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Year: 1879

Mrs. MARY CLEMMER In a descrintion
OF Senator Hill says: "He has been a
Methodist class leader or preacher, and a
certain aroma of sanctimoniousness
seems to emanate from his sandy face, or
tohover over it like an aurora. His hair is
sandy touched with grey, with slight
fringe of the same below his chin. His
mouth is clean cut and 1esolute, his nose
not an impressive member, his eyes
light blue, with certain meditative, in
troverted light in them which shows that
he does considerable thinking after a
fashion of his own
Year: 1879

THE Khedive of Egypt is human, like
the rest of the world. He objects to be-
ing forced to resign his position. OF
fce-holding is as dear to him as to an
American. He clings with tenacity to
the royal altitude to which events have
raised him, and from which he looks
down upon his royal master. Without
Egypt he will be nobody; but Egypt
without him may be either English OF
French. 1t is probable that that prehis-
toric land will pass under the rule of the
image-savers and the image breakers Of
the nineteenth century.
Year: 1879

An old farmer once said he would not :
have hired man on his farm who did =
not habitually whistle: He always
hired whistlers. Said he never knew :
a whistling labSrer to find fault with
his food his bed, or complain of. any
little extra work he was asked to per-
form. Such man was generally kind
to children and. to animals in his
care. lie would whistle q chilled
lamb into warmth and life, and would
bring in his hat full Of eggs from the z.
barn without breaking one Of them.
He found such q man more careful
about closing gates, putting up bars,
aud seeing that the nuts on his plow
we're all properly tightened before he
took it out into the field. He. never
knew a whistling hired man to beat
or kick COW, or drive her on ruas
into the stable. lie bad noticed that
the sheep that be fed in the yard or
shed gathered around him as be
whistled without fear. lie had new.
er employed a whistler who was not
thoughtful and economical.
Year: 1879

There will be an interesting debate st SO. Johns
College tomorrow by the Literary Society OF that In
stitution. A large number of invitations to attend
the discussion have been issued to the friends ard
patrons Of the college.
Year: 1879

Buffalo Bxpress.i


He is a great man who can occupy
the first place in nation and at the
same time prevent his weakness from
being known. The thing most neces
sary is, not how to be perfect-for that
is impossible-but how to seem SO. In
this Washington succeeded. If he
ever did anything wrong he was prob
ably sorry for it, but his first step was
to lay the blame on some person who
could support it better than he. If
he complained that the coffee was
muddy, he did it mostly by substitute.
If he threw the morning butter in a
fit Of impatience against the wall, it
was done to test the staying qualities
Of the colors of the wall paper. If
he sometimes slipped up on the ice
and was momentarily undignifed, he
laid it to his little hatchet, and the
lookers-on forgot to smile. Once he
put on another mans hat in moment
of Observation-Disclosures, and the hat de-
scended to his shoulders. "This. -
he said, with the utmost sobriety, is
the hat of Martha's first husband.
regret to perceive that he was a swell
head. And thus was he not only re-
lieved from the embarrassment of the
moment, but he made point against
the person who was first in the heart
OF his amiable partner.
Year: 1879

The investigation at Cincinnati is
proving that the deputy marshals
appointed last year in Cincinnati, and
paid by the Federal government at the
rate Of s. per day, had among their
number some of the most corrupt
scoundrels in Cincinnati. The En-
quirer says.


1t turns out that three or four of
these honest men had before been
indicted and tried for killing other
men. That others of the number had
been charged with theft and other
crimes. That others have for years
been notorious as ward bummers and
disreputable citizens generally. That
all, or nearly all, were a bad lot, and
a disgrace to the Office they held.


1t turns out that they were in
structed to keep their official charac-
ters secret and to carry out the orders
of the marshal without any one but
themselves knowing that they had
authority to do so. 1t was star
chamber proceeding entirely.


1t turns out that they were massed
in the Democratic wards of the city
while Republican wards were not
favored with their presence at all.


1t turns out that they were removed
from wards in which they lived into
other wards, and into the congressional
districts in which they had no resi-.
dence.


This was for the purpose of securing
an honest election. No fair-minded
man who reads the testimony will
believe that it was for any such pur.
pose; 1t was simply to carry the city
for the Republicans.


Instead of being for the protection
of the ballot box; their employment
was for its corruption.


1t was to fasten this plan of holdinl
elections upon the government thai
President Hayes twice vetoed al
appropriation bill passed by congress
How do the fair minded, indepen
dent voters like such form of self
government as this any way2 Is i
self-government to have elections con
trolled after this manner?
Year: 1879

heavy oaken planks, in which situa-
tion they managed to prevent him
from upsetting the boat. He was after
ward transferred TO the large tank in
which he was brought to this city.


The manatee is so rare as to be an
object of interest to those we'll versed
in natural history, and there are few
comparative anatomists, probably, who
can describe its anatomical structure.
Externally a cetacean, it is internally
allied to the rodents, and has the pow
erful snout of that order, but it feeds
on alge and fungi, and has the long
intestine Of all vegetable eaters. This
specimen will be taken to the Royal
Aquarium at Westminster for exhibi-
ton, and then to France. 1t is valued
at $4,000.
Year: 1879

Little Rock Democrat.l


A great many people are predicting
the ruin of Memphis. While it can
not be doubted that the presence of
yellow fever for two seasons in success
sion has seriously impaired the pros
poets of Memphis, it is yet true that
the city is so well situated for com
merce, and has such an extensive and
fertile region tributary to it, that it
must always be a place of great impor-
tance. 1t may be that the reap
pearance of the fever this season
will stimulate the people of the
city to such exertions as will
soon cause the place to be fever proof.
There is every reason to believe that
the draining of the Gayoso Bayou, a
proper sewerage and general and
thorough cleaning up will. make
Memphis as healthy as any city on the
Mississippi river. Memphis can yet
arise out of the. gloom which sur
rounds her if her men of property
and influence will rise to proper ap-
probation of the situation. But
there must be no faltering-no half
way, lf-hearted measures. mil
lions for defense must be the watch
word.
Year: 1879

savannah News.


Reports of the sinking condition of
the 0chtahachee lake induced party
from Valdosta to go out there a few
days since for the purpose of catching
some Of the fish before the water was
all gone. By l o'clock at night 2OOO
trout, Dream and speckled perch had
been caught. The Valdosta Times
says that if the recent rains do not stop
the underfow of the lake in few more
days fish and water will be down into
a small compass and then it will be
hard to pull out all the fish one haul
of the seine will take in. 1t has
known thousands to be caught there
before in one haul, and trout weigh
ing sixteen pounds in the lot. The
Ochtachachee is a curiosity, and those
that have not seen it in its sunken
condition ought to avail themselves of
this opportunity. This is the first
time it has run off in five years.
Year: 1879

to simulate an unironed and unorna-
mented bosom, he would strengthen
his popularity. There, then, is the
shirt with an opening behind. With
the growth of popular intelligence its
original purpose has been forgotten
and no one now attempts to wear his
shirt wrong side before. The slit by
the ingenious demagogue still remains
however, and the Sits being unneces.
sary, nature inelosed the front open.
ing and decorated it with rudimentary
studs.
Year: 1879




A correspondent writes from Miles
City as follows This morning the
last of tbs FIVE Indians corraled for
the murder of the soldier on the Miz-
pah, ended his life by hanging himself
until he was dead, obeying the letter
of the sentence. Last month two
hanged themselves, and last Monday
the third strangled himself, just seven
hours before the sheriff would have
done the same thing for him. The
one hanging himself to-day had thirty
days, to repent in, but he got lonely
without some one to play him high,
low, jack and the game. He took a
strap, tied it to the crate Of the door,
Year: 1879

The board of health of Arkansas
City has no physician upon it, and yet
it is a perfect board. The president
is painter and the secretary a shoe
maker, and mouse can't get into that
town without showing his papers
neither can he get around it. The
yellow fever will never get into this
State through Arkansas City.
Year: 1879

A trout which had become petrifed
in the root of tree has been found in
the Nevada mines. The fish is about
six inches in length and shows very
plainly the spots on its side and back.
1t must have run into hole in the
root Of a tree for a hiding place and
there been caught and petrifed.
Year: 1879

The indians at Red Cloud agency
complain to the government that
white men have stolen zoo horses
from them and sold them in Nebraska
without interference from the State
authorities.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish 10 re-
new will do us "a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very
large, and our force TO do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

Some farmers built a schoolhouse
down in Georgia recently, and after
the building was finished, it was found
to cover a spot in which three coun-
ties joined. There is now lively
question of jurisdiction.
Year: 1879

The subscription price of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
6OC per month fOrlsss than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER is 81 per annum-
postage free.


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstOfiCe.
Year: 1879

A tourist among.the mountains of North
Carolira is not only struck With the grand
eur of the nights, but with the way whisky
is bought. He writes Chickens. four
cents apiece eggs, two cents per dozen ;
Mountain Dew fifty cents per gallon. To
obtain the above chickens and eggs, you
have only to knock on the bark of a tree
and they will be brought TO you. The
Dew is obtained by placing jug ct the
foot of tree with half dollar on the top.
Leave it short time, 60 back again and
you will find the cash gone and the Jug
filled"
Year: 1879

If a musket ball be fred into the water it
will not only rebound, but be fattened if
fired through pane of glass it will make
q hole the size Of the ball without cracking
the glass /; if suspended by thread it will
make no difference, and the thread will
not even vibrate. Cork, if SUNK 200 feet
In the ocean, will not rise, on account Of
the pressure Of the water. In the Arctic
regions, where the thermometer is below
zero, persons can converse more than a
mile distant. DR.. Jamison asserts that he
heard every word of sermon at distance
of two miles. .... .-....-.
Year: 1879

Representative Alexander Fl. Stephens
expressed his religious faith to compan-
ion recently in the following words: ''
am member of the Presbyterian Church,
and have been since my boyhood days
Thev have never turned me out, and have
tried to live so that they would never have
occasion to do so. am trusting in the
atonement Of Christ for It's cleansing effica-
cy. All is clear through the blood of the
covenant. hope there is nothing in the
way"
Year: 1879




The friends of General Hancock pro-
pose to establish Hancock headquarters
in Washington, when Congress meets, and
to begin the work of actively pushing him
for the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency. They expect ,much assistance
from the South and parts of the West.
Apropos of this subject the New York
Tribune says g Tilden made the Han
cock movement impossible when he cap
tured the Pennsylvania Democracy. His
hold Is SO firm that Hancock hasn't sign
of following, and no man can be, nomina-
ted whom his OWN State does not support ~
Six Pennsylvania counties have already in
strueted their delegates to the Democratic G
State Convention for Tilden.
Year: 1879

ROSE MEEKER's letter ought to bring
shame and modification to Hayes and
Sherman. The political junketing of
the Cabinet ought to have an end. To
suppose that the services of such misera-
BILE apologists for statesmen and officers
is worth anything like $4,000 year is
folly. They do not compare with the
men who preceded them in these stations
before the rebellion; and the people are
heartily ashamed of them.
Year: 1879

The terrible prevalence OF scarlet fever and the
high percentage of mortality among the children in
the metropolis is not only attracting an unusual de-
gree OF attention but considerable alarm among the
members Of the Board of Education, school teachers
and officers generally. In view OF the condition OF
the streets which with the approach Of spring
TO exude slime and reek with the winters accumula
ton OF decayed animal and vegetable matter.
and taking into consideration. with the facts
above mentioned, the question of exclud-
ing from the schools children who re-
side in houses where contagious diseases
have broken out becomes Of the utmost Importance.
Without seeking to create unnecessary alarm it Is
no exaggeration say that the wonder s under the
present system. that plague has not broken ont be-
fore now rather than that have been exempt from
one. Delay at such time and in such cases is not
merely dangerous, it is criminal. The system for
the prevention of the spread of contagion among the
children should be perfection itself. HERALD re-
porter however, after thoroughly investigating it,.
found that it is fatally hampered> by red tape and
circumlocution, and, is usually the case in muni
cipal evils, nobody" is to blame.


Before going further. however. it will be as well to
give the following table of the number of cases Of
contagious diseases reported by the Board of Health
to the Board Education ending Friday the last
school day of the week.
Year: 1879

Mr. Garrison, who died most sweetIy
and peacefully in the love of God last
Saturday night, was the voice of one cry
ing in the wilderness. / Mr.. Garrison,
unlike him who cried Repent. for the
Kingdom of Heaven is at hand" escaped
death at the hands of those who were
maddened by his proclamation, he did not
escape imprisonment and imminent per
sonal danger. The man who suffered in o
Baltimore Jail, and who was dragged by
q mob through the streets of Boston, who
was more cursed than any citizen of Anne
rica, lived to see the kingdom come which
he proclaimed, and to be venerated almost
as a saint, ard his death is crowned by
the reverence of the people.


We call him a voice of one CRYING :"
That is precisely what he was. He organ
lied no sect or party. He attempted no
reform through the agency of the Church
or OF the state. He did nothing but cry.
H saw slavery as a terrible and accursed
evil, and he said so, and he kept saying
SO, and no opposition of the most honor
ed men could silence him. If they defen
| ded slavery, or IN any way apologized for
it, then he denounced them too; for his
| business was to deuounce Ifthe Church
was made 81 bulwark of slavery then the
Church became to him an abomination
If any portion OF the Bible was appealed
to with apparent force in defense of the
return of the fugitive slave then down
with the binding authority of the Bible +;
FOR better were il, he held, to lose the
Bible, for which in most of its parts he
had profound reverence, than 10 be false
to the suffering slave. Ii the constitution
of the United States recognized aud up
held slavery, then it WAS a covenant with
| Death and an agreement with He'll. His
! business was to cry, to cry in the wilder
ness Repent without cessation and
! without mercy. He must cry so long and
/ so loud that the people must hear. And
| he did it. And they heard For that we
! bless his memory.


Now we honor the prophet. Yet, even


in our reverence for him, we must remem


Der that it is as a prophet only He
aroused others or shamed them into the


service; but it was not in way of his de


vising, but through the labors of othel


good men, in Church and state, that sla


very was abolished 70 him. however


belongs the honor, more than to any 9th


er man, of directing the righteous indig


nation OF our people. And very great!


is it to his credit that, when at last al
!, anti slavery political party secured con
Year: 1879

No doubt the man and his neighbors
believed that the child would be raised
from the dead on the third day in an
swer to their prayers. But, setting aside
the question about the occurrence of
miracles in these days what reason had
these people for believing that God could
surrender into their hands his peroga-
tives of life and death They know very
well that He has not conferred this pow
er OF raising the dead to life upon the
| best men OF fifty generations. If He had
| thought 1t necessary to the welfare of the
race that this power should be delegated,
probably He would have done it Ger
tainly, If it were to be delegated in any
generation, it would be given to the holi-
est and most godlike men in that gener-
alton No doubt then, these people sup
posed themselves to be the greatest
saints now living on the earth. Indeed
this is exactly what Freeman himself has
asserted-"that he is as much better than
the rest of the Adventists, as they are
better than other people 1t is no un-
common thing for very ignorant persons
to get the idea that they are the oracles
of God. Persons of this class who appeal
to the Bible are quite likely to adopt this
theory concerning themselves for they
are perfectly sure that they and no 9TH
erS know WnaJ JD6 BlOl6 means. 1nlS IS,
indeed, the fundamental assumption of
every thorough going sectarian he sup
poses himself to be on intimate terms
with the Almighty, to have special gifts
for interpreting the divine revelation,
and great influence in shaping the course
of the divine administration. This mon
strous conceit has found an unusually
strong expression among the Christians
Of Pocasset; but the same sentiment, in
a somewhat diluted form, is prevalent in
many places.


The motive of this horrible crime is
easily apprehended. This poor wretch
thought that the working of miracle
would greatly advance Gods kingdom in
his neighborhood, and in the world. No
body could help believing after this child
had been raised from the dead. To his
small sect the glory would come, and he
himself would be the prophet of new
dispensation. Fired with this enthusi-
asm be plunged the knife into the heart
of his child.


The motive will hardly sanctify the
deed. The plea of drunkenness is not
accepted in mitigation of crime and men
who deliberately make themselves drunk
with religious frenzy have no better right
to clemency when they transgress the
laws. The Christians OF Pocasset cannot
be too distinctly informed that murder
as means of grace is not approved of by
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Sunday Afternoon.
Year: 1879

rrol of the Government, and that Gov
-rnment abolished slavery, Mr.. Garrison
accepted the method that was not his,
retained no bitterness of early struggles,
nut lived and then died an earnest patri-
ot and Christian. His end was very
sweet. His five living children were
gathered about his bedside and sang the
hymns that he loved-"Thus far the Lord
mas led me on" Awake my soul, stretch
very nerve; Rise my soul, and stretch
thy wings; "All hail the power of Jesus's
name; From all that dwell below the
kies." He was too weak himself to sing;
but moved his hands in time with the
singing. then became unconcous, and a
few hours later died in the assurance of
eternal life. How many for whose deliv-
erance he suffered unto bonds welcomed
him beyond the river the saints now
know.


1t was said Of st. Paul that he wrote
more severely than he talked. 1t was
true also of Mr.. Garrison that he was as
gentle and tender and mild as he was
outspoken. H. was q lovely man. No
one could meet him without feeling an
affection for him. 1t is the sweet nature
that has the strong will. He was disci-
pie of the Master who spoke words of
fire to the Pharisees but on whose bosom
the disciple leaned; and therefore there
went out to him both admiration and
love. Many will now address to him the
words which he addressed to the memory
of his wife, who died three years before
him, and which he sent to US for pub
lication.


THE grave dear sufferer, had for thee no gloom:


Unto the dust returns the mortal frame


The vital spirit, under no such doom,





But rising heavnward, an ethereal flame,
Shines on unquenched in essence still the same,
AS is the LIGHT that doth all worlds illume.


Thou art transported to higher sphere,


To gain companionship among the blest,
Released from all that made life painful here


And SO prepared to enter into rest.


If stricken hearts bend weeping DER thy bier,
STILL still for thenn-for thee-alPs for the best!"


"After this says John Bunyan, sit
was noised abroad that Mr.. Valiantfor-
truth was taken with a summons by the
same Post as the other, and had this for
token that the summons was true: That
the pitcher was broken at the fountain
When he understood it, he called for his
friends and told them of it. Then said
he: i am going to my Father and,
though with great difficulty have got
hither, yet now | do not repent me of all
the trouble | have been at to arrive where
| am. My sword | give to him that shall
succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my
courage and skill to him that can get it.
My marks and scars | carry with me, to
be witness for me that l have fought
His battles who will now be my rewar-
der When the day that he must go
hence was come, many accompanied him
to the river side; into which, as he went,
he said: Death where is thy stng?' And
as he went deeper, he said: grave, where
is thy victory? So he passed over, and
all the trumpets sounded for him on the
other side"
Year: 1879

good retort was made the other day
by an East Hartford gentleman, who is
noted for his liberality and is known to
have made some legacies to his town, pay
able after his death. He was waited up
on by an impecunious ow-townsman,
who begged assistance on the ground
that, if Mr.-was making donations
no one was in more need than he II
shall be pleased to help you" retorted
Mr.. just now l have nothing to
give away except some lots in East Hart.
ford cemetry If you will ride up there
with me, it will give me pleasure to Sc
lect with you place to bury you" Mr..


has had no further application from
that quarter.
Year: 1879

control of the country by the Democratic
party if it were made up of something
like equal proportions from all sections
of the country. l discuss this question
first, because | believe it the most i'm
portant question at issue in the pending
canFas. | repeat, that it is the impera
tive duty of the North to meet this solid
South with q united front.
Year: 1879

party of Irishmen went TO a clothing
store to buy suit of clothing in which
to bury dead comrade. All varieties of
garments were exmined and discussed by
the mourning friends; but none could be
decided upon, until one of the party held
up a light thin suit saying: BE gorra,
lets take this, b'ys. It's thin and cool,
and poor Pat will find it mighty comfort
able"
Year: 1879

VIM. Frey, the murderer OF Jacob Jauck,
the baker, had preliminary examination
in the Police Court this morning. After
hearing the testimony Judge Wilson held
him to answer before the Grand Jury the
charge of murder in the second degree.
The bail of the prisoner was fixed at SIC, 000,
in default Of which he vas taken to jail.