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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28

ALMOST anybody a nominate a
ticket for the city Offices to be filed,
There are two in the field that seem to
be pitted against each other, some
good men on both. Nominations can
only be closed by common consent.
Should 70 others be made
there will be some lively
scratching. The average American
citizen is a considerable scratcher, aud
like his smaller brother, loves to lay
torpedoes and chunks of wood on the
track just to see the old machine
jump. The chanceS are that a fair set
of men will be elected; if not, it will
be the peoples fault and they
will be the sufferers at last.
Men Of ability aud honesty can be had
to serve; and there is no excuse for
choosing any other kind. The quss-
ton is before the people; they are to
be the benefciaries or sufferers. as
the case may be. If any particular
class is injured all the rest will feel it.
A hearty cooperation Of the substan
tial people Of all classes will secure
an effective city government for the
next two years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
Attachment Notice.

No. 7l23-Before J S Galloway, j. P. for
Shelby county, Tenn.-HT Townsend. surviY-
ing Partner, VS.. Mary J and j A Morley.
N this cause an attachment having been
/ sued out under section A55 Of tho Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendants, BY garnishment,
on II Vredenbe'g, and affidavit having
been made that defendants arc indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum of SO, and interest
due thereon, due By account, and that the
the claim is just, and that the defendants
are non-residents Of the State Of Tennes-
see; 1t Is therefore ordered that said de-
PENDANTS make their personal appearance
before me on the z5th day Of January,
1882, at IL O'Clock "a, at my Office,
No. 3S Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or tho same will DO
proceeded with ex-parte; and that a COPY of
this order be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in tho Public Ledger.
This the Goth day of December, 1881,
j GALLOWAY, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
AFAYUCATAN BALL.
A Boston Wan Describes his In
iiianOn into the Mystery Of
Dancing.

Boston Herald.l
The same dazzling array of beauti-
fll, jewel bedeeked mestiza girls
beamed upon US this evening, as at
the first dance. and soon all my friends
we're busy filling their books for the
dances. There was no prescribed
style of dress for the men; some wore
their shirts outside, hutteriDg in the
evening air; some wore them inside:
aad some Of the more a~ristOcratie
even wore coats, but all wore their
hats. U~nobseryed in a corner, l was
watching the strange costumes, when
the sharp eye Of the General espied
me, from his chair Of state, beneath
his own portrait, draped in Mexican
eolors.
"Hi, Senior FREDERICK, why arc you
not danciDg2"
"Senor General, / don't know how"
Yes you do; you've got to dance,
any way"
With that he approached me, and
when / tried to dart through the
crowd caught and led me sternly
back.
Here" Reckoning to a lovely girl,
come, my darling, and dance with Ell
senior estrangero."
The girl came and stood in front Of
me, smiling.
That IS my niece, the prettiest
girlin the room and the best dancer in
the canton. Take her, now, and the
Lord help you"
Then l explained that | never
danced; that a lame duck in a ten
acre lot could waltz all around me. 1t
was Of no use, He repeated, There's
my niece look at herl"
True enough, there she was waiting
for me to take her out. OH she was
a handsome girl, with regular features
and shapely shoulders, and hung all
around with gold ornaments.
Now, that girl couldn't understand
a word Of my language, but she must
have seen that | didn't want to dance
with her. But when the music struck
up she merely smiledanl said, va
m0nosl"
Vamonos is come along!" but
wouldn't go. / commenced to explain.
"SeHorita, 20 no Sc this kind Of q
dance, you know; it's all Greek TO me.
a Virginia reel, now, or a sailors horn.
pipe, for instance, but this"
never finished that sentence, for She
advanced with FIRE in her eye. and
seized me about the waist and said, in
a decided manner, "Vamonosl" and ]
vamoused.
well, that young lady sailed al
about me like a swan. While [ hoped
up and down, stepped on her skirt,
and trod on her toes, she remained al
serene as a summer sky, pulled m,
this way and that, whirled me round
and round till | was giddy, and ended
by ainging me into a seat, while the
whole audience, who had remained
thunderstruck with awe and amaze
ment at my war dance, burst Will
loud cries Of viva el Americana"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
FInaIity of the Memorable
Gaines Case.
Orleans Times Democrat

New Orleans mes-Democratl
The decision telegraphed yesterday
Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States in the case Of Davis ys. Gaines
is one Of vast importance to this city
and people.
Justice Wood has commended him
self to the gratitude and high eppreci-
alton Of our long afflicted and perse-
cuted community by this able and lu-
cid exposition Of what always appeared
to our State Courts and people to be a
demand Of equity and justice, that the
purchasers OF property forty years ago,
under a will probated and administered
By lawful executors in our State Courts
should be protected from custer and
ruinous damages through the discov-
cry or probate, thirty or forty years af-
ter, Of a second will.
This assumed will was probated as
a lost or destroyed will at least forty
years after the 6rst will-with full no.
tice TO the whole world, and, in fact,
against every effort to set it aside
was executed, and. by decision OF a
competent court, al the RIO cry Of
the iestator was sold atpua Die vendue.
Under this new imaginary viii suits
were brought against the parties who
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
CHATTANOOGA.
A Private Explains Where the
Confederate Specie Went.

Special to the Americana
CHATTANOOGA, December 26.-In a
conversation with a private who was
in General Vaughn's command at
Washington, Ga, your correspondent
was informed, to-day, that the $780,
600 Confederate specie which is
missing was stolen from a wagon train
by a band of marauders, headed by
Captain Abbott. A man named
Stephens received about 100000, and
a man named Thomas and his two
sons also received a large share.
Stephens gave a portion of his money
to his mother, who lived 10 Monroe
comfy, Fest Tennessee, and it was
stolen from her by Thomas, who hen
fed to the southern portion Of Cali.
f@ornia, where he now lives. Stephens
went to Texas, where he died.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
A Il E
A Maple Whose Leaves Never
Fail Discovered by n Jersey
Farmer.


Why men occasionally see sea ser
penis and other snakes is plain enough;
but what is there in Jersey cedar to
account for the following from the
Clinton, N. j., correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Times. He says:
A farmer living near Schooley
Mountain has greatly excited his
neighbors by an account Of a wonder
full tree which he discovered several
years ago, and which he has been
watching ever since. He says that
for three years it has gone through
the cold weather without shedding
Ia leaf. 1t is a maple tree,
and its sap makes a very good maple
sugar, The farmer noticed il first
whiN following the trail of a fox up
over the mountain early in December,
1873. All tho other trees, even Of the
same species, were entirely bare, while
this tree had not, TO all appearances,
lost a single leaf. There were no dried
leaves underneath it, and the leaves
on the branches were all green. Ii
was with great difficulty that a leaf
could be pulled from tic twig TO which
it was fastened, and a strong breeze,
which was blowing at the time, had no
effect upon the leaves. SO astonished
was the d%iscoyerer at the phenomenon
that he forgot all about the fox he was
after and the cold character of the day,
and spent several hours examining the
tree.
He went home greatly puzzled, and
returned several days later with a
clergyman living in the vicinity. They
determined 10 mark several of the
leaves and see how long they remained
whore they were. They also resolved
"a keep the thing a secret and watch
its progress until spring. This they
did. When April arrived the leaves
which they had marked were lust as
green and fresh as in December, and
the tree itselfwas not affected in the
least BY the severity Of the weatherand
the many windy blasts.
The bark was tapped every week and
yielded a plentiful supply OF sap
euoughto keep both the farmer and the
minister's families in syrup all winter
The same has been tried ever since;
not a leaf has fallen to the best Of their
belief since the dSy she tree was noticed.
and the sap has flowed with the
same regularity and profusiOn. AZ
far as can be ase~ertaiEed there is no
cause for the mysterious vitality Of
that particular maple. There is moth
ing 10 the sod OF sub-soil 10 render
growth more available or make the
trunk and branches better able to
stand the storms and cold weather.
A number Of Teople have lately visited
the curiosity, but each one comes
away perfectly mystiied. At the
present time not another tree on the
whole mountain, with the exception Of
several eyergreens near the hotels, has
a leaf on it. and the trunks and
branches stand out bleak and bare.
This maple is in an exposed spot, un
protected from the winds and sur
rounded BY rocks. Just why it is as
il is battles the ingenuity Of all be-
holders. Even the regular December
fox hunt is cast in the shade by this
perpetually green maple tree.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
The Empress Igenie in London.

The Empress Eugene, says a Lon
don correspondent, occupies a fur
nished house, No. 70 Princes Gate,
Hyde Park, until such time as her
beautiful country chateau at Farm
borough shall be ready. A Ia bonpe
heure? Here is a house in which
everyone is very much alive, indeed.
The imperial court of-arms, in all its
pristine splendor, emblazoned on an
elegant landau, which stands waiting
TO take the mistress for her drive;
handsome cabs, rafting up with busy
gentlemen every other minute; an ar
irving victoria, drawn by two splendid
bays, carrying two English girls, who
leave cards; General Pietri, seated at
an upper window, writing away for
dear life, apparently lost in the
mazes Of English housekeeping
accounts. The first day Of
the Empress installation the Prince
of Wales called on her, and stayed
quite a half hour, a long time for a
morning call. The house has no
special architectural features, being
merely one Of a groupof tall, five-story,
gray stone residences. But the out
look is charming. The whole Of hyde
Park stretches like a garden beneath
the front windows; and on these mild
November days the windows are wide
open, as in summer, and the breath Of
autumn yerdure floats upon the misty
air, an atmosphere beautiful 10 itself,
like a richly tinted opal. And, oh,
housekeepersl You should just have
a look at Eugenie's parlor curtains,
and, indced, those which adorn all the
front windows Of this house, which
she has made her temporary
home. Such lacel To have one
curtain for a ball dress would be to be
attired like a princess of fairy lace
looms. You get the pratical house
keeping side of being an Empress
when you see such costly curtains
hung from basement to garrett Of the
abode wherein she resides. Eugenic's
household is still conducted with con-
siderable state. Besides the gentle
men and ladies who surround her and
form a sort of remnant of a court, she
has thirteen house servants aud many
others for the grounds and stables
when in her country homes. under
stand she still talks of removing "hel
dead from Chiselhurst, and erecting
imperial monuments TO them al
Marlborough. Her objection to the
place of their repose at Chiselhurst il
based on the Catholic dislike OF a
northern exposure for the dead and
her inability to purchase a southern
lot from an obstinate land owner, who
refused TO dispose Of his ground to an
"idolator," and would not even allow
TIE Queen to shake his anti. Romanisi
objections, has been the real cause Of
her leaving Ohiselhurst. have met
her several times driving in the park
Poor Eugeniel She is still a splendid
locking woman, and bears herself q;
ifyet every inch a Queen, though hel
throne has orumbled into dust, and
all her nearest and dearest have van.
ished 10 the Cimmerlan shades.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
The Kind Of pIen 10 EIso1.

Nashville World, D.
Without undertaking to pass upon
the guilt or innocence Of the members
Of the Senate now undergoing invest.
cation before the Senate Committee
We may be allowed to say that enough
has already been proven to show a
curious State Of affairs at the time Of
the passage Of this law, and put The
people Of Tennessee to thinking. One
cannot read the proof in the investi.
cation now being had without shud
deriag at members of the Legislature
being found in the situations and sur
rounded by the circumstances In
some Of them are proven to have
been. That members Of the Legisla-
ture, representing honest people.
should have allowed themselves to be
tempered with, aud to be RULED and
hauled about by lobbyists who sou ht
10 buy aud corrupt must startle the
people pr the State. Without saying
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
Dissatisfied with the Presidents
Chfnean Altitude.

San Francisco Chronicle. Ind.l
In touching upon the question Of
Chinese immigration ne is equally IN.
satisfactory. He expresses pleasure
at the conclusion Of the treaty, and
adds: "Th5 prompt and friendly spirit
with which the Chinese government,
at the request Of the United States,
conceded the modification Of the ex-
listing treaties, should secure careful
regard for the interests and suscepti-
bilities Of that government ia the
enactment Of any laws relating TO
Chinese immigration" IL is doubtful
what this recommendation of Prcsi-
dent Arthur's means. 1t is quite
certain that any effort to consult the
interests Of the Chinese government 10
the enactment Of law regulating i'm
migration from that country will only
result in rendering the treaty a nullity.
The object Of sending the commission
ers to China was 10 secure important
notifications Of the Burlingame
treaty. There is some reason to appre-
bend that our diplomats we're not a
match for the Colestials, and that the
concessions obtained we're not as i'm
portant as the people Of the Pacific
Coast had hoped for. 1t is certain
that the labor Of the commission will
have been wasted if the recommenda
ton Of the President is followed, and
the interests Of the Chinese govern
ment tenderiy considered. The true
polioy will be 70 take advantage Of
every privilege the treaty allows, aud
thus set some limit 70 the Oriental
iuauz. That was The object Of the
comnissiop, and it should be tho duty
Of Congress 70 give il force BY passing
a closely drawn act.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28

had purchased this property, and
through the zeal, energy and peril
naoity OF a remarkable woman, claim
ing TO be sole heir under the said as.
sumed will, judgments Of custer, and
for fruits and revenues, have been rem
dered against this city aud many Of
her citizens, amounting to millions.
The United States Circuit Judge has
rendered these judgments. A large
number Of our people have been i'm
poverished by them. The amount
claimed Of tho city alone would sum
up about three millions.
A majority g The parties against
whom these judgments were rendered
regarded it as a favor and mercy 70
pay Mrs Gaines the fell value of the
property to be quoted in their title,
provided they were relieved Of her
claim for fruits and revenues during
the time they possessed the same un-
der titles now declared by the United
States Supreme Court to be good and
valid. These parties hold warranty
titles from the city, which sold the
property more than thirty years ago.
The city will be relieved Of all
such claims now. The unfortunate
victims of this stupendous legal or
judicial fraud OF error have little
chance or hope Of recovering back
their money. All that has been paid
to quiet titles held under the first will
has gone where the woodhine twin
eth" And even the venerable plain
tiff, whose marvellous and eyentful
career OF pertinacious litigation is
familiar to the public, has derived
little profit from the result Of her
marvellous zeal and tenacity.
Into the great and Unsuitable NAV
of spectators, shavers, lawyers, Court
Commissioners and officials has poured
this Pactolean stream Of wealth, all
derived from anow discovered judicial
error. In view Of so stupendous a
development, the memorable words Of
Justice Grier, of the United States
Supreme Court, in regard TO this
claim, are brought wildly to our
recollection. Justice Grier in Gaines
VS., Hennen, in 1860, "a Howard,
says:
| wholly dissen, from the opinion Of
the majority Of the Court in this case,
both as to the law and the facts, but |
do not think it necessary to vindicate
my opinion by again presenting to the
public view a history of the scandal
GUS gossip which has been buried I'M
der the dust Of a half century, and
which a proper feeling Of delicacy
should have suffered to remain 50. |
therefore dismiss the case, as | hope,
for the last time, with the single re-
mark that iii be the law Of Louisiana
that a will can be established by the
dim recollections, imaginations or in
ventions Of senile gossips, after forty
five years, to disturb the titles aud
possession of bona fde purchasers,
without notice, OF an apparently indie
fensible legal title, baud equidem
invideo, mirror, magis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
Immigration Into the United
States-EOVember, 1881.

During the month of November
there arrived 10 the customs districts
OF Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron,
Minnesota, New Orleans, New York,
Passamaquoddy, Philadelphia and San
francisco, 55,2lf passengers-o of whom
5l,596 we're immigrants, 3,267 citizens
Of the United States returned from
abroad, and 1853 aliens not intending
to remain in the United States.
OF this total number of immigrants,
there arrived from England and Wales,
1873; Ireland, 1924; Scotland, 989,
Austria, / ,454; Belgium, 50; Denmark
344; France, 500, Germany, 1890;
Hungary, 593; Italy, 2,9T8: Neither
lands, 358; Norway, 1924; Poland, 223;
Russia, 1,72l; Sweden, 2,87O; Switzar-
land, 451; Dominion of Canada, 8,S07;
China, 2,7l1; and from all other
countries, 12s.
The total number Of immigrants ar
rived in the abOye-named customs
districts from the principal foreign
countries during the month ofNovem
Der, aud the five months ended the
same, as compared with the same
periods of the previous fiscal year, was
as follows
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
Many I,icher, Nome Poorer.

The 18th day of December, 1881,
came in its regular course, and on
that day took place the extraordinary
semi annual drawing Of the Louisiana
State LOTTERY under the management
Of Gems. g. T. Beauregard Of La, and
Jubal A. Early Of Va, being the both
in monthly sequence. Over half a
million of dollars was placed at the
disposal of the R5ky investors in
tickets. Some are much richer, and
mont feels the %imperceptible drain on
his cigar fund made by the sending
Of a dollar or two to NJ. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La, and others will
follow suit by January 10Th, the next
distribution day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28

anything now as to the guilt or limo
cence Of the parties, We simply refer
o [ he proof as made, and ask the peo-
pie 10 read il and reflect upon the
proper course for the future. Ought
not the people be sufficiently aroused
by the facts already developed to the
necessity and Importance OF sending
the best men Of the country TO the
Legislature to enact laws for the
State? The people should resolve in
future to send none but incorruptible
men 10 represent their interest. There
are brave, honest and true men in
every community who could be Sc
lected for such a responsible
position, and none Others should
be sent here. Tho trouble is,
however, that such men gener-
ally prefer to attend 10 their own bus
mess, and cannot be induced 10 enter
the sometimes d~isgraceful scramble for
Office. These are the men, however,
who should be sought out for the be
stowal Of political preferment. There
has been too much OF that disgusting
office seeking spirit among our people.
Ii is time We were getting back to the
old time custom of allowing the office
to seek the man. Il was a wise Of our
forefathers, and We have nothing 10 lose
by again bringing it to the front. The
people should mako up their minds in
future to elect men whose characters
are absolutely above suspicion. Men
who, when they come to Nashville, will
not be found riding and froicking with
spectators andlobbyists, Men who will
Keep away from drinking saloons aud
houses of i'll fame. Men who will not
discuss in dark corners how they are
to make the most money b their votes.
Men who would not even be thought
of as capable Of selling out. They
should be men who would attend to
public business with the same un-
swerying honesty that they attend 10
their own. Broken-down hacks and
political dead beats should be com.
PEELED to take a back seat, and good
and true men elected to represent the
people. This psint cannot be too
strongly made and cannot be too well
considered. The facts, as developed
in this Investigation, are already sufi
eient to put the people on guard, aud
make them watch 10 the next canvass
that none but good men shall be sent
to make laws for Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
Attachment Notice.


No. U72-RefOre j S Galloway, j.. p, for
Shelby county, Tenn.-W IL Order, admir-,
vs.. Mrs. A 0 MoCrary.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 Of the Code of
Tennessee. and returned levied ipon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that defendant is in
debted to the plaintiff in the sum CISCO, due
by account, and that the claim is Just,
and that the defendant has fraudalently re.
moved from the State Of Arkansas u snakes
or bags Of seed cotton. upon which the said
Grider as said administrator has a lien as
landlord, and that the said A 0 McCrary Is o
nonresident of the State Of Tennessee, and
reside. in theState Of Arkansas; it is therefore
ordered that said defendant make her personal
appearance before me on the 18th day OF Janua-
~, 1882, at 70 o'clock m, at my Office, No. So
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend
said attachment suit within tho time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex-parte; and that a copy of this order
be published once a week for four o0nsecu-
tive weeks IN the Public Ledger.
This the 10th day Of December, 1881.
IS 10l 107 lis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-28
PUBLIC LEDGER.


IL Northern Republicans have
treated Southern Democrats unfairly
when the opportunity presented they
have treated Southern Republicans
V 9 moro uugraciously. The latter
should understand BY this time the
fact that they are NOT wanted, whether
white q colored, except as voters to
do hard WORK in rain, mud and dirt.
Take for instance as a striking illus
tration the assignment Of chairman
ships, Of committees in tho Lover
House. On the fifty three committees
announced by Speaker Keller the
Chairmen Of all but four are Repre-.
~sontatiycs from Northern States, and
even those four are among the most
unimportant committees in the list
Even Mr.. Moore was not given a
Craftsmanship. Thus It has been aud
thus it will be. Southern Republicans
are willing to make brick without
straw and to pay for the privilege.