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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-03
How Sir Roger Kept Christmas

Most of our readers are familiar with
Addisons picture of Coverly Hall, at
Christmas time, when Sir Roger adopt
ed the lsudable custom Of his ancestors
in keeping open house" The esssyist
says:
He had killed eight Eat hogs for that
season, had dealt about bis chimes very
literally among his neighbors, and, in
particular, be had sent string Of hog s
buildings, with pack Of cards. 10 every
poor family in the parish. g have
often thought" said Sir Roger, "it hap
pens very well that Christmas should fall
out in tho middle of winter. Il is the
nost dead, uncomfortable time OF the
year, when the poor people would suffer
very much from their poverty and cold,
If they had not good cheer, warm 6res
aud Christmas gambols to support them.
/ love to rejoice their poor hearts at this
season, and 10 see the whole village ia
my great hall / allow a double guam
THY Of malt 20 my smallbeer, and set IL
running for twelve days TO every one
that calls for IL | have always piece
Of cold beef and mince pie upon The
table, and | ap wonderfully pleased TO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-03
cARRYING DEADLY WEAPONS.

Society cannot be reformed, human
life cannot be secure so long as people
are allowed to carry deadly weapons
concealed about their persons. In
community where many people throag
together, and every one is armed, there
is danger of collisions and unavoidable
accidents. TO arm ones self and go
upon the streets without any definite
purpose, is to make sad commentary
upon civilization, morals aud law, as
they exist among us. 1t is anything else
than creditable. 1t is to say, II have
no confidence in the pacific intentions of
my neighbors. ] may expect an attack
at any moment, and therefore | will be
prepared TO meet i" Every man who
carries deadly weapons, reasons in the
same way. Society is at war, or, at
least, many persons are at war with So
ciety OF fatal accident that occurred
in Philadelphia on Christmas day, from
the practice of carrying firearms, the
Ledger says, with great force and truth,
che custom of carrying pistols and
guns, for the purpose of firing in the
streets, even blank cartridges, upon oc-
cssions of this Kind. is very censurabls
Que, being dangerous SOFT Of nuisance
II is Bad enough aud quite ineEcssable
hut what eEense can possibly be framed
for taking such weapons into crowded
streets. loaded with slugs and balls
Even IL no deliberate msfdsr is inicndeS
by the Carrying Of weapons so loaded, J
is s,iu criminal, not only because il i
agains, the law, bnt because eyerybod,
Is in danger Of their accidental discharge
or being hit by the bsllalg when SOM
other objects are aimed at In the pres
eat case, for example, a little child ha'
a aarrow escape from death, as one
tae b-sIs fired from the pistol passe
sLroxeh door nssr which the child wa
standing. But, besides All this, the mer
consciousness of having ssssss, : T-s-Fo
At hand very often tempis the persol
carry ng il 10 do acts that he wou
shrink from If the knife or pistol wss no
30 convenient The young man who put
loaded pistol into his pocket, and goe
ont into the street. or TO ball, or to an,
public gathering. is deliberately tempt
ing The gaIlors At the very 1onen
when he has adopted the habit Of carry
ing such a weapon upon bis persOn, b
has wiIfnsly taken the first step toward
that awful end
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-03
ARRANGEMENT OF THE OPERA HOUSE
DRAWING.
From the Chicago Times.

From the Chicago Times.
The preparations for the drawing OF
the Art Association are almost complete.
We have already published the names OF
gentlemen who are 10 be present as o
committee from abroad. The drawing
will take place on the afternoon of the
2lst of January, the Opera House being
under engagement for the evening The
certificates of the association will admit
holders on being shown at the entrance,
and there is no donbtthat there will be an
OVERLOOKING house.
The agents throughout the country re-
turn their unsoId certificates, If any re-
main. on the first of January. Orders
will be received at the Office here until
the books are closed, which the manage
ment expect will be about the 10th.
There is no doubt that the present de-
mand will take up every certificate.
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ALBERT GRIFFIN.

An obscure individual, says a Southern
paper, called ALBERT GHIRrIs, who pub
lishes negro paper in Mobile, makes an
eloquent appeal TO Congress to come to
the rescne Of the loyal people Of the
South. He asks Congress to constantly
bear in mind that the great majority OF
Southern whites are either disloysl, or
led by these that are; that the disloyal-
lists ara aIgsady thoroughly crganized,
and that Il viii be utterly impossible fog
the Southern Unionists 10 form an
efficient party TO oppose them, so long as
they have no chance Of success; that
success can be rendered possible only by
he ppffanehisement OF al Tie coiorec
slfoni6
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The vicksbnrr Herald nays: General
woop thinks one dollar and q half per
mouth is too much for teac hing the col
ored idea. Fifty cents is his figure, and
1.-THE best government the world ever
saw" won't give assistance 70 such
schools if they charge more. If the
freed people cannot Tor win mott pay
anything they must be taught free. Such
is Order No rs, and is hardly likely to
encourage the establishments OF . large
number of schools. In Order No. 26, the
General says they must succeed, and
urges his sub-commissionrs to greater
diligence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-03

On Saturday last Mr.. Henry Berner,
who resides in the second story OF the
binding No. 2l3 Columbia street, be.
tween Elm and Plum streets, purchases
two hogs in market and had them taken
to his residence for the purpose Of pack
ing them for winter use. On Saturday
night the hogs we're packed, small
piece only being reserved for immediate
use. On Sunday this piece was cooked,
and at dinner on that day all the parties
partook heartily oft.
In the afternoon they we're oil taken
violently i'll, and ON Mondsy morning
three of them--Mr. Berner's father, aged
seventy years, and daughter and son
aged respectively five and three years
died. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Berner have
partially recovered, and were last night
considered out Of danger. The three
Of the family who died were all buried
in one grave on Christmas morning.
The physician in attendance pro-
nounced the cases those Of Asiatic chol..
era, caused by the eating of diseased
pork. - Cincinnati Gazette, ~.
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raE INvEHroR OF FRICTION MATCHES,

The Hartford Times announces that
the inventor of friction matches was
ALoYzo DwiGur PHILLIPS, who lived in
East Hartford, and was laborer in a
powder mill. In 1881, from mixing the
ingredients Of gundpowder, he first con
ceived the idea of igniting a compound
by friction, and after many experiments
succeeded in doing it. After leaving the
powder mill he worked at shoemaking, in
Hartford, and on very limited scale
attempted to manufacture his friction
matches He could not produce many,
however, and applied to DR.. ABEL A.
COOLEY, a backing manufacturer, for
assistance, who aided him in getting his
matches upon the market, and soon af.
forwards Mr.. PHILLIPS, with another per-
son, established match factory at Cab
otsville, Connecticut, sud made large
quantities of them. PHILLIPS sold town
and county rights, but although he re-
ceived considerable sums Of money he
expended it as fast as he made it, and.
the Times says, he was poor man when
he died. His inventionis now one of the
most universal and indispensable articles
in use.
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sonEwHAr ALARnEp

The rcvoluiionisis are becoming
alarmed. The recent decision Of The
Supreme Court has unsettled them. A
Washington telegram Of Monday says
MI. STEVENS is preparing an important
measure to be Introduced into Congress,
looking to Radical changes in both ex-
ecuiive and Judicial quarters The re-
cent decisions Of the Supreme Court
regarding military trials and other i'm
portant decisions to follow, which. il. Is
alleged, viii deelaFe several laws now on
the statute books unconstitutional has
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M z pICAL.
MEDICAL.
Something New Under the SUM-
A New Era in Medicine@

r EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED:
IL read the following:
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,'
and spoken Of as incurabie, read the following:'
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
faith In evidence, read the following:
Knop all Men BY these Presents, That on this
the twentieth day of juno, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-sixs
personally came Joseph haydock tomo, kno ,s3
lows That he Is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereof, for pro-
parations or medicines known as MAG9lEL&
PILLS and sALvE and that the ,ba hsst
h Is sn0J JAMES sH sM PETIT Notary Public
Wall Street, New York.
De. MAGGIEL: I take my pom to write you g
my great relief. and that the awful pain in I'M
side has left me at last-thanks to your medicine
on, doctor, how thankful am that / can Sd,
some sleep. l can never write 1t enough.
thank you again and again. and am sure you
are really the friend Of all sufferers. could
pS sSs sw n1ns to you GAMES hHs' M w
June l, 1856. ITO Avenue ID.
This is to certify that was discharged irolz
the army with Chronic pierrhoes. and hay(
been cured be Dr.. aS WfnsoR RilI H;.ARvEy.
New York. April Z. ia a n Pitt Street. \
Tho following is an interesting case of mar
employed in an Iron Foundry. who. in pouring
| melted iron into flask that was damp and wei
caused nm explosion. The melted iron We
J thrown around and on him in u perfect shower,
/ and he was burnt dreadfully. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks after the accidents:
NEW YoRK, Jan. II, 1906.
! NV name is Jacob Hardy; am an iron founl
| der; was badly burnt by hot iron in Novembei
| last; my burns healed but had a running sore
| on my leg that would not heal; tried MnggieI'1
| Salvc, and it cured me in a few weeks. This L
! ali true and any body can now see me at jack
| sons Iron Works, Second Avenue;
j.. HARDY.
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A HORRIBLE MYSTERY.
Two Men and Woman Butchered
Their Bodies Boxed and Shipped
az Freight.

Bosroy. December 3l.--A mysterious
and diabolical affair has just come to
light On Friday box was shipped as
merchandise at Philadelphia for this
port on the steamer Saxon, and marked
Edward Mason, Portland, Maine
The shipper said it would be claimed
1T Boston. The box was accidentally
broken open here, and on examination
was found TO contain three dead bodies
Two men and woman. apparently
aged about IS years. The throats of the
woman and one of the men had been cut,
but no marks of violence were discovered
on the other. Tho public believe they
were aii murdered. A dispatch to Ed.
xsrd Mason. Of Portland, Me, has not
been answered At present the matter
is wrapped in mystery.
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rHE SOUTH TO BE DIVIDED.

The Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier, writing Of the Radi-
cal plans, says: i have the authority
of a person, late General in the Fed
eral service, for stating that it is their
intention to divide the South into four
departments, and govern it by military
rule. The precise manner in which it is
proposed to inaugurate this movement 1
do not know, but ] have no reason to
doubt he>truth Of the statement. The
fact that this officer commanded a brig
ade of negro troops gives color to tho
statement"
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wEDDINGs.

Our young friends-and old ones,
too--who are anxious TO learn how many
weddings married couple may lawfully
have, will be pleased to know that one
year after marriage comes the paper
wedding FIVE years after marriage the
wooden wedding ten years, the tin we'd
ding; twenty-five years, the silver we'd
ding; fifty years, the golden wedding
and seyeniy-fve years, the diamond
wedding.
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a NEW CUTOFF.

The Vioksburg Herald says the lannon's
Davis cutoff has at length been made.
The Mississippi river has thus beef
shortened eighteen miles. The chute is
twenty-five miles below Vicksburg on The
Mississippi side. We have heard Of one
boat going through, but We have. learned
that the water is deep enough to permit
all. The Block House" erected by
the Federals, has been washed away. The
residences of JOE and JEFF. DAVIS are
therefore on an island.
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VENTILATION.

An apparatus has recently been in
vented for purifying the vitiated air Of
theatres, churches and crowded lecture
rooms. 1t consists Of metallic vessel,
which reyolves, and containing perfumcd
water, the latter is given OF by the appli-
cation Of heat, in the form Of steam,
through jets placed on the outside ofthe
vessel. This steam being disseminated
throughout the apartment, absorbs and
precipitates the poisonous matter present
in the atmosphere.
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p0r The order prohibiting persons
from seeking redress through the courts,
in cases Of ti,isa 10 lands aud other
pnsaefly con6scated and held by the
Government has been revoked in tho
military department of Washington by
direction Of the President
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l6r A Boston paper says "it is vel

D@ A Boston paper says 1T is very
exciting to wait for the telegraph two
hours of morning, just before daylight,
and find The dispatch, when it comes,
announcing that barn was burned in
Ncsthern Minnesota. Damages twenty
five dollars; no insurance" 1t is also
lively for the temper and pocket of the
editor and publisher.
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LUMBER ! LUMBER j
Large ard Well Selected Stock Of
Cypress and Poplar Lumber
AT G. NJ. vEYABLE's sAw-MILL.

WEHAvE NOW ON HAND AND ARE
w constant ~ saving Cypress and POPLAR
S,lls. Joists, q srncr Posts. Scantiing Studdinr,
Rafserz. Eridg ing, Strips, I. u and Inch clear
Cypress and P lpiar Plank. rough Flooring ADD
Weafhcrboarc lag, common inch Plank, Sheet
ing. Fencing nj Fence Pofts, pickcfs Lsths
and Shinries. which will be sos,s 81 favorable
prices to CAST Purchaser.
Dimension i'inIbers sawed to order. Orders
filed on short noeice. Teams always a. hacd
and strict atornisnn given 10 the delivery q
Lnmhers
% GEo. c. 4 JOS. vENABLE. Assn,s..
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nsrAdy,ces from South Ame.ica Alta

b@ Advices from South Ame.ica state
that MoSauERA has declared neutrality
as between the South American Repub-
lies and Spain, and the seizure Of mup;.
jtions 81 war from the former Il attempted
to be transported aorosx the isthnGs,
but that either belligerent may bring
prizes Into the port of Colombia
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THE NEW PRESIDENTIAL MANSION.

For several months officers of the To-
biographical Engineer Corps have been
making surveys and examinations in the
neighborhood of Washington for the
selection of a proper site for the new
Presidential mansion. They are now
making up their report, and it is said
have selected for the mansion and park
a tract of 1900 acres Of land lying north
ward of the city, and near Columbia
College.
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inierrogatory "Can that be said to o'
ssatemanahjp which leaves millions o
men in gloohy discop,eut, and possibly
ia state Of alienation in the day o.
national diniculiy?' And again: Look
across the seas. Is Ireland, in her pres
ent condition, fretfnl, discontinued, com
PEELED to support an establishment n
which she does not believe, and which
the vast majority Of her people abs.or, 9
source Of power or weakness ito Great
britain? Ia not Austria wise in remov'
ing all ground Of complaint against her
on the part Of Hungary r
The writer Of the article alluded to is
unfortunate in both his arguments and
illustrations. His aim. says the Rich
mond Wing, is to defend the Radicals,
while every sentence we have quoted
shows their entire disregard OF true
craftsmanship. They are doing with the
South precisely what England did with
Ireland, and what Austria did with Hun
gary. BY his own showing, discon-
tented South is a source Of weakness, not
Of strength, to the Union and it would
be wise for the Government to re-
move all ground of complaint from the
South as it was in Austria to do the
ike with Hungary. Out Of his own
mouth be is condemned" Carried away
BY his zeal for the negro, the writer Of
the Atlantic Monthly loses sight of the
white man. He says in high sounding
language, strong as we are, we need
The energy that slumbers in the black
mans arm to make US strongerl" Is
he strength that slumbers in the arms of
he millions Of Southern whites who, for
Iour years, and under all conceivable
disadvantages, contested supremacy with
he North,to be dispised? Is this states
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s~ The 5aeLeen Clarion says; 80
far ss we have bees able to make in
quiry. the experience of majority Of
the planters is against hiring freedmen
for stated wages, and in favor Of giving
them for compensation certain poF-
ton Of the cron-"
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e&-A faceiious editor recommends
persons vhn giant 10 commit suicide to
save the price of cord, bowl or dagger,
and 20 10 Missouri, where they will be
killed gratis.
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s@- Says Fortress Monroe dispatch
of Monday: "A difficulty occurred in
Hampton last night A party of negroes
made an attack on store to avenge the
death of one who was shoi while attempt
ing to atesl, They were dispersed by
the military"
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The fat has gone forth-the fiat that
the Southern States not now represented
in Congress will be reduced to territories
unless they shall reconsider their recent
action, and ratify the Constitutional
Amendment. The latter need not be
expected. Well, then, this is what we
may expect. Bills will pass Congress
abrogating the governments OF ten South
ern States, and creating provisional gov
ernments. A Governor will be appointed,
together with commissioners, who will
be clothed with powers to net in districts
and counties, and perform such official
acts as are now performed by State and
county officers. Under proclamation
by the Governor, conventions will as
semble for the purpose Of framing constr
tutions adapted to the new order of affairs
at Washington, and preparatory to admls'
sion into the Union. The proclamation
will prohibit the white population
from voting for delegates, and commit
the business of electing them to the me-
croes. both white and black The white
negroes will, assisted by troops who will
be on hand for the purpose, compel the
black negroes to vote for none but 10y
alists, either white or black. But the
presumption is, that the former will pre-
dominate in the conventions, as they are
mere ambitious, more mean, and have
more axes to grind. When the constitu-
tions shall have been formed, and sub
mitted for ratification to the aforemcn-
toned negroes of both colors, they will
be laid before Congress. That body,
having presided over the action Of the
conventions, or having actually framed
the instruments, will proceed to admit
the ten Southern States into the Union
Every white man whoAided the South,
or gave it aid and comfort during
the late war, viii be DISTINGUISHED.
The future governments Of the
ten States will be in the hands OF the
two classes Of negroes. After admission
into the Union, the Legislatures Of these
States will ratify the Constitutional
ndment and secure the unconditional
ascendency Of the present Radical party
in the Government The main purpose
of this territorial scheme is to secure the
massage Of that measure. tits q long and
tedious process, but our Jacobins have
set their hearts on it, and, come veal or
woe, they intend to carry it through In
making this statement, we may not, in
the mere matter of detail, be quite accu-
rate. but we feel sure of the substance.
President JOHNSON will resist the scheme,
bat cannot arrest it. The only serious
danger it viii snconnser, will be from
the Supreme Court Il might, and prob
ably would, declare i. unconstitutional.
But that tribunal is in as much danger
from Congress. The Executive depart
ment has been crushed, and why not the
Judicial? Resolving itself into Cent
raj Directory, it could declare it abol-
ished. Or. the judges could be i'm
peached, turned out of Office, and ia
Goblin judges be appointed to succeed
them. We would, if disposed that way,
wager something on Congress. We do
not think the party that controls it is
ripe for destruction yet There are a
few more desperate acts to be performed,
before the trump of its doom sounds.
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bee- A Washington dispatch contains
an interesting account Of collision be-
tween a United States gnnboat and a
whale, in which the leviatban OF the deep
got the worst Of the encounter.
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fey-A Little Rock dispatch Of Monde

eG-A Little Rock dispatch Of Monde. !,
says revenue collector named BDowS
was wsy,aid at Duvalls Bluff on the
beth. He was shot through the jaws and
robbed of gold watch an! fifeesn thou.
sand dollars. His condition is critical.
He had drawn the money in Memphis
1t is supposed tina: be was followed by
the robbers. No arrests.
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s@senaior YArEs, of Illinois, says
''the voice Of the people is the voice Of
God" he meaus the voice Of the Radi-
cal people, Of course.
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produced a feeling Of alarm. Able
jurists ia both Houses are considering
the proprie,y Of Congress taking inrne-
date action to avert serious danger,
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Two Attractive Comedies!
THURSDAY EVENING, Jan. 8, 1857. will be
preseatcd. for the first time this season, the
domestic drama, in three acts. entitle the
SERIOUS FAMILY. Mrs. Ormby Del
maine, MR.. Lanassn; Csptsin Murphy INA ma.
With the laurhablc farce Of T00DLES.
Timothy Toodes, Mr.. K. W. Marston.
ADMIsSION-Dre Circle and Parqucttc.
81 90; Family Circle. SOC; Gallery. 20.
Greenlaw Opera House
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DRUG WAREHOUSE
Of s. Mansfield & Co.,
Nos. 3OI and 3O3 M lin st.

Having this day disposed Of my in serest in
the Drug Store Of Gilbert d Hjgbee to MANS
Iaend them to my friends. and earns silly be-
speak for them a continuance of the lib eral pa
tronagc extended to our old firm. We'll salts
fed OF their business requirements and skill as
Druggists, wish for them tho same success
which has attended the late artnership. Of
Gilbert x Higbee. DIR. 5. GILBERT.
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rsur CONCLUSION.

- Asi1sfic Nonfhly has an ar.inle
.ivoensine Impartial Suffrage" IN
Which re snd ihefoIlowing srso@euiaiise
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Complete at All Times.

Our experience in the trsIdc OF M emph;s is
such that we understand md know / ne wants
Of Druggists, Physicians, Merchsnts, Builders.
Manufacturers. Planters and others.
We shall have in orr en- ploy nc ne but the
most experienced clerks and nssr ,tsnts. All
our arrangements vii senaSie us to render per
feet and c0mplect sat lsfacficn.
Thankful for the liberal and extensive pa
tronaec bestowed upon us hereto fore By the
citizens Of Tennessee, Missi ss.pI /. Alabama
and Arkansas. and thu territory v est, We hope
by Constant attention 10 our own business 10
mcri, and receive m decreasing co niinuance.