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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-03
wednesday, April oath, 1861,

In front of the Court House, 10 the city OF
Memphis, proceed TO sell to the highest bidder,
FOR CASH, the following described property, to-
witt A certain lot Of land, lying ana oeing IN
the county Of Shelby and State of Tennessee;
being lot No. 3T9 as laid down on the plnn ana
man of Memphis. Beginning at the intersec-
tion of the south side Of Exchange street with
the west side of Third, runnilnSg; e., thence south
ward with the west side of Third street one
Hundred and forty-eight and hall feet TO the
intersection of the west side OF the alley, DC
tween Poplar and Exchange streets thence
westward with the north side ofsaid alley and
naraiIel with Exchange street, eghty-eight and
n half feet; thence northward ana parallel
with Third street, one hundred and forty
eight and a half feet to the south SIDE OF
Exchange street; thence eastward with the
south side of Exchange street. eighty eight and
a half feet to the beginning. being the aggregate Q
or entire lot, or PARCEL Of GROUND conNe1vgeu 10
w. o. Lohand by b. Walker, Jacob walker
and VIM. Walker, by Deed, dated 23d June,
1865, together with all improvements. thereon,
and appurtenances thereunto belonging The
equity of redemption in and TO this property
is expressly waived in SAID trust peeI; ah9
fhe title is believed to be good, but l sell and
convey only as Trustee. Sale to be made
ig.4s Mlen'n iA"iu' SAM. H. COWARD. Trustee.
CHERIFF'S sALE.-UNDER AND BY
- virtue of an execution to me issued by the
Law Court Of Shelby county. Will. on inc I'm 7
day of April, A. ID. 1867, between the hours OF
M O'clock a. M and o'clock pm, for cash. at
the front door of the Courthouse at Memphis,
sell the following described real estate, to-Wit
a lot or parcel of ground lying and being In
the city. Of Memphis, county Of shelby she. ana no
State Of Tennessee, the same being lot %. o. oIS
as laid down on the plan OF the city OF Mem
phis. and beginning at the intersection of the
south side Of Exchange street with tue west
sidc of Third street. running thence south
wardly with the west side of Third stree liS's
feet, 10 the intersection of said street with the
alley between Poplar and Exchange streets
thence westwardly with the north side of sad
alley and parallel with Exchange street Ss%
feet. to the south side Of Exchange street !;
thence eastwardly with the south side Of Ex-
change street ss1s feet. to the begiDning-being
levied on as the property of William .. .Lofland, /,
on The ga of March, A. d. 1867, under the said
execution, and to be sold to satisfy q Judgment
rendered in the said Court on the llth day 81
July. A. ID. 1854, in favor of Lyman Cook and
aeainst said William Q. LOhand, for the sum
Of SlsOs, together with interest and !, the costs
Sheriff of Shelby County.
]. F. LASFoRD; D. s. lS-S6
UNJUST SALE.-By virtue Of e Deed Of Trusl
A.. arrfa fa ma rs n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-03
WATCHES.
J. HICKLING & CO.'S

Great SaIe Oh " dtCAhCS'
ON THE POPULAR ONE PRICE PLAN,
" giving every patron handsome and relia-
BILE watch for the low price of Ten Dollars
Without regard TO value. and not to be paid
for unless perfectly satisfactory
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
From the Baltimore Sun.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Court Finrti&i Sentence of Federal or
cer-The Virginia Railroad Difficulty
setusd-General Bcaurcgard-DetectIve
Baker sc.
WASHINGTON, October 15.-At the Cabi-
net session to-day General Grant presented
the record of the court martial which re-
Gently tried Colonel Gilbert, in the Fourth
Military District, for destroying or closing
a newspaper establishment and writing a
letter to the editor in which he (Gilbert)
asserted that Federal officers were masters
OF the people of the Southern States, etc.
The court finds Colonel Gilbert guilty, and
sentences him to pay fine of one thou
sand dollars and be reduced to the rank
and pay of Captain, and be placed at the
end OF the list of Captains in the District.
There are over fifty Captains on the list
who thus outrank Gilbert. The govern
ment approves the sentence
The order of General Wilcox forbidding
the consolidation of the Virginia and Ten
nessee and Norfolk and Petersburg and
Southside Railroads, under the Presidency
of Gen. Malone, has been cancelled by the
adjustment of the difficulty to the satisfac-
ton of the government. The order of
General Wilcox forbade the consolidation
until the amount due the government from
those railroads had been paid. Generals
Malone and Beauregard have been here
two or three days for the purpose of bring
ing about the settlement
1t is understood that the purpose of the
visit of General Beauregard to the Presi-
dent and General Grant to-day was to have
restored to him certain lands which he
owns near Memphis, and which are now
occupied by the freedmen's bureau officers.
The attachment against Detective Baker
70 h1-1Y1 Eho T,,l,
resolution of the House of Representa-
tives, but the writ was only recently
served.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
From the Springfield Republican, (Rep0
A Soldering Effect.

Senator Howard, of Michigan, wrote a
letter recently in favor of impeachment,
which he was persuaded to withhold from
publication till after the elections of Tues
day. 1t is likely now to be suppressed al.
together. The truth is, that the result of
the elections has had suddenly SOLDERING
influence, like bucket of cold water on
the head of drunken man, and the incll-
nation now will be to moderate and reason
able councils. The scheme of Butler and
Wade to depose the President first and i'm
peach him afterwards will no more be heard
of, and impeachment itself will only be
named by the more impulsive politicians.
The schemes for confscation, for recon
structing the governments of Maryland and
Kentucky, and for establishing equal suf-
frage by law of Congress in all the States.
have all gone by the board
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
Governor of South Carolina.
From the Galveston News, Oct.

From the Galveston News, Oct. &.
Great Destruction at Galveston. Texas
-Four Feet OF Water in the stores-PUalic
RuiIdings RuInesS-Disasters to ship
ping.
All Wednesday night the strong winds
from the east prevailed, doing, however,
very little damage. About 5 O'Clock Thurs
day morning it increased, accompanied by
rain From that time the water began to
rise and overflow the island, creeping up
from one street to the another, until, at
noon, it had, on fremont street, reached
as high as Church street. The lower floors
of the stores on the strand were from two
to four feet under water at noon, and goods
and property damaged to the amount Of
near a quarter of millio2 Of dollars. The
wharves were submerged by the waves at
noon, and before, and vessels tied up to
them were chafed and damaged, the bay
being very rough. Lumber was floating
all through the streets, and signs We're
more plentiful on the waters than on the
houses. Hacks and drays were covered
with passengers, hunting high ground
Merchants were hunting laborers to re-
move their goods from the lower floors to
high places, and paying them from 81 to
Sc per hour Vast piles of salt along the
sidewalks of the Strand melted away and
returned to the mother sea, leaving the
sacks where they belonged. Sugar boxes
in the warehouses, under cover OF bne
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
Restoring an Historic Edifice.

The venerable colonial Episcopal Church
in New Kent county, Virginia, known as
st. Peters, has been rendered wholly un-
fitted fox Divine worship from the dilapi-
dating effects of time and the ruin and de-
vastation from which even churches did
not escape in the late war. It is q church
in which many of the leading revolutionary
characters worshipped, and which was the
scene of the marriage of George Washing
ton and Martha Custis. This sacred spot,
linked with SO many interesting associa-
tions, and still valuable, if put in proper
repair, to the religious wants of the sur
rounding community, has claims on the
Gberality of the patriotic and pious in all
parts of the land. The congregation is too
much impoverished to put it in order, and
efforts are being made to procure assistance
to that end from Episcopal Churches in
other parts of the country, and from all
who may be disposed to contribute to the
restoration of the venerable and historic
church edifce. The surviving members of
the vestry have authorized DR.. John Mayo
to take steps in behalf of the object, and he
is now in Baltimore with the view of inter-
esting parties in the undertaking. DIR.
Mayo is universally known in Virginia, and
has the recommendation of the Episcopal
clprpv of Richmond
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe.

The New York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Ledger says
1.-The newest report about Mrs. Lincoln
is, that her agent here, Mr.. Brady, has
been instructed to open a subscription for
her benefit, instead of selling her ward
robe, ievelry, etc, at auction. The letter
to that effect deprecates SO much publici-
ty, but reminds all whom it may concern
that, had her husband lived, her support
would not have been taken away from her.
Mrs. L. also expresses the conviction that
she has friends enough in the community
to contribute sufficient to enable her to live
in style becoming her previous position.
She says all that she wants is an income
large enough to enable her to travel from
place to place, and carry maid with her.
The subscription list is now open at 600
Broadway. Newspaper reporters are stand
ing by, ready to copy the names as they
come along"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

any words in any and all parts of this act.
and Of all acts to which this is additional
indicating or referring to person or persons,
shall be taken to include partnerships,
firms, associations, bodies, corporate or po
HHc, or any other party whats oever, when
not otherwise designated or manifestly in
compatible with the intent thereof :" and
that neither railroads owned by State, or
the gross earnings thereof, or the profits
accumulated therefrom, or the dividends
paid upon its bonds, nor articles manufac-
turcd by convict labor in the penitentiaries
OF State for the use Of the State, or on
account of the State, are subject to taxation
either under the act of 1864 or any other of
the internal revenue acts.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
QUE G0LDsB0R0, C0RREsP0NDEgcE
GoLDsBORo', n. c., Oct. II.


GoLDsBORo, n. c., Oct. II.
Dear IuraM Your Reporter finds him
self comfortably quartered at itriswold's,
in the immediate vicinity of the Church
where the Baptist State Convention is now
holding its session. The first day of his
arrival here, your humble servant was tie
most intolcrably ' bored" being in chris
tendon. The Convention, contrary to my
o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, and
hence my early arrival was unnecessary
The whole forenoon I sauntercd around the
town, feeling like fish out OF the water,
and heartily wishing lat I was back again
in our little Sanctenn. But L solaced my
self with the reflection, that mine was not
a pleasure visit, but solely and entirely one
of business, and that [ was here to serve
your interests. and here or in Wilmington
it was all the same. The thing with me
was for business to commence at once.
The Convention at last assembled. ana
while busted in the short session Of the
first day, [ was perfectly satisfied.
The delegates by this time have pretty
well all arrived. 1t is a fact worthy Of no
tice that nearly all of the delegates in at
tendance, Or at least very large portion
of them, are clergymen. The complaint is
that the scarcity Of money and the high
rates of local travel have prevented many
persons from attending, who would, but fol
this, have done SO but if the preach
ers can bear this expense and attend, il
would seem reasonable to suppose that lay
delegates could do so also. Those that have
arrived, have received cordial welcome
and are assigned to quarters among the
hospitable inhabitants of this town, who
though nearly impoverished, greet then
with tile best entertainment that can bt
afforded. The Convention is proceeding
slowly with business, having not yet got
ten fully under way, but it will no doub
be ready for an adjournment Saturday af
ternoon. The final adjournment will spro
badly not be made until Sunday.
This little town of Ctoldsboro' is to me
strange place. Apparently there is little o
no business doing, and the arrival and de
parture of the trains ON tho several road
at this point, create the only stir and bus
tie at any time visible Yet the merchant
are said to be doing good and even a larg
business, and the to wn is perceptibl
expanding and improving. There ar
many stores in fourishing condition, tw
hotels and several enter prizes of a publi
character and benefit, In operation, ane
being contemplated. To stralger wh'
strolls leisurely around the we'll built VI
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
4 POETGCAL DUN.

ANY one Of our readers who has perused Lon
fellows s' Hiawatha," viii recognize the closene
of the parody Of style DISPLAYED in the foloWn
humorous dunning appeal which, we find rep
duced il an exchange:
Should you ask us why this dunninS,
Why these sad complaints and murmurs,
Murmurs loud about 1elinquents
Who have read the paper daily,
Read what they have never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read OF State affairs and prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign,
Read the ESSAYS and the poems.
Full of wisdom and instruction
Read the table Of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should you ask us why this dunning,
We should answer, we should tell you,
From the printer, from the mailer,
From the labOUring paper-maker,
From the landlord, from the carrier,
From the man who taxes letters,
With STAMP from Uncle Samuel
''Uncle Sam the rOwdies call him
From them all there comes message,
a message kind but firmly spoken,
"PIeaso TO pay US what you owe u.s.
Sad it is to hear such message,
When our funds are al exhausted,
When the last bank note has left US,
When the greenbacks all have vanished,
Gone to pay the paper-maker,
Gone to pay the toiiing printer,
Gone to pay the telegrapher,
Gone to pay the little carrier,
Gone to pay the faithful mailer,
Gone to pay Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the rOWdies call him
Gone to pay the correspondents,
Two and fifty thousand dollars!
Sad it is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
:. urn and see what sums are due US,
Due for volumes long since ended,
Due for years of pleasant reading,
Due for years of tOilsOme labor,
Due despite our constant dunning,
Eue in sums of ten and twenty.
Would you lift a burden from US?
Would you drive sceptre from you
Would you taste pleasant slumber?
Would you have a quiet conscience?
Would you read paper PAID FOR ?
Send US mOney-send Us money,
Send US mOney-send US money ;
SEND THE MONEY THAT YOU OWE Us
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

streets, and observes the number Of private
dwellings, within the corporate limits, it
seems indeed q mystery how SO many peo-
pie live in a place apparently affording so
little business Yet, as [ have before said it
is asserted there is considerable business
done, but here let your correspondent re
mark, it is done in the most quiet and un-
business-like way.
There is one feature about the place
worthy OF particular notice-the orderwhich
prevails The people are quiet and IN
obstrusiye in their habits. and the colored
population. to their credit he II said are
more polite, dcferential, quiet and more
obedient than, we venture to say, is the
case anywhere else in the South. And this,
too, in a place garrisoned by negro soldiers
There are two companies OF this class of
troops here, but it IS but seldom that more
than two or three are seen Oh the streets
any day. They are quartered outside Of
the town, and at their camp we learn q
strict guard is observed. Major COMPTON,
the Post Commandment, is spoken Of in
high terms by the citizens, and to him it
is said they are indebted for the prevalence
Of order and quiet
[ have had an opportunity OF observing
but few Of the GOldsboro' ladies, but il
those [ have seen are but a fair specimen
of the remainder, they have very pretty
set OF ladies here. Susceptible as [ am, [
can but admit this; but do not draw the
conclusion that if the relative claims to
beauty Of the Goldsboro' ladies and those
of Wilmington were presented for my de-
cisiOn, ] should hesitate a moment III deCl-
ding in favor of our Wilmington ladies. II
the beauty of its daughters is q virtue to
any place, then does Wilmington possess
this virtue i'll a greater degree than at least
any town or city in the State, or, [ may
say, in the South.
In conclusion, let me express my sense Of
the courtesies extended ne by Rev. Mr..
Hardwick, Pastor Of the Baptist Church in
this town, and the members of the Con
ventiOn in general. J. G. J.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
MRS. SMITHS OPINION.

The other day made call,
AS ladies sometimes do,
To hear the news my friends could tell,
And tell them what / knew.
And as we sat in social chat
Der steaming cups Of tea,
6 I don't know what we're coming to -
Says Mrs. Smith, says she.
" They're making laws at such rate,
It almost drives me wild;
They do not care for God, think,
For woman, man, or child:
They We forced the negro IN the cars
Along with you and ne;
And who knows where they'll force them next %
Says Mrs. Smith, says she.
Their children are to go to school
Along with yours and mine,
And if we white folks should object,
Our rights we can resign.
All social lines must be removed
Because the blacks are free;
Such things not to be endured,
Says Mrs. Smith, says she.
'And not content with all these gifts,
Bestowed with lavish hand,
The negroes must be fed aid clothed
Throughout the Southern land.
The taxes now are high enough,
But what they may yet be,
'Tis not in human power to guess,
Says Mrs. Smith, says she.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
1t,,portnn. Opinion ofthe Attorney General.

Important Opinion ofthe Attorney General
At the request Of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, the Secretary Of The
Treasury submitted the following questions
to the Attorney General for his opinion
1st Whether railroads owned exclusive
II lv a State. and operated by its agents,
fall within the provisions OF the internal
revenue act of June 30, 1864, which pro-
vides that every person, firm, company,
or corporation owning or possessing, or
having the care or management OF, any
railroad, canal, steamboat, sAip, barge, ca
nai-boat. or other vessel. or any stage
coach or other vehicle engaged or employ
ed in the business of transporting passen-
gers or property for hire, or IN transport
| ing the mails of the United States, or any
| canal the water Of which IS used tor MIN
| ing purposes, shall be subject to and pay a
duty Of two and one half per centum upon
the gross receipts OF such railroad, NC,
| (section 103) and which further provides
$ that any railroad, canal, turnpike, canal
navigation, or slack water company 1ndeOt-
ed for any money for which bonds or other
evidence of indebtedness have been issued,
pavable in one or more years after date,
mon which interest has been stipulated to
be paid, or coupons representing the III
terest of any such company that may nave
declared any dividend in scrip or money
due or payable to its stockholders as part
of the savings, profits, income, or gains OF
such company, and all profits OF such com
pany carried to the account OF any tund, or
used for construction, shall be subject to
and pay tax of five per centum on the
amount of all such interest or coupons, di.
vidends or profits, whenever the same shall
be PAYABLE" (Section l22.
2d. Whether articles manufactured ny
convict labor in the penitentiarles or prls
ons of State for the State, come within
the 94th section of the act OF June 80,
1864, which declares that g there shall bt
levied, collected, and paid, certain duties
upon the articles, goods, wares, and mer
| chandise hereinafter mentioned, which
shall be produced and sold or be manu-
featured or made and sold, or be consumed
or used by the manufacturer or producer
thereof, or removed for consumption or 1ol
delivery to other than agents OF the man
ufacturer or producer within the OnlteC
States or Territories thereof.
The Attorney General has given 1t as M
opinion that State is not embraced by the
declaratory clause of section A OF the act o
July 13, 1866, which is as follows; "An'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

Jay Cook has only made twelve millions
off our public debt.
Providence boasts it's third highway rob
berry in as many weeks.
They propose to draft men to rebuild the
Mississippi le7ees.
The Chicago Tribune wants the Illinois
Legislature to pay off Mrs. Lincoln.
La Grange and Brignoi are making a
sensation in the West
Some Elmirians are to manufacture kegs
out of solid timber.
1t is proposed to uniform the New York
letter carriers.
Colfax is the Radical dancing master,
who wishes to see the Presidents feet dan
cling on air.
The Republicans are very anxious to head
Oft somebody, and nominate Gen. Grant in
season.
The Tribune says the Republican party
cannot afford to take any deck load this
Fall. Should think not
There is some prospect that the Courts
will let Philadelphians ride in the cars on
Sundays.
During the recent visit of Lord Russell
to Belfast, that town was placarded with
denunciations of him as an enemy of Pro-
testantism, but be was not molested.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
DIED.

Near Fayetteville n. c., on Wednesday, October
10th, 1867, WALTER NICOL, eldest son of Capt.
j. F. Watts, of this city, in the tenth year Of his
age.
In Tarboro', on the night Of the lth instant,
of consumption, Miss LUCY E., eldest daughter
of Judge Biggs.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
Dfstrict-4th Round.
SPECIAL NOTICE,
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

4 GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
al the effects of yOuthful indiscretion, will, for
the sake of suffering humanity, send free TO all
who need it, the receipt and directions for making
the simple remedy by which he was cured sur
f-rers Wishing to profit by the advertisers expe-
riencc can do so by addressing, in perfect conf
dence, JoHN ID. OGDEN,
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25
MARRIED..

In this city, on the 17th inst, by John ). CONC
ley, Esq., Mr.. JOHN J. EDMONDS' 10 MIS- ANN
BURNETT, all Of Wilmington.
In Camden, s. G., Oct. l4th, at the residence OF
the brides mother, by the Rev. j. Johnson, Mr..
F. II. MITCHELL, of Wilmington, n. e., to
Miss LOUISE NJ, daughter of the late j. W. Ar
thur, Esq. mo Cards.l
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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Special Notices will be charged 50 90 per square
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

The wives of thirty leading men " of
Kansas have published an address calling
upon the women of the State to demand
suffrage.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-25

The Nashville Gazette says that some of
the leading Radicals in Frankfort were
very active a number of years ago in trying
to drive the free negroes from that place.
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SEINES AND NET TWINES.
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ROPE, CORK3, BUOYS.
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