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DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.

The placid, benign and often spiritual
lied features of the recent dead consti-
tute grave protest against the imme-
diate reduction of the deceased body to
the dust and ashes to which the Almighty
fat has consigned it, The modern mind
il schooled into fervor of sentimental
Difference to structural tissues, though
thew may be sufficiently diseased or dis
ordered to have forfeited their life. There
is something that savors Of more
than superstition in the solemn hush
in the presence Of the dead, in the
super-deiicate handling of the corpse by
loving survivors under bonds Of kindred
and friendship. With these manifesto
tions Of affection no sympathetic spirit
would interfere. Our protest is not
against the tribute OF love by bereaved
and sorrowing friends, nor the manner
of its expression; but as the dead body
can remain an object Of loving earess
but very brief period at the most, our
protest is against all that in our modern
times and civilized communities, follows
the social leave taking of the dead.
The pith of the whole matter is this:
Cannot the dead body, by some ehemi-
cal process, be metamorphosed into
stone, and then reduced to powder, for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-29
SPECIAL NOTICE.


To ALL. particularly invalids, spring is
trying season. Indications Of sickness should
at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may
be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated. and the system to remain in a
disordered condition. until the disorder has
time to develop itself An ounce Of preven-
ton is worth a pound Of cure, is an old and
truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who
are troubled with the complaints now very
prevalent-headache indigestion, disordered
liver. want Of appetite. nausea, or feverish
skin, to take. without delay, Schenck's Man
drake Pills. We know Of no remedy so harm
less and decisive in its action. 1t at once
strikes at the root of the disease and produces
A healthy tone to the system. People never
need suffer from any disease arising from
disordered condition Of the liver if they
,rould take this excellent medicine when
tbey feel the first indications of the
maiady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or f0ur
boxes Of these pills with them. They have an
almost instantaneous effect. They will re-
Eeye the patient Of headache in one OF two
hours. and will rapidly cleanse the liver of
surrounding bile, and will effectually prevent
a bilious attack. They are sold By all drug
gists. oS-eod-ts
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Under the title of "An Atheists Flu
neral" the London Sun published an
account of the burial of Mr.. Austin
Holyoake, who died in full faith of mega
ton, and passed his last hours in draw.
ing up an assertion of his continued
disbelief in the existence of God. 1t is
an astonishingly calm and sturdy state
ment, and referring to his own terrible
sufferings and the tendency of most
sceptics to renounce their unbelief at the
approach of death, he says they who
under pain say they see the error Of their
previous belief had never thought out
the problem for themselves" Funeral
orations we're pronounced over his grave
by Messrs. Watts and Bradlaugh. Both
shrank instinctively from the assertion
of their own gloomy beliefs, and could
not, over the grave of their friend, give
utterance to their conviction that he was
nothing but dust. Even on his tsmb-
stone there was en- inscription under
which the most devoted Christian might
rest and before which his loving friends
might kneel in joyful trust; "In Memo
Ram. Gone before"
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MEMPHIS TENN. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1874

preservation, like ashes in the funeral
urn, or scattered to the winds of heaven
to seek its normal starting point for fu-
ture morphological transitions?
Let the suggestion meet with the fate
it merits. To mitigate the imaginary
horrors attendant upon incineration, it
may be laudable. in this instance, to let
the end justify the means by adopting
some method which has not 80 many un-
pleasant and really barbarous associa-
tions. fsDlA nt
Finally, the question of cremation, or
of some equivalent method of disposing
of the dead, is not a mere question OF
preference any more than of prejudice.
So to dispose of the dead, as not to
vitiate the air by the noxious exhala-
tions and mephitic gases evolved from
reeking, putrefying, mouldering mass of
flesh, or not to pollute the water we
drink by surreptitious stfeamlets OF
venomous juices, streaming and perco-
lating through the soil, until the potion
diabolieue becomes tributary to our
springs and fountains, is duty concern
ing which there can be no question. We
may, with great impunity, rob the soil
of what it has lent to our bodies during
their long years of physical integrity
and progressive structural development,
than we can afford to permit fountains
of death to mingle with our fountains of
life. We must Danish the ceme-
terry and all places of sub-soil
interment We must terminate, by
some method characterized by instanta
neous promptness, all changes in the
corporeal structure, when the life that
animated is ended, just as we would ex-
tinguish the smouldering wick after the
fame has been blown out. This is duty
no less to ourselves than to those who
are to come after as. Our cities en-
croach upon our cemeteries, our vii
lagos crowd around and enfold their
local graveyards, all hug closely that
soddening underground mass of putrid-
ity, which becomes cognizant to every
sense save that of sight. What we eat
and drink, in these localities, becomes
tainted with that which has never been
allowed to undergo healthful metamor-
phosis, and thus to become meat and
drink indeed. o
Let modern good sense put period to
all avoidable defilement, and make the
land sing again, that it enshrouds no
longer perpetual death, but is forever
more the womb of life, the well-spring of
purity - George BdyIeSi MD, SdnitG-
rian for June.
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RAILROADS.
Arkansas & Texas Short Line
Memphis & Little Rock Railway
RESUMED.

-nN AND AFTER THURSDAY, MAY 28TH,
W trains will run regul rly as follows:
Mail train leaves Memphis dally:.-. 8 :2 p.
Mail train arrives at Memphis daily~H;S5 pm
Freight and Accommodation, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays,
leaves Memphis .............".......... 70 a. m
Arrives at $40 pm
Close connections made in same depot at
Little Rock with trains on Cairo and Fulton X.
r. for Fulton, Texarkana. Jefferson, Shreye-
port, Marshall, Longyiew, Dallas, Sherman,
Dennison. Palestine, He7rne, Waco. Houston,
Galveston and all intermediate points in
Arkansas and Texas Also, in same depot,
at Argenta, with trains on Little Rock and
Fort Smith railroad for Lewisburg. Russell
Vile, IDardanelle, Clarksville,, Van Buren,
Fort Smith, etc. Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars on Night Trains. For Tickets and in
formation, apply at 27S Main street, 27S Main
STREET. or at Depot. foot Of Washington street.
T. T. Il. PERRY, Gen Ticket As't.
74.99 r. A. WILLIAMS, Pas'g ger Ag't.'
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LOVE ME WHEN I'M OLD.

would ask of you, my darling,
A question soft and low,
That gives me many heart-ache,
As the moments come and go.
/ would ask of you promise,
Worth to me a world of gold,
1t is only this, my darling,
That you will love me when I'm old.
CHORUS,
Life's morn will soon be waning,
And its evening bells be tolled,
But my heart will know no sadness
If you'll love me when I'm old.
Down the stream of time together,
We are sailing side by side,
Hoping some bright day to anchor,
Safe beyond life's surging tide.
To day cur sky is cloudless,
But the night may clouds unfold,
And its storms may gather round US
Will you love me when IN oldf
When my hair shall shame the snow-drift,
And my eye shall DINNER grow,
/ would lean upon some loved one
In the valley as go.
/ would claim of you promise,
Worth to me world of gold
II is emily this, my darling. sf.
That you'll love me when I'm old.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-29
THE NEW
Improved Remington
SEWING MACHINE.
AWARDED
AT VIENNA, 1873.
The HIGHEsT ORDER OF MEDAL" AWARDED
AT THE EXPOSITION.
no Sewing Machine Received n
Higher Prize.
A FEw GOOD REASONS.

IA Neir Intention THOROUGHLY TESTED and
secured by Letters Patent.
2-Makes a perfect LOCK STITCH. allAe on
both sides. on al kinds Of goods.
S-Runs LIGHT, SMOOTH. NoIsELkss ana
RAPIn-besf combination of qualities,
4-DuRABLE-Runs for vedIE Witnout e ~ Ialis, re.
5-WW DO all varieties Of trors ana faNey
Stitching in a superior manner ..,-
els moss easilv mdRaged oy the epeIa.u..
V.anefb ~ st;tcb NAV he altered while run
ming, and machine can be threaded "i'A0~'
passing thread through holes. M, farm
z-Design Simple, ingentous, hse2g.-' 'ISL ". ii
inc the sfiteb ,eifEouf the use Of Cog asel
Gears, Rotary Cam; o LsysE 5 Arms A!s:. ln,. Z.
the Atiomafio Drop Feed, when i..s' ~, ~,
forr1 Isngfh OF stitch al any sped. has OUT new
iTbrs5d Conirolsr, which allows Easy move
mept Of Inc needle-bar and prevents injury 70
VI sseNlGoNsrRrcrroS most careful and EISIsHKD;
II l. Manufactured by the most skiiliql and
experieuced mechanics, al the ceieera.ea
Ramf1gfOn ArmOry. Alton, n. u.
Cincinnati once, Isl Fourth street.
5O-l0i
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PAPER.
Paper ! Paper /! Paper
OF ALL KIHDs-
A. ". DU POINT x co.
Manufacturers and Wholesale DsAIsrS.

Louisville, Kentncky
foui-storY warehouse. No. 1N Main So
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Depot at foot of Main street.
Ticket Office, 2S7 Main street. corner Of
M. BURKE. Gen'I Sup't.
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RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

Depot at head of Main stree
Ticket Office. 2S7 Main street, corner of
Madison.
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VOL. XVIII.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
COMMISSION MERcAaNT.
AWYOMTNG BALL.

Miss -, from Wilder's Gulch, was ele-
gantly attired in q handsome buff grOs
grained buekskin dress, with army blanket
overskirt, bottom lOOped up with buckskin
strings cut bias. Hair dressed a la Red
Cloud, in which was twined few sprigs of
sage brush, the whole secured behind in a
bunch with a handsome pin made with a
pine splinter and bUfialO's ear. She wore.
an elegant mountain cat-skin cap, fes-
toOned with antelope tails, secured under
the chin with a raitiesnake skin. Her feet
were encaSed in buckskin mOceasins Orna-
mented with beads and soldier buttons.
She created a big sensation as she enter
ed the hall hanging upon the arm Of Mr.. H
Barton, Of Hallvlile, who was dressed in
the style of his lOcality-buCkskin breeches
in boots, hunting shirt Cf the same orna-
mented with beads and tobacco juice. an
army belt Ofthe latest pattern around his
waist securing pair Of siX-shOoteIS and a
huge bowie knife, which set of his gallant
figure tOgOOd advantage.
EnviOus glances from both sexes follow
ed this handsome couple round the hall
Several ladies and gentlemen from the
mining districts we're present, and express
ed thepsseives we'll pleased with the man
Der IN which the party was conducted
Their frequent exclan atiOns Of delight.
such as ''red hot, you bet,'' '.ain't il fruit.
thought "hOop Ia" etc, plainly indicated
thar they were enjoying themselves in the
best possible manner.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
FOREIGN ITEMS.

George Cruikshauk is reassertiGg lis
claim TO the real authorship Of Dickens
works before the London public.
MacMahOn has been pen-phOtOgraphed aS
a mOrose, sOur-lOOking old soldier, with a
white mustache and military bearing.
1t is no more than fair that The Ouch
ess of Edinburgh parasOl" should be fol-
lowed by the Dukes umbrella
A great Improvement is reported to have
taken place in the health Of Prince Bis
marck. He is now able to take outdoor
exercise,
Now somebody says that Mrs, Secretary
Belknap buys hair-pins by the peck. This
seems 70 demand prompt and full inves-
tigation.
A Massachusetts woman threw acid in
her husbands eyes to prevent him from go
ing to see Lydia ThOmpsOn's ankles, and
the neighbOrs all support her.
The pathetic paragraph. headed ''Mr
Stephens going home to die" now making
the rounds Of the press, excites % much
sympathy that Richmond paper thinks il
would be an 0atEags for him to live any
longlr,
SoYer, the cook Of the London Reform
Club. asserts that person living TO the age
OF mLy years, anu CoLlOIlhlu7 ~ 'uC OiNF
nary diet Of well-tO-do English people, e1T'-
sumes no less than SG,5O0 eggs.
A New York correspondents SAYS Bennett
aspires to excel in everything. He is the
feeder ofthe poor, the master Of wealth,
the commodore of the yachting heet, and
the champion on the foot race.
They are going to have sOuelbinS new AZ
Cape May this seasen=--s baby housel It
is to he : I4Ige Jame building. two stories
high, exclusively for children TO play in in
rainy weather, The protector is bachelor
Ia fact. perhaps. superfiuous to mention.
'.Give this to Larry Murphy, of Genoa,
and tell him that the last man who took 2
chew from that paper Of tobaSe0 was Johnny
Stewart" Than No died-%laGnehed into
esenity,n as the local editor says who
describes this incident-On the scafold, at
the latest hanging in Nevada
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
LIVELY CONTEST FOR A BANNER.

St. Patrick's school hall, recently built
in St. Louis, was the scene Of lively con-
test last week for a society banner. a fes-
tiyaI was in progress to raise funds for ne
Eieving the school from debt, and
among the contributions was an elegantly
wrought banner. sent over from ireland.
the haudiwork OF one of the Poor Sisters OF
Clare. Two societies, the Roman CathO-
lie Benevolents and the Ancient Order OF
Hibenians entered the lists for the prize,
the contest being decided by the ballot
BOX and the poll tax being % cents. The
heavy vote drawn out goes TO prove that 1t
was a live issue, the count indicating that
the sRomans" polled 80, ,29S votes and the
Hibernians Z3,029-a total of 53,327, net
ting Sl3.332 for the school. There may
have been some repeating and "ballCt
stuffing," but the money was there to show
that all such proceedings had been conduct
ed according to the rules. The ''Romans"
are proud of their victory, and the a. o..
HIS are not chagrined, but only regret that
they did not make little longer and a
stronger pull for the prize.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20

EXIT Brooks. He folded his tent
like the Arab and silently stole away
between two suns. His staff of State
officials are also gradually crumbling.
The Attorney General, who sided with
him, has resigned and a successor Is in
office. And now comes Berry contest
ing before the Legislature the Auditor
ship of Wheeler who abandoned Baxter
for Brooks. Berry may be the man
who was really elected in 1872, but we
doubt that the Legislature will venture
on the ticklish task of reOpening their
official count. More likely the Offices of
Auditor Wheeler and other Brooksites
will be declared vacant and filed by
appointment. After getting rid OF her
surplus Of Governors, the next ques.
ton may be whether Arkansas has a
shred Of Supreme Court left.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
MISS NELLIE.
wedding Preparations at the white
HOnaP.


WASHINGTON, May 1g.-The wOrkmen
TO day commenced the decoration Of the
east room of the Executive Mansion in
which is to take place on Thursday morn
ing the marriage of Miss Grant to Mr.. Sar-
toris. Three hundred invitations have
been issue, the larger number to persons
outside of Washington; but it is thought
thaG not more than half that number will
be present on the occasion. The object on
the part Of the Presidents family seems TO
have been to render the wedding as private
as possible, carefully avoiding everything
that would give to it an official character.
The only foreign representatives present
will be Sir Edward Thornton, together
With Lady ThorntoR. The guests will in
clude the more intimate friends Of the
Presidents family, such as the justices OF
the Supreme Court, the members of the
Cabinet, Speaker Blaine, Senators COnk-
ling, Freelinghuysen and Thurman, Gen.
Sherman, Admiral Porter, Geo. W. Childs,
\. j. Drexell, AdOlph f. Bore, together
with the ladies OF theis respective house
holds, and others of various cities.
On the morning of the wedding the gates
of the Executive Mansion will be closed to
all except invited guests. During to-day q
large number Of splendid and valuable
gifts to the bride were received. They are
principally from Philadelphia, and few Of
them from New York.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
LEBANON.
The Contest for sSe Amasagassean
MedaI-Ernest piles the victor.

The Contest for sSe Amasagassean
MedaI-Ernest piles the victor.
To the Union and American.
LEBANON. Tenn, May Is, lS74.-The
contest for the medal of the AmaSagassean
Society If Cumberland University took
uIace tonight at Masonic Hall. and was
witnessed by a large. intelligent and ap~
zTeciatiye audience. The question debated
was: oResolved, that a system of compul-
sory education would be beneficial to the
Emitted States" ..ffirmative-G. A. Wat
son. Tenn, g. W. Jones, Ala; negative
Ernest Pillow, Tenn, SOsl Battle Fort,
Tenn. All the speeches were evidently
the fruit of much reflect. .on and labor, and
such as would reflect honor and credit on
older beads.
When the debate was over, The commit
fee. Col. Ed. /. GolIaday, james e. Stokes,
and Col. Ben. Farrar, announced, t4ron 81
Col. iiolladay. that they had decided IA
favor os Mr.. Pillow. an announcement that
was greeted by hearty and prolonged ap-
rIauSe. In ADDITION TO its logical strength
and rhetorical beauty, Mr.. Pillows speech
vss delivered with an case and grace that
secured him the marked ana 2ndlVlded at
tention of the audience.
The contest for the medal in the Hlllto-
'ii''' 'ie '-'' j, s.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
The Ruin of Mill VaIIey-MOre Bodies
Dug Out-The Villages 90 be Rebuilt
The MurderOus MiIIdam.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 19.-Several
thousand more people have visited the ru-
ins in Mill river to-day. Some twenty
missing dead bodies have been dug out of
the ruins of buildings and deposits of sand,
and twenty-five or thirty more are still to
be recovered. The Committee of the
Legislature has examined the reservoir
and found that it was very poorly
built. The specifications were not fulfilled
and the dam seems to have been built to
slide of as it did. Some 400 volunteer
laborers were at work to-day digging over
the ruins for dead bodies, and l,000 are ex-
pected tomorrow. All the destroyed villa
ges except Skinnerville, will probably be
rebuilt and already enough relief, some
$4,000, has been contributed to take care
of the poorer victims of the disaster.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
WASHINGTON.
SanbOrn in the Role of the Mys-
teriOus Man.
A Ciew 10 His Mystery.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-Tbe Commit
tee on Ways and Means had before it this
morning Mr.. Dickinson, Boston lawyer,
who furnished the committee with an in
teresting history OF the devious A. Pres
cott, Sanborn's lawyer.
As to SanbOrn, he secuted the idea that
he was a mysterious man. He would as
soon think Cf mentioning Dan1 Pratt in
that character. He believed that Sanborn
was simply put forward as the man through
whom knowledge and information of reye-
nue. frauds might be utilized by others.
Has MuIIet No Friends
At the Workingnen's mass meeting here
last night resolutions were adopted de-
manding the enforcement of the eight-hour
system and the removal of Architect Mullet;
depreciating the introduction of Coolies as
threatening the existence of enlightened
workmen and favoring the Peoples Freight
Railroad and the opening of water commu-
nications by the Government.
Diversion OF the District Poor Fund TO
subsidIze a Newspaper.
In the district investigation to-day ex-
Senator Harlan testified as to circumstances
under which he offered to pay Corcorans
taxes at ten per cent less than their face
value. He also testified that n. G. Ord
way had held a mortgage against the
Chronicle amounting to $4,000, and that
it was released by Henry ID. Cooke accept
ing the notes and mortgage held by Ord
way as security for the amount
which was advanced by Cooke. He didn't
know whether the mortgage was assigned
over to Cooke OF not, but he did know
that the notes were not. He did not. know
from what source the money came, but
Cooke give him to understand that it was
brother Jaws money. lie did not know
that the sum advanced belonged to the poor
fund of the city, which is in part made up
by the Washington Market Company, OF
which Ordway is manager.
Col. Wright Rives, a graduate OF West
Point and civil engineer, gave, as the result
of measurements made by him prior TO the
commencement of the District investiga-
tion, specifications showing that the Gov
ernment had been overcharged upward Of
$4,000. On the market space, Govern
ment was charged $500 more for fiye-sXthS
of the work than the entire improvement
cost.
Paupers CJaSsed with Criminals.
The Secretary of State sent to the House
to-day a communication suggesting the
passage of law empowering the President
TO return to the countries from whence they
came all paupers, vagabOnds and convicts
who may be landed on the shores OF the
United States. This should be done by
compelling vessels who bring them here to
take them away.
let tlse Dead Have Peace.
President Grant approves of decorating
the graves of Confederates and Federals
alike. lie believes the time has come
when every feeling Of fraternity should be
encouraged and advantage taken Of every
opportunity to remove any remaining ami
mostly occasioned by the war.