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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
Forgery.

NORWICH, CosS, December g.-L. 0.
Ackley. of New York, aud G. W. Reed,
OF Philadelphia, cashed at Shetucket
Bank this city, yesterday, a draft for
$llOO, purpOrtiRg to have been drawn BY
Lsrkin, Wright 4 Co., of Cincinnati, on
the Nassau Bank OF New York The
draft vas subsequently, asceriained to BE-
a forgery. Acklsy and Reed we're ar
rested at New London aud the money
was recovered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

Chicago Times.l
A paragraph which appears numer-
ously in our exchanges says that Mr..
Disraeli has q worn carpet and plain
wooden shelves in his library, andbe eats
sandwiches out Of his hand while stroll
irg in the London suburbs. Victor Hugo
has no carpet GU his library floor.
Thomas Carlyle smokes a clay pipe.
George Eliot lives humbly." This list
is good enough as far as il goes, but it
doesn't begin to be the full catalogue OF
humble habits to be found in high places.
The Emperor William often horrows
common plug tobacco from bis private
soldierg, and in HE last letter 10 We be
said that he derived more real aolace
from this than he did from the cosiliest
cavendish. Queen Victoria never gets
up in the morning and sends the SER
wants running about the house for els.
tern water, but always goes out into the
kitchen TO wash her hands and face. She
uses soft soap altogether. Won Moltke
lives on hard tack for weeks at a time.
Gladstone wears boiled shirts only when
be goes TO church or social parties.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
River TeIegrams.

CAIRO, December 9.-Arrived-0ak.
land, Pittsburg, Z M; Nellie Peck, St.
Louis, am; Arkansas, New Orleans,
s am. Carrie v. Kountz, New Orleans,
9 am Louisville, Cincinnati, II am.
Fred Wilson, Pittsburg, II m. Departed
Oakland, New Orleans, 7 Ppm; Nellie
Peck, Vicksburg, 6 am; Malcomb,
south, 7 a M; Arkansas. Ohio river. 10
q. IN; Carrie V. Kountz, St. Louis, 10 a.
m Fred Wilson, south, IL M. Weather
cloudy and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

pure, and that Beecher is the more
manly of the two. because be damned
his wi soul to shield the woman ne had
ruined. Vic should remember that
Beecher only shielded Mrs. Tilton so
far as necessary to save himself. Be
yond that he utterly cast her of as a
weak, silly woman, which she is.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

The meeting of the National Demo
cratic Committee, at Washington, has
developed a strong anti Bourbon ten
dency. The members say they intend the
canvass Of 1876 shall be upon a broad,
liberal basis. The COMMITTEES will oppose
all subsidies in Congress this session and
advise an immediate reduction Of ex-
penses in all departments.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
arrest OF a DerauI,er.

SARATOGA, December 9-Henry A.
Mann, alleged defaulting County Treas.
urer of Saratoga county, was arrested al
l o'clock this morning by the Sheriff, al
Ballston. The Board of Supervisors
have found notes to the amount Of $lls,.
900 issued and signed by Mann as
County Treasurer without authority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

The report Of the Secretary Of the
Navy shows that out of l47 vessels Of
all classes only eighty are available fol-
service, and yet the appropriation Of ST.,
1923, 900 for the current year has been
nearly exhausted. A navy such as ours
is a very expensive luxury.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

COMMENTING on the President recon.
mendation that the Constitution he so
amended as to require each of the
States to establish and maintain free
schools, the Cincinnati Commercial Of
the 9Th says:
This is the substance of an amend
ment TO the Constitution suggested in a
recent letter Of ex Speaker Blaine. Il
10 a question whether the States ought
not to be left to deal with that matter. 1t
will be time enough to interfere when
they show their unwillingness and inca
pseity to prevent a divergence Of their
school funds to sectarian uses. 1t is not
a question that has reached national dig.
nifty, and this forcing it into prominence
just now will be regarded with suspicion
by those who are suspicious Of the Pres.
iden't political motives and his ambition
90 succeed to himself in the Presidential
office. II Blaine's letter was a bid fol
popular support in bis aspirations for the
Presidency, General Grant, as is said il
a game Of cards, sees him and goes him
one better"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

The real property Of Nashville, as as
certsined by the recent assessment, il
valued at $l9,7 9S .4S5; personal, $685.
$50; total, slS,532,O25. To this is added
GA independent polls. Tax due on the
above, $27l, 25450
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

THE tramp nuisance has become SO
great in many Northern States as to de-
mand Legislative enactment. We COM
mend the Tennessee vsgrant law in mild
cases and a big dog, backed by a double
barreled shotgun, for the rest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
A great deal OF attention Is now bell

A great deal Of attention is now being
attracted 10 q pair Of deer horns, which
are hanging in a gunsmith's shop at
Yreka, Cal One horn has seven and
the other SIX prongs growing directly
out Of the butt, mona Of the prongs being
more thsp nine Or ten inches long. The
buck from wAOVe head the hOrpS were
taken was very old.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
RobbIng Postmaster RsveDu

U1 y
Frauds.
CINCINNATI, December "a. j. Ed
monson, postmaster at Noble, ILL.,, was
yesterday arrested for robbing the mails
by United States Marshal Hill. Hill
had Sent decoy letters through Edmon-
son's Office, and this detected the rob,
berry.
Lewis B. Brasher, OF this city, brother
of Penn Brasher, e~x-reveuue officer, st.
Louis, was arrested yesterday by the
United States Marshal upon an indict-
ment issued by the grand jury in Indian
apelis for conspiring to defrsud the gov
erHment of revenues.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

TIE New York Herald says that
Beecher will have to step down aud out,
that public opinion is against him, and
that his enemies viii give him n rest
until he is punished.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

Somebody asked a German what be
was doing. Veil he replied shoost
now / am doing holdings, but | have
made arrangements to 90 into piziness. y
Glad TO hear il. What are you going
intoY we'll, | goes into partnership init
q man" "Doyou furnish much capital?'
No, don't put in no gnpital." Don't
vant 10 risk it, eh2' mo, / puts IN the
experience Fl" ,And he puts IN the CAPT.
talf Yes, dot is Il. We gees into
plzlness for dree years; he puts IN tbe
CAPITA, ! put In the experience. At the
enc OF dree years ] will have the capital
Bnd he will have the experience
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

No ALLUsIoS whatever is made to the
Southern question in Grants message.
He has heard Of the Mississippi election
possibly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
Probabilitien.

WASHINGTON. December 9.-For Ten.
nessee and the Ohio valley rising bar
ometer, northwest winds, stationary TEN.
perature, cloudy and clearing weather
and occasional light snow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

The Springfield Mass Republican
giyesthese interesting facts in its notice
Of Vice President Wilson's death;
His father was Of the poorest Of New
Hampshire country people, a half va
grant, dissipated, shabby person, and his
son, jeremiah Goliath, for that was the
name which Henry Wilson bore as a boy,
found himself early in the village poor.
house, from which he was apprenticed,
at ten years old, to a farmer. in the same
town of Pennington. " . The
Vice-President leaves neither family nor
property; his wife, q woman Of sweet
nature and delicate body, died in the
last years Of his senatorial experience;
aud his only son died early, after some
service in the war, and an experience
that repeated the instruction Of a former
generation and reconirmed the Vice.
President in bis Jealous and total absti.
nence principles and practice; while as
70 property, he never had or sought more
than a living from month to month. His
personal wants we're few and simple, and
be bad no room in bis nature for ambl-
ton for money for money sake, and 20
space in bis life for the pleasant uses ol
money.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

The number Of eonviets in the penn
Tertiary is lll2, the highest number yet
reached.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

STRANGE to say, only two of the seven
teen new United States Senators have
served an apprenticeship in the House.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

The subscription prize OF the
PUBLIC LEDGER Is IS per annum
for Daily, and % per annum for
weekly. POSTAGE FREE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

Ablack duck few the other day against
the light house at sankaty, Eentncket,
With such force % 10 break a large plato.
eiasd ~lndQy, nearly halt an inch thick,
killing itself instantly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

gIcroRIA C. WOODRUFF was inter.
viewed The other day at Buffalo, aud
gave Il as her unqualified opinion that
Herry Ward Bescher was guilty aa
charged, but that Tilton is nome too
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

THE Irish Literary Association meets
tonight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

THERE are twenty-five contested seats
in the lower house Of Congress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

SEvENrT.SISE deaths from smallpox
in Cincinnati last week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
NOTICE.
NOTICE,

MO BILLS WILL BE PAID BY THE
IN steamers G.. W. Check, A. j. Whits and
Illinois unless accompanied with a written
order from the Captain Of the boat or ms self.
GEO W. CHEEK,
86.t sup't Memphis and Vickssurg P'k't Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09
HELP.
LEGAL.
IR. 1897
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.


lR. 1897
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.
Lottie A. Kendall VS.. Rosetta G. Kendall
Chancery Court Of Shelby county.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0CUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered In the above cause
on the 9Th day of December, 1875, / will soil OF
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
Of tho Clerk and Masters Office, new court
house building, Main street, Memphis, Ten
nessee, on
Friday, December 81, 1875,
within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
o -wit: A certain lot Of real estate. including
improvements, etc., en- Poplar street, in the
city Of Memphis. being Is feet front on the
south side of Poplar street by l29 feet back,
bounded on the east by q lot OF MIRA. Ann
Harrison and west by a lot Of Moses Levy;
the house situated thereon being the west
tenement adjoining Mrs. Harris0n's, who
owns the east side Of the double tenement.
Terms Of Sale-0ne-third cash, balance in
six and twelve months; purchaser to give notes
with approved security; lien retained, etc,
This December 9, 1875.
e. A. COLE, G. and NJ.
By r. J. BLACK, D. G. and M
B. M. BURROWS. Attorney. Sc. 92-9S-10i
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

shot rom the fists OF Pluto. Suddenly behed poor
ragged girl approach from line or empty storeboxes
that skirted the pavement In her arms she held an
infant child and her eye the or glstened
like diamond the brow OF royalty. Her look was
retired and innocent, her nowing hair struggling Ia
wild profsion down her shoulders She could not have
been than sixteen, yet the lines OF melancholy
that shaded her face gave her the look OF and
twenty The little infant cried from cold and hunger,
and the youthful mother begged for assistance.
emphed my little pockets Of all they containedseveny
i've cents-took oamy vest for tho shivcrng child ard
gave all 10 that heart-broken unfortunate whose
lay at the door Of a wealthy Jew that kept cloth
ing establishment Fourth street She blessed me,
kissed my hand and disappeared like ghost into the
ntful shadows Of the night the little babe bidding me
its last goodby in solemn tones OF weeping melody.
wandered slowly to the boat, sought my bunk in the
Texas, and pondered painfully upon the vcissi-
tudes and mlsortuncs Of life. That whole night
lay awake thinking OF the poor child of
poverty and disgrace, who wandered an outcast
in the streets OF opulence, while her bctrayer
slept in downy couches, drinking wine and laughing
the hours away in company with boon companions or
beautiful bellies who rvaled each other for the hand
aud heart OF the rich Jew All girls beware lest the
fate Of this poor walf be yours Lbertinism has no
line to mark its bounds mansions to
measure its audacty, and law to
limit its terrible temptaton-ever seeking,
plotting betraying the holest sanctuares Of afec
tion. Avoid il asp and an adder; regard 1t ss
lcprosy smallpox, that bots and kills wherever u
touches The sordid, smiling villain that knees ~
your feet Is the viper that stings when your innocent
love him into confidence The strong battle
OF your womanhood and the vouptuous parapets
Of your beating bosom taken and desecrated when
the angel ofvruc sleeps guard You awake from this
f4.tIff - -rkt E.1
gazing about idotio frenzy for the form of your
honorable ~ lover but he is gone, and has stolen
from you the rarest and richest gem in the OF
purity
Tho novel will be interspersed with original poems.
The following specimens -" Why" First Love-
" Content" "The Dead Convict" "The Sunbeam"
" Annie Lee " and = Believe Me-
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
THE DEAD CONVICT

by COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE
Alone in his cell the convict lay dead
While his comrades around him are weeping,
And hls wife, fa- away, uncothed and unfed
With her little oues peacefully sleeping
No more shall the garb Of misfortune degrade
The heart OF the bold highway rover
Who rests IN the tomb whore roses shall fade,
Aud bright bees will hum IN the clover.
The stars OF the night and the light OF the morn
VIII battle the lone grave by the prison,
And the angel shall sound one blast from It's horn
To the soul OF the convict, just risen.
Then away DER the plains Of Jehovah he'll fly
And kneel at the fount Of redemption,
Where Judgment most true, by that All-Seeing Eye
Is dispensed without fear exemption.
Then shall the edicts OF earth be reversed
And the heart or the convct shall beat,
Who suffered below, the saddcst and worst
For home In that heavenly retreat
Look aloft ana await for the morrow to break
All the chains that may bind thee to-day;
Suffer aud bleed IN thy heart; yet awake
To the call Of thy God-march away.
To conscience be true and with fond hearts renew
That love without guilt or pollution.
And always pursue the right and the few
That minges In moral devotion
Though dead to the world and branded in crime,
Thy soul may be pure as the kiss
OF the angel that measures all time
In tho mansions OF ecstatic blissl
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
FIRST LOVE.
BY COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE

COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE
In the month OF November, the day remember;
Now gazing DER mountain and plain,
My heart travels back to that aowing track,
And lives in the light OF her eyes once again.
How glorious and bright the stars of the night
And the whippoorwill tuning its song,
When our hearts we're so true and loved only you,
In that multitude rushing along,
Tho day never comes and the night never goes,
But sigh for the woodland and stream,
Where sat in the moonlight, clasped In fond love
In that bright sunny and-like dream
Many years have gone by, stili I sadden and sigh.
For the musical strains of the past
My heart fondly turns TO incense and burns
On the altar Of love 10 the last.
One by one we step out. to that land full OF doubt,
Where Hope only leads up the way
To the realms of bliss, where angelic kiss
Bids US welcome 10 eternal day.
The lips of an angel can never impart
A pleasure SO pure and so true,
AS felt my soul and my autterng heart
In the moonght-when first kissed you'll
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
WHY2
nv COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE.

Nv COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE
The sun is rising DER the distant hill,
! hear aloud the piash Of yonter mill;
! see the State House open upto view;
The old is past, and time brinls in the new.
The legislator meets in fierce iebate,
And prates necessarily hrs lore Of State,
While lobby members talk ard gloat
About the sale OF Mr. Mortons vote.
The lights are out, and clnkhg glasses vie,
How railroad bonds, "put uL E" did buy
The vote Of Johnson and hismate,
Who only served TO benefit te State,
Returning nome, the plant MEMBERS cause
Is fashioned into print and cnal laws,
While little heroes emulate he great
And trump how Johnson seHed the State
The court Of justice fills my mind with awe,
And tunes my heart to praie the honest law
That gives TO all, the poasaIs and the prince,
The measure and the meedJf recompense.
The Judge and jury preset at the bar,
List while the lawyers how their spiteiul war
or words more hollow thm the sounding brass,
To tickle Jones, the clentand the ass.
The case is finished, and he jury acts
Upon tho rulings OF the curt and facts;
That circumstance mightturn IN fearful TIT
With truth and justice, iinoceAce and guilt.
The prison walls loom up beforcmy view
While crime and misery mlngle With the true
Who few. but brave. ID suaer fol the sin
or royal rascals "outi WHO shotld be I'm"
The rarb Of felony cannot hurt tic man,
Whom conscience striped not, sine life began,
Who stands a monarch, even in BIS cell,
And looks to heaven for hope TO TEAK the spell
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
HOLIDAY FESTIVAL.

The festivities peculiar to Christmas and which were
postponed account OF want Of full preparation
we're held the headquarters Of the Juvenile Guardian
Society in ST. Marks place yesterday. The exercises
consisted Of the usual gathering about the Christmas
tree or rather trees as two were provided stage ex
position consisting Of recations, dialogues, singing
in English and German, and addresses by friends of
the society all followed by grand Christmas dinner
thrown open not only TO the school proper but TO all
children who might present themselves, and presided
over by the superintendent, Rev. Mr. Robertson Its
estimated that nearly thousand children we're fed
Toys in great variety, candy furnished by former
president and abundant for all and clothing for the
more needy were distributed
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
CONTENT.
~ COLONEL Ioax 4. Io4.

III tULONKL IOHN A. JUWK
Contentment thou blessed Of all beaubcs on earth,
Hope leads thee through life and smd at thy birth
Az an angel, your influence spreads of the wavo
OF misiortune and terror, and death aid the grave.
The cloud Of black crime may o'ershabw our way.
The sunlight OF truth may withdraw ftm the day.
When friendship and love shah no loner be sent,
Then dive In thy heart and invoke sWet content
Live alone IN thy glory and worship thl thought
That thy soul remains pure, unpurchakd unbought,
Let the world Ia its madness divide andberate-
keep stin upper lip and face everJ fate.
DO not pine for tho past but look to tn. right
Whore ,he army Of truth advances 70 Aght
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

For the brave and the free who shall relent,
But march 70 the 'front.' and enjoy blessed content
Then up with the banner Of manhood and truth,
or justice unsullied, Of bodness and youth
No matter what others may say IN their wrath,
Be content with thy lot-mark out thine own path
Let the Wild Of passion rage loud and rage long
Stand thou, like the crag Of content ever strong.
Rebut every gust that in malice Is sent
And be sure to rely on the God OF c0ntentl
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
JERsEY,s LUNATIo AsYLUM.

This morning delegation Of Hoboken officials viii
leave the Morris and Essex depot to visit the Morris
Plains Lunatc Asylum. The institution 10 unrivallcd
for Lts size but Is not yet comuleted
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
Joyce Preparing for The Priesthood and Making
Love in Nunnrry at Thirteen.

A POTATO PEELER AT SEVENTEEN.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
! rrnNanr scsxr N cIscrSsArI.

Pepper and myself had just left Woods Museum.
The crowd separated Us, and wandered alone toward
the boat In the neghborhood OF large hotel paused
10 rcst and think The hour midnight, atful gusts
Of wind swept the stony streets and whistled
mournfu music around the corner gas lights, which
roso and fell like waning tnpors in dying room. The
sound Of foreign footballs occasionally broke upon my
ear and vanished away into silence Tho patrolrnan's
club sent It's warning echoes down tho lonely street TO
some brother watcher The clock In the tower tolled
twove and ts mournful notes echoed among the
silent hills and tho river like loving invitations TO
kneol the tomb Of buried love. The sweeping winds
went down and calm came over the city houselcss
dog tall black lean and grnning sped by like an arrow
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
JOYCE'S NOVEL.
Choice Extracts from His Forth
coming Autobiography.

ais FIRST KISSES OF LOVE AT EIGHT.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

Gradually the idea Of third term tho num-
ber or iis believers. Let infer from the small
number Of republican members ofho House who had the
courage TO vote In favor OF third that that vote
gives any criterion from which form opinions as to
the future action OF those republicans who voted
against IL If General Grant obtains thA nomination
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-09-20
Not nj all Amiable.

The clam. saws q writer, has iooS
which lie protr,iles and uses like a space az
w su shovel M tho sand when he would re,
tir" c ont of sight, md beneath the SAM M
s soI ii S"s in peace, coming out only at At
nipLt TO bask in the moonlight, to behola
the wonders OF the sea and gaze at inc u,
Starr si.u sky spread out above him in all
its snlendor. Walking on tho shore Oh
n bright moonlight night ono may &c..
thousands Of these beautiful and MSn!
orrapized beings forming themselVGI,
into communities and hopping gayIy
about, emitting their peculiar cry W WIN I;
is not unlike that OF tho katydid. Iheh
locomotion is performed by opening aa i
shutting their shells with great rapidity
onI force some Of the larger ones being
abIo to lump several inches at a time III
this way. Men who have closely %,
served s their habits for years say that Of
times they are not so amicable rs mlSn'
be supposed by the superficial observer
and that they engage in terrific comba,s,
when the whole shore will resound win
their savage growls and maddened yeuS
as they rush upon each other and en-,
Ieayor. by inserting the edge OF then
shells into each other, to pry them open
The diving cries Of the victims may DC
heard even above the noise Of the s'lri'