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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-10
BLIND BEGGARS.
Some Extraordinary Developments,


Some extraordinary developments is
about blind beggars we're made last week
in a New Orleans court room. Mrs.
Barbara Vandarrich, of that city, has a
blind husband and four children, and the
whole family are professionally mendi-
cants. The old man wears white night
cap on his head, tin sign on his breast,
and sits on Canal ssreet turning the
crank of hand-organ. surrounded by
his wretched and importunate brood.
One OF his boys was enticed away from
him lately by two brother professionals;
and in the suit the wife brought to pun
ish them for this inroad on the stock in
trade, the curious facts alluded to came
out. A professional beggar who was
mixed up in the case testified that nine
out of ten who are led about as blind men,
have eyes as good as anybody's. He
said the plan adopted is this
1.-THE impostor provides himself with
a peculiar quality of blue stone, not for
sale by all dealers, and having secured
the services of some halfstarved, little,
motherless and fatherless boy or girl to
lead him, he chips off small piece Of
blue stone, about the size of pea, and
dissolves it in an ordinary glass of water.
This is enough to make fifteen men blind
for three or four days. He then closes
his eyes and bathes the lids with the
LIQUID. 1t acts as powerful astringent,
and even if he wanted to see he couldn't,
until the effect wears off The lids are
tightly closed, and if they are forced open
there is a temporary film over the pupil
which would seceive any but the skilful
oculist."
The witness said he could 90 through
the city and pick out all the really blind
mendicants from the blue stone rascals.
After patient consideration of the evi-
dence, Recorder Gastinel rendered the
following decision:
In this case the Court perceives no
kidnapping, but clearly one of the great
est outrages ever perpetrated on the cit
izens of New Orleans, not only by the
accused, but by main Witnesses for the
prosecution. These parties come clearly
and plainly under the statute defining
vagrancy. / therefore sentence the &C,
cused, Seraphn, Villemar and Hubert
Smith, to six months in the workhouse
in default of giving bond in the sum of
$1,000 for good behavior. Ialso sentence
the plaintiff, Barbara Vandarrich to the
same penalty, and the boy Gustave Van
darrich to the house of refuge in default
of bond for $1,000 for his good beha-
vior."
1t is interesting to know that these
$1,000 bonds were given by the beggars
on the spot. One of the defendants had
$4,000 on his person, and certificates of
deposit for $4,000 more The plaintiffs
seemed in equally comfortable circum-
stances; but no doubt could be found
to-day at their fovorite haunt on Canal
street, forming their usual squalid family
tabIeaa of misery and misfortune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-10
Squirting BrainsI

Master Gridley threw cold water on
the Young mans too sanguine anticipa-
tions of success. " All up with the boy,
if he's going to take to rhyming when
be ought to be doing up papers Of
brown sugar, and weighing out pounds
of tea. Poor house-thats what it'll
end in. Poets, to be surel Sausage
maker. Empty skins Of old phrases (;
stufr 'em with odds and ends Of old
thoughts that never were good for any
thing, cut EN- up in lengths, and sell EN-
TO fools Aud if they amt big fools
enough 10 buy 'em, give EN- away; and
if you cant do that, pay folks to take
'eul. Bah what a fac style of genius
common sense is There's a passage in
the book that would fit half these addle-
headed rby mesters What is that saying
Of mine about squirting brains ?
He took down Thoughts on the
Universe" and read:
"OF SQUIRTING BRAINs.-Where there
is one man who squints with his eyes,
there are a dozen who squirt with their
brains. Il is an intrmity in one Of the
eyes, making the two unequal in power,
that makes men sQuint Just so It Is
inequality in the two halves Of the brain
that makes some men idiots and others
raseals. / know q fellow whose right
halt is a genius, but bis other hemisphere
belougs 80 = fool; and ] bad friend per-
fectly honest on one side, but who was
sent 10 jail because the other had an in
veterate tendency in the direction Of
picking pockets, and appropriating as
alicHum
All this. talking and reading 70 him
self. IN bis usual fashion H0lmes' Guar
dian Angel
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-06-10
Trustee sale.

DY VIRTUE ORA DEED IN TRUST TO
ID ne executed on the 18th day Of January
1851. by Pierre Baquct. 20 secure 10 Joseph
Ftchvarne the prompt payment at maturity,
OF certain notes therein specified, viii, on
Monday, the sth day Of July, 1851, a. the
southeast corner Of Court Square, in the city Of
highest bidder. Lots Nos. q, . and e. as laid
down on the plan Of sub-division Of the
flippin tract. said lots being situated south of
Fort Pickeriug aud between the lands Of Dr. s..
M Wheaton and Naccaro, and each having q
front OF (5O ffty feet on the Horn Lake road,
and run back between parallel lines a distaRes
of $50 feet Sale between the hours Of DO an
and nm. Equity of Redemption waived.
Title believed % be rood, but u convey only as
Trustee. JN0. EnCHVARNE.
log Trustee.
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Loss by Portland Fire. July

rTNHE total amount covered by the Etna Poll.
4 cies on property destroyed or damaged il
S2O6,S4, on which salvage will be about FIVE
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 100000, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum is five per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets. q figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year,
or proportion equal to 5000 loss for com
pany Of $lOe 0Oo assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value OF
wealthy, strong corporations is forcibly IL
lustrated by this FIRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population Of 95,000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone tructures-protected
and screened with UPWARD Of 3, 900 shade trees
bounded on three sides By water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with a steam FIRE depsrtment-yet il has &c.,
O0, 900 of property consumed in a few hours
upon a holiday when its people are least ocsu-
pied-frOm the very iRsigniheaI cause of
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the trihing origin Of fires that
sweep away in a few hours the earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Rtna Agent call if you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate Of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd Judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
10 by H. A. LITTLETON & CO., Ar'ta,
1895 No. q Madison street.
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PINE BLUFF DISPATCH,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
BOWERS L SPARKS, Publishers
Edited By J. H. SPARKS.

Is PUBLISHED WEEKLY, IN ONE OF
fae leading towns Of Arkansas. AZ g % per
year, aud offers 20 merchants Of Memphis great
cirrplation, and i read 10 nearly every county
In fhe State. and in the Indian county west (;
and i the ONLY PAPER published in Pine
Bluff. Arkansas river trade Is worth having.
- eod5l-l2s
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PROFESSIONAL.
PROFESSIONAL CARD. Boz
Drs. ROGERS & PURNELL,
2S5 Main Street.

DR. PURNBLL MAY BE FOUND AT
~ l35 Union street at night. 4.rf
DIR. ROGERS may be found at Mr.. At
woods, corner Of Main and Auction streets, at
night b9-S6
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REAL ESTATE LOTTERY.
GRAND LOTTERY SCHEME!
Lands. Stocks. Town Lots !
Regular Monthly Drawings at Her
nando, Miss.
The First on June 18th.
SOUTHERN ASYLUM.

VHE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROP
l. cTty will be distributed among Ticket hold
ers Of the
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Administrator Sale.

ONTHE 18Th DAY OF JUNE. 1861. AT II
" O'Clock An, I vii sell ai Public Auction,
TO the highest bidder. for cash, the Household
and Kitchen Furniture Of Gabriel Smither, de-
ceased. The sale viii take place a. the late
residence. on Shelby street, in Memphis, Tenn.
This. the Sd day Of June, l-ll.
81 Z. @. sMITHER, Admir-.
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DR. +. b. WALTON. TENDERS HIS
~ services TO the public in the treatment Of
the diseases Of females. SO obscure are many
Of these, so caprieious in their manifestations,
so perfectly do they simulate ether diseases,
that their true character is often overlooked or
mistaken prominent among these are, Neu-
ralgia, Dyspepsia, that condition Of the system
commonly called Nervous or Rheumatic, and
Heneral Debility, this last is too often but a
symptom Of some insidious disease which is
sapping the foundations Of life. To become
expert 10 the detection Of these and skillful In
their treatment, requires more labor and re-
search than the general practitioner can be-
stow. These facts induced him to devote him
self TO this branch Of the profession exclu
sively. To those interested he would state
that he has had the advantages Of the best
medical schools and extensive hospitals Of
America; also practice Of more thar twenty
years in this his native State and in the Tropics,
where such diseases most abound. He is per-
mitted also 70 refer 20 Drs. PitmAn 4 Hopson,
gentlemen who stand deservedly high in the
profession. Office No. 34 Main street. Resi-
dence. No. 2ql Linden St, Mem phis. Tenn. l07
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REUBEN DALEY,
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER
No. $50 Second street.

cs-Drrssitiors IN Admiralty cascs taken in
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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-03
The Supreme Court and the Military Bill.

There are some persons who take counsel from their
resentments aud advise our people to do nothing IN
der the military BILL because they say, the bill lse
is unconstitutional and will be declared SO by the Su
prene Court SO soon as ease be brought before it.
They forget the Federal courts courts Of limited
jurisdiction and that it will be exceedingly difficult,
not impossible, to bring before the Supreme CouF
a case which will necessarily involve decision as to
the consttutionali.y Of the bill That court must de
eide like all other courts the questions raised by the
record Of each particular case.
Judge Harris, of Mississippi, one Of the ablest ju
rsts of that State in his letter published III Our las
issue, says: II do not how the State government
can make case for judicial action, and, the power
of recognising the existence of State government
has By that court been held to be POLITICAL and not
judicial question: and pertain to Congress-" TIL:
also is the opinion Of Judge VIM Yerger, Of the same
State, and lawyer Of great attainments. But even
supposing could be made Up TO give jn
risdction and to decide the constitutionay Of the
bill, appeal to the Supreme Court would involve
still further delays and perpetuatc still longer the
present anomalous condition Of the excluded States.
And at last, upon this supposton of test case the
court might uecile against U.s. LOT we nave no apoo
Lutte guaranty of favorable decision. The truth is
evident to every unprofessional man. that the ques
ton is necessarily political one, and
excuse much less any reason, for further delays in the
vain hope OF something turning up" Mr. Micawber,
the famous prototype Of sangune hope, after wan
derng England for many years, the sorry victim
Of disappointed expectations, had, we remember, the
good sense at last to emigrase to Australia, and we
are told, made good thing of it. Our political Hi
cawbers may take useful lesson here. The sooner
they abandon the hope Of something turning up" to
advantage in the future, without any effort on our
part the better twill be for all of Us. They had bet
ter start at once, and in good faith, towards the Aus
traa of and coming The Reorganization
of the excluded States must be effected by people
for themselves, or it will be done for them, and, in
way they will hereafter bitterly lament
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-03
The Supplemental Bill.
Az REPORTED By MR.. TRUMBULL, AND AMENDED AN
PASSED BY TIE SENATE.

Be 1t enacted etc., That before the first dav o.
September, 1867, the commanding general in each
district defined by act entitled An to provide
FOR the more efficient government OF the rebel States
passed March ., 1851 shall cause registration to be
made Of the male citizens of the United States twenty
years Of age and upward resident in each county
parish in the State States included in his district
which registration shall include only those persons
who qualified to vote for delegates BY the ACT
aforesaid and who shall have taken andsebscgibcd tc
the following oath Or affirmation:
do solemnly swear or afim in the presence Of
Almighty God, that l am a citizen of the State o.
--; that | have resided IN said State for -
months next preceding this day. and now reside in the
county of -, or the parish of -, in said State
Las the case may be ); that twenty one years old
that have been DISTINGUISHED for participation
in any rebellion civil against the United States
nor tor felony committed against the laws of any
State, of the United States; that have never
taken an oath as member of Congress of the United
States, member Of any State legislature of anv
State to support the Constitution Of the United States
and afterwards engaged in insurrecton rebellion
against the United States Or given aid comfort to
enemies thereof; that will faithfully support the
Constitution and obey the laws of the United States
and will, to the best Of my ability encourage Others
go to do. SO help me God.
Which oath affirmation mag be administered by
any registering officer.
Sec 2. That after theeompletion of the registration
hereby pF0'lGeu iof Ill any State az such time and
places therein the commanding general shall appoint
and direct of which at least thirty days public notice
SHALL be given, election shall be held of delegates
to convention for the purpose of establishing con
stitutlon and civil governmentfor such State Iowa! to
the Union, said convention in each State except Viz
gnia, to consist of the same number of members as
the most numerous branch Of the State legislature Of
such State in 1860 to be apportioned among the sew
eral districts counties parishes Of such State by the
commanding general giving each representation in
the ratio of voters registered aforesaid as nearly
may be. The convention in Virginia shall consist of
the same number of members represented the ter
ritory constituting Virginia in the most numerous
branch Of the legislature e said State in the year
1860, to be apportoned as aforesaid
SEE s. That at said election, the registered voters
of each State shall vote for against convention to
frame constitution therefor, under this act those
voting in favor of such contention shall have written
printed ballots by which they vote for delegates
aforesaid, tha words !. for convention y ana thosa
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-03
The Trne Issue

The real question presented to our people for their
decision IS not what amount Of resentment we ought
to show in consequence Of the wrongs inflicted by the
military BILL nor yet what further impost tons may be
reserved in store for u.s. but it is whether shall
ercise the political rights conferred by the bill,
whether We shall refuse to exercise them.
1t is both foolish and unmanly to bemoan condi-
ton Of affairs in part brought upon ourselves by Our
acts and in part the result of unhappy COLI
sion between the executive and legislative depart
mens Of the Government. We do not say it is our
duty to applaud the policy Of Radicaiisn and to affect
to love the dirt that eating; far from it, but
do say, and there is wide difference betw this
and such toadyism, that we are conquered people
that by the force Of have been rtIncorporated
in the great body of American people, that their des-
tiny is our destiny their Government Government,
their rulers rulers their laws laws and that
as citizens Of the country it is duty to obey its
laws with alacrity This obedience too, is not only
duty, but it is and will continue enforced necessity
Being then an integral part Of the American people,
although not upon footing Of Federal equality with
the other States, we such duties grow out of
our situation, and should exercise such rights as
highest of all civil duties is obedience to the law while
the right OF suffrage, involving the duty of exercising
it, is the greatest of all political privileges To accept
passively the provisions Of this BILL that is in other
words to DO nothing actively under it, is i'll the first
place. to couten the authority Of the law maker and
in the second place, to hand over the government of
ourselves to the newly cnflanchsed voters of the
country. For mark YOU whether in your resentment,
your consistency your offended dignity, you choose
to register and vote Or not, convention will be called
and Constitution adopted and submitted to Congress.
You may stay away SrcaR the registry and the polls
the end proposed win be surely accomplished. You
Dnot.escape the dilemma, nor, by a "mastery mac
tivitv," evade the true issue You must either exer-
else tie rights conferred by the BILL or you may IN
wisely and mady refuse to do it; and if you refuse,
as certain the night follows the day, you will have
made surrender that will call forth btterer tears for
the future than any surrender we ever made in the
past. This is appeal to your interest aud from fear
of confscation, but to your common sense and to
avoid further and deepel humiliations
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MasteTly Inactivity"


This phrase has suddenly come into vogue again
If remember rightly, it was used by Mr.. Calhoun
to express the idea that time without the nterven
ton OF Congress- would Of itself settle the question
boundary between the United States and Great Brit
eD, and in opposition to the $40 demand, or war
4 misuse OF terms, involving q nisappicaton o.
doctrine is common thing in dialectics and not on
ly common thing, but a dangerous weapon in nolit
lea! controversy. We have seen what use may b
made of popular and party war-cries We have haG
Free Trade and Sailors Rights" "Tppecanoe and
Tyler too" $40 Or fight, and on but the effort
to fix characteristic phrase Of the past upon the
present condition of the country is altogether to ig
more the actual status at this moment THIS, truth is
and It IS surprising how slow people are to recoc
Mise it, ve are in transition state passing from dis
astrous failure involving fundamental change to a
permanent and settled order under new regime il.
volving two radical and fixed principles Our past
does not app to present.. If we look fer fitting
precedents for our present condition We must 90 to
other countries and back to other times and calmly
if We can, watch the sub5deGce of the waves after the
storms Of revolution have passed away-to learn how
society will and can ADJUST itself under such circu-
stances. History is full of pregnant and painful les
sons On this subject Without troubling ourselves to
look for examples and preccdents we know, as human
nature is the same that what has happened else
where will happen here and will take comfort from
the general lesson that the period of transition is
necessarily brief because it is to the interest Of society,"
OF commerce, of law and Of order to establish author
ity upon permanent basis We hspe our peorIe
will not be nsled by the use Of well-timed phrase
that has no fitting application TO our present eond
ton. 1t is far better for every man to consider not
how little he can d. but how much he can do to re-
store tie excluded States to their proper relations in
the Union.
By the great mass Of the Northern people war was
waged against in order TO preserve the Federal I'M
ion to prevent disuuion and the establishment Of
Southern Confedetacy. The abolition of slavery was
an incident Of the progress Of that war; and what to
do with the emancipated slave has By the force of
circumstances become the pressing question of the
hour. That question disposed Of, there will be but
few lindrances towards more perfect Union. Our
property in the slave being already destroyed, and
beyond all hope Of redemption, and ought to
address ourselves to the task imposed upon by Con
gress OF considering the negro the subject of polit
zeal rights. Bern in household and always sub
ject to power five cannot help control him in
lis political education, the fault will be ours and not
his for the negro, liz lis nature, = both docile and
kind.
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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE I've have heard it said, If
we act under the Military Bill, accept its provisions.
At first glance the stoenento Of the proposition would
seem to Imply that, acceptance OF the provisions
Of the bill was tantamount to adopton>ana ap-
prevail of it-that endorsed the policy and ratified
its provsions-that in word, by acting under it,
forfeited the high position took upon the constitu-
tiona amendments, and pledged ourselves to Radical
ism for the future. The objection is entirely specioas
Our people here, by their conventions, refused to
adopt the amendments and this refusal was, and is,
the only protest in our power nconseQuence Of the
solemn and decided manner in which it was made
Congressh has resosted tethe plan of the Military Bill
which permits the exercise of suffrage to the great
bulk of the white population, and expressly, and with
oat consulting US, grants the right to the negro
/. DISTINGUISHES, very small number Of whites
Congress therefore has assumed the responsibility of
negro suffrage, and, if those permitted to vote under
the bill choose to exercise that right and hope ali
WILL they neither endorse, ratify approve negro
suffrage; and if the enfranchsemen of this class is
hereafter fxed fact, Congress will be entitled to
whatever glory or shame may attach toit.
Aceuiescence in an established fact is not an en-
dorsement Of principle.