Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-25


The most popular street dresses now are
sacks-on.
A wag about town says the new Lib
eral organization ought to be called the
"'arf and 'arf" party.
A man named Byrd few days age
mysteriously few away, leaving $ll4 in
the hands of the police.
The Feast of Tabernacles commenced
among the Hebrews last evening, and
will continue for seven days.
The dummies in some of our dry
goods stores are now engaged in showing
off shawls of the loudest" patterns.
The Irish Literary Association Of this
city has selected two delegates to attend
the Immigration Convention at st. Louis
next month.
The fair ones who scarcely go any
where except to plays and church and
rout and revel" have returned from the
watering-places.
Sharp thieves are on their rounds
again. One entered the house of Mr..
Chris Giles last evening, and stole gold
watch and ring.
The Memphis Literary Society will
meet next Saturday night, I'd Of October.
when the subject announced will be de.
bated, and at which time Prof. Mitchell
will deliver an grafton.
The Board of County Commissioners
has appointed Louis and Merriman to
represent the county and casts it stock
vote at the Memphis and Louisville lee
ton on the 4th of next month.
The Sisters of Charity, who make nc
show Of benevolence, but like good angels
90 to places of misery and despair, and
silently uplift poor sinners, are worth
all the women's rights women in the
land.
The Chamber of Commerce meets at
3 o'clock this afternoon to consider and
take action upon the merchants tax bill
report drawn up by Messrs. VIM. R.
Moore, B. Eiseman, John S. Toof, Henry
G. Smith and VIM. M Harrington.
Two thousand copies of Capt Trask's
report on the Trade of Memphis " are
now at the Chamber of Commerce. Mer-
chants can procure extra copies from the
Secretary, and every one of them ought
to take at least dozen. To show how
valuable the report is, we present near a
column of statistics CLEANED from it
which we have epitomized for the con-
venience of our readers under the cap.
ton of business"
The motion of Mr. Beecher,i in the Dick
ems habsas corpus case, that "the petition
itself showed the defendant was not ille-
gally restrained of his liberty, and that
the indictment being for murder in the
first degree, the Court could not go
behind it, but must dismiss the petition"
will be argued this evening. If the mo-
ton is sustained, it will end the habeas
corpus quarrel; if overruled, DIR.
Lynch's testimony will be taken, and the
trial proceeded with.
Let people say what they may about
our young men, some of them, we know,
are industrious and entcrprising, and de-
serve encouragement. Our young friend
Henry Moode will issue, on the 18th of
October next, an eight-page advertising
paper, to be called the Commercial Ad-
certiser, five thousand copies of which
will be distributed gratis. As well as ad-
vertisements, it will contain reading mat
ter on cotton, finance and railroad SUBJ
jects. 1t will be issued semi-monthly du-
ring the business season.
A New York capitalist thus writes to
Dick Baugh, our City CONTROLLER 81
can see no other way to raise the credit
of your city than by increasing the taxes
on your city and county property, from
which there is no escape, and in these
prosperous times you can 80 easily do.
1t is your true and honest policy, as there
can be no escape from paying your bonds
unless an earthquake sinks your city.
Her property is liable for every cent Of
il il, and the sooner yon gradually provide
for it, all the better; and but for your
unwarrantable delay in this matter your
bonds would sell here at or above par !"
Whewl We are already taxed almost to
death.