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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-10-15
Sept. p. 1870.
NOVELTY"

i" OROIDE GOLD FOUNTAIN PEN.
VIHESE Pens equal, and guaranteed for Two
Years to do same service. as the best Gold
Pen. Sample sent. postpaid % cents per dozen
Patent Eraser, Pen Holder, Pencil Sharpener,
Letter Opener. &c. combined, price y cents
Patent Corn Husker. 50 cents. Agents can make
from s. To SIS per dav Send for circular and
samples, TO JAMES GERARD co.
z. O. Box 3SJl, IS Mass AT STREET,
AUG. 10. lS7O-3m. NEW YORK.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-10-15

CYSTEMIC Refrigerator a substitute for Cod
= Liver Oil. Glycerine. HyPophosphites, Yegeta-
bic TONES and Pure Spirits, the best thing dis
covered for consumption or general wasting of
the system from i'll health, for sale by
c. Z. BELLER.
Harper's Ferry, July le, 1870.
rDOMTEL0T Brothers Concentrated Extract Of
Beef, the delicious Jelly from its mode Of pre-
paration presents in concentrated form the pure
osmdzome or essence Of the best fresh Beef aroma
TIED with vegetables in such proportions rs when
diluted will produce delightful and nourishing
Beef Tea or Soup equally beneficial to the invalid
and those in health for sale by
c. Z. BELLER.
Harper's Ferry, July l6, 1870.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-10-15

ItARBOLTC Disiufectine Soap for Horses and
l Cattle. SEALING WAX for sealing Fruit
Cans and Jars, for sale BY
Aug. Is. AISQUITH & WASHINGTON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

No CoMMIssIoY.-The report to create
a new Police Commissioner, at salary
of $1,000 year, was rejected by the
City Council last evening. If we take
the pay roll account for May as an
average monthly cost, the city now pays
over $4,000 year for police services.
We see no necessity for adding $4,000
more, unless the amount be given to
patrolmen, who will do more useful SER
vice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

CoNGREssIoNAL.-Col. Baxter Smith is
announced as a candidate for Congress
at the election in October. The Colonel
stands in the front rank among the mem
bers of the Nashville bar. He was Col
onel of the 4th Tennessee cavalry during
the war, and is an elegant and most pop
ular gentleman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
THE CITY.
MEM PHIS:
Thursday Evening. June I6, 1870.

SELMA RoAD.-The City Council has
agreed to issue $500, 900 in bonds to the
Memphis and Selma railroad AS to a
taxpayer becoming stakeholder, it is
all bosh. Make present of the money to
the road, Messrs. Councilmen, and don t
play trick o the loop with the people.
Some years after the road is built,
another City Council If we are ever
blessed with another) will sell this $780,
600 to some sharp fellow for five cents
on the dollar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

tasted and the noblest men and women
the world has seen have been born and
bred; in defense Of homes such as your
millions have died joyously; and If you
suppose the sages Of the stump and the
lecture-room are going to supply you
with anything better, you are egregiously
mistaken III L-LLA ~ nc
DIsrILLERs.-The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue has notion, tits said,
to exempt fruit distillers from several
requirements of the law heretofore en-
forced against them. Any of our magis-
trates will declare hops fruit, and conse-
quently our brewers can 90 ahead.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

BoxDs-A hill has been introduced in
our Legislature to prevent the Controller
and Treasurer Of the State from paying
the ss5 bonds issued to General Nancy
in aid Of the Tennessee and Pacific rail
road
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

EDITomAL CoNvENTIoS.-The State
editorial convention will be held in the
Supreme Courtroom at Nashville on
Monday, the llth Of July next. The
convention will convene at ten o clock in
the morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

REvELs.-The black Senator from
Mississippi has a brother in Nashville
who revels in medicine, which may be
more serviceable to the cOlored people
than the fellow who revels in Congress
,potar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

Recommendations and stalls
vending cooked food at the market-houses
or on any lot belonging to the city have
been squelched by an ordinance passed
by the City Fathers in their great Council
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

DREcroRs.-Mr Townsend has intro
duced a bill in the Legislature to appoint
State directors, equal in number to the
company's directors, on the Memphis
and Louisville railroad
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
Cures Chronic rheumatism.

NORFOLK, VA, Sept, Z, 1869.
DIR. ]. J. LAwRENcE--Dear Sir: My son has
received so much beneft from pour wonderful Kos
Zoo that cannot refrain from expressing my
gratitude. L had tried almost everything
without benefit. believe, in all sincerity.
that your Koskoo is an IEFALLIBLE remedy for
the disease from which he has suffered, and.
SO far as / can learn, has never failed. Ifyou
only knew the immense amount OF suffering
that he has undergone, then you would con-
ceive The uaiue ofsuch a remedy as koskoo-THAr
SURELY CURES. The great amount of good 1t is
now doing among us is inestimable.
yours etc, MRS. NJ. L. A. NELSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

Read the following from Mr.. Womble, a
prominent hardware merchant of this city;
No. IS MARKET SoUARK, NORFOLK, NA.,(
y .UfI ~ 81 October ID, 1863. !
DR.. LAwRENcE-Dear Sir; To the large num-
her Of testimonials which you offer Of the
great efficacy Of your Koskoo, l take pleasure
In adding my own. ! suffered greatly with
Nervous Debility, Headache, loss Of appetite,
etc. Two BEETLES of koskoo restored me to
health. ref- Yours truly,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
CARE OF CHILDREN.

Inc second reason OF society IN max
ing the marriage contract permanent is
that the birth Of children is, whether the
object of marriage or not, one of its or
binary results. Society, therefore, says
to couples about to marry: " There is
every reason to suppose that children
will be the result of your union. The
young of the human species are helpless
and dependent on their parents for sup
port for about fifteen years; they are de-
pendent on them for education and
counsel for at least twenty. | have no
objection TO your getting married and
having children; in fact, | approve of it,
and will do all | can to make your lot
and theirs comfortable. But then must
insist on your agreeing to live together,
barring crime or brutality on one side or
other, for the term Of your natural lives,
because, unless you support your chill
dren while they are young and helpless,
], who have plenty Of children 10 take
care Of, will have to do it, which would
be foul injustice; unless you give them
moral training they will probably have
none at all, and ] shall, when they grow
up, have to put them in Jail OF hang
them for robbing and numbering their
neighbors. Moreover, as the wife, dur
ing the collaborating period, viii be help
less, and as, after it is past, she will be
worn ont, | must insist on the husband S
living with her and providing for her
during her whole life, although he may
see a good many other women he would
like better, and she a good many men
who are, in many respects, his superior
LIES GREATEST PROBLEM.
That marriages are not perfect; that
in a vast number Of oasss the woman
marries the wrong man, and vice versa
! admit, my dear friends, with sorroW
But they make the choice themselves,
and | have "a yet hit no substitute for
their freedom. Nor do ! see any likeh-
hood that. & let them divorce a. often
as they pleased, matters would be any
better, for they would be just ~ likely 10
err in the second alliance as in the first.
Ny opinion is that all marriages will be
those holy, happy unions which it is now
/ proposed TO ma y them by act Of the
Legislature, when all men are wise, just,
honest, intelligent. yiFinous and self
/ controlled. and all women sweet, pure,
loving. bright patient, energetic, healthy
and industrious. and not one minute
sooner. In other words, the marriage
problem is but part Of the greater prob
lem Of life. We approach nearer iis
solution as we rise nearer TO God in all
our walks and ways. but be right well
assured there Is no short cut TO happi.
ness, either in that or any other human
relation In the wedlock into which you
have now entered, and in which tell you
frankly / shall do everything ] can 10
keep Jon firmly bound. the purest hap
pisess ihe race has known has been
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

KosKoo Is indorsed by the best physicians
everywhere. Read the following from DIR.
Tillery, successful practitioner of many
years standing in the Old North State: y
Rocky MouvT, RDeEooMBE Co..l
~ September 10, 1869.
!, DR., j. j.. LAwRENCE--De Sir: have used
your Concentrated Fluid Extract Of Koskoo in
my practice with the hqppiest results: J. find il
TO be powerful Liner hDigorctor, Blood Ps,f-
fer. and Nerrous Tonic. IN all diseases OF TIE
fsctions Il Is remedy Of immense vaLue In fact,
in almost every variety Of Chronic Diseases its
use is indicated. Hoping you may meet with
the success which you deserve as a manufactu-
rer OF reliable medicines, am, sir, with much
respect, your obedient servant,
r. G. TILLERY, NJ. ID.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
From Dr.. Lloyd. physician Of large g.cr


GREAT BhiDekt NAss OttVDtI o. iop7ss
IL. LAwRExcE, N. D.-Dear Sir: / cheer
fully indorse your Koskoo as being a most val
liable preparation. Upon examination Of the
formula, find each ingredient highly extolled
~ our best and most progressive clinical in
vestirators. 1 have tested it, effects in my
own practice. and haze no hesitation in re-
commenting H. In my opinion, II Is the best
comDound OF its class ever put before the pub
lic-excecding BY far all the various COM
rounds Of sarsaparilla, etc. ever invented.
II h a decided Nerve Tonic and Inviforator
of the animal forces, aiding digestion and as
eimilation, and thereby producing healthy
blood which should be the basis Of treatment
IN All chronic diseases. Hoping you viii reap
fhe reward you deservu from the public as a
benefactor / am sir. yours truly,
7 - = --.r" CHARLES LLOYD.
iAfter reading the above high recommends
ton. invalids cannot reasonably hesitate 10
give the KOSkOO trial.
FOR ADDITIONAL TESTIMONIALS
From Physicians, Eminent Divines, Editors.
HrefgiEts, Merchants. ETC.. see k0SkOO All
MANIAC for TINS year.
Price One Dollar per Bottle.
Tor ale b. de PraciDal Dr-p0isis n a. u=iisd F
States aad BrifisA Aneica. OIL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
Cures scrofula in Its Worst Forms.

From A. w. Mills, a prominent and we'll
known merchant of Norfolk, Va.
No. II Main St, Norfolk, Sept. Is, 1869.
DR.. LAwRENcE-Dear Cir: Your Koskoo has
worked wonders in my family. My daughter
hood. She lost thirty pieces of bone from
her ankle, several from her arm, besides
having ulcers in seyera! parts Of the body.
your Koskoo acted like a charm on her.
under its use the ulcers gradually healed, and her
general health greatly improved. 1t certainly
saved her much suffering. and perhaps her
ious affections. Your Koskoo also cured my
wife of dyspepsia, from which she suffered
greatly. She Is ~ better health than she has
been IN fire pears. I'd. 80
With the highest regards, | am gratefully
yours, etc. 6s Il A. W. MILLS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

From Rex. W. II. Christian, Pastor Dinwid-
die street Methodist Church: 49, 100 IT,
PORTSMOUTH,, VA, October ., 1859.
we'll He is gentleman Of cultivation, and
worthy Of the fullest confidence have used
his KOskoo with advantage 70 myself, and have
adopted its use in my family in cases of nerv-
V1' '''@''' "''' W. Ii. CHRISTIAN. 2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

Depot Mt foot of Main street.
Ticket Office, 237H Main street. one door
north of Jefferson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

closes. htilfcs.
A.M.IP.M. AN. lP.M.
~ lg,s Memphis Riss 4 6 SaiS R. R. ~ ls,s
Memphis l. Charleston
$50 r. R.-Daily. 81
Mississippi & Tennes-
IL see X. R.-Daily. 2.3
Memphis & Little Rock
II X. R.-Daily. 3
Miss. river to Helena&l
Friar's P't-daily. ! 10
burgltri-weekly)
Mon, Thurs, Sat.
Miss river to St.Louis(
81 Mon. and Thurs.
White River-Semi-
3 lWeekly-Tues. d Sat. 9
Ark'sriyer, tri-weekly
3 Mon. Wed. 4 Friday. 9
Marion (tri-weekly)-l
10 Mon, We'd, Fri. .S
Cuba. Tennessee
Ell weekly-Friday. l21&
Byhalia&0live Branch
6l Tues. and Fri.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
HOT SPRINGS.
MEMPHIS POsTOFFICE.
Arrives.

OFFICE HoURs- FRoMs AN. TO 6P.N.; SUNDAY,
From 9 TO 10 An.
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sAPoLIo.

EoR CLEANING WINDOWS WITHOUT
IL gaterli removing stains from MARBLE
and PAINT; polishing KNIVES mo scratch
ingl W ashing DISHES, scrubbine FLOORS.
flOVkCLQIH, TABLES. RATH TUBS. etc.
ponfhinn IN, brass. iron. copper and tteet
ware removing gums. oil, ru9f and dirt from
machinerE. Indispensable fsf house clean
ihe, and All uses Except washing clothesl. IL
costs but lev cent, and Il sold By al good
grqcery. drug aud notion stores.
Depot, ~ Washington st.. N. Y, and 50
Oxf0rd t.. London. England. i5i-i1-tst
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
TO MERCHANTS:

As a very large edition will be circulated
through the entire section of country contigu-
Gus to Memphis. and also in the different
cities and towns in the Southwest. the
WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER will be most
excellent advertising medium. Only limited
number of advertisements will be received.
send i'm Your. Fnvors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
On and after May 2S, 1870, trains will run
daily Sundays excepted, us follows:
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Southern Methodist Newspaper.
PRESENT WEEKLY ISSUE
EXCEEDS GOOO COPIES.
First-Class Medium for Advertisers.
One Copy, .................s $50 per annum.
Ten Copies, .........-.~. 90 100 per annum.
W. G. JOHNSON. Editor.
r. W. BLEW, Business Manager.
9-tl % JEFFERSON ST., MEMPHIS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

All the type used in our Weekly is
ENTIRELY NEW, and the paper on which it
is printed is the finest white book-paper.
making it the most readable journal pub
lished In the South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

These are not quack or patent medi-
cines.
They are prepared after approved
formulas
They are compounded Of the purest
and finest ingredients.
They are indorsed by the Medical Pro-
fession.
They are recommended by the News
papers
They are praised by the preachers.
They have been tested in thousands
Of homes.
They have been analysed by the first
Chemists.
They should be in every family.
All otherremedies are secret. Edward
Wilder's are open to the investigation Of
any graduate of medicine.
Use no other. Save healthand lengthen
life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16
- 1t hsrdeps a. within,
And petrifes the feelinis y

and that the hymns to Consistency which
lovers are always singing, are not the
mere outpourings of a siekly sentiment,
but embody an unconscious recognition
of the source from which all that is
noblest and purest in the sexual relation
flows.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

Railroad time fifteen minutes faster than city
time.
Depot at head of Main street.
Ticket Office, 1914 Main street. one door
north of Jefferson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE R. R.
tTakes effect Sunday. June Il. ls7o.)
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-16

Ferryboat will leave wharfboat. foot of
Union street, daily. at $50 Am.
b. d. WILLIAMS,
General Agent and Superintendent.
Il. y. ROBSON, Asst Sup't.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-04
THE QUALITIES OF FE MALE
CLERKS.

A Washington letter contains the fol
loving paragraph:
A man in BrattleborO, Vt, writes to
Gen. Spinner, U. S. Treasurer, that he is
the owner of forty ten-forty bonds, each
$1,000, which he deposited in brick
oven for safe keeping, and the oven stood
so near the kitchen fire that it sometimes
became quite hot The poor man wants
to know whether the treasurer will not
give him good money for charred bonds.
Gen. Spinner has notified the man to send
them to Washington, when he will put
them into treatment by his deft little fe-
male experts, and if found TO be genuine
will cancel them. OF these experts the
correspondent of the New Haven Regis
ter says: SIN the delicate manipulation
of the fragments of currency,
4. C. of our circulating medium,
whether worn out by usage, dam
aged by fire, partially destroyed by sub
mersion in water, or rendered illegible by
chemical action, the hands of women are
vastly more serviceable than those of
men. The whole business, therefore, of
restoring damaged currency, is committed
to them. 1t was noticed, long ago, in
Geneva, Switzerland, that women's work
in the manufacture of the delicate parts
of watch manufacture, was superior TO
that of men. 1t is proved, beyond a
doubt, in the Damaged Currency Bureau
of the Treasury. They detect counter
feits, separate matted notes, restore
charred bills, unite torn and mutilated
fragments, and identify lost parts, with q
facility and correctness that renders their
service invaluable
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-04

The Board of Education or School Com
m!ssioners of Edgefield have recently been
holding meetings, with view of organ
izing the public schools of Edgefeld, and
negotiations are now pending for a suitable
building in North Edgefeld. 1t is pro-
posed to keep the colored schools now be-
ing used for that purpose, and to refurnish
the same. The Commissioners have de-
termined to pay liberal salaries to teachers,
and in the employment of teachers to give
women the preference. The claims of a
number of Edgefeld ladies who have had
considerable experience in teaching the
young idea have already been discussed,
and there is no doubt Of the success of the
schools when once established. Iu the COL
ored schools, it is probable that colored
teachers will be employed, and the very
best material to be had will be selected.
1t is safe to say that the public school sys-
tenn of Edgefeld will go into operation on
or about the first Of September. The
Commissioners are tho right men in the
right place, and they are working diligent-
ly to get things properly started
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-04
THE CADETsHIP BUSINESS.
CoIfax as an Office-Dispcnser-H
He Does it and Makes it Pay.

From the Vevay Qnd.) Democrat. April IA
As we stated last week, we will give the
reader a report that has reached US con-
corning a transaction in a naval cadetship
in which the 'tsmiler," Colfax figured.
We give the statement as we heard it:
About four years ago, when Colfax was
Speaker of the House, he visited Logans-
port. While there, Mr.. BIT applied
to him for cadetship for his son in the
Naval Academy, at Annapolis. Colfax
took the youths name, and promised the
father that his son should be appointed as
soon as he returned to Washington. Mr..
BIT rested his case here, having the
most implicit confidence in the ''smiler."
In week or two after, however, Laporte
was visited by Mr.. B-r, a pedlar or
broker in Offices, who limited to MIR.
BIT that he understood his son
desired cadetship; that there was con-
siderable red-tape business to be gone
through with in such cases; but, for the
consideration of $500, he would secure
the position for his son. Mr.. BIT was
indignant at the idea. He had taken the
word of the Christian stat esman and pro-
fessional ftsIniler" that his son should
have the position. BIT did not bite
at the bate. But q DR.. McC. did. He
wanted his son appointed, and $500 was
a mere trifle. His son was appointed,
and Mr.. B-r, the Office peddler, or,
broker, had transferred to him $500
shares of Logansport Gas Company stock,
by Nice. How much of this stock was
afterward transferred to Colfax we did
not learn; but he, and not B-r, had
the disposal of the cadetship in Colfax's
district.
Now, as Greeley says, this cadet
ship should be thoroughly sifted. The
guilty should be pointed out and held up
to scorn. There certainly is decency
enough left in the Republican party to in
vestigate this affair. We want Greeley to
press the matter, and we believe our in
formation will be found to be correct.
Let the rascals be scourged, as warn
ing to gamblers, brokers, and pedlars in
public positions.
If Grant has converted the appointing
power into gift enterprise-which every
one knows-it is safe to say that he was
but initiating others of the Radical party
the party of corruption and fraud.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-04
THE CITY.
The Hynes Addition.

Certainly one of the most desirable por.
tons of Nashville is the Hynes addition.
II lies beautifully, is easily susceptible Of
improvements, is convenient to the bust
ness and fashionable streets of the city, in
proximity to the Chattanooga depot, is
touched by a street railroad, is not far
from the Fair grounds, is conveniently d.
vided by intersecting streets, and upon the
whole is most suitably adapted for the res
idence of men of business or pleasure.
The most attractive feature Of this
property and one Of the most
attractive features of the city, is
the ''Old Homestead" with its spacious
grounds, its beautiful drives, its elegant
promenades, its trees, its shrubbery, its
unequaled bluegrass and its elegant man.
sion with all of the modern improvements.
Mr.. VIM. r. Hynes, in the renovation
and improvement of the paternd home,
has contributed great energy, great taste
and very liberal expenditure of means.
There Is no building in this or any other
city which excels this in its comforts, and
conveniencies, with its gas, its water, its
acoustic tubes, its bells in all of the rooms,
with its bathing apparatus, its conserya-
tory, its ice house, its cellars and store
rooms, its water Jets in various positions
of the grounds, its natural cave, converted
by the hand of art into three stories under
ground
The business engagements Of Mr.
Hynes rendering it impossible for him to
give his personal attention to his property
here, he has determined to dispose of his
entire possessions in the city OF Nashville
at public sale, on Monday next. the 9th of
this month. Such an opportunity has
never been offered to our citizens, rich or
poor, to purchase desirable homes at
reasonable rates. As a speculation the
purchase Of this property would be one of
the most profitable investments which a
capitalist could make We regard this
sale as an epoch in the history of Nash
vile.