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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
INVENTIONS,
PETROLEUM rs KING

THERE ARE NOW ON EXHIBITION AT
Il Lewis, Mathews * Co.'s, 206 Front street.
Petroleum Stoves for cooking and heating Pc
trelepm Gas Lights. more brilliant and ecSnom-
ical than any coal gas ever made and Petro-
leum Engines. that have been pronounced the
wonder Of the age.
The Petroleum Stove does every kind of
Cooking, Washing, Baking, Roasting. Broil-
ing, Stewing. Frying, etc., etc.. ETC.. better
and with less expense, than any other stove
now in use.
1t is not explosive, very simple, and can be
used by any servant without fear of accident.
1t is especially adapted TO all mechanical purpo-
ses-for Timers, Tai ors. Hatters Silver Paters,
Dentists, Photographers. VulcaniZers, etc. Al
SO, for Offices, Chambers, Bedrooms, etc.
For the sick room il is unsurpassed. IL con-
sumes no coal or wood. but Petroleum only. II
is free from smoke. dust ashes, dirt and odor,
and can be heated ready for use in less than
half the tim required by any other stove. All
ladies who are opposed to roasting themselves
pectfully invited to call and see il. All who
wish to save money in the cost Of fuel, TO make
cooking pleasure, and home healthy, clean
and comfortable, should call and see it.
The Petroleum Gas Light is alike renowned
for its brilliancy und economy. Two cents
worth ofPetrOleum will give brilliant gas Jet
for twenty hours. free from odor, smoke and
SCOT, and needs neither chimney nor wick. 1t
can be adapted to every kind offixture, such as
Gas Hands, Pendants, Chandeliers, Brackets,
etc. In short, it is the delight OF housekeepers
and the eye-sore of gas COMPANIES.
The Petroleum Engine has so many adyan-
tages over every other steam engine, that II is
almost impossible to enumerate them. Ii saves
the wages Of fTemen, as the engineer has the
freunder perfect control itlessens the danger
of OK plosion, as the tubes never get foul 1t
takes up less room /; and. above all, 1t can be
run at less than one-third the expense of ordi-
nary engines that use either coal or wood;
To be seen during business hours. and in full
operation at 10 o'clock am. and 4 O'Clock pm
II. s. SARONI,
20 Proprietor and Patantee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
Memphis City Railroad.
suPERISIESDEsT's OyFIcE,

SUPERISTENDEsT's OFFICE
August IL, 1866
election I03, AS AMENDED JULY. Is.
IC1sGG, Of the Internal Revenue Law, reads
And whenever the addition to any fare
shall amount only TO the fraction Of one cent,
any person OF company liable to the tax OF two
and half per centum, may add 10 such fare
one cent in lieu Of such fraction and such per-
son or company shall keep for sale, at conye;,
nicnt points, tickets in packages Of twenty, and
multiples Of twenty, 70 the price OF which only
an amount equal to the revenue tax mall be
added"
On and after the 18th instant. in accordance
with the above section OF the Revenue Law.
the eharge' Of the Memphis City Railroad will
be as follows:
Tickets in packages Of twenty.............sl OZ1z
Tickets in packages Of forty-......... ..... 2 %
Six cents for passengers paying fare on the
cars.
RS- Tickets may be had Of Messrs. Blelock
4 Co., Ward & Leguere. and at the Treasures
Office, No. % Main street.
JOHN C. EVE,
SUPERINTENDENT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
Asiatic Cholera in China.
Almost Every Case Cured
WITH
RAIN-KLLER.

EROM REV. r. TELFoRD. MISSIONARY
Il in China, now visiting his home in Penn
WASHINGTON, PENN. June -, lstd.
Messrs Perry Davis * son, Providence, X. J..
DEAR SIRs: During a residence OF sumo ten
years as a missionary IN Siam anu China,
found your Vegetable Pain Killer most vaiu-
able femedy for that fearful seourge, the
cholera. .
In administering the medicine | found il
most efiectual to give teaspoonful OF Pam
killer in a gill of hot water sweetened with
sugar; then, after about fifteen minutes, begin
To give a tablespoonful of the same mixture
every minute until relief was obtained. Apply
hot applications to the extremities. Battle the
stomach with the Pain-killer, clear, ana rnb
the limbs briskly. OF those who had the chol-
era and took the medicine faithfully, in the
way stated above, eight out Of ten recovered.
r. TELF0RD.
If attacked with Diarrhea. Dysintery, OF
Cramp Cole, don't delay the use OF the PAIN
II was generally used for CHOLERA IN 1919.
and is reliable remedy.
No Steamboat on the W estern rivers honld
leave port without u nu,
Don't EXPERIMENT with new IRENE
Ter is RELIABLE.
The component parts of the Pain Killer are
the same recommended by all good and learned
Nh sirians-Camphor.C apsicum, Laudnuln, are
some os the leading articles OF the Pam KILLER
and the physicians of the present day. writing
upon the cure of cholera, urge the use OF those
articles, If you have the Pain-k iler by you 10
use in ease OF an attack. II VIII De All you VIII
require for a cure. 1t Is within the reach OF ALL
Price. Twenty five Cents, Fifty Cents and one
Dollar Bottles. n,
Sold by all Drug and Medicine Dealers. sd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS
Memphis and the Eastern citieS
The Great Broad-Gauge
Atlantic and Great Western
r. AILW A Y

Is NOW OPEN. AND RUNNING TWO
Il daily fast Express Trains from Cincinnati 70
New York and all Eastern cities. Passengers
will find this a most desirable route. The equip
mcnts q this road arc unequalcd BY any on this
continent. Eiezant Palace Sleeping Cars ac-
company all night trains. and smoking Cars on
al trains. Ample time Is allowed at regular
hours for meals. and the unbroken broad-gauge
without change oiTcrs 10 traveller a decree of
security. comfort and speed not TO- be found on
sEy other route. Connections via Cairo, 5L
Louis OF Chicago for this route are certain also
connections for PittsburF, Philadelphia, balti-
more and Washington. Tickets had and bag
gaae checked through AZ all principal South.
western Offices. For further Information and
LARRY HARMSTAD,
IA Jeferron street
E.B. BYINGI0N.
6Jcferson street
E.F. FULLER,
General Ticket Agent
ID. M'CLAREN,
General Superintendent.
ISAAC PAIST.
70 Gent Southwestern AGENT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
POETRY.
THE BIRDS QUESTION.

AAAN $780,
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Behind us at our evening meal
The gray bird ate his fill,
Swung downward by a single claw,
And wiped his hooked bill.
He shook his wings and crimson tail.
And set his head aslant,
And. in his sharp, impatient way,
Asked, What does Charlie want
"Fie. silly bird" answered, tuck
Your head beneath your wing
And 20 to sleep but DER and Ger
He asked the self-same thing.
Then smiling. to myself / said:
How like IRE men and birds.
We all are saying what he says
In action or in words.
The boy with whip and top and drum.
The girl with hoop and doll,
And men with lands and houses. ask
The question of Poor Poll.
However full, with something more
We fain the bag would cram
We sigh above o'er-crowded nets
For fish that never swan.
No bounty of indulgent Heaven
The vague desire can stay;
Self-l love is still Tartar Will
For grinding prayers away.
The dear God hears and pities all
He knoweth all our wants
And what we blindly ask Of Him
His love withholds or grants.
And so / sometimes think our prayers
Mightwell be merged IN one
And nest and percn and hearth and churcl
Repeat, Thy will be done"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
HOW THE GIFTS WILL BE DRAWN

purchasing will be
eho
public the the OPERA HOUSE,
all
mhe
the Secetanes a
gna
Fu
0premim
IND prog
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

THROUH TO NASHVILLE
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
Time as Good as by Any Other
Route.
Passengers from Mobile and New Orleans
Make Close Connections at
Grand Junction and COrinth.
No Delay at any Point on the Whole
Line to New York.
Magnificent Palace Sleeping Cars At
tached to ell Night Trains.
Baggage Checked Through to all Impor-
tant Points.
Through Tickets Sold at Rates as Low
as By any Other Route.
The Roads composing this Great Route have
been in successful operation one year since the
close ofthe war--have been Thoroughly repaired,
and provided with new and permanent Bridges
added largely 10 the quantity and quality Of
their Rolling Stock. and for Safety and Com
fort are
Unsurpassed by ANY Other
Route.
Mail Train leaving Memphis at am. con-
meets az Chattanooga " it'll trains for all import
ant points in GeorFia. East Tennessee. Virginia
North and South Carolina.
Passengers for points south Of Grand June
ton. or for points on Mobile A Ohio Railroad.
either north or south Of Corinth. leave Men
phis at am.
81 For Through Tickets and further iuior-
mation. apply az the Company's Office, no -
Court street. Memphis.
ng- Throueh Tickets can be procured at an
Railroad Ticket Ofces in New Orleans also.
W. j. Ross.
General Superinfendent
W L. DANLET. Gen1 Ticket Agent.
a3-1m-ls
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
CITY NOTICE.

MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL
THE foLLoWING DRU6GTsTs-
II Creighton. Drug Store, south Memphis I;
Rogers. Drug Store. corner Of Main and Madi-
son johnson, Drug Store. North Memphis-
and Aldermen. az Dispcnsarists for the INDECENT.
All authorized Physicians can send Prescrip-
tons for the really INDECENT 10 thee Dispensa-
rics. Physicians willindorse each Prescription
with the Ward and Charity
80 ST. MORGAN. Mayor pro TEN
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1000 Valuable Prizes, Valued at $l28,9O8.0O.



the below described Real and Per
FSr CERTAIN ~ Thereby
ii. H. CLIFFORD, Agent,
Office Madison Street.
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NOTICE PARTICIJLA

detail selling and
honest
already leaving blank only the the lucky
atth
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01
FOUNDRY
WESTERN
WIN. A. ROBINSON & co.

Wa. A. ROBINSON. r. NICHOLSON.
II. A. MYRRLR. L. b. SAUNDERS.
A FTER A SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS
"A for nearly four years, we again come before
the above branches Of business in our buildings
on
y H H l. b " y II II E K II,
Opposite the Gayoso House.
We are prepared to build and repair Saw
Mills, Engines, etc.. furnish all kinds of Cast
ings for Buildings, Plantations, Railroads or
Steamboats,. With an experience of twenty
FIVE years as practical mechanics and machn-
lists. we feel confident of our ability to give sat
isfaction. Our prices shall be as low as the ex-
penses Of labor and material will admit of. 40
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Memphis 4 Charleston Railroad


AtlYsE F1T.lEEIIsszss5nr
EtEf4ZSZ- ID III III
Notice to shippers.
rpHE MEMPHIS CHARLESTON RAIL-
L road Company Is prepared % receive and
pay steamb0at charges and drayaee on freight
CONSUMED 70 parties nj all points where agen-
cies are established. both on its own road az
well a. on the Mississippi Central Railroad and
all other connecting lines. Where there Is no
agent a points Of Destination 20 collect charges
and freight. prepayment must be made IN Mem
phis. W. j. ROSS,
au3-lm General Superintendent
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS
BKTWEEE
Memphis and the Eastern CitieA
The Great Brosd-Gaugs
Atlantic and Great Western
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

Magnificent Palace Sleeping Cars At
tached to ell Night Trains
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

No Delay at any Point on the Whole
Line to New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

FNHE OFFICE OF THE MEMPHIS COT
i ton Mills is now mt the house of Schooldeld
* Hanauer. 256 Front street. where full sup
ply of 0snaburgs, Cotton Yarns, Rope, ETC.,
constantly on hand. W. u. WIGGS.
As Business Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

THREE DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS
/ leave depot OF Memphis and Louisville
Railroad, at head Of Main street, As follows
lst-Day Express stopping at principal stations
only, az 4:;bO a IN. daily making connections
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

Through Tickets Sold at Rates as Low
as By any Other Route.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE
TO ALL POINTS
North, East and West !
Three Daily Passenger Trains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

Baggage Checked Through to all Impor-
tant Points.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-01

Through TO Louisville Without
Change of Cars.
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Elegant Sleeping Cars on all
Trains.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30
rIIIIRnsTERs.

The prompt action of General eheri-
dan in arresting and i~mprlsoning tne 30
called Mexican General, Crawford, IN
Fort Jackson, will meet the warm
approval of our people, regardlessoftheir
~ mpathies for or against the Liberal
party in Mexico. 1t is time such individ-
uals as Crawford should be taught that
thew cannot violate our neutrality with
impunity. 1t shows most monstrouS
impudence in these fellows; VINO are i'-
tie better than banditti, and not far re.
| moved in the social scale from our stree'
parroters. to presume to embroii the ma
| tion IN difficulties with foreign powers
| Some years ago, we were KEPT ~
CONSTANT danger of wal with Spain and
Mexico by the acts of these adventur-
org who were continually getting vi
expeditions against our neighbers, ant
violating the neutrality-of ourterritory
Fortunately, the Spaniards caugh
Lopez and executed him, and they sho
Walker in Central America. Thi
Crawford-who was dismissed from GU
army-is a mere adventurerand disturb
er of the peace, and the Mexican caus
must be desperate indeed, when 1t np
points such characters to high positions
The honor and dignity of the nation de
mand that these scamps should '
taught that the Government is not to D
trified with. And we trust that neithe
Crawford, nor anybody else who PR
sumes to act Us he has recently o
the Rio Grande, will be permitted
escape punishment. The frontier shout
, he cleared of these troublesome mongrel
: and we would be glad to hear hat GeI
Weitzel had received Instructions
+ break up their camps, and prevent III
0 occurrences in future.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30
HOW THE ADAMS EXPRESS
THIEVES WERE DETECTED.
The Boston Journal has the following

The Boston Journal has the following
from a correspondent in New York:
New England is still ahead. New
York has shrewd detectives, but can't
compete with New England brains. All
the money lost by Adams Express has
been recovered and the robbers arrested.
1t was accomplished in this wise: Mr..
Spooner, who is the head of the New
England department of the Express
Company, was called out OF his bed at
bridgeport, on the night of the robbery,
and the fact announced to him. He took
the whole charge Of ferreting out the
thieves. He believed they would come
hack to New York that night. He
agreed on q signal from the conductor
by which every man should be pointed
out to him who got on board between
Bridgeport and New York.
Mr.. Spooner took q lantern and went
through the train as a conductor. Two
men we're spotted and watched. They
Jumped off at Forty-second street and
were followed. After a circuit of some
three or four miles they brought up at 9
house on Tenth avenue. They hac
nothing with them. To get the money
was quite as important as to arrest thu
robbers. Convinced that they would g
and get the money and return with 1t
thew we're allowed to depart, but a de-
tective was put on their track. AS wa
expected, they returned with the money
| and were nabbed. They were not los
| sight of for a moment from the TIM
they first got on board the train till the.
were in the station house. A bette
piece of detective work has not beef
seen in New York lately.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30

JEFF DAvIs-STRANGE RUMOR-
WHAT He SAYS AND DOES. The ru-
mors of the rescue OF Jefferson Iavis
from prison are assuming a new and
strange character. 1t is now limited
that the authorities desire his escape,
and that facilities have been offered
him. but that he tOont 90. There Is
little r5om to doubt the awkward en-
barrassment attendant upon his confine-
ment and rejected trial. Chief Justice
Chase does not hesitate to say that ne
cannot be tried for treason, and Ihad
deus Stevens declares that he Is nothing
more than a foreign leader, about as
much amenable to the laws OF the Unlteo
States as Macmillan. / have 1t from
the best authorization an authority
which you cannot question that MI
| Davis feels the most ample security. he
said less thana week ago, my defence
ia complete now, and rests solely upon
the law. which will be administered
| fairly, 1 know, and in perfect accord,
anee with civil Justice" The shameful
petticoat story will be put to the blush
when the time arrives. MIR. Davis ls al
present in good health, eats heartily,
reads a good deal, and possesses as ne
said the other day, "a good digestion
and a good conscience" He receives
letters from his wife three times a week
and keeps o journal every day Wash
| jnofon Letter in Nashville Banner.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30
MR.. WELLES EULOGIZED i
ENGLAND.

The annual report Of Secretary Welles
is made the subject of editorial COM
ments i'm some Of the English papers.
The London NeWs has the following:
We seenthese fleets of the Union, now
laid up or sold. described somewhat con.
t~emptuously as q lot of traits and river
boats" These RATS and ~river-boats
managed, nevertheless, to keep the SEES
in all weathers, and the severity OF the
blockade maintained along a dangerous
coast line of thousands of leagues may
be estimated by the fact that out OF thu
scores of the swiftest cruisers that TIN
Clyde and Mersey could send forth !
was thought a lucky venture when on
out of five escaped capture or destruc
ton. AS separate and special navy &C
lions, we know that many have a BRAY
British officers heart glowed ct the &C
count of "old Farragut," dashed to tn
masthead of his old cub" the Harl
ford, and bearing down, steam on, RICH
and left on the Confederate iron-clads
The action between the Kearsage an
the Alabama off C%herbourg was at lea'
a very creditable exploit of skill an
smartness in ~maneuvring; nor indeed
could the Confederate cruiser be fairl
pronounced an equal match for a steal
sloop of 1881 tons and eight guns. Son
critical landsmen have sneered at IL
failure of the Federal navy to arrest I'll
career of the Alabama and her cOnsort
Seamen, perhaps, a better apprecia
the difficulty Of bouncing upon a row
who has al the world of waters to choo
for her depredations, and whose who
art and mystery consists in being her
there, and everywhere, except with
ear-shOt of the enemy. To say as mut
: as this is to detract nothing from Car
I Semmes's reputation for dash and plu'
: in chasing and burning poor defencele
' merchantmen, and carrying of thu
chronnmeters at the pOint of his cutlas
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30

A CORRESPONDENT CowHIDED. Mr..
BENJAMIN r. Knapp, correspondent or
the st. Louis Press, was cOwhlded IN
Mobile, by Mr.. George III. Dumford, in
front Of the Battle House, last week:
Without any preliminaries, Dumford
at the same time drawing a heavy horse
whip, which he administered freely ON
the person of the Bohemian. Knapp
carried q heavy cane in his hand, and a
pair of spectacles artistically arranged
on his nose, but offered no resistance.
He meekly followed the injunction OF
holy writ, "If thine enemy smite thee
ON one cheek, turn to him the other
tractei to the scene of the difficulty, bul
70 far as we can learn no intervention
was offered, and the whip rose and rel
unmolested, until the ends of justice (I
| the opinion of Dumford) were satisfied
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

The post office at Acorn Hill IN Fred
erick. has been opened and Miss. Rose
Heironimus appointed postmistress.
Mrs. Clay has arrived at Old Point, on
another visit to her husband, who, it
will be remembered by Our readers, is II
prisoner within the walls OF the For
tress. This is the second visit she has
made, and like the first, naturally ex-
cites no little speculation and curiosity.
. rsceiyeh in Petersburg,
co. who announces the arrival in tina
| country of General Early. He rode on
| horseback in disguise from Lynchbure
to Galveston Texas, and thence took
| ship to Havana, was wrecked, finally
reached that city, and after a short stay
| sailed for Mexico.
Mr.. John Mitcham, a police master O
| Lynchburg has resigned, c~ause-lnsuf'
ficiency of pay.
The contract for carrying the United
| States mail from Milton, North Caroline
to Whitlock, Halifax county, Virginia
has been awarded to Charles H. Walker
Q freedman.
tt has been determined by General
Imboden, Superintendent Of b Nation
al Express company, to establish an Of
fee at Harrisonburg.
We learn from the Staunton Vindicd
tor "that there Is in the Adams EXPIRES
Office in that place a package Sent from
the city Of Mobile to Mrs. General Stone
wall Jackson, containing a draft 10
$766, rs.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30
Vtns.
NORFOLK POST DISPATCHES
NEWS.

wAsuINaToN, Jan. 20. Maj. Gen.
Sherman appeared on the floor of the
House and Senate to day, and received
thac CONGRATULATIONS of the members n
SanatorS. A recess of five minutes was
taken in the House and the Speaker IN
s~nnrnnriate terms, introduced him TO the
tha hody. Gen. Sherman responded,
oxnressinQ the hope that he would con,
t;nma todeserve the good wishes rendered
70 him. On the conclusion OF ms re-
marka. three cheers were proposed Dy
MI. Washburne, which were enthusiasts
NJ Grimes offered a resolution ten
derinp the thanks of Congress to Rear
Admirai Farragut, and the officers and
mar under him, for gallant conduct In
Mobile bay, Aug. 1864. Referred TO the
Committee on Naval Affairs.
The bill for the protection ofall per-
n in their civil rights, was called up,
when Mr.. Trumbull offered as an
amendment, to insert the enacilng
clause. "that all persons OF African de-
scent horn in the United States are de-
oIorad citizens of the United States he
eddressed tile Senate in favor OF the bill,
contending for the civil rights OF an per-
sons 90 citizens of the United States,
without distinction of race or color.
Mr.. Salisbury replied to MT. Trum-
hull. contending that the bill before the
Senate was one of the most dangerous
hat had been introduced. He said we
I'D ahed enough tears for the negro ;
and It was time that the whites should
| have some consideration.
In the House, Mr.. Raymond, of New
| Work. refuted the position OF those VINO
maintained thatthe southern states were
ont Of the Union this he denied, and
maintained that Congress had no more
mower to do anything against them
Than against any other states. Inc
southern states having reorganlzed. tht
only question was the admissionoi thel
Representatives. Congress should ac'
separately on the cases from each ais
trict. and admit those who can lake I'M
the oath. We have to live with TN
south, and good policy, as well as pat
rintism' should induce them to recon
Citation, He said We owed itto thei
dignity. as well as patriotism, to repu
date the Select Committee on Recon
strnctiop. All the paper m u
the world would not save the couniry
unless there was sufficient patriotism
among the people.
The arrangement of testimony aga1ns
Cant. Semmes is nearly completed. IN