Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-28
LAKE-CRAMER.
How Grants BrOther-in-law was
Punched by a Memphis Boy.
AIya Lakes Sentence COM
muted to Six Months.
The Reverend Cramer's COwardice
and Meanness.
A Graphic Letter from Mr.. Lorenzo
Lake.

A Graphic Letter from Mr.. Lorenzo
Lake.
MEMPHIS. September %. 1870.
To the Editor of the Ledger:
An article in your paper yesterday
afternoon--and also several paragraphs
going the rounds of the press, foreign
and local-compels me to make an exact
statement of the affair causing the i'm
prisonment of my brother at Leipzig,
Germany. This l have hitherto avoided
doing, for the reason that it would have
initiated against the success of endeay-
ors / was making to secure my brother S
entire release. Latterly | had aban-
doned the intention of discussing the
matter in the public prints, because of
the great kindness my brother has ex-
perienced at the hands of Hon. George
Bancroft, American Minister at Berlin,
who has endeavored to repair the evil
wrought by the meanness of his subor-
dinate, Cramer. judged that this kind
ness had placed us under obligations not
to make great hue and cry over the affair
through the newspapers; and further
more, knowing that our intimate friends
we're thoroughly posted as to the circum-
stances and the justice of my brother
cause, ] felt o delicacy in seeing our
names figure so much in public, as /
thought, unnecessarily.
THE REPORTED DUEL.
The report as to the duel on the taps,
etc, between Cramer and myself is
mostly incorrect. The facts are, that
soon after received intelligence Of my
brothers sentence, knowing that he
would be precluded from fighting by the
terms of his bond, sent him in letter
written challenge to Cramer, and di-
rected him to place said challenge in the
hands of two Of his friends who would
act for me, and in case of its acceptance
to telegraph me per cable, naming weap-
ons, and | would be there in twenty days
at farthest This was before was aware
that he was an dctire preacher. then,
thinking that he was broken-down, hot
gospeller of the Brownlow stripe, who
had fallen from grace, and had not adj
dressed congregation for years, hoped,
therefore, that he would not claim ex-
emption on account of religion, and that
he might be hot enough after being dis
qraced by a blow in the streets of Leip-
zig to fight a duel, especially as Ger
many is duelling country, and he
| (Cramer) pretended to represent as war
like a country, so-called,' as any on the
globe. Had known what | now know
that this man was minister officiating
over church at Leipzig would not
have been guilty Of the seeming bun
combe and fanfarouade of challenging
him. The views and expressions OF
preachers of all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
all, Northern preachers-would have
made such action ridiculous absurdity.
ALL PoR EFFECT.
The hypocritical, cowardly, scoun-
drelly, perjured poor relation of the lying
national hog must have started this
report of challenge in Cincinnati in
order to increase his own political inn
portance by coming the persecution
dodge" for | have no idea the challenge
was ever delivered in Germany, although
he may have been sounded to see whether
he would accept one and, OF course,
declined with great show of righteous
indignation. We all know these
"MoRAL COURAGE
fellows who got up the war, and then
overpowered us, Of the South, with the
assistance of negroes and foreigners
gathered from the whole world Aye
we know them, but the earth would hear
of them no more forever, if every man
in the South, with true heart, would
swap cotton bale for Winchester OF
Spencer rifle and two thousand cartridges
each or buy simple little machine for
making cartridges.
STILL A CHANCE.
Enough; if Mr. NJ. j. Cramer ever en-.
tertained, now entertains or speaks oil
entertaining the idea Of doifing his garb
of hypocrisy in this special instance
then | have only to say that telegraphs
are plentiful and Memphis" is dl'cdys
ready.
THE SENTENCE COMMITTED.
enclose a copy of the first letter re-
ceived from my brother to his family
here relative to his troubles. Ii is a toll.
erably concise statement. The impris-
onment which he speaks of has since
been commuted to six months, and is
nothing very serious, as there is nc
penal labor-no labor at all-and he il
allowed books, papers, writing material
and a yard to exercise in. Besides, hav
ing to pay his board out of his owl
pocket, there ought to be a rather su
perior style of grub; though not, | sup
pose, equal to that of our Memphis Ger
man prisoner Count Ahrens), who draws
on CASTOR for edibles. The prison is tn,
same in which students are incarcerateC
for duelling, and be ought to have jolly
company. Certainly the boy who stooC
Alton at fifteen won't shrink from such {
prison as this at twenty-one.
THAMES.
| cannot close, Messrs. Editors, with
out thanking you for your interest il
my brothers case, and for your perhaps
too catering concentrations of boil
him and myself Though humble eiti
zens, hope we may always so live as Il
merit the esteem and confidence Of oul
own oountrymen, and when mentioned
at all may it always be with as kind ant
friendly pen as yours.
Respectfully, LORENZO S. LAKE.
ALBA c. LAKES LETTER
LEIPZIG, June "a, 1870.
| DEAR ALL: Fortune seems to perse
cute me, aud, let me 20 whittier | will
bad luck is sure to follow upon m,
heels, and instigate me to cut or shoe
somebody, or, as the. case now is, q