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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25

Colonel Burr having been arrested in
Mississippi, then a territory, was taken
before its District Court. 1t therefore
became necessary for the United States
Attorney, afterwards United States SEN
ator. 10 90 to Richmond as a witness.
He rode all the way on horseback, and
was not examined for two days after. his
arrival. He thus had time to note and
consider the manner in which witnesses
we're used by counsel for the defense.
While on the stand Mr.. Writ asked him
what the practice was in Mississippi, to
which he replied: We endeavor to fol-
low the common law of England very
closely" Luther Martin thereupon sar-
castically said al reckon it is very
common law you have in Mississippi.
The witness said nothing for a moment
and a death-like stiffness pervaded the
courtroom. Then turning to the Chief
Justice he said: Il have noticed the
treatment of witnesses in this case, and
/ waited when insulted just now for the
court to protect me, but it did not, and
/ now tell counsel that l shall hold
them personally responsible out Of court
for every word Of affront offered me
here" The Chief Justice, Mr.. Drew
saws. remarked that he had observed
with pain the course Of the examination
and II gentlemen would persist in trans
cending the privileges Of counsel they
must take the consequences.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
The Ethics of Dress.

Imprimis. The first instinct about q
new fashion is'the true one. Don I wal
till your eye has lost its accuracy ant
your judgment its edge. Subject the
thing at once to the general rule, ant
bow to the decision.
I'd. What suits one person does moi
suit another. Know thyself.
3D.. Dress should supplement good
points and correct bad ones. Thick and
thin, long and short, are not all to be
subjected to one Procustean style.
4th. Colors should be harmonious
should be massed-should be becoming.
Id est, many little points or blotches OF
color sprinkled over costume produce
disagreeably pied and speckled effect,
as of monstrous robins egg, or plum
pudding. One tint should prevail, re-
lieved by contrasting tint. No amount
of fashionable prestige can make an un-
becoming color becoming. Nile green
will turn some people into oranges,
though twenty empresses ordain its
adoption. % tp
9TH. Lines should be continuous, grace
full, and feminine 1t is better to look
like woman (if you happen to be one)
than like anything .else-even a fashion
plate!
9th. Ornaments must be subordinate.
Nature, with all her profusion, never for
gets fundamental law.
7th Above all things, be neat. Dainty
precision and freshness is essential to a
woman as flower.
9th. Individuality is the rarest and
cheapest thing in the world.
9Th, and lastly. Stylish " is of ali
the words in the English language the
most deadly. It has slain its thousands.
Home Society IN Scribner' 5 for June.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
"JUDGE" WRIGHT.
A Sensible Republican Correspond-
ent on SOuth CnrOIina's Negro
SUDreme Judge.

emf on soutI' cnroIina's Negro
supreme Judge.
II. V. Redfeld's Columbia letter in Cincin-
natl Commercial.I
Now, | have no prejudice whatever
against negro simply because he ID a
negro. They cannot help their color
any more than we can help ours, or Adam
could help his, whatever it was. But |
do say that it is utterly impossible for q
man to read law two or three years, prac-
tice two or three years, and then be fit
for the position of Supreme Judge. l
don't care what his color is or howsmart
he may be. As for Wright, he is not
overly smart. IL he were white and lived
in Ohio he might stand some chance OF
being justice of the peace. 1t is said,
but don't know how true 1t is, that he
has never delivered but one opinion, and
that was written for him by Attorney
General Chamberlain. i give the report
as heard it, though hope he mas de-
livered a dozen and written them himself.
| / confess to feeling sense of some
thing wrong when i 90 into the Supreme
Court-room and see this young and mex
perienced negro presiding over some of
the first legal minds Of the South. In
front of him see n row OF white-headed
veterans, some of whom were giants be-
fore he was born. Men who had occu-
pied high positions on the bench and
rendered decisions honorable to them
selves and beacon-hghts in jurispru7
dence, look out of place standing below
this young negro aud addressing argu-
ments to him which in many instances
it is clear, in the nature of things, he
does not understand. He lacks age and
experience, two essential qualifications
to position on the bench, no matter
how brilliant he may be by nature. Bril-
liancy is not learning, and keenness is
not depth. There is but one way that
it can be obtained, end that is by
plodding, and to plod takes time.
Take the case home-to the State of
Ohio. What young man is there in that
State who was admitted to the bar in
in 1865, and who has been mixed up in
politics to such an extent since that he
has had little experience in active prac-
tice, who is now fit for the position of
Supreme Judge2 / think an attempt to
hoist such man upon the bench there
would meet with breeze of rebuke not
easily gotten over If he was negro,
| am certain it would. Now, the lawyers
and property holders OF South Carolina
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
The Largest city in the world.

Many assert that London is far supe-
rior both in the size and number of its
inhabitants, but such is not the case.
Jeddo, the capital of Japan, is. without
exception, the largest and most populous
city in the world. 1t contains the vast
number of 100000 dwellings and 5 5,00O,- :
900 human souls. Many of the streets
are nineteen japanese series in length
twenty-five English miles. The com
merce of Japan far exceeds that of any
other in the world, and the sea along the
coast is constantly white with sails of
the southern portion of the empire, where
they are ladened with rice, tea, seacoal,
tobacco, silk, cotton and tropical fruits,
all of which can find ready market in
the north; and then, in return, they are
freighted with corn, salt, isinglass and
varioas other productions, which have a
market in the south.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
South Memphis
BUILDING LOTS
Main, Georgia, Carolina
and Broadway SITS.
Wednesday, May 31st,

WE SHALL SELL FOR MR.. JOHN c.
SAINT about thirty building lots, situated on
the above streets. to which we invite special
attention. This is positively peremptory
sale. at which buyers may be confident that
every lot advertised. let it bring little OF
much. will be disposed Of to the highest bid
der. The property is in that portion of the
city-which has the most aattering prospect OF
growth in population and business, and is not
involved in any ontanglements or litigations
of title. We haN in our possession RFcEPTs
FOR ALL TAX ARRKARAsEs UPON THE PROPERTY
INCLUDED IN TIps AID THE TWO FORMER SALES
MADE BY Us FoR Mr.. SAINT.
TERMS: One-thisd cash; balance in six
and twelve months. Sale to commence cor
ner Of Main and Jackson streets.
RoYsTER. IRRELEVANT CO..
Auctieneers.
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Trust sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEkp FROM
ID Anna M. Koehler and Hermann kOehler.
/ will sell 10 the highest bidder. for cash. at
uuhlie rqle. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25

At12 o'clock. at our Real Estate Exchange.
when and where terms will bo announced.
The lot is next Immediately south of Mr..
Carvers splendid residence. on Cooper ave-
aue. in one of the best neighborhoods for
health and good population around the city.
The sale is peremptory. and buyers may at
tend accordingly.
ROYsTER, IRRELEVANT q CO.,
Auctioneers.
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THURSDAY EVENING, MAY Is, 1871.

ticed that when it is winter in one bemi-
sphere that it is quite likely to be yelled,
while the other remains clear. All this
is supposed to indicate the presence OF
clouds; and, if so, of meteorological
condition similar to our own. One great
difficulty in making observations on Mars
is that it is only small part of the time
in favorable position; so that, during
two centuries that itlhas been studied
with the telescope, there have been all
told, but few days for effective work.
The specific gravity of Mars is such that
one of our pound weights would weigh
only six ounces three pennyweights. In
such circumstances Daniel Lambert
could easily leap five or six feet from
the ground.
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Good Health as an Element Of Sue.


tits no exaggeration to say that health
is large ingredient in what the world
calls talent A man without it may be
giant in intellect, but his deeds may
be the deeds of dwarf. On the con.
trary, let him have a quick circulation,
a good digestion, the back, thews and
sinews of man, and the alacrity, the
unthinking confidence inspired by these,
and though having but thimbleful OF
brains, he will either blunder upon sue
cess or set failure at defiance. 1t is
true, especially in this country, that the
number of centaurs in every commu-
nity-of men in whom heroic intellects
are allied with bodily constitutions as
tough as horses-is small; that, in
general man has reason to think
himself well off in the lottery of life
if he draws the prize of a healthy
stomach without a mind, or the prize
of fine intellect with crazy
stomach. But, of the two, a weak mind
in herculean frame is better than q
giant mind in crazy constitution. A
pound of energy with an ounce of talent
will achieve greater results than pound
of talent with announce of energy. The
first requisite to success in life is to be a
good animal. In any of the learned pro-
fessions vigorous constitution is equal
to at least fifty more brains. Wit judg-
ment, imagination, eloquence, all the
qualities OF the mind attain thereby a
force and splendor to which they could
never approach without it. But intellect
in weakly body is like gold in a spent
swimmers pocket" " A mechanic may
have tools of the sharpest edge and high
est polish; but what are these, without a
vigorous arm and hand2 0fwhat use is
it that your mind has become vast
granary of knowledge, if You have not
the strength to turn the key?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
LOUISVILLE ROUTE
NORTH AND EAST.
Winter Schedule.
Takes Effect January 9th, 1871.

Brownsville Accommodation leaves daily
Except Sunday at 4 is pm.
Daily through train TO Nashville and Chat
tanooga without change of cavs. Leave ai
7:45 PM; arrive in Nashville at 9 am.
Chattanooga at 30 p m, next daY.
Depot at head Of Main street.
Ticket Olice, 2S7H Main street. one door
north of Jefferson.
The train leaving Memphis at LIS IN. runs
daily. The lbs am. train does not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through to Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the ]. As pm. train from Memphis
10 Louisville, connecting at Louisville with
through cars TO Philadelphia. Cleveland. Buf-
falo and New York. without change. Only
one change from Louisville to Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms, in through cars, can be engagof
at the Ticket Office, 2371z Main street.
j. F. BOYD, Superintendent
Jas. SPEED. Ticket Agent. 9-62-,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25

Gil Il a IT - AL Il
OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
BuRNErT's CocoAINE prevents loss Of
hair-kills dandruff.
How Some Women XIII Them
selves.
n. WhEEmORE.
Publisher and Proprietor.


How Some Women XIII Them
selves.
From the Detroit Free Press.l
While a very stylish looking young
lady was passing down Michigan Grand
avenue, on the north side of the market,
she suddenly fell to the walk in dead
faint. Several ladies gathered around
and had her removed inside the market,
where sprinkles Of camphor and water
brought her to, but only to faint again.
One of the ladies then unlocked the
dress of the unconscious victim, and
found that her corset strings had been
drawn so tightly that the ribs had been
well nigh crushed in. A knife was
brought into requisition to cut the laces,
and within a moment thereafter the
lady was able to stand up, and soon got
into carriage and proceeded home
ward. Fashion has decreed that
women's waists must be reduced to gun
barrel size, if possible, and this was a
fashionable lady, determined to reduce
her waist to the standard size, even if
she laced the life out of her body. What
induced her, or what induces any lady,
to imagine that they look more genteel
or more refined, ,lor more lovely, with a
waist like a broom-stick, instead of the
one nature gave them is more than can
be explained. The strongest man in
Detroit could not live a day with his
body imprisoned between the jaws of a
corset, even if it were but half laced /;
and how woman stands the squeezing
is mystery that is only explained by
the statement of one Of the best physi-
clans in the city that half his practice
comes from the victims of tight lacing,
who have rush of blood to the head, cold
feet and hands, fever, palpitation Of the
heart. dyspepsia and indigestion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25
CALL.
MASONIC TEMPLE OF MEMP'd HIS
THIRD .CALLs

TNHE THIRD CALL OF TEN PER CENT
Il is hereby ordered to be paid By the Stock
holders Of the Masonic Temple OF M ,ronb;s
at the Office Of the Secretary Of the re1apis
Room No. 5, corner Of Madison and Secapj
streets, over Steever's drug store. on
Monday, May LIST. ISz-f.
As soon as this call is collected. he Temple
will be placed under contract.
By order Of the Directory.
II. II. HIGBBE. president.
A. ]. MHEELKR, Secretary. al
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why women are Not Aragnaninous.

What woman in civilized countries
mostly want is magnanimity. Men of
high minds are constantly disappointed
when they find this lack of the mag
unanimous revealing itself in the char
acter of some woman who otherwise
seems so admirable. But men them
selves have hitherto, in Europe espe-
cially, SO shaped and limited the moral
training of women as to render magma
nimity virtue Of almost impossible
attainment. The errors of women are
in their degree always the common err
rors of servitude. But there is some
thing more than that. The whole train
ing of womanhood is directed to the
culture merely of one virtue. 1t is not
Indispensable or even necessary to q
woman's honor and repute that she
should be truthful, or generous, or mu-
nifcent or brave. She has no need or
inducement to culture the magnanimous
qualities. Society only asks her to be
chaste. IL you will cultivate but one
flower, you cannot have parterre. In
days not far removed from our own, a
man was only called ON to be brave and
truthful-he might be as ferocious and
voluptuous as he chose; therefore his
common vices were ferocity and profit
eaoy. Women are commonly trained
even now to believe that so long as they
are "virtuous" it is not requisite that
they should be sincere and magnani-
nous; therefore, their common defects
are insincerity and meanness. -Nc Car
thvs Lady Judith" "
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Monday, July 10th, 1871,

At 10 o'clock, at the real estate exchange Of
Royster. Trezevant 4 Co.. northeast corner OF
Main and jefferson streets. in the city Of Mem
phis, Lot n in n. NJ. Trezevant's subdivision,
on south side Of Union avenue. about f0ul
miles east Of Court Square. containing Eve
acres and sixteen-hundredthE Of an acre,
J. p. IRRELEVANT, Trustee.
RoTsTER. TEEEEVAST Co.. Auet'rs.
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Attention, Chelsea !
WE WILL SELL FOR MR.. BRINKLEY.
ON TUESDAY, MAY 80,

Upon the premises, SIX BUILDING LOTS.
at the corner of Main and Henry streets, ad-
Joining the property of R. II. Glisson and
John Cubbin. Terms easy. and announced at
sale. Good property and good title should
draw to this sale the attention of those who
wish to secure homes in this valuable locality.
The sale will take place on the premises, at
four o'clock pm.
ROYsTER, IRRELEVANT Il CO.,
Auctioneers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-25

According to the best calculations,
the Jews in Europe amount to at least
five and half millions, of which nearly
100000 are in Russia and Poland; in
Austria more than 100000; in Ger
many, 100000; in European Turkey,
5000; Roumania, 10000; France, l00,-
900; the rest in England, Holland, Italy
and other countries; in Asia, more than
half a million; in Africa, more than one
million; and in America and Australia
ETC., at least 400, 900; so that the number
Of Jews may be computed, at the least,
Mt 6. .000. 600. nH
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-13
LAWS OF The UNITED STATES.
'en Ssins EhsU sSd Slsn{Hss u Psstent Once.
Approved January II, ls7l.l

H-..'.E .-It -. w .#.#aa"HH H..
BE u resolvsd BY the Senate and Roase Of Repre
isniattvss q ~ DATED aates, Of As'sr'ed q"
Gororsss dsier.bkd,
That he publication Of the abstracts Of specinea-
inc ISn th sI annual NJ All report cf BE Commissions o. Pal.
enis be discontinued AFTER the publication OF tnat
portion of rss. 5sg ,ps f SI, stsn SsIs n slpesSS a Seen sil pre-
pared and that. In lieu thereof the commissioner
Be authorized to have printed. fr gratultous dlsul-
button, not % exceed one nnnof u an1 mIsy n S1 cp,eS
patent su6seolently Issued, together with suitable
Indexes 10 be Issued from time 20 time. one copy to
s SS g.1ssat State and territory, one Tor the lfe purpose
In the cIerk'sof1co OF tho District Court OF each Jn.
dleial District OF tho Unt0d States; except when
tois. and one in the library OF Congress. which copies
shalI be taken and received In all Courts as evidence
or ali matters therein contained, and shal DC eeill;
OF the Patent once and shall DO taken and received
In All courts as evidence, said copies not 10 be taken
from said repositories for any other purpose than 70
onts n hereby authorized and directed to have print
ed such additional numbers OF copies OF speclnca-
lions and drawings, certlned a. nereinCsi 0rscI p TO-
such drawings, for sale. rs may be warranted " me
actual demand for tho and Comnlstne nonei
Is also hereby authorized 70 furnish q comp!ese ~
Of such specifications and drawings to any public
library which Will pay for binding the same Into Vol
umes to correspond With those In the Patent OHce,
and for the transportation OF the same. anu wni psi
shall also provide proper custody for the Ainc, Win
convenient access for the public thereto, under such
regulations ns tho Commissioner shall doom reasoi'
able; and provided also. that all contracts for max
Ing copies OF drawings shall be made under the pro-
visions OF chapter one hundred anu nity-lye, sec
Ave, eighteen hundred and sixty.four, which reads
as follows; ''Scc.p. And bs II further enacted, tnat
all lithOgraphing aud engraving, where the probable
total cost o. tho maps or plates llllls;ratlng or nc;
companying any work exceeds two hundred ana
my dollars, shall be awarded TO the lowest and best
bidder for the interests OF the Government. duers
due advertisement by the Superintendent Of Public
Printing, under the direction OF the Joint Commit
tee on Printing; provided. That the Joint committee
Superintendent OF Public Prlating to make iInncdi'
ate contracts for engraving, whenever In their opin'
ion the cSigenc!es Of the public service will not JUS
tify waiting for advertisement and award" o.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-13
Passed June %, A. D. 1s71.l
T'HE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF Col

T'HE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GOLD
i I'LL do ordain: TIE I 800. lHT
SECTION ]. Section / Of Ordinance No. GO,
entitled IAN Ordinance to Fix, and Collect o
License Tax" passed June IL, ]. d. 1871, is
hereby amended 10 Us 10 road as follows: Sec.
l:gNo person or persons, drm or association,
shall, within the Incorporate llmits, or tho town
Of Gold Hill, DO allowed to pursue any calling,
trade or profession, or transact any business
hereinafter mentioned, until no, ahc or they
have taken out a license therefor and paid for
tho sumo, as lie hereinafter provided ; and for
any violation OF this ordinance the party so
offending shall, on conviction before any Justice
OF the Peace Of the Town Of Gold Hill, DO fined
10 any sum not greater than FIT Dollars and
tho costs Of action, and II such fino be not paid,
such person or persons shall DO imprisoned In
the Town Jail OF the rate Of one day for every
two dollars Of said fine. ... alF - :
SEC. ,. The 10Th and both clauscs OF Section
10 OF Raid Ordinance No. 8a, relating to ped.
ding, nro hereby amended so ash to fx the
liccnsc tax for peddling tho agricultural pro.
ducts OF tho State Of Nevada, quarterly In ad.
vance,, at $40, and per day In advance, IS.
SEC. . II Is hereby ordered that for each
retail grocery and each meat market delivering
wagon, running into the Town Of Gold Hill, and
delivering goods and merchandise, or meats Of
any kind, In tho said town, from any grocery or
meat market situated outside Of the incorporate
limits OF the Town OF Gold Hill, license shall
Ebe taken out, and there shall be paid therefor,
per quarter In advance, $40. And every person
thus delivering merchandise or meats In the
Town Of Gold bill shall be subject to the license
herein provided. and 30 subject whether he be
tho owner agent or omploye.u orpD, '
EE Pres't OF Board Of Trustees Of Gold Hill.
Attest: W. HY. DoANE, Clerk Of Board.
| Gold Eli, juno &C, 1871, Ie27.tf
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DELINQUENT TAx list
NOTICE or SUITS COMMENCED

mo THE FOLLOWING N
'I.n,s and 10 All owners or claimants, known
or unknown Of the possessory CAIN Sa- -
and the improvements thereon hersi.naoSv
scribsd- and the improvements when separately
ssssssed: You arc hereby notified thai snlt mas
bsen commenced In the Justieee SoaIt ~
Tovnship No 5, Gold HUI, storey S1unty,
STATE Of Nevada, before A. A. Putnam, Jasnee
TTown Of Gold Hill, as plaintiff, against each OF
tho defendants hereinafter named, and against
csch OF the following described parcels or TRACTS
Of land, with tho improvements tnereon, ano
tho improvements when separately assesssu,
slruato within the incorporate limits OF the
Town OF Gold Hill, and all owners or laimant
10 the sarne, known or unknown, TO recover the
Corporation Tax OF said Town Oh Soid I'M, anu
the delinquency, assessed othe said delendahts;
An United States gold coin, against the saio
property, for the fiscal year commencin; on the
irst Monday OF May, 4. I. ISL, and ending on
the drst Monday OF May, 1872, and mat q sum
mons has been duly issued In each sait. ,
And you are hereby notified that II yoa iai.i ~
.nnear and answer the complaint nlcd In SAID
action. on or before the I'd day OF December;
A 10 1871, At the hour OF D O'Clock A. u. OF SAID
day. Judgment will DO taken agairst you ana
Inc possessory claim or claims, and the improve
ments thereon, hereinafter described. anu .h ne
improvements when separately assessed. Tor ths
amount OF the tax specified, in United states
gold coin, with the ten per cent. delinquency,
in like coin, and for all costs subsequent 10 inc
assessment OF said taxes, and costs OF suit, In
United Satcs gold coin:
Nau< and Aopeyty. 7a1.
Joseph Broad and Lot I, Block 2, Range
C, and Lot 10, Block >, Range p, and I'M
provemeDts and personal property. - 10
vsine, Rs.s; and To-; Il. Block i, Range I"
D., and Lot 16, Block l, Range D, and
Lot 10, Block 1 Range D., and improve j.,
Dayton foiIiosid Company and possessory