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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05
rHE LAND OF DREAMS.

A mighty realm is the land of drcams
 With steeps that hang in the twilight sky, And weltering oceans and trailing streams, That gieam here the dusky valleys He. But over its shadowy border flow
 Sweet rays from the world of endless morn, And the nearer mountains catch the glow, And flowers in the nearer fields are born. The souls of the happy dead repair From their bowers of light to that border land, And walk in the fainter glory there,
 With the soul, of the living, hand in hand. One calm, sweet smile, in that shadowy sphere From eyes that open on earth no more One warning word from voice once dear, How they rise in the memory OCT and OCT. Far of from those hills that shine with day And fields that bloom in the heavenly gales, The Land of Dreams goes stretching away To dinner mountains and darker wales. There lie the chambers of guilty delight, There walk the specters of guilty fear. And soft, low voices that float through the night Arc whispering tin in the hopeless ear. Dear maid, in thy sirlhoods opening flowers, Scarce weaned from the love of childish play; The tears on whose cheek are but the sh0werB That freshen the early bloom of May Thine eyes are closed, and over thy brow Pass thoughtful shadows and joyous gleams, And know, by thy moving lips, that now Thy spirit strays In the Land of Dreams. Oh keep where that oeam of paradise falls And only wonder where thou insyst meet The blessed ones from Its shining walls. So shalt thou come from the Land of Dreams With love and peace to this world of strife; And the light which over the border streams Shall lie on the path of thy daily life.
 = Ipiuidm Cullen Bryaai.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05

ton. It is greater than the temporal power of all the monarchs put together.
 A dispatch from St. Petersburg con- troverts the views of the English press rela- tive to the protocol. It says the protocol presupposes the conclusion of peace with Montenegro and the demobilization of the Turkish forces. The conviction still pre-. vails in St. Petersburg hat, if the powers unanimously hold decided language, they will obtain the acceptance of their demands by the porte, and the peace of Europe will be maintained. One thing is inadmissable, viz, that Europe should compromise herself a second time by failure to achieve a result
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05
A Novel Idea in House Decoration
 and Protection from fire.

Last evening, about four o'clock, the eyes of hundreds of persons on the streets were directed toward the top of the spire of the new Catholic church, where was seen fountain spouting numerous jets high in the air.
 A large iron pipe is carried up through the steeple and up the large cross sur mounting the same. The pipe then takes the form of the cross, behind which it is hidden, and from holes perforated at proper intervals the jets are sent up. From the top of the cross and from the end of each arm large streams ascend to the height ofabout twenty. five feet, and between these are thrown up great number of smallor jets.
 The height 0f&he top of the cross from the ground is one hundred and seventy feet, and last evening, the air being calm, the numerous jets spread out in shape of fan. The rays of the declin- ing sun fell upon the jets and spray at just the proper angle to light up and bring out the whole in a beautiful rose ate glow, which surrounded the top of the cross like glory.
 This novel fountain was not construct ed for mere ornament. It is intended for use in case of breaking out of large fire as protection to the spire and roof of the church. It is but the work of a moment to turn on the water and drench the spire. The height to which the water is thrown above the cross shows the great force of the waterworks of the city.
 It has been suggested that other large buildings in the town might be cheaply protected from fire by having large per forated pipes laid along the apex of their roofs, as, by simply turning cock on the ground floor, a perfect sheet of water might be poured down both sides of roof.- Virginia Nev.) Enterprise.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05
IT lu F EAST.

The proposition to amend the consti- tuition of Rhode Island, so as to allow women to vote when taxed, has been de. feated by vote of ninety to twenty-five.
 Owing to the Grand lodge of Good Templars of Massachusetts excluding colored men from;membership dissatisfied members are moving to establish new lodge.
 A dispatch from Troy, N. r., reports that the National bank, of Cloversville, closed last week. Two-thirds of it's capital. sl50,0O0, is tied up.
 Alfred Pickarded, of New York, in fit of jealousy, bound his wife to the chair in which she was sleeping, and then cruelty disfgured her face by the free application of vitriol.
 No more suits against Wm. M. Tweed will be brought to trial. Tweed is to be re- leased from custody in Jew days. The suit against Sweeny is to be arranged, and a settlement for Connolly is expected. The city of New York, it is thought, will receive, Tn settlement with the members of the ring, not more than si,0O0,0OO.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

The new secretary of the navy having been informed that there were buoys be- longing to his department in New York harbor, immediately issued an order com manding them to report to their ships with out delay. "Discipline is discipline, says the old salt, if I have to skin every boy in the navy. ."-Hackeye
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05

A poRTLY Teuton in Wilkesbarre fills the twofold position of saloon, keeper on week days and organist ot a church on Sundays. A short time ago he had been ing on customers, and next day, while presiding at the organ, found It dlmcuit to keep his eyes open The preacher proceeded with his sermon to the end, and at it's conclusion the organist was fast asleep and snoring loudly. The choir being in readiness to commence singing, some one shook the sleeping musician from his slumbers to play the accompaniment. He awoke with start, and electrified the congregation by shouting at the top of his voice, "Rosey, fife gloss pier. -Pottscite Po) Aineo' Journal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
HE BOUT n.

Mrs. Ellen NHllIl, Ol tSOutH OdrOllHh, recovered judgement for $l, 500 against the Port Royal railroad company for killing her husband.
 Louisiana pays 5000 to have its laws published in French and in German.
 The negro Wells, who murderedO Brien, in Burke county, Ga., was taken from jail at night and hung by an armed body of un. known men.
 An Atlanta, Georgia, little negro was fled up in a sack and set in tub of cold water for two days. It was then hung up in inc kitchen chimney a day, but still lives.
 Fort Worth( Texas Standard: Georgia paid last year $3,5o0,oo for material to ter tiize her lands, and the average product of her cotton per acre was less than 250 per cent. How much clear money did she make?
 Rome (Gs.) Courier: It is generally believed now that there will be no grasshop- pers in this section this spring. It is all mistake about the fruit being killed. On the contrary, the prospects for good crop are promising.
 Three or four years ago gentleman of Sumter county, Ga., began sheep raising with seventeen ewes. His flock now num- bers over 300, yet it has not required the outlay of one dollar in money. Shall such an argument pass unheeaed.
 Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer: Dr.Felton says that in very few days he expects to get the appropriation of$l0,000 for cleaning out Etowah, and $300oO for the Coosa. He thinks that work will be commenced on these rivers within thirty days. He has the assurance of President Hayes in this matter.
 The following bill has been introduced in the senate of Virginia Be a enacted byhe General Assembly, That if any person speak, utter or publish any slanderous or defama- tory words, with intent to injure or defame the character of another, the person so of ending shall be deemed guilty of a mis. demeanor.
 A novel license law for taverns is pro- posed in Virginia. Instead of rating the icense at so much, or classifying the taverns according to sales, the system proposed by bill pending in the Virginia legislature is direct tax upon the drinks" There is to be levied upon every drink of wine or spirits two and half cents, and upon every drink of malt liquor half cent. The bar keepers are required to register the drinks by using "bell.punches," and the proposed law abounds in precautions for protecting the revenue, and penalties for "be ,ting the punch."
 New Orleans Picayune; Some strange rumors are ahoat as ts the disposition of tn e military appropriations on the Texas iron. tier. A gentleman lately from Brownsville informs us that during the investment of Matamoras by Coftinas it was notorious that the forces of the Mexican chef were sup piled directly from Fort Brown, which was commanded by Gen. Devens. The federal soldiers at the fort are said to have been badly fed and provided for, while large con signments of provisions were frequently sent over the river to the Mexicans. We give the narrative as it is reported to us.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05

TIE genius of liberty and poet. y brought into action the brightest pow CTS of the human mind.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-04-05

In Germany the bagpipe Is called Constantinoplitanischedudclsackpfeiie."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
WASHINGTON.
COngreslonal Proceedtngs.

WAsHIYGToN, October l7,--SESATE.-
Mr.. Beck introduced a bill authorizing
the payment Of fifty per centum of GUS
toms duties in legal tender notes. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Thurman presented the credentials
Of Henry NJ. Spofford, of Louisiana, from
the 4th of March. 1877, and asked that
they be read and Mr.. Spoford sworn in.
Credentials having been read, Mr..
Mitchell moved that they be referred to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tons. A long discussion on points OF
order followed.
In the house, after the reading of the
journal, the disputed election case from
the Fourth district of Louisiana was to.
ken up, the question being upon the res.
%olution Of Mr.. Leonard, OF Louisiana,
referring the claims Of Elan and Smith,
contestants. to the committee on cleo.
tons, to decide who has the prims facie
right to the seat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17

LONDON, October l7.-According to
Russian official bulletins Mouhktar Pasha
was d~ecisively defeated Monday, and the
Turkish army utterly destroyed as q
fighting body. On Sunday the Russian
division turned Mouhktar' right, and on
Monday General Heymaun, with 10. 90
infantry, carried 0lya Tepe, the key Of
the Turkish position. by assault, cutting
the Turkish army in two. The center
and left wing, under Mouhktar himself,
retreated upon Ksrs, pursued by General
Heymann, aud harrassed on the flank
by General Lszareff, but succeeded in
gaining cover Of the Notifications after
a fearful rout, during which the Turks
lost a great number in killed and
wounded, several thousand prisoners
aud four guns. Three divisions consti
tuting the Turkish right had, in the
meantime, been surrounded and attacked
and driven from their fortified camp
with great loss. Finally at eight o'clock,
Monday night, the remnant OF this por-
ton Of Mouhktar's army surrendered
with thirty-two guns and great quantities
of material. Among the persons cap
tured are seven Pashas. Mouhktar
Pasha is in Kars. The Russian losses
are stated to be relatively slight.
A Times Paris special says the gov.
eminent seems decided on using a for
midable administration machine to in.
%luence the election Of 1900 conseillers
d reimbursement and conseillers gen.
eraux on the 4th of November, three
days before the meeting of the chamber.
These elections are of Importance, the
conseillers generaux and conseillers d
reimbursement and delegates of the mu.
inequalities being electors Of the senate,
as a third of the senate ~retires early in
1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
Attachment Notice,

Before Thos. Fleming, Justice of the Peace
for Shelby County, Tenn.-Margaret Don.
nelly vs.. Henry HUMPHREYS.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
i having been sued olt under section 1856 d
the Code of Tennessee, and returned levied
upon the property of the defendant, and an
davit having been made that defendant /.
indebted TO plaintiff in the sum of $50.
due by account, and that the claim is Just, and
that the defendant is a nonresident of tht
State of Tennessee it is therefore ordered thaI
the said defendant make his personal al.
1877, at 10 o'clock am, at my office, No. X
Madison st., in the city Of Memphis, Tenn.
and defend said attachment suit, within III,
time prescribed by law. or the same Will IS,
proceeded with OK parte; and that a cory o
this order DO published for four oOnsoeutivl
This 18th day Of October, 1877,
| &.4l-41-53 TH0S. FLEMING. j.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
LEoAL
mo, zI4I.l
III g NONcA,


In the Chancery Court of Shelby county.
Tennessee John B. Hester VS.. Philip
Tuggle ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendants, Philip
Tuggle, samuel Tuggle and Bette Tuggle,
citizens of California, Cornelia Johnson and
Joseph Johrson, Of Mississippi, are all non
residents Of the State of Tennessee; it is
therefore ordered that they make their appear
ance herein at the courthouse in the city of
Memphis, Tenn on or before the first Monday
in December. 1877, . i'd plead answer or de-
muir to complainant's bill or the same will be-
taken for confessed as 10 them and set for
hearing eG pSrte; and thata copy Of this order
be published once a week, for four successive
weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of October, 1877.
A c~opy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and NJ,
By R. J. BLACK, D. @. and M.
40 46-52.58
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
orr Boardlnr.Houus-..

BALTIMORE, October 4-A duel with
knives was fought over the table Of John
0'Donnell, in East Baltimore, this after.
noon. John Gately, who had formerly
been a boarder at 0'Donnelrs house, had,
il is charged, been somewhat attentive to
his wife, Isabella. When he called to
pay a social visit to-day, however, he was
cordially received, and the three dined
pleasantly together. Liquors we're in.
troduced ct the close OF the festivities.
and both let became partly intoxicated
and began quarreling.
Visions Of the green eyed monster, it
is supposed. fitted across the distorted
vision of 0'Donneil, and he forthwith
seized a knife from among the debris OF
the dinner-table and proceeded TO carve
up Gately. The latter also picked up a
carver, and the two began a thrilling
duel over the table. After some passes
With the weapons, 0'Donnell slashed
Gately across the right arm, cutting il
clean 70 the bone, aud causing q past
several inches in length. Gately retail
ated by piunging the blade Of bis weapon
the end of which had been broken Of
into the abdomen Of his adversary, pro
duciDg a terrible wound Blood streameC
from the wounds, covering the table auC
floor, and presenting a ~siekeniug spec
tacle,
Mrs. 0'Donnell, alter recovering from
her alarm, appealed 70 the duelists {,
] deaiat hnt finding that thav nefd No a.
t%eAtion TO her request, she sprang be
tween them aud received on her righ
arm a blow aimed AZ Gately by her hus
band, ripping up the flesh 10 the bone II
a shocking manner. Persons we're b,
this time attracted and the men sepsrd
ted. Physicians dressed their wounda
after which they we're placed under 50
curity 70 answer before the Crimina
Court. O'DonBell may die. The roor
in which the sanguinary encounter oC
CURED rcsembled a slaughter. house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17

The President will nominate General
John NJ. Harlan, of Kentucky, as asao.
ciate justice of the Supreme Court, to
succeed Judge David NJ. Davis, of Hi
nlis. The nomination will OF course lie
confirmed. General Harlan was born at
Frankfort KY, June l, 1888. and is
therefore only forty.four year. old. he
was graduated at Centre College, Dan.
vile; studied law under the late Chief
Justices Robertson and Marshall; was a
Wing candidate for congress in the Ash
land district in 1859, aud was defeated
by q majority of only sixty-seyen votes
for his opponent. In 1860 he was
a Bell and Everett electer for the same
District, removing to Louisville in 1861,
In October of that year he entered the
Federal service as Colonel of the Tenth
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and re-
manned in command Of the same in &C.
tive service uutil 1868, when the death
of his father, Hon. James Harlan, caused
his return to civil life. In August, 1868,
when only thirty years of age, he was
elected Attorney General Of Kentucky
on the Usion ticket At the conclusion
Of his term of Office, in 1867, he returned
to Louisville and resumed the practice
ofthe law. In 1871 he was nominated for
governor Of Kentucky on the Republican
ticket, csnvassei the State and received
thirty thousand more votes than any
other candidate Of the party ever re-
ceived in KeRtneky. In 1875 he was
again 3 candidate for governor against
Hon. James B. McCreery, the Democrat,
aud the successful candidate. This year
he vas 8 member Of the Louisiana com.
mission, and was one of a committee
sent on to invite President Hayes to
visit Louisville. he is very popular at
home, and is able and competent. He
viii be the youngest member on the Su-
prene bench by many years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17

0SE Of the yellow fever martyrs at
F~ernandina, Fla. DR.. F. P. Wexford, was
formerly a resident of Memphis and was
a cousin Of gentlemen of that name
who still live here. he was q native Of
Fredericksburg, Va, and a member Of
ope Of the best families Of that State.
He received a thorough academic coufse,
aud graduated at the Philadelphia Med
icaI College. He praetiesd some years
in Virginia, and lived 10 Memphis about
a year after the war. III health
compelled him TO seek q milder
climate in Florida, and be located
at Jacksonville 10 the spring Of 1871,
where his superior social qualities aud
high professional sttainments soon won
for him a conspicuous place among bis
medical brethren and in society. When
medical aid was asked for the yellow
fever sufferers at Fernsndina be was one
Of the fret to respond, and. after a few
weeks srduous labor, he fell a victim and
a martyr to the disease be sought Il
check. TIE press Of Florida, Georgia.
Virginia and other States has done am,
pie justice to his memory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
ImPOrtAnt Microscopic Revelation

ImPOrtant Microscopic Revelation
Cincinnati Commercial f4FfffrfNr us
The revelations of the microscope
we're perhaps never more strikingly illus.
trated than BY Prof. Francis Gerry Fair
child in a recent lecture in New York
city. he stated that during September,
1876, he noticed something of an cpl
demic among the house flies in that city.
Their bodies we're often found by the
dozen lying upon the carpet beneath the
gas jet, their wings singed a little. as il
from a sudden plunge through fame
Having an hours leisure one day, be
picked up the body of one Of the sui
cides and exposing the brain, subjected
it to a microscope of great magnifying
power, and to his astonishment found it
to be absolutely alive with the minutest
mites.ye e discovered-so small, in fact,
that ten thousand of them could be
easily packed in the empty skull Of a fly.
This was the condition of the discovery
he had made when, in June last, Prof.
Comstock called upon him to identity
certain strange phenomena in q speei.
mcu vi utluo euOuittcu W nlm tOE oAdm'
%ination in case Of Bright's disease Of
the kidneys. And then he says: AFTER
months of unavailing research in every
conceivable direction, / found abundant
specimens Of the ay.mite, with such
swarms of the ova in various forms of
development as to settle the fact that the
insects were not there by accident, but
that, on the other hand, they we're within
their native territory"
AS is we'll known, Bright's disease of
the kidneys is one of the most obscure
and difficult diseases that physicians
have to contend with. The discovery
made by Prof. Fairchild. the establish.
ment of the identity Of the minute mite
in the hy's brain and in the specimen of
urine, may lead to a more accurate
knowledge of the disease, and to the
finding Of an effectusl remedy. Mean
while it tends to confirm the theory Of
the germ origin of most diseases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
me. $780,
hOn.R Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county.
Tennessee Martha A. Mcknight VS.. Joseph
II. Packard ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cav 10 that the defendants, Joseph II.
Pickard, IL, Il. Packard and JOHN B. Weld,
are non-residents Of the State Of Tennessee;
it is therefore ordered that they make their
the city Of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
first Monday in December. 1877. and plead,
answer or demur TO compliments bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed as TO
them. and set for hearing ex parte; and that
q copy Of this order be published once a
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger.
This 18th day of October, 1877.
A copy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and M.
By R. ]. BLACK, d. @, and N,
J. y. Temple, Solicitor for complainant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17

Lord Aberdeen Numbered terribly in
his address as president Of social science
congress. He argued against the con-
%tinuance Of a law of Imprisonment for
debt, which has, in fact, long been abol-
ished, and advocated prison reforms
which have been generally carried out
already. The London Spectator remarks
that this sort Of thing will never do, and
the Times thinks the address ~inoffensive,
but not what it ought to have been.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
The Riitlnr RnlI Commianion

CHICAGO, October IA special from
the Sitting Bull commission, near Milk
river, states that Information reaches
there that Sitting Bull is now al Fort
Walsh With thirty warriors, and is await.
ing the commission. The commissioners
will probably reach Fort Walsh on the
18th instant. Sitting Bulls village is
some orty miles from Fort Walsh, and
comprises three hundred and fifty lodges,
and representing about one thousand
warriors. Some Of them are escaped
Nez Perces.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-17
Centennial COmmemOFatiOn OF 81,
Surrender of BurgOyne.

SoHUYLEEyILIE, N. Y. October IT,
Scarcely less than forty thousand people
are here attending the centennial com
memoration Of the surrender of Bur.
goyne. Exercises opened with firms
one hundred guns at sunrise, when an
answering gun was heard from Willard
Mountain, from whence Gates scouts
signalled to him the movements of Bur
goyne during the campaign. The pro.
cession Of many civic aud military or
CARNATIONS is an imposing affair. Tn,
officers wear badges made from pal
metto, sent by South Carolina.
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Reinstnted.

WAsHISGToS, October ia, W.
Fletcher has been reinstated superin.
tendeHt Of the folding room. Seaton
Gales, nephew of the late Joseph Gales,
who was appointed to the position, will
be given another place. Speaker Ran.
dali interested himself to have Fletcher
reinstated. A rule Of the house makes
all doorkeepers appointments subject to
confirmation by the speaker.