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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01
PARIS EXPOSITION.
The Opening OF the Industrial IL
hIbitiOn Per Programme.

The Opening of the IvdRstFIaI Ex-
hibitiOn Per Programme.
PARIS, May l The International Elk
hibition of 1878 was opened to day with
great eclat, the programme heretofore
made public being strictly carried out.
At one time ia the morning it was feared
the ceremonies would be interfered with,
as at 3 o'clock rain was falling, but ct
9:45 it ceased, aud hopes we're inspired
that the day would be fine. These we're
realized at ll:30, when the clouds broke
aud the sun shone out brilliantly; the
weather, though, was rather hot.
President MacMahon reached the Ex-
bibition at 2 pm. in a state carriage,
escorted by military and his household.
lie was welcomed by Teisserfec de Bort,
minister Of commerce, and declared the
exhibition open, amid salvos Of artillery
and music by the bands. The marshal
then, at the head Of a brilliant proces.
sion, which inclcded the Prince of
Wales, ex-KiSg Amadeus and the crown
princes Of Denmark and the Netherlands
proceeded through the Exposition build
ing, The scene wal picturesque and
imposing in the extreme. State bodies
10 grand uniform, councillors and msgis.
trates in their robes and the different
bodies of the institute aud legion of
honor stood in strong contrast with the
senators, deputies, clergy and minor Off
GERS in civil costumes. The exposition
building was gaily decorated with the
flags of all nations, and On immense
crowd was in the vicinity Of the Ameri.
eau section which, though unfinished,
compares faVorably with the others.
The department of manufactures shows
the least progress. The American art
department is the best ever shown abroad
BY America.
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NEW YORK.
A Former Editor Sues a Paper for
Libel-Damsgss, $4,000.
Sickness on Board a Dutch Steam
er, Etc.

NEW York, May Louis ]. Jen-
nings, a former editor of the Times, has
brought action for libel against the Even
ing Express Association = ErsstuS
Brooke, John Kelly and Augustus Schell
claiming $50, 1000 damages.
The steamship Rotterdam having ar
rived here without a physician, and
having had some deaths on board, the
commissioners of emigration have
adopted a resolution calling the atien'
ton Of the Dutch government to the
case, and praying that it will in future
inaict such penalties as may be neces.
sary on all emigrant ships sailing for
this country without a physician. There
was a medicine chest in Captain Lucas
charge, but he said that when he was
called upon to use it he became SO puz
zled as to proper quantities that he
didn't dare to administer the smallest
doses.
The steamship Pommerania, Just ar.
rived from Hamburg, brought $lOO,O Oe
in gold coin.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01

Don Cameron's bride is buying her
wedding clothes in New York. Penn.
Sylvania will shortly be calling for sd-
ditional legislation to protect home 10.
dustry.
A Chicago clergyman last Sunday de-
clared that " no one thing. in the city was
a greater calamity to public morals than
the Sunday morning press" Who'd
sthought it2
There are people who live behind
the HILL" is an old German proverb,
which means that there are other folks
in the world besides yourself, although
you may not see them.
The Breakfast Table asks: When you
look around you at church, during a duh
sermon, don't you End it a little difficult
to realize that thousands of people die
every year for want Of sleep2
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CONSTANTISOPLE.

British Fleet Returning TO It's Post
little Hope Of Peace.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 1.-The British
feet, which left Ismid for practical exer-
else and artillery practice in the sea Of
Marmora, will return to its former place
in two days. General Todleben has not
succeeded ia bis efforts to arrange a sim.
~ultaneous withdrawal Of the Russian
troops and the British fleet from this
neighborhood.
The Russians are stated to regard war
with Eugland as inevitable. At the
porte also hopes Of pacific arrangement
become weaker.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01
THE LAW.

It is evident that there is a large ma
jority in the senate in favor of repeating
the bankrupt law, although no result vas
reached yesterday. This law has been
in force eight years, and has been so
abused as to demoralize the whole coun
try and to seriously affect commercial
interests. 1t has destroyed business in-
tegtity and good faith, locked up capital
and set the creditor classes TO watching
the rest Of mankind. Men nowadays
think nothing of buying a large stock of
goods on a credit, selling for cash which
they keep, transferring property to their
wives and children, and then proposing a
compromise at twenty-five cents on the
dollar. Sach propositions are generally
accepted and in q few months the bank
rupt starts in business on a larger scale
than ever, and perhaps breaks again at
q suitable time when he has plenty Of
money in his pocket. 1t is urged that
the repeal of the bankrupt law would
cause great distress. Those who went
10 debt largely expecting to avail them
selves Of this law deserve no protection
at the hands Of the government. Peo'
pie have had ample time in these eight
years to recover from bad speculatioDs
pAnics and miscalculations 1t is tune
for people TO begin to live within their in.
I'M and to adjust their affairs to the
Hnaucial condition of the country. Every
man ought to know how much money
there is in circulation aud what profit
may reasonably be expected in invest
ments ia goods or real estate. The era {.
fancy profits and big speculation hai
passed away, and TO use a mining term
we must got down to hard pan. There
was a brief debate in the senate yester
day over the senate bill a. amended ant
agreed to by the house. II was finally
decided to have the bill printed, and Ia
take it up to-day. Various senators ex'
pressed a desire to retain a bankrupt
law, but greatly amended from The one
now 10 existence. The old one is almost
certain to go by the board, and whether
another will be enacted will become q
separate question, which will not be de
cided until public sentiment has been
consulted.
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Amusements

Fra DIAyOLO.-Last night another
large and appreciative audience attended
the Memphis Theater to enjoy the Sec
ond presentation of Fra Diavolo by the
Memphis Opera Club. The entertain
ment was equal to its production the
night previous, and was by far the best
amateur opera ever given in Memphis.
The entire membership are entitled to
the appreciation aud thanks Of the public
for the recherche character and happy
triumph of this opera, which marks, we
hope, the inaugural Of a new aud higher
standard OF amateur effort in Memphis.
Misses Jones and Harmon last night
fully sustained the good impression they
made the evening previous, Messrs.
Refs and Petersen, as banditti, and
Messrs. McClintock, Deverall, Hollen-
berg, l. Roescher and Bickford sustained
their respective roles in good style. The
troupe leaves to-Aight for Nashville.
CONCERT MONDAY EVENING The de-
ferred sacred concert of Prof. Schultze
at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
for the benefit of the choir, comes of
next Monday evening. Some of the
best talent OF the city has been secured.
Tickets, SOC. 81
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, May For Tennessee
and the Ohio valley, increasing south.
east winds. rising possibly followed by
falling barometer. warmer, partly cloudy
and hazy weather.
For the upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys, warmer %northerly
winds, cloudy and rainy weather, accom-
panying an area of low pressure moving
eastward over. the Missouri valley, with
severe local storms.
The rivers will generally fall except
the lower Ohio and Mississippi.
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whnt a To,,erinr Pnh,in

is a system depleted of vitality and irregular
in its functions. 1t is only judicious and
prompt medication which can save it from a
speedy and total collapse. The tonic and
regulating properties of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters particularly adapt that benign medi-
cine to revive physically igor and reform those
bodily Irregularities which are a barrier to its
stipation are total y overcome by it. and tho
digestive activity and thorough assimilation
which it promotes have the effect of inoreas-
ing the yivifying and n%ourishing qualities Of
the blood. The Bitters are also an excellent
detergent Of the vital current, since they COM
municate a healthy stimulus to the bladder
and kidneys, which are the most important
channels for the escape Of its impurities.
Pure, agreeable. and of botanic origin, thor
ough and prompt, but never violent in its ac-
ton, the reasons for. the tr~anscendent popu-
larity Of this medicine are both cOgent and
appreciable,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01

storm passed through the county be-
tween this place and Brownsville last
Monday night, doing a considerable
amount Of damage. On Mr.. Frank
Smiths place, seven miles from Browns.
vile, the houses were torn all to pieces,
and two negroes were killed. TsylOr's
mill, even miles north Of Brownsville,
was badly damaged. 1t then came on
and blew the roof Off Of D. P. Williams
house, threw down the fences, damaged
his mill considerably, and also killed q
negro in that n~eighborhood. The storm
then ranged out in the direction and near
Maury. City.
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TENNESSEE.

Wheat in Crockett county has been
badly damaged by rsins.
We hopo that the MoGet register will
be Introduced 10 our State.
The country editor now exclaims:
Haul in hal wood you owe usl Good
roads nc excuse
Crockett county Sentinel: Business
is looking up. There wa another
wagon on the rqusre this week.
A young lady on Coperas branch,
Hickman county, caught seventeen vel
low-bammars one day last week, in a
steel trap. She baited with shelled peas.
Hickman Pioneer: The first lick ever
struck on a railroad, toward grading ia
Hickman county, was struck on the 9th
day Of the present month, on th- farm o.
Mr., Lyell, on the waters Of Spring creek.
Crockett county Sentinel; A terrible
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REPLY TO D LOCKWOOD.


10 the Editor Of tho Ledger:
To the professional reader q reply to
Judge Logwood's letter would be entirely
useless. To the non-professional only a
word is necessary. | stated that the
costs to the State of administering the
criminal law in Shelby county Tor the
year 1875 amounted to S48,O S5 52, aud
for the year 1876 to the sum of s36,O22 So.
Judge Logwood says that with the same
report before him be finds both sums ia
correct. That for 1875 the amount is
S44.69s 30, and for 1876 it is $SS,496 g..
Surely upon a plain question of figures,
quoting from the same report, gentlemen
ought not to differ. l will give the items
and leave the matter, so far as | am con-
cerned, to the reader. The comptroller's
report, dated January |, 1877. on pages
rs and 70. shows the following amount
paid to each county on account of Grim.
inal prosecutions for the year 1875 y:
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River

CAIRO, May l.-Arrived-Jas. Howard,
New Orleans, 9 pm Hickory, Ohio, l
am; Donnally, New Orleans, l. De-
patted-James Howard, st. Louis, 9
pm; Kehlor, New Orleans, midnight;
Donnally, Cincinnati, 2 am Hickory,
st. Louis, g.. Clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, May River "a feet 5
inches, and rising. Warm and clear.
PITTsBURG, May River IL feet l
inch, and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01
THE suPREME COURT.

TAE bufhEAE OOUhl
In the April number Of the Memphis
Law Journal, E. S. Hammond, Esq F,
thus concludes a review Of Vol. !, Bax.
tsr's (Tenn Reports;
Any account Of the overwhelming dis
advantages under which the court does
its work might be regarded as an apology
which is not needed. But let any lawyer
who has ever conscientiously endeavored
to investigate thoroughly any n sub
iect of the law, or even a single question,
take it on himself Il say how he would,
under the conditions which he knows are
imposed on this court, do the work they
do and determine for himself what al
l~owanees, if any, should be made on The
score of these disadvantages. Contem'
porary criticism Of judges on the bench
By the lawyers who attend the court,
and who are not themselves free irom a
very large share of responsibility for the
work they do, be it good or bad, Is az all
times us aful, and sometimes necessary,
INIT az a criterion by which a permanent
Judgment can be formed, is not of much
yalue and is far from conclusive. 1t is
an omen question whether the judge who
makes an erroneous decision is more to
blame than the lawyers who help him tc
it. It may be doubted If Reese. Green
and TurIey appeared az well TO the law
yers against whom they decided cases as
they do to those who never had a case be-
fore them, and it is very certain that the
colossal regulations of Mansfield and
Marshall are largely due to the postum
nous estimate put upon their work 1t
is not till a Judge is dead that his place
is not wanted, that he can neither re-
ward nor punish, or that rivalries and
i~ealousies die with him. As to him ones
opinion is not constantly jumping up
and falling down from the point OF lever
heat of admiration when a case is won,
to the uttermost depths of disgust when
q case is lost.
This is simple justice, and coming
from one occupying the high position at
the bar which is universally accorded to
this gentleman through the medium that
it does, should be read by every voter in
Tennessee. 1t is one Of the evils of the
times that, just on the eve of an election,
when the "outs" are trying to get in"
the best Of public servants are the vic
tins Of Misrepresentation and aisparage-
ment. Especially is this so with judges,
who are subject to the shafts not only Of
malcontent lawyers who have lost their
causes, but of the friends Of other sspir-
ants who pretend to think no other man
so great as their especial fsvorite, II is
conceded by impartial men everywhere
that the present Supreme bench Of this
State has established a reputation, not
only in the State, but over the Union for
ability, integrity and patient industry, Of
which the people of Tennessee may well
be proud. Whatever changes may be
made, we are not so sure that the State
will be the better off by them.
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Attachment Notice.

Before j.. NJ. Coleman, j. p. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-F. NJ. White d Co. VS., bass
d Whitmore.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATrACHMENTHAV.
i ins been sued out under section 3455 Of the
Code Of Tennesste, and returned levied upon
the property of the defendant by Rsrnish-
ment on J.. J. Voolfolk, who answers that he
Is indebted TO said Bass Il Whitmore, in the
sun Of eighty-lye dollars; and affidavit
having been made that defendant is Justly
Indebted TO the PLAINTIFF In the sum of SSl. %,
duo by account, ard that defendants are nan
residents OF the, state ofTennessee, 1t is thore-
their personal appearance before mo on the
10Th day of May, 1878, at 10 o'clock am,
at my office, No, 296 Front street, Mem
phis, Tenn, and defend said attachment suit
within the timo prescribed by law, or the
same will DO proceeded with OK parte and that
8 cepy Of this order DO published once a week
for four successive weeksin tho Public Ledger.
This goth day Of April, 1878.
IS 5l.57.63 J. Nj. COLEMAN, j.. p.
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a very charming sfflir was given last
night by the young ladies Of the III. B.
Society" Of Chelsea, at the residence Of
Colonel Hosea Townsend. The object
of the association is improvement in lit.
e%rature, domestic arts and social accom-.
plishments. The yourg ladies mani.
Tested highly satisfactory progress, had
a splendid supper, which they prepared
themselves, and entertained their friends
in the most charming mannsr. 1t was a
very delightful affair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01

Mr.. W. D. Gibson, an old and we'll.
known citizen Of Shelby county, is a ian.
didate for Clerk Of the Criminal Court,
subject to the Democratic and Couservs.
tive convention. He was formerly a
magistrate, has been a merchant aud
farmer, and has always enjoyed a high
reputation for capacity, fidelity to duty
and fair dealing with bis neigkbors and
the public. If nominated for the posi-.
ton he would be easily elected and make
an efficient and popular official.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01

THOMAS II. LOCKWOOD is a candidate flor
reelection for Judge of the Criminal Court.
Of Shelby county, az the ensuing August cleo
ton. 1873; subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic-CODservatlve Convention.
J. M. GREER announces himself a candi-
date for the office of Criminal Court judge OF
acknowledgements Convention. 27te
l am a candidate for Judge of the Criminal
Court of Shelby county.
19te P. T. SCRUgGS-
LELAND LEATHERMAN is a candidate
for Judge Of the Criminal Court of Shelly.
cyunty. Election next August. l54te,
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Miscellaneous.
Modjeska captured Chicago.

Diplomacy at Wallack's will finish
the season.
Mrs. Barney Williams intends return
ing to the stage.
Amiee is again draining the purses Of
her New York devotees.
A Celebrated Case will run Z month
longer at the Union Square.
Miss Thursby, the soprano, will have
a farewell benefit in Chicago.
The summer months promise to be
particularly dull in New York.
There is ouly one Exiles party in
New York now. That is the Boston
version.
Kate Clsxton's Two Orphans engage
ment in Chicago was only moderately
successful.
1t is rumored MOdjesks will play
"Cleopatrs" next season, and will make
her a Greek.
Barnum made the widow Of Ted Al
monte, the circus clown, a present of
two hundred dollars.
Miss Bijou Heron, it is asserted, is
about to 90 abroad to attend school for .
couple of years in a French convent.
On bis reputation as a scout ii is said
that Buffalo Bill has made this season in
his dramatic performances more than
$40, 600.
At a reception rendered Mile Roze,
prima donna, q few evenings ago by
prominent citizens Of Boston, she was
presented with q handsome set Of silver
The extent OF the music business in
this country may be inferred from the
statement that the repertoire Of a single
publishing.house comprises 10000 sub.
jects, or over 800, 900 music and boob
plates.
Mr.. Sargent, the manager Of Modjesks
has signed a contract with her for q FIVE
years engagement. He pays the direc
tors of the Imperial Theater at Warsaw
10000 roubles, the forfeit for the break.
ing of Modjeska's contract with tina
house.
jarrett & Palmer, says the Herald
have leased Booths Theater from tkr
Cakes Ames estate for four months
commencing September lst. They vii
first introduce GeneVieve Ward, the tra
g%edienne, who has made a sensation il
Europe. After her, Irving and othe
celebrities.
The opera of the Petit Due" is sti.
bringing in large sums and drawing in
mense crowds. The amount alread
reaches, for sixty representation
SEA, 57l-the largest sun ever receive
at snch a place Of amusement in th
same space Of time. There is as yet n
evidence of a falling Of .-[Paris Letter
H.. j. Sargent, the industrious mar
aEer Of Modjssks, has the reputation
being the Barnum No. 2 Of Americl
He was the first to start a theater in Ct
lumbus, Ohio, aud make it pay. No 81
had ever thought Of it as a show tow
before. Hence the saying. Who di
covered America7 Columbus. An
who discovered Columbus2 Sargent.
-[Chicago Tribune.
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T%ELEGRAPAIC
STOCKS n BoNDs.

STOCKS AND BONDS.
LONDON, May l, 2 pm. Consols
for money, IS lie; on account. =;
United States 6ve.twenties of 1867. 1881;
United States ten-forties, 1911; United
States new four-and.s-hslfs, lO4g; United
States new 6ves, 1866.
New YORK, May l, ll:50 am
United States skies of 1881, registered,
le7g@lO74; United States skies of 1881,
coupons, lO7B@lO7!; new fves, lO44@
1913; coupons, - @lO53; new four.
and-s-halfs, = @lO3t; coupons, 1890
1881; new tours, = @lOOs; coupons,
lOOs@lOO4; 6ve-twenties of IS, new
issue, lO4@lO4bi ive.twentics of 1867,
= @lO7b; 6ve-twenties of SO, = q
1919; coupons, = Oil; ~ten.forties. 1864
@l055; currency skies, ll9l@ll94.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, May l. Wheat, win.
ter, lis 3d@lls Cd; Milwaukee red, lOs2d
@l0s l0d; California white, lis 5d0
lis 81; California club, lis 8d@l2s Cd.
Germ, new, 26S9d@27s Cd; old, 27s 3d@
27s 81. Pork, 47s6d. Beef. sos Cd.
Bacon, long clear, 26s Sd; short clear,
us Sd. Lard, 36s Sd. Tallow. 3Ss Cd.
Flour, 26s 6d@27s Cd.
CHICAGO. May l, u:OO am =
Wheat, for May, liz asked; June, llOl
bid; July, lOs@lO8b. Corn, for May
4eJ bid; June,E4l8 Receipts - Flour
1851; wheat, lO8, 278; corn, 25S,4l2
Shipments-Flour, 955l; wheat, l47, 75l
corn, 460.568.
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Trustee Sale.

IN pursuance Of a trust deed made to me
l. October 8, 1876, and duly recorded, | will,
on May II, 1878, between 10 and IL o'clock.
in front of my efioe. No. 35 Madison street,
expressed. sell 10 the HIGHEST bidder for cash.
sixteen acres Of land, In Shelby. county,
fronting on tho north side Of the
Menphis and Raleigh Plank Road, 5 chains
76N links, running back northward Is chains
6 links bounded west by lot gov OK latelg
ing 10 the estate Of VIM. Walden, north By
VIM, II. Hardin, and south by said Plank
Road. y. S. HAMMOND, Trustee.
CHARLES KoRTREcHT, Atty, H@
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WASHINGTON.

a Rush In MISUNDERSTANDING
toms Monument,
WASHINGTON, May l.-More bankrupt
cases have been entered in the past few
days than for months previous, in anti.
cipation of a repeal of the bankruptcy
act.
Robert c. Winthrop, speaker Of the
house Of representatives when the cor
ner stone of the Washington monument
was laid, and who delivered the Grafton
on that occasion, is here urging the pass.
age Of a bill authorizing the commission.
ers TO strengthen and complete the
structure.
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For chancellor.

GEO W. WINCHESTER is a candidate for
Chancellor. of the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county at the August election, 1873, subject to
the action Of the Democratic and Censerva-
tive Convention.
We are authorized TO announce CALVIN
+. VANCE as a candidate for Chancellor of
Shelby county at toe August election.
T.. B MIO0U is a candidate for Chancellor
Of Shelby county at the ensuing August cleo
ton, subject to nomination by the Demecrat,o-
Conservative convention.
HEREBY announce myself a candidate
ior Chancellor of the Chancery Court Of Shell
by county, at the next August election.
2lte W.. p, WILSON
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Elsa,iou a. n.ilFoaa OMosts

CLEVELAND. May lat the annual
meeting of stockholders Of the Lake
Shore aRd Michigan Southern railway,
held in this city to-day, the following
directors we're elected; William 81. Van
derbilt, Augustus Schell, Samuel F. Bar
ger, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John c. Bur-
rill, Francis P. Freeman, New York.
Henry B. Payne, Amssa Stone, Cleve-
land; Albert Keep, Chicago; William L.
Scott Charles NJ. Reed, Erie, Penn. !
Rasselas Brown, Warren, Penn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-01

Inc monument erected by his children
to the memory Of Andrew johnson will
be unveiled at Greeneville on Wednes.
day the 9th Of June. Hon. George W.
Jones' Of Fayetteville, Mr.. Johnson'u
lifelong friend, will deliver the principal
GRAFTON. Judge Carmsek and several
others in this city expect to attend.