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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-04
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17R0 GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES
i lOO were distributed among the patrons
Of parkinson & Co. during the month Of jan
uary, 1866. Read the comments by the press,
speaking of the firm in the most complimentary
manner -" A most industrious and prosperous
house. '--Shippensburgh Pa. Sentinel !" Give
all who deal with them perfect satisfaction.''-
Dunkirk, N. Y, Jo.pnal. :. Enjoy, a high rep
utation for honorable dealing and the quality
Of their goods New Paltz, N. Y, Times.
" Perfectly reliable and will do all they prom,
Use. "-Nyack, N. Y, GtyanG County. Stand
high Gr honesty and fair dealing Ga G n
men. "-Stapleton, N. Y, Journal. Zone Of
the oldest and most reliable firms in business. -
-Canajoharie, N. Y, Radii. Keep their word
and act honorably by their patrons. Lyons,
v Press 'a y XII.
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ON THE cHANcBRY SIDE

OF THR
Common Law and Chancery Court of the city
of Memphis. Tennessee.
Rice, Silk * Co., Complainants.
VS.. Aff.ehnent
II. Rafalsky, L. and S. Shifman,
and Greemwald a Labe.
TT APPEARING. FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
Il this cause, that the defendants, n. Rafalsky
and M. Greemwald, non-residents Of the State
Of Tennessee, ii Is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein at the Court
House. in the city Of Memphis. Tennessee,
within the first three days Of the next term OF
said Court, TO commence on the second Monday
in May, 1866, and plead, answer or demur TO
compliments bill. or the. same wall be taken
for confessed as 10 them and set for hearing ex
parte, and that copy Of this order be published
once week. for four successive weeks IN the
N'-' AUGUsTON ASTON.
Clerk and Master.
wy By BENZ. COLEMAN,
Deputy Clerk and Master.
EDGIxcTox & HALsEY.
Solicitors for complainants.
April IS. 1850. --------. arls ist4w
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A ShreWd PiCkpOCket.
not me.

A celebrated pickpocke., who was lately
sent 10 the State Prison for misdeeds, being
noted for his marvellous adroiinesk in pocket
lifting, was requested 10 reveal The secret OF
bis success, when The following among other
disclosures were made. We publish them
as likely to be useful TO those who will take
the hint: 81 never" said The pickpocEet,
"auempt 10 pick the pocket of an old resi-
dent OF The city, but uniformly strangers and
counuymeu" But on being asked how 10
distinguish them, replied, verify easily"
land gave the following list of persons who
were regular victims OF the craft. "Persons
in an omnibus who take out their pocket
books after the stage starts, are sure 10 be
counuymen. Those who stop to converse
on the side walks or .horoughares, or take
out pockeibooks at the box or pil offices, in
lae thealers or steamboat offices. All those
who sop 10 gaze al shop windows, or
count money, or show pocketbooks in the
street, or call al The Funk auction rooms
All these are our common victims If !
find man eating oysters or !ruit, in nine
cases out of len be is green, aud we victim
ize him. Persons who stand up 10 thea
aler, or stand on crosswslks are generally
country folks and we make sure OF Them"
The shrewduess OF these observations OF
the pickpockel must be obvious 10 all city
people, aud accounts for the remarkable
fact that city residents seldom suffer by the
operations OF these ligat-fugered gentry.
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A Human Mole.

a horse-steaier, named Hiram Carpenter,
recently escaped from the Orleans county
Jail, at Albion New York, but was retaken.
He has given the following account oi his
escape underground
'l should never have thought about ,ry-
ing to gel out, but heard that my woman
was sick, aud got ii inio my head she was
going 10 die. | wanted TO see her, and
asked them TO take me to her house. | was
willing 10 60 there in hand-cufis and shack
les, and child might have taken me, for I
wouldn't have offered TO get away. But
they kept putting me of, and made up my
mind would gel out and see her or die in
irying. So went at il.
81 raised up the pump box and found
there was hole in the haging large enough
10 pass through. | laid down on my face
on the floor and backed into the hole feet
first. found the we'll pIastered near the
Top, so hanging on with my hands let my
self down as tar as could and dropped
found bottom al about twenty feel, landing
in mud and wafer two feet deep. After re-
covering from tie shock of The fall took off
my boots, tied them around my neck with
my handkerchief, and clambered up within
Ten or twelve ieet of the top. The only
tool had was a piece of iron about six
inches long and half or three quarters of an
inch square. With this went 10 work and
after some labor dislodged stone from the
wall. In very short time was at work
in the dirt. supposed the foundations of
the Jail went down about eight feet, and
calculated TO begin down low enough to
come up slanting under them. had noih>
ing to cal or drink, and had nearly died for
lack of air. | worked steadily all the time
was in here, and hard work it was ioo.-
worked lying on my lace, with the iron in
my hand above me, scraping the dirt until
the weight on my head was all that could
bear, when backed down and pushed it
behind me into the stone filling around the
wall. When GO, near the surface ! found
il hard digging. The ground had been filed
in, il was full OF stones and frozen hard
The hole al The surface was so small that
took off my clothing TO get through il.
/ finally got out into the air, about 10 o.
clock Wednesday night, having tunnelIed
about twelve feet, and worked at il thirty
Two hours o. the hardest work | ever did =
On reaching the street | managed TO walk,
! but you would thought was drunk if yor
had seen me; | staggered SO lha. the eide
! walk wasn't wide enough for me-"
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Truth is Stranger than Fiction.

That truth is stranger than fiction, is as
serted by the Memphis AUdlanche, which
cites the following Zen years ago, MI
was married 10 Miss -. For time all
went well with the happy pair, but whether
prompted by incompalioility of temper or
through The meddIesome Interference Of
relatives or friends, "ye chronicer" know
eth not, ouly that the demon of discord
brealhed upon their young love, and it
wiihered as a flower meath Winters chill
;ng breath. And 10 make loog story short
they separated. Shortly after the separa-
ton, little daughter was, born and then a
divorce obtained-by which pa.ly obtained
il matters not For nine years-long wea-
ry years they lived apaE-never seeing,
never hearing from or speaking OF each
first bright dream. The htlle girl grew up
and was taught 10 believe that her father
was dead She had never seen him, or
been seen by him. All, who shall say how
often during those long, dreary years thai
the fathers heart yearned for the sight OF
his child, aud pined 10 hear the music OF
her voice.
And the mo,her-lhe wife that was-was
she happy Who shall tell? Well, on the
day before yesterday the lady ,accomP panied
by her liue daughler walked into busi
ness house, in This city, and met him who
was once her husband and the lalher OF The
child, coming out. They stood face 10 face
for the first time since their separation
nine gears ago. Both stopped and gazed
fxedly into each others face. The father
then turned his eyes TO The child, and
STOPPING down suddenly, caught her in hi;
arms pressed her passionatey 10 his DO
som-rained shower of kisses upon be
face; then placing her on the floor, he gave
one glance at the mother and turned 10 60
Hearing his name called ia low tone, he
turned! They were left alone for few
moments by the cousideraie kin dnesss o
the parties present. Then a hack wa
called, and iu thirty minutes from their 6rs
meeting they were married.
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HHoB do you Like it ?"


This is pleasant game Tor the 6resid
and may be played by any number OF pei
sons. OGs Is sent from The room, aud Il
remainder Of the company select son
word. The absent one is then called
and proceeds to discover the word by as
ing OF each person these three question:
"How do you like il p "When do You Ii
il!" "Where will you put il 90 The va
chosen is usually one having Two or mt
meanings, so that the answers may
made as puzzling as possible. Snpl
the word 10 be ''Bn;i, which may mead
hinge, cask, or stroke with the head
The queslioser asks, how do You like
80 turn easy" replies one, Every iarg!
an swers another, "not at all.n answer}
bird. elc. When the queslioner dircoy|
the word the person whose answer res
il, leaves the room, and becomes questioI
and thus the game continues.
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n Fashions with The ladies are as .changea-
Die as The weather MOI long ago we found
them adorpine their heads with "ralsn and
large pins with great tails &c. But this did
llot seem 10 work well aud down came the
'swaierialf' which was cansbt by nearly ali
the denss and fastened upon their heads by
skeweswsand traps to numerous and TOO
strangely named for us to describe; and
now, Ia me! the waterfall has disappear
4 Ell and from the mud they have caught a
"sDske," which they twist in a peculiar
fashion, a "a France aoout their sndearing
hssdr. Ws.wouId moi wonder 10 hear cf
s them dreaming of snakes and believe the m
= sesyek almost choked 10 death by the ''nasty
ihings." and oh, hen 10 rouse up and find
one encircIing the neck and lying quietly on
The SNOWY bosom Of the fair ones what
commolioa there would be - ~
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And Ediths 5 loving eyes told MIN Wnat sDe
thought OF his noble self-abnegation-A
sweet testimonial!
Hem p said DR. WyIIis, polishing his eye
glasses najesierialy with crimson silk
pocket handkerchief: q didht suppose the
young fellow had sc much stamina about
him-an honorable thing 10 do. Edith, |
have never felt exactly certain about Philip
Acres being worthy of you before
'Papap
Bot my mind is made up now. When is
he coming again q
this evening, sir faI,ered Edith, the
violet eyes softly dropping.
Tell him, Edith, that he may have yon
next Wednesday, just the same as eva: !
and as for the law practceng, why there's
time for that afterwards. Child, don't stran-
gle me with your kisses, keep :hem for
Phil:
He looked at his daughter with eyes thai
were strangely dim.
Tried and not found wantineE be mul-
tered indistinctIy.
The perfume of orange blossoms had died
away, the glimmer of pearls and satin were
hidden iI the velvet caskets and travelling
trunks-and Mr.. and Mrs Acre, old married
people of full weeks duration, were driv
ing along the shore CT the Hudson in the
amber glow oflhe glorious June sunset.
'Halao! which way is Thomas going q
said Philip leaning from the window, as the
carriage turned odI of the shore road.
Il to d him The road to take, Phil said
Edith, with bright sparkling eyes. Let me
have my own way just for once. We are
going to our new home.'
'Are veg said Phil, with a comical
grimsce
'Wail until you see, sir y said Mrs. A,
pursing up lille rose bud of a mouth
Ard Philip "waited" patiently.
where are we q he asked in asionish-
ment when the carriage drove up in front oi
a stately built poHico, which seemed no
entirely unfamiliar 20 him. Surely this is
Mortimer place.
| Il shouldn't be surprised if il was said
! DR.. Wyllis, emerging from the doorway
walk 10, my boy--come, Edith Well
! how do you like The looks of your new
! housep
'our new house p repeated Philip. Il do
not understand you, sir
'Why. mean that your lille wife yondsI
is the sole surviving relative OF Theron
Mortimer, although she never knew of j
uuil this morning. Her mother was OLD
MoElmer's cousin, but some absurd quaue
had caused total cessation of intercourse
between the Two branches of the family.
was aware of The facts all along, but wash
sorry 10 avail myself OF the opportunity Il
see what kind of stuff you were made OF
Phil Acre. And now as the deed of con
veyance isu't made out ye;, don'l suppose
your lawyer wall trouble himself about it,
/ The heiress went Quarrel with you, I'll bs
bound
Philip Acres cheeks fushd, and thel
grew pale with strong, hidden emolion, a
be looked at his fair wife, standing besid,
him, The sunset turning her brigh hair t
coils Of shining gold, and thought how On
erring The hand of Providence had straight
ened out the tangled web Of his destiny.
Out Of darkness had come light.
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The Iizhi was .dim-.he night far spent.
s.. aThe sick and wounded slept,
Save one. by whom a watcher lone
Her loving vial kept.
Loving, sI,hough she scarcely knew
The name oil that poor boy,
She knsw mother soon must weep
The less Of earthly Joy.
With gentle touch she pu, the hair
Back from the childish brow,
Wishing mothers lips might kiss
lis marble fairness now. = feas ea
She bsnt 20 hear each whispered tone,
A mem'fy 10 % kePt, s.s.at
For her vboin .ref peaceful home,
Calmly unconscious slept.
-s OH mother, have said The prayer
You iaestt me- every eight
And sometime. twice, as ! kept walca
Beside thr campfirs bright.
u i very cold, dear mother,
Standing GUARD here alone,
Bat the relief will soon be round,
hear The password, Home
s'My home oh, mother shall come
When the next battles fought,
Almost as soou as The glad news
&. or ricsory is brought!
This staff Is broken, wet with blood,
Your DO, : tIood, mother dear,
held il cIasped close TO my heart,
Wihou, single lear.
b.s"Bui il.was shot from out my grasp,
rssh And bofne towards the sky,
~: make stronger. beuer one.
From WHICH our lag shall 6y."
For bTisi line hs laid so sill,
I, seemed AS il he slept
K That sleep which knows no waking here,
And but IL semblance kept.
. TEronsh lear, The lonely watcher sazed
Upon Ihr fair Young face,
On which as Jet lilies darker scenes
Had lsfr no impure trace.
Softly she kissed The death cold lips
A mother might mol press,
Au,I cut from of the waving hair
&, One soll and curling ,ress.
Dlosuef' aea'u be niui iun ulso loWJ
-. Say, is il almos. Iishtl As,A f
Dear mother, i, is very cold -
Here standing guard to-nic b.!
Sanding guard. mother" lha: sweet word
~. Was all that mortal ear, y
Though wildly straieed in ysarning owe,
Ire 0u earth mightevsr hear
1.-The boy'sIas watch below was kept,
80 And al The Goidea Gate
The angel who kept watch that night
Needed 10 longer wait.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-24

Women have been detected IN smuggling
whiskey from Canada in cans made in the
shape Of babies which bold four or five gal
Ions each. About thirty women, each with
bogus baby of this sort were captured in
one day no, long since.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-24

CHURCH EnoUETrE.-It is fashionable
with some people 10 go late 10 church, long
after the services have begun, 10 the edifi-
cation of the curious in the congregations,
aud the annoyance of the minister. A co.
temporary says it has lately been decided,
on high authority, that the following rules
are observed.
"Let The lady advance one pace beyond
the door of the pew she wishes to enier, halt
about face, and salute. The pew mnst
then be vacated by such gentlemen as are
IN ii, by flank movement The squad
should rise simultaneously when the lady
presents herself, ,and face by right flank then
deploy into the aisle, the head man Iacing
The lady and the rest walking 10 his side,
right aud rear, the direction of the line being
changed by right counter-march, and
forming again into line, up and down the
aisle, still faced by the rieh. flank. The
lady, when she sees that The coast is clear,
completes her salute, and advances 10 her
position in the pew. The gentlemen break
of by files from the rear and resume their
places. Great care should be taken, of
course, by other parties, not 10 enter the
aisle when this evolution is in progress,
until il is com pleled.n
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-24

One OF the stores in Corning recently
opened late one morning, when a wag
posted The following notice on The door -
{ Not dead bul sleeping" The remedy was
effectua.
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"How is it, said man 10 his neighbor,
''fEat our parson, the LATEST man living,
writes those ilierminabIe sermons ?"-
q Why, said tie other, probably, after he
begins writing, he is TOO lazy 10 stop Il
Major General Wilson, the captor of jeff
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JASE SwlssHELM has started a paper in
Washington, and, in her second number,
thus speaks in an editorial about discourte-
Gus people:
''If our pen were pin we would stick
il into The trousers of those people who
seem 20 have taken out license 10 be ugly.
They are OF class by themselves IN the
matter OF territory. They are so abomhia-
bly, crossgrained that you cannot approach
them without rling them, or deal with
them without being insulled by them"
II Jare's pen we're pin, and she should
stick il into everybody who :is ill-tempesedl
she world nor always put il through Is'lrous|
ers." Occasionally Jane's pin would, If im|
partial, pass Though skius and other con-
Germs not the property Of The stronger sex.
10 any case The masculine sex have morl
charity than this iermagranl edilress. Sh
would like 20 stick pin into the trousers
some of The opposite sex. We do nc
think there are any OF The latter who, in he
case, would be willing TO reciprocate III
operation Chicago Times.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-24

The Great Eastern will make another trip
next June 10 lay new cable and raise The
broken end OF the old.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-24

secretary Stanton aud Judge Holt have
both declined to deliver the eulOgy on Pres
idenl Lincoln.
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A youth, With turn for figures, had FIVE
eggs 10 6oii, and being told 10 give them
three ainutes each, boiled :hem a quarter
of an hour altogether.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-24

Two women were frozen 10 death last
week in New York.
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They afsssylng to find yonng man in
Chicago who Is heir 10 100000. Several
1oune |adias ID BIoousbars are looking for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-11
The Emperar Napoleon.

The Paris correspondent of the Globe,
speaking of the appearance of the EN-
peror of the French at the review, on
the 4th ult, says:
When the Emperor had finished his
inspection, he placed himself in front of
the stands for troops to file off. / was,
with many others, in the reserved space
before the stands, so that had a good
view Of bis Majesty ! stood, indeed, Ut
less than half dozen yards from him.
He was certainly much paler than be
was a few months back, and he sa. his
horse much less gracefully, in fact sifily.
He had. in a word, the appearance OF
man who is just beginning to recover
from serious illness He wore the
uniform Of general, with the broad red
ribbon Of the Legion Of Honor. His
suite was numerous, but it consisted en-
tirely Of his own people, a;des-de-camb,
orderly officers, generals, etc. This is
the first time, if / mistake not, that tls
red, green, blue, or white uniforms Of
England, Russia, Prussia or AustriP. have
not been seen on such an occasion. The
Empress looked we'll, with her blue riding
habit fitted CLOSE to her frame, and her
mans hat But she seemed sad, and
observed that she conversed very little
with the people about her.
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who entered the service poor whilst
Others are no weather. than when they
enlisted? Investigation should an
swer these questions, every one OF them.
Every man who has unfairly acquired
money in his hands, be the sum great or
small, should be made 70 disgorge Eve-
ry one whoseIcircumstances point TO the
suspicion that he has SUCH should be
made to explain. Let us cease our glo-
rifications over the high state of the pub
lie morals, when some sickly person
sends a trifIing piece of postal currency
to swell the conscience-fund of the Coy
eminent, and look little to the sources
ofthe riches of those wholesale patriots
of whom every urban community furn'
ishes abundant examples.
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History Of the Confederate Nav,

One of the iitors Of this paper is en-
deavoring to collect material for a work
under the above title, and has already
made some progress in that direction.
He requests all late officers Of that branch
of the Confederate service, and others
connected with it, as we'll as officers Of
the U. S. navy, TO send to the Mobile
Tribune Office whatever information they
may possess on the subject
The service performed by the late
Confederate navy was small compared
with that done by our glorious army I;
but when we consider that the number Of
men employed in the navy did not ex-
coed that Of full brigade of the army;
and that the sailor can do nothing with
out the aid Of the shipwright, we shall
see that the deeds Of our little navy are
worthy of being put on reoord-worthy
the nation that rallied en- Dldsse 10 the
standards OF Lee, Johnson and Beaure-
gard. By this brigade of Southern sea
men we saw accomplished the battles by
the Merrimac, the Albcmarle and the
Tennessee; the cruises of the Alabama,
the Florida, the Georgia, the Shenan.
doah. ETC.. and the daring expeditions ni
Wood. Pelot and "TacoEey" Read. The
writer Of this wishes to embody the his
tory Of the whole in a brief and simple
narrative.
Our editorial friends will confer a "a
yor on US by copying this in whole or in
part Mobile Tribune reveal
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THE TUNNEL AND THE BRIDGE

The West, says an exchange paper is
at present in great excitement about the
completion of two enterprises OF large
magnitude--the Chicago tunnel and GIN
cinnati bridge. The last shoveliul OF
earth having been removed on FRIDAY
last, the tunnel is completed, and as soon
as the necessary machinery is construc-
ted, will furnish Chicago with bounti'
full supply of water The great suspen-
sion bridge, connecting Cincinnati with
Coyington and Newport, on the Ken
lucky shore, on Saturday was opened for
pedestrians, and on that day was visited
by $4,000 persons, and on Sunday by
100000. Three thousand people on 1t at
one time caused scarcely perceptible
vibration, and the builder, we trust not
too sanguine in his statement, announces
that it will readily sustain a double
procession Of locomotives over its entire
length" There can be no doubt, how
ever, from its massive structure, that 1t
will be adequate to every trial that Is
likely to be made of its strength, and as
a specimen of bridge engineering it is a
real wonder and credit to that art IN
this country aoan o.
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SOMETHING NEW.

The Lexington Gazette says A cor
respondent several weeks since men
toned to us of having heard one of the
most eminent physicians in New York
speak of certain and simple remedy
for asthma or phthisic, which he de
clared had very recently been discov-
cred in France, and which had never
failed in a single instance, either there
or in his own practice. The remedy is
nothing more nor less than administer
ing q dose Of pure French brandy, as
hot as the patient can have it. The pre-
scription was tried on the recommends
ton of our correspondent, in very OBJ
durate case, with perfect success; and
as we are induced by the result of this
experiment to think there is really some
thing in it, we deem it our duty to make
mention Of it.