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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
AUCTION GALES.
Bankrupt Sale Of Real Estate
and Personal Property.

In the matter of W. II. Order. Bankrupt, in
Bankruptcy at Memphis. Tennessee.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
ID entered in the above mater by the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the Dis
trict Of West Tennessee, in bankruptcy, will
proceed to sell,
On Wednesday, February Sd, 1860,
to the highest and best bidder. at the sales
room Of Monsarrat, Lanier y Co., 276 Second
street, Memphis, Tennessee, betwee the hours
of 9 O'Clock am. and o'clock pm. of said day,
all the right, tito a. d interest. legal and
equitable, which belonged to said Bankrupt at
the date Of fling his petition in Bankruptcy,
in and 10 the personal property acribei as
iollo s, to- wit: All the promissory notes, =
cOriiies, debts, demands, clairs equities. ac
counts. books OF accounts, cnoses in aetisn, and
all and singular. the personal Elects aud
assets Oi said Bankrupt, of every lad and de-
scripGon: ~ well as TO the real e. tate set out
rs follows. to-wt lst. His interest in lots an
Z. bloss q, in the town Of Fort Pickering. near
Memphis. Tennessee. This property is encum; ,
bered by n vendors lien for the payment OF
three notes of $3.50 each, dated September 7tb,
$780, due 9. u and Is months after date, given
fer purchase money, with interest on said
notes. "a. Ills interest in lot on the corner of
Main and Broadway streets, 108 by l26 feet.
Said lot il encountered by trust deed exc.
outed TO secure note for S2l52 20. Ia favor of
estate of w. Il. FAINT, due February lSt, 1858. 30.
Also, tho right of redemption ON the following
described properly to wit: A three-story brick
residence, tine same being the western end of
tenement sold 70 W. Ii. Order by w. B. WAL
dram, and located on Adams street, adjoining
Waldran cotton shed, in the city of Memphis,
Tennessee. This property was levied on and
gold June 10th, 1867, by the Sheriff, to satisfy
an execution in favor of N, D. Elliott, Execu.
tor OF estate of Q. 9. -Atkiason. deceased, for
$500 70, cost, eto,, $500 30. 4th. Also, his
equity of redemption in lots | and 2, and tho
north half of lot 3, in block q, ia Fort Picker
ing, near Memphis. Tennessee; said property
has two story frame house on it. This prop
erty was ievied on ana SOFA ny the cnerin OF
Shelby county. 10 satisfy an execution in favor
Of the Southern Bank of Kentucky. June 81.
1867, against w, II. Order, and bought by +,
NJ. Cash. for s2F3 so; amount Of execution,
costs, etc, Sl5S 81. 5th. Also, his equity of
redemption in the remainder interest in lots /,
2 and 3, block a. $50 feet on Sixth street by $40
feet on Georgia street, located 10 Fort Picker
ing. near Memphis Tennessee the Sane has
n one story franc house. This property is in
numbered by. a life estate; the remainder in
terest which belon ed 10 said Bankrupt was
sold under execution, but is sub ieot 10 red emp
ton. lt is tho equity OF redemption in the re-
mainder that propose to sell, which was sold
first for $40 costs, etc., and again for S224i rs,
costs, etc., Schedule can be seen at my office,
20 O. a. LFFFTNGWFTI A,s;cno.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
Repeal Of the publication Law.

Mr. Williams, of Smith county, has
done himself the honor to introduce
before the Legislature bill to repeal the
law authorizing the Governor to desig.
nate certain papers in which to publish
all legal notices. The patronage to the
- rebel press, so- os,,e3, 30 a mater 81
little consequence, ia comparison with
the interests Of litigsnts and that of the
public at large, which are affected by
combining publications to partisan papers,
without circulation, except that which
is compelled by making them es.
pecisl party pets and organs. The
"rebel press" has not been ST.
fenced by the shameful act of legis-
laiion, Hor has the Radical press
been largely benefited by it, while it has
cost the loss of that public benefit by
large and extended notice of sales,
orders and proceedings of the courts
which full and ample publication is sup
posed to give, and on account of which
it is required by law in certain cases.
That the nc. should be repealed is as
much for the interest of one citizen as
another, without regard to party sffilis-
tons. We thank Mr. Williams for intro
duciug the billiard none the less
because he.is Republican.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
BY 7 E L E G. RAP Il
Latest TO NOON TO.nAY
WASHINGTON,

NEw YoRK, January l5.-It is state,
that Mr.. Martin, the individual who pro
fesses to be able to give full informa
ton relative to the Alaska briberies, il
in Washington, but has never appeared
before the committee, although thsre il
no obstacle to having him appear if the
committee wants him. He boasts that he
can prove that Secretary Seward urged
Baron Stoeckle to oil the wheels of the
legislative machinery, and that among
the items of expenditures for the neces-
sary oiling we're to near relatives Of
Thad. Stevens, $4,000; to CORE
spondent of New York Radical morn
ing paper, $4,000; to Baltimore and a
Chicago paper, $4,000; to an Eastern
Senator, $40, 900; to an Eastern men,
Der who engineered the bill, $3.50, 900;
to another Eastern member who smelt
the alleged corruption, $3.50, 900; to the
chief of the Washington diplomatists,
100000; to the New York lobby king,
100000. Martin makes the charges,
and says he is willing to prove them if
he is called upon by the committee.
A Washington dispatch says that Gen.
Gillem, in his testimony before the Re-
construction Committee, stated that be
had taken every precaution to have
the Mississippi election conducted fairly,
and to prevent violation upon the part
of the white employers toward the black
employees, That be had issued circulars
of instructions to the various sherifs
throughout the State, but it was his i'm
preston that the sheriffs were hostile to
the reconstruction acts, and did not carry
out their instructions. FROM ali that he
was able to learn be thinks there ives
considerable intimidation used in differ
ent parts of the State toward the blacks,
and that on this ACCOUNT nauy Of them
did not vote.
A London paper states that Minister
johnson responds to query from an
emigration society, respecting the nalu-
ralization of British subjects of America,
as follows: You will have no difficulty
whatever, If you become citizens of
America and return to your own
country, on being called upon to do
any act here on the grounds that you
owe any allegiance to the Government
Of England. Whenever you return there
you will be clothed vita the protection
Of America, as much as if you had
been born in America. We consider
you in point of law q Citizen
born with us, entitled to ali our rights,
and that we are under obligations to pro-
teet you the same as we would those born |
on our soil.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
To Advertisers.

We viii publish on tue eighth page OF
the Commercial, advertisements illus
tratsd with cuts, the space occupied by
the cuts to be charged two prices-two
dollars per square, or twenty-five cents
per agate line. We will also give. on the
eighth page, extra displays, heavy black
type. that will be very prominent in the
Commercial, a. a price and q half; that
is, Que dollar and half per square, or
eighteen and three-fourihsc cents per agate
line. 1t will be observed that these extra
conspicuous advertisements will be al.
lowed on the eighth page only.
The above, from the CiRcinnsti Com
SaeTeiai, shows seuse Publishers owe a
duty to their readers. And haud-bills
look better on walls and fences than in
the solnnus Of q newspaper, which they
disfgure. l.i -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
wheat Bran Cor Milk Cows.

Cows that give milk require feed thai
abounds In albuminous matter, in order
to be able to maintain satisfactory flow
of rich milk. Buckwheat bran viii pro-
duce about as large quantity of milk
AS wheat bran. But the milk made By
feeding buckwheat bran will be thin and
poor, and much inferior to the milk
which COW gives when her feed ia COM
posed of wheat bran, which contains a
large amount of albuminous matter. But
wheat bran undergoes a great improve
ment by being cooked before il is fed.
Agricultural chemists tell us that bran
contains more than fourteen per cent. of
albumen, which is an excellent feed for
making rich milk. Besides this, wheat
bran contains about three per cert. of
phosphoric acid, which is an excellent
article, in the line of fertiizing materials,
for producing bountiful crops of any kind
of grain or vegetables. Where person
has only one or two milk cows it will
always be profitable to scald the bran
before feeding it to the cows. Let a
few quarts be put in tub and boiling
hot water turned in and mingled with it
until the mass is as thin as Cruel; then
allow it to stand over night, or during the
day, covered closely. A good COW, fed
with such mess and prime hay, will roll
out the rich milk almost as abundantly as
II she were fed on grass, provided she
have comfortable shed or stable in cold
weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
The Secret History Of Liaeoln's Admins
tration.

No administration of any Presid ent oil
the United States has embraced such
great and important eyeEts ss that Of
Mr.. Lincoln. The secret history OF his
administration, embracing the private
interviews and correspondence with
prominent individuals Of all parties and
professions, with rebels and loyalists,
with men Of the South and Of the North,
with emissaries of the rebellion and lead
ing advocates Of the "cp-tc Richmond "
policy of conducting the war, would form
volume of intense interest. Such a
work has been undertaken by Ward Il.
Lamon, who will soon have it ready for
the press.
No one, perhaps, was nAsrer TO Mr..
Lincoln or more familiar with ell bis
transactions, from the time be left
Springfield to come to Washington till
the moment Of bis death, than was Col
Lsmon. BE was his trusted friend, and
ever watchful for his protection from sll
kinds Of assaults Familiar, also. with
the leading politicians ia all parts of the
country. be was capable Of approaching
the subjects Of consultation between
them and Mr.. Lincoln.
The secret history" which COL; La.
mon is preparing for publication, will
contain much food that is rich and racy.
II will be an exposition not only of what
Mr.. Lincoln said and did, but Of what
was said srd done in this connection BY
many OF the politicians nov prominent
before the country. Il will probably
strike some hard aud unexpected hits,
but that it will be full Of interest to every
American student cannot be doubted. =
National IHteliigencer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
THE NEWS.

Gan. GilIem afi,ms before the Reconstruc-
tion Committee, what is generally affirmed IN
Mississippi, that the vote rejecting the consti-
tuition in that State was fairly taken.
Gen. Grant has authorized the statement that
certain conversations reported by an occa-
s;onal correspondent of the New York World
as having been held with him are fabrications
without foundation.
The sub Treasury balance is $s,25O,e0O.
A boiler exploded yesterday in the jewelry
establishment of Caldwell Il Co, corner OF
Ninth and Chestnut streets. Philadelphia.
completely demolishing the building, dam
aging Ames' carpet store. and completely
burning Howell's paper-hanging warehouse.
Seven clerks. sleeping in the second-story OF
Caldvelrs building, barely escaped alive. all
being burned. Keepers art gallery was also
burned. entailing loss Of valuable paintings.
Caldwell's less is unknown, as alarge quantity
Of valuable diamonds. which were in the safes.
will be recovered. HowelPs loss is about
$3.50, 900. The entire less by the fire and ex-
plosion yesterday morning will reach nearly
s75OOOo. Two clerks are supposed to have
persisted.
In Napierville. Dupage county. Illinois, on
Tuesday night, James LARA. Deputy United
States Marshal of Wyoming. was shot and
killed by Chauncey Bailey as he was entering
Mr.. Bailsy's bedroom. Bailey. suspecting in
proper intercourse. entrappsd the guilty par
ties by starting on long journey and return
ing Unexpectedly.
The authorities at Madrid received tele-
gram. Wednesday from Captain General Duiee
asking reinfercements for Cuba. He thinks be
can suppress the instruction with four thou
sand more troops.
Joe Callinder. notorious horse thief, was
taken from Murfreesbero jail. Wednesday night
ct half past twelve. by some fifteen or twenty
Ku-Klux. and carried Of. Up to two pm.
yesterday nothing had been heard as to his
fate
A passenger train on the Atlantic aud Calf
railroad run of the track, eighteen miles from
Savannah. yesterday. Five cars were
smashed. but no lives lost.
The clerk. pilot and mate of the steamer
Glide have died Of their injuries by the explo-
sion. There have beeR several other deaths
among the wounded at the hospital.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
Tbs Senate and tbs Amnesty Proclama.


ton.
We are half disposed to hope that
President Johnson, spurning the SEN
ste's call upon him for the authority uu-
der which be issued his last amnesty
proclamation, will decline to answer
The Senate knows under what authority
he acted. To suppose otherwise would
be to suppose the Senate wretchedly
weak, ignorant aud silly. Here is the
direct and authoritative language Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States in
Inc case 60 parts Garland 1, Wsllscs's
reports, p. $50:
1.-THE Constitution provides that the
President shall have power to grant re-
prieves aud psrdons for ofenses against
the United States, except in cases Of i'm
peachment
"The power thus conferred is unlim-
tied, With the exception stated. II extends
to every oEeuse known 10 the law, and
may be exercised st any time alter its
commission, either before legal proceed
ines are taken or during their tendency,
or after conviction and judgment This
power of the President Is not subject TO
legislative control Congress can neither
limit the effect Of pardon nor exclude
from iis exercise any class of offenders.
The benign prerogative Of mercy rep0sed
in him cannot be fesiered by any legisla-
tive restrictions
"such being the case, dc inquiry
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
IN. Harmors Mystery.

The unfathomable my .stery that hal
enshrouded the spiriting away OF Detec
tive S. Barmore, by band o. unknown
men in mask, from the rairoa train al
Columbia, on Tuesday morningy notwith-
standing the lapse Of more than forty
eight hours since its occurrence, still re-
mains impene.rable. Wild rumors, au-
CURING an end horrible and tragic to the
missing man, were to be heard on every
hand yesterday, but vague and uncertain
we're the origins, most people were APP
parently disposed to put as bad face as
possible upon the affair, and the garrul-
| ious news-mongers circulated their stories
at lively rate among the gullible.
Yet, with the aid of the telegraph, the
assiduous efforts of our reporters to lay
a conclusive statement before our read
ers, were not of much avail
Prominent among the rumors afioat
was one that Barmore's cap had been
found on the banks of Duck river,
some twelve miles distant from Columbia,
and the probability was that he had
first been shot, and his body then cast
beadlopg beneath the dark current of the
swollen stream, and in the hurry and
excitement of the moment his captors
had doubtless dropped or overlooked this
article of clothing.
Another version had it that the lifeless
form of the detective, stark and stiff, had
been discovered by o number of citizens,
yesterday morning, hanging to a tree,
some four miles southwest of Columbia.
Gentlemen who arrived by the $50
train yesterday afternoon, stated that up
to the time of their departure nothing in
the least definite had been received Of
Columbis respecting the whereabouts of
the missing man. They furthermore
said that the garrison of United States
soldiers, composed of one company of
infantry, stationed at that point, had been
detailed in squads, and we're securing
the country in all directions in search of
the victim.
Thus matters stand, so completely en-
veloped in mystery, that we can but bids
time for q denouement MASK. Banner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
MARKETS.
Special to PUBLIC LEDGER. By Southern Pacif
and Atlantic telegraph

1
| Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, By Southern Pacific
and Atlantic telegraph
New York. January 10. l0;4e am.
Gold, 1861. Cotton: Uplands- Ordinary,
q; good ordinary, %; low middIing,
20; middling, 29f; good middling, 80
Florida-Ordiuary, q; good ordinary,
%; low middling, %; middling, 293
good middling, 30. Mobile-Ordinary,
274; good ordinary, 28f; low middling,
pot; middliug, 29a good middling, 3O4
New Orleans and. Texas-Ordinary, 273;
good ordinary, 2SA; low middling, 292
middling, 30; good middling, 800
The market opens armer, with fair
business doing, Sterling exchange steady
at 1923 for sixty-day bills. Gold carry.
ing at per cent.
1910 p.m.-Tbe market is frmer and
holders are asking higher rates. A lower
market is predicted by some.
1876 a. Go'd iScs; ap5Is s,, i .,o
'62, ll23; '64, 1898; IS, 1898; 5-2Os, new
issue, 1881 81, 1881; coupons SO, 10s2;
1910 coupons, l07s. Pacific skies, l0li.
Government bonds opened dull but steady
in tone. Sterling exchange steady at
1895 for sixty-day bills. Gold carrying
at G per cent; the market has advanced
in consequences of bulls buying largely.
LONDON, January 10, Ills a.m.-Five-
twenties, 75t; Erie, 26l; Consols, 923;
Illinois Central, SO.
LIVERPOOL, January Is, ILLS am.
The cotton market opens quiet but IN
changed 10 prices; estimated sales for
the day, 20, 900 bales; middlng uplands,
ll1i; Orleans, ll3l sales for the week,
10000 bales, OF which 20, 600 bales we're
for exports and $1,000 bales fer specnla
ton; stock on hand, 100000 bales, of
which amount 70, 900 bales are American.
IL m. -Cotton is more active, but un-
changed in prices.
p.m.-The cotton market is firmer,
bat not qaotably better; stock ahoai,
BIO 900 bales, Of which amount l2l 600
bales are American. Sales will reach
100000 bales te-dsy.
Special to PUBLIC LEDGER Iby Western Union
telegraph
NEW York, January 1912 m-Gold,
1861 cotton, demand fair and prices
higher; low middling, 29fc.; uplands,
294c. good, 302c.; Orleans, 3Ofc.
LIVERPOOL, January l5-l:20 pm.
Cotton, 6rmer, but not quotahly higher !;
stock shoat, $40 900 bales. Of which 49,
900 are American.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15

To give all an equal chance. persons buying
two Fifty Cent Tickets, or four Twenty ivo
Cent Tickets, one number will be giyon for
every Dollar paid for Admission Tickets.
In active preparation a new local drama,
entitled MEAPHIS BY GASLIGHT.
g. Doors open at 81 o'clock; Overture at
~ o'clock.
ADMIssIoN-Dre Circle and parquette. 81 (;
Family Circle, &c.,; Gallery, 25c.
TIoxEZ OFFICE open from 10 am. to Bpm.
whon seats can be secured.
Matinee for Ladies and Children. Saturday,
commencing at two o'clocs. Admission, SOC ;
children. 2sc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
Ths Best Recipe ier making Good Bread

Ths Best Recipe fsr Making Good Bread.
Professor Hcrsford. Of Cambridge, in
lecture in New York on Wednesday
night, gave the following recipe for ma
king good bread;
"Take fresh-ground wheat -four; boil
thorou ghly, with their skins on, in q
quart Of water. potatoes enough to make
a quart Of mashed potatoes; peal the
potatoes and mash aud add quart Of
-four. and then let cool to eighty degrees.
Add then one pint Of brewers yeast aud
set aside to raise. Then add half pint
&C water or milk to seven pou nds; salt;
and knesd thoroaghly. This will make
four small leaves; put them in tin pans
larger than the losves, cover them with
tin or stif paper in an oven heated TO
two hundred and twelve degrees. When
nearly done, remove the cover to allow
the crust 10 brown"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
+. Washington.

Before the Reconstruction Committee
to-day the Mississippi case was under
consideration, and two witnesses we're
examined, They were Of the genus car
pet-bagger, and said they wanted to see
Mississippi again in the fold, but from
their observation deemed it unwise to
force the rejected constitution on the
people. They thought, however, if it
we're slightly modified and submitted to
a vote it would be certainly ratified.
Every one Of these witnesses was sent
hitber by the Radicals of the State.
Considerable feeling is evinced among
Republicans at the action Of the Senate
to-day il refusing to concur with. the
House in granting the use Of the capitol
for an Inauguration bail. TIE declara-
ton is openly made that certain Senators
inimicsl 10 Grant defeated tts piop5si
lion. The local committee say the ball
will have to be abandoned, as there is no
other place in town to hold it, Courier
Journal special
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15

Five hundred ",rooly loil" Georgians
have affixed their marks to q memorial,
complaining to Congress ihss the exist
ing government Of Georgia is not sufi-
GENTLY loil." and that in the opinion
Of Sambo and Coffee, more than "pru-
dent number Of rebels are allowed to
vote lniacf, Southern rebels are 8
very "imprudeut number" generally.
Thsy are 80 imprudent that they could
not see the beauties Of military desposisu
aud congressional reconstrsetion so
imprude-t as TO oppose unlimited carpet
bsggery and reckless scallzwaggery; SO
imprsdsnt as 10 believe that they had
rights Of thsir own, end that "plain
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
GREENLAW OPERA HOUSE.

FRIDAY EVENING. January Is. 1seq-Ren.
eft Of MRS. JAMES A. OATES. who will
appear as Susan Sweetapple in the amusin q
farce of AN ALARMING SACRIFICE, and
in variety Of MUSICAL SELECTl0NS.
Concluding with the burlesqae
WHITE FAWN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
-.-- AFTER WHICH -
500 WILL BE GIVEN AWAY,

LIVERY PERSON PURCHASING TICK
"a cts Of Admission to the amount of One
Dollar will DO presented with duplicate num-
bers, one of which will be put into box at the
entrance. and the other retained BY the holder.
At the close of the entertainment seven num-
bers will be taken from the box in the presence
Of the audience, and tho following gifts handed
to the fortunate holders Of the orresponding
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-15
Am USE IN {. gsTS.
NEW MEMPHIS THEATER

Lessee. MRS. W. @. THOMPSON.
S Nanag Ma ana treasurer Y. u. STElNKuHL.
FRIDAY EVENING, January Is, 1Sse--Jnst
night but one and only benefi. Of L0TTA.
rewritten and arranged by Robert McWa5e
for MISS Lolita, the interesting play onti-
tied the FEMALE DETECTIVE; Or, IVY
ABBEY Florence Langton assuming five
different characters, with songs and dancesl
Lolita. To conclude with the OBJECT OF
INTEREST; Fanny Grebbles. Lolita.
Tomorrow Night-Last appearance of Lolita.
Monday Evening. 1sth-~First appearance in
this city for eight years of MISS MAGGIE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-07

Having had all the papers and
documents relating to the loan eX-
amined by competent counsel and
pronounced complete and sufficient,
and having personally examined
the same, which we find regular
and perfect, and having had our
own engineers examine the road
and property, whose reports are sat
isfactory, We do, with the utmost
confidence and satisfaction, recon-
mend the EIGHT PER GENT
FIRST MORTGAGE q o Il ID
RONDS OF THE ST. JOSEPH
AND DENVER CITY RAIL
ROAD COMPANY. as % SAFE,
SURE, and PROFITABLE IN
VESTMEEyT, worthy the attention
of capitayists, investors, and others.
W. p. CONVERSE 81 Co.
TANNER d Co.