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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-02
Office TO Travellers.
Ss - t5lsst .gss. -. 2 l:sss,sss

HtHOSE- going or returning from the
Il North should take the Wilmington
route to Weldon and Daytime to Dalti:
more. or rta Richmond TO Baltimore. Dis
t:tnce rtd Raleigh, ;,S2 miles to Weldon: by
Wilmington. 35S miics-ovcr which route
the great mails are transported. Splendid
sleeping cars are running and tie best
rolling stock now in the Southern country.
Sure connections. Through Tickets and
Through baggage Checks.
ISfANCisS.
Richmond to-KinyaI i4lc, cG Green's
boro. ~. .............-. All miles.
Richmond to King sxilIc, rin Viii
mlnEton. ........ -. .4l6! miles.
+. L. FREMONT,
Aug It lino Engineer and Sup'..
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TRl-WEEkLY HACK LINE

beIWeen Laurens ana NeWberry.
on and after MONDAY.
An2@GE &, the 18th instant. the HACK
;a.4tIasazstsxyA4will connect with tho up
train on the Greenvile and
Columbia Railroad on ESDAYS
THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS; with the
down II ain, on MONDAYS, WEDNES-
DAYS and FRIDAYS.
Thus passengers can be carried through
from Columbia to Laurens in ONE DAY.
Passengers arriving by the Hack at Lau-
rens c. H., can always tind conveyauces to
go out into the country by calling on I. g.
or J. CREWS.
The 1.aurens Railroad is now complct ed
to Maitin Depat, 16 miles above Ncwberry
c. H., and train will be run tri-we.Hlv, in
connection with the hacks.
Every comfort is afforded passengers
which could be expected on a stage line
Iaurens. August ~. r. i. CREWS.
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Tha Worlls isa n Stow.

Tia World in n Stow.
LATEST NEWS By THE CABLE.
England's in stew,
France is in . futter,
Turkey in trenLlc,.
Russia In q sputteT;
Prussia rather proud
Other recent dashing;
Italy's got Eenetia,
Austria's got q tlirasirihg;
The Vatican's uneasy,
And in o sort Of pallor.
The "Seen begins to see it;
His power is getting s1aaiier--
Everybody seems
About to change q notion.
Bless me, xin't the world
In "a big oommotion!
London in q row,
Ireland ia q riot,
Eenians and reformers
Causing much disquie.;
Napoleon, ever modest.
Thinks It his opinion
Now''s q splendid time
To spread out his dominion.
Prussia couldn't see it,
Kindly said he shouldn't;
Nappy, just as kindly,
Said he b'iieved he wouldn't;
Russia's got the devil,
Big as nature, in her
Wants o slice of Turkey
Tor her Christmas dinner.
Turkey isn't willing,
Sultan gone to swearing,
Plainly intimating '---s'
He doesn't like the Bearing.
On this side the water
Things are little better;
But the ship would swim
II the RAIDS. would let her.
We would like to ask
Europe if she really
Ever had a muss,
AS bad rs Horace Greeley.
Andy's kind u hopeful,
Spite of his detention;
Feels his arms are strengthened
By the late Convention.
Stevens is in a fit,
Forney still a-lying,
Sumner tight as bricks,
Butler gone to crying
Wants 8 few more spoons:
II chance would let him,
Bet our Sunday tile,
He'd make out to get 'em.
Canada is furious,
Got her troops parading,
Says she hears the Fenians
Are coming up a-raidins.
Maximilian's in
Mexico, and debt to
France who set him up,
And fears another set-to.
Liberals advancing
Meath triumphant banner,
Do not care cuss for
The Empire Mexicana.
Everybody seems
About to change his notion:
Bless me, amt the world
In big commotion!
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NOTICE

| 5 hereby given that at the next term of
i tho Court of Common Pleas. will re-
store confession of Judgment for s6 800,
give" TO NE by Joseph Baumann the re-
cord of which WAS destroyed by the fire in
February, 1867. JOHNiC. SEEGERS
Aug %
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RECEIVING AND FORWED'G DEPT,

CHARLESTON, Juue -, 1866.
NNllE South Carolina Railroad Company
L having re-csta blished It's Receiving
and Forwarding Office, Merchandise and
Produce consigned t. liz Agent. frcm the
interior to Northern ports aud from North
ern po,ts to the interior, Will be cared for
and shipped to the point of destination.
Consignmcnts to he forwarded by sea
must always be accompanied by bills o..
la'hng and letter of advice, with i;Istruc-
tions to insure. if desired
June 2S +. y. FULLER. l.. IL +. Ag't.
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A New and Grand Epoch
M e d I o1 NE!
DR. MAGGIEL'S
PILLS AND SALVE !

HNHESE wonderful medicines are now so
i familiar to the people that but little
endorsement OF their valnc as ply sic
need be made. The Pills nf DIR. Maygicl
contain no mineral. They do not gripe
and they do not enfecblc the system 6y ex-
treme pursing. They are universal in
CREATING a VIGOROUS APPETITE,
And spondingly strengthen the dises-
ton. They tone the liver, clear the head
and steady the nerves. To those who are
not familiar with the Use of
DIR. MAGGIEL'S PILLS
AS an anti-billious remedy, the following
extracts from various letters viii be- il is
hoped, OF sufficient Importance to Justify
the quoting of them here:
WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY or
DIR. MAGGIEI.'S PILLS AND SAI.vE.
''.rhc best Pills for headache ever had. =
My liver works like an engine, thanks
to Your Pills
Il am pleased to say 10 vuu DR.. Maggiel,
that would not be without q box of your
Pills FOR curing me OF morning nausea for
the world
''You will find enclosed 81 Yonr Pill.
are only p cents, but considerithem worth
to me 81"
"DE,R DOCTOR: Ny tongue had II fur ON
it every morning like the back of cat.
Your Fills took it away"
Il took half a pill and crushed it to pow
der, and gave it in jelly to my little babe
for cholera norbn-. The dear little pet
was Well i'll three hours after.
Il suppose it is hardly worth while 10 eli
You my burned foot has got well from the
use of your Salvc. Enclosed lind p cents
for another box to keep i'll the house"
'Scnd. me another box of Salvc"
Enclosed find Is cents for two boxes of
your Magsicls Pills and one of Salve.''
The most gentle, yet searching, medi-
cine ever swallowed"
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MAGGIEL'S PILLS AND SALyE

MAIItTIEIITS 5 PILLS AND SALNE
Are almn t universal in their effects, and 4
cure can be almost always guaranteed.
FOR BILIOUS DISEASES,
Nothing can be more productive Of cure
than these Pills. Their almost magic in.
iiucnce IL felt ar once; and the usual con
comitahts OF this most distressing disease
are removed. These rvnedie, are made
from the purcst
VEGETABLE COMPOUNDS.
They will not harm the most delicate fc-
male, and can be given with good effect in
prescribed doses 10 the Youngest babe.
FOR CUTANEOUS DISORDERS
And all eruptions of the skin, the Salvc is
most invaluable. 1t does not heal cxter-
nally alone, but pcnctrates with the most
searching effects to the very root of the evil.
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Notice.

COLU. IA, S. c., ArcUsr 81, 1866
Il Roads, Upper Battahon-J. NJ. Davis,
Thomas Friday, Samuel Dookh ardt, ]. 7.
Richborgh, Wesley Smith and Hart
Maxcy; lower Battalion-John p. Adams,
y. Bynun, Joseph Bates, John L. Dixon.
Thomas Il. Brown, John MCLAUGHLIN and
John Batcs-are hereby notified to meet in
Columbia, at the Clerk Of Courts Office, in
Law Range, on MONDAY, the 81 day OF
September next, at IL o'clock q. m. Each
Commissioner will canvass his Division,
and come prepared to report the number
of hands i'll his Division liable to ''road
duty" as also what bridges require to be
rebuilt or repaired. BY order:
THOMAS TAYLOR, Chairman.
d. =. MILLER, Secretary and Treasurer
AuruSt D
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To and from the North.
THROUGH FREIGHT AIR LINE.
Via the North Carolina Railroad and
its Connecting Lines.

10y THROUGH FREIGHT ARRANGE
- MENTS, through receipts are given
from Columbia and Ill points ON the Char
lotte aud South Carolina Itai.road. to New
York, Boston, piiiiaiclpiiia, Baitimorc,
I"rtsMou,h. Norfolk. Petersburg and Citv
Point, at exceedingly LOW RATES.
Lolse'', tru1 more eleSputcA o,N miM
less tasu'ro're M"s. uely oi}ier the.
Sec agents and ship your goods by the
following lines, and no other care of Rail
road Agent, Portsmouth. En.:
From New York. Atlantic Coast Mail
Steamship Company. LIVINGSTON, FOX
X GO, Agents; Office No. SS Liberty street,
Shipping Point, Pier M. 3G, North River,
y. y.
From Boston. Boston and Norfolk
Steamship Company, \. SAMPSON, Agent,
and OF Central Wharf, Boston.
From rhilalelphia. Philadelphia and
Norfolk Steamship Company, W. L. CLlDE
CO., Agents, No. II North Delaware
Avenue, Philadelphia
From Baltimore. Baltimore Steam
Packet Company, (ol,l Day Line,) H. =.
PARKS, Agent, foot Of uniou Dock. and
by Hrandt's Line
Es- THIS LINE GIVES MORE DE-
SPATCH THAN ANY EXPRESS COMPA-
Ny. and at about ONE-FOUKrH THE
COSI. Aug limo
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DIR. MAGGIEL'S PILLS

DIR. MAGGIEL'S PILLS
iNVAkIABLI CURE THE FOLLOWING DISEASES:
Asthma, Headache,
Bowel Complaints, Indigestion,
Coughs, Influenza,
Colds, Inflammation,
Chest Diseases, Inward Weakness.
Costlvcncs>. Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, Lowness Of Spirits,
DlarrhWa, RinSworm
Dropsv, rheumatism,
Debility, Salt Rheum
Fever and Ague, Scalds.
Skin Diseases.
Ed"h Bor GhainS - PMS
O.e PW is q Dose
NorIcE.-Nonc genuine without the en-
Sravcd trade mark around each pot or box.
signed by DIR. J. M.AGGlEL, New York. to
counterfeit which is felony.
no Sold by all respectable dealers in
medicines throughout the United States
and Canadas, at 25 cents per box or pot
FISHER HElNITSH, Columbia, 5. G.
July 2o "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-15
ssETs lilly /. 1866.
1.......s i.of'
Loss by Portland Fire, July 4th.
THE total amount covered by tho Rtna Pc

rVNHE total amount covered by tho Etna Pol.-
! cies on property destroyed. or damaged II
SlO6,S54, on which salvage will be about hyo
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 100000, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is five per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets. a figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year.
or proportion equal to 50, 900 loss for com
pany Of 100000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value OF
wealthy, strong corporations is forciby IL
Illustrated by this fire. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has IL
population of 35.000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures-prOtected
and screened with upward of 1000 shade trees
bounded ON three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean land
with steam fire depnrtment--yet It has $lO,-
000, 900 of property consumed in a few hours
upon holiday when its people are least occu-
pied-from the very insignificant cause OF u
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the trifing origin OF fires that
sweep away in n few hours the earnings OF
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Etna Agent a call il you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay a fair rate of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
to by ii. A. LITTLETUN IL Co., Ag'ts,
96 No. 27S Front street. I'M stairs.
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THRoUH TO NASHVILLE
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
Time as Good as by Amy Other Route.
Passengers from Mobile and New Orleans
Make Close Connections at
Grand Junction and COrinth.
No Delay at any Point on the Whole
Line to New York.
Magnificent Palace Sleeping Cars At
tached TO all Night Trains
Baggage Checked Through to ali Jmpor-
tant Points.
Through Tickets Sold at Rates as Low
as by any Other Route.
Baggage Checked Through to ali Jmpoi
tant Points.
Through Tickets Sold at Rates as L.
as by any Other Route.


The Roads composing this Great Route have
been in successful operation one year since the
close ofthe war; have been thoroughly repaired,
and provided with new and permanent Bridges
added largely 10 the quantity and quality of
their Rolling Stock, and for Safety and Com
fort are
UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
Mail Train leaving Memphis at 6:45 am. con-
meets at CHATTANOOGA with trains for all import
ant points in Georgia. East Tennessee, Virginia.
North and South Carolina.
Passengers for points south of Grand june
ton, OF for points on Mobile q Ohio Railroad.
either moth or south of Corinth, leave Mem
phis at Gas am. by city time.
Express Train, leaving Memphis at l:i5 o IN.
makes close connections az Decatur, Ala,
Nashville, Louisville. Cincinnati, and all points
Norih East and West. Also at Chattanooga
with the Western and Atlantic for all points in
Georgia and South Carolina.
Or Express Train does not stop at any Of the
" flag stations" or at the least important regu-
lor stations. Through passengers cannot fail 10
appreciate this advantage.
BD- For Through Tickets and further inior-
IN ation. apply ut the COmpany's Office, No. -
Court street. Memphis.
H5- Through Tickets can be procured at all
Railroad Ticket Offices in New Orleans also,
at Canton, Miss, Grand junction and Corinth.
W. J. ROSS.
General Superintendent.
w f. bANLEl GenI Ticket Agent 81
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IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS
Between Memphis and Eastern Cities.
The Great Broad-GauEe
and Great Western
r AILW A Y

rs NOW OPEN. AND RUNNING TWO
i daily fast Express Trains from Cincinnati 70
New York and all Eastern cities. Passengers
will find this most desirable route. The equip
ments Of this road are uneQualed by any on this
continent. Elegant Palace Sleeping Cars ac-
company all night trains. aud Smoking Cars on
All trains. Ample time is allowed at regular
hours for meals. and the unbroken broad-Eauge
without change offers TO travellers a degree Of
security, comfort and speed not 20 be found on
any other route Connections via Cairo, St
Louis or Chicago for this route are certain: also
connections for Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington. Tickets had and bag
gage checked through at all principal South
western Offices. For further information and
LARRY HARMsTAD,
u Jefferson street.
E.B. BY1NGTON.
> Jefferson street.
Eff. FULLER,
General Ticket Agent
ID. ACLAREN,
General Superintendent.
ISAAC PAIST.
81 Gen lSouthvestarn Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-15
1hs New York Time. on the late Election.

NEw YoaK, 0ct>l2.-The Times says
the result of the late elections show very
clearly that the contest has been almost
precisely as it was two years ago be-
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties The differences between Con-
cress and the President have had no
perceptible influence upon the party
divisions Of the past four or Eve years,
nor has the Philadelphia Convention,
strong as was the impression which it
made at the outset upon the public
mind, produced any marked effect upon
political organizations in the several
States where the elections have been
held
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-15

Immediately after the Concert Committee
tion. which will Le after the fOllowing plan
300. 900 checks Numbered from ! to 300,UOQ, du-
plcates of the original tickets an placed by q
Committee in a large Revolving Cylinder, and
placed in a similar wheel. aad both wheels will
be turned until the checks are thoroughly
mixed, after which two Of the Committee will
be securely blindfolded. and will draw from
each Cylinder check to represent a ticketand
a prize awarded TO said No. -
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4 CHARLESTON R. R.


THE MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON r.
Il X. Co. have perfected arrangements with
steamers on the Mississippi. Arkansas and
White rivers, and with the Virginia and Ten.
nessee Air Line Railway TO Norfolk, Va, and
with the Great Southern Freight Line via
Charleston and Savannah TO New York for the
transportation of all classes OF frclgbs 10 and
from Eastern cities. at rates not exceeding
those charged by any competing line.
The facilities afforded shippers by these ar
rangements are in point Of time and security
unequaled by any other route.
Through bills Of lading issued from Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York. Boston and the prin-
eipal cities in the North and East 10 Memphis,
Grand Junction, Corinth, and stations on the
line Of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
covering all expenses TO destination, Ike ar
rangements made by the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, for. eastward bound freightH.
ARRANGEMENTS particularly relating te pro-
duce shipments have been made with roads TO
Atlanta, Georgia. and the Southeast, securing
TO shippers great advantages in rates over other
lines.
Special contracts made on cotton and pro-
duce shipments 10 Eastern cities.
Charges advanced. and all claims for loss,
damage or overchargo. promptly settled.
For rates and further information. address
W. j. ROSS, Gcn1 Sup't
n. W. WALLACE. 0enl fr't Ag't
Memphis, Tenn.
&c. EVANS, Gen1 East. Ag't Virginia snd
Tenn Air Line Railway, Us Broadway, N. \.
u. y. fOREACRE. 0enl Ag't Great South
ern freieht Line. 5 Bowling Green. N. Y. =
n DnslaAnA
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Notice to Shippers.

THE MEMPHIS a CHARLESTON RAIL.
Il road Company is prepared 20 receive and
pay steamboat charges and drayage on freight
consigned TO parties at all points where agen-
cies are established. both on its own road q
well as on the Mississippi Central Raj lroad and
all other connecting lines. Where there II no
agent AZ points Of destination 10 collect charges
and freight. prepayment NUT Be made in Mem
phis. W. ]. ROSS,
ii General Superintendent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-15

rI,HE OFFICE OF THE MEMPHIS COT;
L ton Mills is now at the house of Schooiheld
4 Hanauer. 256 Front street, where q full sup
ply of 0snaburgs, Cotton arms, Rome, ETC.,
constantly on hand. W. Is. W1GGS,
as Business Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-15

Castings. Iron. Steel, Metals. Etc.
HAVE NOW ON HAND AND TO AR
III rive:
400 Gross Table Cutlery;
400 dozen Spring Cutlery;
$50 dozen English and American Padlocks;
100 dozen Axes;
rs dozen Hatchets
100 dozen Files and Rasps:
1900 pair Trace Chains
Y casks Log. Coil and Wagon Chains;
1900 dozen Planters Hoes;
rs dozen Coffee Mills;
800 dozen Curry Combs;
1926 dozen Cotton and Wool Cards;
200 dozen Shoves and Spades;
800 dozen Wheelbarrows;
$4,000 lbs. Holloyware Catings;
2UO Blacksmith Solid Box Vices;
LIS Blacksmith Anvils;
100 Blaeksmiths' Bellows;
1000O lbs. English and American Horse Nails;
1850 boxes French Window Glass;
800 English double and sngle-barrel Guns;
$500 Cast Plows
POO Wrought POws;
900 Steel Flows:
20 Rolls. Rubber and Leather Gin and
Mill Bands;
Besides an infinite variety Of Hardware and
Agricultural tools and implements, which they
are offering at low rates for cash. and to which
they would most respectfully call the attention
of both merchants and planters.
Sole agents in Memphis for Marvin & Co.'s
Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. Also agents
for the Arrow Cotton Tie.
Wholesale Department and Sample
Rooms Upstairs.
Orders taken for Machinery only on the fol-
lowing terms Half-cash ut time OF order; bal
ance 1T time Ut delivery. ~
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TRANSPORTATION.

TRANSPORTATION.
1869. 1860.
MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE
RAILROAD LINE.
.svtasSnsssrsFSsMl. }
49, go
NOW COMPLETED THRoUGH.
SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE
ra TO ALL POINTS
North, East and West !
Three Daily Passenger Trains.
Through to Louisville Without
Change of Cars.
Elegant Sleeping Cars on all
Trains.
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH TO ALL
PRINCIPAL CITIES. p
rruREE DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS
| leave depot OF Memphis and Louisville
Railroad, at head of Main street, as follows:
lst-Day Express, stopping al principal stations
only, al 1;:So am. daily making connections
with all routes.
Reaching Nashville in.-...........l5 HOURS.
Louisville in.........-lSH
Cincinnati in.............--2b1a -
indianapolis in,......24 :.
New York ln...............-bl
ID. Night Express. every day at 4:OO pm,
making close connections at Cairo with Illinois
Central Railroad for st. Louis, Chicago and
all Western Cities: at Nashville. with Nash
villa and Chattanooga Railroad, 20 all places in
Middle and East Tennessee, Virginia and
North Carolina; at Louisville passengers have
choice Of route, via Jacksonville and Louis
Vile Radroad. or Mail Boat to Cincinnati and
all Northern and Eastern cities.
3D. ST. Louis Express, at 1000 PM, every
day, through to Columbus without change of
cars making close connection at Cairo with IL
linois Central Railroad, for all points North
and East Trains arrive
Night Express pm.
ST. Louis am.
Through tickets and all information can be
obtained at Ticket Office. corner of Main and
Jefferson Streets and at Depot office, Memphis.
SAM. b. JONES,
81 General Superintendent.
Great Southern Mail Route
VIA
Memphis * Charleston,
.snrsss,as.saesys 49,
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-4s Grand Gifts of 100 Acres Cotton
Land. in Texas, valued $50, 900
10 Grand Gifts of 100 Acres Cot
ton Land, in Arkansas, val
ued JsO1AO
y Grand Gifts ofl50 Acres Cotton
Land. in Mississippi. val. at 3,1OO
= Grand Gifts OF l25 Acres Cotton
Land. in Georgia. valued at 2,oOO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-23
A RADICAL SINE DIE.

The Legislature Of Missouri has adj
journed sine die. If the St Louis Re
publican had been adverting to our own
Legislature it could not have described
it better than in its reference TO that Of
Misseari--all' of which indicates that
Radicalism is the same everywhere.
Says that paper
We have not space now TO undertake a
review of the measures by which the late
Legislature rendered itself forever odious
Its debates and doings have been charae-
terized throughout by the ultraest fanati-
cism in political matters, by the grossest
misrepresentation Of the wishes Of the
citizens, by unexampled extravaganza
and prohigacy in the appropriation Of
the peoples money, by the most grovel-
ling subserviency to party ends, and by
the most humiliating displays Of indivi-
dual incapacity To the few brave men
who stood up to do battle against the
recklessness and ruinous policies of the
majority, gratitude and thanks are due
but, as for the rest, the popular judgment
will willingly bury them in the grave:
they have dug for themselves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-23
The Next Cotton Crop.

In the March number of DeBOio Re
riep the editor, who has just completed
tour through the cotton States, esti-
mates the next cotton crop at no more
than one million five hundred thousand
bales. He adds
These figures are not likely to be in
creased by anything that is now likely to
happen, and may be greatly reduced by
the ignorance, neglect or desertion of the
laboring forces, which, Judging from the
experience of all other countries, is more
likely TO occur than not, and redace the
crop to one million or one million two
hundred thousand bales. No account is
taken in the calculation, of the applica-
ton of white labor to cotton, beyond
what was applied to it before the war.
The extensive mortality of the, war has
made white labor at the South very
scarce, and so far it is absorbed in the
necessary pursuits of the mechanic arts
and trade, which have been furnishing
much lucrative employment. The wear
and tear, and frightful destruction caused
by the war, opened other channels of
employment besides agriculture The
increase of white labor at the South, so
far as the next cotton crop is concerned,
from immigration, is too trifling to be
taken into account The aggregate num-
Der of laborers introduced is insigni6-,
cant, and so far is largely absorbed in the
cities