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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
The English CoIonyIn tennessee.

The New York Herald, at the end
OF long article explaining and com
mending the colony of British farm
ers which Mr.. Thomas Hughes is
about to plant in East Tennessee, re-
marks that it is noteworthy that after
wide survey this company selected a
location in the very heart of the south
Its promoters are not ignorant of
America, and the mark of confidence
they have bestowed on one of the
much abused southern states is cred
table to their intelligence and liber-
ality. They have no reason to fear
that their confidence in the south is
misplaced. Their property and per-
sonal rights will be protected by just
and equal laws, although for FIVE
years at least the colonists cannot
vote, and will have no share in the
government of the state or the four
counties in which their homes are To-
Gated. 1t might be well, " the Herald
adds, if our own countrymen would
judge the south with the same gener-
osity and candor as these intelligent
Englishmen." They would prob
ably come to do this very soon, in the
natural course of events, if designing
politicians would only let them alone.
This colony is to be planted in East
Tennessee, not lar south of Kentucky
line, on the plateau cf the Cumber-
land river, and in. tract through
which the Cincinnati Southern rail
road runs. 1t is fine limestone and
timber region, and very salubrious.
There has been a hotel on the tract
since March; roads have been sur
veyed and laid out; nurseries of fruit
trees planted, and saw mill and
brick kiln are in operation. The
British company in charge has ca.
pacity of $750,0OO, and its promoters
include some of the most distin-
guished men in the united kingdom.
1t owns about 100000 acres Of land in
nearly solid body, and it is supposed
that the company will endeayor to
lea rather than sell its lands in fee
simple. The colony is to be formally
opened on September IA, with an ad-
dress by Mr.. Hughes, setting forth the
objects of the enterprise and the ma.
ture Of its organization.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

THE Nash vile American is growing
solemnly humorous. Ye that have
tears to shed prepare to shed them
now. We have read Mark Twain
and Tupper, and Cruden's Concord
ance, and several bound volumes Of
the London Punch, illustrated, have
heard Josh Billings lecture, Artemus
Ward tell dry jokes, and have seen
the only living Dundreary, but never
came across anything so we'll ealcu-
lated to reach the universal tickle
bone" of mankind, as the following;
We are glad to see our Memphis
contemporary, the LEDGER, organizing
itself into a Spartan band. A Spartan
band is a good thing-for The enemy,
The chief use TO which Spartan bands
have been put has been that Of imme-
diate and coudign destruction they
seem to have been invented for that
purpose. We have no desire to de-
shoy our contemporary Of the Spartan
band: we are not thirsting for his gore,
but when we find him boistipg that
he is.a Spartan band we can but re-
call the fate of all the Spartan
bands of which we lave ever
had any knowledge. Go on, Spartan
band, form yourself into a hollow
square, convert yourself intb phal-
anx-go forth to do and to die after
the manner Of Spartan bands. Your
iiguratiye bones will become ihe meta
phorical political battle plans, and,
fguratively speaking, you will lfertiiize
the soil of your country; but you will
live in history along with the other
Sparta bands; all Spartan binds do.
We have been surprised that Iennes-
see has never before grown Spartan
band and we are glad to know hat our
contemporary has undertaken, at its
own expense, 40 a purely journalistic
venture, to supply the omis,
sion. The feat, if accomplished and
carried cut after the manner OF the
ancients, and as is becoming 10 Spar
tan bands. will deserve to rank along
p with the penetration Of the interior oil
Africa by the Herald and the qatch-
ing Of the mouolith Of Sesostria from
the periphery of the dark continent
by the World. We are sorry, ttr oul
con temporary's sake, that it is rot 40
Ooar,-e where il might die berdcally
ON some pure and crnggy height. front
to the foe. instead Of sinking il tht
mire of its own cause but @ery
Spartan band hes a right, we SUPPOSE
to select its own dying place, and tC
die in its own way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
A SIGN FROnHEAVEN.
The Lightning Tears a Garfield
and Arthur Flag In TaIeers.
Courier-Journals Special

Courier-Journal Special
NASHVILLE, August 29.-The aw-
fulness of the fate which is now imi-
uently pending over the republican
party in Tennessee and in the union,
had a flightful illustration direct
from heaven this morning. Across
from the Colonnade building, on
Cherry street, between Cedar and
Deaderick, hangs, or, rather, did hang
till this morning, a fine, large Ameri
can flag labeled, Republican head
quarters-For president, James A..
Garfield, Of Ohio; for vice-president,
Chester A. Arthur, of New York"
To. day about noon, another of those
splendid showers which has charac-
terized the weather of this latitude
daily for the last few days, commenced
to fall and refresh and cool the air
and earth. But Just before the rain
the electricity commenced to play,
and a small portion of it being
attracted to one Of Watts
copper telephone wires made several
explosions where the wire touched
others, and the current reaching a
point on the wire under the flag
where the breeze had lodged it on the
wire, took possession of the bunting
and literally riddled it, splitting il
into small strips, and scorching them
until the colors were scarcely reeog-
nizable.
This remarkable freak of the light
ming was witnessed by several demo.
cratic and republican negroes and
others. One negro republican said
well, | guess we gOin' move oul
headquarters now !" to which demo
cratic negro responded, Better line
de democrats, den you besaiit. y Those
who witnessed the curious doings Of
this particular holt Of hehtning say
the subtle fluid was SO deliberate and
methodioal about it that one necessa
rily concluded the lightning took a
. snaoial pleasure in tearing up that
flag.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
our coMMERcIAL sTArEMENr.

On Wednesday, the first of Septem-
Der, the LEDGER will contain a care
fully prepared statement of the bust
ness of Memphis for the year ending
August 3lst compared with former
years. This will be condensed and
comprehensive and in tabular form,
which will make it valuable to all
classes of business men for reference.
In addition to this, the paper will
contain articles of interest upon the
progress Of Memphis, the outlook for
the season and the future, the con-
djion Of various houses and local in
stitutions, and the general outlook for
the Mississippi valley. 1t will be a
number of unusual interest, greatly
enlarged, and one which will attract
the attention Of the public at large
An edition will be issued sufficient tC
meet the local and general demand
But dealers and others desiring to in,
crease their orders are requested t.
hand in their orders as early as posi-
BILE that there may be no mistake.
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The Truth Precisely.

Garheld's nomination means the
endorsement and approval in the most
positive and offensive manner possible
Of the presidential fraud of 1861.
He had more to do with it than any
other mar, and was the only man who
occupied toward it double relation.
After the election Garfield went to
New Orleans by request of General
Grant, without authority Of law, as a
partisan. He vent there to assist his
party in making up a case, and after
his return to Washington, of all his
associates he was the only man who
took his seat upon the electoral com
mission. Byevery sentiment of fair play
he should have been excluded from
the jury box. By his, own sworn
statement Of what he did in New
Orleans, Garfield had charge of the re-
turns from West Feliciana parish. In
one of the inner rooms Of Packard 5
custom house he did his work, cyan
med the affidavits, and when they
were not sufficiently full, he prepared
or had prepared additional interoga
tories to bring them within the rules
adopted by the returning board. The
testimony so received by Garfield
went back to the returning board, and
the result was that West Feliciana,
with It's democratic majority, was
thrown out. IN Washington, Gar
fields vote was that congress could
not 60 behind the returns thus made.
AS agent for bis party be helped to
make returns by manipulating the
evidence; and as juryman for the ns-
tion he held such evidence as conclu-
siye and binding.
TnnMAs a HRNnn1cKs-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

Of oratory with that subtlest of hui
man forces, which we are pleased to
call personal magnetism, he impressed
you at once with the honesty Of your
convictions and in the wisdom and
strength of his arguments.
There is no difficulty in placing
him. His policy is carried on the
point of his lance, while his gauntlet
lies at the feet of his adversary.
We are told that during the terri
bic holocaust that swept over Mem
phis in the memorable summer Of '78,
he stood at his post with the same he
roic fortitude as when, beardless boy
IN the winter of ga, be followed in the
bloody path of Hood, foremost in the
charge and last in retreat" "
Tennessee stands sorely in need of
such men, and we need not deal in
prophetic language, when we say that
it will not be long the brilliant and
gifted young Memphian lis wanted. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
THRILLING "REMINISCENCES.
q Brave COnfedePate's Kindness
10 n Fallen Federal Soldier.
NashvilIe American. 2ethl

Nashville American. 29th.l
Adjutant General w. W. Estill
received the following letter yester-
day:
LEBANON, No, August %, 1885,
Adjutant general OF Tennessee-Sir: ]
saw from a st. Louis paper, some
weeks since, that soldier in the Fed.
eral army in 1864 found, by writing tC
you, friend who saved his life during
the war.
1t was my misfortune to be fearfully
wounded at Spottsylvania courthouse
Va, on that terrible 18th of May, 1864
in a charge against a Tennessee
brigade in the Confederate army
The Tennessee brigade occupied
what was known aiterWards as
the dead angle. with strong
line of sharp.shooters about seventy.
five yards in front and about
the same distance from our line.
could distinctly see the officer in com
mand Of the sharp-shooters passing
along the line, sending his wounded
to the rear, and re-arranging his line
We were ordered to charge about 2
nm. A terrible battle ensued. The
fennesseans refused to be driven from
their position. and after repeated as
saults VIC retired again to our position.
But ntt SO with myself. | was wound
ed about where the Gontederates had
their sharp-shooters' line. lie bat
talon was thrown TO the front under
the same officer who had command
before, and it is of him now wish to
inquire. His line behaved splendidly
under the CALLING fire that our brigade
poured into them. When the
officer reached me | called to him
in Gods name to give me some
water" He dropped to his knees and
raised my head with his left arm and
put canteen TO my mouth. | had
hardly finished the draught when a
bullet from our troops passed through
my thront and blood spurted from my
mouth in his canteen and left him un-
touched. He laid my head down
gently, saying to himself, "poor fell
low, he has fought his last battle"
remember nothing else. After he
placed his own blanket under my
head until | found mysalfin one o.
our hospitals. | do not know whether
he survived the war. | can say fci
him that he was the brayest, the cool
est and the kindest hearted man | eyei
saw. The word passed along our lines
often to shoot the tall officer with thC
broad hat
| heard one of his men call hin
| Harris or Harrison, and he was verl
Handsome man, perfectly straight
wish brown beard, and he wore very
| broad hat. / pray God he has sur
| vived, Is he saved my life. If yot
don't know him, please h9ye this let
ter published in one Of your weekly
and daily papers, so that it may reacl
him 9E some one who can give me in
formation Of him. Pardon the lengtl
of this letter. / have been thus ex
plicit, that | may recall to the mind
the time OF the occurrence mentioned
Hoping | am not asking too much o
you, / am, w. J. JONES,
Late Captain of Company t.,
18th Vermont regiment.
am now living near Lebanon, Mo
Any information sent to The Ameri
can will be forwarded TO Captain
Jones.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

The Ripley News says 1.-THE
Memphis EVENING LEDGER discusses
the state issues with more fairness
than any Of the low credit papers we
have seen. The editor does not seem
TO think that the "skull-duggery"
and blatont demagoguery is the only
plan to capture votes. He gives the
people credit of having little common
sense. Several Of the Wilson organs
aud speakers might learn wisdom
from the course Of the LEDGE"
We are much obliged for the COM
pliment, and hope it is not altogether
unmerited. We have no appeals to
make to passion or prejudice, and no
war to make on anybody. Our posi-
ton is. and always has been, that the
debt should be settled upon its equi-
ties.
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Iniuncsion Granted.

CHICAGO, August 3l.--Judge Bur
ton, of Iowa, granted an injunction
on the 2Oth inst. against the Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska railroad company,
enjoining them from issuing any mere
bonds for the extension of their rod.
Service was had on the company ye-
terday. This will black the extel-
sion of that line until January, as n
any event the injunction cannot Ee
removed before that time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
NO CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION.

TNHE Democrats Executive Committee of
l. the Tenth Congressional District of Ten
neasee, after having fully conferred with the
democracy Of the counties OF Hardeman,
fayette and Shel y, and being entirely satis.
ned that there win be no candidate for the
nomination Hgainst HON. CASEY YOUNG,
our, present able and popular representative
vention Of the Democracy Of this Dis rict 10
nominate candidate unnecessary, expen-
Five and lexpedisnt, hereby give notice that
no Nominating Convention will be called,
And tho voters of this District nre earnestly
Invited to give their support to HON CASEY
lUuNG, who has so faithfully and efficiently
represented the whole people OF our Congress
sional District without regard TO political
affiliations OF predictions,
By order Of the Committee.
ND L STEWART, Chairman.
J MCPR0oys Sacretary. 1881
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River TeIegra,ns.

EVANSVILLE, August 31.-W Gather
clear and hot with touth wind.
River 8 and 4-1O feet and falling
slowly.
CAIRO, August 31.-Arrived Flor.
cnce, St. Louis, 3 pm; Port Eads and
John Means, St. Louis, Z pm; Belle
Shreveport, St, Louis, 8 am. De-
parted Halliday, New Orleans, 8
pm; Florence, Ohio. 6 am. Weather
fair and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
ANNOUNCE Emit.

TN0 the Voters Of the Tenth Congressional
| District composed of the Counties OF
Shelby, hardeman and F0yette-Urged by my
friends and called upon to do SO by unanim
ity of public sentiment most graft fld TO my
feelings, and which embrac all parties,
weu d have madea formal declaration of iny
candidacy i0r re-elestl0n Hs your Representa-
cree t. the political party TO which belong,
/ deemed 10 proper tn deler doing so until its
sanction was obtained in some authoritative
way. il nov having been declared by com
petent authority that there win be no Demo
or tic Conyoliion called in this district to
make nomination, feel at liberty 70 au-
nounce myself a candidate before he people
for re election to the lower house of Congress
and to respectfully solicit the support Of my
fellow-ctizens Of every party at the ballot
hox, on the third day of November Rext.
Very respectfully,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
N0n-ResIasnt WOtIce,

No. 97A--In the Obancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn,@Emma Stidbam VS.. VIM
StidhGm.
1T appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, VIM St,dman, is a
non-reide of the state of Tennessee; it ID
therefore ordered that he make hit
appearance herein, at the courthouse, in
the first Monday in uctober 1850, and
plead, answer or demuT 30 oomblainant biil
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
Q week for four successive weeks in the Public
edger.
This the slst day of August, 1880.
A copy-Attest.
r. J, BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By Z. B. MoHENRY, d. G. & NJ.
Townsend d Gillian, sol. for eomplt
1hgb l019
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
Firing the Northern Heart.

WASHINGTON, August 29.-During
the great democratic parade and mass
meeting here last Thursday night. the
conduct of a gang of colored roughs,
led bya white man, caused fears on
the part Of many spectators that a riot
would occur. These roughs, armed
with bludgeons, marched along the
sidewalks as the parade was passing,
shouting for Garfield and Arthur and
using expressions toward the men in
line calculated to precipitate 8
fight. 1t was apparent from the or
ganization Of the gang, and Of the
fact that it marched under the orders
OF leader, that the object was to
provoke collision with the demo-
Gratis, thereby furnishing some bloody
shirt material for northern consump-
ton. The democratic managers, per-
ceiving the object of the demonstra-
ton, gave orders that no attention
should be paid to the Ponghs, and
trouble was thereby averted. The
Sunday Herald of to day says:
The miserable wretch who led the
negro mob on the night Of the ratif-
cation was not Mr.. James Cunning
ham, but the Cunningham employed
in the bureau of engraving and print
ing. This man, who Outwardly has
the appearance of white man, but o
black heart, tried his best to create a
riot, but owing to the promptness Of
the police his game was foiled. We
understand this man was under in
structions from high republican au-
thority to provoke on.outbresk, which
was intended for use to fire the north.
ern heart.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

BURT0N-UHARLEs P. BURToN, aged twen.
ty-four years, OF typhoid fever, at the Peabody
Hotel, at eight o'clock this morning.
His remains will be sent to Nashville, III.
former home, by to-nisht's express. FOR inter
ment. The Chickasaw Guards. of which be
was member, will escort the remains to the
Louisville depot. at 10 o'clock TONIGHT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

Chicago Times,
The leave-taking Of the postoifice
department. with Judge Key, for over
three years its nominal head, was a
curious proceeding. The assistant
postmaster general, Tyner, told the
retiring chief in substance, that,
though he had been the postmaster
general, yet he knew so little of the de-
tails of the department which he was
supposed to manage, that he would en-
tighten him with a statement Of the
'statistios, Judge Tyner's own words
were: "You may not youself have
noted the large increase Of businesss
during the three and a half years of
your term, and the satisfactory man
ner in which it has been handled.
That is, you are not aware Of how
rery eficienta a postmaster general |
lave been making while you have
Ieen drawing the salary" Having
ieen made acquainted with tho sta
tstics, the real situation seemed to
lave occurred to the Tennssseean, who
sid, II have not felt, l think, at any
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31
MEMpHIs. Tenn Aueust 18th, 1870.

COLONEL GEo FLEEcE-DEAR Sm-In re-
sponse 70 your application for advice as to
your actien in regard to the Memphis city
taxes levied in 1878. and for which levies you
have receipted as county trustee, advise you
to collect these taxes as the law directs in the
case Of any other past due taxes
The U, s. court, whilo by It's decree
leaving this matter to your discretion, does
not interfere with the exercise Of that
discretion. The responsibility is on you. In
view Of your nearly expired term and the
limited time allowed after an ended term To
wind up and sette your business. II would
not be prudent for you TO delay longer In CO.
ercing these taxes. Hence ] advise yoa as
above. Respectfully, TW BROWN.
NiSlt9 lbs
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New ORLEANS, August 81, ll:3O
a.m.-Cottop dull. Middling, 1llo.
Sales to-day 100 bales receipts 169
bales stock, actual count, 33,48S
bales.
LIVERPOOL, August 81, 3 p.m.-
Cotton opened tending down, now
l-l6d lower. Uplapds, I'd; Orleans,
z l-lGd. Sales to-day, 1000 bales. Re-
ceipts 10000 American, 1850. Flu
lures opened with sellers at previous
prices, now as follows: Deliveries for
August, 6J@6 27-32d; August and
September, 6 % .32d; September and
October, 6l@6 15-32d; October and
November, 6}d; November and De-
cember, 8 3-l6d; February and March,
6 3-l6d; March and April, 6id.
MANCHESTER, Eng, August 81. 3
p.m.-FarhG and fabrics dull and
tending down.
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Getting Ready for President
Wayes.

SAN FRANoIsco, August 3O,-The
hoard Of supervisors this mornins
passed resolutions rendering the free
dom of the city to President Hayes
and appointed committees to prepare
for his reception.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

New YORK, August 81, 1926 pm.
Cotton dull. Ordinary, &c; good
ordinary, 1Olc; low middling, lie
middling, lie; good midding, l2lc
middling fair, 13ic fair, l3sc. Fu'
lures opened steady; now firm, and
from 5 to 8 points above last even
ing's closing prices, as follows. De-
liverias for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

time as though | was your chief"
An admission which Judge Tyner
had taken a decidedly nd-about
and, apparently, courteous method of
enforcing. d,
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High Compliment to "a Mem.
phian.

The following handsome notice ap-
pears in the Columbia Sentinel Of this
week.
Prominent among the ablest advo-
Gates Of peace and harmony in our
late democratic convention in Nash
vile, was General Luke h. Wright,
Of Memphis. Combining the rare gift
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

ORANGE N. j., August 3l.-Rev
DR.. William Adams, L. L. d., presi
dent Of the Union theological semi
nary, died this morning.
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l57t CASEY YOUNG.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

TT becomes my duty TO proceed without do
lay TO collect tho unpaid MemDS.s civ
YaNes for 1873. N'J
The sgbjoined letter from nv attorney ex-
plains the situate,n. Ali navments 1ts' Of Man
p9ilS ,eig tssxes for 1873, Voluntarily made,
WIZ Se received without costs until further
Please remember, the first day OF September
next Is the last day Of grace on state and
County Taxes ior 1879.
GE0B FLKECE, County Trustee.
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work Resumed.

SCRANTON, PA, August 3l.-All
the coal miues in this region have re-
.sumed work on full time,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

John A. Cuthbert, resident Of
Mobile, Ala, is the oldest ex.repre-
sentative Of congress, He was born
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

The prince of Wales's life is in
sured for 100000. His annual pre-
MUM on this sum is $4,000. .s.ass
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IlTEIl.

PACKER..At Arkansas City, on August
2Sth, II. B. PACKER.
Funeral from Hoist & Bro, at 4 pm. To
DAY. Carriagesin attendance. Friends and
"0ld Folks" invited. S. II. LAMB,
President Old Folks Ass'n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-31

NJ EMBERs Of Constantine Lodge No. &s;aN
MEX. of p, arc hereby notified toLafSlSA
iTSesday) EVENING at eight eight o cioeE. i &g
Special convention will be held at $50 Ny
for comforting first and second ranks
A @. ROGERS, @. G.
e. r. THATCHER. X. r. and s.