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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

Postmaster, vice Riddle. removed. The
nominations will first be referred in the
nextlexecutve session of the Senate.
The Secretary of War has instructed
the department commanders Of Alabama
and Tennessee to discharge all volunteer
organizations in their respective com
mands without delay Commanding of
ficers of posts have been directed to con
centrate troops under their commands,
together with all Government property,
at the following points The Sth Iowa
and Bath New Jersey at Selma; I'd Mis-
souri, at Fort Grogan; 10th us. Colored
Infantry at Huntsville; 10th U. S. Color,
ed Infantry at Chattanooga ll6th and
18th Colored Infantry at Nashville, and
Sd u. S. Colored Heavy Artillery at Mem
phis. The 18th U. S. Colored Infantry is
the only regiment now retained in the
Department of Alabama.
The President signed an order for the
issue of pardons to six persons in North
Carolina, five in Arkansas, one in Louis
lana, and one in Texas; special cases,
all under the 18th exception or the S2O,-
900 clause
The important information alluded to
in my dispatches last night, relative to
Fenian movements, warranted the Gov
eminent to-day in sending Gen. Meade,
together with troops, to the border to en-
force the neutrality laws. iit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

WASHINGTON, April l7.-Congress ac-
complished but little to-day. The Senate
spent all of its time on bill for the
relief of the contractors of some Of the
iron-clads
In the House the army bill was dis
cussed at length. A conclusion was
reached on the Veteran Reserve Corps
question. 1t was decided, after elab-
crate debate, TO provide for ten regiments
of veteran reserves for the regular army,
but that the officers should be selected
from among those who had received
wounds or become disabled during any
period of the war, thus not confning it
TO the present officers Of the present vet
eran reserve forces The pending
amendment is 10 make no discrimination
on account Of color in the offering of
the colored troops which the bill proposes
10 incorporate in the regular army
A delegation Of wool-growers were be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee to-
day, urging an increase of the duty on
wool, they claiming that unless there was
more protection they would have to
abandon its growth and manufacture
After patiently hearing the argument the
committee intimated that they would
probably agree 10 increase the duty on
foreign wool, and decrease the internal
revenue tax on the same
The House Committee on Territories
have had under consideration for some
time an application from the people Of
Utah, asking admission into the Union
as State The committee have taken
considerable evidence in relation 10 the
condition of affairs in that Territory,
which is not favorable TO her admission
into the Union. There are some rich
developments before the. committee in
relation 70 polygamy.
The President to-day made some i'm
portant changes among the Pittsburg
offce-holders by sending 10 the Senate
the name Of William 7. johnson, as Col
lec.or Of Internal Revenue, vice White,
rehoved; and Andrew l. RoBiuson rs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
CoLoRED LODGE.

A lodge of colored Masons, bearing
the name of flames River, has been
established in Richmond PETER RAN
DoLPH, a preacher, and for twenty-five
years resident of Boston, is Master,
and JoHY OLIVER, Secretary. They
claim to work under dispensation from
the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,, and
number about twenty-five members VI
these few are from the former negro
of Richmond They are ex-
ceedingly rigid in passing upon the
claims of applicants. No common
can come in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.

An interesting phenomenon occurred
in England on the 18th ult, a fall Of wa
ter in semi-solid state far denser than
snow, vet not hail nor ice, in short, natu-
raj snowballs. A correspondent of the
London Times writes that about two and
a halfinches of these balls gave one inch
of water; therefore their density was
about half that Of hail. and FIVE times
that of ordinary snow Their shape was
usually pyramidal, the base being uneven,
somewhat like the flower Of a caulifiower.
The size varied from one inch in diane
ter down to a tenth, about two-tenlhs was
most usual.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
MAZZINI.

MAzzlsI, the Italian Republican, sees
hope in the sky abroad He writes
hither: An energetic conduct of the
United States in the question of Mexico
wonld hasten the fall of LOUIS NAPOLEON.
Impress our friends in America that it is
Of vital Importance that at a given occa-
sion the men of the European Republi-
can Committee, whose sympathies are
secured and purposes are certain, may
obtain the leadership by moral and any
other aid from America.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
gIs
YIELD OF OIL

The Parkersburg Times is responsible
for the following: Ali the wells at
Burning Springs are yielding some $500
barrels per day, as near as We can gather
The wells on White Oak are yielding, of
heavy oil, l59 barrels a day the Lick
Run 300 barrels; the Borseneck $50
barrels There are outside wells yielding
from-2O0 to 800 barrels per day, besides
the Hughes river region, of which we
have very little knowledge. The product
Of oil in this vicinity is about 5000 bar
rels per day, the most Of it fne lubrica-
ting oil that will run from 40 to 100 per
gallon. This shows that the oil territory
of West Virginia is the best yet discov-
cred, and yet not one-half the putting has
been applied to it that there is in Penn
svlyania. II is time we let our country
be known through the press
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
VERY LATEST FROM ALLPO
NOON DISP ATCHI les.

NEW YORK, April 10. - The car dri-
vers held a meeting last night at the City
Hall, and passed series Of resolutions,
expressing determination not TO return
to work until their proposed advance in
wages was accorded Speeches were
made. and donations received from sym
pathizers. There has been considerable
rioting along the line Of Third avenue
road. One driver was supposed to be
killed Late last night torpedo was
laid on the track, and exploded, DANA
ging the car The passengers narrowly
escaped
A large meeting of Roberts and Swee-
ney Fenians was held at the Cooper In
stitute to-day. Roberts stated that this
was the last public meeting Of his party
before the final blow would be struck.
FREDERIcKroS, y. b, April l9.-Dis-
content among the people at the adoption
Of the confederation scheme by the Pro
vincial Parliament Is rapidly on the in
crease.
The minority in the Upper House have
prepared a protest against the Quebec
scheme, which is TO be addressed to the
Queen.
A Washington special contains the as
surance from Col Wynkoop, special In
dian Agent at Fort Laramie, Kansas,
that the mail travelling across the plains
is now attended with no danger; no es-
cort is necessary. The Indians are
peaceably disposed
A City Of Mexico correspondent says
the disagreement between Oriega and
Juarez has become alarming The Libe-
rails see no way OF adjusting the diff
Guilty. Oriega claims the Presidency,
and denounces Juarez
The Indians are still making raids on
Sonora. ami committing great ouirages.
WASHINGTON, april is.-The Govern
ment has concluded to hold the iron
clad blockade runner CoQuette, re-
Gently seized as Confederate property at
Baltimore, alleged to have been built In
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

g3- AS the quickest way to make
fortune, a contemporary suggests marry
ing a fashionable young lady and selling
her clothes
Why not marry the clothes and throw
the woman away Memphis Ledger
If you can find the woman to throw
away, you must have an unusual faculty
for distinguishing between the natural
and the artifcial-Louisville Courier.
The easiest thing in the world. Just
shake the artificial and the natural will
drop ont
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
PUT THEM TO WORK.

Major STAyHoPE, commanding the mil
itary department of Norfolk, Va, has is.
sued an order that ali Idle persons found
in the limits of that command who are
without sufficient means of support, and
are competent to perform labor will be
collected together and placed at work
cleansing and policing the public thor
oughfares, and removing the ofial in Nor
folk-Louisriile Courier.
Now, in view Of the probable appear
ance of cholera in this city, would it not
be well to put our vagrant, idle popula-
ton TO work on the streets, in conjunc-
ton with the regular city forceG Let the
authorities think of this.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
GEN. LEW.

Gen. LEV WALLACE has written long
letter criticizing both the military bills
before Congress. He says that they fall
short in that they neglect the lessons of
the war, make no reference 10 the loyal
ty, intelligence and individual improve
ment of the rank and file, and disclose
no attempt to make the service honorable
so as to secure the enlistment of irst-class
men. he urges the extension of the
West Point system to the rank and file of
the army, and shows at length how it
could he applied.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
The Monstrosities of the Civil Rights Bill

The Civil Rights bill is scion of it!
more formidable predecessor 1t pur
ports to grant civil rights to the blacks
to place them as citizens on perfect
equality with the whites Its dictum is
that there shall be no discrimination be.
tween the races in regard to civil rights,
and yet the very first step in the code
takes from the State courts their indie
pendence as judicial tribunals, and
breaks down the authority OF the people
who create them. If the judges of the
State courts decide against any Of the
grants or immunities conferred upon the
freedmen by the Civil Rights bill, the
Judge is to be fined or imprisoned for it,
no matter how conscientious his decision,
OF whether il be founded on his views Of
the Constitution or the laws of Congress,
or the Constitution or the laws of the
State which he is sworn to administer.
There is no snch penalty afiixedin case
Of a Judgment against a white man,
whose person or property may be in
volved in the judges decision. In case
a white citizen of a State sues another
he is confined to seek justice in State
court The negro is privileged to prose
cute in the State court, the District Court
of the United States, or the Circuit Court
of the United States. So he may drag
the white man through all the tribunals
of the country Is not this discrimina-
ton?
But there is another of still more prac-
teal Importance The bill requires that
commissioners be appointed throughout
the States to become prosecutors of suits
for freedmen litigants This new tribe
of pussuivants of litigation are to receive
a premium from the Treasury Of ten dol
lars for every suit they can induce the
freedman to permit to be brought in his
name, and five dollars additional is to be
paid on the warrant when issued For
similar services State justice receives
twenty-five cents. A poor white man
nowhere in the world has such assistance
in asserting his rights or redressing his
wrongs He has to pay the tax and fees
when he appeals to the courts for JUS
tice, and the lawyers as COUNSEL but for
the freedmen there is host of commits
soners provided, to instigate and prose-
cute suits, prompted by fees in advance,
which alone would make it lucrative
pursuit, to say nothing of what might be
obtained from the plaintiff or extorted
from the defendant There seems to be
some discrimination of races, where we
find the purse of the nation opened to
one race and stimulating huntsmen to
hunt the other as a sort of prey. This
must be meant as retaliation on the
whites (although paroled and promised
peace at their own homes for the cruel
ties of Senator Masons Fugitive Slave
bill. The latter, however, on!y reached
a few individuals. The hired beagle of
the Civil Rights bill will hunt the white
man down at his home, or drive him
from it, and he is commissioned to drag
State judges from their courts to trial
before United States courts, and thence
to the punishments they adjudge, for err
ror of opinion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
SCHOLARS.

More than half the British House Of
Commons is composed of university
men. One hundred and fifty-six are
graduates of Oxford, and one hundred
and thirteen of Cambridge Christ
Church has the largest number from
Oxford colleges viz: 50; and Trinity
from Cambridge colleges, viz; 30 There
should be intelligent legislation among
such host Of scholars
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

bill and Civil Rights bill, and henceforth
am the enemy of your Government,
and win spend the few feeble remnants
of my life in efforts to overthrow it
Democratic SALISBURY says lie
believed to-day that revolution is pend
ing, and President JOHNSON would have
better work for Southern men yet than
hanging them. He believed to-day that
when JEFFERSON DAVIS left the Senate
he was better Union man than ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN. ",aass--s.-..a-----.-asas.a
Democratic Story, OF the Chicago
Times, says: "The President or some
competent authority would be justified
in clearing the halls Of Congress with
the bayonet"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

Scotland, under contract with Mallery,
for the Confederate States, but now
claimed as private property. 1t is val
ucd at Sl5O,OO0.
The House Judiciary Committee yes
ierday had'under considerationaihe eS-
pediency of repeating the test oath, The
President few days ago sent a messen-
ger to Congress on the subject, with let
tiers from the Secretary of the Treasury
and Postmaster General, strongly urging
some legislation on the subject. The
Committee after short discussion direct
ed the chairman TO rerort against any
modification whatever The Chairman
will presentan elaborate report and at
tempt to vindicate the action of the Com
mite by quotations from the Presidents
records. TjHf
Rogers will present a minority report,
in favor of the repeal, as desired by the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Post
master General.
NASHVILLE, April ia dispatch an-
nounces the appointment of Walter b.
Seates as Collector of Chicago.
New YORK, April l9-The U. s. gun
boat Desoto, flagship of the flying squad
ron, sails for Eastport to-day.
ToRoNro, April l9.-The Fenian ex-
animation is progressing at Cornwall
with closed doors,
NEW YORK, April ia Cornwall
correspondent says the Fenian prisoners
cannot be convicted unless further proof
is obtained.
Vera Cruz advices of the Sih say the
merchants Of that city are complaining
bitterly of the addition of thirty per cent
to the tariff. tu
Macmillan threatens to compel the
of 60 per cent. if they do not
render full account of merchandise on
hand within three days. $50
WASHINGTON, April l9.-In the Senate,
yesterday, joint resolution was passed
appropriating Sl,2l7,0OO towards fulfil
ling certain treaties with the Indian tribes
on the Upper Missouri and Platte rivers.
A resolution of thanks to Gen. Han
cock has been passed.
The resolution for the appointment of
for the National Asylum for
disabled soldiers was also passed.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
brought up, but was postponed till to-
morrow
Clark proposed an amendment to the
House bill, to amend the act relative to
he writ of habeas corpus.
Edmonds offered an amendment pend
ng its consideration.
Senate adjourned.
In the House, the Speaker presented
| resolution of the Texas Convention,
n favor of the Southern branch of the
Pacific railroad, and asked what DISPOSE
ion should be made of it.
Rollins moved that it be referred to the
Committee on Railroads.
Wentworth moved that it be referred to
he Reconstruction Committee.
The resolution was finally referred to
he Committee on the Pacific Railroad.
New YORK, April l9.-The British
steamer Virginia, from Liverpool the
It'll, has arrived at quarantine. There
we're thirty-eight deaths on the passage
leease similar to that aboard the steamer
England. The Virginia has one thous-
md and forty-three passengers.
NEw YORK, April l9-Noon.-Cotton
luiet at &c. Gold, 27s.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
RAILWAYS.

According to an official return, the
total length of railways in France, on the
3lst of December last, was S473 miles
against Sl5S at the close of 1864. The
total income for the year 1865 amounted
to 559, 997,OlS francs, against 525 ,5sO,63O
francs in l664-an increase of "a, 4l6, 2eS
francs The average product per mile,
in 1865, was 1854 francs, and in 1864,
g., 500 francs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

B6T All of the evidence submitted by
the Reconstruction Committee to-day on
Arkansas agrees that that State is in a
most hourishing condition tina. the peo-
pie are happy and industrious, and that
better order il maintained than has been
known for forty years The evidence
from every political standpoint comes to
that conclusion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

Ray A negro makes the singular prop
osition in Pennsylvania paper that he
will raise $4,000 among colored men for
the Fenian cause, provided the Fenians
will do all in their power TO dispel the
Irish prejudice against the blacks and
90 in for their right to vote.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
GREENBAcKs ARE aeon
BIT
ROBACK'S ARE BETTER.

CAIRO. trf
The Leonora' passed down to-day, full
passengers, and loaded to the guards with
freight Among the passengers we noticed the
smiling face Of DR.. Henderson. the "apont cou-
rier" of The celebrated Scandinavian medicines.
The "Victoria" passed up last night. She
had on her manifest thrty-fve packages of
Swedish Drugs. ex. ship "Kohlon," at New
Orleans, from Sweden. for Prince. Walton 4
Co., Cincinnati. The Captain reports business
dull at Vicksburg and New Orleans. and opera
tons in cotton very light.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

say- The Lawrence Tribune estimates
that 200 families per week are emigrating
to Kansas, bringing with them an aver
age of 81 900 to each family, which, if it
should continue at this rate for only three
months, would add to the circulating me-
dunn OF the State the sum of e, GOO, 900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

sR-The Commissioner of Agriculture
has received from Dundee, Scotland, a
lot Of the somewhat celebrated Victoria
potatoes, which will be distributed to the
farming interests of the country for seed
ing purposes. They are large, rather
fat and rough skinned, and it is said
thew will resist all attacks Of disease.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

s6-Secretary McCuLLocu, in a com
munica.ion suggesting the modification
ofthe oath of office, says it would be bet
ter for the country to suspend the collec-
ton of Internal Revenue in the South
than to appoint men not identified with
the taxpayers in that country
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

pyHMiss NELLIE PALMER, beautiful
young lady, possessing many accomplish
ments, daughter of JNo j. PALMER, Esq,
the present Public Printer, died very
suddenly in Richmond on Monday last
DR.. COLEMAN, who was called in, pro-
nounced it an undoubied case OF cholera.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

gE- The negroes of Columbus, Ohio
held meeting on Tuesday night last, to
indorse the action of Congress in the
passage Of the Civil Rights bill. PreSi-
dent JOHNSON does not any longer seem
to be in good odor with the colored per-
snasinn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

ROBACK'S ARE BETTER.
HAMILTON, c. W.

HAMILTON, C. w.
The Fenian excitement is growing hourly 1t
is feared by the military authorities Aere that
there is large organization in our midst. The
critical state of things demands immediate ac-
ton. The excitement is causing much sick
ness. and the popular remedies, Robacks Blood
Pills and Blood Purifier, are becoming scarce.
and the demand immense. The people have
made an appeal to the Governor General to aa
nit them free Of duty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

DayA child at Calais, Me-, being trou-
blesome from teething, was given drait
of infused peoples, which put it to sleep.
This was on Tuesday night week, and at
last accounts the child was still sleeping
in spite Of all efforts to arouse it. The
physician entertains hopes that it may
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

pSA gentleman from Friar' Point says
the cotton crop Of North Mississippi will
surpass that Of 1860 His opinion is
entitled 10 consideration, owing TO his
peculiar facilities for obtaining informs-
ton
So says dispatch The gentleman
who furnished this information, is singu-
larly at fault "A genuine know-nothing
on the subject Of cotton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

preparations for the trial of JEFF. DAVIS
are purely sensational. The whole mat
ter is being thoroughly investigated by
the House Judiciary Committee, who
will make y complete report on the sub
iect to Congress and the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

esS~Milk may be kept sweet by having
it constantly in the presence of fresh
water. In a milk room provided with
tubs, in which the water is changed twice
a day, milk will not be soured, even by
lightning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
HaP Ii is stated

SD- 1t is stated that FIVE hundred daily
papers have been started in New York
in the last quarter of century. Or
these, there have been four hundred and
ninety deaths.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

aD-In anticipation Of muster ont of
all volunteer troops in Tennessee, Gen.
THOMAS is preparing to issue an order
distributing regulars in companies among
various counties.
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GREENBACKS ARE GOOD,
BUT
ROBACK'S ARE BETTER.
CHICAGO

Wonders never cease. Fragments of human
limbs are being picked up almost daily.
Whether people are killed and thus mutilated,
or die natural deaths. and are then chopped in
pieces. is yet a mystery.
But the greatest wonder of all is the enter
prise of Cincinnati firm. who. not knowing a
better way of disposiag Of their greenbacks I"
have completely covered the walls of the city
with them. "Greenbacks are good. but Ro-
backs Medicines are better" is the cry of every
urchn you meet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

saT There is negro in Philadelphia
whose feet measure twenty-one inches
in length. 1t is supposed they will be
used as the next Republican platform.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19
TREASON RAMPANT.

The ST Louis Democrat under the
above head line, has the following;
Democratic Senator GARRETT DAVIS
savs. pass your Freedmen's Bureau
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

Ba5- Gen. CASBY has been explaining
the proclamation. We thought the pro-
clamation was meant to explain Gen.
cAxBY and his military authority, and
the extent of all military authority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

pJ-Gen. THOMAS has just released SO
soldiers and 10 citizens, incarcerated in
the penitentiary. Internationally from
confinement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-19

p65- A Richmond paper states that
Castle Thunder is being thoroughly re-
paired, preparatory to being turned into
o grand mercantile alnphitheatre
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GREENBACKS ARE GOOD,
ROBACK'S ARE BETTER.
KNOXVILLE. TENN

KNOXVILLE. TENN
special from Knoxville states that the eel
ebrated auctioneer of East Tennessee. j. II.
Henry. is fast recovering from his severe illness.
DR.. Barrow. his physician. is constantly with
him. He is now using Roback's Stomach Bit
tiers regularly. and is thus enabled to take some
solid food.