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soulhernors are sliIl at work on plan
Of reconstruction. It appears they are
ready to make all concessions except
adapting themselves TO the disability
clause Of the amendment. lis under
stood that they viii give the negroes suf-
lrage, aud become contented with Con
gressional action disqualifying the lead.
ers from holding Federal Offices. IL is
said the President will approve such leg
islation.f N. "a hftN 0M III
A Washington special says the Tax
Bill will be reported to-day. The Tariff
Bill will not be reported until Friday.
On Saturday the Committee on Ways
and Means restored the clause requiring
the Pacific and all other railroads to use
American iron.
Gen. Banks bill for reconstructing
Louisiana is published. 'lf
The receipts for Internal Revenue
yesterday, was s772,OOO. The Commit.
tee on Ways and Means will report o
uniform rate Of cent per pound on cane
sugar They leave raw cotton as here
tofore.
BALTIMORE, February ll.-Dayis d
Co. s chemical works we're burned last
night
NoRwIcu, CoxS., February ll-A
freshet has damaged the mills in this
vicinity to the amount of $4,000. The
Providence damages are estimated at
100000.
ST. LOUIS, February 1.-THE river is
still falling, with plenty Of water to Cairo.
The weather has moderated but is still
quite cold. The prospects for speedy
resumption of navigation in the Illinois
and Upper Mississippi are good.
PITrsBUKG, February lO.-There was
a cold drizzling rain yesterday, which
changed to hail, and afterwards to snow,
which; continued through the entire
night, and there is this morning four
inches en- the highways The weather is
very cold. lrl
The river has risen, and the pier-mark
indicates eight and half feet water in
the Monongahela. Freights are plenti-
full, and prices are good. Boats are
leaving with good loads There are no
prospects of resumption of navigation
in the Monongahela. c.9 4al
LOUISVILLE, February l0.-The st.
Charles has gotten of, and leaves for
New Orleans Immediately. The Louis
vile leaves this evening,
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MILITARY GOVERNMENT.
Generals Consulting on Deposition
of the President as Command
erin Chief. ar

Special 10 N. o. Crescent tr
WASHINGTON, February 6.--There has
been great excitement throughout the
capital to-day in consequence of report
which has been presented from the Re
construction Committee, based on Will
liams' bill, which threws the whole power
over the South into the hands of General
Grant, divides the Southern States into
military districts, and entirely super
cedes civil law therein.
Under the provisions Of this measure,
Louisiana and Texas are specially pro-
vided for as forming one department..
tits understood that the House will be
forced to vote upon the bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Bingham, upon the presentation
of the report, pronounced the scheme as
flegrantly violative Of the Constitution,
and he declared that the Supreme Court
could not but pronounce it so. rt
1t is reported in well informed and re-
liable quarters that Gen. Sheridan and
Gen. Sickles both request an increase OF
the forces under their commands. m
1t is rumored that the generals now in
Washington are consulting on the even
tuality Of the deposition of the Presi
dent in case of his impeachment, in
volving his powers as commander-in-
chief.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-11
STRONG LANGUAGE.

In the debate in the Lower House Of
Congress on the 9th, on the bill TO estab-
lish military governments in the South,
Mr.. Rodgers spoke in strong language.
He said, rather than see military gov
eminent established in this country, he
for one would use the powers the AL
mighty gave him in resisting an invasion
Of his liberties. He hoped the President
of the United States would resist and
would use the powers the Constitution
gave him to compel traitors to obey the
laws. If Andrew Johnson, added Rod
gers, would submit to see the country
destroyed, his name would go down with
ignominy to posterity as coward and
traitor.
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AN HONORABLE FEELING.

The Washington InteltgeHcer says;
"There is kind of outburst Of the more
respectable of Republican journals
against the unfortunate action of Gems.
Griffin and Sheridan, in prohibiting q
public ceremonial burial Of the remains
Of General Albert Sidney Johnston. For
getfulness is ever invoked by calm and
we'll balanced minds, even for the worst
of men, at the threshold Of the grave.
Who does net remember the pomp and
circumstance with which ruffians,
stepped in crime, we're buried during the
periods of mobs against foreigners, and
particularly Catholics ? Even the bloody
Gloster respected the funeral procession
of one be had caused to be murdered.
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LoUIsIAUA.

In the bill before Congress to provide
military government for Louisiana,
the qualification of electors defined,
namely Every male citizen of the Uni
ted States, without distinction Of race or
color, who has resided in Louisiana one
year, and who can take the test oath,
provided an exception is made in favor
Of those who never voluntarily counte-
naneed the rebellion, or served it except
as a private soldier in open warfare, who
may be admitted TO the rights Of an cleo.
tor BY an order Of any court Of record Of
the United States, upon the production
Of suitable proof
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TIE SEASON OF HEAVY SHOWS.

This winter will be noted hereafter as
season of great and frequent SHOWS,
as suow-storms have happened in very
unusual places and TO very extraordi'
nary extent. OF the heavy SHOWS
throughout the whole Northern country
the people in these ATTITUDES are of
course well informed, but we have had
records of them also, showing that they
have extended from Great Britain west
ward to the Pacific Ocean, and on our
own continent as far South as Texas
The recent fall of snow in Louisiana
wa, such phenomenon as to set the
newspaper scribes at work overhauling
their old meteorological tables, and they
have found but FIVE such occurrences
within the last eighty-seven years.
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WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
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EXTRACTS from Various Letters.l
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THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS
New YoRK, February IL, IL m.-Cotton
in moderate demand and frm-uplands,

New YoRK, February IL, l2m.-Cotton
in moderate demand and firm-uplands,
33@33lc. Gold, 1850. ~ ~ oaH Z
LoUIsvIIuE, February ll--Noon.-The
weather is clear and pleasant, and the
river is falling rapidly with 8 feet q
inches on the falls. The steamer St.
Charles, from Cincinnati for New Or
leans, in landing at Jacksonville last
night got on the wharf logs and is still
there, with the river falling very fast.
The Laurel Hill has arrived from New
Orleans. e sa1
New YORK, February 1.-THE Du-
range Mexican correspondence of the
18th says that large number of French
and Austrian deserters are now serving
in the Republican army, and many Mex
lean Imperial officers are applying for
the same employment, but are not re-
eeived. n i,rr fiHreE tFlF
The pecuniary stringency is so great
in Pitt county, North Carolina, that the
people have compelled the sheriff to burn
up all his writs and executions. Desti
tuition prevails throughout the State, and
the negroes are greatly alarmed, as bands
of regulators have made oaths to dis
possess every negro Of his property and
are stealing their horses.
The ship Dashing Wave, from San
Francisco, struck at Boungal shoals yes
terday afternoon. She got ahoat after
wards and sunk inside Of Sandy Hook
No lives were lost TLnWF
Solomon Johnson, formerly the Presi
dents barber, has been appointed to
frst-elass clerkship in the Treasury De
partment, with his desk in the Secretary
Office. Ht Nt
The majority report .of the New Or
leans Riot Committee is published. i
says the time has fully arrived whet
Congress shonId secure a Republican
form Of Government to the people o
Louisiana, and that since the surrender
Of the rebel armies the rebellion
has assumed another form, ans
now controls the Government tbrousl
the same agencies that led their armies
and the present civil government o
I Louisiana should be suspended, and l
proper military government be estab
Hshed and maintained until Louisiana 4
controlled By loyal men.
A bill accompanies the report, that th
rebels should be enfranchised by a nat
uralization process from the Unite
States Courts
A Washington special says that ii
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
FALSE TO THE cOLoREp PEOPLE.

The Radical meeting on Saturday
night was exactly what il was expected
by all outsiders to be. 1t was sort OF
mutual admiration affair among the
whites. There we're the leaders, assembled
in all the pomp of conscious power. They
were fortified by the franchise act, that
measure so dear TO the hearts OF those
who. scorned and hated by the people
whom they have wronged and outraged,
cannot live without office, and cannot
obtain it without despoiling them
of that dearest of all rights, the right OF
citizenship in the land of their birth.
Looking down upon the people who built
the house that sheltered their heads, and
despising the masses who opened the
wilderness of the South to agriculture and
commerce, it was easy to make motions
and pass resolutions. Their platform
was, ostensibly, the negro, but really
themselves Without the negro, they
would have no principles, while sctth the
negro, they keep no faith. They are
unfit to champion the cause of the col
ored man, because they are not sincerely
his friend. They presume upon his ig-
norance and take advantage Of his
credulity. They desire his vote, while
they would not permit him to share the
offices with them. They tickle his fancy
with the franchise, while they exclude
him from the fellowship Of Office. They
say, in effect, to him: Get down, sir;
we have high horse to mount From
your back we will ascend. Is there a
colored man in Memphis too stupid to
comprehend the role Of our Jacobins ?
We know some who are not.
A colored man who attempted to speak
at the meeting referred to, was putdown.
Why Because it is no part of the pro-
gramme of these men that men Of color
shall mingle in their councils, or assume
TO be their equals They shall not hold
Office, the Brownlow Legislature says
They shall not sit on juries. But they
are expected to vote with the Radical
party. Miserable tricksters The honest
negro cannot be thus deceived. He has
at least common sense, and that teaches
him to know his real friends and despise
those who would use him for ends purely
selfish. IL the colored people may
vote, why may they not hold office ?
The plan is this. The eolored man may
vote if be will vote for Brownlow and his
followers. But he shall not sit on jury
that decides question in which the life
or property of his race is concerned. He
is required to vote the Radicals into Of
fee. There his privilege terminates.
He is not benefited in the slightest de-
gree. He is expected TO become the
slave of set of unprincipled Office
seekers, who cannot live without Office.
A colored man is not allowed to speak at
their meetings. The chairman puts him
down. His race is not allowed a dele
gate in the convention of the 22d Of
February. The truth is, the Jacobins
who expect to get their living by the
votes of the negro population, are
ashamed 10 associate NTH them.
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New York on Saturday morning last,
aged Sc. He was born in Greene county,
New York, in 1911, and studying law,
was admitted to practice at Lockport ~
1884. In 1886 he was made Judge Of
the Niagara county court, and in early
life affiliated with the Democratic party,
but afterwards became Wing, and was
BY them elected to Congress, in which he
served from ls4S to ls49. In the latter
year he was elected Comptroller Of New
York by the Wings by a majority Of
5000; and in 1850 the Wings elected him
Governor BY plurality Of 262-
the vote standing, Hunt, Whis
2l4,6l4; Horatio Seymour, DEM
ocrat, 2l4,s52, and Chaplain AOo-
litionist, s4l6. In 1852, Mr.. Hunt was
a candidate for Governor again, but this
time was beaten by Horatio Seymour
the latter receiving 264,l2l votes to
24l, 525 given for Mr.. Hunt; and the
vote of the Abolitionist candidate having
grown in ten years to 1861. When the
Wing party died, Mr.. Hunt became a
Democrat, but he ceased to take any
active part in politics and lived in re-
,irement at Lockport, breaking il only
to 90 to Chicago in 1864 as delegate to
the Democratic Convention which NOM
mated General Mcclellan for President.
He was a prominent member of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and was
repeatedly chosen lay delegate to the
General Convention of that church.
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BUrLER's MORALS.

A dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger
asthis information: rrs
The impeachment question continues
to be the absorbing theme Of converse
ton here. That which is below set forth
is substantially a correct statement Of
the facts known tonight: Gen. Butler
is reported to have said to-day, TO seve-
raj Of his acQuaiutanees who called on
him, that be is not in favor Of any fur
Their action by Congress on the matter of
impeachment; that the proposition did
we'll enough for electiOneering purposes,
but it would not do for Congress to at
tempt TO carry II out
Senators Sumner and Wilson also sta
ted yesterday, in a private conversation,
that they are opposed TO the impeach-
meut project Very generally It Is con
ceded that the number Of members Of
Congress who oppose the further prose
cutiOn Of impeachment has greatly in
creased, and therefore there are many
who suppose that the House will not
adopt articles Of impeachment even II
the Judiciary Committed should report
such articles
Here is confession on the part Of
Butler that should damn him, II that ope-
ration has not long since been performed.
The proposition was gotten up for cleo
pioneering purposes The victory
achieved, the people deceived, there is
no longer any occasion for the expert
ment Of Impeachment sumner and
Wilson, Who gave their countenance to
impeachment, Withdraw when nothing
further Is to Be gained to the party hy
holding out q falsehOod to the pHbhe-
AID this is a specimen Of ihe Official
virtue Of the nation, the pet Of the siArs
and stripes
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D6- The following is the conclusion
Of an epitaph on a tombstone in East
Tennessee "She lived life of virtue
and died of the cholera morbus caused
By eating green fruit in the full hope of
a blessed Immortality at the early age
of twenty-four years seven months and
sixteen days. Reader go thou and do
likewise, rar.-F4ssrf q ~
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rT The National Infellioeneer

r~ The National Intsltigeneer Of
the sOth ult says; "a gentleman from
New Orleans, who visited the House yes
isriay afternoon, remarked as he came
out in the general stampede which took
place when the member from Indiana
began to read bis speech, that the lowest
brand Of wine in this city was the Julian,
and be vas led TO suppose that the poor
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l6~ A waggish editor says that the
streets of one of the Western cities are
to be lighted with red-headed girls. That
will be bad=too many people will be
found hugging the lamp-posts, a
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cnLnRKn cANnInA1E.

The Knoxville Commercial says
There seems 10 be a strong disposition
on the part Of some Of the leading
colOred citizens to place candidate on
the track for Congress in this district
We do not like the color Of the move.
But they have a perfect right to do 50
and they can poll a strong vote in this
district, and If they choose 10 make the
issue they certainly viii be sustained
and protected in their rights
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No. A butting match occurred in
Lynohburg, Va, last Saturday, between
certain William Goat and negro boy,
which attracted, says the Ne,rs, large
crowd Of spectators The negro, having
the hardest head, came off first best in
the tilt, butting William off his pegs
several times, until he finally retreated
discomfitted from the field.
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nea- The Louisville daily Journal, Of
the LIST inst, says 'Among the dis
tinguished auditors at the Academy OF
Music last night was Gen. J. Bankhead
Magruder, of the late Confederate States
army. He arrived in this city yesterday
from Washington. and is rooming at the
Louisville Hotel. The Generals IA
nous military whiskers, eagle eye, and
handsome face looks as natural as life. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-11

aA- VIM. S. Mudd, of Jefferson county,
Alabama, is spoken of as a suitable can
didate for Governor of that State. The
name of Hon. Walter Crenshsw, of But
Ter county, has been mentioned in con-
nection with the same office. po
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D9~Fox hunting is being revived in
Clarke and Frederick counties, Virginia.
In two days one party denned six foxes,
and on the third scalped eight, which is
considered one of the best days fox
hunting ever known in the State.
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r@rA country gentleman stopping a

b@A country gentleman stopping at
a lodging house in St Louis over night,
took out his glass eye and put it in a
glass tumbler for safety. Another ledger,
who had too much whiskey in him TO
sleep, got up in the night, filled the glass
with water, aud drank the entire con-
tents. 1t nearly killed him.
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pd~ The New York Post of the Dot

p6- The New York Post of the Doth
says: "The proposed excursion to the
East, of which we gave an account last
Saturday, promises to prove success.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has engaged
passage for himself and family, and
many other gentlemen have made appli-
cation to join the party with their fam
lies ~
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AUCTION SALE
-OF-
ELEGANT. FURNITURE.
Tuesday Morning, Feb. I2.

EOR ACCOUNT OF A PRIVATE FAMILY
II retiring from house Keeping, we vail sell a.
our eaies-huom, Jefferson Block, Second
81 found IN the market. NOT DkFACkD Oh
INJURED. having been IN use but lev
month";. Parties wi<hing 10 purchase vii Ind
Parlor, Chamber q Dining Room Furniture
in rcts and sinsls piece. Velvet, Brus.els and
Incrain Carpcts oil FLOOR Cloths, Tableware.
ETC. u the best quality. and in perfect qr1ers
row omen for Inspection On our second tanr'
sale h. commcrce a. 10 o'clock on iuesday
kOYsIER. IRRELEVANT A CO.
Auctioneerf.
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MEpIcAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.


4 ETTHE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read tho followingi
Lot all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken Of as inourablo, read the iollowing
let all who can believe facts. and can have
faith In evidence. read the following:
Know az Me-. 5y these Pressnis, That on this
the twentieth day Of June, IN the year Of our
personally came Joseph Haydock 10 me, known
as such, and being duly sworn. deposed rs fol-
lows Thai no y tho sole general agent for tho
United state and dependenclea thereof, for pre-
partitions or medicines known as MAGGlEL'S
PILLS and SALNk. aud that tho following
certificates are verbatum copies 20 the best a
his knowledge and belief.
u. 81 JAMES SMkiTkE, Notary Public,
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New York. April z, 1855. ~ Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case of n man
employed In an Iron Foundry. who, in pouring
melted iron into flask that was damp and wot
caused an explosion. Tho melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower,
and he was burnt drcadfully. The following
certificate was given TO me by him about eight
weeks after the acoident:. u
NEw .YoRK. Jan. II, 1866.
Ny name is Jacob Hardy j am an iron foun-
der; was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salve, and 1t cured mo in few weeks. This is
all true. and any body can now see me at jack
j. HARDY.
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ny A nbIIosopher Of the m,

w A philosopher OF inc meuIUH'
school estimates that the health of Amer
lean women has been improved about
twenty-five per cent in the past ten
years by the habit of wearing thick
shoes and warm clothing; by the in
crease of outdoor exercise, and the
larger indulgence in what was once con-
sidered unseemly recreation.
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1 Have Over 200 Such Testimonials.

% MAGGIEL'S PILLS AND SALVE are al
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the youngest babe. FOR CUTANE0US DIS
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externally alone, but penetrates with the most
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