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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-11
General Trade.

The general order trade is active
aud all consignments arriving in good
order finds a ready market. The tone
of -four is strong with only a moder-
crate movement. Oornmeal is in bet
ter demand, with an improved tone.
Apples are scarce and in active de-
mand. Potatoes show improvement.
Hay is scarce and strong with a ready
demand, Other articles of feed are
quiet except oats which are firm. The
weather has turned cold and a better
feeling prevails, as the recent heavy
rains checked the handling of good:
on the landing or retarded their move.
ment materially.
FLOUR-Market firm with fair sale.
Quotations are for X. $505 Is per bbl
Xxx, So 50@5 49, xxx, SIS 5000; family
70 6OG0 i3i choice, So 1901; fancy, S7g
725 per Dbl. Orders 25c higher.
CORNMEAL-Sales on landing nj
81 ~ per Dbl in dray loads this forenoon
at ~ 80; market shows an improved
tone; small orders 81 1902 so per Bbl.
CORN-Sales of lots at 48@4S%c
for mixed white and yellow; ear SOC; mar.
ket steady; small orders 55c.
BRAN-Light movement; offering in
lots to arrive at $l3 % per ton; corr
bran Sll % or a shade less; small order.
So@S5c per cwt.
UAIS-Scaree and firm ut 47c in lots
orders Doc per bushel.
HA1-Scarce and firm at $l7@22 pet
ton according to quality. Demand ac.
tive orders SOL % per cwt; prairie hay
$40 per ton.
POTATOES-Sales Of over 800 bbls ON
the landing mainly peachblows ut 81 90 a
few peerless and russets in the same lot,
receipts liberal and prices firm. order.
81 6b@l IS per Dbl. Cabbage 50 so h
So IS per crate with better supply; per 10C
head loose $6@8. Turnips 75c per bbi
Beans 81 IS per hushel in lots for navy
and 81 80 for medium. Black-eyed nea.
81 % per bushel.
FRUIT-Apples scarce and in active
demand at 50 60 "a per Dbl in lots and 25c
higher in a retail way. Oranges in good
demand at 50 to s per Dbl for sound, many
come in bad order. Lemons So TO So no,
box; cranberries, IN bbI IS; half barrels
- %; dried apples S1s69c; peache, 90
with good demand.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Cool.
Clearing.
Blustery.
Cotton is still booming.
Fair business doing on the leyee.
The James Lee had a splendid TRIP
out last night.
No arrivals or departures at Evans
vile yesterday.
The Centennial leaves St. Louis to-
day for New Orleans.
The j. D. Scully got away last even
ing for Arkansas river.
The Hard Cash returned to White
river with a big trip of freight.
The hard rains of the past two or
three days has retarded business.
The G. II. Wilson was cut down by
the ice near Lacrosse last week.
The City Of Alton is due down to-
morrow, bound for New Orleans.
The City of Vicksburg from Vicks-
burg, arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
LEDGER Job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, 10 Madison street. +
There is considerable cotton and
other freights on the levee awaiting
removal.
The Greyhound left this morning
iOrsthe lower 0hioiriver, with a tow Of
empty barges.
The United States marshal will sell
the steamer YazOo at New Orleans on
next Saturday.
The Port Eads is due down with a
large tow Of grain and produce, bound
for New Orleans.
The Celina enters the Evansville
and Nashville trade Saturday, in place
of the b. H. Cooke.
The j. S. Neal with a tow, en- route
from Pomeroy to New Orleans, passed
Louisville yesterday.
The Ed Richardson for Memphis
and Eldorado for Cincinnati left New
Orleans last evening.
The John Howard, out of White
river, took into New Orleans yesterday
2,1OO bales of cotton.
The City of Helena left Vicksburg
yesterday at 8 p. m. for St. Louis, aud
is due here tomorrow night.
The Ed. Richardson will arrive here
Saturday, and leave Monday with a
! return trip for New Orleans.
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THE sW1NDLED FREEDMEN.
Proposition to Pay the DepositOrs of The
Freedman's Bank.

The proposition is revived to nav
the depositors of the Freedmen's
Savings & Trust Company the amounts
yet due them. A bill to that end WAS
introduced in the last congress by Mr..
Ellis, of Louisiana, and now Congress-.
man O'Conner, OF South Carolina, has
brought a similar measure forward,
The bill goes upon the theory that the
freedmen who were at the time pecu-
harly the wards of the nation, were
deceived into %depositing their savings
IN the Freedmen's Bank. The pre-.
amble to the bill sets forth that the
company was Incorporated by act of
congress that thousands of the
freedmen entrusted their mon
ey to the bank upon the
representations of authorized agents
OF the government, who created
an impression among them that the
bank was a government institution:
that congress, by i~ll-advised legislation, ,
caused good and ample securities to be
exchanged by said company for value
less and speculative securities; that by
losing their money the freedmen lost
confidence in the government, and
therefore good faith requires that their
losses should be made good. To do
this 1T is proposed that the Secretary
ofthe Treasury shall take charge Of
all the property of the company-real.
personal aud fixed-convert t tall into
cash and deposit it in the Treasury;
that he shall hen pay to the deposi.
tors in the bank the balances that
may be found to be due them. As
the money realized from the sale of
the property would not suffice to meet
these assumed obligations, a direct an
preparation Of s 1000 900 is made out
of the Treasury.
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Greenyille, Ouachita Belle .......n...... p.m.
New Orleans. Bedford. ...................4 pm,
st. Louis, Colorado ...e .............. ...... g I'm,
Commerce, Judge Fletcher. ......... 5 pm,
ARRIVED.
Steamer Will Kyle, Cincinnati.
Colorado, st. Louis.
Bedford, Cincinnati.
Carrier, New Orleans.
Judge Fletcher, Commerce.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Hard Cash, White river.
James Lee, Friar's Point.
Carrier, New Orleans.
Geo. w. Cheek, Ashport.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
Shields, Tiptonville.
j. ID. Scully, Arkansas river.
J.W. Gatf, Cincinnati.
Greyhound, Ohio river.
Iron Mountain, New Orleans.
viii Kyle, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Ouachita Belle, Batesville, Bedford
Judge Fletcher, Colorado.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-11
IL PORT.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

0uachita Belle, Batesville, Bedford
Fletcher, Colorado.
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The cotton market opened here to-
day with the advantage largely on the
side Of buyers, owing to a decline Of
I'd abroad and a drop Of 20 points in
New York. The indications point to
a decline in figures here at noon, our
quotatiops'bein an Bc above New Or
leans, and therefore, too steep to hold
up against a droopy feeling elsewhere.
Salesyesterday were3 1000 bales divided
1,OOOto exporters, 1900 to spinners, and
200 to spectators. The market closed
firm and at unchanged prices
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and at unchanged prices
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.

Present rates of freight from this
point are as follows: On cotton to
the east are lie per cwt, to Baltimore,
72c to Philadelphia, 74c to New York,
79c to Boston and Providence and SOC
to Fall River for all rail, and &c per
cwt. less by rail and river. Cotton by
river to New Orleans S1.25 per bale;
oil zoe per Dbl coke $500 per ton.
Freights from st. Louis per river zoe
per cwt. and 40c par barrel.
The receipts of cotton at all
United States ports since Fri
day last sum up ISL ,698 bales against
14O,884 bales last week on the same
day and 1868 bales last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 2,522,-
15S bales, against 2,OS6, 594 bales at
this date last year, an5 1873, 1O9 the
year before. Excess of receipts this
year over last g435.564. The stock on
hand at this time is 1902
bales against 667,15O bales at
this time last year, and a.
1877 bales the year before. The
foreign shipments to date are / ,347,475
bales against 1,l12,63l bales at this
time last year, and 7S9,S2O bales the
year before.
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A NEarrihed MAN.
Charlotte IN, o. Observer

Charlotte IN. o. Observer
You remember, sir, you married
me many years ago" said a gentleman
to a distinguished preacher who was
IN tho city yesterday. "No: don't saw
| married YOU was the reply, but
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-11

that I marri6ed you" and there
upon he explained to the satisfaction
of the married man that this was the
word that ought to be used, whether
it was IN the dictionary or not; and
now he dehes any one TO prove that
according to analogous formation in
the language the word is incorrect. 1t
means to make married and that's
what the preacher does.
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The river here rose 16 inches in the
past "a hours ending at noon, and now
stands IA feet 5 inches above low water
mark. AT Cairo the rise yestcr-
day was % inches, with 25
feet l inch on the gauge. AT
St. Louis it rose 10 inches with u
feet1 inch on the gauge. AT Pittsburg
it declined 8 inches, with. 5 feet 10
inches on the gauge. At Cincinnati
3 inches, with 8 feet 6 inches on the
gauge. At Louisville it rose 3 inches,
with 6 feet 7 inches in the canal. AT
Evansville it is rising with 8 feet
inch on the gauge. Cumberland
river rose 4 8inches at Nashville with
IA feet IN the guage. Arkansas river
is rising slowly at Little Rock, with
% inches on the gauge. White river
is rising with a good steamboat stage
of water from Jacksonport to the
mouth.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
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leaves this evening at five o'clock fol
G~reenville, carrying the mail and at
tending promptly to all way business
Captain Lee Cummins is her purser,
The Memphis and Evansville packet.
the Fawn, Captain j. +. Vaughn, will
arrive tonight from Evansville, and
will leave positively tomorrow at 5 p
m. with a return trip for Cairo and
Evansville, giving strict attention to
all way business. S. s =s-
A large force of police is needed on
the levee to keep the unruly colored
brothers straight. They have been
having things their own way on the
leyee lately. The steamboatmen are
getting tired Of it, and want the com
misSioners to give them better pro.
lection.
The james .. Parker, Captain
Charley Russell, will arrive tomorrow
morning from Cincinnati with a full
cargo of grain and produce, and will
leave on Saturday with a return trip
for Cincinnati, Captain Lightburne
is making engagements for her.
Captain o. X. Joplin, with his neat
little steamer, the Mike Davis, is ply
ing between Madison and Wlttsborg,
running in connection with the Bates
vile, aiding the Marcus Collins to
bring out the accumulated cotton and
other freights between Wittsburg and
Madison.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18

NEGROES UPON THE NFGHO QNESTiON.
In the days of slavery. it was orthodox doe
trine that the negro was not quite human.
The seeds of that extraordinary belief stli
live in the oninion. which has altogether too
many adhercnts. that the nero is naturally
and incurably barbarous. Those who were
once not ashamed to assert that he was not
entitled to n mans chance for life and
liberty. are now not ashamed to deny
that ne has the possibility of growth
and progress in him. Either he mnSt perish
before the face of the AnglO-SiXon, rs the
Indian has done. or he must return to that
barbarism from which the slavc-dealer rescued
his ancestors. The future of the race III tins
country is indeed problem upon which
scholars and statesmen may sincerely differ,
but of the capacity of the race for vast I'M
provement there is ample proof in every freed
mems school-house and college in the South
The people OF this city will have all op-
portunity tonight of judging of the truth OF
this meeting viii be held at Association
Hall. at which the negro question Will be
discussed by educated negroes, and the right
of the race to the same educational advan-
tages as the children of white men receive
will he defended 10y men who have
been among the first to profit 10y the
new era of liberty and enlightenment.
There will be four of these speakers.
coming from the four States of Penn
sylvania, Maryland North Carolina and
Georgia. All of them are college graduates.
and two of them are ordained clergymen.
There will also be addresses by DR.. Adams
and DR.. McCosh, but il involves no dspar-
agement TO those distinguished gentlemen that
the chief interest of the occasion will be in
the spectacle of educated negroes pleading
for their race. There may not be TouS-
saint nor even a Frederick Douglass among
them but curiosity alone, to say nothing oi
any higher motive. is likely to give them
large audience.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
THE TRE1TVENr or TIE INSANE.

THE IRE1IWENI or me INNf-sL.
An important meeting will be held tins evening
For the last few years there has been an increasing
dispostion TO crticise the treatment of lunatics
strained in asyluns good deal Of fault has been
found. sometimes Justly and sometimes unjnsiy;
but altogether the discussion has been somewhat OF
an cr parfe character. and there has been much
more rccrminatiJn than solid Investigation and
wise discussion. But this fault-fnding upon oneslde
and indifference cXtenuaflOn the other colldnOt
20 Oh forever. However admirably some instltu-
tions might be conducted, II made pretty ceI-
tam that others were not without cruel and indie
fcnsible abuses; that the laws regarding admissions
were either loose IN themselves were but loosely
observed; that the attendants IN moi few retreats
were ignorant or cruel, or both; that even the
superintendonts were now aud then neglectlul of
their duties and dele gaed too many OF them to in
competent suboTdinatcs. There has boen also a
growing suspicion. we'll calculated to excite both
pity and Indignation. that not a few patients were
sfilI restrained who should be set at liberty; and
some individual cases were reported which seemed
to be of particular hardship
THIS condition of affairs has naturally excited
the attention of benevolent persons; of which the
meeting at the Cooper Union tonight viii be one
Of the results. If there be abuses. they should be
reformed: if there be personal wrongs they should
b. righted. Lunacy i great misfortune not only
to those who suffer personally from it. but to
families who are compelled To part with those who
are dear to them under particularly distressing rir-
cumstances At the best the separation is most
naipful: but il becomes intolerable whenever there
Is even suspicion thar the afflicted are not treated
with the utmost tenderness. OF course, when there
is any doubt upon tins point, the deranged in many
cases can be removed from one hospital TO another;
but how can tins he done nteligently whom there
is shade of doubt thrown over all Again, TO the
discredit of human nature. il is reasonably certain
that some men and women of sufficiently sound
mind have been committed as insane from motives
of personal interest. Nor have the opportunities
for inspecting asyums always been sufficient.
There has been too much secrecy and too much
mystery. This great mistake the part of
superintendents has proba oly caused them more
than half the trouble to which they have been sub
jecIed.
The meeting tonight will consider the whole
general subject The gentlemen who will conduct
II and take part i'll its proceedings the last per
sons in the world to do anybody Injustice. at the
same time, they are thoroughly IN earnest, and MS
they have only the Improvement of asylums and Of
their management in view trust that they will
have the cordial cooperation of those actually in
charge of such institutions.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
4 great Reform party turned sneak thief! Well
VOLT

great Reform party turned sneak thief. Well.
Welt
Perhaps the Democratic purpose Is to provide an
issue which shall overshadow the legal-tender ques-
tion. II So they have apparently succeeded. The
" fraud ensign waves proudly from the head OF
their columns.
Here's a team with 20 and rattle in i'll VOORHEES,
denies that Beck has wavered" in his allegiance
to soft money and declares that he is "dstinctly.
decidedly and belIgerently opposed" to all attempts
to abolish the egal-tenders. He Is the one living
heingr adds Voorhees,, to whom submitted my
resolution on the question preliminary to its presen
tation to the Senate. aud be approved every word
Of IT, Voorhees, and Beck, both " belllgcIenl,
both slack -iaWed. and both hOpeleSsy wlld on the
subieci-thrre vii be music when hand III hand they
rise to gTapple with the ii rancai problem.
Watierson is quoted as saying that If Tildcn, who
is his first love- is not renominaied. he Will support
Grant. Perhaps Tlden has the same second choice.
lie and WattersOn agree on most political questions
Governor Bishop with the business capacity pecu-
liar to that eminent statesman, brings wordy dis
cussion down to a single point when be says: The
question is, can we carry New-York without M
dcu's aid :" The Democrat who can answer that
question IN the Affirmative ~ missing
Are there any "niggcrsD or carpet aggers" on
that Name Returning Board There seem to be
plenty of scaawags.'
General John Beatty the original Stalwart OF
Ohio is not q Grant man, though he thinks the Cen
cral wants the nomination and is ready 10 take 1t.
Next 10 Grant he thinks Blame is the candidate
who has most popular strength. lie doesn't THINK
Sherman Is as strong as he was.
The South Carolina Democrats are taking steps TO
secure the soldity of their State in 1850. They are
not afraid lest they may lose their state as whole.
but they are afraid tnat a few counties may slip
from their grasp, owing totheir inability 10 enforce
the Hampton plan IN a localities at the same time.
TO head off this ii niger they have prepared bill
for new registration law, and II is now before the
LEGISLATURE. 1t provides that no person sha /
vote WHO has not registered a. voter. writing hrs
own name on the rogistcT" that one registration
shall be sufficient during the lifetime Of the voter;
that the register shall be closed several months be-
fore any e.. cI0n 50 to bc completed and revised
IN quiet times n cieciOr shall be allowed 10 vote
VINO does rodnce his certificate OF regsi ration
at the time of voting. OF cOIrsr the hi>t effect o.
the requirement Ol ability 10 sign the Icgister VIII
be 10 dI-iTauchisc vast number OF COloted voters
Similar requirements exist ln Massachusetts ana
Co Inccticuf. and n they are fairly enforced there
can be- no valid obj pction to them. they certainly
constitute more legitimate check on the negfo
majority thau tue present system OF buiidoz.ng.
The chief aim of the Democratic party seems to
he 40 behave so abomnably that 10 man who re-
pccf- h.n-ei. can tram with H.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18

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Tporns AIs--ih P00e-6fh COLUMN.
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sTrANB1ArS AND RALEO u, Jd ge-iih ana oth
columns
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To WHOM IL MAY CONCERN 80 Pfd@-oth cor 'uinn.
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New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
THE NETs THIS MORNING.

FoRrlGN.-The communications between General
Roberts and the Viceroy OF India are interrupted ;
the Viceroy considers that General RohertSs position
Is secure ==- The Peruvians and Bolivians burned
Iuuone before leaving H. - Reports of new
imperial alliance ale curreutat 81. Petersburg.-
Tn France $50 more Communists have been par
donel.
DOAIesr Senator Cameron has been chosen
chairman of the National Republican CommIttee; /;
the National Convention is - be held at Chicago
june 3 -- General Grant held public
reception at Independence Han. Philadelphia.
vcsteriov - Nine houses were burned down
at Addison Ny. yesterday morning, loss 100000
there WAS also a large fire in Kingston, y. y ==
Secretary Sherman says that the Democrats in
Name act like idiots. and that Republicans should
wait a little before deciding what to do.
Co>GRrSs.-In the Senate. Mr. Morgan intro
duced a resolution rcclaiming the land granted to
certain raj roads Mr.. Call offered bill repeating
the law prohibiting the payment of claims against
the Government that accrued prior TO April 13,
1851 u any person engaged III the Rebellion Mr..
Morgan made a speech upon his resolution in favor
OF gIceubacks and silver. The Military Acad-
emy bll was passed in the House without amend
ment: the Consular and Diplomatic bill re-
ported; the Trademark Amendment referred
l. tn ldiciary Committee.
CITY AND SUBUKBAN.--The list of resident
payers Of pelsona taxes is continued IN
IHg IRBUNE. -= Mr.. Iaimago spoke be-
fore iho Long Island Synod Yesterday. ==
Dir. Tilden is expected TO compromise The St.
Louis. Alton and Torre Haute suit. == The
Robeitson divorce suit disclosed interesting de
tails. = {. i. Funch has directed the cremation
Of his body. - Eighty-one of the Shor-
wood and Hart paintings were sold for
S33, Sci - The early history of the
Metropolitan Road was investigated. -
Gold value of the legal-tender silver dollar (i12l2
grains, $500 cents. Stocks opened strong, later
declined. and cosed unsettled ard weak.
THY WEATnEB.-1RIBUNE local observations In
deate clear aud partly cloudy and cooler weather.
Thermometer yesterday: Highest, 40; lowest. 30 ;
average. 365io.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
BUsIC AND THE DR4AI.
pRooKYN rnLnARMONIC socLEIY

BROONLlN IIIILUAKMUNIC rOLILIl.
Tie srcOHd concert OF the Bsoohlyn philharmonic
society was given on Tuesday evening. with tie
happe-t Success; LARGE and cordial audience
tnron.cd the Academy, and delightful programme
received an excellent Interpretation. A. the instru-
mental pieces viii be repeated at the New York con-
cert on Saturday, we defer criticism only appris-
lng our readers that IN the new SUITE by Reinhold
they viii find charming little work. most delicate
~ played. Mile. Yalleria and sig. Galassi both
sang admirably, and all their selections were en-
coIcd.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
THE OPERA.

In the last act of the Daughter of the Regiment"
to.morrow evening Nile. Maumon will introduce a
waltz from Une Foie a Rome For the extra
night next week the programme will consist of &C.
lectious from "Carmen,r with Nine. Ambre !;
Faust Che Garden Sceuel, with Yallcria. Cary.
Del Puemte aud Campanini; Dinoroh" tthe
Shadow Songl. with Maumon; and the last act of
g La FavorIia." with Mss Cary aud Campanini.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-18

Senate. puts in an appearance rs the spcciai
champion of cx-Rcbels who have claims upon
the Government Mr. Calls proposition is i
peculi one, however He appears in behalf
OF ex- Rebels who may have had claims against
the Government before the opening OF thc war,
and proposes to repeal that section OF the
Revised Statutes which prohibits the payment
Of any such claim To such persons. The ways
OF Democratic Congress are past finding ont
bnt even that body VIII think twice before
nuhlying the doctrine that the men who at
tcmrtcG to overthrow the Government 10y
that act destroyed any claims they might
have had upOn II.