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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08
STREET RAILROAD

The special committee to whom was
referred the street railroad question has
made a report recommending that the
street railroad company be required 10
repair its tracks aad the streets adjacent
two feet on each aide within sixty days
This report vas adopted By tao common
council last night. Touching the mat
ter we have only this to say: The pies.
eHt committee, to the best of our recol-
lection, 10 the only one that was ever
brought to see the subject ia this light
1t has discharged a plain simple duty, as
we think, aud deserved credit to that ex.
tent. The common council has likewise
put itself on record, as it should We
have no desire to Gee the company Grip
Piled unless it should manifest an i%nclina.
ton to evade the provisions Of its charter
and contract, and to defy the eommuni-
ty and disregard the lag. We hope Tor
the interests OF all concerned that the
company will make a reasonable effort
to repair the track and to run the cars
as they are run 10 other cities. 1t would
be an easy matter to popularize the line
and we would like to see it done. The
company is necessarily a monopoly, be
cause it occupies the principal thorough.
fares of the city, and crowds out compe
tition. Itnearly all belongs to a few men
who may not have studied the eonyen-
fence and welfare of the people quite as
much as their W interests. Some al.
lowance can be made for this, but when
the public gives up the right Of way it
is supposed to De for a consideration or
general benefit in return. Memphis
is able to sustain and is entitled
to q frst-class street car line.
The people do not stand upon triaes un.
less forced to do so. The present traveI
can be greatly increased by proper en-.
deavors. If the company will 20 t.
work in a business.like way upon the
tracks, make other improvements ana
meet the requirements of the people, il
can silence all criticism and become
what it should be to Memphis, a popular
public convenience. Just as far as i
makes progress in this direction the fac.
will be recognized, and no further.
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IT turns out that the Republican howl
about the necessity Of an extra session
Of congress was about little or nothing.
A Washington special TO yesterdays
Cincinnati Commercial says:
Under the law the pay of the enlisted
men Of the army is increased after two
years service by the addition OF one dol
lar per month, after three years two dol
lars aud in the fifth three dollars per
month. This money is retained and
paid to the soldier only on dis final
discharge. It will be seen that il
mounts to only seventy.two dollars
70 each man, and in case two thousand
five hundred are discharged by the first
Of November at once-if these are about
the correct figures, $3.50. 900 will meet ell
the requirements of the case. This is
what the retained pay excitement, which
it is urged would render an extra session
IN Jane necessary, amounts %.
No wonder Hayes found there was no
for a June session.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

Edge6eld has a revival of religion.
Morristown has a new woolen mill.
Davidson county had eighteen we'd
dings last week.
Nashville is to have another balloon
ascension by Professor King. They like
it mp there.
Nashville has a new weekly paper, the
Cotton and Tobacco Record, edited by
Major W. Hooper Harris.
Tommy Cardwell, a Knoxville boy,
weighs 1879 pounds, and B. f. Bearden
267l pounds. Total, 6O5 pounds.
The cadet baud Of the East Tennessee
University has organized itself into an
orchestra and will make the tour Of the
Southern States giving entertainments
Ia behalf Of the Third Presbyterian
church OF Knoxville,
Il is understood that the Rev. Thos. o
Summers, d D., Of Nashville, is to
preach the Bsccalaureate sermon, and
that w. G. McAdoo, Esq, Of MilIedge.
vile. Ca, will deliver the Alumni address
at the June commencement exercises oil
the East Tennessee University.
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The French army.

The London Saturday Review, speak.
ing Of the French army, says.
NOW in 1870 the force that could be
put in line within a month against the
eaemy was $50, 600 men, aud y this
comparatively small army was insufici.
emily provided with many requisites for
campaigning. Behind the 100000 were
about 300, 900 for reserves and garrisons
This year, according to the statement Of
the writer, Gn Blackwood's Magazine
three weeks only would elapse before
10000 men we're in the field, having be-
bind them such q mass OF troops for re
serve, for camps and garrisons as would
raise the total Of the active army to
800, 600 men; nor must it be forgotten
that tue services Of all these men would
be really available, because the lines OF
communication and other vulnerable
points out of reach Of the enemy would
be sufficiently guarded by the men Of the
territorial army, which, though not yet
thoroughly organized, would be quite
capable OF performing such subordinate
tasks.
1T is true that good nou-commissioned
officers are not ea8ily to be found for the
reserves and for the territorial army;
nor are the inducements of a military
lite sufficient 10 retain such, even in the
regular army, after their legal term Of
service is expired. But this is a Difficult.
ty by no means special TO France. Every
Continental army suffers from the same
want. The man who makes a good non
commissioned officer will bs a good
t%radesman, or a good clerk, aud there
are few indeed Of such in any nation, in
comparison With the immense masses Of
men now brought under military control,
who would not prefer the comforts and
liberty Of civil life to any advantages
that can be offered 10 soldiers in peace
The difficulty is one inseparable from
large armies, and no NEAR have as yet
been found powerful enough to over
come it.
Again, the arrangements for mobili.
cation leave something to be desired,
and the decentralization Of stores-one
o; the measures for the country by the
experience Of lS70-is not yet complete,
though gradually becoming so. We learn
from several sources hat the French
War 0aiee considers that two years more
must elapse before the army will be
thoroughly prepared for war, and moth.
ing is more certain than that France is,
and will be for some years, bound in
heavy penalties to keep the peace. But
the question 10 whether she has advanced
SO far in her armaments as to be fermi-
dable il placed on the defensive"
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Pasha Taken Pris-
Oner-G Great UneRs-
mess at COnstan-
tinOp1e.
ROumania will Act in Alli-
ance with Russia.
A Valuable Chalic Sent the Pope
by the Duke Of AOsta.

LONDON, May S.-A special from AL
exandria reports hat the assembly Of
notables voted a war tax on land calcu-
lated to produce two and a half millions
The English squadron had arrived at
Crete. Shells from the Turkish gunboats
were falling around the Ibrail railway
station at the time the Grand Duke
Nicholas arrived. Col. Valentine Baker
is reported seriously i'll of typhoid fever
Prince Charles, Of Roumania, acknowl-
eiging the address by the senate in
reply to the speech from the throne, re.
counted the acts of hostility committed
by the Turks against the Roumanian
ports and open towns on the Danube and
their peaceable inhabitants and the Rou.
manian vessels, said: "Iu consequence
of the aggressive attitude OF Turkey the
Rsumauian government will display not
only foresight but also the energy which
both chambers of the legislature have
prescribed. l f~oresee, however, with
sorrow he concludes, that moderation
will be Of no avail, aud that we must
meet force by force, as it is our duty to
defend our country"
Business on stock exchange utterly
quiescent, bat there is much more conf.
dence hal yesterday. In consequence
Of Cross's statement last night of the
government policy international stocks
are quiet and considerably higher.
PARIS, May 9.-The bourse is firm in
consequence of English news and the
asoertained falsity of the Figaro's Moltke
article.
There is further intelligence that the
Turke suffered defeat before Kars, and
heavy losses, and that Ali Pasha was
taken prisoner, and that there is great
uneasiness at COnstantinopls.
Moscow, May 9.-The Slavoniau com.
mittee urges its emissaries to arouse, 10
the districts occupied by the Russians,
new national life with regard to spiritual,
especially ecclesiastic and material, al
fairs.
Intelligence from Athens is, that the
Greek government has sent a note to the
porte protesting against the release Of
certain Turkish brigands who had been
Imprisoned for disturbing the Greek
frontier.
ROME, May 8.-The Duke Of Aosta
sent the pope a chalice worth $24O0, ac-
companied by an autograph letter ask
ing its acceptance from a devoted son
and sincere Catholic. and that the pope
offer prayer for the repose of the soul OF
Prince Amados' wife. The pope was
moved to tears, and exclaimed: This is
the greatest consolation | have received
in these moments" The chalice is not
a jubilee present, but was sent in COM
pliance with a request of the late Duchess
OF Aosta.
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ExEMpr FROM ExFcUTIoN.


By referring to the acts passed by the
Fertieth general assembly, which, BY the
way, have not been published yet except
in newspapers, it will be seen that add.
tional articles are exempt from execu-
ton in the hands Of heads of families,
te.wit: "Ten bushels Of turnips, one
pair of andirone, one clock, all the
canned fruits put up for the use of the
family, not to exceed twenty dollars in
value, and twenty bushels Of peanuts,
three strings of red pepper and two
gourds, two punger gourds." Every head
of a family should hasten TO avail him.
self OF the benefits Of the law, Those
who are liable to any name of execu-
tions or visitstions from constables or
sherifs should provide themselves With
tue above mentioned turnips, peanuts,
andirons, strings Of red pepper and
gourds. 1t will be observed that there is
a limit to the quantity Of most of these
articles except the strings Of pepper and
the gourds. This gives the distressed
debtor an opportunity to protect himself
from the minions Of the law. He is only
allowed twenty bushels of turnips, it is
true, or rations for q week, more or less,
according to the size Of his family, but
he may have e go1rd Of any size. He
may cultivate gourds that would adorn
the big trees in California, may fill them
up with government bonds, wolf scalps,
tobacco, sorghum, whisky, or any of the
necessities of life, and no constable has
a right to take out the stopper and levy
on the contents. These are secure and
sacred from intrusion under the wise
provisions Of the law. The rights OF the
citizen must ever remain iuviolate in
such cases, and every msn who has a
gourd.vine on bis fig tree or trailing over
the front porch may sit beneath it Sc
curely until the gourds ripen and Sing
the song Of peace to ell his ueighbors.
No man should be Indifferent to the ines.
Unable blessings Of liberty. The magma
charta wrested from the ancient barous
is g precious heritage. By examining
the act quoted with a microscope it will
be observed that there is no limit to the
length OF the three strings of red pepper.
The law is SUCCESSFULLY silent on this
point. The string may be heightened as
long hs the pepper viii hold out. A
large estate might be invested in red
pepper and strungon from beam to beam
and pole to pole like an intermiaable
web, and the happy possessor could
laugh the constable to scorn. No one
but q head Of a family can avail himself
of this advantage. A favored class has
been created-a pepper string and pun
ger gourd aristocracy. D~isconsolate
widoWers, old maids. stoekinglsss bach
elors and Gdolescent youths will hasten
t avail themselves Of this wise aud ben
eicent law by becoming heads Of fami-
lies.
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SECURITY In Life Ipsurnnce.

The United States Supreme Court has
decided a very important insurance case
which is Of peculiar interest now, when
the whole subject of insurance is so
much discussed. The company sought
to avoid the policy on the ground that
certain answer made by the insured at
the date of insurance were false. The
court declare that they find no evidence
that the policy contained any agreement
that the answers should be express war.
ranties or should have any effect, or that
the application was not presented to the
company or the policy based on it. They
also indthst the agent undertook to in
tersret the answers, and as so interpreted
wrote them in the application 1t was
held to be a statement prepared by the
company for which they alone were re-
sponsible. We would advise any one
who is disposed to evade the rule OF strict
sincerity, however, to remember that the
decision is for the protection of the
honest insured against technical aud
e~ntangling practices by agents, and not
intended as a defense to dishonesty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08

Two women, a mother and daughter,
are expelled from q Shaker community
in Ohio, They engage as domestics in
Cincinnati probably finding themselves
inadequate to the duties expected of
them, engage a room at a hotel, take
poison and die, From a lester found at
terward it appears that the daughter,
finding the world without very different
from her former Shaker home, with all
its austerity, had applied without sue
cess to be taken back. The Shakers will
not even bury the bodies The mother
and daughter we're turned away for be
ing worldly" 1t looks as II charity
was a little too worldly to resida in
that particular Shaker community.
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LEGAL.

WRUSTEE'S SALE.-UNDER AND BY
i virtue of a deed in trust executed to me
by o. s.. Cooper on the 18th day of Dece aber,
1876. and. recorded in the Registers once of
Shelby county, in Book No. IL, page 165. and
to which reference is here made, at the re-
quest Of the beneficiary hereunder, / will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the high
est bidder, for cash. at No. 100 Adams street,
in the city Of Memphis. Tenn, on Monday,
may H. IS57, the property described in
said trust deed, to-wit; l arm chair, l rug |
china pitcher, Z small pictures, 3 glass globes,
3 marble vases, l coal scuttle, l double de k, l
ice cooler and stand, l stove and pipe, l Office
stool, 4 clocks, l desk, l table, l bureau Rad
mirror, l cane arm chair. | spring arm chair,
/ cash box, 2 blinds, / sewing machine, l
dining table (extension), 2 side tables, l side
board with mirror, l safe, 2 largo picture :. D., 2
%castors, silver milk pitcher, 40 goblets, 2
silver cake stands, ] silver butter dish, 46
knives, 80 forks. 40 tablespoons, 80 teaspoon. 3,
90 napkins, 10 table linen cloths, 2 celery
glasses, . saltceilars, syrup pitchers, s waiter
Jackets, aprens, 2 flesh forks, 2 %sifters, ! meat
block, l roling-pi l skillet, 8 wooden buck
cts, 2 tin buckets. ! s~trainer, l coffee boiler, 2
egg spices. 5 sauce PANS, | skinner, / spico
mill, 8 cake moulds, 8 kitchen spoons, Iegg
beater, 8 tin pans, 5 pie plates, 40 dinner
plates, 10 small plates, q soup plates. GA cups,
on saueers, . large size piAtters, 70 ice-cream
saucers, 4 dish pans, 3 roasting pans, 2 pots, |
refrigerator, ! barber chair and stool, l cup
board, % oil lamps, l single bedstead, &
double bedsteads, l wardrobe, Z bureaus with
glasses, 8 washstands, 3 cane reckins chairs,
20 cane chairs, 10 wooden chairs, large look
ing glass, u carpets. 2 double hair mattresses,
2 double cotton mattresses, 6 cotton top mat
trass S tdoublel, 20 pillows, ] spring mattrass.
8 blankets, 80 comforts, 81 bed spreads. vs.
double sheets, II single sheets, 2 feather boil
sters, s bolster covers. 100 pillow Sips, 5 rugs,
20 window shades, 20 mosquito bars, l bath.
tub, l pine wood eubbard. s pieces cocoa mat.
ting $50 yards), | hall carpet 40 yards, / hall
ca pet (commonl, stair carpet I'll yards, 4
The sale of the above property will COM
mence at 10 o'clock am, and continue from
day TO day until all of the property is sold,
JAMES FINRIE, prusf-e.
q. g. DENF. Attorney. LOS
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Ateamer SidOnian-Cify OF Brussels
Egfil Unhenrd From.

New York. Site steamship Russia,
arrived to-day from Liverpool, reports
on May second boarding the steamer
%Sidouian, making for Bristol under sail,
and taking from her the cook, the only
survivor Of those wounded by the explo.
sion Of the port boiler Of the Sidonian.
Nothing as yet from toe City of Brus-
sells, seventeen days out and having on
board a band of Canadian pilgrims for
Rome, with accessions from this city and
neighborhood, General Newton, United
States army, and ~ex-County Clerk VIM.
Walah, agent of the vessel, express con.
6dence that nothing more serions has
happened than q breakdown Of her ma.
chinery, compelling the vessel to pro-
coed under sail.
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New York, May s. The American
Jockey Club is putting Jerome Park in
order for the opening meeting, and Penn
leo is showing signs of activity, but the
present concern of turfmen hereabouts
is in what Derby day, May 22d,
at Louisville may bring forth, and
the issue of the race arranged by the
Louisville Jockey Club for the meeting
of the famous horses Tenbraeck and Ar.
istides May Oath.
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Houac-M Maids In lne Mouse Of Lords.

A London correspondent writes: ut
will come like a shock to a good many
people to learn that the house OF lords
has house-maids. But it is a fact, and l
believe that the domestics OF that august
body do their work very well. And they
reach ages which are quite patriarchai,
the three senior ones being seventy,
eighty.three and eighty-six years old re-
spectively, and having for many years
employed Deputies. / am glad, therefore.
to learn that these old abigails have been
peEsioned of, or rather, / should say,
have retired upon allowances ranging
from 500 to $l85 a year. Such gene
rosity on the part OF any government is
truly remarkable, and deserves to be
quoted whenever our rulers are accused
Of p%arsimouy. In the meantime | sup
pose the successors to those handmade
ems will have, after the fashion of the
age, to be elected by a competitive ex-
animation in %scrubbing and busting held
under the supervision Of the civil service
reform commissioners.
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HEXICO.
The Mexican COugress-Dfaz Pro-
poses 10 Reduce the Army.

=
poses 20 Reduce the Army.
CRY OF MEXICO, April 3O.-Congresa
acknowledges the existence Of the sen.
ate. President Diaz desires congress to
dissolve in September, but a majority
declare the present house the eighth con.
gress and its term until September, 1878.
The trial Of Senior Mejia, ex-secretary
Of the treasury, has been stopped on a
writ Of habeas corpus until the legal
character of congress is defined.
-Four Diaz ministers have bees elected
to the Supreme Court.
Diaz proposes to reduce the army to
sixteen thousand men-enough to keep
the country free from the bands Of rob.
bers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08

The clearinghouse keepers in Wash
ington, who make their bread and butter
off country greenies, are highly indig.
nant that an extra session is to be post
poned. In fact they consider the ex.
pertinent of republican government on
these shores nearing q failure.
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The benefit given at Ben DeBar's
Opera House for the servant girls thrown
out OF employment by the burning Of
the Southern Hotel Melted S32O2 So.
This was distributed last Saturday among
n~inety-ueven girls. They received all
the way from S. to $40 each, according
to length of time employed at the hotel
and their present wants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08

SEVERAL papers in this State have sug-
gested Ex-Governor John C. Brown for
the vacancy upon the Supreme bench Of
the United States. He a perhaps do
more good where he is in promoting the
interests of the Texas and Pacific rail.
road.
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V kilograms.

CAIRO, May 8.-Arrived-Eddyville,
Nashville, midnight; Colorado, Vicks.
burg, A a m Andy Baum, Cincinnati,
IL. Departed-Alice Brown, Ohio, 8
pm; Colorado, St. Louis, 6 am. EddJ.
vile, Nashville, 10; Andy Baum, Mem.
pbis, noon. Clear and cool.
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THE Memphis Evening Herald made.
its appearance yesterday evening as a
candidate for public favor. 1t is under
stood to be edited by W. A. McCloy,
Esq, Major Joseph Barbiere and Mr..
Sim Barinds, gentlemen who have all
had some connection with papers in
Memphis.
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We quite agree with the Appeal in
urging that the State debt question
should be settled by the present legisla.
ture. 1t was elected upon that issue
aud should face the music. This ques.
ton ought to be taken from our politics
forever.
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CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., 1 will send
a recipe that will sure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
~self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
T. INMAN, Station D, Bible House. New York
City. 129-xxiv- 128d&w
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WASHINGTON, May s.-For Tennessee
aud the Ohio valley rising barometer,
stationary or lower temperature, north.
east to northwest winds and areas of
light rain followed by clearing weather.
The lower Mississippi will continue to
rise slowly at and below Vicksburg.
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There is probably no truth in the re.
port that the czar Of Russia has offered
the chief command of his army to Pri.
vate Dalzsll II he does, however, the
sultan can employ Sergeant Bates, and
then there will be a lively time over on
the other side of the frog pond. -[0hio
Eagle.
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AS ONO has q monopoly Of offices and
patronage under the United States gov
eminent, the Boston Post suggests that
Ohio should be called the ship Of
State"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08

The subscription price Of the PUB.
LILO LEDGER is IS per annum for
The Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Wsskly-POstage tree.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, has a big temper
ance movements ten thousand persons
have signed the pledge and the saloons
are already 10 distress.
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Fatally shot.

Troy, May S.-John McKeever, a non.
union moulder, was fatally shot to day
by three men, each of whom fred and
each shot took effect. No arrests.
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QUEBEC, May s.-Riaed sixty.eight.
FOUNDERS are said TO be on the way from
England FOE the Citadel, and the Twenty
third Fuaileers are expected.
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SUPREME COURT.

Proceedings at Jackson, Tenn.
Special to the Ledger
JACKSON, Tenn, May S.-The court
heard Nos. $40 and 81. law docket. to-
| dav.
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weary OF Breath.

WASHINGTON, May s.-Wm. Il. John.
son, for many years ia the treasury de.
partment but recently discharged, com.
suicide last night.
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New York, May g.. -Ex-President
Grant and wife are in town.
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Rose Eytinge, having discarded her
last husband, George Il. Butler, has now
worked a pair Of slippers for Thurlow
Weed. The dear old gentleman always
was a pet Of the girls -[Mr. Bowles.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08

Mr.. Clapp, the deposed public printer,
IS SAID TO mediate starting an anti. Hayes
daily in Washington. Now, there is an
idea Of reyengel