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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15
A New society.

1t is suggested in the Old and New for
May that society should be organized
for the prevention Of public and un-
founded melancholy. The idea is a good
one This world would be much
happier one if we could remove from
the faces of those we meet that don't
you-pity-me look which some worthy fe-
males wear or that please-sympathize-
with-me air which the males assume. 1t
is SO natural TO grieve about the little
failures of this world that people forget
to be thankful for the thousand blessings
which they enjoy. Many aworthy woman
who has every necessary and many of
the luxuries Of life becomes a walking
statue Of grief because she wants a
eamel's hair shawl, all border, and the
woe-begone speculator is very miserable
because he only made Is per cent. on
his last flyer, when he anticipated 80.
The 10 per cent. Of misery manifests
itself in his face, the 20 per cent. Of
profit is covered up in his pocket By
all means let the society for the preyen-
ton of public and unfounded melan-
choly be organized.
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WIVES WANTED.
A Cry from CalifOrnia-The Kind
of Women tho State Needs.

SAN FRAscIsco. April Is.
California has abundant gold, but, save
in her cities, no women. Any one ac-
quainted with the mining districts will
bear testimony to this. In those for
lorn, money digging fields, men live in
painfully primitive fashion, cooking,
mending and doing generally those lit
tie domestic affairs which, when not
done by women, might as well be left
undone. Their cooking is horrible, and
productive of more dyspeptic horrors
than all the medicine and doctors in
christendom could cure; whlle the Sab
bath is generally profaned, and all, or
nearly all aesthetic and refining inAu-
ences of civilized life are wanting. Cali
fornia is now in immediate communica-
ton with the outside world, and her ma
terial resources are we'll developed con-
sidering her small population; but the
excess Of males is still painfully appa-
ent. One of the greatest wants of the
State to-day is more women; not city
misses, with delicate hands, who are
strangers tothe kitchen, and who shine
only in the theater or ballroom, but
honest, industrious American girls, such
as are to be found acting as walters in
hotels in Iowa and Illinois, or working
in the factories of the New England
States.
A good American girl of this class,
who is passably skillful in housework,
can obtain a situation through the State
Labor Exchange, in San Francisco,
within forty-eight hours of her arrival,
even in such dull times as we are now
passing through. The wages range
from twenty to thirty dollars in gold per
month, and if the girl goes to the coun-
try to hotel or a private family, she
can get thirty-five to forty dollars
Even the most worthless of Irish SER
wants earn twenty dollars per month in
the city, and the Chinese from twenty
FIVE to thirty dollars. Any American
girl can get place in the city; but her
expenses will be smaller and her chances
of marriage very much greater in the
country. Marriage is one of the induce
ments which we hold out to this class of
girls. If they accept a situation in the
country, and are only passably good
looking, they may reckon on being able
to secure well-to-do husbands in year
or two at the furthest. Girls travelling
alone to the Pacific coast must be care,
full on the journey to receive no favors
of any kind whatever from stranger
male or female, but especially the for
mer. In three cases out of four the
casual acquaintances thus made are un-
desirable, to use no stronger term.
Once here they are as safe alone as they
would be in any of the Eastern States.
But they must show themselves worthy
of respect by maintaining proper wo-
manly reserve. In all my experience
on this coast, on the steamers via the
Isthmus, and on the transcontinental
trip which have made twice, / have
never seen any attempt to break down
this barrier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15
An Episode i'm the Life OF the Pres
ent Governor of Kentucky.

Early in the year 1882, Mr.. Leslie,
now Governor of Kentucky, then quite a
youth, came to Louisville seeking en-
ployment in some mercantile house, but
being a stranger, and without recon-
mendation, he failed in his object. De-
termined at all events to gain liveli-
hood, he finally hired himself as cart
driver and set resolutely about discharg-
ing the duties Of the position. He
labored faithfully for while in this
humble occupation, but soon tired of it.
Yielding TO romantic desire to lead the
life of woodman,' he determined to
become wood-chopper, wood chopping
at that time being quite business in
the vicinity Of the city. Consequently,
in the year 1888, he shook the dust from
his feet, and, with ak and cooking uten-
sils, repaired to the immense timber re-
gions Immediately south of the city,
built him a hut, and went to work to
hew out his fortune. By incessant
toll he succeeded in getting out one
cord of wood per day, which was
worth seventy-fve cents per cord. He
continued thus TO labor, amid great
difficulties and hardships, until the
cholera became epidemic at Louisville,
causing great CONSERVATION among
the inhabitants. Fearful of falling a
victim to the terrible scourge, and
apprehensive Of dying alone and unat-
tended, he quilted his Vivan hermitage
and sought employmentNon farm at a
safe distance from. the pestilential dis
trict. After many discouragements he
at length obtained a situation at Han
cocks ferry, about eight miles south of
Louisville, where he served as ferryman,
and as farmer boy on Hancock farm, on
the Indiana side of the river. He was
thus engaged until the spring of 1884
About this time Tanner Jones son Dan
iel came to the landing with twenty or
thirty hands, each armed with an AK, en-
route for the Indiana hills" in search of
tan-bark. While crossing the river Jones
inquired of Hancock concerninga cook
for his men. Whereupon young Leslie
was recommended as capable and honest,
and was Immediately employed and in
stalled in Office by Jones. He served as
caterer for the party during the expe-
dition.
Jones and Leslie did not meet again
until years after, when they were sent as
to Frankfort one from
Jefferson, the other from Monroe county.
They met by accident at Col. Hodges
where each had engaged lodgings
Leslie at once recognized Jones, but
Jones did not recognize him. They
were introduced as strangers, and were
assigned rooms Immediately opposite
each other. Matters thus continued for
two weeks or more, when Leslie asked
Jones if he remembered ever to have
seen him before. Jones replied that he
did not. Leslie then asked him if he
recollected the boy at Hancocks ferry
who went with him to Indiana to cook
for him. Jones responded that he did.
" Well, says Leslie, Il am that boy.
Jones sprang from his seat, threw his
arms around Leslie's neck, and for
awhile these strong men were melted to
tears. From that hour the closest friend
ship existed between them, and was only
by the death of Jones.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15

One of the wealthiest bankers of Chi
cago is charged with stealing the gas be-
longing to another man, by tapping his
pipe on the wrong side of the meter.
A Brooklyn girl has it to say that
already two Of her lovers have com
mitted suicide. One of them shot him
self through the heart and the other
took prussic acid.
A member Of the North Carolina
Legislature died recently, and it was re-
solved to convey the remains home al
the expense of the State. When the
matter was inquired into it was found
that he resided in Vermont.
An ambitious Vermonter thinks that
the voters of Rutland are the most un-
certain people extant. He ran on the
rum ticket at the town meeting and on
the temperance ticket at the village
election, but some how or other got
beaten both times.
Tailoring has been raised into the do
main of the fine arts in Germany. At
the head of the Schneideran brotherhood
there is school which is known as the
General European Clothing Academy"
and to this high authority was referred
the important matter Of the imperial
robe of the Emperor William.
An economical resident of Newbury-
port, Mass, applied at the postoflice the
other day for ten cents worth of six
cent postage stamps, and when told he
must pay two cents more if he wanted
two, he looked disappointed, and replied:
/" Wall, / spose mast have 'em, anyhow,
but seems to they're dreadful dear
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15

A Western lady writes to noted edi-
tor on behalf of her husband: Wont
you, she says, " see if you can get him
a situation as cashier in hank in New
York or something of that sort7 BE is
very quick at figures. If you can't get
him that place, viii you please get him
one as conductor2 ! know You can do
it, And if you can't get him a situation
there, won't you lend him $1,000, so he
can start hat store here2 He VIII pay
you, and viii see that he does"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15
LOUISVILLE ROUTE
NORTH AND EAST.
Winter Schedule.
Takes Effect January 9th, 1871.

Brownsville Accommodation leaves daily
Except Sunday at 4:l5 pm.
Daily through train 20 Nashville and Chat
tanoOga without change Of cars. Leave at
7:45 p.m.; arrive in Nashville at 9 am.
Chattanooga at 7:l0 pm. next day.
Depot at head of Main street.
Ticket Office, 2571a Main street. one door
north of Jefferson.
The train leaving Memphis at As I'm. runs
daily. Thea. Is am. train does not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through to Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the Las pm. train from Memphis
to Louisville, connecting at Louisville with
through cars to Philadelphia. Cleveland, Buff
falO aud New York, without change. Only
one change from Louisville TO Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms, in through cars, can be engaged
at the Ticket Office, 20 Main street.
J. +. BOYD, Superintendent.
Jas. SPEED. Ticket Agent. 9-62-f
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NOTICES..
Notice TO Stockholders.

OFFIcE MEvPHIs AND Ono RAILROAD Co, 1
MErHIs, Tenn. April l6. lS71.
A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
"A Of this Company viii be held in this city
on Tuesday. the 10th day Of May next, 20 dis
cuss and take action upon important matters
touching their interests.
Arrangements for transporting stockholders
to aud from the city at that time will be .:sslo.
and due notice given ~ an early day.
BY order Of the President.
4l-66 r. A. PARKER. Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-15
Caroline Richings BERNARD - The
Cause of Her Financial Difficult

ties.
The Syracuse Courier has the follow
ing concerning the real facts and circum-
stances of the case:
Two years ago, Castle, Campbell and
Mr. and Mrs. Seguin, the principal ar
lists of Miss Richings company. deserted
and joined the Parepa Rosa opera com
pany. Nothing daunted, Miss Richings
organized a new company, with Dray-
ton, Bowler and other artists, and set out
upon an operate tour. The tour was
most disastrous financial failure Dray-
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Bowler were un-
known in this country. Although in
every respect superior artists to Camp
bell and Castle, they did not draw, and
in nearly every city Miss Richings lost
money The result was that the season
closed with loss of over 5000 Ever
since Miss Richings has been endeavoring
to make good her losses. Magnanimous
and honorable as she is, she has sacri-
feed her personal property, and even her
jewels, in order to pay her debts. The
late Peter Richings, her father, mort
gagged his estate to assist her, and in
time she would have paid all her debts
had not the death Of her father caused
the foreclosure of the mortgage. Miss
Richings was last winter and is now con-
nected with an English Opera company,
which bears her name, on salary. She
shares in the profits, but no losses. The
tour of the company referred to has been
one of unprecedented financial success.
Drayton and Bowler are now known, and
with Castle and Campbell have proved
powerful magnets. Her financial EN-
barrassment is caused by the conduct OF
certain members of her company, who
deserted her in the hour of need, and who
have ever since been most exacting in
their demands.
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~. Whh1mOh
Publisher and Propri,
THERE Is NO DEATH.
BY sIR E. BULwER LYTroS


There is no death The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no death The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer shower
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death Tho leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
Tho coming of the May.
There is no death An angel form
Walks o'er the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead"
lie leaves our hearts all desolate,
lie plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice. whose joyous tones
Made glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Amid the tree of life.
And where he sees n smile too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
lie bears il to that world of light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life.
They leave us but to come again;
With JOY we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread:
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there are no dead.
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=
Natural. Artificial help to the human eye ever
known. They are ground under their own su-
pervisiOn, from minute Crystal Pebbles,
melted together. and derive their name,
Diamond" on account of their hardness
and brilliancy. Tho SCIENTIFIC PRINCI-
PIE on which they are constructed brings the
core or center of the lens directly in front Of
the eye, producing clear and distinct vision,
as in the natural, healthy sight. and prevent
ing all unpleasant sensations, such as glim-
peculiar to all others in use. They are mounted
in the finest manner, in frames Of the best
quality. Of all materials used for that purpose.
Their. finish and durability cannot be sur
passed.
CAUTION. = None genuine unless bearing
their trade mark stamped on every frame.
eE w. @. BYRD. Jeweler and 0ptician. Is
sole agent for Memphis, Tenn, from whom
they can only be obtained. These goods are
lq-eod-I4-19
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STABLE.
SOUTHERN
Livery and Sale Stable,
Ia6 Je0ersOn ST.. MemDhfs. Tenn.

UlHE UNDERSIGNED. HAVING RE
Gently added TO his stock some Of Bruce's
best buggies and a number Of good saddle and
harness horses, is now prepared 10 carry on
the business of a frst-class livery stable. A
handsome turnout can be bad az any and all
times JESSE A. FORREST.
N. B.-A large stock of horses and males
constantly on hand for sale. Good accommo-
dntions for atock Of all doscriptions. Ill-66
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A mother in Michigan recently had
FIVE daughters at a birth.
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JOB PRINTING.

The new Railroad Map printed ON
Cards. BflI-heads. Letter-heads, Cir
eulars and Envelopes.
English, German aud Hebrew lob
Printing aeatiy executed. us-eod-f
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Education The Nations BuIw arb

Education the Nations Bulw. ark.
From the New York Standard.l
The free public school system j the
stronghold Of liberty. However tr ae it
may be that in individual cases irtue
does not always 60 hand in hand with
culture, or even profound learning, 1t is
too evident a truth to be gainsaid that
ignorance is the prolific cause of vic e, OF
degradation in every shape, of precisely
that class of evils which are DANCE rous
to society and the State. Education. en-
hances self-respect and induces the ndi-
vidual to claim from others and to e. xact
from himself all that is due to him as; an
individual and member of the comm lon-
wealth in the interest of which he ha s
vital share, and in which not one per son
can come short of his full duty with out
injuring the mass as well as himself. 1t
becomes plain, then, that it is most i'm
portant that the benefits of a good e,1u-
cation should be extended to every
member of. the community. This can
only be accomplished by the action of
the Government. The duty of the State
is not only to see that schools are pro-
vided but also that children are obliged
to attend them. To this end all schools
and universities supported by tax upon
the whole people should be entirely sec
ular in their character. Our Government,
acknowledging no union of Church and
State, has no right to recognize any sect
above another in her provision for the ed
ucation of her youth. The free schools
of the country should be actually as well
as nominally free. They should con-
flict with the religious prejudices of none.
jew and Christian, Protestant and Catho- |
lie, Mahomedan and fire wOrshippers |
should have equal chance of availing /
themselves of these offered advantages |
without any violation of their religious
scruples. We are daily more deeply |
convinced that in free, universal, un-
sectarian education rests the safety and
perpetuity of the liberal institutions
which characterize us among the nations
of the world. If the sectsw want sectarian
schools, let them supply them. Let the
schools Of the State be entirely secular.
The Bridgeport Farmer tells remark
able story in regard to what, not many
years ago, would have been considered a
miracle. 1t says that in the =" old Divi-
sion street graveyard at Bridgeport
there is a marble slab marking the grave
Of Robert Linns Bacl1us, who died on the
10th Of February, 1884, aged twelve years
and nine months. On the reverse Of the
stone is a stain which represents a
woman grasping a club, with which she
is in the act Of striking. All attempts
10 obliterate this stain by scraping are
and Eve are told that this
Is the fifth stone which has marked the
spot, the preceding ones having been re-
moved on account Of their inveterate
tendency TO represent the same scene.
The legend connected with this singular
is that the child was killed
BY its mother.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Merchants National Bank
OF MEMPHIS
RESOURCES.

At Memphis, in the State of Tennesse,
At Close of business, April 20, 1871.
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And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread:
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there are no dead.
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rronanx. a2d OF MAY.

At the Real Estate Exchange of Royster,
Trezeyant ~ Co.. northeast corner of Main
o'clock a. m. and 2 o clock D m. Title believed
to be perfect, but sell and convey only as
Trustee. JOHN p. TREZEVANT,
RoYsrER, TREzKvAsr & Co.. Auctioneers.
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ROYSYER, IRRELEVANT & CC.y
Real Estate Sales


DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED TO ME
ID executed, and recorded in the Registers
Office of Shelby county on Sd Of November,
1862. in book 73, page l4S, etc., will sell TO
the highest bidder, for cash. 10 carry out the
real estate conveyed TO me therein, to-wit: A
certain tract or parcel Of land in Shelby
county, Tennessee, in the Buntyn tract, on
Memphis and Charleston railroad. near Bun
west intersection Of doodwyn and Midland
avenues; thence north, with west boundary
ofGoodwyn avenue, eleven chains and ninety
four links; thence west eight chains and
nipety-four links; thence east eight chains
and twenty links; containing 8 79-l0O acres.
more or less Sale on
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The evening Argus., 1871-02-04
gaitu argus.
Il 8on-1n Law Not Bound to Sup
port the Father of his Wife,

An Ohio Judge has recently delivered .
decision, which, aside from its adverse
importance to the paternal parents of large
| families of u.arrisgeable daughters. may
have considerable to do with the increase OF
matrimonial alliances in the future. At
least il removes all doubt as to the total
absolution OF the son-in-lRw to maintain the
authors of his partner IN conjugai bliss, SO
far as the legal obligation is concerned.
The suit in which this opinion was
announced, wes brought in by father-in-
law against q sonin-law upon contract,
the father alleging that before his daughter
married he Was living with her in the West,
and that the young man, then living IN
Ohio, wrote to him that if be would come
there and bring his daughter, that he would
marry her. and ths. the old gentle eman should
always have home with them, and in
accordance with this understanding they
moved East and the young couple were mar
ried. The question came incidentally before
the court, whether u son-in-aw was legally
bound to maintain and supper, the father OF
his wife in the absence of any specific con-
rsct. THE court held that he was not. That
when young man married he took no such
legal obligation upon himself.
The decision will open the way for sll
who may have had mIsgivings upon this
point, and definitely determine as we'll the
great agi.ated question about "marying the
whole family"
Since this Ohio jurist has given decision
upon one side of the question, we advise
him, if he desires to make himself popular
among the young men to hold that the
father-n-law is bound TO support his son-in'
law. For such decision he can find thous
suds of precedents, agreeable to the maxi m
that "custom makes law"