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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04
Grants Silence.


The Boston Courier thinks General
Grant cannot win by military laurels
and silence, and that the coming man
is to be the representative OF great
principle. 1t says:
"Silence gives consent" says the
homely proverb. General Grant may be
sure that if his political conscience is in
the keeping of the Washburnes and For
peys, that he will sink greatly in the pub
lie estimation. Radicalism has had its
day, and bloody, impoverishing, dis.
organizing day it has been for the coun-
attempt to bolster it up at the hour of
dissolution. Let him remember that
warlike renown is not held in the esti-
nation in which it used to be. The
present age thinks more highly, and
justly so, of the man who applied steam
to purposes of locomotion by land and
water, than of all the manslayers from
Trojan Hector down. Besides, We won
the day in the late civil war by reason
of our superior resources and improved
firearms. In fact, the day of great nil
itary heroes is passed. The world now
thinks more Of its great thinkers, inven-
tors aud scientific men than of mere
military chieftains.
The fruits OF our late civil war are be-
ginning to be found like the apples Of
Sodom, bitter TO the taste. Ii made
thousands Of young men reckless and
ready to slay for the lucre wherewith to
crafty their internal lusts and appe-
tites. It made them the cankers Of a
calm world and the pursuits Of peace
distasteful to them. The revolver is
now as often found in the pockets CT our
roughs as the jack-knife. Witness the
homicide at Haverhill. The war has
impoverished the country aud wheimed
il under an iacalculable load Of debt and
debased our currency. 1t has disorgan-
lied the South and made of that once pro-
ductive region an African jungle. II
played into the hands Of demagogues and
shoddy contractors. Senator Sprague, OF
Rhode Island, is seriously alarmed lest Il
shall prove 20 have been the ruin of onr
New England cotton manufacturers, be-
cause England now grows her cotton
| cheaper than we can. The country is
now full Of operators out of employment
Were it not for its cheap lands and the
influx of industrious foreign immigrants,
many Of whom nov bring money rs well
as strong hands, the country would have
a prospect Of unmitigated glcom ahead.
Civil wars are the curses Of nations and
always have been.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04
WASHINGTON.

New York, January 4.-The Herald
Washington special says the House Com.
mittee on Foreign Affairs will bring IN
an appropriation bill for the payment OF
the purchase money for Alaska.
Several months will elapse before the
case of St. Thomas and St John will be
brought to final test.
At meeting of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, in Washington, resolutions
were passed nominating General Grant
for President, ignoring political organi-
cations, and calling national conven-
ton of soldiers and sailors.
The President is gathering all the in
formation in possession of the War De-
partment, relative TO restitution in the
South, and has called upon Gen. Grant
for report on the subject Gen. How
ard will to-day TRANSMIT. reports from dit
ferent commanders South on the subject.
Hancock and Ord advise the repairing
of the Mississippi levees. Candy favors
relief to planters by funds and issuing
provisions. taking liens on the crops for
security.
Butler argues in favor of the necessity
of bill for the issuance of Govern
ment tax, as an offset to contraction;
that two per cent. per month be paid to
the West, and six per cent. per month to
the South; also that the general deteri-
Grafton of business in the North is
among the inducements offered by the
Government for the investment of CAPT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

B@- The Bulletin had not one word
to utter in behalf of the white mans
ticket; but after the LEDGER, Appeal
and Avalanche fought and won the bat
tie, with characteristic impudence glori'
fees over the. fact that the plotters
against the welfare of Memphis, the
schemers for jobs, the proscriptionists
who were going to clear people out,
have met with just disappointment
By not saying word against these
/" plotters and "proscriptionists " the
Bulletin practically Endorsed them
While the canvass was pending 1t was
dumb. It did not care to offend the
Radicals, who, il successful, might have
patronage to bestow; but after the peo-
ple triumphed, it chimes in and says :
"Didn't we lick EN-, bOysT Yet
Southern white men contribute to the
support of the Bulletin, which never
hesitates to sell them out when to its
interest 10 do so.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

Ear Our omission yesterday to thank
the German portion of our citizens for
the noble part which they took in the
election, was casual and unintentional;
for we meant to include the whole mass
of voters not natives If the native born
portion of our people will be as true to
the principles of liberty and as firm in
maintaining them as have always
proved our naturalized population, OPP
preston and wrong will never again be
possible in America.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04
HAVANA.

HAVANA, January 3.-New regulations
in regard to duties on goods imported
into Porto Rico, including list of arti.
Giles exempted from duty, have been con-
frmed By the new Captain General.
Eight months notice will be given if any
changes should hereafter be made. Sill
yer dimes and half dollar pieces of United
States coinage are to be admitted into
the currency of the island.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

sG-A gentleman of our city, the other
day, accidentally overheard conversa-
ton between the defunct candidate for
Mayor-Fitch-and one of his brother
blackamoces. Cuffee seemed dissatisfied
about something, and Fitch was trying to
console him, and said to him: well,
row, you ought not to complain; you are
free now; you have right to vote, and
you are as good as I am"
Cufee replied: " Yes; ] knows dat l
knows Use as good as you, but | wants
to be as good as desc white gentlemen
dat Ise know'd here all de time" Just
then our informant left.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.


rumored that Schefeld will remove the
Virginia State officers and appoint others.
Judge Sharkey has arrived in Washington
and win attend to the appealed case Of Major
MeCardls. before the Supreme Court.
1t is stated that the President intends soon to
issue proclamation to the white people Of the
Southern States, advising them TO send dele
gates to tho approaching National Convention.
The special message win probably be sent to
Congress directly after re-assembling, con-
corning the situation Of affairs at the South,
which the President regards most alarming.
Official adyices bear ont fully newspaper and
private accounts, and it is feared reign of
terror and starvation will exist unless prompt
measures are taken to prevent 60 great ca
lamity.
A prominent Georgia Radical writes that II
Congress does not Immediately amend the re-
construction laws so as to permit the majority
Of the actual voters to adopt the Constitution,
and also take the power Of appointing civil OIL
GERS away from the military commanders and
give 1t to the present State Convention, there
is great danger that the object for which the
Convention assembled will be defeated.
The Louisiana Convention resumed the dis
cussion of the equality question, and adopted
the following as the thirteenth article Of the
Constitution "All persons shall enjoy cqus!
rights and privileges travelling in this State in
any conveyance of a public character, and all
business places or other kinds carried on by a
public charter, or for which license is re-
CURED by either State, parish or municipal
authority. shall be deemed places of a public
character, and shall be open to all without
discrimination as TO rare or eelos.V
Inrep y to communication from Governor
Flanders. charging the police jury of Orleans
parish with official corruption, and recon-
mending their removal, General Hancock says
the charges present proper case for judicial
investigation and determination. The courts
of justice afford adequate remedy for the cor
rupt practices complained Of. and 1t is not ad-
visable to apply the remedy suggested.
Governor Bullock was inaugurated at Boston.
January Cd. The funded debt of the State is
$2i,OOO.0Oo. He says the progress Of education
is more favorable than ever. and recommends
the regulation of the liquor trade in accordance
with the decisien of the people. He opposes
confiscatsn and illibcral legislation, favors
equality and universal suffrage. and says the
nation will maintain its guarantee Of rights to
loyal men. he fayors Grant for the Presidency.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04
ALI. 1. y y, n n z.

New York, January An Albany
dispatch states that at meeting OF
Peter Cagger and others, prominent
Democrats, an effort was made to induce
Mr.. Seymour to allow his name to 60 be-
fore the National Convention, as can
didate for the Presidency. 1t is believed
he will accede to their request.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

in law or in equity. The people are
willing to pay the debt as they agreed 70
nay ii, but they are not willing 70 pay
two or three times as much money as
thew receive from their creditors The
latter are acting under very bad advice
or in spirit Of avarice, If they insist
upon it. The holders Of the $40 bonds
will have been we'll treated if they are
paid promptly in kind, and for every
$40 in gold which they lent received S4o.
Let them not expect 500 for $40, for It
will not be given them. Such payment
would be considered an atrocious con.
tract, and would be set aside as opposed
to public policy and public morals 10
any court in christendom. - Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04
A Case in POint-The BOndhOlding swindle.

Mr. A. B. lent the Government in 1863
Ga, 100000 in greenbacks. At that
time gold was $50 per cent premium, so
that the Government received, in fact,
but $4,000 in gold. Upon this $4,000
in gold it paid $4,000 annual gold interest,
or fifteen per cent In addition, it ex.
empted the bonds from State aud local
taxation, amounting to two or three per
cent more each year. Thus, in four
years, the bondhoder who lent $40. 900
in gold, has received back $4,000 10
interest, and has had his taxes exempted
for $4,000 or $4,000 more, making
$4,000 in all. The principal Of
his debt was payable, under the law, in
legal-tender currency. To so pay il
now in greenbacks, would give him sew
enty-five or eighty cents on a dollar
whereas, he only lent forty cents in
gold. But this does not satisfy him
In despite of the agreement, he demands
$4,000 in gold from the Government
in addition to the $780, in gold which
he has received in interest and taxes
to pay the $4,000 which he originally
lent in gold. Did anybody ever heal
before Of such an extortionate demand
Was there ever such an unexampleC
usury2 Was there ever such an unpre
cedcnted robbery contemplated upon tn,
treasury Who that is not bought will
money, and is a bondholdsrs agent,
can favor it2
Only think Iii sought to pay fon
year loan TO the Government of thu
United States Of $4,000 with $3.50, 00l
principal and INTEREST," Will the peopl,
submit to such an outraged Will they
look on and see such villainy consum
mated2 If it should be done, Their,
would be nothing like it as q swindle il
all history. If 1t is reputation for tn,
Government not to pay the debt which i
owes to its creditors, what is it to pa,
two or three times as much monel
TO them as they lent to IT'D /
this not a robbery Of the peopl
for the bondholders beneit2 Is
not a reputation, on the part Of III
agents Of the Government, Of th
obligations under which they are 10 thr
eouniry2 The illustration which ",
give Is practicable one. Il covers TN
whole question OF the bOBdholders in
nutshell Their claim has no foundation
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Gold and Cotton Reports.

Special to the PUBLIC LEDGER
New YoRk, January Moon. --Gold
opened at 1874. At 1920 it was l34s; at
IL am, l34s; and is now l34i.
Cotton, at III am, very firm, and
holders are asking higher rates.
Exchange steady.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

S3r Leaveaworth, Kansas, has pop
ulation Of $4,000. supports six daily
newspapers, some thirty churches, fifteen
or twenty schools two theAters, and from
Eve TO ten gambling houses.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS


A SERENADE.
o, lady bright
Come forth to night;
For sweet the moon is beaming.
Enchanting sightl
Its mellow light
Ger earth and sky is teeming
When all is still
On plain and hill.
When silence rules the hour,
IT'S then love will
The heart o'erfill
And glow with greatest power.
III,
In night like this,
All me, 'twere bliss
So near thy side to linger;
Thy lips to press,
To warmly kiss,
And bind with ring thy finger.
Do not disdain
My plaintive strain,
Nor hsrshIy hopes discover;
Nor yet refrain
To ease my pain,
By being mine forever.
No answer yet?
I'm cold and wet;
My song of praise bellies her.
If pains l get.
o, you may bet
I'll try the EQUALIZER"
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An Awkward Old Document,

On the 4th day of December, 1856,
BENJAMIN F. Wade, Republican Sena-
tor from Ohio, made a speech in the
United States Senate, an order TO print
additional copies of the Presidents Mes
sage being under consideration. In that
speech he made the following declara-
tons, which will be found in the Con-
qressional Globe, third session, Thirty
fourth Congress, page U.s.
But the Southern gentlemen stand
here, and in almost all their speeches
speak of dissolution of the Union as
an element of every argument, as though
it were peculiar condescension on
their part that they permitted the Union
to stand at all. If they do not feel in
terested in unfolding this Union--if it
endangers their institutions to such an
extent that they cannot feel secure I'M
der tiff their interests are violently
assailed by means of this Union, | am
not one of those who expect that they
will long continue under it. / am not
one of those who would ask them to con-
tinue in such a Union. 1t would be
doing violence to the platform of the
party to which belong.
We have adopted the old Declaration
of Independence as the basis of our
political movements, which declare that
any people, when their government
ceases to protect their rights, when it is
so subverted from the true purposes of
government as to Cypress them, have
the right to recur to fundamental princi-
pies, and, if need be, destroy the
government under which they live,
and to erect on its ruins another
more conducive to their welfare. l
hold that they have this right l will
not blame any people for exercising it,
whenever they think the contingency
has come. certainly shall be the advo-
cate of that same doctrine, whenever /
find that the principles of this Govern
ment have become so oppressive to the
section TO which / belong, that free
people ought not to endure it. You will
not then find me backward in being the
advocate Of disunion; but that coutin-
gency never having come, have never
yet opened my mouth in opposition to
the Union.
You cannot forcibly hold men in this
Union; for the attempt to do so, it seems
to me. would subvert the first principles
of the Government under which we live.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

was an issue than the continuance Of
such state Of things as this, which
Greeley's cold and stoical heart malici-
ously ignores.
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FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, January 4-l:20 P.M.--Cot-
ton active. Sales, 5000 bales. Orleans,
72d; uplands, I'D.
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sG We cannot help congratulating
our friends that one of the morning city
papers, which was not the Appeal or
Avalanche, carefully abstsined from any
expression Of preference in the late mu-
nicipal election As it boasts of the
Largest city circulation" which nobody
believes, it might have been disastrous if
it had been outspoken, and taken sides
with its Radical friends, provided it
could have carried any influence with it.
Or, it might have proved detrimental if
Il had espoused the Conservative
cause, for those who are not over
confident of its honesty of pur-
pose, might have suspected that all
was not right Honorable JohE w.
Leffwich has the satisfaction of knowing
that be is under no obligation to the
Bulletin for urging bis election over
either the regular candidate of the ne
groes or the combined forces of inde-
pendent Radicals and weak kneed, time
serving, "so-called" Conservatives. That
paper, after the nomination Of our tri-
umphant candidate for Mayor, said
nary word " on the subject until after
the election was determined Avalanche.
1t is the possum-lite nature of the
Bulletin to stride fences. About the
time the war came on, it was slightly
inclined to be Unionish. But e. soon
az the current set in for the Confederacy,
it got down on that side and hurrahed
for JEFF. Davis. Then, Memphis was
taken, and it was at once on the other
side, abusing its old patrons and friends
in excess of abe Northern Federal papers
themselves. Next, the war being over,
il gets on the fence again, leaning over
one side and the other as pays best II
the Radical ticket had succeeded the
Bulletin would have got down on that
side. But now that the white man s
ticket is triumphant, it is cruel in our
neighbors not to let the puny thing get
down and crow. A journal which never
inquiries for right principles, but only
advocates such as are successful, must
be permitted 10 crow with the victor,
although it lacked the manhood to Join
in the fray. How else can the poor thing
live2 We protest, pity and remonsirsie
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-04

r65- Our dispatches this morning give
us good lesson in the matter of Southern
news, and ought to make us extremely
careful how we trust TO alarming stories
of negro Disturbances and threatened
war Of races" Il seems that the wild
rumors of negro instructions in the
soufh-side counties Of Virginia had no
better foundation than the marching Of a
SQUAD Of soldiers from one point to
another, where somebody feared a dis
turbnnce might possibly occur But Of
any actual BREACH Of the peace-to say
nothing Of concerted rising-there is
no evidence Whstever.-M y. Tribune.
II is probably true that no general in
mrrecsion Of negroes is contemplated.
No one fears that. Bat the condition Of
q country is even worse, when nOtkiagis
brought to issue. and the work Of spoila-
ton goes % individually, noiselessly
and universally. Better indeed there
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U. s. INTERNAL REVENUE SALE.
COLLECTORS OFFICE, SRI DIST Tenn, |
MEMPHIS, January 4, 1858.

0oLLEoroR's OFFICE, SrH DIST. TEvN.,l
MEMPHIS, January 4, 1853.
ON THE 10TH JANUARY. 1863 WILL
" proceed to SELL between the hours of ten
and two O'Clock, the following described prop-
erty, levied on as belonging to. and being in
the possession of, John G. Morstadt, at Fort
Pick ering, for debt due by the said John g.
Morstadt TO the United states government, for
the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Seven
Dollars and Fifty Cents. with all costs of sale.
advertising, etc., added to the above amount
j. The house occupied by Morstadt as a dis
tillery; 2. One Still; five Mash Tubs; four
one Blacksmith,'s Vice; fifty. bushels Meal
(more or less); three bushels Malt one Mill;
one Malt Machine: one can -Camah;.ee;; -Ss;.i.o
Corn-Sheller twenty emsty Barrels and small
Tubs; one sack ship-stuff one hundred empty
Sacks (more or less); one bale HOPS; one Of
fee Desk one Lounge and Mattress; one En-
CINE and Boiler. This property will positively
Be soldTon the day above designated, on the
premises. at Fort Pickering, unless previous to
comes forward and settles the debt of $l257 30.
with all costs accrued.
Collector Internal Revenue, Sth Dist Tenn.
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p o p E S
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OFFICE NO. IS MADISON STREET.
MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE.
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000.
TAKE FIRE AND MARINE RISKS.
DIRECTORS {:

W. B. eREENLAw. N, s. BRYCE IES;uvs
Y "a Mis- 81 ELDER, WM. HARRINGTON
ia" I'D Z JOHN ovERToN. JR.
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saturday. Evening, January A, 1865,
win be performed the AP0STATE; Pascara,
Frank Maye.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

Latest to Noon To-day.
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Farewell appearance of the young American
tragedian,
FRANK MAYO.
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MoNDAY-Edwin Booth. Sale of seats will
commence on Thursday, January I'd, at II
osciock n. m.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-05-29
= Trellis for Pea Vines.

Procure come durable timber, saw
cd into stripe two or two and halt
inches square. cut it into proper
lengths according to the height OF the
vines, allowing from loot to eighteen
inches 10 20 into the ground. Bores
hole half All inch in diameter an inch
Or two from one end, another abont
eight or ten inches from that, and so
on down within q few inches from
the surface OF the ground, Sharpen
the other end, and it is seady for driv'
ing.
a set of these made alike and driv
en- between the rows otapeas ut .snita-
hle distances. cay eight or ten feet,
iorms very good support for Irvine
which may b. stvnng through each
hole, and then wonnd aroun1 or ball,
way around, and strung through
again. Tarred twine would last
number Of seasons. Hoop skirt springs
would answer the same purpose, but
Instead OF winding around the stakes
they could be keyed in BY wooden
pins tightly driven by the side Of the
springs. A set of these stakes made
OF the right kind Of timber would last
for many years, with proper care in
driving and housing when not in use.
Where sawed stuff could not be
procuted. poles would answer just 81
well as long as they last. Any de.
vice of the kind would be much bet.
ter than brush for many reasons. II
would be more easily set, less in the
way when hoeing, and when picking,
more essily gathered out Of the way
to make room for late vegetables
worth storing, and easily stored.
-Moore's Rural New Yorker.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-05-29

WITHDRAWING. --Ap important
item in spring cleaning and fixing up
is whitewashing. We clip the follow.
ing from the North Western Farmer:
For an outdoor whitewash we
know Of nothing better than the fol.
lowing: Take halt . bushel of fresh
burnt lime and pour on enough wates
to slack il. When it gets. hot stir il
about . pound Of tallow and mix il
we'll. Then odd hot water to make il
thin enough TO use.