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al Love.

One day recently there arrived at
the Sherman House a newly mar
ried couple. It was apparent at
first sight that they were unused to
city ways, but the bride was so ra-
diant with the fresh bloom that
country life and air alone can give,
that the groom was envied by all
the young men who make that
hotel their abiding place. The
morning after their arrival the
chambermaid visited the young
couples room at the unconscion-
ably early hour of s o'clock.
A"come in" answered her knock,
and on entering the room she found
the bed made up and the room in
the neatest kind of order. The
chambermaid was astonished to
find all her work anticipated, and
proposed to sweep the room while
the young couple were in the d.
ning-room. "Why," was her an
swer, "we had breakfast two hours
ago" During the stay of the cou-
pie the chambermaid had no work
to do in their room. The reyela-
ton to the servant that a woman
IN a hotel could do something for
herself was a strange one, and was
duly reported. The young men
took a deeper interest in the little
lady who knew how and was not
afraid to do up" her own room,
and the example becoming conta-
geous, infested the other ladies in
the hotel, much to the satisfaction
Of the chambermaids. -[Chicago
Journal.
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the enemy, cutting down every man
within the range of their swords. The
enemy fed, leaving forty dead aud all
their camp material and baggage. Sko-
belief did not lose a man.
The new cook ION receiving short"
notice to leave, with a hint that she has
given a false character): AN is it me
false characther ye're afther castin' in
me teeth As if I'd be bringin' me thrue
%characther wild me, to lose it in your
dirty sarvice."
DR.. Mary Walker thinks the scheme
of making genllemen's trousers so vol.
luminous in the neither limbs this yea is
to force her into abandoning them; but
she says she intends TO hang on to them
as long as she don't have to slip them
on over her head.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Abandonment Of the Line Of
Yartra by the Turks.
Death Of the Turkish Minister
Of War Redif.
International Cotton Convention at
Liverpool.

LONDON, July 1.-THE Daily News
states that the British feet at Besika
Bay, with the additions ordered by the
admiralty, will present an aggregate OF
twenty.four vessels, with ose hundred
aud fifty Esas, and a crew of seven or
eight thousand men.
A special from Vienna to the Times
says the abandonment of the line Of
Yartra by the Turks is more surprising
since to judge from the stout defense OF
the bridge and the position Of Bella
where the Turks repulsed The first attack
Of the Russians with considerable loss,
it might have been supposed they in
tendsd'to defend that line, thus by threat
ening their flank prevent the Russians
from advancing into the interior. The
Turks have SO completely suppressed all
information about the disposition and
movements Of their troops that not ever
an idea can be formed of what they
mean to do; but it shows either helpless.
ness or else a very deep laid plan that
they should have neglected the brilliant
opportunities afforded them of meeting
the Russians to advantage.
The Times in a leading article says it
believes the Russians cannot advance in
force upon the Balkans until they have
secured their communication by con.
.structing a position on the Danube as
strong as any in possession Of the Turks.
This will require a month at least. The
excursions Of the Cossacks to Tirnova,
Plsvna, Telvi and Lowatz have little or
no military significance.
PARIS, July IL. "A private telegram
from Constantinople Of yesterday date
oun the death Of Redif Pasha,
Turkish minister of war. No con6rma.
ton of the report has yet been received.
The endeavors Of Servia to obtain a
loan have been unsuccessful, and the
agent has gone to London. If he fails
to procure a loan there, he will proceed
to Amsterdam and Berlin.
LIVERPOOL, July 1.-THE Iuterna-
tional Cotton Convention mel to-day.
The business transacted was purely of a
formal nature. Tonight the delegates
will be entertained at a dinner by the
president and members of the American
Chamber Of Commerce. After to-mor-
row mornings meeting there will be an
excursion to Menai straits.
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A WELL organized effort is being
made to start a cotton factory in or
near Memphis. Such enterprises
have usually paid a large dividend
in the South, and with our facilities
for transportation, proximity to the
cotton fields, access to the great
markets of the country, and cheap
labor, there is no reason why a cot
ton factory would not pay as well
at Memphis as at Columbus, Ga,
Macon, Augusta, or any other point
in the South. Skilled labor can
be procured upon the shortest no
tice. All we want is the money.
Our capitalists are a little timid,
but we hope the stock will soon all
be taken, and the establishment of
a hrstclass cotton factory made an
assured fact. 1t will not only pay
the stockholders and thousands of
employees, but keep money at home
and in circulation, bring capital
here, and give Memphis additional
Importance as a market, and the
emporium of a rich and vast region
of country. Memphis is holding
her own as well as most other cities.
but the time has come when a for
ward move should be made, and if
made at all it must be done by our
own people. Moneyed outsiders
will not come here to start manu-.
factories as long as we refuse to help
ourselves. To keep pace with other
cities and the progress of the times
1t is necessary to encourage manu-
featuring, and make Memphis more
than a cotton mart and a distribu-
ting point for supplies. Nearly
half the amount required to build
and start a large cotton factory has
been subscribed by leading bust
ness men of the city, and the pros
pect for securing the balance is
encouraging.
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Harmless Black Snakes.

HOIe3t anu cueam.l
One of our correspondents writes
of the killing of the rattlesnake by
the common blacksnake, as wit
messed by him. This l have not
myself seen, but in Florida, where
the rattlesnakes are numerous and
large, it is universally believed that
they are killed and eaten by the
large blacksnake, called the pine
snake or gophersnake, from its
habit of occupying the hole of the
gopher or land tortoise.
We are told that from the mouth
of three witnesses every word shall
be established, and | have that
number to establish this fact. One
Of them tells me that he has twice
seen a gophersnake kill and swallow
a large rattlesnake, first, however,
biting off the head, which was re-
jected. Another time a rattlesnake
was seen to crawl through the fence
into the yard, when it was killed
and hung up on u tree. Soon after
a gophersnake came through the
fence, trailing the other along the
ground like a hound, followed the
trail to the tree, and when it saw
its dead enemy hanging there it
departed. He tells me that he al
ways encourages these black snakes
to live about the house, as they are
excellent yermin killers, driving
away rats and rabbits, which do
much mischief in house and gar
den. They themselves are harm
less, except that sometimes they
steal eggs and poultry, and perhaps
now and then a kitten may be COB.
bled up. On one occasion a large
black snake (Which grows to the
length Of eight or nine feet took a
kitten, and finding it to his taste,
came for another when the two
house cats attacked and killed him
after a severe battle. 1t is not only
the rattlesnake which is killed by
the blacksnake, but it has the habit
of killing and eating all other SER
penis which it can overcome, which
it does by strangulation.
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Attachment NOtice.

Before G. D. Crockett, Justice Of the peaca
for Shelby County, Tenn.-H. & S. Gross
VS.. Joe Lauronzi.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
4 having been sued out under section 1855 Of
the Code OF Tennessee. and returned levied
9pen the property of the defendant, and att
dayit having been made that the defendant In
Indebted to plaintiffs in tho sum OF SSI. T0'
due by sccounti and that the claim is lust, and
that the defendant Is a nonresident of the
state Of Tennessee it is therefore ordered that
the said defendant mako his personal an
!S77, at 10 O'Clock AM, at my Office. No az
MAR, street, in the city of Memphis, Tenn
and defend said attachment suit, within the
limo prescribed by law, or the same will hs
proceeded with ex parte and that a COPY Of
weeks In the Public Ledger,
This 9TH day OF July, 1871.
ul.llI-l23.l29 g. ID. CROCOETr. Up
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Attachment Notice.

Before Thos. Fleming. Justice of the Pence
for Shelby county, Tenn. Cloth K Kett-
mann VS.. Jos Laurenzi.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
! ing been sued out under section S455 of the
Code o~tTennessee. and returned by the proper
ant, and affidavit having been made that de-
PENDANT IS indebted to the plaintiffs 10 the
sum of SlU7 30, due by account, and that ne
claim is just, and that the defendant
is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee: IL
is therefore ordered that the said defendant,
make his personal appearance before me on
the 18th day of August, 1877, at 10 O'clock,
am. at my office, No. 80 Madison st., in the,
attachment suit within the time prescribed
by law or the same will b. proceeded with ex..
parts; and that a copy Of this order be pub.
lished once a week for four consecutive weeks.
in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 10th day of July, 1877.
ll3- ll9-l25- l3l TH0S, FLEMING. Up
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TIE JUNE CROP REPORT.

The monthly crop report of the
Memphis Cotton Exchange fol
June is at hand. 1t is derived
from one-hundred and sixty-fye
responses to interrogatories, and
averages in date July LIST. Forty
seven come from West Tennessee,
fifty-fve from North Mississippi,
ffty-two from Arkansas (north of
Arkansas river), and eleven from
North Alabama. The latter is not
included in the aggregate report,
not being embraced in the territory
allotted to the Memphis Cotton
Exchange by the National Cotton
Exchange. The committee calls
attention to the decreased acreage
from the May report of six per
cent, caused by the destruction Of
stands by the great transforms of
June Sth and 9th, when, during
thirty-six hours, thirteen and one
half inches Of rain fell. This fall
ing off seems to be mere than COM
pensated by an increase of nine
per cent. in corn planted. The
general tenor of the reports indi-
cate that corn, wheat and oats have
had the precedence in care this sea-
son. The cotton cropat the close of
June was excessively oyerrun with
grass and weeds. This may be
cleaned out in a few more days OF
favorable weather, but still the
plant will be left small and spin
ding, and the forms are as yet
feeble and imperfectly formed.
The per cent. of yield from the
wheat crop has been raised from
twenty-eight per cent. in May to
thirty-fOur per cent. The oat cropis
good and has been mostly harvested.
Millet and grasses, as also the pork
crop, are promising, and the labor
erS show an efficiency beyond any
season since the war. This is one
of the most encouraging features of
a very interesting and valuable
report.
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Congressional Committee in Ororon

OOnEesbtOnhI committed In Oregon.
SAN FRANCISCO, uly.-Portland press
dispatch: The congressional committee
yesterday examined 2 Floody, W. W.
Sweeney, F. N. ShurtleF, O. F. Lewis
and o. N. Delany. but the testimony
ELECTED was immaterial, contradictory
aud had little or no direct bearing on the
case. To-day Il. Straight testified that
while he could not be positive that none
Of thsse who, like himself, changed from
Nesmith to Grover received any money
for so doing, he, nevertheless, from the
circumstances Of the case, did not be-
lieve hat either Of them received a cent
Before the investigating committee
yesterday M. v. Brown, State printer
and chairman OF the Democratic com
mittee Of Linn county, testified that he
knew of no use of money to secure
Growers election.
I. L. Porter, member OF the lsgisla-
ture from Linn county, was intimate with
Grover, who said he would not accept
Office obtained by corrupt means.
John Gray, Of Salem, testified that
Wilson, q member Of the legislature, told
him that he had been offered money and
refused it.
Senator Palmer, of Benton county,
testified that Stiles evidence SO far as
witness was concerned was absolutely
false, and branded Stiles as a perjured
%scoundrel; admitted he had been ten.
dered the position of superintendent Of
the penitentiary by Chadwick after the
election, but did not accept because it
would not pay and for many other rea-
sons.
Arrived British bark Buttermer,
Liverpool.
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Local,
Attachment Notice!

Before Thos. Fleming, Justice Of Peace for
Shelby county, Tennessee-G. A, Eekerly K
Bros. VS.. Jos Laurenzi.
IN THIS CAUSEA AN ATTACHMENTHAY-
4 ing been sued cut under section 1856 of the
Code OF tennessee, and returned by the
proper. officer, levied upon the prop
erty Of the defendant, and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is In.
debted to plaintiffs in the sum Of Ss4 As.
due by, account, and that the claim is
Just, and the defendant is q Hon-resident Of
the State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make bis personal ap-
pearanee before me on the 18th day of August,
iSI7; at 10 o'clock am, at my office, No. SO
Madison ST., in the city of Memphis, Tenn,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law or the same will be
preceded with ex parte and that a copy Of
this order be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 10th day of July. 1877.
ll3 ll9-l2O-l3l THOS FLEMING. L D
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Among the Huzarehs-a people
of Asia-the following is the wal
weddings are managed:
The suitors of the maiden, nine
in number, appear in the field, al
unarmed, but mounted on the besI
horses they can procure; while the
bride herself, on a beautiful Turko.
man horse, surrounded by her re.
lations, anxiously surveys the group
of lovers.
The conditions of the bridal race
are these: The MAIDEN has a certain
start given, which she avails her
self of to gain a sufficient distance
from the crowd to enable her to
manage her steed with freedom, so
as to assist in his pursuit the sutton
whom she prefers.
On a signal from the father, all
the horsemen gallop after the fair
one, and whichever first succeeds
in encirclihg her waist with his
arms, no matter whether disagree
able or to her choice, is entitled to
claim her as his wife.
After the usual delays incident
upon such interesting occasions,
the maiden quits the circle of her
relations, and, putting her steed in
a hard gallop, darts into the open
plain. When satisfied with her
position, she turns round to the i'm
patient youths, and stretches out
her arms towards them, as if to
WOO their approach. This is the
moment for giving the signal to.
commence the chase, and each of
the impatient youths, dashing his
pointed heels into his courser's
sides, darts like the unhooded hawk
in pursuit of the fugitive dove.
The race-course is generally OK
tensiye-say twelve miles long and
three IN width-and as the horse
men speed across the plain, the
favored lover becomes soon appar-
ent by the efforts Of the maiden to
avoid all Others who might approach
her.
On a certain occasion, after two
hours racing, the number of pur-
suers was reduced to four, who were
together, and gradually gaining
on the pursued with them is the
fayorite, but, alasl his horse sud
fails in his speed, and as she
anxiously turns her head, she per-
ceives with dismay the hapless
position Of her lover; each Of the
more fortunate leaders, eager with
anticipated triumph, bending his
head on his horses name, shouts at
the top Of his Voice, 81 come, my
Peril | am your l%oyer!"
But size, making a sudden turn,
and lashing her horse almost to
darts across their path, and
makes for that part of the plane
where her lover Is vainly endeayor-
ing to gOad on his weary steed.
The three others instantly check
their career; but, in the hurry 10
back, two of the horses are
dashed furiously against each other,
so that both steeds and riders roll
over on the plain.
The maiden laughs; for she well
she can easily elude the SIN
gle horseman, and that she will
reach the point where her lover is.
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Illinois Excurslonlsts at cincinnn.i

CINCINNATI, July II Quite a large
delegation Of merchants, of southern
Illinois and Missouri, are being enter.
tanned by the board of trade of this city
Last evening, at the Highland House
upon Mt. Adams, a formal reception wa,
given them by the board. To-day they
were taken in carriages through Burnet
Woods, the Geological Gardens and va.
rious parks, and an opportunity afforded
them to see as many attractions Of the
city as could be included in a days ride.
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Knlled By her nn.band.

sr. Louis, July lion Friday last
Mrs. John Green, living near Roanoke,
Randolph county, Missouri, was shot by
her husband and MORALLY wounded.
Green claimed that it was an accident,
bat Mrs. Green asserted that it was not,
and shortly afterward died. Her father
had Green arrested, and be was taken to
Huntsville for examination. Monday
night some fifty men took Green from
the custody Of the constable and hung
him to a tree neal by. 1t is said that
Green's intimacy with another woman
caused him to murder his wife. They
leave seven children.
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The COndiHOu of the German Rank
AT St. Louis.

ST.. Louis, July 1.-THE liabilities sf
the German Bank o depositors ia said to
be $4,000. 1t is believed it's assets will
be ample to meet all demands, but if
this should prove otherwise, thirty.six
per cent. Of the capital stock Of three
hundred thousand dollars, which has not
been paid, will be called. and this, it is
thought. will cover all liabilities.
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In enc week recently the Pigeon Poial
(Cal } Whaling Company caught three
whales. One Of these latter is said to be
the largest ever caught on the Pacific
coast. 1t measured 200 feet in length.
The wine growers OF France are en-,
couraged at the fact that many Of the
vines which had been given up as hope
lessly damaged by pbylloxera have re-
gained their .vigor, and will once more
bear fruit.
The man who lives right and is right
has more power in bis silence than an
other mar has in his words. Character is
like bells which ring out sweet music,
and when touched accidentally rcsouud
with sweet music.
Mr.. Siugleman, Of Greenville, N. j.,
forced a quid Of tobacco into his wife
mouth the other day and kept it there
until she became sick. Now his wife
wishes she had remained a single woman
instead Of becoming a Singleman.
A vii. being told that an old acquaiut.
ance was married, exclaimed; Il am
glad to hear it" But, reaecting a mo
ment, be added, 10 a toue Of compassion
and forgiveness, And ye. l don't know
why | should be- be never did ne any
harm"
The Custer Of The Russian, and its
youngest general, is skobeleG, conqueror
Of Khokand, and now ON the staff Of the
Grand Duke Nicholas. In the Khokand
War he made q night attack, with 1850
men, on a camp Of several thousand Of
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ENAAoA w aMt hDaAANn NE
New Ysrk World.l
Mr.. Parker, although a greai
philanthropist, entered his frienC
Johnson's "place" last evening with
an expression of annoyance upor
his rubicund countenance.
"Well, Mr.. Parker, what's The
news from Russiag" said Nh. John.
son cordially.
Just what l expectedv' exclaim.
ed Mr.. Parker, peiulantly, "you're
always asking me what's the news
from Russia and YOU'RE always
getting me to read the papers to
you until my throat is a deuced
sight fuller of Bloskoviski, Waldo
wiski, Romanovalskowski, than Of
simple, plain, transformations whis-
ky" and so saying Mr.. Parker
wiped his heated brow with a red
bandanna handkerchief and sat
down with great emphasis.
Il was just a going to ask you,''
said Mr.. Johnson deprecatingly,
"to read me the last dispatches,
but if you"-
eff I-great guns, sir, l do"
shouted Mr.. Parker excitedly, wa
wing his handkerchief in the air.
Then he let the bandanna hutter
for a moment, and his clouded face
began to clear while the usual
merry twinkle appeared in his eye.
johnson" said he, 'pardon me
for any eKuberance of emotion, |
have changed my mind. | will
read the dispatch. Give me the
paper" Then Mr.. Parker began
in an o%ratorical tone, shouting out
the head lines with great vigor:
LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
RUSSIAN Troops UPON TIE
MAROH.-The Russian General Po-
latskoyoskodiSky passed Prophsan
in the night, and landed his forces
at Wiscasset; from thence a forced
march brought him to Passadun-
keog; where he took boats up the
Selbois river to where the Metaw-
amkeOg, which is one of its confu-
ents, enters, The forces encamped
for one night at Metawnkeog, and
upon the following day advanced
as far as Molunkus. The march
from this place was across the coun-
try to Chesuncook Lake, and then
down to the Lake Pemidunquock.
The stop here was short, and soon
the troopers were in sight of the
sheet of water called Escgam.
ctsoogoook Lake. They then fol-
owed the boundary line of the two
provinces as far as Madawaskasetts,
where they deployed in the direc-
ton of Lake Tennisconata. After
this the route was easy. They sail
ed down the st. Croix river, took
stermer for Portland and landed
in Boston.
"Hellol what's that" said Mr..
Johnson.
ITS only a mistake; ty~pographi-
error perhaps" said Mr.. Parker.
mo you DON'T" said Mr.. John
son; 'as long as you kept the Rus
sian troops in Maine you we're all
but when you marched them
into Massachusetts you went a little
to far. What'll you take?n
"a little of Some-of-tha .best-of-
whisky" said Mr.. Parker in Rus.
sian, with a smile.
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E. V. SMALLEY, the intelligent
staff correspondent of the New
York Tribune, has recently tray
eled through eight of the Southern
States, after an absence of five
years, and is writing up some of
the results of his observations. His
opiniOniO regard to the civilization
and progress of the negro IS not
favorable. AT the close of a long
letter he says;
1t may well be doubted, as | said be-.
fore, if on the whole the negroes are
making any substantial progress. They
are 10 the best condition in sections
where the whites predominant, while in
regions where the black population is
proportionally heaviest they are barely
one remove from African barbarism
They speak the English language, and
profess a religion hat is nominsily Chris.
tan, bu: in their ways Of living they are
essentially barbsrians still. To give them
political aseerdency W the whites was
the most horribly grotesqns experiment
ever tried in the science Of government
The only hope Of their getting forward 10
the path of civilization with anything
like rapidity lies in the prospect that the
tide Of emigration will soon be DETECTED
from the West to the South, and the
whites thus reinforced by large numbers
Of settlers from the Northern States ana
Europe will become as dominant in nam
bers as they are now in intelligence. The
negro appears capable Of originating
and developing no fruits Of civilization
from his " nature--the white man
must SOW the seed.
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River TeIegrams.

CAIRO, July IL -Arrived-Thos Sher
lock, Cincinnati, 3 am. Raven, St.
Louis, 8 m. Weather clear and cool
CINCINNATI, July IL River falling.
Weather fair.
PITTsBURG, July ll,-River A feet lC
inches and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.