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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-05-06
ATLANTIC HOTEL.
(LATE ENGLIsHs,)
CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, VA.
W. J. MATTHEWS & co. Proprietor..


The undersigned beg leave to inform theil
friends and the general public that they have
leased ard refurnisbed the above elegant aud
commOdious house, and are now prepared to
accommodate permanent and transient guests
in frst-cass style.
Large airy rooms. Home comforts.
Fine Sea and Bay Fishing, Cunning and
Bathing, etc. The table is provided with Wild
Fowl. Terrspin, Fish, Oysters, Crabs, and all
the Injuries of the season.
Pleasure boats of all kinds. guides. fishing
lines. decoys, ponies, etc, always ready for
the use of guests.
First-class Bar attached. Choice wines,
liquors, ales, beers and cigars.
Passengers for Chincoteague connect with
steamer for the Island at franklin City, the
terminus of the Worcester Railroad, morning
ana evening. Connection may also be made
daily. a. Nashville. All who visit the Atlantic
may Seet sssured that they viii receive eour.
teous treatment and excellent fare.
YOU atropege IL respectfully solicited.
W. J. MATTHEWS a 90.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-05-06
The Democratic Messenger,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
ILTTLETON DENNIS, Proprietor
At SNOW HILL. WORCESTER co., ND.
Subscription. 81 Year in Advance.

Liberal arrangements made with clubs.
Correspondence solicited from all parts of
the county.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-05-06

i" It's we two. and we two, its we two for ave
All the world and We two, and Heaven be our
stay
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
THE SUPREME COURT.
A Number of Important
Cases Decided.
The Ledger'S Libel Suit Re-
VerSed.
Special Attention of the Mem
phis Bar Requested.
: Special to the Ledger.


JACKSON, TENN. April 22.-The
Court announced decisions to-day as
follows; Sandy Matthews VS.. State,
Blake VS.. Goodwin, Cloere VS., State,
Stewart ct al VS.. Phoenix Insurance
Company, Nolan vs. Cameron, Dupuy
vs.. German, Boyd VS.. Clements, Nc
Combs VS.. Guild, Church & Co.,
affirmed.
Lewis VS.. State, Hefferman VS.. Hef.
eerman, Reilly VS., English, Whitmore
VS.. Ball, Hook VS.. Dodaldson, Dow VS..
Mette; reversed.
Meyers VS.. Finnie; petition refused.
Petit ys. Cooper, motion was
refused.
The attention Of the Memphis bar
iscalled to the fact that no cases can
be placed on the easy docket unless
notice is served on the opposite coun-
sci on or before Wednesday next.
Wallace VS.. Greenlaw will be the
first case called Monday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
Carlyle ON walter Scott.
carlyls's Journal.

Shllylo JOQrhais
Sir Walter Scott died nine DAYS ago.
Goethe at the spring equinox, Scott at
the autumn one. A gifted spirit then
is wanting from among men. Perhaps
he died in good time, so far as his Cwn
reputation is concerned. He under
stood what history meant; this was his
chief intellectual merit. As thinker,
not feeble-strong, rather, and healthy,
yet limited, almost mean and klein
stadtiSch. / never spoke with Scott
chad once some small epistolary inter-
course with him on the part of Goethe,
in which he behaved not very courte-
ously, | thought), have a hundred
times seen him, from Of old, writing
in the Courts, or hobbling with stout
speed along the streets Of Edinburgh;
a large man, pale, shaggy face, fine,
deep-browed gray eyes, an expression
ofstrong homely intelligence, of humor
and good humor, and, perhaps, lin
later years among the wrinkles), Of
sadness or WEAKNESS. A solid, we'll
built, efectual mind; the merits of
which, after all this delirious exagger-
alton is done, and the reaction thereof
is also done, will not be forgotten. BE
has played his part, and left none like
or second TO him. Plsuditel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
HayWood COUNTY Items.
Brownsville States and Bee.

DfoMnBVllle otateb ana bee.
Farmers predict a good crop year.
Corn is selling for 1926 per barrel.
There are one hundred widows in
Brownsville.
A great deal of cotton has been
planted.
The Democratic County Convention
will be held some time next month.
The funeral of the late John A.
Taylor will be preached by Rev. WI.
Duckworth at Tabernacle church,
Sunday, April Both.
A petition was numerously signed
here tllis week, in the interest Of Mr..
NJ. 7. Williamson, Of Memphis, for
re appointment to the position Of
United States Marshal for West Ten
nessee. 1t is reported that Mr.. Can
didate Lyle declined to sign it on the
ground that he might run for it him
self in the sad event of his defeat for
Trustee and Congress. But this is a
free country, and we know Of no law
prohibiting man from running for a
dozen Offices, all at one time, if he sees
proper to do so.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
WIN. DEAN & CO., l89 POPLAR ST.

full head of steam, up grade as fast
as down, "rattling ngamong the ridges and
rumbling over bridges" carrying a
train full Of passengers, and not a
sleeper among them. We now under
stand why his othodoxy has been
impugned. A mind like his, so broad
and deep and strong and rich in prec-
ious truths; a soul so full Of the very
spirit of truths divine inspiration,
and a heart SO brave and generous,
force him beyond the narrow confines
Of human creeds, and, rising with
themes sublime, like those Of God,
infnity and eternity, he bursts the
shackles Of othodexy, and rising on
eagles wings above the groveling
things of time, mounts to the Empy-
rean.
If the truths of the Bible and the
cause Of Christianity had only such ad
vocates as Long-men who preach
responsively to reason, and to all that
reason pronounces true and just and
holy, the triumph of c Christianity over
infdelity would soon be celebrated
by the world, enlisted under the
banner Of the Lord.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

PARIS, April 22.-The ex.manager
of the Banque de Lyon ct Loire has
been arrested at Lyons.
There was a downward tendency iu
shares of the principal banks yester-
which amounted to almost to panic.
LONDON, ENG, April %, 1882
The Standard asserts that there is
no foundation in the international law
for suggesting that the British govern
ment has exceeded its rights in regard
to the imprisonment of the Ameri
can supects, or that the United States
have shadow Of ground for address
ing either a complaint or remon-
STRANGE, in regard to their inlprison-
ment, to the Ministers of the Crown
The Times says it is supposed
the budget to be presented to the
House of Commons Monday will BE-
the last Gladstone will submit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
DEMOCRATIC DUTY.
Sensible Talk by a State Credit
Paper.
Jackson Tribune & Sun. 81.

jackson Tribune q Sun, Il.
The path ofDemooratic duty is plain.
We have agreed as Democrats that we
will meet in convention, not as enc
mics to cut each others throats, but
as friends 10 take counsel together for
the good of the State aud the over
throw Of common political enemy.
1t is the manifest duty Of every Demo-
crat to use every endeavor to have the
convention take such action as will re-
dound to the credit Of Tennessee
Democracy and to the material pros.
perity of the State. This may be ac-
complished by wise action in the se-
lection Of proper delegates, and by the
cultivation of a spirit oil toleration
and fairness. If Democrats would
agree, the use of abusive terms, sting
ing epithets and base insinuations
must cease. They must concede to
each other the right Of opinion and
admit that men may honestly differ
upon public questions. The terms
high tax" aud "low tax" are mis-
nomers. There are no high tax men.
All are for the lowest possible taxes
consistent with the obligations of the
State. Men hold different views as
to what these obligations are and the
extent of the obligation. And hence
some think that it requires more taxes
to meet the States obligations than
others do. Democracy plain and sim
pie without prefxes or sufixes is
good enough for anybody, and we
hope the action Of the June conven-
ton will put an end to the practice Of
tying tails to the honorable name Of
Democrat. Democratic politicians and
editors should now stop the war of
words upon each other, and all train
their guns upon the foe in front. We
mean their air guns of course. When
the Democratic masses ceases to ap-
plaud the assaults Of Democrat on
Democrat, and cease to encourage the
throwing OF mud and the distribution
of slime, there will be peace in the
Democratic camp again. When the
stump orator finds his attacks upon
brother Democrats fall upon cold au-
diences that give back no applause.
the business of household murder will
stop. The editor who touches an
unresponsive cord will learn something
more honorable than SANDER and
more decent than blackguardism.
Harmony and unity are not likely to
come out of deRunciation and abuse,
and it is reasonable to suppose that
nothing new in that line can now be
said of any public man in Tennessee.
We may learn wisdom of our enemies,
who differ never so much upon ques
tion, bow to the decision of the major
ity and bring their forces in solid
columns against us. That party which
countenances rebellion against the
expressed will OF the majority, aseer.
tained in the usual manner, be it ever
so pure, is too good to be entrusted
with power, and its dissolution is
near when such a precedent is fixed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
Tennessee Historical Society,
NASHVILLE Banner, 10th.

NhShNlilo DAuuett 1Otns
Mr.. A. j. Wheeler, of Wheeler &
Osborn, has presented the Society a
number ofold Bank of Tennessee shin
plasters, which will be placed in its
archives.
The National Association of Wool
Manufacturers, whose headquarters
are at Boston, sent a copy Of Hon. j.
S. MOrrill's speech on the tariff.
The New England Historical and
Genealogical Society, sent a copy of
their Register for April, 1882, being
No 142.
I. Whitaker, Of New York, for
warded a copy Of the Protestant
Episcopal Almanac and Parochial
list tor 1882. All the above were
received within the past day or two.
Colonel w. I. Elliott, Of Murfrees.
boro, sent some Indian relics from
Lakeside Plantation, owned by Elliott
& Owens, Tunica county, Miss. They
are interesting.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

The high and low tax Democratic
Committees of Upton county have
united 10 a call tor a county conven-
tiOn to be held at Oovington, on Mon
day, the first Of May, to select dele
gates to the State Convention at Nash
vile. The call concludes as follows.
In order that there may be a full ex-
preston of opinion by the people, We
earnestly request that primary meet
ings be held at the usual places Of
holding said meetings in the different
civil districts in the county, on Sat
urday, April 29th, and that the mem
bers Of the executive committees in
each Of the districts attend said meet
ings, aud that delegates be sent to Gov :
ington on the following Monday in
strueted as to the wishes of the voters
regarding their choice for Governor;
and we also ask that expression be re
lative to such other questions as they
may deem pertinent.
The district meetings are requested
to elect three members each "a chair.
man and two members) to serve as
committeeman for their districts for
the ensuing two years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22


w. W. REA. who was to have been
hanged at Pulaski Friday, the 2lst,
for murder, proved only by circum-
stautial evidence, has been respited
until the 18th of May. He is in jail
at Nashville, and has written several
earnest appeals to the Governor to
give him more time in which to pre-
pare for eternity. He says that he is
not the guilty man and that he is not
prepared to die. Some of these letters
are really touching and pitiable. The
last one closes as follows;
But, if you push me of uuprepared,
my soul is in danger. l hope you will
take a portion of it to yourself aud
study it carefully, and see what be.
comes of the man that is unprepared
to die. | hope you will give this a
careful consideration and make up
your mind to grant me my request. II
SO, it will be thankfully received.
This was bringing it home pretty
close to the Governor. A number Of
the members of the Legislature had
joined in a petition that the sentence
be oommuted to Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life. The respite was
granted to the great joy of the
miserable man. Considerable sym
pathy has been aroused in his
behalf, and there seems to be grow.
ing opinion that it would be the safe
side and proper course to commute
his sentence to life term in the
States prison.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

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line Kentucky
al at Mines with low transportation
npnoe
We erecting scale DEPOT which all Coal d
Will
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wish
NuCo which specially
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the delivered
which win e cheap cass This Company has adopted this
mayru
Memphis theF 1T MUST
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
Special to the Courier-Journal.


FRANKFORT, April 20. The funeral
O Captain John w. Cannon, for years
the King of the river, took place at 8
o'clock this afternoon at the family
residence in this city. Rev. DR.. Pugh,
of the Presbyterian church, and Rev.
Southgate, of the Methodist church,
officiating. No formal funeral sermon
was preached, but a brief and touch
ing testimonial to the dead hero of the
Ohio was paid by DIR. Pugh. The
house was filed with those who came
to weep with those who wept, and
never in the history of Frankfort was
theae manifested so much universal
sympathy. The pail. bearers were
Governor Blackburn. Stoddard John
ston, Grant Green, General Nuckols.
William Chinn, Frank Ohinn and
John Whitley. After the funeral
rites at the house, the remains, fol.
lowed by a long train of carriages,
were carried to the village on the hill.
This has been a sad day for Frankfort,
there having been FIVE funerals-Mrs.
Dindsays, Captain Cannon's, David
Rowland's, Charles Macklin's and
Mrs. Dalton's.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
Agricultural Revolution in the
south.
Speoinl 10 Cinoinnati Commercial

ppoOluA " NinVluuuti SVluMViClhs
NEW YORK, April 2O.-The Herald
says: The latest agricultural reports
from the South Indicate the dawning
OF new industrial development in
that section Of the country. King
Cotton has been partially dethroned,
and Southern farmers, or, as it is the
old time fashion to call them, planters,
are beginning to learn the advantages
that come from diversified crops. Ac-
oording to the latest reports Of the gem
erAl government agents, more corn has
been planted this year in the Southern
States than ever before, and next fall
will see more diversified crop than
the South has ever yet yielded. It
seems to have set itself to the task Of
producing all the articles that enter
into its own consumption. This policy
will make it Independent Of the East
and Of the West. There is no good
reason why the South should grow
cotton alone. When it shall learn, as
it now appears to be learning, the true
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

Mr.. Barret, having failed to expel
the rest of the Senate, it is reported
that he has again resigned in disgust.
The immortality Of some Of his asso-
ciates is too much for him. Like Lot
Of old, he thinks it is time for him to
get out ofthe wicked place-if the
Governor will let him, and he knows
the Governor will not. Barrett has
just found out what bad sompany he
has been in.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
NEW ALBANY'S REQUEST.
Ex.Secretary Blaine Declines to
Deliver the Decoration
Day Address.
Spoclnl to tha Courier-Lournnl.

WASHINGTON, April 20.-A Com
mittee appointed by the New Albany
citizens waited upon Mr.. Blaine to-
day, and asked him on behalf of the
New Albany Committee to make the
Decoration Day address at the FEEDER
al Cemetery in New Albany. Senator
Harrison, Chairman of the Commit.
tee, made the request, and received in
reply the statement taat it would be
impossible to comply. He said ho
might be in Europe by Decoration
Day, and probably would be. This is
not ouly interesting as piece of news
affecting the locality but as indicating
that bir. Blaine, whatever his plans
for the future, is not prepared to begin
the decoration and county-fair method
Of working up public sentiment. He
says he has declined to run either for
the GoYenorship of Maine or as Rep
resentative on the ticket at large from
his native State. He seems to reeog.
nize the fact that this is the time for
disappearing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
Memphis Guild Gazette, April Is.

Memphis Guild Gazette, April Is.
The Church of the Strangers was
built originally by the Congregation
alists; it fell into temporary disuse as
a church, and for time was occupied.
as schoolhouse. The Rev. N. NJ.
Long had been preaching at Lauder
dale street church for some time, very
acceptablyt to large congregation, but
in an evil hour bis orthodoxy was
doubted by some of its leading mem
bers, and under pressure from that
quarter he resigned, passed through
the ordeal of formal trial and vigor.
GUS prosecution for heresy before the
Presbytery, was acquitted, and then
with the support of few admirers
aud friends, opened the old Congrega-
tional church again for divine services
and named it the Church Of the
Strangers.
Soon it was found too small to hold
the congregations that attended his
ministra tions; has been enlarged to a
capacity about equal to that of any
other church in the city, and still
crowded from Sabbath to Sabbath to
Overhewing, is too small for the
throug that crowd to hear the Rev. N.
M. Long.
We had heard all this, and went
with the crowd to learn its meaning.
He appeared. His subject was the
creation and the correspondence be-
tween the Mosaic account, and the
truths Of geology. We have not space
to give a synopsis Of this great sermon.
1t was logical, learned and eloquent
beyond the capacity Of any man Of the
times.
No man we have ever known COM
bines so pefectly the poetic and pro.
found, the beautiful and the true.
He moves like an engine under
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
MarsIlaI Killed.

CLEVELAND, o., April %. Mar
shal SnodgraSS, Of Crestline, was IA,
tally shot, last night, by q supposed
tramp, whom he endeavored to arrest
on suspicion Of carrying concealed
weapons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
H. @. WHITE,


T0 COTTON PLANTERSl-I have for sale
i on my plantation at Qsceola, ArkansaW,
several varieties Of c0TT0N-SEEb, preserved
With especial reference for sesd. inclEding
Java Prolific. Boyd Prolific. Madagorda Silk,
etc. These seed were grown the past year on
the aliuvial river bottom lands in Mississippi
COUNT, ArkanSaw, and are the product of
seed shipped thence last spring, grown the
previous year on Tennessee hieh lands.
ASaEsss S9 g N. o5o = " JEFFERSON q CQ,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

The present Legislature has not
performed to the satisfaction of the
people, and its.l00 3 Coercion Act has
made it odious. Still, there is no doubt
ofits power to settle" the debt. and
il the creditors make a proposition to
abate 40 cents of the principal and
grade the interest and tho legislature
passes law to that effect, aypropriates
the taxes already levied to pay the
interest agreed on and executes the
contract of settlement, it is hardly
probable that the people will set It
aside merely to give the Democratic
party an opportunity to repudiate a
larger amount of the debt Ava
lanche, p.
There goes our distinguished neigh
Dor again. He indorsed the 1908 act
heartily, with the exception Of the
coupon feature. Then again he thought
commission ought to be created, with
the Chief Justice at the head
of it, to sift the debt and
report how much ought to
be paid after eliminating war interest,
compound interest and any bonds ir.
regularly issued. OF course the Chief
Justice would feel no delicacy in
passing upon the question which
might in some form come before his
court. And now our fearless and in
dependent cotemporary intimates that
if the bondholders will knock of
forty cents he will consider it sifted,
say no moro about our interest and
let the people pay the rest if they can
and will do so. What next?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

The Chattanooga Times had
strike the other day. The printers
demanded an increase Of pay from
twenty-five to thirty cents per 1000
ems. This was refused, and Trey left
in a body. There had been no pre-
viOus notice, but some Of the editors
and prOprietors, being practical
printers, went to the cases, and with
such help as they could pick
up mauged to get out the paper as we'll
as ever next morning and since.
Nearly all vacancies have since been
filed. There seems to have been no
i'll feeling on either side. 1t was a
matter Of business, all around, only
that the strike was rather previous. {"
The Times is an exceedingly enter
prising, go-ahead kind ofa paper, and
will of course go ahead as usual.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

relations between production and CON
sumption, it will have made a very
great stride in its material develop
ment. III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
CONNTARIE aATT

T WILL sell on MONDAY, the 2Itb of April,
i 1852. between legal hours, at the Nursery
at No. slo Second street, at public outcry 70
the highest bidder for cash. all the flowers and
plants contained In said Nursery, containing
CRmelias and .!Asc1iear, and various other
rare plants and flowers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
LABORATORY OF STATE CHEMIST, \
Dept. ofAgrieulture, University Of Georgia,
ATHENS, Ca, February q, 1882.
A NALYSIS Of a sample Of DeSoto Ammo
II mated Dissolved Bone for the
DsSOtO Oil Co., Memphis, Tenn.

Ihaye no hesitation in saying that this is
an exceptionally excellent fertilizer. In nv
Judgment nothing better could be desired for
general application TO almost any crop. The
mixing appears TO have been carefully and
thoroughly done, mechanical condition good.
have nc doubt that the intrinsic value Of
your article viii make for itself fine reputa-
tion in short while. Your article is certain
y safe, It cannot possibly iuiure any crop un-
der any circumstances. IL is comparatiyelv
80 slightly ammoniated and with such mate-
rials that no possible danger can attend itg
use. ! hope that you may be able In timo 10
nnd ready sale for your goods, and that your
enterprise may be successful. Indeed your
goods would certainly sell elsewhere, if not in
your immediate section.
lSignedl Fl. O. WHITE.
State Chemist.
Referring to the above report of Prof. ii. G.
White, the highest authority in the United
states on commercial fertilizers, we pledge 70
the farmers Of this section that nothing but
the best materials shall be used in compound-
ing DesotO AmmOniated Dissolved
Bone.
All the lands, almost without any exoep-
ten, in the Memphis district, are In need Of
Plant Food; none so rich but that proluc-
tion will he increased.
On tired lands production will be largely
increased, thus paying large profit on the
Investment.
For sale at our Works, corner Tennessee
and Huling streets, whore directions for use
81 DeSOTO OIL co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22

dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Siding tYel-
IL low Pine and Poplar, Rough Building
Lumber, Sawed Shingles Poplar and Pine),
retailed at sholesale prices. Contractors will
do well to call on us before purchasing.
WlGGS i co, Agents for Mills,
Or A R DROESCHER'S,
Coal and Wood Yard, las Madison st. 46 n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-22
DlSSOL LUTION.

THE firms Of Jas. S. Mahaffy & Co., and
i Graves, Mahafy & Co., were dissolved BY
mutual consent on July /, 1881. BY the with
drawal Of Geo. W. Cranberry. j. R. Graves
and Jas. 8. Mahafy assume all liabilities Of
the firms and are alone authorized TO collect
j. R. GRAVES.
JAS S. MAHAFFY,
GEO. w, CIR aNBERRY.