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PHl.JTi.IG CHEAP !
Thb public ledger office is now
tarnishing
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CARDS ASDlf '
COXIEBCIAL
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; 0? EVERT DESCRIPTION ;'
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than the lama kind of work 'and material
wm eyer offered la thii city before. Business
men would gave by oaUing at thia
office before firing their ordera to drummers.
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PUBLIC LEDGER
orriCHNe. 13 MiDisoR Stmit.
Saturday Evenluf, 19, I87S
The subscription price of the PUB
LIG LEDGER it t? per annum for
the Daily, and $2 per annum for the
Weekly Postage Jree.
LET US ALL FULL TOGETHER.
Now that the election is over, anu, a
far as we know, everybody is io a pretty
good bamor, it may not be amias to
suggest that it becomes a matter of im
portance that Rood men sbonld be placed
in all the positions to be filled for the
next two years. The applicants for the
various places should be men well known
for their honesty, integrity and capacity.
To maka an administration effective it
should be well sustained, and we hope
this will be done. To carry oat the idea
of the tax-payer's movement will re
quire the selection of competent oScials,
who, if property-owners, should have
a ood record ia every respect, not only
as tax payers but as citizens of the
highest merit and capacity. We are all
interested alike ia having a good city
government, and should stand ' together
in the support of wise measures and
competent officials. The powers and
duties of the municipal administration
are well defined and limited, but within
that limit there is considerable discre
tionary power which should .be carefully
watched and exercised. The people wil
expect a great deal of this administra-
f tion, . for it has a fine opportunity and
much has been promised, perhaps more
' than can be carried out to the letter.
We hope to see men nominated and
elected to the places about the City
Hall who will command the respect
and the moral support of the solid and
intelligent people of Memphis irrespect
ive of party or former differences of
opinion. We are all in the same boat,
and should unite in the support of what
ever will promote the common good.
Public officers are public servants, and
do not own the places they are called to
fill, and have no rights except what they
acquire by a faithful and impartial per
formance of their duties. Hoping that
this will be done by all who hold office in
Memphis for the next two years, we de
sire to find much in their conduct to com
mend and support, and to be
able to record the fact that Memphis
has made great progress in material
prosperity ia every Hoe of business and
in all that gess to make us proud of
Memphis as the commercial metropolis
of three States and a delightful place of
residence. To this end let us all labor,
adopting the methods that may seem
most acceptable to the permanent resi
dents and thinking people who are moBt
interested, and therefore should be the
best judges. ' If we would win in the
race for commercial supremacy ia the
rich district of which Memphis is natu
rally the center aDd entrepot, we must
look to the future add leave the past to
take care of itself.
THE LATE SAMUEL BOWLES.
The death of this distinguished editor
and politician, which occurred at Spring
field, Mass., on the lGth irist., has been
merely mentioned in our telegraphic dis
patches. The Nashville American, ol
yesterday, pays him the following hand
some and merited tribute:
In the death of Mr. Bowie, the coun
try lost an able, bold journalist, of inde
pendent thought one of those who does
not wander away from the Path of Dro
yreas society is fallowing, and yet does
not walk along in the center of the mov
ing column, or lag behind it. He did
not follow off into the morasses every
will o'-the-w?n of fancied good, nor ret
fail to seek the paths he thought society
ought and might be induced to follow.
Ths practical and successful journalist
does not seek every good a lively
lancy may depict, or a vivid imag
ination conceive. He as a worker
close up to the head of the advancing
columns ot progress, ana it is as much
his duty to know what path society can
he made to follow as tbe one it ought to
, follow. It is his business to find out both
what can and ought to be done. This
rule would exclude himirom tbe con
scious Advocacy of that which is either
wrong or impracticable. The one who
comrs nearest that line will prove the
most successful iu tbe long run.
Mr. Bowles illustrated it and won hon
or io a lifetime of journalistic labors,
and money as well as bonor. He early
dissented from the policy of his party,
while he never forsook its senks. Its
corruptions and its oppressions were not
in consonance with bis views, and he
protested and clamored for a better pol
icy, and sought it even outride of bis
party ia the Liberal movement.
He was born in 1826. His father was
proprietor of the Springfield Republican,
in whose office he was an apprentice at
iin early age. Ia 1844 he induced bis
futher to publish a daily newspaper, of
which be became editor at tbe age c)
eighteen. He is therefore one of the few
instances of a newspaper deeceodiug
from father to son, and runuing prosper
ously ia the same family for many years.
6ucb cases are not extremely rare, but
jure enough for comment. Mr Bowles
ha made several journers to tha West,
and has gained some celebrity as a de
scriptive correspondent by letters, which
were published io his paper in 1865, and
afterwards in book form under the title
"Across the Continent." Ia 1869 he pub
lished "Our New West" and "The Switi
erlaud of America," the latter describing;
Colorado. He has been chiefly famous,
however, as a journalist, and especially
in the conservative political influences of
his paper, the Springfield Republican.
Wi uuderstand that Mr. Flippin, when
serenaded over Harvey Robinson's at
committee headquarters Thursday night,
made some very sneering and uncalled
for remarks about the Ledgkb in return,
we suppose, for the courtesy we have
shown him in this canvass and the sup
port we tendered byn in former elections
before he became so great that he had no
nse for the Democratic press. He ev6u
went so far, we are informed, as to say
that the Ledgir and Appeal had been
consigned to the dead-house and would
never be heard of again. The intoxi
cating joy of the hour must have turned
his head. If newspapers had to depend
upon office-holders or office seekers for
existence Memphis would not even
have a weekly paper. The Lkuukk has
recorded the coming and the going and
the rise and fall of many and many a
great man, and will probably continue to
do so until the year 1878 will be referred
to as the long ago. Som9 of them have
gone toElmwood, but many have retired
to the deepest shades of private life.never
more to take a part or wield an influence
in public affairs The great men of to
day may sink into merited insignificance
to morrow, but they will not carry down
any newspapers with them.
Georue H. Pkndlitoh was elected
United States senator by the following
vote: In the senate he reoeived the votes
of all the Democrats and 24 of the Re
publicans. Ia the house the vote stood:
Pendleton, GG; Johnson, a Greenbacker,
3; blank, 36.
Sikator Voorbees made a powerful
speech ia the senate on the silver ques
tion a few days since, and it appears ia
full in the Courier-Journal of the IS.h.
TENNESSEE.
The Clarksville Tobacco Leaf men
tions the name of Hob. C. G. Smith, of
Montgomery county, and the Enoxville
Chronicle that of S. P. Irvins, of McMin o
county, in connection with the position
of governor of Tennessee. 4 '
Tipton Record: We learn that a colony
of Swedes are wishing to buy 30,000
acres of land in the east end of this
county. The people of that section
should see that they get homes ia their
midBt. Immigration is what we want io
the county. ' . .
Nashville Banner: A State conven
tion of the Greenback party will be held
in this city on the 18ih of February.
Among other things to be dorre will be
the selection of delegates to the United
States convention, to be held at Toledo,
Ohio, on the 22d of February.
Knoxville Chronicle, 1G: A few days
since a large specimen of the American
eagle was captured alive near Charles
ton. He was discovered by two men
pouncing down on a rabit io a thicket in
which he became entangled, when they
pounced npon and captured him. He
was purchased by Mr. E. S. Sheppard,
of this city, and shipped up by express
Monday evening. He is a fine eppci
men of that noble bird, and measures
eight feet from tip to tip.
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune: We
hear a rather vague report of a horrible
murder in Carter county. Not content
to Ire tub ueni.il of one man, like the rest
of the murderers we have noticed lately,
this one does a wholesale business. It
is said that a man named Doreey, who
formerly lived in this county, was pre
paring to move last week, his wife hav
ing died recently, ,sd was taking his
three children with him. He seemed to
gut tired of taking care of the children,
and killed all three.
Senator Bailey's First Bpeecb.
The teleeranh has tnlrl n that Konntnr
James E. Bailey, of this 8tate, delivered
an elaborate argument last Monday, on
the constitutional Dowera of rnnixrp.a in
regulating coinage and currency. The
tir . . . j ti .
esiero associated x rcss aippatches lur
nish the following summary of his argu
ment, which has been my highly com
plimented: lie argued that it was the intention of
congress to pay the bonds in coin, and
the acts were moat r-arr-fnilv wnrrlnr!
That cjin might be either gold or silver.
tie lavorea tne passage ot the resolution
of Mr. Matthews, and contended that the
restoration of the silver dollar would not
prevent or retard the funding of the pub
lie debt, as bad been argued. He had
no donbt that our debt could be funded
at four per cent. The object of remone
tizing the silver dollar was not to furnish
money to pay tba public debt alone
Tbe main purpose was to arrest the
movement inaugurated in Europe
to take silver from the coinage of
the nations, to check the advance
in the value of gold, to cheapen
money in this change, and enable tbe
people to pay their debt. He quoted
from a recent work of Dr. Linderman,
and said he ( Rilpvl mrmed olih il,
ator from Kentucky (Beck) that the silver
Coinage WOUld not hA nnaharl Inf.or.l
without positive instructions on the purt
i congress, ne wouia not believe the
tbe men who voted for the act of 1873
demonetizing silver, were guilty of will
ful fraud; but he did think that tbej
were victims of the hondhnlrlnr. n',
thought now that coneress. bv nmmnt
action, could arrest this movement to
demonetize silver all over the world, an
thus preveut great evil to mankind, j
contracted and constantly nnntractin
currency dwarfed our capacity and par
aijzea our enorts. Lie commented
some letiuth nn (lift finnnrnnl nnlinv
Germany, and said that country would
uever nave aemonenzeu silver if sue
bad mines producing 140.000,000 annual
ly. Had sue been able to produce so
m'icn her mints would have been at work
imiht and day.
Ia conclusion, he argued that with
single gold standard, our vant del
doubled io value, would bring poverty
all homes.
To the Richmond (Ya ) Whic. Sena
ator Ben U. Hill of Georgia. " seams ts
have a hankering after the upper crust
t V..-I Jt T L i - 1
ui Aauat'uuum. i uie uecautc 01 nil
i opposition to the Blsud silver bill.
FRO IK.
IHTIS.
JEFFLRS9S
His Oplaloa ef General Harner
tha Veteran Appeared Many
I'tn Ag:
The St Louis Globe-Democrat says:
Mr. L. U. Reavis, of tbis city, is en
gaged in collecting material for a life of
General Harney. He has just received
the following letter from Jefferson Davis,
late of the C. S. A.:
Mississippi Cut, Miss, January,
1878 Sir: - It nives me pleasure to com
ply with your request of the 30th ult,
lor some reminiscences in connection
with my old friend. Gen. W. S.' Harney
Ia tbe spring of 1829 I reported as a
brevet second lieutenant to the com
mandine officer at Fort Winnebago.
General Harney was then stationed at
that post, and captain of company E,
First United States infantry. At that
period of his life he was, physically, the
finest specimen ot a man 1 ever saw,
Tall, straight, muscular, broad-chested
and gaunt waisted, he was one of tbe
class which lraiawney describes as
"nature's noblemen," against whom the
plague in the East "nesr made an at
tack." Had he lived in the time of
Homer he would have robbed Achilles of
his soubriquet of the "swift-footed,," for
he would run faster than a white man,
further than an Indian, and in both
showed that man was organized to be
master of the beast. To elucidate the
last clause of the preceding paragraph
requires the recital of an anecdote.
Captain Harney carefully attended to
his company garden, wbieh on tbe fron
tier was necessary for the comfort as
well as the health of the men. 1 be beds
had been carefully spaded and raked,
when one ot his numerous dogs a half
crown mongrel hound came walking
across the carefully prepared ground,
and the captain, storming at him in tones
arid in language not suited to tbe pulpit,
frightened the dog so that instead of go
ing out by tbe walk, be ran across the
bed toward the trip in the fence. Tbe
captain started in full run after the dog,
which had to jump on the fence and
then off it fatal disparity to the dog, for
the captain cleared the fence at a bound,
which brought him a jump nearer to tba
dog and then began an even ruu op
the long slope which led to the fort, be
fore reaching which Harney mastered
the dog, and " Rosa" suffered in propor
tisn to the length of the chase. Captain
Harney was also a bold horseman, fond
of the chase, a good boatman and skill
ful ia tbe use of the spear as a fisher
man. Neither drinking nor gaming, be
was clear of those rocks and shoals of
life in a frontier garrison, and is no doubt
indebted to tbis abstinence for much of
the vigor ha has possessed to his present
advanced age. By long service ou tbe
Indian frontier, together with that prac
tical sense wbich tests all theory by
actual observation, he had acquired that
knewledge of Indian character which
was often conspicuously exhibited in his
military career. Of the incidents thus
generally referred to, you have so many
Other sources of information that it
would be needless for me tc enter into
detail, but I should do injustice to tht
subject of this letter it 1 did note
yeur attention to the project of a trea
he made with the 8ioux in 1855 or '5b.
I think it constituted the best basis for
an arrangement between the United
States government and an Indian tribe
that has ever been devised, and if carried
out would impress the Indians with tbeir
responsibility, and bind them to a more
faithful observance of it than ever did
any of those verbose, miscalled treaties
which are to be found spread over the
records of the United States Yours
respectfully, Jefferson Davis.
Senator Bailey tba Bllver Bill.
Washington Special to Yesterday's Cincinnati
uoinmercial.J
Senator Bailey's speech on the Mat
thews resolutions today was one of the
strongest made ia favor of remonetiza
tion. He charged that the demonetiza
tion was a si a against humanity, but
without making allegations against the
individuals . who were instrumental ia
passing that sinful act. he went on to
state ia a clear, concise, well-crnsidered
address, the advantages of remonetiza
tion. Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
To-day, the 15th, Mr. Bailey, the new
senator from Tennessee, had tha floor.
lie is a very qnietlnnlpriff mD a cros.
apparently, betweea a genial country
gentleman and a shrewd village 'squire.
as ne saunters along under his dark
slouch hat, with cheek and chin buried
under short but prolific grayish hair, he
looks little like the ideal senator; but he
proved his ability to day to make a strong
argument, and what is more to the point,
ne arguea souaiy in tavor ot tbe dollar
of the daddies. He held the attention of
the senate to-day for an hour, rearrang
ing the old arguments in new forms.
The Force or llablt.
Among the conspirators shot the
other day for scheming the massa
cre oi tne i'restclent and his minis
ters in Guatemala was a voun!? stri
dent, bv name Rafael Serura. whoso
skill in forgery is represented as
navin? ueen surprising, lie had
forged the signatures of the Presi
dent and general-in-chief to various
fraudulent documents and orders
required for carrying the plot into
execution. On being arrested he
was brought before the President,
and pleaded iu defense of his acts
that he was without a father and
ubsent from his mother, and that by
promises ol promotion under the
new regime and of large sums of
money he had been induced to com
mit the forgeries in qnestion. The
rrcsiacnc requested him to give f
proof of his talent, which he did hi
immediately writinc an order witf
the name of the President so ex
actly imitated that even the Proti
uent nunsell ueclared that n n nx
he had seen it written he could not
have told that it was not his own
Thinking that a youth possessed of
sucn guts migut ultimately become
auseiui member of society and
200d servant of the rnnnhlin. Hi
President told him that ho.
give him a full pardon, and further
wuuiu, u ne wiBUUU 11, a8818C film
in nis career by giving him employ
ment under the government. Se
PUra. tt'hn u-ua Vnrnlo lnnn
r j "w.vij i. m v li l j - u i
years of age, warmly thanked tbe
i resident lor 1113 generosity, and
made the most enrneur, assiirar, r,f
good conduct iu the future. Thn
lirst use, however, he made of his
liberty was to forge an order for the
re iease 01 ltnoaas, one of the prin
cipal offenders an order which
onhi by the merest accident fkil.-.l
to effect its purpose. This was too
much for the President, and Segura,
being sentenced to death by the
military tribunal, wag shot with the
oiner conspirators.
LUTER
FOKEIGN AFFAIRS.
Losdok, January 19. The Times Bu
charest correspondent, who has gone to
Giurgevo to try and cross tha Danube at
that place into Bulgaria, telegraphs from
Oiurgevo as follows: Ths mortality
among the Turkish prisoners at Fra
teshti is becoming fearful. The station
of Frateshti is becoming a terror to
travelers betweea Bucharest and the
Danube. Even if there is nothing worse
there, the ordinary typhus mortality
which is evidenced by the numerous
graves in the plain surrounding the pris
ob era' camp justifies the apprehensions
of travelers. , I taw Russien soldiers dig
ging huge graves, and near them fifty
Turkish corpses lying ia confused heaps
as they were emptied from dead carts.
Their ragged half-clad forms and frost
bites, visible on their naked limbs, gave
evidence of the hardships they had suf
fered ou their dreadful march from
Nikopolis.
The Times says it is expected that yes
terday's withdrawal of bullion from tho
Bank of England for America will be
duplicated to-day.
Liverpool, January 19. -The steamer
Abyssinia which sailed for New York to
day has got on board 200,000 for that
city.
Rome, January 19. The American
citizens of this city have presented an
address to King Humbert.
Mew Tor It Itenia.
New York, January 19. Powers,
Gaston & Co,, extensive jobbers in boots
&od shoes, corner of Duane and Church
streets, have made an assignment. Lia
bilities, $260,000; nominal assets, &!G5,
000; real, $150,000.
George L. Walrous & Co., dealers in
hats, furs and straw foods, Broadway,
have assigned. Liabilities, $100,000; as
sets not known.
At a meeting of the creditors of John
Tomas, mining stock broker and late
president of the Queen of the West Min
ing Company, yesterday, schedules were
presented showing liabilities of $88,000,
and merely nominal assets.
It is stated that Owen Murphy, the
fugitive excise commissioner, is danger
ously ill io Ottawa and that his wife is
insane.
At the Maritime Exchange yesterday
the following memorial to congress was
signed by many of the merchants and
bankers, and representatives of leading
marine underwriters, steamship compa
nies and shipping houses of the city:
We, the undersigned members of the
Maritime Association, ou the part of New
York, feel it to be our duty to remonstrate
againBt any legislation thaf shall make
silver an unlimited legal tender, as, in
our opinion, such legislation would un
settle values, disturb confidence, rttard
resumption in gold, and impair the na
tional credit."
River Tfilesraras.
To the Editor of the Ledger:
Evixsvillk, January 18 The J. W.
Gaff will arrive at Memphis Sunday
evening, and leave there en Wednesday,
the 231 inst.; with a return trip to Cin
cinnati, ticketing passengers through to
all Eastern cities. M.
Cairo, III., January 19 Arrived
Alf Stevens, St Louis, 8 p m; Hillman,
Nashville, 11; Vint Shinkle, Memphis
11: Golddust, New Orleans. 9 a.m: Ches
ter, Memphis, 10; Cherokee, Cincinnati,
11; Idlewiid, Evansville. noon. De
parted Alf Stevens, Dyersburg, 9 p.m ;
City or Alton, New Orleans, 11; Shinkle,
Cincinnati, midnight; Hillman. Nash
ville, 10 a.m; Golddust, St. Louis, 10.
Raining and warm.
Died.
Baltimore, January 19. Commodore
George N. Hollins died last night of par
alysis, aged 79 years. He was in com
mand of the (loop of war Cvane which
bombarded Greytown, Nicaragua, in
1834. At tbe commencement of the late
civil war he entered the Confederate
service.
The I.ott HeAlllaier.
Galvistos. January 19. The revenue
cutter McLean has returned from her
second cruise in search of the McAlllis
ter, and reports the finding of portions
of the dredge, establishing beyond a
doubt her loss. The schooner Vernal,
reported missing in the dispatches, it at
Sabine Pass.
forger,
Harrisbdro, January 19. Pat Col
lins, a notorious Mollis Maguire and
county commissioner of Schuylkill coun
ty, failing to appear for trial at Potts
ville, on the 'charges of forgery and em
bezzlement, has been re arrested here.
m
Indication.
Wahuixotok, January 19. For Ten
nessee and Ohio valley, warmer, cloudy
and rainy weather, southerly iuds and
falling barometer, followed in the western
portions by rising barometer and colder
northwest winds.
Victor II a ico nnd Prince Napoleon.
In the latest chanter of the "ITia.
tory of a Crime," Victor llugo tells
an anecuotc 01 i'rince JNapoleon,
that bIiows tho curious relations
held by the prince with the revolu
tionists. Napoleon said to him :
"You run yourself, personally,
great danger. Of all the men in
the assembly you are tho one the
E resident hates tho most. You
ave from the bight of the tribune
named him 'Napoleon the Little."
You understand that will never be
forgotten. Besides, it was you who
dictated the appeal to arms, and
that is known. If you aro taken
you aro lost. -Yon will bo ehot on
the spot, or at least transported.
Ilavo you a Bafe place where you
can sleep to-nizht? "
"I had not as yot thought of this.
In truth no," answered 1. ,
lie continued: "Well, then, como
to my house; there is, perhaps, only
cne house in Paris where you would
bo in safety. That is mine. Tlnw
will not come to look for you then.-.
Come day or nighl, at what hour
you please, I will await you, and I
will open the door to you myself. I
live at No. 5 Rue d'Alger."
I thanked him. It was a noble
and cordial offer. I was touched
by it. I did not make use of it;
but I have not forgotten it
TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
. STOCKS AKO BONDS.
London, January 19, 2 p.m. Consols
for money, 95 9-16: on account. ;
United States newfour-and a-halfa, 105;
United States five-twenties of 1867, 106J;
United States ten-forties, 108J;' new fives,
106; Erie, 9J.
New York, January 19, 11:50 a.m.
United States sixes of 1881, 1065;
United States sixes of 1881, coupons,
1065107; new four and-a-halfs, 104
1C4; coupons, 104104J; five-twenties
ot 1865, new issue, 103103J; five-twen
ties of 1867, 105J105J; five-twenties of
1868, coupons, 108 J; ten-forties,
107j108; ten-forties, coupons. 1075
108; new fours, 101J101i.
The following is the weekly bank state
ment: Loans, decrease, $2,955,100; spe
cie, increase, $1,384,300; legal tenders.
increase, $2,385300; deposits, increase,
$2,306,300; circulation, decrease. $19.-
800; reserve, increase. $3,193,025.
BREADSTUFFS.
Liverpool, January 19 Wheat.win
ter,lls3dlls9J; Milwaukee red. 10s 4d
lis 3d; California white, 12s 6d
12s 9d; California club, 12s 9d13s Od.
Corn, 29s 3d29s 6d. Pork, 56s Od.
Beef, 84s Od. Baeon, long clear. 31s Od ;
short clear, 32s Od. Lard, 40a 6d. Tal
low, 40s Od.
Chicago, January 19, 10:50 e.m.
Wheat, 104104 for February; 1043
104Z for March. Corn, 42 for May; 391
offered for February. Pork, 10 90
10 90 for March. Lard. 1 42l(3,1 45 for
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SEALED PROPOSALS for ths rent of this
celebrated Landing, New Store and Ware
house, for tbe current year, with privilege of
continuing same for two years lonter, reoeived
at Fourth National Bank, Memphis, and O.
K., till the 25th of January, 1878. This is an
unusual opportunity to a good businessman.
Firrt-e's"! security required, to be named in
bid. Address the undersigned.
January 12. 1878. E. W. MUNFORD.
US mws-121
OFFICIAL.
NOTICE.
IN accordance with requirements of City
Ordinances, the General Council are hnrehv
requested to meet at the City Hall this (SAT-
u ttu A I ) evening, at 7i o dock, for the pur
Dose of reoeivinc tbe returns of the lite inn.
nicipal election and making provision for the
installation or the Mayor and members of tbe
General Council elect.
.1. R. FLTPPTJ. IVHynr.
DISSOLUTION.
TUE firm of Will Polk A Co , doing busine s
at Polk's Landing, Miss .expired January
1, 1878. by limitation.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the
concern to send their acoouots to me at once
lor settlement. WILL POLK.
PUBLICATION
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121-41
MEaTINC
NOTICE. The stockholders of the Mer
t chants Insurance Company, of Mumphis,
l enn., are uereuy called t meet at the ollics
of the company. No. W Ma'lison street, on
tho Ut day of February, 178. Businens of
M'"l( lmpuriniir to be transacted.
Mooting to be held from 12 o'clock m. to 3
p ui. on above day.
119-130 M. L. MEACQAM, Pres't.
INSURANCE.
(Suocessor to Warner A Shepherd),
General Insurance Agent
OKKirg-
Noh. 21 Madison and 287 Main Ms.
BKPRRHI NTINO,
Western Assuranos Co. of Terento,
Canada, snuets 11,600,000
We.tchesur Insurance Co. of New '
Vctk. assets 870.000
Peoples Insurance Co. of Newark,
New Jersey, arsets NV?.r00
Risks taken at fair rates. VOA-XXl
UNEQUALED BARGAINS
ii
WINTER UNDERWEAR
' A-'r
B. LOWBNSTSIM Sr. RPOR
DESIROUS OF CLOSING OUT'OUR ENTIRE
U lJNXISll UNDERWEAR
Prior to eur" Annual Stock-Taking" on Februarv 1st wa will nff .i.
moalh. exceptional bargaiuIlaThVfoUowTng linre?!iUr'n, tha enrDt
Gentlemen's Merino, Cashmere anfl Wool Undershirts : At Cost
Gentlemen's Merino, Cashmere and Wool Drawers : At Cost
Ladies' Merino and Cashmere Tests : : : ' At Cost
Ladies' Merino aud Cashmere Pants : . '. . lf rf
, . OUR SPECIALTY. THE CELEBRATED
ARSJERIAN " WOOL VESTS AUD PANTS
THE -v
Most Desirable Underwear in the World for Ladies
AT ATTRACTIVELY LOW PRICES.
CHILDREN'S MERINO "UHIOff DRESSES"
IN ALL SIZES AT PRICE9 TO SUIT THE TIMES
OUR STOCK OF GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS,
1 he most complete, varied and attraotiv In the Southwest
AT COST FOR THE BALANCE OF THE MONTH.
B. LOWENSTEINl BROTHERS
242. 244 and 246 Main Street, Corner of Jefferson luf
NAPOLEON HILL.
N. FOJiTAINE.
HILL, FONTAINE & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
-AND
Wholesale Grocers,
I3G0AND 362 FRONT ST., MEMPHIS.
LEGAL.
Trustee's Sale.
B
Y VIRTUE of a trout deed mudn fo m.
' and recorded in the office of the Register
of.Shelby county. Tenn., in Record Book, No,
i, page 5?5, 1 will sell at public outcry, for
oash, tor the purpose of payinsr the indebted
ness secured by said trust deed,
On Wednesday, Ffbrnary 20, 1878,
in front of the Court houfo at Memphis, the
following property, situated in 6helbyounty,
8tto of Tennessee, and described as follows:
iioing a pari oi lois io. t ana o, in block Wo.
62, on the plan of South Memphis, and
uuuuu?u as ioiiows : ueginning at tne soutu
west corner of a lot conveyed by John A.
Allen to Mrs. M. Blass in tbo north line of
Deal strset; thonce east with the north line
of Beat street about one hundred and fifty
feet to the southwest corner of a lot conveyed
by Joho A. Allen to R. I'. Crompton ; thonce
nnrth with tUm .m Unm .;.! lAt tA 1
...... uv vov.iuv vl RI.III IUL ,.U IIUH
dred and forty feet to the south line of the
John Rice grant; thence west with the Rue
mis uouuiuoe uunareu ana seventy-nve teet
to the northwest corner of tbe John A. Allen
lot; thence south foet to the northwest
corner ef tbe lot conveyed by John A, Allen
to Mrs. M. Blass; thence east with Mrs. Blass'
northern line twenty-five foet; thence south
Willi Mr. lltn.s' na.t linn .no lt..n.l.l .... .1
fortyfive feet io the beginning. Right of re-
aooiDiion waived, aide believed ti be good,
but I will sell and convey only as Trustee.
120-148 J. D. WILLIAMS. Trust.
Trustee Sale.
BY VIRTUE of a trust deed frem Mary A.
and John Cameron, ntnnnl.rl in ihm
Register's office, Book H5. pages 6f4-i06, 1 will
on Minly, oiu re li is, 1S78, at 12
o'clock, at tbe corner of Madison and Main
streets, Memphis, offer for sale, for cash, to
the highest bidder, lot SO of the N. M. Treie
vant subdivision, situated about three mi es
east of Memphis, at tbe intersection of Trez
evant and Koyster avenues, oontaing 6 15-luO
acres, with dwelling and olher improvements,
to pay the last note and interest, given by
said Camerons for purchase money of said lot.
Kight of redemption waived.
11S-H JOHN V. TREZKVANT. Trusts.
LOTTERY.
A npi.Kwnin OPPORTUNITY TO
V WIN A KOUTtlNEI Sucnnd Qrann I
Hiftribution, 18iS, at New Orleans, luesday,
February 12th.
LOUISIANA STATE I.OTTERI CO.
This institution was riuuliirlv Incorporated
by tha Legislature of tbe ktate for Educa
tional and Charitable nurnnar,. in IMS. with a
Capital of I1.OUO.OLO, to which it has since
acltlea a reserve tund of SM.ieO. ITS(JRANl)
bINULE NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS will
take place monthly on the second Tuesday.
It nkvkb snAi.its on postponed. Look at the
following Distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE. 830,000.
100,000 TlrkclH at 2 Dollnrn EttcZ'i.
liHir Tirketa Oue liwilitr.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE IW.OnO
1 CAPITAL PRIZE lOOM)
1 CAPITAL PRIZE 6000
2 PKlZi-s ok ti,tm 5 (mo
5 PRIZES OK l.Otkl fi.ODO
PRIZES OK 500 10.(1)0
100 PRIZES OF 110 IOWA
&0 P-I.EHOK 60 10 010
60.) PRIZES OK 20 10,110
10.0 PRIZES OF 10 10,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prises of t 'VI0. f2,7CO
st ' ' m i,8o
9 " " 100. 1108
Wi7 Prises, amounting to .110.400
Responsible orresponding agents wanted at
all prominont points, to whom a liberal com
pensation will be r aid.
Application for rates to clubs should only be
teade to the Rome Ollics in New Orleans.
Write for further inl'irmatkn or sond ordors
to M.A.DAUPHIN.
P. O. Box WJ, New Orleans, La.
Or No. 6 West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
nndor the supervision aad management of
Oenerals O. 'I. BEAU REGARD and JURAL
A. EARLY.
The next drawing occurs Tuosiiay, March
12th. llf.-l"R t.w
THE SECURITY
Mini an loan Assotiatior
NOW OKFKRS SUPERIOR INDUCE
ments to those wishing homes. A very
little more per month than you are not pav
ing for rent will sonure to yourselt and lamily
a home. Everything you add to it will be
yours. It is your duty to your family to pro
vide it. Any inlormation will te r.iicorlully
furnished by any ef tho olHccrs or directors.
A. 8. LIVKRVORE
T. B. TREZKVANT
WRIOUT A FOLKES
...President
...Secretary
..Attorneys
IMrvciorw.
F. R. Farnsworth, W. J. Chase.
T. B. T'irley, W. 0. Vt oodruff.
B. K. Plain, J.M.James.
A. S. LivcrmorOj ISIixvWi
MUSICAL.
ii " i,fsiisr3iri'Tnarr.lBa3 I
Piano Tuning and Repairing
Til K undersigned would moat respectfully
inform his Iritinds and the public in gone
ral that he is prepared to attend to tuning and
repairing of pianos, organs and musical in
struments ol every description, order. Ictl
at the music store ef L. line pel A Co. ot Mr.tT.
Noel's. No. M Second street, ill be promptly
attended to and atiM'aalin guaranteed, '
luiHis JH VIS. ItKcOlODEL.
LINE OF LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S "t
JKKUJlK till 1 1,
New Advertisements.
SWEET IpsiKlNAYY'
Aw.i.-(1.-1 l.,hrtt nrfat nt Oonlennlnl Einonltlon for
'? "' P ?".' "nil t ivt., and lotting duir-
"vcr i',Lv' "'J""".''- '' best tobacco
' - v, June,, luiersDurg, vu
A FARM AND HOME
OF YOCR owy.
Now is the Time to Secure It,
ONLY $5 FOK AN ACRE,
Of the best land in America. 2.00.1,000 acres
in Eastern Nebraska, en the line of tU Unior?
Pacific railroad now for sale. Ten yars credit
given interest on ly 6 per cent. These are the
only lands for sale on the line o" this erent
The New Pioncor," the best parer for thosi
soekmgnew homes ever published. Full in-
fOrmattnn. With mnna .. ..
DAVIS, Land Agf nt O. It R . OmhmTN.b:
A GREAT OFFER FOFROLIOAYa
i liuYV; r c l " , '"" riAisuoanit
r I6, of ""kers at lower prices
f rr ,jSh,Srr.in,,?1. "Ienta' " ever before,
offored. WATERS' PIANUS and ORGANS
are th. BEST MADE, warranted for fivt
years. II . Catalogue mailed. Great induce
ments to the trade. PIANOS, 7-octave H0-7-octave
$150; OKQAKS.'a stops. $18;
stops 7 stop. $.J5; 8 stops. $70; 10 slop,.
JSo; 12 stops, J00: In porfoct order, not used I
vATRfettKS' "alf price. HORACE!
.J , ,Ki fc0-N8. Manufacturers and Deal,
ere, 40 hast Fourteenth stroet. New York.
THE " WHITE "
Sewing Machine is the easiest selling and bus'
satistying in the market. It has a ve-.-y arg0
shuttle; makes the lock stitoli; is simple in
construction; very ligat running, and almost
noisoless. It is almost impossible for other
"hWHlTw eilj-irf.?!c.-U,lpBti.ti01! wil
Cleveland, Ohio.
i ctnYiTsT
When I say cure I do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have thiin re
turn again, I mean a radical cur. I am arete
u.ai fjujatumu mm uitvw muuo tne disease oi
t its, t.pilepinr or ralllutr Sickness
a life long study. I warrant my remedy to
cure the worst cases. Because others havet
failed is no reason for not now receiving a.
cure from rue. Send to mo at once for a
Tkkatihi md a Frk Rotti.i of my infallible)
remedy. Give expross nd post orfioo. It
co.ts you nothing for a trial, and I will core,
you. Address Lr. II. G. ROOT, 183 Peark.
street, New 1 ork.
BlfJJI-page picture book tree. My plan
U beats all to make money. Is easy,
honest, aid pay you $10 a daj. DAVID C.
L'C'OK, Chicago.
WOXiK FOR ALL
In their owm loealities, canvassing for too
Firr-imc Visitor (enlarged), weekly and
monthly. Largest paper in the world, with
mammoth chromos free. Big commissions to
a!e,9tIim, and outflt ,re- Address P.
O. V1CKE it V, Augusta, Maine.
40
Extra Fine Mixed Cants, with name, li!e
post paid. L. Jonks A Co., Nassau, N.i.
piikjnC Retail price W0 only $260. Por-
Paper freo.a. Daniel F
ton, N.J. '
- .-. . w w jor vrgnn". price sw only w-
Realty, Washing-
PER MONTH made selling th
a4ttJ Gyresoone or Planetarv Ton. P.nnk-
eye Stationery Package, Magio Pen (no ink
lequiredl. Uataloguoot agent goods free.
, HUCKEYE NOVELTY CO, Ciieianati. 0.
BUSINESS CHANCE.
Copartnership Notice.
. If E have this day associated with us in the
VV Clothing Business Major W. HOLDER
BERRY, late with Anderson, Starr & Co..
Now York. Our firm from this date will be
ORURRS, AUSTIN A HKRKY.
GRUBuS & AUSTIN.
Memphis, January 1. 1-.78,
We will, after the 15th Inst., ocoupy our
new store-hmi'e. Mnin street iMt-f
IN3URANCE.
J. A. SIMMONS,
No. 3 Madison St.,
MEMPHIS : TENNESSEE
Heipc'arttlu t'otlowliisr lnnuruen
Contnnlrni
jTItna, of Hartford, assets $7,0.'!7.907 00
Phoenix, of Hartford, ansots 2,407,531 0
Insurance Company of Nona
Americai Philalelphia. assets... 6,601,8S3 DS-
Royal Insurance Company, Liv
erpool, easet 18,000,009 00
Mercantile Mutual (Marine) Insu
rance Cempany, ot New York,
asgetA 1,000.000 X
7 t
AJJOTjON.
Sale of Honda.
ON THE 33u 09 JANUARY. 1878, at the
corner ef Main and Madison streets.,
Memph s, we will sell to the highest biddei..
for cash. tMm in bonds of tbe Mississip L
Levo l)Ptrict Ne. I,
TREZKVANT 3c CO.