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The New York herald., 1878-12-02

Naughterl. II is sham, falsehood, and vet how
many those who talk so!
There is more OF God upstairs. il you will only 90
after it, said Mr. Beecher in the came connection. II
Jacob had only much Of God he felt when
he laid his head upon the pile of he would have
been brute; but he saw steps leading up Now. you
must 90 up If you would know God truly, and as you
do so God will go up with you The theoogies of old
were admirable things in their time. but in our time
feel that we are standing the of great dis
closures l believe having much torn away
from round about which we could i'll afford to
keep, although many men crying over 1t as they
cried OF odd that their gods stolen away from
them. But l see how men are growing up IN
breadth of conception and depth Of sentiment, and.
above all cannot but the surface that Is begin
ming to be polished until it reflect like very
mirror the image of God; and if the waves from the
Great Heart beginning to flow in and II in us
there are corresponding sentiments, who can tell
what will be in the days that are to come?
The New York herald., 1878-12-02

CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27


A VERY malicious story, said to have
originated in Louisville, was started out
from Washington the other day, to the
effect that Speaker Randall was at a din.
ner party ia Washington on the night
when President Lincoln was murdered;
that one Of the persons at said dinner
party had in bis pocket a statement from
Wilkes Booth concerning the conspiracy
that Mr.. Randall advised it's destruction
and that it was burned with a great deal
OF caution in q room with locked doors.
The story was told with minute particu.
lhrity Of circumstances, names, time ard
place. It had one other conspicuous
featnre-thers was no truth 10 it what.
ever. Mr.. Randall did not dine with the
persons named on that occasion, or any
other be vas not in Washington at all
81 the date mentioned, bat was in Rich.
mond 81 the time on business relating TO
bis fathers property. The false story,
however, has started on its way-the
truth has already caught Up to It in some
places, bat it never will ia Others, and 1t
will be made 10 do the duty for which Il
was fsbhcsted for many . day to come
10 places and among people where such
5~sssiess stories are quite as good as the
truth.
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day Of them. Then they dig a hole and
build a fire in it. After it is thoroughly
heated the roots are put in and baked
and when they are taken out they are
very sweet and nice. This root ia their
main source of food supply.
RI don't see what the whites want
with such q swamp as that2
Gen. CT suppose it would be a
splendid place to fstten hogs. / do not
wonder, and you will not either, that.
when these Innisns see their wives and
children starving and their last source
of supply cut off, that they 60 to war.
And then we are sent u there to kill
them. 1t is an outrage.
R.-Wouldi it notbe a good thing to
adopt some means to bring these facts
before the American pesple2
Gen. Glow can it be done? You
and know these facts, but if we tell it
to the people back East, then these men
on the frontier who have an interest in
things remaining as they are, come and
tell it differently, and they have an in.
%sinuating way about them.
R.-lt seems to me it would be cheaper
to treat the Indian justly.
Gen. C.-0f course it would be
cheaper. All the tribes tell the same
story. They are surrounded on all sides,
the game is destroyed or driven away,
they are left TO starve, and there remains
but one thing for them to do-6ght while
they can. Some people think the Indi.
n do not understand these things, but
they do, and fully appreciate the circum.
stances in which they ere placed. Our
treatment Of the Indian is an outrage.
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ACKLRN n ROSSER.
The Latess ys.:Io3 Of .hsir Affair

- AoNL -
With reference to the affair between
Representative Acklen, of Louisiana,
and Mrs. Godfrey. sister.inlaw Of Hon.
b. A.. Willie, CT New York. the Post
contains a lengthy article, OF which the
following portion embraces a fact not
heretofore made public. Mr.. Aoklen
that night and the next morning was
quite plaeidly in attendance upon con-
gress. AIAN
The next day Me-. Aeklen and the
scandalized lady we're seen in a CARR.
age together, and on Thursday night,
when be left for home, 1t is asserted on
the best authority, that the lady, with
two other persons, accompanied him in
the same hack to the depot at a late
hour Of the night. On the other hand,
Acklen's friends claim that, being re-
pnted to be very rich aud lavish in his
expenditures Of money. he has been
made the victim of a carefully planned
design, and, unfortunately, through Gen.
Rossers Incorporate zeal and garrulous.
ness, has been put at q terrible disad-
vantage.
That there are facts not yet brought to
light, aud which may never be made pub
lie, that viii materially aid in turning the
tide Of sympathy in a different direction
is undoubtedly true. In the FIRST place,
it is not probable that a man weighing
not more than 40 pounds, which is prob.
ably in excess of Acklen's weight, cosld
successfully assail q woman Of q much
stronger physique and in robust health.
10 the next place there can be no doubt
that the two have been most amicably
associated together since the Tuesday
night of the occurrence, Acklen has
probably arrived at New Orleans by this
time, and will doubtless make his state
ments in the papers there. He is q
young man Of fair abilities andattractive
personal appearance 1t is a mistake TO
say be is foppish, It would be nearer
the truth to say he is always elegantly
dressed.
He is not a stranger to the duello, hav- |
Jog brought down his man on the san
culinary field, and having, besides acting
as principal, been engaged in q number
OF dnels as accessory. He is also re-.
ported TO be a crack shot. General Ros.
ger is also a game man, of powerful mold
and undoubted staying qualities. Acklen
could easily mark out two men of his
own size on Rosser's rotundity.
A statement by the friends of Acklen
follows this, which c~ontradiets the recent
mention Of a Sensational aud unwar.
ranted character" as to his behavior to
a lady, and says that his version of tie
affair is entirely corrobOrated by the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

a DEsPtTcH from the United State
c9sul a Genoa indicates that important
results are likely 70 Roz from TIE recent
efforts Of Philadslphis coal company
to introduce American anthracite coal
into the non coal producing regions Of
sogibern Europs. Two csrgoes have
besl received during the past quarter,
and the experiment, which at first threat
enea failure, has proved q gratifying suc.
cess. Wnen 6rst put on The market the
highest bid was bat q francs 81 81 per
ton, 40 amount insufficient 70 cover
irsightage from New York. On lie be.
coming known bsi the coal was veil
adapted Tor smelling purposes, the price
aiones advanced 70 20 irsncs 81 ~ per
.on' which covers cost and f%rsigh,s, and
leaves q fair margin for profits. Hereto.
lore English coke, selling at 60 francs
wi oo) per ton has been alnos. exclu.
siVely used By Italian iron founders; out
80 American anthracite. on trial. yislds
equally good results, Il not better. there
is no reason why it should not command
the market. Over 100000 tons Of Eog.
lish coke are annually consumed in he
hediterranean basin For tbis trade
American anthracite bids fair TO become
q successful competitor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

HENRY WATTERsoNs recent and re.
markably late circular regarding Con.
gresham Hewitt, of New York, has not
done any good for its wild author, whose
previous views regarding Mr.. Tilden's
subsequent ~utterances relative to Mr..
Hayes, are anything but assurance of a
well balanced mind. Mr.. Wattersou has
acted strange enough 10 keeping to him.
self the great secret Of Hewitt's alleged
betrayal of Tilden. Why be has not
spoken before, and why he has spoken
at last, may be seen from the reply Of
Mr.. Hewitt who, among other things, re.
marks:
II seems proper for me to say that ever
since / refused to listen to Mr.. Waiter
sons insane and ridiculous proposition
to call out 100, 900 men in order to
put Mr.. Tilden into the White House, be
has never ceased to misrepresent my
declarations, purposes and actions with
a malignity which be scarcely seeks to
disguise. Hitherto | have been silent,
because bis statements have been too
vague to require denial
Mr.. Hewitt's parting shot is that
"WAtterson appears to have become
utterly reckless il his blind rage at hay.
ing been objected to as a ct auditor at a
caucus whereby secrecy was required.
My objection wa based upon expert
ence." This refers TO the exclusion of
Mr.. Watte.son from a recent Demo.
cratic congressional caucus, at the in.
stance of Mr.. Hewitt. Mr.. Watterson
reply suggests a high joint commits
sion to investigate whether he stretched
the truth about Hewitt, and says il a
case is made cut he will apologize.
This, says the Pittsburg Post, is a great
concession for a Kentucky gentleman,
be CAD"
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Crook on tho Indian Question.

Gen. Crook on the Indian Question.
Omaha Herald, June 1871
A Herald representative called upon
General Crook at the headquarters of
the Department Of the Platte yesterday.
Reporter-What Indians are engaged
in the late uprising2
General Orook-The Bannocks, Piutes
and some Of the S~hoshones.
R.-Wbat has caused it2
Gen. Cit is a general complaint of
a want Of supplies.
R-Wby have not the supplies been
furnished2
Gen. CT don't know. The agents
say the appropriations have been ex.
hausted.
RI saw it stated that some of the
supplies have been lying at a point out
there all winter, aud had not been dis.
tributed. Is that a fact?
Gen. CT saw the same state ment.
and 1t is doubtless true, although | do
not know.
R-These Indians have hitherto been
friendly. have they not2
Gen. C-Yss, | believe so.
R.-It is rather hard that men and
officers should have to be sent out there
to be killed by the Indians, when all the
trouble has been brought about by thiey.
ing agents.
Gen. C.-That is not the hardest thing,
A harder thing is to be forced to kill the
Indians when they are clearly ia the
right.
R-The bill to turn the Indians over
to the war department has been killed?
Gen. C-Yes, | believe so.
RI understand that the army off.
GERS we're not in favor Of it. What was
the reason of thal2
Gen. Cit would entail a great deal
OF work and a vast deal Of responsibility,
Tor which they would get no pay, aud
there are very few people who like to
work for nothing, out Of pure patriotism.
R.-There is much serious a%pprehen.
sion 10 regard TO trouble with the In.
dians2
Gen. C.-There are good grounds for
1t. As long as the muzzle.loading arms
we're in use we had the advantage of
them, and twenty men could whip a hum
dredi but since the breech-loaders came
into use it is entirely different; these
they "a load on horseback, and now
they are a match for any man. In 70.
gard to the Bannocks, | was up there
last spring and found them 10 a desper.
ate condition. / telegraphed, RAd the
agent telegrapbed for supplies, but word
came that no appropriation bad been
made. They have never been half sup
piled. The agent has sent them off for
half a year, to enable them 10 pick up
something to live on, but there is moth
ing for them in that country. The buf,
falo is all gone, and an Indian cant
catch enough jack.rabbits TO subsist him.
self and family, and then there isn't
enough j~ack-rabbits to catch. What are
they to do2 Starvation is staring them
in the face, and if they wait much longer
they will not be able to fight They nm.
derstand the situation, and fully appre.
ciate what is before them.
RI was told the other day that the
en%croaehment upon the Camas prairies
was the cause Of the trouble.
Gen. C.-Soit is. Those p~rairies are
their last resources Of subsistence. They
are covered with water from April TO
June or July, and there is a sort Of root
which grows is .ss=: 5ader the water
which is very much like a sweet potato.
A squaw can gather several buehels o
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TELEGRAPHIC
t E UP TO Pm. TO-DAY

MADRID, June 27.-The announce
ment of the death of the Queen of Spain
has been received with profound sorrow
and sympathy throughout Europe. The
feeling in Spain almost approaches con.
sternation. Hopes we're raised at the
crisis Of the disease that the vigorous
constitution of the queen might triumph
owe the complication Of maladies, but
her condition a made doubly perilous
by the fact that she was expected to be.
come a mother before the end OF the
year. The queen died about noon, in the
arms OF the king, and surrounded by the
royal family. The remains will lie in
state to-day and be conveyed to the
royal mausoleum at Escurial on Friday.
The president of the medical faculty of
the royal palace, in a bulletin annouuc.
ing to the president of the council of
ministers the death of the queen, at
tributes the painful event to nervous
gastric fever, accompanied by u severe
internal hemorrhags.
LONDON, June 27.-The bullion in the
Bank of England decreased 9lOO, 900
during the past week. The proportion
of reserve to liability is sc per cent.
The discount rate has been increased 10
3 per cent. The outflow of geld from
the bank Of England for Paris, which,
the week ending yesterday,
amounted to nearly { 1000, 900. caused
the rates of discount in the open market
to work up to within a fraction of the
Official charge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

Az analysis of appropriation legisls-
ton at the late session of congress, made
By Chairman Atkins, of the sppropria-
ton committee, makes q better showing
than many expected. The department
estimates for all bills amounted to Sl7O,.
226,348 81; the bills az they passed the
house appropriated Sl45, 1893, lob O5, and
as they finally passed both houses they
appropriated $l58. 313,493 q, which is,
therefore, the smoun appropriated for
the next fiscal year. It will be noticed
thatthe house reduced the appropriation
$30,453.245 26 below the department
estimates, and that the senate forced an
increase Of $l2. COG. 800 %, which would.
have been increased much more but for
the obstinacy Of the house conferees.
This compares with the mounts sppro-
priated for the fiscal year ending 1876,
or the last appropriation Of the Rspub-
lican congress, and last years sppropri.
atoms By a Democratic house, as fol.
lows:
1870 lhepublicanl ......... ..... ,.....elT 80, 6S7 81
us democratic hOuse)....-... l53 COS. 66l 23
bD democrats house, .......... L8, 373.493 n
From this it will be seen that this rear
s. 7648ll.99 more is appropriated than
last year, but in justice to Mr.. Atkins it
should be stated that $l2, 295 900 OF this
years appropriation is in the nature Of
extraordinary appropriations, to.wit:
So 100000 for payment Of the fisheries
award $4,l50,0OO OF the river and har.
Dor bill, which is chargsable 10 last year;
$3.50. 900 Of the pension bill, which comes
from the restoration Of the pension act
Of March Q, 1877, and 81, 1875. 900 Of the
amount appropriated for public buildings
10 excess Of last years appropriation.
Deducting these smouuts, aud the ordi-
nary appropriations for the year sum up
oRly SAG .O93. 493 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

For more than $3.50, OOO, 900, appro
priated by congress for the navy during
the era Of Grantism, there is nothing
now to show but some forty vessels of
an iDferier class, ard most of them
wholly worthless for offensive or defen-
sive warfare. Included in this number
are the eight sloops of war built four
years ago, only one Of which has the
least value as a public vessel. With
this exception, they are all shoddy ships,
and we're constructed with reference to
jobbery. So, too, of the ironclads like
the Puritan, five Of which, when com
pleted, will have cost 81, OOO, 900 each,
and then be unable to contend agaiDs.
vessels Of a corresponding class in any
Of the great n%aVies, which did not cost a
sixth part Of this immense sum.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

Ok the Pennsylvania railroad. nesr
Altoona, there is a long line Of ghsstly
looking locomotives, the painted wrecks
ef engines damaged. but not completely
destroyed, during the riots Of last sum
mer. Standing there in full view Of the
numerous employees Of the company who
pass and repsss, or live in Altoona, they
should serve as warnings Of last year +,
midsummer folly, when working men
gave idlers aud thieves an opportunity
to rob and riot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27
A Government RarIroad pnvo.n

The creation of a new bureau in the
interior department, the chief of which
will receive a higher salary than any
other officer Of that department, the sec.
rotary alone excepted, and the appoint.
meHt and confirmation of Theopbilus
French, of Ohio, to be chief of the bu.
reau, have ~sstonisbed aud COMPOUNDED
not 9 few expsctant office seekers who
have been on the qui viye for lucrative
positions. The bill creating the railroad
bureau Was introduced 10 the senate by
Judge Thurman and passed June 9th.
and went through the house during the
closing hours OF the late session. The
head OF the bureau will be officially
kaown as the auditor Of railroad &C.
counts, and will receive q salary OF
$4,000 per snnum. His staff will be one
book.keeper at $2400, one assistant book.
keeper at $1,000, one clerk at Sl40O and
n eopyist at 5000. The duties of
the auditor, under the direction of the
secretary Of the interior, will be to pre-.
scribe a system Of reportsdo be rendered
TO the bureau by subsidized and land
grant railroads whose roads are in whola
or in part west, north or south Of the
Missouri river; to examine the book and
accounts Of said railroads once a year.
and at such other times as may be
deemed necessary, to verify their reports;
10 assist the government directors in oil
matters that come under their cogni.
zance when requested to do so; to see
that the laws relating to said railroad
companies are enforced; to furnish such
information 70 the several departments
Of the government in regard to tariffs
for freight and passengers as may be re.
quired or deemed expedieut, and to rem.
der a report TO the secretary CT the in.
terror or the accounts, sif4irs, condition,
etc, Of said railroads for each fiscal
year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

Pat MeCarty, who lives 10 Anderson
county, about four miles from Lawrence.
burg, was a badly scared Irishman. He
was sitting on his porch one day last
week, when his little child, about fifteen
months old, eraWled out 10 a rose bush.
and bending down appeared to be intent
upon some object underneath it. He
called the child several times, but il made
no response, and did not move. This so
astouished him that be went to the bush,
and pesring under, saw the child's face
within two inches Of the head Of an en-.
ormous snake, which was coiled about
the root. he seized the little one and
ran with il into the house. II appeared
perfectly helpless, ard Pat was 90 fright.
ened that be was al1ost as helpless as
the child. Upon returning 10 the bush,
which was the rose known as the sweet.
briar or Wild eglaotine, and which graw
low to The ground, the snake had disap-
peared. To avoid q recurrence, how.
ever, Pat grubbed up the bush and
turned his hogs in the yard. He is now
9 firm believer in the power Of the SER
pent."
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SHELBY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
TICKET.

FoR SHERIFF.
G. L. ANDERSON.
For PRoBl ATE CoURr JUDGE.
j. K. R. RAY.
FoR County TRUSTEE.
j.. J. RAWLINGS.
For CHANCKRY Court JUDeE.
GEORGE W. WINCHESTER.
For CIRcUIT CoURr JUDGE.
r. B. HUTCHINSON.
For CRIMINAL Court JUDGK.
L. ). H0RRIGAN.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL CRIMINAL OoURT,
G. W. GORDON.
For ATTORNEY GENERAL BARTLETT Couar.
GEORGE q. DENT.
For CLERK SHELBY County CIRCUIT Court.
ED W0RSHAM.
For CLERK OF BARTLETT CoURr.
FELIX NJ. JONES.
FoR COUNTY REGISTER.
j. A. STREHL.
FOR CRIMINAL COURT CLERK.
N. O. PERKINS.
For COUNTY Court CLERK.
r. J. BLACK.
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STA gives up all claim to Turkey south Of
the Balkans, if we understand the news
Alright and Turkey retains tina power to
fortify the Balkan.passes. 1t is a famil.
lar theory that this win make Turkey
stronger by sOlidifyiug her European
possessions, and the London press gloat
over the fact that Russia Is farther from
Constantinopls thaR at the commence
ment Of the war. 1.-THE future confirms
all this, Disraeli will be the greatest
civic hero England has had since the
days of Pitt. Great honors await him
on his return to the tight little island"
and it is said the Queen will at once
make him a duke.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

a GOOD many people have had their
doubts, recently, in the attention which
has been given to the higher education,
so-called, whether the lower, which lies
at the foundation, may not have been
altogether overlooked; and in the very
proper effort to give to girls all the
facilities that a boy has for extended
study and mental development, whether
for both boys and girls the sound and
healthy basis Of all education may not
have been entirely forgotten. To look
upon children as so many memorizing
machines. ever with the cultivation of
judgment aud in mathematical accuracy
which some teachers know how to give,
is only to educate in part. As expert,
enee shows, it is not the only prepare
ton that a boy or girl needs to ft them
for life; and thoughtful people incline to
the oldfashioned ideas of apprentice
ship to a trade, with this difference, that
the school is to take the place Of the
master, and the children can live at
home with their own parents and yet be
taught some haudicrAft. 1t makes a
better balance, even of brain power,
when this is used to direct the skilful
hand, the correct eye, and the judg.
ment, which ought to come in With all
trades; and the part Of school hours
that is given to memory studies aud
mathematical calculations ought to be
all the clearer in judgment. At the
same time the muscles ought to grow
stronger and the nerves steadior, instead
of being irrits.ed with over study.
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DlsRAELI, as people will prefer TO call
him despite bis noble title, seems to have
achieved a magnificent triumph in Der.
lilo. He spoke the voice Of England, aud
the crook Of his finger meant war. 50
Russia acceded to every importan. de.
mand made by him, even to the extent
of depriving herself Of the results Of the
war most importan! to the traditional
policy Of the empire The London
Times claims hat the conference will
put au end to the piece meal uibbliug Of
Turkey that Russia has pursued for the
last hundred years and the periodical
opening Of the Eastern question. BUS.
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The suicide of Moses A. Wheelock,
chairman of the New York Stock Ex.
change for more than 8 quarter of a cen
fury, vas not without assignsble causes.
Business troubles Of various kinds and
unfortunate habits combined to rob him
Of self.eOntrol, and it seemed easier to
end bis life than to live it.
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P1TTsBURG. June 27.-River 5 feet G
inches and falling, Weather fair; very
warm.
CINCINNATI, June q. - River falling.
Cloudy and hot. .
CAIRO, June q. = Arrived = Grand
Tower, st. Louis, 10 pm; Port Eads,
New Orleans, 5 3. I'm; City Of Vicksburg,
6 Departed-Grand Tower, vicksburg,
midnight; Port Eads and City Of Vicks-
burg, st. Louis, I a m. Clear and warm.