Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-05-27
MEAN LITERARY PIRACY

= AFeu a hAlAu u loutlAiN h1'
!. Monthly Catalogue Of Efcii
? LaUysrs, edited by one JohI
New York City. He is the
who has, within the last ten '
! noioriety by his prostitution a
, legal profession, quite as gre;
] has been reached by any Of
, quaek patent medicines, and do
It quite as profitable. Ia his {
! monstrated that the proneness
} to be gulled is ever the same.
I class, are a shrewd, sharp-wlt
but the impositions they hsv
this fellow Livingston, prove
penetrable as other people to
! impudent pretender.
Some years ago be started
SfBe, or some such titled q
worthless as il was, command
tensive circulation. A promiu
was promised TO be Biograph
Distinguished Lawyers and
made to work in this wise
sent to hundreds if not thousar
who had been bred to the.
in or out Of practice, soliciting
their dsguerreotype likeness, !
sketch Of their lives BY some
the portrait and biography mig
coming number OF the Hagaziu
Of this blszonry Of their deeds
bi,ion Of their faces to the ad
was to be, IL We remember !
hundred dollars, with copies of
distribution among friends "
nothing.n A goOdiy nHmber to
we believe it was the common (
upon oHe pretexs or another,
much more was extorted befor
was got through with. Many
felt that they had been I" done :
ter 20 stand the imposition and
selves, rather than raise a qul
libsrality by resisting this fla
black mail. This resource afteI
to faii. The trick Of the thu
understood, and blarney and I
below par.
With the genius for 6id3ling,
distinguishes Mr.. Livingston, b
stated, recently opened a rev
getting, BY downright literary p
victim in this case is one Of {
Col. Thornton, an old and dist
titionsr at the bar in Virginia
and the author Of a work on
which, ever since its publication
rank Of a standard authority in
the profession. In bis 4" Month
EfieienI and Reliable Lawyers
great part Of the names Of n
profession in the several STAT
doubtless been made to pay rot
so puffsd above thar brethren '
advertise, be has put forward
pretentious caption to two pagel
InstructIous and Forms for the exeoui
ment proof, and recording CT deeds
ments for every State, tncludlog SEN
70 signing. sealing, Ecknow edging
c1rding dzeds of al property sRd .
in wriflng together with correct For
Of AcfnoWladgm ut aud Pro0f for eI
Prepared By John LiviaEstfn, Of
tamerican Ezchaugs Bank Buildmz,
York. Counselor af LaE. C1mmissioner
F1rk, spp1iated By the Governor Of evi
tue ssk11wiedsment and proof of det
take an iavits and deposltions 70 te q
Commission for the United States Col
Notary Pubic for the city and county ol
Il will be seen that Mr.. j,
{" Of No. 12S Broadway etc
that what follows was "prepl
The matter which follows is
predatory remarks, and two or
forms,-Cvsry word Of which is
from " Thornton on CCnTeyancin
give q column and more Of the
denre Of this mean and despi'
theft, but the following will be >
LiUingsf0n's PiltsrfHg. Thornton
Prom the O ffsre1ce exist
Ing between the character From II
sLd Uses Of personal and real exists bets
property, there naturally ter a. d Is.
arises q Corresponding Of = rea prepe
ference in the evireuce q rally aud
the title BY WI CD t1e SAM g c0rresp,
are respectively htld The in the evi
one perisha5le AID transit they are n
cry N its nature - ever The one
changing and shifting It's 10 trArsltoTy
cation with that Of IT'S rOs- ever chang
szsseT-c uld scarcely admit is locaticl
0f better evidence q OwneT- pcssessor-
ship than &C .uEl possession referred 70
The 0fher imperishable and OF sEnsrs
immovAble, tatioaaily sug- possession
gested an evidence OF title, peTishshie
as near Is imm0vBble
mzy be with its oHn trde- tiensliy 81
Etruciible and perma. ent deIcs OF Z
chsracter. Hence the great ing, a. nea
er cauiisn and additional It's own IN
fJrmal.ty which, frlm The permanent
Carlis-t ages. have pertEi1ed There j.
10 the trsnsfer Of real pro accounting
perry; and though The Gd- tse grettsI
vance Of liberal princip es N di' ional Z
government hiss caused Ger from the e
tain restrictions 20 yi-id, perisined {
yet q Is stil, and ever must eal over p.
be, one % the hrst uties Of As
q FeII-rsgulateI community in govern
90 prescribe, and among the gressed, n
most earnest and important restriction
Inquiries or the p operty but Il Is ~
holder 20 inform himself OF Be. one OF
ihe rue es and Essu-a ces by a vFeil-regr
Thich land Is acquired sud % preEcrio b
retained In no c0lntry Co.'S NEST earnc
land pass Sd readily from ilqui-ies G
lwuer 90 owner as IN the h8ider, 70 /
U1iied states Every one the rules a
n her cftiEsns g. capable o. whlch land
scquirI1E IEnd in the ulO4es retained.
prescIihe by law, and if eI- n countr,
smpt from the diszblii-ies cf Subject Cf
.di0cg, Insanity, sns infEn- with less J
", may aIiela;e The "a e which II =
u pleasure But Etil, it from owne
an neither be acquired nor here. I
i.i-uate1. except under tne
regu 'Gfi0Hs Gld fofMg pre- Is capablA {
IcTIbed by the l0lBs Of ssci IN the IN Q
sfcfe gegpecfiUeiu Whst Law. ana if
these regulations and forms disabilities
are. beComes, therefore, E ity ant iufl
55lslde alton o. prime i'm etc the 81
lortaloe-one which it Is l5.d Sat
he obisct OF The author 10 e. Be a1q ai
.aT before he LEGAL pr0fes eKc-pt unt
sion In thesepEges. ne rad fi0ns pres
.cai chEngts which within ard INC 4
he last few years, have bssn sal Itsfy a
mSde IN the statute laws of cations or
most OF the States, renders ADOPTED BY
tsis information esseutiAl sPectiTrly.
and the autheT, having Tor galAiioni
I, n years past bsen Al act becoults 8
iug Clmm Issiouer in the prime imp
cityof NV York for every
state, has had the best Of
faci.iiics for preparing this
work. the oorrectness OF
which be believes may Be
impiciGy relied upon. AT
the instructions and every
form given O. thG 70 loving
pzses, have Ipt only been
care .uf = compared with the
staiutes OF th e several
States, but have been sub
mtttei 70 the examination o.
competent judicial onlcers IN
every STATE, sud are sues a.
arr now n Anllg aAA AAANA
use By the writer.
There is great deal more Of 4
indeed, Thornton's entire boOE
without the slightest Temorse,
slight alterations Of the text bel
it was necessary to conceal the
the imposture The piracy is Sc
Mr.. John Livingston, il be be IN
Of the city Of New York, ough
from the roll Of attorneys, as q
profession whose highest functil
men who lie and steal-of both {
ses be is culpable in this whol'
from our friend Thornton. In 4
him we trust we have at least 8
Of that Red Rover"