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Ellis' loss & of the continued sickness at Karnac. What can be the cause of it?
Rutherford was to ship the woman & her children to Texas on Tuesday last, by the Steamer Mexico. She gave him a deal of trouble & was frequently out notwithstanding all his care & attention.
I hear that Franklins will has been broke in Tennessee, thus leaving the whole estate to the widow & child.
Yrs truly S S Boyd
Col Ballard
Care Heissenbuttle + Co
Warrenton
Yazoo City Apr 22nd 1853
Dear Sir
The Stock of P.C. [Goerey?] was sold in April 1840 by the Sheriff of this county as I find from the old sales book, but I find no execution in our office under which it was sold, and it must therefore have been sold under an execution returnable to Adams or some other county. His land was sold in Novr 1843 under an Execution in favour of Surget, and this Execution is now in the clerks office of Adams county. It does not appear from the Sheriffs docket here, that any thing but land was levied on in either of Surget's executions. This is all that can be ascertained about it here. Yours very respectfully C.C. Wilkinson
R.C. Ballard Esqr.
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R. C. Ballard Eqr. Warrenton Miss.
New Orleans 23d April 1853 Col. Ballard {Warrenton, Miss.}
Dear Sir I recd yours by the Southern Belle I think I can hire the boy Henry for $35. pr month & I had better let him go at once as the market is very dull here at this time he is fully acclimated & accustomed to the River if I dont sell him by the last of next weak I will hire him on one of the packets to Vicksburg or Natchez I have seven negroes on hand to sell yet as soon as I can get through with them I will go up Will you be down here any more this season I think negroes will do to buy at this time for the fall market they are down in Richmond over $100 from th highest prices of the season I sent my man to Donalsen to examine the land office respecting the land I wrote about Respectfully yrs C.M. Rutherford