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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-27

the early times of the war consisted
merely in the application of the Sanserit
alphabet to the spelling of the English
words; that is to say, the words used in
the secret dispatches were English, but
the Sanscrit characters we're employed in
their formation. All that was necessary
for any person to read and understand the
dispatches was simply for him to learn
the Sanscrit alphabet, which can be done
very quickly; but of course our officers
were not in that secret AS the number
of persons in this country who know
Sanscrit is exceedingly small, the rebels
carried on this ingenious system for
long time with impunity. We may re-
mark that the idea of applying to one
language the characters of another in
this way was not novel with the rebels.
We have seen in this city very curious
book, printed in England in the early
part of this century, in which, for par
ticular reason the Greek character is
applied to the spelling of English words
throughout the entire volume. - Neic
York Times.
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Hnrrnrs of a Mummy Pit.


A young Philadelphian travelling in
Egypt writes to the Inquirer, of that
city, that he was recently led down into
cavern used as sepulchre for mum
mics. He says:
Imagine a vaulted chamber about
twenty-five feet square Away down,
in the very heart of this granite rock,
dimly lighted by our tive Pickering ta-
pers, filled almost to the root, was q
countless, piled up mass of uncoffned
mummies. There they lay in all shapes
and postures. Time had burst the
twining lgaments of some, and their
bony arms and Aeshless fingers seemed
struggling up from the mass, as if to lay
hold of the disturbers of their slumbers.
Some were placed upright against the
wall, and, in the weird shadows thrown
by the candles light, their features
twitched and moved, aud their long sealed
lips seemed opening to denounce
US. The Arab drew long knife from
the sheath on his arm, and commenced
cutting and tearing of the wrappings, in
search of scaraboeno; and, as his naked
limbs sank among the dry bones, and his
SWdTLDN IUSotu aDOub thG UOuiCot
he looked like some hideous vampire at
his nightly meal The air was very bad
and was about to beat retreat, when
suddenly a thought flashed across my
mind, that almost froze my blood with
horror. | am not coward, but for q
moment my heart stood still. The cave
was filled with a thousand mummies,
drier than the driest tinder, and soaked
in bitumen; each one wrapped in nu-
merOus folds of mummy cloth, as in
hammablea as gun-cotton. A single spark
from one of the candles would have
spread like wild6re, and no power upon
earth could have saved us from a fearful
death; we would have been roasted alive
in five minutes. / remarked this to
Harry; he saw it instantly, and yelled
to the guide to be careful of the lights,
while l started for the opening. On |
went, through the narrow passage, tear
ing knees and garments against the
sharp stones, shudderingly expecting
each moment to lay my hand upon the
Shiny coils of serpent in the dark, and
feeling (in imagination) the 5corching
breath OF the fire fend on my back. At
last reached the hole and was drawn
up, very glad to breathe the pure air
and feel the warm sun again.
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Queer Freak Of Nature-A Woman Recov-
ers Her Youth.


A brief paragraph has elected the fol-
lowing from a correspondent, who writes
from Amite City, under date of Septem-
Der I'd:
About the year 1880 / became ac-
quainted with an aunt of my wife, who
was then upwards of ninety years Of age,
and dined with her at the house of her
son, who was born when his mother was
sixty years old, and who was fifteen
years younger than his next youngest
brother or sister.
This old lady was the wife of Mr..
Adair, of South Carolina, whose name is
honorably mentioned more than one
time in the history of the revolutionary
war, and when met her in Alabama she
had regained her eyesight, and did, in
my house, make herself fine muslin
cap without the aid Of glasses.
Soon after this period she concluded
that the return Of sight was a warning
that she was not long for this world ;
consequently, she returned to Caliior-
mia to be buried by her husband, but
after a stay of four years she concluded
that she was mistaken, and returned to
Alabama, having four new and full
grown teeth in front, two above aud two
below My wife and myself have raised
nine children, and have lived to see the
youngest Ia daughter) married. We are
both in good health, and / now have
seven more years to wait, hoping that
she may initiate ber extraordinary aunt
by presenting me with fac son to re-
pair in part the loss of our two sons in
the Confederate army.
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Merrimac and Monitor.
RICHMOND. VA, Sept II, 1867.
II;4,r oc tha World

To the Editor of the World:
SIR: Find in yesterdays World, just
received, a report Of q speech of Mr..
Greeley, at the opening of the American
Institute Fair, in which occurs the fol-
lowing sentence:
After referring to the triumph of the
Monitor over the Merrimac in Hampton
Roads, Mr.. Greeley continued, etc.
Now, there is no fact in. the late war
better ascertained than that all the "tri-
umph" ever won by an ironclad in
Hampton Roads was by the Merrmac
was one of concourse of thousands OF
people who saw the Merrimac challenge
the whole Federal fleet, through a long
summer day, to come out from the guns
of Fortress Monroe and the Rip RAps
and fight her and among those who
declined the challenge was the Monitor.
But choose to set this fiction at rest on
the evidence of Northern man, and one
whose standing as a witness in a case OF
this sort is unimpeachable. l refer to
Norman Wizard, the celebrated ordnance
founder and inventor.
In memorial addressed by him to
Congress, and to be seen in the report
on the Conduct of the War, supplement,
part 2, | find the following sentence:
at should be recollected that the
Army of the Potomac was once prevented
from passing up James river by the pre-
sence of the terrible Merrimac, which
iron.clad was encountered by another
iron. clad, the little Monitor, armed with
Dahlgren eleven-inch shell guns, the pro
iectiles from which crunbled against her
sides, and she returned uniniured TO her
picket duty, and long continued 10 hold
possession of Norfolk harbor and the
mouth of the James rire'i or so long as
until our army had passed too far to re-
turn toward disastrous campaign TO get
10 her rear at Harrison landing.
The simple trlth is that all that was
ever done in the Roads by any iron clad
was done by the Merrimac. The attack
on and destruction of the Congress aud
Cumberland would as certainly have been
followed by the destruction Of the Mime
sofa had there been sufficient draft Oi
water for the Merrimac to approach her.
and it was a leak occasioned by inJury to
her beak received in her attack on the
Ccngress,and no battering OF the Monitor
whose shells erumbled against her sides,
that sent the Merrimac back to her dock.
The only serious damage inflicted on
either ironclad was suffered by the turret
of the Monitor. Aud no sooner had toe
Merrimac been repaired than she sailed
down the harbor and vainly strove to get
the entire feet, Monitor included, to
leave their safe moorings under the
hundreds Of guns ashore TheHeefor-
ward the Merrimac lorded it on the
waters Of the great roadstead until that
melancholy morning in May when she
sank on the field Of her lame by the
hands Of her friends-m0rte sur ie champ
de baffaiHe. We have little left II not
glory - nothing. Surely the United
States can afford to leave us that uniaxa-
bic possession. h
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| that i liked everything L sew except
polygamy, she answered ingenuously
"Well, / don't like that, and don't
know of anybody who does !"
The second, though reared in the
faith, and nominally one Of the Saints,
had steadfastly refused all offers of mar
riage. She regarded the leaders as char
latans, declared she would rather die
than wed in a community where plurality
of wives was tolerated, and would leave
the Territory but for family ties. A few
months later she did leave to become the
wife of Gentle.
The third was. the wife of prominent
Saint. l had already formed her ac-
quairtance in public, and now encouu-
tered her accidentally for ten minutes
in Gentle parlor. Again and again
had | heard her husband aver that the
women not merely acquiesced in polyg
amy, but often urged their consorts to
take additional wives. After some gen.
eral conversation, she asked:
"What is the most noticeable thing
you find among usT
"The peacetulness of the rival wives.
The fact that they not only refrain from
breaking each other heads, but gene.
rally seem friendly, sometimes even
affectiona'e.
"Thst is our strong religious convic-
tion. Nothing else could produce it.
| believe our women are better, more
patient, than others in the world. No
body knows the severity of the trials
they have to endure"
"Your people have treated us with
the greatest courtesy, and shown us
much which excites our sympathy and
admiration. They have exhibited little
of your home-life; but that little only
confirms my previous belief that to give
another woman the sacred name of wife
is the greatest crime, the last possible
outrage a man can commit against his
own wife and the mother ofhis children.
The lady replied with painful earnest
ness, with teeth clenched and every
muscle tense:
Certainly it is would rather see
my daughter in her shroud than married
to pluralist."
The first wife deems herself superior
to the rest, sometimes refusing to asso-
ciate or speak with them, or to recognize
the legitimacy of their marriage
"Are you Mr. IS only wife p asked
Gentle of Mormon lady.
l am, was the reply, though sew
eral other women call themselves his
wives"
We were told of one poor fellow with
pair of wives in single house con-
tanning but two rooms. When he
brought home his second spouse, the
first Indignantly repudiated him, and
would no longer even speak to him.
Soon after the second wife also refused
to serve him further; and the luckless
man was sleeping alone upon the floor
of his cabin, and doing his own cooking,
washing and mending, while his consorts
we're at last agreed in hating him cor
daily. Like old Weller, he had dome
it once too often.
We dined at the house Of a leading
Saint, whose two wives were present at
the board, bat only as walters, were
dressed precisely alike, and really seemed
to regard each other as sisters.
One porly brother has a wife in
nearly every village; so that when he
makes an annual tour of the territory
with Brigham he can always stay in his
own family Polygamy is at least self
sustaining; the women are expected to
support themselves. -RichardSon'S " Be-
yoRd the Mississippi"
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B9- A Paris correspondent says the
finest woman in the world is being
exhibited in a booth on the Champs de
Mars. Those who visit her are addressed
by her in the following modest style ;
81 am the most beautiful woman in the
world. No Empress, no queen, can
compare with me. tYou are at liberty to
touch me, messieurs; you will find that
there is no cotton about me.
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S@- The cotton product of 1866 and
1867, for the cotton year, which closed
on August 3lst, is reported by the New
York Financial and Commercial
Chronicle at 2,Ol9,27l bales, as com
pared with 2,l9S, ,9s7 bales for the pre-
vious wear.
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I@- The Topeka (Kansas) Leader
says it would publish the list of candi- :
dates for sheriff in that county but for
the fact that it would be impossible to
print them all, before election, at the
rate of three columns per day.
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RAJ Confederate bonds of the eight
per cent. loan are still being bought up,
it is supposed, by the authority of the
British Government, to be put in as an
Offset against our claim for damages
done by the Alabama.
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E6S Samuel Lancheimer, proprietor
Of hat and cap store, who was arrested,
charged with setting fire to his premises,
shot himself through the heart in the
station house at New York Tuesday.
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RsA- The ordnance train of Stonewall
Jackson's corps made $4,000 miles in
two years. A soldier of the Stonewall
brigade claims that he marched 36,2435
miles during the war.
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l4-The Atlanta papers say that within
the last three months there have been
ten cases of rape in that city, all Of them,
with solitary exception, committed by
neprnea
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Confederate Cipher.

A person entitled TO know something
about the subject has told us that-one Of
the most intricate and valuable ciphers
used by the rebel government IN eommu-
nicating with their spies in the North in
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R&~ An old lady announced in court
at Atlanta that she had no counsel,
that God was her lawyer" My dear
madam" replied the judge, "he does not
practice in this court"
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Have For saie---

Have For Eale---
25 MILBURNE's CELEBRATED IRON
AXLE WAGONS.
Is MILBURNE's CELEBRATED THIN
BLE-SKEIN WAGONS-over 300 sold in
Memphis all warranted for u months,
and only $l2 so damages claimed for break
age.
50 CARVER GINS. from 90 to 50 saws, wood
and iron frame.
25 ToDD's IMPROVED BULLOCK COT
TON PRESSES-double geared and 70
work by crank. Two men can mako 5OO
pound bale.
10 TODD's IMPROVED HORSE POWERS,
for running Gins and Grst Mills-the finest
power made.
JAMES TODD STATIONARY ENGINES,
of all slzes-from 20 to lOO-horse power.
ToDD's planning MILLS AND WOOD
WORKING MACHINERY. of all kinds,
furnished at short notice.
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES. of all sizes,
from to 3O-horse power.
STATIONARY ENGINES, of all sizes. from
20 to SO-horse power.
SINGLE AND DOUBLE SAW MILLS
Todd's and other makes.
GIN SEDIMENTS. for 10 and 10 feet wheels,
complete.
RAILROAD AND. LEVER HORSE pow
ERS, 2, 4 and horse power.
rs TONS OF IRON TIES dow to the trade)
100 DOZEN CEDAR BUCKETS, iron and
brass bound, assorted Glow to the trade).
,oo x,,,nr, ,,prN 4, rrrDC ~ A. Al ..1oN
10 BUCKEYE CIDER PRESSES. to close
consignment.
11OAND 12 HORSE POWER PORTABLE
ENGINE, secondhand. low fer cash-lnust
be sold.
l6HORSE POWER. secondhand, cheap.
12sHORsE POWER STATIONARY EN-
CINE and SAWMILL-all complete-can
be bought lev
$50 SAW and 26OsAN GINS Cbutlittle usod)
low for cash.
DANIELS PLANNING MACHINE-cuts
81 inches wide and 25 feet long-oan be had
at a bargain.
PLowS NySS Sf GIIIAESa. Al kinds:
| CORN N-SHELLERS;
REAPERS AND MOWERS; |;
LATH MACHINES;
WHEAT DRILLS;
LILIES FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
DEERING COTTON PRESSES;
COTTON PLANTERS:
COTTON SCRAPERS
COTTON SWEEPERS;
CULTIVAT0RS
CORN PLANTERS;
SHINGLE MACHINES.
AS- WOOD AND R0N-W0RKING MA
| CHINERY. of all kinds, ordered on short
notice, and furnished at manufactu ers'
| nrices $50
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Dissolution.

U1HE COPARTNERsHIP HERETOFORE
il existing between II. p. Treat and A. Ham
iIton. under the frm name and style of TREAT
& HAMILTON, l. this day Dissolved by mu-
tual consent. The old partaer.hip tusiness Of
tie firm viii be wound up hy h. y. Treat, Of
ef A. Hamilton, either Of whom i authorized
b collect ciaims and pay the debts Of the frm.
partias indebted % the old firm viii please call
HIP. TREAT.
A. HAMILTON.
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I1- A dispatch to the New York
Herald says Gen. Grants father spoke
at Democratic meeting in Cincinnati
ON Friday night.
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Beg~ Reports prejudicial to the Com
mercial Bank of Toronto are pronounced
entirely unfounded. Its notes are taken
at all banks at par.
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Sa~ Henry Ward Beecher is going to
have his prayers bonnd in book form.
Why don't he have them dramatized?
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n@. The skeleton of perfectly formed
infant was taken from the wall of house
in Alton, ILL.,, on Monday,
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af7s~ There is not more than quarter
of the ship building going on in Maine
this year that there was last year.
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ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS,

that she regain her health and former beauty,
you should. by all means procure one bottle 81
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS,
A compound that is actually restoring health
to more sickly females than all other remedies
combined. II only proposes to cure those
1t is indorsed by the medical profession all
over the country. as 1t Is no secret nor patent,
and effects cures bona fde cures afteriall other
means fail.
OLD AND YOUNG FEMALES
Have long needed medicine that would relieve
them of all those Female Complaints and
IRREGULARITIES. which prove so troublesome all
over the Southern country, and they can now
English Female Bifters. 1t arouses. restores
nent. If troubled with painful. suppressed or
irregular Mepstruation, Uysterics, Leucorrhoea
or Whites, Falling OF the Womb, liberation Of
the Womb, Chleross. and all those symptoms
which follow. this medicine will relieve you.
THAT YOUNG GIRL,
Whose bloom has departed from her cheeks;
whose eye has lost its lustre; whose intellect
has lost its brightness; whose countenance
betokens gloom and despair; who ispale, ema-
ciated. feeble. lineless, repulsive with palpita-
tion of the heart. swimming OF the head, cold
feet and hands, can be restored to perfect health
and beauty by using the English Female
Bitters.
MARRIED LADIES,
AS you value your life, and health, and per-
sonal charms; as you are now troubled with
some complaint peculiar to your sex; as you
have been under treatment of some physician
without benefit as you have nearly concluded
that your case csu1ot be reached let US insist
let us urge you to aside your fears and pre-
judices, in regard to sadyertised remedies, for
one time in your life, and try one single bottle
of English Female Bitters.
We are we'll aware that many persons snub
mt tho idea of using an article that is advar-
tirnd and tva knOw nf ma aoubbfo0 inAt.y;d-
uals in this community, and if they had their
way, many OF them would snub all you sickly
females in your. graves. Cannot worthy medi-
cine be adveriised2 Send Immediately, and
procure bottle Of this powerful Uterine and
General Tonic. and regain your health, strength
and color. Sold by all Druggists.
J. p. DR0M600LE & CO., Proprietors,
39l Main street. Memphis,
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E6S" The operations of the courts of
St. Mary's parish, La, have been sus-
pended on account of the yellow fever
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aeA+. Secretary of the Navy Mallory IS
the first Confederate cabinet officer who
has been pardoned by the President.
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aa~ A new style of bonnet has made
its appearance in Paris. 1t is a twine
string with diamond set in the top.
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RAJ A slight shock of an earthquake
was felt in San Francisco Sunday night
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neA- 1t is so dry in some parts of Ohio
that cloud of dust follows the plow.
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aMOTHERS AND FATHERS

Who have pale, swarthy. puny, and sickly
children. having little or no appetite. imperfect
Digestion inactive liver, indisposition to play,
but are cross, peeyish and dropping about, with
slight fevers sometime during the day, can be
effectually restored to the bloom Of health. by
giving small doses Of the King of Chills four or
FIVE times day. Do not forget the name.
81 90. Sold by all Druggists. j. P. DRoM-
GooLE & Co.. Proprietors, 39l Main street.
Memphis.
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s~" General Joe Johnston is at Lynch
burg, Va.
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M MEpicAL.
REDUCTION IN PRICE
Standard Remedy

Standard Remedy!
TN CONSIDERATION OF THE SCARCITY
i OF money, and JIM order 10 place il within
the reach Of all, We have reduced the price Of
KING OF CHILLS
This Is the most powerful and certain COM
pound ever introduced for the permanent
eradication OF all forms of Chills, Intermittent,
Remittent and Bilious Fevers. Neuralgia.
affections 50 common throughout the Southern
country, II. is put up in large bottles. with
plain directions. is pleasant 10 the taste, and
does not affect the head. ears or nerves.
WHAT 1T CAN DO.
II cleanses the Stomach, arouses the Liver,
opens the Bowels, and carries of all Bilious
Matter, efecting quick and permanent cures.
RADICALS
Who have not become acclimated, and are con-
stantly troubled with Chill or Fever, who arc
Bilious and full Of Aches. and feel an indispO-
this truly valuable Medicinal Compound, which
is prepared by Physicians of Twenty Years ex-
perience in this malarious country.
CONSERVATIVES
Who have no time to lose foolng with various
mixtures Of the day, and who have no money
10 throw away, could not do better than 10
spend One Dollar for the KING OF CHILLS
and be cured Of all flrms Of Chills. Fever, Etc.
Its taste is pleasant, and IL never affect the
head or ears.
MECHANICS OF MEMPHIS,
Your time is money, and why do you continue
with tho Chills. Fevers, etc., losing so much Of
your precious time when remedy is so near at
hand and 80 cheap. Our remedy builds up tho
system, placing il upon a good foundation,
remodols-by purging the system Of all flaws,
Send and procure one bottle, and be perma-
nently cured. Price only One Dollar.
FARMERS AND PLANTERS
Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest hv purchasing a supply Of this never
failing King Of Chile. Much time can be
saved by curing the Chills Immediately. and
destroys the cause tbatit will not return, as it
does when cured with quiuine.
MERCHANTS AND CLERKS,
Why will you lose so many golden moments OF
your life, in shaking and complaining OF chilly
sensations, Fevers, Headaches, pains in the
Bones and Joints, Lassitude, Billiousness, etc.,
when tho insignificant sum of One Dollar will
speedily restore you to health, vigor and buoy
ancy? II is pleasant to the taste. produces no
roaring or buZzing in the head, no ringing of
the cars, but acts quickly and etfectually. After
using one bottle you will have no other in your
house.
sMOTHERS AND FATHERS
Who have pale, swarthy, puny, and sickly
children. having little or no appetite. imperfect
digestion, inactive liver, indisposition to play,
but are cross peeYish and dropping about, with
slzht fevers sometime during the day, can be
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YOUR WIEE

Possesses charms in proportion to her health,
and she measures husbands love by the inte-
rest he evinces in her welfare while she is sick.
Now, If you wish to retain in tact your wife's
that she regain her health and former beauty,
vnn ahnnld by all means nrnnure one hnktIa af
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An open DECLARATION or WAR

rI,HF UNDERSIGNED KNOWING THAT
hc Is ri7ht, and feeling unwilling to surren-
der wiihouta
General Engagement +!
has declared WAR against the many. diseases
IN fhr Kin The valuable Uroncrties Of bis
eosp constitute A SOVEREIGN REMEDY
fhaf i well known 10 many Of the citizens
III this place; and which should be better
known. TenderinE bis thanks 70 bis former
curforrrs for their patronage, he takes this
mrfhof. therefore o. solicit a continuance Of
Ire Fame from the public generally.
&c % NcGusrr and there yoVll find
The finest Soap and the cheapest kind;
Be sure % cone and that very soen,
or dirt and filth vii be your dooml
80 For sale hy all respectable Drugsists and
5a Q. p. Ao9IMsEY.