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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05

The mother could not gaze into the face
of her only born without beholding the
image of his father Time passed. The
son brought his divorced father and
widowed mother together. They talked
over the past. They agreed upon the
future The boy was the center of at
traction. He was flesh of their flesh,
bone of their bone. The ties of nature
were too strong for resistance. Like two
drops Of quicksilver the two hearts uni
/ ted. Yesterday, in this city, the son had
the happiness to celebrate the anniver-
ssry of his twenty-second birthday by
witnessing the extraordinary scene oi
the marriage of his own father and
mother
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ, accompanied by their
son and several friends, dined at the As.
tor House yesterday afternoon, and after
ward left for Boston on their bridal tour
to enjoy his second and her third honey.
moon" The son, who is a promising,
fine looking young man, is telegraph
operator of excellent abilities, and en-
ployed in this city.
After their honeymoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ, with their son, will visit Costa Rica,
where the past business experience Of
Mr.. M. in that country, with the little
capital OF Mrs. M, and the profession of
the talented and enterprsing son, will
undoubtedly prove the foundation of q
greater and more permanent fortune
Netc York Mail.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

Ex-Gov. Seymour is to deliver the an
nual address at the Wisconsin State Fair
this month.
Dexter ran away Friday at New
| York race course, smashed stable door,
but did not hurt himself. He sfterward
did mile in 2:2l.
IF we may believe the San Francisco
| Bulletin, General Rosecrans is going to
to make FIVE million dollars out of his
mining speculations in California.
There is an old lady in New York who
thinks she owns the city hall, and every
month for several years has made for
NAL demand for the rent.
One of the Salt Lake saints has for
three Of his wives grandmother, mother
and daughter-in this way avoiding the
unpleasantness of mother-in-lsw.
A cotemporsry sees infinite trouble in
the future in settling Brigham Young's
estate. The old fellow is very rich, but
when he dies each of his twenty five
wives will expect her third.
Henrietta Grice, the negress who mur.
dered white girl near Macon, Georgia,
for two dollars, has had her sentence com.
muted. The considerate Governor
thought the price received too small to
merit hanging.
Gen. Lete1f, the new French Minister
of War. seems to have music in his soul
he is restoring to all the regiments Of
cavalry the bands which Marshal Mel
took away. The bands will probably
play, in gratitude, "Lsheaf de Ia Vieille
France"
The poet Longfellow aud his three
beautiful daughters are the recipients of
all manner of social compliments and
eourtesies in Boston, and are overrun
With visitors and dsluged with invitations
While in England the "Three Graces"
we're greatly admired, and broke the
hearts Of hundreds Of juvenile John Balls
= Grace Greenwood does not disown her
couuiry girlhood Her opinion that har.
Messing and driving horse is not an un-
femenine employment ia sensible She
ssys; "For me the actual daily care of
horse was far from hardship. 1t may
be a coarse employment, but il is conge-
nial. never was femenine enough TO
tend a canary, or cleeu house for an old
gossip Of parrot but ! can look after
the comfort and deceneies of stall most
faithfully. never could comb or curl
French poodle; but can groom horse,
upon occasion, and sAeF fashion"
Bob Hart, the negro minstrel; George
Morris, the billisrdist; and Jim Mas, Of
the Winter Garden, Chicago, had very
funny race Ia that city a few days ago. 1t
vas a race in wsshiubs, each tub drawn
hy team Of six geese, hired for the oo.
cssiou of an old woman in the nsighbor-
hood at two dollars per goose. Here is
the summary; Lake Front Basin. Chi
osao, September %, 1863 Race for
sweepstakes of $500, between sextuple
goose teams; dash three hundred yards
to washiubs. George Norris enters gray
goose Anna Dickinson aud mates, sired
By their respected progenitors, and
damned By all the neighbors in the vicin-
iiy Of their birthplace, l; Bob Hart en-
ters white goose Formosa and mates,
pedigree unknown. bnt believed to be dis
reputable, 2; jim Mas entsrs blue goose
0ieen Isabella and mates, pedigree for
gotten. Time-7:30.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05
rorrest-ue Welcomes BOSTON.

From the Correspondence Gin. CommerciaI.l
ALIENS SPRINGS, DEKALB Co., ALA.
September %. 1859. !
To-day has been the biggest day that
the little county of DeKalb ever expert
enced, and years hence it will be rernem-
bered as an epoch, and quoted as an il.
lustration of what a great many people
can do when they all get together.
For weeks posters have been sticking
about announcing a grand free barbecue
to be given at this place to day in honor
Of the Boston capitalists, who Sc energy,
enterprise, and money have pushed a
railroad into this seeming inc ccessible
region, and whose aim it is to push it
clear through to Meridian, Mississippi,
thereby making the shortest route be-
tween New York and New Orleans in ex-
is!ence.
Gen. N. B. Forrest was announced,
aud of course received marked attention
There is nothing in his looks to denote
the cruelty which we are ia ught was
characteristic of him during the war, and
to see him as he stood upon the stand,
neatly attired in suit of black, owe
could but doubt the truth Of the mt.ny
hard stories told of him during the war.
After the applause had subsided, the
General spoke as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-This is no
ordinary occasion, and but speak the
sentiments of my heart when l say th'lt
l am glad to meet our dstingushs d
Northern friends here to-day. am. proud
to have them here among US, aud te-
20 Ia
hearty welcome [Applause ] | am no,
accustomed to speaking, ana shall say
but few words. The time was when we
met each other on the battlefield, each
party striving to overthrow the other.
But this is all changed now, and we are
once more friends. This is the beginning
Of a prosperous era, and it is the proudesr
hour in my life when l can stand here and
extend the right hand of fellowship to
these men from the North. Applause ]
Two years ago they might not have
dared come among us; but change is
being wrought, and we are becoming as
one people, having a common interest.
We must hereafter meet the Northen men
literally, and second all their Efforts to
develop the resources cf our country. /
am engaged in the work of building a
railroad myself, and every man should
DO what ne can TO build up the shattered
fortunes of not only Alabama but the
whole South. We are one people, hav-
ing one flag and one destiny. A revolu-
ton has set in, and it cannot be stopped.
A new era has dswned upon our people,
and we must keep pace to the march of
events. Alabama, / believe, is destined
to be the richest State in the Union in
the future. We want men and money
here from the North. We have only
population of about. fifteen to the square
mile, while Massachusetts has sixty. We
must increase our wealth by increasing
our population. And in conclusion,
Alabamians, call upon you to extend
hearty welcome to those men who have
come among us from Massachusetts and
Connecticut" Loud applause
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05
ARomance in Real Life.

The remark IS often made tnat trutn
is stranger than fiction" but its spplica-
ton was never more forcibly illustrated,
we think, than by the brief history of
two persons, which eliminated at the
Astor House in this city. 1t runs as fol-
lows:
About twenty-five years ago Mr.. M, a
Northern gentleman, married Miss N. OF
this State. To all appearances it was
what the world denominated happy
marriage. About one year after this
union, Mrs. M. presented her husband
with fine boy, whose appearance
seemed to be an additional living aHd
breathing bond Of affection. The happy
couple" lived together for about ten
wears. when, by a reverse OF ciroum-
stances in Mr.. Ms business, over which
he had no control, be became quite poor.
Passing over detal Is, snftice i 70 say that
a divorce eliminating neither PsFty vas
sasily obtained in court Of one OF the
States, whose loose laws now ofer In
ducements to the discontented to Violate
the solemn ordinance of marriage with
immunity. But this was not trap sprp ng
bv one party without the knowledse of
the other. 1t was a mutual diyoree.
Mrs. NJ. was healthy, Gne-loeking
woman. and in the course of few years
bsoams the wife of well-to-dO gentle
man. This waa Q happy marriage
throughout. The second husband died
little more than one year ago, leaving the
widow small fortune Of about twenty
thousand dollers, During these eight
or nine years Of life with second has
band, the lady did not forget her tirst-
born nor did the son lose sight of the
mother. The AFFECTION in both was very
strong. The son was the divine magnet
which attracted the divorced aud wild
owed mother and the wandering father
from his search Of business and happi-
ness in distant Costa Rica. At the death
Of the second husband the son had
reached the age Of twenty. Imagine his
feelings ss be came to realize the reslsit-
nation of his father aud mother: Que a
single man; the other q widow One an
unhappy vandsrer, still without sufficient
worldly goods to make life worth living
for; the other the occupant OF hus-
bandless house, with plentiful larder.
Ever present was the thought that one
yet lived whom che had sworn before
God to rIoEe aud cherish He vas the
father of her son. The son, who leved
his mother, loved his father not less.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05
An ArffuI DOdger.

Mr.. Senator Sumner has always beer
credited with directness. For instance
he called Gen. Grant whitewasher, u
when every one else of his party called
him demi.god in 1865 But Yesterday
the honorable gentleman at Worcester
conspicuously lodged the real question
which is. shall it be a State prison offense
to sell a man glass of lemonade with g
stick in it in Massachusetts, 2 That is the
great issue. Before it Reconstruction
paes, suffrage shrinks, and the Alabama
claims collapse. Mr. Adams, jr, has
met the mighty matter like man. The
Republicans, led by Senator Sumner,
blink the business. This will never do.
-NeW York Republic
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05
Goethe-A Cry for the Poets Lite.
rary Remains.

From the Pail Mail Oazette, oept. lO.1
While we have our terrible posthumous
reyelations-true or false-about Byron,
Germany is alive with clsmers for
Goethe's literary remains, which his chill
dren are accused of wsntonly and friv-
olously secreting, against the express
wish of the poet himself Many years
before his death Goethe carefully ar
ranged his papers and correspondence,
and in his will be appointed Riemer and
Eckarmann as editors. As to the corre-
spondence, there was special proviso
only with regard to Zslter's and Schil.
| ler's letters, the former of which were to
be published Immediately after Goethe's
death for the benefit Of 2 slter's daughter;
while the latter were to be published in
1850. Eckermans Conversations show
that Goethe in January, 1881, had fully
made up his mind to give the rest
of his correspondence to the world
without restrictions. To this hour,
Soweyer, everything remains buried,
l. the letters of Knebel and Count
saye pa;nh. ID, which Chancellor Won Muller
ne,bnu. .h;,ror;,v made known-.an indiscretion
slo''t"ag .;1s any.o, Goethe's family to reject
~. offar of anou, ling Dotn uoethe mouse
MS oner y; Cor ,Ne Bundestag for the
anu 81 :, os ne 70 ooo tbalers. When in lS49 the
SUN sacutors NJ ,nublished, throush Schnchardt,
a catalogue of all Goethe's art Q ou science
collections, they declared their n'sap
no;n,ment not to be able on that OCCASION
to explain their strange reucence WIZ .ta
regard to the delayed publication OF .ne
literary remains; but the tact was 'ney
said. their lips were still sealed, an9
"thev begged all those who sincerely ana
really loved and revered their grand
father" to suspend their Judgment tiil
snch time when they would be able toglve
a fnll and distinct explanation; aud, they
added. "the granting of so small and just
a favor TO the grandchildren might, per
hans he the most natural and the trueet
outward sign of love toward the grand
father" Most mysterious words, which,
aimee Muller was then still nllve'
were respected and acted upon
Meanwhile, twenty more years nave
passed, everybody who could have oee9
IN the least degree concerned IS dead sno
zone. and the ouly action taken by those
dutiful executors has consisted IN their
steady resistance to their grandfather
will; and finally, worst of all. it has
come to this, that these treasures are act
even any longer accessible. Tbs has
exhausted public patience. There are
angry proteststions throughout the der,
man Presp. Nor is the matter thus buried
out Of sight of nature to be passed
over. Not only do these family archives
contain Goethe's diaries ever since ITO
or l776, with endless little precious data
| for his still incomplete biography, but
also his original letters from Italy, with
the many personal passages omitted 10
the Italian Journey, from the pucsi
family, from the Duke and Prince Au-
gust, of Goth, from Goethe's mother,
Heder, Lavater, SchlOsser, Dsiberg, the
two Humboldts, Voss, Beichardi, and
that multitude of statesmen, artists, wri-
ters. men and women, to whom Goethe
stood in long aud intimate relation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05

The St. Louis Republican records the
death Of Alexander W. Oxendine on the
"A instant, in Phelps county, Missouri.
The deceased was born on Pedee river,
south Carolina, August 26, 1853 and was
const quently over one hundred and ten
wears old a, the time Of his death He
served throughout, The war Of the Revolu-
lion as one Of " Msrion's Men, and Tor
over forty years was a minister OF the
B.p,iss denomination. Although he had
been unable to walk during the past three
wears. he retained bis sight, hearing and
intellect up to bis last hour.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-05
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Ex-Gov. Seymour is to deliver the an
nual address at the Wisconsin State Fair
this month.
The Hickman courier., 1869-08-07

sde-rln
represented by the undersigned by
hisofhc Clinton
ian1S--t EN@AA0A" 4As"s Il
The Hickman courier., 1869-08-07
Lei Not Preiudlce Usurp your

EketA8Ohs
TT is q fact, in the minds of many persons,
prejudice exists against what are called
d6tent medicines but why should this pre-
nt you resorting 10 an article that has
mn array of testimony TO support 1t as
hTTER'S STOMACH BITTERS. Ply
prescribe it; why should you die
Judges, usually. considered men
have used and do use il in their
why should you reject itl Let
5ur prejudice usurp your reason to the
lasting injury of your health. If you
sick, and require a medicine, try these
ters.
hen the bodily energies are worn out
kiEty and need stimulant, this is the
-. be taken. 1t is tempered and
gienic herbs and roots, which
fevering the blood and
ht produce a mere temporary
e followed by injurious re-
nmunicates a permanent
ne entire vital organization.
sal constituents are slightly
bat in cases where sleepless-
the Accomplishments of nery-
IL dose of it taken towards bed
ltend to produce quiet and refresh
Der. For palpitation of heart, tre-
terics, fainting fits, general rest
and the. eapseless fears and dis
fancies to which ladies are especi-
ct, under certain morbid condi-
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Bitters viii be fol- the most
and certain q AQnter-irri
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eaC.-Nothing is better
ence of an article than
limitations of it. These
The universal tribute which
lays to merit The sterling
nd popularity of the Charter Oak
ire. attested by this standard. These
es are constantly initiated because they
known to be the best in use. We ad-
K the public TO beware of these nita-
B. The genuine stoves have an oak leaf
Rside doors, and are stamped with the
e Giles F. Filley ST. Louis" When
me of them, therefore, lock for these
its genuineness, and reject all that
ave tlem. S. N. White and n. p.
,Nsell1hem.
Wholesale and retail by Excelsior
nufscturing Company, st. Louis
The Hickman courier., 1869-08-07

Premium of SO will be given for the
handsomest boquet to be the property
of the Association.
EOUESTRIANSHTP-Best Gentle
man and Lady Rider premium
handsome bequet Fl
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PRICE or 4nMIssIoN.

PRICE OF ADMISSION.
All adults, mot stockholders,) 5oc., each
All minors on foot, from TO IA, 25c., each.
single burrp .........s............25 Is cents
Tacb borse. cents.
Auble buggy, carriage. or wagon, 30 cents.
The Hickman courier., 1869-08-07

FoL1izRumbling, tumbling
i set will not prevent
upu eurself with Texas
or prevent chills
IA Holcombe keep
Stokes
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gALooN Up FOR THE NORTH POLE.
French Journals mention the construct
n of balloon designed to go to the
" Pole. The most distinguished
NJ ip Grance are interested in the
aEd government aids it. The
is made of some very elastic
ich will swell in the upper and
Ned air and make room for the
Cn of gas without bursting. 1t is
rgest ever made, and win carry ten
ons, supplies for months, and four
Pand pounds of ballast With this
= Picie the voyagers expect to set
position of an open polar sea and
Nother mysteries of that
ODE. French scientists
undertaking though,
they do not pin their
hey are willing to wait
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-05
How PEOPLE $50" FOR EDIroRs

How PEOPLE $50" FOR EDIToRs.-
1t is curious study to contemplate the
manner in which people pitch into an
editor every once in while.-We stop
one mans paper when his time is up
and he get mad about it. We continue
sending it to anothcr-and he gets mad.
One man gets job Of printing at a
very low price, and if he is slow Gus
toner, he thinks the editor regular
lecch, when he comes to want his pay.
We speak fayorably of one man and his
rival gets mad about that. If we settle
with a customer at the end of the quar-
ter, he says we are almighty" sharp for
our pay. If we fail to come around and
settle he says we are careless, needless
sort Of business man. And SO on with
various complaints, ad infnitum. II
any event transpires through which
capital can be made, all Of these little
hornets get after the editor, and each
one pierces him with his little sting, just
as though he was thereby demolishine
the most gigantic evil of the day. We
have generally escaped this sort of thing
though We have often coolly looked on
and seen others staking it," All, well,
"there's good time coming, boys. >
Marshall Times.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-05

"John Paul. has been to see the wo-
man on the flying trapeze, in New York
and thus he reports: "She was quite a
pretty woman, neatly and simply dressed
in girdle made of a stripe or two made
from small American flag, circling her
waist. / never fat SO proud of my
country's flag before. / have seen it
waving over thriving cities, happy vii
lagos, and majestic mountain heights,
but this was the first time l had ever
seen it generously protecting the waste
places. shan't attempt to describe
what that plucky little woman did on
the trapeze, the rings and the incidental
ropes. She accomplished feats that
made my hair run cold, and every drop
of blood in my veins stand on end. She
swung head downward by one foot from
the trapeze bar, holding her husband by
one ear by the tips of her thumb and
fore6nger, and in that position turned
ten somersaults over the bar, swinging
her husband over her head each time.
This feat she afterward repeated, vary
ing it slightly by holding her husband
in her teeth, and Mcssrs. Jarrett and
Palmer by the hair-one in each hand.
Then she supported herself by twisting
her back hair round the bar, fastening
it with single hair pin, and afterward
fearlessly ate a mince pie-which the
assured us was bought in
Fulton market,-while a shudder of
horror ran through the audience"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-05

THERE are, in the United States, 81, 500
miles Of railway track, including double
track and sidings. The Iron and Steel
Association estimate the wear and tear of
tracks ut seven per cent per annum-tak>
ing the average Of all the roads together.
From this it appears that it requires the
enormous quantity of 33S, $50 tons OF iron
to make good the yearly destruction and
replace the WORKOUT rails. The magni>
tude Of this amount Of iron will be better
understood when it is stated that 33e $50
tons of rails will lay 1910 miles Of track,
allowing 80 tons to the mile. The length
Of railway from New York to San Fran.
cisco is $500 miles. It, therefore, require.
for the mere renewal Of rails on the rail
,oads Of the United States as much iror
% is needed to lay track from New
York to San Francisco, anL from Chicago
to Cairo.
The present tariff on iron is $40 pei
ton, in currency, and its price to the rail
way companies is enhanced by tina
amount, making total of S6,775,OOO al
the tax levied f. r so-called protection OF
the annual repairs of the railroad tracks
in the Union. The companies, as q mat
ter Of course, reimburse themselves by
adding this tax to their rates Of fare ant
freight, which the people pay. Fully hal
the money comes out Of the pockets o
the farmers; and yet many OF them arr
possessed with the delusion that they arr
protected by this tax ON their industry
How long will it be before their eyes or,
opened to the truth?