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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11
THAT PLATFORM.
How the Chicago Platform is De.
MED by Republican Papers.

N. Y. Times, Rsp.l
It'll great pity that the national
convention Of the republican party
should have put out declaration Of
principles and opinions and purposes,
with one exception so incomplete, so
weakly framed and so jumbled with
matters of impertinence or slight i'm
portance. The resolutions make not
the remotest reference to any possible
policy for the future regarding the
currency, either the legal tenders or
the silver. Their allusion to the tar
iff is a foolish repetition of the
platform Of 1876, and shows that
they have no conception of the
change which has taken place
in the sentiment of the party and of
the whole country since then, or of
the duty and the obligation which
present themselves in this connection
at the present moment. On the other
hand, the committee have seen fit TO
introduce several declarations which
in no wise reflect the general opinion
of the party, and which are calculated
to excite dissent and confusion. Of
these, that against theIChinese is, per-
haps the most conspicuous for its
maladroitness and its obvious spirit
of buncombe. 1t is intended to catch
votes on the Pacific coast, but bids
for sectional votes are not in order in
national platform, and this one adds
to the fault of narrowness that of am
biguity amounting almost to duplicity
The resolution asks nothing sufficient
ly definite for legislative action, but
only seems TO ask what a purely local
and by no means entirely rational
sentiment for the moment requires.
Another of the declarations which do
not express the general sentiment of
an amendment to the federal constitu-
tion forbidding appropriations by the
several states in aid Of sectarian
schools. However opposed to such
appropriations republicans as individ-
uals may be, and they are not entirely
unanimous even in this, not one in q
thousand Of the party has even con-
sidered the notion OF forbidding them
| in the federal constitution. The pro.
position is an ill-considered one, il
Involves considerations of great i'm
portance, it is not fair expression o.
any conviction OF the party, and il
does not deserve a place in the ma
tiOnal platform.
Fhlladelphia Ledger, Ind.l
Much OF what's claimed for the re
publican party is york that the peopl,
generally had large hand in. Thest
| paid the taxes that paid the debt anC
| the pensions; they grew the crops anC
made the products that swelled the
| exports that turned the balance o
trade that gave us the coin to resume
their industry did it, and they did il
without regard to party, sex, race
color or previous condition of servi
tude.
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ABOUT MIR. TILDEN.
A PennsylVanian Who Visited
The Sage of Gramercy Park.
pittsburg Telegram in n. Y. Horald /

Pittsburg Telegram in N. Y. Herald,
Ex-senator Wood, of this city, who
is delegate to the Cincinnati con-
vention, spent two days with Mr.. Til
den last week in New York. In an
interview tonight Mr.. Wood said:
HOne characteristic of Tilden is
that he is slow but certain. Nobody
ever hurried him, nor can he be hur-
ried. Now, any one who thinks that
Tilden is drifting or uncertain, or
without having made up bis mind,
will be surprised to learn that
to-day he has the whole cam
paign of 1880 as clearly mapped
out as was that Of 1876. except as to
Que thing, viz: The contingency of
being thrust out by his party, con-
tingency which Tilden is too unsus-
picious to entertain for a moment
Tie democratic party is already or
ganized, without knowing how it was
done OF by whom. In the seclusion
Of bis Punishment from the rights Of
which he was deirauGed in 1876, be
has mapped out in detail the plan
which viii give him the democratic
victory. But they RnceremoniOusly
and unjustly thrust him and his plaa
aside"
Mr.. Wood is a. physician, and in
speaking of Tilden's health he said:
Speaking as a physician, | was sur
prise@ 10 find him enjoying general
good health. He sleeps well, eats
heartily, and IL 8 better walker than
most men of his age, Indeed, l think
he takes too much exercise. saw
him mount from the pavement 2
stivjted horse. His left arm is largely
impaired in its motion, and 1t shakes
atf;mes. 9has is caused by a rheumatic
affection oethatmembeS, Onaccountof
long continued pain, and on account
Of a deposit in the joints and the
fingers and wrist, motion was inter
fered with so long that the muscle OF
the arm became wasted. The trem-
bling Is not the shaking Of palsy, but
is a local nervous affection called
tremor. An arm immcvable from
stiff Joints and one immovable from
paralysis are two distinct forms OF
disease. As soon as the Cincin-
natl convention adjourns, he will, on
Che advice of his doctors-Simmons
and Seguin, of New York-isolate
himselfin tho country for two or
three months, or possibly go to Eu-
rope. Tilden prefers TO remain at his
post. He has the vigorous will which
enabled Frederick the Great, of Rus
sia, to conquer fate. Such men never
die Of disease. They wear out. il
Mr.. Tilden dies within che next Of
teen years, it will not be Of disease
but from nervous system worn ou
in the service Of his country"
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River TeIegra,ns.

PITTsBURG, June 11.-River foot
s inches and falling. Weather clear
and the heat very oppressive.
LOUISVILLE, jane II. River ris-
ing, with 6 feet 6 inches in the canal
and 4 feet 6 inches in the chute on the
falls.
EVANSVILLE, June 11.-Port list:
Down.. W. Gaff and Ariadne, 1890
pm. Clear with hot south wind;
mercury 70 to $50. River 40 feet
and falling; business light.
CAIRO, June 11.-Arrived--Lizzie
Garner, Cincinnati, 3 pm; Storm, St.
Louis, 8 am; Jas. Howard, New Or
leans, G am; Mary Houston, Cincin-
natl, II am. Departed-Lizzie Hor-
ner, St. Louis, 10 pm; Jas. Howard,
st. Louis, Z am. Weather clear and
hot.
ST.. Louis. June 11.-Arrived Car
rier, Omaha, Centennial, from New
Orleans. Departed, none. River ris-
ing, weather exceedingly warm.
CINcTNN4Ft JHne l1.-River II,
stationary; weather clear and warm.
Arrived Cons Millar.
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The Princess Of Asturias, now in
Paris, is an object of much curiosity
in social circles. She is twenty
eight years of age, and truly as
naughty as a princess" Since she was
an infant almost she has been a great
stickler for every point of etiquette
She is the terror OF courtiers, and un-
concealedly proud of her position as
eldest daughter of the ex-Queen Isa-
bella. She is six years older than her
brother, and her piety is as mystical
and fanatical as was that of her an
cestor, Phillip III.
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BY CABLE.

ST. PETERSBURG, June l1.-Foster,
the new American minister, will be
received by the emperor to-day.
PARIS, June 1l.-Leprevast, navy
surgeon, who served in New Cali.
donia, said to the investigating COM
mittee that the food there was rarely
sufficient and generally bad, and con-
victs were often cruelty treated with
the thumb-screw and bastinado.
LONDON, June 1.-THE Times is
favorable to Gladstone's statement,
and concludes by saying the supple
mentary budget will give Gladstone a
balance Of three hundred and eighty
thousand pounds for contingencies,
which be considers sufficient. In
future years it is calculated that the
changes proposed will bear much rich
fruit.
BERLIN, June 1.-The supplement
tary conference, it is stated, at
Athens, will have to deal in all with
six proposals for the readjustment of
the Greek frontier. But great num-
ber Of these proposals will be promptly
disposed of, if France and England
have agreed to stand up for cession
of territory recommended as a mini
mum of what will be granted by Tur-
key to Greece. Germany is in sympa
thy, and it is not believed Austria and
Russia will antagOnize the majority OF
the powers whose votes are decisive
PARIS, June ll.-Specie in the
bank of France decreased 26,9Si,00C
francs during the past week.
The chamber Of deputies, by vote
of lis to 1l9, has decided to allow the
prosecution of the Due d Padane
D0napartlst member to the chamber
for Corsica, for voting in two places
MADRID, June 1.-THE envoy from
Morocco, in a conference to define til,
status Of foreigners in that country
insists that the propositions Of Aus
tria and Italy, supported by France
defining consular authority, shall b
materially modified.
| CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 11.-Go
schen, the British ambassador, ha
asked ColOnels Baker, Synge, Blounr
and Shuldham to draw up a report o.
the reorganization of the Turkish gen
darmerie, and will recommend til
porte to take measures which thes
officers NAV suggest
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THEY ARE HERE.

a correspondent of the Review and
journal, signing himself Jeffersonian
Democrat" is looking this way for
gubernatorial timber. He says:
Is there no man in west Tennessee,
a friend to the people, who has brains
enough to make a governor? What
has become of the Hon. G. B. Peters,
lonel Phelan, Hon. y. 9. Bledsoe,
hn. j. A. Manson, H. FL. Perry. w.
Collier, Minor Meriweather and
,othel.s-true friends of equal rights
and m ortal foes of monopoly and
wrong? Tennessee needs a man of
common sense and common honesty
for governol-one who can neither be
aattered, controlled or influenced by
threats or promises of promotion or
future acknowledgements mere party
manager" or "artEal dodger," like a
quaek doctor, will not cure the dis
ease, but endanger the life 0i the
patient.
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The Adjournment question.

special 10 COurler-J0urnal,
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The action
Of both houses of congress to-day in
resolving to adjourn sine die a week
from to-day will probably have an i'm
portant bearing upon pending legisla-
tion, such as tariff bills and the
electoral count question. The resolu
tlon was opposed by seventy-two of
the revenue reformers OF the house.
The prOtectionists are delighted in
having foally fixed upon day of adj
journment. They now think. and
perhaps rightly, that they can defeat
every tariff movement. They have
already revealed their tactics. Mr..
Tucker, as the representative efthe
ways and means committee, was on
his feet dozen times to-day to make
motion to 60 into committee of the
whole, for the purpose of considering
revenue bills, but he was interrupted
DO conference reports, and it was 4
o'clock before his motion came before
the house. The protectionists, under
the lead of the Pennsylvania members,
at once began to fillibuster by moving
an adjournment. but on the first mo-
ton they were defeated by a majority
Of twelve, much to their surprise.
After the vote some privileged ques-
tions were considered, and when Mr..
fuckers motion came up again the
hour was so late that the house deci-
ded to adjourn.
The motion will come up again to-
morrow and the revenue reformers
propose to make an earnest fight.
They are now in position to worry
their opponents and put all the mem
bers Of the house on record over and
over again, for, by the passage of the
adjournment resolution, motions to
suspend tho rules will be in order
from now until next Wednesday, un-
der'the rules, and it is the purpose of
the revenue reiormers to bring for
ward separate bills relating to various
tariff questions, such as wood pulp,
printing paper, chrome ore, salt, ETC.,
and to compel separate vote squarely
on these propositions. Hence, for
some days there is prospect of pref
ty lively tariff music in the house, and
both republican and democratic con
stituencies will have an opportunity
to learn how their representatives
stand in regard to some Of the reve-
nue reform issues.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

When the Empress Eugene arrived
off Durham in South Africa, a tug
was placed at her disposal to afford an
early landing. She desired that all
the passengers should be landed with
her, and was the last to leave the deck
of the steamship, being lowered into
the tug by means of a basket. She
presented the captain of the German
with pearl breastpin set with bril-
lisnts, which had been worn by the
prince imperial. She afterward viewed
the convent, where she had an inter
view with the sisters, one of whom
had spoken with Prince Louis Napo-
leon. In conversation, the sister told
the prince that she had seen him
some years ago, when boy at Brest.
He replied, Sister, all is altered now,
but my heart IS still the same"
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ORDINANCE.

GECTI0N !. Re it ordained by the
- legislative council, that II is Hereby
declared 70 be misdemeanor for
any keeper Of retail liquor ss-
loon, gambling house, assiknation house, or
house Of ill-iame, or any one In charge Of
such saloon, house, OF hOus,s to permit a
minor. under 20 years of age, to enter Tho
same, or play at any game, oT buy OF drink
same
And II Is also declared misdemeanor for
any keeper or person in charge of any billiard
room or saloon to allow any miRor, undor 20
years Of age, to lounge about the same, or to
play at billiards or any other game In tho
same, without the written consent of said
minors parents or guardian.
Sec 2. BE II further ordained that aAy one
guilty ofa violation Of this ordinance shall.
upon conviction thereof, before the President
of the Fire and ROlico Commissioned, be fined
not lesa than one nor more than Fifty dollars
for each and every ofiense. N'
Passed June 10, 1880,
JOHN 0YERTON, Jr..
,,,..,. chairman pro tenn
Q.L. PVEtFS, sec'y. S9@
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TIE Nashville American SAYS:

The man Of all men before the Chi
cago convention, TO whom the repub-
lican party was most indebted and
whose claims upon it were strongest,
was Mr.. Hayes secretary Of the treas
ury. More than all the others was he
identified with the recent business
boom and the success of resumption,
if he vas not its prime factor. With
this mar as its candidate, the republi-
can party hsd q live and fresh issue
for a presidential campaign. With
Garfield it has but its past as a pre-
text for its perpetuity. and it has
shelved the only man by whom it was
enabled to possess the hope for an
other four years lease upon the pa
tieuce of the American people.
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Heavy Hail storm.

Sioux CRY, Iowa, June 1l.-A
heavy hail storm yesterday broke a
vast amount Of glass and subsequently
stores and dwellings were flooded by
rain, causing damages to the amount
of $4,000. Hail stones eleven inches
in circumference were picked up and
in sheltered places lay in drifts until
after night fall.
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We are confident that both the
president and secretary will endorse
Mr. Arthur as eminently eligible to
the nomination for vice president, and
will not regard his differing from them
as to the administration of the custom
house as any disqualification Gin
cinnati Gazette.
Having kicked Arthur out of the
custom house for incapacity and in
subordination, the president and sec
ret9ry will place themselves in a very
ridiculous position BY endorsing the
man. Yet they will DO it, Of course.
There is much crow eating about this
time Courier ournal. P"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

A STRANGE spectacle was witnessed
at q leading hotel in Chicago during
the convention, where half dozen
negro delegates, recruited for the
third term, were kept in one of the
parlors under close watch and ward.
They had champagne and cigars with
out stint, were fed in their rooms on
the fat of the land, and kept glo-
riously drunk. Outside there we're
competing bidders for their votes, but
the colored brother was not permitted
to market his merchandise. Negroes
have net brought so much since the
war.
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BANK FAILED
And the Cashier Off on a Leave Of
Absence.

NEWARK, N. j., June 1.-THE
First National bank closed to day and
applied for receiver. The cashier
of the bank sailed for Europe last
week on leave of absence, but will
be recalled. Rumors of Irregularities
are aaoat, but the managers await the
government examiners report.
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Tammany machine and the COhkling
machine, in the interest Of the latter.
His nomination was prompted by a
desire of the people who nominated
Garfield to conciliate Conkling, and
obtain the services of one of the most
skillful, as he is certainly the most
corrupt, politicians of the eempire state.
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DeGOIyer Jim.
i to the Courier-Jo -Journal.l

special to the Courier-J ournal.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The char
acter Of the fight against Garfield is
fast developing. He is to be attacked
and hammered on his personal record.
His connection with the Credit Mo.
bilier scandal and his $4,000 fee for
advocating the DeGolyer pavement
will figure largely in the coming cam
paign. The original Of his receipt for
the DeGolyer fee has been obtained.
and will be Autographed at once.
Old Mad. Wells Of Louisiana re-
turning board infamy, has been made
happy as a lark by GarGeld's nomina-
tion. He has been in town for some
weeks. Most Of the time to-day he
has been the center of groups of
southern republicans, who look upon
him as a man who will have potent
influence in case Garfield should be
elected. He beams with smiles, he
chockles and winks, as one who knows
thing or two. louisiana republicans
have been for three years insinuating
that Of all the visiting statesmen who
fixed things in New Orleans in 1876
and 1877, Garfield was the most cum
ming, INSCRIPTIONS and valuable
Another man who rejoices exceedingly
over GarGeld's nomination in Con
gresham Woodpulp Russell. He an(
his confreres rigbtfully regard Gar
field as one of the most useful friends
Of the tariff monOpolists.
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Oceans OFT

Chicago Timesl
Materials for biographical sketch
OF Senator Garfield are not very album
dant, but If an emergency arises we
hope to prove equal to the occasion.
indianapolis journal.
There is a right smart of material.
Read the credit mObilier investigation
coupled with Mr.. Garfelds previous
protestations of profound innocence.
Look into the District of Columbia
stealings. Follow Mr.. Garfield on the
free pulp matter in congress. There
oceans of material.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

GRANT was distinguished for stick
ing to his friends, and it is remarka-
bic how they stuck to him at Chicago.
lie started in with 304 votes on the
FIRST ballot and quit with BOG on the
thirty-sixth ballot. His lowest vote
at any time was 302 on the twenty
fifth ballot, and his highest vote 3l2
on the thirty-fourth ballot. His
average for the thirty-six ballots was
. fraction under BOG votes. So it may
be said that he held his own.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

A CENSUS enumerator in Louisville
found an old Guinea negro who was
100 years old and the husband of elev-
en- wives. He was hale and hearty
and said he would marry again if he
could find somebody that wanted to
harry
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The An NIrht 1IreenhncIlors.

CHICAGO, June l1.-About one
O'Clock this morning the greenbackers
began presenting the names of can
didates for the presidential nomina-
tion. The FIRST ballot was taken at
4:1O, with the following result; Weaver
328; Wright, 1874; Dillayo, III; Chase,
100 Butler, 9l Allis, Al; Campbell,
q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

GEN. GRANT took his defeat like he
always took every thing else, cheer
fully. When the result of the thirty
sixth ballot was communicated to him
he said 1T is all right; | am salts
fed" And then he lit another cigar
and smoked on as usual.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

A Sheffield manufacturer is report
ed to have told his workmen to vote
just as they pleased" in fact, |
shant tell you how I'm going to vote, y
he said. After 1t isoyer shall have
barrel of beer brought into the
yard" Hear, hear" shouted the
men. But | sha'n't tap it unless
Mr.. Wortley the Tory candidate gets
in -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

THE prince imperial has not been
heard Of since the Chicago convention
refused to nominate father" He
thought it would be a d-n shame
if they nominated anybody else, and
now he knows it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

GRANT received only LAG votes out
side Of the northern states. The re-
publican dog, however. could not
stand it to be wagged by tail of that
size and color.
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THERE are five candidates already
mentioned for the congressional nom
ination from the Third Virginia
district to succeed Gen. Joseph E.
johnson, who has declined to again
be candidate. -Four are democratic
conservatives and the other a read
;nster
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

ST. LOUIS, June 9,-The Southern
express company has been served with
a notice that they be required to with
draw from the Memphis and llittle
Rock railroad on the l4th instant as
this railroad company has decided to
DO the express business themselves
after that date. - Y
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An Innocent Hung.

BRADFORD, 0NT., June 1O.-Fish
Carrier was hanged in the Jail yard
here to-day for the murder of his wife
about three months ago. He asserted
his innocence of the crime.
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lUKA SPRINGS HOTEL.

FlNHlS favorite Watering place, simetol ON
l. the Memphis 3 Charleston railfosd jl5
miles east Of Memphis, is nov open for mo
reception Of visitors. The house has been en-
tirely refurnished and no painswili be spsrcd
70 mako guests ieel entirely Vt home. Tho
Springs. are well known for their medicinal
prQpertieg,and are not surpassed By any soath
Of NEeinla. Various amusements for pastitne.
board at lowest rates. Apply 10
10 lO0 A. II. HARRlS. Prnn1ielnr
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Lett for Texas.

New York, June 1l.-Maurice
Barrymore, who witnessed the killing
of B. Il. Porter, at MARSHALL, Texas,
left this city to testify in the trial Of
Cnrrie, the accused.
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Shocks Of an Earthquake In
Euba.

HAVANA, June ll.-PAeTe WeFe
two oscillating shocks of earthquake
in the central department on the night
of the fourth.
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Call for the National Democratic
Committee.

New YoRK.-The meeting of the
rational democratic committee is
called for June q, at uoOn, in the
Grand hotel, Cincinnati.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

Evil communications corrupt good
manners unless spotted in time by
the postOfice detectives.-New York
News.
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BATH IRFIRmRRY
M. IaO DeeOTO cTuprr

DR. h. A. WHITE has repaired his ine,m
~ airy for treatment Of Chronic Diseases
separate apartments tor male and female pa
Sa,m. to pm, a@
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KNIGHTS nE pYIHIAs-


Al EMBERS Of Constantine Lodge No. @,
Castle Hall. No. $50 Second street. THIS Fri-
day. evening at clock sharp. fer work in
First DEGREE. All brother knights fraternaly
invited. w. Y. MITCHELL, C. g.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-11

Gentlemen's coats are worn shorter
this season than last but it takes as
long to get them New Orleans Plea
yune.
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MANCHESTER, ENG, June II, 2:3O
p.m.-Manchester yarns and fabrics
frmer. An advance is demanded,
which buyers refuse.
New ORLEANS, June II, ll:9O am.
Cotton firm. Middling, llkc
Sales to-day 300 bales; receipts 81
bales Stock 103,552 bales.
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WASHINGTON, June l1.-For Ten
nesseee and Ohio valley stationary
ban, mener and temperature, southerly
winds and partly cloudy weather.