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stripped II bare. And he had written
General Pillow plausible reasons for
visiting the place on the same day, which
General p, without any escort, started
to do, going half way to the place, and
only being prevented from arriving that
day by an accident to his horse, or SINH
lar hindrance, on the way. Thus he was
saved from imprisonment. He who will
place confidence in the African race any
longer is blind or stupid. The negro
was never permitted to testify in our
courts, not because we wished to Cypress,
but because we could not believe him.
We are willing to educate and elevate
him as much as possible, for the sake OF
the country be inhabits. But there is no
possible training or education which can
prevent his being always ignorant of all
wisdom, vicious and treacherous. AS he
is now the sovereign, we advise the emp
tying the penitentiaries of the rascals,
who know thing or two, to help him
govern. To reduce the ignorance of the
ruling power is a point gained. Want
of gumption to rule well is almost as bad
as the disposition to play the tyrant.
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gGa. Miss Annie Surratt, who was made
an orphan by murder the most diabol-
ical and cold-blooded that ever stained
the escutcheon of nation, has left her
native land, probably forever. She sailed
for Europe on the 10th, and will probably
be Joined abroad by her brother, when he
is released Flee where they will, the
memory of their prosecutors will 80 with
them-even down to their graves in a
foreign land. Unhappy exiles f! With
what feelings will they be looked upon
over the waters, by those who have heard
so long of the boosted liberation and
republicanism of our Government and
institutional What representatives for
us to send abroad
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IcoNocLAsTICIsM.

The name of isms and insane absurd
ties and Authorizations in the Northern
States is legion. The last invention is q
controversy and criticism out of which
comes the almost sacrilegous denuncia'
ton of the greatest and best men the
country ever produced What is to be-
come Of country in which the Wash
ingtons and the Henrys are unworthy,
and the Puritan is the patriot While
il is about its wise legislation" it would
be in keeping with the progress Of the
age" if Congress should pass a resolu-
ton making theft praiseworthy as the
rule, and the getting caught at it alone
disreputable. A people who can calum-
Mate the dead great and good have
written their infamy in lines as patent
as the bolt of Jove strikes on the thick
darkness of the upper deep, and as in
deible as the grave and the depths OF
hell.
The thought has been suggested by
the following paragraph, which we clip
from the Chicago Times:
AThe Times has before pointed to the
fact that this is an age of iconoclasts
Confrmatory evidences of the truth OF
this assertion come to light with every
day Now a gentleman ruthlessly demol-
ishes the romantic structure built upon
the foundation in the tender relations OF
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas.
Now another goes to work to prove that
the story of George Washington and the
ample tree had an existence only in the
imagination of the originator Still
another writes a book and knocks the ira
ditions of the middle ages into cooked
hat, to use familiar and very expressive
slang phrase. The latest specimen OF this
iconoclastic tendency is to be found IN
dispute carried on in the columns OF
two eastern newspapers, the result OF
which, if the deductions from both are
accented as true, is, that both Patrick
Henry and Jefferson are no longer to be
classed among the disinterested and pa
triotic fathers of our country; and that
Washington himself was not always ac-
tuated by the purest motives IN the
world. The Philadelphia Age rakes up
a document which purports to have
been written by Jefferson, in
which the latter charges Patrick
Henry with "parsimony," "a rapaciiy
"for fees" "apostacy," etc ; and Wash
ington with being a party to small
stratagem for buying up political ad-
yersary. In answer to this document,
communication appears in the columns
of the New York World, and is given an
editorial prominence, which alleges that
Jefferson had become imbecile at the
time of writing the document in question,
if he wrote it at all and that this was
not the only instance in which he allowed
his personal enmity to influence his pub
licly expressed opinions in regard to his
contemporaries.
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SHALL THE REPUBLICAN SYSTEM BE
PREsERVEDl

There are few facts just now which
give rather an uncertain sound, and
which scarcely do more than warrant
conjecture, which nevertheless may be
regarded as ominous for the future. 1t
is palpable that the Radical programme
of niggerising eleven States has already
disguised the more thinking, dlspas-
.sioned and reputable men of the North,
whether Democratic or Republican. The
naked facts are too repulsive to fail Of
nauseating the stomachs OF decent men,
and the effect produced, when it becomes
fully apparent, may prove astounding
The ablest papers Of the northern cities,
including some of the more moderate
Radicals, already speak this out AT
their head stands "tbe thunderer Of
America, the National IRtelligeRcer, the
most consistent, dignifed and greatest
daily journal Of the world. Its articles
are published in a thousand papers, and
read By millions, while, following IN its
lead, are hundreds Of papers and men OF
more intellectual power than ANY con-
neoied with the present national govern
meui, or belonging to the ranks OF the
Roundhead, Puritan, prickeared RAD
cal army.
We are not prepared to believe that
truth and reason have lost their power
over the masses Of the AufFioan public.
And therefore we suggest The hope that
the mind Of the country which is being
leaveued BY these mighty agencies ofths
press. which has been pronounced more
potent than the sword, viii come ere
long under the control o. the better
judgment Men viii likely think fast,
If once awakened 10 the startling fact
that the issue presented is whether We
shall 70 through anarchy TO despohsm,
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EdT Who ever knew a candidate just
before an election, at which he after
wards received nothing more than a
passably respectable vote, that did not
think be was sure TO be elected, or fail
to express that opinion with great energy
and confidence It is not strange nor
dishonest, and only shows how easily
men are deceived into really believing,
what, in their enthusiasm for themselves
or their cause, they earnestly desire
should prove to be true in the end.
We have just observed new instance
of this kind, which conveys an additional
lesson. The assertion of DR. Leftwich,
the Conservative candidate for Congress,
made at the GreeDlaw Opera House the
night before the election, that " q grand
swell had begun among the negroes in
favor of tie Conservative side, which
wonld carry the day, and which it was
too late for the Radicals to counterfeit"
sounds rather dat just now. Cufy is an
adept at deceptioni and Cpfy met the
Doctor and told him yes, massa, Use
gwine 10 vote the 'Seryativo ticketi Use
gwine wid de white folks" He
bowed low, and reraped far
back, and smiled Handy, and showed
his ebony and obsequiousuesE, as cufy
knows so well how to do; aud the doctor
vas taken in by it. We are ashamed to
say that be was not alone in this-that,
knowing the negro SO well as we all do,
any of us should have put faith in him.
/ But so it is; and we have now 6 lesson
which we shall not be weak enough again
to forget "A burnt child breads the
fire" The fox cannot be caught twice
in the same trap. But served him
right must be The verdict against US for
the folly we have committed in placing
confidence, where all the lessons Of our
life had taught us all confidence was mis-
placed.
Agassiz has shown the strong family
likeness Of the negro 10 the monkey and
the ape, and We may well expect to find
the same constitutional characteristics.
We remember to have heard, that during
the war, Gen. Pillow had one servant,
who had never left him. TO whom he had
always been as kind as it was possible to
be, dressing him elegantly giving him
all the money he wanted to spend and
very little to do, treating him as gen
tleman by every mark Of politeness, and,
I believing him truthful, honest, and not
treacherous,p placed in him unreserved aud
unlimited confidence. To the negro he had
ever been a benefactor, rather than a
master. Bot the ungrateful wretch re-
turned al the benevolenee ard kindness
Of a lifetime with an attempt TO capture
the General himself BE led the Federal
forces 10 bis masters plantation, and
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THE NEWS.

Our noon dispatches are highly I'M
portani
Captain Elias Guy, who has served as
Chief of Police in Norfolk, Va, for the
past thirty.six years, died in that city on
Monday.
Al a Radical caucus in Nashville, on
the 18th, it was decided to run negro
candidates in the fourth and tenth wards
of the city at the forthcoming municipal
election.
The authorities of New Orleans have
seized the brig William Anderson for
bringing over Coolies from Havana, and
the men and officers in charge have been
arrested.
Twenty.three new cases of yellow fever
were reported at New Iberia, La, yester'
day No deaths, however, were reported
and it is said the disease is assuming a
milder form.
It's rumored that o. Haran has been
captured in the neighborhood of the City
Of Mexico and ordered to be quito death.
An earthquake is reported to have oc-
curred in Java on the 18th Of June,
resulting in the destruction of an meal
culabIe amount of property and three
hundred human lives
The first through train on tho N. and
N W.R. R. has reached Nashville.
The report of Secretary Randalrs in
tentiou of resigniBg his position in the
Cabinet is pronounced unfcunded by the
National Lstel1igencer
An Indictment has been found against
Judge Thomas, of the Alexandria Circuit
Court, for an alleged violation of the
Civil Rights bill in refusing to admit ne
gro evidence. He was arrested at his
residence at Fairfax c. H. yesterday,
and will be brought before Judge Under
wood at Richmond.
It transpires that an Austrian alliance
was guaranteed Mexico in return for
Maximilian's life.
The widowed Empress Carlotta is at
the royal residence at Tarnia, near
Brussels. She arrived on the 18th inst.
The Empress Eugene will accompany
Napoleon on his visit to the Austrian
Emperor at Salisbury.
"Blackbird won the hurdle race on
the Saratoga track yesterday in four and
n half minutes. A four mile race was
won by Coward " in 1881. Duke OF
Orleans won the mile and half dash in
2:4Ol.
Gen. Rousseau is still in Washington,
awaiting the arrival of the Russian Com
missioner, with whom he will proceed to
Sitka, to receive the formal transfer of
Russian America, as agent of our Gov
eminent
AParis paper accounts for Garabaldfs
abandonment of the movement on to
Rome, by the fact that the Italian Gov
eminent has decided on the formation
of fixed corps of observation on the
pontifcal frontier to consist Of 1900
to $1,000 men.
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Office Metropolitan ROlice Com
miSSiOnerS.
MEMPHIS, August 9, 1851.

MEMPHIS, August 9, 1871.
]. D. Davis, Tax Collector on Privileges;
am instructed by the Board of Metropoh-
tan Police Commissioners to notify you that on
and after the 10Th instant you will he required
to collect the sum of ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS on all licenses granted to
keepers of tipping houses within the city of
Memphis, as an annual privilege tx. No
further demands will be made of ten per cent
on amount of stock purchased during the pre-
vious year from parties taxing cut new licenses.
This action Of the Beard is based upon the fol-
lowing section Of the amendment to the City
Charter passed March .. 1857;
"sEo. IS. That the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen is authorized to increase the tax on
tipplins houses to two hundred and fifty dol
lars Per annum. and in case Of neglect or re-
fusal to increase it to at least one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum. then the Board Of Po
lice Commissioners is hereby authorized to levy
the said tax Of not less than one hundred and
fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and
City dollars. the same to be collected By the
Tax Collector as in other cases"
You are furthermore instructed 20 institute
suits AGAINST parties whose Licenses have ex-
PRED. and who have failed to make payment
Of amounts due the city for the ten per ecntur.
tax on the amount Of their purchases o: stock
as required BY existing ordinance.
am further instructed to inform you that
the Board Of Police Commissioners have in
contemplation still further increase Of this tax
to two hundred and fifty dollars PER amen.
and that such increase will probably be made
On the lst Of September next
s. B. BEAUMONT.
IH sup't Metropolitan Police
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LONDON, August l3.-Advices from
Shanghai give the following accounts OF
the conflict between two steamers of the
American squadron 10 the Chinese waters
and pirates of the island of Farmosa.
| The United States authorities have re.
ceived neither satisfaction nor apology
for the murder of the crew of the Ameri-
can bark Rover. The men-ofwar Hart.
ford and Wyoming have been ordered to
the scene of outrage on the island Of Far.
mosa, and sailed in June. On arriving
of shore, demand was made for the
surrender of the murderers, which was
not complied with. In the meantime, it
was apparent that the natives were pre-
pairing for fight and the shore was Wig
orously shelled by both vessels. Several
boat loads of sailors and
mariners subsequently effected a
landing, and sharp fight ensued with
the Fermosans, which lasted over five
hours. The heat was intense, and five
officers and men were reported sunstruck.
Lieut.. Sidell Mackenzie, one of the land
ing party, died of his wounds. AT night
all the fighting party had Withdrawn
from the shore, and the bombardment
was resumed and continued while the
natives disappeared.
The Hartford and Wyoming sailed for
Shanghai, where they arrived on the 18th
of June.
The latest advices from Japan, via
Shanghai, report that the case of the
ship Anna Kimball, seized for infraction
of the commercial treaty between China
and the United States, has been satisfac-
torily settled
LONDON, August l3.-The reported
differences between Prussia and Den
mark, in regard to North Schleswig and
the execution of the stipulations of the
treaty of Prague, are in fair way to be
settled. Negotiations now going on
between the two countries indicate
disposition on both sides to come to
speedy agreement.
PARIS, August l3.-Reports from Can
dia say that Omar Pacha has resigned
the command of the Turkish forces
No reason being assigned, the report is
not generally credited.
FLORENCE, August l3.-Garibaldi is at
Sienne, where, it is said, he is actively
engaged in renewing preparations for the
movement on Rome.
DUBLIN, August l3.-Capt Moriarty,
the leader of the Fenian rising in Kerry
county, has been sentenced to imprison-
menl for ten years.
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B@~ Gail Hamilton, whom an ex-
change mentions as stiff little Radi-
cal, says of Brownlow, that the reck-
lessness, profanity and uncloanness Of
his speech are such that it is difficult to
conceive of any combination of circum-
stances which should make it the duty
of any man to propose or support him
as leader in any measure affecting the
welfare Of society"
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HA. A medical writer says: Disease
is simply obstruction. The man who can
touch the bottom of his lungs with bit
of fresh air, and the end of his toe with a
little blood, may laugh at the doctor and
break off acquaintance with the under
taker. He is sure of getting into the
nineties.
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H0s The Kennedale factory, in the
course of erection near Tuscaloosa, Ala ,
will be the largest steam cotton mill in
the State, and one of the largest in the
country. Its construction is to be after
the most approved plan of English mills,
and all the machinery for spinning and
weaving was purchased abroad
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peA- Among the arrivals on the l0:45
Louisville train yesterday forenoon, was
our cotemporary of the Helena ARK
pShield, Col. O. K. Underwood, en- route
from the North. He leaves for Arkansas
to-day on the Henry Ames.
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E0~ A North Carolina paper says
Thaddeus Stevens, General Farnsworth
and N. B. Judd, all members of the
present Congress, have purchased gold
mine near Charlotte, in that state.
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RAJ Who are they that favor a black
mans government Does any one an
swer2 Does any man favor 1t whose
color is white and who is not running
for some Office or expecting some ap-
pointment, or alarmed about confsca-
ton. We speak of Southern Radicals
We have often remarked the extreme
reticenee of some very rich men=-capi-
tai is timid. We have seen man worth
half million, half insane and as miser-
able as it is possible to be, with hell
in his bosom, consisting of the dread OF
being robbed. Such man is the poor
eat Of all outcasts. And he will be likely
to 90 lust now for the black mans gov
eminent, because he weakly thinks the
clover will be found on that side of the
fence. What a blank face he will have
when he discovers that is the weak side,
that all the rogues are or that side, and
that he has fallea among thieves at last
after all bis anxiety to escape them.
What a yillainously black heart white
man must have who is on the side of the
black mans government Not one is
there who Is endowed with sanity and
sense without an intensely selfish motive,
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WASHINGTON, August IA. -Itis certain
that to day an order was issued by direc-
ton of the President, through General
Grant addressed to Mel. Gen. Sickles,
instructing him that no order can be
properly issued and enforced in conflict
with the courts in the United States This
revokes Sickles order No. 10.
A New York special says bill is be-
ing prepared by prominent Southern
Radicals to enforce the conhscation
laws, and so modify them as to resurvey
all Of the seceeded States in the same
manner as public lands are sur.
veyed, and to grant presumption
rights to the freedmen, and
Union soldiers. Three hundred millions
Of dollars, proceeds arising out Of sales,
are to be used in reimbursing loyal men
for property destroyed and confiscated
by the Confederate government, and the
balance will be set aside for paying pen
sions to Union soldiers. The bill pro
vides that after a survey is made the
land shall be offered for sale to freedmen
and discharged Union. soldiers at the
rate Of 81 Is per acre, payable in twenty
wears at an interest Of six per cent.
per auuum, other parties to be
allowed to purchase at twenty-five per
cent. cash, and equal annual instruments
for three years at elk per cent interest
The last section provides that disloyal
persons shall be allowed to retain prop
ertv TO the amount Of Eve thousand
dollars. providing the limit Of such
property DO not exceed the legal sub
division 81 one hundred and sixty acres.
Another special says it was agreed IN
The Cabinet, Grant approving, to insiruet
Gen. sicklos that he was, in no case, to
interfere with the mandates Of Federal
Courts. lis believed by the President
that reconstruction can 60 on without
abolishing every trace Of civil govern
ment in matters Of local legislation not
opposing the theory Of reconsiruetion-
II IA eonsidered that ihe State Legislature
should be allowed 20 have their own way.
This new order. therefore, is the result o
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japanese Seize the KImDall
Highly Important POlIcal News
COnilscatlOn OF Southern Lands
FOREIGN.

OF the Engagement Be-
tween the United States Men-of-
War and Pirates in the Chinese
Waters - Tho American Ship
Kimball Seized by the Japanese
Authorities Released-Prospeo-
tive Settlement of Difference Be-
tween Prussia and Denmark.
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BeAp A large public bath house was
opened in St. Louis yesterday. Just such
an institution is needed in Memphis.
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r6- We are pleased to see that move
men,s set on foot at Nashville for the
purpose of introducing white labor into
Middle Tennessee are proving a success
Thousands have already been brought 10
through agencies in that city, or other
wise arrived there, aud are distributing
themselves over the country. We trust
this is the beginning Of improvement
heralding q better era. Scatter a nil
lion German Pennsylvania farmers
through the South, and il would soon
begin to bloom in IFS pristine Beauty.
For the cities the Irish, and Tor The
country the German suit the best Get
them here and We shall get rid Of negro
domination AZ least, and renovaie ibe
country.
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peA. The Pittsburg Post suggests that
the negroes of Tennessee, under the
same influences, would have voted for
General Forrest just as readily as for
Brownlow. We have no doubt Of that,
and if they all knew the facts about beth
men and voted for the one who was the
best friend to them, they would choose
Forrest Brownlow has done them all
the harm he could, while Forrest never
did harm them except in fair fight on the
field of battle. Besides, Forrest would
do what he promised them, and Brown
low would not, according to the authority
of one Of the colored speakers Of the
late canvass he declared that he bad
worked for Brownlow five months on bis
fair promises, and never got any pay yet j!
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U. S. Men-orWar and Pirates
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
u. A. O. ID.

u. a. o. ID.
rVHE MEMBERS OF THE MEMPHIS
l Grove, No. 9, U. A. 0. D., are hereby no.
titled to attend the Special Meeting, next
THURSDAY, August 9TH, at o'clock pm,
precisely. as business If importance will be
transacted. Brothers of other Groves are spe-
cially invited. Ry order of j. BAER, N. A.
CHS. G0LESTEIN, Secretary.
IAppeal COPY
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CENTS

VIII make you as merry as a cricket for =
10 come. We want at least twenty five
scrihers from your town, and you might as
head the listus
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Dry foods, Groceries, Liquors,

Cigar, Boots and Shoes. QucousEare, etc, etc.
And L viii sell said properly al public auction,
ri the stOfehouso II saii lsaacs, q shove, On
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2irH. 1851 for cash IN
hand. % satisfy said execution ana costs
sale % commcnce a. 10 o'clock an. ~ said
aev ~ eontinuo from dsy % day until dis-
1901 II SAM. II. JONES.
u. s. Marshal.
Br1. W. GHfFFTTH. Deputy.
L. Marshai's Once, AUG. Is, ls7. lis
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WASHINGTON.

Directions to Satrap
siokles-No Orders to be En-
forced in Conflict with the Courts
"A further Scheme of Oppression
being Devised by southern Rem
characterization and Parcel
ing out of Southern Landslide
Negroes to be Provided for at the
Expense of Rebels Further
Rumors of Decapitation among
District Commanders.
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BY 4 ELEG RAPH.
--latest TO Noon To-day.

Very Interesting Foreign News
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YEAR.

Young man we know Of in your town.
along your stamps-the more the merrieri
when our subscription listruns up, we will
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