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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
ASSETS. JULY /, 1860.


rTNHE total amount covered By the Rtna Poll
L cies on property destroyed or damaged Ia
$206.s54 on which salvage win be about Eve
per cent; Our total loss will not vary much
from S200,0O0, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is five per cent. upon the Conn
pany's assets. a figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last wear.
or proportion equal to 5000 loss for com
psny of $l00.00e assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value OF
wealthy, strong corporations Ia forcibly IL
Illustrated by this fire. Several weak Insurance.
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population of 35,000-was handsomely built.
mostly fine brick or stone tructures--proteoted
and screened with UPWARD of $3.50 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with steam fire department-yet it has $l0,-
O0O,OOO Of property consumed in few hours
upon holiday when its people are least oc,u-
pied-from the very Insignificant cause of
contemplate firecracker.
Remember the triaing origin of fires that
sweep away in few hours tho earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Atna Agent a call if you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
to by II. A. LITTLETON & co., Ag'ts.
No. % Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15
I8LANK BOOIKB,

With printed heads, torrther with every kind
Of Plain and Fancy Work. done with dispatch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-15

CUBscRIBR FOR THE PUBLIC LEDGER,
= which e he CHEAPEST daily published
II the STATE Of TenneIsee.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-11

The Judiciary Committee Of the Horse
Of Representatives commenced the in
vesiigation Of the charge against Judge
Field, Of the Supreme Court, that he had,
at social gathering in Washington, de-
nounced the reconstruction acts as I'M
constitutional The only witness before
the committee was the editor of the
Washington Erening Express, the paper
in which the story first appeard. He re
fused 70 give his authority for the state
ment, but said he did not know the name
Of the Judge alluded to. The committee
were 70 have him before them again on
Monday, when he will probably be re-
CURED to give his authority for the state
ment or be imprisoned for contempt
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun gives the following as the
origin Of the story:
At a private dinner, few days since
/ Justice Field WEo was one Of the invited
4 guests. was compelled to be absent himsei
by reason Of indisposiiion, and the seat
/ the table which was assigned to hlm wal
occupied bv a noted Democratic politician
l This gentleman denounced the reconstruc
Il ton acls. and affirmed their unconstitntion
1 alitv. and his remarks were repeated cut
| side by one OF the guests, and erroneousl.
attributed 10 the Justice in question"
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Cn.,ie DIsnatchea.

LONDON, Feb. I6-Capt Mckay, cap
tured at Cork for planning the recent attack
on Martelle tower at Duncannon, was
broughtup for examination Saturday. The
evidence seemed conclusive, and he was
committed for trial Several rioters who
attempted to rescue Mckay were also
committed 1t seems that in the melee
two policemen were shot and dangerously
wounded.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 1O.-The protracted
strike of the cab men has ended. The men
have all returned to their stands.
LONDON, Feb. lO.-The guards of con-
stables and soldiers in and around War
wick Jail, where the Fenian prisoner
Burke is still confined, has been doubled,
and many additional precautions taken, In
consequence of 4 report that the Fenians
threaten TO rescue their leader. Much ex-
citement exists in Warwick, aad the citi-
zens are volunteering in large numbers TO
serve as special constables.
BERLIN, Feb. 10.-The National Gus
toms Conference which will soon assemble
here, is likel, to advance the German uni
ty of national parties, taking advantage OF
the opportunity. One is assiduously lay
ing plans to give a political character
TO the approaching conference, which ii is
expected will embrace representatives
from all sections of fatherIand.
LONDON, Feb. lO.-Marquis D. Aezegle-
60, Ambassador of Italy, has resigned, and
requests to be recalled Immediately.
CORK, Feb. l0.-A squad of policemen
were attacked by crowd last evening with
stones and clubs, and driven into a station
house. Nobody was killed and no arrests
were made.
LONDON, Feb. 10.--China advices state
that United States Minister Burlingamt
left Pekin on a mission for the Emperor o.
China, and arrived at Shanghai, whence he
would proceed to the United States.
Shocks Of earthquake are felt at Shang
hal and NiRgpoo and surrounding dis
tricts. No destruction of life or loss o
property is reported. The oscillations ara
not violent, but of such frequent occurrence
as to cause great alarm among the Chi
nese, and wherever the phenomenon is fell
the widest panic prevails.
Intelligence in regard to the rebellion
in Northern China il not very definite
battle and Rebel defeat are reported, anC
the Imperialists claim that they are re
covering the ground they had lost.
CORK, Feb. Electromagnetic police
have succeeded in arrestiug many person.
who were suspected of having taken par
in the riotous attempt to rescue Capt
Mckay. Two men have been identified
as the men who shot two policemen on tina
| occasion.
DUBLIN, Feb. I0.-The grand iury
found two indictments against the prisone
Lennox-one for treason and the other 70
murder-he being charged with shooting
policeman. at Stepaside, The prisone
Peyot has been indicted on a charge 0
| sedition.
LONDON, Feb. 10 Emperor Napoleon
has conferred the degree of Chevalie
Legion of Honor on Mccormick, the in
ventor of a reaping machine.
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THE negroes have exhibited consider
able greed for office in seyetal of the
counties in Middle Tennessee, since they
suppose the Legislature has removed the
obstacle to their holding office 1t was
commended by those who profess to want
the negro in Office, that the Legislature
had uo authority to enact the sixteenth
section, and a negro was elected to office
in this city for the purpose, as it was
given out, to test its legality Bat after
the election, the matter was permitted to
drop, and the negro did not getthe Office.
The Radicals feared the courts in this as
in other cases The sixteenth section is
Just as much part Of the constitution
to-day as it was then, and il it was such
then, it cannot be evaded by the late
action of the Legislature.
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Southern Con1enaInns-

Richmond, Feb. 10.-In the Convention
to-day, the Judiciary Committee reported
adversely on the resolutions, one for settling
debts contracted prior to April, 1865, al
twenty-five cents in the dollar, and another
declaring all debts prior to that date null
and void. The committees report also
takes the ground that debts contracted for
the purchase of slaves cannot he set aside
Adopted Y, nays g.
The sixth section of the report, giving
the Legislature power to sell the interest
of the State on internal improvements and
apply theproceeds to liquidating the public
debt. Adopted.
ATLANTA, Feb. 10.-In the convention
to-day the motion to consider so much Of
the journal az relates to the franchise, the
committee report was lOst-nays 81 to 20
yeas.
The negro suffrage, section thirty, Of the
same report, which disqualifes Rebels from
holding office, was discussed by Mr. Braine
and others in the affirmative, and Messrs
Millen and Parrot, the President, in the
negative
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A TENNESSEE BOOK.

THE SOLDIERS FKIENp; Being a thnllinE mar
rative Of Grandma Smiths four years ex-
rericnce and observation, as MGtron IN ths
hospitals Of the South during the late as
astroUs conflict in America. By Mrs. ) T. u;
smith Revised BY Rev. John Little, and
dedicated % the Rebel Soldiers. Memphis
Tenn Printed By the Bulletin Publishing
Company. lS6l.
The title Of this volume suficientlEin'
dicates its scope and purpose It's COM
posed in a plain and simple narrative
style, and abounds in passages Of thrilling
interest The authoress was born and
reared in Wilson county Tenn, and
has spent most Of her life in her native
State Her husband and only child
volunteered in the Confederate service on
the outbreak Of the war, and she be-
came a co-worker, in her sphere, IN the
service of the sick and wounded, at her
own home and in the hospitals Her
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INBITEERENCE AND SOMETHING
WORSE.

Ii is clear to every man who il even
tolerably informed of current public
events that the political condition Of the
country is unsettled and threatening.
Comparatively few, however, seem to be
cware, that in the desperation Of party
zeal, there is a most formidable combi-
nation of men who have deliberately or
| ganized a revolution, and with persistent
and tireless activity are pushing it to CON
summation There are those who read the
public prints and for an hour after break
fast, comment with some interest upon a
startling fact developed the previous day
at Washington, and then seem to forget it
and allow it to make no impression. The
majority Of the people, indeed, appear una
bic to comprehend OF are averse to weigh
ing, as they should the momentOus facts
which are daily transporting. They seem
10 be ignorant that successful reyOlu-
ton can be accomplished otherwise than
in the throes of civil war-because they
see no guns, drums and wounds, that
no great and irreparable mischief is
afoot They are too prone to say that
all they see and hear is but the squab~
bling of politicians which they very
properly denounce But, as we have
said. there is more, much more, in the
matter than that There are material
accommodating for such a political con-
vulsion as this continent never felt, dread
full as was the experience in that whose
rumblings have scarce ceased. 1t is time,
aud high time, that the mass OF the
people had awakened to the condition of
things
There is another class, also, who are
more culpable than the indifferent, 1t
is those who, aware that the fabric of
civil liberty is being undermined by cons
spirators, are busily engaged in mere
political schemes and intrigues for the
advancement of individuals who,
at critical hour would wrangle and
contend for the leadership of a party,
instead Of nobly uniting in the support
Of those who are struggling to defeat the
malign purposes of the enemies Of the
constitution 1t is time, too, that this
worse than fddling in burning city were
stopped
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"THE gospel Of hatred is the title az
a leading editorial article in the New
York Tribune Of the 9th. That paper
is a competent expounder of such gospel.
For twenty years, it has been a MOUTH
piece Of the hatred and envy Of a large
portion Of the Northern people against
their white fellow citizens Of the South
ern States, a hatred despicable because
it disguised itself under an afectation OF
general philanthropy and great moral
ideas, a hatred which produced a most
ealamitous civil war, hatred which ia
vet insatiale.
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flying Judicial action by the court. II was
true the bill set forth political rights as be-
ing in danger, and among otherlhings Geor-
gia owned certain property-the State
Capitol, Executive Mansion and other real
and personal property-and putting these
acts o: Congress into execution. the State
would be deprived ofsuch property; but it
was apparent this reference was only in
cidental and not specific, and IN this mat
ter the remedy for the relief asked would
call for bill different from the one now
before the court. Having, for reasons
stated, arrived at the conclusion that il
Was unlmporlant To examine She question
of the jurisdiction in connection with the
defendants, the court dismissed the bill
for want of jurisdiction of the decision.
The Judge remarked also that he wonld
dispose Of the case Of the Stale of Missis-
sippi against Secretary Stanton, General
Grant and Major General Ord, involving a
similar question. Chief Justice Chase did
not concur in all the reasons, but assented
to the conclusion, believing that the cour,
had no jurisdiction in the case.
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experience and observation were there
fore quite extended, and the presentation
of the results constitute volume of un-
usual interest The mechanical exeeus
ton is very creditable to The Bulletin
Company. It's for sale by w. T. Berry
& Co, and by Rev C C. Mayhem, Col
lege street. Mrs. Smith desires to ara
range for few active canvassers, in this
and other counties.
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Ov the 18th of January, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the army and navy
If the United States thus ordered General
Gran;
"You are instructed not to obey any
order from the War Department unless
such order is known TO have been au-
thorised by the Executive.
An the next day, General Grant re-
rlicd in'substance:
4 will feel i, NY duty to obey any orders
from the War Department.
Surely this Grant is model OF military
subordinatiop, and most commendable
example to young West Point cadets
This obedience to constitutional au'
thoritv makes him, too, a most fit man to
be the Chief Executive One who knows
20 we'll how to obey is certainly fit to
command
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Tur query arises under Judge Harri-
sons recent decision whether the acts OF
any municipal officer elected to an Office
Illegally vacated by ordinance Of the City
Council, are valid, and whether the mu-
nicipal doings for the past two or three
months may not give rise to confusion
worse confounded if parties are dis
posed to contest them Have we not
several very important officers among us
who have no legal authority
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MARsHAL's SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT Fl. FA. To ME
ID directed, from the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Middle District Of Ten
nessee, at its October Term, 1867. will proceed
to sell to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
Courthouse door in the city Of Nashville, on
SATURDAY, the 2lst day of March, 1858, tn
following piece Of land, tO-wit A tract of land
lying in MaUTy county, Tennessee. in civil dis
trict No. 8, and containing fifty acres, more or
less, and bounded as follows On the north and
west by the lands Of Joseph @. Rye; south by
the lends of the heirs of William 7. Porter, de-
ceased east by the ulaski Turnpike road and
west by the lands of s. NJ. Nicely and J. Q. Rye
levied on as the property of Samuel NJ Nicely,
and sold to satisfy a Judgment rendered at said
term of the Court in favor of the United States,
and against said Nicely and others, for the sum
Of four hundred and seven and 39-lO0 dollars
and costs Of suits Sale within the hours pre-
scrib by law e. X GLASCUCk.
feb9 wat L. S. NJ. NJ. d. I.
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WHEAT.-We learn that the recent
severe weather has injured, to no incon-
siderable extent, the growing wheat crop OF
this section. Too much frost aEd not
enough snow Bo'iraT Tenn Bulletin,
Ftb. g.
Many Of our farmers during the long
continued spell OF freezing weather were
apprehersive that the wheat crop would be
materially injured. In the last few days
we have made inquiries Of citizens Of this
and Weakly county, and were informed
that the prospects for a wheat crop were
quite promising, and that the hard freeze
hsd done but little damage Unioa CITY
iTeaa.) Herald, Fe5 s.
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command

TsE Grafton of Gen r W Johnson,
before the Society Of the Army OF the
Cumberland, at Cincinnati, on the 'th
inst, is pronounced by the C0hrmsre'at
Of that city, as an ornate, beautiful ana
striking production.
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Alabama EIectIOn-NegrOes Doing ihe
Voting.

MONTGOMERY, Feb. S.-The full vote OF
Montgomery, Macomb, Lee, Elan, Talla-
hassee, Chambers Bullock, aud Coosa
counties foot mp 10, l59, of which all were
negroes but =. The vote cast in the same
counties on the convention question was
Il, $50. The registered vote is 30,043. 1t
is too soon to estimate, but the indications
are that the constitution will be defeated.
MOBILE, Feb 9--The election, which
concluded yesterday, passed of qnite
orderly, The vote OF the city stood :
Whites 50, colored 49l6.
MONTGOMERY, Feb. 10.-Seventeen eoun-
ties in Southern Alabama, embracing large
negro counties Of the State the constitu-
ton is behind three Thousand seven hun
bred votes The high county and Florida
line of counties will make it ten thousand
behind the election last fall on convention.
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Nominations sent TO the senate. etc

WASHINGTON, Feb lO.-The President
sent his message to the House today, en-
closing communication from the Secre'
tarv OF the Navy relative TO the depreda-
tions upon and the future care Of lands
for the purpose Of supplying timber for the
navy. Lands thus received are placed IN
der the control of the Navy Department,
and are scattered through Florida, Missis-
sippi and Alabama, embracing $4,000
acres. Secretary Welles says if these lands
are 10 be retained for the purpose for which
they have been protected for the past half
century, an appropriation Of $4,000 for
salaries and other necessary expenses viii
be required.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate Chas. T. Tuck
eruan. Minister resident of Greece; Capt.
Green, Commodore Of the navy, on the &C
tive list. Commodore Cicero Price retired /;
Commodore J. Cooper, on active list and
vice Capt. Greene, were nominated for
promotion.
The Senate confirmed the following l..
Scott Stewart, OF Psnnesylvania, Consul
At Ossca and Hiago; W. ]. Britain, Asses
sor of Internal Revenue OF the first dis
trict of Mississippi.
The Secretary Of State, in reply TO
resolution, sent 10 the House to-day an an
mense mass of documents relative 80 the
protection of American citizens ABROAD
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nesirnnfIon of Senaior GnthrIe.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 10.-Hon. james
Guthrie sent in his resignation to-day as
United States Senator to the Governor, on
account Of his continued sickness and ina
bility TO go to Washington, and the Legis-
Iature has determined to start HE successor
on Monday, the 18th.
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NAsnvILLE AND MEMPHIS LINE.
THE QUICKEST AND MOST RELIABLE
route to Memphis. Humboldt, Cairo, and sill

THE QUICKEST AND MOST RELIABLE
route to Memphis. Humboldt, Cairo, and sill
points West
On and latter Monday, the 10Th inst,
the Edgefeld and Kentucky Train. which leaves
Nashville at O'Clock P. NJ, will pass through
to Trenton, in Todd county, Kentucky, on the
Evansville. Henderson and Nashville Railroad
remaining overnight at Trenton, and return to
Nashville the next morning at 10 o'clock, max
ing the usual connection at State Line without
change of schedule.
Train leaves Nashville daily at o'clock y.
m, and arrives at Memphis next morning nj
q "a IN.
Leaves Memphis at 8 p. M, and arrives at
Nashville next day at 40 n. IN.
The u. IN. Train makes close connections
at Humboldt with trains on Mobile and Ohio
Railroad for all points South. Also, connects at
Humboldt with trains for Cairo, Saint Louis,
and all points West.
This line is provided with elegant Sleeping
Cars has been put in thorough repair, and Is
prepared to transport passengers and freight
with reliability and dispatch.
THOMAS IIASSARD,
Geu'l Sup't f. K X. Railroad.
frbll If
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Auction Sale of DrygOOds.

FURNISHING GOODS. WoOLRN GOODS.
Il Fancy Goods. Boots. Shoes. Hats, etc., at the
Auction House Of f. Elias. No. % North Cherry
street between Union and Church, THIS
Goods. Casimeres, Flsnnels, Clothing. Boots.
Shoes Shawis. Underwear Notions etc. The
Goods are all fresh, and win be sold without
reserve. tebll II
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
AUCTION. AUCTION.

ORUNK, D0DSoN L co. WILL SELL THIS
u tuesday, MORNING. Drygoods, Clathing,
Furniture, Soap. To baceo. Cigars. Notions. etc-
These Goods will be sold without reserve.
CRUNK, D0DS0N & CO.,
feblf II AuctiOneers.
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LOST.

ON. SATURDAY. BETWEEN MY RESI-
~ dence on the Charlotte Pike and the city. a
BLACK SATChEl1 containing SOME law papers
Of no value 20 any one else. a liberal reward
will be paid ter the return of the papers.
JOHN c. BURCH,
Attorney at Law, g Cherry street.
fall
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Notice of Copartnership.

WRIGHT rs ADMITTED AS PART
-. ner in the business house of ROBERT
THOMPSON to take effect from the LIST instant.
The style the firm will be ROBERT TH0MP-
SON &CO. ROBERT THOMPSON.
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NOLENsvILLE NURSERY
CHRISTIAN a GREEN. PROPRIETOR.
NoiensviIie. Williamson { ounty, Tenn.

$780, fDHE BEST AND CHOICEST VA
3HstSsE i rieties q Fruit Frees- suited
fEH 10 the soil Of tennessee and the
south, can be Supplied in any luan-
~<.a~- titie8. and will be warranted NJ rep
resented. send tsT catalogue. Orders will
receive prompt attention. address or cali on
N. J. GREEN. Agent,
At StrsttOn. Cheney & koy's. No. IS Broad
street, Nashville. Tenn. fcbl I'm
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washington Hens.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-In the Supreme
Court to-day Associate Judge Nelson an
nounced an elaborate opinion in the case
of the State Of Georgia against Secretary
Stanton, General Grant and Major General
Pope, praying, for reasons set forth in the
petition, they may be restrained from doing
certain acts contemplated by the recon
struction laws. The court dismissed the
bill, for reasons that it presents political
question, and, therefore, does not properly
fall under its jurisdiction. This opinion,
the Judge decided, was also applicable to n
similar petition of Mississippi.
The Subcommittee on Reconstruction
this morning. resumed the examination OF
Mr.. Stilson, correspondent of the New
York World, with relation to his converse
ton with the President on the subject of
Grants correspondence, which was referred
to the House Committee.
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G. o A L.

ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY. JANU-
OARY 10, 1861 1 shall deliver CUMBER-
LAND COAL from my office, 46 South College
street, and from WOodeock i Co.'S old stand,
81 South Cherry street, at the following price
Round Coal. Sc so per Load.
JOHN L. GLENN may be found at 81 South
Cherry street. VIM. DEWS.
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