Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-04

ny Indiana is governed to a large
extent by mob law under the Judge
Lynch System. Sixteen cases havebeen
recorded where, within the past two
months, the citizens have, by taking the
law into their own hands, secured the
punishment of hotIeuders. Congress
should by oil means guarantee to
Indiana a republican form Of govern
ment, even IL necessary to reduce the
State to territory.
psA- A late number Of BlacksOod
furnishes the valuable and astonishing
intelligence that Gen. jackson owed
his elevation to his having fought the
British at New Orleans, aud having
served with distinction in the war against
Mexico" Parton would have been glad
to have found this out The writer
states Of Abraham Lincoln, that he
chad in his youth been a float boat
man" meme.
E6- A blind man had been sitting one
day and pleasantly chatting with some
visitors for an hour, when one Of them
wished the company good morning, and
left the room. What white teeth that
lady has p said the sarcastic blind man.
How do you possibly tell thatY' said
friend. because" was the ready
answer, for the last half hour she has
done nothing but laugh"
BeH. Last week man was being tried
before Judge Mitchell, in Washington,
N. c., for the crime of horse stealing;
the jury had just retired to find their YER
dict, when an auction bell was heard
announcing the sale of some bank prop
eriy. Everybody being interested imme-
diately left the courtroom, and the
prisoner walked out with the crowd and
left for parts unknown.
p9- A company of United States sol
diers was sent from Petersburg to Dan
vile on Thursday of last week. The
Iader gives as the reason for the move
ment that the negroes near Danville are
organizing military companies, and the
soldiers are sent to disband those already
organized, and to prevent the formation
of others. -rrT m -~@
Da- 1t is understood that General
Withers will Immediately institute pro-
ceedings in the Circuit Court Of the
United States to test the legality of his
election from the Mayors Office by mill
tary order The Hon. John A. Camp
bell, and R. H. Smith and Rufus An
drews, Esqrs., have been retained as
counsel for Gen. Withers. r-a
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B6r A large railway company of the
East has adopted system in wages
which promises to do away with vexa-
tious strikes. The laborers employed
are payed the price of barrel of -four
per week as the most just and satisfac-
tory mode of measuring the value Of
labor.
Ids- Lieut.. Gen. Sherman and staff
arrived in Chicago Friday morning,
from st. Louis, and left in the afternoon
via the Northwestern railroad for Omaha
and the plains. He will command in
person the military movements against
the Indians
H% Among other popular errors is
the idea that Stokes is travelling with
Etheridge No such thing. Etheridge
skinned him in Court Square, then
stuffed the skin with wool at the Green
law, and is carrying it around for
exhibition.
BG The Philadelphia Loyal League
offers prizes for essays on the best
method of providing by law for 1.-THE
nomination of candidates for Office"
Some rich essays might be written on
that theme, also on holding Office.
B1~ Et tn Brute Wendell Phillips
says that Horace Greeley has done many
things to try the patience of his friends,
but his late step caps the climax of
infamy. 1t is the last strain on the
camel's back.
19- The New York Freeman Jour
nal, oflast week, says: Let us prepare
to repudiats the Lincoln ~ss deb. When
we do that, labor will once more make
good living for the laborers"
FROM RICHMOND.