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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

VOLUME 4 of the Tennessee Re-
ports. by B. J. Lee, Attorney Gen
eral of the State, contains, among
other interesting and important deci-
sions Of the Supreme Court, one rem
dered at the April term, 1880, at
jackson, which contains indirectly
an unusually high compliment to a
member of the Memphis bar, who
was acting as Special Chancellor. The
case Of Thomas S. MARI ct al. VS.. The
Bank of West Tennessee was tried
before the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, 7. w. Brown sitting as Special
Chancellor. The trial attracted the
attention Of the bar and many promi-
nent citizens outside at the time. The
decision rendered was appealed from
to the Supreme Court. 1t was writ
ten out very carefully at length, and
for convenience was printed in pamph-
let form. The solicitors were Wright
& Bolkes, D. E. Myers, w. NJ. Ran
dolph, George CAN'T, ]. B. Heiskell,
W. M. Smith, NJ. P. Jarnagin, W. P.
Wilson and others. The case involved
the whole history Of the Bank OF
West Tennessee, beginning in Fsbru-
airy, 1854, and the trial brought out
some very interesting facts concerning
the management of that institution
The court below held to a very rigiG
line of construction, and decided
some nice points never before passed
Upon. The Supreme Court reviewed
this decision very thoroughly
and in lengthy opinion O
sixteen pages adopted it substantially
and referred to the learned special
chancellor, Hon. Themas w. Brown,
number Of times, and in a compli
mentary manner not to be found pre-
viously in the Tennessee reports
Some interesting questions touchiDI
commercial and banking interests ar
disposed of for the FIRST time, 1t
decided that no charter granted
bank is exempt from the police pOwe
of the State, though the exercise Q
this power may impose liabilities nc
charged by the charter. 1t is ais
held that discharge in bankruptc
protects the bankrupt from oil contr
button to other stockholders, who ma
subsequently be compelled TO pay Il
debts of the corporation. When stool
holder of a bank pays his subseFiptio
In deprecated issues Of the bank, b
can in settlement with creditors
bank only receive credit for the actu
value of the issues paid in on stoc
Statute of limitation will not run
favor Of stakeholder in a corporate
until call has been made, and thu
only as to that particular. The fl
decision as to the extent of a d
charge in bankruptcy under the roce
bankrupt law in the United Stat
was made by the special Chancell
T. W. Brown, who compared t
various bankrupt acts Of the Unit
States, and all these with those
England This part of the spec
chancellor's opinion is now sought
consideration by the committee
United States senator's, who I
charged with the duty Of forming
permanent bankrupt act.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
Trustees ssla.

DY virtue Of deed Of trusfa mad, . "a a.. =.
~ dersigned trustee BY J ohm GATman snd
Katie tie gtor%9 a. March 3 ~. and recorded
ter's Office Of Shelby count " said 49, 49,,
made TO secure an indebt sdness univ describ.
Cd therein, and default b aying bee n made IN
the request Of the beneficiary In "a "A 49, ~ -
II o'clock, am, on % w uo0a' ~
Saturday August 20. 1871.
s o. me southwest corner Of Main AM Madison
Shelby county, Tonnessse- ustnct 81
auction to the highest bidder for =, ~ paono
avg Certain S, Of land il said Dist @ soTs
Lane's sub division, frenficg M ~ and ~ b
the, west side Of Monsarrat strset saen on
ana ETg pi1ba - Pack i4S feet in dsp venue
Iis1sd NJ M NJ i1Ptiop waived Title be-
trustee only. "uo convey &C
wv Hampton, Attorney. 'Rf' fS Sg,sse:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
BURNETT's COCAINE
Promotes the Growth Orthe Hair

And renders il dark and glossy. 1t
holds, in a liquid forR, o large pro-
portion of deodorized CocOanut Oil,
prepared expressly for this purpose.
No other compound possesses the
peculiar properties which SO exactly
suit the various conditions of the
human hair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
Cuf in TMo bY q Train.

Special 10 the Little Rock GaEette.i
AUSTIN, Texas, August ga
stranger was cut in two last night,
near San Marcos, by freight train on
the Sunset road. Papers found on his
person show that he came to Texas
recently from Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

TIE census as to Maryland shows
that there are l1l,S87 persons ten
years old and over who can not read
in the State; 1876 whites who can
not write, and 9O,l72 blacks who can
not write"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
Health is Wealth f!

DR.. e. G. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TRRRT-
MENT; spe ciiic fer Hysteria, Dizziness, CO m
vulsiens, Nervous Headache, Mental DepI es-
sion, loss of Memory, Spermatorrh@a, In DO
tency, involuntary Emissions, Premature Old
Age, caused by over exertion, self abus Q, or
over-lndulgen which beads 10 misery, iecay
and death. One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one months treat ,ment,
One dollar box, or six boxes for Eve oIlars.
sent by mail prepaid on receipt of prie a Wa
guarantee six boxes 10 cure eny case with
each order received By US for six boxes, aoeo,n-
panied with five dollars, we will send the mr.
chaser cur written guarantee TO 70 turn the
money II the treatment does rot ehe Il n cura
guarantees issued only by A. RES KERT 4
CO., Wholesale and Retail Druggists 2i5 Wain
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders % mail viii
receive prompt attention. 55x * iii55d&W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

1t would seem that Mr.. Huntington
intends going to the East via Memphis
with his Southern Pacific railroad.
Last Saturday he purchased the Mem
phis, Paducah and Northern railroad
for which he paid $2,30O,000. He is
probably seeking an Atlantic port in
Virginia, as this road and two short
links, one in Kentucky and one in
Tennessee, he is after indicate that
direction. Il Galveston News, z.
II ought to be pretty we'll known by
this time that Mr.. Huntington con,
trolls the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
system, whose eastern terminus is the
Atlantic coast, which was reached
years ago. He is now seeking to react
the eastern terminus Of the Southern
, Pacific railroad, which he also con
trolls. Through Virginia, West Vir-
| ginia, Kentucky and West Tennessee
be has already reached Memphis, ant
is supposed to be getting a good ready
for the next Jump Little Rocl
Gazette, 8.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

Every gas jetis little Ere heating
the surrounding air, but the electric
produces no perceptible effect upon
the temperature. The difference in
this respect between the two lights is
perhaps nowhere more noticed than in
the Tribune composing room which, in
spite of lofty position at the top Of
the Tribune building and It's high
ceilings, used to be an uncomfortable
warm spot on sultry nights before the
electric lights we're put in. Now it is
one of the coolest places in the city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
TrayeIIng Mem

find it hard to keep in good health,
owing to the constant change Of water,
diet, and the Earring Of the cars. All
these things injure the kidneys, while
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
is certain to counterfeit them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
summerisg % the Far south:

jacksonville Union.l
ST. Augustine is full Of summer
tourists, and the boarding houses are
doing good business. just as pleas
ant weather over there as at Saratoga
Long Branch or Newport.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

MAINE only contributed $S2,457 %
to the support of the Federal govern
ment last year, while Kentucky
pumped down $S,719,162 q for Uncle
Sam.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

The people of Prussian Poland are
said to have taken much to heart the
sale Of one of the largest estates in the
country, heretofore the property of an
ancient and noble Polish family to q
German capitalist, resident in Berlin
The estate thus alienatsd embraces
some fourteen thousand acres of the
best soil, including nearly five thou
sand acres of forest land. The Kru-
yer Poznanski speaks of the occur.
renee as a new and distressing loss to
the cause of Polish nationality. 1t is
only one of many similar sales Of an
cient Polish estates to German capital
lists and spectators that have &C.
Cured within a recent period, and
this, combined with the extensive
emigration Of Polish peasants and Ia.
borels, has deprived those who still
dream Of restoring the Polish nation
to its own Of almost all hope Of seeing
their desires realized. 1t is said that
the time is near at hand when hardly
trace Of the Polish nobility will re.
main, and when even the mass OF the
population will belong to the con
quering nationality. To encounter
this threatened danger, an association
has been formed for the purpose O
aiding distressed Polish landowners t
escape from the clutches Of German
| creditors; but it is doubtful whether
this device will prove Of much avail
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
PERRYVILLE POINTS.
The Trial of IsOm and Peyten Pro-
crossing Slowly.
The Reason why the QuapaW
Guards are Kept at Perry
Vile.

Special Correspondence to the GaEette.l
PERRYvILLE, ARK, August 9, 1881.
The trial Of Peyton and Isom is not
progressing with that rapidity which
characterizes the work Of a ground
hog threshing machine. The witesses
testify demurely. 1t seems to be q
hard matter to do anything. Hard to
sleep and hard to get anything to eat
If the Quapaws could suddenly be
turned loose in Little Rock, people SC
unfortunate as to be assigned to the
second table, wonld have to wait I'M
til another market wagon came into
town.
By comparison Of handwriting, the
fact that Peyton wrote the kuklux
letters warning Harris and Matthews
to leave, cannot be disputed. The
opinion of an expert is not needed, SC
very plain is the fact. A letter writ
ten and signed by Peyton, and the ku'
klux letter are so much alike in every
particular that a schoOlboy even would
pronounce them the product of the
same writer.
There are, no doubt, a great many
people in Little Rock who cannot un.
derstand why the Quapaws are kept
here when no actual gsgement Of
arms has taken place, but if they un-
derstood the real situation of affairs
here, the wonder would cease.
There is no use in Disgusting the
fact. This county is in a terrible con-
dition. And the influence of the law.
lessness exhibited here does not STOP
in Perry county, but is showing itsell
in Yell and Conway counties. If the
justice before whom Peyton and Isom
are being tried has the necessary rig
idity of spinal column, there will be
either an unlooked-fOr revolution or q
disturbance SO loud that a man pillow
ing in an adjoining neighborhood will
express the belief that Its thunder
ing"
In the opinion of some Of the best
citizens here, if the military leave
without seeing the matter settled, i
will cost the State at least seventy
five thousand dollars. Everything
now depends upon the courts decis
ion. which will be reached to-day OIL
tomorrow:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
Trustees sale.

DY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust exc oUCt,
- ed to me by William Kuhn on the 2Stk
day Of June, 1877, and recorded in the oiice
of the Register Of Shelby county, Ter, nesSee.
on the 18th day Of June, 1877, in chat,IeI boSk
No. IL, page 2yS, TO secure certain Indebted
ness In said deed mentioned and. sch forth
and default having been made in tho payment
thereof, and at the request of the beneiciaries
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

as that it is perhaps necessary to state
that General Mcdowell was not
allowed to sit for his picture at Uncle
Sans expense.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
STLOUISLAWSCHOOL
law DEPARTRENT WAsHINcT0N UNIVERSITY.

Fifteenth Annual Term opens October 81. Courr0
Of Study comprises two Annual Terms. eeyen months
zach Diploma admits TO bar In State and Y = Oourts
Ia Missouri. Students admitted to senior class on OK
animation. Term fee a80 Including use Of Law LII
brary Address until Sept lst at Iowa City Iowa. az
forwards at st. Louis MOI W q. HAfdMoND4L.D.
Dean Law Eacultyi or HENRY HITcHcoQE ~ Louis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

Mothers and nurses skanld see to 1t that the
infant constitution il built up and strength
ened by proper feod before the trying sumo
gorogs to infant life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11
as-Repairiaa iproiaplIv attended TO- IA
- - ~. .V1t-Iuuu tVs NIIT
ChanCerY Sale of Real EsIatal.,

'
No. 1852, R-Chaneery Court Of shellv countv
mississippi and Tennessee Railroad vs..
Theresa Organ ct al tI.I -
iIQY virtue OF an interlocutory deoree for sale.
- entered in the above cause on the l5th,
DAY Of July, 1881, NJ 81, page 9M, / viii SELL,
az public suction, to the highest bidder IN
front Of the Clerk and Masters Office CONT
house Of Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee.
Saturday, August "a, 1881,
within legal hours, the following descr;ho
property situated in Shelby county, TenJS'
Lot number thirty-four go on north s,aa of
Exchange street, and 10. number w IN an
south side Of Market street, each rnnniDS
through 70 Walnut street. betnV part Of
what Is known as the 3atture addition n
Memphis and thus designated In The plan Of
said Batture addition =" 'N' pi"" VI
:. Terms Of Sale-CNsh,
This July 26, ltS, nj
RI YhACH, Clerk and Master
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-11

Publisher and Proprietor
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01
How to Prevent Drowning.

The loss of life from shipwreck, boat
ing, bathing, skating, fishing and acct
dental immersion, has become so disas
trously great that every means calculated
to prevent it ought to be known. In
the June number of the Popular Science
Monthly Henry MacCormac offers
some suggestions of importance
which are available even in the case
of persons otherwise wholly ignorant
of what is called the art of swimming.
He calls attention to a fact com
mon to the experience of every boy
life who dwells or has dwelt near body
of water deep or wide enough to float a
dog, that if you throw that animal into
the water. even if it is the first bath he
has ever had, he will tread or walk the
water instantly, and the pith of Mr..
MacCOrmac's argument is that there is
no imaginable reason why human being
under Ike circumstances should not do
as the dog does
When one of the inferior animals
takes the water, falls or is thrown in, it
instantly begins to walk as it does when
out of the water But when a man who
cannot swim falls into the water, he
makes few spasmodic struggles, throws
up his arms and browns. The brute on the
other hand treads water, remains on the
surface and is virtually insubmergible
The Indians on the Missouri river, when
they have occasion to traverse that i'm
just as the dog does. These facts are
worth knowing and should be kept IN
mind. Tread water when you find your
self out of your depth, that is keep your
body erect and use your limbs, arms and
legs just as in walking or running.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01
Labor IN the South.

Bradstreefs weekly journal of latest
date has letters from various points in
the South relative to the labor supply.
The editor of Bradstreet's, summing up
the information detailed in these reports,
SAYS the returns show that hands are
plentiful in Virginia and Tennessee.
Alabama reports labor scarce at seven
points, barely enough at three, and suf-
ficient at forty-six points. Scarcity of
supplies are noted. Arkansas reports
plenty of hands in forty-four places,
dependent on weather ia thirteen, and
scarcity in thirteen. johnson county,
Arkansas, reports that immigration
is rapidly filing up that portion Of the
State. Sebastian county, Arkansas,
reports labor scarce, owing TO the
vast amount of building at Fort Smith,
and that farmers are paying 81 25 day
for hoeing. Florida reports labor scarce
in nearly every place in the State. Geor-
gia reports labor barely sufficient or
scarce in thirty places. due mainly to
the wet weather, aud plenty in eighty.
Bradstreets Savannah correspondent
writes that labor so far has been eff
cient, but the projected railroads have
been offering high prices for laborers,
which may result in materially retard-
ing the working of crops at the close of
the season" From several counties in
Georgia there is a complaint that the
la5orers do not work well, and accom-
plish but half what they ought. Louisi-
ana reports labor scarce at eleven points,
dependent on the weather at seven, and
plenty at twentY-four. Caddo and
Natchitoches parishes. La, report a
scarcity of hands, owing to the railroads
in course of construction. Mississippi
reports labor scarce in ten places, barely
enough In twelve. and sufficient in forty.
nine. Some of the upland counties of
Mississippi report that, owing to the in
PRODUCTION of fertilizers and improved
planting and other implements, the cult
walton of crops is being done with less
labor than formerly. Other counties
report provision supplies short. North
Carolina reports labor scarce in
seven places, and barely enough
in six. Wet weather has affected
planting, and gold discoveries in
Cabarras county has attracted
many laborers there. South Carolina
reports labor insufficient at nine points,
barely enough at eight, and plentiful at
forty three. One return says that where
white labor is employed, or white and
colOred hands work together, crops are
better cultivated, than by black labor
alone. Edgefeld county, S. c., reports
an unprecedented scarcity of provisions
and provender, which has affected plant
ing by drawing off labor. Texas reports
labor insufficient at sixty-one points,
sufficient at twenty-five, doubtful at sew
enteen, and plentiful at thirty-five. Rail
road building in Texas, as affecting
labor, is reported in Fort Bend, Falls,
BOsque, Bell, Bowie, Liberty, Mcclellan,
Pamela and Robertson counties.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01

Amusing Trial of the Three street
Preachers at Alexandria.
Washington Post.

Uu8otie9tOH LOSt.
The case of ]. T. Michael, Samuel
English and George Peverill. the Free
Methodist" preachers charged with OBJ
structing the streets of Alexandria and
using obscene language on Sunday last,
came up before Mayor Smith, of that
city, Monday forenoon, the Office of His
Honor being crowded with interested
spectators. Mr.. Michael, who conducted
the defense, proposed that the proceed
ings be opened with prayer, to which the
Mayor objected, and the martyred
preacher then requested his brethren in
bonds to join in silent supplication, which
was satisfactory compromise. The
witnesses for the prosecution were
then called, the Rev, Mr.. Treadway,
of the NJ. p. church, and Messrs. Cation,
Thomas. Leadbeater, Hopkins and A.
ID. Warfield, the substance of whose tes-
timony was that the defendants had been
in the habit of denouncing the several
religious denominations of the city and
their pastors, and making themselves
obnoxious in various ways. Mr.. War
field regarded the men as a nuisance. !"
Mr.. Hopkins had heard Michael make
but one remark which he considered OBJ
Peverill had assailed him at his church
for preaching false doctrines to his con.
gregation. Mr.. Michael cross examined
the witnesses in an argumentative way,
and attempted to demonstrate that what
he and his colleagues had said against
Masonry and other secret orders was
true, but in this ne was cut short
by the Mayor, as was Peverill also,
who undertook at intervals to get in an
exhortation to repentance. The latter
admitted that he had on several occasions
warned the female members of the
churches, and urged them to put away
high heeled shoes, paint, powder frizzes,
bangs and other vain things, calculated
to lead them away from God. Mr..
Treadway replied to Paverills charge of
being a man pleaser by saying he
feared no man, or set of men. He feared
only women and his God. Paverill said,
"Bless God, l don't fear women" Rev,
Mr.. Michael made a long speech in
which he urged the Mayor, in giving
judgment in the case, to remember that he
would have some day to stand before the
Judgment bar of God He was interrupted
by the Mayor, who did not wish to be
SluSlCu Oub DIS a CduuludJS 1OI COuNOA-
sion. Mr.. English made a religious
speech, in which he declared that he did
not wish to violate any law. After Mr..
English's speech, the Mayor proposed
that if the three would promise not to
obstruct the sidewalks again, and con-
fine their doings to their church, he
would dismiss the case. The PROPOSE
ton was not acceded to, and Rev. Mr..
Michael was fined 81 and Mr.. Peverill
SIS. There was no evidence against Mr..
English. The fines were promptly paid,
and the preacher and Mes>rs. English
and Peverill left police headquarters in
the best of humor. They will hereafter
hold their open-air meetings on Wind
mill Hill.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01
Colonel Avery's History of Georgia.

The publishers of Colonel Avery's
History of Georgia from 1850 to 1881
are the strong firm Of Brown & Derby,
81 Park Place, New York. This firm
has the recommendation of the Apple
tons and Scribners, and are the sole
agents for the immense American News
Company's publications. Both have re-
sided in Georgia. In its typographical
execution this will be the handsomest
Georgia book ever published. Il will
contain fifty (50) steel portraits of the
distinguished Georgians of thirty years,
statesmen, journalists, writers and
railroad kings. 1t will have a
splendid map of Georgia, with the
new census. 1t will give a list of the
Georgia Generals, regimental officers and
Captains in the Confederate service. 1t
will have chapters on Georgia journal
ism, literature and railroads. The book
will contain six hundred pages, and will
be sold on the subscription plan, like
Mr. Davis work. 1t willafford chance
to make money canvassing. Agents will
be put all over the State. and those de-
string to canvass should apply to Brown
& Derby, 81 Park Place, New York.
The book will be ready for delivery in
two mOnths.-AUgUstG Chronicle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01

THE VIRGINIA CANPAIGN-Senator
Johnston, of Virginia, who is now in
Washington, says the regular Democ-
racy of the Old Commonwealth were
never in better condition or better spirits.
He has been in receipt of advices from
every quarter of the State, and he pre-
diets that the DebtpayeIs will carry the
State by thirty to forty thousand ma
iority. Senator Blair, of New Hamp-
shire, has taken upon himself to say to
the President since his return from Long
Branch that the Senators who supported
him thought he ought to give his sup
port to the Malone movement The
President responded in the rather non
committal style which he has pursued
from the first in regard to this subject
1t is represented that Senator Blair has
also spoken to Secretaries Blaine and
Window, Postmaster General James and
other Federal officials here with patron.
age at their command and urged that
their influence and their patronage be
exerted in behalf of the Reputation
party of Virginia, and it is claimed that
he has received satisfactory assurances
from them all.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01

THE STRENGTH OF THE DEMOCRACY
With reference to the future of the De-
mocracy, assuming Republican disinte-
grafton to be not far ahead. one fact is
evident: the Democratic party has not
been so strong as at present since 1857.
Its principles are the principles on which
our republican government is founded.
1t Is the party of the people, and despite
the injurious effects of unwise counsels
within, the powerful blows dealt from
without by sectional and partisan preju-
dice, its growth, as shown by the popu-
lar vote for President. has been steady.
This vote was, in 1868, 2.709. 613; in
1872, 2,S34.079; in 1876, 4.2S5, 992; in
1880, 4, Al, 8SS.-Arkdnsas State Gazette