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Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-27

State and Congressional election. Three
whereof are Democratic, and the fourth
Radical. The campaign is now fairly
opened Throughout the Stale.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-27

ApprOaehing EIeetiens tn keHtuety.
IouIsvTLLE, March a6-There sre now
four parties in the field in the approaching
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WATCHES AND JEWELRY.

A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF GOLD AND
a silver Watches, gsEelrgi Clocks. ate, a
represented. REPAIRING dene well and Eifk
satisfaction. a. heretofore.
y. WEG6ERS,
dssi5-sB. Ne. aa1i NORTH Chesry "a.
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STRAVED
ADMINISTRATORS Notice,

THE INSOLVENCY OF THE PERSONAL
i estate Of Felix Staub, deceased, having been
suggested in the County Court Clerks office of
Davidson county, and petition having been
filed in the Chancery Court at Nashville TO ad-
minister said estate in the Chancery Court all
claims AGAINST aid estate will be fled with the
Clerk and Master Bf said Court By the May
Rules. PETER JECR, Admir-.
II. II. HARRISON, Sol'r. maT2l wit
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DISSOLUTION.

EVHE COPARTNERsHIP HERETOFORE
i existing under the name and style OF Foster
Brothers il hereby dissolved By mutual consent.
All persors owing Poster Brothers can End
their Office in rear Of Guild 4 Smiths Law
Office, formerly occupied By Foster 4 MeEWen.
Messrs. ARMISTEAD n WOODS have pur-
chased the entire interest of the firm.
FOSTER BROTHERS.
NashEille. Febluary. ls67.
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NOTICE.

A LII PERSONS HAVING GOODS AT /.
IA Cohen's PawnbrOker's Office that are over
due. are hereby notified that if the same are
not settled for previous to the 18th day of March.
1867, the same will be sold at public auction.
without reserve.
n. b. Positively no further time will be
granted. l. COHEN, PaWnbroker.
mara 81 Is North Cherry street.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-27

Agents wanted to canvass for the above new
and popular Book Sales rhpid-prOhts large.
Address HARPER Il BROTHERS.
MARI 9td-e q d-ltw New York.
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PUBLTsHEp RT
JONES, WALLACE ~ co.
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IlNfZL u : a geuIs.
The Distillery portion Of the building can be
rented. and the apparatus and fixtures connect
ed Herewith can be purchased OF leased.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02
ASSETS. JULY l. 1896.
NsWV
Loss By Portland Fire, July 4th.

THE total amsunt covered by the Rtna Poll.
! cies on property destroyed or damaged 10
$206s54, on which salvage will be about Ave
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from s200,000, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is five per cont. upon the Com
pany's assets. figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxos paid last year.
or proportion equal to $1,000 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 fire. Several weak Insurance.
companies are destroyed. Portland has q
population OF 35,000--was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures-protccted
and screened with uPward of3,0 900 shade troes--
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the n--and
with a steam fire depArtment-yet II has $l0,-
600 of property consumed in few hours
upon a holiday when it's people are least occu-
piel--fr0m tho very Insignificant cause Of
ooutemphble frecracker.
Remember the triding origin of fires that
sweep away In few hours the earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Ktna Agent call If you need proper insur-
anco security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
o 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. LITTLET0N 4 CO., AE'h.
v5-lS No. % Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

BD~The Wisconsin papers tell Of a
gentle zephyr which passed through the
town of Mandavia last week: " 1t swept
nearly everything in its path for short
space of from eight to ten rods in width,
twisting trees from one to two feet in
diameter, in two, and carrying the tops
some distance. The bodies of large trees
were distinctly seen at the hight of one
hundred feet in the air, tossed and
whirled about with tremendous force"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

R@- The fall meeting of the Nashville
Blood Horse Association will commence
on the 18th of October and continue five
days. The programme and list of pre-
miuma has been announced and are
highly attractive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

n@- The authorities of Liverpool,
England, instead of establishing legal
rate of charges for cabmen, have adopted
q plan which works quite as satisfac-
torily. Every driver of cab or coach
igrequired By law to place conspicu'
ously on the outside Of his vehicle the
scale Of fares he charges, and as the
public naturally seek the cheapest, this
keeps the prices down. We believe q
similar system, if inaugursted in Mem
phis and other American cities, would
be attended with happy effects.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

Na~ Some weeks since, says an ex-
change, gentleman died in this city,
who dnring life refused to believe in an.
other world. Two or three weeks after
his demise, his wife received through a
medium a communication, which read
as follows: "Dear wife, l now believe.
Please send me my thin clothes"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

bSS- A correspondence Of the New
York Tribune thinks Thad. Stevens
health so poor as to render it extremely
doubtful whether he will ever be able to
20 to Washington again. "It is an i'll
wind" etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02
DIRECTORS,

TVHE MUTUAL SYSTEM HAS DESERV-
odly become the most popular mode of in
suranco In the United States, and Is tho one
embraced by those best informed upon the sub
ject, and who appreciate and desire security,
perpetuity and economy. In purely mutual
company tho assured derives all the advantages
at the lowest rates, or exact cost, paying no
tribute or profits 10 the proprietors or stock
holders for, perhaps, an Inadequate capital OF
security. Cheapness combined with security,
and a certainty Of accomplishing the object in
view. are the essential elements sought fer, and
they may be found eminently existing in a well
conducted mutual. All partiee insuring in this
company become members Of the company and
are directly interested in its success.
Call at the Office Of the company for full infor
nation, whereby all real estate insurers can
save FIFTY por cent. OF ftheir insurance account.
OFFICE: Up stairs in ODD FBLLows' HALL.
Entrance on North Court street. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

neA- Bridget Durgan, the murderess
of Mrs. Cariell and her children, was
hung at New Brunswick, N. j., on Fri
day. Prior to her execution she was
very sullen and reserved, and on the
scaffold she said she was anxious to die.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

Ma. If accounts are true, Java must
be a very desirable place to live in.
Tigers have eaten up one hundred and
forty eight human beings within year.
Crocodiles dispose Of about fifty per
annum, and the serpents account for
6 bout thirty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

Pd- The Galveston News thinks the
cotton crop in Southern Texas will fall
much under what it has been estimated
at In eight counties it mentions the
crop as an entire failure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

B@ The Jonesville (Wis.) Gazette
says in some of the pastures near that
city the roots of the grass have been so
thoroughly eaten off by the grub worms
that the turf will peel up for acres like a
oarNa1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

sA- A man in Carlinville, ILL.,, on
Wednesday last, after quarreling with
his wife, bade her farewell, and taking
down a shotgun, attempted to blow out
his brains. The gun falling to GO of, he
picked up a carving knife and cut his
throat from ear to ear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

I6y- Tbs arrest in Nashville on Friday
Of a negro known IS George Spence,
brought to light an outrage which for
diabolism could scarcely be exceeded.
The affair is narrated by the Banner as
follows: mot long since, the sacrament
was administered to the members Of the
colored Baptist Church on Pearl street.
After the ceremony was over, and the
congregation had dispersed, Spence
who is sexton Of the church, gave three
little colored girlI, named Preseilla
Smith, Cecilia Laughlin, and Albertina
Thompson, aged between nine aud
eleven years, the remnants Of the bread,
and told them that, If they would soon
return, be would also let them have some
vine. The ignorant and unsuspeeiing
children we're thus induced 10 60 back to
ihs-cburch. where they found Spence,
Who immediately conducted them to the
room where candidates for immersion
change their clothing. and brutally vio-
lated their persons"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

no. The Western farmers seem anx-
ious to hurry their grain to market in
order to realize. the present prices,
which it is thought will greatly decline
during the fall and winter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

r@- The Russelville (Ky) Herald
says a Mrs. Newman of that place was
burned to death on Thursday last, while
attempting to kindle fire in her stove
with coal oil. We think it time that per-
sons should know that coal oil is too
explosive fluid to be triAed with with
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

p5s" Cotton picking has commenced
throughout southern and central Ala
bama. The first bales Of the crop are
arriving quite freely at Mobile and
Montgomery and selling readily at 2l4c
per pound, the purchaser paying the
government tax.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

RsS~ An old farmer is residing in the
vicinity of Montgomery, Ala, whose
father emigrated fifty years ago to that
region with six children, all of whom are
still living.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

B6~ The Brandon Miss Republican
says: "We have met and 'conversed
with planters from all portions of the
county during the past week, and all
agree that the worm has not as yet in
jured the cotton crop one iota in this
apntion
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

bSr The paying teller Of the New
York Tradesmen's National Bank has
been arrested upon a charge Of embez'
cling s54, 900 from that institution.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02
thst Il IS an honOFdnd afcredit 10 pc
lJEskELS, NasFuGk-9 -9fH6saA.
IQG TBooIS AisvoPV

The Buffalo Courier admits 4hat its
faith in the death of John Wilkes Booth
has been very decidedly shaken; first,
by the narrative which recently appeared
in the Louisville Journal, and second,
for the following reason
A few weeks since, at the time when
Booths diary was raked out of the recess
ses Of the War Department, a corre-
spondent of the New York World un-
dertook to prove, by internal evidence,
that the record was forgery. We took
up the point and showed, 20 our own sat.
isfaction at least, also from internal evi-
dence, that the diary was genuine. The
day our article appeared a gentleman
called upon us-one whom We well knew,
whose word, so far as our experience
goes, is inviolate, and who has led
rowing life for several years-and en-
tered into a conversation on the subject
of the diary. He supported the theory
Of the correspondent Of the World. As
he was stubborn in his views. and we, on
our part, had spent some time in the
elaboration of our argument to the con
trary, and are not distinguished for
amisbility when disputed, the discussion
soon assumed heated tone. Our argu-
uents, however, were too strong for our
opponent From point to point we drove
him, but 10 our surprise he gave no evi-
dence of conviction that the diary was
genuine. Finally, when it became evi-
dent that, reasoning from internal eyi-
dence, he had nothing left stand upon,
be suddenly asked" Would you believe
the diary Booths production if Booth
we're alive The batteries Of our ridi-
sule we're at once opened upon so absurd
a suppositiOn, until our friend quietly
said 81 know Wilkes Booth well, and
have seen him within six months !" He
at once seemed annoyed that the con
fession had escaped him in the heat Of
argument, and would say no more on
the subject, but exacted no promise Of
secrecy from Us His name, however,
we should not divulge,.as a matter Of
course. As we said, the gentleman who
made this extraordinary statements one
whom we have long known, aud in whose
word We have entire confidence. The
possibility Of his being mistaken is our
only refsge from belief 10 the present
existence Of Wilkes Booth, and our rea-
ders have nov before them our two res-
sons for doubling his death.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

I3- The first bale of new cotton was
received at Charleston on Wednesday
last. 1t was classed strict middling and
sold for u cents per pound
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

nS- The Mobile Tribune says there
has as yet been no yellow fever in that
city, bat nrgss upon the authorities the
Importance Of rigid quarantine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

R5~ The Cleveland Plaindealer COM
plains that while the watering carts of
the city lay the dust, they keep the
streets constantly muddy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

U1r Only about One-third Of those
registered in Charleston thus far are
whites. In North Carolina the registrs-
ton shows two blacksto one white.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

rsa- An exchange says dispute
about which way the figure Of carpet
should run, postponed a marriage in
Hartford last week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

B0~ Anew Roman Catholic church
has been dedicated at Fort Smith, Ark,
Bishop Fitzgerald conducting the cere-
monies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

nNDO01ZI IN PRIon

I'M PbhoF
Standard adyy
IN CONSIDERATION 3 a.ucrTY
i Of money, and in order II y ~ \ within
tho reach Of all. We have re2,SS'Gt The prise Of
KING OF CIsIJ,S
To the low price Of ONE DoLDt1,.- Bottle.
This is tho most powerful RndNHain com-
pound ever introduced for theVeernanent '
eradication Of all forms Of Ohills, Intsaitfont,s
Renittent and Bilious Fevers. N\raigia.
Dumb Chils. Sun Pals; and all those mSsIious
affections 50 common throughout the fOtNbern
country, IL Is put up in large bottles. with
plain directions, Is pleasant 10 the taste, and
does not affect the head. ears or nerves. \
WHAT IT CAN DO.
II cleanses the Stomach. arouses the Liver,
opens the Bowels, and carries Of all Bill0us
Matter, efecting quick and permanent cures.
RADICALS
who have not become acclimnted, and are con-
taatly troubled with Chill or Tover, who ore
Bilious and full of Aches, and feel an indispo-
sldon 10 got about. should, by all means, uso
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, fooliug with various
mixtures OF tho day, and who have no money
10 throw away, could not do better than to
spepd one Doliar ior the hiMu NJ ~. OF CHfzLS zl
It's taste is pleasant, and II never affect tho
head or ears.
MECHANICS OF MEMPHIS,
Your time is money, and why do you continue
with the Chills, FeverG, etc., losing so much OF
your precions time when remedy Ia so near at
hand and so cheap. QUE remedy builds up the
romodels-by purging tho system Of oil flaws,
and places you on foot with sound timber.
Send and procure one bottle, and be perma-
nently cured. Prico only One Dollar.
FARMERS AND PLANTERS
Visiting the city would greatly consult th cir own
interest BY purchasing supply Of this never
falling King q ChAsI Much time can be
this medicine uproots the disease and so
destroys the csuse that II 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, Billi0usness, ETC.,
when the insignificant sum of One Dollar will
speedily restore you 10 health vigOr and buoy
ancy7 II Is pleasant to the taste. produces no
roaring or buzzing in the head, no ringing OF
tho ears, but acts quickly and offectually. After
using one bottle you will have no other in your
house.
MOTHERS AND FATHERS
Who have pale, swarhy. puny, and sickIy
children. having little or no appetite, imperfect
digestion, inactive liver, indisposition TO play,
but are cross. pee. ish 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
Dromegools & Co. 3 KING OF CHILLs. Price
81 90. Sold by all Druggists. ]. p. DROM-
GooLE K Co.. Propretors, 39l Main street.
Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

pa- A wsg says he don't care fig
whether they get any currents through
the Atlantic cable or not, bnt he would
Ike to have a few fresh dates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

BGA- twenty-five prominent members
of the New Orleans press held commits
sions during the war in the Confederate
army.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

BG- A minister, attending camp
meeting in Caroline county, Nd, last
week, was robbed of his watch and $50
in cash.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

rar Jeddo, il is nov positively known,
is the largest city in the world. lt has
A ropnlation Of 5000 900, and many Of
its streets are over twenty miles 10
length
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

E6S~ An unnatural mother gave birth
to child in Atlanta, Ca, last week and
then cut its throat from ear to ear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

T@- The Madison (Ark) Pioneer
says the work on the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad is progressing
slowly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

B@- The foreign imports of New York
for last week foot up $4,276,594, Of
which s2,3lS,692 were for dry goods.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

Bs5- The present Assistant Attorney
General, Mr.. Brinckley, is a nephew of
General Joe Johnston.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

SeA. W. R, Robenson, one of the old
est settlers of Arkansas, died at Little
Rock last week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

M The residence Of Col J. w.
Davis, at Selma, Ala. was struck by
lightning and Miss King, a niece Of
the Coloners, instantly killed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

BA. Present indications are that Fer
uando Wood will be the next mayor of
New York city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

R6r Ia central Illinois, last week, q
threshiug machine took ere from friction
and burned up 500 bushels Of wheat
which was in stack near By.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

16S~ Lucy Stone was introduced at a
woman's rights convention last week as
Mr.. Stone. a..s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

Ds5- The Pensacola (Fla.) Observer
says the yellow fever is on the increase
in that city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

HeA- Roman Catholic newspapers are
increasing rapidly in number in Eng
land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

H@T An exchange says the Indians
are opposed to the transfer of Sheridan.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

nEA-- There is we'll in Sudbury, VT,
which remains frozen all summer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

nsA- Twelve hundred foreign emf
grants arrived at New York on Saturday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

nSr Fishing by, steam is proposed in
England.
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Northsrn psmocrat VI. Free rhinksr.

EDITORS LEDGER: Free thinker
says "the test Of military genius is sue
cess" Then General Lee is not mill
tary genius Neither is Beauregard nor
Johnson; nor was Napoleon, because
they failed at last. But according to
this test, Give and Wellington were /;
and our little General Grant is, because
they we're said to be successful. Grant
smashed an eggshell endways; >
but we we're told by Sherman,
the arm of destruction in that
fugacious campaign, that there was
absolutely no substance in the
she'll that it was perfectly hollow,
and, as his "bummers" said, inclined to
be rotten. So / can't think that thsre
was any great credit due Grant for
smashing an egg,shell in "rotten bor-
ough." And in the attempt, exhibited
about as much sagacity as Free
Thinker" does in attempting to suck con-
viction out of his military genius for his
availability and qualifications for the
Presidential station.
AS to the question of Grants stupid
ity and weakness in civil position,
Free Thinker" does well TO evade it.
General Sherman would, no doubt, agree
with myself that Grant is an obstinate
fighter, and would sacrifice more men
and treasure to beat his adversary than
any other general in the army and
that for lack of strategical genius, he
possesses an amount of dogged tenacity
and brutal pugnacity that renders all
military tactics useless, further than to
keep his soldiers melted to the one pur-
pose Of beating his enemy's brains out,
whether with the musket butt or cannon
swsb. And dare think General Sher-
man would agree with me that, in civil
office, fraught with great interests and
responsibility, Grant would be entirely
out of place and out of his element A
-z-An with West Point instincts and edu
cation, without political acumen or ex-
perience, devoid of high.toucd polish
and personal magnetism, cannot be the
man for so important an office as the
President of these United States, in such
troublous times as these, at least.
As for Grants letter relative to Sheri-
dan, / would desire TO know, if it is not
a defense of that little jackanapes in
jackboots, what is its object1 / can't
believe that Free Thinker" is isignorant
of the well known fact that Grant and
Sheridan are hand in hand in every
scheme of Radical deviltry, and both in
fected with the hydrophobia Of passion,
ambition and brutality. And the cheap
and impotent conclusion that Grant s
letter is "a masterpiece of partisan
strategy" that it killed off Sheridan" F"
and in consequence 1--WE owe Grant an
expression of gratitude" is on par
with the assertion that no other man,
better than Grant, can be elected" God
help the country if that were so The
fact that Free Thinker " regards the
letter as "a masterpiece of partisan
strategy" indicates how free from party
trammels he is. That "those who op.
pose Grant are adherents of Butler and
Stevens" must have been "rote sarkas-
tically," to quote Artemus the delicious.
The effect of Free Thinkers" article is
to make men more than ever convinced
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-02

na- -Four thousand persons in Swift
zerland are employed in match making.