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MEMPHIS THEATRE
MISS ELIZA OGA
First Night of La Marseillaise-

Third Night Of the Encouragement OF the Great American
Tragic Actress.
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sh.lbr County A-rricultur.l soei.ty.

The Agricultural Society Of Shelby county,
pursuant to appointment, met at Exchange
Court Room, in Memphis, on the evening OF
the ID inst, Col. JOHN PoPE, President, In the
Chair, and NJ. D. L. STEWART, Secretary,
present and acting.
The meeting being called to order, Col. Pope,
in behalf of the Committee Of which be is q
MEMBER, reports that the Committee has effect
ed a lease with R. C. Brinkley, of ten acres of
ground in the vicinity Of the former residences
of DR.. B. Bsgsby, for ten years at $3.50 per an
NUN, to be used by the Society as a fair ground,
which report was, BY the Society, affirmed, and
thereupon F. w. Register, Chairman Of a Com
mittee heretofore appointed, reported that al
though the COMMITTEES had visited comparative
" a small portion Of the citizens Of Memphis,
they had been able to raise near $1,000 in sub
scriptions to be appropriated in erecting and
adorning the fair ground OF the Society. The
report was accompanied with the cheering re-
marks that said sum had been readily sub
scribed with assurances that, if necessary,
much more would be added BY many.
Or motion Of Col. Thomas J. Finnie, the
Society resolved to inclose the entirety Of the
ten acres leased as aforesaid.
On motion Of Col. Finnie, the Secretary was
instructed to publish, with the proceedings Of
this meeting, the names Of the persons who have
made donations, the amounts subscribed annex
ed to their names-snd the Committee wal re.
qussted to proceed to solicit further donations
On motion, a meeting of the Board Of Mana
gers was called to be held on the I'd Saturday
Of this instant, at the store Of W.. B. Miller
for the purpose Of framing a premium list.
Trcr nr nnN-npa
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WIN II i DNLLD3
Attorney General Of Tennessee
Gigantic ~swindling.

Prom the Chicago Press, February 81
The commercial world of the West and
Northwest are just now being widely and thor
oughly agitated by the late developments which
exposes an intended, well laid and generally
successful scheme of fraud. Exchange on
New York has for sometime past ruled very
high in all the business circles of the West.
Suddenly and very welcome to the Banks, sew
eTal operators in whose appearance nothing OF
the sharper was manifest, presented themselves
a week or two since simultaneously in Toledo,
Adrian, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, st.
Louis, and other important points, each well
supplied with sight drafts on New York City,
all Of one description, but of various amounts.
All drawn by VIM. Breck, of Rochester, N. Y,
on the Corn Exchange Bank, payable to the
order of the various parties which negotiated
them.
The drafts were purchased with great avidi-
ty, sent East, and protested Of course. The
purchasers have. awakened to the fact that
they have been most ~outrageously swindled,
and have set the detectives on the track Of the
operators.
The whole amount of money obtained of
western bankers by the operation has been
variously estimated at from S250,000 to $780,
600.
The agents Of Brock in this operation, as far
as known, are Cyrus F. True, Edward W. True,
r. S. Hunt and Thomas c. Gilman, all Of Ro-
chester. There probably are others whose
names have not yet come to light. The two
Trues and Hunt are in custody, and Gilman
will be taken before any great length Of time
transpires, unless he is the recipient of some
Providential interference, as the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Louis bankers have been vic
timized too deeply to allow him tO-escape with
impunity.
The scheme was well managed, in that in
most of the cities as in Chicago, it was en-
trusted to men who could, like Gilman, call
upon houses of the first respectability and gain
their introduction as an old acquaintance, thus
establishing identity beyond dispute.
At the last advices, Breck had not closed his
doors, but he soon must do so. The whole
operation reveals a systematical plan for the
disposal of the drafts, while the intention to
defraud is obvious from the concerted action of
the agents and. the pertinacious manner in
which they continued to dispose Of the paper
up to the latest advices from Western points
along the path taken by Gilman.
LGter.-We learn that Gilman has been ar
rested in New Orleans, and will soon find his
way back to bis victims in this and other cities.
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OWNERS MANTEn

NOR the following articles On storage on DUVAL, Al
i f & cos W~HARFBOAT, Memphis, Tennessee
March 2, 1857.
7. Slegg. Memphis, I box and I chest;
chest without any mark
Levi Joy. BJliyar, Tenn, 1 box;
C. 7 Bradford, Frisr's Point I hurdle Sstdery;
% sacks cotton seed and peas, without any mark:
r. c. HemphlIs Memphis, lot household goods box
IS. &c
n. G., care Duval, Algeo * Co., Memphis, boxes;
/. ST Louis, ? boxes;
T. B Thral. Memphis, box
Edwarl Flood. Memphis. I bureau5
n. A. Dean, Auburn, Tenn. / Crates
J. P Knight, Hemphis. 50 boxes To5zcc05
JnO. II. Williamson Men phis. 3 barrels.
II not called for AZ end Of the month, vii be dispose.
Of TO pay charges.
mar4-dsOt DUvAL. ALGEO & co.
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TIE TAsHvTLLE RAINIER

ALLEN A Hall, Esq, the veteran editor and
politician, has Withdrawn from this paper, and
is succeeded BY Mr.. H. L. WALKER, as princi-
pal editor. Mr.. WALKER has recently Fur-
chased an interest in the Banner, and his ability
is hig2ly commended by those who know him.
Mr.. Hall is one Of the Oldest and abIest edi-
tors in the State, and his party will severely
feel the loss Of his claymors in future contests
for supremacy. We wish him happiness in
MS retirement, andextend an editorial welcome
to his successor.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

sIcKEEss II WAsHISGToN.-For several
weeks We have heard reports of the great num-
Der Of sick persons It hotel in Washing
ton. Two of our citizens, James Lennox and
Colonel Medary, who were STAYING there, were
taken sick. About a fortnight ago they left
Washington for Columbus. On their way home,
Mr.. Lennox was taken sick and died in a town
on the railroad line in Virginia. Colonel Me-
dairy came home, but has been in feeble health
ever since his arrival The report is current
in Columbus this morning that it has been as
certained that one OF the water-tsnks Of that
hotel has been examined, and a great number
OF dead rats discovered in it, that had been
poisoned with OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JOxraGI.
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SUICIDE OF a CLEEGYMAE.-Elder STEPHEN
BRowS, a Baptist preacher Of Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin, recently terminatedhis existence by
cutting bis throat with a razor. He had lust
returned home from a visit to his Eastern
friends, and it is thought that the fatigue and
excitement Of the journey had unsettled his in
~tellect.
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TIE INAUGURATION.

To-day is a great day at Washington City.
Politicians are there from every part Of the
Union, and the g~randest yet simplest ceremony
under our Constitution will ZONE of. The edict
Of the people will be executed in the inaugra-
tion Of the President elect. Thus has our wise
system Of Government provided that power
shall peacefully pass into the hands Of the man
Of their choice, without disturbance and with
out pomp or ostentstion. Our dispatches this
evening viii probably give the chief incidents
Of the occasion.
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COUNTERFEIT NoTEs FoUED.-Near Lafay-
cite, Indiana, on the Dist, counterfeit notes on
the Bank of Kentucky, at Hopkinsyille, to the
amount OF S14,78O, were found. They were
picked u pnear the railroad track, and were
doubtless thrown out of the cars while in mo-
ton.
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MURDERED.-A Pole named MORRIS LUCAS
TIC was murdered in louisville on Sunday night
week, and the house in which the deed was
committed set on FIRE. The dead body was
taken out before the flames had reached it.
Plumber was the object.
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LIBEL CAsE.-Mr. BEALL, Of Kentucky,
sued the Cincinnati Enquirer company for
libel in charging that he enticed a free negro
from that place to Kentucky, and there offered
him for sale to a negro trader. The damages
claimed were 5000, and the jury assessed it
at $3.50.
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0 mo Y. WRIGHT.

This distinguished Representative from the
7th Congressional District OF Tennessee, an
nounces himself as a candidate for reelection
to Congress in the Nashville UniOn and -fIeri-
can. His election by an increased majority is
certain
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q The Maine Law has been repealed in
Maine, and the Governor Of that State saws
there was an understanding, in the last cleo
ton, that the question Of re-enacting it should
not be agitated by the legislature this year.
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L. A letter from Savannah, Georgia, gives
thess particulars respecting the duel near that
place:
"a fatal duel took place in this vicinity to-
day betweentwo single gentlemen of Savannah
one, DR. Daniel Stuard Elliott, the other Thomas
Daniel, son of DR.. w. Daniel, of this city.
Both are most respectfully connected. Early
last week, while in a restaurant in this city, a
quarrel arose between Daniel and Elliott, and
after a shuttle, the latter challenged the former.
Daniel wore glasses, and being near-sighted,
chose rifles as the weapons, distance twenty
five PAGES, place S%criVen's Ferry, S. c., Gust
across the river, three miles below .his city,
time, noon to-day. Both gentlemen were Of
well known courage, and Elliott is considered
one of the best shots in the State with pistols,
and even with a rife he is hard to equal. The
matter was pretty well know about town, and
his morning the parties, with their friends,
went over to South Carolina. With atelescope,
| and some other gentlemen could see the duel
from the tower Oh the top OF the GeoreiGH and
Journal building. On the first fire, just at noon,
Daniel fell dead, pierced through the heart.
Elliott was uninJured.
The deceased was about 30 years old. FL
lott and his friends Immediately returned to
town, and thu ends this duel-the first fatal
one on that ~well-known fighting ground for
Georgians. Elliott is related to Bishop Elliott,
and Daniel is a nephew of Mayor ScriVen, of
Savannah.
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BRANCH RAILRoAD.-The Florence .4meri-
can says $4,000 have been subscribed in
Florence towards building q Branch Road from
that place to a junction with the Memphis and
Charleston road. $4,000 more are required.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

TAX ON SWAMP LAKDs.-The statement
made by the Memphis Balein, on the 25th
inst, to the effect that the Supreme Court OF
this State had decided that swamp lands should
be taxed, was incorrect. No decision has yet
been made, and probably will not be until July.
Helena Shield, 2sh ait.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

Il AbEl is before the Louisiana Legisla-
ture allowing the head of each family to take
a three dollar newspaper at the expense of the
State.
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A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE
TIL BRIDE WORTH S250,000.-A marriage
took place in Grace church on Monday last
that has excited no little interest IL fashion
able circles and caused quite a huttering among
certain wealthy families. Il seems the bride
is an heiress, and worth in her own right $780,
600. She was an inmate of one Of our most
exclusive female seminaries, and is but four
teen years and eight months old. Her wealth
and the high position Of her family were Of
course known to her associates, and her ae-
quaintance was consequently courted. Amcng
the gentlemen she was introduced 70 was s.
K a we'll known hsbitue Of Fifth avenue
saloons, but VINO had reached the mature age
Of 30 years. The acquaintance ripened into
intimacy, and eventually the parties became
engaged to be married, but as the parents might
interpose an objection, it was arranged that il
should take place unknown to them OF any Of
the young lady's friends. It was agreed that
the happy event should come of last Saturday,
(St. Valentines day) and the church was
opened, the minister ready, and a few specta-
tors had also assembled to witness the mar
rage ceremony, which was announced for II,
A. VI. But ROon came and went, and no bride
made her appearance, and the church was
closed. II appears that the principal Of the
seminary in which the young lady was a pupil,
cot wind that something was on the tapis, and
she locked the would be bride in her room, and
SC prevented the fulfllment Of the engagement.
But a" love laughs at locksmiths," and BY some
means Mr.. K was notified Of the situation
of affairs, and arranged matters in such a man
ner that the young lady escaped from survei-
lence, and the two were duly married in one of
our most fashionable uptown churches on the
18th inst. The bride and bridegroom imme-
diately started for Washington, and intend to
spend the honeymoon on a Southern tour.
This pleasant little affair has created quite an
excitement among the young ladies in upper
tendon, and is to them far more interesting
than the Bond street tragedy.-M Y. Herald,
FEB. 19gh.
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MELAJyOTYPESI MELAyOTYPES!

nESHONGS ALLER crowded daly-great rush for
IL the Melain0type. They are unlike the Ambrotvpe.
Daguerreotype, or Sphereotype. THEY WILL NEVER
FADE.
Beware Spurious limitations are being mad black on
paper. The unwary are liable TO Be imposed upon with
these worthless c0uuterfeits.
None genuine unless taken by " II. DESHONG, be
having the exclusive right or Memphis, for the M-lain-
0type Patent. Gallery, ISL Main street, opposite the
Wnrsham House fahT
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NOTICE,

AEHPHIS- March 3, 1877.
THE drm OF ~THEOBALD, GRIPPING 3 co, OF New
i Orleans, has been dissolved By mutual cons'Ht. The
name Of the firm VIII only be Used in liquidation
7. 8. THEOBALD,
&c GRTFFING,
MARI div l.. s. THEOBALD.
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CoEFIRNED.-The Senate has confirmed the
appointment Of H. F. COOPER, to be the Sur-
veyOr of the port of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
vice W. IRVING CRANDALL, resigned.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

ADVANCE IN STAR CANDLEs.-The Louis
vile Journal Of the oath has the following:
1.-The manufacturers Of star candles in this
city have advanced the price two cents per
pound A dispatch from Cincinnati notes a
corresponding advance in that city.0
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For SIZE.

ON easy terms, Lots Nos. iO9, 102, 100, 70. Sc, 81, e.
" GO and 90, in the Batture addition TO the city Of Mem
phis. AlsO, two brick stores o. Water street. II the
above lets are not sold privately. they viii be offered Al
Auction on SATURDAY, the 14th instant Apply 70
mart2w b b. KADDELL.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

"a A correspondent of the RusselviIls Her
aid says the peaches in that section Of Ken
lucky are all killed.
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q Hon. SAMUEL INGHAE has been unani-
mOusly nominated for Governor, by the Demo
Gratis Of Connecticut.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

FIRE.-The valuable Touring mills Of our
worthy and enterprising fellow-citiZen, E. G..
Morris, on Cane Creek, in this county, were
consumed by FIRE, one day last week supposed
to have caught from the beat produced by the
friction Of some part of the machinery The
less in mills and grain, we understand, is esti-
mated at ST, OOO.-Jacksonrills (Ala.,) RepSk-
licaa, Feb. 25fh.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

HARNEssED WoLvEs.-A span of wolves,
regularly trained to harness, were driven
through the streets of st. Louis a few days
ago The people wondered, and all the dogs
barked Indignantly.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-03-04

e AMBROSE ToMLrN was lately killed at
the Buffalo Springs, in Virginia, by W. WHITE,
Junior.
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The LONDON TINES ON SECRETARY DOB
BINS REPoRT.-An interesting review OF the
articles that have appeared in the Times on
this subject, is Furnished Oy the New York
Commercial .AGrerfiSeT.
The London Times (says the .ddUeTtiseT) is
complimentary to the United States Govern
ment with respect to the system of supplying
full reports from the various departments at
Washington It has two editorials on the re-
port Of the Secretary Of the Navy, one in its
issue of January 30, the other in the %publica-
ton of January p. In the former, it acknowl-
edges that the condition and progress Of the
American navy form a subject replete with in
terest to the people of England, and remarks
that the United States have always bestowed
extraordinary pains on the construction and
equipment of individual vessels. IL even at
tributes to our Government a desire to make
every ship a model of its kind for efficiency and
strength, and admits that we are entitled to
the credit of having carried ships of every rate
to the utmost limits Of their respective cspaci-
ties Of having made frigates equal to ships Of
the line, and corvettes equal to frigates - add
ing, " al this very moment too they are launch
ing a new class of steam vessels with batteries
of prodigious power, so that in their marine,
though much smaller than our own, we may
look for the latest inventions in the science Of
naval architecture or the arts Of destruction"
These are important admissions from such a
source as the LOnuOh ItmeS. lney are 100
perfectly cOnsonant with truth, and cannot fail
to have influence with the people and Govern
ment of England and of other countries in the
Old World for if, with these facts, thus pub
lic{y recognized, be taken into consideration
also the resources Of this Republic, her prac-
teal freedom from national indebtedness, and
her revenue yearly exceeding her expenditure,
it must be apparent to all that, in case Of the
United States being provoked into war, the
number of her naval vessels would be easily and
rapidly increased, and their armament be
promptly made as great as the exigeneies of the
case might require-RichmOnd Enquirer.
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Life in the Itinerancy.
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History o. the Elephant Club. By D0esticks.
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Browns Grammar OF English Grammars.
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e During the year 1856 there were fifty
seven deaths by d~elirium tremens in the Charity
Hospital at New Orleans.
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e It is said an extra session of the Viz
GINA Legislature will be called in June.
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~ The Wisconsin Legislature has passed,
with but one dissenting voice, resolutions
against any change in the naturalization laws
to the further restriction of foreign-born citi-
Zens.
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IN Monday morning, the q instant, q Cheek on the
" Southern Bank o. Tennessee, drawn BY !. g.. Finnie,
dated a. above, for S24 IS, payable 70 the order o. our
selves. Payment has been stopped.
marEIt W. !. BROWN s. Co, Madissn-st.
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NJ. D. L. STEWART, Secretary.
For The Nsmphis Appe.l.l

For the Memphis Appeal
NEssRs. EDITORS As the time has been ap-
pointed for holding the convention to nominate
candidates to represent Us in the lower house
Of our next General Assembly, I would call the
attention of the Democracy of Shelby county
to Mr.. W. H. ALLEN, as a person eminentIy
qualified for the position, and one who would
honor the cause of our city and county in the
Legislative deliberations Of our State. MI. Al
LEN has been raised in the county, and there
fore he is fully identified with the interests Of
the people of Shelby, and | know Of no one
who has higher claims upon the Democracy Of
the county than Mr.. ALLEN. He has been with
the party and wOrkeifOr it from his youth, and
such men should be rewarded.
Respectfully, SHELBY.
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~ The Governor of Illinois, in his recent
message, expressed the belief that the revenue
Of the Illinois Central Railroad will soon pay
the whole expenses Of the State government.
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.3.2I5 Acres Of Land in POinsett
1t ArcHlnn

7 WILL sell on WEDNESDAY, 18th, at 10 O'Clock, in
i front OF my mart. South side Court Square, 321B
acres Of fine Lana Sail Land lies in about three miles
Of St Francis river, ard IN The vicinity o. o. Pope and
BroiheT's Plantation. The above property VIII be offered
in lots % eighty acres, with the privilege. and VIII be
sold without reserve. The title is guaranteed By respsn-
sible men in the city.
TERAs-One-thId cash. balance in one and two years,
without interest with a lien.
A. WALLACE, Auc'r,
mai Enr-q and Vnaf 2 fate R~eEar
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FLOODED HORSES IN TEEEEssEE.-The Nash
vile UniOn states that the Tennessee Agricul-
tural Bureau has instructed its Secretary to
prepare a " History Of BlOoded Horses in Ten
nessee." The materials for this history must
mainly come from those who have been en-
gagged in raising this stock.
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And the city papers being requested to pub
lish the proceedings of this meeting, the So
eiety adjourned.
JNo. POPE, Presideat.