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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08
Preamble and ResO1u.
tions Adopted.

WHERKas, The prosperity of the city Of
Memphis and the adjacent country is an object
which should be promoted by all legitimate
means at the hands ofits citizens; and
WHEREAS, The reduction OF the rate Of
freiEhfs on our rivers Is essential to their pros
perity, and an especial object TO be attained
and tf "a
WHEREAS, The Mississippi Valley Naviea-
ton Company Of the South and West, as rep
resented here, believe that their plan Of nayi-
eating the Mississippi river and Its tributaries
and low rates OF Insurance; therefore, be il
Resolued, That the Directory Of the said
Company submit the following proposition %
the merchants and business men Of Memphis
and its vicinity:
Said Company propose to carry ffeighis be-
tween .r
81. Louis and Memphis, at the rate Of
I5c. per 100 lbs. ~
Louisville and Memphis, nj the rate
of I5c. per 100 lbs. croH
Above the Falls, af the rate OF zoe.
per 100 lbs.
Memphis and New Orleans, Mt the
rate of ace. per 100 lbs III
Resolved. That this proposition refers ONLY
10 those who are now, or may hereafter become
Stockholders In this company.
Resolped. That Eve hundred copies Of tn.
foregoing preamble and resolutions be printed
for distribution among the business men o.
Memphis and It's Vicinity.
True copy from minutes.I .-r
10a-107 N. s. OTIS, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08

TNREFInIEe FROM THE COTTON AND
II commiaeio'n business, a. indicated in me
above card, I take pleasure in reco=ae1 IN
TO my fT.sT sds, Is q prompt and reSahie pnn-
Lesson 4 20 pm - NcGEHEE.
Mar 1. 1859. VIM
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08
MEDICAL.


The symptoms of liver
Il complaint are uneasiness
80 and pain in the side.
QIUYfaVC9 Sometimes the pain Is in
MXUvlN tthe.shoulder. and Is mis-
L taken for rheumatism.
The stomach is affected
L with loss Of appetite and
- sickness, bowels in gene
sral costive, sometimes alternating with lax.
The head Is troubled with pain. and dull. heavy
: en- sat ton. considerable loss ofmemory, accom-
Nua---.-1~ panied with painful SEN
sation Of having left I'M
done something which
IIVUU ought to have been DONE
LYNN E0ften complaining Of
weakness. debility, and
low spirits. Sometimes
l "a .,rrrrf H. some Of the above symp-
f-------{t toms attend the disease,
and at other times very few OF them: but the
Liver IL generally the organ most inyoiFed
Cure the Liver with
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
u1ssIssIpp1 AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.

MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.
tli4F L.s ARRIVE. DEPART.
New Orleans mail daily, 2:s5 pm. li:5o am.
Freieht Except Sunday 2,S5 pm: $3.50 Am.
Mail train makes direct connection Tor new
Orleans and all points South. e..
Cofeeyille. Water Valley. Oxford, Holly
Springs. and all points North OF Grenada on
Mississippi Central railroad.
Ticket Office, 2S712 Main street, and al the
depot. Omnibuses will call for passengers ana
CHI eek baggage in any part OF the city py leaV-
ing ofue'' a A. LIVERMonE. Gen. Supt.
MEMPHIS AND cHA RLEsToE RAILR0AD.
Through mail, daily......... 2:zU Pm. iz:3o r'h'
Through express, dailyldoes w4fgT
not arriveSunday or leave m
y).......".......... lU3U Pm. ll:5V FIN.
Junction and Someryille eIoo,
ac., save Sunday.:-......... STU AN. o:oo P.h.
Railroad time fifteen minutes faster tnan
Office, No. 27s Main street, and at Depot.
.SS.- - A. A. BARNES. G. T. A. !
BARNEY HUGHES, Passenger Agent.
Memphis AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
nav Fxpregs.....-....... Pm. 4O AN.
Night Express,................. $50 AN. 3OO Pm.
Railroad time is Is minutes faster than eity
alma Ticket Office, No. 23711 Main street. Do
pot. head Of MAN ''''''is s. B. JONES. sup't.
SELL HOWELL, Passenger Agent.
MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
norxo Wxsr-- Leave Hopefsld Monday,
"Wednesday and Friday. at 1870 am, and
arrive at Madison at o'clock I'm.
aorIye EAsr--LeaveM NJ adisonT uesday, Thurs.
day and Saturday. at 1880 Ami arrive at
Hopoleld at o'clock Pm. and Memphis
ut 1880 pm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08

Abstract from the minutes of a meet.
ing of the Directory OF the Affssis-
sippi Valley Navigation Company
of the South aud West, held at the
once of the Company, I'm Memphis,
June 2s, 1859; s.-.fs IA 4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08
'' Sjfice. No. 27s Main street. and at Depot. l.
->~'- - A. A. BARNES, g. T. A.
R.RyFy HuGHEs, Passenger Agent.

Arrival and Departure Of the Mails from
the Memphis Postoffce-New Arrange
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08

,sral costive, ssmeti
The head is troubled
9 eusation. considera
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JOSIAH pELOACH, p. M.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-08

WlsHEGTos, July THE following
dispatch was received by the President
this morning:
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10
LIVER

and at other times very
Liver Il generally the
Cure the Liver with
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04
s Device

A London paper says We once saw
the strand thrown into terror, confusion
and distress by the unaidcd vat of two
boys 1t was one of those .foggy, damp
December evenings, when the lamps look.
ed like blurred moons, and objects TWEEN
ty yards off are all but undistinguishable,
and the pavement is as slippery as if all
the clowns of all the theatres: had, been
practising the making Of butter slides
for the coming pantomimes. These play;
full youths had got suit Of old, clothes
and some straw, out of which they had
made u, an image sufficiently like man
to pass muster in that uncertain light
With this, counterfeIting the action OF at,
fectinnate sons taking home beloved but
intoxicated father, they would suddenly
appear in front of some passing omnibus,
and then, affecting to loose all presence of
mind, allow their helpless parent to fall
almost nnder the feet Of the horses. The
scene may be, imagined Terror of the,
passengers, horror Of the driver, horses
down though having been sharply turned
aside or pulled up on the greasy pa 70
ment, general agitation; which culminat.
cd when an omnibus, with more way than
usual actually passed over the body, the
wretched driver of course suffering the
mental agonles of homicide until seeing
the straw lntestines of his victim.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04
K KENosHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1869

- sGoBALDWiN. Homeopathic Physician
and Su, geosaS Once and residence at Pennsy r
RS water .u,e. Chronic diseases treated. Calls
omptly answered, day r night. ~ T6fz EvSQ2S
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04

Why i musical instrument like
the sea Because it is often sounded
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04

By the completion of he Western Pa
cifc Railroad of California cars nov tray
ell continuously from the harbor of New
York to the harbor of San Francisco.
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31

land, that you and l stand shoulder to
shoulder with the President of the United
States for the emaacipation of the white
race in the Souths fH Three cheers for
Grant, p which vera given. with hearty
good will. l have everywheredone honor
10 the President Why not you do so to-
day! We are indebted tothe personal eff
forts of the Presidentuto-da day that the man
acles have been stricken from the limbs of
$4,000 white Virginians. W am so full of
Joy and good feeling toward all men that
shall weary you, feliow-citizeps. for out of
the fulness of the heartthe mouth speak
eth. You have offered up upon the alter
OF your State and country your cherished
prejudices of birth and education and
though you have not been called on to sacri-
ice any principal, you have done that
which required more effort on your part
You have made concessions unparalleled in
history. | think you will be blessed for
doing this, and my prayer is, fellow-citizens,
that you will be. You have redeemed
Virginia. The widest imagination cannot
picture career more glorious than now
opens before her But Virginia is just
about to start upon new career, glitter
ing like the morning star, full of life and
glory
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31

MAGNANIM1TY.-The Inland Empire
tells the following
John Barry, better known as " Old Blaze"
so long stage agent in Nevada, California,
died in that place July 18th. He was "
fellow of infinite jest of most excellent
fancy" If all the droll and comical things
he ever said were published, the book
would put to shame half the works of mod
ern numerous writers. He was given to
drawing conclusions such as no one else
could ever think of, and in repartee he was
wonderful. As a specimen of his whole life
we will reproduce, as near as we can, the
scene that transpired between him and
James Hayworth on final settlement Hay
worth was President of the California Stage
Company, and "Baze" was the companys
agent at Nevada Hayworth said "Blaze,
you have overdrawn your account to the
amount of sixteen hundred dollars. In con-
sulting with the company's directors, they
instructed me to say to you that in consid-
Grafton of your long and faithful service
they would throw off half the amount and
be satisfied if you would refund eight hun.
dred dollars" This was Blaze opportunity.
Reaching over he took and wrung Hay
worth's hand, and in broken utterances, ex-
claimed, "Mr. Hayworth, the magnanim-
ity of the company almost overcomes me,
but in consideration of the length of time
you havekept me employed, and to show
you that no id stage company that ever
existed can excel me in magnanimity, [
will thow off the other half and call it square
with them" Hayworth gave it up. May
the flowers grow green over the grave of
poor Blaze
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

henry Jones, Lorin Scott and F. D. Lack
November.
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31
SHASTA COURIER.
shasta County Union Republic
can Platform, adopted July 10.

Resotred, That it is right in principle and
practice to make all persons equal before the
law, and to deny no native or adopted clti-
zen the right to vote. except on conditions or
qualifications equally applicable to all clt
zens.
Resolred That we are unalterably op-
posed to Chinese suffrage in any form what
ever, or to any change in the naturalization
law tending to that result and that the
charges made by the Democracy, that the
tendencies of the Republican party are to
the amalgamatiCn of races, production of
social eqnality between the Negro" and
the white" are without foundation, and
that such tendencies can be found to exist
in practice only among Constitutional Dem
ocrats and the advocates of an exclusive
White Mans Government
ResolUed, That devotion to Free Labor has
ever been one of the cardinal principles of
the Republican Party; that voluntary labor
is rightly regarded as honorable in the
United States, and that as our National
greatness and prosperity is greatly attribute
BILE to the labor of our working men, we
therefore pledge ourselves to ell measures
tending to promote the interests of this class
OF our population, who really constitute the
back bone and intellect of the nation, End
are an honor and safeguard to the Republic
ReS0tUed. That we view with alarm the
organized efforts now being made by land
monopolsts and ex-slaveholding Democrats
to flood the Southern and Southwestern
States with Coolie serfs which they propose
to import from the Chinese Empire in or1er
to build up another system of slavery or
peonage on the ruins of Africans slavery
to the detriment of Free Labor and its prac-
teal exclusion from those States.
ResolUed, That sound policy and Justice
suggests and demands that the rich and ex-
tenslve domain Of the South and West be
forever kept free from Coolie importation and
monopolization, and reserved for the use and
benefit of free American and European set
tiers who may desire to there obtain farms.
build lp homes, establish manufactures, de
velop the resources of the country and ex-
ercise the privileges of Free Labor
Resolved, That we pledge our Legislative
nominee to use all efforts to assist in secur-
ing such legislative action as may be legally
had to prevent the further influx or importa.
tion of Coolies into this State and aid all move
ments calculated to bring the evils of Coolie-
ism prominently before the Representatives
of the people in Congress.
Resotued, That the Republican Party is
now as it ever has been. pledged to an eco
nonical administration of the affairs of gov
ernment, and that the policy adopted by the
present administration is guarantee of the
fulfillment of such pledge.
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31
Governor Walkers Reception and Speech
at Richmond.

RICHMOND, July Sth.-Upon his ar
rival, at quarter past eleven, A. NJ, Cover
nor Gilbert G. Walker was met at the de-
pot by large concourse of people. As he
stepped from the cars he was seized by the
crowd and borne on their shoulders to
coach, covered with the national and State
flags, which was in waiting for him. A
procession, which consisted of one hundred
vehicles, many of them decorated with the
national flag, and filled with the most
prominent white and'colored citizens, drove
off. The streets along the line of march
were blocked with living mass of people,
and the windows of the houses were filled
with ladies waving handkerchiefs and ban
ners, and who were pouring forth words
OF praise and encouragement Upon pass
ing the residence of Colopel James R.
Branch, the Conservative candidate. who
was killed In the calamity on Friday, the
people ceased cheering and uncovered their
heads. On arriving at the Exchange Hotel,
Governor Walker came out on the steps,
and addressed the dense multitude. He
said:
My Fellow citizens / am too much
exhausted by the labors of the campaign.
by the loss of sleep, and by the reception
of returns, to make you "a speech appro-
pirate to this occasion. The election re-
turns which have poured in from every
section of the State speak language too
plain to be misunderstood. They bring
tidings of victory such as never crowned
the efforts of political party in any pre-
vous campaign in the history of this grand
old commonwealth. | told you, fellow
citizens, week ago, that we were bound
to otriumph, and | pictured to you the hegira
of the motley crew of carpet baggers from
Virginia. l saw one upon his mule just
now, with his carpet bag duly labelled l
accept this grand ovation to day, not as a
compliment to myself personally, but as
the presentation of great idea; and what
is that idea, fellow citizens; 1t is nothing
less than the redemption, sthe disenthral-
ment and regeneration of Virginia. Dur
ing the canvass, fellow citizens, l have
traversed all the great sections of the State,
and have everywhere discussed frankly and
without reserve the great issues which
divided the parties battling for supremacy
in Virginia. l have everywhere told the
people the principles which would guide
me, if elected. | have nothing to take
back, to change or modify-no, not one
lot or title. | am now, as have ever
been, for equal and exact justice to all
men, without regard to race or color.
Fellow citizens, | congratulate you this
day, that, Notwithstanding the unblushing
ISLANDERS and falsehoods which have been
propagated and circulated throughout the
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31

ADVANTAGES FOR THE NATURALIST
An editor in the upper country, evidently
gifted with lively imagination, says: For
a student of natural history Nevada offers
opportunities that cannot be had elsewhere
Horned tailed lizards, toads with horns, spi-
ders as long as terrapins, and scorpions
resembling Holsters in size-these are some
of the natural wonders. There are, besides,
centipedes as long as eels, an ant with
sting in his tail like that of hornet; big
black bugs that stand on their hind legs /;
grasshoppers whom it is idle to attempt to
terrify; great, fat crickets, big as young
Shanghais. The sonorous crickets crawl
out of their dens, and placing themselves
in defiant attitude before the astonished
traveller, suddenly setthe crank ofthelr clat-
ter-mlll in motion, tearing the atmosphere,
for numerous rods about into threads
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31
PROBATE COURT.

c. G. BusH, Judge.
TERss-First Monday in February, April, June,
August, October and December,
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31

WAKING UP.-A Joint meeting of all
the Trades Unions of Washington city is
soon to be called to take into consideration
the great influx of Chinese emigrants to
this country. The officers of the National
Workingmen's Union have lately addressed
letters to various Trades Unions through
out the country, calling their attention to
the matter, and asking advice. Represen-
tatives of the Trade Union of California
are now in New York and other Eastern
cities, agitating their brethren against
John Chinaman.-Sacramento Doilv
Record
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31
EMPIRE HOTEL !!
5Hi MAIN STREET, SHASTA, sTiI
JOHN V. SCOTT, Proprietor.

YVHE PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAVORITE
Il Hotel takes pleasure in announcing to his
friends and the public generally that he has re-
fitted and re-turnished the establishment through
out, and is now prepared to entertain guests in
style equal to any other house in Northern Cal
ifornia. The PARL0R and ROOMS are large
and commodious, and the BEDS and sleeping ac-
comodations unsurpassed.
THE TABL
will always be supplied with everything the mar
kets of this locality afford, and every possible
tention will be paid to the wants of guests, and
pains spared to render them comfortable
At the BAR none but the best brands of Wine
Liquor and Cigars will be dispensed to customers.
The Oregon Cal. Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31
Address of the Pacific Coast Anti Coolie
Association.

| ne New 0rk DdtlY Irl6nfle OF July
9th, says that "while the Southern Demo
Gratis are holding public meetings and in
viting Coolie labor to the country, the fol-
lowing protest against the further impor-
tation of Chinese into California, pub
lisbed by the Pacific Coast Anti Coolie
Association, is of special Importance and
absorbing interest
THE ADDRESS.
"There are about One Hundred and
Ten Thousand Chinese in California, One
Hundred Thousand Of whom are in state
of peonage or Slavery, and are rented out
by the Companies owning them to the
various parties by whom they are employed,
in gangs of from 30 to 5000, as they may
be required-their wages being paid to
the agent of the Company, who is respon-
sible for the performance of their labor and
for the return of the saves, dead or alive,
in the Celestial Empire The bulk of the
female portion Of them are scattered
through onr towns and cities for the pur-
poses of prostitution, demoralizing our
youth and laying the foundation of future
disease and sorrow to an unlimited extent.
The importation of these harlot slaves has
already led to scenes of conflict on our
wharves, between the rival Companies own
ing them, and threatens to assume gigan-
tic proportions The employment of these
slaves displaces like portion Of white la
Dor, and more particularly of the rising gen
Grafton. There are in San Francisco about
$4,000 to 10000 boys and girls, of from
lC to 20 years of age, the majority of
whom are brought up in idleness, as there
is no employment for them, and no oppor-
tunity for their learning trades, as all the
inferior work IN our mills, factories, stores,
workshops, and &c, that is elsewhere done
by apprentices, is here done by Chinese
labor. The consequence is that our boys
are but preparing for the State Prison, and
vast number of our girls must, alas , ultl-
mately sink to the lowest depths of degre-
dation. By the general employment of
this slave labor in every branch ofindustry,
immigration of deserving white people from
the East and Europe is retarded, and will
ultimately cease, while many now here
must leave. We may instance the cigar
makers, 500 of whom, with their families,
who were earning good wages and investing
and spending them here to the advantage
Of the country, were compelled two hun
dred years ago, to retire before Chinese
labor and leave the State. In this con-
nection, it is a noticeable fact that the in-
PRODUCTION of cheap labor has not cheapened
the price of blanket, cigar, or any other
article of home manufacture, one single
cent to the consumer For twelve months
an epidemic has been raging in our midst,
which for long time batfied the skill Of
our medical men and the sanitary regula
tions of our city, and this small pox, OF
black plague, is generally attributed to the
Chinese. From the density of their pop
ulation and their peculiar living, they are
subject to many diseases almost unknown
among the Caucasian race, to which We are
rendered peculiarly liable by the introduc-
ton of Chinese into our hotels, restaurants
and private dwellings as cooks, washers,
and domestic servants.
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31

The Wilmington (Ill-) Independent edit
ed by Mr. Steele, gets off the FOLLOWING:
A printer last week proposed to 90 into
partnership with us. His name is Dolittle.
The firms name would sound very bad Ell
ther way you put it. 'Steale and Do Little
OF DO Little and Steal" We can't line.
One OF us would soon be in the poor house
and the other in the penitentiary."
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-31

LAST WoRDs.-Speaking of last words,
that was strikingly appropriate remark of
a California stage driver, who, on his death
bed was visited by brother whip" Said
he, "Bill, l am on the down grade, and
can't reach the brakeW