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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
Slightly


The following telegram, not an As.
ISOLATED Press dispatch, was printed
in the Memphis Avalanche Of the
9th:
LITTLE Rock, September 8.-Re
turns are slow. Not over one fifth of
the State has been heard from. The
6ual result will show hat the Repub
licaus have increased their vote forty
per cent wei any previous vote. They
have doubled their numbers in the
Legislature, and, by supporting the
Independents and Greenbackers, have
almost if not quite insured an oppOsi.
ton majority. They have also one and
perhaps two Congressional districts.
Reports Of bulldoziug and fraud con
tinue to come in"
(I) When this dispatch was written
two-thirds of the State, including all
the close counties, had been heard
from. (2) The Republican per cent
age of gain is small, but a slight gain
will doubtless be shown by the com
plete returns, though not equaling the
Democratic gain. (3) The combined
opposition to Democracy in the present
Legislature is IS, which, owing Ia
Democratic dissensions on prohibition
and the presence of two OF. three sets
Of candidates may be increased to
twenty four or twenty-five out Of a
total membership of 124, thus giving
the Democrats a majority Of seventy.
five on joint ballot. (4) There is moi
a Congressional district in the State
in which the Republican Greenbackel
aud Independent vote combined comes
within several thousand OF the Demo.
cratic vote. In the Second district il
1880, the combined Republican anC
Greeuback vote exceeded the Demo
cratic vote, because, feeling con6dent
OF success, a large Democratic minori.
ty remained away from the polls. (5)
There is no information Of reports
of ~bulldozing and frauds" except from
Helena, one precinct in Monroe coun
ty and two precincts in 0uachita, ant
the facts will show that, even if these
reports were true as charged, the
result Of the election would not be af
fected.
With these few trifiug exceptions
the Avalanche special is correct
Little Rock Gazette.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

" cultivated, not all idOlatrous, and
he Worshiped one God. DR.. Jones
traced the glory Of the ancient Hindoo
empire, one city Of which had 60
towers. For years the wealth of the
world poured into her lap, exceeding
computation and belief. Theypossessed
a standing army which made use Of
5000 elephants ofwar. These reports
are bot at all incredible when We con.
slider the absorption Of the wealth Of
China, japan, and other countries,
which was going on, The amount of
her commerca, for which Carthage,
Greece, and Egypt entertained great
projects, was simply stupendous. The
arts were also in a very advanced
state. In the polishing of the diamond,
an art which is generally supposed 70
be Of modern growth, they were pro,
fcient. They were an agricultural,
commercial and manufacturing people.
However low and debased the Hindoo
may now appear, there can be no
doubt that he then surpassed in civil
government and glory. We are apt to
disparage the past, because We see its
ruins,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
Jury Trials In Washington,


Is it not, upon the whole, somewhat
absurd to expect that a jury could be
found in Washington who would try
honestly any case that involves party
issues and touches upon corrupt uses
of the public money? Washington is
peopled by ofice-holders or persons
dependent upon Office holders, and
lives upon the dribble of the national
treasury. There is scarcely a domestic
circle Of permanent residents in that
city that is not more or less reached
by public money or more or less infu-
enced by relations with some one who
holds an Office or a government con
tract. To suppose that in such a city
it would be possible to get a jury for a
great case Of plumber upon which
there would not be at least one mai
more interested in the thievery than
in justice is to make insufficient al.
lowance for the large amount Of
human nature commonly found in
man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
CATTLE K.VG.
The Personal Appearance and
Manners Of n Character Well
known ia Texas.

SAN ANTONIO, September 11.-John
King, the cattle king of Texas, whose
herds cover thousands ofacres, is here
with his wife and daughters. King is
about fifty-six years old. He is slight
ly above the medium hight, but stoops
. little when walking, though he is as
straight as an arrow when standing
still. His right shoulder is q quarter
Of an inch higher than his left.
THAT" said he to me, at the Menger
Hotel bar to-day, lis due to crooking
my elbow" Whether he meant the
assertion literally or fguratively l do
not know, as l did not ask him to ex
plain. Kings face is an ordinary oAe.
The eyes are small, the nose short,
t e mouth large, the lips thick, and
t e cheekbones high. While he talks
/ IS little eyes twinkle and he makes a
sucking sound with his mouth. This
feature indicates his Irish pa
ternity. King wears no mustache,
but has a TUT Of grizzled beard
on his chin. His hands and
feet are large, and his skin is
as brown as a Mexican's. In his en-
tire appearance he is very similar to
the be ter class of farm laborers one
meets in Illinois and Missouri. He
wears rusty brown or black clothes, a
slouched hat and rough boots. He is
very awkward. HE is one Of the
most clownisb men | ever saw" said a
lady in speaking to me Of him. To
day at dinner he spilled his soup,
supped gravy with his bread and
rammed his knife nearly as far down
his throat as c uld Chinese juggler.
Yet this man has over one hundred
miles Of fence around his property at
San Patricia county, owns more cattle
than anybody else 10 the world and
counts his money by millions. 10
1850 he was one Of the proprietors Of
a low dance hall at Brownsville. Sub.
sequentlv be and his partner, a man
named Kennedy, who also became
wealthy, purchased some old United
States transports and then Tor some
time had a monopoly Of steamship
business on the Rio Grande. Wher
Kennedy and he parted they both
took up stock grazing. He has a wife
and several pretty grown daughters
who are highly cultured.
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How Il Looks over the River

LlNtio hoch hhhelle.
These two prominent Democrats
Harris and Jackson-ditfer widely on
the State debt question. The former
supports Bate and the latter supports
RUSSELL for Governor. As the Gazette
has pointed out, their joint debates end
only in embitteriDg Democrat against
Democrat, and thus weaken the party
for the benefit of the Republicans,
whose sole hope of victory is in Dem
ocratic discussions. Democrats every.
where will applaud the action of the
Tennessee Senators, who should not
have suffered the passions Of the hour
to drive them into their late attitude.
Why not 60 a step farther, and with.
draw the weaker candidate for Gov.
ernor, without reference TO whose
position on the debt question is the
stronger Of the two2 In this State.
despite all efforts to divide the party
by making support of the Fishback
amendment a test Of fealty, the rank
and file decided emphatically that tho
Democracy should be kept on top Of
the public debt question. A great
victory on the 4th of September wa,
the result. Over in Tennessee The
debt question has been permitted I,
climb on top Of the Democracy, and
unless pulled down, threatens to rid,
it to death. 1t should be pulled
down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
An Outside View of Tennessee
Politics.
Little Rock Democrat. -.

AlNAAo hOch OomVbIdlf To-
The newspapers in Tennessee are in
the midst Of fierce and bitter fight
on the question of their State debt.
They have had all manner of com
promises, but before they have tried
the efficacy of any Of them they kick
them out and demand something new.
The people are all at sea on this
question. Two years ago it split the
democratic party and gave them a
Republican Governor. Instead Of
profiting by their misfortunes they
continue the quarrel. How very diff
%ferently we manage things in
Arkansawl We had our wran
giles, but that was when there
was no enemy confronting US. The
moment the Republicans put a ticket
in the field we forgot our internal dis.
sensions, ceased our chickering's, closed
up the ranks and pressed forward q
meet the common enemy. The con.
viction that by some possibility a Re.
publican administration might once
more blight the State aroused ever
Democrat, amendment man and anti
to immediate action. The TENNESSEE
Democracy would do we'll to defeI
their quarrels till they have conquered
the Republicans. When that is &C
complished they can quarrel TO theil
hearts content.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
WATSON browns RODY,
Old John Browns Son to be In
TERED atNOrth ElbR, N. Y,
New York Herald.

INDIANAPOLIS, September H.
John Brown, jr.. who has been in
Martinsville for two days examining
the body in possession Of DR.. j. j.
johnson, and alleged to be that of his
brother, returned TO this city to-day,
bringing the body with him. he is
perfectly convinced that the remains
are indeed those Of his brother Watson
having reached this conclusion after q
very careful examination OF all the
circumstances and incidents of its
history, and the stories Of DR.. johnson
having been fully corroborated by the
afidavits OF Captain Fletcher, Run.
dells aud Others who were with the
doctor when he obtained possession Of
the specimens. Professor John Oollet,
State Geologist, and an expert, is also
fully convinced of its identity. Mr..
Brown leaves to morrow for Putin
Bay, taking with him the body. II
will probably be kept there several
days, aud will then be ACCOMPANIED to
North Elba, N. Y, by Mrs. John
Brown, his mother, and himself, for
interment beside the remains of his
father.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
Attachment NoIIco.

Before ] NJ Coleman, J, P. for Shelby county,
Ionn;-J p Rose Va. II. A McCarty 4 Co.
N this cause. an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 Of the code OF
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property of the defendant, by Rarnishment
on the Ban OF Commerce, who answer
they have In their possession 1878 belonging
to defendant, and alidavit having been
made that defendant Is indebted 10 the
glaintiG In the sum of twenty dollars,
Is just. and that the defendant is a
non resident Of the State Of Tennessee;
II is therefore ordered that said defendant
make his personal appearance before me
on the 18th day of October 1882, at 10
O'clock am, at my Office, No. ~
Madison street. Memphis, TennesseO,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will
proceeded with eE.parte; and that a copy
q this order BE- published once q week for
This the Och day Of September. 1882.
shNS I'M COLEMAN J. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
The End Of the Iron strike.
NY. Herald. IL.

The long strike of the iron workers
in Pennsylvania is practically over.
The fires were relighted in several of
the mills yesterday, and before the
week closes the tfeater part of them
will probably be In idll operation. As
in the case Of the freight handlers 10
this city, the effsrt was from the very
beginning foolish aud i'll advised. The
iron market was unusually dull when
the demand for higher wages was
made. The supply was greater than
the demand. Stock was rapidly accu
mulatiug, and if the suspension had
not taken place a heay decline in
prices was inevitable, Under the
circumstances, it was madness on
the part OF the iron workers
to demand on Increase of wages
and 10 send with it the ultimatUm of
a strike 10 the event Of refusal. There
was scarcely o mill owner who did not
welcome the strike as away out OF a
perplexing aud difficult situation.
Indeed, it is NOT altogether certain
that it was not cog aeered by them.
AS it is the poor w%orkiDgmen are the
chief sufferers. They have lost the
Of years; they have sacrificed
amounting TO hundreds Of thou
Of dollars, aud they are no bet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
RICE A. PIERCE
Is for Bate, and in Making His
Own Canvass, VIII Say
SO Plainly.

UNION CRY, TESN.. September II, 1882
j. 7. Hilisnan or j, J. Verirees, Nashville.
Tenn:
In answer to your telegram to DR..
7. j. Edwards, l have to say | have
never teen otherwise than for General
Bate, aud in full accord with the plat
form and the party, and the special
from Milan to the Banner was without
my approval, knowledge or consent.
RICE A. PIERCE.
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RHEA SPRINGS.
A Prominent Lawyer Of Hunts
Vile Fatally Shot by His Wife.
Special to the American.

CHATTANOOGA, September 12.-Six
months ago two Huntsville, Ala, SO
ciety bellies, while going to a concert
with their beaux, thought it would be
a fine lark to run off and get married,
aud soon they we're speeding on the
train 20 this city, and were married
here by an Episcopal minister. Their
escapade created the liveliest hutter
known in Huntsville society in years.
About two mouths ago one Of the
brides, named Davis, was taken ill,
and her husband removed her to Rbea
Springs. She gained her health, but
her MUD seemed unsettled. Two
weeks ago they had a quarrel aud she
refused to have anything more to do
with him. Tonight she started out
for a walk. Her husband followed.
Soon tie report of a pistol was heard
and he was found shot through the
bowels aud fatally wounded by his
wife. She is the daughter OF Colonel
Mcrriweather, one of the most promi-
nent men in the vicinity Of Huntsville.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
An East Tennessee RaIIroad.

OOr, hnoANille tribune.
JOHNSON City, September Son
last Tuesday Colonel Matson, Chief
Engineer Of the Il st Tennessee and
Western NorGh Carolina railroad gave
an excursion from johnson City TO
Cranberry. This road is thirty six
miles in length. and is a prodigy Of
human skill. Two engineers, the sen
iors by years Of Colonel Matson, had
declared that ii was impossible to reach
by railway the ore banks Of Cranberry.
He has demonstrated that they were
mistaken. The route crosses the Doe
river six times and Buffalo once. II
has five trestles, three of which
are the highest | have ever seen.
and five tunnels-these last are
short, but are through solid
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
CONFIRMATION.

The following telegram was also
sent to the Nashville papers:
UkI1N Car, September II, 1882.
The telegram published in the Ban
ner of the oh instant announcing my
nomination by the Milan convention
as a victory for State credit Dem
ocracy, and representing me as a eau
didate against the field of readjusters,
does me, as we'll as the Democrats
generally of this district, great iDjus
tice. | do not indOrse the same. 1t
is we'll known by all that | am for
Bate, aud in accord with the Demo.
cratic platform. The convention was
composed of both wings of the party,
and there was no misunderstanding Of
my position.
RICE A. PIERCE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

His Search for the Missing Mem
beers of the Jeanette Crew.

WASHINGTON. September H.
Lieutenant Harder writes fromlYak-
utsk, June %, as follows: Il hope to
reach a hut called Matoa. near the
center of the Lena delta, aoout July
3. Here | will establish a provision
depot, an at once commence scare
for the people who are in Lieutenant
Chips cutter. | propose now to
make our first search westward ofthe
depot, which will probably occupy the
greater part of July. During August
| will make search to the eastward as
far as JaYna river, if necessary"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


In Senator Jackson should feel
constrained to make out a list of APP
pointments to discuss State and ma
tional issues, he could very safely be
assured that his colleague, Senator
Harris, would not interfere with the
arrangement, or take any step that
would suggest Jackson's defeat for re-
election at the end of his term.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

Below we give the copy of a telegram
to the Hon. Joseph II. Russell, from
Columbia, asking him about the Ian
guage he used in his Jonesboro speech,
aud his denial. @. Il. Berry, Esq :,
the Democratic nominee for the Float
ership from Maury and Williamson
counties, used the Worlds Jonesboro
correspondents statement about Mr..
Fussells speech at that point before
the Bate Club in Columbia. In order
to prove to Mr.. Berry and all the
readers Of the World that this paper
INDUCES alone in the truth in this
canvass, aud that all its statements are
bottomed on the truth. and Gao be used
By ou- speakers with the greatest con
fidence, we print the kilograms, the
denial and our proof:
COLUMBIA, TENN, Sentember 4, 1852.
Captain Flssell, Messy Greek, Tenn:
Berry in his speech here, now being
made, says that you said the mar who
did not support your platform was a
liar, scoundrel and thief. Did your
Answer Immediately.
A. BARR.
Messy CREEK, September A, 1882.
A. Barr
1t is false. No such expression
ever uttered by me.
j. H. RUSSELL.
JONEsBORo, September 4, 1882.
John Allison, Jr., Jonesboro, Tenn:
Sit-We, the undersigned, citizens
Of Jouesbo. o aud Washington county.
were present aud heard the Hon j. II.
Fussell speak in JOnesboro on August
20. 1892.
In the course Of Mr.. Fussell's speech
on said day, in referring TO the posi-
tons occupied by the two wings Of the
Democratic paity, he used language
about as fol ows, aud as we now re-
member, the exact words, to.wit.
THE man who would refuse TO paw a
debt under the circumstances that
now surround the State debt is a thief
and a scoundrel, aud ought to be hung
at the end OF a hemp rope aud have a
hell alterSard." Yours, ETC.,
j. K. Reeves.
Chm. Ex. Com.
S. j. KIRKPATRICK,
CHAs. 4. DossER,
L. @. PEOPLES,
Supt. Pab. lost. Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

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10 Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and job printing
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The Greatness Of Ancient India.
Demnrnsiia Mnnihlr-


In our own abeuuding property We
are led to believe that the past has
/ nothing to compare with it. But his
toriaus now agree in thinking thatthe
people who lived under sway of the
Roman Empire about the time Christ
was born, aud for q century afterward,
were 10 more comfortable ciroum-
stances than those who came before or
after them. The civilized Worldwas rich
In gold and silver, wars wereinfrequent
and comfort abounded. But there we're
other epochs in the worlds history, Of
a still more ancient date, when vast
masses Of human beings we're in very
comfortable circumstances. At the
recent meeting Of the Concord School
Of Philosophy, DR.. H. X. Jones spoke
OF the former glory OF H~indoostan. W.
are apt TO forget, be said, that there were
onoei in hat country empire. wealth aud
civil government on a scale which has
not since been equaled. The Hi0doo
Of several thousand years ago was fine
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

not to Bate alone, but to Bate and the
platform, one and ~inseparahle. A
greater popular triumph than awaits
this people on the 7th dayot November
next is recorded nowhere in the annals
OF this country.
Whence, indeed, comes all this
noise, this b~elting Of tin pans and
blowing of rams horos 10 the battle OF
THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE RINGS.
TIERS?
In great part from men who have
already. years ago, indoetrinated this
people with the theory that they are
the one aud only sovereign source of
all power; that they have some rights
which even ringsters are bound to
respect? Did not Senator Jackson
three years ago, ana when in the forty
ninth year of hisage, write to Governor
Marks applauding his message because
it showed that there was a broad dis.
tinction in law and equity as between
the railroad and other bonds2 All, he
was sitting in his quiet office then"
and had never mingled in politics. He
was no infant; no fool then more than
he is now. And did not Colonel j. j.
Turner, of Gallatin. only four years
ago, and while candidate for Congress
in that district, openly declare on the
stump that
THE RAILROAD BONDS WERE IN
VALID,
and ought not to be paid2 What
change has come over the spirit Of
their dreams | know not, but since
those few years Senator jackson has
got into politics, while Colonel Turner
has co ne to be a regularly employed
attorney for the L. and N. road. II
the railroad debt was invalid four years
ago it is so to-day. Thanks are due,
however, in great part to those two
gentlemen for having, ere they switched
off from those two sound Democratic
views, helped to convince the people
Of the soundness of the theories they
then advocated They sowed the good
seeds Of popular rights and liberties,
which are to-day springiug up, some
ten, some an hundred and some a thou.
sand fold,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
sTATE OF TENNFssEE, sHELBY COS

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY co.,
OFFICE County CoURT CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn. September 9Th, 1882. }
traitor of S M Gates, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
IL estate Of 5 NJ Cater, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, BY ad-
vertisement in some newspaper published
within tho said State, and also at the court
house door of Shelby county, for all persons
having claims against said estate, to appear
and file the same, with the clerk Of the Coun-
ty Court authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed By law, on or before the 18th day of
December, 1882; and any claim not fled on or
before said day, or before an appropriation
Of the funds Of said estate is made, shall be
forever barred, both in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this 9Th day Of
September, 1882.
HUGH b. CULLEN, Clerk.
Notice is hereby given as directed by the
foregoing order. This September 0, lss2.
l2lS24 FIT EDMONDS0N, Admir-.
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The Same AS GamhIing Debts.

MONTREAL, CANADA, September,
Judge A. Scherean to. day dis.
missed the case of Enwick VS.. Anzell.
which was a claim for margins on
stocks, declaring they we're the same
as gambling debts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

ter OF than they we're months AGO,
when they quit work. Not one in a
hundred strikes either in this country
or in England, has been successful,
and the one just closing in the iron
mills Of Pittsburg adds another 10 the
long list Of failures.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14
ACAR10,

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indiscretionS Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., will sehd
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by a missionary in South America. Send a
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b9Tx FiVh2d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-14

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's
son, a bright manly boy Of 10 years,
fell from the sea wall at Nahant last
week. Conclusion Of the brain was
feared, but he is now out Of danger.
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Preventive OF maIariaI diseases.

Opinion Of eminent DIR. II. r. Walton,
Of Annapolis, Md.-"JOlden'a Ifquid
Beef Tonic is PAR E%XcEILENoE. supe-
rior to cod-liyer oil or anything | have
ever used in wasted or impaired constitu.
tons and extremely beneficial as a pre-
ventiye of malarial Diseases Take no
OF druggists.
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