Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-12

acknowledged tnat GRANT is a wonder
full parsonage in many respects, or tina
: he has been made a pet of by dam
! fortune, Else how could he have riser
: from, as it we're, total obscurity to tn,
! head and front of a conquering army
and then to be the twice chosen heaC
of a grand country. And be received
all these honors, while hundreds o.
those heretofore thought to be his su.
periors everyway, fell to the rear il
apparent oblivion. Certainly, to attain
all this pereferment, there must have
been an underlying current of great.
ness that only awaited an opportunity
to assert itself. This opportunity oc.
CURED, General Grant stepped to the
front, aud, presto, became famous
throughout the world. All this was
the work Of circumstance--crue war,
Still it was the opportunity. Now
the opportunity has arrived for that
same gallant soldier and favcrite oil
fortune to show his greatness in right
ing a wrong and having the courage to
stand out before the world and pro.
claim his unintentional error in be-
lieving and proclaiming a brother
patriot "a coward and traitor
to his country. This unlocked
for change of front, although coming
at so late a day, was the result OF cir
cumstance, Of opportunity. General
Porter asked General Grant to read
over the evidence of the case. Merely
not to be considered discourteous, he
did as requested, when iol his eyes
were opened to a terrible outraged He
discovered that General Porter was
innocent, and for nineteen years has
been the victim Otto be mild-a too
patriotic court-martial. Then he shows
himself the great man indeed. He
comes before his country and the in
telligent world and acknowledges that
he has been a party to a frightiul
crime. Could anything be more noble?
This was not.the act of a poltroon and
Office trickster. but of a soul whose
highest reasoning led to the lifting
from a brothers honor the black stain
of a damning act. There was no par
tisan trade in this; no diekering for
emolument-as being placed on the
retired list" of the army-but
of a brave heart that discovered
a terrible wrong and was courageous
enough to right it. This is the one
great browning virtue of the gallant
soldier who received the untarnished
sword of General Lee at AppOmattox,
and who afterward refused to counte-
nance the intention" of the conquer
ing government to annul the cartel OF
surrender entered into on that never
to be forgotten occasion. These are
carefully matured remarks, and | am
glad they will reach hundreds Of thou
sands, whose sentiments are the same,
but who have no such enviable chan
mel as the PUBLIC LEDGER through
which to disseminate their views.
This action of General Grant will 90
sounding down the ages, and become
as household and honored as Wash
ington's confession and father, l can
not tell a lie"
There is considerable talk about re-
districting Illinois for Congressional
and legislative purposes. II carried
oGt the northeast section Of the State
will be materially benefited thereby.
The corn crop of Illinois for 1881 is
thirty per cent short of 1880, being
only 175, 1000, 900 bushels.
The Womens' Exchange of Chicago
is progressing finely. During Deem
Der there was sold over $4,000 worth of
women's handiword in PASTRY, general
cookery, needle work, painting, etc.
The Exchange is on the principle Of a
commission house, where women can
place their wares on sale. 1t prom
Uses to be well patronized when its
purpose is better understood
A veritable India rubber man" is
Charles Warren, a circus man, now
before the medical experts of Chicago.
He can gnjoint every part of his anat-
omy with the greatest ease and with
out pain. He is truly an anatomical
wonder.
Senator Logan and the Grant stall
warts OF Chicago are not Oh good
terms.
Twins three times. This has been
the way Mrs. SOlome Ruch, a Chicago
lady, has been increasing the city's
population
When the States Savings institu-
ton Of Chicago collapsed in 1877. and
its dofaplting President, Spencer,
He'd to parts more %copgenial, |
it owed S3,O00.000, TO 1900
depositors. Since that terrible event
the assignee, Judge Otis, has paid the
depositors 40 per cent 10 dividends.
and it is more than likely "a will be
reached, as some of the real estate
assets that we're without value at the
time Of the banks failure, have become
very valuable.
"One killed and another wounded"
This summed up the results OF a little
Chicago matinee the other day. Thos. !
.Summerville, a Lake Shore & South.
ern s%witchmau, did the shooting; Jim
OBrien furnished the corpse, and
Victor Desimore added himself to the
hospital ranks. All this occurred
while Summarville was protecting
himself from the assaults of a mob.
The Coroner's jury indbrsed Summer.
vile.
Loring Burgess was taken to a sta
ton cell the other evening by the
police. He was in company with a
lot Of disrsputables. On searching
him over $l400 we're found on his per-
son. Next day when this fact became
public some Of the gang who had him
in tow were going to club themselves
to death.
j. w. Walcott, who suicided the
other day in Chicago, was at one time
a well.to-do merchant further West.
Reverses of fortune and general des-
ponCency supposed to be the causes Of
his sad performance. Such is lite.
Au revOir. NAYR