Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-24


Wheeling Leader.
Passenger lin a hurry)-"Is this trail
punctuall' Porter-''Yes, sir, general,
E quarter of an hour late to a minute"
"a French Republic" said Lamar
tine, would be a possibility if any on
was willing to be the second person
in it,"
The London Times dispatch from
Paris says it is now stated that ex.Mar
shall Bazaine is in Madrid and in goot
health.
There we're thirty.four States anc
mt Territory represented at the Inter
national Sunday School Convention il
Atlanta.
General Babcock is planting 10 biz
orange grove at Melonville, Fla, a mum
Der Of fine seedlings sent to him from
Europe by General Grant.
A New York Sun reporter took a peer
into DR.. Halls Fifth avenue church on
Sunday, and his eye lighted on the repre-
sentatiVes of $4,000 900 in the sanity
congregation.
The Buffalo Express man says there
are indications that the dandelion and
the lamb are about to lie down together.
This shows how tastes vary. With us
the lamb usually lies down with mint
uce.-[New York Express.
The New York Star editorially an.
nouuces that strawberries, the coming
season, are expected TO be of an especi,
ally fne favor, owing to the presence o.
a microscopic parasite said to possess
remarkably aromatic properties"
1t is reported that General Field, the
new ~doorkeeper Of the house, was moi
willingly a rebel; that he renewed bis
oath Of allegiance in 1861, and that il
was the persuaSi ons of his wife's rela
tiVes in Virginia that made him join thu
Southern army.
The Boston Herald speaks pleasantly
of a former frequenter Of the Athenauu
in that city who was wont, on entering,
to gather up the most desirable journals
and periodicals, and then sit down on
them, while he fell to work on one be re.
tanned in his hands.
James Parton is only ifty.seven years
old, and be has written ninety-three
books, principally historical and bic
graphical, of which nobody believes o
word, has had two wives and has been
three times married. What an ~illustri.
GUS example for young men.-[Hawkeye.
1t may be that the prayers of the
righteous availsth much, but how ere we
to reconcile this with the habit a great
many ministers have of increasingly
praying for honesty in the affairs of the
nation and invariably voting the Rspub.
lican ticket II Brookville Democrat.
The London Daily Telegraph, which
has the largest circulation Of any EGG.
lish journal, is owned by a Jewish family
named Levy, which bought the paper If
tsed years ago for $4,000 on the fore.
closure of a chattel mortgage on the
machinery. Two OF the family have
since dropped that name and taken that
of Lawson. The names Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Lawson appear in the list Of guests at
the last ball Of the Prince Of Wales.
Edward Lawson, the editor.in chief. is q
msmber of parliament and expects q
baronetcy.
From the dwelling Of General Bradley
T. johnson, in Richmond, Va, there was
recently stolen by burglars a silver COB
let which had been used at the siege Of
Porto Rsllo, New Grenada, in l74O, by
Admiral Vernon, under whom served
Lawrence Washington, and which, with
the rest of a silver set, was buried at the
siege Of Charleston in 1880, to save it
from Sir George Clinton. 1t was again
buried in 1865, at Raleigh, to hide il
from Sherman's cavalry, and was dug up
after the capitulation of johnson to
Sherman, from the camp ground of on,
Of Kilpatrick's brigades. e.
A dozen men were sitting in a saloon
last Sunday when a female voice was
heard from an adjacent door step;
well, good morning, Mrs. Blank. II
had anything 90 I'd &c with you
There was a mad rush for the door, an
eager, expectant crowd, with outstretch
cd necks, peering over each other's
shoulders in the direction from whence
the voice proceeded, and then a return
to the vacated chairs, while one of the
party asked "What good does it do a
woman to lie that way, anywsyi'-Elko
(Nev.) Post.
Eugene lives in digni6sd retirement
at Chiselhurst, Kent, aud daily takes
long walks about the pretty lanes and
wide commons. Sundays and fast days,
and on the 9Th Of each month, she visits
the Catholic church where lie her hus.
bands remains. She gives up her morn
iugs to her correspondence and the
newspapers, breakfasts At noon, and as
she has a royal memory and much vi,
vacity, mckes the de%jeuner a charming
occaSioni teas at 5 o'clock, usually re.