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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

R6~ What the leaders of the Radical
party advocate is summed up by an
Eastern exchange as follows: They
advocate a national debt; increased tax
alton; untaxed bonds for the rich; high
protective tariff for New England manu-
facturers; shinplasters for the poor and
gold for the bondholders; negro mon
grelism at the polls and in the jury box (;
disfranchisement of foreign voters; mil
itsry satraps, at the expense Of a $780,
100000 to the General Government,
instead of civil State officers, paid by the
States respectively; negro Congressmen
and negro Senators; negro judges and
negro jurors negro Vice President ;
trial by military commissions instead of
civil courts; the right and power of
Congress to change our present form Of
government without the consent Of the
people; the right Of Congress to abolish
State Governments and establish a mill.
tary despotism over half the old Union /;
the right Of Congress to force negro
equality upon all the Sta,es-regardless
Of the will Of the people"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

B3r A Washington correspondent Of
the New York Tribune says: 1.-THE
President has stated that he will soon
begin to give for publication the private
and confidential letters that have been
written to him within the last year from
prominent Republicans, complimentary
and indorsing him, and asking for
appointments to Office for their friends.
He will wait until these gentlemen get
on the stump and commence to denounce
him, when he will put forth their private
views as expressed to him"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
Internal Temperature Of the Earth.

1t is familiar fact that the tempera.
ture of the earth increases with the
depth to which it may be penetrated ;
but the rate of this increase is differently
stated and imperfectly known. There
are some, indeed, who undertake to tell
al what precise depth iron goes into
fiery fusion, or the rocks are turned into
Kissing liquids; but their facts are little
else than combination of guess work
and slate work.
We fud ia the London Mining Jour
nat of August 10th some interesting
statements made before the Manchester
Geological Society on this subject of
increasing temperature with increasing
depth A new pit has recently been sunk
to the Black Mine, near Manchester,
which exceeds in depth any other in
England. The distance from the surface
of the ground to the bottom of the pit is
6894 yards The pit is four yards in
diameter.
Mr.. Higginbo botham stated to the soci-
ETY. that careful observations had been
made during the sinking the pit, and
showed that the temperature increased
with tolerable regularity from 81 de-
grees, at depth of six yards, 75l de-
grees, at the depth of 1864 yards; making
one degree of increase for every eighty
fire feet of descent.
Mr.. Greenwell said that in another
mine the temperature was as high as
Sc degrees at the depth of $50 yards.
He thought that pits of moderate depth
increase the temperature faster, gaining
a degree for about every fifty feet of
descent
The president thought the difference
in results was mainly to be attributed to
difference in the accuracy of the obser-
vations. The divergence in the reports
is so great, that no general conclusion is
pointed to. Observations of tempera-
ture require delicate instruments, and
much care.
Mr.. Dickinson said the observations in
the Black Mine pit were most carefully
and deliberately made. Everything that
human skill and care could do was done.
If the result of the Black Mine observa-
tions is to be taken as revealing the law
of the increase of temperature with in
crease of depth, then the region of uni
versal liluefaction is much farther
below the earth's surface than some
of the igneous philosophers have been
teaching us. Water, at the temperature
of " degrees, would require depth of
two and fourth miles to raise it to the
boiling point. At the same rate of in
crease, we should be well on our way to
the antipodes before the metals would
become fluid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

asA. A young lady who had been Ian
gushing for several years in St Louis
under a mysterious disease which baffled
the skill of the most eminent physicians,
it has been ascertained by dentist, was
dying from a slow poison distilled through
the system by the amalgam with which
two of her teeth had been filled.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
Amsriean credit in Europe.

The London Times, speaking in re-
sponse to the letter Of Secretary Welles
as to Americas hhnaneial matters and
the causes Of inj Jury to American creditin
Europe, has the following;
Il is this onerous Jet unproduetive sys.
TEN Of taxation which forms q chief
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

E9" Edward Spaugler, one of the as
saSsination conspirators, writes from the
Dry Tortugas to Baltimore that they are
dying off there, two or three day, with
yellow fever. The post surgeon is i'll
with it, and DR.. Mudd has taken his
place. Mudd has lost no cases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

H@" There is not single daily paper
in Italy with more than six thousand
subscribers, and not single newspaper
publisher who is man of wealth and
standing in his community.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

B6T The petrifed body of woman
was dug up at Albany last week. 1t was
as white and nearly as solid as marble.
The body has been buried seventeen
wears.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

s@r Three years ago James Carson, of
Hartford, Ct, advertised that he had
lost 5000, but he never received it until
last week, when it was returned to him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

9rBandtti infest Chautauqua coun'
ty, N. Y. In the forest near West6eld
there is an organized band of armed rob-
bers who enter houses by day and night,
pistol in hand.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

aA. A pet colt in Hamden, Conn,
walked into his masters house, ate a
green veil, and drank several quarts of
milk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

I@-The NJ obile Times says the only
question settled by the war was that of
the efficacy of quarantine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
Have For SALE.

Have For Sale---
25 MILBURNE,s CELEBRATED IRON
AXLE WAGONS.
25 MILBURNE's CELEBRATED THIN
BLE-SKEIN WAG0NS-over 800 sold in
Memphis; all warranted for u months,
and only Sl2 so damages claimed for break
age.
so CARVER GINS, from 40 to so saws, wood
and iron frame.
25 TODD,s IMPROVED BULLOCK COT
TON PRESSES-double geared and TO
work by crank. Two men can make 500
pound bale.
10 T0DD'S IMPROVED HORSE POWERS,
for running Gins and Grist Mills-the finest
power made.
JAMES TODD STATIONARY ENGINES,
of all slzes-from 20 TO 100-horse power.
TODD'S PLANNING MILLS AND WOOD
WORKING MACHINERY, of all kinds.
furnished at short notice.
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, of all sizes,
from to SO-horse power.
STATIONARY ENGINES, of all sizes, from
20 to 00-hOrse power.
SINGLE AND DOUBLE SAW MILLS
Todds and other makes.
GIN sEGMENTs. for 10 and 70 feet wheels.
complete.
RAILROAD AND LEVER HORSE pow
ERS, 2, and horse power.
rs TONS OF IRON TIES dow to the trude).
100 DOZEN CEDAR BUCKETS, iron, and
brass bound. assorted dow to the trade).
100 NESTS CEDAR TUBS Qow to the trade).
10 BUCKEYE CIDER PRESSES. to close
11OAND 12 HORSE POWER PORTABLE
ENGINE, secondhand. low fer cash-Inust
be sold.
16HoRsE POWER. secondhand. cheap.
125HoRsE POWER STATIONARY EN-
CINE and dSAW-MILL-all complete-can
be bought low.
2sOsAw and $50 SAW GINS (but little used)
low for cash.
DANIELS PLANNING MACHINE-eut
81 inches wide and 25 feet long-can be had
at a bargain.
PL0wS Of all kinds:
FEED CUTTERS;
CORN ELLERS:
THRESHING MACHINES;
REAPERS AND MOWERS; I;
LATH MACHINES
WHEAT DRILLS
LILIES FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
DEERING COTTON PRESSES;
COTTON PLANTERS
COTTON SCRAPERS;
COTTON SWEEPERS;
CULTIVAT0RS;
CORN PLANTERS;
SINGLE MACHINES.
AE WOOD AND IRON WORKING MA
CHINERY. of all kinds, ordered on short
notice. and furnished at manufactuT ers'
prices 1856
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

BG- A coal train recently passed over
the Lehigh Valley railroad more than
two-thirds of a mile long.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

s@" In Polk county, Wisconsin, they
have had ice half an inch thick, which
froze plums, killed potatoes, and did
other damage
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

s@. Two men engaged in digging a
canal near Alexandria, Va, last week,
exhumed a box containing SCI, 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
YOUR WIFE

Possesses charms in proportion to her health,
and she measures q husbands love by the inte-
rest he evinces in her welfare while she is sick.
Now. If you wish to retain in tact your wife's
love and affection undiminished, and desire
that she regain her health and former beauty,
you should. by all means procure one bottle Of
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS,
A compou und that is actually restoring health
to more siekly females than all other remedies
combined. IL only proposes TO cure those
Uterine Complaints peculiar TO the female sex.
1t is indOrsed by the medical profession all
over the country, rs il is no secret nor patent,
and effects cures bona fde cures after.all other
means fail.
OLD AND YOUNG FEMALES
Have long needed medicine that would relieve
them of all those. Female Complaints and
Irregularities which prove so troublesome all
over the Southern country, and they can now
confidently rely upon tho curative powers of the
English Female Bitters. 1t arouses restores
and regulates. Us cures are rapid and perma-
nent. If troubled with painful, suppressed or
IRREGULAR Menstruaton, Hysterics, Leucorrhoea
or Whites, Falling of the Womb, liberation OF
the Womb, Chlerosis. and all those symptoms
which follow. this medicine will relieve you.
THAT YOUNG GIRL,
Whose bloom has departed from her checks /:
whose eye has lost its lustre whose intellect
has lost its brightness; whose countenance
betOkens gloom and despair; who is pale, ema-
ciated, feeble. lifeless, repulsive with palpita-
IlOu OF lue notTLt swimming Oh Tue leau, cold
feet and hands, can be restored to perfect health
and beauty by using the English Female
Bitters.
MARRIED LADIES,
AS you value your life, and health and per-
s0nal charms; as you are now troubled with
some complaint peculiar to your sex as you
have been under treatment of some physician
without benefit; as you have nearly concluded
that your case cannot be reached; lot us insist,
let us urge you to yaside your fears and pre-
judices, in regard to .advertised remedies for
one time in your life, and try one single bottle
of English Female Bitters.
We are well aware that many persons snub
ut the idea of using an article that is adver-
tised, and we know of many snubbing individ
uals in this community, and if they had their
way, many OF them would snub all you sickly
females in your graves. Cannot a worthy medi-
cine be advertised Send Immediately, and
procure bottle Of this powerful Uterine and
General Tonic, and regain your health, strength
and color. Sold by all Druggists.
J. P. DR0MG0oLE h CO., Projectors. J
3gl Main street, Memphis. d"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

B0r The Canton miss. Mail is to be
published as a daily.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
/ OPEN DECLARATION or WAR!

NE UNDERSIGNED KNOWING THAT
he is right, and feeling unwilling to surren-
withouta
|eneraI Engagement (!
declared WAR against the many diseases
Ihe sfin. The valuable properties u his
n constitute A SOVEREIGN REMEDY
n / we'll known % many OF the ciu1ens
bWn. Tenderinr his thanks % hi. former
|fowors for their PATRONAGE. he takes this
|thof. therefore. te solicit a coutinuance Of
rame from the public generally.
h 90 NcGNsrT and there yorl ind
'hr fnssf soap and the cheapest kind;
e sure 10 come and that Tery sosns
n dirt and flth VII Be your doom
" For sale b. an respectable DruErists and
g. c. p. McGIMsEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
MOTHERS AND FATHERs

Who have pale, swarthy, puny, and sickly
children. having little or no appetite, imperfect
digestion, inactive liver, indisposition TO play,
but are cross. peevish and dropping about. with
efectually restored to the bloom of health, by
giving small doses Of the King of Chills four or
five times a day. Do not forget the name,
gr9%6egSoIss Sy s hIMG I195Vt 9f cdlt5s PSe
GooLE 3 Co.. Proprietors. S91 Main street.
Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
MERCHANTS AND CLERKS,

Why will you lose so many golden moments OF
your life, in shaking and complaining Of chilly
Bones and Joints, Lassitude, BilliOusness. etc.,
when the insignificant sum of One Dollar will
speedily restore you to health, vigor and buoy
ancy? II is pleasant to the taste. produces no
roaring or buzzing in the head no ringing Of
the ears, but acts quickly and effectually. Alter
using one bottle you will have no other in your
hnnan-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

A DMINISTRAToR's SETTLEMENT IN
- County Court cf shelby county.-To the
heirs and creditors Of W. p. Williams, de-
ceased. Notice Is hereby given that I have
filed ny settlement Of the estate Of W. p. viii
liams, deceased, with the Clerk Of said Court,
and that VIII apply for confirmation 5f sad
settlement q the October term. 1871, Of said
Court, % Be held on the first Monday Of aid
month In the CourfhCuse in the city Of Mem
phis. VAL. W. WTLLIAMS Adm'r.
Approved August alth, ls6l.
joss LoAeUE, Clerk. s-td-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
MEDICAL.
REDUCTION IN PRICE
Standard Remedy (!


IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SCARCITY
i OF money, and In order to place II within
the reach Of all. We have reduced the prise OF
KING OF CHILLS
To the low pricc OF ONE DOLLAR per Bottle.
This Is the most powerful and certain com
pound ever introduced for the permanent
eradication Of all forms Of 0hills, Intermittent,
Remittent and Bilious Feyers. Neuralgia.
Dumb Chills. Sun Pain, and all those malarious
affections so common throughout the Southern
plain directions, Is pleasant to the TASTE and
does not affect the head. ears or nerves.
WHAT 1T CAN DO.
II cleanses the Stomach, arouses the Liver,
opens the Bowels, and carries Of all Bilious
Matter eiiecting quick and permanent cures.
RADICALS
Who have not become acclimated. and are con-
stantly troubled with Chill or Fever. who are
Bilious and full OF Aches, and feel an indispo-
sition 70 get about, should. by all means, use
Is prepared by Physicians Of Twenty Years ex-
perience in this malarious country.
CONSERVATIVES
Who have no time to lose, fooling with various
mixtures Of the day. and who have no money
TO throw away, could not do better than 10
spend One Dollar for the KING OF CHILLS
and be cured If all fnrms Of Chills, Fever Etc.
It's taste is pleasant, and II never affect the
head or ears. a
MECHANICS OF MEMPHIS,
Your time is money, and why do you continue
with the Chills, Fcvers. etc., losing so much Of
your precious time when n remedy is so near at
hand and so cheap. Our remedy builds up the
system, placing II upon a good foundation,
remodols-by purging the system of all flaws,
and places you on foot with sound timber.
Send and procure one bottle, and be perma-
nontly cured. Price only One Dollar.
FARMERS AND PLANTERS
Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest by purchasing a supply OF this never
failing King Of Chilli. Much time can be
this medicine uproots the disease and so
destroys the cause that II will not return, as IL
does when cured with quinine.
MERCHANTS AND CLERKS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24
MAcHINE e RY.

n. q. MATTHEW'S, CAPT. J. @. ALEXANDER
Late Of Lewis Matthews Co. Late Of fFrlArs Point Mis-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

IOUSH & CUNNINGHAM, BLACK
smithing and Wagon-making. cor. Mon
4 and Desoto streets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

.ULTZ, A. o., L0CKSMITH. SAFE MA
.ker, ETC., l19 Jefferson street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

BTNKUHL, JACOB, DEALER IN ALE.
LBeer and Liquors. go Third street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-24

IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SCARCITY
L OF money, and In order 10 place Ii within
the reach Of all. We have reduced the prise OF
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-15
Drunkardsin Office.

eve would like to see the day when
Senators OF the United States will no
more tolerate drunken man in their
chambers than they would viper in
their beds" Amen wo say to the above
from the Euening Journal of Chicago
For the last few years, the American
Senate has Witnessed scenes which re-
sembling those in established bar
Members have reeled and staggered,
and even attempt TO address their fell
low members when their incohcrent
speech showed they could not put two
sentences together because they were
50 thoroughly drunk. Many times has
this occurred, and with no word Of ro-
buke, until in one case the matter went
80 far as TO demand some action on the
part OF the Senate. The fact, however,
is notorious, that anything short of the
most beastly intoxication has been over
looked. Nor is this confined to the
Senate chamber; to say nothing Of the
occupant Of tho White House whose re-
cord in this respect makes every Amer
lean blush, there arc various cases in
the different departments. Now this
will go ON and even increase until we
take the ground that a candidate of In
temperate habits is disqualified for Of.
fee. When we do this. then wa shall
be saved from q repetition of those dis
graceful exhibitions by high officials
which fill us with 80 much grief and
shame. Perhaps it is necessary that wo
should be thus Inundated, that we may
be whipped and spurred to do battle
with this great foe TO society, who haa
brought, and il not defeated, will yet
bring countless sorrows, sufferings and
even death to our hearts and homes.
The saddest thing connected with
this is that men who are known TO be
confirmed drnnkards are elected TO Of
fee and those who arc ON the road and
are not thought to be disqualified by
their drunken habits for important pub
lie trusts This shows that we regard
drunkenness as comparatively trivial
affair, and the apologetic tone in which
il is spoken Of confirms our assertion
The habit as whole is everywhere
gaining on the people, and these cases
Of public exposure are eruptions upon
tho surface which reveals the extent Of
the disease. A constituency who would
not elect a traitor, does not hesitate to
choose drunkard. Now IL as pco-
pie we detest drunkenness and, alive to
its terrible evils, desire to root II out,
we should have an eye to the habits Of
our candidates We ought TO put tho
stamp Of moral condemnation upon
drunkenness, and not till then shall we
be saved from repetition Of those dis
graceful exhibitions by high officials
which fiji us with disgust ChrtaiGn
R,gister.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-15

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT,--The following
eloquent paper on time, is, We believe,
from the pen of Paulding:
l saw temple reared by the hands OF
man, standing with its high binnacle in
the distant plain. The streams beat
about it--the God of nature hurled his
thunderbolts against it, yet it stood
firm as adamant. Reyelry was in the
halls, the gay, the happy, the young,
the beautiful were there / returned
and 10 THE temple was no more. Its
high walls lay in scattered ruin; moss
and grass grow rankly there; and at
the midnight hour tho owls long cry
added to the solitude. Tho young and
gay who had revled there had passed
away.
saw child rejoicing IN his youth,
the idol OF his mother, returned, and
that child had become old. Trembling
with the weight Of years, he stood the
last of his generation, a stranger amidst
the desolation around him.
| saw an old oak standing in oil its
pIluO uIAl bllS HtOulbilluJ Tue DlIus
were caroling in its boughs. / return
ed, and the oak was leafless and sap
less, the winds were playing at their
pastimes through its branches.
"Who is this destroyer ?" said / TO
my guardian angel
1T is Time, said he. "When the
morning stars sung together for Joy
over the new made world he commenc-
ed his course; and when he has de-
stroyed all that is beautiful on the
earth; plucked the sun from his sphere;
yelled tre moon in blood; yea, when be
shall have rolled the heavens and earth
away as a scroll, then shall an angel
from the throne OF God come forth, and
with one foot upon the sea and one up
on the land, lift up his hand toward
heaven and swear, by Heavens Etern-
al, Time is, Time was, but Time no Ion
ger shall be"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-15

Cousin Frank, wc wln never wrilo
70 each other in sympathetic ink, She
said. hall playfuliy and half remorse
fully.
was suddenly taken very sleepy and
went up siairs 70 bed. Helen camo up
in half an hour.
Dear Lixzie," said she, II mean 10
be better IN future III never make
Prank and myself unhappy again"
Doctor Donne made has appearance
as usual ON the following day. Except
that both he and Aunt Lottie were rath-
er grave, observed nothing unusual in
their manner The Doctor had his rub
ber with Uncle Bob, and aunt her Ber-
lin knitting-work and her quiet chat
with ono or two lady visitors who drop
ped in, looked at them both occa-
sionally, and thought that II they
had only married when young, how
happy they might have been. All that
''mioht A1tc been n Except the inoxo-
reblo "No more :" they are the saddest
words that were ever spoken.
And so all that summer the doctor
visited us; and we noticed, Helen and
Frank, and | think he grew fonder and
fonder Of those quiet talks with aunbe
on her lounge 10y the window, that he
was very careful of her comfort and
convenience, and that he looked per-
feetly satisfied and happy when, as the
weather became little cooler and we
had the first cozy little fires, he sat
with us around our pleasant tea table,
aud received his cup from Aunt Lottie's
hand. Poor Doctor Donne For six
and-thirty years he had been leading a
lonely bachelor life, thinking doubtless
of what might have been.
! At length he asked Auut Lottie to
marry him They were old people, it
was true, but they might make each
other comfortable and happy, he said,
and cheer and support each other in
their downward path Of life. And so,
one pleasant morning, not long after
Helen and Franks marriage, the elder
| ly couple, looking very handsome des-
pite their, age, and very well suited to
each other, walked quietly up 10 the
chapel, whore we were waiting for them,
and were quietly married, and then as
quietly rode away to the doctors pret-
| ty little home in town where | was
to live with them A very pleasant
and happy home it is; and though
some people laughed at the ancient
lovers as silly people always will do,
1 think they did very wise thing in
marrying.