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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-28

The New Orleans PicAyune gives the
following graphic picture o she "minionl
Ct tae law" or the police force Of the
Crescent City;
Whatever else may be charged against
our police no fair-mirded mar can say
that they are not eonvivial. To see those
intrepid minioas march unlinchingly
into a harroom is to witness the apo.
theosis Of calm and lofty courage; to see
them march out again with long cigars
held boldly between their teeth is q priv.
ilege which most people would consider
a boon. Our peelers have their faults.
We do not deny it. There is a painful
monotony noticeable in the record of
burglars who fit through the silvery
moonlight with sacks Of plumber, and
an aching void OF captures to balance
il We shall not make an issue on
this point We are not contentious.
Ourselves have noted the unpleasant dis.
crepsncy between the number OF success
full burglaries and the list Of captures
We are not the sort of persons to take a
stand in this or any other matter and
then 20 back upon it. The force is short
on arrests. We confess it without re-
serve. But as warm-heartsd, jovial,
whole-souled boys we back them against
the universe. We venture to say that
the world cannet produce a set of men to
excel that noble band in any attribute of
elegant ease and sristooratic relaxation.
In the art OF Glowing citizens away
from a coffee.house counter, they stand
unrivnled on this or any other continent,
and in the exploit Of moving solidly on
the lunch-table they remove the dilapi-
dated linen from the s~hrubbery. There is
aprecept;ble falling of of loafers on Canal
street. Pretty women are not oglod to
the extent they used to be by the lamp.
post brigade, The peelers do it better.
You can tell the peelers from the loafers
by the blue ribbon. We are not stuck
mp. We 10 not wish our readers to think
that We are disposed to brag on the po-
lice. Beyond a calm sense Of superior
ity oyer other cities aud an honest and
~pardonable pride in the social and con-
vival attributes Of our p~eelers, we haven't
word to say. Because our peelers can
jerk beer with the regularity and pre-
cision Of artists, shall we bedeck our
selves with gauds and gimcracks and
strut around? Because they can throw
themselves outside OF their own bulk Of
free lunch, shall we stick feathers in our
hats aud prance after the manner of the
missionsry.loving FIJI man2 Scarcely |
We claim no credit for the gifts Of Provi-
dence.
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EXPENSES OF THE STATE GOVERN
MgNT.

One of the last acts of the legis-
lature was to pass a general appro-
priation bill. We select the follow
ing among the various items; Rep
resentative W. W. Coleman, mile
age, SIC; days actually served, sew
enty-fye; per diem, So; total, 1876.
The other members from Shelby
county had about the same, except
Mr.. Collier is credited with seventy
three days; Douglass, seyenty-fiye;
/. NJ. Hill, Sixty-nine; L. G. Lowe,
seventy-three; George B. Peters,
seventy-three; W. Fl. Nelson, sew
en%ty-fve; Senator Maddux, seventy
three; H. G. Smith, seyenty-three.
This shows very close attend
ance on the part Of our members.
The sum of $4,000 per annum
was allowed for the insane asylum.
This is a slight reduction from
former appropriations. The total
amount allowed for criminal prose-
cutions for two years for fees Of
clerks, sheriffs and witnesses, dis
trict attorneys, boarding juries and
jail fees is 1898, 750; other expenses
$l9,S75. Judicial salaries for the
same period are put down at
s230,O1O. Special judges and at
torneys' fees $5527. Executive
expenses foot up $44,438 Of
ffcers of the penitentiary, $521l;
school for the blind, $4,000.
Nearly all these items are based
upon estimates made by the
executive officers, and afterward
reduced somewhat by the committed
to which the general subject was
referred. The idea Of making
special and limited appropriations
to meet the current expenses of the
State is a most excellent one, and
originated, if we mistake not, with
a Shelby county member. Many
of the items look rather large, and
will no doubt be reduced by the
next legislature. There is still
room for improvement.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, April % "A special from
Athens reports that the Greek govern.
msnt, while actively arming, intends for
the present to maintain an attitude Of
reserved neutrality.
The Gear has sent Prince Nicholas q
military order at St. George.
General Vukoviiz, a Montenegrin
leader, has been ordered to Grahavo,
where a strong advance guard of Mon.
tenegrirs is stationed, Another leader
has been sent to Drobniak with 1000
men to assume the offensive in the direc-
ton of Berane, and a third yesterday oc-
cupied Sistane, Albania.
The Pail Mall Gazette says the Dan
ube has been declared closed to nsviga.
ton by the Russian commander.
Lloyds say neutral vessels must leave as
soon as loaded. No inward bound YES
sells will be allowed to pass after Sunday.
The khedive is reported favorable to
the naturalization of the Suez canal,
negotiations for which are progressing
He is willing to sell his 1900 founders
shares.
A dispatch sage advices from Turkish
sources report that a battle at Batorene
ragged throughout yesterday.
MANCHESTER, April 28.-The Guardian
says it is rumored that there Is a conflict
of opinion between Lord Beaconsfeld
aud some of his colleagues as to the part
England shall Immediately take in the
Eastern question. This, however, ia GER
tain that an army corps Of 80, 900 or 40
600 men is being rapidly prepared for
dispatch 10 any points where the English
interests require its services. 1t is highly
probable that this corps will rendezvous
at Malta or Gibraltar. The command is
to Re offered to Lord Napier, of Mag
dalia.
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c~fnciunnu LIENS.

CINCINNATI, April 2S Fred Strass,
berg and John Schwarz, notorious couu.
terfeiters, were arrested on Lock street,
in this city, last night. With them was
also captured eleven moulds, several
hundred dollars in counterfeit half dol
lars, an electric battery, etc.
Rush R. Sloane was arrested at Spring.
field, Ohio, yesterday while en- route from
Cincinnati to Sandusky. A civil suit
for 500, 600 damages was brought by the
Cincinnati, Saudusky aud Cleveland
railroad company against himself, Thos.
NJ. Sloene ana Jas. D. Lea. The case
will b. heard in the Clarke county com.
mon pleas court in May.
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The soutb Carolina Rioters.

New YoRS, April 29.--The Times
Columbia special says the strongest
efforts are being made to secure the aid
Of the President to stop the prosecutions
Of those engaged in the Ellenton and
Hamburg riots in the resolutions which
are now before the senate, charging that
the prosecution is o political one, and
requesting the President to stop them in
lurtherance Of bis policy of Cancellation.
Hamptou's message is regarded as tie
FIRST step toward c Wholesale reputation
Of al the bonded and floating debt Of
the State.
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HOTEL AND TENEMENT FIRES.
suggestions 90 be Read and Remem
bered by Those Vino Sleep High
Above Ground.

Dereu Dy AnOse VINO sleep Nigh
The Royal Society (London) for the
Protection of Life from Fire has pub
lished its directions to it's subordinates,
and some suggestions for others who may
be at fires In London, the following of
which are applicable everywhere:
Every householder should make each
person in his house acquainted with tue
best means Of escape, whethee the fire
breaks out at the top or at the bottom.
Inmates at the first alarm should en-
deavor calmly to reflect what means of
escape there are in the house. II in bed
at the time, wrap themselves in a blan-
ket or bedside carpet; open neither win
dows nor doors more than necessary;
shut every door after them. This is
most important to observe }
In the midst of smoke il is compare
lively clear toward the ground; nae
Quently progress through smoke can be
made on the hands and knees. A silk
handkerchief, worsted stocking, or other
flannel substance, wetted and drawn over
the face, permits free breathing and ex-
cludes, to q great extent, the smoke from
the lungs. a wet sponge is alike efica-
cious.
In the event Of being unable to escape
either by the street door or roof, the per-
son in danger should Immediately make
their way to a frontroom window, taking
care to close the door after them, and
those who have charge Of the household
should ascertain that every individual is
there assembled.
Persons thus circumstanced are en-
treated not to p~recipitate themselves
from the window while there remains the
least probability of assistance; and even
in the last extremity, q plain rope is in
valuable, or recourse may be had to
joining sheets or blankets together, fas.
tening one end round a bed post or other
furniture. This will enable enc person
to lower all the Others separately, and
the last may let himself down with com.
p%aratively little risk. Select q window
over the doorway rather than over the
area.
Do not give vent to the Ere by break
ing into the house unnecessarily from
without, or, if an inmate, by opening
doors or windows; make a point Of shut
ting every door after you as you 90
through the house. For this purpose
doors ~inclosing the staircase are very
useful.
Upon discovering yourself on FIRE, re-
feet that your greatest danger arises
from draft to the flames and from their
rising upward. Throw yourself on the
ground, and roll over on the fame, if
possible on the rug or loose drugget,
which drag under you; the table cover, a
mans coat, anything of the kind at hand
will serve your purpose; scream for as.
~sistance. ring the bell, but DO not run out
OF the room, or remain in an upright
position.
Persons especially exposed to a risk OF
their dresses taking FIRE should adopt the
%precaution of having all linen and cot.
ton fabrics washed in q weak solution oil
Chord Of zinc, alum OF tuDgstate q
soda.
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East Tennessee UntversItv.

Morrlstown (Ienn.l Gazette.
The Jonesboro Herald and Tribune
thinks it is all right and proper for stu.
dents in the East Tennessee University
to eulogise Admiral Farragut, but it is
all wrong and improper for them to eulo-
gise General Lee. Such articles as the
one in question are better calculated to
kill the institution than to promote its
prosperity. Says the Tribune:
Admiral Fsrragut was a native of
Tennessee and an officer Of the United
States navy who fought to save the ma.
ton in the hour Of its greatest peril. He
was very properly tue subject OF eulogy
throughout the country. .
General Lee, on the contrary, made
what character he possessed as a soldier
by his attempts to overthrow the govern
ment under which be was born and
lived, = =
Separate General Lee from his character
as a military leader in the rebellion AMI
be sinks into comparative obscurity
His greatest achievements in that coz.
nection are not works that should live
af' : him, and cannot be made the propsr
50 oct Of %eulogy."
Il The Knoxville University expects TO
draw its patronage alone from those who
fought with Farragut, and TO exclude the
sons Of those who followed Robert i Lee,
such paragraphs as the above will help
along in that direction, but if Southern
boys are wanted there the Radical papers
had better stop that sort Of nonsense.
No man with any sense will object to the
eulogy on Admiral Farragut. Ne MN
with the soul and the heart of a man in
him, would object to the eulogy on Cen
eral bee. But for the good Of the East
Tennussee University We hope this mat,
ter will be allowed to drop. 1t ought
never to have been brought up by the
public papers.
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Washington news.
Correspondenoo courioT.JonrnoII

Correspondence Courier-Journal.l
W%AsHISGToE, April 25.-The President,
in conversation lately, has expressed
himself in very decided terms ia favor OF
q system Of internal improvement calcu.
lated 10 benefit and develop the South,
and especially Of such government aid
as may be appropriate to secure the com.
pletion Of the Texas and Pacific railway.
He stated that the Northern States had
received very large benefits from this
line Of policy, and that the South, though
impoverished by the results of the war,
had got nothing. These views Of the
President | derive from concurrent and
direct sources, and / am assured that his
opinions on the subject have been care.
fully formed, and will be carried into his
executive policy.
John P. Brownlow, Of Tennessee. was
to-day appointed a revenue agent, and
assigned to duty in charge of the deuart.
ment Of Tennessee and Arkansas. Il.
W. Gobble, Of Cincinnati, was also an.
pointed a revenue agent, but has not vel
been assigned to duty.
The report Of the intended removal OF
Mahou, first auditor of the treasury. /.
positively contradioted. Mr.. Mahon Il
one Of the best qualified officers in the
executive department, and has a better
acquaintance with the system Of treasury
accounts than any one in the depart
ment.
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The press Of this State is devOt-
ing considerable space to a discus
sion Of the Stase debt question.
This is right. The State occupies
a very awkward position in regard
to the suggested compromise, and
the sooner an adjustment is brought
about the better. We are glad to
see that the most Of our cotempo-
rarieS pooh pooh the idea of repu-
diation and insist upon an equitable
settlement-at least to the extent of
the States ability to pay. This is
variously estimated from forty to
sixty cents on the dollar. II is
barely possible that times will be
more flush by fall and the people
in a better temper toward the cred
itors Of the State, and would assent
more cheerfully to a reasonable
compromise. 1t is not very proba.
BILE that the governor will call an
extra session, if at all, until toward
October or November, and not ther
unless there is a likelihood of &C.
complishing some good.
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negro detective from Nashville
whose pay depended upon convict
ing somebody. The attorney gene
raj for the State having a doubt
about Thomason's guilt, prepared
a letter to. the governor, asking
for a commutation of the death
sentence. A petition asking for
the same was signed in Maury
county by twenty magistrates,
two of the jurors and one
thousand citizens. A counter
petition was also sent up. Under
such perplexing circumstances, and
where there was more than a reas-
enable doubt of guilt, We think
that Governor Porter did right in
to the humane and safe
side of the question. Laws were
made to be enforced by regular
process, and courts established to
try cases. Every man, however
humble or debased, has a right to a
fair trial when charged with an
offence against society and law. If
mobs are to step in upon hearsay-
evidence and decide cases for iuries,
it would be as well to dispense with
the old machinery and set up a
vigilance committee in every civil
district. Mob law is rarely justif-
able, and is always liable to make
aud break up the very
foundation of law and order and
society itself. We must confess
both surprise and regret at its
strong manifestation in a commu-
so noted for Intelligent wealth,
refinement and high moral tone.
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CAIRO. April %. -Arrived-Ed Hobbs,
Pittsburg, 8 I'm; Thompson Dean, New
Orleans. 8; Donnally, New Orleans, 2
I'm; Joseph WALTON, St. Louis, 8 a IN;
A. ]. Baker, New Orleans, 6; ]. W, Gar
ret, Wabash, s; Whale. St. Louis, 10.
Departed-Ed Hobbs, St. Louis, 9 p m;
Thompson Dean, Cincinnati, 10; Don
nally, Cincinnati, 8 a. N; Colorado, Vicks-
burg A; Banter, st. Louis, Z; Eillman,
Nashville, 10; Garrett, New Orleans,
o Weather fair aud cold.
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Friday, May Is, 1877,

in legal hours, in front of the courthouse,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed te sell to the highest
bidder. for cash, the following described prop
erty, tO-Wit:
The four-soventh interest Of T. L. Giles in
a tract of land situated and being in the
county of Shelby, State Of Tennessee, in the
Fourth civil district, bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake from which south 10o east
10 links to o hickory marked u d, the same
being Geo. Doherty's northwest corner of his
25OO-acre grant, No. "a, which is the southwest
corner Of j. B.. Nickerson's tract; thence
north with said Doherty's line 90.eJ chains to
a stake; thence east with his line II chains to
q stake; thence north 6 chainsto a mulberry
and other pointers; thence east 7 chains;
thence north 5 chains to a stake; thence east
LIP chains to a stake; thence south 6 70
chains; thence west $50 chains; thence 1880
chains; thence east 2 chainI; thence south 9
chains; thence north so west. So. rs chains 10
the beginning, containing 80 acres more or
lefs.
Levied on as the property Of defendant,
Thos. "a. Giles, to satisfy said judgment, in
terest and costs.
Memphis, April %. 1877.
@. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby County.
Jarnigan Il Frayser, Attorneys for plaintiff.
5l-5T-r3
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An OH AboiisiOrtst Approves the
Action OF M Presihenf.

New York, April 29.-Col. Thomas
Wentworth HigginsoR, one of the old
guard Of a%bolitionism, writes a letter to
tie Tribune from Newport, R. l., and
says: II wish to be counted as one who
approves heartily, cordially and unre.
servedly the action Of the President in
Withdrawing the psrrisens from the
S%tate-houses of South Carolina and Lou
isiaua. For him in time of peace to
keep troops in any State-house, in order
TO determine q disputed claim of Cover.
norship, is a stretch of power so great
that no State in the Union ought to toll
crate it; SO great that it ought to be re-
sisted by every peaceful means Of all the
people in the republic. The colored
men of the South can least afford to
benefit by any arbitrary stretch of power
ahich may in other hands bs uged to
crush them"
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SUPREME COURT.
Proceedings at Jackson, Tenn.

~oooeutmkS NJ 1NcASOhs Ieum.
Special to the Ledger.l
JACKSON, Tenn, April 28.-The court
decided the following cases to-day: Duff
vs.. The State, costs Of the clerk Of the
Criminal Court allowed against the
State; Adams vs.. Adams, supersedas
discharged; Perry VS., the State, Turner
VS.. the State, affirmed; Logan VS., the
State, reversed aud remanded; City of
Memphis VS.. Grieshaber, Buck VS.. Little
Rock railroad, rehearing refused; Bel
cher vs.. Wickersham, costs to be paid by
administrator and motion to modify re.
fused; The State Elk. Rel. VS.. Irby, mod.
fled and ~remanded; Kerr VS.. White, re-
versed and remanded; Six vs., Marx,
reversed and decree here for complain
ants; Myers vs.. Wright, rule for new
surety refused.
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BosToS, April 20 May q Co., the
largest house in metal and hardware
here, have suspended; their liabilities are
$500, 900. Their failure is occasioned by
bad debts aud general shrinksge during
the past four years Their own indebted.
ness is principally in Peunsylvania and
abroad
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Heavy sIeet and HniI.stOrm in the
WcBt.

OMAHA, April PA heavy storm Of
rain set ia about IL O'Clock last night,
which soon turned into snow. At day.
light this morning the ground was COW
cred to the depth Of half an inch, but
he storm has now subsidized. Reports
from the northern part Of the State show
a heavy aleet and hail storm and hard
frost
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mor women pres. b. Pernln.

a few women were seen. We saw one
setting astride on horseback, as all East,
eru women ride. We believe them to be
m because Of their costume and
size; bet We can see no part of them,
not even q hand or an eye. They are
sbrouded from the head to the knees in
a cotton or silk sheet of dark blue or
black-the chudder, it is called, which
passes over the head and is held with
the hands around and about the body.
Over the chudder is tied around the head
a yard long veil of white cotton or linen,
in which before the eyes is a piece of
open work about the size Of a fager.
which is their only lookout and ventila
tor. The veil passes into the chudder at
the chin. Every woman before going
out Of doors puts on a pair of trousers,
generally Of the same stuff and color
of the chudder, and thus her outdoor
seclusion aud disguise are complete
Her husband could not recognize her in
the street. In this costume Mohamme-
dan women grope their way about the
towns Of Persia. Their trousers are
tightly bound about the ankles above
their colored stockings, which are inva
riably Of heme manufacture; aud slip
psrs, with no covering for the heel, com
plete the unsightly, unwholesome apparel
Of these uncomfortable victims OF the
Persian reading Of the Koran. The in
door costume Of Persian women of the
higher class appears indicate to Euro.
peans. The chudder and trousers are
the invsriable walking costume, Indoors
the dress OF a Persian lady is more like
that of a ballet girl. In the ante-rooms
of Persian royalty my wife was received
by prineesses thus attired, or rather un.
sttired. II Arnold's Through Persia by
Caravan.
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OhinarO MarKet.

CHICAGO, April %, II m.-wheat is
quiet at 81 y for car lots; l III for May;
l IA for June. Corn is irregular at 81
for May; SO for June; sales at 500. Pork
is frmer at SIG 274 for June. Lard is
6rmer at $40 rs bid for June. Oats are
irmer at Ala for cash April; AZ for May;
49, for June.
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Sheriff's Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
i that by virtue of d venditioni exponas to
me directed from the Honorable Circuit Court
drew Mcdowell q Co. We. J. Nj. Williams x
Co.. ". w. Toler and Il. l.. Giles, judgment
rendered on the 21st day of May, 1874, for the
sum OF two hundred dsllars. with interest and
costs of suit, to satisfy said judgment, etc |
will. on
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New York, April 28.-Decrease Of
loans, $685. $780, increase Of specie,
$3.50, 200 increase o. legal tenders, g.
97s. 800; increase Of deposits; 81, 1853, 6OOi
increase Of circulation, Sl2, 100. In
crease Of reserve, $2,606,55O.
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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 cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remody was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to tho REV. JOSEPH
I. ISMAS, Station D. Bible House. New York
City. l29-xxiv 12SdGw
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ometer during the day, followed during
the night by cooler northerly to westerly
winds and rising barometer.
The Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas
aud lower Mississippi rivers will continue
to rise.
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IT is stated that the Turks are
largely supplied with the Martin
Henry rife used by the English
army. 1t can be fired twelve times
a minute and has a range Of 1900
yards. The Russians use the Cone
and Gorlof rifles. The Cone de-
livers seven shots a minute and
has a range of 900 yards; the Cor
loft rife has a capacity Of eight
shots a minute and a range Of 1000
yards. Both the Russians and the
Turks have recently been largely
supplied with the Springfield and
Winchester rifles.
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WASHINGTON, Apcil 2s.-For Tennes-
sec and the Ohio valley areas Of rain,
variable winds with decidedly low bar.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
oFFICE-No. Is MAD1soz srREEq.
MEMP HISS
Saturday Evening, April IS. 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is s. per anaum for
the Daily, and 50 per annun for the
Wesky-Postage free.
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American beef is cheaper in England
than in Boston.