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REAL ESTATE LOTTERY

rVIIE FIRST DRAWING, WHICH TOOK
with unusual success, when Il Is remembered
that but fow weeks elapsed from the tneepo
ton o. tho enterprise TO that event. $lI,WO
worth Of tickets having been sold, q ike
amount Of property was drawn for, under inc
supervision of gentlemen selected by tho tioket
holders present. The utmost harmony anu
good feeling porvadod those present, and ~
will be seen from the suhjoined certificate oil
the Managers, the affair was conducted 10
close in most gratifying and satisfactory man
ner: ~ ,o,-
We hereby certify that the above report OF
the first drawing of the Southern Asylum is
correct, and that the proceedings we're charao-
terized by a spirit of fairness and business un-
surpassed by any drawing of which we have
any knowledge The Managers of the Compa-
ny placed the tickets and wheels undor our
sole management and control.
j. D MORGAN,
Robert Temple,
V. A. Mefriwether, iComm;ttoa
W. W. Campton,
NJ. Magevenoy,
John Ainslie,
j. NJ. HALL. Clerk.
The prizes drawn on this occasion numbered
forty seven, and comprised lots In the vicinity
Of Memphis, Tenn. Corinth, Miss, and Her
nando, Miss, deeds to which have been made
TO tho lucky tioket-holdcrs. For this, the SEQ
ond drawing. however, we are nbl TO offer our
patrons still more attractive inducements to
interest themselves in our scheme. From a
lengthy list of property, much Of which has
already been advertised, we select our
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-16
THE

First thiIM YOU should do, after you read TINS
poeket, take out twenty-five cents, and send
for n COPY for year. If you do not feel IKE
Kicking that big amount, why ask your neigh
hor 10 take il; but rs an
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DAY.

10 4 - A><- -
FIRST RACE - SALOON STAKE. : Mile
heats, three best in Eve. Free for oil ages.
Purse $500. Entrance SS5. Second horse to
get the entrance money.
SECOND RACE CONSOLATION STAKE.
Mile heats, for beaten horses that have been
run at this meeting. Entrance $40. Purse
$500. The Pool seller to add 500. Horses
10 be handicapped by committee appointed
by the President.
N. 3. FORREST, President.
J.~E. EDMoNs0N, Sec'y.
J. w. MEGIBBEN, Treas'r.
I92.1h3
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WIT
TwENTY-FTVE

Of Won. and all your relations. No use Of de-
LAYING; the amount is not large, and you may
a. xroll invest your
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AMERICAN,

You should support an American enterprise.
you will find our paper worth ten tunes the
amount we ask for it. Wit, humor, sketches
and poetry will GIL its columns, ana IL VIII
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03
10 the Cotton Planters Of Vest Ten
nessee. AtGbGnna, Mississippi and

The undersigned respectfully tenders his ser
vices as agent IOr the sale OF your cotton In
tAis city, and for the purchase OF your supplies
The unfortunate termination ef the late war
which so materially RrTectad the best Interests
OF the South, has also had its effect upon the
Commission B siBess OF this city, as transacie ed
between planter and merchant. You douot-
less well remember with what pertinacity tpre-
vious to the war, amounting in some Instances
to annSvsaee. yau were solicited FOR your busi-
ness at the rate OF dfty cents per bale commts-
sion, free OF drayaRe, and stored for twelve
months without charge. Then las viii De
again the producer was the ruliug element,
and high rents, rich landlords and merchants
were the result Of planters patronage. no
people or oocu patton have been more seriously
Frustrated then planters and planting, and
none 20 much deserve to be fOstered and aided
in their uufortupnte changed cond1tion. How
III At aid so much needed has been meted cut
you opine TOO well know. Onerous govern
ment taxes in general, and special tax upon
your leading production, Cotton, large profits
you have had TO pay upon supplies furnished
commissions on sales ranging from IS so 10 s.
per bale, monthly storage at exorbltant prices
arcou NJ sales, as a sum total will leave you but
HtfIeif ANYTHING upon which 70 rebuild your
shattered fortunes, Or 70 compete with me new
orieraf affatrs-free labor. When Withdrew
from the Cotton and Commission Business in
1850 private reasons then LED me TO believe that
would new ehs4ge "a ~ s4In: @ ne, tI.s
tron and desire to promote the interest OF
the planting community 80 far a. my feeble
efforts can 90 50, and The apparent want OF
| gratttu g exhibited TO q com muutty that in
| times past tended so materially 70 the pros
perity OF Mem Phts and It's mercann Q ootnmu-
| nfty has determined me again TO oher my ser
/ vices in the capacity a. stated. The re- uced
| stocks of coltonsin the United states and short
| sum fee in the hands Of New England msnu'
/ fscturers ha- caused some advance in prices
| nom the late depression, hence early sales N ay
| be prudent and remunerstiye; such was the
/ case the psst TWO seasons. and many planter
have had cause 70 regret the acting upon the
! 700 common practice Of holding and drawing
upon their cOttsns. would a. wise no planter
! 10 send forward his cotton unless he wished II
| old upon the irst Gctive marksG II can oe
| held at home much cheaper than in Aemph
| Nv charges for selling cotton will be One Dol
| lar per bale. INSURANCE effected IN all cases II
1 not instructed TO the contrary. Shall Guy your
| supplies from wholesale houses, slFIng you the
! bepetit of same. In shoTt, by strict Rtten ton
| to all the deDartments OF our business, hops
/ 10 merit a large share OF patronage -
| Very respectfully,
| sa4 K. A. MOON.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03

All other Ties fastening by This method are
infrnEeIuenJs, and viii be prosecuted 81 Jaw
As Eucn.
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A NEW zExICAN REVOLUTION IN
PENDING.

Mexico Is sgain on the verge Of another
revolution. From the day on which this
wretched country declared its independ-
ence down to the establishment Of the
empire-that is, from 1921 until the muir
der of Maximilian-it has changed its
government no less than forty-five times.
| II has prospered neither under a dicta-
1 tOrshfp nor under a republic, and its nor
nal state may best be described IS snar-
cbv. Some think that strong govern
ment might remedy the evil; but its
source lies deeper-it is ia the sdmiXture
Of races. The various races are always
arrayed AGAINST one another; their views
and interests are Numerically opposed,
and the successful party invariably per
secutes the other with vindictive malice
and hatred Only an immigration, and
that on a scale sufficient 10 absorb grad
ualIy the native population, could ever
lead to SD improved condition of affairs.
This viii no doubt come some day, and
from the BoFth. According to the cen
sus taken by the late imperial authori-
ties In 1862, the whole number Of MeXi-
cans amounts to 1900, 600 souls, while it
was {. DOG. 600 in 1851. The population
decreases therefore fesriuily, though it
is not strange when we contrast the re-
sDectivs strength of the different races.
There were in 1909, $40 600 whites Gre
oles, Europeans and Americans), 5OOO,-
600 Of Indians, and ,, 800, 900 Of Mestlzes,
ZsmIss and halfbreeds in the country.
The present president, Jusrez, is himself
an Iudisn OF the Mics tribe, and hates
the whites with al the eowardly ferocity
Of his race. But his rule does not appear
destined to be Of a longer duration than
that of any Of his predecessors during
the last fOrty-seveu years. Though Max
imilian has been fusiladed, and his other
rival, Ortega, is dying a slow death IN an
unhealthy prison, q storm already begins
TO gather round his head, that VIII huri
him into obscurity from which an inscru-
table Providence, for some purpose not
vet known, has raised him. Since he
entered the capital amidst the rejoicings
of the moDgrels OF his own race, popular
discomfort has steadily gathered strength.
Determined, however, to secure his re-
election, he has Issued number OF de
creeg which show how well our radicals
in congress understood the character OF
the man whom they have honored with
their sympathies and admiration.
Among these laws are two regulating
! the elections and curtailing the liberty OF
! the press, which have aroused special IN
dignatiOn. Every paper In the capt.
! tai, - says the New York TFt5lme'S Mex
lean correspondent, land, with few ex-
ceptions, throughout the country, so far
as they have cared, have come out In
bitter. viDdictive hostility to Jusrez and
his cabinet, declaring them more deserv-
ing Of the fate of traitors than Airamon,
Vidaurri, or O'Horsn ~ The army is
known to be dissfected, and, encouraged
by the press, it will not be long before
some military ehieftain heads s party
strong enough to depOse the Indian by
force.
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sus.o1 PIowiI5g. Grass Lands.

The subject Of deep blowing is begiH-
ming to be appreciated, and 1t will be
found in their returns Of crops a large in
crease by its advocates over those who
still adhere to the way their grsndfathers
"skinned y the surface. The roots Of
many plants run down into the soil to a
great depth. Take, for instance, clover.
The fne roots OF this plant may
not unfrequently be found in pro-
fusion two, three, and In rare cases,
four feet below the surface; hence the
advantage of this plant to the soil. An
old English writer on this subject wisely
remarks: In forming kitchen garden,
l had occasion to trench wheat field,
and found the soil matted with tibers TO
the depth Of about four feet six inches
but stronger roots extended even below
this depth, snd were traced down tlve
feet six inches.n This applies also with
great force to those roots that grow down
in what are called taproots; an instance
has been revealed of carrots running
down eighteen, twenty, twenty-four and
thirty inches; thus it must be apparent
to any rejecting mind that deep plowing
is highly necessary to give the roots full
plsy, and the secret seeE1s to be this, q
turn up the subsOil The deeper the
ground is plOwed, the prospects are In
creased for crop that viii pay; that IL,
IN you manure literally in addition
Manure is the key note to farming.
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KEEPER OF THE PENITESTIART AE-
RAIGGED BEFORE THE COM
.--.r.r- BILssIOSERS.
MaIfeasanee In Omes-sInr1IInE DeveI-
Opments.

From the Nashville Ga1etts.l
By order OF the governor, the commits
sioners are engaged in the trial Of Col.
James S. Hull, upon the charge OF
malfeasance ia office. a large number
OF depositiOns have been taken in this
and other states. A great many wit.
nesses are in attendance, and the after
poen OF Yesterday was occupied 10 exam
lining I. J. Jones. The trial will take
several days and is of a highly interest
ing character. Wm. G. Brien, Esq Rp-
pears for the prosecution and Messrs.
Peabody and Carey for the defense. The
Office of P. w. BrieD, Esq, in the court
/ house, has been selected as the place Of
/ trial Some strange and startling de-
velopments have thus far been made in
| the proof Among other things that the
cOnvicts were worked on Sundays and
until - o'clock at night; that Col. Hull
sold the property Of the state and failed
to account for the proceeds; that he sent
/ officers 10 buy hogs for himself which be
/ fstteued at the prison and sold on his
private account; that be kept a notorious
prostitute In his family at the prison, and
! boarded her at the expense Of the state I;
that he permitted several of tue officers
10 visit the negro women convicts at
their cells whenever they wanted to /;
! that he allowed a certain convict to go
out Of the prison who had tried to bribe
an officer to procure bis release, and that
the convict escaped; that Col. II. left
| the prison two days and one night to
hunt for stolen treasure; that after the
colnneps conduct became known, he dis
charged the employees cOgnizant Of the
| fact; that be permitted newspapers to be
read to the c0uviots and politics to be
discussed by them and the guards; that
meals were sent TO certain cOnvicts from
I the table of the house; that negro wo-
men came 10 the prison and carried OF
| baskets full Of provisions.
a great deal more proof has been made
in the depositions which have not yet
| beeD read to the commissioners, but viii
| be read after the witnesses are examined.
We confess a very strong desire to get a
! peep at these depositiOns, as they no
| doubt contain matters of moment to the
state, and we will lay their contents be-
fore our readers at the earliest oppOrtu-
nftv, as also all the proof in the cause.
| Meantime we can safely venture the
remark: There's something rottea in
! Denmark ~
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The Great Southern Remedy
WOOD NAPTHA,

Recommended by distinguished members Of
the Medical Profession.
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Our Latest Improved
NEW SCALE PIAkO-FORTB,
GROYEsTREN & CO,
499 BroddiCdy, Y. 7.

rf1BTsE Instruments, after the mos natter1ng z
| ftstfunouiaIs from the nrst Pianisis IN the
Country VINO AZ our solicitation, nave tested
tf-l, "a fhe severes5 manner posstbie, have bee o
,-,.,,orncef TBE FINEST SQUARE PLANO
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A. i,as aivgavs been our policy during the
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Il Il a labor saving invention as well ss an In
valuable remedy IN Scurgy. .Scald Head Erup-
lions OF The : kin ana Piles Dandru1 Is re-
moved from the head, the Teeth Whltened and
cleans 4, Plate and Jewelry cleaned, Stains
sTectually removed from Carpets Furniture,
Clothes, Paint, Narnirh or marble. with the
greatest facility and without injury to the ma
Ierial IL Il a great saving Of time and LABOR
in washing clothes Il il the only known Sos .
which viii wash Fiahnels with the ease Of cot
ton or linen without fulliug or shrinking All
.nsse important objects can De efee'ed without
injury to the skin or the most delicate faOrics.
II po-s sesses no deleteTious qualities whatever.
The world Is challenged % PROD uee soap
which possesses 50 many valuable properties
and which Is so innocnOus and safe it Is =
nome invention, and dedes competition IA any
part OF the world. i has become q neosssity
| IN Memphis. and its use Is rapidly spread ID <
throuzhsut the south. and eventually FlE ez-
/ fend over the Yankee ssates, North and 6Oult
[ America Europe, Asia, Africa and Oeeanica.
I Marufaetdred solely By q. r. Ac6imsey, Men,
/ phiE Tenn. and sold az the following places Ia
/ the city At wholesale and retail Page 4 Cos,
/ Dean'S Tayioris Drug store, Poplar street.
I Kfnr'A corner Of Third and Adams Oliver q
/ COS DeSoto Block, Madison street, VIII soon
I be found at any RESPECTABLE laroiiy grocery q
/ drl;r store. me propTistor ls deternined that
/ It's manufacture shall keep pace with the rap
| Idly extending demand Tor tts use suH
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03

THE Mobile Daily Advertiser says: A
private letter from Union Springs, Ala,
saws that aradical sgitatOr named Keller,
who had been baTsnguing the negroes
there, was shot at and slightly wounded
by some unknown person in the outskirts
OF the town. What followed is thus re-
lated
About nine O'Clock he returned and
pointed out Mr.. Green Andrews as the
person who had shot at him. Andrews
was arrested aud placed in confinement.
| The next morning the leagues" all
armed, had reached the outskirts OF the
town, when they met the marshal, who
/ told them they would not be allowed to
enter the place, ss the citizens were well
| armed and would prevent IL. What
! their object was is not stated. Two
! leagues were dispersed or surrendered
/ the remaining one was, at the time ol
writing, encamped under the bluff
| No excitement in town.
/ At Keffer's meeting a large number q
/ negroes carried arms. Keller made them
stack weapons near the speakers stand
/ Can't the stinSee" Of Columbus helI
/ Keffsr TO excite the negroes ana disturb
all order and law That's the mission
| OF each radical
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03
FAssmAN,s IRON TIES
COTTON BALES,


TVHE undersigned have made extensive ar
/ IHngements 10 supply the demand for these
Ties the present 1elson- ...,. - ,
In addition 70 th- FASsNAS IRON TIE and
BUTTON TLE, so eKtcnAively used beretOiore
thev now Cder hi- ALLifAIOR IT, with
trefh 10 ARRANGED as 10 / stanuy clamp the
noon when the pressure q removed nom the
bale and hcid u wufuut slipping
Great pains have been taken 70 Seclre lhe
best qusuty Of iron.
Jhese Tits are 80 simple in their arrange
rr1eur that they can be applied 10y any one, q
bs 1es nf any size, with tie same facility ana
81 pelitto.. AS rope. In strength, security and
fscf.itv Of arpIicafirr, they " iu compare Ia
yarabiy with any 81 introduced
Tha al. 4rtsEpr OF iron Ties are now gsner
sl7y recugpIz-d: hui 10 is deemed Mt oct o.
NJ, - 20 ca tht attention Of those int re- tec
- fre yerV emphatic recon- E cDdHtiou oi Un
5er,T rittrs. rtesmbOat Captains, ana UwneT
er,A a gents OF Sea -feamers and sailing Yes
ssis. rereatIy published IN the newspapers IL
New Orlesus .,.,---
IN No. o. taraudelet street, \. o.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03
THE Use OF GOLD IN TRADE.

The transactions which q bank per-
forms by means OF gold and notes are not
worth speaking Of The gold and notes
which Ii finds in the till at night sre
only the balance OF the transactions OF
the day: they give no measure OF what
the bank has paid out or received lni
whether it was much or little. They are
the difference, the balance only. 1t Is
lust the same with foreign trade. An
enormous fuss is made about the e1-
changes, as il foreign commerce was car
ried on by the outflow or influx Of gold.
We meet with the same fact over again
as with a bank. The gold which passes
between two countries unless one be q
producer Of gold, and has gold for the
staple OF It's trade) Is but the balance OF
the transactions accomplished.
Foreign trade is carried on by paper,
BY bills. England sends iron to Calcutta
and the value of the iron is set down IN
instruments Of debt called bills. India
replies with an export OF indigo, when
also gets itself expressed IN like certln-
Gates or bills; and the balance is struck.
II the bills give the same figures on ooth
sides. the affair Is closed; II there Is
prepOnderRnce on the one side, a com
modify must pass TO effect equilibrium
and that commiaity is gold. What can
It signify on which side the gold must be
given or receivedP The only matter or
moment is, whether India has bought
too much iron, or England received too
little indigo.
The Eold--the interposed commodity,
the commodity which is not sought for
its own sake, but solely because some
thing possessed of value must pass 10
make the payments and receipts equal
on both sides-is quite Insignificant. No
private person collects sOveTeigns for their
own sakes, as q picture, or horse, or q
book he gathers them only to part with
them In making purchases, or paying
debts, cr buying Investments. They are
means, not an end-tOOls, strictly and
accurately. In the same wsy foreign
trade hiss not gold for its object for then
Austrslis and California would have no
foreign trade, and must stsrve or go
naked, but solely the exchange of the
productions Of different countries and
climates.
A merchant who sends cut cargo oi
| iron to Calcutta would not bring back
sovereigus if he could helpit. He orders
2 return cargo Of sugar, or indigo or
| cotton; ard il this is so, how is it that
| the city articles exuit over the arrival OF
gold, and thereby condemn the merchant
| for importing the inferior wealth into this
| country? The man who buys, whether
| here or abroad, prefers the thing he pur-
cbases to bis money; what else did he
get his money for but to buy with 1t
/ T E10}ish P1per.
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Immense PROD { % Ghel Cuaarders.

The Cunard royal maii line has now
been twenty-seEenl years ia existence.
The Cansrd company bought four ships
to start with, and they are now the
owners of tweuty-fouF splendid ocean
steamers, built out Of their large profits,
after paying splendid dividends to the
stockhoiders. AS g specimen Of their
prospetity, take the present cargo. We
have on board two hundred and eighteen
first-class passengers, who pay Sl55
suiece, making total of S3S, ,7e0 In gold.
The freight is estimated at nearly SIC, 900.
In addition, they receive ssme 5000 for
carving the nail (which Is Included ia
their annual subsidy from the British
governmentl Their expsnses are about
SIS, 600 the single trip-nOt more. These
figures, nearly exact, foot up avery large
profit for the single trip. It Is only nee.
essary to add that at least two hundred
of our two hundred and eighteen passen.
gers are Americans, to show whence thess
gains are derived. ssas
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MASONIC COLLEGE,
Naeon FaIelIe CountT. TeBn..

GTTUATED thirty miles from Memphis, ssv8u
- miles north OF Lafayette Dspot, u & c. z. r
FACULTY.
9. W JOHSsToS, A b. President and Pro5sss0F
OF Ancient Languages
OTgAY B. XOUEa, Al, Professor Of Aathe-
matiS;
CoLIS McEIEEEY. AN, Professor o. MeataI
and HOral Science ana Eugiish /. terltural
This Institution was rsopsnsd October. 1ss5
and has reached q state CT peEmE1eut en-
-isney. EeLt Annual session viii be opss 81
July IS, ls87, aud Will consist o. Two Ierms-1l
weeks each
CaARGES.-EnElish and Mathematics. so
50 and Sllper Term. EHcn Language > ez-1a
per Term. Contingent lee. - 50 per Term
Excellent board, including room, fuel, vv1,sh-
ing auo light, SIS per month
All necessary apparatus viii he Eupp1ed
Con veyance from L.atay cite station 70 Ma
con, Wednesdays and Saturdays
We, the Trustees. have tsreFIui red 20 maze
this a tESt class Academic sfiiuLu1-
lst The scholarship, experiences md success
OF our faculty.
ID. The -ievsted tone OF cur community.
ed, The healthfnl iocaif y, removs1 fTu1n the
corruptinE influenees and vices Of city ilte.
4th- Favorable prices viii tnabis ua to
achieve this success
President Board -.--..-.--. TT g. T. HUNIt r.
Secretary ry-...--..--JOHN W-ALExAHDEH-
anil
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.roRY Is toid. Of . brswny raftsmar

A sToRY is told OF braWny raftsman
who approached the Southern hotel, in
st. Louis, Just as the excitement over the
reception Of Gen. Sheridan was at its
climax. He asked bystander, I" What
i an this about ?" The man being a bit
of a wag, and seeing the raftsmsn was a
little unsoPhisticated, replied: - II Il a
great celebration in honor Of McCOole. "
Theraftsman INN ediately became highly
interested, and exclaimed; - What the
man that licked Jones2 I must see him
ANYHOW" and he pressed forward. Just
then his eyes fell upon a little man that
was speaking, and he asked another
spectator, Is that him pr "That's
/ nm. y was the reply, thinking he spoke
! Of Sheridan. The big timber driver
/ looked at the speaker fxedly for half a
minute, and then said 4; " WALL II that's
/ NoCooie, Aaron Jones amt worth {
I cuss. Call such 8 little squirt Of 8 man G
tighter r. and 80 saying he turned away
/ In evident disgust.