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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-14
THE PERSONNEL OF CONGRESS.
Who the Men Are Who Make the Laws
for These United States.

The Washington Star saws: 1t is
the lawyers, after all, who rule this
glorious country of ours. The senate
Of tho United States consists of 7G
members, and Of this number SO are
practicing lawyers. OF the 2a3 mem
bers Of the house Of representatives
2l9 are lawyers. The president and
ice-president of the United States
are lawyers, and nearly all the govern
ment departments are headed and
directed by the same profession. In
the senate, especially among the SEN
2tors themselves, each members abil-
lty is gagged by his rank as a lawyer.
When the status of an incoming SEN
ator Is under discussion the remark is
very frequently made: "He is a fine
lawyer and will make a good senator. "
Because the man is a good lawyer the
supposltlon with senator's is that he
must therefore be a 6~rst-elass states.
man. Why the people Of the United
States give such preference to the pro.
fession of the law In selecting their
Legislators and rulers is a problem that
caRBot be answered. In the senate
there Is only one physician, and in the
house there are but six. There are
among the senator's eight business
men or merchants, one doctor, one
ed'toF, two planters, two farmers, one
banker, one mine owner and operator
and one Of no profession or business.
Senator HamliD is the Oldest mem.
Der OF that body in years, and the old,
est point in service, counting from the
time Of his FIRST election. Senator
Anthony has been longer in coptinu-
Gus service than any other senator.
he first took his scat in 1859. and has
been regularly reelected at the expira-
nop Of each term ever since Mr..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-14

No. 3l5z-In the Ghanccry Court OF Shelby
county-M. II. Owen Of al. vs. II. y. Smith
et al.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause
4 that the defendants ], N. Gilmore and
wife, Lizzie B. Gilmore; VIM. D. Coates and
WIFE Kate D. Coates, arc nOn.resideptl Of
the state Of Tenn6sseo. IT Is therefore order
cd that they make their appearance herein,
at tho courthouse Of Shelby county, In Mem,
phis, Tenn, on or before the hsrt Monday In
February, 1880, and plead, answer or demur To
the cfess-biil Of y. W. Smith, OF al, extrs Of
Il. @. Smith, decd, or the same will DO taken
for confessed as 10 them aud set for hearing
axparte, and that q copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week, for four successive weeks,
ia tho Public Ledger. y
Thig 9Th day Of January, 1880,
r. j. BLACK, Clerk andmaster.
By =. B. MoHEgRY, d. @. and NJ.
W. M. Randolph, col. for complainant.
100 llb III III
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Office Il located. "All the world
without his wife, Of coufso) called
upon the Marquis and pump-handled
him after the most approved White
House style.
did not contribute to his misery,
but left him to the mercy Of the ma
tives.
) THE MARQUIS
is yet a young man Of prepossessing
appearance and unpretentious man
ners. His democratic simplicity and
his readiness to interest himself in all
that interests the people of Canada,
render him very popular here. He
takes part in the local cricket matches,
rife contests, curling matches, tobog-
gaming parties and other Canadian
amusements, and meets more than his
match in skill, though not in pluck,
at all Of them.
Rideau hall, the vice regal residence
lacks its wonted gaiety just now,
the Princess Louise being absent
in England. Her return is ca
gerly waited Tor by the people,
who fairly idolize this favorite
daughter of their beloved Queen. The
Princess has won the hearts of the
Canadians far more by the charms of
her manners, by the affectionate inter
est she has taken in their country and
its institutions, and by her kindly
nature than by her high birth. The
people here are decidedly democratic
in their ideas and have little respect
for titles unless they accompany true
nobility of character. An overbear.
ing, high-stomached aristOcrat would
soon find this h~yperbOrean country
too hot to hold him though he were a
lineal descendent OF the Plantagenets.
The influence of the Princess on Ca
madam society has been for good, and
good only. She has by example and
precept cultivated every domestic vir-
tue, developed a taste for art and liter
ature and depressed a tendency
to fashionable dissipation, which had
commenced to manifest itself at the
capital before her arrival.
The recolleetions of my visit to
Ottawa will be among the dearest OF
my life. To Mr.. George C. Holland,
whose hospitality l enjoyed, l am in
debted beyond words of expression
adequate to convey my appreciation,
or make known the pleasure he afford
ed me. Mr.. Holland, years ago, was
connected with the Nashville Union
and American. subsequently, he and
his brother, Mr.. Andrew Holland,
edited and owned the Ottawa Citizen,
one of the leading and most inAuential
Journals in Canada. For the past
few months Mr.. George Holland
has been, and is yet, on the
editorial staff of the Washington
Post. He is a brilliant writer, a re-
liable journalist and one of the best
stenographers in America. To him
and his brother Andrew. the Conserv-
alive party of Canada owe much, for
they. through the Citizen, fought its
battles and sacrificed everything for
the triumph of principle and tie
yindication of their honest opinion.
In closing this letter, | must thank
my many nOv-made friends in Canada
especially the members Of the Ottawa
press and Mr.. George Acres of the
Royal exchange for their kindness to
me. NJ. HoPsoN JOHNSTON.
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Cincinnati Fenced In,

Enquirer
Colonel E. W. Cole and the Louis
vile and Nashville company have
succeeded in building a fence around
the Cincinnati Southern railroad, and
as the things look to railroad men con-
versant with the matter, the Southern
will have to pay tribute to Colonel
Cole for every passenger and every
pound Of freight going south Of Chat
tanooga and destined for the seaboard.
If, as reported, Colonel Cole has Sc
cured control of the Georgia Central
road, he can dictate his own terms to
the Southern, and the latter line will
be completely at his mercy. II is ru-
mored that the Cincinnati Southern is
trying to obtain control of the Selma,
Rome and Dalton road, which is in
rail communication with Chattanooga.
If this is the case, the Southern can,
by building a few lines of road, have a
line to the Gulf, using Pensacola as a
port. But who will build the few
miles? The city of Cincinnati cannot
do it, and, under existing circum.
stances, the lessees will not be dis
posed to makesuch an investment. In
the meantime the rival corporations
will cut them off from this last chance
for an outlet, and Cincinnati will have
spent $4,000, 900 for the purpose Of
building a local road to Chattanooga.
Take Hop Bitters three times a day,
andyou will have no Doctor bills to pay
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-14
LEGAL.

HAVING suggested tho Insolvency of the
Ii estate of VIM. @. Woodruff, decd, ali
persons having claims against said estate are
notified to appear and file the same with the
clerk Of the County Court, authenticated in
the manner prescribed by law on or against
tho 25th day Of March, A.D., 1880, and /
further give notice that according 10 law any
claim not filed on or before Che above named
date or before an appropriation Of the funds
Of said estate is made shall be forever barred,
both ia law and equity.
HERBERT RHETT,
50 l0l IL51 III
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Attachment Notice.

Before g. D. Crockett, j. P. for Shelby coun-
", Tonn.-John Becker VS.. of James N.
Horton.
IN this cause an attachment having been
j sued out under section 1856 Of the Code ol
Tennessee, sahd returned levied upon the
property Qfthe defendant and affidavit having
been made that the doRndant is indebted
10 the plaintiff In tho sum of sll3, duo BY
account, and that the claim Is just, and
hat the defendants are noh-residents Of the
State Of Tonnestoe; u is therefore ordered that
ance before me on tho 10Th day Of Feb, 1850,
4. my ONCE, No. 285 Main street, Memphis,
Tennessee, and defend SAID attachment suit
within tho time prescribed by law, or the
sanp will be proceeded with ex-psrte; and
that q copy OF this order be published once
4 week for four weeksjn the Public Ledger.
This the 9Th day Of January, 1880,
10 ZIG l22 l2s
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Tbs subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s. per snnum and
soc per month forless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
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EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATIONAL.
Miss Higb0GS School
354 POPLAR STREET.


VNHE Sisters of ST. Mary having discontinued
i their school in Memphis, l have leased
their large and commOdious school building,
and will open therein my school Tor girls on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1879.
The retired situation and refined surround
lngs make the location q desirable one for ed
1cational purposes, while its accessibility by
the street railway and boulevard overcome in
a measure the obstacle Of distance from val
ued patrons. The rooms are large, light,
well-ventilated and perfectly appointed, be-
ing refurnished throughout with new desks,
maps and school apparatus, and for adapta-
bility to their purpose are not to be purpassed
in the city.
During the fifteen years ofmy work in Mem
phis l have been enabled by yearly visits to
other cities to keep up with the progress Of
educational science, and, assisted by trained
teachers, l am prepared to offer to the people
Of Memphis as liberal a course for their
daughters as can be obtained in any high
school in the United States.
The course of study will bio the same, with
some notifications, as that devised by me for
use in the Presbyterian school.
A class Of boys under eight years of age will
be received in the primary department.
TEhmS-Acoording to age and class, S7
50, $50, $3.50 for the school year Thirty weeks
payable in advance in three equal payments.
No extra charge for Latin or drawing. For
circulars, with course of study, etc., addr, So
MISS JENNIE NJ. uIGBEE,
V 65t 3A Poplar street. Memphis.
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trustees SEE.

WHEREAS IN the 18th day of Decombe-
1915, I. y. Anderson did by his deed,
winch Is duly recorded in the registers Office
OF oheIoy county, Tennessee, in hook No lin
page loa, convey 10 William Joyner. certain
amos thsreln described in trust to seeure nm
ihaeDteahess therein set cut in words and
TTs9ls.' 1Au whereas the said trustee, VIM.
~ 4 ttusIeej mas since died and whereas
~ nc sult OF W. II. Goddard, ext'r, etc, VS..
II Y. Anderson, ct ais, No. $3.50, II. Din tho
Shaneery Court Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
~ oecree entered therein December Is. 1874
1 vas appointed trustee in the place of tbs
snlI WIN. Joyner, deceased. Now, therefore,
ny tne request OF the benetciaries in said deed
OF trust, | will on
Friday, January rs, 1850,
in front of the Planters Insurance cor,,.
building, Ne. 80 Madison street. Wnpp1nITA
Tenn, at IL o'clock m, proceed Ia son y
cash, 70 tho highest bidder, mo real os,aVV,
described in said deed Of trusi. NV .'af9
being a part designated in the pian az IN
survey OF the Ohiokasaw nation as %sectian' "a
IN t0Wnsnlp 4, range 3 west, and sitnated In
ehelpy county, Tennessee, and bounded nv
a lon i ~eglnnin at the northwest corner AZ
salu section and running east with Inc nortb
srn boundary lines $50 poles 10 a sfaEs in seIhs
nnei thence south 6l2S poles to a stats. tbe sedo
hos9 GOV polest TO a stake in the western bonnS
MY lhe Of said section; thence with fhe saf5
western boundary line 10 the beQinning NJ
same being 100 acres of Of the tract ~ LaanSS
conveyed by VIM. Edinston 60 .Jobn ~
rlunkett Dy deed dated January 10. is9g snE
ssoYEuea IN inc registers office. Shelby coun-
Title believed to be good, Int / soi 10.
convey as trustee, Equity Of redsnnHnsS
"alSsq; III. WINCHESTER, Trustee.
WIN
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Entered at the Postofice at Memphis. Tenn,
as second class matter.
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LETTER FROM CANADA.

wednesday evening, Gan. IA, 1850.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-14

Take Hop Bitters three times a day,
andyou will have no Doctor bills to pay
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

Z. wy. ENGLAND. Publisher or"The sum-. New yor,, c;tv
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Ordinance to Regulate the Building Of
Houses In the TaXinu District.

EsTEs ( WEArHERFoRn. aoI - ~ Iim
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19
REAL ESTATE.
A Valuable Farm For sale.

nY order of the Judge OF the Insolvency Court,
- as assignee of the estate of PELEG Ii. IRA
CY and BYRON l.. TRACY, insolvent debtors, l
shall sell by public auction, the premises on
TUESDAY July 6, 1880, at 10 o'clock a m. the
Homestead Farm of said Peleg H.. Tracy, situated
westerly side of Forest Avenue between Morrills
Corner and Pride's bridge in Deering, about three
quarters of mile from Morrill's Corner and 312
miles from Portland Post office The farm contains
about one hundred and forty acres of land, we'll
adapted to gardening or dairy farming and about
twenty acres of wood and timber. There is>a large
new barn, two new stables and henery. Also one
story house.
Also at the same time and place will be sold one
half in common with Maine party of timber lot
containing six hundred acres located in Montgom-
cry County Michigan.
Also the interest of said P. H. Tracy in two lots
of land situated in Palmyra, Somerset Co., Maine.
Also few chattels now on said farm belonging to
the estate Terms cash.
CYRUS GREENE
Assignee of P. H. s. B. L. TRACY. Insolvent Debt
ors. je12eodtd
DAY, JULY Goth.
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19

To the Argus, which abuses Garfield now,
and has in times past been especially severe
on military candidates, we commend the
following extract from the speech made by
Democratic Congressman Springer of Hi
nois:
The Republican party has nominated for its
candidate for President James A. Garfield or
Ohio, man who has long been in public ser
vice, long been the leader of his party, and
who stands to-day the mightiest warrior of
them all, the greatest Republican member of
the lower house of Congress. l know James
A. Garfield by being with him in the lower
house OF Congress for years, and know there
is no Republican of that body abler than he
see that the newspapers are making charges
against his character, but, my friends, can
not say to you that they are in any wise true.
have not read the reply to these charges by
the Republican press; if they are true do
not know it, and you, my friends, know as
much about them as do
L must say to you. my friends, that 1 had
hoped the good old Democratic party would
select civilian as its standard bearer in this
campaign, as / think it would have been more
preferable to us, certainly more preferable to
me, than to have man who is solely mill
tary man.
The President of the United States should
be a man who knows all about civil affairs,
who knows the regulations of the various de-
PstlineHtS, Ine management OF the judiciary,
legislative and executive department; the de.
partment of State, which deals with foreign
countries; the Treasury department, with the
millions of treasure; with civil service, with
the great and rapidly growing commerce of
the land, thereby bringing the greatest happi-
ness to our people. therefore thought the
best interest of the people demanded a man
who was experienced in civil affairs and when
our convention at Cincinnati nominated a
purely military man, I must confess to you,
my friends, thought it would have been
better to nominate man with some civil
experience. But as none of the great civil
ians of our party were selected, we looked
around for an available man, and we found
him in the person of General Hancock,
who know If he is elected will take his
seat
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19

bined? A.-As TO that, can say that the COM
bination will not be effective The Green
can confidently be said that the Republicans
will carry the State.
R.-Can New Jersey be counted on as for
the Republican nominee? Al think So A
good Republican candidate for governor in
that State can be elected, and that insures the
success of the electoral ticket
R.-What do you think of Indiana? Alt
can be carried by the Republicans. notwith-
standing the Democratic candidate for vice
president was selected with an eye singly to
carrying it, but it will require hard work.
something the Indiana Republicans have been
used to.
Mr.. Jewell said the Republican campaign is
much further advanced than in 1876. He ex-
pressed the opinion that Senator Cameron and
other Grant men of prominence would take
an active part in the great contest.
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19
A Few Pertinent Questions.

To the Editor of The National Republican,.
SIR submit for publication in your paper
a few questions, first, for every voter to ask
himself; second, for every impartial voter to
consider, and third, for every voter to answer
by his ballot in November:
First-Shall / vote fol the party which
chooses for its standard bearer soldier-states-
man, or shall vote for the party whose leader
is naught but a soldier?
Second-Shall vote for General Garfield
the working man, or shall vote for General
Hancock, the aristocrat?
Third-Shall 1 vote for General Garfield,
unquestionably ''of the people," essentially
"for the people," and elected "by the people, o
or shall vote for General Hancock, pro-
duction of West Point?
Fourth-Shall vote for the party which ig-
nores the name of jeff Davis, or shall 1 vote
for the party which wishes to pension him
with money from the national efeasury?
Fifth-Shall l vote for the party which pro-
tects my trade and the trade of my fellowmen
by means of a protective tariff, or shall vote
for the party which will give me no such pro-
lection?
Sixth-Shall vote for the party which
claims that "the safety of the republic lies in
the purity of the ballot" or shall l vote for
the party which counsels unprotected and un-
watched ballot-boxes, tissue-paper ballots and
wholesale ballot-box stuffing?
Seventh-Shall vote for the party which
honestly and promptly appropriates the mon
eyS Tor the support Oh lne natlOnal government,
or shall l vote for the party which adds legis-
lation to its appropriations and with "the au-
dacity of revolution" says, "We will have this
legislation or we will stop the great depart
ments of the government
Eighth-Shall 1 vote for the party which
places national sovereignty above state sover-
eighty, or shall vote for the party which pla-
ces state sovereignty above national sovereign
ty?
Ninth-Shall L vote for the party whose
motto is, Corruption wins not more than
honestly or shall 1 vote for the party which
b.indly transposes the same and read it, "Hon-
esty wins not more] than corruption?"
Tenth-Shall 1 vote for the party which
dragged the nation into, or for the party that
successfully brought the nation out Of a bloody
civil war?
Eleventh-Shall vote for the party which
is rapidly and honesty paying off an immense
national war debt, or shall vote for the party
which incurred that war debt?
Twelfth-Shall vote for the party which is
the champion and upholder of "iiberte, .frater-
mite, egalite," or shall vote for the party
which counsels and fosters inequality, rebel
lion and secession? Very respectfully,
CIJNTnN
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

and giving their views of the action of the
Tabulators. 1t would have a harmonzing eff
feet. And the Hon. Bion Bradbury and Moses
Hull might travel in couples and explain the
financial question. And Gen. Anderson
and Gen. Plaisted could unite in euloges
of the man on horseback. Such ilustra-
tions of harmony would throw the Peace
Convention of 1866 quite into the shade
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19
Governor Jewell on the Campaign.

Harrisburg dispatc to Boston Herald.l
The Hon. Marshall Jewell was in this city
several hours to-day, and in the afternoon
left for Washington, where he will meet Sem
ators Cameron and Logan, and Other promi-
nent Republicans, to talk over the campaign.
Being asked how he regarded the prospect for
the election of Garfield, he said: Very good,
very good We shall carry every northern
State and, if fair play is allowed in the south,
some of the southern States will go Republi-
can. There will be a vigorous campaign,
which will assuredly result in Republican sue
cess
Reporter-Are you sure of New York? A
quite sure. Senator Conkling will enter the
canvass with spirit, and when he does so, with
the powerful accessories at work there can be
no doubt that New York's electoral vote will
go for Garfield
R.-Regarding Connecticut, do you take that
out of the list of doubtful States? A.-Yes, it
will 90 Republican. Senator Eaton says it
will go Den ocratic but have been through
the State great deal, have noted public senti-
ment, and it is largely favorable to the Re-
publicans. Last spring two of the largest
cities elected Republican mayors for the first
time in long term of years.
R.-How about the prospects in Maine since
the Democrats and Greenbackers have COM
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19

Iirl,
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
PORTLAND, ME.
First District Republican Convention.

The Republicans of the several cities and towns
of the First Congressional District of Maine are
invited to send delegates to District Convention to
be held in City Hall, Saco, on Tuesday the 10th
day of August, at O'Clock P. NJ for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Represen. ative to the
47tk Congress. Also to nominate candidate for
Elector of President and Vice PRESIDENT also to
select District Committee.
The basis of representation will be follows
Each city and town will be entitled to send del
egate and additional for every sixty votes cast
for Selden Connor at the Gubernatorial election of
1878. majority fraction of thirty-five votes viii
be entitled to additional delegate The Chair
men of the several cities and towns requested
forward the names of their delegates as soon as
chosen to the Secretary of the District Committee.
The apportionment of delegates to the several
al in, District is IS folloyuS:
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19

BosToN Transcript: Mr.. Charles A. Dana,
apparently dislikes to be misrepresented,
and denies that he said ''Every one for him
self,'' when the girl asked his aid on the
Seawanhaka. If Mr. Charles A. Dana were
anybody else the New York Sun would
probably suggest that he said ''Each one for
himself" and would start the revised edi-
ton Of the story with great pleasure.
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19
For Sale.

A N OFFER WANTED, as it must be sold
"A immediately-the wilkins Estate, situat-
ed on Oak St., Deering, Vie. Mr.. Wilkins hav-
ing lately lost his wife, and his children residing out
of the State, offers this property at great bargain
on easy terms of payment. The house consists of
fourteen rooms vrry conveniently arranged for one
two families, with stable and carriage house
nected with lot of land about thrty-seven thous-
and feet all fenced in and mostly in crops and the
very best of land. All in first order and in first
class location. Sold cheap if applied for soon as the
owner wishes to get away on other business. For
full particulars apply on the premises or of L. TAY
iyl3 DIFF
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-19

THE Indianapolis Journal says that Ste
phen A. Douglas told party of friends in
Chicago in the Fall of 1860, that William
III. English. of Indiana was his bitterest
enemy. ''He is the man Friday of Jesse
Bright" also said the Little Giant, ''and
will do more than any other Indianian out
side the Brights to infict deadly wound
upon the Democratic party, and plunge this
country into civil war; He acts as he is
moved by Senator Bright