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MEDICAL.

ERENCM MEDICINES In VOGUE
BY GRIMAULr 4 CO.,
Chemists 60 N. 4. H. Prince EapoIsop
Is Rue RIoHELIEU, PARIA
No More Cod Liver OH.
eH1xAuLrs SYRUP OF IoDIzED Hossx kABIsR
This employed with the greatest success IN place
God Lys on . Which Is Ranss SS1. D DE
muscular atcny and loss Of appetite II hs
powerful SspGratvs fsswn Il never fstgaes the stomach
and bowels and is administered with the greatest efficacy
Aslasl 10 very sncseious in the diseases ofths skin.
No More Consumption.
GRIMAULTs SYRUP OF HYrHosPHATE OF LINE
This new medicine ssyersgn remedy in Phthiss and
serious symphonic The cough relieved tie night sweat,
osass and abe patient rapidly RECEIVERS bis health
No More Poverty OF the blood and Pale
Complexion.
pRs LERAg PHOSPHATE OF IRON
Aaaa .nS anS rom m oSd ats n n on
all hitherto offered 70 the public LIQUID eooress ans taste
digestion, dysmenorrh9a and snemia-
The majority q the Academies q Medicine Of Paris recon-
suffering from aDema and all other persons fsgned from
eS & AZ hood 'n'''"'' 0'e'" o'0
ne emily PREPARATION when never causes constipation
Eerv ms Headaches and Neuralxis
ed By
GRlMAuLTs BRAZILIAN GUARANA
vegetable substance used from time immemora In Brasil
ana entirely lnOfensva
orE Better Than Copaiba-
MAULTS CAPSULES AND LIQUID EXTRACT OF
MATICO vEGBfALIS
where al other preparations fsed the>e preparation
will always effect These insure rapid and extraordinary
and chronic Of private diseases
They used the hospitals Of Paris the ceeb' Ated DR.
b. nd and found greatly superior 70 all hitb to know
nal remedies and eopaiba cubebs. The Aiecton
used In recent and capsules In chronic cases
General dspst In Paris q aRIMAULT a CO.'S
Chemists 70 Il. L H Prince Napoleon
Is Richslieu
sold In New Orleans By DUCONGE,
DELOCHB
0UILLOT,
And every good chemist
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ACTIVE MEMBERs OF THE SUP. @. THIRTY THIRD
DEGREE A. AND Ar
Chss. Lafon de Ladebst, ssd New Orleans
James @. Bachelor NJ d. SD, New Orleans,
Dep. Insp. Gen. VIM. NJ. Perkins SD, New orieans
s. NJ. Todd, SD, New Orleans.
Jno. 7. Monroe. SD. Nsw Orleans
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onAxp ooxxASpERY KNIGHTS rExpLARs.

sr saml NJ Todd K E. Grand Commander, New Orleans,
sr. Fulgencs Ricsu, v. L. Deputy Grand Commando,
New OreanA
ST. Jss. p Honor, z Grand Generalssimo New Orleans.
sr. W. r. whitaker, Z Grand Captain General. New
Orleans.
sr. by. T. swasey, e. Grand Preiate; New orIeanA
ST. VIM. MeDuf z Grand s. w. New Orleans.
ST. T. A. Bsrtlette K. Grand J. w., New Orleans.
ST. Emanuel Blessy, T. Grand Treasurer New Orleans
ST. Gust sontsg, z. Grand Recorder, New Orleans.
Sr A E. Billings, E. Grand Stand Bearer, New orean
sr. Jos r Turek, T. Grand Warder, New Orleans
sr Stephen s. seeck L. Grand Captain Of the Guards.
Next annual oonclsve February IA 1868, A O. TO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Shooting and LynehIns in r..as.

The Teras Ranger says d. Mckinney,
lately from Austin, shot Clay Ssarcy,
Esq, Of Anderson, in Navasoia, on the
18th. Mckinney is reported to be a
desperado, and the Ranger says be
behaved in an outrageous manner toward
Searoy before shooting him. During
the preceding part Of the same day he
had drawn his pistol on several bar
keepers for refusing to furnish him
liquor without pay. Searcy was not
killed, but it is presumed he cannot re-
cover. Mckinney was sent to Jail at
Anderson. The Ranger tells the sequel;
Major Jones sent party to Anderson
to bring down McKianey for trial. On
the way back with the prisoner, in a
strip OF woods, the guard was halted by
crowd Of sixty armed men. They were
ordered to lay down their arms, and
give up the prisoner When the guard
protested and demonstrated, they were
ordered peremptorily to hush mp. The
men were all Disguised and blackened,
and all spoke in broken English and
Dutch. Mckinney was hung to limb,
and the rope or limb broke, and he fell
down. He was then tied securely and
hung over ten feet high, and left hang
.s.V
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Tho Rsmoyal Of the Capital.

That the Federal capital will be re-
moved from its present locality is one Of
the certain future acts of this nation.
The late vote on the proposition to trans.
late it to some place in the Mississippi
Valley ought to satisfy any man of this,
That vote was strictly sectional, and
stood n to 81 in the Lower House OF
Congress- majority of 20 only against
the change; and that, too, upon the first
occasion Of the serious agitation of the
question. We have but to note that the
vote was sectional, and to remember that
the controlling power of numbers in this
country is fast settling in the great West,
to convince us that the days of Washing
ton as the Federal capital are numbered.
We have not regret at this phase OF
the question. Let the capital 60. There
are very powerful reasons in behalf of its
removal to the Mississippi Valley; and
now that railroads make all places access
sible, none against it except the loss Of
money which has been expended on the
buildings at Washington. That objection
will not weigh feather with the people
of the West, who have the decision of
the question, and among whom the
money to build new capitol will be dis
bursed Richmond Dispatch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Miss Charlotte Thompson as q Cotton
Planter. r,e
A correspondent writes from Alaba

A correspondent writes from Alabama:
Anything in the shape of q personal
budget from Montgomery would be
sadly incomplete without mention Of
Miss Charlotte Thompson, the actress
Miss Thompson owns q plantation five
miles from town, where she spends her
time with her mother when not on pro-
fessional tours. She has about one
thousand FIVE hundred acres, two-.hirds
of which are devoted to the cultivation
of cotton. She has the reputation Of
being q remarkably capable woman in
business affairs, though with all her tact
and executive talent, she has made moth
ing from her crops during the past two
years. The cabins Of her hired negroes are
models of neatness and comfort Often
of summer morning she rises with the
sun, mounts a favorite pony, aud in per-
son directs the gangs at work in the field.
She keeps all the accounts, makes all
contracts, and superintends all the buy
ing and selling. l fear, however, that
the next time / see heriH Julia, Ishall
be led to suspect when she buries her face
in her handkerchief just before wildly
sobbing-'W Why don't you speak to me,
Clifford |? that her mind is engrossed with
the latest bulletin about the army worm,
or the evening dispatches from Liverpool
In "Ophelia's" mad scene there would be
no special impropriety in her Whispering
with vacant stare, 'Uplands % cents
and excited sa ra.a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Startlins. Facts,


In a speech at Mansfield, Ohio, Hon.
A. G. Thurman, United States Senator
elect, stated some fac ts which are well
calculated to Impress the people of the
North with the direct interest which they
have in restoring the peace and pros
perity of the South. speaking of the
taxes derived from internal revenue
alene, Mr.. Thurman says that the amount
paid by the whole ten of the Southern
States for the last fiscal year was $l9, :
693,749; in the same year Ohio paid
S25, ,08l 400, so that the Southern States,
which formerly paid their fall share, it
not more, of the taxatio of the coun-
try, are now so reduced hat, in the last
fiscal year, Ohio paid rs, ,3S7 900 more
than them all. Senator Thurman then
undertakes to demonstrates that the taxa
ton of the people of this country is far
greater than ever was imposed upon any
people. In the last fiscal year, five hun
dred millions were collected IN taxes by
the General Governme at alone. The
taxes collected by the States amount to
not quite two hundred millions more,
making the entire taxation, in round
numbers, seven hundred millions OF
dollars The gross r'sn nual produc-
ton of the industry of the United
States, according to the census OF
1860. was two thousancl millions Of
dollars Allowing for th e diminished
production of the South, and increased
prices, it is not supposed to be greater
now. Thus, more than onc.third OF the
whole annual product of th industry OF
the country is absorbed by taxation.
Mr.. Thurman then proceeds to inquire
what is the net profit of the production
of this country, and taking as standard
the average rate at which money
is loaned and borrowed, that being
a rule laid down by every writer on po-
litical economy to obtain an approximate
idea of the net profits of the production
of a country, and assuming ten per cent.
as the average rate Of interest in the
United States, which is certainly high
enough, the net profits of the industry OF
the United States, as the productions OF
agriculture and manufactures of all
kinds. would be two hundred millions of
dollars. Thus taxation draws from the
people FIVE hundred millions year more
than the net profits Of oil the producing
industry Of the United States-a great
portion Of the taxation, however, being
Of course upon Don-productiye employ
ments, those engaged in buying commod-
tiles and selling them again, who, though
securing large individual gains, do not
increase the wealth Of the country par
ticle. Yet the startling fact remains
that one-third Of the gross annual pro-
duct Of the industry Of the country IS eo-
sorbed by taxation. Such Is the price
which se people must continue TO pay
so long as q policy is pursued which rem
Ars Necessary large military establish.
ments and freedmen's bureaus, and
which hands over one Of the largest and
formerly most productive sections Of the
country 10 increasing impoverishment
snd the prospect Of ullimate ruin--B0s-
! fipors Sun
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Wonderful Question,

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
We clip the following from the news
summary of this mornings Journal:
"a question which we have never yet
seen answered: If bonds are to be paid
in greenbacks, in what are the green
backs to be paid ?
"Answer-Tdres Nothing palmer.
But there are none so blind as those who
won { see, except those whose eyes are
blinded by the glitter of gold.
MECHANIC"
Yes, they are to be paid in taxes, but
with this difference: The bonds draw
$3.50 900, 900 year interest; greenbacks
draw no interest. Which is the easiest
paid In twelve or fifteen years we could
take up the bonds, if they we're in the
shape of greenbacks, with the interest
money we would otherwise pay on the
bonds. To use Mr.. Lincoln's fayorite
remark, "a large debts easier paid than
a larger one"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
New. About the working People

It is announced that, whilst the rest oi
the country is suffering under the pres
sure Of hard times, Kansas finds work
and food for all in its borders. Ia Leay-
enworth, not one of the 10, 900 population
is suffering.
Practical moulders at Bellaire, Ohio,
propose to invest $4,000 in a foundry
there, if the citizens will invest the same
amount emo
The report is made that the superin-
tendent Of braid mill at Norwich,
Conn, has notified the thirty girls at
work there, that after March l, they
must work eleven hours for the same
wages they have received for ten. Thir-
teen girls have consequently sent in
notice to quit
The Portland papers report that ac-
cording, to present indications, ship
building in Maiue will resume its old
vigor during the coming season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

Hol Ye Rich Men.

When the American colonies assumed
belligerent attitude to the mother
country, Washington was the fifth man
ih the colonies in point Of wealth; but
his wealth was in land When Congress
had no money or credit TO feed the
ragged and barefooted militia that con-
stituted Washington's army, and when
there was but one man in this broad land
that could command the amount OF
money needed, that noble hearted Phila-
delphia merchant, Robert Morris, gener-
erously furnished Washington with all
the "sinews of war" to feed his fam
ishing army, the country held its
breath while he counted the money into
Washington's hands. There are still to
be seen tavern.signs, in Philadelphia,
representing this act yet, Robert Morris
was suffered to die in the Arch street
prison for debit The writer of this ar
ticle, when boy in May, 1887, saw those
prison walls demolished, not because it
was not a good prison, or the ground
(then) needed for other purposes, but
because Robert Morris had died within
its walls prisoner for debt Pennsyl-
yania, to-day, esteems and reveres the
memory of Robert Morris, equally with
her Franklin and her Rittenhouse.
Robert Morris was as great an honor to
Pennsylvania, as Thaddeus Stevens is
to-day disgrace to her.
Once in a mans lifetime an oppor-
tunity is afforded him to do some great
act. Who is there among our people
that will step forward and furnish the
country people seed2 Some man, or
some half dozen men, have now an op-
portunity to hand down their names to
posterity as benefactors of their race,
by furnishing fifty thousand dollars worth
of seed and the seed thus furnished will
pay them handsome profit This money
is not wanted for war, to destroy; but,
for peace, to build up and save. Suppose
a man owns the 0verton hotel. All he
can say is, let that house alone; it is
mine" Some thirty years from now, he
will occupy lot, six feet by two, in Elm
wood, and some poor, ragged member OF
the "Mackerel Brigade" who is now
being taught in the Bethel Sabbath
School, will, perhaps, own the Overton.
/ have already predicted that rents
would come to nothing, and j here put it
on record, that unless the farmers are
furnished with seed, this will surely come
to pass. The farmers cannot buy the
seed; they cannot beg it; they cannot
steal it; and, unless it be furnished, they
cannot plant it. Each farmer can say
as Cincinnatus said to his wife, our
little field must lie fallow this year"
AS cotton seed is of no value, the
farmer, to be doing something, will plant
it, and thereby finish the ruin of himself
and his friends. Suppose cotton has ad-
vanced, has not the excitement been
gotten up on the eve of the planting sea-
son to stimulate its production. 1t was
known four months ago what the crop
would be. The Yankees kept the price
down until our people had sold out,
knowing they would be compelled to sell.
John DAVIS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

Tbs people of Pierceton, Indiana,
we're regularly sold the other day. A
travelling dentist went around and pro-
posed to insert fine sets Of false teeth at
a very low price and wait six months for
bis pay. he only demanded that the
parties should pay him down for pulling
the old stunps. All the old women with
poor teeth, and all the young ones with
yellow ones, came TO the doctor, had the
unsirhtly grinders removed, and paid for
the Job. The next day the doctor was
missing, and has not been heard from
since. There is weeping and vailing IL
PiercelOB, bat owing to thepeculisr cir
cumnsncss Of the case, the gnashing d
teeth is unavOidsbly postponed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

Charles Dickens will return to Eng
land in April. H19 ~
II man could make noise like a To-
Gust, corresponding to the difference in
weight, he could be heard sixteen hun
dred miles.
Edwin Booth became so much excited
in playing Macbeth" " at Chicago, that
he severely cut Nagle "Macduff"), in
the combat scene. .f,f nar.
A bashful couple were married at a
hotel in Sigournev, Iowa, Friday, aud at
night with the strictest regard to pro-
priety, occupied separate rooms.
Leverich. who defaulted some months
since in New York bank for $400, 900,
has been arrested at Detroit, where he
had settled under an assumed name.
Some French chemists have discovered
a way of increasing the lighting power
of gas sixty fold, viz: by putting in the
fame small cylinder of magnesia.a "
Masquerades, which we're unknown TO
any city in the country but New Orleans,
a few years ago, are very popular and
frequen! now in every State in the
Union. ~r..
Disappointed love and an ounce and a
half of laudanum very nearly finished
John Merritt, in McKeesport, Pennsyl-
vania, on Sunday. An able-bodied
physician, attached to stomach pump,
saved him. Hiti
The general feeling of Republican
members in Washington, it is said, ap-
pears to be one of opposition to Mr..
BinghaH's Alabama admission bill, and
il shown that the Constitution has been
defeated, new election will be ordered.
Thaddeus Stevens and the Governor
of Tennessee are a hopeful pair of loyal
lists and it is really refreshing to read
their expressions of mutual admiration.
Thaddeus is grand old hero accord
ing to the Whig, and he requests the
Governor "wheD he dies TO die hurrah-
in" {" s
At Hickory Station, Newton county,
Miss, the other day, Mr.. Johnson and
b. F. Horn became intoxicated, and were
together in their drunken hilarity. Mrs.
johnson, the wife of Mr.. Johnson, at
tempted to get her husband to return
home with her, when some words ensued
between her and Horn, whereupon Horn
beat her so severely with a stick that she
died the next day. Horn escaped.
A French paper relates that the mother
of eleven sons had the misfortune to lose
one of them. She went to the Mayor
Office to make the usual statement as to
his death and to find out how much the
cost of burial would be. The clerk
showed her the list of charges She ex-
claimed at the unexpected expense, for
got her sorrow, haggled and tried in
every possible way to secure reduction.
The clerk was inaexible. All at once a
bright idea struck her. Now look here,
sir, you mustn't be too hard with me. l
shall bes good customer. / have got ten
children"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

FRENCH statistics show that during the
past thirty years more than ten thousand
people have been struck by lightning in
that country. Science has not yet dis
covered the means of preventing such
casualties.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

WE see from the papers that horse
mart is to be established in New York
upon the plan of the famous London es-
tablishment known as "Tattersalls."
Like that it will be the general depot
where turfmen, sports" jockeys,
book" and betting men, and all man
kind generally who are horsey," will
meet on common ground, discuss racers,
make up "books" for races, sell and
solicit sales, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

In Chicago, on Friday, Daniel Web
ster and Jack Woolsey, negroes, and
John Mitchell, Louisa Eteza Mitchell,
his wife, and Henry Miller, whites, were
arrested on charge of counterfeiting.
A large quantity of counterfeit money,
presses, dies, and all the tools of the
trade, were found upon the premises
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

j. P. BENJAMIN, formerly Confederate
Secretary of State, appeared for the
prosecution in the case of Sir G. E. Cul.
ling EardIy, recently tried in London
for bigamy, and sentenced to eighteen
months hard labor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

The early life of General Grant is to
be described in q series of letters TO the
New York Ledger by his father Jesse
r. Grant. The first viii appear 10 the
next number of the Ledger.-ErchaHge.
Everybody knows the story OF another
General, q great and good man, who,
when a child, having cut down favorite
cherry tree, bravely told the truth about
it on being questioned by bis father. To
Judge Of Grants boyhoOd by his man
hood, il is hardly probable his father will
have any such pleasing incident TO mar
rate of him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

In Prussia an attempt is about to be
made to repress the abuse of the freedom
of speech in the legislative chambers.
Offenders are to be tried before court
composed of members Of the chamber in
which the obnoxious words are spoken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

The constitutionality of the law under
which several members of the Chicago
Produce Exchange were prosecuted
some months ago for gambling--a case
which made great deal of excitement
at the time-has been affirmed. Dealers
in grain cannot contract to deliver GER
tain amount at a given time, unless
they actually have it on hand.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

EUGENE HAYWOOD is put down on the
tax lists of Illinois as the largest land
owner in that State. He holds fifty thou
sand acres, purchased by his father fifty
years ago. Recently he purchased twelve
thousand acres in Nebraska, at cost Of
about seventy-nine cents an acre. BE
is only twenty-five years of age.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

MANY of the hotels built in Pithole,
Pennsylvania, during her palmy days,
have been pulled down and removed
One Of them, built at an expense Of
$4,000, was recently sold for $500.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

ANOTHER magnificent theater is con-
templated in Chicago, eclipsing the
Opera House in size and splendor. 1t
will be situated on Dearborn street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
Briclxlaying.

II YOU WANT A STEAM BQTLER. A
II kitchen range or rrate set. OF bread oven
built, OF fines rsuodeled % as - prevent smck-
ing. . cistern built or repairrd. er brick work
Of any kind leave your order Al l1l Main street
or II JOINER 4 &KIRKLEYss, ~ Nau-n. -.
q cal upon lsrl TH0s. CUBBENs-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

TENIE BoYD committed suicide at
Jacksonville, Illinois, on Thursday, be-.
cause her parents objected to her re-
ceiving the attentions of James Phillips.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

A NUMBER of negroes were summoned,
few days ago, to serve on a jury, at
Chattanooga. The judge, Adams, re-
fused to permit them to act.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

The Lafayette, Indiana, Courier re-
ports that in town near that city the
women have become so badly damaged
in reputation that no two Of them viii
associate, for fear Of sOntaminstion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

SECRETARY MoCULLooH has concluded
not to appoint any more female clerks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26

EDWIN FoRREsr is playing in Louis
Vile.
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