Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-10

auu tue mlulc waves NaSned Tue hnOr
with a sound pleasing to those citizens
who were raised on the sea shore and
heard the sullen roar and surging dash
Of old ocean.
At Sol Coleman's cigar palace on
Main street, lear Washington, the best
and cheapest cigars in the city can be
found. Sol has newly reprinted and re-
fitted his cigar palace, which makes it
the place of resort for the smoking
world.
Last night the female denizens, white
and black, Of the Adams street station
house, INDUCED iu a singing Of hymns,
lead by a p~ickpocket, who lined out the
melody from a book. So much for re-
ligious training, which sticks to one even
under the most homogeneous circum.
stances.
The U. aud A. OF Nashville in refer
ring to the appointment by Governor
Porter OF Major Albert Akers as dele
gate to the l. G. G. and s. Of L. at
Paris says sententiously: Major
Akers is about the only man thus hon
ored by the Governor who can raise
money enough to pay bis fare to Paris"
OF such is fame and the memory Of
Republicans Last Saturday two dar-
kies met on Madison street, when the
following dialogue ensued; Say, Bill,
did yon see dat Mr.. -; what is dat you
call him who come here from Washing.
tonY' Yes, / seed him. His name is
Mr, Wilson. He is come here to start
another Freedman's Bank" "He isl
Well, OATS enuf for me-"
This forenoon a brutal driver Of street
car No. 60 stopped his box, and getting
out on Main street, near Madison,
whipped numerically a little white boy
who had gotten on the rear step to ride
a square or two. Several parties who
witnessed the brutal act made efforts to
have the fellow arrested and punished,
as he should be. Such acts of brutality
deserve the severest censure and punish
ment.
According to Vice President Wilson's
speech at the depot the last war between
the States was zone Of God Almighty
wars, and could not have been pre-
vented" If this is true, then why did
Mr.. Wilson and his party make the
South a military satrapy to be oppressed
and %plundered by carpet,baggers and
soldiers when the people we're not re-
sponsible for one of Gods DEGREES to
make WARP But on which side was the
Almighty Let Mr., Wilson answer.
A discrepancy appears between the
Avalanche and Appeal reports of Vice
President Wilson's speech at the depot.
The Avalanche report is moro correct,
and especially SO as to the dictatorial,
civil rights and social equality sentence
as follows: But, sir, to me kind words
will not suffice to convince the people of
my section Of country that all men with
out regard to race in the South are ac-
corded the same rights" No; nor are
they accorded the same rights in the
North, where Wilson lives.
A Philadelphia Judge has rendered a
decision which is Of interest to the in
habitauts Of all cities, viz: "Public
street-crossings belong primarily to pc.
d%estrians, and only secondarily to dri-
vers of vehicles, and hence the drivers
should always pull up to let the pedes-
TRANS have the right of way" Drivers
should remember this, especially in Mem
phis, where their habit is to run over
people unless they get out of the way
but many drivers will never learn this
until forced to do so by the courts.