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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
H C0L0RED O P
What will be Done at their National Con-
VentiOn in Nashville, May g..

A convention of colored people of
the United States will meet at the
capitol in Nashville, on the 9th of May,
and will probably continue in session
three days.
The Peoples Advocate, of Wash
ington, d. C., a paper owned and pub
lished by cOlOred men, states that the
following subjects have been agreed
upon by the executive committee for
discussion at the convention:
l. Migration, Rev. j. G. Embry. of
Kansas, opens the discussion by read
ing a prepared paper.
2. The sanitary condition of the
eolored people, by DR.. A.. 7. Augusta,
d. G.
3. Beneficial associations, the expe-
diency of consolidating them, by j.
d. BOwser.
4. Relations of the negro to the
labor question.
). The present political status of
the negro.
6, The necessity of a National Re-
view, devoted to the interests of the
American negro.
z. The moral and social condition
of the negro, Bishop W. H. Miles.
8. The opportunities and capabili.
ties Of the educated negroes.
9. How shall we produce race unity.
and what are the elements which now
retard it.
10. The necessity of agitating the
question of the civil rights Of the
negro until they are fully secured.
II; The necessity of lyceums for
the literary advancement of the negro.
II. Theory and practice of Chris
tianity, Rev. B. 7. Tanner.
ID. The necessity of technical and
industrial education among our youth.
j. W. Cromwell.
II. The duty of assisting our youth
of both XXI in attaining higher and
special education.
10. Necessity of the cultivation of
commerce.
l6. Agriculture and its relation to
the negro race, Hon. j. r. Lynch.
Mississippi.
Il. Are the laws administered with
justice to the negro?
Is. Influence of women.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23

the right, not for the sake or out OF
any regard for the negroes, but solely
in order TO enable themselves to main
tain power by aid Of that vote They
have since been stricken down by this
boomerang of their own. The present
colonization scheme will eventually
recoil upon themselves. Meantime,
however, the poor dupes of
THEIR WICKED CONSPIRACY,
the momentarily infatuated negroes
will be subjected to severe trials,
hardships and suffering. 1t must re-
quire an immense total of money ia
carry through this prodigious c%oloni-
cation movement. 1t is furnished by
the Radicals of the North. The ex-
penditure of the enormous sum for
such a purpose is an indication ofthe
prodigious and desperate and 0
means they stand ready to engage in.
so that they shall carry the next Pres
idential election. 1t is by force and
fraud again, as in 1876, that they in
tend to retain their grasp upon the
government. The Democracy must
meet the issue as men determined that
the right shall prevail at all hazards
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23

extricable confusion and terror
women faint-quite feeble persons fall
and are tramped on-many cries Of
agony are heard-thc broad stage
suddenly fills to s~uffocation with a
dense and motley crowd, like some
horrible carnival-the audience rush
generally upon it-at least the strong
men do-the actors and actresses are
all in their play costumes and painted
faces, with mortal fright showing
through the rouge, some trembling
some in tears-thc screams and calls,
confused talk - redoubled, trebled-
two or three manage to pass up water
from the stage to the PeSidents box
others try to Chamber up, ETC., etc.
In the midst of all this, the soldiers
of the Presidents guard, with others,
suddenly drawn to the scene, burst in
5(some two hundred altogether)-
they storm the house, through all the
tiers, especially the upper ones, in
famed with fury, literally charging
the audience with fixed bayonet
muskets and pistols, shouting Clear
out clear out you sons Of =
Such the wild scene. or a suggestion
of it rather, inside the playhouse.
And in that night-pandemonium of
s~enseless hate, infatuated soldiers, the
audience and the crowd-the stage,
and all its actors and actresses, its
paint.pots, spangles and gas-lights-
the life-blood from those veins, the
best and sweetest of the land, dripS
slowly down, and deaths ooze al
ready begins its little bubbles on the
lips. WALT WHITMAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
New Postage stamps.

Washington Post.l
Third Assistant Postmaster General
A. d. Hazen returned from New
York, yesterday, where he had COM
pleted arrangements for the manufac-
ture, by the American Bank Note
Company, of the new stamps for par
italy unpaid matter. Under existing
regulations, the amount due is simply
marked on the package at the office
from which it is sent, and many times
the postmaster at the delivery Office
fails to collect it. When the stamps
are completed the delivery office will
be compelled to afix stamps repre-
senting the deficit, and will settle for
them in his quarterly accounts. The
stamps will be of the same size as the
regular stamps, but, instead Of the
yignette in the center, there will be
the mineral LIZ, 3, 5, these being the
denominations to be issued. On the
circle surrounding the figure will be
engraved on the upper arc, unpaid
POSTAGE" and on the lower, lone
cent, 'or the other amounts correspond
ing with the figure. The department
is now having designs prepared for the
international postal card, authorized
by a recent act of congress, to comply
with the terms of the Paris Postal
Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
CONSCIENTIOUS WITNESSES.
A Sample of the Testimony Taken al
the Talmage Trial.

Oil City Derrick
The interest. in the Talmage trial
increases faster than interest on a
bank note. In fact, it is expected
that the interest will be compounded
at last, or that the trial will. Our
New York reporter is busy taking
down the notes of the testimony, and
his first page presents the following
appearance
Mr.. Willard to Mr.. Bright, showing
witness a paper" Who wrote that
editorial 2"
What editorial >"
That one my finger is on"
Which inger?"
This finger"
This finger on this editorial"
Yes"
What about it?'
Who wrote it?"
The inger?"
No, the editorial.
What editorial?"
This editorial in this paper, which
| hold up before you, which is headed
Columbine and Harlequin" on which
| now place this thumb"
You want to know who wrote it?'
Yes"
Why2"
It's of interest in this case"
What case ?"
Talmage's case"
What Talmage?"
Do you know who wrote that edi-
torial y excitedly.
What editorial p
The one Just showed YOU"
The one in that papeF?'
Yes"
The one you put your finger OF
first, and then you put your thumb on
it?'
Yes"
You want to know who wrote it2
Yes"
Witness reluctantly replies, ST don
know
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
Carrying Concealed weapons

GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf
The press and pulpit of the South
have commenced a fierce warfare upon
the outrageous practice of carrying
concealed weapons. This sright, and
ought to be kept up vigorously BY
every newspaper in the country until
public sentiment is corrected, and the
law on this subject rigidly enforced.
Why, an honest, upright man, who
expects to deal fairly with his fellow
man, and is not engaged in offering or
accepting insults, wishes to make an
arsenal of his person we cannot un-
derstand. The boys of the country
are growing up in a vice made fashion
able by base men and towards. who
are always expecting an insult, or in
tend a mean act. Society has come to
recognize the practice as a virtue,
or rather as a necessity, and
protection to life and liberty. as
If we were a nation of savage
brutes and all men were thieves and
murderers. To this vile practice the
country is indebted for nine-tenths Of
the murders that are daily occurring,
aud by 1t thousands of boys and young
men are drawn into vicious habits
destructive to good health, good char.
acter and good fortune. A youth out
from home, with a pistol in his hip
pocket, as a protection to his person
and honor, will venture to utter words
and commit acts that he would not
otherwise do. Cowardiee is bolstered
up by the pistol, when remOrse should
smite tho conscience and correct the
mistake, saving the boy from a
wretched life and making him a use
full man.
This terrible mania for carrying
pistols is growing to an alarming
extent among the negroes as we'll as
the whites. A negro will give his
last %hard-earned nickel at day labor
for a pistol, and go bare footed for q
hip pocket and an old buster to hide
the weapon, Just the other day a
faithful old colored woman appliod Ia
US for advice and protection against a
brutal husband, who compelled her Ia
slave for his wants at the muzzle of a
pistol, c~ontantly fourishing the weap-
on and threatening to blow her brains
out.
1t is time that civilized society was
putting a ban upon this miserable
custom and that the law be enforced
to the letter against all, high or low
Of its violators,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
Contemplate Tactics.

San Francisco Examiper.l
1t is already manifest that the Radi-
Gals have resolved upon a most despe-
rate means Of colonizing States of the
Southwest and West, which are GER
tain or likely to go Democratic in the
election OF 1880, under ordinary cir
cumstances, but which they are de.
termined shall cast a majority for their
own Presidential candidate. For this
purpose, having lost the negro vote of
the South, they are now busy in the
scheme to induce the deluded victims
Of their infamous c9Dspl@sy To rush
away from their SQgtherp homes. and
to locate in the States where their
votes are needed to overcome
REGULAR DEMOCRATIC MAJoRIrIEs.
Missouri, Illiu0is, and Indiana. and
Ohio likewise, no doubt, are to be
thus changed from sure or probable
Democratic States into Radical States
The evil will, after all, carry with IL
its own remedy. When the Radicals
gave the elective franchise TO the
negroes of the South, they conferred
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
Queen Victoria IN ItaIr.

Some interesting incidents Of Queen
Victoria's visit to Italy are given by
the Italian papers. Her Majesty is
now staying at Bayeno, which, as all
tourists know, is o charming little
town on Lake MaggiaEe. pppnslte the
Rorromean Islands, Like a true
Englishwoman, sho takes rs much OF
England with her on her journey as
possible. She came by rail to Aroma
in an English railway car, although
the French roads offered her one
more elegant and comfortable. She
declined with thanks the offer OF
King Humbert's carriages for the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
INC Age OF a BengnIese.

Fraser's MRgazine,l
No dependence can be placed on a
Bengal ryot's estimate of age or time.
The different witnesses in a court Of
justice will give as many different
dates for the same event, while any
definite as to age is rarely known, OF
anything probable guessed. If one
asks a man how old he is, he SAYS.
"What do know" If the age of an.
other, he perhaps replies he is extra
ordinarily old, he is twenty. A Judge
of my acquaintance once asked a gray
haired witness his age: "Sir, | am
ten"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23

Not long ago a little daughter of
Attorney. General Schoonmaker Of
New York, was made seriously i'll by
wearing eolQrad Stockings. Her limbs
were covered with blotches caused by
the poisonous ooloring matter used,
aud It was a long time before she fully
recovered. In tho same town, Rond-
out, a bright little girl of eleven years
has just died after a month's illness
from i%ntiammatory rheumatism caused
primarily by the dye used in the
colored stockings she wore The
name of the particular color is not
given,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23

Habitual poor health is a direct re.
suit of habitual poor attention to the
physical system. Keep the head cool.
the feet warm, and the bowels regular
by the proper use of DR.. Bulls Balti.
more Pills, and sickness cannot ap.
proach you. Price 25c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
4 Horror In Stockings.

London World
The last outre fashion in Vienna is
the so-called "Boccachio" stockings +:
!. e., a white silk stocking on the left
leg and a pink one on the right. The
idea was taken from the charming cos
tune which Miss Link-whose mar
riage | announced a fortnight ago
wore in the last act Of Suppe's new
opera. Whether the demi-monde took
the notion from the grand monde. or
vice versa, it is hard to say-they al
ways copy one another. Certain it is
that both the pouches Of society have
adopted the Boocaohio hose, as the
very short dresses and low.out shoes
now worn give one ample opportunity
OF ascertaining. A misogynist would
say that, as many Of these ladies can
hardly tell their right from their left,
the fashion of =" pink and white will
be Of practical use-like the 4" hay
band aud "straw-band for the
recruits.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-23
LOTTERY.
SPLENDID OPPORTUNTTY m
STATE L0TTERY COMPANY

This Institution was regularly Incorporated
by the legislature Of the State for Educational
term of twenty-five Years, To which
contract the inyiolable faith of the State is
pledged with a capital of 81 1000, 900, to which
Il has since added a reserve fund of $4,000.
Its grand Single Number Distributors will
take place monthly on the second Tuesday,
" NEy.kR SCALES OR PosTPoNEs. Look at the
following distribution
CAPITAL PRIZE. a3O. OOO.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
New uarHe1 Baard orIEeai,h.


EW y AE&EI. y pru IS. ~
MIR EpIY3Ri n obedience to a
call from the ate Medical Board Of
Health, tie cjtz AS of gu: town
assembled this evening 10 organ 70 a
Board Of Health to set in connection
with The State E9ard. Gel. H. T.
Dick wgs called to the chair and VIII.
f. Dick elected Secretary. A COM.
m!ltee was appointed on permanent
organization, consisting Of the follow
ing named gentlemen; Rev. J. H,
Jennings, Col. w. B. Cochran, J. H.
Griffin, & g., aud Hon. ;. NJ. Dyer
The committee retired aud after an
absence OF ten minutes submitted the
following report: DR., j. w. Thorn
burgb, President; DR.. 81. p. Cole,
Secretary; DR.. r. e, I. Brazs!ton,
DIR. J. NJ. Burnett, II. J. Anderson,
Esq, Vice President; Col II. Il.
Dick.
Tie report was received and
adopted. On motion The following
named gentlemen were added to said
on, Rev. L r. James, Rev. J. H. Jen-
nings and Col. W. 3. Cochran. APP
nrOpriate addresses were delivered
showing the importance of such an
in every town in the
Stare. The following preamble and
ware offered and unani-
mously adopted
Reniem boring IS We do the fearful
rayages of yellow fever in the borders
OF our State during the summer and
fan of 1878 and OF the epidemic cholera
in The summer of 1878. and consider
ing the importance of using all pres
measures to prevent a re-
turn OF the same, and looking to the
general good health of our people;
therefore
ResoZued, That we endorse the wis
dom of the Legislature in eniarging
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26

the powers of the State Board Of
Health.
RESOLVED, That we ndorse the action
of our citizens in their prompt re.
spouse to the cali of the State Board
to organize.
Resolved, That we, as citizens
pledge hearty support and co'opera,,
ton in all sanitary measures our Board
may suggest.
ReSCir6d, That we recognize the
Board of Health previously appointed
by our Board of Aldermen, and
promise them a hearty corporation In
all their efforts looking to the health
of our town. and vicinity.
ReSOlUed, 1 hat the proceedings or
this meeting be offered for publication
ia the cambridge Waterman, Knox
vile 7Ti5nne, Knoxville CHRONICLE
and the Republican.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
st the office Of DR.. Cole, Wednesday,
April 30th, 1880 p. Ia, at which time it
IS proposed to discuss an important
question relating TO Hygiene. The
citizens of the town and vicinity are
cordially invited attend.
Il. Z. COLE. 81. D.,
Secretary.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
The Greatest Blessing.

A simple, pure, harmless remedy,
that cures every tine, and prevents
disease by keeping The blood pure.
stomgch regular, Kidneys and liver
active, is the grea est blessing ever
conferred upon man. Hop Bitters is
that remedy, and its proprietors are
being blessed by thousands who have
been saved and cured by it, VIII you
try it? See other column.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
Chattanooga Market.
Chattanooga Commercial "a

Chattarooga Commercial April 10
CoRN-On wharf, 49c; in depot, 81.
WHEAT-On wharf, $1.10a11@4.
MEAL-50a521 cents per bushel.
MEATS Bulk meats, long clear sides, sic.
bacon, short clear sides, 6lc; shoulders, S;
Tennessee hams, 7a71.
LARD->-In tierces, Tic; cans, tic.
OATs-Per bushel, 40 cents
HAY-65a75 per cwt., on wharf
PoTAToEs-Irish, 4Ta61c; Sweet, $I.10
FLoUR--Light demand; superfne, per
Dbl, $500; extra, S5.25; family, $3.50;
extra family, $3.50; fancy, S6.25.
PoULTRY-Chickens, 16al7c; turkeys, IS
a8l.
EGes-Per dozen, 9a9lc
BUTTER-Per pound, 15a>2c.
GIEsENG-Per pound, 65aS0.
BEEswAx-Per pound, l8c.
HIDEs-Green, 4c; sailed, 54c; dry
sailed, 7sl0c.
FEATHERS Live geese, 20a35c.
TALLow-Dull, per pound, DC
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
THE
KNOXVILLE CHRONICLE FOR 1879.
SubsCrib Tor Good, Reliable News
paper.
THE
u nuD0MI

poPCl'
Tie DAILY CHRONICLE, and
WEEKLY WING AND CHRONICLE,
will be kept up during the year
1879 to their usual high standard.
BY enterprise, accurateness, and
close attention to the wants of our
readers, we hope to merit a contin-
uation of the liberal patronage
heretofore extended these journals.
Nearly nine years ago, when
there was not Republican daily in
the State, and only two or three in
the South, we commenced the pub
LEGATION Of the CHRONICLE. In all
these years we have battled for Re
publican principles, and see no
reason to change our course now.
Hence we shall continue to publish
truthful, reliable Republican
journal, not the organ of any man
or clique, but the outspoken and
fearless advocate of principles,
measures and men, best calculated
to promote the welfare of the
country and the Republican party
We will endeavor to make our
agricultural columns worth more to
farmers than our subscription price.
AS newspaper our publications
shall not be excelled in the State.
In addition to our Geographic dis
patches from all parts of the world,
our readers shall have the benefit of
correspondence and every other
means through which reliable infor>
nation is obtained,
Each number of the paper will
contain selections made with special
reference to the home circle. We
will continue to avoid everything
calculated to contaminate, and will
publish paper that may be taken
without question within the sacred
prccints of the family circle.
Our market reports shall have
close attention, and be made entire
" correct and reliable.
We call upon all persons inter
.stcd in the publication of our in
fearless, reliable Repub
lean journal to come to our aid and
assist in extending the circulation
If the DAILY CHRONICLE and
WEEKLY WING AND CHRONICLE.
In view of the financial pressure
lpon the country and the general
'eduction of values, we have decided
o reduce the price of the WEEKLQ
WING AND CHRONICLE to suit the
lines, In the future we will send
our weekly paper to subscribers On
he following.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
In tha Chancery curt al KR0xYlIle,
Tennessee
No. 2 23l

Marin Shea W. John W. Hei85eu, ia h own
right and as executor. and Others,
IN IRIS CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
! the bill. which is W0rnt0, that the efsndGut,
Tennessee, so tina. the ordinary process of law
CAP not be ,eFged upon him, it is therefore
ordered by the Clerk and Master that said de-
Knoxville, before the 1st Monday of uno
next, and make defense to the bill f. cd Ia this
cause, or the same will be taken for confessed
and set for hearing ex parte as to him. It IS
further ordered that this roliqe be published IN
the Knoxville WAig and Chronicle Tor four
opsecutivo wasks. This, Z3rd day OF April, 1872.
4 true copy; test, -
apl23W4t N. L. PATTERSON q. ii,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26

wholesale Grain and Produce marls 81

! GEacHItLE OFylCE.
KNoxvJLLs, TEEN., April 2, IL 9. J
The demand for corn still in excess oftht
supply, has forced an additional advance
beyond a shipping margin.
Wheat arrives In small quantities and
eagerly sought b. the city niller3 at prices
above the views OF shippers.
Bacon dull and declining. Lard active
for the local trade.
No demand for field seeds except for
German millet, worth $3.50 to 81 90 pei
bushel
BACoN-Buying, hog round, nominal, Ala
sc. selling, shoulders, 43ci sides, 6a64i hams,
7a8c.
WHEAT-ActlVe buying at 81 10 liz
for white and amber; red, 95c.to 81; selling
per car loads at $1121a1. 10 per bushel.
CCRE-NeW, Loose, 43A45
SoRGHUM-In better demand; % to 3 c.
OATs-Activei buying, z8a30; selling,
S3a35c.
PogAToEs-I4oose, scarce, S0aSI 90.
itv- Bal d 65a7jc per 100 lbs.
.fesEl fEuss- Agpies firm, to lie.
( per pound Poac- rs; halves, i&a2. Bias k
. berries nominal 35s4a
cL-TE-Ln demand &c 1uHtFg exLrn. buy
ing, II 25a2 80, sgllinG S25HGZ IS: family
buying $50 selling, & 70 So per
sack.
gE4TuEEs- Penn. 344so35l 9,.,s z5a
30c
5U2rER--DuIl. medium. Ice good to
prime l5alS2.
EGGs-Buying dull, Sla9c.
ward tendency.
GEEg--CCtiCn, laI4c
SWAP. psI Doo5.a.
IIN-ESg- Spring, 6Oa60.
ENEKA SEaEE-35a40
IELLow ECGG- 4&4s
PINK ROoT-I0a15.
MAY APPLE ROCT--lC.
HLDEs-Dry lOalIc.i green 81.
TALLCW-G1C.
Flax SEED-Per bushel, 70a-5c.
BRASS Be; Copper, l0C.
W0oL-FGr pound 20a30.
APPLES Green, 75aS1.0) per b ushoi.
RYE-2j to 40 cents.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26
Execution Sale.
Criminal Court fer the District of Knox County,
Tennessee,

Criminal Court fer the District of Knox County,
Tennessee,
r. knafl vs.. A. J. Day.
DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID il the above entitled case from the Criminal
Court of Knox county, Tennessee, and levy
made by me hereunder. will proceed on Sat
urday, the 3rd day of May. 1879, in front of tho
court case of hnOx county In Knoxville, Ten
public outcTy for cash IN hand to the CHEST
6idjoT all the right, claim, title, interest and de-
mand which the defendant. A }. Day, has in
ard to a certain lot of lald 'ituated in Swan,
Mabry an Nelson addi ion 0 Knoxville being
lot Nc. 9t on the south side of NabTy street, ad-
joining thu lots OF Luke WiIds and the 1t Of
Gilbert. having front On Mab7y streat OF 81
feet, and running back 20 feet, being the same
lot conveyed to &. J. Day By D. A De 4 .rick
Clerk and Master, on the 18th of hiaT3h, / g.,
AMI regis cred il the Register oiilce Of Knox
unity in DC K E. volume ard page %. = his
sale is made 10 safety judgment and cost
which said Z Anafti 1890, cred aG3 inst 4. J &,
Day il the Criminal Court of Knox county.
tennessee. and s2bjsc. to the homestead right Of
said lay. G. 3. GOSS SIT.
api9 d3tTlt deputy SEer #.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-26

Reported for the CEaogTCLE bq j. ea s. Lee
Butchers. Market Square.
Eao9v:l1e April
Tia market for cattle continues good
Parties wishing to get the best market for
their cattle would do well to sell within
the hext three weeks. The season for hogs
is over. Calves in fire demand. 4
few fat sheep would find ready n1arkct
at quotations.
BEEF CA GEH
No. I, 23a33 cents; good fat, Z3aZ3 cents;
common 10 fair dull, aa2 cents.
CALVES.
Sl.JG to $500, according to quality.
SHEEP.
Sheep in good demand at 2{a3c.