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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07
THE BULLY

Ex-G Governor Wells, Of the Lou.
isiana returning 10, I'd, being
brought to bay by ths house com.
mittee on the powers, privileges
and duties Of tie house, conducts
himself with an air cC bravado and
i~nsolence that will command mel.
Their respect, sympathy nor admira'
ton. Wells is a hardened old vii
lain, if there ever was one, and
cannot successfully play the role Of
injured innocence. As a martyr
he is not up to his part. 1t is
difficult matter to pass oil an old
mutton as spring lamb. If Wells
was a good, honest man he would
have sought vindicatiOn without
concealment, and stated the facts
without evasion on technical
grounds. He is already under con-
tempt of the house, and merits the
contempt Of every honest man
His manner was insolent and de-
FAINT yesterday, and he inSulted the
whole committee repeatedly. Rem
dered desperate by failing to sell
out the State of Louisiana for a
stipulated price, exposed and de-
spised, hotook the first opportunity
to display the qualities OF the
prize-fghter and BLACKBOARD. if
any considerable number Of people
ever suspected ann of a gentle
manly instinct, the idea is forever
dispelled. He could have asserted
his innocence in the nguage Of a
gentleman, if he had been one.
The country will see what a crea-
ture has been maintained in power
to decide a Presidential election,
and the Republican party must bear
the odium. lie has manifested a
coarse defiance Of law and decency
that must be rspulSiye to every fair
minded man in the country, re-
gardless Of party lines. His fiat
denials do not offset the testimony
of Littlefeld and Maddox, but
rather confirm it. An innocent
man, conscious Of the rectitude OF
his intentions, would not think it
necessary to take advantage Of
technicalities, evasions and subter-
fuges, Wells is simply an unmiti-
gated, unprincipled, unbluShing
scoundrel, despised alike by men OF
both parties. The committee is not
done with him yet.
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TRUSTEES SALE.
NOTICE.

ON THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 1877. AT
" the northwest corner of Maia and Madi-
son streets, Memphis. Tennessee, | will offer
for sale to the highest bidder. for cash, the
following described property, viz: Lying and
bsing in the county of Shelby, State of Ten
nessee, and within the city Of Memphis, de-
scribed as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at q point on the cast side of
Avery street, 200 feet south Of Vance street T:
thence 2s9 5-l2 feet east To a point / IN Allen
avenue; thence south 81 feet; theAce west
E9 5-l2 feet to said Avery street; thrnee north
~ feet to the place Of beginning. The same
being lot No. | of subdivision Of lots Nos. II
and II, in block No. AZ, South Memphis' AS
made by the County Court of Shelby county
in the partition case of Rebeooa Bledsoe ct al.
vs.. Mary A. Bledsoe ct al, and as appears
from the plat on file with thu Commissioner
report in said case, dated June rs, 1871, and
being.the property conveyed TO 7. 7. Wright,
as Trustee, BY Emma l.. Cacey and John W.
Cacey. on the 10Th day Of June, 1871, and re-
corded in the Registers office, Shelby county,
Ienny Book NO. 50, page s5S. The under
signed having been appointed Tyustee in place
Of L. L. Wright, deceased, by a aecree Of the
Chancery Court Of Shelby c.unty, on the Sd
day Of February, 1877.
la = W. II. MOORE, Trustee
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LEaAL.
A%ttachZnenf Notice.

Before j. II. Coleman. Justice of the Peaco
t0r shelby county, Tenn.-G. W. Hinton va.
Thomas Manson.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT 9HhV-
! Jug been sued out under section 1856 of tho
Uoue OF Tennessee, and returned levied upon
me property OF the defendant. and affidavit
having been mado that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum of forty-tive dollars
and seventy-hve cents, duo by account, and
that the claim is Just, and thai defendant ia a
Nonresident Of the State of Tennessee; 1t Is
therefore ordered that the said defendant
make his personal appearance before me on
tho Cd day Of March, 1877, at 10 o'clock
am. at NY office, No. 2i Front street, in the
attachment suit within the time prescribed
by law or the same will b. proceeded with ex-
parto; and that = copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week for four consecutive wsekS
in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 9th day Of January. 1877.
l34-l40-l4O-lOO j. NJ. COLEMAN I u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

SENATOR F. B. RAGLAND intro
ducel a bill yesterday to equalize
the salaries of public officers, limit
ing the same to $4,000 as a maxi
mum. Some such a law is perhaps
well enough, but as a matter of
justice to present incumbentS it
Should not take effect until the
expiration of the terms for which
officers have already been elected
Great reductions should not be
made suddenly or without due
notice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

Upon closer inspection We find
that the opinion Of the Supreme
Court affecting railroads only de-
clares one section of the act in
question unconstitutional. All rail-
road property, real, personal and
mixed, has been liable to the same
taxation that county aud munich
pal, or other property, since the
passage Of the act March 20, 1875,
unless Exempted by their charters.
They are not entitled to a rebate,
but the amounts already paid in
will no doubt be credited to the
roads as part of the tax due the
State. The American Of yesterday
says
Mr.. Wilson, Of Sumner, introduced a
OIL In the mouse yesterday declaring the
mode and manner IF %valuiDg the prop
erty Of railroad companies 10 this State
for taxation. This bill was introduced
in view Of the decision Of the Supres I'M
Court, ~proRouucing the llih section o.
the act Of March 20, 1915, to be uncon
stitutional aud void. This llth section pro
vided that railroad companies might pay
II per cent. Of their gross earnings int
the State treasury, and that ibis should
be in lien Of all other taxes. The bill 0
OF Mr, Wilson allows the frat ten sec
tions OF the act Of March 20. 1875, will
some slight alterations, to stand. ThesI
ten sections and the bill Of Mr.. Wilson
simply provide for the taxation of rail
r,ads, as railroads, according to thei
value, and also designate the methods b
which this value shall be ascertained
The bill also provides that the railroad
which have accepted the provisions @
the llth section Of the act Of March e
1875, aud paid moyey into the treasur
Of the State. shalt be credited BY tn
amounts 80 paid upoa the amounts a.
sessec under this IN.
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Betrayal OF Confidence on the Part
of Iny GOuld's BrOksr-A suit for
Damages.

INV YoRK, February THE Tribune
says there is a story in, circulation that
Jay Gould has discovered that's. NJ. Mills
L Co, his former confidential brokers,
we're using their knowledge of his as
serted position in being short Of West
ern Union for a large amount Of stock
to form a pool to buy the stock, by
which he was forced to cover" at 3
heavy loss, and that consequently he
has brought or is about to bring suit to
recover damages for the alleged con-
spiracy against him byS. NJ. Mills 4 Co.
The amount sought to be recovered by
the proposed suit wss stated at three
hundred thousand dollars.
The Herald alludes to the rumors Of
important lawsuits of which Mr., Keap,
Of San Francisco, was TO be a victim,
because in some way he had managed
to unload twenty thousand shares Of
Western Union on the street at 70 to 773
Regarding the reports that a wealthy
Californian named Cohen recently
opened negotiations with the Western
Union Telegraph Company for the pur-
chase Of the control of the Atlantic and
Pacific line, Offering to secure 1000
shares at twenty Eve dollars a share, and
that a prominent broker had signed a
contract and agreed to deliver $1,000
shares at the stated price, aud to give a
majority Of the directory at the consum.
nation Of the agreement, President
Orion says an offer of Atlantic and
Pacific stock had been made but not ac-
cepted on the proffered terms. BE
would not say, if the figures had been.
lower, what the Western Union Company
would have done.
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River TeIoErnms.

CIScIsSATI, February THE river is
81 feet aud rising. Clear and pleasant.
CAIRO, January ARRIVED 7Mau le,
VickSburg, 5 am st. Joseph, St. Louis,
IL. Depsrted-Grand Lake, New OF.
leans, 8 IN !; Jos Kinney, Ylsksburg,
To- Coal Hill. Ohio, IL; John Gilmore,
Ohio, 8 m. Ike Hammill and Barnard,
st. Louis, 8; Ed Hobbs, St. Louis, 8;
Maude. Sc Louis. IL. Feir and cool
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sOuTH oAROLLSA.
Injunction Against Uardozo and
b Banks.

NEw YoRK, February IA dispatch
from Columbia saysthat in the cass Of
William 81. Wallace. speaker OF the
Democratic hOuse Of representatives ct
al. VS.. the Carolina National Bank aud
other State repositories and J. H. Car
dozo, Republican State treasurer, asking
an injunction restraining the bank from
paying any money upon checks drawn
by Cardozo as treasurer, Judge Car
pentsr, whocA few days ago held that
Chamberlain was legally governor, hold
ing over until his successor qualified,
filed his decision continuing the injane-
ton against Cardozo and the banks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

The cotton crop in India is
greatly damaged by storms and
rains, as will be seen by our com.
mercial dispatches. AS a conse-
quence there may be a greater de-
mand for American cotton and
firmer prices.
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Now THAT it suits their purpose;
the Radicals are strenuous advo-
Gates of States rights. In the
Rhode Island house of represents
tives yesterday resolutions were in.
troduced and ordered printed pro-
testing that the recent arrest and
Imprisonment of the members Of
the Louisiana returning board by
authority Of the national house o.
representatives was a gross violation
of the reserved rights Of States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

The Court Of E%xchequer, Of
London, has affirmed the decision
of the Huddersfeld magistrates
conVicting DR.. Monck, the spirit
ualist medium, under the vagrant
act, and sentencing him to three
months Imprisonment.
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CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous Lweakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc. / will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE This great remedy was discovered
BY a missionary In South Amefica. send q
self. addressed envelope 70 tho Rev. JosKPH
4. IEKAS. Station d, Bible HouSe, New York
City. lzs-xxiv l2sdtW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

Sir Augustus PaGet, English Ambas-
ssdor At Rome, bad bis arm dislocated
recently BY q fall from his horse while
husting on the CampaSns,
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The Jewish Restoration.

London Spectator.l
A curious rumor is aloat, fol-
which We do not youch, that the
porte, IN his eagerness for money,
has offered to sell the Hereditary
Pashalic Of the Holy Land to any
candidate accepted by the Jews in
return for a loan. The transaction
would be one of the most singular
in history, but it is not beyond the
range Of possibility. Palestine
needs nothing but irrigation and
trees, and, though the Jews dislik,
agriculture, fellaheen sufficient
might be attracted from Egypt
The restoration of the Jews. Will
Lord Beaconsfeld for first king
would be an incident romantic
enough to satisfy even the imagina
ton Of the author of "Alroy."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

NASHVILLE having made the ex-
pertinent once or twice, viii not
attempt to celebrate Mardi. Gras
this year on q large scale. There
will be one small ball.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

WHIPS, the murderer of Stock.
ton, at the Willard Hotel, in Louis
vile, Kentucky, has been admitted
to bail in the sum Of $1,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

WELLS wants to know whether
be is a peer or a yassal. Neither,
exactly; but he is an awful rascal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

BUFFALO. February 7.-Jno. C. Jewett
& Sons tin and japan ware factory was
d .maged by Ere last night to the amount
Of $95, 900. Insured,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

The Cincinnati Commercial says:
1T is an open secret that Tilden's
hope Of success is built upon the
throwing out of the disputed vote
in Oregon. The States are to be
called alphabetically, and it is the
Tilden strategy to make such a
showing and secure such decisions
in the Florida and Louisiana cases
that when the commissioners come
to Oregon their own presidents
viii compel them either to count
the Cronin vote (Tilden) or throw
it ont altogether, which, with Lou
isiara and Florida for Hayes, would
make the vote stand; Hayes lS4,
Tilden 1S4-Ao election and the
house elects"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07
ELECTION.
%ELEOTION NOrICE.

UHE ANNUAL MEtTING OF THE
i stockholders Of the Memphis Gas lignt
Company will be held at the ofioe Of the Com
pany, HMadison street, Memphis, Tenn on
Thursday. March let, to elect seven ~ direc-
tors IN serve the Company the ensuing year.
Election from 10 IN. 10 2 p,m.
JOSEPH CRAIG, Sec'y.
Febrnnrr |. 1877. 1915
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

New YoRK. February John 0. Ma
honey. the well known Fenian leader,
diei last evening at his residence in this
ofv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is IS per dnnum for
Ms Daily, and 81 per snnSm for the
Weekly-POstage free
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

TIE fall and punishment Of
Midhat Pasha, the minister OF the
sultan, who has been prominent in
the great conference at Constanti-
nople, is one Of the.Striking incl
dents of the great game being
played in the East, so difficult to
understand at this great distance.
lie was summoned to the palace,
and suspecting nothing went, and
was confronted with his own letters
planning for the abdication of the
sultan. He asked for mercy and
was permitted by a counsel Of min
listers to leave the country, instead
of being arraigned for high treason.
His fall, it is announced, will check
NJ reforms. This is the official
Turkish account. We may hear
another version of the story. The
deposed prime minister is fortunate
to escape with his life.
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tracted general attention and
been most favorably men,
toned in the press dispatches and
the leadingpapers North and South.
We may reasonably expect such a
crowd as has never before been seen
in Memphis. Unusual preparations
are making on every hand to accom-
MEDIATE and entertain the vast
throng, and the verdict of all who
come is likely to be that Memphis
is the Invest place in the United
States
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COTTON SEED.
6EEnT

0NANp AFTER THIS DATE THE MEM
AN pms t SS't soa SEED Association viii pay nine
ooiddaas VIZ, tor tO0D SOUND SEED delivo.
0''u ~ wharf, OF railroad depot IN Memphis,
see'y and Treas'T Y oSeeMIs
hEHPHIs' February 2, M, w. nn4isS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

They are as sick that surfeit too much
~ they that stsrVs With nothing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07

Where there is mystery it is generally
supposed there mast also be mischief.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-07
s,scial TeIsgrlphIc Cor. Comic. JournaI.l

Special Telsgraphic Cor. Courier Journal
WASHINGTON, February 5.-The test
mony Of Casauave aud Wells drew q
large crowd 70 the committee-room to.
day. Casanave developed an extraordi-
nary amount Of stupidity and ignorance.
Wells was a much sharper witness, but
his cunning was not IS good a shield as
The Negroes impaSsive idiocy. When Mr..
Field began bis cross.exsmiuation, Wells
hsred up, assumed a bullying tone, and
his whole manner indicated that he was
about to make a murderous assault upon
Mr.. Field. For this or any like proee.
dure, be had come we'll prepared. he
was really a walking arsenal, hav.
log on him one or two Fevolvers,
a knife and a rihed cane. The bullyiHg
game. however, did not avail him, and
Mr.. Field pursued him with n long and
rigid examination Of his famous secret
letter to West. Never in the history Of
courts was there such an exhibition as
his replies 10 these questions. The gen.
eral opinion in the room was that his
testimony to-day. in this portion es.
pecially. was a tissue Of impudent per.
jury. The attention OF the ~sergeantat.
arms has been drawn TO the fact OF
Wells coming int the examination.
room with concealed wearous on Bis
person, aud orders have been given 70
take them from him unless he gives them
up on demand. fE T.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-07-26

THE Repository denies that its Voltaire
man wrote its article Of two weeks ago,
entitled, "Stand by the President" Well,
don't the Hayes POstofice organ stand
by the President?" And don't Louis
Schaefer also "stand by the President" ?"
Don't his letter published in the State
Journal of Columbus, the leading Hayes
organ of the State, proveit also2 In fact
the Voltare man openly avows his sup
port Of Hayes'and fraud.
Now, we knew the Rep, would indig-
nantly deny-but deny is not disproof
Some weeks ago the Repository had la
bored article showing both political par
ties "were together upon all the leading
political questions of the day" and then
sagely asked "What are we to quarrel
about this fall?" We promptly relieved
the troubled soul Of our neighbor, by re-
spending, "Fraudulent Hayes"
"Fraud,tlent Hayes" then is the issue, and
on that the Democracy are fornenst the
Repository and its Lou Schaefer editorial
gang. We know the gang, and they shall
not escape us by running up or down or
across an alley.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-07-26
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION.

Our State Convention at Columbus
yesterday "wednesday did a good work,
giving us a sensible and judicious plat
form, and a ticket composed of worthy
and capable gentlemen.
The proceedings and platform we shall
give next week. The ticket will be found
in this paper, and it will be seen is iu-
diciously distributed over the State.
Mr.. Bishop, our candidate for Cover
nor, isR prominent business man of Gin
cinnati, who has served in the Sena Of
the State from Hamilton county. Was
member of the late Constitutional Con-
vention; twice Mayor of Cincinnati, and
President of the board of Aldermen.
General Fitch for Lieutenant.G Cover
nor, is a prominent gentleman of Cleve-
land, for many years leading Democrat
Of the State.
Judge 0key, for Supreme Judge, now
resides in Columbus, and is we'll and fa-
vorably known as an eminent lawyer.
Judge Isaiah Pillars, of Lima, Allen
county, the nominee for Attorney Cen
eral, is a gentleman who stands high in
the legal profession.
Mr.. r. Tanning, the accomplished dep
uty clerk of tie Supreme Court, is gen.
tleman eminently qualified for the posi-
ton TO which he is nominated
Anthony Howells, Esq, of Massillon,
was nominated on the second ballot for
Treasurer ofState. Mr.. Howells is good
business man, and if elected, which is
the calculation with the whole ticket, he
will make a popular gentleman for the
position, and safe custodian Of the State
funds. We know that the nomination
of Mr.. Howells will not impair the pop
ularity of the ticket.
Professor j. j. Burns, of st. Clairsville,
was placed in nomination for School
Commissioner Mr.. Burns stands high
as a successful teacher.
Mr.. Martin Schilder was elected three
years ago to the Board of Public Works,
and is our candidate for reelection, He
resides in Chillicothe, and is the right
man to continue in his present position.
We repeat, that our State Convention
did noble work yesterday, all which,
the hope and expectation is, the people
of the State will endorse with their deCi
ded verdict at the polls in October next.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-07-26

CHICAGO, July 24.-The strike of rail-
road hands has become general in Chi
cago. 1t was inaugurated last night, as
reported in dispatches, by a strike among
the switchmen on the Michigan Central
Railroad, and this morning the entire
force of the road joined them. These
men who claim that by the arrogance,
unkindness and penuriousness of the
management they have virtually been
forced into the strike, gathered in force
this morning, visited the other railroad
men in the city, and induced them all,
with the exception of the Northwestern
Railroad to strike. Consequently, at this
hour, none but passenger trains are on
the road, all others being laid up.
COMPELLED TO QUIT.
The mob which closed the workshops
of the railroads this morning continued
its labors during the afternoon, busying
itself with closing up the manufactures
and shops which lay in their way. The
proprietors offered no objection, it being
generally understood that the men would
return and 90 to work whenever deemed
advisable. All the railroad shops, in
Guiding the Northwestern, have been
closed, and the strikers are merely en-
gagged now in stopping freights. AS yet
no passenger, mail or express trains have
been interfered with. Among the estab-
lishments closed up are the workshops of
the Michigan Central, Illinois Central,
Chicago and Alton, Northwestern, Mil
waukee and ST.. Paul, Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific, Lake Shore and Michigan South.
era railroads. All the men connected
with the freighting business on these
have either quit voluntarily or through
compulsion. Besides, the rabble visited
and caused the suspension of operations
at Campbell Bros mill, Boldenwick &
Henne's stoneyard, Palmer q Fuller's
sash, blind and door factory and many
Others. The Mayors Secretary is this
afternoon swearing in special police in
great numbers.
The Mayor issued a proclamation this
afternoon, reCiting the state of affairs and
calling on citizens to aid in enforcing the
law and suppressing riot, and to that end
recommending patrols in the various
neighborhoods, and that women and
children keep off the streets. He adds:
The city government has made ample
preparations for the protection Of proper
ty and life. It is known that the Twen-
ty-second regiment U. s. /. is en- route
from Dakotah and will arrive to-mor-
row. These are the the only men COM
ing 10 Chicago from outside, and they
are only sent here on their way to the
East, where they properly belong. 1t
was rumored at 5p. M, that all street
cars will be compelled to stop running.
Springfield, July 24.--Gov. Cullom TO-
day issued a proclamation in which, af-
ter reciting that troubles are occurring in
certain States, he calls on the people to
aid In maintaining peace, enjoins vigil
ance upon Mayors, Sheriffs and others in
authority in suppressing violence, and
declares all these questions to be regulR-
ted BY ballots instead Of by mobs.