Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-14


ons characters fatally bent on mischief
Sheriff Wright promised to examine into
the affair. The result Of such proceed
ings is that parties going out the Pigeon
Roost road will go armed hereafter, and
halters," without authority, or without
giving some explanation, may be fired
into with fatal effect.
Considerable establishment was ex.
pressed ON the streets to-day at the re-
suit of the election in Upton county.
Upton county, having clear Demo
cratic majority of several hundred, was
carried by the Radicals. Not being able
to secure the candidate for Floater. our
Democratic friends unwisely hoated over
into the Radical camp. The unlocked
for result, however, did not materially
change the majority given to the Demo
cratic nominees, thanks to the veteran
Democracy Of Shelby county.
Captain Lees new boat, Phil. I. Allin,
is approaching completion rapidly She
is moored in front Of the navy yard
The Allin is a splendid specimen of
marine architecture, and reflects credit
upon her commander and owner Captain
Lee. This fine boat will be ready to go
into the Memphis and Friars Point trade
by the middle of next month She will
undoubtedly be successful and become a
general farorite if there is anything in
name-for Phil. 7, Alhn, the gallant
Major of the Forrest Regiment of Cav
airy, was the admired of every circle and
the idol of his own.
The versatility of the Irish race is
most remarkable, Some diver into the
depths of the dramatic world has brought
up the following: "0ver two-thirds of
the actors and negro minstrels and cir
Gus performers are Irish or Irish-Ameri-
can. John Brougham, Dion Boucicault,
Barry Sullivan, Brooke,
Keene fright name Carey. Ben McGin-
ley, MeWade, Garden, Wheelock, Lam
agan, Mary Provost, Frank Roche,
Barney McCauley, Barney Williams,
Billy Florence, Jas. Robinson properly
Michael Fitzgerald), Mike Lawler, Jim
Charles, James McCollum, Tom McCol-
lum, James Myers properly Meagher),
Dan CASTILLO, James Kelly, Madame De
Berg properly Matilda Burke), Matilda
Heron, John Drew, Dominick Murray,
and numberless others whom we cannot
think of are Irish.
Richard Miles, a colored individual,
was bound over this morning in the sum
If 81, 900 by the Recorder, to answer the
charge of stealing two gallons of gin
rom John Browns saloon keeper at No.
jefferson street. Miles, in explanation
If the affair, informed the Court that he
lad the consumption; that he always in
ended to beg before he would steal; that
lie went down into the saloon, and feel
ng badly, he said to himself that he
would lay down and go to sleep, and if
he owner did not come in, he would take |
ONE of the whisky and put some bark
Ii it as medicine. He did so and left the
He had no idea of stealing,
II getting away, for he was too sick to
un." Miles acted as his own attorney,
nd of course had fool for client.
he Recorder did not believe that COM
umptive people had a right to commit
urglary or steal.
Our Union street contemporary last
sunday morning in a disquisition on
murder, asserted the strange dogma that
opinions formed from newspaper re-
'orts ought not to disqualify a juror in
murder trial" If party reads
account of murder, and
hat account purposes to give the facts
f the case, and on this the party forms
r expresses an opinion as to the guilt
r innocence of the criminal, he is not
ompetent juror TO sit in Judgment on
he life of human being. If he forms
n opinion as to the innocence of the
arty, the State objects to him, for
e comes prejudiced to the jury
OK before he hears the facts as de-
allied by the witnesses. The incompe-
eucy of jurors is caused oftener from
ewspaper sensational accounts Of muir
ers than from any other cause We
'ould DISLIKE to see dog tried, much
.ss human being, by jury who had
,rmed an opinion before hearing the
violence. A jury trial would then
ecome farce. Our friend has also
lllen into a grave error in asserting
rat jury opposed to capital punish
tent can bring in q verdict ofmurder in
&c first degree without doing violence
, their preconceived ideas, for they
My assert that the culprit is
uilty, without afixing the penalty.
his is a mistake. When a juror
nds a prisoner guilty Of murder in the
rst degree, he turns him over to the
The court merely passes the
,ntenee as found by the jury; but the
lror opposed to capital punishment al
avs insists on attaching to the verdict
lie words with mitigating circum-
anees." This forces the court TO sem
nee the prisoner to the penitentiary,
n no court could, in this enlightened
re, be so blood-thirsty as to take a re-
which twelve men avoided.
! every case, except in the above, and
cases Of assault and battery. with re-
renee to a fine Of fifty dollars, the jury
ways fixes the penalty. as well as as.
1T the guilt and innocence Of the &C
used.