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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
TIE OFFICE,sREKERy LAMENT.

The average Middle Tennessee Office.
seeker is greatly alarmed lest West and
East Tennessee shall nonopolize all the
Offices and patronage of the State gov
eminent. Already he complains dole.
fully that West Tennessee has a United
States senator. Well, we have one elect.
he was chosen because OF his merit. aud
not because he happened to live in this
end of the State, and will represent all
parts Of the State alike. But while upon
this question, suppose we inquire how
many United States senator's Middle
Tennessee has had since the State was
admitted to the Union, 10 1876; at least
a dozen. How many has West Tennessee
had2 Not one except Jones, who was
elected before he moved to this end Of
the State. It is we'll enough to let such
things move from one locality to another
occasionally,sn and we hope Middle Tennes.
see will notbe neglected. Let the frstand
Highest consideration in electing men
to olice be their competency, worth
and fitness. The selection Of a man
from a particular town or county for the
office Of treasurer, secretary Of State or
any smaller Office about the capitol may
be gratifying to the people Of that sec
ton, out it is no especial advantage to
them that we can see, BE is bound to
dc his duty to all alike, aud cannot dis.
criminate IN favor Of the people of Coon
Valley against those across the line who
vote at Postum Trot. Middle Tennessee
has forty votes in the Legislature and has
generally looked after local interests
with an eye to business, Really, there
should be no feeling Of rivalry such as il
occasionally manifested by demagoguet
who attempt to make capital ont Of sec
tional pride or antipathies.
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Prof. Benedict, of Vienna, has
lately made some interesting re-
searches into the subject Of the
characteristics Of the brains of
criminals. He has, so far, examined
the brains OF sixteen criminals. all
of which, on comparison with the
healthy brain, he finds to be abnor-
NAL. Not only has he found that
these brains deviatc from the nor
NAL type and approach toward that
Of lower animals, but he has been
able to classify them, and with them
the skulls in which they were con-
tanned, in three categories.
These consist in: First, absence
of symmetry between the two halves
of the brain ; second, an excessive
obliquity of the anterior part of the
brain or skull-in fact, a continue
ton upward of what we term a
sloping forehead; third, a distinct
lessening Of the posterior part Of
the skull in its long diameter, and
with it a dimiaution in size Of the
posterior cerebral lobes, so that, as
in the lower animals, they are not
large enough to hide the cerebel-
lum. In all these peculiarities the
criminals brain and skull are dis
tinctly Of a lower type than those
of normal men, and the interesting
question arises, how far are the evil
acts of the criminal to be attributed
to this retrograde development?
DR.. Watts can pardon the vicious
%propensities of /" bears and lions,p
on the ground that "God had made
them So" If he had ~foreseen these.
new inquiries he might have felt
less hopeful when he babe his little
readers not to 'let their angry pas
Sions rise" The results Of DIR.
Benedict's researches, if confirmed
By further examination, will do
much to shake many beliefs now
firmly fixed.
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FOREIGN.

BucHAaEsr, January 1.-THE Turkish
commandment at Silistria has been ordered
to punish the Basbi Bszouks who crossed
the Danube, ~plundered the ROumaniap
outpost and killed two Roumsnian SOL
diers.
BERLIN, January II - negotiations
have been reopened with France, and
there is a probability that Germany will
participate 10 the Paris exhibition in
1878.
CALCUTTA, January 1.-THE cost Of
the relef works and ether measures for
mitigating the famine ID Madras and
Bombay is $500, 900.
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P~TrTsBUR6'S LOSSES.
Sundays Destruction Complete by
Ice and Flood.
Coal Triples, Barges and Flats all
Wrecked or Carried on.

PrTrsBURe, January l6. IL pm. = At
this hour the Monongahela Is twenty
three fest and rising fast. The heavy
rains of yesterday caused q breakup 10
the Youehiogheny and other tributaries
OF the Monongahela, which has swelled
the latter to an enormous hight. The
avalanche Of ice was even more furious
than that Of Sunday, and with the high
water has completed the destruction
which was begun on Sunday morning.
To escape Sundays disaster. Messrs.
Brown Z Co., James 0'Neil, N. J. Big.
ley, John F. bravo and John Penny had
run their crafts into the Youghiogheny,
above McKeespOrt. They were all swept
away aud lost.
T~wenty-eiEht loaded fats and barees
mOorsd at Smithfeld, which had with
stood the shock of Sunday, we're swept
away thia afternoon and aosted down the
river, CoAItipples, bsrges and fats have
been wrecked or carried of. aud several
railroad and county bridges have been
destroyed. The ice, which started from
the Kiskiminetas this afternoon, has
gorged again at Walton, twelve miles
above here. aud the Allegheny has not
Jet begun to discharge.
CINCINNATI January l7.-River at
loon As feet 3 inches and rising 4 inches
per hour. There is considerable heavy
drift running, but very little ice. Rat
aud Sausage rows, immediately on the
river frent are partially submerged, and
the merchants below Front street are
removing their goods from the cellars.
The wreck Of the steamer Andes moved
down about feur hundred feet this morn.
ing and nov lies about two hundred feet
above the suspension bridge, with a
tendency to drift down further, inside
the pier and against the Nail Line wharf
boat the latter getting out extra fasten-
ings and moving closer into shore. The
river at Pomeroy and Middleport about
Sc feet and rising 3 inches per hour; at
Portsmouth 40 feet 5 inches; at ~Ironton
50 feet at Cattletsburg 81 feet and rising
4 inches per hour.
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SEVENTH nav.

The Tennessee legislature, in jsint
convention assembled. continued TO bal
lot yesterday for United States senator
The Sixtieth ballot stood-Bailey As,
Bate Sc, Maynard I, Houk s, other votes
scattered; necessary to q choice 80.
Bailey ran up to As on one ballot, and
then dropped back to IS. His chances
yet seem better than any cue at present
in the Geld. There is Jet a possibility
that Whitthornes hume will be brought,
into the contest, and il is even rpmored
be will be there in person to-day TO
direct the movement. Bailey's friends
were elated at the zeal approach to the
desired number Of votes required to
elect, snd depressed when be fell back
to 40. They will doubtless make a per
sistent effort il bis behalf. Ii be Is not
elected to-day it ia more thaa likely that
he will fail altogether. The people arr
tired Of this protiacied contest. A eau
Gus in the first place would have obyi
ated such a delay Of business aud ex-
peuse to the State and secured in sll
probability as good a man as will be
elected.
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MnrA4a..

CHICAGO, January lT-12.40 pm
Oats are quiet at s3s, cash January, S5i
to s7Ba February, 36s March, S7f April,
and 39l May delivery.
1915 p m.-Barley is dull and lower
at 6Olc February, Gle March, and SOC Tor
April delivery. Whisky is steady. with
sales at SOC to $l.O7; freights unchanged.
1890 pm. Pork is irregular at
SIC IS February, Sl7.25 March, aud
SIT 55 April delivery. Lard is irregular
at $40 S2l to 10 IS February aud SlO2!
March delivery. Corn is dull and weak
at 4s9 cash January, A February, Az
March and 4s May delivery.
1898 p.m.-Whest is quiet at. ! 3Os
February and | 324 March delivery.
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trail aud the St Louis Stidgs Company
at $4,000 per ann9m. and therefore "a
not unwilling to rob Texas aud perpetu.
ate the poverty Of the Southern States
and cities.
Ii will be observed that in the bill as
sent abroad BY telegraph, not only Is the
road removed from Texas aud made
straight from Vinita 10 the one hundred
aud fourth parallel OF longitude, but
there is no time fixed for the construc-
ton Of the Southern branches to New
Orleans Vicksb0rg and Memphis, aud
the branches will never be bulk while
Scott is the representation Of The Penn
syleania Central and Of the ST. Louis
Bridge Company, aud while he is indor-
ser for the Sc. Louis and Vlnita road for
several millions. We canuot afford to
be robbed FIRST, Of thirty millions OF acres
Of land, then OF the trunk line of the
road. then Of branches that relieve us OF
the monopoly OF the Iron Mountain road,
cutting of connection with the gulf
States, and there must be a restoration
Of the puShc domain to Texas if Texas
be deprived OF the power to regulate
freight aud passenger rates. II Congress
aad Scott violate Que side OF the contract
We are released on the other.
This question is one Of the utmost i'm
pOrtsnce TO the people Of the South, aud
nothing viii so surely bring out the facts
aud their bearing as intelligent news.
paper discussion. We hope our repre-.
in Congress will thoroughly
post themselves before voting aid TO any
road.
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THE SOUTHERN TRANs-CONTINRNrAL
RAILROAD.

The Austin (Texas) Statesman, which
has taken q very lively and intelligent
interest on the question of a Southern
Pacific railroad, is savage toward Tom
Scott and quite inimical to the proposed
compromise bill which we discussed
yesterday. The bill appears fair enough
on its face as far as the contents have
been made public. Yetthe Statesman is
suspicious that the branches to the Mis-
sissippi south Of st. Louis will never be
built. and that the scheme is entirely in
the interest Of the Pennsylvania Central
railroad. The Statesman says;
Those amendments, affecting New Or.
leans, Vicksburg and Memphis, we're
most slowly and unwillingly made; and
even now il Colonel Schleieher does not
watch the bill it win be so constructed
that these branches viii not be built
for twenty years. Scott would rather 70
10 the penitentiary for ten years than
have a road through Vicksburg or Mem
phis constitute part of the trunk line
IRON San Francisco or San Diego to
New York. Mr. Scott prefers to serve
Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Cen
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

Happy Influence OF "a GrenI specific.
For the preservation or recovery Of health
and strength, the diet should be wholesome
aud nutritious. When il happens that the
alimentary processes are disturbed by i'm
proper or half masticatod food, the best rem
edy for the evil results Of abusing the digestive
organs is Hostotter's Stomach Bitters, a most
agreeable, prompt and gentle remedy for dys-
pepsia, and fer tho bilious and evacuative
irregularities which refult from it. The liver
and bowels, in common With the stomach,
experience its benehcent influences. The re-
fuse Of the system is carried off through its
natural outlet, a healthy flow and secretion
Of the bile is promoted, and a powerful impe
tus is given to assimilation in consequence Of
its use: 1t BEAUTIFULLY stimulates the bladder
and kidneys when they are inactive. and by
its tonic and regulating action fortifes the
system against malaria.
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NEW

The Condition of Arafra AS seen
From 1.-The Republican," stand
point.
NEW ORLEANS, January 1.-THE Re-
publican this morning, referring to Gen.
Augur's latest instructions from the war
department, says: What is the present
statues, according to the understanding
of the administration, is explained in the
Presidents dispatch, of which that of
the secretary is intended to be explaaa.
tory. A supreme court, legally consti.
tuted to make room for Eve lawyers who
have been called together by the private
citizens Of the State to act 10 a judicial
capacityi a governor, duly elected 10 the
manner provided by the laws Of the
State, ignored by leaders Of armed men
and all public places. filled in the same
regular manner that characterized the
alleged appointments TO the supreme
court. In TIE meantime the process Of
law is paralyzed, no business is trans.
acted in the courts and but little or none
in the markets. The people are excited
and weary, mercantile houses are failing
and others are in financial straits.
Scarcely auy produce comparatively is
coming to market, and stocks of goods
10 store find no buyers"
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Connict of Inri.hlcNlnn.

AoRgoLE, January 1.-THE matter Of
conflict of jurisdiction between the mu-
nicipal and federal courts, in the exam,
nation OF the Waterman who killed a
river thief caught rObbiog the United
States ship Canandaigua, came before
Judge Hughes Of the United States Dis.
'rict Court, and the opinion was deliV.
cred denying the Jurisdiction Of the
mayor OF Portsmouth.
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CounteFfsla Leeal-Tenders.

ST. LOUIS, January l7.-There we're
three exceedingly we'll executed one
thousand dollar counterfeit ~legsLtender
notes receAily captured here by G. W.
Rsardsn, Chief Of the St. Louis district
of the United States secret service. An
account OF the ann of capture aud q
full description of the notes was pub,
hshsd this morning. No arrests.
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Troy, n. r. January Ian expio.
plosion Of FIVE tom of powder early this
morning demolished three buildings Of
The sohaghticoke powder mills, aad the
shock was felt twenty miles around. A
large quantity Of powder was on hand
for the Prussian government.
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BALTIMORE.
Arrested for Assault nj the Polls
Appropriation Of Money for
WORK for Unemployed Men.

Appropriation Of Money for
WORK for Unemployed Men.
BALTIMORE, January II. - Yesterday
Alexander Ross, Wm. II. Rice, John
S.i'cher, Henry Hsuf and George Il.
Hobson, United Ststes deputy marshals
at the late election, we're arrested by
order Of Sheriff Mills, on capias issued
by Judge Brown, of the Criminal Court,
to answer an indictment for assault at
the polls on the day Of the Presidential
election, and we're committed to Jail.
Subsequently they we're brought before
Judge Bond, Of the United States Cir.
cult Court, By habeas corpus, and re
leased on their own recognizauce until
Monday next, when a hearing will be
had.
The city council has appropriated
$4,000 Tor work for unemployed men 10
cleaning the streets.
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WASHINGTON, January l7,-In Ten
nessee and the Chic valley slowly falling
barometer, winds mostly from the north.
east to the southwest, stationary or ris.
ing temperature, threatening and rainy
weather.
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FashIon and me atage.

Boston COurier'J
There has lately been a difficulty in
Paris in deciding what is TO be the pre-
vailing fashion for ball dresses. The
question is nov settled. NJ Dumas has
produced a new play, and bis FIRST scene
IS the a~nte-chamber Of a ball room The
fashionable interest fairly begins with
the rise Of the curtain. The reign OF
delicate colors is at an end. There are
to be no more faiat primrose tones or
salmon tinted hues, and dresses of mere
average length will be obsolete. Ladies
will wear long robeS of cardinal red. re-
lieyed by pearl white, aud chatelaines
are 10 be respected Tor another year
but, then, they must be gold or gilt, the
yellow color being in proper harmony
With the cardinal red. II is also settled
that a fan may be worn attached to q
chain. That permission, Indeed. 10
wolves no great novelty, and the fashion
has been found at once to be so pretty
and so useful that we might expect TO
hesr Il condemned. But there is a nov.
city, and We have kept it for the last.
The new ornament is to be an eye glass
Il has not yet been definitely settled
whether its use is de rigueur. Perhaps
it will be sufficient tsel it should be ouly
worn. American girls. as a rule. have
hitherto sbstained from being near
sighted. A few years ago it was the
fashion for them to be lams-we bone
that this season they may not think it
necessary TO be blind.
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Etlauntie.

Sir Edward Thornton has been OBLIGED
70 give a lesson in etiquette 10 a clique
Of o%yerzealous reformers in Washington
They bad taken il upon themselves 10
abolish the Office Of President and sub.
stitute in its place a council, and had
written to ths English Minister far a de-
tailed statement Of the principles of the
British government. with a comparison
OF its workings with those Of the Ameri.
can government. The reply was as fol.
lows; "Geutlemen-In reply 10 your
letter Of yesterdays date | must express
my regret that It is out Of my power to
give you details for which you ask. II
mast indeed be supposed that my duties
here are very light il | could find time
to write what would require 40 much
thought and labor. AS 70 the relst;vs
merits Of the governments of the Upite5
States and Great Britain, the auesiion
reminds me OF the phrase which | hqd n
copy so often when a boy that eomnar;.
sous are odious, and it would I'M become
Her Maiesty's minister to enter mon
the discussion of a question which might
lead to such a comparison"
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NEw York, January n.-The suspsn.
sion Of 0srins Benedict 4 Co. bat manu-
facturers Of this city, has occurred, with
liabilities of $4,000 0 Their suspension
throws out of employment TWO bundled
and fifty operatives in their factory at
Bethel, Connecticut.
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The Springfield Republican relates
this pleasant little story. DAVID
Porter, sr, was once fishing on Lake
Pontchartrain, when he was Frustrated
by a sanstroke. A mar named Farra.
gut kindly cared for him, and the son of
Porter, subsequently, known as Commo.
dore David Porter, finding that Farragut
was ~ moderate circumstances, sith
several children TO support, adopted
DAVID when he was but seven years old
obtained him an appointment as mid.
sbipman, and kept him with him mill
after the capture OF the Essex"
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GOVERNOR PoRrEs some time since
appointed Captains Wiley Sims, 7. G
Ryman and s. E. Harrison, Of Nashville;
Milton Akin, Of Clifton, and James Lee,
jr., Of Memphis, TO see what is necessary
to make it safe for boats to pass through
the draw bridges en- the Tennessee river.
The matter is an important one. and
should be investigated by the committee
at as early q day as is practicable.
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MARDI-cRAS.
MARDl-GRAS.
THE KING! THE KINGI
Proclamation by the Ki.ag of the
Carnival

BE 1t known:
THAT We. THE KING, SERENE IN OUR
~ Jo5ogs Sopalns OF mirth, undisturbed by
1ne PERTURBATION OF Retcrnings Boards and
1olni Resolutions, witnessing With sorrowful
favored land,
ROCLAIM
i.-Ihat upon our Annual Carnival visit.
au Political strife s~halLcease. and geLt tie bar
p.0ny prevail among our subjects
AAs-That we will enter and take possession
OF our good city of Memphis, az high noon on
Monday. February ~. 1877,
heraided and marshaled, escorted and at
tended as befts ous High Estate; and We CON-
mand tho loyal Mayor and ether high dignita-
RES OF Memphis to fttingly receive our Impe-
rial person.
III.-After the ceremonies of our reception,
We will repair in state TO Olympic Park, and
from the grounds we will dispatch our Royal
Courier at ~ o'clock pm. in our Monster
Balloon, who viii convey to our distant sub
jects the intelligence Of our safe arrival, and
we invite the multitude 70 be present.
1--WE commend that our Annual COro-.
nation Bali shall be held on MONDAY
NIGHT. under ,he auspices of our fun-loying
H;-We command that Tue,day (MARDI-
GRASS, February IL, 1871, shall BIO devoted TO,
frolic, innocent amusement and ~revelry; that
OIL our loyal subjects shall appear in mask,
apparelled in the fashions Of our realm: and
at 2 O'Clock pm. we command thet the orders
Of ULKS and MOTLEY kkEWE shall pass
before us in review.
Wand, finally. we command that in the
shades of night the mystic MhMPHI shall
appear, and in gorgeous pageantry do honor
to their great renown. And that then our
coed people shall hio themto our sumptuons
places Of festivity, and revel till our depSrt-
ure.
NlI,=Railroads, steamers and public car
riers will take heed, and We command them
niyal Celebration.
Long live the King!
ATTEST; REX
TyphOss.
MOmua. mo.
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Onnlnrnh.

CINCINNATI, january l7.-S. N. Howes,
the d%efaulting city treasurer of OOving-
ton, Ky, who abseonded recently, has
been arrested in London, Canada, and
will soon be extradited.
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a Novel Method or Producing In.
sensibility to Pal1.
Helena (Montana) Herald.1

VI 70 ANaA1H
Helena (Montanal Herald.1
DR.. Holmes recently removed a
tumor from the left side of Mr.. B.
f. Herrin, of the size Of an ordi-
nary apple. While the operation
was being performed, Mr., Herrin
was reading the news in a daily
paper, and was not aware that the
knife was being used until the tu-
NOR was placed on the table before
him. The method of destroying
sensibility was this: The doctor
took u ball of snow, added to it a
tablespoonful Of table-salt, and APP
piled this freezing mixture to the
tumor until the surface was white.
When the knife was used the tumor
was insensible.
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JAMES G. BLAISE was elected .yestsr.
day to the United States senate By the
Massachusetts legislature. This is for
six years, beginning from March 4th.
He was also elected to I'll. out the short
term, which be is nov filling by appoint
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wednesday Evening, Jan. IL, Iss7.

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is S per Gnnum for
the DAILY and 50 per sanau for the
Reskk-Postags free
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PACKARD is very indignant because
the Presidents orders to General Augur
are not construed to mean that the
Nichols government shall be dvpoled.
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LEGAL.
AUCTION SALE
-oF-
beautiful lots by Trustees.

RY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED RE-
ID corded in the Office Of the Register of
Shelby county, Tenn, in Book 1906, on page
SOS, we will sell at public auction, on
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Wednesday, January "a, 1s77.

st u M, at the southwest corner of Man and
MADISON streets, In TIE city of Momphis, two
lots lying in the city Of Memphis, described
az follows: One lot designated upon the plan
Oh yohn Overton's lSl-aere tact, lying be-
tween Memphis and Fort pickering, surveyed
by huckerd Parsons, civil engineers, April,
1871, as lot 32, in block 8. fronting 70 feet on
Webster street and runnineba tx l70.7 feet to
an alley. The other lot designated on same
plan as No. S7S, IN block 10, fronting 70 feet
on Webster street and running back 10 7 feet
to an alley.
We are authorized TO sell ans Of this prop
erty at private sale.
warranty deed from K. @. Lrinkley, ESQ.
No equity of redemption.
Terms-One-thirr cash; balance in one and
two years, steurod by a lien on the property.
A deposit OF 10 per cent will sbe required at
sale. ". c t0LR rs CT..
HENRY r. DIX, Aluslees'
MEMPHIS, Japu9ry 10, 1871, 1l5-l26
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RoCLAIM

FRAT upon our Annual Carnival visit.
Eli Political strife shalleease. and ger tie har-
p.ony prevail among our subjects
AA.-That we will enter and take possession
OF our good city of Memphis. at high noon on