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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30

VvHE total amount covered by the Ktna Poll.
j. cies on property destroyed or damaged Is
$206,S5l, on which salvage will DO about five
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 500 900, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is five per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets. q figure but slightly oxeosdins
our Government and State tax les paid last year.
or q proportion equal to IS. 900 loss for COM
pany Of $4,000 assets ..
The necessity for insurance and the value 81
wealthy, strong corporations Is forcibly IL
Illustrated BY this FIRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has .
population of s5.o0o-was Handsomely built
mostly ire brick or stone neutrality-suspicious.
and screened with UPWARD of 3.oo0 shade trees
bounded on three sides By watcr-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the .ocean--and
with steam IRE department-yet II has &c.
000, 900 Of property consumed In q few hours
upon holiday when its people are least occu-
pied-from the vcry. Insignificant cause of Q
contemplate frecracker. Il.
Remember the trifing origin Of fires that
sweep away In few hours the eerninp o.
years Consider your best interest and give the
Etns Agent call If you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
Q good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
TO By 81. A. LITTLETON 4 Co., Ag'ts.
-l 1ahnL gnA No. Y Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30
Tho Flower Of Impudsnee.

Mercer, Of the Press and Times, who,
as a Federal postmaster in the war, ped
died quinine 10 the Coefederates under
the official seal Of the Federal Govern
ment, says that the roosters now growing
in the Democratic papers look as il
pepper pods or big pills Of qainins"
just hear the fool. His talking about
quiniue, under the circumstances, entities
him to the palm Of impotence, the pre-
MUM Of shamelessness, the medal Of
sfrontery, over all other Radicals, white,
black, yellow, or saddle-colored. II
proves him unapproachable in these
qualities, even by the rest Of the scala
wags and carpet -baggers. ..-.r,... y.
nine" How would il become fellow e
talk boisteronsly about penitentiaries The
FIRST day after getting out Of one aud be
fore bis cropped hair had bad time 4
grow 9-LoHisuiile Journal L----
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PARK AVENUE ACADEMY,
sI-a Miles f.om Memphis,

Near the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
pHE THIRD SESSION COMMISSIONS
i September 1, 1888. and ends last Of Janua-
". 1efo, Students prepared for the University
OF Vireinia, any College. or the active duties
OF life. Special attention given 10 Reading,
Writing, Spelling and the usual kngnsn
Branches. The Principal was engaged for ten
years In teaching In Alexandria. Richmono
re,manent school. No pupil received for q
shortcr period than one session, and nc deduc-
ton made for absonce, except in cases OF pro-
trscted sickness. Monthly reports sent 70 me
PARENTS or guardians. Composition and decia-
.,afiou weekly. Public examination at the
sIcsa Of each session. Regular religious servi,
ees every Sabbath. and boarders are required
IA attend Bible class at the Church. a. gradu-
Ate OF the University. Of Virginia Will be en-
pioyed as assistant, II necessary. Board, near
the Academy. SIS per month"; wi,,;., ~ NJ rr,.-
,vsnt. Eso., X. Rayner, Esq. NJ. ID. peaderick,
Fso..W. S. Taylsr, ksq.. II: L;Guion; ESQ. MAJ.
go oi ingTam' oS ani T. w. Roystsr and 4.
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Rev r. Y. Moore, D d.. Richmond. Va; Rev.
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Union Seminary, Va; Rev. j. j. Ramsay,
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Jadse b. A. Wilson. Lynchburg, Va; Rey. y
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smith. Prof. r. Stirling. Greensbero, n. o.;
p.ne r Venable, University Of Virginia !;
prof WIN. Dinwiddie. late Of the University Of
v;rg;na- For terms, etc., apply for circular at
he book store Of II. Wade, or at Taylor, Had
iO'u : " MILLER. NJ. A.,
..5-1,ss arIf 40 Pr,ncipal.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
UhO are the Supporters of SeY-
MiOAI' dIid Bi0ir?

Il il i true that a man l. SHOWN by
10y the company he keeps. wound II not
be we'll for the democrats, of Vermont t..
look about them and see who pat ia
nomination and who az the mo, arden,
supporter, OF Seymour and B.air /,
cannot be that any OF them have iorgot;. IL
the company thcy found thom-e!yc- in
ut the breahin- out OF the war, and What
It cost them 10 break ava, from these
same leaders
An exchange puts the case very truth
fully and torciblv rs follows: "Rlph2cl
oemmes, the cowardIy pirate who burned
our unarlned merchant vessels on every
sea, has announced his satisfaction with
the nomination ct Seymour and Blair.
So has Toomb-, the traitor senator OF
1861 80 has Cobb, Mr.. Buchanau'.
taIthless secretary OF the treasury. vino
deserted his post and perjured himself to
take a position III the rebel Government
OF jeff Davis: so has Albert Pike. whose
Indians scalped our dead at Pea Ridge .
SO has Forrest, the Tennessee butcher
SO has Beaurcgard, who urged the rebel
government 10 put to death by the qu'-
rote lis prisoners of war SO has the rebel
Gen. Preston, who left his post ae United
states Minister to Spain, came home
and drew his pay in gold from the trea-
sury that Cobb had impoverished, and
| then FASTENED to take command in the
rebel army SO has Vance, late rebel
governor of North Carolina, who declar-
ed a few days ago in speech delivered
| TO the rebels of Richmond. that what the
south lost 10y the overthrow of the rebel
lion, it would gain bv the election of
/ Seymour and Blair so has Wade Hamp-
ton, who prophesies that the cause for
which Jackson and Stuart died will vet
be gained; so has Henry \. Wise. late
rebel general, and so thoroughly de-
voted to the rebellion, even in its death.
that he scorns pardon for his treason,
and so has every Ku-Kiux assassin in
the south, who plies the trade of murder
and Eliminates the darkness of midnight
by the burning dwellings of Union men,
who shall say henceforth that the New
York nominations have not been enthu-
siastically received %
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

plcdging them to do their share towards
building the road through \. H. The
corporators passed the following resolu-
lion:
Resoived, That the directors be re-
quested to cause such surveys OF the va
riOus routes for building the railroad to
be made As they deem the most expedl-
cnt. to secure the earliest and best lOca-
ton thereof practicable ; and that they
cause subscription books to the capital
stock to be opened as soon as may be ;
and that they take such further action
rs they deem the most appropriate TO Sc
cure the earliest construction of the road.
On the adjournment of the meeting,
the directors elected John G.. Sinclair
president, and Geo. a. Bingham, secre-
tary and treasurer. They also appointed
committees to attend to the duty of MAX,
ing surveys, and opening subscription
books to the stock They also appoint
ed a committee, consisting of Gov
Washburn, Messrs. Fairbanks and Hart-
horn, to confer with the directors OF ihe
other roads of the line in Maine and
Vermont as to the appointment of 4:
engineer for the entire line
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
POrtt0iIG. UhHe -Hts. C. ODdens-
burg R0iiFO0d 90.

The annual meeting of this company
was holden at Summers, in Dalton y. IL.
the iih instant. The old board of di-
rcetors We're reelected viz: Israel
Na-hbum .jr. of Portland, Horace Fair
banks OF II. lohnsbury, James b. Sum-
ner of Dalton. John c. Sinclair of Beth
lchem, Charles Hartshorn of Littleton
/. Nolcott OF Conway. Besides the
corporators, quite a large number of the
friends of the enterprise were present
from Maine. New Hampshire and Yer
mont, and the meeting was enthusiastic
throughout Gov. Washbmn and Gen.
Anderson made remarks giving assurance
OF the abiding faith of the citizens OF
Portland IN the enterprise, and their de-
termination to push the same to speedy
completion, and showing what progress
had been made in the State of Maine
Similar remarks were made by Geo. w.
Hendee, Horace Fairbanks and J. Ross
a. 10 the work in Vermont Hon. ia
cob Benton, John G.. Sinclair, James b
sumner. Geo. b. Redington, Geo. A..
Bingham and Ossian Ray, spoke in be-
hal oi ihe people Of New Hampshire,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
RcbciS to the Front !

The Louisville Journal is nettlel by
the list of Union Generals who support
Grant, A. con,ra>ted with the rebel sup
porterS of SEYMOUR, and SAYS:
What sort of republicani~m is that
which would honor Generals Thomas,
Sheridan and Meade, and degrade Gen
erals Forrest and Hampton Forrest is
- gool man a. Sheridan and better
cavalryman. No radical will pretend to
say that Hampton i inferior IN talent.
virtues, or Accomplishments TO Thomas
Now, if til, i a free government, why
should determinations be made in favor
of one set of men rs against another
When General Hampton was at the head
of his legion, AMI General Forrest III hi-
saddle, they dill not pretend to be citi
z-n> of the United States. They levied
an honest AMI vigorous war against the
Unitel States for the purpose Of cstab-
fishing, not u monarchy or an empire,
out Il separate republic They tough;
-plrnliIiy and shlI;ully. They achicv-
81 the homage of the whole world for
va.or and abilities. But they failed &.
and. the failure Implying. a restoration of
the mon. they surrenirr,d and resumed
their ullr.,ianc,. To -av that either
uigu, rot have entered the United State,
>.ua;. Inc day alter i to SAY that To-
,uj,licaui~m i 4 dead letter. To -ay that
tury insight have don, % and should Ina, e
l'n- $, i; H.. propir SAW tit 10 e,cr,
th.m. would b. ,o establish = precedent
TIA, would have restored tine Inicn H.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
One Year 4gO and NOtc.

when any of our democratic friends
read articles derogatory to the character,
ability or services of Gen. Grant, in
their party papers, we ask them to turn
to file of the same paper year or so
since. The democratic papers must have
found some new light in respect to the
man who put down the rebellion, for
they certainly would not SANDER him. A
few months ago they were all loud in his
praise. When he was appointed secre-
tary of war al interim, all the leading
democratic papers, like the New York
World and Boston Post, could not say
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
Organize!

We would urge upon all the towns in
the county 10 at once organic their for
ces and be fully prepared to give the en-
envy a Waterloo defeat i'll September
Let US move Immediately upon the enc
ny's works, which cannot be done bv
sitting down and doing nothing till the
lay OF the election There were 1900
voters in Caledonia county that were not
out at the last State election. which
should be out and vote in September
Four-tiiths OF that number. if ont dis
year, will vote Tor the man who led our
armies to victory.
Estimating the number of voters in
each town to equal thr number of poll,
(Which we believe will he WY nearly
colrccD the following table shows the
number of votes cast at the last election
in each town. and the number of voters
,.-In -toi,l 1t home
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
Grant and Peace, or Blair and
Wur.


In General Grants letter of acceptance
the country has an assurance of law,
order. and peace, from a man who has
never violated pledge once given. Gen.
Grant, in his letter of acceptance, max es
the most unequivocal pledge of peace.
General Blair, seeking the nomination,
and in his speech accepting the nomina-
ton, threatens war.
Here is, perhaps, as striking Il contrast
as was ever presented between two can
didates for the highest offices in the gift
Of the people.
General Gran! promises to "adminis-
ter all the laws in good faith, with econ
omy, and with the view of giving peace,
quiet and protection everywhere"
General Blair promises TO ''declare
the reconstruction laws hui and void,
and to compel the army TO ''disperse the
Southern State Governments"
General Grant declares that he will
''execute the will OF the people
General Blair declares that he will
compel the Senate Ghe representative.
Of the people, to submit"
General Grant promises ''peace and
universal prosperity" through the quiet
enforcement OF law.
General Blair promises anarchy, wal
and de-ola,ion by ''trampling into dust
/ the laws OF Congress.
General Grant tcrventiv and honestly
/ ~ay>, Let u6 have peace"
/ GoGeral Blair declares that he mean
! to have another civil war.
General Grant says he always repre-
Sented the Will of the people, and Away
will respect It.
General Blair declares that he mean
10 be Il dictator. TO destroy State govern
meniS, tramplc the National laws an,
state constitutions into the dust, ant
. compel Congress to submit.
Let the voters. of the land choose be
tween these two Let them choose be
tween peace and war: between economy
and fresh eNpcn,, ; between pro>perit,
and ruin between honesty and ambi
;iun between law aud anarchy.-De
tyOt Pyt>S
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

enough in his favor. Witness what the
Post said one year ago-Juiy p. 1867:
1T will not he simply & National
convention that will control General
Grants nomination. bat The national!
voice. Ii that demand his nomination 1t
will he made, and his election rendered
certain. Independent of all Republican
committees The people-tired of the
ultraiSms, vacllations, imtrigueS OF hack
ueyed, unprinciplcd and debauched par
tisans-mqy SEEK Il quite to pionec7' them out
Of the ,riLlamesS Of cirI aa,rchy. who Is
untaintci with the complications, cor
ruptions and hyPocrisies of the leaders OF
the radicals, and give HIM The highest
civil power, not because they concur
with him in all his opinions, Lm Gcctuse
they jehirre haa to b. honest There Is dos
need Of such caadidute.
Which will you beiieve-the Il, -ton
Post when it hoped to Johnsooize Ger,
Grant, OF when Gen. Grant Is the chosen
>tandarl-boarcr OF the opposite political
party!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07
INFAMOUS Occurrence.
THREE YOUNG VILLAINS ATTACK \ YOUNG
LADY.

One of the most villiinouS affairs which
ever transpired in this town, we have to
record this week. On last Saturday
evening, between nine and ten O'Clock.
as Miss Nellie Lawrence, daughter of
Mr.. John Lawrence, was returning from
the village, on foot, in company with
her little brother George, she was attack
ed by three young villains, for the re-
quisite punishment of whom no law has
yet been framed. few rods above tie
house of Mr.. Henry Sibley. The ras-
Gals names are Luther Stanley, Elmer
Stanley and Charles Green, all residing
in tins town, near Shaftsbury. Seeing
MIS- l.. with great violence, they were
attempting to drag lie" to, and get her
into their carriage, at the same time tell
ing the little boy George that il be gave
any alarm, or made the least Use, 'they
would put bullet right through him. "
One Of them fastened firm clutch on
Miss LIS throat; but she managed to give
one cry OF 'murd-r," which happily be-
ing heard by Mr.. SibIey, WHO WAS just
retiring, he immediately FASTENED TO the
scene, when the three kuayes Jumped
for their carriage, and put off at iull
speed, closely followed by those who il
they .oud have got their hands on them
and halter around their vilIainous nccks.
would have made short work with their
miserable carcasses.
Miss l.. was found in an exhausted
condition, having been thrown on TO a
| pile of stones, when the wretci,ea di.cov-
cred themselves foiled, and her clothing
WAS badly torn in the great struggle she
mad made against the brutcs in offence
Of her honor.
Scouting parties Were At once sent of
III different directions, TO overhaul the
desperadoe-, and tLty were tracked /,
their home, not a great distance from No
Bennington, where two were arrested
early Sunday morning. and lodged in the
proper place for such devils, at b inning
ton Centre. They are sons of Benajal
Ntanley-a man who Is deserving of some
thing better than two such gracee>s sons,
this not being their first act of rascalitv
Green has not yet been taken; but h,
cannot evade detection. On Monday the
two Sianleys had their examination-or
rather were brought before the Court.
when their counsel put in plea of guilty.
and waved examination. Their bail Wa,
fixed at -, 900 each and no one appearing
for the same, they were taken back to
smell til. stone walls of the iaiL-B.u-
,Utltou BluHer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

ASsA>>INArIONS N TEXAS. - The
Austin CTeXa~) Republican says that
Hon. \. O. Cooley. the only loyal mem
Der OF the state senate Of 1866. was shot
while standing in the door of his house
in Fredericksburg on the 10th inst. 10y 4
rebel assassin from Fayette county.
Wound probably mortal. A letter ha-
also been received stating that Wheclock
II. Upton, a son of judge Upton. OF r.
tugio county. one OF the most sterling
Union men in western Texas. wa taken
ont by Il mob OF men the first part OF
July and hung Mr. Upton was a mn
of character, and no cau>" J. known tor
his assassination. except the fact that 10,
was well knowu for hi LOYALTY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

y PLEASING COMPARISON. The New
York Tribune occasionally INDUCES in
some lively "reminiscences, which must
he peculiarly gratifying TO those demo-
Gratis who want to forgive and forget
everything. In late issue it says:
AT Chicago, In 1864, the democratic
orators denounced rs tyrant. usurper,
and dcspot the mmander-in-chief of the
army who was fighting to save the land
from destruction by the rebellion. At
New York, in 1865, the democratic ora
tors, checred by the personal presence of
! the rebels whom Grant was then fighting
in the field, denounced the gencral-in
chief to whom they all surrendered as a
sham hero At Chicago, Nallandig-
ham was the soul of the convention, hav-
ing then Just returned from his Canadian
exile. He and Seymour framed the
platform. At New York he is again
the leader, and dominates Seymour. At
Chicago the whole course Of the republic
can party in subduing the rebellion was
denounced rs unconstitutional. AT
New York every step of the same party
towards restoring the Union is denounced
in the same terms. At Chicago they de-
clared that four years of failure to sub
due the rebellion by war proved that the
democratic party ought to be restored to
power. At New York they declared
that three years of failure to restore the
Union proved the same thing. When
they so declared at Chicago the rebellion
was four-flths conquered. While they
SO declared in New York seven out OF
ten seeding states have already returned
to the Union. Seymour presided over
the peace platform at Chicago and over
the neutrality-suspicious. at New York.
In the former he declared that the war
ought to cease. He did his utmost then
to bring the war to IN igLOminious end.
He will do his utmost now to convert the
peace into mere truce, and to plunge
the country into IN ignominious war.
He failed then. He will fail again."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

Charles G. IIalriun. liter known rs
Miles ORri,iv." died AT New Iorh
Yesterday from an overdose Of choro-
form. lie WAS 10y birth an EnIli,hmau.
by early occupation printer. and bea.:n
hl~ editorial career with Is. l.. Nhilltber.
many years ago, on the Carpet Bag &c
a funny Boston weekly. during tin
war h" was somewhat conspicuous. and
since then ha> figured a. New York
politician lie edited the Citizen AT the
time of his death. and one of his ,a-t Ar
ticlcS WAS in rcprobation OF the folly OF
southern democrats
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

lIIsroKY RrrEArING ir>ELr.-Th,
history of the Baxter war is repeating
itself in the Woodbridga contest. W,
have the same "nutsidc strings" pulti
upon: We have three Washington papers
with SPOntHeoiIS tributes to Woodbridge
we have "lettcr- from distinguished Con-
greSsmen :" we have the Endorsement of
+. =. Dana. We witness again this
nervous running away from home" for
certificates OF good character B,rhng-
ton Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

The annual meeting of New Hamp-
shire publishers, editors and printers was
held at Wolf Thorough on Friday John
NJ Hill was chosen president, and h. ID.
Boylston, j. r. Narney and Z. ii. Che
ney vice-presdents an excursion on
Lake WinnepIseogee completed the exer-
cises
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

The above table shows that in several
OF the towns not one half the voters were
out. Let the town committees 30 10
work and organize their towns, that
they can report their ranks full upon the
l>t day Of September. and every man at
the ballot-box ready to do his duty
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-07

The CANADA FIEEs.-It is estimated
that the fire in the woods, this season,
has destroyed IN the Ottawa district, of
standing pine lumber to the value Of 81, =
100000. and tie woods are still burn
ing. Tie boats on the Montreal route
are seriously detained by the smoke on
the river.