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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
psulan cna.IIn IN NORWAY.

| have been an extensive traveller, but
never in all my experience have | met
with such an honest and simple class OF
people as the inhabitants of Norway,
Sweden and Lapland. Their faith In
human nature is something incredible,
and their honesty exceeds all bounds.
Often have left my money behind me
in a farm house, and as often have |
been followed on the road by my late
host with the treasure / forgot in his
domicil. They scorn to take any. re,
ward for doing what they consider
their duty, and as often as l
have offered them rewards they have
been rejected. They are very Telig-
ioGs people and very democratic peo-
pie. Of their religious simplicity vol
umes could be written. fhey are, Tor
the most part, in fact all, Protestapts or
Lutherans. They bury their dead in
graye-yards around the churches, and
il man dies 200 miles away his body
must be brought to the graveyard and
inferred. A stranger osl tell the con-
dition of almost any lady he meets.
Those that are engaged to be married
have one plain gold ring those who
are married wear two and those who
have a family wear three. When a
mans wife dies ia ihig northern cline
the husband and his friends have a
three days joli6cation. About their
democratic ideas | cannot give You a
better notion than by mentioning the
fact that I sought ap interview with
the King and vas accorded the same.
Before | was FIVE minutes in the royal
presence was asked to smoke a cigar,
and at separating was requested to call
again, which did. When returned /
had to look for the king myself, there
being no guards or servants around the
house. | found him putting on his coat
in room up stairs, having just pat the
finishing touches on one Of his pictures.
A few words about the midnight sun. /
witnessed this grand phenomenon while
standing on Cape North, the most north
erly extremity of Europe. The sun, in
stead of setting as II does here, and run
ming q course from east to vest, keeps
going around in a circle, the lower peri
phery of which is Just on the horizon
When it makes the lower curves it is
partially obscured, but it rises again and
describes circles in the air for nearly
two and a half months. 1t then goes
away, but total darkness does not ensue,
for the moon, the stars and the northern
lights illumiae the land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
RnraIae's Departnre from Pan Is.

The following details OF the departure
Of Marshal Bazaine from Paris to under
90 his sentence appear in the Paris
Figaro: "On Thursday evening, Dc
cember 25th, Marshal Bazainc Quilted
Trianon. The following day he arrived
at his destination, after a journey cx'
tending over four-and-twenty hours.
The most minute precautions had been
taken to keep secret his departure. Early
in the morning the prisoner, who had
previously been warned his approach
ing removal, was allowed the privilege
of an interview with Nine Bazaine and
with his children, which lasted upward
Of two hours and half. After the de.
parture of his wife, the Marshal busted
himself in the preparations for his long
journey. He refused from that time to
receive any other visits, and pass
ed the remaining portion OF the tune
left open to him in arranging various
papers, which he committed to the care
of his friends. At dusk close carriage,
surrounded by detachment OF gend-
armes, arrived to take charge OF the
prisoner. The escort was commanded
by a Colonel OF the gendarmes, who,
however, did not appear in UNIFORM. Inc
Inspector of the Prisons of Seine-et-
Disc was present at the departure OF the
prisoner, whose guard was then placed
under the charge Of director OF the
Penitentiary service, to whom was COM
mitted the duty of seeing him duly con-
signed to the fort of the Isle OF st. Mar
cuerite. The arrangements for the de-
parture were so well managed that the
neople of Versailles did not know OF It
in the day after. At the station oil
Villencuve-Saint- Georges, where the ex-
press trains at ordinary times never
stop. there were none but railway SER
wants on the platform. Here the Mar
shall had but a few moments to wait be-
fore the train came up, and he went
with his guard into a carriage attached
expressly for them. The passengers
nut out their heads as if surprised at this
unusual halt, bnt the secret was kept
during a great part of the journey. At
LYONS the train made o halt of twenty.
FIVE minutes, of which the Marshal
avaiIed himself by taking cup of cot
fee. At the Presidency news was re-
ceivedjn the afternoon of his arrival at
Marseifies. No incident of any interest
was reported, the Marshal having dined
at that city without awaking attention
In the same manner was the voyage
continued, and at nine clock IN the
evening the Minister of the Interior
received dispatch announcing the arri-
val of the Marshal at the fort on the Isle
of st. Marguerite. The embarkation
having taken place at night, no disorder
had occurred"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

An Algiers journal gives the following
list of the wars carried on by France
during the past five centuries:
In the fourteenth century there were 43
years of war; 5 of civil war; % Of war
on the soil OF France; IL Of war on for
eign soil. J..
In the fifteenth century there were II
years of war ID Of civil war; 43 on the
soil of France % on foreign soil.
In the sixteenth century there were So
years of war; 80 of civil and religious
war; on French territory; "A on foreign
territory.
In the seventeenth century there were
60 years Of war; 6 of religious war; IL
Of civil war; so Of foreign war.
In the eighteenth century there were
So years of war; 2 of religious war; 6 of
civil war; 81 of foreign war.
In the nineteenth century, up to the
present year, there have been more than
the average number of wars at home and
abroad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
suffering I'm Paris.

According TO the correspondence Of
the Pail Mall Gazette, melancholy
tales are told Of the amount Of suffer
ing IN Paris. A journal, not interested
in making out a bad case, SAYS it could
name twenty masters who used to en-
ploy five hundred workmen. and who
now can hardly find work for fftv II
is not only the trade in articles of Injury
which is in a languishing condition hnt
that of the most ordinary articles. The
furniture trade in the Faubourg ST An
tome, for example, is in bad state. and
numbers Of families are now living ON
their savings A large number Of work
men have emigrated, but still those who
re main behind are more than sufficient
OF course, continues the correspondent.
each political party blames the other for
this state Of affairs; the Republicans
affect to believe that Liberal measures
and the frank recognition Of the Rspnb-
lie would. make everything 20 like mar
riage bell, and the Royalists naturally
retort that what poor widowed. desolate,
deserted Paris requires is King and
court, state balls and the blue hveries Of
the legitimate monarch. Il is not ex-
pected that Marshal MacMahou's recep-
tons at the Elysee will have much effect.
All the people Of fashion are keeping
quiet. and the number Of beggars in the
streets is quite unusual
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
Nelson's visit 90 the Home OF ueF
Childhood

We clip the following from an inter
esting personal sketch Of Nilsson, pub
lished by the St. Louis Globe: When
the proposal was made to her TO visit
America, she had long been absent
from her northern home, and she there
fore determined to visit far-off Smoland
and look yet once more upon the faces
Of her father, her mother, her brothers
and sisters. We can imagine the de-
light with which she was received. The
trappings Of the stage we're thrown
aside, and Christine was once again
but a simple maiden in the arms Of her
nearest and her dearest The child
who had left her home 50 long before
might be q heroine 10 the world; 10
them their darling cottage maiden still,
but enHehled By the praise Of the best,
the wisest aud most aristocraiic OF
Europe. She arrived upon a Saturday,
and the next day the whole family, ike
good Swedes, as they we're. attended
the church al Skatelo. Christine again
entered the choir. During the frst
sianza Of the psalm her emotion lsnd
who would not honor her for I'D held her
mute. At the second sianza the pure.
sweet voice thrilled through the heart OF
hearts Of the hushed people Who can
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

fathom the thoughts that must have per
yaded all alike, the famous singer Ia the
old choir, and the friends who had
known her as a child and since she lell
thom had but listened 20 the echo OF
her fame? The writer has been told that
the only ornament she then wore was .
silver swallow, with outspread wings, con
iiuing her floating vail. AS she left the
church the villagers gathered round her,
and some pointed to the migratory bird
Ali said they, she will soon fly away
from us like her own swallow let us
pray that, like it too, she may return
with il another spring. Ola surety, this
is a prayer which all who have heard
her in America will echo now.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
Marriages Of Rlooa relations.

Statistics presented TO the French
Academy show that the marriages OF
blood relations form about two per cent.
Of all the marriages in France, and that
the deaf and dumb offspring, at birth Of
consanguineous marriages, are, in pro-
portion to the deaf and dumb born in
ordinary wedlock--st Lyons, full twenty
Ave per cent; at least twenty-five per
cent in Paris, and thirty per cent in
Bordeaux-the proportions Of the deaf
and dumb, by birth, increasing with the
degree Of blood relationship. The data
obtained show that, if the danger Of hav-
ing q deaf and dumb child in ordinary
marriage, represented by figures, is one,
there will be eighteen in marriages be.
tween first cousins, thirty.seven in mar.
riages between uncles and nieces, and
seventy in marriages between nephews
and sunts. 1t appears, too, that the
most healthy parents, If related in blood,
may have deaf and dumb children;
while deaf and dumb parents, if not re-
lated, very rarely have deaf and dumb
children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
RAILROAD Accident.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., January 23.-Last
night freight train ran into a passen-
ger train on the New Jersey Central
railroad near Commumpaw Station. a
fireman and one passenger we're killed,
and another passenger fatally injured.
The engineer Of the freight train,
owing to the fog, was unable to discover
the SIGNALS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
prucHRACK's CASE.

There is some hope after all that the
dowp-trodden state'of Louisiana will be
nermitted to hold an untrammelled
election, and that some of the usurpers
of that State will shortly come to grief.
The President must see that he was i'm
posed on by some of the bad men VINO
assume to carry all the loyalty of Lou
isiona in their pockets, and that the policy
nursued toward the people of that unior-
innate State has been unjust as well as
ruinous. He has refused to allow repetl-
tion of the outrage in Texas, to the great
ebarrin of those who think that otficlalpo-
sitions belong to individuals or parties
exclusively; instead of to the people
And it seems likely that the President
will do something to redress the wrongs
inflicted upon poor Louisiana. Even
Morton. who undertook to seat Pinch
hack in the United States Senate
mon a prima facie statement has
found out so much to disgust him with
the high.handed election outrages that
he positively declines to standfor Pinch
back any longer, and has asked that the
matter he referred to the Committee OF
Privileges and Elections to investigate
the conduct of Pinchback. 1t is under
stood that Carpenter and Butler are IN
favor Of throwing the whole matter back
tothe people and ordering a new election.
BETTER late than never. Congress should
have done this long ago, or recog-
uized the McEnery' government. The
mills of the gods grind slowly but grind
exceeding strong. The fact is well
known that this fellow was once SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for stealing, in
1862, and only got out by joining the
Federal army, in which he did not serve.
Since the war he has grown suddenly
and mysteriously rich while in office.
The chances are that he will have to
dance to some very lively music yet be
fore he takes his seat in the United
States Senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
Arkansaa CentrnI Rallxax.

The following named gentlemen were,
on the 10th inst, elected directors for
the year 1874 of the Arkansas Central
railroad: s. W. Dorsey, A. H. johnson,
G. c. Waters, Q. K. Underwood, j. j.
Hornor, j. C. Palmer, D. c. Jaques, D.
B, sickles, John M. Rees, Upon organ-
iSing, Mr.. dehasoR was elected President
aud Judge Waters Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

Pretty we'll for Puritan: A New
England boy, seeking his fortune in the
West, writes home that he has joined
three churches of various faiths, for he
is persuaded that this is the way, not
only to secure the patronage Of the best
people, but also to have a hand in all
the fun that is going.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
Prumbsrs' ana Gas-Fitrers' ban.

Plumbers and Gas-Fttters' Bail.
The fourth annual ball Of the Plumb
ors and Gas-Fitters takes place at the
Cochran Hall tomorrow friday even
ing, January %, 1874. Every arrange
ment has been made to make it the
grandest affair of the season. Previous
to the opening of the festivities, Prof.
Frank Frank will make a grand balloon
ascension. ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

The Courier journal thinks that the
President is seriously considering a
breach with his party as the basis of
union with the Democracy, and thence,
as the means of securing third term
through acoerced organization Of ali the
liberal and conservative elements of the
country, is one Of those conjectures
which spring from characteristic proba'
bilities rather than from the suggestions
of the possible in everyday political
life. just as there never was such q
man as General Grant in a great place
may we surmIse Of him that which never
can be, and yet that which, being i'm
possible, may happen at any moment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

THE following is corrected list of the
Directors elected Wednesday at Padu-
cab BY the stockholders Of the Memphis
and Padueah railroad: Elk Norton, l..
S. Trimble, H. S. McComb, A. NJ. West,
J. S. Rogers, H. K. Garth, James Elder,
and John Overton, jr.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

ARKANSAS knows it has one politician
who is beyond suspicion, because the
proof against him is too positive to adj
nit doubt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

Nh. p. B. LANSING Is authorized to
receive Advertisements for our classified
Business Directory, and to receive and
receipt for money paid for the same.
The merchants OF our city viii find this
one Of the very best adyertising medi-
ums Of the day. and the low price at
which a card can be inserted eommends
itself to advertisers. Mr.. Lansing will
call on those Of our merchants Who wish
10 advertise and solicit a card from them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

News STAND.-At Mrs. Mansfords
news depot, corner ofSecond and Mon
roe, the latest daily papers, monthly
magazines, periodicals and news goods
can be found, 95t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

GENERAL L. NJ. THABPE, Of West Ten
nessee, announces himself, in the Paris
Intelligencer, an Independent Conserva-
tive candidate for Governor at the No
yember election, and the cry is still
they come"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
FRESH OYSTERS.
At panic prices, at victor ID
Fuchs, No. Al Jefferson street. 72f

NEws.-Billy Lieben, at Ill Main
near Poplar, and at Joe Locke's news
stand, on Main, near Jefferson, has all
the latest daily papers and publications.
The grand double number Of Bow
Bells for the holidays has arrived and
can be had at Walkers, los Beal street.
This is the finest ladies book sent to cur
city. It contains the choicest reading
matter by the best authors Of the old
world, besides beautiful fashion plates
and patterns Of the latest styles direct
from London. Also large assortment
Of ehildren's toy books just received and
for sale at New York prices. A spe-
cialty nadeIof foreign publications, Call
and see for yourself.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

The New York Sun says that George
II. Williams cannot long remain in oihee
as Attorney General.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

A SPECIAL to the New York Herald
saws in reference to the new Chief Jus
tice: "The selection of Mr.. Waite as
one of the Geneva counsel was at the
suggestion Of Mr.. Evarts, who had been
his classmate at Yale College. Ralph
Keller. whose death occurred recently
in the Cuban waters, while employed as
a correspondent of anew York paper,
accompanied Mr.. Waite to Geneva, and
it was through his letters to the news
paper with which he correspondent that
Mr.. Waite's name was often brought into
public notice. Hehas never held anyjudi-
cial or official position, though he has
been prominently spoken Of for Congress
from the district in which he resides at
every nominating convention which has
met therein for that purpose for the last
fifteen years. In 1862 he ran as an in
dependent Republican against James
Ashley. but was defeated. He is popu-
lar in Toledo, and IT is SAID that at
every public gathering he is called out
as one Of the speakers; that even on oc-
casion of the reunion of the Army of
the Cumberland last fall, at which
we're present Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan and other distinguished officers,
the toast of Peace hath her vic
tories not less renowned than
war was interpolated at the dinner for
the purpose of having Mr.. Waite take
part in the proceedings. he is repre-
scented as man of the strictest integrity.
Though he has had very large and
lucrative practice, he is by no means
wealthy-probably not worth over $780,
900 or $4,000. he has. lived literally,
and enjoyed his money as he has made
it. He is described as an industrious
lawyer, well grounded in all the branches
OF his profession. He is not brilliant
or particularly attractive public speak
er, but is impressive in his manner, and
has great weight with juries."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

Ir is reported that Messrs. Sumner
and Boutwell, did not vote for or against
Waite for Chief Justice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
FRESH SHAD

Received daily at Victor D. Fuchs
oyster, Gsh and game depot, Al Jeffer-
son street. l25
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

tbs report having been in circulation
several days that Secretary Richardson
would shortly resign, that gentleman
Genes to the front with an indignant
denial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

THUS far 1881, 900 of the State debt
has been funded under the funding act
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

PLANTERS will observe change in
the quotation Of Gotten seed to their
benest. l24
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
ma,ouerade suits,

For di.Gras, Of every description, at
NJ. C. Hunters Southern Emporium Of
Fashion, 247 Main street. Prices to suit
the times. 100
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KAHN & FREIBERG.
school sateheIs for children and
misses az low prices.

FREsH oysters received daily at Ma
dame Vincent's Crystal Palace Served
in every style and IN cans to families. l6t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23
AUCTION.
PUBLIC SALE
HOase and Lot on Mulberry Street
Lot Extending Through to
st. Martin Street.

ON THURSDAY. JANUARY. 18th, WE
" are directed to o or, at public sale. to
the highest bidder, lot 6. block 81: between
Vance and Talbot streets, fronting 60 feet on
the east side of Mulberry, running TO and
fronting on St. Martin street, on. which is q
frame cottage building, with sufficient ground
for four small residence lots-two fronting. on
either street. We bespeak special attention
10 this sale as n rare opportunity for a safe
and profitable Investment. within one square
of Main street. Sale upon the premises ut II
o'clock. Terms announced at sale,
IRRELEVANT IL CO., Auctioneers
j. W. WEsoOTT, Attorney. lN-lS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-23

ssssE F..s s.I sss 's- e. =. a. Ssg
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LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY.
FOR SALE OR RENT.

Clubs and Societies Furnished
lZl-lf6
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