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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

feeble, quivering voice, to send ON IN
red hot, and put a twist on en-" Ia
wasn't going to play minute if tbar
was going to baby him, he said. wben
he'd forgotten how to play base bali =
dozen times before any of them ever
saw or heard of the game.
Well, the upshot of it was that tber
had to humor him, to keep him from,
going off in fit of Mysteries. and tba
next ball the pitcher shot in came lilo
meteor, whizzed past the strikers
head, and when the old man tool II
it broke two of his fingers. He inst
yelled with delight and the bows evaS
just stood right out of their heads
when he stood right up on his feet
Then they rushed in on him and Stocked
him in the pit of the stomach with .
brick, hit him on the head with a n.
Gust club, stepped on his toes. damned
his fingers IN the crack of the door
threw dirt in his eyes, kicked him in
the shins and poured arnica all over
him. And if you'll believe it. that
man got up the next morning, covered
himself in thousand places with
court plaster, and went down to the
office and has been at work ever since
Simi'ia sinailibus ctua7ltur. - buylino.
ton HazOI-Eye.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

ther says that Laws had told him his life
was IN danger, as he had testified before
the House Senate Committee, giving the
name OF prominent citizen who had
threatened his life, and, as he believed,
had caused his store to be fired Packard
further asserts that Laws was one of the
best and most conservative colored men
OF the whole Feliciana District, and had
previously held several influential posi-
tons, with The full acquiescence of that
people, and was tax payer, owning
$4,000 or $4,000 worth of property.
Packard has transmitted the original
Laws letter, and also an unpublished let
ter from Sheriff Weber. killed in the ad
joining parish to Gen. B +. Butler.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06
The Spirit of the Teacher.

The achievements of some men il
not at all commensurate with the Of.
forts they put forth. They strive to
accomplish results and yet in meas.
ure fail, not toward God but toward
the desired end. Others succeed with
less effort most admirably. Let it he
conceded at once that some are ne7er
possessed by an irresistible entbu-
siam, and that some again cannot man.
ifest the spirit that animates them.
there are left those who seem to be in
rapport it'll the business they have
in hand. Tie teacher to labor success
fully must possess that spirit which
grows out of the relation he sustains
to his pupils. And what are the ele-
ments of this peculiar disposition?
Evidently, all will place first the
lore for the occupation as such. The
true teacher iores 10 teach. He eniovs
the tasks of the school-room. They
seem irksome to others, but not to
him. Given another employment more
lucrative and he pines for the school
room. 1t is positive pleasure to look
over the rows of faces and see them
engaged upon study. This sufficiently
explains why men of the first rank of
talents pursue the occupation; they
are never so happy as when surrounded
by pupils who are busy at their studies.
Such persons with inferior qualifca-
tions do an excellent work.
The reason Of this is perfectly plain.
\ dissatisfied person cannot do good
work, he cannot command the atten-
ton and cooperation of his class. No
pupil but sees through the thin dis.
guise a teacher puts on who dislikes
his work. The SureSt way to cause
others to love the School-room is for
the teacher to love it first Let no
teacher persuade himself that he who
teaches for money is standing on the
same platform of equality with him
who gets money that he may teach At
oil events. while the teacher must be
paid and should DE paid WELL he who
teaches for money is making a grand
failure. His pupils VIII show it, he
may succeed as a manager of Il school,
!. e., to employ other teachers. but not
as teacher himself. 4 gentleman
who had while carrying on a school
undertaken SpeculatiOns that yielded
good deal Of money, said Il have lost
my power to teach; a teacher cannot
teach and at the same time undertake
to make money the best teachers |
know are simple minded men as far as
making money goes. ~. Y. School
JOU,?l0i.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

INSANITY, once unknown amOnGth
negroes, has become great and in
creasing aflliction. TO relieve it. Vir-
ginia has established an insane asylum
for negroes, said to be the only ONE in
the world. More than 300 of them are
at present cared for.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

WHAT adds to the sadness of the
southern Hotel disaster is the fact that
No hOtel-ClerhS We're consumed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

BALTIMORE papers note the fact
that coal is cheaper in that market
than at any time since 1851.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
WASHINGTON.
COngressionAi Procee dings

Congressional PrOeee dtmgs.
WASHINGTON, December 7.-SEEATE.-
Mr. Sargent, from the committee on ma,
val affairs, reported with amendment the
house bill for the relief Of sufferers by
the wreck of the United States steamer
Huron. The amendment provides for
-the payment Of the last twelve months
sea pay to the heirs Of Captain Guthrie,
Of the life.saving service, and to the
heirs of those belonging to the wreckiDg
steamer B. and j. Baker, lost in attempt
ing TO save those on the Huren, 800
each. The amendment was agreed to
and the bill passed.
At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr.. Mitchell called up the bill recently
introduced byhim to extend the term for
the construction and completion Of the
Northern Pacific railroad, for the pur-
pose Of having it referred to the commit.
tee on railroads and in explanation Of
the bill spoke at considerable length.
HoUsE.-The following bills we're in.
troduced and referred: By Stephens:
Amondatory to the act Incorporating the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company. By
Cox, of New York: To organize a life
saving service. By Stewart: For the
relief Of settlers on certain lands in Min
nessota heretofore granted for railroad
purposes.
The resolution in regard to putting the
records ard files of the house in a place
Of safety against fire was adopted.
Mr.. Wood, chairman of the ways and
means committee, reported a concurrent
resolution for an adjournment of con
Fress for the Christmas holidays from the
10Th Of December until January 7th.
Mr.. Butler suggested that the house
adjourn until the 10th Of January, be
cause the 8th was a good old Democratic
holiday, the anniversary of Jackson
victory at New Orleans, and the house
would probably adjourn over hat day a
any rate.
Mr.. Wood replied that if bis frienc
would follow oil Democratic precedent
he would have no objection to extension
The resolution, amended as suggested
passed. The speaker then called tn
committee for reports Of a private ma
fnra
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
TENNESSEE.

shelbyville has a literary club presided
over by Mrs. Edmond Cooper.
Murfreesboro has shipped twenty-five
car leads Of cotton seed this season.
a lively snow storm continued nearly
all day on the 29.h ult. at ~shelbyyille.
The finest hogs are now selling at
$3.50 q hundred, delivered at the slaugh.
ter pens in Knoxville.
Judge James W. Deadrick, of the Su-
preme Bench, is mentioned in connec.
ton with the gubernatorial chair.
The Nashville Lodge, Ancient Order
of United Wortingmen, have established
a public library at the lodge room.
Blind Ton, who has been on exhibition
in East and Middle Tennessee some
weeks, arrived in Nashville Tuesday.
Colonel E. W. Upshav, Of Columbia,
formerly of Holly Springs, is about to
engage in the practice Of lew at Co.
lumbia.
Marble slabs for upping blocks in
front Of the front gate are becoming
quite common among the Knoxville
upper tens"
"lbs Centennial History Of East Ten.
n%elsee' is the title of q beck written BY
Judge B. q. Owens, Of Dandridge, soon
to be issued from the press.
Chattanooga new paper will be issued
about the 10th inst, to be called the
Tennessee Journal, with both q daily ant
weekly issue, with DR.. G. A. Gowan a
editor.
Mr.. II. B. Branner is a candidate lo
mayor Of Knoxville, and a numerousll
signed call on Colonel Sam. McKinne,
to stand for the same position appear
n the papers Of that city.
DR.. ]. W, Norton, oil inspector a
Nashville, a day or two ago rejected l5I
barrels of Cleveland standard oil, sen
down by agents at Louisville, the oil be
ing six degrees below the required test
Chattanooga Dispatch, 9th: Levi
Baxter, Esq, and his brother, Lieutenan
George Baxter, Of the Third Cavalry, U
S. A., arrived in the city yesterday. Tn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07

lieutenant gees hence to join his regi
ment on the frontier. Mr.. Lewis Baxter
is q delegate to the River Convention.
The JOnesbOro depot agent informs
the Times that during the past season
he has shipped from that point 4O,5OO
pounds Of dried berries, lSl, 900 dried
peaches, and 3O8, zoe dried apples, which,
counting the berries at SC per pound, the
peaches at &c and the apples at Sc, is an
aggregate valuation of $22,l25. Pretty
good.
Nashville Banner: The work Of COW
ering the steeple Of McKendree church
with slate has been commenced. The
spire is 235 feet high, and overtops every
thing of the kind in the city. A large
number of laborers are using their best
endeavors to push the work in order that
the eji6ce may be ready for occupancy
as soon as possible. When completed it
will be the finest house of worship in
Nashville.
In the Circuit Court OF Cooke county,
Thursday last, Stephen Grilfey was SEN
fenced to be hung at Newport, the 18th
of January, for rape committed in that
county some time since, upon the person
of a girl about twelve years of age. The
prisoner through counsel appealed to
the Supreme Court, and was conveyed in
irons to Knoxville by Sheriff G. F. Bow
yer, Of Cooke county. He was placed
in Jail there for safe keeping while
awaiting the result Of an appeal to the
higher tribunal.
Knoxville Tribune: The relatives and
many friends of Wm. T. R. Helm, for
merly of Concord, in this county, will be
panied to receive the sad intelligence of
his death which occurred in San Jose,
California. The deceased shst himself
near the heart, from which he died two
days afterward. The cause of the rash
act is not known, but is supposed to have
been in consequence Of disappointment
which eusued from his failure of re.elec.
ton to the superintendency of a large
school al San Jose, which position the
deceased had held for some time prior to
hi. death.
Colonel John H. Savage, when asked
by an interviewer hoI be liked tho action
OF Tennessee congressman who have
recently expressed themselves upon the
State debt question, answered: II think
they we're %meddling with what did not
them. Last year they were
silent as the tomb on this question; they
stepped as gingerly as if they we're step
ping wei the graves of their grand
mother; but now when they are safe in
their offices and have a pocketful of
money they are impertinent enough to
dictate to the people. Well, Harris is in
for six years, but we will reach the others
sooner, and they ought every one be
driven from office, and will be-"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
THE NEW YORK SYNDICATE.
A Nice Little Operation for the Leg.
tBtature 40 Consider.

A Nice Little Operation for the Leg
tsiature 40 Consider.
A prominent fnancier in this city hal
written the following open letter to Col
George R. Phelan and has co%urteously
allowed US to take a copy:
MBNPHIs. December 6, 1877.
DEAR Sir: | observe Governor Por
ter's message represents the State debtor
the first of January next at $23, 2l2 COG
This embraces five coupons, thirty dol
lars each, for two and a halt years int
rest due up to that time, md | assume Of
the above AMOUNT all over twenty million;
is interest. understand the proposition
under discussion is to settle the above
debt, principal and interest," at sixty pei
cent. in new bonds bearing six per cent
interest. A settlement by the legislature
upon this basis will authorize the issue o.
Rew bonds for $l3, 930, 900, and the an
nual interest on this amount at six pei
cent. will be $685. 800. l observe the
quotations in New York two days ago fol
Tennessee bonds to be 43c., or $3.50 for q
full bond Of one thousand dollars, with
one hundred and fifty dollars accrued
interest. II you will estimate the bond
and interest at eveu 45c. you will End
that the twenty millions will amount Ia
only nine millions OF dollars. Should
the legislature authorize this settlement,
and should Mr.. Hugh McCulloeh and his
syndicate buy up this twenty.three mil.
lions Of our debt at 45c. on the dollar
(which is more than its present value),
they will require only nine millions to do
it. A few more figures will show you
while the State of Tennessee pays only
six per cent. interest on her funded debt,
at the same time this syndicate will re-
ceive the 1886 800 annually, which is
over nine and a quarter per cent. upon
the investment Of nine millions Of dol.
lars. This / would consider d very fine
operation-certainly a good oae while
the United States bonds with four per
cent. interest are worth par in goldl
l observe Missouri ak per cent. bonds
are quoted to day in New York at lO7.
II the new Tennessee bonds should not
be worth over sixty-fve cents the syndi.
cate would lose no money. Asixper cent
investment should be worth par; but esti.
mate the $l3. $3.50, 900 at even ninety
cents, which l regard a low price, then
the syndicate would realize a nice little
commission of over three and a half mil.
lions Of dollars for their patriotlc-may |
say neutrality-suspicious. to relieve the
down-trodden people Of Tennessee.
Very respectfully, yours, etc,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

LONDON, December I. - Runners oil
Earl Beaconfeld's resignation of the
premiership are again circulating. ana
that Lord Derby, secretary Of state fol
foreign departments, will succeed to the
premiership, and the Marquis of Sails
bury, secretary of state for India, will
succeed Lord Derby.
Bullion withdrawn from the Bank OF
England, on balance today, 9l2O, 900.
The steamer wrecked of the Island Of
Ushant France, is named the European
from the Cape of Good Hope for Ply
mouth and South Amherst. A Brest dis
patch says the European struck in the
fog. The passengers took to the boats,
and the steamer sunk in ten minutes az
terwsrd. No lives lost.
PARIS, December President Mac.
Mahon's submission is said to be due to
the 6rmness Of the 0rleanist senators,
who resolved not to support a second dis.
solution. Duke d'Audiffret Pasquier,
president of the senate, told President
MacMahon Wednesday that he himself
would take the tribune against such a pro.
posal. 1t is believed the new ministry
will include Leon Say, minister Of
finance; DeMarcere, minister of the in.
terror; Christophle, minister of public
works; Teisserene DeBort. minister Of
commerce; Washington, minister Of
public instruction, and Bardoux, minis.
ter of justice. The Republican papers
generally express distrust of President
MacMahon and doubt respecting the eff.
cacy Of the projected compromise unless
sound guarantees be conceded. The
Constitutional and Soliel rejoice that the
principle of government by majorities
has triumphe1.
President MacMahon has finally con-
ceded to DeFaure the full liberty of form
ing a cabinet. The ministry will there.
fore be homogeneous. This excludes
President MacMahoa's reservation that
he might have the choice of ministers of
war, marine and foreign affairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
v ToIegrams.

CAIRO. ILL December ARRIVED
Hickory, Ohio, 8 pm; James D. Parker,
Memphis, l a IN; St. Gepevieve, St.
Louis, 2; Fannie Tatum, St: Louis, 4;
Storm No. 3. Ohio, 6; G. B. Church,
New Orleans, IL; a. j. Baker, Ohio, IL.
Departed-Hickory St. Louis, 9 pm;
Parker, Cincinnati, 3 am; St. Gene
We've, Memphis, 4; Fannie Tatum, Pitts.
burg, a; Storm, Memphis, 8; S j. Neel,
Ohio, 8; Church, Cincinnati, noon; Ba.
ker, St, Louis, noon; John Means, New
Orleans, noon. Clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, December THE river is
fourteen feet and falling. Fair.
Special to the Ledger
HELENA, December rs a m.-The
Hard Cash passed here this morning lol
Memphis with a big trip of cotton. She
will arrive in Memphis at 6 O'clock this
evening and leave there to morrow, posi-
lively, at 6 p m. for White river.
ED c. POSTAL, Master.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
[R.-16al
Chancery sale of Real Estate.

Chancery. Court Of Shelby C~ounty-City of
Memphis VS.. W. f. Pruitt.
10y VIRTUE OF A DECREE FOR SAJT,
- entered in the above cause on the 2O4h
day of November, 1877, | will sell at public,
9qctish, to the highest bidder. in front Of the.
Clerk and Masters office. court-houso BALD.
ing, Main street, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, December 22, 1877.
within legal hours, the following dos eribed
property, situated in shelby county, Tenn
and city Of Memphis, to-wit:
A certain lot 10 country lot 5nl, f~routine n,
feet on the south side Of Poplar street. and
running back l52 feet, said lot being bonnded
on the east by a lot at the southwest cornsS of
Poplar and Orleans streets, having a front of
30 feet on Poplar street. and on the west hy =
lot fronting 81 feet on Poplar street, assessed
in the name of Il. Williamson.
Terms of sale-0n a credit Of seven months.
note with approved surety; Len retained and
equity Of redemption barred.
This November ", 1877.
ByRJ J. BLACK, d. @. and M.
Ss,P, Walker and j. W. Hampton, solicitors.
7l-77.S3-S9-95
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
OUR GOVERNOR SHOWS HIS TEMPER

The Nashville Banner OF the 9Th has
this juicy little item:
The message of Governor Porter to
the legislature which convened at noon,
We publish in full to-day. We bad some
difficulty in procuring a copy Of the doc
ument, the governor refusing to give our
reporter an order for the same, saying
that be had no iavors to extend to the
Banner, as it had used "scurrilous aud
abusive language toward him in recent
issues of the paper. We beg to remind
the governor that this is at once a grave
error and O manifest injustice. The
Banner disagreed with the governor as
to the tenor and terms OF bis proelama.
ton converting the legislature, but in
doing so not a word Of " scurrilous or
abusive language" was used. On the
contrary, our language was as courteous
as a disapproval of the governors course
would admit Of. If any person can point
out a line or a sentence bordering on The
scurrilous, the files Of the paper are a
his disposal The Banner took issue
with the governor on o constitutional
question, as we we're in duty bound, bur
ia doing so, not a word rejecting on thu
executive personally, not an unjust in
sinuetion-nothing, in short, outside o
legitimate discussion, was INDUCED in
This ia the long and short of the matter
The governor no doubt thought that b,
could get even with the Banner for differ
irg with him by withholding a copy o
his message. This shows the greatness
Of the man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
Attachment Notice.

Before j. NJ. Coleman, Justice of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn IF. b. Sparkman
VS.. j. W. Leblanc.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAy-
4 ing been sued out under section 1856 Of the
officer, levied upon the propefty oftho defend
ant, and affidavit having been made that de-
fendant is indebted to the plaintiff ia the
sum Of $3.50, due by note. aud that the
Is a nonresident Of tho State Of Tennessee; Ii
is therefore ordered that the said defendant
make his p%ersonsl appearance before me on
the Oath day Of December, 1877, at 10 o'clock
am. at my office, No. 29i Front street, in the
city of Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
by law or the same will BE- proceeded with OK
parte; and that q copy Of this order be pub.
lished once a week for four consecutive weeks
In the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 10th day Of November, 1877.
6s "A &4t6 j.. M. COLEMAN, J.P,
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Nonresident Notice,
In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee- Sisterhood Of st. Mary VS.. Fred +.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-Sisterhood OF st. Mary VS.. Fred +.
Johnston ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
]. this cause that the defendants, Fred +.
johnson and Fannie johnson. srs citizens Of
Arkansas and non.residonts Of the State Of
Tennessee, that the bill Of complainant was
filed herein December l, 1877. alleging an in
debtedness of 1854 81 snd {420 IS due same
from defendants. +. f. johnson and Fannie
johnson, as evidenced by a promiLsory note
and open account filed herein, that a writ of
attachment has bsen issued and returned
levied on the amount due them by L. M. Ap-
person and the note Of 4. N. Apperson in the
hands of G.. j. Pillow; it is therefore ordered
that they make their appearances herein, at
the court. house in the city Of Memphis,
Tenn, on or before tho first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1878, and plead, answer or demur to
compliments bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as to them and act for hearing
ex parte, and that a cspy of this order be pub
lished once a week, for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger.
This It'll day Of December, 1877.
A copy Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, C. and NJ.
By r. j. BLACK, d. @. and NJ.
j. ". and d. NJ, Scales, solicitors for COM
plainants. S4.90-96-104
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LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

Before Us. Galloway, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby County, Tonn.-A. W. Otis VS..
James T. Mcbride.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
i having been sued out under section 1856 Of
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied
upen the property of the defendant, and af-
davit having been made that defendant is
indebted TO plaintiff in the SUM OF sS,
due by account, and that the claim is just, and
that the defendant is.a pon-resident of the
State Of Tennessee 1t is therefore ordered that
the said defendant make his personal ap-
jS77. at IL o'clock m, at my office. No II
Madison ST., in the city Of Memphia, Tenn,
and defend said attachment suit, within the
time prescribed by Law, or the same will be
proceeded with ez parte and that q copy Of
this order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This oath day Of November, 1877.
72-18-6-gO j. Is, GALLOWAY. j. p.
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New York, December THE Ma
tional Temperance Society 10 a special
conference resolved to memorable con.
gress for a commission to make care
full and comprehensive inquiries about
the liquor traffic and its physical, social
and political effects, and also requested
all Christian journals, ministers, and
physicians to exhort those who ep;srtaiu
at the approaching holiday season to
prefer 10 intoxicating beverages and
II to abstain from their use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-07
sninamnE Insuranee Men.

New YoRK, December I In the court
proceedings yesterday, in connection
with Robert l.. Case, the convicted pres.
ident of the Security Life Insurance
Company, it turned out that William c.
Gilman, now a convict in the State
prison, was one of the grand jurors who
indicted Case. 7. S Lambert, president
of the late Popular Insurance Company
and now IN trial for a State prison Of
Tense, was called yesterday as a juror il
enc Of the criminal courts; he was ex.
cused