Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-22


The census show that North Carolina
has gained 10, 600 inhabitants. during the
last ten years, and now has apopulation
of l,G72,O00.
An old lady, not remarkable for the
clearness of her ideas, describing line
summer evening, said: " 1t was beau
tiful, bright night; the moon made every
thing as light as a featherl" eai
The Supreme Court of Maine has re-
Gently decided that loan of money, :" to
be paid when called for" is due on the
day when the money is lent and that the
statute of limitations begins to run from
that date. 80 t.w.
If the bill to admit the Indian repre-
sentative in Congress should become a
law. nothing win be needed to make rep.
resentation general and complete but
the presence Of woman anda heather
Chinee"
Mr.. and Mrs. Samson, of Chicago, filed
cross-bills for divorce. He testified that
she poured painful of boiling water
over his head, and then scraped the hair
off with the pan, he submitting to see
how far she would CO.
Over FIVE millions packs of cards are
made in this country annually, and tsey
vary in price, from the common steam
boat, star, or calico back, at $l8 gross,
up to the elegant Great Mogul cotton
plant backs, with gold spots, extra super.
enamelled, at $3.50 Massachusetts, buys
more of the high priced cards than any
other State oa,l-.a...
What makes me feel pity, writes cor
respondent from France, are the youths
of fifteen or sixteen years whom | find
killed on the battlefield. They, at least
had the fiery, unthinking courage o.
youth, and put to shame, in their patri.
otto fervor, their elders, who prudently
retired, took to fight, or gave their coun.
try evidence of having done their duty
by letting themselves be captured.
The will of Richard Nelson Hayden
of Chicago, one of the victims Of the Ill
fated steamship Cambria, has been pro
bated. The estate is valued at 5000, 900
The will provides that for twelve years
the rents of certain property shall be
divided between the Orphan Asylum, thu
poor of the parish of Christ Church, the
Home Of the Friendless and the Magda
len Asylum, the respective portions to be
paid on each Christmas morning.
A negro named Albert Steptoe was
convicted il the Bedford county (Vir
ginia) court last week of petit larceny
and sentenced to thirty days imprison-
ment and twenty lashes. The prisoner
requested the judge to allow him more
lashes and less confinement, as he was
man of family and couldn't afford "a
lose so much time. Thereupon the
court changed the sentence so as to i'm
prison the culprit for only one day, and
give him thirty-nine lashes, and the sen
tence as amended was carried out.
TheIcarpet ON the United States Sen
ate is super Wilton, with golden.colored
figures on the green ground; and within
sixty days after the order for y wa
| flashed under the Atlanti y cab, th.t
earpet--one thousand var, WAS ven
brought oyer bJ tea~eE ana defSeref
In the marble r5bm, and in the rpoH Q
the Committee on Printing, carpets hay,
been dispensed with, and the beautifn
tesselated pavement Is exposed 10 view
with here and there large rug.
The editor of the Cleveland Herald
was once a postmaster. and know some
thing of the circumlocutory distractions
abuses, and bungling of the administra
ton Of thai department.. He exhibits
too, a disposition that should be encour
aged, 10 tell what he knows Here i
one Of his experiences, detailed in re
cent issue: wishing some postoffic'
blanks Of pattern differing from thos'
furnished, we stated our wishes TO thu
old seed who had charge of the blanks
and showed him the alteration necessary
He looked through bis specs a. the
blank, then over his specs at us, ther
looked into vacancy so as to concentrate
his ideas, and remarked, Why, thos'
blanks are printed just as they have beer
for forty years past; we can't chang'
them There was obviously no gettinl
over that argument, and the blanks viii
be printed IN the same way, we suppose
for forty years 10 come.
Apropos Of story told by its New
York correspondent, the Philadelphia
Press makes a capital suggestion as (
the way in which actors might be identi
| led q banks when presenting checks {
be cashed The story was that Joe JET
ferson not being able TO get the none,
on a check drawn 10 his order, because
nobody knew him, turned TO the tellei
and said in the tones Of Rip Van Win
lie" If my little dog Schneider wa
here he vonld kppE ne. " The sugges
ton is that il the folloEing ACTOR
should find themselves in 3 similar pre-
dicament Mr.. Ovens need only. lal
down his check and say, 'Jess so. Judge,
Lucille Western might cry, "0h, God
I Oh, GOdi me ehe-ild, me ehe-ildren.
Pauline Narkhsm might put her foot OIL
the counter; and Edwin Forrest neel
I only rush into the bank, seize the teile
I BY the throat and yell Liar and slave.
] No HnuHf aNE ~rUrtnwr rrUrrIA Ia 1nrfnUfIl