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MEXICO AND CUBA.

HAVANA, January 20.-The war
steamer Chornia sailed to-day for Car
thagenia to effect the release of Ulloa.
Newspapers have been prohibited in
all the colleges on the island.
Vague reports are in circulation that
10000 muskets have been sent from
Havana to Yucatan, and an expedition
ready to start for Sissal at two hours
notice.
HAVANA, January 81. - Intelligence
from the City of Mexico to the llth inst.
has been received. The Government
supports the project of buying twenty
eight frigates, each State purchasing one.
A quadruple alliance has been con-
cluded between Mexico, Peru, Chill and
Bolivia.
Juarez gave banquet to the Bolivian
Minister.
kidnapping operations are increasing
Senior Alvarez, of Monlia, has been seized
by the robbers, and obliged to pay a ran
som of $4,000.
Congress has declared Yucatan to be
in a state of siege. Campechy and
Mobasto are each to supply five hundred
militia to put down the rebellion. The
Executive is to appropriate 100000
monthly to defrsy expenses. Campaign
appropriations are to cease by April
PonferiaDiaz was well encamped with the
remainder Of his troops after the expe'
dition sailed for Yucatan.
The State Legislature Mt Puebla passed
the bill prohibiting bull fights
General Pavon has been made Pro
visional Governor Of Tamaulipas.
The moment Escobedo heard Of thu
rebellion in Yucatan, be threw 1000 in
fantry, fully equipped, into Tampico
Another steamer, with troops, is read
to leave Vera Cruz for Yucatan.
Gaudelsjare was opening Lake Cha
pala to navigation.
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FOREIGN.

LrvERPooL, January Election is
steady; sales, $4,000 bales; uplands, 7s
Gid, Orleans 7I@Sd.
LONDON, January 2l.-George Francis
Train has been released by the Cork
authorities. The causes leading to his ar
rest we're these: An Englishman named
Gee, a fellov-pssseuger of Train, in
formed the officers on the tug which
boarded the Scotia at Queenstown, that
Train said he came to Ireland to organ.
ize Fenians and commence the fight
Train was arrested upon this in
formation. Gee denied living such
information when before theP court
Eastman, at Queenstown, was exceed
ingly active in Trains behalf Minisie
Adams At oEce saw Lord Stanley, VIII
ordered the release Of Train. Lor'
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in detail, but II is unnecessary. We had
one moderate sized cotton factory here
not long since, which employed some
fiity hands In the actual work Of the fac
tory. And there was little village built
up in consequence, and probably five
hundred people obtained their living and
remained here in consequence Of the ex'
istence Of that factory alone. There was
n little cotton and wooden factory
started in Choctaw county, Mississippi,
a few years since, which was destroyed
during the war. 1t was started IN the
woods, run not more than five or six
years, and when il was destroyed, hive
hundred we're rendered destitute by 1t and
a village OF thousand inhabitants had
sprung up on the spot This result is
necessary and inevitable consequence OF
n moderate degree Of enterprise in this
direction. 1t is verified by the observa-
ton Of all.
Is it not then apparent that an effort
should be made, and made now TO do this
safe and sure thing as abe means OF
building up and filling up our city, and
enhancing the prosperity of every man
in it? We want no monstsr enterprises.
We do not believe in them. Rome was
not built in day, and so great thing
will be more surely done by varied
succession of efforts. If a few men can
start various manufacturing enterprises
here on small scale we shall have
beginning. Others will follow and the
result is certain. If there is any better
way to arrest pecuniary disaster we shall
be exceedingly pleased to be informed
of it Who will make the initiative
effort
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all such occupations and service 81
white men can be found to undertake
And il Is for our interest to encourage
immigration Of white men BY all mean'
in our power, SO that we may have al
the advantages Of growth 10 population
besides intelligence and numbers neces
sary for the control Of public affairs.
A mean Radical is reported in the
Richmond Dispatch as haranguing in
that city last week, who contended foT
four propositions lst That the South
has in the negro the best laborer in the
world; I'd, that we need, Sd, that we can
get no other; and 9TH, that the negro Is
to live here forever. The Northern
Yankees love the negro so much that
they don't want him among them. They
believe he is a good instrument in
their hands to use for the oppres-
sion Of others. And therefore, they
want to keep him here to use for Cypress
ing Southern white men and controlling
them as long as possible. But they will
never pay him a cent for it any way, by
forty acres and two mules, or anything
else, as we told them before the Cover
nor's election. The North wants all the
white men--all the immigrants. II they
come South, the Radicals know it will
endanger their supremacy. A measure
has been introduced into the Radical
unconstitutional convention Of Virginia
prohibiting foreigners from voting until
after ten years residence in Virginia
We should wonder the same measure had
not been thought of by our Tennessee
Legislature, but for the fact of its being
too stupid to think of anything further
off than the interests of to-day. The
fact is the surest way to radicalize the
South, and keep it so, is to put down the
foreign population and disfranchise 1t
altogether. And we expect to see all
possible obstacles thrown in the way OF
justice and equality to foreigners, and
to those especially who may come here
A Yankee pharisee will show the
whites of his eyes just as quick, if you
talk to him about negro immigration into
his country, as he would if you should
contend for the possibility of some small
error in his own immaculate and infalli'
BILE orthodoxy. 1t would shock him to
think such pink of perfection as him
self must live with negroes. These men
are very anxious to keep all the black
people down here among poor white
folks, and know they don't like poor
folks. And so they think they can con-
troll the whites, and make them work for
them, and control the negroes too, by
fattering them that they are as good as
white folks. And yet they don't want
them to go up there where they are rich
and have all the money for fear the
blacks will get some of it. But the
fact is, black man can make more up
there by working or stealing either, two
to one. Just try it and you'll see.
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| ~ a., .th.. lcv.l man that ha L. ra-
a.y ~ ILL., e. !, Ths hIood a, Msmphi.
"a Nas o,,ssns viii blight IN bisiorv
sa,e ~ v;,s;n;s Iaurela III va were
a., ~. shcrld zeal more reu,orse for
~ II,;o, errders If 1867. than pride
.a he V;,s;nis v;ctoriea Of 1868. We
shoujd know oursslf more truly the cause
| oe,bs frst than Of the last Gen. Thomas
sansr,;.g seyeral hundred Union murders
;nh H. d;strict All uppu pished and most
Of Them uninvestigated, and yet--Grant
a soldierI Grant knows that ten Of
these nromptly and thoroughly punished
in each State would put an end to this
state Of things. The DULLES would creep
hack inso their dens. He knows that he
has annie strength TO punish these
crimes. WHY he does not punish them
every man must decide for himself. II
| the reason be Mr.. Johnson's opposition,
Grant knows that, any time during the
last two years, ten decisive words from
himself would have obliged johnson in
stantly 10 desist from his opposition and
set the whole nation Indignantly against
him. Grant is ten times as strong as
Mr.. johnson. Leaving those ten words
unspoken is Grants guilt And II
is this party, so greedy for office, and
so faithless to principle that it leaves
the Barbara Freitchies and Robert Smalls
TO be victims OF those IL pretends to have
conquered; these jew leeches, intriguing
to filch from the people all they covet,
no matter whether II is in the bond or
not--with their dawdling candidate, bar
tering blood for coin-itis this party who
affect such horror at what they consider
an irreverent phrase Here is party
waving justice and honor, and content
TO stand behind dumb candidate, neu'
trail on all questions, provided greedy
bondholders will help elect him; party
which has sold out TO the National Banks
and Belmont, and like Pecksniif about to
join swindlers, they cry "he oh, fieT
when things are called by their right
names :,
As for Benjamin Franklin--he and
Sam. Adams we're the two greatest men
New England ever produced. Hamilton
and Jefferson excepted. they were the
two ablest men the United States ever
produced. One or two very ugly blots
erased, Franklin was one OF the purest
men OF our revolutionary epocn, ana ue-
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1MMIaRATIoH AND LABOR.

The field and farm is the place for
negro labor in this country, though the
cities will do in the North. There is
where they should go aud make an hon
est living, instead of Longing about
cities and towns The country North and
South is vast, and thousands Of acres are
untitled, and abundance Of work they can
have any whese North or South. Let
them take our advice and 90 toit it they
would not suffer What We live on must
come out Of the soil. And none but the
few rich men can live honestly without
labor here or anywhere else lfany want
to live honestly here there is no trouble
about doing so in the country. II they
are determined not 10 work, the North II
the best place to steal, where the,
have al the watches, aud earrings
and spoons, pistols and money they siol'
while on a visit down here, besides Ter
times as much more, which they had be
fore coming.
Il ought TO be understood here TIA
white labor alone viii be employed 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-22

ArEKRlBLE tragedy was enacted on
Thursday in Philadelphia. While Mrs.
Lucy Graham was in waiting upon her
mother-in.law, who was lying at the point
of death, Rodman Graham, her husband,
entered the room, and without any prov
ocation, discharged a pistol at her, the
contents of which entered her brain.
Mrs. Graham cannot live. The muir
derer, who gave himself into custody at
once. claimed that he had done the deed
TO revenge himself for an attempt once
made by his wife to poison him.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Latest to Noon To-day.
NEW YORK.
Gold and Cotton Reports.

Special to the PUBLIC LEDGER
NEW YORK, January PIP M.-Gold
opened at 1879; at 1920 was 1895, and is
now 1891.
Cotton market firm, and prices are a
shade better, though not quotably higher;
quotations unchanged.
Exchange steady.
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WASHINGTON.

WAsHsoros, January 22.-General
Ord has left for California.
The Commerce Committee have agreed
on the House bill prohibiting the con-
traction ofthe currency, with a proyiso
that the new notes shall replace those
destroyed or mutilated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-22

Cassius NJ. Clay, of Kentucky, and
Col. Wigfall, of South Carolina, enjoy
the reputation Of having had more per
sonal encounters than airy two men in
the whole South. Wigfall literally fought
himself out of his native State into
Texas. It's very noticeable that neither
Of these men, though one was violently
Republican and the other ferociously
Southern, should have taken any prom,
nent part in the hostiliies that continued
for four years
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Bosros, January 22.-Three hundred
and fifty barrels Of spirits were seized
here yesterday by Revenue Inspector
Conally, Of New York.
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Stanley disavowed the act on the part of
the government, and stated that the local
authorities were solely responsible.
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II would seem that Americans are be-
coming favorites with the Chinese. Mr..
FIR Drew. son Of Mr.. Benjamin Drew,
n Chelsea, Mass, has been appointed
Covernment Secretary at Pekin, China
NJ Drew graduated with high honors at
Harvard in 1868. he has resided IN
China FOR the last three years, v here be
Sas assiduously devoted himself TO the
study Of The Chinese language, laws aud
constitutions.
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PITTSBURG.

PIrrsBURG, January 22.-The river is
four feet and rising. Thermometer 25
degrees and clear
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Queen Victoria gained twenty pounds
Of fesh during the last year
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OFFICERS;
w. b. GREENLAW, President
JAS. ELDER, Vioe-President.
S. p. READ, Secretary.
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p { o p L G. S
CAPITAL STOCK, $500, 900.
TAKE FIRE AND MARINE RISKS.


w. B. GREENLAW. N. S. BRUCE.
G. W. COVER, CHARLES JONES,
JAMES ELDER, M. HARRINGTON
JOHN 0VERT0N. JR.
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First National Bank
OF MEMPHIS.

DIREC TORS,
w. A. GwYN, +. =. DAVIS,
w. w. YOUNG, WV. THATCHER
Of Young Bros; Of Brown d Jones;
Nv. JEFFERSON, BEN. EISMAN,
OF W. Jefferson a Co.; Of Rice. Silk Co.;
NEWTON FORD, Of Newton Ford Co.
g. +. SMITH, A. p. BURDITT,
g. T.. NORRIS, J. VI. TOMENY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-05-06
a WAR DEMOCRAT SPEAKS.

That talented Irishman and gallant
soldier, Gen Halpins, of the New York
Cttt4c]s, IS one Of the few outspoken and
fearless members Of the present Demo
cratic party. He is not afraid to speak
his mind freely, and evidently does not
intend to be driven into the support Of
every man and every measure which hap
pens to be labeled Democratic" so much
in this respect, unlike the rank and file
in his party, who usually swallow any pill
the leaders prepare for them, no matter
how bitter that pill may be.
To show how decided and unmistaka
bic Gen. Halpines sentiments are in re
iation to matteIs now pending IN lis par
ty, and the way he talks Of the present
composition Of the Democracy. we pub.
lish the following extract from his paper
cf a recent date:
"The organization happens to be com,
posed Of conflicting and antagonistic ele-
.ncnts; a large portion Of it consists OF
actual positive, unconverted and undeni-
able peace men, submissionists, worship
pcrs Of chiyalry, admirers of the South,
md funkies at its feet men who would
rather be kicked by Southern man than
kissed by a Northern woman. These
ravens go bodily for their representative,
aeir worthy exemplar, George IL, Pen
oton will have him and no one else,
4 actually despise and repudiate Gov
nor Seymour as too much of a war man.
{ hey are rcsolute and yindictive. They
axe secured the party machinery to their
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-05-06

FIVE CHILDREN Thrown INTO a
WEJE BY THLIR FATHER.-A shocking
occurrence took place last month at Fox
dale, IL the Isle of Man. A miner nam
ed Izilly, who was subject to fits of de
preston and lowness Of spirits, acting
under the influence Of groundless fear
of the loss Of employment, made up his
mind to destroy himself and family. lie
accordingly walked out of his house into
field where three of his children were
playing, and threw them one by one
down well. His wife, who heard their
screams, ran out of the house to the we'll,
and tried to throw his wife after the
child, but She escaped. The fifth
child, who had been sent for assistance,
now came up, and he threw her down
Tie we'll and plunged IL after her: The
bodies were soon recovered, chiefly by the
gallantry of a man who descended into
the we'll at the risk OF his life. Two Of
the children survived the rest, with the
father, were brought up dead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-05-06

The rumor that Doolittle vas abou
to come to Chicago is untrue It grew
very naturally, out Of the announcement,
BY a circus manager, that 1.-The hero of
100 summersaults" would shortly appear
in this city Chicago Post.
A late issue OF the La Crosse Demo-
e3at says:
"Some of the radicals fear Grant will
be assassihatqd; SO lie aoU IF lie IS czec-
ted P'es5daat
IF Grant, or any other man, elected by
by the American people to the office Of
President next fall, is assassinated. the
trees of Wisconsin will hang thick with
rotton rebel fruit
The La Crosse Democrat, the organ of
the Wisconsin democracy, says in its
issue Of the 9TH inst, that it will, on and
after the 23d of April, furnish the pa
pers, blanks. instructions, and everything
needed for the formation of Lodges of the
ku Klu2 Khan in Wisconsin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-05-06

Mr.. Groesbeck, who by the acciden. of
Jerry Blacks quarrel with the President,
became one Of the counsel in the impeach-
ment case, is New Yorker BY BIRTH and
about ~ years of age. After studying
law he established himself in Cincinnati.
The standing he Immediately acquired as
lawyer is attested by the fact that in
1852, when he was only rs years of age,
he was appointed member Of the com
nilsson to codify the laws Of Ohio; his
qualifications having been made known
by his services the previous year in the
State Constitutional Convention. In 1856,
he was elected by the Democrats Of the
Second Ohio District to represent them
IN the Both Congress. Mr.. Groesback
served but one term, and was on the com
mittee on Foreign Relations In the
winter of 1860 he was member of the
Peace Conference at Washington, and was
elected the next year to the Ohio State
Senate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-05-06
Here is Josh Billings last "essa on

Here is Josh Billings last "essa on
the fashions :"
Street dresses are worn here almost
unanimously in fact, it IL impossible
tew see eny kind of femail in the streets
without some kind ov a dress on
mean street dress. They are made in the
shape ov a dinner-bell, and fit about az
tight, Water falls are a peg higher than
they waz, and soon will be worn on the
top Of the he'd, like ROSTERS comb.
Hoop skirts are close -reefed, and titlers
are on their last legs. Kid gloves are
the rage, in lavender; the more lavender
the better and the hair eddys IN front
just like nest Of young whirlpools, just
batcIed out, and drops behind from the
waterfalls in one link, a foot long, about
the size ov rope, with a poker coming
out Of it.
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ANatettowu 8epnblitan.
WEDNESDAY NAY G, 1868.
IMPEACHMENT.

We we've in hopes of being able to an
nounce the result Of the impeachment
trial this week, but the arguments Of
counsel have been so lengthy that more
time Las been occupied than we expected.
The end of the trial, however, cannot be
long deferred.
Mr.. Stanbery concluded his argument
before the Impeachment Court on Satur-
day. Mr.. Bingham, of the Managers,
opened the final argument against the
President on Monday A verdict will
no doubt be reached some time this week.
In some respects President johnson is
very remarkable man, but as a politi-
clan he is not very discreet. The style.
in which he does the very thing at the
wrong time, and in the wrong way is
something brilliant He has just occom-
plished feat in this line which sparkles
with originality. While the Senate is
trying him for illegally attempting to re-
move Secretary Stanton, and while his
counsel are strenuously defending him on
the ground that he did not remove Mr..
Stan ton, but only made q motion to do so
for the purpose of testing the Constitu-
tionality Of the law, at the very
crises of the trial he sent in the name of
Gen Schofeld for Secretary of War Sin
place of Edwin Stanton removed" to the
Senate which. is sitting in judgement.upOn
him. At the very moment that nomina-
ton was made the Presidents defense set
up by his counsel, was that Stanton was
not removed. While his counsel was
still speaking, the President sent in this
paper asserting that Stanton 5cas remov-
ed. While his counsel was arguing that
the President had not violated the Ten
ure'of- Office law, even if he had attempt
ed to do so, Andrew Johnson sent in
this nomination, insisting chat he had
fully and entirely succeeded in violating
the Tenure-of Office law, and that the re-
moYal of Stanton is consummated.
Here is the Presidents crime all in a
nut shell. He claims the right to judge
OF the constitutionality of an act which has
passed Congress, and if not meeting with
his appreciation to disobey it if need be-
He seems to mistake his position. He
was elected to execute oil the laws, not
to be the judge Of any Of them, and he
is false to his position as President, if he
does not see that the laws are faithfully
carried out whether those laws suit his
tastes or not has nothing to do with his
duty as the executor of the laws.
1t is sad, as usual Mr.. johnson Las
again acted without consulting his friends
Undoubtedly he has. When we remem-
Der that he was impeached for the very
act Of attempting to remove Mr.. Stanton
and that the Senate resolved 'that, I'M
der the constitution and laws of the Uni
ted States, the President has no power to
remove the Secretery of War;" nobody
can conceive that any Of his friends
would counsel him to send to the Senate
a notice that he shas removed Mr.. Stan
ton. But his friends ought not to be
surprised at this, OF. any other, proceed
ing on the part Of the President. The
more intimately they are acquainted with
him, the more ought they to expect ex
traordinary blunders on his part.