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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-24

Testimonials from the distinguished Artists in Europe
MessrS ohickerng Sons.
LONDON July IS, 1866
Having PLAYED upon Piano by Messrs CHECKER.
Ing sons Of Boston and New York. nave much pleasure
teftitying to its general excellence
For Sweetness and Brancy Of Tone Delicacy of Touch
and Magnificent Power for Concert Purposes consider
really Grand Piano Forte and decidedly the Bes seen
OF American manufacture.
ARABELLA GODDARD.
GIUL0 REGONpI.
G, A. OSBORNE.
ALFRED JAELL.
w, kuHF.
LINDSAY SLOPEP
JULES BENEDICT.
j. MDSOHELES
Professor Of Conservative de Leipzig.
H. W BALFE.
CHAS HALLE.
BRINGEY RICHARDS
S. ARTHUR CHAPPEI.
Director of Monday Concerts, London.
RENE FAVARGER
SYDNEY SMITH.
Certificate from Herr Carl Renecke Successor to the posi-
ons of Meudeohn both the Gonperyatoie and as Com
ductor of the celebrated Gsrwandhause Concerts" in
Leipsc
hereby assert and affirm hst The Grand Piano Forte Of
Chckering Sons of Boston and New York which have
tried and examined is of the Finest Instruments Of the
class that ever came to my notice,
ILLUSTRATED A1BUAs and Price Lists seusby mail.
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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-24

Testimonials from the distinguished Artists in Europe to
Messrs Chickerng 4 Sons.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-24

consider Chckering Sons Pianos beyong Comparison,
the best have seen in America.
IS THALBERG,
"Chairman Of Jury on Musical Instruments"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
Xoaauth and Garibaldi.


Milan correspondence Of the Salut Public
At Rocca dAnfo, Garbaldi lately re-
ceived a visit from Kossuth. The Hun,
garian is about, it is said, to place him
self at the head Of four or five thousand
Of his countrymen made prisonersby uhe
Prussians aud Italians To This corps
will be Joined the Hungarian volunteers
whose brilliant appearance the popnla-
ton of Ancona has admired so much
At the same time that these brave men
are going to shed their blood for the
Italian cause, their cDuntrymen flock 10
the Austrian flag and fight like lions
against Prussia and Italy What a war J
To the north Of the Lake Of Garda, every
day is marked by some engagement of
outposts between Garibaldians aud Aus
trians. Garibaldi urgently demands arms
of precision, and also the red cap for
his bersaglieri, who at a certain distance
might be taken for Tyrolean chassenrs-
The Bavarians are oyerrunning the
Touale :, now is the time for the yolun-
teers to act What a change in the ex-
istence Of these men They live by
hunting. with little meat half cooked,
and some biscuit sent by the Administra-
ton. Wandering, generally without
guides, in an arid country, along rnde
paths traced by the chamois hunters,
they find everywhere a population, If not
hostile, at least Indifferent Their letters
state that their purchases are conducted
regularly as between soldier and peasant,
without concession or exorbitancy.; but
no feeling. no Kindness. not even cor
dial salute or grasp of the hand. 'a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
AdvertisinG...

A few days ago we published list OF
the advertising returns ofthe newspapers
Of Pittsburg, for the quarter ending June
Both, last, and at the same time took oc-
casion TO say that comparison ofthose
returns with the receipts of various Wes-
tern journals shows that the people Of
the West are far more alive 10 the bene-
fits of advertising than the people of
PENNSYLVANIA are. 1t is now stated by
the New York Herald that its receipts
for advertising during the quarter ending
June goth, were 1885,, 366 The published
return Of the Ledger for the same period.
was S79,T06 IS. OF the comparative
amounts Of advertising in the Ledger
and the Herald the receipts arc no evi-
dence, as the rate charged by the Her
aid is much larger than that charged By
the Ledger, whilst the difference in the
circulation Of the two journals is not
such as TO be n matefial element in the
calculation. The Heraids basis OF ad.
yertising rates is forty cents a line,
whilst that Of the Ledger is but fifteen
cents, and this shows much more forcibiy
than anything we could say that IN Phil
adelphia people are more keenly alive
70 the benefits Of cheap advertising than
they are elsewhere. The charges Of the
Herald are two and two.thirds as great
as those Of the Ledger and were our
charges raised 70 that rate, as they justly
might be, the return Of this paper would
have ieen S2l2,550 s0-Phiid Ledger
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
THE ARGUMENT.

The New Orleans Times thus reasons
away the legality of the present Congress:
Congress. according to the first section
of the FIRST article Of the Constitution,
consists of two branches, Senate and
House of Representatives, in whom all
legislative powers shall be vested By
the second section Of the same article it
is declared that ''the House Of Repre-
seuiatives shall be composed Of mem
bers chosen every second year by the
people Of the sererdl States" among
which States, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia-at the
time Of the formation Of the Federal
Constitution, slaveholding States = are
expressly named. By the third section
Of the same article, it is declared that
the Senate Of the United States shall be
composed Of two Senators from eacl
STATE, chosen BY the Legislature thereof,
for six years, and each Senator shall
have one vote. By the eth article Of
the Constitution It is provided that mo
STATE, without its consent shall be de
vrired Of its equal suffrage in the
Senate
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
PUBLIC LEDGER.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THAT CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.

That monstrous bundle of calumnies
on Memphis, published At the expense of
the Government by WAsHBuRSE d Co,
falls from the Government press only to
encounter the loathing and disgust OF
every honest man in every section. The
noyelist's stories are published as he
tons. This story is intended for belief,
and is meant to deceive under the sane
ton of official authority. From the lips
of wretched, depraved, disgusting crea-
ture, from whom the lowest instinct OF
brutality would turn vomiting away,
these officials derive story OF horror.
They could not look upon such an object,
hear such story, and not believe that
twas not uttering most foul and fend-
;sh falsehood. And yet this lowest,
meanest type of humanity is paraded IN
the Congress of the United States that
an American city may become infamous.
There is nothing in the official literature
of this or any other country so disrepu'
table as this report. The Radicals, those
of them that pretend 10 any respecta-
biIity. do not believe word OF IT. And
vet il is. we learn, TO be printed in book
form and circulated as an electioneerng
document. If this monstrous story, this
disgusting creature tells we're true, It is
no more a,rocious than an occurrence
that took place week or two since IN
one of the Western States. In one case
the victim was a being SO disgusting as
to negative the probability Of the truth OF
the story, while in the other the victim
was "A person Of character. Will COM
mittee proceed TO the West and investi-
gate that inhuman atrocity, where four
or five white men compelled a negro TO
violate the person of LADY, Never. In
this case the white villains are known,
and have not even been arrested. The
palliation of the crime is, the perpetra-
tors do not reside in State latelyin re-
bellion" The other points in the report,
it is unnecessary to discuss. This single
one settles the veracity of the whole, and
turns it back upon its authors like the
roar and rush of an all devouring ava
lanche.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

There are but five States which make
no legal distinction among their citizens
as to the right of suffrage on the ground
of color-Maine, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
In New York, negroes TO be voters must
be owners of freehold worth at least
$3.50. All the other States deny the
right of suffrage to the negro. A vote TO
extend it to the colored race was taken
in 1865, in Colorado Sept 81, Connect
cut Oct p, Wisconsin Nov y, Mime
sofa Nov. y. All these declared
against it by large majorities, and yet
are now for forcing it upon the Southern
States Verify, consistency is jewel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
THE DAVIS TRIAL.

Washington correspondents of the
public press write that the new Attor-
ney General MIR SrASBERRY) will be
ready for the trial of JEFFERSON DAVIS
at the time (October) to which 1t was
postponed in June last to accommodate
the judges, and that in behalf of the
Administration he will object to any
further delay. This, remarks an ex-
change, seems to be emphatic, and the
public will watch with some curiosity to
see what new excuse for avoiding or de-
laying the trial can be hatched up by
Judge Glass;. To see a judge pro-
nounce a man guilty of treason for at
tempting to maintain the very doctrines
which that judge had long asserted and
upheld, will be truly curious spectacle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
THE PUBLIC DEBT.

The statement Of the public debt on
the lst August, 1866, is just out The
whole amount Of debt has been d.
minished since June lst by $37, 1885,
09l Il. Within the same period the debt
bearing coin interest has been increased
$4,000, $50. The debt bearing currency
interest has decreased SCI $50, 266 30.
The matured debt not presented for pay
ment has decreased $3.50, 269 u, and the
debt bearing no interest has decreased
by 1882, 566 II. The increase in the
amount of coin and currency in the
Treasury since June LIST is 81 ,626, 249 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
prRIURFD AND INFAMOUS

The action of Congress and the Judi
ciary Committee in respect to DAVIS and
the assassination plot. is discreditable in
the highest degree Hon A. J. RoDGERs,
a member of that Committee, has made
a minority report 1t is long and inter
esting thoroughly demolishes the ma
iority. and shows the witnesses against
DAVIS TO be the most infamous set of
mer in the country. OF the distractions
thrown in the way of Mr.. RoDGERs, he
says:
I felt must work out my own cOnvic.
rions not with the committee, but in
spite ut & The papers were put away
from NE. locked in boxes, hidden; and
When asked to see them, | was told,
Law after day. and week after week, that
| could not. All sorts of reasons were
assigned for this, sometimes one, some
times another; and, finally, | was told |
should not
After thorough dissection of the
character of each witness relied upon to
fasten the charge Of completely on Mr..
DAVIS, Mr. RODGERS says:
And tins one by one find each and
all the witnesses brought forward at the
So called trial 70 implicste Jefferson Da-
vis. Clement G. Clay, Jacob Thompson
and others, TO be either convicted per-
jurers or men of infamous life; and,
therefore, the first conclusion to which |
arrived is, that all the testimony taken
to establish sail completely, under the
pre,ence of proving a general conspiracy,
Is wholly unworthy Of credit and that
,Is "a porfe reception even by that Court,
and the protection Of the witnesses, was
an act highly reprehensible, discredita-
bic to the officers ofthe Court disgrace
to the nation and its military service,
under a misapplication Of the powers
and regulation Of which this conspiracy
to alarm the people and jeopardze the
reputation, liberty and life of innocent
men was fostered and partially consum-
r,u4od
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
THE LOST CAUSE.

PoLLARD's history of the recent war
entitled 1.-THE Lost Cause" is juSt issued
from the press, aud will be delivered to
subscribers aud others in this city at an
early DAY. We have glanced aT 4 copy
of the work, and find it splendid in ~
biographical execution and binding 1t
contains $50 pages of reading, and "a
finely executed engravings of distin-
guished Confederate generals. We have
not had time to read the work, but should
Judge from some advance sheets we have
heretofore seen, that its literary merit is
of the highest character. The subject it
treats is sufficient TO give it a general
intorqet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
soUTHERN LOYALISTs.

Some fellow writing from the South to
the Yankee Nation, says
mo Northern man who has not lived
here can possibly conceive at what peril
a man utters Union sentiment.
Union sentiment as employed here,
means the worst form and most offensive
manner of urging confiscation, disiran-
chisement, and so forth, against the
rebels, among whom the excessively
loyal Yankee pitches his tent. 1t is
the most natural thing in the
world for him TO put on superior airs, IN
suit the people whose greenbacks he
wishes to obtain, get his jaws slapped,
and then fly to pen, ink and paper, and
tell some Radical editor how perilous
thing it is to express Union sentiments
in the South. Such creatures deserve
no consideration whatever until their ha-
treds take the form of SANDER, and then
they cannot receive too mnch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
TEE GREAT ENGLISH RIOTS.
A Crisis in the Government.

New YeRK, August6.-The Times OF
the 2sth says: Yesterday the rioting
began sgain. Crowds congregated in
HYDE Park, and again attacked the police
with stones and brickbats They tore
M the shrubs and broke off branches
from the trees and wrought devastation
in the Park, which it will take some time
10 restore. As night approached, the at
tack on private houses was resumed.
The windows of the Atheneum Club
were smashed, for what reason it is not
easy to conceive. In other streets near
the Park similar outrages were com mitted.
Several Of the police are said 10 have
been badly hurt on the second night Of
the riot, and the services Of the guards
both horse and foot, have been required
to overawe the crowd.
After leaving the park on Monday
gangs Of ruffans broke the windows IN
Great Cumberland street At loelock
in the morning two or three hundred
were engaged in the work Of devastation.
Others Of the rioters went southwark
and the Lord Chancellors windows
shared the fate Of those on the other
side Of the park.
Complete quiet was not restored in tbs
London streets until nearly morning.
The Times admits Mr.. Walpole snd
Sir Richard Mayne have acted unwisely
as it has turned ont They believe thai
an interference with the meeting after tbs
people were gathered in the park would
lead TO serious disturbance, and they
concluded that the shortest way woulC
be to prevent the meeting assembling a
all.
It was an error in police generalship
but made in perfect good faith and wild
the best intention Of doing right
The Tines asks where all this is .
end. and calls upon members on botl
sides Of the House 10 support the Execu
tive in suppressing the disturbances.
The Daily Nesus says that IL the Re
form meeting had been allowed TO TAX
place in Hyde Park il would have don
no harm aud made nc noise.
The Star and Telegraph denounce IN
conduct Of the authorities With grea
] bitterness
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08

pose holding common conference fo
| the protection Of their respective inter
/ ests. +e t
The Times says peace may be looked
upon as virtually concluded.
Austria leaves the field worsted com
blatant She recognizes the dissolution
OF the former German Bund, and con
sents to the organization of new con
federacy, from which she is to be ex
cluded. 49,
1t is an immense event Prussia made
bid for half of Germany. She will
have no little trouble to keep clear Of the
other half. Germany to all intents and
purposes henceforth is one.
At the latest reports the Prussians
were still being concentrated on the
Marchfeld, before Vienna. In venetia
and in Tyrol, severe skirmishing was
daily taking place, but reports were very
contradictory.
The Times correspondent at Berlin
says whatever the terms of armistice may
be, the Southern League does not seem
to spare its benefits, as about forty thou
sand Prussians had set out from Frank
fort with orders to occupy Stuttgart and
Fershab Cartscrate too.
On the 22d an engagement took place
between the Prussians and $4,000 Aus
TRANS, near Presburg. The Prussians
were victorious and the town would have
been occupied had not hostilities ceased
at noon, that being the time fixed for the
negotiations for the commencement OF
armistice. Troops remained on the bat
tle.feld until the following morning,
when they withdrew to the line Of de-
NARRATION, near Stampfen
The Prussian vanguard of the Second
Reserve corps had arrived at Hof, in
Bavaria, by forced marches and fast use
OF the railway lines. They took sixty
prisoners, and commenced restoring the
railway communication. Nothwithstand.
ing all efforts, Bavaria had not, on the
25ih, succeeded in obtaining from Prus-
STA an engagement that hostilities would
cease against the Federal army simnlta-
neons with the armistice with Austria II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
Thu Great Naval Battle.

NEw YORK, August 6--The following
official account of the naval engagement
between the Austrian and Italian fleets,
dated Strait of Lessa, July Goth, has
been received at Florence:
The Austrian squadron not having
made its appearance as expected on the
evening of the 18th, some of our IRON
clad vessels forced their way yesterday
into the port of St. George This morn
ing Decentralization commenced, when
the naval videttes sigHalled the enemy's
squadron. The Italian fleet put out to
meet them, and a battle commenced.
Admiral Persano hoisted his flag on the
Affondatore, and bore down on the
Austrian feet under heavy fire. The
stern of the Austrian Admirals vessel
was destroyed.
The fight was very severe. We lost
the iron-clad Re d'Italy. which the Adj
miral had left, and which sank from o
collision with the enemy at the com
mencement Of the battle.
The iron-clad gunboat Palestro caught
fire, and the commander and crew refused
TO leave the vessel. She blew up amidst
their cries of long live the King-long
live Italy.
No other vessel was host, nor fell into
the enemy's hands. tda-
The Admiral renewed the attack on
the Austrian squadron, which retired to
Lesina without waiting for our. feet to
come up, and the Austrians continued
their retreat. The Italian squadron and
the Italians remained mistress OF the
scene of action. Damage sustained by
the enemy considerable. Crew of Re
dItaly were nearly all picked up by the
Vittorio Emmanuel tf
Later information says one Austrian
man-ofwar and two steamers were sunk
by the Italians
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
Notice to. the l,ublic.

IN THE YEAR 1slG, THE WRITER EN-
i barked in the drug business in the. city of
Philadelphia, and while thus engaged, made
several experiments in regard 10 the most de-
sirable mode of preparing Fluid Extracts. My
efforts being successful-the articles being APP
proved and used by :hc Medical iaculty--I vns
desirous Of placir them befo the public, but
hesitatcd for sOmc time before concluding to re-
SORT to newspaper advertising, knowing Of the
presudices that existed in the minds Of many
against using advertised Mcdiclacs or Nogtr1'ns.
but through the advice of friends and those who
had used them this objection was overcome.
After eighteen years exertiOns. commencing
in a small way the popularity of my articles
has extended to all parts Of the United States,
and widely throughout foreign c0untries-and
this IN the face OF much opposition. Every
means has been resorted 70 by unprincipled
dealers since their merit and succeeds have been
knOwn-suoh rs advertising larger bottles at
less prit G. censurng all OthCr preparations, and
even copying my adyertisements-but L am
happy to state that out of the many who have
resorted to this. none have been successful.
Ny object in this notice Is To- make facts
known to the public and respectable dealers,
believing after so many years exertions, that
the Druggists will discOuntenance such pro-
ceedines. and that the reputation of my articles
may not be damaged by the use of inferior or
spurious ones.
knowing that many may read this article
who are unacquainied with me, append a few
remarks from those ofmy native city, and whose
names are knoTn IN Oh parts Of the world
Being personally acquainted with Mr. III, I:
Hemlbod. il affords me pleasure in stating l
have been most favorably impressed with his
energy and integrity. and rratliied at his sue
cess" MM. MElGHIMAN,
Firm Of PowersG Weightman,
Ninth and Brown streets Philadelphia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
Cholera IN England.

New YORK. Angus; 6-There was
much reason 70 fear tina; the cholera had
invaded England in earnest Outbreaks
at Liverpool and Southampton had as
sumed a decided character. The disease
had also appeared AZ the east end OF
London. Three hundred and foriy-six
deaths from cholera we're reported In the
returns tor the week ending July Il.
Nearly all the cases occurred At the east
end Of London. It's existence bad been
especially recognized by the Pnvy
Council, which has just issued two
orders, in pursuance Of the powers
granted under the so-called Disease
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
v1LLA1NY ovERREAcHIEe.

villainy sometimes overreaches itself
and results in the detection Of the vii
lain. Some time ago sixteen men con-
spired to rob the Clay county missouri
Savings Association. They succeeded
in obtaining one hundred thousand
dollars worth Of money and bonds, and
started to leave the State. Near the
border in Iowa they had quarrel with
regard to the division Of the spOils.
Those who obtained the smallest share
informed against the remainder, and
twelve were captured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08

Preventive act. These orders contain
regulations to be- enforced in the metrop.
oils and in all the towns and parishes OF
England, and In all ports and arms Of the
sea under the jurisdiction Of the Admit
rally. That with regard to the metropo-
lis directs the Board of Vestry in par
ish where diarrhea may exist to meet
daily with view of carrying the regula-
tions into force, power being given to
them for the appointment of necessary
medical officers for various purposes, in
Guiding daily house to house visitation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
A DIAMOND WEDDING.

Silver weddings are not uncommon
golden ones are rare; but the raresi of
all matrimonial commemora;ions is e
diamond wedding - seventy FIVE years
husband and wife Perhaps the most
remarkable wedding anniversary on
record was lately celebrated at 0lmutz,
in Bavaria. The parties were married
in the year 1891, and were not then very
young. The fete was given the husband
landed proprietor Of the place, whose
age was one hundred and three years
and his wife 5 ninety-seven.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08
Cholera IN Cincinnati.

CIycIxyArI, August 6-At special
notice of the Board of Health, held at
this city on Saturday. the Health officer
reported three hundred and thirty deaths
in July, among which were twelve from
Asiatic cholera the first case occurring
July H.,
He also reports August l, deaths
from cholera; August 2, 30; August 2,
10; August A, IL, and yesterday, "a.
The large number of deaths in the last
few days is probably owing to the sud
den change of weather, the thermometer
early this morning indicating Ga degrees.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-08

books designed fos Southern schools. and
advises parents pot to Gountenance any
school where those books are not exclu-
sively used. II says: Two-thirds of the
schoolbooks are gotten up In New Eng
land by Radical politicians, whose aim
it is to poison the minds of the young
against the South, Southern men, South
ern women, and Southern customs and
,daaa