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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28
M. COMBS, JR. & CO.,
Attorneys at Law
AND
SOLICITORS OF CLAIMS
Against all Departments ofthe Government.
ALSO, FOREIGN CLAIM AGENTS.

ALSO, FOREIGN CLAIM AGENTS.
WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO
w the collection OF claims arising under
the Revenue Laws-such rs seizures. erroneous
zines, etc. Claims against the Quartermaster
and Conn issary Generals Department, for sup
plies furnished the army and for transports,
ton. charters. etc. For property destroyed and
horses lost by capture or killed in service. For
pensions, prize money: bounty, arrears Of pay,
etc, due officers, soldiers and seamen, white OF
colored OF their heirs at-law and claims OF all
kinds against the United States in all depart
ments Of the Government.
Will also practice law in all the Courts OF
Record in Shelby county, and the Federal
Courts for the Districts Of W est Tennessee.
Correspondence solicited from attorneys at
law and respectable agents throughout the
country.
Terms moderate. and no charge made unless
successful.
"a Communications by mail with stamp en-
closed wilIfeceiye prompt attention.
REFEREScRs-Eyery frst-cla business house
in Memphis as well a. the many highly re
spectacle citizens throughout the State, whose
claims we have collected.
Office, Room No. 2, Postofiee Building,
;e22-lm MEMPHIS, TENN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28
SIGHT DRAFTS FOR SALE
In sums 10 suit, on all the principal cities
In the United States.
COLLECTIONS Promptly Attended {

Collections Promptly Attended to.
nUR FACILITIES ARE UNSUkPAssb Sd
~ in this department, having prompt and re-
liable correspondents Al nearly all the towns in
The Western District Of Tennessee. North Mis-
si,sippi, Western aud Interior Arkansas, afford
ing 70 us opportunity Tor the coilecuen o. com
,n,rrial paper. possessed BY but few. IL any.
Our capital l. ample. and those VINO NAV en-
trust business 10 our care may rely on the best
attention 10 their Interests.
OFFICERS:
S. d. MCCLURE. n, s WHITE,
prr4idcnf Treasurer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28

nA. MAGGIE MITCHELL had prime sue
cess in Springfield, Massachusetts
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28
The Late Vim. T. Haskell.

6PHE FORMER PERSONAL AND p0LIT-
i zeal friends Of the late Gen. William l. Has
kell are requested to forward to his widow
MRS Paralee HaskeiD. care Of DR.. Collins,
Greenwood. Shelby county, any documents,
letters or other papers Of his composition, now
in their possession, with view TO their cmbod-
iment in a memoir Of the eminent statesman,
shortly to be published.
aS- Nashville, Knoxville aud Louisville, as
we'll as all papers in West Tennessee. are re-
auested 70 publish this notice JeZs Nv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
To the Citizens of Memphis.

GBNTS: THE TIME FIXED By THE
VI charter for the election of Mayor having
passed wi hout an election. L now announce
to you that am still a candidate for the May
orally when the election does come off.
/ am. respectfully, your fellow citizen,
ie2s-te W d. FERGUSON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28
DIRECTORS /:

J. J RAWLINGS. firm Of J. J. Rawlings 4 Co.
n. L. S0RY, firm Of Irwin. sory a Co.
SfWfug FORD. frn II Newton Ford A Go.
w. Is GALBRkATd. Galbrcath. Stewart 70.
n. CARY, Esq. lel4-lm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-28

MossARKAT. LANIER 4 CO.
Aucii0ncerl.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
OFFERINGS TO AN ACTRESS.

AT the Aleazar Theatre, in Rio ia
nciro, says the correspondent OF the
Providence JOWRdi, 81 saw one Russian
officer bring in at times during the even
ing all the flowers he could carry, and
shower them upon an actress. The
next day he sent presents to the amount
of thousand dollars. This gentleman,
when his floral offerings had given out
and no more could be obtained, finished
his gifts by scaling his cap at her. This
was the signal for Il scene to commence.
Instantly hats of beaver, silks, and vel
vet were shOwerCd upon the stage, and
rings, gloves, canes, and umbrellas. Ev
cry one seemed to be trying TO outvie his
ncighbor in shouting 6rdrO and riu0; the
din was terrific. One man in the gallery,
in his excitement, seized large glass
from the chandelier, and hurled ii toward
the stage, but missed his mark and shat
tered it upon your correspondents
shoulders. At this point he thought it
time to leave, which he did, and with
fear of glass globes and lame arm for
monitors, has not patroniacd the Alea-
zar since.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
A GOOD JOB.

THE hcad-clcrll of large firm in
Charlestown promised an old customer,
one day, half Il bale of Russia duck, to
be on hand precisely at one O'Clock,
when the man was to leave town with
his goods. The firm We're out of duck,
ana the clerk went over to Boston to
buy some. Not finding truckman, he
hired Il man with Il wheclburrOw to take
it over. Finishing other business, ON
his return to Charlc5town the clerk
found the man not half way over the
bridge, sitting on his barrow half dead
with heat.
What was to be done? 1t was then
half-pa5t twelve, and the goods were
| promised ut one. There was no time to
lose. In spite Of the heat, the dust, and
his fine, light Summer clothes, the
young man seized the wheelbarrow and
pushed on.
Pretty soon a rich merchant, whom
the young man knew very well, riding
on horseback, overlook him.
"What," said he, "Mr. Wilder turn
ed truckmanw
Yes" answered the clcrk. "Thc
goads are promised at one o'clock, and
my man has given out; but am deter
mined to be aS good .as my word"
"Good, good!" said the gentleman,
and trotted ON.
Calling at the store where the young
man was employed, he told his en-
ploycr what he had seen.
"And | want you to tell him." said
the gentleman, that when he goes into
| business for himself my name is at his
service for thirty thousand dollars"
Reaching the store, which he did in
time, you may be sure, the price set OF
his conduct made amends for all the
heat, anxiety, and fatigue of the job.
Keeping his wOrd. You see how i'm
portant it is regarded. 1t is one of the
best kinds of capital IL man can have
To be worth much to anybody a boy
must form a character for rc'j0bHHy
lie must be depended upon. And yol
will like to know, perhaps, that thi
young man became one of the mos
eminent merchants Of his day, know
far and wide, both in Europe and thi
country. His name was $. V. Wilder
and he was the first President of tn
American Tract Socicty.-CHiid'S I'o
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15

A FASHIONABLE but ignorant young
lady, dcsirous of purchasing watch,
was shown very beautiful one, the
shop-kccpcr rcmaking that it went thir-
ty-siX hours: What, in one day."
An American citizen residing at
Sheffield, England, has sent one hun
dred and forty gross Of knives and forks
oaid the Portland, Maine, families, that
were burned out, in rcsuming house
keeping.
IT appears that the English Govern
ment has had its cquanimity considera-
bly, disturbed by the revival of the Fen
ian scare. Three regiments have already
been dispatched to Canada, and others
arc to follow soon.
THE Commissioner of Agriculture
gives notice that ne is now prepared TO
distribute TO the agriculturists speci-
mems Of superior Mediterranean whito
wheat, which will be put up in quart
packages, and delivered free upon re-
ceipt of application.
TIE following story is told of
captain of Austrian artillery in Italy.
Ills company was under Il tremendous
fire, and at one gun there was only ono
man left to work. The captain went
and helped him to serve the piece, and
round after round was discharged, till
the officer suddenly, in an interval Of
loading, exclaimed, "Schmidt! how
dare you have your shake on your head
in a way contrary to regulations?"
IMPORTANT TO PRINTERS. Tho
Secretary of the Interior has received
from gentleman in New Jersey, SAM
pies of paper manufactured from Scdge
grass, u grass which grows in great
, abundance upon all tidc-water flats.
The paper is very white and clear, and
will undoubtedly prove good substi-
tute for ordinary writing paper made Of
cotton and linen rags. 1t is estimated
that it can be manufactured for twenty
per cent less than any variety now in
use, and this circumstance alone renders
the discovery Of great importance to
the printing interests Of the country.
e MEN do not leap the hill of virtue in
a moment, nor do they descend into tho
= valley of death or pit Of vice in an in
slant. You took up your newspaper
this morning, dear reader. The cruelty
you shuddcred at--the wife-beating, the
= murdcr-think you these have n sud-
den Inspiration? No! they are the out
: come of habits, OF thought, action, Of
. long and steady preparation. You SEQ
the volcanic flame; you see thesmould-
+ ering omherS; you see the broken
bridge; you did not see thelittie madro'
= pore, eating into the timber, Even in
@ these great sins it has been there u lit
lie end there a li,tlrp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
PRESIDENT JOHNSON's TASK.

THE AHgiO- ABericdH Times, publish
cd in London, has an article upon the
Memphis riots, which closes with the
following remarks: "Andrew johnson
has gigantic task before him. Few of
us can appreciate the enormous difficult
ties with which he has to contend. Few
of us can understand the means by
which he hopes toperform the solemn
promise he there made. His meas
nrcs may not appear to us directly to
lead to such an object, and we must
not forget that the children of Israel
passed to their promised land through
forty years of suffering in the desert,
and that their leader was only per-
mittcd to get glimpse of the coun-
try which Providence had marked out
for his followers. There are those who
believe that the Presidents heart has
failed him in the task that he has fallen
off from the stern resolve required for
the weary struggle. But we do not de-
live this. We believe Andrew Johnson
to be II patriot-with his heart fixed on
the grand object of rcconstructing the
Union, of giving to the South the law,
peace, order, and equal rights of the
North. 1t is no fault Of his if slavery
has so degraded Il large section of tho
citizens he rules that nothing but years
of patient legislation and strong gov
crnmcnt can elevate the lawlcs5 people
into the highest tack ola civilized COM
munity-that of governing its own pas
siOns.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
A LESSON OF TRUST.

SOME time ago boy was discovered
in large city, evidently bright and in
toIligcnt, but sick. a man who has the
feelings of kindness strongly developed
went to him, shook him by the shout
der, and asked him what he was doing
there.
"Waitlng for God to come for me-"
he replied.
"What do you mcan," said the gen.
tleman, touched by the pathetic tone of
the answer and the condition of the
boy, in whose eye and flushed face he
saw evidence of tevcr.
A" God sent fOrmothcr and little broth
er," said he, "and took them away 10
His home up in the sky, andmother told
me when she was sick that God would
take care Of me. | have no home, no.
body 10 give me anything, and so |
came out hero, and have been looking
up in the sky for God to come and take
care of me, as mother said lie would.
lie will come, won't lie? Mother never
told me a lie,'
YES, my lud," said the man, over
come with emotion, "Ilc has sent mD
20 take care Of you,'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

TIE Glasgow christian NcWS gives the
following as no fiction, but the plain
truth: "a young man and his wife
were preparing to attend u Christmas
party, at the house of "a friend, some
miles distant. Henry, my dear hus-
band, don't drink too much at the party
to-day; you will promise me, won't
YOU? said she, putting her hand upon
his brow, and raising her eyes to his
face, with pleading smile. NO, Mil
lie, | will not; you may trust me :" and
she wrapped her infant in Il soft blank
were soon prancing over the turf, and
| pleasant conversation bcguiled the way.
Now, don't forget your promise, whis-
pered the young wife, as they passed up
the steps. Poor thing, she was the wife
of man who loved to look upon the
wine when red. The party passed
pleasantly; the time for departing drew
near; the wife descended from the up
per chamber to join her husband. a
pang shot through her beating heart rs
She met him, for he was intoxicated; he
had broken his promise.
"Silently they rode homeward, save
when the drunken man broke into
snatches of a song or unmeaning laugh
ter. But the wife rode on, her babe
pressed closely to her gricvcd heart.
Give me the baby, Millie.' | can't
trust you with him, she said, rs they
approucheda dark swollen stream. AZ
ter some hesitation, she resigned her
tirSt-born - her darling babe, closely
wrapped in great wooden blanket-to
his arms. over the dark waters the
noble stced safely bore them and when
they reached the bank, the mother ask
cd for her child. With much care and
tenderness he placed the bundle in her
arms; but when she cla3ped it to her
arms no babe was there! 1t had slipped
from the blanket, and the drunken
father knew it not. \ wild shrek from
the mother aroused him, and he turned
round Just in time to see the little rosy
face rise one moment above the dark
waters, then sink forever, and that by
his own intempcrance The anguish
of the mother and rcmOrSc of the father
are better imagined than described"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
AN ENTERPRIsING YOUTH.

\ MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, paper
says that about Il month ago, ragged
little urchin called upon merchant for
fifty cents, for which he promised to
give his note, bearing interest at ten per
cent. The merchant, struck with the
novelty of the proposition, and with the
evident raightlorwardness Of the boy,
gave him the money, and took his note
rs the boy insisted upon giving it. lie
had almost forgotten the occurrence
when he was surprised to see the little
fellow walk into the store one day and
ask to redeem his note. Upon inquiry,
the merchant learned that he had i'll
vested hcmoney npapers and oranges
and had already made about forty dol
lars, which he was about placing in {
savings bank. lie had no father nol
mother, and did chores at a friend.
house for board. That boy will make
his mark yet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
BY THE BROOK.

ny CHARLES WARREN sroDpARD.
Down across the hiils low brow
A slender, silver flllet--
Nothing is so musical
As my little rillct.
All! that laughing song of yoursl
bolicately trim 1t.
Shall fret you, hasty brook7
Shall mar your PAGES
Weaver, weaving silver threads
Into silver laccs,
found about and In and out
The sunnlest OF ploccs7
Loose your tresses In the chase,
Slip about the border
or yon garden wall, and catch
A blossdiu, gay maraudcr?
What shall please my love of ease
AS your sweet disorder.
While the world gors jogging ON,
Presently miss you:
life is made of other stuff
Than your limpid tissue.
Turn n mill, you lazy rill,
While wait the issue.
Let the beetle while away
The Summer with his drumming,
Foam you at the whirling wheel
And babblc to its humming,
Toll away the livclong day
1t is more becoming.
Creep boncath the sweeping bough,
While each ripple twinltles,
Starlilte, i'll sky of leaves,
And your frothy crinklos
FoIm leather apron there,
Full Of creamy wrinkles.
When the bald and brazcn day
Hath donncd his dushy visor,
Still you flow a-down apacc,
While nights myriad eyes are
Watching you; for what they view
None are the wiser.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15
Germs of gdrUtisjnO.

You should have seen his eyes fash
and the smile of triumph break over
his face, as he said; "Mothcr never told
me lie, sir, but you have been SO long
ON the way"
What lesson of trust, and how this
incident shows the effect of never de-
ceiving children with tales.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1866-09-15

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-04
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.
|,HICKAHOMINY BITTERS,
I FOR CuILLS AND FEVER
THE GREAT VIRGINIA REMEDY.

Chickahominy Bitters perform more cures
and in shorter time; than any other remedy
ever discovered for Chills and Fever.
Those who have become invalids from ire
ouent attacks If Chills and Fever, have been
perfectly restored to health in few days, Dy
the wonderful operation OF Chlckahomlny BIZ
ters.
Thousands who have used them need no fur
thor evidence of their value and happy restora.
tive powers. The effects of ma5matle climate
upon the human system is to produce loss OF ap,
petite. debility, and general prostitution of all
the vital energies BY the use Of Chickahominy
Bters health is restored in FEY few gen weekS
remcdv for Dvspepsia. General Debility, Loss
of Appetite, and the best tonic used. We re-
commend it to all. =,
Manufactured exclusively, in Richmond w.,
by A. H. NEWTON, and for sale by all the
''''''tt 'tJANNRY s. CO., Wholesale Agents,
l45, King street, Alexandria, Va.
Ms-The trade supplied at the proprletoIs
rofas jy 23-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-04
A MODERN MIRA Gle

From old and young from rich and poor,
from high-born and loWly, comes the universal
Voice Of Praise for
HALLS VEG
SiCILIAN HAIR REVIEWER.
It is perfect and miraculous article. Cures
badness. Makes hair grow. better dressing
than any "oil" or ''pomatum -" Sottens brash,
dry and wiry hair into beautiful sllken tresses.
But, above al, the great wonder is the rapidity
with which it restores GRAY HAIR To Its
ORIGINAL COLOR.
Use it few times, and
PRESTO, CHANGE!
the whtest and worst looking hair resumes Its
youthful beauty. 1t does not dye the hair, but
strikes at the root and fills it with new life and
colOriEg matter.
It will not take & long disagreeable trial to
prove the truth of this matter The first appll-
cation will do good; you will see the natural
color returning every day, and before you
knowit, the old, gray, discolored appearance OF
the hair will be gone giving place to lustrous,
shining and beautiful locks
Ask for Halls Sciian Hair Remover; no
other article is at ali like it in effect You will
find it cheap to buy, pleasant to try, and sure
to do you good
There are many limitations Be sure you pro-
cure the genuine, manufactured only by
r. z HALL & CO.,
Nashua, n e., Proprietors.
For sale by all druggists. jy 2-2m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-04
AUCTION SALES.

TRUSTEEs SALE or VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.--By virtue Of u deed of
trust from Henry Jenkins and wife, dated the
Both day of A ApriI, 1861, and by the authority of
the parties interested, shall sell at Lewinsyille
in the County of Fairfax, on TUESDAY, the
of land, upon which Henry Jenkins formerly
resided, containing about SIXTY ACRES,
commencing about the centre Of the village,
and running thence easterly along the centre of
the road leading from Townsville to the Little
Falls Bridge and Georgetown-distance from
Geoi gAtown, 9 miles. This land ia admirably
located for market or dairy farm-and the sit
uation for country feat very desirable. Also,
LOT OF LAND, lying on Pimmtt's Run, on
Lewinsyillo TO the Falls Church, containing
.bout N IN E and THREE QUARTER ACRES,
adjoining the lands of Chas. Kirby and others,
and is principally in wood and timber.
Terms of Sale.-One-f fourth of tho purchase
money will be required in cash; the remainder
in three equal payments of i, II and lS months,
with interest from day of sale, to be secured BY
pense Of the purchaser. Selling as trustee shall
convey such title only as is vested in me. which,
however, is believed to be unquestionable. Sale
TO take place between II and o'clock:
THOMAS r. LOVE, Trustee
&s-I shall also offer for sale at the same time,
THlRTY-rIFE AND A HALF ACRES or
LAND, at Lewlnsvile, lying north of the road,
leading to the Falls bridge and adjoining the
Parsonage. Ter rs made known on day of sale:
| Townsend McVeigh will sell VALUABLE
FARM near 1.ewin>ville, on the same day; !
have for sale about On 4 THO USAND ACRES
OF LAND, in the vicinity of Fairfax Station;
on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and
| other valuable lands in Fairfax County
IS,;- ;-F.,x D{1- 1-fc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-04
GENERAL NEWS.

Ne Generals Of the regular army now rank
i, order Of their names in the following list -
:!eG. Ulysses S. Grant; Lieutenant General
%H:ilIiarl =. Sherman: Major Generals Henry
7. iIalleck. George 6. Meade Philip Fl.
3keliden, George Fl. Thomas, Winfield S.
Hancock Brigadier Generals Irwin Mcdowell,
William S. Rosec'ans, Philip St. George
Cooke, John Pope, Jnseph Hooker, John NJ.
CcnofeId, Oliver o. Howari Alfred Il Terry,
!. c. C. Ord.
Jae of the monster farms of modern times is
hat OF General Urquiza, of Bu nos Ayers =
Il is composed Of an unbroken body of nine
hundred square miles, over which countless
thousands Of horses, cattle and sheep are graz
ing OF cattle, the farm sends over $4,000
.n0ualIy 70 the slaughter. The horses would
o1ppiy the cavalry Of Q large army, and from
De wool OF the sheep ships are loaded annually
I'd sent directly to Europe.
,0ho st. Louis (Mo) Democrat says that
.',.7hile other cities are supplying themselves
i th pure water, the people of St. Louis are
,rrlying down such quantities Of mud, that hall
0: chem are corpulent with sandbars"
i IS thought to be something remarkable
inst whereas previous cholera seasons were
lcteG for the entire absence Of thunder and
liGatning, this summer We have had more Of
,aese than Vas ever known before,
One hundred and twelve thousand dollars
..a2 realized at Savannah, Georgia, few days
go, on lot OF shot and she'll, broken cannon,
ieId and siege pieces, collected from Georgia
!lule-felds.
Tie voluntary contributions made TO the
.Iu0lic revenue of England by p"nitent taxpay-
,.s. under the head Of conscience money, y
,-2a:ntain regular average Of about $1,000 a
y:a:.
*From the concurrent testimony Of ali who
AGge visited the watering places, it is nov evil
sent that the season is the worst that has
ger experienced for many years.