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Brandy and Brains.

From Ohio comes a capital temper
ance story. Judge Quay, the temper
ance lecturer, in one of his efforts there
got off the following:
All of those who in youth acquire a
habit of drinking whisky, at forty years
of age will be total abstainers or drunk
ards No one can use whisky for years
with moderation. If there is person
in the audience before me whose own
experience disputes this, let him make
it known. / will account for It, or
acknowledge that l am mistaken.
A tall, large man arose. aud folding
his arms in a dignifed manner across
his breast said:
81 offer myself as one whose own ex-
perience coutradicts your statement"
"Arc yoG moderate drinker p said
the Judge.
"I am"
"How long have you drank in mod
Grafton Y
Forty years"
"And were never intoxicated
Never"
WELL" remarked the Judge, scan
ning his subject from head to foot, yours
is a singular case, yet / think it easily
accounted for ! am reminded by II OF
a little story. A colored man, with a
loaf of bread and flask Of whisky, sat
down to dine BY the bank Of q clear
stream. In breaking the bread, some Of
the crumbs dropped into the water. They
we're eagerly seized and eaten by the
fsh. That circumstance suggested to
the darkey the idea Of dipping the bread
into the whisky and feeding il to them.
He tried il. Il worked we'll Some Of
The fish ate Of il, became drunk, and
hoated helplessly on the water. In this
vay he easily caught great number.
But in the stream was q large fish, very
unlike the rest Il pArtOok freely Of the
bread and whisky without any per
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05
Frazer, Trenholm g. Co.

The Charleston Mercury has some
remarks upon the failure of the house of
Frazer, Trenholm & Co., Liverpool,
which are of interest, and which we quote: (:
For some fifty years this house has
stood amongst the foremost mercantile
houses of the United States; and,
although by the course of time many Of
its members have changed, the strong
ground Of integrity, fidelity and skill on
which it was originally built has carried
it through all the financial convulsions
which, during that period, have shaken
the mercantile world of England and the
United States; and never was it supposed
to possess higher elements of mercantile
honor and ability than now presides over
it's extensive interests. Why the firm in
Liverpool suspended payments we have
no means of accounting for, except the
fall in the price of cotton, with failure
to obtain the banking facilities formerly
extended in Liverpool. 1t is well known
that early in the season the Bank Of
England deliberately adopted the sys-
tematic policy of, refusing accommoda-
tions, previously accorded to those en-
gagged iu this trade. The effect has
been to put the holders of cotton in the
power of the buyers; and the mer-
chants, factors and planters of the
South have, in the depressed price
of cotton throughout the spring, felt
the baleful influence Of this gigantic
and controlling institution. The sus-
pension of this house, we believe, to be
only the illustration of facts which bear
heavily upon us all. 1t may be that,
rather than to sell the cotton they held
at the depressed prices, occasioned by
this bank policy and aggravated by the
passing apprehensions of war in Europe,
the partners in Liverpool preferred, both
OH account of others as we'll as them
selves, to suspend business temporarily
and hold the cotton to realize the full
amount of advances, acceptances, ETC.
This would be an awkward and painful
alternative; but, under such circum-
stances, the suspension would in no con-
siderable degree affect the resources of
the concern.
This great house seemed the chief if
not the only steady light burning amidst
the mercantile gloom which rests upon
our city and land With a feeling OF
deep sadness we record its suspension,
yet we cannot but hope, that, under the
guidance of the able and honorable gen.
temen who now rule all its destinies, it
will again arise in all the splendor of its
former enterprise and usefulness and
power. If they had acted from mere
motives of interest, they might have left
us, as others have done, and gone to
other lands, to enjoy the affluence they
possessed. But they have preferred to
stay with US in our ruin and strive again
to redeem the commerce and fortunes Of
our desolated city and country.
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ing facts which have been elected by an
inspection of the room, and from the
confession of the young fratricide. 1t
would seem that shortly after Mr.. and
Mrs. Buthiere had left their home for
the purpose Of attending the lecture at
the chapel, Gustave proposed to his little
brother, Adelph, that they should play
killing little pig.
In this request, it is supposed, the
unfortunate little fellow acquiesced. The
youngest was to be the pig, the eldest the
butcher. Gustave eagerly assisted his
brother TO undress for the tragedy, and,
taking o small rope, tied hirl down Sc
curely to a rough lounge that stood in
the room, and then procured the butcher.
knife that his father had used in slaught-
ering the pigs the day before, and plunged
it into the throat of his passive and help.
less brother. The wound was mortal
one, and it is supposed that death must
have immedic.ely resulted After the
child had bled his little lite away, the
unnatural brother, with the most incred-
ible heartlessness, took the cord which
bound the body to the lounge, and, tying
one end around the feet of the corpse,
threw the other over the beam, and, lean
ing his weight on it, hoisted the body into
the position in which it was found then,
not satisfied with the programme thus
far carried out, the little butcher must
needs disembowel his dead brother al
most in the exact manner in which his
father had the pigs the day before. |
mention here that the boy Gustave has
always been considered as possessing
weak intellect, but was thought to be
good hearted and tractable child. What
could have induced him to commit this
fearful crime is beyond our conjecture,
except it be from an unavoidable desire
to initiate his father in killing the pigs.
Since the tragedy, he has seemed to re-
alize, in a certain degree, the fearful
nature of the deed, and cries bitterly
when he sees how unhappy his father
and mother are. AT present he is kept
in close custody, but what disposition
the authorities viii make of him cannot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05
Horrors of a Mummy Pit.

A young Philadelphia, travelling in
Egypt, writes to the Inquirer, of that
city, that he was recently let down into a
cavern used as a sepulchre for mummies
He says:
Imagine a vaulted chamber about
twenty-five feet square. Away down in
the very heart of this granite rock, dimly
lighted by our two Pickering tapers,
filled almost to the roof, was a countless,
pied-up mass of uncof1iued mummies
There they lay in all shapes and pos :
lures. Time had burst the twining liga-
ments ef some, and their bony arms and
Aeshless fingers seemed struggling up
from the mass, as if to lay hold of the
disturbers of their slumbers Some were
placed upright against the wall, and, in
the weird shadows thrown by the candles
light their features twitehed and moved
and their long.sealed lips seemed open
ing to denounce us. The Arab drew a
long knife from the sheath on his arm,
and commenced cutting and tearing off
the wrappings in search of scarabeno !;
and, as his naked limbs sank among
the dry bones, and his swsrthy
arms tossed about the bodies, he
looked like some hideous vampire at
his nightly meal. The air was very bad,
and was about to beat retreat, when
suddenly a thought flashed across my
mind that almost froze my blood with
horror. / am not a coward, but for
moment my heart stood still. The cave
was filled with thousand mummies,
dryer than the dryest tindsr, and soaked
in bitumen, each one wrapped in many
folds of mummy cloth, as inAammable as
gun cotton. A single spark from one Of
the candles would have spread like wild
fire, and no power upon earth could have
saved us from fearful death we would
have been roasted alive ia five minutes.
l remarked this to Harry; be saw it
instantly, and yelled to the gside to be
careful Of the lights, while started for
the opening. On | went, through the
narrow passage, tearing knees and gar
ments against the sharp stones, shud-
deringly expecting each moment to lay
my hand upon the Shiny coils of a SER
pent in the dark, and every now and
then sticking fast, and feeling lin imag-
ination) the scorching breath of the fire
fend on my back. at last l reached the
hole and was drawn up, very glad to
breathe the pure air and feel the warm
sun again.
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ceptible effect. 1t was shy Of every
effort Of the darkey to take it.
He resolved to have it at all hazards,
that he might learn its name and nature
He procured net, and, after much
effort, caught IL, and carried it to a
colored neighbor, and asked his opinion
of the matter The other surveyed the
wonder moment and then said {:
'Sambo, / understand dis case. Dat fish
is mulethead 1t haint got any brains
In other words, added the Judge, al
cohol affects only the brain, and, Of
course. those having none may drink
without injury" uN
The storm of laughter that followed,
drsve the moderate drinker suddenly
from the house.
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sugRestions for a Novel.

A gentleman in England recently
opened letter addressed to his son, and
containing suggestions from a friend TO
the latter, for novel which he (the SOM
was privately writing The father was
exceedingly surprised and frightened
upon reading the following dreadful
words:
"DEAR Boz: You really must show
more caution in constructing your plots,
or the Governor will be sure to discover
the dead body Of Geraldine in the cellar,
and then your secret would be out You
consult me about the strychnine. ! GER
tainly think you are giving it to him in
rather large doses. Let Emily put her
mother in the madhouse. II will answer
your purpose well to have the old girl
out of the way. think your forgery is
far too small a sum. Make it three
thousand. Leave the rest Of your par.
ticularly nice family circle to me. Twill
finish them of, and send you back the
fatal dagger afterwards by book post.
Yours, DICK.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05
Stokes and the Negroes.

In June and July, 1865, Col. VIM. B.
Stokes was running for Congress in this
district against James r. Hood. Hood
had been advocating the admission Of
negro testimony, in his paper, the Ga
zettc, and in the State Legislature, and
had consequently becom4 unpopular with
a certain class of loyal men whose pre-
judices we're stronger than their reason
soning faculties, of whom Stokes was
then the exponent, as he is now. The
main argument by which he obtained his
election and defeated Mr.. Hood, by
Radical votes, was something like this
style. All through the district, wherever
he made speech, after alluding to his
own war record and his devotion to the
Union, his loyalty and integrity, he would
beonrna warmsdJudh ihno 'ar.aest of his
this treatise, and has collected much
lovel and instructive information for the
-ldication of the Southern people. The j..
,adical questions in debate are subjected
la thorough and searching inquiry. 1t
shighly praised by eminent statesmen
40 have seen the proOfsheets. 1t will
published within few weeks, by
lessrs. Z. j. Hale & Son, l6 Murray
rect, New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05
Loss By Portland Fire. July 4th.

V1HE total amount covered BY the Etna Poli-
Il cies on property destroyed or damaged if
$206, ,S54, on which salvage will be about five
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 900, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum is five per cent upon the Com
pany's assets, a figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or proportion equal to 5000 loss for COM
pany Of 5000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value OF
wealthy, strong corporations is torcibly IL
lustrated by this Ere. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has
population Of 35,00G-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures-protected
and ened with onward Of 5000 shade trees-
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the Ocean--and
with steam fire department-yet il has SlO,-
0OO,OOO Of property consumed in a few hours
upon a holiday when its people are least ocsu-
pied-frOm the very insignificant cause of
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the triaing origin Of fires that
sweep away in few hours the earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Etna Agent a call if you need proper insur-
anee security. Pay a fair rate Of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
10 by ii. A, LITTLETON * CO., Ag'u.
1895 No. 2 Madison street.
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We are selling the best prints in
merica at l23 and Is cents per yard.
= SHLoss & BRo.,
I 247 Main street,
! opposite Odd Fellows Hall.
Cured by the Laying on Of Hands.

MEMPHIs, TENN. June 3. lSe7,-This
the niggahs SWEARING and voting. -
Hood is the daddy of niggah equality
Il Tennessee. Look at him Don't you
see the wool on his teeth. ;"
This language Col. Stokes used July
%, 1865, not quite two years ago, in a
debate between himself and Hood in the
Baptist Chapel, corner Walnut and Sixth
streets, in this city. We and FIVE hum
dred other white men heard Col Stokes
use these words. There were no negroes
present on that occasion, as Brownlow
had not yet considered their votes neces-
sary for his reelection, and Stokes had
consequently received no orders from
him in relation to the subject. Chattd-
7looga Union, Mdy 18Th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05
q" THE ABERDEEN EXAMINER .

TSTHE ONLY DAILY PAPER BETWEEN
Columbus, Miss. aud Memphis, and ailerds
through its advertising columns unsurpassed
facilities for Communication between the mer-
chants of the Bluff City and tho merchants
and planters Of the interior.
Its proprietors having bought out the
SUNNY SOUTH OFFICE.
and merged the material and subscription li.ts
of the two papers into one, feel no hesitancy in
claiming that no journal il Mississippi is bet
ter calculated to win trade for its advertising
patrons than the EXAMINER.
fttF s. A. JONAS &c CO,
77.eod Publishers and Proprietors.
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PINE BLUFF DISPATCH.
Pine Bluff. Arkansas.
BOWERS & SPARKS, Publishers
Edited by j. H. SPARKS.

rs PUBLISHED WEEKLY, IN 0NE. or
the leading towns of Arkansas, at 81 % per
year, and offers to merchants Of Memphis great
facilities for advertising. 1t has an extensive
circulation, and is read in nearly every county
in the State, and in the Indian country west
and il the ONLY PAPER published IN Pine
Ruff. Arkansas river trade is worth having.
Send us your advertisement. Charges m0deo 50ieo
nj n
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= ~,
ers Of the
SOUTH EISN ASYLUM.
After the first Drawing others will occur each
month. All Agents for tho sale Of Tickets
must Give bond and security.
Persons who would dispose Of good lands, at
low cash rates, should address Gen. FRANK
O. ARMSTRONG, Memphis, Tenn.
All property must be assessed by disinterosted
parties. II not done, Il will not be included in
any scheme, and will be stricken from this.
At each Drawing the quantity and value of
lands distributed are equaliEed TO the number
of tickets sold. az provided in the charter.
Managers Of the corporation can hold no
Tickets.
Ten per cent. Of its profits, under the oath Of
the President and Managers. must go 10 the con-
struction and maintenance Of the Asylum for
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
The profits Of the company consist in the diff
ference between the cash and time valuations
ofproperty, as provided in their charter.
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REUBEN DALEY,
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER
No. $50 Second street.

~ Depcsitions in Admiralty cases taken in
Shorthand and transcribed. Noe1tra cnarge;
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Bet. Main and Front sts., opp. 0yerton Hotel.
WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY IN
! form the citizens of Memphis and vicinity
Mi with clean and delicious Bath; and pledge
myself To give entire satisfaction TO all my GUS
toners. Tho Bath Rooms are all new and at
first floOr, mot in the cellar, like the balance
in the city, conveniently fitted up and we'll
ventilated, and do not hesitate to claim for
them superiority over all others in this city.
Call and convince yourself. Charges very rea-
sonoble. The best BARRIERS always on hand for
the performance OF all tonsorial work:
9lio HENRY g HAMPE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05
REAL ESTATE LOTTERY.
GRAND LOTTERY SCHEMEl
.ands, Stocks, Town Lots !
Regular Monthly Drawings at Her
nando, Miss.
The First on June 10Th.
SOUTHERN ASYLUM.

V'HE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROP
i erty. will be distributed among Ticket hold
era ~ tha
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Attachment Suit.

B,f,re p. III. Heinrich. j. P. A. j. White d
Go. Is. Daniel b. Lindsay.
TT APPEARING, BY AFFIDAVIT IN
this cause, tnat the defendant, Daniel b.
Lindsay, is a nonresident of the State of Ten
nessee, it is therefore ordered that the said de-
fcndant make his appearance at my Office in
tbe citv of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennes-
see on or before the 5th day of June, 1857, then
and there to plead, answer or demur to plain
tiffs' complaint, or the same will be taken Tor
con rfessed and set for hearing exparte; and
,bat a cory Of this order be published for four
consecutive weeks in the Memphis PUBLIC
LEDGER. ,,,,r,,Drcrr m
oaw57-S2 Z. H. HELM hlOh, =. =
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05

NV. Allen W. NJ. G. Cayce and L. i. Alien
before VIM. S. Walton. Esq, J. r., - Madi-
son street
nEFENDANT, R. P. ALLEN, BEING a
Dnon-rCsident Of the state 81 Iennessee y
bercbv notifed that an attachment has been
issued, his property attached ~ garnis hment
and he l. required 10 appear ~ ny once ~
Memphis, on the 9th day Of June, lsbi and
rThis erder 70 be published once a week Tor
four weeks in the PUBLIC LEDeER.
WIN. S. WALTON, j. p.
A. c. KrrcHuu. Atty for Pfn laws
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-05

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF MEM
pbis. Tenn: The First National Bank, Of
Nemnbis and John W. Leftwich VS.. Edward
Mynaerse. II appearing from aihd9yit IN this
cause that the defendant, Edward Myndorse,
ia resident Of the state Of New York. ana a
non.resident of the State Of Tennessee, II Is
thcrefore ordered that the said defendant make
lis appearances herein. at the Court House IN
ne civ OF Memphis on or before the hrst
Monday in July, 1861. and plead, answer OF
dcmur 10 the petition fled hereiL, or the same
will be taken for confessed. as 20 him, and set
for hearing exparto. and that a copy OF this or
der be published once week for four success
sive weeks in the PUBLIC LEpGkh' ne"spa-
per published in the city Of Memnhis. =,
- A. ALSTON, G. and NJ.
By BENZ. COLEMAN, ID. c. and NJ;
RoEr. HUTCHINSON. Sol. Tor pills. oaW-es
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-01-17
COMFORTABLE DWELLING HOUSE.

and o.her buildings; a spqing Of good wafer
in the yard the Potomac Il Hedgesville graz
ded road ,uns through l.. Persons desiring to
purchase are invited 10 view he same which
will be shown them by NJ Daniel Lefevce
one of the commissioners.
-one-thi,d cash, and The residue in
Two equal annual payments with interest from
date, the purchaser giving personal security
and as further security lein will be retained on
the land for tae payment Of the deie red pay
mcnts.
Possession given the Isl of April, 1867,
l. NJ SHAFFER.
DANIEL LEFEVRE.
January 10 1867, Special commissioners
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-01-17
THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY.

There WAS full attendance ofthe MEM
bers Of the Democratic State Central
Committee of Indiana, on the 9th, and
after free interchange of opinions, the
following resolutions were adopted:
First, the Democracy renew their devo-
ton to the cardinal principles of the
government, second, they indorse the
veto OF the suffrage bill; third, that the
present troubles of the country were the
work of the Republican party; fourth,
that it was still the mission of the Dem
cratic party to maintain the integrity of
the Federal Constitution; and fifth, that
the Supreme Courts late decision was
right and should be supported. In all
parts of the country the Democratic par
ty is preparing for the-coming struggle
against the revolutionary designs of the
Radical party,
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SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF
WEST VIRGINIA..

This Body is now in session at Wheel
ing. The regularjudges, we understand,
are all in attendance, with the eAcep-
ton of Judge Harrison, whose place is
suppl led by Judge Loomis, OF the Cir
cult Court. Thus far, we have heard of
no decision rendered by the Court. We
presume, however, now that the high
est tribunal in the land has so emphat-
cally and Enthusiastically defined the STAG;
tus of Attorneys and Counsellors at law,
that our Court will be prompt to con-
clusion. The right of attorneys to
practice without taking the oath of Feb
rusry 1866. was fully and elaborately
argued before them last summer. They
have had the matter under consiGera-
ton since. aud let us hope that it will
now be within the limits of this State,
formally and forever settled, by ajndic-
ial decision which will render utterly
migratory and invalid any further Ieeis-
lation to deprive certain class of our
fclleW-citzens OF the means making
a livelihood.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-01-17
SP EOIAL OTIOES.

1aTCONsUMPTION Durable BY DR..
ScHENcK's MEpIcINE.-TO CURE CON.
SUMPTION, the system must be preparedsq
that the lungs will heale 70 accomplish this
the liver and stomach must first be cleansed
and an appetite created for wholesome food,
which, by these medicines will be dgested
properly, and good healthy blood made; thus
building up the constitution. SCHENCkS
MANDRAKE PILLS cleanse the stoma n Of
all bilious or mucous accumulations, ana. by
using the Sea Weed Tonic in connection, t5s
appetite is restored
SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP is nu.
trltious as well rs medicinal and by using the
three remedies. all impurities are expelled
from the system, and good, wholesome blood
made, which will repci all disease. II patients
will take these medicines according to drec.
tions, Consumption very frequently in its last
stage yields readily to their action. Take the
pills frequently, to cleanse the liver and
stomach. 1t does not follow that because tho
bowels are not costive they are not required
for sometimes in diarrhea they are necessary
The stomach must be kept healthy, and an APP
petite created to allow the Pulmonic Syrup to
act on the respiratory organs properly and
allay any irritation. Then all that is required
to perform permanent cure is, to prevent
taking cold. Exercise about the rooms a.
much as possible, eat all the richest food-fat
meat, game, and, in fact. anything the appe
tite Graves; but be particular and masticats
we'll November Is. 1866.
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TEST OATHs Decided UNC0NsFIPU
TI0NAL,

The Supreme Court Of the United
States, on Monday last, decided the
question involving the validity of the
provisions OF the Constitution of Mis-
souri. and the acts Of Congress passed
july 2nd ls62, and January q, 1863.
imposing what is known as the 'stest
OATH They go the full length Of de-
claring all such provisions in State Con-
stitutions Or laws, or in acts of Congress,
to be repugnaat to the Constitution of
the United States. and therefore utterly
null and void. Light is breaking!