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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21

M,scvI1AsEous.- member Of the
urea: iron firm which has lately pur-
chased so many furnaces in Allegheny
county, soys that the Chesapeake ana
+ Ohio road need have no concern ABOUT
Western trade, as the iron and coal OF
the Virginia mountains will of them
selves tax the utmost capacity oil inc
for years to come. He says also
ro.. New England, especially the
that II >ortion oft, is rapidly declin-
maritime T,rginiais destined to M
ing, and that wsalth and population
crease rapidly in
and that very soon. ,er,-already ia
sIA yirginian, a minis. ~ declares that
IA tor his inventions, ne pro-
nous i .T ~. SIS solved completely ~, viii a,
he mas 81 fac aerial navigator, ano 'one
plfsS' o ~ day prove that he has haste" IT,
so to the sat-
world. acc has inVent.'
A citizen OF this p. Niger" thu
hot he calls his "Patens explain a
60, which we will fully
the proper time - roo. n
W. we're led into an error IN reg :, j.
70 the payment otthe insurance o. eth 81.
0usrles's house. The matter i' '
pending. NO. tho mean
81 .ome men, who persissentiy II
f,s. to pay their debts, aMd at .ns S p~s
time ars;engaged in the nefariou' :, Ou =
ness Of lending money at 2per cen'
nsontb One of them was caugnt III !,
rsry act not long ago in certain pa
:n this State. onbu
Capt. @. W. Latham OF Lym r.',a,o,'
.s;nventsd coal-oil lamp, winch
tssald viii supercede all others
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21

ns- Buy Your Clothing, shirts and
Furnishing Goods from E. B. SPENCE q SON
Merchant Taiiors, No. 1900 Main Street
Richmond, Virginia. and try tue Patent FL
liptic Suspenders for sale by them.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21
LOCAL NEWS.

FRIENDS we are hard up. Please
come down.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21
Vsone Flour. Bone Dust,
EsoR SAEaE.
PURE BRED HOGS AND FOWLS.

WINTER SEED w lie Al.
And other FARM SEEDS, from DIETz's EX-
DETRIMENTAL FARM, Chambersburg, IA
DIEHLS and Boughton Beardless
IL Weeks and TreadwelIs bearded Wnlte
nile straw Bearded Red Mediterranean, ana
herman Amber Beardless, are the best, ear
lest, hardest and most productive " heats
WALTON. Price So per bushel. 4, pounds OF
any kind by mail, post paid for ST., twenty
heads of different varieties sent post palu, ior
81 Twenty other varies of Wheat, Barley
and Oats, of last years importation. see
DIetz's Experimental Farm journal; send
ana subscribe for it; only 81 30 per year; the
'''N''' GEORGE a. DEITZ,
AuBtIst 20, IS69.-lm. ChanbersDurg, ia
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21
WOOD HOTEL,

RICHMOND. VA.
THIS first-class. popular and fashion
l. able Hotel, the only one located on the
Main Street of the city, has been furnlshed
and put in the most perfect order through
out. ~, ,.,.,.e>, S,,,e-
tom-House, Post-Onice, Theatre, &c; any
within two squares OF the Richinond anu anu
Eredericksburg Railroad depot, ana the
Great southern Routes via Petersburg and
Danville. ,..,, ;n,.;+ad
The travelling public are cordially invited yea
The nronrietors pledge themselves to make
If for the future, whatit has been for the past
1--WE years, the leading Hotel Of Rlch mont
RITelegraph Office in vestipule. Oai me- q; q,
Southern and Adams Express Companies III
the building. ,r,,>r,r,spe
nriIot Is,;s. Proprietors
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21
BOOTS AND SHOES.
FALL ANDsWINTER TRADE, 1869.
King Street,.........74
ALEXANDRIA. VA.

e.. AAEhtS kS-A CCs1
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THE subscriber has now on nand ana
l. can afford to sell ut prices to suit the
times, one of the largest and best assorted
stocks of fine goods for Gentlemen, LADIES,
Misses and children, and heavy work suita-
Bile for farmers, ever before offered Tor sale IN
this market. His long experience IN the
trade has enabled him to procure stock
manufactured from the best material ana IN
the most durable and stylish manner, and
on the most favorable terms, and WIN such
advantages he can afford to sell as cheap as
call at a King street, Alexandria, before
purchasing. His stock comprises IN part
Mems fine calf pegged and stitched Boots
and Shoes, GU, ia
able for farmers. -
Boys and youths calf and kip Shoes Of ev-
cry description. ..
ladies', and Misses calf, goat, morocco,
kid and lasting Boots of every style ana de-
Also, good stock of goods suitable for
country merchants, to which we lnNl,e , tHelr
attention. w. Is. N-ADDHi
september II, 1S69-3m.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21

"A bpeclaTOOulIrr1szzI
n Gerry case OF Fauleoper aid others vs1ls
LipscoInb and others, now pending in the
County Court Of Orange, and by virtue of au-
thortty vested in ME by Q decree Of the said
Court, rendered at its lfab November term,
will on Saturday, the l2tA day Of February
neTt, proceed to sell, on thu premises, the
TRACT CSEs EATD
ON which Madeline Faulcouer- stood -
time of her death, and which was az The
conveyed to James B. Newman, TRUST eriy
Said land consists of a tract CT about &c,
EEgElty-tyyO Acres,
about half of which is cleared and in GOO.
farming order, the balance Is heavily taken
in very valuable timber. There is very
comfortable 1900,
DWELLING HOUSE
of four rooms and other necessary out-bu1ld-
ings on the place. The land lies about three
miles from Barboursville and seven from
GordonsVil,e.
TERMS: Fifty Dollars cash TO pay OK
penses of sale and costs of suit, the balance
in two equal iiStallments at six and Twelve
months respectively, the purchaser giving
bond with approved personal security ipl
the deferred payments, and the tltle 10 %
retained till all the purchase money Is pald.
p b. HIDDEN, Special ComfnT
Ta,v fl
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21
NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS.

NOTIUE TO LAND OWNERS.
HAVE made arrangements with a
i gentleman who has heretofore influenced
a 1sroa euigration to the West, to send from
England, Scotland, switzerland, by way OF
the Norfolk steamers, large emigration f o.
m naiis on this errand In three weeks. i want
land at from $40 to $40 per acre, in bodies of
$40 or 1860 acres. The g lands will have 10 ne
registered Immediately in order 70 iurhl sl
IN, with circulars. Let the description be
nannrate JOEL MILLER,
i'o''i Culpeper G. H., Va.
Parties n, notified to call at my office and
examine the assurances of our abiley 10 ef-
feet this enterprise.
January %, 1869.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21

WANTED.1lo,0Oo pounds f ele ead S eot
MI Sixins. 1000 Muskrat skins; l0O0 FOX
Skins, for which will pay the n nighesst pE,eo
in casiE ~ ,. M,sSSqs, +. W. klNChELOf'
Nov 81 fSSf.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
FOREIGN.

LONDON, June 1.-THE Times Of this
morning, in an able leader, discusses the
international relations of England and
America in order to prevent and avoid
the origin of future differences 1t sug
gests the adoption of measures looking to
the formation of commission, which
shall be empowered to define the 'inter-
national obligations of England and the
United States, and to secure an adjust
ment of all difficulties between the two
nations. 1t says there should be some
perfect definition of international obi
cations, such as would settle past dis
putes like the case of the Alabama and
provide against future border troubles OF
a character similar to the late Fenian
raid in Canada.
Mr.. Douglas, owner of the Sappho,
positively declines to enter his yacht for
the Prince of Wales cup on the Oath OF
June. The Prince threatens to with
draw his prize unless an American en-
tiers. Bennett will probably bring the
Dauntless to the rescue, which will make
the race an unmeasured success.
Dickens family consent to his burial
in Westminster Abbey.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
nrArH 81 W. aIIMoRE sIMMs.

Like other tyrants Death delights to smite,
What smitten. most proclaims 'n' p''1' y
power" L, 4
On Saturday we echoed the death OF
Charles Dickens; to-day we send a wall
from this shore of the Atlantic, low
voiced perhaps, but not the less trelghted
with the throes and agonies of a wrung
heart William Gilmore Simms, the
poet and novelist par excellence of the
South, is no more. He departed this
life on Sunday, full of years and full OF
honors won by his own versatile and
graceful pen. He was fine scholar, de-
voted to letters, most genial and inter
esting companion, filled with the blandest
amenities of human nature, and un-
tinged by hGutear or obsequiousness
He was a man, in his lineaments and IN
his heart Those who, during the Fed
eral raid ito the sea, plfered his superb
library, may congratulate themselves that
they have relic of proud patriot, II
they have but single volume left. lie
lived in literary harness to the last. bis
age was about sixty-six. Thus the stars
are fading from our sky.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
City Property.

On Main street-Storehouse with iron front,
lot 241sxl4slS. can be had at bargain.
On Second street-One or two fine business
houses. iron fronts. at very low figures.
Fine buildine lots on Beal and Linden SITS.
On Shelby street-Modern brick residence,
ten rooms, at a low figure and on long time.
On Second street-Three business lots.
On Tate street-A desirable cottage, five
rooms; lot 5Ox2l5.
onpohason s,rsat-15, feet souare. neat cot
to- a,onnds hondsomelv ;mproved.
a. ., eov1eo with neat res
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
CONGRESSIONAL DELAY OF JUSTICE


Fitzjohn Porter is Democrat. He is
one of those Var Democrats which the
Independent journal with Radical pro-
clivities denounced as taking arms
against a sea of rebellion, but who did
not lapse into the arms of Rediealism.
Finding he was making name, and
might stand in the way Of some favorite
Radical General he was early done for, y
and charges were brought against him of
military derehction under several counts,
all to cover up the ignominy Of defeat and
a scheming War Department He has
asked justice at the hands Of Congress,
but that body, taken up with its own
affairs and pet measures, cant see IT, "
In the meantime, Fitzjohn Porter is
made to bear the stigma inflicted on him
bv partisan malice and the necessity of
a scape-goat Innocent though he was,
the censure due the blunders, intentional
or unintentional, Of his superiors, was
visited on him. The "0ld aud New, for
June. a Radical periodical Of the strict
est sect, devoted to New England
interests. reviews the case, and concludes,
As every just mind must. that " General
Porter was not guilty Of any Of the
cbarp&s OF which he was convicted. "
The Court Martial by which he was tried,
had condemnation written before any
portion Of the case was examined, and
every member Of It signing the verdict
deserved to have been stripped Of his
shoulder straps and covered with dis
grace Il wss susceptible Of demonsira-
tom and so demonstrated that Zen Por-
Ter was entirely clear o. the charges al
Ieged against him, and was among the
most valiant and meritorious O. me
Federal officers. To crafty the maiign-
sucv Of a few political Generals who
hale him with the most malicious Findic'
,irepess. Congress withholds the josiio'
20 ~sich he is so emineDfly entitled
botb ass gallant officer and gentlemen
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
COURTS OF SHELBY C0UNTY-LEGIs-
LATIvE TINKERING.

The act OF the Legislature enacted
early in the present session was, in many
respects discreditable piece of botch-
work. The original design Of. it was
good, which was to reorganze the courts
of the county, and bring them into ef-
fciency and harmony with each other.
One special design was, and that cons'd-
cred of primary Importance, 10 so ar
range the terms ofall the courts as omake
the days ofteste and return ofprocess,and
particularly of execution, uniform and
consistent. Therefore it was arranged
that the terms of all the Law Courts
should begin on the same day, and so
also of the terms of the Chancery Courts.
By this means, execution liens may be
saved from the conflicts and uncertain
ties which grow out of diversity of days
ofteste and return The telegraphic dis
patches this morning from Nashville in
dictate that somebody wants a change
made as to the beginnings of the terms
OF all or some of the Courts. Who lies at
the bottom of this, or whose interest or
convenience is sought to be served by 1t
at the expense of the public interest and
convenience, does not appear. One
thing is certain-whoever it is. the at
tempt to change the terms ought to be
prevented. The dispatch is not full and
definite enough to show precisely what IS
the purport of the bill 1t may be that
its purport is other than what is conjec-
tured from the brief words of the dispatch.
We hope so. When will this incessant
local legislation end? One of the great
est wrongs of the Radical Legislatures
was that they were mainly employed in
making and unmaking laws, not for the
general good, but for the benefit of indi-
viduals. The present Legislature
has not been any great improve
ment in this particular Very little
has been done for the whole public.
but very much has been done Tor partc-
ular individuals OF course, nearly all
such private acts and privileges are
granted to individuals al the expense of
the people Multitudes of the private
charters granted have little other pur-
pose than to enable shrewd men to EN-
bark in enterprises without embarking
in them their private estate and personal
liability If the enterprise succeeds, all
very we'll; if it fails, as most such are
apt to, then the parties come out without
any loss of their private property, and
very often with much larger private
estate than they had when they went in.
The wretched dupes who have trusted
them are usually the only sufferers. 1t
is quite time that this sort of legislation
was brought to an end.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
TRIO OF HUMoRIsTs.

The three humorists, Nasty Billings
and Twain, are thus described by Bos-
ton correspondent of the New York
Evening Post:
Nasty dislikes the title of humorist.
He uses humor as an instrument Tor the
enforcement of his points, which always
involve some political principle. His
(" best holt" as he calls it, is no doubt
"strong horse sense" Josh Billings is
born humorist, genial and tender
hearted, and heartily loved by those that
know him well. He once said that moth
ing would delight him more than to lee
ture in Mozart Hall when he is eighty
wears old, with white hair falling over
his shoulders. and cliff" the audience.
He is now about sixty years old. Mark
Twain is more purely literary man
than either of the trio. He is very SEN
sitive, and an unappreciative audience
acts upon him like cold shower-bath.
Twain will not lecture next season; he
has got riches and married a wife, and
wisely prefers to take his ease.
The Post places Nasty at the head of
the trio, but for the soul of us we cannot
see why. His attempts to disparage his
political opponents and popularize Radl-
calism, in his peculiarly stupid way, so
far as we have ever seen, have been
miserable failures, like the caricatures of
the Southern people by Nasty of Har-
pcr's Weekly. As a humorist he is far
below either of the others, or the Fat
Contributor" or even Beau Hackett,'
the latter-named having apparently gone
into retirement, or like Artemus, he too
has passed away. Mark Twain is the
more sensible of the trio named by the
Post, and has proved it by venturing into
the moose of matrimony, and especially
the last half of that expressive word,
The assertion that he will not lecture
next season is unnecessary. AS Hamlet
says of Polonius, he is not where he eats,
but where he is eaten Mark can bear
to be lectured now himself Hispen has
life in it though without affecting phono-
graphic photography or quaint phrase
ology, which last are oftener evidences
of a wonderful lack of wit, than the
presence Of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14

In the lately published statistics of the
yearly suicides in France, it is seen that
more prefer drowning than any other
mode. Some razored their threats, some
shot themselves, some took poison, and
some leaped from high buildings. The
least popular mode was to use a shot
gun, only seven men adopting it. Buck
shot tear such terrible hole in one S
body, and feel so mean on the passage
through, that they are decidedly unfash-
ionable. a,gaa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
CHICAGO,


CHICAGO, June l4.-H. R. Pearson,
Vice President Of the \. NJ, railroad, il
about to resign that position to take 9
similar one in the Pullman Palace CaI
Company.
Last night burglar attempted tC
break into a residence on Twelfth street
and just as he was entering the window
the inmates awoke and shot him twic'
with revolvers The burglar ran som'
distance, jumped over a fence seven fee
high. and fell dead
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
HAVE NOE THE BLOOD TO SPARE

The Cincinnati Commercial Radical,
if anything) in referring to the failure of
the United States to purchase the Dam
ish islands, St. John and St. Thomas Ia
pet scheme of Mr.. Seward 81 and tue
resignation of Mr.. Raasoa, the special
Envoy, in consequence Of the failure,
gives two very good reasons why said
purchase should not have been made,
either of which is applicable to that part
of st. Domingo, which our reticent Pres
ident seems most avariciously to coyet
II says of the Danish islands,
The price fixed to be paid for them by
the treaty was $7,5O0,00O Eighty-seyen
square miles are $3.50 acres; and it
thus appears that at the rate of 1900
900 for the islands, we should have just
Sl35 per acre for these interesting repos-
itories of earthquakes and yellow fever
Is there one man in Congress of the
United States infatuated enough to have
voted for this2 The second fact is, that
we owe 81 500, 100000 dollars, which we
are at present unable to pay even with the
help of the most enormous taxation, in
ternal and external, ever sustained by a
civilized nation. And our severely
drained people have the same excuse as
the boarder who complained to his land
lady of the bloodsuckers who infested
his bedroom-we really haven't the
blood to spare.
Haven't we niggers enough, without
buying St. Domingo? After Senator
Morton shall have helped himself, per
| haps the market may not be so lyelyl
1t is said he is about to lead to the altar
a natural brunette of the African family,
to thereby enhance his chances for the
Presideney-his aspirations to that Office
being of the palpitating order.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
ILLINOIS.
Congressional Aspirats.

JACKSONVILLE, l4-Hon. r. G. Burr,
member Congress from this district de-
clines to be candidate for denomination,
since his own county instructs her deli
gates 10 vote for Judge Woodson.
Gen. John Logan, late U. s. Marshal
Of the Southern District of Illinois, is
spoken Of as the Republican candidate
for Congress in this district
Hon. A. C. Vandevenker, of Pana,
will be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress for the State at
large, in case the State is entitled to
more than one such member under the
new apportionment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14

Mr. Thomas Tardrew, of New York City, Is
authorized to act as Northern advertising
agent of the PUBLIC LEDGER.
S. II. Parvin. General Advertising Agent,
Cincinnati Ohio. is our duly authorized agent
to contract for advertisements.
Hudson. Menet 4 Gay, 1873 Dearborn street,
and Barnhart, Bros. & Co., "a Madison street,
Chicago, will contract for advertisements fol
this paper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

The Life Sustaining Organs. two or
gans which minister most directly to the sup
port of the body are the stomach and liver. In
the former the first process of digestion takes
place, under the action of that powerful SOL
vent, the gastric juice. Thence the food, con-
verted into pulp, passes into the duodenum
where it is subjected to the action Of the bile
or gall. flowing from the liver, and of the fluid
generated by the pancreas, or sweetbread of
the system. These secretions separate the
nutritious portion from the rest, and it is then
taken up by the absorbent vessels and con-
yeyed into the channels Of circulation in the
form of venous blood. while the waste matter
is discharged through the bowels. Unless all
some sort is inevitable. and the best of all
medicinal agents for preserving or restoring
the tone and regulating the action of the three
organs-the stomach, liver and intestines-by
which the three-fold work is carried on, Is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Indigestion is
generally accompanied by constipation, and
the gentle cathartic operation of the Bitters is
no less important in cases of this kind. than
its tonic effect upon the stomach and the
hillary gland. Beauty of person as well as
health, depends in no small degree upon the
regularity of the excretive functions. A sal
low complexion. thick Opaque coarse skin. a
tainted breath. rush of blood to the head, loss
of memory. headache, and extreme mental de-
preston, are the usual Accomplishments of
costiveness. course ofthe Bitters will infal-
libby relieve. and finally Danish these obnox-
ious symptoms, while invigorating the stom-
ach and promoting healthy action in the liver.
This genial vegetable stomachic and altera-
tive strikes at disease in its primary sources,
the assimilating, secretive and expulsive
organs. and the cures it effects are consequently
thorough and complete. 1872
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
a5th Day of June, 1870,

at the southwest corner of Poplar and Second
streets. city of Memphis. sell to the highest
bidder, for the purpose Of paying the notes
mentioned in said Trust Deed, the following
described property. to-wit: The following
described lot or parcel of land lying in the
city of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
and described as follows, being part of lots
Nos. 269 and go, as known on the map of said
city and bounded as follows: Beginning at
the southwest corner Of the intersection of
Poplar and Second streets; running thence
west with the south line of Poplar street, ia
feet 3 inches, to stake; thence south. par
alle with Second street, "a feet inches,
to a stake; thence west, n feet inches,
to an alley; thence, with said alley, IA feet
inches, TO the intersection of another alley I;
thence east with said alley TO Second street /;
thence with Second street, 14S feet inches, to
the beginning; together with all the improve
ments. The terms Of said sale will be
one-fourth cash and the balance on a
credit of four and eight months from
day of sale, with interest from date
aud to secure the deferred payments,
notes will be taken from the purchasers, with
satisfactory security. and lien retained on
the property TO secure the payment thereof.
Equity Of redemption is waived. Title be-
lieyed to be good, but will sell and convey
only as Trustee. rI
T2-iOl NJ. J. WICKS. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14
Suburban Property.

One of the most delightful hOmesteads within
three miles Of the city.
At WOODLANDS 10-100 acres ronting on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
100 acres within ~ miles Of Court Square,
in exchange for city property. either in whole
or part.
40 acres fronting on the Memphis and Ohio
railroad, within few miles of the city.
20 acres, with elegant improvements. near
the city.
81 acres. with superior improvements.
IS acres, within 2h miles Of the city.
PAssM0RE & RUFFIN.
5-t Real Estate Agents. 2Sl Second st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-14

A Rocky mOuntain paper, noting the
invention by a Chicago man ola process
by which a dead body can be petriied as
hard as stone, thinks the inventor ought
to accompany our troops on the frontier,
where he could drive a pretty good bust
ssss in peirifying Indians and selling
them TO- iGbacco signs.