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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02

A CoURIER-JoURNAL staff CORE
Spondent writes from Nashville that
the lobby was in great force around
the senate chamber when it was ex .
pected that the 100 3 bill would come
to final vote. 1t is not possible to
abolish the lobby in legislatures or in
congress. Yet 1t does seem to be an
outrage on decency and justice for a
lot Of mere spectators, many Of them
from distant states, to enter legisla-
tive halls and attempt to influence the
action Of representatives who are
sworn to perform high duty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
BY CABLE.

boNDoN, April 2.-Twelve baronies
in County Cork are proclaimed in
state Of disturbance.
Severe floods and gales on thn Span
ish coast in the Mediterranean has re-
suited in considerable destruction
Of property in Andulusia.
A public meeting, convened by the
Freiheit, in defense Of the committee,
was held at the socialist club last
night to protest against the seizuse Of
Plant, of the Freibeit, and the arrest
of Herr Most. An Englishman pre-
sided, aud an English edition Of the
Freiheit was distributed in the room,
containing an appeal to the socialists
of all natioDalities. A resolution
was passed declaring the arrest of
Most and the seizure of Plant arbitra-
ry and unjust aud an act worthy Of
Russian and German despOtism. The
Freiheit will be published as usual
during Most's Imprisonment. The
Daily Telegraph states that on the
liberal side of the house of commons
a strong feeling is apparent against the
mode in which the prosecution OF the
Frciheit is being carried on, and this
feeling will probably soon find expires
sion.
VIENNA, April 2.-It is proposed tC
hold an international conference Of
jurists to ventilate the question Of the
right of asylums for political reiu
gees.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
Sic Dealhs From an ExpIosIOn.

NORFOLK, April BY an explo-
sion in saw mill at Berkley, Va,
Andrew Brown (white), Thos. Greek
Moses Conway and Luke Whjtehurst
(colored), were scalded to death. Rob
ert James and Robert Brown will
die, and Lee Mingo, Lorenzo Backus
and Edward Morton we're badly
scalded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02

"Old Al 2" the Wisconsin war
eagle, died a / Madison Saturday. The
bird was sol I to the Eighth Wiscon-
sin infantry n 1861, and was with the
regiment fou J. years 10 the army, and
at the close ,f the war was presented
to the state. He has been all over the
nation since. In 1865, at the great
fair in Chica %, his Exhibition netted
ten thousand dollars, and at the Mil
waukee fair, he same year, six thou
sand. "Old Abe" wal on exhibition
for four month at the centennial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
CHINA
DINNER SETS,
185 pieces, for $2O.
sPEoIALTIEs:
Bar Fixtures. Mirrors, etc.
ouadruple-pIated Knives. oaStors etc.
Hotel and Steamboat Ware;
G. N. ERICH,
SsI MN STREET, Memphis, Tenn.

COMPTROLLER James N. Nolan
has announced the apportionment of
school money, which will be distribu-
ted by warrants upon the treasury to
each county on the first Of July, 1881.
Shelby county has scholastic popula-
tion OFFS, ,256 and will receive 50, 1882
The scholastic population of the en-
tire state is 544. .S52 and the fund to be
distributed $75,375.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
NASHVILLE.
No Motion Entered to Reconsider.
Legislators Consulting Bond
holders.

Special to Public Ledger.
NASHVILLE, April 2.-Eo motion
has yet been made to reconsider the
debt bill.
tits said that conference ofits sup
porters was held last night, and COM
munication opened with the bond
holders.
Tie Memphis debt bill was not
reached in the house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
LiyerDOoI Market.

LIVERPOOL, April 2, 3 p.m.-Ba-
conc. c., dull, 4Os; 8. r, dull, Ais 3D.
|. c., steady, 4Os. HAM. c., dull, As.
Beef-extra India mess dull, zoos.
Lard-prime western, dull, 54s.
Cheese American choice, dull, 6SS.
Turpentine spirits, dull, 34s.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
Romedy Ior HYdrophobIa.

One and one half ounces Of elecsm
pane root, crushed; boil in one pint
of sweet milk until reduced one half /;
strain and drink, eating nothing that
day. Miss one day. On the third
day take two ounces Of root similarly
prepared, and eat nothing that day.
Miss another day. On the fifth day
take two ounces more of the root,
eating nothing that day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
fhe Haw, kin. SS EAH"i'

Nashville Banner.l
There is famil y in high position ~
Tennessee, which for the l. aHo twG
years will draw th neat little IN II n
$4,000 from the state treasury. - -
they'll had E,een su ,cessful in all thea,
aspirations they Ould heve received
about $l1 900 more. though the latter
sum would have come from Uncle
Sans pockt t. The FIRST letter OF their
name is II awkin's But if they do
their duty, is VIC hope they may, they
will earn it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02

action Of representatives who are
sworn to perform high duty.
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IT is a coincidence to be remem-
bered that in the house, the immortal
thirteen signed protest against the
passage of the 100 3 bill, and that
thirteen members in the senate pre-
vented its final passage. All honor
10 those brave men, who have stood
up for the rights of the people in the
face of the most powerful and defiant
lobby ever seen in Tennessee .egis-
lature. Shey have averted what we
believe would have been great ca
lamity Others thought differently,
in all sincerity, no doubt, and were
entitled to their opinions. The mem
bers of the house aud senate who
voted against this monstrOus and un.
warrantable measure deserve and will
receive the hearty gratitude OF the
people. There is general desire for
a settlement of this question, but not
npou any terms THAT may be drawn up
bv : secret conclave Of Wall street
speculators and corporation attorneys.
All the circumstances Of the creation
and history of the debt aud Of the state
should be taken into consideration
The rights Of the creditors and OF
ths people should both be given due
weight, and neither side given an un-
due advantage. We are out Of the
vortex OF a presidential canvass now
and sbsulG look at this question upon
its merits alone. Tennessee can
neither afford 70 repudiaie or to pay
this debt dollar for dollar. Georgia,
the most prosperous state in the south
repudiated portion other debt and
the act stands approved in the eyes OF
the world. Minnesota long ago re-
pNdiated her debt and but recently
made arrangements to settle it at fifty
cents, the dollar. We do not adyo-
cate the reputation ofany Of thestato
debt Of tennessee, although some Of
= .s donhtless irregularly created
simplv because the debt has been re-
cogDized SO may ways and times, and
is 50 amalgamateGI that It would be
doubtless impracticSble to slit 1t
Taken as a whole it would seem to b.
Just, polite and expedienIS to cut the
debt in two, principal and interest
and undertake to carry the loin Il
soOd faith, but without signing 80!
mortgages or articles of indenture t.
run for ninety. nine years. For unles
ibe people pay the interest on th'
debt, and eventually the principal
in cheerful spirit they will never d.
itMall. No settlement that does no
meet general appreciation will stand
She people will find some way to evad
or defeat it. Those charged with tn
grave duty of making o settlemen
should take this fact into considera
ton. 1t would be the part Of wisdom
gor the democrats of both wings t
Maye truce, to make some concessioii
0u both sides-meet on middle groun
where they can rest their cause an
= IKE sensible settlement beior
,b;. Legislature adjoulns. sueh an ad
;us.u, ent as we indicate could nf
s9a;Ir We overthrow and we belleV
EASILY eaSniy final. In times of great e1I
s;tsmont %tS,u Oe e hardly expect such &C
Se4oT' viCs 70 have any effect. but it is we
wee so;D4 ~ naVe ~ ,bo right direction, never
ahalaaa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
Ner E,nngIed Doctrincs.

Murfreesborro News. 1t is now
asserted by leader in the republican
party that political platforms are
adopted only to catch votes, and that
the Judgment of the representative Of
what is best, rises above platforms.
1t is also asserted that the represen-
tative is not at all bound by the pledges
made to his constituents before the
election; but Is free to vote as he
pleases afterwards. So hereafter poll
ticians will take things in their own
bands and act regardless of the will Of
the people, who will no more vote for
principles. The people are to be left
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
WOrklnamen's B. and [. Assn.

VlHE regular monthly meeting. for payment
/ OF dues and other business. will be held
on TUESDAY, EVENING. April STD. at
Ti3b o'clock. at the afhce OF the Association,
RoOm No. y, Planters Insurance Building.
p. yro s~ta mey bc made 10 the secretary dur
ing business NJ l.. LlGRILL, President.
tlHAs T. PATles0y. Sso'y ~ ol
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
RANK or COMMERCE.,
NOTICE TO CREDITORs.

+ RTTRRs Of admipistraiiog heiug granted
10 the undersigned on estate 81 Benjalain
g vverturf. by Probate Court Of Shelby com;
". ereditOrs Of ssid estate are hereby notified
Ia present their claims TO the urdersisned toT
paymeuf. HD CB CLARKE, Adm'r.
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Died.

JACKsON-At the Commercial Hotel, IN
MS3Pdsd' 81 SS S1 sStqTd1y @STHing ~ csSE
son.
Friends Of tho family ate invited to attend
his funeral tomorrow SUNDAY afternoon,
at 5 o o'cloek. from Commercial Hotel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
Clnnrlnchonse Report.
Colonel Frederick Hecker who

Colonel Frederick Hecker, who
died at Summerfeld, Illinois. few
days ago, was at one time the rccog-
nized popular agitator Of republican
ism in Germany, aud in 1913 he was
the leader of revolutionary effort to
proclaim a republic Soon after the
outbreak he fed to America and be.
came one of the original abolitionists
In 1861 he entered the union army as
private, but in few months he was
given the command of an Illinois regi-
ment. He was dangerously wounded
at the battle Of Charlottesville. He
was man Of fine education and great
energy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
MONU M E nj S

I HAVE A VERY LARGE STOCK OF TaE
L finest monuments Of sll kinds, also fine
figure Jobs aud very fine rustic nOnu-
ments, tablets, scrolls and headstOnes.
Of all siEes and designs. which I will sell at
actual cost of material and labor on
them. You can save money by calling on
me and see my prices before purchasing else
where.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
The FINAL Vote Yesterday.

Nashville Herald, lst.l
The vote was then taken on the
main bill, with the following result;
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
NOES

Messrs. Matthews and Rankin
changed their votes to no, making the
final vote stand. noes 10, ayes 10.
During the voting many spectators
and senators had rolls in their hands
Keeping a record of the vote. When
Mr.. Watson answered aye to his name
the vote stood II to II. The last
name, Speaker Morgan's, called next,
and as the clerk paused after calling
it, the hum of conversation ceased
and you might have heard a pin drop
until the silence was broken by the
voice of the speaker as he answered,
Mo- His vote was received with con-
tinued and rousing cheers, and it was
some time before order could be re-
stored. It is rumored that the vote
of Mr.. .Tillman was a complete sur
prise to the friends of the bill. 1t was
also thought from the way In which
they acted yesterday evening that they
counted on Speaker Morgan. Alas
human anticipatiOns are fragile things
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-02
' john. d. ADAMS.
MEMPHIS, April |.

Major John y. Adams Sir; | re-
ceived late last night your second let
ter of yesterdays date. ! have fully
disclaimed any personal reflection
upon YOU in connection with the mat
Ter in question. and in accordance
with your request | have published
IN. disclaimer in the Avalanche. |
raaret 10 perceive . seeming disposi,,
t;cn on vour part 70 giye 2 personal
character to d. .'eusslo,n relating en-
tirely to matter of l,Tbllc concern. t..l
IF the facts that have Dcen related
~ the Avalanche in regard to t.He con-
ira, r. IT'S for mail service, and the failure
20 ner,, rm the service contracted for
arc oT trne toy, in my opinion, justify
tho observatisas which as public
journalist, in discharge of my duty to
The nublic. | have made upon them.
That thew are true | havs every reason
to believe, from the information III
nv possession, and can only repeat
that. If they arc not true, | will cheer
fully publish correction OF any
errors into which may have been led;
With disavowal of all personal
offense, and with this offer to correct
any statement in which injustice has
been done you, | trust you will be sat
isfed. +. >. NICHOLS
MEMPHIS, TENN, April |, 1881.
Mr.. L. S. Nichols-Sir: Your note
of this date has been received. am
The National tribune., 1881-09-03

lOOSened front tooth. At half past four his
mother picked him out of bucket of water At
five he had set off whole box of matches at one
go, nearly setting the house on fire
At six he had pulled the wig from the Rev.
Jedediah Scrimsher's head, the minister had
dropped in for friendly CALI, and at seven he
was sent up stairs to bed without his supper.
Against this last piece of barbarity as he doubt
less considered it, he incontinently rebelled, and
eventually compelled treaty, under which he
secured a bowl of bread and milk
At eight o'clock he was left apparently asleep
in his cot: but at nine, when his mother went up
stairs to look after him, he was nowhere to be
found. The house was searched from top to bot
tOm-no Dick. The yard was searched-nO Dick.
Everybody became alarmed. What if tramps had
carried him off? He was forgiven an hundred
times over for all the trouble he had caused. We
never knew how necessary he was to our happi-
ness until we lost him. and pledge after pledge
was made that if he ever came back-eyer came
back-goOd heavens. could it be possible that he
would not? The question asked over and
over again, and sore hearts found little comfort
in the replies given.
1t was nearly twelve o'clock midnight, when
Dicks mother, fairly distracted with grief, flung
herself down by the little cot where her darling
had lain. 1t stood near the foot of her own bed,
and behind it was a sort of recess partly filled by
her dressing case.
Several neighbor women, who We're present,
gathered around, endeayoring to cheer her up.
As they did so, one Of them caught the barest
glimpse of chubby foot projecting from under
meath the large, low bed. He is found! He is
found!" she cried. And sure enough, the little
rascal lay on the carpet under the bed close up
to the wall fast asleep, with one of his playthncs
clutched in his little fist. AS was afterwards
learned, he lost it out of his cot and followed it
under the bed where he was found.
When awakened he was perfectly bewildered
by the multitude of faces about him. and as his
mother took him in her arms and hugged and
kissed him as even mothers seldom do hug and
kiss their children, his great blue eyes opened to
their fullest extent in sleepy astonishment, "Oh,
Dick, how could you ?"-she half laughed-half
sobbed, as she placed him in his cot.
The little fellow doubled two chubby fists into
his eyes to rub them open, gave curious half
awake glance around the room and, as he nestled
down. murmured. Il dess BOwsers tail mus be
half a mile long wiv all zat fread' and the next
moment he asleep.
The National tribune., 1881-09-03
GENERAL HARTSUFFS STORIES.

When | was a cadet" said he, Il was one
rainy day on sentinel duty, when General Scott,
who was visiting the Point came by, wrapped in
a great military cloak and carrying huge UNI
brella. Seeing me pacing up and down in the
rain, the old gentlemans kind heart induced him
to stop and say to me, Young gentleman, you
will catch cold out in the wet. Come under my
umbrella, and walk with me up to headquarters,
when | will have you excused | marched by
his side in fear and trembling, and, to my great
relief, was not reprimanded by the commandant." :"
Again he told us: " | once ordered to the
front to take part in forward movement under
General Shields. Shields, be it known had I'M
questionably kissed the blarney-stone. l arrived
with my regiment in the evening, and at once
reported at the generals tent. There were num-
Der OF colonies sitting and standing about the
tent; and when went in General Shields came
forward to meet me, and putting his hand up to
his mouth whispered in my ear, I'm glad to see
you here, emphasizing the you in compliment
AIRY manner. Presently another colonel arrived
and came in, when Shields stepped up to him and
went through the same motion. Then another
arrived with the same result. When we were all
dismissed, with orders to report next morning at
daybreak, we bid the General goodnight and
walked outside together. When we were out of
ear-shot, said l. Gentlemen, | think | can tell
each one OF you what General Shields whispered
to him. What? what?' asked they all. Why
said |, he simply said, L am glad to see you here
Every colonel bowed assent. General Shields had
politely and politically addressed to each one of us
the same gratifying formula, but next day we
fought none the worse for that although an oc-
casiOnal smile would break out"
Again he said, " was one time discussing in
Washington with General Sheridan the real value
of brevet rank. I argued that brevets should be
limited to very few Sheridan contested that
they ought to be generously bestowed for merto-
rious services. We were indulgng in glass of
punch together. | took up Sheridan's glass of
rightly compounded punch and poured its con-
tents into the water pitcher There exclaimed,
/ have illustrated the value of liberal system
of brevets. Drink your punch ID. Y. Adee IN
the United Sercice Magazine.
The National tribune., 1881-09-03
TIE HEART,


That wonderful little pumping engine which
we all carry around in our bosoms and which
runs without cessation till death ruhIessly closes
the throttle, performs an amount of work so
great as to be almost beyond belief, till sub
stantiated by arithmetical calculation. If we
scrutinize the mechanism Of the heart, we shall
find that it involves in its operation nearly all
the principles of carbohydrates. 1t may, there
fore, be brought within the domain of mathe-
matics, as any other machinery. In the attempt
to calculate the power of the human heart for
given time shall arrive at some curious and
interesting, not to say astonishing, results The
hearts now beating in and around the city of
New York exert an aggregate power ample to
prOpe large steamer across the Atlantic ocean
at a fair rate of speed
The average discharge of the heart at each
pulsaton may be estimated at one and half
ounces, and its number of beats at seventv-five
per minute. Seven pounds of blood per minute
is therefore forced through this artery against
pressure of tOrty-twO Ounces-equivaent to rails
ing seven pounds six feet each minute The
work of seven hundred and eighty-six adult
hearts is equal to one horse power. The aggre-
gate population of New York, Brooklyn, and
Jersey City was according to the census of 1860,
one million one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand, and may be safely estimated now at one
and One-half millions. Considering this as equal
to an adult population of twelve hundred thou
sand, their united heart-beats exert power equal
to that Of one thousand five hundred and twenty
seven horses. The work done by the beating Of
all the human hearts the globe is equivalent
to the power of one million forty-six thousand
and fifteen horses sufficient to prope feet of
one hundred and four Great Easterns at full
speed continually. This power could only be
generated, in average steam engineering practice,
by the combustion of four thousand six hundred
and eighty tons Of coal per hour
When we reflect that the human family is
small in comparison even with the great class of
mammalia, Of which it forms part and that
many of the same class, as the whale. the ele-
phant, the rhinoceros hppopotamus giraffe, &c,
have hearts of very much greater size and power
than the human heart: and when we conceive of
the enormous additional work performed by the
hearts of reptiles, birds, fishes mOlusks and
insects, and TO this work add in imagination the
power expended in the movement of the respira-
tory apparatus OF animals, and voluntary mus
cular movement necessary to obtain sustenance
for these animals, we may gain some feeble con-
ceptiOn Of the enormous expenditure of mechan-
caI power required to sustain animated existence
on the earth.
The National tribune., 1881-09-03
WHAT TO WEAR.

1t may not, perhaps, be known, says London
Trdh that a man wearing dark clothes is more
liable to infection from contagious disease than
he who wears light -cOlOred garments, because
particles which emanate from diseased or decay
ing bodies are much more readily absorbed by
dark than by light fabrics This is easy OF proof.
Expose light and dark coat to the fumes of to-
bacco for five minutes and it will be found that
the dark one smells stronger than the other OF
tobacco smoke and it will retain the odOr longer.
The National tribune., 1881-09-03
RIDING DOWN.

o did you see him riding down,
And riding down. while all the town
Came out to see, came out to see,
And all the bells were mad with glee?
O. did YOU hear those bells ring out,
The bells ring out, the people shout,
And did you hear that cheer on cheer
That over all the bells rang clear?
And did YOU see the waving flags,
The futtering flags, the tattered flags,
Red white and blue shot through and through.
Baptized with battles deadly dew?
And did you hear the drums gay beat,
The drums gay beat the bugles sweet,
The cymhals' clash, the lannon's crash,
That rent the sky with sound and flash?
And did you me waiting there
Just waiting there and watching there,
One little lass, amid the mass
That pressed to see the hero pass?
And did you see him smiling down,
And smiling down, as riding down
With slowest pace, with stately grace,
He caught the vision of face
My face. upifted red and white,
Turned red and white with sheer delight
To meet the eyes, the smiling eyes,
Outfiashing in their swift surprise?
O. did you see how swift it came,
How swift il came, like sudden flame
That smile to me, to only me,
The little lass who blushed to see?
and at the windows all along,
a. all along lovely thrOng
of faces fair, beyond compare,
Reamed out upon him, riding there!
Each face was like a radiant gem,
sparkling gem, and yet for them
No swift smile came, like sudden flame,
No arrowy glance took certain aim;
He turned away from all their grace,
From all that grace of perfect face,
He turned to me, to only me-,
The little lass who bushed to see!
-N0TGh Perry.