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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19
TIE LATE sAMuRL RnWLEs


The death Of this distinguished editor
and politician, which occurred at Spring
field, Mass, on the 10th inst, has been
merely mentioned in our Geographic dis
patches. The Nashville American, Of
yesterday, pays him the following hand
some and merited tribute:
In the death of Mr.. Bowles. the coun-
try lost an able, bold journalist, of indie.
pendent thought-one of those who does
not wander away from the path Of pro.
gress society is following, and yet does
not walk along in the center of the NOV.
ing column, or lag behind it. he did
not follow of into the morasses every
will O'.the-wisp Of fsncied good, nor yei
fail to seek the paths be thought society
ought and might be induced to follow.
The practical and successful Journalist
does not seek every good a lively
fancy may depict. or a vivid imag.
nation conceive. he is a worker
close up to the head Of the advancing
columns Of progress, and it is as much
his duty to know what path society can
be made to follow as the one it ought ia
follow. 1t is his business to End out both
what can and ought TO be done. This
rule would exclude him from the con.
scious advocacy OF that which is either
wrong or impracticable. The one who
comes nearest that line will prove the
most successful in the long run.
Mr.. Bowles illustrated it aud won hon.
OF in a lifetime Of journalistic labors,
and money as well as honor. he early
dissented from the policy of bis party,
while he never forsook its penks. It's
%corruptious and its oppressiens were not
in consonsnce with bis views, and be
protested and olamored for a better pol
icy, and sought il even Outside Of bis
party in the Liberal movement.
he was born in 1926. His father was
proprietor OF the Springfield Republican,
in whose Office be was an apprentice al
an early age. In 1874 be induced his
father to publish q daily newspaper, OF
which he became editor at the age Of
eighteen. He is therefore one of the few
instances of a newspaper descending
from father TO son, and running prosper
ously in the same family for many years.
Such cases are not extremely rare, but
lare enough for comment. Mr. Bowles
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

LONDON, January l9.-Tae Times Blu.
charest correspondent, who has gone tc
Giurgevo to try aud cross the Danube al
that place into Bulgaria, telegraphs from
Giurgevo as follows: The mortality
among the Turkish prisoners at Fra
teshti is becoming fearful. The station
Of Frateshtl is becoming a terror to
travellers between Bucharest and the
Danube. Even if there is nothing worse
there. the ordinary typhus mortality
which is evidenced by the numerous
graves in the plain surrounding the pris-
Oners' camp justifes the apprehensiOns
Of travellers. / saw Russian soldiers dig
ging huge graves, and near them fifty
Turkish corpses lying in confused heaps
as they were emptied from dead carts.
Their ragged halfclad forms and frost.
bites, visible on their naked limbs, gave
evidence of the ~hsrdships they had suf-
lered on their dreadful march from
Nikopolis,
The Times says it is expected that yes
terday's withdrawal of bullion from the
Bank of England for America will be
duplicated to-day.
LIVERPOOL, January 1.-the steamer
Abyssinia which sailed for New York to-
day has got on board 100000 for that
city.
ROME, January l9.-Ths American
citizens of this city have presented an
address to King Humbert.
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LEr us AM puLL rOeErHER.

Now that the election is over, and, as
far as we know, everybody is 10 a pretty
good humor, it may not be amiSs to
suggest that it becomes a matter OF i'm
portance that good men should be placed
in all the positions to be filled for the
next two years. The applicants for the
various places should be men we'll known
for their honesty, integrity and capacity.
To make an administration effective it
should be we'll sustained, and we hope
this will be done. To carry out the idea
Of the taxpayers movement will re-
quire the selection Of competent oAcials,
who, if property-oWners, should have
q good record in every respect, not only
as tax payers but as citizens Of the
highest merit aud capacity. We are all
interested alike in having a good city
government, and should stand together
in the support Of wise measures and
competent officials. The powers and
duties of the municipal administration
are well defined and limited, but within
that limit there is considerable discre-
tionsry power which should be carefully
watched and exercised. The people will
expect a great deal Of this sdministra-
ton, for it has a fine opportunity and
much has been promised, perhaps more
than can be carried out to the letter.
We hope to see men nominated and
elected to the places about the City
Hall who will command the respect
aud the moral support of the solid and
intelligent people of Memphis irrespect.
i've Of party or former differences Of
opinion. We are all in the same boat,
and should unite in the support Of what.
ever will promote the common good.
Public officers are public servants, and
do not " the places they are called to
nil, and have no rights except what they
acquire by a faithful and impartial per.
fermsnce Of their duties. Hoping that
this will be done by all who hold Office in
Memphis for the next two years, we de.
sire to find much in their conduct to com
mend and support, and to be
able to record the fact that Memphis
has made great progress in material
prosperity in every line of business and
in all that gees to make US proud OIL
Memphis as the commercial metropolis
of three States and a delightful place o.
residence. To this end let us all labor
adopting the methods that may seem
most acceptable to the permanent resi-.
dents and thinking people who are mos
interested, and therefore should be the
best judges. If we would win in the
race for commercial supremacy in tbs
rich district of which Memphis is natu
rally the center and entrepot, we mus
look to the future and leave the past tc
take care OF itself.
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T%ELEGRAPHIC ARK


LONDON, January 10. 2 p.m.-ConsolI
for money, IS 9.l6; on account, -
United States new four-and. a-halfs, los.
United States fve.tweuties of 1867, 1861
United States ~ten.forties, 1923; new 6ves
LOG; Erie. 81.
New YORK, January Is, 1850 am
United States skies of 1881, = @l065i
United States skies of 1881, coupons
lO6b@l07; new four and-a-halfs, lO4b@
lc4f; coupons, lO4@lO4s; 6ve-twentiet
OF 1865, new issue, lO3@lO3f; 6ve-twen.
ties Of 1867, lO5i@IO55; 6ve.twenties o.
1868, coupons, = @l0S3; t~en-forties,
lO7a@lOSi %ten-forties, coupons, 1890
lOS; new tours, "a
The following is the weekly bank state.
ment: Loans, decrease, 81, 955, 100; spe,
Gle, increase, 81, 1884, 300; legal tenders,
increase, 80, 3S5SOO; deposits, increase,
$2,3O6, 300; circulation, decrease, $40.
oUV, reserve, increase, Is, 1873, O25.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, January 10 Wheat, win.
ter, ls3d@lls9d; Milwaukee red, los I'D
oils Sd; California white, Us edo
Us Cd; California club, Us 9d@l3s Cd,
Germ, 29s 3d@29s Cd. Pork, 56s Cd.
Beet, 84s Cd. Bacon, long clear, 3ls Cd;
short clear, 32s Cd. Lard, 4Os Cd. Tai.
low, 40s Cd.
CHICAGO, January 10, 1850 en-
Wheat, lO4@lO4b for February; l043@
lO4J for March. Corn, AZ for May; 395
offered for February. Pork, 10 9O@
10 800 for March. Lard, I 423@7 45 for
March.
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senator Bailey on the silver Bin,

Senator Bailey on the silver Bill.
Washington Special to Yesterdays Cincinnati
Commercially
Senator Bailey's speech on the Mat.
thews resolutions to-day was one Of the
strongest made in favor of remonetiza
ton. he charged that the ~demsnetizs
ton was a sin against humanity, but
without making allegations against the
individuals who we're instrumental in
passing that sinful act, he went on to
state in a clear, concise, wellceusidered
address, the advantages of remonetizs-
ton.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. ]
To-day, the 18th, Mr.. Bailey, the new
senator from Tennessee, had the floor.
BE is a very quiet.lookiDg mana cross,
apparently, between a genial country
gentleman and a shreWd village squire.
AS he saunlers along under his dark
SLOUGH hat, with cheek and chin buried
under short but prolific grayish hair, he
looks little like the ideal senator; but be
proved his ability to day to make a strong
argument, aud what is more to the point,
be argued solidly in favor Of the dollar
Of the daddies. He held the attention Of
the senate to-day for an hour, rearrang.
ing the old arguments in new forms.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19

GALVESTON, January i9.-The revenue
cutter Mclean has returned from her
second cruise in search of the McAlllis-
ter, and reports the finding of portions
of the dredge, establishing beyond a
doubt her loss. The schooner vernal,
reported missing in the dispatches, is at
Sabine Pass.
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Trustee Sale.

RY VIRTUE of a trust deed frsm Mary A.
- and John + Cameron, recorded in the
Registers Office, Book 65. pages 6C4-6O6, l will
on Monday. march Is. 1878, at II
o'clock, at the corner of Madison and Main
streets. Memphis, offer for sale. for cash, to
the highest bidder, lot 80 of the N. NJ. Treze-
want subdivision, situated about three mile
east OF Memphis, at the intersection of Trez.
evant and Register avenues, containg 6 l5-lO0
acres, with dwelling and other improvements,
to pay the last note and interest, given by
said Camerons for purchase mOne of said lot.
Right of redemption waived.
1854 JOHN P. IRRELEVANT, Trustee.
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Come day or night, at what hour
you please, l will await you, and
will open the door to you myself.
live at No. 5 Rue d'Alger."
| thanked him. 1t was a noble
aud cordial offer. / was touched
byit. did not make use Of it
but ] have not forgotten it.
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MED.

BALTIMORE, January l9.-Commodore
George N. Hollins died last night Of par.
alysis, aged 70 years. he was in com.
mand of the sloop of war Cyane which
bombarded Greytown, Nicaragua, in
1854. At the commencement of the late
civil war he entered the Confederate
service.
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GEORGE II. PENDLEToS was elected
United States senator by the following
vote; In the senate he received the votes
of all the Democrats and "a of the Re
publicans. In the house the vote stood:
Pendleton, &C; Johnson, a Greenbacker,
3; blank, 36.
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indications.

WASHINGTON, January l9.-For Ten.
nessee and Ohio valley, warmer, cloudy
and rainy weather, southerly winds and
falling barometer, followed in the western
portions by rising barometer and colder
northwest winds.
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HARRISBURG, January l9.-Pat Col.
Inns, a notorious Mollie Mcguire and
county commissioner Of schuylkill coun.
~, failing to appear for trial at Potts.
vile, on the charges Of forgery and EN-.
b%ezzlement, has been re.arrested here.
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THE "WHITE"

Sewing Machine is the easiest selling and has,
satisfying in tho market. II has a veYy larSe
shuttle; makes the lock stitch; is simnla IN
construction; very light running. and almost
noiseless. 1t is almost impossible fer other
machines to sell in direct competition With
the WA!Tk.Agents Msltss Apply for
terms to WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO..
CLEVELAND. Ohio W."
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CARD.

To all who are suffering from 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 wal discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. JOSEPH
T. Imam. Station d, Bible House. Ne,o York
CtV. So xxvii-35 eod&w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19

NOTICE. The stockholders Of the Mer-
~ chants Insurance Company, Of Memphis,
Tonn., are lereby called 10 meet at the Office
Of the company, No. 20 Madison street, on
speeiaI importance 10 be transacted.
Meeting to be held from IL o'clock m. to 8
1850 N. L. MEAOHAM, Pres't.
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has made several journeys 10 tia West
aud has gained some celebrity as a de
scriptive correspondent by letters. which
we're published 10 bis paper in 1865. and
afterwards in book form under the title
Across the Continent." Ia 1869 he pub
lished "0ur New West and The Switz,
erland of America" the latter describing
Colorado. BE has been chiefly famous,
however. as a journalist, and especially
in the conservative politicslinAuences Of
his paper, the Springfield Republican.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19

SENATOR VOORHEES, made a powerful
speech in the senate on the silver ques-
ton a few days since, and it appears in
full in the Courier-Journsl of the 18th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19

To the Richmond va Wing, Sena.
stoF Ben p. Hill of Georgia, seems to
have a hankering after the upper crust
Of Y~ankeedom." This because Of his
opposition to the Bland silver bill.
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On Wednesday, Ffbruary 20, 1s7s,

in front Of the Court. house at Memphis, the
following property. situated in Shelby county,
state of Tennessee. and described as follows /:
Being a part Of lots No. 4 and 5, in block No.
81. on the plan of South Memphis, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at the south
west corner Of a lot conveyed by John A.
Allen to Mrs. M. Blass in the north line Of
Beal street; thence east with the north line
Of Beal street about one hundred and fifty
feet TO the southwest corner of a lot conveyed
BY Johu A. Allen to r. +. Crompton thence
north with the west line Of said lot two hum
dred and ferty feet to the south line of the
John Rice grant thence west with the Rice
line about one hundred and seventy. FIVE feet
TO the northwest corner of the John A. Allen
lot; thence south - feet to the northwest
corner Of the lot conveyed by John A, Allen
to Mrs. M. Blass; thence east with Mrs. Blass'
northern line twenty five feet; thence south
with Mrs, Blass' east line one hundred and
fOrty'fve feet to the heginniog. Right of re-
demption waived, Title believed to be good,
but l will sell and convey only as Trustee.
lN-l4S j. D. WILLIAMS. Trustee.
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oEEIoIAL
NOTTCE.

TN accordance with requirements of City
Il Ordinances. the General Council are hereby
requested to meet at the City Hall this SAT-
UkDAY) evening, at ~ o'clock. for the pur-
pose Of receiving the returns Of the late mu.
nicipal election and making provision for the
installation Of the Mayor and members Of the
General Council elect.
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DISSOLUTION.

TINE firm Of win Polk & Co doing busine q
l. at Polk Landing, Miss expired January
J, 1878. by limitation.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the
concern to send their accounts to me at once
for settlement. WILL POLK.
l2l-l23
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FARM AND HOME
OF YOUR OWN,
A GREAT OFFER FOR EOLIDAY8.

Wewill during these HARD TIMES and the
HOLIDAYS dispose of 100 NEW PIANOS and
ORGANS, of first class makers at lower prices
offered. WATERS PIANOS s and dSe 0R9 IeiSEs
are the BEST MADE, warranted for Eve
years. III. Catalogue mailed. Great indnoe-
ments to the trade. PIANOS, 7-oetave. $40,
75-octaye, $3.50; ORGANS. Q stops, SIS: 1
STOPS, So5i Z stops, s65; 8 stops, $40, 10 stops,
seoi II stops, 800: in perfect order, not used a
year. Sheet music at half price. HORACE
WATERS SONS, Manufacturers and Deal
ers, 40 East Fourteenth street. New York.
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LOTTERY.

A RPLEHDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN A FORTUNEI-SecOnd Grano
Distribution, 1873, at New Orleans, tuesday,
February 18th.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY 90.
This institution was regularly incorporated
By the Legislature of the state for Eduoa-
tlonal and Charitable purposes in 1858, with a
added n reserve fund of $3.50, Geo. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS will
take place monthly on the second Tuesday.
1T NEVER SCALES or P0sTPOEEs. Look at the
following Distribution;
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000.
100. 900 TickotR at 2 D~OIIaFs EaosI.
Half Tickets One Dollar.
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HIS
Saturday Evening, Jan. 10, 1878

The subscription price Of the PUB
LIO LEDGER Is IS per anaum for
the Daily, and 50 per GnnuM for the
Weekly-POstGge free,
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FOR RENT.
o. X, Near Austin, Miss,
FOR RENT OK LEASE.

CEALED PROPOSALS for the rent of this
- celebrated Landing, New Store and Ware
house, for the current year, with privilege of
continuing same for two years lonRer, received
at Fourth National Bank, Memphis, and D..
X, till the 25th Of January, 1873. This is an
unusual opportunity to a good business man.
First-eless security required, 70 be named IN
bid. Address the undersigned.
January II, 1878. Z. W. MUNF0RD.
l16 mwGs-l21
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TEXAS.

A RE you thinking Of going to Texas? Do
IA You want reliable information in regard
70 the Lone Star Slater Subscribe for the
FORT WORTH DEMOCRAT. Brick Pome-
roy, in his g Big Trip" says =" it has the rep
GUS Of ali ne paperS In tSe STAT" Sinh
scription price, ] year, 81; six months, 81.
Send Toe for sample copy with Texas supple
ment. Address
DEMOCRAT, Fort Worth, Texas.
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LEGAL.
Trustee,a RaIe.

pY VIRTUE of a trust deed made to me
- and recorded in the office of the Register
Of. Shelby county, Tenn, in Record Book, No,
So, page 595, / will sell at public cutlery, for
cash, for the purpose of paying the indebted
ness secured by said trust deed,
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I CURE FITS

When say cure l do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re-
turn again. l mean aradical cure. I am a reg.
ular physician and have made the disease Of
Fits, Epilepsy or Falling Sickness
a life long study, / warrant my remedy to
cure the worst cases. Because Others have
failed IS no reason for not now receiving a
cure from me, Send 10 me at once for a,
TREATISE ind a FREE BoTTLE of my infallible
remedy Give express snd post office. It
costs you nothing for a trial. and will cure
you. Address Dr. II. G. ROOT, 1888 Pearl
street, New York.
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WORK FOR ANIL

In their own localities, canvassing for tue
FREsIDE VIsIFoR (enlargedl, weekly and
monthly. Largest paper in the world, with
mammoth ohromos free, Big commissions to
agents; Terms and outfit tree. Address P.
D. VlOkEnY, Augusta, Maine.
An Extra Fine Mixed Cards, with name, Ice
~ post paid. h.. JONES & Co., Nassau, NY.
PIANOS I SS'9 oFs RI1S' p SgUS os ssYo sS oaiy P ss5-
Paper freo.N Daniel f. Beatty, Washing
ton, N. J.
2O00 PER MONTH made selling the
OHVU Gyrescope or Planetary Top, Buck
eye Stationery Package, Magic Pen (no ink
iequiredl. Catalogue of agents goods free.
BUCKEYE NOVELTY co, Cincinnati, o.
1l7-l40-dkw
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1857 Prizes. amounting ............S Sic, 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted at
all prominent points. TO whom a liberal com
pensatiOn will be paid.
Application for rates to clubs should only be
made to the Home Office in New Orleans.
Write for further information or send orders
TO M. A. DAUPHIN,
p. O. Box 692, New Orleans, La.
Or No. West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and cement Of
Generals g. I. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL
A. EARLY.
The next drawing occurs Tuesday, March
18th. 1l5-13S-s6w
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17

The tired shoemaker waxes weary.
When Time is no mower he will lay
away his scythe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
A Man.Eating Stallion.

The Hambletonian stallion Rising
ham. owned by DR.. James A. Schultz,
of Middletown, N. Y, was shot and
killed one night recently, he being con-
sidered unsafe to keep. DR.. Shultz
says the horse was insane beyond q
doubt. He was twenty-one years old,
and for nineteen years has been a con-
frmed man-eater. More than twenty
keepers have been crippled by him, and
lie has killed three persons outright.
No professional horse-trainer could sub
due him, and all the systems of horse
training and breaking have been tried
in vain. He was a thoroughbred, old
Hambletonian being his sire, and his
dam being mare of fine blood. He
had been in harness but once in four
teen years, and that was recently, when
DIR. Schultz had him hitched up, it re-
quiring several men to do it. The
doctor then attempted to drive Rising
ham, but the horse became so furious
and unmanageable that he was allowed
to go at once to his stall, where he has
remained ever since. The sum of
1000 was once offered for him, and re-
fused by his owner, in hope that he
might be cured. The last feat Rising
ham performed was to bite the right
cheek of a negro keeper entirely of, the
unfortunate groom's three immediate
predecessors having lost respectively an
ear, three fingers, and thumb, and
the muscles of the right forearm.
Five shots were fred in the forehead
of Risingham as he stood in his stall.
They seemed to have no effect upon
him, except to increase his attempts to
get at the bystanders. and to add to the
ferocity of his kicking and jumping.
By strategy DR.. Schultz managed to
sever his iugular vein, and he bled to
death, dying as he had. lived, exhibit
ing all the fierceness of most vicious
nature. His last effort was an attempt
to seize his owners arm in his teeth.
DR.. Schultz intends to dissect the re-
mains of the stallion, and have the
skeleton articulated and set up in his
office,