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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21
RIVER INTELLIGENCE

bpAId bhANlhb TO-DAIs
Napoleon. Geo. W, Cheek................5p pm
White river, Ruth............................,5 D m
Arkansas river, Legal Tender............5p m
st. Louis, Grand Tower. pm
N~icksburg, st. Geneyieve. ...................... pm
Cincinnati. Cons Millar" pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Ruth, White river.
Grand Tower, St. Louis.
John B. Maude, St. Louis.
St. Genevieve, ST. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer John B. Maude, New Orleans.
Capitol City, st. Louis.
A. j. White, Vicksburg.
Quickstep, Friar's Point.
Frank Forest, Asbport.
BOATS IN PORT.
Legal Tender, Ruth, Geo. W. Cheek,
Osceols, Grand Tower, st. Gevevieve.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather clear and pleasant. The riv-
er here declined q inches in the past "a
hours ending at 3 o'clock yesterday, and
rose II inches from last evening to noon
to-day, and has fallen 51inches altogeth-
er, At Terene the fallis 3 inches. The
river is declining as far down as Vicks-
burg, and by Monday we may look for a
decline here. At Cairo, the fall yester-
day was 2 feet I inches, and the decline
altogether is over 10 feet. at St. Louis
the decline is 4 inches, with I feet 4
inches in the channel from St. Louis out.
The Ohio is declining rapidly from
Piitsburg to Cairo, with I feet 4 inches
in the canal. Cumberland river is fall
ing, with 6 feet 3 inches on the shoals
Arkansas river is reeeding, with 5 feet
inches in the channel at Little Rock
White river is falling, with a fair stage
Of water from J%acksonport to tbs mouth
Business on the landing is moderate.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Good news for the planters In thr
bends-the river is dropping fast ant
will be inside of its banks by Tuesday
Steamboatmen aud business men gen
orally are Frightening up, aRd are hope
! full Of a prosperous season, after all,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21

The catch of menhaden oil along the
Maine coast is unprecedentedly large,
and the yield for the season is set down
at Is 600 barrels
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21

NEW YORK, August q. 40 p.m.-C0tton Is
steady. Futures are easy, with sales
for January at lS5S9lS Il-lec; February, iS%
@l3 l5-16c; March, 14gl4 l-lec; April, IL S.i6
Il 11-l6c: August. IS l5-169l4c; September,
10 1l-l6@l3Nc; October, l3h@l3 slice; NoYem-
Der and December, 13%913 9 Ice. Sales for
future delivery, $50 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21
STEAMBOATS,.
FOR RivoI

For Red Fork, South Bend, New Gascony
and all way landings through to Pine Bluff,
LEGAL TENDER, E~~S b
Ed Rowland ...............m...master Es6dEasA
Leaves SATURDAY, August 81, at 5 pm.
JN0. N. HARDIN, Sup't,
is Madison street,
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o. f.

PRIDE OF MEMPHIS LoDGR No. 392-meets
every Thursday evening at 22l Second street,
third hoor. W. A. Hill, Jr., W. @. T.
IEDIAE MOUND LODGE No. 40-meets every
wednesday evening at the corner Of South
w. C. T.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21

IO.5ol 4.O( twice Daily.
memphis 4 Charleston -, "a -,
80 X. R.-Dsily. II ~ IN
mississippi 4 Tonnes
see r. R.-Daily.
Memphis & Little Rock l1.O
tl.OO r. R.-Daily.
lPaducah 4 Memphis 800
SOt r. R.-Daily.
miss. river TO Aelena6
S@i Friar's P't-daily. 8
Internationally
sgt Mon, Thurs, Sat. y
miss. river to 5 t.Louis
sNt Mon. Thurs. Fri. .
White River-Semi-
30 tWeekly-Tues. 4 Sat- .
Ark river. semi-weeklyl
"a 8 1tTuesday and Saturday. s
marion (tri-weeklyl-b
n Mon, We'd, Fri. 10 3.&
Cuba. Tennessee
weekly-Friday. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21
FRANK FOREST,

FRANK FOREST, A
Joplin, Master Rhodes, Clerk.
WILL MAKE TRI-WREKLY TRIPS
w throughout the year, leaving Memphis
MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS,
ats pm. For freight or passage apply on
! board, l4-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21

For Crowell's, Randolph, Fulton, 0sooola,
Johnson's and all intermediate landings
Tho elegant side-wheel steamer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21

TnHNEssEE Lopez No. 6-Meets
ayory v sdnesday night at $50 Second
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

Several years ago slab-sided, awk-
ward printer boy, from Maine, found his
way to Washington in search of can
easy place." Tom Ewing was then Sec
retary of the Interior. He was also a
relative of our gawky place-hcnter. To
him the youngster naturally applied for
assistance in getting the desired situation.
This was the encouraging answer he re-
ceived from Ewing;
81 will not get you place in any of
the departments. Moreover, if you find
a place and go to work, | will use all my
influence to have you dismissed. | want
YOU to get out of Washington. | am
not going to have you made into limp,
and helpless nonentity, if / can help it.
Go anywhere else /; go to the devil if you
like; you shan't stay in Washington"
This inspiring counsel drove the in
spring printer youth back to Maine
again.
Had Ewing found him the desired
place, he would to-day be tying tape
around bundled documents, or sticking
official stamps on somebody else's letters,
in one of the departments, an inert hui
man routine machine But the uncle's
sensible brusqueness was the nephew's
salvation. The name of that discour-
aged young applicant was james G.
Blaine.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
The Origin of Newspapers.

" no thought of the newspaper first :?
1t seems to have had its birth in that
land Of vivid gesture and grave gossip
Italy-and the first paper of which we
have any record was monthly, published
in Venice by order of the government,
in manuscript, as printing had not then
been invented. 1t was called Gazetta,
which word is derivative of Gazerra,
the name Of a magpie or chatterer. In
the Magliabechian Library, at Florence,
are now to be seen thirty volumes of We
netian gazettes, in manuscript, the last
of which is dated in the sixteenth centu-
ry. The Venetian conservatives chung
to their script after printing was an ac-
complished fact
The epoch of the Spanish Armada, in
England, was the epoch of the first
English newspaper. In the British Mu-
scum are preserved several newspapers
which were printed in 1888, while the
Spanish fleet lay in the British channel.
The earliest of these is entitled the Eng
llsh Mercurie, which by authority "was
imprinted at London by her highness'
printer, 1885" So to the sagacious fore
thought of the great Queen Bess, and
the wise policy of the great minister Bur
leigh, the English speaking peoples of
the world are indebted for the model of
our present necessity-the newspaper
Deprive us--ye sweet little cherubs who
sit up aloft, ye weird sisters three who
preside over our fates-deprive US Of our
boots, our breakfast, our funds in bank,
but take not from us our morning pa
pers. In this early journal is the news
of the day, and well-written article,
designed to arouse and stiffen timid 10y
atty, tells of the discovery of Spanish
plot to murder the Queen. There is a
heroic poem, too, called " Elizabethe
Triumphans, by one James Asker;
critical article on an unfortunate author,
entitled +" Father Parsons Coat Well
busted, and various witty sayings, all
printed in Roman letter.
To a physician of Paris (Renando)
belongs the credit of having first collected
in fugitive sheets the news of various
countries. This first venture was week
ly, issued in healthy seasons, when pa
tients were few and the doctor at leisure.
He obtained a license to do this in 1852.
The first daily paper, after the aces
sion of William and Mary, set its sails
to catch the wind of popular favor by
printing on its title-page The Orange In
telligencer. Yellow, dusty, insignificant
in comparison with our splendid news
sheets of to-day, we still cannot help re-
garding with certain reverence those
pioneers of liberty and intelligence-the
first newspapers.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
The Garden Of China

The Cinnamon, who walk over bridges
built two thousand years ago, who cult
waited the cotton plant centuries before
this country was heard of, and who fed
silk-worms before King Solomon built
his throne, have fifty thousand square
miles around Shanghai, which are called
the Garden of China, and which have
been so titled by countless generations.
THIS area is as large as New York and
Pennsylvania combined; is all meadow
land, raised but few feet above the
river-lakes, rivers, canals-a complete
network of water communication, the
land under the highest filth; three crops
year harvested population SO dense
that, wherever you look, you see men
and women in blue pants and blouse, so
numerous you fancy some fair or muster
coming off, and all hands have turned out
for holiday.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

The reclamation of a very valuable
tract of land upon one of the Scotch rivers
was made in a very simple manner quite
recently Stakes were driven into the mud
at the waters edge at regular distances
parallel to the course of the river. Be
tween these stakes branches of trees and
brush were thickly matted or interlaced.
This simple contrivance resulted in the
deposit at very high water of large guam
titles of silt and mud, until at last an
embankment was thrown up, without any
further expense, sufficient to keep out the
water except at high floods. The land thus
reclaimed was sown with grasses, and Is
now used for grazing cattle, and is valued
at $500 per acre for this purpose alone.
There are thousands of acres alongside
of our rivers, both upon the coast
and inland, which might be reclaimed
in this or similar ways at very little ex-
pense-
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

Tradition has it that years ago, when
Benjamin Franklin was young lad, he
began the study Of natural philosophy
and soon became fond Of applying tech
nical names to common objects. One
evening, when he mentioned to his father
that he had swallowed some marine
acephalous mollusks. The old man was
much alarmed, and suddenly Selling him
called loudly for help. Mrs. Franklin
came with some warm water, and the
hired man rushed in with a garden
pump. They forced half a gallon Of
water down Renjamin's throat, then held
him by the heels over the edge of the
porch and shook him, while the old man
said, eff we don't get them things out Of
Benny, he will be pizened, sure"
When they were out and Benjamin ex-
planned that the articles alluded to were
merely oysters, his father fondled him
for half an hour with a trunk strap for
soaring the family. Tradition adds that
ever afterwards Franklin's language was
marvelously simple and explicit
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
None others are authorized to solicit
: g lar The CLARION.
THE TEACHERS DREAM.

. weary teacher sat alone
Tbile twilight gathered on;
I'm a sound was heard around,
H. BOYS and girls were gone.
weary teacher sat alone,
onarypd and pale was he;
Hwad meath yoke Of care, he spoke
H. sad soiiloquy;
81 ,other round, another round
bflabor thrown away
Entharchain OF toll and pain
Ilragred through tedious day.
m avail is constant zeal,
ii nvs-. sacrifice is loss,
il homes Of morn, so golden, turn,
80 evening, into dross.
soaander ON a barren field
III strength, my life, my all;
IN seed. sow viii never grow,
'Tbey perish where they fall"
.;ghed and low upon his hands
4 H. aching brow he prest;
q ri der his frame erelong there came
q a soothing sense OF rest
IA then he lifted up his face,
Fl Rat started back aghast-
IT. room by strange and sudden change
IA Assumed proportions VAST
IL saop1ed a Senate hall, and one
Fl addressed listening throng;
IN burning wore all bOsoms stirred,
#Applause rose loud and long.
il . 'wildcred teacher thought he knew
#Tbe speakers voice and look.
And 6rhi. name" said he, ''the same
#Is in my record book"
4 he stately Senate hall dissolved,
\ A church rose in its place,
therein there stood man of God,
dispensing words of grace.
nd though he spoke in solemn tone,
land though his hair was gray,
mind was strangely wrought
/ Il whipped that boy to-day
d. church, a phantasm, vanished soon;
What saw the teacher then?
i classic gloom Of allowed room
An author piled his pen.
Mv idIest lad" the teacher said,
/ Filled with a new surprise
Shall 1 behold his name enrolled
Among the great and wise?'
be vision of a cottage home
The teacher now deserted;
mothers face iilumtd the place
Her influence sanctitied.
"A miracle! miracle!
This matron, we'll / know,
Vas but wild and careless child,
Not half an hour ago.
And when she to her children speaks
0f duty's golden rnle,
Ter lips repeat, in accents sweet,
Ny words to her at school,"
he scene was changed again, and 10,
The sch00l-hguse rude and old,
pom the wall did darkness fall,
The evening air was cold.
A dream!H the sleeper, waking, said,
Then paced along the floor,
Ind, whistling slow aud soft and low,
He locked the schooi-house door.
md, walking home, his heart was full
vi pea-e and trust and love and praise;
md singing slow and soft and low,
He murmured. After many days"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
BERN uda Grass.

How to effectually exterminate this
grass from Gotten plantations, appears to
be question which is attracting the at
tention of our wisest Mississippi ex-
changes, and nearly every one of them
has some plan by which it can be efectu-
ally done. Some, however, appear to
think that it would pay to cultivate this
grass for hay, as has been recommended
BY DR.. Ravenal, of South Carolina;
which is somewhat extraordinary, con-
sidering that according to that gentle
mans experiments it would yield an in
come of over two hundred dollars per
acre-nearly four times as much as their
lands average when planted in cotton
while the labor required costs less than
half
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
About Granting Dimils.

Bro. Power Bro. A. ~ H., hay.H.
removed from the jurisdiction ot 49,
Lodge No. -, in 1874. applied tur auI
was granted dimit, be having paid h.e
dues To the date Of its issuance. The
dimit was placed in the hands ST ruIa-
tive Of his. In the fall oft 1874. Doc.
moved back 70 Jhe jurisdiction of our
Lodge, and the dimit not having us ygf
been placed in his hands, he asked tha.
his name be again placed ON the roll d..
members, and that he would rct the
dimit and return it TO the Lodge Ibe
w. NJ. decided that the name could uU
place on the roll But very soon after.
Bro. Il. went ~ his relative, got tha
dimit, put it ii his pocket and moved o..
Texas, thereby failing TO meet hi- prom.
Use as Mason 70 tho Lodge. NJ You
will pardon the suggestion, / think Chat
he ought 10 be shown zap in hH trUg
status to the Grand Lodge of Texas.
Eraternnllv.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
Judse Kelley on the Condition OF
the soHfh and the Southern
Policy.

III WASHINGTON, April 30.-Judge VIM.
ID. Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, returned
from q six weeks tour in the South, and
bears emphatic testimony against the
Southern policy of his party in the
last Congress. When asked to-
night what he thought of the political con-
lditlon Of the South he used these words
/ The vote | most regret during my four
teen years service in Congress, is that
which | cast last winter in favor of the
Force bill He further said that so far
las his tour extended, there was no more
necessity for the use of Federal military
foree than there is in Pennsylvania or
Ohio.
He talked with Confederate soldiers,
with Northern men, carpet baggers and
travellers, and he was surprised at the
good feeling existing. He said he should
hereafter take little stock in Southern
outrages, especially if they are reported
as occurring in the sections he visited
de gave an example of the feeling III
the South by relating what he himself
saw IN Augusta, being himself unknown.
lie happened to be in that city on
the day chosen for decorating the graves
OF the Confederate dead, and he
remained and observed closely the pro-
eeedings. a long procession marched
through the city with engines, civic or
carnations, etc, it being treated as gen
eral holiday.
Judge Kelley observed the significant
TACT that white men and women were
gathered for the purpose of paying tribute
10 the memory Of the dead Confederate
soldiers. The principle music on the occa-
slon was furnished by the band belonging
TO regular United States infantry regi-
ment stationed in the vicinity. There were
no taunts, no insults, no complaints, no
appearance OF ill-feeling anywhere visible.
" hlle absent Judge Kelley spent from
TWO days te week in each of the follow
ing cities, stopping frequently at places of
less consequences, viz. Richmond, Char
leston, Columbia, Savannah. Jacksonville,
Atlanta, Augusta and Aiken. The most
OF his time was spent in Florida. He says
so lar as lie saw, and he went with his
ears and eyes open, there was no feeling OF
Tear or dlstrust on the part of the col0red
people, and he could not for the life OF
MN see what use there was for the Force
bill
tie was very glad to have made the
mp, for it has enabled him to understand
the condition of the South better than he
ever understood it before He said it was
not the hu-klux that was running the
south, nor was their unhappy condition
70 be attributed to the hatred by the
Southern people of the people of the
North, nor was any political question in
volved. He thinks the trouble in til,
South arises from the financial and in
dustrial crisis, and he believes the Soutl
Will not improve and advance until thu
forty-fourth Congress repeats the fnan
cal legislation of the Forty-third unit
the industries of the country are revived
and we are forced to live within GU
income. The South will grow worse
instead of better, as matters are goinI
now.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
solomon City (Kas.) Gazette.l

NtA-~NS~'4
We are in receipt of a note purporting
to have been dictated by Mrs. Muir
ray, late widow of the man who was hung
two weeks ago for violating the person
of little girl;
Mistur Edltur:
Coroner says tell the party that hung
that Man that they need nor fear any
trouble his wife hasn't lived with him for
the last six Months and then he drove
her from home and when he was taken
to her she said why didnent they bury
him WHARF he was hung and she consid-
cred they had done her crate favor to
hang him for she had got him out of
prison once and supposed he would be-
have himself and now she did not care
what became of him. So Mob don't fear
no trouble.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

Troy Times.

Troy Times.
Clemens, the humc-is., better known
as Mark Twain, has done better than any
man Of his turn of labor. He has been
seven years before the public, and dur
ing that time has become rich enough to
live on his income. His property in
Hartford is worth more than $50, 600,
Mrs Stowe has made more than any other
American woman, and has probably
cleared 800, 600. This may seem like a
large sum, but when it is spread through
a quarter Of a century, it is not such an
immense thing as it at first appears to be.
Marian Harlan Mrs. Terhune), who has
written industriously tor twenty years,
has probably made S15, 900 by a dozen
novels. Perhaps Mary j. Holmes has
done equally we'll. Gail Hamilton Miss
Dodge enjoyed good sale for her books
during the first few years, but her vanity
got the better Of her judgment, and she
quarreled with her publishers. Her
next book was devoted to the quarrel,
and it at once impaired her popularity
She now has a corner in Harpers papers,
and also in the Independent, but will
never do much in books again. Her
lHpuueHce lONdIu INC NtHClaDIC DOllH
Todd, who differed with her in opinion,
showed how the vanity arising from sue
cess spoils real talent Walworth, who
was shot by his son, never made much
out of his books, and they were, in fact,
too inferior to sell without extraordinary
pufery. Josh Billings shaw has found
unusual popularity. He is witty and
says many wise as well as funny things.
1t seems a pity that such a clever fellow
should be obliged to borrow the jokes Of
poor Artemus Ward and print them as
original, but such is one of the weak
nesses Of funny fellows.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
The Press Convention.

The ladies and gentlemen of Kosciusko,
s'on hospitable thoughts intent" held a
meeting last wednesday to take meas
ures for entertaining the Mississippi
Press Association, which is to meet in
that thriving, wide-awake little city next
month. We are sure the anticipated oc-
casion will be one of unusual interest ana
pleasure. Holly Springs Reporter
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

ANaWEIl

Dear Sir and Brother: Bro. r. hayu.
paid his dues, and having been granted
a dimit, the w, Master erred in alloWIa.
his name to be again placed ON thc r0..
Of members, except through petition .lr
membership and unanimous ballot lle
holds dimit regularly granted hm.
and the informal proceeding of the Lul.u
does otcancel or affect that dimiJ lHn
only way in which ho can be "sh0wu
up to the brethren of Texas, will bc l.r
your Lodge to prefer charges against
him; but the action of your Lodge would
also "show up" 10 very bad advantage.
Least said the better.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12
The TOmb-tOuc- % tisc tsrrnf
.BOurmaIi-t-.
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
Near the crest Of a heavily wooded d.-
clivity ia Greenwood Cemetery i- d plain
marble shaft, bearing the name of Horny
j. Raymond. The tomb, although per.
tectly isolated, is vet within Six RODS ul
the most trcqucnted part of the ground.
The lot was chosen by Mr.. Raymond.
and the selection is characteristic d. tine
man. I'm public life ne sought "a place
near the front, but not at the actual 'front.'
as was best illustrated in the great wur.
Of his life, the founding Of the Time.
In that he aimed at middle lime h..
tween the mental cccentricity 0t tbu
Tribune and the moral occontriciy off
the Herald, at the time of those graat
newspapers greatest greatness, marking
out for the Times "a mean between ihe
two extremes.
The costly tomb of james Gordon
Bennett, conspicuously fronting one off
the busiest avenues ln the cemetery De-
such IA sepuchre in such IA spot us Mr.
Bennett might have been expected ra
choose, although the lot is believed Cos
have been selected aud the marbles chI..
eled under the direction OFF Mrs Bennett
II was the day-drcam of hi- life chat bE
keeping the Herald I'M the vOrtoN NO N.H
York business life, aud by cuiiyouiug DC
with wit that his successors have u..
even understood, much less cmulaiol, h.
might make it the journal of the future,
and he did not hesitate to suy as MUCH
In pecuniary sense he was pr0digi0u .H
successful.
Horace Greeley tomb appropriately
looks out from under the abundant
boughs Of Locust Hill upon tho setting
sun. The mound d temporarily
marked by a modest slab that will t.l
who sleeps beneath 10 until his follow
craftsmen erect their contemplated bruul"
memorial. The Greeley tomb, GOO. D.
typical of its occupants former upI1
tons. 1t is seemingly -cque-tcroi AND
actually remote from the ornate mau.oIa-
ums that New York fashion has reared
in the city of the dead, but ID i5 visible
at great distance beyond the cemetery.
boundaries, and the monument which JHo
farmer-editor must have expected 900 tHe
hands Of his numerous admirers wIII b.n
noteworthy feature of thc landscape. lH
be admired by men OF all nations as they
sail in and out Of our picturesque hwDnr.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

At Cedar Keys, Florida, real pirate
has appeared-an aged Spaniard, who
calls himself Rios de Rialto. He once
assisted in the burial of large amount
of treasure at Cedar Keys. which he has
returned to unearth, and has actually sue
ceeded in discovering an iron box, con-
tanning many precious stones and old
Spanish coins, Of an estimated value of
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-12

The beautiful laws of time and space,
once dislocated by our inaptisude, are
holes and dens- II the hive be disturbed
by rash and stupid hands, instead of hon.
ey 1t will yield Us bees. Emerson.