Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-22

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pie residing outside the city lines have
no police protection. no patrol force, bu,
are left to the mercy Of ~plundersrs.
Little private arrangements Pin a.
vOr Of the commercial representatives Of
the Avalanche and Appeal, and against
the LEDoER, are not infrequent in the
management Of the Chamber Of Com.
msrce and Cotton Exchange by double
Secretary TOOf. We have grown tired Of
ell this.
A lot Of white hack drivers engaged
in a fight on Monroe street, near Second,
last night. The police rushed in. but
the hsckmsn interfsred and tumbled
them about considerably. Later six Of
the rioters we're arrested aud locked up
BY patrolmen Scott and Boyd on charges
Of resisting officers, fighting, etc.
A CreedmOOr long range rife club is
bsiug organized by Thomas 0'Sullivan,
the liquor importer on the corner of
Second aud Washington streets, with q
view to engaging in the riae contest at
the Centennial Exhibition next summer.
There are q number Of excellent shots in
this city who should become members Of
the club.
Horsemen viii recollect that the big
four.mile race ia San Francisco comes
of to-day. 10 San Francisco "Ruther-
ford ia the isvorite in the pools, selling
for as much IS all the other starters.
Foster" a horse that ran several times
al Nashville, is second choice. Quite a
number Of bets on the result have been
made in this CITY.
The embargo order made by Judge
Fiippin excluding newspaper reporters
from the Criminal Court was reeinded
BY Judge Adams yesterday, and now q
reporter car report cases and take notes
10 that hall Of justice without running
the risk Of being fined and imprisoned
for contempt Of court. The members Of
the press are indebted to Colonel Turner
for the repeal OF the obnoxious and silly
order,
Charles Trotter, a news butcher"
arrested on the charge Of killing q man
named Hyatt on Monroe street last
@ardi.Gras night, has been released
from custody, a mol. pros. having been
entered in his case by tho Attorney Gen
oral Of the Criminal Court for want OF
sufficient evidence to make out a case
against the accused. 1t will be remem-
bered that hyatt was beaten over the
head with pop bottles aud was kicked to
death by a crowd Of murderous rougbs
on the night in question, the party com
hitting the murder being railroad news
Butchers" who have siDce fed t o parts
unknown.
Secretary Toof, Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, does not love the LEDGER be-
cause Of its opposition to Andy johnson.
Whatever the S%ecretary's personal likes
or dislikes may be, he has no right to
carry them into an official position from
which he derives a salary from a public
institution. he can love the Avalanche as
much as he pleases, or the Appeal, but
he has no right to discriminate against
the LEDGER in an official capacity. We
do not ask for love, but only for fair
play in business matters of public int.
rest, and that We intend TO have. Until
the matter is settled by the Chamber of
Commerce our reporters will remain e1.
cluded from the Chamber of Commerce,
they not desiring to be placed in an
equivocal position with reference to news
~monopolies.
If the Chief OF Pblicv is to be the
adge as to the criminality of those az
rested by his police, then there is no use
for tbs Office OF Recorder. The two
Offices are entirely separate and distinct;
the Chief and his police are to make ar
rests and the Recorder is to sit in judg-
ment on those arrested. If men are ar
rested wrougfully it is the fault of the
police. The Recorders Court is open
every morning for regular business, but
there is nc reason hat the Recorder
should open bis court during the day to
try cases whenever the arrested party or
his friends desire to have q trial. II the
courts are to dance attendance upon
criminals or those charged with crime,
the law has then become q farce. The
little soreheadedness on the part Of q few
people doeS o originate in any sympa'
thy for criminals who have TO remain
over night in the station house; its origin
is far different and is well known to our
Police Court reporter
A GENUINE Toe CIGAR FOR Sc.
THE PICGAD0RA,
At SOL NOLEMANga