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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02

Regular Memphis and New Orleans
Packet.
For Vicksburg. Natehez, New Orleans and all
way landings in the bendsrhe new and
elegant steamer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
For Arkansns River.

Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Com.
pany-U S. Mail Line = For Pine Blu /,
Little Rock, and all points through to Fort
Smith.
CLARKSVILLE Pritchard, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON r
w SATURDAY. Sd inst, at slls.s5Et5s
JOHN N. HARDIN, Agent,
1O6-lO7 Office on WharfbOat. foot Of Court st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
STEAMBOATS,.
Q A II D.
Steamer Pat OIehurna.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH TIE REQUEST
1 Of Memphis merchants, the owners Of the
Pat Cleburne have determined to run her per-
manently in the Memphis and Cheot trade,
leaving each port twice week. O. he owners
rely on the patronage of our merchants and
others IN permanently establishing a first
class packet in trade which will give our
city large increase Of business The Gle
burne will leave Memphis on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. 9if
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
boats LEAVING TO-DAY.

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
St. Louis, Colorado =. m
Yicksburg, City Of Vicksburg. D. m
Fulton, Frank Forest ,,;;..,;.....,,.........5 m
Friars Point Phil . m
New Orleans, Paragon...... ................5 p. m
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
NEW LINE.

Memphis. Helena aud Frfarss Point
semI-W~ekly Iiae.
The elegant passenger steamer
PHIL ALLIN.-.-...-...--....--..J ames Lee, uastar
I EAVEs MEMPHIS on NON
u DAYS, WEDNESDAYS sss -
FRIDAYS. at5pm a618
ter treight or nas.sz AMY N na.ri as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
JEWELRY.
JET PALAC E
1896 MAIN STREET.
Attention, Ladies' (!

We will sell our stock of Solid Gold
Goods at an immense reduction, paying
more attention to our Fancy Goods
Some very fine sets,
watches, chains and rings at cost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
p A r n O N

j. ]. Darrash, master; Thos DarraEh, clerk,
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON r1
w FRIDAY. January I'd. at srcS
R.W. LIGHTBURNE. Agent
290 Front street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02

For Whi' hiv-r.
Elliott Line Memphis and White River Packet
co... s Mail-For Jackson ort, Al ,lsta.
West Point, Searcy d Arc. Oeva rs Bluh,
Clarendon, Indian Ray, Conc rdia, Ca
son 8, Friar's Point and Helena.
HAMMOCK JILL. Harry. master
I EAVES MEMPHIS ON SAT- 49,
II URDAY, Sd inst. at 5 IN. sllFl,t =
For freight or passage apply to 1sis2z4sasss
JOS. ELLIOTT Agent,
lO6 lO7 No. Elliott Block. foot Jefferson a..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
For neinnati

Memphis and Ohio River Packet Co oHce
266 ront street-For Louisville ana Cincin-
matt
BEN FRANKLIN. Miller, master
WILL LEAVE SATURDAY, 49,
w Sd instant, at 5 p m. For s4lEaexs
freight or passage apply to 1ss.ssskas
L. D. COBB a co Agents,
lO6-107 2s6 Front st eet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02

forestl George W. Cheek, Bannock CITY.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather gloomy, with drizzling rain
The river here is falling rapidly. At st.
Louis the river is falling and full of run
ming ice, with scant six feet in the chan
mel out to Cairo. The Ohio is receding,
with fair steamboat stage from Gin
cinnati down. White river continues in
good navigable order. Arkansas river
is receding, with four feet in the channel
from Little Rock out, and three feet
above there. Business on the landing
is moderate, with fair movement in
freights.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02

ARRIVALS.
Steamer City of Chester, st. Louis.
" West Wind, Point Pleasant.
Ben Franklin, Cincinnati.
" Paragon, Cincinnati.
" A. j. White, Napoleon.
st. Francis, Helena.
Nick Longworth, Cincinnati.
" Bannock City, White river.
" Geo. W. Cheek, Napoleon.
" City of Vicksburg, St. Louis.
Frank Forest, Fulton.
Shannon, New Orleans.
" Colorado, Vicksburg.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer City of Chester, st. Louis.
Paragon, New Orleans
" Nick Longworth, New Orleans.
" Great Republic, New Orleans.
" A. j. White, Napoleon.
" st. Francis, Helena.
" Andy Baum, Cincinnati.
" Colorado, St. Louis.
" Shannon, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
Ben Franklin, West Wind, Frank
Forest, George W. Cheek, Bannock City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02

NEw ORLEANS. January 2. n:SO a.m.-Cot-
ton is quiet. Middling. Ice; sales, 1000 bales.
NEW YORK. January ,, l0:20 a.m..-Cotton
nnens mammal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02
AMUSEMENT.
MEMPHIS THEATEE

secprs seats in advance at the Thoster and
NeSsrs. Cleaves K Carnes. 2s3 Main street
ROY Office open daily from 10 AN. 20 pm.
Doors omen al ~: performance begins AZ >.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-02

For Mayor-John League, 54s; J.
Busby, 463.
For Tax Collector-F. c. Schaper
6l8; c. G. Locke, 1877; F. W. Robertson
1876.
For Whsrfmaster-Ed. Shaw, 504; r
W. Llghtburne, 800; j. f. Washington
So; w. S. Rogers, 81; j. N. Smither, u
For Alderman-H. S. Lee, 563; a. J
White, 1875.
For Councilmen-B. K. Barinds, $40
J. P. Hughes, 529; S. NJ. lobe, 26O; II
Marks, Ice; +. h. Finnie, l02; c. D
Madden, SO; c. A. Damman, Is; ]. r
Grehan, 80; George Heckle, II.
For School Visitor-A. 4. FARMLAND
s63; j. o. Steadman, e.; j. L. d. Butt
10; h. Furstenheim, ?.
Total vote. l0ll.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26
4 DEMOCRATIC REFORMER.
One Of The NeT De nocratic C0n,r S..
men i'm 0nio an Iowa Sharper.

TO the Editor ofthe Muscatine Journal:
While in town last Saturday, learned
that A. L. Willing, formerly of Keokuk
Iowa, now of Ohio, has been elected to
Congress by the Democracy of the 10Th
Ohio District; and thereupon stated to
you, from memory, that believed the
said Walling left Iowa a debtor to the
school fund and children of Iowa, in not
less than four thousand dollars, and that
if he is now an honest "reforming' Dem
ocrat he can appropriate one years salary
as Congressman toward making good the
loss our public school fund has suffered
by him.
On coming home in the evening | look
ed up the matter and | find, from the
Documents in my possession worse con
dition of things for the Hon. Demo cratic
Congressman elect than | stated to you
| find that the said A. T. Walling, on
April 4th, 1855, borroyei from the
Iowa school fund, through james ID. Eais
$4,9OO,0O, and on the 18th of May of
the same year 100000 more, making in
all ten thousand dollars, Oh his personal
note secured by mortgage on lands des
cribel as lying in the counties of Lee
Story, Marshall, Clark, Wright and Deca
tor.
Walling having failel to pay either
principal Or interest his notes were placed
in the hands of Hon. Joshua Tracy fol
collection, Feb. 18th, 1867; and on the
10Th day of December, 1865 the District
Court rendered judgment and decree
against said Walling for the sum OF
eighteen thousand three hundred and nine
ty dollars.
The lands lying in the above named
counties were offered for sale under the
decree, but nobody would purchase them
and they were bid in by the State fol
sums aggregating in the total only littl,
over four thousand dollars, leaving Wal
ling still about fourteen thousand dollar.
behind.
The Lee county lands were supposed
to be the most valuable, and concernins
them l find the following remarks in tn,
report of Mr. Tracy. He says: "Tht
property described in the mortgage Of
said Walling as lying in Lee county, was
encumbered by and sold to satisfy priol
mortgage excepting thirty-five acres, il
which Walling had but one-third inter
est" What honesty!
l have no interest, feeling or motive il
calling attention to the above documenta
ry facts, other than to show my fellow
citizens another specimen of the men VIII,
pretending Democratic "reformers" de
light to honor. God save the countr.
from the rule of such menl Let the
people think. SAMUEL McNUTT
Lake 1owaship, Nou. 9th, 1874.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26

CURING BEEF.-There is great mis-
take in curing beef so as to have it the
most palatable, and we feel anxious to
present and adopt every means to this
end, so we reprint the following for the
benefit or the public. We intend 10
adopt it:
A subscriber writing for the INTER OCEAN
from Coxsackie N. Y, asks !: Wiii you
or some of your readers, in your talk with
correspondents, give me recipe Tor corn
;ng heef which is intended for drying,
stating length of time for it to remain in
brine.
several years, and find it perfect. To
four gallons of water add one pound of
brown sugar, one pint of molasses, two
ounces of saltpeter, and fine salt till it will
float an egg. This quantity will answer
for quarter of beef For drying, when
thel beef Sis thoroughly picked through,
take it out and hang 1t where the drying
process is comparatively slow. The time
required to pickle through depends upon
the size of the pieces, probably from ter
days to two weeks. If any one has bet
ter process we should be glad to publish
IT,
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26
THE AGE FOR GOING TO SCHOOL
Home and School.

Tho great argument for child's learn
;no to read early is the fund of innocent
and onet entertainment-how we old
folks welcome anything that keeps the
Young ones quiet found in the story
books and pretty magazines so tempting
" laid before our little ones these days.
Teach your child then to read as soon as
he is willing to begin, but never make an
issue with him on that score until fully
turned of seven That fearful diseases
of tn, brain are engendered or the whole
mental structure permanently stunted by
being pushed to unnatural growth by hot
house culture, any skillful physician will
tell you is no fgment of sensationalists
brain, but peril to be cautiously and ju-
diciously warded off by prudent for
bearance on the qart of educators and
guardians of infancy. We have heard Of
similar cases, and know of one instance
where two children possessed Of equally
fair capacity, started at their books, the
elder at four, the other not till seven,
three years afterward, and two more years
they were in the same classes and worked
abreast ever afterwards. Do not exam
pies like this show the real educative work
of life is not materially advanced by be-
ginning so early?
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26
BUNYAN AT BEDFORD.

Bunyan the Pilgrim, dreamer, preacher
Sinner and soldier tinker and teacher,
For heresy scoffed, scourged. put in prison
The day OF Tolerance yet unrisen-
Who heard from the dark of his dungeon lair
The roar and turmoil of Vanity Fair,
And shadowed Mans pilgrimage forth with pas
sion
Heroic in God-guided poet-fashion,
Has now his revenge; he looks down at you
In ducally-commissiOned statue
A right good artist gave life and go to it.
But his names Boehm, and Rhyme says mo" t
And the Dean of Westminster, frank and fluent
Spoke Broad-Church truths of the Baptist tru
ant.
Punch likes the duke and he likes the dean,
And the summer air in the summer green,
When the Anabaptist poet and clown,
Was set up as the glory of Bedford town;
But ducal and decanal folk should learn
That to deal with the Past is of small concern;
That the eTinker-Teacher has sown his seed;
And we want Our Bunyan to show the way
Through the Sloughs of Despond that are round
us to-day.
Our guide for struggling souls to wait,
And lift the latch of the wicket gate.
The churches now debate and wranglc,
Strange doubts theology entangle:
Each sect to the other doth freedom grudge,
Archbishop asks ruling of a judge.
Why comes no pilgrim, with eyes of fire,
To tell us where pointeth minister spire.
To show though critics may sneer and scott,
The path to THE Land that is very far OFF,
The people are weary of yestmcnt YanitieS,
OF litigation about inanities,
And fain would listen, o Preacher and Peer,
To voice Ike that of this Tinker-Seer;
Who guided the Pilgrim up beyond
The Valley of Death and the Slough Of Despond,
And Doubling Castle. and Giant Despair,
To those Delectablc Mountains fair,
And over the River, and in at the Gate,
Where for weary Pilgrims the Angels wait
Punch.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26
DEPARTMENT coNr,N,rvn
FROM FOURTH PAGE
THE HORSE AS A WALKER
Country Gentlemen.

| country Gentlemen.
In breeding horses we breed for trot
ters, racers, &c, but never for walkers
which is very great mistake, particular
ly IT the horse is intended for the farm
What the plowman wants is a good walk
er, also needed for the harrow, and il
fact for almost any kind of work on the
farm, the road included.
Let us look little at this. A good
walker will walk with ease four miles an
hour; the best of walkers will readily
make five miles an hour. This is done
with as much ease as the ordinary walker
will make three miles. This, in ten hours
wlllsmake a difference from ten to fifteen
miles, which is clear gain, as the one horse
will use no more excrtion to do this, than
the other in doing less. 1t is in the me-
chanlcal structure in the gait, and this is
as susceptible of transmission as the trot-
ing or racing element
Take the ten or fifteen miles gain ina
day, and make the estimate for the year,
and the sum will aggregate an amount
that will surprise those who have never
reflected on the subject. The one horse
Will do from one quarter to two-ffths
more work than the other, which is a con-
slderation that cannot be ignored. Recol-
lect that it costs no more to keep such
horse He walks with ease, while the
other horse labors or must be on small
trot to keep up. This every one of us
must have seen, and it irritates one to
see it. A good walker will walk sixty
miles per day, allowing twelve hours for
the day at five miles per hour. Will the
trotting horse do it and come out at the
end OF the day as well as the walker?
your walker will walk every day at brisk
pace (tnnr CT five miles an hour) and it
will IL ,lt play for him. for it is the nat
ural and therefore the easy gate of the
animal. have had such opportunity for
testing this thing that | cannot be mista-
ken. The thing may be stated even
stronger than this: The natural fast
walker will do his four or five miles per
hour easier than to be forced to do but
three or less. 1t will worry him to 60
slow if he has any mettle in him; and a
good walker is not generally lazy horse.
But there is not the eclat attending the
walker that there is about the trotter or
racer, or even PAGER. We therefore are
indifferent. 1t is great error; great
reform is needed What the farmer
wants is to breed for walkers. The coun-
try wants this, with the few exceptions of
the general trotters and racers kept for
that purpose; for, let it be understood
that for the ordinary roadsters the walk
ing property will not hurt the trotting
element-rather benefit it. +. G.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26
LIVERY.

= IyrRY. AND OMNIBUS LINE:-For the
| bnst livery in town call at the BaSh&w or
I,;+,. IfySrirs OF Downing. McMullin \ CO. Om-
ii;,,ssps 10 ana from all trains on Central and
ilioitNNNN -, '''a1-
h x ID. railroads.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26

Of the thirty-seven States in the I'm
ion, twenty will now have Democratic
Governors, fifteen Republican, and two
"Independent."
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26

Parton, in his lecture on "The Kings
Of Business" says Vanderbilt's wealth
am ounts to $40O,OOO,0O0.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-11-26
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

TOHN \. HOFFMAN,
and Notary Pa5lic, North side square, oskaloo-
Iowa. -
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

BY GEORGE COOPER.

Wriggles is a little boy
Who never can he still.
Squirming is his only iov,
Aud squirn he ever will.
Jackets will NOT stay on him,
Aud buttons will NOT hold
Then he has 4 flmny whim
For jumping jacks, I'm told.
Wriggles loves the butterflies
And birds: but then he feels
Very kindly toward and sighs
For ladpoleS and for eels.
With the boys he went to school
Twas down II Winding lane;
He set them sqnirming, spite the
rhle
They all squirmed home again.
Wrigglcs went to fly kite
Upon the houses top;
There he ran with all his might
So fast he couldn't stop
Down hc spun! The folks below
Looked up in fear and pain.
Little WriggleS wriggled 50,
He wrlgglcd back again!
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

Lefty resolved within herselfthat
she would leave Easterham the next
day.
I}ut she didn't keep the resolu-
ton. AT the years end she had
neither qnarelled with Miss Electa,
nor Mr.. Easterham, and the little
boys thought Miss Lefty was per-
tection
So did their father.
"Letty," said lie, "the year for
which ! engaged you is over"
eyes" she responded softly.
"Will you stay another year ?
Will you stay with me always,
Lefty"
And so within the shrine of a
wedding ring, Lefty found herse't a
prisoner forever at Easterman Hall.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28
Not I'm the Mill4y way.

III the lower portion OF the city
OF Sacramento, Cal, resides a
widow lady who is in straitened
circumstances. A few days ago
, she had an attack oftever and agne.
ana being alone, the circumstances
were decidedly unpleasant. A
young lady friend hearing Of her
illness, next morning, accompanied
by a gentleman, proceeded to the
widows residence, where the Young
lady did her best to make the sick
woman comfortable. She started
a fire aud made arrangements for
the preparation OF a nice cup of tea.
The water being hot the tea was
pnt to steep, but just then the dis
covely was made that there was no
milk in the house. The Young lady
wasaware, however, that the widow
had four Or FIVE goats, and from
these obtained 4 goodly quantity Of
milk. She did not know much
about goats, but thought it would
be possible for even her to obtain a
sufficient quantity Of milk from one
Of them to suffice for the cup OF tea
the sick woman stood in need Of.
Procuring a pale she went out to-
where the goats were and found
them all loose but one, which was
hltched to'the tence Ofcourse she
directed her steps to this one. AS IT
might take some time to catch ore
OF the Others, but it so happened
that the one tied up was not the
ole she should have chosan-in
fact, it was a William goat! When
the amateur mixer got within a
few feet Of William he showed
symptoms Of reStlessness--,o ,oweri,g
his head significantly, and prancing
about. The young lady became
frightened and went back into the
house, but the sight of the tea made
her think it was too bad there was
10 milk far it, and she remarked to
her masculine companion that she
thought she could milk that goat
it he would take hold Of its horns
aud keep it still. lie consented.
aud they sailed out. He advanced
promptly and caught the animal,
but as she was approaching him
with the tin pail the goat made a
bound, which upset his captor, and
proceeded to butt and prance upon
him vigorously, doing his garments
more hurt than a years ordinary
wear. When the couple returned
into the house and informed the
widow oftheir ill-luck, it did her
more good than all the tea imagin-
able, especially when they hap
pened to mention that the goat
they had been operating with was
the one which was tied up.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28
Miscellaneous.
The Young Governess.

A bitter day. Not q pleasant
day to trave on by any means; but
then Lettice Mainwarlng was one of
the sort that makes the best Of
every thing.
ats a long journey over the hills,
miss" said the wife of the landlord
OF the little one-Story tavern that
was perched Oh the crest OF the
highway, "and the snow is power
ertul deep"
II think q Winter landscape is
the prc,tieSt thing in the world"
said Lettice, cheerily as she wound
her fur round and round her neck.
"Anl old Stokes stage is awful
uncomfortable" )" said the landlady.
81 like stage riding" asserted
Lefty.
"Iou'll not get there till dark"
"Oh, that is sooner than ex-
pected."
And Lefty climbed up into the
stage coach, which stood creakiug
aud groaning at the door, having
lust rumbled up from the next vii
LACE, a mile or so down the Hill.
One solitary passenger occupied
the opposite corner-a tall. dark
man, with a Spanish sort of com
pIexion, aud clear dark eyes, who
wore an odd sort of olive green
cloak or mantle, heavily trimmed
with sable tur.
lie nodded briefly, in return to
I.etty's smiling recognition.
Our little heroine would have
talked with a poar bear, had a
polar bear CHANGED to be her trav-
cling companion.
Lettice arranged herrags aud her
basket aud her bonnet strings, and
wondered secretly how tar the tall
mau was going.
"Can | Ne Of any assistance to
your"
"Thanks-uo," said Lefty, COM
ing up again with very red cheeks,
and curls a little dishevelled.
"Are you going all the way
through ?"
GAS tar as the stage goes-yes."
90" said Miss Mainwaring, $50
am |"
The gentleman nodded interro-
gatively, and Immediately lasped
into au unapproacha6le silence,
Gross thing" thought Lefty,
inyoluutarily pouting her cherry
lips. "Why can't he talk and
make himself agreeable? And be
knows very well that we are to be
shut mp here together for eight long
hours.'
But the wild landscape, as it
fitted BY, white, cleaning with
mow, and darkly iringed with
waving boughs, was, after all, near
II as good d study is the human
face divine
Lefty soon forgot her temporary
annoyance and Chagrin III the white
akeleton-like walls Of . deserted pa
per mill, long siuca disuaed and tal-
aen 10 ruin.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

A Brooklyn young man, who
sat down to mediate in his sweet
hearts lap, had occasion to caution
her against looping up her skirts
with pins. He found that the
consequences had q tendency to
disturb his mental poise.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

MARY" said John. Hener, as he
reclined in the arms OF his loving
sweetheart, ''can You tell me why nv
head at present IS like what / was last
night?n mo. my dear, why ls itpo
s.Becalse, = murmuFed John Henry,
absently, s'it ison a bIst. The re-
semhlance was not disceFnable the
next moment.