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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
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LIABILITIES.
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Loss by Portland Fire. July 4th.


V'HE total amount covered by the Rtna Poll.
j oies on property destroyed or damaged Is
S2O6 s54, on which salvage will be about Eve
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from S2lo,0o0, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is FIVE per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets, figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or proportion equal TO q s., 600 loss for COM
pany Of $4,000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value Of
wealthy, strong corporations is forcibly IL
lustratcd by this FIRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has 3
population Of S5.0O0-was handsomely built
mostly fine brick or stone neutrality-suspicious.
and screened with onward Of 3.Oc0 shade trees
bounded on three sides By water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean-.ano
with a steam FIRE dopariment-yet y has SlO,-
000,000 Of property consumed in lew hours
upon a holiday when It's peOple are least ocsu-
pied-from the very Insignificant cause Of
contemplate 6recraeker.
Remember the trihing origin Of fires that
sweep away in a few hours the earnings %
years Consider your best interest and give The
l4tna Ascent call II you need proper insur-
enee security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
4 rood and genuine article, and with these
Hrhts and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shreEd judgment.
Appliratiou for insurance promptly attended
70 81 II. A. LITTLEnUN A CO., Ae'is.
No. % Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
A Hugo CLAIM.

Mr.. Charles L. NeaIe, stone mason.
Of Alexandria, has been notified by a
Washington lawyer that he is heir,
through his aunt, Mrs Lee, 10 about one
hundred million dollars worth of real
estate in that city. The ground claimed
TO belong to the lady in question, and 10
Mr.. Neale as her heir, has on it some OF
the most valuable property in the Fed
eral capital, including the Treasury
building. Lafayette square, President s
house and grounds, and all the large as d
small buildings within the circuuaferenc &c
of mile around the President house. =
Alexandria journal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
what the Alabama Radical Constitution
Proposes to do as to Suffrage.
p..,,, tha Montenmery Mall

What tho Alabama RADICAL Oonstitutioi
Proposes to do az TO Suffrage.
From tho Montgomery NALL
The constitution submitted to the
peopIe Of Alabama by the Military Re
construction Convention contains pro
visions which, If ratified, will accomplish
the following results
/. To permit every negro TO vote
whatever his competency or incompe
tency, who has been in the State SIX
months and in the county three months.
III. To permit to vote only such white
men MS may have been in the State six
months and in the county three months,
who will swear never to change the pro.
posed constitution so far as il affects the
question of suffrage.
III. To deprive Of the privilege Of
voting and holding office--lst All
whites who may be disfranchised by the
proposed constitutional amendment
(l4th article) and by the reconstruction
acts, that is TO say, all who held any
office, Federal or State, of the lowest
grade, before the war and afterwards
gave aid or sympathy to the Confederate
cause. This provision, according to the
registration returns will disfranchise
thirty thousand Of the white men Of the
State.
2. All whites who shall have been
convicted Of treason at any time before
an election. As nearly every white man
in the State who applied for pardon IN
der the $4,000 clause of the Presidents
amnesty proclamation was COMPELLED,
by order Of Judge Busted, of the United
States District Court, after his property
was libelled, to plead guilty to treason
in open court, il follows that this pro-
vision disfranchises every white man
who applied for pardon under that clause,
embracing not less than ten thousand Of
our best citizens.
3. All whites who have conscientious
scruples about taking q test oath to the
effect that they will never vote or use
their influence to chance the basis of
suffrage, whatever may be the evil effects
of the proposed system-in other words,
test oath swearing away their liberty
of thought and action.
The first two of these excluding pro-
visions take the suffrage away forcibly
from the hands OF forty thousand whites,
and the last clause win take it away con.
STANDARDIZATION all but the lowest classes
who care nothing for the sanctity of an
oath nor the liberty Of thought In short,
these DISTINGUISHING propositions of the
reconstruction convention propose to
give the State government of all but six
counties of the State to negroes who have
had no opportunity TO prepare them
selves with a knowledge Of even the
simplest duties and obligations of gov.
eminent
Such a government the negroes have
not asked for and the whites will not
endure. 7
Such constitution has not been de-
nianded by the Republican party nor by
Congress The prescription for which
itprovides has been expressly repudiated
at every primary meeting of negroes in
Alabama The people of the North have
denounced the scheme from ocean to
ocean. Will Alabama indorse it Will
the white race vote their own degrade.
tion2 Will the black race vote their own
destruction2
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Attachment Notice.

Rice. Ware 4 Enrel. vs. J. v, pcnnelL Be-
lore T. II. Heinrich, a Justice Of the Peace Of
shelby couuty. Tennessee.
IT APPEARING FROM AN AFFIDAEII
II f'ci in this cause that the said J. V. Pen
nell D. andn-rrsidsrtof the State Of Tennessee.
e is ordered that publication be made in the
Memphis prnLIC LEuGUa for four uecks from
fafs ~ ftc rendarce Of said suit, and that he
hc required O. answer the sane IN the tine
rrercrihsd ~ law. 90 iai Emsnt viii Be rendered
arainsi him ~ default Trial ID 10 O'clock on
cav s--ii5 Pm. HEINRICH. up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
AdministratOr's Notice.

TAKE NOTICE THAT ON SATURDAY,
Il the iwenty-ffst Of December next. at the
residence Of the late Levi Lowrenee. deceased,
on the Cow Island roa =. four miles from the
city Of Memphis, l viii offer at public SALE 10
the highest bidder, on twelve months time. all
ing Of horses. mules, cattle, two spring wagons
and harness. one four horse wagon, one buggy
and harness. farming implements, etc. Also
one Jack. All sums under so will be required
in cash, and two good securities on notes Tor
isrser amounts. Property only delivered upon
compliance with foregoing terms.
FRANCIS L0WRENCE, Adm'x.
December g. 1856 gOp
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By MASON HYpE. pePuty Cierk. oaw 81
E. W. McMillan, VS.. V, II. Moriwothor. Be-

L. W. Mcmillan. VS.. V. II. Meriwether. Be-
fore W. S. Walton, j. 7: ..
i err, will take notice that an attachment was
issued against his estate for the sum Of two
hundred and si'ty-nine dollars (s269), upon
the ground that he Is resident Of the
returned levied. ETC.. it is there ore ordered
that said defendant enter his appearance on or
before the 18th Of January, 1868, and plead,
answer or denur TO said plaintiffs complaint,
OF the zane will be taken for confessed and the
casa set for bearing expa-te; and q at copy
ofthis order be published once week for four
successive weeks in the Memphis PUBLIC LED
GER. This December llth, 1867.
oaw al Il2 W s. WALTON. J p
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TICKETS s5 EACH.

May be had of or ordered through any of the
Company's agents, at the Central Agency,
Memphis, Tenn, or of Col. james Strain, Her
nando, Miss.
Stockholders, Directors and Officers of tho
Company are prohibited from purchasing or
holding tickets in any of the drawings The
Company is simply the media for the purchase
and sale of real estate between property holders
and the general pHhlic
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
Attachment Suit.

Municipal Court of Memphis--Wooldridg Il
Co., plaintiffs, VS.. d. Iebe, defendant.
A FFIDAVIT FOR ATTACHMENT HAV-
n ing been made in this case, in pursuan ce
Of section 1855 of the Code of Tennessee, al ID
attachment having been issued, and returned
by the proper officer "leyied, etc." on tile
property Of the defendant, b. Labe. it is there
fore ordered that said defendant appear at the
Court Room in the city of Memphis, Tenn, on
or before the FIRST TU ESDAY IN DEOEM-
Der NEXT, and defend this suit, or the same
will be tab en- for confessed as to him, and the
case set for hearing exparte; and that copy
Of this order be published once week fer Four
consecutive weeks in the PUBLIC LEDGER.
l.. B. EATON, Clerk.
Rv MAsoG HvDu DEPUTY Clerk. OaW g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17

VNHE FIRST DRAWING, WHICH TOOK
place on the 18th instant, was attended
with unusual success, when II Is remembered
that but few weeks elapsed from the incep-
ton o. the enterprise TO that event, Sl7,QO
worth Of tickets having been sold, a like
amount Of property was drawn for, under the
supervision Of gentlemen selected by the ticket
holders present. The utmost harmony and
good feeling Ipervaded those present, and. as
will be seen from the subjoined certificate OF
the Managers. the affair was conducted 10 a
close IN most gratifying and satisfactory man
nor:
HERSASDo, Miss, June is, 1867.
Weshereby certify that the above report Of
the first drawing of the Southern Asylum is
correct, and that the proceedings were charac-
terized by a spirit of fairness and business uS-
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.
ISgnadl
]. B Morgan,
Robert Temple,
v, A. Merriwether, coum;t,as
w. w. Campton,
M, Mageveney,
john Ainslie,
]. M. HALL. Clerk.
The prizes drawn on this occasion numbered
forty-seven, and comprised lots in the vicinity
Of Memphis, Tenn. Corinth, Miss, and Her
nando, Miss. deeds 10 which have been made
to the lucky ticket-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 a
lengthy list of property, much Of which has
already been advertised, We select our
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17

Tenth Prize. Cottage residence, FIVE rooms;
lot 100 by ITO feet, on Borland avenue. near
Memphis and Charleston railroad, near corpo-
ration line. Valued at $1,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17

Ninth Prize. Seventy-fve and half acres
of woodland near Raleigh. Shelby county,
This is very desirable. and an excellent prize
Valued at $4,000.
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Memphis. Dssembsr g. 3, 1857. ! Laws sio9i


In the Chancery Court Of Memphis. Tenn.
Pa. Tyler. admir- Of Davis Biggs. deceased,
s.A.S. stration, J. X. Wadiy, ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
il this cause that the defendant. J. J. BigEs.
Is a nonresident ofthe State Of Tennessee, and
il appearing from Sherif's return IN said cause
that defendant II. B. Meacham Is a resident Of
the State q Mississippi and on-resdeut Of the
State 81 Tennessee Il Is therefore ordered that
they make their appearance herein, At the
or before the frst Monday in January. 1873,
and rlead, answer OF demur 20 complainant
Bill. or the same viii be taken for confessed as
10 them and set for hearing exparte, and Inst
COPY OF this order Be published once a week, for
four successive weeks, IN the Memphis PUHLIC
LFDGEE. AUGUSnON ASTON.
Clerk nnd Master.
BvR. j. BLACK. Dep. Cl'k and Master.
ccmrlainaut. oaWTT-lQ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
Attachment Suit.

r r.. LUCKETT VS.. PHILLIP JONES.
D. before P. II. Heinrich. Justice. Of the
Peace. IL appear hg from affidavit in this case
that the defendant, Phillip Jones. is nom
resident Of the State Of Tennessee is there
fore ordered that he make his appearance at
my Office on or before TIE 9th day Of January,
A, ID. 1858. then and there 70 plead. answer or
demur 10 compliments bill, or the same will
be taken for confessed and set for hearing ex
parte and that this order be published in the
Memphis PuRLIc LEDGER once a week for four
consecutive weeks. ..
Mrrrnhfs ncrrrnher q 1871 1awGf -10qc
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-17
LIST OF PRIZES.

The First and Capital Prize: Col. M.
G. Gallaway's valuable residence, corner Of
Court and Third streets, Memphis. one block
only from the center of the city. and in the
vicinity of all the Federal, State. and County
Offices, Lot 371S feet front by s3H deep.
Valued at $4,000.
Second Prize: A cottage residence of ten
rooms, with lot 65 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 property, % by 100 feet. very avail
able for residence and desirably located.
Valued at $500.
Fourth Prize: One residence lot adjoining
the above property. % by 100 feet. Valued at
Fifth Prize. One residence lot adjoining
above, also Is by 100 feet. Valued at $500.
Sixth Prize. A most valuable manufactur-
ing site, with n perpetual fall of 81 feet OF
water. situated in Winston county, Alabama,
with 100 acres Of land. Valued at $1,000.
Seventh Prize. The franklin Female In
stitute at Holly Springs, Miss, handsome
and well constructed school building, most
eligibly located. This is very desirable prop
erty. Valued at $1,000.
Eighth Prize. Lot No. in Hays subdi-
t.s osv kwrQ fnok hnan
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Music. Music! Music {!
Monday and Tuesday Nights,

tho 10th aSld 18th inst, at O'Clock. To be
taught by Prof. Il. d. TATUM, instructor in
music in tn City Schools,
TBRMs-'S5 in advance for 20 lessons.
All persons DESTROYS of being taught in the
elements of Vocal Music are requested 70 be
present the FIRST AND SECOND NIGHTS.
N
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BLANK BOOKS.

With printed heads, Together With svery kind
Of Plain and Fancy Work, done viii dispaich.
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Eighth Prize. Lot No. in Hays subdi-
vision, Memphis; size 1872 by 1852 feet. A beau
tiful building lot. Valued at $4,000.
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Policies in all the various forms Of Life Insu-
rance. and respectfully solicit public patron
age. 32-11l
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-02-15

-Sa 1t is the perfection of happiness
neither to wish for death nor to fear it.
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A MILLION PERSONS STARVED T O
DEATH.-A Calcutta correspondent of tho
London Times, December 9TH, gives some
painful details of the recent famine in the
district of Orissa, in India. A govern
ment commissioner has prepared a report,
of which it is said
ga picture more heart-rending, facts
more hideous, could not be given. The
commissioner estimates the deaths 10
Orissa alone at 100000 30 900, 900, and
in some places he admits that three
fourths Of the population have been car
ried off. Orissa had five millions. Add
tho mortality of Midnapore, which was
severely visited; of Canaan and Chota
Nagpore, which were terribly, yet more
mildly dealt with; of Calcutta, whose
hospitals still tell so sad tale, and Of the
other districts, where the sequelae, at
least of starvation, carried off many, and
remember that the deaths are still going
on at the rate Of hundred a day, and
you will agree with the rough estimate
generally accepted here that the number
Of victims will not be under million"
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Mlst&lIauGuus.
From tic N. Y. Journal Of Of Commerce.
CAPTAIN Kidd,

Captain Kidd.
Searching for buried treasures is q ia
vorite employment with some men, and
laughed at by all others. No one has
forgotten the amount of money sunk in a
Golfer dam on the North river few years
ago, in the search after one of Kidd yes.
sells, with gold and silver and diamonds.
At the present moment it is stated that two
expeditions, sustained by considerable
capital, ave pursuing the same search, one
somewhere i'll New England, and the 9th,
~ st Oak Island, Nova Scotia. These
are perhaps not The only seekers. Here
aud there along our shores it is not I'M
common to see one, Two, or three individ-
uals, pursuing the same search. On the
whole, it is probable that great many
people really believe that the treasures
may be found. A few facts, where there
is so much fancy, may be worth recalling
Doubtless one of the most terrible names
in juvenile literature of England and
English America, during the last century
and a half, has been that of William Kidd
the pirate. In the nursery legend, in
story, and in song, his name stood forth
as the boldest and bloodiest of buccaneers.
The terror Of tho ocean, when abroad,
story said that he returned from his sue
cessive voyages to line our coasts with sill
yer and gold, and to renew with the devil
a league, cemented with the blood of VIC
Tins shot down whenever fresh returns of
the precious metals were to DO hidden
According to the superstitions of Gomez
ticut and Long Island, it was owing to
these bloody charms, that honest money
diggers have ever experienced 60 much
difficulty in removing the buried treas.
ures. Often, indeed, have the lids Of the
iron chests rung beneath the mattock of
the stealthy midnight searcher for gold !;
but the flashes of sulphurous fires, blue
and red, and the saucer eyes and chatter
ing teeth of legions of demons, have uni
formly intcrposed to frighten the delivers
from their posts, and preserve the treas
ures from their greedy clutches. But not
withstanding the narrowing sensations
connected with the name of Kidd, and bis
renown as pirate, be was but one of the
last and most inconsiderable of that race
of sea robbers, who, during long series
of years in the seventeenth century, were
the admiration of the world for their Prov
ess, and its terror for their crimes.
In the latter part of the seventeenth
century Kidd was in command of mer-
chant vessel trading between New York
and London, and was celebrated for his
nautical skill and enterprise. The first
mention of him in authentic colonial his
tory, occurs in 1851, in which year, the
Journals of the New York Assembly tell
us that on the 18th day of April much
credit was allowed to be due him "for the
many good services done for the province
in attending with his vessels.' But in
what capacity, or for what object be thus
"attended with his vessels" does not ap.
pear. 1t was also declared that hc sought
to be suitably rewarded" Accordingly,
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4p&tita4>
MY LITTLE WIFE.

have pleasant little wife,
Who nothing, nothing lacks;
She keeps herself and things about
The house rs neat as wax.
And everything and woman's taste,
Seems placed expressly for
The pleasure of q man who long
Has lived bachelor.
Her handkerchief are white as milk,
Her skirts are white as snow,
Her slippered feet are small and neat,
And always "on the CO."
She floats about as if upborne
On gum elastic springs,
Or some unseen, mysterious power,
With undiscovered wings.
Her glossy hair is deepest brown,
Her eyes are softly dark,
And from their loving depths shoot forth
Full many II cheerful spark;
Her eyes send speeding on their flight
The swift-winged rosy hours,
. And what was once my darksome way
Is radiant now with flowers.
My linen hath glossy white,
More pure than ever shOne
On Parian marble, and what's more,
There's ne'er Il button gone.
She knits my stockings, makes my shirts,
And darns up all my rents,
And saves me half Of what was once
My bachelors expense.
Now all you crusty bachelors,
With lifes great battle sore,
Go geta wife and settle down,
And play the fool no more.
Don't be too nice-they're angels all
With loving hearts and true,
The secret is, be kind to them,
And they'll be kind to you;
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VOL. XI.---NO. 7.
Bite OF MY Earsi

At social party, wag found himself,
in the course Of the evening, in converge
ton with nervous looking stranger
Pointing out to him gentleman of iu-
quiring turn Of mind in apother portion OF
the room, he said -.--------.---.
"Do you see that man there? He has
a mania-a very unpleasant one too.--
He is possessed with the idea that he
must bite OF strangers ears, and it has
caused dreadful amount Of trouble.
do not know whether he will show any
symptoms tonight, but perceiving you
are stranger, I deem it my duty to put
you GU your guard. Don't let him sp-
proach very near you" .....
The expression of horror that spread
over the face Of the nervous man, clearly
proved that he had heard the warning-
A little later the benevolent informant
got an opportunity to tell the in4uiring
man that that man (pointing out the in
dividuaD was physical wonder, as q
roaring noise could be distinctly heard
proceeding from his ear by getting within
eighteen inches of him. Our, curious
friend was struck with this unheard Of
phenomenon, and very properly began to
work himself close enough for a personal
investigation. The movement was seen
by the nervous man.. and great drops Of
apprehensive sweat oozed out from his
brow and trickled down his Cheek
Nearer and nearer approached the one,
and more terribly intense grew the horror
of the other. The space between them
was slowly but surely lessening. The
curious man within an ace of the s'roar-
ing," when the agony of tie "roarer''
reached its crisis, and clenching his fist he
landed it between the "lookers' of the
unfortunate searcher after physical won
ders, shouting OF the top of his voice
"Bite off my ears, will you p
The effect of this on the astonishsd
audience may be imagined.
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SAVING Hrs BAooN.-A good story is
told of a Western farmer, q candidate for
Congress, whose neighbor was in the hab-
it of stealing his hogs, and was finally
caught in the act. Anxious to secure the
mans vote and bis own pork at the same
time, the farmer went up to him and
said: "Now, I make this proposition ::
"1f you will let my hogs alone in the fu-
ture, will not only say nothing of the
past, but when I kill in the fall, I'll put
into your cellar five barrels of as good
pork as | make" The fellow reflected
moment, and replied "Well, Squire,
that's fair proposition, any how, and
seeing it's you III do it. But I vow
believe I shall lose pork by the opera.
ton."