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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

GEN. HANCOCK, on assuming COM
maud of the fifth military district, has
issued an order embodying the prin.
ciples on which the military commanders
should act, and which shows that he at
least sees the proper sphere of his
authority. If he will now follow out his
own programme, it will tend greatly to
the good of all concerned. The follow
ing extract contains the substance Of
this order:
The General commanding is gratifed
to learn that peace and quiet reign in
this department 1t will be his purpose
to preserve this condition ofthings. As
means to this great end be regards the
maintenance of the civil authorities in
the faithful execution of the laws, IS the
most efficient, under existing circum-
stances.
In war il is indispensable to repel force
by force, and overthrow and destroy OPP
position to lawful authority. But when
insurrectioDary force has been over
thrown, and peace established, and the
civil authorities are ready and willing to
perform their duties, the military power
should cease to lead, and the civil ad.
ministration resume its natural and
rightful dominion. Solemnly impressed
with these views, the General announces
that the great principles Of American
liberty still are the lawful inheritance Of
this people. and ever should be. The
right Of trial by jury, the habeas corpus,
the liberty Of the press, the freedom OF
speech and the natural rights of persons
and the rights Of property must be pre-
served
Free institutions, while they are essen.
iial to the prosperity and happiness Of
the people, always furnish the strongest
inducements to peace and order. Crimes
aud offenses committed in this district
must be referred to the consideration
and judgment Of the regular civil
tribunals, and those tribunals viii DO
supported in their lawful jurisdiction.
Should there be violations Of existing
laws, which are not inquired into by the
civil magistrates, or should failures in
the administration Of justice by the
courts be complained Of, the cases will be
reported to these headquarters, when
such orders will be made as may be
deemed necessary.
While the General thus intimates BIS
purpose TO respect the liberties OF the
people, be wishes all to understand that
armed insnrrection or foreible resistance
to the law will be instantly suppressed
By arms
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03
THE NEWS.

The LEGISLATURE of Kentucky convened yes
terday. 1t is one of tho most talented and re-
snectable bodies ever convened in the state
Comrnrc IL with the Alabama Menagerie.
A resolution has been introduced in the Lou
siana Convention forbidding pricdte schools
without license. Also, resolutions to pay the
convention expense by direct tax ON all prop
erty above 5000, and on professions by poll tax
etc. collectors to be empowered to distraiu
md call posse comitahs, etc. The courts ana
officers of the State are forbidden to int'riers
with the collectors, on pain OF hne' imprison'
mens, etc,
Inst Wednesday, Mr.. W. Cook and three
members of his family, residing near MeMlnn-
vile. Tenn, were killed by eating bread IN
which poison had been accidentally put instead
soda. No others were expected to die.
A resolution was offered to remove from Of
Gee all disfranchised men. That to raiify the
leyee bonds was opposed as IN attempt to com
pensate rebel planters.
Archbishop 0din was formally received by
the clergy and city societies. Gen. Hancock
bas restored police officers Isord land ODon-
nell. who were removed by Gen. Newer. lie
also removed r. King Cutler from the bench oil
the Southern District Court; Cutler having
been appointed by Mower.
In Congress. Mr.. Ashley introduced joint
resolution to amend the Constitution so that
all native and ma uralized persons over twenty
one shall be citizens, making it incumbent on
each State to maintain free public schools. ana
renders ineligible to Office all members ofrebel
conventions or legislatures. who held commits
sion above the rank of captain in the Confed-
crate army, and provides against payment OF
the rebel debt and compensation for slaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

Ben. BUTLER is sensible fnancier,
and is fully appraised of the value of bonds
and greenbacks, as well as Of gold and
silver in the form of spoons and coin.
In the report of his speech in the House
of Representatives, on the 9th ult, we
find the following extract:
He suggested that if Congress should
enact that all the national bank bills
which find their way into the Treasury
should be retained and cancelled and
legal tender notes to the same amount
issued. the whole national bank currency
would be Withdrawn from circulation In
four or FIVE months, and its place supplied
with greenbacks. This could be done
without increasing the circulation,
and would save between $50, 900
and $3G000,O00 paid on bonds which
are deposited to secure the national bank
currency As to the old State banking
system, that would never return. Their
day was past; they had been got rid OF,
and Congress or the people would never
again permit that system to be fastened
on the country. He proceeded to illus
trate how the national banks made enor-
nous profits at the expense OF the Gov
eminent. A shrewd business man be
said, whom he might name, had taken
to the Treasury 100000 which he in
vested in bonds, then got banking
charter and 100000 of currency. This
currency he again invested in bonds,
went home, and remarked that was all
the banking business he wanted to do
He thus got interest on $780, 900, which
when gold was 200 per cent premium,
brought him in $4,000 q year for his
investment of 100000. That was
the way in which this national bank
system worked. In reference to the sup
posed redundancy of currency in circula-
ton. he showed that while the country
had nominally in circulation seven hun
bred and sixty millions of dollars, it had
actually 10 circulation only five hundred
and fifty millions, while before the war
there was in circulation, according to
Mr.. Chase's estimate, four hundred and
seventy. seven millions, including specie,
and the country was now doing three
times as much business in cash as it did
before the war. He believed that the
country could bear a thousand millions
of circulation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

of whose existence they had any previous
consciousness.
To call this convention Of the people
OF geesh Carolina Is o farce that decelve'
no one. 1t might with as much proprieiy
be called a convention OF the people OF
Massachusetts or Ohio. It is a conyen-
ton Of the negroes Of South Carolina,
and of about two hundred whites, mostly
from other States. who have affiliated and
merged with the blacks.
IL lisa convention in which the white
race Of the State have neither participa'
ton or representation. II ia MS foreign
10 them as il is to the people OF New
York. Even the Northern men resident
here, who have selected this as the home
of their adoption, and whom wo have
welcomed to our soil, would not, even by
their votes, give 1t sanction or counte-
nance, as in any measure the representa-
tive either of their race or principles.
@H
All essential rights of freedom, of
education, Of person and Of property,
the accustomed voters OF this State have
ever been willing to accord 10 the colored
race. They have been ready to go us far
as the security of these and the cause Of
good government would warrant IL IS
AGAINST negro. dominion that they have
protested in their own behalf and that
of the common country. And this pro-
test they have made in the most solemn
and unequivocal form 70 the people OF
every State and section.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

gained? Has It not turned out as their
white friends prsdicted7 Were they
not told that vote would not do them any
good until they FIRST learned how TO vote
that il would make them no freer or
better off, and that they would not have
the right to vote long. Is It not 80 2
Have not the Northern States already
spoken apd said that they shall not'rule
after this year The majority Of whites
here we're for letting them vote as soon
as they could learn how. But now the
Northern whites say they shall not vote
in this country. Let them not be misled
any further by these white Radicals who
have been trying to lead them to give
them Offices by cheating them out OF all
the rights Southern white men were
willing to give them. The day is near
by when they will curse these false
friends for deceiving and figuring them
without redeemng single promise.
We have no enmity to colored men, and
would rather befriend them. The better
class and more thinking of their number
should reflect well on these matters.
They must live by labor and obey the
laws. 1t is their only safety. Idleness
with forty acres, and clover with 'lasses,
and a gate TO swing on, is not what their
Radical pretended white friends came
here to give them. All the good these
men have done them is to give them the
power to vote for Observation-Disclosures;
and that is oil they ever thought of giving
Thorn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

bar At the time Of our canvass for
Governor, there were few among the
moro sensible Of the black population
who though, it was the part OF wisdom
10 adhere TO and trust their old Southern
masters who had always kept their
word. They also thought that none Of
their race who could not read, and who
could not know how to vote, and there
fore could do no good by voting, should
be allowed 10 vote. And they moreover
bad experience enough with Yankee
promises 10 doubt hugely about the
phorty aorez But these were overawed
and overpowered. how nOv-vhat is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03
PEOPLES
CAPITAL STOCK, SsOO, 600.
TAKE FIRE AND MARINE RISKS.
DIRECTORs.

w. B. GREENLAw, N. S. BRUCE.
G. w. COVER, CHARLES JONES,
JAMES ELDER, WIN. HARRINGTON
JOHN 0VERT0N, JR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

R6y An Eastern paper, the Girard
Spectator, dominates Dan. Rice for the
Presidency as peoples man. Dan. is
certainly very sensible gentleman, and
he has travelled and seen the world con-
siderably. We do not know whether a
man of his elevated character could be
elected in these degenerate days. But
we wish him well, and don't know but be
may be our choice as well as the rest A
number Of Dan. Rice clubs, the Spectator
informs us, have already been formed,
which avow that the people who crushed
the rebellion must also restore the Union,
that fsnatical, dilatory and vindictive
legislation shall be rebuked, that each
State shall determine the qualifications
of citizenship, that honesty and economy
must be maintained, taxation equalized,
etc, etc. The platform is good in the
main, and the man an improvement on
some candidates who have preceded him.
Since mountebanks in the Presidential
chair and shoulder hitters in Congress
have become the rage, we are not GER
tain either position would be robbed of
dignity BY the accession Of ye gentle
Snowman. who thus far has proved sue
cessful in his undertakings. Daniel is
shrewder and much mere digni6ed than
history records Of the late Mr.. Lincoln.
If the qualifications Of jester are requi
site for the position, the jolly Snowman
Is infinitely Mr.. LineoIn's superior. Lin
coin frequently told poor jokes; Dan
iers win always produce smile; and
Should the exigeney demand it, +" them
mules could be brought in at any time
10 restore the tagging spirits Of the most
melancholy White House assemblsges.
OF Daniels fitness for Congress there
can be no doubt The condition Of
earthly perfection to which that magnis
cent assembly has attained, paves The
way for statesmen Of Col Riee's stamp.
Col. Morrissey nearly fills the bill, but
not being an orator, his other virtues fail
to shine as conspicuously as ardent adj
mirers could wish. Daniel is his supe-
rior in not only being gifted in muscle
and able to successfully grapple the
mystic beast known as the tiger, but
in possessing well grounded claims to
oratory. His vast experience in the ring
has given his orations classic flash,
which causes them to rank with many Of
the most consummate efforts Of the gifted
Ashley; and we have little doubt that in
few months he could handsomely pol
ish eff the great Sumner himself We
have heard addresses by the gifted show
man TO them mules much more logi-
cal and sensible than the majority of the
efforts flashed over the wires from Wash
ingion. Daniel would be the right man
in the right place as Radical Congress
man. But we shall not veto his being
made President
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03

The Charleston Courier Of November
25th says that is the day fixed by the
Constitution Of South Carolina for the
meeting Of its Legislature But the
capitol building is closed, and, under
military prohibition, no Legislature has
been elected The Courier says.
A few weeks hence, and a body far
different will assemble. They piH meet
neither by the sanction Of he American
people at large. or Of fhe CoRsfifufiOHai
rioters Of this STATE. They will be the
representatives, purely Of the black race,
few Of whom owe any allegiance 20 our
soil or people. aud BY whom, under party
supervision at Washington, the late
slaves have been swept as q GLASS away
from the white people Of the State.
The piebald convention, s0far as heard
from, will consist Of tuo-thirds negroes
and one-ihird whites The white consti-
iuency is very muchthe white delegation.
There are not more than q dozen known
to the white people Of the State At all, or
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03
THE PRTOE OF
GAS liz EDQCED!
TOR GAS SUPPLIED FROM AND AFTER
IL this date. the
MEMPHIS GASLIGHT COMPANY

will sbate ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY
CENTS per 1000 cubic feet from the price here
The nett price will be -Four Dollars aud Fifty
Gents per 1000 cubic feet, if raid promptly in
accordance with the Compans's rules as stated
on every bill rendered; If not so raid the psice
will be 1--WE dollars per 1000 cubic feet.
Much has been said and written about the
price of gas aud generally in an unfair spirit.
1t is believed, on comparing the greatly re-
duced rate of this Company with the prices
charged elsewhere. that most thinking persons
will be fully satisfied with il.
In Galveston tho rate Is So per lou cubic leet.
Nm Savannah. Mobile. Charleston; Vicksburg.
and Natehez the price is s6 per 1000 cubic feet
In Norfolk, So; st. Louis, Nashville, Cairo,
Paducah and Madison, 81 20, and in New Or
leans 81 per 1000 cubic feet.
The average price on the Mississippi river,
from ST. Louis to New Orleans, and including
those cities, is SO ner 1000 cubic fo t.
Gas may be made and sold at less expense on
the sea cost than in this city. yet the Company
have reduced the rate far below the prices OBJ
tainei in southern seaport cities, and telow
the average price in towns and cities on the
In CINCINNATI the rate is 50 IS per 1000 cubic
feet, and in Louisville, So 80; but when their
better facilities for obtaining coal at half the
cost it can be had at this place. and the vastly
greater Onsumption of gas in large cities is
considered. the price proposed must appear as
comparatively cap.
JAMES M. WILLIAMSON,
December .. 1867. 1901 President.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-08-01
WHO IS "MUNDEN2n

There are only three Democrats in
Congress from Ohio. p. Van Trump,
VIM. Mungen and G. w. Morgan, and
even Morgan's seat is contested. Nun
gen recently made speech in Congress,
attempting to prove that the Bible is a
lie, and that God did not create of one
blood all nations, to dwell on all the face
of the earth.
The other day we heard two old Dem
ocrats in a conversation at Dickason's
Hall, Said one: "Have you read
MundOn's great speech in Congress,
proving that the nigger is not of the
same race as the white man :" "Mun-
den? Munden 7" said the other, "who
is Munden ?" "Why," said the first
speaker, "have you not heard of Mum
den? That is his name. M-u-n-d-e-n,
Munden, That is the way it is spell
ed" SAID he
The above is an actual fact, and oc-
Cured at a lawsuit, and the old Dem
ocrats have both held important offices
in this county. Where is the school
master and the missionary A?
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From WnsIlinEtOn.

WAsuINGroN, D. c., July 2Oth 1867.
d. MAckLEY, ESQ.
Dear Sir;--Tn the STANDARD of the 18th inst.
notice an article in relation to soldiers claims,
headed IA Wrong Somewhere" " and calling on
myself and others to see to II. desire to say
that that duty has already been performed, at
least so hr as II could he done during the few
days Congress has beeu In session.
In response to a resolution lnqulrlng whether
and sxpedate the payment of bouuties, the Pay
master General stated that no further legislation
was necessary, and that his clerical force was
fully sufficient. Still bountics arc being paid
only at the rate OF about $4,000 per month, at
which rate years will be required to pay all the
claims. Congress very promptly appointed a
committee on soldiers bounty claims, with In
structions to inquire generally into the causes of
the delay in the payment of bountles, with pow
er to examine Witnesses aud send for persons
and papers.
Now that this committee, with Mr.. WASH
burne, Of Indiana, as It's chairman, will prompt-
ly investigate and thoroughly probe this whole
matter OF delay to the bottom, none can doubt.
Hence, while VIC may conjecture that certain
functionaries Of tho Government fear prompt
payment to the men who have saved the country
will too rapidly depele the Treasury, or that
there Is "a power behind the throne controlling
this matter. Stlli We must await the report Of
tho committee. Respectfully
1T. WILSON.
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humber history we have heard while
thrones were falling it is the home of
our ordinary life. Then come the asso-
Citations and LoOe of every hour-wife,
husband, children, parents, brothers,
sisters, friends BY all this we mean
that home is where our associations are
provided we are not SlareS to our sur
roundings. Let us have a peaceful
philosophy of home-life, and we will
live longer in happy homes Let us
invite 10 our houses pure affections and
beauty for tile mind, the eye and the
heart Let books yield their treasures
for the mind. Let flowers bloom Let
the heart be crowded with painless
memories and radiant with modest
hopes.
We wonder when we travel on rail-
road or river how many of those we see
are going home--so many seem happiest
abroad. We wonder whether there is
one place anywhere dearer to them than
all other places or any place dearer than
one-that one calied home. We wish
there were happy homes for all aimless
wanderers-that some would stay lon
ger with their mothers-thatfewer were
in the habit of living everywhere, and
that to no purpose-that many more
could recognize some bliss in quietude
that they who have no business
abroad, save fretting, would stay at
home-but perhaps we need not wish
so many things while we are happy at
home, Cheerful philosophy will season
your dinner, make your house convent
ent, make you contented with your wife
or husband, servants and children; and
when YOU must go abroad you will have
the pleasure.of realizing that you are
away from home because you know that
you wish to return as soon as convent
ent
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PAINTS FOR FARMERS

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Smiths majority 800. On Congressman their
majority was still less There is not county In
the District but can make sufficient gain to over
come this majority aud secure the election Of Mr.
Emmitt. Scioto county will do 1t beyond an per-
adventure The Democracy of the District should
strive to see which county can show the largest
gains this year.--Portsmoah Times.
There is hint for the Union men.
This Senatorial District is very close,
and every man in the District must do
his duty, or the Ohio Legislature will
be honored C) by the presence of this
whisky lord next winter, and Vallandig-
ham receive the vote of the District for
U, S. Senator. Let every Union man
arouse himself, and do his duty.