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THE EASTERN FLOUR TRADE.


RAILROAD COMPANIES ALLEGED TO BE DIS.
TERMINATING IN FAVOR OF WESTERN MER.
CHANTS. 3 Si. @
NEY YoBE, April 15.-The members Of
the Produce Exchange in the -four trade
will tomorrow consider the oommunica-
ton from the General Freight Agents Of
the Erie, Pennsylvania and New York
Central railroads, notifying them that after
Monday next the railroad companies will
hold -four only four days Dealers charge
thai this action Of the companies Is for the
purpose OF destroying the flour business oI
New York for the benefit OF Western men,
who will be thus enabled to transact Their
business directly, with Europe, railroad
companies furnishing Western men with
extra facilities iorthe direct transportation
Of Hour from tho mills to the European
HnNkH
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CoLoRED IlIM1GRATIoN.
Convention OF Coloreti Citizens orArknn.
sns at Little R0ak

80 4@ASstV AhDGAs
LITTLE Rock, April l5.-The Colored
Convention called under the Window req.
olutions organized on Saturday, with fair
representation from the different sections
otthe State. Geo. N. Perkins, Chairman
and Henry Simkens and P. A. Jordan Sec.
retaries. Fifteen delegates and as MANY
alternates to the Conference at Nashville
May 9Th, were appointed. Resolutions
were adopted affirming that as the colorel
citizens Of Arkansas in many localities are
notallowed full enjoymentoi constitution.
al rights they are desirous of emigratinp to
some other State or Territory where the
election franchise can be enjoyed unmo.
lested; recommending the appointment
Of two colored commissioners under the
National Migration Aid Society to select A
suitable State or Territory; endorsing
Senator Windows resolutions, and recoms
mending a national donation loan to aid
the settlers in the Territory selected,
The Convention resolved itself into an
auxiliary State Migration Aid Society
and appointed an Executive Committee.
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ANNUAL CoxGREGArloNAL MEErlSG.-
The Reformed Episcopal Church held
their annual election for Vestry and other
officers on Faster Monday. We did not
learn the names of those who were elected,
but that there were some changes, as the
canons of the church require one-third OF
the vestry to retire each. We are also in
formed that the Easter Anniversary OF the
Sunday School will be held this evening
at their usual place Of meeting, McLain's
Hall, when reports will be received from
the classes Of collections made by the
scholars to be used for purchasing an
organ.
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Eouth Carolina Negroes Excited.

WASHINGTON, April l5.-Ex. Congress.
man Smalls, Of South Carolina, arrived
here to-day. He says the emigration
fever is raging fercely among the colored
people there, and the only thing that pre-.
vents stampede towards Kansas is g
lack of means to pay travelling expense,
The colored people are saving and scrap.
ing to accumulate money to move, and
.Smalls says they will "liye on tenpenny
nails" until they get enough to buy tick.
eta TO Kansas.
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CmcAoo, April l5,-winter storage
has expired, and no charters were report
ed OF vessels on account OF the combina
ton recently formed by vessel ownen
fixing tho rate on corn to buffalo at 5lt
and wheatat &c. The southwestern roads
have reduced rates on lumber TO Missouri
river points from 20 TO lSc. 14 ~ I
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nlehIran certaInIr Repnhllcnn.

DETROIT, April l5.-The official returns
Of the recent State elleption, though net
complete, are sufficiently SO as t6 make
certain Of a Republican majority Of about
1000. The total vote SO far received Is as
follows: Campbell, Rep, for Justice Of the
sapFsg4ssc Sup n cSS g9qIt lialsG0ql sAipRapt eqali'
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Habeas Corpus fer TeieEraph Manager.

ST. LoVls, April l5.-A writ Of habees
corpus was applied Tor to-day in the Court
OF Appeals iOrthe release Of E. H. Brown,
Manager Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, who Is in custody OF the CITY
Marshal. By order Of Judge Laughlin, ol
the Criminal Court, the writ was issued
and made returnabie next Tuesday.
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TuE Bic sHoy.-The Great European
Seven Elephant Rfllroaa q sa,aessT asn9sse Sias a
sd. The magnificent advertising car WI
be at Bellaire this morning, NJ, STOW
the General Agent Of the Big SHOW, ar
lived in the city yesterday; l4
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RelIer for CoIorei Refnree.,

CINCINNATI, Aprill5.-A mass meeting
Of colored people was held in Union
Church last night, in which measures were
adoptedto extend relief to the suffering
negroes at St. Louis. aFgeGontrlbpti0n
was received, during the exercises Shd a
committee appointed to canvass the city to
solicit aid. FN Tt ''i
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lhs lntelIigFnfsr,
s..., So.. Is and q Fourteenth street:

,,,yryDor, quantity Of grain has been
onward lately to Baltimore along
: g'I'E t.o W. Of the Central Ohio road. The
iss s',n.ot, nsD a have been stimulated by the
talPh,,nS sasisn,s offered, which have been as
a.", ~ "TI IL cent, per hundred pounds from
b. - =. Ar ives, as Columbus. The
lo'nS '.a~.,s sailing from Baltimore have gone
ss1S,,,S q, 1s,yiy Iadened with this gain, carry.
o.. ea' !, ,t ,a Europe at total cost from Ohio Of
'os !. !. - ..r,. cer bushel. No wonder that
81 ss,.h 4 agriculture is becoming such a
s.. ,.;on. p,obIem in the face Of such cheap
,,,,j.,aas from this country.
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AUSTRIA,


'HLuADIN AuAIN IN TROUBLE.
VIENNA, April ia great storm oc,
CURED at sezegedin Sunday, which de.
stroyed sixty, pile:driving stands and car.
ried away and sunk rats and lighters laden
with materials and provisions, Riyers
Thetss and Masoo are again rising, Ten
more eorpses have been recoyered'
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SAN FRANCISCO, ABril l5.-The revenue
cutter Oliver walcott arrived at Bort
Townsend, from sftka, aud the mail steam.
on California, at Victoria. Nothing impor.
tant Ras OCCURRED stsitka since the depart,
ure ot Osprey.
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or,xbole community will be sorry to
.,J,bs news in this mornings paper Of
ne 's., dnkiug Of one Of the model barges Of
Wv y. Wheeling rowboat and barge Com
,,s,. "T with 5000 kegs Of nails on board.
h. Tis' Tovboat Company has had an unusu.
,ryb,r! streak Of bad luck in the last few
r:r,b,. Nv the "Eugene' being the fourth
r,, roJrl barge sunk, saying nothing Of the
',ig,y ,othe steamer Hobbs, and to one or
,Eo !, .lpall craft at the wharf here. Capt,
81 Horubrook, however, is man Of q
sop, heart, and will never sit down and
SlIhi, hands in despair as long as he is
,hls N move on his feet.
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Pienty Of IIRe q leeide on CasaIaates

BURLINGTON, Iowa, April 15.-The Re.
publican State Central Committee have
called Q State Convention at pes Moines
on Wednesday, June llth, TO nominate a
Governor and full State ticket.
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TaEArER.ooERs, club visitors, late supper.
takers and patrons Of the horse railroad
owl trains, SHOULD all certainly have a bot.
t!e Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup convenient.
Gentlemen you will need Il
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GREGo.-old man Gregg, known as the
preston fire bug" is reported by the
Jailor to have rested well on Monday
night, after his desperate attempt to make
way with himself by swallowing large
quantity Of strychnine, at Waynesburg.
Yesterday morning he was still quite
weak, but able to situp and converse Tree.
ly with visitors. He was more cheerful
yesterday, and although he still seemed to
look forward to his return 10 the Preston
county jail with dread, he appeared to
have become resigned and ready for any
fate that might await him. Hewill remain
inthe Ohio county jail until he is wanted
by Judge Brannon, Of the Preston Circuit.
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iARLEs E. DWIGHT,
PRACTICAL CHEMIST.

g prepared 10 make careful and sOup,.t.
Wa eWnatysea g Iron Ores, LimsstonsA Mineral
wA'efa e@
LAHORAToRE, Con. 2iTH AND CH1pLrss Sra.
Ms WHEELING, W. VA.
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1S gearing any appliance, its success de-
pends upon lts being properly put on.
Fhe Egypa ian Bad Is HRplie9 without extra
charge q The company Offices:
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WHEN you want the best tonics, without
whisky, wear the Egyptian Pad. All
tinctIres and bitters have alcohol in them
and should be avoided,
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FORTY SIXTH CONGRESS.

The Rider OF the Army BIll Lashed by
LoEan-That Gentleman's Arraignment
Of the Democrats for Various Evils
The House has an Interesting Time
Over BragEs' Amendment 10 the Legia.
laiIVe BiIl I'm Regard 10 the southern
Claims Commission.
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HOUSE

Immediately after the reading of the
Journal the Speaker called on committees
for reports. The only report submitted
was from the Committee on Accounts rel.
was adopted. l
Consideration was resumed Of the Sen.
ate bill for the purchase or construction
Of q retrigerating ship for the dislnieotlon
OF vessels and oargoes. After some trifling
amendments the bill was passed.
Mr.. Chalmers rose to q personal expla.
nation In regard TO the statement made In
the Cincinnati Gn:etle connecting him with
the battle OF Fort Pillow and critisicing hil
action at that place, and in reeart
to his speech In Cincinnati, by Ben,
ianin Butterworth. He offered a res
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-13
CAPITOL NOTES.
Nashville American, l2th.l

Nashville American. 12th.l
Thomas Malone was yesterday ap-
pointed special judge of the Supreme
Court to try the case of the Pullman
Sleeping Car Company VS.. the Comp.
troller, in which Judge Cooper is IN
competent on account of having tried
the case in an inferior court.
There was a lively fight in the house
yesterday morning, over the bill
amendatory to the law prohibiting the
sale OF intoxicating liquors within
four miles Of an educational institu-
tlon. It occurred over the amend
ment offered by Speaker Fowlkes to
include within its proper provisions
towns having population of three
hundred and twenty-five inhabitants,
and also towns having a greater num-
6er where policeman is not kept on
duty all the time to preserve the peace.
It was explained that the object of
THIS amendment was to prevent quar-
rels, fights and bloodshed in small
places where there are no officers to
compel obedience to laws. After a
great deal of filibustering, during
which time many members were either
out OF their seats or yelling "Mr.
Speaker the amendment was adopted
and the bill passed. During the dis
cussion of the bill Mr.. Bearden re-
marked that a Pennsylvania Dutchman
had been prevented from selling in
toxlcating drinks near the University
OF Tennessee, but subsequently put
wild cherry tree bark in his whisky
and called it lawful bitters. He
thought the bill would apply to his
case, and he was therefore for it,
Senate bill to allow Nashville to
collect her own taxes passed its third
reading in the house yesterday Mr..
Aimison said it would save to Nash
vile about $1,000 per annum and result
In a closer collection of taxes. The
entire Davidson county delegation
urged its passage.
The bill providing for the protec- :
tion of food fish has been more lightly
regarded than it should have been
1t should not have been rejected
yesterday, after such light considera-
tion. Large numbers of letters have
been received here from nearly every
county of the State stating that the
people are deeply interested in having
a protective law. Unless we have
such legislation, fish will ere long be-
come so scarce and dear as to be only
within reach of wealthy people.
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must have been brave. Captains
Harris and Mcdonald and ex-Mid-
shipman Pipkin, Of the Missouri vol
umteers, and sixty Of their men, side
by side with our brave and trained
soldies, did their whole duty without
fault or fiinchmg on that day. 1t will
not do to claim prominence for Gift
IN this combat of one to thirty, for it
is enough that he behaved Gas / know
that he did, as we'll as the bravest.
and justice to his memory requires
justice to his compeers. To his furthr
honor you might have mentioned his
refusal to be surrendered with his
vessel at Fort jackson some months
previous to the affair, or the Arkansas
when discord of something as effec
tive, gave the lower defences of New
Orleans to the pressing Union forces I;
and still later, Of his daring attempt in
Chattahoochee Bay, defeated by the
desertion of one of his command.
In breaking, for the first time since
the war, his self-imposed silence with
regard to events within his knowledge,
the writer of this is further tempted
to say that there is one person yet
living who could give true history of
the most brilliant achievement in
naval annals. But the way in which
the public has received the writings
of men more distinguished, more ca
pable and more notorious than him
self confirms him in the conviction
that we should leave to the next gem
Grafton the duty of clearing up the
mistakes and softening the crimes of
the present. Nor would the writer
willingly now place upon record any
thing to dim the luster of that flag
once more his Own-which in times
long gone by he carried with honor
twice around the globe and into every
sea known to our naval service. | am,
Mr.. Editor, very truly yours,
KANEMBU.
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FOREIGN.
The Marriage To-day Of Duke of
COnnaught and Princess
Margaret.

LONDON, March 12.-The weather
for the past 10 days has been bright
and fine, afording every opportunity
for preparations at Windsor for the
marriage to-day in st. Georges Chapel
of the Duke Of Connaught, son of
Queen Victoria, and Princess Louisa
Margaret, daughter of Princess and
Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia.
To-day the sky was cloudless and the
weather beautiful.
The procession from Windsor Castle
to st. George chapel was divided into
three parts. On the arrival of the
guests at the west gate entrance. of the
chapel they were received by the lord
steward and vice-chamberlain and
conducted to seats upon the dais. Her
majestys trumpeters at the entrance
announced her arrival by flourish.
The queens procession comprised
three carriages, in the last of which
Ga landau, drawn by four ponies), we're
her majesty, the Princess Beatrice and
Prince Albert Victor, of Wales. The
other carriages were occupied by
members of the royal suite.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by the archbishop of Canter-
bury assisted by the bishops of Lon
don, Winchester and Oxford. and
others. Within the chancel at the
time with the officiating clergy we're
the bride and bridegroom and their
respective supporters, the Crown
Prince and Prince Frederick Charles,
for the bride; Prince of Wales and
Duke of Edinburg for the bridegroom
and the Queen, Princess Beatrice,
Prince Albert Victor of Wales, Prin-
cess of Wales, Prince George and
Princess of Wales. The bridesmaids
were on the western portion of the
dais, with the vice chamberlain and
lord chamberlain on each side. The
other royal personages we're seat
ed on each side of the altar. The
body of the chapel was occupied by
about one hundred and fifty ambassa-
dors and foreign ministers, with their
families, cabinet ministers, members
of the nobility and distinguished SOL
diers and sailors. The queen has
commanded a sketch of the scene.
The royal marriage took place about
one o'clock. The bride was given
away by her father.
AT the conclusion of the service the
choir sang the Hallelujah chorus, and
Mendelssohn's wedding march pealed
forth as the bride and bridegroom left
the chapel.
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The plague fright at Berlin has re-
called the extraordinary precautions
taken during the cholera epidemic of
1881. A cord was drawn in front of
houses supposed to be infected. The
keys were given to police agent, who
three or four times a day went to see
what the inmates wanted. lie then
placed what he brought them on the
outside near the door. The money
was put into a glass of vinegar, and
the agent took it out with a spoon.
The paper on which the commissions
were written he took up with pincers.
When a sick person was taken to the
hospital a police agent preceded the
vehicle with a bell, and two soldiers
kept every one away from the sick
person. The doctors wore cloaks and
masks of oil cloth. The skin of dogs
and cats being deemed particularly
favorable to the dissemination of the
disease, persons were recommended to
kill them, except where they were
positively necessary. For months the
inhabitants lived in trepidation, and
an old lady actually hanged herself
for fear of the cholera reaching her.
The precautions gradually became
matter for ridicule.
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The Late Geo. wy. CIR
KANEMBU. MISS. Morch 3 II

hANEMBU, MISS, March 8, 1879.
EDITOR LEDGER-In your paper of
February 22d last there is a singularly
inaccurate account of the part per-
formed by our late friend Geo. w
Gift in connection with the Confeder-
ate States steamer Arkansas Lieu
tenant Gift served on the Arkansas
as everywhere else during the war
with distinguished zeal and courage
and the exact truth regarding his
official career places his name on our
rolls ofhonor. He was on board the
Arkansas on the memorable combat of
that vessel with the combiaed fleets of
Admirals Davis and Earragut from
sunrise till 9 am. of the 18th of July,
1924 warm mornings work, there
being twenty-three vessels, six of them
lronclads and seven rams, with three
hundred guns and three thousand
men against the single attacking
steamer with ten guns and less than
three hundred people. Stevens, who
afterwards gave his life to the Con-
iederate cause, as did his equally noble
brother, &eneral Stevens, of Hoods
army, in Georgia, was the executive
officer, or first lieutenant Of the Ar
kansas, and John Grimball was second
lieutenant, On such an occasion all
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-13

The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette says that as
to the employment of troops about
the polls, it is not expected that the
Republicans or the President will
deem it necessary to allow the army
bill to fail on that account. In fact,
there are many who believe that the
real contest in the conference on the
army bill, although its discussion was
carefully avoided, was the concealed
opposition on the part of several mem
bers to the railroad telegraph clause,
and that the political amendment was
largely a cover from which to defeat
the new telegraph legislation"
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Attachment Notice.

Before j. NJ. Coleman, J. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn. benjamin Babb VS.. Rembert
Trezevant.
IN this cause an attachment having been
T.. sned out under section Si55 Of the Code ,oI
property Of the defendant" /" and affidavit hav-
ing been made that the defendant is indebted
TO the plaintiff in the sum of $50, due
by note, and that the claim is lust, and
that the defendant Is nonresident of the
State of Tennessee; II is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal appear
anee before me on the 17th day Of April,
1879, at 10 o'clock am, at my office, No. 29l
Front street, Memphis, Tennessee, and de-
tend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
oeeded with ex-parto and that o copy of
this order bo published once a week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of March, 1879.
j. NJ. COLEMAN. J.P.
SMITH 4 COLLIER, Atty's for plaintiff.
IL 1T2229
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RICHMOND opens her arms to the
stalwart senator from Maine. Senator
Blaine, Aanked on one side by Sena-
tor Jones, of Nevada, and on the
other by Representative Loring, Of
Massachusetts,, walked into the Com
mercial Club room as the guest of the
club on Friday night last, and an hour
later drifted over to the hospitable
mansion of the Westmoreland Club.
Saturday the party passed down the
river to Drewrys Bluff and in the
afternoon were welcomed al the to-
bacco exchange.
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lT is given out from the White
House now that, to be consistent with
his Southern policy, Mr.. Hayes would
be willing to allow the repeal of the
test oath and the law allowing him to
order troops at the polls, but that he
will sign no bill that repeals the super
visors law. 1t is, of course, difficult
to tell what the upshot of it all will
be, further than to indicate that the
Democrats are in an aggressive humor,
and are going to stand firm. If the
deadlock should continue until after
the first of July, members of congress
and all the heads Of the government,
together with the United States
Courts, and the clerical forces of the
departments at Washington, would
receive no pay. This might have a
decided influence on congress one way
or the other.
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QUEEN VICTORIA will leave London
on the 25th of the present month for
Paris. The distance between the two
capitals is not very great. 1t has been
done in much less than nine hours,
and can be done readily in ten and
yet it is now a quarter of century
since Queen Victoria crossed the
channel and landed in France. 1t was
not until she had been seventeen
years on the throne that, accompanied
by the Prince Consort and her eldest
son and daughter, she returned in
Paris the visit which Napoleon TIT
had paid to her majesty at Windsor
Castle.
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River Telegranls.

CAIRO, March l3.-Arriyed- Bed
ford, New Orleans, 10 pm; Golden
Rule, New Orleans, l am; Thomas
Sherlock, Cincinnati, , am; Belle of
Shreveport, New Orleans, 3 am.
Departed Bedford, Cincinnati, mid
night Golden Rule, Cincinnati, 9
am; Belle of Shreveport, st. Louis,
5, Weather cool light rain.
PITTsBURG, March 13.-River II
feet 1 inches and falling, Weather
clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, March l3. - River
rising; weather clear and pleasant.
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The Cleveland Leader has been in
teryiewing the prominent Republi-
cans in its vicinity, and finds that
they are all for Garfield for Governor,
but as he is out Of the question the
next best man is Taft. They think
he would unite all the interests. The
oplnion.seemed general that Garfield
would be the next. Senator from
Ohio and formidable candidate for
President.