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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
A Reform administration.

Courier-J ournal.
About the only man who has done
anything toward effecting civil service
reform under Hayes administration is
Consul Mosby Hayes appointee to the
United States consulship at Hong
Kong, China, and the eminent reform
ers of Hayes cabinet and Hayes him
self have done all they could to
suppress the recital of Mosby's dis
coveries in his search for official
c%rookedness under the Seward regime.
Grant has not hesitated to assert
several times since his arrival at San
francisco, that the United States
diplomatic service in China and japan
was rotten to its core, and he stated
that everything MOsby charged last
year Is literally true. Mosby's last
report, which Evarts did his best to
suppress, was flched by some news
paper correspondents at Washington
recently, and it presents still fur
Their evidence of fraud. 1t is devoted
to the crookedness of Consul Bailey.
who is shown to have made grossly
fraudulent reports Of the number of
seamen shipped discharged; fraudu-
lent and %extravagant charges Of money
disbursed for the relief Of distressed
American seamen. His defalcation
in the matter of fees for the shipping
and ~discharging Of seamen amounts to
about $4,000. Mosby says that all
Bailey's retusns to the treasury de-
partment were fraudulent, and he
furnishes ample evidence to prove it.
Or George Stewards embezzlement
there is no doubt. He has during lis
term Of Office as minister to China
enriched himself by frauds. and he
has been persistently screened by the
secretary Of state and his cousin Fred.
late assistant secretary of state. This
is a beautiful record for the great
reform administration.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
THE NEW ISSUE CASE.
CO Little Question IN Connection
with Its Trial at Jackson.
Nashville American, sth.l

Nashville American, 6th.l
Colonel A. S. Colyar left here yes
terday for jackson to argue for the
holders of new issue the case re-
manded from the United States Su-
preme Court, and again remanded to
the Circuit Court at jackson for
another trial. This case involves the
validity of the new or Torbett issue of
the Bank ofTenDessee. Colonel John
H. Savage preceded Colonel Colyar to
Jackson. 1t is understood tho attor-
ney for the state will ask for a post
ponement of the case, while the at
torneys for the new issue holders will
insist on an immediate trial.
An interesting question being dis
cussed, relative to the employment of
Senators Wilson and Savage to de-
fend this suit, is whether the comp
trOler will issue warrants to pay them
any further fee for defending the new
issue case without consulting the At
tOrney General, on the ground that the
Constitution forbids the holding of
two positions of public trust within
the gift Of the State at the same time.
In the event it is decided that a sena-
tor cannot occupy this double relation
to the State, the Comptroller will not
only have nc power to pay further
fees, but may sue, in behalf of the
State, for the amount, $1,000 each, al
ready received by Senators Wilson
and Savage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
SENATORIAL DIst1KEs
rhe UnfrisndIy Relations Of hessrs.
Houston and Morgan, of Alabama.
washington Special New York HsraId.I

Washington Special New York Herald.l
1t is not generally known that Sem
ator Morgan and the late Senator
Houston, of Alabama, were not on
speaking terms. The difference grew
out Of Mr.. HOuston's opposition to
Mr.. Morgan's election as United
States Senator nearly three years ago.
The two gentlemen had always main
tanned the most friendly relations for
many years before that, and during
Mr.. Houston's candidacy for Cover
nor of Alabama Mr.. Morgan made an
extended tour Of the State, making
speeches and earnestly advocating
Governor Houston's election. 1t was
but natural, therefore, that Nh. Nor
gan should have expected reciprocal
support from Governor Houston when
the former became a candidate for
election as senator. But Governor
Houston, with that stubbornness
which passed for frmness in his
character, and which made him at
times seem eccentric. opposed Mr..
Morgan election upon alleged grounds
that need not nov be mentioned,
since the legislature of Alabama so
promptly vindicated Mr.. Morgan by
giving him more than the necessary
two-thirds vote. 1t was said at the
time that the aged governor was very
jealous of Mr.. Morgan's rapid and
sudden rise in the politics Of Alabama.
The latter, although conspicuous as a
general in the Southern army, had
never held any State office, being com
paratively young in politics. General
Houston felt hat his election as SEN
ator while he, Houston, was in the
Gubernatorial chair, the usual
stepping stone to the United States
Senate, would be an oversight which
he did not merit. 1t may be remem-
bered that Governor Houston was
elected to the United States Senate in
1860, but was not allowed to take his
seat. From hat time on he cherished
the hope Of going to the senate, and
when Morgan, his best friend, rose as
an obstacle to his ambition, without
seeming to urge his candidacy, he op-
posed Morgan and urged the election
of some other man even less able"
Governor Houston lived long enough
to reach the goal of his ambition, and
for less than one year enjoyed its hon
ors. While here, however, it is said
he never associated with Senator
Morgan, although the two sat within a
few feet Of each other on the floor of
the senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
FIGHTING FOR A BRIDE.
Two Young Men Fight FOR a Matrimonial
Prize.

Little Rock Gazette, 6th.l
Jesse Hamon, a man from Scott
county, gives US an account offs fight
between two young men, on the Nc
Andrews farm. Two young colored
men, Abe Garland and Tom Ross,
were very much in love with a maiden.
Both were engaged to her and both
were determined to marry her. Abe
did not know that Tom had gained
the girls affections, and Tom was
equally ignorant, while the girl, of
course, was pretty well up with the
times. The wedding day was APP
pointed. Both men dressed ass BRIDE
groom. The home of the girl was a
scene of matrimonial conviviality,
such as can only be truly
presented at a colored we'd
ding. The two lovers arrived stimuli
taneously. Tom, seeing Abe, ap.
preached him, and said hat he was
very happy to see him there, and ex-
tended his hand. All the prejudice
melted from Abe's heart, and he
grasped the hand of his former rival
aud shook it cordially. The time for
the ceremony arrived. The girl all
this time had been consulting with
her mother. When she came out both
men approached her, and when they
saw how matters stood they turned
upon each other with tiger like fury.
Here the old gentleman who had hith-
erto left matters of arrangement to his
wife, approached and said that if the
men were going to fight they would
have to do so fairly. He didn't want
foul work at his daughters wedding.
1t was then agreed that the menshoufd
fight with their fists. The party re-
paired to the yard, and the mat
rlmonial combatants took their
positions. The old man gave the sig
nal and the young men sprang at each
other. There was very little physical
difference between them, and the com-
bat was interesting. Finally Abe
threw Tom. Tom arose. : Abe struck
him a heavy blow and felled him.
This decided the fight, and when Tom
had been lifted from the ground the
girl came with a basin of water, and,
while bathing Toms face, announced
to the company that she had decided
to marry the whipped man. Thea
Abe became furious and swore that he
had been whipped, but as he could not
prove it, Tom became the husband.
Our informant asserts that this actu-
ally occurred, and that the parties
now reside in Scott county. Stranger
things have happened, and on this ac-
count, if no other we can place some
reliance in Mr.. lannon's story.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
district OF West Tennessee,
MnnnaA nnnrL e nnsl l.L

Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No: 2l6-Luke p. Blackburn vs..
The Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
Co. and al.
RY virture Of the final decree of the Cireuit
~ Court of the United States, for the West
ern District of Tennessee, made in the nbove
entitled cause, on the Sd day of Jane, AID,
ioGy, the undersigned clerk. of the said court,
duly authorized and appointed by the said
decree, will sell at public sale, at the court
rouse II, Memphis, county of Shelby and
state of Tennessee, on Monday, the 22d dov
OF March, AID. 1880, between the hours Of II
M, and 2 pm, of said day, to the highest
bidder, all the following described propertv
tO:wit; All the Selma, Marion and Memphis
ratlroadi lying between the city of Memphis,
In the State Of Tennessee, and the civ az
Selma, in the State of Alabama, constructed
or to DO constructed, together with ali and
singular the railways, rails, bridges, fences,
warehouses, engines, cars, fixtures, privileges,
rights, real estate of every and an descrip-
ton, and all other property owned or which
since the 18th day of March, 1871, the date
OF the mortgage mentioned in the bill
IN tnIs cause mas been acquired by said
purchase and including 81 bonds Of
$1,000 each, issued by the city of Aberdeen, in
the State of Mississippi, now in the hands OF
the receiver in this cause. The said line Of
railroad with its equipment and appurten-
ances, being an entirety, will be sold alto
gether, with the benefit of tho franchises
owned and possessed by said company. Tbe
sale will be made on the following terms. to-
wit: One thousand dollars of the purchase
money Of said railroad, with its appurte-
nances, equipment and rolling stock, shall he
paid in cash at the time of the sale, and tbo
remainder shall be paid in six months ofteT
the, date of sale, the purchaser giving his note
with approved security, payable to COMPLAIN
anti and a lien reserved on the property. Tho
said bonds and other property will be sold
for cash to be naid down Mt tha tin,o 20 ~
sale. BELL w. ETHERIDgE '"e
Dec. 10, 1879. Clerk and eommissinnor
ESTES & Elicit, soils.
81 xxx 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08

public affairs II is impossible to exaggerato
the Importance of the political events which
II ihas in store, or the necessity Of ~resOlute
vigilance on the part Of every citizen who
desires to preserve the government that the
founders gave us. The debates and acts Of
the utterances of the press, tho
exciting contests of the Republican and DEM
ooratie parties, now nearly equal in strength
Throughout the country, the varying drift Of
public sentiment. will all bear directly and
effectively upon the twenty fourth Presiden-
tial election, to be held in November. Four
years ago next November, the will Of the ma
tiOn, as expressed at the polls, was thwarted
by an abOminable conspiracy, the promoters
fees they stole, VIII the crime of 1875 be
repeated in 1892 The past decade Of years
opened with a corrupt, extrayagant and inso-
lent administration intrenched at Washing
ton. The Sun did something toward dislodg-
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same men are now intriguing to restore their
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they were driven by the Indignation of the
people,, VIII they succeedY The coming
year will bring the answers to these moment
GUS questions. The Sun will be on hand to
chronicle the facts as they are developed, and
70, exhibit them clearly and fearlessly in their
relations to expediency and right.
Thus, with a. habit Of philosophical good
humor IN looking at the minor affairs of life,
and in great things a steadfast purpose to
maintain the rights of the people and the
principles of constitution against all agrees
sors, The Sun is prepared to write a truthful,
instructive, and at the same time entertain-
ing history of 1880.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT to a trust deed executed to me
i by 1T. Hillsman and Mary IL. Hillsman,
dated December %, 1876, and recorded in
the registers office Of Shelby county, Tennes-
see, in book No. 1l6, page 101, l will, on
Thursday, January 8, 1850,
between the hours of 10 and IL o'clock am,
in front Of the courthouse door, in the Taxing
District Of said county, sell for cash, at pub
lie cutlery, the following described real estate
in the said Taxing District, formerly city Of
MemphisD viz: Beginning at the southwest
corner Of Vance and Lauderdale streets;
thence westwardly on and with the south line
of Vance street 100 feet; thence southwardly,
parallel with Lauderdale street, 200 feet;
thence eastyardly, parallel with Vance street
l2O feet TO Lauderdale street; thence on and
with Lauderdale street 200 feet to the begin
ming, except the following part thereof which
Will not be sold, viz: Lying at the said cor
ner of said streets and fronting go feet on the
south line Of Vance street and extending
back southwqrdly between parallel lines $50
feet. All rights and equities of redemption,
dover and homestead expressly waived.
" III W. X. POSITION, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
Attachment Notice.

Before G.. D. Crockett, j. P. for Shelby coun-
", Tenn.-I. Lippe VS., Gus Jones.
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under Section 1856 A of Thompson
x Stegers' code Of Tennessee, and returned
levied by punishment on c. r. Hunt & Co.,
who answered that they are indebted to the
defendant, Gus Jones, in tho sum Of S65. 81,
and affidavit having been made that said
defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum Of 500, due by open account, and that
the claim is just, and that said defendant and
plaintiff are both nOn-residents Of this State
and residents Of the same State, to-wit: the
State of Arkansas, and said defendanant has
fr~audently removed his property to this State
70 eyade tho process Of law In the State Of his
dOmicil; y is therefore ordered that the said
defendant make his personal appearance be-
fore mo on the 18th day Of January, 1880, at
my office, No. 285 Main street, Memphis,
Tenn, at 10 O'Clock am, and defend said
attachment suit or the same will be pro-
ceeded with ex-parto; and that "a copy of this
order be published once a week for four sue
cessiyo weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 2Sd day Of June, 1879.
% lO2 1903 III 12O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
Z SUN for 1850.

Nhe Sun will deal with the events of tho
year 1850 in its W fashion, now prettv wall
understood 9y everybody. From January | 10
December 81 it will be conducted A. 4 news
paper, written in the English languase. and
printed for the people.
As a newspaper, The Sun believes in vett;r,
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Of thinking buy and read The Sun; and
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In its comments on men and affairs. The
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
Non.ResIdent Notice.

county, Tenn Sallie Taylor VS.. Hattie
Taylor OF al.
TT appearing from the sherif7s return in this
i cause that the defendants Hattie Taylor
and Siias Jefferson are not to be found in his
county; IL Is therefore ordered, that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
on or before the first Monday in February,
1880, and plead, answer or demur to complaint
ant bill, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to them and set for hearing ex-parte,
and that a copy Of this order be published
once a week, for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 18th day of December, J 10.
A copy: Attest.
r. j. BLACK, clerk and master.
BY u. B. MoHENRY, Deputy G. & NJ.
Bigolow 4 Hill, solicitor comppt.
"a 100 lO6 I12
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
UNITED STATES OF AMERTCA.
District Of West Tennosse,

NJ A2EAM
Circuit Court for said District.
In equity No. 2l6-Luke P. Blackburn VS.. the
Selma; Marion and Memphis Railroad Co.,
and Others.
DY virtue Of the final decree made in the
ID above cause, on the 3D. day of June, 1879,
among other things, requiring the clerk Of this
court, as special Master, to inquire, ascertain,
and report to the court, the names of the sew
eral holders Of the bonds and coupons, mem
toned in the said decree, issued By the said
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad Com
pany, and the respective amounts due TO each
holder of the said bonds and coupons, calcu-
lating interest at seven per cent. per annum.
Now in order to enable said clerk TO make said
report, notice is hereby given, that al holders
and owners Of bonds and coupons issued By
the said Railroad Company, under the provi-
sions ofthe mortgage in the bill of complaint
and decree in the said cause mentioned, are
required to produce the same before UNDER
signed, Clerk and Master as aforesaid, and 10
flo the same with him for examination, allow
ance and report, on or before the first day Of
April, A.. ID. 1880, otherwise they will be barred
of the right to share in the proceeds of the sals
Of the mortgaged property, or to participate
in the benefits Of the said decree.
December 10, 1879.
BELL w. ETHERIDGE, @. NJ
ESTES a BLLETT, Solicitors.
s7.q3-9Q- INK III ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08

We once heard Of an old. fashioned
Methodist preacher, when called on
to preach, say that he had not expected
to, but that it was the duty Of n
Christian to always be prepared: This
we presume was the case with n
prominent lawyer Of New York. who
the other evening at a social party was
called on to asS a blessing. II was a
part OF the practice he was not famil.
lar with, but it never does for n LAWYER
to Intimate there is anything he docs
not know, and so Mr.. - lowered bis
mead and asked a blessing as follows
~ Lord, forgive us, we know moi
what we 40. Amen" There was
scarcely q dry eye around the table.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08

Washington special to the Chicago Times.l
Quite a sensation has been created
here by what is construed as an attack
upon General Sherman by Gen. Grant,
in remarks attributed to the latter,
~telegraphed here from South Carolina.
Gen. Grant is reported as saying. in
conversation with Judge Mackey,
something which reflects very much
upon Gen. Sherman. Pointing to the
blackened chimney of ii hall burned
house along the route Of his journey
in South Carolina, Gen. Grant said
That is one OF Gen. Sherman's nom
uments."
Judge Mackey said, 81 am glad to
know that you left a very few Of these
monuments during the war"
This is true" said Grant. "There
was one private house burned by my
orders during the war, and that was
one where water was refused to wound
ed soldiers. In all my campaign
around Richmond there was
NOT A SINGLE HOUSE BURNED
except by accident or in violation Of
orders
This remark Of Gen. Grants is con-
strued here into meaning much. It is
known that Grant never says anything
now that is not premeditated. That
he should have gone out of his way.
apparently, to make such remarks
upon Gen. Sherman's course is believ.
ed to be only his way of calling the
attention Of the Southern people to the
course pursued by himself. A South.
ern gentleman, in speaking of tbi,
conversation, tonight, said he did no
know Of anything that Grant could
have said that would have made sucI
a favorable
IMPRESSION UPON THE SOUTH.
That Grant had not DESTROYED nri
yate property in the South was a fac
that never had been called to his spe
clal attention, and now that 1t was S,
: called 1t was very clear to his min,
that the statement had good founda
= ton, and that alone would 90 a Ion.
! way in adding to the fervor of Grant
. reception in the South. Almost ever
word that Grant utters in the Soutl
{ will be carefully considered at thi
! point, for the reason that all politi
J clans here believe that this Souther
|, tour is simply a bit of skillful cam
: paigning,
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Non-Resident Notice.

No. c35 In the Chancory Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-Virgini l.. sneed vs..
N. NJ. Sneod.
II appearing from affidavit in this cause
resident of the state Of Tennessee; IL is there
fore ordered, that he mako his appearance
herein, 20 the courthouse Of Shelby county,
IN Memphis, Tenn, on or before tho first
Monday in February, 1870, and plead, answer
or ,demur TO complainant bill, or tho same
for hearing ex-parte, and that a copy Of this
order BIO published once a week, for four sue
oessiye weeks. in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of December, 1879.
Acopy; Attest,
r.. j. BLACK, @, a. NJ.
BY Il. b. M%cliRNRY, Deputy O. x NJ.
Taylor 4 Carroll, solicitor for complainant.
"a 100 l6 liz