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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-06

FROM the country press Of South Caro-
lima comes an almost universal cry for
the re. establishment Of the whipping
post. Larceny, highway robbery and
burglary have become such common
crimes that. in many parts Of the coun
try, a mans property is unsafe; aud, in
fact, there is hardly any part of the
State where it is safe. The Charleston
Journal of Commerce, while "lnlly ap
preciating the extent of the maiady that
is preying upon the vitsls Of the State, q"
opposes the Inauguration Of tho whip.
ping post, and advocates the chain gang
or Imprisonment, The editor says;
Labor is more distasteful to the erimi.
nal even than the lash, at least to the
criminal in this latitude, for they have
been often known TO take a whipping
Of their own choice rather than
be compelled to work. Again,
whipping, although not 30 expensive
as simple Imprisonment, costs come
thing. The thief cannot be caught, tried
and convicted for nothing. The pain he
suffers will got pay for the expenses Put
him in the Changing, and let him stay
there until he has not only served out the
sentence due for his o%fsuse but until he
has paid all the costs the State has in
Cured on his account. He would moi
only be removed from the opportunity
and temptation of crime, while serving
his time, but be would be doing good to
the State. From the adoption Of this
noIiev one Of Two things would mecca
ssrily result; either the amount Of crime
or the amount Of taxes would be greatly
reduced" 49,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-06

Jusr now all eyes are turned toward
Indiana, from whence a Democratic
United States senator will appear to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Oil
v,r Perry Morton. Will it be Hendricks
or Voorhees,, the tall sycamore Of the
Wabash" ~ The Indianapolis special
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette
radical organ discusses the matter in
the following strain:
1t is very confidently asserted in polit-
ical circles that Hon. Dan W. voorhees,
will succeed Senator Morton, although
Hon. John s. Williams, Of Lafayette, is
looking into the situation. Williams
presented Blue Jeans name to the con-
v%ention, and Voorhees, conducted him
over the State. To whom is he most in
debted2 But for Williams he might
pever have been nominated, and but for
Voorhees, he might never have been
elected. George W. Julian, who has
been ~snesking around in Julisn's inter.
est, says that Mr.. Voorhees, has a " dead
sure thing on the succession. In times
past Mr.. Voorhees, has been severely
criticised by the press and the people,
and he deserved it all. His conduct
during the war was Infamous. But one
thing should be said in his favor-he
never straddles the fence. He is for
or against a measure. 1t is this charac.
t%eristic, coupled with his urbanity and
sympathetic nature, which has ever made
him a l%avorite with the Democratic
masses; aud il is the voice of the masses
that will do much to prompt Governor
Williams to appoint him United States
senator. If Mr. Voorhees, once gets into
The senate, and TIE next legislature is
Democratic, be will obtain a reelection
despite any opposition which may up.
heaVs itself.
That Mr.. Voorhees, was. a States
rights man during the war between the
States, which is miscAlled the rebellion"
does not necessarily make him objec.
tionable to the people of the State.
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9th Day Of December, 1877,

in front of tho courthouse door, in the city Of
@emphis, at u O'Clock m, proceed to sell to
inc h.igdest bidder, for cash, the following
described property:
A part OF u tract Of land formerly owned by
james y. Jones, lying in tho Twelfth civil
district, IN range 7, sections and 2, beginning
at the sou beast corner of a GOO acre tract.
part Of a 5OOO-acre tract, which said 600 acres
was conveyed by John Y. Hickman and Edwin
hickman to s, and b. Kimbrough, by deea
dated July %, 1879; thence west77 chains and
AZ Links, o stake on the east line of Patter-
aon,s l000-scre subdivision; thence north &c
chains and Ga links, a stake in the state Line
road, 3IS links north of n sweet-gum marked
X; thence south 63h0 cast % chains and II
links with the conter of said road; henoo
south ~ east 90 chains and 50 links, q stake;
thence south 6to east 81 chains, n stake;
thenee east 4 chains and 30 links, a stake:
thence south IS chains and 80 links 10 the be-
ginning containing by the original deed 41Ak
acres. The above land has been subdiviaed
by Sarah w, Jones into lots, which raid plain
IS of record ia the Registers office Of Shelby
county, Tenn, la Plat Book |, pagoS3. l will
sell, by virtue Of said decd to me executed. iot4
2, 3, 4, 6, Z. s, 9, 10, II, II, 10, "a and Is of said
subdivision,
| will sell all the right, title and interest.
both legal and equitable, Of Sarah W. and
Felix M. Iones IN and to said property. AN
equity VI redemption is waived In the deed by
the grantors;. The title Is believed to be gooJ,
but Will sell and convey Us Trustee only.
"a 80 y. NJ. HEARN, Trustee.
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RRFnRxrNa nRuNKARps.

The various means that have been
adopted to reform those who have been
addicted to the immoderate use Of alco-
holic liquors, says an exchange, have
not proved OF lasting benefit, for the sim
pie reason that the remedy did not reach
the root of the disease. Intemperance
is Just as much disease as neuralgia or
any other ailment, and it We would rem
eiy the evil we must use medicine that is
adapted to the disease. The so-cslled
Murphy movement" may be all right in
theory, but it will hardly be Of perms.
nent advantage to those who desire to
abandon drinking and are unable to do
so because the germs Of the disease have
not been e~radicated from their system
Praying and singing are all right enough,
but in such diseases as iltemperanee
there must be used something even
more eficacious. 1t was proposed last
year by the mayor Of Boston that a
committee be appointed to examine the
caees OF all the insbriates who had been
ssnt to the city institutions with the hope
OF efscting a reformation. The COM
mittee has devoted much time to the
consideration Of the subject, and earn.
estly condemns the practice commorin
most Of the large cities, by which men
and women are arrested charged with
intoxication, and are 6ned in some small
amount, generally $40, or'sent to a work
house or penitentiary for some short
period, commonly thirty days" THE
police statistics" says the report of the
commissioners establish this fact be
you'd peradventure, and the cases cited
By the Boston commissioners OF q
young woman who had been CON
mitted in this way fityseven times, aud
another who had served out eleven
sentences OF thirty days Imprisonment
in a year, may be alluded to merely as
au illustration of a well.known theme"
The Boston commissioners have pro-
posed the following plan Of reformation:
They suggest that the city Of Boston
should CONVEX the institution at Deer
Island into a sort Cf rsformatory, where
all kinds Of agricultural and mechanical
labor can be carried on. Thither drunk
ards should be sent for terms long
enough to enable their constitutions to
recover thoroughly from the effects of
alcohol and give them an opportunity to
acquire habits of industry. In some
cases a year would be sufficient for this
purpose; in others three years might be
required. The experiment is a wise one,
aud there cau be little doubt that it will
be followed by salutsry results. 1t is to
be regretted that such a plan has not
been acted upon long ago.
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Nor Resident Notice,

In the Chaneery Court of Shelby county,
Tennessee John NJ. Lea, John Overton %
al. VS.. City OF Memphis OF al.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
! this cause that the defendant, I. u. Brown,
IS a non resident Of the State Of Tenpassee /
.it is therefore ordered that he maze AIS an.
pegranee herein, at the court housOin the civ
Of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the frst Mon d,
day in December, 1877, and plead, answer ov
demur to the original aud amended bills
filed herein by said Lea and Uvorlon.
as 10 him and sci for hearing ex parte; and
that a copy of this order be published 0nee 10
week, for four successive weeks. In the PUBLIC
Ledger.
This Goth day Of October, 1877,
A c~opy-Attests
BDMuND A. COLE, O. and NJ.
By Il. j BLACK, d 0. and NJ.
EsteS q Elicit. and W. W. GOODWIN, solte
TORS Tor complainant. 60.55 62-eS
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[24O4.l
NOn-R Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby county. Ten
nessee-Maria d. Monsarratt We. Ellen o.
Dunning ct oil.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
l this cause that the defendant, Irene +.
Dashiell. Is q citizen Of Mississippi, and a
nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee
1t is therefore ordered that she make her
appearance, herein, at the court house in the
city of Memphis, Tenn. on or before the first
Monday In December, 1877, and plead,
answer or demur to complainant's origi
nal and amended bills, or the same
for hearing .ex parte, and that a cSpy of this
order be published once a week, for four sue
cessive weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This 10Th day Of October, 1877.
A copy Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and NJ.
By r. ]. BLACK, ID. @. and M.
I. Is. Edgington, solicitor for complainant.
50-56-62-68
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NOTICE or INCORPORATION
To Whom it May Concern.

DO made 10 the Clerk of the County Court
Of Shelby county, Tennessee, on the 20.h of
November, 1871, for the incorporation IN Ter
tho nkme Of Hayesyille. Of the following ter
ritory lying and being IN the county Of Shelby
aud stats Of Tennessee. to-wit; Beginning
az a stake IN the southeast corner e J. II.
Xoung's field; thence north 29 west 81 chains
and 40 links TO the Memphis and bouisyi 10
railroad; thence north 26Ho, W al 26 chains
and 90 links TO q dead oak II Miss Anna
james field; thence vest 2is south II chains
line; thence south 90 est 81 chains and 5
links 10 a 81, Ike near the old Browneylllo read
In J. l.. Cody's field thence east 2lo north 80
chains and % links 10 the beginning.
VANCE h ANDERSON.
$40 1851 Attorneys for Applicants.
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2Aursday, yeYember %. 1S77.

the real estate mentioned in said decree, situ-
ate in the northwestern part of Shelby county
and described az follows;
Beginning. at a stake IA links east of an
ash p" W." thence north 20 poles to a stake:
thence north 75o east l7.9 poles 10 a stake,
thence north ga west 1874 poles 81 links To- a
stake; whence east So north 10 poles l9 links
is a gum marked "P Nj" thense west SO
fouto 20 poles 2OH links to a stake; Themes
north 520 west SSh pO,es to a stake on tho
north boundary line thence with said line
we I 81 south 1875 poles to a II, Ike; whence
30 links is an ash pafked "R W." tnen5
south L. lS east. S}S poles to a stake; whence
west "a links Us a white walnut marked ''P;'
thence ca VA north 9T% poles to a stake;
whence west 90o north is an ash LA"
thence south $50 cast 1871 poles to a stake.
whence south So east - links is a sycamora
LIZ thence east IL q west 79A poles Ia ibS
beginning containing 100. Y a es, and heinz
the same tract Of land conveyed by i. Nj,
Cash TO j. y. Ihweatt on ist day Of January.
1866, by deed OF that date registered in the,
negister's off Q Of Shelby county, Recori
Book No Z, part /, pages 1S and ia.
Terms OF ~sale-cash, Equity of redemption
barred.
JOIN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
kortrecht y Craft, SOlio tors. 42-7l
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River

CAIRO, ILL. November G. - Arrived
James W. CAT, Cincinnati, midnight,
Cons Millar, Cincinnati, ! am; Colorado,
Vicksburg, 2; Warner, Louisville, 2. De.
paFted-Jas. W. Gag, memphis, 2 am,
Cons Millar, Memphis, 2; Warner, New
Orleans, 2; Colorado, St. Louis, 4. The
weather is clear and cold.
CINCINNATI, November 6 River fall.
ing. Weather clear and cool.
PIrrsBuRG, November 6.-River 5 feet
inches and falling slowly. Weather
clear and cold.
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I'D R. $751;
Chancery Sale Of Real Estatr

Chancsry Court Of Shelby County-J. W. JEFF
fersOn admir- Of NJ. III. Kerr, deceased, Va.
Mary f. Kerr ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOOUToRY
decree r sale. entered in the above cause
on the 10Th say Of October, 1877, / will cell, at
public auction, TO tho highest bidder. in front
Of the CLERK and Masters Office, court. house
building, Main street. Memphis, Tena., on
Saturday, November 10, 1872,
within legal hours. tho following described
property, situated IN shelby county, Tenn.,
to wit:
In civil district No. G, about six II ilsgnOrlh.
east Of Memphis, and noar McOonnel's old
mill, consisting of two tract3-one tract con-
taining l6 acres, and tao oihor 20. s. acres.
said and i q part of tho original IA. Kerr
tract, and is the land on which said Moses II.
Kerr resided atthe time of his DEATH.
Terms Of ealo- ne.third cash; balaneeiin
twelve months; note with approved security,
bearing interest irom date; lien retained, etc.
This October ~. 1871.
By h j. BLACK, D.. o and NJ.
smith x Caller. sollcitors. 42-4S-5i-60
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@ York Items.

New YORK, November 6.-Mrs. Wiley
and infant sufocated yesterday during a
FIRE in their Rsidence, 72l Gates avenue,
Brooklyn.
Solomon Strauss & Co dry goods Job
beers, so White street, have suspended
Liabilities, Sl4O,O 600; assets, Sic, 600.
The weather is very pleasant, and the
prospects are favorable for a full vote to
day.
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The Presldenrs Nominn,ions.

WASHINGTON, November 6 The Pres.
ldent sent the following nominations to
the senate to-day; John o. Smith, Of
Ohio, to be consul general at Montreal;
d. M. Cooley, Of Iowa, to be consul
general at Spezia, Italy; Alexander NJ.
Stern, to be assistant treasurer Of the
United States at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Postmasters = Francis NJ. Cassidy,
Winterset, Iowa. Lafayette Combs, Bed.
ford, Iowa. E P, Durand, Pl~aquemine,
La. The President has recognized So
rem Jorgensen as vice consul Of Den.
mark in Nebraska.
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Hunupg the sea Otter An AIashn


The sea otter, which constitutes
the sole means by which these, the
only civilized people of our new
territory, manage to clothe them
selves as we do and maintain their
church, may be appropriately men.
toned in detail. It'll an animal.
when full grown, that will measure
from three and a half to four feet
at most from the tip of its short
tail to its nose. Yhe general con-
tour Of the body is much like that
Of the beaver, with the skin lying
in loose folds, so that when taken
hold Of in lifting the body out from
the water it draws up like the hide
on the nape of a young puppy dog.
The skin is covered with the rich
est of all fine deep fur, a jet black,
with silver tipped hairs here and
thereScattered, as is so well known
to our ladies of fashion.
The sea otter mother sleeps in
the water on her back, with her
young one clasped between her tiny
forepaws. Frequent attempts have
been made to rear the young sea
offers, as they are often captured
alive; bat, like some other species of
wild animals, they seem to be so
deeply imbued with fear of man
that they invariably perish by self
imposed starvation.
The Sannack islets and reels con-
stitute the great sea-otter-ground
of Alaska, and hither come native
hunting parties from 0onalaska on
the west, and Belcoyski to the north,
where they camp on the main island,
and venture out in their bidarkies
fifteen and twenty miles in every
direction to sea. Fires are never
built here unless the wind is from
the south, and food refuse is never
scattered on the beaches. The suf-
lerings to which the native hunters
subject themselves every winter on
this island, going for many weeks
without fires, even for cooking, with
the thermometer down to zero in a
northerly gale Of wind, are better
imagined than described (: while
the various shrewd and skillful arti-
fees by which they outwit the otter
in capturing it, would make a
lengthy chapter if fully enumerated,
for this animal, of all wild animals,
seems to be possessed of the great
est aversion or dread of the pres
ence or even the proximity of man.
The natives, when they go from
Oonalaska to Sannack on a hunting
trip of this character, usually make
up a party of from forty to fifty
men. They travel in their light
skin bidarkies, two men in each,
and are gone usually three to four
months at a time before returning
to their families they haul their
kyacks out from the water every
night as they bivouac along the
coast; and sleep in gales Of wind,
which are always loaded with rain,
sleet, and fog, without the least
covering, and almost without a fire.
Ali rude indeed is the country of
the Aleut, but he is as rugged, and
the bleak, precipitous islands
stamped with his name are all the
world to him. He wants no other,
and he is happy where we would be
supremely miserable.
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a bitter partisan does hin injustice; he
played the game of politics with singular
good nature, but he played to win, and
be never hesitated TO change his course
or his mind. Thus he was by turns an
in~6ationist aud a hard money man. in
fact, he took at different times almost
every possible position on the financial
question. BE was one Of the ablest and
most vigorous opponents Of the policy OF
giving the franchise to the blacks, q
measure at first very distasteful to the peo'
pie Of his State; but later he became n
Of the strongest supporters Of this policy.
With admirable sagaeity he foresaw the
danger to the country from q disputed
presidential election aud sought during
several sessions to obtain a constitution
al amendment which should provide
against this peril, urging that in such an
emergency it was not in human nature
that the party in power should yield to
its opponents. But when the day of
peril came be unhesitatingly opposed
the very doctrines be had for several
years asserted on this question. He was
long the most conspicuous aud ~unfaltsr-
ing ally Of the carpet bag rulers of the
South; but be was the first senator to
adhere to the new Southern policy Of
President Hayes. His most striking
was the bulldog vigor and peril
with which he attacked an oppo-
nent; but it is the general, and we think
correct, opinion that he never showed
the larger qualities of leadership. 1t is
to his credit, considering the
times in which we live, that in all his
public life be was rigidly honest. He
lived plainly, and was avaricious Of
power, not of money"
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mo. 27i9.l
NOn.R d Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tennsssee-F. d. Paradis VS.. Annie K.
Paradis.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
J. this cause that defendant, Annie II. Para
see; it Is therefore ordered that she make her
appearance herein, a; the courthouse in the
city Of Memphis, Tonl,, on or before the first
Monday in December, 1877, and plead, answer
or dsmur TO eomplsinant's bill. OF the same
will DO taken for confessed as to her, and set
fer hearing OK parte; and that a copy OF this
order be published once a week for four sue.
cessive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day of October, 1877.
A copy attest;
EDMUND A. COLE, @. and NJ.
X j. BLACK, ID. Y. and M.
40-l6-52-58
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MondaY. NaYemher 96. I877.
Trustees sale.

ON NOVEMBER 10. 1877, AT Il O'CLOCK
~ M, l will, as Trustee, in front Of my
office, No. i3H Madison street, Memphis,
Tenn, sell at public sale to the highest bid
der, for cash, that lot of land in nhelby
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 a
front on the east ride of Seventh street o.
l77M feet The right of redemption is " aiyed,
and the title believed to be perfect, but | sell
3i-6S j. NJ. GRE6ORY, Trustee.
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almost as much as it ever was; and to
Republicans there will appear to be a
bitter irony in the fate which removes
him at such a time to make place for a
Hendricks or a Voorhees-for a Demo-
Graf who contended for the rebels while
be was fighting Tor the Union, who slyly
helped the secession movement while he
was trying to grasp It By the throat"
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Russia leads all other nations 10 the
number Of horses. In 1860 she had
81. 51O.OOO horses, or more than all Eu-
rope besides, and sixty per cent. more
than are owned in the United States.
Compared with other countries, Russia
has one horse for every three and a-half
persons, Austria enc for every ten, Prus.
STA aud Great Britain one for every
France one for every twelve, and
Italy one for every twe~nty-ssven.
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MAHRTnn-

DIRD-FISHER On Monday evening. Nc
Yember 5. 1877, by Rev DR., Landrum, Mr..
GEORGE W. BIRp and Miss EUGENE FISHER.
That their voyage Of life be one Of unal-
loyed happiness and prosperity, is tho wish Of
a large circle Of friends and acquaintance.
=" saw two clouds at morning.
Hinged by the rising sun,
And in the dawn they hOated on,
And blended into one." X. II, W.
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Indications

WASHINGTON, November 6.-For Ten.
nessee and the Ohio valley CLEAR ov
partly cloudy weather, cold n~ortherly,
v%eering to warmer southerly winds, ris.
Jag, followed by falling barometer.
For the lower lake region clear OF
partly cloudy weather, cold northerly
winds, possibly shifting to warmer south,
easterly, rising, followed by falling bar,
ometer.
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mo. $751;
Nom Resident Notice.

In the 0hanoery Court Of Shelby county. Ten
nessec-Harriet A. Cannon VS.. John M.
Cannon.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that tho defendant, John NJ.
nessee, and whose place Of residence cannot
be asceItained alter diligont inquiry; il is
therefore ordered that he. make his appear
apoe herein, at the Courthouse 10 the city Of
Memphis, IenR., on OF before the first Mons
day In December, 1871, and plead, answer
or demur h complainsnt's bin, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to him, and
sci for hearing ex parte; and that a copy Of
this order be published onoe . week for four
successive weeks In the Public Ledger.
This 26th day Of October, 1877.
A c~opy-Attest:
By r. j. BLACK, d. O. and M
q. p. NJ. 1ur.er, solicitor for complainant.
48T4.60-66
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LEGAL.
IECAks
fR-1l32.1
d NGS
AS To-
ChanCery Sale of Real Estate.

Chancery Court Of Shelby County j. I. Am
opett, admir- of s.. NJ, Nelson, deceased, VS..
Mary B. Nelson OF al.
QY VIRTUE Of q decree entered in the
, above cause en- the 18th day of October,
1877, the biddings were opened, and in front
OF the Clerk and Masters ONCE, courthouse
building, Main street. Memphis. Tenn, at
I'm, Saturday, December 1, 1877,
the same will be closed to the highest and best
bidder. commencing at 81 per foot heretofore
bid by Mrs. M. B. Nelson as to the following
property. situated in Memphis, Shelby county,
Tenn, tO-wit:
Lots u and 10 on the south side of Ex-
change street, east of Fourth street, and west
Of the Bayou, each fronting 50 by 100 feet.
Terms Of sale-0n o credit Of six and twelve
months; notes with approved security, bear
ing intetes from date lien retained, and
equity Of redemption barred.
This November 6. 1877.
BY r. j BLACK. D G.. and NJ.
Humes * Peston, and Wilson 4 Beard, At
terneys. 57-T9