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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-06-12

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
PUBLIC LEDGER.
A suREAu FOR INFANTS.

We have a Bureau for the colored in
fants, little and big, in the South, They
seem to stand greatly in need OF slmi-
lar institution for the protection OF me
white infants of Massachusetts. We
suggested some time since the proprieiy
of sending missionaries to that State Ou'
strange to say, our churches have taken
no notice of the subject The CannloalS
eat children. Mrs. RoDGERs, OF the Pil-
grim State, takes them TO board,
and starves them to death These chll-
dren are generally illegitimate, have no
protectors, sieken and die from starva-
ton and lie unburied until the death
worms cover their bodies. The bill oil
fare of the children was :" -four Cruel
SCARED with milk" A witness testlfed
that .one that died had " sucked Its
fingers to the bone, and quite raw,
in the agonies of starvation. II
is stated, says the New York Worfd,
that some of the mothers hoped
that the children would die, thus
relieving them of paying dollar
veel N the woman. All this in Mas
sachusets But as the little sufferers
were not in Louisiana or 'colored, nor
reconstructed, nor drawing government
rssions of white sugar, nor costing the
country s. 100000 annually, there is no
talk of establishing branch OF the ou-
reau at Lawrenceburg, as means OF
protecting infants from starvation Even
SUMNER, who has offered petitions Tor
pianos. new shoes, suffrage, or similar
luxuries, from haif the reconstructed me-
groes in the country, has not seen ut to
present this Lawrenceburg matter % the
Senate
Shame. shame There is no crime like
this there is no people so destitute of hu
manity as these slaughterers of infants
But their mission of humanityis away to
the South among the rich valleys
and the broad savannahs where the
black child basks in the sun,
or rolls among the shadows sleek and
greasy. and fat and happy from head 10
foot tits where the evening song Of the
stalwart black laborer rises over the
green and fruitful fields, that New En-.
gland sympathy repairs. Like sleep, it
a. flies from woe, and lights on lids UNI
sullied with tear" 1t discards suffer
ing and sorrow at home, to expend ITS
tears and aims abroad Monsters, look
into the mirror of your own section and
blush, il you can.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28

payment of the awards TO the captors o.
the assassins Of President Lincoln, anG
those who captured jeff Davis. In the
latter case, the Colonel of the Michigan
regiment receives $4,000, and the line
officers from $500 to 800 piece. The
highest reward paid for the capture OF
Booth is $4,000 to E. j, Conger, who
was present at the time, and the next is
$4,000 to Lieut. Doherty, who command
ed the squad The attempt to give De-
tective Baker Sl7, 1000 failed, and he was
only voted $1,000. rflF
/ Today the President directed war
rants OF pardon to be made out and
transmitted to him for his signature, in
favor Of twelve persons resident within
the limits Of the late Confederacy, for
the criminality in supporting and defend
ing the same. Most of the pardons were
for those coming under the first and
thirteenth exceptions.
A board of officers has been appointed
by the Commissioner of Freedmen s
Affairs, for the purpose of revising the
regulations for the government of the
Bureau, to meet the requirements Of the
recent act of Congress extending the
duration of the Bureau two years The
board convened at the Office Of the
Bureau, and commenced its labors to-
day.
Among those most prominent who
gained audience and had conversations
with the President to-day, was Secreta-
.ries Edwin NJ Stanton, McCulloch and
Welles, Postmaster General Randall and
Gen Grant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
The Downfall and Humiliation Of Austria

From the Lonuon otar, j uiy 81
Austria is down, never as German
power to rise again. Her game in Ger.
4 many is played ont - her day is done
BY whatever arrangements peace may
be brought about, on whatever conditions
she may be allowed to retire from the
contest, her place in Germany is gone.
She can never again be the supreme
Power around which smaller States raj
lied like satraps around a throne. The
sceptre has passed away from her. Her
| fall, though it might have been fore
Swallowed TO observant eyes for years
back, is strange and terribly sudden.
She has fallen ike some old and stately
tower, which had borne so many shocks
and kept its head erect amid so many
storms, that even those who we're nearest
to see its decay lived peacefully and
fearlessly under its shadow as if it must
endure forever. For centuries the House
of Austria, elected regularly 20 the throne
of the Holy Roman Empire, was regard
ed in Germany with veneration
amounting to superstition. Kings were
proud to be the yassals of the Kaiser.
1t is not long since German monarch
said ''The Emperor is my Prince.
| go wither he bids me" Even the Ma
poleonic wars and the abandonment of
the proud title of Emperor Of Germany,
did not deprive Austria of her tradition
al supremacy Even Solferino hardly
diminished it so far as outward appear
ance went. When the Emperor Francis
Joseph visited the theatre in state during
the futile Congress of sovereigns which
he himself convened at Frankfort, in
1913, the Kings and Princes
stood up, to receive him, and remained
standing until he had taken his seat We
have said that there was in Germany
something like a superstition in regard
to Austria. We might say more-an in
vincible faith in the strength of Austria
was, until lately, one of the superstitions
of Enrope A week ago every second
Englishman one met insisted that it
would cost Austria no trouble to crush
Italy and Prussia together History has,
perhaps, never in such time seen so
great a collapse.
We do not yet attempt to speculate as
to the conditions of peace But the fact
that she has, after week of battle, to
sue to Prussia for peace, is, if it really
come true, the doom Of Austria
as German Power 1t cannot
be doubted that Count Won Bis
mark will insist upon the converting of
that German national Parliament which
he proposed just before the war, and to
which the task of reforming the Fedora
ton is to be submitted This part Of the
scheme Of Count Won Bsmark is not
likely to be given up for any considera-
ton. And this, in itself, is the bitterest
humiliation to Austria. 1t means her ex-
clusion from Germany-her relation to
that empire Of Hungarian and Croatians
which some years ago Bsmark himself
recommended as her only policy, and
which now it is his fortune to force upon
her.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
THE MORALITY OF ADJUSTMENTS.

Describing the morality of amusements
Troy clergyman, Rev. Mr., VINCENT
saws: "One of the spiritual wiseacres
who was opposed to amusements says
can checkers soothe dying bedy and
another, If Christ were to visit earth,
would You invite him to game of ehessf
Now this is very foolish logic There
are quite a number of things proper Tor
MS which would be unbecoming in the
King of Saints. For instance-and we
nut it in the most serious spirit, and only
as a reductio al dbsardapi--if Christ
should revisit the earth, we would not
ask him to sing Hail Columbia, or run
for Congress. and yet it will not be
claimed that these acts are wrong IN men.
On the contrary, we have heard OF good
elergymen among our National leglsia-
tors Checkers would not soothe the dy-
Ing bed, nor would church fairs, nor Sab
bath school pienics, nor hundred other
things equally harmless or praise
worthy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
SNORT LETTERS.

We publish on the first page of this
issue, the fourth number of the humor'
GUS, witty and admirable Short Let
ters" They are a pleasant relief coming
in the midst of the heated term, and the
pressure of the grayer cares of life. The
author is true philosopher, makes the
most of the means of happiness, and takes
an occasional glass to steady his stem.
We trust that he will con6de in the truth
of our assurance that his letters are pop
ular. discard Central Park, permit
the police to 90 at large, and preserve
himself from the folly of attempting TO
destroy all the lager beer in New York
We warn him against the insinnatlons
af GREELEY, and advise him to listen to
the counsels of Mrs TEA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
A WHALE AT PORTLAND.

The Portland Me. } papers say that
whale entered that harbor Monday. Cap
tain BENJAMIN WILLARD, an old whaler,
with boat provided with the proper I'M
Elements and manned by six men, started
in pursuit The whale passed up under
Portland and Railroad bridges to
vaugnan's bridge Then he ran back
and forth from Railroad to Vaughan
bridge for six hours and half closely
pursued By Captain WILLARD and crew.
Captain WILLARD succeeded in harpoon-
ing him, but after being fast TO him for
about FIVE minutes the harpoan drew.
de then shot bomb lance through him
that exploded some ten yards beyond
him. The whale, somewhat asipnished
at such treatment, started toward Rail
road bridge at rapid rate, and ran so
high up on the ways where the monitor
was launched, that he had great difficult
ty in getting off
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
Reports Of Cholera.

NEW York, July 26.-The cholera is
again increasing with the return Of warm
weather Sixteen new cases were re-
ported, of which six have been fatal
A very bad state of affairs prevail on
Wards Island Several persons have
died of cholera and there are now eleven
cases there 1t was believed, however,
that the epidemic could be controlled
A cholera nest has been discovered in
the lower part of Vate street, and at lib
Mulberry street. There were four cases
Of cholera in one room In Brooklyn
the disease also found more Roadway,
eleven cases being reported
On Governor Island affairs look
promising, no new cases have occurred
The number Of burial permits issued
yesterday was two hundred and two, and
the number of fatal cases Of cholera
twenty, which gives a more favorable re-
port than during the same number OF
days last week.
Only six cases Of cholera was reported
to the Board Of Health this morning, 3
of which proved fatal. Eight were re-
ported in Brooklyn, two ofwhich proved
fatal The official report on the cholera
in this city shows that the first death oc-
CURED on the first Of May, and up to last
evening there had been but 6fty-six
] deaths
SAvASSAH, Ga, July 25-Thirieen
deaths from cholera occurred among sol
diers on Tybee Island to-day, and TWEEN.
ty-eight new cases are reported. There
are no cases on board The steamer San
Salvador or in this city.
A soldier at Tybee Island was shot to-
day, while trying to desert
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28

1t is announced that for some time
past the health of the Pope has appeared
to be falling, and his condition causes no
little anxiety to his Cardinals, with whom
he speaks frequently of approaching
death. Prs TX, the present Pope, was
born in May, 1892, and is IA years old.
He assembled the Papal throne in 1916,
and has occupied it twenty years, A
correspondent writes to us that there is
a general feeling in Rome that no Pope
will hold his Office longer than did St
PETER, who is said to have governed the
Church for Is years. ADRIAs !. was
Pope nearly "a years; PIUs VI, "a
years 6 months and IL days; PIus VII,
% years months and 6 days, whilst
several other Popes governed the Church
for 81 years. 1t is generally agreed that
the whole number Of Popes was 259.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
LIFE OF JESUS.

The Rev DR.. TURYEss, the Phlladel-
phia Ledger informs us, recently delly-
cred an address before the Divinity
School at Cambridge, on the character Of
JESUS, the study of which, he said, had
been passion with him ever since he
was a student under Prof NORTON. The
point which he endeavored to make clear
was this: that it was only amid the free
institutions of the United States that
His character, felt to be the most re-
markable of all in history, could be un-
derstood and appreciated. Neither
France nor Germany, nor even England,
he thought, could, from the aristocratic
nature Of their institutions, produce
many men capable of rightly estimating
such a character. because its essential
and central feature was an intense love
of nsture This be exhibited perfectly,
and above all other beings, so that He
had more in common with each one of
us than any Of us have with one another.
He examined the mythical theory Of
STRAUSS, the more political life Of the
Saviour given by RESAS, and the still
more recent attempt by a distinguished
German divine 10 illustrate his character.
As the essence Of Democracy and it's
great exponent. be thought it was first
If not only here that His words would
come to be fully understood, and His
character thoroughly appreciated. Upon
that most recent estimate Of the charac-
ter of the Saviour, Ecce Homo" he
was not prepared, he said, to comment
further than to say that its remarkable
popularity, coming after RESASs, was a
proof Of the intense interest in the sub
ject, aud showed him that the destiny OF
nations was remarkably involved in a
correct appreciation Of this the most
wonderful character Of all history.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
SMART BOYS AND SMART MEN.

The Saturday ReUie,r says that in the
biographies Of distinguished men we find
that few Of them at school or at college,
gave signs Of their future power. The
Pail Mall Gazette denies this statement:
.'Prrr having done well in Cambridge was
in Office at tweniy-one, and was Prime
Minister at twenty four Fok began his
political career, and was already IN ac-
,uaI power in the House Of Commons at
the same useful age BURkE began his
essay on the Sublime and Beautiful at
the ace of nineteen. CASSISO was the
mos, distinguished boy Of his time at
Finn So also was the great Marquis
VKrLrsLrY. The late Sir ROBERT PEEL
w.s the lirst man who took double first
class prize at Oxford. DR.. WHEvELL $
success in the schools at Cambridge was
as marked as bis future career Mr.
q. .psroSE...was. teyond comparison the
most distinguished man Ofhis time while
an undergraduate Of Christ Church and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
Garibaldi's Wound.

A correspondent of the Pail Mall Ga
zete, writing from Salo, the LIST inst
says:
Garibald is wounded that is the ia
tai news which seems to have set the
world at stand-still for u.s. He left US
yesterday, at am, for the Rocco An
10, where the LIST, Sd and fourth regi
ments, battalion of sharpshooters and
battalion of Menotts regiment had
been marched up. Weary of inaction
weary of recklessness, he led on his men
himself, and at 6 pm. yesterday, a shot
entered his thigh, traversed his flesh fol
about three inches, and issued on the
other side. The wound is slight but Il
will keep him inactive for days, if moi
weeks. Moreover, the discouragement
produced on our side is responded to by
an equal rise in the spirits of our enc
mics The news reached us at 8 o'clock
this morning Bertomi dispatched DR.
Abanese, the surgeon to the staff, imme
diately but the strict orders are thai
every one else remain at his post | have
just seen Capt Moyon, Genoese, who
was with the General whena he was
wounded he assures me that the hurt is
not serious and that the General treats
it with the utmost indifference.
We have besides about one hundred
hOrs de combat
At 3 p. m, the General ordered a few
com panies Of the LIST and Sd regiments
to retake the town Of Bagolino Their
finding that to achieve this with the Aus
TRANS occupying all the mountain passes
greater losses must be incurred than the
position was worth, he was just giving
orders to effect a flank movement wher
the Jager's rifle sighted all too well
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
From louisville.

LOUISVILLE, July 2s.-The National
Committee of the Sengerbund awarded
last night, the first prize for singing to
the "Orion of the West" from St Louis
The various societies are at the Fair
grounds to-day, giving themselves up to
general hiiarity. The musical concert of
last evening is pronounced by musical
critics to be the best and most extensive
ever heard on this continent Nothing
has occurred to mar the festivities, save
considerable disaffection which is ex-
pressed at the distribution of the prizes.
The exercises will terminate this evening
with grand excursion to the Mammoth
Cave, where the societies contemplate
giving Concert tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
Hope for Austria.
SAYS the Cincinnati Enquirer

Says the Cincinnati Enquirer
"In spite, therefore, of the reverses
which the Austrian arms have recently
encountered, we can hardly believe that
there is any danger Of the reduction Of
Austria TO the position Of second-rate
power in Europe. There has been no
time in its history when the tendency to
territorial Acknowledgement on the
part Of its component nationalities
was less than 1t is at present (;
and, il it were greater than it
is, it would hardly be reused into activity
by the successes Of power which is the
only surviving representative of those
military despotisms which succeeded the
breaking up of the feudal system. Hav-
ing got rid Of the last of its possessions
to which its title was force alone-Aus-
tria has placed itselfin position to earn
the sympathy Of the friends Of progress
and liberal principles; and il will neither
be for their interest, nor for the interest
- the other great powers, to permit
Prussia so 20 aggrandize herself as to be
able to enter single-handed upon a career
Of conquest and annexation"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
Another Attempt.
The New York Herald says


The bill to regulate the time and man
ner of holding elections for Senators in
Congress las been passed by the Senate
by a large majority. This bill requires
that the manner Of electing Senators by
the State Legislatures shall be openly
by rird roce, not by ballot, as has been
usual in most Of the States. By the
adoption Of this measure il will be i'm
possible for Conservative Republicans
and Union Democrats, without showing
their hands, to coalesce for the purpose
of sending person Of liberal views to
the United States Senate. No Conser-
vative Republican can throw of the
yoke Of party tyranny without having
the finger Of Radical despotism pointed
at him, his political aspirations
crushed, and even his social relations
marred aud undermined In this way
the Radicals expect 10 avoid any such
bitches in carrying on their extreme
plans as occurred in the last Senatorial
elections in the legislatures Of New ger-
sey and Connecticut They intend 70
hold the lash over their conscientious
partisans, and, adopting the course Of
Thad. Stevens in the House, whip them
into subjeetion Here, in endeavorng
70 secure the Senate an PerPefud, we
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
Trouble Among the Whites and Blacks
The Administration of Justice Inter.
rupted- Nobody Hurt and Nobody Ar.
rested,


The Administration of Justice Inter.
rupted- Nobody Hurt and Nobody Ar.
rested.
FORTRESS MONROE, July 23-The
steam tug Geneva returned yesterday
morning from the scene of the disturb
ance on the eastern shore of Virginia,
near Drummontown, between the inhab-
itants and the negroes.
1t appears the difficulty originated in a
band of white men hunting down some
negroes for the purpose of searching for
one named Couch, who, few days pre-
vious had attempted to cut the throat of
white man. The negroes were robbed
of their arms and money, when
they made complaint to the civ
il authorities who issued warrants
for the arrest of the whites. The
18th inst was set apart for the hearing
of the case, at village named Wood
stock. On that day about hundred
we'll armed whites assembled, and
threatened that they would kill any ne
gro who attempted to testify, and
threatened the magistrate Mr.. Dix
with violence if the proceedings were
continued. The magistrate seeing the
state of affairs Endorsed upon the war
rants of arrest the impossibility of con-
Quoting the trial under such circum-
stances, and informed Maj. French,
agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, of his
action. The latter officer advised the
negroes to quietly return to their homes,
and while they were doing so they were
again assaulted and pursued by the
armed whites until they reached places
of safety Upon the arrival of the
troops the white men dispersed in every
direction, and not one of them could be
found after a most rigid search.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
Alarmed.

A foreign correspondent writes: THE
unlocked for, aud so to speak, brutal en-
ergy Of the Prussiaus in the commence
ment Of the campaign, united to their su-
perior FIRE arms, have done the work.
The Emperor Napoleon is furious with
bis officers for having refused as useless
the breech-loading guns If it had been
France, instead Of Austria, which was
10 the war with Prussia, France, like
Austria, would have been beaten. The
very thought makes the hair stand on his
Majestys head, and well 1t may. The
order has already been given TO furnish
the French army with these guns, with
the greatest possible rapidiiy. 1t may
now even be too late, for French work
men do their work so well, and they car
~ new ideas into execution so slowly
that the question Of the Rhine may yet
be decided against France, and all on &C
count Of these guns
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
GRAVE CHARGE.

A Washington special TO the St Louis
Democrat Of yesterday, says: Persons
as well informed as any outside OF the
State Department concerning the French
occupation Of Mexico, assert that the
whole question has been in Mr.. SEWARD
hands since the close of our war, and
that Napoleon would have yielded the
point and Withdrawn from Mexico, had
it not been for the fact that he found
himself able to control Mr.. SEwARD BY
working upon his fears. The same par
ties affirm that Mr. BIeELow is wholly il
the interests Of NAPOLEON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-07-28
MURDER nF TIE WHITES.

A Cairo dispatch of yesterday, says:
On the 2Oth a party of fifteen negro
soldiers attacked the residence OF BOB
CANE, near Shreveport They began by
shooting dogs, and Mr. CANES step-son
went to the door, when he was shot dead
The negroes rushed into the house,
breaking open trunks and carrying on
everything valuable A man sleeping
up stairs fired upon the negroes and
jumped out of the upper window and.was
wounded as he made his escape. hume
rous murders have lately been committed
in that region by armed negroes who
prowl through the country The military
authorities apparently make no efforts
to ferret out the scoundrels.
1t is time that negro soldiers should be
taught that they cannot murder with i'm
punity. The first thing they know, the
people will rise and exterminate them.
WIN does President JOHNSON keep negro
soldiers to watch over those who are sup
porting his policy