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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Thursday evening, March. 20, 1851.

Mrs. L. L. Saxon, of New Orleans,
a southern lady by birth, education
and in every interest, whose father
Gan Alabamian) died a prisoner in the
Irving block in Memphis during the
war, is visiting our city. She is a
lady Of fine culture and literary at
tainments, and is a gifted writer both
in prose and poetry. She is a strong
advocate Of the temperance cause and
other social reforms. Her reputation
is not confined to the south. She has
appeared upon the rostrum before the
most critical audiences in northern
cities and received very high praise.
She is a vigorous, eloquent talker and
an earnest worker in the cause that
has enlisted her talents. Mrs. Saxon
has consented to deliver a fee lecture
at Cochran. hall next Friday afternoon
to the ladies' of The Christian associa-
ton and those interested in temper
ance and other reforms. All who go
will be instructed and highly enter
tanned. She is a high type of the
gifted, cultured southern woman hav-
ing a purpose in life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
AND U
A Swell Reception of COlOred
NOtabIeS at Baltimore.
Baltimore SUM-

Baltimore SUM-
DR.. H. j. Brown, colored, gave a
reception last night at his residence,
No. 14l West Biddle street, in honor
of Marshal Frederick Douglass, Of
Washington, and ex-United States
Senator B. K. Bruce, Of Mississippi.
There we're a large number of colored
persons present who have acquired
political distinction. The gentlemen
we're in full dress, and the dresses of
the ladies were not only in good taste,
but in some instances artistic. Among
those present we're ex-senator Bruce;
Prot. r. 7. Greener, of South Caro-
lima; Jas. II. Hill, collector OF inter
nal revenue, Mississippi; Ex-Governor
Pinehback, of Louisiana; DIR. A. 4.
Augusta, Washington; Hon. John r.
Lynch, member OF congress from Mis-
sissippi; Prince Saunders, of Hart
ford, Conn; VIM. E. Mathews and
Wyatt Archer, Virginia; Charles Fl.
Peters, John NJ. Langston, Ohio.
Captain 0. s. B.. Wall; and from this
city John W. Locks, VIM. H. Bishop,
l.. H. Smith, Henry Jacques,
DR.. Wisner and others. Marshal
Douglass had not arrived up to a late
hour. Ex-senator Bruce is a good
natured looking man with a somewhat
heavy cast Of countenance. Ex-GOv.
Pinchback and Collector Hill are men
Of distinguished appearance, both in
face and figure. Mrs. Bruce, who was
dressed in black velvet, trimmed with
old gold, resembles her husband very
much. Miss Ada Bowers, of New
York, was dressed in wine colored silk
with brocade; Mrs. Saunders, of Con.
necticut, in black silk; Miss Eddy, of
Philadelphia, in canary silk with car
dinal satin trimmings; Miss Jacques,
Of Baltimore, in old gold and blue
satin; Mrs. J. H.. Harris, of Balti-
more. in wine colored satin with bro.
cade of the same color mixed with
white, and Miss SalIie Wall, of Ohio,
who is about eighteen years old with
dark blue eyes, making her the most
attractive person present, was dressed
in French muslin deliberately en-
broidered. A band of music was
present, and everything passed Of
smo Jthly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
n STEAMSHIPS.
The New LINE 70 Compete WITH
the Pacific Malt COmparT

San Francisco Cali,
The Chinese vessel Nee Foo Is now
in our harbor. The Nee Foo is the
second Of the line, Of which the HO-
chung was the first, established to ply
between this city and some port in
China. The Chinese, following their
accustomed method Of getting trade,
have already out under the Pacific
Mail steamship company in the trans
portation Of flour, aud the presump-
ton is fair that a similar course will
be adopted with other articles Of
freight and passengers. The reduction
made by the managers of the Nee Foo
would draw all the -four goiLg to Chi
ma at present il the Pacific Mail
steamship company did not meet the
reduction with one equal or greater.
This the company has done, and at
the last accounts had established tho
lowest rates; but it is not supposed
that the struggle has ended yet. The
Chinese would not have commenced
the cutting-down process if they had
not carefully examined the situation
and calculated the chances. Whether
the China merchants steamship com
pany is subsidized by the Chinese gov
eminent or not is not positively known;
but assuming that it is not. the com.
petition of this race in the business OIL
transportation is likely to be as deadly
as in other branches Of industry. Chi
ma is a nation in which everything is
cheap, including human beings, and
this cheapness gives them a certain
advantage over Americans. Their
ships may cost as much as ours, but
their running expenses will be less,
as their labor is lower and the cost Of
living less. Other things being even,
cheap labor will give them the adyan
tage in the struggle for the China
trade. 1t seems almost like retribu
tive Justice that the company which
has derived large profits by flooding
California with cheap Chinese labor.
should now be engaged in a life and
death struggle for existence with a
Chinese competitor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
n r.
A Description by Talmage, VINO
was There and Saw it All.

Morning without a cloud. Atmos-
phere without a chill. Foliage with
out a crumbled leaf. Fruits without
~curculio. Meadows without a thorn.
Fit morning for the worlds wedding.
1t is TO be in church-the temple OF
a world-sSy doomed. mountain pill
Jared, sapphire rooted; sparkling waters
of Hiddekef and Ghion filling the bap-
tismal fonts; larks and robins and
goldfnches to chant the wedding
march; violet and lily and rose burn
ing incense in the morning sun; luxu-
RANT vines sweeping their long trail
through the forest a%isles; the wild
boasts standing outside like servants
looking from the back room upon the
nuptials.
The eagle, king Of birds; the locust,
king o~finsects; the lion, king of beasts,
waiting. Carpets of grass, like emer
aid, for the human pair to walk on.
Hum Of expectation, as there always
is before the ceremony. All the leaves
al dgrass, ferns and Branches whisper
ing, and the birds a-chatter, each one
with his mate. But, hush the windsl
Hush all the birdsl Hush the voices
of the waters. The king of the hu-
man race is advancing and his bride
a perfect man leading to the altar a
perfect woman.
God, her father, gives the bride
away, and angels hear the betrOthal,
and tears ofmorning dew stand in the
eyes of the violets as Adam takes the
round hand that had never been worn
Of work or stung of pain in his strong
grasp and says: This is now bone OF
my bone and flesh of my flesh" Then
tumults of joy break forth, and the
trees clap their hands and all the gal
leries of the woods break forth with
carol and chirp and chant, and the
circle of Edenic gladaess was COM
plete.
For which each quail had answering
quail, and each fish its anwering fish,
and each fowl its answering fowl, and
every beast of the forest its appropri
ate companionship, at last man i'm
mortal had for mate woman immortal.
Married, on the second Tuesday morn
ing of May, in the year l, Adam the
The first man, to Eve the first woman,
the Lord of heaven officiating. Away
with the coarse notion that marriage
is a mere civil contract. 1t is a para
d%isacal, six thousand years old, divine
institution, and all the laws made be.
fore and since Blackstone can never
marry two hearts till the Almighty
God marries them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
a FemaIe Forrer.

A Richmond special to the Balti.
more Sun says: "Amelia Smidt, alias
catherine M~snnersmith, aged about
y, was arrested there on Friday.
charged with forging a deed Of release.
lated March Z, 1891, purportingt to be
signed ~ VIM. King, trustee, and duly
.attested before q notary public. By
which itisslleged she defrauded Fur.
nan Upper, a real estate agent. out
Of gsOO. II seems that she had proyi
Outly made two deeds " trust on a
piece d property in her charge be-
longing 70 her mother, valued AZ about
400. One Of them, amounting 10
100 fell due and Mrs. smidt wa on
sble " meet II, and she, IL IL CHARGED.
forged & deed u release lof lhs lasf
bsst deed and raised D00 from Tup
pr spilled IL 70 the liquidation II t6e
mpfigsgs and appropriated The yer
plus " BDO " her own BSe."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
nARRIED ogT-NExrs
The Teung Lady who Raises a
Faacy Bale Of Ccston.


Liberty MlnA HerAid.i
Married on the second instant. Mr..
Arthur w. Ashley, Of Monroe. La.
to Miss NJ. Addie Hoff, Of Amite
county, Miss.
We must be permitted to say that
the above marriage was brought about
under peculiar circumstances, as we
are informed. Some time last fall we
CHANGED TO be in our neighboRng town
of Centerville, and witnessed the sale
of a fancy bale of cotton, which was
the result OF theplanting, cultivating,
picking and preparation formarket by
a most estimable young lady OF our
county, and we thought then, as we
now think, that she deserved great
credit for her industry, and we &C.
cordingly published a brief statement
of the facts in our paper, from which
other papers copied the article, and
among them the New Orleans Demo-
crat. A copy Of that paper containing
our article fell into the hands of the
bridegroom above named, who, appre-
ciating such worth, as every enlight.
ened person should do, although he
had never before heard of this young
lady, at once addressed a note to her
aud requested the pleasure of a CORES
pondence, which being granted cul-
minated in the above somewhat ro-
mantle wedding.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
G AND rHE ARMY.
How the Bearing Senator VIII
wBossA General Sherman

Washington Special
Mr.. John A. Logan spread himself
over Malone in a peculiarly suggest
i've STYLE. 1t appears that Mr., Logan
had reasons for his eagerness to organ
ize the senate immediately, and to
make the most Of Mr.. Mahone's vote.
He proposes to run the war depart
ment and the army during the next
four years. Young Mr.. Lincoln, the
new secretary, is his protege, put in
office at his instance. But, to make
assurance doubly sure, he has edged
Mr.. Cameron from his proper place at
the head Of the military committee Of
the senate. and secured it for himself.
This makes his position we'll nigh i'm
pregnable, and indicates trouble ahead
for General Sherman and the West
Point professionals. From all this it
appears that while the stalwarts are to
control the wal department, the iniu-
ence Of the Shermans and of their
relatives, the Camerons, is to be kept
within bounds prescribed by Logan.
General Sherman will chafe and swell
ter and swear through the coming
years, but the staggering political SOL
der from Illinois has got him foul,
and means to keep the grip. His
English may not be precisely Add
sQniau, but he is a bold fighter in
tie political field, and evidently dis
posed to make the most of his oppOr-
tunities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
I-lon-rosIdent Notice.

No. S97O-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn. Amanda NJ Il Logan vs.. W
e Greenlaw, executor Of w B Greenlaw, de-
ceased, OF al.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
j. the defendants, W b Greenlaw, jr, Fanny
Greeenlaw, Anna GreenlaW, Sallie Greeplaw
and Katie Belle Greenlaw three children Of
said W b and Fanny Greenlawl, citizens Ct
Texas, and Joseph Seligman, ofMiohigan, are
all non-residents oftheState ofTennessee;i il Is
therefore ordered atthey make their appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, ~ or b0fore the
fret Monday In May, 1871, and plead,
answer or .damVr TO complainant bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to them
and set for hearing ex-parte; and that a.copy
Of this order DO published oneo q week for
four successive. weeks In the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of March, 1881.
ROBERT J. BLACK, clerk and mater.
I6222s34
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

No. S9S-In the Ohancery court Of gheIbv
county, Tenn.-Annie Gibtol ~. William
I appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, MILAN gibson. IL y
nonresident Of tie State Of Tennessea.
1t is therefore ordered that he make bis M.
pearance herein, at the courthouse of Shelby
county, ia Memphis, Tenn, on or b.
fore the first Monday 10 May, 1881, and
plead, answer or demur to complainant bill.
or tne same VIII DO taken for confessed
as to him and set for hearing ex-parte;
and that q copy Of this order be published oncs
Ledger.
This 18th day Of March, 1881,
y. J, BLACK, Clerk and Master.
A cony-Attest.
BY X. B. NOHEXkY. D. C. h "a.
John I Moss. sol. for eompPt. E9t2 a.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Trustees Sale.

-
RI virtue q a deed Of trust executed TO me
- by Win. Brent and his wife, Guiia Brent.
en- the 23d day Of June, 1850, and recorded IN
the Register Office Of Shelby county. Tenn
In record bo k No. 1888, page 70, | will, at the
request of the beneficiary therein named, on
Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1881,
between the hours Of IL o'clock am. and /
pm IN 'front.' otthe courthouse door ofShelby
county, Tenn, in Memphis, now called tho
taxing District, sell ct public auction 70 ne
highest bidder for cash the following described
property, tO-wit; A certain undivided one
third interest in q certain lot, parcel or trnct
of land with the improvements thereon, stu
ate, living and being on the northes st corner
Of Jefferson and Fourth streets, in the Taxing.
District Of said Shelby county, Tenn. Qate
city Of MemphiS), and being the east part 81
lot hve hundred and hfty-three (553) and ne
vest part Of lot FIVE hundred and ffty-fear
GOD Of county lot four hundred and seventy
eight 41Sl, having a front on Jefferson street
Of one hundred and sixty-nine $50 By ope
hundred and forty eight and one-haif ti4851
feet deep on Fourth street, on which ia Effu-
ated n large cotton warehouse, known % EM
Appetson q COS warehouse, and being part
Of same property VIII b was set apart and con-
ti med t9the heirs at law 0fClaibOrneDeLoaoh
deceased, the said Guila u Brent being one
Of said heirs by decree Of Chancery Court OF
Shelby county, Tenn, 10 the cause Of lmORene
beaumont Va. 4 NJ ,Apperson, as the SANE
appears Of record in book ll5, page 500 Of tho
deed records Of Shelby county, Tenn. Also
lots one Cd and two ~ in block ffty-fye ISL
on Vance street, in said Taxing District uat4
city OF Memphis), each lot fronting on sad
Vance street fofty-seven AO feet and extead.
ing back one hundred and forty-eight and
One-half Q4s1a) feet 10 an alley.
Equity OF redemption waived. Titie believ-
cd ~ be good, but I sell and convey as trustee
only. ADAMS. Trnstea
Greer Il Adams, Attys. SS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

REFERRING to the colered meeting
held in Memphis last Monday night,
and the resolutions adopted against
the passage of the 1908 bill, the Chat
tanooga Times Of Wednesday says
The man and brother is a natural
disciple Of Malone, Beasley, Savage
q Co. We have for some time been
telling his white associates this solemn
truth, and they will find il a very
troublesome truth, if they leave the
debt question for settlement in an "of
year" Sambo, Gumbo, Quimbo and
Remus voted solid agin 50-4. 0fcourse
they are opposed 10 1903; aud, seeing
they pay so large a share Of the taxes,
who can wonder Such important
persons have a right to sling "instruc-
lions at the poor white trash. II
not, why?
We will state, as a matter Of re-
cord, that Shelby county wal carried
for the 5O-4 propositionB BY a small ma.
.jority, and it was done by the aid Of
the colore1 vote. This was done too
at a time when nine out Of ten ofihe
white voters of Memphis were
refugees from tho yellow fever, yet
the city of Memphis voted overwhelm.
ingly in favor Of the proposition as far
as a vote was cast. The opposition was
in the country districts, not in the
city. These same colored voters helped
70 elect two Of their own number al
well as the entire Shelby delegation
now in the legislature, and whether
they are large tax payers or not, they
have as much right to instruct
their representatives as any Other
class Of citizens. They constitute tn,
great bulk Of the lsb5ring element 10
the community, and labor has to pay
the taxes indirectly At last. 4 coun
try without labor would have ne
wealth. One is essential to the other.
and there is not necessarily any con.
fict Of interest or rights. We ais
gladt to see an inclination on the part
OF the more intelligent colored people
TO acquire property and thus identified
with the material interests Of the
state, to become tax payers directly
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Reeds GitEdge Tonic prevents malari,


Konnebee Me- Journsl.l
Mr.. Samuel Clarke, of Vasselboro,
has been iH the habit Of carrying a
copying pencil in his coat pocket. One
day last week Mr.. Clarke came to Au.
eusta, and while in the city he pur-
chased some troches for a cold, which
he put loose in the pocket where they
we're constantly coming in contact
with the lead. While returning TO
Vasselboro on the cars he felt a tick
ling in his throat, and to allay the irri-
tation partook Of several tro-
ches. His tongue at once be-
gan to swell and turn black. and By
the time he reached home he was
deadly sick. A physician was sum
moned, who promptly administered
antidotes for the poison. 1t is said
that a piece Of lead of one Of these
pencils, half tho size ofa pea, will
cause the death Of robust nam.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Paul Kruger's letter to President
Brand, of the Orange Free State, has
in 6rmness the old Coyenanter or
Haguenot ring and yet it is not war
like. The more the Lord blesses Us
the more we long for peace, and the
more distinctly we declare that we
will do all that is possible TO make IL
easy for the honor of England to be
indulgent." There is more pith, Der.
thence, good sense. and manliness in
the description which he goes on to
give Of the actual state Of affairs. and
the only honorable and peaceful way
out of it, than in all that has been
said 10 England on the subject. What
could DO fairer or more just than his
proposition of a Boer republic under
a British pr~otectorate?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
ID. L. FLANNERY,
Corp'l Signal Corps, u. s. A.
Memphis. March %. 1881.

The first pianain Durango Colorado,
had a hard time getting there. 1t was
transported 200 miles across the noun
tains in a wagon drawn by mules. AT
one point it was tumbled down a pre-.
smashing the box, but not in
the instrument, which required
tuning, however, at the end Of the
i%ouruey.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

L don't care for the figure you cat.
on the green table Al Boyle. You
must at once pay or clear oat u he
place. WV. PgfESe
It may De added that The item
costs" is always stretched By he
own sweet will Of the landlord.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

~ q ~ sgns1Es ysn No sfien sn4
~ fftMf Esffess gesfGbu,
~ NsehrH ~, I'm END
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~ #lafbhfV D. AeE4 INeftes, Esaa a
JeistbT
BUdiA seats
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

A writer in the Whitehall Review
SAYS that rest would cure half the ills
10 which horseaesh is heir to. but PEG.
ple will not give it, because at the
lims il costs money.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn. :
Memphis. 9Th day ofMarcb. 1881. Hl6A
BACK TAXES

DARTIES indebted for Tsxes to the City Of
j. Memphis for 1878, and years prior thereto,
are notified TO come forward and pay the same
and save themselves the costs OF a Chancery
suit. The law requires me TO file a bill with
out delay against all delinquents.
MINOR MEHIWETHER,
is 40 Receiver End Back Tax Collector,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

The question being a mooted one as
to whether or no General Lee surren-
dered his sword to General Grant at
Appomattox courthouse, the following
correspondence very etfectually settles
the question
BUFFALO LYTHIA SPRINGS, VA,
March II, l8S1.-General u. S. Grant,
New YOrk-Sir: In a friendly discus
sion between several gentlemen Of
northern and southern proclivities as
to the truth of history a question
arose as to whether General Lee at the
surrender actually rendered and you
received his sword. 1t was mutually
agreed that you should be written to
for a decision. There is no idle curl
osity or desire for notOriety in this re-
quest, and a reply from you would be
highly appreciated.
Very resi- ectfully.
IT. d. JEFFREss.'
General Grant replied as follows on
the bottom of the same sheet Of
paper
General Badeau's book, now in the
hands Of the printer, will give the ex-
act truth of the matter referred to in
this letter. There was no demand
made for General Lees sword, and no
tender Of it offered.
~. s. GRANT"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
PRoF. G~UILMETTE'a
Fronoh~ PAdI

WHICH CUEkS BY ABSORPTION.
ASK. your druggist for Prof. Guilmetters
French Kidney Pad, and take no other. Ifhs
hsS not got 1t, send 50 aId you will receive he
TESTIMONIALS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Judge Buchanan, Lawyer, Toledo. o., y
Ons Of Prot. Guilmette's French Kidney Pad
cured me Of Lumbag0 in thres weeks time,
MY case had been given up ~ the best doctors
% ineurable. During Az Ibis time | suffered
money.
George Vst.eF, ]. p, Toledo, d.. SAYS. K
suffered toT three years with obiatica and Kid
ney Disease, and often had 10 20 about or
clutches. l was entirely and permanently
cured alter wearing Prof. Guilmette's French
Kidney Pads four weeks.
Squire n, q. Scott. S~ylvAnia, o., Writeye
4 nave .Aaen a great sufferer for Is years with
haGhts Disease Of the Kidneys. For wesks
AZ a was uneble 10 get out of bed; took
temporary reltef. l wore two Of Prof. Gull
mette,E Kidney Pads six weeks, and I nav.
k99g am entirely cured,
Mrs; Heller, jerome, Toledo, o., says: Por-
Years l nave hsen confined, a great part Of the
time 10 my bod, with LucOrrhma and female,
weakness. | wore one Of Guilm ette's Kidnsv-
rags and was cured in one month
n. b., Hreen, wholesale grocer, findlav. q
writes: l suffered for Is years wish lame baek
and IN three weeks was pormAnentlv csyni ~
B. +. Keesling, NJ. D. drureist uNIS Sl
port, Ind, when scneing in an order FOR Kid
neg, fads, WritG} ] wore one Of the frat onsa
We mad ap9 1 received more benefit from M
tnan a9yIhtpg l ever used, In fact the pads
NV osVte, general satlsiaotiOn than any Kid-
aV comedy we over sold.
Ray x shoemaker, druggists, Hannibyl
NO.; We are working Up a lively trade in v a.,
baos' anu are hearing Of good results nom
them every day. ~"
Far salo nv g uaneRnId n.
phis,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

The Peoples Worldwide ver-
diet.

Burnctt's Cocoaine has been sold in
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is
tho cheapest apd best hair dressing in
the world.
Burnett's Flayofiug Extracts are
invariably acknowledged the pgrest
aDd the best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Pine Bluffs city council %appropri.
ated $4,000 in city scrip to secure the
machine shops of the Arkansaw valley
route.