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weIcome 20 Dundreary.

New York SUM-
Il. A. Sothern had a merry welcome
yesterday at the hands OF a party Of his
friends, who boarded the Nelson K. Hop.
kins at the Battery while the early morn
ing sun was dancing on the waters and
most of the world were still 10 bed. The
Adriatic had been signsled off Fire
Island at an hour which permitted the
Hopkins to proceed at a leisurely rate
down the bay, aud John 7. Raymond, of
the reception committee, to match silver
half dollars and tell good stories to his
hearts delight.
"Oh, why was | born with this mad
passion for gamblingR' he exclaimed, as
he pocketed or paid over the coins
Here, judge, on the ice for the last
timel' and so, on a block of shining ice
destined TO cool the dozens Of cham.
payne and other liquids on board, Col.
onel Sellers and his antagonist tried
heads or tails. Look perfectly pleasant
and smile naturally" Raymond said, as
he pocketed his winnings. lis there any
| other game you play better than this2'
As the Hopkins crossed the bar, the
Adriatic was seen lying just beyond, and
Raymond grew very seasick. His suffer
ings were so interspersed with humorous
sayings, that they did not excite much
sympathy at first, and T.. Grattan Riggs,
the Irish comedian, tied a bit of ham to
a string, and held it over Sellers head
amid shouts of laughter from Colonel
Buck, Horace Walls, Daniel Bixby and
all on board. Although exceedingly i'll
on the groundswell, Raymond was moved
to relate an anecdote Of Sothern and
himself, about q trip from Halifax.
They we're both very seasick and both
groauing in their berths. Sothern was
80 i'll he did not know what be wanted.
but he knew he wanted something.
Steward he gasped.
Yes, sir
Bring me-Oh-it is round ard vel
low"
What is it, sir2"
"It's-oh-it has a thick skin-and-
oh"
rs it an orange, sir2'
IAN Granger No-oh-its-oh-r'
"a banana, sir2'
mo, | tell you; it's sour and"
Perhaps it's a lemon, sir2'
"a lem-ot course. Quick, for heav
ems sake. Why didn't you say lemon
beiore2
At that moment Judge Stanton, I,
whom Raymond went to school when
boy, administered him a glass of wOru
water, with a dash oil mustard in it, an,
for a few moments no sound was hearC
save the soft splash of the waves.
When the Hopkins came alongside th.
Adriatio, Sothern was seen standing OIL
deck in a dark blue suit, a black hat o
his silver blond hair. As he is nea
sighted, and the affair was a complet
surprise, be did not recognize the new
comers OF once, but shouts of "0h, Nedl
secured his attention, Captains John
son and James Boyle stood at his elbow
and there was a lively exchange Of salt
t%ations. On it being explained that the
could not oross the bar, Raymond shouI
ed out, I'VE have had no difficulty i
crossing our barl'-a sally which clio
tied great laughter. Sothern's healtl
was proposed and drunk with enthusi
asm, although it struck him as 20 rattle
one-sided arrangement A bottle 0
champagne was, however, produced, an
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A widow $1,000 shors.

DECHERD, IERN., July y. 1878.
To the Editor of the Cincinnati EnSuirer:
In the Nashville American of july
10Th there is q paragraph copied from
the Enquirer Of the 29lh, headed: THE
rich Tennessee widow who married the
Newport tramp" Now this paragraph,
though in the main correct, neverthe-
less contains a statement which startles
me; that is this, that the widow is worth
in the neighborhood of 500, 900. l
know not your Newport correspondent,
nor where be got his information. | very
we'll know that while in Newport /
never said anything to anyone that was
calculated to make that impression.
AS | fear that this mistake will bring
a psfect food of emigrants Of a certain
clssa upon US, and as we are already
overrun with them, l hasten to say that
the aforesaid widow is not worth $780,
600 by at least $95, 900.
L wish also to say 10 those gentlemen
that we have no more of even Gve.thou-
sand dollar widows to dispose of at such
o rate. Respectfully, C. T. BLAIR.
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THE CITY.
MEMPHIS
Thursday Evening, Aug. i, 1878.
LEDGER LINES.

Have you voted2
How did you voteP
The weather is hot.
North Carolina has an election to-
day.
Much interest is manifested in the
Democratic ticket.
The election is quiet. The Demo.
cratic ticket is ahead.
To.morrow's returns will show q tri-
umph for the Democratic party.
The election is almost over. Let all
personal animosity be forgotten.
The indications are that the full Dem.
ocratic ticket will be elected by q hand.
some majority.
The subscription of merchants and
business men generally to the sanitary
fund amounts to S., geo.
Why is it that some OF the speakers at
yesterdays sanitary meeting failed to
subscribe anything to the fund.-
The residence Of Mr.. H. Esch, 225
Madison street, was burglarized last
night. he lost a watch and a heavy
gold locket containing miniature photo.
graphs.
The next session Of the general con
ference of the Colored Methodist Epis
c>pal Church of America will meet al
Jackson, Tenn the first Wednesday
(7tb) of August.
Major Mike Wsldron returned from
New Orleans yesterday, and reports tbs
yellow fever as epidemic in that city
There is serious talk Of %quarantininG
Major Waldron.
Some Of the over Jealous delinquent
taxpayers are anxious to rob the How
ard Association of the sacred fund re
served for the care and the cure of tn,
poor and the destitute.
The city council Of Cairo have quaran
tined that city against all boats from be
low that point, and not only forbid tn,
entrance of fever patients, but all balet
goods likely to convey injection.
The Daughters Of Zion picnic an,
iestivilate at the Exposition building to
day. The escort for the occasion is CON
posed of the Mcclellan Guards, uude
command Of Captain Jim Glass.
Two men in a canoe we're capsizeI
above the mouth Of Wolf river yesterda.
afternoon by the waves of the transfe
steamer General Pierson. They wer
rescued by men belonging to the Goa
feet.
Memphis Avalanche: THE LEDGER
abuse IA party organs abuse) Of tn
} Irish is no, forgotten" The LEDGER
abuse a party organs abuse) Of Franci
, Thompson and all the Radical robberI
B adventurers and thieves is net forgotten
4 The latest news from Samuel Irwin
/ treasurer Of Coahoma county, Misc, VIII
wai badly shot last Friday by a colore
. man, ia to the effect that be was yer
low. His recovery was regarded as yer
doubtful. The trouble between the tw
originated in a settlement for wages d.
. the color,d man. After the shooting Il
latter escaped and has not since bee
heard from. Samuel Irvine is u son
f. w. Irvine of this city.
: Fur companies of United Stat,
troops, recently quartered at the ba
racSs below New Orleans, arrived
s Holly Springs, Miss, yesterday, al
went into camp there. But eight INT
were left at New Orleans 10 care for n
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Personal.

Richard Meister has returned from an
extensive trip through Georgia.
Major Sease, the efficient custom.
house architect and superintendent, has
returned from the North.
Captain James G. Fleming, formerly
of this city, but now assistant State treas
urer at Nashville, is in the city, the guest
of friends.
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Mrs. Lucy Hooper says in the August
Lippincott' that the empress Eugene,
the most graceful of women, has not
learned the art Of growing old graceful
ly." Now past fifty, with her whiten-
hairs she might have worthily worn the
triple dignity of her widOwhood, her ma
teruily, and her misfortune, She has
chosen, instead, with a weakness unwor.
thy Of The part that she has played on
the wide stage Of contemporary h~islory,to
clutch vainly after the hesting shadows
Of her vanished charms. A head loaded
with false yellow hair, a face covered
with paint and powder, a mincing gait,
and the airs and graces OF an anliquat-
ed coquette, such TO day is she who was
once the worlds wonder for her lowell
ness and grace"
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OLIVER, FINNIE eco

government property. The presence Of
yellow fever caused the soldiers to move.
A sleeping coach from this city was en-.
gagged last night by telegraph for persons
passing over the New Orleans and Jack.
son road toward Virginia.
The following is the vote polled al
one o'clock; lst ward, 456; "a, $50; Sd
AS 4th, 554; 9th, 700; 9Th, 4s2; 7tb.
475i 9Th, 6l2; 9th, $50; 10th, 779. Sew.
eral arrests were made for illegal voting
Alexander Perry, of the Bluff City
Boating Club, has challenged Charles
Hunter, Of the Excelsior Club, or any
member Of that club, to pull against him
in a race on the river in front of the city
Sunday week. The challenge has beer
accepted, and the iorfeitures are up.
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diplomacy.

saySs French paper: Diplomacy is
at snce an art, q science, a Grade and a
religion; only it is an art which only ad.
mits the diletanti, a science that attracts
but amsteurs, a trade engaged in merely
by the idle, and a religion whose devo.
tees are all skeptics. As in war, love
and gambling, the first thing requisite in
diplomacy is luch; eleverness is merely
a merit. A diplomast should always be
selfposssSsed, without ever belonging to
himself Dealing with women may be
useful to him, if be deals with them az
they do at stores, pricing everything and
buying nothing. Nearly every woman
is a born %diplomast; very rarely does she
become a politician. Diplematists do
not by any means abhor truth, but they
prefer it as the Turk does his wives
hidden away or yelled. The best way
not to give yourself away to anybody is
to lavish yourself upon everybody. Di.
plomaey resembles somewhat the thea
tire, in that, not requiring a person to
line, it grants him a dispensation from
growing old. II must have been a woman
that called dIplomatists REFUSES who that
they are oraoles.'
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For families visiting Philadelphia, no
more cozy, home-like quarters, combined
with excellent service, un%exceptional
cuisine, aud moderate prices can be
found than at the Colonnade Hotel on
Chestnut street. st.th
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Five cents worth of char.
coal per day will run a char.
coal furnace as well rs Mrs. M.
j. McCuIlOugh's Self.cOndens.
ing Steam and Hot Air Cook.
er, cooking four different
kinds Of food over one hole OF
the furnace at the same time.
f. J. ~TURNBULL,
lat Sole Ag'f, 234 Main st.
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CARBOLIo acid-a perfect disipfectant
in all forms-for sale cheap, at G. W.
Jones & Co.'s, 257 Main st. l42
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In the LEDGER job Office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display of any job Of printing, 1887
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LOTTERY.

A RPE.ERDID OPPORTUNITY Cu
n WIN A FORTUNEl-Eighth Crane
Distribution, 1878, at New Orleans, tuesday,
August 18th.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY 60,
This institution was regularly incorporated
By the Legislature OF the State for Eluca-
tional and Charitable purposes in 1858. with a
Capital Of 81, 100000, to which II has since
added a reserve fund Of 1856, Geo. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTION will
take place monthly on the second Tues
day. IT NEVER sCALEs OR P0sTP0NEs. Look
at the following Distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
400. 900 Tickets at 2 DOIIRrs Each.
Half Tickets One Dollar.
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Gen. Gusts Lee has not resigned the
presidency Of Washington Lee Universe.
ty, as has been reported, but has been
given q years leave Of absence by the
trustees on account of bad health.
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PERSONAL.
CHOLERA

DR.. Grasty's Cholera AntidOte.
nHIS remedy is worth its weight in gold.
No one preparation has performed such
miraculous cures as this in times Of Cholera.
For Cramps, Cholera Morbus, Vomiting and
Purging IL has no equal. and as an external
remedy in Neuralgia, Rheuma ism. Bruises
and SwelIings, it is superior to all others.
Price 81. ID. +. GOODYEAR, l67 Main st.
10 xviii X
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Ladies who have pale compilations,
blotches and pimples on the face, rough
skin, or Greckles, should use DR.. Bulls
Blood Mixture,
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EDUCATIONAL
Tenn. University

THREE Colleges. Nine professors. Tuition
FREE TO ALL In Preparatory Department,
$40 a year; tn State students, FREE. About
hall rates to all on Tennessee railroads; or
some, needy State students pass FREE. Board
fuel, liVht. washing, room-rent. etc., Sl2S a
year, Fall session opens September 18th. Fol
catalogues. address TH0S. W. HUMES, Pres
ident. Knoxville, Tenn. l29-l54
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Gilmore Is evidently Apr seiaied IN
France. The Paris papcrs speak q HE
military music In tn, highest terms.
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1857 Prizes. amounting to..".~......-.SllO,4O guy
Responsible corresponding agents wanted NJ
pensation will be paid.
Application for rates to clubs should only be
made to the Home Office in New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating iull address, for FUR
Their information or send orders to
HHEtU HL NJ. A. DAUPHIN,-
p. o. Box 500, New Orleans. La.
Or No. 6 West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and management oi
Generals q. 7. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL
A. EARLY. ll3-l36-wks
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JOhn Walsh, Undertaken,
S4l Second ST., next postoRce. l44t
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Peabody Billiard Room,
Flrst.class in every respect,
Md Cook, Proprietor. Ait
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WAATEp.
FOR LEASE.

HNHE Gilbert Fruit and Vegetable Farm, on
i Rayburn avenue; % acres. nearly 1000
fruit trees, about 5 acres in grapes, 2 acres in
strawberries and raspberries, q acre in aspar-
agus. Land in high state of cultivation; large
residence, and outhouses Of every sort. Farm
sirable tenant for o Q or moie years. See
Mrs. Nancy Gilbert on the place, or
L. B. MCFARLAND, ATTORNEY,
Isl. 1876 No. % Madison street.
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LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co

APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
Approximation PRICES OF sg-~""''2' s sSS
9 M.-Y,,... 800
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Ben Butler as a Lover.

Chicago Times-]
Ben Butler commenced his career
as a diplomat and an artful dodger at
an early age. While attending col
lege at Waterville, Me-, he become en-
gagged to an estimable young lady there,
but desiring for some reason, to sever
the engagement, the prospective re
former adopted a novel plan to ac-
complish his purpose. The family of
the young lady were prominent in the
temperance cause; sternly arrayed
against the flowing bowl. Wishing to
shock their sensibilities in the highest
degree, Ben INDUCED in a bogus but
glorious drunk, staggering around
town in the most rowdy-like fashion,
and conducting himself generally in a
manner that made the veritable and
most accomplished hummer envious.
He finally rolled an inoffensive citizen
into a ditch and was promptly waltzed
off to a calaboose. He chuckled hear
tily over his strategy counting his dis
grace as nothing His affianced was
overwhelmed by his downfall and dis
patched a note to him releasing him
from his engagement, her father re-
quested him to never darken their
doorway again. Ben, appropriately
called the ''Beast," was jubIant, and
glecfully paying his fine, emerged
from the police court ith proud and
victorious tread, as a free man prcpar-
ed to browse in pastures new. This
true story Ben gloated over TO a col
Iege classmate, from whom it come to
the Times correspondent: The fortu-
mace young lady afterward married
happily, and to this day reeoils when
she thinks Of her narrow escape.
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A Terrible Disease.

The desire for office among every
class is bad omen for the prosperity
of this country, and indicates more
clearly than anything else the destitute
condition that many are in. One
cause of this destitntion no doubt is
the stringency in the money market,
but another and greater cause is that
the present race are, to a great extent,
worthless and improvident set, who
spurn to live by the sweat of their
brow, as nature intended they should.
Of course this evil is not local, but it
extends throughout the whole country,
and for this reason is more to be re-
GREETED. Whoever hears of an office
seeking the man now, but on the con-
trary the man seeks the office with q
will that is to be admired, though it is
to be regretted. The worst feature
about this matter is, that we can see
but little prospect for change; we
are going rapidly down the decline,
but yet we can find no breaks to put
on the wheels. Public opinion once
had control, but even that has lost
power ON account of having become
dcteriorated and poisoned by the in
fected atmosphere surrounding us.
These are no idle words, but they are
notes of warning. The disease is al
ready fastened upon the whole country
and must be shaken off or it will as
sumo a chronic form, and defy the
pruning knife. The mechanic and
working man must have higher sta
ton in life; he must be made to be-
lieve by actual experience that he with
his horny hands is far more respected
than the majority of those who have
their gloved hands in the public crib.
The desire fer Office, or in other
words, the desire to make living with
out labor, must be frowned down,
while industry must be encouraged.
The mechanics and laboring men
among us must be patronized and re-
spected; they should meet with a
kindly smile and an encouraging word
from every well-wisher of his coun-
try, and all may yet be well.
/
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DON'T STAND on THE TRACK.

A thought strikes my soul with feeling of
awe.
That life is a railway, whose engine is law,
Which knoweth no rest and never turns
back,
While it sbrieks out its warming Dent
stand on the trsck''
There are laws for the body, and laws for
the soul,
by yielding obedience their force we con-
troll;
They know no exemption for white or for
black,
Then hark to the warning stand on
the Track
The iron-horse, Progress, forever rolls on,
Old systems die and new ones are born;
We must go with the engine that never
turns back,
Or else heed the warning-Don't staad on the
Track
Young man Keep awake on the journey
4OuT pdliaN with tSAAlDAS 10
rife;
The speed of the iron-horse never grows
slack
For the the love of your life, dent stand on
the track!
shun the fumes of the cup as the rattle
snakes breath
You are playing with fire that will burn
you to death;
Yield not to temptation, though fierce its
attack,
Remember the warning-don't stand on the
track
With eyenever closing, your watch you
must keep,
For your passions are often, like wild beasts
asleep;
Sin takes from the soul what it never brings
For the sweet hope of heaven-dOnt stand on
the track!
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0 side as easily as if he had been a
child, while the fore-finger and thumb
of the left hand grasped her own throat,
ready to extinguish her life if she at
tempted to raise an alarm. His face
was pale and deathlike, his eyes start
ed, but were motionless, and every
word he uttered seemed to issue from
the very depths of his soul. The cap
tain's looks were terrible beyond de-
scription-death left the impress of
ferocity upon his darkened features
How the maniac entered or left the
room she never knew; his departure
Nasas noiseless as his enterance. So
s.ral5zed was she with fear, that an
lnour elasped before she could muster
courage to call for help; but she thank
ed God, when the captains cruel char
acter became generally known ashore,
that she had been rescued from his al
lance.
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MRS. SENATOR BRUCE.
Washington Society Agitated Concern
ing Her Expected Debut.

Washington Correspondence Chicago Inter-ocean.l
Senator Bruce who has been trav-
elling in Europe with his bride since
his marriage, in June, Is expected to
arrive here soon, and has engaged a
handsome residence on Capitol Hill for
the remainder of his Senatorial term,
which expires on the 4th OF March,
1881. There is some social agitation
here with regard to the manner in
which Mrs. Bruce will be received by
the swells of Washington. She is of
fine personal appearance, an octa-oon.
She was a school-teacher in Cleveland
hut her husband has sufficient wealth
tQ CRAFTY any taste she may have IN
the way of personal adornment, and
it is whispered that q wardrobe pur-
chased by her in Europe would be
priced by any Of our bellies. 1t is a
requirement of official etiquette here,
that all the Cabinet ladies, and the
wives of Congressman, shall make the
first call upon a Senator'S wife, and
the wives Of the older Senators always
make the approach to an acquaintance
with the wives of new Senators: Mrs.
Bruce viii experience no emharrass-
ment from the treatment she will re-
ceive from Mrs. Evarts, Mrs. Sher-
man and the other Cabinet ladies, and
Mrs. Hayes intends to make Mrs.
Bruce at home at once by her cordial
greeting 1t is said that Mrs. Bruce
will be invited to attend Mrs. Hayes
at the first Presidential reception The
only eolorad Senators wife who ever
attempted an entrance to Washington
society was Mrs. Pinchback, six years
ago, and being both beautiful and ac-
complished, she was not only treated
with civility, but was made quite a
lioness. 1t may be that Mrs Bruce
will receive similar treatment.
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children Never Live Long.

When they are not carried away in
the silent grave, they become trans
formed so rapidly that we lose them in
another way. The atheletic young
collegian, the graceful belle Of society,
may make proud the parental heart,
but can they quite console it for the
eternal loss of the little beings who
plagued and enlivened the early years
of marriage A father may sometimes
feel legitimate and reasonable melan-
ch0ly as he contemplates the most
promising of little daughters, full of
vivacity and healtL. How long will the
child remain to him. She viii be al
tered in six months, in six years she
viii be succeeded by a totally different
creature-a creature new In flesh and
and blood and bone, thinking other
thoughts and speaking other language.
There is a sadness even in that change,
which isincrease and progression, for
the glory of MONDAY has destroyed the
sweet delieaey q the dewy Aurora,
and the wealth Of summer has obliteF.
ated the freshness of the spring.