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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02
T%ELEGRAPHIC K
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STOCKS AND BONDS.
LONDON, November 2, 2 p.m.-Consolt
for money, 1863; on account, SO TIC;
United States new four-and-a.halfs, 1861;
United States hve-twenties Of 1866, l06S
United STATES 6ve.twenties Of 1861, l08a;
United States ten.forties, 1854; new Gves,
1868; Erie, l24
PARIS, November 2.-Specie 10 the
Bank oilFrance has decreased Ia, 100, O0C
francs in the past week. l.
New YORK, November 2, 1850 a NJ
Unit d States skies of 1881, - @ll01;
United States skies OF 1881, coupons,
ll03@lll; new four-and.a-halfs, l05R6
1861; coupons, l05s@lO53; fye-tweuues
Of 1865. new issue, = @lO55; fve.twen-
ties Of 1867. lO8l@lOss; 6y~e,twenties OIL
1863. coupons, lO9t@llOi t~en-forties,
= @l07b; ten-forues, coupons. l0859
1881; currency skies, = @l2lB; new
6yes, lO6j@lO7.
REEADsTUFFs
LIVERPOOL, November Wheat, win.
ter, l0s6d@lls2d Milwaukee red, los Sd
oils Cd; Californis white, l2s 8dG
49, 0di California club, l2s l0d@l3s Id.
Corn, 29s 0d@29s Sd. Pork, new, Cos Cd.
Beef, new. 95s Cd. Bacon, long clear,
40s Sd; short clear, Ais Cd. Lard, 45s Cd,
Tallow. 4Os Cd.
New York, November 2, 1915 PM
Flour is quiet. Wheat is NOMINAL al | q
@l "a; Milwaukee, | 28@l %. Corn is
quiet at 6l@6l4. Mess pork is quiet ct
ID 30. Lard quiet at s COOS 65 Wits
ky quiet at ! O93.
CHICAGO, November 2, t2:3O am
Wheat dull at | 05@l O5b for November.
Corn quiet at 43@43b for November; ala
for seller year. Pork. 10 35@l2 371 for
seller year; " 50@l2 524 for January
Lard, 7 95@7 974 for year; s 02i@S 05
for January Receipts-Flour, 1882;
wheat, l03,6 corn, l42. 1896. Ship.
ments Flour, 1908; wheat, l6l, 1859;
corn, ll5,085. Dry sailed mests, bexed,
easier; shoulders, 81; short ribs, II; short
clear, u; long clear and short clear, "a;
long clear, vi; pork atrips unchanged.
Green hams, sales l6 average, N
C~EcIENArI, November 2, l p m Flour
is quiet. Wheat is dull and unchanged
Corn quiet; new ear, 30. Whisky 10 in
good demand at | or. Pork is quiet AT
ID so Lard is quiet at s l2l Bulk
meats quiet; new shoulders aud short
ribs. 6i@71 packed. Bacon is scarce;
short clear, 81.
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WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, November 2.-SESArE-
The reading Of the journal Of yester-
days proceedings was dispensed with,
aud the death of Senator Morton was
announced by Senator Mcdonald, A
resolution submitted by him, provid-
ing for the appointment Of a committee
OF six senators to attend the funeral, was
agreed to, and the Vice President will
designate the committee hereafter.
The senate then, as a further mark Of
respect to the memory of Senator Nor
ton, adjourned till Tuesday next.
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ImpsriaIlsl Amerie.n. ID pnr,a.

The New York Worlds Paris cor.
respondent writes
| have vainly sought for some
explanation of the imperial pro-
clivities Of Americans here, but
have trouble in obtaining any. 1t
is true that regrets for the court
balls and gala ceremonies to which
Americans were SO readily admit
ted under the empire are mention
ed, but these seem trifing causes
for an Imperialism beside which
that Of Cassagnac and Tristan
Lambert fades away to nothing. |
know Yankee people in Paris who
dwell with emphasis upon the hight
to which they would sling their
hats were Napoleon "" to ride
up the Boulevards with an army at
his back "to keep down the people"
who are ever ready to side with at
tacks on the republic. All this is
odd, l must say; l cannot under
stand it, and do not wonder at the
establishment and anger of the
French when they find Americans
siding with Bonapartists against
Republicans. Surely, court balls
and grand military reviews are a
poor return for Sedan; for the loss
of Alsace and Lorraine and the
payment of five milliards. Fancy
the return of the empire and the
cropping up Of Rouher, Cassagnac
and the like. Well may the Repub-
licans Of France seek to rid them.
selves Of such.
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have since become prominent in
American letters, including Haw
thorne, Margaret Fuller, George
William Curtis, Charles A. Dana,
Horace Greeley, Parke Goodwin and
George Ripley, Brisbane alone still
believes in the theories of his youth,
He regards Spencer's philosophy as
unworthy of consideration and Oar.
winism as a mistake. He is simply
a monomauiac, who clings to his
delusion after its a~bsurdity is ex-
posed, and instead of reforming his
conceptions, curses and despises the
critic and the criticism. Bon voy-
ACE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

TIE oceAn,going steamer City Of Bris.
tol, drawing twenty.one feet nine inches,
passed through the Eads' jetty canal
yesterday, aud without a moments de-
tention. This is the deepest drawing
vessel hat ever went out from New Or
leans. l. is silly and useless to attempt
to cry down the success OF the Eads jetty
system, now that the depth of the South.
west Pass has been increased from eight
feet to nearly twenty-five. The public
recognizes the fact and partisan oppo
nents are classified as csptious or en-.
viOus persons. The Eads jetty system
has proven q success so far, and to an ex
tent far beyond public expectation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

Hon. E. B. Martingdale, Hon. James A.
Wildman and Ex-Governor Conrad Baker
TO represent them and act for them in
making all further arrangements. The
mayor has called 8 meeting of citizens
in the United States courtroom to-mor.
row morning. at nine O'Clock. when il
will be decided % invite the Freshest
and cabinet and the governors of the
several States to attend the funeral. The
members of the bench and bar Of the
city and State are requested to meet at
two O'clock tomorrow. Reports from
many cities and towns in the State an.
nounce the tolling Of bells. Governor
Williams will close the State Offices on
Monday, and Mayor Casen the Offices OF
the city government. They viii Jointly
request citizens to close their business
houses from moor to three o'clock on that
day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

A petition was presented to the house
OF representatives on Thursday request
ing that q provision shall be inserted in
the army appropriation till establishing
a fund for the encouragement Of rife.
practice, not only in the regular army
and navy, but among the uniformed
militia Of the several States. Among
the signers are a number OF prominent
riaemep, and also the president OF the
National rifle association Of America.
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I2l67.l
NONRESIDENT Notice,

In the Chsncsry Court of Shelby county
tennessee = John M. Lea, John 0verton a.
al. VS.. City of Memphis ct nj.
TT, APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
4 this cause thatthe defendant, Il. 4, Brown
Is 9 non resident Of the State Of Tennessee;
II 10 therefore ordered that he make his ap-
Of Memphis, Tenn. on or before The frst Mnn'
Day IN December, 1877, and plead, answer or
demur, to the original and amended bills
Med herein by said Lea and OverIon.
OF The same will. be taken for confessed
asto him and set for hearing ex parte; and
that a copy of this order be published once n
Ledger.
This 18th day Of October, 1877.
A copy-Attest:
By r. J. BLACK, D. @. and M.
Estes q Elicit. and W. W. Goodwin, s,lic-
ltOIe IOI complainant. 6O.5S62-6S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

THE French government has taken it
for granted that the United States will
make a creditable show in the great ex
hibition of 1878, and has set aside for us,
unasked, a floor space in the main build.
ing of II, $50 squere feet, which will also
offer a wall space Of nearly 100, 900
square feet and has added the assurance
that we can have as much room in the
agricultural and manufacturing depart.
ments as we may desire or can gil. Still
further, the commission has Fixed no
time limit for the admission Of goods
from this country. a very unusual cour-
tesy, and it will be possible to enter them
up to the very day of the opening, which
has been fixed for March /,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

A WASHINGTON special to the New
York Sun indicates that tie call which
President Hayes made upon Vice Presi
dent Wheeler was in reference to the
length Of the session, aud to make the
suggestion that the President woald pre-
fer a sho.-t session to any delay, for the
purpose Of Gcting.upon nominations. Iu
dealing with nominations, the purpose
Of the Republican senators seems to be
strengthening to require that all papers
and recommendations. i'd cases where
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

CAIRO, ILL, November 2. = Arrived
Q. W. Anderson, Evansville, IL p m; St
Genevieve, St. Louis, midnight; Grand
Lake, St. Louis, 10 AM Golden City,
Cincinnati, TO- Departed Anderson,
Evansville, 2 a m; St. Genevieve, Mem.
phis, 3 Cloudy and cool.
CINCINNATI, November 2-Riyer fall
ing. Cloudy, cool and windy.
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Trustees Sale,

ON NOVEMBER 10. 1877, AT Il O'CLOCK
M, l will, as Trustee, in front Of my
once. No; BM Madison street, Memphis,
Ienn.s sell at public sale to the highest bid
der. for cash, that lot of land in Shelby
Lot, No. 4. in block 81, Fort Pickering. stu.
ated at the southeast intersection of Jackson
and Seventh streets, having a front on the
south side Of jackson street of 56N feet. WITH
uniform width touthwardly to an alley, and %
front on the east side Of Seventh street OF
ne ieet The right OF redemption is waived,
only as Trustee.
31-ss ]. M. GREGORY, Trustee.
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judged from the official returns compiled
and published by the secretary of state.
as follows: The total number of votes
for governor was 5000, which is a fall,
ing of from the total vote for secretary
Of state in 1876 of 1888, and from the
vote for President in 1876 Of lOs.5SS.
The following is the vote for the various
officers, with the plurality of the success.
full candidates, the several tickets being
given in order as follows: Democratic,
Republican, WOrkingmen, Prohibition.
lists, and the Greenbsok and Working,
mems fusion ticket. For governor,
Bishop received 21l,625; West, 249, los;
Bond, l2,4S9; Thompson, 1886; johnson,
1872 scattering, 6S. Bishops plulal
ity over West, 2S.520.
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9Th Day Of December, 1877,

in front of the courthouse door, In the city of
Memphis. at u o'clock M, proceed TO sell to
the highest bidder. for cash, the following
described property:
A part of a tract Of land formerly owned BY
James q. Jones, lying in the Twelfth civil
district, IN range u, sections ! and 2, beginning
at the sou, beast corner of q 600-acre tract,
part Of a 5000. acre tract, which said GOO acres
was conveyed by John P. Hickman and Edwin
Hickman IA. s. and b. Kimbrough, By deed
dated July %. 1929; thence west N chains and
AZ links. q stake on the east line Of patler-
sons lOOO; acre subdivision thence north 20
chains and 81 links. a stake 10 the state Line
road, S1S links north Of a sweet-gum marked
ki thence south 63Ho, east % chains and q
links with the center Of said road thence
south " east 20 chains and so links. a stake;
thence south 81 east 81 chains, a stake;
thence east A chains and 80 links, a stake;
thence south s chains and 80 links to the be-
ginning containing by tho original deed 4l5K
acres. The a. owe land has been subdiyided
by Sarah W Jones into lots, which kaid plain
is of record in the Registers efice Of Shelby
county, Tenn, In Plat Book |, page 33. l will
sell, by viz tue Of said deed to me executed, lots
z. Ri E, 2, s,9 10, ll,l2, 10, IA and ID of said
Twill reIl all the risht. title and interest.
both legal and equitable, Of Sarah w. aud
Felix M. Jones In and to said property. All
equity Of redemption is waived In the deed By
the grant0rs. The title is believed TO be good,
but | will sell and convey as Trustee only.
81 s. fI. hnllf Il. NJ, HEARN, Trustee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

The people of the United States are
asking, who is Welsh, the newly-appoint-
ed minister to Englaud2 Well, Welsh is
a scventy.two-year old Philadelphian, q
West India trader and importer; was
president of the Centennial Board Of
Finance; is a prominent member of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and is a
Republican in political faith. In fact,
SO far as political prominence, states.
manship and diplomatic experience, he
is nobody.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

WASHINGTON, November 2-For Ten.
nessee, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys
cloudy weather, colder northwesterly
winds and rising barometer.
For the lower Missouri valley clear or
partly cloudy weather, colder northwest
erly winds and stationary or higher
pressure. %
The rivers will remain nearly station.
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Thursday, November %. 1s77.

the real estate mentioned in said decree. situ-
ave IN the northwestern part Of Shelby county.
ana described as follows;
ASH W.; thence north rs poles 10 a stake
.nenoe north 75o east l7.9 poles to 4 stake.
thence north 5k0 west 1874 poles ri Links 70 n
stake; whence east Sc north IL poles 10 link
is a gum marked p M" thence west 81
Loutp % poles 20z%4 links to a stake thence
north $40 west $50 poles to a stake on the
north boundary line thence with said limo
wet 81 south 1905 poles to a tta ke; whence
80 INKS Is an ash marked "R W." theme
south i ~ east, 1873 poles to a stake; whence
west "a links is a white walnut marked "P,tS
thence east "a north 97% poles to a stake:
whence west 30 north is an ash "LA:'s
thence south So east l64A poles to a stake,
whence south 89o east IS links is a syeamors
III; thence east IL o. west 79N poles To the
beginning containing $780, p a,Tes. and heinz
the same tract Of land conveyed by +. M
Cash to j. y. Thweatt on let day of January
1906; By deed of that date registered in the
Register's Off % Of Shelby county, Record
Book No. Y, part l. pages 1853 and IH.
Ierms OF ~sale-cash. Equity of redemption
barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
kortrecht x Craft, Solicitors. 42-7i
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SPECIAL NOTICE
ANARn-

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay. loss Of manhood, etc., 1 will
send a receiptthat will cure 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. lSNAS. Station d, Bible House. NeO York
CITY. 36-xxvii.s5 AodAw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

Boss TWEED, who is a Judge Of politi.
clans, in response to the question put
to him by a New York reporter as 10 who
make the best politicians, replied, The
Irisb; but the Germans are learning very
fast to want Office. They are coloniziug
on New York from other States for that
object. Wien l was fresh in politics
here we saw very little of German lead
ers. Now they ale plentiful Mr. Tweed
added reaectively, 1t is very hard TO
make the Jews and Irish coalesce. The
Italian vote will one day be notable in
this city. There lie a good change for a
rising politician to court the Italian vote.
The Italian leaders are always at war
and vengeance of some kind, but an
American could set 10 there and handle
them"
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION,
TO Whom it MAY Concern.

THIS is to give notice that application will
J be made 70 the CLERK of the County Courc
Of shelby county, Tennessee, on the 20th Of
November. 1871. for the incorporation un Ter
the name Of bayesville, of the following ter
ritory lying and being in the county Of Shelby
and state oil Tennessee, tO-wit: BEGINNING
at a stake in the southeast corner cf j. III.
Goqne's field: thence north 90 west 81 chains
and 40 links to the Memphis and Louisville
railroad thence north 26Ho wfst 26 chains
and 6O links to a dead oak in Miss Anna
and 40 links to Captain Kenneth GaIrett'S
line; thence. south 90 east 81 cnains and 5
links 70 a ST Ike near the old Brownsville read
IN D. Il. Cody's field thence east 2lo north 30
chains and % links to the beginning.
VANCE x ANDERSON,
1913 55.0l Attorneys for Applicants.
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NC Jerome Pnrk Racen.

New YORK, November 2-noos A
heavy gale accompanied by rain pre-.
walls and in consequence the American
Jockey Club has pos.poned-until a day
to be yet n~amed-the races ~sppointe !
for tomorrow at Jerome Park.
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Fire.

sASDUsKY, ONO, November 2--Ths
Island House, at Kelly's Island. Jscob
Rush owner and proprietor, was totally
destroyed BY FIRE this morning. Loss
S3O,0OOi insured for $le. $500.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

The death of Oliver P. Morton, Of
Indiana, makes way for the appointment
of a Democratic United States senator.
The coming man is Dan W. Voorhees, OF
ex Governor Hendricks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

The Nashville Banner notices that of
the eighteen governors Tennessee has
had only FIVE are living. They are Neil
s. Brown, D. W. C. Center, lsham G..
Harris, John G. Brown and the present
incumbent, James D. Porter.
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M EMP HI@
Friday Evening, Nov. 2, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is IS per annaem for
Tie Daily, and 81 per Snnam for the
Weeky-PostGge tree.
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IEcAL
Trustees Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF a deed in trust executed to
ID me on the 18th day of July, 1874, on the
herein described land. and recorded in the
REGISTERS Office of Shelby county, in Book
No. l02, page 81. to secure certain indebted
ness therein mentioned, and the SAINT being
now past due and unpaid. now, /, the Trus-
tee, at the request of the beneficiary, will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

In Supreme Court at jackson,

James a; Anderson, Admir- de bonis NON OF
FIN. Cash, deceased. VS.. j. o. Thweatt.
Rf VIRTUE OF TaE DECREE PRO-
nessee at Jackson, in this cause. JnneSt is77
I will offer for sale to the highest bidder in
'front.' OF the courthouse of Shelby county in
the city of Memphis. on y'iA
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I'D R.-5S6.l
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

Chancery Court of Shelby County,. w. .Jef.
terson; admir- Of NJ. H. Kerr, deceased. Va.
Mary +. Kerr ct al.
by VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
y decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the 10th day of October, 1877, l will sell. at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
O. me Clerk and Masters office, court-house
building Main street. Memphis. TenA., on
saturday, November 10, 1877,
within legal hours, the following deseribed
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
to wit: '
In civil district Noe, about six miles north
east OF Memphis, and near McConnells old
mill, consisting Of two tracts-one tract CON
tainlng IS acres, and the other 26'5S acres.
said and is a part of the original NJ. A. Kerr
tract, and is the land on which said Moses ri
Kerr resided at the time of his death,
Terms of sale ne third cash; balance in
Twelve months; note with approved security.
bearing interest from date; lien retained. etc
This October 10. 1877.
.E.A COLE. C. and NJ.
BY \ j. BLACK, d. G. and NJ.
Smith q Collier. solicitors. 42-4S-5LeO
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Republican o~fice-holders have been re
moved before the close of their term anC
replaced by others, in some cases at the
South by Democrats, shall be laid before
the senate. If the views of some senA
tors are acted upon, it will be long before
any of the nominations. Ringing in any
way upon Louisiana, are disposed Of
They argue that a nomination like Gen.
Harlan's should not be acted upon until
the work which Harlan did on the Loui.
siana commission last spring is passed
upon by the senate. II his work is found
good, and spOford is seated, we'll; but if
otherwise, aud Kellogg is seated, a differ.
ent course mEst be pursued in the senate.
That malignant Radical organ, the
Philadelphia Bulletin, makes the follow
ing infamous attack upon the memory of
the late General Forrest:
The disposition Of the newspapers in
speaking Of the death Of the rebel Gen.
N. B, Forrest, seems to be to allude only
to the least discreditable incidents of his
career. There is, however, no reason
that we know Of why such a man should
be treated with special kindness because
he is dead. Forrest perpstrated one gi-
gantic crime which ought 10 be remem.
bered in history as one of the. most infa-
nous recorded in the annals Of the
world. The massacre Of Fort Pillow was
his work, done under his authority by
the men of his command. The broad
fact OF hat event is that nearly two
hundred and fifty negro soldiers who had
surrendered under a promise of pro.
lection, in accordance with the rules of
civilized warfare, we're butchered in cold
blood as soon as their arms we're out OF
their hands. No excuse that has ever
been devised can obscure the lmtsmy OF
this deed. No atonement a be made
for it, and no man lives who can lessen
The ensrmity of the cruel treachery which
hurried defenceless men and even women
aud children TO a pitiless and brutal
death. Forrest was a murderer in the
deepest and darkest sense of that word
The mighty m~egnAuimiV Of this gov
srrment permitted him to go UNPUBLISHED
lere. But he has now gone up before
! tribunal whose %prerogative is justice,
Tot less than mercy, and to it he will
70 give an account of one Of the
'lackest crimes that ever disgraced hu
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

In a late letter to the New York Trib.
D Mr.. E. V. Smalley speaks of East
Tennessee as "a little oasis Of Union
men,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-02

How the Democracy of Ohio swept the
State at the late election can best BE-