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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

Mr.. Lougfellow's Song Of Home,
printed in the February Atlantic, has
been set to music by the English com.
poser, Rarlettr aud sung by Mr.. Sims
Reeves,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

DR.. ALFRED VOORHEES, makes q epe
cialty Of treating disestes of the EYE
and EAR. Office, 1923 Poplar st. So
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26
Best Shirts made TO order,
$500,
Mays, 2S7 Main st.
nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railway,

NashviIle, Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railway.
Among the great enterprises that give
credit to the State OF Tennessee is the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway. This corporation is one Of the
few that sustained the reverses of wal
and came out strong and reliable. About
the year 1871 the Nashville and Chatta.
nooga Railroad Company purchased the
Nashville and Northwestern road, run.
ming from that city to the Mississippi
By means Of liberal as well as judicious
expenditures, directed by an Intelligent
experience aud scientific skill, the
Northwestern was put in 6rst.class order,
and with the Chattanooga line ia one Of
the best equipped, smoothest, reliable
and accommodating railroads in the
United States. This great improvement
has been due to the present ~administra.
ton, of which Colonel Cole is president
j. W, Thomas, general superintendent
and Major L. W. Dauley, general pass.
enger agent. The road constitutes a di
rect line from Norfolk, Washington, Bal
timore, and other cities in the East, Wis
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville anc
Mckenzie to Texas, S.. Louis and TIL
West generally. 1t is the quickest roul,
from Chattanooga to St. Louis and the
Northwest; The trains have sleeperi
attached, and make better time than AM
other line, Persons going to Nashville
will find this the best, safest and lens
expensive route by connection over thu
Louisville road at Mckenzie. SleeperI
for Nashville leave Memphis every day
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

Dr.. A. L. KIMBRo has returned and re.
sumed practice. Office, cor. Beal and I'd.
q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

T0R POSTERS, SHOW BILLS, CARDS
Circulars, etc., gotten MP with the latest
gtyle of types and on superior paper Of any
desired color. RoltO the Ledger, otioe.and en-
amlnO stook.andlprie0a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

McGiDnis' Magic Liniment
For sale at W. N. Wilkersou & Co. g..
On .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26
Low PRICES. FIRST-CLASS GOODS

1900 Cases Of Peaches Tomatoes. Corn, SAL
mon. Maekersl, Oysters. Sardines. etc.
50 Barrels Extra Fine Syrup.
Oatmeal, Cracked Wheat. best Graham
Flour, Extra white Meal. Hominy.
crits. Dried Apples, Peeled Peaches.
Pitted Cherries. Prunes, Dried April
cots. etc. All in great variety, and
selling at remarkably low prices. Call
and see.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

50 Tieress Best susar-cured Hams,
Is Boxes Thin Breakfast Bacon.
i.00O Buckets Fairbanks Lard.
100 Tierces and Half-barrelI LAID,
800 Barrels Silver Moon and Queen Flour
/ Carload New York State Buckwheat.
1000 Bags Of Coffee-RiO, Laguayra, Java
and Mocha,
1000 Boxes of Cheese at Cincinnati prices.
500 Boxes Of Crackers at st. Louis prices,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

A LARGE stere. Best stand in the city.
"A Centrally located. Rentcheap. Inquire
ofs0L COLEMAN. at his Cigar Emporium,
326 Main street. is 30
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under ths supervision and manp cement OF
Generals g. II. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL
A. EARLY.
Tho next drawing occurs Tuesday. May
II, 1878. n.35-w&s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

FOR RENr.

FURNISHED HOUSE, 10 rooms, kitchen
j and outhouses, centrally located and suit
able for a first. class boarding house. Address
''R. W.C.." this Office. 2lt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

MANY cheice Houses, several Stores.
Ul LANDS, Offices; 20 acres, Chelsea; 80 to
800 acres near Bartlett, with house, ETC., at
$3.50 an acre; also James, Alexander and
Humboldt Parks.
1926 W A. WHEATLEY, 2S1 Main St.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26
LiVER
LOTTERY.


A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY "a
"A WIN A FORTUNEl- Fourth Grano
Distribution, 1878, at New Orleans, tuesday,
April eth.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY 20.
This institution was regularly incorporated
BY the Legislature Of the state for Educa-
tional and Charitable purposes in 1868. with a
Capital of 81, 100000, to which 1t has since
added n reserve fund of $50 GOO. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS will
take place monthly on the secend Tuesday.
1t NEVER SCALES OR PosTPONEs. Look at the
following Distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000.
100 900 Tickets at 2 Dollars Each.
He'll TlekeiB Ono DAIIhr.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26

1857 Prizes. amounting to....-.,........Sll0 400
all prominent points, TO whom a liberal COM
pensation will be paid.
Application for rates 10 clubs should only DO
made to the Home Office in New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating iull address, for fur
Their information or send orders 10
NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
P, o. Box 500, New Orleans. La.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06

equally obstruct the trade of Great Britain
with the most important of her colonies,
and by producing separation of interests
lead to alienation of feeling. Canadian
manufactures cannot be built up by a high
tariff against the United States alone
with the free admission of British
goods. The Canadian manufacturers do
not want to be undersold in their own
market, which they would be just as cer-
tainly by England as by the United States
if the same tariff is not made against both.
Now, as the only benefit Great Britain
derives from her colonies consists in the ex-
tension Of her markets, they will cease to be
of any advantage if they shut out her goods
by prohibitory tariff If Sir John Mac
donald carries out the protectionist policy
which he promised in the elections lie will
drive a wedge of separation between the
Dominion and the mother country and
destroy the cementing effect Of this fresh
awakening of loyalty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
A Preposterous Suit Against General
Grant.

There came up in one Of the Washington
dent Grant is the defendant and lunatic
the prosecutor. 1t is a civil suit TO recover
damages for false imprisonment, the amount
claimed being 500, 900. In 1874 the Presi-
dent was persistently followed in his daily
walks by man of large size and fierce as
pect, whose intentions he could not under
stand. When he had borne the annoyance
until his patience was exhausted he caused
the facts TO be communicated to the
police, who succeeded in bringing the
strange intruder to Police Headquarters,
where he was examined by physicians, de-
clared to be insane and committed to the
lunatic asylum. While confined there an
attempt was made to liberate him by habeas
corpus, bat the superintendent and all the
physicians of the asylum having no doubt
Of his insanity he was detained in the in
stitution until he was at last taken to New
York and sent to Europe in the hope that
sea voyage might cure him. He returned
in an early steamer and commenced suit
against General Grant for false imprison-
ment.
The mildness of his lunacy was illus
trated when he was summoned to
testify before committee Of Congress
in an Investigation of the conduct
of the superintendent of the asylum
Among the absurdities he swore to was the
annoyance he experienced in the institution
by the nightly visits Of General Grant,
who entered his room through the key
hole ! After this piece of testimony the
committee discovered that they had no fur
ther use for such witness. The singu-
larity Of his case is that he seems sane
enough on all other subjects except Gen.
eral Grant. 1t is not creditable to the
counsel of this crazy man that they encour-
age and abet him in his absurd suit A
history of the case may be found in our
Washington dispatches.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
late years.

The coal combination, if not upon its last
legs, seems at least to need very stout
crutch to enable it to hobble. The agree
ment to increase by one million tons the
amount to be mined in December shows
that the combination is its own worst
enemy, for it indicates degree of greed on
the part Of some of the parties to the COM
pact which can only result in overproduc-
ton, the fear Of which, with its consequent
reduction Of price, is the ordinations only
excuse for existence. Three million tons.
which is the quantity now agreed upon as
the December yield, is nearly twice as
much MS was mined during the cor
responding month of either Of the four
preceding years. ''When rogues fall out, I"
however, the cash purchaser can usually
get the swag at reduced figures, and it is
about certain that the great December
yield, with the almost certain dissol ution
of the combination on the last day Of the
year, will result in n reduction Of prices
Such a possibility has already been dis
counted by some New York dealers, who
are Offering to fill future orders at a reduc-
ton upon present rates. and men in bust
ness so close as that Of coal selling are not
going to make such offers without being
sure of their ability to fill them without
loss. Success to the smash-up!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06

Kaiser Wilhelm and the Empress yes
terday entered Berlin in state, to take up
the reins of power which fell from
his hand when the socialist MODELLING
fred at His Majesty as he drove
up the Inter den Linden on the
afternoon OF the I'd Of June last. In the six
months which have elapsed the Reichstng
has put in the hands OF his Ministers re-
pressivc powers ior dealing with the canker
ofsocialism whose virus was found spreading
SO rapidly among the Germ IN people, and it
is natural that theuged Kaisers first remarks
to the Eerlinesc should refer to the evil
and what he hopes will prove its
remedy. That is grave question,
which only the future can answer.
At present the signs are not reassur-
ing for all the activity of the Imperial po-
lice and the promptness Of the German
judges. But the ovation which greeted the
Emperor had all the warmth with which
brave men rebuke dastardly act and who
felt tina. crime had happily not reached
the extent Of national disgrace as they
saw their venerable ruler once more well
of his wounds.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06

shamefnlly, not only in rooms where the
air can be frequently changed and from
which the heavy carbopic acid gas can escape
by its own weight, but in ground-foor and
basement class rooms, which can scarcely
be ventilated at ALL and where, sad to re-
late. the younger and more sensitive pupils
are always to be found. The Boards own
president complained fortnight ago that
in some rooms which he had lately visited
the pupils were SO numerous and the VEN
tilation so bad that sensations of faintness
compelled him to take hasty departure.
When the weather grows colder the hot-air
furnaces fiercer, and when the doors and
windows are kept tightly closed, how much
better will the air of these rooms be :?
Whose business is it to find out? Judged
by the existing condition of affairs no one
has the matter in hand, and the pocketbook
of the coffin maker grows fat in conse-
quence. 3-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
Parliament Onens.

The Queens Speech is among the short
est of its kind, and deals with the ques-
ton of the Afghan war alone, and that
in the most curt fashion. Earl Granville.
in the House of Lords, summed up its
meaning when he showed that Parliament
had only been called when it was too
late to interfere. What he said upon the
Crown prerogative of declaring war and
concluding peace is. however, significant,
for liberal opinion in England is concern
ing itself good deal about this power,
which haply puts the thunderbolts
OF an Empire into the hands Of
harlequin under the fiction of their
being in the hands of the sovereign
The prompt capture of the khyber and
Peiwar-Khotal passes will help Earl Bea-
consfeld and his men to wave aside this
single disaster would put very different
face upon affairs. It is evident that if
the session is to be short it will
be lively in the House of Lords
at least, where Lord Salisbury has taken
the first opportunity of using his oratorical
club on the opposition. Earl Beaconsfeld
was quite airy and roseate il his view Of
things, and found especial cheer IN tho i'm
proved prosps cts Tor business which he noted
in the Message Of President Hayes Wcare
getting along nicely. and by and by this
will react on England. he thinks. This
recognition of Americas lead in the bust
ness world is interesting, as showing with
what striking similarity Of view His Lord
ship and his great opponent, Mr.. Glad
stone regard the same question, which
the latter SO ably treated in kin
Beyond Sea. We congratulate the Earl on
his enlightened utterance, although it is
Enthusiastically taken at second hand-a
habit for which in his early career he so un-
mercifully grded at his quondam patron,
Sir Robert Peel. But we shall not grid at
him for seeing what others have seen before
him,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
What the City Owes.

The Comptroller's December statement
shows tina. our total bonded indebtedness
on the first day of the present month, ex-
elusive Of revenue bonds, which represent
simply SO much money borrowed in advance
Of the receipt of taxes for the year, in order
to meet the current cash expenses CT the
government, was $3.50, 27s, 600, or, after de-
Quoting the amount Of tho sinking fund,
Sl07, 800, 000 This is a decrease Of 81, $50, 900
since the LIST day of January, 1877, and of
81, $50, 900 since the first day of last mon. lii.
This is good exhibit, showing that, under
our present financial management, we have
discontinued the policy of constantly re-
ncwing our obligations, and have COM
menced to pay off our bonds as they fall
due. The Finance law passed at the last
Legislative session obliges MS in future, IL
we incur new debt, to provide by
taxation for its liquidation at maturity,
and pledges the sinking fund rs security
for the whole of our city bonds and stocks.
This wise policy has SO benefited the public
credit that there is every prospect of our
ability soon to refund the greater portion
of the city debt in long bonds at four or
Ave per cent interest, in conformity with
the plan laid down by the Comptroller.
Our interest account may thus be mate.
rally reduced. The new city administra-
ton will enter on its duties next month
under good auspices, and II 10 to DO hoped
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
The Law and Order Excise Bill.

1t is gratifying to see the temperance peo-
pie who have been foremost in pushing the
present Excise law to extremes against the
liquor dealers at last arrive at the conclu-
sion that some change is necessary from the
present law whose application is mon
strous sham. After all the crusade against
the saloons the sale Of liquor has been in
nowise limited. The licensing law is eyaded
by the ssthree beds" system to a ridiculous
extent, while at numbers of places liquors
are sold, without any license, by the con-
nivance Of the police. There is nothing in
the present state Of affairs to prevent the
dealers who sell without license from vend-
ing the most poisonous STUFF The money
which they pay TO their police protectors is
source Of decentralization TO the latter and
the whole thing an injury TO public morals.
The temperance zealo.s are directly respcn-
siblc for this and it was high tisae that they
showed themselves accessible to common
sense The Law and Order League have
drafted bill for new excise law AS may
be imagined. it lays down the most strin-
gent regulations for the granting of licenses
and the sale oilifuois. IL requires twenty
five respectable residents TO indorse every
application for license, and the applicant
must furnish bonds for five hundred dol
lars, his surc.ies justifying in double that
amount. The fees range from fifty to three
hundred dollars. Police captains are made
| inspectors Of excise. No liquors of any
kind are to be sold on Sunday. No
credit shall be recovered for sales Of
less than five gallons in basrooms The
boards Of health are to establish
standards Of purity for wines, ales and
| liquors, and adulteration is punishable by
a fine OF five hundred dollars or six months
| imprisonment. II includes the Civil Dam
| ages act, and continues all licenses now in
force until the date Of their expiration.
When these hot zealots conclude that new
excise law is necessary they must next adj
NIT that it should be possible of enforce
ment in every section. The recommenda-
tory licensing provisions as drawn may be
well intended. but they are as capable Of
evasion as the ''hotel" clause in the present
act. The adulteration clauses are admira-
bic, but they will need q special machinery
for their application. The Law and Order
League might not find IL within their prov
| ince to do this salutary work Of testing
| liquor and detecting adultcrations, but our
| present officials will need the spur of some
such outside organization to keep them to
their work in this particular. Respectable
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
More Indian Troubles.

Another Indian outbreak is threatened,
rascally white men being, MS usual in such
cases, the cause. Ponies have been disap-
pearing from agencies, and the Indian
owners, like most other people who suffer
loss through thieves, naturally want to kill
somebody. Finally. two Texan horse thieves,
who were meandering southwark with
q drove Of ponies, were noticed, sus-
pected, stopped and finally arrested in
q manner which reflected great credit
upon their captors, and the horses proved
to have been stolen from the already much
abused Red Cloud band. The stockmen
between Omaha and the agencies, alarmed
at the possibilities Of retaliation by the
Indians. have signed an agreement not
to buy stolen ponies, and to spare no
effort 10 bring the matter before Con-
gress and the State Legislature for
action. But what satisfaction is there in
this for man whose horse hos been
stolen? What is.needed ID prompt trial OF
the thieves and the imposition of such pun
ishment as shall satisfy the Indians that the
government means to protect them in their
property rights. 1t is great pity that such
scoundrels cannot be tried by judge and
jury drawn from among the sufferers them
selves. The redskins in the Indian Terri
tory try horse thieves with the result that
such trials have become extremely rare Of
late wears F.s9s.I.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
Dramatic Copyright.

Mr. Bronson Howard, the author Of sue
cessful play now before the public in city
theatre, writes us communication on the
subject Of copy wrong as illustrated by his
experience with his play, "The Banker
Daughter" He recites the fact that this
play was accepted three years ago by the
manager who has now produced it, but
who has kept it in reserve all that time on
account of the pressure Of foreign plays
which have poured upon him in torrents,
and which, though he had paid for them,
he was compelled to play or lose because
other managers are INSCRIPTIONS and there
is no copyright law to protect him who has
paid his pittance to foreign author Mr..
Howard argues that if there were such a
French plays rs safely as his American
play, have played the latter earlier
and given the author another chance, and
SO forth. and SO forth, and because he could
not there is no American dramatic litera-
ture and there are no American dramatic
that they are scarce, since if one play in
three years crowds the theatre some Of
them might get hungry now and then. But
what is queer in this statement is that it
puts theatrical managers in the light of men
who want copyright law. Well, if the
managers want it, writer's certainly do, and
if the two should pull together they would
get it. Why they do not somebody ought
to explain. For our part we do not see
this subject in the same light rs Mr.. Howard
does and we do not believe managers want
a copyright law. Perhaps the manager
who has bought foreign authors play
wants copyright that will protect him
against other managers, but he wants the
law constructed SO that he can use a play
with perfect freedom if another manager
has bought it. and no manager wants a law
that will compel him to go without the
foreign authors play until he has paid
whatever sum the foreign author demands.
And managers do not want such q law, for a
reason sufficient for them. The theatre is o
shop, and the manager is retail trader
who sells intellectual or other entertain
ment to the people, just as his neighbor
sells liquid or solid refreshment--at fixed
rates. 1t is with him a commercial venture.
He can get his goods from Paris or London
almost warranted to succeed plays already
tried on the public by actual performance
which is great point, and he can get them
without paying for them if he chooses, while
if he cares to assume magnanimous style
he can get them for about one-tenth or
:oxh hot
what he would have to pay for them if the
author WAS protected by law. He does not
want copyright law, of course, and he
would not be the keen trader he is if he
did
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
whose business Ii It.

Why does not some one enforce the Board
Of Educations rules, made two years ago,
to prevent overcrowding in class rooms
Those rules fixed the minimum floor space
and OR space per pupil, but they are prac-
tically dead letter. There is no one to
parents are strangely regardless of the con-
dition of the rooms in which their children
spend several hours day; az for the
teachers, not all of them seem competent to
make calculations showing whether the
children have as fair q chance to breathe as
the occupants Of cellar tenements. The
rules alluded to are daily transgressed most
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
Hurry IL I'm.

One of the few parts Of the city where the
picturesque finds home is the region west
of College place, in all the streets from
Chambers to Dey. There it dwells from
about shutdown on one day until near noon
the next, and makes itself boisterous in the
sale of cabbages. caulifowers, carrots, tur-
nlps, potatoes, dill and other more or less
aromatic and savory substances. But the
trouble is that there is altogether too much
of the picturesque in one place. 1t is laid
OH too thickly. Ordinary posscssors of the
right OF way through the streets find it diff
cult 70 secure the enjoyment of their right
on accoun. Of this concentration OF heavy
market wagons, rickety nags and Amsterdam
Dutchmen. Naturally the proprietors of
these wagons each Of which takes up more
room than an omnibus find il difficult TO
secure places There are no reserved seats,
50 they come early. In fact, they come the
day before. They arc on the spot at night
fall, and at midnight there is q spectral
market Of wagons, covered with white
sheets, and men asleep on tho neighboring
stoops and in doorways. When they begin
has never been ascertained, but there is
grand Babel about daylight. All that, how
ever, is soon TO be done with, and the sooner
the better. Now that ground has been set
apart for the use of these people we hope
the city will hurry it up, for this is worse
obstruction than even the curbstone stands.