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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-19
FOREIGN.

LONDON, January l9.-The Times, on
the failure Of the conference, says: 1T
is not to be assumed that the decision for
peace or war will necessarily be made at
once Perhaps the dissolution OF the con-
ference marks the beginning of a new
phase, in which the western powers will
be for a time inactive, and the three i'm
psrial courts will at once C them.
selves in the business"
The Daily News says: with the
break up Of the conference ends the old.
fashioned policy, which accepted Turkey
as the hereditary responsibility OF Eng
land. Hsnceforward Turkey must patch
up its credit the best way 1t can and
fight itepyn battles"
The Post says: AT a time when
treaties had been torn to rags and inter.
national equity disregarded, when the
might Of huge powers and overwhelming
armies are ter~rorizing smaller States,
when each giant is restrained by no con
sidsration of law or justice, but only by
calculations of brute force ana the
weighing Of alliance pro and con, it has
been reserved for Turkey to stand forth
boldly as the champion Of treaty rights
and European order. The attitude Of
the sultan must win the admiration o
all who ara sufficiently unprecedented Il
admit that the spirit Of chiYalry anC
patriotism has not been efaced from
mankind. II, as We are confident theJ
(the Turks will, under the able guild
ance Of Midhat Pasha, carry into efec
tive being their new parliamentary sys
ten, 20 as 10 improve their government
redeem their finances, and establish civi
and religious liberty, they will c~ertainl,
win back the warm esteem Of England
which will gladly see Iu renovated Tur
key a nation Of freemen, whose conduc
may open up a new political horizon
showing the dawn of copstitutionsl priu
oiples in the East.
F%BASEPORT, January 10 Herr HoltoI
elected to parliament, vas the csndidat
Of the Democrats. He had 5000 m~sjorit.
over Natl, the Liberal candidate.
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Mnr,n R,iand Annnhn.

NV YoRK. January ia friend Of
Frederick May, d~ispleased With the fret
AUTHENTIC narrative Of the BeRnett-MaY
duel, writes to the newspaper 10 which
the article appeared and says neither
olsy nor any part Of his clothing was
bit, scratched, grazed, nor in any way
touched by the one and the only shot
~bich vas exchanged by the PsFlies
The affair then terminated BY the party
seeking satisfaction declaring himself
satisfied.
WAsgRdrog. Jsrusry 2o.-FFsderick
Nay was asked last night BY . reporter
# be ran away from Bennett after The
'napping Of bis pistol. He refused to
say anything about it, Fsmarkipg that il
was his private business, aud would not
deny or affirm any reports.
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NINTH pAY-No ELRcrION.

This is becoming rather monotonous
Nine days spent In trying to elect 4
abort term United States senator, and nc
election yet. The proceedings wert
varied yesterday in q manner which
quite verified the speculations of the
LEDGER. Ez Senator Key was placed
on the track again, and made a run
which startled his opponents and de.
lighted his friends, and without making
any predictions, we shall not be in the
least surprised to hear of his election
to-day. Whitthorne was also placed 10
nomination, but did not develop much
strength, Six ballots we're taken, with
the following result:
Sixty seventh ballot-Bate, 10; Bailey,
81; Key, Sc; Whitthorne, D.; Maynard,
2; Cowden, |.
Sixty. eighth ballot-Bate, 49, Bailey,
80; Key, 80; Whitthorne, I.
Sixty.ninth ballot-Bate, l3; Bailey,
80; Key, AZ; Whitthorne, g..
SEVENTEEN ballot-Bate, 10; Bailey,
"a; Key, AZ; Whitthorne. III.
Seventy.trst ballot-Bste, 8; Bailey,
81; Key, As; Whitthorne, 3.
Accordingto the Avalanche special, the
Shelby, Upton and Fsyette delegations
voted: Smith for Key, Maddox for Bar
ley, Collier for Bailey, Hill didn't vote,
Peters for Bailey. Douglass for Key,
, Nelson and Lowe for Bailey, Coleman
for Key, Milliken for Bailey, Simonton
for Bailey, Perry for Bailey. Mr.. Lowe,
however, is reported as rising to second
the nomination Of Key, and it seems in
consistent that he should vote for Bailey
50 soon. 1t is not unlikely that an cleo
ton will be accomplished to-day. This
is the tenth day. The contest has been
protracted almost beyond precedent in
this State. Andrew Johnson was elected
on the fity-second ballot. and, if we
are not mistaken, on the seventh
day. The legislature is entitled to
credit for eltctiDg the long term senator
the frst day, but that is not az Offset for
ten days f%ruitlsss ballotings when the
same work could have been done as we'll
in three. Let US have 8 rest. We are
not ready to exclaim, Anybody, Lordr'
but let US have the conclusion of the
whole matter. The Legislature has beer
in session nineteen days, and has only
passed one bill through both houses
Mr.. Peters custom.house bill, which haC
no opposition. There is great deal o
real hard work before this legislature
bat the members cannot get squarell
down to it while any election is pending
This seems to be q very able body
mostly new and inexperienced men, bu
representative men Of ability and ca
capacity, and the people expect more o
them in some respects than Of any leEis
lature which has met since the war
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forcibly Of the 18th Of January, 1862,
fifteen years ago, that the subject forces
itself up, That was the day the lsmented
Zollicoasr fell at Fishing Creek. This
was the first Of a long series of COnfed-
crate disasters. The little army was
completely demoralizsd, md a worse
panic-stricken set of stragglers never
fled before a victorious enemy. The
true history of that SIGHT has never been
written, sRd perhaps never will be. Zol-
licofer was a most gallant and fearless
leader, but be knew nothing about the
art Of war, and his men knew still less,
although the survivors became trusty
veterans afterwards.
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An ECoHOMICAL LEGIsLArURs.

In n Of DE" Redfeld's graphic,
of-haud letters TO the Cincinnati Com.
mercisl he says:
The Tennessee legislature, 10 Joint as
sembly, has even one hundred members
The majority of them are young men.
About one half we're in the Confederate
army. Thirteen of the twenty-five n
tors are farmers, strongly charged with
the idea OF economy. In fact, an eco.
nomical INCLINATION runs through both
bodies. Ilook for them to eIt right and
left At the expense recount 1t ia not
improbable that they will reduce the SAL
aries OF two-thirds Of the men who work
for the State Of Tennessee. They seem
to think that the judges especially are
getting too much, and that there are too
many Of them. They say that every.
thing is now nearly as cheap as
before the war, and that the decline
in gold will yet bring all the necessities
Of lite and most CT the Injuries to hard
paH. Therefore, why should State OFF
cial1 bs paid double the salaries they re-
ceiVsd before the war ? 1t is true that
the pay OF judges has been nearly
doubled since the var, but it is not now
excessive. | believe the present scale Is
$4,000 for circuit judges, and $500 for
supreme judges. This is not high; it is
not too high But there are more Of them
than is necessary. Litigation has fallen
of nearly one half in the last eight
years. Consolidation Of circuits could
be effected, and the number Of posts di.
minished, but a reduction in their present
pay would be carrying the idea oil econ.
omy TO an extreme point. But the legis-
laturs seems 20 impressed with the
fact that times are hard and the peo.
pie so oppressed, that they will likely
reduce ct all points. They might take
q whack at their own pay, if there was a
chance, but il they can gel it any lower
than it is they approach the English
parliament, who serve for nothing, take
it out in honor aud board themselves. A
member Of the Tennessee legislature re-
ceives just twelve dollars aud fifty cents
a month for the time for which he is
elected. This ia about tho wages Of a
corn.feld negro. but we will not stop to
suggest that perhaps the eorn,Reld hand
is OF equal value TO the State. never
heard but one man say such a thing
and he had been beaten for the position,
aud therefore argued that the legislature
was Of no service to the State and ahould
be abolished. Sour grapes, you know.
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The bod Rreah-up on lhs Patomae.

The lee Broah-Up on the Potomac.
WASHINGTON, January 10. Tho ice in
the Potomac broke up last night, doing
great damage. The sharp running ice
cut down and damaged two or three
sehoonsrs, several tug.boats and a num-
Der of scows, laden and unladen. The
heavy massing ice in shore lifted two
schoouers out Of the river and landed
them high and dry on the wharf, Eve
others from their moorings and forced
them upon the flats and crushed and
wrecked the Georgetown college boat
house and adjoining houses of boat clubs.
All the wharves were more or less dam
aged. having plAnking ripped of and
spiles broken.
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BtOnewall jackson and the widows
Cow.

0W
AT the age of sixteen, Stonewall
Jackson was a constable of the
county of Lewis, Va, With his
uncle, Cummings Jackson, as his
security. The first execution that
came into his hands was against a
widow living some twelve miles
from the courthouse. jackson
summoned a man named Charlie
Post to accompany him and to as
sist him in driving away the cattle
which he proposed to levy upon.
When he arrived there he found
that the old woman had but one
COW, the principal means of her
support. So soon as he learned
this he turned to his companion
and said Charlie, l will not levy
this execution upon that poor wo-
mans COW !; as poor as | am, l
would rather work night and day
ana pay the debt myself. Upon
that he left there and stated the
facts to his uncle, his security in
his official bond. He listened to
his narrative and then said "Tom,
| see you were never born to be q
constable, my boy; resign your
office at once and l will pay the
execution"
Mr.. Faulkner, who tells the story.
says also 81 remember upon one
occasion | received a telegram of
the extreme illness of a daughter
OF Appomatox county, and commu-
nicating a message from her that
she wished to make some request
Of Inc in person before she died. |
took the telegram to General Jack
son, and asked for Il leave of alb
sence for a few days. He read it
and | observed a tear trickling
down his cheek, and after pausing
for a few moments, said: Colonel,
| shall not refuse your request, for
there is nothing now requiring your
presence absolutely at headquarters;
bat | will announce to you the rule
that governs my conduct. When
| entered the army / gave myself
up to my country, and however l
might deplore my separation from
those | love, and especially under
the circumstances mentioned in
this telegram, yet l would not feel
myself at liberty to leave my post
here. | have left all that are dear
to me in the hands of my country
and Of my God.'" dV'g
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IRE awtnaIinx Ferty.Mnaters.

Nay XaRK, January ~l9.-Jacob A.
VsnVAlksAb and Geo. West, ferry.
masters, employed by the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad company, on trial some ten days
ago for conspiring to delraud the Gem.
pany, have been convicted. The com
pany have asked that the sentence be
light, as they only wished 10 make an
example Of them. They were sentenced
to three months in the penitentiary and
a fine Of one hundred dollars each.
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spnuiarda Defrated nv Cubnus,

NV YORK. January l9-Cuban dis
patches state that two important engage
ments lave been recently fought on the
Island, The most important took place
at Farallanes, where the Spsniards we're
defeated by the Cubaus under Generals
Modesto Diaz and Antonio Mscco. The
other action was at Zapats, west Of
Gienfuego, south coast of Cuba; and
here also the Spanish forces suffered an
other reverse.
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FROM CAIRO.
Heavy Running lee, and Very For
nttdAbIe-SteRmbOatmen ~ Warned
40 Look Ont for IL.

Heavy Running lee, and Very For
nHidAbIe-SteambOatmen Warned
40 Lock Out for IL.
Special to the Ledger.l
CAIRO, January 10, Gam The ice
this morning is still running heavy, and
more formidable than was sver known
before. The ice passing here for the
last two days ranges in thickness from
fourteen to twenty-five inches, and too
solid for steamboats, to strike. Warn
owners and commanders of steam ers at
yozr port to look out for it.
Il OF THE STEAMER IDLEwILD.
CAIRO, January l9.-The ice is still
very heavy in the Ohio, but covers only
two-thirds Of the surface OF the river.
Three men who had drifted from Col
conda in an open fat jumped ashore here
this forenoon as the fat touched the
wharf boat. The weather is cloudy and
mild.
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Indfcntions.

WASHINGTON, January l9.-In Ten.
nessee and the Ohio valley, falling bar.
omster, %southerly to easterly winds, sta
tisnsry or rising temperature, cloudy,
foggy or threatening weather and oc-
casional light rains.
The lower Ohio river, the Cumberland
at Nashville, and the Mississippi from
Cairo to Vicksburg, will continue rising.
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Happy influence Of ursa, spooIae.

nv
For the preservation or recovery Of health
and strength, the diet should be wholesome
and nutritious. When It happens that the
alimentary processes are disturbed BY i'm
proper or half mastIcated food. the best rem
edy for the evil results Of abusing the digestive
organs Is Hostetter's Stomach Bittera, a most
agreeable, prompt and gentle remedy for dys-
pepsia. and fer the bilious and ~evacuatiye
irregularities which rssplt from it. The liver
experience It's benehcent influences. The re.
fuse OF the system is carried of through its
natural outlet, a healthy flow and secretion
Of the bile Is promoted, and a powerful impe
tds is giyen to assimilation 10 consequence Of
u pss; 4heaithfully stimulates the bladder
ITS tonic and regulating action fortiaes The
system agalnst mslaria,
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The old University OF Prague, in b.
hemia, has l25 instructors, with so as
aistants and 1895 students,
GustaVe Dore has thirty.four of his
paintings on exhibition in Paris, but no.
body ia admitted to see them except on a
letter Of invitation,
The Herald says that q barrel Of rum
was opened in Medford, the other day,
after an "ircarceration of twenty years. :
1t must have served a habeas corpus on
all who partook of it boston Post
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at Toulou not two years ago."S 1t
is alleged that the stockbroker re-
corded a vow never to play tricks
ON Cham again, and similar resolu-
tons are generally made by those
who measure with the nimble carl
caturist.
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Tue legislature 10 convention Assem-.
bled took six ballots yesterday for score
tary of State. The 6rst ballot resulted IS
follows; 7. H PaySe, Of HaFiin county,
9 votes; W. D. Lumpkin, Of Shelby 10;
I. Ii. Butler, Of Jackson, a; j. A. Jones,
of Cameron, 8; Z. Y. Salmon, of Moore,
81 C.. n. Gibbs, Of 05ion, (present In,
cumbent, IA; James White, Of Hawkins,
5; ]. NJ. Qdarlss, Of Davidson, 10; A.
A. Taylor, Of Carter, 10; W. q. Ewin,
Of Humphreys, 81; Thomas Boyers, Of
Gunner, A.. Sixth bsllot-Payne, IA;
Lumgkin. l6i Butler, g. Jones, 10; Sal.
mon, s.; Gibbs, 10; White, 9; ouarles, s;
Ewin, 3; BOyers, 3. gaiioiiug will be
resumed this afternoon.
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Canada Election ROW.

MONTREAL, January l9,-At a local
election in Delisle Village, yesterday,
some forty men engaged in a brutal free
fight. The town hall was completely
sacked, and the polling booth wrecked.
The French Canadians would not allow
the English to vote.
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Iowa ana The CompromI.s mn.

DEs MONIES, January l9.-The Demo.
sfshs slqie Central Committee met here
this morning sna adopted resolutions
indorsing the compromise bill reported
in congress yesterday and expressing
the hope that all the people Of lowe
would support the Joint committee.
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Chicago ssarEets.

CHICAGO, January l9-ll:25 am
Corn is quiet-44ic, delivery February;
44sc, delivery March; 49t to 49ic, deliv.
cry May, nomisally; 44c, cash January.
Oats are quiet aud Grm-S55c, delivery
February; 36l to 36sc, delivery March;
37ic, delivery April; s9ic, delivery May.
Wheat is easier-$l 300, delivery Febru.
airy; 81 32l, delivery March. Receipts
-Asur, 1922; wheat, 1870; corn, 1902.
249; eats, l5,48S; rye, 27O7; barley, 1880.
Shipmauts-aour, 1854; wheat, 1880;
corn, 1884; oats, 1901 rye, none; barley,
$3.50. Rye is quiet and nominally re,
delivery January; 734c, delivery Febru.
airy. Nothing doing in barley. Whisky
is nominally 81 OF, car lots. Corn, 50 II.
Oats. 29c. Barley, lOc. Pork is quiet
ST 20, delivery February; Sl7 521, de.
livery March; 81 80, delivery April.
Lard is quiet-$u, delivery February;
sll 20, delivery March; $ll 80, delivery
April Meats are %steadier; loose. 50 80,
delivery March.
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IaRDCI.ATM

NJ
T. That upon our Annual Carnival visit.
Az Pontlcal strife shall oease, and gentle har-
mony prevail among OR subjects.
ll.-That we viii enter and tako pOesessiop
oil ourgood CITY o. Memphis. at high noon ON
Monday. February IL. 1877,
lheralded and marshaled, escorted and at
nnded as belts our High Estate; and we som
mnnd the loyal Mayor and ether high dignita-
RES of Memphis to httingly receive our Impe-
rial person.
Ift.-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 1880 o'clock pm, in our Monster
Balloon, who will convey to our distant sub
Jects the intelligence Of our safe arrival, and
we invite the multitude to be present.
bS'-Mo command that our Annual Core
nation Ball shall be held on MONDAY
NiShI; gnde1 tie auspices of our fun-loVinG
we command that Tue day (MARDI-
Grass, February IL, 1877, shall be devoted to
frolic, innocent amusement and ~revelry; that
all our loyal subjects shall appear in mask,
apparelled in the fashions of our realm; ami
at 2 O'Clock pm. We command that the orders
OF ULKS and MOTLEY kRENE shall pass
before us in review.
ts.-And. finally, we command that In the
shades of night the mystic MEMPnI shall
appear. and IN gorgeous %pageantry do honor
to their great renoWn. And that then cur
good people shall HE them to our sumptuous
places OF f~estivity, and r0vel till our depart
ure.
sII.-Railroads, steamers and public ear
riers viii take heed, and we command thor,
to reduce their fares one-half during the Car
Long live the Kingl ~
ATTEST: INV
LyphOn. ~
m 10gLt
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nuneIa Upftad Ntater sepator

SPRISGFIELD, January 10 Thirteenth
ballot-Logan, SO; Palmer, 49,; Ander-
500, 8; Davis, A; Haines, 2; Parish, |;
total, 2e4 Necessary to a choice, 1903.
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We do not consider it necessary at
each recnrring anniversary Of some
noted event Of the late war 70 remind
a readers oft. Yet the gloom and mrd
oil this miserable dark day reminds US SO
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NEW
The Senate Committee AdJOuFnH 60
Meet In WasninEtOu.

New ORLEANS, January l9.-The sen.
ate committee met this morning without
lransacting any business, and adjourned
to meet in Washington on Wednesday
pnxt
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THURSDAY, Jaaaary s5, 1877,

ut p M, at the southwest corner of Man and
Madison streets, in the city of Memphis, two
lots lying in the city Of Memphis, described
as follows: One lot designated upon the plan
OF Iohn, OYerton's l~Sl-acre t act, lying be-
tween Memphis and Fort Pickering, suryeyed
BY Rucker& Parsons, civil engineers, April,
ls5I, as lot 3S2, in block 8, fronting u ieet on
Webster street and running baek TO feet to
an alley. The other lot designated on same
plan as No. 31S. IN block 10, fronting 70 feet
on Web7teT street and running back no z feet
to an alley.
We are authorized TO sell any of this prop
crty at private sale.
We sell as Trustees only, but hold under
No equity Of redemption.
TeTms-One-t hir cash; balance in one and
two years, secured by a lien on the property,
A deposit Of 10 per oent will lbe required at
safe. V. Q. rOLk rs. 0r-
HENRY : DIX, trustees
MEMPms. January 10, 1877, ll5.126
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The subscription price Of the PUB
LIO LEDGER is IS per annum for
the Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Wesky-POstGge free.
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Wednesday, January "a, 1877,

about Eve acres of land in the city of Mem.
ghis, knswn us the Davie Place or BrinkIey
College lot, on the south side Of Georgia street,
west Of and adjoining Judge Wright's resi-
denee place. lt has been subdiyided into
street: Plans will DO furnished by Us on ap-
pllcation. F
We will also sell on
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BAILEY!
James Z. Bailey Elected United
States Senator for the
Short Term.
Tenth Day, Ssvsnty-iOurth Ballot,
Fifty-four Votes.
Special to the Lsdger.lIm

Special to the Ledger.lI "a
NASHVILLE, January l9-JameS E..
Bailey was elected to-day on the seventy
fourth ballot, receiving fftyfour votes,
Notwithstanding they defeated the eau.
Gus. W. A. COLLIER.
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Geo. Y. HOar United states senator.
BosToY, January l9-Gso. f. Hoar
was elected on the fifth ballot for United
States senator.
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LEGAL.
AUCTION SALE
beautiful Lois by Trustees.

pY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED RE-
- corded in the office or the Register Of
Shelby county, Tenn. in Book l06, on Page
56j, we will sell at public auction, on
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MARDI-CRAS.
THE KING THE KING!
Proclamation by the King of the
Carnival

BE 1T Tnownt ikf
THAT WE. THE KING, serene IN OUR
4 joy Gus domains OF mitsh, undisturbed by
the perturbations OF Returnings Boards and
Joint Resolutions, witnessing with sorroWfuI
favored land, ~
, 1877-11-21

Eor them, 80 stored them in the Dark Cs,'n-
lr'nv's warehouse and ,rcportcd the first
Que. for dumping. After I cot my re-
tt:tpta hack. put t1lis Endorsement On
ret the e.sris ' On them. dl,ln'l put
my own uaHic IN, Tor Didn't care a''otit an.
inaring TIT the matter. Now. do you think,
after. INV getting those receipts out, that
Mattlicws was vcsy tn'artf'
mp. fl don't Io0k ns II he Tas."
.."Wci1. tlIatss how | got them. and thcy said
3ioync gave them to INC, ami Waslsworth raye
them to INC. Hut that's how got thtni,-right
,lns1est his nnsc. and him fitting on the safe.'
"wi!0 wAB THE *HAHT MAN
ntnnng the fosesntncnt of!1ccrs here. thcn1H
Whr, the only man who really knew any,
thing VAS Somcryflte. This man Matthews
uf'it k,n,w hny.ning ut all. lie couldn't tell
Fnru 81 fr1sn Form ~. lie had no
tatcs. and was gniy able to make them up with
my help. For four months used to he 1t the
nt!icr every day making up their cases fof
thcfn.n
There appears to be no question but that the
l1stilcrk anil .ccttfcrs who squeafed firmly he
lcve'f that they were to receive civil az well as
criminal Immunity, There may have bccn very
much ambiguity In languagc us'd tt them 1y
tht. tibYcrnftent counsel. but tho understand
IN. Of tic t1ncalcrs tn 1879 ~as MngncstipnAels
what It !s now, that they were TO have Immunity
III bn.ll ft'rns: atI1 there Is great reason to
Judge ihat Uu!een nnl some ot the others,
against whom there unVueHionabfy was nu
testimony in Which conyi.tion could l,c had
wtuli ncycr hare cDIne In II they lad not he.
ttevcti that they were to acrurc absolute I'm.
munity.