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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
Firm Days Proceedings.

LoUIsvILLE, October l5.-The Con-
vention met at 10 O'clock, this morning
The first report presented to the conven,
zion was that which provides for the I'm
provement of the Mississippi river and
It's tributaries. A memorial to DO pre-
scented 20 Congress was read, and resoIu.
tons ia favor of the improvement of said
river were read to the convention and
unanimously adopted. The committee
on agriculture made their report and re-
quested that copies of the report bs
furnished to the secretary for distribution.
One of the resolutions requests that
Congress repeal the Law Al regard 70 the
land tax In the Southern States. The
report was adopted. ava \
i On motion, Mr.. William B. Wait was
recognized az member Of the Arkansas
delegation to the Convention. ,w
The report of the Committee on Con-
tinuous Water Line from the Atlantic
ocean to the Mississippi river was read,
and the resolutions embodied therein
were read separately. The resolutions,
eight in number, were adopted. 4 +, fg1
A request was made by Mr. Monroe, of
Iowa, that copy of these resolutions be
forwarded BY the President Of this Con-
vention to the President Of the Senate
and Speaker of the House of Represen-
tstives, with the request that they be laid
before their respective houses.
Resolred, That's committee of nine
be appointed TO memorialize Congress in
behalf of these resolutions. The reso-s
luton was adopted.
The report Of the Committee on Taxa
ton, which provides for simplifying,
equalizing and reducing taxation, was
also adopted.
The Convention is rapidly pushing its
business. in order TO effect an adjourn. \
meut at 5 o'clock this evening. Ne " II d
tits probable that Cincinnati will be
selected as the point for the meeting of
The next Convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

The scale Of penalties in Scotch courts
is somewhat peculiar. 10 The Dundee
circuit, the other day, an old woman was
sent to prison eight years fot stealing a
pettieoat and shawl, and the same pun
ishmsnt was given to q young mao who
had murdered bis illegiimste child BY
pO0risg vitrioi down lie throat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
For r. e N t .

ONE FINE, FOUR. STORY BUSINESS
Ohouse. with large. dry basement at 36s
Main street Also IL rooms over 36s Main st /.
suitable for offices or sleeping apartments. Also
" nice rooms. suitable for Offices, In Aimedia
Block, 81 Gayoso st .Also four lots north Of
fsrt Pickering. on the river. for sand privi-
four on DeSoto, and two on Fourth St.. suit
able for stock. lumber or brick yards. Also
plantation containing $50 acres open land,
either for rent or sale. miles east Of Bledsos's
Landing, Arksnsas. fhf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

Work 90 the new Charleston Opera
House is projected By two sets Of work
men, throughout the twenty four hours Of
the day. Ths eight-hour system don't
prevail there.
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For sale.

A csss OF g gs!M as we .. s4s
Of land In Gonzales CO., Texas, with $50 acres
improved. Also one section 10 Guadalo- ,pe ~
Texas. with 80 acres improved. All n ! ,oprts
tanning from 20 70 1.260 acres 10 The .onnfiss If
Shelby, Upton. Laudcrdaie, Eyer and M Adj
son. Tennessee. Apply TO
1883 Alnedia Blocx. 81 Ga y; street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
WV m n - fhLL1t
Nhsiesole Agents. 81 Main IT.

No Cure. 30 Psy !-stonsis Tspis syrpp
cures chilll and fsTsr. or monsT rsfundsd.
Sold By N. ROSE. y Main street. and GOOD
YEAR FALLS, 81 Main street. lMt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
ALAB MA.

NOZZLE, 0ctober 10 Capt Godfrey,
proprietor of the Battle House, died to-
Aav .--.--..---.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

Positively No Cure, No Pay.-The follow
ing diseases are warranted cured b. the use Of
DR.. Forrest 4 Co.'s Juniper Tar" Cough.
Group. Hoarseness. Sore Throat. Splitting Of
Blood. Asthma. Broncbiiis. Lung Diseases.
Serofula. Ulcers. Old Sores. Rrysipeias. Pains
and Soreness IN the Breast. B=>k OF Limbs.
Assesses. Burns and Wounds. Piles. Itch.
Sore Feet or Jcizts. letter. scald Head. Milk
crust, faraehs. T0othachs, catArrh In the Eyes
or Head. ordinary Deafness and Gathering In
the Ears.
N.B.-Ths only sesuInt and original article
has yellow labsIs. with white imprinted wrsp-
per. such as has been in use for siz years. Take
no other. Try Il; II not satisfsd. return the
empty bottles AID your money win be re-
funded hfty cent?. Nr
GOODYEAR 4 PALS.
- a.
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MemphIs CIIy DIRECTORY for ls7o.

THE CANVASS FOR THIS ANNUAL
- pueiceton has now comnenced, and the
BOOK VIII ee ISSUED a. usual. The Company
intend nakiLg the coming work as complefe
and sccurate as Is possibse, and refer 10 their
iait girectory OF this city as TO tneir ability 10
do all they premise. -
SOUTHERN FURNISHING CO..
Puoilshers Of the Memphis. New 0rierns. Mo-
bile and Louisville City directories
hicHARD kDwABDs. Superintendent.
y. A. CHoATs. Secretary.
Il. soARns. General Arent so-4T
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
The Fall Races.

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ChlCkASAW JOCKEY CLUB
- EEWlf
WILL HOLD AN INAUGURAL RACE
Meeung over their new Courte. COM
8yt
81 MOnudys november >, 1867,
e4a .e. 48 Il
y b fshsaH AND
istafs
SonunufnS Biz Days, ms Follows
Incarceration post s,ats for all 80. 40
mues ana repeat, subscIlpfion $oo. p. D.; tho
c sssG;nnng e. save his stake; TO name at THO
y = Aa n y"caey U,uo Rooms. at o'clock
oubio i'd Ss Gosed wtbs ,bs rdcs ne
dss s s Ct mile; sub. s25. p. z. The Club to
aou eooo' rour'een noninausns.
'e TUEsDAY.
Iff Cavoso gtata for thrs. ala. ,;,.h.....
ami S5G hsif f,rfe;t tn Tirh 20 Ia Saao'
1e Svs p scmlIsapns' c,rh p. ssoo
ages COS; dash iAa loft. of three miles,
- .eatse " n ID n ID Az.
Jockav cl,h p,v,. ss0o e. al ,n.. iii.
heats hsst tSrea ~ a. s00o' ior M ases' MIC
fos iii ~. Haos; assa o. dwo ne s
20 ,a,,1 oos sIsel % '? pe soiu loI Sl2v
sI,oTsd tnG III sppiopss1nss n wegnis; d1f $oeU.
$500, allowed is lbs. The winner 10 be sold Nv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

words Of cheer-0n tho Errors Of Youth
and the FolIiss Of Age. 10 relation to Marriage
and Social Evils. with helping hand for the
erritz and unfortunate. Sent IN sealed letter
envelopes. free Of charge. Address. HOWARD
ASSOCIATION, Box p. Philadelphia. Penn
sylysAia. 23-IO0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

Mr.. Thomas Tardrcw. of New York City. is
authorized to act rs Northern advertising
agent of the PUBLIC LEDGER.
s. n. Parvin, General Advertising Agent,
Cincinnati. Ohio, Is or duly authorized agent
10 contract for advertisements.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15


. Thus, the taxation upon Shelby county,
for all purposes, in the year 1868, ex-
e.eded the whole revenue Of the entire
State 10 that year.
II is proper TO add that the total reve-
nue. collected IN 1868 by the United States
Tax Collector, at Memphis, was 1867 SOL
The district from which this was collected
embraces seven counties-shelby, Fay
cite, Hardeman, Upton, McNsiry. Madi-
son and Haywood. Information obtained
from the Revenue Collectors Office Is
that more than thres-fourths Of the
amount wss collected from persons in
Shell J county; that it is not easy, il pos
sible, to separate what was paid by per-
aims IN Shelby from what was paid BY
persons living in the other counties, and
during the first three months Of le6s very
large amounts we're received from the two
eeuis per poaud cotton TAX. Ii is thus
apparent fhat the amount, $3.50, 900
set down above ss the tar paid By the
people Of Shelby county 10 1858 to tbs
United States. is not exact, bot approx
mate only. The amount assumed uu-
doubieiIy falls short Of the sciual amount
According to the report Of the Police
Commissioners, made in 1868 to the
Governor, the amosnt collected from
privileges, fioes aud Eoctsiinres. cap
sared properly. ETC.. IN the year sndinG
June is. Is6s. vas S,7l sal and Tia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
TAX STATIsTICs-ENOR II ~
AXIOM OF MEMPHIS AND sHkA'-
nv COUNTY. ITS VS.

The figures set forth below are COM
mended to the attention OF the tax
psyers of Memphis and Shelby comfy.
They are believed to be correct. and are
derived from the collector of State and
county taxes of Shelby county, the COL
lector Of privilege taxes of the State and
county, the collector of city taxes on
properly. the collector Of city taxes Oh
privileges, the report of the Controller OF
the State made TO the Legislature 10 Oc-
tober, 1867, and the brief report OF the
Controller made to an extra session q
the Legislature December I, 1863. TH
Controller has made no report in detail,
of the fnancei of the State, since De-
tober, 1867.
The value of all the property IN the
State. assessed for taxation in 1867, was
s225, LIS. 100, Of which East Tennessee
had s45, 74l,5s4; Middle Tennessee, $s4-
e6O.6Il; West Tennessee, $84. 522 1856 ;
of this the amount of Shelby county
was, SIs, sO5, 4s6. which is more than the
whole OF E sst Tennessee, more than half
of Middle Tennessee. or Of West Ten
nessee.
The gross amount Of State taxation
upon the property Of the entire State,
was. for the year 1867. sl,2ss.ss5; Of
which the share of East Tennessee was,
$254,esl; of Middle Tennessee, $780,
e27: of West Tennessee. 6.226; and
the share of Shelby county alone, was
s2l7. 374; thus the county of Shelby was
assessed for State taxation, on property,
more than one-sixth Of the amount Of the
whole State.
IT. ~ ,ha n-onartv asseaaed for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15
BY TELEG R A P Il


Dispatches 70 the southwestern ..Press
s Assoeiation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

The amount Of taxes on privileges
merchants, etc } collected for the State
in the year 1868: for the whole State,
$l3G csc; for Shelby county. sl260l5.
Thus Shelby. paid more than one-fourth
of the whole privilege tax Of the State in
1863
The privilege tax paid to the State
by Shelby county (tax on merchsnts).
for the year ending September 80. 1867.
was 1924 926; by Davidson county, $685.
1871; by Knox county, 1880.
Total tax on Shelby county in 1863,
State. county, city and Uoiied States:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-15

DARfIEs WANTING GOODS IN OUR
/ line will 40 we'll 10 call and examine our
stock. AMEs, BEATrIE a co.,
z2-is-l09 sos Main street. Gayoso Block:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

A FRIGHTENED Radical has beer
writing most gloomily from Nash
vile to somebody in Washington
He says of the Radical defeat in
the late election, that ''the disaster
is irretrievable, because no future
time promises aresurrection morn -
that "the Rebel Democracy have
carried all before them - and that
1.-The next session of our State Legis-
'lature Will alter, amend and abolish
the laws and constitution as they
sec proper And he adds:
AS an illustration to show how this
thing will be done, to virtually drive
away and keep from position both the
cOlOred man and poor white Republican,
it Is even now contemplated to have our
city charter 50 amended that no man
shall be eligible 10 the Office of Mayor
except he be worth twenty-five thousand
dollars, and none for Councilman unless
he have property qualifications of five
thousand. This principle carried out
places the entire city government into
the hands of the old aristocracy, and so
with all other departments of public bus
siness."
Poor fellow he is so badly fright
ened that he can see nothing but
dire calamity in the future. If he
cen survive his fears for a few
weeks, he will see that they are
wholly groundIess, if indeed they
re not assumed for a purpose.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22
"a South sIarketatreet
Let us discuss the Great oue.,,,,u

Let ms Discuss the Great Question.
What is the most important of all earthly
blessings in the estimation of every intelligen
human being?
Clearly it is HEALTH; for sOundness of body
and mind is essential to the enjoyment of all
the other good gifts of Providence
How. then, shall those who possess this in
estimable treasure endeavOr 20 preserve it, and
how shall those who have lost it seek to retrey e
it?
These questions have been asked in all ages,
but never have they been as satisfactorily re.
pended to as at the present day. and the an
swers which common sense, enlightened by
science and experience. gives to them in the
Nineteenth Century may be briefly stated thus
To protect the system against ali influences
that tend to generate disease. THERE Is NOTHING
LIKE IMMIGRATION.
To re- establish the health on a firm basis,
when it has been lost by imprudence or any
other cause. the system must be SIMULTANEOUS
LY STRENGTHENED. REGULATED AND PURIFIED.
These ends can only be attained through the
agency of a preparation which combines the
attributes of q TONIC. a CORRECTIVE, a BLOOD
DEPURENT, and an APERIENT.
All these essentials are effectually blended in
HOSTEL TER'S STOMACH BITrERS. They
contain nothing drastic. irritating or infiamma-
tory. The juices aud extracts of sanative
herbs, roots and barks. are their sole medicinal
Ingredients. and these are rendered diffusible
by combination with the spiritIOus essence of
rye, the purest of all alcoholic stimulants
The weak and feeble. and especially those
suffering from biliousness. indigestion and
nervousness. absolutely require the renOvating
aid of this powerful tonic and Alternative during
the heated term. and cannot prudently postpone
its use for single day. word to the wise is
sufficient. augls deOdlw wilt
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22
AN EXPLANATION.
We find the following in the
Fayetteville News of Aug. 81:

Fayetteville News of Aug. 81:
"MR. BRIGHT.
at is firmly believed by the people of
this county that the above named gentle
man was defeated in the race for Floater
on account Of the articles in the UNION
AND AMERICAN and Nashville Banner,
implying his withdrawal just previous to
the election. In obedience to the wishes
Of public sentiment here, we have en-
deavored to get these two popular journ>
ais to make some satisfactory public ex-
PLANTATION in regard to the course pursued
by them in reference to Mr.. Bright, but
SO far without success. Mr. b. is such
general faVsrite here, and public senti-
ment is so strongly his champion in this
matter, that we warn our Nashville
friends in all kindness Of the serious
damage their papers will sustain in this
county if an explanation is not made"
We have advised Mr.. Bright and
friend Of his by letter how we
came to make the statement alluded
to. We had been advised that an
effort was being made to get either
Mr.. Bright or Mr.. Saunders off the
track, and that a number Of the
friends of each candidate were to
meet at COrnersviIle to determine
which it should be. AT the time
this conference was to have been
held, we received a letter from
citizen of Giles county well known
to us, stating that Mr.. Bright was to
withdraw, and requesting us to
make the announcement we did.
We now learn that the con-
ference was not held and that
our informant was mislead and thus
communicated to us erroneous in
formation. What we did in the
matter was to subserve what we re-
garded as the interest of the parties
concerned. We trust that we need
not assure Mr.. Brightand his friends
that we would not knowingly do
him the slightest possible injury.
He is deservedly popular in Linz
coin and the adjoining counties,
and it would have afforded us
us pleasure to have aided him his
aspirations, instead of unwittiDglyI
injuring him, as it appears we did.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

ONE Of the editors of the Banner
telegraphs to the Louisville Courier
Journal, under date of the Goth in
slant, as follows
"The senatorial question is still an
absorbing topic Of discussion. The
election for Senator takes place the
second Tuesday after the meeting of the
Legislature The fight lies between
Johnson and Etheridge, and although
the latter is said to have the inside track,
will now risk the prophecy that Andy is
the coming man
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

Or, since the UNION AND AAEklSAS
has not moved with the people, the I'M !
curry naturally arises whether the people |
have moved with the BEfoN AND AMERI- |
CAN? Ifso, what about the independent
candidate for Floater, who is understood
to have been until quite recently at
least) heavily interested inyt he financial
concerns Of the u MON Am AMERICAN?
How did it happen that he 7an over
thousand votes behind the ticket which
our contemporary so .persistently res
Trained from assisting TO nominate
BG1lnef,s ~ss ~ tan ssnanssasssE a
Asto whether the people and the
UNION AND AMERICAN have moved
together, we have nothing further
to say. If our Deaderick street
contemporary is satisfied with The
movement, we certainly are yld
p The reference TO 'Tthe indepen-
dent candidate Tor FIoater," and to
the domestic concerns oflthis Office,
is something we did not expect
from that source. 2 We have no per
sonal OF business contest with the
Republican Banner establishment,
except in so far as the latter con-
Germs US, as rival printing houses.
We seek none other and deprecate
any tone of discussion which shall
lead toit Therefore, the allusion
to which we except, is as much out
of taste as it is out of temper. The
Banner, in a cooler moment, win
see it in this light. OHIO a1IaIlIuf
RThe independent candidate for
FIoater" was independent indeed.
| He was not the candidate of the
UNION AND AMERICAN. This paper
never contained q line in his advo-
cacy, and no man connected with
| it, solicited in his behalf, directly OF
indirectly. In his aspirations, he
was strictly independent. His an
nouncement was full and frank on
all the issues of the canvass. To a
| querist in the Banner, he answered
promptly and freely. He blew 8
trumphet of a certain sound. Nc
| man, friend or foe. could mistake it
He was opposed by the Ban.
ner, not publicly, but in iii
private capacity. But notwith,
standing, he was elected bya ma
jority in the district, of forty-fivl
hundred or more A candidate
was brought on the field to defea
him-a candidate from Cheathan
county, who at his home, wal
scarcely known in the contest
While we do not claim the election
of "the independent candidate fol-
Floater" as triumph for this pa
per, it was sore defeat Il
the Banner. Htnc Me lachrymG
What does the Banner mean by
this thrust at Mr.. Cheatham HI
is the member elect from the mos
populous Floaterial district in the
State He is, by his publications, 8
Conservative. In the support o.
that cause, he has shown his faith
by his works. We have every
reason to believe that he will not
betray the confidence of the
people. He led the ticket in
three counties of the district
His record as a Conservative is as
sound as his critic's-if not sounder
The people have endorsed him.
despite the underhanded efforts to
crush him. When our contempt.
rary attacks the UNION AND AMERI.
CAN through him, or rice UerSa, il
simply bitos a file, and had better
save its teeth for other game.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

Hon MILToE Brown, one of the
ablest men in Tennessee, a fine
lawyer and a most estimable Cit.
zen, is . rcandidato from Madison
county for the constitutional con.
VanfiOO
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

THE Banner reiterates vehe-
mently that it has not declared for
a third party, and that some Of its
country exchanges are inflicting
upon their readers an unusual
amount of ford nonsense" upon the
assumption that it has.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

The Gazettes (Cincinnati) Radical ex-
tremist calls the Banners liberality and
common sense its "adroit cunning" The
extremist of the Memphis Ledger and
other political gnats of the same calibre
in Tennessee, call it Black Republican
ism-Bdnner.
Which horn of this dilemma doe:
our neighbor choose?
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22
BOUTWELL, IN THE IMPEACHMENT.

Every now and then, some new
light is thrown on the infamy OF
the impeachers. They left no stone
unturned to Wrest an unjust verdict
from the senatorial judges, in viola
ton Of their oaths. Indeed, the
doctrine of the Radicals was well
expressed in the New York Iris
bune: 1.-The cant we hear about the
responsibility of an oath is absurd
Tribune, May Z, $50 They
even enlisted in the dirty plot their
future candidate, who had not cour-
age or conscience enough to resist
the party that held out to him the
bait of a presidential nomination.
The Radical papers paraded the
opinion Of the head of the army that
the Senate ought to convict the
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

TENNESSEE bonds have improved
materially since the UNION AND
AMERICAN showed that we could
not, if I'VE would repndiate our
hon1s
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

The Radicals are determined to
make a great man of Grant, and
the General is determined they
shall not. Thus far Grant has the
best of IL.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

The New York Tribune favors
the Acknowledgement Of the South
ern whites, by the Radicals, for the
reason that if the Radicals don't
enfranchise them, and if they
enfranchise themselves, they won't
vote the Radical ticket. This is
sharp, but hardly disinterested.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

"OUR country exchanges" have
struck more terror to the soul of the
Banner than did the "ten thousand
armed in proof to the soul OF
Richard. Mr.. Polk said that "old
documents were dangerous things '
but country exchanges" are pull
verizing. They turn a fellow inside
ont .---...
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22

WE continue our extracts from
our State exchanges to show tho
spirit of the press on the promi
nent questions Of the day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22
A WASHINGTON disnatf

A WASHINGTON dispatch an
nounces that Mr.. Stokes, who made
an experiment for Governor" in
this State, arrived there on the 10th
inst, and that his business is to
effect the removal of such federal
office~holders as voted for his
rival. 1t is understood here that
his mission has reference also to the
turning out of Office of some ofhis
eleyenth-hour supporters.