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ADJUSTMENTS.
THE THEATRES.

CITY managers apparently came to the con-
clusion that tho overflow Of the Convention
would be quite enough to give them large nu-
dicnces without any effort on their part. They
made no cxertion, and the houses generally
have been large. At Harcrly's the Rentz-Sant-
ley Novelty Company appeared. This evening
they will give their Last performance, and will
bo succeeded by Jay RiaPs Uncle Toms Cab
in" troupe Ed Arnott, who at Hoolcy's has
been starring in his sensational drama, "Vlc-
tins OF Faro" concluded his engagement last
night. At this house Golfers celebrated
Case" company will appear during the
coming week, the following people be-
Mr.. George W. Vessels, Mr.. Henry Trenehard,
Mr. Edmund E. Collier, Mr.. william Scallan,
Mr. T. Mcbride. Mr. J. Peck, Miss Carrie Wyatt,
Mary aisns Maddern, ia @ Miss Mss Lula Tuibot The Abbey
& hickey "Humpty Dumpty - troupe remain
another week ut Mevickers, and at the Olympic
morrow night begin the second week of their
engagement
DRAMATIC NOTES.
On Monday lust, in this city, Mrs. Frank Fraync
CLARA Butler) died. Cause: paralysis Of the
brain.
The Dramatic Mirror says Roland Reed is
negotiating for the management Of Alice Oates
next seasou.
Barnu1n's circus last night closcdau enormous
weeks business. The circus is probably the
finest that ever Travelled indorscd BY the il
lustr1ous Snowman.
Mr. Hickey says be has received cablegram
from his partner Mr; Abbey, stating that that
gentleman has closed u cOutrAct with Sara Bern
hnrrir for an American tour. she Will play Sixty
nights. The terms are for her }U0e fruncs night
and tho manager furnishes French company.
Gov McVicker, ut present in New York, will
not return until Mr. Edwin Booth sails for En-
gland. which will be some time during the latter
purt Of this month. Mr. Booth, we believe, has
SO far entered into no contract for Il London en-
eagement In the meantime the Governors
pIace is we'll filled by 31aj. Horace
It seems that Dalzel is really organizing
company, which will appear on June Il. ut the
olympic. He states that he has engaged Fred Q;
Warde, Roland Reed, Frank Pierce: and Ed
Buckley, the latter having postponed his Cali
fornia trip for the present. Mr. Warde, we ne-
company.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Mr August Wilhelm5 has returned to New
York. He has decided not to appear IN public
for the present.
The many friends Of the eminent pianist and
musician Alr. William MAson. will regret 10
lear that his wife died, after brief illness, in
Paris on the 9TH ult-
slgnor Brlgnoli and sgnor Tagliap ietra will
perform, during the summer months, several
quaie and - II Barbierc.' Nine. Labancc and
other artists Of Her Majesty's Opera company
are engaged.
The Peerless Pinafore Company has closed its
first week Of the popular operetta with great
SUCCESS, nnd it will remain on the ooaros
another week, thus giving our citizens az op-
portuptty to SEQ it after the Convention With IT'S
excitement and confusion has left us. There
are many points In this performance or mSre
than ordinary excellence and interest to which
We hone to deTote our attention when political
exieencies leave space in these columns. AL
, 1880-06-06
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
A THE 'FRONT.'
II The Union Furniture Company.
5B and SIS West MAdison-st,
hayG now the largest and best selected stock of
CARPETS, .....-.
STOVES,
, 1880-06-06

Money market easy at 314 per cent closing at
Prime mercantile paper, 4Qt5-
Sterling exchange, sixty days, steady at 4S64;
demand, ls91.
The following is the weekly bank statement:
Loans increase, 3g $50 500: specie, increase, $1-
&s,aN; ieSnl- tenders, decrease, $6l2 900; de-
posiss increase 4076, 400; circulation. decrease,
{ls,sO: reserve, increase, $305.600. The banks
now hold SIG 81, $50 in excess OF their legal re-
qurementa
, 1880-06-06

THE rS1oS TRUST COMPANY BANK,
Northeast corner Madison and Dearborn-sta,
Receives savings deposits and allows interest on sAne
At The ate Of per cent subject to the rules OF tha
hank GIN WILSON, Cashier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
A Little Inconsistency.

Washington Gazette
The attempt to saddle the alleged
outrage on Cadet Whitaker at West
Point upon the Southern element
ofthat institution is about on o par
with the boiling indignation at the
insult to his race" which Induced
Professor r. 7. Greener, colored law
yer of this district bar, to rush to New
York and offer his services gratui-
tously to see that Whitaker obtains
Justice" OF course no one can blame
a pesFo for standing up for his race,
and if Mr.. Gresper is actually ami
mated by that boiling indignation"
aforesaid, his action in the premises
is entitled to be styled meritorioug;
but there is little matter which
h lppened here in the district that
seems to indicate that his boiling
indignation" is not the genuine hot
article after all. When j. Madison
Wyatt Stone, tbe negro who was hung
a short time since, was aTrgigned for
trial, Professor r. I. Greener was
assigned by the court, in connection
with Mr.. 4. K, Browne, to defend
him, Stone having no means 20 en-
pioy counsel. Professor GEeeleg
hung on for a little while, but at the
critical period 9! &C. the case he sud
denly withdrew and left Mr.. =. S@"Wne 70
Gght the battle alone. Here Greener
abandoned his colored brother in trou-
BILE, while the white counsel, without
fee, used every means permitted by
the law to save his client from the
gallows. 1t has been said, | know
not with what truth, that Greener
expected Stones friends in Maine tC
furnish q fee, and when he found
that there was no such prospect he
abandoned the case. The Indifference
to Stones fate and the boiling indig.
nation" displayed at the outrage or
Whitaker are somewhat in contrast
it will be seen. In the one case there
was neither money nor fame; ins tht
other, there is q very widespread
notoriety which may seem enyiable t
Professor Greener.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
The George Charges.
Special to Courier-Journal.l

Special to Courier-JOurnal.l
WASHINGTON, May 23.-Mr. Ney-
ell, the principal in the charges
against the Yexas Pacific railway
company, has written letter for pub
lication in which he pays his respect
to Major Frank Bond. vice president
of that corporation. In the George
letter to the house committee on
Pacific railways mention was
made Of q = package of
documentary proofs to substan-
tiate his charges, locked in one Of the
banks here. Newell's letter is made
up Of extracts from three original let
ters comprising a portion of the doc
nmentary evidence. The letter is
written as a reply to allegations made
by Bond in an interview published in
a city paper a few days since in which
he denounced Newell as a blackmail.
er. In his reply, Newell quotes from
the original documents, to show that
the president Of the Texas Pacific
agreed to pay him (Newell) $40 nHS1l in
full Of the claims against the Texas
Pacific, This transaction took Mace
in 1875, pending legislation in the in.
terest Of the road. This was done to
placate Newell, who otherwise would
have aDt9gapized the road. Just after
Scott resigned his position as presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania railroad
Newell visited him and tried 10 set a
settlement, but Scott laughed in his
face and declared it outlawed. There
upon Newell, through his confederate,
Mr.. George, began operations, and the
letter to Chairman McLane was the
opening gun, Newells letter is the
second. move. Newell was one of tho
original corporators Of the Texas
Pacific. lIe sWears that he has docg-
ments to prove all the statements CON
tanned in Georges letter, and that he
intends to bring them out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
BY CABLE.

ST.. PETERBURG, May 25.-Military
authorities, presided over by General
Todleben, are discussing a plan of the
campaign to be followed in case of war
with China. General Todleben, in
such event, would be commauder-in-
chief.
PARIS, May 25.-Of the sixteen
persons arrested for being concerned
in the disorders attending the COM
munists' demonstration, two were
Belgians, one Italian, one German
one Greek, one Swiss, and one Lux.
emberger. All these will probably be
expelled from France.
ROME, May 25.-0f 40 second bal.
lotings up to the present time, the
constitutionalists have gained 45
members, miuisterialists rs, and the
dissident left 20.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
INGERSOLL'S OPINIONS.
What He Thinks of Some of the
Presidential Candidates.

Interview in the New York Tribune.l
Il am for Blaine" said Colonel
Ingersoll. " | Yant Blaine to be nom
mated because he is q man Of genius ::
because he will fill the country with
enthusiasm, and because men dead for
other candidates will have wings for
him. With him as president we shall
see a new era in this country. Gov
ernment will be purer aud politics
more patriotic.
=" What about the third term ?"
81 think there is widespread pre-
judge againgt the third tarm as a
principle, and there may be some feel
ing against Grant. For myself, though
Grant has rover been my friend. |
have always been his, and can think
of no circumstances under which l
would do him an unkind act. But at
the same time, above the grandeur of
his history, over all the roar of his
guns, ! leaf the name Of Rlains. Rer.
sonally, | hear the name Of Blaine,
and | am for him first and last"
"What about Sherman"
"Should sherman be the only can
dld4te beiore the convention, the con
vention would adjourn and advertise
for proposals,
This epiramatic rejoinder caused
much mernmelt. Some one asked a
similar question in regard to mii6en.
mo democrat admires Tilden, Mr..
Ingersoll instantly Fspliel 'iphe
democrats admire cunning; they ad-
mire gentleman shod with silence;
they admire a gentleman with velvet
feet but'-rising in his seat-"they
admire courage, dash, defiance"
"Aud that Tilden hasn't, observed
another Of the party.
1.-THE democracy have tried Tilden
once" the colonel added. "They
tried him once and he was not equal
to the occasion. They say he was
elected; but ne had not courage to say
that he was.
NWhat is my opinion of Tildeni
Tilden stands on the shore of bank.
ruptcy, wrecker. Everybody imag.
ines line stretched from the stranded
ship to the shore; and when theythink
of Tilden they think of one gathering
boxes and barrels and trunks and per
sonal baggage. The name Of Tilder
suggests surf.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
Return Of UoI. Tovnsen,I.

Hon. Hosea Townsend, secretary of
the Silver Cliff mining company, ar
rived this morning and brings glow
ing accounts ofthe mining interests in
and around Silver Cliff, and says there
are millions" in the mines. He is
diving down in the bowels of Mother
Earth and his mine is developing
richer and richer every day. May
good luck attend our Memphis friends
and bring back silver enough to pay
off our city debt and also start us all
on the road to prosperity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
The Glencoe Riot,

Jim Neal, one of last summers
Glencoe rioters, who is under bond
Of some $1,000 to serve out a sentence
and pay fins for the part he took in
the Sunday cornerstone frolic of
driving colored folks peli nell
through car windows at the point of a
pistol. is reported to have said: when
the newspapers get through COM
menting on this case they should send
their bills to the supreme court" 1t
would be well for his pardon applica-
ton to go up at the same time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

this year. Some Of the greenbackers
of course very few-are slightly
affected with symptoms of office-seek-
ing, and possibly would not object to
an endorsement at the August cleo
ton. There is no immediate prospect
that the nationals will be able to effect
another such coalition with the repub-
licans and disafected democrats as
that which enabled them to carry
Shelby county in August, 1873. What
ever they may expect to accomplish
in local politics, the state is sure to 60
for the nominee of the Cincinnati
convention and the democratic nom
inee OF the state convention, to be held
in August, by about the usual major
ity. But as the greenbackers proper
claim to be a reading class of people,
and they have no organ in the state,
we assure them that we will give the
news when they do anything of i'm
portance-win a victory or get beat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
The Death Of Speaker RandaII's
Mother.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Speaker
Randall has been called away by the
death of his mother. His absence
will tend to complicate the adjourn
ment question. During the last days
of session the duties Of speaker
are of greater Importance than at al
most any other time, owing to the
pressure of business, to struggles,
combinations and opportunities of
friends of various measures, and to
the judicious selection of conference
committees between the two houses.
Speaker Randall could not have left his
business in safer hands than those Of
John G. Carlisle, who will act as
speaker pro TEN. until Randalls re-
turn,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
Thiers, Study.

Nine. Thiers has recently com
pleted the arrangement Of her hus-
bands study, which remains much as
it was during his lifetime. 1t is rich
in works Of art, though it was no
show place; for NJ. Theirs was in il,
ready for work by 5 o'clock every
morning, summer and winter alike.
One of his peculiarities was that he
would not have an almanac in his
study and was often unable to date a
letter because he could not remember
the day of the month. Upon one oc-
casion a government clerk to whom
he had promised a letter of recon-
mendation came by appointment for
it, and NJ. Theirs, sitting down to
write it, asked him the day Of the
month. The young man could not
remember it for the moment, and NJ.
Thiers exclaimed, You are not
likely to make a very good admins
traitor if you cannot remember the
day of the month. How can | rec
ommend you?' He wrote the letter.
however, saying when he had finished
it, Always carry pocket almanac,
my young friend"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
An Annenl 10 America.

Mr.. Heap, charge d'affairs at Con-
stantinople, in dispatch dated April
9th, reports that the following letter
has been received by telegraph
AT THE LEGATION OF THE U. s.,
MAssoUL, April 5, 1880.
The terrible famine in which we
exist will kill all the inhabitants of
the town and those of the neighboring
villages, who are assembling here in
masses. Their sufferings are indie
scribable. Finding no cereals at all,
some are eating corpses, and become i'll
in consequence. Their lamentations
are heartrending. Most of them are
dying, as they have nothing to eat.
Those Of the inhabitants who have
lived until now, between life and
death, pray you to give them such
assistance as will enable them to live.
They take the liberty to present their
prayers, with tears of expectation,
which are flowing from their eyes
covered with blood.
ARCHBISHOP OF THE SYRIANs.
This letter, Heap states, was ad-
| dressed to the United States legation
at Uonstantinople, and adds: 1.-The
sufferings of these people are inde-
scribably greater than anything of the
kind in Ireland. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

THE day can hardly be recalled
when the death of one man cast such
a gloom over Memphis as that Of Col.
w. T. Avery. His genial disposition
and his many noble traits of character
made him a universal favorite with
the old and the young, the rich, poor,
and all classes. The esteem in which
he was held was expressed Sunday
afternoon in the attendance of a
crowd at the funeral services greater
than could obtain standing room at
the First Methodist church. In all
the relations of life, as a public man,
as private citizen, husband, father
and friend, he stood above reproach
Although not an old man aud still in
the prime Of vigorous middle age, he
belonged to class of early comers
known as "The Old Folks at Home,
who are rapidly passing away. But
few remain among US who have been
in Memphis as long as Colonel Avery.
Long will his memory be cherished.
He encouraged the poor young man
having risen himself by his own
efforts. He was liberal toward the
poor and needy, and delighted in the
society of children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

Before j. NJ. Coleman, ]. P. for Shelby coun-
y, Tenn.-W. Ii. Horton & Co. VS.. o. T.
Stephens.
I N this cause an attachment having been
l sued out under Section 3455 ofthe code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant, and
affidavit having been made that de-
fendant Is indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum of Sl96.3l, due by account, aud that
the claim is just, and that the defendant is n
nonresident Of the State OF Tennesssee:
II Is therefore ordered that the said defend-
ant make his personal appearance before me
on the SOtb day Of June, 1880, at my
office, No. 29l Front street, Memphis.
Tennessee, and defend said attach.
ment suit within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be bro.
coeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order be published once week for four sue
cessiye weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 2ith day of May, 1850
nR J, NJ. COLEMAN, J, p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

LOUISIANA had a double headed
republican convention yesterday. The
anti Grant men seemed to be in the
ascendency and bolt ensued. Those
remaining elected delegates unin-
structed, who are understood to stand
seven for Sherman, seven for Grant,
one for Blaine and one for Kellogg
preferences not known. The boilers,
who numbered only forty-One out Of
one hundred and sixty-fve, elected a
solid Grant delegation upon the
strength, it is said, Of a dispatch from
Jno. A. Logan, assuring them of ad-
mission at Chicago. Logan is capable
Of making such promise, and from
his success at Springfield it is quite
likely he will make his word good.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
A Convert 10 Ju,Inism.

A week ago young man about
twenty-five years of age applied for
board and was assigned a room at
Mrs. Loeb's boarding house at No. So
Madison street. He is stranger;
gives no name, and no one seems to
know where he comes from. The OBJ
ject of his visit was soon made known
to DR.. Julius Wise, at whose hands he
underwent that peculiar rite which
would be a prerequisite to joining the
Jewish church. He is reported to be
doing as we'll as could be expected
under the circumstances" 1t is sur
missed that he has become enamored
of some lovely Jewish maiden and
won her hand conditioned that he
shall embrace her faith. Such in.
stances are rare, yet have occurred
1t is evident that he is in deaC
earnest, and either intends to become
Hebrew, a Mohammedan, or perish
in the attempt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
rIre Dukes Peril,
Special TO the CopriOF-Jqarnai.l
WFr - 40 rftt

Special TO the CoQrieF-j jQurnal.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The oppo,
nents Of Grant express q good deal of
confidence in their ability to secure
the organization Of the Chicago con
vention. They expect to elect the
permanent officers of the convention,
having majority of the states and
territories, one delegate from each of
which will bO member of the COM
mittee on permanent organization.
They claim to have the power TO select
the president of the convention, who,
it Is. expected, will decide against the
validity of the unit rule. Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts,, is spoken of
as the probable choice of the anti
Grant men for president Of the con
ventiOn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

SENATOR LOGAN had his conven-
ton opened with prayer by one Mr..
Nourse, and this is the prayer;
Almighty and All-wise God, we
come to Thee at this critical moment
of our national history and ask Thee
in Thy wisdom TO make us wise, and
out Of our confusion make Thine or
der. We desire the SUCCESS of this
party, believing that it viii further
commercial prosperity; that it will fa
vor morality and will do the things
which are right in thine eyes; and
therefore we pray thee that Thou wilt
show this convention the men whom
Thou hast chosen for the Offices that
are to be filed. And we pray, o God,
that no mistake may be made to-day
or during the period Of this conven-
tiOn. so that our political opponents
may not 90 into power on our mis-
takes. We thank Thee that there
are SO many good men from whom to
select. In Thy wisdom, help US 70
choose the men, and we ask it all in
the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
The prayer was evidently delivered
bya Grant man whose sentiments
were known to John A. Logan. The
report says it was received with ap-
plause and laughter. Applause,
doubtless by the Grant men, and
laughter by the opposition,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
Ohio am Anti-Grant State.

From the Cincinnati Commercial, und.)
We feel authorized to say to all
concerned that if Grant is nominated
at Chicago, Ohio will not 90 for the
third term party, either in October or
November. We believe that Hamil-
ton county would give a majority Of
5000 or 5000 votes against the third
term ticket. Ohio is a republican
state, but not 4 third term Grant state.
VIII the desperadoes, who are deter
mined to drive the republican party
into a candidacy utterly inconsistent
with republicanism, take notice before
it is too late? We know as much
about Hamilton county politics as
anybody, and we are absolutely free
to speak out the whole truth, ire
spective of nominations, for nomina-
tions bind us only so far as we approve
them, and we think it the proper
thing to speak plainly before the forks
of the road are reached,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

SOME one at Galena has taken the
pains to telegraph the statement that
General Grant has done nothing to
bring his name before the country as
a candidate and that if nominated he
will not decline. Who said he would2
Ii is not necessary to make any such a
declaration. When lie declines the
nomination, there will be shower Of
larks from the sky.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25
PERSONAL.

During tho excitement Of the cleo
tions, Mr.. Gladstone translated into
Latin, Toplady's hymn, Rock Of
Ages" and sent it to General James
Grant Wilson, OF New York.
The late General Heintzelman has
willed all his property to his wife.
He gives her absolute control, ex-
pressing his confidence in her admin
istration for the benefit Of their chill
dren.
Santiago Sierra, the editor of the
Iibertad, who was killed in duel on
the outskirts OF the City of Mexico
recently, was one Of the most promi-
nent and, being young, promising liter.
airy men of the Mexican republic.
Henry T. Paddock, Maggie Mitch
ellis husband, was forced to take the
poor debtors oath at Holyoke, Mass,
few days ago, he having been ar
rested for debt against his wife and
himself.
The fact that the hair of the vigor.
Gus De Lesseps turned white, his
mustache and eyebrows remained
black, gave rise to the rumor that he
used dye. When somebody mentioned
this to him he smiled, showing his
two and thirty strong white teeth, as
firm and intact as when he was a boy
at school, Use dye?" Why, even if
| wanted to, | haven't the time"
Alexander Dumas is described as
now being a very reserved man, who
cares little for miscellaneous society.
but who is agreeable and talks bril-
liantly in company with a few con
genial people. lie thinks long upon
his work before he puts it on paper,
and when he begins his MS. he re-
CARDS his chief labor as ended.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-25

THE shed reformation on Main and
other streets progresses slowly but
surely. Revolutions never go back
ward. When an old fashioned barn
shed goes down from the front of a
Main street block it is forever. The
improvement is so great that q restb-
ration is never dreamed of. The de-
mand of the hour is Down with the
sheds"