Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-16
NEW YORK.
The American Rifle Team = Ply
month Matters-Penn and kellogg
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Explain.
NKw YoRK, September l6.-The following is
the American rife team selected to compete
with the Irish team in the International
Match at Creedmoor, on the 26th instant:
Il. Fulton. H. A. Gildersheeve, 7. S. Dakin.
l.. L. Hepburn, G. W. Yale, j. 7. D. Collins,
]. Bodine and A. Anderson. Colonel Wingate
was chosen Captain of the team.
A challenge from four cared crew Of Eng
land to row any crew in the world, skull race,
for four hundred pounds side. has been ac-
cepted by the Assembly. Bigler. of this city.
agrees to select four men from New York and
Pittsburg to meet the English champions. the
race to take place either at Philadelphia,
Springfield or Saratoga, and the distance to be
five or six miles straight away or with turn.
will has been filed for probate in the sur
rogate's office. under which property valued
at more than three million dollars. consisting
of houses in this city and in Brooklyn, mort
cages on Catholic churches and government
and other bonds have been given to residents
of Spain, The testator is Don Bartolome
Blanco De Lena.
General Tracey, counsel for the Plymouth
Church investigating committee. has put his
promised statement in the form of an inter-
view, and says that in thirteen or fourteen
different times in which Moulten introduced
his (Tracey's) name IN his late statement, in
only one or two instances does he approximate
the truth in attempting to state his position
and action. General Tracey also says that
his firm has been engaged in libel suit insti-
tuted by Edna Dean Proctor against Francis
D. Moulton, in which damages are laid at one
hundred thousand dollars.
At TIE tenth annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Grand Templars of the State of
New York, it was stated that during the year
Is. S26 members have been inflated. The pres
ent number of members is 94672 against &c.
934 last year. Loss in membership is largely
owing to suspensions.
D. B. Penn, signing himself Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana. telesraphs the news
papers of this city: The North can form no
idea of the robbery aud spoliation to which
we have been subjected. Ny movement was
necessitated by the attitude of the people.
They demanded it am now in full posses
sion Of the government of the State. The
eolored people are satisfied and contented.
A strong brigade of colored troops. fully or
ganized and armed and in the service of the
usurpation, refused to fire a shotin its defense.
Most perfect peace and good order prevails.
We are thoroughly loyal to the Federal gov
eminent, and in the operations of the past
two days there have been no excuses or viola
tions of law. This government is the only
one now in existence in Louisiana"
Governor Kellogg in teleg am to the same
paper, says: amid all the troubles which
have beset the State, I have reduced State and
parish taxation each at least one-third, and
measures have been passed for the reduction
of the State debt and the constitutional limi-
tation of debts both on the State and city;
also an amendment limiting taxation. The
obnoxious features Of the election and regis
tration laws. used by the fusionists in the last
election. have been repealed, and in the APP
pointment of officers of registration l have
voluntarily rendered the opposition that rep
resentation which they entirely denied to the
Republican party. At the last election
finding, as the registration progressed.
that they would be left still more in the
minority at this election than ever before if
voters were allowed free. untrammeled, un-
intimidated franchise, they have by long
prepared plan Violently overthrow the gov
eminent, even before the election, to
prevent evidence that they had not ma
jority before. Upon a shallow pretext Of
violence, and by ineeHdiary statements and
appeals they have got together their clans,
which they have organized in secret and
drilled in their club-rooms. In the city they
have taken possession of the public offices by
violence and bloodshed. Personally, have
no desire to discharge the very onerous and
yexatieus duties Of Governor, but feel it a
duty owe to the State and party to hold on
until relieved by competent authority"