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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-25
PUBLIC LEDGER.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
OUR ROUTES.

We are now making arrangements to
extend all the routes on the PUBLIC
LEDGER, and add new ones in the sn-
burbs, by which We hope to be able to
supply all who may wish to take cheap
and reliable evening journal. Should
any of our patrons be overlooked by our
carriers during the next ten or twelve
days, they will please make the fact
known at our counting room. Our cir
culation has been Of late SO great as to
make the paper reach some portions of
the city at very late hour. We have
made arrangements to overcome this, by
ordering faster machinery, which we are
now expecting daily, and on its arrival
the paper viii be served at an earlier
hour at all points within the city and
suhurhs 10
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FROM CHICAGO.
A THURMAN Killed-His Horses
hLgf N Feet Cut on ga q
Death of an Editor--Indian Fight
in Idaho-Cholera.


CHICAGO, September 25.-The trotting
race Yesterday afternoon at the driving
park near this city, between the horses
Cooley and Gen Butler, was won by
neither. During the fifth heat, which
did not occur till after dark, Tom Nc
Keeyer, the owner of Butler, who was
driving his horse around the course and
about to win the race, was struck by
some unknown person with club or
stone and knocked out Of his sulky His
skull was terribly fractured, and he died
this evening A large reward has al
ready been offered for the apprehension
of the party who committed the outrage,
and detectives are on the track.
This afternoon some villain entered
Buffers stable at the driving park
grounds and ruined the animal by cut
ting his feet partly off Butler belongs
in Canada-Cooley in Chicago
John L. Scripps, formerly postmaster
of this city, and for many years princi-
pal editor of the Tribune, died Friday
night in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where
he had gone to recruit his declining
health. His remains will be brought
hither for interment next Wednesday.
He was one of the most highly &C.
complished and influential citizens of
Chicago.
Advices from Idaho state that Major
Marshall had fight with Indians at
Three Forks and captured thirty five,
whom he hung. 's
Stephen Beck, for many years as
sistant clerk of the circuit court in this
city, was siezed with cholera last night
at twelve clock, and at six this morn
ing was dead. Physicians pronounce
the case one of genuine Asiatic cholera.
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ASSETS. July |. $50.
LIABILITIES.

fI'HE total amount covered by the A.tna Poll
cies on property destroyed OF damaged is
so. 8dd. on which salvage will be about Eve
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from $4,000, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum j. I've per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets. figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or a proportion equal 70 q, 100 loss for a com
pany Of $4,000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value Of
wealthy, strong corporations j. forcibly IL
Illustrated b. this FIRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has
population Of 3j.ooo-was handsomely built
mostly fne brick OF stone struciurcs-protecfed
and screened with upward Of g. 900 shade tres
bounded on three sidcs By watcr-indced.
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with n steam Ere deparfment-yet Il has $l0.-
00O.0,Q Of property consumed IN n few hour
upon a holiday when IT, people are least occu-
pied-fr0m the very insignifcant caure Of
contemplate frccrackcr.
Remember the trifing origin q frcs that
sweep away in a few hour the earnings q
year Consider your best interest and rise the
Hstua AGENT call II you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
\ good and Gcnuine article, and with these
lights and expcr enccs before you. procure
your insurance with shreud iudrment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
70 b n. A. LITTLETON a Co, Ar't1,
81 No % Front street. ~ STAIR
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regency to carry on the government
during his absence.
Her Won Barcke is spoken of in this
city as the future Austrian Minister of
Finance.
All the Southern German governments
have informed the Prnssian Cabinet of
their readiness to introduce into their
respective States the Prussian monetary
system, taking the thaler and the groshen
as the basis of their circulation.
BY this means unity Of the currency
will be established throughout Germany,
and the rates Of exchange between
Prussia and other German countries will
no longer exist .Rii a9 Isl s.a
The agitation against the annexation
of Hanover to Prussia continues, and es-
pecially in the small towns of the King
dom e f.f olf fs rsI
A sauguinary conflict took place few
days ago at Celia, between a Prussian
patrol and some Hanoveran officers
Pamphlets couched in language hostile
to Prussia have been seized, and some
persons who had sent an address OF deri-
sion to King George, have been arrested
by the Prnssian authorities boaio.
PARIS, September 2l.-It is asserted
that the resignation of M. Drouyn DE
rHuys, was caused by his having written
dispatch to M. Benedict couched IN
too coarse terms, and not quite with the
spirit of the Imperial policy.
FLORENCE, Sept 2l.-Rumois have
been current that Prince Humbert will
marry the daughter Of the Austrian
Arch Duke. The relations between
Austria and Italy have assumed so
friendly an aspect, that the rumor is not
altogether discredited
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the Cincinnati Union, remarkst ~
ever this event comes to pass, il will be
in consequence Of the efforts of the Rad
zeal leaders to accomplish it. These
bonds are not due or payable until six
months after the United States acknowl-
edge the independence Of the Southern
Confederacy. The National Union men,
holding to the doctrine that State can
not secede, are opposed to any acknowl-
edgement of the Southern Confederacy-
while the Radicals have already taken
the first step towards the acknowledge
ment by holding that ten1 States of the
Republic have seeded from, and are no
longer States Of the Union.
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HAVE A CARE.

Somebody will come to grief oae Of
these days A little rebellion in East
Tennessee would be a brief concern.
Whoever attempts it win do what he had
rather not-eufranehise the rebels' II
the East Tennessee Radicals cant get
on when they have matters their own
way, IT is not probable they viii mend BY
plunging the State Government into rev
olution. From the moment they do that,
those whom they outrage now will be the
State. The last Jacobin viii be disfran-
chised and hurled from Office. II they
doubt this, let them put It to the test
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SHORT LETTERS.
NEW YoRk. Sept. 20, 1866.
NUMBER EIGHT.


Ny FINE FELLOW: have done an
immense amount of work since | last
enlightened you.
If my constitution wer Mt made OF iron,
never could have stood out under
the pressure.
l don't wish you to consider that am
dealing in irony, or that anything may
say ironical
Far from it,
But the strongest Of metals must sue
cumb to the weight of circumstances.
Circumstances are sometimes very
heavy; and there are but few lucky
chaps who can exercise any control over
them.
am not one of those chaps.
wish | were.
remarked while ago that had per
formed any quantity of labor Of late, and
when / tell you what it was, you'll ap-
preciate my condition at the present
moment.
| have an attack OF the govt in my
right foot.
Also gum boil on my left heel.
Likewise am afflicted with boarsenesss.
And, additionally, / feel bad generally.
have been making speeches to i'm
mense gatherings Of my Teller zitti-
Gems"
The Society for the spread of blankets
among the Austro-Prussian orphans, in
yited me to address the people in Union
Square yesterday evening, on the Politi-
cal State of the Union.
responded to the call
At 9 O clock p m. found myself
elevated on a platform whose altitude
was on level with the third story win
dows of the Mdison d Orea, and sur
rounded on all sides, as far as the eye
could reach, by eager and expeetant
millions.
On my right sat Horace and Fred
On my left Phin. Barnum and Bob
Bonner
In my rear Supt Kennedy and Ben
Wood
Aleek acted as Secretary and Treas
urer.
These distinguished chaps we're inter
sprinkled with few hundred lesser
notabilities.
commenced by remarking that the
present occasion was the proudest one
in my life.
[Cheers
That had the cause Of this Society
warmly cherished in me art
Renewed cheers.
That saw among the crowd few
low-Aung chaps who would doubtless be
delighted to throw a wst blanket over
the object of the meeting.
THE audience would mt see the joke. ]
That was well posted on the state Of
things in general, but was not prepared
at this time to give utteranee to the
emotions which the crowd around me,
and before me, aud behind me, excited.
IA voice in the crowd, that's the
pint"
That the objects Of the society we're
intimately connected with the welfare,
not only Of this glorious country, but of
all countries on the globe, and every
where else; and that the state Of things
in general, being very much mixed mot
to say twisted) IT behooved every mem
Der Of all parties. irrespective Of party,
TO see that they were unE=ixed and I'M
twisted. That this country, and all other
countries, were in their hands, and If the
country isn't safe it was not my fault
Here the speaker was greeted with an
immense rcs:sd Of applause over the
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Delayed Dispatched

Delayed Displtchesl
NEw York, Sept 24-Tlle bank state
ments show an increase in the loans of
$3.50, coo; an increase in specie Of
1906, 900, a decrease in circulation of
S5s9,Oo0; a decrease in deposits of
$500, 900, and decrease in legal tenders
of s3+5,OOO
WAsHIxeToS, Sept. "a Major Gen.
Custa has been ordered { . report for
duty to Lieutenant General Sherman,
at St Louis. He will proba bly, have a
COMMAND in Kansas. He eceived his
conn mission as Breyet Major General in
the regular army to-day.
PARIS, September 2l.-The Prussian
regiments destined to garrison. fhe prin-
cipsl towns Of Saxony, have al ready been
chosen. Only the towns of IetlGn and
Boutzen will have garrisons, a nd the re-
mainder will be transferred O., Prussia
The Prussian prohibition a Eainst the
holding of public meetings in; SaxOuy,
has caused great agitation the e
A rumor is current that thel Emperor
Francis Joseph has conceive / the idea
Of abdicating, and appointin. I regency
during the minority of the hereditary
prince. In any case it is b eiieved that
His Majesty viii withdraw Dr. some time
from public affairs, and wiz appoint a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-25
THE UNION ELEMENT.


We once heard Of n Union ele-
ment in the South kept down by
Southern bayonets. The war closed,
and the element could not be found. 1t
was made the occasion OF much speaking
and writing. Its sufierings were told in
strains of lamentation, and illustrated in
loyal pictorial papers The North
shuddered over the wrongs it endured
These people, standing true to the Union
through blood, and fire, and chains, cried
aloud to the Government for suceor.
The woes thus depicted, visited upon a
people thus described, were good battle
cries for the soldiers Of the North. They
swarmed over the South, penetrated
every county, visited every village, and
asked Where are the Unionists--where
are these MANNED, torn, and mangled
heroes and martyrs2 There was no an
swer.
II was convenient then to build up
these men of straw and invent these suf-
ferings. 1t served purpose then to
proclaim such an element But things
have changed. The South is rebel all
over all through and all round. Outside
the border States we hear Of Unionists of
the Jacobin pattern, but nobody can find
them. They flourish in Northern news
papers and mixed conventions-in trav-
cling Radical menageries-but nowhere
else. There is nothing in the South now
but rebels. The Northern residents, we
are told, are hoeking home from fear of
violence. Against these rebels the broad
AK, the Ratchet and the saw Of the Jaeo-
bins are busily and bloodily at work
No profession of submission to the Gov
eminent is regarded by them, and no
faith is reposed in their sacred word of
honor. The South, if these men are to
be believed, has degenerated into race
of liars ~
The fruit Of all this will rpen at last
Ten million people, sincerely announc-
ing their loyalty to the Government, will
be believed by the world and a majority
of the American people. They are not
rebels, and he who filings that epithet in
their faces is either a cowardly knave or
a pitiable fool 10 what are they rebel
lious2 They recognize not only the
Government, they submit to the I'M
constitutional acts Of the Radical party.
Is there any violation Of the spirit Of
the Constitutional Amendments made
by the Southern Staies2 Is there any
violation of the terms Of the surrender 2
But more especially, is there any viola
ton Of those iniquities, the Civil Rights
Bill, the Bureau Bill, and the Cotton
Taxi No In what then are the people
of the South rebellious2 Only in prefer
ring the mild policy of the President, to
that other policy which asks them to
consent TO their own. destruction.
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Bl TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

New YORK, Sept 2j-Cotton firm,
3T@39c; sales Of the week, 10000
bales; receipts, $4,000; exports, $4,000.
Freiehts by steamer to Liverpool, 3sd.
Flour frmer. Wheat Bose better, Pork
lower, 1872 80 Lard, l7@l94c.
New YORK, September 25.-John B.
Steele, an ex-Member of Congress, was
thrown from a wagon in Kingston, yes
terday, and killed
A special says that the trial Of Mr..
Davis cannot take place in October, and
its postponement is a legal necessity,
consequent upon the irregularity of the
adjournment Of the Circuit Court at Nor
folk last April. Chief Justice Chase an
nounces himself ready to call special
session to proceed with the trial.
FoRTREss MONROE, September %.
The Quarantine steamer City of Albany
reports having spoke the steamer j.
Knight from Wilmington this morning
off the Capes, which reported a large
steamer ashore on Body Island, 20
miles south of Cape Henry, which was
signaling in distress, but owing to a
heavy sea and breakers, she was unable
TO render any assistance.
New YORK, Sept. 25.--The Herald
publishes a recent treaty between Buenos
Ayers and Uruguay, agreeing to over
throw the present authorities in Para
quay, and destroy the separate indie
pendence of that State
Coupons, 62, llll GA, 1854; 1910 s
9s5; treasures, 1861 to LOG.
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Say 1t is reported in Miledgeyille,
Ca, that committee waited on Hon.
A. H. STEVENS, urging upon him to be-
come candidate for the Governor of
Georgia, when the State is admitted to
her former position in the Union.
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whole square
Iconcludsd by reminding the audience
that though j was speaking on The square
/ was not Mason, but could only say
that may soon be one.
This joke didn't seem to be appreci-
nted either.
I naturally concluded the audience
was stupid.
/ was then escorted ION FOOT to the
Louvre, where magnificent repast was
prepared. The bill of fare was elaborate,
not to say gorgeous, and embraced too
many courses to be enumerated.
The chief viands we're lager beer and
| Switzer kase
The night was far spent when the party
adjourned.
So were the pariy's funds.
carried no funds with me, thinking
it not over safe in that locality after mid
night.
Hal Beecher asked me the other night
at the Merchants coffee house in Brook
lyn, what | thought of his letter of in
dorsementhis Cleveland letter, so
called.
remarked to Hal that thought his
Endorsement on accommodation paper
preferable, provided the big organ in
Plymouth church didn' eatup his salary
He didn't seem to understand the re-
mark fully. soMGg1a fi1s
/ tried to elucidate.
asked him if he wanted an office.
He said not particularly, unless it was
a particular office he could name. ii
modestly inquired what he thought
of the interior of a certain granite build
ing in Wall street, the dome of which
be plainly perceived from the Brooklyn
side
He observed that it was tardy, and
much to his taste " He had often gazed
ut this stupendous pile he went on to
say, while crossing East river"
remarked Smythe was a heavy Gus
toner to deal with, and was afraid he
was an obdurate sinner, sitting at the
receipt of customs
Hal seemed to be troubled in mind,
and answered with a groan "No doubt
he was hard nut to crack, and heavy
case
We then drank our beer in silence and
retired.
Ii is supposed that Steve Tying has an
architectural eye aud artistically admires
the imposing front of the Treasury
Building in Wal and Nassau.
1t is also said that both Hal and Steve
are now laboriously studying all the
foreign languages, especially those
spoken at the courts at which we have
embassies.
Popular opinion is somewhat mixed as
to their objects in thus converting them
selves into schoolboys again.
They may wish to improve their NOR
ais to some extent by being able to read
Voltaire in the original
THE subscriber enteriains grave doubts
as to the resul-especially whether the
end TO be attained, so extremely profile
NAUTICAL, would pay for the time and ex
pense wasted by these worthy young
men
I'll think of it-when have no better
subject Of contemplation.
-
a Yours reaeetively,
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nA.. The Charleston Courier makes
notice of the death of JoHY l. Francis,
colored barber, who had pursued his
occupation in that city for forty-one
years, and bequeathed to deserving
relations and friends fortune accumu-
lated by energy and economy.
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peS- The Louisville Journal announces
the beginning of a great enterprise, the
work ofbridging the Ohio river at that
point. Hon. JAMES GUTHRIE is the
leading spirit in the undertaking.
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ma. "TAnASrULA is himself again.
The "goui," of which he has been the
victim, retires and leaves him once more
the monarch of WooLMAN's After his
extraordinary exertions, 1t is. surprising
how well he is But he is no ordinary
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p@. An exchange paper says; Never
let people work for You gratis. Two
years ago man carried bundle for us,
and we have been lending him twenty
five cents a week ever since.
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HGa. Senator CHANDLER said at Phila-
delphia that the only rights which
Southern people possess, are the con-
stitutonal right to be hanged, and the
divine right to be damned"
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asA.. The foreign correspondent Of the
Ny. Times, speaking of Italy, says
democracy is apt to run wild there
the people ale not yet fit for self,govern
,n.n, -
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THE c AMERICA Al ,o5 IN SsJ
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board Of Directors -. Ill
J. G. Deming, President.
John y. Whitehead, President FRANKLIN Saw
ings Bank.
Gilbert G. WalAer, President Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
C. L. Cole. President First National Bank.
G. ii. Rowland, of late Rowland Brothers
John d. GOrdan, of J. d. Gordan Co
Bankers.
Joseph R.. Spratley, Director Mer. 4 Mac. Saw
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Advisory Board.
Charles Reid, President Mer Il Nee Ex
change
W. Harrison, President Mer. and Nee. Saw
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George Sangster, ESQ.,, j. E. Barry, Esq, A.
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Office Deming' Insurance building corner O
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Mutual Fire Assurance Society, va.
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