davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
SOL COLEMAN.

The best bargains in fine boots and
shoes in every style at Eagle Boot and
Shoe store, 344 Main street. The best
styles of boots and shoes made to order
at short notice.
81 ]. W. VoEGELI, Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

If you want to enjoy good lager be-
meath the shade go to Depp's, Humboldt
Park eS-JV
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
Filtered IRain or River water PreferabIe

FlIt6red IHaln or hlVer Wat6r FreIeraDIe
THE ADVANTAGES DERIVED IN USING
j filtered rain " or river" water oven
..'hard well water !" are being more widely
give it as their opinion " that the lime and
other mineral substances with which river
water is impregnated. is one of the chief ex-
citing causes of many diseases arising rom
this country" 1t has also been asserted by
- Boards Of Health" in various cities, that
during the cholera season at least two-thirds
less sickness was found in families using
filtered instead of river water.
For sale only by IL. WETTER & CO.,
T9-10l 13 and Is Monroe, aud 3l719 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

Doors, sash and blinds at reduced
prices, by Williams & Co., corner Gayoso
and Second streets. los
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

Try French Johns 25c meals, AZ
Monroe street. eooliO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
BOARDING..

RDING-PLEAsANT ROOMS WITH
ID board near State Female College. Good
neighbOrhOod; very convenient to street cars.
A pleasant summer retreat for families OF
single ladies and gentlemen. Refer 70
BURLESON 4 PAIIISON,
Ss-t No. Union street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

Go TO Humboldt Park, smoke a cigar
and drink Depp's lager in the shade.
es-Q0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

WANTED 4 HAVE HELP OF ALL
w kinds on hand for town or country;
white and colored. VIM. DARDIS,
9l-92 Intelligence Office. No GO jefferson st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

UTANTED A FEW BOARDERS ON
w Union avenue, three miles from the city.
Fine shade. good water, For further infor Or
Front street. gO-95
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

NEWS and boys hats at COhen's. [9l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
WANTED

VAJANTED-A GOOD MAN AND WIFE
w to take charge of four or FIVE hands and
house on a small plantation. None need ap-
ply that cannot come well recommended
25S FRONT STREET, upstairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

SITTING beneath the trees at Humboldt
Park and drinking Depp's lager is the
thing. ESQ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

The cheapest halter, Cohen, 223 Main.
81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

NTANTED-A LARGE SCREW 0RLEVER
w press that will punch out holes in iron
and oars. A secondhand press preferred.
GOT Il. j. NORTON, this office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
few WORDS OF ADVICE.

Don't be humbugged.
Don't be slaughtered or sacrificed.
Don't be sold at or below cost-it ia
too cheap.
Don't run this hot weather, but walk
leisurely up to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

FoR good fresh lager beer go to Depp's
at Humboldt Park. ESQ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
KAHN g. FREIBERG.

% silk umbrellas, largest size, 81.
200 Panama hats 81 each.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
Dnnham's Yeast powder.

STRAW ventilating hats at cOhen's
on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15

HARRY f. MELLERsHs news stand,
los Beal street, is in full blast. All the
popular literature of the day, including
Bow Bells, constantly on hand. l9t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
VENT1LATING hats at Cohen's.

NOIice.
Subscribers not receiving the PUBLIC
LEDGER regularly, will please leave
complaint at the Office. Others desiring
to subscribe leave their names and num-
Der of their residence or place of bust
ness, and it will meet with prompt atten-
ton. JOE LOCKE,
Superintendent City Circulation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
FOR LEASE.

TSoR IEAsE-L0Ts IN DIFFERENT POR-
II tiOns of the city, on long time and reason
able terms. JOHN 0VERT0N, JR.,
2o-f 26t Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-15
FOR zERT

EOR RENT-FR0M JUNE lsT, RESI-
T. dence No. 139 Madison street, Greenlaw
Block contains IL or IA rooms. Apply TO A
@. Dennis 292 Main street. OCT
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
ACQUITTAL OF BEECEER.
The Report of the Investigating gO,n
mittcc.


The Committee of distinguished
citizens of New York, and members of
of Piymuouh, church appointed to in
vestigate the charges against Henry
Ward Beecher, made the following re-
port:
Upon a review of all the evidence
made, with an earnest desire to find
the truth, and TO advise what truth and
justice shall require, we feel bound to
state that, in our Judgment, the evil
deuce relied ON by the accuscr utterly
fails TO sustain the charges.
STATEMENT or CONCLUSIONS.
First. We find from the evidencathat
the Rev Henry Ward Beecher did not
cOmmitad withMrs. Elisabeth r..
Tilton either Mt the time or times. place
or places, set forth i'm the third and
fourth subdivisions Of Mr. Millions
statement, nor at any other time or
place whatever.
Sc cond. We find from the evidence
that Mr.. Beechcr has never committed
any unchaste or improper act with
Mrs. Tilton, nor made any unchaste or
improper remark, ,proffer or solicitation
w llIl VI al hlllN VI NtSNl Illbli NltL-
ever.
Third If this were a question of err
rors of judgment on the part of Mr..
Beecher it would be easily to criticsie,
especially in the light of recent events.
In such criticism, even to the extent
of regrets and censure, we are sure
no man would join moresincerely than
Mr.. Beecher himself
Fourth. We find nothing whatever
in the evidence that should impair the
perfect confidence ceofPlymouthC Church
or the world in the Christian charac.
ter and integrity of Henry Ward
Beecher, and now let the peace OF
God, that passeth all understanding
rest and abide with Plymouth Church
and her beloved and eminent pastor
so much and so long afflicted.
HENRY NJ. CLEvELAND
HENRY w. SAGE,
AUGUSTUS SToRRs,
HORACE B, CLAFIIN,
JOHN WINSLOW,
$. Y. WHITE,
Committee Of Investigation,
Brooklyn, Aug, p, 1874.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

ask the white people Of the State how
long Is such q state of affairs to be tol-
Grated, and Is there no redress for these
Outrages2
"Rcs0ircd, That we solemnly declare
to the people of this State that we de
sire peace and the privilege to make an
honest living.n
The following letter was read from
Governor Brown:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, NASHVILLE,
TENN, Aug. -, 1874. i.-Messrs. Meni-
fee and others, Committee Nashville,
Tennessee: Sirs: Your communication
Of this date was handed to me few
minutes since, advising me of pro-
posed meeting at Liberty Hall this
evening to consider alleged acts of re-
cent violence in the State, with a view
to contribute your Influence to prevent
their recurrence.
This laudable purpose followed up in
the same pacific spirit manifested in
your letter, can not fall to induce simi-
lar action by citizens of both colors,
and contribute to a speedy restoration
of good feeling among all classes, with
out which no community can be pros
porous or happy.
) hNNI NV AioHul 2 Nbh VI my NtAl AANs1A
desire to have the laws impartially and
certainly executed. | will exhaust
every legal remedy to protect every
citizen of the state in the enjoyment
of every civil and political right, with
out regard to race or color, and unceas-
ing and vigilaut efforts shall be made
to defect and punish with the utmost
rigor of the law the offenders to whom
YOU refer, as well rs all others who out
rage society as they have done.
Although | can not attend your
meeting this evening, | am desirous,
by all means within my power, to
promote the purposes expressed by
you, as / understand your letter. l
take the liberty to counsel prudence
and moderation i'm your deliberations,
to the end that unnatural excitement,
femented Ivy imprudent and unwise
counsels may be allayed and good
feeling restored all over the State.
Violence, both in words and acts, kim
dies strife, while kind words and pa
cific couusels beget a spirit of forbear-
ance and friendship.
The late hour at which your letter
reached me forbids further reply.
Respectfully,
JOHN G. Brown,
Governor.
To Messrs. a. Menifee, John Me-
Gowan, w. l.. Irwin, Committee.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
JUSTIFYING THE MASSACRE.
a Trenton Man Condemns The " Tncar-
nate Devils"

4 correspondent of the Nashville
Union 4: american writing from Tren-
ton claims that the butchery of six
teen colored prisoners was in " selfde-
fense.n He says;
Certain parties here are pretending
to condemn the shooting Of these wills
lains at Trenton. The majority of
our people have no words to condemn
them. They all, while deprecating
lynch law, concur in the opinion that
the fate OF these inCgrnate devils is but
what they so richly deserve. We have
no patience with those who, far out of
the reach of these troubles, and know
ing nothing of the terrible storm that
was lowering for weeks over us, can
condemn US for protecting our lives
and the virtue Of our dear ones. Let
such people 20 North where no such
storms come. Their ideas are too high.
The people sleeping upon mine, like
| those Of Milan, Pickettsvile and Hope
HILL have no time to argue. They
think they needed action and prompt
action, As a community, we have a
right TO self-detense, the same as an in
dividual. No man need cry hands
oF!o when the torch is at the door of
Jile upllltS pi our people. Inc laws
delay - is proverbial, and while we are
idly sending TO Trenton for writs of
arrest for these men and arguing
against the sin of mob law, these
negroes might violate the persons of a
dozen ladies, burn n hundred houses
and kill as many men.
We, of Milan stood alOof and suf-
fered the indignant and wronged citi
Zens to put an eternal quietus upon
these negroes; we think they did riglg
and we can't condemn them, for no one
knows what day the storm may break
upon us at Milan. All Of these out
breaks at far distant points in the
South at once point TO an organized
and systematic plan to carry out their
object 1t is not the result Of accident.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

arrest Of one Joe Johnson for the kill
ing of Albert, and what did they do q?
They released him on bond of $4,000
without the hearing of evidence. This
where the warrant read for murder in
the first degree If tho citizens OF
SomerviIle regret this affair, as they
profess TO do, why do they try to shield
the guilty? The fact is the only regret
they have is that the atrocious work
was not done better. l have written
this statement simply from the fact
that there has been but little truth i'm the
statements already published. / would
further state, in Justice to the colored
people, that they have never thought
of coming in to burn the town. They
have not been armed or prepared in
any way to get up n riot, the rioting
being exclusively by the whites.
TRUTH.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
DETAILS OF THE TRENTON MAS.
SACRF.
How the KuktuN cot the Prison ers
and Killed Them.

How the KukIuN DOT the Prisoners
and Killed Them.
TRENTON, August 26.-About four
hundred armed and disguised mounts
ed men entered this town at two o'clock
this morning, proceeded to the Jail, and
demanded the keys Of the iailOr, Mr..
Alexander. He refused to give up the
keys. Sheriff Williams, hearing the
noise, awoke and went to the Jail, and
refused to surrender the KEYS to the
maskers, telling them that he cid not
have the keys. They cooked their pis.
tolls, and he refused again to give them
the keys, WhereupOn the captain the
company ordered the masked men to
draw their pistols and cock them,
swearing they would have the keys or
shoot the iailOr. The jailur told them
to shoot and be d-d; aud said they
were too id cowardiy to shoot. They
failed TO DO this. Then they threaten
ed TO tear down the jail or yet the
prisoners. The jailor told them that
rather than they should tear down the
Jail be would give them the keys if
they would go with him TO his office.
The jailor di this because he saw that
the men were determined to break
through. "They were all disguised.
They then came" says the Sheriff,
" and got the keys from my office, aud
giving three or four yells, went to the
Jail, unlocked it, took out the sixteen
negroes who had been brought here
from Pickettsville, (Gibson), and tying
their hands, escorted them away.
They proceeded on the Huntingdon
road without saying a word, and in
fifteen minutes | heard shots. In COM
pany with several citizens, | proceed
ed down the road in the direction taken
10y the men and prisoners, and just be-
yond the river bridge, halfa mile from
town, | found four negroes dead on the
ground, their bodies riddled with bull
lets, and two wounded. We saw no
masked men. Ten negroes yet remain
unaccOInted for. Leaving the dead
bodies where we found them, we
brought the two wounded negroes to
town, aud summoned medical aid.
Justice J. NJ. Cardwell held an inquest
on the bodies, the verdict being in ac-
cordauCe with the facts, that death
resulted from shots inflicted by guns
i'm the hands Of unknown parties.
Tonight there are no new develop
meutS, but several shots were heard in
"a SRuAAlNl II VII fNtlblls 1 ilt ANAI W bNlllNl~
ed negroes will die. The bodies of the
ten other negroes taken from the Jail
were found IN the river-bottom, about
a mile from town.
THE following are the names of ten
Of the negroes who were murdered by
the mob: George Greene, Steve Bry-
ant, Dan Williams, Bob Love, Dick
Shaw, Dug Jamison, Hays PEBBLES,
jarrett Burrows, Alfred Williams and
Nick Ivey.
HUMBOLDT, Aug. %, G;30P. m.-The
aegroes Mt humboldt are excited be-
youd all reason, many fleeing last
night and to-day to the woods through
fear Of mole~tation. Marshal j. w,
Pickler, of Humboldt, made several
speeches to the negroes to-day, assur-
ing them that no injury was to be
feared by them from citizens Of the
town or neighborhood, For several
days past the negroes complained that
they feared an attack from the kukluX
. From Ncmphi8 Appcm Specials.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

would be powerful indeed that would
induce the negroes TO form a mob and
attact the whites They never made
an attact. Whenever there is fight
the negroes are upon the defensive,
and whenever anybody is killed it is II
negro or a negroes. They feel their in
feriority, aud know that they must go
to the wall if Il bloody issue is made,
and making that issue is the last
thing they will do. In the late Somer-
vile, Tenn, fight we are told that
when the shooting commenced 1.-THE
negroes rapidly left town, it was
thought, for rreinforcements." Any one
who is acquainted with the negro
character knows very well that they
'!left town mot for reinforcements,b but
to prevent being shot.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
NEW YORK.
poecher Swears to the Falsity Of
Tilton's Statement.
Grasshoppers Immlgrnting 90 tne
south.

GrRsshOppers 'tmmigrating 90 tIe
south.
New YORK. Aug, 25.-Beecher has
made an affidavit containing an explicit de-
rial of all the charges made in the allega,
ton of the complainant brought against
him by Theodore Tlton, except the spcei-
fcation, that he CTiltonL Lhad been married 10
Elizabeth NJ, Richards now Elizabeth r.
Tilton.
NEW YORK, August 2S.-The report
of the Investigating Committee was
read by Professor Raymond. During
the reading of the report frequent in
terruptiOns were caused by the applause
which followed certain passages sus-
tanning Beecher, and outbursts of
laughter were drawn out by any allu-
siOns to MoultOn and his participation
in the matter. The concluding portion
of the report and summing up Of the
committee We're received with waving
of handkerchiefs, hats, &c, and the
applause which greeted its ending was
almost deafening.
During the Church meeting, after
the report had been read, Raymond
said that in all that vast evidence taken
before the committee he claimed that
there was not n single line which dis
pIONeu IltuIy w dIu IDeetuSI > story.
The speaker recapitulated some pOr-
tions of the evidence taken before the
committee. In referring to Mr.. Moul-
toms part in the affair, he said: "Mr.
Francis ID. MoultOn has tried to poison
the minds ofmen against Mr. Beecher.n -
This seemed to raise Moulton, and,
standing up erect, he glared at the
speaker and exclaimed twice, in tones
which echoed through the building,
"You're q liar, sir" Instantly all was
confusion, and men and women rose
to their feet the latter mounting on
the seats and joining i'm the cry with q
hearty good will of, "Put him outW
"Shame, sirW &c, &C., mingled
with loud and prolonged kissing,
in the midst of which Mr..
| Holiday came forward and making
. himself heard above the din partially
restored order, by saying gentlemen, let
him set still and hear the truth" But
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
- - ~ .
THAT WAR OF RACES.
what An Ola Correspondents Think
of II.

Redneld," who is certainly not
" radical" " correspondent, writes to the
Cincinnati Commercial as follows:
In all my experience in the South, /
never knew a fracas between the men
of each race but what, if anybody was
killed, it was a negro. 1t is almost in
variably so. And let me warn you
against believing the accounts you see
i'm Southern papers of riots and fights
in which negroes are involved. Always
these accounts blame the negroes for
beginning. The negroes never begin
a difficulty in the sense in which the
Southern accounts charge them. They
are a peaceable, d0Cile race, far more
than our own. A negro will stand ten
times more maltreatment without re-
sentiment than viii a whiteman, aud
especially a Southern white man. The
" negro mOb5 that we read Of IN the
Southern papers are more often myths
than otherwise, The sense Of injury
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
What the coIOrcd Men of Nashville

At meeting of coIored men held
in Nashville, Thursday evening, the
following resolutions were read 4
" WHEREAS, We have heard with
feelings Of deep regret the iuflamma-
tory speeches Of Gems. Bate and
Quarles, also of other men Of pr0mi-
nence from the different parts Of the
State, and which, from their effects
upon a certain class of people, have
caused us much concern and maltreat-
ment and,
WHEREAS, The daily and other
papers of this county and State join
them in declaring that the social rights
Of the whites are in danger from us
also that a war of races is imminent
and that the negro must be put down.;
and,
" WHEREAS, We are peaceable and
law-abiding citizens, both of the State
and the Government of the United
States, and have done nothing as peo-
pie to merit the abuses and bad treat-
ment which we are enduring and have
endured F; and,
" WHEREAS, We believe that such
speeches and writings have excited
many of the whites TO undue violence
towards us, such rs the following out.
RACES committed during this months:
The killing of Sandy PEBBLES in Ruth.
erford county, by masked men on the
evening Of the 5th inst; the murder at
Kingston Springs, Of Robt, Banks, a
peaceable man, in open day light by
one Kellam, who is roaming at large /;
the cold blooded murder of b. H. Mel
son gt Pulaski I'm the dQy. the foul and
atrocious murder oil Julia Hayden, the
colored female teacher at Hartsville
on the 22d, and the lyuching and shoot
ing Of the sixteen Colored men by
masked men in Gibson county ON the
25th inst; and,
"WHEREAs, None of the assassins in
the above, leases have been brought to
Justice; therefore,
"Bs 10 Resolved, That in justice to
ourselves and those we represent. we
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
THE KUKlUX IN GIBSON COUNTY.
rive More CoIored Prisoners Unae-
counted For,

The Memphis AralaacHc, an inde-
pendent conservative paper, deals Wig
orously with the Gibson county out
laws, and the timidity Of the law off,
GERS. In its issue Of 3Oth August, il
says:
The conduct of the officers of the
law in Gibson county in dealing with
the alarming condition of affairs, is
timid, weak and reprehensible. The
Circuit Court is, and has been i'm ses-
sion, the Sheriff is there, and the Dis
trict Attorney General-but have any
arrests been made of the murderers?
We have not heard of single one
we have not heard that any effort has
been made to find out the guilty
wretches. On the contrary, it is true
that five hundred or a thousand white
men are in arms, securing the county
and going into every nook and corner
hunting for armed negroes. Only five
of these have been found, and on sus-
piciOn We're committed by the Justice
of the Peace at HOpeville, and turned
over to a constable TO be sent to jail
But they We're taken out of the
hands fthe constable by masked men,
who have not accounted for them.
While they are arresliug negroes why
not search for and find the Cut-thrOats
who iUrCibly took from the Jail the
sixteen prisoners and murdered them
| Why has not the sheriff summoned
| the white men who are already IN
arms as posse and go after themasSed
men? Why not arrest all the scOuua
! drels, white and black
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

Tue Murfreesboro' NolCo says there
have been twelve cold blooGed muir
ders in Rutherford county since last
January. Whata fearful commentary
on the state of society in one of the
wealthiest, and most populous counties
in the State! We may point with hor-
ror to the state of aflairs in South
Carolina and Louisiana, but is there
not a crying demand for improvement
in portions of our own State
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

WHILE Houk was writing his pro-
position to submit his claims to a cou-
vention, called at his dictation, he was
hedging even against its decision by
writing to his friends that he was a
candidate until the day Of election
convention or no convention.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

SOME of the West Tennessee poll
ticians having sown to the wind are
reaping the whirlwind. In the recent
elections they made frantic appeals to
the " white mans party" The legiti-
mate results Of their incendisry har-
angues is the murder of colored men
and women in nearly every county in
Middle and West Tennessee. Now
General Forrest, JEFF. Davis see the
tendency Of their teachings and are
calling halt.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE publishes

TIE WEEKLY CHRONICLE publishes
IN crcJy issue facts about the soil, climate, pro-
ductj0as, price Of lands, and advantages altered
to Immigrants In East Tennessee. These aJti-
c'es are intended to afford reliable Information
10 s.raagers, and are prepared CAREFULLY and
gf5rd The cheapest and most reliable igjo.ma-
ton ojtamab'e. Specimen copies Of tie paper
sent on application. For terms see third page.
TO CORRESPONDENTS- We desire uc,rs
from oil parts Of East Tennessee. Short and
pointed letters, full Of NEWS, are especially de-
siraJle. But as re cannot gire 70 acbiocaiity
or to each eceut The space or prominence they
sometimes merit, we beg our correspondents 10
be brief. Write Whdt you lrdnt in a fer trords.
Such communications dicdys are acceptable.
We cannot ind time to re-trrite longcommuni-
cations TO condease them Is often impossible
in the hurry Of our uork. Be Shorthand spicy
That Is the secret Of success in norspaper
ts'itinO