Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-14

De 'bellion. Dey locks up all der per :
and asks for de change from
market money" why, OATS no better
dan stealin'l" was the indignant reply.
Major W. ]. Sykes, the well-kuoWn
high tax advocate and defender Of the
bondholders' interests, was the author Of
the Nashville American letter repub.
lished in the LEDGER Of yesterday aud
signed Wv. J. S" Major Sykes was
reckless in the assertions made in his
encyclical letter 10 the American, but if
he wishes 10 buck against the low tax
Democrats in this county who voted for
Thomas for Governor he can have a
chance.
Tha General Council last night adopted
q resolution indorsing the action Of
Mayor Flippin as to his basis Of compro-
mise with the bondholding creditors Of
the city, and Mayor Flippiu was author
ized to draft a bill for the consideration
of the next General Assembly Of the
State with a view to carrying out the
compromise on the basis agreed upon.
Should it be accomplished, Memphis
will be relieved from a heavy load Of
debt, end its bonded debt will be so ar.
ranged that it can conveniently be
handled and its total extiDguishment
brought about in the course Of time.
While the people of Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida are at peace, Sit
ting Bull walks over everything in the
Bad Lands Of Yellowstone and de6es the
army of the United States. But Mr..
Grant thinks more about ballot.boxes
than the massacre Of Custer and his men;
about politics than Indians; about ras-
callity than honesty, Soldiers are march
ing through our city every few days, just
as if Sitting Bull had moved into the
gulf States. 1t is easier and less danger
GUS to fight the peaceable people Of the
South than the war.like Sioux. 1t is less
dangerous to meet ballots than bullets.
Alittle sensation was created in po'
/ litical cilcles here yesterday concerning
the discovery made in Vermont that one
> OF the Hayes and Wheeler electors was q
, LpostmasteE and consequently ineligible
aaAn yIsetor. 1t was rumored that il
, ~congequenee Of this fact the vote Of the
State on the Presidential issue was {
n nulliy. This ida mistake, however, al
I vacancies on the electoral ticket can al
ways be filled by the other members, anC
all the postmaster has TO do is to resigI
=, and his fellow electors a un~mistakabl,
elect some other man to take his place
Vermont is good with its five votes 70
Hayes and Wheeler.
A row, resulting in a cutting scraps
!. occurred a. MilIsrd's boarding-houst
near the Louisville depot, last nigh
The parties to thc difficulty we're %railroa
employees. John Austin (white), who
charged with swinging the knife, wa
arrested by the police, and this mornin
ID be was committed to jail in default
ie bail by the Recorder, the trial of tn
10 case having been continued over to nel
Thursday, when tits expected the phys
)" clans in charge Of the wounded man wi
be able to make a report as to his col
n dition. The man received several Htal
or and cuts on the head, breast and arm
va and he is considered in q dangerous CO.
re- dition.
The repor. of the special commits
upon the liabilities and duties of Il
ng Street Railroad Company in reference
all repairing the street between its tra'
OF and for two feet outside, ETC., was referr
DE by the General Council last night to t
ng' City Attorney, with instructions to hi
'ty to report as,to such duties and liabilitit
The railroad company seeks to avoid
.et- liabilities and responsibilities, and
Of failed to keep the pavement in good
bis, pair. ARreseut the pavement betwe
Iiss its track is in a horrid condition, aim
Oh. a nuisance, which the mule boxes q
tracks have been for some time It is
Of be hopel, now that the city is repairi
be Mainrireet, that the railroad compa
will be. compelled to live up to its car
or. and co5tka with the city. A corpo
bv tion.is said to have no soul, but i! ha
min pocEs (which is a much more seusiti
pninr4han WHARF the soul ia loeAtad.