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PUBLIC LEDGER.
AND STILL OTHER PROOF.

The New York Times is after the Rad
zeal party on account of the affair at New
Orleans. and produces an extract from a
speech of boutwell,, delivered in a
Congressional caucus:
.Mr Boutwell, of Massachusetts, said
he thought it very desirable that Con-
gress should continue in session for
other reasons than those which had teen
suggested He would mention one. A
distinguished gentleman from the South
was in town, from whom he had learned
that the Louisiana Convention would
meet ON the Both for the revision of the
State Constitution, aud that amendments
would be- adopted DISTINGUISHING the rebel
and enfranchising the loyal inhabitants
without distinction of color. II Congress
should be in session when this Constitu-
ton should be adopted, II could, IN &C.
cordance with the precedent established
in the Rhode Island case, accept 1t, and
Tins give il validity as the Constitution
Of the State In the Rhode Island case
the Supreme Court decided that it was
for Congress TO decide which was the
Constitutional Government of any State
in which doubts existed II Congress
should not be in session, long time
mpst elapse before action could be taken f;
the new Government of the State might
fail to get foothold, aud the country
would experience very serious ealam'
ity."
Here, snys the Times, We have conclu-
siye evidence that the Radicals in Con
gress were cognizant Of the entire pro-
ceeding They could not have been ig-
norant of,he illegslity of the Convention
or of the revolutionary purpose 1t was
designed to promote. As their part oil
the programme, they desired that Con
cress should remain in session, with the
view of sustaining the combinations OF
Radicals and negroes in Louisiana, and |
concentrating the revolution to be in
augurated by this unlawful Convention
The good sense of the msjority in Con
tress frustrated this feature of the
scheme, and the terrible scenes now re-
ported have overturned other features
but the connection between the Radicals
in Congress and the negro suffrage revo |
lusonists in New Orleans does not adj
init OF dispute. To them, Jointly, belongs
the responsibility of the loss of life that
has occurred, and of the dread harvest of
strife which can not fail to follow the
seed so broadly scattered on Monday |
last. The poor negro is catspaw in
their hands to be sacrificed, if need be,
in the iurtherance of the effort 10 en-
trench themselves in power What we
see now in New Orleans would be seen
elsewhere could they have their way.
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From Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 6.-At the Democra-
tic City Convention to-day, to elect dele
gates to the State Convention, called to
select delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vention, the following gentlemen we're
elected for the State at Large: Ex-Gov.
Pratt and BENZ. C. Howard, who WAS
Commissioner of Police in 1861
The resolutions adopted indorse the
Presidents reconstruction policy, and
commend Gov Swami for the impartial
justice he has manifested in regard to
the Registry law, ard .denounce that
law as oppressive, unjust and anti
republican They also declare that
the Conservative Convention which
met on the 28th ult, were Maryland pa
triots, and that the good citizens Of every
shade Of politics ought to be represented
in the Philadelphia Convention.
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AN IMPORTANT POINT.

The apparent determination OF some
Conservative Republicans to object to
such men as VALLASDIGHAN being ad-
mitted to seats in the Philadelphia Con
vention, is a sign of trouble. That dis
tinguished, talented, prosecuted gentle
man is quite influential with the greater
portion Of the Democratic party, and to
exclude him is to exclude them. To ex.
olude them, and to discriminate in res.
pect to Southern delegates, would reduce
the Convention to the proportions of a
faction, the character Of sectionslism,
and rob it of any possible power Of eff
fecting good. In time like the present,
nothing can be accomplished without
compromise, and to refuse seat TO VAL
LASDIGHAM in the Convention, would be
doing what the Radical Congress would
not dare 10 do il he were elected 10 a
seat in that body. And shall
be be excluded, he and the peo-
pie who send him, by those who are
acting with him? We say that if he and
the best men Of the South have test
applied 10 them, in what will such pro-
seeding differ from the test applied to
keep the Southern States out of the
Union? Is not the Convention sum
moned Tor the express purpose Of restor-
ing the South to the Union, and all
parts Of the country to harmony?
If we are excluded BY Congress
from representation in that body,
and BIZ the Convention from representa-
ton in that body, in what, as respects
us, do the two bodies differ ? We trust
that good sense will prevail in the com
ellis at Philadelphia, that all classes who
are opposed to the Radicals win be ad-
mitted, and that a ball will be put in
motion before whose force the proud,
corrupt enslsvers Of a free people will
tumble to the earth.
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of Eevolutions appears destined to re-
maip eternally the same. At noon, two
days back, twenty-one young fellows OF
the army, engaged in the late insurrec-
ton, almost all Of handsome appearance.
were taken out of the prisons, and, after
being tied together two by two, were
placed in carriages with the windows
wide open, and escorted by numerous
body of troops TO the place of execution,
q spot selected in the vacant ground be-
tween the Salamancy Palace aud the
Champs Elysees One of my friends is
having five houses built not hundred
yards from the spot, The masonry and
scaffolding are in course of erection, and
afford excellent positions for viewing the
scene. There was a preliminary icere-
mony of military degradation; prone
made under the flag then discourse.
which | could not hear, but which lasted
two hours, during which time these un-
fortunate men must have suffered thou
sand deaths An enormous crowd which
had followed the procession was kept at
a distance by the troops.
At last the twenty-one victims were
ranged in file at about yard s distance
from low clay wall, with their backs
to the soldiers, and then the discharge
took place. Nearly all of them fell. AT
that moment the Hermanos de la Carl
pad, or Brothers of Charity, rushed for
ward to save at least a few, but were re-
pulsed by the troops, and the firing went
on, and more than two hundred shots
were fired What sight | saw one
man raise himself three times and fall
again on his knees, with his arms ex-
tended in direction from which voice
was heard 10 shrek in the midst of the
FREDERICK FREDERICK
The soldiers then approached the
corpses, turned some of them over with
their feet, and still perceiving some signs
of life here and there discharged last
shot point blank. All was then over.
The bodies were thrown upon tumbrils,
and the regiments fled off, some to an
air from Norma, some to one from Semi
ramide Thirty more are to be shot in a
day or two, all soldiers, the civilians will
come after Let us hope the Queen will
show some compassion.
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CAT SOUP.

A French newspaper, speaking of the
horrors of London, said quite recently:
"Wil it be believed in London soup
made of rotten green walnuts and cats
livers is eaten and popular in all classes
Of society," Some of the subscribers to
the paper insisted upon further particu-
lars in order that they might avoid this
horrible soup when they went to London.
The editor said the soup he alluded to
was called in London walnut cstsup
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HEADS OF ALI FAMILIES
CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS
Notice to the Public.

TN THE YEAR 1876, THE WRITER EN-
l. barked in the drug business in the city of
Philadelphia, aud while thus engaged. made
several experiments in regard to the most de-
sirable mode of preparing Fluid Extracts. Ny
efforts being successful-the articles being APP
proved and used by The Medical faculty-I was
DESTROYS of placing them before the public, but
hesitated for some time before concluding to re-
sort to newspaper advertising, knowing OF the
prejudices that existed in the minds of many
against using advertised Medicines or Nostrums.
but through the advice of friends and those who
had used them this objection was overcome.
After eighteen years exertions, commencing
in small way, the popularity Of my articles
has extended TO all parts of the United States,
and widely throughout foreign countries-and
this in the face of much opposition. Every
means has been resorted to by unprincipled
dealers since their merit and success have been
known-such as advertising larger bottles at
less prize. censurinR all other preparations, and
even copying my advertisements-but i am
happy to state that out of the many who have
resorted to this, none have been successful.
My object in this notice is to make facts
known to the public and respectable dealers,
believing, after so many years exertions, that
the Druggists will discountenance such pro-
ceedings, and that the reputation of my articles
may not be damaged by the use of inferior or
spurious ones.
Knowing that many may read this article
who are unacquainted with me, / append few
remarks from those ofmy native city, and whose
names are known in all parts of the world
Being personally acquainted with Mr.. II, t.
Hemlbold, it affords me pleasure in stating
have been most favorably impressed with bis
energy and integrity. and Rratified at his sue
cess" WM. WElGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers A Meightman.
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PROM WASHINGTON.

President Johnson Viewing the Situation
What may come Of It-Maximlhan to
Leave Mexico Congressman Gone Home.
Special Dispatch to the Republican,
The President, while taking TO himself
more time for recreation than he could
possibly do before the adjournment of
Congress, is giving almost his undivided
attention at present 10 the condition of
the various official departments of Con-
gress and the country, and to examining
into the thousand Of applicants for po-
sitioH whose pames have been before
him for the last six months and over.
The already numerous changes in Office
which have occurred are only the prelude
to further dispensation of Executive
power, and within fvO weeks, ii seems
very probable from pr. sent evidences.
that many important appointments will
be made to fill vacancies which have not
vet transpired. Few or none Of these
removals have occurred in the Depart
ments here, but the known antagonism
of several chief clerks and heads OF bu-
reaus, particularly the Treasury and In
terror Departments, justifes the impres-
sion which has assumed formidable
proportions, that the axe will commence
its operations in closer proximity to the
White House than some Of its timid
victims are willing to anticipate
A gentleman in this city has received
letter from a very responsible source in
the city of Mexico, stating that there is
no doubt felt but that Macmillan con-
templates retiring by November, and
that the Empress has gone to France to
represent the hopeless financial condi-
ton of the Empire.
Quite number Of Western Senators
and members left for home tonight, leav-
ing the city with hardly single Con
gresham.
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CHOLERA ABOUT US.

Cholera is above and below US, to the
right of us, TO the left of MS, and, we put
it to the Board of Aldermen to assemble
this afternoon, lie there anything undone
here that should be done to guard against
it2 If the disease is in St Louis, Louis
vile, Savannah, and New Orleans, may
we not expect it here within ten days ?
Will the Board think of this
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had been successful in South Tyrol
LIygRPooL, July 27.-The following
steamships have arrived; Tripoli. Da-
mascps, Saxonia. City Of London, Bre-
men and Pennsylvania.
LlyERpooI, July 26.--Notice has been
issued that the Government has agreed
with the Council of the Reform League
TO facilitate in every way their obtaining
speedy DECISION, either IN Parliament
or in Court of law, as TO their right to
hold public meeting Until the question
is decided no further meeting VIII he held
EXCEPT on the afternoon Of the Both, by
an arrangement with the Government
This statement, however, is contradicted
in letter from Mr.. Walpole, who states
that no promise was made, and that
no permission had been given to hold
meetings, but the Government promised
to withdraw the police and military
under the express stipulation that no at
tempt would be made TO insist upon the
supposed right to hold meetings until the
legal question had been decided. The
Star, Telegraph Iaud Advertiser repre-
sent the steps taken by the Foreign Sc
cretary as compromise and partial dis
comfture of the Government.
The Times says the armistice did not
come moment too soon to save Austria
from a fpal catastrophe. A day, and
Italy would have found herself in posses
sion of the Southern Tyrol, and the Prus-
slams, master of the passages to the Dan
ube, would have invested Vienna on the
East and West.
The combatants are now resting irres-
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From Nashville.

Special to the Missouri Republican,
NASHVILLE. August 4.-The Fifth Con-
gressional District Convention to-day
appointed the following delegates ".
B. Campbell and Neill Brown, with al
ternates d. l. House, Of Wilson; Thos.
Harvey, of Sumner; Jno. Woodward, Of
Robertson, and S. r. Anderson and
Jas. Whitworth. Of Davidson Speeches
we're made by Willis Brien, Col House,
ex-GoT. Henderson, of Texas, Neil
Brown and J. c. Guile Resolutions
we're adopted indorsing the Philadelphia
Convention. and reprOying the spirit Of
sectionalism which brought on the late
war. and eondemning the principles and
conduct Of the Radical party. arguing the
formation Of an organization TO drive the
Radical leaders from power, and APPROX
ing the Presidents course and pledginc
him their support
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n@-LoUIs KossUTH and the Hungarian
General KLAPA are engaged in ferment-
ing a serious anti-Austrian revolutionary
movement in Hungary, and expect the
national cause will be successful by the
aid of Prussia Dangerous popular dis
turbances were looked for in Vienna
should it be officially announced that the
Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH consents to
the exclusion Of Austria from the German
Confederation.
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RADICAL RAMPAGE AT Knoxville.

J. A. FLETCHER, BsOwSLow Secre-
tary OF State, is rampaging through East
Tennessee. His breathings are fast and
ftious. resembling very much those of
a wind-broken horse. He is full of var,
and excessively bloody. His attacks on
The President make up in bitterness what
they lack in strength. At Knoxville,
last weea. he worked himself into o
passion that was meant to be towering
The frcth few from his mouth, and sweat
rolled from his brow. to the delight Of q
few people who mistOOk these watery ex-
hibitions for eloQuence. From a special
dispatch we clip the following passage
Of the speech. The million swords -
IS good
The speaker referred to speeches de-
I,vered q week since in the same room
S,r NrrsoS and others. in which they
,ireatened that war would ensue, and
he runp Congress, so-called, be crushed,
..sless SoHssoss policy was adopted.
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About the Negroes.

At halfpast seven last evening dis
charged United States soldier Informed
officer Lepage, of the Third District po-
lice, that there was gathering of about
two hundred armed negroes assembled
some two miles below the barracks.
Lieut.. Jacobs, in command of the police
in the Third District reported to the
Chief that he had sent patrol down to
ascertain if the statement was true. At
IL o'clock last night nothing additional
had been heard from Lieut.. Jacobs in
relation to the matter. m o. Crescent,
o.
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nB-Col o. r. FUSsTEE, senior sur
veying officer Of AsHBY's command. pub
fishes a card requesting the surviving
members of that command 10 meet in
Winchester on the llth of August to
take measures for removing the bodies
of Gen. TURNER and Capt RICHARD
AsHBY, TO Winchester, and to erect
monument to their memory.
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by THE ATLANTIC cABLE.
The situation b Errope.

FARTHER PoIET, August Z. The
steamship Moravian from Liverpool on
the 26ih, via Londonderry on July 9th,
has arrived on this point
LoSDoS, July 2T.-1he armistice be-
tween Prussia and Austria expires to-
day II viii probably be renewed, but
there is no intimation as yet Of this be-
ing done The Government announced
ifs intention Of stopping the suspension
Of the hnbeas corpus act in ireland.
Previous 70 the armistice the Italians
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Ma. Common salt, in doses of table
spoonful, every third hour, dissolved in
water, commencing fifteen hours anterior
to the time for the next paroSyism, rs
one of the best domestic remedies for in
termittent fever. eeT lf
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Deg-A Washington special 70 & Raab
cal paper says 1.-THE latest triySte tel
egrams from New Orleans say that there
is general exodus of Norhesaers and
Union men, and "a universal feeling oil
Insecurity for life and property.
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nA. One hundred and fifty Indians,
all that remain of the enee powerful
Toncaway tribe, are in Houston, Texaf
For six or eight months they have been
living in Bexar county, upon rations fur
n.shed them by the Government
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From Washington.

WASHINGTON, August THE Presi'
dent has directed to Gen. Sheridan Ger.
tain interrogations concerning the late
New Orleans disturbances, with view
of obtaining brief statement of the af'
fair, commencing with the occurrences
of the 9th and ending with the riot on
the 30th ulf
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say- Rev. Gro. ID CuamSs, ~ ID, of
Chicago, has notified the standing com,
mi,iee of his acceptance Of the Office Of
Assistant Bishop of the Diocese Of Ken.
lucky, to which he was elected by the
late Episcopal Convention af
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Flrm OF FOWeFs q tlE1ImHni
Ninth and Brown streets. Philadelphia.
ON The Evening bulletin. Philadelphiq. /

from the Evening Bulletin, PhlIadeIphIq.
when on a visit TO the city Of New York, a
few days SINCE was induced TO call on our old
friend and townsman, Mr.. II. L. llelmbold.
Druggist. 594 Broadway, New York. Ills store
ans kind we have ever had the pleasure of
viewing, and so extensive, being "a feet front.
Eve stories in hight and over 200 feet deep. 1t
Indeed affords US much pleasure TO know that
be has been 20 successful and II is ample evil
deuce Of the merits of his articles - as in our
whole business experience we have not known
Of the success of any articles without MERIT
advertising merely bringing the name before
the people"
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p6 The JoHx HEKDERsoS, jr.,

go The JoHs HENDERSON, jr., mem
Der Of the Louisiana Convention, who
was killed during the late riot at New
Orleans was son of a former United
States Senator from Mississippi, and be-
fore his removal to Louisiana an inmate
Of the State lunatic asylum at Jackson.
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From New York.

NV YORK, August Cotton, dull
and deelining-uplands, 36i, Orleans,
37lc; -four, declining; wheat, dull and
declining; pork, 6rmer at $sl 75@sl 81
gold. IA: sterling. dull.
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~ PoLLARD's history" speaking Of
Port Hudson, says about FIVE hundred
negroes in front advanced at double
quick within one hundred and fifty yards
Of the works, and about six hundred Of
.Larn nn-ishedI
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From Boston

BosroS, August 6-The following dis
patch has been received in this city by
the Atlantic cable:
Isle OF WIGHT, July 29.-Arrived,
yacht Alice, Capt Clark, with twenty
eight tons, nineteen days out from Ma
liant. Mass. All well.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-07

pTSome Of the milk used at the Pyle
House in indianapolis, which made SO
many persons sick by using it, has been
analysed by a chemist, and found TO con
tain FIVE and one half grains Of tartar
emetic to one pint Of the milk, and With
this a small portion Of arsenic.
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aa+ A man named MooRE, who had
made himself obnoxious as an Internal
Revenue detective, was shot and killed
by one THOMAS 0'BRIEE, at Lexington,
Ky, on the LIST inst
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HBLMBOLD'S
Fluid Extract or SarSaparilla,

HIGHLY CONCENTRATED.
One bottle equivalent in strength TO one gallon
Of the syrup OF pecoction.
Itreaches the seat Of the disease Immediately,
expellipg all humors ofthe blood. and
Identifying the Complexion.
These articles, being OF such strength. the
dose IS exceedingly small. From this fact, Il IL
used in the United States Army Hospitals and
public Sanitary Institutions throughout the
land.
81 Sold by all Druggists everywhere.
Es- Ask for Helmbold's. Take no other
nn- Cut out the advertisement and send for
u, and BY this means avoid counterfeit.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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s@- The Heralds Queenstown Ire
land correspondent says the Fenian
movement has produced the most in
jurious effects on the material and indus
trial interests of Ireland.
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Confederate Gen. RooER A. PRYoR
and Mr.. THOMAS ". PITTxAS, dramatic
authoe and critic, and Clerk of the Jeaer-
son Market Court, have formed q copart-
nership for the transaction Of Law bust
ness in New York.
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aeA. Okolona is said TO Representing
quite lively appearance in trade and
building. A tournament was held there
on the oath ult, and is stated to have
beer, a splendid affair az
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SECOND EDITION..
8 IA O'CLOCK, P. M.
CHOLERA In NEW ORLEANS
Investigating the N. 0. Riots
From New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, August THE Board
of Health reports the number of deaths
for the week just ended, 1913, whereof
20 we're from cholera. The disease is
increasing, and prevails principally
among the negroes
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BsA., Gen. NJ l.. SMITH, late Chief En-
gineer Of Gen. LESS army, and more
recently engineer of the Selma and DIAL
ton Railroad, died suddenly Friday
morning at Rome, Ga.
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How Instructions are Put Down in Spain

The Paris Temps publishes q private
letter from Madrid, giving a striking &C
count Of the way in which insurrection
Is put down in Spain. Iremeuber, says
the writer, that AZ one tine military ex-
ecutions we're Of every day occurrence
in Spain, so that used to conjugate the
verb "fusillern Ito shoot as the shortest
bulletin from Spain. The tradition
seems to be still respected, and the logic
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SI- A box containing a bone of
human arm from the elbow to the wrist,
was dug up in excavating a cellar in
Lynchbnrg, Va, and the matter is re-
garded as mysterious
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a3- The first through train from Me.
ridian to Vicksburg, since the 18th of
May, 1863, passed over the road on We'd
nesdaN last