Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-06

VIRGINIA SmNPLAsTERs-The citizens q
Memphis have sternly set their faces against the
issuing Of shinplasters in the city, either by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen or others, and il
was hoped we were to be clear Of the pest; but
we regret TO say the hope has proved vain. In
the very face Of the determination Of the people
Of this city to d-isc0untenanee the Issue of such
fraudulent trash within the limits Of Memphis,
the nuisance has been imported from a distance
aud the strongest efforts are now making 10 curse
the city with one dollar shinplasters got up by
the corporation Of a Virginia city and receivable
in payment Of the taxes ofthat city. These notes
were the issues Of the corporation Of Petersburg,
Virginia. They were put into the hands o pariies
here by those who had imported them from that
place. What they cost q barrel we annot tell,
but they were paid over the counter Of the i'm
porter for the amount Of one dollar each. If the
people permit these documents for the payment
of the city taxes of Petersburg, Va, to circulate
here, doubtless beside the dollar notes we shall
have the whole catalogue of this Egyptian plague
upon Us, through all the gradations from the.
dollar that is now sent among our people
to try their power Of endurance TO the
paper picayune, the six and a quarter cents
swaddled IN old rags that have been ground
through a paper mill, for the purpose Of being
pm 10 a vi'er use than ever The diriicsr rag was
made 10 subserve. Let The dollar shinplaster
come in by barrelSful. and we shall soon have the
smaller amounts, ihe young spawn Of the shin
plaster reptile, arrive by hoesheads. What Al
idea it is that Memphis, embarrassed as she Is
with debt, and numbered with the embarrass-
ments a vicious system OF financial m~isIaaage-
ment has enfailed upon her, should have impor-
ted into her midst and put into the hands Of her
citizens paper issued for the purpose Of being
used 10 pay the city taxes Of Petersburg,
Virginia, The Eirginians are disguised
with the trash; they loathe II and eurse il
With tleir biJterest anathemas, yes il IS good
enough for the taz-ridden people Of Memphis
The filth thar Petersburg. Va, sweeps away for
her own publication must be laid in al its reek-
ing ofrnsiveness under the noses Of the people
Of Memphis. We have made our readers ac-
quainted. by published extracts from Virginia
with the opinion entertained there Of the
that IS now thrust into this commas
nifty. Il is denounced as a pest, a plague
curse worse than that which fel on Egypt. a
paper before Us, says " he magnitude
Of the evil ~iustiies the utmost efforts in opposi-
ion to its further growth The Richmond IT
asks: What is to be the end Of this
By-and-by we shall begin 10 hear Of
aud that shinplsster nanufuctory being
TO yield to the pressure Of the times
Explosion after explosion viii follow IN quick
and mysterious succession, IKE the guns OF
those masked batteries which terTify the
Yankees. The community viii suddenly awaken
to the fact that half toe diry paper thoy hold az
money Is worthless. They win abruptly lose
faith in good money aud bad aiikei and, where
Yesterday a million Of ~shinplnstcr dollars
were current IN oyerybody's bands as so much
money, to-day il win be rejected by everybody
As so much waste and worthless paper. Is there
wisdom, Yirlue and resolution enough in the
community to ia Itself OF this nuisance and
a~bominatiou 20 This IS what the Virginia pco-
pie think Of this vile trash, got up TO cheat and
defraud the people, and is now imported into
Memphis. The importation Is utterly unjustiia-
bic on any plea of necessity. That mall notes
are scarce Is true, but, it Is well known, we have
announced il in this journal that plates are now
engraving for the Issue Of one dollar notes. On
the first Of November, we are informed by the
president Of the Bank Of Tennessee IN this city,
be win commence issuing new ono dollar notes
OF thai bank az the Taie OF trstoe haudreda deg.
The Bank Of Memphis, the Union Bank, the
Planters Bank, the Bank OF West Tennessee,
we are informed BY a banker, aTeal preparingto
issue small notes, and the small noics VII bring
oai the boarded small change. Can we not wait
three ,yeci-s Must we be swallowed up il thei
gulfof Petersburg, Va. shinplastering Tor want
Of paii-nce for three wecks2 Nov what Is TOD
Are we to bow TO the yoke of a Peters
Virginia, burden that Petersburg, Yir-
ginia, is unable 10 bear. Are we TO allow I
spectators to import barrels Of Ibis illegal
paper at 50 much a hundred weight for US 10 ac-
cept at z dollar apiece We hope the Chamber
Of Commerce VIII, without delay, meet together
and give an expression Of public opinion upon
the subject, aud such an expression as win mske
the offer of such paper from one man to another,
be regarded, as it ought to be, as an insult.