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OAS. PAPER. GAS Paper! Paper! Paper! or ILL KINt. A. V. DU PONT & GOV -01 the-i'" U Memphis Gasil?Ca (The Old Company) IS SEVEB BELOW '12 ,V Kanufaotureri and Wholesale DesJeri. TWENTY-FIVE CANDLE City Official Journal. LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. Fifteen Cents Per "Week LoalgTffle, ' KentBtkj A if- until j J: i ;r: J ' $2 20 per 1000 Cubic Ft METEnH SEX FKEE, No. -t Coiupamv's Office 291 Second Street SHIRTS. 5 - fev.. ) iiA'i m f - ff ..- .-T.vriiy'icg fj . I 5. h 14; ; yg WHO HAS NOT BERN ANNOYED WITH bad-uttiur Shirts? W buve been try. int for long time to obiat the difficulty and meet the dem anil ( and in 'bringing the MOMB .viAUK BlliKi' before the public we feel confident that we have mot the demand and removed the difficulty, and fur compoit, ' sabs and BKAUTf , the M vine-ui ad Miirl lit wlluoin n rival. We have fully tested Hi merits dnrinf th past two year, and it hag given sxtibs b&tiss rAeriON where others nave tailed, and we are confident that a fair trial will oonvince the most fastidious of the truth of the above statement, 1 1 it . r A complete assortment of tho Shirts always in stock, open lrortts or backs, lor studs, eye Jets or buttons. (.,.,.,, r i, .),,.,., special 4RiEn." We make to measure the HOME-MADE SHIHT, in any style desired, and quakantki NTiaa ATiirAOTioi in every ease. Try Tit Home-Mude Blilrti Sold only by ft r-' JOHNSTON" & VANCE. 1 1 .jCfi SOU Wnln attr.t WO OD AND WILLOW WARE. Wheeler, Pickens & Co. 1 a . n - j J at k. Dealer In iUl m Wood arid Willow Ware CORDAGE, TWINE, PAPER,. t SIEVES, BllCJSHES, BB00MS, BLACKING, MATCHES, ETC. TN ORDER TO ACCOM MODATE 017R VS I creasing business and for the better enn venience of the Wbolotata Irado we will, after April let. occupy ttt two adjoining stores for a vi holesale Department, making it separate and distinct from the retail, trust ing thereby to afford much better facilities to both branotie -- . mmim WHIt tCK PM'KEWW V- CO.. 19.94 S'iH. a'.'SV, il a:UI Wwln f MUSICAL MERCHANDISE VOLXIVr MEMPHIS, TENN.: THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 11, 1872. NO. 3G Have Inst removed to theli new. Uri n.ur-svorj waranouse, no. iM main St. Wit 'PUBLIC1 LEDGER. rnflB PUBLIC lLKTGIR''tS PUBLISHED A. evsrv aiKernoon tuxoepi ounaay; uy E . VHITHOBE At No. 13 Madison street. (rare bvfoithful earners at HflhUH CKNTo The Pobmo Lsdosi is served to elty snbscri- PER WEEK, payable weekly to the earnors. By mail (in advancalf One year,-; six montlis.ttutluM Jiii'ttti 02t ob month, 7s cents. ; r Newsdealers supplied at 2 cents per eopy. . WeeklPublicdsGr, Pabllshed every Tuesday at $2 per annum (is advance) r clubs of five or more, (1 50. Communications upon suhjpcts of general Interest to the publio are at all times aooept. able. ., Reiected manuscripts WJLt hot be returned. RATES QV ADVERTISIN3 IN DA1XT. nrst Insertion Sdbsequent insertions. For one week.M.. For two weeks...., K.r three weeks.... B or on montu-. ELATES Or.ADVERTISINO J.WKBiaX. . K 111 " 7 60, SI 00 per square. Ml " barbarous treatment of the body of magnanimous foe: their paesion findin vent in tears and curses, aud threats of vengeance RRainat the authors ol the in dignity. Whether from shame or fear, no exhibition was ever made of the di graceful trophies, nor had he ever heard of their existence during the almost forty years which bad sinca elaDsed. From our recollection of the munne and circumstances of the nurration, we are sauuhed that this is a much more correct yersinn than that which repre sents the body to have been skinned 1 he incident of ' the Indian prisoners' is absurd, as everybody will understand who knows what Indian h'ehtinir was i those days, and that is probably not the only fiction which has been interwoven n the story as it has passed from mouth to mouth. We think Mr. Klkins sai that on the mornioa: after he saw the body.it had disappeared. k MORMAN WOMAN'S STORY. ..$1 DO persqusra, .. Ml First insertion Subeeijuent insertions.. Eight lines of nonpareil, solid, constitute a square. ; . . ,, , , , . ,- ,, . . , Displayed advertisements will ha charred aeoording to the ui-aos oeoupied, at above rates there being twelve Unas ol solid type to tne lnon. Notices in local oolumn Inserted for twenty cents per line lor eaon insertion, ' To rem tar advertisers we ofi.r superior li duoements, both as to rate of charges and manner of displaying tbeir lavors. Rnaclnl notices InsartAil fnrtenAcntl nerlin. tor eacu insertion.; ; , , i Kotlces of deaths aad , marriuaa. twenty eents per line. All bills for advertising are dae when eon, Iraoted and payable on demand. i All letters, whether upon business or ether. Wise, must be addressed to. run m JR. WHITHORE. Publisher aud Proprietor. IVo. 37 Wain Street, MEMPHIS miT.Vi ' COTTON TIES. arrow conoi? TIES. io; 12. C. McCOJtlJ, fi. General Traveling Agent For tli smaoufacturc. . r . . J. J. MeCOMB, IJrfYjHJol, Lnlflnd. OSee removed to Orgill Brtft. C. of Mnnro slid Krnnt trert, ' The happy winds kiss all they meet. As on viewless wings they fly; . The valleys kiss the mountains' feet. An.l il,. i,:... u , U.' .1. B M'UUU.'.IM. tJH lUf H ins oiouas kiss rnirDe, calm ana Brignt, 1 net sable sky aoorning;. -And sunbeams ki.- the brow of ntsht In the burst of the dewy morning. The rivers kiss, unthrift of love. Their banks begenim'd with flowers; And swallows sweep from heaven above 'ie kiss this world of ours. m The fuaining billows kiss the beaoh,' In a wild, uneentle fashion; The weepiog willows earthward reach, ' 'l.'n Alinv th. il.rlin n.a.inn. Ibeivy kisses from its birth. All other cares dismissing; And all things loveliest on earth tieeui most engaged in kissing. . !' desrge land en Dreams.' Why these chimeras ol sleepf Physl cal disposition, I shall be told. Well and good; but that does not explain why they have such and such a shape. That relates to an organic mechanism of which we do not know the motive pow erg, and which remains aa enigma to us all. As bur eyes tor a long while retain the impression of the solar spectrum which has dazzled them, the mind fills with the objects which have tilled the eyes, and the fancy, while it transforms. traces them upon I know not what black chamber, the sanctuary of dreams. Our brain is not, then, a photographic appa ratus wherein images are faithfully transmitted. It, resembles rather a the- atef where the facts of life nro presented ndcr the form of fiction. Hut itis richer and more original than all the fictions of the theater. Itis the unforeseen in 11 .its Dower; it 'is the impossible a& ceptcd beforehand: it is the unrestrained festival of the imagination. The seri ous and tho burlesque dance together, terror and joy succeed each other there. riorrow is often bitter there, our tears Uow and wot hc pillow, liut it most frequently vanishes to give way to un realizable compensations. The friend ho has just left ub suddenly returns Irom an immense journey, which has lasted but an inntantr he even; if need be, leaves the tomb to which we have just carried him, to converse with us, We ourselveamly die in a dream, and leel oorstivca at uoe living and dead without surprise and without anguish. Thus, (hanks to the fictions which - rock our hours of repose, we spend a notable part ot our existence ouUide of the do main of reality. Ail the more because It is ii uccessury to sleep iu .order to dream, ,(,one to a tte of Rs-vrtaf loisa by stis Kltler'a Firs wir..e Horrors of I'oly fauij Mrs. T. B. II. Stoubouse. whoso hus band has been widely known for the past twenty years as a Mormon elder and missionary, i& just written a book ex posing the secrets of tho Mormon dclu ion. It is entitled A Ladys Life among tbe Mormons; a record of per sonal experiences as one of the wives of a Morman elder during a period ot more than twenty years." A few. extracts from her history will show the nature of her revelations, and tne bitterness of her resentment toward the leaders of the Mormon church When I had more experience in the ways of men, I discovered several never-failing signs by which one raicht know when man wished to take another wife.'' lie would suddenly awaken to sense of his duties, and would have great tears that the Lord would not pardon him for any neglect. He would become very religious, attend to his meetings testimony meetings, singing meetings, and various other meetings! , In fact he would show a great determination to leave nothing undone which ought to be done. My husband, being a good and conscientious Mormon, experienced all these feelings. Ut course lie did; and his kind brethren, knowing just how be felt, sympathized, urged, and even aided him in his noble efforts to carry out the command ot Uod. The young lady was at last selected. She was very pretty and very youthful. The last qualification is very necessary in a Mormon mind, for then it is expect ed that she will have more time to bear children to the glory of the kingdom. It muBt not be supposed that any other consideration innuences a Mormon mind. 0, dear! no. They are such pure mind ed men. " Then commenced the painful task of paying bis addreses to her. It is a painful task, 1 know, for my husband told me it was, and of course I. as a du tiful wife, believed him. He seemed, however to bear it remarkably well, and went at it with a zeal that was perfectly Okionisbing to me, whs knew, from wlmt he had said, how painful it was to him. I had really to restrain him for the benefit of his health; for when the du ties of the day were over, and evening came, he would scarcely take time to eat his supper, so anxious was he to continue this labor of love. But deeply as I sympathized with my husband in the "painful duty" which he had to perform, there were times when licit that my real sorrow was ereater than his fancied dithculties. 1 was, in fact, now truly overwhelmed with trouble. It seemed to me as if affliction was right at my door,' I would sometimes almost rave with anger. Then I would pray, then -cry. 1 knew the very hours that my husband was with her. Mentally 1 was myself with bim, and saw all. Ob the anguish that I felt in those times! No tongue can describo it. no one is capable of imagining it but a woman who truly loves her husband and has en dured the same anguish as that which I then felt. 'MRS. HTKNHOCKK II1VE8 UK It HUSBAND A SECOND W1FS. The time at length arrived for us to go to tbe Lntlowineut House, and there at tho A SCESE IX ROME.. TheCeresnoDy srKIlDg;Nt. leter'a s Of. Sunday, March 10, was the third day of a triduo held in the church of St. Peter's. A triduo, writes a London Times correspondent at Rome, is a church service or act of devotion, per formed and continued for three consecu tive days. Ittie special objectof tbe one just held, and which was celebrated by the Association for the Promotion of Good Works in concert with the Vatican Chapter, was to offer reparation for the horrible blasphemies with which, in these latter days, infidels have denied the presenco and the death of St. Peter in Home. The assemblage might be divided into three classes the curious, the pious aud those, who had gone there because they had nothing better to do, or bocause they had been requested to do so by l apal friends, or because that St. Peter's was got it gaping just as the baby's fingers nave made a rent out ot that atom ot hole in his pinafore that your old eyes never took notice ot. Ihen they will make such fools of us by copying on small scale what we do in a grand man ner. The Author of " A Harp of Thoo A. J. Frantz, the talented .editor of tbe lirandon (Miss.) Republican, havin been called on to answer as to whether he was tba author of this rich piece of sanre, very modestly says: We are not the author, and never claimed to be. It was one of the many nuriesque sermons with which the Kev, Henry T. Lewis, a Methodist minister, used to amuse, his friends in private cir cles. Having beard bim repeat it fre quenlly, we insisted on a copy for publi cation, ana alter mucn persuasion we induced him to write it out and give it lie stated that to us. Hn stated that he eot it from .... i..., i, i . I . t rt u nlu0 .hflm thnv nnnlri walk uhnu t I won murri.1. tut; ireeuil b il iturue v-uene, and see people under cover on a wet T11' ,ne State, and we believe Josh to day. Amonc the curious was a consid- " tuo real author, though Mr. Lewi erablo portion of the foreign population of Rome; one heard English, American and German spoken on all aides. It re spouses and genuflections were to bo ac cepted as a criterion, tbe pious were pretty numerous, although hardly a ma jority, at least under the dome where 1 stood. Iho service commenced with the nrcran but liiArft was. lin uiniritifr. A num ber of gentlemen in evening dress, ancf bearing candles, marched through the crowd to the altar. They were said to represent the Association to rromote Good Works. At the altar, canons of St. reters olhciated. Xbe responses. reverberating in the dome, had an im pressive effect, lo other respects the service was simple and monotonous in its character. It lasted abont half an hour. ' The congregation was of the usual motley character, including persons of the highest classes and a great many who, if not actually beggars, were dirty in clothes and person, and not good to stand near for those who did not wish to take away living testimony of their pres ence in the church. The toe of St. Pe ter, or rather the brass shoe protecting that part ot the Apostle s loot which the pious long ago kissed away, was in great demand, lliere was a constant succes sion of people, before and after the ser vice, filing past the statne and paying it the cestomary homage. 1 hey first kissed the foot and then touched it with their foreliiiads, and some of them kissed it again. J he msjonty ot these toe-wor- hipers were of the lower classes, but well-dressed men, and still more women, also kissed and bowed and then hurried on, doubtless much comforted by the tribute they bud paid. In the sume uiet. orderly manner in which they hud entered the congregation left the church, got into tbeir vehicles or opened their umbrellas and made lor their respective homes. X lie rope is said to have been resent on all three days, invisible, in a private gallary behind a lattice. ; first wrote it out. and added vorr lareelv to its lenirth as well as its humor. In other word", Josh Morris either heard or originated the ideas, and having given mem to Mr. Lewis, that gentleman en larged upon them and clothed them the language in which they appeared in tins paper. ; ' SPECIAL NOTICES. sw The purest and sweetest Cod Liver Oil in the werld is Hazard A Caswell's, made on the sea shore, from fresh-selected livers, by Caswell, Haiard & Co., New York. It is ab solutely purs and sweet. Patients whe have once taken it profer it to any other. For sale by all druggists. xvi-30 altar thA hrsL wtln la pv. inplation,.lcadjius almost pected to give proof of her faith in her f highest 1 FHtibfaction religion by placing the hand of the new in wmcu reutuii tnuiuDuto, -mm i wile in mat ot ner husband ' Hba in wandering! more defined and less I asked tho Question bv Bncham Yonnir: prolonged than those of a dream none f - "Are you willing to give this woman the leas escape the control of argument, to your husband, to be his lawful and oorner 1-4 ANNOUNCEMENTS. t or rnnuty I rnsiss. f f A. WOODWARD is a candidate for re-elec-;"in to the office of Trustee of t-helby eounty, .subject to tho action of tbe JJemocratw 'oJity Convention. "M" t or hiarrlar. CHAS. L. AXDEltSON Is a candidate for Sheriff of Shelby coiiuly, subject to the de cision of the 1'etnocrutio Cnnventi'Hn 27-te We are authorised to announce Colonel J. A. FwRRKST os a candidate for theriff of ibhethy eonnty at the ensuing August election, smbjeet to the DemeoratK' Convention. 21T In answer to many inquiries I hereby u thorite yoa te announce my name w a candi date lor t-heriff of Shelby county, at It. Au gast olsction. Wit. subject ie the aeua U the Dwuocratio County Convention. jo-tj n. K. BALL. There is, therefore, in us something which is called a sonl, and which is per haps quite another thing from that which bears its nsrnc. hitherto, very vague or very ill-defined. I have myself long be lieved that we have three souls one to direct tbs employment of our organs, another to regulate our relations with our species, a third to communicate with tbe Divine Spirit which animates the universe. Sainte-Beuve used to .smile when I said that to him. " Threesouls!" replied he; "if we could be sure of hav ing oriel" I dared pot answer him that we had, perhups, taore. We are not such simple phenomena as people have chosen to ' think in order to be able to classify us as good and bad, as elect and tion of meal wedded wife, lor time and for all eter nity,? If you are, you will manifest it by placing her right hand within the right band of your husband. I did so; but what words can describe my feelings? Iho anguish of a whole lifetime was crowded into that one sin gle moment.' " 1 remember well that when I returned home that "home" which was now to become hateful to me, tor his young wife was to livo there tnv husband said to me, "you have been very brave; but it is not so bard to do, after all, is it?" He had seen me bear it so well, that he even supposed I was indiS'erent. ' So much for the penetra- lOndemned. To the Fcoplo or TeHnfgsee. F RESPONSE TO THE EXPREfrtO tT a popular desire. sufllcieDtly general and influential to control my acti'.n in the . I. 2 Was tVeamseh Sklaaed, ', From the Mobile Kegixtcr.) ' . , In November, 1852, the present writer met at Greensborough, Miss., an old gentleman named Elkin, a participant in the battle of the Thames, from whom he heard some aonounU of that action which he had never met in print. As forth story of Colonel Johnson killing Tec urn sell, Mr: Hiking said it Was com monly reported and not questioned si the time; be himself was in another part of the eneaeement. being under Lieuten ant, Colopel, James Johnsoj,, who broke LM pritisb line on the riit wnue bis brother .naced tbe Indian! on ths left. Mr. Elkin iutoi;d us that tke day after the battle the troo"pg nsrched out by companies to gratify tliV-fir suuvsity by esVug tne oceue, nisi prct.-Bui.iuH natter. 1 hereby announce mjseii a canai- heine adoWOi to guard against possime CoL-rte vn. feSra danger frfctuci Indians. Hi. Hon. X. A. B. Nelson. Election irst itsra-1 company was the nrat that inched the day in August . j.j.wvm- i around where 1 ecumsen ieu, ana ue; Chattanooga. March 11. 1T2 11 -te To the People of Tennessee,,, ) In response to the call of many leading Mtitens of the Slate. I hereby aanounce my FeJf as a candidate for the offiee at Judge of Ibe fuprrme Ctmrt, made yarsnt by therc'ir netMn of Hon. T. A. K. Nelson. Electt.a arstTWday in rMASl. MTTit-ii, Torn. I jrmu found t' bodv, trom tne oacs oi wnicn " ruior strap1' that was his expression ) had been cut. The company, composed chiefly of relatives of ti Bun who had been slaughtered at tbe River ftaiiiu, in that massacre to which Tecumseu had put a stop at the risk of bis own life, manifested great indignation at this During the remainder of that day, how I watched tbeir looks and noted their every word! Tome, their tender tones were like daggers, piercing me to the heart. One moment I yearned for my husband's undivided love; the next mo UWDt I hated the very sight of him, and rowed that l never again should have a i-lnee in my heart. Then I would feel that there was no justice io Heaven, or this great sorrow would not have come VP0 r I . i A lady of the Damn of Jfisne, wbq be haved very a oblr both to French and German wounded during the Strasbourg siege, has lately beeo awarded the Iron Cross of Germany, by the Empress Augusta. Madam Kisue declined, and returned the decoration to Prince Bis marck, accompanied by letter, in wiL.; J1 says: " ' ' ' ' 1 "I cannot receive an honorary dis tinction from the hands of a sovereign who has canted my country and my na ;i'e town to be invaded, burned and plundered. What I did for the German wounded Vas only the effect of the good heart of a French iromaVi, who can never understand cruelty to the vanquished, to invalids, women and childern.' Please to reUin) tb'5 cross to the Empress of OerniBiij--il. wWi he an insult to an Alsatian woman to aecepl it. Talk stall Inspiration, Good talk is not a matter of will at all; it depends you know wo are all half materialists nowadays on a certain amount of active congestion of the brain and that comes when it is ready, and not before. I saw a man get np the other day in a pleasant company, and talk away lor aoout live minutes, evi dently by a pure effort of will. His per son whs good, bis voice was pleasant, but anybody could see that it was all mechanical labor; he was sparring for wind, as the lion. John Morrissey, Jl. C, would express himself. - Presently Do you bolovcd, i am afraid you are not old enough but do you remember the days of the tin tinder-box, the flint, aud steel? Click! Click! Click! Ah-h-h! knuckles that time! Click! clickl click! a spark has taken, and is eating into the black tinder as a six year-old eats into a sheet of gingerbread. Presently, after hammering away for live minutes with mere words, the spark of a happy ex pression took somewhere among tbe mental combustibles, and then for ten minutes we had a pretty wander ing, scintillating play ol eloquent thought, that enlivened, it it did not kindle, all around it. If you want the real philosophy ot it, 1 will give it to you. The chance thought or expression struck the nervous center ot conscious ncss as the rowel of a spur stings the flauk of a racer. Away through all the telegraphic radiations of the nervous cords nashed the intelligence that the brain was kindled, and m jut bo fed with something or other, or it would born itself to ashes. And the great hydraulic euginea poured in their scarlet blood, and the lire kindled and the flames rose; for the blood is a stream that, like burn ing rock-oil, at once kindles aud is itself tbe luel. iou can t order these organic processes, any more than a milliner can make a rose. She can- make something that looks like a rose, more or less, but it takes all the forces of the universe to bnuh and sweeten that blossom in your Plain Words for ths People. When broken down in health, strength and spirits it is not necessary that we should ask a medi cal man whether an invigorant is necessary, Common sense tells as that it is. The only question to be decided is, what the invigorant shall be. A standard tonic and restorative. which has been many years before the public. and in which millions of the intelligent classes repose the fullest faith, seems in a case like this, to present th strongest claims to the confidence of ths prudent Invalid. llos tetter's Stomach Bitters may bo truly said to possess these high recommendations. Its triumphant progress doringa period of twenty years, its present popularity, and tbe nniform suocess which attends its nse in indigestion, nervous debility, biliary complaints, fever and ague, and all ailments which depress the physloal system and tnervuto tie mind, en title it to the rank of a standard national spe- oiBc. It is regarded in that light by the com munity at large, and hundreds of thousands of both sexes resort to ii at this season as a preventive of that numerous and harassing class of disease, which take their rise from the miasiualio winds and vapors of spring. It is a stimulant, a tonic, an alterative and a mild aperient four essential restoratives and proteetive elements of tho materia medics united in a slnglo agreeable preparation. Every ingrodient if vegetable, of th flueit quality, and absolutely pure. Hostettcr's Bitters is better known, held in groater es teem, and commands a larger sale, than any I other proprietary medicine manufactured in this country or imported from abroad. WHITE GOODS AT COLL'S, 271 MAIN ST. FI1.I. LINES) or fJAINSOOEtS, GAWIGS, ORGANDIES, TARLETONS, e SWISS AND INDIA MULLS, Colored Piques and Seaside Stripes Chintz Patterns and Mantaban Cloths. :i-ll4 J M I fcl ft. if DEALERS IX -. " q Choice Groceries, Teas, : 2, ? - -3 Jfffo)j provisions. I f (0 I'-T i 1 1 lil ImITm rii'i iVi, ' -I)'"-'-'- ; ,'. I, 'llli. HIUM"" 0 . ,. e sWi"- ill 3 S fftVv Provision... JfUUAA ' S.H srCbupped bands, face, rough skin, pim ples, ringworms, salt-rheum, and other cutanoous affections cured, and tho skin made soft and smooth by using the Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Haiard A Co., New York. xvi-30 BaUhelor'i Hair By. This superb hair dye is the bat in Ike world perfectly harmless, reliable and instantaneous; no disappoint-' ment; no ridiculous tints or disagreeable odor. The genuine Wtu. A. Batcbelor'a Hair Dye produces immsbiatslt a splendid black or r.atural brown, leaves th hair cfeas, toft, bcautiM; does not contain a particle of lead or any injurious compound. Bold by all drug gist, factory, 16 Bond street. New York. eoau--xv. " For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression of Spirits and Oenerai Dobility in their vari ous forms, a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, tb "Ferro-l'hosphoiatcd Elliir of Calisaya, made ky Caswell, Haiard & Co., Mew York and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic for patients recovering from fever or sickness It has no eiiual. xvi-30 March, 1872. SPRING TRADE. March, 1872. HILL, TERRY Sc. MITCHELL, 329 MAl.V STREET MEMPHIS, TEXJV. Are now ready for MERCHANTS (only) with the largest snd best stock of Iioota, Slioon, lints and Straw Gooclis, Suitable for Men, Women and Children's wear, ever brought to our city. 78 GROCERIES. TO MERCHANTS. Forster, Kealhofer & Co .oblicrH lit STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. 336 Front Street. button hole; and yoo may be sure that Fresh Goods Constantly Arriyinir when the orators brain is in a flame, J when the poet's heart is in a tumult, it is something mightier than he and his will that is dealing with him. O. W. llolmtt. Oliver Weadell Holmes t'hll. dress. i like tne cniniren, ne said to me one day at the table. I like 'em and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the hon est truth telling there is in the world is done by them. Do you know they play tba part in the household which the king s jester, who very often had mighty long head under his cap and hells, nsed to p)av for a monarch. There's no radical plub like a nest of lit tle lolks in a nursery. Did you ever watch a baby's fingers? I have, often enppgh, though I never knew what it half minute or so, sighed-xperhans at thinking what he bod missed iu Jife looked up at me vacantly, I saw what was tbe matter; he had lost ths thread of his talk. ' ; " Baby's lingers," 1 intercalated. - " Yes, yes, did you ever see how they will poke those wondeiful little fingers ol theirs into every fold, and crack, and crevice they can get at? That is their first education, feeling their way into solid farts of tbe material world. When they begin to talk it is the same thing over again in another shape. If there is a crack or flaw in your answer to their confounded elfoulder-bitliag questions, Icpy Till poke and poke until they have 'ew N. C. Ilanis. Breakfaat Baoon, Dried Iteef, Bologna Sauiuure, Full stock of Canned Good), W Ines, Liquors, Cigar and Tobaeoo, Co(Iei, Tens, ' Sugars. Syrups, Flour, Lar and Pork. A consignment of Pried Peaches. twi RAILROADS. MEMPHIS AND LCMSYILLE RAILROAD. Winter Schedule Xot. 13th. BLUFF CITY INSURANCE COMPANY, OF MEMPHIS, TEXBT. No. UD3 Main Street. CAPITAL, f 200,000! C. H. rENHER, rresldeatu W. H. HOOBE, Socrrlsry. Directors! M L MEACIIAM. DAVID P HADDK3. NAPOLEON HILL, J C HKELY, (J W JONES, H H HIGBEB, CS TENNER. mr Pir. Marin and River risks taken at th lowest rates. 20-t WASHINGTON FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Office, 5 1-2 Madison street, Memphis, : t i Tennessee. J. J. BUSBY, President. J. W. JEFFERSON, Vice Pres. 6. W. L. CROOK, Secretary. DIUECTOU3I B. DILI, ARD. of DilUrd R. A- rvmn O. V. RAMBALT. of K. M tnn.r.nnt, J. W. J E P rERSeX. of J. W. J.ff.rson A Co. Ji-V ?.LBAt, "by. Johnson Co. JNO. S. TOOt, of loof. Phillips A Co. SWWIll rrant PM!-; nf Tninrinn nnn Fire. Marine and RiVer risks at rates cuua- metl.nrnt. with the hurard. ?M RMMJJVIS. MKMPIII8 AGRICULTURAL -AND COLLCCI. hristian Brothers' Pay Einress. leaves.. New York Express, da 4:15 a.s l:3u p.i il Brownsville Accommodation leaves daily t&unday excepted) 4:15 p si fJLEGANT SLEEPING CARS WILL RUN VI throngs to Na-bville.8t. Louis tad Louis ville a tbe I :) p.m. train daily. The 4:15 am. and 4:15 p.m. trains do not rua on Sunday. T w For tickets and ether information apply at ticket ciSi No. ssy Main stret. COLLEGE, No. Adtima Street. This ixsTrriTiox is situated is one of the highest and most br.llhr l-arts of, 'be city. Besides thorough instrnctiea in all the branches f Collesriats ao (sumsrslsl t'ostrs), th most scrupulous ear is bestowed oa th soiil TSAivia of the pupil. French. Musi and Drawing form extra charge. lor terms see prn.pectus. or arpty to BltOriitlt itAl-hKLIA. MECHANICAL SOCIETY. UNDER the authority of An Act passed at the last session of the I,A.i,l,hir. f th. benefit of the "Agricultural and Mechanical Associations of this State, th Memphis Agricultural and Mechani cal society VCill eommenee the PALE OF TICKETS and fiBiBiUUllU UJT FRIZES On Wednesday, the 27tli Inst. Th proceeds art to be applied to th renaral ana raptu IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR GROUNDS And from the profits the manacers hop to foster and build ud an institution o.rin.n.nt and successful, in which the oitir.ens of our city and county may fsel a just pride. I tila trol of Messrs. James Coleman. Tobias Wolf. Thos. E. Hills and W. U. Woodson, who hare been resularly appointed managers under tb law. For full particulars with referene thereto, apply at the office of tbe Society, 313 SECOND 8T Under the Greenlaw Opera Hoas. J. 0. BALLE.YT1NE. Pres't. Leok Tlot'SoiLK. heo'y. St"nirhi. Vtr.-h y. ?-f NEW JAIL CONTJtAC'f. CONTRACT FOR BUILDING A NEW i a. brick and iron fail in the town of Friar Point. Couhoma county, Mississippi, t be lei out to the Invest bidder by Ibe undersissed members of Board Supervisors of sai county. On the 22d day of April, 1872. Plans and specifications to be seen at tb Clerk s office, in tbe t.wn of Friar's Point, i 7.Tm' a'1 knows en tbe day of letting. The Board of Supervisors du nut biad themselves to accept anv bid. anl.sa proper security is fives in doable tb. aunwinr ot tbe contract, and that said jail shall he ompleted npea th date then sad lb. re acreed upon. B. HARRINGTON, President. P. C. LK'i'f, A. HINTON. 11E.NKY WALL, L. M. OAN-UJ.ii. Members of th. B;fd ef Prrvlor.. . wi. R il.ii'M' ri.rk CHICKERIN3 PIANOS AE T KE BEST WERE AWARDED HIGHEST PRIZES AT LATE MEMPHIS FAIR-GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS AND C!?L0 MAS. H. G. KQLLENSERG'S. 274 SECOND STREET.