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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-12
EvenIng June Ia. Isso
LEDGER LINES.

Brown 4 Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
Tomorrow is the third Sunday
after Trinity.
Sleepers sweltered and sweat in
close rooms last night.
The moon shines until a quarter
before eleven tonight.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printingofice
and book bindery, IL Madison.
Remember the United Irishmen's
picnic Sunday next at Fitzgibbon's
grove.
Lyle & Shields will receive their
evening shipment of red raspberries at
8 O'Clock.
Business men viii find ii to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
SHEER laziness is the only thing
that ails the crops at present." said
a farmer from the country yesterday.
The days are now fourteen hours
and seventeen minutes long, and two
minutes within the longest Of the
year.
Trains leave for the United Irish
mems picnic on Sunday next, at 1890
am, 100 and 3 pm, and return at Z
aud $3.50 pm.
Good music, pleasant breezes
was that enjoyed at Estiyal park last
night by the Chiekasaw guards and
their invited friends.
The LEDGER book and job printing
Office, together with its book bindery,
is prepared to execute work with
neatness and dispatch.
Parties wanting a nice carriage and
team and careful driver for weddings,
funerals or calling, can leave orders at
Park stables and be promptly waited
on.
To-day closes the sale of tickets in
the Louisiana lottery, as the drawing
comes off'Tuesday Everybody should
have a ticket, or at least a part of a
ticket.
The hottest of the season was yes
terday, the mercury reaching 96, and
in the coolest rooms of the most airy
houses it went up to "a during the
afternoon.
Parties having old magazines Oh
newspapers and who wish to make F;
handsome book, should call at tn,
LEDGER bindery and see how cheal
they a get a library together.
; The United Irishmen extend on.
hundred thousand welcomes to thei
friends and the public generally I
to attend their first grand picnic o.
Sunday next at Fitzgibbon's grove.
Keep out Of the sun tomorrow
To do this pleasantly go to Mansiord'
and purchase your Sunday readint
The largest selection Of novels, libra
ries, papers and magazines in the city
Since the first Of January, $500
barrels Of meal have been brought (
this city from up the river by steamer
and all has been consumed by IL
: people of this city, and those wi
trade with us.
I. Rev. DR.. j. N. Waddell, D.
t. chancellor of the Southwestern un
yersity at GAINESVILLE, arrived in ii
city this morning, and will preach /
morrow at the Lauderdale sire
Presbyterian church.
The present is Rosh Hodesh T
moor in the Jewish calender. or
palmer terms the fourth of the mon
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DOWN THEY CONES!

Having more Straw Goods than I have
room for, and more than ] can sell at reg
ular prices, l will sell all Straw Hats 25
per cent less than usual until the whole
stock is closed out.
COHEN, the Halter.
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KAHN & FREIRERG.

CORNER MAIN AND POPLAR,
1000 Mems Straw Hats, 50c each.
200 doz Socks, good quality, 75c per doz.
40 doz Mems estWhit DRILL Drawers 0c
LADIES DEPARTMENT:
&c Lawns, fine quality, slightly wet, &c.
l0e Lisle Thread Gloves, Toe, 15c.
Soc for Bed Damask Table-clott, 50c.
Kahn a. FREIBERG,
Corner Main and POPLAR.
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Information Wanted

Of Richard D. Meade, a lad about IA
years old medium size, dark eyes and
hair, a noticeable seal on the side Of
his head. Left his home, near Mem
phiS, May 10Th. Any information
leading to the discovery of his where.
abouts will be thankfully received by
his distressed father. Country papers
in the vicinity will please copy once,
and confer a great favor.
DAVID MEADE,
Care s Madison st., Memphis, Tenn.
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JOHN REHSE. Agt., I22 Main
1no
Christian BrOther's College Conn

Christian Brothers. College Conn
mencement.
At the college hall on Adams street,
beginning Monday next, and extend
ing to Wednesday evening, will be
held the annual commencement exer-
cises, or examination, of the students
Of the very worthy Christian Brothers
college. The literary exercises of
this well known college have always
proved highly entertaining to a large
class Of our citizens, and many out
side of its regular patrons feel an ar
dent interest in the welfare and sue
cess of so useful an institution of
learning. Brother Maurelian, the de-
voted president of the college, an.
nounces that specimens of drawing
and penmanship Of the pupils will be
on exhibition in the study hall Of the
college, and that the exercises will
take place in the morning from 8 to
l1:30, and in the evening from s to
1920 o'clock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-12

Gents Panama straw and Manila
hats made to look nearly good as new at
GooDYEAR's, $50 Second street. +63
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Wheeling House, Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin.
The finest located house in the
northwest. Strictly frst-class. Refer
to Col. A.. j. Kellar, who spent last
summer at this delightful hotel.
lN w. W. WATSON, Proprietor.
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Notice 10 Fishermen.

Parties who want fishing excursion
tickets on Little Rock railroad can
save time and trouble by purchasing
them at ticket Office, 287 Main street,
corner Madison. 81
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$4,000 for 81. Kentucky state lot
terry drawn at Coyington, Ky, June
Is. No postponcment. Prizes paid in
full. Information furnished 357 End st.
90
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Sure Cure for Coughs, Colds,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Consumption,
Extract from Report of the Commits.
siOner OF Internal Revenue.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office Of Internal Revenue,
Washington, ID. c., January %, $780,
Messrs. Lawrence 4 Martin, Ill Madison
street, Chicago, Ill .-Gentlemen have re-
ceiyed "a certified formula" giving the In.
gradients and relative proportions used in the
manufacture. Of an article which you advertise
and sell under the name of ''T0LU, ROCK
AND RYE" This compound, according 10
your formula, In the opinion Of this Office,
would have n sufficient quantity Of the BAL
SAM OF TOLU TO give 1t all the advantages
ascribed 10 this article In pectoral complaints,
while the whisky and the syrup constitute an
emulsion rendering the compound an agree
able remedy TO the patient.
In the opinion Of this Office, an article COM
pounded according to this formula may prom
erly be classed as a medicinal preparation
under the provisions Of schedule a, following
section 337, United States revised statutes,
and when 30 stamped may DO sold bv Drng.
gists, Apotheoaries and other persons without
rendering them liable to pay a special tax al
liquor dealers. Yours respectfully,
lSignedl GREEN B. RAUM,
Commissioner.
CAUTION. p HGRiS % S Ss ! Sb By ~ IN :.
palm otupon you Rock and Rye In place ofour
T0LU, ROCK AND RYE, which Is the only
GENUINE medicated article made, having n
Government stamp on each bottle.
LAWRENCE a MARTIN, prop'rs.
Ill Madison street, CHICAGO.
Sold In Memphis by all Druggists, Grooeys
and Wine Merchants generally; at wholesale
BY n. Mansfield a. CO., q. n. Hunt II
90. and A. VnccarO q Co., who will suppiy
the trade at msnutaeturerS' prices. xxxiEM
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The Paris Reinforced
BOSOM SHIRT.

.0I0A R
Have you seen il?
II you have not, and desire a f~rst-class
SHIRT 7,
One that will give entire satisfaction in
regard to price, style, fit and finish, call al
j.. H. JOHNST0N'S,
2SS Main.
This Shirt is Wamsutta Muslin.
1000 Linen Front
Improved Cuffs and Faced Sleeves.
A trial Of this Shirt will convince you
that it is the finest Shirt and
the lowest price in the city.
Regular lines as usual, Csc and SOC.
Also every variety in
GENTS NECKWEAR,
COLLARS,
CUFFS,
HALF-HOSE,
HANDKERCHIEFS, Etc,
at prices
which cannot be beat.
SPECIAL"
On Saturday next,
FOR THAT DAY ONLY,
j. H. JOHNSTON
will sell his
seventy-tive cent
U~NLAUNDRIED SHIRTS
FOR HALF A DOLLAR.
28S Main street.
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If you wish to get a box of cigars
cheap, go to H.. Esch, 2l7 Main street,
corner Adams. He is selling odds
and ends at cost price to reduce stock.
cal
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Blue Lick Water,
Refined Cider.
G. A. ECKERLY a. IL 78t
RntiAentIon MeefInr.

A meeting of the people will be held
upon the bluff, corner Union street,
Saturday night, at 8 o'clock, to ratify
the republican nominations recently
made at Chicago. Young democrats
especially invited. Distinguished
speakers will be present. 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-12

Smoke Sol. Coleman's No. los, 5 for
Doc, the best Cigar for the money in the
U. s., and chew the Genuine LIST Quality
b. f. Gravely Tobacco, at Coleman's.
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still Better!

Go to Kingston Springs, twenty-four
miles from Nashville; cool, high and
healthy. Accommodation irst-class,
at low rates. Address
81 WINBoURN & JORDAN.
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AWNINGS AND MATTRESSES,
At HI. B~UTTENBERG'S,
23I Second Street. 1O5

Call at G. Renoult, French shirt
maker, LATE WITH MAY. Best
shirts made to order for 81. Corner
Second and Court. SIT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-12

Anything from a druggists label up
to a three-sheet poster done with
neatness and dispatch at the LEDGER
job office. Prices as low as the lowest.
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NOticel


NOIieeI Notice! NOticel
Sol. Coleman's Cigar Palace is
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
Store open until II o. c. tonight for the
accommodation of customers.
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PEABODY billiard HALL,
SID COOK, Proprietor.
The most elegant resort for
lovers Of the game. GOT

Estival park open every day and
until ten o'clock at night. GOT
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Colored excursion to Sardis, Miss,
Sunday, june Is. Train leaves at 10
am. Fare for round trip, 81.
FRESH MEATS SUNDAY
MORNING.
Parties leaving orders for
Meats OF all kind ON Saturday
can have same
DELIVERED FREE
Sunday Morning, by
HI. SEESSEL, SlS., a. son,
Corner jefferson and Second SITS.
rs Different Brands of Popular
Imported Cigars
from l0c to S5e each,
At SOL. COLEMAN'S,
SIG Main street.
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LOST.

ON Sunday night, a Diamond and Setting
" out Of gold ring. Liberal reward will he
paid for its return TO G. e. CROOK, 367 Front
street. 81 81
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FOUND.
FOR RENT.

A BUNCH OF KEYS-Apply 10 Moore, Bas.
"A sett a CO., 1853 Second street. 89 81
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DISSOLUTION.
PROFESSIONAL,
OUR CHEAP COLUMN,

A IL Advertisement under the head Of For
IA Rent, For Sale, Wanted, Lost, Strayed,
per line for each insertion, and 25 cents per
line for one week. st
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OoRsErsl CoRsETsl CoRsETsI

C0RSETSl CoRSETSl C0RSETSl
"Grand Opportunity
j. H. JOHNSTON, 2SS Main street,
Will sell for 30 days his entire stock Of
COrsets at cost and less than cost.
100 Daisy Corsets, 25c,
$50 Elite Corsets, 45c,
$50 Victoria Corsets French wove) Csc,
300 Common Sense Corsets,
Patent detachable Dusk,
Flexible steel plates, never break,
Every pair warranted price only 81.
Must be closed out, no humbug.
}. III. JOHNSTON,
2S3 Main Street,
TREMENDOUS SLAUGHTER OF
BOOTS,
SHOES,
SLIPPERS and
SANDALS,
At 33S Main Street.
Will be sold at Cost
For the Next Thirty Days.
Ladder Kid Newport Ties, 81,
worth $l.5C
Ladies' Kid Sandals, $l.25,
worth s.
Ladies Kid Button, 81,
worth 81
Ladies Kid Side Lace, sl.5O,
worth S2.5(
Ladies Kid Front Lace, $l.25,
worth s.
Monday morning we will offer specia
inducements. 81
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MICE Cottage, five rooms, servants room,
In kitchen and bath room, in perfect repair;
one square from Vance street cars. Apply to
EMMETT l.. W0ODS0N,
$50 At J. 4. Fargason q Co.
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WAITED.

DYR ROGERS 4 CO, $40 Main street, Mem.
ID phis, q thorough job printer; must be good
proof reader. A good and steady place for
the right man. 90 81
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A GOOD Buggy Horse, not over seventy
Alive dollars. Address Horse" this office.
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EOR political or religious meetings, fairs.
II festivals, celebrations, etc., GreenlaW
picnics, etc. W. A. WHEATLEY,
M95 2sl Main, near Madison.
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A COTTAGE in Fort Pickering; cheap 10
"A good tenant. Apply at A7 Main. 1894
nWELLING-23 Adams street; ten rooms,
IL In good repair. viii rent very cheap,
Apply WA. GAGE X BRO,
TAT 800 Front street.
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CTTUATI0N as Bookkeeper or Clerk. Refer
Oence given. Address Clerk" 22OFront Ct.
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nHE brick dwelling No. 1877 ST. Martin
i street. Apply TO j. X. GREHAN, 2T2
Front street. cat
10T and 1O9 Elliott streets, 5 roon,s each, in
IUIgood repair, good cistern water, Apply
~ Ep1TTNa ~ Main ~ 6i'''
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03
TILEEM EXPLAIME 70,
And the Faulty Features Of
His Tactics Revealed
by His Boswell.


The Hon. Henry NatterSon, OF Zen
lucky, while visiting New York, lately,
fell into fine hands Of fine lIorI infer
,,;,,.,. AMI ~, nl,o,,;o,, .o,oIot;on,
'",'' "'' WV '''''"''7 ~ ''''''''''
are inc result
WHY doesn't Mr.. Tildcn show him
self more in public? Why doesn't he
make friends with the people and take
counsel with the leaders ?"
"That is the fault Of his nature. Mr..
TiIdcn is no politician. He has ne
taste for notoricty and public attcn-
tons. tie is modest and retiring, and
prefers to allow events to take then
course. | know he has been called Il
wirc-pulIcr, but he is not enough Of Il
wire ulIcr to suit ne or for his own
good. The politicians are not with him
to-day, but that is his own fault. IL,
could have them at his call if he wanted
to. They would come in II moment.
Why should they? Mr.. Tildcn is the
foremost Democrat in America, and
they would naturally place themselves
ut his disposal if he wished it. The
people are with Mr.. Tilden. Ny own
local delegation in the Kentucky dele
cation to Cincinnati will vote unani.
mously for him; yet the Congressional
delegation are opposed to him. Why!
Because Beck and the rest Of them fan,
cy, for the reason that | am friendly
with Mr.. Tildcn, that if he is elected
President | shall have something to say
about the distribution Of the offices.
This is absurd am intimate with
Mr.. Tilden because | like him. | ad.
mire the man. Probably if Mr.. Tilden
were elected President, and | should 90
to him for any appointment (but there
is no appointment it would pay me in
my position to take), or official favor,
he would quietly say that it was not in
the bond, and | had no right to ask any
thing. | have no such right. Mr..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03
For Trustee.

We are authorized to announce A. j. Skid
more candidate for Trustee Of Franklin
county at the ensuing August selection.
We are authorized to announce Wm. Prince,
Esq, u candidate for Trustee Of franklin
county at the ensuing August election.
Although have said would not again
run ior reelection to the office Of Trustee OF
Franklin county, yet because OF the earnest
solicitation OF many friends, yield to lheir
wishes and hereby announce myself Il candi-
date. ROBERTSON j. Turner.
We are authorized to announce W, P,Chcr.
ry candidate for Trustee OF Franklin county
at the ensuing August election.
| We are authorized to annoucc H. c. Smith q
candidate for Trustee Of Franklin county al
the ensuing August election.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03
Hon.Res idcr4 Notice.

'' m;t. s $. Tisss' al VS. W, B. F""lknr "l
Ii appearing to the satisfaction oi de
Clerk and Master, from the affidavit Of con-
pIainanta in their bill in above cause, ha
the def nlants, Elizabeth Sisk and BglleS4
Eliza Newton and husband JAS x, PIER
ton, are non-rcsidcnts Of the State ot luae.
see, so that the ordinary pgoc,Y. Ct law caap'
be served upon them.
Ii il therefore ordered that publication be
made for four consecutive weeks in the HON,
journal, published in Winchester, Tenn, r.
quiring said nonresident defendants to ap,
pear and make defense to said bill, ON or be-
fore the fourth Monday in june next before
the Chanc-ry Court at Winchester Franklin
county, Tenn, or the same will BE- taken lor
confessed and set ior hearing cN-parc as to
them.
Witness my hand, at office in Winchester
Tenn, May llth, 1850.
r. II. Finch, G. & NJ.
may20-4w
Fitzpatrick & Gregory, Solicitors.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03
Census QUcCticne.

The census cnUmcratOr5 commenced
their work yesterday, rJune lsp anc
the people may prepare themselves t.
answer great variety Of questions
There are five general heads under
which the question, to be answered are
classified. These are: Population, az
riculturc, manufactures, social statistics
and morality. Among the facts to be
asccrtancd in the enumeration Of the
population are the following;
Name of street; number Of house ;
name Of each person in the family
color, sex and age Of each person rcia-
tonship Of each person to the head OF
the family; what persons are single,
married, widowed or divorced, and who,
ifany, were married during the census
year occupation Of both males and tc-
males; number Of months any person
has been unemployed during the census
year; sickness or inability Of any per-
son at time Of visit; whether there are
any blind, deaf, dumb, idiotic, insane,
manned, crippled, or bcd-riddcn mem
bcr3 Of the family; how many attend
school; how many, if any, who cannot
read and write; the place Of birth Of
each person, and the places Of birth OF
his or her father and mother. All per
sons will be included who are living
june / or who may die between that
time and the completion Of the census ;
but children born after the LIST Of June
will be omitted.
The questions as to agriculture, man,
etc, cover much wider
range Of subjects, and will entail an I'M
mcnsc amount Of painstaking labor on
the part Of the cnumcratorS.
All the officers, whether in town o.
country, are required to complete THEN
inquiries and make their returns by the
LIST Of July.
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NOTICE.

The undersigned having been appointed at
the last quarterly meeting OF the County
Court Of Franklin county to secure suitable
grounds somewhere in the county for the pur-
pose OF establishing home for parlpers, notice
is hereby given that propositions will be re-
cceived by either one OF them until the meet
ing OF the next quarterly Court in July.
Number OF acres, improvements and price
must be given. J. b. HUDGINS,
a. }. T. MERRITT,
GEO. W. BYRON,
W. W. MARTIN,
W W. MAY,
may26-iw Commi tee.
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Circuit. Clerks Fees.
From the Memphis Avalanche

From the Memphis Ay'I'nc0eI
The Supreme Court Of the state de-
cided Yesterday that Circuit Court
Clerks can collect one dollar as fees N
each case Of condemnation for sale Of
delinquent lands. The case was that OF
James j.. Gaines, Comptroller OF ths
State, vs.. Joseph UhI, Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court Of Shelby county 1t was
originally in the Circuit Court before
Judge Pierce, who decided that the
Clerk Is entitled to the fee. An appeal
was taken by Mr.. Chl, and the Supreme
Court has affirmed the decision Of the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03
Monday, June "a, 1890,

at the Courthouse door in Winchester, Tenn.
sell to the highest bidder, on a credit OF one
and two years, the two tracts Of land described
in the pleadings as adjoining each other, and
adjoining the Logan Il Porter lands and 9TH
ers, containing about 300 acres, and situated
near the University OF the South, on Cumber-
land mountain, in Franklin county, Tenn.
Possession given on the LIST day OF January
next.
The purchasers will be required to execute
notes with approved security, and lien will
be retained until the purchase money is paid.
This May II, 1880
7. II. FINCH, C. & NJ.
may21 ids 81
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03

The people of Kansas are cultivating
Il new kind Of grain called "rice-corn,
Which grows to a little tuft holding scv,
cral grains, each something smaller than
those of wheat. 1t is said that in all
the elements Of nutrition, this ricc-cQrn
il fully the equal of the older cereals,
and more nourishing than Indian corn.
The Kansas Board of Agriculture has
issued a report on the subject, and it is
evident that the whole country will
> son be- cultivating this new food. The
plant docs not require moisture and
grows anywhere, producing sometimes
sixty bushels of corn to the acre. The
stalks make excellent fuel. and, in
growing, are never touched By worms
of ;rasshoppers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03
a Convict's Views.
From the Nashville Americana

From the Nashville Americana
One of the employees at the penitentia-
nv overheard convict, the other day,
talking to II few select companions and
discussing an editorial in the American
on the State debt. After giving them
the benefit of his views on the situation,
he said: "Gentlcmen, | am glad that |
am not n Tennesseean and, i'll were
not temporarily engaged here in such a
way that il is out OF my power to leave
at once, I'll be - if I'd stay ten min
utes in State that won't pay its honest
debts
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i:or CnanceliQY.

To the voters OF Warren, Coffee, Cannon
Gruudy, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Ruthcr-
lord and Moore counties hereby respect
fully make known to YOU that ! am a candi-
date for Chancellor Of the Fourth Division,
which position I now hold by appointment.
Election Thursday, August D. 1850,
.JNo, ". BURTON.
Mmirccsboro, March Q, 1850.