Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-02

teupl snodid not issue against them.
This prosecution or persecution by the
enemies Of the new charter is simply
bosh," although the Appeal thinks it
all right.
The Avalanche insists that the twenty
School Visitors, composed of Jews and
Gentiles, "agree as one man." The
Avalanchian is mistaken if be believes
such a thing. If he interviews the
School Visitors he viii find that such an
Arcadian state Of affairs does not exist,
and that there is a vast amount Of kick
ing done against the Picket ring, and a
fearful amount of that ragged edge bust
ness going on.
Since the late exposures as to misap-
preparation OF funds by confidential
clerks and book-keepers, q more rigid
system Of attention is paid to the firm
books by merchants. The cause of the
last half-dozen deialcations was hat EN-
ployers have been too lenient with EN-.
ployes, and either compromised the
matter or permitted the thieves to 90
free from punishment. Such a course
in business is but Offering an induce
ment to would-be criminals to betray
sacred trusts.
Those who ratified off horses, diamond
pins and rings of late came to grief in
the Criminal Court yesterday when they
appeared on an indictment for gaming,
the lowest penalty for which as fixed by
statute is a fine Of one thousand dollars
and Imprisonment in the county Jail for
three months. Many Of the boys
pleaded guilty and received the SEN
tenee, and in many cases the oppressive
punishment was suspended by the Judge
during the future good behavior Of the
defendants, but the cost bill of nearly
forty dollars in each case had to be paid.
The st. Louis detective, Tracy, who is
in the city at present, was astonished at
the d"ilapidated appearance and condi-
ton Of the statiou-house office, cells and
general surroundings, which formed
quite a contrast with the St. Louis sta
~tion-house. The office is in a dirty aud
dingy rookery, and the prison proper is
about to fall down, which, if it hap
pened, would have a beneficial effect,
viz. it would kill the countless millions
of bed bugs and vermin that infest the
cells and entire building, and which it
is impossible to destroy by ordinary
means.
Young America always recognizes the
Fourth of July in advance. This morn.
ing Willie Jones, aged twelve years, and
Bonnie Porter, aged six years, residing
on fernando street near Vance, filled a
large glass bottle full of powder, placed
it in the ground and touched it off with
a match. A young earthquake was the
consequence, and pieces OF glass were
blown into the face and head of young
Jones, while the youthful scion Of the
house of Porter was, like his warlike
compatriot, badly burned. Young Amer
lea, however, will recover to celebrate
another glorious Fourth Of July in ad-
vance.
The little p~leasantries which are inter.
changed daily between writer's on the
daily journals of this city are supposed
by many to be the result of some hatred
existing between the gentlemen who
flourish lead-peneils for their respective
columns. This is a mistake, as the jour.
nalists have the highest regard for each
other, and no one enjoys a paragraph
containing what 0srick, the c%ourtier in
Hamlet, would call "a hit, a ~palpable
hit more than the professional journal
ist who receives the cleverly-made thrust,
be it given either en- carte, or en- fierce.
1t is Only the amateur or bogus joprnal-
ist who blunders into i'll humor or anger.
The picnic reporters are more than
usually eloquent this spring and sum.
mer, aad their descriptions of the affairs
have been beyond anything ever before
attempted in that branch OF literature.
They 20 forth like so many Arsenne
Housssyes, and like him they return and
write as if something wal the matter
with them, and they return to General
Council and School Board reporting
with an air Of sadness and regret not to
be too highly commended, for if there is
a disagreeable job in Memphis repor-
terisl life it is to sit several mortal hours
listening to and reporting the sayings
and doings of our municipal Solons or
our educational Platos, but even these
earthly punishments may help the re-
porters to secure an entrance into
heaven hereafter, as the prosecuted in
this life are the welcome guests in the
next.
FREE BARBECUE AND COCK FIGHT
Al