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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
Burning Of the mi,.is stephens.

Samuel Underwood, the watchman OF
the ill-fated steamer Mitee Stephens,
makes the following statement:
Nothing worthy of notice happened
until IL O'clock at night, the time OF
changing watchmen, about two and
half miles below SSansons Landing,
in Caddo Lake, when Mr.. Lodwick re-
marked to Mr.. Swain, the pilot watch,
that be smelt something burning, and at
the same time noticed smoke rising
from the hay forward on the larsoard
side. The alarm was at once given, the
boat headed for shore. aud all hands put
70 work to extinguish the flames, PIT
without effect. In less than i've min
utes the bow of the boat was run
ashore near Jeter's place, at which time
the forward part OF the boat was com
pletely in flames, cutting of all egress 10
that direction. The passengers then
rushed to the stern Of the b sat, driven by
the flames, and with the hope OF making
their escape in that direction. The
stern Of the boat was at least enc hua-
dred and sixty feet from the shore, N
ten feet water. The yswl was swanped
at once By being overloaded. ana the oc-
cupants met q wstery grave. here the
scene beggars description. Nearly one
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
Don Piatt tells how President Lincoll

Don Piatt tells how President Lincoln
decided postofice case:
A distinguished member Of Congress
called on the President one night Ho
found him immersed in a pile of papers
concerning a postoffice in q small town
10 Ohio.
"Glad to see you sit down" he cried.
Here's a little Office have filled and
untitled half dozen times"
Can l be Of any service to you, Mr..
President p
"0h, | guess not; fact is, | had just
made up my mind to give it to the fellow
whose papers weigh the most. That's as
good way as any-so here goes"
The papers we're weighed, and the
lucky applicant having the heaviest lot
of foolscsp received the appointment
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
Deaths Of Distinguished Frenchmen.

France has lately been bereaved of
three of its most distinguished names in
various walks of life. The death of Ber-
ryer, its most illastrious jurist, has been
succeeded by the demise of two prom
inent statesmen, the Marquis de Moustier;
who in 1866 was appointed Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and M. de Troplong,
President of the Senate, who died on the
9th ultimo. Yesterday the cable an
announced the death of another famous
Frenchman, the poet Lamartine. M. de
Troplong was born October 8, 1889, and
was one of the most celebrated of French
magistrates aud jurisconsuts. He soon
rose to the highest ranks, his reputation
as an author being one of the chief cause 8
of his rapid promotion. The chief work
Of M. de Troplong is " The Civil Code
Explained" twenty-eight volumes, while
others are "The Influence Of Christianity
on Roman Civil Law" "The Power of
the State in Educational Matters" and
"On Property" M. Troplong also con-
tributed to a number Of the leading
periodicals.
The name of Lamartine is familiar to
the civilized world He was born in
1892, and won his first laurels as a poet
in 1917. Although afterward appointed
to various civil Offices, his reputation
was mainly achieved IN literature. When
Louis Philippe abdicated, in l84S, Lam.
artine's eloquence established pro-
yisional government and put down mob
law. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs
under this new administration, and at
once disavowed any intention of forcible
proselytism in other countries. He
checked Ledru Rollins radical tenden-
cies, and was elected to the Assembly
from eleven departments at once, was
made chief of the executive commission
following the provisional government,
and then compromised with Rollin. This
sealed his political future. BE then fa-
yored General Cavaignsc's Dictatorship
and resigned office, he was defeated for
the Presidency, and retired from public
life with the coup detat of 1851. His
after-life was devoted to literature, and
he suffered much in the estimation of
many admirers by unmanly and mendi-
cant petitions to the public for pecu-
mary relief. But as sentimental poet
and novelist he has achieved great fame.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
A Good Joke or Newly Appointed Rail-
road Conductor.

Il appears that the old conductors on
the Erie railroad are being discharged,
and others appointed in their stead. The
New York Democrat, in referring to the
discharge Of the old conductors, who, it
says, are men of years of experience in
their business, and are we'll acquainted
with all matters pertaining to a railrr,ad
train, from the engine down, and in case
of breakdown know where to take hold,
gets off the following good joke;
1T is related of one of the new men
put on, that the engine Of his train,
through some derangement Of the ma
chinery, gave out, aud While the engineer
was skillfnlly repairing the damage, the
eeutlemauly conductor sauntered along
inouiring the difficulty. The engineer
waggishly answered be had lost the
packing Of bis ash-pan. The delay was
reported by the conductor. Whether the
packing was found we never learned"
So it is, there are scores Of conductors
who know nothing of the properties Of
steam, neither can they tell a sand-box
from a valve-stem. How essential TO
have none but men who know their busi-
nessl The best, however, are liable TO
mistakes, and those in authority should
use judgment aud reflect before they
cems 10 rash conclusions. Whatever
may betide, and whoever may be dis
placed, there is one thing certain, that in
the displacement Of the old conductors
there will be found few, If any, that will
average With them in gentlemanly deport-
meut, integrity, and the making up Of =
good conductor.
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HaIleck vas 50 grea. favOrile with

Halleck was so great favorite with
women that one of those charming per.
sons once said: IF / we're on my way
to church to be married-yes, even if |
were walking up the aisle-and Halleck
we're to offer himself, I'd leave the man
I'd promised TO marry and take him !"
which was rather strongly stated but may
have heen accurate. Few Americans
had enjoyed more distinguished society,
or enjoyed the intimacy of so many
clever people as Halleck. he was we'll
acquainted with Joseph Bonsparte, La
fayette, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Car
isle, Miss Milford, Mrs. Jameson, the
Kesns, Mathews, Macready, Power and
the great army Of editors, authors, artists,
inventors, scholars, lawyers, doctors and
diviues who have fiourished in New
York during the last fifteen years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
tn, New Arohb,shop of Canterbury.

The enthronement of the Most Rev.
Archibald Campbell TAFT, DID,, D.C.L,
Primate of All England, and Metrepoli-
tan. nineiy-seeond Archbishop of Can
terbury, took place in the metropolitan
church of the province in the presence
of vast number of persons. The Dean
and Chapter, with others connected with
the cathedral, assembled in the audit
room, where Sir Travis Twiss, the Vicar
General of the Province, produced the
Queens mandate for the enforcement.
A procession was then formed and pass
ed through the great western door OF the
cathedral into the choir, Immediately
upon which the Hallelujah Chorus was
sung, aEd divine service was proceeded
with. At the end of the first lesson the
Archdeacon of Maidstone, acting for the
Archdeacon of Canterbury, who, on ac-
count of his great age, was unable 10
attend, conducted the Archbishop to the
throne, the Dean and Canons stand
ing round, and said: II do in
duc', install, and enthroae you
the Most Reverend Father in God,
Archibald Campbell TAFT, Doctor in
Divinity, Lord Archbishop of Canter-
bury, iBto the archbishopric and archi-
episcopal dignity of the See Of Canter.
bury, into the real, actual and corporal
profession of the same, with all and sin.
gular the rights, dignities, honors, pre-
emineuces and sppurtenances thereof;
and the Lord preserve your going out
and coming in from this time forth for
evermore. Amen" The Archbishop re-
naming on his throne, and the Dean,
Vice-Dean aud Arch-Dsan having re-
turned to their stalls, the service pro-
ceeded with the Benedicite," the an
them being This is the day which the
Lord hath made" by Professor j. 81.
s. Oakley, of the Edinburgh Uaiversity.
The Archbishop was next conducted to
the marble chair, and then to the Dean 5
stall, when the "Te Deum" was sung.
The Very Reverend the Dean then read
the suffrages and the prayer for the new
Archbishop. The Archbishop pro-
nounced the blessing from the Deans
stall, and the proceedings in the csthe-
dral closed, the legal formalitieS being
gone through in the chapter-house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
a Babe Killed by Three Year Old Child.
A Columbus (0hio) dispatch says:

A most distressing affair took place
here last night at the residence of citi-
zen. II appears that the mother of the
household gave nursing-bottle filed
with milk into the hands of her three-year-
old child, with instructions to feed the
baby, six months old, lying in the cradle,
and soon after left the room. The child
did as directed, but soon sfterward took
it away, and the baby, not satisfied, com
nenced crying, whereupon the child
dashed the bottle upon the head of the
babe, killing it instantly. When the
mother returned the babe was dead.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
A Romantic story Spoiled.


We found some time ago in the New
Orleans Times an heroic, pathetic and
tragic tale of a young, beautiful and
wealthy Cuban damsel (Senorlta Aide
ma) who, while waving the American
flag from her fathers box in Havana
theater, was shot dead by a bloodthirsty
Spaniard, who, in turn, had his head in
stantIy shot off by brave American
who happened to be standing near the
Senorita when the Spanish bullet pierced
her heart. Our Havana correspondent,
however, has taken the trouble to write
us note on the subject, and in behalf
of the "truth of history" where the Sc
norita will doubtless figure, we feel COM
PEELED to take her down from the heroic
elevation. "Quasimodo I" says that on
the night of the Havana riot, when the
affair ia alleged to have taken place, the
Senorita was not in her fathers box at
the theater; that her father has no box
at the theater; that there are no boxes
in the theater where the riot occurred /;
that the Senorita was not in Havana the
night of the riot; that no woman was
shot at the aforesaid theater, nor was
any Spanisrd shet by any American for
shooting any woman.-Ne'c forE
Times
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
A Desperate Ruffan.

A murder was committed about i've
months back at La Rochehard, France,
by a man named Giraudeau on his sister
and her husband. Since that time the
police had lost all traces of the criminal,
who was supposed to have escaped
abroad. He appears, however, to have
been wandering about from village to
village, aud few nights back went to
demand hospitality from a miner named
Maupetit, residing at Mauze, and who
had married his god-iaughter. The mas
was, however, terrified at receiving such
a gusst, and gave notice TO the authori-
ties. The fugitive went to sleep in q
barn, and at about five in the morning
the gendarmes arrived, and after sur
rounding the building ordered Giraudeau
TO surrender. The other replied by firing
two pistol shots, which wounded two
men, one MORALLY. The officers then
attempted to enter by the root, but were
repulsed, another being shot dangerously.
They then set fire to the barn, and the
murderer, finding that he had no hope Of
escape, blew out his brains. OF the
three gendarmes wounded, one has died,
and the others are not yet out of danger
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
Death of French vivandiere in New
Orleans.

OTlodub.
Celeste Lenoir, an old French woman,
died last week in New Orleans. For a
long time she had lived in hovel, not
far distant from the river, with no other
companion than colored woman as old
as herself. The two women subsisted
partly by charity and partly by the sole
of little drift.wood, which they could
occasionally collect from the river side.
"Old Ceely," as she was known, had a
history, though few who noticed the old
woman tottering along the waters edge
under her load Of fuel suspected it. She
was born in the southern portion OF
France, and when q young girl served as
barmaid in country tavern. While
there she betrothed herself to young
blacksmith. Before their marriage, how
ever, her lover was drafted into the Re
publican army, of which Napoleon
had but recently assumed command.
Determined not to be separated
from her lover, she entered the
same regiment as vivsndiere. In the
second action her lover was killed. The
girl, however, remained in the regiment,
determined to avenge his death. She
participated in the campaign in Africa,
and in the heat of one of the eng sgements
fell into the ranks and fought like SOL
der. She often boasted that at he close
of the battle the Emperor, rho had
noticed her, rode up, and pattin her on
the head, said: "Ah, my pretty girl, II
you were not woman would make a
Colonel of you" She remained With her
regiment until Napoleon was e,r'led to
Elba; but she took no part in the event
ful scenes of the hundred days" She
would never tell the reason of her coming
to this country, and her after-life, until
she appeared in New Orleans, will ever
remain q sealed book.-ErchaBge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08

The beautiful but heartless Countess
Kielmansegge, who, in 1872, was the
mistress of Napoleon /, and who died
some time since at an advanced age, has
left manuscript volume of reminis-
cences, in which she acknowledges that
the famous Ernst Graf, who committed
suicide three years ago at Dresden, on
account of his extreme poverty, was the
son whom she bore TO the great Em.
peror in 1918. She excuses her refusal
to acknowledge Graf as her son on the
pretext that she made a VOW in 1878
never to admit that she had liaison with
Napoleon l. Ernst Graf bore the most
striking resemblance to his lllustrious
father. In 1858 he went to Paris, and
tried to attract the attention OF Louis
Napoleon, but was unable to obtain any
thing at his hands. At Mannheim, how
ever, he had an interview with the old
Grand Duchess Stephanie, nee Mile de
Beauharnais, who was believed to have
had a Iiasion with Napoleon in 1911, and
she made him liberal present His ap-
plications to the French ambassador at
Dresden, though supported by very
strong circumstsntisl evidence that he
was the natural son Of Napoleon l, re-
mained unsuccessful.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08

Fitz Greene Halleck and Joseph Rod
man Drake were fast friends, and wrote
much together. The American Flag,
written by Drake between the 10th and
18th day of May, 1919, origiaally con.
cluded with the following lines;
As fixed as yopder orb divine, -I
That saw thy hammered blaze unfurled.
Shall tiny proud stars respiehdsIt shine,
The guard and glory Of the world.
These not satisfying their author, he
said: "Fitz, cant you suggest better
stanza2' Whereupon Halleck sat down
and wrote, on the spur of the moment,
these lines, which Drake Immediately
accepted and incorporated iu bis, per
haps, most popular poems
Forever ioat that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe but falls before us
With freedom soil beneath our feet,
And freedoms banner streaming DER W.
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Nilsson-she has Million in Her Throat.
Nhr;stina N;loson Ia m raoaive f200 fd r


Christina Nilsson is to receive e200 fo r
every night she sings in London. Mali
bran received at the Drury Lane Gl5O
a night LabIache received as much,
and ESQ for single lesson which he gave
to Queen Victoria The second benefit
of Taglioni, the celebrated ballet-dancer,
at St. Petersburg, yielded her the enor-
nous sum of 81, 900 roubles, besides a
large number OF costly presents. Pa
ganini gave violin lessons and charged
1000 francs for each. Hummel, the ia
nous pianist, left for his heirs 375,OO0
francs in cash, and very large number
Of costly presents, which be had received
at the different courts of Europe. Among
these presents we're twenty-sixi diamond
rings of the highest value, thirty-four
golden snuff-boxes, and one hundred and
forty-two spl sndid watches. Marino and
Alboni, when at the hight of their fame,
never sang for less than two thousand
francs, and 'ramberlik received twenty
Eve hundred francs. Hertz and Thai
berg each brought home, from one trip
10 the United States, upward OF three
hundred thousand dollars. Bogumil Da-
vison received from Manager Wolters-
dorf, in Berlin, ten thousand dollars for
thirty performances, aBd in the United
St,tes be made sixty thousand dollars.
P,ossini was once offered million francs,
hy an enterprisiug French manager, IT
he would himself sing, for six months,
Figaro" in his opera. The Barber
of SeuiHa. Rossini declined the offer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-08
The word "can-can" is an impOrta-

The word can-can" is an importa-
ton from France, and is not by any
means a modern word 1t used to be
spelled "quam-qusm," and then "quan-
quan," and from this can-can," and
was used in the same sense in which we
use chatter" gable" and such
words. When the peculiar style Of dane
ing now so popular, or 50 unpopular
(which is the proper word y was first
adopted vonderful chatter or cam
eau was created among the people Of
France, and thus it came into use as 1t is
now understood.
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TO MISS -.

III Ulsb -
by OLD BUsINEss.
All was mirth and music there,
On that happy Tuesday night;
Brightest eyes and faces fair
Shone resplendent with delight.
From the crowded dance / led her
To o corner quite secluded;
Then of all my love told her
Told her all with fear and dread
How my love had kept on growing,
Growing stronger day by day;
Every thought on her bestowing.
True to her In every way.
Then in accents tender, pleading,
Said she was my very life;
And with earnest words. entreating.
- Asked her to become my wife.
For moment not sound
Came from lips loved 50 we'll
Then, with modest eyes cast down,
She whispered words / cannot tell.
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If you are 3 wise man you will treat
the world as the moon treats il. Show it
only one side of yourself; seldom show
yourself too much at q time, aud let What
you show be calm, cool, and polished.
But look at every side of the wsrld.
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County Rights for Sale on Liberal Terms.

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