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Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

Jose thatA graud army Of needless
employees have been supported by the
Government, while honest men have
been forced out Of its service that the
Mints have been run from Washington
for private gain.
The foregoing are only few OF the
charges made in the report which
shows that In his search for fraud he
condesoendsd. to to few lower ranks
than Secretaries, Treasurers, pay di-
rectors, mint directors and chiefs Of
bureaus. His charges are too monstrous
for belief, and should even one-fourth
of them be true thorough investiga-
tion should be made and the charges
proven upon more responsible evidence
than q man denounced and believed by
his own party in the House Of Represen'
tatives to be insane. No doubt there
il some dishonesty in the washington
Departments, but that they are reek-
ing in corruption is something that
the American people will be slow to
believe, but while few decent honest
people will believe the wild story Of
Glover it will be used largely no doubt
in the approaching elections by mud
fingers. Some OF this kind of mud al
ways sticks, and there are plenty of
people to he found who will reject the
story as whole and yet retain suff-
cient fragments of it to tarnish the good
names of men who would not wipe their
boots on such man as Glover without
feeling an inward sense OF defilement.
At any rate there should be no opposi-
ton to a thorough investig alton ofthese
charges made by Glover and If there
be any truth in them whatever let the
guilty be exposed and punished wheth.
er they be Democrats or Republicans,
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
The ''E. E." and city Treasurer
Vincent

vAmc0mG
We cannot but sympathize with City
Treasurer Vincent, under his persecu-
tion by paper to which in the good
ness of his heart he has been regularly
furnishing contributions on local sub
jsots. We lock upon the case in quite
a different light than the paper does
that gladly accepted his contributions,
and then when one Of them led to q
slight error or Misunderstanding, turn
ed on him and denounced him before
the community as willfully furnishing
articles in which there was no truth.
Everybody who knows Treasurer Vim
cent, knows that he is excessively aff.
able and polite, careful not to wound
the feelings Of any one, and always
ready to assist in any manner in which
he can make himself useful to friend.
Having large acquaintanceship in. the
city, and numbers Of people calling
upon him every day, he possesses large
knowledge of local events, and having
a retentive memory he does not forget
them. These peculiar and commenda-
ble traits in Mr.. Vincent's S character the
reporters of the city were not very
long in finding out, and con
sequently his Office became a stop
ping place for these gentlemen Of the
pencil and note book. Mr.. Vincent be-
ing an old newspaper man and always
willing to accommodate these gentle
men, communicates to them any little
local event which may have come to his
knowledge and which might be Of in
terest to Wilmington readers, telling
them in language something ike this:
snow l have just Eeard rnmor of this
and give 1t to you just as l have
heard it, and you can hunt it up5if you
see proper" We contend that the re-
porter is clearly responsible for the
truth or falsity of local. given under
such qualifications and reservations,
and that MIR. Vincent should be held
entirely clear Of any intention to mis-
lead the public. Under these circum-
stances there is no justification for the
violent attack on Mr.. Vincent by an
uptown big paper for being led into an
error. The fault lay clearly with the
reporter whoever he was, for not first
investigating. the item Of news commu
nicated, and not having done so, he is
guilty of the basest ingratitude, ty
throwing the blame on Mr.. Vincent to
whom he was indebted for hundreds of
local items which were correct. The
very lowest depths of ingratitude is
reached when the editor of the. paper
referred to seizes the opportunity to
denounce Mr.. Vincent in unmeasured
terms. Having been SO severely rent, |
Mr.. Vincent will hereafter perhaps be
more careful before what swine he casts
his pearls.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

Whatever may be thought of DR.. Tai
mage on this side of the Atlantic, he has
certainly taken the Britishers by storm.
They never tire talking about him, nor
of hearing him talk. They flock to hear
him in such numbers that no building is
large enough to accommodate them,
On last Sunday he preached twice in
London, and each time to an audience
of twenty thousand men; besides, ad.
ditional thousands were turned away
for want of room. Of course, they can
not entirely overlook his very peculiar
methods, but at the same time they are
compelled to Admit him to be man of
great versatility and much more than
ordinary power. Brother Talmage has
evidently impressed our cousins quite
as strongly as Brother Beecher, and as a
consequence he will be lionized to his
hearts content.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

Now THAT Col. Lynch has been sworn
in as Street Commissioner, and we have
no doubt but he will make very eco
nomical one, we suppose the horse and
carriage belonging to the city will be
for sale, as the Colonel vehemently de-
nounced the purchasing Of them for lazy
city officials. We think, however, the
Colonel had better not sell yet. The
days are hot and the city is spread over
considerable territory. A walk from
the east end of Christiana avenue, on
the Delaware river, to the western
boundary, at Front and Union streets,
under hot sun with the Thermometer
in the nineties would not be very de.
sirable. Keep that horse and carriage,
Colonel, the boot is now on the other
leg.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

(NULLlNS' BEACH.
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M OUNLlGHT EXCUR- rTHs
lvl SlDN. THE " a illing - z llessss3S
Workers Association" of Plymouth a. NJ. n.
Zion Church, will make n Moonlight Excur.
sion to Philadelphia, on the '>1sie McCall I"
en- Tuesday evening, July s, leaving Fourth
street wharf at O'Clock, sharp, stopping at
Chester going and returning. Tickets will
not be sold to disorderly perstn ms as the Asso-
citation have determined TO permit only those
OF good charac ser to go on board The Mt.
Nernen Band will be in attendance Tickets
40 cents. 7-24t
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

ANOTHER MOVE has been made by the
Secretary of the United States Senate
towards purging the Senate of every
thing that has any semblance of Re-
publicanism. The crippled Union sol.
diers have all been sent of, and Grip
pied rebel soldiers installed ia their
places. The last move of this officer
was to discontinue the subscription of
every Republican paper and subscribe
for Southern Democratic journals in
their stead. Heretofore it has been the
custom for the clerk to divide the sub
scriptions between the leading Repub-
lican and Democratic newspapers, but
it seems that the Rebel Brigaders OBJ
jecr to having single Republican pa
per on the list. How do Union men
like such a picture?
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

THE WEST CHESTER Republican )"
has been interrogating the Republicans
OF Chester county in reference to their
preferences for the next Presidency,
and in response to its inquiry it has re-
ceived answers from sixty-one districts
out of a total of seventy.one in the
county. Out of the sixty-one that have
answered, AZ are for Grant, 8 for Blaine,
l for Sherman and ! for Hartranft.
Eight districts have no preferences,
When county like Chester shows
sEch decided preferences for Grant,
there can be no doubt of warm feeling
for Grant everywhere.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
NOCE.

k&8a A NOTE. 8EE'3 j q
Xhe ssRepublicaM'' setIl leads In
siFcu ls'tOu. Advertise where You
G0e the most for your money and
the essNeOahlicau" Is tBat DaDer.
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09

ENOR EXCURSIONS-The rT~.
T. Steam Tugs Falcon and -. ssis;;;s1
for the use OF Evening Excursion Parties.
The prices will be as follows: For Falcon.
party limited to 20. $40; for Martha, party
limited to TO- SO. For further particulars ap.
ply at HOMER BARRY'S Ship Chandlery.
No. l3 L. Water street, or to the Captains on
board II cts
Daily Republican., 1879-07-09
The Basin Lot Contract.

The mans head was level who pro-
posed to remove the old basin at Tenth
and Market streets for 90, 200, and he
would not have made very big wages
even at that price. Those who bid
lower figures we're evidently misled in
regard to the work which was to be
done. Had the lining Of the basins
been nothing more than common
loose stone wall and the embankments
of soft clay, the job might have been
done at Mr.. Ford's figures, but instead
of loose walls and soft banks he finds
firmly cemented stone walls nearly four
feet thick at the top and six at the bot
tom, every stone of which has to be
picked out of solid cement, and instead
of clay bank, there is a solid gravel
bank which requires as much picking
as the walls. After week spent upon
the work and finding that lie would
lose about $500 ON job for which
his bid was only s9J2, we
think MIR. Ford is wise in sus-
pending labor upon the old basin un-
til the matter has been laid before the
building committee Of the Levy Court.
1t is said that the specifications stated
that the stone wall was only two feet
thick at the top and four at the bottom,
which if true should ignore the con-
tract, and Mr.. Ford should be paid for
what he has already done. 1t would
be much better if the committee would
appoint competent superintendent
and have the work done by the day,
paying the men fair wages for their
work, and if it should cost little more
than it could be done for by contract,
the money would at least 60 into the
hands of those who pay county taxes,
provided home labor is employed. We
favor the contract system generally,
but in cases of this kind day labor
should be preferred.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09
Second Edition.
= O'CLOCK, P. N.
WASHINGTON.
Great Demand for the a per cent.
Certificates.
Secretary Sherman Has Re-
turned.
The Senate Committee Agrees on a
National Quarantine Bill.
Something That Will be Likely to
Pass.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-Subscrip-
tions to the four per cent. refunding
certificates since yesterday $936,58O
Owing to the demand being greater
than the supply the treasury depart
ment is compelled to regulate the
issue of refunding certificates to de-
positories. Sales in this city were
getting out of all proportion to the
amount of certificates which deposi-
tories elsewhere could receive, and
to-day no person was allowed to buy
more than one hundred dollars in
certificates.
Secretary Sherman has returned.
The senate committee on diseases
to-day agreed upon amendments in the
nature of a substitute for a bill re-
Gently recommitted to them concern
ing the national board Of health and
the proposed establishment of national
quarantine regulations.
The amendments confne the re-
quirements of the bill to vessel
coming from foreign ports where
any contagious or infectious disease
exists instead of referring, as in the
original bill, to vessels coming from
amy foreign port" and provides that
quarantine regulations framed by the
national board of health shall, as far
as possible, be merely supplemental to
the regulations prescribed by State
and municipal authorities and be con-
fded to them for enforcement if they
will so undertake, but in case of re.
fusal or failure the President may de-
tail an officer for that purpose.
The section of the bill explicitly
providing authority for the board Of
health to establish quarantine stations
on railroads or river lines of interstate
commerce, and to detain goods and
passengers for disinfection, is stricken
out.
The sections authorizing the same
body to investigate the general subject
of cattle diseases, and to cause inspec.
tions to be made of all animals at OIL
exported from the different shipping
ports of the United States, are also
omitted from the amended measure
and the amount of appropriation
asked by the original bill for expendi-
ture by the national board Of health
to carry out its provisions is reduced
from $1,000 to 100000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09
First Edition.
2 O'CLOCK, p. n.
BY CABLE.
What Lord Hamilton Did Say
About American Swine.
A Batch of Spanish News.
Questions of Church and State Be
fore the Municipal Council
Of Paris.
A Batch of Spanish News.
Official Statement Concerning Affairs
In Russia.

LONDON, May 9.-What Lord
George f. Hamilton, vice president of
the council, did say in the house of
commons yesterday was that he had
not heard of trichnia in American
swine. The order of the council, re-
quiring that swine from the United
States shall be slaughtered at the port
of landing after June l, is in cOnse-
quence of typhus.
MADRID, May 9.-The civil corpo-
rations of the provinces declare that
the suppression of differential duty on
goods shipped in foreign bottoms has
been disastrous to the Spanish mer-
camille navy.
The composition Of the general staff
Of the army is as follows: -Four cap
tains general, fortylieutenants general,
sixty camp marshals and one hundred
and sixty brigadier generals.
PARIS, May o. The municipal
council has refused to admit any
longer, free of octroi duty, articles OF
consumption intended for representa-
tives Of foreign countries residing in
Paris. The council also decided to
refer to a committee the consideration
of the question of separation of church
and state.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 9.-An
official statement cOntradicting the
news published abroad with reference
10 the affairs in Russia says that Fort
Petropaulovski is wholly inadequate
to contain 400 prisoners, to say moth.
ing Of 400, which it was stated had
been removed therefrom to Kasan,
and that no prisoners have been re.
moved from the fortress to Kosan
that the reported arrest of officers
have not taken place; that since
February only three officers altogether
have been arrested, and finally, thai
no arrests of whole families have beer
made.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09

The colored convention at Nashville
passed a resolution yesterday in favor
of compulsory education. 1t is not
enough that the Democratic party in
the South provides free schools for all,
white and black alike, but it is ex-
pected now to compel every child to
go to school. This is asking too much.
We are willing to tax ourselves to
school all children, but cannot afford
to send a constable around
with a spelling-book to cap
ture every little darky who prefers
fishing or sleeping in the sun to the
shades and discipline of the school
house The colored man and brother
has very exaggerated ideas as to his
rights and narrow ones as to the
responsibilities and duties of life
which are supposed to be attached to
their recently acquired citizenship,
Three or four hundred years from
now they may have more sense, if any
of them are left.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09
PO1NDExTER SENTENCED
Affecting Speech by the Prisoner, Pro.
testing Against the Verdict.
Bnltlmore sun.l

Baltimore SUM-
In the Hastings Court, of Rich
mond, Va, Saturday morning last,
John +. Poindexter, convicted of the
voluntary manslaughter of Charles G.
Curtis, was led to the bar for sentence.
In response to the question of Judge
Christian, whether he had anything to
say why the sentence of the law should
not be passed, the prisoner arose, and
in very firm voice said in substance
that he could not bow his head and re.
ccive the sentence of the law without
again responding mot guilty" and
protesting against the verdict-a YER
dict which, if ratified by the Judgment
of the community, makes him the first
victim of a revolution in the public
sentiment of his native State, which
has educated him to believe that the
defense of woman is one of the first
duties a man owes himself and
society. He declared that all he did
was in self. defence, and that he had
been actuated by no malice. His
whole shadowing thought had been
the protection of his own life. He
would gladly give one.half of his re-
naming days to restore Curtis to life.
He spoke in terms of sympathy for the
deceased and for his sister. He al
luded to the awful chastisement he
had suffered and that he would suffer
for the remainder of his life that to
him two years in the penitentiary was
as great a punishment as twenty. He
invoked for himself the charity that
he felt for all others, and expressed
the deepest regret for an act, which,
while committed in the inherent right
Of self defense, would always blight
his life. He closed by thanking
Judge Christian for sympathy and
kindly feeling expressed for himself.
When the accused commenced his
address he spoke in a very firm tone.
AS he proceeded his voice became
husky with emotion, and finally, over
powered by his feelings, he broke
down. There was considerable sym
pathy expressed for his condition, and
many eyes were wet with tears. At the
conclusion Of the remarks Judge
Christian sentenced him to the peni-
Tertiary for two years The execu-
ton of the sentence was suspended
for a period not exceeding thirty DAYS
after the meeting Of the next term of
tho Court of Appeal, to allow counsel
to apply for q writ of error and q
supersedeas, After the sentence the
prisoner was committed to Jail.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09
CONGRESS-.
Bill Passed to Remove Gen
eral Pemberton's Disa-
bilities.
Amended Bill Passed to Pay Capt.
Eads.

WASHINGTON, May 9-HoUsE-
The bill reported from the judiciary
committee, to remove the political
disabilities Of J. c. Pemberton, of
Philadelphia, gave rise to an amusing
colloquy between Mr.. Conger and Mr..
Cox, which Mr.. Knott cut short by
moving the previous question, and the
bill passed.
The house committee has agreed
upon the bill extending to the end of
the present session the salary of the
late Representative Clarke.
SENATE.-House bill providing for
the payment Of money heretofore ap-
propriated to James B. Eads and his
associates for construction of jetties
and other works at South Pass, Miss,
was passed with amendments.
Consideration of the bill prohibit
ing military interference at elections
was then resumed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09
JAMES KIRKLAND.
Gents FURNISHING Goods.
UNDER PEABODY HOTEL. 15-
A Card of Thanks from Colonel
TudOr.

EDITOR LEDGER-SIR: 1t is not
possible for me to express to you or
your readers all that | feel on leaving
your most hospitable and delightful
city. But as a glass overAowed will
brim over, so | must try to relieve my
heart Of its load of gratitude by pour
ing some share of it ont in thanks and
blessings to Memphis.
The first thing | read on my arrival
here was that a Memphis boy had light
ened their capitol for them at Wash
ington-by electricity. | am not sur
prised to hear it, for on entering your
city L Immediately felt the electric
influence of the Memphis boys, and
from the blackness of despair awoke
to the full blaze of hope and conf
dence. And yet the simile is not per-
fect-for, my pockets being as heavy
as when | arrived, it is clear that the
Memphis boys have not lightened my
little capital.
My adventures have reached their
climax, for have | not sustained
without being overwhelmed-the full
fury Of the Avalanche? Cannot | say
with glorious Tom Ingoldsby,
Never was heard such terrible cursel
But what gave rise
To no little surprise
Nobody seemed one penny the worse"
And after such an escape from de-
struction, what can possibly terrify
the Patagonians? To give "you a
taste of the Horace"
"Si fractus illibator orbis,
Impayidum ferient ruina."
You will observe that speak strict
ly in the singular number, for my
(bien) Ayme is so we'll able to speak
for himself that | may safely leave
him to perform his own devoir toward
our noble host, Memphis.
Yes, sir for me each city pass
through has its memorandum. For
example, Washington-mem.: Bril-
liant reception--big crowd" Rich.
mond-mem,: Detained for baggage
bored to death" Knoxyille-mem.:
Hospitable place-jolly time. But
on leaving this city, all | need write tc
recall the happiest pages in my book
of travel is simply Mem-Phsi" ("
l am, sir, very respectfully,
HENRY ST. PATRICK TUDOR.
GAsTON's, May Sth, 1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09

In the United States senate there
are 43 Democrats, of whom 20 we're
Confederate soldiers and none Union
soldiers. There are also 33 Republi-
cans, of whom 4 were Union soldiers
and no Oonfederates. In the house
there are 15S Democrats, of whom 8
were Federal soldiers and 65 Confede-
rate soldiers, and 130 Republicans, of
whom 80 were Union soldiers and
none Confederate. Among the Dem
ocrSts, who were Union soldiers. we're
Bragg, of Wisconsin, a major general ;
Myers, ofIndiana, who was a captain +;
Finley, of Ohio, who was lieuten-
ant; LeFevre, of Ohio, who was a
private Ewing, of Ohio, who was a
major general Warren, of Ohio, who
was a brigadier general; Ryan, of
Pennsylvania, who was a paymaster
O'Reilly, of New York, who deserted
from the ranks, and Morrison, who
was colonel AS the Union armies
ontnumbered the Confederates fully
three to one, it would seem that the
Northern people are not very gracious
in sending so few Union officers and
soldiers to congress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09

THE Nashville American of yester-
day has this to say of one of the
conspicuous members of the colored
labor conference in session in that
city:
Amongl the resolutions introduced in
the colored conference yesterday was one
.'by Samuel Lowery, Of Huntsville, Ala,
giving grant "boost." Samuel was a
resident of Nashville several years ago,
but was not popular with his own race.
He got up an exodus on his own account,
and went South instead Of West. His
hobby is industrial education in general,
and silk production in particular, for the
colored race. In their struggle for bread
and meat, the negroes have not taken
much stock in Samuel's fine theories, but
he spent several months among the Nor
thern people last year, and silkwormed
himself into their confidence through
fattering notices in the newspapers of all
the leading cities. If he would inform
the conference what he has done with y e
money thus collected, the information
would doubtless be of great interest to
his cslored brethren, and an important
contribution to the history of silk produc-
tion in the United States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09
PHILADELPHIA.
Important Church Suits Decided by
the Supreme Court

philadelphia, May 9.-The Sq-
preme Court of Pennsylvania has
just decided second suit growing out
of the suspension of General H.
Stuart by the general synod reform
Presbyterian church for hymn sing
ing and communing with other evan
gelical churches.
This decision sustains Stuart and
his friends, and at the same time con-
demning the action of the synod, and
continues the Rev. DR. Storett and
the Second Reformed Presbyterian
congregation in undisputed possession
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-09

NEW ORLEANS, May 9, ll.3O am
Cotton quiet and firm middling, 12c.
Receipts, 558 bales. Sales, 800 bales.
GALVESTON, May 9-Cotton offer
ings light. Middling, 113c. Sales, II
bales, Receipts, 5l5 bales. Stock,
7,476 bales.
LIVERPOOL, May 8, 1915 p.m.-Cot-
ton opened this morning firm at 1-l6d
off on spots. Uplands, 6Ed; Orleans,
g l5-l6d. Estimated sales 10000 bales:
for export, 1000 bales. Receipts 24O0
bales. American 2l00 bales. Futures
opened I'D better. Deliveries for May,
6 29-32d; May and June, 6 29-326
65d; June and July, 81, 6 29-32d6
6 l5-16d July and August, 1890
8 15-16d; August and September
s 3l-32@7d; September and October,
Z l-32d October and November, 63d
November and December (new crop,
.67-16d.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending May 8, as
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex-
change;