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ASLEEP WITH A DEAD MAN.
An Adjutnnt's Story Of the Kappa
hanOck CRmpRign.


hanOck CRmpaign.
LiSsutsnant II. P. Goddard in Philadelphia
Times,l
The delay incurred in extricating
the horses from the mud at the
scene of this skirmish, and in wait
ing for the artillery and infantry to
come up, prevented the command
from reaching Falmouth till day.
light, when they found all the
bridges across the Rappahannock in
flames, and were only able to pour
a few volleys of musketry and
hurl few shot and shell into the
rear guard of the enemy as it dis
appeared in the streets of Frede-
ncksburg. While these events were
occurring, the writer remained with
his guard in charge of the captured
camp and prisoners. Some half
hour after the departure of the
regiment a sergeant approached the
campfire by which l sat, and salut-
ing, said, "Lieutenant, where shall
we put the body Of Lieut.. Decker? {?
1t lies rolled in blanket at the
head of the street just vacated by
his company" l rose and went
with the sergeant to the spot, and,
calling another soldier, had them
raise the body, which / decided to
place in the evergreen booth lately
occupied by the colonel, as the
largest and most commanding spot
in the camp-ground, AS we en-
tered the little circle of pines in
which it stood | noticed a pile of
blankets in one corner, and thought
that, in his haste in the nights ad-
vance, Fitzpatrick had, purposely or
not, left them behind, and that |
might bear them in lnin>, when we
moved. :" Lay the body in, there,
boys" They placed it reverently
on the ground and we all retired,
for | could spare none of my small
guard even to watch over the body.
Next morning, when we received
orders to rejoin the regiment, We
found the body where we had left
it, and bore it with us to Falmouth,
where, on the succeeding day it
received honorable burial in the lit.
tie Virginia churchyard.
A night or two after | heard the
adiutant narrate an experience in
connection with the death of Deck
er that had startled him consider
ably. "When ordered to advance
from camp that night" said Ben,
81 was sleeping with Fitzpatrick,
and was SO completely used up by
the long march of the day before
that it was impossible for me to
mount my horse. ] told the colonel
SO, and he sid that | might remain
behind and come on the next day
with the guard, when he rose and
left me. | turned over and was soon
sound asleep again. Toward morn
ing the cold aYoke me, when, fory
getting the incidents OF the night,
| turned toward Fitzpatrick { as /
and seeing him all rolled
up in blankets olamsily, exclaimed
: Colonel, let me hRyo some Of your
blanket Getting no response |
reached toward him and gave the
blankets a hard pull, when, as they
rolled off the body by my side, in.
agine my astonishment and horror
to find my bedmate not the living
Fitzpatrick, but the dead Decker"
"What did you do?" said Lieu
tenant Charley Hasty.
DO? | jumped to my feet, seized
my accouhements, ran from the
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A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.
FataI Panic AZ n Circus Perform
hnce in France.

=
hncs tn France.
A correspondent writing to the
London Times says:
Calais is in a state Of gloomy ex-
citement owing to an accident, ac-
companied by heavy loss of life, and
caused, there is much reason to
fear, from practical joking carried
to foolish extent. An Italian cir
Gus from Milan, belonging to
Messrse Priami and Pierantoni,
constructed of wood and capable of
accommodating between 5000 and
1000 persons, was erected on the
Grande Place, where the bi-annual
fair is being held. Last night it
was crowded. Upward of fifteen
hundred persons were refused
admittance. Reserve seats face
the entrance; the first class
seats are in the front rows, the
second class are in the back and
gallery. During the whole of the
performance a number of young
workmen in the gallery kept max.
ing noise. Towards the end of
the performance, during the repre-
sentation Of the pantomime, " LIE
MedeCin de Champagne" this band
of young men rose from their seats,
causing those near to follow their
example. At this moment an un-
known person shouted eau feuw
causing an immediate stampede
down the incline plane on either
side of the circus serving for the
entrance and exit Of the second
class. The persons who first reached
the bottom of the staircase, in
stead Of making for the door by
which they had entered, attempted
to opeu an extra door reserved
for CAGES of emergency. This
door opening inwards instead Of
outwards, u block Immediately en-
sued, people Jumping down from
the gallery upon those jostling be-
low. Monvoisin. commissaire de
police, with NJ. Durette, command
ant, and other officers, used their
utmost endeayors to calm the audi
ance. MANY kept their seats. but
Others in a panic burst open the
outer inclosure and jumped into
the street. Others again, occupy
ing the second places, broke down
the partition dividing them from
the first, and pushed into the front
rows, then into the arena, and so
out through the stables and the
stage door. -Four fremen, always Oh
duty at the stables, one of them a
bugler, hearing the first alarm of
fire, and seeing the people rushing
out, shouted out "Fire." The
watchman at the adjoining belfry
Immediately rang the note Of warn
ing, alarming the town and garrison.
The infantry and artillery were soon
on the spot. Though not needed
to extinguish fire, they did good
service in conveying the wounded
to the Hotel de Vile. From pile
of bodies around the doors were
taken nine corpses-two men, four
boys, one woman and two girls. A
quarter of an hour later another
boy died. This morning two
were found mortally, three
severely and fourteen slightly
wounded. Among the victims
are father and little girl, the
father struggling to save the child Il
both were ultimately bruised to
death. The doctors of the town,
including DR.. Hughes, an English
man, and the military surgeons
were up all night. The funeral of
the victims will be next Wednesday,
the expresses TO be borne by the
towns Of Calais and st. Pierre. The
circus will also give a benefit repre-
sentation for the victims on Thurs
1ov
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LEoaL.
Attachment A NOIlce.

No. 1910 Before G.. D. Crockett, ]. P. for
Shelby county, Tenn.-J. G. Battelle VS.. A.
j. Stott & Co
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section 3l55 of the
Code OF Tennesste, and returned levied upon
having been made that defendant is Justly
Indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $50. so,
due BY account, aud that defendant is D n
resident of the State of Tennessee, Ii is there
fore ordered that the said defendant make
his persdnal appearance before me on March
s, 1878. at my Office, No. 2S5 Main street, Mem
phis, Tenn, and defend said attachment suit
within the time prescribed by law, or the
same will be proceeded with ex parte and that
a cepy Of this order be published once a week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger,
This 3lst day Of January, 1873.
lSS-l44-150 g. d. CROCKETT, J.P.
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mo. l5Sl-R. d.
NOn-Resident Notice.

In the Circuit Court Of Shelby county-Marv
Mcmillan vs.. Martin Mcmillan.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
1 this cause that the defendant is a non resi-
ordered that he make his appearance bs.ein
At the Courthouse in the city of Mempbis
Tennessee, on the third Monday in NAV
1875, and plead. answer or demur 10 com.
plalnants bill, or the same will be taken for
confessed as to him and set for hearing ex
RaLte; and that a copy Of this order be pub.
in the Public Ledger. "''N'
Done at office, this llth day Of February.
1tS. n b. +. COLEMAN, Clerk.
a; = 10 Douglass, Solicitor for complainant.
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tent, mounted my horse and rode
after the regiment which l found
and reioined just as it was entering
Falmouth. But l would give some
thing to know how Decker's body
got into that place"
That never told him.
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Attachment Notice.


No. 15l5-Before G. D. Croekstt. Just;o. ~
the Pence for Shelby County. Tenn'@T y y
Robinson * Co. VS.. A. j, Stott L Co. -
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
i having been sued oat under section sI55 n
the Code OF Tennessee, and returned levied
9pen the property Of the defendant, and an.
cdayit having been made that defendant Is
indebted to plaintiff in the sum of SIPS, due BY
and that defendant isa non-resident az ~, ~,
state 81 Tennessee it is therefore ordered mai
the said defendant make his pSrsana1 an'
pearance before me on the 9Th Of March. 1875
at my oihce, 2S5 Main siFeSt, Memphis, Tenp
ana defend said attachment suit, within III,
ume Pteapliesd hY law, or the same will be
pfoneeged with OK pafte; and that a CORY ~
this, order be published for four eonTscni;Ss "
weeks In the Public Ledger, NOAA0'uu's
This Slst day of January, 1873.
l2-lSS-ll4-lt0 G, b, CR0CKRTT ID
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MEMPHIS g. IITTLE ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TlMEOARD,
Mail train, daily pm. 1l.3O pm.
Rrnioht train dnilY Tex.

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily......"."5.SO pm. 1l.3O pm.
Freight train daily lex.
sundsy). .........., .........,.7 90 am. SO m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash
willie and Hroat Southera railroad. Mail
points on the Little Rock and Fort Saith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices 81 and 2s7 Main street. and at depot
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or to the undersigned.
R. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
n. s, JAY; ,rT q, 2. ayd 7. Ag't, Little Rock.
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RSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY q, 1878.

jump plunged into the clear water
and sank to bis neck. Then came
howl Of anguish, and he sprang
upon the bank with all the agility
Of a wild cat. In the meantime his
fair skin had changed to the color
Of a picked lobster. The hot water
had been running all night; ali the
cold water had been neutralized
hours before the dawn, and now the
water in the hole was almost of the
same temperature as the water in
the boiling spring from which it
flowed. Tom was in a terrible state.
He says: 81 thought was picked"
But he did not hesitate as to the
course he should pursue.
With infinite care he drew on his
pants and boots. Forcing back
tears of anguish, he managed to
walk back to camp. Though it
wrung his heart he put on his old
time frank smile as he neared the
rendezvous, for Jake was just then
sitting up in his blankets, gaping
and stretching. Seeing Tom ap.
proach, Jake asked where he had
been. Tom replied that the recol-
lection Of the magnificent bath of
the previous evening was 80 vivid
in his memory that he could not
think of breaking camp without re-
peating it, and added: " It's Just
lovely, jake"
Jake did not wait to hear more,
but sprang from his bed and rushed
away toward the spring. AS swiftly
as Tom could, he followed, and
from behind the willows kept covert
watch. He saw Jake throw off his
few clothes, spring into the water,
heard a yell of anguish, and then
saw him with wonderful haste
emerge and spring upon the bank,
and yainly try, by swift applications
of his hands to different parts of
his body to arrest the intolerable
pain, swearing and crying all the
time.
At last Jake managed to get into
his clothes and started for camp.
Meeting Tom, he began with fierce
lnvectives to upbraid him for his
deception. But Tom cut him short
in an instant. Hush up" be said /;
"would you bawl like calf and
give us away when | want to cook
that other sOn-ofa-gun up in
camp?"
Soothed by this, Jake grew quiet,
and both leisurely proceeded to
camp. BY this time Joe had COM
menced to rouse up, and seeing the
Others approach, asked them where
they had been. Tom answered
cheerfully Che was holding his panta-
looms away from his body in the
rear at the time): "Do you think
we could break camp without one
more magnificent swim Not
much" "
At this Joe, getting up, cried:
"Not much, you betw and dashed
away towards the spring.
AS he disappeared behind the
willows, Tom sprang for his pistol,
and said to Jak; sect your gun,
quick; it will mean business when
Joe comes back" In a few seconds
Joe did come. He was crying and
cursing furiouSly, and never stopped
until he caught up his pistol.
"Drop it, said Tom, 81 have a
dead bead on you, and so has Jake.
Besides, took all the caps off your
gum"
The difficulty was finally adjusted;
but the trio took their breakfast
standing that morning, and, to
spare the mules, they did not ride
much for the succeeding three days.
Whap the s,salious hor.a,o1 a., " |
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HOT BATHS.
HWw tho Members or n Camping
Party Refreshed Themselves.


Party Refreshed Themselves.
The Virginia Enterprise vouches
for the truth of this narrative:
Tom Collette is a miner, team
ster coal burner, or anything else
that is necessary when he finds that
his pocket is growing empty and
his larder lean. Tom, with two
friends, Joe and Jake, was making
painful journey frSm Pine Grove,
in ESmeraldy county, to eastern
Nevada. They camped one after.
noon by some hot springs, near
Walker lake, and discovering a hole
half full of cold'water near one of
the hottest springs, turned the hot
water, as it flowed ont Of the spring,
into the hole, until the hot and cold
water blending made exactly the
right temperature for q bath. Thea
they plunged in and enjoyed the
dellcl1us water as only those can
who have travelled over dusty alkali
roads for several days, When they
had eaten their supper and lighted
their pipes, the theme of ponyersa-
tion for a long time while they
smoked was their bath and the
wonderful refreshment which it had
brought them. They spread their
blankets on a grassy spot behind
come Willows, a few yards away
from the springs, aud fell asleep.
Tom was up with tho dawn. The
memory Of the bath was fresh in his
mind, and so he bounded from his
blankets, and with u skip.and.a-
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NOnsResident Notice.

In the Ohancery COart of Shelby county.
Tennessee-g. A. Anderson, administrator
Of William Fellows, deceased, VS.. Mrs. s.
\. Merton. Administrative, ct al,
1T. APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
J. this cause that the 6eiendants, D, r, Cook,
also Benz. +. Crane and r. II, Richards, trus-
tees. and as ignees in bankruptcy Of D. r.
COOK, are eitisons Of Georgia, and non-resi-
dents Of the. State Of Tennessee; il is there
fore ordered that they make their appear
anoe herein At the courthouse in the city Of
MeInphis. Tenn, on or before the first Monday
in March, 1878, and plead answer or de-
mur 70 the petiton and efcss bill of Jane Il.
Brt dley fled herein. or the same will be-
taken for confessed as TO them and set for
hearing exf artei and thata copy Of this order
be published once q week, for four successive
weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This Slst day Of January, 1878.
A oOpy-Attest;
EDMUND A. COLE, O. andM.
By X. J. BLACK, d. o. and NJ.
Can't y Mcdowell and CAN'T, Patterson A
Lowe; solicitors foT complainant,
lSl lS7-l43 l49
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.MISSISSIPPl'& TENNESSEE
AILROAD.
CHEDULH:

ON and ter Wednesday, November IA,
" 1S77,tr,i ! will run as fOllews:
Leave. Arrive.
Main Train daily....,...... 800 pm. l;05 pm
Sardis Accommodation
daily lex. Sundays). ...1l:50 a.m. 9:l5 a.
Freight Train daily lex.
Sundays) ......... ......... 6:On am. 400 p. IN
6l-t M. BURKE, Sup't.
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Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

Uhancery Court Of Shelby Ceunty-C. d. usrt
OF al. vs. Samuella Shaw ct al.
RY, VIRTUE OF AN INTERLoCUTORy
- aesTee cree ior sale entered in the above cause
public auctieh, to the hishest bidder In SroSt o
9l the CLERK ard Masters office. conrt-boysa
building Main street, Memphis. Tenn, on
Saturday, March 2, 1873,
within legal hours, the following descr;bsd
property, situate In Shelby county. Tenn
and city Of Memphis, tO-wit: N'"''
II Ihe east half OF lot on the north side NJ
Union street, east Of tho bayou and nortb NJ
the home place Of A. d. Shaw, deceased. nnon nm y,
a part OF which there Is a small cottage wbjch
let altoe ether fronts IS feet on Union strssi
fronts 471s feet. SS' A3'i
h.rsG5 Terms of sala-cash. Equity ofrsdomptiOn
Thi; February 9, lstA
mn y. A. COLE, @. AndM
S9 l45-l5i-l '' nv ~
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When the swallows homeward hy,'
then is the time when coughs and colds
begin to appear DR.. Bnl's Cough
Syrup cures every case Price, 25c.
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louisville and Great Southern R.R.

lO;5O pm. Night Expression Saturday
this train runs only to Milan Connects at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago; at Nc
Kenzie for Nashville. Chattanooga, Atlanta
and the Southeast; at Guthrie for Hopkins
willie, Henderson ard Evansville; at Louis
willie for all points North and East.
Hoo am. Day Express-COnnects for st.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North aAd East.
GAO pm. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily except Sunday.
arrival Of Trains.
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RAILROAD THE TABLE.

lEMPHIs AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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PUBLICATION.
Methodist
24th Year.

lHE WESTERN METHODIST Is THE
official organ of Six Annual Conferences
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, viz:
Memphis. North Mississippi, Arkansas, Little
Rock, White River and Indian MI n.
.emphi' is the commercial an geographic
cal center Of the section over viii this psDsr
circulates. An average Of
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EX 10 IN
M .'s...o.lO a. IN
Pulimau Palace Cars on either train to Louis
Vile. and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or Information, apply at Ticket
Office. 2s7 Main, Northwest corner Madison
JAS. MONTGOMERY, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
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MEMPHIS AND CHARL ssToN r. R.
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Depot at head Of Main street.
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Attachment Notice.

No. l202-Before j. s. Galloway, ], P. for
shelby county, Tenn.-h. Wetter & Co. VS..
The New York herald., 1878-10-10
POST OFEiCE NOTICh..

posT OFFlCE N0ffcE.-fHH FoRgliN NAILS
Tor the week ending saturday October H. 1875 will
close at this ofhcc Tuesday. s 10 NJ for EUROPE by
stcnmsnip Nevada. via Queenstown; Wednesday. mt
y. M Tor Europe. by steamship Agcria, viaS Queens
town Tor Francs 20 bc forwarded BY this
steamer must ne specially addressedj 80 r. NJ Tor
France direct by stsamshp lilo Paris Havre;
Thursd at A. Nj. Tor Europe oy steamship City Chcs
Queenstown France
TO by this must be specially addecd
nnd ~ ~ M Tor Europe by steamship eiert, Fly
mouth Cheroourg aud Hamburg; on Saturday, 1T A. NJ,
Tor scotland uirect by steamship Devonis glasgow,
and at III 80 A. NJ for Germany, 10. by steams In
Odcr via southampton aud Bremen correspondence
Great Britain and the Continent TO be forwarded by this
steamer must be specially addressed. and at IL H. for
EUROPE by steamship Adiatc. via Queeustown (core-
sponaence for Germany intended Tor despatch BY this
must be specially ndcrcsed Tue snshps Ne.
vads Algeria. City OF Chester aud Aaratc do not take
ms,is for DENMARK sweden and Norway. The mails for
aud Kingston ia, leave New York October 10 1he M ais
tor South Pacific ports leave New York de-
Oc,ober u The malls Tor the West Indies and
pan san Francisco October i6 The rails Aus.
tralIa, &c. leave san Francisco Uctobcr ~.
THOMAS L. JAMES. Postmasto
Posr OFFICE. NEW YoRK. October o, 1879