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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12
Interesting Historical Sketch.

The New Orleans Bee gives a brief
history of the Government fluctuations
in Mexico. It clearly shows how little
its people are capable of selfgovern-
ment:
The year 1886 lit says found Santa
Anna in power, and saw him preparing
to declare himself Dictator. He en-.
joyed this dignity but short time,
when he was defeated and captured at
San Jacinto. Bustamente succeeded as
President, but in 1889, Santa Anna
being released, he again took the Office.
During this year Bravo was President
for one week, after which there came a
period of confusion, during which the
laws were suspended, and Santa Anna
and Canalizo took turns at dictatorship,
one overturning the other by revolts and
revolutions. This see saw same went on
until the year 1874, which found Santa
Anna in power-and called President !;
but in the same year he was deposed and
banished. Canalizo was made President,
but in December he was sent after his
predecessor, with a mob at his heels.
Then came Herara, who was deposed by
the revolution Of ls45, and was succeeded
by General Paredes, under whose admin
istration the war with the United States
began. This ended in lS48 Santa An
ma was again President, but he was de-
posed to make room for General Arista,
who was also compelled to resign by a
revolution in 1853, and by decree Santa
Anna was again recalled, and for the fifth
a.. L. Ia nd Il 20
make his rule perpetual - meditating
a coup d efat-but before he could strike
a blow for monarchy, Alvarez, the
Panther of the Pacific, then Governor
of Guerrero, raised an instruction at
Acapulco, and in 1854, Santa Anna, the
would,be King, sought safety in fight,
with the "panther" close upon him.
Then came Carea, who was President for
seven and twenty days, when he, too,
was forced to flee by revolt. Comon-
fort succeeded him in 1856, and at once
took measures to make strong govern
ment. He was active against the clergy,
holding that the church had no right 10
own lands. This led to another revolt in
1851, which was suppressed after much
difficulty; but in the following year it
broke out again, and Comonfort was
forced to resign. General zuloaga was
then made President by the Conserya-
tive party. At that time Henito Jnarez
was Chief Justice. He promptly began
revolt. maintaining that the resigna-
ton of ComonfOrt left him President.
His claim was supported by the Liberals
alone, and he became the leader of that
party, which has since made so many
struggles TO get into power. Juarez
raise! an army which was defeated by
Zuloaga, when the former retired to Vera
Cruz, and established himself as Presi-
dent of the Liberals, as the latter did at
Mexico, of the Conservatives. Iuloaga
was followed by Gen. Rohels, who made
futile effort TO unto she two parties,
and failing, was succeeded by Miramon.
EEon him the Conservative support
descended TO Gen. 0rtega, while Juarez
still claims to be President of the Liber,
ais From this hssty sketch our readers
can form some idea Of the claims o.
these two parties
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12
SINGULAR CHARGE.

The Brownsville Ranchero tells an
amusing story of charge made by a
cow upon the Notifications of "heroic
Matamoros. Some wags of CoRTISAs
command caught the COW, and dressing
her up in fantastic manner, in raw
hides, old tin pans and sheet iron, started
her off at the top of her speed toward
the city. With noise like thunder, she
rushed madly to the very ditch of the
works, when SASTASDo's braves, think
ing by the clatter that brigade of cav
airy were charging the fort, fired few
shots, and deserving their guns, fled in
gloriously to the town plaza. 1t was sew
era, hours before they could be led back
to the fort 1EGIU n i4}et
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12
M EDIcAL.
Something New Under the Sun,
A New Era in Medicine.

H "
T EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following;
Let all who have been given up by Doctors.
and spoken Of ms incurable, read the following:
Lei all who can believe facts, and can have
faith in evidence, read the following: TFT
Kno,o' all Men bv these Presents, That on This
the twentieth day Of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six,
MS such. and being duly sworn, deposea as fol-
lows That he is the solo general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereof, for pre-
paratiens or medicines known rs MAGGIEL'S
certificates are Verbatim copies to the best OF
his knowledge and belief.
IL. ST. JAMES SMEITRE, Notary Public,
! RlAANt aAh A'a Wall street, New York.
DR.. MAGGIEL: I take my pen to write you of
my great relief, and that the awful pain in my
side has left me at st-thanks to your medicine.
Oh. doctor, how thankful am that can get
some sleep. | can never write il enough. /
thank you again and again. and am sure You
are really the friend of all sufferers. / could
not help writing to you. and hope you will not
take it amiss. 81 JAMES MYERS,
June !. 1855. ZIG Avenue d.
This is to certify that was discharged from
the army with Chronic piarrh@a. and have
New York. April Z, 1855. q Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case Of man
employed in an Iron Foundry, who, in pouring
melted iron into a flask that was damp and wet
caused an explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower,
and he was burnt dreadfully. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks after the accident:
Nav YORK, Jan. II, 1865.
My name is Jacob Hardy; am an iron foun-
der; / was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had a running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salve, and il cured me in few weeks. This is
all true and any body can now see me at Jack
sons Iron Works, Second Avenue.
a' itil j. HARDY.
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A DELICATE HINT.

The Atlanta NeW Era gives the follow
ing very delicate hint to the military sta
toned at that place. 1t says: I'VE are
informed that portion of the men com
prising the garrison at this point are be-
coming quite intolerable, and If they are
not put under a more rigid discipline, we
shall take the liberty of reporting the
fact to a gentleman in Washington,
known as General GRANT, who has the
happy faculty Of settling matters Of like
character without the ordinary delay
Known in business circles"
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BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

New YoRK, January l2.-Siocks bet
ter; gold 335i; money and sterling 81
coupons 81, lOsl@lOs3; do so, 1910
1913; do GA, lO5s@6; do '65, 1850
1868; lO.4os, 99a@99s treasures, lO4a.
@lO42; new 5-2O's, lO4a@lO4s; Viz
ginia skies, So.
WASHINGTON, January IA dispatch
was received from Governor Cunning
ham, of Colorado, containing resolu-
ton adopted by the Legislature, protest.
ing against the admission Of Colorado, on
the following grounds: First-That we
have right to voice in the selection
Of the character of our government Sec
ond-That we have not sufficient pop
ulation to support the expenses of
State government For these reasons we
trust that Congress will not force gov
eminent. on us against our will.
INDIANAPOLIS, January ll.--Governor
Morton in his message says the State
debt is $5,396,OOO, and that the popula-
ton in 1870 will be two million; recon-
mends separate schools for negroes, to
be supported by full proportion of the
school fund.- favors taxation only safi-
cient to pay expenses and interest, and
leave the liquidation of the State debt
for more prosperous season.
BosToY, Jan. l2.-The Labor Com
mittee have reported to the Legisture, a |
majority opposing any legal interference,
the minority favoring ten hours for fac.
tory and farm, and eight hours for me-
chanical labor. Large meetings were
held in various parts of the State sup
porting the minority report.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. ll-Evening- Corn |
is selling at 42s@42s Cd; wheat is
steady; pork is quoted at f2 6s, and |
shows declining tendency; lard, OBS; |
cheese advanced I'D in the week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12
A GOOD HIT.

The Radicals are in great distress, says
the Philadelphia Age, because some of
the freedmen of the South are punished
with Jogging by the courts. There is no
end to their wailing and lamentation
upon this point, and, in their eyes, to
whip a human being, provided he is
black, is the very hight of brutality.
White females, however, are fit subjects
for the lash in Massachusetts, In Cam
bridge there lives a pedagogue who, re-
Gently, was severely disciplined for gross
cruelty to his white sisters, and in order
to express their approval of the judicious
manner in which he laid the lash on their
Juvenile backs, his admirers in Boston
lately presented him with purse Of three
hundred and fifty dollars as small tes-
timonisl of their affection and regard
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loud talking, exciting and brutal, young
man, that woman wants you ihat mou'
est, fair, cheerful, rightlooking, rank
spoken woman, we mem, who MIS- your
idea Of maiden and wife. It's she tna'
wants you-marry her when You IKE
whether she Is rich or poor we'll trnst
Won both on the above conditions, WITH
out any further security.
Allow us, under the head Of Young
Woman, you're Wanted to reply: A
man wants you. Don't forget him. No
matter il you are poor. Don't wait 10
catch rich fellow Ten chances to one,
If you do, you are unfit to be married
Marry some good young man, and them
with hands clasped and hearts united
struggle up together. But he will not
want you il you divide your affections
with soap.lock dandy ten ieet
waterfall, low-secked dress, ana
poodle dog. He will think his bargain a
hard one il, after he marries you,
YOU neglect the 'little afterthoughts, and
prove an unnatural mother by putting
them out TO be nursed upon the bosoms
of strangers Neither will he want you
ifyou shall discover more pleasure in
the flash novels of the day than in his
society. When he marries, he does not
wish TO contract ''holy alliance with
one who is innocent Of all knowledge OF
the art of housekeeping, but amazingly
in the matter of inhnltisslmal
bonnets, persuasive corsets, hsh'heeied
CATERS, tucked skirts, balmorsls, filters,
and /" sich like" nonsense. ne wants
you for companion-a help-eat-meat-
he wants you to have learned to regulate
FOUR temper, your vanity, your house
iold; in short, he wishes you to be as
rood, as gentle, as innocent as EVE,
when she sprung from the side oil
ADAM, a glowing, blushing, LOVING
thing of beauty" If you are
lot all that--if you think you can
lot renouuce every girlish folly-every
cherished vanity-every frivilous habit
# mind or body, he does not want you
lie wants a soul, self-sacrifcing, warm,
ssuring, cheerful, hopeful, happy When
is head aches las ours does now,
nost prodigiously) he wishes to have
he electric fingers Of love press
pom the swollen, throbbing veins
nd arteries. He wishes to hear in
be hour of his woe, the sweet voice OF
Election. He wishes to look into eyes
hat remind him Of his dreams Of bliss
eyond life's cares. Oh, no-a harsh
,ne, cold look, an unsympathizing
We, would kill the poor, suffering, limo
emit young fellow. No doubt in the
,orld of it Young woman, in that case,
GU are not wanted.
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Narro suar.r. in T.nns,.os.

The Washington Chronicle Of the 18th
ult contains the following article:
Late letters received from Tennessee
leave no doubt that the Legislature will
pass bill comforting the ballot upon the
colored race in that State. Ii will be
noted that four Of the Representatives In
Congress, Stokes, Maynard, Arnell and
Hawkins, voted for impartial suffrage in
the District Of Columbia few days ago,
and so signifed their intention TO 90
before the people Of their own State on
the issue. Gov. Brownlow is confident
that when the colored men vote Tenpes-
see will be sealed permanently 70 the
good cause in the neg state 81 things
in Tennessee loyalty Is at the bottom Of
everything, even in the organization Of
the cOurtA The rebels are everywhere
excluded, and nothing is necessary now
TO complete the success Of the experi-
nent but the comforting Of suffrage upon
the oolored man. The experience Of
Tennessee, after all that has been charged
against Brovnlou's government, IS boz
gus, imperfect aud temporary, has solved
al he questions involved il the propo-
sition % establish republican govern
ments in the other ten States The sue
cess Of the experiment in Tennessee Is
the pledge Of he success IN other STATES.
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YOUNG NAN, YOU'RE WANTED.

A lady writer under this heading hits
OF the young men as follows:
A woman wants you. Don't forget
her. No matter If you are poor. Don't
wait to be rich, If you do, ten to one you
are unfit to be married Marry while
you are young and struggle up together.
Rut mark, young man, the woman don
want you If she is to divide her afec-
lions with cigar, spittoon or whiskey
lug. Neither does she want you il you
don't take care Of her and the little
afser Thoughts" which ara pretty soon to
follow. Neither does she want you be-
!. cause you are q man, the definition Of
which is apt TO bean animal that wears
bifnrcated garments on his lower limbs,
quarter section Of st0sepipe on his
head. swears like . pirate, and
is given TO filthy practices gener-
ally. She wants you for a companion, .
help nnate-she wants you 70 have
learned 70 regulate your appetite and
passions; in short, the image OF God no
In the Likeness Of a beast II you are
strong in q coed purpose. fru in resist
ance 10 evil, pure in thought and action
As YOU require her to be, and without
Which in<.-1 purity neither Of you arr
"a for husband and wife; IL you low
virtue and abhor vice, IL you are gentle
manly. forbearing and kind, and no
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HARD on HOLT.

The editor Of the Boston Post, who
seldom spares, is uncommonly severe on
Hour. He SHES this brackbat at him I;
ut is asserted that Judge Advocate Gen
eral HoLr is the author of violent arti.
Giles against the Supreme Court because
OF is decision against military commits
sions. Hours holt upon respectable
ity was long since loosened."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12

nA- The London Court Journal an
nOunees that her Royal Highness, the
Princess of Wales, is --; and that
the Princess HELENA also is - In
the first case, "early in the ensuing
year" and in the latter, sin April" arc
the specified occasions. The Princess
CLor1LDE was to have about two
weeks before Christmas "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12

10 Asa negro, with an axe on his
shoulder, was walking along the streete
Of Louisville. two or three days ago, be
slipped, and fell, and the axe cut Sc
rious cash in his head Exchange.
As the poor fellow bad already Sc
rious cash in his head, J" it win be a mar
velif he survives with two.
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s0- A letter from zanzibar, Africa,
dated October Esd, reports that DR.. LIv.
NosroxE is still pushing his explora-
tons toward the head of Lake Nyassi, in
Central Africa, that he is well treated by
the natives, and considers himself per-
fectly safe in their hands. nTFYrf
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s6~ Philanthropists have wept and
sung the woes of Ireland. Irelandis not
taxed without her consent The South
is. If these emerald tears are not
crocodile, let them be, hereafter, wept
for the South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-12

nsA- Anew York Sunday paper alleges
that the frequent conaagrations the past
month have caused panic among the
insurance companies, and also says
three companies show, on examination
their assets to be nearly nominal.
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n9- A London dispatch Of January
5th says: Rumors yesterday on
Change, here and at Liverpool, that
President JOHNSON was dead, had de-
pressing effect on prices"
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s6S- The Radicals imagine that they
are still at war with the South. Falstaii
saw great many men in buckram, and
fought them prodigiously. To prove
their valiant deeds let our warrior kadi-
calls hack their swords into saws.
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sag A poor little girl in the Fourth
Ward, New York, as she was dying, said
"she was glad she was going to die, be-
cause now her brothers and sisters would
have enough to eatF'
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raE. An obituary notice 10 a Japan

D6y. An obituary notice an a japan
newspaper, of the late Tycoon, says;
"For the good of the country much
more able man was requisite" To be
thus candid is probably not so charae-
teristic of American as of Japanese
obituaries. 49,.
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D1- Senator SHERMAN characterizes
the veto message as digniGed, temper
ate document, and such is, with few
executions, the general verdict.
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no. About forty bankrupt companies
were advertised to be sold out by the
Sheriff of venango county, Pennsylya-
MIA. on the 7th of January.
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!. sea. They had dog fight in Philadel
phia recently for three hundred dollars
side. They had a Eight in Congress at
the last session for three thousand dol
lars a side, and all the fighters got it.
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Sag The Washington City Chronicle
(Rad.) asks: "Does it pay England to
hold Ireland merely by the aid of bayo-
nets and artillery" Will it pay the
North to hold the South in the same
manner?
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peA- Missouri has Radical Congress
man named LOAN. We think it a great
hardship that the South should be taxed
In nav that LOAN re.r .sf eV
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BATbe motive power" Of man, ac-
eording 70 q prominent spiritualist, IS
prOdigiously prolific in powerfully alb
sorbent and profound combinations Of
matter into weird, fantastic and heiero-
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Major General RUSSELL, of the
British army, who is to take command
of the forces in Canada, has arrived in
New York. tM 8f 1921 fHF
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e0 POWERS, the great American
sculptor, has just finished a figure of
EVE, after the icater faH.
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s@ An exchange says January is
rapidly passing away. But is it not as
rapidly returning? H+Apa
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PROTECTING EGYPT.

The languishing cotton interest in the
Southern States Of America, may well
exclaim in the language of LYrLEs
noen. ID .s
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Ear Advising manageable girl not
to marry, is like advising a fish not to
o,v,,,,
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IDMTNTsTRATOR's NOsIcK.-NcTIcE
"a IL hereby given % all ereditors q the late
Joseph b. nckittrick 10 present their afcounis
and demands o. me atIay 0fice. within the time
fLRTCHER LANE.
Adrninirfraior.
Corner Front and Union.
no Memphis, Tenn.
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geneous shapes of materialistic evapora'
tons
Why did not the fellow discard hifalu-
tin and say-money. d
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WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. Maggiel's Pills and SalVe!
EXTRACTS from Various Letters

Extracts from Various Letters.l
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hearty one. ffft fif
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u send for another box. and keep them in
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81 gave half of one of your pills to my babe
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sold every thing they could carry OF, and
spent their time in idleness. Now that
the winter is here, they are suffering
from hunger and cold, and the people OF
Washington have been appealed TO 70
save them from perishing. How much
better to have LEFT them their kind mas
ters. f1uNg a. u.
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l Have over 200 Such Testimonials.

MAGGIEL'S PILLS AND SALVE are al
most universal in their effects, and a cure can
be almost always guaranteed. FOR BILIOUS
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be given with good effect in prescribed doses to
the youngest babe. FOR CUTANEOUS Dis
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gALVE is most invaluable. IL docs not heu
externally alone, bat penetrates with the mosl
searching effects 10 the very root OF the evil.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.

once. No. Is Madison street