Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-16
From Now York.

yet ftcONeftu. DcmOCfN hhu hoPuo-
lican, all have gone stark mad. The
whirl of political excitement took in
everybody here Of political turn Of
mind" and thousands and thousands OF
folks, from seemingly every nook and
Granny of this universal Yankee nation.
But the nominations are made, and now
both the great parties are pitching into
campaigning.
Governor Seymour and General Blair
last evening at Tammany Hall, accepted
the nominations. There was o deal Of
enthusiasm.
In the midst of Republican and Demo-
cratic bugles and cannon, bonfres, aags,
spread-eagls oratious, dust and noise
and heat, and the and.so. iorths Of politi-
cal warfare, we can't help wishing the
campaign were over.
Aside from political affairs, the peo-
pie of this goodly town are inclined to
be quiet just now Business wags on in
its own provokingly dull way; crime is
about on the average line; there is only
about the usual amount of gossip; the
weather seems inclined to put on those
dog. day airs which offend everybody,
etc., etc.
The sporting world has gone to sleep.
Some time ago, in letter from this
city, we alluded to advertisements pub
lished in the Hamburg papers for gov
ernesses Of good education and agree
able manners, etc., stating that the ad-
vertiser was from Crosby street, of this
city. Since then we have seen the fol-
lowing from the World:
A FEMALE SLAVE Trade There
seems to be no doubt that an Infamous
traffic, which has for years been carried
on betweenLondon and the great towns OF
Northern Germany. has been opened
between those towns and New York.
The North German journals land not the
North German journals only come to us
with advertisements dated in Crosby,
Mercer, and other notorious streets OF
this city, in which the advertisers invite
we'll educated and agreeable young Ger
man ladies of good family to come out
to America as governesses. Agencies
in Hamburg and Bremen are established
to provide the victims of this atroclous
trade with the means of reaching New
York, and harpies, ready at New York
wharvcs upon their arrival, soon put
them beyond the reach of human help.
Language is too weak to brand this VII
Iainy as it deserves to be branded, but
the law cannot be too weak to arrest ITS
progress. The commissioners OF emf
grafton and the municipal authorities on
both sides of the Atlantic should lose no
time in taking active and efficient steps
for putting stop to this iuconceivably
horrible form of the slave trade.
The Tribune acquiesces in the PROPOSE
ton, but insists that the same protection
be given to Americans which is sought for
others, asserting that there can be no
safety for unprotected innocence until an
aroused and chastened public sentiment
shall Indignantly, resistlessly demand
the utter determination of houses of ILL
fame. 1t says: "If our laws simply con-
fiscated the premises perverted, with
their owners privity, to the vile uses of
the blackleg or the libertine, there would
be speedy cessation of such advertising
as the World so properly deprecates." "
1t is possible that there are other cities
on this continent where the suggestion
might be studied with profit.
One of the latest Fifth avenue novel
ties is a gentlemen's hair-dressing es-
tablishment conducted by lady, with
feminine assistants How delightful, ye
bachelors
Our people continue to leave the city,
for the watering places, in droves. Well,
we don't blame them; we would go our
selves if we could. A seat on mossy
bank in the shade Of the great trees,
stroll on the sea beach, or ramble high
up on the mountain, are quite as desir-
able, in these sultry days, as being baked
on hagstone.
The bricklayers' strike continues. The
master builders, and others connected
with building, still adhere to their deter
mination not to accept eight hours as
full days labor. Many of the men who
engaged in the strike are now willing to
resume labor on the old terms, but when
they attempt this, the plasterers, carpen-
ters, and others who belong to trade So
cieties, Immediately, in accordance with
an agreement made by the Workingmen's
Union, strike against them, and thus the
employers are debarred from employing
even those men who wish to work. Many
of the master builders will find it almost
impossible to fulfil their contracts. The
strikers are reported to have command
of ample funds. 1t is hard to tell which
party will be victorious, but it may safely
be assumed that in any event the result
will be disastrous. CLITo.
One Hundred Miles in Twenty-three
Hours.
From the New Haven (Conn.l Palladium. June
Mr.. Sweet accomplished his great un-
dertaking of walking one hundred miles
in twenty-three hours, and had six min
uies to spare. He began at ?. m. last
Friday, and at 3:45 pm. Saturday con-
cluded it. As he finished the enthusiasm
was immense, and Mr.. S. was carried
from the track, the band playing, etc. 1t
will be remembered that during the lat
ter part of the attempt Mr.. s. walked in
full glare Of blazing sun, thermometer
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