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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22
ST. LOUIS.
The Merchants Exchange and PO-
IitieaI Complications.

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The Merchants Exchange and PO-
Iitieal Complications.
ST. Louis, January % The following
preamble and resolution, introduced by
ez Lieutenant Governor Stsnard, has
Just been adopted by the Merchants Elk.
change with but one dissenting voice:
Whereas, The Merchants Exchange Of
s.. Louis, an organization for strictly
commercial purposes, embracing a
membership of nearly two thousand,
engaged in nearly all the cemmer-
cial and financial pursuits Of this
trade center, have viewed with solicitude
and alarm the recent political com
pii0ations Of the country and felt their
disastrous effects on her commerce azd
On that Of our city; and
Whereas, We rejoice at the results OF
the deliberations OF the joint committee
Of the Senate ana House Of Representa-,
tives, and believe the plan reported BY
them to be the best avsilable one for the
solution Of our Presidential complica-
tons; therefore,
Besolyed, That We approve Of the pro-
visions Of the bill reported to Congress
by said joint committee, and urge upon
orr Senators and membera Of the House
Of Representatives a hearty support OF
the same.
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RELIEF Withour q noO,or

ThOush We would by no means be under
stood as d~eprecating, but rather as recon-
mending, professional aid in disease, there
are mulutudes of instances when IL is neither
necessary or easy to obtain. A family pro-
vided with a comprehensive household spe-
cine like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. is pos
Fessod Of a medicinal resource ADEQUATE 10
most emergencies in which medical advice
would be otherwise needful. That sterling
tOric and corrective Invariably remedies, and
Is authoritatiyely recommended for debility.
INDIGESTION. liver disorder, an irregular habit
ent rheumatism aud govt, and many other
ailments of frequent occurrence. II eradi-
Gates and prevents intermitt mt and remit
tent feyers. relieves mental de%spondency.
checks premature decay, and i~nvigorates the
nervous and muscular tissues. Sleep, digos-
ton and appetite are promoted by il, and ID il
extremely 1seful in overcoming the effects Of
exhaustion and exposure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

representatives, and four member:
of the Supreme Court, who are tc
select a fifth. In all, fifteen, PIE
sided over by the venerable Judge
Clifford. The judges hold for life,
and are not supposed to be in
huenced by the motives that so
often control politicians. They are
secured IN office and are indepen-
dent of parties. This entire COM
mission would be charged with the
greatest responsibilities. The des-
tiny of the country may be in
their hands, and in their Off
cial actions they can well afford,
nay, cannot refuse to lay aside.
personal preferences under the
solemn circumstances by which
they will be surrounded. The
two parties of the country are
nicely balanced and it seems likely
that the political afinities of the
commission will be correspondingly
divided. If such a tribunal fail to
arrive at a settlement then every
well-wisher of this country may
despair. Where would a final APP
peal be made? The movement is in
the interest and on behalf Of peace
and law, order and prosperity.
Everything we have and hope for
is involved and must be more or
less affected. There is one feature
in the bill which will set at rest q
troublesome aud much discussed
question ; it takes the responsibility
Of deciding the count Off the
hands of the president Of the SEN
ate. That vexed question under
this bill cuts no figure. The de-
cision of the commission does not
and cannot affect the rights of either
but if the law is passed
and both parties commit them
to it, the verdict of this high
tribunal will most likely have such
weight that it viii be acceptable
and final. The party hat would
to abide by an arrangement
Of its own suggestion would place
itself in a ridiculous attitude before
the world. The commission can
exercise no greater power than the
congress which creates it, nor even
as much; for the agent does not de-
pose the authority by which it is
created. Still, such a tribunal has
twoadyantages-bei n non-partisan
it can come to an agreement; sec
ond, the country will be ready to
abide by its verdict. Summing up
all the facts in the lights before us,
the plan seems feasible, just, legal
and satisfactory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22
THE INTEREST Law.

Now that the senatorial election
is over, and the other elections soon
will be, practical legislation will be
in order. The various important
bills already introduced viii, when
reached, receive the undivided at
tention Of the committees and all
the members. Having watched
with great interest all the procsed-
ings SO far, we feel assured that this
is an able legislature, and if it fails
to work out results eminently salu-
tary and beneficial, it viii be
more from lack Of time for con-
sultation and harmonizing the
various conflicting plans and
ideas than intention and ability.
One Of the most important, yet one
of the least discussed propositions
before the legislature, is a bill sew
eral times introduced to repeal the
conventional rate Of interest Law.
THUS far we have not seen an argu-
ment in favor of the repeal. Gov.
Porter recommended it. hgt offered
no reasons whatever, Perhaps he
thought II would be done anyhow,
and be might as well have the
credit Of 1t. But this ia a matter
of more consequence than tho
glory of any politician. II
affects The credit, the pockets
and welfare Of the taxpayers
and working classes, sqmo Of
whom look to the measure for re-
lief and easier times. In this they
are, as We believe, misled and liabla
70 be imposed upon by designing
demagogues, who aspire to a short
lived notoriety. The present legis-
lature can distinguish itself for ca
pacity to rise above the sensations
of the hour and look to the
future development and grandeur
OF the State. Moderation is one
of the highest qualities of the
statesman and the law-maker, and
we hope to see a liberal display Of
1t in the centennial legislature f"
OF Tennessee, when so grave a sub
ject as this comes up for discussion.
That a repeal Of the conventional
rate Of interest law will greatly
damage the commercial centers of
the State, no one can deny; hat it
will benefit a single man or class Of
men, we do not believe any one can
prove. However, we ask for a sus.
pension of opinion in the legisla-
ture pending discussion. 1t will be
well to examine the question, see
what the laws are in other States
and countries, and how they have
worked. Tomorrow VIC will pub.
fish a communication upon "usury
laws" prepared by an able lawyer
OF this city, which throws much
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

CHICAGO, January %, ll;2O am
Rye quiet Salablo at re for January
7Sc for February delivery, Barley dali
63c offered for February delivery; s2Ic
for March OF April. Wheat quiet and
frm; sl.3S February; ST. s3I March.
Corn dali At 44c for February delivery,
4ili March, 400 Nay; ncmiually 4sc,
cash, January. Pork steady At SIC Is
February, $l7,O5 March, sl1 80 April.
Lard stead at 10 "a ,72ic cash. 10 o6
@l9 size March, car lots. oals $l.ls.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22
PauliEe Lnscn Sues her Lawyers
Tor Damages

lNEE YoRE. January q. - Pauline
Lhcss sned her Arst husband, baron
Won Rhode, who is married now to an
other woman, and Obtsised . decree OF
divorce from him, whereupon she mar
ried again. This divorce was afterward
decided irregular, and wal opened so as
10 let The irot husband come in ard de-
iend. She claims that she paid her law.
yers in The original suit $500, and in
the Effort to maintain thoir action nearly
$4,000 more. She has sued her first law
yers IN the action for $40, 900 ior dam.
ages through their l~nexcusable negli.
geace.
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AIler q Con.pIraez ln Yrnne..

New YORK, January % "A cable spe
cial says' THE German government
possesses ample proofs Of the exisieucs
Of . large Aopaatic conspiracy in
France TO sndsavOr to gain power in that
country for purposes hostile to Ger.
many"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

EoR S4LE.-BY VIRTUE OF THE AU-
y thority vested in me by a written obliga-
tor executed Apr 30, 1873. and by request Of
the beneficiary herein, | will, on Saturday.
January ~ 1877 between the hours of II
O'Clock q M. and 2 p,m,, soil at public cutlery,
10 the highest and host bidder for cash, on the
southwest cornerol Main and Madison streets,
in the city ol Memphis. Tenn., eight first
mortgage bonds Of Ire selma, Merton and
Memphis raj road Tor 500 each, with coupons
of April. lS,3, aud subsequently, attached to
Nos. 1910, I'll. 1872 and coupons of October,
1871. and subsequently attached 10 those from
l06 to ITO inclusive, which bonds are deposit
ed as collateral security for the payment Of
the debt in said obligation mentioned.
J.P. MEUX, Tru'tee.
Memphis, January %, lS77. 1231N
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Mr.. LowH's vofEs.

In our Fridays issue We copied
a mistake from the Avalanche say
ing that Mr.. Lowe voted for Bailey
after he seconded Keys nominal
ton. This was a mistake. He
voted for Key to the end. 1t will
be remembered that he withdrew
Key in avery able speech, The
fact seems Ito have escaped the
public at the time, but it is
a fact that Mr.. Lowe car
RED eleven votes to T. w. Brown,
OF Shelby; then carried his own
and other votes to Bate, until salts
fed, as were some of Bates friends,
That he could not be elected; then,
to put an end to the contest, voted
four times for Bailey then re-nom-
Key and stuck to him to
he last, This much by way Of
correction and giving the record to
he public fs9eW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

BuFEALo N. Y January ~. - The
Rev. John G. Lord, aged seventy,ono
years, pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
church for thirty eight years, died last
.eyeuisg He was a brother of congress.
man Scott Lord and the Rev. VIM. Lord,
Cooperstown.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22
EuNERAL MOrInn

The friends aud acquaintances Of Nicholas
and ArAbell Coleman are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral Of their son. CHARLES
N, from their residence, corner Of Washing
ton and Hish streets, TUESDAY afternoon
at 2 O'clock.
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Attachment Notice.


Before Z. w. Caldwell. J.. n, Shelby countv,
Tenn. -Honrietta CIamwell vs.. IL. D. Rob
ersOn.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
j having been sued out under section 1856 Of
the Cooe of Tennessee, and retained By TIC
proper officer levied upan the property OF Tho
defendant, and affidavit having icon made
that the defendant IA Justly inhibited to the
plaintiff 10 the SUM of one hundred and
eighty. soven dollars, duo oy account and
that the defendant IL o non-resident Of The
State Of Tennessee II Is therefore ordered that
the said defendant make bis p%ersoual nm
pearancq before me on the I'D Of February,
l8ll, ~ 10 O'Clock a.m., ut my Office, No, IL
". Court st., In the city Of Memphis. Tenn
and defend said attachment suit, within ne
time prescribed by law, or the same viii be
proceeded With OK, parte; and that q copy Of
weeksin the Public Ledger. 10y
This I'd day OF January. 1871.
rs W.. 1911 w. CALDWELL. J. p.
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light upon the subjects and We shall
commend il to the attention of our
Legislature fora catsful and impair
tial reading.
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FORElGN.

coSsrASrISoPLE, January p Mar
gus Salisbury and suite left to-day for
BriDdisi, calling at P,raus and Corinth.
lie Will return to London before the
opening Of Parliament
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RAILROAD,
RAlLWOAOt
MEMPHIS 3 IlTTEE 25CK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIMgUAnD,

THE UAHDi
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, dallyv...~.~-5.0O pm. lilo pm.
ACCOMMODATION train,
PassenSers goiSs on ,''1 tb NJ a; road En- ? ta n;
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argentl for
points on the little Rock and Fort Smith
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
P.ullmaA falaoO Sleeping Cars on all night
trains. h7N
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices rs. and 2S7 Main street. and Of depot
foot, Of Washington street. or at Louisville,
Nashville ana Great Southern railroad depot,
or TO the undersigned.
X, A. WILLIAMS. Pass. AIT, Memphis.
M S. JAY. g,p asd r. Ag't, Little Rock.
w. h. SMITH, sup't. Memphis Tenn.
123-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

To the Editor Of the Ledger;
la your issue Of the l2.h, ia a card
signed By Geo B. Eggleston. This, /
think, is the third seurrilous and SLAM
deroas attack be has thus made upon
me. / an not conscious OF having given
any just ~provoeation for these extrsor-
binary papers The former Of them being
sent to The Upton Record, my own
county paper. during the canvass. |
chose to pass them withou. any public
refntation, prefering to stand or fall
upon whatever character | might have
among those who knew both Of US best.
And | regret that | am compelled now,
by the appearance OF bis recent card 10
your paper, which eirculAtes mainly
where | have not the honor to be
personally Known, to ask the use
Of Jour columns and the indulgence
Of the public to a personal matter. In
all these cards Mr.. Eggleston airs him.
self as a deeply wronged but valiant and
virtuous gentleman. Perhaps be is the
soul Of honor. | have known OF his
voluntarily engaging in one personal en-
counter; in that instance his antagonist
vas a woman. / have heard. and the
truth is that way. that he once sent 3
challenge 10 q citizen Of Covington, in
Upton county. The challenged party
ia that instance was an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, and knosn to be &
non cOmbs'ant. AS TO his card, il is a
tissue of f4lsehood and distorted truth
AS 10 himself, my necessary relations
with him for the past few months war
rant me in saying he is a common liar
aud slAuderer. C. B. SIMoYroE.
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Illinois Uaited states Senator.
S~PRrSGFIELD. January 22.-Twenty-
fourth ballot-Logan, 80; Anderson, So;
Haines, I; Cloudy, I; Parish, 1; Glenn,
j; Marshall, l; Lawrence. |; abaent 2.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER Is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and g per sHnam for the
Wesky- Postage free.
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Thursday, January %, 1877, u

at u m. at the southwest corner of Man and
Madison streets, in the city of Memphis, two
lots lying in the city Of Memphis, described
as follows: One lot designated upon the plan
of John OvertOn's 1Sl-acre tact. living he
tween Memphis and Fort Pickering, surveyed
by Ruoker& Parsons, civil engineers. ApriI-
1851, as lot SS3, in block 8, fronting 70 feet OF.
Webster street and running back 40 Z feet to
plan as No. STS, ia block 10, fronting 72 feet
to an alley. wy
We are authorized to sell any Of this prop
erty at private sale. 'F
We sell as Trustees only, but bold undar.
warranty deed from r. o. Irinkisv Fs%,
No equity Of redemption. ' NsP-
Ierms-One-thire cash; balance in one and
a \" gegn Ssiii' sc secured Id by . lien on, tho property
"a ueposiV Vi III yer e>nt will sbe required NE
SAFE VIC. FOLK ES. lr-.
HENRY ". DIX, trustees
w J January 10, 1877. HEIR
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Wednesday, January "a, 1877,

about Ave acres of land in the city of Mem
phis, known as the Davie Place or BIinkley
College lot, on the south side Of Georgia street..
vest of and adjoining Judge WriEht's resi~
dence place. IL has been suhdivided into.
plication.
We will also sell on
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LEGAL
AUCTION sALH
Beautiful Lots BY Trustees.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED RE-
ID corded in the Office OF the Register of
Shelby county, Tonn,. in Book l06, on paro
56j, we will sell at public auction, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-22

We regret to have admitted a
very personal controversy into the
LEDGER recently. A rejoinder
which appears to-day must close it
as fur as our columns are concerned.
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CATS AND STAKES.

Chambers Journal.l
1t is not often that We hear any
credit rendered to the cat for either
intelligence or affection and it is
therefore pleasing to be able to
record two instances in which one,
if not both, of these qualities is
shown in a remarkable manner in
this animal. A man writing from
India to a friend in England, a few
months ago, says of a pet Persian
cat: 81 was lolling on the sofa,
drowsily perusing the newspaper, a
few mornings ago, when Tom came
and stood near me mewing in a
p'aintivo way, as if to attract atten-
tion. Not wishing to be disturbed,
| waved him off He, however, re-
turned in a inmate or so, and this
time jumped on to the sofa, and,
looking me in the face, renewed his
noise more vigorously. Losing pa
tience, l roughly drove him away.
He then went to the door of the
adjoining room, and stood there
mewing most piteously. Fully
aroused, / got up and went toward
him. As | approached, he made
for the farther corner of the room
and began to show fight, bristling
up and hourishing his tail. 1t at
once struck me that there was an
unwelcome visitor in the room,
which Tom wished to get rid of (;
and sure enough, in looking toward
the corner, l discovered a cobra
coiled up behind a bookshelf under
a dressing table. The noise made
by our approach aroused the snake,
and he attempted to make off but
i dispatched him with my gun,
which was ready loaded close by.
You should have seen Toms salts
faction. He ran between my legs,
rubbing himself against them
caressingly, as to say, well done,
masterI The snake measured five
feet seven inches in length"
The friend to whom this incident
is related, after reading it to me,
went on to say that some years ago
when in India with her father, the
family were gathered after tea, one
rainy evening, listening to one o.
their number who was reading an
interesting story. While thus en-.
gagged, a cat Of which her father
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

who once acquires the habit of
drinking is apt to consume an
enormous amount of liquor Of all
sorts. If our physicians who prac-
tice among the fashionable people
Of the city could reveal their knowl-
edge on this subject, it would
astound the public.
0fcourse We do not bring this
charge Of dipsomania against our
ladies generally. 1t is truth only
in exceptional cases that it exists (;
but we deplore the circumstance
that more or less Of drinking is
growing to be looked on as a venial
ofense in fashionable women. 1t
is a dangerous vice, and in its train
are likely to follow others still more
DANGEROUS.
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THE REASON WHY.
4 Remarkable Declaration by Z
Presby teKian Clergyman.

The following extract from an
address recently delivered by Rev.
David Watson, an eminent clergy
man of the Free church of Scot
land, deserves careful reading:
The great, and the wise and the
mighty are not with us. That |
fear, we must all own to, however
much we may grieye to say SO, and
the more we read of the history,
the poetry, the biography and the
literature Of the age, the more will
we think so. The best thought,
the widest knowledge and the deep
est philosophy have discarded our
church. They have turned their
backs upon us with a quiet dislike,
an unspoken disapproval, and a
practical renunciation greatly more
conclusive than a wordy war would
be. Now why should this be? Why
should not the wise and great and
mighty be the very pillars Of the
church and the naintliest ameng
the saints of men? = They
are not even nominally with us.
They look not for our heaven; they
fear not our bell. They detest what
they call the inhumanities of our
creed, and soorn the systematized
spiritualism we believe in. They
step out into speculative atheism,
for they CAN breathe freer there;
their lungs are not compressed,
and their humanities are happier
there. But, mark you, they DO
not pass over into practical athe
ism, for however they hate the
name of orthodoxy and every
thing theological, their hearts are
too large, and their souls too re-
ligious-i nstinctly religious--to for
get that reverence that is due, that
living regard that is meet and fit.
Some become practical philan-
thropistS and philosophic friends Of
man by helping industry, extending
knowledge, advocating temperance,
inaugurating institutions that incar-
nate Christianity, furthering society
in a thousand ways, reforming the
manners, and making the men of
time and cline. + = More or
less naturally pious, more or less
consciously moral, they are all in.
stinctiyely religious, despite their
rcnunciation Of our theological
creed. And yet these men-the
master minds and imperial leaders
among men, the Comics, the Car
lyles, the Goethes, the Emersons,
the Humboldts, the Tyndalls, the
Huxleys, if you will-are called by
us atheists, are outside our most
Christian church. X = + Why:
= We are unworthy of them,
and by the mob force of our ignor.
ant numbers have driven them out.
They shun us because of our ignor-
ant misconceptions and persistent
Interpretations Of heaven, man
and God. They feel our evil com.
munications corrupting their good
manners; they feel our limited
vision narrowing the infnitude o.
their horizon, and therefore as an
indispensable condition to the very
existence Of their souls, they sep.
arate themselves from us, and for
sake-and greatly unwilling many
of them are to do so-the worship
with us of our common God.
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Attachment Notice.

Before G. d. Crockett. Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby ounty, Tennessee- Nathan Folz
VS.. Henry Mivelar.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section 1855 Of the
Code of Tennessee, and returned by the
proper officer levied upon tho property Of the
defendant, and affidavit having been made
that the defendant is justly indebted to the
plaintiff in tee sum Of two hundred dollars,
by account, an that the defendant is a n n
resident of the State of Tennessee; i. is there
fore ordered that the said defendant make
his personal appearance before G.. ID. Crock
EFT, j. p, on the 9Th day Of April, 1877. at
10 o'clock am, at my Office, No. 2So Main
street, in the city of Memphis. Ten
nessee, and defend said attachment suit
within the time prescribed by law. OF the
same will be proceeded with OK parte and that
cspy Of this order be published once week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This Sd day OF March, 1877.
39.15-2l-27 G. D. CROCKETT, J. P.
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mo. 25i5.l
NOn.Resident Notice.

In the ChaHoery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-Gesrgs Gillham vs.. A. b. Newkirk
ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL IN
i this cause, which is sworn to, that the de-
PENDANTS, A.B.Newkirk and his wife, Lucy NJ.
NeWkirk, and stanly 5. Millar and his wife,
Jennie j, Millar, are nOn-residsnts of the
state of Tennossee; il is therefore ordered
that they make their appearance herein at
the courthouse in the city Of Memphis,
Tenn, on or before the first Monday in April,
1877, and plead, answer or demur to COM
plainant's bill, or the same will be taken for
confessed as TO them and set for hearing ex
parte; and that a copy of this order be pub
lished once week for four successive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This I'd day of March, 1877.
A oopy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE. G. and n.
By Z. B. MoHESRY. d. G. and NJ.
Hutchinson K Townsend, Solicitors for
complainant. 2-g 1870