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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
WAR RUMoRs.

The foreign papers are busily circu-
lating an anecdote that young boy,
called to high destinies, stubbornly re-
fuses to study the maps, for the reason
that the map has often changed of late
years, and papa (Napoleon III says it
will soon be changed again" The little
fellow ought to know French secrets,
and if another war is to curse Europe,
as the probabilities seem to indicate,
Napoleon will doubtless be one Of the
leading spirits in it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES IN
CONGRESS.

If there was ever striking example,
says the National Intellgencer, of the
maxim that the world is governed too
much" we see it now in Congress.
That body governs, or undertakes to
govern, in things and ways not author
lied by the Constitution. For instance,
IL is convulsed with forced and sum
mary action concerning the admission
into the Union Of ten States, which it
excludes from representation which
States already in the Union, are subject
10 all laws Of the United States, and
have local governments Of every form in
full operation. Nothing is wanting to
effect complete Union but the admission
of representatives from these States into
Congress. The latter can admit them
to-day or any other time, as it may see
fit, under its constitutional prerogatiye
to judge in good faith Of the qualifca-
tons Of members. When men, therefore,
assume to upset the regular status of law
aud order 10 the South by unconstitu-
tional legislation, and introduce new
things, subyerting the legal relation Of
States to the Federal head, and plant
unconstitutional forms upon the ruins Of
the regular governmental functions now
existing, they become usurpers and rev.
olutionists It is not necessary here to
expatiate upon the practical mischieis
that will befall all the people by such
wholesale license in legislation The
radical destructive msy insist upon pull
ing down the pillars that support our
governmental fabric, but they and every
body else ia the nation win be crushed
70 atoms
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
THE CHANCES.

tits now conceded, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer, that the Sherman-Blainc mill
tary bill will fail to become law this
session-even if the House and Senate
should agree upon its provisions, unless
the President should return the bill
within the coming week, SO as to give
Congress time to act upon it There are
some who profess to believe that the
President will sign the bill with a protest,
after the manner of procedure in the
Tennessee act at last session, but none
of those conversant with Mr.. johnson S
viewsl believe he will pocket the bill but,
on the contrary, they assert that he will
courageously meet the issue, and return
the bill should it be passed by both
branches, with neither his approval OF
disapproval, as his judgment and con-
science dictate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
rHE NATtnN CONTENT.

Sherman, in urging his bill said, we
give the negro the ballot, the school and
protection under the law, but the nation
never will be content to put the white
man under his domination as designated.
Is the nation content with the recent
act of the Tennessee Legislature putting
the white man under the domination of
the negro If lis rot, why do we see
the nation rubbing its hands in glee
over affairs in this State2 Mr.. Sherman,
you're mistaken. You don't know your
own people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
What the Enemy Saws.

Forney's Chronicle of Monday has
the following on the report that the Pres
ident is about to give up to the Radicals
He is very dull reader of the signs
of the times, who does not feel that a
very few days have made Congress more
fixed than ever in its resolution, and have
convinced the most desperate of his enc
mics ofthe madness offurther resistance.
From this state of affairs have sprung a
thousand rumors that the acting Presi.
dent is disposed to cease his blind battle
against fate. By many the prospect OF
such an issue is greeted joyfully, but
among these are not the Copperheads.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
PUBLIC LEDGER.
STORMS AND CALMs.

After n storm comes q calm. Such is
the order of things in the physical uni
verse. They had blow at Nashville
ON Friday, but it was only the advance
winds. the overture to the hurricane.
We are not permitted to see the termina-
ton of our political storms. As rapidly
as one rises aud bursts, another takes its
place, and thus is kept going on sue
cession of explosions. No interval is
allowed, and there can be no calm. I'M
like the agitations of the winds and
clouds, these human storms do not ex-
haust themselves, but gather strength
and volume from their own violence,
and subsist upon themselves. If we look
to Washington, we see the capitol shaken
by storm, and the White House rocking
as by the breath Of tempest. A calm
is something not to be thought Of, for its
advent would be the death Of tho storm
party. When, if ever, it does come, it
will be the deadliest event that has hap
pened on this continent. Those who
raised the whirlwind, and rode the storm
as charger, may find themselves for
ever endorsed, PROSTATE, wretched, des-
perate and done for. They may lie
along with the wrecks they have made,
and be scraped up and hurried away out
of the sight of men forever.
In a calm, comes the play of the in
teIlect, and reason puts down its foot
on the neck of passion. Love, friend
ship and justice, children of the heart,
and long exiled from our country,
will return and take their places once
more as the presiding geniuses of the
people. But chen will this happy event
occur7 There is no sign as yet of an
abated storm, but only deeper growls Of
advancing thunder The grand climax
is yet to burst. We might endure that,
and survive, if the rent fragments did not
rush instantly back into each others arms
and become again an embodiment OF
wrath. The people have become SO ac-
customed to the uproar as to give little
heed to It. They mind as little the mad
boreas Of Pennsylvania as they do the
deadly zephyr of Massachusetts,. They
have become so accustomed to falling
temples and whirling timbers that they
can now look without dismay upon
the fall and crash of States.
This indifference is dreadful-twenty
times more dreadful than the passion
and fury Of the hour. Are they to sub
side into passive slaves, and accept the
lesson that the Declaration of hide
pendence lied when it told the world that
men possessed an inalienable right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness2
That is the fear-that is the danger.
" Mastery inactivity" never saved the
oak from breaking, nor the reed from
bending under the onset Of the storm.
That policy only invites the manacle, for
it is nothing but passive obedience, and
that, in Government, is slavery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

PH- The University at Chapel Hill,
North Carolina according to the Char
lotte Democrat, is in a bad way. There
are but handful Of students in the insti-
tuition, and even they think Of leaving.
The Democrat thinks that the only rem
edy for this state Of things is the election
of Gen. Joseph L. Johnston, or some
other prominent military man, to the
Presidency Of the college
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
sGr A big sensation was created j

E6~ A big sensation was created IN
Americas, Georgia, by one Snipes, OF
Epson county, who appeared there with
papers parporting to authorize him to
collect the provisional tax for the year
1862 from the State of Georgia. His ap-
pointment was made out by one Patter.
son, of Tennessee, Chief Collector and
Assessor for the United States-an office
which does not exist
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

to allow inieroat og deposits made by
other National Banks This business,
II is alleged, Is the cause Of nearly oil
the financial trouble in Wall street.
A special says the arrival Of Gov.
Andrew in Washington removes the ru-
NOR that he is to have a seat in the
Cabinet.
The friends Of the Tariff bill consider
it virtually killed. The special commit
tee on revenue favor the reduction in
whiskey tax, but the Ways and Means
Committee are very much opposed to it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

B6y-A Boston company in the gold re-
gioh of Georgia, has brought water eight
miles to Handy Mountain, and is engaged
in washing it down, tearing gullies in it
a hundred feet deep.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

I@ A philadelphia lawyer gives
the following definition; AT common
law you are done for at once; at equity
you are not so easily disposed Of One
is prussic acid and the other laudanum.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

B6s- L. s. MelIen, President of the
Cahaba Coal Company, has been offered
by Gov. Patton the appointment as COM
missioner from Alabamato the Paris Ex-
nosition
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

lsa5~ The course of Thad. Stevens in
dicates that he does not intend to die in
the Union. Wherever that event may
occur his epitaph viii be, Died of the
rebellion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

B0- The ladies of two respectable
families of Portsmouth, Virginia, got into
a row about valentine, the other day,
and had TO settle the affair before the
Mayor next morning
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

p9-A man has been arrested in Hun
gary for killing four children and eating
their hearts raw. lie acted on the belief
that he would have the power to become
invisible when he had eaten seven, but
was not permitted to carry his expert
ment 10 a conclusion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

B@- The Mississippi Legislature has
enacted a game law, whose operation is,
by a most extraordinary oversight, re-
stricted to Lowndes county.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

p6rSewing machines are all the rage
and there is much controversy as to
which invention is best The most rapid
and oaectual sueing machines in this
city are the magistrates courts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

Bay Judge Cady, who was strongly
anti.woman rights" used to address his
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
as my dear sir.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

with storm Of applause aud cheering,
continuing some time
Cheers were called for Gen. sherman,
but only one voice responded, which ere.
nted great laughter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

say There is regular hegira of Vir-
ginia freedmen. They are mostly bound
for Texas and Louisiana. One drove of
fifty-eight left Lynchburg last Wednes-
dav
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

p@- If Congress should depOse the
President and crown some one king,
would it be disloyal to denounce it, and
would not Southern loyalists pull OF
their hats and yell their appreciation :
What do the people say to making
Brownlow king. or emperor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

B6s- The engagements of Mr.. Thomas
Hughes, II. p, will not permit his con-
tinuing correspondent of the New York
Tribune
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

Ba- The Savannah Republican says
that the German Ere company Of that
city, with their splendid apparatus, con
templates making a grand tour Of The
Northern, Western and Southwestern
cities next summer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

pG- When young girl is desperately
in love with young man, he should
marry her at once, and put her out of
her misery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

R6- A son of John c. Breckenridge is
clerk in dry goods house in New York.
He is said to be youth of uncommon
culture and abilities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

all power. These facts Of themselves are
sufficient evidence that republics can
become despotisms.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

sD A man in Napoleon, Ark, said he
would drink gallon of rum in one day
or die. He drank and died.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
DIED.

MORT0N-At the residence of Il. Fitzgib-
bons, in Chelsea, on the 18th inst, Edward A.
Morton, aged months and II days, child Of A.
X. and Nora Morton.
The friends and acquaintances Of the family
are respectfully invited to attend his funeral
Tuesday l26thl, at o'clock nm. .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

Hds- The wife of DIR. Russell, cores
pendent of the London Times, died re-
Gently in Warwickshire, England.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

NJ North OF Mason and DizOn's line,
the majority rule. South Of it, Il is de-
handed that ihe minority shall possess
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

B6- Charles Dickens plays croquet on
his lawn, on Sunday, to the annoyance
of his neirhbors
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
LOOsIEG TIE EAsLE.

The American eagle was thus turned
loose on a recent occasion in The Ala
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25
GOVT. OR RHEUMATISM.

is collection Of water in some parts of the
body. and bears different names, according to
the parts affected, viz: when generally diiInseI
over the body, it is called Anasarca; when OF
the abdomen, Ascites when Of thecchest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-25

GEO. ". MILLER
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

A. johnson he'd q idea Nv carryin q
certin number Nv deestriks, by speekin
in EN- with Seward, all Nv witch give in
creased majorities agin him. Required
the number Nv miles Nv travel, and the
number Nv repetitions Nv the speech, to
enable him to carry out his policy2
Eff two nips at Washington wuz sufi-
shent to perdoose the speech at the in
agerashen on the 4th NV March, 1865,
how many must hev bin slung into A.
j. to perdoose the 22d Nv Febrooary
effort, and how many must he hev taken
between Washington and St. Louis?
"These examples sed Joseph, 81
consider nessary for this book, and eff it
is published without EN- 1 shell take it
ez a persnel a%ffront, for witch I shell hold
tho Board personally responsible. The
Southern yooth must be properly in
structed-my orphans must hev proper
notions instilled into EN-, and these ex-
amples is nessary to that end. Let this
Board remember, that, when this book
is publish, of these examples is not in
them, they hev me to settle with"
And Joseph departed. We are in a
quandary. We dare not publish the
book without his examples, for he alluz
heeps his word and is q ugly cuss to
deal with, and Nv course putin en- in
coodent be thought Nv. We finally de-
cided that Joseph must be got out Nv
the way ez o o ez possible, and there
fore votid that Bascom give him unlim-
tied credit at his bar for a week, chargin
the same upon the account Nv the In
stitoot. | know that a free run at his
barrels wood finish me or any n Nv
the Board in that time. Happy Bigler !
He hez at least one satisfactory week
'afore him-I Good almost wish the Board
wood try it on me. It wood be a short
but glorious career.
PETROLEUM v. Massey, P. N.
witch is Postmaster, and likewise Pro-
fessor NV Biblikle Politicks in the
Southern Classikle and Military In
stitoot.)
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03
STOCK TRANSACTIONS. =
SAN Francisco, April 81 P. n.

EASTER SUNDAY. - Easter Sunday
comes on the 2lst Of April, which will
be the end Of the season Of Lent. The
season of Lent, which is strictly held rs
a time of fasting in the Catholic and
Protestant Episcopal churches, COM
menced on the 9Th of March, and con-
tinues for six weeks. The rules Of fast
ing or abstinence in the Catholic church
are especially rigid, all over twenty-one
years of age being required to obey
them. They are as follows: Adults are
to make only one meal a day, excepting
Sundays. The meat allowed on fast
days is not to be taken till about loon.
At that meal, if on any day permission
should be granted for eating flesh, both
flesh and fish are not to be used at the
same time, even by way of seasoning.
A small refreshment, commonly called
collation., is allowed In the evening; no
general rule as to the quantity of food
permitted at this time is or can be made,
but the practice Of the most regular
Christian is never to let it exceed the
fourth part of An ordinary meal. The
following persons are exempted from the
obligations of fasting: All under twenty
n years of age; the sick nursing wo-
men; those who are obliged to do hard
labor; all who, through weakness, cam
not fast without great prejudice to their
health. By dispensation, the use of
flesh meat will be allowed at any time
on Sundays, and once a day on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
with the exception of Holy Thursdays
and the second and last Saturdays of
Lent.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03
THE BALL UP AGAIN

The one-ledge theory i, arraigned in
Court again. It had been supposed that
the two or mort ledge doctrine had ex-
PRED miserably in tho last gasping
efforts Of the bag-of-wind and golden
epoch company. Not SO, it seems, how
ever. 0xE-LEpGE is again assaulted;
and the particular case is Thornburgv VS..
Savage. It is impossible for an out
slider to form an opinion in regard to
tho merits of the case at this stage,
even If such outsider had heard all the
evidence advanced. But as we under
stand the case, SO far opened, it is this,
very briefly stated: A body Of ore "
was discovered in 1865, in running from
the main Savage Works to or toward
the North Potosi chimney, which
"body' did not prove to be connected
in quartz with the North Potosi
chimney. It is claimed to be an isolated
"body," divided by an uumistakable
wall of porphyry and clay from the
"Comstock." II is claimed and testi-
fed that it has peculiar characteristics,
differing from all other ore or ore bodies
in the ancient Lode. Sam Curtis,
formerly Superintendent of the Savage,
testifes to the finding Of the new
''body;" his supposing, at first, that it
was a part Of the North Potosi chimney;
his subsequent "doubt" as to its
identity with the Comstock, and his re-
cent conviction that it is an entirely
separate and distinct body of ore.
Surveyor Mason testifes to "separa-
TONS" in like manner as Mr.. Curtis,
with engineering partieularities. DR..
Yeatch is expected to testify to the sam
points and effect.
OF course, our whole Comstock" is
deeply interested in this case; for if the
Mitchell Lode should bedefned, legally,
as separate and distinct from the "Com-
STOCK" litigation would spring up all
along the line of the Ledge; and even
the bag-ofwind and golden epoch
might be revived in some new incon-
ceivable shape.
The case is being tried, really tried,
on an injunction order from Judge
Baldwin, at the Court House in Virginia
city; the motion being to lift the en-
Join" which not rests upon the
claimed Mitchell Lode. On this motion,
the evidence has already occupied a
week, and promises to continue for the
balance Of this week. It seems like old
times of Washoe, to look in upon the
crowd of litigants, lawyers, reporters,
witnesses, ETC., and to hear the same
dear old songs, "clay WALL" faulty
ledge" "black dixie" "porphyry,"
'porphyry," ETC., etc.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Valuable Tswn Let for Sale.

WILL BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
w on the premises. on WEDNESDAY, April
Gath. 1851, at - o'clock, Q valuable TOWN LOT
on the east Lide Of Main street, opposite Blaneh.
ard street. Gold Hill-the lot being described on
the Town Map - Lot No. Seventeen an, Blook
s. Range C-eonthning twenty-five feet front on
Main street, and running EAST one hundred feat
The improvements on the lot conEst Of q ffame
Blacksmith Shop, and sdjoina the Gold Nm
Brewery. The premises are entirely clear Of m.
eumbranoe. and q patent from the G~oysrnnent
for the Lot 70 expected shsrtly, spplieatlsn thsrs.
for having been duly made and nled. : =.
The SAFE VIII DO positive and without reserve,
a. the present owner has 70 return 10 ths Es.t =
Gold Hill, April 3, 1851. spstd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

A. P. L. SAFFoRD has been appointed
Surveyor-G General Of Nevada. Mr..
Stafford resided in Placer county, Cali
fornia, for many years; and for two ses-
sions represented Placer county in the
California Legislature. He vas form
erly a strong Gecompton Democrat, and
voted for the resolutions instructing
Broderick to support B%uchauan's Lee
compton policy. We are assured that
now he is a "Radical," and we do not
doubt IL.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

SURRArr is the pet of the Washington
secessionists, especially the she tribe.
A great rivalry is carried on to gain ad-
m~ittance to his cell, while more than
one whimpering damsel has been refused
admi,tance to the murderer's cell, who
came laden with precious gifts for the
''persecuted Southerner.n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

GEO. S. HILLARD says that the coun-
try is just now sick of the disease of
Radicalism; and he prophecies a ire
mendous revolution.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

NAssy.-Petroleum V. Nssby's latest
production from 'the Corners, which is
in the Staff of Kentucky" will be found
in our columns to-day, and read with
gusto. One of his very best.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

TIE Princess Of Wales has her third
baby, a daughter. She has been mar
ried not four years, and has had three
children, which is doing as well as could
be expected-as she is doing.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

CONNECTICUT has gone democratic"
Blue-Law realm couldn't stand radical
ISM" including universal suffrage. 1t
don't surprise US.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

IN New York City there are fifteen
thousand persons who having nc work,
are dependant on charity to keep them
from starving.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03
Y25 REWARD!
ROBBING A ~GRAvRYARD,.

COME INFAMOUS sCoUNDREL. OR
. scoundrels, having the fear neither Of the Al.
mighty, the dead, the devil, or the law, during
the late storm stole from the Gold Hill Cemetery.
reward Of e25 for any information which will
lead to the arrest and convicton-of the thief or
thieves. d. r.. HAkLIN,
Town Sexton.
Gold Hill. ApFil 3. 1867. .na,s
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

LOOK TO Your IsrsREsrs.-Save Time
and Money.
If you have anything to sell,
If you have lost anything,
If you have found anything,
If you have o house to rent,
If you want to rent a house,
If you want boarding,
If you want anything,
Tell the people SO by advertising in
the Gold Hill News.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03
Serious Connagration In the Suburbs OF
Now York Arising from the Carelcssness

NEW YORK, April Yesterday after
noon some boys set fire to some shrub
berry along H~ackensack River, which
communicated to quite a forest of trees,
and before it could be eItinguished it
spread nearly L mile in length, destroy
ing everything in its way. The iremen
of Hudson City and West Hoboken sue
ceeded in preventing the flames from
communicating with several dwellings
near by.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-03

Coop SpEroH.-Sheridan's speech at
Columbus in response to a column and
a half Of Legislative ~eloquence was I:
"Gentlemen, I feel very much honored
by this fattering reception from the
representatives Of my native State"