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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
HUNRIcUTT.

A correspondent Of the Petersburg
virginia. Inder, who resides in Lunen-
burg county, gives some episodes in the
life of the Rev. Mr.. Hunnicutt, the
present shrieker of intense Radiealism.
The following is an extract: The clos
ing act Of his residence in Lunenburg,
and your correspondents acquaintance
with him, was in this wise; He had taken
into his house, as a servant, poor white
girl of the county, whom be seduced.
Concealment becoming impossible, after
while his wife made discovery and
complaint, whereupon this model chris
tan and philanthropist horse.whipped
the injured woman, and ran off with the
girl be had ruined, leaving his family
perfectly unprovided for and dependent
upon the charities Of the people be now
abuses so roundly. Iheard Of him once
'afterward at Fredericksburg, but saw
him no more until his whine about the
dear departed recalled these facts Of
bis life to my mind"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
STRIKES.

A Northern paper says one can com
prehensively summarize the salient
events Of the situation BY stating that a
thousand men are on a strike in the Cor
nectieat quArries; that there is q State
bordering on war among a great portion
Of the miners Of Pennsylvania; that
there is an extensive lsckout prevailing
among iron-Eorkers at Pittsburg; that
small bodies Of carpenters, hOuse-paint-
ers, ship-builders and others are on a
strike in New York city and 6nAlIy, We
are promised an extensive strike among
the trade organizations Of Chicago on the
FIRST Of May, in order to secure the Adop-
, n Of the eight hour system.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
TRIBUTE.

HALL OF souTH MEMPHIS LopeE, No. u.s.
MEMPHIS. April u. A. ID. 1857, A. L. bsol.J
WHEREAS. 1t has pleased the Great Architect
Of the Universe to remove by death. from our
communion, our worthy and esteemed Brother
VIM. A. Whitmore-in order to give suitable
expression to our feelings Of regret on this oc-
casion Of the inscrutable dispensation Of Prov
idence that has called our brother, In the vigor
of manhood, to his final rest.
Resolred, That, in his death. our order has
sustained the loss of most worthy and devoted
Mason; society useful and highly esteemed
fellow. citizen, ss remarkable for his retiring
modesty as for the high order of his moral and
social qualities.
Resolred, That we tender TO the surviving
relatives ofour deceased brother eur coincidence
and sympathy for their painful bereavement.
ResOlped, That copy be transmitted to the
family Of our deceased brother.
[Signed,l r. PUCKETT.
nd. LETS0M, SCommittee.
M.B.CAMPBELL,J
n ~ m
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
P,une for His PrOvsndsr BY Praying.

EAyluk lOl MS ANeNohANA " AAeyAb"
The Cleveland Plaindedler is respon-
sible for the following:
We have ne intention Of making fun Of
serious matters in telling the following
GOOD story-we merely relate q fact:
There is a rule at 0berlin College that
no student shall board at any house
where prayers are not regularly made
each day. A certain man fitted up a
boarding house aud filed il with board
ers. but forgot, until the eleventh hour,
the prayer proviso. Not being praying
man himself, he looked around for one
who was At length he found one-a
meek young man, from Trumbull coun-
~. who agreed 10 pay for his board in
praying. For a while all went on smooth
". but the boarding master furnished his
table 80 poorly that the ooardeTs began
10 grumble and to leave, and the other
morning the prayer Loarder actually
"struck Something like the follow
ing dialogue occurred at the table
Iandlord-Will you pray, Mr.. Mid
Niid-No sir, ! viii not
Landlord-Why not, Mr.. MIDI
Mild-It don't pay, sir. i can pray
on such victuals a. these. And unless
you bind yourself IN writing % set a bet
ter table than T0n have for the last three
weeks, nsrT another prayer do yon set
cat Of me.
And thats The way the matter stood
Al latest advices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20

+, Il is said that It i nearly certain chat
Sorrati will not be tried At the present
term 81 the District Court, and Il is eyon
questionable whether he win ever be tried
at all; inasmuch as doubts are enter
tanned whether there is sutiicisncy Of
legal evidence to sustain the accusation
against him. Perhaps too, in his case
as in that of Mr.. Davis, revelations that
might result from . too rigid investiga-
tlon into certain delicate topics are feared
by officials high in position, and this
fact may operate at no distant day to
procure his enlargement llID !
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
Incident Of tho Negro Mass Meeting at
niehmond

Incident OF the Negro Mass Meeting az
Richmond.
Correspondence New York Herald.
During the celebration, while the as
semblage were being harangued by n
sable orator named Fuller, who advoea'
ted amalga nation, said that he had no
use for any>white man who did not want
him, or any other colored man TO marry
his daughter" Miss Lizzie Van Lew
aud Miss Darlington, both Union la
dies, were at this opportune moment
ushered through the densely.packed
throng 10 the speakers stand by police
man, and shook hands with the amalga-
nation orator, who Immediately cried
three cheers for them, which we're given
from five thousand throats with will
The Van LEWIS, it will be recollected,
are influential Union people here, but
the conduct of these young ladies upon
this occasion has elected the severest
censure from their friends, and even the
military officers here who highly appre-
ciated them, are "a this account com
pletely turned against them. The young
ladies, however, explain the matter by
saying that they had no knowledge Of the
nature Of the speech, and having gone TO
the square, became entangled in the mass
Of negroes, out Of which they had to ask
the assistance of policeman to rescue
them. An officer, who was very indig-
nant at their conduct, said, should he 20
to their residence, be would expect TO
find sable visitors in the parlor, and they
would be damned fools If they didn't 60
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
WON'T HAVE 1T,

In New Jersey the lower House OF the
State Legislature, on Wednesday, con-
sidered the suffrage question. The pro-
position was to strike the word white "
from the constitution, so as to permit
the colored people to vote. After debate,
the House decided against it, the yeas
being 20 and the nays 80. Those who
voted in favor of negro suffrage were all
Republicans, while the political COM
plexion of those opposing II was Is Re-
publicans and % Democrats.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
THE PRESIDENCY.

The Philadelphia Ledger, in it own
quiet manner, remarks: " Schuyler Col.
fax has been formally nominated for
the Presidency, by Governor Snyth, the
retiring Governor Of New Hampshire.
The Presidential election being but
eighteen months of, candidates are, of
course, appearing in all quarters. A list
Of the men already named will be found
10 contain the names Of Generals Grant,
sherman, Thomas, Mcclellan, and But.
Ter. Andrew johnson, Schuyler Colfax,
senators Wade, sherman, sumner aud
Fessenden, Thaddeus Stevens, HoFatio
Seymour and an indefinite number Of
other persons Ills highly probable that
= Northern man FOR President, and a
Southern man FOR Vice President, will be
run By each party; aud there is no dan
ger, from present appearances, that
either ofice viii 90 abegging.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20

At the Paris Exposition it is said that
q novelty will be on exhibition in the
shape of an artificial horse. The inge-
niously constructed animal, when ready
for the road, will travel twenty-five miles
without stopping, and Afterwards may be
wound up 10 a few moments so as to go
as much farther, and so on indefinitely.
A horse like this must be valuable ac-
QUESTION, provided it can be bought as
cheaply as the noble animal of which it
is copy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
oRNERAL LEEs INFLUENcE.

It is noteworthy fact that while at all
previous sessions of Washington (Gen.
Lees) College quarrels and disturbances
between the students and cadets we're Of
frequent occurrence. Such is the inhu-
encs Of General Lees presence, and so
great is the respect in which he is held
by all, that they viii make any sacrifices
rather than have any quarrel that might
reach his ears, and now q spirit Of emu
lation for good behavior is engendered
between them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
FOREIGN.

LONDON, April lS-Dispatehes re-
ceived from Berlin state that the speech
Of King William closing Parliament ex-
cites distrust throughout Germany.
PARIS, April l9.-Bourse dull and
heavy rentes declined lf
ST.. PETERSBURG, April l9.-The Rus
sian Government has made q reduction
to the amount Of 1900, 600 rubles in the
annual military aud naval expenditures
Of the empire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
ELsON BROS,
NJ Z DICAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine,

y
T EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following;
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken Of as incurable, 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 June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
personally came Joseph Haydock to me, known
as such. and being duly sworn, deposed rs fol-
lows That he is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereof, for pre-
paratious or medicines known. as MAGGIEL'S
PILLS and SALVE, and that the following
certificates are verbatum copies TO the best Of
his knowledge and belief.
i Ia. 81 JAMES SMElTRE, Notary Public,
N4 at Wall Street. New York.
DR.. MAGarRL: take my pen to write you of
my great relief, and that the awful pain in my
side has left me az last thanks to your medicine
oh, doctor, how thankful L am that can get
some sleep. | can never write It enough.
thank you again and ngain. and am SURF you
are really the friend Of all sufferers. could
not help writing to you. and hope you will not
take 1t amiss. JAMES MYERS,
Z June l, 1866. ll6 Avenue d.
This is to certify that was discharged from
tho army with Chronic Darrhea, and have
been cured be DR.. Maggiel,s Pills. .,
WILSON HARVEY.
New York. April 7. 1865. q Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case of man
employed in an Iron Foundry. who, in pouring
melted iron into q 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 eigh
weeks after the accident:
NEW YORK. Jan. II. 1866.
Ny namo is Jacob Hardy; am an iron foun-
DER was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salve, and it cured me in few weeks. This il
all true. and any body can now see mo at j ck-
sons Iron Works. Second Avenue;
J,HARDY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
FROM WASHINGTON.

wAsHIsGTok, April 2O.--It has trans.
pired here that the summons to Messrs.
Trenholm d Co. to appear before the
Judiciary impeachment Committee, was
based on the allegation that a million Of
dollars in gold had been paid to secure
the pardon of the blockade runners.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. MaggieI's Pills and SalYei

[Extracts from Various Letters.
ST had no appetite; Maggiers Pills gave me
a hearty one."
"Your Pills are marvellous"
81 send for another box. and keep then in
the house."
DIR. Maggiel has cured my headache that
was chronio."
fer cholera morbus. The dear little thing got
well in q day."
My nausea Of q morning is now cured"
Your box of MaggiePs Selve curod me of
noises in the head. | rubbed some of your
Salve behind my ears and the noise left"
Send me two boxes; l want one for poor
family"
81 enclose dollar; your price is twenty-five
cents, but the medicine to me is worth a dollar"
Send me Eve boxes Of your pills"
Let me have three boxes of your SalYe by
Ieturn mail"
The best Pills for headache I ever had"
my liver works like an engine. thanks to
your Pills"
"Iam pleased to say TO you, DR.. Maggiel.
that would not be without boz of your Pills
for curing me Of morning nausea for the world"
You VIII find enclosed one dollar. Your
worth to me one dollar"
"DRAk DooreR: My tongue had fur on II
every morning like the back Of q cat. Your
Pills took it away"
"I took half pill and crushed ii TO powder,
and gave 1t in jelly TO my little babe for cholera
morbus. The dear little pet was well in three
hours after"
L suppose IL is hardly worth while TO tell
you my burned foot has got well from the use
Of your Salve. Enclosed find % cents for an
other box TO keep in the house"
Send me another box Of Salve."
Enclosed find Is cents for two boxes Of your
Maggiels Pills and one Of Salve."
THE most gentle yet searching medicine
ever swallowed" rrrH
Have Over 200 Such Testimonials.
MAGGIEL'S PILLS AND SALVE are al
most universal in their effects and n cure can
be almost always guaranteed. FOR BILIOUS
DISEASES nothing can be mere productive OF
cure than these Pills. Their almost magic in
huence is felt at once and the usual cOncOmi-
tants Of this most distressing disease are re-
moved. These remedies are made from the
purest VEGETABLE COMPOUNDS. They
will not harm the most delicate female. and can
be given with good effect in prescribed doses to
the youngest babe. FOR CUTANE0US bis
ORDERS and all eruptions of the skin tho
SALVE Is most invaluable. IL does rot heal
externally alone. but penetrates with the most
searching streets to the very root Of the evil.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
FROM PETERSBURG

PErERsBURG, Va, April 2O.-A Radi-
cal mass meeting was held last night to
ratify the resolutions adopted at the
Richmond Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
DIR. MAGGIELS PILLS
Each Box Contains Twelve Pllls.

ONI III 70 n DOsll-Is
~ NoTTcE.-None genuine without the en-
gravcd trade mark around each pot r. box
signed By DOCTORJ. MAGGIEL. Me- TcrE
70 counterfeit which il felony.
- coli hy 40 respectable Dealers r. Me-
icines throughout the United States an cana
das. IT > cents per box OF Dot.
"COuyTERrErTs Buy no Margicl Pills or
Salve With a little pamphlet inside tle lex
They are bogus. The genuine have ua u1c % J 4.
II a. dock on box With name 81 j. Marcel. n .
u. The eeuuine have the Pill surrounded Hifh
white powder" s-IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
FROM BUFFALO.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 2O.-Shortly
after two o'clock this morning the New
York and Erie Elevator was destroyed
by FIRE. Loss about 100000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
DAILY PAPER FOR SALE.

ONE HALF INTEREST IN THE KNOX
" WILLIE DAILY and WEEKLY COM
MERCIAL i now offered for sale. The pur-
chaser must be practical newspaper man OF a
practical printer. The object Of sale Il 10 as
sociaie working capacity in one branch or other
Of the paper. The paper n now vel estab-
Addrea DAILY COMMERCIAL.
~ Knoxville. Tenn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
WANTED.

YARDS, BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS,
~ bray Tickets, Envelopes. etc. neatly
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-20
This Is no Hunbug!

DY SENDING 60 CENTS AND STAMPS,
ID with age, hight. color Of eyes aud hair, you
will receive. By return mall a correct picture Of
your future husband or wife. with name and
date Of marriage. Address MINNIE CLlf-
TON. p. q. Drawer No. b, Poltonviile. N. Y.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-01
A New and Grand Epoch in vIedicine.

A New and Grand Epoch i'm Medicine.
MIR. MAGGIEL is the founder of new Medi-
cal System! The quantitarians, whose vast
internal doses enfeeble the stomach and par
alyze the bowels, must give precedence to the
man who restores health and appetite, with
from one to two Of his extraordinary Pills, and
cures the most virulent sores with box or SO
Of his wonderful and all-healing Salve These
two great specifics of the Doctor are fast super
seding all the stereotyped nostrums of the day.
Extraordinary cures by Maggieps Pills and
Salve, have opened the eyes Of the public to the
inetiicency of the( called remedies of others,
and upon which people have SO long blindly
depenued. Maggeps Pills are not of the class
that are swallowed by the dozen, and of which
every box full taken creates an absolute neces-
sity for another. One or two of Maggiel's
Pills sufiices to place the bowels in perfect or
der, tone the stomach, create an appetite, and
render the spirits light and buoyantl There Is
no gripping, and no reaction in the form of con-
stipation If the liver is affected, its functions
are restored; aud IL the nervous system is fee
BILE, tits invigorated. This last quality makes
the medicines very desirable for the wants OF
delicate females. Ulcerous and eruptve dis
eases are literally extinguished by the disen-
fectant power Of Maggiel's Salve. In fact, it is
here announced that Mdggiers Bilious, DyS-
peptic and Didrrhed Pills cure where all
others fail. While for Burns, Scalds, Chill
blains, Cuts and all abrasions of the skin Mag
gieFs Sdlre is infallible. Sold by ], Mag
GIRL, IL Pine Street, New York, and all Drug,
gists, at % cents per box. n
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-01
MAYORS OFFICE, JACKSON, MISS,


January 81, 1867.
HNHE attention Of the public is called to the
Il following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE in relation to Stove Pipes.
: Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen OF the City Of Jackson, That from
and after the passage OF this ordinance no
dwelling house, store, or other building Of any
description or character, shall be constructed
within the corporate limits Of the city, in
which stove pipe il used in passing through
the side or roof Of such house.
Soc, 2. Be il further enacted, That in all
buildings already e. ected in which stove pipe
Is used to convey the smoke, and when the
same passes through the roof or side Of such
building, such stove pipe shall be removed
within thirty days after th e passage and publ.
cation Of this ordinance.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That In case
the owner or owners Of any such building
wherein stove pipes are used in passing
through the roof or side Of the house, shall
not remove the same within thirty DAYS after
the passage and publication Of this ordinance.
that 1t shall be the duty Of the City Marshal
% present all such eases TO the Mayor. and the
Mayor, upon such presentation. shall impose
fine OF ten dollars upon any person or persons
negltcting or refusing to comply with the pro-
visions OF this ordinance; and an additional
fne OF nye dollars for every day after such
complaint made that such stove pipe shall con-
tinue unremoved.
The following clause is embraced in all In
I "The Company win not be answerable for
any loss arising from the use Of fires m build
ings uuproyided with a good stove or briclr
chimney, or IN consequence q neglect or dsrf-
alton from the lars or regulations Of police
made % prevent Gccidents from IRE, In places
S wssT: laws and resulHPS9'B a .sls wssss'ei
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-01
TRUSTEES SALE.

10y virtue and under the authority Of a deed
ID in trust, executed on the 23d day Of July,
1866, by Miles Moore, to secure the payment
to Alexander Brown and sons Of a certain OBJ
legation therein described, which deed in trust
has been duly recorded in the Probate Clerks
Office of Carroll county, Mississippi, we, the
undersigned Trustees, will, in pursuance Of
the power In us vested by said deed in trust,
on Saturday, the I'd day Of February, 1857,
within the hours prescribed by law, proceed
TO sell at public auction. to the highest bidder,
for cash in hand. in front Of the Capitol, In the
city Of jackson, Mississippi, the following de-
scribed property, or q sufiicieney thereof TO
satisfy the debt, interest and cost Of executing
the trust, viz; The steam saw and gria mill
situated In Carroll county, Mississippi, in sec
ton No. Of township twenty-one, range five,
east, together with an the tools, Implements
and machinery, &C., attached to OF in any wise
appertaining to said saw and grist mill and also
the privilege OF cutting timber OF Of ten thou
sand acres Of land belonging 70 DR.. Green
Crowder, as per contract between him and said
Miles Moore. Also, all the lumber that may
be in the mill yard on the said ID day Of Feb
rlary, 1857. Also, six yoke Of oxen, thirty
head Of cattle, six mules and three wagons.
We will convey TO the purchaser or purchat-
ers such title as Is vested In us AZ Trustees.
EEaA JOSEPH BELL 4.s,,...,. q
THOMAS GREEN i-'t-
Ian. Il dot
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-01
LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
BY AUTHORITY.
An Act

TO authorize the redemption of Lands sold
, to the State.
Vi SECTION ]. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
Orc of the State of Mississippi, That any
Ntizen of the State whose land was sold for
Pc taxes of 1861, 1862, or 1868, and pur-
based by tho State, may redeem the same at
be office of Auditor of Public Accounts,
upon payment Of any and all costs, and
county Taxes or advances made by the
tate, and by payment of Tax for the year
F66, to be assessed by the Auditor of Public
accounts at the same price it was assessed
"a the year 1860.
SEC. 2. Be IL further enacted That before
Any citizen shall be entitled to redeem his or
Der lands as provided for in the first section
pf this act, he or she shall produce evidence
satisfactory to the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts, that he or she were resident citizens
of the State of Mississippi, on the first day
of January 1861 and still are resident cit
liens.
Sec. 3. Be u further enacted, That this act
shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved Jan. %, 1867.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-01
LArER FRoM MEx1co.-The Brig

LATER From MEXICO British
steamship Mexico, Capt. Poindexter,
from Vera Cruz 23d inst, arrived at
her wharf this evening. Capt. Poin-
dexter reports that the French frigate
Roma, left Vera Cruz on the 21st inst,
with twelve hundred Austrian infantry.
The evacuation of the city of Mexico
would have been complete by the 2Sth
inst Marshal Bazaine, has issued
orders to Superintendent Stephens of
fhe railroad from Pascu del Mache to
Nera Cruz to make arrangements to
transport two thousand troops day
From that place to Vera Cruz. Marshal
Bazaine had also offered to convey all
parties desiring to return to France,
Nyho we're without means, free of cost
IN. o. Times.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-01

a man, the ugliest of all of that
fnbe distinguished from other animals by the
ftwer OF speech and reason. made his APP
Nshrance yesterday, in front of the capitol.
had not been framed in natures prodi-
lily his nose was sharp and long, hair
h'Shevellcd and unlike Hyperion's, complex
ipp decidedly cadaverous and apparel of the
nAique style worn by Falstaff's warriors
Phile sauntering down street he dropped in
y the store of John Cleary and was there
incased in suit that adorned the body and
made marked change in the appearance Of
the man, 1t is as true as preaching that
Cleary sells large amount of goods for
very small amount of greenbacks. Go and
buy, ever bearing in mind that
few good clothes put on with small ado,
Purchase your knowledge and your kindred too