Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-27

wounded by any expression, unless ne
gave vent to such himself.
The Nashville Board Of Education at
a recent meeting cut down the pay
Of all superintendents, principals and
teachers, but made no distinction be-
tween male and female teachers as is
done in this city by our chivalric School
Board. The Nashville motto is: Equal
pay for equal work, and no distinction
on account Of sex.
Last evening after dark a crowd OF
boys on Main street, north Of Poplar,
pelted with mud a street car, inhicting
indignity and bruises upon a number of
lady passengers. The police authori,
ties should watch these rufianly boys
and make an example Of a few Of them.
One lady was struck in the face, and all
had their dresses stained with mud.
The Ladies Christian Association,
Mrs. Cummins johnson, President, and
Mrs, Jefferson Davis, Vice President,
has established an intelligence Office on
Jefferson street, one door east of Main,
for the purpose of securing employment
for poor girls and women seeking en-
ployment. The charitable enterprise
should be sustained by all good citizens.
Mr., L. E. Dyer, United States Ap-
praiser in this city, has resigned that
position, and will go TO Odessa. Russia,
as United States Consul. Mr.. Dyer will
leave in June next and take up his resi-
dence in that great grain port on the
shore of the Black Sea. During the
cold winter season he can slip away
down the Mediterranean and enjoy the
charms Of that climate.
On Tuesday last the Supreme Court Of
Tennessee, sitting at Nashville, declared
the new jury law unconstitutional and
the act null and VOID. The decision was
made in a case sent up from the May
1875, term Of the Maury Circuit Court,
wherein a juror refused to serve and
was fined by the court, from which he
took an appeal. Our Circuit Courts vii
have to suspend action under the new
jury law.
Several ladies', armed with basketsfu'
Of elegant wreaths and flowers, went our
to Elmwood on Decoration day at
o'clock in the morning and decorated
the graves Of their dead relatives anG
friends and then retired and did not par
ticipate in the ceremonies OF the day
they believing that the gray and the blue
could not clasp hands or trade compli
ments over graves, whatever they might
do in life.
In the First Circuit Court to-day al
Tentative mandamuses were issued il
four cases styled the State Of Ternesse,
ex rel W. 7. Walters vs.. l. NJ. Hill ct al
Sinking Fund Commissioners, and th,
city of Memphis, to compel the city t,
pay past due bonds out of the specia
sinking fund collected for that purpose
and prohibit the Commissioners from
carrying out Mayor Leagues scheme t.
buy in on speculation bonds not yet due
That stirring ode, the " Old NortI
State" which vas sung at the Meeklen
burg Centennial celebration, was writer
in lS47 by Hon VIM. CASTOR, of New
bern. The origin Of the song is some
what strange, and was related to our lit
erary man a few days since by a resident
of Memphis, who resided in North Caro-.
lima at the time and was ~cognizant OF
the facts. In l847 a Hungarian troupe
of vocalists visited Raleigh and sang o
Hungarian air amid great applause.
Next morning they appeared on the
streets, and, taking off their red caps,
waved them, and cried outin broken Eng.
fish; Hurrah for old North Carolina
Judge CASTOR, who was present, recol-
lected the charming air and, catching
the idea, with the inspiration of a poet,
that night wrote the words "0ld North
State" Next day the words were printed
on white satin and distributed through.
out the city, and thus the Hungarian air
became an adopted one in the Old North
State.