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SANTA CLAUS.


and laying his finger aside Of his usse,
And giving 4 nod up the chimney he goes
The story of Santa Claus, though
often told is an interesting one. y
famous English writer has said that
surprise is so much the life OF stO-
ries that every one aims at it who
endeayOrs to please by telling them"
But so many wonderful things have
been told of our hero that no writer
need expect TO create pleasure in
the minds of his readers by aiming
at anything surprising in the story
of Saint Nicholas, (Let all be good
enough to bear in mind that Santa
Claus is but a corruption of the
name of the venerable Saint Nieho-
las.) The children have no better
friend than ''Auld Santie ;" for
every year, on Christmas Eve, this
ruddy, white bearded, smiling, jol-
ly old fellow visits every chimney
corner In the land, and fills the little
stockings which are there waiting
| for him. He used to havea team Of
| reindeers that flew over the snow
/ drifts, and up onto the roofs, where
/ paving and prancing of each little
| hoOf made merry music for those
| who were so fortunate as to hear Il.
A few years ago he exchanged the
reindeers for tiny locomotive; but
that was too slow TO make the en-
| tire circuit Of his domiLiOns in q
| single night, and he discarded il for
the telegraph. He is now shot
| through space, and, with his sack
full of toys fastened to his back, his
fur cap set jauntily on the left side
Of his grizzly pate, his big fur boots
covering his pantaloOns up 30 his
knees, his short pipe from which
clouds Of smoke are ever curling, ht
flies to the top of chimney as mid
night, darts down like oiled lightn
ing, looks carefully around the
room, laughs good naturedly 10 him
self as he quickly fills all the littl'
shoes and stockings of the good chill
, dren OF the household.
Let the children be glad that San
ia Claus watches over them. lie
each one Of our readers enjoy hi
presence now, for the time ma!
come when YOU will have no plea
sure in it. Greet Santa Claus righ
heartily, to-day, and in all the fu
ture before you will float pleasan
memories of the occasion. In afte
years you will look back throug TIA
, mist and haze Of troubles and soT
rows, and remeber the sweet an
pleasant things, like the aroma O
lilies and yiOlets, that befel you o
the Christmas Eve of 1871. Brigh
smiles and tender words, the sol
| pressure OF friendly hands and tn
picture OF joyous faces around tn
, fire will all pass before you like a
enchanting dream, if you but hee
andstreasure up the lessons tausll
: by the manifold Sits of Santa Clau
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what Causes the Downfall of Ma.
1ions.

Iutemperance has been one of the
principal causes of the downfall of
nations of all ages. The antedilu-
Wan nation was destroyed after an
existence of 2,349 years. There is
evidence of a historical and tradl-
tional character that drunkenness,
gluttony, "eatiDg and drinking" to
excess, were prominent develop
ments of their cOrruptiOns. The
Assyrian empire, founded on the
spot where the Tower of Babel
stood, lasted 1851 wears, and was
captured by a hostile power while
its king and its cOurtiers were IN
the midst Of a drunken reVel.
Bacchus. the god of wine, was IA
vorite deity among the Greeks and
Romans, and they went down be-
meath the weight of their own cor
ruptiOns.
China has been the most temper
ATE Of all the nations, except as the
oDium trade has been forced upon
them. and for more than 5000 years
their government and their geo
graphical boundaries have remained
Substantially the same, and now
contains about one-third of the pop
ulation OF the entire globe. Tho
/ United States received a bad mold
relative to temperance, by the deal
[ iug out of whisky ratiOns' during
/ the Revolutionary war, but under
/ the direction Of Divine Providence
the temperance reform had its ori
/ gin here, where it was most needed
/ The use of intoxicating poison /
! now destroying life more rapid!
than the most destructive war tina
has ever cursed the nation; bu
/ there are elements of publication q
work that are destined to perpetu
ate the nation till slime is no more
The Temperance alliance.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23

Cnr1srinas eve came ana Nciue
friends became alarmed; lest, should
he not come, it might affect her
badly.
"Oh, he viii be here" said Nellie;
che thinks he is going 10 surprise
US. He viii be here in the z 20 train. !"
At last, the whistle sounded, and
sure enough, with II came George.
We cried and we laughed, both to-
gether. The lost one was found,
and he brought home enough to buy
the old homestead, and this Is the
very place he bought, his fathers old
farm
The next day was Christmas, fif-
teen years ago tomorrow. The
church was filed to overflowing.-
George and Nellie, there before the
altar, vowed to love and cherish
each other as long as life should last.
And now, dear children, viii you
believe that I have been telling you
a story about your own dear father
and mother? 1t is a truer story
than any fairy story, and to me quite
as interesting.
Grandmother, what became oil
the man who failed, and afterwards
lived in such style in Fifth Avenuef'
Have you never seen odd Peter
reeling around the bar-room of the
tavern, and when sober enough hold
/ ing a gentleman's horse for q few
pennies? Your grandfather and
/ Peter both went from this town q
New York. They are both here
now; but how wide apart have this
paths they have travelled led them.
Little Nellie said;-''Thank yOH
grandmother; your story is better
than fairy story, because IL is true
while a fairy story is wholly frou
/ the imagination"
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the v.,arn Hand Of sympathy.

TIN we have reflected on IL, We
are scarcely aware how much the
sum of human happiness in the
world is indebted to this one feeling
sympathy. We get cheerfulness
and vigor, we scarcely know how or
when. from mere association with
Onr fellow-men, and from the looks
reflected OH us Of gladness and en-
ioyment We catch inspiration ana
power TO 90 on, from human pres
rnce and from cheerful looks Ihs
workman works with added energy
from having others by. The iull
family circle has a strength and NE
peculiarly its own. The substan-
tial good and the effectual relief
which men extend 10 one is trihing.
II is not by those, but by something
far less costly, that the work is done.
God has insured il by much more
simple machinery. lie has given 10
The weakest and poorest the power
10 contribute largely 10 the common
stock of gladness. The child's smile
and laugh are mighty powers IN this
world. When bereavement has left
Won desOlate, what substantial bene-
~ Is there which makes condolences
ncceptable? 1t cannot replace the
loved ones YOU have lost. 1t can be-
stow nothing permanent But
/, warm hand has touched yours,
and its thrill told you that there was
a living response there TO your emo
ton. One look, one human sigh,
has done more for you than the cost
liest present could convey.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
Railways.

The Memphis and Raleigh narrow
gauge road, now nnder contract, Is
simply an extension, to village
nine miles distant, of our street rail-
yyay system. 1t will constitute the
first of many like il. The most i'm
portant Of these now contemplated
is the road direct to Somerville,
through rich and densely popula-
ted country, its branch extending
to Jackson. These lines should be
finished within twelve months but
we have always to spout largely be-
fore we are screwed up to the stick
ing point. Despite the Intervention
of war, with all its terrible distruc-
tiveness, the stock of the Memphis
and Charleston road, under the con-
tract with Tom Scott, will pay a
dividend of twelve percent on its
! original actual cost. We believe the
| stock has been doubled in amount
| that is, Watered, so that he who
paid 300 now holds $500 of stock
| If such road, costing $4,000 per
mile, pay twelve per cent, the road
10 jackson and Bolivar, costing
! $40, 900 per mile, will pay twenty
Eve or thirty per cent, and more
over, it will last much longer than
the more costly road. Let the mar
row-gauge be built. The sale of tbs
N. & c. road to a powerful ring
has stimulated the stock of the Lit
tie Rock road. 1t will be necessarii!
extended to Camden and Jefferson
Texas, and the Kansas City road vii
connect Tom Scott'S Memphis anC
Charleston with his Union Pacifi'
road. To the fortunes of Memphi
there was never presented bIishte
future and he would be consigne'
to everlasting infamy who interpo
ses any obstacle by which the, pro
gress of the city may be retarded
If this be done by party, when n
political result is involved, such
party will be accursed and inia
nous, locally, forever. APPeot.
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The Lesson OF Life.

o! all the lessons that humanity
has 10 learn, the hardest is to learn
TO wait. Not to wait with folded
hands that claim life's prizes with
ont previous effort, but having
struggled and crowded the slow
Years with trial, see no result As ef-
fort seems to warrant-nay, perhaps,
disaster instead. To stand firm at
such a crisis of existence, to pre-
serve ones selEpOise and scil-re-
spect: not TO lose hold or relax eff
fort. this is greatness, whether
achieved by man or wheth-
or the eve of the world notes IL, or
il is recorded in the book, which
the light of eternity shall alone
make clear TO the vision. Those
who stand on the high places of the
earth understand not what necessi-
ty. what suffering means. They
know not what it is to a noble mind
to be obliged, like the worms, 10
crawl upon the earth for nouris-
ment, becauseit has not the strength
/ to endure famine. Life moves
around them with so much grace
! spleAdor, and beauty; they drink
| Iife's sweetest wine, and dance in {
charming intoxication. They FIND
nothing within them which can en-
able them to understand the rea
sufferings OF the poor; they love on
" themselves, and look st mankind
only in their own narrow circle.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
CHKIsTMAs EVE.
BY NARY RILEY SMITH

GOD bless the little stockings,
All over the land tonight,
Hung in the choicest corners,
In the glow Of crimson light!
The tiny, scarlet stocking,
With q hole in the heel and toe,
Worn by wonderful journeys,
The darlings have had to &c.
And Heaven Pity the children
wherever their home may be,
Who wake at the first gray daWnins,
An empty stocking to see!
Left.in the faith Of childhood,
Hanging against the wall,
Just where the dazzling glory
OF Santl's light will fall
Alas! for the lonely mother,
Whose cradle is empty still,
With never q shoe ROT stocking,
With dainty toys to I'LL!
Who sits IN the swarthy twilight
There sobbing against the pane,
And thinks of the little baby,
Whose zrave lies out in the rain!
0, the empty shoes and stockings
Forever laid aside!
o, the tangled, broken shoe-strings
Never more to be tied;
o, the little graves at the mercy
OF the cold, December rain!
-n.f 80 .N6lNl 4
That never can trip again!
But happier they who slumber,
With marble at foot and at head,
Than the child who had no shelter,
No rairnent, nor food, nor = bed.
Then Heaven help the lirtng
Children of want snd pain,
knowing no fold or pasture,
Out. tonight, in the rain!
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
DEATH OF rHE OLD YEAR.

Dying. Dying!
uirk 10 the North wind signing.
As it walls the Old Years solemn
Requiem!
Dying. Dying
List to our sad nesrts signing.
A. they mourn the things that might
Have been,
Dyingl Dying.
Al. around us lying
sad wrecks Of the year that j. past
Wrecks OF resolves too good TO last;
All broken
Dying. Dying.
Fast his breath Is flying;
soon to the list Of years gone before,
viii another be added; for its doom
Is spoken.
Dying. Dying
Useless the eryin.
Ger promises made and never kept;
Over crimes committed while conscience
slept;
Useless the weeping,
Dyi lg. Dying
We, like the year, are dying.
On the Sea-shcre Of Life fast rise the wave,
OF the years that shall float Us into ouI
graves;
Deaths sleep sleeping!
Dead! Dead
The Old Years dead
Gently place him on his wintry bier
Carefully carry him out; hesys sigh
drop a tear
Then welcome in
The smiling New Year,
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23

sAEE yS@a rvs4uu IasS0Ia 800 sea-,
And makes a silver day Of night;
But once = year,
She seems more near
Shows every night her steRdfast face,
And fills the SKY with tranquil grace.
'Tis hard to toll when day il done,
For day and night flow into one
So Heaven shines downward ali the while
And lights us with is constant smile;
But once > year
II draws more near:
Wide open stands the shining door,
With CLEANS Of light unseen before;
And all across cash glimpses ieet
OF Upper joys and radiant feet
lis ever 20 since love broke through,
And down the widening spaces few;
That blessed year
Our Lord came near;
For Him swung back the starry bound;
Deepened Ear mp the great profound;
All Heaven swept outward NJ MS birtn-
And naught was narrow but the earth.
Now everinore be stands and waits
some lifting OF these lower gates;
But once year
He waits more near
shall the blest door be thrown 20 Vide,
And only we the entrance hides
Unbar al hearts, make room within,
And let the holy Christmas in!
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
The Trade win rom scOtt.

The contract between Tom Scott
and President Wicks provides that
the stockholders in the Memphis
and Charleston road shall receive
three per cent. for five years, and
six per cent. afterward for forty
years. These will be approved by
the stockholders. The debt of the
road is about four millions, one-half
its value, or more, and If Grant in
volve the country in war with Spain
to secure Cuba, or do any foolish
thing of which he is slightly sus-
pected of being cspabie-eyen OF
proelaiming NATAL law in all these
States-these stockholders viii be
lucky enough in effecting the sale,
on these terms, OF stock which has
certainly been watered at least once.
- ADDe0l
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
Law Relating 60 BankrupIs.

For the information ofindiyiduals
who have availed themselves of the
act, 1t should be stated
that a decision ofthe Supreme Court
settles the point that they must plead
bankruptcy to every suit by their
creditors otherwise Judgment can
be taken by default, and The party
sued will be required to pay, even
to the extent of distraint. On the
other hand persons who sue their
bankrupt debtors are certain in such
cases TO be mulched for costs.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
How te BE HAPPY.

A French philosopher laid down
three rules for attainment OF happi-
ness. The first was occupation; the
second. occupation and the third
and last was still OCCUPATIONS. III
develops your meptal and physical
powers. You were created for IL
Brain and judgment, sinew and
muscle, bone and blood, were all
given You 20 be thus used. Unused,
they rust and wither, and shrivel,
and decay. Brought into active,
healthfal exercise, they bring hapDi-
ness TO YOU of which the idle, list
less man knows not. Even the sleep
of the toiler has joy and rest that
others can imagine but never rea-
lie.
Establish hours of rest and relaxa-
ton. The hardest worker welcomes
the blessed day of rest, interviewed
amongst the seven days Of the week.
This, at least, the law allows him TO
command for his own and the hap
py tendency of our times is TO give
| him other hours of rest besides, TO
! enjoy with the loved ones at home.
But those who work with the mind,
as we'll as the body, should have
| even more hours of rest and relaXa-
ton with their family, embarrassed
by the wearing business tolls Of life,
free from its o0rroding and canker-
ing cares, and dedicated to happi-
ness and recuperation. Visiting re-
| Gently one Of the busiest men IN the
United States, l found that he had
laid down as the law of his daily
life that when he turned his back
-, bfur ofina he Ipff All fta thousand
details behind him till the morrow ;
shut out absolutely his multiplied
business cares when he closed the
door OF his dwelling and there, in
the fullness of enjoyment with his
family, renewed his youth daily by
mingling with the amsuements oil
the household. To such, life has a
daily zest never realized by him who
carries his business, at home as well
as in his counting room, like achain,
always hanging upon his limbs
TSch1yler Colfax in the lndepen
| dent.
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IT ssems probable that the deatL

Ir seems probable that the death
of the negro Lieutenant Governor
DUNN OF Louisiana has completely
broken the political status IN Lou
siana, and turned over the power OF
the State to the Yarmouth party
which is opposed 10 Grant. All the
acts OF the Legislature require the
signature Of the Governor, Presi-
dent Of the Senate, and Speaker Of
the House. The speaker OF the
House and Lieutenant Governor
Dunn formed a majority against
Yarmouth heretofore. At the
meeting of the Legislature in jan
uary, this will be changed 70 a ma
ioritv with Yarmouth, whose
friends have just elected Pinchback,
a negro, President OF the Senate
! Union.
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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23

Jack Hamilton, Ex-Governor of
Texas, is under the impression that
some of the people who are at pres
ent running the governing machin-
ery Of that State are not better than
they should be. He says: 81 never
saw a man give one of them dol
lar for his vote, nor did / ever see
them steal anything. But when we
see a poor, miserable cuss, who new
er had $3.50 in his life, come TO Aus
tin, borrow money TO pay his ex-
penses, and presently find him los
ing a thousand dollars night at
farce driving around in a fancy
team. making liquor bills, wine bills,
and all sorts of bills, End buying a
buggy and fine horses TO go home
In, we know he is thief as well as
II we had seen him steal"
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a Now nnnnE-Gilman. Illinois

y NEW IDODGE.-Gllmans lillhols
j. agitated by a late elopement.
The lover went after his girl in
light vehicle with muflled wheels,I
while an accomplice drove a heavier
machine adapted to making as much
noise as possible. The lady being
duly deposited in the muffied vehi-
Gle. the heavy one hashed of at
furious rate, with papa in hot pur-
suit, while.the lovers were noiseless-
" driving in the opposite direction,
and shortly became man and wife.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23

RT a bold, Independent man, II
he is conscientious in his opinions
and upright in his conduct, viii wan
resueet. His manhood gives him
standing among men. He is entitled
To il. and no matter how great the
difference between him and others,
nc will receive il. But what Of the
man who is afraid almost TO look on
his own shadow Who dares not
10 take ground for or against IN
great political contest? Who does
NOT know whether he is or ism az
By what Aame ought he be ealleaf
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23

A bright and beautiful bird is
hope; it will come to us amid dark
ness, and sing the sweetest song
when our spirits are sad.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-03

METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
SIGNAL SERVICE U. s. Amy.
Memphis, Oct. 3, 6.43 q. d


The river fell about one inch during
the past twenty-four hours, and is now
thirty-three feet eleven inches below
high water mark. A decline Of one
inch is reported at Cairo, and at Louis
the river is falling slowly, with not the
slightest prospects of rise from the
streams above there. In fact it is the
current rumor that the Illinois and
Missouri have dried up, and that their
beds are to be used to lay railroad track
in. The Ohio.is stationary at Cinein-
matt. but falling at all points above and
below. The lower tributaries Of the Mis-
sissippi are not improving, and like the
son Of Erin who was six long weeks
crossing the ocean, the cry is "Waterl
Waterl" There is but six feet over the
shoals above and five and half feet over
Reeves bar below here, and but four
and one-half feet above Cairo. All of
the departures had good trips yesterday
evening, the Utah taking $50 bales Of
cotton. There we're no arrivals up to
an early hour this morning, the Cheek
and Frank Forrest monopolizing the
entire landing. Up to noon there were
no arrivals. The weather is clear and
warm.
The Usage, a popular packet in White
river, will leave Devalrs Bluff tomorrow
upon the arrival of the train from this
city, and goes to Des Arc and Jackson
port.
The new boat. Emma C. Elliott, for
the Memphis and White river trade,
made highly satisfactory trial trip at
Louisville yesterday.
The Legal Tender, Captain A. j. Car
ter, will pass down tomorrow morning
at ten o'clock for all the lower landings
to Vicksburg. She has excellent accom-
modations and clever gentlemen as Off
GERS.
Captain Corbett's steamer, st. Joseph,
will be down In time to leave at five
n M for Belmont, Cairo and st. Louis.
The ThOs. II. Allen, Captain VIM.
Elliott master, will back out at five pm.
to-day for all landings on White river
through to JacksoRport1 81 FrX1E
w G "a W aI..lH w
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Lea.h Donation Party.

The annual donation party ofthe Leath
Orphan Asylum will take place Thurs
day, October 9Th, and an earnest invita-
ton is given the public to attend. Any
donation offered will be received by
Mr. Goyer, on Front street; Mr.. Titus,
100 Jefferson street, or Mr.. Dunscomb,
at the DeSoto Bank. This institution is
under the immediate management OF
Mrs. Miles Owen, President, and Mrs.
NJ. Doyle and Mrs. f. Titus managers,
whose names command the respect and
support of the community Of any cause
of charity or beneyolence they may in
dorse. We hope their humane appeal
may elicit liberal response, and that the
orphans may be greatly blessed as well as
the donors. There is text which says:
" He that giyeth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord"