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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-27
FROM NEW YORK.
Fenian Picnic - Soldiers Mon
ument.
The Tenement House Casualty.
Head-Centre Stephens.

Nw York, September PA picnic
for the benefit of the Fenian prisoners
in Ireland was held by the Fenian Sister
hood at Jones Wood yesterday. Mr..
Stephens made a speech, in which he re.
iterated the assertion that fighting would
commence in Ireland this year, and that
he would be with them in the hight.
The Democratic board of aldermen
and councilmeu have ordered monu.
ment to deceased soldiers, to be erected
in Greenwood Cemetery, at cost oil
$4,000.
NEW YoRK, September 25.-The coro-
ner who has Investigated the causes OF
the death of the family of FIVE persons
by the burning of tenement house on
Sunday morning is satisfied that the hire
was the work of an incendiary, and urges
upon the Mayor the wisdom OF offering
reward for the arrest of the miscreant.
There is a very general attention called
to the necessity of providing some means
of escape from this class OF buildings.
The following are the concluding re-
marks of James Stephens, at the Fenian
picnic Yesterday / will not say any
thing else, except that it is my. deliber-
ate intention to 90 to Ireland this year,
and let no man be mistaken in this
choice Some men have said that II
were in earnest would not have made
it public; but those are men who, either
by their ,reachery or their plumbers,
made it a necessity on me TO do so; and
if / were a free agent would not do so.
choose this course only as the least OF
two evils forced on me, because If | did
not make definite statement | could not
hold the men in Ireland They have
been SO much meddled with by the men
in this country, and their complaints
have reached me and, therefore, | am
forced to say that j will undoubtedly be
in Ireland this year, for | fully believe,
even if | did not 90 over they could not
he held in over there, and the fight would
go on without me.
If thought it would be Of any gam to
delay the action | would do so and risk
all my popularity. But | cannot; for
they are determined on fighting this
wear. and | am as fully determined on
being with them, come veal or woe.
TCheers No matter what Others say,
take 10Y word, | will be in ireland, and
then the people will strike blow for lib
prtV
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From Canada.

New YoRK, September % An Ottawa
dispatch says Cabinet meetings OF the
Canadian Government are being held
daily in Quebec, the subjects discussed
being the military condition Of the prov
ince, the confederation, and the failure
of the Bank Of Upper Canada Much in
security is felt in financial circles
Money was still demanding 10 per cent
In Montreal
The Fenians are said TO be assembling
for invasion at Highgate, near Rouse 3
Point. Large quantities Of military
stores were being received at Toronto
and Montreal, and being sent to the
western portion Of the province.
A Toronto special says orders. have
been given TO the whole volunteer force
of the city 20 muster OF given point on
the first alarm Of the fire-bell, aecoutred
with forty rounds of ball cartridges An
attempt to burn or capture the city is
feared. Large quantities Of military
stores, including ambulances, are ar
irving here Regular troops and volun-
teers are continually moving hither and
thither. tf
A yacht has been seized to-day, and
her crew of three men arrested on suspi-
cion Of being Fenians. A small quantity
of ammunition was found on board.
.OGDExsBURS, n. Y, September 25.-lt
is reported upon good authority that
party of Fenians are concentrating IN
northern Vermont, for a raid on Canada
Considerable excitement exists in those
counties which border on the Capa6ian
fronfior
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mostly cotton factors aud planters, are
in this city, seeking a modification. OF
the existing rules and regulations under
which cotton is transported TO market,
the revenue tax paid, aud final shipment
of it to domestic ports. The delegation
consists of Major Withers, of Mobile,
Colonel Fellows and Judge Pinkard, of
New Orleans, and Cunningham, of Gin
cinnati, representing large Ohio cotton
interests in the South, and others.
, They presented the memorials OF the
Chambers of Commerce of New Orleans
and Mobile, which set forth the very serl-
Gus drawback attending the marketing
and shipment of the cotton under the
present regulations. The payment OF
the three-centrevenue tax before the
cotton leaves the plantation, they assert,
works great injury to the planter, com
pelling him to make serious sacrifices In
order to comply with the law. The
regulations attending its shipment to
domestic ports also operate in such a
manner, it is asserted, as TO very ma
terially favor direct shipments to foreign
ports, which they think it is the interest
>of Northern merchants to prevent
The delegation have had an interview
with the Secretary of the Treasury on
the subject, and that officer expresses
his willingness to modify the regulations,
so far as the existing law gives him any
discretion in the matter, but he has
doubts if the present law will warrant
any change.
The delegation, therefore, waited upon
the President to day to ask that the ques-
ton of the Secretary's power under the
law be referred to the Attorney General
for his opinion, which was granted.
These gentlemen do not hesitate to affirm
that under the existing regulations 1t
would require more than year to bring
the limited cotton crop of the present
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A Prayer With Few Side Remarks


Inc Radical party claim 10 monopo-
lie all The decency and all the piety of
the country Both are strikincly illus
,,o.oa aors IN ovobarco 10 tbo fol,ow
'"'' '"' ="
ing extract from prayer delivered IN
the Philadelphia Convention, on We'd
nesday, by DR.. Newman. who halls from
Now Ou,oo,s Tho o,,hn.;oa,;o -.
$40
rupuohs OF the deiegates are also sug-
gestive of the deep vein of piety and
decencv running through the assemblage
ii, D.:
,io 'a''eu 'no h'oru a''e"''o" W 1901
dent johnson IN this wise;
Hear us, we beseech Thee, for our
nation at large Deliver us from the
rule of bad mem Cries of Amen l--dud
especially from him, who, through Sa-
tanic agencies. has been raised 10
authority over us-T Yels of Amen and
who, abusing that authority is endeavor-
ing not only to take the life of the Re
public, but our personal liberty. TShouts
of Amen Great God, interfere.
[Amen, till it seemed as if the roof
would fall I Oh, make bare thine arm,
and save us from his ruinous policy,
IAmens, and cries of Yes, Lord 7 from
the bad councils of the bad men who
surround him. "a delegate, in an
audible voice, Yes. Lord. Seward and
Weed. and all of them hounds. We
beseech Thee to discover TO the Amer
lean people the base hypocrisy of the
party that sustains him. r Amen
louder than ever, including one
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Official Swindling.

A Washington dispatch says; A pay
master of the regular army, late chief of
an important district, his dishonesty APP
propriated TO his own use very large
amount of coupons attached to 1905 /;
cutting them off previous to paying them
out to the troops of his district The
paymaster held the funds back until the
January interest accrued, distributing
them throughout several remote States
minus the coupon adjuncts, which he
feloniously retained for his own private
use and gain Ii is understood that
charges have been brought against him
at Washington, and that but little time
can elapse before the public will be fully
apprised of the facts The sum involved
covers many thousand dollars
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FROM ST. LOUIS.
Pestilence Among the Poor-St
Louis Astonished.
Test Oath-Gen. Sherman-Mail
Robber Arrested-Montana
Mines.

ST.. LOUIS, September 25.-An Italian
family named Nealey, or kneeley, con-
sisting of the father, mother, and four
children, a short time since, went from
the vicinity of Rolla, in Phelps county,
to the vicinity of Labadie, in Franklin,
travelling on foot, and there put up in
miserable cabin In short time the
parents died of cholera, and when found
by some neighbors were lying dead in
the house in their usual very poor cloth
ing. Two of the children were sick with
the cholera and subsequently died. A
third one took sick, when Mr.. A. Il.
Moore took the two remaining children
to his own house, where by careful
treatment the sick one recovered. The
family appeared to be in the lowest de-
gree of poverty and want. 1t is sur
missed that they may be related TO some
of the Italian families in ST. Louis,
though nothing is known as to this.
Prince Nicholas 0urrason, son OF the
Archduke Constantine, and nephew 10
the Emperor Of Russia, has arrived, and
is stopping at the Southern hotel for
few days, preparatory to taking.a trip
across the plains.
Mr.. +. NJ. Graham, of Clay county,
was arrested and taken to Liberty,
charged with the crime Of teaching a
school without having taken the consti-
tuition test oath. He was bound over in
$50 TO answer at court This is the first
time this infamy has been attempted TO
be put in force in Clay. Mr.. Graham
ought 10 sue his eaptors and all con-
cerned in it forthwith for false imprison-
ment
The ovation to General Sherman at
Denver was a grand affair At the ban
quet, Governor Cummings was pointedly
snubbed. The feeling against him in the
territory is severely bitter
Mr. Davis, deputy postmaster Of St.
Joseph, went up 10 Savannah to-day and
brought down under arrest a stage driver,
charged with having robbed the mail
He is in Jail 20 await an examination be-
fore a United States Commissioner
We have Montana papers TO September
lst A train Of forty-one wagons, sew
enty-six men and four women, from St
Cloud, Minnesota, reached Helena on
the 2Sth. Captain Fisk's train Of one
hundred and forty wagons, three hundred
and forty-ihree men, and quite number
of women, arrived at Helena on the 10th.
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M E pICAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.

r EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following:
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurable. read the following
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
faith ia evidence. read the following:
Knoto all Men By these Presents, That on this.
the twentieth day Of June. in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
personally came Joseph Haydock tn me, known
rs such. and being duly sworn. deposed rs fol
lows That he is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereoi i1r Pre-,
parations or medicines known as MAGGlEL'S
PILLS and SALVE, and that the following
certificates are verbatum copies to the best oil
his knowledge and belief. N
Wall Street, New York.
DR.. MAGoIEL: / take my pen to write you of
my grent relief, and that the awful pain in my
side has left me at ast-thanks to your medicine.
Oh doctor, how thankful | am that can get
some sleep. l can never write II enough }
thank you again and ngain. and am sure you
are really the friend OF all sufferers. could
not help writing to you, and hope you will not
take IL amiss. JAMES MfEho,
June /, 1866 ZIG Avenue ID.
This is to certify that was discharged from
the army. with Chronic Diarrhea. and have
been cured be Dr. MSwgg n I6P Pii nlS-ApvEy
New York. April 7, 1855. u Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case OF n man
employed in an Iron Foundry, who. in pouring
melted iron into a flask that was damp and wet
caused an explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower,
and he was burnt dreadfully. The, following
certificate was given to me by him about eigh;
weeks after the accident:
NEw YORK, Jan. II, 1866.
My name is j acOb Hardy am an iron foun
der; was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had a running sore
on my leg that would not heal l tried Maggiels
Salve, and il cured me in few weeks. This 10
all true, and any body can now see me at jack
sons Iron Works. Second Avenue:
j HARDY
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MORTUARY REPORTS.
From New York. New Orleans and
Nashville.

New YORK, September 25.-Weather
continues cool There were fifteen new
cases Of cholera reported in this city du-
ring the past twenty-four hours. Ten
burial permits for cholera deaths were
issued during the forty-eight honrs end
ing yesterday afternoon. The mortuary
report for last week showed FIVE hundred
deaths in this city and the public institu-
tons Fifty deaths were from cholera.
There were two cases reported in Brook
lyn yesterday, one of which proved fatal.
The report for the past week shows that
there were twenty-one deaths from chol-
era in that period.
New ORLEANS, September 25.-There
were four deaths from yellow fever yes
terday.
NASHVILLE, September 25.-Cholera is
decreasing. The Board of Health re-
ports Al deaths up to pm. to-day from
cholera, and three from other causes.
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PU BLIC LEDGER
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
M IL M Il II y:
Thursday Evening. Sept. 81. 1861
OUR ROUTES.

We are now making arrangements to
extend all the routes on the PUBLIC
LEDGER, and add new ones in the SUI
burbs. by which we hope to be able 10
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 ut 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 will be served at an earlier
hour at all points within the city and
suburbs. 10
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Ex-senator James s, Green.

Some penny-a.liner, and a poor piece
of property at that has written n letter
to an Eastern paper from ST. Louis, in
which he originates very disgraceful
report concerning ex-senator James s.
Green, alleging that he is now earning
pittance by any odd job of manual
labor he may gel" 1t would be unneces-
sary to state for the information of ST.
Louis readers that the report is false
both in spirit and detail. Mr.. Green is
a lawyer of first rank in our courts, be-
fore which he is daily practitioner.
We know of one case in which his re-
tainer was $500, and we know besides
that he is possessed Of very valuable
farm in Canton, No, where he is at
present spending his summer vacation
The whole story is one written for sensa-
tional effect or from malice-St Louis
Times
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Births in Massachusetts,.

The annual report of births in Massa-
chusetts is out, and the annual remark
is being made upon the disparity be-
tween the number of children born to
native and the number born to foreign
parents The Boston Advertiser gives a
table showing that in that city the num-
Der of children born whose parents were
both natives of the United States was
1906, making 2475 per cent of all the
births. This ratio of children of native
parentage is less than it was in 1864,
when it was 1928 per cent. of the whole
increase of that year. The births of
children of Irish parents in 1864 made
40 per cent of the whole number, while
in 1865 this class had increased, to
1895 per cent The number of births
where both parents were foreign born
was 1855, or CLIO per cent. of the
whole number AT this rate the Irish
will soon have taken" Massachusetts,
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An Oninlou.

Tie Charleston Ne,cS closes lengthy
article on the political aspect with the
following paragraph:
THAT cisl war is impending, we be-
lieve; but we also believe that if our
people be vigilant and fully alive to their
interest, the fury of the storm will spend
itself in the North, and we shall pass
through the trying period unscathed
From all the signs in the political
horizon, we are on the brink of a great
revolution which, in point of sanguinary
earnestness, may not fall far short of
the days of 1893 in Paris Whom God
wishes destroy he first strikes with mad.
ness. Certainly the condition precedent
is fully established If the Radicals in
the North are not mad, then do we
not know what constitutes madness in
a mob. rabble or nation"
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EapoleOn's Foreign Minister.

New YORK, September 25.-European
files to the 10th say NJ. Droayn Hugs
has gone with his wife for month s
ramble in Germany 1t appears certain
that he repeatedly stated, in conversation
with his friends, that he had rendered
his resignation Immediately after the bat
tie Of Sadowa, and had only remained on
from day TO day until his successor could
be decided upon and appointed If at a
future day pacific policy were to be
exchanged for warlike one, it is by no
means improbable that he would return
to office; and when that arrives, if not
sooner. some believe that Gen Fleury,
who is said to have a remarkable talent
for organization, will replace Marshal
Random at the ministry of war.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-27

Litson, British Charge d'Affaires at
Monteveido. The treaty not only affects
Paraguay but also Bolivia After having
overthrown the present government Of
Paraguay and set up another in its stead,
the allies bind themselves to exact OF the
new government settlement of bounda-
ries upon certain bases. Inlaying down
the basis the allies include large strip
of Bolivian territory, and also very i'm
portant water rights in the limits Of Bra
iii and Buenos Ayres. This claim to
Bolivian territory ard rights has aroused
the indignation of Bolivia, while the at
tempt TO overthrow the existing govern
ment of Paraguay has called forth vigor-
GUS protests from Peru and Chill.
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THE TURF.
Jerome Park Races----Kentucky
the Winner
Laolede Races Postponed.


JEROME PARK, N. Y, September 25.
Over twenty thousand people were in at
tendance at the park to-day to witness
the races. Gen. Grant was an interested
spectator
The first race,'a mile and quarter
dash, was won by Bayswater. Greldon $
Lexington colt was second, and Sanford
Tisdale was third. Time, 2l7.
For the inauguration race there were
four starters The first heat was won by
Kentucky in 1866; Onward second, and
Fleetwing third. Idlewild was distanced.
The second heat was also won by Ken
lucky in 7:4l9. Fleetwing was second
and Onward third.
ST. LOUIS, September 25.-The Laclede
races have been postponed till the Sth
of October, on account Of the rainy
weather. Eighty horses are now here,
and will remain till the meeting.
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and in the years to come, lose our iden-
tity in its all-prevailing darkness. The
command is a stern one, aud there Is
great force to be welded in its enforce
ment. The person who occupies the
place of Governor of this State, and those
who support him, tell the country that
the Africans among us must be clothed
with the franchise, and that eighty thou
sand Caucasians, including great states
men, men of learning of all professions
and the great army of agriculturists, must
in condition of inferiority. The
party in Congress tells us that
The African shall rule the South. Can
this violation Of nature, of reason, OF
race, of decency, of justice, be accom-
plished2 Yes, it can be, but only over
the chains, slavery and death of the white
race of the South.
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
A New Holy Alliance.

NFw YoRK. September 25.-The Her
aid publishes a secret treaty entered into
BY the governments Of Brazil, Buenos
Ayres and Uruguay, which has for its
object the overthrow Of the present legal
authority in Paraguay, and the complete
destruction Of the sovereignty and in
tegrity of that country. The treaty
was signed on the first Of May, 1865,
at Buenos Ayres, but was brought to
light by the sagacious maneuyers of
Hon. Edward Thornton, English Min
lister at Buenos Ayres. and W. Garrow
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NEGRO EMIGRATION.

We have seen from time to time a
statement that large numbers OF negroes
from other States are being imported
into this State. We have not thought 1t
worth while to allude to the report; but
il turns out TO be true in point OF fact
Coupled with BRowSLow's declaration
that the negroes will be enfrauchised in
this State next winter we may compre'
bend what this emigration means. 1t
means Radical votes, Radical ascend
apcy, Radical equality with negroes, the
exclusion of white men from the ballot
box. and revolution. The proper time
to call Convention may be nearer than
most persons imagine.
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we're fired into by an Arkansian, who
was not aware that the war was over.
Official Information received from
BRENNAN, Texas, shows that place to be
in state of insurrection. The citizens
are all armed and patrol the streets to
prevent soldiers from coming into town.
The mayor or sheriff is reported to have
telegraphed to the adjutant general of
the State to know how many men be
could furnish to drive the Yankees of.
A reply is said to have been received
Offering 5000 well-armed men, and more
if necessary. The officer in command
of the. detachment of United States
troops, numbering about sixty men, had
entrenched and otherwise fortified his
position, after receiving large supply
of ammunition from Galveston, and has
expressed confidence in being able to
Withstand an attack. General Sheridan
left for the scene of action this morning.
Governor Wells is sick with the fever
and ague. He denies the statement
that he indorses the Presidents policy.
The Value of Property in New York State
The New York State authorities have
just published list of the amounts of
real and personal property for purposes
of taxation in the various counties of
that State. From this list it appears
that the real property in New York State
is valued at 81, 1876, 4O3,4l6, and the
personal property at 1894 1926, 220, the
total valuation being $l,53l, 229,636.
The richest county is New York, valued
at 5000, 1874 1855, two-fiths of the whole.
Kings county (Brooklyn) is valued at
1925, 9S5, 553, and Westchester, on the
Hudson, above New York, at $44,97l,-
2l3; and these, with New York, make
up more than onehalf the total valua-
ton of the State. Erie, Albany, Duchess,
Monroe, Orange, Onandaga and Rensa
laer, in the order named, are next in
order, and each of them is rated at more
than $26,O00,0OO. There are sixty coun-
ties in New York. and the average valu-
tion of each is S25 520 4Q4