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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-18
MASONIC.
x. OF III.

Memphis Lodge, No 1876, K. of H.
THERE WILL BE A REGULAR MEET
L ing of this Lodge this tMONDAY even
ing at PM, at Natoma Temple Hall. No.
rs, Second street, for the election Of officers
ior next term, and transaction of regular
quested to be present.
@. j. TUCKER, R.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-18
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

pYv VIRTUE OF ATRUST DEED DATED
- February 4, 1871, to M. l.. Bacon, trustee,
registered. in Book 49,, pace l3l, Registers
Office Of Shelby county, l will. 0 M
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
Foreign News.

The protocol between the United States aud
Spain for The protection Ct the rights Of c;ti
Ems cf either country residing in the other,
signed by Minister Cushing and the Spanish
Secretary Of State, Senior Don Fernando CaId-
croo. o.; :hc lTth OF January, lSII7T. hes lust
been made public. 1t provides for giving trials
in cases C! treason, not accompanied BY lorctIe
resistance TO the government, aud otherwise at.
fnrls full guarantee that the citizens OF the
United States DOW residing 10 Cuba will enjoy
the same rights at law that they obtain in their
own c0UCtry,
y dispatch from Cape Of Good Hope az
nounccs that TransVsal has been annexed 10
the British empire, despite the protest Of Pres.
ident Burgess. and that British troops have eE-
tered The territory.
The latest advccs FROM Panama bring the
startling intelligence that the Archbishop OF
Quito was poisoned on Good Friday while say.
iug mass By mcaus Of strychnine introduced
iut0 the vine used 10 the ceremony. There
vas great excitement and indignation over the
sacrege. The perpetrators have not been dis
covered An attempt was made to attribute 1t
to the Nlasons but there is no evidence to that
effect.
The Spanish Seuate clericaliSts have moved
an amendment to the address rcplylog to the
royal speech to the effect that the Government
should support the restoration Of the Pope
temporal power The Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs opposed it. He pointed out that i. did
not become Spain to Interfere with questions
not within her province and affecting alien na
ticns. The cIercalIsts subsequently, withdrew
the amendment, but requested the Government
to adopt the most suitable mca0s !Cr securing
the Pope complete aud real Independence
LONDON, May John Lse Il Sons, blanket
snulactureIS a. Earl Sheaton and Ossett, have
failed Their liabilities ere reported to be
$3.50, UO0. Between three hundred and four hun
dred operst!vc5 arc thrown out Of employment.
BRUSSELS, May IA fire broke out al four
O'Clock this morning in Metz Cathedral, caused
by illuminat;ons in honor OF the Empdror. At
five O clock the wood work OF tho roof was in
flames. The Emperor, the Crown Prince and
Count Won Moltke, who are visiting Metz, and
also the. Bishop OF Metz. were on the spot super
the eyerto,s to o1tlngulsh the cUntla'
grafton. Nothing but tho roof was burned, but
the interior was badly damaged by water
LONDON. May The Pail Mall Gazette this
afternoon says: I'VE understand that setting on
the advice CT Ear! Granville. Mr.. Gladstone will
the greater part OF his resolutions and
amend tie remainder with :. view TO sVoiting =
division eli tho Liberals,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
The Extra Session.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERLG "A pRQCI AMATIQN

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERZcA-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the final adjournment of the 44lh
Congress without making the several appro-
priations for tho support of the army for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred aud seventy. eight, presents 90 extra.
ordinary occasion requiring the President to
exercise tho power vested in him by the Con.
stitution to convene the Houses of Congress
in anticipation of:lhe day fixed by law for their
ext meeting.
Now, therefore. |. Rutherford B. Hayes,
President Of the United States. do. by virtue
of the power to this end 10 me vested by the
Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress
to assemble at their respective chambers at
twelve o'clock, noon, on Monday, the fifteenth
day of October next, then and there to consider
aud determine such measures as, 10 their wis
dom, their duty and the welfare Of the people
may seem TO- demand.
In witness whereof | have hereuuto set my
hand and caused the seal OF the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington, this fifth day
of May, n the year Of our Lord 1877,
IL. s. and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred
and first. r. B. HAYES.
By the President:
WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs.
Secretary of State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07

Since the postponement Of the meeting Of
the extra session of Congress it has been de-.
termined to delay foreign appointments no
longer. and so ex.Gov. Noyes, of Ohio, for the
French mission; Representative Kassoo. of
Iowa. for Spain, and MIR. Schneider, Of Hi
nois. for Switzerland, will probably soon have
their commissions Murat Halsted, for Tur.
key; Gen. Sheridan, Of louisiana, for the con-
solidated Central American mission, and Gen.
Burbridge, Of Kentucky, for Belgium. are
spoken Of and it is said that cx,Secretary Fish
can have the English mission if he desires it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
the country.

Threats are more apt to provoke than pre-
vent disturbances. They naturally arouse the
anger of those against whom they are uttered,
who,if they be brave men, arc strongly tempted
to try conclusions with their avowed enemies
the utterers, who they believe to be either
anxious for fray, or attempting to conceal the
oowardice Of asses undsr the skins Of lions.
Why Mr.. Hayes should deliberately place HIM
self upon one or the other horn of this dilemma
We can not conceive, but that be did do SO
when be said Saturday that ''the eolored man
should have his rights 10 every respect, and if
they were violated the people would tind that
he know his duty and would endsayor to per
form it," but few will doubt. Nobody with
sense enough to keep out OF the fire denies the
colored man his rights, and Mr.. Hayes's threat
Of the dire consequences that would result to
the yiolator OF those rights was therefore entirely
uncalled for. and while its object could only have
been to please the enemies of the South by
adopting the style Of braggart, it may lead
some indscreet person to an act,the commission
Of which would never have occurred to him but
for the purpose Of gratifying his curiosity as 10
the specific nature Of those dire consequences
Of which the President has 50 unnecessarily
warned him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
s,rofecfiOn o. Eisi, and tEaiit

At the late meeting Of the Virginia 3.''..'
ton fox the protection Of fish ~" R'".
held in Richmond. the following i':ea.a''. '~
resolutions were adopted -
Where the General Assembly Of if-'"''''' , =.
the session OF lSIG-771, cnactcda SER 10 :"
for the protection Of fish and canie "''i..' ~
limits Of this Commonwealth which, i! emu
will lead to the rerIenishmcn, o! oar s.',"
with fish and our forests, PLAIN, "1i "'s 10.
with game: aud whereas II l. enr!Hrh'J
able that public sentiment should o. e'I'...
10 support of the laws referred t.; '"o'y'I a..
Resozced by tie Virginia. fe@h ""' . ",.
Protective Assoclation. That al peF.l,@- !.
county of the State who appreciate ',T '"' q.
lance Of protecting fish aud gam WIFI ..c..
Jurisdiction OF this Commonwealth ~ -. -, g..
the enforcement Of laws having t!at o.3,,..I,.
view, be and arc hereby earnestly reg .-.,.
form couaty associations, WITH cah' 10 ~.
neighborhood, 10 order that tie e -.
PURPOSE Of said laws may b: luy H.!''
all the people and their cnto?o'" b. ''.'
for by systematic action. .....
Resolced FURTHER, That the c5H''! ,''.,...
tons which may be formed 10 uT-' ~ i',..,r .
Ioregoipc recommendations, and ." ~''''' t L..
gauzaions DOW existing, b: aaI .:''' a. %. ~.
invited to co operate ADD coTFesp''' "'''
Association.
4 family vas louaI dyins .; -'' ' . = ~ III.
tcrdaY in thicky settled ror;i'"''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
AcouittaI Of Col. Or iftendcu.

The arsumeDt in the trial Of &. T. Critten,
den, Doorkcepcr OF the Virginia House of
Delegates, charged With raising pay certificates
Of members, was concluded at + p. N. last Sat
urday and the case submitted to the jury. After
au absence Of less than ten minutes the jury re-
turned verdict Of Not guilty" The verdict
was received with vociferous applause by the
spectators. The Judge ordered no!le prose-
aui 10 the other Indictment against Crttend1u,
and he was discharged FROM custody.
The Richmond Wing, 10 alluding to the dis
linguiscd counsel employed 10 this case, says
"Amoog them were Gen. j. G. Field and
Hon. James Barbour, both of Culpeper, whose
able arguments and earnest appeals held the
eager attention Of the jury and the crowded
court room. The speeches of these dIstin-
guishcd gentlemen, potent as they Wcro 10 de-
fence of their Client were not less effective 10 de-
monstratiog the legaablty and terVd cloquence
of the bar which they SO we'll represent-a bar
heretofore long eminent 10 these charactcrl5-
tics
AN UNGALLANT HIGuWAYMAN. The Wash
ingon Critic OF Saturday says: 4 desperate
and villaioous attempt was made by negro
rufian named John Cant, yesterday: to bind
and rob Mrs Cox, ut the corner OF Ninth and
& streets northwest. The lady vas passing
along Ninth street, near the store Of l. G.
Coonbs l. Bro, holding 10 her hand pocket
book. Can't seized the hand. dashed red pep
per into the eyes Of Mrs. Cox, snatched her
pocket book, aud started to RUG, but was cap
lured and held by two young men standing by
MIR. |. &. Coombs, after relieving The lady's
sufferiogs she being btind from the pepper,
started out and carried Caut to the station,
where he Was licked up.
Friday afternoon while Miss Rcbccoa Myers,
of Richmond. was coming down stairs she fell,
and striking her head against the side Of the
wall was instantly killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
PUBLISHES DAILY AND TRlwEEKLY B
EDGAR SNOWDEN-
MONDAY EvENING. NAY y.

Such paragraphs as the following are con-
tipuaiy appearing in the radical press OF the
N orsb,. AID would BIO irritating were they not
such ridiculous evidences of the homage envy
pays to confessed superiority:
1.-THE sooner tho people south Of Mason and
Dixon's line get over their aversion to hard
work, resolve tc eschew false pride and begin
to earn &c honest living the better.
We don't suppose the people Of the South
have gotten over their aversion TO hard work,
for 90 people on the face Of the earth ever did,
or ever will do that--they wouldn't be human
if they could do it; but aversion or not, it
there are any men 10 the North who can put
10" O better days work in a corn field than
some A Ms Of the University Of Virginia,
and distinguished officers Of the old and Con-
tederate armies, whose hands before the war
were rs tender as infants, and who owoed hun
dreds of negroes, that:~e wot Of, and are will
ing to labor for such small wages, just let them
come down here, and We can assure them they
will not be long out Of employment. Neither can
the Southern people :'eschew false pride Dol
begin to earn an "hoDest living. for oil The pride
they, ever had was true, and they never made
any other than 40 honest living. No, the rea
difficulty 10 not the Incidence, pride or
dishonesty of the South, but the envy. haired,
malice. Baecbcrism, inGdelity, cunning and
barefaced robberies of the radical party. and
the sooner that party aud its Infamous code OF
ethics are put where they can do no further
harm the better it will be for every interest Of
the cnunfrQ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
Poisoned.

PORTSMOUTH, May 7:-Mrs. Laura Meal.
pine, Misses Daisy and Becky MoAlpine, aged
Is and II respectively. Misses Lydia and Sissie
Mayer and Thomas McComb, were poisoned at
breakfast Saturday morning on the plantation
of Mrs. Laura McAlpiue, near Kempsville,
Princess Ammo county. We. Arsenic or strych.
nine is believed to have been used. The con-
dtion Of the ladies was pronounced hopeless,
and they are believed to be dead ere now. Mr..
McComb will recover. 1t is not known whether
poisoning was accidental or intentional.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07

The seventeen year locusts have appeared 10
vast numbers, in Rensselaer, oouaty, New York,
early in the season. 10 1860 they did not come
until June, but they remained until autumn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
DIED.

DIED. 900 .
On Thursday morning, 22l }lafiiH!, ,, t,.,!
Capctown, South Africa, lLL' i,." .-:'l ~.
BLANCHE, the dear; loved, and oH'' S'.'..'
Rev, W. g. Webb, aged year,
Baltimore papers will pea-s s ,..,.,,-.- -'-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07

MIR. NJ. j. Wine, having obtained the office,
type, presses and fixtures of the Culpeper Oh.
server, will commence. about the 10th of May,
ut Culpeper, Va, the publication OF demo
cratic weekly newspaper, to be called the Pied
mont News
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07

ITALIAN LACE, EtgEg "n.' i y.,,.. =
i Medsllions and Leaves tGr '!' . ..-'s.;rE I.
Swiss Insertion, sli suitable '''
Collars, Bids. SC, &c, NJ .crsn.g s E&u ~
my
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07

4 family vas louaI dyins .; "a. la . 49,, 81.
lcrdaY in thick|y settled rorti'" ''
city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07
The Eastern War.

The following is Lord Dcrbys answer to
Gortschakoff's circular note. 1t is IN the torn
Of note from Lord Derby to Lord Lotus, the
british Ambassador at St. Petersburg
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-07

Friday afternoon while Miss Kcbccca Myers,
of Richmond. was coming down stairs she fell,
and striking her head against the side Of the
wall was instantly killed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15
Prominent Causes.

For twenty years ut least-and notably
during the last twelve years, since the
civil war cnded-cvery form of tinan-
cial immortality and blunder has fasten-
cd itself upon the railroad interest of
the United States. Consider the shame
less career of Jim Fisk, aided sometimes,
and sometimes thwartcd, by Jay Gould,
Daniel Drew, the Hartford and Erie
swindlerS, and the rest of that gang who
for some years controlled legislation in
New York and Massachusetts. Think
of the Pacific railroads. with their vet
untold story of fraud and corruption,
extending upwards and downwards in
all directions, under the shadow of the
Credit Mobilier. Remember Jay Cooke
and the Northern Pacific, the Vermont
Smiths and their yet unpunished pira-
cies; the unspeakable frauds in the
southern railroads under carpet-bag
sway; the matchless audacity and range
of Tom Scott and his coadjutors. All
this defiance of the laws of God and
man must bear its bitter fruit sooner or
later,-and much of it has been gather
ed III since the panic of 1873. So far as
pccuniary losses and crimes against
property are concerned, the whole mis-
chief done by the recent mobs is no
worse, probably, than what Fisk and
Gould did i'll their day of power on the
Erie railroad. As a man or class of
men SOW, 50 they shall also reap; these
railroad ~tinancicrs have been sowing
the wind, and reaping the whirlwind. If
the loss and harm fell upon them alone,
nobody could well pity them. Nor
are there any tramps, rioters or roughs
anywhere along their lines who deserve
condign punishment more than the
most reckless and fraudulent of the
railroad kings. They have taken
the place octhe old Shareholders as a ma
tiunal disgrace, and have involved us in
evils second only to those which slavery
fastened upon u.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15
4 Dismal

Company |, of the 9th New York regi-
ment, buried the remains of It's break
fast at West Albany the other day. The
filters were heard playing a funeral
dirge. what III the world j. hat
mournfnl sound made for" was the in
quiry by a visitor. "Oh, the boys are
burying something" said Gen. Carr
=" they are up To some sort of capers
most of the time Soon the process
sion was seen approaching Gen. Cars
headquarters with mournful . tread.
Flrst came two tifcrs playing the dirge
IN the most approved manner. They
were followed by the drummcrs, with
long faces, keeping time with the wind
instruments. Then came eight m n
with chimes. The chimes consisted of
huge car-links and bolts, which, be-
ing stuck together. produced-a noise.
Next followed the chaplain, the book
upon which his eyes were steadfastly
fixed being a pack Of cards, the three
of clubs exposed, the rest of the pack
being reversed. Then came the bier.
borne upon the shoulders of ten men.
1t was labelled, in black letters "Thc
Remains of the Breakfast of Company
/, 9th Regiment" The sides of the
bier were ornamcnted with immense
crackers, painted black, representing
morning rosettes. The bier contained
several halfbarrel tubs filled with scrap
ings of the kitchen. 1t was thanked
by soldiers with arms reversed. and
a squad in like order brought up the
rear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15

The foreign subscriptions to the
United States loan are regarded "a salts
factory, when it vas considered that
there is a Prussian loan on the London
market for eighteen millions, and that
the latter, paying the same rate of in
terest & per cent. is offered at > per
cent. below that of the United States. or
say at $3.50 per cent. This, of course,
Is running counter to the American loan,
and Is Il sharp competitor with 1t. Be
sides this, the Rothschilds would be apt
to push the Pralssian loan rather more
than that Of the United States, inasmuch
as there Is possibly a margin of q per
cent. profit in the former, that being
about the average commission on
European loans. The American loan,
therefore, has not the chance at present
that it would have, Or that it will have,
when It's German competitor Is out OF
the way. Rightly viewed, then IT Is re-
membered that the Prussian loan has
been m the market for a longer period
than the United States, and that 1t IL a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15
4 USE FOR THE MILITARY.
An Abominable Exposition for the De.
fhcing Western Scenery That Ought
To BE Suppressed.
New York World. August ,.

New York World. August ,.
A New York advertising sign COM
pany Is preparing a transcontinentaf
sign-board painting expedition to ira
verse the country from this city to Cali
fornia, by way of the Rocky Mountains,
for thepurpose of erecting and painting
signs on the plains, mountains, fences (:
and railroad tracks ON the route. The
party will number ten men, all practi-
cal painters, and will leave New York
OF Monday, to be absent six months.
They take with them all the material
requisite for their work and contracts
for proclaiming the merits of patent
medicines, tobaccos, and dry goods
from hilltop and dale, from every
farm, ranch, and stage station in the
far west to the very gates of the Pacific.
They expect To come in contact with
local advertising agents in many places,
but, armed with their contracts and
powerful III numbers, they profess to
have no fear of the result. As to the
Indians, Mr.. Allen says if they come
across any they hope to make them
valuable allies III carrying their advcr-
Using war into the mountain Businesses
never yet penetrated 10y white men.
This is the first expedition Of the kind
even started, and if ii proves successful,
1t is proposed to have an annual sign
board advertising tour throughout the
country. AS one of the company said,
there Is no law against dofacing natural
scenery outside of New York State, SO
the whole boundloss continent is ours,
and there is millions in it," Besides II
guide and a designing artist, who are to
60 on ahead, there will be two patent
brass canvasScIs, and all will be armed
to secure themselves from violence. In
some places, where they are required
by contracts to visit, there are no rail
roads or stages, and it will be necessary
to do Il great deal of travelling on foot
and on horseback to reach them.
The expedition will 90 out on IL
route and return IN another, SO rs to
cover the greatest possible space, and
by winter it is expected that there will
not be an eligible mountain peak or
prairie lot from Main to the Pacific that
will not proclaim the virtues of some
noStrum or the value of some merchant
able article.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15

tended for the purpose of thoroughly
acquainting the Government with all
that occurred at my interviews with
General Ord.
On the return of the Commissioner
whom, in compliance with orders from
your department communicated on the
18th instant, | send to that General, |
will report the result.
Liberty in the Constitution.
G.. TREvINo.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15

a GENTLEMAN connected with a lead
ing bank in New York City and a mem
Der of the Clearing House has made m
estimate of the losses occasioned by the
strike, which is perhaps as nearly nc
curatc rs any that can be obtained.
These losses are estimated on the latest
returns of the different roads, and in
cludc porishablc articles DESTROYED and
contracts annulled, destruction Of oil
and other valuable freight, cattle and
other live stock killed, for which the
taxpayers will not be responsible. The
losses, as given in the New York cores
pondcnce Of the Boston Traveller, are as
follows: Baltimore e Ohio, So, $50 1000;
Pennsylvania Central, Sl,5OO,OU; Chi.
cago 4 Fort Wayne, 81 100000; New
York Central, $2,600,0O0; Erie, $1,000
600; Lake Shore, $2,75O,000; Michigan
Central, 81 100000; Canada Southern,
S750,OoO; Delaware, Lackawana Il
Western, S2,0O0,O00; Delaware e Ilud-
son, 81 100000; Jersey Central, $780,
600; Rock Island, $1,000, 900. But going
beyond these items and looking mt the
loss caused by the suspension of traffic,
we find the figures swclled enormously.
The loss 20 business men throughout
the disturbed states is put mt ST., UO0,-
600. The destruction of rolling-stock
and other property which must be paid
for by the taxpayers, is estimated, all
told, at S20,OO0,OOO The entire csti-
mated loss from all sources is placed nj
no less than $60,000,00O. And enor-
nous rs this sum seems, it has been
reached 10y highly competent authorities.
Thus, then, this immense amount of
value has been destroyed by the strik-
ers, and there is so much less left in the
hands of those who directly and indi-
rectly give employment to large mum
bers OF w~orkingmcn to pay them with.
Has it not, indeed, been Il most disas-
trous experimentation Evening Jour
nal.