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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-05
a. 3. uuLYAR.
a as0 fr0t0 Hfnl In Regard 10 M.
Atnsor, Porter and Others.

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a a.a Irosn lila In REGARD 10 ne
Atnaor, Porter n others.
To the Nashville American:
NASHVILLE. November 30, 1877 Your
paper contained, on Saturday last. the
following card from Mr.. s.. A Davidson:
NASHVILLE. November 80, lS77-Ina
circular issued yesterday by Colonel S.
A. ColYar, be speaks of exc j. j. McKin.
non as an agent Of some new syndicate.
Ia such manner as TO convey the idea
that he represents q majority of the
ere tltors Of Tennessee. Nov, this man
mchinuon has been shown IN in tho
newspapers under such circumstances
IS to prove that he represents no one
but himself. Does Colonel Colyar dare
to insinuate that Governor Porter is in
collision with McKinnon for the purpose
OF influencing the legislature to accent
the sixty cents basis Of ~settlement2 If
this IS not the purport Of the paragraph
alluded to, | confess / am unable to un-
derstsnd what it does mean. Whatever
Colonel Colyar may have meant, his
language is certainly calculated to mis-.
lead and deceive the people, not only in
this instance, but in almost everything
ne has said during the canvass.
IS. A. DAVIDSON"
The following is the portion of nv cir.
culer referred to-:
But the sensitive merchant asks me
what propose to do with the State debt?
and il, as the creditors, by making the
offer of q compromise at sixty cents.
have relieved us from the odium of repn.
d~iation, should we not at once accept2
This ls susceptible of several answers.
First-The creditors making the offer
not being a majority OF the b~ondholders.
and, in fact, a small minority, unless the
new syndicate represented by Judge Nc.
kinnon be embraced, and the governor.
by his construction Of the proclamation
having given the legislature no sfirma.
i've power but to accept this proposition
1t would be an empty acceptance and
would not be a contract with the bond.
holders"
The critical, or even casual reader. will
see that the paragraph was intended to
make the point that a binding contract
TOR all, or even q majority Of the bond.
holders, could not be made by accepting
the proposition referred to in the govet.
nor proclamation.
But as Judge McKinnon had told me
that the association he represented could
control more than half the bonds, and as
| had seen a dispatch from Hugh McCul.
Tough approving Of the sixty cents propo-
siuOn, net to refer to it would be to half
state my case. | certainly did not in
tend to reflect on Governor Porter, and
| am unwilling hat any such impression
should be made. l take great pleasure
in saying, bat while l differ with him
upon the question at issue, l have never
doubted his integrity. From the day he
entered upon his official duties he has
thoroughly impressed me with bis honest
Intentions, and as a citizen Of the State
am interested in preserving the high
character ne has made as a man of honor.
A. s. COLYAR.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.

What part of speech was the leather
handle of the Old 0aken Buckle" ~
A dlpthong, Of course.
George Macdonald, the novelist, has
been awarded a pension of $500 a year
on the British Civil List.
White glass sand, of excellent quality
and in great abundance, has been discov-
cred in the White Deer Mountains, nee
Milton, Penn.
Charles Russell, a native of Prince
ton, Mass, cast his first vote for Caleb
Strong for governor in 1914, and hAs
since veted at sixty-three State elections
in that town.
A woman lacking only a few days of
being a hundred years old recently ap-
piled to the authorities of an English
town for relief, remarking that she
dida't feel able to support herself"
Gustave Dore, who is also an accom-.
plished musician, has bought villa near
Paris on the facade of which he has had
inscribed the notes do, mi, ST, la do, re-
that is to say, Domieile a Dore.-[Ex,
The Toledo Blade says that there il a
remarkable increase of interestin Shaks.
pearan studies in Ohio, and an unusual
number of clubs are being formed for
the study Of the great poets works during
the winter.
An exchange says too much cram
ming is what ails our colleges and
schools. Hungry tramps make a great
mistake is roaming over the country in.
stead of going to college or school
[Norr. Herald,
Rents are considerably lower in Wash.
ington. The Stewart mansion, which
has hitherto been offered at an annual
rent of $4,000, has been rented this
year Tor S4OOO to the Spanish minister 10
the United States.
Rubenstein has left St. Petersburg for
: tour through Germany. He will visit
Vienna, Munich, Lsipsic, Berlin and
Dusseldorf, aSd thence 90 to Paris to
superintend Reproduction Of his Nero"
at the Theatre Italiens.
In a recent sermon Mr.. Talmsee
likened the devil to a collapsed balloon.
He desires US to explain that the figure
Of speech occurred to him because n
collapsed balloon is a.Sin-King." The
point is we'll aiken .-[Graphic.
A large mastiff calls every morning az
the stall Of a Fulton market New York
butcher, With a basket ia bis mouth.
This contains a ten cent piece for tho
dogs meat, which latter be carries hom,
and devours with great dignity,
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New Shooting Gallery,
Ten.pin Alley and Saloon,
II. j. Kelly, 2O5 Main. 6lt
The workIngmen,s Movement.

The wOrkInGmen's Movement.
To the Editor Of the Ledger:
l see by the morning papers that the
Workingmen's central committee have
invited the citizens Of Memphis to send
in to their secretary the names Of such
men as they may deem suited for the
position Of mayor. If the central com.
mittee intend to make a nomination as
they did in the recent legislative can.
vass l sincerely wish them oil the mis-.
fortune that may follow defeat, and that
the party may be assigned to the tomb
Of the Capulets, never to be resurrected.
But il they give the people a chance in
convention, and u good man is selected,
| wish them all the success that may
possibly attend any honest and laudabls
purpose they may have. w.
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oysters, Fish and Game,
7St 3. Clement. Sc BeaI st.


Some time last summer, while Mr..
King Bocage, son Of Judge Bocage Of
Pine Bluff, was passing where some
young acquaintance we're practieing
in catching a baseball, one of the party
threw the ball toward him, calling ct the
same time for him to catch it. This be
failed to do, the ball striking young Be-
cage on the forehead. For a while it did
not hurt him, but in a short time it occa-
stoned blindness, and to have his eyes
treated he went to Hot Springs, where
the place struck by the ball rose, and in
a short time a piece of his skull bone
either worked out or was extracted by a
surgeon. Last Friday the young man
died, and his body was brought by his
father to Little Rock, thence to Pine
Bluff for interment.
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THE CITY.
MEMPHIS


The Public Ledger at Five Gents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at all 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 PADUCAH
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr.. John Epperson, or employees, will
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at FIVE cents
on the above named railways.
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Choice dressed turkeys and
geese, venisOn steaks and
rORsts at
SIT III. Seessel, Sr., e. Son.

The Black Diamond Coal Company,
of East Tennessee, have established a
coal depot in the yard Of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad enclosure, W.
L. Radford is their agent, and will give
his personal attention to the delivery Of
their coal. Office, l6 Madison street,
where orders will be taken, or at the
coal yard. No bettsr coal in the market.
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Police Items.

The recorder had a small docket this
morning. The following we're the vic.
Tins: Dan Domaine paid FIVE dollars
for fighting; james O'Brien contributed
five for being drunk; Sarah Booth, (col-
ored), passed over ten for being drunk
and disorderly.
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BOOTS N SHOES
All Styles Rubber Goods,
q CO., 347 Main ct

tbs 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.
l2t
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The Democratic Executive Com.
mitiee
For the city, appointed by the mass meet.
ing last Saturday evening, at the city
hall, are requested to meet to-day de-
cember Sth) at three o'clock, at room No.
9Th, in the Madam Vincent block, corner
of Second and Court streets, for the
transaction Of important business.
BY TIE COMMITTEE
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HE most complete stock of furniture
carpets, oil cloths, shades and lace cur.
tains at Bryson & Camps ever shown in
the city. Prices as low as the lowest.
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In the LEDGER job office can be found
competent skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display OF any job Of printing. 1887
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Dressed Turkeys, Celery,
ReelfOOt Lake Perch.
Victor ID. FHchs,
50 and Al Jefferson street.

FAyoRs for the German, and q nice
line of fancy boxes for presents, at
FloYd's. 8O.t
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Spareribs and Kentucky
sausage at Albert Seessel's
market, corner of Main and
Market streets. SGT
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The Alligator

is acknowledged to be the beat stove of
the age. Sold only by J. B. Ford, 2l4
Main aud l2S Poplar streets. cat
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CHANGE OF
NO PAY LUNCH.
A good substantial

FREE l.
every morning from 10 to IL o'clock at
the Popular saloon, Nos. 81 and 80 Pop.
lar street. JOHN wendell, Prop'r.
o.
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Fresh meats of all kinds at
A. Seessel's market, corner of
Main and Market. SO.t
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OYSTERS ARD L
Received Daily by Express
BY Victor ID. Fuchs,
30 and Al Jefferson st, Al

Bartee's home made cam
dies csc per pound. 32S Main.
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Choice frebh spareribs at
b Scharf g, 100 Union ct. Sit
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Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Boom is pronounced first
class by all visitors. 33-t
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

A0c ACRES of woodland, near Stanton,
HHO Louisville railroad. Price. whole tract,
5000, ten years time; no interest Title perfect;
taxes paid to 1877. W. D. MoOALLUM,
70 9S Agent. 10 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-05

HOUSE Of five rooms, besides kitchen and
IL servants room. Large tot. APP y at
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n1000 of Bluff City Cotton Mills stock,
OlUUU at Mechanics and Traders Bank,
No. 9 Madison street. 81
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For SALE

A FINE horse, buggy and harness (new).
"A Apply at No. 9 Madison st. 27.t
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LN0RSALE-0LD NEWSPAPERS. 4Oc PER
T. hundred, at this office, the chea pest wrap
ming paper You can get, 56t
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BY THE COMMITTEE
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NOE SALE-OLD TYPE-BBTTER THAN
+ Barbitt metal for light, fast running ma
chinery, 1t this Office. 33-t
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An Appeal to the Laboring Man.

For THE PRESS.
Come to the rescue and save your fami-
lies and your neighbors. The time has
come when it is the duty of every laboring
man to show his hand in the great strug-
gle that is going ON now between life and
death as it were of ourcountry. There is
TO day in this land good majority of poor
hard laboring men, and if they would leave
their old parties and join in the good cause,
and show to the POLITICAL demagogues that
the time is past when the families of mil
lions shall be ground into the dust by the
moneyed political rings that is running to
ruin and bankruptcy good many of our
best business men. It is high time that
the people should wake up from their
slumbers and show to the world that it is
the people that make up this government
and not few rich aristecracy and money
gods. We need not go very far to see the
effects of it, Only look around us OH all
sides and see honest men have nothing to
do, and the cry every spring has been, bet.
ter times in the fall, the fall comes
and then better times in the spring
and SO it has been for years, and to-day
we are worse off than ever. The band o.
contraction is tightening closer and close,
every day, and still the cry is better times
will come. But when? Not till the peo
pie says so at the ballot box.
Now let us have good turn out at tn,
mass meeting at Junction City on the 81
of September. Let there be a full atten
dance, and let us put a ticket in the felt
that will win. LABOR
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For the Somerset Press


"Oh! for tongue to curse the slave,
Whose treason like the deadly blight,
Comes DER the concils of the brave"
And ridioules them in their might.
Mr.. Editor:-By one of those strange
freaks of Fate, and fate you know is given
to all manner of doings, the Hooking Sem
tinel has appeared before our eyes. We
are not philosophers down here and will
consequently not attempt to analyse and
enquire into the mysterious occurrence, suf-
flee il to say that the interjectional head
lines, if they might be SO called, attracted
our attention and we carefully read the ar
ticle, ah it would have been much better il
we had stopped, appalled, by the awful ex-
clamations which greeted US on our first at
tempt to read the Hooking Sentinl. But
curiosity led US on metaphorically speak
| ing by the nose and ever since terrifying
visions have disturbed our slumbers, Wis
ions Of tin wash basins, cooking ranges, and
prancing clothes-horses; whilst ever ant
anon the giant editor would appear upon
the scene and slay imaginary multitude
with his blackining pen. 1t too forcibl.
reminded US of the fate Of the ass, who's
jaw bone Samson damaged SO seriously
We pitied the editor, and if we had been a
wake we should certainly have suggested
that he take out his jaw bone, if available
and do likewise. After much ponderin
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we have determined to relieve our mind by
communicating with you. 1tappears to Us
that his wit ran away with his Imagination,
and his Imagination ran away with his
pen. Now as we all know his wit is rather
a slight imp and his Imagination is rather
numbering vehicle SO that we can scarce
ly be astonished when we find the aforesaid
wit pulled up rather short By the ponder
osity of the imagining machine. There
fore we will excuse the lack of wit in the
article on the "I7anhoes." It is unnecessa-
ry to say that there will be no necessity TO
excuse the lack of Imagination as the quail
ity has apparently freed itself from the
check rein of editorial control and bolted
the Track. Just to think that the man s
| Imagination, this man who wrote that no.
tice no doubt with visions of departed ad-
vertisements before his eyes, should be un-
able to fill out the picture he has SO drawn
and to overlook such slight defects as front
teeth conspicuous by their absence, studi-
ously avoiding the rings, dirtiness of cos
tune, etc. Oh. he has changed since the
mighty ferule was dropped fer the pen, ,ithe
school room where he "aloft in God-like
wisdom sat" for the editorial room. Then
he was prepared to "giye up his loins" al
a moments notice, chivalrously seize hi:
spear of truth. and gallantly charge into
the centre of a group of political opponents
and argufy them down. But now-oh
what a change! He has thrown away th'
righteous spear and has appeared in the
Hooking wilds veritable ink singer
Oh! ye Gods what fate does he deserve
Well does Shakespeare words apply here
"And if though want'st cord, the SMALLEST hrea
That ever spider twisted from her womb
VIII serve to stragle thee: rush will be
Its beam to hang thee on: or wouldst thou drowl
thyself
Put but little water in spoon
And it shall be as all the ocean,
Enough to stife such a villain up
| EVANSVILLE.
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From Shawnee.
SHAWNEE, OHIO, Aug. %, IS

SHAWNEE, OHIO, Aug. %, 1877.
ED. PREss:-Will you be kind enough
to publish "How to Organize Greenback
Clubs" for the benefit of your readers.
have been voting the Democratic tick
ct ever since had vote, believing it to
be the friend of the laboring man. 1 as
we'll as tens of thousands of others have
been deceived. The idea of asking the la
boring class, who are dependent on their
days work to vote for L. J. Jackson or c.
Trovinger. 1 know Col. Jackson, he was
in our regiment, and hundreds of the rest
of the boys of the regiment know just what
he is, and he will know how we'll he is
liked by the old 31st at the next election
The -- Independent Green
back club.
Sec. 1. This organization shall be known
as the Independent Greenback Club.
Sec. 2. It's object shall be to aid in pub
fishing the principles of the Greenback
party to the people by getting speakers
holding meetings, etc.
Dec. D. 1tS Officers snail De a PresldeQt
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Sec. A. It's meetings shall be held from
time to time, at such times and places al
may be appointed by the club, through it
executive committee and proper officers.
Sec. 5. The officers shall be elected ev
cry three months, and the first election
shall be heard on the date of the adoption
of this constitution.
Sec. 6. The expenses of the club shall b.
betrayed by subscription.
Sec. 7. Any person can become mem
Der of this club by signing the constitu
ton.
Sec. 8. There shall be an executive com
mittee appointed by the president, who's
duty it shall be, in connection with tn
President and Secretary, to call meetings
and attend to other business of the club
Sec. 8. Upon the application of tel
members of this club a meeting shall b
called at any time.
Sec. 10. This constitution can be amen
ded by two thirds vote of the club pres
ent at any meeting.
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For Rent.

The frame building opposit Dittoe
Grocery Store. Apply at this office.
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, Co, of tins city.
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For Rent.

want you to try it. If you want good
oil use Naiad Water Proof Oil. 1t will
make your harness soft and pliable. tits
good for every kind of leather. For sale
by G. W. NICHOLS.
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WALNUT LUMBER, FENCING, &C.,
Administrators Notice,

FTNHE under has been appointed and qualified as
il Administrator of the Estate of Charles w
Morehead late OF Perry County, deceased. Dated
this % day Of June A. d. 1877.
July S, 1871. JAMES NJ M0REHEAD.
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WAsniNGroN, u. c., Nouen,ber 81, 1875.
take pleasure i'll expressing my entire conf
dence in the responsibility and d,iaiity of the
Law, Patent and Collection House of GILMORE
Il Co, of tins city
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EAST MAIN STREET, SOMERSET, OHIO.
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