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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
Tho Tonnossee " Social" Law

The following is the bill to promote
social equality as it passed the Legisla-
ture
"a bill to infict penalties upon com
mon carriers and their agents for vic.
lations of law by making unjust and
illegal distinctions based on color,
race and previous condition"
SEoTIoY |. Be IL enacted By the Cen
eral Assembly of Tennessee, That no
distinction shall be made by common
carriers in this State, either by railroad,
turnpike or other corporations, or pri-
vate parties who are common carriers,
in regard to the color, race or previous
condition Of any person or persons ask
ing at the hands of said common car
riers, conveyance or any other service
commonly rendered by them.
SEC. 2 Be IL further enacted, That
for each and every violation Of this act
nv any common carrier exercising the
nrivileges that attach to said calling
within the State Of Tennessee, there
shall be imposed upon said common
carrier. so offending, fine Of one hun
dred dollars, TO be paid to the person
against whom said discrimination may
be made
SIC 3. Be il further enacted, That
any conductor or any other employe Of
said common carriers, who may so dis
tinguish between persons so desiring
the services Of said common carriers on
account Of race, color or previous con
/ diton, shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereo
shall be fined in the sum Of not less thar
ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars
to be paid into the Treasury Of the STATE
of Tennessee for the use OF the common
schools Of the State, and imprisoned il
, the Jail Of the county where the indict
meut is found, not exceeding thirty days
at the discretion Of the court
SIC. l. Be Il further enacted, Thai
) all laws Of the State in any manner con
! fiicting with the provisions Of this act
in 90 far as they do conflict, be and ID
same are hereby repealed.
Src. 5. Be u further enacted, Ths
= this act shall take effect from and ate
Its passage
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

ray Mrs. Norton, residing near Sc
dalia, Mo-, the other day, while laboring
under state of mental alteration, took
her two little girls; aged respectively one
and three years, and cut both their
throats, nearly severing their heads from
their bodies, and causing instant death.
Having done this, and not wishing to
survive the awful deed, she attempted
her own life by inAicting several gashes
on her left arm, and one very serious
wound on her throat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
~ Tho Iegislatora On Tennessee, in


tho Radical year 1867, thinking the mind
the true measure Of the man, and finding
the Tennessee negroes to be their equals
in intellect and intelligence, have con-
oluded also to concede them social
equality with themselves. They have
passed a bill admitting negroes into the
cars and providing penalty for exclu-
ding them. We do not see why any dis
tinction should be made in favor OF a
mean white Radical over an honest
black one. II the white Radicals were
turned out Of the Legislature and black
ones put in, 1t may be they would vote
to let the whites come into the cars as
we'll as the blacks II is as fair for one
as the other. We don't see why there
should be any hesitation about marrying
and giving in marriage also. The social
equality and intimacy should be perfect.
There is no use in passing resolutions
aid making fair promises, and adopting
fine laws, if you do not carry them out
according to their spirit and meaning.
Letting people into the cars is an insult
if they are at the same time to be ex'
cluded> from the parlor. Let the pre-
tended patriots of the Legislature be
Judged by their acts. Why if the negro
IS good enough for one thing is he not
good enough for the other2 Let Mr..
Sambo determine whether men who will
only let him 60 on the cars and will not
let him 90 into their fine parlors, and
walk with their pretty daughters, care
any more for him than other white men.
What do they do but pass fine resolu'
tons, and receive their eight dollars a
day for it2 Did any one of them ever
give poor. darby whole dollar at
time in their lives2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

E6y- While the vote in Virginia for
convention is carried, and while it is
probable that the convention will adopt
an extreme radical instrument, 1T is some
satisfaction to know that the constitution
when adopted must 90 again before the
people for ratification. The Richmond
Dispatch says :" the white voters re-
NAMED at home throughout the State,
Richmond being almost the only ex-
ception. Counties having large white
maiorities-as Bedford and Rockbridee
have sent down Radical delegations.
The people have had SO much clash
ing counsel - first, to have nothing
to do with the reconstruction acts;
then to abstain from registering; then
to stay away from the polls and let
the Convention die for want of the vital
breath of a majority vote; then to CO.
eperate" with the Republicans; and,
last of all to vote down the Convention
that we do not wonder that they said
"a plague on both your houses, and
STAYED at home. But the way will be
clear and the advice all of one sort If the
Convention shall attempt to impose
BrownIow constitution upon US. Wen
vote il down in a jiffy."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
THE NEWS.

The telegraph furnishes variety OF reports
from italy of sensational character. Carl
badi Is reported as menacing Rome.and bloody
conflict seemed imminent. The Pope has ad-
dressed a letter to Catholics throughout the
world.
General Pope allows three days for voting In
Georsia and Florida, because the voting is to
he done at county seats. This arrangement
was made for the better protection Of colcred
men.
There were twenty-six yellew fever inter-
ments in New Orleans during the forty eight
hours ending Monday evening.
The abstract quarterly report Of the national
banks exhibits their resources at 81 4s5.OOO,cOO
including $40, Goo, 900 in specie and nearly $S7,-
600 900 in compound interest notes. The cap
ital stock Is $40, 100000; surplus funds. $685.
666, 900; undivided profits, SS3, 100000.
New Orleans dispatches contain particulars
of the destructive effect ofthe late storm on the
Rio Grands. The hurricane was the most ter
rible ever experienced. Twenty-six persons
were killed at Matamoros, ten killed and
twenty-one wounded ut Brownsville, and at
BraEos, so far as known, twelve persons per-
ished. The schooners Ella and Kadosh were
blown high ashore. Only two houses were left
at Clarksville, and none at Bagdad. The loss
ef life at the latter place was not known, but
ninety persons escaped by going on vessels,
which outlived the storm, the rest must have
persisted, The negro soldiers and their officers
acted UNANIMOUSLY at BRACES, not only refusing
NIL assistance to struggling and suffering fami-
l;as hut rctired 10 a sheltered part of the is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

EG~ While the sapient legislators,
whom our sable rulers have sent up to
Nashville, are passing bills to bring
about social as well as political equality
between the races, and are going to an
extreme TO win the favor of their colored
constituents at the expense of all COM
mon sense and statesmanlike policy
their Northern political coadjutors are
beginning to reflect, hesitate, and pre-
pare for change of policy. They are
declaring now what Tennessee Radicals
are too stupid to see, that giving uni
yersal suffrage to the blacks was never
measure commended by good Judg-
ment and regard for the public
welfare. 1t was resorted to mainly
as party expedient 1t seemed
to be necessary in order to prevent the
whole political power of the South from
falling back into rebel hands. But
every one felt that it was a hazardous
step, the results of which was by no
means certain. The evils which will
unouestionably grow out of universal
negro suffrage in the South will compel
a revision of the whole suffrage ques-
ton"
Such is the language of the radical
New York Times. Our State legisla-
tors have not brains enough to foresee
the evil which is coming and hide them
selves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
lag- Tha CANTON lMiasl Mall lays

10- The Canton { Miss) Mail Says
that Lynch, the negro orator, was ad-
dressing the colored folks there last
week on their ignorance He said that
they might take hundred dollar bill to
store and make small purchase, and
il the merchant only gives them City dol
lars back, they don't know the difference
To prove this he appealed to.an attentive
woolly head in his audience isn't that
so, my friend2' " Ne, sir; dey may do
dat up in your country, but not down
here" nNT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

EGr The Medina river, in Texas, d.
vides Bexar from Medina county. Not
long since, the inhabitants of Castroville,
in Bexar county, took a murderer out Of
their town Jail, carried him over into
Medina and left him hanging to the limb
of a tree, where he was afterward dis
covered, cut down, and buried. Medina
county sends Bexar bill for coffin, a
grave, and bottle Of whisky-total, nine
dollars and fifty cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

reA- MarksVille and the broad prairies
of Avoyelles are entirely free from yell
low fever and all other diseases and
causes of death, cxceptNold age. There
is a tradition of Avoyelles which says
that people living in that parish never
die, but are transmogrified in their hun
dredth year to leather winged bats.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

E6- The merchants of Macon, Ca,
are opposed to street drumming for GUS
tom, and are circulating a document
experimenting the custom and pledging
themselves to refrain from the practice.
They consider it an ntolerable nuisance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
Gold ana Cotton Reports.

Special to the PunLIc LKDorR.l
New YoRK, October 29-l2 m.-Gold
opened at l42, and was unchanged at IL
an, and is now li2. Cotton dull and
prices nominal. Exchange steady.
New roRK, October 29.-Gold, l42'
Cotton not reported. 'tA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

No. While Southern men, Disguised
at negro rule, are moving to the Western
States, negroes, Disguised at the Western
States, where they can neither live nor
vote, are moving TO Tennessee, where
the paternal rule Of Brownlow offers
them arms, rations, a uniform, and
nothing to do but to murder returned
Confederates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
FOREIGN.

A Letter from tho Pope to Catholic
Bishops Everywhere-The Church
Assaile d by Revolutionists--Ru-
mored Engagements--viotor En-
manuel's Soldiers Refuse to Flight
Against Garibaldi = Probability
of a Battle - Young Italians
Flooking to Garibaldi--0aribaldi
Menaoing Rome-wili Rumors
In Paris. aH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

g@.The new Central Congregational
Church building in Boston has cost two
hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
The pews are appraised at from fifty
dollars to two thousand dollars EACH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

p@- Speaking of the ineIiciency of the
police force in Shreveport, the Caddo
Gazette says: A privileged rowdy, who
has the reputation Of being desperate
man, may walk up and down the street
with knife or pistol and set at defiance
the whole police force, but timid and
ignorant man will be arrested for some
trivial offense.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

D3- The Florida Canal and Inland
Transportation Company is soon to
commence operations, with a large
capital from New York stockholders. 1t
opens an ocean communication with the
unsurpassing rich lands of the ever
crlnhnn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

Ray Near Sherman, Texas, recently,
Mrs. Beatty, widow lady, met her
death in a most singular manner. She
was in the act of getting on horse
when a common sewing needle, which
stuck in her dress, caught in the saddle
and was driven into her body near the
breast, slightly piercing her heart. She
lived only half an hour.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

BS~The Jews constitute SO large and
influential an element at San Francisco
that school holidays and vacations are
coming to be governed by the Jewish
holidays and festivals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

B@s The Caddo Gazette of the 18th
inst, speaking about the health Of
Shreveport, says: 1.-THE only epidemic
we have found in this city is the epidemic
Of poverty"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

n6- The editor Of the Bolivar Bulie-
Gin has been shown q bunch Of sweet
potatoes, thirty four in number, Of me-
dunn size, and all Of them attached to
one vinei
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

46S~ OF the health of Vicksburg, the
Times of the 26th says: "We have no
change for the better, in the health of
the city, to record this morning. The
yellow fever is unquestionably increaS.
ing slowly, but steadily. The mortality
is not such as to create alarm, but we
advise absentees to keep away until we
can assure them they can safely return. 7"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

No. The most intelligent Fenisns in
England are hopeful that the coming
European war will give them their
opportunity" All Europe, they say,
is paralyzed with the certainly that a
general war viii break out this autumn,
or next spring at furthest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

nea- The editor of the Paris (Texas)
Press is about to get into row with
postmistress. Hear him: An old
maiden postmistress out West says that
the Texas Press is the last paper in the
world If she was the last woman in the
world we should certainly swear eternal
celibaoy, and waste our sweetness on
tho desert air ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

no.. The New York Commercial I'D
vertiser says the result did not turn
half SO much on the question whether
colored men should vote in Ohio, as
whether we should, by military law, con
vert the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Alabama, Mississippi, etc., into St Do
mingos
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

E6s- The National Bankrupt law does
not, it seems, give power to stay action
against bankrupts in State courts. Judge
Doe, of the Supreme Court of New
Hampshire, recently, said that he should
wait for compulsory process from a
United States court before staying rro-
ceedings in any case pending before
hin,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

r@- The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes
the school census of the children of that
city, by which II appears there are in
seventeen Of the nineteen districts, So
GAS children between the ages Of five and
twenty-one years. Estimating the two
districts not yet returned at the average
Of the others, ehe whole number reaches
100000. If to these be. added proper
tionate number for those under five years,
the grand total Of minors will be l27 900.
From these figures it will be seen that
three.ffths of the population of Cincin-
natl are minors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

pa- General E. Kirby Smith has been
appointed principal Of the University OF
the South, at suvanes, in the Cumber-
and mountains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

I6r The Cincinnati Enquirer learns
from a private letter from Washington,
that the President has rendered the posi-
ton Of Commissioner Of Internal Reeve
nue. 10 Daniel W. Voorhees,, Of lsdiana,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

sE A Chicago special Of Saturday
says: Helen Western closes an I'M
profitable engagement at the Opera
House this evening. Edwin Adams
closed poor engagement at McVicker' 5
Tteater last night Max Strakosh opens
an operate season on Monday with
Tropafore"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

I6y Did the soldiers of the Union
fight to maintain the Constitution and
protect the Union Of sovereign States :?
If so, will they allow the blabbing poll.
tioians, who skulked the war, to undo the
work in which they supposed themselves
victorious 1t is the duty of the Pr0si.
dent to preserve and defend the Constr
tuition of the United States, as much
against rebellion in Congress as in South
Carolina. The chief leaders of the
Radical Congress unblushingly avow
the fact they cannot disguise, that they
are legislating without the authority of
the Constitution, and consequently in
violation of its provisions. What ex-
cuse can the sworn defender of the
Magma Charta of American liberty rem.
der for emitting to use all the power
within his control to suppress the mach
nations of the madmen who are yet
working outside to overthrow the Gov
enant with death and the league with
hell" The abolition of slavery was an
incident. The destruction of the Con-
stitution and the disintegration of the
Union is a CRIME. The Conservative
principles must triumph, because it is
impossible that volunteer soldiers who
kept step to the music of the Union
will permit its destruction and they
are numerous and influential enough to
prevent it. Three years from this day
every radical, who is not too much in
the tolls to lie about it, will protest that
he never was any thing but a Constitu
tional Union man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

na- The Mobile Tribune hOists as the
white mans tickets For President
Franklin Pierce, Of New Hampshire
for Vice President, Geo. h. Pendleton,
Of Ohio"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

b6- Scotland, it is reported, has been
visited by symptoms of a severe and
premature winter. The cold weather
has caught the ost crop before it ripened,
and there are fears that much Of it will
be lost The farmers are in great alarm,
for all their crops are suffering, and the
winter prospects are gloomy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

n6- How long are the Radical excuses
for trampling down the principles Of the
Constitution, and usurping powers not
granted by it, to be recognized as suili-
CENT? IT, on pretense of inheriting
power as the result of the war, the legis-
lative branch of the government may do,
outside of the Constitution, what is not
competent to all the departments, acting
under it now, how long may the Con-
press continue in the process of usurpa-
ton Where is the power to hinder 1t,
and when and how is il to be exercised
This is the higher law " precisely-the
same that brought the war and all the
distresses of the country to all sections.
Ia this "higher law" than the Constitu-
ton to prevail over it indefinitely The
people Of the North are beginning to ask
This question, and whether obedience to
the Constitution is the duty of the cid-
zen. and appeals to its principles ind
cate the traitor. Down with the Consti
tuition If the higher law is better. Away
with an instrument, whose very support
and the fact that men appeal to its pro
visions, is a badge Of treasonl LonI
live the Radical government, the rule o
the Congressional mob, the reign o
beartless tyranny and foul wrong
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

NTOrIUE rs HEKEBY GIVEN THAT 4
~ will on the FIRST day Of the Nosember term
of the Coua'y Court Of Shelby county. make
application 20 said Court 90 be appointed Guar
dan Of the miror hrirs Of Gc0rEe Il. Merely.
ieseasei. d. 5. JOHNSON.
October 70. 1867. -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

JOIN Minor BORIS, Of Virginia, since
the day when he attempted to heas Oh
John Iyler-to head him or die has
been an unfortunate politician. BE has,
in this late Virginia election, however II
the report be correct, suffered his worst
defeat in being defeated in the Culpeper
district as q Radical candidate for the
Reconstruction State Convention. We
fear tina, bis fellow Radicals Of African
descent have given him the cold shoulder.
II 20, Mr.. Bolts would do well 70 drop the
niggers entirely, and devote his attention
exclusively 10 horses-HDald
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
b6r A Washington dispatch to the
philadelphia Press saws:

EdS~ A Washington dispatch to the
Philadelphia Press says:
The chief topic of political gossip here
now is the reported reconciliation OF
differences between Thurlow Weed,
Horace Greeley and other New York
politicians, for the purpose Of securing
the Republican nomination for Vice
President to that State. 1t is conceded
beyond doubt that General Grant will
receive the nomination Of the RePubli-
cans for President, and it is expected BY
the New York Republicans that they will
be able to place either Senator Morgan or
Gov. Fenton on the ticket with him. In
the meantime Greeley and his friends
will undoubtedly insist on the nomina-
ton Of Judge Chase, but, failing in that,
will be obliged to content themselves
with o compromise on either Morgan or
Fenton for the Vice Presidency on the
Grant ticket This programme will be
aided by the new psper Of Charles A.
Dana, among the stockholders Of which
are Senators Morgan and Conkhng,
Marshall o. Roberts, Mayor Opdy IKE,
and others, who are not at present in
elined to favor Chase.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
sa- A gigantic swindle has recently

a6y- A gigantic swindle has recently
been discovered in Remington, W.
involving, il is said, the amount Of
$s5O,OOO A man named VandercroOk,
ia June, 1866, appeared in that place
and offered for sale shares in pretended
gold niue near by. BY judiciously i'm
bedding large amount Of valuable
specimens, which he afterwards disin-
TERED in the presence Of a noted geolo-
gist and chemist, by whom they were
analysed, and found to be excessively
rich, he succeeded in forming company
and disposing of shares to very large
amount; after which, he prudently de-
camped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF TIME.

ON AND AFTER SATURDAY. ocr. lerH,
OlSo7, until further notice, the PASSENGER
Train will LEAVE MEMPHIS DAILY AT
Train arrives al Memphis daily a. as5a-m.
This change is made Temporarily, b. request
Of numerous patrons 81 the road. Parties de-
string % leave Memphis AZ night and return IL.
the morning, can purchase Communication tick
cts for twenty trips 10 any point or tickets Sod
for one month, al reduced rates, b. APP ring ~
this Ofice. a. S. hINERMORE.
General Superintendent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

Ia The Louisville Evening STANDARD
has suspended until January, when Il
will come out as the KeHfuekiaA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
NO. 27s FRONT STREET. s
BOARDING STABLE.

HORSES BOARDED BY THE DAY,
week or month. by W. GREENE. at New
mann. old stand. opposito North Market. SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29

D6r Vast efforts are now being made
by the Radicals to carry New York.
They know that the loss Of that State is
death to their party. And hence no
money, nc exertions, no means viii be
shared to carry their ticket. The cleo
ton comes of on the 9TH Of next month,
and. If they fail then, the result viii be
very dispiritiBg. The fence men viii all
desert. the weakness will grow weaker,
and the whole Radical fabric will col
lspse There viii not be vigor enough
lea in the disheartened Congressmen
to do anything worse than ersWf'h after
that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-29
WHOLESALE DaUG EMPORIUM OF the SOUTH.

We would, therefore, offer special induce
msnts 70 dealers IN thls clIy ana country gener-
them that, rs We import direct from Foreign
Markets, and purchase from the original man
ufacturers and frst-hand dealers of this coun-
try. in unbroken packages, we there fore expect
to be able TO offer goods in QUALITY and at
PRICES that wi DEFY C0MPkTITI0N.
Respectfully, j. B. WATSON q CO.,
Proprietors,
No. 3is Main street. Memphis.
scr SIGN or TIRE BIC MORTAR. at