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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-31
NASHVILLE.
The Slate Of Governor Haw-
kins' Probable AppOinteeS.
s. D. Williamson, Of Memphis, the Com
ing Coal Oil Inspector.
The Successor Of Killebrew and
Other Democrats.
A Clean Sweep Expected.
Death OF a Prominent Citizen.
A Clean Sweep Expected.
Death OF a Prominent Citizen.

Special to the Public Ledger.l
NASHVILLE, January 31.-It is
generally reported and fully credited
that the governor will appoint S. D.
Williamson, Of your city, coal oil in
spector. 1t is thought that the com
mission will be made out in day or
two.
1t is also understood that the name
Smith, of McMinnville, will be sent
in as superintendent of education,
vice Trousdale; DR.. Hawkins, editor
of the Huntingdon Republican, and
brother of the governor, in the place
Of Killebrew; Gossett, of Knoxville, as
superintendent of the penitentiary,
vice Colonel Boone; Thomas
Waters, of Nashville, warden
of the penitentiary, vice Lou Blizzard.
DR.. Kirchoval, OF Nashville, brother
of the mayor, as physician, vice H. L.:
Turney,
The appointment of these gentlemen
will give universal satisfaction, unless
it is that of DIR. Hawkins. In this case
it is his misfortune to be the brother
Of the governor. He has been a re-
publican since 1862, and has done as
much hard work with his head and
pen for the party as any man in the
state. Ifany one deserves recognition
it is he.
The cry Of Nepotism will not be
raised to any great extent, for, unfor.
tunately for the democrats, they are
estopped by their own party. The
present supreme court and other off :
cials have furnished a precedent for
this appointment that will not bear a
great deal of criticism.
1t is impossible to foretell what
action the senate will take, but l pre-
sumo they will be confirmed.
Captain T. S. Steele, of Shelbyville,
prominent low tax candidate for
secretary Of state, died suddenly at his
home, Saturday night, of heart dis
ease. SENEx.
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The Low Tas gIen.

Murfresboro Free Pfess.l
Our readers will bear in mind that
for years past it has been the constant
cry of the state credit papers that the
leaders Of the low tax movement for
the relief OF the people, were prompted
BY no higher motive than that Of seek
ing Office for themselves. The other
day, after receiving the highest num-
Der OF votes Of any democrat in the
/. field, J. n. Savage declined TO be o can
didate for the United States senate.
his did not appear like OfEice-sceking,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-31
Dcstructire Fire in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, January a.-At
lbs this morning Ere broke out on
the south side Of Bethlehem Baptist
church, at the northwest corner Of
Broad and Spruce streets. Three
alarms were sounded, but before the
engines all arrived the flames had
communicated to Horticultural hall
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-31

CLEVELAND, o., January 3l,--A
marty of about thirty Indianaians
headed BY Senator-elect Harrison and
Conorsssmen Pierce, Demolt, Steele
Peoie and j. W. Williams, unexpect-
edlv. arrived here this forenoon, and
went TO Mentor to urge upon Genera.
Garfield to appoint a member Of hi
cabinet from Indiana.
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Mr.. Gladstone is said to have ono
faculty in a supernatural degree-that
of mastering the contents Of book by
glancing through its pages. A friend
SAYS of him that he can master any
average book in a quarter Of an hour.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-31

Zig Assignment as Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, January 31.-Weil
Kahn Il Co., manufacturers Of cigars
made an assignment to-day, the bond
of the assignee being 100000. The
liabilities range from $780, 900 to $780,
600, mostly to New York and New
Orleans creditors. The assets are esti.
mated at $150,000.
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nB-Repairiae promptly attended to. lsl+
Nonresident Notice.

No. 3S57-In tho Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Alma J Loitin VS.. James "
IOitin.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i the defendant, James W Lolt:n, is a
nonresident of the State of Tennessee; il is
therefore ordered that be make his appear
anoe herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
FIRST Monday in March, 1851, and plead,
answer or demur TO complainant bill, or the
same will be Ia ken for confessed as to him
and set for hearing ex-parte and that a CODY
Of this order be published once week for
four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 3lst day Of January, 1881.
A copy: Attest.
ROBERT j. BLACK, clerk and master.
By y. B. MCHENRT, D. C. an.
} 5 Duval, sol. for compl't.
Isl 1877 1l3 149
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WHY throw away your illustrated
papers and magazines when you can
have a nice book made from them at
ibe LEDGER h;pdery2
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

CALLAHAN -Friends'aDd acquaintances Of
Mrs. MARY A. CALLAHAN are invited to attend
her funeral from residence, lO7 Front street,
at 10 o'clock tomorrow (TUEsDAY) morning.
Services at St Bridget's church.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

OFFICE PHGNIX ms. Co.
MEMPHIS, January 70, 1881. I
TN Z stockholders Of this company ore here
J. by notified that an election of Seven Di-
1eetOfs, to serve the ensuing year, will be held
at the office of the Company, on TUESDAY,
February Sth, 1881, between the hours Of II
a U. and ! pm.
100 1877 JOHN JOHNSON. sec'y.
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

A phonograph of an improved construc-
tion is to be tried in Paris, for teaching
pupils the proper pronunciation of difficult
words in foreign languages.
All ordinary fruit acids are said to act
upon tin, and one case is reported in which
persons were made violently sick from
eating fruit preserved in tin cans, no for
eign substance except tin being found in
the fruit.
Sir Wyville Thompson has estimated
that the pressure upon mans body at
depth of 10000 feet beneath the surface
of the sea would be equal to weight of
twenty locomotives, each with a good
train loaded with pig-iron.
Excavations commenced short distance
from the walls of Pompeii, with view of
aseertaining the nature of the surroun-
dings of the city, have led to the discov-
cry, within an area of few square yards,
of thirty skeletons, ten of which were
huddled together in one room Of small
suburban villa. Bracelets, necklaces, ear
rings and other objects, were found upon
the bones.
A writer in the Jescish World points
out that, contrary to the received idea,
the elder Rabbins of the Talmud taught
that the world was round This il shown
by passage in which, in discussing idol-
airy, the figures holding in the hand a
baton, . bird, or globe were prohibited,
because the baton symbolizes the domin-
ion Of the world, the bird that the world
lies beneath it, and the globe is forbidden
because it resembles the form Of the world
itself.
According to the studies Of H. Hebsrt,
the storms which reach the European
coast from America originate for the most
part in Mexico, Central America and the
narthern parts q South Aneries; hus
they % nos gensr.liy STRIKE the AtIsatir
unta affer they hare traverstd more o.
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food and clothes, such asshe thought best
for her. A little better than Cuffee's, per-
haps, but the similarity Of the cases did
not please him. He had expected bis
wife to be very grateful for what be had
done fer her, but now he wondered that
she had not rebelled long ago. Had his
life been . mistake? Had his wife no
more money or liberty than Cuffee had in
bondage Was Donald Jarvis no better
than Massa Brown?
His brain seemed to be in a muddle,
and he looked so strangely that his wife,
anxious to break the spell, took his arm
saying. %Let us go home, dear, tea must
be waiting for US" He put on his hat in
q dreamy way and they walked home in
silence. The children ran joyously to
meet them. The yard was so fresh and
green. and the flowers so many and bright
that he wondered he had never thanked
Nettie for them all Hitherto he had
looked upon them as bis, but now he felt
his interest in them was only few dol
lars, that would not have amounted to
anything but for his wife's care. His
children were tidy and sweet, and every
thing around and in the house had that
CHEEKY look that rested him SO after the
hard, dull day at the mill. They sat
again at the table, which had been q
source of pleasure and comfort to him for
so many years, and he wondered how he
could have enjoyed it so long without
ever thanking the woman who had pro-
vided it. True, she had used his money
in bring it all about, but how else could
his money be of use to him !? Who else
could have turned it into just what he
needed day after day for years? And he
began to have an underlined feeling that
it took more money to make home. He
glanced at his wife's face as he buttered
his last slice of bread
1t was not that of the fair, rosy bride
whom he had brought to the mills years
before, but at that moment he realized it
was far more dear to him, for he knew
that she had given the bloom and fresh
ness of her youth to make his home what
it was. His daughters had her rose leaf
cheeks, his sons her youthful viyacity, all
had her cheerful, winsome wavs, and
comforted him now as she had in those
days when, hardly knowing what care
meant, SHE Hdu llNeu LOT nun dlOHe
And a new thought came to him, ''Who
was comforting her now when she had so
much care? Was not that what he prom
ised to do when he brought her from her
old home :" He sighed as he thought
how far he had drifted from her while in
bondage equal to Cutfee's Nay. he felt
that her chains were far more binding
than any which had ever held the negro,
and that his obligations to her were so
much greater.
Something called the children out of
doors, and Mr.. Jarvis took his easy chair.
His wife came and stood beside him. al
fear you are not well, Donald are you
dispIeased with me ~
He drew her into his arms and told her
how her words had showed him what
manner Of man he was, and there were
words spoken that need not be written,
but from that day forth a different man
was proprietor of the Jarvis mill, and
there was brighter light in Mrs. Jarvis
eyes for, at least, she had something Of
her own, nor has she regretted that she
" applied for wages"
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Interesting Extracts from the Rise
and Fall Of lhe COmGeder.
mae Government.

The Memphis AppeaI Of recent date
has a review, more than four columns
long, of the forthcoming history, by JEFF
ferson Davis, Of the Rise and Fall of the
Confederate Government. 1t is un-
the work that has been written and is
interspersed with many interesting ex-
tracts, a few OF which are given below.
WHY HE WROTE 1T.
In his Introductory, which is brief, Mr..
Davis says:
A duty to my countrymen; to the
memory of those who died in the defense
of cause consecrated by inheritance, as
well as sustained by conviction; and to
those who, perhaps less fortunate, staked
all, and lost all, save life and honor, in its
behalf, has impelled me to attempt the
vindication of their cause and conduct.
For this purpose | have decided to pre-
sent a historical sketch of the events
which preceded and attended the struggle
of the Southern States to maintain their
existence and their rights as sovereign
communicable creators, not the Great
ures, of the general government.
straying far from the lessons our fathers
taught, it seems proper and well to recur
to the original principles on which the
system of government they devised was
founded. The eternal truths which they
announced, the rights which they de-
clared inalienable," are the foundation
stone on which rests the vindication of
the Confederate cause.
WHAT PREcIPrTATED THE WAR.
1t was not the passge of the personal
liberty laws" it was not the circulation
of incendiary documents, it was not the
raid of John Brown, it was not the oper-
alton of unjust and unequal tariff laws,
nor all combined, that constituted the
intolerable grievance; but it was the sys-
tematic and persistent struggle todeprive
the Southern States of equality in the
Union-generally to discriminate in legis-
lation against the interests of their peo-
pie; eliminating in their exclusion from
their territories, the common property of
the States, as well as by the infraction of
their compact to promote domestic tran
guilty.
The question with regard to the terri
tories has been discussed in the foregoing
chapters, and the argument need not be
repeated. There''was, however, one feat
ure of it which has not been specially
noticed, although it occupied large
share of public attention 1t the time and
constituted an important element in the
case. This was the action of the Federal
judiciary thereon, and the manner in
whieh Il was received.
In 1854, case (the wen known *Dred
Scott casey came before the Supreme
Court Of the United States, involving the
whole question of the status Of the Afri-
can race and the rights Of citizens Of thu
Southern States to migrate TO the terrific
ries, temporarily or permanently, with
their slave property, on > footing o
equality with the citizens Of other State
with their property Of any sort This
question, Is we have seen, had already
been the subject of long and energeti'
| diacuasion, without any satisfsctory con
elasion. All parties, however, had unitea
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"A man built house worth %IO, goo
at Andover, Mass, without spending
dollar. He bought all tho material on six
mouths credit, and at the end of that
time refused to pay. ALI the stuff was
fast in the house, which he had sold to
his wife. The labor was ,btained on the
same plan, and even tae widow who
boarded the workmen vac swindled. The
man lives placidly in his new residence,
but is not greatly loved BIZ his neighbers.
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Washinstan Psskl
Says an old West Poiater who knows
Grant we'll: The ex-P President has landed
in Mexico and his arrival there il 10 preg-
nant with fate to that country as was the
landing of Cortez. Mexico has been .
dream with him ever sineSh be was there as
. boy soldier-for he wasInothing more
and was intoxicated with It's possibilities
for empire and enjoyment Grant says
now that he wants sixteeA years in which
to develop the country. In six years he
viii be its President in tin years It's Die
tator. He goes there I'll patriot, and
the outs" will take up with him - .
good man TO head their column. Grant
talks about trade, and no doubt he means
railroads and importatioas and All that,
but il Il not safe 20 say that you can tell
from his conversations fast what he ID
thinking shout Grnns means bigger
business In Mexico than sMy of his fFiends
have yet given him cfedR Cor"
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PUBLISHED BY G. E. DYKE.


The farmfr stood at the open door
Looked North and South, and East and West
Good wife, the swallows are back once more
Back * ain to their last years nest
I'm on to the fields 10 speed the pIow,
The birds are singing or every bough
The ekies are dreaming OF summer blne:
Trees are dreaming Of rustiing leaves
And have dream-God make Ii true
OF standing corn and of golden sheayes.
Of meadows green. and ef new made hav
And feapers singing at dawn OF das
Call ali the boys, we must 70 a-feld
To speed the pillow and cast the seed
God bless the seed. and make It 20 Weld
Plenty, both man and beast to feed
God bless the seed and speed the plow.
For birds are singing on every bough
Then out with his boys the farmer went
Into the fields the son spring morn
Sowing the seed with 4 glad content
Singing, while sowing the good seed-corn.
God bless the harrow. and bless the plow
The corn, the wheat, and the barley now
f5d1TA~f-e Ue<k
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Default having been made in the conditions
Of . certain mortgage whereby the power
therein contained to sell has become operstve)
executed by Lucius A. Rogers and Alice j..
Rogers, his wife, OF Van Buren, County, IN the
State OF Michigan, to John Davenport and Ira
Davenport executors Of the last Will and Testa-
ment Of Ira Davenport, deceased, bearing date
the first day Of March, A. D., eighteen hun
dred and seventy eight and recorded in the
Office OF the Register Of Deeds, for the county
of Van Buren, in said State Of Michigan, on the
first day of March, A. d. eighteen hundred and
seventy EIGHT, in Liber Is OF mortgages, on
page 1853, upon which mortgage there 10 claimed
to be due, at the date OF this notice, the sum
Of six hundred and thirty-two dollars and forty
law, having been instituted to recover the
same or any part thereof, notice is therefore
hereby given, that on Tuesday, the twenty
first day OF February next, at eleven O'Clock in
the forenoon, shall sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder, (sale to take place at the
front door of the Van Buron county Circuit
Court House, in the Village OF Paw Paw, the
premises described in said mortgage, Cor go
much thereof as shall DO necessary to satisfy
per cent. interest, and legal costs, together
with an attorney fee OF fifty dollars, covensnted
for therein), that is to say, the following piece
or parcel OF land, situated IN Van Buren, county,
in the State OF Michigan, viz: The north half OF
the south half Of the northwest quarter Of
section nine (9), in township two (2) south,
range fourteen 14 west, containing forty acres
more or less.
Dated, Kalamazoo, Nov. 23d, A. d. 1881.
Y YRa na RAENSPHTi Executors,
Mortgages.
r. Il j. ID. BURNS, 1392t1s
Attorneys for Mortgages.
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Legal Notices.
MORTGAGE SALE

Default having been made in the conditions
OF q certain mortgage whereby the power
therein contained to sell has become operative),
executed by Aaron L. Lindsey and Jane Nj.
Lindsey, his wife, OF Van Buren, county and
State OF Michigan, to John Davenport and Ira
Davenport, executors Of the last Will and
Testament of Ira Davenport, deceased, bearing
date the twenty third day Of July, A. d., eigh
teen hundred and seventv-seven. and recorded
in the Office OF the Register OF Deeds. for the
county OF Van Buren,, in said State OF Michigan,
on the thirty-frst day OF July. A. D., eighteen
hundred and seventy seven, in Liber f6 OF
mortgages, on page 32i, upon which mortgage
there is claimed TO be due, at the date OF this
notice, the sum OF seven hundred and sixty
seven dollars and fifty cents, ($767.50), and no
suit or proceedings at law, having been institu-
ted to recover the same or any part thereof,
notice is therefore hereby gwen, that on Tues
day, the twenty frs; day OF February next, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, shall sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder. (sale TO
take place at the front door OF the Van Buren,
county Circuit Court House. in the Village of
Paw PAW the premises described in said mort
gage, Cor so much thereof as shall be necessary
to satisfy the amount due on such mortgage,
with seven per cent. interest, and legal costs,
together with an attorney fee of fifty dollars,
covenanted for therein), that is to say, the fol-
loving piece or parcel OF land, situated IN Van
Buren, county, in the State Of Michigan, viz:
The east eighty-S0-acres, Of the south frac
tional half Of section twenty -eight-2S-and
the west half Of the southwest quarter Of sec
ton twenty -seven-27-in township two-2-
south, range fourteen-14-west.
Dated, Kalamazoo, November 23d, a. D. 1881.
John DAVENPORT, Executors.
IRA DAVENPORT, ) "'
Mortgages.
Attornevs for Mortoa0aas
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M. L. Social at DIR. Engle's on Tuesday
evening next.
DR.. Engle has sold his young horse to S.
L. Warren, for $200.
Thiocold weather makes those who are
plastering cry out for stoves.
Mr.. Ross preached on trial at the Baptist
church on Sunday morning last.
Prof. Heywood's boys who have been sick
for the past week, are improving.
Thanksgiving services were held at the NJ.
Z. Church, Thursday at IL o'clock
j. ID. Erwin is fitting up residence on
South Maple street. He bought his lot of
J. Crandall.
Young DIR. Palmer is about buying him a
lot and talks of building. Looks rather
suspicious.
Justice Mortimer is doing good business
in attending to the criminals and roughs in
this locality.
1t is the general opinion here that Guteau's
attempted assassin ought to be hung. for
missing his mark.
Quite number of delegates from here
attended the G. I. County Convention at
Decatur, Tuesday.
The smallpox scare is rapidly dying out
No new cases. Miss Mamie Allen, living
three miles from Hartford, is rapidly recov-
ering.
VIM. Watts and John Hunt who went to
Antrim county, prospecting for farms, have
returned. We judge Hartford looks good to
them.
Captain Manley's side won in the hunt on
Friday last. and Monday night Captain
billiards men furnished the supper at the
Odds House.
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Du.D, at Schoolcraft. Nov. eth. Dr. Bolivar
Barnurn, in the 55th year Of his age.
DIR. Barnum was born near Auburn. Cayu-
"a Co. New York, April 22d 1926. His pa
rents. with their children in 1896, removed
to Van Buren, county, Mica. near Paw Paw,
and engaged in agriculture. where the doctors
boyhood days were spent. Educational adj
vantages at that time were very limited, but
| while laboring on the farm summers, and at
tending school winters, ut the age of nine
| teen he had SO far advanced in his education,
that he engaged in teaching winters for some
time. In 1S49 he commenced course of
study at Albion Seminary, at Albion, Mich.
He began the study Of medicine in 1851 with
DIR. Josiah Andrews, of Paw Paw, and after
attending two courses of lectures in the med
ical department of Michigan University,
graduated in 1854. In April of the same
year he located in Schoolcraft, and in short
time gained a good practice. On the break
ing out of the war he was appointed Surgeon
of the 25th Michigan Infantry, and served
during the war. In July 1873, he was ap-
pointed Surgeon of the M. G. X. X. Co., and
| removed to jackson, where he remained I'M
| til 1876, when he returned to Schoolcraft, to
his favorite home. His large experience as
Surgeon brought him much practice. He
was member of the st. Joseph Valley Med
ical Association, the Michigan State Medical
Society, also of the American Medical Asso-
citation, and an honorary member of the Cal
,ifornia State Medical Society. He was twice
married and leaves wife and two daughters.
He was the youngest of family of seven
children, four sons and three daughters, of
whom there is but one left, a sister, Mrs. o.
Hawley. of Paw Paw. He left large circle
of relatives and friends. He was kind
husband and indulgent father, and very So
cial with his friends, who sadly mourn his
untimely death.