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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
Senator James f. Bailey.

Washington Gazette.l
James +. Bailey represents with
dignity and ability a State which has
numbered among its public servants
such illustriOus characters as jackson
Polk, Bell and johnson. Calm. clear
headed and conservative, he is gov
erned by a sound and enlightened
Judgment, which has given him celeb
rity as a lawyer and placed him high
in the councils of his fellow-citizens
Few, if any, lawyers in Tennessee
hold a higher rank at the bar, or WELD
greater influence in the courts. AL
though taking at all times a lively in
terest in public affairs, and seldom
remaining silent when the strife of
parties was agitating the country. he
sought ottice but once previous to his
election to the senate. In 1853 he was
elected to the general assembly from
Montgomery county at a time when
the ablest men in the State were called
to that body for the purpose of revis-
ing the statutes and recognizing the
judiciary. In this important work he
took an active and jealous part. and
was noted for faithful and conscien-
tious service. His senatorial career
promises to be an active and honora.
BILE one, and he has already been sin.
gled out as a gentleman of marked
ability; AS he is in full sympathy
with the live and progressive element
OF the South, and represents 10 a graf
flying degree its culture and refine
ment, the senate will afford him am
pie scope for the display of that en-
lightened craftsmanship which tho
affair of that section seem to demand
and he is Of all men the least likely Ia
fail in improving his opportunities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
A Bali in Vera Cruz.

Writing to the Globe Democrat a
Il. Louis commercial excursionist in
Mexico says;
Senator Senties invited me to a ball
at night, given by the Merchants
Club. The place was splendidly illu-
minated and decorated with the
choicest tropical flowers. whose fra
GRANGE filed the air. The floor of
the ballroom had been made and i'm
ported for Macmillan, and. being
confscated, was sold at public auction
and purchased by the club. 1t is a
beautiful piece Of work, inlaid with
various kinds Of costly and rare woods.
splendidly polished, and, of course.
very slippery. | suppose that was one
OF the reasons | did not venture to
dance. The dances are the same as
those in Europe and America. with
this exception All are danced by a
peculiar slow music except The
DANA, a Cuban importation. The
music is peculiar, wild and stormy.
arouslng the passions, and yet the
dancers glide slowly throughth room
forming various figures. somewhat
like a French quadrille. They saw n
is very exciting. About one hundred
and sixty ladies and gentlemen were
present, and a very pleasant tone pre-.
vailed. One Sonora with her sons
natives of Vera Cruz, attracted my M
t%ention. This lady, born in Vera
Cruz, ola Spanish family. was a pic.
ture Of loneliness aud youth. The
eldest son is twenty-five years old
and the lady is frequently taken
Tor the sister Of her sons and for her
own daughter. 1t is commonly said
that Spanish women fade early. II
this is true in Spain, this climate
seems to produce a different effect,
The guests are mostly Of a darker hue
than with us even full -blooded In.
dams are here-but nearly all of them
are comedy looking and vel l-dressed.
Now and then the Senoras branch Of
to the buffet TO take a drink of some.
thing, as is customary the world over.
Beer Is an aristocratic drink here. /
had the honor to be introduced TO the
governor Of the State of Vera Cruz.
Senior Don Luis Merry Teran. a VERY
nice gentleman, built like a giant. af.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
SENSATIONAL TALMAGE.
Trouble Brewing for Him in the Brook.
Ign Presbytery.

A New York dispatch of Thursday
says
The approaching meeting of the
Brooklyn Presbytery, which is TO be
held next Monday promises to be
very animated and interesting. 1t is
probable that action will be taken
looking to the punishment Of Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage, pastor of the Brook
Ign Tabernacle, for alleged departures
from doctrinal rules AID usages. and
for various actions which have awak-
eIned the criticisms Of his Presbyterian
brethren. Talmage seldom attends
meetings of the presbytery and appar
entity takes but little interest 70 its
proceedings. For a long time com
plants have been made ofhis indifer-
ence, but opposition 10 him has not
taken any tangible form until within
a very recent period. After the last
meeting Of the presbytery, about a
month ago, some Of the clergymen
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
Logan nj DOnoIson.
Anderson CKy.l News.l

Anderson (Ky,l News,l
General John A, Logan, who was
elected TO the United States Senate
by the Republicans Of the Illinois
legislature last week, was found severe
y wounded on the battlefield of Fort
Donelson by our esteemed circuit
clerk, Captain w. b. Bell, who. think.
ing him dead, took off his splendid
sword and belt and sent them to his
family. Captain Bell, who was then
a gallant Confederate soldier, came
upon General Logan stretched out upon
the ground, dressed in full reqimentals
his arms folded across his breast. his
eyes closed and giving no signs o fife.
While standing over, as he supposed
the dead body Of the Federal colonel
Captain Bell was Joined by Captain
Madeira, o fthe Confederate side. who
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04

fable and courteous. W. had quite
an animated conversation, Senior Raias.
the project ofthe place, acting as in
terproter. We drank to the welfare
ofboth republics. The secretary Of
State, a full biooded Indian. was also
Of the party. | did not inquire his
name, but was told he was called Eel
burro sabio' (the wise Donkey. This
need not appear in print At supper
the gentlemen stand behind the chairs
OF their ladies and wait on them.
Take 1t altogether it was a very en-
joyable affair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
AGAINST THE CHINESE.
The House Passes the Bill to Restrict
immigration.

Aspecial dispatch from Washington.
of the 18th ult., says:
The bill to regulate the immigration
of Chinese passed the house this after
noon by more than two-thirds majority.
The management of this bill was in
some respects remarkable. Last night
the Democrats held a caucus, at which
it was determined that no Republican
should be allowed to speak on the
measure except against it, and that no
amendment should be offered. They
also determined that Mr.. Martin |.
Townsend, who wa the only Republi-
can who had expressed a desire to
speak against the bill, should have the
entire half hour that would be at the
disposed of the Republican side.
When the bill came up to-day the
Democrats refused to allow even tech
meal amendments in accordance with
the requests of Republicans. After
the previous question had been sec
onded, Mr.. Townsend was given his
half hour. OF this half hour Mr..
Page, of California, was allowed ten
minutes to speak in favor of the bill.
and he was the only Republican per
mitted to speak on that side of the
question. The effect Of this partisan
action was that many Republicans
voted against the bill on account of
this management, believing that the
Republican senate would so amend
the bill that they can vote for it on
the final passage.
The bill was considered by Nh. Con-
ger and others as being imperfect in
many respects. 1t is feared that it
may be construed SO as to prohibit the
entry into our harbOr of a Chinese
vessel of war or commerce. such YES
sells carrying more than fifteen persons.
the maximum allowed by the bill, and
that it would even prevent the entry
Of a Chinese embassy that had more
than fifteen attaches in the suite. 1t
was feared, moreover, that it would
interfere with many humanitarian
plans, such as the saving of a wrecked
vessel. General Garfield objected to
the bill, as he desired to have the
questions it involves settled by treaty.
and to have the bill amended so as to
declare through the proper diplomatic
channels that after July | next the
B%urlingame treaty shall be declared
abrogated.
OF the seventy-two votes against
the bill fifteen were cast by Demo-
Gratis. When the measure returns
from the senate amended, the Repub-
liean representatives predict that it
will receive nine-tenths Of the Repub-
lican vote. The Democrats, by thus
making the Chinese bill a party meas
ure, hope to be able to carry the Pa
clfc coast elections next spring against
the Republicans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
A AT THE ALTAR.
A Wedding Ceremony interrupted by the
Death Of the 0~ficiatlng Priest.

The New York Herald Of a recent
date says
The wedding Of Charles M. Bren-
nan, the son of Commissioner Owen
Brennan, to Miss Meta Peetsch. had
been set down for last night. and in
the Church of st. Francis Xavier, in
Sixteenth street, where the nuptial
ceremony was TO be performed, great
preparations had been made. 0rigi-
nally it was intended to have the
couple welded over a week ago, but
the demise Of Matthew 4. Brennan
on the day which had been chosen
necessitated a postponement. Last
night the church was crowded with a
gay and brilliant gathering. The pews
were filed with ladies and gentlemen
in rich attire, and all through the
length and breadth Of the edi6ce silks
shimmered and diamonds sparkled.
The altar was a perfect blaze of light,
and in the floral splendor which
decked it, the orange blossoms, signif-
cant of the joyful nature of the oeoa-
sion, appeared in clusters and bou-
quets. At about half-past seven
o'clock a soft prelude hoated down
from tho organ loft, which deepened
in volume as the doors at the middle
aisle were thrown open. Then the
glad strains ofthe wedding march peal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04

recognized in Logan his old school
mate. Madeira was deeply moved at
what he thought to be the untimely
fate of his youthful companion, and
directed Captain Bell where to send
the sword of the fallen chieftain.
Logan was shot through the lungs
and his life hung on a thread for a LONG
time. MADEIRA was afterward killed
at Chickamauga.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04

Consumption of the lung tissue
must steadily increase by the reten-
ton OF the foul corruption. DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup promotes gentle expecto-
ration, and gives great relief to those
suffering with CONSUMPTION.
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The DOgberTy Bunch.

A Story Of Seven Merry Children, who faced
the world for themselves, but always heneinS
IN bunch BY MARY HARTwELL CAraFR.
WOOD. Profusely illustrated by MARY A. LATHE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21

ought 10 have been present an seen the
old man r'ar an charge. The boy said
the dog was a great bargain ut n hun
dred dollars, as he was a retriever, an
consequently would fetch anything if
they ever wanted to sell him.
"A hundred dollars for a lop-eared son OF a gun
Whose eyes doth purge thick amber and plum
tree guml
yelled the old man, an then he ever
lastiugly reached for the young Prince.
an started a tannery under his coat
tails. Ii was then the melancholy
Dane pronounced the oit-quoted line;
Bloody murder most foul,'
The prince went on from bad to
worse, drlnkin' an carousin' around,
and finally got the jim.lams. He inn
agined he saw all sorts of spooks and
hobgoblins, including his first fathers
ghost. -HdmIet was n step-son, you
know, 1t was a painful sight 10 see
him when the tit was comm ON.
His hair woHld stand on end like quilts
upon the fretful porcupine, as he has
graphically described it himself, and he
would exclalm;
AAtStlo al iiiillSbtiN vi ulSSIttt, Nt-
fend u.s."
Sometimes he would see rats; and
let your grandfather tell you that when
a man gets to seem rats he's tolerably
we'll advanced. One day he was sittin'
in the dinin' room, jawin' his mother
about the way she had patched his
pants. when all Of n sudden he whipped
out his sword an went a stabbin' an a
proddin' through the room, and yeilin',
"A rat! a ratl' After knocking over the
table and a dozen chairs, he thrust his
sword through the arras, an exclaimed
"'Bet you two dollars an Il half he's
dead for a ducat-deadr
"When The Queen saw that her son
had stabbed Poionius, who was on the
other side of the arras blackin' his
boots, she wrung her hands an cried
"'What u bloody deed is this ?"
"Hdmtt wiped his bloody sword on
his hair, an remarked;
$50 mother, Pm old pizen, sure
shot-worse nor IA steel-trapl"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21
AnthrOpOlOgicai Measurements.
New York Times.

DIR. a. Weisbach, chief Of the Austro.
Hungarian hospital in Constantinople,
and who is spoken of rs having 'taken
more measurements of living men than
any other authropologist," has publish
ed results relating to many individuals
from nineteen different peoples, inhab.
iting the most various parts of the
earth. One of his conclusions, which
may almost be called u discovery, is
that the rapidity of the pulse-beat va
ries in different nations within very
wide limits. Thus, the pulse Of the
Congo negro beats but g. times in n
minute, while the quickest pulses are
found among the Tagals $50. and the
Madurese and the Nikobars (S4). The
Japanese pulse beats rs times per min
ute, and the Chinese 70. The shortest
people measured. that is probably the
shortest in the world, are the Hotten'
tots (l,2S6 millimeters); next to whom
come the japanese. The other extreme
is represented by the Maeris Of New
Zealand (2757 millimeters), and the
Sandwich Islanders, Kanakas, and
kafirs are but n little less tall. The cir
cumierence Of the Patagonian bead is
the largest, and the Siamese the small
est, and the curious statement is made
that tall peoples usually have small
heads and short peoples large ones, the
most noticeable exceptions being the
Siamcs), who have small heads although
their stature IS short, and the Patago-
mans, who have large heads although
they are very tall. Patagonians are
said to nave noses much broader at the
root than Congo negroes, and at the
nostrils the negroes noses are also much
narrower than are the Australians.
North American Indians and Polyne-
slams have the largest busis, or chests,
and the MaIays the smallest. The
East Europeans generelly, and tina Con
go negroes alone among Africans, have
all the leg-bones longer than the arm
bones, while among Australians. Poly
n%esians, and especially East Asiatics
and P~atagonians, the leg-bones are
shorter than the arm-bones.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21
Stop the Paper.

Times are hard, money is scarce,
business is duh, retrenchment is duty
please stop my-beef? Oh, no! times
are not hard enough for that yet. But
there is something that costs me a large
amount which | wish to save. Please
stop m~y-tobacco, cigars and snuff?
Oh, no., not those; but | want to re-
trench somewhere. Please stop my
ribbons, jewels, ornaments and trinketst
Not at all; pride must be fostered, il
times are so hard, but | can see a way
Of saving in another direction. Please
stop my-tea, coffee? No, no, not
these. All, | have it now-my paper
that will take me through the panic
easily. ! believe in retrenchment and
economy-of brains.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21
Lickshingle's ''Hamlet.''
Cincinnati Enquirer.


"'Hdmbt, the melancholy Dane re-
marked Grandfather Lickshingle, when
the chairs in the family circle were all
filled last night, 'could take a bigger
drink of whisky than any other young
mar in Hcrkimer county, an was no
good under the sun. Togive you a bet
ter idea of the sort Of snOozer he was,
III! kindly relate a couple Of incidents
in his career: One day his father gave
him 800 to go out and buy 4 per cent.
refundin' certificates, an instead of buy
in them he bought dog-tne yallerest,
orneriest, low-tlung lookin' brute you
ever laid your eyes on. When he came
home in the %evenin', draggin' his mis-
cradle purchase after him by a piece Of
BEDFORD, the old gentleman said to
him:
"'Sweet Prince, who in thunder
gavest thou this sheep-killin', mongrel
curY
"Hamht tried to lie out Of it, an, told
a dozen stories before he admitted that
be bought the dog with the 500 his
father had given him to buy 4-per-cents
with.
IF you are fond of excitement, you
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21
The Sultan's GIFT TO GenerallGranl.

Constantlnople correspondence OF Philadelphia
Telegraph.
In March last, when General Grant.
in the course OF his cruise in the Van
della, came to Constantinople, his first
visit was paid to the Sultan. lmmedi-
ately after tins interview his Majesty
charged Munir Bey, the master of cere-
monies, to present the general with All
Arab nurse from the imperial stables.
Accordingly, a number were led out
and one chosen and set aside fer him;
but, owing to some misunderstanding,
the gift horse was not sent, and the
Nandalia sailed without him. Recent.
ly, The question having been revived,
the steed IN question was hunted NJ
among $40 horses which compose the
imperial stud. lie was found, and ac-
cOmpanied by a second horse also for
General Grant, transferred to the care
Of the American legation. Arrange
ments have been made to send them in
a few days on the Norman Monarch, a
steamer Of 1000 tons capacity, which
will probably sail direct To New Haven.
They are to be housed on deck, pro-
vided with canvas belts TO swing in
rough weather and treated like saloon
passengers. 80 1t Is to be reasonably
hoped that the end Of thirty days pas
sage will find them botn sound in wind
and limb. One is a dappled gray Of
fair SIZE, and having all the traits char
acteristic Of the Arabian blood--small,
we'll set, restless ears, wide pink nostrils
and large, soft eyes, waving name, and
long tail reaching to the ground, and a
skin Of such delicacy that the stroke Of
a lady's whip Is sufficient 10 draw blood.
The other stallion has all these points.
He is glossy black, with a white star
on his forehead and white hind feet.
When the long forelock falls over his
forehead the large, black eyes have all
the expression OF Bedouin woman's.
Their gait is perfected, be it either the
rapid walk, the long swinging trot, or the
tireless stretching gaIlop, while q rein
Of one thread Of silk is enough to guide
their delicate mouth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21
An Iowa Mans Family.
sigourney ('owal News.

A few weeks ago we made mention
about the twenty-fifth child of Father
Elijah McClenahan. Since that time
the old gentleman has been il to sec Us
and shake hands over the joyful event,
We learned that fifteen Of his children
we're boys, and ten Of them girls, and at
this time twenty Of his children are liv-
ing, and ten of them at home, and all in
reasonably good health. Two pairs OF
twins were born, three boys and one girl.
He has fifty grandchildren and lou
great-grandchildren. He thought ii
first of calling this last child Enough,
but he has since changed his mind, for
he is a Republican and does not like
the way the Brgadiers talk now in
congress; he thinks perhaps the gov
eminent will need some more sol.
diers before many years, and desire to
do all he can to support the govern
ment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21

NEVER give up old friends for new
ones. Make new one If you like, and
when you have learned that you can
trust them, love them if you will, but
remember the old ones still. Do not for
get that they have been merry with you
in time of pleasure, and when sorrow
came to you they sorrowed also. No
matter il they have gone down in the
social scale and you up; no matter if
poverty and misfortune have come to
them while prosperity and plenty have
fallen to you-are they any less true
for that? Are not their hearts as warm
land tender if they do beat beneath
hemespun instead of velvet?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21

A wag brought a horse driven by a
young mar to a stop in the street by
the word Whoa and said to the
driver: That's a fine horse you have
there" "Yes," answered the young
man, "but he has one fault. He was
formally owned by a butcher, and la
ways stops when he hears a calf bleat.'