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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
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The Chicago Tribune is deeply dis
gusted with the Grand Army of the Re
public, and in its issue of the 10th il
says of that institution: 1.-THE organi'
cation known as the Grand Army of the
Republic, seems to have been perverted
from its original and avowed object,
which was that of benevolent and pa
triotic order, to secret political organ
ization. Secret societies organized to
secure public offices, are contrary to the
genius of our institutions. They rarely
hold together more than two or three
years. Public opinion keeps up con-
slant attrition against them, the members
get to quarreling among themselves, and
finally fall to pieces and are heard of no
more. This will be the case with the
Grand Army of the Republic if its main
purpose continues to be political. T."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
Aepravatiou of the Tax on Cotton.

The tax Of three cents pound on
cotton is generally conceded TO be high
enough; and quite all the articles can
bear. But il seems that under treasury
decision this tax has been in many in
stances quadrupled. Cotton sent to
market in the seed is charged upon its
whole weight, including both the fleece
and seed. A New Orleans paper points
out the hardship of such construction
of the law, working as it does against
small farmers, and the few industrious
freedmen who cannot 20 to the expense
of building and equipping gin houses T;
and also upon those planters living in
the sugar districts, who have turned
their attention to the cultivation of cot
ton, and have not provided themselves
with gins. 1t is an object to send the
cotton to market as soon as it is picked,
and there is therefore no time to wait
for opportunities, even if the gins were
numerous enough, to free the seed by
employing such gins as might be access
ible at some points in the districts where
grown.
1t is surprising to us that the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue has not
seen fit to regulate the levy on unginned
cotton by some rule, which would make
fair allowance for tare A tax on cot
ton is not tax on cotton and cotton
seed, any more than a tax on the corn
grown by Western farmer would be
tax on the corn.cob, blades and stalks.
The New Orleans Journal calls on the
Governor, New Orleans Chamber of
Commerce, and other influential bodies.
to demonstrate against this abnse.
Strange as it may seem, such efforts
seem to be necessary to correct
ruling, which appears to be
so hagrantly erroneous For the same
paper states that General W. p Benton,
Collector of Internal Revenue, sometime
since pointed out, to the authorities at
Washington the unjust operation of this
law, and asked permission to properly
regulate the tax by allowing a liberal
tare upon cotton in seed, but he was in
structed to abide by the strict letter of
the law. AS the cotton States have no
representative in Congress, they are
wholly helpless in that body, unless some
Representative from the other section is
willing to stand up as friend to the in.
terests of the industrious poor of those
States.-St Louis Republican.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
THE OIL FAILURE.

A Northern paper says: " Fortunes lat
least the many "oil " prospectuses that
once flooded the country called them
such) are now daily sold out by the sheriff
in the oil regions. Property once valued
at millions is sold under the hammer for
a few hundreds, for unpaid taxes, and
the portentous figure of the memorable
officer of the law looms up beside many
a derrick erected over dry well. The
bogus companies having exploded, there
ia chance for the petroleum business TO
flourish on legitimate basis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
WAR ON THE COURT.

This paragraph, from the Chicago
Republican, is good specimen of what
the JacobiRs say of the Supreme Court;
The present attitude and elements OF
the Supreme Court call the public at
tention, more than ever before, to the
fact that the spirit of the rebellion,
though overcome on the battlefield,
continues to be rampant in various and
important sections of the community.
These latent enemies of the Republic
comprise many legal minds, and, as a
general rule, all lawyers who occupied
more or less prominent positions under
pro.slavery Administrations. Out of the
same classes comes that other Phari-
saical clamor of respect for the law"
which is now used by the Supreme Court
for the purpose of undoing all that the
war has done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
DEATH OF MP. WILLIS.

The telegraph announces the death Of
n. P. WILLIS, the poet. For many
years his health had bsen declining, and
his friends have been expecting his dis
solution at any moment His age was
about sixty, but his experience of the
world, if reduced to numbers, would ex-
coed that. He lived in the world for
world, and comprehended and en-
joyed the utmost it could give. Al
though a poet, his view of life was prac-
teal Ifhe sang through the organs Of
his Imagination, he tested the stern facts
of life and coerced them into subsection
TO his convenience. he was not a great
poet, but bis nature was attuned to
music, and some Of his productions
are true specimens Of poetic harmony
His pen has rendered "Glen Mary
and "Idlewild," classic, beautiful anC
immortal He was one Of a class o.
brilliant young men who controlled
American literature thirty years ago
Among these may be mentioned BRYAST
HArurcK, Pos, DRAKE, PEEcTAI., DANA
LoxeFELLow, NEAL, and others. Il
Willis has been severely criticised, he
will be remembered as one Of the mos
brilliant men Of America His loss L
the Home Journal is irreparable. Hi
loss to the world Of letters is great 1
Is source Of regret to those who di'
not know him personally, that they shal
read nothing more from his fascinating
"a,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
FISHING.

A celebrated fisherman Of this city
who rarely fails to get bite" did fail
last week, during an excursion to Ar
kansas. We are reminded by this yeXa-
tious circumstance of story that runs
thus ALPHoNsO was fishing He had
got over the parapet Of a bridge, his
slender line armed with q hook, and
fitted with a quill hoai, and he waited
patiently upon fortune. To him there
arrove the sprighily THEODORE. Al
PHoyso, friend Of my soul, remarked the
latter, what sport have you had 2
" Not even" said ALFHoSso, with a deep
sigh, as he sent his float yet once again
down its swim, "not even a celebrated
Carthagenian genera" Indeed, said
THEODORE, are there many Of that sort
Of fish in these watersY II did not,
said ALFONSO, with a grave smile,
mean a fish. / meant An-nibble."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

BOGERT.-The friends and acquaintancos
of the lnte Daniel Bogert are respectfully in
vited to attend his funeral from his residence
on Jackson street. Fort Pickering, Wednesday.
23d at 10 o'clock am.
Attention by Thomas o. Smith, undertaken.
How fast We flow from earth to Him who gave
us lifel lie knows us but to love us. and calls
us but for our good.
We have just learned of the death of our old
friend and good citizen, Daniel Bogert. whose ia
nniliar smile and genial countenance we can sec
no moro on earth. His race is run. and we arc
but in time to follow None knew him but to
love him; none knew him but to praise him.
Among the old citizens he stood in the front
rank. and during the late war he took his posi-
ton in the ranks among his friends, and &C.
cording to the dictates Of his noble and gene
rous heart.
We can but say as ho has said. Be just and
follow me-" T. o. s.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

reputation, and in whose ability and in.
togriiy alike the people have full conf
dence2 Cut of by fanatioism and rev
dictionary hate from every other public
employment, what, but want Of capital
can forbid the representative public men
OF the Democratic party, from connect.
ing themselves with the " fourth estate !"
department in politics quite as honora.
BILE and as full of dignity, more potential
too, and far more lucrative oftentimes
than any official station, even when
fairly gained, aud as to the last espe.
cially, when honestly filled.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
PUBLIC LEDGER.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
NEW ENGLAND THREATENED.

New England, that sterile region,
whose inhabitants assume to lead the
march of mind and drag the West and
South at her car, is in some peril. The
West is turning her attention to mann
featuring, and every spindle she sets to
revolving is threat at New England.
Why may not the West spin cotton yarn,
and manufacture generality That sec
ton can grow her own provisions, export
her own surplus and manufacture at the
same time. New England appears to
claim the monopoly of manufacturing as
a matter of right Certainly she controls
the policy of Congress and gathers the
fruits of it. The tariffs are for her pro-
lection alone. They tax the West for
her benefit. How2 By diverting Wes-
tern attention from the outrage,
in setting up a cry against the
South. But the West begins to perceive
the trick, and there is to-day strong
disposition to defeat it. What then ?
New Eng gland will fail. She produces
nothing. She only changes the form OF
that which other sections produce. When
these sections shall make the most of
their resources, she will resemble sand
bar in the Mississippi river, up on which
nothing grows, and to which nothing is
carried. But the greatest opposition she
breads is just awakening in the South.
Among the changes, observes the Bal
timore San, which are likely to result
from the late conflict between the North
and the South, those Of commercial
and manufacturing character promise to
be the most conspicuous. Before the
war, the natural course of business was
to send cotton from the South TO the
Northern Atlantic cities to be manu-
featured or re-shipped to Europe, re
eeiying IN return such goods as the plant
ing States consumed. Now, the tenden-
cy is to localize .the business of the
South-to produce there, as far as posi-
BILE, the manufactured goods required for
home consumption. With the growth of
manufactures in the South, the advan-
tages of cheapness, resulting from having
the raw product on the spot, will be re-
allied, and eventually she may under
sell others, and send her surplus direct
10 such foreign markets assare in need
of them. As a symptom Of this intro
version Of trade, it may be noted that
between seventy and eighty cotton
mills are now said to be in process
of erection in the Southern States,
besides sundry wooden ones, all tending
to the change in trade and business TO
which we have adverted. Nor is this |
tendency confined to the South solely,
but seems to be actuatng the people of
the Western States also. There, too,
increased attention to manufacturing
enterprises is manifested, promising
changes in commercial affairs not an.
ticipated ten years since. These have
been expedited in the South by the late
conflict in arms, while in the West they
are the result of views antagonistic to
those entertained by the manufacturers
of the Atlantic States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
pAIIpnAn LEASE.

General BEAUREGARD, President Of the
New Orleans, Jackson and Great North
ern railroad, announces through the New
Orleans papers that bids will be received
until the first of April next for the lease
for term not to exceed thirty years, Of
that portion Of this road north of Canton
Miss, to the Tennessee river Ia distance
of 203 miles,, including all the surveys,
grading, masonry, and other works
already done, and all the unpaid sub
scriptions of stock on that portion ofthe
road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
SOUTHERN RELIEF.

The Louisville Courier says; A petit
ton from the citizens of Louisville for
an appropriation of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for the relief OF
Southern suffering, will in few days be
laid before the Legislature. 1t expresses
the unanimous sentiment of our people,
and we hope that no smaller sum
will be thought of seriously. Less
than that would be unworthy of Ken :
lucky. So small an appropriation as
fifty thousand dollars when widespread
restitution exists in five or six States,
which private charity is utterly unable
to meet, would cause the cheeks of many
Kentuckians to blush for our parsimo-
NOUS policy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
VOW THE ACCOUNT STANDS.

According to the report of Gen. How
ARD. the present negro population OF the
eleyen Southern States is 100000.
Turning to the census of 1860, says the
Nashville Union, the reader will find
that the negro population of these same
eleven States in June Of that year was
2 335 900. This leaves deficit Of $685.
600 souls, lost to the world by the efforts
Of the North to better their condition.
How shall we account for these missing
neonle &, If an hundred thousand from
these States lost their lives in " lighting
for the Union" there is still a deficiency
of one hundred and sixty eight thousand
whose bodies are Wondering in the grave
10 satiate the Moloch of Abolitionism.
But this is scarcely 1.-THE of the actual
state of the case. In the decade between
the years 1850 and 1860, the ratio of in
crease of slaves in the eleven States
above named, was, according to the last
census, something more than .JJty-tpo
ner cent. At the same rate for the past
six years, the natural increase of that
class of our population in the States
named, would have been l,O4O, OOO-and
there should have been in June, 1866,
4s75, 900, instead of 1867, OOO-showing,
according to all statistical rules, deficit
of l,3O9, 900, in the negro population of
these eleven States2 What could be
more startling-what more melancholy
or distressing to the true philanthropist
than the sacrifice thus made?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
G0TTOE,

The cotton estimates are now complete,
showing total product of $50, 600 bales
of four hundred pounds each. AS the
actual bales are now nearly five hundred
pounds each, this is equivalent to a mil
lion and a half such bales. The estimates
are made up as follows North Carolina
81 1000 bales; South Carolina, 100000
Georgia, 2O5, 600; Florida, $4,000 Ala
bama, 100000; Mississippi, 100000
Louisiana, 100000; Texas, 100000
Arkansas, ls2, 900; Tennessee, $4,000
other States, $1,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

sD@ A man in Brooklyn advertises
Wanted, boarding-place, where the
terms are not moderate, and where none
of the comforts of home are guaran.
teed, and in a pious family not prefer
rod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

b@"An Indiana justice recently sum
med up case in novel and sprightly
style, which astonished his entire audi
tory. He said Gentlemen of the jury,
in this case the counsel on both sides are
unintelligible, the witnesses on both
sides are incredible, and the plaintiff and
defendant are both such bad characters,
that to me it Indifferent WHICH way you
give your verdict"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
Monarchy,

Hermes" of the Mercury, says
Mr.. Seward is accused of being q mon
archist, and of being DESTROYS to make
Mr.. johnson a King. This is Radical
clap trap. Many men beside Mr.. Sew
ard and General Beauregard feel that an
unbridled democracy is not safe and
satisfactory style of government, but
runs to anarchy, or demands a consoli-
dated government 1t is the aristocraoy
who limit monarchy by law. Barons
wrest Magma Charter from King John /;
the plebS hail Augustus Imperator.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
IMMIGRATION.

The Philadelphia Ledger says: We
have already announced in these columns
that 259, 972 immigrants arrived at New
York from abroad during 1866, larger
number than arrived during any preeed-
ing year since 1854. OF these the greater
proportion came from Germany, and
that country, with the British
Islands, sent US 2l5,928 people. The
number of these immigrants from the
various countries are as follows: Ger
many, lO6,7l6; Ireland, 6s,047; Eng
lard, S6, ls6; Scotland, 1919; Sweden
1907; Switzerland, $685.; France, 3246
Denmark, 1926; Holland, 1906. Italy, slS;
Norway, 583; Wales, $40; Spain, 5ll; West
Indies, 246; Poland, 23l Belgium, l51;
South America, l55; Russia, l54, Mexico
is also reported to have sent us 56;
China, &c; Africa, 10; Australia, u; ia
pan, I; Greece, 5, and Sicily, l.
These people are estimated as hav-
ing brought with them at least $780,
600, 900 in money and effects, and if
the labor they will perform here averages
Eve hundred dollars worth annually,
they add nearly Sl3O,OOO,0OO to the an
nual resources of the country. I'm
migrants are still coming, and it is re-
ported by those having charge of the mat
ter and conversant with the prospective
business of the various lines across the
ocean, that 1867 promises even larger
Immigration than 1866.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
ARCADE LIVERY, BOARD
AND
SALE STABLE.
Between Madison and Monroe.
On the Alley East Of Second st.

HAVING SECURED THE SERVICES OF
III experienced hostlcrs. ! am prepared 20
offer unusual INDUCEMENTS 20 those having
horses % board. as / an prepared 70 feed AID
groom well.
To brewers. hnviur horses for sale, I can offer
the very bsst facilities f1t disposinr Of their
stock. a. 7 have az extensive acqua.ntance.
both in the city and country.
The ven best Of saddle and buggy horses for
hire always on hand.
/ Am also prepared 20 furnish storage for an
immense amount n merchandise. Parties
Wishing storage Tor clriares. burEics, farni-
ture. etc. will ful ny warcruum frhf. dry
ard airy. DAN 5. kIhMAN,
- Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

be- Governor BRowNLow refuses to
commission either BULLOCK or HICKEY
as Attorney General of the Judicial Cir
cult, on the ground that they are ineli-
gible, under the franchise constitutional
provision.
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a Inn1unus REPLY.

The story of FREDERICK the Great and
the famous physician ZIMMERMAN, who
attended him in his last illness, is an
old one, but it viii bear repetition. One
day the dying King said to him: You
have, l presume sir, helped many man
into another world2' This was bitter
pill for the doctor; but his reply to it
was admirable" Not so many as your
Majesty, nor with so much honor to
myself"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

A PETITION is circulating in Massachu-
sets asking the Legislature not to ratify
the constitutional amendment, because it
comedies to the States the right to ex.
clude citizens from suffrage. 1t repre-
sents that the honor Of Massachusetts
would be furnished by voting such an ar
ticle into the Constitution Of the United
States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL REPORTS.

The English BOARD of Trade has
issued some valuable agricultural sta
tistics Of Great Britain and Ireland dur
ing the past year OF the 56,964,O 900
acres of land in Great Britain, %, 7O4,S67
acres we're cultivated, and of the 20, 1922,
CAL acres of land in Ireland, l5,549, 1856
were cultivated. In Great Britain 81
2S7,7 acres raised grain crops; 3,552,-
$50 acres garden vegetables, 964, 934 were
under bare fallow, 1854, 224 raised grass
crops, and ll,l4s,sl4 were pasture or
meadow lands. In Ireland 2,l73,433
acres raised grain crops, l,4S2,O9l
vegetables, 2s,O6O were under
bare fallow; 1900 95 raised grass
crops and l0,OO2,O53 we're pas
ture lands. In Great Britain there
was an acre os grain raised to every 2.62
persons, and in Ireland an acre to every
256 persons. Wheat is the chief grain
crop raised in Great Britain, barley
next, and oats the third. indian corn
is not raised in Great Britain. Oats Is
the chief crop raised in Ireland.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

A MARKET man in Harrisburg has man.
ufactured sausage sixty-nine feet three
inches in length. -Erchange.
1t would be happy for the country il
each member of Congress were placed at
the end of a similar sausage, and com.
PEELED to eat it before voting upon their
abominable bills. The country might
then, possibly, owe its salvation to sau-
sages.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22
p4-A Kentucky newspaper states

DS5~A Kentucky newspaper states
that at the recent settlement of accounts
with The State Treasury by the Sheriils
of the various "wolfscalp" counties of
that State not dollar Of money was
paid over. These sherifls liquidated the
entire taxation of their counties with
wolfscalps, for each of which, in order
to secure the destruction of wolves, the
State pays small amount
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

B6~ A Western man, speaking of the
Pacific railroad, says it is lone of the
funniest condolences in the world, that
almost every alternate section of land on
each side of the road belongs to some
member of Congress"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

pa The Lafayette (Ind) Journal
thinks that it would be well to avoid a
violent Presidential election, and, to Sc
cure this end, Gen. GRANT is the man to
run for President
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-22

s6~ The statue of HENRY CLAY, which
was executed by HART for the city of
Louisville, has been placed on shipboard
at an Italian port, and is now en- route
to the United States 1t will be inaugu-
rated with imposing ceremonies when it
arrives at its place of destination.