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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
WHAT TT COST.

The Chicago Tribune estimates the
cost of the eight hour demonstration in
Chicago on May LIST at $4,000. Of this
sum, Si0, 900 were the lost wages Of those
engaged in the demonstration. Ifto this
be added the loss in consequence Of the
cessation of production, which would
certainly exceed $4,000, the cost of the
demonstration was over 100000 The
Tribune estimates that the riots since
the demonstration have cost no less than
500, 900 per day, or over 100000 cost
of the eight hour movement for four
days, nearly one-half of which came out
of the pockets of the working class en-
gagged in the demonstration, who sacri-
feed their wages to that enormous
amount
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
OUR GUARDIANS.

Should we Of the South not reconsider
our course, reform our conduct and
change our sentiments in references to the
Jacobins2 II confscation shall come 1t
is arayely stated that it will be for the
good of the Southern people. All that
has been demanded Of, or done to- the
South since the surrender, was intended
for its benefit. Clearly incapable OF self
Government themselves, was It not kind
ia the North to relieve the people OF the
burden2 Who can doubt the conclusion,
if the premises be admitted2 Secession
was terrible thing, and terrible is the
calamity that followed it But It seems
that the Southern people are guilty OF
other practices no less criminal One oil
the chief organs of the Jacobins says
that the "curse Of Ham, which weighed
upon the Southern people, was as mild
form of calamity compared with the
curse of fried pork, on which it had come
10 be their habit to mainly depend Tor
subsistence. Let us hope that, under
the new order of things, there will be
more consumption of good wholesome
beef and mutton, and not so much pig
Probably the popularity of their diet
had something to do with the heardstrong
obstinaey Of our hayward sisters.
There, now. 1t has been suggested that
eating fried oysters rendered DAVIS a
traitor. What connection exists between
fried oysters and treason, it is diticult to
comprehend. At any rate, the thing has
been done. We may suppose that to
make treason odious," fried oysters and
fried pork will be prohibited to the peo-
pie by a supplemental bill at the meeting
of Congress Mutton and beef are re-
commended as substitutes, on the ground,
no doubt, that they are highly productive
of "loyalty." 1t is further stated as
grievance, that hogs run wild every
where in the South, exhibiting the same
reckless and anti-gregarious disposition
which characterizes the people them.
selves" Who, with these facts before
him, can blame the North for taking
care of the Southern peopleH To guard
against another rebellion, the means
must be prohibited to the people. Fried
pork and oysters, possessing, as they do,
elements of treason, must be declared
unlawful. Hogs must not run wild in
the woods, as they suggest to the people
strong inducements to a similar mode OF
life. Should we not be thankful for all
the gentle concern manifested for usY
Down with fried oysters and pork
Down with wild hogs Now we are loyal,
Brother Davis, hand US out voting GER
tifcate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
THE COMING OF ErHERIDeE.

The trains on the Ohio road this after
noon, will bring Emerson Etheridge to
this city. The arrangements for his re-
ception will be found stated at length IN
our local columns. Yesterday he spoke
at Brownsville with great force and
effect TO a large audience. 1t is said,
by a gentleman of this city who heard
him, that his arguments produced pow
erful impression. He requested net to
be cheered as it would only consume his
time. There was nothing violent in his
words or manner. He spoke with all the
force of truth in style almost conversa-
tional, and disappointed any who
may :have anticipated violent out
burst of passionate defamation. 1t
is said that the impression he
left on the minds of large
number of colored persons present,
was most happy. They were surprised,
no doubt, to discover in Mr. Etheridge
the calm, genial, courteous, truthful gen.
tleman, developing singular contrast
to the man as he had been described to
them by the Radical leaders. The mild
ness of the toHe of Mr. Etheridge is not
influenced by the threats of Brownlow.
He is the representative of the people of
Tennessee, not OF the passions of polit-
ical party.
His speech here will be elaborate, and
exhaustive Of the great issues of tho con-
test. All intelligent men know what
these are, and we shall not repeat them
here. We need not ask the people of
the city to hear him patiently. We may,
however, suggest to the colored people
that Mr.. Etheridge will correct many
falsehoods that have been circulated to
his prejudice, and prove to them that
he has, in no case, and under no circum-
stance, uttered sentiments in respect to
their condition or themselves that they
will not admit to be just. If there shall
exist any apprehension of a disturbance,
let it be dismissed, for there will not,
cannot be any. The people Of Mem
phis favor free speech, and
speaker is only responsible for the abuse
of the privilege. One of the last acts
signed by Mr.. Lincoln, was one making
it unlawful for soldiers to interfere in
elections. 1t was borrowed from the
English law that prohibited the presence
of troops within three miles of place
of voting. Surely, by analogy, troops
have no right 10 interfere with public
speaking, except to suppress a riot
Who, then, is to make a disturbance 2
Not the Conservatives, that is certain.
Let the people come out tomorrow at
eleven o'clock at the Greenlsw Opera
House and hear Mr.. Eth.ridge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
snurHERN MISSIONARY.

One VIM. II. BirBey, who entered Yale
College = year or two ago, TO fit himself
for the ministry and 20 South as mis-
sionAry, has found employment nearer
home. he soon became actively en-
gagged in Sunday school Affairs, and took
great interest in mission schools, in
whose behalf be collected money. BE
had the confidence Of the public al frst
The Rev DR.. Phelps gave him letter Of
Recommendation. he is nov in the New
Haven jail awaiting trial, and at last
accounts was playing drAW-poker with .
fellow-prisoner, and swearing over a
nj ssdeAl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
pRoaRrssINa.

Phillips is a progreSsionist He is not
content With theruin Of the South and
thu, universal depravity Of the North He
has commenced fierce war on the great
me of his party, and aims stab At the
ribs Of Grant. In a recent speech he
sal d: "Put an unredeemsd Democrat at
the helm OF the Government and we have
lost sixty per cent Of the war. Put a
halfand.half man, with no ideas, like
General. Grant, and we lose fifty per
cent Laughter and Kisses. Put n
traitor like Fessenden or Sherman, and
we lose seventy per cent. Misses. Now
/ note that hiss l am not unprepared
for it The merit of this platform in
times past was to call everything by its
right name" The war, it appears, was
n business affair, and was carried on for
the profits. That is the idea.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
WANTS A RECORD.

Gen. Griffin, commanding in Texas,
seems bent on making a record. We
never heard that he made a record in
furnishing armed rebels. We never, in.
deed, heard Of him at all until be inter
fered with the funeral of Albert Sydney
Johnston. 1t is only by his exploits
against unarmed rebels that he has
become notorious. Well, Gen. Griffin
has issued another order, disquahfying
rebels from sitting on juries, and com
hitting the administration OF justice to
a few whites and the negro population.
The order says: The commanding Gen
eral Of the district having been directed
10 The fact that persons disqualified BY
Law are drawn TO serve as jurors in the
civil courts Of Texas, it is hereby ordered
that no person shall be held eligible TO
serve or be sworn in as jurymen until be
shah have taken the oath prescribed 10
the supplemental The Military bill" The
Houston Telegraph styles this sweep
ing and fearful srdsr, and says that
q trial By jury in Texas, either in civil
or criminal eases, Is nov almost sntirelJ
in the bands Of The blacks" A state.
meut IL publisbed that Gov Throckuor-
tor has submitted the matter 70 The
President and asked bis interposition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
ADAMS EXPRESS.

Adams Express Company has celebra-
ted its twenty sixth anniversary, where
upon the Boston Journal says; 1.-THE
receipts of their first days work were
three dollars and eighty-seven cents
Since then the company has increased
and prospered. The senior, Mr.. Alvin
Adams, though not yet a veteran in
years, is known as one of the fathers of
business which now extends from
Hearts Content in the East to the
Golden Gate in the West, and gives en-
ployment to thousands. Mr.. Adams still
retains general supervision of the Bos-
ton Office, but the details of the business
are managed by his competent sons,
Messrs. Waldo and E. L. Adams"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
THINK OF III.

The St. Louis Times says the authori-
tatively announced fact that 1867 blacks
and only 2Ol2 whites have been thus far
registered at New Orleans, will show the
country in what manner the Radical
Hessians propose to perpetuate their
rule. Think Of it for a moment Out Of
the whole city Of New Orleans, her en-
terPrising merchants, her ship owners,
whose ventures pillow every sea, her man
ufacturers, her tradesmen, her tens Of
thousands Of mechanics and lAbOrers,
there are bat two thousand Ct to trust
With the elective franchise, or just one
fourth as many Intelligent white men as
there are negroes Place New Orleans
to-day in the hands Of her blacks, and,
despite her natural advantages, she
would sink into utter noihingnesA A city
given to them they could not sustain,
msch less govern, and 70 them is he
governing power alone to be intrusied
under the policy Of the Radical party.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
VALUE OF OUR NEW PURCHASE.

The Alta Californian gives us, in
some staten .nts about "Walrussia Ia
good name enough, by the way), a favor
able impression of the value of the ter
ritory sold to us by the Gear. The Aleu-.
tan islands are, it says, rich in furs, and
probably minerals. The islands known
az St. Paul and St. George, Of the Prebi-
lor group. have been tor several years a
source of very handsome income to the
Russian American Company. One hun
dred thousand seal skins have been
exported thence per annum. The
shores Of 0onalashka "a word which
figures in one Of the poet Camp
BELLS sonorous lines) with the other
islands ofthe Aleutian group are haunted
by walruses, whose skin and bones are
valuable articles of traffic. The fisheries
so far as known are among the Chouma-
gin group and in Bristol Bay. The trade
in furs, etc, along the coast as lar as
Sitka would be but small, while beyond
that point as far as the island of Kodiak,
it would simply depend upon success
full competition with the smugglers who
are already upon the ground. In the
vicinity of 0onimak Pass and of the
peninsula of Alaska good fishing grounds
have been found, and the volcanic nature
of all the islands skirting the coast prom
Uses we'll for the development Of their
mineral resources.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
PRICE oF BREAD.

1t is said that bread is now as high, if
not higher, in this country than ever
known before. In 1916, when there were
short crops both in the United States
and Eurcpe, -four sold at $l5 per barrel,
and Indian corn at 50 per bushel, the
currency then being specie. Now good
-four commands from $l5 to $40 per bar
rel, aud Indian corn, we believe, is as
high as in 1916. The procuring Of bread,
with all other supplies, at prevailing
rates, requires means which the opera
tives in cities, towns and villages feel with
peculiar severity, and having TO provide
them altogether from the wages Of their
labor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
NEW DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT.

1t is said that prominent Democratic
leaders have been quietly consulting il
the city of New York recently upon
Democratic tactics, and have reached
the conclusion that a speedy change Of
policy is desirable. The change sug-
gested is-to ignore the colored ques-
ton altogether, and announce platform
Of internal improvement, The Demo
cratic leaders will pledge themselves in
favor of the Niagara Ship Canal, in favor
of connecting the Chesapeake Bay with
the Ohio, in favor of reconstructing the
Mississippi levees, and of pushing for
ward to completion the three lines Of
Pacific railroad 1t is calculated that
on these issues they can carry the great
West, especially if Free Trade be tackled
on, while Of their success in the Middle
States they profess to have no doubt
That is the programme in outline. 1t
will have some filling up in regard to
Constitutional obligations, aud the bind
ing force Of Supreme Court decisions,
but Internal Improvements and Free
Trade will be the rallyiug cry,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
FROM ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, May l6-The Steamboat
Convention passed resolution that the
navigation laws should be modified to
suit inland navigation, and that to avoid
explosions boilers should be constructed
only Of double hammered charcoal iron
and steel, sad that when masters or
owners Of boats man and equip the same
according 70 law, said boat or owners
should not be held for damages arising
from the acts Of any licensed officer. The
resolutions also prescribe rules for the
measurement Of steamers and the APP
pointment ofa committee to confer with
.he Secretary Of the Treasury.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
MIssrssIPPI OPINIONS.

The Ripley, Miss, Advertiser says:
1--WE honestly believe that the great body
of our people have determined to take
part in the business of reconstruction,
and to make another honest and sincere
effort to pass from the stage of terrific
rial pupilage into which they have been
placed by the Government since the
surrender of their armies, in the knowE
edge that it has the right acquired by
conquest, to dictate the terms Of their
readmission into the Union; but if we
are wrong in this opinion of their choice,
they should be permitted to exercise,
without hindrance or restraint the full
measure Of discretion allowed them by
the law"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
FRANK AND CANDID.

The Salem Mass Journal, in a
recent issae, says: Although il mas
taken great deal of time, and cost a
vast amount of money, we have at last
got the stolid Dutch of Pennsylvania
and verdant Suckers and Buckeyes
of the Western States educated up to the
higher law standard. We, whom few
years ago they spat upon-we, the de-
spised Abslitonists--we determined that
the negro las they call the colored
mani, should be made their equals, or
zoe vould crush the Union. Colored suf
frage is now fixed fact The foot of
the negro is on the neck of our ancient
reyilers, and those who are not in our
tolls must stand from under. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16

D@. During the sermon on Sunday
night, of an eminent Boston divine, in
commenting upon an honest man, he said
such one could go anywhere and be
respected; he could go on your Change"
The idea of an honest man going on
Change was so very funny that even the
Chicago audience could not resist an
audible grin of amusement
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
MuLLINa.

The Murfreesboro Tenn Monitor is
credibly informed that Mullins was the
last man who sold negro slave at public
sale in the town of Shelbyville, aud that
he received Confederate money in pay
mentl Mullins is now protesting the
greatest friendship for tie colored man,
and boasts of his record. He is a speci-
men brick in the temple of Southern rad
icalism--and is now trying to ride into
Congress on the shoulders of the negro.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
M MEDICAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.

T EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following:
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurable, read the following:
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
faith 10 evidence. read the following:
Knoto all Men by these Presents, That on this
the twentieth day of june in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
personally came Joseph Haydock to me, known
as such, and being duly sworn, deposed as fol-
lows: That he is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereof, for Rre-
parations or medicines known as MAGGIEL'S
PILLS and SALVE, and that the following
certificates are verbatum copies to the best Of
his knowledge and belief.
IL. ST. JAMES SMEITRE, Notary Public,
Wall Street. New York.
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the army with Chronic Diarrhea, and have
WILSON HARVEY.
New York. April 7. 1866. q Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case of man
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caused an explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower.
and he was burnt dreadfuly. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eigh
weeks after the accident:
New YoBx, Jan. IL. 1866.
Ny name is J Jacob Hardy; 1 am an iron foun-
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last my burns healed but had running sore
ON my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salve, and it cured me in a few weeks. This is
all true, and any body can now see me at ack-
II. j. HARDY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
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EXTRACTS from Various Letters.l
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
no. The Kansas City Advcrtiser saw

B6y- The Kansas City Advertiser say
the long dreaded plague-the srasshop-
pers-have already made their appear
ance in that vicinity, and are doing
much damage to the wheat crop. The
paper adds, should one in ten ofthe eggs
deposited in the ground, hatch, the dam
age that must result to the country will
be fearful"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
IN TIE oHANcERY COURT or MEN;

TN THE CHANcERY COURT OF MEN,
II phis. Tenn The First National Bank q
Nynderse. Ii appearing from afhdavit IN this
cause that the defendant, Edward Myudorse.
Il a resident Of the State Of New York. and a
non-resident Of the State Of Iennesscc, u -
Therefore ordered that the said defendant make
his appearance herein. a. the Court House IN
the city Of Memphis, on OF before the trtt
Monday 10 July 1861. and plead. ausWcr or
demur 10 the petition fled hereiL, Or the sane
for hearing expartc. and that q copy 81 thi or
der Be Published once q week for four succea-
sive weeks in the pCELIc LEpGEA, a neEtpa-
per published IN the eity q NJ emrhia-
A. ASTON, c. and NJ.
By BENZ. COLEMAN, ID. g. and n.
Rszr. HUTCHINs0N Sol. for pl'fs. oaH-cs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
rSy- Theodore Tiltop announces tina

RGr Theodore Tilton announces that
the Independent will be conducted no
longer in the interests of the Congrega-
tionalists, but will be independent in
name and character. Religion is a good
cloak, but it evidently doesn't pay Tilton
as we'll as politics or lecturing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
United States Internal Revenue.
ASSESSORS OFFICE.
EIGHTH DIsTEIcr OF TENNESSEE,
nfr.rurffa Maw NJ 1e4s-

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ annual tax assessment Of the Eighth Dis
trict Of Tennessee will close on the 3lst day Of
May. 1867.
Of jects Of special tax on or before said day.
will incur the penalties prescribed b. the TX
else Laws Of the United states.
HALSEY p. COOPER.
II ~ Assessor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16
RNH Henru Ward Reanhl

B9r Henry Ward Beecher writes for
the N. Y. Ledger. In the opening of
his novel he says: " Perhaps nowhere
in the world can be found more unlovely
wickedness-s malignant, bitter, tsna-
cieus hatred of goodman in New
England"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16

DdT The Supreme Court of Ohio has
decided that temporary closing of the
polls on election day, fer dinner or any
other purpose, is q violation of law, and
vitiates the election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-16

Within half square and full view of the
OVERTON. HOTEL. So near the business
portion of the city, this is property which must
always command, as it now has, the best class
oftenants, at full rents. Zach tenement con-
structed with the view Of being easily changed
so as to be used for stores and residences to-
gether when it should become necessary to
meet the demands of business.
This sale is peremptory and without reserve,
and we have great confidence in inviting to it
the presence and competition of bidders, as
ahording the opportunity of safe and paying
investment in some of the pest city property
likely to come on the market this season.
IS Fourth cash, four and eight
months, with approved secarity and Lien re-
tanned.
: R0YSTER, IRRELEVANT Il CO.,
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