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The pIl~rimare to Lourdc..

From the New York Herald, Oct. 81
NJ. Theirs, in late session of the AS
sembly, with considerable warm tn,
called attention to the contumelious
treatment which certain pilgrims re.
ceived at the hands of the French popu.
lace on their way to a shrine in the
south of France. He resented it as an
insult to the national religion. The pill
grims to whom he referred were those on
their way to Lourdesaa quaint old vii
lage in lovely spot under the shadow
of the, snow clad Pyrenees. Hard by
this village are. the grottoes or caverns
of Massatielle, scooped by nature hand
out of the solid rock, and in one of these
grottoes, they say, young peasant girl
named Bernadette SoubirOus, in 1858,
saw time and again the vision of a beau
tiful lady, clad in pure white. They
say, too, that this girl Of fourteen, when
once entranced before the mystic vision,
commenced digging with her hands upon
the earth that covered the rock before
the grotto, and that thereupon a stream
burst forth which has flowed ever
since, with the usual reputation
of working miraculous cures. II
has been very great resort for
pilgrims, but until this yeapit has never
reached the dignity Of national move
ment, thatis so far as Catholicism there
is national Fifty thousand people Of
both sexes and all ages and stations
have jonrnsyed thither from the most
remote districts of FRANCE, to pray be.
fore the shrine of Mary of Lourdes for
the salvation, peace and prosperity of
France. The terrible visitation that
humbled France has already produced
such fextraordinary manifestations aof
faith and hope in the rehabilitation Of
the nation as the world in its most heroic
agts has never surpassed. This great
religious movement of faith in Divine
assistance is really one ofthem, although
unique in its character. Even those
who sneer at what they will call super
stition, az well as those who only smile
at cbildliks faith, Will not fail to be
impressed by the lesson Of pure patriot
ism which it teaches. The jeerS that
met them on their way did not intimi-
date them. 1t was skepticism laughing
at credulity;. both, doubtless, burning
with tks same wish to exalt France,
and each ignerast the. the other could
be anything but stumbling block in
the way.
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Napoleon.

Napoleon / wrote shortly before his
death Alexander, Caesar, Charlie
magne and / founded empires, but upon
what did we rest for the execution OF
our views? Upon force. No one but
Jesus has founded an empire on love,
and at this. moment millions of men
would die for him. 1t was not day nor
a battle that won the victory over the
world for the Christian religion. No; II
was long war; a fight of centuries, be-
gun by the apostles, and continued by
their successors. / see all the kings and
powers OF the earth on one side, and on
the other | see no army, but a mysteri-
Gus figure, and few men scattered here
and there through all parts of the world,
who have no rallying point but their
faith in the mysteries OF the Cross. [
die before my time, and my body will
be put into the ground, and become the
food of worms. Such is the fate Of the
great Napoleon. What an abyss between
my deep wretehedness and Christ's eter-
nal kingdom, proclaimed, loved, and
spreading through the world
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1t has been common practice among
the settlers in frontier States to contract
what are called Indian marriages. That
is, Indian traders and others would select
wives among the Indians, whom they
would wed according to the Indian Gus.
tom, or otherwise, as the ease might be,
not always restricting themselves to a
single wife. The question has now been
brought before the Missouri courts
whether the issue Of such marriages can
inherit property as legitimate heirs This
is question of great interest in the
West, as in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas,
Iowa and nearly all the Territories there
are great numbers Of persons who are the
of such irregular marriages.
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The Story OF Two Famous TrOuba-
dOurS.
From Cornhill's Magazine

From Cornhill's Magazine
Perhaps the most remarkable of these
couples was Gaucelen and Guglielma
Monia. The father of the former was a
wealthy plsbeian Of Uzerche, an ancient
commune in the department o. the Cor
reze. During the latter portion OF his
life, the old merchant held the post OF
Papal agent at Avignon. Nurtured in
one of the principal centers Of southern
song he was, like countless others of his
day, an amateur troubadour. His son
inherited his tastes as we'll as his talents.
No sooner did Gaucelen end himself in
dependent than he abandoned business
TO frequent the Provencal Courtes as a
tiovuer of the highest order With all
his wealth and ability, our plebeian could
not gain admission to the inner and
more select portion CT the aristocratic
circle. He hung about its edge consort-
ing with the equivocal people who ten.
anted that uncertain district.
Among them he became a gambler,
wine-bibber a glutton, and free liver
in every sense Of the word. Like bis
knigh;ly compeer, he aspired to become
the cavalier servente of some high born
lady. Aud being ambitious, he made
choice of the reigning beauty Of Au-
vergne and the Limousin, Mary Of Ven
tadour This lady melted Faudit TO
take the cross, probably to get rid OF
him in a quiet way. Accordingly the
young poet wasted the remnant Of his
fortune in providing men, horses and
harness, and sailed for Palestine. He
found the East. not at all TO his-liking;
and besides. the King OF England bad
Just concluded his truce with Saladin.
So he hastened to return to France,
where he stepped ashore penniless, a
circumstance that at once put an end to
his aping Of chivalry. Being unfit for
anything else, he now became profess
sional jongleur In that character he
took seFEiee With C0nr de Lion, whose
acquaintance he seemed to have formed
during his trip to the Leyant; and with
this monarch he remained until the ca
tastrophe before Chalus. Left without pa
tron, Gaucelen had no alternative but to
take TO the road, like so many of his
brother rhymers. A wretehsd singer,
although a good poet, he had small sue
cess at the outset. At length, in con-
vent at AK, he met with damsel of
noble birth, Guglielma Monia Of Sellers.
She was pretty, learned and sang deli.
ciously. Probably she engaged the
trouver TO teach her TO rhyme. Be that
as il may, The gay bandit enticed her
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W Certificates for sale at all the socisty's
Agencies.
RS- Whsle certificates. S.; halves, 50 so;
quarters, 81 25.
Hz- All orders with money for Certifcstes
orders, at the risk of the Society. Address all
orders I'M. A. and NJ. Society, 345 Second
street, Memphis, Tenn" p. o. Box rs.
j. G.. BALLENTINE, President.
LEON TRousDALE. Secretary. 1915
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VenoreaI or Secret Diseases,

sueh as Syphilis. Gonorrhea. Gleet, Structure,
and All Urinary Diseases; Syphillitic or Mer-
curial affections Of the throat, skin or bones,
arebitis, hernia OF rupture: also, the effects OF
producing blotches on the face. debility. ina
potency, dizziness. dimness Of sight, confusion
Of ideas, evil foreboding. aversion 70 society;
loss of memory, weakness, etc. not All Of
onentlv in various cases. rheumatism and
Pneumatic pains cured BY a new method.
Particular attention paid 20 the DISEASES
OF WOMEN. such as excessive, suppressed
or painful Menstruation. Luchorrhea OF
Whites, Falling Of the Womb, and all irregu-
,iarities OF the monthly periods, causing ster-
ility or barrenness, and ofteu-times cOnsunip-
tiOp. y
by letter upon all diseases not requiring his
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No. SO6 Main Street,

new bells, which are the very old ones
still. Again did the congregation with
tears aud thanksgiving receivethe bells
from this, their fifth voyage across the
Atlantic, and hung them up in St. Mi
chael's steeple.
May they never again be removed by
the rough hand of war, or ever sound
aught but peace on earth aud good will
to mani
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DIsPENsARY.
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DIR. ID. s. JOHNSON'S
Medical alDiSpensary
POS MAIN STREET, 5s
Upstairs. bet. Washington and Adams SITS
Memphis. Tennessee,

rs NOW PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED
Il for the treatment Of patients. both male
and female, who are afflicted with any form Of
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: F7f INSURANCE.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
TRIUMPH INSURANCE co.,

In to August IS, 1872. Final comparison and
completion made October 7. 1872. aPah
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. The best Of Liquors. Wines ana eiTsrs for q
small amount Of Cash, p .rta. @-os
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Mrs. stanfon's Con trfbutfon 10 the
areeIey Slatua

The "Greeley statue subscription
seems to be making good headway
Treasurer England reports $l2,S70 OF
hand, with good many States still L
hear from. In the latest published lis
of subscribers we are pleased to notice
the name of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This distinguished lady heaps Goals Of
fire upon Mr.. Greeley's head BY re-
questing the treasurer of the fund to put
her down for IS. The subscription is
not however, unconditional, as previous
ones have been. Mrs. S. writes:
" | give it with one proviso, aud that
is that some woman Of artistic skill shall
have the glory Of cutting and carving
the statue Of this noble man. There is
poetic justice in placing work Of art
from the hand of woman where Frank
lin may contemplate it through those
bronze eyes for ages to come, as he was
proverbially faithless to the fair sex.
He neglected his wife, did not see her
face for eleven years, was harsh to his
children-at least to those of them he
knew-and Mr.. Greeley, speaking to
a toast at the recent Franklin dinner
eulogized him as philosopher who
never loved
Mrs. s. is not without her fears that
Mr.. Greeley may object, like Abime-
lech of old, to accept Immortality even
at the hands of a woman. But she
hopes it will be thrust upon him, and to
that end exhorts her countrywomen to
be sure to annex to their subscriptions
the Stanton proviso. !"
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Some donbty have recently been
thrown on the generally accepted theo.
ries in regard to the Gulf stream, but
Captain Silas Bent, who has a good rep
utation as physical geographer, claims
that to reduce Northern Europe to a
frozen wilderness, we have only to make
a big enongh cut in the Isthmus of Pana-
ma to send the surplus equatorial cur
rent of the Atlantic into the Pacific in
stead of having it diverted, as now, to
the shores of Europe England and
Germany and Northern Europe would
be reduced to their natural climate level
that of Labrador. The northern
shores Of Europe are warmed by the
Gulf stream, which has its origin in the
westward equatorial currents which are
DETECTED by the shores of the Gulf and
sent to the northeastward. Take away
the barrier Of the Isthmus, and the warm
water would go straight through to Asia
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ECHO LANE.

HL
This poem is founded on the followin
passage from Charles Dickens " Tale of Tw
Cities .: 4" 1t was n wonderful place for tn
echoes, and very harbor from the ragin
Streets
Listen TO those echoes ringing
From the tramp of hurrying feet
Thoughts OF restless life-tide bringing
To my quiet window-seat.
Eager footsteps, bold, defiant; f9a
Steps of fear and strides Of rage;
Footsteps cautious, weak, and plant;
Tread of youth and hating age.
Now a lull moment breaking, Do
Like the sun through rifted clouds;
Now the busy echoes, waking,
Surge along in troubled crowds.
Steps of pride and steps grief-laden,
Steps of wealth and beauty vain,
Vicious manhood, guileless maiden,
Fill the csurt of Echo Lane.
Fainter, fainter in the distance
Once again they die away;
Darkness steals Ger hushed existence,
Night usurps the realms Of day;
StilIed tho turmoil. mad. confusing,
Of the human throng below
Yet into my lonely musing
Still the echoes come ana go.
Ghostly echoes. sombre, lonely,
Shadowy forms escorting them;
Dull, dead echoes, sounding only
Like some lost SOULS requiem.
Steps that once in life trod lightly
Ger the thronged and echoing pave,
Steps now doomed to wonder nightly
From each sad, unquiet grave.
Night by night I hear them coming,
Hear them with sigh of pain
Weary footsteps, ever roaming, NEf
Up and down through Eche Lane.
Oh, memory of lost happiness
Oh. spirit-echoes, cease, depart i
Leave, leave me to my loneliness
Tread not upon my aching heart
Oh visions of the years long perished,
Bright youth, thou source of vain regret,
Departed friends, once dearly cherished,
One boon / ask-'t tbs to forget
Still hear Homecoming, geing-
Steady tramp of yiewless feet;
Echoes, fading, rising, flowing,
Upward from the distant street.
0nward-rest nor quiet giving,
Till the mists and shadows wane,
And the footballs Of the living
Rise once moro in Echo Lane.
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BURNETTs COLOGNE is the best and
cheapest.
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Out in a certain Western fort, some
time ago, the major conceived the idea
that artillery might be used effectively
in lighting with the Indians by dispensing
with gun-carriages and fastening the
cannon upon backs of mules. So he
explained his views to the commandant,
and it was determined to try the expert.
ment. A howitzer was selected and
strapped upon an ambulance mule, with
the muzzle pointed toward the tail.
When they, had secured the gun and
loaded it with ball cartridge, they led
that calm and steadfast mule out on the
bluff and set up target in the middle
of the river to practice at. The rear of
the mule was turned toward the target,
and he was backed gently up to the
edge of the bluff. The officers stood
around i'm semicircle, while the
major went up and inserted time fuse
in the touch-hole of the howitzer. When
the fuse was ready, the major lit it and
retired In minute or two the hitherto
unrufled mule heard the fzzing back
there on his neck, and it made him un-
easy. He reached his head around to
ascertain what was going on, and, as he
did so, his body turned and the howitzer
began to sweep around the horizon.
The mule at last became excited, and
his curiosity grew more and more in
tense, and in a second or two he was
standing with his four legs in bunch,
making six revolutions a minute, and
the howitzer, understand, threatening
sudden death to every man within half
mile. The commandant was observed
to climb suddenly up a tree; the
lieutenants were seen sliding over
the bluff into the river, as If they
didn't care at all about the high price Of
uniforms; the adjutant made good time
toward the fort; the sergeant began to
throw up breastworks with his bayonet,
and the major rolled over the ground
and groaned. In two or three minutes
there was a puff Of smoke, dull thud,
and the mule-shl where was he2 a
solitary jackass might have been seen
turning successive back-somer-saults
over the bluff, only to rest at anchor,
finally, with his howitzer at the bottom
Of the river, while the ball went off to-
ward the fort, hit the chimney in the
majors quarters, ratified the adobe
bricks down into the parlor, and frighten-
ed the majors wife into commissions.
They do not allude to it now, and no re-
port Of the experiment was ever sent to
the Var Department. John Phoenix.
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BERNALDEZ DIAZ
ETAT ~ DEC; 1889 REQU .
Quorum memorium grata olim

cello c0nsecr.
The above described stone and the
parts of bullets were all they could pre-.
serve, as the balance crumbled into dust
as soon as brought to the air. The stone
is now at Mr.. Eilliam Wilson's, the
father of the young man who made the
discovery. The party making the dis
covery were Messrs. Thomas Whitson,
VIM. Shipp, Joseph Leiper and James
Wright. We cannot understand, or pre-
tend TO explain, how or why this man
was buried here, nor to what people he
belonged. He had evidently been there
a great while, or everything would not
have vanished so when it was brought to
light 1t was in mere wantonness the
discovery was made. The young men
only wanted to make splash. These
facts came to my ear, and when i visited
them was requested to write them out,
which | have done very imperfectly, not
being accustomed to appear in print
But can vouch for the part saw. The
dust of the old soldier was placed back
in his grave which he had evidently oc-
cupied for so many centuries, and COW
cred up, bat the stone is still to be seen
at Esquire Wilson's, who will be glad
to show it to any curious person.
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WORK and IdIeness.

There is a perennial nobleness, and
sacredness, in work. Were he ever so
benighted, forgetful Of his high calling,
there is always hope in a man that ac-
tually and earnestly works; in idleness
alone is there perpetual despair Doubt.
desire, sorrow, remorse, indignation, de-
spair itself-all these, like hell-dogs, lie
beleaguering the soul Of the poor day
worker, as Of every man; but be bends
himself with free Talor against his task,
and all these are stilled-all these shrink
murmuring far Of into their caves
C1rlyIe.
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cipher part of them. Here is the SEN
tence as could make it out Quorum
memorium grata olim mo
cello conseor. . The whole was
marked somewhat thus:ld -s.71
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REMOVAL.
REMOVAL.

TUE OFFICE OF THE WESTERN METH
Il odist has been moved from p JEFFERSON
street 70 2IsS Main street. up stairs. in the
rooms formerly occupied By 9. W. i. Crook
Correspondents and others win take notice.
and direct their letters accordingly. We
issue now $500 copies. The Methodist is a
good medium for advertisers.
Sf R. W. BLEW a CO.. Publishers
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The best work Of mems lives are done
after they put on spectacles.
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NOTICE.
wORKINGMENS'
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
NOTICE TO srOCKHOLDERs.

TlHE FIRST .INSTALLMENT TO THE
Il Capital Stock is called, payable to Chas.
I. Paterson, Secretary and Treasurer lat the
Office Of the Southern Life Ins. Col. between
The Association commences Active BUSINESS
on the first Tuesday in March the 5th) 1872.
Parties desiring GO subscribe to the Capital
Stock are requested to do 50 before the lst Of
March next.
By order Of the Board Of Directors.
lo9-xivl H. ID. BULKLkY. President.
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Mule ArtiIIery.

BURNETT's COLOGNE is the best and
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FROM WASHINGTON
WAsHINeroN, March 30.

WASHINGTON, March 30.
W. T. Hanford has been appointed as
aIEtsnt assessor of internal revenue fol
the third district of Wisconsin.
Commissioner Douglass has gone Souti
for his health.
Secretary Dslano, In q letter to Govern.
or Burbank, of Idaho, states thBt he hal
information Of q combination of men be
ing made in the region of country known
as the Black Hills of Dakota, which /
within the reservation of the Sioux In
dians, and that Federal officers encourage
this movement. He says the reason To-
this is that thst territory has valuable
mineral districts and large quantities o
timber. The Indians are slresdy apPre
hensiye, and troubls may ensue, hence By
direction of the President he requests thu
combinations of this character against thI
law. The Secretary has also addressed 4
letter to the Secretary of War, with
view to securing the aid of the military IN
checking these expeditions.
The report that General Crook has sus-
pended operations against the hostile
Apaches in Arizona In consequence ofthC
srrivsI there OF General Howard, is moi
credited here. General Crooks plans
have bseu approved by the War Depart.
ment. II his campaign movements are
restricted it will be from lack of funds,
the appropriation for the present fiscal
year being nearly exhausted, the new APP
preparation not being available until the
first of July.
Secretary Dslano, In a letter to Com
missioner Walker, of the Indian Buresu,
says that all the called scrip issued under
the treaty at LsPorte, Wisconsin, in Sep
TENDER, 1854, with the Chippewa Indians
of Lake Superior and Mississippi, except
the "Gilbert" scrip, Is so tainted by 40
tual and clearly. established practice In is
suing it under construction given, as
in bis opinion, to deprive those certih-
Gates of any value or validity even for the
purpose of determining the identity of
the persons entitled to the benefits of the
treaty. Therefore, besides reversing the
construction of the treaty under the de-
cision of the secretary, Secretary Delano
directs that all of the so called scrip, ex-
cept the colbert" scrip, be declared IL
legal and void, and that all entries Of
lsnds made with such scrip be cancelled,
The Secretary gives directions how per-
sons claiming the benefits of the seventh
clause Of the second article of the treaty
3hsl proceed in the matter,