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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

Agreed ON Art.

A letter in the New York Tribune tells
this story on Winnie Ream's statue of
Lincoln: "a blunt Englishman and a
devout Presbyterian pastor the other
day encountered each other before the
little railing that protects the spotless
marble thus abused The Englishman
had been surveying the statue, in silent
agony, from every possible point of view.
The meek inquiry of the pastor as to his
opinion of the work of art let loose the
pent-up torrents of his wrath, and the
swearing of the proverbial bold English
dragoon was as nothing, for few min
utes, to his performance. The shocked
pastor listened with all his ears, and
seemed relieved; till, as the last oath
was Kissed ont, he took up the word and
simply added, with clerical JUNCTION and
fervor, That's SOL The profane
Briton and the pious pastor understood
each other. They agreed on art.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
GRANTS VERACITY.

We commented the other day on the
accidental" meeting of Grant and
Morton on their travels. Upon this
vexed question the Cincinnati Enquirer
says: ain his indianapolis speech,
General Grant said that he had no in
tention of coming to Indianapolis until
he met Senator Morton at Pittsburg, by
whose soft persuasions he was induced
to make the Indiana visit. 1t is a well
known fact in railroad circles that two
of Pulman's fine sleeping-coaches were
dispatched from Harrisburg TO Balti-
more the Saturday previous, there to
await the Presidential party. One OF
them, known as President Tom Scott s
car. was assigned Senator Morton, and
the other 1.-THE Jewett carl was placed al
the disposal of President Grant. These
two cars, containing the royal and Sar
DolniRso Pggix lsfS Bsaimafe &c TGtTs
day night at ten o'clock, and in due
time arrived at Pittsburg jointly. i
was here that Grant says he first me-
Morton. having travelled with him from
Washington in the Pullman cars, anc
there Il was from the time they started
at Washington that the Indiana visit wa
cooked up
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

AN exchange says: Butler and nearly
all of his relations are billeted on the
Federal treasury. Ames, his sonin-law,
citizen of Maine. impudently acts as
Senator for Mississippi. Butler and his
man French are building the postoffice
of Bay Vue granite. Another Butler,
nephew of Ben and son of the notorious
Californian, Jack Butler, and a chip Of
the old block, is Consul General at Alex
andria, Egypt, one of the most impor-
tant of the Levantine ports.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

is necessary for this State in common
with the rest of the world, and, secondly,
that Democratic principles are the cor
rect ticket, we cannot possibly blame
any Republican for deserving his party.
Even though he had sworn to MAINTAIN
and defend its principles, this would
make no difference as to his duty or our
criticisms of it. A rash promise, even
under oath, is not to be observed;
neither is any obligation binding when
the party who contracted it has his eyes
opened to its moral improperly"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

CK-wHEATLEY-At 81 pm. on
Wednesday, the 18th Of April. by the reverend
and beloved Rector of st. Lazarus Episcopal
church, Rev. j. T. Wheat, Chas. Il. Bullock.
Esq. Of Memphis. Tenn, and Miss Mamie
Wheatley. Of Warren county, Valley Of Viz.
ginia. Attendants: Captain j. Yves sneed
mock with Miss Marie Lou Allen, Major r. p.
Duncan with Miss Axalea Fowler. General
Cotton Greene with Miss Bette Waco Re-
ception at residence Of DR.. Dudley ID. saun-
ders. Shelby street, from TO l2p.m. No cards.
The poesy Of courtship having ripened into
the eloquent prose Of marriage. may the idol
Of each prove the ideal Of both.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
TYR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

The great Calhoun once characterized
the Mississippi river as an inland sea.
He meant that it was capable of floating
ships and steamboats,, and bearing the
commerce of continent, and was,
therefore, proper subject for the care
of the Federal Government. Expert
ence has shown that he was correct and
facts that have occurred for years have
shown that the subject has been shame
fully neglected. No State can control
the currents Of the mighty river, because
no State has jurisdiction Of the terri
tory it runs through, and no State is
wealthy enough to control it. All the
States. in their character Of Federal
Government, may do something. Yet
they have done nothing. Levees have
been constructed at the expense OF in
diyiduals. counties and States, and for a
time they have served good purpose.
But they have been swept away
by the foods, because they were proyi-
sional, or rather, because they were de-
signed TO be temporary Much of the
bottom of the Mississippi from Cairo to
the Gulf is subject to inundation. Hun
dreds of thousands of acres of the finest
lands of the world are thus rendered use
less There have been within the past
six weeks enough lands under water
to produce two or three, and perhaps
five hundred thousand bales of cotton.
Reclamation of these lands is the ap-
propriate work of the Federal Govern
meut. 1t has the men of science to en-
gineer it. 1t has the money TO pay for
it. There is not another such valley in |
the world as that of the Mississippi. 1t
drains a continent. The FIRST drops that
make its mighty food bubble up from the
earth within few miles of the first drops |
that bubble up and flow to the Pacific |
down the Columbia river 1t comes, with
its tributaries, through territories never
traversed by the white man, and only
known to him through the reports of In
dams. 1t traverses, with its tributaries,
States full of wealth, of population, and |
destined to become the richest and most
civilized part of the earth. The natural
outlet Of the West and South is the Gulf
of Mexico. To that point the stream Of
commerce, augmenting year by year,
will flow. 1t is destiny. tits the law Of
the world. But we do not seem to
have Government capable of or
willing to comprehend the importance of
combining the floods that retard the de-
velopment OF the bottoms to channels
over which they cannot break, and thus
open to cultivation the most productive
lands of the continent Sessions OF
Congress pass, and nothing is done for
the great river. Whole counties are
flooded, stock is destroyed, people are
ruined and driven to the hills
year after year, and still the Gov
eminent does nothing to protect them.
There is little sense and less patriotism
in the Federal Government. Congress
can pass laws to tax the people, but 1T
can do nothing to aid them in their
struggles to subdue nature, and develop
the country We have Ku-Klux bills,
bills to make Grant President, and bills
to place the South under the heels of the
military, but we have no bills to levy the
Mississippi river and reclaim the finest
lands of the world
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
what the Pnris Reds are Arter.

A reporter in the New York World
writes from Paris of an interview he had
with citizen MORGAN, leading Red OF
that city. We quote the following:
IN with great animation What is
to follow2 Listen, then. This is what
is to follow. The formation of one vast
Republic under the regime of the Com
mune; a Republic greater and mere
comprehensive than Louis Blanc ever
dreamed Of, or Victor Hugo ever prophe-
sled. This new and vast Republic is to
have two foundations-compulsory edu-
cation and universal suffrage. 1t is to
be Republic in fact as well as in name;
Republic without an aristocracy, even
of wealth; without favored class, with
out poverty, without ignorance, without
vice, without priesthood, and without
a Church"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
Rreuarx nnrneai.

RoME. N. Y, April 27.-At five o'clock this
morning a FIRE broke out in the large brewery
Of Julius Smith, and. together with the malt
house and dwelling adjoining, was totally do
stroyed. The loss will amount to $1,000; in
sured for $1,000. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incsndiary. as two men
were seen about the premises short time be-
fore the flames were discovered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

A man named Winans was elected
last fall a member Of the New York
Legislature. In that body the parties
are about evenly balanced. Winaus
was elected as a Republican, but has
gone over to the Democracy and given
that party a majority in the Legislature
The New York Star says he has pub
lished document exculpating him for
his late support Of the Democracy As
we believe, first, that some government
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

SENATOR morton, in his speech Satur-
day night at indianapolis, on the oeca-
sion Of the reception Of President Grant,
said that to be successful in the next
campaign, the Democratic party must
carry the united South. And to render
a united South impossible, the Ku-Klux
bill was passed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
TRAVEL.
MEMPHIS. April se, 1871.

MEMPHIS AprlI 70, IoIIs
The break in the Jackson Railroad
makes a difference Of two hours only
In time OF arrival at New Orleans.
The mail train leaving Memphis at
1890 pm. arrives at Pass ManclIac
at 0 am, and passengers then take a
boat for New Orleans, giving them a
delightful trip across the beautiful
Lake POnchartrain. Returning the
boat leaves New Orleans two hours
earlier, so that trains leave Pass
Manchac ON time.
JAS. YONGE, Gen'l Supt.
C.P. Oakley, G. T. A. sol
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

RIDGEWAY-A April 26. 1871, at the resi-
dence Of Rev. L. c. Ransom. 262 Union street,
VIM. NJ. Ridgeway. Of Hale county, Alabama.
father Of Mrs. l.. Q. Ransom.
The friends Of the family are invited to at
tend the funeral at the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church. this afternoon at "a o'clock.
Services by Rev. e. G. Mclean.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
WRONG.

The indianapolis Journal (Republi-
CAM, while it admires the talents and
services of General Butler very highly,
says that during the first session Of
the Forty-second Congress his role OF
washerwoman of dirty linen has been
too frequently and too conspicuously as
sumed." The Philadelphia inquirer,
also Republican, says that :" it is a great
pity that Congress is powerless to Dust
from their seats Representatives so lost
to every sense of shame as Messrs. But
Ter and Farnsworth are. They disgrace
not only themselves but the whole
country with their billingsgate wrang-
ling" As to disgracing the country,
that is all CANNON. How could such a
country be disgraced2 We do not mean
by the word country, the land, the water
and the people. We mean the Govern
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

The Huntsville Advocate says: We
are requested by Judge d. P. Lewis, in
Washington City, to state that petitions
under the act of March 3, 1871 lin re-
ference to claims against the Govern
ment), may be sworn to before Justice
Of the Peace. without certificate or seal
7Sf iiroGSie Judge. 1his will be mat
ter Of so much convenience TO claimants
that ii should be generally known.
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NOTICES.
I. o. o. f

A STATED MEETING OF 1921.
~ Ruth Lodge No. !, Daugh- ~
tiers Of Rebekah. will be held this
Thursday evening, April 9th.
al odd Rellows' Hall, AZ ~ o'clock. All the
mombers are respectfully invited 70 be present.
s. NJ. NORWOOD. N. g.
THOMAS BACON. Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

We copy from the Congressional pro-
ceedings the following:
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, obtained leave
TO make a statement on behalf Of the
Senator from Kentucky. That Senator
and that member had had controversy
on the floor of the Senate.
Mr.. Butler-Oh, no; | had no contro-
yersy with him.
Mr.. Beck-The Senator denounced the
member, on the floor of the Senate, as a
- scoundrel, and would characterize
that as a controversy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

tbs Western papers announce gloomy
news. The frost on Saturday night
made havoc of the fruit, tobacco and
wheat. The loss will be millions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

GILES NJ. HnLLYER, one Of the Oldest
and ablest editors of Mississippi, died
few days since in Vicksburg he was a
noble and accomplished gentleman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF
Il Memphis Grove No. 2. u. A. o. D., are
hereby notified 20 attend a quarterly meeting
Of this Grove this lThursdayl evening, April
q, 1871. at o'clock. Members Of sister Groves
are most respectfully invited.
By order Of W. NJ. Loeb, N. A.
p. y. SnIDE, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
Corns and Bnnions Removed.

D0cToR FERGUsoN still remains at the
Worsham House, giving the best of salts
faction to those that get their corns,
bunions, club or inverted nails removed
by his painless operations. Particular
attention given to ladies. Calls made
without extra charge Office hours from
u to 3, and TO pm. 4s-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
PROPOSALS.
NO Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
- eeived By the undersigned for the erection
OF the proposed school BUILDING to be built on
the corner Of Market and Third streets. Plans
Jones 4 Baldwin architects, Kit Williams
Block. Bids to be LEFT With the Secretary Of
the Board Of Education, at the Odd Fellow
Hall, on or before the It'll Of May next, IL
o'clock noon. The committee reserve the
right 10 reject any or all Of the bids.
@. S. FENNER.
Nj. WIG6IN,
X. j. MANSFORD.
5o-t Building Committee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

II Congress had the right to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, it is a right that they
cannot constitutionally delegate to any
other authority, Hence if the Constitu-
ton was in existence, and was at all re-
garded, the attempted comforting of that
power upon the President at his discre-
ton would be held by the courts to be
null and void. This goes to the core Of
the Ku-Klux bill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

A WASHINGTON dispatch says: The
Supreme Court met in council yesterday,
and decided, by Eve to four, that the le-
gal tender act did apply to contracts
made before the war as well as those
made during the war, and that it was
constitutional, thus reversing the deci-
sion Of the last term of the Court. JUS
tees Miller, Swayne, Davis, Strong and
Bradley voted to sustain the constitu-
tionality of the act, and Chief Justice
Chase, with Nelson, Clifford and Field,
voted in the negative. The full opinion
Of the Court viii not be written out be-
fore the October term, but the fact Of
the decision win be announced when the
Court reassemble the first week in May.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

REFRIGERAToRs and ice chests at II.
Wetter 4 Co. s, at manufacturers prices.
20
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-09

" eA1A@AAA>AA&Os AMI NAXE3s- -
Some letters which we have received from
fdendswhose praise We highly appreciate,
as wen as words of commentator from
those We have net, eHeosiraseS ris III our etl
forts to sustain the policy recommended by
Gov. Brownin his message. One friend
calls our attention to the fact that, while
we havesa little over Is, ooo, 500 Of acres Of
land in Tennessee, t,ceaty millions Of those
acres are uncultivated and therefore unpro-
ductive. Think Of it, twenty millions out
OF 'twenty-eight millions Of acres of land in
Tennessee now idle, and while idle worth
less. How can we have those idle lands
occupied and cultivated? Only by immi-
grafton. How can we obtain and secure
immigration? First and foremost, we
must have a State whose credit is
respected in the money markets. of the
world. The man of worth in labor or
capital, who proposes TO leave his old home
and find o whether he starts from
Europe or from Northern State, viii seek
a State which has character and credit.
That character. and credit is indicated to
him, not by the rate of taxation, but by the
standing of that State in financial circles.
Hence if we wish immigration we must not
permit the wild vagaries Of individuals Or
the interest Of corporations to deter us from
placing the rate of taxation at the amount
indicated BY Gov Brown in his message.
That viii be sufficient only to pay current
expenses, take up outstanding warrants and
Bank Of Tennessee notes. Our present
Legislature cannot do less than this, and
this the Democracy will require of them.
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Debt @ Jgly1, 1870, according 70 !, -. !.

Debt to Jply1 1870, according 70 . s,Zg
boutwell, Observation-Disclosures ,2oS,0IS,391 34!!
But on page ZIG, it is stated officially
that the debt on that day was s., 3s6, 35s, :
SOFA. Discrepancy, 81, 1S3, 2s0, 20S.4O. A
difference orbetceen one andt,eo thousand
millions. On page 10, Finance
Report, U Mr.. B Boutwell, states that
the debt on the list day of
Nov, 1870, was s2,41s,673,0444S. Here
are three exhibits of Mr.. Boutwell,, no two
of them agreeing, and two of them differ
ing over a thousand millions. With all
these discrepancies staring them in the face
false records, false statements, conflicting
accounts of receipts and expenditures, and
public debt; embellishments, frauds, and de-
falcations; the public money ,unaecounted
for, total disregard of responsibility, utter
recklessness in expenditure, and no accom-
liability anywhere-we see the entire ma
chinery Of the government turned over to
irresponsible clerks; the President, Cabinet
officers, heads of bureaus, and Secretaries
absent from their posts from spring till win
ter, and the governments public treasury
left to take care Of itself. Is it strange that
taxes are frighful, or that nobody knows
what becomes of the peoples money? .
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-09
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASU.
RY AS A BLUNDERER.

In a recent lecture In New ork and
Boston Mr.. Boutwell, gave the aggregate ma
tional debts of Europe and the United States
at $50, OO0,O00,0O0. The New York Post
showed that Mr.. Boutwell, had Numbered
badly in this estimate, whereupon the latter
revises his figures, and in a note to the Post
insists that the debts of these countries
amount to about So 900, 100000. The Post,
in reply to Mr.. Boutwell's last effort, shows
conclusively that these debts cannot posi-
bly, exceed S2O, 10000, 900. The blunderer,
after correcting his own figures and falling
81 zoo, 600, is now shown to have COM
mitted an error of S2,000,000,000. Not a
very small mistake that. Mr.. Boutwell, is
establishing for himself the reputation of
being the greatest blunderer that
has ever occupied a responsible pub
lie position in this country. A
few weeks ago the Washington Patriot
showed that Mr.. Boutwell, had Numbered to
such an extent in his statements of the
public debt as to leave it uncertain how
much the Government really owes. ''Tak-
ing the official record of sworn officers, in
Guiding only the Secretary of the Treasury
and his subordinates-all of them high Off
Gals and influential Radical leaders-it APP
pears, says the Patriot, from the books
of the Department, as certified to by the
Register of the Treasury, (see page 27G, Fl
nance Report, 1900 that on the 1st of
July, 1870, the debt amounted to $685.
35S,599.74, and on the last day of Novenl-
Der, following, the Secretary of the Treas
ury certifes page Is, Finance ReporD that
il was S2,418, ,044.43. So that instead of
having reduced the debt, he has increased it
S32,SI4,444.69, in five months, being an
average increase of over six millions per
month! On page "a, the Secretary certifes
that the public debt on the first
day of July, 1870, was S2,4S0,672, 1871
The Register page 276) certiies that on
that day it was $780, 5S,599.74. Tolbe
accounted for, S94,313, 82S.O7! On page
ZIG the Register certifieS that on the first of
July, 1869, the debt was S2,4S9, OO2, 4SO.5S.
On page "A, the Secretary certifies that it
was, on the first day of July, 1870, 81, $780,
or, Isl, showing a reduction during the
year of SS,33O,O52.77, instead of S1Of. COL
9l6.SS, as claimed BY the Secretary on the
first page of his report, being a discrepancy
of sos, 271, 964.11i Here are the official
records of the Treasury Department, the
statements of the Secretary, Treasurer and
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WILL NEW ENGLAND ADVOCATE
FREE TRADE? i-


Itwould be curious spectacle to see
New England advocating free trade, yet
such contingency is not impossible. There
are causes at work which seem likely to re-
suit in this condition of affairs. For Sc
ries of years past a gradual change has
been taking place in the motive power of
New England factories. Formerly water
power was the rule, now it is the exception.
Factories were built and towns located
solely with referenceto the supply of water.
Hives of industry have been established along
the route of rivers and streams that afforded
facilities for procuring "head of water.
Many districts in Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire Rhode
Island and Connecticut have thus been
rendered rich and prosperous which would
otherwise have afforded only a scanty sub
sistence to few farmers. No doubt it was
the extreme cheapness of the water power
of New England that first stimulated manu-
featuring in region that is almost entirely
destitute of all the raw materials used in
industry. 1t is probable that this section is
very much more indebted to the material
and abundant supply of water than to the
artificial influence of the tariff and protec-
ton. But, however this may be, it is quite
certain that the water supply of New Eng
land is gradually failing, and that steam
power is being more generally employed as
asubstitute; and it is also apparent that
this change is destined to continue with
constantly increasing rapidity, because
streams which, few years ago,
furnished an ample supply of water are
now dry nine months in the year. The
New York Economist has heard Of quite a
number of mills that have been abandoned
because it was not profitable to replace the
water wheel. with steam engine. But,
adds that paper, this is by no means gen.
eral, and large proportion of the machine
~ of New England is now driven by steam
in place of water. This proportion must
constantly increase. 1t therefore becomes
an important problem to New England
manufacturers to what extent they mayrely
on cheap aud abundant supply of coal,
Unless this question is satisfactorily an
swered it is evident that New England in.
dustry must be seriously crippled. upon
this point We had a significant illustration Of
the tendencies of the times in the almost
unanimous support by the New England
delegation of the bill for the repeal OF the
coal duties in the last session Of Congress.
The Pennsylvanians naturally deemed this
action inconsistent with the principles of
protection, and complained accordingly.
But protection is no longer popular in New
England. Unless cheap coal can be obtain
ed, her industry must be seriously crippled,
and scores of manufacturing villages would
be deserted. II is the same in relation to
wool, hides, dyes, chemicals, iron, steel and
other raw materials. New England in self
defense must soon commence agitation to
obtain the privilege of buying her raw ma
terials in the cheapest markets, and it is
destined to become at no distant period the
centre of the great Free Trade movement
in the United States.