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a look at the door showed It hardened hy q

A look at the door showed it darkened by a
woman about six feet in diameter, and SO
broad as to fill it almost from side to side.
The Judge took look a. the mountain Of
fies, doubled up, and was about to take the
back track, but thought better of it, and
took refuge behind his little law pulpit.
The mountain advanced, gave utterance in
a sort of internal rumble, and then amid fire,
smoke and burning lava, belched out :
ssDid I, or did not, see Michael o. Hoola-
han sneak out of your back door?"
81 believe O'Hoolahan is the name of one
of the gentlemen who just went out, said
the Judge.
Advancing upon the pulpit, behind which
the Judge settled lower and lower the noun
tain belched, &C You be-a-lave SO You know
it was Michael O'Hoolahan Now, what is
all this connivin' to here about? Am / wild
dy again Did We take his name aft the pal
per? Did We take It aft {?
"N-no," said the Judge.
eye didn't! Don't we dccave me -
"No; give you my word and honor l
didn't couldn't had no right
+" It is we'll for We we didn't. I'll tache him
to be runnin about connivn' to leave me a
lone wildly again, when I'm maxim iintle-
man of him ~"
With this she sailed back to the door, where
she turned,and shaking her fist, thus address
ed the tip of the Judges nose, which alone
was visible above the little pulpit:
sNow do we moind that ye lave his name
man wanst git him. No more connivin'."
- Ttrginia New Enterprise.
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POETRY
TIE PLAINs-A PROPHECY.


[Fron Harpcrs' Monthly for November.l
Go We and look upon that land
That far vast land that few behold,
And none beholding understand
Go journey with the seasons through
its wastes, and learn how lmitlcss,
The solemn silence of that plain
Is, oh SO eloquent. The blue
And Bonded skies seem built for 1t,
And all else seems yesterday.
An idle tale but idly told.
Its story is of God alone,
For man has lived and gone away,
And left but little heaps of stone
10 here You learn how more than fit
And dlgnihed is silence, when
You hear the petty jeers of men.
Its awful soltudes remain
Thenceforth for aye part of YOU
And you have learned your littleness.
Some silent red men cross your track
Some Sustained trappers come and go
Some rolling seas of buffalo
Break thunder-like and far away
Against the foothills breaking back
Like breakers of some troubled bay;
Some white-tailed antelope blown by
So airy like some foxes shy
And sbadow-lke move to and fro
Like weavers shuttles as you pass
And now and then from out the grass
You hear some lone bird cuck aud call
sharp, keen call for her lost brood,
That only makes the solitude
Seem deeper still, and that is all.
That wild domain of mysteries
And signs that men misunderstood
land of space and dreams a land
OF sea-salt lakes and dried-up seas
A land of caves and caravans
And lonely wells and pools u land
That hath its purposes and plans,
That seems so much like dead Palestine,
Save that its wastes have no confne
Till pushed against the levelIed skies
land from out whose depths shall rise
The new-time prophets the domain
From out whose awful depths shall come,
All clad in skins with dusty feet,
A man fresh from his Makers hand
singer singing oversweet
A eharmer charming very wise
And then all men shall not he dumb
Nay, not be dumb, for he shall say,
Take heed, for prepare the way
For weary feet ~ and from this land
The Christ shall come when next the race
OF man shall look upon his face.
ROME, 1874. JOAQUIN MILLER
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If you wish to know how many friends you
have, get into Office if you wish to know
how many you havn't get into trouble.
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This is the latest form Of wedding invita-.
tons "Come around and see me capture a
mother-in-hw at o'clock, sharp.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-05

AN exchange announces that the
$1,000 given to York, State Senator OF
Kansas, to aid in electing Pomeroy to
the United States Senate over year
ago, still lies in the State Treasury,
where it can't play either fast or loose,
nor do any particular damage to any
one, since the Treasurer don't know
what to do with it. York says he only
took it to entrap "Old Subsidy Pom,
and he won't touch it. Pomeroy says
that the money was given in trust to
York for Mr.. Page to start national
bank out toward the west end of Kansas;
as If "Old Sub would trust money with
a man as a confidential agent without
knowing that he could be relied on;
as il York all at once became possessed
with pious zeal for political purity with
out giving any sign till be got that $1,000
bribei and as if any man could change a
most ungodly heart with $1,000 of bride
money in his boots No, Pom's story is
altogether too thin. An effort is being
made to get the money back into Pome.
roys hands James F. Legste, the man
Friday for years of Pomeroy and corrup-
tion, is travelling the State and soliciting
petitions requesting District Attorney
Ryan to enter a nolle pros. to the indict-
ment for bribery and corruption. 1t is
to be presumed that the old rascal will
go clear and be permitted to lift the
$1,000 that is now a dead dog in the
Treasury.
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Flowers fer the sick.

In an upper room in poor tenement
house lay sick child, wasted with fever
and the prostration which followed. 1t
had seemed impossible to rouse him, or
excite the slightest interest in anything.
The young lady who had carried her
flower basket to the room selected a
bunch of shining, golden buttercups, and
held them up before the child. The
dull, languid eye frightened, the tiny
emaciated hand opened to receive them;
too feeble for spoken word, the smile
that fitted across the wee white face was
eloquence enough. The fingers closed
tightly over the simple flowers that we're
like yellow sunshine to the little sufferer.
When a second visit, with fresh flowers
was made on Thursday, the boys mother
said, Jimmy would not lay the flowers
out of his hand while he was awake;
only when he slept could | put them in
water to freshen bit, for he must have
them in his hand again as soon as he
walked" Sure enough, the little fellow
still held his withered treasures, which
had been more to him than doctors
visits or prescriptions. Fresh flowers
from the basket brought smile and
look of grateful recognition 10 his face;
the long, weary hours Of convalescence
we're lightened and frightened for one
little sufferer by the Flower Mission.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-05

New York. The Board subsequently re-
elected the old officers for the ensuing
year.
The following resolution was then
adopted by the unanimous vote of the
stockholders;
Resolved, That we approve the action
Of the Directors and officers of this
company in contesting the validity Of
the recent legislation prescribing arbi-
trary, unjust and inadequate tariffs for
the transportation Of freight and pas
sengers in the State of Wisconsin. That
we look upon such legislation as viola
ton of the rights granted to this com
pany in our charter--an attempt at the
practical confscation of private prop
erty, and withdrawal of that protection
which the laws of the State affords to all
other property within its boundaries.
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which the Republic has every reason to
he ashamed. No doubt the system in
troduced as war measure" into
the South after the war-chiefy upon
the advice Of Senator Sumner and
Thaddeus Stevens-was experimental
but can we wonder that people every
where begin to ask how long the expert
ment is to last2 There should at least
be some signs of improvement visible as
time goes on. Nine years have. passed
since the close of the war, and is South
Carolina better governed than she was
then2 She clearly is not so well GOV
erned as she was under purely MIL
tary rule. The same must. be said'
mutatis muntandis, of Louisiana, MIS-
sissippi, Texas and Arkansas, Now, 1t
is folly to suppose that the Republican
party as an organization, will continue
much longer to look on with perfect sat
isfaction at this great failure. The lead
ers of the present moment may not pay
any attention to the subject; but if they
do not, other leaders will arise who will
see that justice is done.
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Going 90 Court.

1t appears that going to Court at
Buckingham Palace, on the occasion OF
a drawing-room, is not pleasant under
taking. At the drawing-room on the 5th
Of May about 5000 persons attended
The crush was awful, and the arrange
ments were such that many Of the ladies
who left their houses at noon, did not
get home again until seven o'clock, all
which time they could get no refresh
ment, and during three hours Of It we're
fighting their way through an anxious
crowd which blocked up the rooms. The
rate Of passage was so slow in going IN
that it took ten minutes to advance SIX
feet; and coming out il was as bad, 30
that some OF the ladies-all Of whom
were dressed very hghtly-had to wait
three hours in a cold and cherries ball
before they could get 10 their carriages.
The Queen herself got tired long before
the receptions we're over and fed away
so that the greater part Of the people
did not see her at all.
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WASHINGTON, June 5.-For Missis-
sippi and southwest Tennessee and the
Ohio valley, clear or partly cloudy
weather during the day, high tempera-
ture, light, variable winds and falling,
followed by rising barometer. For the
lake region, generally cloudy weather
and local rains, with high temperature
in southwest Michigan, and thence east
ward to New York, light, variable winds
and falling, followed by rising barome-
ter. For the Northwest, partly cloudy
and clearing weather, northwest winds,
shifting to easterly, low temperature in
Missouri and northern Iowa, and rising,
following by falling barometer. The
lower Mississippi river will fall slowly
during Friday. The Missouri river will
rise at Kansas City and Leavenworth.
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He won,t Have a fortune,

A late Macon, Ga, letter to the Au-
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel, relates
the following strange story:
Sometime about the beginning, or just
a few years before the war, one of the
wealthiest men in Middle Georgia died,
leaving all his property to grand son.
The boy was Of wild and energetic dis
position, and cared more for personal
freedom than be did for his grand father 5
estate, with the trouble OF taking care OF
it. So soon as he was large enough he
Joined the Confederate army in Virginia,
and after large battle had his name
printed in one of the Richmond papers
as among the killed. BE was mourned
as lost, and the only information which
his immediate comrades could ever give
of him was that he went in the battle
with them, and during the maneuver on
the field he disappeared and had not
been seen since. Knowing him to have
been a brave and faithful soldier, they
could not help thinking him slain.
The other day a returned Texan, who
knew him well when boy, reported that
he was alive and in that State. He had
both seen and conversed with him, but
he expressed no desire to come back to
Georgia, where he must know that a
fortune of all of 100000 is here inds-
putably his own, and which would be
readily handed over upon his arrival
But he no doubt prefers roaming free
over the prairies Of Texas than living q
rich man in the old staid State of Geol .
gia. He refused to tell his old acquaints
anee his axact place of abode or what
business he was following.
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OK the 25th inst. l73 delegates will be
elected in Memphis and Shelby county
to represent the people in the Bartlett
Convention. The convention will be
held on Thursday, July 2, when the party
will select its candidates for Sheriff,
State and County Tax Collector, Clerks
of the Criminal, County, First and Sec
ond Circuit Courts, Trustee, Register
and Clerk Of the Bartlett Circuit Court.
The best men should be selected as del
egates. They should go into the conven-
lion untrammeled and unpledged to any
candidate In this manner a ticket can
be selected composed of strong men who
can be elected without difficulty over the
candidates of the negroized Radical
party of Shelby county.
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A PHILADELPHIA journalistic has the
following reflections on base ball: Our
great national game not only does
valuable service in maintaining the in
terest of the American people in athletic
sports, but it also dees something for
the cause Of science in assisting to de-
yelop the art of surgery. We learn that
in an amateur game of base ball, played
at Hartford on Saturday, one man had
a finger broken, another had his jaw
fractured and six teeth knocked out,
O third received fatal blow upon the
head from bat. If this club continues
Its operations there would seem to be a
very fine opening for an hospital and a
medical school in Hartford. Such a
club could easily supply daily clinic
with cases"
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NEW YORK.
Shooting Anair-Names of Irishmen
10 shoot in the international
Rifle Match-Cuban News.


Rife natch-Cuban News.
New York, June 5,-Peter Smith, in
the employ of Lockwood Bros. and
the Holly Oil Inspectors of this city,
and living at GA Duffield street, Brook
Ign, was sent by his employers yesterday
to drive hoops upon some oil barrels
which were on a bark at the foot of
Elizabeth street, Brooklyn. He is a
non-society cooper, and when he began
work was rdiculed by number of
society men. Their threats continued
throughout the day, and when he started
home last evening they followed him. To
avoid them he jumped on car on Van
Brunt street; but four Of them leaped on
the platform making threats of violence.
One of the number, John Cunningham,
Of sc Degraw street, Brooklyn, drawing
a Delaying pin from beneath his coat,
endeavored to strike him, but he evaded
the blow by retreating to the end of the
car. Cunningham then raised the be-
laying pin the second time, whereupon
Smith drew a revolver and fred, hitting
his assailant in the abdomen. The COM
panions of the wounded man then ran
away. Cunningham is not expected to
live, and Smith is under arrest, having
surrendered to the police.
A Dublin letter gives the names of
the Irish gentlemen who are to shoot in
the international rife match here next
fall. They are as follows S. S. Young
J. Miner, W. Rigby, j. Joyce, j. Wilson,
E. johnson and j. Lloyd. Miner and
Lloyd are private gentlemen, the last
named being Deputy Lieutenant of
Kings county. Joyce and Wilson are
merchants of Belfast. Johnson is a
well known jeweler in Dublin, and
Rigby is head of an eminent gun-making
firm in Dublin. The Irish marksmen
will be accompanied by a party Of
friends, including Lord and Lady Mas
serne and the Lord Mayor Of Dublin.
They are to sail from Liverpool on the
9Th of September and will go prepared
to shoot their match and return imme-
diately.
A Cuban letter says the principal corps
Of the commanders Of the Spanish forces
have quite recently been coming to Ha-
vana for the purpose of comforting with
the Captain General. After remaining
few days they return to their com
mands. All indicates that the Captain
Gen eral is determined to push things.
Advices from Manzanillo state that the
insurgent bands which it was supposed
had left that district are again making
their appearance, and it is expected
new raid will be made by them from
Nuevitas. The condition of affairs is
reported as very bad. The insurgents
are said to be near, and can enter the city
whenever they please. The government
has commenced the collection of twenty
dollars per head, tax decreed some
time ago. Indications point to sickly
season. Yellow fever has begun to make
its appearance, and smallpox, scarletina
and measles abound.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-05

AT the last meeting Of the Tennessee
Press Association, held at Pulaski, the
Constitution of the Association was so
changed as that "the membership shall
consist of the periodical publications
;ssued in this State, which publication
shall be represented in its meetings by
one or more of its editors or proprietors.
The next meeting occurs on the 18th
inst, at Brownsville, West Tennessee,
and it is desirable that as many of the
notifications of the State will be repre-
scented as possible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-05

CHICAGO, June 5.-The annual meet
ing and election Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company re-
suited in the unopposed re election Of
the old management Of all the branches
controlled by the Company. The Chi
cago and Milwaukee election resulted as
follows: Directors-Albert Keen. John
F. Tracy, David DAVIS, A. B. Bayliss. A.
G. Dulman, NJ. L. Sykes, IT,, H. Il. Par.
tee, VIM. H. Ferry and J. B. Red6eld
0ficers-Albert Keep, president; NJ L.
Sykes, vice president; ]. B. Redfeld.
treasurer and secretary. Executive
Committee-Albert Keep, NJ. L. Sykes,
jr., and II. Il. Partee. The Chicago
and Northwestern elected six directors
to serve three years, namely: John F.
Tracy, B. F. Allen, Chicago; David
DAVIS, F. II. Laws and A. B. Bayliss,
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Whoever has read Victor Hugos W
will see by the following extract that he,
has a formidable rival in this country,
who proposes to give some remarkable
chapters on the history of Massachusetts,
which, for telling effect, will throw the
French novelist into the shade:
CHAPTER /.
In the year 70 the yearly muster Of
the Massachusetts Militia was held in
Mill Village.
Mill Village borders on Dedham.
Dedham is town.
Mill Village is a suburb.
1t has place Of history-this gloomy
town Of Dedham.
The stripped pig was Uttered here.
First. the pig was hailed as part of a
Revolution.
Then he became bore.
Between Mill Village and Dedham is
an immense forest, covering nearly an
acre-dark, gloomy and impenetrable.
Malefactors and refugees from justice
were safe in its recesses.
The savage skunk and the willy weasel
walked boldly about beneath its heavy
underground.
A battalion from the camp had been
ordered to duty in this terrible place.
They advanced slowly, each soldier
poking away the branches and letting
them snap back in the face Of the man
behind him.
Sergeant Shubael Stiggins, veteran
who had served through the Dorr Rebel
lion led the advance.
Suddenly the Sergeant stubbed his toe
against rock
The conclusion between No. IA bro
gan and the Massachusetts granite was
terrible.
1t was the hammer and the anvil,
The Sergeants toe.nail was split clean
off.
He swore one of those terrible New
England oaths, at which men shudder.
he said, "Gaul darn it. ="
This horrible imprecation awoke a
child who was slumbering behind a
stump.
He looked fearlessly up into the savage
face of the Sergeant with the courage of
childhood.
"What beast of wood is this
said the Sergeant, where, when one
stubs ones toe, children spring up like
toad stools, What dost thou here little
one?"
The fair-haired, innocent child drew
the sleeve of his ragged jacket across
his nose, looked smilingly into the face
of his interlocutor, and splitting on his
brush said: "Shine EN- up for yer, old
Beeswax? Want yer leather trunks
japannedY'
A big tear rolled down the bronzed
cheeks of the Sergeant, and was lost in
the tobacco juice at the corners of his
mouth.
The battalion flung their caps in the
air, and shouted, 4" He shall be the child
OF the regiment"
Said the Sergeant. We have caught
a shinerp
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Fast Time from the South and West
10 New HOra.

Special to the Ledger.l
CINCINNATI, June 4.-0ur new time,
which took effect June lst, shows the
fastest time ever made from the South
and West to New York. We are run
ming through cars from Louisville via
Cincinnati on two daily trains via Pan.
Handle and Pennsylvania road, leaving
Cincinnati at 1915 am. and at 7 pm.
Our fast time is on the train leaving
Louisville at 2:lO pm. and Cincinnati
at I p. M, making the run from Cincin-
natl to New York in less than twenty
six hours, making but three stops between
Pittsburg and New York, and running
over the entire length Of the Pennsyl-
vania road IN daylight.
SIDNEY B. JONES.
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Cash Capital, $25O,OOO.
JOHN T. FARGASON, President
JOHN OVERTON, Jr., V. President
II. A. PARKER, Cashier
DIRECTORS.
NOTICE.

DESoTo BANK. MEMPHIS, June 8. 1874.
THE CHARTER OF THIS BANK HAV-
i ing nearly expired, its business is con-
s0lidated With that Of the Bank Of Commerce,
where ample provision is made for the pay
ment Of all Of It's deposits. All paper matur-
ing at the DeSOto Bank will be found al the
" Bank Of Commerce +"
Thankful for the liberal patronage extended
10 US in the asst. we bespeak for our successor
a continuance Of the same.
JAMES ELDER, President;
7. r. FARNSWORIH, Cashier.
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The following opinion is from one Of
the bitterest administration organs, the
New York Times. 1t ought to know:
The Southern States are not living
under a fair or free government-so Mr..
Eaton and many others allege. Well, is
the assertion true2 Look at South
Carolina. The facts in reference to that
State seem to be about as well estab-
lished as any historical facts can be, and
thew amount to this-the negroes,
assisted BY raseally whites, have held a
sort Of grand orgie in the State for sew
eral years past, have swallowed up
among them nearly all the private prop
ertv In the State, have ruined what may
he called the native citizens even more
thoroughly than the war had done, have
robbed and harried like so many high
wavmen. and have reduced the State to
a condition which must shock every man
Who sees II or reads about it. The very
Governor of the State is a thief. The
Legislature is q gang Of thieves. lsthis
a Republican Government such as
the Constitution expressly guarantees to
all the States2
We venture to say that it is not-that
on the contrary, it is government Of
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Sire.

ITHIcA, N. Y, June 5. = Halsey's
Touring mills were burned by an incer-
diary this morning. Less, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000.
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sentenced 10 be HUNG.

WATERTowN, N. Y, May 5.-Hiram
Smith, found guilty of being an accom-
plice in the murder of Charles Winham
in January, 1873, has been sentenced to
be hanged July oath.
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R.NK OF CONVINCE.

MhAfhlht AhNNst "uHN % A''isS
Referring 10 the above announcement, We
take pleasure in saying that We are prepared
70 honor all checks against balances due from
the DeSoto Bank, and will be highly gratifed
to have It's patrons continue their business re-
JOHN 7. FARGASON, Pres't.
a-8 X. A. PARKER. Cashier.
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REMOVAL.
ma. b. HESTER

HAs REMOVED HIS RESIDENCE FROM
III Court street 70 the residence Of !. j..
Rawlings, corner Of Lauderdale and Linden
streets, where he can be found from Q Pm. to
lam. Office as heretofore, VS. Main street,
over German National Bank. Is-lA
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The dedication of the monument to
Ellsworth has set people to talking
abou. his earthly affairs This talk has
brought out the statement that the beau
tiful young lady who was to have been
his bride, and who, at his death, made
VOWS to the effect that she would lead q
life Of mournful celibacy, is-married.
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London tailors actually propose to de-
mand payment for clothes on delivery,
and the swell OF the period character
ICES the innovation as beastly republi-
can sort of thing.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, June 5.-Jefferson Davis
sailed yesterday for the United States in
the ste amship Adriatic.