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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07
Letter from Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr.

We find in the Leavenworth (Kansas)
Commercial terse and pointed letter oi
General Thomas Ewing, jr, upon the
political situation. 1t is addressed to
Col. 0. A. Bassett, of Lawrence, Kansas,
and is as follows:
WASHINGTON, November IS. 1857.
DEAR COLONEL: l have your letter oil
the 10th instant, advising me Of the
formation of Grant clubs by many Of
our comrades in Kansas, and asking my
opinion of the movement
/ earnestly wish to be in accord with
the great party of my Kansas and army
friends, and still hope to unite with them
in supporting General Grant for Presi-
dent. But / want first to know whether
he approves the reconstruction measures I;
for if he does cannot support him
regard them as mischievous-begot of
revenge, misdirected philanthropy, and
lust of power. l would as soon expect a
house to stand on the crater of living
volcano as a State, where whites and
blacks being nearly equal in numbers,
the whites are prescribed, and the blacks
made rulers. Such a government can
not long have the heartfelt sympathy Of
any large body of white men anywhere.
Blood is thicker than water, and North
ern whites will sympathize with Southern
whites in their struggle to shake off the
ineubus of negro rule II there we're no
prejudice of race to affect their action,
the Northern people would still refuse to
reproduce in the States Of the Union
Hayti or San Domingo, or any other
government and civilization the negro
race has established since the food.
To punish the Southern whites for their
treason, the Northern people might pos
sibly for a time be willing to afiict them
with such governments but selfinterest
forbids it. Ii were like the tabled war Of
the belly and the members. The North
already groans under the punish.
ment being inflicted on the South, and
must, besides, pay for the whip. The
negro governments, when formed, must
be propped up by Northern bayonets;
and, however costly, they can never
safely be withdrawn. When recon-
strucied, each one Of those States will be
like a magazine-all secure while care
fully guarded outside, but when let un.
guarded a chance spark will blow II and
all about il 10 the devil
Entertaining these views, l would not
support any candidate for the Presidency
who indorses the reconstruction mea-
sures, even IL they we're lawful, still less as
! consider them wholly unconstitutional,
and fGll Of danger as precedents.
] write you thus explicitly, because /
value your good opinion. and want yod
TO know how think and feel and mean
10 act on the stupendous questions which
lie around and before us
Yours, faithfully, THos EvNe, ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

S6- Miss Rebecca Clapp, nearly
ninety one years old, walked from New
Braintree to West Brookfeld, Mass,
seven miles, on the last day of October,
to pay her taxes and save the discount.
She carried a heavy bundle, and the next
day walked home. Miss Clapp has ac'
cumulated a property of $4,000, and
owns large farm on which she lives
alone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

B6F~ Charles Mulheirn, of the canton
of Uri, in Switzerland, has been fined
800 francs for refusing to accept an
office. This incident is so different from
anything in the experience of Americans
that we can hardly appreciate it,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

165- Mr.. Dickens visited the Boston
school ship, the other day, and made a
speech to the apprentices, winding up
with, "Boys, just do ALI the good you
can, and don't make any fuss about it "
Dickens is receiving the courtesies of
some of the Boston hteraG He has
already been dined by Longfellow,
Holmes, Lowell, and several others.
Dickens is reported very quiet and in
dustrious, spending most of his time in
writing for lis weekly paper at home,
although he receives about fifty requests
daily for his autograph. His readings
at Boston commence next Monday
evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07
WONDERFUL INVENTION =!
HERE 1T IS---LOOK AT 1T.
THE INVALID AND PARL0R SPIrT00N.
JNO. M. CAYCE'S PATENT.


FRANKLIN, TENN, Sept. II, 1867.
MO COMPLICATION ABOUT 1T. NOT
IN liable to get out of order. Only two mova-
Bile pieces in the operation Of using 1.-THE lid,
and the lever that raises it. The lever is placed
in the handle, and when the handle is taken
hold of the lid rises when released, tho lid
closes. thereby excluding from viow the entire
contents of the box. 1t is an ornament for the
center table does aw iy all the unpleasantness
from the casting off expectoraton about the
sick bed. 1t is as eOsily cleaned as an ordinary
tin cup. SEE one of them and you will never
use any other receptacle for expeotorati N. Its
cheapness and superiority being so much supe-
rior than anything ever before used for tho
purpose, and adapted to all classes and c0ndi-
tons of our race, in all climates, at home or
abroad. by land or by sea. by day or by night,
in ckness and in health, in prosperity or ad-
versity-always at your service ready to serve
you, and almost for nothing only one dollar
and for much less to wholesale customers.
No man Of energy need ever co uplain of hard
times or fear o starving il he can raise even five
dollars TO begin with. Ono hundred AGENTS
WANTED IMMED lately, TO aid in supply
ing the demand. County and State Rights for
sale. Come. and come quickly Delays are
DANGEROUS. Disease is in the land. We say
again. every family on the globe should have
one or more.
Col. M. G. CAYCB,
OF MEMPHIS,
General Agent for the United States; Head
quarters at tho Arcade, 300 second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

EG~ Mr.. S. N. Pike is the owner of
about five thousand acres of the Newark
marshes, near New York, and, with
another large owner, is organizing a
company to drain and reclaim these vast
tracts. They have adopted system of
diking by means of walls of cast iron
,,lofaa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

B6s" An iconoclast of the name of
Mayer has smashed Logan, not the
learned boy from Illinois, but the original
aboriginal Logan, proving him to have
been most debauched and thievish
savage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

Bds" Mr.. Bateman has received letter
from Ofenbach, felicitating him on the
manner in which the Grande Duchesse
has been brought out in New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

neA- Edward A. Pollard, recently shot
by young Wise, in Baltimore, is not out
of danger His arm may possibly re-
nnire amnntAtion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

B6y- Mrs. Gaines has gone back to
New Orleans to prosecute her claims for
the estate of Daniel Clark.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

H6~ Caroline Richings was married
on Saturday to M P. Brainard at Phil
adelphia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

1@r Juarez sleeps now in Carlotta
bed, and his daughter in Maximilian's.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

n@- Sig. Moses Montfori has gone to
look after the wants of the Jews in
Roumania.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

H6~ Mrs. Yelverton is reading in
Providence this week. She is failure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

~ Thurlov Weed lives in g mansion
an Fifth avenue, New York, worth S50,-
600. With q maiden daughter Of bis, Who
acts as housskeeper
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07

HAV1NG RETIRED FROM THE REAL
III Estate and Rental business on account of
my health, would hereby t.ank the public
for the liberia patronage that has been be-
sto ~ ed upon me, an / would respectfully re-
commend and cordially ask for continuance
OF the same to my successors, Messrs. REED
4 WILSON gentlemen of known integrity and
business qualifications. q. w. POOL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07
100000 feet Cypress Lumber;
100000 A" Poplar I"
100000 Laths and Shingles.
w o . ID.
900 CORDS DRY WOOD. AT g 50 PER
ss.isl l''-' - vENABLE's SAW MILL.
COAL! COALI COAL!

Al sA SHELTON & CO., COTTON FAC
"A tors and Commission merchants. are now
prepared to iurnish a ffH c'nfs coal at one dole
lar per barrel atthe yard. 0rdcrs Tor coal must
be Jeff at the ofhco, room Cooper hi9sk'
MCuToU street N-lN-
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We find in the Leavenworth (Kansas)
Commercial terse and pointed letter of
General Thomas Ewing, jr., upon the
political situation. 1t is addressed to
Col. 0, A. Bassett, of Lawrence, Kansas,
md ia as follows.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-07
JoI. M. G. CAYCB.
on AfENHpuTC
NOTICE.

General Agent for the United States; Hea
quarters at tho Arcade, 300 second street.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-06

her aunt's conversation about Ludo-
vic, and Tetchen thought it unjust
that she should be interrogated on
the subject after being so treated.
" | told you, miss, 1 didn't hear
anything-only just the name"
= Very well, Tetchen, that will do;
only hope you won't say such things
OF Aunt Charlotte anywhere else
" What harm have | said, Linda?
to say of widow that she's to be
married to an honest man is not to
say HARM"
$ But it is not true, Tetchen; and
you should not say it" Then
Tetchen departed, quite unconvinced,
and Linda began to reflect how far
her life would be changed for the
better or for the worse, if Tetchen's
tidings should ever be made true.
But, as has been said before, fetch
ems tidings were never to be made
true.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Contracts Solicited.

f.. H. EHRMAN az CO.. AGENT,
IL Water st.
4. z. SHRADER,
Gent Freight Agt. E. d, c. R.R.
j. A. HILL.
Gent Freight Agt. o. & d. R.R.
sels
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BANKING.
First National Bank
OF EVANSVILLE. IND.
II. y. Depository.
Organized June, 1868.

OIBduI1eu june Iobo.
CAF1IAL S5OO.OOS
JOHN s. HOPKINS, President;
JAMES H. CUTLER, Cashier.
Directors, q. Maghee, John Ingle, j
Charles Vlele, M. j. Bray, VIM. Brown, }.
s. Hopkins, Robert Barnes, +. w. Sawyer.
e. Preston.
Doing a general Banking. Exchange, and
Collection Business.
Revenue Stamps fors le, TOY2g y
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Time and Rates Guaranteed

BG~ The above organization offers
more favorable inducements to ship
pers by this than any other route.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-06
Description.

5sSaIers in Steam Guages, Gum Betting
ERR Brlcks, Wrought Iron Pipes, Boltin
RRsAa, de-, at Manufacturers Prices.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-06
Departing Done at Short Notice.

Sygrxrnen sent to all parts to fit up work
ssrx5 Repair Boilers anu machinery.
zaw Ali orders wiiIr eceIve our tndlv1du-
Atnztantion, and Will be promnil filed on
- Szost reasonable erms.
DsaAce and Foundry on the Canal corner
ne iAg1e Street oct6-d1y
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-06
R0BACCU SCREWS, &C., &C.,

eeon and Brass Castings of Every
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16
Ohio State JnIr.

The State Fair of Ohio is to be held this
year on The same grounds which were Oo.
Cupied for the exhibition last year, at the
city OF Dayton, in Southwestern Ohio. The
days for which the Fair is appointe1
are from Monday, the Oath, to Friday, the
27th of September.
At this exhibition, competition is open
to the world exhibitors are charged moth
ing for entry fees; no exhibitors tickets
will be issued; single admission to tho
grounds, 20 cents; no carriages or persons
on horses are admitted. The premiums are
larger than usual. Stallion lst premiums
IN all classes are $50. Sweepstakes on
horses 500. First Bull premiums (Short'
horns) $50. Sweepstakes on Bulls Sl00
and $50. Sweepstakes on Herd 800 aud
$50, on Cows $50 First Sheep premiums
$50 aud SIS. Sweepstakes on fine and long
woul sheep $50 and 1876. Leading premi
ums on Swine $50, SIS and 81. Sweep.
stakes on Swine $25 Plow teams $40 and
$l0 Poultry in popular classes s. ami
49, Sweepstakes $40. The Fruit premi.
INNS are liberal $50 and $40 for display
and varieties; Essays--Sl00 for best re-
port for local agriculture in each of the
counties of Delaware, Ross, Seneca, Sum.
NIT and Washington, S25 for reports of ac-
tual experiments in understanding, in any
part of the State.
Besides these leading prizes. a liberal
scale of general premiums ia offered in the
usual departments of live stock, mechanics,
manufacturers, fruit, vegetables. domestic
fabrics aud fine arts. The Floral Depart
ment is abolished, except for boquets aud
baskets of flowers for table.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16


Tho ST. Louis Times gives some accounts
Of the recently reported deposits Of tin In
Missouri. Several thousand acres Of land
have recently been entered in Madison and
Iron counties, upon which the owners hope
to find tin--lands which have heretofore
been considered as almost worthless, be.
cause Of their billy, rocky character and
their remoteness from river and railroad
communication. These lands have been en-
tered aud purchased by parties respec-
lively from Detroit. st. Louis, Chicago.
Wheeling, Pittsburg, about in the order
named as TO quantity, U. X. Booth Of De-
troit taking the lead. The st. Louis par.
ties have three Cornwall miners al work
exploring with very favorable results.
The tin fever" has assumed q oontag.
ious form, and everybody has the attack"
Farms which could have been bought o
few weeks ago for ten or fifteen dollars an
acre are now eagerly snapped up at from
one hundred to three hundred dollars por
acre and il the investigation, now being
made, results satisfactorily, some land we
know of could not be purchased for one
thousand dollars per acre The Ironton
Register says:
Cornwall's glory has departed. The
United States is no longer dependent upon
the Old World for their saucepans; for in
Southern Missouri there 10 tin enough to
supply her kitchens for million years.
Our people are fairly wild about tin. One
half the population own tin mines aud the
other half are trying to own some. Every
body has piece Of tin ore in his pocket.
and there IL scarcely blacksmith shop in
the country where ladies' and pans have
not been coated with tin.
Our towns are full of jauntily dressed in.
dividuals, who, having made fortunes in
the eastern oil regions and other land spec
ulations, are here looking after tin. Blow.
pipes protrude from pockets as frequently
as bowios" do in Arkansas. Farmers
plow up green colored rock, aud unhtch
the team, for they have found tin. Discus
sions on theological and poll ticaI subjects
all merge into tin. Everything is tin. Men
drink to tin. There has boen tin we'd.
ding
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16
THE UNION PLATFORM.

The Republican Union party Of Ohio iu conyen.
tior asaembled, declare
First That one of the great lessons OF the war
Ia thar The American people are a nation, aud not
merely confederacy of sovereign and iudepend.
ent States,
Ysoond, That our existence as nation Is based
ON the great principles announced in the Declara-
tion Of fndeper denco, aud yudicated by the Proc
lamatjou Of Emancipation, the Constitutional
Amendment abolishing slavery, and the spirit Of
Republicsn Democracy aud Justice which under
lies the recsnstructon policy of the s9th and 10th
Congress- which we hereby fully endorse, and
which we demand shall be carried into complete
effect by every needful act of additional lecisla-
ton,
Third. That while we always cherish and defend
the American system of local and municipal pur-
noses, and a national government for national pur-
pesea, and while we are unalterably opposed to
ali nttempts al Capitalization and consolidation
of power anywhere, we hold that liberty and hu.
mar rights oonstitute our great national boon,
which local or state organization must not allow
10 be abridged or taken away,
Esn,th That imbued with the apirit of true De-
mocranv md believino that The mowers necessary
for The purpose of attaining the ends of tho gov
ernment onght moi 10 be restricted 10 A privileged
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16
A RESOLUTION,

Relative to an Amendment Of the Constitution,
providing for the Extension of the Elective
Franchise.
Resolved by ne General Assembly of The State Of
Ohio, thrue.hfths OF the members elected TO each
House agreeing thereto, that II he and is hereby
proposed TO the electors Of this State 20 vote ct the
next annual October election upon the approval or
rejection Of the following Amendment, as substi-
tute for the Grst section OF the ih article Of the
Constitution Of this State, to-wit;
every male citizen of the United States Of the
age Of twenty-ouo years, who shall have been a
resident OF the State one year next preceding the
election, aud Of the county, township or ward in
which he resides such time may be provided by
law, except such persons as have borne arms In
support Of any instruction or rebellion against
the Guvernment Of the United States, or have fed
from their places of residence to avoid being draft
ed into the military service thereof, have desert
ed the military or naval service Of said Govern
ment in time Of war aud have not subsequently
bcen hcnorably discharged from the same, shall
have the qualifications OF elector aud bo entitled
TO vote at all elections"
ED. A. PARR0TT,
Speaker Of he House Of Representatives.
ANDREW @. McBURNEY,
Presideai Of the Senate.
Passed April 0, 1867. SOa
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16
THE suRRATT CASE.

The trial of SuRRArr came on Saturday TO
ON end by the discharge of the jury, which
after forty.eight hours conference stood
precisely as on the Grst ballot, four for con
victiOn aud eight for acquittaL After the
discharge Of the jury, Judge FISHER called
attention to the outrageous conduct Of the
Attorney for the prisoner, MIR. BRGDLEY,
who, during the progress Of the case, had
committed personal assault on the Judge,
and announced the dismissal of the Attor-
ney from the bar. Mr.. BRADLEY declared
that an the Judges statements were false,
aud shortly aiterward sent him challenge.
The affair created intense excitement in
Washington.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16

A veteran soldier of the I'D Ohio Regi.
ment related in our hearing, few days ago,
All incident that occurred on the campaign
from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He says
that while his regiment rested for few
minutes at Etowah, in Georgia, he had some
conversation with rebel lady. Her first
inquiry was about Judge Thurman, Of Co.
lumbus, Ohio, the present candidate Of the
Copperhead Democracy for Governor. The
lady was outSpoken in her praise Of the
Judge and his family. She said that the
Confederacy had one friend in Ohio. at least
tried and true, in the person Of Judge Thur
man. She said that she had son then q
prisoner Of war at Camp Chase, who always
spoke in the highest terms of praise OF the
conduct of the Judge and his family toward
him aud his associate prisoner Of war. Was
ever a mother of wounded or sick Unicn
soldier known to bear testimony to the acts
of charity Of Judge Thurman and his fam
ily2 We guess not.-Hardin Co. Rep.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16
The Johnson-Conovor Conspiracy.

II appears that Sanford Oonovor applied
to johnson for pardon from conviction of
perjury, and that he made bid for il by
offering to Johnson that he would testify
that Ashley aud Blu Ter tried to suborn him
to testify to circumstances that would i'm.
plicate johnson in the Booth assassination.
1t appears that Conover promised, when
there was nothing to drive him to do 1t but
his own volition, that he would furnish evi
denoe to the Congressional Committee that
would implioate Johnson in tue murder. He
tells of their inducing him; but all that we
know il that he assured them there was
abundance of testimony to that fact and that
he would pl loduce It, This he tsst6es to.
We repeat, all that we know by Conovers
testimony is that he assured Butler and
Ashley that there was plenty of evidence
that johnson was accessory to the murder
Of Lincoln. lie testlfies to this. The Court
believes q mau when he ia confirming his
own crimes but does not credit his testi
mouy against others. The case is 80 des.
perate that il suggests the inquiry, has
Johnson taken this miserable means to an
ticipate the Judiciary Committee aud turn
suspicion from him 7 Are the circumstau-
ces that have been revealed by this Com.
mittee so damaging that he teels 1t neces-
sary to head off the general verdict by this
conspiracy p Cincinnati Gazette,
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-08-16
Age OF Masonry,

We find an item taken from Glasgow
paper, stating that st, Johns Lodge No. 3,
of that city, has recently celebrated the
s00th anniversary of its existence, it hav.
ing been created by charter from King
Malcolm in 1907. We should like to see
the muster roll Of that Lodge, beginning
more than eight centuries ago, and running
along with the age to the present time.
What kings and Kingdoms have risen and
fallen since tho gavel was 6rst sounded in
in the East. How the world has changed,
aud what progress has been made in science
and art. Eight hundred years in the life
time Of a lodge!