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MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 6. 1866

gave him ten days in which TO pay the
two fines. Smith failed to come TO time,
and the agent Of the Bureau sent file
of soldiers and levied on two af his
horses. This looked threatening TO
Smith, who hurried off to Cynthiana,
employed an attorney, and brought an
action for the recovery Of the property.
Process was issued, the Sheriff took the
horses from the agent of the Bureau and
restored them to Smith. At the recent
term of the Harrison Circuit Court, the
case came up for trial, which resulted in
the Freedmen's Bureau being required
to surrender the horses, pay the cost Of
the suit, and pocket the contempt Of
Jonathan.
The Court decided that there was no
law authorizing the Freedmen's Bureau
in Kentucky, and that all the acts of
Captain Reed, as its agent, were but
trespasses.
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No Time to Buy a Ticket.

A story is told of a railroad conductor
running train not a thousand miles
from Buffalo. A certain CHAP" was
found on board his train one day, who
had not time to get his ticket, aud
compelled the conductor to make change.
The passenger handed the conductor a
$500 7-30, ON which had accrued four or
five months interest This was the
smallest change he had. Never
mind, said the conductor, at the same
time drawing from his " other pocket a
large roll of fgreenbacks. The change
was speedily made, and the conductor
resumed his call for tickets. That
interest" cried the passenger, Not
due yet, says the conductor, and went
his way-$l5 or $40 better of, on ac-
count Of his unlucky passenger.
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Letter from Mrs. Gen. A. s. Johnston.

Letter from Mrs. Gen. A. 8. Johnston.
The following letter published in the
Galveston NeOs was addressed to Col.
Thos Mckinney:
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct %, 1865. Dear
Friend A lopg time has elapsed since
we have heard Of each otherr, and many
terrible sad things have occurred since
we met; let me hope that time has not
altered the kindly feelings that existed
between our families, and that Provi-
dence has not stricken those you love
with the heavy hand that has fallen upon
mine. would like very much to see
you all once more, and think of the old
days of quiet in Texas, days unhappily
never to return.
You have heard, | suppose, of the loss
ofmy dear son Sydney, just one year
after his father. He was a grand, noble
boy, all | could wish for my child to be,
Just eighteen few days before | lost
him. God has afflicted me, dear friend,
almost beyond my strength to bear.
My son Hancock McClung (Clungy)
!, is now clerk and cashier of the New AL
modem Quicksilver Mines, about seventy
FIVE miles from San Francisco; he gets
800 per month and helps to support
me and the little ones Maggie, four
teen years old next month, is an inch
taller than l am, and Griffin, born at San
Antonio, is eight years old, and Little
Lizzie, born after her father left here,
now four years old, are all my family
now. am teaching school, and although
4 | have been assisted by the Southern
people here, | find it difficult to get
along. have thought that, perhaps,
you would kindly take charge of the
property of my children in Texas, and
see that it is not sold for taxes. 1t
would help me a good deal if | ceuld sell
any potion OF it advantageously, but Mr.
Green tells me he thinks no sales could
be made. You will be the best judge of
that. have given DR. Hitchcock a
power of attorney to sell for me, he has
the power to appoint you if you will
accept send you list of the lands;
Swenson and Amory in Nacogdoches /;
you oan get all necessary information
from them. l would be glad to hear
from you soon. Address Mrs, f. G John
ston, under cover to R. w. Heath, San
Francisco. Will you give my kindest
love to Mrs. Mckinney, and accept for
yourself the friendly regards ofyour old
friend, .fi f..s- Il. u. JOHNSTON.
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Josh Billings on Love.

The only natural feeling the young
heart possesses iz love. 1t IL the first
good thing the heart duz, and in after
life it iz often the only good thing it duz;
There il no posatif virtu in love, and
yet it may be the result ov the holyest
ov virtues.
But there IL, in this life, vast deal ov
Pontoon love, that has no more virtue
in it than wooden nutmegs hav.
There IL Love undieing," that gen.
orally lives about az long az uncorked
ginger pop duz.
There is Love untold" which IL
alwus told tew ennybody who will listen
to it, and iz az full ov pathos az a pork
and beans nightmare.
And there IL Love at sight, to which
| will add, Love for 30 days.
These are some ov the different kinds
ov Love that are denominated pashun,
and form much ov the trading capital
that lovers do Dizziness on.
There IL not much sin in these differ
ent styles ov love; they don't seem tew
git up tew the dignity by sin, there IL
deception in them without doubt; but the
deception il like Costar 5 celebrated
Rat Exterminator, it won't hurt emmy
body else but the rats.
/ am not prepared to say that l would
like 10 see these things dun away with,
for sumthing wuss might spring up IN
the plase oy them; they seem tew be
necessary in carrying on trade in which
Judgment has tew yield to fancy, and
fancy is tew often forced tew yield tew
nonsense.
If we could Jenny ov us) hav our old
courtship written out and given tew us
for perusal we should probably look
upon it az we would upon Chinese
comick almanack, unable tew understand
the picturs, and satisfied that the astro,
nomical calculations were never designed
for our latitude.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-06

eBWhy is married man like a
candle2 Because he sometimes goes
out at night when he ought not to.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-06

gaS" The Louisville Democrat sug-
gests that DRAKE, of Missouri, is good
consort for the Dead Duck at Washing
ton
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-06
MEDICAL ADVICE FREE.

ILL THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING
N from "Spermatorrhea" or Seminal Weak
ness" or any Private Disease, or are in doubt
as to the exact nature of their complaint. should
send at once for DR.. Bohannan's Treatise on
Special Diseases" which gives a full descrip;
ton, symptoms, etc., Of all Chronic and
Special" diseases, rs TO leave no room TOT
doubt This valuable work is sent FREE TO
any address. Direct to DR.. Z. A. B0HANNAN,
Nos. so and 50 Pine street, between Third and
Fourth streets, St. Louis, Mo. Established in
St Lnuis In 1871 ap2n-3n
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An average annual cash dividend to Stock
holders of fourteen per cent. upon its capital
stock, since its incorporation, portfays the great
success and stability Of this eminent lnstitu-
ton. the superior financial accuracy displayed
in its Investments, and the important truth that
the management of the PHGNl& is in the
hands of those who know how. successfully. TO
Conducts
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S41O.e13 81

LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID durins the
year 1861, in q very marked and striking man
ner exhibits the solid. substantial, and faithful
as its ability to pass through seasons prolific Of
with honor and profit TO those
most interested.
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VEGETABLE REMEDIES
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ans saw it, stopped, and leaning his chin
upon the muzzle OF his gun, eyed it for a
few moments, and then said
Miss, | advise you to take down that
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7why, sir'2't - No'Jb = ii Z
Because these are Hoods men here,
and they, are terrible fellows to charge
Yankee breasworks, especially when
they are surmounted by U. 5. flag.
The young lady vanished.
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INSURANCE.
4s,OOO,OOO DOLLARS
tl OF PROPERTY
Destroyed by Fire,
Within the limits of the United Stl.es.
DURING THE YEAR 1865,

CHoULD SUGGEST THE NECESSITY OF
- good insurance 10 every man who desires 70
protect himself against the loss which follows in
the wake of FIRE.
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NEUSIC, PIANOS, CABINET ORGANS.
N Musical instruments aud Musical Mer-
chandise generally, at +. KatEenbach's. 3l7
Main street. mlylm
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MORGAN, ALLEN F., PR0PRIErOk OF
nj Morgan's Self-rising Flour. No. 4is Man
streef- so;th of Beal my9-3m
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I EATHEK, SHOE-FINDIN9SA AND PLAS-
IL terer's hair. by Scheibler y Co., No; lOo
Main street. mylZ- III
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NTORGAN, WM. H., ATTORNEY -AT-LAw
NI ETC.. Desoto Block. Madison st. aP5-3nl
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METROPOLITAN HOTEL, lO9 AND Ill
NI Adams street. Memphis. z. ii. hlte-
more prODrietOr myio-lm
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16

Ireland is not entirely without sympathy
in England. In a late speech at Birming-
ham, (Eng-) Mr.. Bright the eminent refor-
mer, said:
with regard to the land, there have been
two hundred acts of parliament passed in
favor of the landlord, and not one in favor
of the tenant. [Cheers.l Look at their
church. | am always sorry to have to say
things which appear injurious to the char
acter of the church. The church religious
is one thing, the church politicalis is another.
[Cheers.] Don't let any laboring, earnest
Protestant clergyman in Ireland think l am
undertaking any services he may render
to religion. ] speak of the church as a po-
litical Institution, set down in that coun-
try. not by the opinion Of the people, but
by the power of the tory people in England.
| say that so long as that church exists
there never will be, there never can be- in
the nature of the human mind, there never
ought to be, content and tranquility in Ire
land
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16
The President and Congress.

.'AsPIRATE." the intelligent correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, writes ~
follows from Washington, January 10:
The political situation has not varied In
the least since the issue was first made be-
tween the President and Congress. The
President stands firmly on fhe ground as
sumed IN bis mcssage-there Is no reason
able doubt of that-and the destructives
even wag their heads aud say they are Nn-
certain about the President, while radical
papers here IN Washington indulge In the
bitterest railing against what they call the
"fulsome adulation" of the Democrats.
They have given him up as reprobate, but
are 10th to acknowledge it---eyery radical
speaker in either House still claiming him
rs their own.
The President preserves an ominOus ST.
lence contentiDg himself with transmitting
such papers as Congress asks for; while
Congress persistently clings to the Commit
tee on Reconstruction, tossing into its misty
depths all questions calculated 10 produce a
fair issue or commit this astonishing body.
The Senate was not notified of the ap-
pointmcnt of the House members of this
great retarding machine until Monday, jan
uary s, and the committee held its first
meeting next day, and then only resolved
on secrecy.
Now they may delay indefinitely the
restoration of the Union by simply hold
ing no more meetings, and nobody VIII be
the wiser. In the mean time all papers re-
lating to restoration are referred by the
House to this committee without debate,
and the Senate can do nothing without the
corporation of the House. On the con-
trary, it would not be surprising If tho
House should conclude to dismiss the Sem
ate altogether II has already made steps
toward usurping all the functions of the
| la hn a Pa
solved that it was the sense of the House
that the military should not be Withdrawn
from the seeding States until Congress
should have declared their presence there
no longer necessary. This resolution was
adopted: Yeas. 81; nays, 81; thus making
move toward taking command of the
army. ~
On the same day resolution was intro
duced that the speedy trial of jeff. Davis
and his execution tgheR found guilty, was
imperatively demanded, &c. thus debating
verdict to the Judiciary and consequent
action to the Executive, The resolution
was not passed because 1t could only be re-
ceived by unanimous consent, and Il dissen-
ting voice was found. No one doubts the
meaning of the resolution that ''treason Is
crime and ought to be punished" or any
of the bloodthirsty resolutions that have
been offered and adopted.
This House of Commons is following ex-
actly in the footsteps of that of the long
Parliament of England, which, under pre-
tense of representing the majesty of the
people of England, dcthroned the King,
dismissed the Lords, and hurled the Judges
from their benches. Twelve years later the
awe-stricken people of England testified
their disapprobation of these lawless pro-
ceedings by crowning the son of their muir
dered monarch. That was the era OF
madness in England but the steps were as
gradual as those of this Congress.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16
Hsstetter's nitters ON tho Battle.
Field.

It is satisfactory to know that our field hospitals
are longer unsupplied with this life-saving
preparation Soldiers who, as private citizens had
become acquainted with Its properties, have in
many instances made special request that HOS
LETTERS STOMACH BITrERS might be added
to the medical stores Of their regiments, and their
wishes have not been unheeded. AS means of
sustaining wounded men on the battle field, and of
enabling troops TO bear fatiguing marches under
blazing sun, thas been strenuousy recommended
by distinguished medical men, and the prospect is
that 1t will eventually supercede all the adultera-
ted tnctures, liquors and dangerous 7balcs that
have heretofore been considered medicinal staples
The fact that Il small quantity OF the Btters mixed
with water from auy Of the Southern South
western rivers will prevent from affecting the
bowels or the liver, should be borne in mind by
Army Physicians, soldiers, and all who have
casiOn TO visit those portions OF country. The
man who uses HOsTETrER'S BITTERS in con-
formity with the directions may set at denance
Intermittent Fever and all other diseases genera
ted by she action of an unwholcsome atmosphere
upon an overtaxed frame. Oc9-dw6ms
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16

EMERSON ETHEREDGE has written letter
strongly cOmmending the policy of the
President. His letter is dated Washington,
December 20. He says: Those who at
tempt to make the impression that am OPP
posed to the liberal and comprehensive pol
icy which the President has inaugurated,
TO restore representation to the States first,
are themselves the secret enemy of both
the President and his purposes" He also
says 'Since the meeting of Congress, for
public reasons satisfactory TO myself, |
have urged the admission of the entire del
egation from Tennessee, although some OF
the applicants from that State were not
elected; were not the choice Of the legal
voters of the districts they claim to repre-
sent, but were in fact appointed by BROwN-
Low and the agency of negro bayonets, the
outrage being sanctioned only by his petty
associates and few renegade rebels who
have disgraced every cause they have es-
poused. Some other applicants, however,
from that State are the choice of their con-
stituents and, therefore, fit to represent
them. They were elected despite the efforts
of BRowELOw and the military straps who
aided him, and, IL admitted TO their seats
will do honor to the people by whom they
were chosen. At this time, however !
would gladly see them all inducted into Of
flee. thereby ending, trust forever, the
complicated, existing and dangerous ques-
ton" tits well known that Mr.. ETHER
EDGE has been the personal enemy Of the
President
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16

General HOWARD, the head of the Freed
mems Bureau, has sent a communication
to Congress in answer to resolution of
inquiry. He says that a large number Of
abandoned plantations have been occupied
by the freedmens and a few of them have
been allotted to the freed slaves as home-
steads, under the field order of General
SHERMAN, and none of these have been
restored. The greater amount of property
which has been held was turned over to
the bureau during the war, as abandoned.
General HOWARD adds: ..
''On the 10th of August, instructions were
received to the effect that abandoned prop
erty shonld be restored to its proper own
ers, when pardoned. Under these instruc-
tiOns the bureau has parted with the
greater portion of this property. Its ten
nre upon it has been rendered so uncertain
that steps taken TO allot Ii To freedmen
have been countermanded in most in
stances. and its revenue has been so cur
tailed that it Is not a self-suppOrting insti-
tuition" A-
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16
Tax ON Sales to be Tried.

1t is understood here that the present
Congress has determined to impose tax of
three-fourths of one per cent. on sales, and
to do away at the same time with many of
the veXatious impOsts upon manufactures
now incorporated in our tax laws. Secre-
tary McCullOch does not countenance the
proposed tax on sales, but says he will not
object to trying IL as an experiment. Mr..
Morrill,, the chairman of tn Committee on
Ways aud Means, is very decidedly opposed
to the proposed tax, and still holds the same
views ON the subject as were contained in
his speech delivered during the last session
A majority of the committee will however,
instruct him to propose the tax, and very
large majority of the present House will in
dorse it. Us believed also that 1t win
pass the Senate. Manufacturers are COM
planning so bitterly of the inequitable and
vexatious system of taxation now in vogue,
that ii for no other reason, Congress will
be tempted to try the tax on sales in lieu of
the present SYSTEM Washington cOrrespoR-
deht Of The Neao York World.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16
In his message 10 the Maryland Legisla-

In his message TO the Maryland Legisla-
ture, Governor SWAMI endorses the recon-
struction policy of the Administration. He
says 1.-The manifest destiny of the negro
VIII sooner or later assign him TO some
more coigenial locality, where his distinc-
to his enjoyment of social and political
rights" ..
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16

Two murderers, Marschall and Frecke,
were hung yesterday at Pittsbnrg. They
were both most miserable Williams Mrs.
Grinder, the poisoner-a modern Luerecia
Borgia-will follow them only one week
later. ..r.. ...
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16
sENp FOR 4 CIRoULAR.

The Ingredients used In compromising tAfishlers
Herb Bitters not kept scoret by tho Proprietor
Send for Circular and you will learn tho medical
properties of ali the articles used in the prepara-
tion; also in the manner in which they operate on
the system, and much other valuable information.
If you are afflicted with disease send for Mshler's
Herb Btters Circulars; read it carefully profit by
the hints 1t contains, and you will be placed the
sure road of recovery.
( For sale Wholesale and retail by w. W. STEW
ART, No. 62 Main street. and at retail by all drug
gists. 100 asa Jan9-daw1m
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16

Troches are used with always good success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
will find TocAes useful in clearing the voice when
taken before Singing or Speaking and relieving
the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal
organs. The 7roches are recommended and pre-
scribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials
from eminent men throughout the country Being
an article of true merit, and having proceed their
efficacy by test Of many years, each year finds
them in new localities in various parts Of the
world, and the 7roeAes universally pronounced
better than other articles.
Obtain only "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRIO
CHES,'' and do not take any Of the Worthless Int
tations that may be offered.
Sold every where in the United States and For
eign Countries at IS cents per box. oc25-6mdw
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$500 RrwARnl

eDeVNDU KEW ARDI = =
/ will pay $500 30 the Proprietor of any Medicine
that can show greater number of genuine certif-
Gates of cures effected by 1t near the place where
10 ie made than MISHGEINS HERB BITT'RRSl-
OF Consumption, Dyspepsia, Liver Com mplaint,
Bloody Flux, piarrhea Typhoid, Remittent In
Cholera Morbus, Yellow Jaundloe, Soro1ula, Rum
ming or Sore Legs, Cancer. Abcess, Neuralgia.
Rheumatism, Coughs, Colds, Cramp IN the Stomach
Chronic Diarrhea, Piles, letter, Scald Head,
Ophnema, falling away sickness, peculiar 10
children, LeueOrrhea, Falling Of the Womb, all oh
all veneria diseases, and all complaints arising
from impure blood or a weak and disordered state
of the Stomach, Liver or Kidneys. Certificates 0f
cures of the Yellow Fever in Mexico can also be
furnished Rsmenabsr If it does not cure the money
will be refunded by the proprietor. IL, D.. q, =
k III BENJAMIN MISHLER, -
S. L. Corner of Center Square
VIZ l.0.N.f alar
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-16
vANDYNE &c BRYANT,

IOESECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO THE
public that they have purchased the old stand OF
john Is. kaufman, and are prepared 10 do all
kinds of work iH their line as blacksmithing Par;
ticular attention given 10 horse shOeing PlOws OF
all kinds, wagons and carriages made and re-
paired. They will warrant all their work
Jan1I-wtf VANDYKE a BRYANT.