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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30
The Port of Memphis.


inches daily. Business on the levee this
morning was dull, six boats being in
port and only two of them doing any
visible business. The weather was de-
lightful, and the Mackerels and other
loafers were basking in the sun on the
grain piles.
The following are the arrivals and de-
partures since our last:
Arrivals.
Lizzie Gill, New Orleans.
Homer, New Orleans. fEa {
j. n Kellogg, Quincy. f
Mary Erwin, Little Rock.
Adam Jacobs, ST Louis.
Anna, Cincinnati.
City of Memphis, New Orleans
Departures.
Homer, St Louis.
Lizzie Gill, ST. Louis.
j, n. Kellogg Quincy.
City of Memphis, New Orleans.
Des Arc, Vicksburg
Commercial, White river
Superior, Hatche river.
Morning Star, Louisville an
Lady, New Madrid.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
The St. Louis packet this evening is
the Adam Jacobs, under command OF
Flem. Calvert This boat is hard to
beat in any of the requisites for a first
class steamer, and passengers bound
north should avail themselves Of this OPP
portunity. Tickets can be had at the
Union ticket Office, No. Jefferson street
Ohio river travellers should remember
that this evening at o'clock the fleet
Golden Eagle leaves for Cincinnati, with
Capt. Ben. NJ. Merilees on the roof and
one of the best ofgents in the office.
Miscellaneous.
The st. Louis Packet Company 5
wharl-boat is now out of water and men
are busily at work taking the mud, etc,
out of her hold.
At Cairo yesterday the river was fall
ing and business fair
At St. Louis yesterday the river was
falling slowly, business quiet aud ton
mage light
There is fourteen feet water between
St. Louis and Cairo, and nine feet be-
tween Keokuk and St Louis.
The Illinois river was falling rapidly
Sunday with ten feet at Peoria, and
three and half above
There is three and a half feet water on
Colbert Shoals, Tennessee river, and
falling.
STEAMBOAT PRINTIEG-We respectfully
ask our steamboat friends to call and ex-
anime the specimens of fine steamboat
printing daily executed at the PUBIC
LEDGER office. Our prices will be found
to compare favorably with those Of Gin
cinnati or ST Louis, and to be greatly
below those asked by other city offices.
Bring your orders directly to US, and
save the commission charged by parties
who take in work they are not prepared
to execute
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DR. NICHOLSON, Homeopathic, corner
of Second and Adams streets. my29.lw
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a couple of police be stationed on the
levee to keep the Mackerels in order.
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BLACK, CANRoS & Co, Produce and
Commission Merchants, Charleston ave
nue., near the depot I
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PIC-YIc.-T delightful weather Of the
past few days has dried up the mud and
pic-nics are once more the rage. To-
morrow there will be one by the Asbury
Chapel Sabbath School Weather per-
hitting, Of course.
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Down They Go.-Our prices have been
reduced on all other classes of printing
in like ratio. T
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Special Notices will be Inserted in this col
umn for ten cents per line for each insertion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

The STREET RAILROAD Yesterday
for the first time, street car was run in
Memphis, and as it came along Main
street everybody and his sister rushed
out to see the strange sight, while the
little urchins scampered along by its
side until the want of breath compelled
them to stop. In the evening car went
from the Memphis & Ohio depot to South
street, with a select party of the City
Dads and other deadheads aboard To-
day several cars are running, and every
one who can get on them are allowed to
ride free = consequently business is
lively. On Monday next cars will be
running on Main, Jefferson and Poplar
streets, and folks can take big ride for
five cents. The people of Memphis have
been suffering from the extortions of
hack-drivers for a long time, and all
classes hail with delight the Inauguration
of cheap conveyance. Goodbye, hack
drivers; your occupations gone"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

A FAcT-There is nothing like we'll
furnished house, it looks so neat and
pretty, especially when the furniture was
bought Of Ames, Woodbury. & Jones, 1872
Main street, the cheapest place in town
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

WALNUT STREET LOTs. - Tomorrow
morning at IL o'elock, ten very desira-
bic lots situated on the east side of Wal
nut street, south of Vance, will be sold
at auction by Monsarrat, Lanier & Co
These lots have been subdivided so as to
place them within the reach of ALL how
ever limited their means may be, to Sc
cure home in one of the healthiest and
most improving portions of the immediate
suburbs. The street railway passes these
lots. Omnibuses leave the Irving Block
at l0l clock, to take all who may wish
to attend the sale.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

RELIEF FOR NORTH ALABAMA. - The
morning papers publish long lists of con-
ubutions and contributors 10 the fund
for the relief Of Alabama. About seven
thousand dollars worth of provisions has
been forwarded to Decatur, Alabama.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

A REMARKABLE FACT. That not a sim
gle instance has come to the knowledge
of C. W. Roback of failure of his Bitters
to give satisfaction in the thousands of
cases in which they have been used, is
worthy of remark, and undeniable evil
dence of their intrinsic virtue. lw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

Square, near Second street 1t is a fact
their customers will verify. ~. -.a.-
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Gayoso Savings Institution, No. 10 Mad
ison street, transacts a general Exchange and
Banking business; will receive deposits, buy
and sell foreign and domestic exchange. gold,
silver and uncnrrent money.
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Special Notices.

sEERsUcKER suits, at Drake 4 Cos. /
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MACKEREL SKIRMsH-Several Of the
" Mackerel Brigade" made a raid on
the freight Of the Golden Eagle this
morning, when one of the youngsters
was caught and punished by the clerk.
As soon as released he expressed his ire
very forcibly with his tongue and several
pieces Of brick. We would suggest that
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FuN-LnyINc gents should visit the
Good Idea, corner Of Main and Monroe
streets, where they can ENJOY themselves
to their hearts content with the good
singing, dancing, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

Ii should be known by everybody that
the best set Of BARRIERS in the city are at
Borg's saloon, on the north side Of Court
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WANTS.

{XTANTED-AS SITUATION BYA YOUNG
w gentleman. ms salesman or clerk in gro
Gerry or hardware store, bank or commission
house. l. thorough business man. Address
j. H., care Of Glass Box No 1856. my2i-4t"
XNANTED.--AN A NO. / SAWYER, TO
w go up the ri ,er 100 miles. To one having
eral wages will be given. Apply tor three days
To G. T. BASSETT, at Nevils 4 Rooe's. No. l76
Front street. my24-4t*
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Marriage and Celibacy, an Essay Of Warn
ing and Instruction for Young Men. Also.
Diseases and Abuses which PROSTATE the vital
powers, with sure means of relief. Sent free Of
charge in sealed letter envelopes Address, DR..
j. SKILLIN HOUGHT0N. Howard Associa-
ton, Philadelphia, Pa. aplg-3m
Notice.-We earnestly request our friends
not to pay more than FIVE cents n copy for the
PUBLIC LEDGER. We sell to the newsboys at
two cents copy, thus allowing them over a
hundred per cent. profit on every paper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

There was little doing in the Cotton Market
this morning, all parties apparently waiting for
the noon dispatches from New York to develop
their movements. We continue yesterday s
quotations
Ordinary.......2s929 Middling..... -. .34@35
Good Ordinary ....3Oa3l Strict Middling-36@-
Low Middling ...~32a33 Good Middling.37@--
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II dates. ir- espectve of signatures. viii be &c.
knowledged in liquidating prior to May. 1851.
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|
Cry CoUNcIL-There was an ad
journed meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen held yesterday evening
when the following report was made in
relation to the Navy Yard property,
lately placed in the hands of receiver
by the Chancellor
To the Honorable Board Of Aldermen:
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned, who
were instructed by resolution of May
9Th, to negotiate the best terms posi-
BILE with the holders of the bonds secured
by mortgage upon the Navy Yard prop
erty," beg leave to report:
That, owing to the absence from the
city of some of the largest bond-holders,
no negotiations were inaugurated until
the goth instant, when a proposition was
received from Messrs Estes and Jack
son, the solicitors for the bond-holders,
inviting an interview; that this resulted
in certain propositions being made by
the bond-holders, which with some ma
terial notifications from the original,
are now submitted for your considera-
tlOn. lney propose
First That hereafter the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad bonds when due,
and the due coupons, secured by mort
gage ON the Navy Yard, shall be re-
ceived in liquidation of any of the due
debts of the city, and in the payment of
taxes.
Second. That for all the coupons part
due and payable on the Both day of June,
1866, they will receive the bonds Of the
city, proposed to be issued, having thirty
one years to run, and bearing ten per
centum, at par.
Third. That hereafter the proceeds de-
rived from the Navy Yard shall not be
subject to general appropriation; but
leaving the management and control of
the property to the Board of Aldermen
they must appoint some one person to
have charge of the same, to collect the
rents, and to apply them as directed by
the term of the mortgage; and failing
herein, or to make provision for the pay
ment Of the future accruing interest,
that the property is to be again placed
in the hands of a receiver.
Fourth. Whether the receipts from the
lessees. when payment is made by them
in city scrip, is to be received by the
holders Of the coupons at par, or at its
market value, is referred to the decision
of Chancellor Smith, whose decree shall
be binding in the premises.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN PARK, Mayor
SMITH p. BANKHEAD,
Asst City Atty.
The report was adopted, and the fol-
lowing resolutions, offered by Alderman
Becktel, were referred to the Finance
Committee, when the Board adjourned:
Resolred That S. p. Bankhead, Esq,
be authorized to make the settlement
with the holders Of the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad bonds upon the
terms proposed, and that the future man
agement of the property is hereby con
fded to him, as stipulated in the third
proposition of the report, and in accord
ance with the terms of the mortgage.
Resolved, That the compensation for
Mr. Bankhead for his services to the city
for the present corporate year be fixed at
$4,000, in lien of $1,000, and that the
same is hereby allowed him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

WHEN you want your life insured call
and see the inducements offered by
Moore & West, General Agents for West
Tennessee for the Etna Life Insurance
Company. No extra charge for travel
ing anywhere South at any season of the
year. Office No 22l Madison street, up
stairs my30-tf
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WHITE silk vests also, fancy Mar
settles vests, at Drake & Co.'S
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fight for honor, glory and freedom under
the green banner Of the Irish Republic
FoR Linen goods, call at Drake q
Co.'S. +
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BLACK Alpaca coats, at 277 Main
street
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FAsHIoN's PLATFORM perfume,
pure, refreshing and imperishable, and
that perfume Phalon's " Night-Blooming
Cereus." This is the platform of Fash
ion on this side of the Atlantic, and all
the people say amenl-Jersey city
Times. st
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

SAVE Your MONEY You can save a
large share of your money by having
your job printing executed at the PUBLIC
LEDGER Office We make specially of
this part of our business and, having
the most complete establishment in the
Southwest, our facilities for doing the
best of work at lowest rates are unsur-
passed by any house in this section. We
employ the best OF workmen, have all
the latest and newest styles of type and
presses, and give entire satisfaction to
all our patrons Bring in your iavors to
l3 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

BOWS THEy Go-The best of Business
Cards printed for Sc toS6 80 per thousand
at the PrRuc LEDGER oilice.
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CAN DIDATEs.

L0R MAY0R-IN RESPONSE TO THE
Il call of many voters. / announce myself as
aesndidate for Mayor. at the election In June.
ap9-te X. X. BECKTEL.
E0R MAY Wv. G. BRYAN ISA CAN
IL didate for Mayor. at the ensuing election.
ap5-ted
V'0 THE VOTERS OF MEMPHIS. IAN
L candidate, fol. the office Of Mayor, at the
ensuing June election.
tdf VIM d. FERGUSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

RECORDERS CoURT-There were only
nine candidates for justice as dispensed
by Recorder Creighton, this morning,
mostly trivial offenders, six being
" drunks," which cost six dollars and
fifty cents each.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

CONFIRMED. There was IN interesting
ceremony at St Lazarus Church last
evening, Bishop Quintard administering
the holy rite of confirmation to FIVE per
sons. The Bishop delivered an able dis
course on 1.-THE Trials of Life and the
Supporting Power Of Christ"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

EXTRA sized linen pants kept by
Drake & Co, No. 277 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

The physicians of Paris say that the
best preventive for cholera is gentle
stimulants The most learned physicians
of this country admit that Dr. RoJacks
Stomach Bitfers are the best stimulants
known to the world m30-lw.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30

BETTER LATE THAN NEvER.-If your
teeth are going, and you have not yet
tried the .So-odont" as a preservative,
try it now. Abandon all other denti-
frices, and give it fair chance it is
guaranteed to be as harmless as water.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-30
E0R SALE

Manufactured by Ransom & Co., warranted
equal to anything in this mar ket for brick and
superior to every other lime for plastering and
white coating, which we can supply IN lots to
suit purchasers ut less rates than Cape lime.
BLACK, CANNON Il Co.,,
my7-lm Near NJ. a. c. r. X. depot.
IYUR SALE.-AN ADAM PRESS, PLATTEN
L l9x25 inches, withEteam apparatus complete;
will be sold low if applied for soon. 1t Is in
good running order, and may he seen running
any day in our possession.
Apply to- or address,
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SKIN AND B d.

TIME WIDESPREAD REPUTATION OF
nr gamuel Gilbert is q sufficient indorse-
ment of si,c valuable properties Of these I'M
eoualled preparations.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22
A RIGHTEOUS Judicial Decision,

II is generally known that the close
corporation Of voters who at present con-
troll the destinics of West Virginia have
adopted a registration law which disfran-
chises large proportion of the men IN that
State. JAMES d. ARMSTRONG, Esq, OF
Romney, has tested the constitutionallty OF
the law in the Circuit Court of Hampshire.
AT the May term of that court rule was
made against the Board of Registration to
show cause why they should not be COM
PEELED to register Mr.. ARMSTRONG as
voter. The reason assigned by the Board
was that Mr.. ARMSTRONG IA southern sym
pathizcr) had refused TO take the oath re-
CURED 10y the registration act. AT the
term of the same court held last week, as
We learn from letter in the Wheeling
Register, Judge HARRISON awarded a
pcrcmptory maudamus rcquiringthe Board
TO register Mr.. ARMSTRONG. The Judge
declared in effect that the Legislature had
by this act required a qualification not
required by the constitution, which OF
course it had no power to do, and conse-
ouenty so much of the registration act as
REQUIRES the voter to take this oath is I'M
constitutional.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22

SECRETARY SEwARD.-The Philadelphia
Ledger's Washington correspondent writes
On Wednesday:
There is authority for stating that Mr..
Seward will soon retire from public life,
from desire to obtain that rcpose and 1c-
creation which his medical advisers inform
him are absolutely indispensable to the
prolongation OF his life. The Secretar y
thus advises some of his more intimate
personal and political friends here, and
there is no doubt but that as soon as he
RECEIVERS from his present indisposition he
will lose no time in carrying his resolution
into effect. With this knowledge, the ques-
ton as to who Is to succeed him in the
Cabinet at 50 interesting coniuncture
must soon become one Of absorbing interest.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22
Vacancies Occurring During the SEES
sion Of the Senate.

sion Of the Senate.
\ telegram in our paper of yesterday
stated that Mr.. Stanbery, the Attorney
General of the United States, had given a
written opinion in regard to the power of
the President to fill vacancies which hap
pen but are not filled during the session of
the Scnate-in other words, whether he
could fill the offices his nominees for which
the Senate had rejected. Mr.. Stanbcry
decides that he can; and says that tho
question has frequently been passed upon
by his predecessors-by Mr.. Writ in 1928,
Mr.. fancy in 1882, and Mr.. Legare in ls4l.
Mr.. Stanbery says:
AS to the case in point, it is not clear
that the vacancy which exists after the
adjournment Of the Senate can be said to
have occurred during the session. The
appointment fills the office, and the Ian
guage of the Constitution is that cit shall
expire at the ead of the next session.
There is no vacancy until they adjourn.
The Attorney General then takes the
ground that a vacancy implies dura-
ZION, anu tiiat viz "oiu hoppSh a'S>. ''A
the Constitution need not apply to the be-
ginning of a vacancy any more than to any
other period during the time it exists.
The words might be construed" If va.
cancy happens to exist in the recess
This, he says, was the opinion of his pre-.
decessors. Wherever there is a vacancy
there Is power to fill it. "This power is
in the President, with the assent Of the
Senate, whilst that body is in session, and
in the President alone when the Senate is
not in session.
The Attorney General then proceeds at
some length to controvert the position OF
those who argue that to allow this would
disappoint the clear intent to give the
Senate participation in appointments to
office and does so very effectually. He
contends that the unlimited power OF
removal belongs to the President" and
then asks, "What is the difference between
a vacancy which began in the session or
was caused in the recess by the act of the
President ?" He then argues that the ap-
continents of tho President arc temporary
only, because he cannot jill the office with.
out the concurrence of the Senate. He
can only appoint until the end Of the next
session of the Senate, which is an ample
provision to secure the Senate from every
thing except On abuse by the President of
his own constitutional powers of removal
and of filling vacancies, by so exercising
them as to Illustrate the intention OF the
Senate.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22
Judge Underwood Speaks for Virginia.

Judge Underwood Speaks for Virginia.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger tclegraphs to that
journal that Judge UNDERWOOD expressed
the opinion that the Virginia Legislature
at its next session will inaugurate a move
ment looking to the adoption Of the con
sttutional amendment. The people OF
Virginia, says he, believe that their oes'
policy will be to adopt the amendment ,',
thinking that II they do not, Congress VIII
either pass on act reducing them 10 terri,
torial condition, or one imposing un''e's"
suffrage. II is understood, the CORE
spondent adds, that Mr.. BALDWIN, speahe'
If tho House of Delegates, will urge the
adop,ion of the proposition OF congress- as
embodving the best terms which the REBEL
lious States can obtain.
II is certain that the people Of Virginia
have not confded their fears or their OPT
mons to Judge UNDERWOOD. He has no
more right to speak for them, and is enti-
tied TO no more credit when he undertakes
10 do so, than WARDwELL or BoTTs. Nor
is il at all probable tina. Mr.. BALDWIN has
made a confidant Of the Ledgcr's CORE
spondcnt. The telegram is an clectioneer-
inc document, intended to encourage the
Radicals and discourage the Conservatives
of the northern States. Many such will
doubtless be circulated in those States be-
tween this time and the fall elections.
The Conservatives should pay no attention
a IL,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22

RATIFICATION MEETING IN PITTSYLVA-
xn.-Wc learn from the Danville NerS
that meeting was held at Pittsylvanla
Courthouse on Monday last (court-day),
ratifying the action of the Philadelphia
Convention. George W. Read, ESQ, was
called to the chair and Major l.. NJ. Shu-
maker acted as secretary. Hon. I. 5.
Flournoy and Colonel George c. Cabell
addressed the meeting. They fully en-
dorsed the resolutions passed at the Phila-
delphia Convention.
A resolution was adopted proposing a
State Convention to be held in Richmond
some time during the fall, to ratify the
action of the Philadelphia Convention.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22
The ANNOYANCE 90 ,ha h;ooo,

The ahnoyance Of the hiccough can be
stopped 30 easily that everybody should
know how u Is done. 1t Is occssioned by
the convulsive and involuntary action Of
the diaphragm, which lifts the stomach as
In vomiting and sea.sickness, which action
il occasioned or possible only when the
stomach il empty. The remedy Is simple
and infallible. Drink water or any other
beverage slowly, With continual swallow.
ing, 70 long ~ you can hold your breath.
II yon do not breathe In the process yen
tide Overt ths e0svulsioa, and your bic.
;opSh y eoDet -6MMI!N AsWiuaM
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-22

THE GRAND RALLY AT kNoXvILLE.-
Probably there never was more grand or
imposing assemblage in the city OF Knox
vile since the settlement Of the country.
At . A. NJ. the streets were thronged with
thousands of those who had come to join
the grand demonstration. At the ap.
pointed time tho procession was formed.
The arrangements were most complete.
The car containing thirty.six young ladies
was a grand feature. Thirty-six young Ia
dies, beautifully decorated, each represent
ing one Of the States of the Union, carried
flag. Resolutions supporting the Presi-
dents policy and rstifying the action OF
the Philadelphia Convention were adopted,
80 We learn from the Commercial,