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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

NEW YORK, after an era of unexampled
prosperity, is beginning TO discover how it
feels to have growth checked by the cessation
of building. Thus far in April, usually the
busiest building month of the year, but forty
one building permits have been issued, and
number of these were for additions or altera-
tions to houses already constructed. The
commercial metropolis of the country has
done little or nothing to deserve prosperity
for several years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

A CORRESPONDENT observes that a per-
feet picture of Oriental repose is to be
seen in the Turkish Parliament. The
phlegmatic Dutchmen who sit half ssleep
in their comfortable chairs in the House
of Deputies at the Hague are vivacity itself
compared with the lifeless statues on ex-
hibition in Constantinople.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

THE Crown Prince Of Germany Is a COM
positor by trade, and Kaiser Wilhelm is
glazler, though he has not practiced his pro-
fession for number of years. All the Prus-
sian princes have to learn some handicraft,
not in order to provide against hard times,
but that they may learn the feelings of the
common people. Unser Fritz has never
worked at the case more than eight hours
day, and never can be persuaded by his en-
ployers to do so.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

The Turkish naval force is now composed of
two imperial yachts, six ironcad frgates, nine
ironclad corvettes, two ironcad monitors, four
frigates, five irouclad gunboVts, four ships-of-
the-line, seven corvettes, fifteen coast guard
vessels, five schooners, four cannon sloops, and
fifty-three nondescript vessels-in all 116 with
75S guns and 16,0S8 men.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

The Toronto Globe says that although the
line of the Canada Pacific Railway westward
to the Rocky Mountains is decided upon,
there yet remains much work to be done be-
fore the route westward of that range through
the Cascades can be determined, and that
when the line has been located the cost of
construction will be enormous and the time
long.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

A 12 year old girl recently drowned herself
in Germany because of her mothers scolding
her for three days for giving the cat sausage.
She grew so weary of it that she told play
mate that If she heard another word about
willful waste she should commit suicide, and
she kept her word.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnis led
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley I.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL .s8.

We do not read anonymous letters and com muni-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-26

Any person making a purchase
amounting to Ten Dollars will be
given a pair of shoes, they having
the privilege to select from a lot.
Remember the place to secure these
BARGAINS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
Railroad Accident.

TOLEDO, August l4-A collision oc-
Cured last night at midnight between
The Canada Southern passenger train
No. H. outward hound, and the incom.
ing freight No IS, on the l.. S and NJ
s.. railway, a few rods south Of the Nil.
burn wagon works, this city, ditching tle
freight and badly damaging the locomo.
tive and several freight cars, No one 10
the freight train was injured. The dam.
age to the Canada Southern train was
not so s%erions, the engine being disabled
The train was backed into the depot by
the pony engine. 1t is reported that one
lady passenger was slightly injured, and
that the engineer Of the G. S. train is
missing; it is feared he is under the
wreck. Full particulars could not be
obtained last night.
LATER.-The body Of Lewis Young.
engineer Of the Canada Southern pas
senger train which collided with g
freight train on the Lake Shore railroad
near this city last night, was found il
the wreck this morning. lie resided
here and leaves a family. No other per
son was injured. Both engines were
demolished and several freight carr
wrecked.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
TENNESSEE.

Chattanooga has about forty liquor
saloons, aud atotOl scholastic population
of 242l, or one saloon TO about sixty
school children.
Joseph Golfer, living near Chatta
uoogs, is only twenty years of age, and
lie six feet and ten inches 10 hight. There
are Eve brothers in the family, and all
over six feet high.
Murfreesboro News: Major John II
Wood, Of Cannon county, brought two
pairs Of extra fine mules to Murfrees-
boro on Monday, BE sold the four mules
to W. D. Earthman for $500.
Chattanooga Dispatch: Mr.. Albert
Key, eldest son of the postmaster gen
eral, returned home yesterday from the
naval academy at Annapolis to spend the
summer. The young gentleman is look.
ing very well, and We hope to live long
enough to call him an "old sea dog"
when he deus bis commodore's uniform
Carroll county has a patriotic citizen
who feels that it would involve him in
financial rain to run for Office, but init
mates in his card, published as a f%eeler,
that if nominated "unbeknownst" 10
himself he will try a little ruin any
how. He would just gulp down that
s%ugar-eosted pill and risk the conse-
queuces-with a besti6e smile.
Gallatin Examiner: The inhabitants
10 the vicinity Of the State prison at
Nashville are complaining that it is a
nuisance and demoralizibg in many re.
spec;s; that the daily parading Of so
many desperate scouDdrels and crimi.
pals in the presence Of young children
is hurtinl, etc. When The prison was
founded it was away in the country.
Now The city has spread out all about il
with fine residences, business houses.
churches aud schools. Close by is the
Vanderbilt University. 1t ought to be
moved away into the woods, miles from
the city. The coming legislature should
do it at the earliest possible time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

within legal hours, the following doscribo

within legal hours, the following describod
property, situated in Shelby county, Tennos-
see, tO-Wit:
The tract Of land known as the Fair
Grounds, on the north side OF the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, about four miles
east Of the city of Memphis, Containing Ql W
acres, more or less, which was conveyed nv
". Breathett and II. j. Carroll to defendants
Qhen the Shelby County Agricultural, Me-
chanical and horticultural Society on June
10, 1859, and Of record in Book ~, page 633-
Registers Office Of Shelby county, consisting
of two parcels described as follows, to wit:
Fitst-Beginning at q stake l78 links north
Of the north rail Of the Memphis and ChArlos-
ton railroad, and 50 links east of the west
line of the ". Hickman 500 acre tract. ami
- links east Of said Hickman tract on The
west line; thence cast % chains and so lioks.
thence south % chains and 63sA links; themes
vest Q chaios and 2435 links; taenoe south ii
chains ana 80 links; thence west 10 chains
and b51s links to tho beginning containing
S9.0 acres.
second-BOglnning at tho east side of Trea-
evant avenue nv q point duo south of Tho
southwest corner OF the racs-track grousa
and u ieet north OF the centre Of the Mem
phis and charleston railroad track: thepn
east parallel with the south line Of the race
track ground 10 chains and 55% ink To
a point VI teet IRON the center OF SAID railroad
track thence south / chain and AZ links 10 \,
point % feet from the center Of said railroad
track thence west and parallel with the SAD
railroad track, and IS feet from it, 10 uhaiDs
and $50 links to the east side Of Trezeyant
avenue; thence north with said avenue /
chain and "a links to tho beginning -contain-
ing about 2 acres.
Terms Of sale On a oredi1 Of seven and
twelve months notes Rith approved s%eeuriiys
lien retained to secure the same etc.
This August 3, 1877.
Il. A, COLE, Clerk and Master.
By r. j, HACK, d. O.. and NJ.
! l42-xxV-7 ~ g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
Give ,he connsr, ereenhacks.

"
To the Rditor Of the Ledger:
II instead Of national banks we had
in their place such banks as the Union
and Planters. Bank OF Commerce and
other State banks Of deposit and dis,
count banking on greenbacks, the fnsn.
cial condition OF the country would be
entirely changed, aud Tor the better. The
government pays twenty-five millions OF
dollars 10 these national banks for the
purpose Of circulating the national notes
This is ioo great a loss The government
had better have fiscal agents, which
would cost no onef0nrth the amount,
and this would do away with the govern.
meut detectives poking their nosss in
the banks; and when they have exam,
ined the books OF the bank they are as
wise as they we're before. 4.
Some will tell you that il a national
bank beeoms bankrupt the community
arr ne losers. This is not so. The note
holders do not lose anything, but the de
p~ositors lose ALL II the national banks
would bank On grsenhaeks and le, the
government retire the national currency
all would be right. We have no better
curreaev than ~greeubacks. aud We do not
want gcli and Silver except as change
| see 20 benefit that resumption OF specie
payment would do, as who wants to carry
the weight of gold AID silver When the
circulation Of %greenhacks is as good;
but We want more greenbAoEs, i e we
SAINT more money in circulation
just hos at the coudiuou we are in
The Appeal OF the l0th says another
batch Of mechanics have left New York
for England to be employed in building
at seveateen cents per hour, Was there
ever such a thing heard Of before2 IL
does speak we'll for England, but il
lhuaders in your ears that here in this
great republic capital is against labor.
England and the United States have ex
changed places in this respect. In Eng.
land, now, capital and labor ~equalize,
bnt here it is war to the hilt. We have
only seeuthe beginning eff theend. Nous
verrons.
You bondboliers and mouey dealers
should always bear in mind Esop's
fable Of The dog snatching at the shadow
on the water and losing the meat he had
II his mouth.
The best thing the government could
do would be TO pass o national law to
equalize the interest all over the Union,
for it ia impossible for the farming in
terest to pay more than tour per cent.
for money. and the farming interest is
the wealth Of the country. When agri-
culture is depressed the whole country
~sympathize with it. Manufactures.
banks and RAILROADS. clog the wheels OF
government. The depression of agri.
culture is the cause Of all our troubles.
II is the producer that pays all the taxes
at lest. Where would you merchants,
lawyers, doctors and all other professions
be If it vas not for the agriculturist and
manufacturer MELANGE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
3. AND L. ASSOCIATION.
UFs
guiding AND LOAN
ASSQCTkTI ON
10 THE FRONT.
IG Pioneer Association Of Memphis
Char cred Oct. L. 1877.
(Fifay Months' Du,s PaId-BOoh)
Char cred Oct. 1. 1877.
Fifty MOnths' Do,s PaId-BOok)
f"ins, Toward Maturity,
I SIS ~ per share.
NEW SERIES. NO BACK DUES.

" X, A MAN SAYS TO HIS TENANT
4 that If be will pay him three or four del
lars more per month than he has been in the
habit OF paying. at the expiration of eight or
nine years he would give him a deed of IRE
property, the tenant would be most Iihelv 10
accept the offer. This is the principle anon
which these Associations work.
In order to meet the demand Of many an
l%ltcants, this Association has decided To issfa
Quarterly Sertee of SIOeR. Our srk
scription book for the Fourth Series. datSng
on the Isl day Of July, inst. Is now onan
The Series will DO limited, and our friendt are
requested to hand in their subscriptions nj
once 10 the Secretary at the Office of he As-
ISOLATION. No 29l Main street, up stairs. who
will be in attendance during business hours 10
give all desired information as 10 the work.
iAgs Of the Association,
This Association is commended TO the work.
ingmen of Memphis particularly. ITS history.
its success, its present prominent rank in the
financial and business circles Of the city. its
coed work in the past and its bright prospeet
for better work in the future mark Il MS a
prominent example of what the pluck, perse-
yerance, stability and f~rugality Of the work.
ingmen OF tlempbis can achieve
Our quarterly issuanc of new stock opens
up an opportunity 10 all classes to avail them
selves Of the benefits which attach To this
Association by reason OF experience.
~ hirvcH and RIOW ratio of
WOrAtng expenses.
l.. LLGRILL, President,
CHAs. y. PATERSON, Secretary. 12S-95l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
MISSISSIPPI.

Yicksburg is infested by some very
bold burglars.
The New Orleans fremen on a visit to
Vicksburg have had q pleasant time.
With watermelons at a nickel apiece
thu doctors Of Natcbtz have no reason
to complain Of "distressiugly" healthy
times.
The Charleston Times contains twenty.
one announcement Of gentlemen who
are willing to serve their country on tht
allowance prescribed by law.
On the Liawood plantation, near
Natcbez, the %lessees aud hands have an
organized vigilance committee, CON.
posed of colored people, for the purpose
OF spppressiug crime, as well as arrest
ing those who violate the law.
Natohez Democrat. We are told BY 4
gentleman who saw and counted, thai
there is a stalk Of cotton on tho Carpen
ter place, on the creek, with three
branches and 359 hollis and forms, includ
ing about fifty fully matured bolls. The
stalk is not near done making. Thu
branches have respectively lis. lls ant
l26 hollis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

BERLIN, August l4.-An ambassador
from China has arrived to settle the affair
Of the Chinese pirates who murdered the
captain and mate of the German
schooner Anna last spring. he also in
tends to establish a permanent legation
here.
ATHENS, August l4-Eight thousand
troops Of reserves have Joined the army;
lelso 1000 volunteers arid many Greeks
from abroad.
VIENNA, August l4.-Tke passage of
the Danube by the main body of the
Roumanian army has been postponed
until large Russian achievements ar.
rive.
LONDON, August l4-Messrs. Eccles,
Shorroek Brothers & Co., manufacturers
Of 0verdarwen, have failed. Liabilities
estimated at $500, 900.
The queen yesterday ordered the pro-
rogahon Of parliament from to-day until
October 30.
Rioting took place at Londonderry
yesterday on the occasion of the open
ing Of Prentice Beers memorial hall. A
numter of persons we're injured and one
fatally stabbed. The military were called
out.
The following was the Queens speech,
which vas read by the commissioners:
My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN am
happy to be able to release you from
your attendance upou parliament. My
relations with all foreign powers continue
friendly. The exeriiops which since the
commencement Of disturbances in East
err Europe | have not ceased to make
for the maintenance Of general peace
unfortunately have not been success
iul. On the outbreak Of the war
between Russia and the Ottoman empire
declared my intention Of preserving
an attitude Of neutrality as lorg as the
interests of the country remained unaf.
iected. The extent and nature of those
interests was further defined in a commu.
n%ication which | caused:to be addressed
10 the Russian government which elected
a reply indicating friendly feeling on the
part of shat State. / shall not fail 10 use
my best efforts, when suitable opportu-
nifty occurs, for the restoration Of peace
on term9 compatible with the honor Of
the belligerents, and with the general
safety and welfare Of other nations. II
ir the course of the contest the rights Of
my empire should be ~assailed or en-.
dangered, ! should confidently rely on
your help to vindicate aud maintain
them The approximations Of a serious
famine in Southern India, which
| communicated to you at the opening
of tbs session, have, | Grieve to say been
fully verified. The visitation which has
fallen upon my subjects in Madras and
Bombay has been OF extreme severity,
and its duration is likely to be pro
longed. No exertion will be wanting on
the part Of my Indian government to
mitigate this terrible calamity. The
proclamation of my sovereignty has
been received ~throushout the provinces
with enthusiasm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

seem to be non-combatants, peace
fnl, helpless people, whose only
crime is that their ancestors hap
pened to be Mussulman or Chris
tians and that they grew up in the
way of thinking and believing
taught them in their childhood and
adhered to by those nearest and
dearest TO them. And all these
horrors, which are too shocking to
recite here, are committed in the
name of religion. The soldiers on
each side are taught that the
slaughter of each other, and even
Of helpless infants, viii secure them
divine favor, and the widest ex-
eesses are justified in heavens
name. The outside world cannot
afford to stand aghast and do moth
ing more. The sympathies of a
common humanity will demand
that a stop be put to the wholesale
butcheries of these helpless and in
people, regardless of their
faith. Whenever nations
engage in a war of determination
against each other the neutrality
of spectators ceases to be excuSable.
They are bound to interfere.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

A NUMBER of able and capable
connected with the
press of Mississippi were candidates
before the late Democratic couyen-
ton at jackson for some of the
positions to be filled. Not one Of
them was nominated, w~hereupon
the Vicksburg Commercial re-
marks: "The editorial brethren
are condoling with each other be
cause neither one of them received
a nomination for Office, though
several Of them were candidates
before the convention. The editors
are the pack-hOrses of the party,
and so far from being awarded any
of the chicken pie, there are those
among the successful candidates
that object to paying even the small
matter Of an announcement fee,
though they expect the paper to
: support them" Moral: Support
no man unless he comes, in your
opinion, up to the Jefferson stan
daTd Of honesty and capability,
whether nominated or not. This is
thA policy Of the LEDGER, a sound
Democratic paper, and it works
we'll.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

The following dispatch from Lit
tie Rock, dated yesterday, will be
read with great pleasure in this
city:
In the Chaneery Court this morning
Chancellor Eakin decided, in the suit OF
The Memphis and Little Rock road
against the Iron Mountain road, that the
latter has been erjDined from impeding
or destroying the use Of any part Of the
track connecting both roads. or interior
Ing with the use Of the depots, etc, by
the former road. The Memphis road is
required to give a bond of FIVE thousand
dollars within twenty days for the pay
ment of tolls. etc.
If the Iron Mountain road is
crippled financially and cannot
meet the interest on its bonds that
is no reason hat a small and weak
connecting line should be crushed
and ruined. The Little Rock road
has made a gallant fight against a
line which sets up to be an over
bearing monopoly. Another move
has been made to place the Iron
Mountain road in the. hands of a
receiver, and this time the result
may be different. There is good
reason for it, and will be as long as
the road seeks to d~iscOmmOde the
public to crafty a small and un-
worthy and unreasonable malice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
chicago Items.

CHICAGO, August Ia General Sheri-
dan this morning received q dispatch
from Martin Maginnis, member Of con
lress from Montana, confirming previous
accounts Of General Gibbons engage.
nent with the Indians.
The firm Of B. Meeber & Co, yes
terduy fled a voluntary petition in bank.
ruptcy, with secured liabilities amount.
ing to $500, 900 and unsecured liabilities
amounting to $3.50. 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
Attachment Notice.

Before G.. D. Crockett, Justice of the peacc
for Shelby county, Tennessoe-H. n II
Gross vs.. q, Janko. -
TNTHISCAUSB AN ATTACHMENT HAy.
\ ing been sued out under section S455 Of the
the property Of the defendant, and afidavit
having been made that the defendant Il
Indebted to plaintiffs ia tho sum of sol. 81.
due by aee9unti and that the claim is iust.
Wv ina the defendant Is a non. resident OF
state of Tennessee, il is Hereford ordered.
that the said defendant mako his personal
appearance before me on the 18th day Of Sen
tem9er' 1871, at 10 O'Clock am, at my Office,
Tennessee, and defend said a~ttachnent
suit within tho time prescribed by law
or the same will DO proceeded with sx parte /:
and that.a COPY Of this order DO published once
Memphis Public Ledger, $40
This 18th day Of August, 1877,
il-ias. l5l.2 GEO. ID. CROCKETT. J.. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

The subscription price Of The PUB
LIC LEDGER is s. per annum for
The Daily, and 81 per M for the
Wesky-POstage free.
Persons learning the ely for the sum
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month. or trO dollars toT
three months, in adpaRes, icih The
privilege Of changing postoFies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

A LEADING capitalist in a mining
district Of Pennsylvania is reported
to have lately used this language:
My policy in managing laboring
men is to keep them 50 poor that
they cannot strike. That's the
way to prevent strikes" Spoken
or unspoken, this seems to be the
policy of many capitalists in this
country who control large bodies
of laborers. Henry Ward Beecher,
the sleek pastor of Plymouth
church, on a salary of SOC, 900 a
year, represented this class when
he declared that eighty cents a day
would buy bread and water, and
that that was good enough for the
workingmep. No doubt he thinks
SO. His pay comes from the rich.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

HaLESA, MONTANA. August l4-The
foliawipg has just been received from
Bannock: A party Of Indians crossed at
the head Of Horse Prairie to Lemhi,
striking stephenson's, this morning,
killing the Pierce brothers and others on
the route. They are evidently making
their way to Snake River Valley,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

Col. T.. W. d. HALLIDAY, the
conservative nominee for governor
of Virginia, is a one-armed ex. Con-
federate. lie is a lawyer with good
practice, and has never given him
self much to politics.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14
G
AcEMTs.
LEGAL
esident Notice.

No. 2S2- Circuit Court of the United States.
Western District of Tennessee-Susan o..
Fransioli VS.. Charles NJ. Surdam.
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL IN
| this cause, which is sworn to. that the de-
fendant. Charles NJ. Surdam, is not a resi-
dent Of the State Of Tennessee, and 1t ap-
pearing from the marshars return, Endorsed
unable to find said defendant or to make SER
vice of TIE process in this cause upon him; it
is therefore ordered that said defendant do
enter his appearance herein at the Office Of
the Clerk Of ihs United States Circuit Court
at Memphis, Tenn. on or before the first
Monday in October next or the allegations OF
the bill will DO taken for confessed against
him and judgment rendered accordingly; and
that publication be made once each week for
four weeks in the Public Ledger.
HORACE L ANDREWS,
Clerk u. 5. Circuit Court.
Rv I, II p1TqpURy II q 1AQ. lao Xxx 0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

DURING the month Of July the
postofice department furnished on
orders stamped envelopes Of al
sizes, including newspaper wrap
pers and official envelopes, to the
number Of SOOl7,lOO, for which
the amount received was Sa6, SO.