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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

HELMB0LD'S EXTRACT BUCHU has
cured every case of Diabetes in which it has
been given. Irritation of the Neck of the Blad-
der and Inflammation of the Kidneys, Ulcera-
ton of the Kidneys and Bladder. Retention of
Urine, Diseases of the PROSTATE Gland, Stone
in the Bladder, Calculus. Gravel, Brick dust
Deposit, and Mucus or Milky Discharges. and
for Enfeebled and Delicate Constitutions, of
both Sexes. attended with the following symp-
toms: IndispositiOn to Exertion. Loss of Power.
Loss of Memory. Difficulty of Breathing. Weak
Nerves. Trembling. Horror Of Disease, Wake
fulness, Dimness of Vision, Pain in the Back
Hot Hands. Flushing of the Body, Dryness OF
the Skin, Eruption on the Face. Pallid Counte-
nance, Universal Lassitude Of the Muscular
System etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11
WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. Maggiers Pills and Salye!

Extracts from Various Leuters.l
81 had no appetite; Maggiel's Pills gaVeme
q hearty one"
Your Pills are marvellous"
81 send for another box. and keep them in
the house"
"Dr. Maggiel has cured my headache that
was chronic.
IL gave half of one Of your pills to my babe
fer cholera morbus. The dear little thing got
well in day.
my nausea of morning is now cured.
your box of Maggiel's Salve cured he of
noises in the head. l rubbed some OF your
Salye behind my ears and the noise lett.
"send me two boxes; want one for poor
family"
Isl enclose dollar; your price is twenty five
cents. but the medicine to me is worth dollar.
"Send me five boxes of your pills.
LET me have three boxes of your Salye BY
Ieturn mail"
1.-THE best Pills for headache ever had. +" .
my liver works like an engine. thanks to
your Pills"
lam pleased to say to you, DR.. Maegiel.
that would not be without box OF your fiiis
for curing me of morning nausea tor the world.
"You will find enclosed one dollar. Your
Pills are only % cents, but 1 consider them
worth to me one dollar"
DEAR DocroR My tongue had fur on it
every morning like the back OF cat. Your
Pills took it away"
IT took half pill and crushed it to powder,
and gave it in jelly to my little babe for cholera
morbus. The dear little pet was well IN three
hours AFTER
II suppose it is hardly worth while to tell
| YOU my burned foot has got we'll from the use
| of your Salve. Enclosed find % cents for an
other box to keep in the house. .ggt %
"Send me another box OF Salve."
Enclosed find rs cents for two boxes of your
| Maggiel's Pills and one of Salve."
81 The most gentle yet searching medicine l
| al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

IN AFFECTIONS PECULIAR TO FE-
MALES, the Extract Buchu is unequaled by
any other remedy, as in Chlorosis or Retention.
Irregularity, Painfulness or Suppression Of
Customary Excavations, liberated or Schirrous
State of the Uturus, Leucorrhea or Whites.
DISEASES OF THE BLADDER. KID
NEYS. GRAVEL, AND DR0PSICAL Swell
LINGS.-This medicine increases the power of
Digestion, and excites the Absorbents into
healthy action. by which the Watery or Calca-
reous dispositions. and all Unnatural Enlarge
ments are reduced. as well as Pain and lnfam-
nation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11
l Have Over 200 Such Testimonials.

MAGGIEL'S PILLS AND SAlVE are al
mast universal in their effects, and cure can
be almost always guaranteed. FOR BI LLI0Us
DISEASES nothing can be more productive OF
cure than these Pills. Their almost magic in
iuence is felt at once; and the usual concoml-
tnnts of this most distressing disease re-
moved. These remedies are made from the
purest VEGETABLE COMPOUNDS. They
will not harm the most delicate female, and can
me Youngest babe. FOR CUTANE0US t1S-
ORDERS and all eruptions of the skin the
SALVE is most invaluable. II does not heal
externally alone, but penetraies with the most
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

When the cholera visited this CONT
nent in 1922 it ragged with frightful ia
tally in the city of Halifax, Nova
Scotia While other physicians were
losing their hundreds of patients, one
alone seemed successfully to battle with
the disease. Out of seven hundred and
fiftyseven cases, he only lost nineteen
and of those who used his remedy as
prerentice, not a single one was ever at
tackled with the disease. A few drops of
this medicine taken daily arms the sys-
TEN to successfully repel the scourge.
have the remedy prepared from hls
formula for sale at my store, No. 81
Adams street, near Main. Orders from
the country will be promptly forwarded,
JAS. T. lie GUERE,
Apothecary and Chemist,
Sis No. 80 Adams st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11
M EDIcAL.
b II CiHU.

From Dispensatory Of the United States.
Diosma Crenata, Buohu Leaves.
PROPERTIEs.-Their odor is strong, dihu-
sive. and somewhat aromatic. their tastes bit
terish, and analogous to mint. 4
MEDICAL PROPERTIES AND USES
Buchuleaves are gently stimulant, with pecu-
liar tendency to the Urinary Organs, producins
diuresis, and like other similar medicines. ex-
citing diaphoresis, when circumstances favor
this mode OF action.
They are given in complaints Of the Urinary
Organs, such as Gravel Chronic Catarrh of the
Bladder, Morbid Irritation of the Bladder and
Urethra. Disease OF the PROSTATE and Retention
or Incontinuence of Urine. from loss Of tone
in the parts concerned in its evacuation. The
remedy has also been recommended in Dyspep'
sia. Chronic Rheumatism. Cutaneous Affections
and Dropsy.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU is used
by persons from the ages of Is to q. and from
80 to S. or in the decline or change of life; aftel
Confinement or Labor Pains; Bed wetting in
children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU Is
DIURETIC AND BL00D-PURIFYING.
and cures all Diseases arising from Habits OF
Dissipation, Excesses and Imprudencies in
Life, Impurities of the Blood. etc.. superseding
Copaiba in affections for which it is used. such
as Gonorrhna, elects. of long standing. and
Syphilitc Affections-in these diseases used in
connection with Hembolds Rose Wash.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

Who wishes to use the best and most perfect
Diarrhea Medicine now before the public,
every bottle of which will cure a case, should
at once purchase the Red Diarrhea Remedy.
Every Bottle gives Satisfaction.
Every Bottle gives Satisfaction.
Every Bottle gives Satisfaction.
1t cures Diarrhea for One Dollar.
1t cures Diarrhea for One Dollar.
1t cures Diarrhea for One Dollar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

First procure one hottie and try il.
If ii is prepared in the South By a class Of
and excellence? Do You FER friFid adven-
turers and quacks to torrid acquaintances and
tried physicians? Are not the people of the
South competent 70 prepare honest and reliable
medicines for family use
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11
DIR. MAGGIELS PILLS
Each Box Contains Twelve Pills


~ NoTIcE.--N one genuine without the en-
graved trade mark around each pot or box
signed by DOCTOR j. MAGdIEL, New Yors,
10 counterfeit which is felony.
Us SOLD by all respectable Dealers IN Med
icnes throughout the United States and Cana
das nj % cents per box or pot. 4-l4g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-11

From Dispensatory Of the United States.
Diosma Crenata, Buohu Leaves.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION:

The National LnteHigencer referring to the recent
decline in old, remarks:
The Secretary of the Treasury is reported to have
snld that be could easily cause further decline:
out the fall, during the last week, without any
exercise Of his power over the market. No gold has
been sold by the Treasury for week past; though
during the previous week. the OF twelve mil.
lions was put into the market The Treasury still
commands large amount Of gold.
The mainthIna &c of the high prices Of living is
explained in the theory that increased demand
since the war has occasoned a temporary scarcity
which will be relieved when the hundreds of thou.
sands of men, lately in arms, and large consumers,
become producers. aud tie vast current OF Immig-
ration brings daily accessiODs to our means of pro
duction.
In reference to the matter further the InSIgencer
savs
Some business men anticipate general decline o.
prices and, a consequence of it, contraction of
bank loans, which will fall with severity upon bank
debtors. Banks generally increasing instead OF
diminishing their loans TIE loan line of the New
York city banks before the war a hundred and
twenty millions, and it is two hundred and for
" millions, though legitimate business is falling off
When the banks SHALL from prudential reasons con-
tract their loan line, everything upon which these
loans arc based will suffer great decline in price.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
Becoming a Medium.

Inc fascinating spiritual rappings without
1ouot galnln strength among u.s. and some very
luocrlouS Incidents often grow of them times
as well as more serious and deplorable ones.
few nights since, WITHIN this week. a young
male friend OF ours who sueering sceptic had
become deTout believer, retired rest after hay-
ing bis nervous system partially desIIoved with the
Information. through the spirit OF his grandfather
u al he would become powerful medium. He was
IN MS nrst com crIRbIe SnoOZe wh"n clicking noise
In the direction OF the door awoke him. He listens
60 lntently; The noise was still going on-very like
the rsps OF the spirit the table indeed
Who's thereT
There was no answer and the noise STONED
ANY body there2'
No was the answer
II must have been a spirit be said to himself
II must be medium. II try. CAIoud1 Ii there is
spirit IN the room it will signify the by says
ing aye'-no, that's not what mean. If there is
spirit IN the roUm, will please rap three times?
Three distinct raps were gwen the direction OF
the bureau.
Is it the spirit OF my sister,
No answer.
.ls it the spirit OF my mother7'
Three taps.
'AR you LappyH'
Nine taps.
DO you want anything7'
A succession OF very loud raps
Will you give me a communication il get N.Y.
No answer.
tShell bear from you tO~mOrrow?'
Raps very loud again. this time in the direction o.,
the door, He waited long for An answer to his last
question, but none came. The spirit had gone: and
after thiL king on the extraordinary visit he turned
over and tell asleep.
On getting up in the morning he found that the
spirit of his mother had carried off his watch and
purse, his pants down into the ball and his preat
coat of altogether.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
NJ e1laneous.
Advice to Young Men.

Young man are you looking for a wife p
IT so keep your ears and eyes wide open or
you may be wofully deceived. A pretty face
and graceful figure are very attractive and
desirable, if the mind and disposition but
correspond. In the parlor and from home
she may be all your Z" fancy painted fully :"
but look we'll to it, you may be seeing onlv
the bright side. Before you commit yourself
fully, use strategy to ascertain her every day
disposition and temper She may be Just
opposite to what she appears. BY all means,
find out if she is affectionate and thoughtful
as daughter and sister. If she fills these two
Offices well, you may have very little fear in
trusting your happiness into her Keeping
But the young lady who sits in the parlor
with white hands and taper fingers, amusing
her idle visitors, or reading trashy novels.
while her delicate, and perhaps aged another
Is doing aHthe drudgery of large family,
shun as you would viper, for it is rare
instance that you will find a disobedient
daughter or neglsctful sister make good
wife o
If she speak lightly of religion, view her
with distrustful eyes for she will surely not
be suitable person to guide and direct your
children in the path of duty,
Assure yourself that she is not coouette.
1t she is, your time will be worse than thrown
away IN trying to gain what she does not pos
sess-a heart. Take the advice of one who
has seen much, and do not try the expert
nent, or you may find, when too late you
have made mistake of lifetime
IN conclusion, let me say, if you hope ever
to possess the richest boon that can be be-
slowed by Heayen-the undivided affection
OF true wonan-strire every day of your
life to become worthy of her or you never
deserve to get her, and hope you never
may, for it is sad sight to see couple un-
yoked- one pulling at one end of the rope,
and the other at the opposite end, without
any congeniality of thought or feeling. Hea>
ven forbid that such may be the fate of any
whose eyes may rest upon these few hints,
that have been given with the earnest hcpe
that they may be of profit to some thoughtless
and credulous young person.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
Military Commissions.

In the Supreme Court of the United
States, on Wednesday last, Judge Black, of
Pennsylvania, (Attorney General, under
President Buchanan delivered an argument
on the subject of Military Commissions,
which was styled by the leading lawyers
there the greatest effort of his life. He
gave history of the birth and struggles of
trial by jury, and in speaking of the nature
OF military Commissions said-''they simply
signify the right of an Executive, irrespec>
tive OF the judicial power, to capture, i'm
prison and kill any person to whom the
Government or any,of its dependents may
see proper to imputc an offence, and the
power to choose Court that will do their
bidding. This power is lawless and despotic.
1t has been exercised in some form or other
ever since the days of Nimrod, under various
shapes aud DISCUSSES. Under tho French
Monarchy it was executed by means of 'lcttre
dc CIchet; in Russia by an imperial ukase
in Turkey verbal order from the Sultan
causes man to be tied into a sack and
thrown into the ,Bosphorus. Herod sent
his Provost Marshals to kill all the children
IN Bethlehem and spread mourning over all
the land in one night. Macbeth organized
Commission upon Banjuo, and that Com
mission satupon him the same night at con-
venlent place beside the road where it was
known he would pass, and the Commission
did precisely what the Attorney General says
a Commission may do here with an Ameri-
can citizen: that is they killed him When
Lola Montez was Minister and mistress Of the
King of Bavaria, she had another mode of
dealing with those who tlwarted her Govern
ment, but substantially The same; she bought
herself pack of English bulldogs, aud with
these at her heels she marched up and down
the streets of Munich, with sense of power
which any Judge Advocate in America might
envy" Mr.. BLACK also remarked that no
witness was ever punished for perjury CON-
mitted before u Military Commission, for the
Government protected and employed them.
'Ihe power Of such tribunals in the hands of
an Executive, backed by raving crowd or
malignant priesthood, is to be dreaded WHY,
it is the French Revolution and the Polish
combined. Every bright name in history
was linked with resistance to such despotic
use of illegitimate power, and none excused
1t or used it but beast, who ,fattened on the
garbage and 0fal thrown by its masters"
The Court was still, very STILL and not even
Erskine or Burke impeaching Warren Hast
ings were listened to with more awe and xeycr-
ence.-RichmOnd Enquirer
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
WHAT IS FAITH?

l imprinted on my daughter the idea of
Faith at very early age. She was playing
one day with few beads which seemed to
delight her wonderfully. Her whole soul
was absorbed in her beads 1 said:
My dear, you have some pretty beads
"Yes, papa"
"And you seem to be vastly pleased with
them. VOL, now, throw them behind the
Ere"
The tears started into her eyes She looked
earnestly at me, as though she ought to have
reason for such a cruel sacrifice.
"Well, my dear do as you please but you
know never told you anything which did
not think would be good for you"
She looked at me few moments longer,
and then summoning all her fortitude, her
breast heaving with the effort, she dashed
them into the fire.
swell" said l, "there let them die; YOU
shall hear about them at another time but l
say no more about them now"
Some days after, 1 bought box full of
large beads and toys of the same kind When
returned home l opened the treasure and
set 1t before her. She burst into tears with
ecstacy.
''These, my child, are yours, because You
believed me when l told you it would be
better for you to throw those two or three
paltry beads behind the fire. Now that has
brought you this treasure But now, nv
dear, remember as long as you live what faith
is. did all this to teach you the meaning
of faith. You threw your beads away when
bid you, because you had faith in me that
/ never advised you but for your good. Put
the same confidence in God. Believe every
thing He says in His word.S Whether you
q understand it or not, have faith in Him that
He means it for your good '-CecI.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
MEXICAN EMIGRATION, .

As the Mexican emigration fever is raging with
great VIruence throughout the South aud threatens
10 become an epidemic. we think it only proper to
publish in columns such Information on the
SUBJECT as we can Obtain. Many Of our high-spirit
ed Joung men desire to fly somewhere-uo ma,ter,
wher1-iO escape the evils which surround them
and eagerly embrace any proposal, and listen to any
story which promises them dsliveranCe MANY n
them, however, who haze ne money are inoculs,ed
with the belief that such is the anxiety of Mnximi
ian to induce Southern emigration that he in add,
uoo 10 large grants OF land, will furnish free pas
sage TO vera Or to all unable to pay their own
expenses. Impressed With this erroneous idea and
misled by tue statements OF persons in our midst
VINO are either interested, equal credulous sew
eral OF our young men have gone to New York, ex
pecung there 10 find an emigration agent by the
name OF j. Hobart Robert, who would furnish then,
with free passage to Mexico; and some of them
spent their last dollar in reaching that city. onl,
10 discover too late that they had been duped
The following letter from an officer in the late
Confederate army will explain itself, and will we
trust put our young men upo" treir guard:
LovEJoV's HOTEL,
New YORK, March 3, 1866. I
Dear SH;-I have inquired throughout the entire
city, and find that there is Office here sends
ing emigrants to Mexico free of cost. There are
emigration offices in abundance, but the agents
charge SiO9 in gold for passage 10 Vera Cruz and
ST for passage from thence TO Cort0vA. A Mr.
Russell here says the fare may he reduced but W n
not even cost less than SIS, exclusive OF meals so
you NAV tell all who inquire about transportation
that they cannot get it, Mr.. Russell and the French
and Mexican CInsulJ here say that Macmillan
offers sufficient inducements emigrants in the low
price al which he sells them land, without adding
q free passage.
reach COrdova will tell you more about it, The re-
gnlar packets which lie at pier No. 5, North river
sail on the 9Th and 23d of each mouth. but 90 on
one which leaves sooner and does not make regular
trips When reach tiny destination, l can tell you
more about what ii costs and how Jared.
Yours, &c,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20

wHAE SENATOR WILSON THOUGHT ~ ls55-Hen.
~ Wilson, of Massachusetts is Que of the lead
ers OF the consolidation faction. In 1885, in a
speech ia the Senate he said:
l recognise the Democratic doctrines of State
rights in its application to slavery, as well as to
other local affairs, aud while have seat in this
chamber shall resist all attempts encroach upon
the reserved rights Of the sorVegn States of the
ion. win stand side by side with my Democratic
friends IN vindiCaion Of the Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions Of 1924 ADD 1893, which they endorsed
at Baltimore in 1852.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20
20 etical.

eSSThSsOtioSing Wild anu tOuchingly beautiful
poefn was written by the. gifted bat unfortunate
HAsEELt, stOtttime before his death, and dedica-
ted 20 Mrs. Louisa Jane Rice, the eniable, gen.
tIe-hearted, and accomplished matron of the East
ern Kentucky Asylum for the Insane, at Licking
tOn." Il was written during lucid interval when
both he An6l friends believed that his mental all
haFation was entirely cured. But, alas! the griev
eos and fearfufmalady returned. and his poor bark
once more was tos ed and wildly swept, " aimIess
And helmless,'' ever life's ocean.
THE RANSOMED.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20


Tn edrift on Life's ocean, and wildly sweep.
Aimless and heImless, it's iathomless deep;
Tae wild winds assail me, 1t threatenngIy storms,
The clouds roll around rue ia hideOus fornis.
drift to a lee shore! strike! aground!
The mad waters whclm mel drown, oh I! drown
Mercy OH mercy oh. Lord; set me Tree!
wander life's dcecrt-lone. desolate, tad.
No glad waters meet me, no strea flowing free
1PeTistI ! perish! oh. God set me free!
J perish! perish Rain rain-give me rain
Let the stream of DcIiverance dow e ntly to me-
AND dr1n me, oh! drift me, to Heaven and Thee.
Mid sthe wranglings of men and their conflicts 20
Haif mad and despairine, my lips spit curse.
Instead Of lmploring Refuge and Peace,
rom Lltes mad ming battle, for Hope and Release;
~ the dangere that hem me. The cure laurched
A. Earth and Heaven. Lord mercy for me!
Receive mel receive me, to Heaven and Thee!
Bet the storm howls no longer, the dcsert is gone
The battles fierce strife no more hurrics me on;
The temPests NO more lash the oceans calm breast
And the clouds float in beauty afar To the west.
move through Lifes bowers full of bliss and Of love-
Aud angel soft whispers ''rhe Lord sets thee free
10 come to me Come totne--dwell here with me.''
I thank Thee, oh Lord that my raving career
Mas checked BY the hand of omnipotence, here,
Whose balance, my madness and foIIy combineJ
Aad period tore'er in my earthly career,
While nights 'thiokening darkness cncompassed
And my sad soul ie ransomed, imprisoned and free
Hm coming oh Lord! l bow gently'to Thee
Joy joy! oh! anguish and sorrow no more
Shall lead me- its victim on Lifes crumL ling shores
rst hottie war Of lice P sttue de is oei
Aope beckons me with its sweet whisp' ring tale
And eoe to 13Ps5uIl hss vale
And bless Thee! ali, bless Thee. for mercy to me-.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20

WHICH ia bevoud question the most superior
that has been offered the paates of the low
ers of the ardent in ChRrIestown and its environs.
The conductors of this establishment determined
their BAR an acceptable ohe to those who indulge,
and the truth OF this statement may be easily es
tablished By a'cal upon them. They are also PEE
pared 10 furnish all kinds of MIXED DRINKs, adapt-
cd 10 the season, in style not to be exceed here
or elsewhere.
They keep also on hand, at all times. an assortS
ment OF SUPERIOR CIGARS, aud the CHOICEST
CIiEWINeS TOBACCO.
.'s Their OYSTER ROOM is now in the full tide of
successful operation, and those who would enjoy a
plate of the delicious bvalves have only to drop in
Call-ere you go to any other
On H YESTERDAY BROTHER.
November Z, 1865.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-20

We suppress the names in the above private let.
ter, bu, they can be furnished If desired. Mean
while, however we would advise young men to
remember the good old adags and 'look before they
leap'-Rtch. Enquirer