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betrayed. She was orderea ].
leave QueretarO with all her !,
tendants.
There probably will be a fisht
between Cortina and BeriozoSslS
who are old enimies. Both ~
recruiting. The cause Of dispnts
is the governship of TomaulipaS
Cortina has been ordered to occn'
| ply the Rio Grande with f550Aa
troops, as an army Of observation
There has been continual rams
for the last month. Cotton Dro ss
poets poor. The caterpillar ana
army worm are both reported m.
ing great damage. Specimens Of
both are exhibited on ichanpe !
The ground continues too wet to
work.
Washington, July 15-The Presi.
dent sent to the Senate the dozen.
ments called for regarding recon.
struction, and an estimate Of the
expense of carrying out those Bins
at fourteen million, In addition 4,
the two million one hundred tkd,I.
sand that has already been ex.
pended. This is the aggregsts
for governing these States, which
would be augmented if the State
machinery be operated by the
federal government, and would
be largely increased il the United
States, by abolishing State GOV.
eznments, should become fespon.
sible for liabilities incurred by
them before rebellion, in Efforts
to develop their resourees.ssaiH
Gen. Ord asked and obtained
permission from the Secretary Of
War to cons ne horse thieves in
Dry TOrtugas. a f5iiqst5ssh !ls Is
Seaate-The House bill appro,
pGiating over one million and, a
half for reconstruction was, re.
duced to one million and passed. /
The Senate confirmed Bancroft
as Minister TO Prussia. ii
Hoase-On account of material
errors in the reconstruction bin il
was withdrawn from the President,
to be corrected and returned. 4
A resolution was introduced
and passed instlncting the Com
mittee on Public Lands to report
a bill forfeiting the swamp lands
heretofore granted to the Southern
States to the Uuited States.
A resolution instructing the Ju-
dietary Committee to- inquire
whether Kentucky, Maryland and
Delaware havesState consultations
republican in form was passed by
the Speakers VOTE, the House
standing AZ for to AZ against the
resolution. 1'thAH
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I
u The Hartford Times makes
the following estimate of one of the
smallest of the items in the cost
of military government in the
South. i. -.
"a single military department.
at the South has 800 boards of
Registration. They have already
held their sessions for weeks
They will hold them for many
weeks to come. Each member is
paid eight dollars day. EST
mating ten members upon each
board, including all their runners
and attendants, and 800 boards to
each of the five monarcllies, and
we have a daily expense Of one
hundred and twenty thousand
dollars (s12O, OOO) for these boards
alone.n
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u The admission Of Mr.. B. T.
Eshleman to a partnership in the
very extensive and old established
firm of Stark, Stauffer & CO., win
give pleasure to the widespread
circle Of that gentleman's friends,
who are familiar with his excel
lent personal and business quail
ties.
Col. Eshleman's business promo
ton has been earned by a long
course of assiduous devotion to
the interests of the house in which
he has been engaged for so many
years, and few that know him but
hold him in high esteem for the
amiability and integrity of his
character. His bravery and con-
sistency during the war, distin.
guished him as an officer Of the
Washington Artillery Battalion
of New Orleans, which corps he
commanded in some of the se-
verest engagements of the service.
The house Of Shark, Stauffer u
Co., of which he becomes o part.
ner, is one of the largest In, tho
South, with connections extending
throughout the country, and i'm
porting heavily of all varieties Of
hardware, cutlery, railroad mod,
etc. We congratulate the firm
upon the accession of so capable
and energetic a coadjutor.-[N.O O.
Times.
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DEMoREsT's MONTHLY MAGA-
zINE.-The July number of this
truly valuable and beautiful ladys'
monthly comes to us even more
attractive, if possible, than any
preceding number. 1t is replete
in all its features, being elabo-
rately embelished with steel en-
engravings of the latest fashions,
besides containing most valuable
and interesting reading. We can't
well see how any Lady can do
without this invaluable aeauisi-
tioa to her boadoir. Address w.
Jennings Demorest, No. 473 Broad,
way, New York, and subscribe
for this beautiful and chaste liter
airy gem.
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10 In Norway and Sweden
there Is reported to be a perfect
nlaaia On the subject of nemigra-
ton. All who can gather togeth-
er q sufficient sum to pay their
passage to America make O. start.
They 90 chiefly to Minnesota and
and other parts Of the Northwest.
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Fresh Gleanings.

- A pretty Cincinnati young
lady has eloped with the negro
man servant.
49, Australia is to send to
America to learn how to grow
cotton.
The corn crops in the prai-
rie counties Of Mississippi promise
abundantly.
- Paris spends twice as much
money for wine as it does fer
bread.
- The harvest in Minnesota
will allow her to export L., O00,O 900
bushels of grain.
In Petersburg the first lot
of new wheat sold for So per
bushel. li3 rs tt'5li.a
- Thermometers are retailed
on the streets in New York for
thirty cents each. af
60 1t is said that Massachu-
sets is worse than New York, on
France, in the crime of f9ticide.
- In China there are seven
grounds of divorce, of which the
fourth is talkatiyeness in women.
- The Bank of England is
worried by a surplus Of thirty
millions of gold.
- Wilson is opposed to con-
fscation and to Summers univer-
sal suffrage bill @
- Memphis is soon to enjoy
the sensation of a direct imports-
ton from France. ,a a,f
Woman is q necessity,
which Providence has converted
INTO an enjoyment. ..
An Indiana gentleman has
just married his sixth wife. He
thinks he cannot have too much
of a good thing. Ase Fa
The Faber family have
been making pencils since 1870
and have made many fortunes out
of it. ss.
Co., Brigham Young is going
to petition Congress for an appro-
priation to take the census Of his
family. at gas ia. 5f.11
The Norfolk Virginian
says it is currently reported that
several negro women have regis
tered in the city in male attire.
- Flakes Galveston Bulletin
protests against the idea that
Texans are barbarians and that
tney scalp strangers.
- Samuel Dunn is the only
Revolutionary pensioner now liv-
ing, and joker thinks it curious
that "Done" should close the list.
- A man is on trial ia De-
troit for the seduction of his wife,
after having been divorced from
her and married to another wo-
man, A
The young ladies of the
Central Female College of Aber-
deem, Miss, publish a weekly lit
erary paper. The articles for the
paper are original.
La Louisville, the other
day, a son whipped his father for
marrying second time. A re-
versal of the usual posture of
affairs on such occasions.
A bridal dress in Paris
cost 10000 francs. 1t was white
silk scolloped, bordered, satined,
founced, laced, trimmed with
pearls, and made with a peplum.
Gen. Weitzel has arrived
in New Albany, and will in a few
days commence the survey of q
route on the Indiana side for q
canal around the falls of the Ohio.
~ The New York Herald re-
marks that the Indian nuisance
and the Mexican nuisance are the
two more 'Etwin relics of barbar-
ism" for the next new party.
- Mr.. w. Ell. Morgan, of
Woodbury., Ga, recently threshed
out twenty bushels of clean wheat
on the plantation of Matthew
Coggin, in Pike county, the pro-
duct of one-half acre. %
The total white population
of Mississippi in 1850 was 353,-
899-blacks, 1854 Population
in 1866: whites, 343, 46O-blacks,
oo4, 25S. Total loss since 1860.
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10 Since our last report the
river opposite this point hasfallen
three feet and is still falling az
the rate of six inches every TWEEN,
ty-four hours. 1t has fallen in all
ten feet, and was last night TWEEN.
ty feet above low water mark
1t is reported falling at all points
above here. If it continues to
fall as fast for the next two weeks
as it has for the past one, then
we win have the cry of low water.
-[SOuth- Western, 17th. aig nv
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AGEoF MAsoNRY.-We find an
item taken from a Glasgow paper,
stating that st. Johns Lodge No.
8, of that city has recently cele-
brated the SO9th anniversary of
its existence, it having been crea-
ted by a charter from King Nal
colin in 1867. We should like to
see the muster roll of that lodge
beginning more than eight centu-
ries ago, and running along with
the ages to the present time
What kings and kingdoms have
risen and fallen since the gavel
was first sounded in its east, How
the world has changed, and what
progress has been made inscience
and art. Eight hundred years in
the time of a lodge.
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- Gen Grant approves a sug-
gestion from Gen. Pope, that
Confederates who oppose the Con
gressional reconstruction acts yio-
lateuthe terms ofparole. .
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tOosr sanctum.

EFsThe New York Home Jour
nal isa literary paper of the high
estrank, and it has become a
veritable necessity to those who
wiah DO be furnished with the
freshest and most interesting news
iR literature, art. and fashionable
society Terms, % per annum.
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aE5 ,We'owe our thanks to the
publishers of the Louisville Cou-
rier, Louisville journal, Missouri
Republican, Mobile Times, Mobile
Advertiser and Register, National
Intelligencer and Boston Post, for
the prompt and faithful arrival OF
their respective journals among
our exchanges. We areprompted
office, specially, these valaa-
papers, among our host of ex-
nges, as being the most ably
onducted in the United States.
Filled with good common sense
reading and Astounding in trath
and scotastic lore, they furnish a
rich feast to their numerous pa
irons and true admirers. May
they ever receive that liberal sup
port which they so Justly merit,
and continue their regular visits
to our sanctum.
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The Macon Telegraph of
the 18th says the whites have
taken a running start on the
blacks In the matter of registra-
ton. The Telegraph thinks the
white vote viii lead in that city
by q clear majority of two hun.
dred.
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A bridal dress in Paris
cost 10000 francs. 1t was white
silk scolloped, bordered, satined,
bounced, laced, trimmed with
pearls, and made with a peplum.
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Ia Louisville, the other
day, a son whipped his father for
marrying a second time. A re-
versal of the usual posture of
affairs on such occasions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-20

The young ladies of the
Central Female College of Aber.
deem, Miss, publish a weekly lit
erary paper. The articles for the
paper are original.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
nREas AVN cur.

At the time of the trial and execution
Of Mrs. Surratt, it would have cost man
his life to express a doubt Of her guilt.
The current against her was so rapid and
strong that no man was bold enough to
encounter it. Little and big, black and
white, tall and short, lean and fat, man
and woman, parson and people, lover
and mistress, radical and democrat, ass
and rider, Butler and the devil, bounded
on the tragedy to appesse the fury of the
hour, and thus make loyal record.
The President of the United States was
not unaffected by the storm. A civil trial
was denied her, and testimony thenknown,
and believed now to have been important
to her defense, was withheld. Swiftly, and
without legal trial, a poor woman
was hurried into eternity. The storm
has subsidized, and people have GENE to
look upon the ease without prejudice
Even Butler now turns to the country
and announces that the woman was muir
dered We believed it at the time, and
have no doubt of it now. johnson is
blamed, and justly, for his share in the
AFFAIR, but if he had fatered he would
have gone down before the universal
hurricane. And now the hounds that
snuffed her blood and bayed her to the
grave, to make point in politics. turn
on him with the fury of tigers, and say,
you did il. Heavens what a set
But they shall drink that bloody draught
TO the dregs, and then, Keeling in more
than mortal agony, be compelled to
swallow dregs and cup all together.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
PUBLIC LEDGER.
LIT rs PREY.

The guardian care which Congress fa
vors the South with, is eminently worthy
Of the best government the world ever
saw /" We should all coin our cheeks
to smiles and our hearts to in6nitissimal
bits of thankfulness for all the Congress
sional mercies we have received, and are
about to receive. Those bodies allow
nothing temporal to escape them. They
are as conversant with the internal work
ings of our little corporation affairs as
they are with the operations of the gov
ernments of the rebel States. They
know all about the local affairs Of
Memphis from the functions of the
Mayor to the wages Of the bootblacks.
We do not suppose that there is an item
upon the books of Squire Richards, or
a tooth in the circular saw of Mr. Grit
fing's mill or barrel of potatoes in
Mr.. Newsom's store, or laughing point
in one of Mr. Folger's stories, that Con-
gress does not know all about The
raging of our bayou, and the slushulosity
of our streets, agitate the Congress of
the United States. Mr.. Sherman, of
Ohio, has been looking into our affairs
through a pair Of inquisitorial glasses.
Some loyal person" not of African
decent, and probably not of African de-
cency either, has sent to him one of our
city notes, issued for public convenience,
and redeemabIe with greenbacks. After
turning it over time or two at his desk,
he pens bill taxing such notes ten per
cent, introduces it, and, in the course of
two or three days, it becomes a law.
Sherman appears TO have some good
points, and we regret to perceive that he
has adopted the liturgy of Stevens and
Butler" Let us prey" l,es-ct
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
a COMPROMISE PROPOSED.

EDITOR PUBLIC LEDGER 1t is mani.
fest that the so.called Legislature Of
Tennessee in comforting the right Of
suffrage upon the negro, did so from no
desire to benefit the race, but as means
Of keeping themselves in Office. Hence,
they simply allow him to vote, but shut
the door to Office in his face. They
have, however, unwittingly left the road
to the United States Congress open to
him. Now, / propose 10 the colored
voters of this district to issue a
call at once for a Congressional
Convention Of their own color to
meet at Lagrange on the FIRST Of May,
allow no white man a seat in the conyen.
ton, and nominate one Of their own color
to represent them in Congress. And
every Conservative white voter in the
district will support him If the eonven-
ton will pledge the eolored vote Of the
district to support Conservative candi-
dates for the State Legislature. am
willing to meet the white voters in a pub
lie meeting and'plesge ourselves to carry
out the compromise in good faith What
say the coiored voters ? C.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
FROM NEW YORK.

NEw York, April 5.-Havana adviees
state that Geffrard has beaten the in
surgents in an engagement, wherein
many lives were lost, the rebels being
terribly cut to pieces by the shells and
projectiIes of Geffrsrd's party. The
streets of Porte au-Prince were strewn
with dead bodies.
An Imperialist report from Vera Cruz
says that Escobedo had been attacked
and routed by Mejia, aud that Corona
had also been routed by Mejia in attempt
ing to join Escobedo.
In the case of Moses Stoissbeerger VS..
the Western Union Telegraph Company
in the Superior Court, for damages for
the non.delivery of telegram, the jury
returned a verdict for 1886 65. The
plea set up by the defendants was that
storm Frustrated the wires and they were
unable to deliver the dispatch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
LIFE DEPARTMENT.

The TRAVELLERS OF HARTFORD also
whether disease or accident, toith Weekly In
temnitv for totally disabling accident, at rates
Of premium lower than any other company.
All approved forms of ordinary Life Policies
written, whether TERN. ANNUAL LEE, TEN
YEAR Nog. FoRPEITABLE or ENDOWMENT Poll
eies. either with or without indemnity for to-
tally disabling bodily injuries, as the applicant
may prefer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

Ten Year Non-Forfeitable Policies insure
against death from any cause, and the pre-
miums arc ali paid up in ten years. Indemnity
for accidents under this form of policy, holds
until age OF IS. These policies are MONITOR
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policy ........cs26 IA $29O8 1926 ss7.Ol sI2.A
Com. Life and
Other ages in proportion.
Also, Term and Non Forfeitable Endowment
Policies at proportiOnate low rates.
The TRAVELLERS OF HARTFORD was
the FIRST company in the world to combine Life
and Accident insurance under one policy and
premium. This form of policy meets with
much favor, as il covers all personal hazards
under one risk, and its cost is loss than most
companies charge for Life insurance alone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

ReA. Senators Howard, Chandler, Wade
and Cameron, and Representatives Bing-
ham and Julian are going to visit Daco-
tab territory next summer. We do hope
that no buffalo will single Wade out of
the party, run him down and mangle
him. So says some disleyal editor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

Bas- Mrs. J. G. Fremont is laboring
with zeal, energy and true womanly de-
votion to procure aid for the destitute
people of the South. Such charity of
the wife will cover multitude of the
shortcomings of the husband.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

Bdy- A disease of an alarming charac-
ter to farmers has broken out in New
Jersey among horses and mules. The
symptoms Of the disease are similar to
what is characterized as typhoid in the
human family. This disease has, so far,
generally been fatal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

B6r The Pittsburg Post says that If
Congress should pass an act investing
negroes with the privilege of voting in
Pennsylvania, resistance to such an act
of usurpation and tyranny will become
a duty. Senator Sherman has said as
much for Ohio in his place in the Senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

rag The Boston Post, referring to the
recent organization of Congressional
temperance society in Washington, hints
that it was done in self-defense by the
members, to avoid the necessity of
treating their visiting constituents at
present Washington prices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

DD- A naughty man married wife in
Ohio and one in Philadelphia, and was
arrested just as he was leaving with the
latter for an European tour on the
strength of her well filled purse. He is
a gay Cincinnati buck, and is well con-
naotad
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

E@-It worries the New York Tribune
that colored clergyman in South Caro-
lima has been foolish enough to oppose
universal suffrage" The negro preacher,
evidently, has more sense than the Rad
icals who gave him freedom.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

p@. Rev. Mr.. Phillips, professor of
Chapel Hill University, North Carolina,
dropped dead on the rostrum in the
chapel on the l4th inst. The students
had gathered for morning prayer, and
Just before beginning prayer he was
seized with apoplexy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

nn- Most Of the Boston ministers
drink whisky and patronize the Parker
House" so a country exchange says.
Kalloch set the example over a dozen
wears ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

Ba5- A woman in New York entered
street car, and depositing upon one of
the seats a small child, left as quietly as
she entered. Her excuse was, that the
conductor ef the car was its father.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

B@ The present Duke ofBuckingham,
one of the secedOrs from the Cabinet, is
grea.-grandson to the famous George
Granville, and granddaughter to William
Wyndham Granville, Lord Granville.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

M. Booth, the assassin, left diary.
Butler says a portion Of it was sup
pressed. Let him uncork himself and
tell the country all about it. The beast
will be heard. il not believed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

B6~ II shall die, says Thad. Stevens
with pure consciousness of having
tried to serve the whole human race, and
never having injured human being"
If that is true we never expect to hear a
lie told again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
A @ A n ID i.

To my old Friends in West Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas:
HAVING ACCEPTED A PERMANENT
III Agency for the st. Louis Mutual Life
Insurance Company, would respectfully
stitution as a safe, certain and reliable medium
through which they may assure their families
against want in the event of death, or them
selves from an impoverished old age in case of
i'll success in life.
Mr.. N. S. OTIS is associated with me, and is
hereby commended to public confidence. Our
Office is at NO. AZ MADISON STREET Gear
ROOM, Deseto Block. where we shall be happy
to impart any needed information to those de-
string Life Insurance. j. II. MCMAHON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

BA. Forty male and twenty female
converts were baptized at Charleston, S.
c., on Sunday. They were ranged in
line by the river bank and immersed one
by one by a colored preacher named Lee
care.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
n6y- The WASHINGTON correspondent

D6~ The Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Courier says If the
Southern States DO not adopt the Mill
tary Reconstruction bill, the Radical
extremists will declare in favor of ex-
tending the public land system over the
ten Southern States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

n.y. The suggestion made lby our cor.
respondent &C." has certainly one de-
cided merit--that of rovelty. We are
not disposed to discuss it at present, but
leave the public to ponder upon it. The
author is distinguished, sound and sill
vorv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

B%P. 7. Barnum, the Radical "Woolly
horse" candidate for Congress in Con
neciieut, vas beaten by another Barnum,
q Democratic. iron man
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

Ed- Cincinnati gives five thousand
majority in favor of Thad. Stevens
policy. Do any Memphis merchants
trade with that hole of hogs and confs-
cators2 Let customers inquire into this
matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05

b9r A Radical paper alleges that
John c. Breckenridge lately had an at
tack Of delirious fremeHs. The Sian
derer is safe--he has mt any brain to act
uunn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-05
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

wAsuISoros, April 5--Judge sharkey
and Robert j. Walker will file bill in
the Supreme Court tomorrow to test
the constitutionality of the Roconstruc'
ton act in behalf of Mississippi and such
other States as may be interested in the
premises.