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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
Our Beloved governor in Court.
From the Knoxville Free Press.I

rTOu tuo huO4Nluo ETeo
Some very important cases are being
argued in the United States Court at the
present term. The case of W. H. Sneed,
bills IN equity, against W. G. Brownlow
and ]. A. and Robert Pickens, admins.
traitors of Samuel Pickens, has been
before the Court since Tuesday last.
Messrs. Andrews, Champion and Nelson
are for respondents Brownlow and Pick
ems, and Messrs. Deaderick, Sneed and
Crozier Of counsel for complainant
Sneed. The case, as we understand it,
comes up on demurrer of respondents to
complainant's bill. All the counsel in
the case have concluded their arguments
except Mr.. Nelson, who will probably
conclude to morrow
The law case Of J. R. Crisp vs. Cham
berlain was also before the Court on
yesterday, on demurrer. 1t is an action
at law BY the plaintiff for furniture Of his
taken during the war by defendant as an
officer of the Federal army. THIS case
involves the question whether an officer
of the army has the power and right to
seize the property Of citizen, sad sell
It for the benefit of the United States,
without a judgment or condemnation Of
some court The cases Of Sneed vs.
Brownlsw and the Pickenses involves the
question whether two Judgments obtained
BY the latter against the former, during
the war, are void or not
Judge TFigg is presiding in the court
with bis usual patience and urbanity,
aud we believe the entire bar aud peO-
pie have the highest respect and appre-
citation Of bis ability and integrity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
~ The adrance rnard of fhe Ahrs

1@~ The advance guard of the Abys-
sinian expedition from England has
landed at Zoulla, and is reconnoitering
that inhospitable country. The report
made is not very inviting. Inthe country
they traversed-now for the first time
visited by Europesns--tbey fonnd but
little water, and that in wells In parts
the thermometer ranged at llOo. The
passes we're through beds of torrents,
with huge masses of rock on every side.
These difficulties will probably be found
to be worse enemies than King Theo-
dore's troops.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16


The New York Independent, Theodore
Tilton's paper, which it is well known is
intensely Radical. is utterly disgusted
with the tone of its Republican cotem-
poraries. 1t says: "Half the Republi-
can journals, East and West, for the last
six months, might as we'll have been
written in water. We have never known
so great general tameness in the polit-
ical utterances Of the Republican party
as at present
Some Of the white and black Radicals
about Meridian, Miss, having threatened
that hell was ready TO break loose"
the Mercury warns them that there are a
good many white men who don't care a
continental how soon it breaks. gt
The Jackson (Miss,) Clarion adver-
tises fellow named Jacob l.. Myers, who
was about to marry a young lady OF
Jackson, but who fed when the discovery
was made that he had wife and child
in New York. NJ
1t is rumored that Harriet Beecher
Stowe is thinking of editing weekly,
devoted to woman suffrage, in Boston.
The New Orleans Tribune, conducted
by niggers, has been appointed the official
paper of the Louisiana Convention.
A Maryland paper brings out its old
cuts of runaway negroes to illustrate the
Radical chase for Office. % a
An inyeterate punster says: Mower is
no more, and New Orleans is happy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16

HA- There have Of late been some
migrations of dissatisfied Southerners to
British Honduras. It is now reported
that the Duke of Buckingham, Foreign
Secretary Of England, has officially and
peremptorily disapproved of the land
tenure and other concessions granted to
Southern American companies by the
colonial Executive Haviug thus had
their special privileges taken away, the
immigrants are said to be disheartened,
and to contemplate return to the United
States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
s@- It is announced that the labOrer

B@ 1t is announced that the laborers
in the employ of the contractors for
deepening the Illinois and Michigan
canal, working about twenty-five miles
from Chicago, some four hundred in
number, recently struck for higher wages,
and refused to go to work unless their
demand was recognized. They have
been getting 81 IS per day, and demand
50. The contractors refused to yield to
the demand, and are now filing the places
of the strikers with new men at 81 10
per day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
s. TENNESSEE MONDAY EVENING" DECENBER l6 NO 9O

whom Mr.. Beecher ought to take in
hand, aud we hope he will give next
Sunday to them. There are no pioUs
people who are more Ia want Of spiritual
and thorough reformation than the
preachers. They are about in the same
condition that the monasteries and nun
neries were before Luthers time.
Beecher selected ns text for the mer-
chants, I" Who bath taken this counsel
against Tyre, the crowning city, whose
merchants are princes, whose trafficers
are the honorable Of the earth y We
suggest that good text for the sermon
to the preachers would be the 9th verse
Of the 23d chapter Of ST. Matthew, Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypos
critics for ye arc like unto whited sepul.
chres, which, indeed, appear beautiful
outward, but are within full Of dead mems
bones and Of all uncleanness "-Nev
York Herald n.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
- The Kew York COnstitutlOnl

B@ The New York Constitutional
Convention has been a fruitful theme for
newspaper malediciiOn Of late. Il has
no friends The New York Sun says II
isa slow coach" and drsgS along at
q pace that would disgust a snail Ae-
COrding to the reports, the body finds
itself without a quorum every second
day, and Is thus obliged 10 adjourn over
without doing auy business II should
be remarked, however. 10 tbe credit Of
The members. that they draw their pay
vith regularity and prompsness A few
days ago a member proposed = resOlu-
sion 70 The effect that they should draw
pay Only for the days on which they DO
business bui the proposition vas
promptly voted down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16

Seas A quarrel between Mr.. Robert
Cartmell and Mr.. J. R. Voolfolk, of
jackson, Tenn, a few days since, re-
suited in the former throwing brick at
the latter, which struck him in the front
part of the head, fracturing the skull and
producing death the following day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
Bosehsr's sermon TO The Merchants.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beechsr deliv-
cred q discourse in the Brooklyn Acad-
emy Of Music on Sunday 70 tbe New
York merchants, and We are glad to per.
ceive that hey attended 10 large num-
bers; Cor they require little edihcation
and pious counsel We hope there Usrs
some bank directors and managers OF
railroad and ferry companies 10 the con.
rreration; for they are more in need Of
a good stirring up Of their consciences
thau TIE merchants Bot there is smother
eminent class, and that is the preachers,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
n6s- There hns bean a dehate on har

BkD There mas been debate on bAp
tism at Newtown, Del, between Messrs,
Jump, Of the Methodist Episcopal, and
Flippo, of the Baptist Church, at the
conclusion of which, says local paper,
all the Methodists we're converted to
sprinkling and the Baptists to INNER
sion. A great triumph for Messrs.
Jump and Flippo. an "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16

Bdr A clergyman asked some chill
dren, "Why do we say, in the Lords
Prayer, Who art in HeaUen, since
God is everywhere2" He saw little
drummer who looked as if be could give
an answer, and turned to him for it.
well, little soldier, what say you p
!" Because it's headquarters. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16

B0- Mr.. Ahern, of the New York
Gazette, has announced the discontinu.
ance Of that journal. II was started by
Mr.. Sweetser who seeded, and now
conducts the Euening Nail
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16

No. Negro minstrelsy had its origin
just after the close of the war of 1872.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16

B6r Gen. J. A. Maltby, military Mayor
of Vicksburg, died last Thursday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
PUBLIC LEDGER.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
CreditOrs

nkvrNG CLAIMS AGAINST THE rs
III tate OF Jane Nalntesta, deceased. are
hereby nctireitof III their claius, rrorerly au-
thenficated, With TIE undfr.i1ned. within The
{ tine rrccritcd ~ |au. or ne sane VII ne
tarrti. fcftora indebted T. ne estate Nlii
cone forward end rar TIE r1mr.
NICHOLAS NALAILSIA.
FRANK VACCAho,
Admiuisfrainrl. it1 Main street
ID. buEEH fICrErT, Attorney. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
srENOGNAFHY,
NOTICE.

UAV1NG RETIRED FROM THE REAL
III Estate and ZEN ~ business on Account OF
my health, would he eny ans the public
ito ed mon me, an / wonh respectfully re-
commend and cordially ask for continuance
of the same to my successors. Messrs. REID
WILSON gentlemen of knOwn integrity and
business qualifications. 9. W. POOL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-16
PLANTATION SUPPLIES.

WE Also PAY SPECIAL ATTKNTION
w % he sale of Cotton, and viii fil orders for
Plantation Supplies for an who nag favor ~
9TH their rairouaee. q lol
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-31

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS PoR oENTLEAEN-Ar
u Clinton place. corner University place. transient
CHAs LEFLER, Proprietor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-31

1)OYAL VICTORIA HOTEL. NASSAU. N. r.. BAHAMAS.
IlThs bouse j. for accommodation Of euss,s
der the of NJ staples late IF seveus House,
New York A steamer will succeed the Corsica In
Janur ncxs, landing the wharf Persons
wishing TO spend the wLter months Nassau address
TUNNELL LUINAz,, Propretors
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-31

ClIERMAN HOUSE. l3 BRooME STREET NEAR
- Broadway-On the European plan: central location;
house que and cnnfortble; large aud well veu
lated, prices very moderate
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-31

few Suits OF Rooms at this DELIGHT ul place are 70 let Tor
tho winter; terms moderate Trains leave and return from
foot Certandt street u times daily By Northern Rarosds
Jersey City; from depot depot about IS minutes
FRANCIS RIDER. Proprietor.
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19

tin kettle which some boys had adorned his nara
tive with was afterwards caught in the act of try
ing to fasten il on again. He seemed to ike it. and
was the only dog that ever did.
The Butte County Press is the only paper that is
determined to have the tin kettle of secession and
JEFF. Davis attached to its narrative. The follow
ing from the Carson dppeci, of 1854, may enable
the public to explain this insane desire on the part
of the Press. 1t is Harry Mighels photograph of
the present editor of the Butte County Press:
.IoSG PRIMER HALL--This old hlatherskite is
locked up in Alcatraz, and is undergoing "coer-
cion'' as sand packer. We know Long Primer:
have known for about twelve years. About ,ha,
length of time ago he and Henry De Co1rcey and
Charley Stiles made their appearance at Bidwell's
Bar, in Butte County. California as the typograph-
cal and editorial generals and staff of the BUrrE
RECORD that was to be. Stiles was the ostensible
proprietor, and Hall and DeCourcey were the boss
printers and associate editors. Although that pa
per was weekly, lite larger in dimensions than
the appeal. those worthes were by no means the
entire force employed. Sam Martin and two other
printers were the men who set up most OF the
matter. ard who didn't get any pay to speak of.
Stiles was tinker by trade. and of course he
couldn't set up type. So be played Editor and bu-
siness man. Hall and DeCourcey were both prac-
teal printers, bnt literary cusses well. OF
course it didn't take long for these two old whisky
drinking b0nemlans TO quarrel. lley U0tn wanted
to be boss; and so they fell ont. They both got
more than usually drunk one night at Bancrofts
Hotel, (wbere they and Stiles and the printers
boarded, and never missed meal nor paid cent }
and both took hand in a gsr- oil .freeeze OUT
for the brandy peaches. They hadn't played long
when the two pet lambs got TO quarrelling. Hail
who is about feet in his socks tif he ever wears
any.) cursed De Courcey for id murderin' thief,
and DeCourcey knocked him down with chair
and then stuck knife in his hack and liked to
have killed him. Long Primer terribly scared
and beloved like calf. Peter Freer the Sheriff.
arrested DeCourcey and locked him up in the
county Jail, and it would have gone pretty hard
with the prisoner if Hall had kept sober; but he
kept drunk and made such an ass of himself that
the people al last thought DeCourcey was justified
in trying to play the fool killer and he waslet of
DeCourcey is dead; Stiles is soldering, as pri-
vate, in a regiment stationed in Oregon; the last
we heard of Sam Martin he was in the pasteboard
and ivory business, and Long Primer Hall for the
first time in his life, is causing somebody else's
sand TO rise. He is the biggest coward we ever
experienced
We accept the apology rendered in the last num-
ber of the Press, and will say no if they will
drop their secession tin kettle quit sending up vi.
vas for jeff Davis and cease vllifying the patriots
of the revolution, the trainers and interpreters of
the Constitution, and Union Generals in the late
war. Is it a compact?
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
a Singular and Fatal Shooting ARRAY


A few months ago we published an account of
the death of Mrs. Hudson and four children, who
perished in the flames of burning building. at
Shingletown, in this county. The husband of the
woman and father of the children appears to have
been hut little affected by the appalling manner Of
their death. and since that time has conducted him
self in style that plainly showed him to be devoid
of all respect for himself or the memory of the
dead. On Saturday last this man ended his career
under the following circumstances
On Friday, Hudson and ohe Frank Martin were
engaged in playing cards in the bar-room OF the
Millville Hotel and in the course of the game Hud
son accused Martin of cheating, and said he had
swindled him out OF $3.50. Martin denied that he
had cheated, and remarked that any man who said
he did was |" d-d liar Hudson then left the
house. On the following day Hudson drank con-
siderable liquor and tried to borrow pistol. saying
be had been imposed upon, and would not stand
such treatment He was refused weapon, bnt
finally he and one OF his friends forcibly took pis
tol from named GlasScock. Shortly after
obtaining possession of the pistol, Hudson ap-
preached Martin, who standing just outside the
hotel door, and presenting the pistol. within few
feet OF his breast. ordered him to take back what
he had said. Martin Immediately rushed upon
Hudson and caught him around the neck, drawing
his head down on his breast. After some consid-
cradle scuffling Hudson raised the pistol above his
head and fired downward, with the evident inten-
ton of shooting Martin. but the ball entered his
own head on the right side, and piercing the brain,
lodged in the base o the skull the lett side. Be
fore entering his head the ball cut off the thumb of
Hudsons LETT hand, besides grazing one of Martins
arms.
Hudson lived until Monday morning, when he
expired, the victim of his own rashness and evil
habits. Justice Guptill of Mllville. impanneled
jury and held an inquest over the remains of de-
ceased. when the Jury returned verdict in accord
ance with the aboYe narrated facts.-Shasta Cou-
Tier.
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
BACK At THE OLD STAND

Nothing is SO Coed ms to have Nice
IN clean shave. and your hair trimmed and cleaned
=; -1,d s+xle We understand that Peter Maurer has
aesi leased the old stand formerly occupied and known
as Ferruson's Hair Dressing Saoon Montgomery St
hstts t three for 81: he viii be pleased % see his old
friends and customers. n74 MAukEk
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
oRovILLE WATER WORKS.

UNROM and after August list, 1867. All
moneys arising from the sale Of water, are due and
PAYABLE on the of each month in advance and must
be paid prior the 9TH Of each month"; or the wasar
viii be shut off. o. W. dAntilol1-
Oroyille August 1sf 1857. nA-u
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
U. S. MAIL Line!

AsHR STAGES LEAVE ORO-
vile every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday and arrive in Indian Valley the next day at four
O'Clock P. NJ. Stages leave Indian Valley every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday and arrive in Orovile the next
day, at O'Clock p. NJ.
The line is well stocked for stasng and it is well
known that this route is now always was and will be.
the shortest and best route from Orove to Indian VAL
ley. Fare as cheap any other route.
R. E. GARLAND, Proprietor.
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
Rcasonss


vuyuE FLOREN E WAS AWARDED
Il the First and Highest Premium at the state ar
of California the only Fair the Pacific coast at which
auy two double thread Sewing Uachnes were exhibited
in competition IN 1865.
THEFIORENCE received the only Premium awar-
ded by the Mechanics Institute of San Francisco in
1854 and 1865, to any Sewing Machine Company or
agent The claim Of competitor to medal is without
any foundation whatever.
Wherever the Florence has been brought in competi-
tn with other Sewing Machines, il has always been
declared the best Ii Is the most simple the most SUD-
srautia the most efficient and its is easily learned
Every Machine sold is guaranteed in the full sense OF
the word
send for circulars and samples of work
SAMUEL J. HILL General agent.
I5-22 ILL., Montgomery street, San Francisco
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
A. CLARK,

rs now Prepared to Accommodate the
4 travelling public. and TRANSFERS. in particular.
with the best the market Affords with Board. Lodging,
Hay. Grain, and Yard Room.
THE BAR viii be furnished with the best of Wines.
Liquors and Cigars.
THE TABLE will at all times be supplied with every
luxury OF the
Single Meals. IS cents. Beds, 25 cents.
Hay and Grain at the Lowest Market Rates.
April 27th, 1867. A CLARK.
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19

.,ught out .th the same result at
Ii thoJs who establisked the government ar
/ peacably. The 1t down the infamous
<in # secession, oyargument and reason, on
rsa attempt to I've it a resting place on the
acky and VllAnia Resolutions, by giving
/ false en}efcked construction. The secoad
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
STAGES.

U. s. MAIL Line!
Oroville, Chico, SusanvilIc & TaylorvilIe.
THROUGH FROM MARYSVIL.LE TO SUSANVILLE,
IN TWRNTY-EIGHT HOURS
&SH7 A NDID FOUR
ENSE szs5 Horse Coach leaves Oroville every 9th.
day the arrival of the Cars and arrives in
vile and Taylorvi1e on the following days
Returning leaves Susanville and Taylorville every
other morning at A NJ. and arrives in Orovile
day in time for the evening train to AIarysville.
Leaves Chico other day at II NJ and arrives at
Susanvle and Taylorvile the following DAYS. Return
ing leaves Susanvile and Taylorville at A. NJ, and
arrives in Chico the following days at P. NJ.
Leaves Oroville in July dates. and in August
on odd dates
FARE THROUGH. 90
Office at the Union Hotel, OroviIle.
ALLEN J. WOOD, Proprietor.
The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-19
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