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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

CHOICE Goshen and Western Reserve
Butter at ]. N. Jones & Co.'S, 2s0 Sec
ond street, corner Madison, s5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

IvoRY-HRADED canes for one dollar, at
the Revolution Dollar Store, 2l3 Main st.
1oS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

q. WADE & Co., 297 Main street, call
attention to their games, building blocks,
panoramas, etc. SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

BALxoRAL skirts, rs cents, at Kraus,
2l8 Main. 79'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

Great bargains I'm cook stoves, al
Resenbaum q Bros, cor. washing.
ton and Main.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

5000 YARDS A blesched domestic, l0c
per yard, at Kraus', 2l8 Main. 85i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

FIVE hundred nubias, rs cents each, at
Kraus, 2lS Main. 79t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

HATS cleaned, dyed, pressed, trimmed
equal to new. M. COHEN, 800 Main st. I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

3. WADE b Co. call attention to their
large and vell-selected stock of juvenile
books. SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

DRIED pc cbes-pared-at j. Devoto's,
corner Third ard Adams. SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

GKsrs' linen handkerchief, "a so per
dozen, worth Sc. at KrAus', 2ls Main. 79t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

CANTON flannel, Is cents per yard, at
Krsus, 218 Main. 79t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

IYyou want good old Megibben whisky,
90 to Msgibben d Bro, 2sl Main street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

FIVE hundred knit Sontag's, 10 cents
each, at Kraus', 2l8 Main. 79t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

Great bargains I'm cook stoves, at
ROsenbaum d Bros, cor. Washing.
ton and Main,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

Great bargains I'm cook stoves, at
ROsenbaum d Bros cor. Washington
and Main.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18
RIVER INTHLLIaHNcE.

Weather.
Mcteoroloi .ioal observations. as reported to
US by Mr.. dward Goldsmith:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

SKLFcr bsx of handkerchiefs, half
hose, F. Y. shirts, or any style of fur
nisking goods, for holiday gifts, ct Wig
gans & Thorn's, 23s. Clay Building. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

GRxTs' WOODEN outside shirts for 81
each, at the Reycls.;ss Dollar Store, 2l3
Main. 92t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

LINEN towels, 81 so per dozen, at
Kraus', 2l8 Main. 79f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

ArMoRE's mince meat, and pure apple
cider, at J. Dsvoto's, corner Third and
Adams. ItH SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

PITTSBURGH and Camel coal, at re.
duced rates.
BIGLEY, MELLERsH & Co.,
corner South Court and Main.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

The finest cranberries of the season
can be had at ]. Dsvoto's, corner Third
and Adams. SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18
!. COUNTY COURT GLE RK.

4 1.-THE ieOLICITATIoN OF NUMER-
IA Gus friends. and in response 20 the calls ID
the Appeal and Ledger, / would resneotfu'ly
state that am candidate for Clerk of the
County Court. subject to the action OF the
democratic Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18
Womesss Rights = Assembly Hail
Sunday Aftern00n.

Men say woman can't keep q secret
1t is Just the reverse. Women can
men can't. Women carry With them TO
their graves secrets that would kill any
aau. Woman never tells; man always
does. Woman suffers aud dies; man
blabs and lives. Man cannot keep Sc
cret; woman cannot make 1t known.
E ye would have kept the apple secret.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

Money 20 loan at sso Main sc. eQ-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

T1NEXPEoTRD NEWS -INDEPENDENT
u Candidatel F. A. Hiebcrt announces.
himself an Independent candidate for Alder
man of the Second Ward, at the en, uing, mu-
nicipal election. His house, No. 81 Adams
street, viii be open FREQ to all from date until
his election. tie ,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

NTE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
wv nounce M Burke candidate for Alder.
man Of the Seventh Ward. 90-te +
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18
CITY TAX CoLLECToR.

UrE ARE AUTHORIZED 10 AMMO UNCE
w Felix W.. Robertson as a candidate for
CityTax Collector at the ensuing election .sub.
isctto the action Of the convention. S9te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

-E ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
NJ E~SnIioe o. lionel Charles AZ. Carroll as 2
w, for City Tax Collector, subject to
candidste by the Citv Convention tes {
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w w, 7. Thurmond a candidate for City
Tax Collector at the ensuing election. ts Ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18
See Fourth Page for Local News
-
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

Memphis COtton Market-Dec. IS.
The market Is quiet to-day. and possibly
title SOFTER" We quote:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18
BoARDINc.
FoR RENT.

W.. A. WHEATLEY, Rental Agent,
Bethel Block, once NO. Z.
rHoR RRNT-NEw AND NEAT BRICK
tenements. 'ecntral Offices, sleeping rooms.
s d',e WA. WHEATLE1. j y
el-Ii5 Bethel Block. Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

EAREAUTHoRIzED TO ANNOUNCE
w John Newsom as q candidate for City Tax
Collector at the ensuing Municipal election,
subject to the decision of the nominating 9on-
vsntiop. tF % fl to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-18

TSOR RENT-ROOMs ON FRONT 81,
4 bet. Jefferson and Court. suitable either
for Offices OF pleasant bed-rooml, ~ reason ple
,ates Apply 10 JOS. J. ANDREWS,
sci 252 front sirse' tup stairs.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
Kansns CORRESPONDENCE.


we make the following extracts from d bust
ness letter OF the Hon. AzEL srALDiSc, dated
'usshopper Falls April 20. Our people are all
ways glad to hear from their old iownsman
We have had severe winter for thi, latitude
more snow than usual, and more mud. Stock
has wintcred well-wheat came out all right
There is a largo breadth Of winter wheat Spring
wheat and oats have come up, and look promising
The farmers are very busy preparing their ground
for corn and other crops everything is lively.
The State is fast settling with a good class. /
think our population will increase at leust one
hundred thousand this season, and still there is
room Lands are daily increasing in value good
lands can now be had in settled neighbcrhoods,
and near markets and mills for from ten n TWEEN
ty dollars per acre. The first crops will pay for
the lands and Improvements
Gra-shopper Falls is rapidly improving 1t Is o
regular New England ,illage the country around
is beautiful and very fertile Jefferson county is
one of the bestugricultuml counties in the State.
We have good schools and schoolhouses our
Principal is a graduate from lliddIebury College
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
The Now Indinn PnlieY.

President Grant seems resolved upon trying to
solve the Indian question by Il thorough applica-
ton of the law of kindness Under theauthorty
given him in the last Indian appropriation bin
he has designated the following named gentlemen
to act as members of an unpaid commission OF
ten to aid him and the Interior Department in
carrying out his Indian policy f. S. Tobey. of
Boston; William f. Dodge, of New York; Geo.
H. Stuart and William Welcb, Of Philadelphia :
John Brunnow, of Pittsburgh, j F. Farwell, Of
Chicago and Robert Campbell, Of st. Louis
Two or three other gentlemen may be appoint
ed in the course of month or two to complete
the commission. The position was rendered to
Col. Yeaman, of st. Louis, but he could not ac-
cept. These gentlemen will give the principal
part of their services this season to the work in
the Sioux reservation on the upper Missouri Riy-
er. Two Of them are to meet Gen. Parker, the
Commissioned the Indian Bureau, in New York,
tomorrow, whittier he goes to make the usual
spring purchases, which Mr.. Taylor was prevent
ed from making last week by an order from the
Secretary of the Interior The commissions for
the Quakers who have been appointed and con.
firmed as Indian agents will be forwarded to them
early next week, and they will be expected mmo-
diOtely thereafter TO go to their respective field
of labor. The Hicksite branch of the society ma.
the Nebraska SUPPLEMENTARY, and the orthodox
branch the Kansas SUPPLEMENTARY Each body
will appoint from among its own members an in
spector, who serves without pay from the govern,
ment and whose duty will be to 20 about among
the Quaker agents and report on their doings Il
the society and President Grant
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
THE EAST AND THE WEST.

Whether the pledge to lay the last rail of the
great Pacific Railway on the first day of May WIS
technically fulfilled or not, the wst work is yirtu-
ally finished. The iron band, substantially unit
ing the Atlantic and Pacific, and the old world
with the new, has been completed.
Congress, in the charter for this road in 1869
asked only that it be completed in ls76-but we
now see it consummated. Fourteen years work
has really been done in five years (since 1854 J
The ear that leaves Boston, few DAYS hence,
can be landed ON one continuous truck over three
thousand miles off, ON the shores of the Pacific.
The first recorded journey of civilized man from
the Atlantic to the Pacific waters, by land, was
performed but little more than fifty years ago,
and consumed four or FIVE months in its compile
ton. Many will remember that wonderful and
perilous journey of Lewis and CLARK. Now the
iron horse will take its hundreds Of living souls
from the Mississippi to the Pacific shore in as
many days as it then required months.
II Is evident that the completion of this road
Will mark the commencement of new era in the
progress OF civilized man. The Pacific railroads
ior there will he more than one or two such roads
within ten yoars,) will literally bring the ends Of
the earth together, and essentially aid in carry
ing the influence of our Republican and Chris
tian institutions throughout the entire Eastern
continent The ancient, shsll-bound races of the
old world will thereby be brought into near and
intimate communion with the vigorous civiliua-
tion of our new world and is II too much TO
hope that our country may prove TO be the cruel
BILE in which shall eventually be fused the better
elements of all the races of the earth?
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05

Alta meeting OF this Society held at the Par
ker House in Boston on Tuesday last, the follow
ing Committees from Vermont were appointed
CATTLE
Short Horas--A. 0. Cummings. Montpelier
Daniel kimball, Clarendon
-, DeroHs-llorley NJ. Hall, East Burke H. C.
Cleaveland, Coventry
\, AgrshTs-Cqrlos Baxter, Burlington; Ruff.
Nuttlng, Randolph.
HerJords-Amasa Bemis, Fast Burke.
JTseys-Ihomas Baker Barton T.. S Stowell
Cornwall
Datch-,lerome Holden, Westminster.
Gradc-Dayid GOodell, Bmttleboro.
Wording Orn--J A. Shedd. Burlington
East Montpelier Elijah Cleayeland, Coventry
SSherss-ll. NJ. Arms, Springfield.
RAJ Cdtie-C. W. Bailey, MONTPELIER.
Caires-J. 5, Benedict Castleton.
Horses-Ihoroughbre George O. Chandler.
Montpelier stock horses, l.. Y. Tucker, ROYAL
ton, Henry b; Kent, Dorset, Henry G. Root,
bennington, j. II. Peters, Bradford, Henry
Chase, Lyndon, Don Shaw, Bolton, Dennis Gil
more, st. Albans, Lawrence Brainerd, Jr., St.
Adams geldings and mares, l.. I. Tucker, chair
man, w lillian Kimball, Westminster matched
horses, Henry Reyes, Newbury draft horses
VIM Robertson, Putney ponies, j, ID. Marsh
Burlington saddle horses, Joseph ID. TAYLOR, N,
Adams fancy matched, Geo. A. Merrill, Rot
land.
Sheq)-Long-w ooled, John Gregory. North.
Held middle-wooled, Redfield Proctor, Rutland
Merlnos, Edwin Hammond, Mddebury, chair
man, l.. S. Drew, Burlington grade sheen. o
Montpelier -0""'
Slcnlo-D. 5. Pratt, Brattleboro.
Fowis-ll. ii. Merritt, Brandon.
agricultural PrOduaiOas-W and aax
Henry Boynton, Woodstock grain, flour and
seeds j. a. Taft, Montpelier
lCgaabhs-Aliddleton Goldsmith, Rutland
fruits and flowers, James NJ Ketohum. Sudbnrv
Dairy BHter-B. r, Rugg, St. Adams.
Cheeso-E. D. Mason, Richmond
Sugar and Honey-ienry Clark, Rutland
AgHc0hurdf Lapiements-John lAndon. Rut-
land, = Horace Hubbard, Springfield, A, ID.
smith, Dandy Samuel Eyerts Cornwall
Household GoOdS--P. IL. IIaskins. Newnort
leather, George Il. Graves, Rutland miseellan'
eous, A. d. llageT Proctorsyille.
ESsays-James b. Angel, Burlington.
Cdrr'gges-John W. Clark, Montpelier.
a trial OF moving machines was appointed to
take place on the grounds of the Massachusetts,
Agricultural College at Amherst, in June next.
u B. Bliss OF Georgia, and @. Horace Hubbard
Of Springfield, were appointed the Committee
from Vermont on the trial of mowers.
1t Is expected that the Fair will be held nj
Portland, Me, Aug. 81 and Sept, /, 9and 3 next.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
MlnIster AZ Rome.


There is small State in the centre of Italy,
about rs large erritorially as three or four coun
ties Of Vermont which is DESTROYS Of sending an
Ambosiadoror NHao to Washington. The cap
ita Of the State is Rome and the king Of it is the
Pope. A few years since Congress Withdrew all
diplomatic relations with the Roman State for
very good and substantial reasons. We have an
Ambassador from Italy, and it is only question
Of time in respect to Rome becoming it, capital.
Rome refuses 10 give the Americans who visit
that city in crowds, place within its wall where
they may worship after their own faith. She
practically and pointcdly refuses the recognition
Of the religion Of Protestant country, and dis
allows the common ciyilitcs extended by other
Roman Catholic nations 10 their Protestant neigh
bor- For these and kindred reasons the United
States has -uspenlel diplomatic intercourse. We
have not heard that Rome has changed her posi-
ton in respect 10 the matters which furnished the
ground of Congressional action If She has not,
we can see good reason why this comfy should
be renewed We are on the best of relations with
Italy. Our people sympthize warmly with the
liberal and progressive ideas which prevail in that
country. and look forward with pleasure % the
unifation of that whole kingdom, and the over
throw of the temporal supremacy of the Pope.
We believe that the union of State and Church
is prcjudicial 10 the interests of both that il nm
spiritmlizcs tlie Church. aud clrupt- che State.
Aud So long as Rome has denied chat form Of
international comfy, which has been recognized
by an Christian and civilized nations, keeps up
its revenue and postal excusiycness, and holds an
anomalous position among the nations, we do
not see why our Government should uphold its
waning power in Europe by giving it political
recognition and support Ia fact, il Rome is a
State. we should have an equality of privileges
there as in all other States IT. tits q Church,
what precedent has Government for entering into
ecclesiastical correspondence with any religious
body of the old world2 In that case, her appli-
cation should be made to the Episcopal Couyen-
ton, OF the old School Presbyterian Assembly
or the Methodist General Conference
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05

EEyENUE MhTrms.-C Commissioner Delano, in
the case Of the agents OF foreign insurance compa-
mics, has decided that whore they simply solicit
risks they only subject to the ordinary tax on
insurance agents, viz. $40 or So, according tc
the amount of business. The decision conclude.
as follows
am Of the opinion that persons who simply
solicit risks for the agent of a foreign insurance
company, or drum up business for him, having
no connection whatever with the company itself
and in no way paid or controlled by it, but acting
only as agents of the agent, are not foreign in
sunnce agents within the terms of the statute
but are liable to the special tax imposed upon in
surance agents by subdivision %, section 70 Of
the act Of July 10, 1866
This rcyerses the ruling Of the department on
this subject hitherto.
Commissioner Delano has decided that in all
future appointments of Supervisors of Internal
Revenue, that all other things being equal, the
preference will be given to lawyers or men pos
sessing thorough legal knowledge, for the rea-
son that the duties deyolying upon them partake
very largely ola character requiring the exercise
Of decided legal ability.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
Dealing Of African cnl0nlrniion.

1t appears that the abolition of slavery, us
might have been expected, has lessened the dis
position among the people of color to emigrate to
Liberia. Previous to the war and the proclama-
ton Of freedom, the American Colonization Soc-
ETY. often found difficulty in providing adequate
conveyance for cmigrants, and for Il long time af-
ter peace was declared, the greater part of those
applying for passage were from the far-oiF slave
holding States. But in the last two years this
demand has fallen off, and for the expedition ex-
pected to be dispatched from Baltimore this spring,
there are less than one hundred applicants for
passage. The fall expedition was dispensed with
entirely for the want of passengers, and the SPLEEN
did ship Golcondd, belonging to the American
Colonization Society, and purchased from the
Stevens bcquest, was chartered for voyage to
Europe, from which she but recently returned.
She is now in Baltimore and will most probably
be again sent on a mercantile voyage, the small
number DESTROYS of omiguting TO Liberia not
iustiiying the employment of so large and yalua-
BILE ship. 1t is prbable, however, that small
er vessel may be chartered to convey the limited
number of applicants TO Africa On the whole,
African colonization just now appears 10 be ON
the wane.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
Law Delegation in The NJ. L. Church.

T., tho month of .t,r, nov, tho nep,bcrs of the
van,oJis, r,,iscorol c,,,,roI ,c,beogc or twenty
ono ycors and inward will have nm opportunty
O., ,,,o o, tto ,uos,;o, If io, dclcgotion. II
soop,s tobo n Question tbo docisionor which must
-. 81 that
nave inurAou ini,o"'o u" ''o 'u'"i'
growing denomination.
The subject of lay representation began to be
ooitatod omong tbe Nfethodists Gftv wears ago.
~ ,o,o A.. ra, n u H.. sea. oynolled rr,m
!" 49, wv w 80 " 49, W. 49,
the Baltimore Annual Conference Tor cirouiat'HB
a pamphlet, the object Of which was to advocate
u,o Introduction Of lovmen into the councils of
m ,,-t,i i.;,.,.,,t.;,,, ,,,, ,,rfr,ned IN,
'l'o N""'', ""| '''' eNf - .
the Nenofal conference OF loSo' III Consequently
of this and other action on the same subject, a
i,r,,o rpnolvor of ministers and lnvmen seeded,
-, ~ n,.,t...,i-. p.,,,.,o,,, c,l,rot .
anu orls'il"'cu 'l'o '','',0''9'
and, no convention held M Baltimore III NO
yembcr. 1890 n constitution was formed and
..l...,,i c,. its ,,o,,or,,,r,,t
,r - ,o,o e,,i;,,,, o.oo.
lhe "enc'"l 'oi"o''"o' VI i0,'' NUNS
sion for some action on the SUBJECT declared .
" We should prove rccreant to the trust commit
tame ,voro ,yc in the SLIGHTEST deOree to Weld
p-..,... g. n
10 tne 9P'I'l o' n'"o'"''on'
change were presented TO the Neneml conference
of 1862. and the reply was that there was Ga
.,... ..,,,,;ti, H., tt, ,,r.,t mass of the NOM
l,,l,i,. T., trc ,r,,,,.ol cborge 80 and that there
c.. ,i,,., doomed Il .. iro,nc5icrt to alter the
,.,..,,,, a. l,o cl,,,rc, % fl, tsGo IL ,yos omply
iis.,...,l and tbe c,ll,vipg ro.,lpti,n vos od5pt
Oh. g.. rb,t we tbc dcleootes of the Annual Con
c.r.,,.. orro Nc,bodist rpi.c,pol Church. in
- ,,..,c,.,,,., .s.,,,l1c1 bcro,,. o,pro,c
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
Seven Months Business.

The amount Of business transacted by the Ma
tional Life Insurance Company, during the first
seven months of its opeation-irom August lst,
1865, to Feb. 2Sth, ls69-was astonishingly large,
and speaks well for the estimation in which the
Company is held by the public In the time
named, this Company issued 1889 policies, rep
resenting insurance TO the amount Of $40, Cos
800 and costing about $500 600 in annual pre-
NUNS This was done despite the manifest dis
advantages Of period of organization Of its ugen
ces, and of the unusual financial stringeuey
which has widely prevailed within that time
The policy Of the National Life, which has been
thus strongly endorsed is to put insurance upon
simple and positive business basis Of low cash
payments for specific return 1t guarantees so
much insurance for so much money, avoiding all
the difficulties or uncertainties which may attend
the issuing of notes from those insured, or diyi-
dends to policy holders. By its low scale of cash
rates it is claimed that dividend is in effect paid
in advance, and that this practice is more simple
and satisfactory than can be those higher rates of
premium which are based upon the proJaJiHty of
repaying the insured, at some future time, part
OF the amount first charged, in dividends upon
their policies, Upon the mutual" plan, the
amount Of insurance which, as noted above, cost
100000, would have cost 100000; so that Il
dividend of 100000 has really been made in
seven months time-a record unprecedentedly
large
The advertisement, in another column, of the
local agent of this Company, is of interest to all
contemplating insurance