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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
VALUATION OF BOSTON.

The Boston Assessors have just made
their returns of the valuation of property
in that city, and they foot up, real estate
1925, 767, 2l5; personal estate, SlS9,595,
1870; total, $4l5, 1862, 345. The increase
over last years assessment is S43,469,'
$40. The number of taxpayers thisyear
in Boston is 1892, being 502 less than
last year. The total taxation in Boston,
for city, county and State purposes, Is
but 81 80 per 800. The amount to be
raised this year for city purposes is
s., PA, asa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

Now. we wish TO be informed if these
eighty thousand black voters will not, in
virtue of their citizenship and impor-
lance, take upon themselves allthe bur-
dens of Government2 Will they not be
Jurors to the exclusion of the rebel dis
franchised whites? Why not2 If the
negro is fit to vote, is he not fit to sit on
n Jury? If the white man is not lit to
vote, is he fit to sit on jury? Why let
the negro vote and exclude him from
Jury, while you will not let the white
man vote. and yet compel him to sit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
THAp. STEVENS

The Cincinnati Union says: "THAD.
STEVENS" insane because the rebels des-
troyed his property during the raid in
Pennsylvania, is willing only to give to
those who refuse to obey his behests,
the terms" which the half-mad Priest
of Roderick invoked upon all who failed
to obey the signal of the fiery cross
Sunk he his home in embers red.
And cursed be the meanest shed,
That e'er shall hide the houseess head
we doom to want and woe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Mail Carria &c.

WASHINGTON, September 25.-Corne-
lius Vanderbilt gave notice to the Gov
eminent yesterday that unless he was
granted increased pay for carrying the
mails on the Harlem and Hudson River
railroad, he should refuse to take the
mail after October 18th. AS the sum he
demands is larger than the law allows the
Department to pay, his demand cannot
be acceded to.
The corner stone of the United States
branch mint was laid at Carson, Nevada,
Yesterday with Masonic ceremonies.
WASHINGTON, Sept 26-Letters and
printed matter of every kind posted in
the United States and addressed to the
Netherlands, may be transmitted to their
destination via Belgium, in mails made
up at New York and dispatched by means
of the new line Of American steam pack
cts plying direct between New York and
Antwerp.
Correspondence for the Netherlands
forwarded in the mail to Belgium by dl-
rect steamer to Antwerp will be subject
to the following rates of postage, the
same being in full TO destination: On
letters, IL cents per single rate of half
dozen, prepayment optional; on news
papers, gazettes and periodical work,
cents for each weight of three ounces
or fraction thereof, prepayment required;
on books, bound pamphlets, papers of
music, catalogues, prospectuses, adver-
tisements, and notices of various kinds,
printed, engraved, Autographed or auto
graphed, cents for each ounce or irac-
lion of an ounce, prepayment required.
An arrangement has been concluded
with the British officer for the optional
prepayment of postage to destination in
either direction upon letters transmitted
in the British mail through the United
Kingdom, between the United States
and Netherlands the range of postage for
one-half ounce or under being twenty
seven cents, prepayment optional.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
How the Radicals Propose to Garry the
Election.

Evidence accumnlates that the Radi-
Gals will make an attempt to carry the
election by colonized votes. Already IN
various localities strange faces are seen
in communication with the Radical
leaders A large corruption fund has
been contributed by New England manu-
facturers and bondholders for election
eering purposes, and is being lavishly
used in doubtful counties and districts.
BrownloWs troupe Of Southern loyal
lists exhibited last night at Masonic
Hall. In numbers the reception fell far
short of that given Voorhees, on the pre-
vious night The speakers, Hamilton
and Hunnicutt, exhibited a crazy and
diabolcal spirit, which was duly appre-
ciated BY the Radicals present
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
IKE LONG ROLL.

A Pittsburg dispatch in allusion to the
proceedings Of the Radical Convention,
says The session closed with perform
hnce that thrilled through and through
the heart Of every soldier present The
drummer boy of the Rsppahannoek, who,
on a memorable occasion, led the forlorn
hope over the stream, came to the front
Of the stage and beat the long roll
Soldiers will imagine the feelings il
produced. Words can convey II TO none
oshnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS


New YORK, September 2s.-Gold, l45s
sterling, 81 for sixty days; cotton, quiet;
flour and wheat, dull; pork, shade
better
New York, Sept 2s.-Stephens' head
quarters yesterday were all in hustle
and excitement Important negotiations
are pending to astonish the Brotherhood.
A nolle prosequi has been entered IN
the case of Roberts, and the case has
been dismissed.
A flaw has been discovered in the in
dictment of the Fenians at Erie, which
will necessitate their discharge.
An Ottawa special denies the report
that the Fenians are concentrating on
the frontier
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

BE- A Justice of the Peace in -,
on being elected to that office, thus wrote
for the statutes respecting his official
duly: mister -, plese sen me the
axe relatin to gustes peace, as am
determined to larn an do me dooty, and
qualify meself as Judge of the County
Koart."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

bY JAMES D. BRowYLow thus tele-
graphes from Cincinnati to the Pitts
burg Convention:
Thirty thousand loyal Tennessee SOL
diers send greeting to their brethren at
Pittsburg. The illness of Gov. BRowS-
LOW detains him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

nn, The Galveston Bulletin states,
on the authority of Gen. KlDDAR, super
intendent of the Freedmens Bureau,
that the reports to him from subordinates
show that the crop will fall from one
third to one-half short of the former es-
Inmates. Also that there are not negroes
enough at labor to pick out the crop.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
QUALIFIED JURORS.

One thing leads to another, and two
things lead to two or three Others.
BRoWELow says we" have disfranchised
eighty thousand rebels These arewhite
rebels. BE proposes next winter to en-
franchise about eighty thousand negroes
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

pAr IT we believe the Paris letter
writers, NAPOLEON II has the infiamma-
tory rheumatism, diabetes, dyspepsia,
BRrGHr's disease, SMITH's disease, sciotic
govt, aurora borealis, integral calculus,
and several other things he was almost
poisoned at Vichy; but he managed to
survive all, even BlsMARKs dose OF
prnesir acid
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

esy- A duel was fought at Little Rock,
Arkansas, on Thursday morning, between
WALTER CoGGswELL, postmaster at
Wayne, and J. t. WRIGHT, editor of the
Wayne Gazette. Their weapons we're
swords-the cause, jealousy. Both were
horribly mangled, having fought until the
loss of blood caused them to faint. Both
will die
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

Immediately after the Concert Committee
will be appointed to superintend the distribu-
tion. which will he after the following plan :
400 600 checks Numbered from l to 30O,tOOl; du-
phcates of the original tickets. are placed by a
Committee in a large Rey0lying Cylinder, and
9HD OO checks, marked with the prize. will be
placed in a similar wheel, and both wheels will
Be turned until the checks are thoroughly
mixed, after which two of the Committee will
be securely blindfolded. and will draw IRON
each Cylinder a check 20 represent ucketand
a prize awarded 10 said No. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. Maggiel's Pills and Salve!
Extracts from Various Letters.l

EXTRACTS from Various Letters.
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! send for another box. and keep them in
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"Your box of Maggiel's Salve cured me of
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Send me two boxes; want one for a poor
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Let me have three boxes of your Salye by
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DEAR DOCTOR My tongue had fur on it
every morning like tho back of cat. Your
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Il took half pill and crushed it to powder,
and gave il in jelly TO my little babe for cholera
morbus. The dear little pet was well in three
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suppose it is hardly worth while to tell
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of your Salve. Enclosed find Is cents for an
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tants Of this most distressing disease are re-
moved. These remedies are made from the
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will not harm the most delicate female, and can
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the youngest babe. FOR CUTANE0US DIS
ORDERS and all eruptions of the skin the
SALNE Is most invaluable. Ii does not heal
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searching effects TO the very root Of the evil.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

pGa- A dispatch from Mobile TO
Montgomery paper says that on the I'd
inst, on the Florida coast, fifteen miles
from land, an island was thrown up by
volcanic influence, to the height of ninety
feet above the water level, and measuring
seventeen hundred feet in circumference.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

nA- An Intelligent gentleman, resi-
dent of Georgia. furnishes the informa-
ton that there are at this time in pro-
cess of erection in that State seventy-two
mills for the manufacture Of cotton and
wooden goods, some of them for calicoes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28

sG~ A meeting of the stockholders of
the National Express Transportation has
been called by the President of the Com
pany, General j. E. JOHNSON, to meet in
Richmond on the 9th of October.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
each Box Contains Twelve Pills.
ONE PILL Is A DOSE.

ONG FILL 10 n OOoE.
rs NoTIcr.-None genuine without the en-
grayed trade mark around each pot or box.
signed by DOCTOR j. MAGGIEL, New YORK.
70 counterfeit which Il felony.
ne sold BY all respectable Dealers in Med
icines throughout the United States and Cana
das At = cents per box or pot. z-ls
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NTOTICE.-I WILL MAKE APPLICATION
N at the November term of the County Court
for Letters Of Administration upon the estate
of the late VIM. b. Drift.
September Is, 1866. ID. +. GOODYEAR.
Nnpn,y II FRAysER. Att'ys. law47
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
DIR. MAGGIEL's PILLS.

ABLY CURE THE FOLLOWING DISEASES:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
CHOLERA REPORTS.

New York, August ~22.-Rcports OF
yesterday show q slight decrease in the
number Of new cases Of cholera in The
city, and rather more slight mortality
from ONE cause.
There were twelve new eases and
eight deaths reported in Brpoklyn.-
The disease continues to decline, and
hopes are entertained that it will dis
appear at IN early day.
Gen. Sicklcs having inquired OF
Mayor Hoffman whether New YORK
was IN infected city, DR.. replied
that it is not infected.
CINCINNATI, August 2e.-Filty three
deaths from cholera were reported yes
tcrday.
NEW York. August 22--For the
last twenty-four hours there were
twelve cases and seven deaths from
cholera reported in this city, and three
cases. with II de til, were reported
in Brooklyn,
ST. Louis, August 22.--The police
reports of ,h,lera for twcnty-four
hours, ending at $ o'clock this morning
gives ninety four eases and fifty-iivc
deaths. This pr bully does net com
prise more than Lar the cases. The
Board of Health 8 i'll fails to make
official reports.
CHICAGO. Aug. 70 Eighteen cases
of cholera and SIX deaths were reported
to the health office westerly.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

We call the attention of all interest
ed 20 the following extracts from See
ton 9TH, page los, Internal Revenue
Laws: That it shall be unlawful from
and after the lst day of September,
1866, for any agent of transportation
to receive for shipment any cotton I'M
accom- anied by a permit from the Col
lector or Assessor of the District from
which it is shipped; and such certif-
cate shall be furnished to the Collector
ofthe District to which said cotton is
transported. and his permit obtained
before the delivery of said cotton.
Any person or persons vol t ne tie
above provision of this Act shall he
Liable to a penalty of 800 for each
bale so shipped, or to Imprisonment for
not more than one year, or both. All
vehicles employed in such conveyance
or transportation shall be liable to
seizure aud forfeiture by proceedings
in any court of the United States.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
Intern ii Revenue.

The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. has had occasion to call attention
to the fact that the new law makes the
word money" to include checks, drafts
and other instruments given for the
payment of money and therefore the
receipts for checks, drafts, ETC., are to
be stamped rs Il given for money,
The new internal revenue law differs
from the old one concerning brokers'
sales of stocks and bonds, which un-
der the latter were assessed upon the
besis of par value but under the for
mer law, from August l inst, the
stamps must be fixed upon the basis
of the amount # sales.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
Ned Buntliue.

A recent New York letter says f:
"And this reminds me. Yesterday |
met with a man whose name has been
before the public, and VIGOROUSLY. He
once possessed a noble intellect; but,
alas! he is now but remove from a
brute. l speak Of E. Z. c. Judson,
alias "Ncd Buntline." His has been a
wonderful career, but ever tending
downwards. Did dissipation and vice
ever tend otherwise? \ sailor, sol
dicr, author, ducli t murderer AMI
drunkard-he cxcclled in all No bet
ter sailor never sailed a ship; a splen-
did sworlsman; lis was the pen that
only genius yields. Judson is a drum
kard now-the vilest of the ~vile--and
the wreck of q man. A wretched,
homeless vagabond. And such is the
fate Of those whose gifts of intellect are
perverted from their high and noble
purposes"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

The proceedings Of the Convention
seem TO have given general satisfaction
10 the Conservative masses, and equal
dissatisfaction to the Radical faction.
The resolutions OF thc Convention are
considered broad and comprehensive
enough for the wNole country. The
sddrcsi TO the Convention is national
and patriotic in spirit--and the speech
Of the President on the reception of a
copy of the proceedings of that body
give renewed hope and courage to the
oppressed millions who would dare be
Tree. Let rs stand By the President.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

BRUTAL MUKDER.-One of the most
shocking and brutal murders which
has ever disturbed the quietude of any
community was committed on Satur-
day last, in Anderson county, two
miles above Island Ford. The victim
vas a Mrs. Masengill, wife Of George
Masengill, who is represented to have
been a most worthy and excellent lady,
and noted for her generous and char
table treatment to her %neighbors. The
pcrpetrator ofthe foul deed is unknown,
and the affair has excited the greatest
surprise and regret, as it was not sup.
posed that the deceased had an enemy
on earth. Her absence having created
some alarm, 4 search was instituted,
and when found, strange to say, she
was standing upright in the river with
her hands tightly corded, while the
numerous marks and inlcntations up
on crneck gave evidence that her
death bad been produced by strangula-
ton. Suspicion rests upon one or two
persons in the neighborhood, but as
yet no definite clue to the real murder
er has been obtaincd,-ANorviW CON-
mercial.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
AFFRAY IN ARKANSAS,

j. Man Attacked by Four lIlghwaymen
Robbed and Tied to a Trec--IIe After
wards Fights one Of the Robbers-Both
are Killed.
The Jacksonport Era of the 18th
says that Il man named Mckinney, an
overseer hired by q planter in THAT
County, was stopped on his way to the
plantation the Tuesday evening pre-
vious by four men, who robbed, blind.
folded and tied him to q tree. The
Era says that as 500 as released, he
went to Cotton Plant and obtained q
States warrant for the two recognized
-Stracener and Berry were theirnamcs
who were arraignel before Justice
Lcntz Of Cotton Plant. The evidence
for the State was in accordance with
the above facts, But one Of the accuscd
parties--Bcrry -adduced evidence by
which he proved that he was at another
place at the hour the outrage was per-
petrated. 1t is believed that the wit
ncsses who dcposed this testimony
were the accompliccs Of Berry. Upon
this evidence both parties were re
leased.
When the trial was concluded, McKin-
ney and his friends Left Cotton Plant
Tor their homes-soipe in wagons and
some on horseback. About five miles
north Of Cotton Plant. the Stracencr
and Berry party overlook them. One
Ell Stages, a brother-in-)aw to Berry,
and a witness forhim, rode up to Mckin-
ney and commenced abusing him, and
finally challenged him to a pistol COM
bat or duel on the ground. Mckinney
readily accepted, and leaping from his
wagon, pistol in hand, about twenty
feet apart, the firing between the par
ties commenccd. Each party fired three
shots, Any of which would have
proved fatal. Stages received the first
shot in the mouth, the next in the
throat, and the third in the breast
Mckinney was shot three times in the
breast. When these shots were fired,
the parties turned their backs upon
each other, walked about the same dis
lance from the scene, and both fell
about the same instant, one upon his
back and the other uponh his face, and
died with pistols in hand. This occa-
a good deal of promiscuous
shooting, about twenty random shots,
between the respective friends Of both
But, fortunately, nc other
damage was done.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

The Books AND RECORDS OF THE
LATE SESSION OF CONGRESS REMOVED
TO ILLINols.-The New York Herald
says the Clerk Of the House of Repre-
sentatives has taken upon himself what
appears to be an unwarranted liberty
in permitting the removal Of the books
and records Of the late session to Illi-
nois, to suit the pleasure and convent
ence of IN under clerk in writing them
up. In consequence of this so far as
known unprecedented procedure, it is
impossible to make up a statement Of
the gross amount Of the appropriations
Of the late session. It's intimatcd that
this course has been puTposcly adopt
ed in order to prevent the publication
ofthese immense appropriations until
shall be too late for them to have
any effect upon the ensuing campaign.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
RumOrSO of Cabinet Changes,

New YORK, Aug. 22.-The Times
special says it is stated upon good au-
thorty that Judge Holt, Judge Advo-
cate General, will be superseded in a
few days. His successor is not nam
ed.
The Herald's special says:I have it
from good authority that Secretary
Stanton will not resign until he has Civ
en- Congress, at its next session, his re-
port Of the operations Of his Depart
ment during the recent rebellion that
he will receive a foreign mission, it may
be to Spain or Russia.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

HiGnLY IMPORTANT TO LOYAL CITI.
.ZrNS OF TENNESSEE A late resolution
Of congress directs the payment OF
claims Of loyal citizens of Tennessee,
for all supplies furnished the Army OF
the United States and rccciptcl for by
the proper officer receiving the same,
or which may have been taken by such
receipts. This INCLUDES claims for
horses, mules, etc, impressed into the
service hay, corn. and forage of all
kinds wood and lumber, bacon, flour,
beef on foot or killed, and all other pro
visions or articles used for food in the
army.
The act in no case extends to dam
agedonc by either army, or to stores
taken by soldiers without the authority
of the proper officer. The loyalty of
claimants must always he proved.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

CoSrEApIcTED The New York
C"i-en says: I'VE have authority To
contrndictt!Ic report that Jefferson Da
v's regulates any portion of Col Ora
ven $ BOOK. On tbs contrary. Mr.. d.
yiS bore testimony no later than la.t
TUESDAY 10 the marvellous accir,c,
with which his conversations are rcpor.
led in the .'Irson Life--ndding -.
he wishes Craven had nr,l 80 Gu.
rate. 80 snne Oft G reported re arks
4" out soIthern politicians aud her
a. were extre nelly embarrassing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

The "cX-rebcl' sol hers of this com.
~ have concluded to make up their
contribution to the noble enterprise
now being capvassed in this county to
raise a monument to their dead com
rades, and TO provide for the education
Of the soldiers orphans, separate and
apart from the citizens subscription.
The subscriptions TO be- paid by the
18th ofNoyember next. Let the cit!-
zcns beware that these noble fellows
poor and needy as they are-do not
outs,rip them in the race. The sol
diers Subscription paper may be found
at the store Of Messrs. Shaw Il Co.,
Somerville.-So msrriWe Rcgjst,r.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
BClii..r,.cnt.

An ailray occurred between two col
orcd gentlemen in town on Tuesday
night, in which one OF them was Sc
riously injured.
Also, on the same night, in the vi
cinity ofSa!em, in this county, a man
named Collins was severely wonnlrd
by stabbing, by Il man named Foster.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25
Health of Mr.. Davis.

FoRrREss MONROE, Aug. 21.--The
greatly agitated question, the health of
Jefferson Davis, appears to remain in
about the same doubtful position as
Assistant Surgeon General
Crane, lately arrived here from Wash,
ington, has had n private and very
lengthy interview with the prisoner
or course the results of the interview,
and OF this examination of the condi,
ton Of Mr.. Davis, and the conclusions
he drew therefrom, are not known, and
will not be until they are made directly
to proper authorities in Washington.