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bers and - and 81 Reade street,
NEW YORK.

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Elliptic Pure Refined Steel springs, ingeniousiy
braided tightly and firmly together, edge 10
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sequently preserve their perfect and beautiful
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The wonderful fieXihility and great comfort
and pleasure TO any lady wearing the Duplex
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in all crowded assemblies, operas, carriages,
railroad cars, church pews, arm chairs, iOr
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A lady having enjoyed the pleasure, comfort
and great convenience OF wearing the Duplex
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never afterwards willingly dispense with their
use. For Children, misses and young ladies
they are superior to all Others.
The hoops are covered with two ply double
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the single yarn covering which is used on all
single steel hoop skirts. The three bottom rods
on every skirt are also double steel, and twice
wearing on the rods when dragging down
stairs, stone steps, etc, etc, which they are
constantly subject to when in use
All are made OF the new and elegant corded
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states and Canadas, Havana de Cuba, Mexico,
South America and the West Indies.
as inquire for the Duplex Elliptic (Or
DOuble) Spring Skirt.
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sKFTcH OF GEN. SWEENEY.

Gen. Thomas W. Sweeney, the F'enian
Secretary Of War, was formerlya printer,
and learned the trade at Banks 4 GOuld's,
ia this city. When a mere boy, he en-
tered a New York regiment Of volun-
teers, and fought with the organization
throughout The Mexican war,
On his return he received q commits
sion IN the Fourth regular artillery as
lieutenant, in which position lac re-
mained until the breaking out Of the re-
bellion, when he took command Of the
Fifth Illinois regiment He was pres
ea: al shiloh, commanding a hri-
gade, and although wounded six times,
refused to leave the 1e!d. He COM
manded the rear guard ofSiegePs famous
retreat throughout Missouri, from Price,
army, and did the greater part Of the
fighting on that memorable retreat. He
has but one arm, having lost the other IN
Mexico, and from bis daredevil ObsIi-
macy mas received in the array the SOU
brig1et Fighting Tom Sweeny.n Al
present he ranks 2 Colonel in the regular
army, and Is by brevet a Major-General
of volunteers.
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TINIs PLANTATION,
ABOVE OVERFLOW,
For sale,

Situated in Tunica county, Miss, six miles from
the Mississippi river, IN a fine neighborhood T;
between three hundred and nfty and four hun
dred acres in cultivation.
A Good Gin House, Press and Good Log
Cabins.
There can be Bought with the Place:
Eight hundred bushels of Corn,
Two hundred and fifty head OF Hogs,
Thirteen head Of Cattle five Mich CoWsO
Eight hundred bushels Of Cotton Seed
A Gin Mil and Gin Band -
With Plows, Hoes, Chains, etc.
The above is a very fine Cotton Plantation,
and a Bargain can be had by Immediate appli-
cation TO VIM. p ORNE
de5-lm No. Post Office Building
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E~ The Virginia and Tennessee dele
cations remain at Washington, together
With part Of the North Carolina repre-
sentatives. Nearly all the other South
ern members elect have started home.
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Ss1- Il is reported that certain British
capitalists have offered to loan the United
States money on the long six per cent.
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South & East of Chattanooga,
And to Stations on
Mississippi Central Rail Road,

stations omitted, are not provided with
agentswhich neeessitates prepay ment in Mem
phis OF all bills on freight iOr such places.
Freight for points on Mississippi Central Rail-
road, goes through without change Of cars at
Grand Junction.
Parties shipping to points on Mobile and Ohio
Road via COrnth, must arrangtBo receive and
pay charges ON their goods al Corinth. as no
arrangement has been made with that road TO
pay charges.
The prepayment Of local freights to points
named above, viii no longer be required.
Bills Of Ladtng should be sent 10 p NJ. Pat
tersOn q. Bro. Agents Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, No. Is Court street, Memphis
w. j. ROSS, Cen Supt.
deei Momuhis and C'hariesfOra R1flroad-
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BES1 William Gilmore Simms has Just
sailed for Charleston, after long visit to
New York. He will have e position orl
a Charleston daily, and write sersi
novels for Northern weeklies.
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THE AoAssIz ExrEDrrros.
Progress up slIe Amazon RIver-SeVeti
Hundred View Fishes.

The Providence Journal publishes the
following letters from member Of Prof.
Agassizis eNpedition
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PROFESSIONAL.

nR. s. GILBERT treats cancers
knife; serofula and Ilcerous afieciions OF every
grade: all chranie female diseases He treats All
forms of syDhiiitic cases chronic or acute; gives
no mercury He believes he has now a remedy
with which he can cure any case OF flles thAt
flesh Is heir TO. Experience, twenty-five years.
once 81 South side Court square. nozz-im
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-Rs1y- The GentleBl0utis Magazine, the
oldest literary property in England, hav-
ing been published hundred and thirty
four years, is offered for sale.
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RH~ Hon. Fitz Henry Warren has ac-
cepted the position Of Minister to Guate-
mala, and is expected to leave for that
country shortly.
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BA- The law courts Of Lynn and Col
mar, France, have decided that the par
ticle dc placed before one's name is not a
sign of nobility, and that, therefore, any
one may use il, whether he is a noble OF
not.
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h4- The death Of Brevet. Brighten
Morris, Of the regular army, command
ant at Fort McHenry is ANNOUNCED.
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ne3s Gen. Logan has finally declined
Iile NeNlcan mission. The policy of the
Government toward Maximilian does not
suit him. NV
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Bsy- a vigilance committee has been
formed at Titusville, Pa. the whole oil
region is infested by rufiians, who rob
and murder,
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dublin Correspondence Nov. % ON. y. New
THE ESCAPE OF STEPHENS.

one Of the Most Remarkable Fbqfs on
Rec0r9-A True lS07g that Reads
like Romance.
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TRANSPORTATION.
BellefOntalne Cotton Express Co.'s


ReclamatiOns viii tss1tJe'y Be Hr-td r-,--,,..
t0hsn duly alais1Htieatsd
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Ea~ Mr.. Samuel Wagner, a farmer
living near Delphi, Ind, has a cross eyed
cow.
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Maurice Williams, Esa. zsi.'-a-A'' L. DODLEl I

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Oct. q.
Dear Sir; Your favor Of the TWENTY
fourth instant is received. From the
best information 1 can obtain, [ esti-
mate the amount Of old cotton in the
southern States that was IN condition TO
be sent TO market, AT the time of the
capture Of Savannah, did not exceed one
million bales, Thisyear's crop will prob
ably not exceed three hundred thousand
bales. am, yours very truly,
II. MCCULLQCH.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK,

OHVIHiOaIas APpdFdtus, AIDuMs, JHst5' otO''
AT Wholesale and Rcts.il.
Fine Gold, Git, Rosewood, Ebony and Union
Frames, from the smallest to life SIZE the
Largest Assortment IN the city.
H A. BALCH, Proprietor
no2Slna % Main street, Memphis
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The Providence Journal publishes the
following letters from member Of Prof.
Agassiz's expedition
TABArINGAR, FRONTIER or PERU, =
september IS 1885. =
You will see BY the date of this letter
that I am now far up the Amazon.
wrote YOU last from Manassas of my
i doings and adventures since leaving
Para. We STAYED at Manasus only four
days, during which time we worked
very hard arranging and packing
/ the specimens We had collected This is
/ the very worst kind of work. The fish,
ofwhich we have an immense number,
are all packed, the small ones in kegs and
the large Ones in hogsheads, and then
they are % be filled with alcohol. As
both kegs and hogsheads are very poor,
and nearly all leak, our work has TO be
done over mary times, which, with the
thermometer at ninety or one hundred,
is very hard indeed.
This town Of Tabatinger is, I do be-
lieye, the vilest hole that exists on this
iOotstool The Professor had intended
TO keep on from this point up 10 the
Andas in order 10 study his glaciers, but
he has decided to send Major COtenio, a
Brazilian who IS with u.s. and young j /
So he ami the rest of US will return
down the river in a day or two, and /
shall stop at Ega, which town is /
about two-thirds Of the way be- |
tween here and Manassas, where we shall /
remain for a week, until the return 1
OF the Major add his companion. | was 4
anxious 10 go on this expedition, but the /
Professor wished me TO remain with him,
80 / gracefully yielded. Ega is a very |
pleasant place, and there ] can have /
some first rate shooting. From Ega we
return 20 Manasus, where We shall meet
a Government steamer placed at the I
Professors disposal by the Brazilian /
ceed 10 explore the Rio Negro and then
the Rio Madeira, which win oc-
cupy US until December. Then COM
ing down the Amazon, we shall eX-
plore some Of the lower rivers, and reach
Para sometime in January. / shall re-
main in Para a month. The Professor
and his wife will return down the coast
90 Rio JaneirO, where he has promised to
20 70 report TO the Emperor what he has
done, and also TO delivera course of lee
lures. This viii occupy his time until
May, when be viii return home. Hav-
ing finished my work at Para, L propose
going 10 the great island of Mario, lying
IN he mouth of the river, where there is
'aid to be very fine shooting, water fowl,
.lgers, deer, etc.
MANAsUs, October d
We arrived here last night from The
upper part Of the river, where we have
Ieen for the last six weeks. We have
lad a very rough time oft lately-much
vet weather and hosts of insects-but l |
latter myself that the worst is over, as
he lower part Of the river is freer fTor1
lies and mosquitoes than the upper. We r.
ave already obtained specimens OF more
han seven hundred heretofore entirely
Unknown fishes We are now going to
pend some six weeks in exploring tie
tiO Negro.
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COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES.
The following correspondence is pub
lished in the Liverpool papers of Novem
hoy fy1-ar, ry- third


Dear Sir: Your letter, asking me TO
favor you with such information as OBJ
tanned while in the States as to theuuaD-
tity Of cotton there and the prospects for
the future, has been received. Knowing
the Importance of correct information
upon this subject at the present moment
20 the manufacturing interest of this
country, in reply / inclOse you a copy of
letter from the Secretary 0f the Treas
ury at Washington, received by me inst
before sailing. By il you viii perceive
that the quantity Of cotton in the South
at the time of the capture of Savannah
by Gen. sherman, in December last. was
about one million bales, and that the new
crop of the present year viii probably not
exceed three hundred thousand bales
While in America I made most any
iCus inquiries from all the sources at nv
command, and which fully convinced
me that, since the capture Of Savannah.
there has been destroyed. used in home
consumption anG exported, an averageof
about thirteen thousand bales per week
lhIs VIII leave something ever seven
hundred thousand bales in the States. in
cluding the new crop. The weekly con-
sumption in the States at the time | left
was about one thousand bales. 1t is ex-
'iAsi' 1lii" hvfpo consumption du-
ring the coming winter and spring viii
be greatly Increased, owing TO the de-
mands for cotton goods and the large
profits realized, and viii require not les
than twenty thousand bales Der wsel,
the capacity Of the mills, if run in full
time, and with a full complement of
hands, being sufficient 10 consume even
more than the quantity mentioned. In
consequence Of the great destitution in
the south, al the cotton is being hurried
to the market as fast as possible. and
hence the large receipts at the ports.
Very resDeetfully vours
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WESTERN FOUNDRY
Machine shop
VIM. A. ROBINSON & CO

VIZ. :. ROBINSON, late Of Quinby & Robinson,
Memphis
]. e.. STOKES, late OF stokes & Taylor. Afeupbfz.
X. NICkOLSOS, 7. B. SAUNBERs, formerly with
Quinby s. Robinson.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
LAND FOR RENT.


VNTE wish TO rent two No. Cotton planta-
w tions, on such terms that any one desirous
OF cultiVating cotton can realize a handsome
profit. The place on which we live-fOur miles
nom the Panola depot ON NJ. and r. Railroad
containing coo acres open land, nearly 400 in
cultivation this year, the best peach orchard in
the county llG00 fine healthy trees, and good
apple orchard. Attached TO the place is a large
and cOmmOdiOus ginhOuse, good gin, mill and
every necessary building in perfect order. Also,
one large cistern and well. We have 5000
bushels Of corn, 5000 bushels of the best i'm
prOved Boyd prolific cotton seed, new crop, and
fodder, pork, teams, wagons, etc, sufficient 10
supply the place. We have been working 45
hands on the place, consequently our farm has
been well kept up and is now in good order.
This place offers extra Inducements, as the per-
son who rents IL can supply himself, on the
premises, with everything requisite 10 carry on
= first class cotton plantation--even to labor, as
there are now on the place 20 negroes, many OF
whom would doubtless hire for the ensuing
wear. We will rent half or the whole of this
place at s. per acre in coin or its equivalent,
and sell 200 or 800 bushels OF corn at 50 cents
lser bushel, in the same currency. For cotton
seed. pork-hogs, fodder, mules, oxen, wagons,
ETC. we will take the currency of the country
aud furnish them at low prices. We will re-
quire 30 barrels of corn 10 be left the place,
out of the next crop, for which we will pay the
market value. Wheat and rye have been
la1
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German and Swedish LabOrers,

We can supply our citizens with ten or twelve
steady, industrious German ana swedish labor
ers, as gardeners or farm hands
IRRELEVANT, JONES & co.
deli 2t AS Main Street
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BALCA15
STAR PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY
STILL AHEAD,
Being the first 10 make
LIFE SIZED PHOTOGRAPHS,

In on, in this City, Painted by
Captain John r. Sanders. q. y a.,
OF great celebrity throughout the South, in
his art.
Iaree raintires Inc proprietor, has, at great ex-
pense. en- pioyed The celebrated Boston colorist,
kfies E,fITv n CURTIS, who is unrivaled In
fbis counfrv. in India ink, CrayOn or Water
CoIors and purchased the Largest Solar Csrnefa
,,,iCis can nroduce any sized picture, from the
Smallest 10 twice the size OF life II necessary
sspeeiaI attention paid to copying old Anlbro-
f,rpes Dsl,uerreOtypes or Photographs and en-.
isrging them TO lie size, and cOfOrfng them In
any style Of art, equal TO any work done in ais
country or Europe,
our Opalsotypes cannot be exeelied.
/. Our Card photographs and Ambroevpes war.
ranted TO give perfect ssitisfactian
Persons from the country should sit FOR Pho
tographs the dsy before they want them, as
they cannot be finished the same day and made
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1865-12-21
u s e fu ! .

Few readers can be aware, until they
have occasion to test the fact, how much
labor of research is often saved by such
a table as the following:
1907. Virginia first settled by the Eng
lsh.
1914. New York first settled by the
Dutch.
1920. Massachusetts, settled by the Pu-
ritans.
1923. New Hampshire settled by the
Puritans.
1924. New Jersey settled by the Dutch.
1926. Delaware settled by the Swedes
and Fins.
1886. Maryland settled by Irish Cath
olics.
1885. Connecticut settled by the Pu-
ritans.
1886. Rhode Island settled by Roger
Williams.
1850. North Carolina settled by the Eng
lish
1910. South Carolina settled by the HUI
guenOls.
1852. Pennsylvania settled by William
Penn.
1888. Georgia settedby Gen. Oglethorp.
1871. Vermont admitted into the Union.
1892. Kentucky admittedinto the Union.
1896. Tennessee admittedinto the Union.
1902. Ohio admitted into the Union.
1911. Louisiana admitted into the Union.
1916. Indiana admitted into the Union.
1917. Mississippi admitted into the
Union.
1918. Illinois admitted into the Union.
1919. Alabama admitted into the Union.
1920. Maine admitted into the Union.
1921. Missouri admitted into the Union.
1886. Michigan admitted into the Union.
1886. Arkansas admitted into the Union.
1915. Florida admitted into the Union.
1916. Texas admitted into the Union.
1876. Iowa admitted into the Union.
1878. Wisconsin admitted into the Union.
1850. California admitted into the Union.
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us poor folks, that has ne'er a friend
more learned than themselves but the
parson. And, besides, sir, I'm an old
salt-an old man-o' war s-man-and I've
been all round the world, sir; and have
been in all sorts Of company, pirates and
all, sir; and [ amt bit frightened of a
parson. No; [ love parson, sir. And
I'll tell you for why, sir. He's got a
good telescope, and he gets to the mast
head, and he looks out. And he sings
out, Land ahead or Breakers aheadr
and gives directions according. Only |
can't always make out what he says. But
when he shuts up his spy-glass and comes
down the riggin', and talks to us like one
man to another, then don't know what
l should. do without the parson. Good
evenin' to you, sir, and welcome to Marsh
mallows. DR.. Gathrie's ",Smdqy Mag
dzine."
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Agassiz in Brazil.

We have Just seen in the Bazar 70
IQntc, the Chariyari of Rio de Janeiro,
which answers in political and comic
point Of view, more to the English P,mch
than any publication in our country.
This number has one engraving and two
capital bon mots on Agassiz, showing, the
very high appreciation in which the great
naturalist is held in Brazil.
A short time after the professor arrived
at Rio, he was invited by the emperor and
the president of Pedro II. College to de-
liver a course of lectures on the glacial
theory, in the French language. The
hall was the reception hall of the Pedro
Segundo College, room which contains
six hundred people. Agassiz refused
any compensation. On each evening of
the four lectures twelve hundred people
sought admission. The most distinguish
ed professional men, noblemen, and states
men were there: the imperial family, re-
fusing to be seated on the usual elevated
daiS, took seats dcmocratically with the
audience. 1t is said that Agassiz was
never before so eloquent, while, in his
native language, discoursing in Il city
where a popular lecture had never preyi-
ously been given.
At the close of the first lecture the
professor, in his frank way, said that he
would be glad to answer any objections
or difficulties in regard to the glacial
theory. Upon this arose a gentleman Of
some learning, Whose translated name
would be Dr.. Oak who proposed certain
objections. The result was the blandest
and the most complete refutation Of the
objector. But the Bazar Volante next
week came out with a beautiful portrait
of Agassiz in the form of giant, stand
ing amid Alps and glaciers, while at his
heel was an acorn-headcd Lilliputian,
with the branch of an oak, endeavoring
to upset the giant. There is no explain
beyond a big II and an X. H is aqga
in Portuguese, while X is slices or sees.
Hence the picture and letters read, 1.-The
little oak endeavors to upset the great
Aggasses.
Most of the Brazilians at Rio under
stand and speak French, but there were
some at the lectures who, it was supposed,
were deficient in that tongue, All of us
remember Agassiz's remarkable facility