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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-21


WASHINGTON, October 2l.-The sub
committee on Maryland affairs exam
ined but one witness on Saturday 3 is
difficult to fix upon any decided plan for
investigation, and therefore, it is likely
to include much that is irrelevant, or
that merely bears on side issues. About
dozen witnesses have been thus far
summoned. flan
Judge Redfald, special agent of the
Government on the Frazier, Trenholm
6 Co. cases, sails tomorrow to effect a
settlement Of the affair." a
Letters from Wilson, chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, states that no one
has been authorized by him to promise
that he will vote either for or against re-
porting articles of impeachment. ms
There is much excitement over the
approaching election in Virginia. The
prospect of the Conservative ticket is
greatly improved. The Radicals claim
only 500 majority. aHa
1t is now stated that Jefferson Davis
will certainly be tried at the November
term of the United States Court at
Richmond.
1t is rumored that Sheridan will COM
mand new military district composed
Of Maryland and the District of Column
bia.
Gen. Grant has ordered the trial of
Capt Morris Schaaff for the murder of
Frederick B. Shepard, near Mobile,
Alabama, while the latter was priso-
nor
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naticism aud despotism are the toesto
reason and republioanism.
The people Of this country are weary
Of the prolonged interval Of disunion,
and have arisen for the purpose OF res
cuing the nation from impending
anarchy.
Tho Radical Congress, from the first,
at its preliminary caucus, indecently'
and in advance OF the Presidents mes
sage, proclaimed its supremacy in the
Government 1t has ever since usurped
all the powers of the Federal Govern
ment, threatening TO abolish both the
Executive and the Judiciary. From the
beginning, they have resorted to mill,
tary force for the accomplishment of
their purpose, in utter neglect and de-
fiance of the sentiments, and wishes and
interests Of the people Of This country.
The Radicals will concede nothing.
They have learned nothing They have
appealed to force The Speaker OF the
House threatens force. We shall see.
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Tho Virginia ELECTION.

The Virginia election for State Con-
vention is to be held on October 22d
Tomorrow, and General Schofeld has
Just issued various regulations for gov
erning the voting. By these it is stated
that there viii be at each poll box for
white voters, and another box in which
colored voters will deposit their ballots.
Each of these boxes will be divided into
two apartments, into one of which. voters
will deposit their ballot for or against
Convention, and in the other ballot
with the names of persons as delegates
to the Convention. If more than the
proper number of names are written on
this ballot, then it will be thrown out by
the Commissioners when the votes are
counted.
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A HieA-Handsd Outrage.

On Monday We had occasion to visit
the county court which was holding
quarter session, and fouHd there voting
as magistrate, one VIE We are credibly
Informed was never elected, and does
not pretend ever to have been, but
claims the position by virtue Of an
appointment from BroWnlow. This Is
about as inpudent piece Of business as
we ever heard Of But then, impotence
is a cardinal virtue With al Radicals,
especially when 1t pays The native
RAIDS talk about the impotence OF the
banners, but We do not believe The
hummer has been imported that has ss
much impndence as this self made
esquire. We learn theIe are three Of
these worthless in the county. We shall
try and get their nameA-COiulbfd
Herald dRd Gazette.
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-Il5y-Thn chnrleslon MercnN publIahas

IbGf-Iho ChhflchtOn mercury puV''""'
review of the career Of General Sickles
while that officer was commanding the
district Of the Carolinas, in which it
makes an expose of many personal step
pings aside to perform the more petty
acts Of tyranny which were so over
Swallowed by holder blows at the liberties
of his subjects, that they were at the
time lost sight Of and dsregarded by the
public press. With all the Mercury dis
closes, we do not presume the tale OF
wrongs and suffering endured by the peo-
Pile Of the Palmetto State is more than
half told. The bare knowledge OF what
has already been brought to light pre-
pares us to believe that there is much
which we neither know nor shall be IN
formed Of Nor does the tyrant Sickles,
nor his co.laborer in the destruction oil
Southern liberties and prosperity Sheri'
dan, stand out in SO bold relief from the
three remaining satraps as the simple
event Of their political decapitation
would make them seem. Laws more
tyrannical, more oppressive, or more
odious than those with whose execution
the five military autocrats were intrusted,
could not be conceived, fit emanations
as they we're from the heads and the
hearts of fanalicism incarnate in the
fortieth Congress. 1t only remained for
them to be rendered, if possible, more
tyrannical, oppressive aud odious by the
manner Of their enforcement Infamous,
unjust and unwise per Sc they have been
carried out fully in keeping with the
spirit in which they were conceived.
Even more than this, as in the instance
of Sickles, thosecharged with their execu-
ton, not content with simply doing this,
have stepped aside and gone out Of the
path of their required duty to perform
every act of petty despotism which the
moment suggested or their extraordinary
authority rendered it within their power
to perform. If we can draw any dis.
tinction between the several courses Of
these several tyrants, it can only be to
except Gen. Ord. He, perhaps, has
been guilty of fewer acts of personal ty-
ranny, and has taken less pains to play
the despot in all cases than Sickles,
Sheridan, Pope or Sehefeld. Fortiter
in re suariter in mode cannot possibly
apply to any of his associates if, with
it can apply to him ; which,
the many eulogies TO
General Ord, we gravely doubt
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NEW YORK.
Latest by Cable from rtaly-Gari-
baldians Defeated by the Papal
Troops = Terrific Gale off the
Coast of Labrador-Loss Of Life
and Great sufering.

NEW YoRK, October 81. Reports from
Rome state that fierce battle took place
Thursday afternoon between the revolu-
tionary invaders and the Papal troops,
wherein the soldiers Of the Pope recap
tured Veroli. The Garibaldians sus-
tanned heavy loss. Nl-t. p
The Worlds St Johns special says a
terrific gale occurred off the coast of
Labrador on the 9th instant, and some
thirty vessels were totally wrecked, also
an immense amount of property and forty
lives were lost Steamers are leaving
St. Johns with relief for the sufferers,
there being over 1000 people left desti-
tute.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-21

Bay~ In relation TO the character and
conduct of the coming Congress, the Ma
tiondl IatelhgeHcer makes the following
authoritative and emphatic utterance.
A misrepresented constituency and IN
represented people speak only TO con-
denim the purposes and measures of the
popular body, which intends continued
tyrannical domination in spite Of in
structions.
In the Fortieth Congress, soon to meet,
and whose session is TO be continuous
for its entire term, ten States will be IN
represented, aud the rest of them mis-
represented. A Congress that repre-
sents nothing and nobody, can hardly be
entitled to or receive much respect Its
constituencies, outside Of halt dozen
small States, are conservative men Of the
day, and are looking 10 the interests Of
their own day and generation. They have
not the slightest sympathy with the ne
gro sentimentalism Of Sumner, nor the
vindiotiveness OF Stevens. They are de-
termined that this Union shall be re-
stored and preserved. They know that
this cannot be done by any power except
their own. This Congress Is mere ex.
cresence upon the body polite Il has
no element Of nationality 10 il Il deals
only with interests and usurpations that
are outside OF the Constitution"
Still, however, the Radical leadersand
their organs represent that they are IN
dismayed, and not even discouraged,
and intend to pursue their programme as
lately promulgated BY them in the can.
vass preceding the elections They
cannot adapt their ideas or measures to
The practical views Of the people. Fa-
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THE NEWS

Gold opened in New York this morning at
ia, and had declined to l4S94 up to noon. Cot
ton, quiet. but firm.
Metropolitan police have gone upon duty IN
Nashville.
Brownlow has ordered the following elections
10 Gil vacancies: In the second chancery dvi-
sion ON the 3Oih of November; in the fourth Ju-
dicial circuit on the same day in the seventh
judicial circuit on the 10th, and in the eleventh
judicial circuit on the ga of November.
The Louisiana State Fair has again been
postponed from the 5th ofNovember to the sd
of December on account Of the prevailing epi-
demic.
Jay Cooke has come out in a letter defending
the national banking system, and urging its
perpetuation.
A Richmond telegram says the jury impan-
nelsd TO try Mr.. Davis in November stands nine
negroes and three white men. though an effort
is being made to obtain one exclusively oil
white men.
The receipts of internal revenue last week
were S1.6s3,OOO.
II is understood the rates Of telegraphing by
the Atlantic cable are to be reduced fully fifty
pc, cent.
The situation in Italy seems daily to become
more complicated and serious. All ethcial
journals of Saturday concur in declaring that
within twenty four hours Italy must announce
her determination either to support the revolu-
tionary movement, or faithfully execute the
provisions of the September Convention, and
France must decide for peace or war accord
ingly. A petition. signed by 1900 citizens of
Rome, has been presented to the Pope. praying
his consent to the occupation Of T. city by the
troops of Victor Emanuel.
BY an accident at the Hoosac tunnel, Massa-
chusetts, on Saturday, thirteen laborers were
killed outright or suffocated TO death.
A dispatch from the Plains intimates that
there is a good prospect that treaty will be
made with the hostile Indians, and lasting
peace secured.
Tennessee wheat, to the amount of 40
bushels. passed through Nashville for Louis |
vile and Cincinnati on Saturday.
The new iron bridge over the Cumberland |
river at Nashville is fast approaching COM |
pletion.
One hundred and eighty-three petitions in |
bankruptcy have been filed in the Federal |
Court for Middle Tennessee.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.
Gold ana Cotton Reports,

Special 10 the PuRLIc LEDGRR.l
New YoRK, October Fl, IL m,-Gold
opened at l4l, at IL am. declined to-
l43i, aud is new 1893.
Cotton quiet but firm, and quotations
nominally unchanged, Low Middling,
lsl@l9e; Orleans, 2lc; Exchange,
steady. 7t % esp NNt M
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.

r EFT AT MY STABLE, UNDER sUSPI-
j cious Circumstances, on Friday, October 4,
1857, aCREAM-COLORED PONY (msre). The
ty, nay charges and take her away, OF she will
be disposed Of as the law directs.
TIM. MURPHY,
ale No Winchester street
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4 Ri BfN S4H sMSh M Committee.
]. P. PRESCOTT. J

NOTICE Is HEREBY. GIVEN THAT I
N will. on the first day Of the November tern
II the County Court Of shelby county, make
Implication 10 said Court 70 be appointed Guar
deceased d. S. JOHNSON.
OSfoser Il. 1857. s6
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EIJNERAL NOTICE.

The friends and acquaintance Of John S.
McCraeken are invited to attend his funeral,
at o'clock this evening, from his late resi-
dence, 302 Washington street.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF TIME.

AFTER SATURDAY. OCT. 1aTH,
O1ei7, until further notice, the Pa.seuEer
Train win LEAVE MEMPHIS DAILY Al
so IN. one hour earlier than hcrctoiore.
Trnfn awe AZ Memphis daily al SD am.
This change is made temporarily. ~ request
81 rumcrous patrons q the rad Parties de-
string o. leave Memphis q night ana reiutn IN
fkn rr0rninr. can purchase commutation uck-
rfr r tuerfr frirE q any point. ~ ticf eir fool
flr one month, 81 reduced z les, y aarlylug a.
fhir go A. LfNkhMOhE.
General Suneriufculcut.
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MEMPHIS, October 9, 1867.


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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-21

ALL PAST GRAMS WHO INTEND
"A going 10 the Grand Lodge, should attend
their Lodges on Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings, to obtain their certificates, and they
must also leave their names with ]. p Pres
colt, No. 40 Jefferson street, before II o'clock
next Saturday, otherwise Railroad tickets will
not be provided for them.
J. ID. DANBURY, }
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From Bishop Quintard.

The following extract frem e private
letter written by Bishop Quintard to a
friend in Nashville, will be read with
interest by those of his diocese in this
city
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WASHINGTON.

Proceedings of the Committee on
Maryland Affairs - MIR. Wilson
and the Impeachment Question
-Ex- President Davis Trial at
Riohr1ond-AN New Command for
6atrap Sheridan.
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Dissolution.

VlHE COMPREHENSIVE HERgT0FoRE
II existing unde. the name and style 81 FOR
REST, MITCHELL a CO., in the paving con-
Mr.. Jofeph Mitchell Is alone authorized 10
settle up the business. and those having claims
against the raid firm viii present them for set
tlement 70 Mr.. Mitchell, % our ofiee IN the
Titus Block N. b. FORREST
s9 JOS. MITCHELL.
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One hundred and eishty-ihree petitions in
bankruptcy have been filed in the Federal
Court for Middle Tennessee.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-28

Governments, Federal and State, to use all
necessary Constitutional means to remedy
this evil.
@. ResolUed, That the Radical majority I'm
the so-called Congress have proved them
selves 10 be In favor of Negro Suffrage by
forcing It upon the people of the District
Of Columbia against their almost unani-
nous wish, solemnly expressed at the polls,
by forcing II upon the people of al the
Territories, aud by their various devices to
coerce the people of the South 10 adopt II;
that we are opposed to Negro Suffrage, be-
lieving It would be productive Of evil to
both whites and blacks, and tend to pro-
duce 4 disastrous conflict of races.
:. ReSDire6, That for all their efforts to
uphold the Constitution we tender to the
President aud TO the majority of the Judges
OF the Supreme Court Of the United States
our hearty thanks.
3. Resolred, That We are Ia favor OF a
Democratic Convention of delegates from
all the States tn be held at such time and
place as may be agreed upou, and that the
state Central Committee De authorized to
concur with other proper committees in
fixing time aud place, and that we prefer
Louisville, Ky, us the place.
O. HeS1lred, That the Democratic news
papers OF Ohio deserve our earnest aud lib
c~ralsupport, and that an early aud thorough
organization of the party is indispensable.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-28
Rings Vegetable Ambrosia

Is the most popular HAIR RESTORATIVE of
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CERTIFICATE. ...
The following is to certify that | have used
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Dayton, ohio, August "a, 1866.
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For sale by all Druggists in Dayton, and every
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The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-28

The New York Tribune averages acolumn
per diem in favor of a resumption of specie
payments. When it is remembered that
Greeley once announced that he had put
all he was worth in seven-thirties, it will
he easily understood why he wants specie
payments. By getting back to specie hi,
bonds would double in value. If IL, G
were half as patriotic as he pretends to be.
he would not be so anxious to make the
government pay him in gold for what ht
bought in deprecated currency.
Any how, the main question now is
whether all the material interests of the
country shall be immeasurably damaged SC
that Greeley and other b%ondholders may
ret specie on their investment?
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-28
white Emancipation The Next

49,
To accomplish ,he emancipation of the
negro we have burdened the nation with =
colossal debt, impoverished aud beg' AIRED
onc-half of the country, we have tcranged
our currency, subvcrted our Constitution,
corrupted the public morris, clothed hun
drcds of thousands of fGmiliesin mourning
aud MANNED hundreds Of thousands Of sur
viyiug citizens, we have created famine
prices for food. have turned our trading
classes and banking institutions into clique.
Of spectators, we have destroyed our ship
ping interests, aud, worse than all, have
filled the hearts of our people with rancor-
Gus and malignant passions and poisoned
the whole social and political atmosphere,
If the negro has been elevated, the white
laborer has been depressed half way ia
meet him. For what Is the essence OF
slavery? What but this. that one man
works and another takes from him the fruit
ofhis labor? Before the war, all that the
white laborer earned was his own; now,
half Of It is wrcsted from him by the Gov
eminent. II is with difficulty that he can
feed and clothe his family but food and
clothing are what the Southern slaves never
wanted. The white laborer's children 90
ragged and shoelcss to meet the cost of
emancipating the negroes. The price must
be paid to the uttermOSt flrthing, and our
politics must turn, for many years to come,
ON questions connected with the just dis
tribution of the burden.
Up to this time. the burden has been APP
portioned in glaring disregard of justice.
The manufacturers spectators, and money
dealers grow rich, and the industrious poor
are still further impoverished. As the ma
ton as a whole is Immensely poorer than
it was before, and certain classes immensely
richer, it is evident hat those whom the
times are cnriching really bear no share of
the public burdens. The manufacturers, to
be sure, have paid their three per cent. tax /;
hut they haze added Il hundred and fifty
per cent. to the price of their goods. so
that their taxes are returned to them, fifty
times over, by the consumers. The heavy
real estate owners have paid their ten per
cent. income tax but they have added two
hundred per cent to their rents, so that
their taxes are returned to them, forty
times over, by their tenants. The holders
of government securities are not taxed at
all, and the interest on those securities.
with the expense and waste of collection,
is paid by the labor of the country. From
commiserating the hardShips of the negro,
the laboring people will presently come to
Lament their own and the emancipation of
the white man will soon become tho rally
ing-cry ia our politics.
Now that the negro question is dead, let
us waste no time over its carcass, but
promptly clear the decks for the new issue,
N, Y. World.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-28

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Iswe wuch to ySu, for l Ver-
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" The Plantation Bitters have
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