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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18

and now presents a beautiful appear
ance. She will make things lively in
the bends trade.
The Phil Allin, Of the Citizens
Memphis and Vicksburg Packet Com
pany, with the ever popular Captain
George Malone in command, leaves at
5 pm. to-day for Helena, Friar's Point
and all way and plantation landings as
far down as Terrene and Prentiss, and
will pay special attention to all bust
ness entrusted to them. Captain Jno.
T. Gwathmey, with whom it is pleas
ure to travel and do business, has
charge of the Office.
DEvALL's BLUFF, November IT,
The steamer Hard Cash will arrive
Tuesday night and leave Wednesday
evening. 4. c. POSTAL.
CAIRO, November 1.-THE steamer
Gaf will arrive Monday night with a
big trip. r. w. WISE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
General Trade.

FLOUR-Firm and higher, with
4 fair demand. at 50 % to 6 per
Dbl: Western Y, 50 too 70; Xxx, 81 90;
family. 81 70 to ) 90; fancy, Sc 90;
retailers charge from % to 90 more
per Dbl in sacks, first run, 81 20 to
MEAL-Quiet at 81 20 on the levee
in car load lots, 2 40 delivered.
C0RN-In fair demand and fully
supplied. Sales on the lsyee at 4Sc
80 to 55c in store.
OATS-Demand good and fully
supplied 30c on leyee choice, Bic.
BRAN-Wheat bran remains quiet
and cteady at Soc per cwt in store;
corn bran dull, with little demand at
$40 90 per ton and go to 65c per ewt.
HAY-In fair demand choice tim
othy. SIS to 16 on the levee; prairie,
SO 90 to %; rotails at 95c.
POTATOES-Are in fair demand
and receipts good. Peachblows were
sold from store yesterday at 81 Is to
2 40; Ohio river ruSsets, in large
barrels, 2 00 sweet, loose, at 75c pei
Dbl.
ONIONS Moderate andunchanged
at 81 70 to 90; choice yellow Dantes,
81 00a2 % per Dbl.
CABBAGE-Continues brisk; $;
80 per st. Louis crate; loose 81 30 Il
8 90 per cwt.
CHICKENS-Fair and in gooC
supply at 81 % to 3 90 per dozen.
EGGS-Are in good demand, will
a light supply sales at lie; iron
store, Zoe per dozen.
~BUTTER-Moderate choice rol
DC; solid choice dairy 20 to &c, com
moR and cooking remains dull at l2C
FRUITS-Apples continue to NOV
lively from store at 50 30 for common
3 90 for choice. Pears quiet, but fey
in market California, 50 90 per box
Lemons in moderate demand at 81 2
10 $50. Dried apples unchanged
cid, nominal new choice, DC. Dire
reaches, nominal new, DC. Orange
moderate at S3 30 per box and 6O
ler Dbl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18

NUTS-Cocoa, but few in market;
selling in store at s. 90 per brl.
Peanuts, DC for red; choice white, &c.
Pecans, z to Sc for Arkansas; 10 to
lie for Texas.
BEANS-Steady at g % per bush
el from store for navy. Stock peas,
81 so per bushel for red, black, clay
and other varieties.
LIME-S1 10 per Dbl in store; 90c by
car load.
PROVISIONS-Clear side pork,
loose. Ale; clear rib, 43c; clear sides,
4sc: bacon, 5tc. Smoked meats
packed shoulders, 4 to 4lc; clear ribs,
Sc; hams, 10l to l0ic, uncanvased;
mess pork, IS IS to 8 80; breakfast ba-
con, 81 to SIC.
LARD-Firm; t%iercc, 7a7sc; half
bbls, 7Bc; buckets 7Ja8; half buckets
8laSsc.
NUTTON-In store, Sc.
COTTON SEED-$9 90 per ton.
COTTON SEED OIL-3c per
gallon.
HIDES-Steady; dry flint No. l,
lac per ID; No. 2, 10 to lie; dry sailed,
10 to lie; green, 5 to &c; common, 4 to
&c; sheepskinS, % to 75c.
H0NEY-l0 to 12c per lb in the
comb.
BEESWAX-22c per lb.
TALLOW-61c per lb.
BALINGSTUFFS--Bagg ing brisk
shipments are large; Flax, 2 to y
lbs, Ole; hemp, 10lc; half jute, 2 to q
lbs, 11ta114c; baling Irvine, l2c; iror
ties, 81 05 to 2 Is per bundle.
MACKEREL-Half bbls, No !
Sc 90 to 6 80; No. 2, S. 80; half Dbl
No. 3, "a so; kits, No. l, 81 40 to | 80
No. 2, 95c; No. 3, Toe.
COFFEE - Ordinary, IA to l4tc
fair, 10 to 15tc; prime, II to 17tc
/, choice, 1871 to l9c; Java, Doc.
RICE-54 to sc.
STARCH-31 to 4c.
WHISKY-90c to 81 90.
SUGAR-Louisiana, fair, &c; full
! fair, Tic; prime, 74c; choice, Sc; yellow
: clarified, = to SIC; white, Sic; refne'
A, per ID, 8 to 91c; crushed and pow
dered, 10lc; graduated, lOic; cut LOAF
103c.
MOLASSES = In good demand
common, old, 24c; fair, do, 26c prime
"a to BIC; strictly prime, new, 80.
SYRUPS-No inquiry.
SALT-Coarse and common fine, i
bbls. S1.35; dairy, in bbls,-; Liver
pool coarse, in sacks, $l.25 to $1.3O
Liverpool fine, in sacks, $1.40 to $l.5l
S0AP-Resin and Germin, AZ I
&c; Latting's Dixie, Ale; do laundr,
54c; do German, &c; do refined OF
&c.
CANDLES Boxes, full weigh
+ 13c; half boxes, do, l34c; quartz
boxes do, lac,
CEMENT-Slow; Louisville, 81:
Al to $50; Rosedale, $2.75.
BEEF-Fair; in store, forequarter
81; headquarters, S..
. p
! keg, 81 %. Vinegar, per gal, l6
!, zoe. Tobacco, per h., 43 to 80
y Spice, 1Sc. Pepper, 1Sc. Sardines, $l2
II a$13 90. Oysters, light, l ID, 50 to 40
=, do 2 lb, 81 10 to l Is. Coal oil, 70
Matches, Sc so. Cotton rope, II
= grass do, III to 121c. Powder, key
Sc 30. Shot, patent, 81 70 to l S
Soda, kegs, 4 to Ale; do cases, 8 to 81
Il New r%aisins, 81 % to 2 40.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
COmnIimcnfRrN.

Tho Memphis LEDGER is out in en-
larged proportions and q new dress
and is one Of the most readable papers
in the country. Its editorials are
quite equal Ia tho best Of its moro
boastful morning contemporaries
and, what is more important than all
its selected matter Is all wheat, vel
winnowod from the trashy chaff witt
which hlapket-aheets are too much
filed Holly Springs South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
MOnday, December 10, ISIS,

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, to-Wit:
Being all the right, title and interest of do
PENDANTS R. NJ. H~enning and Albert Pearee in
and to the said real estate, lying and being
in the city Of Memphis, Shelby county Ten
nessee, to-Wit: The certain tract Of land
formerly owned by John @. McLemore, being
81 acres Qess a lot fronting 100 feet on Ala
bama street by $50 feet deep taken of the
southeast oorner) to-wit; Beginning at the
northeast corner Of Mrs. Sanders lot NO. 81
on the south side Of Alabama road; thence
north IS deg. west % poles to n stake; thence
south so deg. west Is poles to a stake on the
east bank Of Bayou GayOso; thence up the
bayou with its meanderings south 40 deg. east
= poles; thence south IS deg. west IA poles to a
stake; thence south IS deg. east to a stake at
the bridge on Market street; thence north 90
deg. east II poles to a STAKE; thence north 81
deg, east l91S poles to the beginning.
Terms of sale: Said property will be sold
on = credit Of seven months, purchaser exc
cutting note with approved personal security
for the purchase money, and a lien retained
on the property until said note is paid,
Equity Of redemption barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
HUNEs & PosToY and L. w. Brown, Solic-
itors. 6-9
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memphis and Little Rock.
COMMERCIAL.
PvBLIc LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS, November Is, 1878.

Transaction in stocks and bonds with
the Madison. street dealers are very slow,
there being no demand. To-day opened
with a lively business in money at our
banks, and a plentiful supply of exchanges
coming in at former quotations. Exchange
was quoted sight on New York and de-
mand on New England at y off; sight on
New England at u Off selling at par; on
New Orleans a discount buying, selling
at par. Gold in New York closed at
1907. Local bonds and securities are in
little demand.
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Monday, December 1s, 1878.

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree IS follows, to-wit:
Said land il situated in Shelby county, Ten
netsee, and is bounded and described as fol-
lows; Beginning at the southwest corner of
the land conveyed to T.. G. AbercrOmbie BY G.
S. Abererombie in the Memphis and Raleigh
plank road, about ~ miles from Memphis,
and running thence north with the west line
Of said land to the south line Of lot No. IL Of
the G.. s.. Abererombie subdivision, about
q l5-l,0 chains; thence west with said south
line about "a chains to W. 4. Hardin's east
line; thence south with said east line about 5
chains to tho southeast corner of said Har-
din's tract; thence west with Hardin's south
line about "a chains to the east line of the
l0A-acre tract Of land claimed By r. Weldon;
thence south with said east line to the center
Of Cypress creek; thence southeasterly with
the meanderings Of said creek to the center OF
the Memphis and Raleigh plank road; thence
eastward with the center of said road to the
beginning; containing 39h acres more or less.
Terms Of sale: Cash. Equity Of redsmp-
ton barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Minor MERIWKTHER, Solicitor. hS-4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18

Gambetta, having viewed with sur
prise the great perfection attained by
tihe-shqoting societies IN Switzerland
is seeking to form a number in France.
and urges a thorough rife practice
upon the army,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18

The death Of the king of Hanover is
to be concentrated by Quean Vic
toria by q monumental tablet, for
which a celebrated sculptor has re-
ceiyed an order, to be placed in st.
Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Minor M%ERIwETHER, Solicitor. ESQ.,
In supreme Court at Jackson.

Wadsy Thompson VS.. Woodruff & Co. ct al.
DY virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
ID Supreme Court Of Tennessee, at jackson,
April Is, 1877, in this cause, and renewed May
q. 1873, | will offer for sale to the highest bid
der, in front Of the courthouse of Shelby
county, in the city Of Memphis, on
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TRUSTEES SAFE.

PURSUANT to the terms of a deed OF trust.
l executed to tho undersigned by W. r. Car
ter, on the 9th day Of October, 1871, duly reg
istered in the Register's Office Of Shelby
county, Tenn IN Chattel Book. No. 10, page
oember, ISIS, at the southwest corner Of Main
and Madison streets, in the cit" Of Memphis,
within the legal hours, sell to the highest bid
der for cash, the property described in said
trust decd, to-Wit; A.eertain wharf boat, now
lying at the levee at Memphis, and known az
the wharfboat r. K. Lee. The said sale will
be made subject to a prior mortgage Of $4,000
on said wharf boat. S. j. CAMP,
&-B Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18

NEW ORLEANS, November ls.-Cottor1 quiet.
Receipts, 2,1S7 bales. Exports, none.
GALVESTON. November ls.--Cottou is easy.
Receipts, 1856 bales; sales, 4,6il baless stock
$3.50 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
In Supreme COurt at Jackson.

j. ]. Moon VS.. Annie Abercrombis.
DY virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
ID Supreme Court Of Tennessee, at jackson,
in this cause, June S, 1878, | will offer for sale
to the highest bidder in front Of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
nhis. on
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Mona.y. Deeember 10. ISIS.

the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, to-vit:
The east half of lot s. Of John 0verton's
county, Tennessee, fronting tho south line Of
Clay street so feet, and running back 10 feet
to an alley.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
G. W. WINCHESTER, Solicitor. 1892
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
During the past twenty-four hours
the river at this point fell 3 inches,
and the gauge now stands 4 feet ii
inches above low water mark. The
upper Ohio river is falling again, the
decline at Pittsburg being ] inch,
with 5 feet II inches on the gauge; at
Cincinnati there was a rise of3 inches,
with Ii feet 5 inches on the gauge at
Louisville there was a rise of inches,
with 6 feet two inches in the canal.
The Mississippi river At st. Louis is
on a stand, with 8 feet 4 inches Oh the
gauge, AT Cairo a decline of inches
is reported, with Z feet II inches on
the gauge. The Cumberland at Nash
Vile declined ] inch, with 4 foot 5
inches on the gauge. Red river at
Shreveport is on a stand, with | foot ?
inches on the gauge. White river has
2 feet 6 inches between Jacksonport
and Augusta, and scaRt 3 feet from
there to the mouth. Arkansas has
foot 8 inches between Pine Bluff and
the mouth.
Miscellaneous.
Unsettled weather.
Business brisk for the beginning OIL
the week.
Lively times among the lower coast
packets.
The John Means and bargeS passed
up Saturday for st. Louis.
The repairs Of the City Of August;
will be completed by the latter part 0.
the week, when she will enter thu
White river trade as a regular week.!
packet,
The Coahoma departed Saturda,
evening for Friar's Point with a gooC
trip Of freight and people.
The B~atesville, for st. Francis river
departed with all she wanted on tn,
present stage Of water.
The Katie Hooper departed Satur
day for Arkansas river with a big tril
of freight and a fair list Of people.
A heavy fog prevailed on the rive
from 6 o'clock Saturday evening unit
8 o'clock yesterday morning, whioI
caused a detention Of all the packets
Mr.. D. II. Shaw, second clerk Q
the Cons Millar, stopped off Saturda
on business connected with his packet
Captain Jim Lee, ST., who has bee
trying to boil down at Hot Springs 70
the past three months, is cxpecte
home to-day.
/, The Paris Q. Brown arrived at, an
the Golden Rule and j. B. M. Kehlc
left, New Orleans Saturday evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-18
Monday. December 10, 1878,
In supreme Court at Jackson.

F. W. ROsenthal ct al. vs.. Joseph Grieshaber
ct al.
DY, virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
~ supreme Court Of Tennessee, at jackson,
to the highest bidder, in front Of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
Dhia on
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Cotton.

Market fair demand. Sales 300 bales,
including 200 to exporters, 500 to spin
ners and 100 TO spectators.
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..
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ihyERPOOL. November is, 2 pm. Cotton is
81. Sales, 10000 bales, Of (which 1900 were for
EXPORT and speculation. Receipts. l,55D
bales, Futures cheaper.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES.

New Orleans Mail, daily
Sardis Accommodations,
daily Except Sunday.
Freight q Accom- dation,
daily Except Sunday,
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COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-15
INSTEAD OF Ma
TIUNAL CURRENCY.

Gen Tom EWING and others OF sub
committee of the Banking and Currency
Committee of the House, have agreed on
n bill to retire the national bank notes,
leaving greenbacks the only nstionsl
currency. The bill proposes to retire
national bank notes as they may be re-
ceived by the Treasurer through leglti-
mato business channels, and substitute
therefor Treasury notes to be re-
ceivable for all dues to the
government or fundable in four per
cent. bonds at par. Banks may volun-
tSrily retire their circulating notes and
receive for them four per cent. bonds,
and Treasury or legal tender notes may
be received in payment for such bonds.
Bonds heretofore authorized 20 be issued
may be disposed of at not less than par
whenever coin shall be needed for any
purpose. The bill has yet to be sub
mitted to the full committee of the
House, and is framed in contemplation of
tho passage of the Silver bill, with which
il is intended to be in accord.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-15
THE USES OF ADJUSTMENTS.

Wheeling is having supply OF the |
the better class of smusements, just now,
but unfortunately for the good of the
general public, the prices of admission to
most of them are too high to have the
best effect. Theatres, opera houses, lee
lures, minstrel halls, concert rooms, cir
cuses, variety shows, debating clubs,
croquet grounds, skating Kinks and ball
clubs are az legitimate and useful IN
their several spheres as many things
that make more pretensions to high
morality. These places of resort I'M
doubtedly exercise a wholesome inhu-
ence in tightening the cares OF lie ana
diffusing healthful tone OF mind among
the masses of the people.
To say that money spent in these ways
is wasted is absurd. Almost silweIl reg
ulsted public resorts exercise more or
less of an educational influence upon
their patrons, and in this way people co-
tain knowledge of social training and
culture that they would never gam by
rotating exclusively from work to home
and from home to work. 10 an
industrial community this is especially
important, because line work cannot De
expected from any class of artisans whose
minds are wholly uncultivsted, and who
have no smusements.
Now while we do not advocate or de-
sire any censorship of smusementF, we
do say that some better influence should
pervade them; that good entertainments
should be so chespened as TO reach the
masses, and that the character of the per.
formanccs generally might be changed
by bringing the wholesome and proper
ones more nearly within the reach OF all.
IL has often been remarked that the
rougher an audience in America the
more enthusiastic is the ap-
plause bestowed on all noble
sentiments or acts. The correctness
of the popular impulses is thus rendered
obvious. The drama that succeeds pest
with rough audience must have an ex-
citing struggle between virtue and vii
lsiny, with the triumph of heroic human
itv. The moral influence of such an en-
tertalnment is superior to tina! o! tract
or sermon. We would not discourage
any effort to repress lIcentiousness
and intemperance as associated
with public resorts. Indeed we
would rather lend helping hand
in the good work. But there must be
some latitude. People cannot all have
the same tastes, wants, habits or associa-
tions. The man who likes good cigar
is not on the high road to perdltion; nor
is his comrsde a hopeless case if ne pre-
fers clog dance to minuet. Reform
has made progress in porulsr amuse-
ments, but not under the auspices OF
purists.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-15

Mr.: WIN. TAYLOR, bookseller and
news-desler near the Postotfce, has
favored US with a copy of the american
almanac for 1878, handsomely bound.
1t has been compiled with view to the
highest utility rs book of reference
It's leading features are the fullness OF Its
statistics in financial and commercial
questions, which are now of the highest
public interest. 1: contains numerous
compilations carefully made from public
documents of the United States and other
nations, bringing into one view the stats
tics OF public debts, revenue and expen-
ditures, imports and exports, tariff ana
internal revenue, army and navy, pen
slons and patents, population, shipping,
immigration. agriculture, education, etc.
1t embraces also tables OF temperature,
vital statistics, RAILROADS, savings banks,
telegraph, periodicals, elections, &c. We
place great store by the book as one of
convenient reference.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-15
Washington and Weilsburg Rail
road.

On Tuesday, large number OF cltl'
zens assembled at Independence to hear
the reports of the committees appointed
at the Middletown meeting, and TO agree
upon further measures for the promotion
OF the project. The Washington Re
porter says; Mr.. Brownlee, on behalf OF
the committee appointed at Mlddletown
to ascertain the feeling of the citizens
along the proposed line of the road, re.
ported large number of names favors-
bic to the project who would not only
grant the right OF way through their
lands, but wonld also give something d.
rect TO the making of the road. The
report was looked upon IS very
favorable indication of the minds Of
the people. Mr.. jas. ID. Hanna and Mr..
s. l.. Moole also made reports of their
work, which on the whole were flatter-
ing TO the project. After the reports OF
the committees Mr.. Alex. Nj. Cow made
brief speech representing the interests
of the Washington terminus. He was
followed by the Rev. j. L. Brownlee IN a
very ablo and exhaustive argument in
favor of narrow gauge roads in general,
the building of this road In particular.
He read several very valuable letters up
on the subject.
When the speaking was over Mr..
David Buchanan moved, IN order TO test
the sentiment of the meeting, that vote
be taken TO ascertain whether 1t was the
opinion that the proposed road was FEAST
bic and should be built. The motion
WAS unanimously adopted by a rising
vote.
Owing to difference of interest and
opinion in reference TO the best route
from MddlotOwn TO the State line, Mr..
S. l.. Moore moved that three committees
be appointed to ascertain the feasibility
of each of the proposed routes, and to So
cure whatever promises Of aid could be
given for each.
The committee upon the Sugar Run
route are S. l.. Moore, David Buchanan
and Absalom Buchanan. Upon the
Ridge Road route. Mr.. Cunningham,
MIR. Mcclure and Mr.. Jas. NJ. Welsh.
Upon the Cross Creek route, Mr.. James
d. Hanna, David Brown ard Samuel
Campbell.
A similar committee, consisting Of
Messrs. q. IL. Bell, Joseph Gist and I. Ii.
Buchanan, was appointed to confer with
the citizens between Independence and
the Ohio river, either by way OF Portland
or Wellsburg, In order TO ascertain how
much help coald be secured.
AS the citizens of Washington were
represented by Robert Wylie and Alex.
NJ. Cow, the interests of the Washington
end of the line were left in their hands,
IN the hope that the Washington people
would soon display some active sympathy
in the project. Among other plans pro-
posed was one by which the road would
be diverted from Washington, and
made to connect with the CHARTERS road
st Hustonville, which can be very EASILY
accomplished owing to the easy and
practicable route from Hustonvilie to
Middletown.
At late hour the meeting adjourned
to convene at Independence, on Tuesday
the 10Th inst, at one o'clock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-15


THE defsicstions of West Virginia
sheritf4 during the fifteen years the
State has had an existence amounts to
100000. A very good showing for our
young Democratic commonwealth
SteHJenrjLLe Herald.
Yesterday morning the REGISTER
stated, on the authority of State Auditor
MILLER, the amount of the Indebtedness
not defslcations-of the Sherlfs to have
reached 100000, mainly during the time
the Republican party controlled the State
and that $4,000 of this has been collect
cd since the present administration came
into power and $4,000 more is now in a
fsir way of being collected. Will the
Herald do itself the justice TO give the
above an insertlon2