Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-23

over her In tidal waves. In relation 10
the offal, the stencil Of which is rank in
the nostrils of every true Southern man,
it is a pity that the present natives of
Tennessee cannot emulate the spirit that
met Desoto when he approached the vi
cinity of Memphis, who, on sending out
an interpreter to Acuera, the chief of
the tribe, to treat with him,
received from the free and Independent
Cacique, the following reply: Others
of your accursed race have, in years
past, disturbed our peaceful shores. They
have taught me what you arel What is
your employment To wander from
shore to shore, like vagabonds, to rob
the poor; to betrsy the confding;
to murder the defenseless in cold
blood No with such people 1 want
neither peace nor friendship. War
never-ending, exterminating warts all
l ask. lam king in my own land, and
will never become the vassal of q mortal.
Vile and pusillanimous is he who submits
to the yoke of another, when he may be
free AS for me and my people, we
prefer death to the loss of liberty and
the subjugation of our country"
Acuera had no fear of Radicals, and
his enemy was buried in the Mississippi.
Tennessee may accept the teachings of
this incident in the early times of Mem
phis, and profit by the lessons that are SO
patent to their time and situation.
have heard so much of the sayings
and doings of the denzens of the hills
and hollows of the South, taken from ye
traveller for Harper, and vile defamers OF
the South and her people, that to find it
it was so, aud we of the South were alone
in our crudeness, aud in the North all
was refined and highly elevated, yes
terday, in company with several staunch
Democrats, visited rousing meeting OF
the unterrifed " in the classic retreats
of Tonioum, township in this county
There were assembled several hundred
ladies and gentlemen, who, under the in
spring influence of fine brass band,
were apparently enjoying themselves
highly. While listening to the speakers,
of whom there were several, an acquain-
tance halloed, Here, B, come and
see the funr On approaching an ex-
cited circle of some fifty couples of
ladies and gentlemen, discovered that
the gentlemen had taken their dri-
wing reins, in absence of rope, and
having tied them together, thus forming
circle, we're playing a game called
Copenhagen" The girls are within
the inclosure-the gentlemen outside,
with their hands on the rope. The girls
would walk by and slap the one she
wished to kiss her, on the hand.
he must then get under the rope, and If
he can catch her before she gets to the
other side, he is entitled to kiss her. l
never saw a girl get away, and L saw
hundred efforts; whether from indispo-
sition to escape the penalty, or from su-
perior feetness OF the male, =" the depo-
nent sayeth not" One jolly fellow cap
tured a girl where / was standing, and
bringing her to me, with one arm around
her waist and the other holding up her
chin. saws, kiss her. "But, my friend,
she may object" "Pshaw kiss her;
she likes it." The only remonstrance on
her part was, You, Bill J. One OF our
party said the rope business was too
slow so, getting into the circle, he kissed
one, then another, making the same
charge among the girls you could i'm
agine "a bull in a china shop would.
In the country the game is played at all
nicnics and gatherings where the sexes
meet If" Copenhagen was played ln
the South, the cauting Yankees would
| find something rotten in Denmark;
but here they will pull woman's bonnet,
ribbons, and hooks and eyes on, until
she looks like rag-bag, and the preach
ers advocate these innocent aGiasements
and hurl snathemss against the cotillion
the most innocent OF all the relaxations
and enjoyments Of the social circle.
After "Copenhagen" the dancing wss
to commences, which was to be kept up
till "brosd day light, and go home with
the girls in the morning; but as did
net wish the charming influence Of the
rosy-cheek misses 10 be dissipated, leit
before the ball, sppreciatiug those lines
Of Byron.
'And though I've seen some thousands in their
Lovely and pleasinF. and who still may please
never ,aw but one Cthe stars Eithdravn)
/ Whose bloom could af,er daDcing, dare the
dagn."
I find elegant ladies' aud gallant
gentlemen in the North, bat l must say
from the bottom Of my heart, that The
Southern lady and the Southern gentle
man have no compeers on the earth. IN
manner, hospitality and courage. This
opinion is based on an intimate associs-
ton With both sections, al home and
abroad, the social, moral, domestic, and
il4lleotual standard Of The South 10
many degrees above the Gorth, and ne
Who have left hone, the result Of en- in
psounioss condition hat denanded