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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
THE HAPPY FAMILY.

The happiest people on the earth are
the Northern Jacobins; and they should
be happy, for they have realized the
fruition oftheir great hopes and long and
weary tolls. They have worked and
struggled, and struggled and worked for
forty years for single purpose-the ell
ovation of the negroes of the South above
the condition Of the white population.
Their rise and progress was through sor'
row. persecution, tar and feathers and
rotten eggs. Every indignity shown
them. every mouth made at them, every
nose turned up at them, every kick given
them, every slap on their faces, only in
tensified their feelings and stimulated
Them TO new exertions, new dangers and
new sufferings. They encountered all
the terrors of the elements, rain, hail,
snow, sleet, storm, darkness, mud, noun
tains, rivers, valleys, and the frowns of
the world. They met famine and re-
pulsed it, stripes, and healed them, kicks,
and laughed at them, bruises, and re-
earded them not Like cranes on their
long flights of migration, they stretched
their necks to the South, fixed their eyes
on the goal, conked their battle cry and
swept on to victory.
Why should they not be happy They
have crushed the hated Southern whites,
despoiIed their estates ruined their lands,
corrupted their climate, flooded their
rivers. waved famine abroad as
banner, and at last rocked the
earth with the thunder shout
of victory. They have cut down
those naughty Southern oaks that cast
shadows over New England, and fastened
padlocks on the eloquent lips that used to
command the Senate, lead the House,
and electrify the people. They hold the
south first statesman in vile prison.
They bound his limbs in manacles, de-
MED him the God-given boon OF sleep,
and though they charge to his account
the most awful crimes, deny to him the
right of trial. Patrick Henry said;
"Give me liberty, or give me death
The fates gave him liberty. The victors
of this day viii give Jefferson Davis
neither liberty or death.
Yes, they should be very happy, and
are very happy, but that happiness may
not endure. Having crushed lin the
phrase of the day. the hated whites of
the South, or rendered them hors de
combat, the triumphant Jacobins took
the negroes by the hand and seated
them in the places of power Not
one of them is disfranchised by
the browning acts of Congress. But as
if hostile to learning and mind, the first
men in the South have been excluded
from the ballot box, Office, and every pc.
sition that requires intelligence. The
order of society is reversed, and iguo'
rance rises over the PROSTATE form OF
intelligence and cultivation. fla people
so wronged as the Southern people are,
can use the victory Of the Jacobins to
overthrow them, should they not do it :
If their fendish joy can be turned into
grief, and their triumph INTO disaster,
pride, prestige, nothing should dissuade
us from hurting them headlong into an
ocean of one and bottomless hell Of
the other
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
LIFE AND WORKS OF A. H. STEPHENS

LIFE AND WORKS OF a. II. STEPHENS
The life and speeches of Hon. A. II.
Stephens is just issued from the press.
Our leisure has not permitted us to do
more than glance at the work, and we
cannot, therefore, speak of its merits
The subject, however, is SO interesting
to the Southern people that any produc-
ton purporting to deal with it justly and
fully, will attract general attention.
Alexander II. Stephens is one Of the
soundest statesmen and deepest thinkers
of the age. As an orator, be has ranked
with the first class, and as a gentleman,
in the highest sense of that term, be has
no superior. Having served his country
long and faithfully, though with
great physical pain and anguish,
the march Of events has left him an
alien at his own hearthstone, and rem.
dered him a statesman without country,
To trace the history, and read the pro
ductions of such man, cannot fail &c
employ much Of the time Of the people
for whom he labored aud suffered, anC
for whom be will die. We commend
the book to our readers, and promise
them that they have a rare feast before
them. Il will be sold BY subscription
Mr. J. S. Monsen. the agent for Mem
phis, has arrived, and will proceed t.
take subscriptions he may be found a
IA, over the postofhee
nT A darkey says a Radical think
negro fourhorse team and goo'
sized bulldog under the wagon, Whei
they hire him to work for them The
expect one negro 10 cultivate ten aereI
4, Ito, fifteen or twenty In corn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
PoNToToo. MISSISSIPPI.
40 &7t
"OUR OWN

HAS A LARGE AND INCREASING CT r.
III eulation in the counties Of North Missis-
sippi, and presents 10 ali business men IN the
western cities superior advantages rs m adver-
Using medium. A. j. BROWN, of the house
OF Menken Bros, agent for Memphis.
Address "0ur Own Paper, Pontotoc, Mis-;
sissippi. eod35- liz
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Annual Premiums for Life.

Policies for Life insure against death from
any cause, and the premium is payable annual
ly during life. Rate per 5000:
Ageof2O 25 20 IS 40
OI poiiey ,....sl2lO 1890 slslO $lsa $22sl
0O Hecid dent . anu 1918 1880 .OlO 22.s7 96a
Other ages in proportion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
BOARDING.

DoARD, WITH ROOMS FURNISHED OR
ID unfurnished, can be had In the large new
building corner Of Vance and Avery. streets,
third door from Avery. Gentlemen with their
wives will ind pleasant home. Call ana ~ ~
for yourselves. sO-
DOARDING GENTLEMAN AND WIFE
Id can be accommodated with an elegant fur-
nished front room. with board In private iau-
ily. Also. n few single gentlemen, and day
hoarders. No. Linden street, corner OF Front.
9i.3Qe
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12

Fatal or n-fatal, whether the injury be re-
ceiyaa in travelling or not, whether in the store,
Office. shop, factory, on the street or farm, or
in any of the ordinary avocations Of life.
These policies guarantee the payment OF q
accident; or a stipulated sum per week, from
SO to $50, as indemnity for loss Of time by totally
disabling injury by accident, at an annual cost
Of S. to so per $1,000, according to occupation
The TRAVELLERS OF HARTF0RD-the
pioneer accident insurance company Of the
country-has, up TO March l, 1861:
Issued over NINETY THO USAND Policies,
and Paid FOUR HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS in Losses,
Including more than FIVE thousand Losses for
non fatal injury, and seventy-two total losses
10y DEATH, in which the sum Of S2oS, 600 was
realized for less than $l200 received in pre-
miums.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
DROWNED.

TARowNED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIy-
IL er, while attempting 10 cross at Bend NO.
Ia. JOHN CADY. The name Is marked on his
arm. A liberal reward will be paid 70 any one
recovering his remains and puryyl,niEr dhem'
. L. Tintonville Tenn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
LOST.

+ 0ST.-A SILVER WATCH. NO. Ss45.
will be literally rewarded by leaving II at this
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REMOVALS.
REMOvAL--

Mrs. M. TcNGEB.
DOCTRESs. has removed to lac Washing
ton Street, between Fourth stree, and the
Bayou. Mrs. Engel has two diplomas frem the
Board Of Physicians Of France. O-3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-12
NAV ADVERTISED sMrs
BriCkwOrkl Brickwork |!

.THE UNDERSIGNED MOST RESPECT.
L fully inform their friends and the public Of
large, that they have made arrangements for
three million Of brick, and are prepared 70 take
ing and Job work will receive special attention
C)fiee at Capps & Cowles' tin ard stove store
No e5 Adams street. Memphis, Tenn.
BUSBY DREwREY.
y, W. psswpxy rrfr A-l1l
RIRDR! BIRDS!
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05

A.r-..cr,7.p NORM MEDIcrNE.-BROWN'S
uEP HTFIIcS COMFITS, Or Worm Losenges
Mncb si~sasss, undoubtedly, with children and
.s.Ss. attributed 10 other causes, ia occasioned
y worms. The "Vsrmifnge Comfts," al
though e6sCtual In destroying worms, can do
no possible injury to the most delicate child.
This valuable combination has been success
fully used by physicians, and found to be safe
and sure in graduating worms, so hurtful to
children.
Children having Worms require immediate at
tention neglect of the trouble often causes pro-
longed sickness. & a8
Symptoms of Worms in children are often over
looked. Worms in the stomach and bowels cause
irritation, which can be removed only by the use
of . sure remedy. The combination of ingredi-
ents used'in making Browns "Vermifuge Com
its is such as to give the best possible effect with
safety,
CURTIS q BROWN, Proprietors, New York.
Sold by all dealers in medicines, at Is cents per
box. may21dwly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05

WHAT EVERY ONE WANTS.

A good, reliable medicine that will be on hand
when required, and never fails when called on.
That is now to be obtained in DIR. Tobias Cele-
brated Venetian Liniment. Many thousands call
it the wonder of the age, as it does all that is
represented and more. 1t cures Diarrhoea, Dys-
EMERY, Collie, Spasms, Vomiting, Group, and Sea
Sickness as sure as it is used and is perfectly in
nocent to take internally, even in double the
quantity named in tie directions; and as an ex-
ternal remedy for Chronic Rheumatism, Mumps,
Sore Throat, Swellings, Old Sores Bruises, Tooth
ache, Headache, Insect Stings, Pains in the Back,
Chest and Limbs, thousands have testified to, and
their certificates can be seen by any one at the
Doctors Depot, Sc Cortlandt Street, New York.
Hundreds of physicians use it in their practice,
1t has been introduced since 1S47, and hundreds
who now have it in their houses, say they would
not be without it even if it was $40 per bottle.
Every drop is mixed by DIR. Tobias himself, and
can be depended on. ----. ....+s
Only so cents and ST per bottle. Sold by the
druggists throughout the United States and in
Europe. Depot, Sc Cortlandt street, New York.
juiy9dwlm.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05

AN ACT to aid in the Construction Of Telegraph
Lines, and to secure to the Government the use
of the same for Postal, Military and other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assem- led, That any Telegraph Com
pany now organized, or which may hereafter be
organized, under the laws Of any state in this
Union, shall have the right to construct main
tain and operate lines of telegraph through and
over any portion of the public domain of the Tn
tied States over and along any of the military or
post roads of the United States which have been
or may hereafter be declared such by act of Con-
gress, and over, under or across the navigable
streams or waters of the United States Provid-
ed, That such lines of telegraph shall be SO con-
structed and maintained not to obstruct the
navigation of such streams and waters, or inter
fere with the ordinary travel ON such military or
post roads. And any of said companies shall
have the right to take and use from such public
lands the necessary stone, timber and other ma
terial for its posts piers stations and other need
full uses in the construction, maintenance and OPP
Grafton of said lines of telegraph, and may pre-
empt and use such portion of the unoccupied
public lands subject to presumption, through which
its said lines of telegraph may be located as may
be necessary for its stations, not exceeding forty
acres for each station; but such stations shall not
be within fifteen miles of each other.
SEc.2. And be il further enacted that tee
gfapnlc COMMUNICATIONS between the several de-
partments of the Government of the United
States and their officers and agents SHALL in their
transmission over the lines of any said compan-
les, have priority over all other business, and
shall be sent at rates to be annually fixed by the
Postmaster General
SECS. And be it further enacted, That the
rights and privileges hereby granted shall not be
transferred by any company acting under this
act to any corporation, association or person |;
Provided, however, That the, United States may
at any time after the expiration of FIVE years
from the date of the passage of this act for pos
tai, military or other purposes, purchase all the
telegraph lines, property and effects of any or all
Of said companies at an appraised value, to be
ascertained by five competent, disinterested per-
sons, two of whom shall be selected by the Post
master General of the United States, two by the
company interested and one by thefoar soap Prev
iously selected
SEC. 4. And be il further enacted, That before
any Telegraph Company shall exercise any. of the
powers or privileges conferred by this act, such
company shall file their written acceptance with
The Postmaster General of the restrictions and
oblirstions supposed by this act
Approved July 24th, 1868.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05
CHEROKEE INJECTION.

does not fail to cure Gonorrhea, elect and al Nn
eous Discharges in Male Female, curing recent
cases Az from 10 three days, and is especially
recommended In those cases OF F9n0F AI6us or
Whftes in Females. The two medicines used In
conjunction viii fail TO this disagreeable
complaint and in those eases where other medicines
have been used without success.
Price, Rrmcdy, One Bottle, s2, Three Bottles IS.
Injection, -" 81, 90
The Cherokee Cure" Remedy" and Z" Ynjsc-
tiori (" are be found in all well regulated drug
stores, and recommended by physicians and
druggists all the world, for their intrinsic worth
and merit. Some unprinciped dealers, however,
Try To deceive taeir customers, by selling cheap and
worthless compouncs,-in order to make money
In place OF these. BE not decsiped IL the drug
gsts will not buy them for you write to us and We
will send them to you by express securely packed
and free from observation. We treat all diseases TO
which the human system is subject, and will be
pleased TO receive full and explicit statements from
those who have failed to receive relief heretofore
Ladies or gentlemen address in perfect con-
fdsacs. We desire to send our thirty-two page
pamphlet free to every lady and gentleman In the
land Address all letters for pamphlets medicines,
or aiviee, to the sole proprietor,
DR.. W. R. NERWIN. 81 Walker st., Y.
novI0-d9 weowIy -- -ft "a.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05
NECESSITY FOR 1T.

The want of Line of Telegraph, located with
view to accommodate the river trade, has long
been felt. Many important towns are now with
out any telegraphic communication whatever and
the lines now established between other points
are, in most cases, disconnected, following cir
cuitous routes, hundreds of miles out of a direct
course, causing vexatious and unnecessary delays
to business, by reason of numerous repetitions
and the frequent interruptions incident to long
lines. When the facts are borne in mind that the
liability of a telegraph line to damage from any
cause is increased in the same proportion its
length, and that the repetition of a message dou-
bles the time necessary for its transmission, the
great and very important advantages of a direct
route over the circutOus ones now in operation
can readily be ..
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05
Proofs Of the Superior Quality
of the
American Watch
made ut
wALTHANG, MASS.

The American Watch Company, of Waitham,
Mass, respectfully submit that their Watches
cheaper, mere accurate, less complex, more dura-
Bile, and better adapted for general use and more
easily Kept in order and repaired than any other
watches in the market. They are simpler in
structure and therefore stronger, and less likely
to be injured than the majority of foreign watch
es which are composed of from 125 to 800 pieces,
while in an oldEngish watch there are more than
200 parts. How they under the hardest trial
watches can have, is shown by the following let
ter:
PENN. RAILROAD COMPANY. -.
OFFIcE GENERAL SUeERINTEsDBNT, S
Altoona, Pa, 10 Dec, 1866. !
GENTLE4Es--The watches manufactured by
you have been in use on this railroad for several
years by enginemen, to whom we furnish
watches part of our equipment. There are
now some three hundred of them carried on our
line, and we consider them good and reliable
time keepers. Indeed, have great satisfaction
in saying your watches give us less trouble, and
have worn and do year mluch longer without re-
pairs than any watches we have ever had IN use
on this road. As you aware, formerly
trusted to those of English manufacture, of 40
knowledged good reputation; but as class they
never keep time aSeorrectiy, nor ha they done
In these statements | am sustained by my pre-
decessor, Mr. Lewis, whose experience extended
over series of years. Respectfully, a
g EDWARD Fl. WILLIAMS,
American Watch Co., Waltham.
We make now five different grades of watches
named respectively as follows:
Appleton, Tracy & Co., aWaItham, Mass
Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass
p. S. Bartlett, Waltham, Mass
VIM. Ellery, Boston, Mass
Home Watch Company, Boston, Mass.
All of these, with the exception of the Home
Watch Company, are warranted by the American
WatchsCompany to be of the best material, on
the most approved principle, and to possess every
requisite for a reliable time keeper. Every dealer
selling these watches is provided with the Com
pany's printed card of guarantee, which should
accompany each watch sold, sothat buyers may
feel sure that they pure asing the genuine ar
ticle. There numerous counterfeits and im-
tations of our watches sold throughout the coun-
Try, and we would caution purchasers to be on
their guard against imposition.
ANY grades of Waltham Watches may be pur-
chased of watch dealers throughout the country
sROBBINs &APPLET0N,
s4A 1s4 Broadway, New York. as
may9dwly
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05

CLIMAX.
mOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS AND PHO
- NIX BlTTERS

MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS AND PHE-
- MIX B1TTERS
wereirst used in private practice in 1925. The
were introduced to the public in S35, since which
time their reputation has extended, until they have
a sale in excess Of an other Cathartie and Purify
ing Medicines There is hardly family among
civilized nations who have not personal evidence OF
their beneficial effects. Their great success is ow-
ing TO their uniform reliability in Of Consti-
patton Bilious and Stomacfic diseases, whether OF
long or short duration. They are entirely vegeta-
BILE in their composition, and harmless to the gent
lest infant. One ingredient opens the pores OF the
skin; another is diuretic, and stimulates proper
action of the kidneys third is emollient loosen
ing phlegm and humor from the lungs; other prop.
critics arewarming and cathartie, and cleanse the
stomach and bowels from unhealthy secretions-
Their combined effect is, to regulate the impaired
functions of the SYSTEM and to produce health. 1t
is not asserted Moffats Pills a cWe-dH-that
they will cure all complants--but under ordinary
circumstances they may be relied upon to cure
Nervous and sick Headache, Costiveness, Dyspep-
STA, Indigestion, Jaundiee, Liver and Bilious com
plants, Colds, Scurvy, General Weakness, dc.
They are expressly made for these diseases. Mil
lions upon millions of cures can be cited. In no
single instance has a complaint ever come to our
knowledge whore they have not operated Is re-
commended. ~ &safS &a-sN@ z@aA~ - 81
The printed circular around each box fully ex-
plains the symptoms and effects of each disease,
specifies treatment, furnishes evidence, dc.
We briefly referto Rev. David Elder, Frankiinl
N H., who was curedof Dyspepsia. c. r. Cross,
of Thornike, H., cured of Liver Complaint IL.
Hooley, of Springfield, Pa, had Scrofuia, and had
to use crutches; was cured in three weeks. JAS.
D. Dolens, of Adrian, Mich, cured of Bilious
Fever. Rev. Henry Graham, Presbyterian Church,
Gananagua, CAL, of Fever and Ague. Rev. Ed.
II. May, Twenty first New York, of Rheumatism
and Piles Of rs years standing. Rev. Samuel
Bowles, Editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Repub-
&c nsti Hon Ed
Weber, of Rumney, N. H., of Liver Complaint,
etc., etc.. etc.
box of Moffat's Life Pills, with full circulars,
etc. will be sent gratis to any physician or clergy
man, on the receipt of two three cent postage
MoHats Life Pills are IS centsper box. Mofat'
Phoenix Bitters, 81 per BOTTLE They are sold by
all respectable dealers throughout the continents
and the Islands of the Ocean.
WHITE g. HoWLAND, Proprietors,
Successors to DR.. John Moiat and DIR. William Is.
Moffat,
mch2Sdw1y. 12l Liberty St., New York
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05

Hills Hair Dye, so cents. Black or browpT The
Simultaneous. Natural, beautiful, durs6mn ah No
best aud cheapest in use. Contains an st. New
any dollar size. Depot No. 90 n.,.rt ,as5;
York CITY. Sold BY all drugei.ss, ps.en' Meoi-
cine, fancy goods and per'amefy s.oles every
whore.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05
/ GRAND EPOCH IN MEDICINE

DR.. Msggiel is the founder of a new medical
system. The quantitarians whose vast internal
doses enfeeble the stomach and paralyze the bow
els and with whose external remedies the ulcerat-
ed and eruptive surfaces of the skin are deuged
in vain mustgive place to the man who restores
his health and appetite with from to three
harmless pills, and cures the most virulent and
scrafnns sa;-e-as-s vvish f.en.- three bex
of his matchless salye.
DR.. Maggiel's Pills and Salve have ushered in
new medical era. No more nauseating ayalan-
ches of drastic drugs need be poured down sick
peoples Threats. One of Maggiels Pills rectifes
the disordered condition of the stomach and liver,
eleanses the head and restores the nerves in a
space of time short enough to be almost classed
as marvellous.
& In fact Maggieps Bilious. Dyspeptic and Diarr-
hea Pills cure where all others fail. While for
Burns, Scads, Chilblains, Cuts and all abrassions
of the skin, MaggiePs Salve is infalIible.
CAUrIoN!-Purchase none without name of J.
Haydock on the wrapper, proprietor, and the
trade mark J. Magiel, M. D. Sold by all drug
gists, at 25 cents per box, and J. Haydock pro-
prietor, New York. s. mch12dw1y.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05

This Company has been organized for the pur-
pose of establishing Telegraphic communication,
in the most direct manner possible, between all
River from Saint Paul to New Orleans
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05
KIND OF LINE TO BE BUILT.

The Company propose to construct their lines
in the most substantial manner possible. All
material used will be of the most approved kind
and quality, and the work of construction win
be done by the company, under the immediate
supervision of practical men, of long experience
in constructing and managing telegraph lines,
who will be instructed to spare no pains to make
every portion of the work Of the very best char
act
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-05
LIVE CHICKENS /!
Auction Room /!
diseases Of the Eye Can be Cured
nm. IA1 "a MORRILL,

and can accommodate one or two hundred patiests
and will treat all diseases strictly confidential.
Office, on Second Street, in LeClaire Block.
No charges made for unsuccessful services.
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