Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-01

Confederate is buried. as the government
was especially particular TO exclude all
such from these loyal and sacred pre-
eincts.
When a "peeler makes an arrest at
night Of a negro chicken-thief or other
desperate. he orders the chap to MACH
en- to the ststion-hoase, while he, With
pistol in hand, follows at easy range.
This method has been adopted to avoid
the sudden assaults made on patrolmen
by the willy African Of the period.
The LEDeER office is under obligations
to Mr.. Mansford. bookseller and news
dealer. on the corner Of Second and Nor
roe streets, for a bottle Of ink. such as is
used by the postofiee department. It
will neither mould nor corrode and is
warranted to last for years. The inks
are Of several c~olors-bluish purple, VIC.
LET and blue black.
In a crowd Of negroes returning from
the floral decoration OF the National
Cemetery yesterday the following re-
mark was made by an old darkey: well,
de white folks and de rebels hab taken
away ell dat we had; dey hab taken
away our graveyard. We'se been free
for several years, and dis graveyard was
all dat we had left, and now,de rebels
hab done gone and took datf'
The General Council at its meeting
tomorrow should attend to that report
Of the committee on the street car COM
pany petition asking to be relieved from
taxation because it cannot pay any divi-
dends to its stockholders. The majority
Of the stock is owned by three men, who
elect each other to the three leading
Offices and receive large salaries there
for, to the exclusion Of all outside stock
holders.
The late decorations at Elmwood and
the National Cemetery have revived
many old sayings, such as, Il buried the
Ratchet" 81 went and did it" II
snapped compliments over tombstones."
III bridged the bloody chasm." II
helped to make history" II did it be-
cause it was polite" Such expressions
we're freely used by the boys on the
streets today, and many a good natured
joke was the result.
1t is a rule adopted by the directors Of
Elmwood Cemetery not to permit any
person to carry a flower from the
grounds, and this rule caused the gate
keeper on Sunday last to demand of and
take from a visitor a button.hole bouquet
Of choice flowers, which he had pur-
chased in town for fifty cents, While
the rule is a necessary and good one, it
does not give any person authority to
take from visitors flowers that have not
been eulled in the city Of the dead.
An enterprising citizen errects a tent
fly on the bluff at the foot Of Madison
street every afternoon, and furnishes the
shade and a chair for five cents to the
man or woman who desires to admire On
Arkansas sunset OF take a long sight al
the islands known as the Hen and
Chickens. The man should also furnish
opera glasses for the benefit of those who
desire to take an outlook or nearer view
of things floating on the bosom of the
Great Father of Waters.
The question as to an Union Depot
may come up for action before the Gen.
eral Council tomorrow. For sometime
the railroad officials of the different lines
centering in Memphis have been holding
meetings with a view to a w~ell-arranged
plan Of action looking toward the cree.
ton Of a Union Passenger and Freight
Depot. The only trouble in the matter
is one Of location-whether it shall be
located in the eastern suburbs Of the city
or on the landing in North Memphis.
At the decoration celebration yester-
day at the National Cemetery speeches
were made by Judge Halsey, Colonel
Townsend, General Pillow, Colonel T.
W. Brown and others, and the graves Of
both white and black Federal soldiers
received the tribute Of floral offerings
from both ex-Federals and ex.Confeder.
ates who we're present burying the
Ratchet. The negroes did not seem to
take much interest Ia the afair, they
feeling that they had been thrust asid,
by their white brethren, and the absence
Of the leading negroes was clearly ap.
parent.