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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23

What They Say Of HIM.

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The following extract from letter
Of the Washington correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune is a specimen of what
the Radicals say of the President
As will be remembered, the second in
auguration of the late President and the
disgracefnl accompanying scene,in which
| Andrew johnson was the main actor,
occurred on a Saturday On the Mon
day following, caucus of Republican
Senators was held In the midst of its
deliberations, Senator Sumner rose and
offered resolution setting forth that
Vice President johnson, by his scandal
GUS conduct in the Senate chamber on
the occasion of the Inauguration, had be-
come guilty of crime against the nation,
and calling on him to resign. The mover
of the resolution supported it with some
very strong remarks. An animated dis
cussion sprang up, in which Senators
Fessenden, Henderson, Cowan, and one
or two others, participated. Senator
Fessenden moved TO lay the resolution
on the table. Senator Henderson also
opposed its adoption. He tried to place
the behavior of the Vice President in a
less opprobieus light He argued that
Mr. Johnson, having become debilitated
by previous sickness, had found it neces-
sary to use some stimulants in order to
strengthen himself sufficiently for his APP
pearance in public, and that he had I'M
fortunately imbibed an excessive guam
tity.
Senator Cowan likewise objected to the
adoption of the resolution, but on en-
tirely different grounds. In very vehe-
ment tone he argued that, as the Repub
lican party had deliberately saddled it.
self with this national disgrace in the
person of the Vice President by nomina-
ting him in its National Convention, they
ought to reap the legitimate fruits of
their action, and bear them patiently TO
the end of his term In the course of his
remarks he upbraided the Vice President
as a beast in human shape; as a vulgar
demagogue and low-fung sans culotte,
with other choice epithetsl
Now, man with the least trace of de-
cency in his composition would consider
himself utterly dishonored and degraded
in the eyes of his compeers if found in
intimate dSSOCldIlOH WIFI an lnulNluuai
whom he had thus classed among the
lowest of the low. But this man, not
only is now one of the principal and
most constant fawners at the White
House, but also has the assurance of APP
pearing before his fellow Senators in
eager rivalry with Doolittle and Dixon,
as jealous champion and most ardent
admirer of Andrew Johnson The most
disgusting feature of this matter is, that
the President knows the history of this
caucus, and that, while he hates Senator
Sumner, who acted conscientiously and
from solemn sense of public duty, as
the author of the resolution, with impla-
cable bitterness, admits TO his tendetest
embraces the unprincipled hypocrite,
who reviled him from personal and par
tisan motives,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
EAST TENNESSEE.

A call has been issued for convention
70 meet at Knoxville on May Sd, com
posed of delegates from all counties IN
East Tennessee, to memorialize the Leg
islature for leave to form new State, to
be called the State of East Tennessee, or
to take such steps in reference to the
matter as may be deemed proper ana
advisable. Louis Democrat
We heartily wish that this movement
may be crowned with success. We be-
lieve that the State is large enough Tor
division, and that the happiness and
prosperity of the people generally would
be promoted by it AT all events, we
hope no impediments from this end OF
the State will be interposed to prevent
separation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
THE DAVIS AFFAIR.

The judiciary Committee ofthe House,
on Saturday, had under consideration
the subject of the alleged connection of
Mr.. DAVIS with the assassination Of Mr..
Lxcorx. They examined DIR. JAMES
MEnprrH, of Indiana, who testified that
he was in Montreal in February, 1863 at
a meeting of prominent southerners,
among whom we're SAUNDERS, THOMPSON
TUcKrR. and a number Of others equally
veil known, and that the question OF as
fascinating LNcoIS, STANTON and
GRaS7. was discussed that II was declared
that il was going to tAleplace at an early
dav. and that BOOTH was going to per
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
SOUTHERN LITERATURE.

The Chicago Tribune deyotes a long
and bitter article to ridiculing the ltera-
ture of the South, and praising that OF
the North. The spirit of the article is
so apparent in its statement OF facts as
TO disarm it of much of its force Ac-
cording to this writer, the South has pro
duced nothing-the North, everything.
We know well enough what the North
has produced, and is producing. We
know that IRVING was a Northern man,
and great master of our lighter Ian
guage. We could mention others who
have written books that will take rank
among modern standard works, but it is
the testimony of European writer's that
America has not succeeded in founding
a literature at all. And it is true. We
have no native literature worth the name,
North or South. OF the thousands OF
books published in the North during the
last fifty years, scarcely more than
dozen or two were worth the paper on
which they were printed. Falling in ST.
ence from the press, they were hurried
off to the trunk manufacturer, where they
met the reception their merits deserved.
Some. indeed, did live long enough to
yitiate the public taste, and prepare it
for that deluge of yellow covered litera-
ture which has overwhelmed all sections
of the country
We admit at once that the South has
done little or nothing for literature. Our
people have had something else to do
than write sickly novels and phosphoric
poetry. We had forests to cut down,
that we might revolutionize the com
merce of the world with something of
greater value than Mrs. STowE's swoon-
ing fctions, or Mr.. EMMERsoY's sorry
limitations of CARLYLE We had to sup
plv the world with cotton, TO build up |
your Lowels, and keep all New England |
"pegging away" We did this pretty |
effectually, it must be confessed-much |
better than your authors have written |
their books, or your artisans performed |
their work. We may hereafter, perhaps, |
devote little of the time which might |
be given to growing cotton for you, to
the cultivation Of letters As you have |
destroyed our system of production, we
may, while you are engaged in the work |
of supplying us with better one, rush |
into literature, and make yen ashamed |
of your achievements. At present, We
have nothing to offer in competition,
but the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution of the United States,
and WAsHINGToNs Farewell Address,
all written by Southern men. Perhaps |
it will be as difficult in the future for the
North to produce anything to surpass
them, as it is now for that section to OBJ
serve the spirit Of them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
The Bruner Case.

An interesting military trial is pro-
crossing at Nashville From the follow
ing dispatches the reader will perceive
the character of it;
NASHVILLE, April 20.-In the Bruner
case, yesterday, Col. Charles Irwin was
examined in relation to the business con-
Quoted in his department Mr.. Mckay
Hoge, formerly clerk in Capt Morris
Office, and subsequently at the corral
under Mr. Bruner, was next called. He
testified that he had given one false re-
ceipt to Will Davis for between twenty
five and fifty mules; three or four to
Isham Henderson-one amounting to
g, 200 or 81, 300 one to W. II. Boyce;
one to David Henderson. He believed
vouchers were issued on each Of the false
receipts given the parties mentioned.
The Court adjourned in order to pro-
cure the books of Mr. Bruner
Today VIM. Mckay Hoge was re-
called. Stated he gave receipts for 1926
to Isham Henderson, at Henderson re-
quest. Gave him several receipts at diff
ferent times, and he always insisted on
witness giving receipts for more mules
than we're received. Also stated that
Henderson told him it was honorable to
defraud Government out Of large amounts
but contemplate to cheat Government
out of small sums
The witness received for issuing the
false receipts to Henderson $4,000.
The proposition to issue the false receipts
was stated by the witness TO come from
Mr.. Henderson. False receipts we're also
given to Daniel Henderson, Of Nashville,
and W. r. Boyce, of Danville, Ky. The
former for 10000 and the latter for sew
eral comparatively small amounts from
d. Henderson, through another party,
named Geo Barker
The witness received $1,000, and from
Boyce $500 Witness highest salary
while employed as clerk in the Depart
ment was $50 per month. He stated that
he frequently gave receipts for mules
without seeing them or ascertaining their
number. Witness stated that Bruner
loaned him Sc 900 at his request to can
eel the martgage on his fathers estate
The testimony of the witness entirely
exculpated Bruner from any completely
in the issuing of fraudulent receipts, he
having kept carefully concealed from
him all knowledge of the transactions he
had been engaged in, and that no false
receipts had ever been given by him with
Burners knowledge or consent at the
corral Of the Quartermastcr depart
ment Here the witness issued receipts
to contractors simply on their verbal
statement
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
REPUTATION.

The London Economist says ut must
not be forgotten that in rebuilding the
Democratic party upon the basis OF a
Southern alliance, the President strikes
a blow at public credit
The Radical papers publish this para
graph generally without comment The
Examiner refers to Southern repudia-
ton, but is so ignorant of events on this
continent as not TO know that the South
ern States repudiated their debts under
pressure of the central Government, not
run by the Democratic party. We do
not think that, whether the Democratic
party be rebuilt or not, any other party
can ever form a Southern alliance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
A shlp Of the "Old school. !"

A late English paper has this para
graph: Last week there sailed from
Hull, amid the cheers of great multi
tude, the bark Truelove, the only vessel
dispatched this year from Hull to the
Davis Straits whale fisheries, The True
love is under command of Captain Wells,
a name associated with the most success
fal period OF the whale fisheries. The
Truelove is one of the Oldest vessels
aAoat. She was built at Philadelphia,
United States, in the year 1854, and is
consequently one hundred and two years
old. At that time the spot on which she
was built was one of the plantations from
which much wood was taken for the build
of British vessels About half the long
life of the Truelove has been spent in
the whale fishery trade. but she was for
merly in the Oporto wine trade
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
THE TAX BILL.

A Washington dispatch says 1t is evil
dent from the delay in Congress over the
internal tax BILL that there will be no
change in the income tax which will
affect the returns of citizens of gains and
profits in 1865. The present law directs
that assessments shall commence on the
LIST of May, and be completed within
sixty days The Assessors here are
already preparing their blanks, and tax
payers may as well begin to make up
their accounts so as 10 be in readiness.
Ten days are allowed the taxpayer for
return after being served with notice.
The blanks do not vary essentiallydrom
those used last March.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
Cattle Plague in l7A5.

1t is no less true now than in Solo
mons day, that there is nothing new
under the sun" Our age is not even
original in its diseases. Horace Wal
pole, writing to his friend Sir Horace
Mann, the English Envoy at the Court Of
Tuscany in l745, has the following among
other bits OF news:
We have another very disagreeable
affair that may have fatal consequences.
There RACES a murrain among the cows
we dare not eat milk, butter, beef, nor
anything from that species. Unless
there is snow or frost soon, it is likely
to spread dreadfully, though hitherto il
has not reached many miles from Lon
don. At first it was imagined that the
Papists had empoisoned the pools; but
the physicians have pronounced it in
fictitious and brought from abroad
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
The Proclamation.

1t is the New Orleans Times, we be-
lieve, that remarks:
If the Proclamation of Peace was not
removal of martial law, it was docu-
ment void of all legal force and effect
To suppose that it was intended to be
such is to suppose that the President
employed himself in composing it merely
from a wish to test his ability as an au-
thor in an endeavor to interest the people
by informing them of facts with which
they were already familiar They knew,
months ago, that the instruction was
at an end, and that peace was restored
1t is not now the prerogative of subs in
the Freedmen's Bureau, nor of the Secre-
tary of war, nor of the president, to deter
mine what are the privileges of the peo-
pie OF the Southern States and the pres
ident will protect them in their rights as
States in the Union.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
The Cholera.

DR.. BisseIl, health officer for the in
fected ship England, makes this state
ment:
The steamship Virginia sailed from
Liverpool April 4th, and arrived in the
lower bay April 18th. No sickness APP
peared on board till the 18th; deaths
occurred on the 18th, Z on the 18th, A on
the 10th, 8 on the 18th, Z on the 10Th,
and on the 20th Total, 46 OF these
A were steerage passengers, and 2 were
of the crew. Twenty more are sick Of
cholera; four are bad cases. The sick
are being received on board the hos
pital steamer, quarantined. AT latest
accounts the whole number of deaths
was forty-seven. Thirty-four more are
sick, principally Germans and Irish.
The cabin passengers have passed reso-
lutions complimentary to Capt Brown
for his humane and skillful conduct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
HABEAs CORPUS AMENDMENT.

A bill has passed both Houses of Con-
gress making important amendments to
the habeas corpus act. ltprotects every
Federal officer who, acting under orders
during the war, made what are known as
arbitrary arrests. 1t also removes from
State Courts to United States Courts all
suits commenced against officers for ar
rest and Imprisonment 1t is estimated
there are some 5000 of the latter cases
now pending in Kentucky. In the de-
bate on this bill there was a good deal Of
personality between Senators CLARK and
SALISBURY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23

tons have not as yet been restored and
WHEREAS, We recognize Andrew John
son and the :present leaders Of the ma.
iority Of the Congress Of the United
States as having been leaders in that
great and patriotic party which saved
this Union from destruction and the ma
ton from death; therefore, be it
Resolped, That it is unbecoming and
improper in the people of Tennessee, in
their present unfortunate condition,
through their representatives, to widen
the breach between the President and
Congress of the United States, by con
sdemning or Endorsing the one or the
other; and that any interference on our
part in the dissension supposed TO exist
in the great Union party, must sub)ect us
to derision from those States which have
not forfeited their relations to the Ma
tional Government. hu
Both sets of resolutions were then re-
ferred to the Committee on Federal Reia-
tions. This is equivalent to an indefinite
postponement, as propably they VIII NOT
be reported on during the present session.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
Trick Exposed.
sovs tbe 81 Louis Pepublican

Says the St. Louis Republican:
The New York Times in publishing a
letter from Hon. John Segar, of Virginia,
notices the strenuous efforts put forth by
Radical presses to make the whole coun'
try believe that the Legislatures of the
Southern States are bitterly hostile to
the freedmen of the South, and are enact,
ing laws to Cypress and deprive them Of
their rights. Special obloquy has been
thrown upon the State of Virginia in this
connection, The letter from Hon. John
Segar, wellknown Union man, formerly
member of Congress and now Senator
elect from the State Of Virginia, to Gen.
Howard, Commissioner of Freedmen S
Affairs, shows how utterly unfounded are
all these statements. Instead of OPP
pressing the freedmen, the Legislature OF
Virginia has passed laws securing to
them every right guaranteed and pro-
tected by the Civil Rights bill
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
roRNEY.

Says the Louisville Courier For
yEY wants to know if the Union party
did right in voting for ANDREW JOHNSON
OF course they did; but, as it was acct
dental, they are not entitled to much
credit for it. They made him Vice Pres
ident, but deed of violence raised him
to the Presidential chair They never
intended to make him President, and he
owes them nothing for his elevation"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
JUST so.

The St. Louis Democrat, one of the
ablest and bitterest of the Radical jour
nails, in reply to an article of the Repub-
Hcan on CHASE, says; Chief Justice
CHASE does not suit the Missouri Repub-
Hcan. TANEY did That there is to-day
a Supreme Court of the United States is
because the TAyEYs have been put down
by such men as CHASE. These have
whipped the party of the Republican at
the ballot-box and with the bayonet, and
will do the whole job over again if need
l.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
PROM NASHVILLE.
BuneOmbo in tho tennessee Isgislatur

NASHVILLE, April 20--In lieu Of SEN
ator Carrigan's resolutions telegraphed
YOU yesterday, Senator Senter to-day IN
PRODUCED the following preamble and
resolutions:
WHEREAS, By the action Of the ma
iority Of the people Of Tennessee, the
State against the Government OF the
United States Of America; and
WHEREAS, By the aforesaid acts OF re-
bellion the State has lost her relations TO
the General Government, which reia-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
Admiral Semmes.

The Mobile Tribune, Of the goth, says;
Admiral Semmes arrived here yester-
day morning. We suppose his friends
will take him in charge and see that he
has a chance Of getting subsistence in
this community, wherein he lived long
time. and wherein he wrote the best OF
the books that were printed by the innu-
merable authors who made the United
States invasion of Mexico their theme.
As for his fitness for the place which
his friends desire to give him, nothing
need be said. The question is, will the
people give it to him7 Do they think
that his friends ask OF the public more
than gratitude, il nothing else will jus
fly ,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
A ISLANDER.

The most contemplate SANDER perpe-
trated for some time by the Satanic press,
is statement that Mrs. ROBERT f. LEE
is halt sister to negro. If bolt from
heaven were commissioned to descend
to earth and strike the most shameless
creature living, it would hurl its full
force upon the skull of the author of this
SANDER on the reputation of that noble
lady. Ifany proof we're required Of the
falseness of the statement, il would be
found in the circumstance that the negro
worshippers hate her.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
That Ticket.

An Englishman living near Bath, re-
Gently received ticket for q Frankfort
lottery which he threw aside. The ticket
subsequently got into the possession OF
the servants, four in number, who made
up and RENTED to the proper quarter
the price Of the ticket, ca. Recently
the original owner was surprised at re-
ceivinc notice that the ticket forwarded
n him had gained the first prize, amount
ing TO e2O.OOO, which Of course falls to
the lot Of the servants
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
THE COTTON PROSPECTS.

Radical theorists of the North predict
large crop of cotton this season. They
seem to think that because the negro is
free, cotton will spring up to perfection
wherever he puts down his foot They
are doomed to encounter disappointment
A letter from Montgomery, Alabama,
says: The political aspects are pre-
venting the planters from doing as much
as they otherwise would do, and ] fear
that we will not make anything like as
large crops as anticipated Capitalists
who were advancing means to planters
have quit, owing to the uncertainty, and
many farms will be abandoned for want
Of means.
Commenting upon this statement, the
St. Louis Republican says " No doubt
this is the truth. The only wonder is
that the business men and capitalists of
the entire North do not see it. The
Southern people are anxious, in good
faith, to take their place in the Union
and renew their prosperity. They have
no other course to pursue or to wish te
pursue. But for the pestilent agitators
of the STEVENS, SUMNER and TRUNBlLL
school, all would soon be well, and the
country would be prosperous beyond
former example Business men Of St
Louis. who desire trade with the South,
ought to reflect that the Southern people
cannot supply the means Of commerce if
they are not permitted to 90 10 work.
Political agitation, looking to the robbery
of the whole people, is poor encourage
ment to industry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23

form the act. He testified that at the
same time a letter from JEFF. DAVIS was
read on the same subject and that he
1.-THE. witness) was afterwards told by c.
G. CLAY, that he (CLAY), knew also all
about it. In reply to a question, the wit
ness said he went from Newport, Ky, to
Canada in 1868, and then again in 1864
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
FORNEY's PAPER.

Ola Washington paper, the Chicago
Times says OF course the withdrawal of
the Government patronage from the
Washington Chronicle will be fatal to
that newspaper. TWAS always worthless
as an organ wherein might be gathered
anything in the shape Of general news
which was fresh and of interest to the
public, and its editorials were merely
senseless eulogistic slavers Of Abolition
lists and canting abuse Of Democrats.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23

EsS~A lady who adyertises herself as
IAN orphan Is years of age, and loves
the water, proposes, through the Pitts
burg Dispatch, to swim in public for a
reasonable sum- She says that mo doubt
people will think it wild idea, but
that she understands her business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
BRIGHAM's YIELD.

The editor Of the Salt Lake Telegraph
says that on two and a half acres
BRIGHAM You've raised last year 750
bushels of peaches, 400 Bushels of apples,
% bushels Of plums, % bushels Of straw
berries, 2 bushels of pears, % pounds Of
cherries, SIS pounds of grapes, and
gooseberries, raspberries and currants in
multitude. Nothing is said of BRTGHAMs
crop of pieaninnies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23
THAT MAJORITY.

On the 18th day of June, 1862, prop
osition to prohibit the negroes and mu'
lattoes from voting, was submitted to the
people of Illinois, and resulted in favor
Of the prohibition by a majority Of one
hundred and soveniy-six thousand, yet
Senator TRuNBULL, from that State, adj
vocates negro suffrage in the District Of
Columbia. Has this immense majority
gore over ?
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Some Letters

The Postmaster General has just re-
turned report Of the letters delivered
and collected in the principal cities OF
the Union, which shows that during the
month Of March last the number Of mail
letters received At the New York post
Office was 922.Ol5; the number Of drop
letters. 336,2l4; newspaperst ZZs, 05e :
and the number Of letters forwarded,
l.025. 9O3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-04-23

p4~Forty Irishmen employed by the
Cambridge, Mass, horse railroad refused
to work on Monday, because two negroes
had been employed to work in the stables.
The consequence was that in Il very short
time forty colored men took the places of
the forty strikers. tfs tlt