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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-12

How JoHN Paul WoULD KEEP \ HorEI.-
But there l. some extravaganza at Saratoga
which do condemn. and that i in the
housekeeping Of these hotels. The table ex-
penses | would cut down materially. lu-
stead Of the present multiiarious bill Of fare,
meandering through which. in the attempt
10 find what one wants, one gets hOpelesSly
lost, | would Just give a good soup or Two,
some seasonable FISH salt cod i always IN
season J. a joint or 50. bit Of game when
game Is cheap J. and standing dessert for
those given to tlummerles-l never waste my
sweetness on the dessert air. Everything
should be exquisitely cooked, served smoking
hOi-except the ice-cream-and from day TO
day the bills should he varied. Under the
present system the pOlyphagous parsonage
surrounds himselfwith dishes up 10 the chin,
some Of which he smells. a few OF which be
tastes. but the majority Of which he sends
away simply mussed and sp0lled-for man
can eat everything on the bill The same
man and hls wife would order very differ
entity where they serve things 4 Ia carte; If
the traditional idea ofone plate OF ice-cream
with rwu spoons were not really carried out,
an approach % il would be made by ordering
80 one portion 80 Of each course and making
1t Do for both. Men OF moderate stomachS
and requirements are putto immense and
unfair ,xl.nSe by this lavish regime; some
one has o. pay for it all, Of course. Ii
might correct the evil somewhat 10 have the
bill ol fare graded of IN inches, charging 50
much for eating down. Then one would
have 10 pay only for each inch one ate.
And depend ONT, good many wouldn't
travel - far or 80 fast "a they do at present.
Saratoga Leftcr 10 Mar York Tribune.
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The New England Fair.

UNPRECEDENTED ATTENDANCE on THE OPES-
ING DAY-ADDREss BY DR.. GEORGE b.
LoRINe.
The ore,. Naw ENGLAND Fair oDencd al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

WASHINGTON, August 20, 1880 am
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States
cloudy, diminishing pressure, RISING
temperature, with light, variable wind'
aud partly cloudy or clear weather, ex
cept on the coast, where light rain may
prevail. For New England and the
middle Atlantic coast generally, eleal
weather, with rising temperature anC
light norlherly to westerly winds dufinI
the day, the winds backing to weslerl,
aud souihwesierly, with increasing cloud
mess towards night For the ST. Law
renee valley aud the lower lake region
slightly rising temperature, with gene
rally cloudy weather, aud areas Of rain.
For the Ohio valley aud then southwest
ward to Texas, high temperature, light
southeasterly TO souihwesterly winds,
aud partly clear weather, For the upper
lake region, aud thence westward to the
lower Missouri valley, high temperature
with cloudy weather, light. variable
wind and areas Of light rain. Reports
have not been received from the upper
Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the
Southwest and Southern Florida.
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10 the people; after which they are
placed on wooden affairs 10 ornament the
palaoe gate. Three days afterward the
heads are taken within the palace, where
thew are cleaned by the Amazons, aud
are then used for state drinking cups,
ornaments for drums, fagsIahs aud
e,ber purposes. Tho bodies Of the vic
Tins are dragged by the crowd through
the market place, and are finally thrown
into A ditch outside Dahomey, where the
hyenas soon make short work Of them.
Thousands OF skeletons are IN this
ditch, but not single skull. The men
appear 10 have no fear Of death Mr.
Skeichly states that he has frequently
looked into mans face when Just nv
The moment he was about 10 have his
head cut OF, aud not muscle seemed 70
indicate either emotion or fear.
The present King is more mercliul
than his predecessors were. He Is on
deayoring to reduce the fearful sacrl-
ices OF human life entailed upon him on
his accession to the throne by the Gus
toms OF the country. :,
He generally spares the lives OF hall
the number OF victims intended for sac
rifce. No women are ever killed Tor
sacrifice, although they, like the men,
are brought ont on the heads OF the
Amazons, to be carried around the
courtyard.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
NEW YORK.

NEw YoRK, August 25-Ann Carol
OF franklin street. aud man who re-
fused to give bis name, were found last
niqbt olinging TO the bottom OF an over
turned boat in the lower bay. They
stated that Mary 0'Hara, of West street
and A man whose name the rescued man
refused to make known, we're IN the
boat at the time of the upseiiing' and
both of them we're drowned.
The steamship Clyde, from Galveston
while coming into quarantine this morn
ing collided with the bark Gitana, sound
TO Cronstadt. The bark lost her bow
sprit aud jibboom, and the steamer had
her starboard rail carried away. Captain
Kennedy, of the Clyde, was knocked OF
the hurricane to the main deck, aud re-
ceived slight conclusion of the brain.
A dispatch from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
saws that there is no truth in the report
that Hon. Phineas Sawyer, member OF
Congress from that State, had committed
suicide. He is now in Oshkosh in good
health
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

From the cornhill Magazine.l
A storm, like all great realities, is
grandest when best seen; it has nothing
TO gain from indistinctness of view.
Night, if it increases the danger, con
ceals what the Imagination can hardly
reproduce, and cannot surpass. The
low, driving seud overhead is swept
along ceaselessly in formless murkiness;
huge masses Of foam, churned upin the
recesses of the rocks, are torn up by the
fierce blasts of the wind and whrled
wildly through the air, smiting against
the face OF the cliffs and the green
banks above, which are hecked with
white as from the remains OF snow
storm. The black, rocky coast line to
the south, until it is lost in sustained
confusion Of surging spray and
cloud, seems dwarfed under the snow
white columns that are hurled up
from its base, the SUBMITS of which,
struck by the level wind above, stream
far inland, ragged curtain OF spray,
while the heayiug masses thunder down
again in thousand cataracts. The
nearer piers, with their lofty staging.
are buried under the waves, which leap
a hundred feet above them as in sudden
surprise and wrath at their premature
arrest. Out at sea, as far as the eve can
penetrate, all is scene of wild and
tumultuous commotion, multitudinous
as the waving tops Of forest trees, but
incomparably more violent, no success
sion or common motion can be observed.
waves leap above waves against the low.
ering clouds, to fall back, burst and BAT.
fled, until nearing the shore, they seem to
marshal themselves for assault
and rushing on in swift succeed
ing lines, rear up their turbid
might, bounding. quivering, coiling
until they precipitate themselves into
the gulf which foreruns them, or are
hurled uubroken against the rocks.
Sometimes, before the break Of such a
storm, the sun darts out for moment.
and all the countless features Of the
scene, before obseured in gloom aud in
distinctness, stand out sharp and clear
as by supernatural revelation; or, at
night. when the lower rack has been
swept away. aud the upper clouds have
again piled themselves into masses, the
full moon pours down between them
through the storm-washed air a food oil
stainless light. which transforms all the
terror and grandeur into Wild beauty
and erial grace. The rocks and piers
are masked in shifting vreaths Of snow.
white cloud. the crash and roar Of the
breakers i carried OF By the Eind. and
the waves. nos al silver-Whiie, appear
10 Eambol aRd chase each other in harm
less play. seemingly incapable Of hurt q
ship or life; and on the extreme verge Of
tts horizon. beyoni the nearer light and
farther darkness bounding IT, there is q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
Enects OF the Late storm.

WILMINGTON, DEL August 25.-The
damage 10 vessels and canal barges in
the Chesapeake and Delaware canal by
the break from the late heavy storm IN
cludes schooners and eighteen barges
which are hopelessly wrecked, while
twenty eight schooners, thirty = seven
barges, two tugs and one propeller
steamer are stranded, and most of them
more or less injured. One vessel is four
hundred yards from the canal. All
crafts east of St. George escaped seri-
ous injury. The canal authorities hope
TO get them out in few weeks. Those
at St. George may be released In
month. Many Of the sehooners and
most of the barges were loaded with
coal. Among the schooners which are
very badly injured arc: Jane Z. Nc
Shane of Philadelphia, which is total
loss; Lavana Hopkins of Yorktown, Va
hole stove in the side; Mary Washington
of Baltimore, split through the stern;
Panama of Baltimore, on her beam end
her bulwark torn of; and the Speed OF
Baltimore, badly wrecked.
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KtIIed-Lnte stnbbinR Anray

DAYTON, ONO, August 25.-Frank
Bundy, a switchman in the yards Of the
C. c. c. and l.. railroad, was instantly
killed last night about ten o'clock. while
coupling cars, a car loaded with lum-
Der, with the ends projecting out, striking
him on the head, smashing it terribly.
Bundy leaves a wife but no children.
Jennings. the man who was stabbed
Saturday, was buried yesterday. Ferder,
bis murderer, vas held to answer the
charge Of murder in the first degree. A
preliminary examination will be held
before the Mayor to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

SALT LAKE CRY, August 25.-Judge'
Telford and Smith, counsel for Mrs
Anna Eliza Young in the divorce case
publish card replying to Rev. Mr.
Stratton, charging him with interfering
in tho case, and attempting to compro'
mise with Brigham without their knowI'
edge, and receiving pay for such inter
fering. He is charged with lying by as
sorting they DETAINED her character. The
card is spicy and strong, and closes by
stating that Mrs. Youngs case is not
lost, but will ultimately triumph, as they
will trust no longer to the reverend gen
tlemen, but appeal to the Supreme
Court. Meantime the case goes on,
causing much talk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
SAVAGE LIFE IN AFRICA.
Human Sacrifices and the AmhzOns
I'm DahOmey.

I'm DahOmey.
An Englishman, Mr.. j. A. Sketchly,
has Just returned FROM Dahomey, on the
west coast of Africa, and is now furnish
ing illustrations from his sketch book to
the Illustrated London News. For six
months Mr.. Sketchly was the guest Of
the King, by whom he was very hospita-
bly, treated. He is the only white man
that has been admitted into the private
apartments of the King. There is no
town of Dahomey. The capitals merely
one of the royal palaces. with official res
licences for the high officers and the ser
wants; while the Amazons reside within
the palace in long, barn-like buildings
Immediately outside and surrounding the
Kings private apartments. At each OF
his nine palaces there are four thousand
Of these Amazons.
Before Mr.. Sketchly was admitted TO
the palace he went through ceremonials
lasting three days during which he was
created prince of the royal blood, a
duke, and general Of the army, but
not of the Amazons. He was then per
mitted to see the various customs. He
was an eyewitness to the grand annual
ceremonial when the principal human
sacrifices take place.
For the sacrifice called the Men hoo
who, the King reclines on awicker-work
lounge in his palace. He wears only q
blue cotton robe, as he considers his
dignity so great that he can afford to
dress in ordinary clothing. Neither the
King nor the members Of the royal fami
~ ever dress in gaudy attire.
Above the Kings head an umbrella is
extended, and this is gorgeous with scar
let, blue, and yellsw figures, cut out
with a knife from velvet, silk and
damask. The Amazons sew the pieces
together 30 as to form emblematic de
vices. The bird isindicative Of royalty.
None but the princes of Dahomey are
allowed TO adopt it, The top OF the UNI
brella is surmounted by . wooden ofna-
ment, representing a man with bird in
his hand
The Amazons are seated round the
King. Between them and the people =
number Of bamboo rods are placed in a
line upon the ground. Any man who
crosses one Of these rods suffers imme-
date death. Soldiers bring in the vic
tims-slayes taken in war, and generally
old men. They IRE gagged by means Of
a stick with grass rope wrapped round d,
which fills up the whole mouth, and 4
tied at the back Of the head. Their
hands are fastened together, and they
are firmly bound 10 baskets which are
carried on the soldiers heads. Their
bodies are eHtirely naked, save a single
cloth around the loins Conical bats
are kept on their heads until just before
decapiiation. The Prime Ministersliea
PROSTATE, and receives in that position
a message from the King 10 the victims.
This message is 10 be carried 70 the
father Of the present King. sbo died
about nine years ago. For their sub
sistence on the way be gives them each
bottle Of rum and bead of cOEries.
The men are then taken 10 q platform
twenty feet high in "a adjacent court
yard, there they are cast headloug. atil
bound 10 the baskets. The eEecutiOueft
then cut Of their heads aud exhibit them
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
Thn Turf

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, August 25.-Ihe
weather was fine aud track in splendid
condition, and ten thousand persons
we're present. For the 2:A race Clos
ter won the first heat and was second in
the last. Susie won the last three heats
and race. Time-2:23. 2;25i, 2:253,
2:24. 2:25. The 2:30 race was won by
CIementine. Vanity Fair was winner OF
the first and second heats. Time-2:33t,
2:323, 2:s5, 2:3O, 1882, 1921. In the
third heat Gold Leaf and Clementine
collided just as they were entering the
home stretch, and both horses fell. Both
drivers, Doble and Dowen, were thrown,
and Gold Leafs sulky was smashed. In
the next heat one wheel OF Dozen
sulky came off on the back stretch and
the driver thrown out. The horse ran
around the track to the home stretch.
Fortunately no one was hurt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Mr. nAyIs, LATE SPEECH.

Northern journals are just now pour
ing out vials OF wrath on the head O.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, on account OF hi'
late Virginia speech. The Pittsburgh
Post takes its contemporaries to task in
the following style:
But for the rebellion, which an anna
zing few OF our most belicose Radical
editors helped either by money or mus
Gle to subdue, those intense patriots
would be at their poor wits ends 10
block out paragraph. They have
lately gotten hold of JEFF, Davis, and are
now shaking the old man with a degree
of vim which, had it been practiced by
them in front Of the enemy during the
war, would have shortened it at least
one half. These gomerils forget that the
war is over, and they also forget that
the people who organized a rebellion and
fought so we'll and so long against the
superior wealth and numbers OF the gov
eminent, are not to be sneered at as
fighting men. Besides, all sneers at their
fighting qualities detract from the glory
of our own brave soldiers.
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pIueLv Cbier

LACROSSE, August 25.-The Chief Of
Police, in attempting to arrest man on
Saturday, was attacked by him with an
ak and by his wife with Ratchet. The
Chief received several cuts on his head,
but he stuck to it and pounded his man
until be laid him out. The prisoner was
badly injured, and was taken to the lock
mn
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streak of purest, ealmest brightness,
which seems 10 speak Of region beyond
All Of perfect light aud peace But !. Is
very rarely that n smiling heaven thus
transfgures the wrathlul face OF the deep,
and most commonly a storm dies out W
the sullen gloom which has been one OF
the mos. striking and oppressive features
of lis previous course.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
Ontrnre mud Murder.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 25.-The
body of Caroline Lee, supposed to have
been violated and killed by George Mon
gram last week, was dissected to-day
and examined by physicians 1t was
found to have been frightfully maRgled
Monogram will be brought before the
court today. The relatives of the muir
dered woman wanted to kill him at
once.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
A saO.o0O Fire.

CINCINNATI, August PA fire at
Eaton, Ohio, this morning destroyed one
of the principal corners Of that town.
Several touses adjoining on two streets
we're badly damaged. Steam fire engines
we're sent from Richmond, Indiana, to
their assistance. The loss is estimated
at from $4,000 to 100000. No further
particulars have been received. The
weather is intensely hot. The heat has
been scarcely more intense than at any
time before this season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25
Railroad Tariffs.

SPRINGFIELD, August 25.-The rail
road warehouse commissioners have been
engaged lately on the subject of the
schedule for passenger tariffs. 1t is un'
derstood to be completed for st-class
roads, as the C. B. and Q (; Chicago and
Alton; Toledo, Wabash and Western
C. r. J. and r. railroads, and the rate
will be three cents mile, though the fact
is not yet made public.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

The explosion of the boilers on board
the steamer George G. Wolf calls for a
thorough investigation as to the causes
which investigation should place the re-
sponsibility where Of right 1t belongs.
The usual verdict, nobody to blame,
is losing its respectability, and people
begin to suspect that there is always
somebody to blame when steamboat
explosion occurs. This Wholesale hurl-
ing of people into eternity is a crime
that calls for some investigation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

The meeting this afternoon of the
Narrow. Gauge Convention Committee
at the Chamber of Commerce should be
largely attended by our public-spirited
citizens who feel an interest in the
Selma railroad project and other matters
of general interest Most important
questions will be submitted and dis
cussed with reference to the action Of
the County Court in refusing to order an
issuance Of the Selma railroad scrip.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

RELATIVE to the Alabama indemnity
the New York Express says; The Ala
bama indemnity money, $l5,5OO,OOe
gold, due from Great Britain on Septem-
Der 9Th, has already been paid into the
Treasury, with the exception Of about
S.. 900, 600, which is deposited in gold in
a number of our city banks. The pay
ments thus far to the Treasury have
been in called bonds, overdue coupons
and gold. The balance due will be
gradually paid in during the next three
weeks, and within this time the man
ayers of this fund expect to purchase an
additional amount of called bonds.
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AdmInIstrator's NolIee.

A. ADNISSlsIRAi &
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MEDICAL.
DR.. Curtis on Manhood
IL. 4 ~
Revised and Corrected By the Author. L. d

Revised and Corrected by the Author. 4. Oh
+. CURTIS. NJ. D.. ETC., etc.
A MEDICAL ESSAY on tho cause and cure
Of Premature Decline in Man. showing how
health is lost and how regained. IL gives a
clear synopsis Of the lmpediments 70 Marriage,
the treatment OF Exhausted Vitality, Nervous
and Physical Debility, and other diseases APP
pertaining thereto, and the remedies therefor,
the results Of twenty years successful prae-
tiCe. -
"'CURTIS ON MANHOOD. > There l. no
member Of society BY when this book viii mt
be found useful, whether he be parent pre-
ecptor or clergym. - kondOr Times.
Price 50 cents. By mail. address The author,
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whole ucksts. $50 halves. 81; tenths, q
- ~euron. S; eleven Ehole tickets for 500
.--crfv-fro and half tickets for sluls oEo
turircd and thirteen whole tickets for = 80 !
10 hundred and tEcnty-scvcn whole uckes
f4r $1,000. No discount on less than ~
eorfh 81 tickets az time. 80.
me unraraiicd success Of the Third Gin
Concert a. we'll a. the satisfaction given ~
the First and stcund makes Il only uecetsarl
30 announce the fourth 10 insure ne lrerllt
SaIe N every ticket. The Fourth Git ton-
rrrf viii Is conducted I'm an BE- details IKE
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ION rirruiarl Which viii BE- cent free ron
tbs sfIcd o. an Who arrlf Tor then. -.
TieEefr noa ready for saic and at &c.,
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Wednesday, December 3, 1873.

Only Sixty thousand tickets will be sol,
and one-half of these are intended for thu
European market. thus leaving only $1,000 fo
sale in the United States, where 100000 wer'
disposed Of for the Third Concert. The ticket
arc divided into ten coupons or parts, ant
planntion of the mode Of drawing;
AT this Concert. which will be the grandes
musical display ever witnessed in this cOun'
trv. the unprecedented sum Of
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Ch,ppewn valley Railroad

MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 25.-Hon.
Jno. NJ. Carry, President of the Wiscon-
sin State Railroad Company, states that
the corporation has rendered Governor
Washburne bond of sl25, 900 that they
will construct the Chippewa Valley
railroad, and St. Croix and Superior
railroad and Monroe extension, for St.
Croix land grants, in case it shall be
confined to the State. The company
had before offered penal bond Of $780,
600 to hold the State harmless, by reason
Of the failure, and now offers bond in
liquidation of damages, as required by
Governor Washburne, which is equal to
concession by the signers Of the bond
that they will pay the amount of money
into the treasury in case the company
fails to build the road, whether the
State gives the land grant or not.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-25

PHILADELPHIA. August 25.-Benjamin
Young. a vell-knoWn actor. fell down
and died suddenly yesterday. he was
known as . delineaior Of negro charac-
ters, particularly that Of Uncle Tom.
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Death orJudre Nelson.

KNOXVILLE, August lO.-Judge Thos.
A. R. Nelson, late Judge OF the Supreme
Court died at his residence here at six
o'clock yesterday morning Of cholera,
after an illness of two days.