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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-12
TO THE
A Minister Who Does not Condemn
"The Priest in AbsOlutiOn."

To the Editor Of the Ledger:
SIR-Having seen in your paper
of the 9th an article copied from
the Cincinnati Commercial, which
reflects upon the most honored Of
the clergy Of the Anglican COM
munion, l beg the privilege of ask
ing you to publish, in simple jus.
tice, the following explanation.
would say "reply," except hat no
reply is needed, and that l do not
care to enter into any controversy
The accusation brought against
the gentlemen to whom l refer is,
that they have sent out of the press
a book full of obscenity, and cal.
culated to work great harm to the
morals Of our wives and daughters
To save space and to spare rhetoric,
let me follow an old custom OF
preachers, and begin with,
Flrst-The gentlemen so rudely
assailed are men whose superiors in
good works among the poor, in
scholarship and in personal piety.
are not to be found in the Church
Of England, and this is saying not
a little to those who know how fer.
vent is the piety, how thorough il
the work done among the Sums
Of London and other large cities o
Great Britain, aud how profound
ia the scholarship Of so many of thu
English clergy. Is it, then, very
likely hat such men would delib
erately put forth a book apt to in
jure morals? For, in their case
there is no room for the plea of ig
nOrance Or of thoughtlossness. |
they have done such a thing, tin
attempt must have been well-ad
yised and deliberate.
Second-The book is not as it i
represented to be. 1t does indee,
deal with gross sins, but in a calm
dlspassiOnate way, which is as likel
to suggest prurient ideas, as a med
' lcal treatise or a work on surgery i
apt to give one a desire to die O
consumption, or to writhe unde
the amputation Of a limb.
Third-And this suggests the fur
ther reflection, that while all book
/. intended Toy the use of physician
are on public sale, the treatise /
!, which ! refer has been all alon
l confined to the clergy for whom
is designed. 1t was only by a rus
Q to call it by no harder name, that
was made public. In corroboratio
, Of this, please refer TO the Londo
. Standard. The person who "bo
| rowed" the book, seems to ha1
7 made two statements to that jou
nal. First, at least so the Standal
. runs, Seeing the book lying on Il
! table (of a priest on whom he W
: calling), he took il away Secon,
at was given to HIM by a clerg
man, who, as | now understan
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little space that | have any right to
claim inyour columns.
| end as / began. l seek no con-
t%royersy; but as a priest Of the
Diocese of Tennessee, and of the
Church Catholic, as a gentleman
who dislikes to see injustice done,
as one who puts forth no claims to
being considered a casuist, but yet
as one On whom the providence of
God has laid the responsibility of
caring for souls, and so dares to
claim some knowledge Of casuistry,
| am, +. S. MINES.
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MENKEN BROTHERS
lMt

for September. Receipts: Flour. $3.50; wheat,
1900; corn. III, 1858. Shipments: Flour. TOSS
wheat, 1854; earn, .SS; glS.
CINCINNATI, July 12.-Flour steady. Wheat
less active; white, l 4O9l 80. Corn easier at 50
@5l. Whisky quiet at l OS. Pork steady and
unchanged, Lard irmer. Bulk meats strong
and held at 81, IA, TX. Bacon firm and un-
changed,
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sengers or baggage, any such ticket
or checks ighicA may BE- sold o.
issued after. July II, 1871" Th'
circular alleges that the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad has inau.
gurated an injurious and cause
less conflict and promulgated
a policy of low rates from
Little Rock which can only
injure its own receipts aud
result in no benefit to either party.
that the Iron Mountain road vii
not submit to this blow at its reye-
nue., and takes this as the first step
toward self-protection, etc. This
speoious pretense viii not deceive
those who are familiar with the
facts. The steps taken deliberate-
ly, as part of a policy long since
determined upen. The idea is to
break down the Memphis and Lit
tie Rock railroad, and force all the
Texas travel going east by way of
st. Louis one hundred and fifty
miles ont of its way, The Iron
Mountain road, after reducing its
through rates to New York so
cents, and to other points in pro-
portion, asked the Little Rock road
to name the rates to Louisville,
Cincinnati and Washington, which
as the short line it has the right to
do anyhow. The NJ. and L. R.
road named the rates in existence
previous to the first of May. The
Iron Mountain and st. Louis rail-
road then demanded that these
rates should be increased two dol
lars, thereby attempting to control
the business Of a short line and
force business and travel out Of the
natural channel. The Memphis and
Little Rock agreed to all rates de.
manded except the points named,
and in resisting the domination
Of a powerful competitor has
done nothing more than the
interests of the community and
of the misunderstanding at Mem
phis demand. We hope all the roads
east of the Mississippi, as well as
those interested in Texas, will unite
in resisting the encroachmentS of a
powerful company upon a weak one.
The most speedy and satisfactory
settlement that can be made to hold
out is to build the road from Du-
wallis Bluff to Jefferson, Texas.
This cannot be done in a day, but
it is only a matter Of time. Mean
while Col. Prichard holds the fort
and will faithfully represent the
great interests in his hands.
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MndIsoD Wous. az Lou,stann

New YORK, July ia special from
New Orleans says Madison Wells has
received a letter from John Sherman
which be states is very bitter against the
people for violating what he says was a
term of agreement. he further says the
letter scouts all danger to himself as an
accessory, but hat the matter will only
serve to show the people in their true
light. The letter is long.
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CAIRO, July IL -Arrived-JL Rhoads
St. Louis, 10 am; John B. Maude
Vicksburg, II IN. Departed-RaV
Ohio, 9p m Helena, vioksbutg, 9p.m;
Sherlock, New Orleans, IL pm.
Bigley, St, Leuis, G am; Rhoads
Pittsburg, II am Msude, st. Louis
noon. Weather falr and pleasant.
ClSolSNATI, July River falling
Clear aud cooler.
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LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

-a-
Before Thos. Fleming. Justice NJ psoca r..
Shelby county, Tennessee-G.A A, Eske,.lI 4
Bros. VS.. Jos Laurenzi. *
n THIS CAUSEAN ATTACHMENT Av
4 ing been sued cut under section slt5 ~ ~
Code OF Tennessee. and returned by the
erty Of the defendant, and afidayit prEp-
been made that the defendant is nv
debted to plaintiffs in the sum NJ s0l AZ Z
aue by account. and that the claim 4
KY tSsss SAM sno me u defendant Is a nonresident Of
nat said, defendant make Ais nersonai aUi
hSssrenos before me on the 18th day of August
tSpti at ~ o'clock am, at my Office, No. q
S %Spi dOsa ST. IN me city Of Memphis. Tenn,
time prescribsd By law or the same viii ne
PrSeeeded WIN ex parte aud that a COPY OF
this san. order order DO published once q week for four az
ceTPSS9; S NV 9O weeks in the Public Ledger.
lI3 ll9-l2-l3l THOS Ff.ENrNrn d
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Whoreaboula of General arant.

FRASKPoRT oY.rHE.MAiS, July H.
Ex President Grant and party arrived
this morning from Wiesbaden. They
were received at the station by the
American consul general and the recep-
ton committee. The American resi-
dents hoisled flags in honor of the coca
zion
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TIE ORANGEMEN.
All quiet ut Montreal and mo- Dis,
turbRnce Appreciated.

MONTREAL, July IL Peace and quiet
reigns this morning. The military
guards at the city armories were un-
molested last night. No sympathy is ex-
pressed for McKeown, and no one blames
private Fires Patrick. heinquest is in
progress. With the exception Of groups
Of men in various parts of the city,
notably st. James and Craig streets,
where Orange Hall and St. Patrick's Hall
are situated, there is nothing to show
that the celebration is about to take
place. The Young Britons' left last
night and this morning for Cornwall to
pass the day there. With the exception
Of a crowd at Dalhousie and Wellington
streets, taking orange flowers from the
breast OF a young man, nothing Of any
Importance has happened. No violence
offered. The police are under arms and
effectively distributed.
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indications.

WASHINGTON, July 70 -Ror Tennessee
and the Ohio valley stationary or higher
pressure and temperature, with winds
mostly from the northeast aud clear or
partly cloudy weather,
The lower Mississippi and Missouri
rivers will fall slowly.
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The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is S per Gnnu~ for
to Daily, and s. per SnnUm for The
Weskly-POstGge free.
Persons learning the city for the SUM
msr can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or t'CO dollars for
three months, in Gdpancs, With ths
privilege of changing pOsto6ies.
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RusIness

New YORK, July l27John H. Keyser,
Ring" plumber. has failed. His sworn
statement show assets nothing; liabili.
ties nearly 100000
Buttle 4 Less, dealers in the straw
goods trade, have suspended. Liabili
ties not known.
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az iOC Vcf WV"thtt W eWV WVtt~HS Ne'
three months, in Gdpancs, NTH ths
privilege Of changing pOsto6ies.
THE BOOK THAT CREATES A STIR.
We publish to-day a communica-
ton from the Rev. F. S. Mines, in
reply to an article copied without
comment, on the 9th inst, from the
Cincinnati Commercial. The gen.
tleman seems to treat it asan editO-
rial, when in fact the article was
quoted as from the pen of Moncure
D. Conway, the London correspond
emit of the Commercial. This, how
ever, is immaterial. Ifhe does not ac-
tually defend "I'heP Priest in Absolu-
tion,n he seems to palliate its enor-
mites by other issues. If he under.
takes to defend the society of the
Holy Cross for publishing and using
such a book against all criticism he
may indeed begin to write a book.
The very fact that the work in
question was kept aprOfound secret
from the world while its impertinent
suggestions we're msidiously carried
into effect, shows that the society Of
the Holy Cross felt conscious ofcOm-
hitting an ofEenSe against the in
telligence of the age and the cause
of morality and decency. Our
friend who writes to-day is the first
person who has openly come to the
rescue. He seems familiar with the
book and perhaps has seen a copy.
The mere fact that the book came TO
light through breach of confidence
is 3 matter that does not seriously
concern the English or American
public; but on the other side of
the water the people are thoroughly
aroused and indignant to learn that
priests, who are men of flesh and
blood, and the passions of other men,
have talked freely in private with
married women, young ladies and
children upon subjects so delicate
as to be mentioned with ~hesitancy,
even between husband and wife in
the privacy of their home. The
subject will not bear discussion, for
the secular papers dare not publish
the offensive language that these
men of God" whisper in the ears
Of susceptible and half. mesmerized
women and maidens. Our CORE
spondent iustiies the book because
medical works contain things that
might not be discussed in promis-
cuOus company. Medical books are
written in the interest of science
and the healing art, and the useful
knowledge thus accumulated is
neither kept under lock and key
as a dangerous secret nor the sug-
gestive portions talked over freely
IN secret between members of the
profession and females in coed
health. They deal with the sick /;
not with the well. Attention has
been called to the book in parlia-
ment, and no one was SO bold az to
defend it. Mr.. Beresford Hope,
M. p, took pains to say that he
was no advocate of the book. The
bishop of Canterbury would not
give o decisive opinion, but wen
so far as to express the conviction
that those who published the book
had gone very near the "confne o.
the law in regard to immora
publications. The public mind il
thoroughly worked up on the sub
ject, and it is likely that the at
tempt to bring a priesthood be
tween man and wife, father am
child, and thus destroy the yer
links of confidence that bind an
make sacred the family circle, wi
be SO generally condemned tha
the attempt will not soon be mad
again.
ANOTHER BLOW AT MEMPHIS.
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OARn.

Te all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscrstions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood. etc.. l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This greatromedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
I. ISNAN. Station d, Bible House, New York
City. ~l29-xxlv. 128dAw
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T~ELEGRApnIC
Q c \ RoSps.

niNiho AMI bbNboe
New York. July 70. IL :45sa.m.-U, S. 6's Of
'sl, ITO all; do. coupons, lll7a9ll2i 5-9Os
of'65, new issue. 1Css59iOaN; 81, lO0ki Of'6S'
coupons, ll2H; 10 4Gs. 1123z; do. coupons,
llse1lSA; currency 6's, l2s1Sg12SMi new SIS,
lll5E9TllA.
LONDON, July ~. $3.50 pm. = COnsols for
money, "a DIG; on account, -; U.S 6-20s
of '65. 1O5Hi Of 81, 1885, lO-4O's, 1921; new
SIS, 1880; Erie, N.
~BREADsTyPfA,
LIvERPootp July IL. $3.50 p.m.-Flour, mot
reported. Wheat, Milwaukee red, 1ls0l2s Cd
California white. l2s 2d@12s Sd; Califsrnil
club, l2s 5d@lSs Cd. Corn. as 6d@2As Cd,
Pork, COS Cd. Beef. sOs. Lard, 4& Cd. Bacon,
long clear. Sss.6d; short clear. S5S.
NV YdRE. July IL. 12,l6 p.m.-Flour Il
steady. Wheat nominal at l GOAL 6Si MllWau-
kso, l6l9i 6. Corn is quiet and nominal Al
5sg5SH, Mess pork quiet at IA 40. Lard Il
quiet ate 3 hg94O (. Whisky quiet at | l2.
CHICAGO. July II, 1910 p.m.-Whsat steady
at ll7h for August, lilN for, September
iQH fer July. Corn is easier at E7hg47M fol
August; ~ for September. Pork is steady
at 10 IS bid for August; 1871 for September,
Lard quiet and arm at al0 for August; 90
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Five Thousand Copies
Are read by at least
Twenty Thousand People

old and young, every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class of
community.
We desire our business men to make a note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.
We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adyor-
Using; for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in a paper. especially their.
church paper, take it as a guarantee of re-.
spOnsibility. Such confidence should not Ia,
abused when it can be helped. We want
therefore,
The Advertising Patronage
of such business men and firms as we can
recommend to our friends and the public
without compromising the character of the
paper.
Our Terms shall be In Harmony
with the Business Outlook.
Send in Your FavOrs.
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PUBLICATION.
Methodist

HE WESTERN METHODIST IS raE
official organ of Six Annual Conferences Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South. viz
Memphis, North Mississippi. Arkansas, Little
Rock White River and Indian Mission.
Memphis is the commercial and geographic
cal center of the section over which this paper
circulates. An average of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-24
TIE HORRORS OF WAR.
An EpiSOdeIn the RuSso.TurkiSh
NNmNOinn nj ISlI


, 10 ISL the opposing Russian and Tar.
klsh ARMIES stood facing each other on
opposite banks Of the Danube. During
Tue night between the Sih and 9th OF Sen.
lember the Turks succeeded in maEir1 ,
ieinL and so attracting the Russians ~ a
spot some three miles below the real noint
Of passage, in throwing a force Of ) 600
men and four guns across the river n
short distance above Giurrevo The
irst attempts Of the Russians to drive
this small body back into the river were
successfully withstoodj reiniorcemcp,a
were rapidly brought over from The
right to the LETT bank, until finally. 30
wv men and fifty guns were assembled on
.ne northern shore. Every effort to adj.
vance further and drive back the Rus.
slln Army, which had fallen back into an
luI'enched position, was, however re-.
pulsed the Turks Themselves bs.
Ing obliged after time to con,
,'nes intFenchments, to withstand
we y, G,G,nnieF:attNcks directed against them
EoN6le to drive back the invading force
The Russians desistCd from any fnr,hSs
active measures against Il, but. br;nSino
s'IFong ilOttlla Of gun.boats up the Dan.
aoe, 10 prevent supplies being carried
across the river into the Turkish eamn
% The lett bank, they quietly awaited
Tfvent'. The proyisions q The Tnfkisb
''fce' thus completely isOlalsd, unable 10
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advance because Of the Russian force in
front Of II, unable to retreat because Of
the lotilla which eifeetually prevented
any bridge being thrown across the river,
soon began 10 run short The weather
became cold; but there was no fuel with
which 10 kindle fires. Under these cir.
cumstances the suHerings Of the men
were very great. For some time there
was horseaesh, but II had to be eaten raw,
as even the teht.poles had been cut up and
burned. Hundreds died daily, and their
comrades had not strength to bury them.
Disease was consequently soon added to
famine, so that when finally, on the sth
ofDecember, peace was concluded, but
1000 men, who are described us being
but living skeletons with scarce sufficient
strength to stand upright, were left out
otthe 10000 who three months before
had crossed the river.
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acknowledgement
a SOMNAMBULIST'S ESCAPE.
4 BOY, While Asleep, Walks OF
IL Train That Is Under
Full Speetl,

From Dayton JournSl, Of 18th.
One Of the most remarkable among tue
record Of incidents OF narrow escapes oc-
cured near Mansfield, on the Atlantic
and Great Western road, Thursday
night. A gentleman andhis wife, named
Wakeman, passengers Gu the night ex-
press, were on their way to Lawrence,
Kansas. They were accompanied by their
only son, bright young man Of sixteen.
Ga arriving at Mansfield nothing could
be found OF the boy, who had been seen BY
his father to pass toward the end OF the
car few minutes previous. There was
a dumb and vacant air in his manner at
the time, which his father had noticed
but thought nothing Of it till aware OF his
disappearance. The yourg man had on
one or two occasions previous been
known 10 get up and walk about
in his sleep, and it was conjeCtured that
he had in this eemnambulistic con-
ditiOn walked or fallen from the
train; it had been running at the rate
Of thirty miles an hour, the night was
dark, there are many deep fills along the
road, and certain death seemed inevita.
bic under the circumstances. The mother
OF the boy was overcome with fear; his
father, in company with several men,
started out in search Of his sons remains,
They passed along the track for a number
OF miles till certain they were beyond the
spot where he must have left the car.
Nothing was 10 be seen OF him, and the
party were returning about daylight
when they discovered the object OF their
search lying within few feet Of the track.
lie was asleep, his clothes covered with
dirt and slightly torn, ando his face
scratched in several places, but on being
awakened he arose unhurt and walked
back TO Mansfield, distance ofsix miles.
The conjecture that he had walked of
the train when asleep proved correct.
The boy states that he has no recollec-
ton Of leaving the car, but was aroused
by hearing the crow OF 4 rooster from =
neighboring farmhouse. lie found him.
self lying alongside OF a fence, and with
much difficulty clambercd up the rail.
road filling to the track, where, it still
being dark, and feeling tired and stiff
in the limbs, he laid down and slept till
awaked by the searchers. Ills escape ia
the more remarkable as there is u llling
at this point with descent Of fully fifty
ieet. A board fence is at the bottom and
he broke through in striking this, and
was probably stunned by the contact
The family resumed their journey, taking
the next train, which was that Of ConduC'
tor House, who learned OF them thi.
strange escape.
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CNcNNA4r, May 2a.-Costou-Quist
but arm at l0kc. Flout--Quiet and mn,
changed. at--Easier red 81 Goal So
Corn-Dull at 4Oa52c. OatS-Firmer n
44a49c. Rye-Dull and nominal a. $50,
Barley-Quiet; good 10 prime fall 6Oa75c,
Pork-Quiet Of $l4 %. LArd-Quiei
steam exc; kettle 9Aa10c. Bulk Meats
In good demand but at lower rates,
shoulders 81 s0a5 90; short rib 81 90 spoI
and buyer May; 81 % buyer June; 81 50
buyer July; short clear 81 S7Na7 so
Bacon-Dull and unchanged. Butter
Dull and dropping, Linseed oil-Steady
and In fair demand at T0a7lc. Whisky
Quietbut steady at 81 OF.
HoGs-Fairly active and q shade higher
on packing aud shipping grades common
"a 25a4 G5; fair to good light 81 76a5 90
packing 81 s5a5 O5; butchers IS 1Oa5 20,
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oua wELLsnumG LETTER.

WELIsBURG, May 90. .
Editors lutllrcDeG:
Last night about hall past ten o'clock
t5e barn on the dairy farm Of J. G.. ia.
co., Esq., located shor: distance above
town, was discovered 10 be on fire, and
was entirely consumed. Mr.. Jas. a.
Bowman, who ia lessee Of the place, lost
considerable hay grain, and some harness,
and was very near losing valuable stall
lion, which was in the stable attached TO
the barn. When Mr.. Bowman turned
the animal loose the burning boards
had already began falling about it. Very
fortunately the wind was blowing from
the northwest. Had it been calm or
blowing from the southwest, the dwelling
house near by would have been destroy.
ed. A number Of citizens Of town and
vicinity gathered at the scense Of the con-
1agration and rendered such assistance
as was necessary to prevent the spreading
OF the flames. Mr.. Jacobs loss consists
Of the barn, fences near by and the dam
age to shruboery, etc, on the grounds
across the road from the Ere.
lgnatius Murray having taken aboard
stimulants on Friday and Saturday last
TO such an extent that he was unable to
keep the ship trim or hold her in the
channel, and the town policemen knowing
that nobody in this port was authorized
By law TO issue papers and send craft
aAoat IN manner unfit Tor sea, therefore
on Monday morning Mr.. NJ. was hailed
aud escorted TO the Mayors Office to there
make it known when and where lie re.
ceived the cargo that caused him to 90
to and fro. He had been drinking hard
cider, and took some on at Mr.. Hebrank's
and some at 3. DOnnCr's. These gentle.
men were sent for and appeared, confessed
that they hud sold hard cider not only to
Murray but to other; that an ordinance
Of the town says that 10 intoxicating
drink oi any kind or by whatever name
shall be sold without license, and it being
proven that hard cider will intoxicate,
the parties were fined one hundred dol.
lars each and coats. Five different
offences at $50 each. Pretty dear cider.
Hebrank paid his fine. Bonner said he
could not pay his, and his sentence was
changed to twenty days in the county Jail,
Snd to pay the costs OF the proceeding,
G. BIC.