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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
THE SOUTHERN HIeERA.


Let them go. The South can spars
all the worthless negroes who 60 to
Kansas expecting to live on charity.
They arc no use in this valley or any
where else. Those who arc really in
dustrious and useful citizens have too
much intelligence to join in any such
silly movement. No laboring people
on earth where clothes are worn and
houses fused are better compensated
for their labor than the negroes of the
South. The able. bodied hands do
not on an average work six months in
the year. For this they receive be-
tween three and four hundred dollars
in money, supplies, etc., per capita,
besides what they can make on the
patches and gardens around their
cabins, on which they pay no rent.
The white laborers of the North.
whether they work in factories, shops
or fields are not so well paid. Thou
sands Of them in fact have been turned
out Of foundries, machine-shops and
other places of employment, and
driven to starvation and despair.
The women have been driven to lives
of infamy, and the men have become
trampS. Nearly every Northern State
has severe laws against the tramps,
who have been made what they are by
the bondholding capitalists of the
East. And it will not be long, if South
ern negroes flock to the North, until
laws Of the same kind will be enforced
against them. They will listen to
nothing that Southern white men
might say to them, and the true policy
is to let them go. The Vicksburg
convention to be held on the 9TH will
only hurry the more of them off to the
West. This Kansas fever will abate
and many of the miserable wretches
will come back when able, while
Others will perish of hunger, exposure
and homesickness. The Republican
party propose to take advantage Of
this movement for the basest and most
heartless purposes, not from particle
Of sympathy for the negro OF
any other laborer, but avowedly
to reduce the representation of the
Southern States in congress, and To
increase the Republican representa-
tion. After that the negro may die
and rot for all they care. This great
wrong will correct itself in time. We
can afford to exercise our usual for
bearance and patience. The removal
of five thousand, or even a hundred
thousand negroes, will give other
States a taste Of what we have long en-
dured as an evil, and this will not mate
rally reduce the cotton and sugar crop
If it should, however, prices will 90
up in proportion. Instead of trying
to stay these prejudiced, deluded crea-
lures, let us encourage them to go un-
til they have spread all over Kansas,
worse than the plague of grasshoppers.
Their places can be supplied and all
the richest lands of the South worked
better than ever before. The losses
and the inconvenience will only be
temporary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

A HEAVY influx of foreign immi-
grafton is anticipated this year. The
negroes of the South and the op-
pressed laborers of the East are not
the only people on the move. The
steamship City of Richmond, which
arrived at New York from Liverpool
on Monday, the 29th instant, landed
at Castle Garden 759 immigrants.
This is the largest number arriving by
any one steamer since 1867, excepting
on the steamship Wieland, from
Hamburg, on June 9TH, last year,
when S99 arrived. Superintendent
Jackson, of Castle Garden, anticipates
that there will be IA very large increase
in the immigration to the United
States this year. The emigrant
societies having branches in
Norway and Sweden report that
unusually great preparations are
making for Scandinavian movement
in this direction, There is also
expected large incoming of immi-
grants from Ireland and England,
where thousands Of mill operatives
declare that, being unable TO make a
living, they must emigrate. Large
emigration companies are forming in
Southern Germany, where much
distress prevails. Thousands of Rus
sian Mennonites are also expected tc
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a RndlY RnrstefI FIrnl.

New Brunswick, N. j., May o.
NJ. D. Vincent, Of the firm of Vincent
& Co., clothiers, who was recently sold
out by the receiver, killed himself to-
day. The absconding city treasurer
was member of the firm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

Maude, Vicksburg, z; Chambers, st.
Louis, 8; Greyhound, Memphis, II;
Howard, St. Louis, noon, Clear and
cool.
PITTsBURG, May 2.-River A feet
3 inches, and falling. Weather fair
and cold.
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CineInnnti PrOduce Mnrket.sLI
Cincinnati Musical DiscrimIna.
tiOn.

indianapolis Journall
The managers of the Cincinnati
Sengerfest contracted to bring Mad
anne Alyesleben, a German prima
donna from the old country, paying
her expenses and liberal compensa-
tion. This done, the madame request
ed that the committee furnish free
passage for her maid also. This pro-
position was taken under advisement,
and, after thorough consideration on
high art principles, was politely but
firmly voted down. Cincinnati pos
sesses musical culture, and is quite
capable of drawing the line between
prime-donne and their maids. Its
musical motto, fguratively speaking,
is millions for the donne, but not one
cent for maids.
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An Act TO Protect the Public.

Chapter 256-Section 1. Be it en-
acted by the general assembly of the
State Of Tennessee, That it shall be A
misdemeanor for any person wantonly
or maliciously to throw any stone. wood
or other thing against or into any
steamboat, railway car, omnibus or
wagon, or any other vehicle or carriage
used for the conveyance of passengers.
or upon or in which any person may
be, and upon conviction the offender
shall be punished by fine, not less than
ten nor more than one hundred dol.
lars, and may be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding one year.
Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, That
this act take effect from and after its
passage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed March 81, 1879.
III. p. FowLKEs.
Speaker House Of Representatives.
}. r. NEAL,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved March 81, 1879.
ALBERT S. MARKS, Governor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
Mitigating AIronso,s Grief

W ahSingt0n Post.
With the pleasing prospect of an
early second marriage and a splendid
season Of bull fights just opening up
for him, Alfonso, Of Spain, viii be
able to worry along through the re.
mainder Of his days of mourning as
one not entirely berelt of hope, This
amiable and pliable young king can
have no conception of the agony en-.
dured by bereayed husbands in coun-
tries whose civilization is not suff
ciently developed to appreciate and
patrOnize the bull-6ght.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

emigrate to the United States during
the year, owing to the fact that a
Russian edict has been promulgated
which compels them to do military
duty after 1880. immigration has
begun at an unusually early date, and
it is anticipated that there will be a
total of at least 100000 before January
lat navt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
RICHMOND.
The Murder Case of IOhn E. Poindextsr.

RICHMOND, May2.-The court over
ruled the motion for new trial in the
case Of John E. Poindexter, convicted,
causing the death of G. c. Curtis, but
suspended the execution of the SEN
tence to give his counsel time to carry
the case to the Court of Appeals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretiOns Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was diseov-
cred by missionary in South America. Send
self-addressed envelope to REv. JOSEPH 7.
ISNAS, Station D, New York City.
eod d-0-YxV-Ikw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
British CoIun,I,in.

SANFRANoIsoo, May "a Victoria
dispatch says The second difficulty
has been tried over by parliament,
which was prorogued Immediately on
satisfactory assurances of intention to
commence the railroad this year
having been received from Ottawa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

The sale of the Montgomery and
Eufaula railroad for the benefit of the
bondholders took place yesterday at
Montgomery, Alabama. Contrary to
general expectation the road was not
bought by the Louisville and Nash
vile and Great Southern Railway
Company, but by the Georgia Central
railroad. The former, however, hav-
ing secured some of the bonds realized
about seven hundred thousand dollars
in cash. This was a shrewd financial
transaction. The Louisville road,
however, has secured an outlet in the
opposite direction by obtaining pos
session of the Kentucky division of
the st. Louis and Southeastern railway
from Guthrie, Tenn, to Henderson,
Ky, This gives the road absolute
ownership of the road from Nashville
to the Ohio river and opens a great
Northwestern route from the South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
River Telegralns.

CAIRO, May 2.-Arrived = Maude,
St. Louis, 3am.; Chambers, Paducah,
8; Greyhound, Ohio, II Jas. Howard,
New Orleans, II Clifton, Pittsburg,
noon. Disqualification, New Or,
leans, SPIN; Raven, Nashville, 3a,m.i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
INSURANCE STOCK.
NOTICE.

TN pursuance of the power conferred BY the
/ pledge Of twenty c20l shares Of stock Of the
fernando Insurance Company, by Taylor,
MeGuire 4 CO., to secure certain debts due BY
said Taylor, Mcclure & Co, to said fernando
Insurance Co., will, ON MONDAY, May u,
1879, at the southwest corner of Main and
Madison streets, sell said twenty (20) shares Of
stock at public auction to the highest bidder,
for cash. Sale to take place at u O'clock m.
+. M. NELSON,
d-6l Seo'y fernando Insurance Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

New YORK, May 2, 1928 pm
Cotton closed yesterday evening quiet
and steady at bc advance during the
day; opened this morning quiet and
firm and held higher; now firm at
l-16c advance. Ordinary, 10lc; good
ordinary, llBc; low middling, 11Ic;
middling, II 15-16c; good middling,
IL 5-16c middling fair, 13 Bloc; fair,
IA Bloc. Futures closed yesterday
from 2 to II points higher than the
day before opened this morning
strong and 8 to 10 points better; now
firm as fnllnMs nnlivaries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL.

MENPHis, Maya.
Cotton sales in this market to-day
22OO bales to spinners, $50 bales; to
exporters, 1850 bales to spectators,
100 bales. The market closed strong
at 1llc for middling, an advance since
last evening of &c on all grades.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-For Ten
nossee an Ohio valley, north to east
winds, rising, followed by falling bar
ometer, warmer, clear, followed by
rarity cloudy weather,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

A good nurse is a blessing to every
family, and all sensible nurses recon-
mend that innocent but effectual
remedy for all the pains and ills that
befall baby-Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup.
Price 25c,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

KAISER WILHELMsgolden wedding
will be celebrated June l1th, and the
dispatches announce that the Gar
Alexander will leave Nihilist-ridden
Russia for few days to be present on
the interesting occasion. The German
emperor was married June II, 1929,
to Augusta, daughter Of the Grand
Duke Frederick of Sake -Weimar, who
was just eighteen years old at the
time. The emperor was eighty-two
years old on March 22d. He sleeps on
a little iron military bedstead under a
military cloak, and reads a pocket
bible and the Military Gazette for
literary pabulum.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02

CONGRESS has been in session since
the 18th of March, and yet but FIVE of
its measures have reached the Presi-
dent-one of these the army bill he
vetoed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
JACKSON.
The Court Sill Trying the Taxing Dis
triCt Cases.

Special to the Ledger.
JACKSON, Tenn, May 2.-And still
the Taxing District is on hand.
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New York Cotton Market.

New York Cotton Market.
New YORK, May 2.-2.55 pm
Cotton quiet at / to 5-l6 above opening
figures. Ordinary, 109c; good ordi-
nary, HE; low middling, II 11-16c /;
middling, 12c; good middling, 125-16c;
middling fair, l3ic fair, l4lc. Sales,
ll,474 bales Futures strong; sales,
126,700 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, May 2, 1l:3Oa.m.-
Cotton strong; middling, 11sc. Re
ceipts, 1925 bales Sales, 500 bales.
GALVESTON, May 2. Cotton is
nominal Middling, 11Bc. Receipts,
PIT bales Stock, II ,S27 bales.
LIVERPOOL, May 2, 1870 p.m.-Cot-
ton opened this morning strong at
I'd advance. Uplands, Sgd; Or
leans, 6 ll-l6d. Estimated sales 14,O00
bales; for export, 5000 bales. Receipts,
l0,400 bales; American, 1850 bales
Futures opened this forenoon with
buyers offering l-l6d higher. Deliv-
cries for May, 65d; May and June
81, 6 2-32@6sd june and July,
6 2l-32@6 11-l6d; July and August,
6 23-32d; August and September,
| 62@6 25-32d; September and 0cto-
ber, 6 25-32d October and November,
l6Sd.
Cincinnati Produce Market.slI
CINCINNATI, May Flour dull.
Wheat held higher at 81 03@1 OF.
Corn steady at 37@37lc. Oats un-
changed. Whisky steady at $l.Ol.
Pork unchanged. Lard quiet; sum-
mer, $3.50 bid. Bulk meats quiet; but
little demand. Bacon scarce and firm
at A. 5I@5ac.
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MEETlNG.
i. Q. o. II.

j. .. .. #.
VNHE officers and members of ,,vSss,.
l. Memphis Degree Lodge, No.
3, are requested TO meet at their ~
hall TO. morrow SATURDAY. ssaNe's
evening, May Sd, at 1850 O'Clock, for work in
the degrees. All transient brothers are frater-
nally invited. by order
s. II. GIBSON, Secy.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-14

SEPTEMBER.
The golden rod is yellow;
The corn il turning brown;
The trees 10 apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's blnest fringes
Are curling in the sun:
In dusty pods che milk weed
Its hidden silk has spun.
The sedges fsunt their harvest,
IL every meadow nook;
And astsrs by the brook side
Make asters in the brook.
From dswy lanes At morning.
The grapes sweet odor rise;
At noon the roads oil futter
With yellow buttrflie-.
by all these lovely tokens.
september days are here:
With summers best Of weather,
And autumn's best Of cheer.
But none Of oil this beauty
Which floods tho earth and air,
Il unto me the secret
/ wish makes September fair.
lis thing which I remember,
To name it thrills me yet;
One day Of one September.
! never can forgot.
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sane attention = by calling. ty answering the
following questions:
!. Give your name and post Office address
eeunty and state. and your nessss, express ONCE
T. Your aee and sex.
3. Occupation.
4. Married OF single,
5. Hight. weight NOS and la health?
6. How loog have you been sick,
:. Your complexion, color Of hAlr and eyes.
q, Have you . STOPPING or erect gait,
n 0elaA without reservation all you know
oboot your case. Exclose one dollar - consults-
tisn tee. Your lsttsr will then receive cur ssten-
ton. and ~ wilt give yau tho Astufe Of your
disesse and cur candid opinion corce. hing
cure.
Corzpsten, physicians attend 70 corresponslence
All letters should BE- addressed 20 Dispsnssry.
l7ls Filberf street. Philadelphia. Pa.
II. T. HELMBOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Phiiadelphia. Pa.
SOLD EvERvWhERE.
je-5dAWiy
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-14

CxrYKD s1Afxs DmTnscr Lam OyucR
OLUYIA. WA&UyoUuN Txzz11ouY
NoTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT, N CON-
~ pliAnce WIN the provnions Of the Ae. of
es6ApprUved June 3. 1878. entitled An Act
3oe tnA sale Of Timber Lands in the States Of CAL
ifoenis. Oregon. Nevada sad wshtnxsun ferri.
tory" 1ichael fhielen. Of Kitsap county, wssh.
tngson Territory, has this day Eled in this once
AaA epp1Scasis0 - purchase ths ". j Of NJ L
aAip No. s North, Range No. East Of a Vii.
larnetta MERRIAM.
An, M III pessons e.sinhg adversely the said
dfGnheA 1An6 q any puRun thereof. srs Arre-
oy required 70 dle thefr Claims in this once with
N sixfy te0s days from date hereof.
0tsso uDdRny Aan6. q my e1See in O.ympIa
". /. tas tie 1ss dAy Of September. 4. D. ls;,.
J. r. BROWN.
ssvIeW Register Of the Land Once.
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Mr.. PAUL scHoKXR PRACTICAL PfAnO
vi xakR I'D rasss. WI b. Aess il ssp4su.
6oR. - renew anA r1ne Psanne: hts fusmae -.
eaaAfai visits sDAsAneso akisfAc11oa.
0rasn - - IN q v. B. PumphseyS Dosk
oooee. MIN
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-14

Sarah Beruhardt during . six weeks
matt 70 Loodou. 10 reported 70 have re-
alised $500 b. private performances.
and upward q $1,000 by her paint
inss. The pressnts she received from
the Princess OF Wales downward were
also very valuable. Her pay from the
Comsdis Fnncaise during this period
wos hat Z, triAs in coupaRisoa With hss
outsids earnings.
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CMrxp er1fn DnvRIcr hAND OSvfcR.
OLYNPIA. WARRINGTON TKRRrrosY.(
NORGE IS HEREBY OWEN THAT IN CON.
N pliance With the provisions Of the Act Of
Congress approved June 5, 1878. entitled AN Act
for the saae Of Timber Lands IA the States of Cali.
fornia. ORE gon. Nevada and Warrington Terri
tory" Daniel Marvin. OF Saohomish county,
Washington Territory, has this day nleA in this
once his application 70 purchase the ". y Of NV
/. 81 II Nv. / md 4W. / Of NJ. 1 Of Sec
tina 10. II. in TownsAip No. 81 Nussl. Ianss 10.
4 East Of the Willamette Meridian.
Any and al perAons elatntAg adversely the said
described Land, OF any portion thereof. hereby
required 70 nls their claims in this sf6ce within
sixty 1907 days from date hereof.
Given undsr my hand. q my once, In Olympus,
". this IL Isedsg Of DepeeobR. A. D. 1879.
TT. BROWN
sowlov Register Of the Land Once.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-05-24

A HOAX WHICH WORKED GooD. One
of the Gle verest hoaxes ever perpatrated,
was one invented by Swift, and intended
for the public good. He caused to be
printed and circulated some last words
OF a street robber named Eliston, pur-
porting to have been written shortly be.
fore his execution, in which the condemn.
ed thief was heard to say: Now as | am
dying man, | have done something
which may be of good use to tho public
have left with honest man--the only
honest man ] was ever acquainted with
the names OF all my wicked brethren, the
places of their abode, with a short account
of the chief crimes they have committed
in many Of which ] have been their &C
compiice, and heard the rest from their
own mouths. / have likewise set down
the names OF those We call our settlers, of
the wicked houses wo frequent, and all
of those who receive and buy our stolen
goods. have solemnly charged this
honest man, and have received his pro-
mise upon oath, that whenever he hears
of any rogue to be tried for robbery or
house breaking, he will look into his list,
and if he finds the name there of the th ief
concerned, to send the whole paper 10 the
government. OF this give my compan-
ions fair and public warning, and hope
they will take it, We are told the Dean S
ruse succeeded SO well that street rob
berries were for many years after few and
far between.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-05-24

VoLTAIRE's "A T. Stewards
remains can hardly have more check
cred career than those ofa very different
cclebrity-Veltaire. When he died at
Paris, in May, 177S, the Church there re-
fused sepulture to it arc h. enemy, and his
body was inferred at Scelieres, in Cham
pagne, During the revolution, the Ma
tional Assembly decreed that Voltaire's S
remains should be brought to Paris, and
they were accordingly deposited in the
Pantheon with great pomp in 1871.
Thither, too, presently came the body of
Rousseau. One dark night in May, 1914
when the Bourbons were enjoying tn cir
own again, some of the faithful, indignant
that the bones of such enemies to religion
should rest in consecra:ed ground, threw
them pelmell into a sack, and car
ried them to point in the soburbs near
Bercy, where there was a large vacant
lot belonging to the city. Here hole
had been already dug, and the contents
of the sack were shaken into it and cover
cd with quick lime. The hole was then
filed in and the conspirators trampled
down the earth.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-05-24

TOLD HER So.-The late Mrs. James
W was equally remarkable for kindness
of heart and absence of mind. One day
she wGs accosted by a beggar, whose
stout and healthy appearance startled her
into momentary doubt of the needtulness
of charity in this instance.
why claimed the good old LADY,
"you look we'll able to work"
Yes replied the supplcant, 'but l
have been deaf and dumb these seven
years.
Poor man, what heavy affection !"
exclaimed Mrs. W, at the same time
giving him relief with liberal hand. On
returning home, she mentioned the fact,
remarking, "What dreadful thing it is
to be deprived of such precious facultiesl"
"But how" asked her sister, "dd you
know that the poor man had been deaf
and dumb for seven years?'
why" was the quieta and unconscious
answer, "he told me so."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-05-24

THE Boston Transcript tells the droll
story: An old sea captain, we'll known
in the days of Havre packets, who had
sailed the seas over, for fifty years and
more, used to tell Chat in the early part
of his first voyage as captain, when he
had but just turned twenty one, his cabin
boy compla ined of lame back.
There was medicine chest aboard
whose contents it was the capsains's duty
TO dispense according to the best of his
knowledge and ability. In n shallow
drawer Mt the bottom Of the chest were
two or three Spanish fly plasters spread
on kid, and one Of these the captain de-
cided to apply to the boys back.
II was done and the little fellow sent to
bed. In the morning he was on hand
bright and early, bat the captains usual
cup Of coffee was m issing.
Cook isn't up, sir,' exclaimed the
boy.
why is he not?' asked the captain.
Says he can't get up, SIR
why not?'
Says his back hurts him, sir
Back? What's the matter with his
back?'
The plaster, sir
What do you mean9' exclaimed the
captain, i didn't put the plaster on his
back
"No, sir, but 1 did," whispered the
boy.
You did, you young rascal howled
the captain, jumping from his berth,
what or earth did you do that fol?'
Well, sir, ans wered the boy, getting
wei! out Of the range of any stray boot,
jack or other missile that might chance
to be within the captain s reach, when
woke up in the night it hurts me so that
! had to take it of. The cook was in the
next bunk asleep, and l just clapped it
on his back. aidn I want to waste the
plaster, SIR