Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14


would be greater Il they took the ho'
and went to bury;ng corn.
The Yazoo Miss. } Banner thus speaks
of the crops in that region; The crops
in this county are generally very good
There is some complaint Of too much
rain in some localities, while in Others
the alterations of wet and dry weather
have been more evenly adjusted. On
the whole the cotton is doing well and
the corn is tlourishing."
The Pamela Miss Star thus speaks
of the weather and crops in that direc'
ton: ave have been blessed with an
abundance Of rain during the last ten
days, and dame nature responds to the
bountiful blessing by clothing her out
ward form in smiling verdue. Gardens
are especially fine and every Kind OF
vegetables are in abundance. Crops are
growing finely, and General Green is
beginning to develop his lines IN the
fields, with serious intention of max
ing formidable attack.
The Columbus miss. Index tells this
turtle story: "A party of seven men
went to their trap in Buttahatehie last
Saturday night, and dragged up If not a
small smoke-house, at least the biggest
turtle that swan that 6sh-abounding
stream. His capture was a regular bat
tie: his great weight and peculiar sur
roundings engaging the efforts OF seven
men. He had to be shot several times be-
fore his final surrender. When dragged
out on the earth and carried home, he
was weighed and measured, and it was
found that he pulled down ninety-two
pounds and was over four feet in length
The Knoxville Press and Herald
thinks that in a year we viii know the
condition of the country. The maehin-
cry of the census is very extensive, re-
curing personal visit of an assistant
marshal to each clearinghouse and
every family, every farm, every mill, and
the individual interrogation of millions,
each of whom probably thinks it bore,
but over whose head fine of thirty dol
lars hangs in case of any squeamishness
about answering. 1t is matter OF two
cents head to the man with the book
and pencil, and he has taken an oath to
get those two cents and not to speculate
for more, by putting down names which
have no existence or local habitation.
The editor of the Dyersburg Gazette
thus talks like lively man to his mer-
chants: with the proper effort, our
town can easily be made the trading
point for the entire county-can regain
the good will Of our countymen and
make Dyersburg place Of pleasant re-
sort for all. The business men of our
town must show liberal spirit. They
should be the first to take hold of every
enterprise of the day-see that good
roads are built-buy the cotton and other
produce of the county-sell goods and
groceries as cheap as they can be pur-
chased elsewhere-beautify their town
make their stores attractive and not be
afraid to take down their shutters and
look spry"
The decoration of Confederate graves
in Knoxville took place on Friday even
ing. The Press and Herald says
There are about four hundred graves
in the cemetery, marked by head-boards,
of which only few are marked as
known 1t is supposed that no less
than 5000 Confederate soldiers are buried
within the enclosure, but it was not until
after the Federal occupation of the city,
and well on to the close of the war, ere
the dust of the heroes could be given the
attention which the resting places of sol
diers deserve. The name and the fame
of the brave men whose bones lie in the
cemetery are unknown and unrecorded,
save in the love and record of Heaven. .
Mississippi is now ahead of Massachu-
sets. So says the Water Valley Cen
trail in the following squib. Mississippi
may not be in advance of Massachusetts
in the great works Of industrial interests.
but she has certainly stepped ahead Of
all her tagging sisters in pushing forward
the claims Of the black man. Not salts
fed with the notoriety Of being first and
alone in sending negro representative
10 the Federal Senate, she astonished,
the other day, the dignitaries and cadets
at the Military Academy at West Point,
By presenting Charles Howard, darby,
and genuine specimen, for their com
partnership and instruction. Where is
South Carolina, that she does not keep
step with her old companion2 Missis-
sippi adopts no half way policy-if not
permitted 10 march out Of the Union,
she will march as far into it as any
State can go. 1t is to be hoped the
Radicals will admit she is in now. "
The Canton Mail longs for the hour
when the Mississippi Legislature ad-
journs. 1t says: "0nce more our PEG
pie will breath free, when those LegisIa-