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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-23
PUBLIC LEDGER.
pnnsnR1R1Na A GENERATION.

SIMON CAMERON boldly takes the ground
that the present generation of the South
are disloyal, and cannot be made loyal
They must, therefore, be prescribed.
What a picture have we here The men
who formed the SoutherR Confederacy
and sustained it as one of the nations OF
the earth for four years against the
North and West, and all the world be-
sides-the men who won the held oil
Manassas, and a hundred others, and
gave eclat to American valor-must they,
in this day Of enlightenment, in this day
of progress, in this day when the genius
of slavery has been trodden down-be
forced into exile for life, and be branded
with dishonor? Yes, that is the pol
lev of the mortals who run the
machine of tyranny on this continents
but such is not the policy of the fmmor-
tails who hold the scales of justice, and
pronounce the fiat of fate. Who can dis
grace LEE, and his illustrious brothers
in arms? Who can disgrace those whom
the gods have made immortal lgnor-
ance would attempt it-malice would
support it-vengeance would hurl fire
and faggot, death and destruction, but
reputation is no slave Of Congress, and
glory is the universal award of merit
BRuTus stabbed CRsAR, but did the fame
of CESAR perish? The Jews crucifed
CHRIST and killed his apostles, but did the
Christian religion become extinct? All
history teaches that persecution gives
vitality to the thing prosecuted. If the
germ has elements of endurance, all the
power of nature cannot destroy it.
The wheat grows under the snow, the sea
plant under the wave, the mistletoe on
the limbs of the dead oak Honor is
ideal. not material 1t clusters around
names, whether they be sounded in the
trump Of fame, or be Kissed by the pow
erful, but low-born breed Of fyranis
One generation attempt to prescribe
another. One set Of men, because they
are more numerous, attempt to fix stain
on living examples Of valsr, justice,
virtue and nobility As well attempt to
extract the heat from FIRE, the hue from
the rainbow, the perfume from the rose,
or honesty from Beg BUTLEK's nature
The present generation may be pro-
scribed for time, 50 far as participation
in'politieal affairs is concerned They may
he oppressed With laws fit only for the gov
eminent Of savsges. They may be taxed
and robbed, beggared and plundered.
They may be denounced TO the world
through the columns Of a corrupt press,
and slandered from the lips Of bribed
Representation, but they cannot be de-
prived of the effects which truth and jus
tice work upon the minds Of men. The
generations Of proscriptionists and pro-
scribed may pass away together. Can
the historian, who announces the history
of one, withhold that Of the other2 Can
the man who sits in Judgment upon the
events Of our time thirty years hence,
be bribed to write what STEVENS and
PHILIPS would dictate now to the histo-
rian? o supreme folly And yet such
men as CAMERON would commit it. You
cannot prescribe the present generation.
God did not place them here to be the
slaves of malice. If such policy shall
be adopted, woe to the shallow malig-
nants who attempt. to enforce IL.
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GOVERNOR ALIENS REsrIKG-PLACE.

The Baton Rouge Gazette Of the 18th
says: THAT ground has been broken in
the State.house grounds for the tomb IN
tended as the receptacle Of the remains
Of Governor ALLEN. Messrs. G. NJ Lock
WOOD and P. A. Walsh have kindly vol
unteered their services TO build the vault,
and Mr.. AsBENHeRsT, in like commenda-
bic spirit, has proFered the use Of a
magnificent hearse for conveying the
remains from the landing to the place Of
interment as soon as they shall have
reached here The spot selected for the
monument is one admirably suited 10 the
purpose, being upon the immediate brow
Of the hill, near the principle entrance
TO the grounds, surrounded by handsome
evergreens and commanding a fine view
I Of the river.
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TIE DAVIS FAMILY.

It has frequently occurred 70 US as
singular that the State Of Mississippi has
not. and does not make an appropria-
ton for the support Of the family Of its
imprisoned citizen, JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Ten thousand or even Eve thousand del
lars per anpum would place them above
want. while it would add additional re-
nown to that great State. We do not
know what laws may prevent such an
act. or what other obstacles are in the
way. bat if we were member OF the
Legislature of that State, we would strug-
gle to overcome them That body re-
assembled on Monday, and we trust that
it will take this matter into considera-
ton. Mrs. DAVIS should not be allowed
to appeal to charity. Mississippi should
see to that. The people would pay an
annual appropriation without a muir
muir. We trust they will force their rep
resentatiVes TO make it.
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GEORGE Il. PEEDIEToE.

Hon. George H. Pendleton, in his
speech upon taking the Chair as Presi-
dent of the Ohio Democratic Conven-
ton, while arraigning the dominantparty
for its usurpations and revolutionary
steps, expressed his views as to the ad-
yisable course to the South as follows;
Let them, moved by their own just
impulse and not by dictadon from others,
revise. If necessary, their legislation in
regard to the freedmen, and secure to
them all their civil rights by the
same processes Of Law, expressed by
the same courts, and the same
penalties which are used in the case
Of white men. Let them, if necessary TO
secure this ample protection, revise and
change the public opinion Of their COM
munities. Let them be Jealous in Sc
curing TO them every opportunity OF flt-
ting themselves for their changed con-
dition. and every advantage for a good
development which healthy social and
governmental system will permit The
necessity Of both sections will coerce
social and commercial intercourses, and
this. in time. will soften asperIties and
assuage bitterness and promote good
will: and restoration, If it ever comes at
all will be upon a sound basis.
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A wedding took place in Raleigh re-
Gently among the upper crust" of
darkeydom, at which the guests, receiv-
ing the usual cards of invitation, were
required to pay an entrance fee of FIVE
dollars, and after entering the charmed
precincts we're required to expend FIVE
dollars more in refreshments. The
money was turned over to the bride and
groom, who had taken this method Of
raising money to start on their journey
of life
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CROSBY'S OPERA HOUSE ART
ASSOCIATION.
The Opera House Drawn by A. H.
Lee, of Prairie du Roche, Ill.
List of the Principal Numbers
Drawn.

CHICAGO, January 2l.-The drawing
Of prizes in the Crosby Art Association
took place to-day There we're large
number of strangers in the city, and the
opera house was densely crowded. Be-
fore the commencement of the drawing
it was announced that between thirty
and thir,y,fve thousand tickets remained
unsold, which belonged to Mr.. Crosby.
The drawing commenced at 1890.
Ticket No. So, 500 drew the opera house.
The following are among the principal
prizes, with lucky numbers
70 Semitic Valley, l6l 1872.
Cropsey's Autumn, 76,lS7.
Irving and friends, 1856.
Woods in Autumn. IS, 400
Recognition, q, 1896.
Deer on Prairies, l,942
Alpine Scenery, Sc, 800.
Volk' Bust of Lincoln, 1916
Old Reel, 1921.
Fisherman of Normandy, 1871.
Deserted House, 104, $50.
Crossing the Stream, 37,S43.
Attack Of the Bear, 1921.
View in Genesee Valley, l2l, la.
Booth as Iago, 50,6T4.
Landscape with Figures. 30,9S6.
Glimpses of Palisades, 1854
Jewel Case, 1898.
Frosted Bud, ll3,2Sl.
Scene in Tyrol, IS, 943
Twins, l6j, $50.
Brother, l23 5S7.
Narragansett Bay, 6S, 1926
Landscape, 3,SlL.
Selecting Bridal Dress, 209,2
Marine View, 3f.729.
Double Treat, 1874.
Landscape, l22,32A
Marin's Fort Warren, 99,lI6.
On the Hudson. Us, 33L
Flower Girl, 1892
View in WestpOrt, ll0,s2L
Sunset, l7As3l.
Landscape, 3093.
Football in Italian Tyrnl. 207 $40.
Master and Maid, 1892.
Vase Of Flowers, 1913
Dover Wells. 72,S09
BAYOU onthe Coast Of Mexico, l40, Cos
Bougwall, France, 1854
Little Daisy, lT2,6l5.
A. II. Lee, Of Prairie Du Roche, Ran
dolph county. Illinois. about fifty mile
south Of St. Louis, is the lucky holdc
of ticket IS, COO. The ticket was sold b.
Petite & Leathe, Of ST Louis, who imme
diately on the receipt Of the TELEGRAM
from Crosby, announcing the drawing
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Important Decision Of Judge Hawes.

From the Paris Kentuckian. l7th.l
Hon r. HAYES, Judge of the Bourbon
County Court, has just rendered n deci-
sion, which is Of unusual importance,
and which, il sustained by the higher
courts, as we doubt not it will be when
judicially tested, will eiiectually destroy
the power of the Freedmen's Bureau
throughout the State.
The decision was rendered in the case
Of colored woman, Harriet Harley,
who came by her attorney, j. Lawrence
Jones, before the court, praying writ Of
hd6eds corpus against Dudley Cummins,
who, under color of an indenture Of APP
premiership by the Bureau, was, as she
alleged, restraining of their liberty two
minors-her children. The case coming
up for hearing, the Hon. Judge held that
the provisions Of the Freedmen's Bureau
were not applicable to this State, but
were clearly intended to apply to those
States only which were in rebellion and
where the ordinary process of the law
was suspended by armed force. Ken
lucky bad not been in the rebellion, but
was, through the whole period Of the war,
a loyal State, and as such was represented
in the Congress Of the United States,
and only during the temporary occu'
pancy of Kentucky by the rebel forces in
1862 was the ordinary process of the law
suspended. Hence the court could not
regard the provisions of the Bureau law
as applicable to this State, and declared
all contracts Of apprenticeship by agents
in Kentucky to be null aud coid. The
in conformity with the above
views, were ordered to be remanded to
their mother.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

NEw York, January 23-The Persia
takes out $76,lOO in treasure. Other
steamers take nothing.
Arrived-Rapidan, from New Orleans.
Cotton dull at s4934ic for middling
uplands; five.twenties, go 1913, GA 1868,
'65 LOG, new issue lOif@lOls ten
forties, 99s@99Ii seven.thirties, old
series, lOliSlO4s; gold, l3lg.
The steamer Cuba has arrived.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-The House
remained in session till eight o'clock
this morning. Forty votes by ayes and
noes taken. Only third as many as
during the famous fight over the Kansas
Nebraska bill The majority finally
yielded, Mr.. Boutwell, proposing adjourn
ment to IL o'clock and that the hour be-
tween that and noon should be at the
disposal of the Democrats, who wished
to debate the bill. No promise, however,
on the part of the Democrats that they
would be allowed vote at noon.
The Postmaster General responds to
the demand of the House by reporting
ten appointments which had been re-
jected by the Senate and twenty on which
the Senate had failed to act The Pres
ideut approved the bill, fixing the time
at the next meeting of Congress, adding
4th of March TO the present time for meet
ing.
Some of the New England railroads
refuse to renew mail contracts at former
rates. Mails are transported by horses
in many instances. These difficulties
confirm the Postmaster General in favor
of postal telegraph.
The Nebraska and Colorado vetoes was
considered by the Cabinet yesterday.
There we're three unsuccessful Senatorial
ballots for a Kentucky Senator. Davis
withdrew. Last stood, Powell 80;
Harding, 46; Brystow, 80.
The delegates from the North Ameri-
can colonies were entertained with a
grand dinner by the Canadian club.
LONDON, January 23.-The ship join
ers who we're preparing the Great East
ern for traffic between New York and
Brest, struck for higher wages.
James F. Wilkinson, late manager Of
a London joint stock discount company,
well known in the banking world, was
found guilty of robbing his company of
two checks, and sentenced to FIVE years
penal servitude.
The Inman steamer City of Boston has
completed ten voyages between New
York and Liverpool the past year, run
ming seventy thousand statute miles
performance never before equalled.
The Admiralty is preparing estimates to
build frst-class armor-plated ships
seven second-class, four to be turret
ships, coast defense ship, fourteen
smaller vessels, and twenty gunboats.
The new Japanese embassy have ar
rived at Paris, and remain there one
week, then 90 to st. Petersburg via Ber-
lin, and thence to America.
A spirit Of intolerance was showing
itself in Rome. Services of Scotch
Presbyterians we're interdicted, and it
is limited that those held by American
Protsstants would also be suppressed.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-Boutwell's
bill, making it rule for United States
Courts excluding from practice Confed-
crates and others, passed l09 to AZ.
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s6r Mr.. WV SMITH, Sr., of Port Glib
son, Miss, while on hunt in Louisiana
few days ago, cut down bee tree which
measured twenty-three feet in cireum-
ference, and from which he took three
hundred pounds of honey.
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r6r The New York Tribune has an
article entitled How the South Stands.
In view of its character, it should be fol-
lowed BY one entitled How the North
.o-u 9
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10000 PIANOS,

In the construction Of which they have intro
duced every known and valuable Improvement
They have invariably been selected and used
by all of the worlds acknowledged great artists
who have visited this country professionally,
both for private and public use.
THALBERG
at consider Chickering & Sons Pianos, be-
yond comparison. the best have ever seen in
America"
GOTTSCHALK.
"I consider Chickering & Sons Pianos SUI
perior to any in the world.
"They are unrivaled for their singing quail
tics and for the harmonious roundness of their
tone. There is perfect homogeneity through
out all the registers. The upper notes are re-
markable for a clearness and purity which do
not find in any other instrument, while the base
lie distinguished for power without harshness
and for magniioenv sorority"
WEHLI.
Your Pianos are superior to any have ever
seen in this country or in Europe.
II have never heard n tone so perfect it
yields every expression that is needed in music,
and its quality is capable of change to meet
every sentiment. This is rare power and is
derived from the perfect purity Of its tone, to-
gether with its sympathetic, elastic and we'll
balanced touch"
POZNANSKI.
During the past eight years I have con-
stantly played upon the justly-celebrated Erard
Pianos yours are the only instruments that /
have found. either here or in Europe, to equal
them in all their points of excellence"
Watson's Art Journal. Of Nov. IL. 1865, says:
MADAME Abel performed on the new Chicken
ing Grand, which took the Gold Medal at the
Fair of the Massachusetts, Charitable Mechan-
les Association, held at Boston last month.
It's the noJlest Instrument zoe eOer heard IN
a concert ROOM"
1t may be satisfactory to our patrons and
friends among tho public at large to state that
testimonials have been received from all the
leading artists who have visited or are now re-
siding in the United States few of whose
names, besides those above, we append:
Leo. De Meyer, r. Hoffman,
NJ Strakosch, Alfred Jael,
Gustav Satter, Julien,
IL. Sapderson. j. Benedict,
Arthur Napoleon, And many others.
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picture. At first we did very well, hut
soon oven ordinary comforts were im-
practicable aud thousands died from the
mere want Of those ministrations of
medicines aud genial stimulants which
il became impossible TO provide.
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$3.50, 900 Worth of Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS,
Hats, Clothing and Gents
Furnishings.

This is no humbug We mean what we say
and say what we mean.
Look at our prices and Judge fer yourselves.
1000 pieces Fast Colored Calico at Is cents per
yard.
1000 pieces Bleached Domestic at "a, 16, 20 and
p cents per yard.
800 pieces Printed Delaines at 80 cents per I'D.
500 pieces White and COored all Wool Elan
nels at IS, 40, IS, and 30 cents per yard.
100 pieces Bed Ticking at 20. 20 and 40 cents
per yard
q bales Brown Domestics at IS. IS and 20
cents per yard.
100 dozen Ladies Nubias at 80. 70 cents and
100 dozen Breakfast shawls at 81 . and 81 50
each.
100 Ladies Cloth Cloaks at IS each.
500 ladies' Shawls at 81 p 70 81 each.
lOl dozen Boys Hats at 80 cents TO 81 each.
lu dozen Mems mats AZ 81 to 81 50 each.
500 pair Cent Pants at 81 80 10 81 per pair.
500 Vests ut 81 10 50 p each.
500 Gents Business Coats az s. to Sl2 each.
500 Overc0ats az s. 20 $50 each.
Our stock is large and well assorted. and
MUST BE REDUCED.
We offer special TERMS to COUNTRY
DEALERS IN OUR WHOLESALE ROOMS.
NJ Give US call before purchasing else
where.
son EISO,rH ER&.
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t~ "Hallos, BRIDGET, what o clock is
it, and where's the chicken pie p She
answered both questions by saying: ITS
eight. sir.
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A NATIONAL CONVENTION.

The Charleston Mercury does not take
to the idea Of calling a National Con
vsntion. What motive, it asks, has this
majority 10 call a Convention Of all the
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WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. MaggieIS Pills and SalVei

EXTRACTS from Various Letters.l
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Sixty-Five Prize Medals,
THALBERG's OPINION.

IT consider Chickering Il Sons Pianos be-
yond comparison, tho best 1 have seen In
America. rs. THALBERG,
Among the chief points Of excellence of the
Chickering Pianas, of which speak the re-
nowned artists in their congratulatory testimo-
hials 10 the Messrs, Chickering, are the greatest
possible depth. richness and volume of tone,
combined with rare brilliancy. clearness and
and. above all, surprising duration Of sound,
the pure and sympathetic quality of which
never changes under the most delicate or pow
rful touch.
During the past forty-thrce years this firm
has manufactured
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DR. MAGGIELS PILLS
Zach Box Contains Twelve Pills.

ONE IILL Is a UU6E.
- NorrcE.-Ncne genuine without the en-
rraVe1 trade mark around each Dot or box
rrncd b. DOCTOR ]. MAGGIEL. New York
10 counterfeit which H. felony.
~ seii By all respectable Dealers IN Mod
icires throurhout the United States and Cana
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EUROPEAN TESTIMONIALS.
Received during the month of August. 1866.

LONDON. July %, 1866.
MEssRs. CHICKERING x SoNs-Gents: / have
much pleasure in enclosing document signed
by the first composers, musicians and profess
sors in Europe. / held your Pianos in such
high estimation wide my certifcate) that felt
it my duty to take one of them with me to Eu-
rope to ascertain the opinion of my professional
brethren. The enclosed certificate will prove
how unanimous they have been on the subject.
beg to forward, at the same time, a letter l
received from my friend Mr.. Collard. which 1
am sure must be gratifying to you.
have the honor TO be, gentlemen. yours very
truly, JAMES NJ. WEHLI.
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1t is with feelings of pride, as American man
ufacturers, that we publish the following testi-
monials. which have been received by us re-
Gently:
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CORN: CORN !:

DETAILING A BOAT LOAD. IN TIE
n shuck, AZ Adams Street Ferry By lar
The Cheapest aud hest Way
for sity feeders 70 buy. Boat far saie when IN,
loaded. ~
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placed messenger on horseback TO no.
,iiy Lrc Of his good fortune. Lee held
but one ticket
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BA- They are about to have a Con-
gress of Fashions Wonder if it will be
composed of a majority of Radicals ?
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EISON BROTHERS.


A DEMONSTRATORS NCTICE.- HAVING
"A this day taken out Letters Of Administer
ton upon the estate # Gcorrc W. Reynolds,
deceased, this is 10 notify ala pcrsons indebted
% said estate 20 come iorWarti and make sette-
nrnf and those having claims against said e.
tate 20 fle the same with ne, else they will be
barred by statute. WI. ARMOUR,
Admir- Of Geo. W. Reynolds, sce'd.
January ~ 1851. i3i-law
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At Cost /! At Cost! At Cost

OWING To AN ATED CHANGE
~ in our frm, we are compelled TO reduce
our stock prior to the first day Of March, on
STOCK. In the meantime we offer at cost