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Year: 1879

STRANGE how ashamed a man will
be of shabby umbrella-one of those
slouchy, corpulent affairs, with the
bleached-out covering divorced from Il
third of the rib-tips, and a shoe-string
elasped around its waist in lieu of the
vanished elastic! How he will
hide it as far as possible under his arm,
run it up his coat sleeve, tuck it away
beneath the folds of his coat, keep it
between himself and the wall. and when
he gets in the car how careful he is to
dispose it in the darkest possible COR
ner! And if perchance anybody spies
it out, how quick is he to head off criti-
cism by explaining that it is the one he
keeps in the otfice-so convenient to
have one there, you know; one that you
know nobody will steal-ha! ha! Or
maybe he will go step farther-the
lying rascal--and say he borrowed it,
and if he didn't return it old Grimshaw
would never forgive him-hal ha! But
when the clouds lower and the rain
drops begin to patter, who so at ease,
so envied, so proud and happy, as the
man with the shabby umbrella, as he
stalks along between rows of unpro-
teeted men and women, with his de-
spised umbrella dripping its liquid har-
vest indiscriminately on the just and
unju%p Verify, there is nothing in this
life wholly good or wholly bad. -Bos-
ton 1rdRScTtpt.
Year: 1879

But even that journal will not deny that


party majority in Congress or party
President secured by an elaborate, open


and general system of fraud is a matter


III which even voting mud-sills may
rightfully Interest themselves. The
puerility of the effort ~ SET off against
the suppression of the colof5d vote the
influence of large proprietors in North
ern and Western States over their la
borers is merely contemplate. In
stances of sporadic cheating and unfair
influence at the polls are always possi-
BILE. But does any well-informed man
allege that in any other than certain
Southern States there is deliberate coer-
cion of the vote of an immense voting
classP In the election of 1874 that emf
nent Louisiana politician John Slidell,
by his Plaquemine frauds, secured
q Democratic ajority of 970 in a
parish in which the whole Demo-
cratic vote Of the previous year was
800; and this fraud gave the electoral
vote of the State TO the Democrats,
whose whole majority was only $40.
Would anybody pretend 10 put against
such systematic and wholesale electoral
swindling at one point, the cases of
farmers and proprietors in other States
who may have threatened to dismiss
their hands if they did not vote as they
were toldP


1t is both to facilitate and to conceal
this enormous wrong that the cry of
State rights and of soldiers at the polls
has been raised. What invasion of
State rights Is allegedP The super
vision of national elections in the States
by National agents. If that be q dan
ger to just local right, it is in pursu-
ance of a law whose constitutionality
has not been questioned by the courts.
The cry of military interference is raised
to confuse the real question, which is
usurpation by forcible and fraudulent
suppression of the colored vote 1t is
dismal prolongation of the politics Of
the war, which Is to be regretted on
every account, but which cannot be
avoided by shutting our eyes. This in
stant that any Southern white party in
sists that the legal colored vote shall be
protected, or that it shall be reduced by
any equable qualification, the National
question arising from it will vanish
But so long as the Southern whites
foreibly and fraudulently suppress the
colored vote, lest by an honorable and
legal reduction they should lose in the
basis of representation, it will be neces-
sarily a National question. HGrper'S
WeebEH.
Year: 1879

IL We only had another Texas Pacific
subsidy job or two to occupy the stten.
ton Of the Legislature, it is probable that
ali idea Of local business would be aban'
doutd for the balance Of the session. The
bane Of old Virginia legislation was a
constant propensity to NEEDLE with Fed
.al matters, and We have a streak Of 1t
il this State. Now that the King Of
France has marched up the hill,
and then turned about and marched
down again, may We not hope that the
legislature will hereafter confine their
attention to the territory Of West Virginia.
IlCongress is reduced to the necessity OF
receiving Instructions from persons who
confess themselves ignorant OF the facts
iathe case, they must be in deplorable
condition indeed.
Year: 1879

Eight O'Clock next morning and we were
leaving these famous Springs behind us.
AS we approached the Greenbricr river the
scenery becomes wilder and grander; and
nature, when she mapped out this rugged
country, seems to have lost all symmetry OF
design. Chaotic wildness must have seized
her there in her mighty effort at grandeur:
You see nothing Of that far-reachinS and
well-defined scenery OF the Blue Ridge.
Here all is rugged and conglomcrated, anu
the mind, like the country, becomes con-
fused. We are now ON
Year: 1879

THE BOARD Or REVIEW.


The BOARD OF Review Of the National Trottne
Association will meet tomorrow evening at the
Grand Paclic Hotel to fnish the consideration OF
sundry cases which came up at the meeting in
New York last December, and some new ones, on
which action is necessary. The most important
matters will be the final decision in the 2+ race
at Utica last summer, in which it is alleged that
crooked work was done in order that the favoritc,
Edwin Forrest might be defeated. The affair WIS
fully ventilated at the time Of its occurrence in
TuB tribune, which was the only paper in
the country to give all tho facts, and
fts subsequent phases have been fully
chroncled- There il no question as to what the
sctun Of the Board should be, and Oh its decision
will depend the question Of whether or not Vest
ern Association, independent of the National one,
Is TO be formed. Another matter In which Chicago
people feel interested is the Bonesetter-Pro1eine
case, over which there was SO much excitement
last fall. II may come mp again, but in what shape
cannot be said. The action. of President Wool1ey
in fenstating Wllliam MEG ntsan, driver OF Small
Hopes, IL also subject I'd, Confirmation by the
Board. !;


Other than this there is nothing important in any
OF the cases to be heard. The board will probably
remain in session until Wednesday night.
Year: 1879

lNhis recent speech in the house Of
commons on the agricultural depres-
sion in England, John Bright told of
an English farmer who, speaking to
him of the huge Importation of agri-
cultural products from the United
States, said; II wish that cursed


country had never been discovered "
No doubt this sentiment accurately
represents the feeling with which
English farmers regard the threat
ened ruin of their business by their
American rivals. But that cursed


country" has been discovered and
cursing it further will not blight its
prosperity or its fertility. The soli-
tary chance England has of saving it.
self from the effects of American
competition is in giving its soil to its
people, SO that the workers and NOT
the idlers may be masters of the
ground, to till it for themselves in.
stead of cultivating it for the land
lords. But the remedy can be applied
only through the medium of revolu,
tion which is not very likely to come
Year: 1879

Are you rich2 Vote for the COM
promise. to enhance the value of your
property,


II poor, vote fsF u, to secure your
self employment and work all the year
round.


Are you a land owner? Vote for it,
to enable you to sell your land at fair
prices to immigrants, who, AS a body,
decline to go where credit is not re-
speeted.


If you have money to lend, YOU
certainly would prefer to see credit
respected and honesty upheld for you.


DO you want to borrow money! BY
all means you will vote for it, for Il
places four millions of dollars In the
circulation of the State that, by rs
peculiar character, though perfectly
good, will be confined to the State and
therefore be local, increasing wages
and enhancing the value of property.


II you wish to engage in manufac
lures, the settlement of the debt is an
absolute necessity to it's successful
prosecution.


II the extension Of railroads is con
Year: 1879

PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON, what
ever his personal character may be,
and however much men may be indis-
posed to rely upon his utterances,
certainly makes a very fair exhibition
of good sense and genuine patriotism.
He declared yesterday TO the delega
ton Of Bonapartists that waited upon
him that while he assumed the head
ship of the Bonaparte family he rec.
ognized the republic as a fact, and
that he emphatically opposed and dis
cOuntenanced every intrigue which
might be set on foot for the purpose
of placing the Bonapartists in posi-.
ton inconsistent with their origin
their duties and their cause. OI
course this kind of talk has been
heard before from Bonapartes who
afterward trod under foot the rights
Of the people but this man deserve.
to have it remembered of him, in the
interests of fair play, that he was {
republican even in the days of tn,
empire. How far he can be trusted
now is an open question.
Year: 1879

IT is to be hoped that our morning
cotemporaries will cease to fume and
fret at each other. In an emergency
like the present it is not likely that
we can all agree as to the best policy
to be pursued, nor may we like the
way our nOighbor behaves, but pri-
vate quarreling is a bad business at
best, and public quarreling through
newspaper columns is worse, There
is nothing to be gained by it, and the
example is not apt to set well upon
the minds of those to whom peace
and quiet is now essential. In these
unhealthy times let us pass over the
foibles Of others, and if we cannot
live with a. brothcrly feeling toward


mankind we can at least let mankind
roam at will. There is room for all to
jog along without obstructing the
Year: 1879

IUKA quarantined yesterday noon
against this place. 1t subjects.a per
son to a fine of 800 for violation Of
its provisions. No goods, household
effects or baggage is to be admitted
no person can enter under 20 days
from Memphis, and no person will be
allowed to go within 80 feet of trains
at the depot under a penalty of IS;
until further notice the trains are
permitted to stop as usual, but sleep
ing and other coaches must not be
left on the side tracks within the
limits of the town.
Year: 1879

NUMEROUS squads of darkies were
passed, trudging their way to this city
few days ago A voracious gentle
man rode in from Collieryille and saw
more than fifty They were coming,
he said, impressed with the idea that
free ratiOns were to be had, and that
nurses were wanted at high rates of
pay. A planter, twenty miles down
the river, wrote a letter which is now
in possession of the Howards, to the
effect that his field hands had openly
talked Of visiting the city, and that
p!under seemed to be their only OBJ
ject. The letter further states that
threats are unconcealed on the part of
these people. This information is i'm
parted not to excite alarm, for no dan
ger is apprehended. Those who have
made threats are likely to quail when
it comes to an actual test of courage,
for thieves and plunderers are rarely
brave unless it is in the dark, with the
advantage all on their side, and such
advantage will not be theirs in this
city. We have enough here to
take care of public and pri-
vate property, and to punish thieves
when caught. If rascals are
sharp enough to practice their calling
without getting caught, the more
lucky, they 1t is possible a short
season of luxury and idleness may be
their portion. The colored people of
this city, few Of them at least, have
seen fit to hold an indignation meeting,
all because Of the paragraph in the
LEDGER of two days ago. They
undertake to defend their cornfeld
brothers from all aspersion, talk Of
their honest industry, their poor har-
vests last year and a lot of other
swash. There was also an undertene
of expression in their proceedings,
which was more than likely the ques-
ton uppermost in their minds, and
that was a recommendation to have
relief committees appointed to point
out where public aid could be dis
tribnted to best advantage. For the
benefit of the indignant colorcd men,
among whom several names appear,
who have the reputation Of being
influential With their race, it may be
safe to say that the present temper Of
those who have control here, is not to
issue rations or render assistance to a
single family unless it be to help
them get away from the city, No food
will be issued here under any oircum-
stances, they now say, and It is hoped
that no change of opinion will occur
on this subject. AS far as threats of
displeasure or denuneiatiOn of this
journal is concerned nothing is cared.
1t Il able to protect itself, to give the
news, whether it be good or bad even
if it concerns plundering negroes, and
at the same it, will continue to ad-
monish those who are inclined to evil
that it would be well for them to pause
and consider before they run their
noses into bad places. But there will
be no rations issued except to people
who go to camps.
Year: 1879

Baron Huddleston, an eminent Eng.
lish Judge, recently took occasion Ia
say from the bench that it was an
undOubted fact a woman told lie
very much better than did a man, and
with very much better effect, Ii was
a remarkable circumstance that when
a woman was determined to say what
was untrue she said it in a much bet
ter manner than man, Whether
this was due to man feeling that his
dignity was to a certain extent Of
Tended by recourse to untruth he did
not know; that was a metaphysical
question into which he would not
enter but it was certain that a woman
told a story much more logically, and
If 1t was untrue, held to it much more
portinaciQpsly, aud with much more
the appearance Of truth, than a man
could.
Year: 1879

templated, it cannot be done. for
money must be borrowed, and people
who have money are sick of lending
to Tennesseans until the debts already
contracted are paid.


HIVE you mountain lands to dispose
Of? The persons who wish to settle
on them are anxiously awaiting the
vote before moving here.


In short, there is no industry, no
business, not directly influenced by
the settlement, and none that would
suffer by its payment. We, like SEN
slble men, then, ought not to hesitate
if we feel any solicitude for the well
fare of the State.
Year: 1879

pathway of another, and none may
know how soon the fell destroyer may
mark the ill-tempered citizen as his
victim. An equable mind and q
buoyant heart, filed with Kindness
toward all, is the best to Withstand a
four months siege Of Yellow Jack,
50 the medical gentlemen say, and
though they may not know it all, yet
their advice in this direction will do
no harm. a.
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
SOC 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 pei
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing postofice.
Year: 1879

The New York Herald devoted
three columns the other day to a de-
scription of the abominable filth
which adorns that city. If the chol-
era or yellow fever should work into
the metropolis there would be
nobody left to tell the tale of woe.
The New York papers have been ex-
tremely liberal in their advice tc
Southern people to "clean up" They
evidently need to whoop up their own
people.
Year: 1879

sUBSCRIBERS who wish TO 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

The naval officers do not relish the


proposition of the national board Of
health that Hayes shall appoint Ger
tain Of their number to serve in the
yellow fever districts at Havana and
elsewhere. The act empowers the
President to detail officers thus, but
if they don't want to go they cannot
be forced to go, As the officers do
not care about exposing themselves
this year, 1t is not likely that the
national board will get the aid needed.
Year: 1879

LONDON. Jan. 1.-THE Berlin correspondent
OF the Times says: The Liberals. despite their
opposition to the gag law are convinced that
further restrictions are absolutely necessary to
and though they are strongly opposed to the
Chancellors remedy, pure and simple, as too
drastic the opinion Is gaining ground that he


The government Post complains Of the bitter
tone characterising English criticisms OF the
measure. Thinks EnRand's opposition to the
bill is nothing more than another form OF her
antipathy to the Chancelor's protection policy.
Year: 1879

BROOKLYN. Jan. l7.-Mme. Anderson was pre-
scented with silver tea service at a banquet last
night She said the secret of her strength lay
In the fact that she looked daily to Him who
gives us all our strength. complete reliance
10 do things we by no means dream of. This
may seem strange for me to say. bat II Is true.
I had to walk Sunday. but don't think there
think many persons were degenerated by. com.
ing here. and think it was better they should
come here than to go to some other places.


The madame Is well and hearty. and Is going
Year: 1879

life at WethersHed. Mrs. Cobbs counsel will
make motion for new trial. The jury stood
ten to two for conviction Ia the FIRST degree.
which is the nearest woman has come TO death
penalty in this State for century. Mrs. Cobb
exhibited no public signs Of breaking down,
suit was SO poignant that she wept bitterly.
Year: 1879

PARIS. Jan. fiat a meeting OF the moderate
Left IL was unanimously declared that the min
tstertal programme was unacceptable to the
Republican Union. The action OF the extreme
Left was strongly condemned, while the action
OF the Left Centre was ap proved.
Year: 1879

Our business is run in the old-fashioned way. We
do not shuttle customer about from one salesman
to another to buy paper Of pins from one salesman
yard Of calico and spool Of thread from another
thereby taking up hours in purchasing few goods
that can, by way Of doing, be purchased in as
many minutes. keep none but first-class salesmen
who are well posted in every line of goods. The
same salesman goes the entire stock with the custo-
Year: 1879

Y If the Greenback representation from
Wolf River and Union secmed light, you will
wonder where they found even % many, when
Morse's vote for County Clerk rolls in from
that side of the County.
Year: 1879

II The Justices of the Supreme Court have
appointed Judge Kingman State Librarian, in
place of DR.. Dickinson, deceased. A most excel
lent and deserved appointment. Judge King
man is man of fine education and an excellent
lawyer, and just the man to manage the immense
law library of the State. The work is suited to
him, and the pay is good. We always rejoice at
any good luck of Judge Kingman, the same as if
il happened to us.
Year: 1879

II We are told that Mr.. Welding, Greenback
candidate for County Surveyor, is 50 nearly
blind that he ca mot recognize his most inti-
mate aequaintances three feet distant. blind
man for Surveyor, is in perfect harmony with .
party that is made up of men incompetent to
manage their own finances, but who want to
regulate the finances of the country.
Year: 1879

u All who want to reach into their pockets,
and pay the negroes wages that the Southern
Rebels wronged them out of, should vote the
Greenback ticket. After defrauding the negroes
of the wages of their labor, they ask the people
of the North to pay it-and this by way of polit-
ical capital, in order to deceive the poor colored
people still fu rther, and steal their votes.
Year: 1879

There is no nobler office in the
world than to nobly, honestly, pure
ly entertain the people. To be
amused is to cake the bitter drop OF
gall out of the things of life.
Amusement takes away the sting
of care and furnishes medicine
for the heart. 1t cures the miasma
of the mind, and the art of anus
ing men, women and children in
nocently is thing of which the
proudest might be proud. The en-
tertainment which can win the
elevated and the noble to smile de-
serves the respect and gratitude OF
every person; to make people
laugh; 10 carry them out of them


eelves and out of the hard world
about them, is task for the noblest
intellect. Such things are accom-
plished every Sunday at Washing


ton Gardens. Be sure and come.
Bring your wife and family. a9-1m
Year: 1879

1t IS held 10y some scientists, that the
human body is subject to systematic
dlsorganlzatlons, change and alterna-
ton, III which its component atoms arc
succcSslvey removed and replaced, 50
that at the end OF seven years time it is
renewed all It's parts, and hecomesDrac-
tically different organization from
what it was at the commencement OF
each seven years of change. Every ten
years an analogous change takes place
i'll the conditions of population, and by
consequence, i'll the political status Of
the several States of the American
LniOn.


The States are now just on tho
eve, us it were of such decennial
change, fOr next year a new census is to
be taken an d Il new status Of political
influence determined. To-day the
power and advantage in national affairs.
They have the balance Of power in the
federal system and their united strength,
with the assistance of only forty y-seycn
electoral votes from the North, is sutti-
clellt to effect the choosing OF Il presi-
dent. The "Solid South," with New
York and lndlanna, can elect the next
president, and as the South is Demo-
cratic, it is only necessary to secure
these two Northern States to effect q
complete revolution in the political
complexion of the government admin
istration. No wonder then that the
solid South is such II standing menace
to the Rcpublieap politicians.


AS much aS our people may rejoice in
the political Importance of their sec
ton, they are forced to see that the day
of its glory is soon to pass away. The
census to be taken next ycarWi change
the status Of sections immensely. The
course ofimigration apd Me shifting of
population among tile States will be
found to have greatly increased the vo-
ting power Of the Northwest, at the ex-
penSe of the other sections, but it will
all rebound to the political power Of
the North, so that in 1884 the South, in
stead Of lacking only folty-seven votes
of being able to elect Il president, will
probably require more than double that
number, and this decrease Of power will
go on until measures are devised to fill
up the South's rich lands with popula-
tion. Since population means so much
to an American State, it is strange our
people take so little pains to attractit.
Year: 1879

cies about the other world, is belief in
the connection Of the human soul
with tie eternal. Nothing apparently
is LETT but secular consequences OF con-
duct, human law, which the strong mag
make or unmale, and reputation, which
success, even criminal success, may to IL
great extent command. . =
There is perhaps All increase Of church,
building and church. going, but the
crust, of outward piety is hollow and
growing follower every day.
Year: 1879

The touching sentiment, "Our first in
appeared after an obituary
notice in Philadelphia paper the other
day and the father Of the child came in
to the office hopping mad. It was the
third death in the family, and he desired
to know of the clerk where he supposed
the other two had gone.