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New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-17

Fenians. has issued a Circular urging the necessity
ofhaving thorough military organization through
ont the United States and territories, and con-
tanning instructions for the formation OF infantry
cavalry and artillery corps.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

dinous celebrations. The beauty and
fashion, the wealth and elegance Of the
city have been packed into it q thousand
times; and it has often overfowed with
happy children, to whom the gorgeous
surroundings seemed fairy land, and who
will retain recollections of it through
life 1t was to them thing Of beauty
and will be JOY forever.
A crowded audience had just dispersed
after witnessing the splendid spectacle
presented in the Midsummer Nights
Dream" when the conhagration broke
out, and there was such an awakening
from midnight dreams as we never had
in Cincinnati; and the amphitheatre of
hills about us looked down upon ire
mendous spectacle The opera-house
was volcano, from whose awful crater
issued tempest Of fire Last night the
members of the Legislature were to have
been present in the opera-house, and to-
morrow it would have been filled with
the children who participate in the
Bethel celebration 1t was Forum and
Temple and Theatre in one, and belonged
to us all; and indeed we can hardly I'M
derstand how we will be able TO get along
without it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
THE PRESS " OF MEMPHIS

The editor Of q morning paper takes it
upon himself to contradict the statement
we made on Saturday under the above
head, in connection with the movement
of portion Of the managers of the
morning papers with regard to the Press
reports, This oracle declares that the
PUBLIC LEDGER enjoys the exclusive
use Of the midday dispatches which is
simply untrue, as all the city papers
but one use all the dispatches - both
noon and midnight The personal para
graph in his notice is doubtless intended
as an advertising dodge, hoping to draw
us OH TO an answer, and thus bring his
sheet into notice; but we are too old for
this. Bro X, if you wish to advertise
in the LEDGER, you will find our rates on
the first page, and our terms in your case,
as you already know, are strictly cash in
advance. We will not now or at any fu-
ture time enter into any newspaper con-
troversy, and therefore leave this matter
to be settled between the New York As
ISOLATED Press, and the morning papers
of this city, being perfectly Indifferent
as 10 the result
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
An English View of Petersburg.

A correspondent of the London Times
writes the following from our city, under
date of November It'll:
This struggling and impoverished little
town was the graveyard of the Contede-
racy In the strong and elaborate forth
fcations around it the Southern soldiers
made their last desperate stand, fighting
in the trenches till the dead were piled
up as high as their heads, and giving
way only when utter destruction threat
ened them, from Grants beleaguering
hosts. The suffering of the Confederate
army, in these last days, were terrible.
After two years of unflinching resis-
lance, General Lee ordered the retire
ment of the Confederate troops around
Petersburg, and Grant thus possessed the
KEY to Richmond The effect of this
compulsory retreat was decisive upon the
Southern army. Every man felt that the
cause was hopelessly lost and from the
moment the troops left the trenches they
struggled of in all directions. The
country was soon covered with them.
They left about thirty thousand strong.
When Lee surrendered at Appomatox,
there was only about eleven thousand
FIVE hundred men with him, including
cavalry. The remainder went away
rather than be included in the surrender
With war thus raging about its gates the
town of Petersburg fell into almost com
plete ruin. 1t had formerly been
thriving place, by reason of its large
trade with North Carolina, but the line
which was drawn around the Confederacy
stopped the vital circulation in every
part of it, and Petersburg went to decay.
1t is now reyiving again, though by feeble
and uncertain steps.
Yankee store keepers have settled |
down in the principal streets, and offer |
their amazing shoddy at prices which |
bring them the reasonable point of a
hundred per cent The country imme-
diately around is poor, and was never
very rich You ride through mile after
mile of wild land, covered with pine
woods, and only at long intervals see a
patch of cleared land, in which the stalks
of Indian corn stand bare in the frost
Here and there along the road a chimney
stack or fragment Of brick wall litters
the fields, while hastily thrown up breast
works or trenches cover the face of the
country. The monotony of the brown
woods is sometimes relieved by black
face peering from the top Of a soldiers
,ast-off overcoat, the proprietor being
the freedman on his travels in quest of
he lands to be given him by Congress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
Southern News

A letter from Point Coupee, La, gives
the particulars of most terrible hail
storm, which in twenty minutes, hail,
from the size of quail egg to a chicken
egg, fell in sufficient numbers to cover
the ground seven inches deep, beating
down fences, breaking trees and doing
much damage in killing stock and poul-
try.
A suit has been commenced in Baton
Rouge, La, involving the largest and
best portion Of that city below North
Boulevard
Smallpox is prevailing in Louisiana.
Several wagon loads of smallpox negrot s
have been clandestinely dumped in the
streets Of Baton Rouge, from the ada
cent country.
Austin, Texas, advices Of the 18th, say
the State Convention adopted substi-
tute majority report declaring the seces-
sion ordinance null and void, acknowl-
edeing the supremacy Of the Constitution
Of the United States and renouncing the
right TO sgain secede from the Union by
A. to 81.
The Commit ee on the condition of the
State reported an ordinance permitting
the Legislature 10 pass a stay law on
judgment debts for for years, on condi-
ton that the interest and one-fourth Of
the principal be paid each year
The Judiciary Committee have re-
ported an ordinance protecting Confede-
rate military and civil officers from Grim
inal or civil process or injury Of person
or property.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
TOUCHING TRIBUTE.

The following is from the Columbus
(Gs.) Sun:
The proposition to appoint the 25th OF
April as the anniversary on which all
Southern women are called on to deco
rate the graves Of our deceased soldiers,
meets the appreciation of the ladies in
ierested in the work here.
On the 25th Of April fGod willing we
will inaugurate this custom in Columbus
and we earnestly hope it viii never fall
into disuse.
This would be, perhaps will be, a touch
ing custom, to be observed from year to
year by the women of the South. 1t
would be in happy accord with the repu-
taiion they made during the war. Come
what may, the dead heroes Of the South
will never be forgotten by the women
who urged them on to the feld, and
mOurned BEN when they fell As the
flowers spring from the sods of April,
aud as the day comes, how touching, now
imposing. would be the spectacle of tens
Of thousands Of women, all gathering
flowers and scattering them over the
graves Of the dead soldiers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
ILLEGAL EXPENDITURE.

A bill has passed, or is now pending
in Congress, providing for an appropria-
ton of one hundred thousand dollars to
aid the Paris Exposition. The New
York World is doubtful Of the power of
the Government to spend money in this
way, and says Certainly not from the
Constitution Perhaps, however, the
life Of the nation justifes it We wish
not to do the President injustice to sup
pose that he viii mot veto such a bill
promptly" An exchange commenting
on this remark, adds Congress gets
the power where it finds authority to
print 10000 copies of speeches, etc,
made upon the death of an ex-member
of Congress, and to perform a large num-
Der of profitable acts for the benefit of
persons in favor at the capitol Il is too
late to ask where Congress gets the power
to do anything What is not done by
military necessity may be done for party
advantage and profit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
Tho Old Negro and the President.


The Washington Union is responsible
for the following
As a part Of the res gest9 of the 22d
and as belonging to the varied sights and
emotions Of the day, We give the follow
ing rich scene which occurred at the
headquarters Of Sergeant Eeloffe, of the
Seventh Precinct, City Hall. Present,
the Sergeant. his clerk and an old negro
man named George, q sort Of sexton of
the building.
His Excellency, the President Of the
United States, escorted by Mayor Wal
ZACH and other distinguished functional
ries OF the District, are discovered by the
Sergeant az they alight from the carriage
and enter the building az if they were
going TO the room occupied by the Grim
NAL court
Sergeant-Look, George be quick :
that the President
Negro-Whar, whar' he goin'-I say,
wbar he gwine much excited
Sergeant-Going to court, ] suppose,
George
Negro-Glory eloryi fore God
knOwed 1t just hearn a white
gem men readin about dat veto he done
] knowed they was gwine to have him
fore Dc court Thank God for dat, /
say
The countenancc Of the old negro
frightened up, and sure enough he was
convinced that the President had Just
been arrested for vetoing the negro bill,
and vas being carried to court By Mayor
Waliach.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
SERIOUS DIFFICULTY.

A Cairo dispatch of the Dist says A
serious conflict between the civil and
military authorities has inst occurred
here. D. c. PHILLIPS, Marshal ofSouth-
ern Illinois, came here with a writ order
ing him tc sell lot of pork which had
been libeled for salvage. The Marshal
on arrival here found the commandant
of the post ready to resist the sale by
armed force. The Marshal sold the prop
erty, but the military interfered and pro-
hibited the delivery. In the meantime
the military took possession of the pork
and shipped it off South. 1t remains
now to be seen what the Court will do to
vindicate its authority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
TROUBLE IN SHREVEPORT.

A dispatch says THE steamer VIM.
Butler was seized by the military at
Shreveport, and the officers and entire
crew placed in irons for the following
cause
1.-TWO negroes attempted to cross over
the Butler TO reach another boat and one
of them fell into the river The mate
and crew rushed forward to save the
drowning man, when the other negro
either fell in or was accidentally pushed
in. By the efforts of the crew one of the
negroes was saved, and he reported TO
the commandment that he had been thrown
into the river Atlast accounts the boat
was still under arrest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
A BAD THING.

The military authorities in Salisbury
n c., nave suppressed the sale of pic
lures of Generals Lee, Jackson and other
Confederate Generals Dispatch
Is this thing of provoking the Southern
people to violent speaking and acting,
never to ceasei Is an attempt syste-
matically being made to perpetuate hos
tilities between the sections, and thus
keep the South in an inferior position
prey to cotton-stealers or any one else
who may take fancy to get rich from
the blood and torture of great, gallant
and superior racer Forbid the sale of
pictures? Is any man weak enough no
to know that waters cannot quench, and
fires cannot burn the memory of LEE and
JACKSON from the hearts of the Southern
people? If LEES grand, living face is
permitted to be seen in Washington and
Virginia by all, everywhere and by whom
soever, what harm can there possibly be
in looking AT his picture, the mere
shadow of the great original? If Con-
federate officers are criminals, so great
that manifestations of respect and admir-
alton for them constitutes an offense to
be punished by the rigors of military law,
why allow them to live? Why not arrest
them and slam the gates of the prisons
on them forever We do not suppose
the President viii sustain the North Car
DINA officials, for he knows that such ar
bitrary acts are death to his policy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
BY TELEGRAPH
Reported for the Public Ledger.
VERY LATEST FROM ALL POINTS
NOON DIsP ARCHES.

New YORK, March &c - The letter o.
Secretary Seward to Minister Adams
giving an official history of the Hampton
Roads Peace Conference, during the
winter of 1906, has been published.
The Attorney General has decided
that Southern pensioners be restored to
the rolls Of Southern pension agencies,
on proof of continued loyalty during the
war; and claims to be paid. The princi-
pie involved, if correctly reported, d.
recty conflicts with Second Comptroller s
opinion, that balances due Southern
residents are not payable to claimants,
but belong to Government as enemy 8
property. Second Comptroller's deci-
sion is subject to revision by the Solicitor
of the Treasury, upon application of
claimants to the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
WASHINGTON, March 26-The Treas
ury Department issued last week S244,-
900 in fractional currency Redemp-
tons amounted to 1884, Certificates
of indebtedness, 100000 Disburse-
ment to Departments was nearly So, 0OO,-
OOO-navy over $4,000 ,OOO and interior
nearly S2,OOO,OOO
Gen Spinner holds over S3l6,000000
securities for the circulation of National
banks, and over $50, 100000 securities
for deposits.
HAMILTON, C. W, March 24-The
Government is still busy with the dc
lenses, but the reports of the numbers
under arms in Canada are very much
exaggerated. The number Of able-bodied
men liable to service is not over 10000.
Not over half that number offered their
services
PrTrssURc, March 2G.-The river is
ten feet and falling.
ST.. LOUIS, March &c "A special says
the Confederate General Hood of Texas,
was on change on FRIDAY.
Robert Walsh, long connected with our
milling interests, died on Friday evening.
INDIANAPOLIS, March Ex-Governor
Morton is reported to be improving
slowly under his New York physicians.
LOUISVILLE, March 26.-Four Italians
have been arrested here for having four
teen thousond dollars in spurious fifty
cent currency-a very dangerous coun-
terfet. Carlo Latranza the principal, is
said TO be in the service of a band of
New York eounterfeiters to circulate
these issues in New Orleans and other
remote parts Of the country.
New YORK, March 26.-The European
files says it is rumored that a misunder-
standing exists between the English gov
eminent and the American Embassy Mt
London, relative to the Imprisonment Of
several persons charged with Fenianism,
who claim to be American citizens, and
demand their liberation or trial The
Misunderstanding has been referred to
for solution, and probably
nay prove embarrassing
NEW YORK, March 26-Cotton nom
nal, 4Oc; gold 25te.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
cincinnati Opera-house F.rc.

The Cincinnati Commercial thus refers
20 the recent opera-house Ere.
Il was a hard task for the people Of
Cincinnati to realize yesterday morning
that the opera-house was a mass OF
smoking ruins; and there were few who
did not feel that the catastrophe was a
personal loss. Tens Of thousands gath
cred during the day TO look upon the
wreck. and their air aud bearing were ms
Of mourners at a funeral The opera
house has been the pride Of the city. and
there is no class Of our citizens SO high
or SO low that tbey have not enjoyed it
Not only have the opera and theatre
goers thronged It, but it has been opened
for grand public receptions, for preach
ing, and for school children's multitu-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

lower court, from which the case had
been appealed. The plaintiff had sent
through the New York, Albany and
Buffalo Telegnphic Company dispatch
to on agent in San Francisco to buy q
cargo of wheat at not over twenty-five
francs, the Hectorolite landed in Bor-
deaux. The dispatch read twenty-five,
and for his expenses in consequence of
this error, the plaintiff recovered
60 Oql5l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
Metropolitan Enterprisc.
GREAT GIFT SALE
OF THE
NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE
Jewelers. Association,
Capital, 100000.
Depot. 1877 Breadway. :
Ak IMMENSE STOCK OF PIANOS,

AK IMMENSE STOCK OF PIANOS,
- Watches. yewelry, and Fnncy foods, ell
10 be sold for ONE DOLLAR each. without re-
card 10 value, and not n be Paid for tai you sec
v-hat Tou viii receive.
CERTIFICATES, uamirr caon article. and
its value. arc placed an scaled envelope ~ d
we'll mixed. One q these envelope VIII b.
sent by mali 10 any address on rr-eipt - "
cents Eve for - eleven for 8 thirty iar -;
sirty-fiTe Tor slg- and ono hundred lgr sl'.
On receipt q the CeTiiEcgte you vail see Wnfs
you are going 20 have, and frrn i j. ~ your
option 70 pay the dollar and take the article n
not. Purchasers may thus obtain n goli
Watch. Liamoui Ring. Piauo, s.ewing no
chine. or any set II JeTclry on cur hf, ?
and in no case can they set less than On D3i-
lars worth, ns there are no blanks.
Agents arc wanted IN crcry town II q
counfry. ever rerscn can make $40 aa,s
selling CIR Certificates In the greatest sle "a
JcweirT ever Er-wn-
SEMI 3 cents fer a Certificate, which viii in
form you rhat you can obtain for 81. ~ tEe
zane timo ret our circular. Containing .u4. li1i
ard prrticuicrs also, Icr-s g AgsHii.
~ JAMES HUTCHINSON d CO..
rnareg-7m IL Broadway, y. /.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

And if this is, indeed, the testimony
Of James Johnson, (Which we very much
doubt we shall believe Nthe report that
he vowed vengeance upon the State for
the failure Of the Legislature to elect
him to the United States Senate, and
has taken the opportunity Of . mission
to Washington, on which he was dis
patched by the people of Columbus, to
intercede with the President for the re-
moval of the negro troops, to carry his
plans of retaliation into effect Nothing
more unjust to the people of Georgia
could be stated than is here ascribed to
Provisional Governor Johnson. = Macon
journal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
TROUBLE IN MISSISSIPPI.

A large number of citizens of Wayne
county, Mississippi, have been arrested
by the military on account of the myste-
rious disappearance of a man supposed
to be deserter from the Federal army.
1t is not known that the man was a
soldier or that he had been made away
with The Circuit Court protested against
the action of the military, especially as
the court was investigating the same.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

D% FLAKES Galveston Bulletin an
nounces that General DENT, the Treasury
agent for the State Of Texas has issued
instructions TO all his agents to close
their official business on the 10th inst,
and fo-bidding further seizure or deten-
ton Of property This is done with
view to :he speedy termination Of the
duties of this department in that State
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
Reoon,trrction in esorris.

Hon. James johnson, ex- Provisional
Governor Of Georgia, appointed by
President johnson, informed the Presi-
dent the other day that the Freedmen's
Bureau was still an absolute necessity in
that State, 70 protect both whitos and
blacks and that the rebellious spirit was
still untamei and malignant, ard that
more troops should be sent there without
delay. This Is the testimony Of one
in whom the President has placed the
greatest confdenc. - Nashville Press
and Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
TORNADO

A Cairo dispatch Of the 2lsi says: Mr..
ToxPEIys, clerk of the steamer Baltic,
reports Witnessing where tornado
crossed the Mississippi river last night at
Chain, few miles ADORE this city. He
reports it about one hundred yards vide,
and on both sides Of the river every tree
in the track was blown down BE heard
of no damage to boats or property in the
route Of the tornado
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

B5r The yellow hair .fin'ore is raging
in London, and women with the darkest
tresses are dying them carrot color.
Grayness or badness in two years is the
penalty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

BE- Tampico advices Of the 10th inst.
state that in battle between guerrillas
and the French, the French were de-
feated-loss forty men Tampico is gar
risoned by one hundred men, but the
town is completely cut of from the
country, and business is Frustrated
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

ga A matrimonial epidemic seems to
be prevailing to an alarming exten.
among our Carroll comfy friends; and
so far ms we have been able to learn, no
steps are being taken to arrest It's pro
gress. Jackson Standard
o well, if the epidemic progresses, a
great many steps viii be taken after
q while.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
IRPoRTAHT DECISION .

An important decision Of the New
York Court Of Common Pleas, on the
liability Of telegraph companies for mis-
takes in the transmission of dispatches,
= Published A verdict was found for
he plaintiff, Affirming the decisien Of =
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

HI- The Texas Convention are pro-
posing to pay the widow of Gen. HoUsToS
the full salary due her husband as Gov
ernor, from the date of his deposition by
the seeding convention to the end Of the
term for which he was elected
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

Bs5 BEiTToS, the leader Of the gang
who robbed the steamer Belfast, when on
the way to the penitentiary, escaped from
his guards He had been sentenced for
ten years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26
cRocERIES,Lnlta
2O2 2O2 2O2
WE HAVE IN STORE AND ARE ANY,
w ious TO sell them out quick, the follow

~. nataai Nfi ft w
WE HAVE IN STORE AND ARE ANx4.
wv icus to sell them out quick, the follow
9 9NE k9T T S EEM 4RbE y6W6 sEeAs Bra
ONE Lot PORTO RICO SUGAR.
9NE LOT FAM FAM COFFEE SPFsEA' Il
ONE Lot at SVgAR-CURED HAMS. a
one Lot BACON sHHoutLDERs. Il
9NE Lt9 3TT bbAAH H52 is keg and tierees. E
$SH E$$ S4EES}HSSSf $SSSs4sssS
ONE LOT CIgARS.assorted brands.
one LOT SS;ARJp3I,MsrEsS, in and n boxes.
3NE LOT MASEEkEL, in y barrels.
ONE LOT MACREREL, in kits.
one t0T Salmon. IN 2 K kits Is AUS
ONE LOT BLUE FISH, in kits.
ONE LOT OYSTERS. in cans.
9 9NEE t L9T TEH E 4d PFEsAGiHEs in cans
ONE LOT GREEN PEAS. in cans,
SNE t tST B BsAANbYY 5 6EASHfSi
oNE L9 9T PAfNTHp Bf FSyETEs in bottles
ONE Lot hkAsS-B0g BUCKETS.
UUNE L0T NELL BUCKETS.
ONE LOT WHISKEYS.
ONE Lot BRANDIES.
ONE LOT WINES, Sherry. Port and Madeira
9NE L toT B KEnNiEESc Rop TAGGING.
one L0Tf FRESH [ co OFT SEED.
9NE tSTI 81 sSET; r. S s?sI
ONE LOT SULPHUR MATCHES.
ONE LOT PARL0R MATCHES.
ONE LOT BEST BLACKING.
ONE LOT MANILA ROPE.
ONE LOT S0AP-rarious kinks.
ONE LOT NEW ORLEANS MOLAsSEs.
ONE LOT GOLDEN. SYRUP.
ONE LOT BEST BLACK TEA.
ONE LOT BEST GREEN TEA.
ONE LOT FLOUR MIX, Eagle Mills.
ONE LOT FLOUR, Mad river Mills.
ONE LOT FLOUR, Lillian Mills.
ONE LOT FLOUR, Prairie Mills
ONE LOT FLOUR, Star Mills.
ONE LOT FLOUR, Illinois Mills
ONE LOT FLOUR, Rose Valley Mills.
ONE LOT FLOUR. Aaron Mills.
ONE LOT BEST q. D. CAPS.
ONE LOT SHOT, assorted sizes
ONE LOT BEST WHEELING NAILS.
MADDEN & co.
zoe FRONT STREET.
III. =, ".
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

~ Augusta papers report a rumor
aAoat that there will soon be colored
convention held al augusta for the pur-
pose Of sending representatives TO Con-
gress from the Territory Of Georgia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

ga The House Committee on Flee
tons to-day decided that JAMES BRooKsis
not entitled to his seat in the House, but
that the contestant, WM C. DoDGF. il
entitled to the position
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-26

BIZ By order of the President the
Savannah Republican has been restored
to its owners Whether this will affect
the political aspect of the paper remains
10 he seen