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NOTICE.

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WELLS.

am now digging wells at seveniy-hve cents
per foot, and will insure them agains' quieh-
and. Two good hands must be furnished whsn
occasion requires. Myself and mule must also
be furnished during my work on the JOB. .
TERMS CASH. -
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DIRECTORS.

Nc company issues policies On lives on all
fiasrsni plant, asd Il a. favorable rates as
)sshes, Wills Il hes no restrictions In regard
sidsnes or travel, aad an is prohu are d.
annually among Ia policy holders. Itis
Dpt In the payment Of Loses having paid
30 n this city In The last eight monshS
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CITATION NOTICE.

The stats Of MiaissippI, paaoIa cosnty. 70
George W. Magee and - Magss, whose given
name IL unknown, children Of Alfred Msges,
deceased, aud the children and heirs WHOSE
names arc unknown OF Claiborne Nages, de-
ceased. You and each Of you are ciied 70 be-
and appear before the Probate Court OF said
county, at the eourt-house thereof on the 4th
day Of November next 10 answe The petition
Of Daniel JosiIn, and show cause why the
prayer Of petitioner praying isr title 70 north
half Of southeast quarter d section Of land
number thlrty-hse, In township ten, Of range
sir, wesl, In said county, should not be granted.
by order Of court Issued September 30, 1851.
ocb-N ra w.P. w00rTEN, clsrk.
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N. J. ROssEL.,
GROCER, COTTON FACTOR,
AND
Gs.sras Cemnssstss Merchant,
No. 316 Front Row,
Memphis. Tenn.


Thankful Gee The liberal patronage hereto
Coz. sstsndsd to ne by M ffisads. ] you'd ~
Ter others to any one dosag bnsineH hrrs'o'e',
wIth ms hou.s. have always on hand family
and plantation supplies ki.o ample facilities
for handling al cotton 90 other prpdnes eon-
signed 10 ne. Charges - low a. rsFalsf met
chant Of The city, and = nv ss isFifimfs
businss. will Justify.
&c CuLBERTsOs, vel tsssn 10 War
.haIl saa D<aoso e~ouniiss Ms i slwsys 90
hama. sad In euasection with W I. kpDhAN,
al u.rh.Ii essnty. Miss, rould bs plesssd 70
meet and serommodsts their old friends a.
veil a. others nssdins supplies ssls-sn
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Mddison a., MI Wtuidns BLOCK.
MeMaAsn = Otis,
IssaAL Aessrs, MExPHrs, TENN,
wut fssssnss Mississippi and Arkansas,
vhon I'll applications foe Insurance OF
)sn<iss shouid b addren<d.
J. r. MeMAHON,
NEWTON 8. OTIS.
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Youbr's Great Physiological vort, Of svsry
one HE eva doeior-beii & . private Instructor
for married persons or tho&r about 10 msuy,
both male sad female. In everything eoaesfz-
ias he p~lyziolnsy and relations u or s~su-l
sysfem, and The pFoductioa OF pFsvestisn a
ofsrrinf. fnslnding al The new diseovsrfsz
never bsfsre rissn IN the English language, BY
VIZ. Yorsa, n. d This Il really q valuable
and interesting vosk. u h written In plain
language fbs The general reader, and is Illus
tr.isd with upwards Of one hundred sngrsv.
ings. All youns married people. Or tho~s con-
semplsiins marTises, and having he lsnss in-
'p<dfnsnt 70 married 10, skoald rad this
book. II dis<ioses sssrsts hat svesy ous should
be seqpslsfed With. sdn u ~ hopk that
uszf = seized up and 81 u sbontt1s hssss.
4 vi - mi 70 any enc On The fs<sips Of
fIny Cents Addres Dr.. VIZ. Tevss. No. Gle
Spruce street. shore roursh, PhilsAsipsia.
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M04"S~
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Madison It,, XII Williams Block.
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DIZZY O. = - - - r - ~

\ aed ls.ls "A lhss pseyls. M palaa have Issn stsfd
astlabs. a6d the egiesa viii aWssFd sih ne lines Ihs
sre Invited ~ cell amd e~xanlns af Stock ~
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Impeachm ent.

A few Republican journals, dissatisfied
with the action of the House of Represen-
.tatives in refusing to impeach the Presi7
dent, support their views by singular
argument. "The House has stul,ified it.
Self" say they. at has backed down
and played the coward" &C., &c. But
why? Does the appointment of COM
mittee to inform the conscience of the
House, bind the action of the House? If
it was discovered that there was not plain.
'indisputable ground for impeachment, id
was the part of duty and of common sense
not to impeach. So grave step should
at any time, and especially at a eritica
time like the present, be entered on only
las stern and unavoidable duty. To i'm
peach a President for reasons that even
appear to be of partisan character, would
show deal more audacity than wisdom
But aside from this, the material interests
Iof the country do not require impeach-
ment. The two-thirds vote that could
impeach could legislate in spite Of dozen|
Presidents. The Currency, Taxation, the
Tariff, and the Public Debt, and not i'm
parchment of an almost powerless Presi-
dent, require the attention of Congress;
and the Nation. Who is so bold as to say
shat we can afford to neglect these sub
jects in order to impeach Andrew John
son
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GENERAL GRANTS Politics. FromS
an editorial il the New York Times wei
take the following sit is possible toj
make great deal too much out of General
Grants n-partisanship. 1t is possibleI
ito misinterpret the circumstance Of bis
making no public declaration upon the
party issues or political divisions of the
hour. We imagine it will be found to
be none the lees the fact that he entertains
very decided opinions upon every public
question before the country, aDd upon the
policy that should be pursued concerning
all matters under the circumstances that
exist. We fancy that those who go on
The supposition that he would suffer him
self TO be controlled or cajoled by the
Democratic party of recent times will have
no OCCASION to go very far before they find
out their mistake. And we fancy that
hose who have been led TO entertain the
notion that he has no attachment to Re
publican principles as set forth authori
.tativeIy by the last National Convention
and as adhered to by President Lincoln,
will not need to live through next year
before they discover their error"
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A SUICIDE mania seems to prevail II
Westmoreland county. At Plcasan
Unity, on the 81 inst, ayoung man aoou
tweniy-eight years of age, named Samue
Hunter, son of James Hunter, and wht
had been married only six weeks to ;
young, accomplished and beautiful daugh
ter Of Thomas Hughes, near Derry, huns
himself in The barn while his father hac
gone to market. No reason can be assign
ed for the rash act, as he went about hi:
every day work as usual up till the time o
the deed. His family are ii
great distress over his suicide, In the
same township, about the same time, 8
man named John Armel
attempted to hang himself, but was
discovered in time by his wife, who Gu
him down.
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L National Union Republican:
Convention.

The undersigned, constituting the Ma
'tioual Committee designated by the Con
Ivention held "a Baltimore on the 7th Of
j une, 1864, do appoint that IA National
'Convention of the Union Republican party
|be held at the City OF Chicago, Ill, OF
"Wednesday, the 20th day of May next, at
ll2 O'Clock, m, for the purpose of nomina-
ding candidates for the Offices of President
laud Vice President of the United States
Each State in the Uniied States is author
!ized to be represented in said Convention
10y the number of delegates equal to twice
the number of Senators and Representa-
Itives to which each State is entitled il
ithe National Congress. We invite the
'co-operation of all citizens who rejoice thai
iour great civil war has happily terminated
i'm the discontinue OF rebellion WAC
;gould hold fast the unity snd integrity of
the Republic, and maintain its paramount
right to defend to the utmost its own exis-
.tence, whether Imperiled by secret conspi-
|racy or armed force of all friends of an
economical administration of the public
Expenditure, of the complete extirpation
|of the principles and policy of slavery
and Of the speedy reorganization of those
States whose Governments were destroyed
'by the Rebellion, aud their permanent
restoration to their proper practical rela
lions with the United States in accordance
with the true principles of republican gov
1ernment.
MARCUS l.. WARD of New Jersey, Chm.
JOSH u. DEFREEs of Indiana, Secretary.
JOHN R. CLARK OF New Hampshire.
SAMUEL F. HUssEY of Maine.
A. b. GARDINER of Vermont.
WM. CLAFLIN of Massachusetts.
SAME A. PURvIAECE of Pennsylvania.
j. S. FOWLER of Tennessee.
B. e. Cook of Illinois.
MARSH GIDpINGs of Michigan.
d. Z. STUBBs of Iowa.
a. w. CAMPBELL of West Virginia.
H. w. HOFFMAN, OF Maryla
N. B. SMIrHERs of Delaware.
w. J. COMING OF Virginia.
S. II. BOYD of Missouri.
c. L. RoBINsoS of Florida.
S. JUDD of Wisconsin,.
HORACE GREELEY of New York.
H H. STARKwEATHER of Connecticut
r. B. CowEN of Ohio.
THos SIMPSON of Minnesota.
NEWTON EDMUNDs OF Dakota.
D. S. GooDLoE of North Carolina.
THos G. TURNER of Rhode Island.
SAMUEL n. CRAWFORD of Kansas.
s. j. BOWEN of District of Columbia.
J. P. CHAFFEE of Colorado.
Washington, Dec. II, 1867.
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MAY 20TH.-Chicago is the place, and
May 10Th is the time, for holding The
n ational Convention of the Republican
party, as fixed by the National Republican
Committee which met at Washington th'
other day. 1t is hoped that by that date
Ill! or nearly all the Southern States viii
oe represented in Congress and entitled tc
in the Convention. Appear
ances now indicate that Judge Chase, the
greatest of our statesmen, and General
q Grant, the greatest of our soldiers, viii
be the rivals fox the nomination for the
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DeE1sOcraiEC arguments.

Iu an article on tie scarcity OF employ
ment, the New York Hort,! says Thus
a:e We 10 cat of the fruits of extrayaEa"ce
in an unnecessarily prolonged war, bar-
densoine, because iil-adjusted taxaiion, q
rui1,ousiy kGyh hriG and an i,y3afed cnr-
.ency" La another article in the same
issue, 4 opposes the contraction of this
"inflated currency The "ruinousiy high
tariff Is in many cases barely enough 10
couuterbalaDce the internal tax OF the
government. OG the outside page. OF this
same issue of the Horld is famed in large
capitals, "The Labor panic" "FVyi
thousand men out Of Employment IN His
city," Suppose under Democratic lea
dersLip the "ruiuously high tariB wereI
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ON Monday, the 9th inst, large and
meeting of the Union League
vas held in Philadelphia, and declared
or Gen Grant as the Republican nomi-
nee for Presidency. a few days previous
y, large meeting of the influential men
of New York, svme Radical, some Con
servatiye Republicans, and some Demo
cr, -. did likewise. When Gen. Grant
fought | se rebellion, there was less variety
among his supporters.
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CoNaREss has done three things OF
y hich few will complain. 1t has refused
to occupy valuable time in trying the
President by impeachment, ie has repeal
ed the tax of two cents and a-half per
pound on cotton, aud has stopped for the
presept the withdrawal from circulation OF
cree nbacks. As to the necessity Of the
last act. we are not convinced.
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HEAVY ROBBERY ON A THAIN.-Yes es
terday morning telegraphic dispatch wa;
received from Altoona, stating that gen
tleman coming to this city from Philadel
phia on one of the trains of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad had been robbed of HI.
pocket book containing $1,000 in bills
together with check for 5000. The
party himself arrived atsthe Union Depot
Shortly afterwards, aud stated that hi.
money was taken by some party on the
ears further, however, he knew nothing
The detectives in the employ of the
Railroad Company are engaged IN work
Ing up the case -PdiSbury Dispatch
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The City Of Cheyenne.

That stupendous enterprise, the Union
Pacific Railroad, is destined to give birth
to many cities, and maps which now
sindicate nothing save streams through an
almost unbrokeu wilderness, will soon be
dotted over with the sites of fourishing
towns and cities. A correspondent, wri7
ting from Cheyenne, Dakotah Territory.
terminus of the road, gives an interesting
description of the city and its surround
ings. Cheyenne is situated at the base
proper of the Rocky Mountains, and is
over six thousand feet above the level of
the sea. 1t is 1920 miles from Chicago,
1888 miles from San Francisco, 5l7
miles from the Missouri river, 58i miles
from Salt Lake City, and 100 miles north
|of Denver. It is located, as it were, 10
the middle of tea saucer, the ground
rolling gently up to the summit of ridge,
which forms almost an unbroken chain
around the city. Four months ago there
was not house standing where Cheyen-
ne now Is. Two weeks ago the houses
were counted to over three hundred and
'6tty, and since then more than a hundred
buildings have been erected, and among
Them are many substantial and costly ones, ),
3ome Of stone, few of brick, some adobe,
but most of them are wooden. Most oil
the lumber has been brought from Den
lver, but now it begins to roll in fromI
Michigan, out of the Omaha market
The foundation is laid and hotel is bein q
built upon it, the estimated cost of which
Us nearly hundred thousand dollars al
|public school is being built, and severa
other public buildings are in contem pla-
|tlon. The population is estimated at four
thousand, but every passenger train which,
arrives ADDS to the number. Boarding isl
'en to twelve dollars per week, -four
twelve to fourteen dollars per sack, woodI
twenty dollars per cord, aud coal eighteen
dollars per ton. Carpenters wages areE
eight dollars day, aud other mechanic I
are paid at proportionate rates. TheE
own is located at the intersection Of the
contemp plated Denver Railroad, connecting
With the Southern Pacific route, and III
already becoming market for the mining!
districts. Gold, copper, iron and coal
are among the minerals found, and the!
agricultural inducements are considerable. /
The scenery is grand-the majestic Rocky
Mountains towering high in the west
and kissing the sky with their snowy lips
TO the north of the great rauge, an0.
eighteen miles off, are the Black Hills,E
standing like sentinels to their lordly
master. In the southwest is seen theE
white robed summit of Longs Peak, and
to the south, in clear weather, Pike
Peak is visible "in the dim distance
Then to the east stretches out the beauti
tul rolling prairics. The atmosphere is
generally dry ; always pure and very buoy
ant. The climate, although in winter
very cold, is most delightful.
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A ROUGH and tumble fight between two
respectable, but excitable, "ladies" occur
red on Saturday last, on the railroad
track at Bloomington, Indiana. A young
man named "Jake" had been paying court
Ito young woman living in the same
Itowu. Jake's mother wanted him to
marry another, aud on the day named re
paired to the railroad track in front OF
the charmer's house, aud dared ber to come
forth and receive an lawful whaling"
The bantered beauty came, fought, scratch
ed, Bit, gouge6 and conquered. A passen-
ger train was halted by the combat, and
lall on board came out and cheered.
The Congreyationoiist, of Boston, re-
lproves a minister for praying fifty min
!dtcs at a funeral, and another for praying
forty minutes at a Thanksgiving service
There are clergymen in other localities
who might appropriately and edifyingly
;con3ense their public prayers, and their
sermons, too.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN claims to be
worth s30,000,000 I; Jay Cooke is worth
|$61 100000, Barny Williams. the actor,
lis worth 100000 st. Louis 5eggar is
worth $4,000, and quite a number of
The same class in our city are worthless
SENATOR Buckalew, OF Pennsylvania,
|in recent speech in the Eastern part OF
the State, admitted that the Republicans
would elect their Presidential candidate
|next fall.
Two children died last week in Mobile,
Ala, from eating candies which had been
'colored with poisonous substances,
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removed and free trade inaugurated, how
many times fifty thousand men would be-
out of employment by reason of flooding
our country with British manufactures!
while our workmen must either stand idle
or consent TO the European standard of
|wages2
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Our Financial Condition.

= The money circulation of the country
at the present time amounts in round
s plumbers to s75s, 900 900, seven hundred
s and ffty-eight millions. Of this, $780,,
100000 are National bank note currency
and the balance is ereenbacks and Nation.
al currency,
At the breaking out of the war the
apaper in circulation of the banks was
SS207, 100000, two hundred and seven
millions, and the entire circulation of the
country, both metallic and paper, about
sS475, 100000, four hundred aud seventy
: five millions.
1t is required by the law creating the
snational banks that they keep certain
per een;agc of their deposits and notes
sconstantly in reserve. The amount thus
Withdrawn from actual circulation the
scoutroller of the currency estimates as
never less than $3.50, 100000, one hundred
and fifty millions, leaving in actual ci-cu-
aIatiou S60S, 100000, six hundred and
eight millions In view Of this fact, is it
true that money is scarce? 1t is not by
any means probable that the wealth and
business of tho country are greater at the
present time, or have been during or since
4 he war, than in 1860, for allowing an un-
3precedented increase in the North, it il
! smore than balanced by the destruction of
wealth and business in the South. The
presence of such an increased money cir
lcuation and the necessary iuternal taxa
.tion must result in enhanced prices, ma
king larger amount of money necessary
tor the business of the country. But the
present value of our currency of all kinds
reduced to a gold standard is over $780,
100000, FIVE hundred and fifty millions.
1t being evident that the seeming scar
lefty of money does not arise from the ab
seuce oe it, whence comes this present
sstringency of money and stagnation in
business!
This we shall answer, first saying, how
/ ever, that any step taken by any means
whatever toward making dollar in green
backs equal to dollar in gold must ere
ate corresponding tightness iD money
until prices are reduced to harmony
With the enhanced value of the greenback
We say then that the present stringen-
Icy comes principally from the Increased
value of the greeuback, thereby causing
creditors to be enriched and debtors made
less able to pay. Those who make fabrics
or articles of iron and wood are copse-
5quently unwilling to risk largely, knowing
! how prices tend downward. The decline
sin gold soon after the war caused British
fabrics made on the cheap labor system
] Of that country to food our markets, 50
that they are yet glutted with the impor-
1tations. Farmers during the war received
previously unheard of prices for all man 1
ner of products, enabling them to pay their
debts and now to hold back their produce
lin hope of receiving more for it. So longI
las we are on the way to restoration oil
gold and silver to their proper place a
the only legal tender of the country, We
may look for dullness in trade and manu-
Ifactures for until that goal ID reached i
prices will be uncertain, and he who buys
to day to pay tomorrow will run the IiskI
Iof paying in a currency more precious
than that which be borrowed.
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ALLEGHENY, Beaver, and Butler coun
ties are to have Normal School, situated
ia the first named county, not far from
Pittsburgh. A committee has been ap
pointed to select grounds for the buildings
Already several offers of very great hber.
ality have been laid before them.
THE New York IHuH says ''There i.
no such thing as a labor panic in this
city, sensation morning Journals to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
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A DESPERATE character, one John
Drown by name, confined in the Greens
lburg Jail to await trial for larceny, escap
ed therefrom on Friday afternoon by
knocking down Tailor Cline, who was in
feeble health. The rascal was pursued
and notwithstanding determined rcsis-
tance, was re-arrested and placed in an
|irou-ciaci ctll, whore he will remain until
kried.
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MEN WHO WIN WoMEN.-God has SO
made the sexes that women, like children,
cling to men; lean upon them tor protee
lion, care and love; look up to them as
though they we're superior In mind AND
body. They make them the suns of their
>ystem and they and their children re
ivolve around them. Men are gods, if
they but knew it, and women burning
incense at their shriues. Women, there
'ore, who have good minds and pure hearts.
want men to lean upon. Think OF their
|reverencing drunk ard, liar, tool, or a
.libertine. If a man would have a woman
to do him homage, he must be manly in
every sense a true gentleman, not after
the Chesterfield school, but polite, because
mis- heart is full of kindness to al !; one
who treats her with respect, even defer
ence, because she is woman; who never
|condescends to say silly things to her ;
who brings her up TO his level, if his mind
lis above hers who is ne7er over anxious
Ito please ; but always anxious to do right ;
who has no time to be frivolous with her,
Always dignifed III speech and act. who
never spends too much upon her; never
yields to temptation, even it she puts it in
his way; who is ambitions to make his
mark in the world, whether she encour-
ages him or not who IS never familiar
with her to the extent of being an adopted
brother or cousin who is not over carefu
about dress; always pleasant and consider
ate, but always keeping his place of the
man, the head, and never losing it. Such
with noble principles, gooaI
mind, energy and industry, will win any
woman in the world who is worth winning