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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01
Radical Workings.

We learn that preparatory to the Presi.
dental campaign, Radical emissaries
have turned up in various counties of the
State in the work of recognizing the
negro Loyal Leagues" and that in some
places, the negroes, who had been work
ing well, and whose crops we're prom
Using, have thrown down the implements
of labor, and gone into the more con-
genial, if less profitable, business of
President making. Is there no remedy
for this ? Are the negroes to be forever
the prey Of these white scoundrels2 1t
is greatly to be regretted that they have
not sense enough to hang upon the near
est limb the first man who advises them
to leave their work for the purpose of ct
tending any sort Of meeting. Selma
Messenger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01
Carrying the War into Africa.
nla

Carrying the War into Africa.
From the Lebanon Clarion ft 81
We have to record this week most
fragrant instance of the violation of the
rights of man, and of that shocking de-
moraliz alton and disloyalty of feeling
prevalent in the South which has given
so much trouble to the saints of the But
Ter Stevens Brownlow school, The breath
of disloyalty has so tainted the air that
the very beasts of the field have caught
the infection, and are exerting them
selves to render the lives Of loyal citizens
insecure. Only few weeks ago we we're
called upon to chronicle most violent
and unprovoked assault by fox on two
of our colored citizens, whose only crimes
were the color of their skins and their
devotion TO the Union and the Congress
sional plan of reconstruction.
For some time gast the raccoons along
Cissell's river, in this county, have been
barmoniously and heartily cooperating
with the enterprising descendants of
Ham, resident in the vicinity, in the work
of depopuating and laying waste all the
hen -roosts within reach. Having re-
Gently received essential assistance from
the ravages of the chicken cholera, the
allied powers had swept everything be-
fore them, and done their work so effect
ually that the growing Of chanticleer,
it is said, is as seldom heard in that To-
caliiy as was the whistle of locomotive
fifty years ago. In fact Shanghai and
Bantam. with all their kith and kin, have
utterly disappeared, and the places that
once knew them will know them no more
forever. Whether there was any unfair
ness in the division of the spoils we are
not prepared to say, but it is certain that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01

THE total amount covered by the Ktna Poll.
i cies on property destroyed or damaged Il
f206.S54, on which salvage will be 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. a figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or proportion equal TO a IS, 900 loss for com.
pany Of 500. zoo 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
population of S5.000-was handsomely built
mostly fine brick or stone structures-protecte
and screened with onward of 5. 900 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean---aBd
with steam fire department-yot II has $l0,-
000, 900 Of property consumed in few hours
upon a holiday when its people arc least occu-
pied-from the very. Insignificant cause of
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the trifing origin Of fires that
sweep away In few hours the earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Etna Agent call If you need proper insur.
ance security. Pay a fair rate Of premium fol
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. LITTLET0N q CO., Ag't.
No. p Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01

WI Pan :ss I s.s t:s a s:. 81: si al. s.s. s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01

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THE Prudential STRIFE.
The Presidential strife. old coon.
Il but party play;
A politicians plot. old coon;
The drama Of day.
Old coon.
The drama of day.
whoever wins the game. old coon.
IL master Of our broils;
In this patriotic SPORT old coon,
The object is the spells.
Old coon.
The otjsct is the spells.
Then give blow and take. old coon,
Your neiehbor's blow in turn;
There 4 nothing In this sport. old coon.
To makeyou "bile" or burn.
frf Old coon,
To make you "bile"or burn.
Yet Honesty and Truth. old econ.
eve men brighter fame;
In every strife Of life, old coon. a
Preserve an upright name.
hUr Old coon,
Preserve an upright name.
.E tIs1 TArLxR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01

Junsas
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-01
Notice Of Dissolution.

THB FIRM 0FJW. GRANT 4 co. WAS
II IBIS DAY distolved b mutual consent J.
Nv. 5RANT
II. ". JANIS.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10

PLUM PUDDING -PuIverize sufi
Gent crackers TO fill n pint weasel
and put them into a quart OF swcc,
milk. When they become soft,
add half a teacup Of melted butter
four teaspoonsiuI OF sugar. u gill
Of -four, half wine glass of grape
or currant wine, and bali II grated
nutmeg, Beat five eggs to u lroth
and mix with the milk. To this
add a quarter of pound each OF
seeded raisins and Zanto ourrants,
and two ounces of cilron cut in
strips. Bake or boil two hours.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10
Gke Gazette.
The Gratiot Farmers. CInh.


The Gratiot Farmers Club, OF
Auskingum county, Ohio, seems to
enjoy most vigorous lite The club
is limited to twenty farmers and
their wives, and the meetings are
held suceessively ut the residences
OF the different members. These
meetings are held monthly and
are made pleasant reunions in a
socials point of view as we'll as
meetings for discussions. All of
the members are owners of large,
valuable and we'll stocked farms,
and their opinions, given for the
mutual benefit of each other, are
tree from tho characteristics OF
discussions made for show, and are
particularly valuable. The Octo
Der meeting was held at the farm
OF Mr.. James Colvin, two and
halt miles south of Gratiot. The
Editor of the GAINESVILLE Times at
tended and reports 10 the extent OF
three columns in his paper. The
gentleman is a close observer, and
undoubtedly had an eye to bust
ness when he wrote the following:
Gratiot is ten miles west of ZaDes
vile, on the National road, and is
fast becoming good sized, thriv.
ing village, and is noted as num-
bering among its citizens, some
ten or a dozen good looking. lively
Well.to'do widows, managing their
own affairs independently, in a
manner that should bring the blush
OF shame to the cheek Of many q |
stout, broad shouldered man,
should the adornments of their
homes and every day industrial
lite be brought into comparison.-
TanntrS Chronicle.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10

Mr.. William B. Saylor, of Rush
vile, I'll. accidentally shot himself
Thursday, of last week. lie threw
of his coat to fight q man, and in
dashing it to the ground u revolver
exploded and tho bullet struck him
IN the abdomen and passed through
10 his shoulder. He fingered un
I'll the'next morning and died in
great agony.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10

Tho Agricultural Department II
has adviccs from West Virginia.
Tennessee and Ohio, all OF which
are favorable TO tho Tappahannock
wheat. All agree in stating that
this wheat is ton days earlier than
the varieties commonly raised, that
the grain ellis well, and is no, dam.
aged by the rust or woevil.-Farm.
Crs Chronicle
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10

A cherry tree grows in Utah
eighteen inches high, with top
as round as n cherry, witbstands
the greatest cold, and is loaded with
sweet fruit.
The closest race in any State Tor
President.was in California, which
Grantcarried by sos majofity.--
Last year the Democrats swept the
-Slate. by .9.140 Yotsa,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10

FRUIT CAKE.-Two cups syrup,
one OF butter, four eggs, four cups
OF flour, one teaspooniul of soda,
ono pound Of raisins, one pound OF
hante currents, ono teaspoonful
cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg; some
french Brandy improves il. Seed
the raisins, and rub an extra cup
Of -four through them.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10
Seymour.


Far be it from our desire TO In.
suit q fallen man; but VIC cannot
torbear to say that, in the defeat
OF Horatio Seymour, tho people oil
tbe United States have done a great
er act OF justice than they inten
ded. Their objections to him
were IN his friends and his policy.
They did not generally know that
the man himself is q sDiyeler a
hypocrlte, a coward and n trim.
mer, whom to call a patriot or a
statesman is to do him honor he
never deserved. Il Christian
Democrat" whose obtuse moral
sense could never be disturbed by
tho system OF slavery he that dc.
iondedi q Union man who would
nave accepted the NJ ntgomery
constitution as the basis of section.
al harmony; a loyal man, ever in
readiness to apologize for disloy.
alIty; a self constituted champion
OF the Republics financial honor
who sold out TO those who would
dishonor tho Republic. friend OF
Chase until no was payed by a
nomination to betray that hicni.
ship,the professed advocate oi peace
until his interest impeiled hin TO
mako common cause with those
Who are for another war; II phrase
maker by trade, with rare . power
u lnslnuatlng u lie that hr fares
not tell in torms; a politician by
choice, using only a politician =
arts and contemning the higher
Instruments of truth and reason; II
s'alesman who is a special pleader
ana nothing more; q cold bloodless.
cIammy man of no conscience, but
with ipordinate ambition. sub.
hitting to be the instrument of
others to do those things which he
has not the courage to do upon
bis own impulsion-what an escape
the country has had in his dis.
graceful defeat. .r The stcadfast ness
Of Grant, his truth, his singIeness
Of purpose, his few but weighty
words, his unquestionablc fidelity
to his cause, his friends hln lofty
patriotism illustrated by bis bril-
liant deeds-how they are iium
mated by tho contrast which Soy
mour affords. Chicago Post.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10
Household Remedies.

There are no remedies 40 we'll and iavorably
backs Blood Purifier, Stomach Bitters and
Blood Pills, and M family should be without
them. Sold by @. q. DOUk, Druggist
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10
THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND


| ASsVH
BosToN, Jan. 20, 1860.
PoLANDs WHITE PINE CoMPouNB.- After
having given IL a thorough trial,wc eau confidently
recommend POldnds White Pine Compound as a
very valuable article for the cure OF colds cbaEhs,
and pumonic complaints generally In several
cases, we have known ii to give prompt relief when
nll other remedies which had been tried had fied.
1t Is an article, which, In climate 50 pronlolyc Of
sudden and severe colds as is that of New England,
ought to be in every family; andwc arc sure that
those who once obtainit, and giyeii lpiv trial will
not thereafter be willing to be without it.
a ANALUABLE MEDICINE Dr. P0ltnps ITaRe
Pine CJmpoUHd, advertised in our columns, Is sue
ccssful attempt to combine and apply the medicinal
virtues of the White Pine bprk. II has been thor
ongfly tested by people in this city and vicinity,
and the proprietor has testimonials to ils value
from persons well known to our citizens, We rec
ommend its trial in all those eases of disease to
which it Is adapted. 1t is for sale by all odrdfug.
gists. - ". y, independents. .i.I ...s,,r
The HAte Pine Compound is now sold In every
part Of the United States and British Provinces.
PREPARED AT TnB ig1.I
NEW ENGLAND BOTANIC DEPOT,
BOSTON, MASS. 9'
C. DAMON DC CO., Proprictors.
For sale by 1904" 'i' 'H
Davidson 81 Brasce,
successors to kaufman 4 Co., Lancaster, o.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10

The Delaware grape, as is known,
originated in Delaware county,
Ohio, Benjamin Heath, a farmer
living in the west part OF the coun.
ty, on the Scioto river, owned tho
vine from which were propagated,
within the last twenty five years,
all tho grapes of this variety in the
United States! How wonderfully
rapid has been tho distribution
Farmers Chronicle.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-10


Dyspepsia!
II is sure to cure.
HeRrtburnI
One dose VIII cure.
Sic h-h ca RdRebeI
IL has cured in hundreds ofcases,
Headache d. DiZLlness!
1t stopsl hirtyminutes
II corrects at once.
Rising of the FoOdI
II stops Immediately.
Distress after Eating!
Cne dose will remove.
Cholera MOrbuA!
Rapdlyyiclds TO a fcwdoses.
bad BreRthI
Willie changed with halfa bottle.
It's perfectly harmless. Its unpI ecedented
success is owing to the fact that
1t Cures by assisting Nature
To reassert her sway in the sy steml
Nearly every doolerin the U. s. sells tat
ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
c. G. CLARK & CO.,
Proprietors.
New Haven, CT.
March 10, lSGs-59.ly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26

lious states, which we're left at the end Of
tie war without any form of government
whatever. [ have proposed this evening
to eonfne myself strictly to discussion
of the constitutional power of Congress-
and shall leave it for another occasion
perhaps at Galena, on Friday evening to
discuss the other independent question
of how wisely and we'll Congress has sx.
ercised that constitutional power This
is distinct subject-too full to be spo-
ken of here tonight under the circum-
stances, and at the foot of speech. I
shall leave the subject of reconstruction
then, with this imperfect discussion of
the constitutional power of Congress-
That is the only issue which the Demo
cratic platform makes on the subject
They do not question the details Of
the acts. They struck the death blow to
the system by saying that the whole pro-
ceedings are unconstitutional, and there
fore void. IF I have succeeded in con.
vincing you that Congress has the consti.
tutionai power, my object has been ae
complished, and that was all intended
to do when came upon the platform.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26

and the Democratic Convention say that
these reconstruction acts must be undone
at all hazards, and Seymour fully endor-
ses what they say. He also in his letter
of acceptance plainly intimatess that he.
docs not recognize the validity ofthese
State Governments, for after obtaibing
that delightful deadlock in Congress.
hich he seems to consider the sum of
all things desirable, he says "the result
ould be peaceful restoration of the
Union assuming, of course, that the
restoration now taking place is void and
of no effect. " aa
In view of the above facts, we come to
the inevitable conclusion, that the man
who votes for Seymour and Blair, votes for
the re-opening ola most impor ant ques.
ton which is already satisfactorily settled,
for the renewal of disturbances which
promise tc be soon quoted. for the sub
stitution of discord for harmony, anarchy
for established government, an4 war for
peace. Who is willing to vote for these
results
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26
WHY WE MUST NOT FAIL.

- 1t IS difficult matter to convince the
people that any great danger or disaster
threatens them. Those who foresee trou-
BILE, ealamities and war are laughed at as
prophets of evil, and each one goes his
own way, not doubling that all will come
out right and the cloud finally pass away.
During the gloomy winter of go and 81,
while we could almost hear the notes of
preparation for the coming conflict, sound
ing from every part of the South. there
could scarcely be- found a person at the
North who did not believe that our diff
culties would, in the end, be adjusted
without bloodshed. And when, at last,
the guns of Charleston began the long
threatened bombardment of Fort Sumter,
their booming fell upon the ear
of the nation with all the startling effect
of thunder from clear sky. e
Again we hear the warning cry Of
Breakers ahead p and again the clouds
gather about our hor zon. We see
powerful party, in the conven-
ton of its chosen representatives, pledge
itself to policy which, in case it sue
ceeds in the coming election, will lead to
certain trouble and almost certain civil
war. And yet the people look calmly
on and hope for the best. No doubt
this feeling of security arises in great
part from the conviction that the defeat
of that party is inevitable. But if this
conviction leads to relaxed effort or neg
lect of duty, is is most dangerous one.
Eternal vigilance is the price f Liberty,
and unremitting effort is our only assur-
ance of future safety and tranquility.
That no one may Thick we speak without
cause, we will state the case briefly, and
leave it to the candid Judgment of our
readers to decide if the importance of
complete and dec ided success at the polls
this Fall can be over estimated :-.s.
Gen. Frank Blair, in his celebrated
letter, acknowledges that "before the COM
ing election, the seeded states will all be
recons tructed according to the Radical
plan.' Seven of those states are already
so reconstructed and, by the adoption of
the Fourteenth Amendment by the ex-
press admission of President johnson,
and by the opinion of Chief Justice Chase
Judlcally given, the validity of their
governments has been fully acknowledged
and confirmed. All the seeded states
will soon be represented in Congress
again, and their inhabitants have every
reason to expect that peace and prosperi-
~ will succeed the unhappy state of at
fairs SO long existing there. But Blair
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26

FREMONT, ALI R1aHr.-At a meet. 4
ing of Southern Congressman. in Wash.
lngton, Wednesday, General Fremont
made brief speech, in which he ;declar-
ed himself strongly for GRANT and Coll
FAX, expressing deep sympathy for the
loyalists OF the South, and he hoped Con.
gress would not adjourn till full and am
pie relief was given them.
The New York Commonwealth is get
ting up Life of Seymour 1t furnishes
the following as an "advance sheet"
CHAPTER XII.
SERVICES OF GOV. HORATIO SEYMOUR
IN BEHALF OF HIS COUNTRY DURING
THE REBELLION. @
"Mr. Seymour was of no service to h is
country dur ing the rebellion - Is s. --
THE FRIEND OF THE REBELs.-In
1862, when Seymour was elected Govern
or of New York, Stonewall jackson, riding
by rail from Fredericksburg to Richmond,
called upon the people at every station for
cheers for the triumph of their friends in
New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26
RECONSTRUCTION BELONGS To
Is CONGRESS.

In commenting upon Sen. Doolittle's
speech in Chicago, the Republican of that
city makes the following nertinent
remarks -
Either the iusurrectionary States never
lost their right Of representation in Senate
and House at Washington, or else there
is point of time, within the period en-
braced by the past eight years, when such
right terminated We find those States
fully entitled to, and occupying, seats in
both branches of the National Legislature
in 1860, and partially in 1861. Thev
surrendered those seats Of their own free
will and choice. Nobody talked of expel.
ling them; rather, many entreated them
to remain. They would not, However,
listen to reason, but insisted on taking
their departure. Thereupon they arrayed
themselves in hostility to tie General Gov
eminent, repudiated their sworn obligation
10 support it, and sought to tumble it into
rulns 70 accomplish that subversion.
they lnaugurated one of the b1oodiest and
most expensive wars of history. Even
Doollttle will hardly maintain thai the
seeding Senators and Representatives
whose terms OF office had not expired, had
the right to come back through the line of
Union plckets to their seats in Senate and
House, and vote in aid of the rebellion
they had set on foot. If Robert Toombs
had presented himself as Senator from
Georgia, or Louis T. Wigfall as Senator
from Texas, or r. NJ. T. Hunter as a Sen.
ator from Virginia, each would have been
arrested instantly as an alien enemy, and
placed In confinement Even James R..
-Doollttle, who was then, as he is now, a
Senator from Wisconsin, would not have
raised his voice, either in expostulation or
maledlcCon, against such arrest and incar
ceration. Here we reach the compulsory
admission and important fact that the
South lost its right to representation in
the National Legislature. Now, when did
she get that right back? What DEPART
ment of the Government had authority to
restore the lost right? Win ANYBODY
risk the assertion that State may aban-
don her right to National representation
by making war on the Republic, and then
reassume the right the moment she choo-
ses to quit. the tented field !? Is it not abb
horrent to every dictate of common sense
that men men who have been resorting to the
sword 20 subvert Government, should
be permitted, in their own way, Fat their
own time, to participate in the administra-
ton OF such Government? Ifso, at what
period, and in what manner can participa-
ton be legitimately regained? 1t is plain
that 1t cannot depend properly upon the
mere will of those who had surrenderedt
the right. Then from what source mus
reconstruction be derived ? From Con-
gress, OF course-the only peace making
power known to oar political system.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26
Republican County Convention.

Senatorial Convention, representing the
Republi can party of Jefferson County, is here.
by called to meet at the Court House, in the
Village of Jefferson SATURDAY, AUGUST
18th, 1868, at one o'clock P. NJ, for the pur-
pose Of electiug two delegates to the Congress
ional Convention, to be held at Watertown
September I'd, and to transact such other bus
mess as may properly come before the conven-
ton.
Each town will be entitled to FIVE delegates
and each incorporated village and each ward in
tie city of Watertown will be entitled to two
delegates in said convention.
S. ]. CoNKLN, a@
NJ. H. GANoNG, -
c. A. HOLINESS
F. G. L. STRIVE,
J. T. MoAK.
County Committee
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26
Congressional Convention, I'd District

A Republican Convention will be held at the
city of Watertown on WEDNESDAY, SEPT.
I'd, 1868, at 10 o'clock A. M., to nominate a
candidate for representative in Congress, and
the transaction of such other business as may
properly come before it.
Each Senatorial, and Assembly district will
De entitled to two delegates In said Convention.
GEORGE E. BRYANT, D. n b.
j. NJ BURGESS 81. .........
e.-~-- ~ j. B. SrIckNEY,
N. S. GREEN,
.,.. - VIM. NJ. GRIswoLD,
District Committee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26

We offer no apology for occupying so
much of our space with this magnificent
speech. 1t will we'll repay any one to
give it careful perusal, and those who
have not thoroughly understood the mode
and effect of the Congressional plan of
recon struction, will find here complete
and mastery exposition of BOTH That
portion of his speech addressed to the
Irish Republicans we shall publish in our
next.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-26
District Convention.

A Convention of the Republicans of the lst,
Assembly District of Jefferson County will be
held at the Farmers Home in the City of Wat
ertown on MONDAY AUGUST 3lst 1868, at
clock P. NJ, for the purpose of electing two
delegates to represent said District in the Con-
gressional Convention which meets at Water
town Sept. End. Each Town will be entitled
to FIVE delegates, and each ward in the city of
Watertown, Jefferson County, two delegates,
in said Convention. -.
J. T. MoAK,
@ ,... SAMUEL PIPER,
JOHN BAILEY,
District Committee
Dated Aug. Is, 1868. L als +