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why the Election was PrOhibitod.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Times
Washington special thus states the situ
alton Of New Orleans prior to General
Sheridans order prohibiting the election
There being indications of riot, Sheri
dan made all necessary preparations tc
meet and suppress any disturbance. He
has four regiments, two batteries of ar
tillery and a battalion of cavalry, and
l09th infantry, with Generals Mowry,
Kautz andtBaldy Smith in the city ready
to take part in any hostilities.
The trouble originated in the fact that
Governor Wells recognized the Recon.
struction bill, considered the State gov
ernment reduced to provisional gov.
ernment, and himself to a Military Gov.
ernor only. The municipal authorities.
however, did not recognize the change
inasmuch as the Reconstruction bill had
not yet been received in Official form,
and Mayor Monroe and Chief of Police
Adams ordered the police to obey no
orders not issued by them.
An election for City Councilmen was
to take place on Monday, and Governor
Wells, in his proclamation, ordered that
the freedmen enfranchised under the
Reconstruction bill should vote, and
those disfranchised should not vote.
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Mrs. Candies Opinion of " Paradise Lost"

"Why, what have you got there, Mr..
Caudle ? A book 2 What If you arm I
allowed to sleep you'll read2 Well, now
it is come to something If that isn't
insulting a wife to bring book to bed,
don't know what wedlock is. But you
shan't read, Caudle; no, you shan't; not
while I've strength to get up and put ont
a candle.
And that's like your feelings You
can't think great deal of trumpery
books; yes, you can't think too much
of the stuff that's put into print; but for
what's real and true about you, why
you've the heart of a stone. / should
like to know what that books about ?
What2 Millions Paradise Lost3 /
thought some rubbish of the sort-some-
thing 10 insult me- A nice book, l think,
to read in bed and a very respectable
person he was who wrote it. What do
l know of him Much more thaa you
think. A pretty fellow, indeed, with his
six wives. What He hadn't six-he'd
only three2 That's nothing to do with
it; but of course you'll take his part
Poor women A nice time they had
with him, dare say And I've no
doubt, Mr. Caudle, you'd like to follow
Mr.. Millions example; else you wouldn't
read the stuff he wrote From Hurd
d Houghton's edition Of" Caudle's Lee
tures."
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V,HE CORINTH WEEKLY NEWS is NOW
i in its second volume, and is the largest and
probably the most widely circulated newspa-
road advantages of Corinth have enabled the
proprietors of the News TO extend its circulation
in all the neighboring towns in Mississippi,
Tennessee and Alabama. Its advertising col
umns, therefore, present peculiar advantages
to merchants and others who desire to extend
their business in that direction.
Mr.. THOS. A. BLAIR, No. 10 Union street,
Memphis, will receive the favors Of business
men who wish to solicit trade through he col
umns of the Weekly News. eod-69
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arms, seizes it If possible, il not, retires
in good order, nothing discounted, and
makes another foray at the FIRST oppor-
tunity. 1t is quite easy to believe the
report that he is one Of the best stump.
speakers in the country. Allthe nervous
eagerness OF his Temperament, the quaint
ness Of his mind, the dramatic instinct
so strong in him, the readiness of illus
tration, the personal force, would mag
netze such audiences as gather in cleo
tion times. Yet, withal, he has the rep
utation of being an excellent worker
thorough, patient, original-and is, /
believe, that anomaly, Western man
who supports the tariff.
TnAD. STEVESs.-And now the mem
bers crowd around central desk. The
confusion Of tongues, which amazes the
spectator in the galleries, is hushed for
brief space. The crowds in the baloo-
nies bend eager ears. A gaunt, weird,
tall old man has risen in his seat--the
man who is often called the leader Of the
House II to be voted down on half the
questions of the day, 10 be admired,
wondered at, listened to with strained
attention, and then resisted in argument,
and beaten on appeal, be leadership, he
has it, but not else. Deep eyes, hidden
under cliff of brow, the strong nose of
a pioneer of thought, shut, thin lips, a
face pale with the frost of the grave, long,
bony, emphatic limbs-fhese cover the
uneasy ghost men call Thaddeus Ste
vens. The great days Of his power are
past Perseus has slain his dragon, and
now he would unchain the fair Andro-
media for whom he fought, binding her
brow with the stars The new version
is sadder than the old, for he will not live
TO see the glory for which he has wrought
Yet, to drop metaphors, which are dan
gerous will-ofthe.wisps, he is wonderful
even in his decline. Day after day he
comes, compelling his poor body, by the
might of the strong soul that is
in him, to serve him yet longer.
He looks SO weary of this con-
fusion which we call life, and yet so res
olute to command it still. He is Alaric,
the Scourge, whose mission it is to
chasten this terrible, turbulent South till
she shall yield. If the means proposed
are odieus to her, they are none the
NOAoC iOi thdti thihho l4uus
Let her pride be broken Has not she
broken hearts of ours, aye, and honor,
which is more than hearts, These are
long arrears to settle. So when the
Blaine-Sherman amendment comes back,
he will none of it. It is not fair to say,
as some of the papers have done, that
the Radicals were false who voted against
Stevens on this issue. 1t was not at all
a test vote, as is shown in the fact that
the Copperheads were with him. Erratic,
domineering, hard, subtle, Stevens isyet
so heroic, he wears such crown of mo-
BILE years upon him, that one enthusi-
asm, and ones reverence cling to him.
In the galleries we do not well fellow
him. All those stilettoes of pitiless wit
which have made his caustic tongue so
dreaded, are unheathed from the softest
tones of his voice, and are quite lost to
us. But the sardonic light of his face
and the laugh of the members reach us.
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q RALEIGH PROGRESS.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.

]. julius Guthrie, Jr., Editor and Prop'r.
VNHE OLDEST DAILY. IN RALEIGH,
L and the cheapest and best paper in the
State. That it is a Journal the people Of
North Carolina most desire and appreciate, is
fully evinced by its rapidly increasing circula-
lation. 1t contains all matters of Importance,
News and Miscellany; is independent in its
politics bold and fearless in its expression of
views ON State aud National diplomacy; swayed
by no party or popular prejudice has some-
thing every day interesting to all classes of the
community, and that will make il an acceptable
and agreeable visitor in the Family Circle, the
Private Boudoir the Counting Room,t the Store,
the Workshop, and the Sanctpm OF the Student.
IL devotes a large portion Of its space to Agri-
culture and Mechanics, as well as to Science
and Light Literature. 1t is classic in its style
and religiously moral in its tone. In fact it is
a newspaper that should be read by every one.
SIS. Advertisements inserted on reasonable
terms eod-69
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WE HAVE NOW ON HAND AND ARE
Sills, j Joists, Corner Posts, Scanting, Studding,
Rafters, bridging, Strips, l, IL and 2-inch clear
Cypress and Poplar Plank, rough Flooring and
Weatherboarding, common inch Plank, Sheet
and Shingles, which will be sold at favorable
prices TO CASH purchasers.
Dimension Timbers sawed to order. Orders
filed on short notice. Teams always at hand
and strict attention given to the delivery OF
Lumber.
Mills and Lumber Yard on WOLF river, i'm
mediately north Of Bayou Gayoso, Memphis,
Tennessee.
50 GEO. c. & JOS. vENABLE. Agents.
GATHRIGHT's CELERATED
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ASSETS. July /. 1896.
LIABILITIES.
Loss BY Portland Fire. July a

T'HE total amount covered by the Etna Poll
4 cies on property destroyed or damaged is
$2O6,854. on which salvage will be about five
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from s200,O 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 5000 loss for COM
pany of $4,000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value of
wealthy strong corporations is forcibly IL
lustrated by this hre. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population of 35.OO0-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures-protected
and screened with UPWARD Of 1900 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with q steam fire department-yet il has $l0,-
OOO,OOO Of property consumed in few hours
upon a holiday when its people are least oc,u-
pied-from the very insignificant cause of a
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the trihing origin of fires that
sweep away in a few hours the earnings Of
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Atna Agent a call if you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay a fair rate of premium for
good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
to by IL. A. LITTLETUN & CO., Ag'ts,
IL No. 278 Front street. up stars
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a,n.r,l st.rllnr Pris..

A 81 Louis correspondent Of the
Chicago Tines says;
Quite an inaccuraie pen and ink por-
trait OF General Price has been going
the rounds Of The papers, from the pen
Of George Alfred townsend, which
represents the General as poor, brokea-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-16
DIR. G. SPIEGEL,

GRADUATE OF THE BEST MEDICAL
VI schools of Europe and the United States,
and member of the principal medical societies
in the those countries, has practiced medicine
in Memphis for the last thirteen years, and
continues TO offer his professional services to
the public, in the treatment of all forms of dis
ease upon the most improved European meth
DDS. My vast collections of rare medicines and
surgical instruments, with a lifelong expe-
rience in their administration and use, warrants
me in claiming a superiority over the more or
dinary method of treating diseases, such as
Cancer and tumors of every description,
which 1 cure by Constitutional treat
ment exclusively. no operation per-
formed by the knife. Diseases Of the Eye,
Ear and Skin, Consumption and Bronchitis,
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Scrofula, Syphilis,
Structure, elect. Gravel. Piles, Dropsy, Fistula
in ano; in shsrt all Chronic Diseases, giving
especial attention to Female Diseases of
every description. | am always ready at ali
times to consult with frst-claSs Physicians.
either by letter OF in person. upon all diseases
pertaining TO Medicine and Surgery. Medicine
sent by express TO all parts Of the world, when
desired.
OFFIcE-No, ss. south side Monroe, be-
tween Main ard Second streets. Memphis.
Residence, No. 250 Union street. Is
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COMETHTNG NEW, NEVER BEFORE ~
- trpducet into Ancuca. Sgnd . cents ilr
sample. ke41ircs little work 500 wecki Ia
can hs cleared. Adlrcs s1uiten Puhlisfinr
Aroncy, Leuisville, ky- y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-16

FTlHE GREAT MAGAZINE or The
i Sadthwest. suhscriptitn. a per year,
ii advance. Sample copy free. Larrc cash
premiums paid % an who wish n obtain sub
scfitcrs. Address T. I. DIBBLE. Publisher,
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BE NOT DECEIVED.

ID EADER, IF YOU HAVE HAD THE SAD
IL misfortune TO contract the accursed dis
ease, known as vensrial, in any form. you can
be cured III care not in what stage il may pre-
sent itself, whether primary, secondary or ter
tiaryl. without taking one solitary grain Of
medicine. After ten years Of close investiga-
ton and practical experience, / am convinced
that internal treatment, for the purpose Of eff
fecting permanent cure Of syphiltic diseases
IS useless, and, that in large proportion Of
cases, II absolutely does more harm than good.
While under my method Of external medica-
cation. which is pleasant and agreeable 70 the
patient, defy competition with any other
method known 70 the medical profession. for
speedy and permanent cure-which guarantee
10 all cases. In making this important fact
known b the public. wish 10 state that am
q regular practitioner Of medicine that / am
a graduate Of the Medical Department OF the
University Of Louisville. Ky., and that my
method Of treating those diseases has cost years
Of deep study and close observation.
All diseases Of the Bar and Bye treated upon
the most improved methods.
-0FFICk-No.. 80 Monroe strest, between
Main and Second. us
RcSpecifally, CIV. McLOED, NJ ID.
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nRUNKENNEss CURED. -UPHAM's
IL Antidote for Strong Drink Is q sure cure
for .drun kenness. Can Be given in codce or
hquar without the knoEleire of the patient
Price 4 box, sent By nal % any addrcss. by
s. C. UPHAM. s South Eifhth street. phila-
delrhia. Circularl ssntfree. g
TsE EAIRBANKs' Standard SCALES.
~ Manuiactcry Is Walnut street. Cincin-
nnu, q.
8 FAIsBANKs. MORSE a Co. Propr's
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n. ENGELBACH.
MATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
No. u Madison St., Memphis.

MOULD INFORM TIE PUBLIC THAT
w he Is doing business on his sole aud indi-
tidsai account, and win be thankful for its pa.
trouare in his line, promising punctuality and
fidelity in the performances Of his work. II
A DMINISTRATRIX NOTICB.-NOTICE
"A Is hereby given that the undersigned has
been appointed Administratrix Of the estate oi
ccased-on tke " 3 day Of March. 1851. hy the
County Court of Shelby county. Those who
are indebted to the estate will call Immediately
and settle, and those who have claims arains;
the estate will present them. as required by
law OF the same will BE barred
NARY J. WHITMORE. Adm'x.
EnGfNGruN e NAEsEr, Attorney.
Mrmrhis Tenn. March ~ 1~f7 80
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THE OXFORD FALCON,
8 M. THOMPSON. Proprietor.
OXFORD, MISS.

THIS PAPER is lJ PUBLdsnEPF 3I;da y I'm in = a
~. Tf,inrs;t,, TSd, az topD &c Mississippi at which
place Is located the United slstes District Court
ior the Northern District Of Misnss,ppl.
10 the business men. of Memphis lWpuld re-
opectfully offer the ce-dmns OF the FALCON es
the hest medium through which they can com
municate to the citizens of Lafayett and ad-
RATES OF ADVERTISING.-Per square
Of ten lines OF less 81 so for the first insertion
and 70 cents for each subsequent lhser'ioh'
Special notices 20 cents per line;
The usual deduction will be made on month.
To- III xoorlv advertisAmanfs Ieod-6l
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MORGAN TREE And SADDLE,
THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAvoRITE.

AhH uhDAA SUI III hhN ia hNhAlh.
VNHIs TREE, NOW so CELEBRATED,
and so extensively used, was originated, by
Improvement upon the old Texas model during
the war by Captain Gathright of Morgans
command, and his assistants, for the use Of
that command. Ii was the ideal Of the great
Southern cavalier, for whom it was named. We
have established our factory in Louisville, and
solicit orders from the Southern trade. Send
your orders 10 the original manufacturers, and
avoid Yankee limitations and impOsitions.
Gathright & CO., manufacturers Of Morgan
Trees, Morgan and 0thel Saddles, Brides,
Halters, Girths e,o., and dealers in Saddlery
Hardware, Offee and waTerooms No. 234 Main
street, one door below Louisville Hotel. Fac
tory 81 Seventh street. Louisville XIV. e
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"THE ABERDEEN EXAMINER 9

rs THE ONLY DAILY PAPER BETWEEN
Columbus. Miss, and Memphis, and affords
through its advertising columns unsurpassed
facilities for communication between the mer-
chants of the Bluff City and the merchants
and planters of the interior
Its proprietors having bought out the
SUNNY SOUTH OFEICE.
and merged the material and subscription lists
of the two papers into one, feel no hesitancy in
claiming that no journal in Mississippi is bet
ter calculated to win trade for its advertising
IA rons than the EXAMINER.
s. A. JONAS & CO,
79-eod Publishers and Proprietors.
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Displayed advertisements will be charged ac-
cording to the SPACE occupied, at above rates
there being twelve lines Of solid type TO the
inch.
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special Notices inserted for ten cents per line
for each insertionA
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducements, both as TO rate Of charges and man
ner Of displaying their favors.
All advertisements should be marked tho
specific length OF time they are TO be published.
II not so marked. they will be inserted for one
month, and charged accordingly.
Notices of Marriages and Deaths will be in
serted IN the PUBLIC LEDGER as items Of news
But anything beyond the mere announcement
will be charged for at the rate CT 20 centsnper
limo.
Advertisements published at intervals will
be charged ten cents per line for each insertion.
All bills for advertising are due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
SO All letters, whether upon business or
otherwise must be addressed TO
WHITM0RE BROTHERS,,
Publishers and Proprietors.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
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EVERY AFTERNOON. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
-BY-
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Under the firm style of
WHITMORE BROTHERS,
No ls Madison Street.

The PUBLIC LEDGER Is served 10 City Sub
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Communications upon subjects Of general in
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Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
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First cents per line
Subsequent IRsertions..".......... 5
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The New York herald., 1867-04-24

City Real Estate Sales-A Decided Reform.
By order of the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund Comptroller Richard B. Connolly sold on
Monday last q quantity of real estate belong
ing to the city. For some years past similar
sales have been managed in such manner as
to enrich few favored individuals, who have
enjoyed the good fortune to be inside The ring,
at the expense Of the people. The mode Of
operation has been, first, to lease the property
at such low rates as to convey false impress
sion of its value, and next, to keep the date
Of sale and the descriptive list as private as
possible. Comptroller Connolly has reformed
all this and the good effect is seen in the result
of Mondays sale. The largest publicity was
given by that officer to the auction; the build
ings and lots were fully described, and their
advantages pointed out, and the Same efforts
were put forth to insure competition and good
prices as would have been made If the property
had been owned by private parties. This is o
decided and happy reform, for which the tax
payers ought to be grateful in these days of OIL
cial corruption. 1t also shows the advantage
Of advertising and the value of the press. If
the property might have fetched only half its
appraised value, instead of more than the esti-
mates called for.
One of the principles of our government
and it is good one, is that everything should
be done openly and above board. The people
have right to know all that is going on. The
other day the United States Senate made
great fuss and bother over the HERALD finding
out all about the treaty for Russian America,
and everything else that had been going on in
executive session. This is all nonsense The
free discussions of the press are worth more to
the country than the secret deliberations Of
any number of fossil politicians. There is no
certainty that the Russian American treaty
would not have been beaten in the Senate,
had not the HERALD, by giving 1t publicity,
elected an irresistible popular expression in
its favor. Comptroller Connolly has set good
example in giving the people full and timely
notice of the sales Of city property, and the
benefit Of his action is seen in the fact that
ell the lots sold have realized their outside
value. If the new Post Office site In the City
Hall Park, privately bargained away by Mayor
Holman and his fellow operators for five hun
dred thousand dollars, had been advertised
and disposed Of at public auction, ii would
haze brought TO the city treasury from three to
five millions n dollars. The property sold on
Monday by ComptrOi.er Connolly realized over
eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24

against St Domingo President Cabral being his bitter
enemy.
The Indian war appears 70 have opened vgo rousy Tho
Cheyenne Indiana after their consultation with General
Hancock, captured and burned Lookout Station about
three hundred miles east Of the Smoky Hill Route and
scslped three employees OF the United States Express
Company General Hancock lost their trail q Fort Zar
and on surrounding their late camp found Il deserted
government train was captured Fort Mitchell In
Dakota, and one hundred mules were stolen.
motion was nlsd in the Criminal Court at washing.
ton yesterday By suratts counsel praying that some
day b. dssignatsd for his tna Judge Fisher sgnined
that be would Nike for the trial 10 take place the 9Th
Of Nay. The District Attorney said he could mot be
ready before the 18th Of June and the prisoners coun.
col then gave notice that they would be ready 70 pro-
csed With the trial on the goth Of Nay.
The floods in the Northwest unabatsd 81 Paul.
Minnesota 10 partially overnowed and the Minnesota
Valley Railroad 10 badly damaged by tho Hood In the
Upper Mississippi Tho waters in the Missouri and
Platte rivers also out Of their bankA although slowly
gubsding II the latter In Canada East the loo u sa
nrm, and flood In the st. Lawrence and 81 Maurice
rivers hes flooded the towns Of Three Rivers and Ber-
thier Much distress prevailed, the people Of Three
Rivers being compelled TO take refuge in the City Hail.
Senator Wilson'S speech IN Richmond ID severely de-
nounccd by tho ultra rebel papers Of that city one OF
Wh1cn GALS MIN sf00 nenQo0 pOutcai mHStUusky'
General siokles has issued order placing the police
forces OF his district under command OF the post com.
manden when necessary to preserve the public peaoe
General Swayne commanding the sub-dssrics OF
Alabama has Issued order amending the apprentice
laws, enforcing tho repeal of the vasrant law, and
abolshng chain ganga
Mr. Wendell Phillips delivered . lecture last evening
in the Brooklyn Academy Of Music before large audi
ence the subject OF "National Arara"
telegram from the President Of the Western Trans.
poration Company at Buffalo oficiay announces the
resumption OF the navigation the lakes Tho Straits
OF Macknaw also open.
A colored individual named Ash was elected one OF
the commissioners Of Plymouth, N c., at an election
held there recently He is considered Of the best
selections that could have been made and part OF his
policy he has declared that he will oppose the armng Of
negroes for fear they might shoot negro accidentally
instead Of a white man.
The Ice bridge opposite Quebec remains irm, and an
attempt will be made if 1t does not soon 70 blow it
1t up with gunpowder.
violent tornado swept Newton. Sussex county,
N. j., on Monday doing considerable damage.