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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

Asg~ At a regular meeting OF the
Young Mems Literary Association, held
October LIST, the following officers We're
elected for the ensuing term; Presi-
dent, T, f. Mccormick Vice Presi-
dent, John Egan; Recording Secretary,
Charles A. Ryan Corresponding Sec
rotary, John Dyer Treasurer, Emile J..
Deraismes. The following gentlemen
were elected ON the Standing Commit
tee Henry Byrne, Patrick Sheridan,
John Dryer, George Ryan and John
p. Smith.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

rEa, ALPS we'll that ends well. !"
That's why girls with small feet are
counted pretty.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20
GRANT AND COLFAX CLUB.

GRANT AND COLFAX CLUB.
president.-William D. Chetwood.
Vice President. Francis Harris.
Recording Secretary. G. Ogden.
Corresponding See.-Stephen H. Faulks.
Treasurer. Amos Clark, Jr.
Club meets at the Tannery" every Tues
lay evening.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

We must pity that young man WHO
with little fnery of dress and reck-
lessness of manner, with his coarse pas
sions all daguerreotyped upon his face,
goes whooping through the street,
driving an animal much nobler than
himself, or staggering into some
haunts Of show and calls it enjoying
life. He thinks he is astonishing the
world ;and he is astonishing the thinking
part of it, who are astonished that he is
not astonished at himself For look at
that compound Of flesh aud impudence,
and say if on all this earth there's any
thing more pitiable Does lie know
anything Of life's joys As well say
tLat tle beauty and immensely of the
universe were all enclosed in the field
where the prodigal lay among the husks
and swine.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20
City Stems.

REPUBLICAN CENTRAL CLUB.
President. James II. Altman.
Treasurer. Amos Clark, Jr.
Secretary. Ira d. Wheeler.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

eea- All kinds of Job Printing execu-
tel at this office, cheap.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

ssa- The Magnolia street sewer is
under way.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

The twenty-frst exhibition Of the
Maryland Institute is open in Balti-
more.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

The Morris county grand jury came
into court on Friday evening, October,
8, having found twenty-six bills of in
dictment.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-20

The death, in Arkansas, is announced
of Lieut.. E. Montgomery, son-in-law
Of Senator Benjamin Buckley of Pat
erson.
James Stephens, few years ago the
hero Of Fenianism and the illustrated
papers, after brief career Of glory, has
resumed his old profession as school
teacher, in Paris, France.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

II is easy to say that the failure of her
leading men to reform the system Of the
South is the chief moral reason for her
present restitution; but II is far more
difficult to prove it in the face OF the facts
we have stated. 1t is an absolute i'm
possibility to reform a system without
the hearty cooperation of principal
class composing that system. The freed
men compose this class and refuse. to CO.
operate by entering into annual con-
tracts. Such contracts are necessary In
agricultural pursuits especially; because
such pursuits are dependent for success
upon the certainty and continuance OF
labor supply. When the supply is pre-
carious, success becomes impossible, or
result which cannot be calculated
upon.
The Southern people have no objsc-
tons to being aroused to proper sense
of their duty, but, in attempting p do SO,
let no unjust causes be assigned for their
failure to perform it.
1t is the war and the sudden substitu-
ton Of free for slave labor, which ex-
plains the present ruin or depression of
Southern industry-and a neglect on
the part of her rulers to reform the sys-
tenn of the South. To do so without the
cooperation of the negro, is, as we have
said, an impossibility and, hence, it is
more than harsh to suffering people to
charge their so.called rulers with the ex-
istence of state of things which
they are at present powerless to change
to the extent which is necessary and de-
sirable. In the calm statement which we
have made, we have avoided purposely
indulging in a spirit of bitterness. We
choose the temperate mode to which, in
this instance, we have toned our re-
marks; and, while satisfied that nothing
may be gained at present by what we
have uttered, we are equally sure that
nothing can be lost by calm and digni-
fed demeanor in repelling what we con-
ceive to be an unjust accusation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
LIRRRrsAor TIE PRESS.

In government by despot, and es-
pecially a tyrant, over serfs and slaves,
there is little use for public journals.
And it may be that good order, and the
due administration of such laws as exist,
and all the means tending to the public
welfare may be the most conserved and
accelerated in such case, by great re-
strictions upon, or the complete SCI
PRESTON Of the press. 1t is the greatest
bulwark Of iberty-its chief and most
efficient palladium. 1t applauds, en-
courages and stimulates to virtues and
deeds of high patriotism and honor, and,
BY exposure of meritoriOus deeds, creates
thousands of rivals in the race for honor
able fame. It denounces, discourages,
and briags into disgrace all the vices
and restrains from deeds Of infamy the
m.n who would otherwise commit them
Tn homes. and able hands, it is poEel
m;ghtier than the sword, against which
no man or body of men can stand with
ont ruin, who have any character e
m.;otain or reputation 10 save And II
. country which has public newspapers
.unported By the thousand in its cite
and towns. conducted By men Of great
and rarely By neu Of less than aVerAs
capacity, its very interests val seepr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

t6-A Memphis paper says there are
20, 900 starving negroes in that city, who
will surely starve to death, unless they
eat each other. Couldn't the darkies
cultivate an appetite for our Northern
Abolitionists, as Sumner, Greeley, Phil
lips, and Chandler? We won't ask them
to eat Old Thad. and Garrison, for that
would be little too tough, and we are
afraid that, were they to eat Chandler,
he would make them all drunk. We
have seen boys tipsy eating cherries
which had been soaked in RUM. r.
Day Book.
We doubt whether there are quite so
many as twenty thousand here in starry
ing condition at this time. But what
ever there are, we owe them no grudge,
and will divide with them our last ham,
our last crust, and our last quarter OF
beef, rather than see them reduced to
the dire extremity of eating the list OF
carrion crows and dogs which the Day
Book rather cruelty suggests as appro-
nriata fooJ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

E@- We learn from the West Point
miss. Sunny South that large and
earnest meeting of the citizens of
Lowndes county was held at that place
on the 4th inst. 1t was ably addressed
by several gentlemen, and resolutions
adopted protesting against domination
by the negro, affirming disposition to
accord to negroes every right, and
friendly aid and protection declaring
that social and political equality cannot
be conceded. The resolutions further
say the fruits Of Radical supremacy are
manifest in the multitude of paupers and
Migrants, 10 the fearful increase Of muir
ders and assassinations, and the rapid
destruction of the subsistence Of the
country that this must be Immediately
checked or undisguised robbery will re
suit, and a consequent collision of race
become unavoidable. They earnestly
call on the Government to take prompt
definite and decisive steps to avert sucl
fearful complication of evils.
With all the knowledge of facts, ful
acquaintance with the negro character
and the experience Of sensible asd prac
teal men, they further express the de
liberate Judgment that colonization is tn
true remedy, without which it is idle t
expect immigration, returning pros
perity or anything but that the countr
will become a waste, and the staple pre-
ducts continue to decrease until th
country ceases 10 be self-sustaininl
And they appoint a committee to th
State Convention instructed to urge a
immediate appeal to Congress on th
score Of duty, justice, humanity an
! ernuomv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
SOUTH AMERICA.

New YORK, January l5.-Venezuelan
dates to December 3lst state that the
plot for the assassination of President
Falcon by criminals had failed. Falcon
had assured his Cabinet that free cleo
ton for his successor should be held.
Two of his generals have gone to put
down the rebels in Araguay.
st. Thomas advices state that special
commissioner from ST. Domingo to the
United States arrived there. He has
more favorable offers to make for the
sale of Sumsna, as the Haytian Govern
ment needs funds to put down the rebel
lion. Gen.. Baaze has been sent for by
the Dominicans.
Hayti advices to the 9th state tina
there we're symptoms of revolution il
favor of Gen. Solomon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
Mongrel Bravado.

The popular voice has consigned the
niger equality party to an early exeeu-
ton, for their terrible crimes OF the past
seven years. The coming November will
give them a chance to hear their death
warrant read; but in the meantime the
miserable, doomed wretches are showing
recklessness, buster and silly brayado,
which provokes the laughter Of the
country. Hear them:
"Mr. Speaker Colfax chimes in with
the Nattick shoemaker and bottled-up
Butler, in a letter to the Freedmen s
Bureau man, Conway, in this defiant
style: You need not fear that Con
cress will take any backward steps
ia reconstruction. We haveestaked our
political existence on the principle that
he States lately in'rebellion SHALL DC
reorganized on the enduring corner
stones, etc, dd nauseups. would not
modify the terms Of reconstruction, 10
any essential feature, hair breadth.
When Mr.. Jones was driven under the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
WEST INDIES.

HAVANA, January l5.-The British
steamer Jason, of Havana, with the
British Legation from Mexico on board,
sailed to-day for New York.
St. Thomas dates of the Sd say that the
cholera and vomit prevails in the
garrison and among the laborers on
sunkep wrecks. Four passengers of the
steamer died in quarantine of the vomit.
Three British war ships had arrived,
previously touching at Tortolla and dis
tributing a relief fund of $4,000. There
was very severe earthquake on the Sd.
There has also been several earthquakes
at Porto Rico.
1t is stated that the French will make
Martinique free port.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
TRUSTEES SALE.

XETHEREAS. H. W. BAUMAN. ON THE
w 18th day of September, 1857. executed
two deeds of trust to the undersigned, d. L..
Henry, as Trustee one to secure the payment
of two notes, payable to George Noee. one
due three months after date, for the sum Of
two hundred dollars the other due six months
after date, for the sum of two hundred dollars,
each dated September u. 1867, and both to be
due in default Of payment Of the first one due,
at maturity. The other deed of trust was to
secure the payment of note executed by said
II. W. Bauman, payable to Mrs. Anna Wes-
terman, dated the 18th day of September, 1867,
for the sum of $3l7 81, due three months after
date, together with interest from date till
paid on the following property: The building
and premises, known as the City Foundry,
situate on the north side of Poplar, be-
tween Third and Fourth streets. at No. 100.
In the city of Memphis, Tennessee, to-
gether with all the machinery fixtures. i'm
plements and tools appertaining and belonging
| to the same. Now, therefore, default having
been made in the payment Of said notes. l will,
| BY the power vested in me as trustee, and in
accordance Herewith. sell said property at
public auction, on the premises, on TUES
DAY, THE 2lST DAY OF JANUARY, 1853,
between the hours of u and o'clock in the af-
| ternoon Of said day. for cash in hand, givins
deed or bill sale for property sold. This De-
cember 3Oth, 1867. d. L. HENRY,
| l19 Trustee.
| r.. VAN BROCKLIN. Auctioneer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, January 14.-Cotton &C.
tive; estimated day s sales, 10000 bales;
uplands 7s@72d, Orleans 7sd.
The Heralds special from Odin, Ara
bia, January 4th, says: The Bengal
Brigade is here, en- route to Abyssinia.
Additional steamers are being hurried
to Bombay to transport troops. The
authorities have learned that more force
will be necessary to release the Abys-
sinian captives.
Washington official advices from Crete
say the Cretans reject all overtures Of
Turkey. They insist on the expulsion
of the invaders from the island.
The news from Greece is cheering.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
Cause Of the Depression Of Southern Agri.
cultural Industry.

From the Norfolk lVa.) Journal
1t has been asserted that the war alone
is not sufficient reason for the ruin of
Southern industry, and that the sudden
substitution of free for slave labor does
not fully explain it. 1t has been charged
that the inactivity of the Southern people
has deeper root, and that the failure Of
their leading men to reform the Southern
system is the chief moral reason for the
existing destitution.
1t is impossible to reform system I'M
less the cooperation ofthe laboring class
can be effected and relied upon. 1t is
opposed to facts to infer that, although
the abolition of slavery changed the terms
upon which the negro worked, it should
have made no material difference in the
efficiency Of his labor.
The facts of history 60 to show that the
labor Of the negro in suddenly liberated
state is not so efficient as in state oil
slavery. The results which followed the
abolition Of slavery by England in her
West India Islands prove this. Those
islands were once hourishing and pro-
ductive when slavery existed, and upor
its adjustment comparative non-pro-
ductiveness and restitution ensued. Bu
apart from this it is fact in this anC
other sections Of the country that negroes
will not enter into yearly contracts fol
their laber. This is complained of b.
farmers with whom we have conversed
Nor is the labor of those with whom
temporary contracts are made as eficien
as formerly. They go to work later il
the morning and cease earlier in tn
evening, and although their wages ar
their own, they do not render the sam
efficient service as formerly.
This condition Of things has to be sub
mitied to by the farmers, because if the.
express their dissatisfaction the negr
lsborer avails himself of his indeper
dence aud leaves his employer; this th
employer cannot afford at season PEI
haps when the services Of the lahore
cannot be dispensed with without seriou
inconYenience and loss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
THE NEWS.

A resolution was introduced by negro
into the so-called Convention of Mis-.
sissippi appointing committee to i'm
quire into the charges preferred against
a portion of the people of this State, as
promulgated in recent proclamation
by B. G. Humphreys, Provisional Gov
ernor of Mississippi" The Executive
Republican Committee received the
thanks of the Convention for all it had
done and all it intended doing.
A resolution was offered that minor
ity committee which had in report de-
clared the reconstruction acts unconsti-
tutional we're not entitled to Sit in the
convention, and should withdraw. After
debate the following substitute was
adopted by 40 to So:
. Reso1ved, That it is the sense OF the
Convention that the delegate from Mar
shall (Compton) in the minority report
which he has submitted, has violated the
spirit and obligation of the registration
oath, which he claims to have taken
A committee was appointed further to
inquire whether any other members had
identified themselves against the recon.
struction acts. They voted themselves
ten dollars per day, and for the President
twenty dollars, with ten cents mileage
to all.
Mr.. Townsend gave notice of q resolu-
ton to adjourn sine die, on the ground that
the Convention was unconstitutional
and illegal.
At Washington no business of leading
importance was done in either House OF
Congress on the l4th. Mr.. Stanton
issued an order informing the employees
of the War Office that he had again
taken possession of the portfolio of that
Office. he drew $4,000 for his salary
during his suspension.
General Pope has been assigned to the
command of the department of the lakes,
with his headquarters at Detroit
Its understood that the President has
in no way recognized Stanton.
1t is confidently stated that charges OF
characterization hang over Grant. Moth
ing definite is known, but the feeling is
quite feverish.
The Convention of Louisiana adopted
article seventy.four of the Constitution,
fixing the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court, and article seventy.6ve, defining
the qualifications and salaries of the
judges.
The Republican Convention last night
nominated Il. c. Warmoth for Governor,
Alderman F. E. Dumont (negro) for
Lieutenant Governor, and George Bovee
for Secretary of State.
Judge Thurman has been elected U. 5.
Senator from Ohio, vice Ben. Wade. A
better man was not in the West.
The Legislature has reassembled at
Nashville, but was without quorum for
business.
j. c. Clermont, cotton planter OF
Giles county, formerly of Michigan, has
decamped, after swindling number of
his neighbors to the sum of about $40, 900.
He had been in the habit Of taking cot
ton to Nashville to sell for others, and at
last, pocketing the proceeds of large
lot not his own, he departed for parts
unknown.
A riot occurred at a public meeting at
Prasteville, near Montgomery, Ala, on
Saturday. The,melee was brought about
by negro firing into crowd, after
which about fifty shots we're fred. Two
white men, Smith and Holt, and several
negroes we're wounded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

LEO" writes the Charleston Courier
from Washington 1.-THE new com
manders are under instructions to ad-
minister the laws of the States as they
find them. Thus, they are not to be
Solons and Lycurguses, and enact codes
of laws for the Southern States. In many
particulars the oppression of the military
domination will be lightened hereafter
under the Presidents instructions"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

bed with broom stick by Mrs. Jones,
aud told to stay there till she got ready to
let him out, that valiant gentleman lifted
up the coverlet and boldly announced,
!" II ] have the spirit Of a man, and am
inclined to think have, pill peep, let
the consequences be what they may
~ Y. Day Book.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
HARTFORD.

HARTFORD, Conn, January l5.-The
prominent candidates for Governor on
the Republican ticket are Roger Averill,
Charles Parker, Marshall Jewett, Henry
2. Haven and Prof Cyrus Northrup,
with the probabilities in favor Of Jewett-
The convention meets tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
U. s. INTERNAL REVENUE SALE.
CoLLEcroR's OFFICE, srH DIST. TENN. !
MEMPHIS. 18th January. 1868. 1

CoLLEcToR's OFFICE, 8TH DIST. TENN.
MEMPHIS, 18th January, 1868. J
ON MONDAY, THE 9TH INST, COM
~ mencing at ten o'clock am. i will sell at
22l5 jefferson street, the following described
property. viz: IS round tables. tables, small
desk, " split bottom chairs, arm chair. q
window curtains. carpet about 100 yards, 2
water coolers, 2buckets, 3 walters. a gas burn
ers, AZ cups and saucer,, large dishes, AZ
plates, IS knives and forks, q spoons, sugar
dishes, 4 doz tumblers. keno globe. balls.
markers, etc., IA spittoens. and 30 cards.
All OF which has been distrained under war
rant issued by r. s. Saunders. Collector of In
ternal Revenue, 9Th District Tennessee, to me;
against B. NJ. Atkinson, for eleven hundred
and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents, being for
one hundred dollars for his gross Lottery re-
ceipts at No, 2211 Jefferson street, with a pen,
atty of one thousand and ffty-six dollars and
fifty cents, for failure to report and pay. Said
sale positive, unless the said Atkinson pays the
amount, with all cost Of distraint, advertise
ment and sale, before the hour designated.
r.. S. SAUNDERS,
Collector Internal Revenue, Sth Dist. Tenn,
nv JoHN M ARTIN SR, Dep, Collector. "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
Latest to Noon To-day.
NEW YORK.
Gold and Cotton Reports,

Special to the PUBLIC LEDGER
WASHINGTON, January l5-l2M.-Gold
opened at l4Os, and has since declined
to 1898.
Cotton dull and nominal; middling,
l63@l62c; Orleans, l7sc.
LIVERPOOL, January l5-l:2O Pm
Cotton dull and nominal; sales 10000
bales-uplands 7s@73, Orleans 7s@73d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

A coLD-BLooDED murder, says the
Columbus Tnder, was committed at Ar
tesla, on Christmas night, by young
man named Marion FlaRegin, on the
person Of John E. Young. q youth OF
eighteen or twenty, and for some yeas
resident Of Columbus
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
CLOTHING! CLOTHING

HAVING IRECENTLY REPLENIsihtEi ~.
Ill my stock of Fall and Winter yloi,n N
with the latest styles and novelties whicn M
Eastern market affords, respectIully sY.,s y.
my friends and the public generally 20 cal, anu
examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
My.stock is composed OF -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

ren.T The Don Quixote affair of ;'honor"
which was on the tapis in Washington
some days ago, and which originated in
Washington theater, has not yet been
settled.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
PITTSBURG.

PIrTsBURG, January l5.-River fall.
ing. Three feet nine inches in the
channel. Thermometer, zee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
srOCKHOLDERs:

Nathan Adams M A Allen W II Andrews
EN- Apperson B Bayliss Robert Banks
Robert Black n G Brinkley w A Bickford
w S Bruce Il Co K W Brooks 4 M Cash
w II Cherry Geo A Cochran G a nm / nghnm,
n II Cochran John Cubbin Wicks X Ma
p ii Davie S Davis lone
nesoto Rank WJPDoyle S II Dunscomb
y N Estes EEnsley A N gdmonds
i Frank A Co argason ,WMFarrington
{ Folwell Cordes * Co N Fontaine
sam M GATES A (3reenlsw w B Greenlaw
w II Goodett II Goodlett Q W Goyer
John Varhert j Halstead A l. Harris
/, Harmstad VIM Hardin VIM Kenan Hill
JBHill Jno p Hill Napoleon Hill
Jno p Hoffman Howell J @ Hoist & Co
n r. Johnston LcyiJoy SIN Jobe
John johnson d johnson Charles Jones
p Jones Chas kortrecht L Lake
II I Lemon Jno B Leach J + Mackall
J II McDavitt M II Martin JEMerriman
NJ Mageveney Mageveney w b Miller
Geo Mitchell yC Mills Thomas Moffet
Moore j Murphy Nicely
McConbs & Co s NJ Nelson J0verton, Sr
CP Norris Oyerton. Jr VIM p Proud6t
II A Partee NJ Provine Geo Robertson
@ v Rambaut 4 Risk FW Smith
j i Stratton James Steele A Vaccaro 4 Co
Edwin Stout Sam Tate Martin Walt
r ID Ward Co w B Waldran Weston White
SB Williamson ] d Williams RWormley
II White WAWilliamson
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

AS- Doors open at quarter past seven; cur
tain rises at quarter to eight. 90
General admission, 81: reserved seats, 5O
cents extra; Third Tier and Colored Gallery.
% cents; Colored Boxes, so cents. Seats can be
secured six DAYS in advance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
Election.

OFFICE CITIZENS UNION BANK.
MEMPHIS, TENN, January IL, 1851
ATAN ELECTION HELD BY THE d.
N rectory this day, the following gentlemen
were elected officers Of this Bank for the year /:
JOHN DONOVAN, President;
Il. w. WICkERSHAM,C Cashier;
j. A. j. SMITH. Teller;
II. L. GOODLETT, nees-skeeI'er.
DIRECTORS:
JOHN DONOVAN, COLEMAN BOYD,
E,W, WICK ERSHAM,W w. r. CHANDLER,
T. j. POWERS.