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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Friar's Point, Phil Allin.~..~,.....-,,.....5 pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer City of Helena, Vicksburg.
Phil Allin Friar's Point.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer A. ]. White, Napoleon.
City of Helena, st. Louis.
BOATS IN PORT.
Phil Allin, Osceola.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather warm and close. The river
here is still rising, and now stands ii
feet below high water mark. At St.
Louis the river is rising rapidly, With a
Dig rise coming OUT Of the Missouri river.
At Cairo the river is 30 feet above low
water mark, and rising, At Pittsburg
the river is falling, with 2 feet 9 inches
in the channel. At Cincinnati the river
is falling, with IA feet 3 inches in the
channel. At Louisville the river is ris.
ing, with 8 feet in the canal. Cumber-
land river is falling, with 6 feet 10 inches
on the shoals. Arkansas river is reced-
ing, with less than 3 feet in the channel
at Little Rock. White river continues
in good steamboating order. Business
On the landing exceedingly dull, with
little movement in freights.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Z scorcher to-day.
Wednesday the dullest day Of the week
on the landing.
The City of Vicksburg left St. Louis
last evening for Vicksburg,
The Cons Millar from Memphis ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Future City and barges left New
Orleans last evening for St Louis.
The Mary Houston arrived yesterday
at Louisville.
The Vint Shinkle for New Orleans
passed Evansville yesterday.
The Julia and Belle of Shreveport for
St. Louis passed V%icksburg yesterday.
Heavy rain storms extended along
the water courses last evening, and we
may look for another rise in the upper
rivers.
The steamer Susie Silver, en- route from
Quincy to st. Louis with a large excur-
sion party, struck the railroad bridge at
Louisiana, Mo-, and stove in her star
board wheel and upper works.
The Il. S. Turner leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
The A, ]. White for Napoleon had a
splendid trip Of freight and people.
The Phil Allin, Captain Stack Lee, is
the regular Wednesday packet for Friar's
Point and the bends, leaving this even.
ing and attending to all way business.
Jimmy Thompson and Billy Willis are
her attentive clerks,
The contractor for the river mail be-
tween New Orleans and Vicksburg is
still unable to carry the mail, all boats
refusing to transport or -sub-contraet for
it and in consequence the people be-
tween Vicksburg and New Orleans are
deprived Of their mail by an agent of the
government who expected to get a fat
take.
Captain Basket will place a Gne
packet in the Helena and 81. Francis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07

LIVERPOOL July I 1880 pm. Cotton
is active Uplands. I'D; Orleans, 7 7-16d.
sales, l5,C0) bales, Of which 1900 were for ex-
port and speculation.
New 0BLEAEs. July Z 1850 am Cotton is
quiet and unchanged. Middling, I5hc; sales,
100 bales receipts, 26 bales.
GALVESTON. July 7.-Cotton is steady; mid
ding, l41sc. Gross receipts. 80; stock, $500
halea
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07

NEW YoRK. July z. lao pm. - Cotton is
steady, with buyers and sellers a fraction
apart. Futures are weak. with sales for Janu-
airy at IA ll-16@ll4c; February, Is l5-l6al6c;
March, Is l-l6gl51sc; April, Is 5-16G15He;
May, 15}se; June, Is ll-l69l5Nc; July, 15Za
Is Bloc; August, 159l5Hc; September, Is / 16
@15Ac; October, "A ll-l69l4Ac; November.
4 1854 u-l6e;, December, IA 9-169l4%c.
Sales for future delivery, 5000 bales,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07
lllS2.l
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

James II. Pearson VS.. Thomas J.. Pearson-
First Chancery Court of Shelby county
RY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUToRY
- decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the 4th day Of June. 1875, l will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
Of the Ulerk and Masters office. new court
nessee, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN.
l. that by. virtue Of a veEditioni expopas to
me directed from the Honorable First Circuit
M. j. Turner VS.. VIM. Wallace, two iude-
ments rendered on the 9Th day of July, 1867,
for the aggregate sum # two hundred and
torty'four dollars and fifty Eve cents, with
interest and costs of suit, to satisfy said judg-
ments, etc., / will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07
g OF PETHIAs.


TENNESSEE Lopez No. 5-Meets Ny
every " ednesday night at $50 Second
street, Vincent Block, opposite Court Square.
q. w. L. Crook, @. c.; Chas. Leighton, v.
G.; W. R. Lucas, P; W. II. Rhea, n. Of g.;
b. II. Coleman, n. Of f.; W. Il. Moysten,
K. Of K. and S.
MEMPHIS LODGE No. 6.-Meets for drill on
first Thursday Of each month. Regular meet
jnT second, third and fourth Thursdsy. A,
j. McGarvey, G c.; l.. ]. Ware. VIC; W H
Linstedt, P; II S Reynolds. N Z; b Smith,
ME- Maekeys MA; Jos S Leon, KRIS;
Chas Howard, PC.
C0UR DE LIoE LoDGs No. ls-Meets every
Block, Opposite Court Square. J.W. Ander-
son, @. O.. j. O. Walston, v. c.; D. W.
Schafer, x. r. s.; II. NJ. Haley, P I; G. A..
Burr. N. E.; II. Coleman. NJ. f.; K. E. G..
Diver, p. @.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-07
sOCIETY.

NAToMA TKMPLE OF II. AND 7. No. 1-meets
every Friday evening at 5 O'Clock at new
Masonic hall. GayosO block, Main street.
d. G.. Reaherd, W. c. T.; Frank Lamonte,
". y. T.; John W; Brush; w RI E. G.
R. Alex. Hum, W u; F. B. Dancey, W.
D. o.; g. Is. Tate, W. g.; Bun T. Price, W.
s.. John W Graham, W. TT.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
WASHINGTON COUNTY
SCHOOLS.
Il. PRESNELL, SURF.

's isI<DAN1hL, OOL IL
DEAR SIR 81 beg leave to submit
the accompanying report Of the Schools
visited BY me according to appointment.
FIRST LIMESTONE.
Prof. W. A. Nelson, Principal, assisted
by Mrs. Lizzie Il. Johusoh, and MIR. Jos.
Covan. TITS school is already favorably
known. 1t is one among the forem ,st
schools in the county, both in point Of
numbers and intrinsic merit.
The instructions are thorough and
critical. The best methods are carefully
sought and adopted, both in respect of
discipline and instructions. The bull
ding is new and beautiful, w~Ortby.of being
taken as a model School House.
The textbooks in use are those re.
commended by the Teachers Association
OF Washington County, and approved by
the School Officers Of said County. 1t
may be proper in this connection to give
the course agreed upon aud adopted fer
the Public Schools Of the county. which
is as follows:
SwiutIns Speller Net uffcy Spellcr aud
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
FREE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH.

The Mercurya democratic paper pub
lished at Meridian Mississippi, thus vents
itself on the free school question "Tbe
free school system, a Yankee importation
is a monster evil. Once the superinten,
dent of this county received 81 100 /;
now be received 5000. If the office il
continued 500 to $500 is the outside
figure he should receive. The whole
system should be put in obeyance for thu
present.
This sort of talk shows how a vast MAJ
jority Of the democrats fee! in the south.
They look upon the free school system as
their old time enemy which, allied to
sbolitionism, aided in tho Liberation of
their slaves. They looked upon the free
school system as being the friend Of the
black man as taking him by the hand
and leading him further and still further
along tie way of full dsliverance from
servitude, and fur her and farther FROM
the domination of his former mas err.
In this they are right. The free school
system wrought nightly for the apoliti,
tior Of slavery by the general diffusion
Of intelligence and justice. 1t now works
with equal power, to raise the emiucipat,
ed slave rom the degradation Of his long
and bitter servitude. But the free school
system, which is as impartial as our Faith
er who art in Heaven, and one of the
powerful means Of blessing the earth
will bless the entire population Of the
south, If the people do not drive it away
as We fear they will. 10 tho days when
the good old mOss-backed, anti.progres,
sive, slave>loadiug democratic party used
to reign in the south, then the gallant
sens of the south were won't to hang the
school matters aud mistressps, ride them
on rails. and ia and feather these apos.
ties of education. Now they pr oppose to
Smite down the free school system as a
hateful Yankee importation. In this
hatred Of free schools she stands with the
Jesuits and all who Gud ignorance a bet
ter ally than intelligence. 1t is lament.
ably true that the democrats of the south
are bitterly opposed to the commOu school
system-DunriHe Ne,cS.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
Ev cry Man Should Read This.

We have probably all of us met with
instances IN which a word heedlessly
spoken against the reputation of a female
has been magni6ed by malicious minds
until the clouds has been dark enough to
o~veIshadow her whole existence. To
those who are accustomed, not neccssar lily
from bad motives, but from t~houghtless-
ness, to speak lightly of ladies, we recon.
mend these hints as worthy of consid era
ton Never use a lady's name in i'm.
proper time, or in mixed company. New
or make assertions about her that you
shink she herself would blush to hear.
When you meet with men who do not
scruple to make use of woman's name
in such an unpriucipled manner, shun
them-they are the very worst members
of the community, men lost to every sense
or feeling of humanity. Many "a good
and worthy woman's character has been
forever ruined and her heart broken by
a lie manufactured by some william and
repeated where it should not have been,
and in the presence Of those whose little
Judgment could not deter them from cir
culatiug the Dragging report.
A SANDER is soon p~ropagated, and the
smallest thing derogatory toa woman's
character will fly on the wind and magni>
Is as it circulates, until the INDUSTRIOUS
weight brushes the poor, Unconscious
victim. Respect the name of woman ;
and as you would have the name unfair.
nished, and their lives unemtittered By
The slandcrer's bitter tongue, heed the
ills your words may bring upon the moth
er. the sister or the wife Q! some Of your
.ellow creatures.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
THE GREAT ISSUE.

Less than q year ago, and before the
alliance of Democracy and Iomanism
became a prominent feature in the poli.
tics of the country. a Democratic paper
Of this State published the following
editorial.
a injunction was recently granted
IN the Circuit Court OF Baltimore, against
the Mayor or City Council paving appro-
priations to sectarian schools. The sla-
'ery question, which has been the tanc
vi contention for the last fifty years, and
which come nigh rending the Union.
being 10Y settled, the other great cues.
Ton Is beginning to assume girantiyc
proportions, and will, we venture the
prediction, at some day in the future,
cuiminate In n trouble. with which the
one Just ended will hardly bear compar-
isoh' The Catholics are making en-
-croachments. having in some cases sue
cceded In having the Bible In public
schools dispensed with. Step by step
they are gaining power ana the final will
De a war between Catholicism and
frotestanism, which VIII not be confined
10 u " borders, but will ~convulse
we whole world, and for cruelty aid
Fspsration.will be without parallel.
With characteristic good sense and
forethought, President Grant recognizing
the same great fact, the same iseritable
conflict. referred to in the abor, quotation,
wisely recommends such precau.
%tionary measures as will stay further en-.
e%roachment upon the civil. religious and
political liberties of the people which
Romanism is now making in the United
States, and thereby at once and forever
secure the free elucatioa Of the people
ard prevent these encroaehmsnts frcm
sulaiuating IN war and blood. The point
in his message is that the Constitution
shall be so amsudcd that each State shall
establish aud forever maintain free public
schools adequate TO the education Of all
the children in the rudimentury branches
within their respective limits ind for.
bidding the teaching in SAL Schools any
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

Mr. r. NJ. K. Deakins, is teaching
a good school at Sulphur Springs Dist.
No. IA. He has stirted up the people
of that neighborheod wonderfully. lie
is a worker. lie means business Just as
eUery teacher ought to do.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

Mr.. Pence, has visited the schools in
learly all the Districts, He reports from
several schools this week. See an Other
column.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

The State Teachers Ass ,%ciation meets
at Knoxville Dec. the 18th and holds q
three days ses.i, N.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

lF the teachers spend three days at
the Institute These three days will be
counted to them as school days.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

gHE Institute will be held at Franklin
Academy DIST. No. 8.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
q July M.
CTATE OF TENNESSEE.
~ Chanctry Court at Elizabcthton.
c. p. Toncray, Executor &c,

Mary E. Toncray, and others
In this cause it appears from the ale.
cations of he bill which is sworn 10, that
the defend nj, Jackson +. Rhino, is a
nonresident of the State OF Tennessee
Ii is therefore ordered that publication
BE- made for four successive weeks in the
HERALD AND TRIBUNE, a newspapers
published in the town of J~onesboro'
Tenn. notifying and calling upon said
Jackson J.. Rhino. TO appear before the
Chaucery Court at Elizabe. hton, on OF
before the 2md Monday of February next
and make defence to The said Bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed and set
for hearing Exparte, this lst day OF Dec.
A. ID 1875.
JOHN G. SMITH, c. & NJ.
Deesw4pfSj.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
THE INsTiTUrES.

DON'T forget the Teachers Institute
Dec 30th and 31th and Jan. LIST 1876.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

EVERY teacher in the county ought to
the County Institute.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

How can you teach school unless you
know Tow? Go to the Institute aud learn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
For Rent.

desire g. ven e Union Flag Office
| and tc : Ecient to publish
per; g H., JW Office. Terms rea-
able
MEs u GGIE J. GRIsHAH.
Jol esboro', Tenn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
BY H. PRESN ELL.
COMMON SCHOOLS,

We must make the Institute a grand
success.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

The free schools of the county are in
much better condition than you suppose.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
Valuable Farm lor
Sale,
CONTAINING 1853 ACRE.

I Offer Tor sale on easy terms ac'sntr,
/ able Farm in Washington Ion,..
Tenn, situated six miles south OR" .cr,. Of
boro'. There are about thirty ar'S rood
fine timber the balance Is UNI Ir,Iiou.
fence and a good state OF .prugs
There are live or SIN nevcr falling !, m-a
on the farm, and running "a,e' orcbard.
Of the fields. There isa goou ". and
of almost every variety Of appusspu OF
peaches. Also a good a's'a : god
grapes. The farm is located m"h'reh,s,
nrirhborhood, convenient 10 ,i," buad.
school houses, mills, &C.. &c. and one
ings are large aud conveniest, IBlscs.
Of the best barns in the county, ,c,n CRIB,
smith Shop, Smoke House, o", ,"rnieni
Spring House and every thing co" On ,ay
ANY one wishing 10 prlrcnar IN or 3D.
terms will call on me at the ...hlnron
dress me at CARRIERS Mill
'unty, Tenn. rENpLiS.
Ecv.ll-mos-2.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16
FEAP %@ Efa ;

AND AMERICAN CilR0MOS. Deal
ers, Agents. Trunk and BoX-makcrs.
Newspaper Publishers aud Tea Stores.
Will find u compile supply. Our new and
brilliant specialtics are u%ncqualled. Jur
9Xll Mounted Chromos 0utscn anything
~ the market. Twelve samples for 81 90,
one hundred for 81 on. Illustrated Cat
aloSne tree. j. LATHAM & CO.. 4l9
Washington Street, Boston, Mass, l.. o..
Box 215l. OctaSml1.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

The Session opens SEPTEMBER 9TH,
1919. Patronage Solicited. Thorough
Instruction guaranteed.
For parli ularS. Address
II. pRESNEL.L,
Mrs. ID. j. GIBSON.
prihC!Ials
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-16

Readers, Pinneo's Granmar and Com.
positions; Robinsou's Mathematics; Cor,
nelrs Biographies Barnes U. 5. History.
1t is desirable that all the schools con q.
form to the established course. Directors
have not visited this school. Records and
Reports filed out in due form.
National Republican., 1875-11-01
Anew Catholic euartsrly Review.

We are able to announce that Hardy & Ma
hony, of Philadelphia, have completed arrange
ments for commencing in January, 1876, the
publication of aEnew Catholic review, to be
entitled 'The American Catholic Quarterly
Review" 1t is designed that this review shall
be of the highest character that can be given
it by the educated Catholic mind of the United
States and Europe. Its chief purpose will be
to furnish a medium for the discussion of re-
ligious, philosophic, scientific, and other topics
of interest to intelligent Catholics. The edito-
rial direction of the ''Review" will be in the
hands of Very Rev. James A. Corcoran, D. D.,
with whom will be associated Very Rev. James
O'Connor, D. D., and George Dering Wolff,
esq. A number of gentlemen, both clerical
and lay, distinguished for ability and learning,
have promised to become regular contributors
to the "Review." 1t is the purpose of the
conductors of the "Review" that it shall equal
in ability any Of the leading quarterlies now
published, in the interest either of religion or
science; with the hope that it will reflect credit
upon Catholicity in America, and become
valuable auxiliary to the Church in her war
fare against modern error. The "ReView"
will be published four times a year. Each
number will contain about two hundred pages,
large octave. The annual subscription will be
IS, PAYABLE in advance.
National Republican., 1875-11-01

classed with the winning side, he has lost
all sense of Iropriety, all feeling of personal
honor, and all the finer sentiments of lofty
manhood; in short, he has literally become
a thorough schemer and intriguing plotter
ia the world of politics. Such men as these
abound. In our State Legislatures we hno
them. In the Congress of the United
States they perform their willy parts and
in the Departments of the National Gov
eminent they are as plentiful as the leaves
on The strand. Yet Of all the Artiul
Dodgers that really deserve blows from the
relentless hand Of hearty-condemnlng
public, we are compelled to single out the
Presidential dodger. There is nothing that
the human mind can conceive of that he
will not do in order TO advance his interests
or TO secure his ends. There are dozen
or more of these men to-day who are con-
spicuous for the restless manner in which
they are riding the Presidential horse.
They are continually pickering and dlcker-
ing and dipping into this and tasting bit
of that, never content, always Undecided,
ever wavering, and continually shifting their
positions according to the results of the con-
sultations which they may have with their
political oracles. If the oracle says that
''gush' is 10 be the great magnet which is
to attract the attention and secure the favor
of the masses they forthwith nurse the i'll
timed sentimentality, and send up the cry
of peace! peace reigns through all he
land The enemies of the country are
enemies no more The germ of treason
has been crushed to earth Let's kill the
fatted calfr' But if the oracle says more
money, and plenty it, is to be the win
ming motto of the contest, straightway
these men initiate themselves with the finan-
cial heresy and preach its pretentious vir.
tues throughout the land. We could point
out these characters, but the people know
them only too well already. They are
prominent men, whose vast experience IN
political life ought to have taught them
better than to have supposed for a moment
even that-the intelligent people, the news
paper reading masses of the land, could in
any way be hoodwinked by these artful
lodgings Such men do not meet the
wants of the age, and consequently will
never receive the support of the people.
The handwriting is plainly visible upon
the wall, and needs no Interpretation.
Dodgers can never be Presidents"
National Republican., 1875-11-01
JOAQUIN MILLER AS A LECTURER

The lecture on Literary London" de-
livercd at Lincoln hall on Saturday even
ing, fully sustained the reputation of its
author for eccentucity. 1t was a talk,
rather than formal lecture, and the talker
did not even use a note to assist him in the
distribution and treatment of his topics.
His discourse was marked by originality of
thought and independence in the express
sion of his opinions. He endeavored to en-
tertain his audience by humorous anecdote
or quaintness of expression, but he certainly
did not labor to please them by conformity
of sentiment. His candor and honesty de-
served the esteem even of those who dis
sented from his views, and it is due him to
say that his lecture contained much that
was well worthy to be remembered. 1t
is but truth to say, however, that it was
sadly wanting in finish. Mr.. Miller evi-
IDENTIFY lacks the gift of fluent extempore
expression, and the consequence was that
while his lecture contained many strong,
terse sentences it was very uneven. Not
only did it lack the smoothness and polish
for which rude vigor of expression might,
perhaps, have been, to many hearers, an
acceptable substitute, but in places it lacked
force and compactness, the difficulty which
the speaker found in putting his thought
into words often rendering his sentences
awkward and inadequate to his purpose,
and compelling him to use many words in
saying what might haYe been much better
said in few.
In the course of his lecture he laid much
stress upon the claims of art. We venture
to suggest to him that it is not in the spirit
of true artist that he has prepared his
present lecture. Or, to borrow figure
from another field of artistic effort, we
ought, perhaps, rather to say that he has
placed bis picture on exhibition while still
IN an unfinished state. The lecture plat
form is power in modern society, especi-
ally in American society and man who
has the courage and honesty, as we believe
Mr.. Miller has, to utter his best and truest
thoughts, may make it the means of i'm
mense good. He makes q very serious
mistake, therefore, if he fails to hold his
vocation of lecturer in high esteem, and to
devote to il the same faithful labor that he
would deem it his duty to devote to poem.
In short, he owes it both TO himself and
the public to make much better lecture
out of his raw material than that which he
delivered on Saturday night on Literary
London" That he possesses ample ability
to do so we do not for a moment doubt. A
large allowance should, of course, be made
for the fact that this was his first appear
ance on the platform. His plan of speaking
extempore is to be commended I; and if he
will cease to coDtemn his vocation and do
the faithful, earnest work of which he is
capable he can not merely succeed as a
lecturer, but make himself highly useful to
bic aoa in fhet canacitv