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a New Remedy for Consumption.

Physician who had Consumption for several years,
n with frequent bleeings Of the lungs cured himself
with medicine unknown to the profession, when his
appeared hopeless. He Is the only physician who has
used II In his person, who has any knowledge Of
Its virtues and he ascrbe the degree of health he
enjoys to nothing but the of his medicine and
nothing but utter despair and entire extinction Of all
h Of recovery together with want Of confidence in
all others induced him to hazard the experiment. To
those suffering with any disease Of the Lungs he proers
treatment he confidently believes will eradicate the
disease Price 81 80 per bottle 50 half dozen sent
by express. Send for circular call on
DR. E. B0YLsT0N JACKSON,
No. $50 North Tenth Street, Philadelphia.
Sold by R. I. MARTIN, Druggist, Bel Air. [je2ely
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DUGAN, BOWEN & McCABE

HAVE the best and cheapest stock of
- Shifting, Stripes, Checks, Blue and
Brown Denims, Dark Blue EDrills, Do
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DUGAN, BOWEN 6 McCABE
IL EEP constantly on hand Atlantic A,
m Landrel d, George Washington, Ore
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I nj p ORTANT NOTICE
TO FARMERS!

MAKE YOUR OWN PHOSPHATE +!
THE undersigned, having purchased of ALI
i house h Winemier right to manufacture
and sell their celebrated Fertilizer in Dublin Dis
trict, in now prepared to sell individual rights.
Every farmer can, after obtaining one Of these
rights,
MAKE HIS OWN PHOSPHATE,
at cost Of from $l5 to $ls per ton, equal to
many OF the best fertilizers now in use, thereby
saving from $25 to $50 per ton. By paying
explaining the mode and manner of manufac-
turing the same. Individual rights can be OBJ
tanned of the undersigned. E4
feb5-ly ANDREW B. LINDSAY.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-08-13

W Haytien currency is approaching.
Gold has fallen to 500.
A water-spout-a temperance grafton.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-08-13
DUGAN, BOWEN & MoCABE

SELL GOOD BLACK AND COLORED
~ ALPACAS, double width, for 25 cents.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-08-13

DUGAN, BOWEN & McCABE
6 ELL all the BEST LIGHT CALICOES
for 1873 cents. Also an excellent quail,
ity of Bingham for 12t cents.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-08-13

Is the most perfect vegetable compound Of altera.
tves tonics diuretics and daphoretics making 1t the
most effective, invigorating, renevating and blood
cleansing cordial known to the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

thenticated case, where cook was ar
rested, charged with poisoning the in
mates of certain bedroom on the
ground floor attached to the kitchen.
There was at first an intense, puzzling
mystery connected with the affair. Two
men had died suddenly, at different times,
in the room, and while no trace of poison
could be detected-others had slept there
with impunity. After careful investi.
cation it was found that drain, running
through church.yard of the foulest sort,
passed under this room, and from crack
in it the foul gases escaped to kill. 1t
was found that these gases, however,
were forced into the room only in certain
heavy conditions of the atmosphere
Now along FL street runs a drain, con.
nected with his house, as it is with all
houses on the street, that is so foul and
offensive that when some months since
it was opened for repairs, men could not
work in it, and the whole neighborhood
was for awhile almost uninhabitable.
The night these poor fellows fetired
heavy with the bad liquor which they
had been imbibing because of the holi-
days, was one Of the eleven heavy,
muggy nights that brooded, in unseason-
able warmth over Washington, and
made the best of breathing unpleasant.
/ believe, if properly investigated, to this
drain may be traced the death of our
colored friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
Not as BAD an That.

The Radical organs tsunt the people
of the South as being humiliated "
They are not humiliated. They have
been defeated in war, but they are not
humiliated They are bereft Of property
and power and franchise, but they are
not humiliated. They are poor and i'll
clad and often hungry, but they are not
hamiliated. They are dominated by ne
venturers, csrpet-baggers, scalawags, but
they are not humilisted.
No, they are not humiliated. They
have not lost one particle of their high
respect for themselves. They are cast
down politically, but their souls are erect.
They are subjected to an internal tyran-
ny, but, whilst not taking up arms madly
against it, they have the spirit to despise
it as much as they loathe it. Not in the
most aiueuj hus.i of their o!d prosperity
did they feel loftier pride than they feel
in this dark day of their calamity.
And why shou Id they not be proud 2
Great reason have they to be proud. They
did not win indie pendence, but, believing
themselves entitled to it, aud thinking it
necessary to their safety, they fought for
it with bravery, determination, per-
severance, an endurance, unsurpassed, if
equaled, in the annals of mankind.
Never in all the battles of the war were
they beaten when their forces equaled,
or even approximated in numbers the
forces of their enemies. Though they
did not achieve independence, they
achieved glory. They won the worlds
high admiration, as we'll as its deep sym
pathy. Theirs to-day is the fame Of
being more terrible in battle than any
other people on earth. If any great
warrior of either the Western or the
Eastern hemisphere he'd the privilege Of
taking an army from " hatever portion of
the globe he pleased, either for defense
or for career of conquest, he would un-
hesitstingly choose an army from our
Southern States.
We may we'll say, them that the peo-
pie of the South, however wronged, OPP
pressed, crushed, are not humilIsted.
At this very time the North involunterily
Admires the South more than herself
Louisville C0Hrier-Jour nal
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Great Excitement on Whites Creek.

From persons who came to the city
yesterday from Whites creek, we learn
that the greatest excitement prevails
throughout that entire neighborhood, on
account of panther that has been
roaming for several days past through
that country.
During the late fall of snow a party of
hunters discovered the tracks, and were
so much astonished at the singular foot
prints that they communicated their dis.
coveries to others, and for day or two
it was the subject of general comment.
The first intimation had, however, of
panther in that neck of woods was on last
Thursday evening, when the remains of
q yearling heifer were found on the slope
of one of the high hills peculiar to that
portion Of the county. Upon close in.
vestigation the same tracks which had
formerly been reported by the hunters
were discovered. All that was left of the
heifer was the head, shoulders and fere
legs, and the condition of the remaining
portion of the carcass led to the belief
that the flesh had been gnawed off
by some monster. Every person in that
immediate settlement was attracted
and children, and by the morning follow
ing people for miles around had congre-
gated upon the spot to see for themselves.
The conclusion arrived at by the mejority
of those present settled on the beast as
panther, while few who examined the
tracks we're under the impression that
they rssembed the paws of lion. 1t
was then determined that no time should
be lost in the effort to capture the
stranger, and thereupon party, consist
ing of twenty five or thirty men, started
in pursuit of the monster. During the
entire day and night, they were on the
war path, and occasionally would come
so close upon the heels of the animal that
they were able to hear his screams, which
very much resembled the crying of
child. The party had with them a pack
of hounds, and on one occasion the dogs
were directly on the ii rail, all, bat 5is q! :. cnce
seemed to be terror-stricken, and halted
until the riders came up, and then it was
with some difficulty that the hounds could
be persuaded to follow.
Upon the route taken by this party of
hunters, as many as seven halfdevoured
COWS aud thirteen hogs were found.
AS above stated, the widest excitement
prevailed, and upward of one hundred
persons had made arrangements to start
out on another hunt yesterday, to be
divided into four divisions
How the animal got there is of course
a mystery, but it is supposed that he for
merly belonged to a menagerie. 1t will
be remembered that some months ago, by
the collision OF railroad trains in Missis-
sippi, the cages belonging to meuagerie
were upset and several badly broken.
With the exception of one large panther,
the animals were all recovered and prop
erly Gagged. The animal that then made
his escape has no doubt found his way
to Davidson county.-Nashville Union
and Dispdtch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
AUCTION SALES.
Bankrupt Sale OF Real Estate
and Personal Property.

In the matter Of W. Ii. Grider. Bankrupt, in
Bankruptcy at Memphis. Tennessee.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
ID entered in the above matter 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 h Co., 2T6 Second
street, Memphis. Tennessee, between the hours
Of o'clock am. aud o'clock p m. Of said day.
all the right, title aud interest. legal and
equitable, which belonged to said Bankrupt at
the date Of filing his petition in Bankruptcy.
in and TO the personal property described as
follows, to- wit: All the promissory notes, So
curiiies,. debts. demands, claims equities, ac
counts, books of accounts. chooses in aetien, and
all and singular, the personal effects and
assets Of said Bankrupt. OF every kind and de-
as follows. to-wit: 1st His interest in lots aud
Z. block q, in the town of Fort Pickering, near
Memphis. Tennessee. This property is encum
hsred by vendors lien for the payment OF
three notes Of $3.50 each, dated September 18th
1880. due 6. IL and IS months after date, eiven
fer purchase money, with interest on said
notes. I'd. His interest in lot on the corner Of
Main and Broadway streets, l08 By. 126 feet.
Said lot is encountered by a trust deed exc
cuted to secure note for S2i52 s6, in favor of
estate of W. B. Fant, due February lst, 1868. 81.
Also, the right of redemption on the following
described property to wit three story brick
tenement sold to W. ii. Grider by W. ,. Wal
dram, and locai ed on Adams street, adjoining
Waldran cotton shed, in the city of Memphi'.
Tennessee. This property was levied on and
sold June 10th, 1867. by the Sheriff. to satisfy
an execution in favor of N. D. Elliott, Execu
tor Of estate of Q. G. Atkisson. decea eased. for
$53o7 TO-, cost. etc,, sSC7 50; 4th. Also, his
equity of redemption in lots and 2, and the
north. half of lot 3, in block 27, ia Fort Picker
ing, near Memphis. Tennessee; said property
has two-story frame house on it. This prop
erty was levied on and sold by tho sheriff of
Shelby county. to satisfy an execution in favor
of the Southern Bank of Kentucky. June Sd,
1857, against w. H. Grider. and bought by. +.
M. Cash. for s21e3 SO; amount of execution.
costs, etc., sl5s 81. 5th. Also. his equity of
redemption in the remainder interest in lots |,
and 3. block 81. 180 feet on Sixth street by 800
feet on Georgia street, located in Fort Picker
ing. near Memphis. Tennessee the same has
a one story frame house. This property is in-
numbered by a life estate; the remainder in
terest which belonaed to said Bankrupt was
sold under execution, but is subject to redemp-
tion. 1t Is the equity of REDEMPTION in tho re-
mainder bat propose to sell. which was sold
first for Sz75. costs, ETC.. and again for S224l TO-
costs, etc. Schedule can be seen at my office,
50 G. 4. LEFFINGwELL. Assignee.
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Hanging as Means of Shutting of the
Mortal Coil.
From the New York Herald I

hanging as means ,oI onumlng on tno
Mortal Coil.
From the New York Herald.l
Hanging, if successful-that is, if it
breaks q mans neck-is the most sudden
death he can die. 1t ruptures the spine
in the immediate neighborhood of the
medulla obiongata, aud thus breaks up
the communication Of the nerve force or
vital power to the organs that carry on
the human machinery. If the mans
neck is not broken the first action of the
cord is to close the trachea, or windpipe,
and thusstop the supply of air. 1t also
congresses the large veins in the neck
which return blood to the heart-the Jug
ulars-but does not entirely compress
the larger arteries that carry blood to the
brain, for these lie deeper Tho imme-
date physiological effect is congestion
of the brain-a congestion n OF dissimilar
in its commencement from the congestion
of drunkenness, which is generally re.
garded as agreeable, and the consequence
of this congestion--a consequence that
perhaps follows in three minutes after
the pressure of the cord is felt-is the
total abolition of conscious sensation.
The man may struggle and writhe in a
way terrible to see, but these struggles
are like those of convulsions generally
painful only to the beholder. Therefore,
if man is hanged successfully, he feels
only the one sickening sensation of the
plunge before he gets to the end of the
rope-three seconds of horror. If he is
hanged successfully, by strangulation, he
feels the same three seconds, and n addi-
ton, between the pressure of the cord
and deep congestion of the brain, three
minutes of swimming, drowsy, uncertain
uneasiness--at the worst, three minutes
and three seconds; and this is' all we
give Of misery to murderers. Compare
with this the pain that man suffers before
he dies from any ordinary illness, the
drawn out wretchedness of his three.
weeks fever, the days of agony with
rheumatism and the bent-forward, rest
less nights before this rheumatism finally
brings his damaged heart to stan dstill,
the months of slow death entailed by q
cancerous stomach; in fine, compar the
history of any fatal disease with the short
shrift of hanging, and then reflect that
our humanity now "obliterates the MUIR
derer three minutes and three seconds
by the use of chloroform. Really it is a
fine age, and if man is tired ,,f this
world and wants to get out of it on easy
terms tn thing for him to do is to ut his
neighbors throat and be hanged under
chloroform,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
The Case OF John H. surratt.

The farther prosecution Of John II.
Surratt has been finally abandoned, as
the grand jury refused to find true bill.
The witnesses upon whose testimony the
last bill was found, upon being brought
before the grand jury refused 10 repeat
their former testimony. Among them
was a negro woman, who upoR former
trial testified that John a. Surrstt was
at his mothers house on the night of the
assassination of Lincoln, but who now
AYERS that she knows nothing of Surratt's
whereabouts on that night.
The conclusion to be drawn from this
is, that the witnesses on the former trial
# Surrstt and Mrs. Surratt were ssb-
orned. If so, by whom2 Bingham, of
Ohio, prosecuted Mrs. Surratt, and pro-
cured her conviction, partly through the
evidence Of Connover, who is now in the
penitentiary for perjury, and partly
through the testimony Of the very negro
who now denies any knowledge of the
guilt of Mrs. Surrstt or her son. We
would like to know If the man who is
guilty Of this innocent blood sleeps well
at Louisville Democrat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

A jacksonville, Florida, paper says
"there are Is. 100000 a,.res of land in
this State subject to the claims Of actual
settlers under what is known as the
homestead act Any man, black or
white, may take possession Of one hun
dred and sixty acres to-day, clear it,
improve it, and build home upon it,
and in FIVE years Uncle Samuel viii give
him deed of il.
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TO the Gentlemen Of Memphis !:

We intend to SELL EVERY PIECE OF CLOTH that
we can prior to receiving our Spring Stock marked
concession in price has been made in this Department
line of Fine Cassimeres at 81 25 per yard worth 81 co.
Buy now if you would Save Money.
WELLS 4 COLL, 267 Main Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
An Innocent Man Serves Seven and Hall
Years in the Michigan State Prison.

An Innocent Man Serves Seven and Half
Years in the Michigan State Prison.
From the Jackson Patriot.l
In the fall of 1851 there was steam
boat plying the lakes called the Globe,
ewned by two brothers named Robinson.
One of these brothers was second engi-
neer of the boat, and during one of her
trips passenger by the name of Karney
went into the engine-room and attempted
to interfere with the running of the boat.
Robinson gave him push and he fell
upon the shsfting, when one of the boat
hands came up and kicked him in the
Jaw with such force as to break it. Kar-
ney sprang up, drew knife, and stabbed
Robinson in the breast, killing him in
stantly. He then stabbed man by the
name of Cummins, one Of the boat hands.
He was seized, lashed to the boat and
carried to Mackinaw, where he was
turned over to the civil authorities. After
having his jaw dressed by physician be
was taken to Detroit and lodged in Jail,
where he remained four months, and
then, with others, he made his escape
before being brought to trial. A reward
of one thousand dollars was offered by the
authorities for his capture, but he had
probably fed to some other country, and
succeeded in eluding the vigilance OF the
detectives. Ten years after this. in the
year 1861, Edward Murphy, who was then
living in Chicago, was arrested and
charged with being the escaped criminal.
he was taken to Mackinaw and there tried
for the murder of Robinson, was con-
victed of the crime, and sentenced to
solitary confinement in the Michigan
State prison for life. The witnesses
against him were Cummins, the man
who had been stabbed on the boat, and
man named Ladroot. who was turnkey
at the jail in Detroit at the time Karney
made his escape. They pretended to
identify Murphy in consequence of his
having lost one of his little fingers at
the second joint, which was the case
with the real murderer, but the fact was
that Murphy had lost his five years after
the murder has been committed. These
two witnesses, however, swore point
blank that he was the man, and upon
the evidence he was convicted, and, as
stated above, served seven and q half
years in solitary confinement in the
State prison. He finally succeeded, after
SO many years of suffering, in establish
ing his innocence by proving an abb,
and was released from prison in March
last.
1t is supposed the two witnesses en-
tered into conspiracy against Murphy
for the purpose of obtaining the reward
which had been offered for the capture
of Karney, and their scheme proved
successful, although they received only
5000 of the money.
Murphy is now an old man, broken
down in spirit and constitution, and is
destitute of means. He proposes to Pc
tition the Legislature for relief.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

The late Baron James Rothschild left
fortune amounting to the enormous
sum, in round numbers, Of $3.50. 900, 900.
OF this vast estate he left $50, 900. 900 to
his widow. sl00. .000, 900 to his eldest son,
$40, 900, 900 to bis second, aud $50, ,000,-
600 to his youngest son. He also lett
$40 0O0,0 900 to his nephew, son Of his
brother Solomon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

Plymouth (Beeeher's 81 Church, the New
York Herald thinks, does not pay. II
says: The legitimate receipts last year
we're ff,y-fve thousand dollars, the ex-
penditures sixty-two thousand dollars
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

The sensation in bo,el life in Daytos,
Ohio, on Friday, was the arrival Of q
dousle wedding party from Mama
county, father aud bis soa-who had
married sisters, the father wedding the
younger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

Thieves lately sole the carpet from a
church near Cincinnati, aud when il was
newly carpeied SFoVghi back the old and
stole the new one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
Eight lines of Nonparoil, solid. const

EIgHI hHes UI NuHparuII' sunu' constitute q
square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged ac-
there being twelve lines of solid type to the
inch.
Notices In local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special Notices inserted for ten cents per line
for each insertion.
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducements, both as to rate Of charges and man
ner Of displaying their favors.
Advertisements published at intervals will be
charged One Dollar per square for each inser-
ton.
All bills for advertising are duo when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
W. All letters, whether upen business or
otherwise. must be addressed to
WHITMORE q co..
Publishers and Proprietors
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
The Carpst.Baggers from the South.


And in all sober earnestness to write
in "a frank and manly way" the net
purport and upshot of our reconstruc-
ton measures at the South as seen in
Congress, is not pleasant. No amount OF
certificates OF election and f,rmalities OF
an oath can make these gentlemen of the
hand-baggsge real NJ. C.'s. When one
makes his appearance on the floor, we
cannot look each other in the counte-
nance without audible smiles that are ia
! 55ccc-c.s. u the gentlemen wnnld only
indulge in little disguise to help on the
delusion, something might be gained, but
not only in the voice, the voice of the
enemy, but the look, manner, dress, aud
above all, the vote is the vote of an
alien.
The antagonism between New Eng
land civilization and that of the South,
previous to the war, was not more deadly
than is the antsgonism of interest now
between these localities, and yet these
gentlemen of the paper collar and extra
dickey, follow New England aud vote all
the time against the interests of their own
constituents.
nad long talk with one OIL tnese
representatives ad interim, last Eight,
and tried to convince him that it would
be WE'LL just for the appearance of the
thing, to cast vote now and then for
the region be claimed to represent But
no. l found my friend had aa intense
contempt for 9e-half of his people, and
q deadly hatred for the other half. 1t was
q Connecticut Congressman elected in
the South.
But there is a poiHt, you know, beyond
which | find it difficult to keep my couu-
tenance, and the New England carpet
bagger carries me there. | wrinkle and
hsw-haw-I can't help it-when the gen.
ilemsn of the paper dickey from New
England gravely takes his seat from the
South.
Better cut the South into provinces,
and give them military governors to keep
the peace until the negro is educated, the
master subdued, and time, the consoler,
heals the wounds of war than thus to
make caricsture Of representative
government, aud stultify themselves
Cincinnati Commercial
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20

A Christmas goose, sent by q kind
friend toEwo prisoners in CsRada Jail,
was stuffed with fles std steel saws.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
A. E. FRANKLAND,
AUCTION
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 1917 Main street,

Webster Block. Memphis. Tenn.
CTRICT ATTENTION PAID TO ALL
- business intrusted 70 my care. Account
sales rendered Immediately after sales, ard
prompt returns. Ample accommodation for
storage.
A. WALLACE. the veteran Auctioneer. will
be found at my house, to attend 10 all his old
friends and patrons.
/ respectfully solicit share of the patronage
A.E FRANKLAND.