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If" you have been TEN pied to evil,
fly from it; It is not falling into the water,
but lying in it. that browns.
- Mean whisky is called "XVth
f, Amondmsnt," because it is hard to swal.
low.
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Jos. 5. G. Rowland. iona Vailt
ROWLAND d VALE,
Licensed Claim Accents,
iona Vale.

A RE prepared. ON liberal terms to collect
~ all claims against the United States Gov
crnment. for loss of cotton, all Quartermast-
ers stores, destruction of property, etc. etc,
\ member of our firm will spend the pres
ent winter in Washington city. d. c. to give
personal supervision to the collection of said
claims. As to our advantages in making these
collections and the responsibility of our firm
we lefcr by permission to the
Merch. NationalBank. Little Rock, Ark
First National Bank, Fort Smith,
Collins 4 Lanigan
II. +. Mckee 81 Co. +"
Gen. John Edwards, q"
DR.. John II. f. Main, "
Dr. W. w. Bailey. Z"
George s. Birnio Esq"
Fort Smith. Ark, Dee. j, 6S. tf
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- Josh Billings says "Give the
devil his dues, reads we'll enough in plo-
verb = bu. proceeds to inquiie, very peril
ncntly What will become NV you and
me il this arrangement is carried out %
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12

--A A crusty old bachelor says that
Adams wife was called Eve because when
she appeared mans day Of happiness was
drawing to close.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12
Budget OF Scissorings.

BE Shadows
oh. sadly fail ON Hill and lea
The shadows Of the weary day;
and waited from the wsiling sea.
low long mitrHiu seems To say.
To slN
shine ga tho. gdldfI. sah.
Thine hour VIII Don be done
M All Seil-a, dav. :"
tOi1 diives the raia apou tbe world
And homeless j. the North winds cry !;
And. mid the darkness thickly curled,
sad times ofsorrow seem 10 sigh,
To sigh;
"Bloom ON, thea shining rose;
Thy short life soon will closc,
For thou must die.'
Oh. sadly fll. on loving hearts
The shadows OF life's weary way,
And, needless of the tear that starts,
y mournful message seem to say,
To say;
"Thee and thy love the tomb
Soon, soon will fold in gloom.
All, ,well-a-day
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- The more honesty man has, tho
less he effects the air Of saint. The affec.
tIon Of sanity is a blotch on the face Of pie
tY.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12
!. A lady il a certain town in Ne

"A lady il certain town in New
Hampshire, who carries on farm, and is
said to be a capital inancicr. writes pri-
vate letter to friend. in which she says
THAT last snow storm was an awful one.
and Mr. Jones who is preaching hore, got
showed in at our house for fvo days. lie
is very hearty eater, but you'd better be-
lieve we kept him praying while he staid.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12

- Go not for every grief to tho ply
sicias. nor every quarrel to the lawyer, nor
for every thirst to the bowl.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12
---"I owe you one," said withere,

--"I owe you one," said withered
old bachelor to young lady the other
night at party. ' For what ?" said She
Why. for calling me young gentleman. !"
elf l did So" was tho ill.natursd reply
81 beg you will not regard it as a compli-
ment; for, though an old man, You may
still bo a young gentleman"
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12
- Delmonico's is pro6ounced by some
persons, Delmoneygoes.

- A we'll known literary man says he
has made ten thousand dollars by lccturing
this winter, and would have made more il
he could only lecture and tend door at the
Same time.
The Van Buren press., 1870-04-12

--A A st. Louis husband had his sus
ricions aroused by catching his wife hold.
ing chlorotorm to his nose when hc pre-.
tended sleep. She has gone to visit her
mother.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
From whence the South should Court In
migration.

From Lanier's Real Estate Bulletin.
A great deal of time, thought and
breath has been consumed in the consld-
Grafton of Chinese immigration, and APP
parently without any near approach to
conclusion in the matter, and, we be-
lieve, the more indefinitely this conclu-
sion is deferred, the better it will be for
the Chinese and for the country, but
more particularly for the country The
great requirement of the South is, that il
be built up and strengthened, and addi-
tional population is needed to accom-
plish this, out we want such population
as the native one can form a union or
aggregation with, if we wish to make our
country strong and prosperous. The
importation Of homogeneous races will
unquestionably prove inimical to the
welfare and prosperity of our country.
The Chinese are, more than any other,
an exclusive aud bitterly jealous people,
with insurmountable prejudices and SUI
perstitions. They are suspicious and
distrustful, bigoted and intolerant, utter
ly uncomfortable to new tenets, religious,
social or political They would be ut
terly faithless to any human or divine
obligation which might be set up for
them. 1t is claimed in their defence
that their civilization is'the oldest on
earth-that we have them to thank for
many Of the most important inventions
But to-day they standjust where they did
one thousand years ago. Progression
and advancement they know not. The
government and laws which guarded a
civilization, evolved from the gloom,
mist and mildew of barbaric paganism,
beastly sensualism and stolid ignorance,
ten centuries ago, and is to-day just what
it then was, is a mockery to the civiliza-
ton of the nineteenth century. With
the people of this country it is impossi-
bic for us ever to assimilate They can
never be brought to hold any interest in
common with us. Why2 A John Chi
naman will not even be buried in this
country, IF he knows it. They are
welded TO their own idols, and care not,
and could not be induced to care, wheth.
er this country rises or falls, sinks OF
swims, survives or perishes. As laborers
they have been proven physically far in
ferior to the African, and they are fully
as repugnant to all our ideas of com
mon race. As with the African, so with
the Chinese-there can never be any so
cial atiihation. The negro is here; we
neither brought him here nor placed him
in the position he has occupied for the
last few years. In the days of forced
servitude he was made useful to the
country. Since the new era, which made
forced labor a thing Of bY-gone days, he
has been foisted upon us as a franchised
citizen, with all other privileges of citi-
zenship, by Radical legislation, in oppo-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

s;tion 10 the views and wishes, not only
of the South, but large portion OF the
Intelligent people Of the North, whether
for the ultimate good of the negro re-
mains to be seen. 1t remains for us to
accept the situation and abide the re-
suit. The experience of the last few
wears proyes that the freedmen, with
few exceptions, as artizans, mechanics
or aericulturalists, will do nothing for
themselves or the country, but, as we
said. they are here, we will encourage
the honest, industrious and worthy few
in their progress and prosperity; the
rest-well, let them take care OF them
selves, they are drifting along-their i'm
prudent, immoral and thriftless course
of life will drift them away.
II would be we'll for the South if the
attention, study and effort bestowed upon
the subject of Chinese immigration were
turned in another direction. Great
Britain. Northern and Central Europe,
the northeastern and northwestern por-
tions of the United States, possess
density of population largely over pro-
portioned to the extent of territory occu-
pied, and from some or all of these sec
tions we should invite, encourage and as
sist immigration. The perfection of land
culture in our own Northwest, proves
that the Americon and German agrlcul-
turists have no superiors on the face OF
the earth. Wherever they settle, neat
enclosures well titled fields, thriving Or
chards and comfortable homes are sure
to follow. They are thrifty, energetic
and law-abiding. From the Northeast
and Northwest, from the British Isles,
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany,
France and Italy, we should seek to ac-
quire apopulation Of frugal, home build
ing citizens, a people of industry and
energy, and for the most part of educa-
ton, and without exception a people OF
aspiration. These are the people we
want, who haveno antagonistic elements
of character, in when no incongruous
elements have ineradicable existence,
who can live here in social harmony,
with whom, in the course of time, the
native population can form homoge-
nous race. A people who will not only
aid us in developing the strength and
prosperity Of the country as day laborers'
gardeners, dairymen, farmers, millers,
tanners, wagon makers, smiths, founders
carpenters, machinists, spinners and
weavers and manufacturers, but ulti-
mately counsellors and representatives
in our State and National Halls. To
these people the South should extend
cordial and helping hand, instead OF try
ing to reach inover the Chinese wall to
import race of stupid, repulsive barba-
rians. The missionary spirit which
would be requisite to tolerate and man
age them, ifonce brought here, could be
far more profitable and successfully be-
slowed upon theincongruous element al
ready in our midst.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

Col. Sir Henry James, in a recent lee
ture on the pyramids of Egypt, stated
that in the Kings chamber, inside the
pyramid, some Of the stones were thirty
feet long. These stones, weighing some
ninety tons, were not foind in Egypt at
all, but were brought down the Nile a
distance of five hundred miles, and then
placed at their present position, one
hundred feet above the level Of the
ground. With regard to their finish,
these Syenite stones are of the very
hardest known, and yet they are so ex-
quisitely polished, and built in Ito form
a casing for the Kings chamber) with
such superior skill that the finest piece
of tissue paper could not be inserted be-
tween the stones, and after these three
or four thousand years, such workman
ship excites the wonder and admiration
of the world even in this age of science
and improvement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
Trustee,s Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST MADE
ID to the undersigned. as Trustee. by James
Montgomery dated June 10. 1870. to secure
promissory note for s., 900, bearing interest at
eight per cent. from February %, 1870, held by
John W. Cannon and fully described 10 said
deed, the undersigned, as Trustee, viii sell Tor
cash, to the highest bidder, at public auction.
at the front of the Courthouse on Union street,
in the city of Memphis, on
Monday, the Gath of October next.
at IL o'clock a m, all the property described
in said Deed of Trust. to-wit: That certain
lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being
in the city of Memphis, county. Of Shelby and
State of Tennessee, designated and described
as lot No. IA in IL. w, Hills subdivision of
the original county lot No. 5ll, fronting Il feet
on the south side of Mosby street. by depth,
between parallel lines. of Jas feet inches, to
an alley; being the same lot conveyed by b.
J.. Semmes to said James Montgomery, by
deed dated Sd of May, 1862, recorded in book
No. 81, pages 1886, etc.
CHAS. GALLAGHER, Trustee.
Elicit & Phelan, Att'ys. l49.1l-45
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Rocky MOUNT. EDeEcoMBE Co.. /
Cantau,ko,r IN 1QcQ
KOskoo Cures Chronic Rheumatism.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept, z, 1863.
DR.. J. J. LAwRENcE-Deor Sir: My son has
received 80 much benefit from your toondertut Kos
koo that cannot refrain from expressing my
gratitude. / had tried almost everything
without benefit. / believe, in all sincerity.
that your Koskoo is an ISFALLIBLE remedy for
the disease from which he has suffered, and,
SO far as l can learn, has never failed. Ifyou
only knew the immense amount of suffering
that he has undergone, then you wonld con-
ceiue the vdlue ofsuch remedy as koskoo-rHAr
SURELY CURES. The great amount Of good il is
now doing among us is inestimable.
With much gratitude, / am respectfully
yours, ETC.. Mrs. M. e. A. NELSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
sHERIFF,s SALE.
Sh eriT's ; ale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID by the Clerk and Master Of the First Chan
Gerry Court Of Shelby county. Tenn, and 10
me directed, in favor Of A. Aston former
Clerk and MASTER vs.. A. ID. Witherspoon and
surety, j. 4. Merriman judgment February
18th. 1870. for $, go o., court cost s. 55 viii
on
Friday, the I'd of September, 1870,
in front Of the Sherif's Office, in the Greenlaw
Opera House Building. in the city Of Mem
phis. Tenn, proceed 20 sell at public auction
70 the highest bidder. for cash. the following
described real estate: Two certain lots OF
ground. lying and being in the city Of Mem
phis. Shelby county, Tenn, and known and
designated as lots Nos. and 3. in block IS,
according 70 the plan Of the subdivision OF
said block by NJ. A. Kerr, on the 18th Of Au-
gust. 1850. and bounded and described as fol-
lows, to-wit; Beginning at a point on the
north side Of Linden street and 30 feet east OF
the intersection Of Linden and Causey streets:
running thence northwardly l56 feet, 70 \
stake; thence 50 feet east. and parallel with
Linden street, 10 a stake; thence sOuthwardly
AZ feet. 70 Linden street; thence west, with
the line Of Linden, 100 feet, 70 the beginning:
as the property Of A. d. Witherspoon. Sale
MARCUS J. WRIGHT. Sheriff.
BY GEo. X. PoWEL, ID. 5. lf2-l4s-i54
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
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.. LAwREscE--Dear Sir: Your Koskoo has
worked wonders in my family. My daughter
hood. She lost thirty-one pieces of bone from
her ankle, several from her arm, besides
having ulcers in several parts of the body.
Whilstin this condition she commenced taking
under its use the ulcers gradually healed and her
general health greatly Improved. 1t certainly
saved her much suffering, and perhaps her
life. / regard Koskoo a. specific for all scrofu
lous affections. Your Koskoo also cured my
wife of dyspepsia, from which she suffered
greatly. She Is no,c in better health than she has
been in foe pears.
With the highest regards, am gratefully
yours, etc. A. W. MILLS.
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Attachment Suit.

~. siglcr
J. W. McAden.
1,HE PLAINTIFF, j. j. SIGLER, ON
i affidavit that the defendant, ]; W. Nc
Alden, is justly indebted to him and is non
me, a Justice of the Peace, an original attach
ment, returnable before W. b. Gibson, j: p,
on the 18th day of September. 1870, and the
same having been levied on the estate, of the
said j. W. McAden; it is ordered that the
said McAden appear before said W. B: ellis.
son, j. p, at 10 o'clock am. ON the 18th of
September. 1870. and defend the said attach
ment suit, twill be proceeded with exparte;
and that this notice be duly published in the
Memphis Public Ledger, this 9Th day Of
August, 1870.
L.. Riyes, Atty. 13S-li4- l56
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GOAL.
mo. SIG, r. d.
In the Second Circuit Court of
Shelby County.

A.E. Wagner
VS..
Amelia y. Wagner. J
N filed in this cause, and it appearing from
affidavit that the defendant. Amelia +, Wag-
ner, is on-resident of the State of Tennes-
see it is therefore ordered that she make
house In the city of Memphis. Tennessee,
on or before the third Monday in Septem-
Der, 1870, and plead, answer OF. dcmur. to
compliments bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as TO her and, set for hearing ex-
iished once week, for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger.
Done at office, this 18th day of August, 1870,
p. d. BOYLE, Clerk.
By W. LEWIS WHARTON, Deputy Clerk.
II. A. Ryan. Sol. for Comp't. ll46-l52-l6S-7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

Read the following from Mr. Womble, a
prominent hardware merchant of this city:
No. ID MARKET SQUARE. NORFOLK, VA.,l
n. October u, 1869.
Dr.. LAwREHcE-Dear Sir: To the large num-
Der Of testimonials which you offer of the
great efficacy of your Koskoo, take pleasure
In adding my own. i suffered greatly with
Nervous Debility. Headache, loss Of appetite,
nea''n' j. q. woMBLE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

From Rev. W. II. Christian, Pastor Dinwid-
die street Methodist Church:
~ PORTSMOUTH, Va. October 25, 1852
. This Is 70 certify that know DR.. Lawrence
we'll He is gentleman Of cultivation, and
worthy of the fullest confidence. have used
his Koskoo with advantage to myself. and have
adopted its use in my family in cases Of nerv-
W. II. CHRISTIAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
BOOK BikDERY.
Franklin Book Bindery,
- AND -
BLANK BOOK MANDATORY,
No. Is West Court Street, Memphis.
sc TOOF, Proprietor.
BOOK BiNDERY.

DLANK BOOKS. PAPER RULING, AND
ID binding of every description, executed in
a very superior manner, and warranted to
give entire satisfaction.
ps- My Blank Book paper embraces the first
mills in America; my stock consists of the
finest in the entire market, and prices TO COM
pete with any house in Memphis. Parties will
find it TO their interest to give me call before
ordering elsewhere. SOL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
From DR.. Lloyd. physician of large prac-
/ GREAr BR1DsE, Va, October 5, 1859.

GREAT BRIDsE. Va. October s. 1869.
]. ]. LAWRENCE, N. D.-Dear Sir: cheer
fully indorse your koskoo as being most val
liable preparation. Upon examination Of tho
formula. find each ingredient highly extolled
by our best and most progressive clinical in
vestigators. / have tested it, effects In my
own practice. and haze no hesitation in re-
commencing II. In my opinion, IL Is the best
compound Of its class ever put before the pub
lic-exceeding by far all the various COM
pounds Of earsaparilla, etc., ever invented
II is a decided Nerve Tonic and Invigorator
Of the animal forces. aiding digestion and as
sanitation, and thereby producing healthy
blood, which should be the basis Of treatment
in all chronic diseases. Hoping you will reap
the reward you deserve from the public as a
benefactor, am sir, yours truly,
n CHARLES LLOYD.
After reading the above high recommenda-
ton, invalids cannot reasonably hesitate 10
give the k0SkOO trial.
FOR ADDITIONAL TESTIMONIALS
From Physicians, Eminent Divines. Editors.
Druggists, Merchants. etc. see kOSkO0 AL
MANIAC for this year.
Price One Dollar per Bottle.
F0r sals b. he PriaeiDol Dy-oOists ~ he Uaiisd
States and British Anerioa. nI
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MEMPHIS POSTOFFICE.
Closes.

OPyIcE HouRs-FRoM s AN. To6P.M.; SUNDAY
From 9 TO l0A.M
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

KosKoo is indorsed by the best physicians
everywhere. Read the following from DR..
Tillery, successful practitioner of many
years standing in the Old North State:
Rocky MouNT. EDGEcoMBE COIL
September 10, 1869.
DR.. j. j. LAwRENCR-Dear Sir: i have used
your Concentrated Fluid Extract Of Koskoo in
my practice with the happiest results. find il
to be powerful Liver hrigorator, Blood Puri-
fer, and NerUous Tonic. In all diseases of the
fections Il IS remedy Of immense pdLue; in fact,
in almost every variety of Chronic Diseases its
use is indicated. Hoping you may meet with
r rer of sS1 reabe medicines am sir with mucn
K. Q. TILLERY, N d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

Closes. Arrives.
IN-Ip.N. AN. I'm.
Memphis 4 Ohio R. r.
l2H 121s1 Twice Daily, "a l2's
$50 K. R.-Daily. 81
Mississippi 4 Tonnes
lliI see r. R.--Daily. 20
-. memphis 4 Little Rock
II K. R.-Daily.
Miss river to Helena d.
3 Friar's P't-daily: III
Vicksburg(tri-wee
Mon. Thurs., Sat-.
Miss. river Ia St.Louis
81 Mon. and Thurs.
I White Riyer-Semi-
8 Weekly-Tues. Sat.
lArk'sriyer, tri-weeklyl
5 Mon. Wed. X Friday.
Marion (tri-weekly)-l
10 Mon, We'd. Fri. 10
Cuba, Tennessee
12%t weekly-Friday. l2h
Byhalia&0live Branch
6 Tues. and Fri.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23
X o S X o o!

of the City of New York.
PROFESSOR R. S. NEWTON. Nd.
Professor and President of the Faculty. late
Professor of Theory and Practice of
Medicine, Cincinnati. etc.,
One of the most eminent medical men of this
age--well known as the author of the follow
ing STANDARD works: Newton's Practice of
Medicine" Diseases of Children" New
toms Symes Surgery" etc., in the December
number of the American Medical Review
page 278, says:
Among the more recent efforts to intro
duce, popularity, some of the new remedies.
we notice a new preparation compounded by
J. ]. Lawrence, NJ. D., of Norfolk, Va, which
is furnished to the profession and the public in
any desired quantity. We recently eramined
his Laboratory, and became fully satisfied that
all his work is done in the best manner, by the
most approved processes, and from the BEST
MATERIALS, giving as q result a medicine meet
ing the CONFIDENCE OF THE PHYSICIANS AND
THR PUBLIC" ~an a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

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 Endorsed 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 blythe first
Chemists.
They should be in every family.
All other remedies 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, 1870-08-23

All the type used in our Weekly is
ENTIRELY NEW, and the paper on which 1t
is printed is the finest, making it the most
readable journal published in the South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-23

Depot at foot of Main street.
Ticket ONCE. 18Th Main street, one door
north Of Jefferson.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1870-12-10

ET Some witty divine relieves the
monotony nf . sst.ge. coach pilgrimage
With anrcdo,e. admirably descriptive Of a
r~r.nin style Of modern praving. A Cape
Code clergyman one Sabbath prayed most
earnestly for rain. He ent.ea,ed the Lord
TO "Inccrk the bottles Of Heaven and send
down the refreshing showers" The drootl'
had lasted through Auguss and = part o1
September. Tu~slay morning the line
storm began, and continued with grea,
violence till Friday. flooding the, country
and sweeping Of bridges in s'l directions
Sstnsdsv night il VT in 10 rain again, and
Sabbath m"sni"g It va. still pouring down
Tl's time the prayers was ~ follows: "Oh
Lord, We recently took OCCASION to entrea
thee 10 uncosk the bottles Of hea.en snd
.end down the refreshing showers. bnt ~
did not not mean that tie eorks should b
thrown a,csy" NJ. STAR followed with >
s,o'y of Ps,son Howe, Of Milton. Connec
ti.ut. On similar OCCASION. if not during
the same droutk. be pstition~d f"r relic
IN these words: ''Ob, Lord, We want rais
very much. The rye Is suff-r'ng pr"di
g;ously. OF c"rn, shall! not have half I
crop A for the potxtoes. it is slI mp will
them and there's the grass of Deacon
Comstock'., il is "a red a. -fox's tail"