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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
The Working People.

The coopers' strike in New York is
announced as almost ended, all the EN-
ployers but one having yielded. They
are now paying l6 cents for -four bar
rels and II cents for sugar barrels. The
single employer holding out employed
220 men, who are still idle, and their
fellow-craftsmen who are working have,
with outside help, given them $1,000 to
support their strike. 49,,
1t is announced that the llborers,
about forty in number, on the Queen
Anne's and Kent railroad, at Whining
ton, Delaware, have suspended work,
their employers demanding eleven hours
as days work, whilst the men refuse to
give more than ten. The dispute will
probably be compromised.
A dispatch from Nashville announces
that the colored waters at the hotels
there struck for higher wages yesterday,
and that the hotel keepers were endesv-
oring to get white walters in their places.
1t is said that the Everett Mills, OF
Lawrence, Massachusetts, employing 900
hands, now run on full time, and in some
portions of the works overtime is made.
1t is proposed to hold Congress OF
the English Trades Unions at Manches-
ter during the coming summer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
Particulars Of the scalpipg Of tho two Rail-
L. road Conduetors. .---


siDSEY, April %. 1858.
To the Editor Of the Omaha Herald: .rst.
This has been a day Of dreadful ex-
citement ut this place. The Indians
made desperate dash in town this af-
ternoon, killing one man named Daniel
A. Darison, a section hand, scalping
Thomas Cahoon, conductor, and, j fear,
mortally wounding William Edmundson,
conductor. These unfortunate men pre-
sentsd the most awful spectacle il was
possible for savage vengeance to infiict.
Their bodies were literally torn to pieces
with arrows, and this, sir, within ak
hundred yards Of our military post-and
in sight Of one hundred men, and what
could we do2 II don't take band of In
dians more than two or three minutes TO
murder men, and stampede stock, and
laugh at a few soldiers and citizens.
Your Cheyenne correspondent tries TO
gloss over the Indian depredations that
are almost Of daily occurrence, and
wishes the truthful and independant
Herald to misrepresent facts, and make
your journal obnoxious to class OF use
ful and enterprising men, namely, the
ranch men. rlI.-
Frank should be mindful that be who
writes for q respectable journal must
confine himself to the truth. Perhaps he
can inform us what ranch man has got
the ten thousand head of stock STAN
peded this spring-what ranch men muir
dered and scalped the men at Cotton
wood, Antelope and Sidney. Awaiting
his answer, have the honor to be,
Your humble servant, -
PArRIcK O'FLANAGAy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
Rutlar and Nelson.

Mack writes as follows to the Gin
einusti Commercial:
"There have been rumors in this city,
for few days, of contemplated duel
between Butler and Nelson, growing out
of angry words about the Alta Vela letter
What took place in the Senate yesterday
is already before the public; how reso-
luton was offered to censure Nelson for
saying that he held himself responsible,
here or elsewhere, etc. and how Nelson
was asked to explain what he meant, and
frankly explained that he meant what he
said, which left the matter precisely where
it stood before-that is, if Butler wants
satisfaction he can have it. Inc private
conversation Nelson is much more ex.
plicit. He says he had been compelled
to sit and listen to Buffers bullying long
enough, and that he took advantage of
the Alta Vela controversy to tell him
that he wouldn't do so any longer. A
friend asked him If be really intended to
provoke fight with Butler, to which he
promptly replied that he meant to FIX
It so that if Butler wanted fight he could
have it. Nelson is as quiet and molten
siye a man as you'll meet in day s
travel. There is nothing of the braggart
or bully about him. No trace of the
Southern chivalry in his manner or bear
ipnp Ht a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
Down ON the Germans.

The Radical journals tell US that one
reason why they are so determined the
negro shall vote, is, thousands Of the
Germans are leaving the Radical party,
and they want 10 punish them for II by
making the negroes their equal. The
Boston Journal, q leading organ Of the
Radical taxgrinders, taunts the Germans
with the following insnlting language:
Although il has taken q great deal
Of time and cost us a vast amount OF
money, We have st last got the stoid
Dutch Of the Western States educated
up 10 the higher law standard. When 8
few years ago they spit upon Us, the de-
spised Abolitionists, We desired the me-
gro as they called the eolored man },
should be made their equals, or We would
crash the Union. Colored suffrage is q
fact The foot Of the negro is now on
the neck Of our ancient revilers, and
those Who are not in our tolls must stand
from under."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
Schemes for Conviction.
Washington Cor. New York Timss.l

Warrington Cof. NcH fofk iimot.l
Butler and his friends have been con-
fident from the first, OF the success OF
the impeachment. Misunderstood now,
that, on the strength Of Information con
veyed privately to New York, certain
operators 10 Wall street, not wholly Ut
acquainted with the designs OF the vir-
tuous managers, are preparing to speou-
late upon the slight rise in gold which
might be caused by verdict OF guilty
Some Of the means adopted TO infu-
ence doubtful Senators are so despicable,,
that it is to be hoped, for the sake OF
justice, they may sometime be fully ex-
posed. Agents have been employed in
various States to heighten the political
pressure brought TO bear upon Senators;
by procuring letters to be addressed to
them filed with all sorts OF promises,
intimidations, and threats. Anonymous
and forged notes have reached Senators
hinting, in the event of the failure of the
latter to vote for conviction, at a possible
public disclosure of come of their most
intimate private concerns. Even the
wives, or the female "friends of Sena-
tors, have been 10 few Instances ap-
preached and solicited to use their i'm
Auence. The spies, voluntary and en-
gagged, who have busted themselves with
the attempt to extract from Senators and
their intimates some expression of their
opinion or intent, are legion of both
sexes.
While the Court is in session, little
pages Ait from time to time through the
noiseless doorways, bringing cards and
missives. From time TO time Senator
quits his seat, and is seen ia the cor
rider or in the marble room, BY a curious
and persuasive politician. At night,
after the Court adjourns, multitude of
secret conclaves are held in Libraries,
parlors, and hooks about the public
places Of hotels. Then gambling saloons
and worse retreats are populous with
Congressman and politicians from the
East, West, North, and South. Then all
the varieties of the situation are caH.
vassed rumors and opinions diverse and
strange load the air. A subtle and cor
rupt diplomacy is at work in the dark
hours until late bedtime throughout
Washington.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
A Widowsr in a Quandary.

"Come haste to the wedding" This
is a strange song to sing at q wife's
funeral, but the festive Teuton in Detroit
would have been glad to have done so on
Monday, had not all his joy been turned
to sorrow by the last will and testament
of his deceased wife, who came from the
"Gem Of the Sea-" This man was worth
about 10000, but he, wishing TO keep it
out of some ones reach, put it all in his
wifes name. She was buried Monday,
but left a will in which she gives two
hundred dollars to q servant girl who had
been very kind 10 her The balance OF
the property is left to the children. the
husband only to have the use Of il until
the youngest child should be Of age, pro-
vided he either lives single or msrries
the servant girl aforesaid. He don't
wish to marry the girl, but he does wish
to marry, and that at oneei bnt wishes
TO have his property 10 live on, but
knows he must forfeit II II he does 50.
Poor fellow That funeral on Monday
was not so pleasant an affair after all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
Paris.
From Paris letter to tho Chicago Post ]

From Paris letter to the Chicago Post.l
A friend accompanying me, says
"Paris is a magnificent failure" If we
are TO consider Paris as an attempt to
realize the highest ideal of social and re-
ligious civilization, this remark is doubt
less true. There is no home-life in
Paris. Men live out of doors, eat at
restaurants and cafes, spend their eve
nings at theaters and balls, and sleep
some of them--under the same roof with
their families. The Sabbath, instead OF
being day of peaceful and sacred rest,
is converted into universal gala day.
No one brought up under the shadow OF
New England thought but will be shocked
at the lawlessness which runs riot
through the streets of Paris on Sunday.
Then. ] am convinced there is but little
regard for high morality. The national
religion benumbs the conscience. You
can be purged of every sin by doing
penance. Here is bid to sin. Hence,
sensualism, which is under csver of a
most graceful and even fascinating ex-
terror, is NEST horrible in this great city
Can the wealth and beauty of Paris cover
or atone for all this? But Paris is a
corporation, and corporations have no
souls and, considered thus, Paris is a
magnificent success. ..
No city has more perfect municipal
government Its police system is a
prodigy of faultlessness. Its streets are
noiseless, end swept as clean as your
parlor floor. The poor are protected and
cared for by the hand of benevolent law.
And hospitals for the sick and universi-
ties for the ignorant are abundant and
splendidly equipped. Who shall speak
Of its churches and palaces, long noted
as monuments of architectural splendor,
or its gardens and public parks and
promenades, all of which have been laid
out at lavish expense to entice every
sense and delight every nceivable tasteI
Even the ordinary edifces would in other
cities be deemed palatial. / have not
seen q wooden structure here--and when
buildings grow old there are poor people
who need work and an Emperor who
needs to give it to them, and so the old
must come down and new must 60 up,
with marble faeades and solid through
out, to take their place Oh, no for
just what it is, and for just what it does,
Paris ia not a failure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
The Poeticsl Logan.

1t is in poetry and poetical quotations
that Logan comes out strong, to the
point, an appropriateness which is most
apt to the matter in hand. Thus, when
he says that there had been too much
dallying with treason already, we 1.-THE
managers) thought
IF 'twere done when 'tis done, then 'twere
well it were done quickly"
Now, considering that those were Mac
beth words just previous to his assassi-
nation of old King Duncan, it will at
once be seen that it was in strict accord
auce with the part be plays in the piece
that the clown of the impeachment trial
should quote them. But why not con-
tinue the quotation, Mr.. Clown, thus'
''If the assassination
Could trammel up the consequences, and catch,
With his surcease, success that but this blow
Might be the be all and the eDd-all here;
Then. here upon this bank and shoal of time,
Wed jump the fe TO GENE. But. in these
We still have judgment here; that we but
Bloody instructions. which, being taught,
To plague the inventor. This handed
oonmspds the ingredients Of our poisoned
chslice
To our own lips" "fh.r. NO spur
To prick the sides of my intent. but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself.
And falls on the other side
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11

I. T. invariably announces additions
10 bis own family in bis own Indepen-
dent On one occasion be made the
fact the topic Of bis religious leader.
Nov be publishes similar tidings about
other pious people. The Rev. Calvin
Fairbauk," Of WiilismsbarE, Mass, Who
would seem 70 be 8 donkey after T. rs
own heart, writes 70 the Independent
for publication, delicate note thar bis
" precious wife, after suffering eleven
hoors, from II o'clock pr yesterday 70
10 o'clock an. to-day, gave birth 70 q
son, which opened the future before "a
letting IN the Sunshine Of promise. 4"
Ard the Tadependenfpsblishes be sane.
Mr. York World
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11
Trustee,s sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED IN TRUST,
ID made on the 10Th day Of May, 1861, By John
Park TO John A. Noe, trustee, and by virtue Of
a decree of the Chaneery Court Of Memphis,
rendered on the 2Si day Of March, 1875, sp-
pointing me trastee in said deed, in the rooT1
and stead Of said John A. Noe, now deceased,
and at the request Of j. + LiEh foot, the bene-
nciary therein. I will, on the 9Th Of June nert,
in front Of the Chancery Court room. in MeIn-
phis, Tennessee. for the purpose Of paying the
notes secured b. said deed in trust, sell to the
highest bid Ter. for cash, all the risht title and
interest Of the said John Park in the following
described property, situated on the north side
Of Adams street. in the city Of Memphis, being
part Of country lot No s9e: Beginning al a
stake-the same being Yates southeastern
coFner-and running thence, with the north
side Of Adams street. westwardly, l2s feet 10
stake thence. north wardly. with Rosser's east
line. $50 feet 20 stake: thence, eastwardly and
parallel with Adams street. Is feet to y atess
eastern line : thence. south wardly, with Yates
eastern line. l5) feet to the bsginninF. The
said Parks interest being a leasehold interest
for thirty years from June I. 1853, with right Of
renewal AZ end Of that u ne. Right Of redemp-
tion waived. Said Parks tito supposed 10 Sc
good, but 1 will convey only - trustoe. Sale
will be made between the hours of 10 ard N an
Nav & 1854 $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-11

Who ever wrote the following would do
we'll to continue in similar strain. IL
is from an exchange paper;'''It is the
belief Of certain well meaBing men, who
we're not born in Constantinople, that if
the American girl were called on to meet
a proportion Of her own expense by her
own labor, she would be publicly q
greater blessing, and personally healthier,
wiser and happier. II is even believed
that her outlay, instead Of increasing,
would diminish. Practiced in the mys-
tery of keeping accounts, aware By ex-
perience of the difficulty Of earning
money. she would be clever enough TO
save il. With something TO do, she
would put less mind, time and purse into
the pursuit Of pleasure, Mated At last
with a poor man, $50 many are incorri-
ribly vicious that way } she would share
Bis burden rather than crush him with ID.
II an women nov ~ere thus, We vould
have DO cause 70 cry, ss We are some
times tempted to do-oh, for the SLOW
bat cheap girl Of thirty years since
Whether Democracy is cspAble Of some
such self-saving miracle IS We have in
dicated, remains be seen.
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TIE OKoLoNA NEWS.
CD. WINsON, Editor,
p.hltshed An the town Of okoIona
Miss. every Thursday hornhnt

TINE NEWS rs PUBLISHED IN ONE oF
fhe most thriving towns on the line q tle
Mobile md Ohio railroad has ever one tno.-
ji,,s. ~ NFNPnIs MERCHANTS, whote
;,ts-rsts vii Be greatly enhanced IN horth
Wis,issit,ri b. lnakiuE their bufineAs Known
'nso1. wsils n, 4 Co. 20 Eorth Court street. are
agsnts for this paler-
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Dissolution OF COpartnershIp.

THE cOPARTNRRSHIP HERETOFORE
L existing between The undersiFned, unds.r
frm Of L. ROCCO A CO., sxpired April j. =
hnitaiion. Mr.. d. Vailin0 retiring ~ - 49,
rame nusincss I'll be continued , - ~.
/. Roccn. who Il alone aufhori1rf -, -,
assets and iahihtiet. - -
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=
&hOUHVILLE
RAILROAD LINE,
Only 50 Hours and 90 Minutes 10 New
York, 20 I-2 Hours TO Louisville,
1854 Hours to Nashville,
and 81 LIZ Hours TO
SC. Louis.
HT1ff1 Ftrn
Double Daily Trains Continued.
DOTH TRAINS MAKING DIRECT
ID Through Connections to all Eastern Cities.
an advantage offered by no other route from
Memphis.
Commencing Monday, April 81, 1865,
Trains will leave Memphis as follows:
Morning Express, - 700 am.
Night Express, 400 Pm.
Commencing Monday, April "a, 1865,
Trains will leave Memphis as follows: .

Morning Express, =. 7'oO a.m.
Night Express, 400 pm.
The 700 IN. Morning Express reaches Louis
vile at 400 an, Indianapolis at 10 am, Gin
cinnati at II noon, and New York q $50 pm,
the next day, 2 Hours and 40 Minutes I'm
advance Of any Train leaving Memphis the
same day by other routes. and with One Night
Less Railroad Travel
The 400 pm. Night Express arrives at Leuis-
willie at 1890 p.m., Nashville at 6:45 am, st.
Louis at l:30 pm, the next day. Eastern pas
sengers tai king this Train. have choice of routes
from Louisville either by the Jefersonville
Railroad via Cincinnati or indianapolis, sr the
United States Mail Line Steamers via Cincin-
natl, reaching New York the second morning
eleven hours and fifteen minutes in advance OF
passengers taking night train from Memphis
BY any other route, and with one hight less
THROUGH TICKETS, at Reduced Rates,
can be procured at the Company's Office, ZI5
Main street. corner of Jefferson. or at Depot,
head of Main street; also. at Overton Hotel.
and Of Larry Harmstad u Co.. corner OF Main
and Madison streets.
rs- Baggage Checked at Depot or by the
Memphis City Transfer Company. at Hotels.
Private Residences. or on board boats arriving
at Memphis. to all principal Eastern Cities
M SAM. B.J0NBS, Superintendent.
ASA HILL, Passenger Agent. 4S-t
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p. b. MILLARD,

Justice of the Peace
OFFICE, No. S5 Jefferson street.
lssss
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Toe sther With the hsrFs pstrosas > srtenos
us. renders Il in cur poEu 20 Il ter induce
msri1 in priess vkieh our.oonBet tors canno-
nv 10 - t"~ WHITMoR 4 CO
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Memphis. AFrlyp p~ B. VAIL.
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To prick the sides Of my intent. but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself.
And falls on the other side -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-07
RECONSIDERATION.

Gen. Swayne has issued IN order suspendinc
from office &. X. Hubbard. Clerk of the Circuit
Conrt. Montgomery, Ala. The reasons for the
suspension is said To that on SATURDAY. a CON-
plant was filed in the Office of the clerk of the
Circuit Court by John i. Morgan. attorney at
law, for person named Frank Williams. who
claiIned the sum Of Si0000p DANA g.-s for the
alleged false imprisonment of himself by Gen
Swayne AT Selma, Dallas county. The impris-
onment took place during last year. On the
filing OF the complaint the clerk of said court
Charles X. Hubbard. Esq, issued a summons
commanding the sheriff TO smnmon Gen
Swayne 10 appear al the next term of said court
to answer the complaint OF said Williams A.
At was thought General Swayne would leave
Sunday morning. Mr.. Hubbard directed the
sherf, If General Swsyne could not b. found
at headquarters, to go to his private room and
serve the process OH him. The sheriff xecuted
the summons. aid on Monday morning M
Hubbard received the order suspendinC him
from the further discharge OF his duties
In The Virginia convention yesterday. a COM
mIttee reported the result OF AN interview with
General Schofield. in which il was learned tnat
he would order. Il ON time to time, payment of
the expenses of ihe expenses of TIA. convention
by the State treasure.
The Louisiana Convention, yester rday got as
far as the .sld article of the constitution Arri-
cles Were adopted looking To the Stale legisla-
uon and apportionment Of representation.