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Up shs souphorus.

Charles Dudley Warner writes to
the San Francisco Chronicle:
Drifting cautiously down to the
mouth of the Golden Horn, pick
ing our way among the shipping
that is anchored in mid-stream, we
turned away from the point Of the
.Seraglio, head due north, and find
ourselves entering a river. This is
the Bosphorus it might be the
Hudson, or any other winding
stream that has green walls and is
lovely to look upon. Just think of
it a moment. On our right the
eastern shore is Asia on our left,
to the west, is Europe at our back
is the Sea Of Marmora, and in two
hours we shall have come to the
waters of the Black Sea. The
channel turns so abruptly at times
that seven land-locked lakes are
formed, each more charming than
the last. Palaces, villas, villages
line the delicious shores the hills
brood over the waters like hanging
gardens Of delight. l believe that
the remarkable beauty of the Bos-
phorus is positively anequaled in
the world, for nature has made here
a bed for art to dream in. Behold
two continents, face to face, like
rival queens, CHASING themselves
between two classic seas. We are
cruising between the Pontus and
the PropSntus, the Euxine and the
Marmora, We swing from shore
to shore; pause for a few moments
at each landing exchange passen-
engers, and have ever about us a
landscape that is renewed at every
turn, and a surprise that is as fresh
when we steam up the Golden
Horn at sunset as at the hour when
we came out of it with our hearts
full Of expectation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerl
Attachment Notice.

In the Circuit Court of Shelby county, renp.
June IL. lS7-J. W. Knott and SGIlie W.
Knott vs.. w. P. Dunuerant, N. Ii. Dobbs.
NJ. j. Wicks and NJ. L. Wicks.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ANCILLARY AT.
i tachment having been sued out under sec
ton - Of the Code Of Tennessee, and re-
turned into court levied by punishment on
A. M. Boyd Il Son upon ths money, properly
and effects Of the defendants, Nj. j. Weeks
and M. l., Wicks, and affidavit having been
made that the defendants are Justly indebted
to plaintiffs in the sum Of sl400 By mott md
account, and that said NJ. j. and NJ. l.. Wicks
are Don-residents Of tho State of Tennessee
il is therefore ordered that the sgil defend
ants, M. j. Wioks and NJ. l.. Wioks, make
their personal appearance berein, before the.
Judge of the Circuit Court of Shelby county,
at the courthouse in the city Of Memphis, on
the third Monday in September next and de-
fend said attachment suit within the time
Prescribed, by lew. or the same will be pro-
tceded with OK parte, and that a o of this
order be published once a week for four con-
~secu.ive weeks in the Public LEDGER.
A copy attest, this 18th day of June, 1877.
Is. +. COLEMAN, Clerk.
By JOHN d. SMITH, d. G.
Clapp Il Meux, Attorneys fer plaintiffs.
Sl-97 103-l09
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An Attempt TO Rob AN Rxprtss Car
Results ia tine Capture or the Rob-
bsrs.
TOLEDO, June PA bold and we'll
planned attempt was made last night to
rob he express car Of train No. s, bound
east, over the cir line division Of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern rail-
road. Shortly after the train left Ligo-
nier lnd., the car was entered by four
men, who accosted the messenger and
we're about to bind him when they we're
suddenly confronted by a force Of officers
and express men, headed by Chief Of
Police Purdy, of this city, who lad been
notified that the attempt was to be made,
and had concealed himself and men 10
the car. A short but most desperate
struggle ensued, resulting in the capture
Of the entire band, who we're brought to
this city and lodged in Jail. They are
all young men, aud residents Of Noble
county, Ind, The train was not stopped.
and none Of the passengers we're aware
that anything unusual had occurred dur
ing the trip.
There was 3 slight frost in this viciui
last night.
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A Forward MOyement-Prepar-
atiOns for an Attack on
Matchin.
The Turks Abandon the Town and
are Destroying the Line
Of Railway.
The Capture Of Matchiu Imminent.

.L" L"N." N""| "N
LONDON, June 23.--The latest adviees
announce that ten thousand Russian
troops crossed the Danube yesterday.
The passage was made in boats at points
selected for decentralization between
Galatz and Matchin. The landiRg was
effected without opposition. A forward
move was made, and the heights behind
H'zila were taken. The Russians are
now firmly entrencbed on these heights.
Preparations are being made for an attack
on Matchin. The Turks are reported
abandoning the town. :
Another dispatch from Ibraila an
noances that six thousand Russians
crossed the Danube from Galatz yester-
day and took the heights behind Zizila,
near Matehin. The Turks have abau.
doned Matchin. A sufficient number Of
Russians have crossed to establish them
selves solidly. They are not entrenched.
A Bucharest dispatch to the Standard
says the Turks are destroying the line of
railway between Tchernavoda aud Match
in. 1t is rumored there are indications
that the Turks will not defend the Do.
bradscha.
Various special dispatches point TO a
speedy removal of the Russian head
quarters to Alexandria, in Roumania,
probably Sunday or Monday.
The Times says: Several English
insurance Offices have lost heavily by the
st. John FIRE. In one instance the loss
will be over $500, 600, aud the least that
any single Office VII have to bear is over
$lOO, 600. The principal sufferers are
the North British and Mercantile, I'm
perial, Royal, Liverpool and London,
and Globe, Northern, Queen and Com.
mercial Union companies"
CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 20. = Intelli-
geuoe received oday announces that
Mukhtar Pasha has been engaged since
Thursday night with the Russian army
at Tutkhodja, between Khorasan and
Delibaba. The battle wa, proceeding
all day yesterday, but the result is not
known.
The porie's reply to Lord Der5y's
note in reference to the Sa4z canal was
dispatched on the twenty first instant.
1t is understood that the p'rte accepts
the principle Of free navigation of the
canal by neuirals, but reserves the right
Of fighting an enmy's vessel.
Prince Hazoan, of Egypt, leaves for
Varna to-day. The sultan presented
him yesterday with a sword Of honor.
PARIS, June 23.-Tbe vote in the SEN
ate for the dissolution of the chamber of
deputies being foreseen, has caused little
sensation and is discussed in the morn.
ing papers with calmness. The exact
figures in the senate we're l4l against
1870.
I%BRAILA, June 23.-The Russians on
landing on the Turkish bank Of the
Danube penetrated directly into the in.
terror behind the hills, %gaiaing possession
Of the heights Commanding Matchin,
alter an obstinate fight with a body Of
Bashi Bazouks. The engagement lasted
from day ight until noon. The capture
Of Matchin is imminent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

Gathering OF Tennessee and Ken
tueky Editors.

Gathering OF Tennessee ana Aeo-
tueky Editors.
Special to the Courier ournal.l
CLARKsvILIE, June 81. - The
members Of the Tennessee Press
Association and visiting Kentucky
editors have been received in a most
cordial manner by the citizens of
GAINESVILLE. The Tennessee press
is represented by DR.. George A.
Mathes, of the Brownsville States;
Colonel ". Ivy Westbrook, Browns
vile Bee; Hon. Thomas W. Neal,
Dyersburg Gazette Wilson Will
|liams, Humboldt Herald; W. A.
Wade, Milan Exchange; John 4.
Helms, Merristown Gazette; II. NJ.
Doak, Nashville American Ernest
Crutcher, Nashville Banner ; r. L..
@. White, Lebanon Herald James
Brown, Nashville Legal Reporter
DR.. R. NJ. Dickinson, Paris Intelli-
gencer; Major ]. P. Flood, Dover
Record @. W. Crockett, Paris Ga
zette w. J. Broaddus, Houston
County Review, and R. W. Leigh,
Humboldt Grange Journal.
The following gentlemen from
the Kentucky press are in attend
ance: e. Polk johnson, Louisville
News; E. G. Logan Courier-Journal;
l.. G. Faxon, Paducah News; O.
Kendall, 0wensboro journal; Hun
ter Wood and Sam NJ. Gaines, Hop
kinsviIle New Era; E. H. Baxter,
Bowling Green Paragraph, and
John D. Morris, Hopkinsyille Bull.
letin.
The business meeting Of the as
ISOLATION occupied the larger por-
ton of the day, in which the ques-
tion of patient outsides had the
most prominent part. The ques-
ton has been left over until to-
MORO W.
AT night the association asLem-
bled at Academy Hall, which was
filled with the elite of the city to.
attend the literary exerci es. The
association was welcomed to the
city by Hon. G.. A. Henry, in an
eloquent address. To this DR.. R.
NJ. Dickinson, president of the as
ISOLATION, appropriately replied.
General Handy followed in an
earnest and able appeal to the press
to secure a higher standard in po-
litical life.
The grafton was delivered by Hon.
W. R. Hawley, and the poem, full
Of local hits, was read by Mrs.
Nellie Powers Houston Bringhurst,
the poetels of the association.
Marked attention was paid to the
exercises from beginning to end. A
grand banquet will be given at the
Southern Aotel tomorrow FRIDAY
evening. 1t is rumored that the
Kentucky delegation is attempting
to pour cold water upon it by en-
deavoring to introduce the Murphy
movement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

The admissibility of Chinese as
witnesses has been affirmed by the
Criminal Court Of Baltimore, after
consideration of a letter by S. Wells
Williams, a former resident and Off
cial in China. Mr.. Williams SAYS
the Chinese are not sensible of the
obligations of an oath, no matter
in what form it is administered, but
he also says: In general the wit
nesses in a native court give as fair
an account Of a transaction as they
give in their common intercourse
with each other they have learned
by experience that in order to get
along in life a certain degree OF
truth is necessary, but few or none
of them would expect that an in
vocation or oath to or before an
idol would have much weight, or
carry a sanction to make a man
speak the truth wnen otherwise he
would lie. The ceremony of killing
a cock is rather an imprecation OF
like punishment on himself, than a
call on a spiritual being who knows
the heart and whom he fears, to at
test the truth Of what he says.
Consequently such ceremonies are
not general, for they do not carry
much weight, and yet l believe the
experience of consular courts in
China is favorable to the general
credibility of the testimony,
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NICE QUESTIONS OF NAME ANN RACE

Now that no Jew need apply at
the Grand Union Hotel, even for
day board, a very nice question
may arise as to where the dividing
line will be drawn between Israel
ties on the one side and Christians
and pagans on the other. OF courre
Lord Beaconsfeld, Jules Simon and
Judah P. Benjaman would be shut
out under the new order Of things.
But suppose a Jew has renowned
the faith and become a Christian,
or that he was born Of Christian or
heather parents and afterward en-
braced the Christian faith? A
more difficult and distressing CASE
still might arise: the Hebrew ap
plicant for board and lodging nigh
bear the name of a Christian, a
Smith or Brown, and possess sucl
Enthusiastically Gentle features a
to deceive the prince at the desl
who wears a solitaire breastpin ant
parts his hair in the middle, an,
thus it might come to pass that
lineal descendant of the Semitl
Abrahams, Isaacs and Jacobs Nigh
obtain access to the charmed an
pious select circle that is to revel j
smiles of mutual admiration an
pure influences and the odor {
pork. Imagine the agitation tha
would ensue upon such a discoV
cry being announced. Their
again, the applicant might /
Of pure Gentle blood, a high-toneC
agreeable gentleman, like job
Morrissey, for instance, with a Jew
ish caste of features and brogu
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

Two HUNDRED and folty yigi-
rode into Mitchell, Ind, last
took possession of the town,
hung two stuffed men as an intima-
ton of what they might do to real
ones and LEFT a notice that iffurther
acts of lawlessness were committed
in two townships named they would
be back. "0ur coming tonight is
one Of warning, but our next COM
ing will be one OF a terrible ven
geance." All this in the State oil
Indiana, and not in Kemper county,
Mississippi. But Morton will never
hear it, and the Republican press
will forget it in a dav.
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COURIER JOURNAL Washington
special: "The government has
not changed its policy in regard to
the border difficulties along the Rio
Grande. The statement that the
acquisition of territory was consid-
cred favorably is entirely unauthor-
lied. The secretary of State sid
to-day that it would be his purpo.e
solely to see that the international
rights of the United States are re-
.spected by the Mexican government
and people,; that SO far as any
change of boundary, or annexation
of any portion of the territory of a
foreign State, at peace with the
United States, is concerned, Ina
was a matter entirely for congre,;
to determine.
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Death OF Another JourpaIIst.

New YORK, June 23.-Francis Avery
Madison, a few years ago a we'll known
journalist, dice yesterday at his home in
Brooklyn. Mr.. Madison was connected
with Joseph Howard, jr., in tSe issue
during the war of a bogus proclamation
for three hundred thousand more troops,
the publication of which in the World
and Journal of Commerce was followed
by the seizure Of those journals ~ the
national government
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and name. How would the prince
of the solitaire avoid a mistake, do
ing great injustice to the weary
newcomer, with the dust Of travel
on his garments? In Issuing an
order to exclude the Jews it would
have simpliied matters to have
stated whether it applied to persons
of Jewish extraction and with but
little of the blood in their veins.
All these perplexing questions are
suggested to the student of ethnOl-
ogy and the average hotel clerk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23
OUR INDIAN WAR.

The army having been with
drawn from the West last fall for
political purposes, and weak points
being almost unguarded, the In
dams have taken advantage Of the
occasion to engage in an indieclimi-
nate slaughter of. citizens and the
handful Of soldiers in Northern
Idaho. Twenty-Five or thirty sol
diers were decoyed into an ambush
during the recent outbreak and
killed in as many minutes. These
Indians are and always have been
noted as the worst in the country.
They are not only bold and treach-
erous. but well informed and know
their advantages. They occupy a
country difficult of access, and
the thousand or so warriors in
the field can defy any army
that can be brought against
them for an indefinite time.
In fact they seem to expect to re-
occupy much Of the country now
settled by the whites, and on that
account refrain from burning
houses and barns. They even spare
women and children like more CIV
ilized mankind, but kill the men,
young and cid, and drive off the
stock. The situation is truly dis
tressing. The army is not even a
skeleton, and the people are un.
armed and helpless, as the attack
was altogether unexpected. All the
exposed settlements are asking for
arms and ammunition. Captain
Jack and his little band in the
rocks defed several regiments for
months, but this uprising is far
more formidable and well organ
lied, and will not be suppressed
without great difficulty aud perhaps
loss of life. Regular soldiers are Of
very little service in fighting against
Indians. Like Braddock's army,
they often walk into the jaws Of
defeat and death. The only men
who know how to fight the Indian;
are the settlers themselves, who
should be authorized by the govern.
ment in such emergencies to organ
ize companies and regiments and
be armed, fed and paid as regula.
troops while in active service. Th,
regular cavalry can be of service
but the infantry is not Of much &C
count outside of breastWorks.
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JOURNALISTIC CONSULTATIONS.
The last issue of the jackson SUI

AAAO AooO AoottO VI bAAS ChA
contains the announcement that
the next issue will be published as
the Tribune and Sun, being the
result of the consolidation Of the
Sun and the Wing and Tribune,
under the firm name of the Tribune
and Sun Publishing Company. The
~proprietors will be D. NJ. Wisdom,
B. A.. Enloe and Robert Gates, who
will edit aud manage the paper.
jackson has always had good pa
pers, but some times too many Of
them for the business Of the place.
A recognition of the fact will give
Jackson one of the best weekly pa
pers, outside of Memphis, IN the
State, and make it profitable to the
proprietors. The time is passing
away when men run papers for the
glory or imaginary power welded.
Speaking of this the Sun says:
Consolidation is toe sT 'rit of the times
Higher excellence in newspapers is the
demand of the age. Any crop that stands
too thick on the groand will make a bad
yield, and if continued long enough will
.impoyerish the richest soil. Jackson has
been overcrowded with newspapers until
they are a serious burden to the business
of the city and Improbable to the pub.
fishers Jackson demands, and will
probably sustain, none but first class
newspapers. We have learned from ex
p%erience that the business here will not
sustain two first class papers. We have
spared neither money nor labor in our
efforts TO satisfy the popular demand for
excellence and enterprise in newspapers,
and our success has been gratifying to
our pride, but it will not Justify the ex-
penditure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

%PHnADELPHIA, June Bias evening
Mrs. Farmer, wife Of a proprietor Of a
drinking saloon, was shot twice fatally
by William Baker whose arrest she was
about to secure for rioting in the saloon.
Bake. was arrested.
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HydrophobIa.

louisville. June 23.-George Fistler,
teller of the Mahoney City Hall Bank,
was taken sick suddenly last night, and
bis physicians say he is suffering from
hydrophobia. He was bitten by a pet
dog seven months ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

WASHINGTON, June 23.-For Tennessee
and the Ohio valley, falling barometer,
Winds shifting TO the southeast and south.
west, warmer, clear or partly cloudy
weather, possibly followed by occasional
showers.
The Missouri river will continue to
fall The Mississippi will remain nearly
stationary at and below Helana.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23
W.. anbscription price Of tke PUB

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is IS per annum for
the Daily, and 50 per Gnnum for the
Keekly-Postage free.
Persons laoing the city for the sum-
mer a order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, OF tioO dollars for
three months, in adUance, NTH the
privilege Of changing pOsto6ice.
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GARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood. etc., | will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
rolf- addressed envelope to tho REV. JOSEPH
I. ISMAN, Station D, Bible House, New York
City, 129-xxiv-12sdkw
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Ihe Muraered misn HnrsInrtou,

LOWELL. June 2S-Mrs. Cook, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Avery, abortionist, has given
to the city marshal oil the particulars
concerning Miss Harrington from the
time she entered their house until her
death.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

CAIRO, jane % Arrived = Alice
Brown, Jim Brown and Nellie Speers,
Ohio, 3 a 10. James B. Williams, Pitt.
burg, g.. Departed - Belle Memphis
Yicksburg, 10 pm; Bee, New Orleans, ;
q m James B. Williams, New Orleans
5 a m. Clear and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

In Supreme OOurtat Jackson.

-
M. Nj. Buck VS.. The Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad Company ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE ST.
- preme Court Of Tennessee at jackson.
pronounced in this cause April 81, 1877, | will
On Thursday, Jnly 10, 1877,
offer for sale to the highest bidder. for cash.
10 front Of the courthouse, in the city Of
Memphis. the property described in said de-
croe, to-wit:
The depot buildings iu the city Of Memphis.
Shelby county, Tennessee, on the wharf near
the foot Of WASHINGTON street, and the rail-
road tracks in ana upon said depot grounds.
and extending to the Mississippi river, and
extending into said river. including the in
cline, together with all the iron rails, cross
ties, nails, fixtures and appurtenances belong
ing to the same, and all fixtures aud appurte-
nances belonging to said depot buildings, and
all the right, title and interest of the Mem
phis and Little Rock Railroad Company in
ana to the grounds on which said depot
buildings Ftand, and in and to the right OF
way along said railroad track.
By the terms Of the decree under which this
sale is made | am directed to take possession
Of said property on the day of sale and deliver
the same to purchasers Immediately upon
complying with the terms Of sale and pay
ment Of purchase money.
June 20, l677
96-1l5 JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby County
Tom John P. Trezevant ct al. VS.. Cbas'
Hewitt ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
l this cause, that the defendants, Obari-s
Hewitt and +. G, Flanagan (c,tizens of 81.
Louis, MOI and the Life Associatioa of
America are all B0n-resiients of the State If
Tennessee; shat complainants filed their biIi
herein Juno a, 1877. alleging an indebtedness
due Thorn from said Hewitt x FLANAGAN in
tho sum Of about S3I5, as evidenced bv an
open account, ETC., and that a writ Of astacb"l
ment has been issued and returned lsvied
upon the property of said deiendantS.
situated in Sdelby county, Tenne SOC. -
is therefore ordered that they make their
appearance herein. at the courtSbonsa
in tho city Of Memphis, Tennessee. on N,
before the first Monday in August, is77'
and plead, answer or demur to complain'
ants bill, or the sam will be taken for con
tessed as TO them and sot for hearing OK parte,
ana mat q copy Of this order be pubiisheA
9ndea q week, for four successive weeks, in de.
This llth day Of juno. 1877.
Acopy Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, @, and N.
~ II. \, BLACK, d. O. and M.
= maete9lt 4 Walker. Soils. fer complainants
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

NAY0So LODGE, NO 8. MEETS EVERY.
VI Thursday evening at their hall. corner OF
Adams and Second streets, over the engine;
hOulo. Every member Is e-rn 'tly requt tea
TO DO pr Tent next Thursday evening a. cleo
ton Of officers for the ensuing term takes
place. Charter will he clio ed same evening.
By order J.B WEAVER, Pres't.
Il w. GInsoE, Rec, sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

If the Jews cannot obtain hotel
accommodations at Saratoga they
can obey the scriptural invocation !:
"TO your tents, 0 Israel" It would
not be the first time in their history
they have camped out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

JAMES GORDON BENNETT arrived
at New York yesterday from Eu-
rope. He has been forgotten faster
in the last three months than any
man that ever kicked up so much
noise.
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DIED.

KUHN Saturday, June sd, at ~ O'Clock
am Mr.. Vs.. KUHE, aged 81 years.
Funeral at 8 pm. tomorrow SUNDAY
from the residence, No. 289 fernando street.
Seryi ices at st. Patrick's church.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-23

Now we will have the news
thirty eight war correspondents
have left Bucharest for the Danube.
The Brooklyn war correspondents
still hold the heights.