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vRANCTs n SMITH, JAMES o. cLRPHANY
SMITH OIL HAND
LAW REP0BTERS
SHORTHAND WRITERS,
% Indiana avenue, bSs~. ID and ~ sts., or
ooA-t Clerks Once, City Hall.
r IEGLE, ...
VI ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hs36 Louisiana Avenue, above Sixth Stree
oc Av WARRINGTON, d. q
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CLOTHING, &c.

UAMES LACKEY ...-
MERCHANT TAILOR,
4e2 seventh street, sppo lite Post Office,
10 receiving rome of the handsomest Cloths Oassi-
neres and Vestings in the market, which =.
he ~ilrmake mp in o manner unsur passed 81
and at prices to suit the times -"
A fashionable garment and Q good 1T W.
guaranteed, or NO obligation to take the A
goods NH 8-lm
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Scandal in Hish Life

The baltimore American says there has
been considerable excitement for some time
past among the higher circles of Baltimore
society, relative TO a series of anonymous let.
tiers, which have been of the most infa nous
character. They have found their way into
very many households, and they have been
working their career of mischief for nearly
three years past. The author commenced n
series Of scandal letters, ddressed to husbands.
accusing their wives of improper Familiarity
with men, and 10 wives, pretending TO disclose
improper intimacies on the part of thar hns.
bands with the other sex. Fathers and mothers
were also led TO great anxiety on accoUnt M
their daughters and sons, who were warned by
anonymous letters of their alleged improprie
ties. Among the members Of the MarvIana
Club and "The German Club" there has been
great CONSERVATION and trouble, with much
iil-feeiing and suspicion OF one another caused
by letters received relative to the alleged
aoings OF their numbers. These letters are
SAID TO have numbered several hundreds. and
poIe tne impress OF having been written by
some one VINO was on terms of intimacy and
perfect knowledge OF the family relations of
tnose 10 whom they were addressed Thev
were written in style that indicated the
auihor 10 be highly educated and perfectIv
familiar with ancient and modern history
abounding IN Quotations and comparisons
mat but few could o. familiar with For two
years past there has been suspicious afioat
as TO The authorship Of these letters a con-
parlson Of those received by different usrtis.
havlng established the fact that they ali eman.
s.a s.ea iiom one person: Severali persons have
been suspected a: times, but few months
since rumor was suddenly put afoat as 10 a
gentleman John Henry keene, Jr.) being the
author OF them, although both he and his
family had received large number OF these
missives and some Of these Of most mischiey.
Gus ana offensive character Being unable 10
trace This rumor TO any definite source. and he
,1g unwilling to rest unoer so grave an accu-
satlon, he resolved to make an effort to dis
cover VINO was the real atthor. For this mar.
pose ne employed experien ced detectives ana
laooIeo some two months n the in vestigation.
a ha HiSSa
about as usual. The matter has now assumsS
such form that it will be made the subiecr OF
Itca hvestigation before the courts Asniev
correspondence in relationt tothe m after apnea,s
I'd me advertisement luHlns of .his morniny,s
AmeIiean, from which it appears TINT Mr. \
heene was led from the evidence Obtained nv
un,,. u',n 70 enaree the wife Of Frederic Bernai,
representative OF her BritAnic Majesty with
the autoorship. The matter is stilI nm nsettIad
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CRHAr DISCOVERY In DENTISTRY.
TEETH EXrRAOTED WITHOUT PAIH.

ivoald advise ell persons having teeth so<PA
extract TO call st DR. LKWIEs once, and
have them taken out without pain.
Also, call and examine the Doctors new and I'm.
proved method Of inserting ARTIFICIAL TEETE. f.
III you once the great improvement In his teeth,
You will nave them in no other style than this new
and valuable one. Teeth inserted on Cold Silver
and Rubber Plates at the cid price, We have not
advanced the price on oar work since the great
ehsAge in gold.
No. 0<S Psan's avenue, between lsth and 18th
streets.
tau16-ly q, r. IEWIE. N. D., Dentist.
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MCFARLAND, STEPHENSON a co.'s
Ih FAST fREIG HT LINE
BALTIMORE, wAsaissTfooN. ALEXANDRIA,
GEORGETOWN.
hsd Points on and Connecting with the Orange a
Alex asdria Railroad
hERGHhHDIsE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
FORWARDED WITH DISPATCH Ar
THE LOWEST kATRS
- ] be Abeye Line 10 strictly HonK LINE the
trogrletsrs being old residents of Baltimore and
Washington, and OF long experiences in the tor
w.Iolhg bnsiness- They confidently solicit the
patronage Of the public :.
0fices:-lf4 south Eutaw street. Baltimore, and
banlmore and Washington Depot, wash pgton,
JOHN MCFARLAND. Baltimore. ..
John A. STEPHENSON, Washington, d. @.
NH Is In
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PERSONAL,

"M. PRINCE, 3s1 street. opposite Patent
w Office, the only practical ST AMPER in the
District, wishes TO inform his customers that he is
not connected with any ether Stamping concern In
this city. As there are so-cslied STAN pers using
his name hence this notice. He has only place,
on street. Weekly in receipt of new patterns, D,
which are mafe ND at once fec
JEREMIAH 9. BLACK. WARD II. LAMeN. CT. BLACK.
LAW OFFICE.
BLACK, LAMON CO.,
Councillors and Attorney D. at Law In the supreme
Court of the United States the CouI of claims. the
Courts Of the District the Executive Departments,
and Committees of Congress.
Once, 46s 18th street, directly opposite Will
terds' Hotel.) de ls-f
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DENTISTRY.
T LoomIs,mp,

The Inventor and Patentee of the MINERAL
PLATE TEETH, attends personally at<~
his once in this city. Many persons can n9pyp
wear these teeth who cannot wear others, A~
and person can wear c~Aers who cannot wear
these.
Persons calling at nay sfnce can be accommodated
with style and price Of Teeth they may desire,
but 70 those who are particular, and wish the pa
rest cleanest, strongest and most perfect denture
that ART can procure, the MIEERAt TEETH viii
be more fully warranted.
Rooms in this city-No. 33s Pennsylvania ave.,
Philadelphia. &c oily
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Iilessit baa ioa7'a 40 1'afe' 20 =. =.
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90 as3iT5HA al5a nas 4laqal.I 7tl' lo
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EIREMENs INSURANCE CO. OF WASH
Il INGTON AND GEORGETOWN.
OFFICE No. l over Bank of W ashinRton.
CHARTERED BY CONGRESS, 1887.
CAPITAL 200 900
SURPLUS fUGD...---..... 10 900
period.
Builders risks granted On the most favorable
terms.
No charge for polisies.
JAMES ADAMS. President.
Samuel Cropley, Esau PickfeI,
Robert White, Of Georgetown.
Wm Wilson, Thsmas Parker
John D. Barclay, Richard Barry, ..-
ssm1 Redfern. Chss. ". Davis,
b. b French, T. Ed. CLARK,
Andrew Rothvsll, Of WashinEton.
The Directors in Georgetown authorizedyby
the Board to renew pelicies and take risks In
Georgetown. --..- -... ..
y j, eO6m ABE1G. DAVIS, sssry.
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u j. HEIBERGER,
CITIZENS AND military
MERCHANT TAILOR, N
HG,9olita~ Hotel, lats Brossn's,
362 Pennsylvania avenue, -
Wit VashinGton. d. q.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-26
The Consequence.

In case Congress should attempt the
impeachment of President Johnson, and
he should resist, the Jackson Mississip-
plan is of the opinion that revolution
is possible eventuality of the next few
months, with a crash in comparison to
which the guns of Sumter were as moth
ing " 1t would not be, continues that
paper, " like the crusade of 1861, when
distant battle-felds were TO be tried, but
il would be freside anarchy-local CON
fict-the SCATTERING of social life at
home" There is enough force in this to
admonish both the President and Con-
gress of the necessity of g going slow, !"
and taking good care to avoid extremes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-26
Sir Morton Peto's village.

The London correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial thus writes of Sir
Morton Peto's village:
date this letter, as usual, from Lon
don. | am actually writing IT at the
mouth Of the Thames, at pretty little
village named Southend, much resorted
to by Woodworking Londoners in want
of quiet, repose aud sea air Like the
railway which brings you here from
town, it is the property of Sir Morton
Peto, by whose capital and sagacious
enterprise it has been called into being
during the past fifteen years This cele-
brated baronet, whose visit to the United
States last year is surely not yet for
gotten, is one Of the most extraordinary
men of the age. The extent of his bust
ness transactions and commercial in
vestments almost surpasses conception.
He is probably the greatest contractor
in the world There is scarcely rail
way in all the vast dominions Of Great
Britain in which he has not an import
ant interest Besides, he has built rail-
ways, and still sustains and vitalizes and
controls railways in many lands, in all
parts of the world, which are not under
the paw of the British lion was told
the other day by well-known\ London
merchant, that probably no otner man
in the world, except the Emperor Napo-
leon, carries such a load of RESPONSE
bility, and has need Of such immense
executive power as this British Baronet
When he bought and leased the land on
which this pretty village stands, fifteen
years ago, he was simply Morton Peto
1t was by his patriotic energy in con-
structing government railways in the
Crimea, during the Russian war, that he
won his title They tell me he has
never had time TO visit this place but
twice during these fifteen years, and on
each visit he stopped only two or three
hours He is also famous for being the
great layman of the Baptist denomina-
ton in England His iberality to strug-
Cling churches and ministers is very
great, and if little church can get Sir
Morton to smile upon it, its fortune is
made. He is about 10 publish a book
on America, entitled 1.-The Resources
and Prospects of the United States"
From such an authority, the statements
he therein makes will have a powerful
effect upon the monetary standing Of the
great republic among the capitalists of
Europe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-26
A Change of Fortune.

A poor Irish gentleman has, much to
his surprise, become Earl of Harrington,
being heir of the late young Earl, who
died IN his minority When the great
Earl of Chesterfield died,t inheritance
passed to cousin of a very remote de-
gree. The same thing has now hap
pened in the line Of the younger brother
of the first Earl Of Chesterfield, of whom
Lord Harrington is the representative.
The new Earl Of Harrington's son, now
Viscount Petersham, is an engineer by
profession and education, and highly
esteemed by those who have had occa-
sion to seek professional service from
him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-26

Until you know what you are to receive !!
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POETRY.


WHERE I GO TO PRAY.
BY FRANCES LAMARTINE.
Where | can hear the wind-tones
Sweetly, sadly play
Through the naples branches
There 20 TO pray.
Where can watch the shadows,
Cold, and still, and gray.
Creeping DER my earth-home--
There ! 60 TO pray.
Near my chamber window,
Where love to stay,
Watching for Him yainly-
There go to pray.
Where the faded leaflets
Flutter every day,
Der the crimson carpet
There l go to pray.
Where can watch the flowers
Going to decay,
Meath my "resting window -
There 60 to pray.
Whore the floating cloudlets
Beckon me away
From my silent sanctum-
There / go to pray.
Out beneath the maple e.
Place my silent clay,
When my eyes stop watching,
And cease to pray.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-26

176O GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES
% were distributed among the patrons
of Parkinson * Co. during the month Of jan
uary, 1866 Read the comments by the press,
speaking Of the firm in the most complimentary
house" -Shppensburgh. Pa. Sentinel. Give
Dunkirk, N. Y, journal. :. Enjoy a high rep
utation for honorable dealing and the quality
!" Perfectly reliable and will do all they prom
ise." -Nyack, N. Y, Citv and County. Stand
high for honesty and fair dealing '-Fishkill, N
Y, Journal, Honorable and fair dealing
the oldest and most reliable firms in business. =
-Canajoharie, N. Y. Radii. Keep their word
and act honorably by their patrons. Lyons,
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Silver Plated Casters.

A VARIETY OF NEW Styles JUST
n received, and for sale By
MUIR, STEBBINS & PULLEN.
m2i 20 Main 81. opp. Court Slu ere.
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srArE OF TENNESSEE. ! NJ. Allen. Plaintiff.

County of Shelby. 81. C. Bywater, Dert.
IN THIS CAUSE FOR SATISFACTORY
l. reasons appearing, it is ordered thai defend
ant, J. G. Bywater answer the complaint of NJ
Allen. plaintiff, in an action Of forcible and
unlawful entry and detainer, or unlawful de-
tanner. at 10 am. May 9th, 1866. before three
Justices of the Peace, and for said county, at
my office, in the city Of Memphis, or the 50 me
will be taken for confessed as to him. This
April 4th. 1866
ap5-law 4w s. A. MOORE p
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SEMINAL WEAKNESSES CURED.
MEDICAL ADVICE FREE.

LII THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING
n from 'Spermatorrhea" or Seminal W eak
ness" or any Private Disease, or nre in doubt
as to the exact nature of their complaint. should
send at enoe for DR.. Bohannans Treatise on
Special Diseases" which gives full descrip-
ton, symptoms, etc., of all Chronic" and
Special" diseases, as 10 leave no room Tor
doubt. This valuable work is sent FREE to
any address. Direct to DR.. c. A. B0HANNAN,
Nos. 20 and 50 Pine street, between Third and
Fourth streets, ST. Louis, Mo. Established in
81. Louis in 1887. Ap20-3m
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James f. Branch

James +. Branch
nl vs..
Neal l.. Speares ct. al.
UNHE PLAINTIFF, ON AFFIDAVIT
4 that the defendant is indebted 10 him,
and is nonresident of the State Hav-
ing obtained from me, VIM. Sims, Justice Of
the Peace for the county of Haywood, and
State Of Tennessee, an original attachment
against the estate of the defendant, and return
able before me or some other Justice of the
Peace for said county and State, and the same
having been levied on the defendants prop
PENDANT appear before me at my office, in the
town of Brownsville, county and State afore-
said, ON the 24th of May 1866. to defend said
attachment suit, or it will be proceeded with
notice be published in the Memphis PUBLIc
LEDGER. VIM. SIMS, j. p. (
b. 2. BoYD. Atty for Plaintiff. All law4w
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Terrible Scenes.

The scenes on board the steamship
England, when the disease reached its
highest point of mortality, were said to
have been of terrible nature. Few on
board could be found courageous enough
to bury the dead, and, despite the en-
treaties Of the Captain, they were al
lowed TO remain for some time in the
steerage after decomposition had set in.
The frequency of the deaths prevented
any list Of the departed from being kept.
B6-Garters with diamond buckles are
worn with the new hoops in Paris. In
this country, that hoop would be styled
the patent diamond exposer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-26
LEGAL.
ON THE cHANcHRY SIDE

OF THE
Common Law and Chancery Court of the city
of Memphis, Tennessee.
T. Il. EssI aE.s stG1 s Rds.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
Il this cause that the defendants. III. Rafalsky
and n. Greemwald. .non-residents of the State
Of Tennessee, ii is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein at the Court
House. in the city of Memphis, Tennessee,
within the first three days of the next term OF
said Court TO commence on the second Monday
in May, 1866, and plead, answer or demur to
compliments bill, or the same win be taken
for confessed as to them and set for hearing ex
parte, and that a copy of this order be published
once week, for four successive weeks, in the
Memphis Public LEDGER. 4Af
AUGUST0N ALST0N,
Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest.
By BENZ. COLEMAN, T
Deputy Clerk and Master.
EDGIyGToN X HALsFY, '
Solicitors tor Complainant. p
April 10, 1866. apl6-lay4w
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JUNE %, 1866.

er, or for the speedy execution of any of the
powers by this act conferred on a court of equity
Sec .. BE 1t further enacted, That the filing by
or on behalf Of any Bank, of bill in the court of
equity, under the provisions of this act, shall,
upon the appointment and qualification of COM
missioner hereunder, be deemed and taken to all
lntents and purposes to be surrender by such
BANK OF all the corporate rights and franchises
granted to such Bank; and all laws by virtue of
which any such Bank then exists as u corporation
are hereby repealed, and such corporation shall
be thereupon dissolved, and all the effects and
consequences following or incident to the disso-
luton OF corporation at common law shall ensue
thereon; and any statute law of this State to the
contrary notwithstanding. Popided ho,ces,er,
Ihat the estate, property, and rights of action
vested IN the commissioner, as provided by this
act, shall not be in any way diverted or impaired
thereby, nor shall the rights of any creditor of
the estate or effects vested in him, be thereby
impaired or in any way affected, and such COM
missioner shall thercupon be considered as the
plaintiff in the pending proceedings; and, pro-
ttded further, that should there be any balance
remaining in the hands of any such commissioner
after the satisfaction of the claims of such credit
ors, the commissioner under the direction of the
court shall distribute and pay the same to and
among those who shall be justly entitled thereto
as having been stockholders members of such
corporation at the time of it's dissolution as afore-
saia, or their legal representatives.
Sec y. BE 1t further enacted, That all suits on
debts due the Banks contracted with a branch
Bank shall be brought in the comfy where the
branch was established, and if brought in any
other county may be dismissed on motion
Sec 10. Be it further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after its ratification
IRatihed the 18th day of March, 1866
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NO. 40.
Scale of Depreciation.


The following Act, in relation to the scaling of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled I" An ordinance declaring what laws ana
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes,
ratified On the 18th day of October, A. D., 1865,
1t is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that " all executory contracts, solyable in money,
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-a
citation of said currency before the LIST of May,
1865, and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency"
subject, nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,
Be it eaacted 6y the General Assembly Of the State
Of North Carolina, and IL is hereby enacted by the
Iahorty Of the same, That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established the measure of value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1884, from the 1st day of November,
1851, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit: 4
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency, the
gold dollar being the unit and Of valse,
from November LIST, 1861, to May 1st 1865:
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PULvERIzED TURPENTINE AND ITS
USES Some interesting experiments have
been made in the Russian Admiralty in
St. Petersburg, on the different uses to
which pulverized turpentine can be ap-
piled. With his new lamp Captain
Spakofsky producsd flame twenty
feet long, of six-horse power, and hopes
to reduce the consumption of fuel very
considerably. AS by means of the tur-
pentine lamp the steam can be raised in
ten minutes, it can, the Captain says, he
advantageously applied to small craft
on short trips, and it is said that several
boats built on this principle will ply on
the Neva during the summer
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How TO MAKE GooD BREAD am
a farmers wife, and have been house
keeper for more than twenty years :;
raised a family of children, and the
greater part of that time have personally
presided over my household affairs. In
order to have good bread, an indispen-
sible ingredient is good yeast. My
mode of making yeast is as follows: To
three pints OF water add one handful Of
hops, boil well together, strain and put
the liquor into the pot again then take
three large-sized potatoes, wash and
pair and CRATE them, and stir into the
liquor while boiling then add one table
spoonful of salt, one tea cupful OF sugar
or naolasses, and thicken with a spoon
full of flour, pour it out and when cool
enough, add yeast enough to raise it !;
when light, set it in cool place for
use.
To make bread, pare and cut two
quarts of POTATOES, boil them in water
enough to mix one gallon of sponge.
When well bodied, mash and strain
through cullenaer, stir in flour while
hot, when cool eneugh, stir in a cupful
of yeast, then set to rise, and next morn
ing make up your bread in the usual
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sAPARILLA purges out these impurities and stimu-
lates the organs of life into vigorous action, re-
storing the health and expelling disease Hence
it rapidly cures variety of complaints which are
caused by impurity of the blood. such as Scrofula
or Kings Evil, Tumors Ulcers, Sores, Eruptions
Pimplcs, Blotches, Boils, st. Anthony's Fire
Rose or Erysipelas, letter or Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Ring Worm Cancer, or Cancerous Tumors
Irregularity, Suppression, Whites, Sterilty, also
Syphilis or Veneral Diseases, Liver Complaints,
and Heart Diseases. Try AYERS SARsAPARILLA,
and see tor yourself the surprising activity with
which it cleaEses the blood and cures these
disorders
During late years the public have been misled
by large bottles pretending to give quart of
Extract of Sarsaparilla for one dollar. Most OF
these have been frauds upon the sick, for they not
only contain little if any, Sarsaparilla but often
disappointment has followed the use of the vari-
GUS extracts of Sarsaparilla which flood the mar
ket, until the name itself has become synonymous
with imposition and cheat. Still we call this
compound I" Sarsaparlla, - and irtend to supply
such remedy as shall rescue the name frem the
load of Obloquy which rests upon it. We think
we have ground for believing it has virtues which
are irresistible by the ordinary run of the diseases
it is intended to cure. We can only assure the
sick, that offer them the best Alternative which
we know how to produce, and we have reason to
believe it is by far the most effectua purifier OF
the blood yet discovered by any body.
Ayers CHERRY PECToRAL is so universally
known to surpass every other remedy for the
cure of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, H,arseness,
Group, Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption, and
for the relief of Consumptive Patients in adNanc-
ed stages of the disease that 1t is useless here to
recount the evidence of its virtues The world
knows them.
Prepared by DIR. J. C. AVER & Co., Lowell,
Mass, and sold by Williams & Haywood, and p.
F. Pescud, Raleigh, N. c., and by dealers every
where may 29-eOd2m