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Ths Miserable Impsaehmsnt Farce and
Its Probable squences. u u.

Twice before has the House OF Repre-
sentatives Atlem pted the impeachment
Of Mr.. johnson upon high crimes and
misdemeanors," such as usurpations.
briberies, corrnpiions but in both in
stances the attempt was a signal failure,
frst before the House itself, and second
ly, in the preliminary investigation by
the Committee on Reconstruction. The
same committee, by party vote, upon
this third experiment, did make up q
case, and the House, by q clean party
division, has sustained aud reported
that in behalf Of all the peo-
pie Of the United States the
charges to be preferred will be
made good before the Senate The
indictment, then, is this time success;
but the trial has yet TO come. The
Senate in this trial assumes the character
aud responsibilities OF court Of justice.
Party considerations, party aunoyances
and party prejudices must be cast aside,
and the guilt or innocence Of the accused
must be- determined by the law, the facts
and the evidence. From this ordeal we
undertake TO say that there will be no
conviction, but that the President will
come off the victor from the field for
lack Of law, facts and evidence upon
which 10 condemn him. lio. j.
What then7 The next thing, then, in
order will be the impeachment of this
Radical party in Congress before the bar
of the American people. Nor will there
be any scanty budget Of high crimes
and misdemeanors in the general in
dictment against them. Their attempts
TO take away the constitutional power OF
the Executive Department; their efforts
to upset the Judicial Department or to
reduce tito a mere party machine; their
negro supremacy policy Of Southern re-
construction their financial follies, ex-
travagances, spoliations and corruptions
will all be in the bill; and we shall prob
ably have an inkling in the approaching
NewHampshire election ofwhats to come
| in the autumnal Congressional elections.
In New Hampshire the impeachment
question is now uppermost, and the cleo
ton 10th of March, will probably be de-
termined upon this issue. 1t is hardly
possible now that the Senate can reach
judgment before the 10th Of March.
They may keep Andrew johnson for
weeks and months suspended between
heaven and earth, like Mahomets coffin,
but if the Democracy carry this New
Hampshire election it is all up with the
Radical party in power, whatever they
may do with Johnson.
This impeachment farce, however, we
say, will finish them, because the Senate
cannot remove the President upon the
himsy charges presented; and II they
cannot, out Of their own mouths will these
revolutionary Radicals stand con-
demned, and all the public money and
time they have squandered, and all the
distresses and financial embarrassments
they have brought upon the country in
their negro schemes of legislation, and
in their prosecutions and prosecutions OF
Andrew johnson, will react upon them
to their destruction. --Neto York Herald.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

THE Georgia Convention has resolved
to remove the seat of government from
Milledgeville to Atlanta, whenever the
Governor shall be satisfied the latter
place has complied with the Inducements
held out tor the change.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

AcoIoRED Methodist preacher at Cairo
has expelled the majority of his members
for going to the circus, after warning
them of the consequences, and they pre-
ferring to 60 to the circus to going to
heaven.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

Chicago is bound to have the greatest
of everything in this country, including
the greatest fires. A Chicago newspaper
is contending for the unsurpassed and
unsurpassable magnitude of the late fire
there; and Portland, putting in claim
for precedence in the matter Of conha-
grations, is sieuced with the remark
that Portland Knight be taken up and
set down on the burnt district of Chi
cago, and find itself endowed with COM
Portable suburbs at that"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

GEE. J. d. c. ATKINS, formerly mem.
Der of Congress from the Seventh Con-
gressional District of Tennessee, has
withdrawn from editorial connection with
the Paris InfslligeResr. We regret to
lose so able and worthy man from the
corps editorial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

E.H. LYLE, charged with the murder
of man named Burbridge, in the
vicinity of Russellyille, Ky, in October
last, has been arrested in Nashville and
carried back. n =. ftr ..trnrrU
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

THE Iowa Legislature is considering,
and will probably pass, a bill abolishiDg
all distinctions Of property tenure be-
tween native born and foreign born citi-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

The Register says there is not gless
Of lager beer in Mobile, except few
barrels Of home brewed. Mobile need
expect no more German immigration.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

MISS ALICE YELL, daughter of the late
Gen. Yell, of Pine Bluff, Ark, was re-
Gently married to Mr.. VIM. Carroll p [
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

The literary negroes in the Virginia
Convention have used up 1908 worth of
stationery. e. penknives, shoe-brushes,
toothpicks, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

UNDER the exciting news from Wash
ington, turpentine went up FIVE cents in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

BUFFALO has recently had one hundred
special patrolmen appointed on account
incendiarism, but no good has yet re.
aulted
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

The New Jersey Legislature, like that
of Ohio, has withdrawn the consent Of
the State to the previous ratification oi
the constitutional amendment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

Ex-Gov. PERRY, of South Carolina,
urges the formation of Democratic clu bs
in every part of the State, as the best
method of defeating reconstruction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

The New York Constitutional Conven.
ton has adjourned sine die.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

GEN. B. M. PRENrIss, of Quincy, is
named as Republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Illinois. Nh l..A ll N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

STERLING CONNOLLY, young man
living near Artesia, Miss, was crushed
to death between cars last week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

THE daily earnings of the Atlantic
Cable Company are reported to average
$6500 in gold at present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

GEN. HINDMAN intends stumping =
Arkansas against the Radical State Con
sttutiou. He is fine, forcible speaker
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
u.soIvent Notice.

AvrkNd THIS DAY SUGGESTED TH!E
1iufo fvcf cy OF the estate ofJ0hn G. keath
eecee lsef, all parties having claims against
estap nte hereby notified = file .hem, duy
hentN tea, with the Clerk Of the County
urt n Haywood county, Icnnessee, on o.
fore Wfta2d day Of September, leoo. ior pr
IA dis1 button. er they viii he forsxsr esrred
Wf ELIZABETH KEAThLb1s
Adminiairairix.
-rehras y q 1875. oau-lq
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

WHITE mems political organization
are springing up throughout Arkansas
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

LAST week all the prisoners In the
Jasper county (Miss.) Jail escaped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

Rosa BoNHEUR has been elected a
Academicienne by the Antwerp Institute.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
How TO Get Rich ,

A CHARMING LITTLE BOOK. ON THE
IL Wsys and Means Of Acquiring MeAltn.
a ccpy Of this - valuable hand-book. No book
has been pub. she'd which contains 90 much
soEs3. prsctieL advice. Prca litty Cents.
10 No. loS Clinton street. Buffalo, N. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
IBriclzlaying.

'yo,i WANT A sTKAM-BQILER, =
= nss Or = Fr1is Eet, or . bread ofll
/ rcu1II|ed - a. % prevent lmN4
built ~ repaired, 81 1rlck HuI'
AN 11rr rrder q Isl Mlin street
Hzksss'e fkos. 'etsSiss. EiHfsa :
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

A SUGGEsTIvE ISorDEST.-A few days
ago, the locomotive W. G. Brownlow, Of
the Nashville and Northwestern railroad,
jumped the track at Hollow Rock sta
ton, and stuck in the mud until the
Andrew johnson came steaming up from
Nashville, was hitched on, and drew the
old Brownlow back to its place again.
The job was neatly and quickly done,
and was witnessed by crowd of deeply
interested Spectators UHiOn aud Dis
patch -.r H.,T s..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
.S.INERNAL REVENUE SALE,

Co1LH1pR's 0Yr1cE, srH DIsr. TENS..l
MEMPHIS. February q. 1865
>NFR&hAY, THE 6TH OF MARCH. 1s6s
Until kf|ock m, will sell at the bonded
lrehouf a Edmonds, Pettigrew \ Co.. 81
Pair Hk'orm Scales;
Pair C&Inter Scales.
s1ed as A<property of G. Walsh, for. taz
,e the Ur/td States Government. on his bust
Is. Ne, 2Isecond street. Said sale positive,
less tax, 18th all cost Of seizure and sale,
. naid pr4rious to hour Of sale.
R0LFE s. SAUNDERS.
OfIector Int Rev.. sth Dist. Tenn:
By JoHSI tARrIS. Dergty Collector. lll-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04


treasury-the presidency will either be
compassed by the Radical party, or there
will be no election and no need for one.
ffnaea .cfgr lal T.GH. Ny.
With the above thoroughly wrought
aud able article We care not at this time
TO enter into controversy, except TO dis
sent from a single sequence, which to
our view seems altogether illogical. We
are not able to see how it should follow,
that, because the organisation Of a mid
die party has become impracticable,
therefore the reign of moderation is
impossible, and the Union no more"
The Union has lasted n considerable
time, with two great parties, and without
controlling balance of power by any
middle party. We see no sufficient rea-
son why it may not do so still. What use
have we for middle party, which can be
only efficient to weaken the present truly
Democratic party ,and the chances OF
restoring the Constitution The two
parties of this day are--one friends and
the other enemies Of the Constitution.
In such an issue IL is impossible TO haze
more than tpo parties, for honest men
will take one side and the rogues the
other.
What is the sense Of making any
great to-do about q name, which per-
chance raises an old prejudice, but,
after oil, signifies fidelity to the Copsti-
tuition and nothing else. Democrat is
now understood to mean a supporter OF
republican institutions. not an old fash
ioned hard shell Bentonian partisan at
all. Radical means a friend of Con-
gressional oligarchy, to be erected on
the ruins of the Constitution. Names
and signs Of ideas are merely conyen-
tiopal, and signify nothing but what we
will they should. At present the good
men of the country are called Demo-
Gratis and hang out the peoples banner
by that name. The ambitious, the reck-
less and the criminal have taken the
name of Radical. Is there any middle
ground between two such parties 7
And if not. how is it neces-
sary, that the Union should
be " no more" because men must take
sides with one or the other-both the
friends or the enemies of the public and
republican liberty2 There always have
been, and we think always will be, two
great antagonist parties in this country
But why moderation should therefore be
impossible we do not see Wei shall
likely have moderation enough always to
submit to the fairly expressed will OF the
majority of the people, as we always
have done. II the Union cannot co.
exist with such antagonist elements
(which, indeed, have heretofore been re-
garded as conservative of liberty) we may
as we'll go to work for the best despotism
we can get at once, am
u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
DISEASES OF THE EYE.

DR. KRYsER, LATE A PUPIL OF PROF,
IL v. GRARFE. in Berlin. has established
his ofice AZ 27o Ia Main street. He Is pre-
pared 20 treat al diseases, make all operations,
and physical examinations Of the eye. Re-
speetfully refers 10 the Meiical Profession in
the city. Once Hours. III % 8 o'clock. VS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
EeerO Blot in Murfrsesboro, Tenn.

NMURFREEsBoRo, February 29.-Editors
Gazette, Ndshrilie At the Radical
speaking to- day Elliott aud Bosom used
such violent language as to iucite the
negroes 70 violence. A fight eusued, in
which several negroes were injured
none, however. dangerously. v
Bosson and Elliou both ran ike craven
dogs, as soon as the hEht began.
An quiet now. McLAUGHLTS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

TEE family of Mr. VIZ. ersEgArd,
Nashville butcher, has Rsrrovly escaped
death from arsenic, which vas mys-
ieriously mixed in their food.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04

TIE Pine Bluff ARK ViHdiedtOr has
been revived by J. G. Ryan and W. A.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 4 1868

Wade will reign that he may use the
treasury the presidency will either be
compassed by the Radical party, or there
will be no election and no need for one.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07

ANE GROSS Lu5in's Celebrated F2avoaimg
" Extracts just received and for sale by
WAYT 81 BRO.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07
DeMOTT & WARDS

Our readers who wish to attend an entertain
ment not only of an uneXceptional, but merlto-
rious character, should remember the date of
Messrs. DeMott & Wards promised visit. The
establishment we have heard well spoken Of as
one which fully verifes the promises made by
the Management upon their bills and in their adj
vertisements It is said to be compact show,
repete with excellent material, in all respects
much better than is given in those ''so-called'
colossal affairs, which roam through the country
full Of sound and fury, signifying nothing. =
These young men are both first class performers,
and have been before the public in prominent po-
sitions long enough to be sensibly impressed with
knowledge of what kind of an exhibition would
prove successful. They have got fine wagons, a
neat outfit, superior horses an excellent troupe,
elegant paraphernalia, and keep all things in cor
rect order. The procession is not tawdry, but is
fair index of the wealth of the resources"
they produce inside their canvas. They have
earned all they have got, and are determined to
win patronage by deserving 1t. Independent of
the brilliancy of their arena and gymnasium,
they present features unlike any precedents. The
Performing Bears which have rendered Old
Grizzly Adams name historical, a huge Leaping
Buffalo, the educated Bull of Hindostan, real
calf Elephant, calf, not dwarf nor deform-
ity, and several Dens of Trained Lions, Tigers,
and other ferocious felines are included in the
quadrupedal attractions. Something new in the
way of exhibitions is a desideratum long looked
for. The United Circus and Menagerie will ex-
hibit at Stanton, on Saturday, July the 11th
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07
HARVESTING A PLEASURE.

Improvements in reapers continue to be made
it will not be long before taking off haryess will
cease to be considered hard labor, and viii be
classed with pleasant, rural recreatons. On
Thursday last, we witnessed the new machine
called the "Marsh Harvester" IN operation The
driver and two binders ride, and the machine,
which cuts ten acres per day, is drawn by two
horses. This machine does good work, is of light
draft, and makes but little noise. The driver sits
in a cushioned seat, rides pleasantly, enjoying
his otiuna dignitate, with two men riding
with him with whom to converse and to drink
occasionally an iced mint-julep. In the case to
which we refer, Capt John Opie was the driver
taking off his plentiful crop of wheat. Geo. E.
Price of this place is the agent for the sale of the
Marsh Harvester"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07
Hands Off!

The Lynchburg Nrginian sets forth its views
on the subject of Congressional elections in the
following satisfactory manner:
eve do not perceive that any good can come
of it, and would therefore much prefer to see
the negroes support candidates of their own
color against the carpet baggers as they are do
ing in the lower districts of Virginia If the
negro candidates should be elected, las we trust
they will, in the two cases mentioned,) they
might, or might not be admitted to seats in
Congress. If they should be admitted, the
repugnance to negro suffrage in the North,
would be increased by such an example of the
fruit it bears while on the other hand if they
should be excluded the effect on the negroes
ofthe South would be very unfavorable for the
Radical party Taking either horn of the di-
lemna-for dilemma it would be to the Radicals
they must be damaged by pressing this issue
of universal negro suffrage to its logical con-
clusion.
Let us leave seallawag and charcoal to fight
it out on their own line.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07
June 80 Ats

A DELICATE QUESTION. has been ascer-
tanned beyond doubt that the Paraguayan
women are actually in the field for the defense
Of their native land. They are reported to be
quite as efficient as average male soldiers, and
twice as enthusiastic. A correspondent puts it
to the Brazilian army thus:
''What will the allies do now if brought be-
away? Which can be done with the most
honor? To conquer or to be be defeated?-
Which can the men best afford? When they
return, will they prefer to be hailed as the men
who whipped the women, OR the men who more
CALAMITY allowed the women to whip them?'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07
Proposals..

TINO Bridge Builders.-The undersigned
Il appointed a Committee by the County Court,
for the purpose of letting to contract and super
intending the construction of bridge across
Middle River, at or near Dellingers farm, are
ready to receive proposals for building the bridge,
and will let the contracts the site on IVednes-
day, the 18th day of July.
The building of this bridge will require hun
dred or more perch of stone work.
A specified plan of the same can be seen at Mr..
Dellinger's house,
$ SHq; 3. A bSShAS.' Committee.
F. D. DELLINGER,
june 30-3t Wind copy ct
TO Subscribers to the Bridge -
The undersigned Committee, in
obedience to order of the County Court, hereby
notify subscribers to the bridge that they are re-
quired to pay as follows, on Wednesday, July Is:
Sums of $10.and under, full amounts sums of $50
and under, half the amount sums of more than
$50 one-third of the amount.
On the 18th of October, the remainder of the
sums subscribed are required to be paid in full.
Besides the Committee, payments of subscrip-
ton may be made to the following persons N.
K. Trout, Staunton, Hamrick Parnassus,
Maj. McCue, Mt. Scion, Chesey Kinney, Au-
gusta Springs.
ALEX ANDERSON, J
GEO. B. DUNLAP, Committee.
F. ID. DELLINGER,
june 3O-3t, Wind copy 2t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07

MHOnydis. Dress Goods of the newest
most desirable styles, for Suits
and Walking Dresses, just received and for sale
at Low prices bv NJ J. ACK KEENAN,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07
THE ELECTION IN VIRGINIA.

THE ELECTION IN VIRGINIA. General Stone
man, according to the Washington correspond
ent of the Boston Adrerttser, has recommended
an election TO be held in this State within sixty
days upon the adoption of the constitution, y
at which the iron-clad oath shall be voted upon
separately. The correspondent further avouches
the information that Grant and Secretary Soho
field endorse the recommendation, referring to
the latter's argument against the iron-clad
our Capitol last winter He winds up by add
ing that General Stoneman wants seventy.five
thousand dollars for s'recopstruetion purposes. 5"
Doubtless
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ONTO HgCESsOND-Bald

an TO RECENaOND.-Baldw in, the lead
u ing Clothier of Richmond City, wishes to
keep his friends of the Interior posted as to
where they can buy their clothing at prices un-
precedented He will say that he knows how to
get up the best Of Goods and uudersell all Others
which he has done by untiring energy and by a
combination of Trade formed in New York City,
mers by the Suit or Single Garment for the same
price the Country Merchant has to pay Whole
sale in New York-hence you save a large profit
by buying at first hands of Baldwin: TO be con-
WINGED, come and see, for it will astonish you to
see his great bargains in clothing:
BALDWIN'S,
June 80 Ats Corner of Main & Tenth
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On GUARp.-Don't relax your efforts under
the false belief that there will be no election in
Virginia. 1t is fallaoiops hope, and the man
who INDUCES it will be false to himself, false to
his family, false to his race, and false to the
proud old mother of us ALL -
Let US then, stand every man like the Roman
desert the post to which Duty has assign assigned u.s.
Honor and Patriotism demand of us that we
shall stand guard even though the lava and the
ashes should smother us in the discharge of
our sacred duty.-Nos5oM Eirgiaian.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-07-07

RECoNsTRUCTIoN.-W you, ask the
Radicals, rather remain under military gov
eminent than have officers of your own? Ask
Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and the other
reconstructed States They have been brought
same sort of Freedmens Bureau officials and
the same kind of military rule that we have
superadded to whole catalogue of scallawag
and carpet-bag officers Oh, the farce Dis
patch.