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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
Occupation of ROumella by the
Combined Powers.
The Capital of the Mercantile Bank
Of India, London and China
Absorbed in Covering
Losses,
Ruin for the Shareholders Of the
Glasgow Bank.
French Soldiers Caught in a Snow.
Storm and Perish.

LONDON, April Austria, Eng
land, Russia, Turkey and Italy have
consented to take part in the mixed
occupation of Eastern Roumelia.
Italy, however made some reservation.
There will be no:commander- in chief /;
each nationality will have its own
commander. The sole object of the
occupation will be to prevent any con-
Aict between the Turks and Bulga-
rians.
ST. PETERSBURG, April la spe-
cial commission under the presiding
minister of war has been appointed to
consider the Kuldaja question.
Gen, Melikoff telegraphs he has com
pleted the burning of the infected
houses at Wetlianka.
LONDON, April 1.-The house of
commons last night ordered a compi-
lation of the quantities of meat i'm
ported monthly from the United
States, from February, 1873, to Janu.
airy, 1879.
The chartered Mercantile Bank Of
India, London and China is unable tC
pay further dividend for 1873. anC
thewhole reserve Of e15l $50 will b.
absorbed in covering losses or proyid
mig for special contingencies.
The Times recommends the credit.
ors of the City of Glasgow Bank t.
accept fifteen shillings on the pound
1t says the promised call of e225O pc
share portends ruin to nearly ever,
shareholder.
Lord Beaconsfeld, on Friday, vii
receive the deputation from the Liver
pool chamber of commerce on tn
silver question.
Silver has declined to 40 15-16d.
Catherine Webb, or Webster, ar
rested for the murder of Mrs. Thos
Fragments, whose body was found i
| the Thames, states that one Church
the keeper of a beer house at Ham
mersmith, committed the crime
Church has been arrested.
PARIS, April la battalion q
zouaves and skirmishers, on the wa
from Aumele to Baghar, Algeria, wa.
caught in a snow storm between So
MAXI and Soukilteta, on the 28th q
March, and nineteen men persisted
Fourteen others are in the hospital.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
River kilograms.

WHEELING, w. VA, April L.
River q feet 2 inches and stationary.
Departed-SaltYalley Ironton, . am;
Katie Stockdale. Cincinnati, Z am;
Emma Graham, Pittsburg, II am
Clear and pleasant.
CAIRO, April l.-Arrived-W. P.
Halliday, st. Louis, 9 pm; Clinton,
Cincinnati II pm; Cons Millar, Mem
phis, 2 am. Departed Lioness, st,
Louis, 10 pm; Clinton, st. Louis,
midnight; Cons Millar, Cincinnati,
am. Cloudy and cool.
CINCINNATI, April River sta.
tionary. Cloudy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
WHERE'S THE MILITIA?
Twenty or Thirty Desperadoes Enter
Fayetteville and Begin Pro.
misCuOus Shooting.
Little Rock Gazette, Goth ult.I

Little Rock Gazette, Goth ult.l
The planets, or some other power"
certainly has an influence. Scarcely
has one report of desperate transac-
tion been received, when another
comes, like Barnaby Ridges Sparks,
"crowding on its heels" This is not
solely the case in Arkansas. the South.
but everywhere North, South, East
and West. Scarcely had the tele.
graphic instrument, conveying the
intelligence of the Fayetteville out
break, ceased ticking, when we have a
sequel to the affair. The following,
received yesterday through the col
umns of the Fayetteville Democrat,
will explain the why of these anno-
tations.
1t becomes our unpleasant duty
to chronicle one of the most dastardly
and cowardly outrages ever perpe-
trated in a civilized country, and one
whose foul stain years will not eface
from the fair name of our county.
On Sunday night last, about -
clock, while our city was wrapt in
slumber, a band of desperadOes, some
twenty or thirty in number, quietly
entered our streets from the south
and commenced general firing with
shot-guns and pistols, shooting into
private residences and business houses
promiscuously, several parties mar
rOwly escaping the deadly missiles.
They came on the public square, and
fired into the window of the Sentinel
Office, the court house, and into the
store of Mr.. j p. Farmer, a bullet
striking the bed where his wife and
child were sleeping. After this
daring feat they Immediately retreat
ed down the street leading south from
the southeast corner of the square,
firing into the residences of Mr..
Reuben Carter, Pat Weathers and G.
L. Summers, and moved on to the
foot Of the hill, where they had left
their horses, mounted and went down
| the West Fork road. Fortunately for
this lawless band they remained but a
few moments after the firing. The
State guard promptly responded to
the alarm and patrolled the city until
daylight, but no further disturbance
occurred.
1T is the duty of every law abiding
citizen Of the county to assist in fer
reting out the perpetrators of this
damnable crime, and melting out to
them the full penalty of an outraged
law. No effort should be, and we are
assured that none will be spared in
bringing the guilty parties to Justice
Let the foul stain be removed and the
dignity of the law sustained regardless:
of everything. Our city and county
cannot afford to permit a lot of des-
peradoes to override law and order in
any such high-handed manner 1t has
gone far enough, and should be
checked at all hazards.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
Public Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-Increase
of debt for March, $892,724; cash in
the treasury, $42O,7S7, ASS; gold GER
tifcates, sl6,334,7O8; silver certiG-
Gates, s2, ,326,53O; currency certificates,
81 $4,000; refunding certificates.
$4,000 legal tenders outstanding,
S346,68l, ,016; fractional currency
outstanding, $l5,925,662; United
States notes held for redemption,
fractional currency, S8,45S,99l called
bonds not matured, for which 4 per
cent. bonds have been issued, $685.
447,700.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
THE MARINES
Of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys in
Convention at Cincinnati. Cap
tain COWden Has the Floor.

CINCINNATI, March 31.-A large
number Of delegates to the river con
vention assembled at the Burnet
House to-day, and organized by call
ing Captain James Wise to the chair.
After a speech by Benjamin Eggle-
ston upon the Importance OF the object
for which the convention has assem-
bled, Captain Charles w. Batchelor,
ot Pittsburg, was appointed perma-
nent chairman, and Ward Robinson.
Of Cincinnati, secretary. Captain
John Cowdon, of Memphis, then ad-
dressed the convention at some length,
rehearsing his experience at Washing
ton and his familiarity with the com
merce of the country. Our river
interest, he said, had diminished,
instead of keeping pace with
other interests, and in support of
this he said that the Erie canal
handled more freight in seven months
than New Orleans did in thirteen
years that this grew out of the lack
of attention given to our rivers, and
particularly to the outlet of our great
western streams at the mouth Of the
Mississippi. Upon the conclusion of
Captain CowdOn's remarks. commit
tee of five on rules and order of bust
ness was appointed, after which the
convention adjourned, to meet this
afternoon, when Captain Cowdon will
address them in length, exhibiting
plans, charts and maps connected with
the proposed improvements.
At the conclusion of Captain Cow
don's remarks, the convention dis
cussed the wharfage charges. The
opinion of the delegates appeared to
be that the charges were excessive
and in some cases exorbitant.
The convention then adjourned sine
die
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

UNDER the new constitution, the
jury system of Georgia is somewhat
,ehanged, the standard of jury qualif-
cations being raised A committed Of
three citizens is appointed for each
county whose duty it is to prepare a
jury list, from which there is no appeal
A careful investigation into the jury
q list of various counties in the State
shows that about FIVE per cent. Of the
list is composed of negroes This per
centage, the commissioners claim, is a
liberal one, when the standard of in
telligence and education is applied.
In Atlanta, Fulton county, there are
five negroes on the jury list. The
negroes claim that the per centage
should be very much larger, and it is
probable, that a discussion will be
provoked upon this subject
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

The new loan asked for by the
English exchesquer for use in Indian
administration, is to be used in an
effort to readjust the exchange bal
ances, which are now eighteen per
cent. against India, on account of the
depreciation of silver. The Times
says the scheme will end in helping
Germany to sell some of her old sill
yer, which is true The only way out
of the embarrassment for England is
to follow the advice of the Liverpool
merchants, and by adopting the double
standard give commerce and produc-
tion an equal chance with the dealers
in money.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
How indianapolis Has Punished
a. Speculation in Opera Seats.

Special to Oourier-Journal.l
INDIANAPOLIS, March 27.-The at
tendance at the opera tonight was
great surprise to many, notwithstand-
ing the firm stand Of the citizens
against the spectators. The house,
it is thought will not realize above
$500, and large number Of choice
seats we're unoccupied. The wealthy
class of society, who are habitual at
tendants at an opera, were conspicu-
ously absent and it is the impression
tonight that this class will give tho
entire season the go-by. Many people
here believe that Strakosch himself
was an interested party in the trick Of
the spectators. The spectators are
now offering their choice seats for the
regular price, with no takers. The
opera management cannot conceal its
disgust at the turn affairs have taken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

was formerly an influential politician.
of Northern Arkansas, having served
two terms as a senator. He has lately
been keeping saloon in partnership
with John O'Donnell, who was killed
last January. Crawley is one of the
Oldest freight conductors on the Texas
and Pacific railroad, and is one of its
most faithful employees. He has near
ly the whole town on his side. Both
parties were sober during and before
the fracas. They are also long time
residents of Texarkana, each having
family. Crawley is in close confne-
ment, awaiting the result of Hanks
injuries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
WITH HIS BOOTS ON,
A Border Gentleman Who Found What
He Was Hunting.
Snncinl N the cinoinnnli Ennnirer.

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
TExARKANA, ARK, March 20
Colonel Thomas A. Hanks was shot
by conductor Samuel Crawley this
afternoon about four o'clock in front
of the Office of Justice |. b. Larry, on
Broad street. Hanks and Crawley
were in the house attached to
Russell q Woodford's saloon, talking
about a ring that Hanks had loaned
Crawley which he wished returned,
and which Crawley was either un.
able or unwilling to give back.
During the quarrel Hanks drew
a knife with open blade, when
a gentleman named Mayher in
terposed, and succeeded in getting the
knife and returning it to Hanks, who
put itin his pocket. After little more
conversation Hanks left the saloon in
a passion, saying he did not care a
damn if he was fixed. He'd fix him
self and then he would fix Crawley
Later the parties met at the squire S
Office After remaining short time
Hanks started away from the office.
He had scarcely got outside Of the
door when the shooting commenced.
Crawley shot as he was standing, and
then second time as he fell. Craw-
ley Immediately gave himself up, say
ing it was in self-defence, as the man
had threatened to kill him on sight.
Hanks was shot through the abdoo
mon, one ball apparently penetrating
the stomach, Heismortally wounded,
and will not survive the night He
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

TIE Suez canal has proved a profit
able concern to those who went in it
just at the proper time. The 100000
shares of stock at a par value of 800
francs, or 500, which once sold down
to 100 francs each, are now quoted at
over ZOO francs. The British govern
ment bought 176,6O2 shares in 1875,
which are now worth $5,0OO,O00 more
than when Beaconsfeld took them.
The canal is without locks, and the
man who managed it from the first
says a canal across the Isthmus Of
Panama must be similarly constructed
to nav.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

NEW YORK, April |, 1870 p.m.-
Cotton closed yesterday quiet and easy;
opened this morning quiet and firm
with light demand and offerings now
nominal and &c higher as follows:
Ordinary, s 15-l6c; good ordinary,
8 l3-l6c low middling, 10 5-l6c; mid
ding, 10sc; good middling lie; mid
ding fair, 11Jc; fair, 1910. Futures
closed strong last evening" opened
this forenoon strong and 8 to 10 points
higher now strong at 20 to % points
above last evening, as follows De-
liverias for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

THE Kentucky Supreme Court has
decided that the statute against gam
ing, which enables person losing at
faro table to recover his losses from
the proprietor, will not work the other
way, and allow the proprietor to re-
cover losses from fortunate players.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
LEGAL.
LEGAL.
TRUSTEES SALE OF LOTS
YRAR THE CITY
On Street Ca1. Lime.

R1 virtue Of trust deed made to John D.
~ hobinson, trustee, now deceased, on May
lS' 1876, by ); A. Provine, and by virtue of
decree Of the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee, entered February 2S, 1879,
in NJ. u. 23, page 4i, by which decree / was
appointed trustee in the place of John d.
Robinson, deceased, will sell at public aue-
ton, in front Of Planters Insurance Building,
NO. ~ Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
JAMES KIRKLAND.
Gents FSurn1Sh1n& GOODS.
UNDER PEABODY HOTEL. l54O

pa bales; American, 1851 bales.
Futures opened l-16d better. De-
liveries for April and May, 55d; May
and June, 5 29-32G5 l5-l6d June
and July, 5 3l-32d July and August,
q 1-32d August and September, Cd ;
September and October, 6 1-16d.
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, April l. - Flour
quiet at S4.60G480. Wheat quiet at
Sl@l06. Corn steady at 364@37c.
Oats firm, 28@32c. Pork firm, $1O@
1925. Lard frmer, Gle asked for
steam. Bulk meats frmer, 3.55, 4.80,
4.85@490c. Bacon firm, Al, $3.50
5.55e. Whisky nominal, Sl.01. Hogs
steady, S2S5@4. Receipts, 98l head.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

New ORLEANS, April /, 11:3O am.
Cotton held higher middling, 1Osc.
bales.
GALVESTON, April L. Cotton
opens steady; middling, l0sc. Re.
ceipts, 1853 bales. Stock, 27,04l bales
LIVERPOOL, April l, 100 pm
Cotton opened this morning hardening
and l-l0d higher. Uplauds, 55d; Or
leans, Cd. Estimated sales, 5000 bales !;
for export, 1000 bales. Receipts, 6S,-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

Berlin is experimenting with clec-
tric lights for the illumination of
streets and factories. In respect to
this matter of lighting there is more
enterprise shown in Germany than
there was with regard to street rail
roads, which we're not introduced
there until long after every one-horse
city in the United States could boast
of them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

CONNECTICUT will, if the senate
should pass and the governor not veto
the bill, adopt the Mofatt register
Virginia still uses it, Louisiana has
just abandoned it, Texas is about to
try it, and Alabama, Florida and
North Carolina have decided against it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

The governor has signed the pro-
posed State compromise bill for fifty
cents and four per cent 1t only re-
mains for the creditors to accept and
the people to indOrse the act by their
vote at the polls.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

THE State legislature is supposed to
have adjourned and our hard-worked
representatives may be expected to
straggle along home about tomorrow,
wearing a fatigued and haggard look.
Their friends will welcome them cor
diallv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

WHEN the Russian female doctors
who heroically served as army sur
geons in Turkey during the last
Turko- Russian war returned to their
country they found that the opposi-
ton to their admission to regular med.
ical practice had disappeared. They
are now officially employed, on equal
footing with other member of the
faculty, in many hospitals and in DIFF
ferent provincial districts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
ON May 8, 1879,

the following real estate in Shelby county.
Tennessee, near corporate line of the Mem
phls Taxing District, it being lots l0l, l02, 1903
and l04: Beginning at the southeastern cor
Ter of original lot 60; thence in WestWardly
direction along the north line of Williams
avenue 200 feet TO u stake;. thence north with
the west line of said lot No. lea, $50 feet TO an
alley y feet wide; thence eastwardly with the
south line of said alley 200 feet to the east
line Of said original lot e5; thence south
along the east line of said original lot 66, l5J
feet to the beginning.
Also lot No. IS, beginning at a point on the
south line OF Aston street and 200 feet from
the east line Of said original lot 65; thence
westwardly along the line of said Aston
street 90 feet TO stake; thence south 150 feet
70 an alley; thence east along the north Of
said alley 80 feet to a stake; thence north $50
feet to the place of beginning.
Also lot No. 80, beginning at point on the
east line Of the fernando road, 5S feet from
the intersection Of the fernando road with
the north line Of Williams avenue; thence in
a n9rthwardly direction along the east line of
said fernando road, 56 feet to a stake: thence
east IN s-lO feet to a stake: thence south SO
feet to q stake; thence west l52 $40 feet TO the
place OF beginning. The above described
lots being subdivisions of original lot No. 65.
as appears on the plan Of j. NJ. provinces
subdivision, made by c. c. Burke in 1872.
Default having been made in the payment
OF the Indebtedness secured by said trust deed.
make TINS sale at the request Of the bene6
ciary.
Terms Of sale cash. Equity of redemntiop
waived and title believed to be perfect. bnt
sell and convey only as trustee. A piat Of
ne property can be seen at my office, No. 90
Madison street.
H-57 JAMES II. MALONE. Trnstee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
Indications.

WASHINGTON, April For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley rainy,
followed by clearing weather, variable
winds shifting to colder northwest,
followed by rising barometer.
The Ohio river will rise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

A LAWYER in Atlanta has proposed
a very severe anti-tramp law, to be
submitted to the Georgia legislature.
1t makes it the duty Of all male citi-
zens, as well as of State, county, and
municipal officers, to arrest such
offenders summarily, and take them
before a justice of the peace or other
judicial officer for trial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

FREE Press "Talmage may be
guilty of hypocrisy and false pretenses,
but he's poor manager if he can't
fad the whitewash brushes used on
Beecher. y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

COLONEL JEROME NAPOLEON Bo-
NAPARTE, nephew of Nine Elizabeth
Patterson Bonaparte, was summoned
to Baltimore from Paris. M me Bona
parte is critically i'll, and her physi-
clan thinks she may not survive more
than few days, She is ninety-six
years of age. rrEKF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

ARIZONA proposes to raise funds to
construct capitol buildings by means
of lottery, the first drawing Of which
is to take place at Prescott, June 1,
under the personal supervision of
Governor John G. Fremont, who is
ex.ofiicio commissioner Of the lottery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
Fire.

New YORK, April THE burning
of stable on Third avenue, near
Degran street, caused the death of
David r. Pulver and four horses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

Troy, N. Y, April l. Eddy. Corse
& Co., stove manufacturers, failed
Liabilities, $4,000; nominal assets,
$4,000,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
PeOpIes RuIIdina COmnany.

UHE regular monthly meeting of the Stock
j holders Of the Peoples Building Comnenv
will be held TUESDAY, April ist, nj 2ai
Main street, upstairs, at n pm, for fhe
transaction of any and all business of Inc
Company that may be presented al said meei-
ing. W. A, GOODMAN pras5t
=. SruRM, See'y. 6.27
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

GENERAL GARFIELD has written to
a member Of the Ohio legislature that
he cannot consent to be the Republi-
can candidate for governor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

F" A positive benefit to young chill
dren is the popular verdict for DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup. Sold everywhere
at 25c q bottle,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
MEETING.
BANK OF COMMERCE..
MENpnla. nrNN. Mnrnh X n

MEMPHIS, TENN, March 6, 1879.
TIME annual meeting Of the stockholders of
Il this Bunk will be held at their banking
house on TUESDAY, the Sth day of April.
1879, between the hours of 10 a IN. and 8 p.m,,
at Whlch time an election will be held for dve
BY order of the board.
7-s2 R. A, PARKER, Cashier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

The celebration of the centenary Of
the settlement Of Lexington, KY, is
to take place tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01

SENATOR WADE HAMPToN is much
better, and tits thought that second
amputation will NOT be necessary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
B. AND |. ASSOCIATIONS.

OFFICE
WOrkingmen's B. and |. Assn,
Planters Ins. Building, 4I Madison ST.
YNHE regular monthly meeting of this Assn
Il citation will he held on TUESDAY even
ing next, April l. 1879, for payment of dues
and making loans. N'''
4, Fines will be imposed for non-payment.
see art. lii, SECS 7 and 3, Of the Constitution.
Payment may be made to the secretary dur
ing business hours at the office Of the Planters
Insurance COmany.
L. GAGRILL, President.
CHAS. L. PATERSON, Secretary. 96-27
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-03-31
The Trophy Mine.

The above mine, which IL eligibly
located . short distance west OF the
North Bonanza, in Flowery District,
having changed hands. as stated In the
Nrws last week, and got under
more able and efficient manage
ment, IL being re-opened with u view
TO practical ore development. ]. q.
Lennon, formerly OF the South Com
stock and other miners, has been APP
pointed Superintendent, and has com
msncsd the active discharge Of his
duties. The old incline Of the mine,
100 feet deep. Is to DO continued down.
ward to where good ore is known 10
exist. In times past the Brophy mine
has shown streaks and lunches OF paying
ore, and the chances for finding moro Of
II and In extensive deposits are very
good. Mr.. Lennon, being well.known
a. an experienced mining man. will
bring out the true merits Of the Brophy
properly.