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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
Radicals Using Sheridan and sicklss for
Political Purposes.

Radicals Using sheridan and sicklss for
Political Purposes.
The explanation of the sundry visits
made by leading Radicals TO General
Grant two or three weeks ago is that
those shrewd practitioners were then
making application for the pse of Cen
erals Sheridan and Sickles in the politi-
cal campaign. 1t is said that the plan
was suggested to summon these Gene
rails to Washington ostensibly with the
purpose of consulting with them on the
military situation, and then to give
them leave of absence long enough to
allow them to visit the principal cities
in the Middle and Eastern States.
These same leaders then repaired to
their homes and led off in the patriotic
demonstrations in honor of gallant Phil.
Sheridan, the military hero and political
martyr. Judging from the uprising of
the people and the outpouring Of their
admiration along the route of Sheridan's
triumphal march, the little game of the
Radicals in producing these two great
Generals at this opportuue time has
been success, and it is supposed that
many votes have been turned aside that
were speeding towards Democratic
victory in Pennsylvania and New York.
--Neto York Herald
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
DIRECTORS.

THE MUTUAL SYSTEM HAS DESERV-
i eddy become the most popular mode of in
surance in the United States. and is the one
embraced by those best informed upon the sub
ject, and who appreciate and desire security.
perpetuity and economy. In purely mutual
company the assured derives all the advantages
which can be realized from an insurance. and
at the lowest rates, or exact cost, paying no
tribute or profits to the proprietors or stock
holders for, perhaps, an inadequate capital or
security. Cheapness combined with security,
view. arc the essential elements sought for, and
they may be found eminently existing 10 a well
conducted mutual. All parties insuring in this
company become members of the company and
are directly interested in its success.
Call at the Office Of the company for full infor-
nation, whereby all real estate insurers can
save FIFTY per cent. Of their insurance account.
OFFICE: Up stairs in OPP Fellows HALL.
Entrance on North Court street. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
Accrrs lilly 1855
Loss by Portland Fire, July lth.

TIME total amount covered by the Rtna Poll.
cies on property destroyed or damaged Is
S206,854, on which salvage will be about FIVE
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 500 600 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 a proportion equal to $500 loss for COM
pany Of $4,000 assets.
Tho necessity for insurance and the value Of
wealthy, strong corporations Is foroibly IL
Illustrated by this Ere. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has q
population Of 35,O0O-Was handsomely built
mostly fine brick or stone neutrality-suspicious.
and screened with UPWARD Of 5000 shade trees
bounded on three sides by Water--indeed
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with a steam ERE department-yet il has Sl0,-
100000 Of property consumed In few hours
upon q holiday when It's people are least oosu-
pied-frOm the very insignificant cause Of
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the trihing origin Of fires that
sweep away In few hOurs the earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and givs the
EtnR Agent 0 call II you need proper insur
ance security. Pay fair rate Of premium foi
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your ingurance with shrewd judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
10 By II. A. LITTLErON 4 CO., Ar'ts.
No. ~ Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
Notice to Taxpayers.

T1HE TAX BOOKS. FOR THE YEAR 1871,
Il are. now ready, and shall Immediately
payers who have PERSONAL PROPERTY
must come up At once, or they will End their
taxes in the hands Of Constables. who are nu-
thorized 10 distrain q suficiency 70 pay az
taxes. PHILIP GAkVIN.
Tax Collector Shelby county. 1871.
OFFICE-Norfhi5esf cor. ysfersoa and Third
Nrceta az
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
TO PROPERTY HOLDERS.

ALL OWNERS OF CITY REAL ESTATE.
a ard AZ agents Of ogners. are respectfully
requested 20 leave with the underlined. ct the
Hsycr's offce, Memphis, mem randi Of any
SALES. LBAsFs. SUBDIVISIONS, &c,
made BIZ them since the last assessment.
JOHN PARK,
4. DuPRE.
JOHN 7. IRRELEVANT,
Tl-F Assessors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
LOWEST RATES CHARGED

in other Southern and Southwestern cities.
Their Apparatus. lately at great expense i'm
proved and extended enables them TO supply as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15

Third Prize: One residence lot adjoining
the above properly. Is by 100 feet. very avail
able for residence and desirably located.
Valued at $500.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
LESS THAN oNE-rHIRD

the rates established By such competitors.
The works were constructed with . view Of
remuneratinE the owners for their investments.
as well AZ Ter the public convenience. Not
vithstanding such intention, they viii ever
sell or furnish Iieht al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15

Me- The Philadelphia Telegraph, on
the day preceding the election, urged
upon its Radical friends in the most
earnest manner the importance of sue
cess Referring to possible Democratic
victory, it said:
1t will be a party triumph, and over
all the land will go the tidings that
Philadelphia, the citadel of loyalty, the
stronghold of Republicanism, that city
which refused to do honor to Andrew
johnson, and which has ever been the
warmest in its sympathy for the cause Of
Union, that it has today been carried
for the President, and the might of the
Radicals has been broken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
POETRY.


POETRY.
A SUMNER SHOWER.
"Imbres Deducipf Jopem."
i0s
BY HENRY TiMRoD.
Welcome rain or tempest;
From yon airy powers
We have languished for them
Many sultry hours.
And earth is sick and wan, and pines with All
her flowersi
What have they been doing
In the burning JuneY
Riding with the GENT
Visiting the moon?
Or sleeping on the ice amid an arctic noonr
Bring they with them jewels
From the sunset landsY HN|
w A. are these they scatter
With such lavish handsf
There ara no brighter gems in haolcondas
saldsl
Patering on the gravel.
Dropping from the caves,
CHANGING in the grass and
Thinking on tho leaves,
They fash the liquid pearls, as flung from fairy
sleeves
Ne nwhile, unreluctant.
Earth like Dame lies;
Listen rs il fancy,
That beneath us signs.
As the warm lap receives the tar0e'se Of the
skies
Jove, II is. descendetb
In those crystal rills;
And this world wide tremour
is pulse that thrills
To gods lie infused through veins OF velvet
hills
Watt thou jealous sunshine;
Break not on their bliss
Earth will blush in roses
Many day for this,
And bonds brighter bow beneath thy burninn
kissi-Southern Opinion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
PURE, STRONG AND BRILLIANT GAs.LIGH1

as that supplied anywhere In the United States.
With reference TO a mueh-threatened sp-
position in business, which they do not deem
probable, the Company hereby give notice TO
their patrons and the public. that in e~e Of
an actual competition they will supply their
demands at one-third. or
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-15
HARDWICK HOUSE,
&C. HARDWICK, Pr0P'F,
SITUATED OS ADAMS ST., BET. sEcOED & THIRD,
Nos. 81, 90 and 90.

THIS POPULAR HOUSE HAVING BEEN
II newly remodeled and a-ranrcd, j. now in
most successful operation. It's location being
central and convenient % business and 70 rail-
roads and other points Of travel, makes tia de-
sirable stopping rlace for an visiting the city,
win fnd Il 10 their advantare 10 stop al this
House.
Transient Pare Reduced from s. % e 90 per
Nonthly Day Board. 50 oo
ISIS I. G. HARDW1cK. Proprietor.
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Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-05
I Z DE-

In this city on Saturday, the Cd inst, OF
yellow fever, Mrs. OCrAVIA MOLLOY,
aged SO years, native Of Jefferson County
Miss, but for several years a resident frst
of the interior Of this parish and after
wards during the past and present year
of this city.
AS devoted wife and mother and sim
cere friend, Mrs. MoLLoY afforded enduring
evidence of one whose character was thor
oughly imbued with the true virtues and
gracss that adorn the human heart. By
her bright example, conscientiously and
steadfastly performing all her duties in
the varied relationships of life-she we'll
merited the honored title of Christian, and
leaves to her deeply bereaved and afflicted
husband and daughter the com forting as
surance that she has gone to better and
happier world where an immortal crown
of glory awaits her.
blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God"
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-05
SPECIAL NOTICES, ETC.

STATE OF LOUIslANA-FIFTH JU-
dicial District Court-Parish OF East Ba-
| ton Rouge-Succession of j. K. Brown
| ing, deceased-N 9g2.
DY VIRTUE of a commission issued
ID in the above succession and directed
| to the Sheriff of said Parish, from the
Honorable Court aforesaid, l will expose
to public sale at the late residence Of the
deceased, situated on Sandy Creek, at
about twenty three miles from the city of
Baton Rouge, on
SATURDAY, the 9TH day of December,
A. D., 1867, at II o'clock, A. NJ, of said
day, the following described property
to-wit:
LIST. A certain tract Of land on which
deceased last resided. in this Parish, with
all the buildings, improvements and ap-
purtenances thereunto belonging, contain
ing two hundred (200) acres, more or less,
and bounded Oh the North by Mrs. Eveline
Hawsey, East by William Stockwall, South
by Joseph Carmena and widow l.. Cam
bell, and on the West by Joseph Carmena.
I'd. One chestnut sorrel Horse, one sorrel
Mare and Colt, two yoke of Oxen, sixty
five head of Cattle, forty head Of Hogs, one
open Buggy, one Wagon, four Beds,
Eedsteads and Furniture, one Safe, one
CLOCK, one set OF Chairs, one DINING Table,
two small Tables, three Looking glasses,
one pair Fire dogs, one lot of Books, one
lot Of Kitchen Furniture, one lot Of Stene-
ware, one lot Of Blacksmith and Carpen-
ters' Tools, one lot Of Farming Utensils,
two Coupling Chains.
Terms ct Sale-The real estate one hall
cash; and of the other half, two -sevenths
cash; and the other FIVE sevenths one
fourth cash; and the balance at one, two
and three years from day of sale, with
eight per cent interest after due, with ap
proved security and mortgage retained;
and the personal property, one half cash,
and of the other half, twosevenths cash;
and the other fve-sevenths, one half cash;
and balance at one year, with security and
eight per cent interest after date.
ED. D. CHEATHAM,
nov5 Deputy Sheriff.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-05
LITTLE JERRY, THE MILLER.
By JOHN G. SAKE.

Beneath the hill you may see the mill
Of wasting wood and crumbling stone;
The wheel is dripping and Gathering still
But Jerry, the miller, is dead and gone.
Year after year, early and late,
Alike in summer and winter weather,
He pecked the stones and baked the gate
And mill and miller grew older.
"Little Jerry ~ twas all the same
They loved him we'll who called him 30
And whether he'd ever another name.
Nobody ever seemed to know.
Twas "Little Jerry, come grind nv rye:r
And Little Jerry come grind my wheat;;''
Aud "Little jerry" was still the cry,
From matron bold and maiden sweet,
Twas "Little Jerry" on every tongue,
And thus the simple truth Was told;
For Jerry was little when he was young,
And he was little when he was old.
But what in size he CHANGED to lack,
Jerry made up in being strong;
I've seen sack upon his back,
AS thick as the miller and quite as long.
ai"ays pusy auo Always merry,
Always doing his very best,
notable wag was little Jerry,
Who uttered we'll his standing jest:
Nv hen will you grind my corn, say ~
Nay" quoth Jerry, you needn It scold;
just leave your grist for half day.
And never fear but you'll be tolied."
How Jerry lived is known to fame,
But hcw he died there none az know:
One Autumn day the rumor came
1.-The brook and Jerry are very low"
And then twas whispered mournfully,
The leech had come and he as d. cad,
And all the neighbors focked to see;
Poor little jerry" was all they said.
They laid him in his earthly bed
His miler's coat his only shroud-
"Dust to DUST" the parson said,
And all the people wept aloud.
For he had Stunned the deadly sin,
And not grain Of over-toll
Had ever popped into his bin,
To weigh upon his parting soul.
Bene"th the hill there stands the mill
Of wasting wood and crum bling stone:
The wheel is dripping and Gathering still,
But Jerry, the miller, is dead and gone.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-05

~ The quarantine restrictions
Except as to strangers and sick per-
sons with their baggage), have been
removed by the municipal authorities.
We are glad that the farce is at
length played out" and that the
so-called restrictions are no longer
to serve their useless purpose Of try.
ing to bar out that atmospherical
contamination, which, like the wind,
"goeth where it listeth," whether
waited by means of the strata de-
signed BY Natures laws for its cir
culation, or by individuals carrying
the seeds Of infection about their per-
sons, and, when SO disposed, man.
aging to overcome the embargo placed
upon their movements by the quar-
aatine, and eluding detection.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-05
National Thanksgiving.
PROCLAMATION By THE PREszDEv,

In conformity with recent custom that
may now be regarded as established on
national consent aud approval, /, Andrew
johnson, President of the United States.
| do hereby ommend to my fellow iti-
zens that Thursday, 28th day of No
vember next, be set apart and observed
throughout the Republic as day of ma
tional than ksgivn9 and prayer to the AL
mighty Ruler of nations with whom are
dominion and fear, and who makes peace
IN his high places resting and retaining
from secular labor on that day Let us
reverently end devoutly give thanks to
our Heavenly Father for the mercies and
blessings with which he has crowned the
now closing year; especially let us re-
member that he has covered our land
through all its extent with greatly needed
aud very abundant harvests that he has
caused industry to prosper not only to our
fields, but also in our forests. He has per-
rnitted us to multiply ships upon our lakes
and rivers and upon the high seas, and, at
the same time, to extend our iron roads so
far into the secluded places of the contin-
ent as to guarantee speedy overland in
tercourse between the two oceans. He has
inclined onr hearts to turn away from the
domestic contentious ind connections con-
sequent upon distracting and desolating
civil war, and TO walk more and more in
the ancient ways of loyalty, Cancellation
and brotherly love. He has blessed the
peaceful efforts with which we have estab-
lshed new and important commercial
treaties with foreign nations; while we
have at the same time strengthened our
national defences and greatly enlarged
our national borders. While thus reuder-
ing the unanimous and heartfelt tribute
of national praise and than sgiving which
ls SO justly due to Almighty God, let US
not fail to implore Him that the same
Divine protection and care which we have
hitherto SO undeservedly and yet so con-
stanty enjoyed may be continued TO our
country and our people through all the
generations. forever.
In witness whereof / have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done as the City of Washington, the 10th
day of October. in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
seven, and of the independence of the
independence of the United States the
ninety second. ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President
WILLIAM Fl. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.