Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-31
ON ,Chnnse-BusIness News.

INC NlAA ..aN NtA0 Aa ,ieAr'
were tie following 6g6 bushels lair ordinary
wheat at sl.62l J65 bushels choice rye, sacks
included, at SIPS; 400 bushels rye at Sl.5i
100 sacks bran at $50: So bushels Irish pota-
toes at -: s0banels Springfield Mills Fl -four
at $40.
A merchant present, who had just returned
from travelling in the line of country bordering
on the Ohio railroad, stated that the excitement
within " the prohibited district is most intense.
Parties have wheat aud other articles which the
rats are devouiug aud the weeyil destroying
but which iho oommisssries OF the army do not
bus, and its gcnerals will not Jet them sell
The modification caused by the iinpossibiliy Of
securing necessary stores for the winter is hight
ened and intensified by seeing their noighbors
over the railway flush with cash obtained from
selling their wheat at $3.50 and the corn at 80
cents a bushel. The impossibiHty of their selling
leads TO those who can sell in open market get
ting q heavier price. The strong dissatisfaction
that exists is not confined to those whose pro
duce is neither bought for the army nor per
mHted to be taken to market. Many OF those
whose stock has been purchased are among tie
most mortified Of an, complaining of the dim
euhy Of getting their money, OF being sent all
lie decentralization cfice, Of having to
labor and wait, and often to pay money IN tray
cling tarn one official department to another
before they can get tbeir money. The merchant
who made these statements agree with state
msurs m.tde nv others who have recently been
in chat tract Of country, that many Of the plan
ters eypreg,sa determination 70 grow no more
provisions and to faten no more hogs or cattle
than IS required tT their own use, unless they
can be secur. ia he certainty that the surplus
can be dfspos,ul OF as they, in their Individual
choice. and in accordance with their individual
Interests shall choose. Though warmly attached
to the southern cause. though ardent in their
patriotic attachments. and though they have in
very many instances, by larga gifts and in other
ways made heavy sacrifices 10 tine southern
cause. Yet they declare they viii not raise q
surplus Of produce, If that surplus is
TO be converted into instruments Of
abridcing their personal liberty, and de-
priviug them of their personal rights. These
planters are looking to the Memphis Chamber
of Commerce to cal attention IN the proper
quzarter 10 the subject of their complaints. They
DO not can in question the excellent intentions
of those who originated the prohibitiye measures
they object to, but they are convinced that an
erDr of Judgment has been committed, and o
csrdnal principle Of the Southern Constitution
di4egarded. The delegation a]ppciuted. TO cx-
press the views of the Chamber to the central
government at Richmond, Aiessrs. Galbreath and
Foute. viii not fail TO satisfy what is expected
from the Chamber. A respectful vindicauon Of
the great principles that govern commerce, and
a firm representation of what the valley Of the
lower Mississippi requires under the present cir
c-umstances, may be looked for at their hands
with c5nfSspce
The u2rhlatiorm question is beginning to
be a prominent subject of attention. IL is I'M
derstood that the City Councilmen, owing TO ex-
isting embarrassmeuts, although willing to lend
ell the aid in their power to what viii increase
the commercial prosperity Of the city, are gen
orally Of opinion that & platform cannot be con
siructed bv city funds. There Is, however, il
appears probable 10 objection to appropriating
the lease between Washington and Poplar
stn-ets Tor two season, say until March, 1853, to
such apurpose the Chamberof Commerce, or d
company Of merchants associating for the pur-
purpose 90 lay down a platform, or
skids, and appoint and pay two men,
on whom the city shall confer police
powers, to watch the property stored there. The
expenses to be paid by a tariff upon goods stored
there TO be appropriated to paying the expenses
incurred u apPcars almost oTsan lbsi the
landing named abose viii be ;he one chosen.
Ne hgve already stated, on the authority Of Mr..
Humphreys, the City Civil Engineer, that the
level ofthat landing, since it was filed up with
the earth removed in digging the foundation OF
the O7erton hotel, is above high water mark
that its level surface permits of weighing and
I~guagingi that the Inspectors Ofice IS near; that
the grade n the ordinary level Of the city streets
is the most favorable on the whole river bank
that the Ohio and Charleston railroad depots are
readily accessible from It; and that the channel
Of tie river comes close TO the bank ia this spot,
making The landing Of sugar easy and safe. The
( space where the bluff stands between Adams and
Court streets has been spoken Of, but if the city
win not put down a platform it viii not clear a
bluff away, and # did the space obtained would
be an inclined plane, not a level. The top Of the
bluff between Monroe and Court streets, has, also,
It's advocates. It's uearness to business houses
would be an advantage, but it is limited in
space. The cotton merchants think they have
a prior claim to it, and the grade to it from the
river is steep. which drawing sugar with a crane
upon the face Of the bluff would hardly pay. We
presume the space between Washington and
Poplar streets stands tie best chauee of being
the Memphis sugar landing.
The Mechanics Savingand Loan Association
Of savannah, Georgia, has given notice that i
win advance five cents a pound upon cotton il
bales averaging middling quality, delivered in
brick warehouse in Macon OF Griffin. the cotton
there to remain until the blockade is removed
so that 1t can be fairly sold, Forthis advance
interest at seven per cent, with warehouse ok
pense and insurance. 1t is also said that othe.
banks in that State viii 20 into the same al
raugement. II so, a material relief wiz b
afforded the planters.
A REsURRECrIoN.-We had the sad task las
summer Of announcing that respected brothe
editor. Prank N. Gailor, Esq, of the Aral0Hes
had met with a fall in life, and sunk into an Al