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POSSESSING THE SOUTH.

1t is evident, we think, from all the
evidence before the country, both in and
out of Congress, that the Radical party
will not admit that the objects OF the
war have been accomplished, until by
emigration and otherwise, the North ac-
ouires control of the internal machinery
of all the Southern States. Defeat and
dispersion of the Southern armies, and
their ultimate surrender, did not close
the war The South must yet be pos
sessed, for, of what account to these
men is conquest without coniisca-
ton 2 Restoration of Union, and
by it. the preservation of the pc.
litical unity of States composing the
Republic, was not their main object.
The South was rich country and good
field for financial operations. Behold
how our modern fnanciers, the Treasury
agents, in many places are reaping the
Confederate cotton, wrung
rom the poor starving people in the
lame of the Government - never going
O the Government, but into princely |
private mansions and inflated stocks
les. yes the South is to be reconstructed |
" its transfer to the pockets of stran-
ers. To defeat such reconstruction,
ye must stand by the President |
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DEATH OF MISS PINCKNEY.

The Charleston Courier announces the
death, on the 18th instant, of Miss HAIR
RTETT PIScKYKr, surviving daughter of
Gen. CHARLES CoTTEswoRTH PIScKNEY,
in the DIST year of her age The father
of Miss Pinckney, says the Courier, was
one Of those grand old men of l776, who
with the tongue as well as the sword, had
inscribed his name high up on the pillar
Of Fame. He had been the companion
in arms of GEORGE WASHINGTON: and a
still higher glory was his he was the
friend and all the world knows what is
embraced in that hallowed phrase.
friend of WASHINGTON" 1t was an
alliance with virtue itself; and let /: be
remembered that this was a time when
the crop of eminent and distinguished
intellects was OVERLOOKING, and that
WAsHIScTos was in a singular degree
chary of his confidence Such men will
live to Immortality when all the epheme-
rails shall have passed away into absolute
oblivion Miss PrScKSEY's mother was
the daughter Of HENRY MIDDLETON. an
other Of those lofty and accomplished
gentlemen, whose escutcheon was bright
and without a spot, and whose name was
held in universal esteem and honor.
If high ancestry is to be coveted and
revered, and few, it may be presumed,
would disdain such heritage, she pos
sessed it in no ordinary degree; yet, Of
the lustre thus reflected upon her, she
dimmed or blurred none Of it, but rather
refracted again, as it were, ether beams
Of light and beauty Of her own on her
distinguished prOgenitors. She has lived
50 long, her name has been so often pro-
nounced, that even to men, the very few
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A WARNING EXAMPLE.

No cause ever yet justified or made
respectable, oppression. Punishment is
indispensable to the administration of
justice but punishment, to be effective,
must proceed upon the ground of public
reformation. Its object is not mainly to
produce physical suffering, but to deter
spectators from violating the law. A
sheriff who would execute the sentence
of law upon a culprit, in a coarse and
ruffianly manner, or put him to unneces-
sary torture, would disgust mankind,
and render the law less respectable, if
not less efficient. The conduct of But
LER, while in New Orleans, has paired
him off with England, and isolated him
from mankind. We have written little
Of this man, and do not intend to write
great deal The judgment of the
world has assigned him his position In
arms, he was domineering, unforgiving,
and resentful to those over whom the for
tunes of war placed him as a ruler In
peace he is no less bitter, but shorn of
power, is a lamb in his courage. Having
been the greatest abuser of the people,
he is now the best hated man living
The New Orleans Crescent, printed at
the scene of Buffers tyrannies, says Of
him:
During the late war Butler was a Major
General Of volunteers il the army OF TIE
United States, and, up to the promotion
Of General Grant to be a Lieutenant
General, was the equal, except as re-
garded seniority, Of any officer in the
service. he led armies and administered
the affairs Of conquered States During
his official career General Butler was as
chary of his reputation as any fiery
yOungster fresh from West Point or An
napolis; he punished with fine or i'm
prisonment old men, women and chill
dren, even for a look which threatened
him with insult
But now that he has put off the insig-
MIA of rank, this cherished Mars of New
England bears the most researching
inuendo and the most direct insult with
an equanimily which might excite the
rivalry Of job General Grant accuses
him, in good set terms, of inertness and
ineompetency the landlord of New
York hotel implores him to leave, because
General A. and Judge B and Congress
man n declared they will not remain an
hour under the same roof with him.
Towards the Lieutenant General he
shows his luminosity by publishing his
refusal to accept an invitation TO a din
uer party; and he leaves the hotel with
the piteous exclamation that New York
city was more rebellious than New
Orleans
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NEGROES LEAVING.

Milledgeyille papers say more than
1000 negroes have, within two weeks
passed over their railroads, from Putnam
and adjacent counties, for the West
They have been induced to leave their
employers on the promise of higher
wages, although contracts had been rati-
fed by the Freedmen's Bureau. The
most able bodied and likely fellows are
thus taken with only a change of cloth
ing Their particular destination is
unknown. They may or may not see
the planters thus deprived Of their en-
ployes. They will be disappointed in
making their crops. This complaint
comes mp from many counties. Several
parties have been arrested who are thus
tampering with employees.
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who yet survive of three score and ten,
she seems to have lived from time imme.
mortal. During these ninety years, three
generations have passed from life to
eternity. The great reaper, Death, has
thrice put in his sickle, sweeping Off age,
manhood, youth and beauty but God
spared her in His good providence, and
permitted her to remain to be as a. shin
ing light, an aged priestess, as itwere'in
this our social temple, to instruct, to
edify and benefit her fellow-mortals.
Within such vast span of time she had
beheld and heard of events that agitated
the earth, causing nations to tremble,
and the hearts of men to throb with fear
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THE WEDDING MARKET

At recent dinner of the friends OF
some amalgamated benefit associa-
tions, wit descanted on this subject,
and gave the following as the report of
the present state of the wedding market
-Spinsters Light articles not in de-
mand richer sorts muck inquired after /;
terms generally prompt This restricts
the market Mediums, well made and
carefully got up are steadily on the ad-
vance Widows rule firm, and, if sub
stantial, are inquired after Bachelors :
All sorts of goods find ready market
In the finer class, swells have nearly dis
appeared, and more serviceable article
is new offered Here, too, the mediums,
are most sought after; the texture is finer
and more serviceable than heretofore.
Flimsy and unwarranted goods are fiat
Old maids and old bachelors quantities
of previous years goods cucumber the
warehouses, and are not quoted If
sought after by spectators for export,
no doubt good articles may be found at
easy prices.
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An English View of Petersburg.

A correspondent of the London Times
writes the following from our city, under
date of November 18th
This struggling and impoverished little
town was the graveyard of the Contede-
racy. In the strong and elaborate forti-
fications around it the Southern soldiers
made their last desperate stand, lighting
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.
(, Alter two years of unhinching 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 off 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 reviving 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
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
patch of cleared land, in which the stalks
of Indian corn stand bare in the frost.
Here and there along the road 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 mono my Of the brown
woods is sometimes relieved by black
face peering from the top Of soldier
cast-of overcoat the proprietor being
the freedman on his travels in quest of
the lands to be given him by Congress.
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RATHER ANCIENT.

The Oldest stove, probably, in the
United States, is one which warns the
hall Of Virginia's capitol, in Richmond
1t was made in England, and sent to
Richmond in 1870, and warmed the
House of Burgesses for sixty years before
it was removed to its present location,
where it has been for thirty years. 1t
has survived three British monarchs; has
been contemporaneous with four kinyly
monarehies, two republics, and two I'm
perial governments of France. The
great republic of America has been torn
by internecine strife, the breaches partly
healed, and still the old stove remains
unmoved in the midst of all.
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THE PRESS" OF MEMPHIS.

There is a movement among some OF
the managers of the morning papers to
avoid paying fair proportion of the ex-
penses entailed by the Geographic reports
to the press of Memphis. They sim
ply propose that the PUBLIC LEDGER pay
one-half OF this amount-the remaining
one-half to be divided between the seven
morning papers We are, thanks to the
liberal patronage of our citizens, album
dantly able to stand this additional ex-
pense, but do not intend to do it, on &C
count of its injustice; nor do we believe
that the New York Associated Press will
allow any such injustice. Weawait their
action with the utmost indifference, being
determined to furnish our readers, as
usual, with all the latest kilograms,
whether we have to pay for the entire
dispatches or only our regular proper
ton of the same
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BY TELEGRAPH
Reported for the Public Ledger.
VERY LATEST FROM ALL POINTS
NOON DISP CHES.

SAN FRANeIsco, March 24-The State
Senate passed resolution indorsing the
action of the majority in Congress, as
against the President, by twenty-one to
twenty-three
New YORK, March a. H. S. Foote
denies that he is the author of Stewart $
resolution.
WASHINGTON, March "a The United
States Consul at Sheffield says that the
steady mortality among the cattle creates
serious alarm,
All ships and steamers now leaving
Liverpool are filled with emigrants.
Immigration promises to he greater this
year than ever before.
TORONTO, March 2l.-The excitement
here has almost subsidized { i4
A panic prevailed in Montreal last
night over report that nineteen thou
sand Fenians were moving At night
patrols and countersigns are still in
force at Ottawa City.
The Canadian army on the ST, Law
renee still exhibits great activity. Fresh
troops are constantly arriving
The military authorities threaten that
if the Fenians attempt to cross at Og-
deusburg, they will FIRE on that city from
Fort Wellington opposite
New York, March 2l-John H. Nor
ris' residence was entered last evening,
and securities amounting to one hundred
thousan dollars stolen.
In the United States District Court,
yesterday, Judge Bolts pronounced judg-
ment, refusing the bonding Of the steam
ship Meteor, she having been seized by
the Government on the information that
she was to be used as a CHILEAN priva-
teer
New YORK, March PA Washington
special says Lieut. General Grant will
shortly sail for Europe
The supposed guerrilla Quantrell viii
shortly be released from custody, the
evidence taken having failed to establish
identity.
CLEVELAND. OHIO, March 24-Henry
BensfeId & Co.'S wooden ware factory
was burned. Loss $4,000.
The Cincinnati Commercial says the
loss by Pixies Opera House fire was
sl,75l, 900. Insurance S293, 900.
NEw York, March 2L-South Ameri-
can correspondence, regarding the Span
ish-Chilian war, says Commodore NUM-,
Immediately upon arrival at Valparaiso,
determined to send the iron-clad frigate
Numeroun TO scene Of action, with orders
TO run the battries, for the purpose Of
destroying the allied leet at all hazards.
Spanish publications, however, say that
the allied squadron showed no DISPOSE
ton 70 eight. While the Blan.
conas was making a Reconnaissance
she was suddenly opened upon by the
battery, damaging somewhat her rigging
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-24
RIVER PLATTE WAR.

The Herald Rio Janeiro correspon-
dent gives further particulars regarding
the Platte war. Immense preparations
were making for the battle, which was
imminent at the date of the latest advices.
The allied armies of the Paraguayans
and Uruguayans, numbering about 3d.
600 men, and supported by consider
able efficient naval feet, are on the bank
of the Paraguay river in the vicinity OF
Paso de Ia Patrie, controlled on the
north side by the Paragraphs, estima-
ted at only 10000 men. Defensive works
of great strength, however, possessed by
the latter, neutralize, to some extent, the
numerical advantage over their enemies.
The allies design to soon attempt the
passage Of the river, and desperate
struggle was expected. They had also
in contemplation flank movement and
an attack on the Paranayans rear.
Parties of Paraguayans had crossed in
boats over the river, and skirmishing had
occurred The allies, however, repulsed
the Paraguayans with small loss
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A Real Southern Item.


We saw yesterday a pardon, under the
great seal of the State, granted by Gov.
Humphrey to Caesar a freedmen, con-
victed of larceny in Attala county. 1t
was proved in court that he had been
concerned in the stealing Of two bales of
cotton, but citizens who had known him
for years, and who had become his bail
when he was arrested, were able from
facts which came to their knowledge, but
could not be used in court, to satisfy His
Excellency that Cesar was more sinned
against than SHINING, THAT he acted
under duress, and this pardon was the
consequence. A gentleman, who had no
other interest in Caesar than that which
every Southern gentleman feels in the
old negroes whom he has known from
boyhood-an original rebel, too; one
who took the field when age would have
exempted him-undertook Caesar cause
Caesar had no ''old master " to attend to
it, for he was dead, and the faithful fellow
had devoted himself to the support of his
former mistress and her orphan children.
Let this one fact 90 for what it is
worth, against the torrent of misrepre-
sentation that is being poured forth re-
specting the relations of the blacks and
whites in the South and let it be re-
membered that on the day when Cesar S
pardon was granted, four white convicts
from the same county arrived at the pen
itentiary, but not a single application
for pardon accompanied them Clarion.
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NOT AppREHENsIvE.

Government does not seem to be ap
prehensiye that the Fenians will attempt
an invasion of British Provinces,
nor is the British Minister seriously
alarmed on the subject Nothing is
known at this hour to justify the belief
that the Fenians have as yet gone be-
yond holding meetings and making col
lections of money in aid of their cause
Certainly nothing has yet been done OF a
belligerent character to authorize the
Governmental interfere
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AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

A decision Of some interest was made
by Hon. c. S. McGowNo, Judge Of Pro-
bate for Sumter county, Alabama, re-
Gently, the question was the liability Of
guardian for amount Of debts for
which payment had been received in
Confederate Treasury notes during the
existence Of the Confederacy-said debts
having been contracted previous to the
year ls6l The decision Of the Judge
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The London correspondent OF the
Philadelphia mouiSsr gives some GU
rious facts connected with the snspen-
sion Of the writ of babeas corpus for
Irelana. 1t says m. q
1t is doubtful if such measure Of so
much importance was everbefore carried
SO rapidly through any Legislative body
The actual business Of the bill did not
occupy half an hour in both Houses,
though several long-winded speeches con-
sumed three or four hours, Had the
Queen been at the proper residence du-
ring the sessions of Parliament, viz
Buckingham Palace, another half hour
would have suffi -ed 10 obtain the royal
assent. But she was at the Isle of Wight,
and owing to some distractions on the
railway, the messenger did not reach
London on his return until some time
Sunday morning. and the two Houses
were kept nominallyin session until that
time.
A rather novel mode of expediting
matters was resorted to on this occasion,
which may be worth remembering, in
case of similar emergency occurring at
Washington. A duplicate bill was pre-
pared and sent to the Queen in advance
Of the action Of Parliament. Immedi-
ately on the final passage of the bill by |
both Houses telegram was dispatched |
to her Majesty announcing that fact, when
she instantly affixed her name to the copy |
in her possession, and messenger EN-
barked at once with it on board royal
yacht in waiting Had there been any
alteration made in the bill, of course this
arrangement would have fallen through
a new one must first have been engrossed,
and then forwarded from London. of
this, however, there was no fear. and
there was "A singular unanimity among
the members of the House of Commons
when the final vote was reached, only six
out of some four hundred re-
cording their names against it, fsW
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She opened fire on the allied feet, and
the Villa de Madrid coming to her assist
ance she engaged both the feet and bat
teries. The action continued for two
hours The two Spanish ships expended
about seven5 hundred shot and shell,
when their commanding officers lind
ing it impossible to silence the
shore battery, and disliking to venture
their ships into a narrow channel, hauled
off out Of range No casualties reported.
4 The Senate Yesterday adjourned til
Mandav
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D% Another murder occurred in Mo
bile on Saturday Two Indian hali'bro'
theirs had a bottle of whiskey, and one
asked the other 10 drink with him. 1t
was refused, and the heartless wretch,
who was already under the influence OF
liquor, drew a large bowie knife and cut
his brother until his liver protruded,
causing instant DEATH The murderer
then escaped.
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NO VACANCIES

The Philadelphia Press says and we
hope it is true at is reported that
prominent member Of Congress asked
one of the Secretaries to appoint con
stituent to a clerical position in his de-
partment, whereupon the following query
was proposed Does he sustain the
President? The negative having been
given. he was informed that there are
no vacancies. JULIE iic.i4 j4LCll
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BI~A row between negroes and sol
diers came near ending in riot in Sa-
vannah on Saturday. 1t was quelled,
however, without fatal result Another
one occurred the same night at a negro
dance; five negroes were arrested and
mt in iail
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Day~ Hon. CAVE Johnson, formerly
member of Congress for several terms
from Tennessee, and Postmaster General
under President Polk, is a candidate for
the State Senate from the GAINESVILLE
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was, that the guardian was not liable
In other words, that be was entitled to
credit for amount so received.
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MUSICIANS, PLEASE NOTICE

We make no secret of the ingredients. Helm
holds Fluid Extract Buchu is composed Of
Buchu, Cubebs. and Juniper Berries, selected
with great care, and prepared in yacuo by ii.
years experience in the city of Philadelphia.
and which Is now prescribed by the most emf
nent physicians, has been admitted to use in the
United States army, and is also in very general
use in State Hospitals and public Sanitary In
stitutions throughout the land.
Sc Direct letters TO
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naticism can excuse, a power to Cypress
which TIE blind will Of fanaticism stands
eager to seize - sic York Times.
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CUSTOM MADE
BOOTS AND SHOES.

GENTS PINE CALF CONGRESS CAL
VI terra. 1900.
Gent. nne gerrc con-re-s Gaiters.
Gents fine Cali Buckle Oxford Ties.
Cent? enc Prb. Gram Buckle Oxinrd Ties
Cent? fnc Goat OElord Ilcs-
Gents fnc Scrrc oxfnrd Ties
Gcnfs' fne Custom Trade Calf Eects-
Also. numerous other varieties 81 BOOT anl
Shoes Just recrirci from the Manufacturer and
for sale very low hy
WEBSTER a. Co.
MARLIN E7l< Je1crsun street.
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IMPROVED ROSIE WASH

VIII radically exterminate from the system
Diseases of the Urinary Organs arising from
habits Of dissipation, at little expense, little or
no change in diet. and no exposure, completely
superseding those unpleasant and dangerous
remedies, Copaiba and Mercury, in curing those
unpleasant and dangerous diseases.
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USE HELMBOLD'S
FLUID EXTRACT B u c H q

In all cases of the Urinary Organs. whether ex-
isting in male or female. from whatever cause
originating, and no matter Of how long stand
ing. 1t is pleasantin taste and odor immediate
in its action, and more STRENGTHENING than any
of the preparations of Bark or Iron.
cate Constitutions procure the remedy at once.
The reader must be aware that however slight
may be the attack Of the'aboye disease it is sure
to affect his bodily health, mental powers, hap
piness, and that of his posterity. Our flesh and
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BUILDING LOTS.

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Attest: L. II. RrrHARDs. City Register.
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