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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-18
MEMPHIS, April II, 1862.
10 lie BoarI Of Nayor and AIdsrm.n of DIE CITY d

@A- +kAa 49, A-~H
To the Board of Mayor aud Aldermen Of the City of
Memphis:
GENILFMEN The rooms now Occupiel by vour BOARD
as q Council chamber and city offices were arranged and
constructed under the direction of d committee Of your
Board under q contract Of one or four years. at 5000
per annum. Having learned that it j. IN contemplation
10 Vaeate the rooms, we now propose to your Board to
release you from the contract 10 keep said rooms for four
years, and to let the city retain said rooms. as now used
and occupied, for another year, from the lst Of May,
.-o2 Al such price as the Board may fix on the same,
leaving the Board to fix the amount and make such
appropriation as they may deem right and proper.
- STILLNAN x CO.
In connection with the above, AID Robinson offered
the following resolution, which was adopted by the
Board:
Ees0lged, That the sum Of eight hundred dollars be and
Is hereby appropriated 20 be paid in quarterly install
nents to Stllman a. Co, Tor the rent Of the present
Council chamb r and the city offices attached for twelve
months from the lt Of May, lS62.
The following resolution was presented by Aid Nor
gan, and adopted
Res0h5ed, That the Street Commissioner be and hereby
s instructed 90 clean out the cutters on the north and
south sides Of Second street, at It's intersection with
Jefferson street and that the committee heretofore ap-
pointed by this Board, consisting of Ness Merrill
chairman BOrtrecht, and Morgan, % investigate the
complaint Of r. K. Turnage, Esq AS 10 damages caused
70 his property ln consequence Of one Of the CUTTERS
above mentioned not being kept open a. an outlet for
water, be instruc ed 20 perform that duty and report the
result Of such investigation 10 this Board at its next
regular meeting.
Thergupou the Board adjourned.
WIN. III BRTDgEg E4crefarv
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-18

Louisiana Intelligence
The Lafourche Union Of the l2;l has the fol-
lowing items:
With the exception Of Monday, the weather
has been unseaSonably cool this week. A light
! shower fell on Tuesday night, but not enough to
DO any good. The ground is becoming very
dry, and needs water. Many Of our planters
and farmers complain that if there be no heavy
pour Of rain soon, corn planting viii be c0nsid.
erably retarded. and the prospects Of q large crop
Of grain possibly injured. The FIRST of May may
find many with their corn scsTcelyin the ground.
Since writing the above, we have had 2 glO-
rous rain, commencing yesterday afternoon and
lasting all night. 1t was d hard rain, and eX-
tended over q considerable space. Much corn
viii be planted during the coming week.
We have been informed that the crevasse at
Mr.. Mathews plantation continues TO run. The
men who were engaged in trying to stop it were
Just finishing filling up the embankment when,
the work proving detective, suddenly gave way.
Preparations have been entirely suspended, al
hopes Of succeeding having been given up.
The water, we are glad to hear, is doing com
paTatively little damage, the slOping character
Of the lands theTeabOuts causing it 30 take its
course in the direction of the neighboring lakes
into which Il finally flows.
AFFAIRS n SAVANNAH correspondent
writes that the good psoPle Of Savannah are be-
coming alarmed at the small supply of proYis-
ions in that city. He says:
Our markets are la a most desperately col
lapsed state. Butter is nearly impossible 10 OBJ.
tain at - cents per pound, and every other com.
modify is becoming scarce. With all this, the
Jews are purchasing sterling bills at 70 per cent
discount, paying = for the rate in gold, worth
= more. This is eviucing a prudent foresight
against a rainy day. Ssventy-dve has been
paid. cone would think the thrifty Rce coull
not give up the plethorie bag and would Gin.
sure themselves.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-18

~ In an absence of three weeks from the
city. passed at the seat Of war on the Tennes ee
line, in an army of over fifty thousand soldiers,
collected from every part of the South, not a
drunken man could be seen, nor a grog shop, nor
a dsmfiohu or barrel Of ardent spirits. This was
certainly a most agreeable change from this city,
where even under martial law drunken men are
too frequently seen tOttering along the streets
We had an opportunity thus of testing the pcGc-
ticability Of enforcing sobTiety and preventing
the disgusting vice Of in5emperance, the pTeya
lenos of which is the greatest source Of sickness
and disgrace to our people and section. General
Bragg. by his rigid police and fearless energy,
has achieved this reform at Corinth. A like lie
termination can effect ike results everywhere
else. Why should It not be exhibited
In this serious crisis Of our affairs sObrety
and temperance are Imperative duties Of all good
citizens. Our authorities should not hesitate to
enforce this duty of good citizenship on ai who
are disposed to disregard it. We can imagine
no better use our military authorities can make
of their present power than 70 visit al violations
Of the laws Of temperance with prompt and
severe punishment. Let the example 50 nobly
set by Gen. Bragg be generally initiated, and
let our people be strengthened Tor the great con
lict with the Yankee invaders by the even more
difficult triumph oveE that other great enemy Of
our country aud peOple-whisky-AcJ0 Orleans
Dota.
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TIE PRRsPEET.

The prospect for a heavy crop Of wheat never
looked better in Eastern Mississippi and West
ern Alabama than 1t does at this time. There
has been more than double the ground sOwn
and our reports nom all sec ions are, that an
abundant yield may be looked for from present
appearances. Our planters are up with the
times, and are preparing to plant the heaviest
corn crop that was ever raised in this section.
We have talked with some of our largest plan
ters, and with hundreds within the last three
weeks, and not six out of the whole number de
signed planting over one-third the usual land III
cotton.
We asked one old planter, who designed rais-
ing One-third Of a crop of cotton, If he intended
to plant much cOrn7 Well, he said, he didn't
know; he had a small farm, aud he intended
! getting IN what he could; and that he would
plant about one thousand scres-hls usual crop
is two hundred. And we find it 50 ali over.
We put the next cotton crop down at I,2OU,UVO
bales. and do not believe 1t will vary much irom
those figures. The grain crop, if nothing hap
pens to prevent an average yield viii be equai
to a two years supply. Our prospect Tor Deing
starved ont Is therefore rather slim after our next
/ harvest: but what the poor will do etween this
and that time is hard to tell. Flour is now sell
! ing at so per barrel, with an upward tendency
the price is outrageous, and not warranted by
/ anything that has yet trsnspired in regard to the
| future crop OF present sUpply.-CotuHIbHS MSS
Republic.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-18

HUMAN NATUBE-For the benefit Of the
people Of the present day we make the following
extract from volume third, Macaulay's History Of
England
Il is the nature Of man 10 OVerrate present
evil, and TO undeuate present good to long Tor
what be has not, and 10 be dissatisfied with what
he has. This propensity, as it appears in indi-
yiduaIs, has often been noticed both by laugh
ing and weeping philosophers. 1t Nas = i.v04-
lite theme of Horace and Pascal, of Eoltsire and
Of Johnson. To its influence on the fate Of
great communities may be ascribed most of the
revolutions and counUes Teyclutions recorded in
history. Down 10 tue prss-
ent hour rsjoicings like those on the shore OF
the Red ga hsve eyer been speedily followed by
m]uTmurings at the waters Of Strife. The most
Just and sslutgry revolution cannot produce all
the good that has been expected from it by men
of u~Binstucted minds and sanguine tempers
Even the wiscst cannot, while it is still recent,
weigh quite fairly the evils which It has re
moved. For the evils which it has caused are
felt, and the evils which D II has removed are felt
no longer.
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FRENCH LETTERS.~Rorthe Joseph E; DuvaI Jno
Etchsrvarue Jos,
GERMAN LErTERS.-Caro S; Engsl Meyer Scha
bel Mrs Martha j. S~chilling TheodOr Zweifel Mrs Erus
tina.
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IST or LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at
IL Memphis, Tenn, on the
EIGHTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, ls62
- Persons calling Tor them should .ay that they are
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

have his privilege of the writ of ha6eas corpus.
President Lincoln and his Cabinet assumes the
power to cast an American citizen OF the State
of California into dungeon, upon his own COM
mand, and to keep him there so long as he peases;
without uttering charge or complaint against
him. from first to last And he has assumed the
power to suspend the right to the use of that writ,
held sacred wherever liberty is understood and
respected.
This is on appeal before the high court of the
people We say. and all Democrats say, that if
he may do these things, without authority of
Constitution or law. he may Danish the citizen
beyond the seas, or take his property and life
he may do it as we'll one time another as well
in peace as war. His authority to do so. exists
alone in his own WILL and the exercise of it is en-
tirely within his own pleasure. Such powers
would satisfy the most rapacious despot. The
Republican party alone justify him IN this.
Sd. The freedom of speech and the press has
been abridged. The citizen may no longer speak
or point in opposition TO the action or policy of
the Administration. If he speak he is cast into
prison and kept there a: the pleasure of the Adj
muistratiou without indictment or trial-if he
print his press and type may be destroyed by
mobile may be denied the use of the mails for
which al the people pay. and his person incarce-
rated and loaded with chains.
This is on appeal-the Republican party alona
Jttstify the usu1pati0n. 1t is not question con-
nected with the rebellion in the South, but is the
gross infringement of the positive and fixed rights
of citizen of any State in the Union--a right
by no means dependent upon state OF war or
peace--whcther in Tenn 'ssee or -Timbuctoo.--
That a few men, comparatively. may be despolIed
Of property and privlcges--mly groan' rot in
prisons. is bad enough but the great crime is not
committed against the individual. ii is against
the common cause Of liberty. We of California
may be safe to dly. but submit to it tamey. and
who shall say his turl may not come next week.
month or Jear? Cicero. near two thousand years
ago said Establish the fact that there is no as
sistuncc to be found in the words i am Roman
citizen and you cut off from the Roman citizens
all the provinces. all the kin gdoms. all free cities,
and indeed the whole world. which has hitherto
been open most especially to our countrymen."
And have lived to this age, passed through
such terrors made such sacrifces-to fix the rights
of the american Citizen" and now place him
and his ri ghts by our practice, below the
standard of people and an age, so lost in the
barbarism Of the past? If it was crime to
scourge a Roman citizen. shall any power be
sanctioned. in imprisoning without law. an Ame-
rican citizen? 1t is an insult to answer the sut-
terer's prayer that these things are done with i'm
punty in Louisiana or South Carolina; admitting
it true, it has nothing to do with the case. If
any man is guilty Of treason--make the charge
give him trial--make it appear, and punish as
the law directs For these personal privileges
our sircs battled and we. their sons, should never
relinquish them.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

Dirty PERvERsIoN.-In onr issue of
the 81 inst, we published an article headed
"A Shallow Dodge, relating to the call of the
Republican State Central Committee, in
which we gave Republicans to understand
that, in our judgment, no democrat would
be caught in the trap they had set for them.
Among the concluding sentences we said:
'Gentcmen, call your convention, hold it, and
make your nominatons-tha is your privilege,
but don't expect any democrat, possessed OF q
grain of sense above the capacity of an idiot, to
assist you in the election by volunteering his
vote"
These remarks were directed entirely to
the Republicans. The Placer Courier how
ever, quotes the extract, and asserts that it
was uttered by us to apply to Douglas Dem
ocrats the editor; knowing that he was utter
ing dirty falsehood. A man that would
do such palpable violence to truth, would do
much meaner things. He would even stoop
to use the powers Of the county for his own
purposes, to seek revenge in petty law suit
at the expense of the county. And what
he would do with the jury in such case
perhaps the' savan of the Courier hnoaos
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

IN front and on the flank, they withdrew 70
thls side of the creek. The conduct ~
our troops was excellent, and thew with.
drew with reluctance. '"'
New YoRK, Nav 18th
Inc Etna has arrived from Qoeenstov,
with dates to May lst.
The Paris correspondent of the Lo,do.
HeraId writes that strong feeling is rrow
ing here in favor Of Intervention in Amer;o.
The impression is so powerful as to csn.. ~"
nneasiness among the Norther nar,v :"
Paris. 1t is believed serious overtnres h." ~
been made by the French Cabinet 10 I",o p.,.
merston, with view of Joint action ~
put an end to the war, which accordno "
official information received is az far fron,
terminating as ever. The Daily Mems oor
respondent gives similar rumor. derived
from both French and American sourcss
and says the two Governments are givno 90
rious consideration to the question of i1tar
vention. The Times claims that Enolana
has observed most self denyino conrso
and concludes by asserting the real Question
rests entirely on whether the heart of the
South is set on separation.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

ApJoURNED.-The Legislature adjourned
sine die on Thursday-a fact upon which the
Bay papers offer many congratulations. The
people are disappointed in finding that the
many professions of reform, with which the
Legislature commenced, have not been full.
filled. But instead, has been improvident,
impracticable, and as bad as any preceding
one. The extravaganza of the Legislature
of the past winter, will soon be felt in in
creased taxation, and an unconstitutional
State debt.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

EASTERN PAPERS. Mr.. HAZEL left on our
table last week the May number Of Godey's
Ladies Book, Harper's Weekly, New York
illustrated News, Vanity Fair, and Frank
Leslie's illustrated Newspaper. He has
them, and other interesting publications on
sale at his store.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17
INSOLVENT DEBTORS NOTICE.

John Long Us. HIS Cred""'' ,.-:.,
In the District Court of the Eleven.n ,,sann;.
District, Placer County, California =
nURsUANT to an order of the Hon: o. :oDntr b, ~
Myres District Judge in and for saa GoaatS' nstor'
the Creditors of John Long an hefore said
Judge, at chambers in Auburn on oar sa,ara'y M NJ,
l4th day Of June A. D. 1862 at oc0eR, %aye why h
of said day. to show cause if any they haVs should
an assignment of said Insolvent's esu,1 his debts
not be made and he be discharged from t"tes t'S in
and liabilities in of the s'isd,us i "r.her
such case made and provided Ana ~ lIsood;nps 10 ,u
ordered, that in the mean time al p1oTe,th sS.t ths
against said Insolvent be stayed ana 'os or four
notice be published at least once wGgn Mor'1d" ar
consecutive weeks in the "Placer nef'lT ns Au.
weekly newspaper published in the town s,;d ID 4th
burn and county aforesaid, prior to the s"'o ''''
o'' 0' 'u"fi IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I Il hsSs sSe
(--l hereto set my hand ana an a,n1e" anr of
JL.S.l Seal of said Court, this StIi o"' y
-) May, A. D. 1862. ,,xy(, Clerk,
HENRY GOODIN1, Cle'e'
May 10th, 1s62.-4w
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

PUB. Docs.-We are indebted to Hon.
Jas. A. McDougal and Hon. A. A. Sargent;
for important public Documents.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

asy- Henry w. Smith, was killed by the
cave of bank at Chicken Point in this
county last week.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

1t is reported that Dan. Showater and
party have been released from Fort Yuma.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17
DIVINE SERVICE.

THE REV. w. w. BRIER. q Presbyterian clergy
man. will preach at the Court House in Auburn
Sunday, May 18th. Service to commence Nv
IL o'clock A. NJ
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

ES- The Road Commissioners Of Town.
ship No. 8, will hereafter meet at Miller.
town. he next regular meeting will he on
the first Monday in June next.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

DECLARED PUBLIC HIGHwAY.-The
Road Commissioners Of Township No.
met on Monday last They declared as
highway, the road known as the Barrett
road, starting at the top of the Mertown
Hill, to distance about three .four,hs ofa
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17
The word democrat" no longer has tbe M
tential significance that it had of old" p''

Placer Courier.
Very true. 1t once had the power to
send man from this county to the Assam.
bly,, who did nothing that the world heard
Of but draw his pay. This, however. we ara
bound to say he did with promptness and
regularity unsurpassed in the history of Cal.
ifornia legislators. lie endeavored to get
there the succeeding session but the demo.
cratic party did not think itself strono
enough to larry the load. Since which
time poor Phil. Lynch has been trying to
ascertain what laW IS, and fit himsalf TO he q
Black Republican. In the former case ba
has failed most signally, as the committee
appointed by the Court to examine can testi.
fy, but in the latter case he is succeeding re.
markably well.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

Exe- The first engagement between Cali
fornia soldiers and the rebels, occurred be-
tween picket guards near Tucson, Arizona
on the 10th or 18th Of April. Lieut.. Bar
rett, of Company A Is: Cal, VOL, and two
of his soldiers were killed, Three rebels
were killed and three taken prisoners.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17

The people of Placervie are awakening
to the Importance Of a Railroad conn-c:ion
At "A late meeting of the citizens Of that
place, preliminary organization # a Con.
pany was affected, and $4,000 subscribed.
The Mountain Democrat says their ople are
in earnest, and that Railroad connection
will certainly be made with Folsom. The
Valley Road offers favorable running ar.
rangments, ard parties guarantee iron for
the road if the Placervile people will
grade it and furnish the ties.
While on the subject of Railroads we will
remark that the Auburn Railroad is making
good headway. The grading is we'll alvan
ced, and will be completed thirteen miles
by July lst, and track laying is steadily 60
ing on upon the portion already gr"del.
The Placer herald., 1862-05-17
DISTURBING THE DEAD.

What do you think Of the Superintendent of
our Cemetry who advertises he is about to remove
to Potter's Field all bodies lying in ground un-
paid for by the friends Of the deceased? 1t seems
like crime to me TO threaten to perform such an
act. MORE ANON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-07-26
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, July 25.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
with the approval of the Secretary of Treas
ury, in order that the Act of Congress of the
18th July inst may be carried into effect more
speedily, to-day submitted a proposition for
the consideration of the Postmaster General
who has considered and adopted them.
Aldermen Faley and Mitchell and Council
men Pinckney, Jones, Hogan, and Reach, of
New York, to-day had an exceedingly agreea-
BILE interview with the President and Secre-
tary of War, relative to the recruiting of VOL
unteers and the payment of bounty to them.
The Committee were assured that arrange
ments would at once be made to have suita-
bic person at the City of New York TO pay
the bounty at the time of the recruits passing
the medical examination. Among other in
teresting matters, Secretary Stanton stated
that general exchange of prisoners had been
decided upon and that Col. Corcoran would be
in New York in ten days. This visit of the
Committee will doubtless be productive of
much good to the volunteers from New York
From accounts recently received from the
head quarters of the Army of the Potomac,
the official report of the battles before Rich
mond state that the killed, wounded, missing
and prisoners, will approximate to 10000.
general Court martial is ordered TO con-
vene at Fort Niagara, n. Y, on the Sd of
August. or as soon thereafter as practicable. for
the trial of such prisoners as may be brought
before it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-07-26


speaking of DR.. THOMAS, whose advertise
ment may be found in another column, says:
"This gentleman who has been here over a
week, has, if report speaks truly, effected a
number of cures and partial cures by the novel
though perfectly natural mode of healing
which he pursues. The recent proprietor of
this paper, Mr.. Noyes, who has suffered much
from neuralgia, has been greatly relieved by
the Doctor, as also have others whose testimo-
ny we have heard There is Gne feature about
this new magnetic method of healing which
commends ITSELF lift do not effect cure, it
can do no harm, as it entirely dispenses with
medicines. OF course this novel curative pro-
cess will encounter unbelief, and the old stale
charge of 'humbug;' but the bug that will
hum ont cure for wasting disease, is the bug
for us. 1t will be seen by card in another
column that the Doctor is to remain in town
for sometime"
nv- There is man in London whose esti-
mated annual income is two and half million
pounds sterling. Poor fellow.
+, sB- In forty-eight counties of that portion
of Eastern Virginia lying around Richmond,
there are 275,757 slaves and 24O, 4SO free popu-
lation.
I-. An ex-M c. out West has AZ feet of
boys in the service of their country-seven
sons averaging six feet in hight
sV- A Postmaster in Lincoln county noti-
fies us of subscriber to the Times, who don't
"cair' to take the Press. Nor do we care, if
he will only pay up for four years arrearages.