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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23
STEAMBOATS,.
For white River.

Only Regular White River Paoket-FQr Au-
gusta, Jacksonport and sll points on White.
Black and Little Red Rivers.
QUICKSTEP. .......................Ha Harry, master
r EAVES MEMPHIS sATUR- ~. =
IL DAY 25th inst, at pm. ei|st
r. W. LIGHTBURNE,
Sup't Memphis Elevator Co., Is Madison st.
GLENN a. VINSON, Agents,
125-127 On board Wharf boat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23
For Arkansas Riyer.

Memphis and Arkansas River U. S. Mail
Line-For Pine Bluff Little Rock and all
way landings on Arkansas river.
FORT GIBSON....... .Nowland, master
T EAVES AS ABOVE SATUR- 49,
IL DAY. 25th July, at 8 pm. lFrs8
For freight OF passa.e apply on 0A1AAa1SizA'2
GLENN & VINS0N, Agents,
125-lN on Wharf boat, foot of Court street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23

The Ella, Captain John Elliott, came
in at noon from White river with fair
trip, and returns on Saturday evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23

liz memphis d Ohio h. 4. $50
100 S.S01 Twice Daily. $50 2.15
Memphis 4 Charleston
9.30I12 K. R.-Daily. ii 90 ll.55
mississippi & Tennes-
Il.5 see r. R.-Daily. I'D
memphis Little Rock
liz R. R.-Daily. 800
miss. river to Helena&
sol Friar's P't-daily.
JVicksburg(tri-week
81 0l Mon, Thurs, Sat.
miss. river u st. Louis
g 3Ol Mon. Thurs. Fri. 8
{ White River-Semi-
8 80 Weekly-rues. 4 Sat.
Ark river, semi-weeklyl
q 30 Tuesday and Saturday. s
Marion (tri-weeklyl-l
0 Mon, We'd. Fri. 10
Cuba, Tennessee
10 Weekly--Friday. 10
lByhalia&0live Branch eE
g sol Tues. and Fri. $50
-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23
. For VIeksburg.

Memphis and st, Louis Packet co.,. S. Mail
Line-For Vicksburg and the Bends.
ST. GENEVIEVE..""....". Vickers. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON H-.as
w FRIDAY, oath inst. at Iass6trR
S pm. $50
AID. STORM,
125-126 Sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23

Tho FOLLOWING rs the preEent tar1n lIOn NOW
York and Boston to Memphis on freights by
the GreatW estern Dispatch Fast Freight Line:
All rail-First class, 81 81; second class, 81 Is;
third class, 81 OF; fourth class. SIC; fifth class.
&c
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23

l2:40p.m.-Cotton is quiet and unchanged.
Futures are a shade easier, with sales for Au-
gust at 16159l6 JIG; September, l67fgl6 ll;lo;
arv oO00 haIee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23
For Cairo ana SC. Louis.

Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-For
Hickman, Columbus, Cairo and st. Louis.
CITY OF CHESTER. ..Zeigler, master
WILL LEAVE THE ELE- ~.
w yator Building THURS el7fEaR
DAY, 23d inst, at pm. lAR4AAA
For freight or passage apply to
AID. STORM.
12l-125 sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23

Regular semi-WeekIy Coast P'k't.
For Randolph. Fulton. osceOla and AshpOrt.
Str. Frank Forest, .sAsgE1scs
0. K. JOPLIN. ...,...................M Master
WILL LEAVE MEMPHIS EVERY MON
w DAY and FRIDAY, making all the
on board. HIT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-23
For White River.
Memphis and White River Independent
Packet.
CHEER LIN Il.

Memphis and Vicksburg Packet Co.. For
Helena, Friar's Point and the bends-U. 5.
mail 10 Napoleon.
laik-etsEr1f Mark Master
Leaves TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS.
For freight or passage , apply on board or to
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

daring foot upon the laws of Nature;
which are the laws of God. I
We know the deep sea holds many
secrets such as these, which never will
be fathomed till the end of time; and,
knowing this, is it the part Of manhood
or of womanhood to sit*in jud dgment on
that which the Creator has folded in
mystery? For what power, save the
far-reaching Prescience Of Almighty
God. can lay bare the complex motives
of the human heart! Is it more than
justice to demand that judgment be sus-
pended until the sea gives up it's dead,
and the dead give up their awful
secrets
l have no sympathy with that apoth-
eosis of vice which would, in any case,
exalt the wanton into a heorine but.
n all sincerity, is it not time that she
received more of charity and less of
censure, more pity and less of scorn,
from those who can afford to be mag
unanimous! For what, among earth s
meanest creatures, receives less charity
and more censure than she? And
surely, nothing in heaven or earth
stands more in need Of pity, or less re-
ceives it. THEo. CARPENTER.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
A Northlambrtan Sermon.

In the Atlantic Monthly for August,
is a sketch ofa ''Northumbrian Village:'
which contains some interesting facts
about the ignorance of the poor fisher
men of that country, and the slow
process of civilization among them.
The most interesting portion Of the ar
ticle, however, is the following account
OF the five or six devout fishermen who
leavened the lump Of Northumbrian
sin:
Two were Baptists, one a Sweden
borgian, one an 1rvingite, and one stood
alone, calling himself a member of the
Church Of Christ. What was very re-
markable, the society Of these poor
fishermen, who, divested Of their
religion, were nothing more
than poor, ignorant men, was
sought by some Of the most eminent
divines Of the mother country, includ-
ing Cummings Of London, Lee of Edin.
burgh. Cairns of Berwick-on-Tweed,
Aursell, the Manchester Spurgeon, and
hosts Of others. Ignorant Of every
other class of literature, these men
were thoroughly conversant with the
Holy Scriptures and the best theologi-
cal works. So extensive was their
knowledge, so vast their comprehen-
sion Of truth, so subtitle their reason
ing, that the most learned divines we're
humble before them, and listened to
them in wonder. The Rev. John
Cairns, D. D., a man as remarkable for
his profundity as for his eloquence. had
a handsome church built by his con-
gregation. When it was finished, he
invited one Of these fishermen-he who
called himself a member Of the Church
of Christie examine it. Arm
in arm the doctor Of divinity
and the North Sea fisherman walked
through the richly carpcted aisles ex-
amined the gorgeous pews, gazed upon
the carved pulpit, the lofty ceiling, the
stained glass windows.
''What do you think of it brother!'
asked the doctor.
The rugged North Sea fisherman
raised his eyes to the ceiling, drew his
rough fustian jacket closer around him,
and folding his arms upon his breast,
said in reverential tones:
''Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not
in temples made with hands,
The divine gazcd upon the fisherman,
an expression of admiration on his face.
and laying his hand on the ]atter's
shoulder said:
Brother, you have preached the first
and the grandest sermon that will ever
be heard within these walls.''
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

bend in menace, the,teyes are troubled,
the diaphanous and falpitatingl nostrils
''scent the morning air, = the beard
shuts down over a poftentous secret,
while undulations and points of shadow
in the cheek that takes the light, be-
traying the action of the concealed
mouth, manifest q fathers yearning.
Now let him face the light and instantly
'.the aparition comes'' right through
the oval toward you; the eyes are keen
and clear, the beard and plumes vanish
into the oval and the face becomes that
OF a living spirit, pure and cold as
''now thrice-sifted by the frozen wind.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
The Ghost i'm Hamlet.

The ghost of the elder Hamlet in
marble-this is the audacious work of
Thomas r. Gould, the Boston sculptor,
and the Advertiser thus wildly de-
scribes it:
1t is called-or rather we should say
it is-the ''Ghost in Hamlet and it
consists of q head, bearded, helmeted
and plumed, chiselled in high relief on
a sunk oval set into square. To rep.
resent spirit in marble the idea
seems at first preposterous. And if
one could stop to analyzc his impress.
sions Of this ghost, the first would
probably be one of quick appreciation
OF the artistic instinct which suggested
the form Of Mr.. Gould's work, a form
which, when thus suggested, the mind
At once perceives to be the only one
possible to the sculptor's success with
such subject.
But such thought will come, if at
all, late and not carly. The first feeling
will be 4 mixture Of awe and wonder.
Here is shadow in marble, yet a dis
tinct personality Of keen and varied ex-
preston. It is spirit striving to be-
come an apparition and showing the
strain of the endeavor. The eyes not
only transfx the attention-terrible.
far-away eyes, which have looked upon
the unutterable secrets of the 'sprison-
house. of souls; eyes full of the name
less anguish of expiation, yet terrible
in their demand for Vengeance upon the
living. {:
As one looks longer the piteousnes
Of the whole expression grows, especi-
ely again in the wonderful eyes; the
oountenance, grim and ''perturbed." as
it is, is seen to be ''more in sorrow than
in anger,' and even the dread frown
seems tempered by the love and longing
which led the father to seek his onlV
son. In every line and aspect the head
is most majestic and kingly, and bv
some subtle skill, the effect Of paleness.
IS required by the text Of Shakespeare,
seems to be impaired to the wasted
cheeks. Viewed from different points
these various expressions become by
turns conspicuous.
With his right side in shadow the
face is more grievous and wasted, be-
traying the scathe Of: purgatorial fire.
With his left side IN shadow the brooWs
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
BeecheRso New PAPER.

1t is stated on good authority that.
the presses are ordered for the new
Republican paper in New York, and
that it will probably be called the Re-.
public. Mr.. E. B. Wesley, who With
Raymond and Jones founded the Times.
and who erected the Times building. l.
= stockholder and director in the new
concern, and will probably be the pub
Usher of the paper, Mr.. G. G. Noryeu.
financial editor Of the New York Times
from the commencement of that paper
is at the head Of tho editorial .depart-
ment. Mr. Williams, who Is well known
in connection with tho poor ohildren's
excursions, which he has managed from
the start, will doubtless be city editor.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
PAST ALL OlSMoNOR. !"

A combination of circumstances led
me become a frequent passenger, in the
summer of IS, on steamboat leav-
ing the wharves of New York, whose
destination was Boston. A person who
has been fortunate enough to make this
journey in favorable weather, need not
be told that the trip is delightful; par
ticularly 50 if it be made in one of
those Floating palaces" belonging to
the ''Fall River Line.''
On one Of these occasions, just before
the boat started, a pretty girl, of per-
haps II or l8, stepped aboard, inquired
for the Steward, and secured a state
room, saying she was going through to
Boston. Her manner was easy and
self.possessed; yet a certain
audacious sauciness in her splendid
brown eyes, the jaunty way in
which she wore her Turkish hat, her
independent air, and nameless sugges-
tion of mischief which appeared to Turk
IN every movement, arrested the OBJ
servers attention, and seemed to indi-
cate that she was proficient beyond her
ears in the worlds knowledg ge; that
er tutelage, to say the least, had par
taken more Of lenience than of prudence.
Her dress was rich, and exquisitely be.
coming, but no attempt at conspicuous
ornament. Her hair was of the same
rich brown color as her eyes, and fell
down to her waist, resting as lovely on
her fair young shoulders as if each SEP.
arate hair were endowed with electric
life.
From the moment the vessel started
she was the target Of universal atten-
tion. The ladies eyed her very mar
rowly, and criticised her dress and man.
ner with that merciless severity known
only to the gentler sex. The gentle
men cast sly glances of admiration from
beneath their hats and behind their
newspapers; and the gravest If them
looked more amiable at the sight. of her
bright eyes and childish countenance.
AS we swept out into the Sound, she
came on deck, where most of the gentle
men and several ladies were congregat.
ed, and directed fusillade Of small
conversation At the captain, addressing
him in q tone Of reckless levity, and
with familiarity which startled the
LADIES' and amused the gentlemen and
otherw!se conducting herself in = man.
ner Wnlch lett no doubt as to her social
status. In less than ten minutes. every
LADY on board was her ayowed enemy.
and not at all afraid to let it be known
but she chartered on, in her rollickine
way, regardless Of smiles or frowns. m.
Parently the irredeemable devotee oi
thoughtlessness and folly. i
The afternoon drifted SLOWLY by,
frsighted with = delicious ~lanruor. .Ss
the majestic vessel plunged steadily on.
uard through the waste Of waters. The
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

''Having read about the advantages
OF rolling potato fields on the. recur-
renee Of disease, it may be worth no.
tice that the experiment has been tried
at Bicton with the most satisfactory
results. Potato disease made its ap-
pearance with us on the 18th of
July. when most promising field of
over three acres, then in full flower,
was thoroughly rolled up, down, and
across with a heavy one-horse roller,
firming the ground and bruising potato
stalks as much as possible. From care
full examination it soon became evident
that the plague was greatly checked,
If not stamped out, no extension of it
having been observed since the OPERA
ton. Potatoes 60 on ripening with
healthy foliage, few lateral shoots
only having grown out from their
stems. The field under notice was
planted about the middle of March in
rows 2 feet 6 inches apart, and with
medium sized tubers foot from each
other. EARLY varieties are now stored,
and have turned out an excellent crop.
with scarcely any disease among them;
the quality is also all that could be
desired. Late sorts also promise to be
an abundant crop, of good size, and
with no trace of disease il them at pres
ent. The exposure is open, and the
manure used consisted Of well-rotted
leaves from pine-pit Innings, to which
were added little bone dust, coal and
turf ashes, and SCOT, well mixed and
sown in the drills. IN potato plot
a few yards off the field, where rolling
the ground was not resorted to, potato
stalks have nearly disappeared BY dis
ease. From this statement the infer
ence may be fairly drawn that if rolling
potatoes at the proper time-which is
OF on the very first appearance Of spot on
the leaves. not days after, as that would
be labor lost-if not preventive, is pail
ative, and I strongly recommend potato
growers to give the practice fair trial,
and publish the result.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
THE SUNSHINE STORY.
BY ETHEL. LYNN,


; Four little pictures, that was al,
rs tell his ended life essz..:,.
TO me o lonely woman still,
Who would have been his wife.
Out of his mothers feeble hand
Itook them one BY one,
l heard his story, short and sad,
Told by the faithful sun.
''This one"-she rubbed it with her
sleeve
MY eyes can scarcely see,
'Twas taken when he was boy,
A dear good boy to mel"
A round and rosy little face,
With awkward, frightened stare,
And sturdy, nervouSschool boy hand,
Clutched tightly on chair.
And this was in his college days,
When he went counting you!'
1pulled the veil across my face,
And near the picture drew.
l saw the eager hazel eyes.
The careless wind-tossed hair,
The very knotting Of the tie
loved to see him wear.
When browner shone these locks of
mine
That folded grimmer gray,
When life no dim December knew,
Only the merry May.
laid it with silent sigh,
Softly upon her knee,
Remembering how my stubborn pride
Had parted him from me.
How bitter pain had followed fast,
Repentance all too late
For him, in time, a loveless wife;
For me lonely fate
"And this" she said, twas the best of
ail,"
But-part Of it was gone;
II rubbed her figure off the plate
could not keep it on! ~
A bearded mouth. steiner face
That used to smile on me-,
A stalwart figure fnll of grace
Beside this could see.
The outlines Of woman's dress,
Along the mimic floor;
A blot, large as a woman's hand,
The shoulder plainly bore.
A blotch that came SO near the heart!
What pen could better tell
The tale of faithless queen uncrowned?
What picture half 20 well9
"And this was taken at Fair Oaks.
They say. It came to me
With gun and cap and hasty lines
Scrawled lying on his knee"
Over the soldiers solemn f.ce,
That time shall touch no more,
Nor sunshine find to add line,
Nor shadow darken more.
l looked. so l might not forget;
Then whispered low prayer,
II might unto glory come,
That should know him there.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

GEO. BALDWIN, young man, Was en-
gagged in hauling oats near ShakoPse,
Monday evening, and while passing 8
pile of weod, the team suddenly started
Throwing him under tho load, the wheel
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
BABIES DONE TO Death.
Children Born In Sin and Killed for
Gafn.-Leaves from the Record Of
a Private Hospital.
From the N. Y. World.1

The death Of a baby, not a month
old, who had been put out to board in
the hands of Mrs. Kate. Kilbride, of
5O9 West Nineteenth street, in small
way "baby farmer" has drawn gen.
eral attention to the fate which young
children born in vice, or what usually
amounts to the same thing, the lowest
stratum OF society, may meet at any
time through neglect or an intent posi-
lively murderous. An illegitimate
child is born in this city about every
hour, and the fate of little Charley.
whose inquest was held last Sunday,
may be, and often is, the fate of any
one of them. His story never would
have drawn the least attention but for an
intormality in the death certificate, and
after an inquest, which showed that the
child was starved to death, it was found
that nobody was legally to blame in the
matter. Each and all concerned in the
child s death stand lust where thev did
before, barring little publicity which
the flaw in the certificate has caused.
There seems to be no manner of doubt
that cases more or less like this, where
minor bits of form and detail are at.
tended to, are all the time slipping
through the meshes of the Health Board
without even a coroner's inquest to de-
eide in judicial and authoritative
manner that nobody was at fault after
all.
It is scarcely worth while in this case
to 60 over the whole story of the way
by which young girl of seventeen found
that sin had brought on her path the
dark shadow Of coming motherhood.
1t is a very old story and 4 very sad
story.
Kate Kilbride, a large-armed Irish
woman, with expansive motherhood as
the prominent characteristic of her
form, and, it is fair to conclude, of her
nature as well, took charge of the child
for $3.50 q week. What the parting
was between mother and child no one
cared enough even to remember.
Says Mrs. Kilbride: "Mrs. Dorian
she sent for me, and she says, says she,
Take this baby, Mrs. Kilbride, and /
looks at him, and he had sore breast
and sore mouth, and I was Altered
for me own and this, the little by, as
his mother pays the rint, an stops an
hesitates like, and never put hand to
him, and Mrs. Moran or Dorian, or
what might be the name of her, she
says, swate-like, an here's half a
months pay, Mrs. Klbride,' because,
sir, they know sir, the child
would only livetwo weeks, and so they
gives me that and nothing more, as me
name it's Kate Kilbride this ten wear ::
and the mother she raises herself up
and says, o, take him, Mrs. Kilbride !:
take him, for the love of heaven, take
him. and thin bein' still wake, and her,
self it was BY no means strong, she
just lies back in bed; and ItaEes the
little sickly thing-bad luck to him
an he didn't live at all, nor he couldn't
an goes to the door, and the mother
calls me back and says, ooughin' to
that degree she couldn't spake,s Here's
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

I can no longer endure this polluting,
This fostering breath;
Gladly fly to the refuge that's left me-
Merciful death.
Not sadly, tearfully,
But gladly, cheerfully,
Golto my death.
Priests may refuse to grant sanctiied burial
Here unto me;
Father, thank Thee blessing is always
Over the sea.
Aye, in it's widest foam,
Aye, in it's thickest gloom,
Blest is the sea-
Welcome, Q, Sea! with thy breakings and
That never shall cease;
Down in thy angriest, stormiest waters
Oh hide me in peace.
Say to the weary face,
Tome to thy resting place,
slumser in peaee."
This was all No clue to tell if there
were any ON earth to whom she had
been dear. No hast word for those who
might, perhaps, wait patiently to learn
her fate, but wait in vain, until painful
apprehension |subsided into calm >des.
pair. No explanetion Of the motives 81
that sashness> which thus had set its
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-11

That portion of the Democratic press of
Minnesota, known as Bourbon because of
its tenacity in cling to what the Chicago
Times pleasantly calls the "putrid remin-
iscense," has for long time been dissatls-
fed with the St. Paul Pioneer because it
has shown disposition to realize that po-
litical affairs had been changed somewhat
by the events Of the past II years Two
or three of them have formally read the
rebellious journal out of the party, and the
Pioneer, so far from feeling badly about it,
announces that henceforth it will be indie
endent of all parties and cliques, and
adds Its platform will be The State
and its party The People To this com-
plexion every journal of character, not
handcuffed to Federal Office or apron
stringed to party pap, must sooner or later
come.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-11
Some Of the Fraudulent Rockford
Stock Gone Where the Wood
bine Twineth.
Judge Peasants Punches the Insiaes out Of
About Two Millions Of 1t.
The Corrupt Body Construction Company
Won't Hold Water.

A case has just been decided in our cir
cult court, by Judge Peasants, of no little |
interest to the people generally, the case
Young Stokes VS.. George Greene, VIM.
Greene, William. H. Merritt and the
Rockford, Rock Island & st. Louis r. R,
Co. on bill in chancery filed in October
last, by Young Stokes, stakeholder, to
set aside and declare void about Two Mil
lion Dollars of Stock in the company is
sued to William Irwin & Co., contractors,
and received by the defendants, Greene
and Merritt, on division of the profits of
their Credit Mobilier contracting firm, on
the ground that they being directors Of
the railroad company were accountable to
it for all the profits received by them on
the construction contracts made with it.
At the May term of our circuit court,
which closed last week, the defendants at
tempted to transfer the case to the United
States Circuit Court for the Northern Dis
trict of this State, on a petition filed by
all the defendants, Except the railroad
company and bonds executed by them,
with Thomas j. Robinson as security. On
objection made to the petition aud form of
bond. by c. NJ. Osborn, Esq, attorney for
Stokes, the court refused to transfer the
case, and held the defendants to answer
the bill
Just before the close of the term, the
defendants, VIM. and George Greene, hav-
ing failed to answer, decree was entered
caneelling their stock, which amounted to
81, 7S5, 900 and the stock has been surend
cred and cancelled. The balance, held by
Merritt, will be attended to in due time.
The case was managed by Mr. Osborn,
and is one of the first cases where suits
have been finally successful in setting aside
stock which was in fact never paid for, and
the value of which never entered into the
road, but nominally swelled its construc-
ton account.
If all the illegal profits made by these
Credit Mobilier arrangements could be
brought to light and wiped out the people
| would then have some basis on which to
compute the tariff reasonably necessary to
be charged that bonafde investors should
receive fair equivalent for their money.
It is certainly start in the right direction
tor the profession Of the bondholders, the
municipal corporations and counties which
have rendered aid towards the building OF
this road-and to all other persons who
have actually put money into its construc-
ton. Mr.. Osborn, in his successful man
agement OF the case has added new laurels
to his already extended reputation as one
Of the ablest lawyers in our State.