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The Exile.
BY MARCIA SMITH.

BY MARCIA SMITH.
l CAN he dumb unto the coaxing wind
That fsin my hlght would Lin .-. ...l
To where, DER purple tops Of elder pines,
The cool night spirits drift.
This plain'iye prayer of evening bird that, far
Hdng in ,lexv shade,
All uu.uspecting through her lonely chant ~
Twin secrets hath betrayed.
MAY not 20 me it, paihos shy reveal.
Nor Yet my mood express
That loves supremest pain hath touched US both
need not quite confess.
Resisting still the golden chords that float
Prom liquid sunset i-les.
With fond entreaty tempting me TO cross
Those untrod mystic miles;
Yea, blind and hard to all the seasons hints.
Her flooding ecstacv
Shsll not unnerve me for nv sterner path
Ihrou sh rangs of memory.
But ever as face my foredoomed lot,
Resolved no past 10 know
fnsnsred by sudden charm. I sink beneath
The sway Of long ago.
One breath of sweetness dmly blown to me.
From where cannot guess.
In one swim swoon Of sacred influence
Meiis AL my haughtiness. ..-,
It's not the odor Of cru shed roses, caught .ai
From some seductive breeze.
No lone cNotic'> stihed whisper, borne
To groves across the seas.
No home gave birth unto this airy ghost.
No man hath learned IL name
thousand fstes conspired 70 bring Il forth.
An eyane>cent flame.
It's waited from the Swallowed hills Of yore,
Exhaled from misty dreams,
A truan' slipped from cruel angels ken,
Whose dread sword deathlcss CLEANS
The thrill Of tender kisses in the dark.
The speech of hTld 10 hand,
The holy light athwart high ripened hrows
The hope oil childhood. land:
All love ani longing. early faith untricd.
And peace Of primal life.
Dear elements so Knit together once
And now, ala>. st strife:
All that was and all that might have been
Have leagned this fatal hour
To form the spell that tightly holds u,c in
Its wan. reproachful power.
faint amid this warm returning tide.
nv work j. quite foregonr:
There i no world but that which | have lost
Nv DESTINY i uud one
Ellsworth American., 1874-08-06

edge Of the reef. We're coming up tc
the narrows now. anu need every incl
o ROOM"
Another cry from the girl, and the
vessel was round again on anothe,
tack. They were now quite in the
shadow Of the hills, and oil seemed
darkness and confusion, especially to
the unaccustomed sense of the young
man. 10 him the land seemed closing
in On every side, the mountains tower.
ing straight above, the wind coming
in all directions. A wild roar was in
the air, and the water seemed swirling
and boiling below them with an angry
roar.
''We're in the nsrrows now" cried
Calum, "that's the boiling O. the tide. "
The wind was sweeping dead out of
the mouth Of the lOch, and again the
vessel put about 30 rapidly, indeed,
that she scarcely got way upon one
tack before she had to come round
again. Once, for this reason she re.
fused to answer her helm in coming
round, and seemed drifting right on 70
the rocks Of the channel but. in a mo.
ment, urged blythe girl, Calum doomed
out the staysail to windward with an
oar, and the vessel slowly completed
her swing out. All seemed to grow
dark and darker after this, for they got
more and more in the shadow of the
hills, but BY and by the young man
saw that they had emerged into more
open water, and that several lights,
like those Of village, were glimmer.
ing from the darkness Of the shore.
The wind still shrieked loudly.
"All safe now, SIR" said Calum.
Were close to anchorage, and out
Of danger"
SO saying he ran forward and as.
sisted his fellow-seaman to haul up the
chain on deck, that it might run free,
and 10 hoist the anchor over the bow.
A minute afterwards the vessel was
brought up to the wind, and glided
steadily along through the smooth wat
er for about hundred yards, when
the girl cried out 70 the men forward,
and released her hold of the tilier.
The yacht was quite stationary.
Down went the anchor, with that de-
licious sound which only the weary
cruiser knows and loves. For some
minutes there was confusion in the
darkness. The young man went for
ward TO see all snus and to take
look about him. So far as he could
make out in the night, they were in a
natural harbor, surrounded on every
sic.e by hills, and sheltered almost en-
tirely from the wind blowing.
''Five fathop water" said Calum.
hauling in the lead-line and fine soft
mud for the bottom. We couldna be
in a snugger berth"
The young man who had been plung-
ed in deep reflection, touched him on
the shoulder.
"Come at with me and speak to the
girl. la all probability she has saved
our lives"
But when they went in search of her
she had disappeared, and the old cob
bic in which she had rowed TO their as
sistancc disappeared also. They strain.
ed their eyes into the surrounding dark
ness, and listened for the sound of
oars; but all was quite still. and they
could not see glimpse ofthe stranger.
i Strahan's Saturday Journal.
Ellsworth American., 1874-08-06
Suppose.
.Bl ALICE CARY

.BN ALICE CARY.
How dreary would the meadows be
In the pleasant sum ner lignt.
Suppose there wasn't Il bird 10 sing.
And suppose the ground was white,
And dresry would the garden d..
With all it, fiowery tr,c-.
suppose there were no butterflies.
And suppose there were no b-e,.
And what would ali the beauty L..
And hat the song that cheers.
Suppose We hadn't any eyes,
And suppose We hadn't eAI..
For tho the grass were gay aud grsen.
And sOng-bIrd- filled the gien.
AMI the air were purple with Outteffiiss.
What good would they IL u then,
All. think OF il. my httle fiiend.
And when some pleasure firs.
Why, let 1t 60, and .lill t< .lsd
That you have your saJs and syss.
Ellsworth American., 1874-08-06

Having ree~atly purchased tbs iutc-e-t oi u.
y Moore, an the Picture Gsilsry Il Moore n Jov .
ON Main Street, an ru-'sr'~l "a ODER - Ihs
public unusnal thincentcuts IN the liBe or
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

M. d. Conway writes to the Gin
cinnati Commercial: Mr.. Francis
Cations theory of the way in. which
intellectual power runs in families finds
remarkable illustration in the case
of Bright's. On the platform at the
great Women's Rights meeting at West
minister, the other day, no fewer than
five members of the family were promi'
nent, and the whole movement is really
directed by them. Two of the most
eloquent addresses we're delivered by
ladies Of this family Mrs. Nc
Laren, a sister of John Bright and wife
of Duncan McLaren, representative in
Parliament for the University of Edin'
burgh; the other Miss Lilias Ashworth,
beautiful young lady, who is the
niece Of John Bright. Near by sat an.
other Miss Ashworth, her sister, who is
also distinguished in this movement.
BY Mrs. McLaren' S side sat Mrs. Lucas,
another sister of John Bright, and
widow of the late Samuel Lucas, found.
er and editor of the Morning Star.
which did so much service to every
liberal cause in it's day. And of course
Mr.. Jacob Bright was present, looking
all the stronger for the relief his former
constituency at Manchester have given
him from the Parliamentary duties
which had injured his health. There
runs through the minds of all these
representatives Of the famous Quaker
family vein of poetry which, being
the decoration Of massive common
sense and strong character, makes then
just the people best adapted to intlu'
ence and lead the middle class of Eng
land.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
Reading Hebrew.

A clergyman Of the Church. of Scot.
land, who was possessed Of a fund OF
dry humor, occupied rural parish in
Perthshire, bordering on the Highland
district. He took much interest in the
progress Of Highland student, and
aided him as much as he could in his
studies preparatory to getting license
from the Presbytery. One thing. how.
ever, he was deficient in, and that
thing was indispensable. Time were
on, and the day,of trial approached.
Both minister and student were much
exercised as to how they were to
overcome the difficulty. Neithe,
knew anything of Hebrew, and
how the young man was to
meet the revere0d court without IT
sorcly puzzled them both. At last the
clergyman saw his~eay clear, as if by
inspiration, "Take your Gaelic Billie, -
he said, "and when you are requested
to read Hebrew go on reading from it. :
But will they not fnd me out q asked
the yonng man. mo fear of that; jnst
do as I tell you.'' The day came; the
trial proceeded and everything passed
off satisfactorily. The young man Was
requested to read Hahrew. and. with
fear and trembling, he drew forth his
Gaelic Bible and proceeded to read and
translate. After he had gene on thus
for short time. "That will do,'' said
the Moderator. "What do you say
brethren q Of course every reverend
brother complimented the young man
on his familiar acquaintance with He.
brew. His reverend friend said moth.
ing and the candidate received license
to proach.
10 this the Germantown Telegraph
adds: Some forty years ago something
of this sort occurred at the German.
town Academy. At that time it WAS .
great thing to be trustee, and some
of the chosen ones were scarcely as
we'll quail flied as it would have been
more comfortable to be. During an in,
spection of committee one ofthe trns-
tees asked pupil for his latin gram.
mar: The boy .'knew his man. and
handed it to him upside-down, and the
trustee SO held it and appeared to give
it the closest attention while the boy
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

"A young girl who had an offer Of
marriage which she wished to accept,
submitted the matter to her father, who
advised her against matrimony, using
as an argument the quotation from St..
Paul, "They who marry. do well, but
they who do not do better. 'sWell,' .
said the damsel, 81 loves to do we'll ;let
those do better who can 1fi
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

A. D. KING Of Wisconsin in Jackson
county one evening last week ran
against a COW lying down when the COW
sprang up so quick as to throw him
down and dislocate his shoulder. The
dislocation was reduced by his brother
and the ladies Of the family without the
aid Of surgeon.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

rehearsed his lesson When he was
through, the trustee handed him back
the book, and stroking the pupils head,
said, every well-very well indeed!'
The Grange advance., 1874-08-12

plant is against the ''wheat rings that
are yearly formed by the managers o.
the. roads on which the farmers depend
te get their wheat to Chicago or Mil
wankee. Under the pretense OF en-
cemaeirg husjpess and djverting trade
from rival roads to their own, these
men send out agents to buy the wheat
that is raised along their respective
lineG, making for themselves special ae'
cret freight rates lower than those
given to other wheat buyers, whom they
are TINS able to drive out Of the trade.
The result is that the farmer loses the
benefit Of competition in the sale Of his
c1ol, III F-ice of which is arbitrarily
fixed by t1e railroad co~r::---
'-'- AN HONORABLE EXCEPTION.
From all that Say akcot abuses in
the construction and. management: {.
railroads in this State, wish to exclude
one company-the St. Paul and Sioux
City. If there are any other roads that
have been built by the companies them.
selves With money derived from paid
up subscriptions to their stock. have
not hear Of then. 70 complete this
road the company was obliged to mort
gage che lands 81 anttI ty the United
States, and since it has been opened
owing to the sparse settlement along
its line and the misfortunes of the roaf
and the people who contribute to. it,
business. it has not earned enough; Il
pay expenses and the interest on thes,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30
Relief Committee.

The relief committee of the Chamber
of Commerce and Cotton Exchange for
sufferers by the floods in Mississippi
river and tributaries met to-day at the
Chamber of Commerce. l. NJ. Hill
acted as chairman, and Clarence P.
Hunt as secretary.
An executive committee OF three was
appointed to receive applications for as
sistance, and it was resolved that the
committee take general cognizance Of
supplies contributed, etc. Messrs. Han
nauer, Harvey and Goodwin we're ap-
pointed on the committee.
A committee was appointed to wait
upon Mayor League and request him to
call the General Council together to
take action for the relief OF those suffer
ing from the overflow. The committee
is composed of Messrs. l. NJ. Hill, f. s.
Davis and s. 81. Dunscomb.
The Relief Committee are rapidly
perfecting arrangements so as to collect
and supply all calls for assistance.
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Coal RemevaI.

The st. Bernard Coal Company have
removed their Office from No. 3 Madison
street to No. ID, where they will locate
in future. The St. Bernard Company
broke into the monopoly business in this
city, and prevented famine prices from
being demanded by other companies.
This time last year coal was worth one
dollar and half barrel, but to-day the
st. Bernard Coal Company sells at forty
cents per barrel. The public owe debt
of gratitude to this new company, be-
cause their enterprise broke up the coal
rings, and kept down spectators, pre-
venting them from demanding high
prices for the same coal they had on
hand all summer. Give your patronage
to the St. Bernard Coal Company, and
call at their new office No. 10 Madison
street.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

BENEFIT To morrow evening the
Harry Everett benefit comes off at the
Memphis Theater Members of the Gar
rick Club will assist in producing Bull
wer's play of Money, with Mr.. Eugene
Lehman in the role of ALFRED Evylin. "
Among other attractions Mr.. Dean St..
Clair Hogg, the Memphis favorite vocal
list, will sing several solos between the
acts. Mr.. Everett will present gold
watch to the dress.circle and parquette,
aud silver watch to the family. circle,
the presentation to be made by lot. The
watches can be seen at Byrd's.
OLYMPIC VARIETIES Charley White
has opened the Olympic Varieties
on Washington street with splendid
troupe of artists. Among others may
be mentioned Misses Kathleen 0'Neal,
Katie Conway, Chrisse Morrell, Blanche
Pearl, Lillian White and host of
others. The Olympic has been thor
oughly renovated, having been reprinted
and decorated so as to make it attract
i've to the public. A number of new stars
viii appear in rapid succession, and pro-
grammes of unusual excellence will be
presented nightly.
VAUDEVILLE THEATER The Vaude-
Vile Qate Whites Opera House), on JEFF
ferson st., is open for the season, under
the supervision of j. W. Berkeley. A
fine troupe has been engaged to appear,
among others the Yeddo Japanese, Bar
low Brothers, Blanche Forester, Mile
Basseure, Lizzie Landry, and a number
of others. A number Of star perform
ers will appear at the Vaudeville weekly
during the summer season.
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Personal.

Mr.. W. G. Matthews, of Dunn's Com
mercial Agency, leaves to-day with his
beautiful young Southern wife for Tor
onto, Canada, where they will make
their future home. We were shown to-
day beautiful testimonial, written on
parchment, commencing him in the
highest terms to the commercial COM
munity at large. 1t is signed by all the
banks, the officers of the Chamber o.
Commerce, and over one hundred of the
best firms in Memphis. AS an addi-
tional testimonial of the regard in which
Mr.. Matthews is held here, the parch-
ment was accompanied by a massive
gold watch and chain, rejecting honor
upon the givers as well as the receiver.
May the time it keeps ever watt him on
a career of usefulness and honor, in
which it will be impossible to forget his
friends in the sunny South"
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CHARLESTON RAILROAD.
The Stockholders Take Back she
Road from she Southern Rail way
Security Company.

Tn0 HE0GAnONueEH 1hAe hACA ING
Road from she Southern Railway
Security COMPANY.
This forenoon the Convention Of stock
holders OF the Memphis and Charleston
railroad reassembled in convention at
the Assembly Hall to hear the report of
the committee appointed yesterday for
the purpose Of examining the financial
and running condition Of the road and
reporting on the agreement to surrender
the lease made between the Southern
Railway Security Company and the
Board Of Directors of the Charleston
Railroad Company. Judge Fl. G. Smith,
as chairman Of the committee, reported
that the road was in good condition-in
fact, better than when it was transferred
to the Southern Security Railway Com
pany, with the exception as to the con-
dition Of the rails. The committee re-
ported that it was their opinion that the
Southern Security Railway Company
was insolvent, and they recommended
the acceptance Of the agreement made
between the Board of Directors and the
Southern Security Railway Company to
cancel the lease and surrender the road.
The report of the committee was unani-
mously ratified by the convention, and
the road passes back into the possession
of the stockholders. After transacting
some minor business the convention adj
journed sine die.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30
sodalitv Bnnd PIeuie.

On Tomorrow evening, May LIST, the
picnic of the Sodality Silver Band will
come off at the Exposition building.
The affair will be most interesting and
entertaining, and will attract large at
tendance of visitors. . The band will in
dulge in the sweetest of music, and the
lovers Of the Terpsichorean art will
have an opportunity to trip the light
fantastic for hours. So
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New Ice Dream PnrIors

Have just been opened at n Beal street
by Mr.. Gus Wright, who has removed
from Ill, his old stand. Elegant &C
commodations for ladies'. Families, pic
MICS, soirees, ETC., will be furnished with
the most delicious ice-cream at reduced
rates. Leave orders at n Beal street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30
Yeast powder.

Dooley's yeast powder is the standard
baking powder of this country. 1t is the
best and cheapest preparation ever Of.
fered for making bread. 1t is pure and
wholesome; makes the best biscuits,
rolls, mullins, cakes, pies, pastry, etc.
1t is put up in tin cans of various sizes,
suitable for families, boarding houses,
hotels, restaurants and steamboats,. 1t
is guaranteed to give complete and uni
versal satisfaction, and each can is Of
full weight. The market is flooded with
spurious, cheap and inferior baking
powders, all of light and short weight,
but the Dooley Brothers, who manufac-
ture their yeast powders at No. 60 New
street, New York, make every can Of
full weight, and guarantee it in every
particular. Mr.. Dooley is in the city at
present making arrangements for the
general introduction Of his yeast pow
ders, which are sold at Wholesale and
retail generally, throughout the United
States, by all respectable dealers in gro
ceries and family supplies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30
strenrthening OmciaI Bonds.

The Grand Jury recommend the bonds
of the following officials to be increased
and strengthened as follows: B. P. An
derson, Commissioner of Revenue, $l5,-
600; H. C. Brewer, Notary Public, $4,000;
]. NJ. Booker, So 900; John Brown, Coun-
ty Register, $4,000; E. B. Bates, Notary
Public, 81 ,0OOi John B Drake. Notary
Public, $500; M. Hoist Justice of the
Peace, $4,000; d. A. Harrall, Notary
Public, $500; George Mahan, Notary
Pnblic, R. B. Miller, Public Guardian,
$4,000; d. F. Startling, Constable, $lO,-
900; P. NJ. Williams, Constable, $4,000.
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evening. A full attendance may be ex-
pected. Any gentleman feeling an in
terest in the proceedings is welcome to
attend.
Major j. NJ. Taylor, Of Lexington,
Kentucky, and Secretary and Treasurer
of the Hunters Shooting Club, arrived
in the city last evening to attend the
pigeon tournament Of the Bluff City
Shooting Club, which comes off on next
Saturday. The Kentucky sportsman is
welcome, and will be taken care Of by
the boys of the Bluff City.
The inmates Of the county poor house
are fed for seventeen cents per head a
day. The sum allowed by law for feed
ing prisoners at the county jail is sixty
cents per head, for which, at an average
of one hundred prisoners all the year
round, would amount to $2l,9OO. The
Sheriff, however, has to pay the salaries
of extra guards and other incidental
expenses, which will reduce that amount
considerably.
The Grand Jury report presented in
the Criminal Court yesterday was tame
affair compared with those pronuncia-
mentos issued heretofore, and which
contained sufficient fire and thunder to
create some disturbance in local cleo
tons. A plain matter-of-fact business
report, stripped of witticisms and ornate
rhetoric, is what Taxpayers and other
citizens desire to see, and the report
presented yesterday fills the bill.
Among the ladies who have taken SO
lively an interest in the coming grand
festival May 9th. 9Th and 7th, for the
benefit of the Christian Brothers Col.
lege are Mesdames B. Babb, s. William
son, B. j. Semmes, Martin Kelly, G.
Schmalzried, Thomas Fisher, NJ. Monte
donico, S. Fransioli, John League, M.
C. Costello, L. Cunningham, P. Lawless.
NJ. Cahill, Annie Dryer, Sallie Chap.
man, and Misses Lizzie Babb, Julia
Semmes, Emma Etheridge, Blanche
Speed, Annie Mcnamara, Ada Goodlow,
Leonora Busby, Maggie Davis, Annie
Semmes, Mamie Blackburn, Fannie
O'Reilly, Jennie Barry, Mollie Blessing,
Misses Hite, Mollie and Il. Twohig, NJ.
Devine, M. Haley, Kate Burke, Ellen
Reilly, Josephine Jerome Carrie Fran
sioli, Sallie Berton, Julia Entler, Kate
and Mary Lawless, Mary Hitzfeld, G.
Finwecker, Annie Auer and Emma
Trainor. The above names will speak
for themselves. If efficiency and popu-
larity can promote success in anything,
then we can assure our readers that the
host of ladies who have interested them
selves in the festival will certainly make
it a decided success. The following
gentlemen, in addition to those already
published in the programme, have cheer
fully consented to act on committee
at the grand festival and to promote its
success in every way. Messrs. Luke E.
Wright, DR.. G. Cavanaugh, General G.
W. Gordon, General Cotton Greene, j.
A. Hays, jr., W. Y. Hamlin, s. W.
Carnes, E. l.. Oleaves and 81. I. Force.
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First Baptist church sOeiable and
Festival.

The ladies of this church give this
Thursday evening, their regular socia-
Die and festival for the pleasure of the
congregation, and the pecuniary benefit
of their church building fund. The
sociable is free. The festival, in con-
nection, consisting of ice-cream, fruits
and supper, will be given at nominal
price. All are invited to attend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30

The authority on politeness and
etiquette, Lord Chesterfield, said: THE
tailor makes the man" Therefore we
would advise our readers to go forthwith
to
A. H. GOODMAN, 100 Main street,
and order suit of those fine goods he
has just received direct from the i'm
porters. 1t is known that Mr.. Goodman
cannot be surpassed in fits and styles,
as he employs none but the best work
men. As Mr.. Goodman buys for cash
he can sell at low figures. 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30

A fine lot of various brands imported
HaUaRa cigars, shipped from Havana on
April LIST, per steamer Gernania-fresh
and desirable goods. Among others is
the Aquila de Orc" which are retailed
two for twenty-five cents. Also the de-
servedly favorite Gel TELEGRAPH at
Sig. Roeseher's, 296 Main street, next to
the ice house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-30

European Hotel and Restaurant.
Corwin, of Merchants Restaurant
fame, has fitted up number of fur
nished rooms in connection with his
dining palace. They are located up
stairs in the Kit Williams block, corner
of Second and Madison street. Furni-
ture and carpets, etc., all new. Apart
ments we'll ventilated and commodious;
private dining rooms attached, and
everything calculated to make guests
and patrons happy. Try him once, and
you will be sure to call again. 78