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REPUDIATaoN IN PRACTICE.

We happen to be the owner Of a five
dollar government nOte-in other words,
a ~greenback. On the face thereof Is the
direct pFOmiSe to pay, and on the back is
the following
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.-This
note is a legal tender for ali debts, public
and private, except duties on imports
and interest on the public debt, and Is
erchange0ble for U1ited States sir per
cent. tiCeBty gears bonds, redeemable at
the pleasure of the United States after
five years.
Turning TO the latest quotations Of the
market, We find that United States
HvetEenties are five to seven per cent.
pTemtUBs-thst is, hewhO has greeabacks
and wishes to exchange them for five
twenty bonds, must give a hundred
and five to zone hundred and seven doLa
lars in g~reenhacks for every one hun
bred dollars Of the five-twenties.
How is this? Does the governments
refuse to fulfill the stipulation printed on
the back of its notes? A private debtor
who should refuse to give bis note, pay
able five TO twenty years hence as should
suit bis convenience, for 8 debt already
due. would be considered rather slow [:
but, if he had expressly stipulated on its
law ~ W AA4AAa6SC DAo AEAkf d4Q ELDulu
nevertheless refuse to do it, would he not
be esteemed q barefaced swindler?
If the treasury will simply redeem or
fund its notes as it has expressly stinula-
ted to do, we can make short work with
the gold gamblers and spectators in
dear food. We guarantee au e~ffectual
check to imitation, ~hencefOrth if the
treasury will simply fulfill its own vol
Hntary stipulation aforesaid. The green
backs being clearly a forced loan, it is the
more incumbent on their issuers to fulfill
to the letter their engagements.
We call the attention Of congress, and
OF the secretary Of the treasury, 10 this
apparently r~epudiated promise. If the
secretary is not now expressly empow-
cred TO fulfill it, it is his plain duty to ask
congress for the needed authority, and it
is the imperative duty Of congress to give
it. Mr.. John Sherman, we believe, is
now chairman of the senate's finance
committee. If he does not see At to act,
we call on Mr.. Decentralization the
public confdes in as instinctively hostile
to lying by the ream-to institute the
needed legislation.-N y Tribune.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, March27.-John Ham was
nominated for mayor by the democratic
convention to-day.
The Merchants exchange passed a res
OlutiOn to-day ~suspending the GENITAL
system until adopted by other cities.
Gen. Sherman has issued an order pro-
viding that two pieces of artillery and
twenty muskets, with the proper ammu-
milton, be furnished each steamer that
ascends the Missouri river above Sioux
City the coming season.
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INGRAFITUBE

AS the Northern manufacturers OF
opinion are exceedingly anxious to con-
fer upon the heroic negro the privilege
Of voting, and nave an idea that, in the
language of a distinguished cultured
pusson, Zone man is as good as another,
in the long run, and a derned sight bet
ter" it is refreshing to know in what
estimation the superior race, who trace
their descent from the princely houses
Of TimbuctOO, Ashantee and Congo,
really hold the white trash to whom
they owe their emancipation. In Au-
gust, 1865, The Right Reverend Bishop
CLINTON, Of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church. addressing a
public meeting Of persons Of African
lineage st Zion Church in New York,
after telling Of his travels in the South,
held forth ungratefully as follows:
Everywhere the people thirsted for
education, but they cried out for cOlOred
teachers who would 60 among them and
share their hard crust, and would not
stand 50 far off from the patient as to
feel his pulse with q cane, as the white
physician does. There was too much Of
the yankee about the teachers and agents
who have charge of the colored folks.
He knew many Of these greedy yankees
who went down poor and are now get
ting rich while the negroes are suffering.
Benevolent people in the north send
down goods and food for gratuitOUs dis
tributiOn Tut they have 70 pay two dol
lars and a half for 3 pair Of sorry bro
gans, and so with everythingels Many
have no money, and hence 60 baFefOoted
and bareheaded, and almost naked, 10
the inclement weather. He had seen
starving women and children apply for
fsod; but the ration agents would often
turn them rudely away, to die in the
ditch. He had known persons do
government work for three years
and receive only ten dollars CON-
~peDsstiOn. The appropriations were
made, but other parties intercepted them.
No wonder il idleness is thus forced upon
men who may as well play as work for
nothing. But he repealed with scOrn the
accusation of general l~aziness or want Of
inclination to work. The fact was this
matter was conducted by the wrong par
ties. Why, he had seen folks get high
places on account Of coming from abOli-
ton states but they abused their trust,
and the colOred men prayed God 70 de-
liver them from such abOlitionists. He
had 6 one yankee girl going like an
angel Of mercy among the people and
striving to teach them but, st the same
time, the msjOrity OF those teachers"
would hear one or two lessons, dismiss
school, and her enjoy themselves in
carriages with the army officers, while
the children were neglected. There were
two schools in Norfolk taught by colored
teachers, and it was q fact that they beat
those taught by white teachers at every
examination. The reason was the col
ored people felt q pride in doing good for
their own people, and the others cared
for no ones interest but their eWn."
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FROM NEW

NEW ORLEANS, March 27.-Gen. Sher-
idan has issued an order reno bug from
Office the mayor of the city, "a attor-
ney general of the state, and JudA Able
Of the district court Of New Orleans.
Edward Heath has been appointed
mayor of the city, B. L. Lynch, attor-
ney general, and w. w. Howe, Judge.
Reports from points above on the river
state that the leVees are giving way, and
that the whole lower valley will proba-
bly be inundated.
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WILL JEFFERSON DAVIS BE TRIEO7
We do not believe there has ever been
n serious intention Of bringing Mr..
DAVIS to trial before q jury. 1t would
have been easy to hang him by q Mill
tary Commission; but it is a vsrydiffer-
ent thing to have sI the questions that
his case presents submitted to a jury.
The whole doctrine as to the nature OF
the Constitution, as a compact between
the States, as to the sovereignty OF the
States. and as to their right TO secedei
would be discussed. Northern Judges,
following Northern p~reeedents, would
probably charge the jury that they were
not the Judges of the law, but only of the
facts: for Judges are always ready to
encroaeh upon the prerogatives of jurors,
when required to do so by Power. But
all these questions would be argued to
the Jury, in full, as like questions have
always been argued by great lawyers IN
this and other countries; and tie right
OF the Jury to decide the law would be
insisted on, and exercised. The exam
pies set by EsKINE, GRATTAN, CURRAN,
BRoUGHAM and SHE'LL will never be lost
upon the profession. The right OF seces-
sion would be demonstrated the South
would be indicated and thousands
upon thousands Of the Northern people,
heretofore deceived and grossly ignorant
upon all these questions, would for the
first time learn, through the newspapers
reporting the trial, the South's justifca-
ton and the true meaning Of the COnsti-
tution. The Government Of the United
States does not court such discussion.
On the trial Of Queen CAEOLINE, forty
five years ago, BROUGHAM and DENMAN
were Of her counsel. DENMAN snimad-
verted so severely upon the testimony
and conduct Of the Kings brother, after
wards WILLIAM ", that he was sup
posed TO have lost all chance Of promo
ton to the Bench. BROUGHAM braved
official power, then welded by one OF
the most arbitrary and inscriptions OF
tbe British Kings. He did not fail to
even peril all hopes Of future preferment
nv the boldness Of his language and his
energetic d-enunciations Of the conduct
Of the unfaithful husband monarch,
though be was then exercising Imperial
prerogatives. The closing appeal to the
House Of Lords in behalf Of the injured,
but imprudent Queen, is a model of elo-
uuence and power. The vigor Of his de-
fence saved the case even before the
Peers Of England, where the royal infu-
ence and power might be supposed to
have the greatest weight.
II Mr.. DAVIS IS tried, there viii be
counsel in his defence, whom power can
not overawe, and who viii prove them
selves the peers Of the great lawyers
that have made the profession illustri-
Gus, and equal to the discussion Of the
questions involved, the greatest and
gravest, perhaps, ever debated IL court
Of Justice. 1t viii be the Southern peO-
pie arraigned and tried Tor treason, and
not alone JEFFERSON DAVIS their Chief;
and q whole peopleOn trial is no ordinary
spectacle. For Mr.. DAVIS, the trial
would be the crOwning glory of his life.
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FROM LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, March 27.-The river Is
slowly falling, with eleven feet six
inches Of water in the canal. The Argo-
naut No. 2 and John D. Perry left for
/ New ORLEANS
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rn nnnursroNpENTs.

No notice can be taken Of Anonymous Oom-
munioations. Whatever Is intended ier m
sertion in the AFFKA1, must be Aatnehl-
Gated by the name and address Of the
writar-net necessarily for publication, but
a. ! guarantee for his good nith and re-
sponsibnity.
An business letters for this of1ce should be ad-
dressed to a TIE APPEAL," Memphis.
All Communications for publication must be
written on one side or the page, and with
al other matters convicted with the edito'
rial department, should be addressed: EDt'
ToRs OF ArPEAL, Memphis.
We cannot ss q rule, undertake % return srt'
oles not found suitable for publication.
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TO THE PArRONs OF THE APPEAL

To TIE PATRONS OF THE APPEAL
In consequence Of Judicial proceedings had IN
respect to the interests OF different parties In
the APPEAL. the paper the printing estao-
lishment and the good viii Ofthe paper have
bean sold. and the undersigned have become
the purchasers
Every possible exertion wiz be made TO render
the APPEAL more acceptable 70 its readers,
and more desirable IS a medium Of adver-
uEing. Much more space win be devoted to
reading matter, and a special column be aP-
propuated weekly to Masonic Information.
The undersigned hope, by close attention 70 the
ahairs or the paper and once, to give !
claims equaIt TO those OF any other journal o
the city % the support and confidence Of th'
community.
IOHN q HOGAN a 60,
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TEXAS NEWS,

THE following interesting item abou
the growing crops is from the BOnham
NeUS: The wheat crop throughout thi,
section of country is looking exceedingly
fine, and if we can only have a LITTLE
rain, said an old farmer, such another
wheat crop was gathered as we
harvest this year. Our farmers are 20.
ing into corn planting largely, to have
breadstuRs for those who are coming
from the old states. There viii be some
cotton planted, but not a 1.-THE 10 what
there was in days of yore.
Maj II. IL Purdom has sold his in
terest in the Houston Journal 10 Col. ID.
w. Jones. 1t viii henceforwsrd be con-
Quoted by Diamond, Jones & Co.
The Marshall Repu51icdn says Mr..
johnson, livingtwenty miles from Waco.
on the Bosque, by planting his corn be-
tween his rows Of cotton, averaged on a
forty acre field, forty bushels of corn and
100 pounds of seed cotton to the acre.
In the AusHieTdsette we fnd the
following: Our travelling agent. ID. II.
IT, informs us, that when he passed
through Brennan, about two weeks
since, 400 bales Of cotton were living At
the depot, in an exposed condition, liable
70 take IRE from a spark Of the engine
An average Of 200 bales leaves there
daily and business seems 10 be brisk. e.
pecially with the cotton merchants.
The Marshall Aep16Acaa gives the
following account Of q special iail deIiv.
cry: On Saturday night last nine ghite
men, confined in the jail ia this place
raised the floor Of the prison and broke
through The brick wall and made their
escape. The sheriff, s. r. Perry, ESQ.
Immediately issued h~andbills, giving 4
fuil description Of them, and offering
twenty-five dollars rewanl for each one
arrested and returned I'd him. Only
three Of them, up to last accounts, had
found their way back.
The New Era mentions the follow
ing A few weeks since. the young Ia
dies Of Mrs. Dechard's school gave an
entertainment in the Union church, at
which were happy faces and glad hearts,
or the number who then participated ID
the musical exercises three have already
gone to join the chorus ia the courts Of
heaven. With what force do these dis
p~ensations come to US ALL
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FROM UHTCAGO.

CHICAGO, March 27.-The lake tunnel
was inaugurated yesterday, ana the
cornerstone of the new water tower laid
with imposing ceremonies.
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GAS.


The following paragraph may be Of
some interest TO the gas-csnsumers OF
Memphis, for whom gas ought to be
made IS cheaply as for the people Of Bos.
on. What it is supposed 20 cost here,
we have not inquired.
The Boston people have been looking
into the gas business, and have issued =
namphlet containing the result Of their
eommitteeis researches. The report
Sbows that the gas company Of Bos-
- has averaged twenty-five per cent
Lat opevery thousand feet Of gas, and
1T i~nthirty-three years it has cleared
HHar tbree millions OF dollars. The Boston
OonamissiOn find that about the same
Ooosfs are being made by companies all
over the country
Tbs following extract summarizes the
nastigation Of the Boston committee
- re@a1d TO manufacture;
-S.ars 70 the actual cost OF making gas, it
lnati6ed that durin6 the year 1865 the
Wes OF coal in Twelve pItnclpal cities
aHet-s - gross on; add y tnts - 70 per
was rrics Of labor ana OF tne lime used
Ton - We have SO as me total expense
InDL-fne each ton OF coal my rom 500
for . ea5ic feet Of gssi the cost er each l@o
reef being
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-Twenty-seven lines Of railroad are
contemplated il the schemes before the
Michigan legislature.
BY the decision Of courts in Eng
land, a nour dealer IA Toronto is pos
sessed OF S ,500,000, together with inter
est acerning thereon for seven years.
The glove trade in New York is said
to be larger than in Paris or London.
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FROM CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, March 27.-The river has
fallen eight inches. There is now thirty
three feet three inches in the channel.
The weather is cloudy.
The total number Of hogs packed this
season is 2, 495, 254.
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a advertising patronage Of the
states marshal Of louisiana is
10 be worth betwssn one and
hnndrsd thousand dollars.
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"A building association has recently
been organized in Martinsburg, vs..
There are 800 shares in it, each share
being fifty cents, payable weekly.
"A drunken man named Edward
Metcalf, OIL Thursday night, got his face
in the mud Of 2 vacant lot in Boston,
and, unable to get up or roll over, smoth-
cred to death.
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REBELLION, TREASON ASD oONFfS-



Once. on the rocky bluff Of a creek IN
New Mexico, we struck q spear through
a rattle-snake over six feet in length,
and lifted him up through 3 rift in the
rock to the open air. In his blind rage
he darted at the rock, and upon It broke
his fangs, and the yellow deadly venom
fell upon it in drops. Even such 3 rep
tile, blind with the scrid irritation of his
own poison, when the hot sun Of August
has dried up al the watet-brooks, is that
miserable, bitterly vindietive old man,
the human serpent with a broken spine,
who Kisses out his ~blasphemies in the
House Of Representatives.
We shall not poison the columns Of
the APPEAL with the venom distilled
from the heart Of one at whose mora
deformity and dark passions we wonder,
into words fit for the mouth Of FRAN.
CISCO CENCI, to whom religion, Shell
LEY says, "was q passion, a persuasion
an excuse, a refuge, v a check, y anC
who, while meditating the most afro
cious crimes, built himself a chapel il
the court of his palace, dedicated it 3
Saint THOMAS the Apostle, and estab
lished masses for the peace Of his soul.
He can truly say, in the words tina
SHELLEY puts in the mouth Of tina
horrible old man:
I" All men enjoy revenge and most exult
Over the tOrtures they can never feel
! Flatteriug their secret peace with others pan
But I delight in nothing else. I love
The sight Of agonv, and the sense OF JOY, 4
When this shall be auothers, and that mine.
And i have no remorse, and little fear;
Which are, 1 think, the checks OF ether men.
1 the rather
: Look on such pangs as terror i'll conceals;
The dry, fixed eyeball; the pale, qutvering Hl
Z Which tell me that the spirit Weeps within
Tears bitterer than the bloody sweat ofChrist
And like the CENCI, drinking out Of 10
at the death of his sons, STEvENi
standing on the very verge Of the grayr
if he could hear of the judicial murder
D those whom he hates as rebels, wOul
:. apostrophize his wine in CENCI's words
1 " COLD I believe thou vert their mingie
: Then wo1Id I taste thee ike a Sacrament
And pledge with thee the mighty DsVA
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LanAlscNpe GVrdening.
FOX SAFE.

HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
A niceiy papered and painted House on Pot
tcr's row, Shelby street, can be had At q bar
gain II immediate application rs made to
BEN1ON & MACLEAN, p Madison st.
Posse sion given. mh2R Sd
z K A E.
One Twelve Oh Horse Power Stationary
ENGINE n B"OILER-nearly new.
LUNN 4
mhQl I'm gaf WTafp 60
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UNDERWRITERS SIZE.
AVA. BoHE1nAN LAVA and pARIAN
Valuable Business Property
At Auction.

On THURSDAY MORNING, March 18th,
1851. at II O'Clock, on the premises, We
will sell, at Auetion, without reserve,
the splendid business property situated
on the Northeast corner or Second and
adams streets, and % used By Fisher,
AmIs & Co. as q marble yard.
This Is enc OF the best Business Corners
in the city, and viii be s~RbdlVided into
lets on day OF sale, and will be sold upon
long and easy payments. The title 20
this property Is iHdisputable, and viii
positively be s0id regardless OF the
price bid.
E0SSARRAT & MONTGOMERY,
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AUCTION.
UEDERRRLTERS "a


WILL be sold At our saiesroon THIS ,roB~
W ING Al 10 O'Clock, for aecoult ~ ToTe--
winters, an Invoices Of Dry-Gocds. sfc- 5or~rf
lo1 we ely usde, consisting OF dne PopIf-s
eotors ana mourning, scotch GiDghams G-s1,
aulne and M0na4r Dress Goods White 49,
Coiored Hibauds. Engiish Pins S1ooI So -
damaged IN transportation.
EO15TER, TEEZEVANT co
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ANNOUNCEMENTS


MN. z BARNETT is a candidat
w for Magistrate for the 5th Civil District {
shelby County. Election 9th April. mh2S e
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|ETII III IN
Attorneys az Law,
mh3-tf Z3 Main street. Mempbfs
. d b S - y
NOTICE.

THE COPARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
existing under the name Of Ames. Wood
bury 4 Jones'. is this day dissolved BY mutual
Consent. M. James 81. Beattie having pur-
chased the interest OF Seth 3. Woodbury. as
sumes his portion OF the responsibilities OF said
urm. The business viii be conducted hereafter
BY Daniel Ames, James NJ Beattie and Ed
ward q. Jones, under the name and style OK
Ames, Baattie & Jones.
N. Il. AN debts due the firm Of Ames, Wood
bury 4 Jones must De settled mmediately.
DANIEL AMES.
JAMES N. BEATTIE.
mh2f-tf EDWARD q. JONES.
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A very desirable residence. No. 10 Market
\ 9freet. viii be rented 90 q good tenant The
house is new; has six rooms and "A kitchen
/ Gas throughout the building. Closets in four
/ r. oms. Possession given on the 9TH Of May.
L Amply at the internal Revenue Once.
nlh2 lW.
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FOR RENT.

q ENT--A new Cottage on Allen
d avenue, close to Vance street. Of 8 rooms.
yard. good cisteru. etc. Rent moderate-pOs-
yaSsiOu immediately. Also. a new Brick, cor
uer OF Second and OvertOn eight rooms; fire.
pIace in every room and every room a front
room splendid place for a resident physician
Possession ist OF April. g. ". POOL. Rental
and Real Estate Agent. 1919 Main st mh9 In
u o r r L T
The house on Second Street. between BeaI
and Gayoso. known as the DR. LAIRD LACE.
will be rented TO a good tenant. Possession
gwen Immediately. Apply at the Internal
Revenue Office. mar22-lW
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Daniel Gutshall, q workman in
mill in Springfield, Massachusetts,, wa
caught by a shaft on Wednesday, an,
whirled round at the rate of eighty rev
olutlons q minute, until be was LITERAL,
beaten to pieces.
Two women claim Gen. Morgan L
Smith, United States consul at Honolulu
Sandwich Islands, as their husband. NJ
doubt one Of the women means some
other Smith. These Smiths are always
getting mixed.
&-A meeting was held at Savannah,
Ga, ON the 18th inst, at which about
three thousand negroes were present.
Three white and Eve black speakers adj
dressed the a~ssemblage. The speeches
were confined to topics of universal SUI
frage and right TO sit on juries. The
affair passed off quietly.
1T is unfortunately announced that
Gen. Lee isin favor of the people voting
for THE convention. He wishes the
south to get quickly and quietly back
into the union with such rights as are
left.
Two large schooner loads Of guano
are at Norfolk awaiting shipment % the
planters of North Caroline via the Sea-
board road.
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JOIN 5. c. HOGAN & 90.