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MINISTER Bnrlingame rebuked
the foreigners who thought they
"ontranked " him in Paris, in the
following style: ave Americans
do not raise the question of rank.
We receive all gentlemen as occu-
pying a common level. But if You
raise the question of position, we
outrank you. You are nothing
bnt Dukes, Marquises and Counts.
We belong to the royal family.
We are the equal Of our President.
We are all heir apparents to the
throne. We stand up for our or
der, and, if need be, we fight for
order"
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WHY "TwINKLETH "THE STARS? /?

WHY "TwINKLErH "THE STARS !?
About the twinkling of stars much
has been written not merely by
nursery rhymsters, but by true
philosophers for the subject, sim.
pie enough at first thought, be-
comes puzzling when it is close
ly studied. The momentarv
changes of color, and the flashing
intervals of obscurity, are not sus-
ceptible of rough and ready ex-
PLANTATION. Arago invoked the
principle known as interference to
account for the phenomenon. Light
being o wave motion, if the eleva-
tion of one wave meet the depres-
sion of another, destruction of both
ensues, and darkness comes of the
interference. He held that the
different strata of air encountered
by a stars light Coming to the
earth retracted the component RAYS
variously, and threw them into
confusion, making them clash and
become extinct. But a Roman
astronomer, Professor Respighi,
has lately overthrown this theory,
and shown that the scintillations
are to be referred to momentary
des iations from their straight path
OF certain of the colored ays which
unite to form a beam of star light.
Our atmosphere first disperses or
separates the colors, and then, for
an instant, turns the course of
some of them, leaving the others
TO come to the eye. The curious
part OF Professor Tacspighi's an
nouncement is, that the rotation of
the earth has en- influence OH the
twinkling, for, by spreading out
stars images into long spectra, he
has noticed that these luminous
streaks are rapidly traversed by
dark burrows which sometimes
pass in one direction and some
times in another. These shadowy
strcamings are doubtless tho
spread-out scintillatione, and their
varying directions across tho spec
trum, upwards for stars in the
West, downwards for stars in the
East, and obliqucly for those in
other parts OF the sky, show. them
to be, to some extent. caused by
atmospheric fluctuations depend
ing upon, or connected with, the
earth's rotation. The professor
finds that not direction only, but
speed of passage also, is coincident
with the terrestrial motion.
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CARL. TON says there is no hard

CARL TON says there is no hard
er riding than that of Chinese
cart. The wheels are clumsy, the
body nailed to the axle, and there
is no seat, spring or cushion. The
mules are harnessed tandem, and
the carriers charge one dollar per
day for q cart and one mule, and
two dollars for O cart and two
mules. The road is worn by con-
stant travel, and there are deep
ruts, sloughs and mirey places,
which tho driver is not careful ~
avoid.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-09

Thirty years ago South Carroll
ma grew tea, and it was demon
strated beyond the possibility of
doubt that South Carolina could
grow tea as well assChina. 1t has
not been done, because it req uires
small and cheap labor but it will
sooner or later, be grown in the
South in large quantities. They
fired q broadside, in Chicago, q
few days ago, on the reception of
the first tea received by the Pacif
ic Railroad. 1t will not be more
than a generation before we will
fire a broadside in glorification
over the first car load of tea re-
ceived over the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad from South Carolina.
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G. F.. II CW N f S..
AsssF a EDITOR. .H
). o. BAILEY, Pro'r. and Associate Editor

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Obituary notices, and NIL matters muring "a
90 the benefit Of any one, are regarded as
Advertisements.
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SOUTH CAROLINA. JUNE
Murder viii Out.

"A RllCS0 leRui tFieuu Vi tniS COWI1
ave us the following account of a
heartless murder, and it's final rev.
elation, that took place in this
State many years ago. A man by
the name of j., Of Wayne Coun.
ty, n. o., sold a free negro (whom
he had cheated into the belief that
he was but liring) to a gentleman
whom we will cali Brown, in one
of the adjacent Districts OF South
Carolina. Sometime afterwards
Brown discovered the fraud, and
Immediately wrote to j., from
whom he had purchased him in
Wayne County, that if he paid
back the money he had paid him
for the free negro, he would not
prosecute him, and besides keep It
a profound secret. To this, Mr..
j. replied he would gladly do so,
and urged Mr.. Brown to come for
it Immediately; and closed by as.
suring him of his gratitude that he
had spared his family the humilia-
tion of public disclosure.
Mr.. Brown, therefore, left his
home on horseback for Wayne
County, and. upon reaching the
residence of Mr.. j. he was kind
ly received and sumptuously enter.
tanned. The money was paid over
to him, and he was prev allied. on
to spend several days with the fam
lily and enjoy thesports ofthe coun-
try. After a very pleasant sojourn
of a week, he started for his home
in South Carolina, with the best
wishes of his host and family that
he might have safe journey, and
return to enjoy their hospitalities.
Several weeks after bis departure
letters were received from Mr..
Browns family, making inquiry
for him, and stating that he had
not returned to his home. Search
and inquiry, however, proved fruit
less. Mr.. Brown never returned.
Mr.. j., who had sold the free ne
gro, never appeared at his ease
afterwards; but it was thought to
be owing to the unaccountable and
mysterious disappearance of Mr..
Brown, who had been his guest.
Years afterwards, and not long
ago, Mr.. j., on his death. bed,
urged his family and friends not
to bnry him in the family grave
yard. He was very vehement in
this request, but it was presumed
to be but vagary of his diseased
brain, and his dying wishes were,
therefore, disregarded. His re.
mains were carried to the family
burying ground, and the grave
digger commenced his work, but,
when he had reached certain
depth, his spade struck solid OBJ
Ject-obstruotions which, upon
their removal, proved to be the
skeletons of man and horse, with
the irons of a saddle the iron but.
tons, too, upon the skeleton were
found to be the same that Mr..
Brown had worn. rr . 30.
Tins, even at the grave, before
the clods of the valley had shut
him ont forever from the light of
day, surrounded by those who had
met to do honor to his memory,
without judge or jury, these silent
witnesses, his own dread of the
spot, the ghastly skeleton, with
grinning teeth and sightless eyes,
the buttons, the saddle irons, pro
nonnced him, to the Judgment of
all present, a heartless, fiendish
murder. There was no appeal
from this decision. Of a truth,
murder will ont I" .s d. ..#
WadesLur1 Ir1,ks.
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Ice is now manufactured in
New Orleans 80 abundantly that it
can bo afforded to families all over
the city at one cent per pound, and
to large consumers at three quar-.
ters of q cent. 1t has been tested
with ice from Boston, and is found
to be more compact and slower in
melting. Made from filtered wa
ter, it is clear as crystal, and pur.
er than ice naturally formed is apt
TO be.
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SENATOR Sprague has been in.
vited to address The Augusta La.
Dor Union, but owing to pressing
engagements he will be forced To-
postpone It until next fall.
Why is a one dollar ereenback
better than a silver dollar 2 When
you fold it you double it. and when
you open It you ftd Il iucreascs.
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The Siamese Twins, again. : Car
they be Separated and Live f-The
Result Of q Surgical Examination

tncy De 1eparateu ana Live time
Result Of a Surgical Examination.
Sir James Simpson, the Profes.
sor of Medicine and Midwifery in
t, the University Of Edinburgh, has
examined very miuntely and from
every point of scientific interest
these twins, and has delivered a
{ lecture to the students of the Uni
versity class on these and other re-
corded cases of united twins, of
: whom they are in many respects
the most remarkable on record.
In this lecture, which he publishes
in the British Medical Journal, he
gives first their history and de-
scription. Chang and Eng, or as
they now sign themselves, Chang
and Eng Bunker, are now Fifty.
eight years of age. They were two
ofseveral children, the rest being
naturally formed. When infants
they were attached face to face,
> but instructive efforts from the ear.
liest age have so far elongated the
band as to enable them to adopt
an imperfect lateral relation to each
other, They are short but wiry.
looking men; Eng, the taller of the
two, being only five feet two and
a half inches--Ch Chang an inch shor-
ter. They nee the outer legs more
than the inner, by standing, and
these are the larger in circumfer.
ence. There is no inversion of
Z position of the heart and other or.
.gans, rs Professor Allen Thomp-
son, of Glasgow, has shown to be
the general law in relation to uni.
ted twins. Neither of the rcspira-
tions nor circulations of the twin
brothers are syncbronous. Exam.
med in Edinburgh by DR.. Aitken,
when they were suffering from in.
huenza, the pulse Of one was twen-
ty-four beats to the minute qnick.
or than the other. Examined this
week in London by Sir Henry
Thompson and Mr.. Earnest Heart.
there was lose ,difference-four pnl,
sations III the minute. In their
chemical as web as their organic
functions, they are shown by Sir
James Simpson to be two separ ate
and distinct individuals. They
can walk, swim and run thew are
keen sporssmen, aud good shots |,
intelligent, wellinformed, and rood
men OF business. They are natur.
ally much accustomed to Join in
the same conversation, but can
each easily carry on a converse.
ton With two different individuals.
They soneti.nes read separately !;
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sThis I Did for Thee; What Does,
q Thou for Mef"

Horro PLACED UNDER APRINr OF cuRIsf II
the sruDr OF A eERsAN DIVINE.
7 gave my life for thee,
Ny precious blood I she'd, .......
That thou mightst rausomed be,
And quickcped from the dead
- - gave my life for thee;
What hast thou given for me!
= spent long years for thee 20. 20 . %.
In wsariness and woe,
That one eternity ....
Z 0fJey thou mightcst know '
spent long yenrs for thee;
d. Hast thou spent one for met
! MY FATHERS house of light, ...... p.
- nv rainbow circled throne,
+, j ieft for earthly night
~ For waDderings sad and lone
"a left it all for tboe; "...
- =, Hast thou left aught for ms7
u suffered much for thee,
More than thy tongue oanteH,
.ofbitter agony ...r. ..-- ..
To rescue thee from hell .....
suffered much for thee;
81. What doeJt thou bear for mel
And I brought down to thee,
Down from my house above,
Salvation full and free,
Ny spirit and my love
Great gifts 1 brought to thee;
What hast thou brought to me3
oh! let thy 1ife DO given,
Thy years for me be spout,
World fottors all be riven
And joy with suffering hient-
dive thou thysclf to me,
Gladly, I'll welcome thee. ..
e. II 10 said shat Count Lin1endorf, (Pstriarci
ofthe MorSvian Brcshrcn,) was first taught u
dove the Saviour by reading this motto.
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each to himself, more often one
aloud to the other. Their minds,
indeed, are more dual than their
bodies; the latter are united to.
gether, but the former are not.
The band of union is formed part
ly by the extension of the cartil-
ages of the breast bone: it is four
inches and halt long and eight
inches and a half in circumference.
When the twins have. suffered
from blood diseases, as, smallpox,
measles, agne, they have been af
fected simultaneously. Neverthe.
less, from experiments which Sir
James Simpson has made with
drugs, be concludes that the vas
cular connection between the two
brothers is comparatively very
small. On the question of the SUR
gical separation Of the Siamese
Twins, "Chang and Eng" says
Sir James Simpson, " have them
selves no desire TO be surgically
divided from each other. But
some of their relatives and families
have become anxious that they
should be separated, if it were pos
sible to do SO. The operation is
certainly possible, and would be
attended with little, or indeed, no
difficulty, but it would be so peril
ous in its character, that the twins
conld not, in my opinion, be justi-
fed in submitting to it, or any sur
geon be justified in performing it."
He then enters into details to JUS
tify this opinion. Chang and Eng
are married to two sisters, the
daughters of an American clergy
man. Each brother has nine chill
dren. The family of Eng consists
of six SONS and three daughters ::
the family Of Chang consists of
three sons and six daughters.
Their first children were born
within three or four days of each
other the others at irregular in
tervals. Chang's ninth child was
born three months ago.
Sir W. Ferguson has carefully
examined the twins, and, we un.
derstood, concurs in the general
opinion of surgeons that any sur
gical separation would he most
likely attended with fatal conse.
qnenccs, not so much on account
of any obstacle presented by the
structure of the uniting band of
flesh as the moral effect Of the dis.
union on the two brothers..
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HORACE GREELY

THEEE has been great +" slump ~
in Michigan. A piece of ground,
abont seventy feet in diameter,
sunk to q depth of about eighty
feet, leaving an opening in the
centre through which a sonnd
comes up as of the rushing. of
mighty waters. At least such is
the story told by q local paper.
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A Paris correspondent says !:
!" OF all the Bourbon Princes and
Princesses now in Paris there is
only one who if suddenly deprived
of'his fortune, could make q good
living by his own efforts. II is
Don Sebastian, the Infante, who is
q capital portrait painter"
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LrrTrE things should not be des.
pissed, for many threads will bind
an slephsnt and many drops will
make o river.
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An old woman has been pre-
sented by q Kentucky grand Jury
as q witch.
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GREELT ON THE FUTURE OF
THE SOUTHERN RADIoALs.-Horace
Greely has written to the editor of
the Wheeling Intelligencer let
ter, in which lie gives the South
ern radicals generally a bit of ad-
vice. The letter is as follows:
New York, Nov. 19, 1868.
My DEAR SIR: I have yours
of the 10th. It's leading positions
have long been understood and ap-
preciated in this quarter. Now
hear me.
Every year 1000 of your re-
bells die, and 1000 Cor more) of
their sons. become of age. You
can't disfranchise them. You have
now 5000 majority. Six years at
furthest will convert this into a
rebel majority of 1000. Then the
rebels will be enfranchised in spite
of you, and the blacks will be left
under foot and sou under estimate
these at 1000. Go your own way,
and see if the rebels can't have yon
under foot in less than six years.
l speak from a wide experience
when ] tell you that your house is
built on the sand. 1t cannot stand
Every year will see the passions of
the war cool and the demand for
amnesty strengthened. Now you
can amnesty the rebels. Soon the
question will be. shall they amnes-
ty you2 Look at Kentucky and
read your certain fate in theirs.
.. z ass..r...- sss 4, Yours,
HORACE GRIZZLY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-15
Gas Question.

We find from the St. Louis papers of
the 18th instant. that the Mayor, by or
der of the City Council, is empowered to
purchase the whole works of the St.
Louis Gas Company, on the LIST of Janu-
airy, 1870. This, in connection with the
efforts of the people of Cincinnati to pur-
chase the gas works, shows conclusively
the necessity that this city in part should
own a large or controlling interest in the
new gas company. A proposition from
the President of the Gayoso Gas Com
pany was, at the last meeting, sub
mitted to the Board of Mayor and Alder.
men, inviting their attention to the sub
ject. The immense saving that would be
effected to the city and citizens at the
price of gas proposed by the new COM
pany requires the serious consideration
of the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen.
The object Of the city owning stock in
the gas company is to check high prices,
guarding against collision between the
rival companies, and holding stock that
can not be bought by spectators that
may tend to smslgamstion. We hope
the city will take spoh action in the
premises as may be conducive to the best
interests of all. j.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-15
Rold Robbery Inst Night.

Last night the residence of Mr.. e..
Dow, at l26 Alabama street, was entered
through a front window and robbed of
money and jewelry estimated at enc
thousand dollars value. Mr.. Dow is
Treasurer of the Dry Dock Company,
and yesterday afternoon had drawn $sl5
in currency from Dan Rice for repairs
on boat on the Docks, and having no
access 70 the banks carried the money
home and left il ia bis panta' pockets.
This money was taken (all except ten
dollarsj AID gold watch and other jew
slry. tits supposed that nome one who
knpy of him drawing the money followed
him home. A reward of 500 is offered
for the money and $50 for the recovery
of the watch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-15

FALL AND WINTER GooDs.-We direct
attention to the double column advertise
ment Of Messrs. Walker Bros. Is Co. that
appears in the LEDGER. This old estab-
lshed store Of twenty-five years in the
city Of Memphis is now Offering their
large stock of retail goods at greatly re-
duced prices, in order to close out that
department and conduct q Wholesale
business in the future. This firm has q
large manufacturing establishment in
the city Of Philadelphia, where they have
made to order all their resdy-made cloth
ing for this market. This stock is unu-
sually large, together with their silks,
plaid poplins, and all the latest styles of
dress goods, white. goods, plantation
goods, boots, shoes, hats and caps, house
furnishing goods, and all other goods
kept in q dry goods store. Country
dealers can have their stocks replenished
from this large establishment with goods
especially ordered and adapted for this
market. To give the reader an idea of
the extent of their store: Walker Bros.
4 Co. occupy the north store, adjoining
the alley, in the Clay Block, fronting
thirty.five feet on Main street, running
back one hundred and City feet to the
alley, FIVE stories high, and is portioned
off as follows: The basement of this
mammoth establishment contains the
heavy staple dry goods, in every grade
and variety; the first floor is the retail
department in dry goods, notions, and
laces of every description usually kept in
6rst- class retail dry goods stores; the
second floor is the retail clothing and
furnishing goods department, complete
| in all it's various branches; the boot, shoe
and hat stock are also on this floor the
third and fourth floors contain the whole.
sale stock of clothing, notions, hats,
boots and shoes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-15
The Races sixth Day-0ne More
Day-Three Races This Afternoon

Day-Three Races This Afternoon
Saturday was the sixth day of the races
on the Chickasaw Jockey Club Course,
and was to have been the last, but the
weather had been so disagreeable the
rest of the week that the officers deter
mined to give the public one more oppor-
tunity to attend. So there are three
interesting races arranged for to-day,
and as the weather is rather favorable,
comparatively speaking, there will, no
doubt, be crowd nearly as large as the
entire attendance of last week. The
meeting came off too late to be sue
cess, but that was unavoidable, as the
Club had to crowd four months work
into one to get ready. But even as it
was the Club has made name which
will insure the patronage and co-opera-
ton Of the people atfuture meetings, and
the oaceys spGy be proud of what has been
accomplished in the fsce of such serious
obstacles. The attendance, % We have
said, has been small, but composed of
the most respectable aud responsible
slemeuts Of the community-people
whose endorsement will secure the sue
cess of any enterprise. The arrange
meuts for dividing aud seating the spec.
tators and for the comfort and protection
of the ladies are as complete as at any
course ip the United States. Not an i'm
proper character has been admitted to
the ladies' stand during tbs week, and it
is doubtful whether any knowing the
officers would dare to apply. Those who
have NJ managed this meeting are gentle
men Of the higaesi cisnding, and they
have used their best Efforts to make the
turf respectable, and the meeting place
where no lady need blush at any thing
which may be seen OF heard. The sue
cess of the Cub will be best realised at
the next meeting, provided the weather
will tolerate the presence OF the fair sex
The following is summary OF the
races Of Saturday:
FIRsr R,ps.-Chickssaw Cup Stake
dash Of miles for all ages subscription,
$50; play or pay; the second to receive
500 out of the stakes; for golden COB
let Tor money. ct the winners option)
valued at $1,000:
Richards 4 Kilgour entered bfCarrie Ather-
ton, ~ o. By Lexington; dam 0lycera. by
inns Sovereign .-..---------.-.----'
Bscon 4 Holland entered 9 Corsican. ~ o.
By Uncle Vic, dam BY imp. coTereig lr-.--
Also blf Kitty Free, 20, by imp, Mlekey
Free; dam Brown Kitty. by birihins-
ham
A. Buford entered b Q Grassland. o. oy
Lexington: dam contscatei and peoigree
lost curing the war ---'----'----''.-.'
Ti-1-- T-sf-
ssecsp R.cs-neesli.- purse. $3.50;
mile heats:
]. r. Chalmers entered ch John kilgaur. 1 !
q. V. Rsmbaut entered Buford' O urAno
Duchess-.-.----.-. -
c. Cadmus entered Ryerson,s betiS BAY
s. Hayes entered HI b Pat Clebuine----------
Tines lii3-l:5l4.
There are three races for to-day.