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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-08
California Getting Crowded.

California is rapidly filing up with
immigrants from the Atlantic States.
The exceedingly low fares, caused by the
competition Of the rival lines pfsteapeEs
to California, It Is said, are Aooding San
Francisco With more people than can
fnd employment, and the newspapers Of
that city are beginning to complain OF
the rapidly increasing surplus Of popula-
ton. They say trade is dull, wages low
and provisions high, and that persons
with limited means, who are able to
raise the money TO get out there, find
themselves unable 10 get back. They
deny also that San Francisco is any
longer g new county, in the sense Of
needing fresh immigration, Whilst this
is the declaration about immigration
from the Atlantic States, it seems
strange that the California authorities
should be thinking Of sending agents to
Prussia 10 make known the Inducements
offered By their State for immigration,
YET such is the present announcement
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-08
The Great Railroad Partial Decision
by Judge Trigg.


In the Federal Court yesterday, par
tial decision was rendered by Judge
Trgg In the Nashville and Northwestern
railroad injunction case. He held
First. That the acceptance OF the con-
ditions Of the act Of the It'll OF December,
giving the aid to the Nashville and North
western railroad by the Board OF Dr.
rectors was probably not binding on the
stookholders. but as il was not averred
in the bill that this aid had been ac-
cepted, he would take II rs true.
Second. Admitting the power OF the
Governor TO appoint Directors, and that
the appointment OF the last fifteen STATE
Directors was fully authorized, and that
the Governor had power to remove the
first set Of Directors; that the action oil
the new set OF Directors, 10 connection
with one of the stockholders and dlrec-
tors, by which they undertook 70 Dust the
officers of the Board, was u nullity that
the provision in the law Of the 10Th oil
February, authorizing the election oil
new officers at any time, was, as pro-
posed, a fundamental change In the
charter, which could not be made except
by the consent of the company; and
therefore, all the proceedings Of this re-
organization, were void and of no force
Third. That the Receiver was Re
ceiyer under the law, and amenable to
the courts; that he was as much the
agent Of the company as OF the state,
and that any party interested might
make him account in the courts for ,vlo-
lation OF law, and that the bonds author
lied 10 be issued by the act of the 9TH OF
December we're to be issued to the COM
pany.
questions which he was not satisfied
about, and upon these he desired further
First If the State and the stockhold-
ers were equally interested in the acts OF
the Receiver, was not the State neces-
sary party; and if so, did this court have
jurisdiction
Second. If the charter was adopted by
the Legislatures of both States-Tennes-
see and Kentucky-was not the company
a citizen of Kentucky, aud did not this
Gust the court of jurisdiction 7
These questions are to be recognized.
The Judge said this was a most unfortn-
nate controversy, and he announced his
views now as far as he had come to q
conclusion, hoping the parties would set
tie the questions among themselves,
without further action by the court, as
the conflict might be ruinous to the int.
rests of the company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-08
FOREIGN.

HAVANA, May 7.-Mexican advices
state that another conspiracy has been
discovered in the City of Mexico and the
leaders arrested, including one Colonel
Machado. A conspiracy has also been
frustrated in 0rizsba. Two thousand
muskets have been ordered from the
United States to arm the national guard
at Vera Cruz. Two million dollars were
sent to Europe by the steamer Mersey.
LIvRRPooL, May s.-Cotton dull. Es-
timated sales, 1000 bales. Uplands,
l2ad; Orleans, l2fi.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate yesterday, the court
| onened at noon, and after some debate
the doors were closed, the galleries being
cleared of all spectators.
Mr.. brakes proposition to amend the
| 23d Rule was agreed to. 1t is, that the
| fifteen minutes allowed each member Tor
debate shall be for the Whole delibera-
ton in the final question, and not on
each article of impeachment.
In the House, Mr.. Washburn, OF Hi
nois. presented estimates from the War
| Department in reference to the deficiency
of Ss5, 900 for the administration OF the
| Reconstruction act in the Third Military
District. which was ordered to be printed,
and referred to the Committee on APP
preparations.
A resolution was passed, requesting
the President to send sufficient num-
Der of war vessels to the fishing grounds
| in the Gulf of st. Lawrence, and the adj
iacent British provinces, for the pur-
nose of protecting the American vessels
| in exercising their rights as indicated in
the existing treaties. The resolution
gave out the fact the Canadian Govern
ment proposes to tax American fishing
vessels four dollars per ton, and send
war vessels to enforce the tax.
Mr.. Robinson, as question OF privi-
lere. offered a resolution that the resolu.
tions impeaching President johnson be
expunged from the journal OF the House,
because its passage was strictly party
measure, of evil example, etc: The
Speaker decided that the question was
not one Of privilege. Mr.. Robinson said
he would bring it up again and 1t would
eventually be adopted.
Mr.. Stevens, from the Reconstruc-
ton Committee, reported the following;
WHEREAS, The people Of Arkansas
have adopted a constitution of State
government, republican in form, and
have duly ratified the l4th article of the
amendment TO the Constitution, It is
hereby enacted that the State of Arkan-
sas is entitled and invited to representa-
ton to Congress, as one of the States of
the Union, upon the following fuuda-
mental conditions: That the constitution
of Arkansas shall not be so amended or
changed as to deprive any citizen or
class of citizens of the United States of
the right to vote who are entitled to vote
by the Constitution herein recognized,
except as punishment for such crimes as
are now felonious at common law,
whereof he or they shall have been duly
convicted.
1t was ordered to be printed and re-
committed.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration Of the bill to prevent the fur
Their sales of lands belonging to the
United States, except as provided for in
the Presumption and Homestead laws for
disposing of town sites and mineral lands.
Messrs. Briggs and Blaine spoke in OPP
position thereto, aud Mr. Donnely in its
favor.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, offered an
amendment, and then the House adj
iourned without coming to q vote.
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From Montgomery.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, May 5. 1855.
EpIroRs LEDGER: Qsiet, politically,
remains The order of the day in this
province. Yet, amid all the seeming
lethsrgy, deep undercurrent OF uneasi-
ness in the minds of all can be dis.
cerned. 1t is truly dismal and distress
ing TO see the great minds of the talented
and good men of the State standing with
closed arms and downcsst faces, hug
cling the delusive phantom of hope,
until they are almost " bound hand and
foot" and their places in the halls OF
legislation filled by the corrupted and
polluted forms Of vagabond, pot-house
politicians and vile, low-brsd Africans,
who. true to the instinct Of the animals
from their own native land, whom they
in very great degree resemble, are ape
ing the actions of their chewing white
brethren. What spectacle for genera
tons to come. Will not the spirit of
Alabama's proud sons, whom days gone
by. we're distinguished in the forums of
the country, now look down with plying
eyes upon their countrymen And then
there are the proud and unyielding
brave men Of marked distinction yet
living, who, IN days gone by looked more
70 the glory of the State than to the
emoluments of Office, looking on without
the power TO help Can such state Of
affairs last forever7 If our ancestors
shook of the yoke Of George III for tax
ing the few pounds Of tea imported into
the colonies, which not one in hundred
ever tasted, what can be expected from
over taxed, unrepresented people of this
day, who not only pay tAKes for tea, but
everything to eat, wear and breathe. and
who have no laws except the will Of a
military satrapf
About four weeks ago several young
men Of Eutaw we're arrested and brought
here for whipping an old renegade THE
ysthe name Of Hill, who has reside'
there for many years. for stealing. The.
have been on trial for several days be
fore a military commission in Selma
and this mornings dispatches inform q
Of the result Of their case. Three o
them, William PettigreE. Thomas Rob
erts and James Steele, have been sen
fenced to hard labor in Dry Tortugas 70
two yesrs; and Frank Mundy, Hug
white, John Galway and David Stray
horn have been sentenced TO hard labo
at the same plAcefor one year. Genera
Meade has approved The sentences, AM
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CONNECTICUT.

HARTFORD, May S-One of series of
State Conventions of Fenians which are
now being held in the principal States
convened here to-day. About fifty dele.
gates were present, and the utmost
unanimity and enthusiasm prevailed.
General John O'Neill laid before
the Convention the present State organi-
cation and his plan for the future, which
met with the approval of all, and the del.
egates thereupon pledged an amount,
proving that Connecticut is in earnest,
and will not be behind her sister States.
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The Impsachmsnt-Thsn Negro Equality

Wendell Phillips, in the Anti. Slavery
Standard of last week, thus projects the
next step forward which the Radical
party must take;
After impeachment, thu safety and
future Of the Republican party demand
embodiment into law and platform alike,
of the principle Of eaua. national eiti-
zenship-the same in Michigan as IN
South Carolina. 1t must be remembered
that the administration which General
Grant will draw around him, and more
than that, the Influences and associations
sure to affect his policy, will not
be of the sort likely to be affected
by what practical men sneer at
theory, ideas, fsnatieism, We must get
our main tCork dOneHOW and during the
term of Wddes ddminfstrdfton-t0hteh
Il is expected icill folloss this trial Every
kday proves the truth of this. Men Of the
Fessenden type, grumblers OF the Grimes
SORT, well-meaniDg politicians ike VIII
son, will have more to do with affairs
than any others. But they in their turn
will be overslaaghed By the West Point
ers-not Of the red tape school, il is true,
but of the ADLER sort General GEants
administration is much more likely to
seek diversion for the people in g semi
aggressive manifest" destiny sort Of
pslicy, than it is to gather the tangled
and broken threads Of our internal
policy, aud so weave them over again in
the national loom, that they shsll come
out perfect web, glowing with beaute-
Gus colors and instinct With the radical
harmonies Of liberty, equality end fra
ternity.
Let Us have one and one only rule OF
I citizenship throughout the length and
breadth Of the land.
Chicago must be made to feel the pres
sure Of The necessity referred to. The
platform 10 be adopted there must de
{ mand the enactment q equal suffrage
Congress must be required 10 enact q
law that viii accomplish this. or Il must
submit an amendment 70 the Constitu-
ton establishing IT, TIE Sou,h will be
there, in the person Of her delegates,
white and col0red, 10 declare that With
out such declaration and enactment by
the Republicans in National Conveutiou
assembled, there viii Be 10 security 70,
them Or their party in she S0uih.
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WASHINGTON.

New York, May S.-The Washington
dispatch to the Sun says Senator Fessen'
den indicated to-day that he would
probably vote for the Sd Article, and ex-
pressly stated without any reserve that
his written opinion was only adverse to
the LIST Article, as he comedies the Presi-
dent has power, under the Constitution,
to make removals, but not to ell such va
cancies while the Senate is in session.
A heavy rain STERN and high gale, with
thunder and lightning, passed over the
city last night.
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GEORGIA..

SAVANNAH, May ga large meeting Of
colored Conservatives was held here last
evening. A United States flag was pre-
sented to the meeting by the white citi-
zens. Speeches were mado by white
and colored men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-08
Trviua % Live On bis salary.

The Hartford Pssf Is responsible for
the story Of q conductor on q road not q
thousand miles from Hartford, who had
agreed, in the kindness Of his heart, TO
pass q poor pennies fellow on his train.
An okcsr Of the road sitting IN The same
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BY TELEGRAPH.
I.ateat TO Noon To-day.
NEW YORK.
cold and COTTON Reports.

Special to the Public LEDerR.l
New York, May s-l2 NJ Gold
opened at 1891; at 1895 am. was 1893,
and is now 1894.
Tennessee bonds, old, Csc; new, &C.
Exchange, steady.
Cotton, quiet and steady; middling,
400
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-08

car with the man, observed that the con.
ductor took no fare Of him, aud called
him to account for il. "Why do you
mass that man2" said the Treasurer.
"Oh, he's conductor on the, - rail-
road" Hes conductor; why, what
makes him dress 80 shabby ?" "Oh, he's
irving 10 live on his salaryl" was the
osiok reply. Mr.. Treasurer saw the
point aud dropped the subject.
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Call for the National Democratic cOnvsn-



WASHINGTON, February %, 1868.
The National Democratic Committee,
by-virtue of the authority conferred upon
them by the last National Democratic
Convention, at meeting held this day
at Washington, d. c., voted to hold the
next Convention, for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for President and
Vice President Of the United States, on
the 4th dag of July, 1868, at II o'clock
No., in the city Of New York.
The basis of representation, as fixed
BY the last National Democratic Con-
yertion, is double the number of Sena-
tors and Representative in Congress of
each State under the last spportionment
Each State is invited TO send dele
gates accordingly.
s. r. Lyman, George H. Paul,
Josiah Minot, d. O. Finch,
X. s. Smith, Isaac Z. Eaton,
VIM, NJ. Converse, Thomas Hay2es,
Gideon Bradford, Vim. Mcmillan,
W. G. Steel, VIM. Aiken,
W. A. Galbraith, Geo. H. Houston,
John A. Nicholson, Joseph A. Rozier,
A. II. Campbell, 0din Powie,
James Guthrie, A. B. Greenwood,
L. S. Trimble, John w. LettWichs
Rufus P. Ranney, John Patrick,
W. +. Niblack, Thomas Sweeney
Wilser r. Story, ]. W. McCorkle,
W L. bancroft w. L. Shsrkey,
Lewis V. Bogy, John Hancock,
John II. McKiny.
AuousT BELNoyT, Chairman.
FREDERIC o. PRIscE. SECRETARY.
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G&NEi. II. GRANT \ TErorALHR. Ii i.!ch-
field Spring. New York, watering place,
nh,3c Alp..al y. u. Porter, is at p, NJ, the
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,lrnl,ard were mentioned in the Adns,ral's pres
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Sir pronounce the story OF Gen. GRAM S
intemIcrance a .faiSehoGdt l have known :.im
since the commencement of the war. Oar re-
laticns while cooperating on the Mississippi
were intimate, They were equally intimate on
Hampton Reads on the James river, and Tic
Potomac. They have been 50, since The war,
both in Washington and Annapolis. have
shared his hospitality, and he has accepted
mine. | have met him under nil circumstances
of fatigue ana; ie,tiyity i'll sunshine and IN Storm,
in dependency and in danger, and had every
opportunity OF learning lis habits and knowing
his conduct; ans! | say that. during the whole
period of my nequaintanceship with him, have
never known him to taste, nor have ever beard
Of his touching, Intoxicating liquors % any kind,
not even wine In common with all tbc officers
Of the army and the navy who have served with
General Giant, aud shared his intimacy. have
been both shocked and outraged in reading and
herring this allegation against him, and had my
position been different, and had it not been that
my motive might be misunderstood OF n!iSrcp-
resented would have Icing ago denounced The
SANDER on General Grant as it deserves. re-
peat, General Grant is decidedly "a temperate
mau, in principle and in practice, Yen. sir,
and these who hear me. may repeat |illt say
TO you, on my authority as an officer an,! man.
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