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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-05-24

c1UUGS000S, ompFeSa que anOFa decld-
rails insuperable, porque asl cuadra
mejor 4 vuestros fines, sino que tra-
tabais de inaugllrar esa misma vida
proponiendo una CONSTITUTIONS especial,
un sistema de gobierno especial, con
un Congreso de Diputados y I'm Sc
nado, bajo las modestas denomina-
clones de Diputacion insular y Jun
ia provinciaR
Esto y NADIA menos que este, pro-
pon1ais; dos altos cuerpos cologisla-
dores, que componian no solo IN po-
der Legislative sin sugecion a veto,
sino IN verdadero poder ejecutivo
que anulaba ell del Gobernador Su-
perior y hasta ell de la Metr6poli; y
un poder ejecutivo NADIA liberal por
cierto, sino mas bien una oligarqufa
emanada del privilegio, del sufragio
fuertemente restringido.
Decid ahora reformistas con care
ia, decid ahora & los que son verda-
deros Observation-Disclosures, q los que
tratais de seducir con ell .brillo de
vuestras alharacas de 6bertad y de asi-
mi|ocion obso5nto, decides que los H.
6erales- conservatives della maciouaZidad
no somos tales liberales sino retro
grades, exclusivistas y enemigos de
las leyes docemtes; pero explicadles al
mismo tempo que en- vuestra proyec-
tada 0ut0N0najG dis0zveste de la noci0-
na|5dGd, no concediais voto para las
elecciones de la Diputacion y del Sc
nado insular, nj para las de Diputa-
cion de distrito provincial, nj aun
para las de las mnnicipalidades, nj
siquiera para la formation de la Jun
ia de presupuestos del municipio,
mas que a los que pagasen no 40 pc
setas, sino 125; no a las capacidades
de lectura y escritura, tuviesen bue-
ma 8 mala letra, sino & las capacida-
des que empezaban en- los Acad6mi-
cos, Doctores y Licenciados y termi-
naban en- los profesores y maestros
de ensenanza con tftulo. NADIA de ar
tesanos, NADIA deindustriales 81 no con-
trloulan veintey cinco pesos. Ex-
phcadles que tambien dejabais desAe-
re1o10s, y muchos infnitamente mas
que nosotros; que segun vuestro pro-
puesto slstema no bastaba para he
redar saber leer el testamento, aun-
que fuese deletreando, nj saber fir
mar como testigo aunQue fuese con
cuatro garabatos, sino que era nece-
sario pagar los derechos de la curia
segun una tarifa NADIA escasa. Y Dor
1lltimo, decides que paramayor prue
ba de lgua5dad, proponiais que GUAM
do Sc reuniese la junta general de
presupuestos de las municipalidades,
Sc divldlesen los contribuyentes en-
cuatro classes, teniendo cuatro votos
los mas ricos, tres los de segunda
clase, dos los de tercera Y uno los de
cuarta. Y que tales hombres Sc atre-
van 4 hablarnos do pzutocyacia, de
pol'"0|os q dc desheyedados, de iber-
tad absoluta, de sufragio universal y
de igualdad!
va 10 veis, Observation-Disclosures
de baena fe, va veis ell iberalismo Y
las tendencias patri6ticas y unitarias
de los que entire vosotros quieren
confundirse, de los que siempre que
Sc les ataca ponen por antemural
vuestro nombre, como aquel alcalde
que con motivo de haberle abofe-
teado un convecino, en- question par
ticular, decia al Rey que S. NJ. habia
reclbido una bofetada On su propia
cara; respondedles vosotros 10 que
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-05-24
M ARTA DE KERVEN,
NovELA ESCRITA EN- FRANCES
(CONTINUACION.(
XIV.

ST. la prima de ", la viuda de 30
amos mas arrebatadora que contiene nues-
ira sociedad y que tiene Ell gran talento
de no querer casarse de nueve. Tiene Ell
pie tan pequeno como ", bien que el de
V. me parece mas delgado.
-5Ha visto V. los pies de Blanca9 dijo
Marta conteniendo un movimiento.
lie he ayudado bajar bastantes
yeces del coche para poder hacer esta
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SIS capital
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24

A special policeman at the recent ex'
hibition Of the New York artists for the
benefit Of their fellows in Chicago, tells
the following story
When Miss Ream began to model the
bust Of Mr.. Cooper, there was such a
rush Of people to see her work that we
found it necessary to obtain the con
slant attendance Of a policeman, who
was instructed to see that the crowd
kept moving, so that everybody could
get sight Of her. OF couse you know
all about her good looks, her bewitching
curls, and so forth, so that the attrac-
ton was twofold--to see the lady and
to see the sculptress. Well, anxious TO
know how this moving on plan worked
whether il was comfortable to be in
the tide or not-and perhaps little bit
curious TO hear the criticisms of
the crowd, l pocketed my badge
of office the other day and Joined
it. ! found myself Immediately behind
two ladies who, as we approached more
nearly opposite Miss Ream at her work,
launched Immediately into criticism
Nor did they seem to care who overheard
them, so / couldn't help but hear, even
if ] didn't want 10. But ! told you al
ready that | did.
1t isn't hers" said the taller of the
two.
% Oh, think it is" said the other.
" Not an inch of it, returned the first
with emphasis.
+" Thunder, said | TO myself, " can't
people believe even their own eyes?
Here is Minnie modelling right before
them and they won't believe it, Misera-
BILE prejudice. So much for newspaper
talk. Its shame, so it is.
The more / look at it the more I'm
it isn't hers, repeated the lady
again.
Now ] couldn't stand any more, so
said to the lady somewhat hotly:
beg your pardon, madam, but it is
hers"
"Indeed, sir.
Yes, madam, / have watched her put
i up myself,
"Oh, you have seen her put it up2"
Yes, ma'am, from the very stick.
From the first hour which Mr.. Cooper
jat for her, have watched her build it
Up piece by piece, until it is as you see il
own work. all her own"
"Oh, sir, said the lady smiling, nay,
grinning in my face, "oh, sir,
1ou must have misunderstood me. Il
lever thought Of doubling that the model
vas her own, certainly not. Anybody
AN see that il is hers We were not
alking Of her bust at all "
"0f what, then, madam, may ! ask2"
"Ol her back hair. sir. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
The subscriptions for the Chicago fund
now aggregate $5,000,000

The subscriptions for the Chicago fund
now aggregate $5,00O,0O0
Two girls ten and twelve years old, got
into fight at Charleston, and one was
killed ~ .f.tt
=" You never saw such n happy lot Of
people as we had yesterday" said a
landlady in Indiana, to a newly married
guest; "there were thirteen couples Of
them" What, thirteen couples Just
married2p "Oh no, no, no, sir; thirteen
couples just divorced"
1t is estimated that during the last five
centuries more than $250,000,000 worth
of real estate has been washed away
from the eastern coast Of England by the
encroachments of the sea. A number
Of villages and towns which used to be
set down on the old maps have entirely
disappeared. ftf
A man recently came to his death in
a curious manner at Venice, Italy. He
was standing on the bronze automaton
or the St. Marks bell tower, which tells
the time of day, with his head between
the bell and hammer. The hour came
round without his notice; the automaton
struck one and knocked his brains out.
1t is indeed an i'll wind that blows no.
body good. 1t is said that there is not a
single indictment left against any ac-
cused person in Cook county, Illinois,
which is certainly piece Of good for
tune for some rogues. But, on the other
hand, the lawyers have suffered severely.
Hardly a law library or law Office is left;
not paper to show that there is suit
pending in any of the six courts Of the
county not a Judgment, not petition
in bankruptcy in the Federal courts.
And worse yet, so far as is known, all
the records Of deeds and mortgages are
destroyed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
or MEllfHIs TENNESSEE. TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER a. 1871

sense fit TO enter its charmed circles.
Indeed, il may well excite all the won
der that it does among Europeans, that
the young are here allowed to absorb
all the enjoyments Of our social life-
the young who have nothing but their
youth or their beauty. to give; whose
minds and manners are almost totally
unframed and insufficient; who are, in
Decd objects Of pleasure to the eye, and
wherein they yield other pleasure or
profit, do so rather in subsidiary way
than in the main. We do not wish TO
undervalue the element Of innocence
aud freshness which the young bring, or
are supposed to bring, with them; but
we maintain that the virtue of years,
with their knowledge Of the world we
live in, and their preparations for the
world we hope to live in--their wisdom,
their grace aud their charty-are of at
least equal value, and deserves equal
recognition in the places where men and
women meet together; and we protest
against the curving Of the contumelous
lip" over the claims to courtesy and
consideration Of the woman beyond her
pIrlloQd -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
FINANCIAL PERIL.
Causes OF the Hank Excitement IA
New York.

Causes OF the hank Excitement In
New York.
From the New York Tribuue.l
Regarding the stability of the banks of
the city, a prominet bank president said
to Tribune reporter after the reported
failure of the Stuyvesant bank;
at has been a common remark during
the last six months that securities were
ten per cent. higher than they should be.
The Chicago fire has operated to produce
a contraction, leading to depression OF
values. All the moneyed interest of the
country is admonished to make every
thing safe, and banks and bankers in the
Western States who have balances in the
Atlantic cities draw at least portion of
their balances in currency, to be strong
at home. Drafts which are made on any
Of the cities outside of New York are
made good by banks in those cities draw
ing the entire loan To meet this de-
mand for funds they have to call in
loans on collateral securities and curtail
their discount lines. The calling in Of
loans and curtailment OF discounts Isl
the cause of the present depreciation
and excitement.
tThe Chicago fire comes in as an ag-
gravating element, and precipitates the
climax by throwing at least $4,000, 900
Of securities upon the market, wiping
out for the time another $50, 900, 900 of
bills receivable, ledger balances, etc,
and still another $50, ,000,00 of property
actually destroyed. The trouble in Wall
street has the same origin. Values must
suffer a depreciation of fully twenty-five
per cent upon all the property OF the
entire country. This is the only adjust
ing element, and, to bring this to bear,
it becomes necessary to go through
species Of what may be called revul-
sion. We have been suffering the vexa-
tons Of panic for the last three days,
and we must soon meet the revulsion.
Prices of property must be cut down. 1t
is always pleasant thing to mark up
property, but it is not so agreeable to
cut prices down. Those who have moth
ing but a margin to cut down must go to
the wall.
There is,. in my opinion, but one
power which can save the country from
a general upheaval, and that is the power
of the Secretary of the Treasury to take
in $i5, 100000 Of Government bonds by
issuing $4,000, 900 of greenbacks. The
power to issue this $50,00O 900 is pro-
vided in the statutes passed under Sec
retary Chases administration. 1t is
doubtful, however, whether the present
Secretary will feel at liberty to avail
himself Of statute which has become
measurably extinct.
" Regarding the Savings banks. the
excitement arises not from any absolute
lack of money, but an absence of con-
iidence." 9k. |
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
A FLAGRANT OUTRAGE.
The Massachusetts Ku.KIux Try
Ing 20 Get Us. into "A War with
EDEIand.

From the Boston Post.
A short time since the Il. A. Horton
while on fishing cruise, was seized b,
the British authorities for an alleged vic
lation of the fishery law, as ratified be
tween the United States and England
The vessel was taken into the port oi
GuysbOrough, Nova Scotia, and with
her officers and crew detained for seve
raj weeks, awaiting the decision of the
Vice-Admiralty Court. The investiga
ton Of the case was delayed from day to
day and from week to week, and as there
did not appear to be any movement on
the part Of the Dominion to bring the
case TO trial, the Horton and her officers
wore fopnd to be missing one morning
from her berth In uuysborouah. The
discovery created an intense excitement
in that port and the neighboring one OF
Halifax, Nova Scotia, aud therefore it
was at once determined TO send a man OF
war in pursuit of the audacious little
Yankee schooner, and teach her that It
was dangerous TO thus tri0e Eitb English
laws, orr 10 use the old saying, to
beard the British lion In his den" But
the little schooner did manage to es-
cape, and by this time has found safe
harbor in some OF the nooks or crannies
ofeither Cape Cod OF Cape Ann, and so
bid defiance TO i"'milordsH ofthe English
Admiralty.
The story concerning her escape, as it
comes from the liuysbogough authorities,
ia that on a dark and stormy night Of
last week, when the elements were rag
ing, and at q time when il was thought
to be madness TO attempt to put TO sea,
particularly from the dangerous and
rock-bound coast Of Nova Scotia, Cap
tain TOrrey, mester of the Horton, aid
ed by some daring American seameh
from the Straits Of Canso, succeeded in
getting theYessel out and started her on
a hOmeward voyage. When the morn
ing dawned, and the Yankee fishing
schooner was discovered 10 be gone,
the chagrin of the Britishers was be-
vond imagination. Notice Of the affair
was teIegraphed to Halifax, and that
town, from he citadel down 70 the lock
yard, trembled with rage and mortiiica-
ton 10 think that a few Yankee sailors
should or could have the impudence to.
steai nttle nshlnA sniach VI ieh tOne
right out from under the mnzzles Of Her
Majesty's g1ns No time was lost Ly
the authorities of Halifax in arriving at
a cohclusioh in the premises, and in less
than twelve hours after the Horton had
departed from her mOOrings in Guys
borough British steam cutter was
her way up the coast in the
hopes OF heading Oh the runaway.
Yesterday the report that one Of Her
vessels was OF Cape Ann was
confirmed BY the arrival Of several fsh-
ing vessels at Gloucester, the officers
and crew al stating that they were
closely watched By the British ship,
which was stated to be running across
he bay, and between the capes. How
The matter will terminate is a problem
which viii be eagerly looked for BY our
people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
The Pittsburg Post Brings Fer
ward n Candidate.

|
ward candidate.
The Pittsburg Post has solved the po-
litical problem that so annoys Demo
Gratis. 1t says:
Pennsylvania elects the next Presi-
dent. Whoever receives her twenty y-six
electoral votes, will receive the twenty
one electoral votes of Ohio, the thirty
three electoral votes of New York, and
we'll nigh sweep the other States of the
Union. Can the Democratic party af-
ford to put forward, as their standard
bearer, a man who cannot carry the
Keystone State? No; hundred times
mol Can the Democratic party and the
Conservative men Of the nation name q
man who sweep the State of Penn
sylvania and with it the State of Ohio
beyond the slightest shadow OF doubt?
Yes a hundred times yesl lad t9il4-
That man is Colonel Thomas A. Scott,
who can be the next President Of the
United States if he chooses to give the
people his services.
Than Thomas A. Scott, of Penpsylya-
MIA, no filter man for President could be
found, and no competitor will enter the
field against him, as the Shampion of
the Radical party, who will bear any
sort of a comparison with him. He
knows the American people, their wants,
and what will be conducive of the great
ness and growth of every material inter
est of the nation, better perhaps than
any public man in America IL has
been a part of the business of bis ife
to visit every part Of ogr vast domain
and acquaint himself with the neeessi.
ties and resources Of each locality. His
great executive ability is known and ac-
knowledged everywhere. Under the in
spiration Of his genius the greatest rail-
road system Of the world has been per
fected. He has not built mp corporations
merely, but he has taken hold of the
fragmentary and incompleted railway
lines, and fused themJinto a mighty and
compact union, binding together the
shores Of the Atlantic and Pacific, ex-
panding into a mighg pct work over
every State, and bringing into the great
marts of commerce the products OF the
remotest part OF the nation
As Assistant, but actual, Secretary Of
War under President Lincoln, be per
feoted the machinery Of government,
brought the Isost perfect order out Of
chaos, and made it possible to attack the ]
rebellion ateyery point, demonstrating
that his knowledge Of State was equal
to the knowledge thai directed his mn
commercial enterprises,
and made his name celebrated in all the
commercial and political centers Of the
world. 7.B IN. T.fi.I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
WHY


Men say they rest when labors cease;
They watch the sunset down the sky.
And sit with folded hands for peace,
AS if the night brought calmEess. Why2
Toll never ceased since life begun,
They only rest whose day is done.
The stone which marks our mortal sleep,
Doth most unlOvely seem to lie
In moisture cold and silence deep, ~ 81 Z
Our prison house and barrier. WhyY = ~
No living couch but hath its moan;
Yetnll sleep well who take this stone.
They walk in silence round our feet,
2 f4Andround our head with muflled sigh,
And in our grassy winding sheet
They drown the whispered scandal. WhyY
Seorn, shame and wrongs are mortal banes--
Nor ear nor heart have moldering names.
They plant the laurel where we rot.
And trail the glossy aramanth high.
And wreath the blue foreet-me-not
With immortelles and ivy. Why?
Pale love laughssnot, nor feverish woe;
But who laughs less that we lie low?
Men, deeply musing. starward, fain
W0uld pierce the hope of yorder sky;
They crave to live life's dreams again,
And link earth's broken fetters. Why? ?
lie Graves not chains whose freedoms won,
They only rest whose loying's done.
BURSETr's COLOGNE Is the best and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24

that arose in the minds OF the represen-
tatives Of the workmen; but they have
all been answered and removed. With
what powerful lever win the new party,
with this platform, work on the minds Of
the working-classes of the kingdom
You are told Of a republic il will
SAY, but what republic in the world
gives to its citizens such blessings as
those we offer your" The agreement is
that each of the seven planks of the
| platform shall be put into shape Of a
bill, introduced in the House of Lords
at the commencement of next session,
passed and sent down to the Commons
as speedily as may be. What can Mr.
Gladstone and his party OF new.rich,
middle-class, mercantile, and manufac-
turing liberals say when this ava
lanche Of more than liberal measures
comes tumbling down on their heads
from the House Of Lords2 They will
be in a far worse plight than they were
when the Tory party, led by Mr.. Disraeli,
bringing in a bill for unlimited suffrage
in place Of their paltry measure Of fj
or f8 franchise. DO what they will they
cannot outbid the new party. They
must either yield to it, and swim along
behind it, or must throw off the mask at
once and become the party OF the bour-
geoise-the party Of mere money against
rank and labor.
Now for the names Of the men who,
acting on one side for the peers and on
4 the other for the proletariat, have ef
fected this alliance. The former are
The Earl of Liehfeld the Marquis Sails
bury, Lord Henry Lennox, Sir John
Pakington, the Earl OF CarnarvOn, the
Marquis Lorne, Lord John Manners, Sir
Stafford Northcote, Claiborne Hardy.
These are the gentlemen who have
signed the contract on the part Of the
peers The Duke Of Richmond and. Mr..
lDisraeli are heart and soul with the
scheme, but for the present remain in
the. background. a
The individuals who have signed on
behalf of the proletariat are: Robert
Applegarth, joiner; William Allan, en-
gineer; Daniel Guile, iron founder;
George Howell, bricklayer; 7. W.
Hughes. carpenteri George Potter,
Joiner; Lloyd Jones, fustian cutter; W.
Broadhurst, mason; - Wetstone, en-
gineer; - Deighton, Joiner; -
Barker, shoemaker; - Squiers,
painter; - Barry, author Of Work
ingmens Rights; Latham, Chair
man Of Labor Representatives League;
- Englander, telegraphist, and Mr.. |
Scott RUSSELL who has conducted the
negotiations, and who signs himself as
" Engineer"
There are two other items of great in
terest which must be added to this day 5 |
BUDGET Of news. One is in regard to |
THE QUEEN.
1t is we'll understood that the bulletins
concerning her health, vague and unsat- |
isfactory as they are, carefully conceal
the truth, and that her condition becomes
more and more alarming. |
Her death at almost any moment would |
not at all surprise those who know best |
what her real condition is. The other
piece of news is that the bank to-day,
this is Saturday and an off-day, |
again raised the rate of discount, and |
placed il at s per cent The excitement
and alarm in the city are great; every |
description of stock has fallen; the de- |
mand for discount is large \ and it, is
feared that something like crash is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
NOW Is THETINIE mo Buy.
PRoPERTY-oW OWNERS.
NOTICE.
A Last otice 10 the owners of Prop.
erty Heretofore sold 40 the city
for the NOn-payment OF Taxes. Y
OrgIeE OF Cry Tax ooLLsorOn. !

OFFICE or Cry Tax CoLLgoToR.
MEMPHIS, October 10, 1871.
FINIE TWELVE MONTHS ALLOWED BY
for the nOn-payment of taxes for the forty
second corporate year tlS69l will expire on
the Sd day Of November. lS7l.
After the lst day of December, 1911, deeds
will be taken BY the city and recorded in the
office Of the Register of Shelby county for all
the property struck of to the city at the sale in
November, 1870. and not redeemed at that date
BY direction of the Mayor. the owners of
property, sold in former years and not re-
deemed, may redeem the same by or before
the lst day of December. 1871 after that date
deeds taken by the cityfor all property sold in
recorded, and action will bo immediately
brought 70 recover possession Of all tho prop4
erty of which deeds have been taken.
FELIX w. ROBERTSON,
36-47 City Tax Collector.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24
Tho Girls That are Growing 0Id,


Harper's Bazaar has word of comfort
for the girls who are beginning 90 Ego
of, as our English cousins haveit: We
say that our friend is pRssee. is she
past her intelligence, her good nature,
her power Of entertainment, her wit,
her usefulness generality On the
contrary she has usually but just attained
the greater part Of them. She has but
Just attained experiences enough to ena-
bic her 70 comprehend and Join in con-
versRtion above the mediocrity Of gossip
and litter and compliment; her gayety
is not mere giggling, but there is in it
something Of the dash Of encountering
intellects; she has discretion enough to
be silent, and knowledge. enough to
speak on occasion; no longer raw, or
shy, or painfully shlfcsnscious. her man
ners lmve q. charm OF ease that gives
case to all around her; il she has accom-
plishments, they are praeticed and mar
ture, and yon are spared, for instance,
the familiar horror Of q school girl niu-
SIC II she has not the rosy loveliness Of
her youth, she has a knowledge Of the
arts Of the toilet that makes her dress
perfect and herself an attractive object;
in. fsci, she has only just become. capa-
bic Of enjoying and giving enjoyment in
society; and so far from the young
idiots who caif Der passee having any
right 10 slurs IN her regard, Il is she
who would be herself an arbiter Of
society, and have authority 70 pro
nounce whether or not they are in any
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-24

That was beautiful idea expressed by
a lady on her deathbed, in reply 10 a re-
mark Of her brother, who vas taking
leave other 70 return to his distant resi-
dence, that he shonld probably never
meet her in the land Of the living.
Brother, trust we shall meet in the
land Of the living. We are nov in the
land Of the dying ~