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Maryland free press., 1866-05-03
DOLLARS AND CENTS; OR, CLER-
ICAL SUPPORT.

Mrs. Cambell sat restless and disturbed,
twisting the bank note in her fingers and
evidently i'll at case. Her circumstances
in life did not permit visiting acqualn-
tance with the daughter Of wealth in whose
presence she was, and nothing bvt the
urgency of her errand would ever have
sent hor iuto that house. She had rccei
we'd Il warm and cordial response which
she scarcely expected, the amount far ex-
ceeded her most sanguine hopes, and yet
she was not alto gethcr satisfied; there was
something she wanted to say but darod
not, '..
Mrs. Hamilton noticed 1t, and after
waiting in vain for her speech, said at
last:
.'What is it, Mrs. Cambell? There is
something upon your mind which is yet
unsnnlcn. Speak it out freely
MAY 1, Mrs. Hamilton, speak TO you
freely and unreservedly?
"Yes, shall be very glad to have you
do So"
"Then hope you will not deem me
obtrusive or dictatoral if | suggest 10 you
that am quiet sure that one half OF this
money might be much more usefully ex-
pcnded than in buying the coat. Thirty
dollars will be quite sufficient for that pur-
posc the remainder would, | think, be
much more acceptable if spent in pureha-
sing ncccssarieS fnr the fmily."
"Necessaries fur the f,.mily.' exclaimed
Mrs. Hamilton. 81 do not understand
you, Mrs. Cambcll. You talk as if our
minister did not have necessaries of life.
DO explain what you mcan."
"You have allowed me, Mrs. Hamilton
the privilege Of speaker plainly to you,
aud intend TO do it, mean precisely
what say, and by nccessaries I wish you
to understand coal to burn, bread to eat,
and comfortable clothing for himself, wife
and Children"
Mrs, Hamilton was srecehless with sur
prise, For several minutes she attempted
no reply, and when she did, she seemed
so bcwildered as scarcely to to conscious
what she was saying.
where il his salary, Mrs. Cambell!
How dose he expend it it not in suppor-
ting his family decently and comfortably!'
Ellis salary is five hundred dollars.
His wife I know uses every economical
expedient, but judge how far this amount
will go towards maintaining himself, his
wife and four children," 81
"EiNe huRdred dollarsj' repeated Mrs.
Hamilton, thoughtfully. Less by two or
three hundred than my individual, yearly
expenditures! Mrs. Cambsll, you perfect
u amaze me. Ave you quite sure that
this is the full amountT
"Iam very sure that ] speak eoEFeetly,
and not ONLY SO, but assure you that even
this sum is by 40 means paid him regular
ly, lie frequently goes for his quarterly
payacAt and is sent away with tue reply,
''there is no money in the treasury"
''This is perfect outrage" exclaimed
Nrs. ITaMilton, vehemently. slf | we're
Mr. Wight | would not preach another
Sunday TO such. people, Five hundrca
dollars from such q eenssegatleA as this,
and this pitifal anoaat doled out to him
i'll such little dGiblets as DO be . most use
lesst would no. preach to them, she
added. passionately, t'for thcir souls ave
not large enough to make christians Of"
Mrs, Csrabell smiled al the yehemenes
of her hoStess, ha. said nothing in reply
Presently MIS-, HamiltQp asked>
Maryland free press., 1866-05-03
Home and Friends Around Us.


Gol there's power TO make each hour
As swect as heaven designed 10; ..
Nor need we roam, ~ bring il home,
Though ftw there be 70 lind IT,
We seek too high for things close by
Aud loss what nature gave U.s.
For life hath here no charms 20 dear, ..
As house and friends around ",
We oft destrny tue pres'nt iay,
Aud future hopes, nor praise them,
Wbjle flowers rs sweet bloom Vt our feet,
III we'd but stuop to raise them.
For things fair still greater are
When youths bright spell hath bound rs;
But soon we're taught that earth has napght
Like home and friends around Us,
Tha friends that speed in time Of need,
When hopes last reed is shaken
DO show us still that, came What will,
We are not quite forsaken.
Though all were night, il ont The light,
From tfiendship's altar crowned us.
Twouli prove ths bliss of earth WAS this
Our home and friends around vs.
Maryland free press., 1866-05-03
war and Pea &c.
rrior waves his standard high,

The warrior waves his standard high,
Ills falchion flashes in the fray,
He madly shogts his battle cry,
And gIori.s in q deathful day;
But faminr's at the gate,
And rapins prowls without the walls
The country round lies dcsolae,
While Kavoc's blightning footstep falls,
BY ruined hearts, by homes deiiled,
By scenes that natures yisagc mar,
We feel the storm of passions Wild,
And pluck the bitter fruits of War.
The cobwcb hangs on sword and belt,
The charger draws the gliding plU~,
The cannoms in the furnace melt
And turn gentle purpose now;
The thrcshcrs swing their Eonderous fa:s,
The craftsman toll with cheerful might,
Th,. ocean swarms with peaceful sails,
And busy mile look CAV by night,
The happy land becomes renowned,
As knowledge, art and wealth increase,
And thus with plenty smiling round,
We Gull the blessed fruits Of Peace.
Maryland free press., 1866-05-03
Jack HOrner-IIis True History.

Who has not heard of this famous in
dividuals Who does not remember of
bciMg tnld in his childhood about Jack
Ilorucr2 And who has not eavied him
his good fhrtune When he
"sat in a eating piece of Christmas pic,
Put in his thumb, ..'
Aud pulled out plumb
And says, whas q pretty boy am IL
Have the children ever inquired who
was Jack ifopncrs Here is the tradition:
When Henry VIII suppressed the mon
asteries, aud drove out the paor old monks
fM,M thor nests the title deeds Of the
Abbey Of Mclls-including tho sumptu-
ous grange built by Abbot Selwood-were
demandod hy the Commissioners. The
Abbot ofGlastonbury determined that lie
would send them to London, bat as the
documents were very valuable and the
roads infested by theives. it was difficult
to get them safe to the metropolis. 70
accomplish this end, however he devised
the following plan; lie ordered a pie to
be- mado-as fine pie rs ever smoked on
refectory table; inside he pat the deea-
ments-the faest lining u pie ever had
since pics were FIRST made he intrusted
this dainty to lad named Horncr to carry
up to London TO deliver IL safely into the
hands Of those fas whom it was intended,
hut the journey was long, and the day
was cold. and the boy was hungry and the
chance Of detection was small. So the
boy broke off piece of pie and heheid a
parchment; he pulled it forth innoeently
eaoagA-woadering how il eNald have
reached thcre--tied up the pastry and
arrived in town, The parcel was deliv-
cred, but the title deeds Of tho Mells
Abbey estate were missiRs--J&ek bad pai
them ia bis pocket 1hese were the juci-
est plaa4s ef the pie Great was the rage
Of. The Commissioners, heavy the ven
gsEcc they dealt oNt to the noAEs> Jack
kept his seescs. aad, when peseeslbfe tSuaes
wese restosed. slaiMed the estates and
ahaaiaod them> Whether Mr. Moracr
deserves the title Of s'gona boy" bestowed
spoa hiA BY tAe Narsery lameAs, IS more
than doubtfal-however, that's the story.
Maryland free press., 1866-05-03

"Sat in corner eating piece of Christmas pie
Put In his thumb, ''
Aud pulled out plumb;
Maryland free press., 1866-05-03

Who has not heard of this famous in
dividualg Who does not remember of
bciNs tnld in his childhood about Jack
Ilorucry And who has not eavied him
his good hrtune when he
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-13
New Theory About Falling Stars.

= M. de Reichenback, the chemist, whose
name is connected with the discovery of
cd, a new and mysterious force of ma
tare, believes he has discovered the true
source of the phoyphorous and magnesia
distributed over the Surface OF the earth
He enunciates the hypothesis, sufficiently
curious, that it proceeds from the falling
stars. M. de Reichenbaek possesses one
of the most beautiful collections Of aero
lites which is known 10 exist of these
he has made numerous analysis, and
published twenty three essays; so he is
not neophyte in the study. 20. Z, ,,s y. /.
One day, after rejecting deeply on the
physical character of falling stars, which
everything leads us to believe are smaller
kinds of aerolites, a sort OF dust of
aerolites, NJ. de Reichenback said to him
self that this rain ofTmetallic1 powders,
which has fallen for so many centuries,
must have left some trace upon the earth,
enough for an ingenious man 10 form
chemical analysis; and as the metals
which chiefly characterize the meteorites
are nickel and cobalt, NJ de Reichenback
proposed to seek those IN soil exposed to
the free air.
Charged with tho demonstration of
this idea, he ascends the Lahisberg, a
mountain of conical form, about nine
TO twelve hundred feet in hight, and
covered at the summit with beach trees,
penetrates to coppice, and selects spot
probably never pressed by the foot OF
man. OF this earth he secures in a horn
of paper several handluls, As he ex-
pected, the analysis gave him cobalt and
nickel Samples taken from Beighbor-
ing mountains gavethe same result; one
yielding nickel, another copper also
[ Finally, an analysis of the soil called
marchfeld gave also traces OF nickel
These results are so much the more sig
nifcant, as the great mass of the noun
tains of this part of Austria is composed
Of sandstone and calcareous matter,
where there is never found any metallic
veins. Il. The traces of nickel and orbalt,
in the samples examined by the German
chemist, made about the ten thousandth
mart of the composition Of the earth,
which seemed 10 indicate tolerable uni
form distribution of the two metals at the
surfaee of the. soil q .t -
Connect this circumstance with the
uniform and constant presence of phos-
porous and magnesia, substances which
aiso make a part Of most aerolites, the
hypothesis, though singular, appears not
unlikely Falling stars are thousands
some nights, and If we could see all those
whose lights equalled only that Of stars
below the seventh magnitude, their num-
Der would be incalculable, and this
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-R-TTffr-

But the country has not only been
made TO shudder at the narrowness of
Your escape, but 70 grieve at the failure
of ripe plans in consequence Of my nom
arrival; and, therefore, shall not close
this letter until l have examined the de-
claraton that, if had arrived earlier at
Savannah, you would have been the at
lacking party;
In the face OF all these facts--the, lack
of authority; the restraint OF orders, as
you yourself interpreted them; the abb
sence Of meaps wherewith to move, and
of plan-or preparation, or probability OF
moving--it ia impossible 20 suppress in
credulity at the statement that if had
arrived earlier yon would have been the
attacking party. And if that theory
could be divested of the incredulity in
which the more positive evidence clothes
it, the doubt would still tcontinually re-
cur when men, sitting in impartial judg-
ment on all the facts, and comparing
your letter of the, 4th Of April to Gen.
Nelsonlwith that Of the 9th Of April to
me, inquire with amazement, as they
must do, why it was that, considering
yourself in jeopardy, and expecting an
attack on Monday. you made no prepa-
ration to avail yourself of reinforce
ments until Tuesday and why, whether
your force was sufficient or insufficient,
you made no disposition of the troops
;already on the ground to meet the ex-
pected danger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-13
A colored sculptress in ROme.

A letter from Rome, in an English
paper, has an account of the sculptures
executed by Edmonia Lewis, young
colored woman, born in Ohio. The wri-
ter says
A brief sketch Of her life, given almost
in her own words, will, am sure, be ac-
ceptable TO the wide circle of your read
ers MY mother. she told me only last
Monday, .swas a wild Indian, and was
born in Albany, of copper color, and
with straight black hair There she made
and seli moecasins. Ny father, who was
a negro, and gentleman servant, saw
her and married her. / was born at
Greenhill, Ohio Mother often left her
home and wandered with her people,
whose habits she could not forget, and
fins We, her children, were brought up in
the same wild manner. Until / was
twelve years old led this wandering life.
fishing and swimming she added with
great glee. and making mocoassRs !
was then sent 20 school for three years in
McGraw, but was declared to be Wild
they could do nothing with me Often
they said TO me, here is your book, the
book of Nature; come and study It
From this school I was sent TO another,
at Oberlin, in Ohio, where / remained
four years, and then / thought Of return
ing to wild life again; but my love Of
sculpture forbade it, Some friends re
commended me to go to England, but |
thought it better first to study in Rome.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-13
Important Testimony.

The Reconstruction Committee is still
at work On Monday, Mr.. Stephen
Powers, who has been eight months in
the South as correspondent for the Gin
oinnati Commercial, testified respecting
Florida, Louisiana and Texas. He
thinks great minority Of the people of
the South are endeavoring in good faith
to conduct themselves as loyal citizens
of the United States. There are not fifty
respectable politicians in the South who
really believe in the constitutional right
of State to secede. Those elected to
office by the people are not the old fire
eating secessionists, but moderate men
who resisted secession TO the last. Ex-
officers of the rebel army are elected,
not because they promoted the rebellion,
but because they are like Northern Off
eers-simpiy the best men in the coun-
try He says the test oath ought TO be
abolished, for the simple reason that there
Is scarcely respectable man in the
South that can take it. He says that the
so-called Union men Of the South, who
remained there in the time OF the rebel
lion, are the most contemplate p0lll-
clans in the South. Since the holidays
the negroes have gone to work with
surprising unanimity, and are getting
fair wages in most cases. he estimates
that over one hundred and fifty thousand
of them have rented little lots of ground
who never did before The planters have
become much more hopeful in the last
three months, and now begin to acknowl-
edge that free labor will succeed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-13
The King Of Prussia,


A Berlin correspondent of the Boston
Traveller writes: rf
The people do not have the most ex-
alted estimate oftheir King A few days
ago he and his brother Carl were sitting
together in the royal box at the circus.
Two clowns were performing, aud one
was standing on his head on the head OF
another. Looking directly at the royal
box, one of the two said in significant
way, 1t is rare sight, two calves heads
50 near each other The audience took
the joke at once, applying it not to the
clowns, but to the King and his brother
and the amphitheatre rung with ] ap-
plause The stupid King did not take
the joke, and applauded as loudly as any
one. William is great admirer of the
ballet, aud never neglects the opera
house when Traglioni is to appear, even
carrying his enthusiasm so far as to at
tend all the rehearsals, and mingle freely
with the dancers behind the scenes He
has led miserable, prohigate life, and
now, at the age Of sixty eight years, is
not @ model husband or father
He is not divorced from his wife, and
they reside for some months Of the year
under the same roof, but their inter
course is only formal, and their apart
ments are entirely separate. During the
summers the Queen always lives on the
Rhine. The Crown Prince and his
blooming wife, the young Victoria OF
England, are said to live happily to-
gether; they have four or FIVE children
already. The people have great hopes
of their future King-but who can judge
from the Crown Prince what the King
will be2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-13
1u Problem Of Races.

DR.. ]. C. Mott, celebrated physician
Of Alabama, has given, in the form of q
letter to the Freedmensl Bureau, his
views of the diversity of the human spe
cies. He says he has asserted no fact
not established by science and history,
and disclaims being at all actuated BY
sectional feelings or blind prejudice, and
processes to have given a mere resume
of chronological history, representing the
received opinions Of the best-informed
naturalists of the day. The letter ap.
pears in the last number of DeBOW S
Retiep. The following are the conclu-
sions to which he has been led
|. The intellectual and physical char.
acters of the different races of men were
the same now as five thousand years ago,
and no causes have existed or now exist
that can transform one type of man into
| another.
I'd. The physical laws which have gov
erned the races of men during this pc
riod of time are precisely the same as
those which govern the species, varieties
or types of inferior animals.
3D. Without going back to the mooted
question of original unity or diversity of
species, the diversity of races as it exists
can only be regarded as the work Of the
Almighty.
4th. The negro and other inferior races
have never, under the most favorable
circumstances, shown any capacity for
self-government or civilization.
9th. The negro attains his nearest ap-
proach to civilization among the whites,
In subordinate capacity, and when sep
arated from them relapses into barbar-
ism, as in Hayti and Jamaica .G = gsy
9Th. The brain of the negro is nine
inches less than that Of he white man,
and the large-headed races have always
ruled the earth, and been the only repos-
itores OF true civilization.
7th.. The idea that the brain Of the ne
gro or any other race can be enlarged,
and the intellect developed by education,
continued through su ecessive genera
tions, has no foundation in truth or any
sembance of support from history.
Sth. The races Of men, like those OF
CANNES and other animals, though modi-
fed by climates, are never transformed
into each, other. The white man, the
negro, the Jew, the greyhound, the fox
hound, the pointer, preserve their types
and instincts in all climates
9TH The blacks, like the American In.
dians, Tartars, and other nomadic races,
are instinctively opposed TO agricultural
labor, and no necessity can drive them
to it. I'D ~
I 10th Slavery is the normal condition
Of the negro, the most advantageous to
him, and the most ruinous, in the end, to
q white nation. u 2 A9f1 eti 90 a
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The Brownlow influence.

From one of our most reliable cores
pondehts, Says the Nashville Banner, we
have received an earnest appeal in be-
half Of the people OF East Tennessee.
We will take the liberty of making the
following extract:
A few days after Governor Brownlow
made his speech ia Knoxville, Colonel
Brownlow made most inflammatory
speech in Jonesboro, and us the result
Of the agitation renewed in East Ten.
nessee by these speeches, one man was
murdered by midnight assassins near
Greenville, aud six were ordered to leave
Jonesboro instanter, and all over that
once happy country the effect of these
ill-timed speeches was like the strong
wind on the smouldering 6re--a general
blaze.
The only way to arrest these things is
to bring them into the public view-light
has the same effect on them as on the
vermin which shelter under the covert Of
q rock-lift the stone and let in the light
and in moment they disappear. That
is secluded county, a sedenta yallis;"
they have no papers, and would not dare
to publish their wrongs if they had
Their only hope of relief is from the cas-
ual notice in papers abroad of the out
RACES perpetrated on them Infinitely
more appalling are murders and wrongs
committed in the lewly, sequestered
valleys ofthat country, than any recorded
in prose or song among the Highlands
of Scotland, the massacre of Glencoe
not excepted Here no wholesale massa-
ere like that has been done, but, one by
one, greatly more lives have been sacri-
feed Murder is practiced there as one
ofthe fine arts. 1t is true all the best
portion Of the Union people are opposed
to these things, but they dare not utter a
word against it for fear of being included
with rebels in the process of extermina-
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Foreign immigration.

An immense influx of Europeans TO
this country is now in progress. The
number who arrived at New York during
the last three months was 30, 479, against
1855 for the same period last year.
The great bulk of this immigration comes
from Ireland and the German States, and
consists chiefly of the industrious, hard
working class, who will be a valuable ac-
cession to the industrial interests Of the
United States.
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The Empire Louisiana) Parish states
that the property in the parish Of Plaque
mine, belonging to the estate OF the late
LUcIES BoXAPARrE, sold last week for
$50, 800. It had front on the river Of
two and two-thirds arpents by forty in
depth and there are at least fifteen hun
dred orange trees upon it.
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INSURANCE.
DURING THE YEAR 1865.

SHouLD SUGGEST THE NECESSITY OF
y good insurance to every man who desires to
protect himself against the loss which follows in
the wake Of FIRE.
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Authorized Capital, 1000, 900
DIRECTORS:

AMOS WOODRUFF, President Memphis and
Ohio Railroad.
CAPr. c. b. CHURCH.
r. HouGH, U. S. Collector Internal Revenue.
A. ]. WgIrE. Of A. J White = Co..
JOHs l.. TAYLOR. Of Taylor. McEwen, Duke
x Co.
THos. X. SMITH, Of Pitser Miller 4 Co.
J. II. WAGoRNRR, of J. II. Waggener 4 &c.
II. A. PARrEE, Commission Merchant.
Hon. JOHN W. SMTH.
IL. I. ToNLIysoS, Insurance Agent.
JAS. Z. MERRINAN, of Jas L. Merriman %.
W. II. CHERRY, President.
A, I. LACY, of Lacy & McGhee. Vice Presidsns
K. Z. DANIEL, Cashier.
iN rF
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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL l3, 1866

phenomena has continued for hundreds
of centuries This is not the poetry Of
stars" byron hated chemists but shows
US their every day attributes, throwing
material to agriculturists.
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ssOO,Ooo 90

Cash income, for the past year reveals the con
slant and steady progress Of this popular cor
poration in the face OF a bitter yindietiye. am
Legitimate competition.