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carefully devised, no principles. how
ever sound, will protect the rights Of
the people unless the administration is
faithful and efficient.
The right Of trial by jury, the habeas
corpus, the liberty Of the press. the
freedom Of speech, the natural rights
OF persons and the rights of property,
must be preserved.
The people elect the president.
The congress declare who he is. We
OF the army have only to obey its
mandates and are protected in so
doing so far as they may be lawful.
The army has been u. ed unlawfully
at times in the Judgment OF the peo.
pie, and We have lost great deal Of
the kindly feeling which the commu-
nifty at large once felt for us. 1t is
time to stop.
1t is only by full vote, free ballot
and fair count that the people can
rule in fact, as required by the theory
OF our government. Take this foun-
dation away and the whole structure
falls,
The Union, comprising a general
government with general powers, and
state governments with state powers
for purposes local to the state, is the
Union our fathers made, and which
has been respected abroad and is
benihcent at home.
If called to the presidency, | should
deem it my duty to resist, with all my
power, any attempt to impair or eVade
the full force and effect Of the consti-
tuition; which, in every article, section
and amendment, is the supreme law of
the land.
The true and proper use of the mil
ltary power, besides defending the na-
tional honor against foreign nations, is
to uphold the laws and civil govern
ment aud to secure to every person
residing among us the enjoyment of
life, liberty and property.
| like Jefferson's way of inaugura-
ton. 1t suits our system. He rode
alone OH horseback to the capitol. tied
his horse to a rail fence, entered and
was duly sworn, then rode to the ex-
ecutive mansion and took possession.
He inaugurated himself simply by
taking the oath of office. There is no
other legal inauguration in our sys-
TEN. 1t does not provide that one
president should inangurate another.
There might be danger in that, and it
was studiously left out of the charter.
In war it is indispensable to repel
force with force and overthrow and
destroy opposition to lawful authori-
ty. But when the insurrectionary
forces have been overthrowp and
peace established, and the civil au.
thorities are wilhag to perform
their duties, she military should cease
to lead, and the civil administration
resume its natural and rightfQl DO
minion.
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White monso Ennnon,r.

A writer in the current number Of
llarper's Bazaar says For the present
administration congress has voted
nothing for new furniture at thewhite
house, it has even refused to pass an
appropriation for paving the drive
leading to the main (the north) en-
trance, and it is muddy always after a
rain, or in the winter when the snow
melts, that respectable country house
would be disgraced by having such an
approach to it, This was the case Of
ten last winter, when the drive was
thronged with carriages filled with
handsomely-dressed ladies going to
aud from Mrs. Hayes receptions, The
furniture in the private part Of the
house, though it mas not been renewed
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TANNERS FAST
Ended at LRst-He Called tor a
Glass of MILK and Assaulted
IA Georgia Watermelon.

New YORK, August7.-Dr. Tanner
at noon to-day finished his fast of for
ty days. At high noon time he got up
and the task was finished. The crowd
cheered DR.. Tanner enthusiastically.
About one thousand persons were in
the hall and an immense number were
on the sidewalk. DR.. Tanner drank
a glass Of milk and called for a Geor-
gia watermelon. This he tapped
and dug his hand into
it and ate heartily. When rem.
onstrated with, he asked to be lett
alone. saying No, my lord, | am
running this now" When he placed
the glass of milk TO his mouth he re-
marked: Gentlemen, you don't be-
lieve that's good" The signal for
the expiration of the fast was a whistle
from'a factory in the vicinity. When
it blew Tanner had peach in his
hand, but before he could put it into
his mouth somebody snatched it
away. In response to the plaudits Of
the assembly, Tanner, who was sitting
upon chair placed on the table
waived handkerchief over his
head. At a quarter past twelve Tan
ner got down from the table and left
the hall in a coach in charge of DR..
Gum, who took him to his own resi-
denco, where he will receive careful
medical treatment. DR.. Tanner weigh
ed at the end Of his fast 1913 pounds;
lost thirty-six pounds in forty days.
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ton his own question evoked from Dr.

ton his own question evoked from DR.
Alonzo Clark.
Il did not know he was a doctor
said DR.. Clark, but | am informed
that his wife is a graduated electric
However, that's a little wide of your
question concerning what | think Of
the faster; On what particular point.
DO you ask me about him p
First, doctor" said the reporter
Il want to inquire whether you think
the fast is a genuine one ?"
Well, l have not been there tc
watch or even look at the faster. but
still think from all the evidence /
have that it is genuine"
"Doyou think SO on account of that
evidence alone, doctor, or do YOU base
your belief on known possibility or
facts within your experienced"
Il base it on the belief that such
tasts have been performed in the past
There are several we'll authenticated
instances Of men who have lived even
longer than forty days on water. |
remember, among others, case re.
ported by DR.. McNaugbton. of Al
bany, OF a young man who lived. |
think it was sixty days (although one
OF the daily papers a few days since.
IN speaking of this identical case, said
fifty, three days., on we'll water"
Were there any peculiar features
In the mental condition of this faster?"
Well, he tasted one whole day as
a religious duty, and feeling no anne.
tlte on the morning of the second
day ne said it was clearly the will Of
God that he should go on fasting else
ne would have been endowed with ap
petite. He continued in his fast un-
til he died, drinking, however, at
pleasure Of water from we'll on the
farm"
| took quite lively interest in this
fast Of Tanner" said the doctor
during the first ten or twelve days,
when, according to the newspapers. he
neither ate nor drank anything. Up to
that time be promised something new.
but, when he began to drink, I lost
all interest, for he was only repeating
past experiences. 1t is set down as
q general rule that the limit of mans
life when hs is deprived of food and
water is eight days. but believe Tan.
nea exceeded this limit by a day or
two"
DO you expect any results from
this fast, Doctor. which will be of
benefit to science?' asked the report
er
u can see none that will accrue to
the benefit of Science"
Then you expect no good results?n
None whatever. Tanner only cor
roborates many similar cases which
have been handed down in the pro-
fession."
About the Sims letter, Doctor, do
you think it genuineY"
We'll, | can hardly speak about
that. Dr. Sims may not have written
a graduating thesis on the subject and
it may not have been called to his at.
tention before the Tanner fast. He
may have written the cablegram. |
would not care to express my opinion.
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BY CABLE.

! LONDON, August 7th.-The Times
Bucharest correspondent announces
that the ROumanian government is
about to send Colonel Vainesco tc
Washington on special mission in
connection with the recognition Of
Roumanian independence. Alter
fulfilling his duties at Washington
Colonel Vainesco will go to Rio Jane.
rio on similar errapd. Both visits
are simple acts Of courtesy from the
prince of Roumenia to the heads Of
the governments of the United States
and Brazil, and have no political sig
nificanee. The Dory Little Western
is now being exhibited at West Min
ster aquarium. Her crew propose to
visit Antwerp, Brussels, Rotterdam,
Amsterdam, Hamburgaud st. Peters
burg, sailing from here to different
ports, and returning home by steamer
from St. Petersburg.
PARIS, August 7.-Legitimist pa
pers publish the following note :
The number of letters and telegyams
sent Frohsdorf on st. Henri's day was
considerable. The Count de Cham
bard finds himself obliged to answer
them by collective expression Of his
gratitude. He wishes his royal graft
tude to be known once for all to
Frenchmen who trust in him. He
pledges his resolutions and unshakable
faith in a reparative feeling"
VIENNA, August -. The foods in
Lasia have subsided. The damage to
public and private property is i'm
mensc. There is great distress.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 7.-Dr.
Parsons, the American minister who,
with his servant, was murdered near
lsmid, was makinga tour in the noun
tains and encamped by the roadside in
the vicinity of some Zuruks, semi
nomadic tribe. Some Zuruk shepherds
confessed they shot two travellers as
they slept and robbed them of their
money, amounting to less than five
dollars. AS DIR. Parsons did not
reach his destination at the expected
time, and as his horses we're found
wandering about the hills, his friends
instituted search and the bodies were
discovered under some bushes. The
authorities hearing dispatch on the
subject had been sent to the British
embassy, showed more than unusual
zeal and by threatening wholesale ar
rests, induced the Zuruks to surren-
der the criminals, who are now i'm
prisoned.
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TEXTS FOR PATRIOTS.
QuOtgbie Nentences from Gcner.
al haneOclk's State Papers,

Public Office is a trust, not boun-
ty bestowed upon the holder.
The bayonet is not a fit instrument
for collecting the votes of freemen.
The great principles of American
liberty still are tile lawful inheritance
OF this people, and ever should be.
Powder may destroy tho form, but
not the principles Of justice; these
will live even in spite Of the sword.
The army should have nothing to
do with the selection or inaugura.
tion Of presidents The people elect
the president.
| would under no circumstance al,
low myself or my troops to determine
who were the lawful members of a
state legislature.
The regular army should be so di.
rected by its superior officers as to be
recognized as a bulwark in support ol
the rights Of the people of the law.
Woe to he whenever it shall come
to pass that the power Of the magis.
trate-ciyil or military-is permitted
to deal with the mere opinions or feel.
ings OF the. people,
No form of government, however
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Just as we predicted, that precious
document signed Southern Demo
crat," but written by a republican,
and published in the Avalanche as q
funny article or piece of sarcasm, is
doing good service as campaign ammu-
milton up north. 1t has been repro.
duced in dozens of leading republican
papers, who treat it as a genuine eK
preston of southern sentiment. The
Avalanche has explained a dozen
times that it was bogus commnnica-
tion written by republican, but ex-
plantations do not explain in such a
case. The republican papers are toe
hard up for campaign literature to
lose such a precious morsel. The
explanations will get around about
next Christmas, and not be noticed
then. The author Of Southern
Democrat" enjoys his dirty work in
secret, for he has not had the man
hood to avow his name. The tool in
the business, G. w. Gill, who carried
the article up town, was furnished
money, and has gone to Cincinnati for
his he'lth, so there is no way to trace
the matter any further.
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for seven years, is still very handsome
and IN excellent repair but that
In the lower rooms, through which
visitors are shown every day in
the year, except Sunday. having also
been in use since 1873. is ex-
ttTemely shabby, especially the carpets.
wives OF leading democratic con-
gressmen used frequently, during the
last session, to express their opinion
that the carpets in the parlors at the
executive mansion were a disgrace To
wealthy nation and glaring rebuke
to the mistaken narsimony of con-
gress. vi course. had the president
and Mrs. Hayes chosen to use part
OF the money appropriated for repairs
to buy carpets, nothing would have
been said against it but they seemed
to have preferred to employ it for
nothing so perishable, and instead
have spent it upon permanent i'm
Proyements, The only new Garnet
purchased by the present administra-
ton for the white house is that which
was put down in the state dining
room few months ago. New lace cur
tains were also put up at the same time
In that room, and a handsome cloth
cover purchased for the state dining
table, which before had only worn an
unsightly one of green baize, except
when covered with white for ban
quet. Mrs. Hayes said in the spring
that even if congress, during the SEES,
sion then being held, should appro-
pirate money for new carpets she
would not think it right to have them
put down before new administration
came In, because, she said, "We
should use them one whole winter
and it would seem mean to make them
shabby just before another family took
possession. of course, our successors
would prefer to have everything
fresh. She did not even by implicas
tion allude to the fact that all the
furniture had been used over three
years when she took possession of the
White house, and that nothing new
had been provided, although it used
to be customary to order much new
furniture. if not to refit entirely for
each administration.
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River TeIegvanls.

PlTrssURd, August River 2
feet 3 inches, and falling. Weather
clear and warm.
CAIRO, August 6.-Arrived Gold
Dust, 81. Louis, 9p.m.; City Of Alton,
New Orleans, 4 am; John A. Scud-
der, St. Louis, 9 am; Kehlor, New
Orleans, s am. Departed Bigley,
st. Louis, II am; Gold Dust Vicks-
burg, | am. Alton and My Choice,
st. Louis, 3 ami Kehlor, St. Louis,
II. Clear and warm.
WHEELING, August 7.-Riyer 4
feet 6 inches and rising. Clear and
warm.
ST. LOUIS, August River falling
steadily. Weather clear and warmer
EVANSVILLE, August 7.-Weather
clear and warm. Mercury go; barom-
eter above 29l; steady wind from the
northeast. River 4 4-10 feet and ris'
ing.
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A lady writes in the London Truth
concerning a recent dramatic presen
tation: II had noticed in an opposite
box a lady in cream colored satin and
superb ornaments, who appeared tobe
more than half asleep. As [ was com
ing out | encountered her. A gentle
man in faultless evening dress was ad-
dressing her in low voice. | heard
him say; Stand as straight as you can.
The carriage will be here in moment.
You must stand straight" A kind OF
desperate look was on her face. His
companion was asintoxicatedl A few mo,
ments later he almost lifted her into a
carriage, which rolled away to one of
the stateliest homes in England, if
home it can be called, whore the mas
ter shuns the eye of his own servants.
knowing that they are aware of his
wife's disgrace.
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CAPTAIN ". c. DAVIS.

There are a number ofgood reasons
why this gentleman should succeed
Captain. P. p. Athy as chief of police
One is that he is the senior captain OF
the police force. Another, that he
has been connected with this depart
ment a number Of years and has dc.
served his position by sobriety, cour
age, coolness and faithful discharge
Of his duty. And, further
more, large number OF
people who know him appreciate
bis worth and manly qualities. He is
in the line of promotion and it would
be reflection upon his character to
appoint any one over him. We believe
in advancing men as they deserve It
and prove their capacity. The people
of Shelby county took the same
view in promoting Captain Athy
He had been chief of police ten
years. They said "Well done, good
and faithful servant, walk up to the
sheriff's office" Such promotions
havea beneficial effect. Others arc
encouraged to do their duty faithfully,
hoping in time to be recognized and to
better their condition. Captain Davis
is a quiet unassuming gentleman who
has well earned his spurs. He deserves
we'll at the hands Of the city govern
ment, and we trust that his fitness and
his claims will receive the considera.
tion they merit. Should he not be
appointed it will be calculated to dis
courage every member of the force
and viii be a disappointment to his
many friends. We trust and expect
that Captain Davis will be the next
chief-of- police.
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gubernatorial convention meets
at Nashville next Tuesday. A full
delegation will attend from Memphis,
the most Of them going up Men.
day night. We have purposely re-
Trained from discussing the state debt
question for several months, believing
that no good would come Of agitation,
and that the people eventually would
come to proper conclusion
in regard to what is just and proper to
be done. Conventions like this one
cannot make terms, or commit the
people to any policy. We have tried
this several times. Several democratic
and all republican platforms since the
war have recognized the state debt
and promised to payit. Still, the in
terest has gone by default
year after year, and taxation has
been reduced to point that is mere
ly nominal and viii hardly pay the
current expenses of the state, This
is the evasion Of politicians, who have
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Dr. Tanner and the Other Doe
tors.

N. Y. Herald, 4th.l
The old school physicians discussed
Doctor Tanners condition very early
yesterday morning, and they agreed
that he was suffering the deepest
agony. II am so thoroughly convinced
Of his sincerity" said DR.. Osborne, of
Bellevue, that would trust him to
90 to Delmonico's unattended, and if
he promised me that he would not
cat, | would believe him. He is al.
most ianatiOal on this theory of fast.
ing, and he abstains partly as a reli-
gious duty to himself in keeping faith
with the public, and partly to
show DR.. Hammond that he
is not an imposter." II have
the same opinion added DR.. Good
man. He must endure the tortures
of the damned, and yet he never com
plains" Just before midnight, on
Monday, terrible gripping spasms took
hold of the stomach and crushed It as
if it were in a vice. The great cords
and muscles Of his legs knotted. and
his blood seemed to congest as if he
were in the last s. ages of the eramp.
There was no doubt that he had at
length reached that condition which
was so ably described by Mr.. tiilbert's
old sailor in THE Yarn of the Nancy
Bell, when he said
For month WEI neither wittlcs nor drink
Till a-hungry we did feel.
He was so weak that he could hard
ly cry aloud; but he madenoise enough
to call the Watchers. Theylfted him
from his cot, aud placed him in a
large chair by the window, where he
lay doubled up like jackkniie, with
his teeth set tight together and his
powerful jaws clenehed. Then came
a spasmodic attempt al vomiting, an
parently to ease the excrueiating main
in his stomach. A distressing. pro.
longed and feeble effort only brought
up a drachm OF mucus tinged with
bile, and after few gasps the faster
tell back again, and bis face resumed
its pain scared but cold and passion
less expression.
DIR. ALoNzo oLARK's OPINION.
"Dr. Tanner2r
Yes, DR.. Tanner, the faster" said
the reporter, in answer to the ques-
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OTHER things being equal, those
who have stood by the democratic
ticket through thick and through
thin, and who fought for it in times
of real or supposed danger have supe-
rior claims on the party, when favors
are to be distributed, over
those who were trying to
break it up. This is a
matter of justice; it is principle rec
ognized by all parties and observed
between man and man, neighbor and
neighbor, the world over. To illus
trate, two colored men Of equal intel
ligence and capacity apply to Sheriff
Athy for the position of janitor. One
of them voted the democratic ticket
openly; the other worked and
voted to defeat the democratic
party. Which one should be
appointed2 Until human nature is
reconstructed, and all its motives and
purposes reversed, we would give a
casting vote in favor of the one who
had been a friend in time of need. 1t
requires effort, labor, brain work and
toll to carry an election like this
one, and ii Captain Athy should
appoint Ed Shaw or some other
prominent republican as one of his
deputies, it is likely that some Of the
workers who bore the burden in the
heat of the day would conclude that
parties, as we'll as republics. are un-
grateful. OF course we do not look
for anything of this kind to be done,
but we wish to remind the democrats
that they have gained great victory,
aud should not throw the results
away in a moment of gushing senti-
mentality. In other words, keep up
the organization, for it will be needed
in November and April next.
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Miss Kate Field, in an interview
with Bradlaugh, asked. Where do
you find time to edit the National
Reformer?" and he answsred: 81 DON l.
Mrs. Besant does most Of the work
and we'll she does it. The World
states that my daughters assist me in
editing the paper. This is incorrect.
| think all women should be EN-
ployed, so my daughters do the sum
mary of news, amounting to about two
columns every week, for which | pay
them a regular salary"
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Common In classical antiquity were
the tickets of admission to circuses
and amphitheaters. These are fre-
quently little "squeezes" of baked clay,
the material having been pressed into
moulds bearing efigies appropriated
to certain stages, as tiers of seats in
the theater, or such as we're proper to
the city to which each belonged. For
example, an elephant stood for one
place or tier, on eagle for another. On
the back of many of these tickets are
to be seen the imprints of the thumbs
Of the makers, yeritable signs manual
Of classical antiquity = marks of
thumbs that perished 1000 years ago.
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MEMPHIs, August 7. 1880

EprToR LEDGER - Athy, Nc.
Dowell, McGowan and Horrigan ave
hard to beat, but for chief of police
we of South Memphis ask to name a
better one than either of these-W.
%, pqyis--a man Of high moral worth,
a man ofiFon Rerye, a man who never
fails to do his duty. Every man,
woman and child in South Memphis,
regardless of color, asks that he be
appointed chief Of police. The noble
fight made in the Fifth ward last
Thursday was as much for Captain
Davis as for Captain Athy. Give US
Davis, the choice of the white man
and the black man, and you do more
to break down the color line in the
Fifth snd Tenth wards than any thing
that could be done, FIFTH WARD.
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win nOtvote for an Englishman.

N, o. Times.
Are ye goin' to vote for Hancock,
PATTI asked an old Irishman Of his
companion yesterday.
"Divil a bit av it, my lad" replied
Pat.
"An' ply not, ye spalpeen?"
"Ould Hancocks all right" was
reply, but phat the divil did they
put an Englishman wild him for? The
blackguardl I'm Faniap, | am, and
moind ye, I'll not vote for Hancock
an the English. There moo, and he
walked away with the air of man
who had relieved his mind OF some
thing unpleasant.
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Our dispatches from New York,
received at half-past one o'clock. an
nounce that DR.. Tanner completed his
forty days fast in triumph. He
took glass Of milk and plunged into
watermelon. This is one of the
luarvels of the age, and would be
discredited but for the fact
that he has been watched day
and night by responsible and we'll
known gentlemen. 1t remains to be
seen whether he can regain his
strength, but the chances seem to be
altogether in his favor.