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Curtis, Lecture.

The lecture of Sir. Curtis, of the
New York Herald, to night, at the
Greenlaw 0perahouse, bids fair to be
Of very entertaining character. The
following are the head lines Of the
subjects to be discussed:
Making modern history; The Hi.
nois tanner and the cotton gin; The
magic of progress; Moses short-hand
reporter; Genesis to Revelations; Jo-
sephus to JEFF Davis; Reporters MIN
BILE pencils; A reporter for ten years;
A rule in newspaper Offices; Dissolute,
INSCRIPTIONS men; The upright gen.
tleman; A history of the world fortwo
cents; Hunk Dory, king of Timbuc-
too; John Smith wants a servant girl;
A shipwreck, or Queen Victoria's
grandehild; A reporter on the Herald;
Something to fill the paper with;
Hunting for items; Throwing Away
news; Free drinks; Peculiar men;
Killed off quickly; Unutterable cads;
Treating him like gentleman; Intel.
ligence needed; Short. hand men;
Hear; hear; Facts, not speeches;
Reporting an art, not trade; Seeing
in shorthand; A sluggard out of place
in the profession; An irregular life;
A whole week with ten hours sleep;
Murders and sermons and scandals and
dog fights and weddings and ship
wrecks; Smallpox ina tenement; Shot
in riot; Moral stamina; Hard
drinking; pischarging the clergyman
for being reporter; Too big a jail-pit;
Subtle dangers; The curse of the pro.
fession; Wild excess; A weekly sub
scription; Kinder than brothers to one
another; Up in a balloon and down in
coal mine; Angry women and ghosts;
Cropping through a fire damp for mile
and half; Heroism or not9; On the
Scaffold; Tell me your name, you
might die before | get back; Skim
ming the cream of life; The course of
the blizzard; Ten minutes worth as
much as year: God reigns and the
government still lives;' An unerring
memory; A word about interviewers;
Libel suits; Quick Judgment; Buying
a steamboat, A deaf prize fight report
sr after a sermon; Charles Reade as a
reporter; Writing in dark car; Work
ing against time; Sublime cheek; In
terviewing a Mollie Mcguire; A clas-
steal education; Three columns about
two small facts; Two columns in ten
words; The ideal reporter; A hetero-
geneous crowd; Failure as a quali6ca-
ton for success; The profession step
ping stone; Poor pay and no glory; Ire
mendous powers; Dickens as a reporter;
Impaling imposters; The average
mans earnings; Tenure of Office;
Thunderbolts that Jove could never
hurl."
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lola AsHe Really IL.

A good deal of the naturalism of NJ.
lola seems to me to consist in his
making free use of the names of ether
people. This is not the first time that
he has got himself into trouble. A
certain NJ. Steiner, whose name APP
pears in mana" challenged lola to
duel and it was only with difficulty
that he could be pacifed. But he
continued to demand the liberty Of
making use of all names as may suit
his convenience, nor will he change a
letter or put on or take away the
cedilla under a single C. Notwith-
standing all his professions that he
works only from nature and precise
observations, this author of the theo-
ries Of Daturalism, experimentation,
and realism has never actually OBJ
served any of the life that be pretends
to describe in his novels. | have the
authority If NJ. Paul Alexis, who only
the other day published a volume
called Emile lola; Notes efa Friend, p"
for this assertion. N. Alexis says that
at no epoch Of his life, either as a
schoolboy or as young man, did lola
ever irequenta cafe; he had no amours,
bad no relations in any kind Of society;
he lived like a bear. If we may be.
lieve this friend, lola does not
even have powerful magma
ton, and he has recourse to other
people for assistance. "In the
case Of Mana says this friend in
his note, the difficulty Of the subject
was aggravated by the circumstance
that lola had few personal impress
sions Of the haute galanterie. In his
years Of misery lola had come only in
contact witch the low vice Of coffee
shops and lodging houses. Later he
had money at his disposition, but,
being absorbed by his fixed idea OF
! literature, never leaving his home ex-
cept on hasty errands, coming back
worn out, often furious at the univer.
sal stupidity Of men, and finding him.
self happy again nowhere but in his
owe rooms, our rOmancer had not
ventured into the world Of actresses
pour rire and Of bellies petites." One
night Iola was taken behind the scenes
at the varieties, by Ludovic Halevy
aud on another occasion he breakfasted
with man who gave him the benefit
Of his experience in the DEM monde
The romancer listened, took notes
and put new questions. A few DAYS
after he visited the house Of one Of
: these fashionable cocotles, in Tho
. boulevard Malesherbes. He was en-
abled TO see everything, TO note every
/. thing, all in order 10 describe Mana
. hotel. Finally Zola, no who never
Q goes anywhere, got invited to q grand
t supper in the house Of demi mon
0 dame And, during the few month";
Q that the gestations Of Mana continued
g in this way, be never saw US, hi
9 friends, without turning the CONVEX
=; sation on women, without appealing
T. to our souvenirs.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
THE STATE DEBT.
How a Dollar for Dollar Man
WOuldSeftIe IL

EDITOR LEDGER-So many propo-
sitions are daily printed in the papers
all over the State relative to our State
debt that one more or less will not
change the drift of things one lota.
Hence, one quite novel and perhaps
striking to some will not give any
writer prominence. Thus reasoning |
persuaded myself to 60 into print.
Our good citizens seem determined
not to pay 100 cents on the dollar,
Some say our debt is not over two
millions; others say it is ten; some
again will have it twenty, and the
creditor what the bonds and coupons
out call for. The majority of our
voters-and they are the parties to
look TO for a settlement-seem now to
have concluded to cut the debt in
two and pay half Of the principal and
half Of the interest. | am for paying
100 per cent face and interest, and the
minority with me Our State is able
to pay it all if we can gain time
Right now business is depressed, the
country suffering from floods, and in
onsequence the honest debt paying
citizen hide and quietly submit to a
spirit Of Reputation. Reputation 1t
will be, and since las the great and
good Avalanche has it, the debt is
already repudiated, let us repudiate in
as graceful a manner as possible. Our
oreditors will accept 50-6. Our citi-
gems say we are not able to pay six per
cent nov. If you cannot pay it now,
can you not pay it six years hence2
Settle your debt, and the real and per
sonal properties Of the State now
assessed at a rate of $3.50, 000, 900, six
years hence will be valued at 81 ,OOO,-
900. If you cannot pay six per cent
now, but expect to be able to do so in
a few years, why push sacrifice upon
sacrifice on your creditors2 If prop
erly submitted, the creditors of our
State would make a reduction OF in
terest for the first FIVE years. Your
debt, after compromise at fifty per
cent, will be Sl5,0O0,0O0. Issue al
bond at thirty years bearing two per
cent interest the first two years, three
per cent the third, four per cent the
fourth, five per cent the fifth, and SIX
per cent thereafter until maturity, and
/ think you can conciliate your cred
itors and pay the interest without
feeling the burden of taxation:
Interest for the first two years at
per cent on SIS, 900, O00...............s 500 001
Interest for the third year at 3 per ct $4,000
Interestfor the fourth year at per ct $4,000
Interest for the fifth year at 5 per Ct. $4,000
Total interest for the Eve years.....s2, 1000
Taking the States revenue on $780,.
000, 900 assessing, only 10 cents on the
800 for the irst6 five years and surplus
invested for the State at 4 per cent
will give yon the following showing:
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lie own overthrow and destruction. A
great dark cloud is towering over the
people-a debt Of over S27, OOO, 600
and while we stand and ponder and
contend, the cloud grows denser and
denser. There is middle ground Of
settlement upon which we can meet.
and upon that middle ground we must
meet, unfurl our banners again, and
take some immediate steps for our
relief. Now which shall we do, keep
up the breach already formed by a few
willy demagogues in our ranks, and
reap a harvest of barren regrets in
our downfall. or bring the two wings
Of the Democratic party in harmony
together, settle the debt, and thus
insure success to the party, prosperity
to the State and happiness to the
people.
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REMARKABLE FINANCIERING.
Texas Buying Up Her Bonds at
clio ON the Dollar.
Little ROCK Garetto sneclnl.l

Little Rock Gazette Special.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 24.-Lub.
book, State Treasurer, has made an
other purchase Of State bonds, Of
$442, 900 of what are known as long
sevens, maturing in 1904, bearing
seven per cent interest. The price
paid was 81 40, the best attainable fig
ureS. In explanation of the purchase
the Treasurer said the bonds now
taken up would have twenty-five
years more to run, and the State,
by buying them in now, saves in
interest alone, 1854 on every one hun
dred dollar bond. If you will calcu-
late you will see that the advantage
made to the State is equivalent to an
investment of its own money for its
own benefit Of three and seven tenths
per cent per annum for the twenty
two years. This makes 81 100000 OF
the State debt can,elled since the ad-
journment OF the Legislature one year
ago. Treasurer Lubbock says there
is no State in the Union, nor even the
general government, that has ever
shown such high rate of credit.
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How 10 secure Health.

1t seems strange that any one will
suffer from arrangements brought on
by impure blood, when Scovills' Sar-
saparilla and Stillingia, orBlood and
Liver Syrup, will restore health. 1t
is the best blood purifier ever discov-
cred, effectually curing scrofula, syph-
little disorders, weakness of the kid
neys, erysipelas, malaria; all nervous
disorders and debility, bilious COM
plants, diseases of the blood, liver,
kidneys, stomach, skin, etc 1t cor
iects indigestion. A single bottle will
prove to you its merits as a health
lenewer, for it acts like a charm.
Bakers Pain Panacea cures pain in
man and beast. Use externally and
internally and find relief.
DR.. Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup
Instantly destroys worms and removes
all secretions m
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
.United We stand.

The Carthage Clarion, whose motto
is, 1.-The Crisis of Destiny is Now"
has this in its last issue;
No words in our vocabulary are more
replete with sacred truth than these;
Divided in sentiment means dissen-
sion, wrangling, and in many instances
ruin. United in sentiment means
harmony, peace, love, prosperity. A
church divided against itself cannot
stand;a community divided against
itself cannot prosper; political party
divided against itself cannot exist,
Now is the critical moment in the his.
tory Of the Democratic party in Ten.
nessee.
1t may still take the van and lead Ia
victory, or itmay lead on reCkleSsly To
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
was only occupied two years on that


was only occupied two years on that
work.
The youth Of Lougfellow at Bow.
dom College was described and his
student life commented on, and quo
tation from book Of travels in Spain,
describing the poets personal appear
ance at that time, was given. The
circumstances under which some OF
Longfellow's best known poems were
written were graphically introduced.
Mr.. Fields read, in proof of his
assertion that Longfellow was SUI
preme poet, the beautiful lyrics Of
Sandolphon and Palingenesis, which
two poems the lecturer ranked among
the high-water marks Of song in our
own or any other time. Longfellow's
currency in Europe was illustrated by
an anecdote Of the American profess
sor, who,when he was leaving Iceland,
was instructed by a literary circle
there to tell the poet that they read
and feioiced in his poems, and that
Iceland knows him by heart.
The speaker dwelt very feelingly
upon the poets kindness to all cotem-
porary writer's, saying that he lived in
region far above envy, and had al
ways done so. He was always the first
TO lend helping hand to a young
author struggling to notice. Mr.,
Field quoted a charming extract from
"Lowell's Fables for Critics" in which
Longfellow is given a very beautiful
niche in the temple Of literature,
LongfellOw's shy, demure humor was
also referred to in an extract from the
Birds of Killingsworth." Mr.. Fields
considered the Golden Legend" be
yond praise, and as occupying place
quite by itself in the higher walks Of
poetry. He contended that Longfel-
low was never a satirist, never a
soorner or trifer, but fountain Of
pure and tender sympathy of its kind,
a bringer Of consolation and courage,
an indicator of all good things. Out
of suffering he evokes the angels OF
peace, and to glorify goodness and
patience, to strengthen virtue, to ele-
vate purity and honor, these are, and
always have been the object and pas
sion Of his inspiring verse. His heart
is always audible in his song.
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NIOn-rosISDns MosIeo.

No. S299-1n the Chancory Court of SbaIbv
county, Tenn. = state Of Tennessee VS..
I appearing from amended hill. whioh a,
j sworn TO in this cause, that the dsfendSnts'
Martha a Owen, Mary + Owen, SalIie nj
Owen, Miles Owen, ir, Ida Owen, AugustIs
owen, WI nam OWEN, Jehn 2 Smith and
and Anne MoKwin, his wife, MIRA, jane
Lawrence, Willie Tomeny, Blanche Tomenv.
Il Mckissick and Lizzie McIKissick, his
wife, Henry W Brooks and Blanche Brooks
his wife, Mrs. Maria + Giles, Miss Maria n
9ilesi Waddell, trustee, Parker o Ewan.
4 W Tucker, Chas. I Harrison, trustee. Mrs.
Mary Looney, Ohas. Sanford and Bottle San.
Iord, ms wife, Mrs; Mary Burbank and -
burbank, her husband, Robert LOOney, ir.
Kate Looney, Dora lOoney, Chas, S I,oonsv
w Q falkner, Annie Pope, Camilla Pone.
Samuel Kerr, or Carr, and Mary Ann Kerr or
Carr. his wife, Ben Eiseman, Il A Cole, Henry
Laird, sallie + Harris, unknown heirs Of
George A Mccall, John Williams, o III
Williams, mcOarty, i G Noel and Mamie
Noel, bis wite' Bank Of Louisville. Kentucky,
Of the State Of Tennessee; It is there
fore ordered that they make their ap-
gearance herein, at the courthouse of
Shelby county, in Memphis Tennessee,
on or before the FIRST Monday in May, 1882
and plead, answer or demur To Complainant
bill, OF the Same will be taken for confessed
az 70 them and set for, hearing ex.parts, and
that copy Of this order BIO published once
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger. : "''AN
This $50 day of March. 1882.
A copy--Attcst:
r ] BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY M Bradley, d. q. & NJ.
JWHampton, soPr for eOmppt. o26 90 49,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
COLLISION.
A Serious Railroad Accident
Near johnson City.
Special to the World.l

Special to the World.l
KNOXVILLE, March PA serious
railroad accident occurred near John
son City, on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia & Georgia railroad. This morn
ing, between 2 and 3 o'clock, No. 4
passenger, going east, passed freight
train at Full0ns, and the latter started
following Immediately. The hose Of the
passenger engine burst in the hollow
twelve miles from johnson, and before
a fagman could be sent back the
freight bore down grade and ran into
the passenger train. The latter was
composed of several coaches, a sleeper
and Colonel Coles private car that was
being sent to Lynchburg to meet him
This coach was entirely new and wal
in charge of w. H. Booker, a colored
porter. The freight engine tore thil
car to pieces killing Booker. 1t also
tore the sleeper up and seriously, i
not fatally, Injured Conductor Oar.
lington and others. The freight en-
gineer and fireman were only slightly
injured though the engine was con
Siderably damaged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
Tennessee Bonds.

Wall Street News
An impression prevails that the SEES.
sion OF the Legislature of Tennessee
recently called was for the purpose Of
considering the State debt. The Gov.
ernor Of the State has written letter
in response to a communication from
lawyer in New York City. who repre.
sents a number of bondholders IN
which be says he has not convened the
Legislature for that purpose. Under
the Tennessee law its Legislature can.
not, at an extra session, lepislate on
any subject not mentioned m The
Governors message which convened
it. Tho suits instituted by the com.
mittee of bondholders against the
leading railroads in the State have
lately assumed additional prominence,
The nature Of these proceedings Isl 10
enforce a statutory lien claimed To be
conferred by the general improvement
law passed in 1852 by the Legislature
OF the State. The members Of ths
committee who are prosecuting tbt
foreclosure suits are Messrs. Eugene
Kelly, John T. Terry, Of u. d,
Morgan q Co.; ]. G, X, Duer, d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
True Merit AIWars Wins.

There is a constantly increasing de-
mand for Browns Iron Bitters. A
druggist on Washington street reports
the sale of % bottles the first month;
Sc bottles the second month, and l46
bottles the third month; and not one
complaint. or failure to give entire
satisfaction as being the very best
health and life giving medicine in the
world.
s. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son & Co.. and G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
KATE SOTHERN,
The Georgia Murderess, is Par.
dOned by the Governor.

ATLANTA, GA, March 26.-Kate
Sothern, the famous Pickens county
murderess, who about FIVE years ago
killed her husbands paramour
and was sentenced TO death, put was
subsequently, given Communication OIL
ten years in the penitentiary. has beer
pardOned by Governor Colquitt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28

Mr.. Lyman Seeds, of Dunkirk, N.
J :, says: 81 want everybody to know
that Browns Iron Bitters has cured
me of complication Of disorders that
affected my general health to such an
extent that / was unable to do any
work. My principal troubles were
poor digestion, painful urination, and
weak lungs, | have been restored to
perfect health"
s. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28

The above table shows very plainly
that upon a tax Of l5c on the 500 we
could after five years have a surplus Of
$500, 900 with which to create a sink
ing fund or buy up part Of our bonds.
Do you not think we are able to do
this2 / do. Truly yours,
CREDITOR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
Memphis q Little Rock Rail
road.


Little Rock Gazette.l
Yesterdays Gazette contained the
full statement of suit, brought BY
0yerton, as Trustee of Hu. Brinley,
against the Memphis & Little Rock
road, praying that, as the road is ad-
vertised to be sold, a receiver be ap-
pointed to see that decree rendered
in favor of the State Arkansas be sat.
is6ed. The case was argued and sub.
mitted to the court. The following is
the substance Of the decision, rem
dered yesterday: 1.-THE plaintiff is NOT
the holder Of any stock, and is
not the legal owner of any o.
the stocks or securities Of the
defendant company. He claims il
his bill to be equitably entitled t
$1,000, 900 Of deferred stock, bat BIZ
right TO this is disputed by the com
pany. Where the relief sought i
founded upon a disputed equity,
court Of chancery will, with great re
luctance and hesitation, take the pos
session from q defendant holding tn
clear legal title. (Schenck VS.. Pea,
& Bliss, ] Wool, 1851 While the Bill
alleges that the trustee is unable L
raise the money to provide for the de
cree on his own account, it does no
alleee that his cestui que trust canno
do SO. 1t does allege that the bond
holders Of said road and others inter
ssted therein, he is informed and be
lieyes, would and will advance th
sum necessary to provide for said dc
cree if they had any assurance that
would be refunded to them out Of tn
savings Of said road So a receive
will not DO appointed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
TRUTH ATTEsTED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that tho public may fully realize
the commences Of the statements, as we'll az
the power and value Of the article Of which
they speak, We publish herewith the fac
smile signatures Of parties whose sincerity
Is beyond question. The truth Of these testi-
monials Is absolute, nor can the facts they an
nounce be ignored:
MEnPHIs. TENN, April 20. 1881.
hessrs. II. H. Warner & Co;
9ENTLRpENI have been a sufferer ffom nv
infancy with disease Of the kidneys, and have
expended q great deal of my hard earned
wages with physicians and at various springs
In search Of relief: None did me any good.
Finally, AFTER reading several testimonials Of
the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, Concluded
to try il, and aftor having used four botfIes
found that l had been entirely cured, and am
to-day as strong and healthy as any one.
have not seen any testimonials from any one
in this section of the, country, and on this
account send mine voluntarily. hoping that
some one affected with this dangerous disease
may see it and be induced to try It. II Il the
most wonderful medicine have ever seen,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28

To all who arc suffering from the errors and
indiseretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, ETC., will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
BY 10 missionary in South America. Send q
IEHAN. Station d, New York City.
52xxxiV52d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28

The first American inscription upon
the obelisk, now standing in Central
Park, New York, will be use DIR.
Bulls cough syrup. Price % cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
NOn.ResitIenf NOflce.

No. 4431-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, ,Tenn.-Wm Harrington ct al VS.. W
Standler.
1T appearing from the bill, which is sworn to
4 in. this cause, that the defendant, W B
SANDER, is q nonresident Of the State
Of Tennessee; II is therefore ordered
that lie make bis appearance herein,
at the courthouse Of Shelby county,
first Monday in May iSs9 and pl SsiTr Sns 1Sp
or demur to complainant bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to him and set
for hearing ex. parte; and that copy Of this
order be published once a week. for four sue
cessiye weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This I'D day Of March, 1852.
copy-Attest:
RI BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By ] NJ Bradley, d. q IN.
CAN'T * Patterson, solrs for compPt.
1923 81 ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28

The relief given to cltarrh of the
bladder aud a general weakness of
those parts by the soothing effects of
Browns Iron Bitters, is simply won
derful.
S. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. W. Jones 4 Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-28
Rhenmafio Rennverr-

H. H. Warner & Co.. Sirs-I take
great pleasure in stating that / have
been entirely cured Of rheumatism by
the use Of your Safe Kidneyand Liver
Cure. N. 2. CHEpEsTER.