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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
A BEY's BIRTH.
A Story Concerning the Egyptian
Hero That Reads Like a
Biblical Narrative.


Cairo Letter.
Upon hearing the name Uraby |
pricked up my ears, for was not this
the famous Arab Bey who was play
ing such a part in modern Egyptian
politicsP Husnah's graphic narration
ran substantially as follows: About
fifty years ago there lived in the Delta
of Egypt, near a small hamlet called
l-Wijh, a wo Shipping farmer Of some
means, whose wife was barren. This
farmer, or land owner, was a man of
some influence among his clan, which
was originally descended from the
Bedawin Arabs Of the Eastern desert.
but had become "domesticated, and
had settled down on the borders of
the Delta as ~tillers of the soil. His
friends had often told him that the
cause of his wife's barrenness was, Of
course, known to the 0mniscient only;
but that as she was an Egyptian of the
low lands, and he was descended from
the stock Of Abraham and his eldest
son Ishmael, God would be much
more likely to bless him with offspring
were he to take unto himself a wife
from among the children of the
desert.
He accordingly sent eastward to
certain wandering tribes, and in due
course of time had brought to him a
true Bedawin girl. The girl, knowing
that she had been taken to wife by her
husband only with a view to offspring,
had, on her wayt FL with, passed by
the resting-place OF the remains of
Our Lady Nafeessah (between Zaza-
zig and Ismailah), to there pray that
she might be blessed soon with a male
child, that she might find faver with
her lord. During the night that this
true Arabian girl, who was on the eve
of marriage, spent at the tomb of the
soul-giving Nafeessah she had dream.
A mar clothed in the robes of the
religious order of law doctors ap-
peared to her saying go in peace to
thy intended husband, for thou shalt
find favor in his eyes"
In the fullness Of time she gave
birth to a male child and when the
midwife bore the glad tidings to the
father he exclaimed "Ahmad-ul.l'
Aha p which means, II praise God"
Wherefore all the women friends,
when they heard what the father had
said, declared that the boy should be
called Ahmad. Ahmad grew up to be
a stalwart youth, and was known
among his fellows by the appellative
EEL durable" because of his descent
from the Arabs in contradistinction
with the Egyptians.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
Tarin TravaII a Long Branch.

Washington Special to Gin. Commercial.
The Tariff Commission has settled
two Of the most important questions
with which it has been struggling.
Yesterday it selected its s~tenographer
and to -day its summer resort. 1t pro-
poses to 60 to Long Branch, because it
combines more attractions than any
other like watering. place, and remain
there during the summer. The
commission will take up the exist
ing tariff schedules alphabetio-
ally and pass upon each section
separately. Those to which none Of
the members object will stand. Those
to which objection is made will be
further discussed. The commission
will, while at Long Branch, listen TO
testimony conVersant with the sub
iects under consideration.
They propose TO be very select in
their choice Of witnesses. No cranks,
they say, need apply. Everybody may
Just as we'll understand now as at some
time in the future that it will be use.
less for any one whose views differ
from Judge Kelley on these subjects
to appear before the commission,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
TWENTY THOUSAND "DRUNK.
ARDS- IN CONVENTION.
An Amusing Mistake Oran Eng
lish Paper.

The Dunkards, as is we'll known. are
a body of Christians who are noted for
the great Importance they attach to
personal cleanliness and abstSntion
from the use of intoxicating liquors.
Some weeks ago there was q national
convention of this sect at Arnold, In.
diana, at which 10000 delegates were
in attendance. The London Telegraph
noticing this meeting, and never bav-
ing heard of the very numerous and
most respectable sect of Christians
calling themselves Dunkards, supposed
that it was a convention of American
drunkards, aud proceeded to admins
ter a scathing rebuke to the American
people for their shamelessness 10 toll
Grating the latest exhibition Of Ameri-
can courseness and vulgarity. The
Telegraph thus presents the horrible
story:
There is q touch Of saturnine &C.
centricity and grim humor in most of
the public manifestations of the Amer
lean people; and we are not prepared
altogether to deny that time and again
the appearance on the platform Of the
"lrightful example to play the part
of a helot before an assembly OF trans
Atlantic SpArtans may.have dona some
apple liable good and succeeded per
haps in winning a few stray tipplers
to the path of temperance. But what
is to be said of a congress of drunk
ards? 1t is %gravely announced that
a National Inebriate Congress has
been held at Arnolds, in the State
Of Indiana, and that the meeting was
attended by 10000 drunkards from
all parts of the United States.
Twenty thousand drunkardsl
The mind, at the outset, %reeoils in
bewilderment from the task Of ideal.
ly realizing the alcoholized spectacle.
Il Is easy to form a feasible concen-
ton of the Thermopylitan Three
Hundred or Of the Illiteral Four
Hundred of Carpet-weavington-c
Strikely or Somkely- ou- Sewer, of the
Six Hundred who rode into the val
ley of death at Balaklava, or of Gar
ibaldi's Miglia di MARSHA; the retreat
Of the Ten Thousand yet remains In
the pages of Xenophon a concrete pic
ture; but the notion of 10000 B0ur-
bon Whiskyites or Monongahelians
almost defes embodiment. Was it
drunk or sober that the topers attended
the congress at Arnolds? IF it was
in their normal condition that they
arrived it would be in the highest
degree edifying to learn something as
10 the comparative stages of intoxi-
ton which they presented.
How many, for example, were there
who were as drunk as a billed 'owl2'
To what figure did the gentlemen
foot up who merely experienced
the sensation of whisky in the hair
in the morning, owing to excessive
indulgence in private smiles on the
previous evening" So far as the rank
and file of the 10000 sots were con
cerned, we should like to know the
statistics of those who were blind,
crying, mad, or dead drunk as against
those who could ''see a hole through
a ladder" or walk their chalk"
contrasting these, again, with the
topers who we're only "mops and
brooms," half. seas over" or three
sheets in the wind"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

He was dressed strikingly plain aud
wore no iewelry of any kind. HIS face,
though not handsome, was open and
frank. 1t seemed to be more open
than frank. In fact, there was a large
openness in his face in which he had
cultivated a beautiful crop Of pearly
white teeth. He had large intelligent
eyes, though one of them was nearly
closed from the effects of a cinder
which caught in it soon after leaving
New Orleans Wednesday morning,
His feet wers large and fiat, there
being neither instep or hollow to them.
This Prince is travelling unostenta-
tiously through the country, and his
name is BArrios He is President of
Guatemala, a Central American Re-
public. He is a Spaniard.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

Mrs. Rachael Martin, Of Troy, N.
Y, writes: Il have been a widow
eighteen years. From overwork and
the cares Of a large family, | have for
many years been ailing from rheumatic
pains and severe indigestion. Oils
and liniments only eased my pain. l
took many remedies internally, hoping
TO find permanent relief. My next
door neighbor, Mrs. Perry, told me
to try Browns Iron Bitters, and that
it had cured her Of dyspepsia, irregu-
larities, etc. | did SO, and have not
suffered an ache or pain since using
the first bottle, nor has indigestion
troubled me-"
8. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son & Co, and 6. W. Jones & Co.,
Wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

Hon. D. L. Snodgrass, of Sparta,
has announced himself a candidate
for Congress in the Third district
subject to a Democratic convention
yet to be called. This is General
Dibbrell's district. Mr.. Snodgrass is
only about thirty years old, but be Is
recognized as one of the brightest
young men of the State, and the
people Of his district are very proud
of him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
A RemarknbIe Canarr.


The power of imitation possessed by
birds Of the parrot tribe has long been
fsmiliarly known, and it would not be
difficult to find numerous examples Of
even we'll educated members of the
genus 10 this respect. The vocal pow
ers of canaries, however, are not usual
ly regarded as being equal to the pro.
duction of articulate sounds resem
bling those made by the human voice.
But there is at p~resentin the poses.
sion Of DR.. j. McGrigor Croft, says
The (British) Medical Press, a little
songster of this description which, be-
sides giving utterance to delicious
warblings, is also able to talk" with a
clearness and precision simply mar
vellous. Somewhat skeptical OF the
accounts we had received of this ami
NAL wonder, says The Press, through
the kindness Of DR.. Croft, had an OPP
portunity Of directly proving the truth
OF the statements made concerning it.
The canary does vertically speak, and
enuncistes a number Of sentences
which are clearly initiative Of the
voice Of the lady who has had care Of
it since lis early youth. The effect
indeed, produced by the clear, sweet
uttered sentences pronounced by The
bird is almost wierd at first; but the
feeling OF wonder thus created quickly
gives rise TO a sensation Of exquisit,
pleasure, which is deepened as the 1T
tie creature suddenly at the end of
sentence rushes of into ecstaey o
song. AS illustration the exquisitl
pliability Of the laryngeal apparatus o
small birds and the extent 10 whicI
training may be carried 10 such cases
the tiny animal is deeply i~nterestin.
to phrenologists. As a mere curiosity
however, il is undoubtly UNIQUE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

"Tania's Peril; or, The Edge Of an
Abyss" by Henry Greville, TO be pub
lishsd in q few days by I. b. Peterson
& Brothers, Philadelphia, is a book
every lady should read this summer.
IL is an unusually bright and fascinat-
ing Russian society novel, treating Of
the danger to which a too con6ding
husband exposed his wife.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
A SOuth American President on
his Travels.

A real live Prince passed through
Nashville yesteday, en- route North,
over the Louisville & Nashvill rail-
road. When the train stopped at the
depot His Royal Highness was found
standing on the rear platform Of the
sleeper. He did not look like the ideal
prince in the picture books; he more
nearly resembled a cross between o
mulattO and . cOppeE-co!ored Indian.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
The D%EaOCRATIc TICKET.


COLONEL E. G. Davidson, of New
OrIeans, died of ~congestien Of the
brain, at Chattanooga, last Saturday,
the 18th inst. He was a very prOmi-
nent Louisiana politician, and was
once elected to the United States
Senate, but counted out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
I~ion-rSSIdSnt NOuco.

No. 4295-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Ienn.-J W McCown Va. Rob't ii
Qbor ct al.
I appearing from tho bill which is sworn Ia
n In this cause, that the defendant, Rob't ii
Ober, Is q resident of the state of Mis-
sour and a nonresident Of the Stafe NJ
Tennessee; it Is therefore ordered that
he make his appearances herein. AZ the
courthouse Of Shelby county, in Memphis.
tenn., on or before the FIRST Monday IN Sep
complainant bill, or the same will he taken
Ior confessed, as 10 him and set for hearine
ex;parte, and that q copy Of this order Ia
publshed Qnce ?, week for four su,cesaivs
Weeks in the Public Ledger. ~
This 18th day Of July, ia62.
A copy-Atteet;
,nRJ BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By M Bradley, D. Gam.
Myers q Sneed, soils for compile.
us III III l3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

When We reach the liver We get at
the source and lurking place Of some
Of the most terrible and persistent Of
the many serious maladies that aiiict
the human race.
DR.. Holman's Pad has a power TO
reach and regulate the liver, such as
VIC may safely say no other known
treatment possesses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
A NEWSPAPER CHANGES
HANDS,
Special to tho American.

COLUMBIA, July 14.-Judge Henry
Cooper and Albert Stockell have pur-
chased A. s. HOrsley's interest in the
Herald. The latter ~retires from jour-
nalism. The Herald will hoist the
name Of Joe H. Russell, and support
the action Of tho 18th Of July con-
vention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
VirRinia Chronicle.

A ComstOck Edison came into the
Chronicle Office to-day, his counte-
nance radient, and announced that his
fortune was made.
"How so?" inquired the envious
editor.
81 have discovered a substance that
will destroy tho OdOr Of cloves"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
HON. JOHN F. U
Patriotic Letter--DecIines to Run
for COngress-SuPpOrts
General Bate.

In this Congressional district, which
lays a particular degree of importance
upon the position Of leaders, much
and impatient inquiry has been made
as to the course our Congressman
would pursue upon the question Of his
adherence to Democracy.
GAINESVILLE has for years been noted
for a praiseworthy cleanliness, a loyalty
to the individual enterprise OF its cit
izens, and adispesition upon the part Of
its candidates to regard their personal
intentions as part Of a common under
taking. IF a Ularksville mar formerly
offered himself for Office the whole
town forthwith espoused his cause;
did a GAINESVILLE idea appear worthy of
attention, it was straightway made
popular by endorsement, In fact,
until recently GAINESVILLE boosted OF
success upon all occasions because it
voted in favor Of anything GAINESVILLE
attempted. To a certain extent, and
in legitimate directions, this union is
commendable. But Of recent years
the unanimity of spirit has been suf-
iering a changer, and now, perhaps,
Clarksville has divisions among it
which have heretofore been unknown.
Speculation was rife as to Colonel
Houses position. Upon the one
hand there were those who pointed to
the fact that the bolt move was a Bal
ley move, and Colonel House would
not oppose his policy. Others regarded
him as superior in merely local rea-
soning, and pointed to the fact that
his long kept position in Congress was
due to the support of Democracy. FL
nally he himself was appealed to to
make known his position and the fol-
lowing is his manly, loyal and patriotic
answer to the inquiry by a friend:
"WAsHINGTON, D. g., July l0.-My
Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor of the
9th instant to hand. In reply / beg
leave to say that | shall not be a can.
didate for reelection. l determined
when last elected that this should bt
my last term, and nothing has since
occurred to change the conclusion to
which L then came. | feel under OBJ
legations which | am unable to ex-
press, to those friends who
have sustained me and still
give assurances Of continued sup,
port. | regret to see our party di.
vided in Tennessee just as we are
going into the fight for the control o
the next House of Representatives.
do not know how you stand on tht
question, but | shall vote for Bate. J
regard the convention that nominated
Bate as a representative body, author
lied by the people to speak the will 0.
the party, and | cannot signalize m!
retirement from public life by pur
suing a course that would tend tt
defeat the party that has so lonl
honored me.
tNn--l 49, Ill
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

The Chevalier Ernest dc Hesse-
Wartegg has been elected a CORES
ponding member Of the New York
Academy Of Sciences.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
Truly your ITIGuuI
John L. House,

His answer is pointed and unequiyo-
cal. His position is incisitiyely put
and Enthusiastically Democratic. His
long connection with Democracy, his
championship of its principles, and his
adherence to its doctrines, will give
the enunciation Of his standing great
weight not only in the district but all
over the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

Early next year England will re-
ceiye a visit from the young Nizam Of
Hyderabad, the foremost Mahometan
prince of India, and the Oldest ally Of
the British Empire there. he will
be accompanied by his Minister and
Regent, Sir Salar Jung. About the
same time the Gaikwar Of Baroda, a
great Mahratta chief and a wise and
enlightened ruler, will also make a
tour to the seat of Empire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office
and book bindeEy, ID Madison.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

The great sympathetic and mus.
cular system, on which full and health,
full development depends, kept from
growing fsbby and inactive by using
Browns Iron Bitters.
s. Mansfield Il Co., w. N. Wilker-
son 4 Co., and G.. W. Jones 4 Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17
LOTTERY,

The Public Is requested carefully to notice
the new and Enlarged Scheme to DO drawn
monthly.
sF CAPITAL PRIZE, ez5. 900. ~
Tickets only 95. shares in proportion
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-28

STATE OF VERMONT, In County Court,
LAMOILLE COUNTY, S.. Dec. Term. ID. 1882.
WHEREAS, Abbie r. Manning, of johnson, in
the county of Lamoile, and State of Vermont,
mas presented her Petition for Divorce to the
Clerk of LamOile County Court setting forth that
name of Abbie R. Morgan was lawfully married
10 harlan L. Manning, then of said johnson, now
OF parts unknown, and that she continued to live
with the said Harlan p. Manning in the faithful
discharge of all the duties incumbent on her as
the wife of said Harlan p. Manning until the first
Gay OF september, I'D. 1865 when the said IIar-
Ian p. Manning deserted the petitioner and has
lected and refused to live with and provide for
the petitioner as his wife: And therein PRAYING
for divorce from the Bonds of matrmony be-
tween her and her said husband; And that she be
allowed to resume her maiden name.
And, whereas, it being made to appear to said
Clerk of the Lamoille County Court, that the said
Harlan +. Manning resides without this State, so
that subpoena cannot be served upon him.
Therefore, notice is hereby given 10 the said
Harlan L. Manning, and he is required to APP
pear before this LamOIlle County Court, next to
be held at Hyde Park, within and for the County
OF lamollle, on the first Tuesday of December,
a. ID. 1882, and make answer to said petition, and
abide such order, direction and decree, to said
Court shall seem meet.
And the petitioner in said petition is directed to
cause this order to be published three weeks sue
at HYDE Park and Morrisville, in said LamOile
County, the last publication of which to be at
least six weeks previous to the First Tuesday of
December, next.
Dated at Hyde Park, this 22d day of September,
A. ID. 1882.
L. S. SMALL, Deputy Clerk
Brigham & Waterman, Atty's for Petitioner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-28

The nomination of Secretary Fol.
ger to be Governor of New York is 6
decided victory for the administration
of President Arthur. The prelimin-
airy contest was waged with consider
able acTimony on the part of Govern
or CornelPs friends, and every effort
was made on the part of the anti-ad-
ministrationists to prejudice the case
against any opponent of the Govern
or. The nomination of Judge Folger
is charged by the New York Times as
Gould-Conkling combination, but
the fact that the winning faction, by
having the most votes in the conven-
ton has succeeded in nominating a
man of such character as Judge Fol-
ger, does not look as if the so-called
stalwarts of New York, were altogeth-
er going to the bad. Judge Folger is
a man of great political, legislative
and judicial experience, and his work
as Secretary of the United States
Treasury, has shown him TO be a man
of broad views and good common
sense.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-28
Washington Notes.

The prayer of ex-Minister Chris
tiancy for divorce from his wife, has
been granted on account of desertion,
it is to be noticed. Judge Hadner,
in rendering the decree, distinctly said
that the affidavit of Mr.. Christiancy
was not considered. That affidavit,
it will be remembered, made the most
astonishing charges as to the alleged
adultery and other misconducts of
Mrs. Christiancy, and while the decree
grants Christiancy the divorce on the
ground of desertion, it seems not to
have justified some of the extraor-
binary charges that were made.
Engineer Melville has telegraphed
here doubling the propriety of having
a reception in view of his domestic aft
nictiOns, but the authorities have re-
piled that Che reception must be in
honor of others as we'll as himself.
The engagement of Chester A. Ar
thur, Jr., the Presidents son, to the
daughter of Richard Crowley, Repre-
sentative from New York, and one of
the Presidents most trusted counsel
ors, is announced. The marriage will
probably take place in the White
House this fall.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-28
A Vermont Gold Mine.

An Arlington correspondent writes ::
The report of the mining expert from
Colorado, who inspected the gold mine
in Sunderland, recently, has created
no little excitement here. 1t has been
known for many years that gold ex-
listed in the district where mining has
begun. Fifty years ago or more, gold
was found in the creyices of the rocks,
and frequently since. The mine is in
the town of Sunderland, about four
miles from Arlington village, by way
of the old turnpike, and up what is
called "'the roaring branch" The
property is owned by Gilbert W.
Bradley of Sunderland, manufacturer
OF wooden plates, butter boxes, and
veneers. A few months ago Mr..
Bradley began sinking a shaft by way
of experiment. He has only three
men digging. They have followed in
to the shelving rock about twenty-five
feet, making a big hole. They have
found already ore that is said to be
valuable; both gold and silver. Sew
eral experts have examined the mine,
and agree that the indications are
good. The Colorado expert who ex-
amined the mine and tested the ore
says there is no doubt that the mine
is valuable one.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-28
Hon. I. p. RedfleId and the Judge
ship.

Some of our exchanges have been
quick to take it for granted that Hon.
L. 2. Redfeld had decided not to be
candidate for reelection to a judge
ship because he has been chosen a di-
rector of the Passumpsie railroad,
there being a statute forbidding a
judge of the supreme court from hold
ing any Office in a railroad corporation
in the State. There is reason for con-
graduation that this inference is en-
tirely without foundation in fact
Judge Redfeld was elected director
without his knowledge or consent and
will not accept the position, but so
long as his health permits, be will be
at the service of the State in his pres
ent capacity. His long and faithful
service has secured for him the pro-
found respect of all our citizens, and
his retirement from the bench would
be greatly regretted. There can be
no possible doubt of continued re-
election, so long as his physical con-
dition is such that he can accept the
position. The matter of our judi
ciary should receive the careful atten-
ton of the legislature and some wise
measures devised to add to its per-
manency.- Wdtctmdn.