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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24
Ifs and Why.

II the Radicals want prosperity, why
do they PROSTATE the substantial interests
Of the country2
II the Radicals do not mean forcible
nsurpatiol, Why are they raining iheir
candidate 90 bis military meritsf
II the Radicals want the Constitution,
why do they violate it2
If the Radicals are opposed to slavery,
Why do they make the white men Of Ar
kansas slaves1
II the Radicals are the party Of great
moral ideas" why do they violate the 9Th
amendment
If the Radicals want free schools, vhy
do they pocket the school fund :
II Clayton is loyal man, why did he
petition the 38,h Congress to remove q
loyal GOVERNOR
II Grant is a great soldier, Why not use
him for that purpose1
What is the difference between univsr-
cal suffrage aud universal sufering1
What makes the Republican pat the
WsshingtOn Telegraph on the back
II some people don't want 10 do any
thing, Why don't they let those alone who
do Lille Rock Gazette.
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BY TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.

NEW YoRK. August "a, 1910 pm
Gold, l45i; 62Os, coupons 81, ll3b
'62. llsl; GA, 1881; IS, llia; 5.2os, new
issue, 1919; 81. 1914; lO-4os, coupons
l0s. Government bonds firm. Ten
nessee bonds, old issue, Gag; new, 6s
Cotton, quiet but firm.
A gang Of thieves, numbering about
half dozeu young roughs, who have
| committed their depredations in Brook
Ign for some time past, were arrested
yesterday. One of their number, think
ing be had been betrayed, exposed the
whole party.
A man named Derhoff, in trying to
separate two men who were fighting, in
Flushing avenue, Williamsburg, last Sat.
urday night, was struck on the head with
shovel by one Of them named Phillip
Hartling, and was so badly injured that
his life is despaired Of. Hartling was ar
rested.
A telegram from the White Sulphur
Springs states that Gen. Rosecrans was
there for the purpose of consulting with
Gen. Lee and other Southern Generals
in regard to plan for a general recon-
ciliation of the people Of both sections of
the country.
In accordance with this programme
private meeting was held, at which
Generals Lee, Longstreet, Beauregard,
Ewell, Echols and Hunter, and A. A. 81.
Stuart, John B. Baldwin, Governors
Stockdale, of Texas, Pickens, of South
Carolina, and Walker, of Alabama, we're
present with Gen. Rosecrans.
A long consultation took place and a
plan of action agreed upon, but nothing
further has transpired of the proposed
movement. 1t is believed an address
will be issued to the Southern people by
their former leaders.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24
Carpet Bagger. on the wane.

"A member of my staff" has informed
the President that those "lnil" we're
perishing by the murderous rebel hands
at the rate Of one hundred and fifty per
month in Louisiana alone. Such was
the information conveyed by the Cover
nor's messenger. The Crescent, multi
plying the months by twelve and the
years by nine, makes the aggregate mum.
Der 1920 trooly loil victims of rebel
assassination in the State, and thinks
that With patience the arithmetic will be
sufficient 10 clean out the whole crowd
before long.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24
BALTI MORE.

BALTIMORE, August 24.-The fight for
the championship of the light weights
and $4,000, between Sam. Collier and
Billy Edwards, will take place to-day,
at a point where the Potomac empties
iHto Chesapeake bay, in Albemarle or
North Cumberland county, Va. 1t is re-
ported the military will attempt to stop
the fight. Barney Aaron and Dooney
Harris will be the seconds of Edwards,
and Johnny Roche and Johnny Newell
will perform the same office for Collier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24

The law of Congress, by which it was
declared that eight hours labor should
constitute a days work in all the Gov
eminent workshops, etc., does not quite
come up to the demagogue designs of the
legislators. The congressional Solons
who enacted it omitted to fix the rate Of
compensation. Secretary SchoGeld ad.
mits that eight hours labor makes full
days work under the law. But he also
decides that eight hours work shall have
eight hours pay. So the Government
employees who expected to luxuriate, with
full wages, two hours in the day, while
others toiled the full ten for no more, find
their wages reduced one fifth, as their
hours are. AHd they have struck at
Rock Island arsenal, now being erected,
and at some other places, intending to
have bout with the Government. When
legislation can make eight hours work
worth as much as ten, it can make four
az we'll. And until it can, it is simple
stupidity to suppose wages will not fall
with the amount of labor furnished. The
same thing has been tried by the legisla-
ture of New York, to the same purpose,
resulting in a great strike, and injury to
employers and employed When will
legislators learn that they cannot make
four, Gve-that they cannot make rags
gold, or labor worth more than the dol
lar it produces Labor, npney and mo-
lasses should be sold for what they will
bring-no more nor less. And all the
legislation under Heaven has never yet
nor ever will prevent it.
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a Contrast.


Compare Tennessee with Kentucky.
What contrast Territorially, only an
invisible line divides them. Politically
and socially, they are as far asunder as
the Miltonic Pandemonium and the Mil
tonic Paradise. What causes the differ
ence2 Any one endowed with an intel.
lect above an idiots may read the answer
in the fact that, since the war, the
deranged affairs of Kentucky have been
adjusted under Democratic State gov
eminent, pursuing genuine policy of
peace, of social harmony, and Of mate.
rial recuperation, while the deranged af.
fairs of Tennessee have been subjected
to aRadicalState government which made
confusion worse COMPOUNDED, organized
social discord and misery. and stimulated
to the utmost activity all the elements of
material deterioration.
An effort was recently made by the
Conservatives of the latter State to induce
Gov. Brownlow and the Legislature to
relax prescription and violence to such
an extent as to open the door to general
peace and harmony, and prosperity.
But the overture in behalf of these intc-
rests was harshly repulsed. The grim
tyranny was memorable. 1t prefers war
civil war symbolized by government
founded in the suppression of the peoples
will-civil war that must end in its own
sanguinary overthrow or in the depopu'
lation and utter ruin Of the State. Re-
constructed Tennessee, be it remem-
bered, 10 the eldest born of Radical pol
icy in the South. Brownlows manner of
dealing with political opponents is
that which the Radical legislators
ia Louisiana are eager to adopt
If they hesitate, they do so in the spirit
of the criminal in the drama when
he let II dare not wait upon | would"
So different is the situation of Kentucky
under Democratic policy that even the
negroes in Tennessee, with all the appa-
rent but deceptive advantages held
out TO them by the Brownlov Radi-
calls, are prone to emigrats to the former
State. Well msy they feel moved by
prophetic instinct to fee from the wrath
to come, not in Tennessee only, but in
every Southern State where Radicalism
is bold or strong enough to pursue the
same course of prescription and vio-
lence. The white man, when the worst
comes under Radical misrule, has many
resources, hut the negro is certainly
doomed.-M o. Creseent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24

Southern people, who, as landed occu-
pants, are not much given to migration,
They like 70 know man before seeing
him buoy himself with public or political
affairs--N Y. Freeman's Journal sh
And when we do know these fellows,
our objection to them Is not that they are
given to migration" but that, like
Other vermin, they are too much disposed
to sly. 1t is the character Of individual
men, after all, that governs the judg-
ment of the Southern people. They ask
not where any man was born, or where
he comes from, but what he is. Known
integrity will pass any man here. And
there is not one such who is insecure or
who is not surrounded by a host of
friends, come from where he may.
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A bright Spot In smiIer Colfax's
Record.

As late az February ID, 1865, there
was in session in Indiana that linguistic
rial and Internal instrument OF tyranny,
the military commission. The Union
arms we're everywhere triumphant And,
therefore, the vengeance Of towards was
safe and compelled no sacrifice. The
malignants could stab prisoners, trample
on the fallen, and tyrannize at home with
impunity. There was no longer fear OF
retaliation. And hence, when tive citi-
gems of Indiana we're sentenced to death
BY that commission, and il was supposed
Mr.. Lincoln might have somewhat of the
milk of human kindness in him, the fol-
lowing infamous document was sent to
him by the present candidate for Vice
President Of the United States, with
others like him. Put pin there. Let
Mr.. Speaker Colfax have all the honor Of
his instructive thirst for innocent blood.
The following document is brought to
light by the New York World:
WASHINGTON, February 3. 1865.
His Excellency President of the United States:
Sir: The undersigned, members Of
Congress from the State Of Indiana, in
behalf of the loyal people of the State,
respectfully but earnestly protest against
any Communication of the sentence of the
military commission against the Indiana
conspirators recently tried by it, and
against any interference, in any manner
or form, with that sentence.
H. s. LANE.
SCHUYLER CoLFAx,
Speaker Fl r. us.
GoDLsvE s. ORTIZ,
GEORGE W. JULIAN.
And now the World very justly adds,
as to the charming candidate for the
votes of the American people:
A few months after this wolf howl, the
Supreme Court of the United States de-
cided that Milligan and Bowles could
not be harmed by this drunhead SEN
tence, for which Mr.. Smiler Colfax and
his coadjutors had yearned. One by one
these men, who hunted innocent blood,
are meeting their deserts, and to the
list Mr.. Smiler Colfax has
not long to go ere he be added.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24
SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN FRASoIsoo, August 23.-The trial
of the California steam pillow yesterday,
was pronounced a success. The machine
moved about the usual speed Of horses,
cutting earth six inches deep, casting
the soil to one side, leaving the ground
the same as if dug with spade. There
was numerous attendance of farmers
and others to witness the trial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24

More blood ia needed for Radical capt
tai. The supply furnished by the killing
Of Ashburn is about exhausted. Reports
of Democrats numbering negroes are
abundant, but the names, time and place
cannot be given. A real, substantial,
horrid assassination is needed. II
the Democrats fail TO get up one soon,
Il il probable the Radicals will furnish Il
themselves. Mr.. Adkins, 10 bis remarks
this morning 10 the Senate, let the cat
out Of tho bag. II is just what every
body knew before. but It is the first time
we have heard the policy Of the party
openly avowed by one Of ia leaders. He
said THE death Of Republicans by mid.
night assassins would result in great
good to the cause. The blood Of the
martyrs is the seed Of the church" He
went so far as to express willingness to
offer himself a sacrifice, II no worthier
subject could be found.
The question now becomes very peril
nent: Who killed Ashburn? Did he re-
ceive his quietus at the hands Of his own
party ?--Atlanta (Ga) Mtelligencer'
18Th. .I
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Carpst-baggsrs and Oold-viotual Bsggarl

Carpst-bsggsrs and Cold-viotual Bssgars.
Agents are busy in New England cities
begging money for the purpose of buying
provisions for the support Of the warrant
white and black negroes of the South
until after the Presidential election.
They say that the "rebels" are starry
ing the "loil" masses out. In plain
words, the Democrats Of the South refuse
to support the psrti-colored scallawags,
just for the sake Of being DISTINGUISHED.
At the first inception of the real cause
of the late war, the Emigrant Aid So.
cieties," beggars were sent all over the
North to get means to support the
vagrant voters of Kansas that had been
thrown into that territory by these socie'
ties.
History repeats itself occasionally,
but Radical cant and meanness is peren.
NAL and eternal = Louisville Courier.
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A Military Small Fry.

Up here where the railroads cross
there is camp of company or two OF
q. S. soldiers. They seem to be very
courteous, ciyil set of gentlemen, who
attend to their own business and let
other people alone to do likewise. This
is all very well, for if the Government
has TO keep mp an immense army
in time of peace W. do not see Why We
may not have few Of them in Tennes-
see to keep BroEnlow's militia chicken
thieves of the people. But unfortu
nately this little squad has "hossifor "
in command Of tia real live Major,
who wishes the State militia may
be called out. We are afraid this
doughty Major does not know much
about the requirements Of the people
Of Tennessee. Hehas too much military
" on the brain" Keep your shirt on,
Major; when We want any assistance 10
keeping the peace, We will call for you.
We have not heard Of your having more
than work enough for one man to do, up
to the time Of present writing. Go slow,
Major; don't overcrop yourself with mili-
tary acknowledgement Bee
Il is whispered in Legislative circles
that Representative W. n. Shepherd il
about 10 snpoauce himself as Demo.
cratic candidate Tor Congress iroz tes
First District Things mast be workins
rather queer I'D IN that corner Of Brown
lows Paradise.-Ndshrille Banner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-24

This Line Is determined TO carry freight TO
and FROM Memphis AS CHEAP as any other
line.
For Through Bills Lading, apply to G. s.
s1vrER. fienerai Agent. No. 2Ts Court street.
A. ]. Lows. Agent at Depot.
W. j. ROSS.
Gent Sup't NJ. a c. Railroad.
JOS. c. L0PFZ. Gent FRI ASH. $50
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Pr II It's
sOUTHERN.MADE COTTON GIN.

THIS GIN is REGARDED BY PLANT
a ers who have used u as the best for sample
picking the seed can. and light draugnt-
Every Gin Is tried on seed cotton before lea'-
ing the Factory. 20 prove IL IL In good order.
Planter. cultivating bottom lands are tx
quested 70 examine the Eureka Gin, AZ
FARRINGT0N a HOWErLS.
268 Front Street.
II viii nay for i'self 10 ginning f0y bales a.
N. Gunnison, manufa -turer OF the steel Comb
Gin before the wsr. bat nov a PLANTER. gives
The following certificate:
"MrrrHIs, TExS.. January 81. 1855.
81 take pleasure In Recommending 70 plan
ters cuitiyating cotton on ihc bottom lands 6;
he Nissisrippi. Ark snsas, White an 81. Fran
cis river the Eureka Gin, made by Daniel
Pr,ft- Of Nabama. This Gin separates the
hulis. hollis. etc. from the SEED cotton. makes a
GOOD esmple. and Il superior 20 every other Gin
~ bottom lands. I have ured one myself on
= fam In WashinEton county. Mississippi. an q
n oeeraius we'll. and gives nitro sats4cticn
IN ever respect. A. n. GUNAfSOE-Y
Orders fcr Gins. FROM forty - eighty saws,
ard Gan Beltirrst iatfcsy prizes, addressed
Ia r. ere Of farrinGion a Howell. - Front
slreef Memphis. promptly SIZED. Presses ans
resrinr put up, and Gins reraired. b skillful
1sinurirhf. q. W. ThUEHEART.
Ies-if Agent for Daniel Pratt
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FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, August "a, l:20 p.m.-Cot-
ton, steady; estimated sales, 10000
bales Uplands, lOa@lOid.; Orleans,
ll@ll4d.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-06
SHERIEg's OfFICE. FIERCE COUNTY, :
Ellsworth Sept ,, 1863. )

70 tbs 71Ira Clerks Of TIE sevcrdE forms of
Pierce County, ard TIE aldermen cfhae city
Of Prescott;
Z y PURSUANCE OF tie foregoing notice from
the Secretary Of State, notice is hereby
given to the qualified electors of the several
towns and wards OF the county of Pierce, that
an election will BE- held in said county on
Tuesday the third day of November next. for
the following officers
Eight Electors for President and Vice
President ofthe United States.
For representative in Congress for tho
Sixth Congressional District, in place of G {
" ashburn.
For Member OF the Assembly for the nis.
trict OF Pierce County in the plsce of T. Holt
For Supervisor for the District composed
Of the towns of Clifton and Oak Grove and
The city of Prescott. ia the place OF John
Sirratt whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday Of January next.
For a Supervisor for tie District composed
Of the towns of Trimbelle. Ellsworth. Dia-
mnnd Bluff, Trenton. Isabel, Hartland Union
Salem and Pleasant Valley. in the place Of II
2 A!nes whose term Of office will expire on
the first Monday ol January next.
Also county officers lot said county rs fol-
lows
sheriff in tie place off A Guitteau
District Attorney in the place OF c
Button
A Register Of Deeds in the pllce Of G W
Brown
4 Clerk Of the Board Of Supervisors in the
Place Of John W Vim;
County Treasurer in the place Of "
Williams
clerk ofthe Circuit Court in the plao of
c IS Brown
Coroner in The place of L Dale
y Go .SHrvevnr in the place Of VIM Howes;
whose ssr-fa, Terms Of office will expire on the
fist Mou.iay Of january next.
A!-o She several PROPOSITIONS mentiOne' in
The urt;e,. ui 'le Secretary Of State presented
herewith. to-wit, I'll. amendment to ihe bank
iny NV, ana the acts of incorporation OF Saw
iucs Backs viii bg voted upon The same time
Notte i,r presidential electors and all ether
officers nust tr 81 ouc ballot: votes on the
amendment 10 tie banking law, and on the
various acts Of incorporation Of savings banks
may all hc on screralc ballot aud should be
DEPOSITED in d sopela'e box provided for that
purpose. !. A. SJlItEAU,
Sheriff 81 Fierce County, Wis.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-06
School Examinations.

Public examination Of teachers for Pierce
county will be held "a follows, viz;
At III Paso village, for the towns Of Mar
tell, FL Paso, Rock Elm and Ellsworth, on
Tuesday, Oct. 81. at l o'clock Pm.
At Trimbelle, for the towns of Trimb ellie,
Oak Grove, Hartland and Trenton, Thurs
day, Oct. %, at l o'clock P. NJ.
At Maiden Rock, for the towns Of Pleas
ant Valley, Union, Salem and Isabelle, on
Wednesday, Nov. 4, at o'clock P. NJ.
Al River Falls, for the towns OF River
Falls, Clifton, Prescott and Diamond Bluff,
on Monday, Nov. 9. at o'clock r.N.
special examination will also be held at
Prescott, on Friday, Nov. Is.
candidates for examination must be present at
some one of the above places, as private ex-
aminations will not be given except tor lawful
reasons
Teachers NUT also expect TO remain to the
close of each session. as certificates will not
be granted on a partial examination. Six is
the standing for Sd grade certificate, and 5
or limited certificate.
We invite che attendance of school officers,
and will render all assistance possible in pro-
curing teachers. X. l.. REED,
Co. Sup't of Schools.
Prescott, Sept 25th. 1868.
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act 10 incorporate tie National savings Bank
of GAINESVILLE. agrceablg 60 the provisions of
chap $40 Of the private aud local laws Of 1868
For the act to incorporate the Rock Coun-
ty savings Bank or "A gainsi the act 10 incor-
porate the Rock County savings Bank.
greeably to the provisions of chapter 5ll Of
the private and local laws of 1868
For the act 10 incorporate the WateFtown
Savings Institution or Against the act TO in
corporate the Watcrtown savings Institution,
agreeably to the provisions of chapter IL OF
the private and local laws Of 1868.
Given under my hand and the great seal Of
of the State az Wisconsin. Il
the Capitol in Madison. ibis
IL. ST. nineteenth day OF August, \. d
1868.
THOMAS S. ALLEN,
Secretary of State.
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matter Of the last will aud testament Of
Hiram Carried deceased.
nN READING aud filing an Instrument
~ IN writing. purPortiug 20 be the last will
ana testament OF Hiram Carried, late of the
CITY - Prescott. in said County deceased,
and also Tive accompanying petition ef J n.
Clements Of the City Of Prescott. ia said
County. representing among other things.
illat Hiram Garri-l lately died ia the City of
Prescott 10 said County that said Instrument
is lie last will an! testament Of said dcceas-
81 and That the said petitioner is the iden-
teal J. y. Clements named,and appointed in
aud BY Tie last will and tcsiinent executor
thereof and praying that day be appoin-
ted for hearing The proofs Of said last will
and testament f said deceased.
Ii : ordered that the proofs of said instrU-
uclt he Heard before the Judge 81 this Court
cu Monday The second day OF November.
1863. al ten o'clock, a. n al his Office in the
City IL Prescott
And il is further OF dered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
Publishing a COPY If this order for three
weeks excessively, prior to said day of hear
irr. IN the Prescott Journal. weekly news
paper printed i. Prescott, in said County.
M HOW Is, Co. Judge.
Dated Oc. Stb, 1e63. 25-u4
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Notice 40 Creditors.

State Of " isconsin. Pierce County Court, in
Probate In the matter OF the estate of
Francis S. Doe, deceased.
7 ETTERS of administration having bean
II this day issued to James X. Currier. of
Pierce county, and nine months from the
date hereof having been allowed and limited
for creditors to present their claims against
said deceased fer examination and adjust
ment notice is hereby given. that All claims
and demands against the estate of said de-
ceased will be received, examined and adjust
ed by and before the Judge of this Court, at
his Office. in the city of Prescott. on the first
Monday of each month during said nine
months, at 10 o'clock A. IL.
WIZ HowEs. COunty Judge.
Dated this goth day OF April, 1858. Cows
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-06
THANH GEEING.
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING For THE WHOLE
CoUNTRY APPOINTED By THE President.
b hs President qft,s United States Of inner
A PROCLAMATION

A PROCLAMATION
In the year which ia now drawing 10 its
end the art, the skill and the labor OF The peo-
pie Of the United States have been employed
with greater diligence and vigor. and on
broader fields than ever before. aud the fruits
OF the earth have been gathered into TIE gra-
nary and the storehouse in mary ll0us abund-
ance. Our highways have been heightened,
and new and prolific regions have been occu-
pied. We are permitted TO hope that long
rrotracted political and sectional discussions
are, at no distant day, 10 give place to return
ing harmony and fraternal affection through
out the Republic. Many foreign states have
entered into liberal agl eements with Va, while
nations which are far off, and which, hereto
fore have been unsocial and exclusive, have
become our friends. The annual period of
rest which we have reached in health and
tranquility, and which is crowned with so
many blessings, is by universal consent,
convenient and suitable one for cultvatng
personal piety and practising public devotion.
T. therefore. recommend that Thursday, the
26th day of November next. be set apart and
observed by all the people of the United
States as a day for public praise thanksgiving
and prayer to the Almighty Creator and Di-
vine Ruler of the Universe, by whose ever
watchful. mercful and gracious providence
alone, stales ami nations, no less than families
and individual men, do live and move and
have their being.
In witness whereof. / have hereunto
set my hand and caused The seal Of the
United States TO be affixed. Done at
the City of Washington this twelfth
TsEAL1 day Of October, in the year of our
Lord. one thousand eight hundred and
sixtv-eight. and of the Independence
Of the United States the njnctv-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
b. the President
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.