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The Presbyterian and Methodist min.
listers of New York have united in an in
%vitation to Messrs. Moody and Sankcy to
hold a series of meetings in that city on
their return from England.
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from OH Impure matter, and are mild md
Lculth-giyiug Ia their operation.
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1t was a little after 3 O'Clock when tn,
game opened, the Actives at the bat. |
was Il lovely midsummer day. | cm
see the whole picture, bright and life
some, even now; the long level field in
tensely green, lined thickly at one enC
with gazers; the groups seated dispers
edly here and there upon the grass the
boys seated on the fences the people
standing up ON the carts and wagons {
brass band, horribly out of tune, bray.
ing "Hail, Columbia; :" a refreshment
tent with a long queue Of people press.
ing up to a sloppy counter made of Q
board on two beer-kegs behind, all the
white town, over which streamed flag,
innumerable; before Il stretch of smil-
ing champaign with here and there a
tall tree whose branches streamed
gracefully before the wind.
Dead silence as the first of the Ac-
tives stepped to the plate. You could
hear the strident ''crick-crick" of a
grasshopper or the mutlled Tapping OF
a lazy flag. | was at center field.
'sPut him where he will do most good
or least HARM" said the captain fiatter-
ll1lN Wltn IL was ttbdlcu NhClt L
should be stationed.
There is always a nervous period at
the beginning of a ball or cricket match
or II game of billiards that characterizes
no other sport, except perhaps an exc
cution. 1t becomes Il relief to hear the
first click of the bat on the ball with
the first rush of the fielder the spell is
broken.
''Low ball, )" called the umpire. a
couple of deliveries-then came the
warning cry, some strike!n Gall the
emphasis on the "one'O then a vicious
blow, and the batsman started to run,
but trotted back leisurely at the call of
s'Foul!i and third base as ~leisurely
trotted after the ball. Then came an
other couple of deliveries. The bat
flashed. There was a slight ''click!"
The left fielder ran forward like a
hound, and seizing the ball as it was
bounding toward him, hurled it TO first
base. There was a dull thud as the
baseman received it and held it over his
head; then the monotonous voice of the
umpire, "Not out 1.-THE first striker
had made his base. Two more followed,
and the bases were full.
"Now, then why do people say
snow, then''-called the captain as the
fourth batsman strobe to the plate,
play deep out there" and in obedi-
ence to the order we of the outer field
still further out. The first ball
hat the player received suited him and
be drove it sharply to center. The
white sphere, perfectly kissing with
is speed, passed about ten feet over the
second baseman's head and came
at me. i
heard the cheers of the crowd |
Jaw the runners flying between the
| saw our captain fling his cap
% the ground, and knew by instinct that
ne had bitten his lip and muttered,
Just our luck, to hit to that muller,
With the bases full" All these things
,ome to ones eyes and ears at such a
ime without his knowing that he secs
n hears them. Then | started 10 run
Onward, though l knew / was fully
wenty feet too far out to reach the ball
IRE it touched the ground.
/ ran desperately, end Of the critical
sprang forward. The distance
10 mortal could have covered at one
but l felt myself borne forward
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AT Bloomdale, Seneca County,
Ohio, a Mr.. Sleeker was kicked aud in
stantly killed by one of his horses,
which he was Harvesting.
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A can Of powder exploded in a burn
ing building at Ann Arbor, Mich. inju-
ring some 30persons who were near by.
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Low Spirits and Gloominess are the result Of
Dyspepsia. DIR. TUFTS Pills promote digestion and
impHrt ChcCrfllnCss Of mind.
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TIE TWIN EDUCATORS,

gT-Ifyou hare a daughter to educate, or a son to ed
ucatc In Ulsic, send for circulars Of the great Western
Institutions. The Young Lddies' AtAsHSHm IA Uni
yersity for Young Ladles,l and the MinOii CoHSerea-
tory q Music. 1.-THE great Musical College,. Unsur-
passed In America. Address, ". ID. SANDERS, Sn-
pertHfeHieHt, JACKSONVILLE. Ill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
OFFICIAL.
POLICE ORDER
Special Order for Mardi-Gras
OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE,
MEMPHIs. Tenn. january 30 n87h.


THURSDAY. FEBRUARY Orb, BEING THE
i fourth anniversary of the celebration of
Mardi Gras in our city, the following orders
are made at this time so that ample opp0rtu-
nifty is afforded those who intend participating
in the festivities to govern themselves accord
ingly:
First-The entire police force of the city
will be on duty during the day and night.
Masqueraders will be granted the greatest
latitude so long as they conduct themselves
with propriety.
Second-No vehicle Of any description. OF
mounted men. will be allowed on Main street
from Market to Beal, between the hours Of z
pm. and 10 pm. This does. not include
those who may participate in the procession
either on horseback or in vehicles.
Third-All persons drunk on the street, act
ing in disorderly manner, caught carrying
concoaledeweapons. array cd in indecent cos.
tunes OF representing any obscene character
that will tend to shock the dece lcy of the oc-
casion. will be promptly arrested, and undeE
NO circumstances will a. forfeit be
taken tOat day or night.
Fourth-A special detail will be made fol
The different ball rooms sufficient in numbers
to insure order and decorum. Parties attend.
ing balls will be subject TO examination and
deprived Of all weapons. Those refusing L
be searched will not be admitted to the ball.
The officers and men will see that these
orders are strictly enforced.
PKATHY. Chief Of Police.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
TIE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

An exchange makes the following
sensible suggestions as to the School
Board Of the State;
1t is evident from what is said by the
representatives Of the people gathered at
the capitol thA much dissatisfaction
with the workings Of the public school
system prevails throughout the State.
When people are dissatisfied with any
public enterprise the first thing thought
Of is to c~urtail its expenses. While We
confess that the present public school
system Of Tennessee might be operated
at 8 little less expense, the great object
ofthe Legislature should be to make such
changes in the Law as will allow the pub
lie school officials TO CO operate with pri-
vate schools. II seems to Us that this is
the most necessary change required. 1t
would certainly 20 very far toward con-
vincing orr people that the law makers
are not disposed to ~sntsgonize the pub
lie and private schools. In all towns,
in which the people have been imbued
Eih he spirit Of enterprise since the
var. good private schools have been e
;abished by the individual efforts Of tie
c1nzsns This Is true also Of many
~ ghbofhoods IN the country. The
present law does not allow the public
school authorities to co operate with the
private schools in such a manner as to
give the people confidence that they will
have in their midst a permanent school.
In s word, the system as it is, only serves
TO cripple private school enterprises,
while It ia not able TO help itself TO sue
cess. Here, then, is the point at which
our legislators ought TO strike.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
AxrsrrrrED

A Nashville special correspondent OF
the louisville CourierJournal has been
mysti6ed by Tennessee politics, and re-
CARDS it as a conundrum which he is
compelled to give up; nevertheless his
speculAtions and reflections are worthy
Of attention-for instance;
The important consideration now IS
what will be the effect on the party In
Tennessee from his election2 l have
heard, time and again, men declare that
the very salvation Of the Democrtic party
of the State, and of the Southwest, de-
pended upon his election 1t he we're
beaten then d~isintegration would begin,
and the Radical party, standing as a
nucleus around which they could rally,
would grow again into power. To the
contrary men have told me that all these
things would happen if he were elected.
| simply don't believe either proposition;
but If either be true and the party in this
States depends upon the success Of any
one man then the sooner 1t goes down
the better. This man worship has grown
too common, and it were well if the peo-
pie would look to principles more. But
these old women's fables in regard to
the utter ruin of the party are only
incidental to the campaign, and
| expect to see these very people
in less than a week heartily ashamed
of many things said. and done by
them. The Union Democrats are most
happy at the election of Mr.. johnson,
and say it means the sweeping away Of
Radicalism in East Tennessee and in
making stronger the Democracy. They
tell that, had johnson been defeated,
every county in East Tennessee would
have gone into the hands Of the Radicals.
This may all be true, yet have some
difficulty in reconeiling these statements
with the fact that every Radical in the
General Assembly voted for johnson.
The fact is that Tennessee has a pecu-
liar character Of politics to herself,
unlike that Of any other State in the
Union. and composed as the Democratic
marty Of the State is Of go many ele.
ments, it is not singular that Jealousy
and mistrust exist. The man that can
fully harmonic these elements has yet
to be found. Mr.. Johnson, | fear, can
not do it. l doubt his attempting it,
but Of one thing / am assured, and that
is that the ruling spirit Of dissension
will be quiet for the next six years. His
holding Office and being away from the
State will act as a powerful mollifier, not
only upon himself, but upon the people
at home in Tennessee, who can inaugu-
rate a tempestin a tea pot with a greater
facility than any whom | have ever be-
fora maj
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30

War has become Of that City Hall,
ST. Nicholas Hotel convention Of blosted
bondholders2 Has if adjourned sine die,
or is it holding secret sessions on fund
ing? It met at a New York hotel, and
our delegates attended for the purpose
of adjourning back to Memphis, and the
boys had an elegant nut tiresoue trip to
Gotham and back. The convention met
here not long since; it was presided over
By the little Head of the Commune, and
was attended by the Memphis delegates,
and but one from New York (Mr. Cos.
set). This was the last heard Of the
affair, and although two Of the delegates
are editors Of morning papers, yet
neither Of these family journals haye a.
yet enlightened the public as to the re-
suit OF The labors Of the little convention
which advertised Memphis to the world
as ito let" on account of impending
bankruptcy. Let as hear something
about il.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
THE IMMORTAL MINIS TRIUMPHAI
ENTRY INTO MEMPHIS.

History records that Scipio, on his re-
turn from Carthage, stopped at the
Campus Martins TO prepare for q tri-
umphal entry into Rome. Scipio had
conquered the enemies Of his country
and destroyed their proud capital he
deserved well of his people, and 1t was
right that they should give him laurels
and demonstrations Of honor. But in
order that he might not forget himself
amid that blazing scene Of adulation be
kept a faithful friend at his side to con-
stantly whisper in his ear, remember
that thou art but a man On yester-
day Memphis witnessed something
Of a repetition Of that gorgeous Roman
pageant, when the distinguished
Representatives from Shelby reached
home to rest from the tolls of the recent
Senatorial conflict and to safely return
the little cigar boxes in which Mike
Waldron had packed their sonscienees
and fled the instructions for them to
misrepresent two thirds or moA of their
Democratic supporters for the places in
which they bavewon the title OF heroes.
Bat as these gentlemen stopped upon
the Campus Martins OF our suburbs to
don the purple ofheroic triumph through
our thorOughfares, evidently there was
no wise and loving friend to whisper in
their ears the words Of caution which
kept Scipio from making 90 ass Of him.
self on the causeEays Of Rome. As the
great warrior rode through the
masses Of people. deAfening shouts
Of joy aud thanks rent the sir in iesti
noDy Of the deep love they felt for bin
for the dsliyersnce he had gwen theE
from a cruel and relentless Zoe As these
immortal nine, however. passed o0wr
Main street In burnishei ehsri0ts, anC
amid the footing Of hDrns. they received
the groans q tbs people in front Of III
court honse, in acknowledgement Of tbl
mariner II which 8 grave party trusi rs
been used By them as Representative
On his triunphsl march Scipio was &C
coupanied BY the men who had tough
under and with hin-by men who ha
never left mis- standard in the darkss
hours Of his career. Bnt a the immoris
nine cane back 10 q consiituene,
which they have not represented
either By vote or acion. they we're mos
appropriately escorted BY the enenie
Of the party which placed them in ofic
by John League, BY Pat Winters an.
byJohn Carmsek, who had boldly wake
to the polls only & year since and vote
for the negro Ed SbaE. in preference
white man. How ike Seipio are th
immortal nine, and how unlike the IN
mortal nine was Seipio. Gloria in ei
eelsisl Go way. white man, and a
honor to Jumbo Juml
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30

A Taseoia men Tells all About Il
-'fis Electricity That Does the
Business.

A Taseoia men Tells all About Il
-'fis Electricity That Does the
Business.
A correspondent Of the Tuscola
Pioneer says OF "mind-reading:"
Mr.. Albert Leavitt, OF Tuscola, who
for the past year has made Il his study,
received his first lessons from Brown,
the well known mind-reader, about one
year ago, when circumstances afforded
him q two weeks trip with that gentle
man. The following are among the
feats he performed at an evening party,
not long since. We deem them worthy
of mention in your paper: He left the
room and requested some person in his
absence to secrete an article. Return.
ing, he gave one END Of rope six feet
in length to the party who hid the article,
and himself held the other end, and
through this rope read the mind Of the
party, and Immediately found the
article. This was repeated. using a rod
of iron, then one of WOODLAND last a small
halter chain, each of about the same
length as the rope mentioned.
Mr.. Leavitt at another time read the
mind of a person to the satisfaction Of
all present with the rod of iron and an.
other person, who knew nothing of the
object sought for, between him and the
one whose mind was read, the distance
between them being not less than ten
feet, and at the same time he and the
intervening person were blindfolded. By
the aid Of an alphabet of large letters
he spelled the thoughts Of several per-
sons readily. For example, a young
man informed him that an acquaintance
of his had met with an injury. Would
the mind reader tell the nam Of the per-
son, what the injury consisted Of, and on
what part of his person it was
located? The name was spelled. The
injury proved to be a cut, and
its location the knee. These tests
were each given several times with per.
feet success. Mr.. Eeayitt states that he
has repeatedly tried to read with "a strip
OF glass as q medium of thought, but
every attempt has proved fruitless. All
conductors of electricity are used with
success, and non.conductors attended
with failure. His theory, therefore, is
this. All our actions are governed by
the will communicating its powers by
means of electricity, and this power *.
tends as far as the electric current.
When the mind reader, by whatever
means, places himself so as to partake
of this electricity, his mind will be inAu.
enced, and will operate in harmony with
the will Of the person he reads, and thus
be Guided by it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30

Water thrown into a rsd-hot metallic
vessel does not boil, as we should expect,
but quietly gathers itself together, form.
ing a.more or less perfect sphere; aud
10 hat condition floats about gracefully
on the hot surface asst slowly evaporates
away. II az the same time a very vapor.
liable substance az liquid sulphuric acid
is thrown in, the water. may actually be
froEea in the red-hot vessel.
II steam from water boiling at two
hundred and twelve degrees IS passed
into q solution Of salt water, the temper
ature in the solution steadily rises, end
passing two hundred and twelve degrees
reaches the boiling part Of the solution;
finally the latter also boile at q tempera.
ture as high aud even higher than two
hundred and City degrees, according Ia
its nature. There we have the extraor
binary result Of obtaining o higher tenn.
perature, say two hundred aud fifty de
grees, from q lower Que, viz two hun
bred and twelve degrees.
II there is anything in nature tina.
possesses a positive character, il is light
Yet the physicist may 80 reflect the ligh
from 9 given source, as 10 cause il Il
destroy itself aud produce darkness
in like manner two sounds may be mad,
to interfere with each other, end eithe.
produce silence or increased i~ntengitl
OF sound, at the will Of the operator.
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A blind Girl VITA Great Faith.

Not long ago, says the Paris CORE.
spondent Of the New York Times, the
captain OF one OF our great ocean steam
ships found, Just after passing Sandy
Hook, that he had a young blind girl
among his passengers. Her whole ap.
p%earance showed him that there was
some mystery in the case, and he asked
her how she came to be there in the steer.
age alone. The young lady told him her
story. She was a Miss Kane, from New
England, | believe. who bad unfortu-
nately lost her eyesight. Being a Cath
olic, she had heard Of the wonderful
cures performed through the agency Of
Our Lady Of Lourdes," and many long,
weary, halfhopeful, half.despairing
months, she had been trying to raise the
means for making the trip. At length
she could not bear to wait any longer,
and, unbeknown to her parents, she had
run away to New York, where she had
arrived with 500. She had taken the
cheapest steerage fare, and felt assured
that God would help her on to the Grotto
of Lourdes, and that she should, by
virtue Of prayer and the Intervention OIL
Notre Dame de Lourdes, be once more
restored 10 sight. The sailor heart wa,
touched by this simple story, and had be
been on shore he would probably
have given his parse to the girl OF
the spot. her faith was sublime. Hel
religious ferver left no shadow Of suspi
cion respecting the purity Of her mo
tives OF the truthfulaess Of her inten
tons. The weather-beaten sailor brushed
his fingers several times across his eye
es he repeated the story in his own rndell
eloquent way, and every one was inter
Rgted. There was q French surgeon 81
bard, who served in the Federal arm,
during the war, aud be and his wife wen
at once 10 look after the girl. By pay
ing the supplement they got her a com
Portable room in the second cabin, ant
on landing brought her on with them d
Paris. On leaving the city the surgeon
went 10 the embassy TO solicit sympgth,
for Mss Kane. He happened 10 fal
upon some kindly hearts who we're Their
at the moment, and they freely took th
case il haSd. One went to see som
members OF the Paris clergy; anothe
=. opened a subscription, putting himseI
| down at the head for a handsome sum
) This was only a week ago. Miss Kan
will 20 70 Loudes and remain there a
I. long as she pleases, and then she will z
D comfortably home With 30 America
, family. But meantime the gsntleme
!. interested 10 her have sent her to th
. best oculist in Paris, who doas not e,
}. clude all hope, and il is just possibl
, that With bis triaing aid Notre Dame d
Lourdes may effect a cure in the case {
/ an American girl who showed herself 5
strong IN the faith.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
MEDICAL.
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED MADE
ID 10 me as Trustee, by EnOch Taylor, on
December -, 1873. and recorded in Record
Book No. 98. PIP. lis, l16 and III, in the Reg
ister's Office Of Shelby county, Tennessee. fer
the purpose Of securing certain Indebtedness
therein named, ] will, on saturday.
February ~. 1875, within legal hours,
asroral Ynsuyancc Comnany. an Mad;sou
street. Memphis, Tenn, sell for cash, the fol-
lowing described property, viz: Beginning
on the south side Of MOsby street at a point
25% feet east Of the northeast corner Of j. G.
Grinin's homestead running thence east with
the south line of MOsby street 25H feet TO a
stake; thence south 1857 feet to a contem.
plated l6-feet alley; thence west on said
alley 2ih feet; thence north l4S% feet TO the
beginning; being the east half Of Lot No. ]
and in the city Of Memphis. Equity of re-
demption waived. Title believed to be good,
but | only convey as Trustee.
HENRY j. LYNN, Trustee.
II. G. WILLIAMSON, Attorney. i2D-l5D
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
The Gentenoe of Leplne

ST.. PAUL, January SO.-At Fort Garry
yesterday there was great. excitement in
consequence of the Communication papers
in favor Of Lepine not having arrived.
To-day was the day fixed for his execu.
ton, but he was reprieved for a week by
Chief Justice Wood, A mass meeting
was held in the evening to consider the
matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
River TeIegrams,

CAIRO, January 3e.-Arrived-T. F..
Eckert, Vicksburg, 8 pm; Minneola,
Evansville, IL pm. Idlewild. Evansville,
l am. Depsrted-Minneola Memphis,
midnight, Idlewild, Evansville, 6 am.
Weather clear and pleasant.
SCINcISSATI, january 30.-Riyer Fl.
teen feet nine inches and falling.
Clearing.