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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
From Knoxville.
'ecial 10 the Missouri Republican,

Special 10 the Missouri Republican, f..
KNOXVILLE, Juue 1.-THE Circuit
Court Of Knox county began its session
this morning. Judge Hall, in his charge
to the Grand Jury, said that by an act of
the Legislature, the blacks, in the eye Of
the law, were now entitled to all the
protection and privileges given to the
whites, and that 1t was his sworn duty so
TO regard them.
The case Of the State against Dick
McCann and others, will be tried next
week
in the habeas corpus case of the
Freedmen's Bureau, before Judge Con
nelly F Trigg, of the United States Dis
trict Court, His Honor decided that most
oilthe powers vested in the Bureau we're
given by military orders, and the war
having been officially declared at an end
that organization was virtually powerless
asito all cases involving civil rights.
The engineer Of the X. and r. railroad
has secured an order from the Govern
ment for all the iron belonging to that
road now in possession Of the Govern
ment
The land slide in the copper ridge gap
is being rapidly cleared away, and the
trestle work to that point is now in run
ming order. BY next Monday the work
will be commenced on the north side of
Clinch river by a new schedule arrange
ment OF the Great Southern route from
New York The time from Knoxville
TO that point is reduced TO forty-two
hours-two hours less than before the
war The East Tennessee and Virginia
and East Tennessee and Georgia rail-
roads are running promptly and making
good time
Recent observations in some of the
bes counties in East Tennessee warrant
me in reporting the corn crop as unusu-
ally promising. with large crop planted.
Wheat, in counties south OF Holston
river, is fair. The fruit crop is very
promising-peaches abundant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

The JEFF. Davis Charge of Assassination
How 1t was Trumped Up-The Witnesses
Fleeing the Charge of Perjury-Greeley
Pavoring Davis Release.
New YORK, June 1.-THE morning
papers have the following specials from
Washington
A New Yorker, of the name of Camp
bell, has just given to the World some
queer revelations concerning the testi-
mony lately adduced by the Judiciary
Committee of the House tending to i'm
plicate JEFF Davis in the assassination
plot He shows that gross system of
frauds and perjury has been resorted to
to prove Davis and others conspirators
in the matter, and backs up his asser-
tons by facts that startle all who are ia
miliar with the testimony.
II seems that many Of the witnesses
testified under assumed names, and that
no such persons as the ostensible and re-
corded witnesses exist In addition to
this he states that when Mr.. Connory,
who was the principal witness and detec-
tive in the case, was asked to proceed to
New York and procure some corrobo-
rative evidence of his own statements,
which he had previously volunteered to
furnish, that he gave the officer who was
with him the slip in New York, and has
actually run away, as is supposed, to
avoid prosecution for perjury, and has
not been heard from by the officer or
committee for several weeks.
Other witnesses have come forward
and confessed to having sworn falsely.
Ii being understood that Mr.. Greeley,
who is in Washington, is in favor of the
release ofJeff Davis, he was asked by
Radical if the report was true, when he
retorted by asking the interrogation if he
was in favor of the indefinite imprison.
ment of the representative of FIVE mil
lions of people without conviction or
trial2
Mr.. Greeley was in consultation with
Senators Chandler, Wilson and others on
the subject of Davis liberation on bail,
and favored it to the extent of alarming,
if not displeasing, his associates. He
left here for New York this evening
Mr.. 0Connor is still here, but has thus
far made little or no progress in the mat
Ter. The presumption is that he ex-
pected to obtain some favorable consid-
Grafton of the case or he would not have
devoted SO much time to it. A day or
two more is expected to decide the mat
for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
HDQRs. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, /
MEMPHIS. TENN, June IL, 1866


GENERAL ORDERS Ne. l.
|, Pursuant TO paragraph III, General Order
No, SO, current series. War Department, Adju-
tant Generals office. dated Washington, June
5th, 1866, the undersigned assumes command Of
the Department Of the Cumberland, embracing
the States of Kentucky and TenneHee. with
headQ at Memphis, Tennessee.
Military District Of Kentucky, Brevet Major
General JEFF. G. Davis, U. S Volunteers. com
manding; headquarters, Louisville, KY.
III. The State Of Tennessee will constitute
the Military District Of Tennessee, Brevet Ma
jor General Clinton B. Fisk, u. S. Volunteers
commanding; headquarters Nashville, Tenn.
~. General Courts Martial, Commissions and
Boards convened pursuant to orders from the
headquarters Of the Departments Of Kentucky
act by virtue Of such orders until the object for
which they have been assembled shall have been
attained. Their proceedings will be forwarded
TO these headquarters for revision and DISPOSE
ton.
V. Reports and returns required by existing
orders, viii be rendered By the Post and De-
tachment Commanders TO the Commanding Of
hcer Of their respective districts, and by them
consolidated and forwarded to these headquar-
ters.
vi. The following named officers are. until
further ORDERS announced as the staff Of the
Major General Commanding, and will be obeyed
and respected accordingly;
Breyet Brigadier General X. Il. Clary, Dep'y
Q. NJ. Gen. u. 5. A., Chief Quartermaster.
Surgeon John Il. Summers. u. 5. A.. Medical
Director.
Brevet Major VIM. L. Porter, a. A.G.,U.S
Volunteers, Assistant Adjutant General. 9.
GEORGE SLOVENIAN.
Major General Volunteers. commanding.
official. jel2-3t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
STRANGE OMISSION.

Does it not appear strange to the reader
that the Reconstruction Committee did
not report an amendment denying to
a State the right to secede from the
Union2 Abolition is secured, repudia-
ton of the rebel debt is secured, but Sc
cession is left an open question. Does
not New England think that the time
may arrive when she may wish to go out +?
But does not this omission rather indicate
that the war was waged more for aboli-
ton than to prevent secession? Such a
conclusion is difficult to resist
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
NJ ARRIT-D

LL-MeKINNEY-On the 9th in
slant. at the residence Of Rev. r. r. Evans,
near Germantown. By Rev. +. d. Witherspoon,
W. z. Mitchell and Miss Courtney s.. daughter
% the late DR.. A. +. Mckinney. Of Shelby
county.
We wish the nswly-Wedded pair all the hap
pines their brightest dreams have pictured for
themselves in the Future. May their pathway
through life be strevn with the choicest Of aow-
err. and the sun Of their prosperity always be
powerful enough to dispsl any clouds that may
appear on the horizon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
HelmbOld's Extract Buchu
Is THE GREAT DIURETIC.
HELMB0LD'S HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
Compound Find Extract Sarsanarilla.

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Compound Fluid Extract sarsaparilla,
For purifying the blood. removing all chronic
constitutional diseases arising from an impure
state of the blood, and the only reliable and
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Scald Head, Salt Rheum, Pains and Swellings
Of the Bones, liberation of the Throat and Leks,
Blotches, Pimples on the Face, letter, Erysip
elias. and all scaly eruDtiOns of the skin.
AND BEAUTlFYING THE COMPLEXION
Not few of the worst disorders that affect
mankind arise from the corruption that accu-
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that have been made to purge il out. none can
equal in effect Helmbolds Compound Extract
Sarsaparila 1tcesnses and renoyates the blood
instils the vigor of health into the system and
purges out the humors- which make disease. II
stimulates the healthy functions Of the body and
expels the disorders that grow and rankle in
the blood. such a remedy that could be relied
on on, has long been sought for, and now. for
the first time, the public have one on which they
can depend: Our space here does not admit OF
certificates to show its effects. but the trial of
single bottle will shcw the sick that ii has ,vir
tues SURPRISING every thing they have ever taken.
Two tablespoonful of the Extract of Sarsapa
rilla added TO a pint OF water is equal to the
Lisbon Diet Drink, and one bottle is fully equal
TO gallon Of the Syrup of Sarsaparilla, or the
decoction as usually made.
s5- These Extracts have been admitted TO
use in the United States army, and are also in
very general use in all the State hospitals and
public sanitary institutions throughout the
land as well as in private practices, and are
considered as invaluable remedies.
See Medical properties Of BuchI from Dis
pensatory Of the United States
See Professor Dewer's valuable works on the
Practice of Physic.
See remarks made by the late celebrated Dr.
Physic, of Philadelphia
See remarks made by DR.. Ephraim NJ Dowell,
q celebrated Physician and Member of the
Royal College Of Surgeons. Ireland. and pub,
Queens journal.
See Medico Chicurgical Review. published by
BENJAMIN Travers, Fellow of Royal College oil
Surgeons.
See most of the late standard works of modi-
cine.
Extract Buchu, Sarsaparilla" Sold by all
druggists. Principal depot-Helmbold's Drug
nd Chemical Warehouse, 59i Broadway.
marl6-my16-1yin
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
HEApouARTERs Army OF Ireland.

ST. ALBANs, W., June 9th, 1865.
10 The senior officer pith the troops Of the ARM
ofIreiond. a, Malone, Possddm and elsewhere.
SIR In view Of the Presidents Pro-
clamation, and the stringent measures
adopted by tho United States to prevent
reinforcements or supplies reaching our
forces on the frontier, and destitute OF
war materials, and not likely to obtain
any under the present circumstances,
the General commanding the Army of
Ireland instructs me to inform you that
he considers it his duty to direct you to
avail yourself of the offer of the United
States Government to furnish transpor-
tation for officers and men to their res
pective homes, as the object of the expe-
dition cannot be accomplished at pres
ent, the General feels certain that the
soldiers of your command will continue
te deserve the high character for good
conduct now awarded them by the peo-
pie of the United States.
(Signed,) JNo. MAHoY,
Col. of Engineers and Chief of Staff
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

H6~ Those of our readers who are not
well posted in history may be interested
to know the date of the abolition (by
law of slavery in the State Of Massachu-
sets. twas accomplished by the adop-
ton of the thirteenth amendment to the
Constitution, in 1865
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

S1~ Upon the decision of the issue be-
tween the President and Congress, hangs
the legality of all that has been and is
being done by the governments Of the
Southern States. If Congress triumph,
every execution of criminal that takes
place in the South is murder, and every
aequittal nullity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

S@- A Nashville dispatch has this
delicious paragraph: 1.-The order placing
General Fisk in command Of the troops
in Tennessee gives great satisfaction to
Union men. With FISK commanding
the department, and metropolitan police,
capitalists need not fear to make invest
ments in Memphis"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

B6@ 1t has been said on divine author
ity, that house divided against itself
cannot stand. The truth Of the PROPOSE
ton has been proven by the teachings Of
all time; and yet the Radicals persist in
keeping the great national house divided
against itself If they perpetuate the
division, how long will the edifice stand 2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

B@. The Radicals do not complain of
what the Southern States in their recent
conventions did, but allege that it was
done on compulsion. The virtuous
lambs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

s0y Gen. SPEAR, in command of the
right wing of the Fenian army, earned
brilliant reputation as a cavalry leader
in Virginia during the war. He was
colonel of the llth Pennsylvania cavalry,
United States volunteers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

BT~Gen. WIN. F. BARRY, now in COM
mand of the United States forces between
Buffalo and the Niagara river, is colonel
of artillery in the regular army, and
brigadier general by brevet He was at
one time chief of artillery of the Army of
the Potomac, and occupied the same
position in SHERMANs army during the
famous march
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
DIED.

sIGNAIGO-At her residence in this city,
this morning. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth signaigo
aged g. years. Funeral tomorrow at pm.
CARRUTHERs-At her residence. at quar-
ter before pm, June y. 1850. Mrs. Eliza NJ,
wife Of 7. n. Carruthers. Esq. Of Upton eo1n-
~. Tenn. in the seth year Of her are.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
USE HELMROLD'S

FL UID xTRACT B CHU
In all diseases of these organs. whether exist
in Male" or " Female, from whatever cause
IT Is pleasant in taste and odor, Immediate
in action, and more Strengthening than any of
the preparations of bark or iron.
Those suffering from broken down or delicate
The reader must be a ware that however slight
may be the attack of the above diseases, 1t is
certain to affect his bodily health, mental pow
ers. and happiness.
An the above diseases require the aid of a
dinretic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

Day AWestern paper announces "A
COW struck by lightning and instantly
killed, belonging to the village physician
who had a beautiful calf four days old. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
MILEAGE.

Mileage is a good thing Members Of
Congress are not unmindful oft They
have recently drawn it The mileage
paid to Representatives was s3l5,O54;
salary, sll4,slO 1)-tOtal, s4el, 10.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

say The foods in Louisianaare every
where receding. The damage already
inflicted is incalculable, and the suffer
ing is very great - &A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

p8r A Connecticut paper says it has
been discovered how to make butter
without churning. We suppose the pro
cess is to fl lean Connecticut school
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

/, p@- The investigation into the acts Of
the Provost Marshal ID said to be very
damaging TO the reputation Of General
FRY.-Er.
If the reputation Of General FAY is
suffering, what must be the condition Of
that of the small fry2"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

Ba- The St Louis Democrat styles
the Senate Reconstruction plan the olive
branch. 1t should rather be called the
bull-nettle.F
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

master quite full of warm milk, put him
on bard-trotting horse, and then set a
dozen small dogs after him
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
HRLMBOLD'S

FL U 1 D e ACT B u C HU.
In affections peculiar to Females" IS une-
qua ed by any other preparation, as in Chlorosis
OF Retention, Paintulness, or Suppression OF
Customary Excavations. Liberated or Schinus
to the sex, whether arising from habits of dis
sipation, imprudence in, or the decline or
change in life
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= A l. E
ON FRIDAY MORNING NEXT, June
" 18th, ct 10 o'clock. we will sell at auction,
on the premises. .ft0..
FOUR COUNTRY LOTS,

Situated on the corner of Central avenue and
Buntyn avenue. These lots are of sufficient
size for gardens and residences. and are in a
These lots Immediately adjoin the property of
the late j. Knox Walker. They must be sold
regardless of the prices bid, as the owner is
cash. balance in twelve months with interest.
0mnibuses leave our Office at 81 o'clock. to
take all who wish 10 attend.
Sale positive Title perfect.
ie12-fd MONSARRAT. LANIER 4 co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
CITY ASSESSMENT
Fer THE
FORTIETH CORPORATE YEAR.
Mayors oFFrcE. Cry HALL,

MEMPHIS, J une .. 1910. J
THR CITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE
i Fortieth Corporate Year being completed,
all parties who own property in the city Of
Memphis are hereby notified that, IL they de-
sire 20 make or have made, in the City Asses
sor's book for the Fortieth Corporate Year, any
change, or wish TO offer any objection to the as
easement, that the Assessors book will be open
for inspection and revision during ten days from
this date. All parties who have purchased
whose property has been inaccuratcly described
in last years tax book. either by name Of owner
or by bounds OF metes, should eau at the May
or's Office within the next ten Q0) days and have
the proper corrections made.
je7-lOi JOHN PARK. Mayor.
NOTICE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
HELMBOLD,S
F LUID TRACT BUCH u

--AND-
I'M ROSIE WASH
WIN radically exterminate from the system
diseases arising from habits of dissipation at
little expense. little or no change in diet, no
Inconvenience or exposure: completely super
seding those unpleasant and dangerous rene
dies. C0paiba and Mercury. in all these diseases
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
OFFICE OF JUpeK COUNTY CoURr.l
SHELBY County. 7

The gentlemen herein named will make inn
mediate application TO JOHN L0AGUE, Esq;,
Clerk Of the County Court. who will furnish
tionery for the work.
The enumeration must, If possible, be COM
pleted by the 18th inst. and returned TO the
County Court Clerk, who will make his return
TO the Secretary OF State by the lst OF July-
IL II Of the greatest importance 70 the people
Of Shelby that this work be commenced AT
ONCE. and pressed through with the utmost
vigOr.
they have been shamefully neglected. Educa-
ton Is the bulwark Of our republican institu-
tions. Let future. attention and devotion TO
this subject atone for past derelictions OF duty.
THOMAS LEONARD. Judge.
p. S.-The appointees will receive fair com
pensation for their services, which will be al
isWed BY the County Court 4. l..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13

Beard * Co. are also manufacturers Of the
Excelsior Fire and Burglar-proof Safes.
Price lists and circulars furnished on appli-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-13
FROM NEW YORK,

The JEFF. Davis Charge Of Assassination
How it was Trumped Up-The Witnesses
Fleeing the Charge of Perjury Greeley
Pavoring Davis Release.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-16
STEAMERS.

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TTEs Rsps Esd aUa ssys New
These SHIPS are entirely new, and were buis
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ATTENTION are unsurpassed.
Passage, meals, and state-roorns included, FIF
Goods shipped by this Line are landed regularly
at New York, on the Companys covered pier,
Shippers are invited 10 notice that the great
damage and loss by handling, and exposure from
frequent r.. shipping, as on other lines avoided
'Freights for points beyond New York wi be for.
warded with dispatch, and no charge made except
actual expenses incurred
These ships discharge cargo In New 7 ork at pier
No. IS North river, and the Company's steamer.
for Wilmington, North Carolina Charleston, sa.
vannah, Mobile and New Orleans, leave from the
same pier Goods for these points can be trans-
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Insurance IL very low by these ships, and III
economy In time, insurance, and condition In
which goods delivered makes this the cap.
est route from Virginia. Insurance effected at
lowest rates. when ordered.
AGENTS:
LIVINGSTON, Fox &CO.,
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SAMUEL AYRES l. CO.,
Richmond, Virginia.
CALDWELL 4 DUNN,
City Point and Petersblrg
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SAMUEL AIRES CO., Agents.
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-16

A PHRESoI oGIsT IN TRorBLE.-Th" Pari>
True kci,tuchi0n says
Professor o. s. Fowler was i'll our city last
week engaged in lccturing. while the negro
Burt was being hanged by the citizens Tor out
raging and numbering Mollie Dolan, mos
interesting and respectable Irish girl. Fowler
was stopping al the Bourbon House, and was
very much excited and his sympathics aroused
for his poor unfortunate brother who was
being so cruelty abused and murdered by the
hated slaye-owners. During the proceedings.
Maggie Short. an Irish waiting-gi At the
hotel declared that hanging was too good for
him Fowler exclaimed that she ought TO q"
tarred and feathered for saying so. This
aroused her anger: but she waited untll Ii"
had gone 10 the depot 10 leave, when She
accost ted him in the presence OF large CROWD
of ladies and gentlemen, with stick IN hand,
and told him that he was an old Abolition
scoundrel, come here TO swindle the people out
of their money that he was no better than the
negro, etc. She was in theact OF striking nm.
when Tom Greene interfered and prevented
his having another knot on his'head, which.
phrenologically described, would be->upp"Se
The bump of negrosm'
His clerk, expressing similar sentiments,
was led out Of the Bourbon House by tn"
whiskers by one of the rroprietors. As they
refused TO pay for the notice they ordered III
the Kentackion, of course we do not sympa-
1hiZe with them greatly.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-16
, rrrrR FROM WASHINGTON.
,,,~r.srondence Of the Richmond p,spa''h'

,xo .Nxrsry PROCLAMATION NEGRO
rro.ar ~ THE pIsrRICr-coMMRaoRATfo
- r,.n,r--ruE NRaRo CELEBRATION OF NEXT
MONDAY. w .,r,,,
The belief among those who are best m
formed upon the under current events OF the
nav is. that although there has been no formal
question in Cabinet meeting respecting the
accumulation of an amnesty proclamation,
vet the President has talked with various
Cabinet officers upon the subject, nearly all Q!
whom disapprove of any such move At pre-
sent. Secretary Seward is III its favor, and
his views are very much in accord with thoS'
of the President. The Radicals will cndcaNoi
10 influence General Grant against any mea
sure of the kind.
Although there cannot be the slightest DOUBT
iudging from its present temper, that the Sc
nate will pass the House bill for extending
the elective franchise i'll the District OF o''''N
bia when il is called up-which Mr.. Morrii''
tho chairman of the District Committee, says
will be very soon-the probabilities are strong
that i, will not pass by Il two thirds vote. The
friends of pure and unadultcrated negro sui
frape will resist any cncroachmcnts OH the
House bill by way OF amendments. The desire
is, ifpossible, to have the freedmen cast their
votes 1T the ensuing munlclpa el'tuoh' "i'''h
takes place here III June next.
The Departments and many pri>at" places
Of business being closed Ill commemora'ioh o'
the death of Mr.. Lincoln has inspired many
with the idea that the day is holiday rathe!
than what it really il. The House OF kepre.
sentatiyes, in honor of the day. did not, upon
meeting. follow up the usual stupid routlne"i
listening 10 written speeches, but adjourned
after a feeling tribute had been paid IL the late
President 10y General Garfield, of Ohio.
Extensive preparations are being made by
the colored residents here, assisted by sympa'
thizers-both white and black-trom abroad
10 celebrate in 4 becoming manner the ami
yersary Of emancipation in this District. Inc
Senate refused 10 adjourn over from Friday
until Monday in order 10 participate III Inc
movement. The procc>sion will pay lis re
spects to the President during the day. Many
will ioiu in the exercises who are not entitled
rs being among the emancipatcd OF tins ais
rrict 10 glorify the movement. liA"E.