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ANY RESPECTABLE MAN

In preference to Br~O1rnl01g).
The Nashville Gazette, commenting
on the dispute between another city
paper and the Chattanooga Union,
" about the base bail championship of
Tennessee quotes p%ertinently Gold
smiths line
" The sports of children Salty the aid.
For, in truth, a great number Of the
young men, in many portions Of the
stale, are devOting a great deal Of time
to this game, which might be more
usefully employed at this period Of hard
times and married structure.
The Gsllatin Examiner says John
Kirkman and Dempsey Wearer, bank
ers, were seriously stunned q few days
since by the falling Of the sign at the
Third National bank in that place.
And again 4: A wild cat was killed re-
Gently in this county, near Tyree springs,
bv a man named Hunnicut. He stuffed
it and brought it last Monday to Gala
tin, and exhibited it to the county court
for the purpose Of obtaining the bounty
OF six dollars.
We learn from Col. Turner Vaughan
that q spirited railroad meeting was held
at Lebanon OH Monday, and that q dele
CATION Unsupported to proceed to Louis
vile, with that from this county, TO
confer with the railroad authorities in
that city in regard to the arm to Leba-
non.
From the Union and Dispatch we
leam tE.t 1t Col. Thomas Duncan, of
the 5th csvalTy, brevet brigadier general,
U. 5. A, is commander Of the new dis
trict Of Nashville, comprising all that
part Of Tennessee east Of the Tennessee
river" We hear him spoken of as an
agreeable and courteous officer. His
headquarters are near the Chattanooga
depot.
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vENPEES SeT LIARLE oS NoTEs

yENDEES NOT LIABLE ON NOTES
GIVEN FOR PURCHASE OF SLAEES
The Montgomery Mail gives the points
Of an important decision by Judge Gates,
of Louisiana, which is Of some interest
just now, and especially to those who
may be indebted for slaves purchased
and which were lost as property by the
war:
The Judge held that in contracts of
sale there are mutual obligations-that
of the seller to deliver and warrant the
thing sold snd its peaeeable possession
that Of the buyer to accept the delivery
and pay the price-and that the logical
sequence of the action Of the state in
emsncipating slaves must be, that when
the right Of property in that which had
heretofore been treated as such by the
laws is destroyed, the laws to regulate
the rights Of parties to that property, and
to enforce payment of obligations given
for it, must follow the Ate Of the prop
erty itself, and all contracts based upon
those laws be snnulled.
Judge Gates holds that the tenure by
which this species Of property was held
was different from That by which all
other property is held. 1t was not based,
he says, on natural law and the right of
liberty was a pre-existing right which
belonged to the person held as q slave,
however much public policy and the sup
posed interests OF the country may have
prevented the enforcement Of tn right
by the person claiming it. BUD Fhen
the sovereign power Of she state Inter
vened to recognize and enforce that
right, it cannot be sad hat the property
was destroyed by any fOrtuitOus event.
Government cannot say that q tract of
land, which is property by the laws OF
nature, shall no longer be property. 1t
ear appropriate it for public use by COM
pensating the owner, but it still possesses
the quality Of property, But 3 slave
onoe emaneipated can by no subsequent
act Of the government be legally held IS
a slave. He loses all the essential char
acteristies Of property, and becomes free
by virtue Of the enforcement Of his nat
ural and pre-existing right of liberty.
The French government recognized
this principle when, in 1889, it abolished
the feudal rights without indemnity, and
enacted a law to the effect that all suits
10 feudal rights should be extinguished,
Celients) and, consequently, hat all ar
rearsges due by the vassals could not be
collected by process Of law.
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rur pArRoNs OF THE APPEAL

To TIE PATRONS OF THE
Ii, consequence OF Judicial proceedings haa IN
respect to the Interests Of dineren' parties N
,na Appr,1. the paper, the printing esl@n-
rs,rsnt and The good viii OF the paper have
been sold. and the undersigned have become
the purchasers.
Every possible exertion wll DC mA"e
the APPEAL more acceptable 70 It's neaoeIs'
and more desirable as q medium OF aaVer-
tisiag. Much more space will be devoted to
reading matter, and a special column be ap-
-proprated weekly to Masonic Information
The undersigned hope, by close attention to the
saairs OF the paper and ohice, % give II
claims equal to those ofany other Journal OF
the city to the support and oOnhdsnos Of the
community.
JOHN :. {. HOGAN q 90.
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The North Carolina Convention.

- 49, --@ 800
A union convention, composed in equal
numbers of whites and blacks, after two
days session, adjourned to-day. The
convention adopted the name Of re-
publican Resolutions were adopted
eulogizing the party which overthrow
the rebellion, and asserting that it should
command the respect of every candid
man. They declare that congress is en-
tilted to the thanks of the world for its
persistent devotion to human rights as
proclaimed in the declaration Of indie
pendenee: cordially accept the congress
SIGNAL plan of reconstruction, and
rejoice at the overthrow of the
s~ympathisers with the late rebellion.
They declare that supreme allegiance is
due to the federal government, and not
TO the states indorse the civil rights
bill, and favor impartial suffrage, with
out property qualifications or distinction
of color praise the late President Lin
coin, favor universal education, and de-
mand free speech and free discussion of
public matters. They pledge themselves
to the maintenance Of the public credit,
and invite men of all political persua-
sions to unite with them in behalfOf the
principles avowed by the convention.
Fi~fty-three counties were represented,
and the convention was unanimous.
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CHARLESTON, s. c., April 3-The
board of trade banquet last night was a
brilliant affair. Gov. Orr made an elab-
prompt compliance with the require
ments of congress. Gen. Siekles also
spoke, foreshsdOwing in general terms
his policy .ss district commander. He
has issued orders prohibiting elections for
the present, and announcing that be will
appoint sheriffs and other civil officers
upon the expiration of the terms of the
present incumbents.
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rhe Gain In connecnent.

The following dispatch from Senator
Dixon, of Connecticut, had a great effecl
In producing the late democratic victory
in that state:
FfWAsHINGToN, d. c., March %. 1857
Senators Wilson and Sumner both uni.
ted to-day in declaring their intention
to establish negro suffrage in Connects.
cut by an act Of congress. This avowal
was made in a debate in the senate Ii
reply to an inquiry by me, and / notified
them that ! asked the question with the
intention Of informing the people 81
Connecticut.
"tsignedl ~ JAMES DIXONRs
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- CoaREsPONDENrs.

M notice can be taken OF AnonyIIOIS T..
~ --t~stons. whatever Is Intended ier IN
Ton IN the APPEAIs must be anthehN'
c.tes by the name and address OF IN.
Iftsr-pet necessarily for publication De'
as a GUARANTEES for his good fatih aho 10
sponsibnity.
Al f,s,ness letters for this once should DC 81
6rassad to "THE APPEAL" Memphis
All communications for publication ~ U.s.
written on side or the page anu
all other matters connected Win H
IA department, should be addressed HD
roRs oFTHE APPEAL-MemphH
We cannot, as a rule, undertake.
49, moi founa suitable for puoheaiion'
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FALIL NV VI IIH.
JACKSON. MS. Anvil B. IS6--

JACKSON, MISS. April 6, leotl
WHEREAS, much painful anxiety and
apprehension exists IN the public mind,
resulting from the passage Of the " mill
tary bill by congress, and the general
order Of Gen. Ord in assuming COM
mand of the ''military district Of Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas and whereas, in
some Instances the regular administra-
ton Of the state government has been
unsettled to such an extent as-tO a
| some of the officers of the state TO
suspend the functions of their offices and
many citizens are heSitating, while
others refuse TO pay their taxes upon
the assumed ground that the tax col
lectOrs are not " competent officers" and
therefore are not authorized 10 receipt
for the same and as other evils and
irregularities may arise from the Uncsr-
tainty that exists as TO the duties and
responsibilities Of officers and citizens Of
the state in their present situation,
therefore, | deem it proper to make
known hat the act of congress com
monty called the military bill" recOg-
nizes the civil existing government Of
the state. IL is true that il is declared
TO be provisional only, and in all respects
subject TO the paramount authority Of
the United States-at any time to sbol-
isb. modify, control or supercede
the same. But until a change is
made i'm accordance with the pro-
visions Of this law, ! hereby
give notice 70 the civil officers
OF the state that their relations
and responsibilities to the constitution
of the United States, TO the state Of Mis-
sissippl and to the people, remain un-
changed, and they will be held TO a strict
accountability for the performance OF
"a - -. 3, raNrNrfnn Ctff fha r-,ws-
ions of the laws, for the maintenance Of
the civil government, and for the full
and annie protection of all classes Of
Inhabitants Of the state, both white and
black. in all Of their rights Of person,
property, liberty and religion. Aud /
furfher advise aud admOnish all good
and inhabitants to sustain the
civil Officers in maintaining the peace, or
der and security Of s~Ociety-to deal justly
and i~udulgentiy with each other, and in
saeir Political helplessness, 10 devote
themselves to pursuits of industry,
and to the production of those neeessa-
ries OF life for which they are now so
dependent upon the markets OF other
states. aud 70 offer no resistance To any
stems that may be taken in the recon-
strlction OF the state by the military
authority of the United States, except
sueb as may be authorized by the courts !
under the constitution OF the United
states. Military power may become in
tolerable only when IL is placed i the
hands OF tue vicious and the unjust,
which. happily, Is not the case in Missis-
sinnj. The military bill" makes no
pToyision for the support of the civil
government. Taxes must be collected
by the civil officers to support it ana pay
its debts, and whenever any changes are
made either in the civil officers or the
duties required of them, timely notice
will doubtless be given and duly promul-
gated.
Accounts from all points ia the state
represent that the planters, by Increased
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The Press and Times, Of the 9th, in
forms its readers that Gov. Brownlow's
nervous disorder has abated, and his
health has not been better In twelve
months than at present. We have
enough OF Christian charity to rejoice at
this, for assuredly no nan living needs
more time for repentance than this same
preacher executive.
Hon. c. w Davis is the nominee of
the conservative party for representa-
tive Of Williamson county, for the next
legislature.
The Bonner, speaking of the present
voters in Tennessee, well says: In Ten
nessee at least four-fifths of those who
have a landed or mOneyed stake in the
country are DISTINGUISHED. The entire
black population, composed almost ex-
clusively of working men, are admitted
to ballot; and these, with the few radi-
Gals who will be allowed certificates, by
the registers OF BrowhloW, compose the
voting force Of the state. AS a rule, the
few white men who call themselves
radicals, are without money and
credit. They are not without money
| and without credit because they are rad
icals. but they are radicals because they
/ are without money and without credit.
! Their political ideas embrace simply the
Handwriting of Il tentative whites and the
acknowledgements of the colored people,
so that they may, BY voting the latter,
get hold of the offices and into the
treasury, steal enough to do them the
balance of their lives, and then "emi-
grate.'i TY-tprogFamme, being extra
ordinary in itself, can only be carried
out by the forcible violation Of the preee-
dents Of good government, Its authors
are therefore more violent than phad-
deus Stevens, and now carrying out in
Tennessee ali and more than all which
has been proposed by the chief OF radl-
Gals and d~estT5yers.
The Winchester Home Journal comes
to our sanctura this week, headed as fol
/ lows:
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In the supreme court of New York
Mr.. Justice Sutherland has decided an
important question between currency
and gold. The issue turned on an agree
ment made 10 pay a certain sum at a
time when gold was the ruling currency.
The sum was rendered, but in legal ten
ders; hence the litigation. Mr.. Justice
Sutherland holds that an agreement to
pay in gold cannot be legally enforced,
though, treating gold as a commodity, a
contract for its purchase or sale is per-
fectly safe and proper. He declares that
the result of the legal tender act is that
gold has practically ceased to be cur
reney, and become exclusively a eommo-
dity. The decision appears to be iden-
ticsl in principle with one recently de-
livered by the supreme court Of ARssa-
chusetts, by which, upon a contract for
the payment Of a specified sum in gold,
a tender Of the amount in greenbaeks was
held good.-NetO York Tribune.
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DeStttntion in the south.

LA NJ A6A 81 If ~ ~ -
To. Hon. John Covode and Fernando Wood;
I observe from the debates in congress
that you are laboring under the impress
sion hat the statements published in re-
gard to the wants of the south are exag-
gerated. Allow me, gentlemen, to state
that you are mistaken. The half has
not been told. l am an eye witness to
the sutferings Of at least some Of these
unfortunate people. Now, while 1 am
writing, l am surrounded by many wo-
men and children soliciting relief, asking
for eorn-not clothing nor shoes, al
though some of them are in rags
and barefOoted in the cold rain-nOt for
meat or luxuries, bat for corn merely,
corn, the ordinary food for 6edsts-and
the greatest number of these wretched
people were, before the war, in easy cir
cumstanees. What motive have 1 for
making q false statement ?
Yours truly, J. +. G.. MITTAG.
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Letter from Gov. Piekens, s. c.
H. EaLIauusnn Il ~ $1,000 -

The following Is an extract from a
private letter received by a gentleman in
New York:
You know the ~desolation of our coun-
try has ruined Us all, and we are in great
poverty. God only knows whether we
will be enabled togather this years erop,
and the policy Of the government forbids
all enterprise, and puts it utterly out Of
our reach to raise any money now on
any terms whatever. We would gladly
sell half of our lands for support and
ready money, but, of course, no one will
purchase with the open threat Of uniyer-
sal conhseatiOn standing over our heads.
and want and starvation before thou
sands Of u people, both white and
black. The most cruel part Of it is. if
possible, the first suffering comes upon
the helpless black people, who have been
innocent Of all blame, and really have
acted as well as any people would have
done under the circumstances. I really
think that most men who own land are
struggling now to do all they can do for
the support Of their former faithful slaves.
/ knOw this is my case, and it is what
adds greatly to my present embarrass-
ment and cramped means.
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energy and industry, have In a great
measure overeofne the dlsadvantages
resulting from The late continued rains
and backward tpring, and have gener.
ally planted more corn and cereals than
for many yeani past thus while the
next cotton crop viii be diminished in
quantity, If anything Ike a favorable
season Is experienced, all danger Of
scarcity ia provisions win be ObYisted.
This Is a movement in the right direc-
ton, and II the farmers throughout the
south will follow this wise example, II
there Is less money ia their pockets next
fall, there will also exist less necessity
for its abundance, since they will raise
their " provisions, and not contribute
30 largely to enrich our enemies, by
buying abroad what we can so well raise
amongst ourselves and on our own
territory.
A severe frost was experienced at
jackson on last Thursday night, which
the editor of the MssissippidR hopes will
be the last this season.
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MARRIED.

HARRIs-YOCUM-Thursdsy evening, April
4th, 1851, by the Rev. DR.. White, at the residence
OF the brides parents, LOYD q. HARRIS,
Lieutenant U. 5. Marines, and FLORENCE NAY
YocUM, Of this city.
No cards.
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No European Government more warm
Iy sympathiEed with the United States
In its efforts to defeat the attempt of the
Southern States to win independence and
nationality, than the paternal Govern
ment Of Russia; and there is none with
which the United States 50 am%orously
fraternizes. The following paragraph
will show how eminently worthy Of the
respect and admiration of our despotism,
that Of Russia is
POLISH EXILEs SENT TO SIBERIA.
Berlin Correspondence of the London Ttmes.l
According to a manifesto issued for
and probably by the aristoeratie repre-
sentatives Of Poland, the number Of
Poles sent to Siberia since January, 1868,
amounts to 1882, among whom 164 are
women and ia priests. All were trans
ported for political d~elinqueneies. and,
according to the OffeRse imputed, are
sentenced either to forced labor
in the mines, colonization in the
villages, or mere residence in viii
Isges or towns. In addition to these,
80, $50 persons were banished to the
steppes of the Ural, as severe a punish
ment as removal to Siberia, but nearer
home. Furthermore, 1855 persons,
among them 2lS women and 163 priests,
were foreibly made to leave home and
accept q compulsory abode nthe interior
of European Russia 24l6 were placed
in the ranks Of the army, 81, 500 in houses
Of correction the greater part of whom
were subsequently removed to Siberia
and $40 in the church yards of divers
penitentiaries, having died before trial.
On the battlefields Of the rebellion, as
Russian computations show, $500 were
buried. As 1853 more were hung or shot,
by the courtsmartial, and 7060 forced to
seek refuge in foreign countries, the total
of the melancholy list is swelled to 14l,-
$50. Without vouehing for the accuracy
of these figures, l may yet say that, ex-
cepting those slain in battle, certainly
over-estimated, there is nothing TO excite
surprise in the numbers stated. Besides
these, Poland has furnished two per
cent. of her male population as recruits.
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M. Sanel, Of Paris, uses a coating for
walls which is said to be superior to pure
gypsum. The oxide Of zinc is mixed
with size made up like 8 wash, and sp-
piled to a wall, ceiling or waiRscot. AT
forwards the chloride of zinc, made into
a wash in the same way, is applied. The
oxide and chloride Immediately combine
and form q kind Of cement, smooth and
polished IS glass, and possessing the ad-
vantages Of oil paint, yet without any
Objectionable smell.
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81 LOUIS.


The Mountain Trade Open-Speedy De,
p%arture of "A Flcet-FRVOranIe Mining
PrOspeCtS-EnimtEH Plate of Pure SIT
ver-Large Nubscripti0n for RebuiIa
ting he Lindeu House.
Special Dispatch to he Cincinnati ENQUIRER
ST. LOUIS, April 3, 1S67.-The noun
tain trade IS fully open, and the
whole mountain iieet will soon be afloat
and on the way 10 Fort Benton since
the Amelia Poe left, six others have fol-
lowed, and there are twenty more pre-
pairing to receive.
There is ice at Omaha still, but 3 dis
patch from there reports that it is weak
ening and will sodn be broken up.
Late adviees frCm Montana state that
the mining operations during the year
will be very extensive, and the mines
Will undoubtedly yield larger returns
than during any year heretofore, owing
TO the fact that so many rich mines are
now developed an,s ready for active ope-
rations. Il is believed that the sggre-
gate yield OF the precious metal at the
end OF the year win be as high as $780,
600, 900.
There il now on exhibition m Virginia
City q large plate Of pure silver, weigh
lug ninety pounds, and worth $4,000.
IL was taken fron the silver iodes Of
Beaver Head, which have proved of nm
surpassed richness A great rush is re-
in the DIRECTION Of Salmon river
mines, which are pronounced very wall
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NEW

MASONIC NOTICEEThs a
w member OF Hermes Lodge No.l~
are notified 10 attend a meeting, to be
held al Hall OF Cyrene Commandery, NV
This Wednesday Evening, az half
past 4 O'CLOCK
n . rrafarnaiv invited lsA
II F. WoODARD. Pm.
CHAG N. CARROLL, Sec, splelt
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-Ml
since that will the sooner effect is
min. II they are wise, they viii insise
ON a fair share of the Offices, anc~they1
can have that, if they do insist. Armed
with the ballot, they can conquer thst
right; and we hope they win.
We rather prefer, toe, that they should
learn by experience who are their true
friends. II is natural that they should
think that those are so, who, to conquer
us, and not out Of any love iof uneui'
have given them freedom. Let 'nen
vote for these new psramours, VINO VIII
~ the neoro,s friend as long as they
can nae him, and would gladly grind
him M into cotton and sugar, h-that use
of him were profitable. How they
Iovs him is proven by their refusing him
the right TO bold Office here, where even
FRED. DOUGLASS could not be 3 tip
STAFF. and the right OF voting in their
own States. They deem him orr equal,
hut not heirs. They made him a SOL
der. that they might themselves keep
out Of danger, aud also because 1t saved
them eight hundred or a thousand dol
lars bounty, for each negro enlisted IN
place of a white D0they not dis
pense charity to their new wards, with
one hand, through the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, and plumber him with the other,
bv means of the cotton tax? The mon
kew was very much the friend Of the cat,
as long as he could use her paw to pull
the chesnuts cut Of the fire. But let the
negro prove refractory, and vote for Con-
servatives. and all Radicalism, like Judge
HoUCK, viii swear they ought to be
c~ruciied.5 They were good enough for
private soldiers, in the war, to shoot and
be shot at, but we have not heard that
any of them were officers.
We will not forget that fifty or sixty
thousand negroes served faithfully in diff
ferent capacities with the Confederate
armies; and that if the Confederate Gov
eminent had armed aud organized two
hundred and fifty thousand of them,
guaranteeing thir freedom at the end o.
the wal, they would with all their hear
have fought against the invaders Of the
south. While we refuse to be instru'
mental in running thecountry by placing
the ballot in their hands, because they art
unfit to possess the right Of suffrage, and
cannot be proited byit, let US deny then
none Of the rights of the citizen, anc
trust to their own good sense to find GU
{ by and by who are their real friends, snC
/. what is their true interest. Meanwhile
let US have a little self respect, and maxi
no attempt to '~soft-sawder,' cajole and
deceive them. 1t is better they should
2 dislike or even hate, than despise US.