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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-19
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
DEMOCRACY.
County Democratic Convention.
Primary Meetings 10 Select
Delegates, and Grand
Hancock aud English
Rally on the
Bluff.

The democratic county executive
committee held meeting Saturday
pursuant to adjournment. and decided
to hold convention to nominate
candidates for county Offices on
Thursday, the Sth of July, and in this
city. The primary meetings for the
election of delegates are to be held on
Saturday, the Sd of July, the country
districts to hold meetings at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, and the city wards
at 8 o'clock in the evening. A grand
democratic rally will be held on next
Friday night, the second proximo, on
the Chickasaw Guards parade ground
on the bluff. The following commit.
tees were selected:
Committee on speakers-W. l..
Duff, Luke W. Finlay, J. J. DuBose,
P. M. Winters, General Cotton
Greene, NJ. D. L. Stewart, Pat Kali
laher.
Committee on arrangements-M. F.
Kennedy, John johnson, j. A. Tay-
lor.
Committee on financed. ?. Had
den, j. j. Busby, Napoleon Hill, J..
r. Goodwin. j. II. Hillsman, j. NJ.
Goodbar, Cook NJ. Waldron, S. J..
Camp.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
GIamis Thou ART.

N. U. Democrat.
Hancock was a thorn in the side of
the administration at Washington and
Of the radical leaders, whose design
it was to overthrow the civil authori-
ties and set up military commission
for the trial of all cases and offenders
1t is an extraordinary coincidence
that General Garfield, the chairman
OF the military committee in the
house, introduced bill to reduce the
number of major generals in the
army, with the object, openly avowed.
of getting rid of Hancock and of pun
ishing him for opposing the ruthless
designs Of the radicals and for sub
ordlnatlng military to civil author
ity.
1t was at this time that Hancock
wrote these memorable words to a
friend in congress:
x | hope to be relieved here
soon. The president is no longer able
to protect me,.so that l may expect
one humiliation after another until |
am forced to resign. am prepared
for any event. Nothing can intimi-
date me from doing what believe to
be honest and right.
1t will tarnish the fame of Grant
forever that he stopped to the infinite
meanness of attempting to humiliate
Hancock in the estimation of the
people he had been set over, and
finally banished him from civilization
to the wilds of Dakota as a punish
ment for daring to obey the dictates
OF his conscience and do the thing
that seemed to him right.
Grant, his prosecutor, has been
justly relegated to the shades of pri-
vate life, and Garfield now may well
shudder when remembering the con-
graduation of Lawrence Barrett.
"Glamis thou art and Cawdor, and
shalt be that thou art promised" He
will find that Hancock, like the ghost
of Banqqo, will not down at his bid
ding, aud that the general he sought
to degrade will confront him in a
struggle, in which the intelligence
and honesty and virtue of the nation
are all ranged upon the side of the
man whose carriage was equal to
every emergency of fate. or fortune,
and who meet the attempt of his pow
erful enemies to crush him with this
grand declaration Nothing can in
timidate me from doing what | be-
lieve to be honest and right"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
The AIoclLery Of Justice.
Austin CToxas) statesman.l

Austin CTexas) Statesman.l
How about abolishing the courts
Currie, the murdered of Porter was
declared not guilty, on plea of in
sanity, which was never thought of in
the first trial, and which was resorted
to only after the court of appeals had
reversed a finding of murder in the
first degree, and when tbe defense had
failed on a plea of self-defense. The
courts, in this instance, it appears,
have aSSsolutely retarded decision for
the defeat of justice. The acquittal
of Currie will always be accepted,
abroad, as the deliberate result of
delay in the interest of a man power.
fully backed With friends and money.
Now for the Rothschild mockery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
BY CABLE.

ATHENS, June 3O.-The Duke de
Richelieu is dead.
VIENNA,June 3O.--Bulgaria assures
the British and Austrian governments
that orders have been given to hasten
the demolition of the Danube for
tresses.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 3O.-The
report of Orlinsky who was sent to
examine into the cause of the agricul-
tural success in the United States,
will shortly be published. 0rlinsky
lays stress upon the facilities for
transportation and shipment of grain
in the United States, but draws no
conclusions and makes no practicable
suggestions. Gen. Greig has been
summoned to supply the deficiency.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

THE great issue which the republi-
can papers and their sympathizers
delighted to use in the last canvass
is unavailable this year, and that is
the barrel" Really, we do not see
how they can get along without this
and the bloody shirt. 1t was CON
stantly charged and insinuated, though
never proved. that Tilden used money
improperly in the presidential cam
paign four years ago. No charge Of
this kind can be made against General
Hancock or any of his friends. And as
to the bloody shirt, the thought may
be second to the wish, but it cannotbe
made to cut any great figure. All is
peace in the south, the rights of all are
respected and secured by law and now
the southern people are enthusiastic
cally supporting one of the union
generals of the war. Life and prop
erty are as secure in the south as in
the north, and this fact is too gener-
,Slly understood to be denied by any
intelligent man. The New York Her
aid anu other leading papers said i'm
mediately upon the nomination of
Hancock, that the so-Called bloody
shirt issue would cease to cut figure
in the canvass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

A stage driver in California recently
whipped up his horses until every
possible second was knocked out Of
the mile. A passenger who was on
the roof seat above and behind the
driver, suddenly became insane, and
declared that he was pursued by two
men. Drawing a small new hatehet,
he held it over the drivers head.
threatening to bury it in his brain if
he did not drive faster. The driver.
utterly helpless, ran his team at full
speed for some seven miles, and
finally drew up at the terminus, when
the lunatic sprang down and took to
the hills. The driver, seeing his life
in imminent danger, tried to upset
his coach, but the road was too
smooth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Barrett's COngratulatOry Mes
sage.

Boston Post.
"Glamis, thou art, and Cawdor. and
shalt be what thou art promised "
Of course, when Mr.. Lawrence Bar.
rett sent this as a cOngratulatory mes
sage to General Garfield, he had in
mind Macbeth, and wished to allude
to the fact that the general was now a
member Of the national house. and a
senator elect, and to declare that he
should also be the next president of
the republic. This was a novel mes
sage, and doubtless the generals bo-
som swelled with pride when he read
it for the first time. But when he
meditated upon it, and thought that
in it he was likened unto Macbeth. of
whom Macduff said: mot in the le-
gions of horrid hell can come devil
more damned" he must have felt
quite differently. But the actors in
tentions were good, and the incident
will pass as one Of the pleasantries of
the campaign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
ENGLISH.
His Return to indianapolis.
Chicago Tribune.l

Chicago Tribune
The Hon. William H. English, nom
inee for vice president, returned home
from Cincinnati last night, and thus
far has kept very quiet and out of sight
as much as possible. To those with
whom he has conversed he expressed
himself as not surprised at his nomina-
tlon, for he understood the situation
perfectly, and knew upon whose
influence he could rely. His conver
sation, however, is very carefully
guarded, and he speaks eulogistically
of all of his brother democrats. He
is especially sweet on Governor Hen
dricks. The latter and his wife we're
standing on the steps of the Bates
house last night as he passed in the
street-car on his way home. Bows
and smiles were interchanged,
and a little later Mr.
English called upon them at
their rooms. This morning they met
again, and it is understood that Mr..
English will give the ex-governor no
reason for feeling otherwise than very
kindly toward him. Senator McDon-
aid and Mr.. English have also been
closeted during the day, and it is
stated on good authority that the ex-
governor took the earliest opportuni-
ty to call upon Senator Mcdonald and
assure him of his continued respect
and confidence.
HE DOES NOT BELIEVE
that the senator played false to him,
and it is noticeable tonight that a
very different feeling is entertained
for the senator by the friends of Hen
bricks. They begin to see how badly
they were scared at Cincinnati,
and how gratuitous was their abuse
Of the ex-governor's warm and life
long friends. 1t is authoritatively
stated tonight that Mr.. English will
resign as chairman Of the democratic
late central committee, but this is
o., o., 18th the further announce
ment that he viii ". ''''V"iiy ML: M1nLa:hage
the campaign in this state. uis' ol
course, is expected. He is rec
ognized as one Of the ablest and
shrewdest managers in the west, and
no one knows this better than the
Hon. John G. New, chairman of the
republican state committee, who was
his partner for several years in the
Grst national bank. Mr.. English's
n ethod is rather the still hunt,
with as little noise as possible.
1t has been arranged for Mr.. Eng
lish to meet the committee appointed
TO inform the candidates of their
nomination at New York July l3, in
with General Hancock, when
the formal notifications and answers
will be made.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
StOnewaII JacILsOn's Flag.

AT the flag room of the war depart
ment few days since, says the Wash
ington Post, three men called, and
one OF them asked to see the corps
flag of General Stonewall jackson. 1t
was handed to him. In silence he
held it for some time, then, on his
knees, he carefully spread it on the
floor, when one of his friends asked
him what he was doing. He
answered, tears streaming from
his eyes: Cant the father
look at the son, or the son
at his father? This flag my father
held when he fell upon the battle
field this flag my brother held--he
too, died; | also carried itn' where
upon he raised his hands to heaven
and poured out most fervent prayer
His friends had hard work to get him
to give up the flag, but when, rolling
it up Git was so worm a small piece
fell out, the officer in charge picked
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
River kilograms.

LOUISVILLE, June 3O.-River rising
slowly, with Z feet 3 inches in the ca,
nal and 5 feet 3 inches in the chute
on the falls. The canal will be free
tonight after 12 o'clock.
CAIRO, ILL, June 30.-Arrived-
Eldorado, Huntington, s pm; A. P.
Silver. New Orleans, Sp.m.; Colorado,
st. Louis, 8 pm; Jno Means, St.
Louis, am; Cherokee, Cincinnati,
2 am; A. j. Baker, St. Louis, 7 am.
Ste. Genevieye, Memphis, 8 am. De-
parted-Eldorado, St. Louis, 8 pm;
A. P. Silver, St. Louis, 9 pm; Col
orado, Memphis, 10 pm; Cherokee,
st. Louis, 3 am; Ste. Genevieve, St.
Louis, 9 am. Weather clear and
warm.
PITTsBURG, June 3O.-River 3 feet
| inch, and rising. Arrived-C. w.
Bachelor, 4 am; W. N. Chancellor,
10 am. Departed Bachelor, 12 m :;
Chancellor, pm. Weather clear
and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, June 3O.-River 10 feet
II inches, and falling. Weather fair
and pleasant.
ST. Louis, June 3O.-Arrived-J.
B. Mapde, Vicksburg; Diamond, st.
Paul; Champion, Paducah. No de-
partures. River about stationary.
Weather cloudy and pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

THE report that General Grant
feels under no further obligations to
the republican party, and will vote for
Hancock is doubtless premature, bit
there is strong sympathy between
old army officers, and it would be but
natural and proper for General Grant
TO vote for one of his most tried and
trusty corps commanders. Garfield
it is true was in the army for time,
and rose to a high staff position, but
he had himself reported sick, went
home, took an active part in a politi-
cal canvass, got himself elected to
congress, and left the army forever in
the middle Of the war. Grant and his
friends Of course have no great sym
pathy or good feeling for such a man.
1t is highly probable that General
Grant will once more vote the demo-
cratic ticket.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
A PhenOmennI NIete0r.

MACON, GA, June 3O.-Near II
o'clock last night a meteor as large as
barrel, starting from the zenith,
plunged down the northeastern sky
and exploded with a report that re-
beverated for thirty seconds, and
shook the earth at this point. The
meteor was about five seconds falling,
during which time the city was lit up
as by electric light, Much excite
ment prevailed in the negro quarters,
t'..a "a inhabitants rushing in houses,
cIos;no doo,~' and filling the air with
screams and prayers. Inc time be-
tween the disappearance OF ll.e a meteor
and the report was about three min
utes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

Secretary Schurz decides that the
pay of census enumerators shall be at
the rate of 4Oc per hour, instead of 81
per day or two cents per name, as
provided in the census bill. He holds
further that the census law has not
been properly construed, and that he
is empowered to adjust the salaries of
enumerators in the interest of econ
Omy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Den Of Horrors.

CINCINNATI, June 3O.-Madame
Jane Wilson was arrested to-day
charged with causing the death yester-
day ofa widow named Josephine Will
Hanson, of Clinton street, by abortion,
committed last Friday. When the
house was searched Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller, of Louisville, was found, who
had given premature birth to a child.
The body of the child was not found.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Amnesty at Last in France.

N. Y. Herald.l
Monday, june 81, 1880, will be a
date to be remembered in the annals
OF France as that upon which plenary
amnesty was voted by the chamber Of
deputies. 1t is now above ten years
since the suppression of the com
munist insurrection, and in most
countries ruled by republican institu.
tlons amnesty would have been pro-
claimed long ago. Three-fourths of
the communists have already been
pardoned from time to time, and
there are already many thousands
of them in Paris. Their deport.
meut has been such as to justify the
generosity Of the government
and to dispel all fears Of a new insur-
rection. In point of fact the rising
of March Is, 1870, was so exceptional
in its origin and tendency that it may
well be considered unique of its
kind in all history. With republi-
can president firmly installed at the
Elysee and Gambetta ruling supreme
at the Palals Bourbon, the communist
who should think it worth his while
to stir up the passions of the Quarter
Latin and the Faubourg st. Antoine
would indeed be destitute of the mer.
est rudiments of political prudence.
1t is to the credit OF Gambetta and
Freycinet that they have recognized
the tendency of public opinion in
France, and have anticipated one of
the most certain demands of the SOW
ereign people at the elections which
cannot be long postponed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
A recapitulation Of certainties pro.
duces the following result:
"Is this the RinI1tum?"
Fort Worth Standard

Fort w Orth Standard.l
He came to the door on tiptoe, and
cautiously poking his head in, in a
suggestive sort Of way, as if there
was more to follow, inquired.
Is this the editorial rinktum?"
Flows that, sir?"
Is this the rinktum-sinktum-
sanktum or some such place, where
the editor lives, moves and does his
lying2'
This is the editorial room, Yes
sir. Come in.
"No; guess / wont come in. l
les wanted to see what a rinktum was
like, that's all. The great Jehosephatl
amt she dirty, and don't she loom up
with old papers and trash. Looks
like our last years corn crib--only
wuss. And this is the rinktum?
Well, mus be going. Good-day."
And he departed the "rinktum,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

The Vicksburg papers announce
the death Of Colonel Thomas Boiling
ManlOve, in the thirty-eighth year Of
his life, at jackson on the 26th inst.
During the war he served in the army
in Virginia, and was promoted to the
Internationally of the Forty
eighth Mississippi regiment. He re-
ceived a wound in one of the great
battles which shattered his constitu-
tion and no doubt indirectly caused
his death. His last public appear
ance was in an address to his battle
Scared comrades, at the reunion Of
the gallant old brigade commanded by
General N. H. Harris, which occurred
at Port Gibson a little more than a
year ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
THE LATE DISASTER.
List OF the Killed by the Steam-
boat Burning.

New YORK, June 3O.-The follow
ing is a complete list of the dead by
the burning of the river steamer
Sewanhanka thus far identified: John
'McGovern, age 81, laborer, AL West
twenty -sixthstreet; Barbara Roucher.
wife of John Roucher, 426 West
Fifty-third street; also her infant and
Mary A. Reed, nurse in the family;
IL. A. jackson, managing editor Of
the Evening Express; Sophia Schuler,
age D months, 4O6 West Fity,third
street; Constantine Sherry, aged Al
months, 2327 Second avenue; and A.
r Skidmore, member of the firm of
d. A. Peck y Co., dealers in fertil-
lzers- lie was wealthy bachelor,
and lived at the Coleman house, was
a well-knOwn business man in this
city, and owned considerable prop
erty on Long Island, including shares
in the Sands Point hotel. He was also
a stockholder in the Sewanhanka.
Two bodies remain unidentified; one
Is that ofa woman about 80 years of
age, the other body that of woman
washed ashore at Hollett's Point.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
His Excuse.

One of the most enterprising stock
brokers had occasion, few days since,
to call on a customer for additional
margin. He had prepared himself for
almost any excuse which the man
might offer for delay, but he confessed
himself quite unable to cope with the
ingenuity which inspired the follow.
ing reply: MY dear fellow, that's all
right, Why, bless your heart, I'm so
anxious to accommodate you that I've
sold a piece Of property worth $780,
OOOi but my aged grandmotherowns ap
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

The republican papers and their
allies, the so called independents, are
hard pushed for an issue in this can
vass. Driven from the barrel, . and
minus the bloody shirt, they strike
out blindly in all directions. One Of
them says:
One thing that will commend Han
cock to the democrats is that he buys
his whisky by the barrel and pays one
dollar and seventy-iye cents per gal
Ion for it.
This is a powerful appeal to the
envious nature of the republican party
and about the ablest bit Of campaign
literature yet produced on that side.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
The Latest Trimming for Bon.
nets.

nets.
London Figaro.l
A leader of fashion having appeared
on the racecourse at Iongchamps
with bundle Of radishes in her bon
net, the matter has, of course, caused
considerable agitation in fair circles.
and there is much discussion as to
whether vegetable trimmings are to
become the mode. Now, as we have
already seen birds nests and birds
fruit and flowers of all sorts. grasses
oats, beetles, and butterflies in our
ladies' hats and Oonnets. we really
see no reason why vegetables should
not have their turn. A fair ones
bonnet may then be trimmed at an
unusually cheap rate, and the radishes,
watercresS, asparagus, or what not,
used for the mornings trimming. NAV
become part of the evening meal
What pretty effect, too, might be
produced by actually having a bonnet
with mustard and cress growing lux
uriantly all over it, on the same prin.
clple as 1t sprouts on the flannel. COW
cred bottle A pretty trimming, too
might be made of green peapods grace
fully hanging around, while the
peculiarly feathery appearance of
asparagus and fennel when run to
seed will surely recommend themselves
to the milliner. In short we think
paterfamilias may await with compos-
ure, if, indeed, not delight the proba-
bic introduction of vegetable trim
mings. There is one thing against
them though, and that is they are so
suggestive of leg of mutton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

up the pieceand gave it to the man.
and he departed. 1t was a small act
yet as the officer in charge was an ex-
union soldier, it showed noble feel
ing and how one soldier can appreci-
ate the reverential love for a bit of
bunting showed by another, even
when fighting on opposite sides.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION !

At a meeting of the Shelby county Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, it was agreed to
hold a Convention, for the purpose Of nomi-
mating candidates. on the EIGHTH DAY OF
JULY. The Delegates to said Convention will
be elected by Mass-Meetings held on SAruR-
DAY, July 81. in the various Wards and Dis.
tricts, in the following manner: In the city
the meetings will be called to order at pm,
at the usual voting places, by the Committee
men of each Ward. In the country districts
the committee will call meetings at 4 p IN. at
the accustomed places of voting. Each Ward
and District will be entitled to Delegates as
follOWs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

The republicans have taken new
tack. They say across the line;
Hello there, you democrats; that's a
right nice ticket you've got. Next
best to ours. Let's not throw any
mud this time. This means that
they have job of white-washing on
hand and also that they are out Of
mud-their regular ammunition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

A REPUBLICAN club of sixty-fve
voters in st. Louis, who favored the
nomination of General Grant at Chi
Cago, met the other night and adopted
a resolution pledging themselves to
support Hancock and English.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
THE
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPLY
Have not left the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad.
Money, Freight and Parcels
Shipped at Reasonable Rates.
=. .. HUGH A. HAMILTON.
luu luO
To the Voters Of Shelby County.

ENOQURAGED by expressions Of good vii.
~ ana approval from every quarter. rith1
29t regard to party, for which / am rrates-i
l heLepy announce myself as a candidate foI.
IS,vly,o;leh 70 the onlce q County Trustee
W The past 10 every trust the ofiee wi,I t,,
extLaordinary responsibilities imposes ''i i'e
VI GEO. b, FLEECE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
A Fifteen ThOusand-DOIIarH Horse
Shot,

OTTAWA, June 30. = The racer
Clifton, owned by Dawes, of Lachene,
and valued at fifteen thousand dollars,
had leg broken in race yesterday
and was shot.