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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-30
DIRECTORS {:

w. B. GREENLAw. N. S. BRUCE,
G. W. COVER, CHARLES JONES'
JAMES ELDER, "; "; ,FARklNGTON
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Attachment suit,

T r. LUCKETT VS.. PHILLIP JONES,
d before p. II. Heinrich, Justice of the
Peace. 1t appearing from affidavit in this case
that the defendant, Phillip Jones. is nom
resident Of the State Of Tennessee it is there
fore ordered that he make his appearance at
my office on or before the 9th day of January,
A, d. 1868, then and there TO plead. answer or
be taken for confessed and set for hearing ex
parte and that this order be published in the
Memphis PUBLIC LEDGER once week for four
col secutive weeks.
P. HEINRICH, Up.
Mamnhia Docamher q. 1857. laWA -l0qa
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NOTICE.

ViHR PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
4 existing between N. NJ, Aston and J. R.
Hovoyis this day dissolved.
All partnership business that was contracted
previous 10 the 2lst instant. except the transac-
lions that took place between ]. r. HoTey and
one Dr.. III. Schafcr. will be settled up by me.
Thereby warn the public that will not be re-
sponsible FOR any contracts made in ture By
lie Eaid J. r. Hovey.
~. ASTON.
Memphis, Tenn. Dee. q. 1851. lol
II EATIN O. |" Il I,
Perrysville Plank Road.
-Four miles from the city Of Pitsburr, Penn.
g-is HEATING BROTHERS. Props.
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OFEICERS.

W.B. GREENLAW, President
JAS. ELDER, Vice-President.
S. p. READ, Secretary.
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Notice to Stockholders.

ALL ORDERS FOR BRICK LEFT WITH
"A ]. G. Nicely q Co., $50 Front street, will be
uromptly attended 20. lO0-l25~
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FOR SHERIFF..

WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w AMOS II. CURLIN as a candidate for
Sheriff of Shelby county, at the ensuing March
election, in 1873.
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A GREEABLE TO THE CALL OF MY
IN many voting friends. announce myself
a candidate for Alderman Of the Fifth Ward,
at the next Municipal election.
MICHAEL BURKE.
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FOR SCHOOL VISITOR.

ELEVENTH. WARD SCHOOL VISITOR.
- We are auth 7rized to announce SIDNEY
COOK as a candidate for recollection.
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FOR COUNTY LEICESTER.

DLEAsE ANNOUNCE MY NAME AS A
i candidate for the office of County REGISTER
for Shelby county, at the ensuing March cleo
ton. ri j. w. KING.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-06
q Few Words to School Bovs.

n 5W WOFuS TO ScQool Boys
Some boys are in the habit, when at
school, Of asking the teacher to do all
the hard sums, or some other boys who
are smarter in figures than they are.
In compositions, they either copy
from some book, or get some older
persons to'Write them for them, all of
which is a very bad practice. Here
are few selected remarks that are
very appropriate to our subject:
Why ask the teacher or some class
mate? You might as well let them
eat your dinner, as ''do your sums for
you" 1t is in studying as in eating;
he that does it gets the benefit, and not
he that sees it done. In almost any
school, 1 would give more for what
the teacher learns, simply because the
teacher is compelled to solve all the
hard problems for them, and answer
the questions Of lazy boys. Do not
ask him to parse all the difficult words
or assist you in the performance of any
of your duties. Do it yourselves.
Never mind though they look dark as
Egypt. Don't ask even a hint from
anybody. Try again. Every trial in
creases your ability, and you will fin
ally succeed by dint of the very wis
dom and strength gained in this effort,
even though at first the problem was
beyond your skill 1t is the study,
and not the answer, that really re-
wards your pains.
Look at that boy who has succeeded
after six hours hard study, perhaps.
How his eye is lit up with a proud joy
as he marches to his class. He reads
like a conquerOr, and well he may.
His poor, weak schOOlmate, who gave
up that same problem after the first
faint trial, now looks up to him with
something Of wonder, as a superior.
The problem lies there, a great gulf
between those boys who stood yester-
day side by side. They will never
stand together as equals again. The
boy that did it for himself has taken
a stride Upwards, and what is better
still, has gained strength for greater
ones. The boy who waited to see 9th
ers do 1t, has lost both strength and
courage, and is already looking for
some excuse to give up school and
study forever.
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COIOred> Delegates to the Mary
land Convention.

COlOred> Delegates to the Mary
land Convention,
The Baltimore American says Of the
colored delegates to the Maryland Re
publican Convention:
"Cleanly and respectable in garb,
and most decoroEs and orderly In their
demeanorg their faces beaming with
intelligence gladness and joy, they oc-
cupied the seats assigned them, by the
side of their white colleagues, watch
ing with an eager interest, quite touch
ing to behold, this great era in their
lives-the first formal and practical
recognition on the part of their white
fellOw-citizens Of the great truth Of the
common brotherhood of man-of that
Divine utterance that God hath made
of one blood all men that dwell on the
face 'Of the earth Nor were these
.cOlOred men mere spectators. Whilst
they evinced a modesty and difidence
that denoted their good breeding, they
were by no means lacking in giving
intelligent expressions of their views;
and when called upon to give utter
ance to their sentiments, did it intel
ligently and judiciously. Those of
them who were called forth by their
white friends to address the COnven-
tiOn5 astOnished all by the ability and
elOquence with which they presented
their views. These speeches we earn
estly commend to our readers as the
best evidence We can give of the Ca
paCity Of our cOlOred fellow-citizens
for iHtelligently exercising all the
rights of the American citizen"
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T Whole No. 1919.
4 Ship Of Death floats into q
Rnr.f = e 4lnn Shetland EaInmGa-

4 Shin OF Death floats into q
Port Of the Shetland Islands,.
Since the time when the Ancient
Mariner told the, terrible tale Of the
curse-laden ship with her crew Of ghast-
Iy corpses, no more thrilling story Of
the sea has been related than that Of
the whale ship Diana that recently
drifted into one Of the Shetland Islands.
A year ago. she left the Shetlands on
a aWhaleing voyagetO the Arctic regions
having on board fifty men. From that
time nothing more was heard Of her,
The friends Of those on board be-
came alarmed. Money was raised and
premiums offered to the first vessel
that would bring tidings Of the miss
ing ship, but all to no avail Hope.
was almost abaRdOned.
On the 18th of April the people near
Rona's Voc, in one of the Shetland
Isles, were startled at seeing a ghasIly
wreck Of a ship sailing into the harboE.
Battered and ice-crushed, sails and
cOrdage cut away, boats and spars cut
up for fuel in the terrible Arctic winter,
her decks covered with dead and dy-
ing, the long lost Diana sailed in like
a ship from Deadman's Land. Fifty
men sailed out Of Lerwick in her on a
bright May morning last year. All Of
the fifty came on her on the second Of
April this year; the same, yet how
differentE
Ten men, Of whom the captain was
one, lay stiffened corpses on the decks
thirty-fye lay helplessly sick, and
some dying; two retained sufficient
strength to creep alOft, and the other
three crawled feebly about the deck
The ship was boarded by heisland-
ers, and, as they climbed over the
bulwarls, the man at the wheel faint
ed from excitement; one Of the sick
died as he lay, his death being an
nounced by the fellow occupant Of his
berth feebIy moaning, ''TaEe away
this dead man" On the bridge Of
the vessel lay the body Of the captain,
as it had lain for four months, with
nine of his dead shipmates by his side,
all decently laid out by those who soon
expected to share their fate.
The survivors could not bear to sink
the hodies Of their comrades into the
sea, but kept them, so that when the
last man died the fated ship that had
been their common home should be
their common tomb. The surgeon Of
the ship worked faithfully to the last,
but cold, hunger, scuTyy and dysente-
~ were too much for him. The brave
old Captain was the first victim, and
died blessing his men. Then the 9th
ers fell one until the ship was tenanted
only by the dead and dying. One
night more at sea would have left the
Diana a floating coffin. Not one Of
the fifty would have lived to tell the
CHASTITY tale.
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A MixtD, Offbe Tgabies.

Some time ago there was a dancing
party given sup North" and most Of
the ladies present had little babies,
whose noisy peryersity required too
much attention to permit the mothers
to enjoy the dance. \ number of gall
liant young men VOLUNTEERED to watch
the young ones while the parents in
dUlged in a "break down." No soon
er had the women left the babies in
charge Of the mischievous devils, than
they stripped the infants, changed
their clothes, giving the apparel of one
to another. The dance over, it was
time to go home, and the mothers hur-
riedly took each a baby in the dress Of
their own, and started to their homes
some ten or fifteen miles off, and were
far on their way before daylight. But
the day following there was a tremend-
GUS row in the settlement; mothers
discovered that a single night had
changed the sex of their babies-Ob-
servatiOn disclosed physical phenom-
ena, and then commenced some of the
tallest female pedestrianism; living
miles apart, it required two days to un-
mix the babies, and as many months
to restore the women to their natural
sweet dispositions. To this day it is
unsafe for any Of the baby mixers to
venture into the territory.
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4 DREADFUL FATE.-Much sympa-
thy is expressed in the Lyons country
papers for the fate of young and ris-
ing musician, who at the last French
conscription was unfortunate enough
to draw a haaHUaiS nltn1ero, and he was
sent out to join regiment quartered
at Vera Cruz. He was at once en-
ployed in the band. In consequence
Of his good conduct, Benoit Denis sue
ceeded in obtaining the Colonels per-
mission to perform at private balls and
concerts, and thus gain a certain indie
pendence. On the 5th of last Decem-
Der, Benoit Denis, after executing
fantasia on the cornet-a-piston at the
country house Of q wealthy American
merchant residing near Vera Cruz,
quilted the heated concert room to re-
fresh himself in the pleasure-grou
and enjoy the cool evening air. Feel
ing thirsty, he took up an alcaaza
which he happened to see near a foun-
tain, filled it with fresh water, and put
it to his lips. Frightful screams in
stantly attracted the company to the
spot. Denis was lying on the earth,
his hair on end, his features Iivid, the
body and tail of a monster scolopender
('aille-pieds) protruding from his gap
ing mouth. The reptile, whose bite
is more venomous than that of the
scorpion, had taken shelter from the
heat in the cool porcelain beaker. AsI
BenOit approached the vase to his lips
the scolopcnder had sprung at his
open throat. In vain was the reptiles
body cut away. Once its fangs close
on their prey it is impossible to tear
them open. A surgeon who chanced
to be among the guests proceeded to
cut them out of the flesh, piece by
piece; but by the time the operation
was over the poison had produced its
fatal results, and after three hours ofI
convulsions the unfortunate
young artist expired.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-06

AUSTRIAN LOSSES IN THE WAR
The official returns of the losses of the
Austrian army during the war Of last
summer are as follows: Officers, 587
killed, l, ,5O5 wounded, 483 missing /;
men, 1O,4O7 killed, p, ,8O5 wounded,
43,264 missing. Total officers and
men; 1884 killed, 29,31O wounded,
and 1874 missing. Total casualties
84,O51. The number of casualties per
1 900 in the field in each corps was as
follows: Among the infantry officers
the proportional numbers per 1000
were 81 killed, 10 wounded, and IS
missing. Among the men in the in
fantry the proportional numbers per
], 900 were 81 killed, sc wounded, and
131 missing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-06

WE WERE much amused, few eve
nings since, by hearing Mr.. H,
a lifelong Democrat, and for years a
slave to drink, but for twenty months
past a temperance man, tell the follow
ing incident which happened few
days since He was sitting In his Office
conversing with several acquaintance,
when the door opened and Mr. --,
rigid old Democrat, came in. The usu-
al compliments of the day passed,
when the latter gave Mr.. IL
slight nudge, and winked him out to
the back door, when, cautiously peer
ing round to see that no one was OBJ
serving them, he drew from the deep
recess of his pocket a pint flask, which
bore the appearance Of having been
several times visited. and asked him to
drink. mo-" replied H, 81 do.
not drink "You are a liar" rpspOn-
ded Mr.. -. 81 pledge you my.
word, )" returned H, "that I have
not drank a drop for over twenty
months" " els that sO?" alt is, and 1
am now a member Of the Good Temp
lar lodge in this place" For a mo-
ment a look of blank astonishmentI
catne over the countenance of the old
Democrat, which gave way to one oil
anguish as he said, "GoOd Heavcnsl
have you left the Democratic party?
Mr.. II is still strong Democrat,
but thinks the above too good to keep.
-OskaIoOsa Herald.
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.'Thenl's 'Enn.''

We often hear Of remarkable cases
Of absence Of mind. Here is one
equal to anything we have heard Of
lately. The man was doubtless a very
interesting head Of the family:
II say, cap'n, said a little keen eyed
man, as he landed from the steamboat
Potomac at Natchez. "I say, cap'n,
this here amt all. b"
"That's all the baggage you brought
on board" =" said the captain.
"Well, see now, I grant it all o. K,
according to the list-four boxes, three
chests, two ban boxes, a port manly,
two hams-One part cut-three ropes
of inyons, and a teakettle; but you see
cap'n I am dubersom, I feel there's
something short. Tho I've counted
'em nine times, and never took my
eyes off m while ON board, there's
somethin' not right somehow"
"Well, stranger, the time isup; there
is all know Of it; so bring your wife
and five children out of the cabin, and
we are off.
sThem's 'em, darn it; thom's EN- !
I know'd I'd forgot somethin'."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-06

The preciOusness of little things was
never more beautifully expressed than in
the following morceau by B, F. Taylor:
Little martin boxes at home are gener-
ally the most happy and coy.
Little villages are nearer to being atoms
Of shattered paradise than anything we
know Of
Little fortunes bring the most content,
and little hopes the least disappointment,
Little words are the sweetest to hear.
Little charities fly farthest and stay
longest on the wing.
Little lakes are stillest, little hearts tho
fullest, and little farms the best titled.
Little books are the most read, and little
songs the most loved
When nature would make anything
rare and beautiful she makes it
Gttle-little pearls, little diamonds, and
little dews.
Nahum m Porro-much in little-is the
great beauty Of all we love best, hope for
most, and remember the longest
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Miscellaneous.
Nature in Room Furniture.

Nature in Room Furniture.
Mr.. Bayard TayIor's opinion on this sub
ject is thus expressed in the Independent: {:
For the finishing of rooms there is moth
ing equal to the native wood, simply oiled
to develop the beauty of the grain. Even
the connonest pine, treated in this way,
has a warmth and lustre beside which even
the dreary white paint, so common in the
best of houses, looks dull and dead. Moth
ing gives a house such a cold, uncomforta-
bic air as white paint and plaster. The
color is only fit for the tropics.
Our common wOod-pine, ash, chestnut,
maple and butternut-Offers a variety Of
exquisite tints of ibrous patterns, which,
until recently, have been utterly disregard
ed in building. Even in furniture we are
just beginning to discover how. much more
chaste and elegant the oak and walnut
than mahogany.
The beauty of a room is as dependent
upon the harmony of its coloring as that of
a picture. Some of the ugliest and most
disagreeable apartments have ever seen
were Just those which contained the most
expensive furniture and decorations. My
experience shows that room finished with
the best seasoned oak or walnut, costs ac-
tually less than one finished with pine and
and painted and grained in imitation of
those woods. Two verandahs Of yellow
pine treated to two coats of boiled oil, have
a richness and beauty and color beyond
the reach of pigments; and my only regret
connected with the house is, that I was
persuaded by the representations Of me-
chanics to use any paint at all.
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Poetry.
HOW STRANGE!
How strange it will be, loro-hou strange. when we

How strange it will be, IOVe-hOw strange, when W
Shall be what all lovers become,
You, frigid and faithless cold and untrue,
You thOughtIess of me, and careless Of you,
Our pet names grown rusty with nothing to do,
Loves bright web unraveled and rent and worn thrO
And lfe's loom left empty-ah, hum!
All, me,
How strange it willbel
How strange it will be when the wftchsry goes,
Which makes me seem lovely to-day;
When your thought Of me loses its coulelw dc rose
When every day serves some new fault to disclose,
when ysu ind I've cold eyes and an everyday nose,
And wonderyou could for a moment suppose
I was out Of the commonplace way;
All, me,
How strange it will bel
How stanrge it will be, love---hOw strange, when We
meet,
With just chill touch of the hand!
When my pulses no longer delightedIy beat
At the thought Of your coming, the sound OF your feet
When watch not your going, far down the long street
When your dear, loving voice, now 50 thrillingly
sweet,
Grows harsh in reproach or eommandi
All, me,
How strange it viii bel
How strange it viii be, when We willingly stay
Divided the weary day through
Or, getting remotely apart, as We may'
Sit chilly and silent, with nothing to say,
Or cOoIly converse on the news of the day.
In a vearisome old married folks sort Of wayl
shrink from the picture, don't yOu1
All, me,
How strange it willbcI
Dear love, if our hearts do grow torpid and old
As 50 many others have donei
If we let our love perish with hunger and cold'
If we dim all Iifs's diamonds and tarnish its god
II we choose to live wretched and die uncousoled,
Twill be srangest of all thugs that ever were told
As happening under the sun
All, me,
Darrv
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-06

AMERICAN PIANOS IN PARIS.-The
Paris correspondent of Dwight's Jour
nal of Music, published at Boston,
writes, under date of April 18th: "The
sensation which our American grand
pianos are producing here is something
positively amazing. Those manufac-
tured upon the European plan of con-
structiOn are vastly superior to any
which are made here, while those got
ten up upon the new American system
--Steinway's overstrung have excited
the wonder and admiration of the jury,
the piano-fOrte makers and of the gen
eral public. The three leading manu-
facturers, Erard, Pleyel and Herr,
have expressed their delight and sur
prise at these new products of Ameri-
can industry and skill, and Mr.. Erard
has requested permission to adopt the
salient points Of the new system.
America has truly inaugurated a anew
era in piano-fOrte making.
"The Erard and PleyeI pianos are,
without doubt, fine instruments, but
there is lacking in them that volume
and richness of tone which one finds
in the American grands."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-06
A ID isinguished Excursion
Party.

In February last, the Pacific Rail
road, main stem, extended an invita-
ton to Senator Wade to make a trip
this summer over their line. He ac-
cepted it and the party starts from
Cleveland, Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. Wade is accompanied by nine or
ten associates in the Senate, with
their wives, and few others friends
the whole party numbering about
thirty. They go over the Omaha
Branch to its terminus, thence down
the Missouri river to Kansas City, and
out the Kansas branch to its terminus;
thence back to st. Louis, and out to
Iron Mountain. The party expects to
be gone about three weeks, and may
possibly visit Denver City
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l was once walking a short distance be-
hind very handsomely dressed young
girl, and thinking, as looked at her beau
tiful clothes, 81 wonder if she takes half
as much pains with her heart as she does
with her body ?''
poor man was coming up the walk,
with loaded wheelbarrow, and Just before
he reached us, he made two attempts to 90
into the yaad of small house but the
gate was heavy, and would swing back be-
fore he could get through.
"Wait," said the young girl, springing
lightly forward, "I'll hold the gate open. ."
And she held the gate until he passed in,
and received his thanks with a pleasant
smile, as she went on.
'She deserves to have heautifuLcIothos, ,"
! thought, "for beautiful spirit dwelIs in
her breast"
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The Two Voices.

When Gutenberg, the first printer,
was working in his cell in the moDas-
terry Of St. Abersgot, he tells us that
be heard two voices address him. The
one babe him desist; told him thepOw-
er his invention would put into the
hands Of bad men to propagate their
wiCkedness ; told him how men would
profane the art he had created, and
how pOsterity would have cause to
curse the man who gave it to the
world. So impressed was Gutenberg
with what he heard, that he took a
hammer and broke to pieces the types
he had so labOriOusly put together
His work Of destruction was only stay
ed by another voice, sweet and musi
cal, that fell on his ear, telling him to
go on and rejoice in his work that all
good might be made the cause of evil,
but that God would bless the right in
the end. So TO all Of US still come
those voices that came to Gutenberg;
the one calling US to work while it is
called to-day, to try to leave this world
better than we found it ; and the 9TH
er tempting US to give over, and take
our ease, to leave the PlOw in mid
furrOw, and to rest on our oars when
we should be pulling against the
stream.