Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-05

they are conscious they have acted no
only in the interest Of Mr.. Greeley
daughters. but that In preventing III
acceptance Of the viii made under sucl
exceptional circumstances as the las
one was, they have acted in the interes
OF justice aud law and have prevented
fraud upon the public.
The recent rise in Erie stocks hal
given currency to all sorts of rumors oil
Wall street regarding IT, It is general,
conceded that Jay Gould was engaget
in bulling and acting in concert with hi
brokers on the other side. II Is said
thata large number Of prominent ope'
rators here and in Europe are short, and
that some Of them we're formerly con
neoted With the Erie management, and
the latter to save themselves from loss
are about to press charges against the
officers who engineered the so-called
restitution to compel them to disclose
certain matters Of detail never yet pub
lished, but which have been carefully
suppressed to further stock jobbing OPP
erations and bull" stockholders into
fancied security.
The ladies reception of the Arcadian
Club tomorrow night promises to be a
notable affair in its array Of dramatic,
lyric, artistic and Literary celebrities.
No less than eight prima donnes will be
present, in addition to such distinguished
guests as Emily Faithful, John Weisr.
Kate Field, General Cesnolo, Henry
Blackburn and Chas. Fechter. ,r.,l,
Early this morning a woman informed
the police Of Mulberry street station
house that the woman who was muir
dered by Stephen Hass, pension OIL
Ger, in a house of designation on Butcher
street last night was Mrs. Shaefer, who
boarded with her at No. 30 Eldridge
street.
Mayor Havemeyer yesterday addressed
letter to the Committee of Seventy,
Directing to the proposed new Republi-
can charter for the city, as opening an
opportunity for political jobbery and the
formation of new ring. He takes oc-
casion TO denounce partisan legislation
in the strongest terms. The Mayor
claims that the original draft of the
charter, as prepared by the Committee of
Seventy, differs materially from the draft
as presented by the Republican commit
tee.
1t now appears that the terms for
placing the three hundred million dollars
loan by the new syndicate allow the
banking firms engaged in its negotiation
a profit of six millions. They receive
one-half per cent. on interest for three
in gold, and an additional half
per cent. provided by Congress. Under
these figures, the syndicate will take the
bonds at ninety.eight and sell at par.
The seventeenth annual charity ball
at the Academy of Music last night was
a most brilliant affair. The building
was filed to overlooking. almost all the
leading families of the city being repre-
sented The ball financially was a sue
cess.
Now that the Greeley will contest is
it is stated that the Misses Gree
ley we're disinclined from the first to the
trial of the case, and made every effort
to induce Storrs and Manning to relin-
quish their opposition, as all those hav-
ing pecuniary interests under the will of
1871 had resigned such interests. The
letter is published, signed by Whitelaw
Reed, to Storrs, in which Miss Greeley
offers to execute absolute disposition of
one.half the estate to her sister and
offers absolute release of all claims by
heirs under the will of 1871 and agrees
to accept Storrs as associate executor
and to accept Mr.. Williams, Of the New
York Times, ss her sisters guardian.
This attempt at compromise was also
unsuccessful.
The man who murdered Barbara
Schaeffer, at an designation house in
Blocker street, and cut his own throat,
will recover. he says his name is Felcker
and that he is Frenchman. He will
give no further information.