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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-30

nISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
The undersigned, heretofore conducting the
lumber business, trading under the firm name
of SMOOT, UHLER Il CO., is this day dissol-
we'd by mutual consent.
All persons indebted TO said firm will please
make prompt payment to either o1the partners
who are hereby authorized to use the name OF
said firm in settlement of the same.
GEORGE Ii. SMOOT.
" =. G. .UHLER. ...
j. II. D. SHOOT.
nv 10-1m .".-" ALLEGHANY SMOOT.
FE1HE subscriber having commenced the lum-
4 Der business At the old stand of Smoot, Uh!er
8 CO No. Il, north Union ST., hopes, by strict
attention W business, to receive q liberal share
of patronage There will be kept constantly on
hand LII MBER Of every description, SHIN
GILES, LATHS, LIME, Hydraulic Cement
Culcined Plaster Nails Sc, which he oilers at
the lowest market rates. ..
. my l3-lm j. II. ID. SMO!I.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
The Nominations.

The County Convention has made its
nominations in such manner as TO
leave no just cause Of complaint by any
body. II has selected a good ticket
not that perhaps which every one, or
any one Of us would have preferreI-but
n lis. Of men who viii make good officers.
That is enough. The people are some
what more numerous than the Offices to
be filed, aud, therefore, some will not
have Office. Let them wait their turn
and take their chances, proving their
fidelity, and making capital for future
canvass, as those now defeated will do
by cheerful hcquiescence 10 the result.
All that remains is 10 roll up our sleeves
and 70 TO work Our information il
such Is 10 lead us 10 believe the Con
sentative ticket will be elected. None
but that which Is nominated can. And
We shall set IL down a. a black mark
against any white man who runs against
il, or Is lukewarm, or uses any influence
20 defeat Il. We are pleased 10 see such
evidence Of uuanimily as We do-ihe de-
feaied candidates being generally fore
most IN the support Of the ticket And
nov chesrily on, and hurrah boys for lh'
white mans government
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
WASHINGTON.

New YORK, February ia special
to the Herald says it is rumored that
Gen. Clay, Minister to Russia, has ten
dered his resignation.
A Tribune Washington dispatch states
that Lieut.. Gen. Sherman telegraphed to
one of his friends there, and to other
places. that he does not wish to come to
Washington; he does not believe the
President can legally create new mill
tary division. He is so determined on this
point, he prefers the alternative of resigns
ing, and will so act if ordered to accept the
post Lieut.. General Sherman tele-
graphed to his brother to have the
Military Committee refuse to sanction
the appointment, and Senator Hill to
present bill denying the authority OF
the President to make the proposed
change. This action on the part OF Lieut.
Gen. Sherman creates great deal oftalk'
The Worlds Washington special says
the friends of the President expect he
will soon remove Stanton and appoint
another m ember of the Cabinet Secretary
of War ad interim, to perform the duties
1t is thought this course will involve
only peaceful judicial question.
The insubordinate position of Grant
towards the President is mentioned as
cause for his immediate arrest and tria
before court martial.
The chances of McClellan's nomina
ton as Minister to England are inn
proving.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
,splied, sfirmips AIs recollection, and

replied. affirming h's recoliec''on' and
said
He couldn't repeat Grants words OK
aclly, but the substance OF them was
what had stated, aud they were strongly
against negro suffrage, which, about that
| time. il was proposed to introduce into the
District Of Columbia Among other things
Grant said was that the negroes didn't
know enough to vote, and that they would
vote Just as their employers wanted them
10. He illustrated by saying that be had
a number Of negro servants in his house,
and that to let them vote would be simply
TO give him Grant so many additional
votes, for they would vote just as he told
them. He was quite vehement at the
time in his denunciations Of the Radical
policy of negro suffrage.
The above naturally suggested an in
auiry as to whether the President did
not understand Grant to be on his side
all along until quite recently, and
whether there was any tangible reason
for the Generals change Of 'front.' "of
course. | understood him to be with me
all along, because ] had his word for it,
said the President He went down
South, and came back more for me than
I was for myself. He wrote a report
that encouraged me more than any
thing else had done to persevere
in the effort to get the Southern
States back into the Union, as had
started out. He called on me frequently
for long time after the controversy be-
tween me and Congress had commenced,
and if he meant anything by what he
said, he was my friend and supporter
He never talked politics very much, be-
cause Grant always pretended he didn't
know anything about it; but he didn't
seem to regard reconstruction as point
ical question. He suddenly turned up as
a Radical candidate for the Presidency,
and that was the first i knew OF his OPP
position to me-"
With other remarks having reference
TO the finances the President said the
first thing is to release the South from
her present condition, and let the people
of those ten States have chance to re-
cover from the effects of the war, to en-
gage in business, and to offer opportuni-
ties for absorbing some of the surplus
capital which is now Invested in Govern
ment bonds. Let them have a chance,
and they'll go to work with will, and
do their full share. Then reduce the ex-
nenses of the Government, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
FLORIDA.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, February ia
bill Of rights has been adopted declaring
equal rights to all men, and incorpo-
rating provisions of the Constitutions oil
Missouri and Vermont Legislative
judicial and administrative articles
were also adopted. All judges are
appointive, also State officers. The
bill ofrights declares the State shall ever
remain q member of the Union, and the
people shall form part of the American
nation. The legislative article establishes
uniform legislation. An ordinance was
passed repeating the unequal taxation
for the support of schools imposed on
freedmen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15

ireland.
Prom the Cork ireland ExamlnerI
The following letter was written by y.
+. 4. In prison, and given 70 inc fosv'
nor of the goal for transmission. IL was
detained, however, and given 70 mt
Train after his relehse:
crLL u, coRK. JtILs,
spell goal or cell WARDROBE
MONDAY. January ~.
DEAR PARKER PILLsnuRy: Am pro-
hibited from writing editors by the gov
ernor Can receive no letters or send any,
except indorsed by him with initials In
red ink, ~. j." As write Durant to-
day in London. They have taken away
every thing but my gay.eiy, so pardon
this colored paper. Ihave been in many
goals, but never before in murderer's
cell. The Government, however, kindly
PAYS my board. Inasmuch as dropped
one hundred thousand dollars in giving
them street railways, i is fair that get
back some interest My cell is nine feet
square; walls, two feet thick lock, one
foot square; key, ten inches long
weighs a pound; straw bed no pillow;
no mat on cold stone floor; no candle al
lowed.
Hence from FIVE pm. 10 seven am,
fourteen hours, in dark. No clothes since
arrested Friday night. Body searched,
but not examined TO see IL i was a He.
brew. Nothing left on my person but
these few sheets OF Monsieur Gayety.
No knife to clear fingers; no comb for
hair. No one allowed to come into my
cell. Came in with police escort armed
with Snider breechloaders, and am not
allowed to see a newspaper. Know moth
ing of what has transpired since leaving
New York, January 3. Theory Of Brit
ish law = Everybody innocent till
found guilty. Practice : Everybody
guilty till found innocent No letters to
press are allowed to pass until first sub
mitted to Sir Thomas Laroom, the high
authority ut Dublin. First night was
whistling Yankee Doodle" when l was
peremptorily stopped by the jailer.
Sung HAL Columbia" and Happy
Land"-not allowed = against rules.
Was told if l repeated it l should be
reported. So began to talk. Remind
ing me of Peter Cagger, Of the Albany
Regency, at Chicago" Unless the gen.
tleman comes TO order l shall be Obliged
to call him by name"
Should you see Mrs. Stanton and Miss
Anthony, tell them that their paper car
ried the snake. They gave me fifty
copies, and some of the "Woman's
Rights" kansas Epigram," Cam
paign in Kansas pamphlets My Irish
paper passed, but the word Revolution
the name Of the paper-was too much
all were at once confscated. Police
authorities knew it, though the book and
paper we're submitted to the Inspector
General, and he brought me before the
magistrates. They read the articles
ON Finance, Press, Woman and Miss
Anthony's speech at Railing on the
American papers, and treason was at
once pronounced, aud here | am. Give
Yourself no trouble. Shed no tears, my
friends. Beccher, Phillips, Greeley and
Tiltou will be sure that get my deserts.
| have Just furnished long statement to
the London Times, but the Government
has prohibited it. Ofcourse have heard
nothing from Adams. Probably playing
poker with Stanley, as Seward used to
play with Lord Lyons.
Sincerely, g. f. TRAIN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
MEXICO.

New YoRK, February l5.-City OF
Mexico correspondence states that the
whole country is broken out with pro,
nunciamentoes. A severe fight occurred
in Mexico City between the officers OF
Juarez' body guard and the police. The
whole affair has been laid before Con-
gress. Negreto, who had pronounced
in favor Of Ortego, is said to be without
friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
NEW YORK.

NEW York, February l5.-At con-
sultation of Internal Revenue officials
held here yesterday it was decided that
steamship owners must obtain certifi-
Gates from Collector Shook as well as
from the custom house, showing that the
tax has been paid, before delivering cot
ton TO owners or agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
COLUMBUS, o.

COLUMBUS, o., February l5.-Resolu-
tons have been introduced asking Ohio
Senators and Representatives to oppose
Sherman's bill declaring the Constitu-
ton of Alabama ratified. The resolu-
items were adopted by a strictly party
vote, favoring the repeal of the recon
struction acts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, February l5.-ln the Con-
yention the Judiciary Committee re-
ported in favor of exempting property to
the value of $l2 900 from seizure for debts
contracted after the ratification of the
Constitution.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
HAVANA.

Havana, February l5.-The Herdlds
special says the Cczatil Of Martinique
voted 10000 francs to aid in the con-
s,ruction Of the telegraph cable. The
same body also voted TO increase the
duties and establish free suffrage, but
maintained the warehouse monopoly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
r.. Aa,ournea cl,l.sn.' Meeting

II should not be forgotten that tho
meeting Of citizens at large, to take INTO
such measures as may %
necessary for the protection Of white
mems interests, and to recommend a
course of future action to be adopted
meets tonight at the EXCHANGE BUILDING
~ IL nloInoK.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
Latest from Mexico and Cuba
Cotton Buoyant I'm Liverpool
NEW YORK.
Gold ana Cotton Reports.

Special to the PUBLIC LrDorR.l
New YoRK, February l5-l2 m.-Gold
opened at l4Oa, at 1920 am. was l4Oa; at
a. m. was l4Oa, aud is now l4Os.
Cotton, demand good and prices higher
Exchange, steady.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
ALBANY.

ALBANY, N. Y, February l5.-In the
Constitutional Convention, yesterday,
resolution to submit the Constitution to
the people at a general election the pres
ent year was referred The reports on
suffrage and the Legislature were
amended and recommitted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, February l5.-The cotton
market closed buoyant; uplands, $50
sid; Orleans, sItSed; sales 5000 bales
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15

JosEFH SurH's widow has received, BY
a revelation from the soul Of her departed
husband, a revised edition Of the Mormon
Bible, aud il has just been published 81
Plano, Illinois.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
PTTTsBURG.

PrrrssUnG, February l5.-The river is
falling. With Eve feet in the channel
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
Latest 10 Noon To-pay.

Work OF the Florida Menagerle
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
AMUsE M e NTs.
NEW MEMPHIS THEATER.

lessee and Manager, .......W. G. THOMPSON.
Stage Manager, ...........SHIRLEY ii. FRANCE.
Treasurer, d. STEINKgHL
Saturday Evening, February 10, 1865,
viii be presented John 4. MeDonough,s great
spectacular drama, the BLACK CROOK.
Great Ballet Troupe; Premiere Danseuses /;
Coryphees. and fifty young ladies. New and
beautiful scenery.
MATINEE every Saturday Afternoon. Chill
drcn half price.
Prices of Admission: Dress Circle and
Parquette. 81 Orchestra Chairs. 81 50; Family
Circle, Soc; Gallery. 25c.
sS- Doors open at a quarter past seven; curtain
rises at quarter to eight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15

Gen. sherman Enters q Protest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
People Of the U. s. and Europe!
Royal Havana Lottery Of Cuba.

CONDUCTED BY TIE SPANISH Gov
u eminent: SS5i 900, IN Gold, drawn eycry
seven cen days. Prizes cashed and inforna-
ton furnished. The highest rates paid for
DoUBLooxs and All kinds Of Gold and Silver.
TAYLOR A CO., Bankers.
56-lA No. ll.WAn street, New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15

NEW ADvERTlsEM znIs
36S- SOS.
SPICER. ANDERSON & co.
lust RECEIVED AND TO ARRIvE-
cno,ee Goshen Busser---direct from
soda Crackers.
Min Crackers,
Cream Crackers.
Wine Crackers,
Lemon Crackers,
Aerated Crackers,
Picnic Crackers,
Shaker preserves. Jeiiies, TALL kinds,
oo.,dard's Dessicated Coconnus,
choice syrup and
Louisiana Moiasses,
Hest Imperial Tea,
Rest Gunpowder Te"'
Rest Young Hyson he"s
best English breakfast Tea
Hest Black Tea,
Davis star Hams,
Davis breakfast Bacon,
Davis Dried Beef,
Davis Dried BeefTongues,
Davis Mess Pork Qby retnfil'
Choice Navy Beans,
Pickles, by the Gallon, Keg, quarter,
half and whole barrel,
and I'm Glass;
Also, Preserves of every kind. Canned Fruits
and Vegetables. Sauces, Catsups, Raisins, Cur
rants, Citron, Candied Orange and Lemon
Peel, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples. Nuts OF all
kinds. Brandy Fruits. Pure Ground spices-all
kinds. And a general assortment OF Fancy
and Staple Groceries.
SPICER, ANDERSON Il CO..
No. 30s Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15

THERE is a lady in Boston, il is said,
who has furnished homes for over seven
thousand founjlings The demand for
children for adoption in that city appears
to be very great.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15

Prom the Cork Ireland kxaminefi
The following letter was written oy y.
+. I. In prison, and given 70 the cover.
nor OF the goal for transmission ~ WAS
detained, however, and given 10 mr.
Train after his release;
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-15

A FORTUNE FOR A MISUNDERSTANDING
"Price's raid" 10 1864, a skirmish took
place on the limo of Charlton and How
ard counties (Missouri) some four miles
from Glasgow, in which one Of the rebels
was left on the ground dangerously
wounded in the neck. While in this
condition, Miss Sarah J. Smith, a school
teacher in the vicinity, happened to pass
by. Seeing the wounded man, she went
to him and stanched his wounds, prob
ably saving his life. She remained with
him until near nigbtfall, when he re-
quested her to leave, as his companions
would probably come in the night and
take him away. IF not, she would find
him where he was in the morning, liv-
ing or dead. He said he wal known by
the name of Tucker, but that his real
name was H. G. Mcdonald, and that he
was from Louisville, Ky. Next morning
Mcdonald was gone, and Miss Smith
knew nothing concerning him after
wards. Recently Miss Smith (who still
resides in the ueighborhood) received a
letter from tho administrator Of H. G.
Mcdonald, Sen, informing her that she
was named in the will Of the deceased
as the legate of $50 900, in considera-
tion Of her having saved the life Of his
nephew and only heir, the H. G. McDon-
aid named in connection with the incl
dent of 1864. This is all the story, and
its correctness is fully Endorsed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-15
rhe upper souda.k, Horror.

The Hancock (o.) Jefersonian fur
uishes the following particulars relat-
ing to the late case of poisoning at Up
per Sandusky:
The woman, Mrs. Bowsher, until the
death of her husband o few years since,
bore u good character, and moved in
good society. Since that event she be-
came dissolute and d%eprayed, and in
due time became the mother of three IL
legitimate children. Some two years
since, a man to whom she became very
much attached proposed to take her in
charge with the three younger children,
if by some means she could relieve her
self Of her five legitimate children.
She Immediately set to work to effect
the object by means Of poison. About
eighteen months since the eldest daugh-
ter, a beautiful and %virtuous girl of
eighteen, died under circumstances that
filled the mind of tho attending physi-
cian with suspicion, but not sufficient
to warrant him in taking a decisive step.
Subsequently another daughter fell a
victim, and about three weeks ago a
son, a young man, also died. Investi-
cations Of a private nature were set on
foot, which resulted in her arrest, and
a preliminary examination before a JUS
tice, who committed her for trial on the
| charge of murder. The other two chill
dren were seized with illness bearing
the same symptoms as the cases which
had proved fatal, but were attended to
in time to save their lives, and the pre-
senco of arsenic was discovered.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-15
r.. poo,na R.rlro.a cnsi....

Petitions for the reduction Of the sx.
orbitaut tariff Of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company continue to DO sent
10 the Legislature. The matter is Of
vital interest to the people, and is one
which they have every reason to feel
deeply about. The road 10 being built
fast enough, thanks to the energy Of the
company in using the money which the
people have placed In their hands to
build it with, but the community reaps
40 benefit further than In the reduction
of time. Travellers pay as much for
faro as they did in the days of stage
coaches, and freight can be sent as
cheaply by OK and mule teams as by the
railroad. This is not what the people
of California expected when they gave
80 literally to tho building of the road,
and il 10 not the way they ought to be
treated. The railroad will be Of but
comparatively little benefit to the State
IL these charges are continued, but the
corporation have shown nc disposition
to reduce them. They insist upon their
pound Of flesh, whether they draw blood
or not, and in their determination to ex-
act ali that the law allows them, even
disregarding their true interest, which
10 to stimulate the development Of the
country and the Increase Of their bust
ness By a reduction of their %transporta-
ton charges to q fair price. How much
the present tariff exceeds a fair rate Is
shown BY the statement Of the company
that upon their road the operating eI-
penses are but little greater than they
are on railroads in the Atlantic States,
and are constantly decreasing, while
the rates they get for transportation are
FIVE times as much. Upon the Philadel-
phia and Reading Road, probably the
most profitable Of any Of Its size In the
East, the ratio Of expenses to earnings
10 81. 80 per cent; and upon the roads
which are considered as doing q good
business tho average is probably over
s%eventy-6ve per cent; yet last year up
on that portion Of the road which was
In running order the expenses and taxes
Of the Central Pacific did not amount to
twenty-five per cent. of their receipts,
and they themselves say that when the
road enters NEVADA, winch Will DO as
soon as the reason opens, the operating
expenses will not amount to even twenty
per cent. Of the receipts.
These facts, which are from the COM
pany's own statements, show that there
is no excuse for the continuance Of the
present p~aralyzing charges. The plea
that e reduction would diminish the
ability Of the company to push on the
road rapidly, 10 all nonseuse-the Gov
eminent aid and the sal, Of the first
mortgage bonds will build, and more
than build the road. The company have
now more money than they want for
building purposes, as Is seen by their
investments on other roads,. F.
Timer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-15

BISHOP BENJAMIN BoswoRTu SIXTH Of
Kentucky, now Presiding Bishop Of the
Episcopal Church in the United States,
is advanced in years and unequal to the
active discharge of Episcopal duties.
he is a Low Churchmau. Last year the
Rev. George D. Cummius Of Chicago
was elected his assistant, and does most
of the duty. Next in order Of success
sion is Bishop M'Ilvaine Of Ohio, who
is 10, and SO infrm as to require the
services Of an Assistant Bishop (Be-
dell). Bishop M'Ilvaine is a very Low
C%hurchman. Next to him is Bishop
Kcmper of Wisconsin, High Church,
quite old and indrm, and has an assist
ant (A~rmitage). Next is Bishop M'Cos-
ley of Michigan, High Church, a man
of stalwar. frame and in fine health.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-15

CoLLAPsiSa. The British Govern.
msnt denies positively that any orders
for the arrest Of George Francis Train
were issued from the Foreign Office, and
declares that the whole thing was a
b~lundering proceeding Of Irish police
men, acting upon their own response
bility. This is the unkindest cut of all.
To have been made a prisoner by order
Of the British Government, to have had
in that way a certificate that his elo-
quence had angered the British lion, a
suggestion, indeed, that his oratory had
made Earl Derby ,remble, and had pro-
dueed CONSERVATION in the cabinet,
would have been q solace to the pride
Of g. F. T., and would have convinced
him that be was really q greater mar
than, in his widest dreams, he ever i'm
agined himself to be. It would have
been worth q trip to Europe to have
achieved such distinction, but this ar
rest BY a stupid body of police, acting
without orders, and over-anxious to
show their vigilance, takes all the poetry
out Of the affair. The wrong man was
taken up, and the victim Of the mistake
vas Train. 1t is a ridiculous ending to
smagni6cent beginning. 1t leaves poor
Train wretched, uudistinsuished, and,
in fact, an individual to be laughed at,
without any glory, and with nothing
left to sustain his wounded feelings, but
the hope Of successfully prosecuting that
claim for hundred thousand pounds,
the lowest penny that will pay Mr.. Train
for his suferipgs upon the melancholy
occasion.