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Death Of n Daughter of Thomas II.
Benton, in Paris.

A Paris correspondent of March 10th,
writes:
The burial services of Madame la
Baronne Gauldree Boilleau, daughter
OF Senator Benton, took place at St.
Philippe du Roule this morning. Less
than week ago, although ailing, she
had seen her friends, and appeared
much the same as usual On Saturday
evening last, an Inflammation, from
which she had been suffering, became
alarming in its symptoms, and on Sun
day morning, at I, she expired while the
last sacrament of the holy communion
was being administered to her. Friends
fastened before dawn on Sunday to the
officials to try and obtain her husbands
release from the Concierge, that be might
be present with her at the last, but in
vain. The weary tediousness of French
red tape kept him from her till 2 pm,
when all was over. Loving friends aud
her dear little children, however, sur
rounded her at the last hour.
The Baron Gualdree Boilleau, it will
be remembered, was sentenced to three
years Imprisonment a year since, for
reasons connected with governmental
business, in which public opinion quite
exonerated him from blame. The day
be was sentenced and went into prison,
the death.blow was given to his wife.
Her proud and noble spirit alone kept
her up to do the work she had planned
to do She has, through her sole inhu-
ence, obtained for her husband a re.
prieve. In a few weeks, NJ. Boilleau
will be again free AS soldier who
dies just as victory crowns the struggle,
has she gone from world that was too
hard for her. NJ. Boilleau was at the
funeral with his three little boys-all
broken with their bitter grief do not
think there was dry eye in the crowded
church.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-07

At the time when the rivalry and
jealousy OF the great Wing leaders,
Messrs. Clay and Webster, disturbed the
harmony and menaced the integrity of
the party, Mr. Seaton, of the National
Intelligencer, then Mayor Of Washing
ton, entertained at his hosptable man
sion large company of the most con-
spicuous gentlemen ID the city belong
ing to that organization. One object
was to furnish an eligible opportunity
for those of the same political creed to
confer freely at the social board, with a
view to securing unity of action in Con-
gress Mr.. Seaton had great faith in
the softening influence of discreet con-
vivalty, and being genial host, of ele-
CANT address and winning manners, no
man in Washington was better fitted to
manage an affair of the kind He was
universally popular, never said or did an
ungracious thing, and his entertainments
we're always a success. There was a
general attendance Of the Wings, in
Guiding Congressman and members of
the Cabinet, and some prominent Off
GERS of the army and navy-General
Scott, whose Presidential aspirations
had given much uneasiness to several
gentlemen whose eyes we're turned in
the same direction, besides Mr.. Webster
and Mr.. Clay.
1t was a jolly time, high living being
prevalent weakness Of politicians in
Washington, both Wing and Democrat.
The situation had been discussed, seve-
raj prominent gentlemen having frankly
expressed their views. Obviously there
was a lack of harmony among the lead
ers. At this stage of the consultation,
Goss johnson, speaking in a tone so
loud as to arrest the attention Of the
company, begged permission to relate
an acedote which he thought applicable
to the matter under consideration. Go
onl" resounded from all parts Of the
room.
"a neighbor Of mine in Washington
county, a wealthy planter, was much
addicted tc horse racing. The turf was
a passion with him. He had a stable Of
fine horses, Of the purest blood, aud he
attended every meeting, far and near, if
the race-course was accessible. His
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A Great French Actress-DeaIh of
Mile Deaclea

The Paris correspondent of the Lon.
don Daily News, under the date of March
10th, says:
The French stage has just sustained a
loss which will be felt not only by all
Partisan play goers, but by all lovers of
good acting throughout Europe. After
a long and painful illness, borne with
the greatest courage and resignation,
Mile Aimee Desclee, of the Gymnase
Theater in Paris, has been cut off in the
midst of a most brilliant aud successful
career. The plays depicting modern
French life and character, or what is
supposed to be modern French life and
character, of which those of Dumas the
younger may be taken as at once repre-
sentatives, have never, by the universal
consent Of the critics and the public of
Paris, had so clever an interpreter as the
young and gifted actress who was buried
to-day.
London was the last scene Of her sue
cess-a " success brilliant, dazzling and
complete"
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Hydrophobia and Pet Dogs.

From the New York Express.I
Thirty years ago a roommate of the
writer died of this disease. He was q
renowned maker of rifles. His weak
ness was the dog; he would pick up
fancy CANNES without masters-had
ten to twenty ownerless animals in his
kennel. In sportive moments, we
said; Brunker, you will yet die OF
dogs-mad dogsl" He laughed. One
Sunday afternoon, in his rambles, he
picked up a stray little King Charles
spaniel in Lockport, New York. The
dog bit him on the wrist; he threw him
down in disgust and thought no more of
the incident.
After the lapse of six weeks he COM
planned that the right wrist failed him.
Soon after he had repugnanee to water,
but could drink cider. Next day he
could not drink cider, but craved vine
gar. On Sunday evening he came to
the hotel and said to the writer, Il am
going mad" The writer, laughing, said
to him: " Bunker, will give you a
glass of water; take it-drink it, And
when | placed the glass OF water in his
hand an involuntary spasm came over
him, and the contents went into the fire.
Then l knew he was mad, and became
nervous, and called upon others to assist
to take care of this man. While the
writer was absent he went to his room
and tore the bed clothes in all shapes.
A window was above the door. Stepping
upon the shoulders of an assistant, and
opening the window, we shouted TO
Brunker, Here l am; what is the mat
ter with your
Meantime the door was held firmly at
the outside. Soon Brunker regained
his composure and told us to enter the
room, as the fit was off and all danger
over. Stalwart men beside us wavered
but we entered. We went to drawer
and took a sash or face muffler and
pinioned his arms with it, as he re-
quested. Soon another and another
spasm succeeded. He said the volun-
tary muscles had become involuntary;
and if he did Injury he could not avoid
it. This lasted twenty-four hours, dur
ing which poor Brunker had lucid inter-
walls and knew his forlorn condition; but
the rational moments, between spasms,
became less and less till he died.
This was the most developed case of
hydrophobia the writer every witnessed.
Since then he has seen two dogs mad,
but chained. Pouring water from one
dish into another to witness the effects,
in all respects they exhibited the same
repugnance to water as his friend Brun-
ker--a shudder followed by spasml
Yet it is now asserted that this rabies in
dogs create no antipatby to water. And
this is so asserted in London journals.
1t may be so, but experience is to the
contrary.
1t seems now to be conceded that,
while men in this disease abhor water,
dogs with hydrophobia court it and drink
it. The two dogs the writer saw in the
midst Of their madness would rave when
water was poured from one dish to
another. Ought not science to settle
this mooted point?
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eF-Takes Fire and Marine risks. Dwelling
Houses and isolated Country Stores especially
solicited. l2-SS
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From the Pail Mall Gazette.l

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
An extraordinary case was brought
before the Lindsey (Lincolnshire) mag
istrates on March IL. Two boys, Gerald
Maurice Brown and George Henry Sea-
grave, pupils at a boarding school in
Lincoln, quarrelled about trivial mat
ter, and Brown, by way of settling the
difficulty, sent Seagrave formal chal-
lenge to fight a duel. Seagrave duly
accepted it, and about two o'clock, at
which time the boys are allowed to 20
out for a walk, the duelsts and their
seconds started for a secluded spot.
Here Browns second, a boy named
Dawson, loaded the pistol for Brown,
and youth named Walter Green did a
like office for Seagrave. Both pistols
were loaded with powder and ball.
Dawson measured the distance decided
upon-thirteen paces--and placed a peg
IN the ground for the antagonists to
stand against.
Dawson then counted three, and drop.
ped handkerchief. He counted slowly,
and the boys took direct aim at each
other, firing the instant the handkerchief
fell. Seagrave Immediately cried out,
I'm hit and then lay down. 1t was
then found that his pistol had burst.
The seconds then searched for the
wound, and found it to be in the leg.
They bound up the wound, and with the
aid of Brown, assisted the boy home.
The pistols used on the occasion were
bought on their route at toy shop, six.
pence each being the price given. One
of the witnesses (all of whom were
scholars) described the combatants as
being on apparently friendly terms
while going to the place of the fight, and
said that no ill-temper was displayed
when on the ground. The magistrates
remanded the prisoner Brown and the
two seconds until Saturday, pending the
doctor report of the state of Seagrave.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-07

A few days ago, says the jackson
Wing and Tribune, a wagon, drawn by a
yoke Of long horned Texas cattle, halted
on Lafayette street. The wagon con-
tained a good-looking woman, seven
children and considerable plunder A
man. a small boy, and dog that had
run to tail were the adjuncts. The party
were from Texas, and we're returning to
their old horle in Decatur county. An
alderman of the city who had passed
many years Of his life in the Lone Star
State approached the wagon. BE said
to the woman, From Texas, pre-
sume?" Yes, sir. Didn't you like
the climate? o, yes" did you
have good health out there" Yes. "
Wan; the land goodY." Yes" How
abeut the crops2' 80, we made splen-
did crops. Well, then, ma'sm, what
on earth is your objection to TexssT
why, siF,' she replied, | couldn't
stand the society in that rough country"
and then she turned 10 a small boy, her
son, and cried, Sam, drive that eussid
dog outen the dinner pot; don't you see
hes got his nasty snout into the vittilsg'
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In Ammo Hlathnwer,s Cottage.

Charles Warren Stoddard sends this
interesting letter to one of his friends in
San Francisco:
Where think you am at this moment2
Well, | am in the main room Of the Hath.
away cottage, Ia mile from Stratford. on
AVON not three feet from the very chin
ney in which Will Shakespeare used to
make love to his Anne. The old settee
is close at my elbow, and the room itself
is called one of the most perfect pre-
served specimens of the sixteenth CEN
tury farm house living room. The old
dame, whose great grandmother was a
Hathaway, is blowing up the fire in the
big chimney, and we are to have supper
presently cooked in the very spot where
Shakespeare has many q time toasted
his toes. Tonight | am to sleep in
Anne Hathaway's bed, which is a marve-
lous old frame, most curiously carved,
and which has been in the house more
than three hundred years. am quite
lucky in getting this privilege, but l
have made love to the old dame, and we
get on in the coziest fashion 1t seems
almost like sacrilege, but | shall say my
prayers thrice over, and trust to the
angels to make it all square with the
original tenants.
Later-We have just ini:hed supper
the dame, the husband and myself, all
three OF us sitting in the great chimney.
| had ham that was raised on the place
and cured in this very chimney, and a
pork pie-a Shakspearean pork pie you
NAV call it. made in the house by de-
scendant Of the Hathaways.
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MEMPHIS, TENN: TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL :, 1874

horses ran well, but he never won
purse. After repeated disappointments
he told his trainer that be had made up
his mind to sell his racing stud and re.
tire from the field. Don't do dat
massa, said the darky; denis first rate
hosses, and run like de wind, But
they never win a race, and | am deter
mined to sell them Pray don't,
massa-deyss good for something-dey
can just beat one anodder.
There was loud laugh at the story;
but it was observed that Messrs. Clay,
Webster and Scott did not seem to enjoy
it as much as the rest of the company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-07

Madam Agatha States, the cantatrioe,
has been neatly taken in by a San Fran
cisco seoundrel Of the genteel sort he
was gentlemanly and good-looking, wore
a railroad conductors badge, and called
upon Agatha to inform her that there
was at the railroad office Dig package
and a pet spaniel awaiting her ofderi il
she would pay the charges he would
send her the package. She very gladly
handed over the amount, with som lthing
handsome for her callers kindness, but
no other spaniel has fawned upot her.
Madam Agatha states that shfll be
logged il she'll be so done for a iecoud
time.
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Rhymes of tho woman's Crusade.

Rhymes of the Woman's Crusade.
The woman's movement has brought
out the poets. There is one specimen
which concludes:
When this whisky war is over,
Wen all get drunk again.
The Brooklyn Argus man. attempt is
in this way:
0hio's ransom speeds apace-
Is daily growing surer,
Since wOman's dulcet voice essayed
The praise of Aqua Pura.
Proud State! pining nation prays
For some assuring token;
Thy nose bleached to its native hue
Thy whisky vessels broken.
Rev. Thomas X. Beecher thinks that
religion suffers about as much as the
liquor business by the sidewalk prayer
meetings. The specially bad feature,
says MIR. Beecher, is the prostitution of
prayer; making Of it sidewalk pas
time" And then he asks how the fol-
lowing would do as an additional stauza
to Montgomery's hymn:
Prayer is the Buckeye woman's dodge
To stop the rum-shop door,
They hear her prayer and run away,
And never drink no more.
The Courier Journal sings: ooh, wo-
man in our hours of ease, you know
we'll do what e'er you please; we'll
promise to renounce the sin of Borbon,
brandy, rum and gin, and go SO far as
to refrain Except when tempted) from
champagne; but have some mercy, do,
my dear, and leave, oh leave us lager
beer"
What will not woman do, says a
Brooklyn paper, for the man she loves2
Her hand was the frat to reach and drag
The bottle from the shelf
ut is your curse, dear john" she said
And drank it up herself.
This from the Commercial Advertiser,
New Yerk
There was a reformer named Lewis
Christened Dio (my narrative true isl,
Who led crusade,
Providing folks paid
Fifty dollars to see" Dio Lewis.
Another warbles:
saw the tear drop on her nose,
Prismatic glories shed;
/ saw the bow of anguish bend
Der her curl-tangled head.
I saw the conflict of her soul
The pain that wrung her brow;
Take back the bottle, John" she s0bbed,
II can not smash it now."
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

board OF DIRECTOBS.
NJ. L. MEACHAM...ofM. NJ. L. Meacham 4 Co.
A. N. MCKAY ........-of Sledge, Mckay & Co.
S. .MANSFIELD........of Mansfield 4 Higbee.
VIM. J0YNER...o of Joyner, Lennon q Gale.
WIN. B. GALBREATH.. H...........C Cotton Factor. B
Hon. JOHN 0VERT0N, ,Jr....-........Memphis.
j. NJ. PETTIGREW, of Edwards, Pettigrew
Il Co.
loAAC DCdW WAb......"'.........of ocnWaD u C0s
B. F. HALLER.-..of Hollowell, Crockett Il
Haller.
sB.Takes Fire and Marine risks. Dwelling
Houses and isolated Country Stores espeei-
ally solicited. 130-xviii-53
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now Is THE TINE no BUY

Country Merchants, Schools and Seminaries
viii please send in their orders. as l can GIL
them Al LFss than New York prices, for cash,
on reOd city acceptance at thirty. sixty or
- Pianos Tuned and Repaired BY compe-
tent workmen. Z. A. BENSON.
Isl sl7 Main street, Memphis, Team.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-07

General Banks son Joseph was as
saulted and left senselesS on a Boston
street by some roughs the other night,
for trying to help some girls they were
insulting.
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INSURANCE.
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF MEMPHIS
Office: No. Is Madison st.
OFFICERS.

OFFICERS.
NJ. L. MEACHAM, President
A. n. MCKAY, Vice President
VIM. GAY, +: Secretary
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-07

There are now nearly 500 subordinate
Oranges in Minnesota, with az Average
membership Of $4,000. Colorado reck-
ons about 2.0e0 Grangers.
, 1874-11-24

HE LEFc ON TIE STEAMER rEsrPuaLM.
kilograms from Now York and Iloboltou, N, j..
sccoiyed yesterday by Dir. Gratz, partner Of tue
lbscondiug ltoprosentative.aloot Thlcm, cou1r.n
Tho ru,nor which prevailed Saturday as to Aa do
Snqucncy. lilo agents OF the German steamer
WoHtphalja, which left tho docks Ut llobokcn on
;llo 18th for Bromon, stats that no Que Of tilo
na,no Of TLtem was passenger. but 1t waa aub-
yoqueutly discovered, By tracing Thiems move
nents, TINT Ao shipped undor tho namo Of
5chwahacllor.
When 1hicsn, TO Ills untonighsnont. found that
ho was elected to tho Lcgiaaluro, hn declared to
his partner that the dream Of hiB aoul waa ut
,onsth about to ho raalzod. Bus'noss hal no
,]srms for him; 1t whs dr,'lgery, ind only Butt-
ed to tho common he,d. Tor person Of intel
tleeuco, tho tratl!o hotwoon nan aud man WAS not
= f!ttiug occupation. His yocatlon WAS to cnm-
u,aud tho attention Of logssIatorH anl 10 him
sc1e 4 ,ualer nf tho law in s,lph rnformatory
,prit that all tho ills that man ia heir to should
ha cuttcipatcd mud provided for. Therefore ho
bad determined to retiuuuisl bnslnoss, and dis.
, 1874-11-24

solution of partnorahip should tekc place, mud
consequent adjustment Of accounts.
People who woro intimate wish Herr Thtom
aay that ho vas man Of mea.ooIc an,sys m n"
and that hiu o1o1uonco was not-'sell that II
would mt aot tho nlinoia River on fire, nor
cause tho tnhanttnnts to start as they used t.a
to 90 M ne m 9aSa srt2a Of Of s se se' s se s "s
Jugs OF tho people tr1o or not, 1t Ia sufficiently
nroyett t!!at Thion'a persuasive powarH caused
t,ts partner, hr. Grntz. to opon htsp,sse.str!nga
aud surply Thter, thorsfFom with about ai6u,!oo a,!l
to pay on tho New York and Canadian crotilt-
argued to dissolution OF partnership.
u would hayo trusted him will, bv btood, said
bTr. dratz, for during our rootlonsllir IN busf-
honest man. Bnt"-i,cro Mr.. dratzs .oyo
rcBsod On pictorial illustration OF how thoy
settle dthlcnlt,oa in England, tho annteatanta
being represented nj IN tho act Of accomplishing
II would now like very much TO catch him thoro
Ton thu uoaol aud draw some Of his olaret."
And lit. Qratz rubbed tho knucxIes Of Ills elnia-
ter hand worry Significantly.
numerous friends lamont hiH departure. A1nny
were inclined to think tint misfortune had OYER
tnkou him In Gotham that llo had fallen by tho
way, aud waa no oppressed with shame that the
romody. but tinqury has developed tho fact that
tlB trip to Europe was not tho itlen of moment
or Of q day that 1t was long thought oyor mud
well dgcstcd by afr. Thionl and in tho light Of
this development it must DO conceded although
1t will clash with tho general cBtiniato OF hia
ability-tllat 1hicm In hie negotiations with hlr.
GratZ. In his procedure for the accomplishment
OF Ala pnr1usc displayed enough Of duplicisy to
onttlo him to tako rRnk with tho foremost legis-
lators ia tho land.
1hiom left Chicago on tho 10th, and Mrs.
| T11icm and incumnrauccs followed her lord and
| maeter on tho l7th, having previously. llko a
good and careful spouse, diapoaod Of every aticl
of household furniture iii tha Thfcm mansion
owned by tAcu,, and cveu Of q fow other sticks,
tho ownership OF which MrB. THEM could not
! lawfully lay any claim to. It has boon q case OF
"sticls," all around. Mr 1festng was tatseu In In
THEM, whom ho potted aa protoeo; Mr.. Glatz
rot stuck and was blcd rather froely; Mrs.
| Thicm euctionel oil tho household Sticks aud
she and hor husband both ''cut sticks" for
| Europe.
Tho amount Of Thiosu's indebtedness is yet
| unknown. Io owcs Balatka several bundled
| dollars. and nm employo in tho dcrma..ia Dank
| 500. Probably tho petty storokeeEorh IN hls
| neighborlooa wfll havo to boar Q considerable
| loss.
Thicm is gone, aud his going has been the
| tlcnlo Of nia1,y conversation among bis coun-
! trymou. Tho Alfalfa Of tho firm hayo boon
placed In t1a 1iands Of a, Assignee, md, ns thore
| Beoms to TO n witEeHprond feeling Of sympathy
for Mr. Gratz thore IL no doubt that aottlanleul
will aoon ha coma to.
, 1874-11-24

coming Hession in Oi,oago OF tho "Triors Of APP
poal, tito judicial conforenoo Of Tue Church, and
stated that no provision had boon made to pay
tlloir experaos+ at,l suggested that somotAng DO
aouo 70 pfovluo entertainment for thom. !,t.
monoo"n .o.to "os 'ppouted to taNo oha'so " '''o
TI,o Roy. DR., Hnr5. ~ t,,e gh,cago proabvtery,
wAa introduced. ue ureeouted tho subloot OF n
unlon nooting Of ali tho preachers Of re Is e't1'
dno hov. =. Williamson, n. II. A5te att+as n,in -;
conToro,,eos on "I,o i,e s,,,ost Adjourned,
,an nnn.uxrrnr4ss. ns
4hs r!'k'n' s ,' ,,.s 1,rnx,x.o-.on ,,,,
iho regular moethg OF sne - t n1's
In Mccormick Block.
Tho n,co.,n0 wan Ind by the Roy. 3. T.. s,
r,n h., s.raa,,ont mi ra. throunl,o,t os a
sV' w ss.ooI"ou., ANA "'N '''"sA'1' -
uevotionni charaotes.
Tho discussion OF 1neanH to advance to tha
, 1874-11-24


A Chicago correspondent Of the New York
Graphic 1ccontly caliod Oh tho Rev. William II.
Boecter, OF this city, brother Of the celebrated
preacher. That part OF tho conversation relat-
ing to Henry Ward is fol]ows:
"po you balieyo that your brother Is IN Innocent
man7"
cenea In this particular cnse as DO in my own but lo
has nced hastily sud fooJtshly Horny very unwlso
--always WIS and always Will he Why, look as l!u,
uow--dtawing tho IecWtartttoa of our father and
mother tboh n glory} TO a1nso and interest hs peo
rlc. don't thni that was right. Our father was .
good man, and his prayers we're not peculiar tn any
sense: blt can remember tho mother rrayors-al-
wsyB sud and hopeless; but Henry SHOULD not havo
saili it.n
"Mr Bcccher, il ron believe your brother M inno-
cent man, how cnn you account for this gEcat sorrow
sud Hca,lul that haa como upon him Why ah0ultl
God permit him to suffer inuncently?"
hlr. lcecher looked up with flash Of genuine hu.
"why 4!i God permit lob to have bol!ss Answer
me that"
"1ton yon consider this caRs Of dlscipllne?n
''Exactly,h answered t1r. peechcr; "Anl God
blessed thu latter e1ld Of Jon than the beginning.
chrlst,anh need tust anra toats of charaEtcr. My
br1lcr Helry haa done too great work to be left III
he shadow he viii yet prove his innocence, ard eoe
out strong to alane hta enemies. You cannot make
holievo TINT tho Ha IN false and tllB religion Of
Jess,s Christ cheat. God allows Ills sa!ntH to be
der cloud sometimes. fur Ills good reasons."
As Wo rose to lcaye AIR Deechet aaid: might give
YOU letter 10 Henry hut hIa wife would take 1t lrst
If l. Yon can onsy rearh him Mt his homo through
her Hhe Ia fortress Of Nreat strength to him. htHr
lsnt If you have any questions to aBk, he might heat
tl!om at ths friday night lecture. rou1ly know SO
"Yua latl lu.h tho same ,nother7
'fcs; but ale Ie.l wlinn VIC wore young. We hayt
otl heci workers, Hurry upyar Ina time to wrila te
nsu. Good u!ternoon" aud tile massiys door closed.