Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-30

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mytery of politics as it is planted in the
human breast
Chancellor Walker, of the Second Chan
Gerry Court, has decided that no such cor
poration exists as the Memphis and Pa
ducah Railroad Company" The eorpo'
ration amended its bill in the name of
Mississippi River Railway Company
and in the meantime the case will be
appealed to the Supreme Court. The
question involved was one of damages
on account of obstructing the track of
said railway company.
If man appears on the streets drunk
or in a state of intoxication, he is col
Jared at once by the patrolman, but the
city ordinances make it also a misde.
meanor to be vagrant, to not being
an able-bodied person and having no
apparent means of subsistence, and
negleeting to apply ones self to some
honest calling or living; found habitu.
ally lettering about street corners, tip
pling houses" etc. At least five hun.
dred thieving negroes violate this
ordinance daily in Memphis.
The meeting in the Third ward to
select ticket last night was not harmo-
Nous. Men were there from every
ward in the city, and candidates were
there working for their own interest, so
as to control the delegation. The meet
ing dissolved without accomplishing
anything but to-day the real voters of
the Third ward have a chance to vote
and select their representatives to the
Convention. This is the best way after
all. Ward meetings are generally
manipulated.
The trade and traffic in Italian children
by padrOneS, who import them to this
country as itenerant musicians, has
been suppressed by law in Italy. Re-
Gently at Naples the authorities arrested
several persons who were training chill
dren for this tra6c. The Parliament of
Italy, the United States Congress the
States of Pennsylvania aud New York
have passed such laws. Those who have
seen these poor little waits on our streets
will rejoice to learn that the trafc which
drags the children from their sunny
homes will soon cease.
The local man Of the Southern Catholic
weekly, whomsoever he be, abuses and
berates the gentlemen who are getting
up the volunteer military companies; in
fact, he shows himself in favor of the
Radical negro party instead of the
white mans party. 1t is 10 be regretted
that this Catholic and religious journal
has been permitted to descend into the
mire of local politics. The local is not
newspaper man he is tyro in the art,
who fails to comprehend the great OBJ
jects for which his journal was estab.
lished. Religion and Truth" should
be his motto instead Of ward politics.
Mike Reagan who destroyed the ballots
in the Third ward, owing to the fact
that he was intoxicated at the time,
made the following amende at the Crimi-
nal Court meeting last night He arose
and said Gentlemen, have this to
say: know that | did wrong the other
night, and now want to ask all of your
pardons, for l am sorry for what did
l am out of the race altogether, and
hope that you will select the very best
men in the ward" He feels deeply the
wrong which he committed, but he had
the manliness to confess his fault, and
nothing more could be asked. There are
many men, who, if they had committed
the same act, would not have had the
honesty and courage to make the repara.
ton. The LEDGER, while it condemned
the outrage, admires the man who dis
plays such manliness Of character. We
hope that his temporary suspension from
the Fire Department will not be carried
to any greater extent.