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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21
THE LTATE DEBT QUESTION

Inc Nashville American of yester-
day morning contains the following
special:
NEw YORK, April l9.-The committee
Of citizens Of Tennessee, now in the CITY
Tor the purpose Of urging on the bondhold-
ers the acceptance of the proposition
made BY the legislature of that State, had
a conference to-day with several leading
bankers. Speeches were made by ex-
Governor j. ID. Porter, Ex-Governor John
y. Brown, Hon. r. r. Butler, Hon. John
Z. Burch, secretary Of the United States
senate; General Roger A. Pryor and
Comptroller james J.. Gaines. A resolu-
tion was adopted by the bankers present
recommending TO the creditors of the
State the acceptance of the proposition.
From this it may be assumed that
as many of the bondholders will agree
to take 90 and 4 as formerly offered to
settle at 60 and 6, according to what
was known as the Coe proposition.
When this fact is ascertained it will
become the duty of the governor, un-
der the recent act of the legislature, to
order the holding of an election, and
if majority of the votes cast are for
a settlement on this basis an extra
session of the leiglature will be called.
probably in October or November, for
the purpose Of enacting into a law
the sections of the bill which depend
upon the action of the bondhold
ers and the ratification of the people.
1t remains to be seen whether the
people will vote even for so and 4. A
large number of well-posted citizens
believe this is more than we ought to
pay as matter of equity and justice,
and another class, who have figured on
the question, are clearly of the opinion
that it is more than we can pay any
great length of time; and there are
Others yet who are tired hearing
of the subject and will vote
for anything, as they say and
feel, to get rid of it and get the
question out of politics. The Repub-
licans are committed to the doctrine
Of high State credit and will vote
solidly for anything that the bond
holders will accept or might demand,
and there is a large element of the
Democratic party committed the same
way. This will make altogether a
powerful combination and we shall
not be surprised to see it carry the
State. The people at large under
stand the question better than
they ever did before and will
vote with full understanding of the
issue and the consequences. We hope
when the time comes there will be a
full vote, and that the people will act
from judgment and conscience and not
permit themselves to be influenced by
passion, prejudices or false representa-
tiOns. At the proper time we will
review the State debt question briefly,
impartially and fearlessly as we have
always done, and shall at last abide
cheeriully by the decision of the free,
intelligent and justice-loving people
of the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21
Porter,s Murderer MOI Forgotten.

New YORK, April 1S.-A meeting
of actors was held this afternoon at
the Criterion" corner Fourteenth
street and Fourth avenue, to devise
means for raising a. fund to be expend-
ed in prosecuting James Currie, who
murdered the actor, Benjamin c. Por-
ter, in Marshall, Texas, short time
ago. The fund is also to be used in
defraying the expenses of Mr.. Barry
more and Miss CummiRs, members of
the dramatic profession, who witnessed
the shooting, and who are going to
Texas as witnesses in the case. They
will also be remunerated out of the
fund for the time they will spend in
Texas away from their business. Mr..
William B. Astor sent a check for
$500, and the names of several promii
nent actors were pledged for various
sums. So that, at least, over $4,000
will be raised to help the prosecution.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21
NIirnissInni Nentimenf.

AT a meeting of the Chickasaw
county Democratic Executive Com
mittee, the following resolution was
introduced by Colonel j. L, S. Hill
Resolved, That we indorse the
statements of Colonel II. l.. Muldrow,
our representative in congress, recent
ly made in debate in congress, as to
the conservative sentiments of the
people Of Mississippi, and that the
" Southern States, newspaper pub
lished in the town of Okolona, docs
not represent the sentiments Of the
Democracy Of Mississippi"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

GALVESTON, April 31.-Cotton is
quiet; middling, lie. Receipts, SIS
bales. Stock, 1920 bales.
New ORLEANS, April q, 11.3Oa.
Cotton weak; middling, 1l3c. Re-
eeipts, 307O bales, Sales, 800 bales.
Stock, 1892 bales.
LIVERPOOL, April q, 2 pm
Cotton opened this morning easier
and fractionally cheaper. Uplands,
SGD; Orleans, 6 7-16d. Estimated
sales 5000 bales; for export, 1000
bales. Receipts. 20,5OO bales; Amer
lean, 12,200. Futures opened with
sellers at 1-32d decline: after
wards frmer with light offerings. De-
hveries for April and May, s 9-33d
May and June, 6 5-16@6 9-32d; June
and July, 6 11-32d; July and August,
6 13-32d; August and September,
s 7-32d September and October,
e 16-16d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

NEW YORK, April 81, 1:35 pm
Cotton opened this forenoon weak;
now nominal and ic lower Ordi-
nary, 9Bc; good ordinary, 1O3c; low
middling, llic; middling, II 9-16c;
good middling, II 15-16c; middling fair,
II 13-l6c; fair, Ii 13-16c. Futures
closed Saturday evening from 5 to 10
points below the day before; opened
this forenoon weak, and 3 to points
off; now irregular and easy, at % to
33 points lower than Saturday as fol-
Lowe . nol:ro,;.. q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

DURING the last eight years the
Southern claims commission has audi
ted and caused to be paid out of the
treasury s14O,OOO,OOO. This was Civ
en- to build up the Republican party
in the South
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

SINCE Speaker Randall's ruling
that bills can be sent to committees
through the petition box, the Repub-
lieans have very graciously concluded
not to try to prevent the introduction
OF bills in the usual way. This is
very liberal and kind, as they cannot
help themselves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21
ACARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov-
cred by missionary In South America. Send
aself'addressed envelope to REV. JOSEPH 7.
IMAM Station d, New York City.
eOd-2-xxX-lkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

IT is proposed that the board of
visitors of the University of Tennes-
see, appointed under recent act of
the legislature, shall organize at
Knoxville on Monday, June IS, and
participate in the organization of the
University under its new name on the.
following Wednesday, being com
mencement day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

The merchants of Louisville. after
a long period of indifference, have at
last and very suddenly become aroused
to the Importance of organizing a
board of trade. Several meetings
have been held recently, mainly, it
would seem, through the persistency
Of the ier-Journal, and it has been
determined to organize new board
under the charter of the old one,
which sometime since became func-
tus oficio. At the last meeting held,
at which there was some happy speak
ing as we'll as real start toward bust
ness, Henry Watterson, on behalf Of
the Courier-J journal Company, led of
with subscription of $1,000, and alto
gether the sum of $17,475 was sub
scribed on the spot. The way they
are stirring things up there Louisville
may become a rival of Memphis vet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

WE see it stated, but we do not vouch
for it as fact, that the national ex-
ecutivo committee of the Republican
party has thought it wise and proper
to donate to Harper, the proprietor of
the Okolona States, large press and
subscribe for 10000 copies of his pa
,Nnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

THE London Times, which is rather
complimentary toward Secretary Sher-
man upon the success of his policy,
throws out hint for the future which
it may be well to heed and remember.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

WASHINGTON, April 21. For Ten
nessee and Ohio valley, rising, fol-
lowed by falling barometer, easterly
winds, warmer, clear, followed by
partly cloudy weather.
Rivers will generally fall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

Systematic vaccination has rarely
had a more complete vindication than
was offered by the health returns of
New York city last year. Out of
twenty-seyen thousand deaths, but
two were due to smallpox. A soli-
tary case last week was the first, or
nearly the first, during the current
year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

THE Republicans, in caucus at
Washington, appointed congressional
campaign committee Of one from each
State and Territory. 1t was a Hob.
SON $ choice from Tennessee, SO they
appointed Houk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

TINS IL the season of the year for
the impecuOiOus colored statesman or
the ex-carpet.bagger stranded in the
South with nothing to doexcept work,
and too lazy for that, to call a mass
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

COLONEL BURoH, secretary of the
senate, has decided to make the fol-
lowing changes in the important
offices under his control on the first Of
The month: Peter Pierce, Of Pennsyl-
vania, vice George +. Dawson, of Cali
fornia, librarian; Jere Williams, Of
Ohio, vice John NJ. Commons, of In
diana, petition clerk; Patrick f. But
Ter, Of Connecticut, vice Paul Geddes,
of Pennsylvania, second assistant ex-
ecutive clerk; Leigh Chalmers, Of
Texas, vice Henry L. Fitz, of Maine,
bill clerk; A. D. Banks, of Mississippi,
vice Edward Fenno, Of Maine, keeper
of stationary. The men who 60 out
will never be convinced that this is
not revolution.
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BiIIs Introduced an Conpress.

WASHINGTON, April 2l. = The
house bill for the distribution of the
unexpended balance of the Geneva
award was introduced by Mr.. Frye,
and three financial bills by Mr..
Murch.
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Cincinnati Produce Market.

CINCINNATI, April 2l.-Flour is
dull. Wheat, $10O@1.O5, Corn quiet,
at BIC. Oats quiet, at 2S@3lc.
Whisky active and firm, at $l.Ol.
Pork quiet, at 10@1Olc, Lard quiet,
at 5.5Oc. Bulk meats frmer. Shoul-
der, 31c. Short ribs held at 4.6O.
Short clear, 4.8Oc. Bacon steady. at
4, 5s@5s.
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THIS PAPER a; #;y \ !. sH8l {2H39 :, /?
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

RY virtue Of the power conferred upon ma
- by a certain deed of trust made by Josenb
Pickering and E, S. Pickering, his wife, dated
July u, 1871 and recorded in Book No. ile.
page g., in tho Registers Office of Shelby
county, to secure the payment of certain in
debtedness fully described in said deed, de-
fault having been made in the terms and
conditions thereof. will. ON Nv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21
WasIlintOn Items.

Special to COurier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-In the
senate to-day, in the course of his
speech, Mr.. Randolph, of New Jer-
sey, told a bit of heretofore secret
history. He said that he was the
bearer of a message from Governor
Wade Hampton, at the time the troopg
were stationed at Columbia, S. c., to
President Grant, requesting the with
drawal of the troops. Grant replied
to him, he says, in an angry tone and
uncivil manner. " will not withdraw
the troops. | don't regard the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court; and if |
had any message to send to General
Hampton, it would be that his mes.
sage to me is an impertinence.
THE JETTIES.
The secretary of war sent to the
house to-day a report as to the ietties
and recommended that the amount of
money required for the payment under
the law for twenty-six feet of water of
the stipulated width Of channel be
appropriated at once, The recon-
mendation is made in anticipation of
the certificate of the engineer in
charge, which he has telegraphed will.
be here in a day orso. Under the law,
Captain Eads is entitled to bonds, if
the money is not already appropriated
He has said to the executive depart
ment that he will not demand the
bonds, unless there is delay in congress
appropriating the money According
ly the secretary of war made the re-
commendation to the house to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

Children cry for it, but they stop
crying at once after they have taken a
single dose, as DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
cures all the pains our little ones are
subject to. Price 25c a bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

The clerks of Boston hardware
store attempted to perpetrate Joke
on the first of April, upon two team
sters, by claiming the tail-boards of
their wagons together. 1t was q good
joke enough until one of the teamsters
unhitched the chain, threw it into his
wagon and drove off. Loss about ten
dollars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

Francis Murphy will begin temper
ance work in San Francisco about the
LIST of May.
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Saturday, May 2l. Is7a.

at 10 o'clock am, in front of the PIanters
Insurance building, No. 80 Madison street.
Memphis, sell at public auction TO the highest
bieder, for cash, the following described real
estate, situated In Chelsea, in Shelby county.
Tennessee, and bounded as follows:
Sixth street. l4 feet south of the lntersecl
tion. Of Sixth and LOoney streets; tbence
south with the east line Of Sixth street a. fast.
thence east at right angles with Sixth streel
100 feet; thence north aud parallel with Sirtb
street 40 feeti thence west with the north line
Of lot No, 26lj 100 feet to the beglnnine; being
pairTt q lot No. soi In "Greeplaw addition
said trust deed. Title believed 10 he Sood u
but sell and convey as Trustee only Ou'
AMOS WOODRUFF, Trustos
J.W. HAMPTON, Attorney, IfVSSii
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General Dix.

New York, April 21.-Gen. Dix
continues unconscious.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-21

| NDhN hnu w Ilrtuo OF certain deed of
, - trust executed TO g,s As trustee, by d. B.
Martln en ana N: X, Martin, his wife, on the 9Th
OF Vetooeri 4aih to secure a certain indebted
ness tAereln named, and default having been
maze IN the payment thereof, will, on
Saturday, May IL, 1879,
at the south gate of Court Square, in the eitv
OF Memphis, Tennessee, sell 10 The highest
bidder, for cash, the following real estate'
situated in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennes.
see, and described as follows, to-wit:
Being lots eleven and twelve (1l and 10y nj
the subdivision Of block SO, South Mempbis
between the heirs of J II. Talbot, and sama
lots quit claimed 70 NJ. r. Martin, wife az II.
B. Martini by d. W, Williamson and others,
by deed OF record IN thu. Registrars office ~
shelby county, in Book 50, page 100, each lot
fronting the west side of aeoOnd street 1I 9i ia
feet with depth OF la8h feet 10 mn aiIa,,e 4OO
Also part ef block 81, South Nemnhis ,h,,.
descfinad: Beginning at q point 5SSii tsus faas
west OF Lauderdale street, and 56i feef ssonb
Of Vance street; thence south 322 feet r,asn
or less, to the Mehenore line, thence ,,ose ,va.s
with said line llO feet, moro on iess. N AZ
east line OF Ruth street; thence north with ~
east line OF Ruth street 800 foet. thenee ..,.v
ITO feet to the beginning, being boIooo oast ss
the property conveyed Ia Nj. III Msrt;,ne ~ ~, ~
the 25d Of April, 1871, BY tho other beirs or ~ II
II. Talbot which lies In block ia Sontb M, -
pills. SAID conveyance being Of reoor,i In M
Registers ONCE Of this county IN RooI en
page lO9, TO which reference "A hera r,eJe ~,
grees>- certainty. III ''''-' 'V'
Equity of redemption waivad T,,i. ~.
lieyed to be good. N'''N "
mo, ,o-o D. II, PosYoN, Trustee.
fF'"~Ai N''si L. .sAa A-61
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JAMES KIRKLAND.
Gents E1Urn1Sh1nG GOODS.
UNDER PEABODY HOTEL. 1k
DIED.

McDONNELI.-At 3:16 o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon, April 20, 1879, EDWARD MCDOSSEIL,
in the60th year Of his age.
Due notice of funeral will be given in the
morning papers.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01

A Few DON'Ts. When you are out
to dinner or tea, and the hostess invites
you to the table, don't wait for the in-
vitatiOn to be repeated, as it is not only
impolite on the part of the guest, but
many Of the dishes lose their relish. |
had company few days since, and they
were called three times before they
made their appearance in the dining
room.
When you are out calling with one Of
your thirsty children-and this is their
usual cOnditiOn-and your friend kindly
oilers to get you a glass, don't say 'the
dipper is good enough don't trouble
yourself" This is no trouble to the
neat hOuse-keeper, for she has strong
preference you use the glass, for various
reasons.
When You have spent a day with a
friend who does her own work, and she
has exerted every nerve for your pleas
uTe, after she has washed her china, and
her work done up, don't expect her to
SIT at tue piano or organ all the evening
aud play until she is ready to fall from
the stool. And during the day unless
Invited by her don't go into her kitchen
and ask a hundred questions. There
are very few whom We welcome In our
kitchen. Old-fashioned house keepers
seldom do this; only those who depend
upon girls know the terrible annoyance
of this intrusion.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01

upon others they mean what they say;
but long ago learned to look upon all
men as liars" cried the girl angrily.
"And why, pray ~
Her vehemence amused him. Strange
that he could so soon forget the CHASTITY
spectacle of which Grace had just told
him, rotting out in the deep shade Of
the wildwood, the prey Of flies and vul-
lures.
Because owe all my miseries and
misfortunes to men, and all Of the little
good have ever received has come from
women" said the girl. "You know my
history, and so there's no use in my at
tempting to disguise 1t from you. For
awhile l was a raviDg maniac. / be-
lieve 1 was possessed Of seven devils.
Sometimes they begin to get hold of me
now, but they never conquer me en-
tirely unless some man calls me beauti-
ful, and then I get furious. That's
what he used to call me. l was afraid
you would repeat his words, and then /
should have Drained you"
The girl had risen to the very tips Of
her toes, and as she stood there shaking
her head and gazing away into vacancy
the visitor felt little afraid of her in
spite Of himself.
"All men are not bad, poor child" he
ventured to say in a persuasive tone.
$50 she tells me, and yet, she has had
no better cause than l to think well Of
men, except that her father is good, and
sometimes fancy you are good, too"
Nancy, will you never forgive your
father for deserting you as he did 2''
"Never, sir; neverm
"But what If he were dead ?''
"He has long been dead TO me, as he
is"
But, suppose he had asked your par
don before he died. What then ?''
"I'd hate him worse than ever"
"Why ?"
Because it is too late for repentance
TO bring restitution. IL is not his fault
that am not beggar or an outcast
But for Oracle, dear, good angel that she
ISL would to-day be called maniac. Did
1 ever tell you how I got away from the
asylum"
John Anders looked at the radiant
girl as she stood before him under the
swaying willow branches, and mar
veled at her grace aud ease aud shrewd-
ness.
"NO, sprite; you have never told me,
nor anyone else, that | know Of How
was it?r
The girl laughed merrily.
That's my secret" she answered,
after pause, and then, seeing Grace
approach on horseback, she excused
herself and ran to meet her.
ITO be continued.l
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Why They Should Vote.

Rev. Joseph Cook gives the following
reasons why women should be allowed
to vote in cases Of local option as to tenn
perance laws:
IL is more difficult for woman to OBJ
tain a livelihood alone than for a man
to do so, aud she has a deeper interest
than a man in the home.
Woman's love of home Is the natural
antagonist Of the enemies Of the home,
and among them perhaps the most mis-
chievous is intemperance.
Woman is less intem perate than man,
and she could be trusted 10 give purer
vote on temperance laws.
Woman is less complicated with party
intrigue and political ambition, with
desire for Office and with business at
large, and so would be more true than
men to give a vote on the merits of the
case.
a temperance vote by women would be
a test by which the theory Of Woman
Suffrage could be tried on restricted
scale without danger.
IL would be an entering wedge, but
only an appeal To experience, and the
latter, as it should reveal good or bad
tendencies in the theory, would decide
the result.
Rum-sellers oppose the temperance
vote of women. suppose nothing has
ever stirred the rum-sellers Of Chicago,
ST. Louis and Cincinnati quite so much
as this movement to give the temper
ance vote to women. II you will show
me what rum-sellers do not want, l will
show you what | want.
The temperance vote is asked for by
women 10 overwhelming numbers, most
Of whom are not female suffragists.
Such a change as woman's temperance
ballot asks for is not connected with high
theories as to natural rights TO suffrage,
nor as to property qualifications.
Under English law, women paying
taxes can vote in municipal and town
elections, and this wider privilege, which
has worked we'll, includes the narrower
one OF woman's temperance vote.
In questions where the decision is so
easy as that between license and no
license, womanis vote would not often be
unintelligent, and IL would not add to
the mass of the ignorant suffrage.
In questions so important to the home
as those relating to temperance laws,
woman's vote would not often be unused,
and so would not add essentially TO the
dangers of absenteeism at the polls, and
OF unexercised sufirage.-Epchdnge.
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Woman.

y woman, Notwithstanding she is the
best Of listeners, knows her business,
and IL is a womau's business to please.
don't say that il is not her business to
vote, but | do say that the woman who
does not please is a false note in the
harmOnies Of nature. She may not
have youth or beauty, or even manners,
but she must have something 10 her
voice or expression, or both, which il
makes you feel better disposed toward
your race TO look at or listen to. She
knows that as well as we do; and her
first question after you have been talk
ing your soul into her consciousness is,
did / please? a woman never forgets
her sex. She would rather talk with a
man than an angel an time. WomauIy
women are very kindly critics, except
to themselves and now and then 10
their own sex. The less there is of sex
about a woman, the more she is to be
dreaded. But take a real woman at her
best mOments-well dressed enough to
be pleased with herself, not so resplend-
ent as TO be a show and a sensation,
with the varied outside influences that
set vibrating the harmonic notes Of her
nature stirring in the air about her
and what has social life to compare
with one Of those vital inteSchanges Of
thought and feeling with her that
makes an hour memorable? ? What can
equal her tact, her delicacy, her SUBJ
tlety of apprehension, her quickness to
feel the changes of temperature, as the
warm and cool currents Of thought blow
by turns At one moment she is mic
roseopically intellectual, critical, scru-
pulous in Judgment as an analysts
balance, and the next as sympathetic
as the open rose that sweetens the
wind from whatever quarter it finds its
way to her bosom. It is in the hospit-
able soul Of a woman that a man forgets
he il a stranger, aud so becomes natural
and truthful, at the same time he is
mesmerized by all those divine differ
ences that make her a mystery and
bewilderment.-AtiaHtic Monthly.