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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

A LETTER from California says the
present winter has been by far the coolest
and toughest experienced in that State
since 1872, when all the valley sections
were desolated by floods. This season
the levees of Sacramento have stood the
test, and that sadly afflicted city has not
been deluged. but the entire valley coun-
try, from one end of the State to the Other
has been flooded, and the loss is immense
In Yale county, opposite Sacramento,
orchards worth as high as $4,000 to $751;
600 each have been utterly ruined by
the foods, which have swept over them
and covered them with wood, clay and
coarse gravel washed down from the
mountains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

The consolidation of the Adams and
the Merchants Union Express Compa-
MES is fixed fact. The latter has vir-
tually sold out to the former, and the old
rates that prevailed before the organiza-
ton Of the Merchants Union will be es-
tablished before long. 1t is understood
the Adams Express Company take all
the Southern routes and some of the great
routes North, while they surrender some
of the routes over which they now hold
exclusive right to the other company.
The programme is not fully made out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

FT'HE total amount covered by tho Etna Poll
l. cies on property destroyed OF damaged 10
500. 1854, on which salvage viii DO about five
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 100000, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is five pcr cent. upon the Com
pany,s assets. figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or proportion equal to $500 loss for COM
pany Of 100000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value Of
wealthy, strong corporations is forcibly IL
Illustrated by this fire. Several weak Insurance.
companies are destroyed, Portland has a
population of 35.000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone tructures-protectod
and screened with UPWARD Of 5000 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ooean--and
with steam hro department--yet Il has $l0,-
100000 of property consumed In few hours
upon q holiday when its people are least oc,u-
pied-from the very Insignificant cause Of o
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the trifing origin Of frcs that
sweep away in few hours the earnings %
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Atna Agent q call IL you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
a 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 II. A. LITTLETON & Co., Att.
No. % Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

Of Piaih ssd FssS5 WORK. done With Sis 1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

py VIRTUE or A DEED in TPgsI.
McEwsn. dated ,hs 81 Day q ApriI 81 i |, Z.
UNITY. Tenncssee, In Book 50, part ~, pages
SIS, sI and 500. will sell 10 the highest bidder.
for cash, 20 secure the. payment Of a certain
note therein mentioned and described. which
note remains unpaid. at the northwest corner
OF Main and Madison streets, In the city OF
Memphis, Tennessee. on Thursday, the oth DAY
OF March next (le6e). the real estate described
In said trust deed. as follows, to-wits A GER
tain tract OF lot Of land. situate. lying and being
IN tho county Of shelby and State of Tennessee,
and In the city OF Memphis, beginning at a
point on the south side OF Adams street one
hundred and iifty feet wcstwArdly from the in-
tersoction OF tho south side Of Adams street
with the west side OF Boundary Avenue, or Ma
nassas street; thence westwardly, with tho
south line,of Adams street one hundred feet 70
q stake lMrs. Lucy NJ. Thornton's northeast
eoruerl thcnoe sonthwardly and nj right
ANGLES with the south side OF Adams street
three hundred and thirteen feet 70 point n
the north line Of Jefferson street Sextendedl
thence eastwardly with the north line of JEFF
thence northwaray three hundred and thirteen
being the same lot bought on 30th juno. 1852.
Of o. ii. Smith, Lucretia II. Smith, Anna ".
Guion and III. l.. 0uion, and on which I. Is.
MeEwen now resides. f....h
The equity Of redemption 10 this property Is
expressly waived by the forms Of said trust
deed, and the title thereto Is believed 10 be I'M
doubtedly good, but convey rs trustee only.
y, II. WILLIAMSON. Trustee.
T Memphis, Team, Feb. 2, 1863. l3l-td"
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Trust Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST. Exc
ID cuted 10 me on the 18th Now. 1855, by j.
ment of certain debts therein mentioned. one
Of which notes Is due and unpaid, will pro-
ceed 10 sell on the promises the following de-
scribed property; The east half of Lot No. 81
Of Jno. y. Armours subdivision Of Lot No: 49d.
running back between parallel lines one hun
ired and twenty-five feet on the east line, and
one hundred and twelve feet on the west line.
Sale for cash, on the ath day Of March, 1858.
I lb6 u. III. DAVIE. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

IL Worcester, Massachusetts,, the peo-
pie are reported to be moving for the
erection of grand union depot, in
which all the railroads running to that
city shall center.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

THRTAx BOOK FoRTHE FIRST
Il Corporate Year has been made up a. u
Affects the original eight wards OF the city.
Throarh the NEXT ten days this book viii be
spcn for inspection and correction Il Require
kichards' ofcc, 10 the Exchange Buildine.
Property holders in the Ninth and Tenth
ward are earnestly requested TO- furnish the
Assessor With naps. plans and Subdivisions Of
lots IN the two nes wards. 90 that there nay Be
no mistakes. IN ncasurtmcnt or ownerthir,
made In the aesessnent nov In progress.
yyGaa fAAkkkkiKR. l::Aussou.
F,husry s s. isss Va
SUgsckILlB.ss Fo p, Ess ~ BIG LkRgkE
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DEAFNESS, CATARRH.
CONSUMPTION,
.rna -4sp-Ie nhs fa-
Cancer Cured!

A TREATISE ON DEAFNESS, GA
IA tarrb, Consumption and Cancer their
causes, means of speedy relief, and ultimate
cure. By Pupil of the Academy Of Medi-
cine, Paris. Sent to any Address Tor 10 cents.
Letter from Robt. McMurdy. d., Lii. D :,
Grand Prelate of Grand Encampment of U. s.,
and Editor of the National Freemason
New YORK, September IL, 1861. DIR. Stilwell
was in charge of Grace Church Hospital, Alex
andria, Va. during the war. ! frequently, al
most daily. for months. visited this Hospital.
and had every means of knowing his reputa-
ton for EFFICIENCY and Skull. It was Of the
Eost creditable character. and his success in
the treatment Of patients was remarkable.
RoBT. McMURDY.
ORGANIC VIBR ATOR.
It fits into the ear, is not perceptibte. re-
n,oves singing noises ia the head. and enables
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and
public assemblies. This instrument will often
produce results almost miraculous. and indeed
in most cases Of long standing deafness, 1t will
relieve in a short time. 1t may be adjusted
with the ease Of spectacles.
DR., Stilwell will be professionally at 81 East
WASHINGTON place, University. Buildings. n.
Y, daily, 10 TO 4, except Tuesdays, when he
will be at his rooms, 1882 Pine street, Phiia-
delphia, Pa 96-t
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Every Man His Own banker.
InsOIveut Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED. EXECUToR OF
/ Jcrry Harineton, deceased. having sur
rested the insolvency II the estate Of faid do
ceased. in the County-Court Il Shelby county
State Of Tennessee and. b order Of the Court,
be hereby notifies all creditor Of Eaid estate %
TIE Clerk Of ssid Court, On or before the sth
day Of July. l8e. or Be forever barred.
JOHN GORMAN,
lav-7 Exr ofJerry Hsrrington, deed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

A "fast man about town." in Buffalo,
aged thirteen, has been arrested for get
ting drunk and whipping his wife.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25
THE SHORTEST. QUICKEST. CHEAPEST
STAR MILLS :

DRTwEEN MARKET AND wINcHEs-
I'D ter streets eat 81 Third- ,. ING
WARD. Prcrrietcra. freeh ETgu1d bclfe1 and
unboitri Meal chopped Gem. bra1. etc, en-
ltantlI.1n had q loEelt Irioel. O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25
trustees Sale OF Real Estate,

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST. EX-
ID ecuted by Thomas Morissey, and in pursu-
aDce Of decree Of the Chancery Court OF Mem
phis, will proceed TO sell. in front of the
Greenlaw Opera House, on al
Monday, the Second Day of March,
1858, between the hours Of II and ~ o'clock,
the following lot of land, situated in the city Of
Memphis, Shelby county. Tenn, and bounded
as follows: Beginning at stake Az feet north
Of the north line OF Browns avenue, on the
west side of Causey street-37le feet to fence,
the northern boundary of. said lot; thence
westwardly and par allel with Browns avenue
TO the center Of Bayou iayoso; thence with
Bayou Gayoso southwardly TO within ~ feet
Of Browns avenue; thence eastwardly on q
parallel line with Browns avenue to the begin
ming. Sal deed Of trust was made to James
III. Cochran, trustee. for the benefit OF John X.
Mills, and to secure n debt therein mentioned,
and was filed for registration ON the 18th Janu-
airy, 1867, and duly registered in the Register 9
Office of Shelby county, Tennessee. The said
James H. Cochran having resigned as trustee.
I was appointed trustee in his place. BY decree
of Chancery Court of Memphis, and as such
trustee, will sell the said lot of land and prem
ises; and will convey only as trustee, bnt the
title is believed TO be good. This 9th Janu-
arg ia 1865. j. r cAhofHTF Trustee.
Miles a Stoddard. auctioneers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25

No, 24S5-In the Chancery Court Of Memphis.
Tennessee : Insolvent bill John. Hallum,
administrator estate Of J. w. Matthews, de-
ceased, VS.. James ii. Matthews. ct al.
THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING FROM
1 affidavit on flei this cause that defendants,
James II d, Matthews. joseph W. Matthews W.
l.. Stricklin and wife Bettie j. Stricklin. Jas.
Hamer and wife Sarah @. Hamer, and Mark
Hoaly a. Q non. residents Of the State of Ten
nessee; it is therefore ordered that they make
their appearance herein, at the Courthouse in
the city of Memphis. Tenn. on or before the
first Monday in March. 1869, and plead, answer
will be taken for confessed as to them. and set
for hearing ex parte; and it is further ordered
that all creditors having claims against the es-
tate Of J. w. Matthews. deceased. file them
with the Clerk and Master on or before the
first day Of May. 1868. or the same will be
barred: and that copy of this order be pub
lshed in the PUBLIC LEDGER, a newspaper
published in the city Of Memphis, for three
months.
A true copy-Attest
. A. ASTON, Clerk and Master.
By R. J. BLACK, d. G, and M.
January 70, 1868.
HALLUM, CHALMERS & WASHINGTON. Solicit
tors for complainant. yI-43
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-16

Another declaration. in still anoth-
CT section OF the platform, evinces an
lntenuon 10 make an early return to
specie payments. After calling for a
reduction of the public expenses and
reform OF the system of taxation,
the platform proceeds thus: So that
the burden OF taxation may be equal
lied and lessened, the credit of the
Government and the currency made
good" The credit of the Govern
ment is not good" so long as its
promises sell for less than their face
the currency is not good I" so long
as it is inflated and irredeemable.
We cordially indorse the financial
part OF the platform, and will stand
By every word of it. The platform
proposes to pay the five-twenties in
greenbacks; proposes to raise the
money for this purpose by taxation !:
| promises unequivocally that 1.-The
| burden of taxation shall be lessen
ed" the credit of the Government
made good; the currency made good /;
and that that good currency shall be
| the same for a II classes, including the
bondhoiders. We do not regard these
several declarations as contradictory
but as mutually explanatory, perfectly
consistent and harmonious. The
Democratic party is pledged by the
Platform to appreciate the greenbacks
TO par and use them for the payment
of that part of the public debt which
is not by express provision of law due
| in coin.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-16

Col. DEEIART said in his speech at
the Republican meeting on Saturday
night, at Indianapolis, that Western
delegates to the New York Conyen-
ton went there with imitation green
backs pinned to their coats, but came
back with genuine bonds In their
boots. Did the Colonel intend to be
personal on the ten DESERVING
Pendletonians from Indianaf
THE indianapolis Sentinel Of
August 18th, 1860, published report
of FRANK BLAIR's speech, delivered
in that city the day previous, in which
he "stigmatized the Democrats as
heIl-hounds." It is proposed that
the Democracy of the State meet in
Convention and demand that the
report be expunged from the .Sentimers
columns.
LIGHT PRoMIsED.-The New York
Ne,cs (Copperhead) says:
"a portion of the Missouri delega-
| ton have been bribed to vote against
| Mr.. Pendleton. The public shall
soon know who Of the delegates have
been bought and the amount paid for
each"
THE New York Journal of Com
nserce, the oldest Democratic paper
in New York, says:
Governor Seymour has always in
sisted on the obligation to pay the
Government bonds in gold. He main
tains that any other course is rank
reputation"
TAE DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION AT
UNION SoUARE.-The speakers at the
Democratic Presidential ticket ratifi-
cation meeting, on Thursday evenin G
last, at Union Square. were General
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina
Ex-Governor Vance, of North Caro-
lima; Ex-Governor Perry, of South
Carolina, and Col. Call, of Florida, all
of the late Southern Confederacy, and
| the Hon. Jack Rogers, Peace Demo
crat, late of New Jersey. At this
! rate the grand campaign between
| General Grant and General Lee in The
battle field will probably be Tough
: over again this Summer on the
stump.-Neao York Herald.
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Hdynau, sCh0nt the sturdy and iRdsg.
gsaat brescers of London so nsercilessty
hooted and pelted, appear decent and
humane.
And this, he, too, did" because he
had a nal7sd to-
And who does not remember that
fine piece of political strategy-that
charmingly pure and honorable bit of
maneuvering between Lincoln and
young Frank Blair, during the war,
when the latter, while holding a Gen.
erals commission in the army, got
himself elected to Congress from st.
Louis?
Frank wanted to get into the House
and be Speaker. IF he couldn't be
Speaker, he wanted to remain Gen.
eral. But he coEld not be member
of the House and a General both at
the same time.
This had to be managed IN some
way. So Frank and brother Mont
gomery, and Lincoln and the old man
Blair, got together and set their wits
at work to devise some way of getting
along with it.
The result was eminently creditable
to the purity and ingenuity Of the
parties concerned, and demonstrated
| that the Blair family viii not volun-
tarily give up good thing that they
have in possession, without making
sure of something better In exchange.
So it was arranged that Frank would
resign his Generals commission and
Lincoln should accept it, but not
| confer it on any one else, until it was
1 M Qf = he
| Speakership, and if he did not he was
to have his commission back.
And SO it was carried out. Frank
did not become Speaker, and was re-
instated in the army. furnishing an
eminent example of the purity and
patriotism that prevailed IN those days
and for aohich the Blair family ha'
GIt1ays been so distinguished.
1t is this Blair family whose history
is thus truthfully sketched, which
now claims position and a voice in The
Democratic party, and even assumes
to dictate its nomination for the
| Presidency. In fact it has the mod
esty to claim the nomination for ont
of its own MEMBERSHIP butcher O.
st. Louis-the nice young gentleman
who so adroitly balanced between the
| Speakership and a Brigadier Gener
alship, and to whom Lincoln so kind
| ly tossed the latter, when the forme
was not to be caught.
| Has the Democratic party fallen S,
Io10 as to be atsed by such creatures.
Is it so crayan as to allow such fellow
to say what it shall do or whatiit shall
not do? One of these Blairs has tn,
impudence to say that the party cal
not be united on any one of the can
didates already named-some ney
man must be taken up! Think of it
Look it over! o, the sublimity of tn
fellows conceit! Where's Train
Send for Train! He only can mattel
him!
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ship IN advaace, il would appear that
the track was pretty clear for Mr..
NrBLAcK. He is the best man in the
District we know Of for the slaughter
in reserve for the nominee. We are
decidedly for our amiable Represen-
tative with his Congressional record.
The Democracy propose to make the
Convention the occasion of grand
ratification of SEYMOUR and BLAIR,
ssby all the counties of the District,
the night following the Convention. A
big time is promised the people.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-16
district Matters.

THE Republicans of Gibson County
are preparing to give General YEATcH
and Colonel CUMBACK, our candidates
a---C4aese9--~nd Lieutenant Gov
erDor, a grand reception on the 23d
inst. at Patoka. They propose to
have a general picnic; the Princeton
brass band will be present; and the
GRANT Boys in Blue expect to give
the people some old-fashioned gun
powder music from the artillery.
General VEATCH will speak in the
forenoon, and Colonel CUMBAcK in
the afternoon. These gentlemen are
two OF the best stump-speakers in the
Staie Of Indiana, and we promise the
citizens of Gibson County who may
attend rich treat. Let the friends
of GRANT and COLFAx in Old Gibson
see to it that the first mass meeting of
the campaign in that county is a
grand success. There never was a
better opportunity to redeem the
county from Democratic misrule than
at the approaching election, and if
the Republicans are true to them
selves and the country it can be done.
From all sources the accounts are
that the Republican Convention of
Spencer County, on the 18th inst,
was a grand success. In numbers the
meeting was one of the largest, if not
the largest, ever held in the county.
which, at this busy agricultural sea-
son, was the more remarkable, espe-
cially as it was the first meeting of
the campaign. The ticket nominated
is a good one in all respects, and al
though there were a large number of
candidates before the Convention, the
result was accepted in the utmost
good feeling, and ratified with enthu-
siasm. One of the oldest and most
prudent political eampaigners in this
District writes US that he was
never more confident than now that
we will carry the county by good
round majority" He also says that
the most pleasing features of the
whole affair was the speech of Gen.
VEATCH. 1t was conceded by all to
be splendid success. He literally
fayed the Democracy to the bone.
lie seemed more at himself than 7
have seen him since the great cam
paign of 1860" Strong hopes are
expressed that the General will be
able to do a good deal of active can.
wasting during the campaign. and
with the help of the ardent and hard
working Republicans of Spencer and
the other counties of the District, he
win be triumphantly elected. Let
the GRANT and CoLFAx hosts of the
First District rally CALAMITY to the
fight, and the victory is ours. We
must redeem the Pocket.
THE Democratic Congressional
Convention viii be held in this city
on the 23d Of this month. Colonel
DENNY having positively declined the
uncertain burdens of the canvass,
Judge PARRETT being loath to relin-
duish his judgeship for the almost in
eyitable defeat which would be in
store for him, Col De LA HUNr's
war record" being so distasteful to
the Copperheads as to lead to the re-
traction Of his endorsement by the
Evansville Courier, His Honor,
DAYY LAIRD, being forced to
take the Common Pleas Judge
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-16

WE present our readers with some
orthodox Democratic literature this
morning. First, we have the opinion
of the leading Democratic newspaper
in the United States, the La Crosse
Democrat, of SEYMOUR and BLAIR.
written just before the nomination.
Second, the interpretion of the finan-
eial planks of the Platform by the
Metropolitan organ of the party.
Third, SEYMoUR's speech on this
same subject of finances. If from
these good Democratic documents,
Western, Pendeltonian, Greenback
Democrats can extract any comfort,
they are welcome to it.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-16
Gen. Geo. D. Wagner

win speak at the following times and
places:
Gibson County, July 26th, 27th, and 2sth,
at points TO be fixed by the County Central
COMMITTEES.
MeCutehenviue, vanderburgh County,
Thursday. July 18th, at night.
Evansville, Thursday, July S0th, at
might.
Posey County, Friday. July Slst, place to
be fixed by County Central Committee.
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