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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
The Infamy at Washington.

1t seems now to be the impression that
the decision of the impeachment issue,
appointed for to- morrow, will be again
postponed, unless Senators can be
bullied or bought to convict Fessen-
den, Trumbull, Grimes and Henderson
certainly never can be moved, for they
have already indicated their conclusion
that the President is not guilty, and to
recede would be irremediable disgrace
with all parties, while it could never
save them from being put under the ban
by their own. There is no salvation for
them except in integrity and consist
eucy, and they are not so weak as not to
see it And they know that however
they may be temporarily denounced for
rendering verdict, unpopular with the
mob, that same mob will denounce them
within twelvemonth, il, being sworn,
they do less than act according to their
own convictions. Partisans may rave,
but honest men Of all parties will APP
prove only the man who being sworn TO
try and true verdict give according to
the law and the testimony, renders such
verdict as his Judgment and conscience
dictate 10 him, whether th2s verdict be
right or wrong. It would indeed be
a very stupid man who did not
see that an honest wrong verdict
would 5e more safe, as well as
more honorable in the view of the
masses of the American people, than
one which, though right, depended for its
justification on the popularity passion,
or caprice of the hour. We have no fear,
therefore, that men of high character
and intellect will be moved from their
propriety by the storm which RACES, and
the eager wolves that howl arosnd the
walls Of the Washington Capitol.
Whether there are enough such men to
defeat this unprecedented and most
monstrous iniquity remains to be seen.
The impeachers trust to the chapter Of
accidents, which time will give, and will
make another postponement tomorrow if
they see the faintest hope that anything
is to be gained by it
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15

A Washington correspondent of the
New York World thus refers to the stu.
alton as to the matter Of admission Of
the newly constructed States:
A good deal Of Boosting has been in
duleed in that South Carolina will be at
once admitted to representation on the
accspsance BY Congress Of the cOnstitu-
ton in QUESTION. This appears to be
onite a mistake. The fifth section Of the
act Of March 2. 1867, provides that the
LEGISLATURE Of the State must hrst ratiiy
MAT Is known as the fourteenth amend
ment 10 the Constitution Of the United
states. and when this article is made
,art of that Constitution BY the ratihca-
- n three. fourths Of all Of the States
- not --til the=. South Carolina and
49,. ofthe Southern States may be ad-
.';,ted 10 representation IN Congress. 'on
,ss;rSeosiors and members taking the tesl
nssb. This, il will be seen, willyei delay
C-o-gresrionsl represe0tahonsof The ne
80 sistes FOR some months
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
Couutv Conventions.

The Nashville Gazette suggests Mon
dav. the first day Of June, as suitable
day for the County Conventions to select
delegates TO the State Convention at
Nashville, to be held on the ninth of
June. The Appeal this morning in
dorses the suggestion, it being the day
selected at Nashville for Davidson
county. That day is sufficiently far of
for full advice in the several countless
and sufficiently near to give the requisite
opportunity for the delegates to Nash
vile to prepare for the trip. So that we
hope there will be no objection to the
selection of that day. aud that a meeting
will be announced for Monday, the first
day Of June. 1t would be quite proper
for the Committee Of the Central Demo
cratic Association Of Shelby County to
make the call here.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
lhe r6te. NolhInr !. Iel. und0ns rIght

the vote. Nothing is left undone righ
or wrong which is possible.
The following from the Louisville
Comiers special brings our Washington
news down to yesterday evening:
The Radicals are collecting here prom
inent members Of the party, such az
Greeley and others, TO turn the current
Of disaster which is setting against them.
Greeley visited several doubtful Senators
to-day, but steered wide OF Fessenden,
Grin9s, Trumbul aud Henderson. These
Senators forp fruitful theme for Radi-
cal animadversion.
The Missouri Radical Congressman
spent the greater part of last night with
| Henderson, and to- day again were i'm
ploring and threatening him by turns.
They had the impotence TO address him
letter, requesting him not to vote, or
resign. He will vote, and 1t Is not
altogether certain he may vote for the
eleventh article.
Forney has resigned as Secretary Of
the Senate. for the avowed purpose OF
lashing refractory Senators.
The impeachers are discouraged at the
aspect Of affairs, but will work like Tro-
jams until Saturday.
Evarts said to-day there was no doubt
of the acquittal Of the President
Friends of the President assert that
Fowler and Wiley will surely vote
against conviction.
Radical hopes revived decidedly when
it was known that Senator Grimes was
taken suddenly i'll this evening, and
wickedly said it was a judgment sent on
him.
A number OF dispatches were received
by members, announcing demonstrations
in favor of impeachment, at various
points North and West Contrawise
dispatch was received from Chicago that
the Tribune, the leading Republican pa
per of that city, had come out editorially
this morning in support of Trumbull.
Beck made a mastery effort in his
speech against the bin to admit the car
pet-baggers under the negro Constitu-
tons of Southern States.
Bingham hared up when Beck said
they would swallow Stevens amendment
TO the bill which provides that individual
debts created in those States during the |
war shall be repudisted, excepting where
the creditors are loyal. Bingham indig.
nantly denied be followed Stevens lead,
as the Ohioan aspires to leadership him
self. Old Thad. surveyed him during |
the time with look of unmeasured con-
tempt
The Reconstruction Committee, this
morning, refused to report Bingham's |
amendment to their bill, which will pass
to- morrow, under the previous question.
Yet one of these, the Alabama constitu-
ton, was voted down by the people, stig-
matizei as unworthy by Meade, and has
already been rejected by Congress, with
Stevens aid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
Natural Ally of the workingman.

The following are extracts from a let
ter signed by the Presidents of the
National Labor Union and of the Iron
Moulders' National Union Of New York,
addressed to the workingmen. The
laboringmen and poor of this country
will hardly vote to pay the untaxed
bondholders in gold, when they and all
other men must take greenbacksl
The evil effects Of the late war are now
telling sadly upon the masses, and the
heavy burdens of taxation have nearly
paralyzed every branch Of industry.
Hundreds Of thousands in this land Of
boundless resources, who are both able
and willing to work, are without employ
ment, aud with difficulty obtain the
necessaries of life aud procure shelter
for themselves and families Other
thousands who have employment-who
toll early and late-forced to practice
the most rigid economy and occupy the
cheapest apartments, often unhealthy
and uncomfortable, are compelled to live
upon a scanty allowance Of food, eloihe
1 themselves aud families in the coarsest
fabrics, and narrowly escape the pitiable
condition Of those who have nothing TO
/ do.
Farmers, manufacturers, mechanics,
aud merchants, once in easy circum-
stances, have seen their hArd-earned &C .
eumulatious gradually pass away without
power TO prevent II, aad are nov in hope.
less bankruptcy, or stand trembling on
the verge Of financial ruin.
Turn 10 the other side Of the situation,
and we behold non-producing capitalists
bankers and Misunderstanding in
the palatial residences Of the land and
exhibiting al the evidences Of CrG sus %
like foriu0es-each day grouing richer
aud richer; while side BY side With them
the industrious working classes, Who
obey the divine decree aud 60; their
bread in the sweat Of their faces, are
I croxizg poorer and poorer. Those Who
GOV DO not reap; While capitalists
usuriously exact from labor the fruits G.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15

It's toll, leaving only a ps;;snce for sub.
sistence; aud the false theory that
"capiial should own labor Is practically
realized in every community. ..
The producing industries Of the coun-
try are 1njustly taxed, and the almost
intolerabe burdens Of the war debt rest
upon those who fought the battles ana
made the sacrifices, those who titled the
land to produce supplies, and those who
labered in the workshops to supply the
material Of war; while the mcney-klngs,
who furnished the so called "sinews OF
war" (au,l got we'll paid for ~, ana
kept out Of danger, are receiving exorol-
tant rates of interest upon their loans,
and amassing princely fortunes upon the
misforiunes Of their fellow-countrymen'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
ForPresident and VicePresident
OF the United States,
THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THE NEWS.

W.T.. Lee, postal clerk on the Acquia creek
route, was committed for rObbins the mails.
$4,000 lest.
Senator Grimes was about the same yester-
day: hi; right arm is partially paralyzsd. He
was able to read, attend to his correspondence,
etc. Howard's condition was unchanged; he
spent restless night. at times delirious.
The impeachment managers were in session
yesterday and summoned witnesses. among
them W. W. Warden. of the Presidents house
hold. Is the case to be opened again to new
testimony
Grant is out for universal suffrage and the
convietion Of the President.
Application for trial was made on behalf Of
John c. Braino. charged with seiaing the
steamer Chesapeake in 1863.
1t is reported that Horatio Seymour viii not.
under any circumstance, be candidate for
President.
A dispatch from Cheyenne represents the
Indian Commissioners as having returned.
and reporting settlement with the Grows,
Brules, Sioux and other tribes. A few Sioux
still on the war path.
The delegates from New Orleans to the Chi
caeo Republican Convention. which meets next
Wednesday. are on their way to that city.
General Buchanan announces the majority
in Louisiana for ratification to be lT.4ls. Jas.
Mann, in the Second District, is the only Dem
ocratic Congressman elected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
WASHINGTON.

NRw YoRK, May l5,-The Trfbuns's
Washington special says that Anthony
and Sprague are both doubtful, aud are
strongly claimed by the Presidents
friends as sure to vote for acquitial.
The FINES says that Randall, Of
Pennsylvania, who received sound
Gaming from Governor Hamilton, OF
Texas, yesterday evening, is a per-
feet stranger to Hamilton, who never
saw him before, and the insult from
Randallis perfectly unaccountable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
Buntyn Homestead for Sale

THIS BEAUTIFUL SUBURBAN RESI-
Il dencs, situated Eve miles east Of Memphis,
on the NJ 4 G. Railroad. l. now offered for
sale. The tract embraces IS acres. in high
state Of cultivation, with lawns, garden. orch
large. airy and substantial, with all nece sary
Outhuildinrs; the whole forming one of the
most desirable residences in the vicinity Of
Memphis. The grounds are susceptible Of d.
visian into several fne buildizz sites, aud will
be divided and sold separately Il desired.
Icrmf-Part cash. aud part on credit 20 Sc
comm0iate purchasers: title good.
II not sold within thirty days. Il viii be cold
~ public auction. Possession rivea AZ sale.
For further particulars apply q
L. v. DIXON.
u No. 20. Desoto Block.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
Grant gone oyerboard.

The present advocacy of Chase by the
Herald is characteristic. A few days
may bring some other man to view in
similar prominence And then that pa
per will pronounce him the coming man
for the same reason. But one thing is GER
tain, it now regards Grants chances as
very much diminished since he ceased
to be General Mum, and threw himself
into the Radical harness. We extract
as follows:
What was it that, short time ago,
made Grant seen the great inevitable
man of the future 1t was that he had
the respect and confidence of the people
as against all parties. He was a man
standing alone-broad, grand, national,
and differing from all other men in moth
ing SO much as in that he stood aloof from
party; and they were nothing without
their peculiar party power. Grant was
the national man. But what change
few weeks have made. Grant, with all
his silence, with all his cautious reserve,
has said enough to satisfy Radicalism
that he is a cspdidste to suit it; and by
his relations to party men, by the readl-
ness with which he has fallen into Radi-
cal reconstruction plans, he is seen to
be to-day the creature, the tool, if not the
bond slave of the niger supremacy fac
ton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
MISSISSIPPI.

JACKSON May l5-The State Conven-
ton to-day passed resolution allowing
members no per diem after to- morrow.
Combash, colored delegate, has been
indicted by the Grand Jury for stealing
Convention warrants from another dele
gate
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15

in the LOFT Of the stable Of the prison yes
terday, and died about S'l5 pm. He
was insensible when found, and could
give no clue as to who had committed the
assault 1t is supposed he had money,
aud that he was killed for It.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
recoverin
BY TELEGRAPH.
--latest to Noon T,s-Day.
NEW YORK.
Gold and Cotton Reports.

Special TO the PUBLIC LEDGER.l
New York, May Is, IL m.-Gold
opened at 1885,; al l0:4O am. was 1899,
and is now 1895. Exchange is steady.
Cotton is in fair demand and prices
are firm; middliug, 3l@3l4c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, May 10, noon.-Cotton is
firm sales of $4,000 bales-Uplands at
l2@l21d, and Orleans at l2t@l2sd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
Star Shuttle Sewing Machines


AT TIE SOLICITATION OF MY LADY
N friends and former patrons, / have again
put my Futing Machine in motion, as my flu
ting is acknowledged to be superior to al others
in the city. Mrs. ALICE P. ZIEGLER,
No. 1877 Hill street,
Coz Next the co. ner of Alabama Sc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15

Ex-PREsIDEST BUCHANAN has lately
been very i'll at Lancaster, Pa, with
pleuro-pneumonia, but is now reported
recovering.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
AAuSE ENTS.
MEMPHIS BOAT CLUB
Picnic and Regatta,
Al
Mound City, Wednesday, May 20, rs.
AMusE M EMTs.

THE STEAMER DIES ARC WILL LEAVE
L the loot of Monroe and Adams streets every
hour.
Fare for the round trip, 81 60. 66
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
MERCHANTS

THIS INSTITUTION rs NOW FULLY
i organ zed. and prepared to do Fire and
Marine Insurance business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-15
LARGEST ESTABLISHMENT.

or the kind.ih=ihe Southwest. We employ
none bui Capable workmen. and turs out the
best Of Workiai:the most reasonable pri&
wHITMOBE a CO.,
l9p-t No. lz.Madisoulft.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-24
PULASKI HOUSE,
1st MAIN STREET, South,
Pulaski, Tenn.
By Mrs. II. D. PAINE.

THIS house is conveniently located TO the business
L portion OF the town, yet sufficiently retired to
give it the air of private boarding house. The
accommodations are as good as those OF any cOun
try hotel in the State being supplied with the best
the market affords, and guests attended by polite
and accommodating servants.
Regular boarders, without lodging, As per week ;
boarders, with lodging 50; Board per day, with
lodging, 50; without lodging $15o. Single meals
so cents. fsept6-1y
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-24
REIMoNT.
FORT DoNELsoN.

After reciting the capture of Fort Henry
by Commodore Foote, the writer proceeds {:
Why did not Grant follow up the de-
moralized garrison that fed from Fort Hen
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-01-24
GRANT.
His Western Campaigrs---His Battles
and How they were Won--- dwelling
the Great Reticent- Review Of
Badeau's History of the General.

Col. Badeau, Aid to General Grant, has
Just published the first volume of a "Mili-
tary History" of his commander, which
traces his career to the battle of Chattanoo-
ga. A writer in the Chicago Times has
reviewed the book in a most incisive man
Der. and from a different standpoint from
the General staf. We make tie subjoin-
eb extracts. which possess a local as well
as a general interest
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PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION
OTce of Chief OuarteYmaslsr,
Dts'T'd Of me Indian 7srritoyy, !

Fort Gibson. C. NJ. Jan L. 1873
sealed Proposals, in duplicate. will be received
February 20 1868, for the transportation from Fort
Gibson, j. T.. to Fort Arbuckle, l. t. or such 9th
er posts or stations as may hereafter be
along the route or on its continuation within the
limits of the Indian Territory OF SoI 600 pounds of
Military Supplies, or such other quantity az the
Government may require to trans port during the
year commencing April /, 1875, and ending March
Bidders will state the rate Der 90 mounds per 100
miles at which they will transport the stores in each
month OF the year beginning April /, 1875 and end
Bidders will give their names in full a. well AZ
tbelr places OF residence, and each proposal must
De accompanied by guaranty from two or more
persons those loyalty and solvency as well as that
OF the bidder, are certified by clerk of a court Of
record, setting forth that in case a contract is
awarded TO the party proposing. it will be &C
security furnished for the faithful performance Of
the same.
The party to whom an award is made must be
sary delay, and give bond for the faithful per.
Torrance thereof in the of $40 600, (ten thon.
sand dollars - and he In readine IS TO commence the
transportation cf stores OH the first day of pril
He will also be required TO have an Office, or
place o, business At or near Fort Gibsou, 1. T.,
ana 10 have at his command teams sufficient to
transport az least 20 ,tW pounds per month
The right Is reserved on the part of the Govern
nent to reject any or all bids which may be re-
ce1ved and any contract made will be subject the
approval OF the Quartcrmaster General of the army
Payments upon any contract awarded will be
mace monthly. in current funds.
Bidders are invited to be present on the day of
Proposals should be endorsed - Proposals for
Army Transportation, and addressed to the Chief
Qnartermaster. District Of the Indian Territory.
By authority Of Colonel Del Floyd Jones, com
mandins District OF the l. T x1wp.J
fe 3-6tB Capt. and A. Q. NJ, q. 8. A., Chief O. M
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PROPOSALS.
DROPOeALs FOR THE PERFORMING on
SANITARY work
~, D,po' YSd r 8 49,,

DcpOf QtdyfsrfTdS stew UNI,
Washisston, ID. c., January 81, 1853
,nSited at this office until Il O'Clock moon on SAT
deposits, Ashes. and Dead ANIMALS, for one year
rom fbe LIST Of March next, from the various bar
racks ofices, buildings &c, throughout the city
occupied by such branches Of the War Department
a. are designated by the Depot Qusrte master.
hidders will be required to accompany their bids
with bond signed by theIns and two respon
nble sureties, in the sum of one thousand dollars
mat they Will Furnish ell necessary materials and
labor for the performance of the work and execute
bonds in the sum of We thou Sand dollars, immedi
ately upon the award of the contract for its faith
ful and satisfactory performance
Lists Of the places 10 he visited must he obtained
from the Depot Quartermaster each month, and
everv place 20 designated must be visited di
rected In the let
Payments will be made monthly, or a. soon
thereafter funds furpi,h he'd for the pu pose
If tn, amount of work required be either increased
or diminished during the period OF the contract q
prOportionate increase or elimination of the month
ly payments will be made upon contract rates.
required in prompt and satifactory manner, tho
Depot Quartermaster will hire il done aud charge
the cost to the contractor. He also reserves the
right to reject any or all proposals that
tistactory.
Any information required will be cheerfully
given at the olce of the pot Quartermaster.
Bids should've endorsed PRO pos ais for Perform
ing Sanitary Work, !" and addressed TO the under
signed.
By order of the Qusrtermsster General
j. g. MCFERRAN.
Deputy Qasrtermaster General. Brevet Briga-
der General U. 5. A and Depot Quarterms :
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II &. ENGINEERS OFFICE.
u. No. IL STATE STREET, ALBANY. N. Y,

January 49, 1863.
until u o'clock IN TUESDAY, February H. ISss,
TOR Work and Materials for the Improvement of the
HUDSON River, between Troy and New Baltimore,
/ For from nifty thousand to sixty five thousand
cred in the dykes and leveied on top stone oeV-
For from two hundred and seventy thousand
less, Of Piles oak: pine chestnut, or spruce. not
less than twelve inches in diameter at the bntt
5. For driving from two hundred and forty thou.
10 three hundred and fifteen thousand feet Of
4. For from six hundred and fifty thousand to
eght hundIed and fifty Thousand feet more or less,
Der, in pieces not less than twenty five feet long
10 De deii we g IL rats a, the dykes
20 twenty one thousand running feet more or less,
6. For the 7 Timber Work on thirty two hundred
running feet, ,msre or less, Of half dyke.
7. For Timber Work on from twelve to fifteen
Point, or other points on the river banks.
s.. For from sixteen thousand to twenty-five
bolts. with nuts and washers.
9. For from forty Thousand to. Fifty thous and
pounds, more or less, of wrought iron rods. with
nuts and washers.
10 For from thirty-ive thousand to forty Gig hit
THOUSAND pounds, more or less, of wrought iron
spikes without heads.
ofslope-wall stone, to be delivered on the dykes
H. For dredging aJ ,s two thousand cubic yards
be- Dam on a
10 BIOS VIII be received for so much per cubic
yard delivered for stone; 50 much per cubic yard
dredged and deposited for dradSins g; much per
running foot for piles, driving, and timber work
80 much per Thousand feet B. M, for timber, and
30 much per pound for iron.
"A. Forms of Proposals may be obtained at this
once; and ne bid Will be receive unless made on
the printed form and properly certified speci
mems OF the stone and iron, plans and specifca-
lions OF the timber work and maps Of the river,
showing soundings, &c can be seen at this Office,
where all possible infor will be given to
parties desiring to bid.
Is; Bids will be considered for materials aud
workmanthip not less than one fourth of the
amounts given above. Successful bidders Will be
Iequired to enter into contract with the United
States, with good and suffi cient sureties stamps
Contractor.
The United States reserves the right to reject all
bids deemed disadyantageous,
By order OF Brevet MAJOR Gen John Newton.
. JOHN N. WILSON.
Major Engineers and Bvt 1t Col u SIS.
ia Is 23tR " - ~ ~
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ORPHANS, COURT. January IS, iSse.-DIs
" fIIcT OF CoLUMBIA, WAsHINeroN CouNry to-
isirstriI Of JxHEs cxRRiGo. deceased, the ea.
scutrix aforesaid has, with the APPRECIATION Of
issS Ss TIE tie ss'
. ths same have '6sse collected and trrasd
into money; vhen and whore al the Creditors snd
heirs Of estd deoeaeed notified to attend, with
their claims properly youched, or they may other
wise BY law Be excluded from all benefit in ssid
deeeasedh estate Provided, COPY Of this order b
Iybiished once week for three weeks In tbs
fsst-JAABS 3. 0'BKIRNE,
iA3.lAW3W Register Of Wtlio,