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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

THE New York Chinaman. who has
Just been denied citizenship, came to
this country when be wAs eighteen years
OF age. He has lived in New York
tweuty.eight years, has married and has
a family, and now desires to obtain citi.
zenship that be may acquire real estate
which be may devise by will at his death
Under the law OF New York the real
estate Of aliens escheats to the State, but
this is practically a dead letter, since the
legislature at each session releases the
claim Of the State to such property. Chas
Millar, the Chinaman aforesaid, who has
become an American even in name, was
denied naturalization, on the baais Of the
decision by Judge Sawyer, Of California,
in the case OF All Yup. he decided that
a Chinaman was not q white person >
such as was described in the statute
any alien being a free white person
shall be entitled to citizenship" etc.
The naturalization laws, it appears, are
very specific, providing only for the ad-
mission Of white people to citizenship
1t is a little singular, however, to 6ud
that when a Chinsman does what his
enemies declare be will not do-settles
in the country, msrries and raises a
family with the intention of remaining
here-the law as interpreted says he
shall not be entitled to the rights of citi-
zenship because be happens TO be Of
color" Neither the law nor the prac.
tice encourage the heather Chinee to
be anything else than a heather and q
Chinauan. The Democratic niger"
in the January municipal election and
the National colored citizen Of Memphis
to-day have all their rights.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
pa,u M. coming 60 America.

London Cor. New York World.l
l thought that / should have been able
to tell YOU that Patti would appear be.
fore a New York audience next fall in
the new company which Mr.. Mapleson,
of Her Msjesly's Theater. is now husily
engaged IN getting together for the
Academy Of Music. But she asks i'm
possible terms, perhaps because she is
not at present much disposed to take a
trip across the Atlantic, She receives
here in London e200 a night, and not
less when she sings on the continent, so
that it is hard TO place in her way any
pecuniary inducement TO visit the United
States. No doubt If the company in.
tended for New York we're to be of the
usual kind-one or two stars aud the
rest not worth picking up out OF the
streets-it would be easy enough to pay
Nine. Patti anything she demanded; but
the directors of the New York Academy
of Music, efficiently represented here
by Mr.. l. P. Morton, have insisted upon
having a company complete in all re.
speets, and / hope that Mr.. Mapleson
will do better in the way Of a ehornsthau
be has done at his own theater during
the present season. Here, however, be
has been somewhat crsmped for want Of
means; for, whatever may be said, Len
doa will not support two firstclass
opera houses, and Her Msjesty's suffers
10 the competition more than the other
house. Mr.. GYe is a very experienced
manager, and q man in all ways hard
to beat. He never permits a rival to
steal a march on him. Mr.. Mapleson
has some 6rst.rste singers in his com
pany, all Of whom will make their bows
to a New York audience next season.
Nine Gerster can scarcely fail to achieve
a success, although | a hardly believe
that she can be so welcome as Patti
would have been. The other evening a
friend of mine frem New York said to
me at the opera while Patti was singing,
" She looks a good deal changed since |
last saw her" Where was that2' |
asked him. In New York Now. as
she has not been there since she was q
child, | am Bot much surprised that my
friend noticed an alteration in her.
Again, it was a condition made by Nine
Patti that Nicolini should also be sn.
gagged, but a manager who studies the
public may be forgiven it he does not
see the matter quite in the same light.
Nicoliui is a good looking man, but he Is
anything but a good singer. Campinini,
who is already known to New York au.
diences, is in every way a better tenor,
and ne will be a member Of the new
troupe. Nicolini had a very fine voice
three or four years ago, but, although
he is still young, it has taken Freuch
leave of him. This is q defect to which
Nine Patti is oblivious, but the public is
not, and it would not be surprising il
Mr.. Gye objected to this double barreled
principle Of making engagements next
season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
"RY INDUSTRY WE THRIVE"

DR.. 0'Hanlon, the medical officer to o
local board at Durham. England, de-
clared at a recent inquest on the bodies
of two children whose lives we're found
to be insured, that in the last few years,
ever since there has been such an enor-
nous eAnvassing going on among insure
ance companies, there has been a won.
derful increase in the mortality among
children. AS a rule, he found that
children we're always insured. The
temptation to get rid of the child rather
than maintain it is to many persons very
great a. all times; AVID when in addition
to being relieved of the burden Of its
maintenance they can actually gain
hard cash by its death, the temptation
may become irresistible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

Mr. JENNINGS, in his last London let
ter to the New York World, gives some
further facts as to the demand for Amer.
lean manufactures in England. An
eminent wholesale firm in Manchester
think Of that, Manohesterl-has devoted
a large part Of its premises to the sale Of
American cotton goods. This is indeed
carrying the wal into Africa; American
calicoes advertised at the center Of Eng.
lish cotton manufacture, for home or
export trade. Mr.. Jennings continues:
You may depend upon il that this sort
Of thing will begin to scare ever the
political economists by aud by. They
have hitherto disposed Of the whole ques-
ton with a wave Of the hand. How
could American manufacturers ever
compete with Lancashire2 1t was i'm.
possible. But the philosophers are not
quite SO confident about it now. They
cannot avoid seeing the Wamsutta or
Lonsdale goods in pretty nearly every
dry goods store in London. Liverpool
aud other large towns. AT first it was
said, they are being sold at a loss
That ives two years ago, and since then
the sale has steadily increased, and the
demand is growing at a rate which sur.
prises me, although, as your columns
con testify, | have long foreseen what il
coming on. Our manufacturers have
been asleep yours have been awake
The quality OF English goods has beer
depreeiating, and that Of America al
constantly improving. Strikes in Ian
cashire have inflicted heavy losses OF
operatives and employers and inter
rupted the course Of trade. All thesr
circumstances have helped to brinl
about the inevitable result-the decay o
Lancashire. Beyond a doubt, this mus
have a very great influence on the fu
ture Of the United States. The cottol
industry there is not going TO become il
one day what we have seen it in Ian
cashire. But it is a growing industry
the goods are becoming popular 10 ever
market; the prices al which they can b
produced are remunerative. There is q
least a fair promise in all this.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
Desperate Gambling In Nevada.

Virginia City Cor. st. Louis Republican,
This is a terrible place for gambling
Faro is the f%avorite game, but for those
who like il there is also poker (unlimit
ed), keno, sixty.threa and euchrs. One
man had a marvellous slice Of lack. He
started in to play faro; he played thirty.
two hours without stopping or sleeping,
and eating a hasty bite as be played.
Lost $1,000 in that time, wa nearly
b~roke-beiug lett with $40 or 80 which be
staked-he was so exhausted that he fell
asleep and yet so excited was the brain
that he continued automatically TO play,
knowing nothing By this time there
was a crowd around. We'll, be actually
won back all he had lost and about ST..
900 besides. He would probably have
continued on playing, but be burst the
bank. II was only then that the speota.
tors discovered that be had been sleep.
ing. Eye.witnesses state that When he
was awakened, he wa the most aston.
ished man they ever saw, though be
managed to walk off quite comfortably
with $28, 900.
One more little episode and ! am
done. AS ] walked along the streets /
noticed large numbers Of men with
wounded ears-some in one stage, others
healing, some carefully plastered, others
again with ouly a little bit Of ear, some
with actually not a vestige left. It ap.
pears that what is called ~ear.cheWing is
q common occurrence. One miner gets
to playing cards with another; as the
gambling goes on the excitement in-
creasesi a little dispute arises, aud
presto before any one can interfere one
springs on another aud goes for his ear.
II be be q powerful man, with good
teeth and strong muscles, be sometimes
bites the ear right off and uaconceruedly
spits i on the floor. Most frequently,
though, be contents himself with simply
chewing at il until the ear is pulpy, or
until some bystanders just pull him OF.
In more serious rows the bowie. knife and
revolver still reign supreme. The bowie.
knife is carried 10 the bootleg, and the
revolver slung outside, 10 full veiw,
around the waist. With all this. / mos
say like the people. They are rough
but thoroughly good.tempered, and Z
! reckless bonhomie / admire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
TIIbuteIO Fannie Bauman, of Nash.
VILE. Tenn

Little FANNIE, daughter Of Henry and Jen-
ME Il. Bauman, died in Nashville, July 5,
1873, aged IS months,
The Angel Of Death. ezvying the sweet
purity and happy innocence that graced the
hoarthstone and crowned the parents heart,
came when least expected and bore away the
tender bud. leaving a dreary, v~Oiceless sorrow
to dwell in all its frigh'ful grief. Whist light
goes out aud what sweet JOY fades on this
earth forever when the child ia thus taken
away. And yet up there in that beautiful
mansion is one more angel to welcome home
those left below. Among the great throne
beautiful child, " waiting and watching"
throughout the wasting hours that draw
mother and father nearer to the grave. And
when the sunlight has set and earth faded
from their view. may they realize the golden
visions that shed joy and serenity aver the
violet couch Of the loved and the lost child
loved on earth to DO made happy in Heaven,
lost in this life to be found and restored to
loving Immortality amid the glorious throng
OF Heavens angels. J. L. f,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
RAoe.Hnrssn for England.

New York Herald. July 10
The ten thoroughbreds from Mr.. San.
ford's stud farm, at Elkhoru, KY, we're
shipped yesterday morning on board the
steamer Wisconsin, of the Guion line,
aud sailed shortly after moor for Eng
land. A more perfect lot of yearlings
we're never seen than the ten now sent
over to try their chances with the best
bred ones of Great Britain and France.
The highest priced Que at Mr.. Sanforjs
sale was bought by Mr.. A Belmont, aud
is sent to England, it is understood, as a
present to Lord R~oseberry. The colt
was by Virgil, dam Cordelia, by Licking
ton, fourteen and hree.quarter hands
high, which sold for $500. This colt is
remarkably fne all over, except, per
haps, to q fastidious eye, a trihe too long
in the necb; but the back is not q weak
one, and the loins will be powerful. The
largest OF the colts is one of the four
bought for the Duke of Hamilton. This
one wal by Glenelg, dam Mamie Butler,
BY Lexington. He is full fifteen hands,
aud would be taken for a three-year.old
from his grand development. But they
are all 80 fine that it would be invidious
to praise n above the other at the
present time.
Those that thrive in the foggy climate
OF England will run in the great events
Of England and France, and time will
tell the story Of their merits az racers
The youngsters were very comfortably
placed in stalls between decks, five OF
each side of the ship, facing each other
and so well secured that no accident car
possibly befall them by the pitching o
the ship. The yearliogs we're in charge
of Mr.. Stamm, who has been in Mr.
Sanford's employ some time, and VIII,
came over from Newmarket for them
There we're many other horses on tn,
ship. but not of the thoroughbred family
They we're work horses for the EnglisI
market, aud, as far as could be judged,
very passable lot. They are the kind O
horses that fad a ready market in Eng
land at the present time for all work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

WASHINGTON, July l5.-For the lower
lake region clear or partly cloudy wealth
err, cold n~ortheasterly, %v0eriug to warmer
southerly winds, rising, followed by sta
tionary or falling barometer.
For the lower Missouri valley warmer,
clear or partly cloudy weather, southerly
winds, falling barometer.
The Ohio river will generally rise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

One of the most fragrant breaches If
trust committed recently was the sale for
publication Of the terms Of agreement
made between Great Britain and Russia
A clerk in the treaty department Of the
London foreign office, who was also a
newspaper correspondent, made a note
of the points OF the agreement, which
had been given him to copy, and had
them published 10 the London Globe.
He subsequently attempted to sell a copy
of the agreement to the publishers of
the Morning Advertiser, who promptly
sent his letter containing the offer to the
foreign office, and SO secured his arrest,
not, however, before he had disposed Of
copies TO the Globe. The clerk is liable
for this breach of trust to q term OF three
years penal servitude, or two years i'm
prisonment with or without solitary con-
fnement, and the government is moi
under the necessity Of proving owner
ship of the documents alleged to have
been stolen. The punishment is not too
severe, for the o%ffense, ir time of war or
other great peril, might be as hurtful as
active treason. The government, at the
preliminary hearing given to the prise.
ner, announced its intention Of proceed
ing against the receiver Of the stolen
goods (the tditor of the GIobe) if it
could be ascertained who negotiated with
the clerk for the stealing Of copies Of the
treaty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

ARBUCKLE-At Grenada. Mi s., Sunday.
daughter of j.. NJ. Arbuckle, and adopted
daughter Of DR.. W. W. and Matte G. Hall.
aged W months.
BUERKLE-On Monday. July Is, 1878, at S
o'clock an, Mrs. REBFCoA BURRELE, aged
AZ years. 9 months and 2 days.
Friends and acquaintance are invited to
attend the funeral from the German Lutheran
Church, Washington street, at 3 o'clock,
TUESDAY, July 16. 1878. Services by Rev.
DIR. Sleek.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

The Philadelphia Times complains
that the Democrats are %maneuvering
3" with their accustomed short sighted.
ness" to keep some Of their most expe-
rienced members out Of the next con.
gress. 1t instances the Ease Of HuntOn
of Virginia, and Rice Of Ohio, aud it
also might have taken in the Philsdel-
phia syndicate to beat Randall. Some
body is trying TO do the same thing in
Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

JUDGE LUDLOW, Of Philadelphia, in a
recent larceny case acted on the maxim
the receiver is worse than the thief, by
giving the former a heavier sentence
than the thief. We hope, says the Pitts-
burg Post, R B. H. viii never come up
for trial before Ludlow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

GENERAL SAN CAREY is a hopeful man
He predicts that the National party will
elect sixteen to twenty congressman in
the coming elections, and hold the bal
anee of power in congress- that they
will elect FIVE congressman in Michigan
aud the remainder in New Yorh, Penn.
sylvania, Illinois. Wisconsin, Missouri
Arkansas, Iowa and Texas, and hold
sufficient power in the State legislature
to defeat Conkling, Cameron and Howe
He is sure also that the Nationals vii
elect the mex President,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
A Contradiction OF Miss ndersOn's
MaErlAge.

New York. July IL john W. Norton,
Miss Mary Anderson's agent, says the
whole story Of Miss Mary Aaderson's
marriage to Lieut.. Fremont, of the
United States navy, is a hoax or misap-
prehension, resulting from the similarity
Of names. From the nature of my bust.
ness / have been intimately associated
with Miss Anderson, and know she has
not the slightest idea OF marriage, at
least at present. / do not believe she
knows young Fremont, or aver met any
Of the Fremont family, and am positive
she has not married. 1t is only a day or
two ago that | got a letter from her in
London. where she is with her step
father, Colonel Griffin, and her mother.
She said nothing about marriage in it.
Her intention is to return TO New York
10 September aud recommence playing
in her old roles in the Fifth Avenue
Theater. Friends Of Miss Anderson who
we're with her on May 30, the day she
sailed, we're positive she could not have
been married.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
Popular Errors.

To think that the more a man eats the
iatter and stronger he will become. To
believe that the more hours children
study the faster they will learn. To
conclude that. If exercise is good, the
more violent it is the more good is doHe
To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on the
presumption that the smallest room in
the house is large enough TO sleep in.
To argue that whatever remedy causes
one to feel Immediately better, is good
for the system, without regard to more
Interior effects. To eat without an ap.
petite, or to continue to eat after it has
been satisfied, merely to crafty the taste.
To eat a hearty supper for the pleasure
experienced during the brief time ii il
passing down the throat, at the expense
Of a whole night Of undisturbed sleep
end a weary waking in the morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

Mr.. HAYES gave 8 sitting in the Su-
preme Court chamber the other day to
Mrs. Fassett, who is putting the finish
ing touches on her painting Of the cleo
toral commission. It'll intended to have
Hayes and Mr.. Tilden appear on the
canvas as sdjuncts to the painting, but
not as spectators to the scene which the
painting is intended to represent. The
size Of Hayes will be on a scale of by
I, aud that of Tilden I by 8.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
oarrupllon b. .he RussIan Army.

Corruption in the Russian Army.
The corruption in the Russian army
reveals itself daily in more startling
forms as the examination at Odessa pro.
crosses. One colonel received from the
government sixty thousand roubles for
flour falsely said to have blown away by
a sudden storm. A general gave receipts
for thirty thousand imaginary tons Of
hay, and shared in the money paid for
ii. Five thousand tons Of biscuit we're
found 10 have been made simply Of plas
ter and sand. Receipts given by officers
for sums varying from thirty TO fifty
thousand roubles on account Of mythical
forage or provisions we're exceedingly
numerous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CARD.

To all who are.sufsrin g'fromt the errors ant
indiscretions of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc.. l will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
7. IMAM. Station D. Bible House. Ne,7 York
Ctr. -xxvii-35 eod&w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

Rousseau was the author Of the follow.
ing prophecy: THE empire Of Russia
will s~ubjugate Europe and will be subju-
gated 10 turn. The Tartars, its subjects
or its neighbors, will become its masters
and ours. This revolution appears to
me inevitable. All the kings Of Europe
will work together to accelerate it."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15
RIVER TaIerrnInH-

CAIRO, July l5.-Arrived-City Of
Vicksburg, St. Louis, 8 p. m; Tidal Wave,
Memphis, 8; Commonwealth, St. Louis,
8 Am. Departed-Tidal Wave, Ohio, .
pm; City of Vicksburg, Vicksburg, mid
night. Weather fair, with mercury at o..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

AN enthusiastic correspondent insists
upon it that Grant and Garfield will be
the next Republican Presidential ticket,
and as an Offset to the two G's, the
Democracy should select the two rs,
Thurman and Tilden. There may be a
toss up as to which should take prece-
dence, but it might be we'll to give Ohio
a chance, as she has more great men to
the square inch than any other State,
and ought to be permitted to furnish a
legitimate President. In Memphis there
is also a great crop Of self.constituted
greatness. Political infants in ~swadling
clothes and wet narses of reform are nu
merous, noisy and impudentin Memphis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

One Of the London boulevard weeklies
gave this as an opinion passed upon Mrs.
Langtry; "She is very handsome; but
she always reminds me Of a Jersey COW,
with her creamy face and great black
eyes. If she had only o black nose the
resemblance would be complete"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

The 0rangemen at Montreal, Friday,
decided not to parade in procession, az
ter receiving promises os protection
from the city authorities. No serious
outbreaks took place, although street
disorders are reported, and a number Of
arrests we're made. Some appreciation
Of the excitement in Montreal may be
had by a view of its peculiar population.
1t has a population OF about $50, 600.
OF these one-half are FfeHch Catholics.
The remaining half consists of some
5000 Irish Catholics and 30, 0 English
speaking ProtestaDts. Less than 1000
Of these Protestanis are 0rangemen
OF the 1000 there are not 100 Orange
men in good standing who pay
their dues. Yet it is this small
squad of the population that has
created excitement year after year, BY
insisting on paradiug, wearing regsliss
and playing tunes the Irish Catholics
consider insulting. The purpose Of
such parade and the lawless attacks on
it are equally censurable. 0rangemeu
from other Canadian cities have gone
10 Montreal to encourage and assist
demonstrations, and Irish Catholics have
likewise thronged in to help their local
brethren to resent them, thus making
Montreal the great central rallying snt
test point Of the matter. There il
precious little religion or humanity il
any phase Of these conflicts; and if pub
lie opinion can't prevent them, the law
should.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

DO Americans need the old Sab
bath2' was the subject of Rev. Mr..
Richmond's discourse in New York on
Sunday evening. Could Mr.. Richmond
visit the outskirts Of our towns and cities
on Sunday and see the rumber Of Amer
leans sitting along the rivers fishing,
and others playing base ball Or pitching
quoits In the meadows. he wouldn't ask
such a question. OF course they need
the CID Sabbath [Herald and Pres.
byter.
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SHELBY COUNTY
Building q Loan Association.

THE above Association are now ready to
4 issue their third series Of stock. After
an unprecedented successful years business,
and having pioneered an entirely new field in
Building and Lean Association business, we
are authorized from the result in stating 10
borrowers or non. borrowers that we can guar
antee them tho best paying stock in the city.
tary, at the office Of tho Association, IS Madi-
son street. or by any of the Directors
Directors lien. Jacob Thompson, DIR. d. Il.
Porter. M. GAVIN, John Gum, r. u. Good
win, Thomas Holsman Jr., p. NJ. Winters,
Judge Q. W. Helsklll, II. w. Griebel. w. j..
McDermott, r. d Jordan.
How. JACOB THOMPSON .....m..... President
IHQS. MOLEMAN, JR...... .....V Vice President
On. d. 4. PORTER. Treasurer
W. j. MoDERM0TT..... .......... Secretary
BELCHER JORDAk".........-....Attorney
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