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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
The Potter Resolution

To the Editor Of the Ledger;
You are a respectable newspaper and
have a character for fairness. Yon saw
yesterday that the purpose Of the Potter
committee is to investigate, whoever
may suffer by the result Now. do Won
as an honest aud fair journalist think
that investigation By one side oply.
and a purely partisan inquiry, is the kind
of an investigation that is Just to the
whole people Of the United States2 Nav
| think no honest man need be afraid, no
matter what party be may belong to-.
Then why refuse to investigate both
sides1 l have my own notions about
honesty and fair dealing, and / really
believe that IN investigation " Of frauds
on one side emily Of the late r~ascally
election for President will not meet the
measure Of justice demanded by the
tair.minded people Of this country. ne
matter to what party they belong. Fair
play IS something that the American be.
lieves in. Investigate fully both sides. II
either, and the masses will be content
with the result. This is simple justice.
There should be no objection to a
fair investigation, which is the object oil
the Potter resolution. But it is not nee.
easary that this resolution be amended
in order to carry the investigation to
alleged frauds in other States, which car
be reached BY other resolutions. There
is no objection to an investigation which
looks to the detection Of fraud and the
punishment Of uilt.-[EDIroR LEDGER
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

New YORK, May 22.-FraneiSco Pc
ratio began at4 o'clock this morning, a.
Fleetwood Park, his attempt to ride 800
miles in fifteen consecutive hours. Al
noon be had made Ill miles, when be
retired from the track for rubbing, re
sumiRg the ride at 1922.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

talk is cheap by telephone, at
least, as witness an advertisement in the
Vienna journals, as follows: "Tele
phones with call signal One pair Of
telephones, 81; twenty-five meters OF
wire, including call signal, So; fifty
ditto, ditto, So so. The trade supplied
at reduced prices. The quality OF the
apparatus guaranteed"
The telephone has been tried success
fully under the Straits Of Dover, between
Ssngolte and st. Margaret's Bay. the or
binary cable wires being employed. So
successful vas the experiment that the
Spanish Telegraph Company proposed
to lay an acoustic cable" between Eng.
land and Spain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
SPECIAL NOTICE.
GARD.

To all who are:suHering fromIthe errors ant
indiscretiOns of youth. nervous weakness.
early decay. loss Of manhood. etc.. 1 will
send a receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. ThiSgreat 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,o York
Oty. .xxvii-S eod6v
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
For Criminal UOuTt CIeTE

JESSE A FORREST is a candidate for
Clerk OF ne Criminal Court. at the August
election. subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic Convention.
w. !. Gibson is a candidate for Clerk oF
the criminal Court, subject to the Democrat
and Conservative Convention.
N. {. PERKINS is a candidate for Criminal
court Clerk OF Shelby county at the election in
August, subject to the action of the Demo.
cratic and Conservative Convention,
A. G. HARRIS is a candidate for Criminal
Court Clerk at the ensuing August election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

LIEUTENANT. COLONEL GRANT, Of Ham
ilton, Ontario, has discovered recently a
Canadian fossil that is Of great isterest
to psleontologists 1t Is a gigantic
~Orustacean of the genus %Pterygotus; a
maxilliped of about 80 inches in length
aud having twalye dentides. In size it
is comparable with the great Pterygotus
Auglicus OF the Scotch Devoniau rocks;
but the new species, for which the name
P. canadensis is proposed, was Of a
much earlier geological period, being
found in the Niagara limestone. A
small species of Pterygotus has been
found by Professor Hall, in the water
lime formation Of this State, and some
fragments of an undescribed species in
the Clinton rocks; but the present is the
first of the larger kind from an epoch OF
such great Antiquity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
Amsrican Plcturen a, Pnrl..


Edward King in Boston Journal
Among the many pictures sent from
America, which are 10 appear in the art
galleries at the Exhibition, are many by
Eastman Johnson, George Inness, De.
Haas, John LsFarge (his contribution is
The Paradise Valley at Newport,
Rhode, Island" a picture which excited
no little attention in America), McEn-
tee, Colmau, Farrar, Professor Weir 1.-THE
Foundry p%icture), Church tropical
scenery, OF course), Walter Shirlan,
President Of the Students League,
Whittredge, Winslow, Homer, Arthur
Quartley, R. Swain Clifford and hume
rous others. The department of water
eolors will be lsmentably thin; there will
be hardly more than twenty contribu-
ticns. About one hundred pictures were
sent in by American artists residing
abroad. 1t isio be regretted that some
of our most talented c%ountrymen are too
busy to have paid any attention to prep
aration for this competitive Exhibition
of 1873. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

The subscription price Of the PUB
LI0 LEDGER is IS per annum for
the Daily, and 81 per aanum for the
Wesky-POstage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
NEW YORK.
OuHtOm-hOuse IFrrguinFttfea-SuS-
pension OF Hardware Merchants.

NEW York, May 22-The treasury
commission investigating irregularities
in the cuStom.house passed considerable
time yesterday in the appraisers de.
partmentS, Irregularities IN importa,
tons and expectations Of sugar will be
inquired into tomorrow.
Charles Merrill 4 Sons, manufactur.
erS and dealers in hardware, have suS.
pended. Liabilities, $500
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
For AttOFney.GeneTaI of Criminal
COurf


GEO. B. PETERSis a candidate for At,or.
ney. uener9l Of the Criminal Court of Shelby
county & the ensuing August election. subject
ton. ' N0H'en-
3. Il. GAMM0N announces himself a can
1ldate TOT Attorney-General of the Criminal
alive Convention.
Il. M. HEARN is a candidate for the office
ot Attorney. General Of the Criminal Court III
shelby county, at the ensuing August election.
EDWARDL BEL0HER announces himself
as 2 candidate for the Office of Attorney Cen
eral of the Criminal Court Of Shelby county
~ Memphis but subject to the action Of the
Dem9eratie;C Conservative Convention,
CIV. GORDON is a candidate for the oAics
81 Attorney General Of tho Criminal Court of
sneloy county at Memphis, subject to tho
n9mlnatlion Of the Democratic and Consery~
A'I'e VohNenIl9n 15te
1ldato Tor Atterney-General Of the Criminal
Court. subject to the Democratic and ConssrSl
~ S1nN onll0n. l4Ste
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

ELSEWHERE viii be seen the CORE.
spondence Of the mayor and presidents
OF the cotton exchange and chamber of
commerce, with John Sherman, secretary
OF the treasury, relative to the use Of
Illinois sandstone ia the construction of
the Memphis custom.house. The facts
IN this case are too we'll known to REQUIRE
much comment, and it will take a great
dealt TO rebut the presumption Of direct
fraud In the matter. Sherman could not
have sought a more favorable opportu.
NIFTY for manifesting his devotion TO
Northern prejudice, and confirming his
malignity to the South than are evi.
denced by his arbitrary conduct 10 the
matter OF the Memphis custom-house, o
subject whose investigation would doubt
less lead to some Developments of an IN
pleasant nature as respects the partie,
directly interested. IL Memphis is to be
cheated of her eustom.house the public
should know it. The bill providing that
the Memphis custom-house be con,
structed of Tennessee marble has
passed the senate and is now on the
calendar awaiting its time in the House.
In view Of this fact, and the offer Of par.
ties in East Tennessee to give the gov.
ernmen all the marble needed for the
construction Of the Memphis custom.
house, Mr.. Sherman insists upon Illinois
sandstone as the best and most suitable
material. We call attention to the cor
respondeRce published on our local page.
This great sSindle is characteristic Of
The Republican party, and OF many of
the political adventures who shrink from
the Potter investigation. For this
official act Mr.. Sherman may have to
answer charges of an unpleasant chsrac.
ter. The Memphis custom house fraud
IS an act destined to perpeluate the aeer.
bity Of temperament and the enmity
which John Sherman, who has faishful
friends aud absttors in Memphis, is ever
pleased to manifest toward the South.
whether il be ia regard to a President or
y public building.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
For Circuit COurT CIoTE-

ED WOKSHAM is a candidate for Clerk os
the Circuit Court, at the ensuing August eleS-
uo9; subject 70 the action of tie Democrats
and Conservative Convention.
DABNEY NJ. SCALES announces bimself
candidate for Clerk Of the Circuit Court az
smelly county at the August election, subject
convention. o5ta
j. s. GALLOWAY is a candidate for oIo,L
OF the Circuit Court at the ensnine Anrusf
election, subject to the action of the Dana
cratic and OOnserYativa Cnnvnntinn IL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
T%ELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

S&N1Aaa aAfR A0AGAH
LONDON, MAY ~ $3.50 p.m.-Consoll
for money, Sc 8 l6; on account, =;
United STATES ive-twenties OF 1865, 1888,
United States 6~vs.tentics Of 1867, l09;
United States ~ten-forties, 1881; United
States new four-and-a-hslis, l04a; United
States new 6ves, 1863
New YORK, May %, 1850 a M
United States skies of 1881, registered
l08s9ll8s; United States skies OF
1881, coupons, l08s@lOS2; fve.twentier
Of 65. new issue, lO44@lO4S; 6ve-twentier
of 81, l074@lO7s; dve-tweniies of '6S,
l09; ten-forties, l07b@lO74; coupons
l07B@l07f; new ives, 81, 1863; cou
pons, lO5f@l05s; new four and-a.
halls, l03s(9t03fi coupons, 1919; cou-
pous, l04i@l04ss; currency skies, 1901
new tours, lOlt@lOl4; coupons, lOl5@
10Th.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, May p Flour, 25sG
25s Sd. Wheat. winter. lis 3d@lls 4d;
Milwaukee red, g. Sd@l0s4d Oalifornia
white, los lld@lls Sd; California club,
lis IDOLS Sd. Corn, new, 25s. Pork,
45s. Beet, 78s. Bacon. long clear, 24s;
short clear 25s Cd. Lard, 35s Cd. Tai.
low. GA Cd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
Zoe ConnIY Trnnlee.

We are authorized to announce ~. RAW
LlRGS as candidate for reelection TO the
otice Of County Trustee at the August cleo
hon, subject to the Democratic and Conserva-
tive Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

THE New York Times fears that the
Democrats contemplate serious mis-
chief" in the investigations proposed
under the Potter resolutions. We
are" says the Little Rock Gazette, in
clined to think with the Times, hat mis-.
chief is meant. but it is only to the Re.
publican party. To suppose that aDy
material interest of the country is men
aced or ~imperilled by a judicial inquiry
into frauds under the forms and sane.
ton Of law is puerile in the extreme"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
For UIerIE OF County Co1rI

w. b. WALDRAN is a candidate for Cls,rt-
election.
JAMES. REILLY is a candidate ror tb.
ONCE OF Clerk Of the Shelby County ,iopyt q
the ensuing August election. subject 10 tbs
Convention. 'HS'i'e
h.J. BLACK is a candidate FOR Clerk Of tho
V9eun'y OouIt at the ensuing August election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

The Philadelphia annual conferences
Of the African Methodist Episcopal
church, at its session recently, adopted
a strong resolution condemning the
contemplated exodus Of the colored
people TO Africa. The resolution ex.
presses an unqualified disspprobation
OF anything like an organized effort 10
expatriste them from the country dear
to the African race by every memory Of
their lives
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

G. L. ANDERSON is a candidate for re-
election TO the Office Of Sheriff, subject to the
actien of the Convention Of the Democrats
n Conservative party Of Shelby county,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
AMMoUNcEMENTs.
For Attorney General Of BartIett
CtFcuit COurt.

GEO. g. DENT is a candidate for Attorney
General Of the Bartlett Circui. Court Of
Shelby county, at the ensuing August cleo.
and Conservative Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

We are indebted 10 Senator Isham G.
Harris for volume six Of the Congress.
ional Record, containing the proceedings
Of the special session Of the senate and
the irst session Of the Forty ffch con.
Gress in 1871.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

DANIEL G.. SHELBY present Deputv
Clerk, Is a candidate for Clerk Of the Bartiett
Circuit Court, at the ensuing August election.
subject TO the action Of the Democratic. Con.
seryative Convention.
FELIX ZONES is a candidate for Clark
Of the Bartlett Circuit Court, subject to the
nomination Of the Democratic Convention
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
INSURANCE.
]. A. SIMMONS,
No. 20 Madison St.,
MEMPHIS : TENNESSEE

Represents Following Insurance
Companies;
Atna, Of Hartford, ssets-........ 81, OS7. 1907 90
Ph@nix, Of Hartford, assets ....- 2,407, 5S1 90
Insurance Company of North
America, Phila ielphia, assets. 6,60l, 1888 90
Royal Insurance Company, Liy-
eTPOOl, assst,. S,OO,Ooe %
Mercantile Mutual (Marino) Insu-
rance Company, Of New York,
hsSete..... .s...s............ ................ l.O0O.O 200 %
rs I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22
Fer Con11v Poas-,--
FOR Clerk:sr BarIleIt Circuit Court

OHAs. A. BEEHN is a candidate for County
Register al tine ensuing August election, 1875.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08
OATS FOR, COLTS.
Fd1'peer.

Dr.. Salmon says: In conclusion. let me
add that some oats must be fed to colts to
produce good horses; this is more particu-
larly necessary in early life, while the con-
stitution is being f~ormed-tor a conSidera-
Bile time before weaving, and especially at
that period and to the end of the year. EBe-
ginning with a handful when the colt is a
week or two old, it will certainly pay to
gradually increase the amoun to four or
five quarts by the end of the year. After
that, if the pasture and hay are first quality,
oats. are not of the same importance, tut
should not be withheld entirely. The
amount that can be protitably given the
second and third years depends on the con
ditions already mentioned.
Peas and good p%ea-vine hay answer the
same purpose in forming healthy bones,
muscles and nerves in growing colts, CALVES.
and lambs that is secured by feeding oats.
Glover abounds in albuminoids and bone
material. Hence hay made nominally of
red top, timothy, blue grass orchard grass is
improved by a mixture of clover. All
kinds of stock are benefited by having a
variety of food daily. 1t is an old maxim,
"A change of pasture makes fat calves"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08
POINTS OF A GOOD cow.

In Judging Of the points of a cow Profess
sor Tanner says: The udder should be
capacious, extending well behind the legs,
and also forward along the belly; the coat
should be thin, with a soft skin, and show
considerable decrease in size after the COW
is MIXED. The teats should be placed well
apart from each other and not cranped to-
gether, for this indicates Il want of sympa-
thy in the udder. The udder may be found
large and yet fleshy, rather than capricious.
Especial attention is desirable to the mel
lowness of the skin, and more particularly
if the animal is poor. The milk vein is a
sure indication of the quantity otblood snp-
piled, and for all practical purposes, may be
taken as Il guide"
One fault which many dairymen make in
judging of the comparative, value OF COWS is
that they too often take the yield of the COW
during the first two or three weeks after the
calf goes off as the data by which the COM
p%arison is instituted this is at most, very
uncertain and often very deceptive. Among
our W COWS our best one is not the one
which makes the best butter just after her
calf is sold, but she is one that never goes
dry unless purposely maqe 50. Our other
cows will, at the period named above, make
Il greater number Of pounds per week, but
in the sum total of the years work Grace
takes the lead. That which is true in our
W small dairy is equally applicable IN
larger ones, and shows Il good quality
which is peculiarly the strong point of our
Attorneys.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUSBANDMAN.

The milking should be done orderly reg
,,1,rlv and in q decent manner every time.
The udder and teats should be handled
GENTLY. but the milking should be done ex-
peditiously, and all the milk carefully
drawn. And as soon as drawn, the milk
should be carried away into an airy, sweet
nlace. and strained into the can or other re-
ceptacle, and not be allowed to stand III the
stable, absorbing the odors OF the cows
bodies and breath, perspiration and drop
pings. Everything depends on getting the
milk out of the udder, free from dirt and III
keeping it free from foreign odors. Thean-
imal oder in the milk is nothing like as OBJ
iectionable as that out Of it, which it freely
absorbs if it remains in its presence.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08

why do we pull off our boots for the, easy
slipper? Why does the farmer GO bare
foot on soft land? The difficulty with the
brute creation is we cannot understandthelr
language, or, rather, we.do not try to. If
we should, we might do much to makeit those
which are under our subsection far more
comfortable than they now are.-Pral5e
Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08
L I DALI y
ADVICE TO

The editor OF the American DaGrynaan in a
recent number has the following excellent
advice:
Cows must have plenty of clean, sweet
water, or they will not turn out the largest
amount of the best milk, no matter what
the feed may be and this water must be
convenient at all times. Cows do not like
weather, and will submit TO considerable
suffering from thirst before they will do it.
When they do reach the water, after be-
coming thirsty and teverish, they gorge
themselves until they become uncomtorta-
bic because of too much water. This going
from one extreme to the other is injurious,
and effects %untavorably the health ofthe COW
and her milk secretions. Besides, all I'M
necessary eXertion imposed upon the cow in
procuring either her drink ON her food, di-
verts so much of her energy from milk pro-
duction to motion or locomotion. 1t pays
to furnish her conveniences, apd save this
diversion of energy from the elaboration of
milk-the one thing for which the cow is
kept.
Every. cow is brought to the stable twice
a day to be MIXED. She often stands quite
awhile in this stable and in the barnyard.
1t is all important that the stable should be
clean and free from bad odors-completely
deoderized. 1t SHOULD have thorough VEN
tilation and free circulation of air. There
should be no souring and decaying piles of
. =, &. " 8
manure in the stable, around it. under it. or
in the barnyard. But we find few stables
i'll such clean condition, and with such free
and oderless surroundings. The lack of
this cleanliness must inevitably affect the
flavor of the milk and its products, and the
impurities inhaled by the cows and absorb
ed by the milk must tend to make it UNI
healthful.
And il is all important that COWS should
be kept quiet and contented, wherever they
may be. Irritation lessons the flow of milk
and consumes the fats. The heat of anger
or fear seems to burn the fat out like a con-
suming fire. Comfort, quiet, contentment
and animal enjoyment are conducive to the
production of rich, nutritious milk. Gentle
treatment, so that the COW will never be on
her guard or apprehensive of being hurt. in
the field or in the stable, pays a large diyi-
dend in the dairy. No hurrying Of the cows
to and from the pasture, no kicking and
%seolding, no loud and boistorous talking, to
excite the nerves and make the cow restless
and u~neasy-there are negative virtues in
the dairy better than extra investment IN
feed, but they are not as common through
out the dairy region as they should be.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08

Acheese factory recently started in Spring
valley, Colorado, is expected to use up the
milk of 500 COWS.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-08
]. G.. SARTER.

Range-Smith river
valley, from White
Tail to NeWlan creek.
p. O. Address-Camp
Baker.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-08-01
The war with Mexico.

A special dispatch of the nineteenth
to the Cincinnati Enquirer, from WASH
1t can be stated positively tonight
that a definite plan has been de-
termined upon for the requirement of
the Northern States of Mexico by con-
quest, as has been already stated In
these dispatches. The administration
refused to rescind Its instruction to
Gen. Ord, in command of troops on
the border to pursue the marauders,
If need be, across the border. Al
though it had been represented to the
President and Cabinet that such action
on Ord's part would almost certainly
bring on conflict with Mexican troops,
it now transpires that there is war
party in the Cabinet which is
planning to make the ostensible pun
ishment of cattle thieves q mere pre-
text for plunging the country into war
of annexation. The President does
not belong to the war party, at least
he processes to desire peace, although
he did not oppose the instructions
which were given to Gen. Ord. To.
day the President had long interview
with a prominent Texan gentleman
who is here in the interest of the war
party In Texas. He represents that
Texas is solid for war, and asserts pos
itively that majority OF the admins
tration is for war. He laid before the
President to-day the views OF the
people of Texas upon the border
trouble, and the necessity of aggres-
sive measures. He reports that the
President was non committal, but as
serts positively that it makes no diff
ference whether the President is for or
against war. The plan of the war
party is to have Ord seize favorable
opportunity TO cross the border, and
make an attack on the Mexican troops,
which, of course, will be resisted. A
large body of Texan troops, which
will be in readiness, are then to be
thrown across. The whole territory
known as Z)na LiDre, comprising the
northern States, is TO be seized, and
the revenues collected by force. II is,
Of course, expected that this course
will precipitate general Mexican war,
and prominent meyers in il now in this
city admit that 1t will take 100, 900
men and two years to bring the war TO
close. The prime movers in this war
movement appear to be certain railroad
interests, which are anxious TO run
lines into Mexico, and quite willing to
do little military transportation bust
ness for the government. Their sg1ta-
ton would not be serious il it was not
known that the most Influential half OF
the Cabinet sympathizes with them,
and that Ord himself is warmly IN IA
yor Of war. Maps showing the portion
of Mexico which 1t is proposed 10 an
mex are being prepared, and will
shortly be published in several leading
papers which favor war and annexs-
ton.