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RE~ The man who o.. > to insure his proper
ty, now, must be either negligent, ignorant or
reckless.
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RocF Island.
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FURNTTUR RE!

In the line of second hand furniture or house
keeping articles it would be difficult TO imagine
ANYTHING YOU can't find at his store.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
Stoves and Pipe.

The greatest variety of second hand cooking
and heating stoves, cauldron kettles, farAers'
boilers, stove pipe, &c, &c, to be found any
where.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
THELOCATION, CHARACTER or NAME

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A GLANCE AT THE EMINENT SERV-
a ice and great public usefulness ofths WELL
tried ar d thoroughly tested Corporation, may be
obtained from perusal of the following figures
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
THE GOLDEN TABLET

NE NVJDbS E1DE4Es
is. from its many Bene6cent Uses, emphstically
WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND and MANS SUREST
SAFEGUARD. 5as~ Every adult OF both sexes,
will find it indispensable to them, will be bet
ter understood from perusal of the circular,
which is sent free to all. Irritation almost in
stantly a4layed in every instance.
Price: 81 per box SIX boxes for 50, by mail.
Sold only at the General Depot OF "WINCHES-
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inch 6dwiy.
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JOB ROSS !!
The undersigned calls! especia attention. to his
GREAT JUNK STORE


He has the greatest variety OF new and second
nand clothing, for men and women, which can be
found in this city.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18

kMBR0TYPES,
Not surpassed this side Of New York, taken at
~ b. GAYFORD'S.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11
A LAUGHABLE SoENE-GErrrNa

A LAUGHABLE ScENE-GETrINa
ABOARD IN A HURRY.--The New Lis
bon Buckeye State writes up, in the fol-
lowing graphic style, little incident
that occurred at the Salem railroad de.
pot few mornings since. A traveller,
bound for Cincinnati, where he had busl.
ness OF Importance to transact, aud rested
over night, with his wife at the Broad.
way Hotel, in order to be sure to hit
the morning train, which leave at an
early hour. In the morning the travel,
der was sleepy. His lady had arisen
dressed herself and gone down to break.
last, expecting her lord to follow imme
diately. While eating hastily and scold-
ing mentally, in view of the husbands
hardness, she heard tie whistle of the
locomotive. Rushing frantically up
stairs, her horror may be imagined when
on opening the bedroom door, snore
from the conjugal sluggard saluted her
ear.
A slight scream and n rough shake
awoke him. He heardthe whistle. Pull
ling on his boots he hastily gathered in
his arms the rest of his attire, and push
ing the lady before him, put for tho
train at a two.forty gait, dressed only in
boots and shirt The train reached the
depot Throwing all but his shirt upon
the platform, the lady hurricdly sought
to obtain tickets at the Office, while the
husband proceeded to clothe himself
with his No. garment. While it was
yet fluttering over his head, the whistle
again sounded maliciously, and off start.
ed the train. The unfortunate creature
entered the car, his flesh having a pim-
Piled goose.hke appearance. while his
blushing lady, spreading out her crino-
line like tho sacred vail of charity, con-
verted herself into screen, that his ma
kedness, might be hid from his fellow
travellers. The other female passenger,
putting her hand over her eyes, with
her fingers spread wide apalt, declared,
before turning her head in another drec-
ton, that, "it was shockingl" And so,
we suppose, it mnst have been to the
unlacky wight who had to make such q
spectacle Of himself
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11
Didn't Like Fighting.

1t was always clear to the Southern mind
that the negro had no desire to fight on
either side, whether for or against his liber
ty, and this fact is somewhat strikinrly
illustrated in the following anecdote, re.
lated by the Savannah Netys and Herald.
which was giveh by o faithful Virginian
servant Of an officer in the Confederate
army. Shortly after the news had reached
the camp, in North Carolina, that the Con-
federate Government contemplated putting
the blacks into service, tho object was fire.
quently discussed among the negroes around
the camp fires:
"It you gwine to list, Thornton ?" asked
q spirited darkey Of a staid old fellow, who
mad followed his master through the war. Il
mo" replied Thorton, az don't want
muffin to do with fghtin. Niger got no
business with musket"
"But," inquired the other. who pretended
to favor the idea, "aint you willin to h clip
to lick the nasty, sinking Yankees, what
our folks make trabel so fast? Aiht you
gin en-!
"Yes, is posed to them, but do way to
help to whip dem varmints is, for de niger
to use de hoe. He knows what to do wild
dat, but don't wild de musketp'
"Eh, Thornton, you don't want to fight
no how ?"
"Dat's de faot-what niger got to fight
'boutf" Do white men, do Yankees and
'federates, is two dogs tighten for q bone.
Niger is de bone. You see dogs fight bone =
but neber see de bone fight"
"Dat's dc fact" said the ether eden. if
do bono don't, he gifts mighty bad cha,Oed
sometimes"
This naioo conversation, simple as it is,
illustrates tho situation of the negro more
clearly than the most recherche treatise we
have upon this subject. Yes, the negro has
Of which no one has any knowledge but
his present. condition, under the fostering
care of the munificent Freedmen's Bureau,
is decidedly worse. SIC transit negrophiG
mundS!
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11
POETRY.
"THE LONG AGO.n

The auther of the exquisite poem pub
lished below is generally unknown. His
name has esca cd our memory, but we re-
member that he was the editor of some
obscure paper in Texas, and about five years
since was killed by steamboat explosion
on the Mississippi river Poor fellow, he
had the ''yision and faculty divine whatever
his name may have been on earth:
Oh a wonderful is tho river of Time,
AS it runs through the realm of tears,
with faultless rytlm, and u musical rhyme,
Aud a broader sweep, and surge sublime,
And blends with the ocean of years
How tho winters are drifting like flakes Of
And the summers like buds between,
And the ears in tho shcaf-so they come and
they go,
On the rivor's breast, with its ebb and flow,
Asit glides in the shadow and shocn!
There's magical Isle in the river of Time
Where the softest of airs arc playing;
There's cloudless sky, and tropical cline
And the Junes with the roses are staying
And tho name of this Isle is Long Ago;
And we bury our treasures there
There's lutte uuswept, and harp without
strings,
There are broken VOWS and pieces of rings,
And the garments she used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the
fairy shore,
By the image is lifted in air,
And we sometimes hear thro' the turbulent
roar.
Sweet voices heard in the days gone before,
When the wind dowu the river is fair.
Oh remembered fora be that blessed Isle
All the day of life till night;
When the evening comes with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile,
May that greenwood of soul be in sight.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11
ADVERTISING. RATES.

Ordinary advertisements, occupying moi
NOR" than ten lines, Zone square,} vill be
inserted in THE NEWS. at $1.0O for tho
first insertion and rs cents for each sub
sequent insertion.
Larger advertisements, when no oontract
is made, will be charged in exact proper
tion.
For ANNOUNCING candidate to any Office
of profit, honor or trust, $1,000.
Marriage, Obituary Notices, Sc, will be
charged the same as advertisements, whom
over ten lines, and must be paid for when
handed in, or they will not appear.
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THE GOVERNORS MESSiGEs
[CoNCLUDED.1 |

Since your adjournment in December laat
the Court of Errors in this State have, with
single dissenting opinion, declared the
Stay Law and all amendments thereto UNI
constitutional, This decision has produced
restiyeness and dissatisfaction in many
parts Of the State. Public meetings have
been held in several districts, and The Le-
gisature has been appealed to, to furnish
some protection to the debtor class, who
anticipate general sIeing in the fall term of
the Courts.
After careful examination Of the opin-
ion of the able and learned Chief Justice, as
we'll as other authorities, feel it my duty
to say that concur fully in the opinion of
the Court, and believe that their exposition
of the constitutional question is unanswer-
able.
The people Of South Carolina have been
archy reigncd supreme, after the fall Of the
Confederacy. lawlessness was universally
discouraged by the better classes in every
community. Now, when civil law is res
tored and We are renitted to our own laws
and Courts to protect rights and redress
wrongs, surely no citizcn of good repute
will advise tumult and violence against the
solemn judgment Of the highest judicial tri.
bunal in the State.
In view of the circumstances surround
ing us--when it is remembered that the
State has just emerged from long and dis.
astrous war, in which not only her sons
but her resources were prodigally bestoWed;
that our banks have been destroyed, that
more than three hundred millions of pro-
perty have bceen annihilatcd; that all the
fountains Of credit and property have been
broken up that our system Of labor has
hao 4. 1vIt a. IL
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GsEERAE dusTAvUs w. SatrH.--rn o let.'
ter. from Chattanooga. TO tho editor Of the
Memphis doalanche, General Smith denies
that he wrote the criticism Of the Dalton
osnpaign recently published, and says;
But, since my name has been publicly
connected with 1t, 1 feel not only at liberty,
but constrained to say that, in my judgment, {
controversies Of tho character provoked by,
and almost certain TO spring from, publica-
tions Of this sort, arc at present illetimed.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11

General Hardee was, at latest ac.
counts, INST Louis, concerned in the
responsible direction Of certain impor-
tant railroad interests hatween Vicks-
burg and Selma. g,,s esr
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11

The love of the beautiful and true,
like tho dew-drop in the heart of the
crystal, remains forever clear and
liquid in the innost shrine ofthosoul,
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-11

Tho pubic libraries Of the United States
oonprise moro than 8, 300, 900 voldmesS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
PUBLIC LEDGER.
EVERY AFTERNOON. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
William A. and Edwin Whitmore,
Under the firm style Of
WHITMORE BROTHERS,
No 13 Madison Street.

The PUBLIC LEDGRR will be served to City
Subscribers by faithful carriers at TEN CENTS
per week, payable weekly to the carriers.
By mail, SIX DOLLARS per annum, or
Fifty Cents per month, in advance.
Communications upon subjects of general in
terest to the public are at all times acceptable.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
RATES OF ADVERTISING
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
Adventures of q Speaker.

A humorous contributor to the St
Louis Republican evidently understands
the capabilities Of the English language
He attempted to make johnson speech
in a Radical meeting with the following
sketch:
Fortunately there was bat one light
in the room, and that was tnllow can
die. The first chair hurled at me struck
it and left us all in the dark. i could
hear them rushing toward the stand. |
made for the door That was sympa-
thizng crowd. They couldn' t,'see me, but
they felt for me- On they came, and on
| went Came in violent contact with
the globe like form Of old Chopps Just
for fun | tipped him over and cried
out: Here boys, I've got him :"
Old Chops being about of my shape,
and dimensions, the mob was easily mis-
led, and they piled on him three deep
AS | made my exit at the front door |
heard him screaming for quarter / am
sure he never got it, There was not o
quarter in all that crowd Once outside,
two or three of them recognized me by
the gas-light, and 0, persimmons, didn't
they freeze on me like hired man9 !
said something about free speech. They
replied something about free hooters, il
Illustrating their remarks with it Tor be-
fore it), until ] reached a pile of bricks,
aud you should have seen them scatter.
Again | was master Of the situation, and
deeming discretion the better part of
yalor, | broke down the street as hard as
| could tear 1t takes strong man to
break down a street, but / did it never
thelaeS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
Josh Billings on Owls.
josh Billings ssys of owl,
Rad, =, D.di. ohor;etaro

Jash Billings ssys OF owls:
Burds is Gsd's choristers.
Tew the lion be gave majesty, tew the
elephant strength, tew the fox cunning
and tsw the tiger deceit. But to the
burds, his pets, he gave buty and song
And GOne so blest as the owl
The owl is game burd he can whip
anything that wears feathers-after dark
He is wise burd, and boots at most
things.
He is a solum burd, cross between O
justice nv peace and q Memphis Alder
man Of the Ring" pattern.
He is stif burd and sets up as stifi
as . exclamation point
de is luxurious burd, ahd feeds on
spring chickens.
He is a long lived burd, and never was
known to take death natrally.
He is hardy burd, groze tuff by bilin.
lie is an honest burd, and s!wuz show,
an open countenance.
He is prompt hurd, AID sGtisfi2e at
onst his outstanding bill.
He is comfortable burd, and alwuz
sleeps in feathers.
He is an attentive burd, and durin' the
day can alwuz be found in.
He is festive burd, aud don't come
home till morning.
Thus the owl is o mistaken emblem NV
solitude and sadness, aud if We dig into
bis natur clos'iy, is emphatioslly one NV
the boys, and belongs TO the club
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
Singular Effect of a Russian vapor Bath.

From the New York Herald of Thursdayl
Considerable excitement prevailed yea
terdsy afternoon in the vicinity of the
Bowery and Bayard street, owing to the
appearance of man in an entirely nude
state, running through Bsyard street
from the direction of Division street. and
taking refuge in cigar store in the Bow
cry. 1t appeared on inquiry that he had
resorted to an establishment in the vicln-
ity for the purpose of enjoying Russian
vapor bath, and while undergoing the
operation, which is stated to have some
what of an exhilerating effect, protested
to the attendant that he could not stand
it," and upon being urged by the attsn-
dant to endure it, he Immediately dashed
through the basement window demolish.
ing the sash and lacerating his person in
two places, and fed up the street A
police officer obtained his clothing, and,
being a,tired, he was taken to the Tenth
precinct station, where he gave his name
as George Scott, by occupation brick
layer, and stated that he was utterly un-
able to endure the bathing operation, and
that the man in attendance being in
clined to detain him, he impulsively
sought this mode of escape. There
being no evidence of intoxication or in
sanity he was Immediately released.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
A Tomperonce story with Point.

From Ohio comes the following TEN.
perance story to the drawer" of Hdr.
pers Magazine;
Judge Ray, the temperance lecturer,
in one Of his efforts here, got of the fol =,
lowing hard hit at moderate drinkers.
"All those who in youth acquire a
habit of drinking whiskey, at forty years
of age will be total abstsiners or drunk
ards. No one can use whiskey for years
in moderation. If there is person i,
the audience before me, whose expert
ence disputes this, let him make it known.
| will account for it, or acknowledge
that am mistaken"
A tall, large man arose, ard folding
his arms in dignifed manner across
his breast, eeid
~ offer myself as one whose own ex.
perience contradicts your statement.
Are you a moderate drinkerY said
tide Judge.
81 am.
How long have you drank in moder'
alton 2"
Forty years"
"And were never intoxicated =?
Never"
"Well," remarked the Judge, scanning
his subject closely from head to foot,
your is singular case yet think II
is easily accounted for. ] am reminded
by it of little story: A colored man,
with loaf of bread and bottle of whis-
key, sat down to dine on the bank of a
clear stream. In breaking the bread, he
dropped some of the crumbs into the
water These were eagerly seized and
eaten by the fish. That circumstance
suggested to the darkey the idea of dip
ping the bread into the whiskey, and
feeding it to them. He tried it. 1t
worked we'll Some of the fish ate OF it,
became drunk, anG foated helpless upon
the water. In this way he easily caught
great number. But in the stream was
large fish, very unlike the rest par
took freely of the bread and whiskey,
with no perceptible effect 1t was shy of
every effort of the darkey to take it. He
resolved to have it at all hazards, that he
might learn its name and nature. He
procured net, and after much effort,
caught it, carried it to colored neigh
Dor, and asked his opinion in the matter
The other surveyed the wonder moment,
and then said Sambo, | understand
dis case Dis fish is mullet-head it
amt got any brains 7 In other words,
alcohol affects only the brain, and Of
course those having none may drink
without injury.
The storm of laughter which followed
drove the " moderate drinker" suddpnlv
from the house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
A Good take oF-A Love story

The Hartford Times is the literary
constructor Of this brief and festive
story. We will have another chapter Of
II when Admiral Goldsborough reached
Washington with tho heroes
A French Cannck, or Monsieur Crs-
paud lgenuine). soldier, patriot, or
hunbug, gives evidence with regard to
Surratt. BE and Sursatt pitched upon
the same eirl-possibly tall vivandiere,
With bloomer dress and dirty neck
and both we're rod-hot in love With the
wsyvard sister SurrAtF ran away snd
Joined the PsPal ZouAyes In Italy, to
escape hanging Bot be might come
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31

back some day and fasten again, fresh
and ardent, upon the affections of bold
soldier gal" So the Canuck has
"blowed upon Surratt, and told where
he was, cutting across Boutwells story
that Seward aud the President knew
about it previously. Canuck also goes
great way further, and in his Jealousy,
with his eyes as green as a squash, he
declares that Davis and his Cabinet
planned the murder Of President Lin
coin, and used Surratt as a convenient
tool. All this is out of the love Of
single girl. Isn't this an age Of humbug
and credulity, as well as of destruction
of the Union? Old Thad., fresh from
gambling hells almost every morning,
and calling himself 'conqueror" Of
rebels, is rampant, certain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31

town and the country house are hers
She engages and dismisses the servants
The table is laid to suit her taste. She
has all the keys. Therefore, woman
marry
If matrimony does not suit them, des
pite husband, father and mother, she
sues divorce. Her husband is obliged
to give her an income in keeping with
their rank in society. She is free as air