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London News. July lO.l
The lottery in Naples is worked in the
following way: The numbers staked
upon are written down in a register,
which is sealed up before the drawing,
and sent to the office of the lottery.
There it lies hidden in a cabinet with
three locks, and the keys are in the
hands of three different people. Now in
the lock of the room where this register,
big with the fate Of gamblers, lies, a
piece of wax was found, and in another
lock we're fragments Of wax. 1t is said
that q person, whose name is not known,
hired a set of rooms near that where the
| numbers are kept, and there are marks
which suggest that the wall or floor Of
the room was tempered with. The theory
is that during the night which followed
| the drawing of the numbers some person
or persons opened the sealed register
and substituted for the numbers on which
the Able really stsked the numbers
which came out in the drawing. Sup.
pose that in a Derby Lottery the gam.
blers only knew the numbers they had
staked on, and suppose that after the
race the number of the winning horse
was transferred from the name Of one
to that of another player, and the
nature of the Neapolitan trick
is plain. At Naples, however, 1T
was not some other gambler, but the
keepers of the bank-namely, the gov
ernment-who we're the losers. For the
numbers really staked on were substi-
tuted those that had actually been
drawn in public before the sight Of all.
1t is said in Naples that some thirty
people were involved in the transaction,
and if this be true, the able did not
f. make such a very good strike after all
1000, 900 lire divide poorly among thirty
confederates. To add to the woes o.
this Spectator, government has re
couped itself by Selling most Of the
money that it had paid away. II thu
government makes out its case, gam
J blers will be taught that they must no
i aim al too high prizes. They must mod
crate their desires to what the bank cal
g conveniently pay. Their necessity o
v abstainiug from %"plunging" will not at
feet the poor people whom a paterna
government tempts in the most %ruinou
folly. Winners or losers, The fanatic
of lotteries are not to be reclaimed. Th
adventure Of the able merely keeps y
s. the excitement and inAames the feve
I. Of play.
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This poor old man Tappan has been
accustomed to looS down on ordinary
mortals as base creatures, unworthy OF
his notice. BE was sleek, well fed, high.
toned and inaccessible, and would turn
away from a weaker fellow.creature who
expressed an opinion in his presence
with proud contempt. There is more Of
that sort of thing in Boston than in any
other American city Boston Herald.
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accidents.

BALTIMORE, August LAT Hagerss
town yesterday, at a pigeon-shooting
match, Samuel Dondhill, aged fifty years.
vas shot dead accidentally by William
Lskenour.
At LAnaeoninE, Nd, Mary Pritch-
ard, aged nineteen years, was killed,
Robert Dick, aged twenty, probably IA
tally injured, aud Abram Lynch, severe
ly bruised, by the breaking Of q swing
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CHATHAM VILLAGE, N Y, August l :
United States Marshal Payne's paper
mill was burned this morning, Loss,
$780, 900; insurance, $4,000.
PATERSON, N, j., August | The Pas.
sale Ice Company's buildings, at Old
ham, we're burned this morning. The
loss will probably reach $4,000; no in
anranee.
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Statistics show that the death rate in
this country is much higher among the
.colored people than among the whites.
For Washington, white 22.0l7, and col
ored $4,000 per cent. In some OF the
Southern States, notably South Caro-
lima, the colored people are on the de.
crease.
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THE New York Sun is of the opinion
that Mrs. jerks also wrote Shermsn's
letter from New Orleans to Hayes, pend
ing the returning board count, which
has been published to show what truly
GOOD men Hayes and Sherman are.
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A young man who practised nightly on
a flute, lell out OF a secoHd.story window
q few evenings since, and was carried
into the house iusensible. Several neigh
bors who witnessed the accident felt a
thrill of Joy, and rushed right off for a
physician. They we're afraid the flute
player might recover. - [Commercial
Advertiser.
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nnnsrrnlnn,lon ofInvoIer.

New YoRK, August l.-Custom house
inspectors have been placed in charge Of
the store Of Hahn, Benjamin q Co, No.
1913 Broadway, on the ground Of under
valuation Of invoices. The firm are
dealers in German sbAwls and cloaks.
Messrs. Hahn d Benjamin manufacture
in Berlin and live abroad, and they con
sign their goods to Waldeuar Caspery
who is their agent here.
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Olive Logan chroHicles the advent Of
anew and very expensive fashion. II is
in the form Of stocking, made entirely
of lace open.work from toe to knee, and
so transparent that a silk stocking will
have TO be worn under it," The proba'
bility, however, is that the understock.
ing will be entirely eschewed.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
A OARD.

To all who are.suasring Il omithe.crrors ana
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 q missionary in South America. Send a
solf-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
T. INMAS, Station D, lBibN House, Ne,o York
DIN. .xxvii-9h nohkw
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LORD BEGcOxsFIELD's description OF
Gladstone, in his Saturdays speech in
London, is very pointed. he said he
was a sophistical rhetorician, inebri'
ated with the exuberance Of his OWE YER
bosity and egotistical imagination.
Rather neat.
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New York PniIurea.

NEw YoRK, August There we're
sizty.seven failures in this city in July,
with aggregate liabilities at S5,7SS,l7l-
an increase over June in the number Of
failures and the aggregate amount Of
l;ahiliiiea
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The showocame,,e,s Drew.

NEW YORK, August Captain Ma
deau. Of the Showoeamettes, says of the
probability of the crew appearing at the
Passaic, New Jersey, regatta: The
whole matter is still undecided, and we
scarcely know what to do. One thing is
pretty certain-we shall go home FIRST,
whether we agree to row in the Passaic
regatta or not. We have now been alb
sent for two months, and Of course we
desire to get back again TO our homes.
Then again, it is not very easy for US to
row in the regatta, even ii we make up
our minds to return for that purpose.
Our boat was oil smashed to pieces, and
it will be necessary to get a new one fol
this regatta, aud the necessity of going
sooner from here. 1t is very unlikely
that we shall be back by the TIN Of Au
gust"
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The New York Sun says that 1t Is re-
~markable that while the Democrats are
willing and rather anxious that the Re
publicans should nominate Grant, the
Republicans are rather anxious that the
Democrats should not nominate Tilden.
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Hayes viii BaeE Out.
A WaghIngLon Ipeoial ave:

Senator Patterson paid to your CORES.
pondent tonight that Hayes would back
out, and that Wade Hampton's courts
would refuse to release on a writ OF ha-
beas corpus the revenue officers now in
Jail, charged with the killing Of an illicit
d%istiller in making a seizure. you
see" said Patterson, Hayes says there
is no use Of resisting the State Govern.
ment, If they refuse to have the trial con.
Quoted by United States courts, because
the army bill, as it passed Congress, pre-.
vents the army being used as q posse
comitatus.' Patterson chuckled over
this admission Of the President, and sale
he told him that he (Hayes) would fnC
out before his administration closed tina
troops we're necessary in the South
Hampton will pull the wool over tn
Presidents eyes you see II he don't"
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DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL TICKET

Fen rHE STATE AT LARGE.
LANES ". DEADERIoK. Of Hamilton
PRTER TURNEY. Of Franklin.
FoR rHE EASTERN DIVISION.
ROBERT MCFARLAND, Of Hamblen.
FoR THR MTDDLK DIVISION.
WILLIAM F. COOPER. Of Davidson.
FoR TIE WESTERN DIVISION.
TuOMASJ ], FREEMAN. Of Gibson.
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SENATOR 0eLEsBY, Of Illinois, made a
speech in Chicago a few days ago IN
which be took a very gloomy view of the
Republican prospects. He said; The
Senate Of the United States is already
gone" How did he feel in telling them
ihat2 Yet the admission had to be made
Democrats had captured the SEN
ate, They have already a majority of
ten, aud when the Senate met in March
he did not know what their majority
would be. 1t was, therefore, vitality nee
esssry that the lower house should be
won aud held BY the Republicans. II
the Democrats only knew their power,
they could take the government OF the
country out Of PIE hands of the Repub-
lieaus to-day" That's just what they
are determined 90 doing.
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Young Jobson was engaged to Angel
lea, who knew that be had sixteen corns
on his feet. All letters and presents
have been returned, and now they meet
as strangers, because Angelica at q ball,
enc night, asked Jobson " where he put
them tbings-meaning corns-when be
danced. "-[Keokuk Constitution.
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The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is s. per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per sh"Sm for the
Fesky-POstags fres.
Persons horing The city for the sum
mer can order the DALE LEDGER
at SOC per month in Gdranes' ''i'h the
pririlegs of changing pOstOtfee.
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The assault on American hams made
By a German professor, who aiterward
acknowledged that he had never seen an
American ham, is another instance Of
the common habit of some people Of
making broad assertions on h%earsay evil
dence. This is a bad habit for any one
to fall into. but it is particularly mis-
chievous when INDUCED in By a profes
sor," whose statements are liable to be
taken as authoritative aud quoted there.
after as facts. When paper hsngings,
baby carriage coverings, and such things
in general use are pronounced poisonous,
when professors, real or so called, say
that certain articles Of food are danger,
Gus to health, they should either reoits
the experiments or observed facts on
which their conclusions are based, or givl
the authority whose experiments or OBJ
~servstions have been accepted as the
basis for such important deductions
The majority Of men cannot experimen.
for themselves or make extensive obser
v%ations; they are compelled to trust tht
professors aud scientists, who are fslsl
to the confidence reposed in them if the
do no more than any one can do, CUES
: at the facts and then draw deductions.
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WASHINGTON, August lit is expect
ed by the treasury that the remaining
SCI, 900, 900 bends, of the act of March 3,
1865, %consola Of 1865. 6 per cent will be
called in during the current year.
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AN English newspaper, noting the fact
that Pennsylvania anthracite coal has
been introduced in Italy, selling Tor
$7.72 per ton, and yielding equally good
results to iron founders who use it as
English coke, which costs them Sll 5S
per ton, declares that the anthracite coal
will probably supersede the use Of coke.
Over 200, 600 tons Of Euglish coke are
now annually sent to Mediterranean
ports. The Euglish journal adds, per.
baps at some future day the American'
win be good enough to try the expert
msnt of supplying the British house
holder with coal fit for domestic con.
sumptioS at reasonable cost. Oar osr
coal %merchaOts have hardly succeeded
an their enterprise.
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Scene, or rather heard, on a Lowland
horse.car: Conductor-'There ANT no
seats, ladies, unless you want TO- stand.
One Of the ladies-"Well, won't ride II
I've got to walk.
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MADAME" said q physician to a pa.
tent, you have grown wonderfully thin
of late" yes, doctor" she replied,
II am getting more and more emanci'
mated every day"
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W~ashington's will is kept in a glass
case in the office Of the clerk Of Fairfax
county, Va. The writing has almost all
faded away, and the paperis so irail that
il will not bear handling.
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MORE follies committed in the name
workingmen, by the men who do not
want to work, are reported from Wash
ington. The destruction Of the indiVid.
ual liberties of the working man, as
such, is just as d~eploraOle when com
mitted by his fellow wOrkmen in the
supposed interest of labor as when com.
mitted by capitalists or corporations
against the supposed interests Of labor
No good, but only evil can result from
the violent interference Of any n with
the right Of a man to work and earn bis
living.
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49, rountv Uruatee-

We are authorized 10 announce J. j. RAW
LINGS as a candidate for reelection TO the
Office of County Trustee at tho August cleo
ton. subject to the Democratic and Oonserva-
tive Convention.
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B. AND L. ASSOCIATIONS.
Now Serlcsl New Serlesl New Series!
WORKINGMEN'S
Building a. Loan Association

ISSUES a new series Of stock every quarter
i commenced business in 1878, and has been
and Is q SUCCESS Stated meetings. held on
FIRST TUESDAY EVENING Of each month,
at their Office, No. 20 Madison street, to
make loans, Eighth Series commences July
/, 1878. Subscribe now.
MoNEY TO LOAHl STooK FOR SALEl No
BACK DUES. l.. lAGRlLL, Pres't.
CHAs. /. PATERSON, Sec'y, ll5-li0
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Far ghaueeIlOr.

GEO. W. WINCHESTER is a candidate for
Chancellor of the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county ut the August election, 1878, subject TO
tive u~onventiOn.
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anrAfogn Rnces.

SARATOGA, August l.-Tbe races have
been postponed till to- morrow owing to
rain.
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For sherfn

c. L. ANDERSON is a candidate for re-
election to tho Office Of Sheriff, subject to the
actien of the Convention of the Democratic
and Conservative party of Shelby county.
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RoUFINc PAINTS.
WARNING.
To h Public

OPPIcR MEMPHis WATER Co., June l, 1873.
IN order to more completely Project the
i patrons of this Company, as well as to
shield ourselves, we here publish a list OF
plumbers who have 6led bonds in our otice as
q guarantee that they do work properly in
connection with our mains. We will decline
tamper in any way with fixtures connected to
the pipes of this Company.
W. L. CAMERON, Sec'y.
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KiIIad IN . NnnrreI.

PuLADELrnIA, August William
Mitchell and Johu Stevenson, dock
oilers, quarrellhd yesterday in 3 saloon
on CallowhiA, and Stevenson was killed
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Simon Cameron has been made a
present Of a beautiful Indian canoe BY
some friends in the West. The old Win.
nebago has turned it over 10 Don, as in
the senatorial campaign he will have Il
paddle bis own canoe.
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MEXICAN BORDER.
The Greasers organizing for Battle
with the Americans.

The Greasers Organizing for Battle
with the Americans.
GALVESTON, July 20 The News spec
ial from San Antonio says official inior-
nation from the border is to the effect
that the Mexican government is organ
izing the inhabitants, both Indian and
Mexican, into companies 10 operate
against the Americans. The most motto.
rious characters on the border hold ON
missions from the Mexican government.
Orioles, a notorious raider, is in COM
msnd Of a company near Newtown, on
the Mexicrn side above Piedras Negras.
The Kickapoo Indians have been enroll
ed to defend the town of S~aragosse
against Mackenzie, should he follow raid
eTs across the RIO Grande at that place.
There is almost a cessation Of friendly
relations between the American and
Mexican officers. The Parvenir, a.Mex,
lean paper at Piedras Negras, snnoun.
ces that Col. Nuncio has ample force to
destroy the Gringos. There has been no
modification Of the orders given in re.
gard to following raiders into Mexico.
The News Brownsville special says:
Il is learned from q reliable source that
on the 9th, Jose Maria Amsdor, Miguel
Palacios, Pedro Martinez and Estamslic
Martinez, revolutionary leaders, with 300
men, attacked the town Of Real de Cato
rez, Mexico, aud were defeated. Amadol
and Pslacios we're killed, and EstamaliC
Martinez wounded.
Gen. Escobedo arrived at Monterey oil
the 23d, and is confined in the Pslaci,
Del Gobierno. He is furnished Wild
8 comfortable quarters, and receives cour
teous treatment from his captors. 1t i
expected be will soon arrive in Matamc
ras, en- route to the City Of Mexico vi
Vera Cruz steamers.
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ror CircuIt Conrt Clerk.

ED WoRSHAM is a candidate for Clerk of
the Circuit Court, at the ensuing August elee-
ton; subject to the action of the Democratic
and Conservative Convention.
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THE successor of Lord Duferin as
governor general Of Canada is to be the
Marquis Of Lorne, whose appointment is
officially announced. he is the queens
son.iulaw, husband Of the Princess
Louise and son aud heir of the Marquis
Of Argyll. He is a gentleman Of cult
walton and amiability, who published a
volume Of poems a few years ago that
we're pretty good for a born nobleman,
but we're not considered worth re print
ing in America. At the court eeremon-
ials in England he has to take q back
seat because be is not Of royal blood.
But at Ridesu House he will represent
the queen and have precedence over
every one. The Canadians have often
wished in vain that one Of the queens
sons might be sent to govern them. The
next best thing is to have her sOn.in law.
whose wife is said to be a very sensible.
lovely woman, like all the queens daugh
tiers. The marquis is thirty-three years
Of g and the princess, his wife, thirty
They were married in 1871 and have NJ
children,
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SOUVTA DI UNIONB R VRAYgLLANM NAlIANA

A STATED MEETING OF TIE ABOVE
n named society will take place ut their
hall, No. 26O Second street, this (THURSDAYl
night, at s o'clock. Business of Importance.
J. D. M0NTED0NICO, Pres't.
p. d. CANALE, Sec'y.
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An EDITORIAL SMUGGLER.
How He Came TO Give the Queen q
Box of cigars.

How He Game TO Give n queen o
Box of cigars.
Editorial Cor. Cleveland Leader
The passengers we're all detained for
the purpose Of having their baggage
luggage, as the English call texan.
ined for ~contrabaud tobacco, spirits, per.
fume water, etc. The trouble With me
was to get my box and a half of cigars
through without paying duty. The Off
GERS inquired if | had any cigars, etc.
l meekly replied that Il had a few for
my own use" He requested me 70 uu-
lock my trunk, which | did, and he
waded through my effects and captured
my two boxes of Union Club cigars, and
politely Informed me that he would have
TO inAict a duty of FIVE shillings a pound
fofthe benefit of her most gracious ma.
jesty. And | followed him to the far.
Their end Of the room, where be weighed
the cigars, and diSburSed for the benefit
Of the aforesaid most gracious majesty
the sum Of 81 %. ] stated that / was
going direct TO Paris, aud that | oughi
not to pay duty twice. He then inform
ed me that by his sealing the box snt
giving me an order on the collector a
Dover the amount / paid would be re
funded. Accordingly he sealed up thI
boxes, gave me an order, requiring mi
TO afix my signature TO q couple Of doc
umeuts, and after going through all thi
fuse, which took fifteen minutes, the off
f cial coolly informed me that when | al
i, rived at Dover the following morning
would have to lie over there TO collect m.
&c 81 %, and take the night boat. Then
8. informed the official that her msjest
a might keep the money as q present frol
me Invent back to my trunk, wher
several passengers Of the Baltic wei
20 showing their worries at my having bee
70 captured.
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Court IL

1 am a candidate for Judge of the Criminal
Court Of Shelby county. -
l9to r. L. SORUGGS,
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For CrimInaI Couyt CIerh

N @. PERKINS is a candidate for Criminal
Court Clerk Of Shelby county at 1.-THE g .eotion IN
August, subject to the action OF the Demo-
cratic and OopRervative Convention.
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Lensra in New YORK.

The New York World says that
among the patients in the Charity Hos.
pital, on Blaekwells Island, are two
lepers. One Of them is too sore to move,
savelwhen it is positively necessary. The
other, although much further advanced
in the disease, aud almost sure to waste
away within another year, is at present
as lively as a cricket, although loathed
by the other patients. These are tbs
first lepers ever admitted to the hospital,
snd they have been there only a short
time. One Of them, Abraham Brown,
isa New Yorker by birth, aud is fifty.
four years old The other, Emilio Ire.
mel, is a native Of Santiago de Cuba,
and only nineteen years old. Trenel
has been afflicted about FIVE years, and
is now thought to be in the last stages Of
the disease, having occasional fevers.
Brown has the disease in a more acute
form, end, although it is less than TIVE
years since he first entered the Balti'
more City Hospital, the disease has &c
invaded bis whole body that be pre-
sent a frightiul appearance. His hands
and feet are almost black and covered
with ulcers. His fingers are enlarged L
nearly three times their former size, 81
that the ends stand apart like the claw
Of a fowl. His nails have fallen out
His face is not so badly swollen, but hi
features have an expression Of despai
that makes it painful to look at him
Nearly ell his beard has fallen of, tn
hair Of his head is thin, dry and lustrl
less,and his eyebrows are perfectly bare
Around the iris Of each eye is an indiI
tinct light yellow ring about q twelfth
an inch in width, and the peculiar LEI
nine appearance always noticeable
lepers Is we'll marked. Brown brougl
bis leprosy from Cuba, whittier be wei
in 1855, remaining there about nil
years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01

The election which takes place 10
North Carolina to-day is for judges Of
the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court
judges, members of both branches Of the
State Legislature aud county officers.
The legislature to be chosen will elect a
United States senator in place Of Hon.
A. s.. Merrimon, whose term expires
March 4, 1879, The Republicans have
made nominations in only a few coun
ties, but there is a plentiful s%prinkling o.
independent candidates. Governor
Vance is q strong candidate for tn,
United States senate against Senate
Merrimon.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

For Atlorney- GeneTai of Bartlett
Circuit Court.
GEO. G.. DENT is a candidate for Attorney
General Of the Bartlett Circui. Court Of
Shelby county, at the ensuing August elec-
ton, subject TO the action Of the Democratic
and Conservative Convention.