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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
FACING AN OLD SCORE.
An Iowa Man ArTested at Coat
city. Ga. for the Alleged Forgery
of oI0O, 200.

An Iowa Man ArEested nj Coal
city. Ga. for the Alleged Forgery
of eI0O,VOO.
Special to the Nashville Americana
CowAN, Tenn, August G, 1877.
Captain Robinson, who was arrested
yesterday at Cole City, Ga, by
Sheriff Stewart, on a charge Of
forgery, was turned over to E. II.
Wood, at this place, to-day. Mr..
Wood will start with the prisoner
tonight for Iowa, in which State
the offense is alleged to have been
committed six wears ago.
John W. 5. Robertson, alias
Capt, G.. Robertson, was arrested at
Coal City, better known as the
Dade county coal mines, Sunday
morning by Sheriff H. P. Stewart,
of Franklin county, Tenn, upon a
requisition from the governor Of
Iowa, handed him by P. H. Wood,
of W Clinton county, Iowa.,
who charges Robertson with havinO
forged a deed six years ago to land
owned by him, sold it for $25, OOO
and poclleted the money. Wood
also claimed that Robertson had
forged drafts upon Iowa banks to
the amount of $4,000, and he had
not been heard from until quite re-
Gently, when he Wood tracked
him into Tennessee, and at last
found him at Coal City. When
Wood came up after Robertson haC
been arrested by the sheriff, Robert
son recognized Wood and SHOOT
hands with him. From Coal CITY
Robertson was brought here, wher,
he offered to compromise matter
by the payment of $500 in cash
Wood, however, left here to-nigh
with Robertson in custody, and vii
take him through TO Iowa.
Robertson left a wife and tire
children at Coal City, where hi
held the position of superintend
ent Of coke ovens and received
salary of about $500 per month
He was regarded as the best COX
manufacturer in Tennessee, having
obtained a thorough knowledge o
. the business. Robertson is a fin.
looking man, having black hair an,
beard and an excellent address. B
his steady application to bushes
f he had not only won friends, bu
had become prominent among tn
citizens of that locality.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

mo man will ever prosper who
has the curse of a ruined woman
upon him. The murderer of the
body can be tried and executed by
the worlds laws, but the murderer
Of the soul is tried by heavens laws,
and the execution is Us sure as d.
vine Justice" Aunt Betsy said this
as she folded the white hands of Il
beautiful girl, and put white flowers
and green leaves about the MARBLE
cold forehead. There was Il tiny
babe beside the girl-mother. The
house was hushed, and there was
mourning such as few people know.
Half glad that the mother and child
were dead, the rest of the family
must perform the last sad office Of
burial and bear the family shame.
A haunted house A ruined homel
God the architect and man tho
spoilcr. The curse is there, and
the destroyer cannot escape.--Wo
mans Journal,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

cut the streets and alleys, but the rain
filed many a hole and filthy pool, which
in a few days when the sun appears in
all its strength will send forth foul and
n~oxious exhalations most detrimental to
public health.
The police commissioners should in.
struct the chief Of police to open the
publice pounds so that the filthy and
providing hogs aud goats may be taken
up and %impounded, aud the ordinance
enforced, instead Of permitting it TO b.
come a dead letter on the statute book
as it is at present 1t is said that there
is no money in the treasury for this pur-
pose, but the proceeds Of the s,les OF
impounded hogs aud goats we opine
would 20 for to meet the current ex.
penses.
Our friend and brother, local editor OF
the Avalanche, has met with a severe
loss, and he is inconsolable. His favor.
tie and only bull pup, surnamed Ajax, q
brindle. colored animal Of tender age
some four months-left it's home and
ireside on Wellington street aud eloped
with a thief, who took it up in his arms
and conveyed it to some place Of re
treat. Five dollars reward has been
offered for the recovery of Ajax, but ai
for the thief, when discovered, he will bt
bounded down by the press reporters o
the city until he rests in the peniten
tiary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
ROAt Racing on wednesday Mex

DOAt Racing on wednesday Next.
On the 10th inst. a boat race will take
place in front Of the city, which will no
doubt attract a large crowd OF citizens
to the bluff. The DeSoto boat club, an
old and well-kuown organization, With
their boat, will participate, as will also a
new club in o new boat now building by
Mr.. G. W. Hunter, Of this city. The
new boat will be forty-six feet in length,
twenty.four inches in width, and ten
inches in depth. 1t N.ll be a six-oared
gig. The DeSoto boys lend their boat tc
the other club every other evening fol
practice, and will continue to do SO until
the new boat is finished.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

THE
WOR MEMS
BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION
TO THE FRONT.
The Pioneer Association Of Memphis
Chartered Oct. 1, 1871.
(Fff Marrhs' Duss FRId-ROOk
VHlMV. Toward maturity, 7
SSJ az p0r share. }
Chartered Oct. 1, 1871.
NEW SERIES. NO BACK DUES.

"IF A MAN SAYS TO HIS TENANT
that if be wilt pay him three or four del.
lars mOle per month than he las been N the
habit Of paying, vt the tXpi alton OF eight or
nine years he would give him a coed of the
proporty, the tcrant would bo most likoly to
accent the offer. Ibis is the priI cirle upon
which these Associations work"
In order 10 meet the demand of many APP
p%licants, this Association has decided 10 issue
Qua tcriy HnrIes OF tOch. Our sub
seription book for tho Fourth Series, dating
on the lat day of July inst is now open.
Tho Series will b., limited, and our friends are
reauesled to bani IN their subscriptions at
once 10 the Secretary at the ulico Of the AS
soci. fiop, No. 25l Main street. up stairs, VIE
will be u attendance duTi'g business hours TO
give all Gesired Information as to the work
iHgs OF the Association,
1his AssoclatlVn is commanded TO the work
ingmen of Memphis particularly. Its history,
its success, it, pra.ent prominent rank in the
financial aud ~pusiness circles OF the city, It's
cotd work in tie past and its bright prospect
Tor tetter work IN tho luturs marx 1t as a
prominent example OF what the = ucs, pers,e'
veranve, s~taniiity and frugGlity oil the work
ingmen q. tmhbis Ca nchievo
Our quarterly i~ssuaNce 1 new stock opens
up an VI pnrtunity 10 all clas,e to avail them
selves Of the ben G. E which attach to this
Ass ,riution ly reason o sSp' iirhee.
a IA e ~, cess Nd e tow rRttO OF
MOlAtBg esp vs"'.
l. ,dRlLL, President.
CHAs. r. PATtR ~, So T iary. l25.l5l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
Dr. Plumer's spereh az the Pam
PresbN terian Council.
Edinburgh Cor. New York Herald.

DR.. PIumer's speech az the Pam
PresbN teFian Council.
Edinburgh Cor. New York Herald
Any account of the personnel of
the Council would be incomplete
without special reference to DR..
William S. Plumer, Of South Caro-
lima, its veteran. This grand old
man-in his eighty-eighth year
with his long, snowy hair and pa
triarchal beard, might suggest tho
ideal Rip Van Wrinkle were his
mind not so wide awake. DR..
Plumer was once minister of the
church of fredericksburg, and in-
deed for a generation was the Pres
byterian giant of Virginia. He was
the leading man of a once famous
convention which met at Richmond
to consider the educational condi-
ton of that State. There he OPP
posed the late Samuel M. Janney,
who wanted the free school system,
but complimented that modest
Quaker, say ing, ga city that is set
on a hill cannot be hid" His cpl
grammatic u~tterances werc widely
known, as when he said, as offset
to q r~evivalist who said he wanted
to get up a revival" that he
(Plumer) wanted "to get down a
revival"
DR.. Plumer, aged as he is, has
made one Of the most powerful inn
pressions on the council. 1t was
when cooperation in missions was
the subject hat he arose TO make
an appeal for missions among the
negroes Of the Southern States. 1t
was plain hal the old scholars
erudition and devoutness had borne
him far above all vulgar prejudlces
against the negro. The promise,
ethiopia shall stretch forth her
hands," was raised by him against
the superstition he rebuked hat
there was some special curse on
Africans. He related some touch
ing anecdotes Of hal race, showing
their heroism and piety, and warned
the church that they were not ex-
hibiting as much wisdom as the
Catholic church in winning so de-
sirable an element as the Southern
negroes. Roman Catholics, he
SAID, are building chapels every
where and inviting colored people
into them. He once told his theo-
logical class in Columbia, S. G. THAT
he didn't think the Catholics would
make much Roadway with the col
ored people, because these were so
( noisy in their worship and so fond
J of ticking part in public worship,
but one Of his class told him he
5 had been 10 one of those Catholic
/. churches, and the noisiest he ever
! heard. He Or. Plumer) had found
it so; the oroer had gone out from
Rome, "Never mind the noise if
e you eau get the men," The speaker
seemed inspired with the theme.
= He declared the most eloquent
preacher he ever heard in his life
: was a black man from Tennessee ;
. that the only way to convert Africa
z and forever end the odious slave
l tfade was to make a united effort to
G win the hearts of the colorcd pee
4 pie in America. 1t was a very re-
markable speech - this of DR..
$ Plumer-especially as the working
I Of a high aud human spirit in the
heart Of that St,te, which was once
so associated with the "cursed be
=, Canaan theory of the African race"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
why n IL So.

City affairs would be better attended
to and city ordinances would be more
strictly enforced but for the approaching
municipal election in January next.
Nobody now wants to make enemies; it
is friends they're after. A city officer
who is a politician and Office seeker is a
municipal humbug when be permits the
thirst for office to interfere with his
sworn official duty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
Play billiards at COnVerse's.
Mnhs,er,s rInnnnnne.

while | was in the Senate" said
General Shields" II saw much of Web.
ster both in and out of the Capitol He
met me one day and said: Shields,
find | have got into difficulty with some
of my constituents, some Quakers, who
are dissatisfied with my advocacy of q
certain measure, and they have sent a
large delegation down here from Massa-
chusetts to make a protest. | have
promised to meet them this evening, and
| would like to have You there
Why what can do2'
"Your native blHrney, Shields; it may
help me out of this trouble"
II laughed at the idea Of blarney ef-
fecting anything where Daniel Webster's
eloquenee could not convince; and
made that objection; but he insisted,
and | promised to be on hand Evening
came, and | Joined Mr., Webster at his
rooms. Presently the delegation ar
rived and were seated, a dozen or twenty
OF the most solemn men | have ever
seen, all rigldly costumed ia Quaker
dress. Without wasting any time the
chairman arose and addressed Mr.. Web
ster in a set speech. He commented
severely on the course Of the senator as
to the measure in Question, setting forth
the bad effect which it might have on
their sect, expressing great sorrow and
surp ise that Mr.. Wooster had been
found supporting such a bill, and con.
cluded with a VIGOROUS protest in
N.iting, which bore many signatures.
Webster listened attentively with un.
changed ~countenance, and when the
spokesman had Ie~sumed"his seat he
rose and replied He spoke half III
hour, aud before he concluded grew Of
eloquent as he was often heard. His
defense was simply that be deemed the
measure one demanded by the interesti
of tle whole country, although it nigh
not be specially adapted to the want
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
OF

Rumors as to a brace of scandals have
been in circulation on the streets for
several days. The newspaper reporters
we're collared and buttonholed vigorous.
ly yesterday and to-day, they being be-
lieved to be the repositories Of all knowl.
edge, including social scandals, involv.
ing the reputation Of men, women and
children. Even the men who are con.
nected with the scandals, often, and with
apparent innocence and curiosity, ask
the reporters for news concerning the
d~isgraceful affairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

During the heavy rain.storm last
night the Bluff City Grays, who we're out
drilling on Second street, had to seek
shelter under the awnings of the Kit
Williams Block, on Second street, south
of Madison. Captain Cameron, while
the company was weather and water
bound, put the boys through the manual
of arms and the bayOnet exercise for an
hour, very much to the enjoyment of the
residents of the vicinity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

The first regular meeting Of TIE NJ
chanics Building and Loan Association,
for the purpose Of loaning out money,
will be held tonight at the office of the
Planters Insurance Co, No, Al Madison
street. All subscribers are earnestly
requested to call and pay their dues be.
fore 8 o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

A Massachusetts COW came home the
other day carry ing on her horn the fol.
lowing note: Enclosed find six cents
for one quart of milk taken this for
noon.' And the six cents we're there.
Everybody knows what a terrible ex'
plosive dynamite is, but few know that
it is a powerful poison, A woman
named Wollney has just been sentenced
to death at 0ppelu, Germany, for poi
soning two persons with II.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
Buy your shirts
at Mays
Memphis Shirt Factory,
237 Main Street.

TnE attention of oil who want to buy
a cheap home is directed to a great bar.
gain on Monroe street, offered to-day III
our " for lie" column. 1873 I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
BarbOur's Grapes
Are the best in the market. Ia
Police Court.

This forenoon the recorder heard and
determined the following cases: Charley
Mitchell (neL.o), using insulting Ian
guage, discharged; G. f. Jones, misd
meanor, fined $685. Matilda Woods,
drunk, discharged; Mrs. Barrett, disc.
derby, a s continued for trial; Joe Gun
niugham, vsgrsnCy, discharged; Ida
Harris, drunk and d~isorderly, fined IS:
Wesley McCabe, fighting, fined s5i Jas
billiard, fighting, fined $l2; Rober'
Wright, drunk, fined s; Thos. German
drunk, discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
ENOCH ARDEN IN BLACK.


A Counterfeit Presentment OF n
long i Ist Husband Appears and
Disappears at Raleigh springs.
: The colored residents Of Raleigh
Springs, in this county, feel themselves
somewhat agrieved by the scandal ere.
ated last week by the appearance in
their midst of d bogus Enoch Arden, o
counterfeit Of the most approved pattern.
1t was at eyentide, when the shades oil
night were thickly gathering, when q
colored youth of some sixty summers
appeared in the doorway Of old Phyllis
cabin, claiming to b. the long lost hus
band Of forty years ago, in old North
Carolina. What proofs we're adduced tC
establish the validity of the claim re
maius yet q mystery. However, by 1
dint of reasoning and argument the ole
woman was induced to indorse the ere
dentials OF the old man, and he wnt
shortly installed as lord and master Of
the house. His occupancy, however
was destined to be Of short duration, for
scarcely had day began to dawn, follow
ing the night Of such bliss and happi'
nesg to the newly rewedded couple, before
the eldest born returned home, and tax.
ing in the situation at a glance, and fail
ing to recognize his paternal ancestor
(of course he was an unwise SOM began
to get rather inqa:sitive, which for g
time made matters a little interesting in
that immediate neighborhooj. During
the storm the old man slid ont fol
greener pastures, and has since failed t.
return to the bosom Of his family.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
Fresh chocolate cream drops
and sRVarln cakes at FIOyd's.


In the LEDGER job office can be foun,
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job'Sf printing. 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
He 10 Truly a stump spsnksr

Uo - HE"HJ HN'IHF
who, when talking, exhibits q moutbfJl
Of stumps. II you would keep your
dental fixtures in perfect talking order,
use the fragrant SOZOD0NT daily; the
recipe is simple but sure. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
THE CITY.
"Wednesday Evening, Aug. s, 1877


The Public Ledger at Five Cents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at oil stations on the
following railways, at FIVE CENTS per
copy, by the agents of the Southern
Railway News Company, viz:
Memphis and Louisville railway.
Memphis and Little Rock railway.
South and North Alabama railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway.
Memphis and Charleston railway.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE AND PADUCAI
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr.. John Epperson, or employees, vii
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at FIVE cent,
on the above named railways.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

A few nights ago two negro chicken
thieves fired their pistols at the police
who attempted to halt them in the sub
urbs of the city. The citizens residing
in the suburbs suffer no little from the
raids Of thieves, owing to the fact that
there is no police patrol force in those
sections. Half a dozen well.armed and
mounted police, whose duty it should be
to patrol the suburbs Of the city at night
would do more to prevent thieving and
apprehend thieves than any plan known
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

/, OR POSlEh SHOW BILLS, CARDS
L. Circulars, etc., gotten W with the --latest
style Of typcs and on superior paper Of any
desired colOr, go,to the Ledger, office and ct
anime stNot snd nVie
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
FOUND.
OR STOLEN.

EWF0UNDLAND DOG, barely grown.
IN about Is months old; white spots on face,
breast and feet. A liberal reward will be paid
for his return to ~ Beal street, near corner
of Wellington. RF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

The type, material and workmen OF
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

FoR an Alligator cook stove or house
furnishing goods go to
Hat JoHN B. FoRD's, 1913 Poplar at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

Strangers, go 10 OOnverse's
billiard parIOrs, 81 y. Court 1T.
lot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

s0 PANTS and 20 coat makers at the Cloth
OU ing Factory of
lis HS A. SPIRO. 80 North Court st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08
wAHTEO.

A YOUNG MAN of good family, of %collegi-
"A ate education. with no bad habit, is desi-
rous of finding a situation by which he may
Ledger Office. l36-l4l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

I WILL exchange a highly improved farm
i Of AGO acres within six miles of Wittsburg,
Arkansas, for improved or UnimprOyed prop
erty in Memphis. R0Bl. FLETCHER.
lot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

NTANTEO-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
w that / will not DO responsible for any
bills bought by any ono connected with the
Ledger office or ont OF it. and will not allow
accompanied by my written order.
3o-t II. WHITM0RE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-08

L70R SALE-0LD TYPE-BETTER THAN
K Babbitt metal fer light, fast running ma
chinery. at this office. 33-t
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

On an island of the Neva are the fort
ress and Cathedral Of st. Peter and ST
Paul. The spire which is exceedingly
slender is gilded and surmOunted with
an angel and cross 1t is three hundred
and seventy-one feet from the ground to
the top of the Cross Many readers will
recall the story Of the miraculous ascent
of this spire by a Russian peasant in
1880, who undertook the task to repair
the angel with nothing but q rope and
nail to assist him in the ascent. The
church contains the remains of several
Of Russia's sovereigns in marble caskets,
among them being Peter the Great,
Cathsrine the Great, Alexander l., and
the late Emperor Nicholas. The most
distinguished mOnarchs lie in the corners,
apparently the poorest places, but
according to the Russian ideas, the
position Of honor Not far from the
above church is Peter the Greats cot
tage There the famous bOat--made by
himself--is shown, together with the now
tattered sail In the larger Of the two
rooms is the jeweled image which Peter
had with him in the decisive battle at
Poltava, where he conquered the Swedes
and established his greatness. The little
apartment was bright with the light of
many tapers placed there by those who
have faith in the efficacy Of the shrine 10
prosper their undertaking.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
FALSE GUIDES FATE.
An incident lsf GsIoneI DahIgreu'a Rai'
Around Richmond.

An incident lsf GsIonel DaiaIEreu'a Raid
Around Richmond.
We now learned we are about three
miles from Dover mills and ten miles
below Coltmhia mills. Our guide, the
negro spoken Of in TIE 6fst Of this nara
tive. and who had been assigned to this
expedition, misled us during the night,
and to obviate the delayOf Tetracing our
steps, Colonel Dahlgren, on the represen.
tation Of tho guide that an excellent fora
was To be found at Dover mills, con-
eluded to cross at that point. Aitsr two
hOass' halt we again moved on and soon
reached Dover mills, but only to meet
disappointment. The negro had de-
ceiyed us; no ford existed at this point,
nor was there any means of crossing the
river. He then stated that the ford was
three miles below this was most obvi-
ously fslse, as the rifer was evidently
navigable to and above this place, ~ we
saw scows and a slOop going down the
river. and it would seem impossible that
he should not know that no ford existed
in the neighb0rhOOd, where he had seen
vessels daily passing. Colonel DahlPren
had warned him that if detected acting
in bad faith or lying, we would surely
hang him, and after we left Dover mills
and had gone down the river 50 far al
render prevarication unavailing, the
colonel charged him with betraying US
destroying the whole designs OF the expe'
dition, and hazarding the lives OF every
one engaged in it, and told him that h
should be hung in conformity with th'
terms of his service. The negro becam'
greatly alarmed, stated confusedly tina
he was mistaken; thought we INTENDED
to cross tbs river in boats, and hnall!
said he had done wrong and was sorry
etc. The colonel ordered him to b
hung; halter-strap was used for Tn
purpose, and we left the miserable wretcI
/ dangling by the roadside. His body wa
afterwards cut down by the rear guard
Lieut.. Root. Black, in Ph&adelPh'
| Times.