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The Strength of Wrought Iron. /.

A series of ofexperiments have been car.
ried on at the Washington Navy Yar,i.
by Commander l.. A. Beardslee, of ~.
United States Test Board, to ascertal,.
the strength of iron used in chain cable.
1t had been suspected, with just reaso,.
that the British Admiralty tables for til
strength ot wrought iron needed reyis
ion. Not less than 5000 tests of the tea
sle strength OF iron have been made 1.
the Navy Yard, to determine the
lastic limit, eiongation and reduction
area of the various specimens; and fo
ty two complete chemical analys
have also been performed. Some oiti.s,
conclusions that have been reached a a
remarkable.
The Admiralty tables are declared u
safe, and new ones have been prepare, 4.
The Board finds that the tenacity %,
two inch bur for chain cables should be
between $4,000 and $4,000 pounds p,,
square inch; one inch bar, between 5N.
600 and 81, 600; and THAT stronger iron
than these make inferior cables, becaus
they have less auctility and capacity for
welding. The strength OF wrought iror
and its Welding power are influence
quite as much by the reduction it has
undergone in rolling as by ordinary di;
ferepces in its chemical composition.
In general the process for makin
wrought iron gives an uncertain qualitY
to the product, while the methods Q
making cheap steel confer certainty ar
uniformity. The ordinary practice {
Welding is capable great iniproveme'
by being performed in atmosphere free
from oxygen, The Importance of til
subject will be conceded, since the satetg
of human lives must often depend upo
the strength OF a ships cable or of tit
links in bridge chain.
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no DIFFERENCE To HM.-A new
married couple at R"seburs, Greg
were disturbed on the following mo
ing by the appearance at their Cham
door of that irrepressible mother-in-la
who exclaimed Now, you git u.
when I was married, my old man "
out in the Geld mowin' long 'aiore
time o. day u you don't cit ur,
burn up your clothes go burn 'cm,
al: gol darn 'om ! don't want L
aein." rzcaiucj ihe groom,
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SETTLERS FLEEING VOLUNTEERS OR =
CANNING MAILS DELAYED
THE PEOPLE ARAIING.
Depredations I'm Oregon.
From the Bee. June IA.


Last evening Governor Chadwick re-
cciyed the following kilograms from
Baker City:
BAKER CRY, June II,
via WINNEMUcCA, June 13.
10 s. f. ChalpicE, Salem, Orryon
Indians are massacring settlers in
southern part of this county, and moving
this way. Send 100 stand OF arms and
ammunition. d. b. ScHoFIELD,
County Judge.
Upon receipt of which tue Governor
issued the following order.
STATE OF OREGON,
SALEM, june 13.
Brig. Gem lM = Bi'oun, Commanding End
BriJade D. s. H.:
Six Il have the honor to make re-
QUESTION upon you for 100 stand OF arms
to be furnished from the companies
under your command fer the protection
of settlers in Bakre county from Indian
massacre. The arms are 30 be shipped
to ID. B. Schofeld, County Judge of
Baker county, Baker City.
Your obedient servant,
s. f. Chadwick, Governor
In pursuance of the foregoing order,
Gen. Brown will forward so stand Of
arms from Salem this morning, and the
General will go'to Porti;aia and for.
ward so more from there to morrow.
and will also make requsition upon
the Vancouver arsenel for 5000 rounds
of ammunition, which will also be forward
ed to morrow. General Brown has also
rendered the Governor the services Of
the 2nd Brigade, which will be held in
readiness for duty subject to orders. 1t
is greatly to be hoped that the reported
outbreak may prove to be mistake, but
from the movements of Indians in other
places it is to be feared that the worst
has not been reported.
WINNEMUcoA, June 13.--Many fami-
lics of fleeing settlers came in from Para
disc valley last night Thirty needle
guns and $50 cartridges have just been
TO Paradise valley, which
will he distributed to the people. An
escort of five armed citizens went on the
the Northwestern stage road at noon.
Two or three companies are expected
there from the west at 2p.M.
SILVER CITY, June 13.-No mails re-
ceived here from San Francisco for three
days. The stage which left Sheep ranch
yesterday, arrived at Camp McDermot
today vas heavily guarded all the way
by scouts. The driver had to use one
team for fifty miles, the Indians having
captured nearly all the horses at the
stations between Owyhee and McDermot.
A few of the station keepers saved horses
by turning them loose. Ranches
and stations along the way were
generally abandoned, hut communities
ton will be restored in q day or two.
A company of 20 volunteers organized
at Winnemucca are cnroute to McDcr--
mot to protect the stages.
A Bannock spy was captured here to
day. Two weeks ago he furnished
Buffalo Horn with thirteen horses which
he probably stole. Tho Indian was
sent to Jail. This evening General
Howard and his officials arrived
from Boic, CRY cnroute to Jordon
valley. The General went TO thc iail,
released thc EaaIock and took him or
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Over 10000 square feet Of surface is
covered by the sheds and buildings OF
the company, and the increase of Its
business may require this to be largely
incr eased this season. Sufficient space
cun not be afforded for detailed de-
scription OF the process used, or all the
machinery employed in the stave factory,
in converting the blocks of wood into
the stock ready to make the barrels, but
no description would be con plcte with
out mention of the machinery being
added and the buildings erected for the
manufacture from wood of
EXCELsIoR,
An article second only to hair for mat
tresscs.
At present all of this article comes
from the East, and ranges in price from
p to cents per pound. The best OF
timber is required Tor this purpose.
Eastern Excelsior is made out Of Pop
lar which Is considered inferior to the
Balm for this purpose.
They have the exclusive right to these
machines on the coast. and already u
contract tor 500 tons of the manufactur
ed product. The new building is 20x4O,
very heavy framing, and will be separat-
ed from the old mill by solid brick wall
as fire preventive.
Eight machines are to be set up side
10y side in space of 20 feet. 14f small
knives, called splitters, are firmly set,
like type locked IN a form, in space
only inches wide; these are made to
move rapidly upwards and downwards,
splitting the surface of the wood by
their shnrpened points.
The splitters are followed by knife
that cuts off the product called Excelsior
which is carried on an endless apron made
of canvass to the bailing press, where 1t
is pressed into bales of the size of 2x2x4
feet, which weigh some 250 pounds.
The wood used must be very firm, dry,
live and elastic, when these fine hair like
shavings will possess nearly all the quail
ities OF hair for mattresses such as clean
illness, sweetness, elasticity and durabili
ty.
Already some 500 tons have been con-
traoted for, with increasing demand the
works will be increased to meet it,
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A Boston lawyer named Robinson
very pious and extremely High Churc
views, has his note paper headed VII
Scripture texts. The other day, havir
occasion to write for favor to Chi
Justice Gray, he uuluckily used a she
headed aye are bought with price"
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Legal and transient notices Sl.00 per square
first Insertion; 30 cents per square each sub
sequent insertion.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

$500 Per ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
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Last evening Governor Chadwick re-
cciyed the following kilograms from
Baker City:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
Nature of Music.

Mr.. Richard Grant White has dis
covered for us the nature of music"
In ah elaborate article in the Decem-
Der number of the Atlantic Monthly
he decides IS susceptibility to music
to be of a purely sensuous character,
depending entirely upon physical or
%ganization, and having no more to
do with the intellect of the morals
than the stature or complexion.
The fact that music has no intellec-
tual or moral significance does not
lower the character of the emotion it
Produces The cutlery because of
the transfer OF opera music to the
church choir was all unwarranted.
"A sweet, slow air, says Mr.. Rich
ard Grant White, us a sweet, slow
air, and nothing more or less and
there could be no just reason of com
plant except on the ground of asso-
citation. The character of music is
low or high, trivial or noble, according
to the composers genius. There
can be nothing inherently sacred in
any combination ofsounds." Notably
pious persons and notably intellectual
persons have been totally wanting in o
sensibility to music. And some very
cruel, also very unintellectual, persons
have been enthusiastic lovers ofmusic
Of the highest ofder, Nor does Mr..
White believe that any individual can
have a lack of talent for music sup
Piled by cultivation. All this may be
t%rue-4a susceptibility Va music may be
merely a contribution of the senses
but the physical and the spiritual ma
ture are so closely allied that the
heart and mind gain q new vitality
under the influence of what we desig-
nate divine music 1t certainly
serves as a spiritual stimulus to those
whose aspirations are after higher
things than the mere qualification Of
the senses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

PURSUANT to the terms Of a deed of trust.
l executed to the undersigned by ". r. Carr
ter, on the 9Th day Of October, 1917, duly reg
istered in the Registers Office of Shelby
county, Tenn, in Chattel Book No. IS, page
I'll, | will, on Saturday, the 14th day of De-
cember, 1873, at the southwest corner of Main
and Madison streets, in the city Of Memphis,
within the legal hours, sell to the highest bid
der for cash, the property described in said
trust deed, to-wit: A certain wharf boat, now
lying at the levee at Memphis, and known as
the wharfboat r. E. Lee. The said sale will
be made subject to a prior mortgage of $4,000
on said wharf boat. S. j. CAMP,
$3.50 Trnetoa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

NUTTON-In store, &c.
COTTON SEEDS 90 per ton.
COTTON SEED OIL-S5c per
gallon.
lac per ID; No. 2, 10 to lie; dry salted,
10 to lie; green, 5 to &c; common, 4 to
&c; sheepskins, 20 to 75c.
H0NEY--1O to 10 per ID in the
comb.
BEESWAX-22c per lb.
TALL0W-69c per lb.
BALINGSTUFFS-- Bagging brisk;
shipments are large; Flax, 2 to ri
lbs, $40; hemp, 114c; half jute, 2 to 2t
lbs, 11ta114c; baling Irvine, lie; iron
ties, 81 05 to 2l5 PEI bundle.
MACKEREL-Half bbls, No 1,
Sc 90 to 6 so; No. 2, IS 80; half bbls
No. 3, 81 so; kits, No. l, 81 40 to l 80.
No. 2, 95c; No. 3, 75c.
COFFEE Ordinary, 1871 to 14c;
fair, 144 to 15c; prime, 161 to 17c:
choice, III to 18c; Java, 25c.
RICE-53 to &c.
STARCH-31 to 4c.
WHISKY-90c to 81 90.
SUGAR-Louisiana fair, &c; fully
fair, 7c; prime, tic; choice, &c; yellow
clarified, 8 to Ste; white, Sic; refined
A, per ID, 9 to 9!c; crushed and pow
dered, 1Oic; granulated, lO3c; cut loaf
103c,
MOLASSES = In good demand
common, old, 24c; fair, do, 26c prime
34c; strictly prime, new, 80.
SYRUPS-No inquiry.
SALT-Coarse and common fine, il
bbls, $1.35; dairy, in bbls,-; Liver
pool coarse, in sacks, $1.25 to $l.30
Liverpool fine, in sacks, $1,40,
SOAP-Resin and Germin, 81 t
61c; Latting's Dixie, Ate; do laundry
5lc; do German, &c; do refined OF
64c.
CANDLES-Boxes full weigh.
l 1910; half boxes, do, 13c; quartz
' boxes do, 13tc.
CEMENT-Slow; Louisville, So
2 to $50; Rosedale, $2.75.
BEEF-Fair; IN store, forequarter
81; headquarters, Sc.
! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, pt
keg, 81 %. Vinegar, per gal, 16
zoe. Tobacco, per b., 43 to 80
Spice, 18c. Pepper, 18c. Sardines,S So
a$13 90. Oysters, light, l lb, 65to 20
do ID 81 10 to l 10. Coal oil, 20
Matches, Sc so. Cotton rope, II
grass, do, III to 124c. Powder, keg
Sc 30. Shot, patent, 81 70 to l s
Soda, kegs, ito 44c; do cases, 5 to 81
New r%aisins. 81 % to 2 40.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
MOnday, December Nc. 1szs.

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, to-wit.
Being all the right, title and interest Of de-
PENDANTS X. NJ. Henning and Albert Pearce in
and to the said real estate, lying and being
in the city of Memphis, Shelby county, Ten
nessee, to-wit: The certain tract Of land
formerly owned by John G. McLemore, being
81 acres Qess a lot fronting 100 feet on Ala
bama street by $50 feet deep taken off tho
southeast corner to-wit: Beginning at tho
northeast corner of Mrs. Sanders lot No. 80
on the south side of Alabama road; thence
north S. deg. west 20 poles to a stake; thence
south. so deg. west Is poles to a stake on the
east bank Of Bayou GayosO; thence up the
bayou with its meanderings south 40 deg. east
9 poles; thence south S. deg. west IA poles to a
stakei thence south IS deg. east to a stake at
the bridge on Market street; thence north 80
deg. east a poles to a stake; thence north 81
deg. east lsh poles to the beginning.
Terms of sale: Said property will be sold
on a credit Of seven months, purchaser exc
cutting note with approved personal security
for the purchase money, and q lien retained
on the property until said note is paid.
| Equity Of redemption barred,
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
HUNKS & PosToN and I. W. Brown, solic-
| itors. 65-D
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, to-wit:
Said land is situated in Shelby county Ten
netsee, and is bounded and described as fol-
lows: Beginning at the southwest cornoI OF
the land conveyed to E. c. Abercrombie BY o..
5: Abercrombie in the Memphis and Raleigh
plank road, about ~ miles from Memphis,
and running thence north with the west line
Of said land TO the south line Of lot No. u Of
the O.. s. Abercrombie subdivision, about
n l5-1g0 chains; thence west with said south
line about II chains to W. F. Hardin's east
line; thence south with said east line about 5
chains to tho southeast corner Of said Har-
din's tract; thence west with Hardin's south
line about 81 chains to the east line of the
l0A-acre tract Of land claimed by R. Weldon;
thence south with said east line to the center
Of Cypress creek; thence southeasterly with
the meanderings Of said creek to the center Of
the Memphis and Raleigh plank road; thence
eastward with the center of said road to the
beginning; containing 1914 acres more or less.
Terms Of sale: Cash. Equity Of redemp-
ton barred.
JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
MINOR MERIwETHER, Solicitor. 65-92
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
GeneraI Trade.

F~LOUR-Firm and active, with
a fair demand, at So 90 to 6 per Dbl;
Western X, So % to 3 so; Xxx, 81 80;
family, So 25. to 5 80; fancy, IS 80 to 6;
retailers charge from % to 80 more
90.
MEAL-Dull, at g 90 on the Icvee;
50 Is from store.
CORN-In in good demand and
scarce Sales on the leyee at 48c
48l, and 60 sacks ear at 48c to be de-
livered.
OATS-Demand moderate, sales at
% to 36c.
BRAN-Wheat bran remains quiet
and cteady at 75c per cwt in store;
corn bran dull, with little demand at
$40 Copper ton and 60to 65c per cwt.
HAY-In fair demand choice tim
othy, $1f to IA on the levee; prairie,
So 90 to 8 %.
POTATOES-Are in fair demand
and receipts good. Peachblows were
sold from store yesterday at 81 10 to
2 25; Ohio river r%ussets, in large
barrels, 225 sweet, loose, at Zoe pei
Dbl.
ONIONS Moderate andunchangeC
at 81 70 to 90; choice yellow Dantes
81 00a2 % per Dbl.
CABBAGE-Oontinues brisk; s;
90 to 3 80 per st. Louis crate; loose s
per cwt.
CHICKENS-Fair and in goo,
supply at 81 so to 2 rs per dozen.
EGGS-Are in good demand, witt
a light supply; sales at 22c; iron
store. 23c per dozen.
northumberland; choice rol
DC; solid choice dairy 20 to &c, com
mon and cooking remains dull at 12C
FRUITS--Apples continue to NOV
lively from store at 81 % for common
2 rs for choice. Pears quiet, but fey
in market California, 81 80 per box
lemons in moderate demand a
S. so. Dried apples unchanged
old, nominal n6w choice, DC. Drie
peaches, nominal new, DC. Orang
moderate at 50 so per box and A ;
to 5 90 per Dbl.
NUTS-Cocoa, but few in marke
selling in store at So 90 per br
Peanuts, DC for red; choice white, &
Pecans, 6 to 70 for Arkansas; 10 I
lie for Texas.
BEANS-Steady at g % per busE
ell from store for navy. Stock pea
81 80 per bushel for red, black, ella
and other varieties.
LIME-Sl 10 per Dbl in store, soc |
car load.
PROFESSIONALISM side por'
loose, 43c; clear rib, 4sc; clear side
4sc; bacon, Sc. Smoked meats
packed shoulders, 4 to 4Bc; clear rib
Be; hams, 81 to 10c, u%ncanvase,
mess pork, 50 IS to 8 50; breakfast b
con, 81 to SIC.
LARD-Firm; t%ierce, 63a7c; ha
bbls, Zee; buckets 7ja8; half buckle
Sla8bc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS, November %, 1873.

Financial affairs to-day were not as live
ly as for the past several days,the gloomy
weather no doubt having a bad effect on
trade. Inquiry for money continues, andis
supplied at 8 to 10 per cent. Exchange is
in sufficient supply to prevent any call
upon the East FOR currency. We quote
sight on New York and demand on
New England at y off sight on New
England at 4 off, selling at par; on
New Orleans u discount buying, selling
at par. Gold in New York closed al
1907. Local bonds and securities are il
little demand. County scrip is in request
at IS, but sallers ask 80.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

Nine Lityinow, a Russian lady, has
received the degree Of doctor OF phi
losophy from the University of Berne,
She passed her examination with such
brilliancy, especially in mathematics
that the faculty unanimously agreed to
attach the highest mark" Cum sum
ma laudep to her diploma.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
Trustees Sale.

ON SATURDAY, tho 2lst day Of Decem-
ber 1878, in front ofmy office, p Madison
street,, Memphis, Tenn, | will sell for cash
the following property;
Beginning at a point on the west side Of
Rayburn avenue, which is the southeast cor
ner of n fvo-acre lot originally conveyed BY
j, G.. McLemore to W. P. Gilbert ct al, Book
ming thence south with the west line of Ray
burn avenue 200 feet to a stake: thence west
parallel with the south line Of said fve-aere
tract $50 feet to a stake; thence north 200 feet
to a stake in tho south line Of said f~ve-aore
tract; thence east $50 feet 10 the beginning,
with improvements thereon, being a neat cot
tage and out houses.
| sell as trustee under deed made 20 me by
Mrs, Nancy Gilbert, December II, 1877, re-
corded in Book l2l, page 2S9, Shelby county,
to which reference IA made.
67-G l.. b. MCFARLAND, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
Administrators sale.

ON the SOth day of November, 1873, at sg7
~ Adams street, in Memphis, / will. as nd.
ministrator Of Cassandra Wilson, deceased.
sell at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, the following personal effects of the
decedent, viz: l bureau (plain), I washstand,
l ARMCHAIR, feather-bed, 2 pillows, / excel
slor pillow, . quilts, blankets, 2 pairs pillow
tub. Sale at IL M.
69-7S b. M. ESTES. Administration.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

Samuel Sloan, the great railroed
king, was in 1882 an errand boy for a
shipping firm in Cleveland. He be-
came a partner in 1915, and retired in
1859 with a ! large fortune, which has
since swelled TO millions,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

The market this morning opened quiet,
with prices steady and unchanged. The
dark and gloomy weather tended to de-
press the market and check operations, al
though there was was a fair inquiry, with
good offerings. Sales Saturday 300 bales;
export 21OO, spinuers $50, spectators $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
In supreme Court at Jackson.

j.. J. Moon VS.. Annie Abercrombie.
DY virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
ID Supreme Court Of Tennessee, at jackson,
in this cause, June 5, 1873, / will offer for sale
to the highest bidder in front of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city of Mem
phis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
In Supreme Court at jackson.

Waddy Thompson VS.. Woodruff & Co. ct al.
DYyirtue Of the decree pronounced by the
ID Supreme Court of Tennessee, at jackson,
April Is, 1877, in this cause, and renewed May
p, 1878, | will offer for sale to the highest bid
der, in front Of the courthouse of Shelby
county, in the city Of Memphis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, to-wit:
The east half Of lot 50 of John 0vett0n 8
addition to the city Of Memphis, in Shelby
county, Tennessee, fronting the south line Of
Clay street so feet, and running back ITO feet
to an alley.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
CIV. WINCHESTER, Solicitor. IS 20
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
NEW ORLEANS. Noyember2 Is. -COttOn weak
NEW YoRK, November 25, lO'5O.a.m.-Ootton

LIVERPOOL, November Is, 2 p.m.-CottOn is
steady. Middling uplands, Sad: Orleans,
5l5-16d. Sales, 10000 bales, Of which 1900 were
for export and speculation. Futures dull and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
LEGAL.
In Supreme Court at jackson.
Monday, December 10, ISIS.

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, tO-wit:
Situate, lying and being in Memphis, Shelby
county, Tennessee, on the east side Of Shelby
street, and beginning at the intersection of
the south line of Butler street with tho east
line Of Shelby street; thence with the east line
Of Shelby street, south, 80 feet; thence east,
street, 90 feet to an alley; thence n~orthwardly
with said alley 30 feet to the south line of But
Ter street; thence west with the south line Of
Butler street to the beginning. to
Terms of sale: Said property will be sold
on a credit Of twelve and eighteen months,
purchaser giving notes with approved security
for the purchase money, and a lien retained
on said property until said notes are paid.
Equity Of redemption barred.
Ian JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
HuNEs 4 PosToS, and METoALF & WALKER,
Solicitors. 65-2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
a5m day OF November, 1878,

sell At public auction, at IL O'Clock M, the
household and kitehon furniture and pcrsoal
effects generally OF the late Isaac Neville.
Sale TO take place nc his late residence. No.
1852 Third street, Memphis; Tenn.
WIN. NEVILLE, Admir-.
Memphis, November IS, 1873, GlYs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-25
In supreme Court at jackson.

F. ". ROsenthal ct al. vs.. Joseph Grieshaber
OF al.
QY virtue of the decree pronounced by tho
- supreme Court of Tennessee, at jackson,
TO the highest bidder, in front Of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
phis, on