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PUBLIC DIRECTORY.
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tliis Column Ht 7a ('tin Is a line per month.
BliuiuH A t'ETKKKON", COAL liKALKHrt,
nitii-a l!tMalin street. 0
ll'UHKK. JOHN K..'criY INHHKOTOKj
J) OuVeon blulf, Loiwood Wlukniifton end
Ail nms t ree ts. 73
ChkY. V AMOK ANUKKsuN, ATTOH
J iieys-at-Law. Mden ilullJius, 15 Madison
street, Memphis. Tenn. M
C" OMMKRCIAL HOTEL. COR. FRONT A
Jellerwin. Wheeler Urvson. pro's. 4i
"I VlCKINSON, J. W. UHU., C-OX'1'ON
I I Fs.'tors. 'ill) Frnntjtreet. M
lAQl IN K . FANCY DYER ANl HCOUU
'' :r. Clothing made to order, 101 JunVrsonat
1 LSUKR AMIS A CO.. M ARM. IS AND
. Stone Worksoor. 2d andjAdamists, 35
1" JLXnnEHY". JOSKPU. , PRACTICAL
' Plumber. Uaaand Steam Pip Fitter,
heoond street, cor. of Jutlcrson. 3-bO
IM.KiCHK.rTVVU-LIS SLOAN, ARCHl-
II tects. Koi iii No. V, over Dosoto tiavinirs
Siintitute. No. 20 .Malison street. 2J-47
?iAY0S0 SAVINU8 INSTITUTION;
VX Bjnkiiiir House. U Madison street, K. M.
Avery. Cashier. John C. Lnnior, Preii't. 4U
XillNT.-THOMAS II- CO., PREMIUM
Jl Kilk Woolon Dyes. X Second. KH
TNWrTncK.-LINDSEY VREDEN
1 HURON. Airents. 1J Madison Street. 3-H1
I ILLY inio8.,IKAtKRSINailOCEKiKS
j and Liquors. 177 Mjiin street. 28
II lI'SIO, PIANOS. CABINET ORGANS,
1VL Musical Intrumentii and Musical Mer
chandise, at P. Katsciihach's. 817 Main U 40
1)ACKKR. II. B., DEALER IS WTT8-
i burg ooul. No. 1!'0; Min it. -:
1AINT "STOK K. PAINTER' MATKRI
1 His. MnDiintilit A Cole. 44Monroo tt. 50
TliUSfiKiir,, OROVE CO., OAYOSO PLA
IV niDg Mill, 212 Adcuu street, cut of the
IIh.vbh.
3'l'lOHACCO AND CIdARS A LARGE AND
. superior stock nt Thurmond, Foster -Co. a.
ohara-onisti. 345 Seo -nd streot. 52
rpRCDKAU.F. X.. DKALERIN WATCHES
Jewelry, eta.. 7 Madison street. jo
IH T MT) R KTlll6 T H E R 4, STEAM JOB
l'rinteni. 13 Madison street.
iXLlTMS, J. bT CO., COTTON FAC
tort and Comuiiajion Merchants, 304 Front
,'reet. 411
WATCHES.
J. IIICKLING & CO.'S
Great Balo of "WnteliOH.
ON TUB POPULAR ONE PRICK PLAN,
giving every patron a handsome and relia
ble watch for the low price of Ten Dollar!
Without regard to value, and not to be paid
' for unless perfectly satisfactory!
tm Solid Gold Hunting Watches ...$2e0 to $7M)
fiHIMnirio Cased Uold Watches 200 tn WW
fiOOLadits' Watches, enamelled... 100 to 3O0
1,000 Gold Hunting Chronometer
Watche." - 250 to 300
l.OOOGold II tinting English Levfin. 200to il
3,0(iOGoH Hunting Duplex Watches l'Oto 200
5, (KiOOold Uimting American do 100 to 2ifl
6.0IHI Silver Hunting Levers 5flto l.'iO
6, .'00 Silver Hunting Duplexes 75 to 250
R.OiKl Gold Ladies' Watches 50 to 2ffl
lO.OOOGnld Hunting Lopine" 50to 75
10.000 Miscellaneous Silver Watches 60 to 100
25.000 Hunting Silver Watahes 25 to 50
30,000 Assorted Watches, all kinds 10 to 75
Every patron obtains a Watch by this ar
rnngemer ., cost ng but $10, while it may be
worth $710. No partiality shown.
Mosrs. J. Hickling- Co.'i Great American
Waton Co., New York City, wish to immcdi
atolv dispose of the above magnificent stock.
Certificates, naming articles, are placed in
son'ed envelopes. Holders are entitled to tue
articles namod on their certificates, upon pay
ment of Ten Dollars, whether it bo a Watch
worth $7j0 or one worth less. The return pf
any oTouroertificates entitles you to the article
named thereon, upon payment, irrespective of
its worth, and as no article valued lofs than
$10 is named on any certificate, it will at once
be seen that this is no lottery, but a straight
forward legitimate transaction, which may be
participated in even by the most fastidious I
A single certificate will be sent by mail, post
paid . upon receipt of 25 cents, five tor 1, eleven
for $2, thirty-three and an elegant premium
for 5, sixty-six and more valuable promiutn
for $10, one hundred and most superb Watch
for $15. To agonts or those wishing employ
ment, this is a rare opportunity. It is a legiti
mately conducted bu-ines, duly authorized by
the Government, and open 4o the most careful
mutiny. T"C8' KICKLIN04Co.A
lly Broadway, near P. 0.,
40 Pi'T of New York.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
TY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX
J) ecutcd to me on tho 2i!th day of Juno, 18,6,
iTy W. (). Lofland. and duly registered ill too
Register's oflioe of Shelby county. Tennessee,
in Record Book No. 50, ParMst, Pages 000, B10
and fill, to which reference is hereby made
lor tho purpose of paying tho debt therein
secured 1 will oa
Wednesday, April 2Kb, 1867,
' In front of tlie Court House, in the city of
Memphis, proceed to sell to the highest bidder,
for CJisil, tho following described property, to
wif A nertnin lot of land, lying and boing in
the countvof SheJhy and State of Tennessee,
being lot No. 370 as laid down on the plun and
map of Memphis. Heginning at the intersec
tion of the south sido of Exchange street with
the wet side of Third, running thenoe south
ward with the west side of Third street one
iundred and forty-eight and a half feet to the
intersection of tho west sido of the alley, be
tween Poplar and Exchange streets; tlionce
westward wit'i the north side of said allcv. and
parallel with Exchange street, ejghty-oiglit and
a half feet; thence northward and parallel
with Third street, one hundred and lorty
cight and a half feet to the soirth side of
Kxchango street: thence eastward with the
south sideof Exchange street, eighty-eight and
a half feet to the bouinniug, being the aggregate
or entire lot, or parcel of ground convened to
W. O. Lofland by B. Walker. Jacob Walker
nnd Wm. Walker, by Deed, dated 23d June,
together with all improvement thereon,
and appurtenances thereunto belonging ine
couity of redemption in and to this property
is expressly waived in fid Trust Doed. and
tho title is believed to be good, but I sell and
convey only as Trustee, Salo to be made
wUh.n '"'7: II. COWARD. Trustee.
CHKRJFF'S SA I.E. U N D ER AND BY
O virtue of an execution tome issued by the
Law Court of Shelby county, I will.on the lith
duv of April, A. 1. 1W7. between tho hours ol
Hi o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m., lor cash, at
the front door of the Courthouse at Memphis,
sell tho following described real estato. to-wit:
A lot or pun-el of ground lying and being in
the city of Memphis, oouniy of Shelby and
Btateof Tennessee, the same being lot No. 3iV
as laid down on the plan of the city of Mem
phis and beginning at the intersection of the
ioutli side of Exchange street with the wet
of Third street, running thence south
wardly with the west side of Third street I IS' ,
teet to the intersection f ssid street with the
elliy between Poplar and Exchange streets:
thence westuardly with the north side of ssid
alley and parallel with Exchange street 88V4
feet, to the south aide of Exchange street;
thence eastwardly witn the south side of Ex
change street W-4 feut, te ti hcsinnmg being
levied on as the pr-perty nt William O.Lofland,
on the 23d of March, A. D. lrV.7, under the said
execution, and to be sold to satniy a judgment
rendered In tho said Court on the 11th day of
July A. D. 151, in favor of Lyman Cook and
Against said William O. Lofland, for the sum
of 1:0K. together with interest tnd the cosU
f suit " t J ba.s.
Phfriff of Shelby Countr.
J, F. IhforbDS. lz3fl
f I Mir f T S ALE. By vfrt ue of a Deed of Trusl
I egei'iited by Wm. Karris to ine. as Trustee,
on the Mb day of January, A. D. 1hi, for the
puriKiso of securing the amount of the debt
therein specified I- II- ! Connell, recorded in
the Register's ofi.re -.f Shelby county. 1 enoes
ec. in lM,..k 47. rjge. 2-'. 2-1 and 22. I wiM.
on l EDNKlDAi. the 24ih day of April, It.,,
between the hours of II a.m. and 12 in., expose
to sale to the highest b.dder, lor cash, on the
premises, the following aroperty: A certain
i.aicel of LAND in John Overton's addition to
theeityof Mempl.i. contained in three lots,
Kis tf".' 300 and :il, jointly fronting oa Clay
treetl 4 feet, runninr back parallel with east
l,ne of Sixth street l..l-cfeet. Jt being the same
property conveyed to M m. Faxris by John
Overton, on th. ".h day ol ay. IsjS The
tit e is CA.Lidred irf-rt, bu I only sell and
convey as Triutee. Klrht of redemption is
w. ved JA. il. LAKKNCK,
M.r,.h 1(I7. M'l Trustee.
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TWO NOTABLE ASSASSINS.
The crime, trial, condemnation and
execution, in Paris, of CharleLemaire,
form one of the causes celebres in the his
tory of criminals. Lemaine is the boy
of nineteen who killed a widow, to wuom
his lather was engaged to be married.
On his trial, he confessed his crime, with
tha most perfect coolness, and stated
that he designed to kill two others. He
once said : " My father wished to marry ;
and I charged myself with giving him a
nuptial benediction. The scaffold is the
touchstone of courage: try me and see
if it can affect me with a single shiver of
fear." ,
On the morning of his execution, he
was informed that his time had come.
"Ah I" said hp, "it is well. Here, at
last, is the end I have so long expected;
I have been here since eight days." After
having risen and half dressed himself, he
solicited of his keepers, says a French
letter, permission "de aire une opera
tion qui, dii il ne pcut etre remise ! '
Among his last utterances were some
that afford a key to his character. He
said: "In ten days more I should be
twenty years of age ;" and "as for me, I
shall die on the scaffold, and my crime
will make me immortal.'
When, to these final utterances, we
couole the fact that his victim was one
against whom he had not a particle of
enmity; that be contemplated toe mur
der of others equally innocent of offense ;
that be confessed and glories in his
crime and insisted upon condemnation ;
that he eagerly anticipated death, and,
finally, when he stood face to face with
it in the gloom and chill of a March
morning, he regarded the skeleton and
submitted to its embraces without a
trace of fear wa must 'conclude that
Lemaire was one of the most remarkable
criminals known of record, and that, as
such, his character is worth examina
tion. We think that the advent of J. Wilkes
Booth marked the beginning of a new
era in crime. It is well known, or, at
least, believed, that Booth contemplated
assassination or some great crime, not
as a means of carrying out a political
wish or to avenge political wrongs, but
to Becure renown. Nobody can believe
for a moment that he had any personal
ill-will against his victim. No dispas
sionate person can believe that he was
the instrument of a political conspiracy.
He alone organized the plot; and while
ha secured a few subordinates as neces
sary accomplices, ho reserved to himself
the position 01 the grand central ngure
leading actor in the tragedy which he
contemplated.
The cases of Lemaire and Booth mu
tually throw light upon each other. The
utterances of Lamaire, sabiequent to
his crime, show that his ruling passion
was vanity. "Hon affaire aura un
grand retentissment." Such was his
final utterance. Booth once intimated
to a prominent theatrical manager in
this city that immortality awaited the
man who should kill the President. He
remembered and applied the renown
which clings to the destroyer of Diana's
temple.
. The cases of Booth and Lamaire seem
to prove that a new class of crime is
making its appearance, It is a crime
which seeks notoriety at an expense the
most enormous and dreadful Vanity
lay at the root of the crimes of both of
these men. As such things are conta
gious, it is not illogisal to prophesy that
they will have their imitators. Antici
pating such an increase, there ought to
be some method of providing a remedy.
There is, perhaps, no complete remedy.
In this age of enterprising and com
peting journalism, the criminal who
seeks notoriety through assassination is
sure of the object of his search. Journal
ism confers upon him the desired im
mortality; and priests give him a free
pass to eternal glory. With the prospect
of everlasting happiness above, and ever
lasting renown below, there are strong
inducements for vain souls to commit
some such atrocity as that undertaken
by Booth and Lamaire. Chicago Times.
Tho Coming Flood.
The intelligence of an uncontrollable
crevasse in Grand Levee created serious
alarm in this city yesterday. That cre
vasse must carry with it a fearful Iliad
of desolation. For three years in ouc-'
cession the hopes of the planters have
been destroyed over broad stretches of
fertile lands by floods which broke
through the insufficient artificial barriers
raised against them, and the present
overflow threatens to be not les destruc
tive than either of those which preceded
it. It is sad indeed to contemplate these
repealed disasters, coming, as trey have
done, on the heels of others scarcely
less serious in their character. What
was U fl by the ravages of war the waters
have swtpt away, and thousands upon
thousands of our people, both white and
colored, must b relieved ty charity or
starve. The levee which has jul broken
was but recently completed at a cost to
the State of nearly bi'.f a million dollars.
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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APJUL 3,
On it our people bad staked their credit
and their hopes, and tun Investment lias
proved an utter loss. Not only wilt the
crops and stock of thousands of oar citi
zens be lost, but they will be driven from
iheir homes and subjected to swamp
fevers and other ailments which will
greatly add to the burdeu of their misO'
ries.
But it is not alone from Grnnd Levee
that the threat of a general overflow
comes. In no portion of the State are
the levoes of sufficient solidity and
weight to resist the unusual pressure to
which thoy aro now subjected. very
where the river threatens to overleap or
thrust aside the narrow coulining walls
of earth through which men in effect
have said : "Thus far shall thou go and
no farther, and hero shall thy proud
waves be stayed!" The might of the
Mississippi is well known. When tho
nroud river marks out for itself new
dynamio laws and seeks fresh channels'
of escape for its confluent waters, it is
no easy matter to bring it back into its
old lines and limits ot restraint. Cfucn
is its position at present. A month
earlier than usual the waters have at
tained an unusual bight one never
he fare known at this season of tha year
and from all quarters come cries of
melting snows and still greater Hoods.
It is now quite evident that with the
breuking up ot our old plantation sys
tem which virtually made every riparian
proprietor and planter an overseer of
the levees on wnicn :us success iu me
depended, we have no sufficient combi
nation ot local' interests left to afford
our people adequate protection from the
danger of annual floods. Unless a com
prehensive national plan be adopted we
greatly fear that the Father ef Waters
will be left master of the situation, and
that much of the rich lowlands of
Louisiana will have to be abandoned to
their old tenants, the alligator and the
gar. New Orleans Times, March ia.
A Base Fellow Served Sight His Cruel
Treatment of Two Wives.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
At a recent conference of the Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Massaif
Ion. Ohio. Rev. Isaac Aiken was expelled
from the ministry and membership of
that body. The charges upon wbicb the
dismissal was paged were investigated
by a committee of thirteen ministers, to
whom the matter bad been referred :
Some six or seven years since, Aiken
was stationed in New Philadelphia, Ohio,
and while living there made his then
wife sign a statement (as is new gene
rally believed to be false) that she had
acted in an improper and imprudent
manner with another man (the family
physician). In a short time be ingra
tiated himself into the goad graces of
the lamily of the attorney, lion. J. L,
Hance, of that place, and in a few
mouths afterwards was united in mar
riage to one of Mr. Hance's excellent
and accomplished daughters. Ho con
tinued his regular work in the ministry
for a year or two afterward, until he saw
an opportunity to make more money by
becoming an agent for the Freedmeu's
Bureau. This business be continued in
until last spring, when, seeing that it
was about played out, he commenced
engaging in secular business, aud taking
the pastoral charge of a congregation
that had seceded from their regular
charge. Some time during last fall, he
asked his wife, as we have been informed,
if she thought her father would cash a
note of his for $1000. She replied that
she did not think he would. From that
time until December, he begau a system
of torture to his wife, and under the
threat of death, he forced her to sign a
false statement that she had, at some
time previous, to thoir marriage, acted
in an improper manner. Toward the
last of December, he told his wife, as he
was going Lust, she mi"ht, if she chose,
go home to her father's. She went, and
remained there for a considerable length
of time, expecting every day to hear
from ber husband, iiut no word came.
Her father, seeing the distress of his
child, naturally inquired the cause, when
she informed him what her brute of a
h'isband forced her to sign. Her father
made known to the minister at fiew
Philadelphia what his daughter had com
municated to him, who immediately went
and preferred charges against Aiken to
his presiding elder. The charges were
brought to conference, and after a thor
ough investigation by a select committee
be was expelled.
Iho Winter Garden Theater-Its History.
Of the history of the Winter Garden
Theater, lately destroyed by fire, a New
York paper says :
The Winter Garden, previous to re
ceiving this last name, has had an
eventful history. As Tripplcr's Music
Hall, iu 1850, it was the scene of Jul
lien's triumphs and Jenny Lind's suc
cesses. In 1854 it was destroyed jy lire,
and on the site was erected a second
building devoted to musical perform
ances. Later Miss Laura Kuene entered
into possession of it, and us the " Vari
eties it was uightly crowded with en
thusiastic play-goers, who shuddered at
the tragedy, and laughed at the comedy
that ultimately was presented there.
Later still the celebrated Burton pur
chased the property for $135,000. His
occupancy Was short and unremunera
tive, and in 1859 he abdicated in favor
of Mr. Stuart, who leased the building
for tive years at $13,500 per annum.
Under his auspices, and with Mr. Bour
cicault as stag manager, the theater be
came as eminently popular us under
Burton it was unpatronized. So soon
as the lease expired, in 1SG4, Mr. Stuart
re-leased the building at an aunual rent
of $16,500. About this time the now
popular manager, Mr. Stuart, formed an
alliance with Mr. Edwin Booth, with
whom for a number of years he had been
on terms of intimate friendship. The
alliance thus formed proved a remunera
tive aud a harpy one; tho Winter Gar
den grew into popular favor, until at the
time of the calamity it was looked upon
as the most fashionable pUco of amuse
ment in the metropolis. The late Shak-
spearian revivals had rendered its stage
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vastly l.imous, and aiw i oi a win regret
bitterly its so sudden separation from
the Hamlet, the Brums, aud the Shylock
it had to love as it could not but admire.
By this calamity we are for the moment
bereft of the ouly abode of the legiti
n.miii drama, for. under the able and lib
eral management of Messrs. Booth and
Stuart, this theater so signally distanced
cotriprtitioti in the production of histor
ical plays that the monopoly of that im
portant line of business had been se
cured to it.
The vacancy thus made cannot be
permitted to last, although it is doubtful
N..V''J
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IAKGKST CITY CIKCTLATION.
if the establishment last sacrificed to the
flames will be rebuilt on the same site.
The owners of the property had contem
plated appropriating the ground to busi
ness needs at' the expiration of the
present lease (September, 1B68,) and
the management had pretty nearly de
cided to locate in a neighborhood more
accessible to their patrons, the bulk of
whom reside above Union square It is
reasonable to suppose, therefore, that a
new theater will be contracted for a
milo or so above tho now smouldering
ruins, provided the management can
secure a desirable location.
A Climate Where Consumptives aro laid to
Obtain Certain Belief.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Did it occur to the company which
nroDOses to run regular steamers up the
Amazon from Para, for a distance of
'500 miles from its mouth, that it will
be able to transport pus.-engers direct
into the inland valley of J an j a, where
the consumptive will obtain restoration
of health and a cure of a too generally
incurable disease? The voyage, though
long, may be made almost without
changing vessels, and will be found
neither tedious nor debilitating. It will
introduce travolers into some ot the
most magnificent scenery in the world.
It has been known to the natives from
time immemorial, that a removal of con
sumptive patients, even in the stage of
well marked ulceration and cavities in
tho lungs, to the valley of Jauja, at a
bight of ten thousand feet above the sea,
was followed by an almost invariable
suspension f the disease. This fuel is
corroborated by tho experience of tho
physicians of Peru at the present time.
From the statistics of Lima, published
in 1858, it appears that nearly eighty
per cent, of the cases of consumption
sent to the Jauja valley are cured.
So forcibly bus this fact been brought
before the Peruvian Government, that
it bas established in this valley a mili
tary hospital for consumptive patients,
and especially for native Indian soldiers,
who in the capital (Lima) are singularly
prone to phtihisis. Of the whole aunual
mortality of that city no less than nearly
twenty-four per cent is attributed to
consumption. On the sea coast of Peru,
as on that of the Gulf of Mexico, in-,
cipient tubercular consumption is one of
the commonest pulmonary diseases. A
share of the curative power of Jauja
valley may ba attributed to the influence
exerted on the mind and nervous system
generally by its scenery and associa
tions ; but, after making all allowances
for these causes, the results, as reported,
are truly wonderful. Rain of four
months in the year makes' up for the
drv season of eight months in the year,
and serves to fertilize the land and
yields the happy inhabitants more food
than they require. An influx of German,
English and American visitors and
acttlers would drive these people to do
something more than give up the eight
dry months to amusements and feasting.
Tho Incubus of a Great Name.
Many a man who might otherwise arise
to a possible degree of eminence is often
borne down by the weight of a great
name. One of the most lamentable in
stances of this fact, is the case of Isaac
Newton, the chief of the Agriculture Bu
reau, who used to make good ice cream
in Philadelphia, but who is now expected
to rival his great namesake in his philo
sophical attainments. We have hereto
fore fully described his fitness for the
position he occupies, but a malicious
Washington correspondent relates the
following anecdotes iu connection with
the old gentleman which are too illus
trative to be lost :
The other day he was riding up from
the Capitol in the avenue cars, when one
of the party of gentlemen who ccompa
nicd him remarked that a ladyaopposite
was so dark that he thought she must be
a quadroon. Sir Isaac, ready to exhibit
his acquaintance with ethnology, replied
with considerable vivacity : "No, sir, you
are mistaken; she must be an octagon."
A few mouths ago the Commissioner
presented increased estimates for his de
partment, and was in consequence sum
moned before the Committee on Appro
priations to give evidence concerning
the nature of this large expenditure.
One of the first questions the chairman
asked was, " Mr. Newton, explain to
the committee what your Bureau is do
ing for the interests of agriculture, to
necessitate this increased appropria
tion." " Why," replied Sir Isaac, " we
want to improve the breed of sheep
will do it will do it, sir; we have just
ordered a half-dozen hydraulio rams
from Germany."
A splendid pheasant so rare in this
country was received from England
Inst week by the Department. Sir Isaac
felt a natural pride on being the recipi
ent of such a bird, and stroking down its
beautiful plumage, and turning his be
nign aspect on the clerks surrounding
him, naively and appreciatingly re
marked : "What a beautiful foliage he
has."
Benedict Arnold A Belio.
The New Haven Palladium says :
We have the original sign that used to
hang out over the store of Benedict Ar
nold, when he traded on Water street in
this city, and we present below a copy of
it, as near a sign cau be copied on pa
per. It is aoout three and a half feet
long, and two and a half broad. The
sign is black and the letters look at first
iilanee as if put on with yellow paint, but
on cloie inspection they ere discovered
to be gut
1 he sign was fonnd some time since in
the garret of the house in which Arnold
lived (opposite his store), and is now
the property of Jacob T. Uutchkiss, who
has permitted it to be deposited in the
Museum. We have followed the style,
Dronortions and pointing of the letters
on the sign very nearly. There was one
peculiarity, however, that we could not
well imitate, viz : the dots of the i's in
the motto, which on the sign are inverted
oommas instead of mere dots. It will be
seen that there is no point between the
name and the occupation. Both aides
of the sign are almost precisely alike.
The motto "Sibi Tutique," is translated
thus: "For himself "for the whole,"
or "for all." The first sentence is most
decidedly appropriate for the man, who
was " for himself " in all thiugs.
B. ARNni. DavootsT,
Book Seller, Ac
FROM LONDON.
Sibi Totique.
When Arnold was in London wo are
at this moment unable to tell. He was
eognged when here in the trade of horses
and mules to the Wet Indies, and it is
probable that his visit to London was
while he was on business, though that is
n
'1
mere co'jei turo. Ho was born in Nor
wich, in this Slate, in January, 1790,
aud was apprenticed to an apothecary in
that city, and a very troublesome ap
prentice he was too.
Aa Unpublished Anecdote of Thad. Stevens.
A prominent member of ihe House
was in Washington last Sunday, and had
an interview with Thad. Stevens. In the
oourse of the conversation, the great
Commoner complained of the great af
flictions he endured from the constant
calls of all sorts of persons, for every
conceivable purpose. It appears that
among late visitors was the distinguished
Robert Dale Owen, who asked and was
granted permission to read a letter from
the spirits of Clay, Webster and Stephen
A. Douglas, on the subject of recon
struction. After the reading, Stevens
was asked what he thought of their
views. " Well," said he, " present my
complimouts to those great defuncts, and
tell them for me, that if they have noth
ing better to offer on that important sub
ject, I think that since tbey died they
have not been in a progressive state.
Especially present my compliments to
Douglas, and tell him I think he is the
d st political humbug that was ever
on the face of the earth.
SPECTACLES.
OVERTON HOTEL,
LADIES' ENTRANCE,
Office: No. 4 First Floor.
Of Berlin. -Prussia,
"VFFERS THOSE WHO ARK SCFFERIN3
J from weak or defective light bis
A USTRALIAN CRYSTAL GLA.SS
SPECTACLES,
The bent artificial aid to tbe human virion ever
invented, which can he obtained at hit office.
His Oliigses last a number of years without
etiaUKitiK, He gives Kreat rellet to patients
wb have suffered from defective vision for any
number of years. Thege Spectacles are fcien
tificallv adjusted to every oase of defective
sight with unerring accuracy, whether arising
ircjui age, umeiiKe, etrain, overwora or prema
ture dcoay, by Dr. M. Bernhardt on a new and
exact principal, entirely hia ewn, which has
elduin failed to be correct.
11 in certificate!! are indorsed bv the Medical
Faculty and Clergy of Memphis, Tenn., and of
every otber oity tliat be has visited: anl is in
troduced into our community by the lollewing
uistiBgaisued gentleman :
A. K. Taylor, M. D.
John H. Frsyser, M. D.
. Miles Willett, M. D., 104 Adams street.
John Pitman, M. D,
H. E. Hopson, M. 1).
George S. Grant, M. D.
Rev. Mr. J. 0. Btedmaa.
Rev. Mr. George White, Calvary Church.
C. A. Davis, Pastor Cum. Pres. Church.
Rev. Mr. I. D. Witherspoon.
IS. S. Lilly, 0. 8. D.
Sr. H. 8. Ford, S. D.
Sr. B. W. Creighton.
Sr. Irvine, 401 Shelby it.
Testimonials may be seen at the offine nf Dr.
Bernhardt from many of tbe most nroinineut
men ol ine country.
Office Hours from t a.m. to 6 1p.m.
OVKIlTON HOTEL.
N. B. Owing to encasements elsewbore. Dr.
BKKNH ARDT will be able to remain here but
a short time nti IV. 21-4A
PROFESSIONAL.
DR. R. L. BUTT,
Ofllcei No. 'J70 JProat Street,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Residence, No. 201 Monroe St. 79
DR. D. J. O'REILLY,
(Late of Louisville, Kentucky,)
II
AVTNQ DETERMINED TO LOCATE
permanently in this city, tenders his pro
fcasional services to the cititens of Memphis.
Okfici Over Jehle's store, west side of
Main street. No. ZWi, botwoen Madison and
Court streets.
Office hours from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 3 to
5 p.m. I 73
DR. O. SPIEGEL,
GRADUATE OF THE BEST MEDICAL
choola of Europe and the United State,
and member of the principal medical societies
in the thooe countries, has practiced medicinf
in Memphis for the )at thirteen years, and
continues to offer his professional service to
the public, in the treatment of ail forms of din
tw upon the mot improved European meth
ods. My vait collection of rare medicine and
sunr leal instruments, with a lite-Ion expe
rience in their administration an-l ue, warrants
mo in clniuiinr a superiority over the more or
dinary method of treating diea, such as
Cancer and tumors of every description,
whirr. I cure by Constitutional treat
ment excluaiTely, no operation per
formed by the knife. Dieaxej of the Kye,
Kar and Skin. Consumption and Bronchitis
KbeuinatUm, Neural (rift, fck'retula, Hynhili-,
Stricture, (ileet, Uravel. Piles, Dropsy, l'i-'ula
inano; in nhort all Chronic DiwAces, t- inr
especial attention to Female Diseases of
evi-nr decern-turn. I am alwari ready at all
times to connult with rit-clai PhyMcian.
either by letter or in person, upon ail dieae
pertaiainff to Medicine and Eiurrery, Medicine
sent by express to all parts of the world, when
desired,
OF ICE No. 33, sonth side Monroe, be
tween M -tin ar d Second rreets, Memphis
Ke.-idenec, Jfo. 260 t'nien street, 67
UE NUT DECEIVED.
RKADKR, IF YOU H AVE HAD THE SAD
mi fur tune to contract the accursed dis--e,
known as reneria), in any form, yon can
be curel i care nut in what stave it may pre
sent uif, whether primary, senndary or tr
tiarv). without taking one solitary vrnin of
medicine. After tn year of clie invt tic
tin and oravitical eiperienrc, I an convinced
that interna) treatment, lor the purrMc of ef
fecting a permanent cure of syphilitic d;case
is i.eit. and, that in a larre pronnrtion ef
en, it ahrUilutely docs more harm than roiwi,
t hile undu my oietru-d of external meJiea
cation, which i pleasant and agreeable to the
fMtint. I defr cnptit-n with any other
method known to the B edtcaJ profession, fr
secljr and permanent cure whi. h I rnsrantre
in all ea.-CM. In making this iniortant fact
known to th pnMic, 1 wuh to stale that I am
a regular practitioner of medicine ; that I am
a graduate of the Me-lira) Department of the
I' nirriitr of Louisville, Ky., and that my
method rf treating; thae di-eae hai M"l years
of deer tndr and cl'e observation.
All ol the Kar and hy treated ap n
tbe rr."t 'niprve me'amia.
OrFiOK No, i Morve street, between
Main and S.xod. oT
Keepevt aily, O. W. McLOED, M. D.
r.
h
M. BERNHARDT,
OPTICIAN AND OCULIST
GER.
Ten Cenitt lr Week.
1S67.
NO. 27.
COMMISSION.
T. L. BEARD, I. X. CAVCB. C. H. WOJtD.
BEARD, CAYCE & WORD,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
-AND-
COMISSIOX MERCDATS,
COB. C0UBT AND THIRD 8TS-,
Rogiwtor UniMlng. K
rosTaa aaoTHKas, ohtk, corKUND oo.,
Cincinnati. New York.
FOSTER, GWYN & CO.,
WHOLESALE UKOCE11S
AND
COTTON FACTOKS,
Agents for the sale of the Mnysrlile, Ky.,
Cotton Tarns and Cordage,
30G FRONT STREET, 30G
(Mosby Bloc'k),
Memphis, - -' - Tenn.
CASH ADVANCES M ADK ON CONSIOX-
ments to Foster Brother Cincinnati, or
Foster. Copeland & Co., New nrk. 13-M
it. r. rvriBoiv,
Late of Anderson, Talley A Co.,
COTTON FACTOR
COMMISSION MEItCHAA'T,
S53SS 3Ialu Street,
MEMFHI8. TENfT. 40
. W. DAVIS. U H. BACOH.
DAVIS & BilGIl,
Grocers, Cotton Factors
AND
General Commission Jlerchants,
No. S Adams Street,
Af RMI'HTS, TFNN. l
JOB PRINTINC.
NEAT AND ELEGANT
JOB PIllNTIlVGi-
-Al-
O W PKICES"
CARD3.
CARD?,
CAkl.,
UAKDH,
CARDS.
CAR DM,
CARDS,
CARDS.
CARDS.
CARDS,
56 AND $6 50 PER 1000.
v BILLHEADS,
UILLIir.ADa.
MLLIIKAIW.
BILLHEADS,
BILI.HKA.Db.
BILLHEADS.
F.tLLUKADSX
BILLHEADS. '
BILLHEADS.
SILLHEAD.S.
$15 00 PER REAM.
:n.TLARS.
cuter la us,
CIRC l' LARS,
CIRCTLARS.
ClHCl'LARS,
CIRCULARS,
CIRCULARS.
ClrU-l.i.AKN,
CIRCULAR?!,
CIRCULARS,
$10 TO $15 PER REAM.
IDILLS ADIXrj
Bl LLS LADINtf.
BILLS LADING.
BILLS LADINU.
BILLS LADINU.
Ill LLS LADING.
BILLS LADINU,
BILLS LADING.
BILLS LADING. '
ULLS LADING.
$14 00 PER REAM.
."JSTERS.
posters.
posters.
POSTER1!.
POSTEHC.
py.-fKRs,
Posters.
POWERS,
POSTERS
Lower Than All Others.
PROGRAMMES
PKmtRA.MMkS.
PRimiK A.MMEa,
PROGRAMMES.
PROGRAMMED,
PRoG KtMM kS.
PROGRAMMES.
PRm.R AM M Km,
PROGRAM Mhi.
PEOuKAMMKS.
Kai ererylhinx in ur line, pmK-'T and
neatiy iTictea en reaMtuaole terms, at e
priJLIC LEIMaXU OFFICE.
Bni. is roar Wert vo tie el i (tend. '
tVO. 13 MADISON STREET.
Where ey will rere ear froi personal
euenUan.
CM'BCRIBK IOK THK PUBLIC LEUGFR,
ia tea au vf Iec.m.e. '
IN3URArJCE.
INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONNJ
INCOUI'OIIATIXIJ
ASSETS. JULY 1. Isrtl.
Cash on hand, in b'k auJ with air'tt $ 2.17..12 "
I nited Sutos Slock 812 '.';; &
Real KUl, unineuinbered WJ,;; ,.tiM
Bute Slocks -.. 4!'7.ii-.i
New York Bank Wlocks TU.ITO 00
Hartford Hank Hto.'ks - IiT'i.sW ll
Miscellaneous Lank Stocks . Ill
Railroad Stocks, etc - , KiUi7 W)
llorisaao Bonds, City, County aud
Kailroad - 1.MI.1M 86
Total.... - :M.075.UJ 65
LIABILITIES. .
Losses unadjusted and nut due I 2H.S.1 ,
Net Z- S,S.M.tt-i;-J0
Income for last-year net - 2it..l'.i'k-4
A daily income of say V' tJ
Loss and expenses - 2,W1.1','4 ISI
Tax paid, Uovermnent and State... 1"'.', Mi '-4
Total Lessee paid in 47 years l.ll-V 4 lil M
Br Fire - ...V;M.v W
Inland l.HMriW
Loss by Poriland'ire, July 4th.
ryUE total amaunt oovered by the A2tna Poll
L cies on property destroyed or duuiuced is
$206,864,00 wuicli salrune will be about five
percent. Our total loss will not vary much
from IJMl.OUU, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum is live per cent, upon the Com
pany's assets, a ficuro but slinhtly exceeding
oar Uovermnent and State tnxes paid lust year,
or a proportion eiuul to a i'j.fM loss for aoom
mny of tlUO.iKH' asset.
The necessity for insurance and the value ol
wealthy, strong sorporations is forcibly il
lustrated by this Are. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population of 35,uuo was handsomely built,
mostly one brick or stone structures protected
and screened with upward of 'i,UM shade trees
bounded on three sides by water indeed,
literally, almost rising from the orean--and
with a steam fire department yet it bits $JU,
Ouu.UOU of properly oonsumcd in a few hours
upon a holiday when its people are least occu
pied from the very insignificant cause of a
contemptible firecracker.
Ketnember the trilling origin of fires that
sweep away in a few hours the eiirninin o',
years. Consider your best interest and give the
ACtnaAsenta call if you need proper insur
ance security. Pay a fair rate of premium lor
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your Insurance with shrewd judgment.
Applications for inurnnrepromptly attended
to by II. A. LITTLETON Co., Ag'U.
o-ya No. 22 Madison street.
CUMUEKLANJ) VALLEV
FIRE AND MARINE
Insurance Company,
-OF-
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL:
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
TniS COMPANY IS PREPARED TO Is
sue policios on as favorable terms as any
Eastern company.
N. B..FEARCB, President.
S. L. TRIPPE, Secretary.
GEO. H. LENOIR, Gen. Ag't.
JTS. A. HWAIN, Aff't,
OFFICE:
13 Union Street, Lee Block (up Stairs),
23 MKMI'lllS. T K IV 1ST.
INHUlt 1
WITH J
Lindsey & Vredenburgh,
Agents for the following Crst-class companies
Home Insurance Company,
ol New Yort
Capital, ... 3,re.o:i.
Security Insurance Comp'y
of New York.
Capital, ... Sl.OO'-'.T-Ort.
Enterprise Insurance Company
OCCincinnati.
Capital i i s gl.OOO.OOO.
PARTIES PESIRIN0 INSURANCE, Ei
ther Fire, jilarine or Hull, would du, Hull
to call upon
LINDSEY & VREDENEURGH
Before effecting insurance elsewhere.
IVo. 11 MadiNou Street,
i
.vPt fn Ptflirs. Mcnir-Mff, Tnn.
It E O P E N E I ) !
SPECHTS CONFECTIONERY.
ALL KINDS OP CONFECTIONERIES
manufactured bv himself of the best mate
rials and for sale at prices to suit the times.
"VVICUDINO rAitxii.s
supplied with everything requisite at short no
tice, as heretofore.
XV I si e b and Champagnes
of superior vintage. A large lot of
TOYS I TOYS !
TIIK LADIES' SAI.OOX
rill not bi reopened for tho present. 13-3
P. GLASSICE & CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
UNB AND 1MHTOLS,
ci v i.upi.i:jii:xts.
MATLR r tl.S AND AM MUNITION. AN D
atoned r'ihinc 1 ackle.
Orders ty uinil promptly snd faithfully filled .
All repurmg tally warranted.
Xo. 230 Jlaln Street,
VnJerOdd Fellows' Hall.
4 MEMPHIS. TENN
Fl UN IT IKK AN DB EDDINU
G. F. JUNKERIIAIiN'3,
No. 34 Main Street,
Near the Jblemrhis A Ohio Railroad Deist.
MKMI'llIM, TIC-V.
TEIN(3 CONXTCTKIi W1TII SEVERAL
I who-eale e?lalji:Nm-nt, in t!. Nurl, 1
a enalxfd to ei-ii Ki:rtnlire mt li". a1-.,
t me no ati rale. M :ir-..e .-1 1 I n. i n.i I'
ll. r'lr. ee M Mir- f-.if'sntl i.a r a- 1.
f urrtere rr(.'rd. I t'l' ls'nrtr si e h e '-
atuiC Ut.ne : ih trail,,., wi a,j at u.
72-tud