office
corner of SIXTH and ARCH STs., Philadelphia,
every Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country. ma1eod& w2msn
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formers including Him whom we bow before
and reverence, thought wine q good thing,
even demanding miracle; that every
President of the United States thus far,
and pretty mucbi all the foremost society
of the country would laugh at the idea
OF banishing wine from their tables; that per-
chance his uncle always takes his glass of wine,
and that he is quite as much of man as his
tather;-or perhaps he discovers pater-famlllaS
lodging into saloon or catches him behind
the door. How much better to tell that boy
the truth: that drinking is no more immoral,
per Sc, than eating. That wines and ales may
be used as beverage but strong liquors should
be used as medicine; and then instead OF
sneaking behind the door let him place his
honest glass of beer or light wine on his dinner
table and take it like man, and keep away
from treating and being treated in bar rooms
And here we come to the last and worst Amer
can popularity in connection with alcohol;
Whoever first invented the idea that man could
not satisfy thirst as well as hunger by indiVld-
ual act must have been queer fellow. There
is Just as much sense in insisting on another
mans eating an even proportion OF Bologna
sausage or Pretzel or roast beef with you as
taking drink of the same size and COMPOSE
ton.
According TO our bar room etiquette eacn
person treated should offer in his turn to treat.
If it SO be that your stomach is not strong
enough to bear the whole load you are kindly
suffered to be ar away cigar as trophy.
To my mind IL would be quite as sensible
after having treated and being unable to re-
ceve the treats of all the others, to receive 10
cents, your friend paying Is for you and the
bar keeper retaining for his profit to cover
room rent, cheese. crackers, tooth-picks and
other Injuries here dispensed free.
To sum up this expression of opinion: when
we can put an end to the system of treating;
substitute light for strong drinks; drink like
men with and before our wives and sweethearts
(for man doesn't become a drunkard on what
he takes in such company, and regard the
hosts BY appesrine under the infinence 'n Of
liquor at their homes and at balls as only one
grade better than the dirty wretch who reels
by; abolish the bar room and put in it's place
beer gardens where the man of small income
may listen to good music with his family and
buy good STRENGTHENING, nourishing glass of
beer at fair rate; then, and not till then,
will drunkenness cease to be the great blot upon
our fair city. d.