Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-08

nine lhuulges IN anything OF TINS sort
consequently the charge made by the
New Orleans Times falls to the ground
as an apocryphal story.
The Christian Witness, edited by a
committee Of Episcopal clergymen OF
this city, made its initial appearance on
Saturday last. 1t is a weekly journal,
devoted to the maintenance of the prin-
ciples, teachings and tendencies Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. We well
come the new corps of pencil singers
into the wicked fold of journalists.
Any one having in possession a copy
or copies of the Theatrical Bulletin,
bound or unbound, Of the old Washing
ton Street Theater, when it was the
temple Of the legitimate drama in Mem.
phis, under the management Of the
lamented David Ashe, H. P. johnson,
Treasurer, will confer a favor by report
ing the fact at the LEDGER office, where
the object will be explained. +
Our Ledger Liner has an unknown
Mentor whom he breads more than did
Telemachus the censure of the old
Greek deity who accompanied him on
his travels. Our Mentor never sees a
misquotation from the poets published
in the LEDGER but he writes a note to
our man correcting the same. In depend
ing upon the pages Of memory it is diff
cult to quote correctly from works that
you have read many years ago, and often
the %misquotation is intended, so as to
adapt it to the new subject.
On our book table we found the
Twelfth Annual Statement of the
Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, Rail.
roads and other Interests of Memphis"
The report is that of the Chamber of
Commerce for the year ending January
LIST, 1875, and has been compiled and
arranged by the able Secretary, John s.
Toof, Esq. The work, of one hundred
pages, is invaluable as a reference book,
bristling owe with facts and figures and
arranged in the very best manner. At
another time we will draw upon its pages
for interesting items. of news.
Mr.. G. j. Selden has received a dozen
English sparroYs from New York, which
foreign birds will be turned loose in a
few days. The sparrow is a domestic
and brave little bird, strong and ready
to fight anything, and their cheerful
chirpiags are always appreciated in their
own land. AS d~estroyers of worms,
caterpillars, ETC., they excel, as indeed
they do also in prolific ability, Matching
out broods three times a year. They
should be protected by law aud entitled
to life, liberty and the pursuits of happi-
ness. Congress should have included
them in the civil rights bill.
Representative Buchanan has reported
to the General Assembly, from a special
committee, a bill to tax Tennessee bach
elors, who are defined to be "men who
have lost all hope of future bliss, which
bliss is alone to be met under the petit.
coat government of the marriage rela-
ton" Mr. Buchanan is a married man,
and like many other un%fortunates, is
DESTROYS of infictingl the punishment
upon his fellow-men, as the bliss too
often winds up in a divorce suit with a
string OF allegations embracing all the
sins in the catalogue, all of which speak
badly for the myth called-bliss.
Trying to make q bonanza in the
Louisville lottery was a failure with
many a Memphian. Like attempting to
beat keno with a combination of cards,
it turned out a facilis decensus to wealth,
although it was whispered that there
was millions" in it. Attempting to
beat policy is another weak invention of
the enemy, Madame Fortune, who often
turns out to be misfortune, as will APP.
pear from the following c%olloquy: did
yoV strike it?' "Strike whatY" POL
ICY" "Dampolicy." How much have
you lost2" "Adamsite." How much
have you won2' "Notadamcent."
Are you going to try it again?' Not
byadamsite." Whats that you've got
in your hand2" "Systemtobeatpolicy?'
docs it beat it2" "Notworthadam2'
This dialogue takes place many a time
and oft among the dwellers on the bluff.
The General Council met in called
session Saturday and under instructions
from the Mayor adopted a resolution to
print petitions and select ward com.
mittees to secure signatures praying the
General Assembly to make the new char.
ter n law. The Mayor humorously says:
II frankly admit that four.6fths of our
citizens are in favor of the charter, ETC.,
yet the Mayor knows hat not one man
outside of the City Hall has ever had an
opportunity 70 read the charter proposed
and amended. The original draft of the
charter d~ispenses with o number Of
city officers who hold sineeure positions,
but the new thing restores all these posi-
tons, and in addition our present city
government will remain in power until
June, 1876. The new charter has many
good features in it, but also has many
others that sre in the interest of the pre-.
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