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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
LUCKY TENNESSEE.
Arrival OF Thomas Hughes, the
Agent Ofthe English COlOnizas
tiOn COmpaBy---A Large
Number of Immigrants
to be Settled In
Tennessee.

Chicago Tribune New York Special, Sth,l
Thomas Hughes, author of "Tom
Browns School Days" arrived in this
city tonight on the steamship Ger
manic. Among his companions are
the Earl of Airlie, Lord Ogilvie and
Lady Maud 0gilvie. Mr.. Hughes,
after spending a few daysat the water
ing places, will proceed to in
augurate the enterprise which brought
him here, scheme Of coloni-
zation in Tennessee. An English
company, which be represents, owns
some 100000 acres Of land on the
Cumberland plateau, Q section passed
through the Cincinnati Southern rail
road. Since March last the company,
whose capital is nearly half million,
has built a hotel, laid out town,
built seven miles of railroad, planted a
nursery and experimental garden, put
up a mill, and made other steps for
providinga home for 0Olonists. Hughes
purpose is a visit to the place,
learn the resources of the section, and
assist in the introduction of a colony
to its new home. lie said to your
correspondent that the army and
learned professions in England we're
overcrOwded, and he hoped by this
plan to open a new field of enterprise
to clrss of young Englishmen who
could never hope for equal opportuni
ties of adyapcement in their own land.
He thought there was hattering pros
pect of ultimatesuccess for thescheme.
He has a son and nephew in Texas
already, but considered that a bad
state to go to, as young men were like
lly to be led into wild and reckless
habits there. The plan of the Ten.
nessee company, he says, prevents
temptations to drink and to engage in
other devices prevalent there. The
effort would be in all respects to
maintain a high Christian character
for the community and make it a fair
specimen Of the town OF the future.
lie intimated that the colony would
be governed with pretty tight hand,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
BY CABLE.

LONDON, July 25.-A Bucharest
dispatch says there has been more Sc
we're fighting in Dobruga between
Rouman and Bulgarian insurgents,
many of the latter were killed and
captured while pilaging villages.
Many rifles, the same as used in the
Bulgarian army, were captured, which
the government considers direct
proof of the support of the Bulgarian
government.
The six men arrested on sus-
piciOn as having been connected with
the robbery of arms from Juno, near
Cork, have been discharged for want
of evidence.
An India dispatch says large num-
Der Of Ghazais are focking down from
Khelata Ghilzai road and other d.
rectiOns to join Ayoob Khan, who
could not now retreat if he wished to.
The Ghazois are determined to fight
to the last.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
B. LOWENSTEIN & BROS

the sad event in the Evening Times
brought sorrow to the hearts of his
many friends and acquaintance here.
He was taken sick on last Monday
with congestive chill, at Red Sui
phur springs, West Virginia, where
he was staying for his health, and re-
mained insensible until Friday, when
he died. For the last two years Judge
Spoford suffered with the liver com
plant, and during most of the time
was under the care OF a physician. He
left this city on the 18th of last
March for Pulaski, Tennessee, and
from there he went to Bailey springs,
Alabama. Later on, he visited Gin
cinnati to consult physicians there
relative to his complaint. Not find
ing the desired relief he went to Red
Sulphur springs, where his earthly
career closed.
Judge Spofford was born in Jeffrey,
N. H., September 8, 1921. He grad
uated at Amhurst college, Massachu-
sets, with high honors. He studied
law, and came to this city in his early
manhood to practice his profession.
He early displayed qualities which
gave promise of brilliant and useful
career. He soon rose into prominence
as lawyer, and was accorded lead
ing place among the members of the
bar Of this city. In 1854 he was elect
ed to fill vacancy on the bench of
the supreme court, caused by the res
ignation of Judge Campbell. This
position be filled with credit aud hon.
or to himself, and to the satisfaction
Of the people Of the state, until 1858
when he resigned. He resumed the
practice of his profession, and won
additional fame as brilliant advocate,
wise counsellor and learned lawyer.
In 1877 he was chosen senator of the
United States by the Nichols legisla
ture, then and afterwards recognized
as the only lawfully constituted body
of the kind in the state.
Prier to his election, an organ.
ization known as the Packard
legislature, elected William Pitt Kel-
lOgg to the United States senate. The
republican majority in the senate
admitted Kellogg to the vacant seat.
Jndge Spoaord Immediately com.
menced a contest for the seat, which
was pending at the time of his death.
This contest occupied great deal of
his time, and weighed heavily upon
his mind, as he felt that the senate did
him a great wrong in denying him his
rights,
In early life Judge Spofford married
Miss 0phelia Martin, of Tennessee, a
lady of rare graces of mind and person
and Of great wealth. The union was
happy one and contributed a great
deal to Judge Spofford's success in
life. Mrs. Spofford and three chill.
dren survive the Judge. In all the
relations of life, both public and pri-
vate, Judge Spoford sustained an en-
viable reputation. Courteous, nos
pitable and charitable, he was re-
spected and beloved by all VINO knew
him. He was thorough scholar, an
able jurist, and a valuable and honest
citizen. He will be sincerely mourned
by very large circle of friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
General Shermnn,s Lelte,.

Washington Special
General Sherman will start nm
trip to California in company with r,
b. Hayes neyt week. As he will not
return until after the Maine election
ne has been repeatedly urged to give
for publication the letters which drew
from General Hancock the patriotic
response recently printed in relation
to the election of 1876. He perempto.
rlly refuses. His conduct is freely
Gommented upon by army officers.
They say that Sherman never vet
wrote anything upon public questions
that he did not make boteh
Of it, and that his letter to Han
cock, it published, would show the
general of the army to be a bigoted
partisan, devoid of common sense. as
well as Ignorant of the true principles
upon which the government was
founded. The Cincinnati Gazette
edited by the truly good Deacon
Smith, says that one officer, who was
informed as to the character of Gen
Sherman's letter before Hancock was
nominated, makes a statement in re-
gard to these letters which agrees
closely with Gen. Baldy Smith'g YER
sion, heretofore printed. The fefusal
OF Sherman to furnish either his own
or the remaining ones of Hancock is
accepted as confession by the gener-
al of the army that be has been writ.
ing on public affairs in such manner
that he is either ashamed or afraid to
face the public with his letter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

The DAILY LEDGER will be mailed
three months, to any address, postage
paid, for one dollar and half. This
will cover the period of the fall cam
paign and full election returns. The
WEEKLY LEDGER, a mammoth sheet,
is only one dollar a year, or sixty cents
for six months, invariably in advance.
All who desire to keep thoroughly
posted 10 regard to national and state
politics and general news, and to read
live democratic paper, that is max
ing a straight fight for the people,
should take the LEDGER during this
campaign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

SAN Francisco, August 25.-A
Tuscan dispatch says Sheriff Butner,
with a posse, who left here last night
to intercept a band of Mexican bri-
gands under Ries, who were reported
to be in this vicinity. Sheriff Butner
met them about eight miles from
town, and a fight ensued, in which
about fifty shots were fired. The
Mexicans fed, leaving several dead
and wounded, and a number of ami
mails and wagons on the field. The
sheriff followed, but soon lost the trail
in the darkness. The brigands were
supposed to number about fifty. A
company of U. s. troops are now in
pursuit of them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
The southern Census.

The Boston Globe says: The census
returns from the southern states have
exposed a fraud whose extent has
hitherto been suspected, but whose
meanness as now shown up must sink
the republican party and It's admin
stration in eoptsmpt. 1t is now shown
beyond dispute, that in the census of
1870 the scheme of defrauding the
south by marking down its population
was deliberately undertaken and thor.
oughly carried out The instruments
of this plot were the United States
marshals in the several districts
throughout the south. To the hands
of those creatures of party was en-
trusted the work of enumeration, and
they did it as their party masters at
Washington dictated. That is, they
made no enumeration that was worth
the name, the main object being to
keep the population as low az possible,
in order that no increase in reprosen-
tation might be allowed. The success
Of this plot was complete. Under the
carpet bag rule of Grants srst term,
the work was done thoroughly and
without 90 much as q protest, so en-.
tlrely was that section in the grip Of
the partisan administration. The
new Genus discloses the enormity of
the fraud upon the people. This cen
sus, as General Walker states, has
been the most accurate and tho most
skillfully conducted Of any yet made.
1t has not been taken by party bum
mers, or by men under the instrue-
tion Of any campaign committee, 1t
has been conducted by picked and ex-
perienced enumeratOrs, and its result
is the showing OF the actual popula-
zion of the southern states so greatly
in excess of the enumeratoIa Of 1870
as to demonstrate most wildly the
fraud that was then perpetrated.
We have before this called attention
to the large ratio Ct the vote cast in
the southern states to the population
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

SOME of the cOlored agitators here
abouts are endeavoring to make a
little campaign capital by threatening
to get up an exodus. If they mean
business why do not they go2 This is
a big country, their northern friends
will receive them with open arms
from now until after the November
election. The world is wide This
is free country and every American
citizen has a right to go where he
pleases, provided he pays his way. AS
to holding Office, it is quite likely that
tor few centuries to come the aspir-
ing African will hold more in the
south than in any other portion of the
globe. Ed Shaw once held consider
able office obtained partly by the aid Of
white votes. He proved to be un-
grateful, unworthy and incompetent;
so when he put himself up for sheriff
he not only received very few white
votes, but over one thousand inteli-
gent colored voters walked up to
the polls and put in an open
ticket against him. That is
the grievance which some of his
followers complain of. They threaten
to go to Oklahoma territory, or some.
where. Why do they not 90? No
body is restraining them. We wish
they would go. Their places would
soon be filed up by thrifty people
from the older states, and from
various countries in Europe, who
wouldacquire homes, become tax pay
ers and good citizens identified with
the soil, the county and the state.
There is no danger Of these negro
politicians going west, north or any
place where they would have to work
much. They know that in Oklahoma
they would have to go to the cotton
patch or corn field to make living
and that is the.next thing to slavery
in their minds. We think it would
be a good thing for the fellow with a
chrome, or Parson Conway with hii
steamboat, to come along and carry
off all who can be persuaded to go
| We have one colored man il
office. Fred Hunt is county
register-a very important place
He is republican, too, but
he attends to his own business, dis
charges his duties faithfully as far as
we know, and there is no complaint
He is competent, having received a
good education at the hands of his old
master. He is no carpet -bagger, seek.
ing to create strife between the two
races. Whenever the colored
race put up an incompetent
man for office they may ex
pect to be defeated, and if they are
only staying here because they hope
to place such men as Ed Shaw in Of
fee as a punishment for the white
people and taxpayers, they might as
we'll hunt up some Moses and move
out. They have been free
over fifteen years, and not ont
in thousand owns a patch of ground
Yet it is a great heardship that they
cannot hold the offices and rule owe,
the white race.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

of those states as shown in the census;
and this anomaly is now explained.
1t is not, as was suggested at the time
because the people Of the south cared
SO much more about voting than the
people of Massachusetts,, but simply
because the censns. enumeration did
not represent the population. The
republican organs undertake to avoid
this condemnation of their party in
the usual way, by accusing General
Walkers present census of being
fraudulent. This is suicidal. Gen.
eral Walker is republican, and this
year he did not work in the south
through federal officials under con.
troll of the republican party, as he did
10 1870, but through enumerators Of
his own appointment. His reputation
rests upon his success in making this
census accurate, and ne says that It
is accurate. If it is accurate, the cen
sus of 1870, taken through the carpet
bag U. 5. marshals of the Grant re-
glme, was an outrageous fraud, not
only upon the south, but upon the
whole country. There is nothing to
be gained by such misrepresentation
as the republican press has made"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

THE Knoxville Tribune suspended
some weeks ago. The Office has been
bought by Jos. H. Bean, Jas. w.
Wallace and Alex. Summers, who
will revive tho Tribune tomorrow,
the 9th Of August, and propose to
continue it as live, first-class demo-
cratic paper During the suspension
of the Tribune the Dispatch, a
sprightly and very aggressive evening
paper, edited by Colonel Charlton,
changed to a morning paper. This
gives Knoxville three morning dailies
the Tribune and the Dispatch, both
democratic, and the Chronicle repub-
lican. Besides this, Knoxville
has a weekly political paper
- the Republican = edited by
Colonel Henry Gibson. He makes it
red hot for rebels and secession demo
cTats, Ws pap bpt wonder that \ wsp
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

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thorized by the vote of the people,
the essential thing" under the act
of the legislature. Upton and Laud-
erdale county bonds have been de-
clared void by our supreme court, for
want of this essential thing" The
last session of the legislature passed
law to enable these counties, and
the bondholders, to compromise the
debt by the agency of vote of the
people. The law is valid. No action
may ever be taken under it, yet it is
none the less a valid law. Three Of
our present supreme judges, at the
election Of the fifty-aud four PROPOSE
ton, urged the people to vote for the
proposition. Would they have done
so if the law had been a nullity, in
their opinion2
The great jurist and author, Judge
Cooley, is not able to see any objec-
tion to the reference of statute, af-
ter it has been perfected, to the peo-
pie, for adoption or rejection. His
views, in his own words, are as fol-
lows: "It is worthy of con-
sideration, however, whether
there is anything in the reference Of a
statute to the people for acceptance,
or rejection, which is inconsistent with
the representative system of govern
ment. To refer it to the people to
frame and agree upon the statute for
themselves, would be equally imprac-
ticable, and inconsistent with the rep
resentative system but to take the
opinion of the people upon bill al
ready framed by the representative
and submitted to them, is not only
practicable, but in precise accordance
with the mode in which the constitu
tion of the state is adopted, and with
the action which is taken in many
other cases. The representative in
these cases has fulfilled precisely
those functions, which the people, as
a democracy, could not fulfill and,
where the case has reached stage,
when the body of the people can act
without confusion; the representative
has stepped aside to allow their opin-
ion to be expressed. The legislature
is not attempting, in such case, to
delegate its authority to new agency,
but the trustee, vested with large
discretionary authority, is taking the
opinion of the principal upon the ne
cessity, policy or propriety Of an act
which is to govern the principal him
self. Cooley Con. Linn. ga Ed.) note
1. p. 1907 Like views were expressed
| by Redheld, Ch. y. "a great name In
the law and enforced in a master
ly opinion, (Sec. 26 Vt. r. p. 356. 1865.
In an able opinion, Dixon Oh. j.
| Of Wisconsin, held that an act of the
legislature affecting the people Of the
whole state was not invalid, because
by its terms, it required vote of the
people to put it into operation. (2t
Wis. 291-292,)
This, it is submitted, is enough to
demonstrate, that in taking the popu-
lar vote, on the settlement Of the state
debt, under a properly framed statute
no new doctrine will be inaugurated
and nothing proposed, inimical to the
constitution, or not in harmony with
our representative system.
| aalaasssSluzulzzzu1ss-a,ln
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

THE republican eommittee for this
congressional district met at LaGrange
Tuesday and decided to call cOnyen-
tion to meet at LaGraage on Monday,
September 20, at ten o'clock am. to
nominate a candidate for congress.
The rate Of representation was fixed
as follows Shelby, forty. one dele
gates; Fayette, fifteen delegates; /;
Hardeman, nine delegates and the
counties are requested to send repre-.
sentatives accordingly. There we're
many aspirants for the nomination
previous to the August election. They
are not 50 numerous or enthusiastic
now
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

Mrs. Susan J, Henry, widow of the
late Captain Patrick Henry, last sur
viving grandson of Patrick Henry OF
revolutionary fame, died a few days
ago IN Washington. Mrs. Henry in
herited property which was lost dur
ing the war. For a number of wears
she was a clerk in the treasury depart
ment and at the time of her death had
just received an appointment in the
agricultural department.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
River TeIegrams.

CAIRO, August 25.-Arrived: John
B. Maude, St. Louis, 10 pm; st.
Genevieve, Memphis, 3 am; Golden
Crown, New Orleans, 9 am. Depart
ed: Maude, Memphis, 2 am; st.
Genevieve, St. Louis, 6 am; Golden
Crown, Cincinnati, 10 am.
EVANSVILLE, August 25.-Port
list. Down: Golden Rule. 4 am;
Vint Shinkle, Z am. Clear and hot.
MANCHESTER, ENG, August "a, 8
p.m.- Yarns and fabrics are firm, with
but little doing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
EXPORTS.

LIVERPOOL, August 20, 12:15p.m.-
Cotton opened with fair business at
previous prices. Uplands 7 3-l6d;
Orleans 7id. Sales to-day 5000 bales.
Receipts, 5000, all American.
Futures opened fat, as fol-
lows. Deliveries for August, Z 3-16@
Z 5.32d; August and September, TO
Z 3-32d; September and October 6
11.l6d; October and November, Gsd;
koyeMbeT aud December, 8 a-32@6
5.16d; March and April, 6sd.
New YORK, August 25, 1922 pm.
Cotton steady. Ordinary, 8 13. l6c /;
gooaa ordinary, C. 1913 $3.50 low middlipg,
11lc; middling, II l5.l6e good
middling, II T-16c; middliDg fair,
ID 3 Ice; fair, l3 19.l6c. Futures
opened barely steady, now the same
and a few points of. Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25

of his ability is not transplanted to
the New York Times or the Chicago
Tribune. All things considered,
Knoxville is as well supplied With
newspapers as any place we know of.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
Standard Int.rnntInnal oln.aiAna.in,

The visible supply Of cotton on
Friday last, according to the New
York Financial Chronicle, was ,357,-
734 bales, an increase over last year at
the same date of 268,497 bales, and
over the year before of 194,O67 bales;
also a decrease compared with the
same time in 1877 of 445, ,165 bales, the
total stock in sight then being 1,82O,-
902 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
.Iudge IIenry M. Nnolrord.

N. 0. Times of Sunday.l
The news Of the death of Judge
Henry NJ. Spoford reached the city
esterday, and the announcement Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
saleg 10. day. n, l,bOO bales.

NEW ORLEANS, August 25, 1l.3O
a.m.-Cotton firm. Middling, 113c.
Sales to-day 100 bales; receipts 43
bales; stock, 29,730 bales,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-25
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL.
Cotton.

The market to-day Is quiet and
without features worthy of remark
the tone elsewhere showing less
strength though without important
changes of value. Sales here yester-
day were 70 bales, all to spinners,
closing steady as follows: