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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-05
LIST OF PRIZES.

LIST OF PH1ZE3.
The First and Capital Prize: Col. NJ.
C. Gallaway's valuable residenco, corner of
Court and Third streets. Memphis. one block
only from the center of the city. and in the
vicinity of all the Federal, State and County
Offices. Lot So feet front by $50 deep.
Valued at $4,000.
Second Prize: A cottage residence of ten
rooms with lot 65 by 100. in the city of Chicago.
ILL.,. only three quarters Of mile from the
heart of the city, and within one block Of the
city. Valued at $500.
Third Prize: One residence lot adjoining
able for residence and desirably located.
Valued at $500.
Fourth Prize: One residence lot adjoining
the above property. % by 100 feet. Valued at
$500.
Fifth Prize. Ono residence lot adjoining
above, also Is by 100 feet. Valued at $500.
Sixth Prize. A most valuable manufactur--
ing site, with a perpetual fall of ~ feet OF
water, situated in Winston county, Alabama,
with 100 acres of land. Valued at $4,000.
Seventh Prize. The franklin Female In
sttute at Holly Springs, Miss, a handsome
and well constructed school building, most
elgibly located. This is very desirable prop
erty. Valued at $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-05


Every patron obtains a Watch by this ar
rapgement, costing but $40 while 1t may DC
worth $1,000. No partially sholcn!
We wish to Immediately dispose Of the above
magnificent stock Certificates, naming the
articles, are placed in sealed envelopes. and
well mixed. Holders are entitled to the artl-
cles named on their certificate upon payment
Of Ten Dollars whether Ii be a Watch worth
Sl0Oq or one worth less The return OF any OF
our certificates entities you 10 the art Gle named
thereon upon payment, irrespective OF its worth,
and as no article valued less than $40 is named
on any certificate, it will at once be seen that
this is
No LOTTERY, but a Straightforward Le-
gitimdte Transaction, iohich may
be participated in even by
the most fastidious
A single certificate will be sent BY mail, post
paid, upon teceiotO Is cents, five for 5 eleven
for 50 thirty three and e.eeant premium for
IS sixty-six and more valuable premium 4 7
$40, one hundred and most superb Watch for
$ib' 10 Agents, or those wishing en- ployment,
this ifa rare opportunity. IL is q legitimately
conducted business, duly authorized By thS
Government, and. open TO the most careful
scrutiny. TRY USl
WRIGHT, BRO. q CO., importers
lsl BROADWAY, NEW YoRk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-05

Eighth Prize. Lot No. 5 in Hays subdi-
vision, Memphis; size 1872 by S52 feet. beau
tiful building lot. Valued at $1,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-05

Tenth Prize. Cottage residence, FIVE rooms;
lot 100 by 10 feet, on Borland avenue, near
Memphis and Charleston railroad, near corpo-
ration line. Valued at $1,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-05

Ninth Prize. Seventy-fve and a half acres
Of woodland near Raleigh, Shelby county.
This is very desirable, and an excellent prize.
Valued at $4,000.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
RATEs on ADVERTISING.

in wild dclirium, and all that night she raved,
except in brief intervals, when she seemed
to suffer SO much from her now fearfully
swollen limb, that 1 would rush from the
room, unable to endure the sight of her ago.
ny, Gor it is useless to say that could not
think of sleep that fearful niShtO. About
day she gradually returned to her senses, and
In reply TO my mothers anxious question, she
said she was in no pain at all. What joy
filed my heart as l heard these words, it is
impossible to describe; but it was quickly
dispeiled when our good doctor drew down
the sheet and pointing to the leg, now black
as ink, turned slowly and left the room. I
was too young to understand that morti6cas
ton had taken place; but could not misiu-
terprct the agonizcd expression of my moth
er's face, as she knelt beside what she now
knc'C to be the death>bcd of her child. LII
my bitter grief too, prayed for death. God
may see fit to prolong my life still many wears;
but no time can Cface from my n nd tho
memory of that death-bed scene. Quiet
now she lay, and free from pain, fair and fra.
gilc as a broken lily; but we knew that her
pure young spirit was quickly passing nwaY;"
and even the light Of the ''goldcn gates"
seemed reflected on her face, as with flushed
cheeks and sparkling eyes she babe Hs listcn
to the strains of heavenly music which softly
stole on her dying ears aud see the whites
rObed angels who beckoned her "homo ;" and
soon the "golden bowl" was broken, and "the
silver cord" was loosed, and VIC werc left
''alonc with our dead"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

marks the soldiery of which his people fur
nished SO large part? Does he not know
that it was their. hostility to the Southern
Methodists that did this burning? And if
he knows this, and knows, too, that while da-
ring with loud blasts of trumpets to bring a
centenary Offering of millions to God, the
Methodist people of the North do nothing to
repair the ravage their barbarous koldicry
have done; if he knows that some of the
preachers he sends In the name Of God, to
preach the morality of the Bible, are men
who have robbed Southern libraries of books,
and parlors of furniture, and keep the ac>
cursed things in their houses-if Bishop
Thompson knows these things, how, in the
name of tho righteous God, does he dare to
go dancing and shouting, as though it was the
Ark of Jehovah, and not the cofins, aud cap
tiyes, and plumber OF great people, that
rumble behind him! Oh! if there be an
gels who ''envy the places of the men who
set the hearts of brethren on fire with the
hate of bigotry, and the passion of party-if
there be spirits eager to ':fold their wings and
incarnate their Immortality" that they may
"stand shoulder to shoulder, and foot to FOOT
with Stevens, and Wade, and Philips, and
Beecher, and Butler, and the rest of the
men who carried fire, and sword, and diabol-
ical hate through the land-they are not the
angels of Him, ''who maketh wars to cease
from the end of the earth, whu breaketh the
bow, and cuttcth tho sne2r asunder, and
burneth the chariot in the fire.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
Death of Artemus Ward.

A cable telegram announces the death yes
terday, at southampton, England, of Sir.
Charles +. Browne, writer who, under the
more familiar name Of AEtemus Ward. has
had the world laughing over his droll scenes
and conceis for tie last ten years. Mr.
browne was about twenty nine years of age.
and was native of Waterford, Nc, where
his parents yet reside. lie worked az a ionr-
neynan printer in Maine. and afterwards went
to Cleveland, Ohio, where his grotesaue hd-
NOR first cropped out to the eve of the nnblic
In The local columns Of the Cleveland Plain.
dealer. Afterwards he was epoaged az 4
contributor to Family Fur and other So1oia
papers, and appeared before the public as Il
lecturer His delightfully."- incongeonentisi
lectures, ''The Babes in the Woodland TT ven
y Nlinutes IN Africa, were followed by bis
lecture on the MOrmons, in which he essayed
10 commune instruction with amusement -
hrcuSh the generous aid Of London Punch.
to which Mr. Browne was contributor. bs
appeared III London as a lecturer under ia
Ioraoie circumstances, and made a hit. But
his feeble physical organization broke doHn
under the nervous strain to which it was sub.
jected By his labor, and after some mouths
of illness, during which he always induIge,t
the hopeful belief tkat be should recover s,i
soon as spring came, he died at SoHtFla hfpfot.
apparently on his return from the Isle of Jer.
sey, where he hal been staying through the
wInter for the benefit of the mild climate
Hds!EtogtoA .Stgr. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
POLITICAL.
40 NIGHT THERE,

BY YTHoNAs RAFFLEs, n. D OF LIVERPOOL
No night shRll be in heayen-no gathering gloom
Shall Oe'r that glorious q En2scape ever come:
No tears shall fall in sUd3ess U'er those flnvrt "a
That breathe their fragrance thro' celestial bowers
No night shall he in hcavcn-no dreadful bour
Of mental darkness or the trInptcT's power
Across thnse skies cuyiOus clouds shall roll
To dim the sunlight .! tie enEapturcd soul.
No nil Int shall te in heaven-Fnrbid to slccp.
Those eyes nHmOre their vieils kcep:
Their fountains dried. theirtears all xipcd av-av
They gaze undazzIed on eternal day.
No night shall be in heaNeu-no sorrows reign
70 secret anguist-no C"rpOrcaI pain
No shivcring limbs no burning fever there
Nosonle eclipse no winter OF desIsir.
No night shall be in heaven. but endless poop.s
No last declining sun, nor waning moon:
But there the LAM shall yield p, TpCtual iieht
Mid pastures green, ard waters ever brig fit.
No n ight shall be in heaven, no darkcned ROOM
No bed OF death, nor silence OF the tunlI;
But breezes ever fresh with love aud truth
snail brace the frame with immortal youth
No night shall be in heaven But nj ght is hers-
ne night OF sorrowi and the N ght OF fear
mourn the ills that now my steps attend
AS51 shrink from others that may yet impend
No night shall be in heaven! o had faith
10 rest in what the faithful witness saith
Ihat faith should max these bidcous pn ntnms fce
And leave no night. henccforth. Garth to me-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

ssa- The Hon. jesse D. Bright, of Ken
tucky, but formerly distinguished United
States Senator from IRdiana, has been invited
to be candidate for Congress from the 9th
district of his adopted State. Mr.. Bright.
however, respectfully declines the honor for
the following very sensible reason, which he
states in public letter:
81 could not be induced to take a seat
among such men as constitute the oErco,7l
elected majority in the next House of Repre-.
scntatives in Congress.
''The kind feeling you are pleased to ex.
press toward me, personally and politically, is
tuiiy rccIprocated by your friend,
j. D. BRIGHT"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
4 signileant acknowlcdr,nnn.ml. ml. j

= significant acknowledgment wfs made
yesterday, even by so determined an ultraist
as Mr. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts. which
ought not to escape the attention of the Sontb
Replying to Mr.. Bfngham's reminder. that
the constitutions adopted by the Southern
people would still have to come before Con
gress for acceptance. he declared that .Con.
gress would be under the irresistible pressure
to accept any constitution adopted as the
work of the people of the State.d This was
urged by Mr.. Boutwell, as a reason for baving
the Preliminaries so arranged that no needless
question should be raised in Congress rs,S snbse1
qqently, about the admission of a Stato
Nat. LatcUigencer: state
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

The only way to bs happy is to take the
drops of happiness as God gives tbon, As .o 'ne
every day of our lives The bow mnst i..uS Us
to be hap PPy, while he is learning his to sJ.n
the merchant while he is making his rortnna +ue
IT ne fails to learn this art he will be
miss his enjoyment when he gains What bo ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
PIANO FORTES AND MUSIC.

TIaE subscriber respectfully socits the attention
Il ofthe public to his fine assortment of
PiaAe FoCGos,
of various ylcs and patterns of g. 63and
amongst them those from the celebrated factory of
STODART,"
of New York, which for beauty of tone, power and
durability, unequaIled. Also those of
GROyESTEBN Il CO.,
the finest chap Pianos now ma nufacturcd, and TO
which experimentation is ca lied.
A number of second hand PIANOS also on hand,
from 5 I5Oto $500, both for sale and rent.
SHEET MUSIC OF ALL KINDS.
INSTRUCTION BOOKS for all instruments.
MELnDEONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS, STRINGS
Of aA kinds, = C &c.
Orders from country dealers, and schools es
peeially, solicited, and liberal discount allowed.
H D. HEWITT,
Nos56 North Charles ST., near Saratoga;
March ely. Baltimore.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

"A lady being asked to waltz, gave the
following sensible and appropriate answer !:
No thank you, sir, have huegius enough
at home" Q .
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

A chap who was told by the colporteur
to remember Lots wife," replied that he
had trouble enough with his own wife, with
out remembering other mems wives.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
Virginia and the Reconstruction Bill.

The Philadelphia Age truly declares that
the case of Virginia is one which the Su-
pEen1e Court would be specially bound to re-
cognize in connection with the S. S. s. bill:
The Supreme Court of the United States
with the appreciation and consent of Chief
Justice Chase, has declared the present State
government of Virginia to be legal and valid
That position was taken by the Supreme
Court when West Virginia was pronounced
legally-organized State. The Court then de-
cided that the Legislature of the Estate" of
Virginia had given its consent for the scpa-
ration of the State, and the erection of GER
tain portion of its territory into separate and
independent Commonwealth, under the title
of the State of West Virginia. This was a
full recognition that Virginia was a State in
1862, and her Legislature competent to per.
form acts set forth in the Constitution as
functions of a sovereign and Independent
State
The Legislature which gave its consent to
the separation of West Virginia from the pa
rent stem acted under and drew its life from
the same law that the present Legislature
does The same person is Governor of Eir-
GINA now who held the reins of the State
authority in 1862, when the case of West
Virginia was acted upon. Then the State
government of Virginia was pronounced le-
gal, constitutional aud valid. Since that time
there has been no break in the succession to
the title. Governor Peirpoint has been at all
times recognized by the Federal authorities
as the Governor of Virginia, not as military
governor, but as a civil officer elected by the
people and entitled to hold authority under
the Constitution and laws of Virginia. If
the State government of Virginia was legal
and competent organization in 1862, why
not now! What facts or circumstances have
destroyed its State existence and disfranchised
the people?
With this foundation to stand upon,
foundation erected by the Supreme Court of
the United States, Governor Peirpoint is not
justified in urging the Legislature and people
of Virginia to assent to the military recon
struetion bill without testing it before the
highest judicial tribunal Of the land. State
existence, personal liberty, the continuation
OF republican form of government in this
nation, are at stake in the contest now going
on between minority Congress, representing
only portion Of the States, and the peo.
pie of the whole country. Virginia is
in position to lead in the work of placing
the shield of legal authority between parti,
san faction elated with success and blinded
by ambition and sectional hate, and the con-
stitutional rights of the States, and if the
Governor fails to do SO, he will not fairly rem
resent the people of that State, or those ofthe
country, who are in favor of a union of the
States under the Constitution,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

Nature, when she makes a beautiful
nead' Is often SO absorbed with admiration of
her own work that she fotgets the brains.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

The New York Nation, decidedly the
abl5st, and almost the only decent organ of
Radical principles, comments as follows on the
nomination of the Snowman, Barnum, to rep.
resent in Congress a Radical district of Con-
necticut -
"When a State which stands amonr thu
foremost in education, and ought to Stand
among the foremost in refinement. and which
abounds in high culture, in high character
combined with both patriotism aud eIoouence
deliberately comes forward, and tells the
world that the party of progress, of reform
can find in its borders no filter representative
of its ideas than the proprietor of the wooIlv
horse and the bearded woman, it is time for
people in whose eyes character is a political
force, to speak their minds out, even at the
risk Of doing some political damage"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

In speaking of the new test oath pro,
posed for the South by Sumner in the United
States Senate, the Cincinnati Enquirer makes
following hits:
" The oath is still incomplete, and we sug-
gest for Mr., Summers benefit, few amend
ments. 1t ought to include a belief in the
holiness of John Brown, the patriotism of
Thad. Stevens and Charles Sumner, the hon
esty of Ben. Butler, and the craftsmanship
of Wendell Phillips, Fred. Douglass and
Anna Dickinson. Each person taking the
oath ought also to be made to promise that
he has always subscribed to the views of the
Radical Republicans, that he believes in all
their platforms. in the past and present, and,
furthermore, will support thcmTtf the future
He ought also to be made to declare his be-
lief that the late latrented Lincoln was
saint, and that Parson Brownlow is a model
and amiablc professor of the Prince of Peace.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19
F1ano-FOrSeS.
CHARLES NJ. STIEFF,

F1ano-EorSe3.
CHARLES NJ. STIEFF,
MANUFACTURES OF First Premium GRAND
1HI and SQUARE PIANOS. Factories 81 and Sc
Camden street, and 45 and ~. Perry street, near
Baltim2Tc and Ohio Railroad. WARE ROOMS,
MOI, North Liberty street, above BaltiGor BAL
TINoRE, Md.
Has always on hand the largest stock of NOS
in the city. Nly new Grand Scale Ovcr-s'rung A
giraffe Treble Pianos arc pronounced by the ANA
teurs and professors to be the best Piano manufac-
tured- We warrant them free of every fault for
i've years, and t!.e privilege of exchange within
twelve months, il not entirely satisfactory TO the
purchaser.
SECONDHAND PIANOS,
always on heud-S5Oto $500. MELODEONS and
PARLOR ORGANS from the best makers.
We have permission to refer TO the following per
sons who Ia ave our Pianos usc-D S RentcII, VIM
Rush, w C Ruter. Richard Williams, Dennis
Daniels Bcnja min 2 Harrison, in jefferson county
and James Cunningham. > G Cuu:Iiug:,am Ja-
cob Scibert, BeIjanin Speck, Andrew Bowman +,
George Hoke, Jacob Miller, Charles r. COc, James
Denny, Lcrnucl Campbell Rev Mr. Hair, in Berke-
Icy county
Co For further particulars, apply to HA =
RlSON, Ags mt, Shcphs rdstown.
Terms liberal. call is solicited.
October . lS66-Iy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-19

81 50O PER YEAR. We want Agents eve
~ ,cOOrywhcie to sell our INIPROVEU 500
sewing Machiues Three kinds. Under and
upper feed. Sent on trial. Warranted five wears,
69GvS salary or la-ge commissions paid The
OHLH machines sold in United S,atcs for lrss than
Sto' which are fully licensed by HolDs, TTheeisr and
~ is0n Grorc' & Baker, Singer & Co., and BcckeE-
an, aG az other cheap machines are iyringenerts
ana the seller user RiHGe arrest fine and i'm
rIsonment illustrated circulars sent free Ad.
Dress or call upon Shaw & Clarke, at Biddcf,rd.
Maine, or Chicago, Illinois.
juno 5, lS66.-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-02-12
Educational.
DANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE
III VA, IN FULL OPERATION.

This me-honored Institution is once more in
successful operation, with full Corps of Profess
ors. The chairs of the several schools are filed
by able and experienced men. There are five
literary and scientific schools, viz Of Ancient
Languages, Mathematics, Chemistry and Natural
Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Modern Lam
g,uages. In addition to the above the Board of
trustees have established a school of Commercial
science, with the view of giving to the young men
of the country Business Education
10 graduates in all these schools, Diplomas are
granted and the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and
Master OF Arts are conferred upon students who
accomplish certain course. The high grade of
scholarship formerly required is still maintained
We have a full Chemical and Philosophical APP
paratus for the illustration of the subjects taught
The location of the College is unsurpassed for
health and genality 1t is Situated midway be-
tween the mountains and the seaboard; and du-
ring career of thirtythree years, and with thou
sands of young men. in attendance, there has
never been death arising from malaria other
local cause. We profess to educate young men
not only mentally and morally but physically
also.
Board is Sixteen Dollars per month Tuition
from o to 2s9 aee s0 to the number OF
board, tickets for three schools matriculation and
contingent fees for ten months
Rooms in the College free of charge, but the
student provides his own furniture fuel and lights.
Dung men who are preparing for the ministry
and those disabled BIZ the late soar, who are una
BILE to pay their tuition will be allowed to attend
any or all of the schools free of charge.
This College is situated near Boydton, the coun-
ty seat of Mecklenburg county, Va
Arrangements are made to transport students
from Ridgway Depot on the Raleigh and We'll
don Railroad, whilst conveyance leaves Roam
oke station. on the Richmond and Danville Rail-
road on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and the Wolf Trap Depot, on the same road, on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
We solicit a liberal patronage from Maryland,
Virginia, and North Carolina, from the West
South and Southwest.
| Students will be received at any time. The
| February next. Young men will be received
| and prepared for the College proper For fur
Their particulars address the undersigned at Boyd
ton, Mecklenburg county, Va.
THOS. C. JOHNSON,
dec 25-to feb Is President r. NJ College