Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-12

granted the rights oil suffrage Dy chanRe
of the State Constitution Shall the
Congress of the United States usurp the
Constitutional powers Of the States, by
ordaining who shall and who shall not
vote2 Those who answer in the affirm
ative must go with the Republicans, those
in the negative with the Democrats, there
is no middle course for a patriot to
pause"
n@- The New York Gazette says;
We suggest the following names from
Maine to Secretary Welles for the Uni
ted States service: Nashwack, Nacka'
vic, Macktaquack, Richibucto, Rssti-
gouche, Peticodiac, Quispamis and Nau'
wigawauk. The following are names of
the avenues in the camp.meeting ground
at Martha's Vineyard; Muskeget, Tuck
anuck, Monemesit, Chappaquiddick,
Pontanoomuck, Alenaki, Bomozeen,
Seekouk, Penacook, Nashaweus, Pc
quod, Quinnebauch, Cuttyhunk, Piscat-
aquis and Katahdin. If he has few
more iron.clads to spare after using the
above, the following from Java are at
his service: Cheribon, Pekalongan, Ban
joemas, Bagelen, Samarang, Djokdo'
karta and Sourakarta, also, Djokjdo
r6yAnother ~. N, without the cool
philosophy of that cracked individual,
and with vastly more impudence and
conceit, seems to have started up at
Washington. A correspondent, writing
to the New York Herald under date OF
the 7th inst, says: :" A man assuming to
be the son of God, and predicting that
President johnson has only forty-eight
hours to live, has made himself promi-
nent since Thursday. His name is John
C. Clarke, and he is said to be from Wis
consin. Yesterday morning he appeared
at the State Department and endeavored
to get an interview with Secretary Sew
ard in order to obtain a letter of intro
duction to the President Officer Nut
ting was called upon to arrest him,
which he did, and took him to the police
headquarters. He had remained there
some time in custody, yet was not placed
in the lookup, when, watching his OPP
portunity, he took leg bail and was soor
in the street, making good speed, anc
Mr.. Thomas Feniour, clerk to Major
Richards, following him at lively pace
Mr.. Feuiour succeeded in catching the
fugitive when he reached Sixth street
and took him back to the stationhouse
where he affirmed that he was a son O.
God and had mission from God, ant
that Andrew Johnson's days we're num-
bered-he would not live forty-eigh
hours; he was going to have an inter
view with him, and would see him at al
hazards. He was taken below and LOCKED
up in cell, when he remarked, ThiI
is a pretty place to put the son of Goo
in He will be held until something
more can be ascertained about him ant
if it is found he is insane, as he appear
to be, an effort will be made to get hin
into the insane asylum, He is mar
about forty years old, and says he ha'
been in the city two weeks. He has nj
place to stay, and says that like th'
blessed Savior he has the hearts of thu
people, and goes from house to house
About year ago, it will be remembered
an insane man sought interviews will
the President, representing that he hac
a special mission from Chicago. Afte
failing repeatedly 10 get all audience, h'
went off to Chicago and wrote a letteI
to the President, stating that he haC
tried several times to see him, but nov
the President must come to Chicago anC
see him if he (the President) wanted tC
hear the important communications h'
| had IN make "