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coLoREp 'pINIoN.

EDITOR LEDGER:-I was standing
in front Of the Odd Fellows hall this
morning, when a very nice young
colored gentleman came up and said,
boss, have you made your 'pinion on
the coming lection? | said | had de-
cided to vote for some of the candi-
dates. Well, boss, we is for Shaw 70
sheriff, and if we get him, our people
will be reproved very much. | then
said how do you expect to be inn
proved, well, said he, if Shaw is
lected he will have the pintin' of his
deputies an the juries an wewill have
our share of the emoluments Of office.
| then said do you think that a colored
jury would be more competent to decide
a case of moueyed magnitude than
a jury Of white men? No, said he, but
we want to have our share in de gov
eminent. | then said Judge Horri-
gan might have something to say
about the selection of the %juries. Oh,
no, Shaw will have it all in. his own
hands, an this thing of white men
tryin' niggers an sendin' them to the
island to be whipped, will be done
away. / then said, what have the re-
publicans done for you for the last ft-
Teen years; they did organize a freed
mans band and stole the negroes
money and made promises that they
never made good. He said that some
| Of them were a little scaley. Well, |
said. how ere you for Hancock and
Iselish2 / ala al right on that
question.
l am yours until after the Novem-
Der election, .. G. JONES.
Memphis, July 30, 1880.
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THE SPANISH OUTRAeEs.
What the Government is Doing
in the Way OF Investigation.

Washington Special st. Louis Republican,
Assistant Secretary Hay of the
state department says that the gov
eminent has no idea of accepting as
final the averment Of the Spanish
authorities that the American schoon-
ers Merritt and Newcomb were fred
upon by Spanish vessel within the
maritime jurisdiction of Spain. The
statements of the officers Of the two
vessels will be regarded as quite as
worthy OF believe as the allegations of
Spanish officials. The state depart
ment is now engaged in obtaining adj
ditional information from the crews of
the two schooners. The main issue be-
tween the two governments in settling
the affair will be a question Of fact as
to the distance OF the schooners
from Spanish possessions at the
time the outrage occurred. The col
lateral issue, OF course, will be as to
the extent of SPANS maritime juris-
diction over the waters contiguous to
her territory. Wheaton, in his work
on international law. and Kent, in his
lectures upon the laws of nations.
agree that the territorial jurisdiction
OF nations extends n marine league.
or three geographical miles, from the
shore. Kent says (part l, lecture %:
The open sea is not capable of
being possessed as private prop
erty. The free use of the ocean
tor navigation and fishing is common
to all mankind and the public. Jurists
generally and explicitly deny that the
main ocean can ever be appropriated.
Every vessel in time Of peace has a
right to consult its own safety and
convenience, and to pursue its own
course and business without dis
turbed when it does not violate the
rights of others. 1t isdificult to draw
any precise or determinate conclusion
amid the variety Of opinions as to the
distance to which a state may lawful
ly extend its exclusive dominion over
the sea adjoining its territories and
beyond those portions of the sea which
are embraced by harbors, gulf bays
and estuaries, and over which Its ju
risdiction is Questionably extended.
All thst can reasonably be asserted il
that the dominion of the sovereign of.
the shore over the contiguous sea ex
tends as far as is requisite for his safety
and for some lawful end. A more ex.
tended supremacy must rest entirely
upon force and maritime supremacy.
According to the current Of modern
authority the general territorial iVris-
diction extends into the sea as far as
cannon shot will reach and no further,
and this is generally calculated to be
a marine league, and the congress of
the United States have recognized
this limitation by authorizing the dis.
trict courts to take cognizance of all
captures made within a marine league
of the American shores. No nation
has a right in time Of peace to inter.
fere with or interrupt any commerce
which is lawful by the law of nations
and carried on hptween two other in
dependent powers or between differ
ent members Of the same state"
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into their own teeth-thus make sure
of a glorious triumph in a common
cause with true friends, in the defeat
of a common foe. from grasping Offices
which they are not worthy to approach.
Don't sell your birthright for a mess
of pottage don't let such men cook
your goose and eat it too. then turn
around and contemptuously say, Buzz
zardl
When a great chasm opened in
Rome, and the soothsayers said it
could not be closed unless some
knightly soldier leap into it, then the
aspiring young Lucius Casius claimed
that glory, and, clothed in splendid
r~egalia, on his spirited steed, charged
into it to save the city. Have we no
Certins to step forward into the cism
which unnaturally divides democrats
and nationals here, and unite them
against an assidious foe, save the fair
city of Memphis, win the love of all
Shelby, and bury out of sight the
present danger, to rise no more for
ever2 What a glorious opportunity.
Will it not be embraced2 HOPE.
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LETTERS TO THE LEDGER.
LADIES OF

LADIES OF MEMPHIS.
EDITOR LEDGER:-Sixteen patri-
otto ladies Of Memphis call upon hus-
bands, brothers, and ~sweethearts to
rally for Athy's election, and save
them from the infamous rule Of Shaw.
And shall their call be in vain? Will
not every ehivalrous knight buckle
on his armor for the contest? Were
there not danger, this call would not
have been made. | shall not consume
space to dissect Shaw character. the
papers and canvassers are doing this
work-you know him as the embodi-
ment Of all villainies. The very DOS
sibility of him becoming the sheriff of
Shelby county strikes horror and con
sternation into the female heart.
They remember that to the horrors of
epidemic he would add riot 10 conaa.
grafton, plumber and bloodshed. The
call Is a wise one, and let every pa
SrI"t by, every name rally; and let
every lady in Shelby county become a
Molly Pitcher: not to mould leaden
bullets to drive back the invading
redskins, but by the aid Of SMILES and
sympathy to Increase the paper
balls at the ballot box. TO over
whelm our political foes, more dan
gerous and fearful than a brigade of
invading Comanches. This is an oc
easiOn of incalculable Importance.
and the ladies are an important iaetor
~ the case. Have we not a Joan of
Arc to lead to victory? Young ladies.
command your weethearts-democlat
national or republicsn-and the vic
tory is complete. The preponderance
of intelligence, moral worth and
property, is largely in the ascendeney
IN Shelby county for the Athy ticket.
For every reason it ought to succeed.
The call is general, embracing patriots
OF every party, creed and eolor-no
matter what nativity or condition, If
an honest patriot. We especially in
clude our friend, Mr.. Powell. Can
you close your ears to the sweet voice
Of Memphis ladies calling for HELM
against a frightful danger? Though
candidate, will you make possible the
success Of the common foe? The ma
tionals are poweriess to eject. The
democrats are doing a great work, and
can not come down to your aid
under present circumstances, whence
then do you hope for aid ? Not from
the radicals. Listen to their leaders
on the public stand-Shaw, Bigelow
and Eaton. Did you hear their com
iorting voice? Hark Bieelow said
on the bluff, in the sound of your
birthplace Let Powell 20 to the
poorhouse, if he a not make an
honest living-that is the place for
paupers-and his followers applaud.
ed is that encouraging; may you be
delivered from your allies, if these are
you hopes. Arouse your patriotism,
muster your cohorts and friends, make
a common canse with your old allies,
and hurl back their vulgar sarcasm
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The ohio Conspiracy.
Now York SUM-

New York SUM-
Hayes has always had a fancy for
Garfield. They are somewhat alike,
particularly in their loud professions
Of morality, and the invariable cow
ardice and sordidness of their con.
duet when brought to the test of temp
tation. According to the Philadelphia
Times, Governor Tom Young, OF
Ohio, asserts that the sacrifice OF
Sherman and the nomination Of Car
field at Chicago were circumstantially
arranged beforehand by Hayes, Gar
field, Foster and Dennison, that pre-
ciOus set Of Ohio men who nov
control the republican party. Sher.
man had too much head of his own to
suit the Ohio syndicate, and his rela-
tions to the old republican leaders
had not been entirely broken off
They waited a man like themselves
like HayeS-whOm they would own
and control. They found such a man
in Garfield, who promptly showed the
kind of stuff he was made of by be-
traying the candidate whom he went
to Chicago to support, and stepping
into his place. uov. Tom Young's
story confirms Mr., Coukling's esti
mates of the moral character of Ohio
politicians.
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THEATRICAL II
Lolita is in London.

LULA Is III
Sothern is at Brighton, England,
and his illness is very serious.
Jno. Mccullough is to sail for home
from Liverpool next Wednesday.
Ole Bull, owing TO illness, has been
compelled to cancel his Swedish en-.
g%agements.
Sothern has been ordered to quit
acting by his physicians, and he will
not play during the next season.
The well known Maggie Mitchell
opens her theatrical season on the
thirteenth Of next month at Colum-
bus, Ohio.
Adelaide Nelson, the actress, is
now on the ocean blue, having started
for Europe last Wednesday in the
steamship Abyssinia.
The late Tom Taylor was married
to a Yorkshire lady, Miss Laura Bar
ker, who has composed some delight
iul songs. Among them are some
pretty aud piquant Birthday Bal
lads" which the gentle composer her.
self has sung charmingly.
Among the choicest Of the enter.
tainments promised here during the
ensuing theatrical season are the En-.
ma Abbott troupe, the Soldene bur
lesque company, the StrAkosch opera
troupe, Mary Anderson, John Nc.
Oullough, Robson and Crane and Lot.
Ia.
Our theater is going through a pro.
cess Of cleaning. brushing up anC
general preparation for active duty
The ensuing season has an auspicioui
outlook, and if it is as good as that O
last year, Manager Brooks will be
wealthy capitalist before many year
roll by.
Ada Cavendish, who is engaged t
! appear here the ensuing theatrica
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THE N~AIL-MAKERs,
Meeting of the Western AssOeia
liOn-Adyance in Prices.

Special Dispatch to the Bnquirer.l
PITTsBURG, PENN, July 28.-At a
meeting of the western nail associa-
ton, held to d2v, the card-rate Of
nails per keg was-hEed at 50. This is
virtually an advance of fifteen cents
per keg, for although the card rate
has been So % the actual selling price
has been g So. 1t is understood that
hereafter the selling price will be
governed By the saTd rates as pub
lished.
The question Of a shut down was
not discussed, and the vote on the
new rate, was nuepjmous in favor of
the rate given. There was g full rep
ressntQtjon present, including repre-
senta6Ees from the Wheeling and st.
Louis districts.
In respect to the geaerai iron trade.
we'll informed manufacturers assert
that at no time since 1873 has there
been such good and tangible evidence
Of continued prosperity. Within the
past fortnight there has been a decid.
ed stitching Ia the prices for pig iron
Our iron men believe that the volume
Of business for the last half of the
year will be larger and the prices bet
ter than the last half. The change in
prices they think viii take place in
the last Of August. One of the larg.
est eastern makers Of pig-iron had in
June informed one Of his most de-
pendent customers here it was his
opinion iron would reach S27 before
October. This opinion, coming from
the source it did, had weight. SO
much so that the party named sold all
OF his for the balance of the year, and
was offered this week $28 for imme-
date or future delivery, and could
not accept, as he had closed out his
years make.
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of Ladies'

Who have been unable to attend to
their duties owing to periodical sick
nesses, have found Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure a real friend
in need Being a purely vegetable
compound and containing all the ele.
ments Of safety as well as those of
power it has become universally popu-
lar. During the summer especially.
1t is a certain preventive for the nu.
merous kidney, liver and urinary
troubles incident to the season. An
druggists sell it, and none except
those in perfect health can afford to be
without it.
Sold wholesale by S. Mansfield &
Co.
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M%on-ResIdenI NoNco.

No. 36sS-In tho Chanoery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn. Metropolitan Bank of New
Orleans vs., Edward Storm ct al.
~ appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, Edward Storm, ia a
he is indebted to the complainant in the spm
Of over $1,000, by judgment, and attachment
having been issued and levied on his property;
II is therefore ordered thet no make his an.
pearance herein, at the courthouse of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
first Monday in September, 1880, and plead an
swer or demur to complainant bill, or The
same will be taken for confessed as to him
and set for hearing ex-parte, and that a COPY
Of this order be published once a week for four
This 18th day Of July, 1880.
A c~opy-Attost:
r. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By H.. B. MoHENRY, Deputy G.. d M.
Estes & Elicit, sol. for compl't
ffC T0t 500 100
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PLATFORnI.

The right Of trial by jury, the ha-
bsas corpus, the liberty Of the press,
the freedom of speech. the natural
rights of persons, and the rights Of
property must be preserved. -Ex-
tract from General Haneoek's order,
November 10Th, 1867.
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Gen. Hancock and the State
Treasurer.
Franklin Review.l

Franklin Review.l
Col. Marsh T. Polk, the popular
treasurer of the state of Tennessee,
was in the old army with Gen. Han
cock. The former was wounded and
lost a leg in the bloody battle of Bel.
mont. The latter was severely
wounded in the historic battle Of Get.
tysburg. They are exceedingly
friendly. They have passed very
warm and friendly letters of late.
There will be no warmer friend of
President Hancock than the whole
souled and gallant treasurer of Ten
nessee during the next administration.
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Vion-RoSId0nI Notice.


No. 1367-In~the Ohancery Court Of Sbolb,
county, Tenn;-F q Connell ct al VS.. Ami
Mckenna OF al. ~
WHEREAS, in n certain cause pending IN
w tho above mentioned court, wherein n
q Council ct al co nplainants ard Anna Ma.
kenna ct al are defendants, instituted for The
purpose Of settling, winding up and dividinS
the estate Of Eppy White, deceased, on tbe
Sth OF June, 1850, an order Of court was enter
ed reoiting that the said Anna McKenna Ind
departed this life leaving as her only heir-st.
law Maud Blackstone McKenna and direeting
scirl iaelas to issue TO her, commanding her
70 appear and show cause. etc, and Il apneaul.
ing from the return of tho Sheriff that she
not TO DO found In this county; IL Is thert 4
lore ordered that she make her appearand
hereln, al, the courthouse of Shelby county
n Memphis, Tenn, on or before the frst
Monday in. September, 1880, and show eause,
II any she have, why this cause sho MD not be
reYived, against her rs the heir.at law II said,
Anna Mc,kenna, and that q copy Of this order
pe published once a woek, for four successive
weeks, in the Public Ledger.
A c~opy-Attest,
n |; BLACK, Clerk and master.
~ ~ II, MoHENRY, D. g. andM.
ueO' Vtllhain, sol for cOmppt.
p6 122 12S I4
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The shO~rtcstand Quickest Route
rs THE
& Pennsylvania Zine.

The management confidently invite at
smentlon to its Superior Equipment,
Through Car service, and gu1ck time
Inc Scenery en- roNte is justly celebrated
LOT Its variety and surprising beauty,
DINING Stations at Cincinnati, ~Indianapo-
Is, Columbus, Pittsburg, Altoona and
harrisburg are in charge of we'll known
caterers; VINO have contributed in no.
small degree to the popularity of tho
the travelling pubic.
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The following notice may occasion.
ally be found posted upon the door of
a Partisan newspaper Office: "Gone to
fight a duel be back in half an
hour"
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The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per mum and
SOC per month toE less than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER IS 81 per annum-
postage free.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can oder the DAILY LEDGER at soc per
month IN advance, with the privilege Of
changing r6stofioe.
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Mrs. Ursula Humphreyyille, of
Northfeld, over 100 years old, recent
ly sat four times for her photograph.
and came out Of the ordeal in the full
possession of all her faculties. -[Dan.
bury News.
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The period of teething is the most
dangerous to young children. They
should then have extra attention and
occasional doses Of DR.. Bulls baby
syrup.
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Attachment Notice.


Befoye J, S. Galloway, j. P. for Shelby.
county, Tenn.-G. V. Margerum VS.. Bowen,
u Clark.
this cause an attachment having BEEN
i sued ont under section BASS of the Code on
property of the defendant, and aHidavit hav-
ing been made that the defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum of S42 20, due BY
account, and that the claim is Just. and that
the defendant is o nonresident of the State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appearaT
before, me on the 18th day ofAugust, 1880, a.
o'clock M at my Office, No. "a Madison strd
Memphis, Tennessee, end defend said
tachment suit within the time prescribed j
parte; and that a copy of this order be
published once o week for four consecutive
weeks In the Public Ledger.
This the nth day Of July, 1880.
III 12S q185
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The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, ID Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house.
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Purchase tickets by the Gss~Pan-H Han
dle n Pennsylvania Line, aN on sale at
al kailroad Ticket Offices in Memphis.
Mobile, Nashville, New Orleans, and
throughout the South,
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1871 Vine Street, Cincinnati, 0.
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Publisher and PrOErietor.

u,tered AZ Ire Postofice ut Memphis, Tenn,
as sesqnd-class natter
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National Democratic Ticket.
For PnEaIDENrs
W. 8. HANCOCK, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
For VIcE-PREsIDENr.
W. H. ENGLISH. OF INDIANA.
ELECTORS FOR rRR SrATE-AT-LARGE;
JOHN L. T. SNEED, of Shelby.
JOHN NJ. FLEMING, of Knox.
DIsTEIcT ELECToRs;
First District -CHARLEs K. VANCE.
Second District-W. L. LE%DaERROoD.
Third District-JoHS r. NEAL, of Rhea
county. &,
Fourth Di~strict-JosEPH e. WASHINGTON, Of
Robertson.
Fifth District-(To be appointed By the
District Convention).
Sixth District-W. A. THoVA.
sevsath District-E. T. TALLlAYERRo, Of
diles.
Eighth DistEict-A. G. HAWKINS. Of Carroll.
Ninth Distriet-T. 3. RICHARDSON, of Dyer.
Tenth District-R. j. MORGAN. of Shelby.
shelby County DeMOeY8tic Ticket.
For SHERIFF.
PHIL r. ATTY.
For TausFEE.
e. L. MCGOWAN.
FOR CHANCELLOR.
W. W. MCDOWELL.
For JUDGE oF THE CRmtS1L COURT.
f. B. H0RRIGAN.
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D. W. CALDWELL, w. L O'BRIEN.
Gent Mgr, Gent P. ST. Ag't'
Columbus, O. Columbus. q
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For PnEsIDENTs
W. 8, HANCOCK, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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national Democratic ticket.

saturday Evening, July 81, IssO
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FOR NlOt-I
W. H. ENGLISH. OF INDIANA.
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ELKcrORs FOR THE SrAfE-Ar-LARGE;
JOHN l.. 7. SNEED, of Shelby.
JOHN M. FLEMING, Of Knox.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-15

VIZ take the liberty OF amending a
critical paragraph in yesterdays Lsie'h-
gencr, in order to give it an air Of truth
fulness which its readers will appreciate.
1t should read thus:
"For cheek and brass commend US to
the Wheeling IaieiIigencer. No other
Republican paper in the State and prob
ably the United States, had the face to
affect exultstion over the result Of the
election in West Virginia. Defeat or
victory. however, is. "a.iee samee" to
tina Intelligence. 1t cheeks the thing
through like one OF ArKINsoN's inter
views. This is the way it has fooled the
Republicans into destructive bets in
times past, and did the Republicans be-
lieve in its ROSTERS and coons any longer,
the same thing would have hap
pened by its display over West Virginia.
But fortunately for their own sakes the
betters on elections give the
h..,6osncer's ooons and cannons . wide
,erth. A burnt child breads the fire."