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sTAFToN's SPEECH.

The speech of the Secretary of War,
omitted in our news columns, is thus re-
ferred to by the St Louis Republican !,
The speech of Secretary STANTON is
just such all one as might have been ex-
pected from that man. He garbles the
annual message and other papers Of the
President, with the view to show that the
latter is inconsistent, and with dema-
gogic art, neither original nor rare, seeks
to carry water on both shoulders. He is
opposed to negro suffrage in the South
through Congressional legislation, and
declsims against the third section Of the
Reconstruction plan, aud so it is with
many Radicals who make war on the
Presidents policy; bnt he finally takes
the side of Congress nevertheless, and
his uttersnces will fall coldly upon the
friends Of his chief
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vEEETIA.

The rumor about re-opened negotia-
iions for the cession Of Venetia by Aus
tria to Italy, is fatty contradicted by the
Aemoire Diplomatque, for two obvious
reasons FIRST, the French ambassador
at Vienna, the Duke de Grammonf, could
not induce Count MESDoRF to enter with
the Italian statesmen, VESosTA and
AREsE, into any transactions, except
upon the basis Of the late treaty OF
Zurich, concluded after the Italian war /;
and, secondly, because francis JOSEPH
insists upon his words so often repeated
Il am not allowed to sign any arrange
ment by which Austria, sooner or later,
would be driven away from her sea-
coast, and cease to be a maritime
power"
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got wisdom by it and the planters who
got labor
About three weeks ago. there appeared
Yankee in the same community, who
persuaded the negroes that he had been
sent among them on secret and delicate
mission by the Secretary of War. He
got a number of them together at negro
house in the town, and unfolded to them
the important secret of his mission He
told them horrible tale of the atrocities
of the whites of the South. In other To-
calities they were butchering the negroes
by wholesale. He had seen the bodies
of negroes floating down the Bigby with
throats cut, and otherwise horribly man
gled and mutilated. He endeavored to
impress upon his audience that they were
in danger of the same fate, and it was
the intention of the Government to put
arms in their hands to enable them to
defend themselves. He had been sent TO
them to provide them with arms But
they must pay small sum for them
For 81 so he would issue ticket which
would draw q pistol when presented at
the post Of Mobile or Selma They had
but to send Commissioner to draw them,
bring them home and distribute them.
The negroes bit again to considerable
extent. Some Of them, though, had their
suspicious, and told the white folks about
il. White folks went in search of him,
found him in the house of negro wench,
but as they came in at the front door,
Yank went out at the back window. But
he couldn't out-run horse, and he was
nabbed. After being held in custody a
day or two, the kind-hearted officer let
him off on two hours parole. He didn't
come to probably was not expected
to. Subsequently some negroes ON a
plantation near by discovered that he
had secreted himselfin Clubhouse. They
sent a runner to inform the white folks
with request that they should stand
aside and hands Off because, they said,
the darkies wanted the privilege of put
ting that Yankee through, all by them
selves this time. There were mice about
his retreat-he smelt one-it is supposed
made successful dash of quarter to
timber, and eyaded the ire of the gather
ing sons of Ham.
The opinion is coufdentially expressed
that a professed Yankee couldn't raise
the wind enough in that settlement of
The credulity of the negroes, to buy a
negro's supper, Meridian Messenger.
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GLORIOUS NEWS.

We have glorious news from Nash
vile, and are fearful that the country
will be shocked by it. Joy is said to
produce effects on the constitution not
dissimilar to those Of grief, and it is yet
an undetermined point, whether too
much laughing, or too much crying is
most injurious. For our own part, we
prefer the former. We shall, therefore,
proceed TO indulge in the most violent
paroxisms Of JOY for the next fortnight,
and let consequences take care of them
selves. But our friends need be under
no concern for our health We viii take
care of that, doctors to the contrary,
notwithstanding Well, the Legislature
is going to adjourn in few days see
Nashville news in another place. over to
November, and then sine die on the 10th
Of December Positively going 10 ad-
iourn, and no mistake The great
statesmen who have for so many years
Numbered on Capital Hill, and forged
chains for the rebels and rebel sympa-
thizers. and made treason obi
Gus BY msrtyriziug the traitors,
are going home. We imagine we
.. See them on their winding way, loaded
with honors and greenbacks, marching
70 the solemn music of No more, never
more But we win not allow ourselves
10 be sorrowful We are too happy for
thai-hsppy to know that most of our
troubles will terminate with the dissolu-
ton of that historical body, and that
npon the ruins Of the colossal tyranny
they have erected over the people beau
,iful temples to freedom and peace "iii
-ise. Let US all rejoice, therefore, that
,fter the clock strikes the hour Of twelve
Il the midnight Of December 10TH 1900,
he present Legislature Of Tennessee will
e Al an end forever. 1t is not long
lime does seem to NOPE when something
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rRom wAsHINeroN.
fs ss%1iI yss
ing to be- Tried-The fhoofzs Tax.

The sgeFEt sS%naT y6S Ss
S 1 e ). .Hs sns Es,i YnoS
Special dispatch to the Republican,
WASHINGTON, May % The Constitua
tional Amendment reported by the he
construction Committee and passed by
the House, came up in the Senate to-
day. Considerable surprise was occa-
stoned among the friends of the measure
by the desire lof Senator Sumner tor
further delay He was quite earnest Tor
its postponement till next week, and
even longer, declaring that the Senate
needed time TO perfect plan for restora-
ton. This view was regarded as an IN
dication Of his hostility to the pending
amendment. The question, however,
was proceeded with. Senator Howard,
of Michigan, opened the debate and
spoke for two hours. When he con-
cluded, notice was given Of some four
amendments which would be offered.
The effect Of this has been to weaken
the committees plan very materially,
and its passage by the Senate as it comes
from the House, is regarded as almost
impossible. t.
The dispatches received at the State
Department from London and Paris in
dictate that general European war is
inevitable The English Ministry was
active in endeavoring to prevent it, but
il was the opinion that nothing could be
done just so long as Napoleon seeming
~ favored war.
Adyices to the Government from Aus
tria state that no more troops will be
sent, for the present, to Mexico, to supply
the places of those soldiers to be with
drawn. The protest of the American
Minister probably secured this result
The special Senate Committee having
in charge the subject of combining the
telegraph system Of the country with the
Postoffice Department, will make some
important recommendation to the SEN
ate relative to the tolls, etc, and the
Government taking control Of the vari-
Gus telegraph lines. The Postmaster
General is averse to such legislation, and
has written letter to that effect.
The Military Committee that has been
engaged for some days in making pre-
liminary examination into the conduct
of 1t Col. Paulding, the paymaster who
deposited half million of Government
funds in the Merchants National Bank,
find him guilty Of disobedience of or
ders, and have recommended his trial by
a court martial A court martial win
probably be convened at once ''f
The House to-day after long debate,
fixed the income tax bill as follows
On all incomes under 5000, FIVE per
cent for any amount over $1,000, ten
per cent One thousand dollars is to be
exempted The bill, as reported by the
committee, fixed income tax at the uni
form rate Of per cent. Mr.. Morrill,
earnestly spoke against any change from
that rate t"i iit n'l7''
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GOING HOME.

A correspondent writing to the Balti-
more Sun, from Lynchburg, says: "Now
the negroes are beseeching their former
masters to take them back, and wherever
the master or mistress can be assured
that they will be safe in doing so, by the
negro remaining faithful, and 'can End
any use for them at all, they are taken
in, clothed and fed, greatly to the relief
Of the halfstarved freedmen. But thous-
snds are still without homes where they
are deemed uutrustworthy."
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The way thew swindied the Negroes

A gentleman recited to us on the cars,
a day or two ago, a series of swindling
operations upon the poor negroes in a
neighboring town in Alabama, by their
peculiar friends. We select two cases
On Christmas day the negroes came into
town from the plantations, to the number
Of two thousand. Some Of the soldiers
stationed there discovered that they gen
orally had little money, and began
sharpening their wits 10 get IT. They
went through the crowd Of darkies and
disseminated the story that Gen. Sher-
man was to be there on the LIST Of Janu-
airy, for the purpose Of distributing
among them the farms and property Of
the country, and it was necessary 10 have
all their names put down on paper. A
small fee was required for that purpose
20 defray certain little expenses. Those
who paid q fee of s. were to have first
class farms; 50 so, second-class, and 81 4,
third and last class. The negroes bit At
il like pike at q sinner. IL was es-
timated thatin this way the sharp Yam
kees raised about a thousand dollars out
OF the credulous dsrkies in . few days
thew became satisfied Of the swindle,
contracted with the planters and vent 70
work. The planters Of the neighborhood
say that that standing operation was a
good thing all around-to the rascals
who got the money, to the darkies who
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25
PARIS.

The population Of Paris is quite mixed.
1t is estimated that there are never less
than 1000 Americans in that city, and it
is the permanent home of 10000 Swiss,
10000 English, $1,000 Italians, 100, 900
Germans, and 10000 Poles The Paris
isns are engaged in various ways in i'm
proving their means Of street locomo-
ton, and among them is a plan for run
ming steam omnibusses. These run not
on rails, but on the common macada-
mized highways, and it is said can make
excellent time.
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NEGRO OUTRAGE.

A New Orleans dispatch of the 22d
says; Last night one of six negro sol
diers at Greenville entered PETER STAN
LIas grocery store, and refused to pay
the boy in charge for some articles pur'
chased srANLIe and wife, in passing
through to the front door, were fred at
by all six of the soldiers. Mrs. STANLIe
will probably die. The Colonel of a
Texas regiment said he would shoot the
guilty parties on the spot if found. To
day negro soldier was arrested as one
of the guilty parties SrANLIe is we'll
known Tax Collector of Jefferson parish -
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D. D. FLUTTERs.

ANDREW JOHNSON wrote upon the po-
Itical grave of FoRNEY, Dead Duck =
Il was very pstheihic, soft and tender
at the time, and drew many tears from
every variety of eye. But by some sort
of galvanism, the D. d. is Auttering, as
real live duck would be, when peril
came to threaten her brood Those lit
tie buckles, and playthihgs of FoRNEY,
the freedmen, and that elegant specimen
of political cabinet-making, the Bureau,
being in supposed danger from the ra'
pscity of Copperheads and rebels, the
dead duck shakes the death damps from
her feathers, and flies quacking into the
face of every conner To be serious,
FoRNEY, in his paper, the Washington
Chronicle, denounces STEDMAE, FULLER
TON aud their report on the working of
the Freedmens Bureau in the South.
That report is the most damaging blow
ever hurled upon the Radical party, and
to break the force OF it, if possible, they
are to be destroyed, and different re-
port brought in OF the report, that pa
per, says:
The report of Generals STEDNAE and
FULLERTON on the condition of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia and
North Carolina reads very much like
fulfllment of the evil prophecies con-
tanned in ANDREW JoHEsoEs veto mes
sage of the Freedmen's Bureau bill This
was no doubt intended to be the result
of their tour of inspection. We are in.
formed, upon what we consider very good
authority, that, before starting, these
gentlemen received such instructions as
were calculated to insure one-sided and
extremely partial report-such an one as
they have produced
This is a serious charge, and comes
ofjudging others intentions by the stan
dard of ones own morals. That man
who will deliberately make it, is com
mitted to the manner in which that in
stitution is managed in the Carolinas, is
difficult to be doubted The controllers
of its machinery are charged with cru
city to the negroes, and running, on their
own account, many plantations. Is the
Dead Duck interested in them? If so,
how many? At all events, she promises
herself another report She says:
General F. d. SEwALL is, we under
stand, at this time engaged in making an
inspection Of the Bureau in North Car
oina, by order of General HOWARD,
When bis report is received 1t will no
lonbt tell a somewhat different story
from that of the Presidents inspectors
STEbMAN and FULLERTON are to be
undone Gen. SEwALL is to do the work.
Again, she hutteringly says
Generals SrEDNAy and FULLERTON
are to continue their tour Of inspection
through all the States wherein the Bureau
has 40 agency From the specimen
which they have already furnished it is
easy TO see what will be the character of
ture reports. In view of this fact, and
on behalf of the loyal people Of the Uni
ted Statee white and black, we respect
full au gest that a committee be APP
pointed W Congress TO examine into the
condition and operations of the Bureau
throughout the South.
That's tia Congressional committee
Ohio Mr. THADDEUs STEVENS viii inves
tigate the matter, and everybody knows
what his report will be- We shall see
what is to come of all this huge contro-
versy and, as Capt CUTIE would say,
make q note on it,
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AMvsE MENUS

the public of Memphis that this will be the
greatest treat of the season. and he further
more assures the public that no pains will be
spared to make tho entertainment well worthy
their patronage. A bill of unsurpassed attrac-
ton will be presented, making in all one Of the
most delightful entertainments that has Yet
been given in Memphis. The programme Sc
lected for the occasion viii consist OF two, dis
tinct performances. The musical farce" Loan
of II Lover" to be followed by the grandest
concert of the season. with full brass band aud
an Augmented 0rchestra. Mr.. Withers will
be assisted by the most eminent artists OF
services. Nt f fii. ~ fftH
ss- Remember the night. FRIDAY. May Is.
1866. For full particulars see programme. y,
ns~ Tickets for sale at the principal music
stores my22-4t
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Wa,hinrtop News and ao.sip.

NEW YoRK, May 23-SpeciAls to the
evening papers say the politicians are
stirred up by the continued removals OF
Radical Office holders and the appoint
meut Of volunteer officers Of the army
and navy in their places.
The Committee OF Ways and Means
have agreed 10 an amendment OF the TaN
bill, providing that lists Of incomes shall
not be published nor furnished for publ
cation, but they shall be open TO private
inspection in the ONCE Of the Collector
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25
FROM NASHVILLE.
Early Adjournment of the Legislature
Excitement in Lebanon, Tenn.

Excitement in Lebanon, Tenn.
Special Dispatch to the Republican,
NASHVILLE, May 23-The Senate and
House both passed resolutions to adjourn
next Monday to the 9Th of November,
to adjourn again sine die on December
10th. .. .tI
As the jailor at Lebanon, Tenn, was,
on Sunday night, entering the Jail, he
was seized and disarmed, several prison
ers escaping. None have yet been cap
tnred. .r...
As the stage driver left Lebanon this
morning, a disturbance occurred, in
which man, it was feared, was MORALLY
injured. The difficulty is said TO have
grown ont OF a case in court, in which
the man was a witness. Great excite
ment prevails, and serious trouble is ap
pretended to-day. 1t is rumored that
troops have been dispatched to Lebanon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

eB- The Raleigh Register, Governor
HoLDEE's paper, speaking of the cotton
tax, says 1t will operate very heavily
on cotton-growers, and the colored man,
for whom so much sympathy is expressed
in Congress, viii have to bear his full
share of the burthen."
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KING CITIZEN.

The present King Of Bavaria, anxious
70 become a citizen Of the Swiss Re
public, has presented his demand in due
form to the councils Of Schwytz, Un,
and Unterwalden. But ii seems that The
laws of Switzerland do not permit the
reception Of q foreigner as a citizen
without naturalization, 10 which King
LOUIS could not submit, renouneing his
public duties in Bavaria, and his de-
mand is, therefore, Withdrawn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

in the future woos us to outrun the hours
and fling the minutes behind us, but it
never pauses. The blessed hour will
come, and then how sweet will be the
concert of the clocks and the bells, all
ringing us back to freedom, to joy, and
20 srlnrul
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

5J- A Boston dispatch of the 22d
inst. says The Senate elected to-day
Gen. Benz. F. BUTLER, of Lowell, to be
Major General of the Massachusetts
State Militia under the new military or
ganization.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

nWAmong the honorary managers of
the ball at Chapel Hill, N. c., on the
evening of June I, are Hon. JEFFERSON
DAVIS, of Fortress Monroe, and Gen, j.
q. BREcKIsRIDGE, Of Canada go
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

GsS~ About Eli, 900 has been subscribed
toward the Roman Catholic Cathedral
which is to be erected in London as a
memorial to Cardinal WIsEMAN. A sub
scription of $4,000 has been given anony-
mously, but it is generally understood
that the donor is DR. NEWMAN. NfuFf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

Bay The President has psrdoned G..
E. MOULD. of Illinois, convicted of steal
ing letters from the Chicago Postoffce.
The President has granted a pardon to
J. b. PALMER, of Murfreesboro, TenneS-
see, formerly brigadier general in the
Confederate army.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25
HeImbOld's Extract BucIIu
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

sS- Rev. Mr.. TAYLOR says: 'iOften
where preacher has driven a nail in
sure place, instead of clinching It and
securing well the advantage, he hammers
away till he breaks the head off or splits
the boardn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

TGRAsr drove this week from BAlti-
more to Washington in i've hours With
his fast team, being accompanied BY Mr..
WAsHBURxE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

BGr The Commissioner of Agriculture
has received from Colorado several
sheaves Of wheat and oats, the former
yielding eighty-fve bushels to the acre,
and the latter one hundred and twenty.
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connseticut Senator.

NEW HAVEN, May 23-Tbe Senate
concurred with the House to-day in
electing Orris S. Terry United State
Senator 10 succeed Mr.. Foster, whose
term expires on the 4th Of March, ls6.
The vote was strictly party one, stand
ing Terry, Republican, IL; Hubbard
Democrat Z
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

sag The Robertson (Tenn.) Register
says that the wheat will be short in that
county. Corn and oats are promising.
There will be a full crop of tobacco
planted. t'P
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soy- The Bristol (Tenn.) Me,es, Of thu

18th inst, says; The growing wheat
does not promise well in this section
the severe cold spell Of February having
materially injured it, Old farmers in
form us that larger area of ground has
been planted in corn this season than
usual--larger than ever before. son
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-25

SI- They manage things fnnnily in
CAlifornia7military funerals, for in
stance After burying the deceased, the
band comes back and serehsdes the
WidoW
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bB- A wicked editor says that at
church some people clasp their hands SO
closely that they are unable to get them
open when the contribution box comes
around.
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s6- The Democracy of Sandoval, Ill ,
carried that town last week at an election
Cor trastees. The. Democracy werelalso
victorious at Charleston, ILL.,