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10000 Acres Swamp Land
TOP GAT.E

WV
FOR SALE,
A Ii. Of the very best quality Of cotton land,
n not surpassed By any IN the world, lying on
Bayou nas1n. near Old River lake, and near
L.ke Vflisge, the county seat q Chic1t county -
Arkansas; which I will sell on terms 20 suit % good and
responsible parties. These wishing 70 mafe a pronts-
be invesfmezt will afii ess ne al End1ra Put Once
Chioot county, Arkansss ". B. fAhOh.
Hitshsn q Co., A. }. Mont
yomery, 7. l. Beard. At Nemphis, Tenn.
n. B.-I will also sell, on reasonable terms, the piass
on which I now reside, Containing
THREE HUNDRED n SIXTY
Of frst quality swamp Land; the most Of whieh Is
under a good state a cultivation, Win new gn house
srd other improvements. AID. II desired, also he
Negroes, Mules, STOCK, etc, belonging 20 the place.
se22-V2m N.b FAhOh.
In Chancery. at Memphis.
C,TATE OF TBNNEssEE-Proosedings had In he
- Clerks once, ChAncery Side q the Common Law and
Chsncery Court q The city q Memphis, Wsdnesdays
Octsber The 10Th, 1850.
wesley oOnnor ard Abigail ooanor, ComPlainAnts.
z. c. SeDovel, George ". CLARK and Daniel A. Clara,
Defendants.
u~appearinz from andsVit Glod in this cause, that The
dafendants, George ". C1ark and Daniel A Cla K.
are non-resideuts q the State q Tennessee,
10 u ordered that they Do enter their appearanre
herein before o. within the first tlree days o. he next
term Of said Court, 70 Be bed on the ssoo1d Monday
In November next, Qsso,1 and plead, ansFer, or demur
10 c5mplaiuantsi bill. CT the same viii be taken for con-
fessed as 70 them, and set fr hearing expsrte, and that a
COY % this order be published once a week for four sue
cesslve weeks in the Memphis Appeal.
Aopy-sfiests join {. LANlAR-
CLERK and Master.
Pists,s X SANFORD, solicitors fr oamplainaats.
oci6-law4E
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-ENNE NHNNEElNNNNN
LoUIsvILLE, Oaober 5-rhe Ohio river 81 this
point Is falling, with four feet water In he canal.
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WHO MAKES oUE Doors M SHoEs-Fr0m
statistics furnished BY the shoe end Le1fher
Reporter, We learn that 12,9sl cases Of boots
and shoes were shipped from Boston during
The week ending October 10, Of which 1890
eases were shipped direct to slave States, As
follows: Memphis % cases, New Orleans 6f7,
Mobile 1877, Savannah $50, Baltimore s73,
Norfolk $50, s.. Louis 63s, Louisville 3ll,
Poeshontss, Ark, rs; Charleston 81; VIII
mington, n. c., 90; Richmond g., Galveston
IS; MarysFille, Ky, 90 St. joseph, No, p
and l55 cases, in small lots, TO sundry places.
SENATOR DoUsLA7 ADVENT IETo MEH-
FHIs-We woals advise our readers that The
crest auction sale Of city BUSINESS property
advertised for Tomorrow, has been postponed
till Saturday, in consequences OF the fact that
msn cannot now be induced TO think Of any
thing besides SenaioF Douglas. Those persons
from abroad who believe Memphis a good
place In which 10 invest money, should attend
to the "a Of which fan accounts are given IN
the advertising column Of Monsarrst, DuPrss
& Co. This is the only city business property
Dsw in market, and this IS sold because he
owner wishes TO pay bis debts.
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One of the Most Prevalent,

AND a. the sane time most troublesome and palnful
diseases that attsnd TIE human assh. is the Fever aud
Ague. For q iong time The medical world save been
e ntinually bringing forth numerous spseiacs for its
permanent cure, but all without s5sct. DR.. J. Hotet-
ter, an experienced and celebrated physican, has sus-
cseisd 10 furnishing the puoiie with a valuable prspa-
ntlon t0r the cure Of Fever and ACNE. The stsasy ami
Increasing demand lately made for tse Bitters. and the
universal success attending he use, have uads for 90 q
reputation unsurpassed b. any speeiae % he Kind
F5r the cure % fsver and Agus. Dr.. H1stetter's Csis-
hraisd stomach Bittsrs must and should claim e superb
ority over any 0ther prepsratlan sztant.
Fer sale BY d~ruzgirs emf tsalers rensrallv every
Ehere. H-0sTErTEE a SMITH.
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8 TR OF o g. P!
MADAME
Morris Cemetery

nARTTEs havinE yet 10 move from Norris q Kim
rood Cemetery, viii nnd ne AZ tie former place
every OHDAT from 8 70 II A. a., when hose inter-
esied will please aftend-
cei7 37' JANIS STEWART.
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JAMES MARKS s CO.,
really as MarS STREET.
EnTUET

LEECHES-FREsH LEECHES,
Always On hand By VIZ. c. WERSER, Cupper
and Iesohsr, No. 3 Esia street, between Market aud
Eindhestsr, Memphis. ssI5-6ms
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Il a III ID
For Safe.

TIVE section Of land frmeriy owned By Dr.. J. e
Il N. Witherspoon, now In TIE possession oiEh
tka ubrcrfbsr. Is orersd at private sale. SaidEl~
land u ritaated eight miles vest q the Mobile -
sad Ohio ruiiraad, twelve miles east Of Polioiscs and
one mile and a half south % the road from Pontqtoc %
Fulion, in . healthy neiEhboThoodi one nile and q half
from q Presbyterian church, and three niles from a
Methodist church, where there Is regular preaching.
On said section q land there j. ah0uf ave hundred acres
o. cpen land. composed chiefly q E1nfy clay creek bot
tcm and posf-aah land; s0me very god land, and sume
Is badly worn, bat caa be improved BY hillside ditching
and horiz01tal pl0WirE.
o The plEoe sre tTo or three never failing Fpringsi
I've or uhree sells Of Esfers anf siock vateT Hhundanti
good apple orchaEd srf peafh orchard, md everything
that apprrtains . = farm.
AM persan dssiriuE any further l~nformAtiou, By i'd
dressinr the frbscribsr A. CuouoWuk, Fuuioioe county
Hissis.ippl. " IN y punctuaIly attended 70.
Terms cssh. or acoepfed drafts On Memphis OF noble.
fv7-VrisuI J G. WITHERSPOON-
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SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
~ nnannA .HnnEE

DCRsUANr % q decee % ne Chauosry Caurt, g.
\ Memphis. rsu1sred hay term. 1889. Ll ne caae 81
Jesse J.. Harris EtuulsLrlf-r or james r. alrEnau-
rs ID. X Moore, Aurua Mnrra and CIneus q VII. 90
MONDAY, OCTOBER p 1EgI 11 fr1rtaf mg cTcr. ln
the city q aemphia pressed 81 sd 70 tf hlzhea- BIS
der q I'd. la1le .1t ~ srlull IN DeiI11 street. ln ne
citV o. Aemp1is. bounded as follows. On wlf5 beEI lrluz
a. a uC.lt on ire east slfs % Jssrr1 street.. 30 feet
-1uth 90 Beai rre- rulalnE there flutsusrl r gt1
Dre.tl street S. iet Col sflkei t1cl-s sssrHHr-g aar
parallel via B-1i suafr 2a3 fa-rm-rr or e. E ar-ases
ue1ce n~orthElrt y and parallel via Drars 1trrl 81
feet % o sake Heace ID adr-c- lire and 1arale- V.n
brai street Z8 feet. E-re o. .sr tr ne hsUuItuE
fEars oFaArE The a-1-a uzrii1l-l .t Val D.
sold on g credit 20 seven ana lll-urr1 u1uLh- ulr-r1sar
70 eNsclte altes eIrl uuurlVat security A len VII o.
retained % the premises uI-L Payment 81 Furcla7e
maley- sale lr No ofciaE. As
se1Ld % Ia G. LANTEE. C-s-s and Master
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Fer Stoves, Crates, Mantsls, House Furnish
~ Gouds, etc, etc., see saEsrrEns a -straston's aavsr-
i1su NJ. In arrther coiumn.
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ViOIins, Victims, ViOIins.

AT COST AT oOsTii At COsTli
w Ger a casf. 4 BIO,
as Tnder O1d-feuoEf Han.
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STRAYED--STOLEN
sTRAYED,


IRON he r~-sitspcs % Cert n. Frech. On Chsi=ea On
II Saturday The Islh. two btsct HrLFs, ueLIrm SIZE
AM i~uf7ruatiouo o.: tie Hules viii b. literally rewarded
uaI-sfs n FRECH
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IS SAFE AND RADICAL CURE FUR
FEVER N AGUE,
Chill Fever, Intermittent or Bilious
RemitteHt Fever, Dumb Ague,
lad all y0rms Of Disease kaving a Malarious
Origin.

Origin
FEw DOSES uiu curs any ordinary ease. and ONE
~ DOSE !nvarisb stops the chius. i Contains
nothinr in the least degree hurtfrl o The system under
anV crcunstsnces. and never produces the unpleasant
Effects that auead TIE use o. Qulnine and other agents
In general use. It cures even form o. the disease. and
Is ne origilai ard ONLY ANTIDOTE EOA
Ask fr Or. Shalenbsrser's Fever and Ague Anndotes
and Be sire you set PILLS
Massrs. HfVlIanf. Stevenson q Co., Who are among
De lsrE-st Wholesale drug dealers in ne Souths write
a. fouggs-
CHARErsr0E. 8. C., January q, 1850.
GENTS. We take pleasure In stating that on yester-
DAY Cur NJ. SfeVensol and others were rar-wltuesses %
q most ast1nishiuE recital aud high enoomium IN reglrd
U Y1ur Pills Henry Goethe, Esg-s prominent cl-iren
anf planter p Beaufort district, called urol Us aad IN
quiret 10 ur kept Shaicnberger's Pills Upon Or ask
ing 10 De knew anything u them he replied sunsian-
italy 81 follows "Gr, ! regard th-m a specllc for
Chils ana Frver. They were used with signal success
on the Charleston and savannah railroad las. summer
md autumn, in the INST slcslY recon and uuter the
m8st trying clrcumsra1ces- ] cantestify nat o1tof one
gang % shout two hundred heEro operatives dfy were
stricken down WIN Fever and Ague, and every one re-
covered By me timely use % shaHenberssr's Pills. and
vau nay tru them for me. n yuu choose, that they POS
SECS the GREATES MEDICINE N II WOkLDE"
- sod by DruEEists everywhere WLolesaie agents
f5r aemphls s. MANSFIELD 4 co.
GEO. ". & CO..
n. F-sRNsWORTH 4 70.
VAR s. ~McCLELLASD.
Sole Projectors,
A. T.. sHALLENBEhaEk = CO.
auf6-faw1mfs Rochester Pa
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CoLUMBUs' RENATss AeAIN TO Er Re.
E0vKD.-The correspondent Of the New York
Tines writes from Havana;
We are soon 10 have. IL il understood. a new
eenetery near this city, and viii admit thai Il
is much needed. It is to esn'sin two hun
dred and ninstT-eight acres, to be divided into
four squares and adorned with walks, trees
and fountains.
TIE facade viii be OF bronze, In the monu-
mental style, and the entirs cemetery will be
surrounded BY an iron fence, In the center Of
which there is 70 be z superb arch, in a style
similar TO that Of athe stars Of Psris.s
Il Is proposed TO place the vensrated remains
(Uhy again disturb them?) Of Columbus
within this arch In an urn, with a silver cover,
upon which viii be inscribed In letters Of gold
the results Of his successful enterprise. A
bronze statue Of Columbus is 70 be erected
near by, representing him In an attitude re-
vesling the grand mission he carried into
effect.
A DUEL ~ Missouri BETWEEN TWO Poll
TfcIAEs.-A duel was fought near Nodaway,
No, on the 18th inst, between Isaiah J. PoT-
Z ter. ESQ, President Of the Democratic club
and chairman OF the executive committee Of
OF St. Joseph, and Col. Harlem, Of Roonvills.
Mr.. Porter was addressing a political meeting
at NodaWay, when Col Harlem called him a
lar. Both parties were seriously though not
! FafaUv uuoundeH
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NOTICE


HAVING als day a1d orr entire st1k OF ssffas.
H Harness. SafdIey uarfware, shoe FIndlnEs. ctr.
% Ar- o. T. heEhLs. We w1uif take ihls 1ocasioa o. rstgru
1alH gQUr friends md the pu1lc generally f0r the
Kind pairu1kze heretofore eEten1ed % uE. IN retiring
from tie business. We take pleasure iu eo1mmeulu-
or sla1esaur a. ere worthE OF public patronage. be be-
lnE g genLrman or correct busIless habits. and having
a Pra1ics E~n5Eletss o. TIE buziness-
". P LEWIS D. BIO.
N-uphis June IS. i~ss0-uy5i-sm
uANlAa bought cut TIE ab1ve-namsd hrm. 7 uiI
II continue ne blrileas a. heretofore 81 ne ola
stand ] Eulll BE- ufeuse1 % receive ne ustrllzze
heretofore extended Oh uT urc4aceslrs. lapIua by ssrl-
aueulcn t1 hlslness 90 give entire a1fIFfarirn. NJ
friends aut The public generally VIII knew where % and
me-. IJy3l-1ml J. T. BEGBTE-
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TIE MEMPHIS BRANCH RATLRoAD--We
learn from the Louisville Journal Of the 22d,
that he Memphis Branch railroad il progress
ing finely this side Of ClsrksyiIle. The cars
are running regularly some twenty-five miles
this side Of that place TO Bowling Green,
which place is to receive a new name to pre-
vent confusion, and viii probably Be called
Cumberland City. Il is about forty miles from
that point 70 the Tennessee river all o. the
route lie graded and the rails are being rapidly
laid. Last week the track laying was com
msnced at Paris, tie workmen going the other
way 90 that the twentr-six miles between that
point and he Tennessee river will be competed
with all possible dispatch, - il is entirely
graded except some two or three miles upon
which a vigorous force is now working. The
bridge over the Tennessee river is fn a very for
ward state the piers are above The present
water lire, 50 that the work viii not be iupe-
dsd By any subsequent rise. All the materials
FOR The superstructure are On the ground there,
and there seems to be no doubt that the con-
tract 20 finish it this year viii Be carried out.
From all we can learn the promise OF Gen.
Qusrlss will Be fully redeemed and during the
month Of February next the people Of Louis
vile viii be able to leave there in the morning,
dine AZ GAINESVILLE, and enjoy The hospitality
Of the Gayoso house at Memphis at supper
time. The advantages 10 be derived from he
completion Of this line will be OF inealculabls
iupor.anes to our city, and a eouplsts rsvolu-
ton in southern trade will be worked when
Louisville and Memphis are placed within ten
or twsivs hours distance OF each other.
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SALE OR RENT.

81 P. H. CLARK s. Cas- column.
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UId N5Wspdp6rs.
GENERAL HUNpREn OLD NEWSPAPERS fr sale
- a. ~ APPKA C0u ERoon- iei4
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gofaI alatters
"wednesday Morning, Oetob'r "a, 1850
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
MEMPHIS AND ONO RAILROAD.

ARRIVE. DEPART.
Hal and eIurcss fratu--..-..a,eo p M-s-eSl A. ~.
Humboldt eEpres...---.--fO10 A. M-.----60o ?. p.
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J. J. ROBINSON & CO.,
ImPorisu and Johbsrs Of
Ribbons, Silks, Millinery,
AED
STRAW GOODS s,
2T5 .EEaiTs street, tSp stairs,
MEMPHIS, TENN.

WE would inform orr frieacs and customers that ve
w hsve opened 81 the above central location the best
selected stocx u Millinery 611es ever offered In This
place. We are constantly recflvlng FRESH supplies ~
COOS, and feet confident 10 the trade viii favor o. win
q on, they win all th- GODS sl we represent, and AZ
Low II price a. taey can Be bought esswheres
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REQUIsTrIoE.-Allen R. Anderson, arrested
at the instance OF James R. Bates, for obtain
ing money under false prstsnses in Arkansas,
was yesterday remandsd to the authorities Of
that STATE, OF a QUESTION OF the governor.
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NOTICE.

on aud after the FIRST DAY OF SEP
TEEBER We wlHmovs or business operations TO Hope
aeld. Arkansss, where uas'1- the oher o. ne fm win
be found every Tuesday, murssar and Saturday. from
20 oosck, A. H., unHs c'a-et P. q Nc business
yin be trunsscisI In Memphis.
auzs-2m MILTON TORIkN.
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LARoENY.-Thos. Logan was Before Squire
Mallory yesterday on charge Of stealing a
quantity Of old clothing from The Shelby-strest
house. Logan plead guilty o The charge, and
in default Of bail was fully committed.
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=" u" y III" = ""-I"-" ""I"|-T| TV-TN9
Ehere. H-0sTErTEE a SMITH.
Mzuufactlrers AID Pr0prletIra
oclsdtEauta No. g. water and S. Fraut street
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Panied b. the celehratsd artist, J. d. Blouasl, o.
New Tork, Who pziuis exclusively for oar gallery
Photographs ENLARGED from he Smallest miniziu7s
AID psintsa ufs-size By
LAR a REMINGTON,
nrt-an c.-rer uain ena N.ais.n st-esta.
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RELIEF IN TEN MINUTES
BRTyEH's
PULM0NIC s.

TuE O~lEiEaf Waf-i1s Ests1atrI i1 Ir-. rrf rrr
article % ne frrf ever i~-lrr-l-ef a-~ ne name rt
PuLM0sIC WAFEEs .u niHlr sIT 1ther 11ulrTi
El other Pliuoul- waters are cuW-rtsiG NE seu-
une can he knlTu ~ the name HA4AE1 etnE at1mFea
en- each WAFER.
BRrAHG PULHosfr WAFEaz
Relieve C1-g1s. C3.1. Sore r-rlt. H~NssurE
bnEAN'6 F-Lr0Nrc W.TElE
Relieve Asthma, Pr l-h-ra. cf1--t HraaNnE
bEEar8 uLMos WAF-Hs
ketsve s9lr.as % Bod. Pains In fls Chat
hANAS'g uLMorI WArEaa
Relieve l1r-lleur 0-on--urIau. Lung Dlseaaef
hzEkrs PuEuuElc wEFEEs
heieT- lr--lll1 ne CHla au- L-r1la
hnTaT's FwLrcEr. T1FEns
he'rT- tle a1-re Crul.1ll- E zen Euufer-
hIFAN's PuL-rIrr- WaFEsI
Asa BLESSING o. au Gases auf Cz-l-l-llns
EEVaE's PUL.T0sTc WsTEH8
Are ata1f=f for Nccausa sll Pua s~1eaEaTz
EnEAH's PUL-rrEf- WAFEH
Are m O single form auc rsaEar- o. ne taste
hRTAN'a LMo WAFEu1
h-t onI relieve, Doc effct rsulf ruf f1srfnE cgrer-
EaFAE's PULET0EIC WAVES
Are uarrcuieda O. give saIsfl1lal % every one
n famIy Should Be- Eiih1-t q box ~
bAEAN'a PuLsoEfC WAFEl8
In he hose
No traveller should Be uitd1ut q supIi7
BAEAua PuLaoElC WATEas
I'M his PICKET.
No peran WIN ever object % give Tor
bRYAE's LIMOS WATERS
Ewenty-F ve CeErs
JOB NOSES. Sole PruuUef0r. E1cherfer. r. 7
SID IN Aemplis BY ChantIsr a Co.. md aI aruzEis.
eysrTHheTe. J. wrisht b Co., Nsw nrlesns, shcls
ale Hf~rfs Hs2alrwaueufsE
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Domesuo Harkels BY TsIegraPh

In produse there Wssaa seiiTs days tu1insIs sonum-
piishsd YESTERDAY thopsh vithout any change In prices.
W omit psrticuiars.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.
ARRIVE. DEPART.
Kali t015 A. m-.-----tW ?. n.
FrsiEht and s17zmcdzu0n 2U p. N-..--sse An.
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DIRECTORS;
Y B. hoss, s. r. Dunsoumh,
s. p Wiliausou, G. Dtlos-h,
A. G Treafrel-
" B. Ross, President
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Curiin's maIorIIy i'm PennsyIvanIa.
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Business aotitts.
q %REMINGToN's

PH-oTosHAFzro AND FrEE AYR eArLKEr.
F-H0TOsRAPHs.
TveETTTFEs.
~AEBR0TTPEs
sPHERE0rTFE5
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FAsHIoNABLE
L NJ Gi
JAS. MARKS & CO.
2le MAIN STREET,

Or soods are al fron OH oWS NASUFAcToRT
IN ne east and MADE in a Superior style, and wiz BE-
sod han ever before oasreJ In ths city. Oar
facilities are such that We can asy saupsation.
Wv spprr.rs n = ooo,s wvv -v
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J. Pr
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CoLUNBUs' RENAEs AeAIN TO EE Re-
NovKD.-The correspondent Of the New York
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-01
Dearth of Food.


Professor Lebig, the German Chemist, has
written letter to the celebrated English far
mer, Mechi, suggesting somewhat startling
theory on this subject. He insists that the corn
producing power of the civilized, cultivated
countries of the globe, is rapidly becoming ex1
hausted, that it is owing to guano that the de-
cline has not been more marked but that the
existing supply of guano if its continues to
be consumed at its present rate, will not last
more than thirty years at the utmost. He
predicts accordingly, that unless war, or pes
thence, or famine, or emigration en- masse,
largely diminishes the population Of the older
countries they will find themselves, at no
distant day, if the existing system of cultiva-
ton be pursued, in actual want of bread, and
the Malthusian theory will thus receive an
early and certainly unlocked for exempliica-
ton.
Some sensible people think there is great
deal Of truth in the reasoning and facts oft
Professor and state that not only the rich prairie
lands of the West are rapidly deteriorating,
as shown by the decline in the average pro-
duction of wheat, corn, &c but in England,
to great extent, on account of the repeal of
the corn laws, the farmers have gone into rails
ing green crops, and thus the demand of her
manufacturing population for the corn of other
countries is constantly increasing, while the
progress of agriculture in those contries does
not keep pace with the demand.
The great remedy proposed by Professor
Liebig, is the utilization of the sewerage Of
cities He contends that this must all be
saved if we will save the civilized world from
the horrors of famine in the future.
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George Washington on specieCurrency.

At the last monthly meeting of the New
York Board Of Currency, Mr.. John V. Yate-
man presented to the board a copy of the fol-
lowing letter, on the subject of the currency,
written by Gen. Washington. In his day,
the author of this letter was esteemed o
statesman as well as patriot, but we have no
doubt his views on currency will be looked
upon very contemptuously by the "learned
financiers" of the present day. However, it
deserves a reading:
MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 81, 1887.
DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 30th ult.,
came duly to hand. To give an opinion in
case of so much importance as that which has
warmly agitated the two branches of your
Legislature, and which, from the appeal that
is made, is likely to create great and perhaps
dangerous divisions, is rather delicate mat
ter; but as this diversity Of opinion is on
subject which has, l believe occupied the
minds of most men, ,sand as my sentiments
thereon have been fully and decidedly ex-
pressed long before the Assembly either Of
Maryland or this State, was convened, / do
not scruple to declare that, if / had voice in
your Legislature, it would have been given
decidedly against paper emission, upon the
general principle Of itS'utility as representa-
tive and the necessity of it as a medium. To
assign reasons for this opinion would be as un-
necessary as tedious-the ground has been so
often trod that place hardly remains un-
touched-in a word, the necessity arising
from a want of specie is represented as great
er than it really is. / contend that it is by
the substance, not the shadow of thing that
we are to be benefited.
The wisdom of man, in my humble opin-
ion, cannot at tins time devise plan by which
the credit of paper money would be long sup
ported; consequently depreciation keeps pace
with the quantity of emission, and articles for
which it is exchanged rise. to greater ratio
than the sinking value of the money. Where
in, then is the farmer, the planter and artisan
benefited? The debtor, may be, because, as
l have observed, he gives the shadow in lieu
of the substance, and in proportion to his gain
the creditor or body polite suffers Whether
legal tender or not, it will, as has been cb-
served very truly, leave no alternative. 1t
must be that OF nothing. An evil equally
great is the door it Immediately opens for
speculation, BY which the least designing and
are preyed upon by the more knowing and
crafty spectators. But, contrary to my in-
tention and declaration, am offering reasons
in support of my opinion, reasons, too, which,
OF all others, are least pleasing to the advocates
Tor paper currency. | shall, therefore, only
observe, generally, that SO many people have
suffered by former emissions, that, like burnt
child who breads the fire, no person will touch
it who can possibly avoid it the natural con-
sequence of which Will be, that the specie
which remains unsupported will be instantly
locked up.
With great esteem and regard, am dear
sir, &C., GEO. WASHINGTON.
The thanks of the board were voted to Mr..
Waterman.