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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-07
A CHAT WITH MILES.
What the Indian Fighter Thinks of the
Sioux and the Northwest.

General n. A. Miles. the great In
dian fighter, is now in Washington.
where he expects to spend the winter.
lie IS to return TO his command in the
Northwest district next spring. He
had been spending a few days with
some friends in Boston. He was look
ing hale and hearty, and as tough a,
an oak. General Miles said he did
not anticipate any serious trouble with
the Indians Of the Northwest this
winter.
We have got the Sioux under
complete subsection and control"
said he, and there is no reason Wby
they shouldn't be kept where they are.
think all that is needed now il per-
feet honesty with the Indians and
thorough discipline on the part Of the
military. That is the only Uay IN
manage the Indians. 1t is nonsense
to say that 10000 or 10000 wild Indi-
ans like the Sioux tribes can be man
aged by any other means. By adhsr.
ing 70 this plan Of dealing with the
Indians fairly but surely We have pre-.
vented any serious trouble in our dis
trlct since winter before last"
Speaking Of the prospects for the
future the general said It was impos-
slble to say what might take place
Without doubt some important
changes would be seen within the neTt
few years. The Red river valley was
one Of the finest pieces Of country in
the world, and nothing could prevent
its being thickly settled with white
men IN q few years. When he first
visited the Northwest there was not 4
Waite man 10 be found anywhere in
that valley, but last year no less than
a million bushels Of wheat was raised
there. The valley was three hundred
miles long and in some places ffy
miles wide, All the precious metals.
such as gold, silver and copper. were
found there in abundance, and as for
grain growing the valley could not be
surpassed, if equaled, BY any part Of
the known world.
The Northern Pacific railroad.
said General Miles, SIS now being
pushed towards the Pacific coast at
the rate Of about a mile a day. and al
this rate it ought to be open for travel
all the way through in about three
years. With the opening Of that
road must come a great influx Of Don.
ulation, but what effect it will have
upon the Indian question / am unable
to say"
General Miles said that the cold
weather here for the past few DAVIS
was not to be compared with the win
ter weather he had experienced AZ the
headquarters Of the Northwest. bnt
that further north, in the Red river
valley, the winters were mpeh r,;ldor
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it with nay breath. After severa
efforts | succeeded in doing so, an,
felt suddenly a rush Of air toward m,
mouth l saw the sky again through
a little round hole. A dead silenc,
reigned around me.
l was so surprised to be still alive
and so persuaded at the first moment
that none of my fellow sufferers had
survived that | did not think Of
shouting for them. | then made vain
efforts to extricate my arms, but found
1t impossible; the most | could do was
to join the ends of my iAgers, but
they could not reach the snow any
longer. After a few minutes | heard
a man shouting. What a relief it was
to know that l was not tho sole sur
viYor; to know that perhaps he was
not frozen in and could come to my
assistance | answer. The voice ap-
preached, but seemed uncertain where
to 60, and yet it YVES quito near.
A sudden exclamation of surprise
Retct had seen my hands. He cleared
my head in an instant, and was about
to try to cut me out completely, when
| saw a feot above the snow, and so
near to me that | could touch it with
my arms, although they were not quite
free yet. | at once tried to move the
foot it was my poor friends. A pang
of agony shot through me as | saw
that the foot did not move. Poor
Boissoult had lost sensation, and was
perhaps already dead. Robot did his
best after some time he wished me
to help him, so he freed my arms a
little more, so that | could make use
of them. | could do but little, for
Robot had torn the AK from my shout
der as soon as he had cleared my head.
Il generally carry an ak separate from
my alpenstock, the blade tied to the
belt and the handle attached to the
left shoulder).
Before coming to me Robot had
helped Nance out of the snow he was
lying nearly horizontally and was not
much covered. Nance found Bevard,
who was upright in the snow, but Gov
cred up to the head. After about
twenty minutes the two last named
guides came up. | was at length
taken out; the snow had to be cut
with the ak down to my feet before l
could be pulled out. A few minutes
after l O'Clock pm. we came to my
poor friends face. l wished the body
to be taken out completely, but moth
ing could induce the three guides to
work any longer, from the moment
they Jaw it was too late to save him.
| acknowledge that they were as near
ly as incapable of doing anything as |
was.
When | was taken out of the snow
the cord had to be cut. We tried the
end going towards Bennen, but could
not move it it went straight down and
showed US that there was the grave of
the bravest guide Valais ever had, and
ever will have.
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ACTRESSES.
A Raid Upon the Creatures Who Bring
%Dlsreputs Upon the Stage.

The New York Star saws in il
weekly gossip of the stage and players
hIhe raid of women of the demi-mond
on the stage has taken form in an open
demonstration, the result Of late STRAIT
eglc movements on their part. An
other one of them, a notorious crea-
ture of this city, is to make her debut
IN a hrst-class theater during the next
fortnight. There is likely to be a
Hutter in consequence, but there are
several birds of similar feather on our
stage, and it is not likely that the pro-
fession a be made too warm for the
sew artist, besides she dresses well
and needs no salary. No manager
could pay such a woman enough to
make it an object to her to work on
the stage. Persons of her class prefer
to work without any salary for the
simple privilege Of making the stage a
show room for their charms. Thew
have gentlemen friends, too, who wine
and dine managers, and who try to
buy up criticism in their behalf
These are men Of the first society
men whose names are often seen in
print, coupled with honorable specula-
tons and words Of compliment. Ii is
considered the style Of thing for
young bloods of the first families to.
initiate London nobility BY doing the
honorable thing to their cast-off mis-
~tresses, which generally means having
for their dramatic education in Fanny
Morants school, and buying their way
to the stage, to the shame and humil-
iation Of the honest, hard working la
dies Of talent who seek to earn an
honest livelihood in the profession.
The result of this course on the part
OF the managers is inevitable. AS
money can do anything in the theater.
and as these vile women have plenty
OF money to back them, it will not re-
quire over two seasons more to drive
all respectable women from the stage.
The fayorite argument of the aristo-
cratic bloods TO caviling newspaper
men is: You would not be the first
to throw a stone at a Magdalen.
would your" And this generally
silences him, and so the newcomer
trem a bagnio is assured that she nav
disport herself without fear of having
any prejudices awakened to the minds
of the public by illusions to her mode
If life
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DeIacOurt's Adventures.

A New York telegram says
Ernest Delaeourt, a fne looking
man about thirty-fve years old. now
in Wards Island Lunatic Asylum,
says, in a letter to Howe & Hummel.
the lawyers 81 am now confined as
a lunatic in this asylum, after being
confined for two months in the State
Asylum at MiddletoWn. | was form
erly butler in Rhinelander Stewart
family, and was arrested at Highland
Falls in September on a charge of dis
orderly conduct, taken from Newburp
jail, and from thence sent 60 NJ 4 q
town. The whole case grew of my af.
lection for a daughter of the family
employing me. They adopted this
means to get rid of me. have now
been transferred here. I have not
now, nor did | ever have, any trace OF
insanity about me- Mr.. Howe OBJ
tanned a writ of habeas corpus. and
the case will be thoroughly in7esti-
gated. Delaeourt's story, as told to his
counsel, is that last summer he was al
Highland Falls, the summer residence
Of Stewart. He became infatuated
with Miss Stewart, and claims She re.
ciprocated his affections. He further
claims that the lady in question used
to meet him claudestinely and agreed
TO elope with him. When every ar.
rangement for a runaway match
had been completed he saws
i Was discovered by the young ladys
father, who. fearing a social scandal.
summarily discharged him. Having
some money he did not leave the vii.
lage, but continued to meet the Young
lady secretly. Delacourt SAYS that
while walking OH the main street 81
the village about the middle of last
September he was arrested by the locaI
constable, and charged by Stewart
with being a diSorderly character. a,
he stated in his letter. He was SEN
fenced TO ten days Imprisonment in
NeWburg Jail, and says that when his
time expired he was taken to the State
Homeopathic Insane Asylum as 4
l%unatic, where he was detained unit.
about ten days ago, when the officer.
Of the asylum refused to keep him any
longer in custody because they were
convinced he was not insane. He say.
that he was then brought to this cit,
and placed on Wards Island. Though
he claims that he is not now insane
he says he will become so if com.
PEELED to associate much longer with
lunatics.
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FOR BERLIN.
UnCle Sam Putting the Applicants
Through an Examination.

New York Graphic.
Tutor Uncle Sam-Now, boys, one
thing certain. No one can 10, unless
he can speak German. Remember
the boy who speaks no German has nc
chance at all. What can YOU saw
George William Curtis m NOV
George-Yah,
.. S-Yah? Is that alp Would
you say. yah to everything when you 20
to Berlin ?ud adlm ni1I -
George-Yah. Ert mris.
U. S.-Step down. You can't 20.
Step up, Fenton. Would you say yah
to everything in Berlin, Reuben?
Reuben-Nein. d
Is y. S,-Nein? Nein whatP
Reuben-Nein, sir,
U; S.-And you'd settle all diplom-
acy by nein, would you2
Reuben-Nein. 0
u. Swell what would you do?
Reuben-Nein. n,l
u. S.-Step down, RUDE. You
must travel past nein before you 90
to Berlin. Lets hear your German,
Bob. .ot hCs 9dl huai, Der
Ingersoll-Iche babe nioht Got in
Himmel Ich-
a U. S.-There, stop. Is it your mis-
sion to preach that in Berlin2
lngersoll-Yah
U. S.-You won't do. You don't
represent church and State we'll
enough for me. What can you say in
Berlin, Boker2
Boksr-Gibsn sic mir elm glass
lager geben sic mir zwei glas lager /;
geben. sic mir drei slas lager; geben
sic mir 'eEwES
7; Sand is this all your mission
to Berlin?
Boker-Ysh Lysa BE- masisk o. r
~. S-Get OUT lets hear you
H~artranft.
Hartranft- Der-unter- gassen-mit-
demunterhmtengangen- vas-ich-holen-
haragensnicken-sw swing envollen snuc-
ken rip bang-wollenWangen-
All the rest--'Taint fair. He cuts
under us cos he's a Pennsylvania
DutchmAA tIf 4F
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FATHERS OF THE REPUBLIC.
An Enlightened EugIlshman's Tribute 10
the Men Of rs.

From Dean Stanlsy's birmingham Address,
When, in the public place At Rich
mond, We lei the statue Of George
washington surrounded by the group
OF the famous Virginians Of his time.
the eloquence Of Patrick Henry, the
Judlcious sagacity Of MARSHALL the &C.
centric energy Of Jefferson-When to
these We add the stern vigor of John
Adams and Samuel, his nameSake, from
Boston, and last, but not least, the
homely and penetrating genius of Ben
Jamin franklin, from Philladelphia.
and the brilliant philosophic friend
snd equal of Talleyrand, the gifted
and unfortunate Alexander Hamilton,
We feel that we are in the presence of
one ofthose intellectual conStellations
which mark only those great creative.
epochs In the history Of nations, such.
=. may indeed appear in their latter
history, but usually belong to those
moments when the nation itself is
struggling into existence. In all the
events ofthat struggle there is q dra,
matte movement which belong to those
critical times when mankind ia going
through one of its decisive trials. Old
Martin Routh, Of Oxford, who had
lived through the French revolution
and Napoleonic wars, when asked in
his extreme old age what event Of his
time had produced in England the
deepest impression, answered: 1.-THE
separation Of the American States "
and when in his hundredth year, he
wandered in his dying moments to the
recollections of former years, his last
words murmured something of the war |
with America" Many are the scenes |
which impress on the mind the mo-
mentus aspect of that time. Let me
select two. One shall be that in which,
the first British blood was shed. on
the 10Th Of April, ITS. 1t is in the
green meadows, close to the village oil
concord. A gentle river divides the
swelling hills on either side; q rustic |
bridge crosses the stream. On one
side is a simple pillar which marks the
graves where the first English soldiers
that were slsin still lie buried; on the
other side is 8 monument, erected
in later times, representing one of the
simple American peasants, with his
musket by his side, and underneath
are written the memorable words oil
one of the greatest living poets, him
self a native Of Concord and the Grand
son of the pastor Of the village. who
was present at the time Of the con-
hict:
BY the rude bridge that arched ths flood.
Their tag 70 April's breeze unfdrled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood.
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The other scene is Mount Vernon.
the unadorned yet spacious wooden
mansion where Washington spent his
latest years with his devoted wife, with
his retinue of slaves, with the gracious
hospitality of an almost royal majesty
looking out from the oaks which now
overhang his grave over the broad
waters Of the Potomac, on whose banks
was to rise the noble but still unfn-
ished capital which bears his canon
lied name, No Englishman need
grudge the hours that he gives to the
biography which Washington Irving
has given to our great countryman flor
such he still was), the father of the
American Commonwealth.
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there is any, and when there is none
the ship will be propelled by a system
Of revolving wheels placed in the car,
under control of the person in charge.
The msdel now exhibited is not com
plete, but is sufficiently so as to make
the principle upon which it operates
plainly understood. Mr.. Bidwell is
confident that he has struck the theory
of aerial navigation, and that there's
millions in it, He designs exhibiting
his invention throughout the large
cities, returning here in the spring, and
constructing a trial track from the
city to the Union Stock Yards, The
ship will remain on exhibition for a
few days, to which a small admission
fee is charged, 9IIIglJIlF
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beneath two under the seats. and foui
in an inclosed place under the body
of the car. By the engine at One.
undeedzn9stwenty-sixth street ali
is condensed into themuntil it reache,
q pressure of three hundred and sixty
pounds to the square inch. The Elk
cylinders together hold one hundred
and sixty feet of cubic air. The driver
stands in front and manipulates a pain
OF levers similar to those used on a
locomotive. He is not necessarily an
engineer any one may learn the whole
manipulation of the levers readily.
The air compressed in the cylinders is
capable of propelling the a six miles
and the speed may be regulated up to
thirty miles an hour. The car. can be
stopped almost instantanaously. \ BY
the multiplication of cylinders it is
feasible to make trips ofany distance.
The time required for charging the
cylinders depends wholly upon the
power of the engine employed the
car that is running is charged in about
six minutes. No smoke, Of course.
and no noise greater than that made
by the ordinary horse-car attend its
progress. The Second Avenue Com
pany intend to have ready six cars of
this sort TO do all their carrying be-
tween Ninety-sixth street and Harlem
river by the fret of February next.
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Nc IndIannpoIis AIr-Nhin.

Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis has the credit Of being
the birthplace Of a new aerial ship,
invented and patented by C. +. Bid
well, the candy manufacturer. The
idea of its construction may be ex-
planned briefly as follows A large
cigar-shaped reservoir Of oil cloth is
filed with gas, Illuminating or hydro
gen, to which is attached a car for the
reception of passengers. The car is
firmly attached TO a rail, shaped some
what like the ordinary railway 4 rail,
and in such a manner as 10 make the
resistance of friction as trifing as pos
sible, The rail is placed on posts any
required distance in length, which are
firmly planted in the earth. The mo
tive power will be the wind, when
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TILDEN AND HAYES.
How they Confronted Each Other at the
Bryant Memorial.
Nev YerEsun,l

New Yerk SUM-
One Of the remarkable condolences
in political life, Of which our free
country is somewhat prolific, was the
meeting Of the man who ought to have
been President with the actual Presi-
dent Of the United States. almost Wis
avis at the Academy of Music. on
the recent memorial meeting in honor
Of William Cullen Bryant BY the New
York Historical Society. Mr.. Hayes
had a seat on the platform, as became
his Oficial position, surrounded by the
secretary of state and other cabinet
officials and prominent men. Ar.
Tilden was in the p~roscenium box
with the family Of the deceased poet
and journalist, to honor whose mem
ory these distinguished people had
assembled-that is, Mr.. Parke God
win, Mrs. Goodwin and Miss BRYANT
Hers with Mr.. Tilden. 1t would be
interesting to know what we're the
thoughts and feelings of these two
men-the one who had been politi-
cslly euchered out of the Presidency
and the other who had been installed
BY political trickery. Possession Of
such high position, however attained
gives satisfaction and assurance. and
We learn that Mr.. Hayes looked Jolly.
in the best health and robust. On
the contrary, it is said, Nj. Tildep.
the elected but defeated candidate.
iOOksd pinched, white as a sheet and
haggard Still, he manifested a great
deal Of interest in the Presidential
party BY using his lorgnette freely to
scan them.
Mr.. Hayes, who is rather obtuse.
and who believes, perhaps, as the Re-
publican press and leaders have told
him. that he holds his seat BIZ the
forms Of law, thanked God, probably.
that he is fulfilling a p~roVidential mis-,
SION, and was perfectly contented.
Mr. Tilden looked upon Mr. Hayes. no
doubt as an i%nterloper, if not a usurD-
q. and he blamed, we presume. TIE
Democratic party for his not being
President But tho great ignored
ike any nan ofhiS stamp, is too ego,
t%istioal 10 see that he failed through
has own inespacity, want Of frmnes.
and bis time-serving timidity. At all
events, his mind must have been bro.
ioundly disturbed by seeing the iolly
Mr., Hayes a actual President Of the
Cnlted States, enjoying the distinc.
ton on the platform to which he wa,
quietly sitting as a private citizen in .
proscenium box.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-07

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able under all circumstances and by
ailaying the usual stomach and bowel
disorders of babyhood keep the child
from tretting and crying, so injurious
to itself and annoying to all. Price
twenty-five cents.
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LOTTERY.
gpIrvnm nDDorrr

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN A F0RTUNE.-First Grand Dis
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January Il, lS7s-lO4th Monthly Drawing.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY
This Institution was regularly Incorporated
by the legislature Of the State for Educational
tai Of 81 ,oO0, 200, to which il has since added a
reserve fund 81 $4,000. Its grand Single
Number DistributIons will take place month
ly on the second Tuesday. IT NEVER sOALBs
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Paul and virginia in MaurItius.

1000 hOrcs.l
BY the way, /" Paul and Virginia -
are the great disappointment of the
place. Their tomb is close to the rail,
way, and consists Of only a few loosely
tumbled- altogether bricks. beneath
which the most careful examinations
have failed to discover a vestige of
human remains. Nor do the localities
described in the book, though sufici.
emily accurate in detail. fit with each
other at all. There is no doubt that the
st. Geran vas wrecked, but she could
not have gone to pieces, in the spot
where Bernardin de st. Pierna lava tho
scenes Of the disaster, nor could tho
bodies possibly have been carried
across the hills, through the dense for.
est of those days, in the time men.
toned, for the breadth Of the island
lies between the two places. But. af.
ter all, such geographical details dom
matter, do they? and no trihing mac.
curacies can ever mar the pathos and
beauty Of the sweet old tropical idyl
whose scene is laid 100 years AGO, VI,
passed in the railway the dust and I'm,
romantic spot where the dilapidated
tomb still is shown to strangers. II
is close to the station where Won alipbI
for the beautiful Pamplemousse Gar.
dens, but the Bale du Tembesu i,
several miles to the left.
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Compressed Air street Cars An
Operation in New York.
New York sun.i

An air-car or pneumatic dummv
made by the Pneumatic Tramway Fn,
glne Company, is running regularly on
tho Second avenue railroad track be-
tween Ninty-sixth and 0ne-hundred.
and-twenty-ninth streets. The motive
Is compressed air. An engine at One.
hundred and : twenty sixth street
pumps the car full as often as reouired'
The vehicle is capable Of carrying one
hunored persons. Nothing Of the
apparatus that runs the car Is visible.
DIX rolled steel cylinders are situated
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Application for rates to clubs shonld only be
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Bound to fight it out on that line
the two cats with their tells tied to.
gether and flung across a clothes line.
-[Danielsonville Sentinel.