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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-25

A Strangers sojourn ~ Vidncway.
MesSrS. Editors
In the deliciously dreamy inGu-
enccs Of "this eve Of autumlln $
holicst mood" SO suggestive in
natures mi;ny-colorcd rouo Of
BLESSINGS frightening as they take
their flight" melancholy pleasure
possesses ono's fancy, and brings in
rctrospection the enjoymcnts O; the
past summer. AS tho eye of an
artist loves to lingcr upon an OK
quisite painting, with its lights and
shadows, its bright and somhre
hues SO vividly contrasted, yet SO
perfectly blended into one muster
piece of perfection, SO the mind
loves to lingcr upon mcmory's
varied scenes of JOY and SORROW !;
and even with inquisitive eye seek
to raise the mystic veil of futurity,
to see how the grand panorama will
end
While mdulging in this visionary
day-drcaming,. fancy loves to pause !;
with perhaps too fond delay, at
tho pictured past of q strangers
sojourn at RidSeway 70 u sensi-
tive nature, the very fact Of being u
stranger, away from kith and kim
drcd, would cause the heart, like the
mimosa's delicate petals, to shut up
it's light and beauty at the slightest
touch of cold Indifference but,
Messrs. Editors, we do think
that even the human ntmosu
might send out its beauty
and perfume in tho genial
atmosphere of Ridgcway. A quiet
little village, where one can satisfy
tho caprices Of taste, from tho en-.
joyment of a rural walk, amid
natures picturesque and sublime
scenes and the melody of her in
imitable orchestra, to tho compan-
ionship Of kindred spirits where in
"the feast of reason and flow Of
soul, we take no note of time.
A people peculiarly gifted with
irresistibly winning courtesies; such
rs tho gift Of rare flower, a smile of
apprcciation-a dclicately implied
compliment, and all the unuttera
bly, sweet little things that thrill
the chords of the heart, and set TO
sweetest music the wond crful harp
Of our being, and yet arc as intang-
ible as
"a rainbow---a sunbeam,
A. subtle smell that spring unbinds.
Like tho sweet south
That breathes upon II bank of violets"
The young people of Ridgeway,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-25

amendment, with q few alterations
in the present law and secondly,
tho grant to tho State supcrintcnd-
ont Of a liberal salary and sufficient
travelling expenses, that he may be
able to visit every county i'll tho
State. The superintendent Of cdu-
cation is the only State officer, bc~
sides the adjutant general, whose
business should be, for tho most
part, away from the State Capital,
and yet his salary this year has been
cut down to the grade for u compc-
tent Office clerk. AS long as the
Legislature manifests niggardly
spirit in dealing with tho State
superintendent, just so long will tho
school system be inefficient, tho
schools mockery, and the children
of the State set of ignoramuscs.
From our acquaintance with the
State superintendent, wo feel as
sured that he only needs substantial
backing to make him one Of tho
most efficient public servants tho
State has ever had.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-25
TOOTH BRUSHES.

~ dozen English Tcot,, Brushes, i'm
orted to order. For sale at the Drug
Store of
DIR. w. E. AIKEN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18
Three ont .or Tnren Mundred.

New York World, July lsth.l
With $50 men IN tbe field the
Thirty-second regiment Of Brook
lyn militia managed to qualify three
narksmen at Creedmore yesterday.
With proper armory drill, preceded
by a brief effort AZ thRoreticaI in
struction, every man could qualify
at 100 and $50 yards, though the
800 yard stage might present some
difficulties, But Yhen non 90
down to whom the words "lrQnt
sight convey no meaning, who do
not know enough TO raise the ham
mer before aiming or cannot put a
cartridge into a rifle, their trials are
pretty much a waste of powder.
'Pbe orders simply mean, as at
present carried out, that each man
shall spend u day.,from business in
trying his luck at target-hripg,
enjoy a run into the country aud
PIT the State to considerable ex-
Pense, Regiment after regiment
has gone down and repeated the
farce of "aeld instruction." but for
the most brilliant examples Of how
not to do it the German Brooklyn
regimepts stand supreme, and the
Thirty-second yesterday oyertopped
them all.
The men went out by the Bush
wick line to Queens, marching
overland to 0reedmore along q
dusty road, and arriving at the
grounds hot and fatigued, and not
in condition to show to advantage
even what little shooting talent
they did possess, Colonel Rueger
commanded, Captain Vornung in
specting for theregimentand Major
Manning for the brigade staff. At
100 and 150 yards ll5 men--or less
than opelin three-were successful
in getting over the passing average.
These ll5 went to the 800 and 400
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18

anyone should be rash enough to do
so, he would have to count with her
husband, who is the protector of his
wife's honor. If, on the contrary,
the white handkerchief is not pro-
duced, the woman returns straight
to her fathers house, without again
entering her husbands dwelling.
and a divorce is pronounced. Al
though there is generally consid-
able sprinkling of women who come
forward to kneel down and put their
faces in the dust, it rarely happens
that they are not forgiven. A very
tragical case, however, is related in
which the reverse took place. A
returning Cossack was informed by
a malicious neighbor before he had
reached his home that his wife had
been unfaithful, without waiting to
see whether the guilty woman would
come forward and confess her sins.
The comrades of the Cossack per-
ceived that he had all of a sudden
taken to drink and dissipation, al
though he was not man given to
these vices. When he reached the
village, his wife, as he feared, came
forward, knelt down, and put her
face in the dust at his feet. The
spectators saw him look at her, as
she lay in the dust, for a long time.
Two or three time he put his hand
in his breast for the handkerchief,
as if he were going to cover the re-
rentant woman's head - two OF
three times the movement was re-
strained. Finally, as if driven by a
sudden impusse, he all at once drew
his shashka and with one stroke
severed her head from her BODY
The punishment for the crime was
two months imprisonment, while
the malicious neighbor who had
taken the trouble to inform him be-
forehand of his wife's misconduct,
was sentenced to Siberia for three
years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18
MEMPHIS. TENN: WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY 49, 1871

yard points, and here the dropping
off was on the most wholesale scale,
only five getting the passing average
of twenty-five in possible fifty,
as follows: Captain Schlag, 35
Sergeant Miller, 80; Drummer
Ortner, 20; Private Setback, 2S;
Private Langsdorf, ~. This
precious quintet was then carefully
escorted to the range set apart for
marksmen - 200 and 500 yards
and here but three passed the or
deal, and as the grand result of the
days endeavors Captain Schlag,
Private Setback and Drummer
0rner were declared marksmen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18

These Oossacks have some very
curious customs. They are all COM
paratiYely young men, and nearly
all married, OF course to young wives.
1t often happens, as in the present
instance, that they are away from
home during a war for one or even
three or four years, and the natural
result is that many Of the wives left
behind do net prote to be Lueretias,
The Cossacks are quite aware Of
this, and many of them, upon start
ing for home, buy a white scarf or
handkerchief, which they take with
them. Upon enterlng theip villages,
the whole population~-women girls
old men and children-come out to
meet them, including, of course, the
wives of the returning wanderers,
Nov, thlse At tho wives who have
been gnfaithfgl to their lords. Of
which there Is usually a considera-
bic sptinkling, 60 forward to their
husbands, kneel before them in tho
road, put their face in the dust, and
place their husbands foot upon
their necks. This is a confession Of
guilt, and at the same time a prayer
for forgiveness. If the husband
then covers his wife's head with the
white scarf, it means that he for
gives her, asks no questions, and OBJ
literates the past In this case no
one has a right ever to reproach the
wife with her inconsistency, and if
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at So per annum lin
advancel. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18
MEMPHIS l. llTTLE ROCK R.R.
shrOt Line to Arkaasas and Texas.
TIMEOARDi

-
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail trair, dsily...........5 80 pm. ll.39 pm.
Freight train leaves Hope -
Geld daily lex .unday)7. 80 am. 20 , m.
Passengers gciD9 on this road will take
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash;
vile aud Great SouthsSn railroad. Mail
trains mako close connection at Argenta fer
points on tha title Rock and Fart Smith
railroad and At little Rock with tte Caira
and Futon railroad fpr points IN Southwest
Arka sas and Texas
Pullman ialace Sleeping Cara on all pight
trains.
Far tick cts and information tppiy at Ticket
Offices 27s and ~ Ma n street. and at depot
foot of Washington street. or at Lolisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad dcpst,
OF TO the nRdersigned
r. A WILL SIS. Pass AT, Memphis.
M. S.JAY 4. Pod 4. Ag't. Little Rock.
w. y. SMITH, 6Ep't. Ncr phis Tenn.
I23-t
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Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

Hal p. m. Night Express Connects at Milan
for St. Louis and Chicago, at McKenzie for
Nashville. Chattanooga, Atlanta and the
Southeast, atGuthrie for HoPkinsyille, Hen
derson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North and East
lilo pm Day Express-oonnests fer St.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4.4O . m. Milan Accommodation = Daily
except Sunday
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
Vile. and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or Information, apply at Ticket
once, 2S7 MaiR, Northwest corner Madison
John T. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
p.qI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18
THE SILENT CAPTAIN,
How HtOnewall Jackson sIept-HIs
4sa singular <etfcence.

How BtOnewall Jackson SIept-His
4a. singular xetfcemce.
Col. Kyd Douglas in Philadelphia Times.l
General Jackson's troops and his
enemy's believed he never slept; the
fact is, he slept a great deal. When
ever he had nothing else to do he
went to sleep, especially in church.
| remember during the invasion of
Maryland on Sunday night he rode
three miles in an ambulance to at
tend church in Frederick, and then
fell asleep as soon as the minister
began to preach; his head fell upon
his breast, and he never awoke un-
til aroused by the organ and choir.
He could sleep anywhere and in
any position, sitting in his chair,
under fire or on horseback. On a
night march toward Richmond,
after the battles with Mcclellan, he
was riding along with his drowsy
staff, nodding and sleeping as he
went. We passed by groups Of
men sitting along the roadside, and
engaged in roasting new corn by
iires made of fencc-rais. One
group took us for cayalrymen, with
an inebriated captain, and one of
the party, delighted at the sight of
man who had found whisky
enough to be drunk, sprang up
from the fire and brandishing "a
roasting-ear in his hand leaped
down into the road, and seizing the
Generals horse, cried out, 81 say,
old fellow, where the devil did you
get your liquor?" In an instant,
as the general awoke, the fellow
saw his mistake; and then bound
ing from the road he took the fence
at Il single leap, exclaiming, "Good
God, it's old jack" and disap-
peared in the darkness. Yes, Gen.
Jackson slept a great deal, but he
was never caught mapping.
He gave to sleep many moments
which other men would have given
to conversation. He was essentially
silent man f; not morose, but quiet.
He smiled often, rarely laughed.
lie never told joke, but did not
discourage them in others, and if
one struck his peculiar fancy he
would smile in mild approval. He
did not live apart from his staff, but
liked to have them about him, and
they were nearly all very young
men. Universally polite in manner,
he encouraged the liveliest CONVEX
sation among them, although he
took little part in it. He was not
man of words; they seemed to
embarrass him. When he had ideas
he put them into action, not into
language. His military dispatches
were as brief as if studied, like the
one he sent after the defeat of Mil
roy; "God blessed our arms with
victory at Mcdowell yesterday"
lie never discussed his plans in
deed, he never told them. The next
officer under him never knew his
intention nor object, He never
volunteered his opinion to his
superioH nor asked advice of his
subordinates, He was as self-reliant
as he was silent, and believed "He
walks with speed who walks alone"
lie was reticent to fault. "If my
coat knew what intended to do,
I'd take it off and throw it away"
was ONE of his sayings. This re-
ticcnoe often lod to embarrassment
and complaint from the officer next
in command, and might have led
to disaster in case of his death: but
be evidently thought it better to
run that risk than yhe Bisk Of hay
ing his plans discovered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18

THIS is THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
i delightful purgative before the public. Is
a delicious beverage. and as pleasant and
sparkling as a glass Of soda water. Far supc-
ror TO- siokening pills. IL is held in. high re-
pute, by physicians and surgeons for the
speedy cure of constipation, biliousness.
torpid liver, dyspepsia, loss Of appetite
heartburn, collie, sour stomach, hatuency
sick headache, kidney affections, etc.
For those who lead sedentary or closely
coptined life, and become of a Constructed
habit. II acts like charm. Ii is specially
for the. masses; is put up in large
bottles and sold by al druggists at SOC. No
family, no mother. no one travelling, no close
student, no sewing-girl should fail to use it.
Sold by all Wholesale and retail druggists.
j. P, DR0MG00LE i CO., Prop'rs,
6I-xxY-I louisville. kentucky.
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MISSISSIPPI q TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.
MEMPHIS. TENN, May 10. 1871.

MhhFHIbI INN, - 1uuy To- IV'''
nN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY 18th,
~ 1917, trains will run as follows
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily $500 pm. 1880 pm
Freight and Ac'm' dation,,
daily Except Sunday ,.;6;S0a:m 6Q A m
SS-t NJ. BUkhE, Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18
PUBLIC LEDGER.

TlHE PUBLIC LEDGER Is PUBLISHED
l every afternoon Except Sunday at No.
l3 Madison street.
The PUBLIC LEDGER is served 20 city subscri-
bers by faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CENTS
Pkk WEEK, payable weekly to the carriers.
BY mail Qn. adVancel One year, IS; six
months, 81; three months, so; one month. rs
cents Postage fre-,
Newsdealers supplied at 2k cents per copy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18

SubeIluNht AucbItluuh "
Eight lines Of nonpareil, solid, constitute a
equare.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according 10 the SPACE occupied. at above
rates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducements, both as to rates OF charges and
manner of displaying their fayors.
Notices in local column inserted fer wenty
cents per line for each insertion.
:. Special notices inserted for ten cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices of deaths and marriages. twenty
cents per line.
All bills for advertising are due when con-
tracted and payable on demand
Ali letters, whether upon business or other
wise, must be addressed to
y. wHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor
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old aud young, every week. II is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class of
eOmmanltg.
We desire our business men to make note
of the above facts before completiog their
advertising arrangements for the coming
ssasoa,
We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible advOr-
tising, for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in paper, especially their
church paper. take it as guarantee of ro
sponsibiliiy. Such confidence should not be
abused when it can be helped, We want,
therefore,
The Advertising Patronage
of such business mon apd Grms as we can
recommend to our friends and the pubic
without cOmSrOai,inS the character of the
papsr.
Oar Terms shall be In Harmony
with the Business OuuOos.
Send in Your FavOrs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18

Babies are the institution and should
be guarded from the attacks OF collie,
astulence, etc by Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup.
Price 25c per bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-18

&1n day at home, Agents wanted. Out
PtS At and terms free. TRUE h CO.. 40.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-04-19
From Lake

And the same rates from New Iberia
to Lake Charles. so TBS baggage al
lowed to each seat. Copper cent. deduc-
ton on round trip to either point.
STAGE OFFzcE at Lake Charles, at j.
w. Rryan's store, corner Courthouse
Square.
July Is, 1875-y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-04-19

YiHE undersigned has opened gen.
4 eral country store at Big Woods,
Calcasieu parish. La, in the building
recently known as R- b. Saxon's store.
] will keep constantly ON hand full
supply OF Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard
ware, Boots and Shoes. Crockery, and
everything else usually found III q first
class country store !; all of which will be
sold cheap. for cash
A. B.I have no business connection
with 3. b. Saxon. and he is not author
lied to net for me in any manner.
MALACHI NJ. LYONS.
March 1, 1877.
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BILLIARDS !! BILLIARDS!
AT
JOHN DILLON3S.
On Public Square and Corner of Ward
Alley.
Lake Charles, Louisiana.

I would respectfully inform those of
my friend !, both here and at a distance,
who have aEy expectation Of getting
thirsty, that | have just received a most
complete assortment of Pure Liquors
ever imported to Lake Charles, which
] am DESTROYS of selling at wholesale
and retail at prices to justify both seller
and buyer. My wines and hrandies are
unsurpassed, and my WHISTLES 1.-THE
Simon pure Before leaving town be
sure and call around and take a parting
farewell. Lager beer, Scotch ale and
porter constantly on hand. ap4n4y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-04-19
Frauds ON the Government.
Special to the N. o. Democrat.

Special to the n. o. Democrat.
WASHINGTON, April S.-The
following are the facts in brief as
to the frauds upon the government,
to which Madison Wells and KeI-
logg were partiesin 1866, allusion
to which was made in my dis
patches last week. The suit III
the Court of Claims, in which
these Facts have been developed as
evidence, is suit for certain
emoluments of Office, being fer
part of the amount claimed as
bounty in u seizure of goods con-
demned in az attempt to detraud
the government of the payment OF
duties at New Orleans in 1866.
Certain official correspondence
develops the fact that in December,
1866, Madison Wells proposed to
the Surveyor Of the port of New
Orleans that there was I, chance to
make little money and introduced
to that officer two gentlemen,
whose object for realizing money
was to import into the United
States at the pert of New Orleans
large quantity of silks and wines,
which through the connivance Of
the officer approached, should
pass without duty.
Tt was proposed by these two
friends OF Wells that the Surveyor
should put $4,000 into the ven
ture, and, if he did not have the
money, they had friend, that is,
Wells himself, who would advance
that amount. The officer not only
declined, bnt informed Secretary
McCulloch OF the proposed fraud.
Here the matter was dropped.
This officer shortly after resigned,
and when the son of Madison
Wells, Thos. M. Wells, Naval
Officer Parker, SUI veyor, and
Kellogg, Collector of Customs had
the wines brought in the Depart
ment having been advised, as
above stated, seized and con-
demned the entire lot. II is the
suit over the Lewiston of the sums
allowed for such seizure that de-
veloped the facts above stated.
The Capital this morning
printed the following significant
paragraph, double-leaded =" We
have private advices to the effect
that the movement in favor OF
Blackburn, OF Kentucky, 70,
Speaker, has assumed large pro-
portions. While he is sustained
by the administering element Of
the late House, he.is securing the
solid South, which is sick Of the
thimble-rigging bargain that made
Hayes President. This movement
means mischief to the bargain.
BUELL..
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LOOK HERE! NEW STORE!

T have just opened new store in
i Lake Charles on Front street. north
corner of Courthouse Square, with a
new and large stock of Drya Goods,
Groceries. Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps,
Fancy Dress Goods, Notions, Hard
ware, Cutlery, Crockery Ware, etc, etc.
1 will keep everything needed in this
market, and my motto will be " Live
and let livo."
j respectfully request the public to
examine my stock and prices.
G. ?. HAMPTON.
Feb Is, 1S77-1y
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Great Reduction.

II HAVE made arrangements with
1 Patentee and Manufacturer w
enables me to fill all orders for w
Vilton's celebrated NJ
STEAM WASHER,
OR
WOMAN'S FRIEND,
AT greatly reduced rates.
Tin Washers at $6; Copper boss
at 81.
Specimens can be seen, and Org
left at the stores of Moss 4 Riddick,J
y. ". organs, Lake Charles. or q
j Elders store, or my residence
Bagdad. m. p. SMAkal1
Ragdad, Calcasieu parish La, z
TENDER p, 1876 3m
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LANGUAGES
Are practically taught BY experienced Profess
sors Persons from fifteen to fifty years OF age
attend. instruction given privately to each
student, who has separate desk 10 himself,
and is put.through atborough and systematic
course Of business transactions traqua.ify him
for the situation he intends to fill. Persons
who have neglected their education can here
speedily prepare for business of any kind. Sta.
dents from tae country can boa d in the family
of the Principal.
Y TERMs-Thirty Der cent. less than other
Commercial Colleges in this city.
Cost OF full commercial course only $780,
Average time three tt four months.
The Principal has been j, professions, teacher
in New Orleans since 1851.
For circulars, address
y. w. BLACKMAN,
yet Is NEw ORLEANS, L..
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II. s. NAIL STAGE ROUTE.
Lake Charles and New Orleans
SCHEDULE OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

Leaves New Iberia Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays, at Ga. NJ; arrives
at Lake Charles next days at p. NJ.
Leaves Lake Charles Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 a. NJ. !;
arrives at New Iberia next days at s
p. NJ.
New. light and comfortable, mail
coaches, will carry passengers at the
following rates: