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SUPREME COURT.

OPINIONS F5LAp.
Opinions Of tho Supreme Court in the fol-
lowing cares submitted at The September term,
have been filed at Ottawa:
1874.
PEOPLES noeKEr.
,G;::,l e. People, etc., ia. Tompkt"' Nodded and
Al. Kno. st al. y. brady. Decree reversed and
remandcd.
1875,
eTvIL DtfKxT.
11i. nosxowttx at al. ~. Adnvls EIprcss COM
peny; 1seseEsed and fon'a@n5ed @ n...,
~; 5so. ts; Franci. ~. Rankin. nevcrsca and re.
ga5. Glayes y. white. Affirmed. ..,,
~. Z. r.. ~. y. n. Il. CO. 80. President and
7S;. Robertson 70. .Btost. reversed and re.
n,Andet+
2. People, ctc., ". Colo. Kule absolute.
g. gn,kF impid, etc., Va. People, etc. Re-
:. Alien ~. game. Affirmed. Brccse, Walker,
and Dickey. J. j. j.. dissenting.
y. dohnson ". samo ievcFted and ren'andcd.
7so. People cx RI. r.. Leary, Rale absolute.
=. hyon St Al: r: r. cu1hsttson & a. Reserssd
FL T. iiymss '%pIssis. etc. VI, Ba,ne. Reversed
and een,andel.
III. Morrill, ". Co1ohonr ct al. Decree affirmed.
refsed. .,..-.. ::
~. Ca.tncr vs. Walrod. decree an1rmed. sbei.
don and Utckcy, j. j., dissenting.
e: q, 2; r. y. Il. Il. Co. u: Bank of North
o. Reid ", p,.e9 A Rsssas; 1ssseissa and remsud.a.
IL. MeAntts ct al. W. e.. u. 8 i. y. X. Il, TO.
Affirmed.
Fl. City Of Chicago W. Hcsin2, Administrator.
Affirmed.
~. johnson ct al. ". Estabfook. Affirmed.
II. Wright ct al. ". Smith. i2ovetatd auA 70.
manacd. scott, Scho1de1d, and pickcy, J. j. j.,
, 1877-02-03

Tho Ftrbt Natonnt Bank Of Cheyenne.
haa received since May. 1876........$ g!5 nao
philntlclfh!a .,.....,,..,,.,..,,...,., 4:r5, 600
Denver BANKS Observation-Disclosures. 1S5, OD0
Psrcso s" ....... ...................... 600. 600
Takon ont by parties. not through any -, ,,o
Amount Of dust AZ circulating medium
!. a. cao e b. ' cslonsted.. t ] 50. 900
Enowedrc) 49,. ~. 49,. ...... 1,o23
Of The asoTe :. ......................... =. -. 1900
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05

where the shot had struck. Our
locomotive responded by a whistle,
and we sped along undisturbed un-
til we reached the station at Ibrail.
On leaving the train the Grand
Duke was received by a detachment
of Cossacks and the infantry regi.
ment of Kursk. While he was
reviewing these troops second
report was heard from the Danube.
Then a peculiar whistling sound
came through the air, and a conf
cal proiectile of enormous caliber
struck coal-pile some twenty yards
off from the place where the Grand
Duke stood, and in the immediate
vicinity of the last men in the file
Of soldiers he was reviewing. No
attention whatever was paid to'this
incident, either by the commander
or the soldiers; not a man moved
in the ranks, though if the shell
had burst, which it happily did not,
the damage might have been a very
serious one.
The general disturbance and
excitement were still more visible
here than at Galatz. The town
seemed almost deserted; the few
inhabitants who remained glided
about in the streets with uneas,
countenances and keeping as close
as possible to the walls of the
houses; and the heavy report;
heard from time to time, together
with that particular whistling
sound which seems to pervade the
whole air around you, were not cal
cnlated to inspire much confdenct
to the peaceful citizens"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05

rooms for my little family, and so
l spend what ! don't want for mar
keting and clothes in bonanzas.
I've followed the Consolidated
Virginia and the California Z"
down from par to "a, their present
price. I've bought 10000 shares
of the first and $4,000 shares of the
last, and I'm going to follow them
down to the bottom; for know
at least think that | know-that
there is more money in them than
has ever been taken out; any way, |
shall stick to it. AS to these mining
boards, l don't care if the stock ex-
change closes tomorrow, and there
is never another share bought or
sold. If the mines fail, why then
I'll take the money I've got out of
them and set the timber on fire,
and that will be the end. No, don't
go; I'm not busy-Pm Geyer busy
now. Twas busy when l had to
scull round TO get five dollars. Now
| can afford to pay my clerks and
talk with my friends"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
scnIpIng In Dnxs Of Yora.

Herodotus, the " father of his
tory" tells the following of the an
cient Scythians:
Every Scythian drinks the blood
Of the first prisoner he takes, and
presents the king with the heads of
the enemies he has killed IN fight.
For if he brings a head, he is en-
titled to a share of the booty, other
wise not. They fay these heads by
cutting a circle round the neck,
close under the ears, and stripping
off the skin, as they would do that
of an OK; then they soften the skin
with their hands, and these skins
thus prepared serve instead of nap
kins, hanging on the brides of
their horses when they ride. He
who has the greatest number of
these thinks best of himself, and is
the most valiant man. Many Scyth-
ians clothe themselves with the
skins of men sewed together, as
with the skins Of beasts; /; and fire.
quently stripping the right hands
of the enemies they have killed, ex-
tend those skins with their nails,
and use them for covering to their
quivers. For the skin of man is
thick, and Of a brighter white than
Of any other animal. Many take
off the skins Of men entire, and
carry them about on horseback,
stretched out upon a board. These
usages are received among the
Scythians; yet they are not accus-
toned to use all heads alike, for
those Of their greatest enemies are
treated in the following manner
They cut off the whole face from
the eyebrows downwards, and hav-
ing cleansed the rest, if they are
poor, they content themselves to
cover the skull with leather; but
the rich, besides this covering of
leather, gild the inside with gold,
and these serve instead of cups for
! their drink.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
AnInnocent Msn Condnmn.n.

In the year 1869 five men entered
the residence of a clergyman named
Schroeder at Wallvillig, in the
Duchy of Luxembourg, murdered
the servant, and left the clergyman
himself for dead. The latter, how
ever, recovered, and declared that
among the number of his assailants
he recognized a young man named
Gillen. Five men, including Gill
len, we're put on trial, and all de.
MED the crime. Gillen even sue
ceeded in proving that at nine pm,
shortly before the commission Of
the crime, he was in his bed. How
ever, Notwithstanding this and the
efforts of very distinguished
counsel, the case went so strongly
against him that he was condemned
to death, and even his father ad-
mitted that the evidence proved
him guilty. The sentence passed
on the nVe c0nYlcts was subsequent
ly commuted to penal servitude for
life, and from the time he entered
prison Gillen refused all consola-
ton, and, it was noted, never spoke
to any of his fellow prisoners.
Whenever an opportunity offered
he vigorously asserted his inno-
cence. And at length day arrived
when this was to be acknowledged.
A few weeks ago one of the other
five avowed on his deathbed the
guilt Of himself and three of those
condemned. Gas to Gillen," he
said, "he had nothing to do with it;
we knew nothing whatever of him,
before or after" The government
has ordered Gillen to be discharged.
lie refuses a pardon, and insists on
his sentence being reversed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
THE TURKS FIRST SHOT.
How the Russian Grand DukS was
Made the Target for Tnrkish
ShefIa


Shells.
The following are interesting ex.
tracts from a private letter received
from the headquarters of the Rus
sian army on the Danube. 1t il
dated Reni, May 10, and contains
curious details about the first shot
during the war, which was directed
against the Russian commander in.
chief himself:
"Three days ago, before dawn,w We
arrived at Galatz. The streets
from the station to the house pre-
pared for the reception of the grand
duke were brilliantly illuminated,
and, Notwithstanding the late hour,
were filled with an excited crowd.
Many houses seemed, however, ia
be deserted by their inhabitants,
and the hustle and disorder of war
were clearly visible everywhere.
After having been jolted all night
long in a crowded railway carriage,
| hoped to snatch a few moments
of rest; but a la guerre CONNIE a la
guerre. | had barely time for a
hurried toilet, and with the first
rays of the sun we were summoned
out to accompany the grand duke
to Reni, the object being a survey
of the Russian works at the mouth
of the Pruth and of the mines dug
under the bed of the Danube. All
the works, and especially the mines,
were found to be in excellent order,
and will assuredly not fail to cause
some trouble to our friends on the
other side of the river. After a
hurried lunch we were driven back
to the railway carriage which was
to bring us oack to Ibrail. | was
indulging in a comfortable doze
when my neighbor, our friend r.,
awoke me with an exclamation to
which we will certainly get accus-
toned in a few days, but which
possesses yet a peculiar, thrilling
sound not easily forgotten-"The
enemyp
The train was running along at
a tremendous pace upon afat, open
ground about half a mile from the
Danube, and on the calm, clear
waters of the latter we're distinctly
visible, with their broadsides turned
toward us, three Turkish monitors,
with the crescent waving from then
flag masts. A moment after a cloud
OF white smoke arose from one o.
them, a report was heard above the
noise Of the train, and two or three
seconds later, on the opposite sid,
Of ihe train, at about two hundrct
yards distance, a cloud Of dust aros
from the fields, indicating the plac
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
Eject Of storms on n.aIth.

There is no doubt that the
changes in the condition of the
atmosphere which precede a storm
have an effect on the health Of
some persons. DR.. S. Weir Mitch
ell, a Philadelphia physician, has
been lately studying the relation
between bodily pain and weather
1t is well known that diseases and
injuries of the bones, rheumatism
and other ailments, cause increased
pain ON the approach of storms.
DR.. Mitchell induced an army officer
who had lost leg, and suffered
with neuralgia in the stump, to
keep a record of his pains in con-
nection with the weather for three
years, The conclusion derived by
this investigation is that a certain
combination Of atmospheric con-
ditions is required to produce the
pains. He says: "Every storm, as
it sweaps across the continent, con-
sists Of vast rain area, at the cen
ter of which is a moving space OF
greatest barometric depression,
known as the storm center, along
which the storm moves Ike a bead
on a thread. The rain usually
precedes this by six hundred miles;
but before and around the rain lies
a belt, which may be called the
neuralgia margin of the storm, and
which precedes the rain by about
one hundred and fifty miles. This
fact is very deceptive, because the
sufferer may be on the far edge Of
the storm basin Of barometric de-
preston, and, seeing nothing of the
rain, may yet have pain due to the
storm"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05

in her most killing array to step on
her trail, and pulled out about three
yards of gathers, with a rip like a
peal Of thunder, exposing about
three.quarters of the framework
that makes her dress stick out be-
hind. But, instead Of meeting the
accident with perfect equanimity,
she turned around and jobbed her
paraSol into his eye, called him a
junk-headed leper, and: asked him
why he didn't wear his feet side
ways. He expresses himself as
thankful that he did not marry the
girl before finding out what sort of
a temper she had, but the doctor
doesn't think his eye will grow out
again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
100000 for Only Ten.
READ THE LIST OF GIFTS.
Drawing Positively June 80, 1877
And Every Three Months Thereafter.

The present maH00epleni eaphdticdllB Rotlfg
he pubic that there cU be no postpoHement Of
this droicing, as IS usual IN such enterprises but
that Il lcH positively and uReQUipocdlH take
place on the date named
THIS, tic Second Draicinp, iciN be conducted
Ike he first 10 the fairness of trhich the foiiOtciRa
named gentlemen haze testified,
Hon. Alvin Duvall, late Chief Justice Sup.
Court Of Ky. James @. Dudley, Chm Board
of School Trustees; Grant Green, Cashier
Farmers Bank of KeltHcky; Hon. S. |. NJ
Major, Public PriAter State OF Kentucky; /;
Hon, Thomas n Lindsay, Pres't Farmers
Baak Of Ky; Hon. Thomas c. Jones. Clerk
of supreme Court Of Ky.; Judge r. A. Thomp-
son, Pres 'dg Judge Franklin Co. Court ames
G Crockett. Clerk Frank n County Court.
Remittances can be made by mail, express,
draft, postofiice order or registered letter,
made payable to g. W. Barrow x Co.
Tickets paid promptly and without discount.
Reliable agents wanted. faLI
address all com munieations and orders for
tickets to g. W. BARROW 4 CO.,
COurier-J Journal Building, Louisville, Ky.
Send for Circular f-eod-ll0dkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
How 10 Find out.
Chicago Tribuno.l

NnlVaBo AtlDune'l
A young man read in the Ledger,
a few days ago, that if you wanted
to find out if the woman you had
selected for your future spouse had
a good temper, you ought to take
occasion to step on her dress or
snap the sticks Of her fan, or in
some other way annoy or discom-
pose her. eff" said the great au-
thority who preSideS over the
column Of advice, elf she betrays
no signs of i'll temper, she will prove
model wife" Accordingly, the
Young man seized an opportunity
when his sweetheart was rugged out
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05

EOR POSTERS. SHOW BILLS, CARDS
!; Circulars, etc., gotten up with tho latest
STYLE Of types and on superior paper 0i any
desired color, gc,to the LEDGER omcelana CT
anime stock k.andlpriceg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R,
Shrot Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CARDS

Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily...........5 so Pm. 1918 pm.
Freight train leaves Hope
field daiIy(ex. sunday)7, 80 am. b.2 m.
Passengers going on this road VII, take
Vile ard Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
points on the title Rock and Fort smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains mt.
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices q and 2S7 Man street, and at. depot
foot of Washington street, or at l. nsyille'
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot
or 10 the undersigned
r. A. WILLIAMS. Pass. Ag't Memphis.
M \. JAY. q. P.ayd I. Ag't, Little Rock
w. +. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
Y0l-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05

The late Presidential contest engen-
dered much bad blood which cool
ness and Judgment will correct The
bad blood" induced by persistent
violation of natures great but simple
laws requires not only GOODNESS and
judgment, bat obedience to hygieniC
measures and the proper use of Dr.
Bulls Blood Mixture to insure its purih'
cation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-05
MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.


r,N AND AFTER SUNDAY. MAY 18th,
~ 1877, trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail. daily 800 pm. l;SOp.m
Freight and Ac'm dation,.
SS.t ST. ''-'' NJ. BURKE, Sup't.
, 1877-03-09
CRIME.
WHISKY,
9p<c9di DIsf*9leA ~ Tns IFt&pnk.

ap<c'at DIspateA 10 7ns T1t8unk
srR1xuRIELp, ILL.,, March s.-Iwo moro pekfn
whisky cascs wcrc dlsposed uf III tue Distrtet
Court to-day. George T.. Glassto.J, indicted
with 1fenry T. Westcs1uan for conspiracy to de-
fraud the Feyerur, entered pIs. nj euiltv and
wa. fined *400 aud Gusts. Thu penalty II I'm.
prtspnpes,t WIS suspended. George WartiloW,
i (iauBer at Westcrmal,'s llstil1ery, indicted
ftx 1nnktng fnaso returns, tatt trial be!nru tbs
court. ituppcaresl that the alleged fnlslty ttt
the return Sas simply clerical errr. si'd that
tic Government did not slifsr thereby. Dc.
feAdallt was DISCHARGED.
Kpsrial p1pd&ch 10 TIT 7ftbyH<.
NEw fulx, Harch Sin The cuse ia which F.
o. Huyd mud Edgas L. Hill are clla4E.sl with
Chtcago to this rtty, Assistant District Attorney
Sherman wattctl to st,ow tt,I'ay ~ stubs Vi
stut,,1ptUaks from the Office ii the Collector Of
lntrrual Neycnie IN Chicago that lot Of
whisky inarkctt &c" consigned by Golsest j.
Eastman to defendants. must hare been passed.
that this xhlsky was nut cntsred III sete1dants'
hooks until four months utter II was received
by them. Gen. Tracy 4at'l that eight days had
bean construed bY tAU Government IN MI e1'-
tlearor to Hl,nw that certain whisky had Mut
bceIl entered on defendants books. TfIu de-
l,al not Leca ',lade ut tho tine wh.,l
they should iafe becn made. 3ir. Slcr,ua..
sni1 that uMler Creat disadvantages he was
steadily proceeding with tho Introduction Of
dtx,lu,untary evldcnee showing rrinla facie
easc Of ru.sptrasy. lie was not willln. 10 a<.
ccrt admissions ~ conclusive when be could
establish Ills easa BY documentary eyidenc,
whleh could not be cofltrnycrtcd. Mr. Sherman
WIS pctsnfttel to proceed, with tho understand
tug tl,at hc would 80 correct Ills documentary
cyilensc "a to make out y p1lna iacta case.
, 1877-03-09
VANDERBILT.
Tho pead aioncy.Gottcr's Money to Be
WrAnGIeL Aycr,
EUhcfdt Mtndfc& Ia IL 1siAun

Tho pead Aioncy-G1nttcr's HIouoy to Be
WrangIeA tlycr.
6pacfaf HspafcA 10 TIE 7tibun4.
Nsw yOhK, March a-rhc Vanderbilt will
ease CHINO to thc front again to4lay iu the s!,apo
" .t't"u,ent made by ez,u.,sel for sfrs. 4. ia
nau' a"ot:a'.- ~ t,e latc Commodore. Thu
tounse! said l'la clIctss ->,ulu rontes,. and I'M.
lowing u Tho substance ~ ~ w.
iccuons that arc to b. fltcu,~ ~ !. n,..
tho will, II II was Daade or executed by CON-. sS
dore Vanderbilt, was obta.aess by fraaa aud clr-
cumsentton. a1,l undue inGuence brought
10 bear upun hin, BY hk soi Wul
lam i. Vanderbilt, aud others acting
with. hin to shas end; that Commodore
Vanderbilt WIS laborlng under q morbid aud
mental drluslnn and luaEia Vt tho time thu will
VIVA mattV, Inducing au atSenru Ut NAtur1lI aaee-
ttou, and that thc.t dtsqnaltlleatIons, taken II,
conIlcctOn with hts physical debility and the
weakness consequent upon oil agu, disqualified
hn from making my scstaa,eutary dlstoation
Of b,s estate. " from acting III any testamtutry
eTparttyi that this nalIt4 nua continued
morbid anl unuaturul dcsire aid fcEyeut
lnclIHation VI the part Of tho Commodore 10
perprtuatc his na1ue, wealth, aud power by =
concentration Of hls property In his son WILL
lam and hin progeny, had ho perverted and Dis
turbcd the uoEsnll condition Of lla mental f.x-
ultsca rs to utterly incapac1tate him frou, max
Ing any testasnentary disposition ot Ills vast
estate, which equity demanded should 10 d.
ytded fairly AMONG hls next VI kin"
, 1877-03-09

on this conviction receive a sentence commen.
aurate with his crime do not propose 10 move
ior trial on tho Indictment for shooting
"Now Coburn," Judge Sutherland said
Stand up,' was the clerks otdet.
ss ssp9!s saa rb q"sf cd % FL
net guilty."
Judge Sutherland then said TO Coburn, "fou
must not suppose, because I vas lcnlent In
cone points Of nv charge, that / had any doubt
Of your guilt. ought 10 soy that, IN my optn-
to9; the verdict ot The tury was just, leeal. and
fully authorized. have horror Of
sRR Reas; GSss .rnes fSns'ef l. e e. t:s M
and ! did all could 10 prevent Jout
cause from being prctudtced By your previous
reputation. Thought about It a good deal, and
believe that no Judge could haVe been fafrcr
TO you. think ought to oiyo you as sevcra \
sentence ~ The law aiows Therefore, the .en-
Sr 81 .os t9H ca y IT, T. That be e1ne 10
thr term Of ten years.''
Coturn hid whatoser emotion he may have
felt under this ordeal. OutwardiY he ras
ealm but fIatlo pAlcr than usual. lie was
taken back to the CITY Prison Immediately, and
We. agai, followed bT multitude.
Sing Sing tt,-'any.
To The n,uny inquiries after bis return to the
clsy Prison, the pugsllst calmly replied, "0ply
ten years." Itc lighted fresh cigar, and xas
put Into condemned cell. Soon afterwarl his
wife and Ed Matiahan entered the corridor and
had . talk With the prisoner Then Joe noas.
sln who fought Ten Allen in Kentucky some time
and wDro gold box'ngE1uvo ~ = scarf pin.
lle seemed mich affected ut tiIa fatc OF Joe Co
burn, and said to a bystantleF, They got away
With I'm In devil Of a 'ury."
, 1877-03-09
TIIsES.
AT EVANSVILLE. IND.

At EVANSVILLE, IND,
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March ga fire In the
Poscy Block on sfain street tllts morning de-
stEoyed Weber's Int storo and Cross clothing
store. Wcbcs'a loss IL $4,000. INSURANCE,
s28o0 Gross loss Is 10000. Insurance,
$l2,ooc. Loss on buildings, $4,000. Insurance,
III COO. The ORIGIN OF the lire Is unknown.
EyANsy!I1.r, II, March s'-TAs following Is
morning. With tho l,,suru1icc: Weber, S3l, ,O00;
Gross, $:D, 900; Posy, tulldlaG, s3,50); fnsur.
auer-0lrar.l,. Philadelphia, *9U0; Autcrl.
81 sso! orh1mIasipSS; mnp Ssw s; VIZ M9ys faanq91
New York, s2,000; rl,enlx, New TURK, $1,000;
Commonwealth, nostol,. $s,0to; American Cen.
t!ul, 1t: Louis: $l,U0; Underwriters, New
York, Fl ,oO0; Hartford, 81 900; lEtna, $9,00o;
lhGnix, Hartford, 82,o0o; Iloyal. l,750; tlan-
haitian. $t,750; Arnnxou, $500; North American,
Philadelphia, $s2,5u0; Niagara, New Yuff,
ss,5oo; Royaf, New York, e3,5u.