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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-30
Meeting of the Shelby County Dem.
oeraIie Executive Committee.

At meeting Of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee Of Shelby county,
held in the CircRit Court room yesterday,
Mr. Woodward in the chair, il was
ResOlUed, That the resignation Of Mr..
W. K. Hunt. rendered through the chair
man. be accepted. Adopted.
ResolreS, That Mr.. A. s. Woodward
act a. chairman pro TEN. of the commit
tee. Adopted.
Resolued, That Mr.. Harvey Mathes be
elected secretary Of the committee.
Adopted.
Resolred, That the Demoetatic party
Of Shelby county hold a convention for
the purpose Of making nominations for
the various judgeships and attorney
Rsneralships TO be filed on the 9th OF
Nav. Adopted.
Resolved, That the Democratic and
Conservative citizens Of Shelby county
are requested and urged to hold primary
meetings in the several wards and dis
tricis on Thursday evening, next. aud
elect delegates upon basis OF popula-
ton Of voters 70 be declared by this CON-
mittee. TO q convention 10 be held on the
Saturday succeeding, at such place as
the Chairman OF this Exeectve Com NIT
tee may designate. Adopted.
ResOlced, That committee OF three
be appointed 70 correspond with gentle
men in the country on the subject OF
primary meetings. Adopted.
The Chairman appointed IS such com
mittee Messrs. II. N. Caldwell, II. b.
HAYNES and II. trby.
ResolUed, That the spportionment OF
delegates among the voters Of Shelby
county be in the ratio Of one 10 every
hundred, and one 20 every fraction Of
one hundred over ffiy, taking the vote
cast at the last Presidential election 10
the wards Of the city, and two delegates
10 each civil district outside Of the city.
Adopted, and the following declared 70
b. the apportionmeut:
First Ward, II delsgsiesi Second, s.
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MISSISSIPPI.

JACKSON, April 30 General Ames
has issued an order to the assessors &c
proceed to the enrolment of all persons
eligible for jury duty, without regard to
race, color or previous condition.
The continuous rains Of the past eight
days have swollen all the streams and
stopped the trains from running on the
Vicksburg and Meridian railroad. The
damage cant be repaired within the next
ten days. and the Superintendent of the
road advises that the mails for Vicksburg
be sent by way of Memphis or New o.
leans. The Big Black river is a mile
and half wide at the railroad bridge,
and the crops are seriously damaged and
will have to be replanted.
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Response 10 democrat"

EDITOR LEDGER-Sir The communi-
cation of Democrat in your yester-
day evening issue requires little atten-
ton, as it indirectly attempts TO resurrect
so rotten, defunct and dangerous an in
stitution as Know Nothingism." That
is dead issue" 1t was gotten up for
the purpose of ostracising the rights Of
those without whom Democracy, under
our present political regime, would also
be "a dead issue" But it had so great
load to carry that its bottom fell out of
its own weight. / would, therefore, sug.
gest to democrat the proprie,y OF
thinking as much as he chose, but say
ing as little as possible upon this sub
ject, as be will doubtless find j, bad egg
with which to settle the coffee of his peli.
teal aspirations, if be has any. / am
not aware that any political party has
"gone INTO Canada to get candidates
for Office at our approaching Judicial
elections, but | know many Canadians
who have come here and brought their
trunks, carpet bags and valises with
them. and they not only came to stay"
but intend to do so; and especially 30, as
they are asked, invited and encouraged
to do SO by the united press Of the city.
/ understand one of them is candidate
for Office at the approaching election,
and if "Democrat means TO insinuate
that he ever affiliated in any way, shape
or manner with any but the white mans
party he is mistaken he was reared upon
different Cruel from that which some
people feed Oh, and he now proposes to
take II straight. without even the season
ing which might be had by exhuming
the carcass Of that rotten and defGEct
institution which Democrat is SMELL
ing around.
If"Demoerat desires an Office, Just
let him submit his claims to the ConVen-
lion to be held in few days, and if be
possesses greater fitness for the position
than his neighbors, no doubt the Con-
veution will see il and their choice will
fall on him. But 10 the meantime he
should not be so ungenerous "a TO spout
dirty water on those whs are willing to
submit their claims TO the Convention
abide by the result, and support the
nominees for the various positions to be
filled; and especially so as this Conven-
ton will doubtless be composed of re
spectacle and sensible gentlemen who
will make merit the test regardless Of ma
tionality. Respectfully,
aDRuoopaT
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Third, 10; Fourth. 6; Fifth, 8; Sixth, s.
Seventh, 6; Eighth, 8; Ninth, 2; Tenth
total, So.
First District, 2 delegates; I'd, p; 3D.
2; 4th, 2; 9th. 2; 7th, 2; Sth, 2; 9Th, q
10th, 2; 18th, 2; 18th, 2; 18th, 2; 10Th
2; nth, 2; total, sc.
No proxies admitted to represent the
appointees.
Resoired, That committee of three
be appointed by the Chair. to take into
consideration the expediency Of a State
Convention for the nomination of caHdi-
dates for the Supreme Bench, and re-
port at the next meeting of the Executive
Committee.
Adopted, and Messrs. Heating, Towns
end and Durff appointed.
The committee then adjourned, subject
to the call of the Chair.
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ST. LOUIH.

81. LOUIS, April sO.-The creditors Of
the Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship
Company held meeting yesterday, at
which It was decided TO wind up the
company and sell is remaing steamers.
This company started about Eve years
ego with capital Of $4,000 and
twenty-ibrse Of the finest steamers on
the Western rivers. ell Of which except
Eve have been destroyed. either BY Gre,
explosion or sinking. The boats 10 be
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B. B. BARKER, Secretary.

Rev. DR.. Winfield, of the Arkansas
conference, will preach the annual SER
mon Sunday, the 18th of June next, at
the State Female College, and Honorable
Duncan MeRae will deliver the annual
literary Grafton at commencement, the
l7th following. We understand that
there will be fine class of graduates,
and doubt not that the series of public
exercises at that time will be Of great in.
terest.
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III. S. Lee. lhe short Candidate.

EDIToRs LEDGER: A correspondent Of
the daily Sun Of this morning, speaking
Of the Radical meeting at Central Point
the other night and the different
speakers, mentions the huge effort "
of Harry Lee, "the short candidate"
What does he mean by that7 Capt Lee,
| think, is full six feet tall. ! have not
observed that bis feet, fingers, arms,
nose or hands are lacking Of due proper
tons to the rest OF mis- person. Why,
then, is be a short candidate7" Is il
his short-coming, his shori-sightedness,
or short penetration 2 Here, then, is the
standing conundrum Of the sealavag
canvass: Why is Harry Lee "thc short
candidate ]" A cup to the man who
will explain. CuFFY.
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Washington kilograms 10 the Boston
Journal give the following: President
Grant said on Monday 10 q personal
friend that he had read the able speech
Of Mr.. Sumner on the depredatious com.
mitted by Anglo-rebel armed ships three
times, and that be now saw the question
in its true light Instead Of regarding il
as a mere bill Of damages for the depre-
daiions committed BY the Alabama, and
other piratieal vessels, some Of the Pres
idents Cabinet are understood TO regard
Mr.. Summers speech as 4 declaration
that there can ie no further negotiations
until Great Britain admits that she acted
badly; and conseq nently they express
the wish that the speech had not been
made, or rather that it had not been
published.
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.ru,,pertarisu ~

EDITOR LEDGER: In your issue OF yes
terday evening appeared an article OF
the above subject, and signed u. 81
upon which beg leave to make few
comments in behalf of the laboring per.
ton of my fellow.citizens, and il possible
| to eradicate, as far as / can, the effects
of that sugar-coated pill" called I'm
perialism from the minds of the many
who are turning a willing car to the in,
sidious voice of the siren; and are ready
to abandon the principles for which their
ferefathsrs shed so much precious blood,
and organize form of government
wholly incompatible with anything per-
tanning to freedom of speech or action
81. s." says: "When Germany offers us
her civilizing institutions of the printing
press and lager beer, to supplant our ig-
norance and iohisky, and We see by their
introduction that crime is wonderfully
decreased, shall we decline their benefits
on the score Of their nativity~ From
which we are left to infer that the citizens
of America owe their knowledge TO the
institutions of Germany" and that, be-
cause of that transfer of knowledge from
Germany to America, we should also
adopt her form of Government Surely
impudence is valuable acquisition to
the thoughts and actions of some men
In the first place, If we owe our knowl-
edge to 1.-THE institutions of Germany,
and our morality to the neutraliziDg
effect of lager beer, pray 40 whom do we
owe our wealth, or even our country ?
Should we not, on the same grounds,
make this monarchial or imperial gov
eminent 1.-THE terms are synonymous) be-
cause it once was such And thereby
ignore and trample under foot the very
wishes of the neble heroes of '76, who fell
battling for a republican form of govern
ment. 1t is an easy matter to promise
Z" freedom Of the press, of speech, etc,
under an imperial government, but where,
in the histories of nations, can you find
that it has been accorded; or whore
power has not been wofully abused in
such matters2
Again. in case such government
should be formed here, who would
be the mobility 2" Not the poor
mani Nay, verify That
would devolve upon the s0neyed men of
our country, who even now verge on the
style of life, so consistent
with the form of government they pro-
pose to give us. And in such case,
what ambition will poor man have2
What incentive to action in the matter
Of his own or bis children's education
will be have2 Will the poor people not
rather degenerate from the high standard
of wisdom which they have attained
under the present Government, and
throw us into a turmoil of superstition
and fansticism, than become eminent or
under the proposed change 2
This is an important question, and
should be we'll considered before change
is made in our affairs that will perhaps
render us a weak and imbecile nation
forever. Therefore let us take heed, lest
we commit al error, for which there will
be no remedy but continued scenes Of
strifel T. L. K.
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PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, April 29.-The build
ing, corner Twenty-first and Race streets,
built for skating rink, used for the Odd
Fellows ball on Monday evening last,
was destroyed by fire tonight. No par.
ticulars of the loss. The building was
one of the largest in the country. The
dancing floor accommodated five thou
sand persons with ease.
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IiverpooI Cotton Market.

Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, by Southern Pacific
and Atlantic Telegraph.
LIVERPOOL, April 30, ll:l5 a.m.-The
cotton market opens frner; middling up
lands, 1l51; Orleans, l25d. Estimated
sales for the day, 10000 bales. Sales for
the week, 1000 bales, of which amount
5000 were for exports and 6O00 to specu-
lators. Stock on hand, 35l 900 bales
l68 600 are American.
LIVERPOOL, April 30, l:20 p Cotton
market unchanged; uplands, lls1; Or
leans, 1871; sales. 10000 bales. Stock
aaoat, 4s7, OO0-l82, 900 are American.
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sold are the Lady Gay, Pauline Carroll,
W. r, Arthsr, Continental and Olive
Branch; also, very large and valuable
wharfboat The sale will be at auction,
after twenty days notice, and for cash.
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GEORGIA.

SAVANNAH, April 3O.-The ship Sus-
sex, from Mobile, with cargo of cotton,
grain and oil cake for Liverpool, has
been towed in here with her cargo on
fire. Steam pumps have been sent her.
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New york Cotton Market.

Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, by Southern Pacific
and Atlantic telegraph
New YORK, April 80, 1850 AIM
Market opens 6rmer; holders asking an
advance; sales at all ports yesterday,
534l bales; receipts at all ports yester-
day. 1920 bales,
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uoudon Money market.

Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, by Southern Pacific
and Atlantic telegraph
LONDON, April 30, Ills am. = Five
tweuties, 500; Erie, 81; Consols, 93a
Illinois Central, 9s2; Bonds in Frank
fort, 871.
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B Y Ell E G R A P q
LATEST TO NOON TO-DAY.
BROwNsVILLE.

Proceedings of the Supreme Court.
Special to the PUEBLO LEDoER.l
BROWNSVILLE, April 30.-Judges An
drews and Sbackleford are present
Called through the Chancery docket
The Twelfth Circuit was resumed. Num-
Der nine of the Law docket, Hickerson
vs.. Joyce, is now being tried.
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Walnut Lumber.

WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO SELL 100 600
wv feet Of extra walnut lumber delivered on
above Memphis. For further particulars apply
10 +. W. IRVINE x CO..
70 G9s 279 Front Row.
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New York stock Market.
ALIRailr0ad--

New YeRK, April 30, ll:l5 am
Market strong and active, with general
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New Orleans Cotton and Money
Markets.
Special to PUBLIC LEDGER by Western Union
Telegraph
NEW ORLEANS, April 30, ll:30 am.
Gold. l344. Cotton quiet, but steady /;
middling, 2s@284c; sales, - bales.
New York sigh: bills, / premium.
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New York Money Market.

Special to PUBLIC LEDGER, BY Southern Pacih(
and Atlantic telegraph
New YORK, April 80, 1925 am
Governments opens bearish. Sterling
Exchange steady; prime sixty-day bills
1921. Money on call, Z per cent. Gold
carrying at 2 per cent, with large short
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Music by the Band.

Cars will run from the Memphis and
Charleston depot every half hour, com
mencing at nine o'clock.
The street cars will run every fifteen
minutes.
By order of the managers of Elmwood
Cemetery, no vehicle or persons on horse
back funerals excepted) will be admit
ted on the inside of the enclosures.
Mrs. M. C. GALLAwAY, President.
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Lands on the New Railroad,

TWELVE MILES FROM MEMPHIS,
L cleared and timbered. in tracts 70 suit, will
be offered at public sale for one-third cash
balance without interest. on the premises,
Wednesday, May u. Also, valuable WATER
POWER for mill OF factory. ON Big Creek,
doubled In size and fed by perennial springs Of
iree-stone water on the place. Also, a STEAM
MILL. Also, CT PRESS TIMBER on the
railroad. The above is Acknowledged TO be
the healthlest place in the country. For
further Information apply TO NJ. d. l.. Stewart,
of the Circuit Court; 70 Steele, No. los Front
street: or 20 myself, at Remberton, near Mem
phis. l2aw-4i-6l S. S. REMBERT.
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NEW ApvERTIsEMEN $

Regular Memphis and st. Iouis
Packet.
For Cairo. st. Louis and all Way Landings.
THE SPLENDID PAssEN- xT
j. ger steamer WILL s. HAYS -
-Beasley, master, leaves as above this day at
4pm ELLIOTT a MILLER, Agents.
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NOtice!

TSHALL. ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY,
Il 1869, change my business to strictly cash. L
am tired Of the credit system, and. as all my
meats butcher / pay cash for no order will be
filed unless accompanied by the cash. All
passboeks will be destroyed and never used
again. 4 hope that those who have patronized
me for tho past years will continue tho same.
Ny market will always be stocked with the
very choicest Of everything in my line. The
above is no idle threat; mean every word
say. c. II. WILLIAMS,
Meat and Vegetable Market,
b3-5I Is Jefferson street.
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Corruption a. the Capital.

An occasional correspondent of the
New York Times draws the following
glsring picture of the demoralized con-
ditiou Of the capital Of the Republic /:
"The presence Of spowerful third house
10 town, street cars crowded with mil
lionaires, greenbscks flowing in rivers,
leads one to reflect what the popular
idea of Congress must be when it causes
people to make such efforts on its honor.
Formerly a politician was a poor man
politics and poverty being a sort of syn
onym; nowadays hardly politician will
you find who is not well to do in the
world; aud the question arises
whether bribery has done any work
in throwing its money-bags into the
scales of justice; whether legislation has
been carried on with view to favor in
dividaal business interests, or whether
any other cause has transformed our leg
islators into cspitalists-men needing no
overt bribes, since the natural affiliations
between wealth aud wealth answer all
such purposes. We most Of US remem-
Der the story Of Daniel Webster taking
his note OF hand, indorsed by Rufus
Choate, into a well known bank for dis
count, and being politely informed
that its negotiation was impossible 'Is
there no money in the bsnk7' thun-
dered he, with grand incomprehension
but useless argument Aud nothing ever
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est purpose and earnest efforts, even un-
der these disadvantages, the present
condition of the State, with her indus
tries active, her financial credit sustained,
her old lines of commerce in full opera
ton, with new ones opesing; her school
system in fair working, and eleemosy.
nary institutions all crowded and sus-
tanned, and her future smiling with so
much of promise, will sufficiently attest.
Feeling, as do, lively and abiding
interest in the future welfare of the State,
and of she Union Republican party Of
Tennessee, my regrets on retiring would
be greater were it not that the gentle-
man who will succeed me for the remain
der of my term-the honorable Speaker
of the Senate, Mr.. Dewitt c. Senter--is
a loyal man, capable, tried, and trusty,
who is sound in his principles and who
will steadily adhere to them spon the
platform of the Union Republican party
Of Tennessee.
1t will be my honor. as well as plea
sure, in the new official position to which
you have called me, to represent, in part,
our State in the Senate Of the United
States, to watch over and observe her in
terests with as much of ability and idel-
ity as l may. If, at present, owing to my
physical feebleness, it shall be impossible
to make my voice heard in the Senate
chamber, nv constituents may be assured
l shall be found voting in all cases in
favor of the principles we in common SO
earnestly cherish.
Thanking you, gentlemen, for your
generous official confidence and courtesy,
| invoke upon you, and the great State
you represent, the blessings of an all
watchful and benignant Providence.
w. G. BRowNLow.
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Counting the Electoral Vote.

The scenes attending the counting oi
the electoral vote, as depicted in our
Washington dispatches, cannot fail to
mantle with shame the cheek of every
American citizen. Until yesterday,
February 10th, Ammo Domini 1869, the
announcement of the electoral vote in
the mode prescribed by the Constitution
was little else than a matter of form,
and always conducted with the dignity
BETTING the deed. Even in that most
exciting time, 1861, Vice President
Breckinridge permitted no disorder
when, in the presence of both Houses of
Congress, he announced that Abraham
Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin had been
lawfully chosen President and Vice
President of the United States for
four years from the fourth of March
Immediately succeeding. But not
so it was yesterday. The process of
counting the electoral vote, of which a
majority was known to have been east
for Presidential candidate whose motto
was Let us have peace, was made dis
graceful by the wrangling of Radical
Senators aud Representatives over the
question of excluding the votes Of two
States, of which one was of the original
thirteen States in the Union. 1t was not
enough that seven States should have
oeen permitted to vote for President only
on conditions the most humilisting; not
enough that three States we're not al
lowed to participate in the election; but
an attempt must be made to reject the
electoral vote of Georgia and Louisiana.
II was fitting that the man to propose the
rejection of Louisiana's vote should be
Ma!iins by name and representative
from Tennessee quite as fitting was it
that Butler, of MASSACHUSETTS,, should
exert himself to the utmost to prevent
the reception of the vote of Georgia.
The debate on the question was as sad
as it was long. True, the men who urged
exclusion were beaten at last but the
details of the struggle revealed spirit
which betokens anything but peace. So
it is that the two States mentioned had
east their votes for Seymour and Blair
had they voted for Grant aud Colfsx, no
such struggle would have occurred.
Comment on such proceeding is un-
necessary. The graphic report which
our news columns present not only tells
the tale, but points the moral. We may
hope that the event Of yesterday does
not presage the peace which the people
we're promised would follow the election
Of General Grant to the Presidency. We
can only hope; would that we could say
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