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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30
Complimentary.

Facts are daily coming to light The
carpet-baggers are getting fond of one
another, and Of course tell some Of the
good qualities Of each other. We take
the following very complimentary notice
of one of the Smith wing of Radicaldom
from correspondent of this morning 8
Bulletin. OF course we don't believe
word of it:
Among the most active of the boilers
was one Barbour Lewis, an unnatural
lied Canadian, and in regard to whom !
learned some things from those who
seem to know him.. learned that some
years ago he went to Mobile, where he
taught school for several years, till he
won and betrayed the confidence of one
Of his female pupils, after which be was
obliged TO save his life by fight He
then went to Illinois, where he remained
till the breaking out Of the late war, when
be enlisted in cavalry regiment from
| that State, and was afterward made
a second lieutenant in his company, but
not being able to get along with the Off :
GERS and men of his command, he had
himself detailed as one Of the commits
sioners of court in Memphis, called the
ciru commission, and that TOO, before
he had ever been admitted to the prac-
tice Of law by any court While be
| filed the position of judge Of this civil
commission, there happened to be one
Gen. C. w. Dustan in Memphis, who had
command Of the militia of that city, with
whom this Lewis roomed in the Desoto
block, and ! am informed that those two
worthless had control Of and shared 10 the
profits Of fourteen houses Of prostitution
during most Of the time the military held
control of your city. To you Of Mem
phis these things may be old and stale,
but TO Us Of the rural districts they are
new and somewhat surprising, and we
feel not little shocked that such per-
son should occupy prominent position
in apy party, AID more especially Is we
have beard very damaging statements
about him in connection with the Shelby
county finances, Of which county he is
one Of the commissioners.
EDrroRs LEDoER: The dispatches from
Nashville this morning amount to about
this: 1865
ResolCsd by tie General Assembly 81
The State IF Tennessee, That the State Of
Tennessee is insolvent, and, with the most
grinding taxation upon her people ever
borne BY any community, she is Wholly
unable to pay the interest due upon her
debt.
Resolped, That, in the face Of these
encouraging facts, We viii tax our people
still further for the trifing sun Of two
hundred or :zo hundred and 6fty thou
sand dollars, 70 feed and clothe q set Of
lazy, lousy vagabonds, in the shape Of q
militia force 70 vex and annoy the peo-
pie, aud force on riots and bloodshed IN
the State. in order 10 elect Grant and
continue us in power long enough "a
enable ne 10 steal little more y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30
Lov.l Armins ELL.

The late discussion in Congress over
the army bill indicates q Desperate dis
position on the part Of some extreme
members Of that body 10 cover every
possible contingency with reference 70
The presidential contest IN behalf o.
Their party in the Southern States The
bin as We have already mentioned, pre-
vides Tor furnishing one thousand spring
field rises 10 the loyal militia Of
even congressional district This is a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30
BY ELHG RAP H,
LATEST TO NOON TO-DAY.
NEW YORK.

NEW YoRK, July 80, 1890 p.m.-Gold,
las; $40 coupons, 81, ll6s; 90, ll43;
"a. lll3; '6s, ll2i; 5-2os, new issue,
1921; of 81. 1898; l0-40's, 1851; 1905,
second and third series, l0sa; Tennes-
see bonds-old, 66s; new, 64s. Govern
ment bonds, steady. a;s
Cotton, dull and unchanged uplands,
29ic. u 81.
The failure of Abram Bell & Sons was
caused by heavy losses in oil specula-
tions. r.fffttf. reIfof' 0rrr.
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. For the frst time in the history Of
Tennessee IL 10 now declared, by unsn-
imous vote Of i,s so-cAlled Senate. that
the State is unable to pay. See our news
summary. So much for the blessing Of
having Radical government II will
soon be so evident that no pronuncia-
mentos on that subject will be necessary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30
The Radical RevoIution Progressing.

The bill before the United States Sen.
ate, which repeats the act Of lTe5 as to
authorizing the President to call cut the
militia TO suppress instruction, and in
structs him to do so only on the call Of
Radical Southern Governors and carpet
bsggers, will arrest the attention of the
country. We subjoin the following from
the Nashville Gazette:
Every movement, says the correspond.
ent Of the Cincinnati Enquirer, tends to
war. No one doubts the purpose. The
Jscobins openly declared it in the Senate
Wednesday, when referring 10 the bill
providing arms for the Southern negroes.
Thursday, Mr. Devices, Of North Caro-
lima, declared that the Southern State
governments could not stand six months
unless supported BY bayouets. Mr..
Washburn, of Illinois, doubted the pro-
priety Of the movement, only because he
feared that the whites would eventually
get possession Of the arms The propo-
sition to postpone the operation Of the
bill until after the Presidential election,
was booted OF, the object Of arming the
negroes being TO enable them TO control
the polls.
A question rapidly assuming present
aud pressing importance, is: Will New
York. Pennsylvania aud Ohio, IL they
cast their electoral vote for Seymour "a
foregone conclgsion) permit those votes
TO be neutralized by armed negroes7
This issue is rapidly assuming definite
shape. The Reconstruction COMMITTEES
has agreed 10 . bill comforting upon ne
gro Conventions absolute control over
State Governments, with full power "a
arm aud equip negro militia Add this
has beer so amended as TO include Mis-
sissippi and Alabama .L
The election IN Mississippi Is 70 be eel
aside, and the iron-ciad oath 10 be ap-
piled 20 the Provisional Governor, With
: view Of excluding Governor HUN
phreys, and securing the Radical Con
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30
A Kentucky View Of the Tennessee situa-
| lpr ton.
rrou, tha I,ouisv;IIe Journal r..

n Aoututky vAoW VI tno Aouuobbco oltut-
From the Louisville Journal P.
1t having been reported, falsely no
doubt in nine cases ont of ten, that men
of the Democratic party had committed
outrages in Tennessee, the miserable
Radical organ at Nashville recommends
that companies Of negroes, regularly
organized by law" shall be detailed BY
the Freedmen's Bureau, or by Governor
Brownlow to hunt out aud punish the Of
tenders wherever they may be found.
This is Radicalism in all its disgusting
nakedness and hideousness. These Ten.
nessee Radicals would get up, organize
and arm regular negro companies and
regiments under negro commanders, and
commission them to scour every portion
Of Tennessee, wherever an offense of
whatever character might be reported,
to seize upon any and all white persons
that might be suspected, or that should
be slandered by ignorant and vaga-
bond negroes, and then to inflict
any kind or degree Of punishment that
might best crafty their barbarian and
Infatuated passions. These armed
hordes of negroes, ignorant and revenge.
full, daped and humbugged by other me-
groes and by white scallawags, and stu
pidly believing everything told to them
by their hypocritical friends" would
soon, if not met and overthrow, turn
the whole State into hell, not perhaps
so extensive as Satan's, but more un-
comfortable and less respectable.
But we have no idea that the Internal
experiment suggested and urged by the
Nashville paper will be tried. IT'S very
likely that negro troops may be organized
and armed in large numbers, as
indeed they are in very considerable
numbers already, to hold the Dem ocracy
of Tennessee, if possible, in subsection
and awe, but every consideration of free.
dom, and even of fear, will suggest to the
Radical leaders that the black troops,
instead of ranging the State and act
ing at their own wild will, like so
many wolves and tigers, shall be
under some sort Of white guidance, how.
ever infamous. Let exclusive companies
and regiments of negroes be licensed for
havoc in Tennessee, aud nothing short Of
a United States army of fifty thousand
men would be able to save the black race
in that State from determination, even if
that number could do it. And we don't
know that the leadership of few SCALA
wag officers would help the matter much.
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have shown the desire Of our people for
peace aud the right, and have placed
them In the right against him IN the
wrong. Aud Il the worst should come,
OUT counirymen will know who Is to
blame.
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A plain difference.

The difference, as affecting the negro
pouulation of the South. and the peace OF
the country, is very sigually manifested
by comparison of Kentucky at this time
with the reconstructed States. The Rad
| icsls are making great cutlery for Grant,
aud excuse his welding the sword so as
to control the Southern States to vote
him into the Presidency, by Publishing
horrible accounts of outrages, which they
say white men are committing on negroes
in all the States reconstructed and gov
erned according to the will Of Congress
and General Grant. Well, if the Radical
authorities speak truly, what good have
their govern msnts accomplished Have
they brought peace7 And what peace,
but that which Gen. Grant proposes to
bring, Which is the sword See how
different it is nov in Kentucky, where no
reconstruction has taken place, and
where the negro population is peaceful
and happy and free, and as well pro-
tecsed &C in any Northern State. Week
tract the following atatement from the
Louisville Courier:
Here 10 Kentucky, where the negroes
are not permitted to vote. aud where the
peace programme of the Radicals has
not been tried, the negroes are getting
along peaceably and kindly with their
neighbors. If the number Of deaths by
violence is any criterion, the negroes OF
this State are better protected than the
white men. Where one Of the former
is killed in fights there are at least q
dozen white men killed by white men.
Here the negro is permitted to labor and
TO enjoy the fruits Of bis labor as safe
and unmolested, if not more so, than the
white; but according to the showing OF
the Radicals themselves, reconstruction
has made the poor negro the victim OF
numberless and horrible ontrages. Ii the
armed enforcement of negro rule has
this result, why do these fellows persist in
II. and strive to extend the circle OF its
baleful influence? 1t cannot be through
regard for the negro when the Bureau re.
ports show that he is better paid and
better protected, that be is safer and more
comfortable in Kentucky than in any of
the reconstructed States. The selt-evi-
dent reason is that the Radical party was
born in sectional hatred, aud after hav-
ing been nourished ia its infancy by the
bloody feuds of Kansas, and thriven so
long upon the carnage of civil war, its
habits, its tastes, and its very existence,
require the violence and disorders which
it produces as the prelude and foretaste
Of war of races.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30

ne friends rna sssuaiai.nsss q esorrs n.
and IuIia ksGusrs are invited 70 attend he
fsnsrsi 81 their infant son. Edward FrnnniA
from their reIidenes. ourner WNhinEion and
orleans streets. Friday norninr, July 3. Il ~
o'clock. carIisrsl II nttsndases,
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sress IN terrifying Itself by al means
possible TO resist the popular viii. Inc
question Of civil var depends In great
measure upon tho willingness OF me
Northern people % yield 10 uburpstion
and aoknovledge their consressionA'
masters ~ - ~ H. ~ 3
The Richmond Dispafch also has the
following just comments on the same
subject; -
TOe President having pronounced the
rec Instruction acts null aud void, and
having given il az bis opinion that the
people OF the Southern States have the
right to vote for electors Of PRESIDENT
and Vice President under their old CON
stitutions, which allow TO none but whites
the right Of suffrage, Congress has be-
come alarmed, aud has gone TO work 70
weave new meshes for the bondage ofthis
Preside a tial pest. That body proposes to
pass Law making il the duty OF the Pres
dent 10 render Federal assistance to
the seeded States only upon the appiica-
ton Of the Governors and Legislatures
elected under the reconstruction laws.
We do not see how snch law can mend
the matter. The difficulty is the sameas
before. II the reconstruction laws are
uncou stitutional, aud therefore null and
void. any law which recognizes them as
valid ia equally unconstitutional, and
also null and void. Congress cannot
make pyramid stand in mid-air BY add.
ing another course even Of the most solid
,;,a ~ IL ton. The foundation is
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Dis solution

UHEPARTSERsHIP HERET0F0RER TX
II istine between the undersignefI. under the
arm and style Of J. n. PRANK A & o., was dis
solyed hy mutual consent, on the fcth inst. b.
BOWLING withdrawing from the same.
The business will Be continue 4 b. the re-
NAMING partners, J. =. FRANK and Oh AS.
khCk, under the sane 1rm nai ne, and they
claims due the old frn, and are alone CHARGED
J. n. FRANK.
b BOWLIN9.
Memphis. Jsly 2. lsss. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-30

NAME AND LOCATION:
The name of the Company is ETNA IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
The Company is located at HARTFORD,
C0NN.ECTICUT..
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18
The Tax Bill.
WASHINGTON. J

w ASIllNGTON, June IL.
The committee of ways and means was
in session this morning and has entered
upon the work of preparing a separate tax
bill concerning whisky and tobacco and
as instructed by the House yesterday. 1t
is the intention of the committee to en-
brace in the new bill all the leading fea-
lures OF those sections in the general bill
which related to whisky and tobacco.
These alone occupy about one hundred
and five closely printed pages and pro-
vide for an entire revision OF the method
of collecting the tax on these two articles.
The new bill ordered by the House viii
probably cover one hundred and twenty
closely printed pages. In view of this
fact it is probable that the bill will not
be reported to the House before the begin
ming of next week, and then, in the opin-
ion Of many members, it will be discussed
for nearly two weeks before it can be
passed. From present indications Con
gress will not be prepared to adjourn be
fore the fifteenth or twentieth of July
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18
The Corruption investigation.

w AsIIINGToN, June IL.
The impeachment managers have nearly
finished the examination of witnesses.
Gen. Butler will make report to the
House during the week, which will mar
rate the evidence obtained during the
investigation. No evidence has been OBJ
tanned To show conclusively that any
Senator's actually received any money
from those opposed to impeachment to
assist in acquitting the President, but
Gen. Butler will report that enough facts
have been brought together by the com
mittee to satisfy the country at large, that
through deep laid scheme of the persons
known as the whisky ring, impeachment
is defeated.
The large number of kilograms obtained
/ by the committee will be given TO tn,
public in the forthcoming report. Tn,
preparation Of the report has been con
fided to Gen. Butler, who has already be-
gun woak upon 1t.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18
Interesting General News.
&C. &C. &C.
Washington News.

WASHINGTON, June III.
Mr., Groesbeok refuses TO accept any Of
fee in, the gift Of the President. Mr..
McCulloch and his friends ignore the ru-
NOR Of change in the Treasury Depart
ment. The committee Of ways and
means have appointed Representatives
Hooper, Maynard and Logan sub-com'
mittee on whisky, and Messrs, Griswold,
Allison and Brooks "A subcommittee on
tobacco, The committee will not report
a bill on these subjects a. directed by the
House until toward the close of the pres
ent week. They will accompany the
modified rates of tax with restrictions and
regulations similar TO those heretofore
reported in the general tax bill. The
committee will probably report back the
new tax bill by Thursday, and fix the tax
on whisky at so cents per gallon, and so
graduate the tobacco tax as 10 raise to-
gether an estimated revenue of $4,000
600 per year. The FIRST or tenth
of July will see Congress adjourned it is
thought.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18

$40. ana trade favored the buyer. The quality Of
tAe Western was soo.l, aud noat were heavy fhe
ir,y,r, n,rs ANXIOUS 10 geali4e, ami 70 do severe
disposed 10 make such CONCESSIONS as 70 give we
butchers beei At last w5sSs PF'ecs tah'sh'nns
the season aud the weather, The supply proves
Iarrc Trade, however sas hnss yesterday al
t,moon, ami the market elosss' with the geneF"
uprIess.on thai Iressnt plee' can hafdly 10 ses'
t,iued Tho number oi sheep ami lambs AZ Tam
uTiise Vas a'o,,t l,20 The sales were effected
more readily than last week, Several lots OF sho'n
yearlng, we've .all AZ aloat "a ror herd, or nom
|AtaGSe = u No Western shesp were yaTdcd NJ
brighton There We,e Toe NJ aue LAMBS, rather
small aud thin, otyyel al "a MTsT head, aysrag-
| ing AZ market % rs each, live weights &c ' n
vyre ou,rol. stoN hos' and riFs quite dun at
ou0tait1ns
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18
The Philadelphia Fircmen.Fight
between Two Companies.

PHILADELPHIA, June III.
As procession of fremen were escort
ing the Friendship Fire Company, of Har-
risburg, Monday afternoon, difficulty
occurred between the members Of the
Moyamensing and Washington Hose
Companies. 1t appears that the members
of the latter company were saluting the
fremen by ringing the bells. as the pro-
cession was passing, but when the Moya-
mensing Hose passed they ceased ringing.
This was deemed an insult by the men,
bers of the last named company, and they
assailed the house and members Of the
Washington Hese with bricks. They
also attacked the carriage and damaged
1t considerably. A number of fremen
were injured by missiles, The chief en-
gineer has put both companies out of ser.
vice until an investigation takes place.
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r,e,,,.s Watch a, n,yer.iae rars
boston, Mas juno 10.

BOSTON, Mas, June Ia,
There was trotting match Monday at
ternoou AT Riverside Park, between Sorrel
Dan and Empress, for stake Of 81 900;
mile heats, best 3 in :, Empress won the
first heat and Sorrel Dan the second,
third and fifth heats, Time-s-3i s'A
ASA; 2;31l
After the trot there was walking
match, ia which George Tapley, the
champion Of England, Manning Of Boston
and Paine and Harding Of New Nork,wcr,
the contestants, The stake was 5000
aud the distance ten miles Tapley gave
his competitors two minutes start, ha
won the race in hour II minutes and L
seConls
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18
Kentucky Contested Election.
WASHINGTON, June 10

Several days ago the contested election
case Of Mckee against Young was recon-
mitted by the House to the committee on
election. The committee had reported
adversely to the claim of both persons.
This morning the committee had the case
again under consideration, and in view OF
the action in the case of Morgan against
Delano of Ohio, giving the seat to the lat
ter. The committee decided that the same
principle which was at issue in that case
applied with equal force to Mckee, and
agreed to report to the House that he is
entitled TO the seat. The Republican
members of the committee were unani-
nous in this opinion, while the Demo
cratic members favored the claim Of Col
Young.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18

\ P.cIrlc RNLRoAp IN ls69.-The Central
Pacific Railroad Company who arr building the
Western portion OF the Overland Road Across
the Continent, commencing at the navlgable wa
ter At the head Of the Bay of San Francisco
have successfully carried their track across the
SNOWY crest Of the Sierra Neyalds, and the whis-
tie OF the locomotive Is now heard IN the Wash
- District al the western edge of the salt Lake
Ua~ln, To eros, the plateau 10 the eastward
VIII he mere child, play in comparison 10 the work
that Is lptt b,hind, and there fair chance fur
the through connection being made IN ls6S.
Meantime the great mining and agricultural re-
Aion of the Pacific slope feeling the benefit OF
the railroad, which is doing large and profitable
business Messrs. Fisk Il Hatch, the Financial
Agents Of the Company, in their advertisement OF
the First Mortgage Bonds, IN another column,
present some interesting facts relative to the pro-
+ grcss aud prospects OF this great work.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18

NEW YoRK, June l6.


F1orn-The market for Western and state
aour Is 1et,ye Sales $500 barrels at g. SOlG
Is for superfne State; IS So@9 90 for e'.-
ira State california -four is steady. Salts
u,0 This ana sacks Mt 40 GOALS %. Canadian
hour l. inretiy, and nominal. southern Hour Is
active sales 500 bbls at 50 5O6l0 - Tor OMIT
nary TO good extra Baltimore and country; 10 : .
IA Is for extra aud family Maryland and Delft
ware. =
WHAT Quiet. Sales &c, $50 bushels at a. ~
fnr M , Milwaukee - 20 for white California.
OArs-Heavy. Sales. $4,000 bushels Western
SO in store, and say afoat.
Com firmer Sales 81 200 bushels new NIX Il
Western 81 O7Gsl 0sa Western yellow at l.
PoRK-Hgher. Sales 900 barrels, at 81 - for
old mess sls % for new mess. -.
BrrF-Steady sales 100 bbls at GOALS o0
for common brands % j0a25 90 for extra mess.
IARp. Firmer. Sales of $50 bbls. and trrccs al
l6s for MOL l6aal7 for city
CorroN-The market is dun, and irregular
| MoItssEs - The demand is only moderate.
SrG.Rs - Raw sugars are moderately actlN
al l0l@lla q for fair TO good refining, aud 10 "a
| l6a for lArtls.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18
IN BANKRUPTCY In THE DIS
Il. L. IL

= trlct COurt OF INC InIItu bItIts' T OF INC DE
trict of Vermont.
In the matter of Simon G. Ba ssett, Bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that petition has been
filed in said Court, by Simon G. Bassett of Castle
ton in said District, duly declared bankrupt I'M
der the Act Of Congress o. March ., 1857, for a
discharge and certificate thereof, from all his
debts and other claims proyable under said Act,
and that on the lith day of July, 1868. at 10
O'Clock q. m, before the Hon. d. A. Smalley,
Judge Of said Court at his Chambers in the city of
Burlington, is assigned for the hearing Of the
same, when and where all creditors who have
proved their debts and other persons in interest,
may attend and show cause, If any they have,
granted.
The second and third meetings Of creditors Will
be held at the same time and place.
Dated at Burlington, on he 10th day OF lnne
1868.
3S;w3w B, B. SMALLEY, Clerk.
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Marria1fs.

SMITH BISHOP At st. Johns church, East
Poultney, June 10th, by Rev. N. T. Putnam,
Joshua X Smith and Miss Anna L. Bishop
BERTERAND- CHAMPHAz Elm Rutland,
June 18th, by Rev. A. F. Bailey, Mr.. Octave Ber
terand TO Miss Deliama Champhane, both OF Rut-
land.
SON-HUNTER-In Mendon, June 9th,
by Rev. N. E. Jenkins, MI Vim. johnson Of Ira,
and Mrs. Lorette Hunter OF Mendon.
WTON-PHILLIPS-In nnmouth June
10th, by Rev. A. +. Bailey OF Rutland, Mr.. II. S,
I.awton of Greenfield, N. Y, to Miss Mary W.
Phillips of Tinmouth.
ORMsBY- DANFORTH Mendon, June
10th, by Rev n. Z. Jenkins, MI Ira A. ormsby
of Mendon, TO Miss Clara +. Danforth of Rut-
land.
ROGERS ORDON-In Brandon, June 18th,
by Rev. L. Tuxbury, James 7. Rogers OF Benson
Vt, TO Harriet Gordon of Lowell, Mass.
BUTCHER STAFFORD St. Adams, Junt
9th, by Rev. Herman C. Riggs, Mr.. DAME
butcher and Emily, daughter Of C. +. Stafford
Esq.