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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-14
NEW ADvERTlsEM ENTs
Masonic Grand Lodge.

rVHE M. w.. GRAND LODGE n
i will be convened at the Hall Of ~
s sGHS1 AYsI 2pFTEk iSSe; 18th Inst. ~
at az o'clock, for the purpose. Of laying the
Corner Stone Of the Central M. Il. Church
South, on Union street.
Tho following Lodges are hereby requested
to assemble at their halls to participate In tho
ceremonies;
South Memphis, No. lis.
Kiivinnins, No. 81. forming the NJ. W..
Grand Lodge.
Hamilton. No. 300, acting as escort.
By order Of r.. W.. s.. e.. W..
A. j. WHEELER, Acting as e.. W..
BEN, X. PULLEN. e.. s.. pro tenn.
AllE.'. A.. are fraternally invited.
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The Bulletin very bosstfully asserts
that rebels shave no rights whatsoever"
and makes flourish of irumpets about
the overwhelming argument by which it
is to prove the absurd assertion, and says
"we shall not finch" etc. But when
the assertion is met argumentatively, its
reply to the Democratic press is that
"their assaults upon the honorable party
which we have devoted fourteen years to
building up are Infamous and uuendura-
BILE. Their argument is compounded of
fraud, threats, and the most insulting
abuse. 1t is we who judge you, not you
yourselves. Do we do you too much
honor in assuming that those long-eared
pettifogging scribblers are not your
spokesman ?" We wonder if the writer
is the spokesman of the Radical party ?
If so, we, say, de gustibas non est dis
r,ufdnden
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-14
Cumberland House,
Late whitsmore Houss)
Nos. 100 and III Adams ST.,
Bet. Third and Fourth. Memphis, Tenn,
TOBIAS WOLFE, PrOp'r.

TIVE PROPRIETOR TAKES GREAT
Il pleasure in anneuncing 70 his many friends
and the public fercraly, that be has recenty
taken charge Of the above named House.
He promises b. close personal aitention %
the business sided By polite and competent
assirfant1 and attcndants, 10 insure for bis
ruests unrurrasstd Accommodation and The
fullest ratiEfaclio1.
he Ho1rs Il centrally located. convcnisnt 70
Railroad and efcamboat, Theatcr and Post
oises, al The Churchca, and the most clearly.
quiet and reEpectabls portion Of the city.
Az fharnurhlv ronoratinr. ro1tfinf and
furnirkinr thil eTlahlirhmeut. he nov soliciu
. rkare ~ the ruhlic ratronare. with the ASA
rnncs hat tAsJ ahan b mads 70 feel a hone.
TKEns:
Drv poarf..--------------t- ~ per uelk.
Trnnlsrt---------------- 8 pr day.
as TOBIAS WOLFE. Prcpfisior.
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FAIL MEETING, 1868,
Memphis Association
November 0, 10, II, ~, rs and II.

SIXTH DAY.
FIRST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Purse, $4O0-Mile
heats. three in Eve.
SECOND RACE.-Consolatio Purse, $3.50
For horses that have not won during the
meeting; to be handicapped the day pre-
ceding the race $50 to go TO the second horse.
Stakes TO name and clsse on the first day Of
October, 1858. Half the money offered In purses
will be given for q walk over. Entrance 10
purses. i've per cent. Entries must be made
twenty minutes after the last race, each day. ut
the Judges stand. for the purse Of the succeed-
ing day.
xs- The Races will commence at o'clock
precisely each day.
Members can procure their badges Of David
M. Philip, Secretary, at the Office of the Mem
phis Association Course. corner o. Main and
Jefferson streets, over Royster, Trezevant x
Co.'S auction store.
Tickets and badges will be for sale at the
0yertcn. Worsham and Commercial Hotels.
Pools will be sold at the Overton Hotel every
night, from 7 to 10 O'Clock. and every morn
Jog during the races from 10 TO IL o'clock.
s. X. Raymond. Esq, Pool Seller.
The street cars will run every ten minutes to
the Race Course. commencing at IL o'clock each
day.
The Bar and Refreshment Saloon will be un-
der the management of Mr.. ]. H. Cameron.
A fine band Of music will be In attendance
have been made to observe the strictest order
and decorum.
COMMITTEE ON LADIES' STAND.
Messrs. II. Seessel, jr., George s. Robbins,
R. NJ. Drake, Major W, Scruggs, Major Val.
Peyton. JOHN DONOVAN.
DAVID M. PHILIP. Secretary. 54t
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CEagb Rates.

We desire agents throughout the Parish
ANY of our friends who will act as agents
for the Banner are authorized tg do SO, at
the following rates:
S Copies for $l2
10 20
The getterup ola club of ten subscribers
will be entitled to an extra copy gratis. No
deduction from our regular rates-$3 pei
annum-Nill be made, except as above.
Persons unable to get mp clubs, who will
act as agents, will be paid 3 per cent on al
monies forwarded us, clubs excepted.
We desire to extend our circulation, but
only on tho CASH SYSTEM. No names
will be booked unless the cash, or its equiva
lent, accompanies the order.
~ Parties who will act as agents vii
please notify us that We may announce theil
names as such.
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S We regret to learn of the
death of one of our most estima-
bic citizens, Mr.. Frank Y. Hughes,
who accidently shot himself while
squirrel hunting, on Monday Goth
instant, near his home, in the vi
entity of Rocky Mount, in this
parish.
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Latest News.
From the South Western1

OAC.; SttIeS II dIhlt receipts lVJ
bales. Gold 1423.
New York, July 20, evening"
Cotton duh and unchanged sales
800 bales at 81! to 32c. for mid
ding uplands. Gold 1921.
New Orleans, July 21.-Cotton
dull and easier; middling 304c.;
sales 50 and receipts 233 bales.
Gold 1424. Flour active; super
fine 81 80 to z IS. Corn active at
9Oc. to 81 OBJ. Oats dull at Soc.
Pork dull at S29 90. Bacon quiet;
shoulders 134 and clear sides 174c.
Texas cattle-lst quality $25 to
So, I'd quality $15 to 20 and 3rd
quality $40 to II. Sheep $3 90
to 5.
New York, July q, evening"
Cotton heavy and shade lower ;
sales 1900 bales at &c. for mid
ding uplands. Gold strong at
1435.
Liverpool, July q, 3 P.M.-Cot-
ton heavy and less active; sales
5000 bales; uplands 1Oa to 1O5
and Orleans 11bd-
Washington, July 19.-The
President has issued proclama
tons, announcing, in accordance
with the requirements Of the ON
nibus admission bill, the adoption
by South Carolina and Louisian;
of the Nth article. The same ex
pressions, doubling the legality
of the Legislatures and the an
thenticity of the ratification, char
acterise these with former procla
nations.
Washington, July 20.-Senat
;. confirmed r. W. Mullens ColleC
tor Of Customs for the Teche dis
, trict Louisiana, and I'll. Smith
! Internal Revenue Collector frs
South Carolina district. Reiecte,
A. r.. Wallace for Postmaster a
Montgomery, Alabama.
0 Portland, July 20.-The pede.
+ TRAN Weston arrived, making fl
1 ty miles in eleven hours by 81
G and a half minutes.
: Washington, July 20.-The a
n fist Leutz died yesterday.
v VetOing the electoral colleg
o bill, the President maintains til
Southern States were never or
+ of the Union, and asserts the
n were practically and constitution
y ally restored previous to Marcl
d 1867. Narrating provisions {
!, the Constitution, the Presider
d says the joint resolution, by in
Il plication at least, comedies thu
q these States were States by vi
. tue of their organization prior
= the 4th of March, 1867, but denie
n to them the right to vote in Il
election of President and Vii
4 President of the United State
. 1t follows either that the aSsuml
y ton of power is wholly unautho
= Used, or that the States so exclu
!, ed from voting were out of Il
! Union by reason of the rebellio
and have never been legitimate
= restored. Being fully Statistic
- shat they were never out of Il
. Union, and that their relation
thereto have been legally and co
- stitutiOnally resumed, | am force
to the conclusion that the joi
resolution which deprives the
of their right to have their vo
for President and Vice Preside1
received and counted, is in CO
~ flict with the Constitution, al
rs, that Congress has no more pow
IN to reject their votes than tho
= which have been uniformly 10y
of to the Federal Union. 1t is W,
he thy of remark, that if the Stat
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u A Texan writing to the St.
Louis Republican urging the con-
structiOn of a railroad from that
city to Texas, says: "Between the
Nueees and the Rio Grande rivers
there are million head ofhorned
cattle and a hundred thousand
head of horses and mules. The
trade of San Aantonio with Mexi.
co amounts to eight million dol
lars annaially. 1t would take a
railroad fifty years to carry all the
cattle in Western Texas to st.
LOuss. The cattle IN that country
are being killed for their hides
aleme." He says such a railroad
would not only make st. Louis
the stock market of America, but
would develop the finest copper
and silver mines in the world.
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u Observation-Disclosures
to the Banner, in chickens, Sc,
to ill the plate of a ''tMrd party"
at our table. Though politically
opposed to ''third partys," unwil-
ling in this instance, to become
either a bOlter or a disorganizer,
we announce our determination to
"sMppest the ticket" presented us.
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ern States with Spring field rifle
and cartridges adj libitunl ; and so
far as he was concerned he was
perfectly willing for it to be writ
ten on this bill that these arms
were intended for the protection
of the loyal men at the polls.
New Orleans, July 21.-Little
advice from Millican, Texas, con-
firm reports of a serious negro dis
turbance. Doubtful if yet quiet
ed. Telegraph interrupted. No
advices later than the 18th. Col.
Gentry, of Gen. Buchanan's staff,
ordered to MiIlican to investigate
the matter.
AT the suggestion of Gov. War
mouth joint resolution passed by
the Senate yesterday, calling upon
the Commanding General for
troops to repress lawlessness in
northern and western parishes of
Louisiana, a memorial having
been received from Franklin par
ish, with ten signatures, setting
forth that at least fifty murders
had been committed in that and
adjoining parishes lately. Reso
E luton excited strong opposition
and acrimonious debate, members
being opposed to calling on the
military as Unnecessary, civil au
thority being fully restored.
i Washington, July 21.-Vote il
: Republican caucus to-day showed
80 favoring recess to September
I or October, to % favOring regular
1
: adjournment.
o Full Cabinet, including Mr.
! Evarts for first time.
/ Cincinnati, July 21.-Three mel
e implicated in the recent express
: robbery near Seymour, Indiana
e hung by mob.
0 Washington, July 21.-Botl
n Houses in session, Gillem's repOr
!; regarding Mississippi, shows boil
Y parties charge fraud, hut he cal
q find none that are within militar,
p reach. Constitution defeated ant
g military rule will continue. Gil
@ lem recon- mends modification o
IS law, whereby all registered am
d qualified voters may fill vacancie
}. which exist or may occur in civil
$ State or national Offices.
y Richmond, July 15.-Weathe
q excessively hot. Thermometer las
= night 90. Samuel Ell. Hueston
= clerk of the Spottswood hotel
, died today, from sun-stroke.
. Washington, July15.-Schencl
e estimates loss by removing tax o.
: mineral oils at two millions. Pr
, visions of the tax bill will dis
- pense with about seventeen hun
bred inspectors.
: Collector Smythe, of New Yorl
!; is here engineering his confrm'
ton to Austria, with feeble pro
poets.
Revenue S55S,OO0.
Pottsyille, Pa, July 15.-Nun
Der of strikers arrested. Stoppe
several works, and are in lin
marching for others.
Washington, July 15.-Wm. 4
Evarts confirmed as Attorne
= General; George w. Summe
!. nominated Postmaster at Augu
ia, Ga.
Seward reports twenty-thr
States have ratified the Ia
article, from which Ohio and Ne
jersey have receded. He also I
= ports that Arkansas, North Cal
lima and Florida have given noti
y of ratification by the "allege'
Legislatures of those States.
Ottawa, Canada, July Is.
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Arkansas Senators.

of Congress. The LeavenWOrth |
( Kansas) Times, republican paper,
gives; him this certificate OF char
acter:
1--WE are both astonished and
mortified to see some of the repub-
lican presses of Kansas claiming
to occupy a conspicuous place in
the ranks of the organization, in
dulging in tulsome and extrava
CANT adulations of Mr.. A. Nc
Donald, who has recently been
elected one of the senators from
the State of Arkansas. If any
one of the journals referred to
know Mr.. Mcdonald at all, they
know he is utterly unqualified for
the high position Of United States
Senator. The very proposition is
ridiculous, and it lowers the char
acter Of the profession for leading
newspapers to hold up man for
what he is not and can never be-
come. Hon. A. Mcdonald. Uni
ted States Senator from Arkan-
sas! If that isn't enough to make
a horse laugh, nothing ever was"
To which the Quincy Herald
; adds that Mr.. Mcdonald is not a
new man to the United States
Senate. He is of the firm of Nc,
Donald, Fuller & Sells, Indian
traders, and was recently present
ed by Senator Sherman, in d me-
mortal from the CherOkees. as
, having, through an official in his
j. interest, bought corn from the
p Government at eighteen cents pei
bushel and -four at 80 80 per bar
rel, and then sold both articles
! back, the corn at So and the loul
, at $34! We do not see, however
why this kindred operation, known
;. to the Leavenworth Times, shoul(
disqualify him for a radical Uni
ted States Senatorship- Accord
ing to the radical papers the radi
. cal Senators in their seats are Il,
? better than Mcdonald. 1t is no
} merely admitted but is charged
" by the republican press that thes
senators are mercenary-are pun
e chasable, and that ownership il
their votes is regulated by the lay
" of supply and demand. Asid
from those who recently sold out
h as alleged, there is the unbOugh
:, Cameron, who was driven froI
p the War Office and the countr
y during the war, and impeache
j. by resolution of the House, of Rel
le resentativesfo for operations kindEe
r, to those of Mcdonald 81 Co.; an
10 why should not Mcdonald be
s. United States Senator as well q
Cameron Mcdonald is a trul
= representative man in his party i
l. Arkansas and elsewhere.
i A letter was recently pubishe
n purporting to have been signe
4 by the other senator, Benjamin
O Rice, stating that he had use
several thousands of dollars whH
belonged to one of his clients, an,
Or with that money, did buy whisk
IN to get himself into state of beas
IS. ly intoxication, and expended IL
ne balance at the gaming table. A
n ter this performance, he left h
nj home, and was soon heard fro
ne in Arkansas as carpet Dagger.
IS His election to the senate of Il
nc United States was a fitting sequ
to the dirty and criminal procee
St. ings set in motion by the "reco
- struction" infamy. If proprie
~ grows out of the fitness of thing
lat it was proper that a man as me;
he and bad as Rice is in fact alleg,
.rs to be by the letter referred |
should be chosen to represent, n
Gu the people of Arkansas I'M t
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4
States under an act of Congress
for that pupose, and under mill
tary control, are illegitimate and
of no validity whatever; and in
that view, the votes cast in those
States for President and Vice
President in pursuance of the act
passed since the 4th of March,
1867, and in obedience to the so
called reconstruction acts of Con
gress, cannot be legally received
and counted, while the only votes
in those States that can be legally
cast and counted will be those
cast in pursuance of the laws in
force in the several States prior
to the legislation by Congress
upon the subject of reconstruction.
, The President proceeds to argue,
that while the people of the South
ern States were not i'm rebellion,
=. some people ofthe Northern States
were in rebellion, and that the act
t for exclusion applies, logically,
equally to New York and Virgin
: ia. The message concludes: eff
s Congress were to provide by Law
I that the votes of none of the States
should be received or counted il
O east for a candidate who differed
!. in political sentiment from a ma
e jority of the two houses, such leg.
! iSlation would at once be con
n demned by the country as an un
\ constitutional and revolutionary
= act and q usurpation of powers
v 1t would, however, exceedingly
!. difficult to find in the Constitu
r ton any more authority for the
A. passage Of the joint resolution un
der consideration than for an Ell
q actment looking directly to the
C. rejection of all votes not in accor
s. dance with the political preference
b. of q majority of Congress. NJ
St power exists in the Constitution
d authorizing the joint resolution
1t Or the proposed law. The onl.
difference being, that one woul'
: be more palpably unconstitRtion
e al and revolutionary than tn
other. Both would rest upon tn
Radical error, that Congress ha
the power to prescribe terms an,
conditions to the right of the pee
49, pie Of the States to cast the vote
for President and Vice President.
- Seward addresses q letter t
Nv whom it may concern, stain,
\ Congress, June, 1866, passed
II resolution proposing an amend
oe ment known as the 18th article
- which he quotes. Seward state
- the act of 1868 requires the Secrt
a. tary of States to publish amend
r. ments when adopted, but no &C
IA authorised the Secretary to deter
cd mine and decide at doubtful que.
he tons as to authenticity Of legal
zee ty of State Legislatures, of tn
es power of any State Legislature
10 recall previous ratification. liver
Of ty-three States have ratified tn
i'd amendment, and also bodies avoy
he ing themselves as Legislature {
m, Arkansas, North Carolina, Flor
,ly da, South Carolina, Louisian
ed and Alabama. 1t appears furthe
he Ohio and New Jersey have wit
ms drawn assent. Efficacy of tn
Dn- withdrawal doubtful. Whole nun
ed Der Of States thirty seven. E
int then proclaims amendment adOp
EN- ed; provided the original resol
Ote tons of Ohio and New Jerst
mt are valid, Notwithstanding Il
on withdrawal
md President signed new tax bi
yer The Secretary of War has issue
Dse his order enforcing the eight hol
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II DeBow's Review for July
is on hand, as usual, full Of valua
bic information. 1t is decidedly
the best publication OF it's kind In
the United States, and is well
worth the subscription price of 90.
Address ''DeBow's Review, liz,
POydras street, New Orleans.
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- The Atlantic Monthly for
July fully sustains the reputation
already gained by past numbers.
Like everything that receives the
inaprimGtear of Messrs. Ticknor &
Fields, Boston, it is neatly and
elegantly printed. It's articles are
equal in ability and pleasantness
Of style to the current literature
of the day. Terms 81.
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THE CRY-sIs!--In regard to the
"new issue" Gust pOunds) at our
house-which took place on our
usual publication day, at 1916 NJ,
18th instant--we would modestly
state, for the information of all
''inquiring friends that its IA
girl, and it's natae is KATE.
n. B. Nanted-immediately
% cash subscribers to the Banner
"Help us, Cash-us, or we sink
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~ Little Kate desires to tender,
through the Banner, her thanks
to Mr.. J. r. Griffin, for his highly
appreciated present of a pair of
pretty little red shoes and stock
ings. As soon as she gets large
enough, she intends to "put her
foot in it," and pay the donor a
visit.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-04-24
"4AristOcratic ROnd,Olders."
MANSFIELD, O., March 81, ls6s


To The Editors Of the Erening Post:
was glad to see your late editorial re-
marks on the "Aristocratic B0ndholders, I"
knowing some circumstances around me to
fully justify them. A friend OF mine in
1868, wien the affairs of our country look
ed dark aud gloomy. and seemed to need
sustaining financially by all loyal men.
sold a farm and invested in five twenty
bonds, and afterwards exchanged some of
those bonds for shares in a national bank.
This was done to secure an income for lis
CID age, and willing to risk almost all his
earlier earnings and savings for his coun-
try's benefit. v ith regard to the tax
about which so much is said by demo
Gratis, :" % he owns small farm neGr
Mansfield worth now $4,000, but only APP
pruised on the tax list at Sl,640. On the
farm he paid tax of SO g. while for
bank stock for $500. appraised on the
oath of the president and cashier of the
hank at s2642, he paid a tax of s67 l6
Part OF this course was on account of the
location of the bank, in the town, but look
at the difference in actual value. For farm,
actual value, $1,000 $50 80; ard bank
stock, actual value $2752. $67 10; aud
these figures are correct. as have exam
ined his receipts, and the owners of gov
ernment bonds are strenu0usly charged.
and implicitly believed by the mass of vot
ing democrats, as unjustly rioting on the
labors of the working people.
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Admission of Alabama.

Ho,. John A. Peters made an able speech
in the House the other day on the admis
sion of Alabama. We have not the space
for the whole but give concluding portions
of it. which we commend to the attention
of our readers
Mr.. Speaker, we owe it to the black
man to admit Alabama. President Lin
coin never uttered nobler words than when
he said "We have promised the colored
men their rights; aud, by the help Of God.
that promise shall be kept" 1t is need
less to enumerate what the colOred man
has done for our country. He has prayed
for and expected in return the liberty Of
the citizen. Give him all else in the States
where slavery lately existed, and in some
forms essentially continues to exist. and
deny him the right to vote. and you deny
him his liberty. Ii he does not obtain
such boon by our indorsing the c0nsti-
tuition of Alabama now. in that State, at
least. he may never obtain it. The sooner
he gets such aprivilege the more likely he
is to retain it. The longer he has it, the
harder it will be for rebels to wrest it from
his possession. If he can maintain him
self TO day. he will be stronger tomorrow.
The ballot is the symbol of freedom, and
he use of it in his hands will be the needle
gun which will bring about speedy pol
teal victory over the whole hosts OF rebels
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-04-24

y-The Calais Acdccrtiser complains
that the business men Of that City are in II
great measure destitute of the refining and
cul,ivating influences so necessary to the
wei! being Of society. The Machlas Caton.'
says the same is true of that village. We
have often, perhaps two often alluded to
the social condition Of our village, but the
reason for this exists somewhere. Is it to
be found in the business pursued, o. did the
Oldest inhnbitant start wrong The Union
says:
The destitution of cultivated and refining
Influences is at the foundation of the evil.
1t exists among the men in middle life
and those more advanced in years. and is
inherited, the Young men and boys fellow
ing in the footsteps of their predecessors.
We arc creatures Of habit aud now what
are the d" social habits OF the men of
Machias The men are - social" enough.
looking at it in the light of measured or
curiailed and restricted sociabili.y.
Is freGuenting stores aud loaiiug places to
talk the gossip OF the day a refining socia,
pility Is that company or that society
where the mothers. daughters aud sisters
are excluded the best for moulllng mans
moral nature. ami hest calculated to tis
him for the refined, the usefa! and iuhaeu,
tial walks of life