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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08
One of the Results,

Philadelphia North American.
One Of the unanticipated results Of
the resumption of specie payments is
the transfer>of an unexpected amount
Of foreign capital to this country in
search Of investments. The first
token of this was the establishment of
a large Dutch banking and commits
sion house in New York, and this has
been followed by the placing of the
the new Canadian loan in New York
and Philadelphia. This is the first
foreign loan ever offered in this city,
and such an event would have been
deemed impossible a year or two ago
We have been so accustomed to going
to Great Britain to borrow that the
idea Of lending to Canada on better
terms than she can borrow abroad
seems at first preposterous. But the
loan is now offered by brokers in this
city; and one Of the largest French
banking houses is represented in New
\ lork now by its managing director,
who seeks to establish branch in the
seaboard cities. London will still
continue to be the clearing house of
the world, but every year sees larger
proportion of the worlds commerce
and trade transacted without paying
her bankers to make the exchange.
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1ncendiarieS Attempting to Burn
the City OfCOIHmbuS, q.

COLUMBUS, March S.-Citizens and
police have thus far failed to discover
who it is attempting to destroy the
city by fire. Night after night the
past week one or more fires have oc-
Cured, principally in stables, which
point to incendiaries. Between 2 and
4 o'clock this morning eight stables
were burned, while attempts were
made to fire other buildings by using
rags saturated with coal oil. As far as
can be learned the only insurance on
destroyed buildings was $500 in the
Mechanics and 500 in the Hartford,
Of Connecticut The police force has
been increased and many private
watchmen placed on duty.
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FOREIGN.
A French Newspaper Fined 5000
Francs.
Resolution Recommending the I'm
parchment of French Min
listers.
The Population Of Macedonia Emigrating
Before the Advance Of the
Turkish Troops.

PARIS, March 9.-The Revolution
Francasie has been fined 5000 franc:
for publishing articles written BY
Wales and other condemned commun.
lists.
NAPLES, March 8.-Passanate be-
ing asked by his counsel if he wished
to take an appeal replied, "Nol
wish to die soon.
PARIS, March 8.-The following is
the resolution recommended by the
impeachment committee to the cham.
Der OF deputies for adoption: "The
chamber recommends the impeach-
ment of the ministers on the 10Th Of
May. Orders sending up of the
report and its appendic to the senate
and appoints a committee of five OF
its member to proceed with the charge
and act as public prosecutor" Wad.
dington, president of the council
and minister of foreign affairs, aud
Leroy minister of Justice, conferred
with the committe on the rpturn Of
the chambers to Paris. They declared
they would be willing to favor the re-
turn but for the fact that the cham.
bers had to effect such change in the
constitution that they would have to
be constituted as a national assembly
The ministry would also prefer the
question to be postponed till after the
impeachment decision"
The left center, forty members pres
ent, decided against the return tt
Paris. The Centrists, the stronges
group of Republicans, ninety-eigh
members, decides that none of it
members can be connected with an
other group. 1t is understood thi
decision is contrary to the wishes o
Gambetta, who desires the fusion O
all the sections of Republicans. Thi
fusion is also desired by Radicals
The assertion that Grevy will resigr
If the impeachment is carried, is re
garded as idle invention.
LONDON, March 8-Only the smal
theater and some of the electric ap
paratus in the Royal Polytechni
institutions were destroyed by fir
there last night.
TIERNovA, March 8.-The popula
tion Of Djuma, Macedonia, is emigrat
ing en- masse before the advance of tn
Turkish troops. There is great ex
citement in Ticrnova. Telegram
on the subject will be read at the mex
sitting of the assembly. Telegram
from the vicixity of Adrianople Civ
the names of people cut in pieces b.
the Turks in districts evacuated b,
the Russians.
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The Peoria WhiSlIy Crooks.


The Chicago Times, of the 9th, CON
tains the following dispatch from
Springfield, ILL.,: Some facts are com
ing out in connection with the recent
raid on the Pekin and Peoria whisky
crooks, which it will be incumbent
upon Mr.. Merriman, collector of in
ternal revenue for this district, to ex-
plain. While engaged in making the
arrest at Pekin Deputy Marshal Uhas.
Roe collared Henry Pratt and p. S.
Adams, gaugers at John d. McIntire' S
distillery, but was compelled to libe-
rate them because, although their
names appeared in his list of the in
dicted, no warrants for their detention
could be found among those furnished
him. This in itself looked strange,
and the matter grew queerer than
ever when Roe found the experience
duplicated in the case of James Pal
mer, ex-store-keeper at Reisinger's S
distillery. While the racket was in
progress Merriam arrived on the
ground, and affairs were placed
on basis of general understanding
between him and the three officials
named, who, when they found them
selves safe, grew indignant and volu-
BILE. 1t is now alleged on high author
ity, that the grand jury returned
indictments against all these parties.
but that they were suppressed,
although possible evidence, document
airy and oral, was at hand, charging
Pratt, who is an ex-preacher, with
having sworn to the destruction of
stamps afterward found on barrels of
whisky in Indianapolis and Logans-
port; AS for Palmer, who is cousin
of Merriam's, he was joint storekeeper
with Traeger, at Reisingers distillery.
Iraeger is now under $1,000 bonds. but
Palmer goes free. When this state of
affairs transnired it is alleged that the
government building was the scene of
big old row, in which Merriam came
out practically ahead, the agreement
being that these cases esshould positively
be considered by the next grand iury.
The whole thing looks suspicious, and
will hardly bear scrutiny
John Mohr, Of Pekin, one of the
indicted crooks, came into the United
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A ST. PAUL special to the Chicago
Times independently says that Mr.,
lgnatius Donnelly's case Che is con
testing the seat Of Mr., Washburn) is a
strong one. The secretary of State is
shown to have dropped, through an
error, some 800 votes from Donnelly's
returns, and proof is adduced of some
twenty different cases of bribery, be-
sides such Irregularities as occurred
at Crookston, where, though the vot-
ing population was but 100, 264 votes
were cast.
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States Court to-day yand gaye$1OO0 bail.
George .. Glassford, who had before
gwen bail on part of the Indictment
against him, gave $1,000 more bail to-
day, which makes his bail good on the
eleven indictments against him.
The Ohio parties connected with the
Pekin and Peoria rings arc not of
Cincinnati, as was supposed, but are
Mark Jones and Thomas Dewar. of
Newark, Ohio. Jones is a rectifer.
and is charged with receiving crooked
goods. Dewar was a stamp peeler.
and, it is charged, used to take off the
stamps and ship them back to Pekin
and Peoria. 1t is supposed they are
in custody by this time, though the
marshal here had received no infor-
nation from the deputy who was sent
for them. Miles and Stearns. of Bos-
ton, were, no doubt, arrested also this
afternoon, as the deputy should have
arrived there at 2 pm. Jacob Knoll.
John Davis and John Carl, of
Pekin, came here to-day. They
have been employed about vari-
GUS distilleries there for years
and will be important witnesses for
the government. Deputy Marshal
McCord is out after s. H. Almon. a
hotel-keeper at Tamaroa. He was
deputy supervisor for Dan Mum. and
in 1875 visited Pekin and examined
the distilleries, and reported that
everything was straight there. 1t
turns out now that w. H. McIntire.
who has been spoken of as the disin-
herited son of j. d. McIntire. has
several reasons for giving away the
ring. He is the son-in-law of James
McGrew, who is also indicted. and
when he got into trouble through
crookedness some years ago put money
into McGrew's hands for safe keeping
This money, as the story goes, McGrew
would not return, and when McIntire
insisted upon it McGrew had him in
dlcted for a conspiracy to extort
money, and he was tried on that
charge, but acquitted. There is no
end 70 the complications about this
crooked business, and it will be a long
time before all the facts are unrayeled
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THE NEW HOUSE.
Prospect of Lively Struggle Over the
OrganizatiOn---A Long Session
Probable.

Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer,
Speaker Randall stated today that
he was satisfied that 14S members
would attend the Democratic caucus.
This number would be a majority
OF nine over all others, because
there will only be 2S7 members of the
next house at the time of organization
if all are present, as there are six va
cancies-four from California, which
has not yet elected, and two vacancies
oceasioncd by the death of Schleicher.
of Texas, and Smith, of New York.
both members elect. To make the 14S.
every Demociat must be present but
the probability is that four or five will
be absent, as Acklin is lying at the
point of death and Lay and Bland, of
Missouri, are sick. In the 148 are also
counted Ladd, of Maine and Singleton
Of Illinois, who are both pledged to act
with the Nationals. The Republican
strength is 1870. This, added to Ran
dali $ estimate of l4S, would make a
total of 278, but leave only nine for
the Grccnbackers; but one Of the most
conservative Of the National members
elect said to your correspondent: I'VE
have fifteen members elect upon whom
we can depend. You know" he
added, that we claim twenty-one. but
there are some Of these that do not
think We are certain of. The indica-
tions are that they will act with us,
but it is not safe to count them. |
believe, however, firmly and thorough
Iy, that there are fifteen who can
neither be bought nor traded for, and
who will stand firmly together" If
this is so, it is evident that somebody
else is wrong, and the organization of
the next house is liable to be a com
plex aud difficult problem. If there
are fifteen out-and-out Nationals
and 1870 Republicans, then there can
be only l42 Democrats, even if none
are sick or absent. 1t is quite among
the probabilities, therefore, that there
will be prolonged contest over the
organization. The longest ever known
was when Banks was elected speaker
The congress met December and he
was not elected until February ? fol
lowing There were l33 ballots. Banks
was finally elected by a plurality, a res
olution having been adopted after the
one hundrd and twenty-cighth ballot
that a plurality should elect if after
four more ballots no one received a
majority. 1t is not probable that the
present contest win be as long as that,
but it may be.
The prevailing impression is that
the called session will last any way un-
oil next AUGUST.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08
Senator McCreerv.

Washington POST
Senator McCreery's retirement is
sincerely regretted by all his associates
in the senate, OF the many distin-
guished men who have occupied seats
in that body few have been so fortu-
nate as he in making friends and
avoiding enmities. Although an earn
est partisan, ever ready to contend
manfully for his party when its faith
was assailed, his opponents ALWAYS
found him genial and kindly disposed
He seldom broke the silence of the
senate, but when he spoke he had the
attention of senator's, and displayed
such oratorieal power as is rarely wit.
messed even in that chamber.
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River TeIegra,us-

CINCINNATI, March s. River ris
ing slowly. Weather clear.
CAIRO, March S--Arrived-AnniC
P. Silver, St. Louis, l am; Vint
Shinkle, Memphis; City of Helena
st. Louis, 3 Robert Mitchell, New
Orleans. Departed-John Means, st.
Louis, 9; Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati, 4
am; Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati, 8;
Cityo Helena, Memphis, Q. Wealth
er clear and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD is
out in letter to the New York Even
ing Post in favor Of Senator Ferry's
bill providing for the reorganization
of the militia, as prepared by the con.
vention lately assembled in that city
lie says; " | sincerely hope that this
bill may be passed during this session
of congress, for our State militia or
guard, which should be the main re-
lance Of each State to maintain order
and enforce the laws, are generally
much in need of proper organization,
equipment and discipline.
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Bank Statement.

New YORK, March s. Loans
increase, 1857 300; specie increase,
S4SS,7O0 legal tender decrease, 81
OjSOO0; deposit decrease, Sl36,6OO;
circulation increase, $4,000; reserve
decrease, Sl,535, ,l5O; banks now hold
$i225,725 in excess of legal require
ments
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disappointment and Suicide.

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
CLEBuRNE, TEX, March G.-The
community was shocked to-day by the
suicide of a handsome young school
teacher, Martha Scruggs. She had
for some time been engaged to marry
a young man at Little Rock, Henry
Crowley, Of whom she constantly
spoke. The wedding was to come off
in April. She received a letter from
Little Rock inclosing printed invi.
tation to Crowleys wedding with
another. Miss Scruggs then swal.
lowed strychnine, and died in horri-
pie convulsions and great agony.
Medical aid was summoned too late.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

Miss FANNY BAsEvI is a young
cousin Of Lord Beaconsfeld, who is
distinguishing herself in painting
among the art students at Kensing-
ton. She come from clever family
her sister Agnes, married to a Prus-
sian officer, is known in German mu-
sical society as brilliant pianist,
and her brother, the late Captain
James Palladio Basevi, was efficient
in conducting the trigonometrical
survey of India.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

JOHN BRIGHT is another level
headed statesman who believes that
there is tendency to legislate too
much. To a constituent who recently
urged legislation against tobacco smok-
ing he said "We have rather too
many laws already, and | prefer to
leave such evils as you refer to, to the
parental supervision and to public
opinion and the effects of a better
education among the working classes -
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New YORK, March 7.-12:59 pm
Cotton closed yesterday quiet; opened
this morning steady and unchanged.
Ordinary, 7ic; good ordinary, 8 l3-16c
low middling, 9sc; middling, 9ic;
good middling, 10sc; middling fair,
IL 3-l6c; fair, l2c. Futures closed
last evening easy af1 to 5 points lower
than the day before; opened this
morning steady now quiet and steady
at 2 to 5 points above last evening.
Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

EDWARD 0'KELLY, the Fenian,
who arrived at New York last week
in the steerage on the steamer Ma
rQthon, paying his own passage, had
been sentenced to life term for
shooting an inlormer, whom he
wounded seriously. He was then a
young man of twenty-seven, 1.-THE, and
with full head of curly black hair He
is now bent and walks painfully, while
his head, except here and there a few
white hairs, is bald lie is a shoe
maker and will work ut his trade,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

Mrs. LOCKWOOD, who two years
ago was ungallantly rejected because
ofherssex, was Monday last admitted
to all the rights and privileges of a
counsellor of the Supreme Court Of
the United States. 1t is the first ad
mission of the kind in the history Of
the court.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

FIELD, Letter & Co., the great Chi
cago wholesale dry goods house, have
just purchased the new Singer Com
pany's building, in that city, which,
with possibly the exception of Stew
arts, in New York, is the largest dry
goods palace in America. The price
paid was $4,000
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

II is reported that Mr.. John Rus
sell Young and his brother will set up
a stalyart Republican newspaper in
Philadelphia after General Grants re-
turn to this country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

LADY GooCH, who some time ago
endeavored to palm off spurious
child upon her husband, is now suing
him for divorce, alleging his unfaith-
fulness as the ground of proceeding.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

THE old charge that the United
States Marshals, in taking the census
of 1870, Disseminated against the
Southern States so as to cut down
their representation, is repeated by
the Louisville Courier journal Dem. J,
which expresses the belief that the
census of 1880, under Democratic
auspices, will greatly benefit that
party.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

THEY have liberal notions on the
subject Of rates Of interest in Mime
sofa, where the legislature, after a
good deal of a struggle, has been un-
able to reduce the legal rate below ten
per centum.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

In spite of Queen Victoria's hint
that she had better stay at home, the
Empress of Austria, with large suit
and stud, has gone to Ireland to enjoy
the pleasures Of fox-hunting for a
season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

DR.. David Murray, the American
gentleman who has had charge of the
cause of education the last FIVE years
in Japan, has received from the en-
peror a decoration of merit and a
present of money.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

TIE Albany Argus predicts that if
the bill limiting interest to six per
centum in New York becomes a law
savings bank depositors will receive
only four per centum.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

THE Mardi-GrasSrocession at San
Antonio, Texas, was so tame a specta-
Gle that the correspondent of the Gal
weston News writes that the Catholic
and Episcopalian bishops of the do
cese have exempted all who saw the
procession from any additional peni-
tential notifications during Lent"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

A BILL has been passed by the Illi-
nois senate to allow persons convicted
of less than Sl5 to be sentenced to
work on the public streets or roads in
chain-gangs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

GOVERNOR BlsuoP, Of Ohio, tells a
correspondent Of the Cincinnati En-
quirer that he thinks he could be re-
elected, because he knows his own
strength.
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INSURANCE
WARNING.

VNHIS Is 10 notify the public that we are the
IL only persons now residing hero who nrS
commissioned agents Of tho WEST(HfFS
TEA Fire Insurance Company Of New York
and WESTERN Fire Insurance C0mpan. ot
Toronto, and any person or persons rfrrs-
senting anything % the contrary gre ins.
posters and unworthy Of credit
MURPHY 4 MURPHY
General Insurance Agents, No. IA Naai,.,
street, Memphis, Tenn, Hfii9
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, March S.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley warmer
and partly cloudy weather during the
rest of Saturday, with southerly to
westerly winds aud falling barometer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

A VERY stringent bill to prevent
trade IN immoral literature and arti-
cles has been reported in the Massa.
chusetts house of representatives
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

Roaring fun from London Fun
" When man marries devil of a
temper, may he be said to have made
a lucifer match o.
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F,nusIuIentPaige.

BosToN, March S.-Paige has been
found guilty of the general charge Of
conspiracy to defraud creditors. A
new trial is asked for.
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BUSINESS CHANGE


fINAE cqpartnership heretofore existing un.
!. der the firm lme Of JOyuer, lennon i
Gale, composed Of William Joyner, Henry +.
Lennon and Tom Gale, is dissolved by the
death Of William Joyner. The business will
be continued by Henry T. Lennon md Tom
Gale under the firm name Of Lennon 4 Gale.
MARIA l. JOlNER. Executrix,
TOM GALE, l52-l57
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

London Judy wit: ut is a fact not
universally known that upholsterers
are generally chair-or-table people"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

Mr., Hepworth Dixon, having broken
his collar bone in Cyprus, is lecturing
about that British territory,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08
Clncinnati Produce ATarket.

CINCINNATI, March g. Flour is
steady and firm. Wheat, quiet and
unchanged at Sl@1 o.. Oats steady
at B@3Oe. Whisky steady at 81 oil.
Pork unchanged Lard quiet; held
at &c. Bulk meats and bacon quiet
and unchanged.
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MEETING.
Notice TO Stockholders.

BANK OF COMMERCE,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 6, 1879. I
nHE annual meeting of the stockholders of
Il this Bank will be held at their banking
house on TUESDAY, the Sth day Of April,
1879, between the hours Of 10 m. and 3 D. IN.
at which time an election will be held for five
OF more directors TO serve the ensuing year.
By order of the board.
7-S2 r. A. PARKER, Cashier.
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NOTICE.
LOTTERY.
ONLY $4,000 TICKETS

I N the great Grand Extraordinary Drawing
1 Of the Havana Lottery. S2,250,OO0 10 be
distributed in prizes Capital Prize, ST.
VOO,OOO. To take place April 5, 1879 Send
for plans at once 10
BORNE0 x BROTHER,
l49-17l Oldest Gent Agents. New Orleans, La
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7 VI - s's'sssssfs sfsss9ssssss l1lVTVV
NEW ORLEANS. March g. 11.3O n m

NEW ORLEANS, March 8, 11:30 m.
Cotton steady. Sales, 1000 bales.
Receipts, 4l75 bales. Sales yesterday
5000 bales. Market closing firm with
a good demand. Stock, 310,127 bales.
GALVESTON, March S.-Cotton is
firm. Sales, 1860 bales. Receipts,
SOB bales. Stock, 81 ,564 bales.
LIVERPOOL, March 8-1215pm.-
Cotton opened this forenoon dull and
at unchanged quotations. Upland
middling, 55-16d; Orleans, 5 7-l6d.
Estimated sales 5000 bales for export,
1000 bales. Receipts, 16,4OO bales;
American, 1850. Futures closed
last evening with sales free at pre-
yious prices; opened this morning with
buyers at last evenings prices. De-
liveries for March and April, 5 II -32d;
April and May, SD June and July,
. l5-32d February shipments, sd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-07

Special contrscts will te msds with yearly ad-
vertisers.
Marriage and DEATH Notices fifty cents. Oblsu-
aries will be charged at advertisement rates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-07
DRY GOODS.
RY GOODS FROM NEW YORK TO.

TRY GOODS FROM NEW YORK TO-.
IL DAY.
March 4th, 1879.
We arc getting in s great many choice snd
very cheap goods for early apring sales, and de.
Specia attention is invited to our stock of
Table Damasis. Towels. Napkins, Shce,ings,
Quilts, Calicos, White Goods SC &c.
Black Goods specially. We open today the
best limo Of Black French Csshmeres evor offer
ed by US in this market, and a. prices which de-
fy competition Call and see
u. +. BkASHEAE,
II. Z. Hoomes Nc. 100 King street,
NH Alexandria, Va.