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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26
Their Mothers Voice-How Woman found
Her Long Lost Children.

Since tie prevailing Indian troubles
commenced, an Indian camp was cap
tured, together with a number of prison
ers, including squaws and some half a
dozen white captives, boys and girls,
from FIVE to twelve years of age. Word
was sent throughout the country, inviting
those who had lost children to come to
the camp and identify, if possible, their
children, as none of them could give any
account who their parents were, or where
they were taken from, so young were
they when taken captive by the Indians.
Numbers went to the camp-many more
than we're children-and of course many
returned with heavy hearts at being I'M
able to find their lost ones.
Among the number who went hundreds
Of miles to the camp was mother who
lost two children-R boy and girl, one
three and the other five years of age
wears ago. Efforts were made to per-
suade her not to 60, and so long time
had elapsed it was certain she could not
identify her children, even if they stood
before her. But she could not rest--she
must 90, and go she did. On arriving at
the encampment sne lOunu tue cuptlVes
ranged in line for inspection. She
locked at them first from distance-her
anxious heart bounding in her bosom.
But she did not see her children--at
least she saw nothing in the group that
bore the slightest resemblance to
her baby boy and girl as they looked
when playing about her doorstep She
drew nearer and peered deep into
the eyes of each, who only returned her
look with a stony gaze, yet anxious one
they too hoping to see something in
her that would tell them she was their
mother She looked long and steadily
at them, as her heart began to sink and
grow heavy in her bosom. AT last, with
tears and sobs, she withdrew, and when
some PAGES off she stopped and turned
about quickly, as, apparently, q thought
had occurred to her. Drying her eyes,
she broke forth in sweet hymn she had
been wont to sing to her children as a
lullaby. Scarce line had been uttered
when two of the captives-a boy and
girl-rushed from the line, exclaiming,
Mamma mamma" The mother went
home perfectly satisfied she had found
her long lost children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26
POETRY.
THE oUToAsT.
RI FELICIA n. ROSS.

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cred hay,
IL hides me ralters ana the sWallow nest
Long, waving lines OF yellow sunshiheP play
Across the old mans breast.
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bleared IT.
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There u a handbreadth OF oeptehuer shy oor.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26
LIST OF PRIZES.


The First and Capital Prize: Col. NJ.
c. Gallaway's valuable residence, corner Of
only from the center of the city, and in the
vicinity of all the Federal, State and County
Offices. Lot S71S feet front by $50 deep.
Valued at $4,000.
Second Prize: A cottage residence Of ten
rooms, with lot IS by 100. in the city of Chicago.
ILL.,, only three quarters. Of mile from. the
heart Of the city, and within one block OF the
street railroad intersecting every part Of the
city. Valued at $500.
Third Prize: One residence lot adjoining
the above properly. q by lo0 feet, very avail
able for residence and desirably located.
Valued at $500.
Fourth Prize One residence lot adjoining
the above property, IS by 100 feet. Valued at
$500.
Fifth Prize. One residence lot adjoining
above, also Is by JCO feet. Valued at $50.
Sixth Prige A most valuable manufactur-
ing site, with a perpetual fall Of 81 feet OF
water. situated in Winston county, Alabama,
with leo acres Of land. Valued at $1,000.
Seventh Prisa. The Franklin Female In
stituto at Holly Springs. Miss, a handsome
and well constructed school building, most
eligiblv located. This is very desirable prop
erty. Valued at $500.
Eighth Prize. Lot No. 5 in Hays subdi-
vision, Memphis; size 1872 by S52 feet. A beau
tiful building lot. Valued at $1,000.
Ninth Prize. Seventy-fve and half acres
Of woodland near Raleigh. Shelby county.
Tennessee, distant from Memphis nine miles.
This Is very desirable, and an excellent prize.
Valued at 5000.
Tenth Prize. Cottage residence. Eve rooms;
lot 40 BY 10 feet, on Borland avenue, near
Memphis and Charleston railroad. near e0rpO-
ration lire. Valued az 5 1000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26

Consulting Physicians;
B. W. AvANT. +. A. RAMSEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26
TICKETS So EACH.

Nay &c had Of or ordered through - Of the
Company's agents, AZ the Central Anncy,
Memphis, Tenn, or Of Col. james Strain, Her
nandO. Miss.
Stockholders. Directors and Oficcrs Of the
Company are prohibited from purchasing or
holding tickets in any q the drawings. Tie
Company . simply the media for the purchase
and sale ofreal estate between property hsiderE
and the Eeneral public.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26

$50 Library Building. north of Postoffice.
N O II i Q e
GAS CONSUMERS 4!
IN COMPLIANCE WITH A PLEDGE
made in their communication of February last.
to the Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, the
MEMPHIS GAS-LIGHT COMPANY
have determined to reduce the price on their
sales of GAS supplied on and after the
First Day of December Next
to the lowest rate then deemed possible,
allowing a small profit on tho capital invested.
and pledge themselves that the price then es-
tablshed shall range among the.
LOWEST RATES CHARGED
in other Southern and Southwestern cities.
Their Apparatus. lately at great expense inn
proved and extended enables them to supply as
PURE, STRONG AND BRILLIANT GAS-LIGHT
az that supplied anywhere in the United States.
With reference to n much threatened OPP
position in business, which they do not deem
probable, the Company hereby give notice to
their patrons and the public. that in case Of
an actual competition they will supply their
demands at one-third, or
LESS THAN ONE-THIRD
the rates established by such competitors.
The works were constructed with view of
remunerating the owners for their investments,
as well as for the public convenience. Not
wthstanding such intention, they will ever
sell or furnish light at
A MERE FRACTION
of the price asked by any competing or oppos-
ing Company.
JAMES N. WILLIAMSON,
l2-t President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26
GROCERIES, q LIQUORS.
LILLY BR q So.
No. I77 Main street,

REEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND. FOR
N sale-
PURE NATIVE WINE (for Altar use(;
PURE CQGNAC BRANDY, PORT AND
SHERRY WINES flor medicinal nsel;
scQTQI ALE AND LONDON PORTER tgen-
CHofCE JAVA AND RIO coFFERs;
TEAS (all kinds. and OF best quality;
SUGARS TALL grades);
FLOUR (best brandsl
CH0ICE s. @, HAMS, BEEF TONGUES
and DRIED BEEF;
SOUTH CAROLINA RICE;
FRESH DAT MEAL;
GERMAN PRODUCE;
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE AND T0MA-
TO OATSuP, by the gallon;
H0ICRTABLEBUTTER weekly shipments)
B0RDEN,S CONDENSED MILK (genuinel;
PURE SPICES, PICKLES, JELLIES, PRE-
SERVES, SAUCES, CANNED FRUITS,
DRIED FRUITS. italian MACCAR0NI.
VERMICILLI. SAG0, ETC., besides a Gaze
fully selected stock of the purest and best
GROCERIES AND FAMILY SUPPLIES
in this market, which they offer at
Lowest Rates for Cash.
All Family Supplies delivered FREE OF
LILLY BROS.
$50 No. III Main Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26
DIRECTORS :

rNHE MUTUAL SYSTEM HAS DESERV-
Il eddy become the most popular mode. of in
surance in the United States, and is the one
embraced by those best informed upon the sub
ject, and who appreciate and desire security:
perpetuity and economy. In a purely mutual
company the assured derives all the advantages
which can be realized from an insurance, and
at the lowest rates, or exact cost, paying no
tribute or profits to the proprietors or stock
holders for, perhaps, an inadequate capital or
security. Cheapness combined with security,
and certainty of accomplishing the, object in
view, are the essential elements sought for, and
they may be found eminently existing in a well
conducted mutual. All parties insuring in this
company become members Of the company and
are directly interested in its success.
Call at the Office Of the company for full infor-
nation, whereby all real estate insurers can
save FIFTY per cent. of their insurance account.
0FFICE: Up stairs in 0DD FELLOWS HALL.
Entrance en- North Court street. Y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26

JNHE FIRST DRAWING, WHICH TOOK
i place on the 18th instant, was attended
with unusual success, when it is remembered
that but q few weeks elapsed from the ineep-
ton OF the enterprise 10 that event. $T.GW
worth of tickets having been sold, a like
amount of property was drawn for, under the
supervision Of gentlemen selected by the ticket
good feeling pervaded those present. and, as
will be seen from the subjoined certificate of
the Managers, the affair was conducted to
close in most gratifying and satisfactory man
ner:
HEREANDo, MISS, June Is, 1867.
We hereby certify that the above report of
the first drawing of the Southern Asylum is
correct, and that the proceedings were charac-
terized by spirit of fairness and business un-
surpassed by any drawing Of which We have
any knowledge. The Managers of the Compa-
ny PLACED the tickets and wheels under our
sole management and control.
Signnll
J. B Morgan,
Robert Temple,
v, A. MerTiwether, tcor,r;ttoo
W. w. Campton,
NJ. Mageveuey,
John Ainslie,
J. M. HALL, Clerk.
The prizes drawn on this occasion numbered
forty-s even, and comprised lots in the vicinity
of Memphis, Tenn, Corinth, Miss, and Her
to the lucky et-holders. For this, the Sec
ond drawing, however, we are able to offer our
patrons still more attractive inducements to
interest themselves in our scheme. From n
lengthy list of property, much of which has
already been advertised, we select our
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26

Tenth Prize. Cottage residence, FIVE rooms;
lot l2Q BY 10 feet, on Borland avenue, near
Memphis and Charleston railroad, near cOrpO-
ration lire. Valued az s 200.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26

As- The Company Is now prepared to issue
Policies in all the various forms Of Life Insu-
rance, and respectfully solicit public patron
MOI D-.s1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-26

Ninth Prize. Seventy-fve and half acres
Of woodland near Raleigh. Shelby county.
This is very desirable, and an excellent prize.
Valued at 5000.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-27
Dog. md whni They Cost.

The March report Of the Commission
er of Agriculture dwells upon the raw
ages committed by dogs among the
sheep in the United States. In 1866,
FIVE hundred thousand sheep were kill
ed by dogs, and their value was 5000
900. The number injured was three
hundred thousand, and the loss is esti-
mat ed at S600,G00. The Commissioner
says:
The cost of keeping dogs, most of
them utterly worthless, when calculated
for the whole country, assumes start
ling proportions. The estimate of the
report made in 1861, of ten dollars per
annum. or less than one cent per meal,
cannot be considered eXtrayagant, in
view Of the price paid for boarding
dogs, the cost of keeping large numbers
of them in cities, and their exclusive
consumption of meat. As to their
numbers, it is believed that they
will average one to each family,
or seven millions in the United
States. In. cities and towns that av-
erage would not he reached, while many
a pack of hounds and assemblage of
ours of low degreee might be found in
the ownership of single families. Pos
sibly seven millions may be too large.
OHIO, with half million families, is
supposed by many to have half mil
lion dogs, although little more than
one-third Of that number are found Oh
the assessors books. 1t may be as
sumed, in view of all the data obtaiued,
as low estimate, that there are five
millions of dogs in the United States,
and that their subsistence involves an
expenditure of fifty millions of dollars.
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at'heel!i1ug- Resister.
saturday Msrsisx, April ~,
C.uascntisu Csainx.

Iu a recent speech at Orange Court
Hans. Va. SenatorWILsON touched upon
IN. eon6scation question. He spoke of
,b. nrobsbility of Congressional action
N the matter, in case the South should
r.;ect the Constitutional amendment,
and should fail TO elect the proper style
of men 10 Congress. He uttered this as
= threat, but there is little question
that he aud his black accomplices un-
3erstand one another. What WILSON
threatens and the Radical negroes de-
,r,nd. the Congress which has cursed
III, civilization of the age may not be
Law 10 enact. For augbt we know,
tb- policy of contiscatiOn NAV be the
,.xr in the dismal record Of its tyran-
ME, and despotic legislation; the minds
.b,t are never inactive where ruin to
,nr south is concerned may be even
nov preparing those agrarian resolu-
lions which shall reduce the best men
of the South 70 beggary, and reward
LOYALTY" by investing the negroes with
rhe rights and immunities of the dis
Do>sessed lords of the domain.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-27
Bcech-r on the Csrrapiienisis.

HENRY WARD BEECHER has taken Oc
casion 10 express himself quite pointed
IL with regard to the corruptions Of his
party's representatives, as manifested
especially by Congress and the New
York Legislature. The following sen.
,nrnts are from his pen; while they are
decidedly vigorous, none can question
lheil correctness:
The men ut Washington and Albany
.old their country; they sold their hu-
manity and their honor; and the trusts
that were put upon them By their con-
.rituents. They were debauchers of tie
young: they were the traitors; they
that lifted the sword were not half so
much traitors: they that despoiled the
old banner and trod it under foot: they
that irrd apOn tho Government Of the
United States reTs not 50 much traitors as
rfrc those rermiR who were crawling un-
der the foundations and destroying by
corruption the vital power af the gov
ernment. .-..- ..r..r.- ...
Whilc npon this subject, We may
remark that u writer in the EreaiRg
POt who seemed To be well posted on
The character of the New York Legisla-
tors. gave Il list of the Senators and AS
semhlymen of that State who we're in
rorruptible. Ii is rather short, num-
herring only IL Senators and % Assem-
Llymem. This would leave IL Senators
and l0l Assemblymen of easy virtue
gentlemen whose honesty would not
permit them to take dollar if they
could not get it.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-27
Stirring the Soii.

Repeated stirring of the soil we re-
gard as almost, if not quite, as essen
tial TO good and successful cultivation
as manure. Indeed, we have known
good crops taken from land that was
counted as "too poor to raise beans"
by merely repeated plowings and har-
rowings. Expend money first in drain
ing, if you have heavy, clayed, or nat
urally wet soils; then plow, plow, plOw,
as often and deeply as you please. The
more, and oftener and deeper the soil is
stirred, the better will trees or plants
grow and fruit The mechanical action
of the soil, and its pcrmeability to at
mospheric influence, are too often lost
sight of and many piece of ground on
which manurcs have been placed until
it has got to be what is termed fiat
and unproductive, only needs repeated
STRINGS and opening to the action OF
atmospheric elements to bring it to the
highest and most profitable condition.
HOyficuHHrisf
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y,s WHEELING W. Va SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 1867

want good wide stalls, so they can lie
down and enjoy themselves.
If they come in wet and muddy, they
want to he rubbed dry, and left warm
and comfortable. 1t is cruel to bring
in working animals all covered with
mud and let them stand uneleaned till
morning. No one who thinks we'll of
his team, will thus treat them, and no
one should have the care of team who
does not like them, and take pride in
using them. Any one who does not
like his team is sure to abuse them and
treat them shamefully. o, could the
poor brutes speak, whatitales Of hard.
ship. of abuse, of suffering, they could
tell us. Our blood runs cold, almost,
when we think of the outragcs that are
inflicted upon them Be kind, dear
reader, to your brutes-especially to
those who labor day after day and year
after year, performing hard service for
you.-Colmdn's Rural World.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-27

The Florence correspondent Of the
London Daily Ners gives the following
item, showing the moral status OF at
least one of Victor Emanuefs ainis-
ters:
We have here, however, palace
scandal, which is true. A man of known
bad character, as am told (the limita-
ton applies only to the previous bad
ness of character, and not to the main
facts of the story, which are certaln),
a certain Vivaldi is, or was, treasurer
to the King, and as such had
apartments in the Pitt Palace
which lie inhabited with his
wife, and little girl, their
child. 1t became rumored that TINS
couple were habitually guilty of exceed
ing cruelty to their child. And to such
an extent did such reports prevail, that
at last "iustice informed himself" as
the continental phrase goes. The Pro-
curatore Regio obtained the necessary
authorization, including the Kings per-
sonal assent, to the execution of his OIL
fee within the walls of the palace, pre-
sented himself at the door of the treas
urer's apartments, and demanded ad-
mittance. 1t was refused on the score
of the privilege attaching to the place.
This objection, however, as has been
seen, had been provided against;
the procuratore showed his auth0riza.
ton. and entered. The child was found
in hole under staircase, covered with
bruises and half starved. She was I'M
mediately carried away to hospital,
and given in charge to the matron. The
unnatural parents were indicted; but,
as the child rapidly got better, and
there was no proof of intent to commit
murder, they were allowed to remain at
large on bail. While the process was
being prepared against him the trea-
surer asked and obtained permission for
himself and his wife to visit the child.
They did so, and brought with them
some hon bons, which the little
pirl ate. She forthwith became i'll
again. The matron called in the hos
pital physician, who very soon discov..
cred that poison had been administered
10 the child; WHO, however, q second
time recovered. Thereupon the parents,
despite the sanotity of the palace, were
again arrested, and this time kept in
goal. and will bo tried for attempt to
murder. But in all this, despite the in
finite Quantity of talk it has occasioned,
it Is difficult to zee anything that makes
the story more remarkable than any
other ordinary anecdote of crime. un-
less to those who imagine that humani-
ty is no longer the same thing within
the walls Of q palace.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-27
RIVER NEWS.

River falling slowly. with ten and a
half feet of water in the channel. zig
Business on the wharf q little better.
The Edinburgh leaves for Cincinnati
at S p. m. to-day. 'H' -ti. -i
The Il. r.. Hndsoa brought up seventy
bales of cotton for Pittsburg, Thurs,
day. rl -fes E-
The Edinburgh brought up, yesterday
l2 butts tobacco, caddies do, II com
mon mattresses, pieces stove plate, y
bbls. whisky, "a doE. sieves, 3doz. traps
20 casks hams. l box merchant ise, y
kegs white lead, 81 cases do, ! keg red
lead, bales rags, Dbl. liquor, l box
cards, hid tobacco; for reshipment--
40 bbls flour, 4 tierces hams, 15 bales
cotton, 9 boxes merchandise.
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Arm. Wexill mot assert that this purpose

6rp,. We W i'll not assert that thispurposs
is q success. We do maintain, however,
that it has been seriously entertained.
And if any doubts prevail as to the pro-
bable bearing it will have on the future
of the party, let those who hold them
look at the condition of the organiza-
tion sin New York city, sobserve the
manner in which campaigns are
conducted there, and, keep . ac-
count of the votes received at
the polls. 1t is possible that the Re-
publican party may become as inefficient
IN other portions Of the State as it is in
the metropolis. That result will trans
pire when the ''provfncialsT shall turn
II over in the rural districts, as it is
turned over in that city, to the hands
of meu who will conduct it with no
other end in view than the promotion
Of their own petty schemes and the
building up of their own personal for
tnnes-who will advance to high office
any corner-grocery politician belonging
to their;inner' periphery, rather than a
citizen of exalted character, high abll-
tiles, and national reputation, who has
not their seal on his forehead.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-27
The Working z Teams.

Give them good care. This is hard
time for them, and they need the best
attention. Spring has been very back
ward, and the poor animals will be
nressed to the very pitch of endur ance.
They have been lying comparatively
idle during the winter, and are very lily
nrsnared to work as hard as the farmer
wants them to. They should not lie
mt TO full days work Mt once. They
should be gradually hardened and pre-
nared for the severe service of spring
worL. If oyerworked, at once they be-
come sore, or balky, or get the distem-
ner. or some other disease.
They should have clean, good hay,
and pienty of bright oats and sweet
sonnd corn. Give them the best of
food if ron want them to perform hard
service. Feed them regularly-at the
same hours daily, and the same guam
tity. Some animals require more than
others and their respective wants
should receive attention.
See that the farm hands keep clean
.talls, and have plenty of dry bedding.
II horses, mules or cattle are worked
hard. they want to sleep well. They