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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
To the Editor Of the LEDGER /:

would thank you to give the readers
OF the LEDGER your views on this impor.
tant question, viz: That fair dealing
and justice require that the settlement
between the State legislature AID the
bondnolders Of Tennessee should be rati.
ned by the people at the ballot.box before
1t shall be made fixed and binding on the
people Of the State" AS one who has
had experience in the legislature and
has given these vital questions great
study, please give your readers your views
IS to the equities of this mode Of settle.
ment OF this most important of all ones.
tons now before the people, especially
the Taxpayers of our State, and consider
this. Is not this one Of those vital. mo.
mentous questions like an amendment to
the constitution, which should be ratified
at the ballot'box before it becomes Fixed
and binding on the people for all time?
Yours, HENRY ] LYNN
We have always held that the settle.
ment of this question when made should
be Incorporated, if practicable, into the
constitution. OF course, before this
could be done, the question would have
to be made a square issue in a canvass
for a general election. An unsatisiac.
tory settlement made by the present leg.
islsture would not be considered binding
by the people, and would be ripped open
even as the funding bill was repealed by
a subsequent legislature. A fair settle.
ment, in which due regard is had for the
equities Of the bondholders and the
changed condition and the necessities Of
the people, we believe, would be ratified
at a general election; and we believe
with our ~clear.headed, sound-thinking
friend, Mr.. Lynn, that whenever a settle.
ment is made, that il practicable under
our constitution, it should be submitted
10 the people, who are the source of all
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

LoNDsY, November 2l.-The cotton
masters of North and Northeast Lanca-
shire conferred with d~eputations from
numerous operation societies at Man
chester yesterday, and it was at last ami.
cably arranged that wages should be re-
duced five per cent. on January I'd if the
trade meanwhile shows no signs of i'm.
prevement.
The executive committee of the Lon.
don Master Builders Association yester.
day confirmed a resolution that q con.
ference with the striking masons would
be useless.
The Times, on the French situation,
thus concludes its leader: THE moder.
ate Right Of the senate did not mean to
produce the mischief they have occas-
Toned, but the result is before us. The
powers of France are Arrayed against
the army"
The marriage Of the Duke Of Norfolk
to Lady Flora Hastings was Solemnized
at the Oratory, Brompton, to-day. The
scene and ceremony we're of q brilIiancy
and impressiveuess hardly surpassable.
The service was performed by the
Bishops of Southwark, Nottingham and
Port Louis.
An Erzeroum correspondent, in a let
ter dated October 25th, says: II winter
breaks upon us shortly and Kars holds
out, we may keep Erzeroum; but if the
weather continues fine and Kars falls, this
place cannot repel the Russians.
A Pera correspondent telegraphs:
We have just heard Of the capture of
Kara. The fall Of Erzeroum is expected
to follow. The porte now appears de-
sirous Of entertaining peace proposals.
Server Pasha, minister Of foreign affairs,
and Mahmond Damad are said to be
more favorable TO peace.
PARIS, November 2l.-The Republique
Franchise declares that, in view Of the
senate's p~retentionS and the presidents
refusal to change his policy, it becomes
clearly the duty of the chamber of depu.
ties to refuse to vote for the budget. The
chamber must ave the country. No
budget must be voted as long as a ma.
jority has not a ministry in whom it can
place confidence.
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THE WHITE RIVER TRADE.

We invite the attention OF our mer.
chants and business men to the following
instructive and suggestive article from
the St. Louis Times Of the 20th. 1t is
written in the interest Of st. Louis, Of
course, but gu merchants a take ad-
vantage of the facts presented:
White river, Arkansas, is o naviga-
Bile to Forsythe, fancy county, Missouri,
and small boats ply regularly between
that point and Newport, at the crossing
Of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railroad. At this point
a large amount Of cotton is
thus shipped for St. Louis from a
region which, during low water, can have
no means of getting produce to market
except by wagon. The Batesville Guard
gives an account of the recent compile
ton of a new boat named the Winnie,
Captain Smith, which is we'll fitted up
for passengers and freight, drawing,
loaded, only twelve inches. White river
navigation thus comprehends q distance
of more tssn 800 miles from Forsythe,
No., to Napoleon, at the mouth Of Ar
kansas river, into which a branch OF the
White empties some fifteen miles from
the Mississippi, thus giving shippers
the option of sending their cotton
to Memphis from Devalls Bluff, where
the Memphis aud Little Rock road
crosses the White river, or to New
Orleans, by all river carriage, in ad-
dition to the St Louis route from New
port by the Iron Mountain road. Most
of the boats, however, run in connection
with the railroad from aud above New.
port. There are several other boats of
capacity in the trade, among
them the Alberta (which carried cut 100
bales of cotton on a recent trip, the
Ruth, Arch P. Green, Jennie Stinson
and Hard Cash. There is frequent men.
lion of st. Louis traiein the newspapers
Of that region, and it is destined to be q
wealthy portion of Arkansas. to which,
u the absence of railroads, these little
steamers are furnishin valuable market
ng facilities.
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tbs Memphis LEDGER thinks it will
take a tax of seventy or eighty cents to
meet the interest on the State debt after
it is compromised on the basis of sixty
cents. The arithmetic man is at fault.
Probably he leaves, in his calculations, a
large margin for stealage. With any.
thing like economy in the management
of public affairs, a tax of fifty cents will
be enough certainly not more than
sixty cents will be necessary. -Knox.
vile Chronicle.
We have given the fgure0 Of the cal.
culation by which we arrived at our con.
clusiou. This is a question of Ggurea
and not Of sentiment. The school tax is
liked at ten cents, and it will take at
least fifteen cents more, with the priv.
lege tax, to pay current expenses, in.
GLIDING the years when the legislature
meets. That makes twenty-five cents,
which must be raised. 1t is conceded
that a tax Of from five to ten cents
should be levied to create a sinking fund
say thirty-fve cents in all, before
bringing in a cent to pay the $40, OOO
interest, at six per cent, falling due an
nually OF the debt after it is scaled down
to $4,000. 900. A forty cents tax will
not do it. Now let the Chronicle arith.
metician set up the figures.
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SOME s%oulless vandal, or rather human
hyena, defaced the blocks prepared for
the Confederate monument at Chattanoo-
ga, Saturday night, so badly thatthey can
not be used for the purpose. Nothing so
hendish,s so outrageous to every sentim ent
and instinct of civilized mankind, has
ever before been broughtto our attention.
The corners of the various blocks we're
Clipped, and an effort was made to chip
of the inscription, "0ur Confederate
Dead" with a sharp instrument. Six Of
the blocks we're injured. The material
was all on the ground, the blocks
dressed, the derrick in position, aud the
monument would have been finished
this week and unveiled in a few days
with appropriate ceremonies. The Dis.
patch of yesterday says: THE corner.
stone Of this monument was laid last
spring by a union of ex Confederate and
ex Federal soldiers, assisted by all
classes Of citizens, and by the company
of the Second United States infantry,
then at this post, commanded by Major
Cochran. There is quite as deep indig.
nation at this dsstardly act among men
Of Northern birth and ideas as there is
among Southern men, and if the wretch
or wretches who did the deed we're
caught he or they would have no mercy
extended by any class OF our people" The
monument was projected several years
ago, and the money to pay for it has
slowly accumulated, through the persist.
ent efforts of the ladies who had THE
matter in charge. The occurrence of
Saturday night is deeply notifying to
them and their friends. 1t is an outrage
for which there is no name, and a be
no adequate punishment. We see in
this crime inc%ontrovertible evidence Of
the total depravity Of some human be.
ings. AS to the pecuniary damage done,
that will doubtless be promptly made
good by an indignant and generous pub
IT,
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Attachment Notice.

Before W. II. Hoegel, Justice Of tho Peace
for Shelby county, Tennesseo-Joe Jones
vs.. Taylor Murray and wife.
TN THISCAUsE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
4 ing been sued out under section 1856 Of the
the property Of thS defcndant' and SiiSppyit
having been made that the defendant is
indebted to plaintiff ia the sun Of 1923,
duelby account. and that the claim Ia just,
and that the defendant is a nonresident Of
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered,
that the said defendant mako his personal
appearance before me on the 14th day Of De-
cember, 1877, at 10 o'clock am. at my office,
In the Thrirtsenth district Of Shelby county,
Tennessee. and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law.
or the same will be proceeded with OK parte
and that o copy Of this order be published once
o week for four consecutive weeks in the
Memphis Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of November, 1877.
$3.50 Sc WI. ii. HOEHEL, j. p.
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Cards and Murder.

C~lNcINNATI, November 2l.-In a fight
over cards in a saloon on Sixth street,
at an early hour this morning, between
VIM. Homphries (colored), Walter Cor.
mar and Mel Regan, Humphries received
a terrible cut in the spine, German two
cuts in the wrist, Regan o stab in the
side. All we're arrested. HUMPHREYS
wound will prove fatal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

The Graphic says that Leviticus was a
Jewish prophet Seems to believe il,
too.
Faith is sometimes personified as a
drenched female clinging to a sea.
washed rock; but a better personifca-
ton would be a bsld-headed man buying
a bottle of patent hair restorer. -[Wor-
cester Press.
Expensive rasCal-that Sitting Bull.
The commissions expenses foot up
500, 900. lex. Ay, but there ought to
be some allowance for the cheap way in
which it footed down again. s. B. has
no love for American Terry-Terry.
There is no animal at the Geological
Gardens quite as ugly in its disposition
as Que that hsunts the street cars, and
won't move up until it is forced to do 90.
The s. P. G. A. cant interfere with you
it you treat this particular animal as it
deserves.
The Housekeepers' Union of Berlin,
organized by Frau Morgenstern, now
bers 1000 members, who do all their
buying on the cooperative plan. The
clerks in the grocery are all girls and
women, and the sales are made al cost.
The Union began with 200 members,
who paid two dollars apiece as capital.
The members pay besides one dollar a
year dues, and for this have the privil-
eye of buying all their stores at cost.
The city chap had been out of town
shooting bis gun at a mark, when he sud.
denly turned and asked an old farmer
standing near; Whats the law about
shooting prairie chickens in these parts ?
when can | kill them2" Never" was
the old mans quiet response. Never"
shouted the genteel gunner. Never
again replied the aged plough logger.
And then, looking from the mark on the
fence to the would.bs sportsman, he con.
tinued: That is, if ye don't learn to
shoot better'n you do now, boy"
The plainlive and ethereal autumn
poem is travelling through the newspa,
pers Of the country With unwonted in.
tensity this year. We are glad Of it.
Autumn poems are sweet tokens Of sen.
timent in the cold human breast, and
sentiment ought to be encouraged. Bui
any poet who begins her rsptures with
II would not weep because the roses die
ought to be lured to some distant shore
and kept in safety until s%pringtime
comes. Anybody go utterly unsympa.
thetic az to refuse to 60 out and sob be
cause the roses die, is unworthy Of q
place in our affections .-[Puck.
The New York Sun permits George
Francis Train to say, in its columns, thai
Welsh is SCOTS Central agent to ring
London money market for Pennsylvania
Central loan OF SIS 900, GOO to stave OF
bankruptcy" George is mistaken
muchly so. Welsh goes to London IL
the interest Of Professor Wise, the aero.
maui, and a number of his friends, to ne.
gotiate a loan of $4,000, 900 So for the
purpose Of organizing a balloon lin'
between Philadelphia and Liverpool
President Hayes is to be let in Oh the
ground floor, so to speak, and be pre-
sented with $4,000 worth Of stock foi
appointing Welsh. Train shouldn'
write about 5 thing unless be knows what
be is writing about. Herald.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

TIE Allegan mich. Journal copies
an article from the LEDGER in regard to
Congressman Smslls, Of South Carolina,
and other colored rascals who have dis.
graced their race and their places in
public Office to prove hat the whites
Of the South are determined to make the
negro take a back seat" 1t is the
purpose of the Democrats of the South
to make all thieves take back seats, and
that is what so greatly troubles the Re-
publican party and has thinned its ranks
down to less than an actual majority Of
the popular vote of the whole country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

PHILADELPHIA capitalists are prepar
ing to memorable congress to pass a law
for funding greenbacks in bonds running
forty years at four per cent. interest.
Yet the Tennessee legislature is expected
to fund bonds worth only forty or forty.
two cents, at the rate Of sixty cents on
the dollar, and bearing six per cent. in.
terest. This means o tax of at least
seventy cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of property instead of ten, the
present rate, or it means nothing more
than another farce. The legislature of
1873, which passed the funding bill, de.
clined to provide the means for carrying
out its provisions, and left the rate of
taxation at forty cents. AT this rate
Governor Porter managed to pay of one
semi.annual instsllment and a little over
in two years. Those who favor the com.
promise should consider what follows in
the shape of perpetual high taxes.
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whole question to the people than go
through the farce Of forcing through the
legislature an adjustment which a large
minority oppose, and which the next
legislature might possibly rspudiAte." A
large minority will oppose it, and there
tore final adjournment at an early day
would be in order. The Republicans
will vote for the proposition, and several
Democrats, but not enough, We are in
clined to belive, to force the measure
through.
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mo. 22Tl.l
NOn.B Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tennessee-N. D. Menken OF al. VS.. George
j. Seely OF al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
l this cause that the defendants, George j,
Seely and his wife, Eliza J. Seely. citizens OF
Cleveland, o., and w. II. Fitch. iru Of Detroit,
see; IL is therefore ordered that they make their
appearance herein, at tho courthouse in the
city of Memphis, Tenn. on or before tho first
Monday In January, 1878, and plead, answer
or dcmur to complainants' bill, OF the same
for hearing ex parte; and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week for four cue.
oessive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This Goth day Of November, 1877.
A COPY attest;
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and M.
X. j. BLACK, d. q. and NJ.
.Kortrecht, Craft q Scales, solicitor for com.
plainant. G9-76-81.87
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

COLONEL GEORGE R. PHELAN, one OF
our ablest and most worthy citizens, is
favorably and frequently mentioned in
connection with the legislative vacancy
caused by the resignation of Hon. 7. G..
Lowe. He is in every way qualified, is
thoroughly posted on this question and
would make an able and efficient repre-
His views on the State debt
question we feel assured are in accord
with the sentiments and best interests Of
Memphis and Shelby county.
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River kilograms.

CAIRO, ILL, November 2l.-Arrived-
Belle Memphis, Memphis. I am; Laura
Davis, Cincinnati, I. Departed-City Of
Chester, Memphis, 9 pm; Grand Lake,
St. Louis, midnight; Belle Memphis and
Laura Davis, St. Louis, 8 m. Rain
since last evening. Warm.
CINCINNATI, November 2l.-The river
is falling. Rainy.
PITTsBURG, November 81. River 3 feet
6 inches and falling. Weather cloudy
and cool.
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power, aud should have an opportunity
to say what they are able and willing to
do. A little more regard for their rights
at an earlier day would have been far
better for the creditors OF the State and
those who championed their cause with
so much zeal and lack Of discretion,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

MONTREAL, November 2l.-The total
liabilities of Mulholland & Baker, hard
ware merchants, amount to $3.50, 600,
the Consolidated Bank, the largest cred.
itor, having a claim Of $3.50, 900, of which
$l55,OOO is secured; John Frazer, dry.
goods, 2l7,OOO. Assets not yet definitely
known.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretiOns Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay. loss Of manhood, etc.. 1 will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. JOSEPH
7. IMAM. Station D. BiJle House. Nev York
CITY. ~36-xxvii-35 eodkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

WASHINGTON, November 2l.-For Ten
nessee, the Ohio valley and upper lake
region falling barometer, increasing
southerly to easterly winds, warmer,
cloudy and rainy weather, followed by
rising barometer, northwesterly winds
aud colder, clearing weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

GENERAL SHERMAN gives notice that
officers found guilty Of drunkenness while
on duty must not hope for any clemency
at the hands Of the President. They are
not under 6rant now.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

TIE house passed a bill yesterday pro-
viding for the appointment of commits.
sioners to the Paris exposition next year,
and appropriating $3.50, 900 for the pur.
poses specified in the bill.
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TO TAXPAYERS.
TAKE NOTICE

On the goth day of December, 1877,
at the Court House door. in the city of Mem.
phis. and county of Shelby. 1 will sffer, for
public sale, the Real Estate belonging to De-
l%inquent Taxpayers of 1876, which real estate
can be seen upon my books in my office.
j. j. RAWLINGS,
1915 County Trustee for Shelby county.
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CINCINNATI, November q. -Harrisou
P. Thomson, of Clark county, KY. a
cattle dealer. has fled a petition in
bankruptcy. Liabilities, S27s,5 sol; assets
not stated. The creditors are mostly
Kentucky banks.
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Anntenoan rnr Enrrnrr

BosToS, November 2l. -Colonel Henry
r. Sibley, convicted Of forgery, has been
sentenced to four years in the State
prison and n days solitary confne.
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, November I'll
Judge George Grinnell, a member of
congress from 1928 to 1888, died last
night, aged 81 years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

The Appeal favors the bondholders
proposition at sixty cents on the dollar
at six per cent. interest, but remarks in
conclusion that ut is better to remit the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-21

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
The Daily, and 81 per imam for the
Weekly-Postage tree.
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PROFESSIONAL.

nR. j. A. OLOPTOH, of Huntsville.
~ Ala. the oldest specialist South, If not
twenty-five years Is now Al The Peabo nTS
Hotel, where he may be consulted until De-
cember 10Th. DR.. G. has the pleasure of re-
ferriDg to hundreds Of the profession who
have been his patients. PHYSICIANS of every
city in the South have been his patients, Civ
ing him the preference over all others Of the
profession. He treats PILES. FIsTULA, STRIC-
TUREs. diseases Of the KIDNEYS, BLADDER,
Scrofulous diseases OF SKIN, DANGEROUS UL-
GERS, TUNoRs and all Scrofulous diseases:of
the Eye. All infamed condition Of the Eyes
treated with success. Removes Tumors of all
kinds and sizes.
PILRs cured by a simple application to the
parts. Thousands of testimonials can be seen
at his rooms.
Patients are not confined to their beds I'M
less in extreme cases. 70-H
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SAturdar. Decomber 15. I877.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
and in the city Of Memphis, to-wit:
Lot No. 81, fronting II feet on the west side
Of Third street, and RAINING back las feet, as
shown on the plan of ;hs city of Memphis,
Terms of sale -0n a credit Of months;
purchaser to execute note with approved Sc
curity; lien. retained till same is paid, and
equity of redemption barred.
This November q, 1877.
q. A. COLE. G. and NJ.
r. J. BLACK. D. C. and NJ.
S p walker and j. W. Hampton, solicitors
T0-76.S2-S8-q0
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COR POSTERS. SHOW BILLS, CARDS
z Circulars, ETC., gotten up with the latest
desired color, so,to the Ledger Office and eT.
anime stock hnd'prises
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TR-No. 1901
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.


Chancery Court Of Shelby County-City of
Memphis VS.. G. A. Stillman.
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE FOR SALE
ID entered in the above cause on the 18th day
of November, 1877, 1 will sell at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder, in front of the
Clerk and Masters office, Court House build
ing, Main street, Memphis, Tennessee,
On Saturday, December Is, 1877,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and in the city of Memphis. to-wit:
Part Of country lot 473, fronting 81 feet on
the south side of Poplar street and running
back 14S feet, bounded on the East by proper
ty assessed in the name Of NJ. Yates, on the
south by an alley, and on the west by Fourth
street.
TERM of sale-0n q credit Of months. pur-
chaser to execute note with approved surety,
lien retained and equity Of redemption
barred.
This November q. 1877.
EDMUND A. COLE, G. I'm.
By r. j. BLACK, D. G. & M.
S.. Walker and j. W. Hampton, Soils,
7O-76-Sl.SS-9 40
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[R-l552.
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

Chancery Court of Shelby county-C City of
Memphis vs.. F. T.. Slack, trustee for Mrs.
NJ. A. r. Smith.
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE FOR SALE,
ID entered in the above cause on the
10Th day of November, 1877, | will sell
at public auction. to the highest bidder, in
front of the Clerk and Masters Office, Court
house building, Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
nm