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Col. THOMAS b. SWAN. Of West Virginia,
An Old Confederate snltlier, lii icttor dccliung

to run sOr C0HYFtk8 VoFV teFFG3y bAS8:
1shasl give e re ton.nec; Gf thc Chicago Con-
Hnuc,ck distinguished public servant II Rrelt
worth nt tho bend Of the American Mob. lf tic
sstead1csvcrstxnty sedsa il not scttIei won Tx tslSs
holding theao views arc nrnln strnng. wa may
loek for return to nrn,a. No purity soaking 70
%g9s' S9 s teo'1 uSkncnt SSs tpp9 hS n9 n i
Raio depository Of power for the Amer
Iran people. We must havo pence to. hnvo
epS " args an respeeta6o part Of the os o.
pIr cherish and scek to cnforc these revolution
ary Views, We must hc NIL Nationality nr nil
ii rs aud 90. Ii tho questions arc not settled
and the ground 10 stll dcbatablc, tho results that
tluw fr0m tho controversy may at my time. md
arms, beca,Be there til mother tribunal That can
in our system auttlp 81 delcate q question.
, 1880-08-07

Hay Fever cured by' JtGfeFKs French
Catarrh Cure. Ollico l3 I>cNrbovn street.
, 1880-08-07

srse.ts ns ao''d Sontherns1s are In favor of
.ufu..aaae .ufae aud hal4 money, but Asalnai their
, 1880-08-07
THE LATE Mai. SIMPSON.
Spfcta{ Dt,patth to 17s Chicago Tribune,

1EpiANArot1s. Ind, Aug. 6.-At meet
Ing Of the Executive Committee Of the Unfon
Railway Company to-lay resolutions OF re-
spect were passed tn the memory of the late
nfnj. John E. Simpson, General Manager OF
thu VnnuAiEa road.
, 1880-08-07
THE RAILROADS.
Opening of the Wabash for Freight
and Passengers.


After numbcrIess delays, the Wabash, 81.
Louis Il paci1c Railroad opens lts new
f,hirnoo extension Monday. Air. O. hoth for
freight and passenger bnsintss For the
present tile, receipt and delivery Of freight
Will restricted Ia tho Chicago & raducah and
Chicago T. Strawn Divisions. the fosncr ex-
mont, and the latteF from chicago 10 ntsaHn'
Afr. G. l.. Rislng, General Agent IN this city,
has In preparation circular to shtppers and
nthar ,,I,etresa ,nnn In relation IN ma nnenIno
~. ISL ~ ,.,,',a,, i,a ,,.iii atrs f,,x n.t
ticiiEafs regarding .tae receipt ana de.
livery ol lle'Bht' Meteuana'se ana
Truck freight sEoald 90 delisesca
anu Fecelscd az lae warehouse corner or
oeventeenI!i ana st,ove Stres'1 ~, & Wncle tgsit
whirH m i'.i,av",i ts' hc nmn,c % ~ rcc'iv.. I'll
business cxpectetl for lie roinis far whicj,
fright will be received. .Excrl1ent arrange.
mcIts llave bfnl1 mage g. lGr ine acli'nTy nt
nis xsi o ~ ptoon =, rafs Sfatfars ,,,rt ~ e,,3
to thn locnl fr,Ivl,t station aid yarti shmmit1
he addressed 10 AIr, George @. Clinton, Local
Freight Agent, whose headquarters have
nssm c4!u sos ~ vas w etagnsa, w. wtnse
isi s1unsrs M si'puld t nunty I to MI. G. t. RIsinn'
sIi1 GrnsFai AKc,t. % wiz wiz Vii also issne s] iii
hilis nf iadin'r on Business fron iii.
cnso. ueT Two f frelFht 'in tTaias wi;i | leave
Tnicaoo ft"i,v at I, n. m. md +. al ~ M. and
ti,e e"tn,, ,,,,,,;,,er viii ,rriv nj .n m and
7.io" ~ r"s.,.,ctivn'v rhc tI,nr-taiic t, % fnr
tho passcl,gcr m m i,,tsIuess of thc Ehicaro tIyis.
i'm, p%hich Viii rn itlin cfirct Mnntlay. sttnws
tn; fnr s,e nrree,,t nnly nt,c m,ssr,'xsr trair
,"iii linn ~ ant nrriyt.in tffs civ rhc i,art,r
ex,,rsss tfast mil, Viii lcayc liz te,npt,rary
t|ot,nf cnrmnr tl St"wart ai,d Archer nycn1les nt
SU a. IN, md arrive nt 81. Louis Mt T:i i. IN,
ria Xtinntir "x,,rt.se ,yiii lcnvn nj Innts nj
, 1880-08-07
AN OLD FRIEND.

Every New Engander will welcome tho SrIAK-
ELS SAnsArAklLtA rs M old fr'cut 10 whom hc
or sotnp ono tf bis family !s indebted for help
thnngh tlle critIenl periods Of sickness md DE-
hilty that come TO nycsy And well has this
kidney rc5nedy deserved the .praiac 80 tavishly
p.sto~ed On Il for ncarly bali century. "
other eaFsApar!llh or medicine ts c0tnpnnHdcf
With tho care bcstowcd upon It, No otlier REM
cdy hns been 50 cxtravagantlr prniacd By
physlctnna and druggists, Ii has bccnn.o.
through fnFcc Of TeHl merit. a part ct tho do
nestle economy nf thousands of Nnw England
homes. where tho character IT tin sttakcrs IL a
sufficient acknowledgement thIt theif products
nrc just what they pIrtn,rt to ho.
II Ia duo, therefore. 4, the n,en1ory Of Dr.
Thamus Cnrbett+ that hta Erent work In tho
preparation nf the aHAKElts' SAHsArAnu.I.A
phnu!d mot suffer unjust comparison with tho
feeble cGortn nj unskllfMl and tgtmsAst im!tnt-
orS. Other snr.npnrIlIna nny be xon'' or may ba
bnd. hut all arr moro or lcs4 fnftntlons Of this
nrteinst combination nj shnkcr enrsapnrIlln.
da1ldrlion. ye.lnw tlouk. HanE.kc. black cohs'sh
garRet indsnn hemp. pr!ncos' pine. nf1d the bcr.
rtes nf Juniper and cCtsGt, united with iOdfdc Of
potassium made By tho Society.
, 1880-08-07

UUFF 1&tttttVtB l719s -dFsU Vt7tFs
1spcak with confidence In regard to its cur1-
tive qualities, for ltayc uhct 1t extensively III
MY practice for the past blKhttrn yoArN. hare
iong cnaAtdcrcd It moro yA2uAhle than any othc1
preparation Of Sassapartla with which atn Ut
Dun!nted. and | recommend II to my profession.
n! brrthron who arc not hernhdy familiar Will
it, effects. 8. 81. DikSNORE, NJ. D.
FrnucrstoHn ". II.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18
GOOD advice 70 the South

The southern democrats may find
it to their interest to consult not the
bread butter politicians Of the
north, who will support anybody, but
the d~isinterested men, who know best
who will be the strongest, The fol-
lowing from the Springfield Mass.
Republican, independent il every
line practical common sense
Tilden as a candidate would be as
dangerous to his own party as Grant
would be to the republican party, and
more so. Tilden is the only demo.
cratic nominee who would put Grants
election within the line of political
possibility nothing else can. The
nomination of Tilden would mako the
open support Of the democratic ticket
by thoughtful republicans practicable
impossible. All Tilden's signal abil.
ity as a political leader would avail
nothing against the blighting fact that
under his candidacy the democratic
party could make no converts and
would receive no achievements. The
moral party and every doubtful state
in the North would pass over to the
republican column. The delegate,
to the Cincinnati convention in this
state appear to DO alive to this fact,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18

WI have learned with regret and
surprise that a little article 10 the
LEDGER Of May 10th, intended as an
innocent, if not humorous take of on
the tendency in the south to multiply
civil and military titles has been con-
strued by some of the friends Of Gen.
Jno. F. Wheless Of Nashville, asan I'M
kind reflection on that gentleman. We
assure them and him that we had not
the remotest thought of such a thing,
although the fact Of his reappointment
to a position on the governors staff
suggested the article. We have heard
Of General Wheless as a good officer
during the late war, a successful, mer-
chant and public spirited citizen to
whom the people of Nashville are in
debted for an example of enterprise,
and for aid and encouragement in
many public undertakings. He has
been particularly active and efficient
in working up the centennial to a
splendid success. This late appoint
ment increased his authority and
usefulness as a member Of the
centennial commission. The former
appointment was made last summer
to enable him to collect and forward
supplies to the people of Memphis
and by devoting both time and mon
ey to the work, he doubtless accom-
plished all hal could be done under
the circumstances. We make these
statements to assure our readers thai
we had no reason for throwing any
ridicule on Gen. Wheless, and Ger.
tainly never dreamed of it being con.
strued in that light.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18

Go back, General Lee My atten-
ton was at this moment directed to a
group Of officers, in frontamong whom
| at once recognized as Generals Lee
and Pendleton, near a single piece Of
artillery that had been hastilyplaced in
position. Everything indicated q time
Of great peril, requiring prompt and
decisive action.
1t required but a few minutes to
steady the line and close intervals,
when theorder Forward |" was given.
At this moment General Lee rode up,
and wheeling his horse in front and
uncovering his head simply said "l
will lead you, men," The line swept
forward without an instants halt but
the cry was taken up from mouth to
mouth, and rose above the din of the
battle, go back, General Lee, 60
backl' 1t was a scene never to
be forgotten by those who
witnessed it. 1t thrills
my heart even now, as
memory recalls thsi picture, that
noble form, with head uncovered and
face set like flint to the front, regard
less Of the cries of his men, whose
only thought was for his safety. He
continued to advance until some
Texas soldiers seized the reins of his
horse and forced him to the e
General Longstreet seems to intimate
that this action Of General Lees was
an indiscretion unbecoming in q great
commander, and that the excite
ment of the occasion caused him to
lose his balance. 1t does not so appear
to the men whom he led. The greatest
generals of whom we have record in
history, including Washington and
Napoleon, in times Of great peril, and
at the critical moment of the battle,
saw fit to throw themselves into the
very midst of the conflict. that they
might thus inspire their soldiers with
the necessary enthusiasm. That TIL,
was General Lees object, | do not
doubt and that it had the desired
effect, the result proved.-[A. {.
Jones in the Philadelphia Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18

none, as restaurants" were not
hotels"
A printer named j. G. G. Fisher
was severely injured yesterday by
being run over BY a freight train.
Frightful and fatal was the accident
that overlook Geo. Surge, carpenter
for the Sherman house. He was re-
pairing the elevator, when the l6OO
pounds Of iron used as a "balancer'
came down upon him, crashing of
half Of his head. Engineer james
Tompkin, while endeavoring to save
the poor fellow, was severely injured
himself.
Sherry is one mile ahead Of Ohm
stead in the great "0'Leary prize
walking match. These men have
beat the very fastest time on record.
The Buffalo baseballists are con-
testing honors with Chicago experts
in that line. As might be inferred,
the latter, being on their own ground,
are a little ahead in the series Of
games being played.
A scandal of considerable magni-
tude | overheard to-day. | was so
situated that | could not help hearing
what was related by the injured party.
1t was this: A young man named
Hannah was 'off to college," Sud
denly he was called to his brothers
presence in Toledo, Ohio. When ar
rived, he was informed by This rever.
ence" that he, his reverence, had cho.
sen for him a worthy person for his
wife. In one week the student and
the accomplished young belle of the
city" were united. Things went along
smoothly for several years. Suddenly
things changed, and the paradise
was turned into a hell. The young
wife informed her lord that his
brother and herself had been Grimm.
ally intimate for years. The scene
that followed between the outraged
husband and the brother who had sc
cruelty outraged and betrayed hin
was very wild. The victim tried tC
get redress through the church. but
entirely failed. Now he is working
matters up for a divorce, when he i;
determined to ventilate the perfdy Of
his brother, who is no other thar
Rev. Father Hannah, of Toledo, Ohio
This statement emanated from the
lips Of his brother, who claims thai
his hurried marriage was to cover vi
the deviltry of his reverence" Al
the affair is likely soon to be public
property, there appears nothing wrong
in the LEDGER making of it a clear
scoop. The person who was in con.
v~ersation with Mr.. Hannah counselet
him to be mild in his charges but ht
would not be temperate, alleging that
even a high court official of Toledo
had approached him to find oui
and ifhe would defend himself and i
his wife sought a divorce, and that he
told him he would to the bitter end
and thereby expose his brothers fou
conduct. spoke to the person a few
minutes before commencing this let
ter, and was informed that said person
was intimately acquainted with Fathe'
Hannah, and was SHOCKED at tn,
revelation of the brother. NAYR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18
The Bible and IngersoIIism,

Courier-J ournal.
The anniversary exercises of the
American Bible society, at the Taber-
nacle yesterday, seem to us, from our
secular standpoint, to indicate that
the venerable book is not likely very
soon to become food for the moles and
bats. Coming so soon after the recent
assault on the bible and bible Chris
tlanity by Mr.. Robert I~ngersoll, an
opportunity was given the public to
Judge of the respective strength of
I~ngersollism and the friends Of the
bible. When such strong champions
as DR.. Palmer, Bishop Kavanaugh,
Bishop Wiley and others get in their
work. MI. Ingersoll certainly appears
decidedly weak. DR.. Palmer's pow
erful and brilliant defense of the
Christian bible was listened to with
the deepest attention, and he has
seldom appeared to better advantage
than he did yesterday.
The recent lecture of Mr.. Robert
lngersoll demonstrated very conclu-
sively by its construction that the
gentleman is entirely unequal to the
task which he has undertaken. Those
who have a lingering hone that he
may yet destroy Bible Christianity
and its institutions might as we'll look
around for some other man to perform
the job. Mr.. Ingersoll will not do it.
Perhaps ifhe knew a little more about
the bible, or the system he is attack
ing, he would perceive, himself, that
he is engaged in a very hopeless task.
His Ignorance of the system, however,
Is unfortunate for his success. Think
ing and rejecting men understand
perfectly we'll that Christianity can
not be ridiculed out Of existence. 1t
is a great fact and power in the world,
and there does not appear to be any
thing to make it less a fact
and power in the world in
the future. 1t was ridiculed
while as yet its founder was upon the
earth; its earliest disciples were ridi.
culed, tortured, slain. Within the
second century of the Christian era
CELSIUS, the brilliant and witty Inger.
soil Of the period, tried to laugh the
system down, and from that dime ridi.
cule and subtle reasoning, persecution
and prescription, have done their ut.
most, but men cannot be persuaded.
somehow or other, to abandon tn,
Gigantic delusion," or faith in the
unseen, for a dreary vacuity such a,
the railing %Ingersolls would substitute
for Christianity. In more recent
times and at the present time thu
most intelligent and earnest assailant.
of Christianity-deep thinkers anC
logicians-despise the silly baby
babble of lngersoll, who would never
dare discuss Christian evidences Will
any of the great leaders of Christian
thought. lngersoll is no %reasoner; hi
has no logic. His sophistry is pene
trable and destructible; his mode o
attack Is weak
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18

would not answerin the other divisions
of the state. We need not look to the
a law that would suit East Tennessee
legislature. The time has come when
we must take the matter 10 hand if
we are ever to have passable roads.
If the people desire good roads they
can have them. Memphis is building
pavements and laying down sewers;
let the people in the country supple
ment this good work by building some
fine roads. They can do it and it will
pay all around. There are people in
the city who would no doubt lend aid
to such enterrises. Still, we think it
much better for the people along the
line to hold a majority of the stock
and control such roads in their own
interest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18
THE read QUESTION.

The road law passed in 1873 to be
adopted by counties at the option Of
quarterly courts, may have been a
good one, although rather sweeping in
its provisions. But the Avalanche
will find upon examination Of the acts
Of 1877 that this law was repealed.
We are left where re we're before
without a good road law or a good
road in the county Of Shelby, and
very few in the state except
a few turnpikes in middle Tennessee.
There is a move on foot by men of
mean to build a turnpike east Of
southeast of the city, to Nonconnah
creek, a distance Of six and a hall
miles. We hope hat similar enter.
prises will be set on foot in various
directions. Let the farmers take
hold Of the work, subscribe the
stock, take the contracts, and furnish
the labor. 1t would pay them first al
an investment, and second in the saw
ing Of teams and the increased facili.
ties for reaching the market at al
seasons Of the year. Three
more turnpikcs leading out from
Memphis in different directions
to the county line, and the extension
Of the Poplar street turnpike Il
Germantown or Collieryille woulc
pay better than any public under
taking in which the people Of Shelb.
county can engage. If we wait for
state law to be passed, it may be 70
many years, and then the roads woul,
perhaps not be much better than the
are. Persistent efforts have bee
made at recent legislatures to pas
a lkw on this subject, but th
difficulty is that a la
which suits West Tennessee woul
pot work well in East Tennessee, an
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18
trustees sale.


Under and by virtue of two eertain doods
" ~oftrust, duly recorded in rocorS MI IesaS
5bgVoo' page 2l6, and record book No. los. nSSs
w Of the REGISTERS 0fice of Sheibv co,pn JsS
tennessee default having been made therein
hOaday, the oath day Of NAY. 1880.
at the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District, late cifv ~
njemphls, shelby, county, Tennessee, at IL
2 CLOCK, noon, sell for cash at public auction.
20 tne highest bidder, the following described
lanoi to-Wit; a certain lot of land, situate in
she taxing District, late city of Memphis.
onelpy county tennessee, and Designated
upon Q plan OF subdivision of property now
o. formerly belonging to j.. II. Stephenson, u
y. urinln, A.. beatty and others, made BY w
Siane surveyor, March 1857, q lot No. i8. in
plock 40. - and bounded as follows, to-Wit.
b~eglnnlng AZ a point on the south side Of
honeson street, 40 feet west o fJones' avenue.
~ lhe nortnWesg corner Of lot Ne. II, in Jones
ano ygpIeS aqaluon, and the northeast COR
heIol lot 70, lei thence southwardly paraIia,
with Jones avenue 100 feet to the sontboasi
corner Of lot No. IS; thence westward on e1st
alylding ines between lots numbers IganS ny.
hfty-tWo feet and six inches 10 the sonthiuuI ~
corner Of lot No. Is; thence northwar5iHHest
the dividing line between lots is ma 81 on
hundred and forty-three feet 10 P1aone
street. thence eastwardly with TIA oortR ysgn
OF said street fifty feet to the b~erinninsh Siuo'
EQUITY OF. redemption waived
Inc title beloved to be GOOD. hut y ..u
as trustee; SIMON STURM' fsvst oniS
AP'" sAN' A''W T72
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18
Saturday, Nay 22d. 1880,

in the front Of the courthouse door on Main
street, in the Taxing District Of Shelby coun-
", Tenn, atl2 o'clock m, offer and sell to
the highest bidder for cash. at public outcry,
the following described real estate in Shelby
county, Tenn, to-wit:
An undivided half interest in and to the fol-
loving described real estate, situated near
White Haven, in Shelby county, Tenu., and
described as follows: Beginning at a gum tree
at the northeast corner Of section sixteen 4,
township one, range eight, west Of basis OF
meridian OF the Chickasaw purchase In Shelby
county, Tenn; thence running south ten
chains to a stake 10 the center Of the road;
thence west forty 40l chains to a stake on
Cyrus Johnson's east line; thence north with
said Johnson line ten chains to a stake on
the south line Of section nine; thence east
forty u0) chains to the beginning, Containing
forty acres, more or less.
Title believed 70 be good, but l will sell and
63f2 j. W. OURRTN, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18
InsOIvent Notice.

- |NL
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY CouSr,<
0FF1cR CouETY G0URT CLERK.
s7a7. n s MeTmpRis Ienn,s May IL. 1850.
" O.; Foster, deceased. "'VI Vi
AvlNG suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate of w. Q. e. Foster, deeeaseIli y sno
are hereby ordered to give notice Sya dys,s Uu
mem IN some newspaper published within M.
sad state, and also at the Court-bonsa aan.
o. Shelby county, for all persons SHor
claims against said estate, to appear and liz
sne sane, with me Clerk Of the County CouSt
on Or before the 18th day Of NoyomSss.. ~ ys sSm
and any claim not filed on OF before said SSs y
or before an appropriation Of the Siudss
sag estate is made, shall be forever horTo4 a
both in law and equity, V'"r earreur
Nav Mitn 1sss my hand, at Office, this 18th day Of
nr 4. u, CULLEN, d. G.
Notiee is hereby given to creditors NJ 70
Quired BY the foregoing order. Nav III 1 SS re-
A, HATCHETT'
90 sO Ad n estate of W. @. G. Foster, decd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-18

and in a series of interviews in the
New York World pronounce for Bay
ard. Ii the democrats of Massachu-
sets want 70 lead the right Of the
party column, instead of struggling at
the rear, they have only to make it
plain to the south that democrats in
debatable states at the north demand
not Tilden, but some candidate Of the
first order, like Bayard. This year,
as four years ago, the south wants the
same mar the north wants, aud dem
ocrats in this state are making but a
poor preparation for a national can
vass, which may carry Massachusetts,
over among the doubtful states in idly
waiting for Tilden's campaign to be
completed instead of striking the key
note of the democratic canvass by put
ting Bayard forward, when the Chi
cage convention is balancing between
two evils in Grant and Blaine.