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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-23

Cir nit Court Of Shelby county Tenn
Sprnsheld AID Memphis Railroad Com
pany vs.. } Il Meade Ell al-petidon for con
domination Of lands for right Of way.
appearing from the petition hiod herein,
4 which Is sworn 10, that the defendant. J
II Meade. Is a non relident Of the State Of
Tennessee; II Is therefore ordered that he
mako his hppoaranee herein, ~ the court
hou Q, 10 tho Taxing Dttrict Of shelby c0un-
~, Tennessee, on or before the hrst Monday
In December next. led2, and hngwOr or domur
% the petition Of tho fprinEheld and Mem
phis Railroad company for right Of way
through big lands aud show cause II any DO
have WY th prayer Of The petition should
not 10 granted ard the land dofcfibod therein
taken and condemned 10 T~ctllonef'e nses.
an [ on BIZ iai "A TO DO 30 Tie petition vii 10
tlkon AZ t0nieIsed and the cause fot Ter hear
Ing OK pore; and that A copy Of this order DO
publ he'd once a week, for four consecutive
weeks, 10 the frbiie LEDGER
JOSEPH UHL, Clsrk.
By George J Campbell, ID. q.
Newman Erb. ATTY iof plaintia. BnGW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-23
Paffison,s PInrnIlfr.

HARRISBURG, November 2O--Tht
total vote for Governor at the recen.
election, as received at the State De.
partment: Pattison, Democrat, 1885,
79l; Beaver, Republican, 3l5,5S9
Stewart, Independent, 43,743; Arm.
strong, Greenback and Laber, 23,484
Pettitt, Prohibitionist, 5796; totaI
vote, 743, SOB, PattisOn's plurality is
4O,202. This is the largest vote ever
polled in the State, with the exception
of the Presidential contests of 1876
and 1880.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-23
PUBLIC LEDGER.


mqE PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLIsHEp
i every afternoon, except Sunday, at No. u
madison street.
The PuBLIo LEDGER IL served 70 city sub.
gcribers by faithful carriers at TIN CENTS
PER WEEK, or 50 cents per month, payable
20 the carriers.
By nail Gin advance): One year, IS; one
month, 50 cents. Postage
NeWsdealers supplied at 2 cents per CODY,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-23

Aphil lgitig OhlIo.
Sam Roberts, Ohio rive.
IN PORT.
Dean Adams, Rene Mscready, John B.
Maude, Josie Harry.
STAGES OF THE RIVERS.
Memphis-8 feet, a rise Of 6 inches.
Pittsburgh feet, a decline of 4
inches.
Oincinnati--9 feet 9 inches, a rise
Of 5 inches.
Louisville 5 feet 9 inches, a de-
cline Of l inch.
Evansville-5 feet 5 inches, and
stationary.
Carroll feet 3 inches, a decline
Of 2 inches.
St. Louis-1O feet 9 inches, a rise
Of 3 inches.
Vicksburg-11 feet II inches, a rise
of inches.
Nashville-3 feet, a rise of 9 inches.
Chattanooga feet 8 inches, a rise
off inches.
Shreveport-l5 feet 10 inches, and
stationary.
Little Rock feet 3 inches, a rise
of 10 inches.
White river is at a good stage and
rising.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant to-day.
River rising again.
Business only moderate.
Nothing encouraging at Pittsburg.
Marines anxious to see the great
Katie Adams.
The local packets got away yester-
day on time with fair trips.
The Oakland and barges for New
Orleans, passed down yesterday.
The City of Greenville, for St.
Louis, left New Orleans last evening.
The Andy Baum, on her way to
Cincinnati, passed Evansville last
night.
1t is probable that on Saturday next
steam will be raised on the new Will
S. Hays,
The John A. Scudder was expected
to pass up this forenoon bound for
st. Louis.
Charles Purcell and Joe Gray are
plotting the Wyoming from Cincinnati
to this port.
The Sam Roberts and barges from
New Orleans passed up last night
bound for the Ohio river.
The Clinton, for this port, and the
City Of Baton Rouge, for New Or
leans, left st. Louis last evening.
The W. p. Halliday, from St. Louis,
was expected to pass down this fore
noon on her way to New Orleans.
The Fannie Tatum left here last
evening for Arkansaw river, and will
load with cotton for New Orleans.
The James W. Gaf, for this port,
and the New Mary Houston, for New
Orleans, left Cincinnati last evening.
The Golden Rule passed Vicksbprg
yesterday, and will be due up to-
morrow evening, bound for Cincinnati,
The big Anchor Line boat, City of
Natchez, will be launched by the
Towards, Of Jacksonville, on Satpr-
day.
The Commonwealth arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday and left there at
noon to. day on her return trip to St,
Louis.
CAPITA in Geo. PoOre, formerly COM
mander Of the towboat, Ike Hammitt,
has been appointed wharfmaster at
Cairo.
The Wyoming, from Cincinnati
passed Louisville yesterday, bound for
this port. She should arrive here
about Sunday.
Captain J. T. Washington received
a Telegram from Captain Ed Postal,
saying that the Hard Cash would ar
rive Saturday morning.
The government steamer Mississip-
pi, with the River Commission on
board, passed V%icksburg yesterday,
bound for New Orleans.
The Cons Millar departed yester-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-23

Entered at the Postofice In Memphis, Tenn,
as ~second-class matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-23

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
Senatorial Snuff-Takers.

The Senate has presented gold snuff box
70 Capt Isaac Bassett, Assistant DOOrk eeper,
who has served as an officer of the Senate
for fifty years, and is now an active and fine
looking old gentleman. In the short ad-
dress which Capt. Bassett made in acknowl-
edgment of the testimonial he presented
some Interesting "reminiscences about Sena-
torial snuff-takers of earlier DAYS
"When Martin Van Buren was Vice
President" said he, che was possessed
OF gold snuff box. He gave it to me in
charge, to keep well filed with snuff and
see that it was placed IN the Vice Presi
dents table every day that the Senate was
in session. At the end Of every week there
after be handed me fifty cents to pay for
the snuff. When his term expired l gave
him the snuff box. He left the city soon
after. and forgot to give me the fifty cents
bat he had always given me at the end OF
the week. Henry Clay was very fond Of a
piGch Of snuff, and enjoyed it very much
He would often stop in the midst of his
speech and call page to bring him pinch
of snuff, and II he could not see any one of
the pages he would leave his seat and walk
up to the Vice Presidents table, take up the
gold snuff box, take a pinch, and returning
to bis seat, resume his speech. Rich
ard NJ. johnson and John Tyler were
neither of them shutters, and therefore
had 10 furnish my own snuff-box; but
when George NJ. Dallas was Vice President
he brought with him very handsome gold
snuff box, and gave it to me in charge, and
after his term expired l returned 1t to him.
When Millard Fillmore was Vice President
be objected 70 having a snuff box on the Ia
ole Of the Vice President, because, in his
opinion, it interfered with the business of
the Senate. Senators would come up and
stop to converse with each other, and dis
tuTbed him SO much he could not hear what
was going on in the Senate. Ever since that
period there has been placed on each side
of the Senate a small snuffbox fastened to
the wall"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
THE COSTA RIGA EARTHQUAKE.
What Is Said of the Occurrence by a
Representative of the Country.
Netv York Sun.

Mr.. Jose M. Munoz, Consul for Costa RIca
In this city, says that In his experience he
has never before heard of an accident Of
this nature in Costa Rica. Nicaragua. Mr..
Munoz says, lying just to the north, is a nest
of volcanoes, ana earthquakes there are
frequent. Nevertheless it is fact that, like
the rest of Central America, Costa Rica is of
volcano formation, and subject to frequent
earthquakes. The afflicted country lies on
the isthmus between North and South
America, In a narrow part just south OF
Nicaragua. From one of it's volcanic
mountains the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
can both be seen. The entire country con-
tains less than 100000 inhabitants, of whom
a good portion are Indians Columbus
landed in Costa Rica on his fourth voyage,
early in the sixteenth century, and named
It. The language, except among the
aborigines, is Spanish.
OF the four towns named as having been
destroyed, Mr.. Munoz says that two, San
Ramon and Grecia, were mere villages, con-
tanning few inhabitants. Alajuela and
Heredia, however, contained about ten
thousand inhabitants each.
The principal industry of Costa Rica is
the raising OF coffee. The temperature is
not high, but the rainy season continues
almost uninterruptedly for six months in
the year. Fevers make the two coasts dan
gerous for both foreigners and natives.
The last great earthquake In Central
America occurred In 1878 People then were
warned by moderate preliminary commo-
tion, and only 500 lives were lost In San Sal
vador, which was destroyed. The city of
Quito, in Ecuador, was almost DESTROYED in
1859, and in 1868 an earthquake devastated
most of Ecuador, and spread along almost
the entire Pacific coast OF South America,
a high wave being sent across the ocean 10
the Hawaiian Islands and Yokohama. The
commotion also on that occasion made IT..
self felt in Australia and Alaska.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24

The DANGER OF A WAR WITH THE
CROW INDIANS. The Commissioner of
Indian Affairs has received a report from
Agent Armstrong, of the Crow Agency.
Montana, in which he states that the ru.
mors of probable war with the Crows
are entirely unfounded. On the contrary
the Crows profess the greatest friendship
for the whites, and say they want 10 do
just as the Great Father tells them. He
further states, however, that a crisis in
the history OF these people is close nv
The game being nearly exterminated.
their occupation and source of livelihood
is gone, and during the next four wears
they will have to be handled verv care.
fully and aided very kindly. Thew are
making no progress towards civilization.
very few OF them have any conception
OF our life, or any desire to change theirs
II, however, the treaty ceding the Yves.
Tern part OF the reservation 10 ratified.
ana they are not all lowed to become too
hungry, there will be no war. Quite a
number or children can be accommodat.
cd In the home, but there is great diff.
Guilty In persuading the parents To give
up their children, although they are win.
ing to sell them tor ponies. It is more
difficult to get girls than bows, The
parents marry off the girls while very
young, and usually get several ponies
and other presents for them. The an
nulty goods are still in the warehouse,
not more than three -fourths of the Crows
having come for them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
Reign of Terror Near Memphis.

Albert Fl. Thomas, Jr., a young lawyer
and special Deputy Sheriff, was ioully as
sassiIated at IL O'Clock Sunday night while
on HIS way to his home q mile and half
northeast OF Memphis The ball entered
his left side on line with the navel, sever
ing the abdominal sr-ery. Suspicion points
to several who have been indicted by him
for gambling, stealing, etc, hut MORE par
ticularly to q. daTkeY named Clint. Hilliard,
who openly swore vengeance against him
because OF his indictment for waylaying and
robbiDg William Young FIVE weeks since.
Hlliard was seen In the neighborhood short
" before the tragedy, but disappeared and
has not since been found.
a reign of terror exists in the -neighbor-
hood. During the last six months 1t has
been impossible to keep a COW, horse or
poultry. ard the thieves are exceedingly
bold. One man shot thief in a chicken
house three successive nights last week,
and was in turn fred on by persons iI am
hush among the shEubbery In the front yard.
In the same neighborhood William Young
was waylaid and beaten with a club and,
finally, shot by bury negro a few weeks
ago, aud numerous other minor instances
of deviltTy are reported.
Persons summoned before the grand Jury
acknowledge they are afraid to give evil
dence, and It is g fact that nearly all who
have given evidence have suffered by having
houses burned or pillaged, stock killed or
stolen, and lives in jeopardy. No man dares
leave his family alone after dark. Stirred
up by last Sunday nights tragedy, they will
organize vigilance committee and string
up the first thief caught as a last resort for
afe protection.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
The New York Stock MARKET.

New YORK, March % Share speculation
opened in the main firm and 1S4l per cent.
higher than at Yesterdays close. Richmond
and Danville, Denver and Rio Grande and
Canada Southern being most prominent in
the advance, while Oregon Navigation
opened l per cent. lower at 135. In the
early trade the market was strong, and
prices advanced Ha3 per cent, Colorado
Coal, Columbus, Chicago and Indiana
Central, Richmond and DanVille, Den
yer and Rio Grande, Wabash preferred
and common and Louisville and Nashville
being most conspicuous in the upward
movement
In the early part of the afternoon reac-
ton of la2 per cent. took place, In which
Richmond and Danville. Michigan Central,
Colorado Coal, Lake Erie and Western,
Omaha preferred and Wabash preferred
were prominent. Subsequently recovery of
Ia1%, per cent New Jersey Central, Missouri
Pacific and Michigan Central leading there
in, was succeeded in the late dealings by a
decline OF 1la1% per cent. Reading, Denver
and Rio Grande, Wabash preferred and
common and Texas Pacific being prominent
in the downward movement. In the final
dealings the general list recovered 1s416 per
cent, the latter for Denver and Rio Grande,
while OHIO and Mississippi declined
33$s 1859. The market closed in the main
fairly firm. Transactions 45O, 900 shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
BLOWN OVER HOUSE TOPS.
An Appalling Disaster in PhiIa-
delphia.

PHILADELPHIA, March 23-The tug boat
Henry G. Pratt, lying at pier s, at the foot
of Walnut street, exploded her boiler this
morning, killing four men.
The explosion was remarkable for the
completeness OF the wreck 1t caused
The only living thing remaining from the
boat is a badly singed cat. The engineer
went down with his boat, and two other
men, who usually slept on the boat, are
missing, supposed to be sunk in the river
with the engineer. Four men whose bodies
were found were blown ashore.
The Captain, named Scully, was blown
over a four story warehouse, without touch
ing It, and landed two hundred and fifty
feet beyond In the street, having been near
lY cut 10 pieces by passing through net
work OF telegraph wires. The other three
were blown against the sides of buildings
fronting on the water. The Narrow Gauge
Railroad depot, two hundred feet long and
sixty wide, was blown to pieces. number
of brick buildings on Delaware avenue were
totally wrecked, though left standing.
An iron door of a fire proof vault in one
of them was wrenched off its hinges and
rolled up like a scroll. The boiler of the
tug was blown some distance, and etruck
several buildings, finally landing In Della
ware avenue. The anchor OF the boat,
weighing one hundred aud fifty pounds, was
blown several hundred feet over the tops of
houses whose roofs are over one hundred
feet above the sidewalk, and remained sus-
pended in air among the telegraph wires
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
The Great Desert.

1t is only few years siace a wide ex-
panse of the American continent was
laid down upon the maps as s0The Great
American Desert" What was then ann
posed to be barren waste. IncanabIe IF
supporting either vegetable or animal
life, has already grown into a ponulous
country, traversed by lines of railway.
dotted with tlourishing towns and cities.
teemlng with new-found wealth, rich
farms, immense herds, and supplying
the comforts and luxuries that civiiiza-
ton carries in its train AS the Great
American Desert was formerly looked
upon, so hitherto has the Great Sahara
been regarded; but DR.. Lenz, in a recent
lecture at Paris on his Journey from
Morocco to Timbuctoo, has been cor
recting some Of the popular notions
as to the condition Of that section of
the African continent. He says that
the Sahara is not one dead sandy
level, but is really greatly varied
in its aspect. Rocky spaces are inter-
spersed among the sandy plains. and
here and there are oases covered with
alta grass and shallow sheets of water.
1t really forms one great plateau about
eleven hundred feet above the level of
the Atlantic, in no part of which is there
depression below the level of the ocean.
as shown on the maps of certain
geographers, and which has led to wild
schemes of converting the desert into q
great inland sea. Nor is the temperature
SO hot as has been represented, nor, in
deed, as might be expected. From DR..
Len1's description, the Sahara is not so
much of desert as has been heretofore
believed, though he points out nothing
to induce any expectation that it viii
ever become populous or fourishing
country, beftting the residence of any
higher class than the barbarous tribes
who now inhabit it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
BRITAIN'S REALM.
The Grant to LeOpOId-ParIIOme
arV Test OaEh - Land League
Funds.

LONDON, March 23.-Iu the House OF
Commons to-day, Mr.. Gladstone moved an
additional annuity of 10000 for Prince
Leopold and pension of 96, 900 yearly for
his widow in the event of his death.
Samuel Story (RadicaD, member for Sun
derland, objected to spending the public
money in support OF titled idleness.
Messrs. Labouchere, Broadburst and Healey
advanced Liberals) also opposed the grant.
The motion was passed by vote of 3S7 to AZ
In the House of Lords to day, the Earl of
Redesdale's bill, providing that every Peer
and member of the the House of Commons
before taking his seat shall make solemn
and sincere declaration and affirmation of
his belief in Almighty God, was opposed by
the Earl Of Shaftesbury, who moved the
previous question. The motion was agreed
to-
Sir Charles Dixie, Under Foreign Secre-
tary, Henry Fawcett, Postmaster General,
and George Otto Trevellyan, Secretary to
the Admiralty, abstained from voting on
the grant to Prince Leopold.
Brennan, late Secretary of the Land
League, has been removed from Kilmain-
ham jail to Kilkenny.
Patrick Egan, Treasurer OF the Land
League, has received during the past month
e22, 900 from branches OF the Land League
In the United States and the English colo
MES
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
THE RED CROSS.
Appeal for Relief for the Sufferers
by the Floods.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The following
call has been Issued:
To the american People: The President
having signed the treaty of the Geneva con-
ference, and the Senate having on the 16sh
instant ratified the Presidents action, the
American Association OF the Red Cross, or
ganzed under the provisions of said treaty,
proposes at once to send it's agents among
the sufferers by the recent floods with view
to ameliorating their condition so far as can
be done by human aid and the means at hand
will admit OF. Contributions are urgently
solicited. RemitJances in money may be
made to Hon. Charles J. Folger, Secretary
OF the Treasury, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, or to his associates, Hon. Robert
7. Lincoln, and Hon. George B. Loring,
Commissioner of Agriculture. Contribu-
tions of wearing apparel. bedding aud pro-
visions should be addressed to "Red Cross
Agent" at Memphis, Tenn; Vicksburg,
Miss, and Helena, Ark.
Signed CLARA BARTON.
BANCROFT DAVIS.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
ALEX Y. Z. GARNETT.
MRS. OMAR D. CoNGER.
A. s. SoLoMoNs.
MRS. s. A. MARTHA CANFIELD.
r. D. MUssEY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-24
THE FLOODED VALLEY.
latest Reports from the Overflow
The work OF Relief.

YAzoo CITY, March 23.-The Mississippi
river fell two inches at this point last night,
making a total fall of four inches since noon
Tuesday. The steamer City OF Yazoo has
arrived from the Tsllahatchie river, and re-
ports fall OF fifteen inches at Sharkey, and
that it is falling at the rate OF forty
inches In twenty-four hours. Heavy
Rain fell at Greenwood. which caused a tenn
porary check in the decline at that point.
All along the Yazoo river, below Green
wood, the fall has averaged five inches.
The extreme suffering reported on the Tai
lahatchie river was greatly exaggerated.
According to the statement of the officers
of the steamer Yazoo the people in that Sec
tion of country are well provided for, and
In some places preparations are being made
for planting. The suffering is mainly on
the Yszoo river, where stock confined on the
mounds and in gin houses is starving
Many Of the cattla, which are brought here,
die shortly after being discharged from the
boats. The boats now arriving bring but
Few people, and 1t Is supposed that the
exodus from the Yazoo delta has about
ended.
CINCINNATI, March 23-The Chamber of
Commerce to day appointed committee of
seven to solicit subscriptions and take such
other action as may be deemed necessary
for the relief Of the sufferers from the over
flow OF the Mississippi river
NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-The Execu-
tive Relief Committee to-day elected j. H.
Otesby President, B. T. Walshe Treasurer,
and E. T. Manning Secretary
VICKsBURG, March 23.-The news from
the overt owed country continues encour-
aging. Passengers by the steamer Sun
flower, from the Sunfower river, fur
nish the following particulars concern
ing the overflow in that region From
Burtonia to the mouth of the Sunfower
the water is from two to three feet higher
than ever known. The steamer landed at
every hsbitatiOn from the mouth and made
special Inquiry concerning the wants and
conditions of the people. There was no
demand for provisions, ss almost every one
had enough on hand to last ten days. Grain
for feeding stock seemed TO be the principal
need and was freely supplied.
The United States steamer Anita arrived
from the SunfOwer river at twelve O'Clock
to day. She had 5 5,464 pounds OF meat, "a
barrels of flour and 13 barrels Of meal left,
which was turned over to the relief com
mittee here Going up the Supflower river,
she distributed two weeks rations to 1,265
persons, and coming down to 553.
Capt. Lee has received instructions from
the War Department to send the Anita to
st. Louis at once. She will probably leave
tonight. The highest point reached at this
city by the water this season was AZ feet 9
inches. At 8 this morning the gauge mark
ed 4S feet l inch, fall of an inch and
half in the last "a hours, and total fall of
~ inches.
New YORK, March GA Pittsburg
special says: "The river men OF this city
will take measures to give practical aid to
the people who are suffering from the
foods. A meeting OF citizens is to be call
ed at an early day."