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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

PHrLADELPHIA Times "In the
forty-sixth congress the Republican
side of the senate will be mentally
and morally, as well as numerically,
weaker than it has been for score Of
years, while the Democratic side will
be stronger in the same proportion
than it has been since the day when
the Democracy fell into the arms Of
secession. Thurman, Bayard, Wal
lace, Herman, Pendleton, Voorhees,,
Mcdonald, Hampton, Hill, Gordon,
Vance, will find only an Edmunds as
the peer of any of them in the heavy
artillery of debate, and Blaine about
the only foeman fit to cope with them
in the use of the lighter and keener
weapons of parliamentary warfare.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

KATE COBB, the Connecticut adul-
teress who conspired with her para
mour to murder her honest, faithful
husband, having been sentenced to
prison for life, paused on the thresh-
old of her future home to publish a
card to the world declaring her purity
and innocence. Already mock SYM
pathy has sprung up for her, and in
less than three years she will be turned
loose upon society again. The par
doning power in Connecticut rests
with the legislature, and Katie's coun-
sci is man of influence and perse
verance. The trial of Wesley NJ.
Bishop, the paramour and wretch
whose testimony was turned against
the partner in sin, is next in order.
There is very general opinion that
he has added perjury and general
sneakingness to the crime Of murder,
and there is an almost universal hope
that he will fall into the hands of the
hangman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Fire al Wheeling.

WHEELING, W. VA, January 3D.
At IL o'clock last night a double
frame tenement, corner of Twenty
eighth and Jacob streets, was burned
to the ground The building was
owned by VIM. Stoelzer, and the loss
is about $25OO, upon which there is an
insurance of $500 in the Ktna Fire
and Marine Of this city. The fire is
supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Snnifnrr Snienna.

Dr. Albert r. Leeds, in Van Nos.
trand's Engineering Magazine, has am
article on the present and future of
sanitary science in the United States
Speaking of the legislative aspect of
his subject, he insists that the proper
execution of sanitary laws demands
the free aud intelligent cooperation
of the individuals of community. A
system Of enaotments, however skill
fully framed, and however supported
by a strong central authority, alone
will not suffice, The addition of a
health department to the other de-
partments Of State at Washington is
deprecated, and the author thinks sit
would be far wiser to leave such legis-
lation to each State and in the State to
each community, recognizing that the
popular agitation and knowledge re-
quired to obtain health laws are the
best guarantees thai they shall not
afterward remain dead letters
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
IMpoRrANANr couRr nEc1mnH

The Supreme Court Of the United
States decided an important tax title
case few days since. The contestine
parties were j. DeTreville and Robert
Smalls, of South Carolina. The former
sued in the Circuit Court of the
United States to recover possession Of
q tract Of land in the town of Beau
fort, S. c., sold during the war for
taxes by the United States district
commissioners under an act of con
gress for the collection of taxes in in
surrectionary districts, passed March
l3, 1868. The former owners claim
that the act and the clause imposing a
penalty of fifty per cent. upon delin-
quents was a violation of the second
section Of the first article of the cons
titutiOn and that the proceedings of
the commissioners were irregular, the
certificate given by them to the pur-
chaser beinganinvalid title. The court
decided that the act Of congress is
constitutional and sustained the de-
cision of the lower courts. The case
decides the title to more than two
thousand pieces of property in South
Carolina. More than half of the land
in Beaufort county is now held under
these tax title sales. The court saws
the tax sale certificates are themselves
presumptive evidence of all antecedent
facts essential to their validity, and
that they can be overthrow only by
showing that the property which they
conveyed was not subject to taxes
that the taxes upon it had been paid
previous to tho sale, or that it had
been reclaimed. In the case on trial
no evidence appeared sufficient to re-
but the presumptiye regularity and
validity of the tax sale certificates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

,hOBhkfSON-At Horn Lake, Miss, at 9
SON OF paralysis, in his 56th year.
Funeral tomorrow FRIDAY) at II O'Clock.
IN fernando, Miss. Special train will leave
the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad depot
IVA o'clock in the morning. Friends in
yited to attend.
LOS " Fin ,on this city on the morning Of Jan.
usIy % lo'e' WILLIAM d. LOVE-, aged 46 years.
His remains will be sont to st. Louis for in
terment
HOBsON-At his residence on Mosby street.
January, Y, 1879, in the 29th year of his are
CYRUS NJ. HoBsON @s''
LAppeal and Avalanche nlease cnnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

WRITE me down an ass" That was
the Injunction of the ancient Dogberry.
dis request may well be echoed by any
man Of the present day, who, when suf-
ferlng from the ntolerable complaint,
fever an ague, fails so seek relief in Reed 5
Gilt Edge Tonic. II never fails in mala-
rial or bilious disorders and it is pleasant,
safe and efficient. 1t is gentle and pleas
ing inyigorant for delicate females and all
who have been weakened by sickness.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Indications.

WASHINGTON, January 23.-For
Tennessee and the Ohio valley sta
tiOnary or slightly falling temperature,
light rain, followed by partly cloudy
weather, and in the eastern portions
stationary and slowly falling barome
ter.
The lower Ohio and lower Missis-
sippi rivers will slowly rise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
General Jackson and the French
man.

AMhns
Wilmington Review
On the morning of the Sth. lust be
tore the commencement of the fight
ing, as General Jackson was surveying
the line of battle, wealthy French
merchant of New Orleans drove up to
the line and requested an interview
with the general On reaching his
presence Jackson demanded of the
Frenchman the object of his visit.
II come, said he, TO demand of
you the return to the city of my cot
ton which you have taken to make
your breastworkS. "
"Ah, said Old Hickory. can YOU
point out the particular bales that are
your property?
Oui, monsieur certaiRment, zat is
my cotton and Eat is my cotton
pointing to many bales in the near
vicinity.
" Well, said old Hickory, If that
is your property you have Just come in
time to protect and defend it. and
calling to a corporal he ordered him to
bring spare musket and, giving it to
the Frenchman, he told him to stand
and defend his property. Atthe same
time he gave the corporal an order to
shoot the fellow down ifhe attempted to
run. There is no doubt but that the
Frenchman was glad that his cotton
was there TO screen him from the
British bullets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Breathitt County.

CINCINNATI, January23. Governor
McCrary has ordered the return of
the cavalry company sent to Breathitt
county, they having performed the
services that were needed. They ac-
complishod the arrest of William
Fletcher, under indictment for the
murder of Judge Burnett.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
MASONIC.
Masonic Funeral Notice.

The officers and members of De Soto I.odoo
No. 299 are hereby requested TO meet nj tbSir
i0dge-r0om tomorrow morning, January %
lelg, a. 9o'clock promptly. for the purpose Of
attending the funeral of our lato brother
J,oHN RopERrsoN, who died Of narnlysis
ths t,his merning. a special train will icavetbe
hlssisslppi ana tennessee railroad depot at
quarter 70 ten o clock Tomorrow morning, 40
carry the brethren aud friends TO lIernando,
Miss, where the funeral will take place AT ii
o'clock. The train will return immediately
aiteT the funeral SO as to reach the city M
o'clock pm; A full and promptattendance
ls desired. Members Of sister city lodges and
visiting brethren are fraternally invited, Nv
order Of BUMP PRICE w Ny
Attesi-H. NJ. RAn1N So l'iNHl :" M.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

SENATOR BLAINBs popularity is
attributed, by a correspondent of the
nter-Ocesn, to the senator's keeping
himself informed on everything that
is going on in the four quarters of the
world, aud having memory that can
retain all that information. 1t is, in
short "dignifed familiarity with the
interests of all men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
mated per wSsSns and other sources

New YoRK, January %, 1925 am
Cotton opened this morning weak
and lower to sell quotations are un.
changed, as follows: Ordinary
Z 9-l6c good ordinary, SIC; low mid
ding, Q l-l6c; middling, g T.l6e good
8 l9.l6c; middliug fair, iOle'
Futures closed last evening firm and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

SENATOR CHRIsTIANcY, of Michi-
gan, who was made phenomenon by
being elected over Zach Chandler in
the neutrality-suspicious. movement,
and who made a sensational and no
little cheap talk by marrying a girl
clerk, is sixty-fvc years old. He was
once free soiler, and very much Of a
radical, intellectual politician in his
State
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

CAIRO, ILL, January %. - River
rising and is about clear of ice, The
wharfboats have been brought back
into the Ohio and business resumed.
Weather cloudy and cool.
CINCINNATI, January q. = River
falling Weather cloudy,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Mr.. Gladstone has accepted the sill
yer axe presented by divers admirers
m a letter saying that its qualities are
of themselves lesson; for It is strong
solid, Of intrinsic value, not easy to
be injured, and not intended to iniure
anything else.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

GOVERNOR BLUE JEANS" VII
LIAMs wants Board of Pardons to
help him do the proper thing for the
convicted criminals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

A story is told of a New Haven
colored preacher, who, when his
church was out Of communion wine
recently, called on a dealer to get
more, and, on belqg asked what kind
he wanted, replied that sons oh de
ladies OBJ de congregashun had Ok.
pressed a preference for gin
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

ceivable charge, Miss Dickinson for
an hour and half defended the stage,
while the audience loudly cheered
her. In this audience were many
actors who, at she conclusion of the
lecture, urged that it should be re-
peated on some Sunday night, in one
of the theaters, that all the profession
might have the pleasure of listening
to it. 1t is thought that Miss Dick,
insOn will comply with the request.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

The Canadian government is con.
sidering the proposal of the agent of a
Swedish colony of 10000 persons for
the purchase of land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Babies are the institution and
should be guarded from attacks of
collie, hatulence, ETC., by DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup. Price 25c a bottle
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

GALVESTON, January 23-Cotton
steady. Middling, Sc. Sales 349G
bales receipts, 1888 bales; stock.
9O,632 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, January q, l1:3O
a.m.-Cotton closed last evening
steady at 5c decline, now quiet and
easy. Middling 9lc. Sales. 1000
bales. Receipts to-day, 1911 bales
stock, 334,527 bales; sales yesterday
1000 bales, the market closing irree-
ular
LIVERPOOL, January 23-2.0O nm
Cotton opened dull and easier. duo-
tations being unchanged from yester.
day: Uplands, SD Orleans, 5 9-l6d
Estimated sales 5000 bales for ex-
port, 1000. Receipts, 2l0O bales all
American; stock, 1900; American
$4,000. Futures closed last evening
dull opened this morning l-32d
cheaper as follows: Deliveries for
January, February and March
. 5-l6d; March and April. 511-32d,
April and May, 5 13-32d Nav and
June, 57-l6d June and July. sd /.
July and August, 5 17-32d Decem,
Der and January shipments, SD: Feb
ruary and March, 3 13-32d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

The new greenback treasurer Of
Maine has the presidents of three
national banks among his bondsmen
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

The Baltimore Every SATURDAY
gives 1t as curious fact that when
tlsh are weig he'd the weight of the
scales have to be counted i'm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

quiet at prices about the same as at
the opening this morning the open
ing figures were 4 points lower than
last night now quiet and firm and 4
To 3 nOints hefter. Delirerins Hnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23
Cincinnati Produce NTnrItet.

CINCINNATI, January 23-Flour
Is dull. Wheat firm and unchanged.
Corn and oats slow and UNCHANGED
Whisky active and higher at SO. Pork
dull at S9.25@9.50 Lard quiet at &c
Bulk meats quiet and held at previous
prices. Bacon scarce and firm at 4,
5l@5sc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

IHE Cincinnati gas companies offer
to supply the city with gas at $3.50. if
1t will agree to use gas for ten years
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

Jim Keene, who made his money in
San Francisco, is geing to lose il in
New York as he intends forming a
large racing stable.
, 1879-09-11
Oyster Culture.

Innumerable beds of native oysters
have been exhausted, along the New.
England coast, and thousands of acres Of
oyster land are under cultivation. Two
acres Of good oyster land are said to be
as profitable q piece Of property as the
average New England farm. But the
intelligent toes of ths New England clam
digger still find no difficulty in fastening
upon their prey in its native sand. The
bakes OF Rocky Point and the annual
meetings of the greedy fat men in Nor
walk do not seem to diminish the supply.
Wonder is sometimes expressed that the
shell-ish of the New England coast are
SO plentiful, after satisfying for SO many
years the appetites Of large population,
and this wonder would be increased,
were it generally know that the untu-
tored savage who preceded us did not
shrink from his share of the labor which
has prevented the oysters and clans from
filling up our harbors. Some years ago
large quarry was opened on the rocky
shore Of the town Of Branford, Conn,
and from it the unpublished rose granite
or syenite SO freely used in the Fourth
avenue improvements, above the Forty
second-Street Depot, was taken. Hun
dreds of years had covered these rocks
with soil and turf. A short distance
from the water were pleasant groves; at
the waters edga were low and level head
lands, and just in front were little islands,
cool and shaded. Here the savage en-
ieyed his clam -bakes. Here he came in
September, having overhauled his al
manac so as to be sure that their was an
''r" in this month, and ate the Juicy
oyster When the soil was cleared from
these low headlands, broken oyster shells
and clam-shells were found lying four
feet deep under the turf. Their condi-
tion was such that their presence was
not explained by the geolosist's theory
of upheavel. What grand bakes and
roasts must these copper-colored heather
have enjoyed on that breezy shore Far
into the cool Autumn night one can see
them lingering around the campfire,
plucking the unluokY bivalve from the
ashes, and wrestling its succulent body
from its hinging shell. The white mans
water was then an unknown Injury,
and when sleep came, it was the sleep
Of the glutton.
, 1879-09-11
Discipline in the French Army

A Paris writer in reviewing the dis
cussion in tho House Of Commons, gives
some facts about the French army. He
says: During the war of lS70-7l SOL
diers were shot in the armies Of Faid-
herbe, Clinchant and Chanzy for offenses
of the most trivial kind; but no one
ventured to murmur because the exi-
gencies Of discipline seemed to render
these executions imperative. Indeed,
the French articles Of war decree death
as the penalty for almost every pecca-
dillo committed, before the enemy. An
officer who servad In Gen. Clinchant's
army told me that one day while his
regiment was on the march soldier of
his company feeling tired removed his
knapsack and laid it on gun-carriage
which was jolting on in front of him.
AT point where four roads met the ar
tillery and infantry diverged, and the
soldier having forgotten to remove his
knapsack from the gun-carriage, it was
carried miles away from him. At teven-
ing parade, however, the soldiers ac-
count of how he lost his knapsack was
not believed. The man was tried by
drum head court martial and sentenced
to be shot, and the sentence would GER
tainly have been executed had not
friend of the prisoner started off across
the country, and luckily recovered the
knapsack just in time to save him. In
Clinchants army, again, two zouaves
one night slunK out Of camp to forage
for potatoes in the fields. They were
old soldiers, who had seer, good deal
Of service and bore excellent characters,
but they were sentenced to death, and
the General would not hear OF showing
mercy; so they We're shot. This kind Of
thing is what the French call frmness,
whereas it is but mere lnrcasoping
cruelty,
, 1879-09-11
A Bad Habit.

But some ladies smoke ; Yes, and
some ladies drink liquor Does that
mend the matter! The Easy Chair has
seen n lady at the head Of her own
table smoking Il fine cigar. You will
see great many hi ,hly dressed women
in Paris smoking cigarettes Does all
this change the situation? Docs this
make 1t more gentemanly to smoke in
a carriage with a lady beside you, or
upon II bench in the piazza But some
ladies like the odor of ~ cigar Not
many; and the taste of those who sin
cerely do SO cannot justify the habit of
promiscuous putting in their presence.
The intimacy of domesticy is governed
by other rules; but gentleman smoking
would hardly enter his own drawing
room, where other ladies sat with his
wife, without u word Of apology. The
Easy Chair is no King James, and is
more likely to issue blasts of tobacco
than blasts against it. But King
james belonged to a very selfish sex--a
sex which seems often to suppose that
it's indulgences and habits are to be ten
derly tolerated; for no other reason than
that they are its habits. Therefore, the
young woman must defend herself by
showing plainly that she prohibits the
intrusion of which, If suffered, she is
really the victim. In other times the
Easy Chair has seen the lovely Laura
Matilda unwilling to refuse to dance
with the partner who had bespoken her
hand for the German, although when he
presented himself he was plainly flown
with wine. The Easy Chair has seen
the hapless, foolish maid encircled by
those Bacchic arms, and then head
long whirl and dash down the room,
ending in the promiscuous overthrow and
downfall Of the maid, Bacchus and mu-
sicians. If in the Grandisonian day
the morals were wanting. it was some
thing to have manners. They at least
were at least to the imagination a
memory and prophecy. They recalled
the idyllic age when fine feelings, and
they foretold the return of Astea to her
ancient haunts Here is young Adonis
dreaming Of four.in-hand and yacht,
like any other gentleman. Let US hope
that he knows the test Of gentleman
not to be the ownership Of blood horses
and a unique drag, but perfect courtesy
founded upon fine human feeling--that
rare and Understandable gsntleness and
consideration which rests upon manner
as light as the bloom upon fruit. 1t
may be initiated, as gold and diamonds
are. But no counterfeit can harm it;
and, Adonis, it is incompatible with
in a lady's face, even if she
acquiesces. - Editors Easy Chair in
Harpers.
, 1879-09-11

was shot in his place of business about II
O'Clock, by Dudley Haskell, n young man
employed in tue law Office OF Latimer &
Morrow.
Out of numerous rumors regarding the
shooting of George Schwartz and the causes
leading to it, the following seems most AL
thentic: Haskell was at meeting ad-
dressed by Judge Terry Last night at D'nai
Birth Hail and occupied seat beside
Schwartz. He claims that lie had no aa-
quaiatance with Schwartz. At certain
points Of Terry's speech Haskell applGuded.
which occasioped tle passage OF some rude
remarks between HIM and Schwartz, in the
course of which LIE called him " son of IA
b. and invited him ont to fight. Has
kell declined, but said that he would send
him his card in the morning. To-day he
walked into Schwartz's place OF business
and snid in effect: "Iou are now cooler
than you We're las. night and l think, ready
to admit that you we're wrong and ready to
retraet your language" Schwartz refused,
saying that he had nothing to retract, and
both drew pistols. Schwartz's pistol
snapped and Haskell missed his aim.
Schwartz tried to dodge under the counter,
and in the act received second shot in the
back Of the head. = u
ThieVss Hanged.
UKIAH, Mendocno county, Sept. A.
Elijan Frost, Bise Gibson and Tom Nc
Cracken were taken from a constable at
Willis last night and hung by mob. These
men were under arrest for larceny of n
saddle and some harness. Rumor has it
that many things have come up missing
lately, and these parties have been sns.
pected. Elijah Frost was the son of Elijah
Frost who was killed some years ago in a
shooting scrape with the Coats boys. He
had been out OF States prison about eight
months, having been sent there from Red
Bluffs for horse stealing.
California Election.
San Francisco, Sept. 4.--Up to ?. NJ.
returns from precincts in the interior in
which the count is complete, stand as fol-
lows: Perkins, 1856; Glenn, Is, 1928; White,
10,138. These figures include returns from
all counties except half dozen small outly-
ing ones, and comprise two-ffths Of the total
vote outside the city. The largo towns Of Oak
land, Sacramento, Stockton, Los Angeles, San
Jose and many others are not included, the
count there being still incomplete. Reports
have been received from most Of them to
the following effect: San Jose, $50 plur.
ality for Perkins; Oakland, over 1000 plural
ity; Sacramento, 1900; Los Angeles, White
leading, Perkins and Glenn about even, not
far behind. All returns 90 to emphasize the
previous report that the Republicans have
elected the entire State ticket by plurality
Of probably not less than $4,000. Page and
Pacheco are elected to Congress and proba-
bly, MoKenna. The contest is doubtful be-
tween Davis and Barbour. Kalloch, for
mayor, retains slight lead of Flint. and the
as to the remainder OF the city
ticket are unchanged from previous advices.
It is possible that the workingmen may elect
some of the supervisors and school directors;
but nothing definite can be stated on that
point. Advices regarding the Legislative
tickets are very meagre, but seem to indi-
cate that the Republicans will have major.
ty. - .....t.
, 1879-09-11

A country woman stopped some ten
minutes in front of n store in Springfield
to gaze at IL patent hy-trap in operation,
which was pretty well filed, and after
studying the placard, So, intently moving
on, after piping out to the great amuse-
me mt of the bystanders: 'Tew dollars!
I wouldn't give two cents for all the flies
in Springfield"
, 1879-09-11

A clergyman in a certain town, as the
custom is, having published the banns
of matrimony between two persons, was
followed by the clerk s reading the hymn
beginning with these words: "Deluded
souls, that dream of heaven
, 1879-09-11

"My! what steep hill! And see those
ten or eleven wretches packed in one
wagon that poor struggling horse can
hardly draw!' "Wretchesl Them are
all Christians, mum, going to camp
meetin."
, 1879-09-11
PACIFIC COAST.
More Shooting.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 2.--Geo. Schwartz,
we'll known al a political manipulation, and
the proprietor of cigar store on Montgom-
cry, between California and Pine streets,