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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27


D@- AS our banks and business houses
will generally be closed, and our cotem'
poraries have so agreed, we shall rest
to- morrow, issuing no paper. We shall
not give thanks that our cause was lost,
but in spite of it. Thanksgiving"
days are usually holidays, in which the
main employment is to eat good things
and be as happy as possible And SO we
suppose all will be suited, except that
largest part Of our impoverished and
down.trodden people who have not the
good things to eat, and who have little
to make them happy except that in
poverty and distress honor remains,
which, if it was pledged, was also re-
deemed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
- m. palIImore Sun has a good

1ely- The Baltimore Sun has good
exhibit Of some of the reasons why cot
ton cannot be- proftebly planted at
present or prospective prices as follows;
The Columbia Is. o. Chronicle, re.
ferring 70 cotton coming down from .hiiy
cents a pound TO thirteen cents pound,
says that the South has lost control OF
the staple of the world, aud that England
continues TO grow more independent OF
the South for that article every year
IL gives n sad picture Of the disappoint'
ment of the planters, who, II says, have
morlgaged crops in advance 10 obtain
funds, and made large outlays IN the
confidence that the high prices 10 be re-
ceived would more than balance the
account, and now half the crop has been
ruined in many localities, and the re-
naming half must, perforce, be sold TO
meet the demands against plantations by
factors. The Chronicle, in view Of these
facts, recommends the Southern people
TO change their style OF agriculture, and
turn their attention 10 corn, wheat and
other crops that will pay and are not
subject TO the immense speculative fnc'
tuations oftrade.
The local journals Of the cotton dis
tricts assign, among other reasons for
the conjectured failure of an increase Of
the cotton crop over that of last year, the
deterioration Of the open land, and the
fact that there is no fresh land being
added TO the arabic area, and the with
drawal of labor, there being compare.
lively few females or children employedin
the field, and the preference by the freed
men of such employments as require less
time and have more certainty than a
cotton crop. There is also said to have
been a withdrawal Of Northern capital
and enterprise largely invested last year
in cotton culture. A Georgia corre-
spondent Of the New York Journal of
Commerce refers to the working of the
cotton tax, and says that the planters
give the freedmen onethird of
the entire crop aud find them. Middling
cotton is worth twelve and half cents
there; not more than one and half
bales to the hand will be made this year,
and the followingis the result, taking for
illustration a plantation of ten hands:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
nIsFRAroHIsEMFNr IN ALABAMA.

1t has already been announced, by tel
egraph, that the majority report of the
committee on suffrage was adopted by
the so.called constitutional convention
of Alabama. Those who had hoped that
the persons delegated by the Radicals to
make a constitution for Alabama would
do anything else than obey the instruc-
tons Of their Radical masters have been
grieyously disappointed. The eonven-
ton have adopted rule of suffrage more
proscriptive even than was necessary for
their purposes, and have not had the de
cency to cloak their ambitious designs,
and their vindictive spirit, under even
thin covering of moderation or justice.
The tests imposed by the convention
disfranchise FIVE classes of persons, four
out of the five being excluded on account
of their political opinions, or their par
tiepation in the recent war, on the Con-
federate side. These four classes may
be briefly described as follows: LIST. All
who have violated the usages of war
during the rebellion" SO far, no
method has been provided for ascertain
ing what persons come under this excep.
ton; but it is to be supposed that the
point will not be left ungusrded. There is
no such crime known to the law as a
violation Of the usages Of war, and
if there was such a crime it would be
necessary to fix it upon the accused
persons by some legal process.
Such an expedient being out of the
question, the intention must be to grant
70 the registrars Of voters, or to some
other officers acting under Radical in
siraeiions, the power Of excluding those
whom they may choose to consider as
having violated the usages Of war.
After the other sweeping disfranehise.
ments Of the section. this is superhuous;
but It seems 70 have been designed ex.
pressly TO illustrate the contempt Of
justice aud Of al the settled principles Of
public liberty, BY which this prOscriptive
and viDdiciive party is oharacterized
z An Who viii not swear to surrender
their right to vote on questions Of
sufrare 10 accordance With the dictates
az heir Judgment These are not the
exact words, bot they express the
exact meaning Of the clause. Before
the applicant can register he must swear
that be Win never attempt in any vsy to
disfrsnchiss the negroes he may think
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
THE NEWS.

General Ord has saved the courts the trouble
ordeeiding that a landlords lien on crops does
mot have preference over the claims of the
merchant who furnished the supplies upon
which the planter made the crop.
The Ouachita liver packet, Idaho. blew up
MT the New Orleans wharf yesterday. Six men
were wounded, two mortally. The upper
works of the boat were completely wrecked.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision
Of the Circuit Court in the case of the City Of
Memphis VS.. the Memphis Freighting Com
pany.
In the House Of Representatives yesterday
resolution was offered by Mr.. Blaine. directing
General Grant to communicate to the House
all correspondence addressed by him to the
President on the subject of the removal Of
Stanton and Sheridan. Also, any correspond
ence or order in his Office showing the ,condi-
ton of the Fifth Military district prior to the
passage of the military reconstruction bill; and
Experimentation he may have made there
in. and what steps, if any. were takenby the civil
authorities in regard to such recommendation
and also all correspondence in reference to the
difficulties in Baltimore, touching the Police
Commits oners and other matters. prior to 1866,
and in reference to the proposed mission ofGen-
erals of the army to Mexico in 1866. Adopted.
Several resolutions were introduced and refer
rel, looking to the repe'l the cotton tax.and
the redusti of the military establishment to
the lowest possible number, and the taxation
Of United States bonds at one per cent. and
the issuance Of bonds, subject to municipaland
State taxation. In Committee of the Whole,
speeches we're made for and against paying the
United Sta es bonds in currency. instead of
gold. Gen Butler favors the proposition.
In Charleston it is believed that. ewing to
lack of the requisite majority of the registered
voters. the convention will be defeated in
South Carolina, as 62,00O are rcqnired to insure
the convention, and only 5000 persons are
known to have noted in twenty districts out Of
the thirty in tn State.
Mrs Howell. the mother. in-law Of Jefferson |
Davis, died in Montreal on Tuesday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27

This little balance is more than alb
sorbed by bagging aud rope TO bale the
cotton, blacksmith bill and other little
expenses, to say nothing of the planters
family expenses and taxes. Neither
farmer nor freedman, it is added, can
raise cotton at twelve and half cents
and pay the Government one fifth of the
cotton crop as tax.
There was time when such calamities
as have befallen the cotton crop this year
would have had an important influence
upon prices in Europe. But the great
and persistent efforts which England has
made to render herself independent of
America for cotton have achieved so
much success that her cotton spinners
are undisturbed by any disastrous results
on this side the water.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
Condition Of the Psnitentiary.

Warden McElwee states that be found
the inmates Of the penitentiary, their
cells and bed clothing. full Of vermin,
and that they had each but one suit Of
clothing, which they had been wearing
for an almost indefinite period of time.
He is having the cells thoroughly
cleansed, and is providing the prisoners
with a change Of wearing apparel as fast
as circumstances will admit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, November 27-The man
damus, by the District Court, on Gen.
Schofeld, to show reason why he refused
TO allow Gen. Imboden to register and
vote, was served to-day. 1t is made re-
turnable on Monday next.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
NASHVILLE.

NAsnyILLR, November PA resolu-
ton passed the House yesterday, asking
the Tennessee members of Congress to
vote for Impeachment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27

B6- Our Indian war on the Kansas
border is now pronounced at an end.
General Sherman stamps his cane, and
says so authoritatively. The thousandth
treaty has been made to be broken the
thousandth time. A short peace will
result before another outbreak The
agreed line for the Indian possessions
will be respected, until settlers from the
East begin to crowd in on it, and then
they viii step over as usual. individuals
will follow the example Of the Govern
ment, and think it no crime to
step over the border, and cultivate
the lands which belong to the
Indians, and which we have promised by
treaty never again to rob them OF. All
the difficulties with the Indians have
been the result of positive injustice and
the greed of the from tiersmen. And
there will never be any m ore, if the bleed.
ing Kansians viii quit jayhawking and
stealing from them. But according to
the Longstreet doctrine, that might makes
right, we suppose the Indians must be in
the wrong because they are overpowered,
and that, therefore, the stealing should
90 on.
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FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, November ~, IL m,-Cot-
ton dull probable sales, 5000 bales )
Orleans, std; uplands, sd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
RACES! RACES! RACES |!
Memphis Association Course!

THERE WILL BE THREE DAYS TR0T-
i TING RACES at this Course, commencing
on THURSDAY, 18TH INST.
FIRST DAY:
First Race, Purse $3.50, will be mile heats,
three in FIVE. to harness. free for all horses,
trotting. --.li
Second Race. Purse $3.50, two mile heats. to
wagon, free for all horses. T
SECOND DAY:
First Race. Purse 500, for pacing horses,
mile heats, free for all horses.
Second Race, Purse 500, for trotting horses
owned in Shelby county. mile heats, three in
five, to harness. M
THIRD DAY:
First Race, Purse $3.50, mile heats, three in
five. for all beaten horses, trotting.
Second Race, Purse 800, mile heats, fer all
trotting horses that have not trotted inside of
2:45 in public.
Three or more to fill each race. Entrance
ten per centum; entries made each day preced-
ing race, at seven o'clock, at the Gayoso House.
Pools will also be sold at the Gayoso House, at
7s-td A D. GIBSON. Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27

tina. negro suffrage Il gross evil that
|. Is destuctivo of the best interests OF
the community; that 4 tenda 10 throw
the governing power of he State
into the hands OF an igporant aud
brutalized class; but be swears TO
support this system forever on pain of
being himself disfranchised. SO mon.
sirous an attempt to coerce opinion
would never have suggested itself to any
but the intolerant and proscriptiye party
which was brought into power by the
compulsory processes Of the reconstruct
ton acts, and the military commanders.
II anything were needed to prove the
total unfitness Of these persons for the
work which they have so presumptuously
undertaken, IL would be furnished by
this frantic exhibition Of unreasoning
malevolence.
3. All who are or may be disfranchised
by the proposed constitutional amend
meut, known as the l4th article, and
A. All who are disfranchised by the
military reconstruction acts.
or what is meant by these last two
clauses we have already had sufficient
experience. We have seen that, in the
hands Of General Sheridan, they meant
the Acknowledgement Of more than half
of the white voters in this State, and as
many more as would have been necessary
to carry out the purposes of the Radicals
and secure majority for their party
1t is not presumsble that Radicals OF Ala
bama, or Of any other State, will treat the
whites any more leniently than they were
treated by Sheridan. The Montgomery |
Mail thinks that, under these clauses
alone, thirty thousand citizens of Ala
bama will be disfranchsed. The Maths
mistaken. Fifty thousand would be
nearer the true number. In Louisiana,
with white population which could
furnish nearly $4,000 voters, only $4,000
were permitted to register. In Alabama,
having a much larger white population,
Of course the number of the disfran-
,hised would be much greater. Thus we
have an example of what is to be ex'
pected under the joint operation of Radi-
cal reconstruction and military despot-
sm.-Nep Orleans Crescent.
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NOTICE.

WE, TIE UNDERSIGNED, COAL MER-
w chants Of Memphis. viii. from and aftcr
this date, consider al accounts due aud collccl-
abe on MONDAY Of each week.
BROWN 4 JONES.
81 Second street.
BIGLEY, MELLERSH A CO..
= south Court street.
II. b. PACKER.
~ Main street,
Memphis. Tsnn.. Nov. =, ise1. 70
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27

Das~ 1t is a sad case when it becomes
necessary to send to the Executive Of
the Government such papers as that
which follows, and which is prepared for
signature in Louisiana. And it is still
more unhappy to know that it does not
exceed the truth. The memorial should
90 up from all the Southern States, Ten
nessee included. The President may be
acting on the principle that that which
is not worth asking for is not worth
having, and that no great danger is in
prospect when those on the ground are
too insensible to it to indicate their
wishes:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
MEMORIAL.
To his Excellency the President of the United
States

To his Excellency the President of the United
States
The undersigned, citizens of the State
Of Louisiana, respectfully represent that
the political developments Of the last few
months have demonstrated the fact that
the unconstitutional legislation Of the
body styling itself the Congress Of the
United States, including what is called
the reconstruction act, will, if persisted
in, produce conflict of races, which
will result in the desolation Of the coun-
try and the serious, if not irreparable,
injury to both races in the Southern
States.
That the negroes of this State are or.
ganized into secret bands called Loyal
Leagues, sworn and combined against
the white race in order to obtain control
Of the government.
That this credulous race has been de-
luded by designing men into the belief
that the property Of the white citizens of
the State will be divided amongst them.
That, under these denoralizing infu.
ences, they are contracting habits Of
idleness and vice, and decline to labor for
the support Of themselves and their fam
lilies.
That, in consequence of this demorali
cation, planting in this State has resulted
in the ruinous failure of large major
iiy of our planters, and, Of course, in
the necessity Of its abandonment
That, before the close of the present
year, the negroes, with but few excep-
tons, will have consumed OF wasted all
their wages or share Of the crops, and be
destitute of the means of subsistence
That the white race will be compelled
to limit their planting to the labor Of
their own families, while the negroes will
not have the means, if they have the
capacity, to plant on their own account
Under these circumstances, famine,
with all its horrors, must soon come upon
this improvident race.
Ia view Of theseimpending calamities,
the undersigned would earnestly appeal
to the President to give prompt attention
to this vitality important matter. and
provide Immediately such constitutional
remedy as in his wisdom can be devised,
10 avert the ruin which, unless arrested,
must speedily come upon uG
10 conclusion, the undersigned would
respectfully represent that they arc
advised BY our wisest statesmen and
mos learned jurisis that the arrest Of
these Unconstitutional and rninous acts
is clearly within the scope Of the con-
stitutional authority Of the President Of
the United States, aad the prompt exer-
else Of which IS Absolutely necessary to
The preservation Of constitutional liberty
in tie United States, And the protection
Of The country from general anarchy,
strife and desolstion. l..L
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
NEW YORK.
Gold and Cotton Reports.

Special TO the PURLic LFDoER.l
NRw YoRK, November n, IL m.-Gold
opened at 1894 at am. it was at 1889,
and is now at lS9b,
Cotton is dull aud prices nominal.
Exchange is steady. u sttt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Cypress Timber.

rO ACRES ON L00sA HATCHIE. EIeH-
~ teen miles from Memphis BY water, nine
By land, on Big Creek plank road, for slle for
$500.
Also about eighty acres fns land and spien-
did timber at head Of navigation on Big Creek,
eighteen miles By water and ten BY land from
the city, Tor 5000.
Apply to lf3 Front street. or az Rcmkerton,
- s. REMBERT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
THANKSGIVING NOTICE.

TVHE CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED
il to morrow in pursuance Of tho proelama-
ton of the President Of the United States.
naming the 2Sth inst. as day of Thanksgiving.
w. o. LOFLAND, Mayor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
4 uNE d Isl. rIIss OcIn sIIININ

run in connection with this line, leaving Nor
folk ~ rerular intervals Tor Lircrrocl. rccciv-
inr Cotton unon the vessels a9N0rfoik free cf
Liverpool at the same rate Oh frtmht a. from
other Eastern ports
For rates 81 Frc'rhf. Throurh Buls Of a
ding. and AZ ncccssary informaIlon. ap..Ir af
the Memphis add CharlcFfun ka.iront Frrirhf
Onca ". !. Ross. GenI SGT
IHOS. r.. DUNN. errf pa Arst.
SIS A. j. LOWE, tI..rrt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
p EoPLEs
CAPITAL STOCK, $500, 900.
DIRECTORS .

W. B. GREENLAW, N. s. BRUCE.
C. W. COVER, CHARLES JONES,
JAMES ELDER, WIN. HARRINGTON
JOHN oVERTON, JR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
NEW ADVERTISER ENTs
Thanksgiving Services.

THERE WILL BE THANKSGIVING SER
Il vices at the Synagogue, corner Main and
Exchange streets, at half-past o'clock am,
THU RSDAY, November 18th.
N HOFFHEIMER President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-27
SHIPPERS NOTICE.
Virginia and Tennessee AIRLINE
FAST FREIGHT ROUTE,
VIA NORFOLK. VA. TO
Petersburg, Philadelphia,
Richmond, New York,
Baltimore, Boston.

THE MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
II Railroad Company have perfected arrange.
-nents 10 ship Cotton and other products 70 the
above points. on ~ liberal terms and In a. quick
time as any other route. Cotton will have the
utmost dispatch will not Be delayed ~ any
point; and will be put through By day and nirht
express trains.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-26

Look upon this scene II is sad fact, my
friends, and fearful one. that while Abraham
Lincoln lies moldering in the grave, Jett. Davb
goes stalking through the land What a com
mentary upon our Government, or rather upoo,
lbs Administration. The head of liberty and OF
Republican Government: the defender OF ths
DS,,nocrstic traitor. and the head of treason Is
hailed ont and goes free where he pleases In our
land If /. to day, bad it in my heart to deal ont
49,, anger or manifest my feelings In this matter,
wouI3 appeal to heaven to blot out this foul
stain upon the escutcheon Of the American peo-
ME ms water would be wiped out Win asponge,
that the eve of man would never benoid our as
Grace again. The idea that the American peo.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-26
RULE OR RUIN.

These people had controlled this
Government for years gone by; they
believed that their institution of slavery,
of oppession, was the evidence of the
highest type of civilization; they be-
lieved, because they had had the major
ity Of Presidents, had filled the majority
Of offices of this Government, because
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Is Years Ago and Now

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS
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TODAY
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