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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-08-23
COurting by Letter.
Vol. Nv.

~ creature 1 ever saw" said Mr..
Willoughby Vane, as he turned from the
window for the fiftieth time that morning.
"Jane,' he added, addressing his house
maid, who was clearing away the breakfast
things, have you any idea who the people
are who have .aken old Mr.. Adderly' S
house opposite ?''
"Well, yes, sir, if you please" returned
the h0usemaid. ''I met their cook at the
groeer's the other day, and she said that
her masters name was Black-Capting
Choker Black-and that he was stay ing
there on leave of absence with his wife and
daughter, sir"
"Oh, indeed Did she happen to men
Y tion the young lady's name %
'"Ies, sir. She called her Miss Eva.''
"Eval What charming name p MUIR
INJURED Willoughby to himself and then
he added aloud
"That will do, Jane thank you.'
Mr.. Willoughby Vane was a bachelor
twenty-eight years old, rich indolent and
tolerably good-looking. He lived with a
widowed mother in pleasant house on the
Chaplain road, and, having nothing else to
do. had fallen desperately in love with his
pretty neighbor, and anxiously sought an
opportunity for an introduction However
having discovered the name of his fair
enchantress, he determined to address her
anonymously by letter.
Having decided upon taking this step,
the next thing to be done was to put it into
execution; and, having shut himself up in
his little study, after many futile attempts
he succeeded in framing an epistle to the
lady to his satisfaction begging her, if
she valued his peace of mind, to return
an answer to "W. ", The Postoffice,
Clapham-common." That done, he went
out for walk, and dropped the letter into
the nearest box.
Regularly three times day, for week
afterward, he called at the postoffice to see
whether an answer had arrived for him.
= AS the week advanced, Willoughby began
to lose his appetite, and grew so restless
and irritable, that Mrs. Vane, like fond
mother, fancied that her dear boy was un-
well, and begged him to consult their
lmedical attendant. But her son laughed
at the idea, knowing well that his COM
plaint was beyond the doctors skill to
cure.
lie was beginning to despair of ever re-
ceiving reply, when to his great delight
on the seventh morning, letter was han
He'd to him by the post-mistress, written ifl
dainty female hand, and addressed TO
w. "" Almost unable to couceal his
emotion, he quilted the shop, broke open
the seal, and drank in the contents.
They were evidently of pleasing nature
for he read the letter over again, kissed
|he envelope, put it in his breast-coat pocket
hnd hurried home to see his inamorata
looking out Of the window of the opposite
= Ome, as usual.
For a moment his first impulse was
salute her respectfully but Immediately
= fterward he bethought himself that as he
Vas still Sncog., the young lady would per.
aps, feel insulted by the action. Besides
ow could she have any idea that he was
W. W." So he went indoors, and amused
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-08-23
Revolutionary AnecdOte.

A N old lady used to relate the following
IN anecdote of her Revolutionary remem
brance:
The afternoon of one of the last days OF
1776 when was few months short of 8
years old, notice came to Townsend, Massa-
chusetts, where my father used to live, that
fifteen soldiers were wanted.
The training band was instantly called
ont, and brother that was the next old
er than I, was one that was selected. He
did not return till late at night, when all
were in bed. When l rose in the morning
found my mother in tears, who informed
ms that my brother John was to march
| next day after tomorrow morning at sun
rise. My father was at Boston, in the
Massachusetts Assembly. Mother said that
though John was supplied with summer
clothes, he must be absent seven or eight
months, and would suffer from want of
winter garments. There were at this time
no stores, and no articles to be had except
such as each family could make itself. The
sight of my mothers tears always brought
all the hidden strength of the body and
mind to action. Immediately asked what
garments were needful. Shereplied "pan-
falcons"
'Oh, is that is all we will spin and weave
him pair before he goes"
"Tut," said my mother, "the wool is
on the sleeps back, and the sheep are in
pasture"
Immediately turned to a younger broth
eli and bade him take a salt-dish and call
them to the yard.
Mother replied 'Poor child, there arc
no sheep-shears within three miles"
81 have some small shears at the LOOM
But we can't spin and weave it in so
short time"
81 am certain we can, mother"
"How can you weave it? There is a
long web of linen in the LOOM"
mo matter, can find an empty loom"
By this time the sound of the sheep made
me quicken my steps toward the yard.
requested my sister to bring me the wheel
and cards while | went for the wool. [
went into the yard with my brother and Sc
cured white sheep, from which sheared,
enough for web we then let her go with
the rest of her fleece. / sent the wool in
by my sister. Luther ran for black sheep,
and held her while l cut off wool for my
filing and half the warp, and then we al
lowed her to GO with the remaining part OF
her fleece.
The good old lady further observed that
the wool thus obtained was duly carded
and spun, washed, sized, and dried a loom
was found few doors of, the web got in,
woVe, and prepared, cut and made two or
three hours before the brothers. departure
that is to say, in forty hours from the
commencement, without help from any
modern improvement.
The good old lady closed by saying, 81
felt no weariness, wept not was serving
my country, / was relieving mother, l was
preparing a garment for my darling brother.
The garment being finished, Iretired and
wept till my overcharged and bursting
heart was relieved"
This brother was, perhaps, one of Gener-
al Stark's soldiers, and with such spirit to
cope with, need we wonder that Buigoyne
did not execute his threat of marching into
! the heart of America?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
The Exodus from Ireland.

Our Irish exchanges represent that al
present emigration from that island to
the United States is going on at an un-
precedented scale. Emigrants are flock
ing into Queenstown at the rate of hun
dreds per day, and every boat Of the
Cunard and Inman lines which leaves
that port takes out full passenger lists.
Very few, If any, passengers are now de-
tanned at Queenstown after the date
which they have entered, as the compa-
nies which share in the emigration from
this port have laid on extra steamers to
meet the requirements Of the traffic at
this season. This Cow Of emigration is
Contributed chiefly by the midland and
Counaughi counties, Cork, Kerry and
Waterford being but poorly represented.
The emigrants embrace the cream Of the
agricultural population, heing all young
and mostly unmarried The passage OF
One-half Of them has been prepaid to
America, but even the remainder, with
the rather high rate Of wages which the
services OF good farm hands now COM
mand, find very little difficulty in finding
the wherevithal to emigrate. The rate
Of steerage passengers is SIX guineas At
present
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER,

As one who held herself part
Of all she saw, and let her heart
Against the household bosom lean.
Upon the motley-braided mat
Our youngest and our dearest sat,
Lifting her large, sweet, asking eyes,
Now bathed within the fadeless green,
And holy peace of Paradise;
Or, looking from some heavenly hill,
Or from the shade of sanity palms,
Or silver reach of river calms,
Do those large eyes behold me still?
With me one year ago; HN"
The chill weight of the winter snow
For months upon her grave has lain;
And now when summer south winds blow
And brier and harebell bloom again.
/ tread the pleasant path we trod,
i see the violet-sprinkled sod
Whereon she leaned so frail and weak. >
The hillside flowers she loved to seek.
Yet following me where'er | went,
With dark eyes full of loves content.
The birds are glad; the brier-rose fills
The air with sweetness; all the hills
Stretch green to June's unclouded sky;
But still wait with ear and eye
For something gone which should be nigh,
A loss in all familiar things,
In flower that blooms and bird that sings.
And yet, dear heart remembering thee,
Am not richer than of old?
Safe in thy immortality,
What change can reach the wealth / holdY
What chance can mar the pearl and gold
Thy love hath left in trust with meY
And while in life's late afternoon,
Whence cool and long the shadows grow,
walk to meet the night that soon
Shall shape and shadow overflow,
/ cannot feel that thou art far,
Since near at hand the angels are;
And when the sunset gates unbar,
Shall see thee waiting stand,
And, white against the evening star,
The welcoming of thy beckoning hand!
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
wonderful Memories.

From Oliver Optics Magazine.l u
Some examples of the maryels OF
memory would seem entirely incredible
had they not been given to us upon the
highest authority. Cyrus knew the name
of each soldier in his army. 1t is also
related of Themistocles that he could call
by name every citizen of Athens, al
though the number amounted to twenty
thousand Mithridates, King of Pontus,
knew all his eighty thousand soldiers by
their right names. Scipio knew all the
inhabitants of Rome. Seneca com
planned of old age because he could not,
as formerly, repeat two thousand names
in the order in which they were read to
him; and he stated that on one occasion,
when at his studies, two hundred uncon-
nected verses having been recited by the
different pupils of his preceptor, he re-
peated them in reversed order, pro-
ceeding from the last to the first.
Lord Granville could repeat, from be-
ginning to end the New Testament in
the original Greek. Cooke, the TRACE
dian, is said to have committed to mem
ory all the contents of daily newspaper
Racine could recite all the tragedies of
Euripides.
1t is said that George Ill never forgot
face he had once seen nor a name he
had heard. Mirandola would commit to
memory the contents of book by read
ing it three times. and could frequently
repeat the words backward as well as
forward. Thomas Cranmer committed
to memory, in three months, an entire
translation Of the Bible. Euler, the
mathematician could repeat the Enid,
and Liebnitz, when an old man, could
recite the whole of Virgil, word for word.
1t is said that Bossuet could repeat,
not only the whole Bible, but all Homer,
Virgil and Horace, besides many other
works.
Mozart had a wonderful memory of
musical sounds. When only fourteen
years of age, he went to Rome TO assist
in the solemnities Of Holy Week. I'm
mediately after his arrival, he went to
the Sistine Chapel to hear the famous
Niserere of Allegri Being aware that
it was forbidden to take or give a copy
of this renowned piece of music, Mozart
placed himself in corner and gave the
strictest attention to the music, and on
leaving the church noted down the en-
tire piece A few days afterwards he heard
it second time, and, following the
music with his own copy in his hand,
satisfied himself of the fidelity of his
memory. The next day he sang the Ms
erere at concert, accompanying him
self ON the harpsichord, and the per
formance produced such sensation in
Rome that Pope Clement XIV requested
that this musical prodigy should be pre-
sented to him at once.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
The Mace-AIIen Fight--Some New
and Interesting Facts About IL.

A letter from gentleman of New Or
leans, who was present at the late prize
fight, to friend in Louisville, says:
The fight was indeed poor. There was
but one blow struck, and that did no
damage, more than to cut Aliens cheek
a little. The story of dislocated shoul-
der is all hoax. | saw every motion
made in the ring, and sum il up thus;
The fight was thrown off, or Allen is the
birgist "cur" that ever entered the prize
ring. During the rounds, they stopped
two or three times to take drink and
rest against the stakes, looking at each
other. This may be according to the
new rules, for no one present ever saw
ANYTHING like il. There are men here
who would bet that Allen. gets as much
money as Mace. OF the ability of the
men did not have chance TO judge,
as the fight ended before they com
menced to show up, and they were laugh
ing and talking in the ring all the time,
using such expressions as " Tommie
and q Jennie Aliens weight was TO
be between l6s and no pounds, and
when he entered the ring he sported l9l
pounds. Mace was in full fettle. .ft
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19

This charming pianist has gone to
Germany TO be married Domestic life
will gain by this, but music viii lose one
of its most faithful and appreciative in
terpreters. II is rnmored that she will
not appear any more in public, and that
her marriage will close her artist life. To
the thousands who have enjoyed her en-
quisite playing This viii be a source Of
regret, for il does seem pity that any
husband should have it in his power 20
deprive the lovers Of music Of the great
pleasure Of listening TO her magical
touch Letus be thankful that he cannot
rob rs Of the rememhrance Of her per
formance-, although he takes away the
hope Of hearing her in future.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
seeing it ~Run out"

A gentleman Of Providence directed
his servant girl TO boil some eggs, last
Friday, giFing her, Of the same time, a
three minute sand-glass, with directions
10 remove the hen fruit from the fire
when the glass :" ran out. After some
time the girl made her appearance with
the eggs, which proved to be Of india
rnbber-like consistency, and remarked
that the apparatus must be ont Of order.
A little REORGANIZATION revealed the
fact that she had placed the Ito herr novel
INSTRUMENT IN the boiling water along
with the eggs, snd had waited till pa
tience was exhausted 70 see u run OUT
Of the skillet. -.---.-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19

The friends of Hon. JOHN L. 7; SNEED,
of Fayette county. are authorized by him to
present his name to the people of Tennessee as
the Western Division. Election. August 4th :.
1870. te
In response to the published call of members
of the bar in various counties of East Tennes-
see, and numerous solicitations Of friends,
Eench of the Supreme Court of the State.
April 9, 20. JAS. W. DEADEhlCk.
We are authorized and requested to an
nounce Hon. T. A. r. NELSON as q candi-
date for Supreme Court Judge from the East
ern Division. The election is to be held on
the first Thursday in August, and two Judges
from each of the three divisions of the State
arc to be elected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
THE PRIZE RING.
Retirement of Jem Mace-No Fig ht
with McCOOle.

Jem Mace has issued the following
card specifically declaring his inten.
tons of retiring from the prize ring for.
ever, Notwithstanding the challenge OF
McCoole.
New ORLEANS, May IL, 1870.
Being in receipt of several challenges,
/ take this method of conveying to one
and all my declination.
Having spent twenty years in fighting,
during which time have scored twenty
two battles, with the best picked men Of
the ring the time has now arrived when
i can conscientiously claim the privilege
of retiring from the profession.
/ do so with the most kindly wishes to
all who have honored me with their at
tentions, and to my many comrades
whose countless favors shall ever pre-
serve in grateful recollection. Hence
forth my life will be devoted, as long
contemplated, to other and strictly
peaceful pursuits; and any child six
years old can challenge Jem Mace with
as perfect impunity as McCoole or any
other Goliah the Ring, either the pres
ent or the future, may produce. My fight
ing days, their trials and triumphs, are
now record of the past, henceforth-
forever.
Knowing my intentions, cowardice
alone can prompt any man in challeng-
ing me in the future. Respectfully,
JAMES MACE.
City Hotel, New Orleans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19

v1xPLANATI0N; S12 MAKES YOU A
n member of the Association--is o. SO for
noiicv- 81 medical examination fee, and 81
Contingent fee, said 81 payable yearly in ad-
vance for Office expenses. On the death OF
member an assessment of 81 is levied on every
surviving member, whlcn IS me amount pau
10 the widow or beneficiary Of the deceased
member, thirty days being given to pay IN the
assessment of 50 after due notification. When
tha Aseoeiation numbers several thousand
thew will be classed according TO ages, viz: All
between the ages of Is and D years in one
class and all between 25 and S5 years in an
other. and so on up to % years, WHICH rs the
members. then each policy will be worth
$4,000. Until that time each policy Will be
worth double the number Of dollars as there
are members of the class; and at the death OF
a member the surviving members OF his class
only are assessed the 50. The policy fee OF $40.
or the greater portion of II, is made sinking
fund to provide fer the deiinQueneies of mem
hers, and said fund is loaned on interest, the
interest accruing therefrom, after defraying
the expenses, coming back, TO the policy hold
ars as dividends. The advantages over or
dinarv Life Insurance Companies are: No
panics can break il; the fees are so small, and
required to be paid at such long intervals, that
any and every man can SECURE 20 his family
competency upon his death. This Company
Is mot restricted to members Of the Masonic
fraternity. D. Z; IhApiElh' fresI
III. g. TRADER, Treas.
BoARp OF DIREcToRs-Hon p i Scruggs, Of
Messrs Scrugfs & Duncanj A Vaecaro. Esq, OF
Messrs A Vaccaro K Co; Stanton, Of STAN
ton 4 MoOrsi Hstchett, Esq, OF !, bIsoy 's1 q q
hatchett; Ed fleket, Jr, attorney NJ ih"' %
W. W. X. HoDeEs, NJ. D.. Medical Examiner.
Office No. 80 Madison st. 1o-lUz
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. e4a
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association
OF MEMPHIS. TENN.

Cooperative and Purely Mutual = Charter
Perpetual--Forever Exempt from all
Taxes by the Laws of the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
.dlel sha a8eiNnl
A TTRACTIV e NOTICE !!

Now being opened at Coll s. 267 Main street an i'm.
of LEN0S in checks stripes and chene patterns; MO
ZAMBIQUES, BAREGES and embroidered GRENA-
Dimes These are introduced as the best value ever
presented for the inspection Of the Memphis public
The common price Of these goods is IS cents yard
they will be sold at FIFTEEN CENTS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
Judge OF CriminaI Court.

We are authorized to announce JOHN X.
FLIPPIN Democratic nomineel, as a candi-
date for Judge of the Criminal Court. Elec-
tion Thursday, May 26, lS70.,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
Fifteenth Judicial circuit I

In answer to the calls OF the bar and people
of this circuit, / announce myself a candidate
for Judge Of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit,
comprised of Shelby, Upton and Fayette
counties. ftel I. J. FLlPPlN. &
At the request of a respectable portion Of
the Bar, and Of the people of the Fifteenth
Judicial Circuit, / announce myself a candi-
date for Judge of that Circuit The election
is to be held on the first Thursday, being the
4'h 'a'' u A'rS''' ISAAC NJ. STEELE. .
Anr;l %. 1870. 'N0 ~ tee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS. a


Weiare authorized TO announce LUKE Il.
WRIGHT (the Democratic nominee) as a can
didate for Attorney General Of the Criminal
Court te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19

Judge of Second circuit court.
IRVING HALSEY is the Democratic nom
inee for Judge of Second Circuit Court. Elec-
tion May rs, 1870. te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
ChanceIIor SECOND Chancery 90

C. W. HEISKELL is candidate for Judge
of the First Circuit Court Of Shelby county.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
The Mississippi Valley
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF MEMPHIS. n
100000 OOl

\. s. DAVIS. President.
J.R. sTEBBINs. Vice President.
WI. LITTLEJoHN. Asst sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
Chancellor First Chancery Court

Chancellor First Chancery Court.
EDITOR LEDGER: Please announce me as an
independent candidate for Judge of the First
Chancery Court of Shelby county; .x,nue
te ~ryrsr7I est ft 7. s. AYRES.g I
nominee for Judge of First Chancery Court.
Election May 6, 1870.
Chancellor second Chancery Court.
/ hereby announce myself candidate for
Chancellor of the Second Chancery Court OF
Memphis. [tel u. A. HANeoN.
nominee for judge of Second Chancery Court.
Election May 26, 1870.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19

This Company IL prepsTsd tetEansact gen;
,.rsi Fire arid Marine 1usurarce ees.asss. and
soiicits the patronage Of the ousnei' eem IA s1
nifty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-19
THE YOUNGER SISTER.

Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10
JUDICIAL ADV'MENTS
Public Sale.

Estate of Hypolite Paul Fontenot.
D virtue of an order of the Hon. Parish
AB Court of the Parish of St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned admir-, or
by a pubic alctloneer. at the last residence
Of the said deceased in said parish, on
TUESDAY, the 4tb, dass OF October,
1870, the following property. belonging to
the Estate Of Hypolite Paul Fontenot decd,
to-wit:
A tract of Prairie Land situated in rAnse
aux Pailles, Parish of St. Landry, containing
forty arpents, bounded north and cassidy Ma
nuel P. Fontenot, south by Sifroi Manuel,
and west by Theodore Lafeur
2 Another tract of prairie land situated as
the one above, containing forty-fve arpents,
more or less, bounded north by Michel De-
vile, east by Cyprien G. Fentenot, south by
Manuel P. Fontenot, and west by the above
described tract entered No. /, and Manuel P
Fontenot
3 A tract-,f land situated in the confines OF
fAnse aux PaiHes aforesaid, containing ninety
arpeats, Snore OF less, bounded north by Mrs.
Cyprien B Fontenot, east by Louis DeBail.
lon, south by Mrs Eme DeBaillon, and west
by Cyprien J FJntenot.
4 A lot of about seventv-fve head of horn.
ed cattle together with the branding iron, s
head of stock horsesHfive head Of gentle hor.
ses, two yoke Of work oxen, fifteen head OF
hogs, plantation and farming utensils, Kitchen
| utensils, household furniture, and numerous
other articles. q %
Terms-Cash.
EMANUEL FONTENOT,
sept3 Administrator
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

No, al JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing to Amend the Constitution, Of the
State
SECTION. l.. BE it resolDed by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State Of
Louisiana, in General assembly coareHed'
two-thirds of the members elected to each
House agreeing thereto, That at the general
election next ensuing the passage'ef this reso-
luton, the following amendment e'the eonsti-
fulton Of tfe.State shall be submitted to the PEG.
pie of this State. and if a majority of the voters
at said election shall approve and ratify such
amendment, the same shall become a part OF
the constitution, to-wit:
ARTICLE -. No person who, at any time,
may have been a collector of taxes, whether
State, parish or municipal. or who may have
been otherwise intrusted with pablo money.
shall be eligible to the General Assembly, Oh
to any Office of trust or profit under the State
Government, until he shall have obtained a
discharge for the amount of such collections
and for all public, moneys With which he may
have been intrnsted.
tSigued) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signedy OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved February l6; 1870
@igned} H G.. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
4 true copy:
GEO. E. BoyEE,
Secretary of State.