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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-03

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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-16
How Phil. Kearpey Died.

The Newark Courier says We
are informed by prominen. lawyer
OF this city that WiIiie soiourning in
AM ycy, one night last week, he pass
ed pleasant boaf in company with
a former rebel officer, who was at
taehed to Stonewall Jackson's diyis-
ion OF the Confederate army during
the war, and who related an interest
ing rem.meccn2e pftha death of Gen.
hearnsy, OF which sad event he was
an eye witness. 1.-The gallant Kear-
Rey, he said, received bis death
wound from private under my COM
mand, and when he fell from his
horse. hasteued, with many others
to the point where he Jay, lot sup
posing tEat ais wound was a mortal
one. just rs we REACHED ms body,
however, his limbs gave one convul-
s,ee culver, and then all was over
Seeing that he was a Major General,
word was sent to headquarters To
thai effect, and General Jackson
coming to the spot Immediately,
gave one glance at the dead clicer's
features, and e:c,ai.asd, My God.
boys, 80 you know who you have
Killed Z You have shot tue most
gallant officer in the United States
army. This is Phil. kearney, who
lost his arm in the Mexican war;
He then involuutarily lifted his hat,
every officer in the g2oa2 following
his eyamp;G and for q moment
reyereniial SILENCE Was observed by
all. subsequently the body of the
dead soldier was placed upon two
boards, and when being removed to
headquarters was followed by Gen.
jackson, Gen. Ewell and other Otli-
GERS, while regimental band pre-
ceded it playing de.i mareh.@
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Fools AnsWan.

In years gone by there was a Bap
tist clergyman, called Elder Stone
who preached at Rellcodis Mon.
roe county, New York. One day
the reverend old elder sawed of
a block of wood to make q beetle
and commenced 10 lore q hole
through it to put IN 2 handle but
owing 70 tpa sup,tness OF the block
it would not lie still, hpt would turr
With the aqg.r. y half-witLed fellow
commonly called Albrighr's fool
Bill Albright by name--- came along
and said il q lisping manner
'Elder Stone, i can tell you how to
bore your beetle put it in a hog
trough, aud then you can bore it,"
The old parson turned round and
looked at Bill and said : Ir.1
"BiIl there IS something to be
slesrned from almosi any fool. 20
s'Yes, replied Bill, u thought so,
Elder S.tQGs. os there would not be
40 many people 60 to hear you
preach > 81 sl1g Il
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RELIGIOUS.

FIRST P2ESR RYTERIAN C1fDRIH, Rev. j
NJ. Cross. Pastor. Services every sabbath al
I0lI O'Clock, A NJ, and Z O'Clock, Il. NJ sab
bath school u O'Clock, A NJ Prayer Meet
ing o'clock II. NJ, Thursday evening ---~
FIRST TCONGREGA TTONAL CHURCH. Rev
j. A. Meeks, Pastor: Services every sabbath
at l0iz o'clock, A. 81, and O'Clock. II M
sabbath. School O'Clock, A NJ Prayer Meet
ing O'Clock Thursday eyenipg., -.r
METHODIST EPJScoPAL CHURCH Rev.
Isaac Newton, Pastor. Services every Sab
bath al lO5z O'Clock, A. M..-and o'clock, j..
N. Sabbath School 2oelock. r. NJ prayer
Meeting O'Clock Thursday evening.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH, Rev. n.
w Kinsel, Pastor. Services every sabbath
at l0lS O'Clock, A. NJ, and O'clock, T. NJ
sabbath School at o'clock, A NJ. Prayer
Meeting o'clock Thursday evening.
United BRETHREN IN CHRIST, Rev. I.
: Ingle. Pastor. Services every Sabbath AT
III O'Clock, \. NJ, and O'Clock, p NJ, sab
bath school at 9 O'Clock, A NJ. Prayer Meet
ing o'clock Thursday evening.
CHURCH OF GOD. Rev G. W Ocherman,
Pastor. Services every Sabbath AT 10 O'Clock,
a N and O'Clock z. VI. Sabbath School
ats O clock A. NJ. Prayer Meeting O'Clock
"Wednesday evening
81. MICHAEL'S ca ATHOLICCHURCH, Rev.
r. Vsttman, Pastor. Every other sabbath,
First Mass at O'Clock, A NJ, High Mass al
10, A. NJ. .Cathechism al :, L. NJ Services IN
English. Gerinan and French Mass every
morning at \ O'Clock, A. NJ.
GERalA yETYIIER.4N tSs. Joints en- fCRCTk
Rev NJ Buerkie, Pastor. Services ever,
ether Sabbath at 10 O'Clock, A NJ sabbath
school at 8 o'clock, A NJ. Singing Society al
O'Clock Friday evening: --.
EgGLESHREFoRMED (S. Ts.2sfeR ORCff,
Rev. Josiah May Pastor. services every
other Sabbath at ~ o'clock,A- NJ.
GERMAN NREFOR1IED CHURCLI, Rev; J. 6.
RuhI Pastor. Services every other abDsiin
"a. 2 O'Clock y. NJ. sabbath school at y
o'clock. A. NJ. Prayer Meeting at O'Clock
"Wednesday evening,
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CARLYLE and Rvrnn

The last number of Hearth 0lt
Home contains an article by Grac,
Greenwood, entitled Persons have
missed Seeing" One oftbese is Car
lyle, whom she says she failed to see
although letters of introduction were
afforded 20 her, because she "was
afraid Of Mr.. Carlyle,' and justifies
herself by relating batch of anec.
dotes of which the following are a
specimen
Still, In the case of Mr.. Carlyle,
might have rashly "moved on the
enemy's works. had my courage not
been dashed by the reception which
very respectable American, a gen
tieman, q scholar, and a Bostonian,
had just met with, in that cottage at
Chelsea. - On the morning of his
visit, Mr.. Carlyle may have been in
a particularly bad bnmor, or there
was something in the cool Boston
air OF his visitor tina. did not agree
with him, or he may haze been in
dulging in little bluff pleasantly,
but at all events, his greeting was
little calculated TO put q stranger at
his ease.
$50 you are from America,n he
said: then added, 81 don't like
Americans they are hot, hurrying,
race. Now | like
your Russian--he is a cool, contem-
,lative animal, that minds his own
lusiness.'p dido I'd. .le.
1cThis was almost as royal piece
,fsnubbing as about a quarter of a
century before, Byron had given
mother Bostonian. That most patri- !
ian poet seems not to have been |
certain curious interest in |
America and Americans. Had he
wed in the days OF steamships, he
Iould have brought his "Childe
iarold" or his "Don Juan'' to the
Jnited States. lie often expressed
desire to see the cataract of Mag
ia, and was always interested IN
descriptions OF it So when 1T an
vening party in Genoa, he was told
iat a young American tourist was
resent, he readily consented To an
production, hoping TO receive some |
ew impression OF the falls. Almost 4
s first words. spOken with great |
were u
"Pray tell me something of Mag '
a. .---.-.- {
The young Bostonian did not red 4
Roatonians apt to E--bnt he t
ammered slightly, very like high e
ed young Englishman, as he repli- r
|: g Ill
81 regret to have to acknowledge |,
your lordship, that | have never i
en- Niagara, - S
"Never seen Niagara and travel II
road! Good evening, sir."-HoF- II
=. b
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Bismarck to General Grant.

The following are the words in
which Count Bismarckproposed Gen.
Grants health on the 4th Of March
'Permit me, gentleTe2a t0 inter,
rupt your conversation . momcnr,
while ! sSY 2 word about the occa.
sion watch has hrought us together.
This the day upon which, On the
other side of the Atlantic, the victo
rious commando, in the Service OF
the United States, enters on his office
as President. That event, inasmuch
as it deeply interests the United
States, has a special claim on the
sympathetic interest OF this country,
for it was . king of rrussis, Fred
eIick H., who at the birth of the great
IAmerican Republic was the drs,
among the non belligerents to recog,
nize its independence AS to our
subseauentrelations with the United
States, it gives me the greatest
pleasure to he able to state as TACT,
not only from my personal expert
ence as Minister OF Prussia, but
from the archives of cur history, tbs q,
the cordial rEae :standing inHqgnr-
ated Sy Washington and Frederick
rhas never suffered the slightest alter
ttion. Not elT Gas 10 difficulty
ever agtsen between the two coun
Iaries nothing has ever occurred
between them which so much as cali
ed for an explanation. Itis then to
me q most agreeable, as well as an
appropriate duty, to call on you to
unite with me in drinking, in German
wine. the health OF the President OF
the United States, General Grant
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TnANKFULNEss.-Ifo one should
give me dish of sand and tell me
there were particles OF ironin it, i
might look for them with my eyes,
and search for them with my clumsy
fingers, and be unable to detect
them but let me take magnet and
sweep through it, and it would draw
to itself the most invisible particles,
by the mere power of attraction
The unthankful heart, liksIny fingers
in the sand, discovers no mercles
bat let the thankful heart sweep
through the day, and, as the m.Snat
finds the iron, SO T III ana, in'every
h.,r, some heavehly blessings, only
the iron in Gods sand is gold.-O,
". Holmes.
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GuriOSities in Names.

There are over %, 600 Post Office:
in the United States, and the Post
Office Directory is dry reading
nevertheless there are curious things
to be found in it. We have jun
been looking oyer tue neW Eireeto
iry. and and that there are 3aO Post
Offices with The prefix South, 400
with East, 500 North, and something
over 500 West, evidencing the
growth of the country TO, the West
and North. rFa HgaF Fs
propensity to exalt public Hen
ia shown y tue name' Of many OF
these POst-ONces. F.ifty-four era
named ior Franklin, SO Jackson, 40
Jefferson. 81 Lincoln, and 2S Grant.
Nearly coo Post Olices nave the
prefis of New, as New Albany, &c,
$50 have Mt, Mount, or Mountain.
l2Q are named for the various Saints
The trees come IN for their 3lare-
l5o have the prefix Ok, f6 Walnut
or Hickory, 40 Maple. DC. Forty
are named for the Beaver, the great
representative of the ingenuity and
industry of our people. $50 are
White, 90 are Big, a are Blue, and
Iii have the prefix OF Pleasant
showing the estimate in which they
are held by the inhabitants. ! have
dared 20 apply the name OF Eostor
to other places than The hqb, while
but one has dared 10 rival the great
metropolis, and call Itself New York
| Very curious names some of these
q, 900 Offices haze. Strange, unpro
nopacesble Ini.!aa nsmss, snd many
ridiculous, common-place names.-
Pennsylvania has an Applebachsville
South Carolina a Bachelors Retreat
West Virginia Post Office with the
euphoneous name of Big Skin Creek
| Virginia Burnt Ordinary, Missouri
a Cote Sans nessiep, whatever thai
means, Indiana Q Eel2ctaoie Hill
named evidently by some enthusias
tic reader of Bunyan's allegory.--
Among the many other oGriou:
names we notice, in glanoing ovel
the pages, are pry Town Grill,
Bear House, Broad Ak Gladly
Habolochltto, X Kinniekkinnik, ENdt
Lick, Nine Eagles, Ninety-six, Pad
dy's Run, Pa Pa Me, Scalp Level
Tarr Farm, Travellers h,spose, Yea
| lStatisn, an 4 Wolf rsp he sever
4eniss are edoriy ptssshtative.
of the initial Y. In most cases there
are two or more Post Offices of tn,
same name, and it is therefore very
desirable that in writing addresses
the County and State should be writ
ten very plainly, as well as the name
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-16
The Mason's Grave.


In all ages, the bodies of the
Masonic dead have been laid in
graves dug Rast and West, with
their faces towards the East. Thi:
practice has been borrowed from US
and adopted by others, until it has
become nearly universal. 1t implie:
that when the Great Day shall come
and He who is..Death's conquer shall
give the signal. inefs1Jle iigAf sAaA frst
be seen in the East, that from the East
he will make his glorious approach !;
will stand st the eastern margin OF
these graves, and with his mighty
power-that grasp irfesistibly strong
shall prevail-will raise the bodies
which arc slgmhering therein.
We shall have been long buried,
long decayed. Friends, relatives,
yea, our nearest and dearest will
cease to remember where they have
laid us. The broad earth will have
wondsoas changes, noun
tains leyeied, valleys filed. The
seasons will have chased each other
in many fruitful round. Oceans
lashed into fury by the gales of to-
lay, will Tomorrow have sunk like a
spoiled child to their slumbey.-
Broad trees, with branches inter
ocked, hard end knobbed as they
ire, % If to conceal the tact of our
having lived and then, after centu
les OF life, they, too. will have fol
owed our example Of mortality, and
ong struggling with decay, at last
will have tOppled down to Join their
emains to ours, thus obliterating the
asst, poor testimony that raa has
.yer lain here. So ghaA we be lost
o human eisGt. hut the EYE OF GoD,
nevertheless, will mark the spot,
,reen with the everlasting verdure
i faith, and when the trumpet's
,last shall shake the hills to their
'ery bases, our astopishsd bodies
viii rise, imnelisd upward by an
irresistible Impulse and we shall
3aEd face to face with our Creator
Ainanac.
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Crossing a Bayou.
BY W. III. ii. MURRAY

6 L was hunting once" he said
in good Westernee which / snail no
attempt to initiate, ''on this rive
the Mississippi], and came late il
the day to bayou. My way lay
down the river, and round that bayoI
was six or seven miles, while aeros.
it was only two or three hundred
yards. ! did't want the walk, and
didn't want to be belated, so / deter.
mined to try the bayou There was
no water in it; it was all mud that
kind OF SHINY, greasy quickmud that
holds on To man, ard Slowly sucks
him down in spite of all lIis strength
/ knew the dan GER bat I thought ]
could manage it. Hunting about I
found two planks washed up from
some old fiat-bOat, may be years be-
fore. With these started out,
stepping from one to the other, pull
ing first one aud then the other from
behind me aud putting 1T ahead, till
| got TO about the middle of the
bayou. Every step / had taken was
more and more difficult Tie farther
| went the more my plaBks were
sucked down by the devilish mud.
till couid stand mp no longer, but
was obliged irst to sit, and then to
lie down Hat on my stomach, TO di-
vide my weight more equally
Hauling myself on To- tie foremost,
| would turn round rs on a pivot,
grasp the plank behind, haul it along
side, and then shove it ahead of me.
Pretty soon had TO help my hands |
with my teeth, for all the strength
of both was needed to raise the |
planks from the quagmire that suck !
I'd them down At last one of them
sunk beyond my reach. Flat on my !
ace on single plank. in the middle !
II The bayou, the mnd rlsias around |
ne reany 80 swallow me ul-l con-
idered. ! coI.dn't swim ashore. for
wasn't in the water; could mt |
wade, for to stand mp was to 90 down
Ike 81 plummet to move six inches !,
ither way was sure death. No hu 4
nan aid could ever reach me no Il
nmsn creature might pass that way /
Or months ; no house, no road was Is
'ithin miles of me My only chance |
Or life was another plank, That ] I
lGst have Or lie there till / starved s
D death, or roll over and make an io
nd OF it in the nasty mud. Then I
emembefed my jack knife. Getting
out of nay pocket, / cut under me,
ing tlat as | was, slowly and pa
entity upon the plank that long sea 9
Dning had made almost as hard as I
ON, ill l cut it in two. Then pull ET
ig myself forward on the farther q
all, ] drew the hindmost ahead OF |
'e again, and so went on as before. t
got on, at last: bat, stranger, I was a
'e ueliest-looking white man when g
erawled ashore tho. ever YOU did b
'e :" To patted his long rifle afIee- b
onately, and added: But never v
lr'ed with her,'--4tantic Aoathly Il
y IDriI In
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-16

An ancient vase and brooches have
lately been dug up at Ardasa, IN The.
county of Limerick, Ireland. There
is tradition that battle was fought
there before the time of Brian Bor-
oihme, and this is corroborated by
the occasional discovery of human
bones. The Earl of Dunraven read a
paper descriptive OF the articles
found, before the Royal Irish Acade-
my at its last meeting The vase or
cup bears the names of the twelve
Apostles in letters half az inch long
Lord Dunraven remarked of it that
"for perfection Of execution the vase
might take its place beside The Tarn
brooch. They had every reason te
rejoice that so exquisite a specimen
of the skill of our eountryInen in
working in metal nearly coo years
sso, had been thus unexpectedly
brought to light. 1 r.,
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BENEVOLENT.

EfGDLAY COUNCIL, NO. 80 II. d s. "
Regular Convocafion second Monday III eslcl
month. H. r. kIMNoSs, 4. A. C. NJ, L. +
HYATT, Recorder.
FIgDL4f CHA PT-ER. NO. 81, II. A. NJ
Regular Convocation, First Monday i'll each
month. WILLIAM ANDERSON, III. p, u. IL
BEARDSLEY, Secretary.
EIyDL4Y LODGE, NO. 2Z7, F. d 4. NJ
Regular Communication First and Ihiri
Wednesdays in each month. II. u. BEARDs
> I.EY. M, B. +. HYATT, secretary.
BLA NcHARD LODGE, NO. 40S, p & a. M.
Regular Communication Second and Fourth
Wednesdays in each month. H. d. BAL
LARD, w. NJ, &c. MARTIN, secretary. z
GOLDEN RCLE Eyc.fhP,fEyT, NO. 81,
q. o. f. Stated meetings on the second
and fourth Fridays OF each month, o'clock,
- n. in Odd Fellows Hall WM- hLAM-
soTh, c. F., and p. p. McRRIsoN, Scribe
IHANooCS LoDGE ~: zs,, Z G. g; T.
!istafed meetings every Tuesday evening -
az o;closiS, p. NJ, in Odd Fellows Hall. T. b.
HOWELL, y. e., and = SPRAGUE, Secretary
FJyDLAY LODGE, NO. ls6, T. o. q. T.
stated Meetings every Friday evening. +. I'll.
TUFTS, w. G., and J. 4. PITTsFoRD, Secretary.
Degree Meetings first Monday evening OF
each month
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Death of Children.

Why should my child die? Tn
heart struggles to know what end j
gained by the earthly removal of tn
child. When its existence is jus
dawning, its nature just unfolding
why is it removed? This problem
is often heard and perplexing.-
Nothing but religious faith can cas-
upon it any revealing light.
| once heard a Christian fafhe,
relate an experience bearing upon
this point. He was Methodist
itinerant minister. One day he left
home to visit his round of appoint
ments on the circuit. A lane led
from his house to the road, and his
first born, little boy, whom he
tenderly loved, went with him to the
END of the lane, closed the gate, and
looked after him as he rode away
His duties required him TO be absent
considerable time, and as was
moving from place on his circuit, his
family could no.send him any word.
The little boy was taken sick, his
illness became serious, and when the
father returned without having re
.ceived any intelligence, and entered
his home, he looked upon the child
just as he breathed his last. He last
saw him at the end of the lane, lov
ing and cheerful, looking after him
now he beheId him in the arms OF
death.
The trial was unspeakablb severe
He could not be reconciled. He was
absent doing his duty; why, in such
circumstances. should his boy be
stricken down?
For long time the father bore
his grief without finding relief
The suddenness and severity OF the
blow, and the manner in which it
fell, were almost too much for his
faith. 1t was indeed dark vista
ton. 7- eai
At length, in q house where he !,
lsppeued to be, he took up a b )Ok,
md looking in it, he read something
ike this One day the master was
in his garden, and he noticed
, beautiful flower He also knew i
hat storm was coming which w0a,6 ii
'e too severe on the loves, and so ,
le removed it, leat it should be de-
troyed. {
s'fhat,' said the good man, "gave t
1e comfort 1t was the first con
cling ray which fell upon the gloom
t his mind.-Ths Gdraen Of .SorroD. !,
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A down easter who heard of the
fabulous wealth TO be found in the
sewers OF New York, recently swent
after it," When he emerged from
the filth, his peculiar appearance pro-
cured his arrest. dis high rubber E
boots, legg.Dgs and oyeralis were
removed very carefully, and the con
tents OF well filed carpet sack
containing a mediy OF articles were
poured out before the astonised eyes
oi the Superintendent of Police
oid watches, silver spoons, knives.
Jewely, bottles OF liquor. ten cent
pieces, pencil cases, r,Sgs, &c. ins lie
ap the lO'. Ona OF Tie rings is sap
posed ta contain. a very valuable
diamond Upon the wsole, we rather
think he must hsys earned them.