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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-27
EUREKA AND PRATT's
SOUTHERN MADE
COTTON GIN

VIHE EUREKA GIN separates huIIs, balls ~
sticks frOm the Seed Cotton. and v-fiI -
for Itself In one crop OF 50 bales. PIP 4 ~
SIN needs no pulling but speaks for itssIf 49,
ike good wine, not forgotten BY thosz -
nave tried it Gtus repaired by a skllfuI a..
kess whils he was in the Con fed erafo SeI--7-.
Gin Bands, Gum and Leather, furniSbs,i =.
actDry prices Orders solicited and ,-,o-. -. =.
dIIed. Address, Memphis, Tenn, f--S
g. ". TRUEHEART
Care OF Farrtngton q Howell
arm Agent for Dauiai El--ses
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n CaIc.oio ladies o,f5 5refinement neva,

{ IN CHICAGO, ladies Of refinement never
think Of reading the daily papers, and if
they have occasion to look at one they
DO so where no one can see them, for
they would compromise their respect
sbility il they should be detected In so
doing
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a Gard.

WE will At once rebuild cur warehouse, and
feruber but by the ffst day or that month we
ys-iII be ready to receive goods ON store
1'he sheds viii be divided int Ere proof COM
rlartments by brick walls, and covered with tin.
i7fbose wno have patrOnized us for the last two
.seqsOus and thos- wLs may have proposed TO
3, lC 20 the approaching one, may rest assured we
Will be ready for them. ~
We design establishing Cotton Compress in
connection with our warehouse upon an ad-
,sceuf lot which will be ready by the lEt OF DC
soper or sooner. The proximity Of our estab-
fBsbnent 10 the river renders The handing Of
cotton 80 convenieH that we can transfer cot
Ton FOR shipment by river fres OF drayage. The
advantage OF the positiem Is equal - one ui Ry
s,.-e on all cotton sent Tor com press1nent from
amer warehouses. while on al cotton IN our
,rarphouse for cOmLpressInent there can be w O
travages saved, since 10 would be s-easy tor us
- transfer IL from our shed TO Inc compress as
1o urn il ont Ina The Ordinary. way far Transfer
i.y drAys . - s,,,,-,,,.,.,, -. ~
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KNABE PIANOSl
KNABE PIANOSi
7Tfn

THESE unrivalled instruments are fuiiy Vs.
4 ranted for ssven years, and are FOR sale A.
no. SIS MAIN ST.. jackson Blook., ,
Memphis. Tennsssss.
ssm ~ LEoPoLD s0zFE
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AooNDUCTOR Of - newspaper, speak
ing of a cotemporary, says: He was
formerly a member 0f Congress, but
rapidly rose till be obtained 4 respectable
position as an editors noble example
Of perseyerence under depressing circum-
stanees,n aa
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HERsAspo. -. Jans ls. lssl.
j. d mOh1 An
ROBERT TEMPLE,
V. A. MERRIWETHER
W. W. CAMP1ON,
NJ MAGEYENY,
JOHN AINBLIE,
... COmrnfffaa


. J. n. HAIL. Clerk. $3.50 r". ..L
.rfa.- .n-e. ~ .ns#.. ..H
The Prizes drawn on this occasion NUN bsred
Forty-seven, and comprised lois in Che vicinity
OF Memphis, Tenn, COriuth, Miss. and Her
nando, Miss, deeds 70 which have been made
TO the lucky tickeL-hOlders. Fer this, the Sec
oUd Driving, however, we are able 10 oner 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 to the public, We select
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ROBERT A. MOON,
Cotton H IA q tor
AND -t ta
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
g No. 27e Front Street, 10
MEMPHIS, TENN.

I IBERAL DVANCFS-Supplies at Whole
| 4 sale Prices. Comm ssion for selliug Cotton,
one DolIar per Bale. y = = LII 81 u u l
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EDUCATIONAL.
LAW SCHOOL.
MEMPHIS COLLEGE.

THE Law Department OF the Memphis Col
lege viii open on the FIRST MONDAY
0CTCBER. The following gentlemen COM
prise the Faculty: - Ia
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OUR LIST OF PRIZES.
The First and Capital Prize.

Col NJ. c. Galloway's valuable residence,
corner OF Court and Third streets Mem phis
one block only rom the center OF the city, and
in the vicinity OF all the Federal, State and
County Offices. Lot 81 feet mont by S3}S deep.
valued at $4,000. ''
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Third Prize.
Fourth Prize.

One residence lot adjoining above property,
2SXl00 feet; very available for residence and
desirably located. Valued atSSoo.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14
STATE NEWS.

HoME MANUFAcTUREs.-We were yesterday
shown samples Of cassimeres manufactured by the
Rock Island Manufacturing Company of Char
lotte, N. c. The goods are equal to any, and
superior to many, Of those have seen from
Northern looms. both in color and texture. There
is every incentive for Southern people to patron
ize home manufactures, and when. a superior quail
ty Of goods is offered at reasonable prices it is
worse than foolish to send their money abroad to
build up distant communities. 1.-THE Rock Island
Company would take steps to bring their goods
prominently before the people, we have no doubt
thew would meet with much encouragement from
Southern merchant = Wilmington Dispatch.
TRINITY CoLLEGE-We learn through DR..
Craven,%that Bishop Pierce will preach the
Commencement Sermon on the 18th of June
EgReports reach us from all sections of the
fine and promising appearance Of The growing
wheat crop. In this county, the prospect never
was better at this season Of the year. A gentle
man. who has travelled forty miles south of this,
gives glowing accounts of,he crop prospects be-
low, in North and South Carolina The wheat
harvest there will begin in three or four weeks
in Georgia earlier He reports the freedmen
working remarkably we'll in the section he visited.
We think the same may be said of them in this
county .Statesvale american.
EgFrom what we can learn larger breadth
will be planted in cotton in this State than in
any former year. Cotton will pay well at fifteen
cents This State will most probably produce
this year two hundred thousand bales. The
tobacco planters. too, are hopeful. The present
fine prices will doubtless lead to the putting in OF
a large crop.-Releigh Standard.
FRosT-A pretty heavy frost visited this
section yesterday morning. Salisbury Ban
ner, 10M inst.
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u. s. DISTRICT COURT for VIRGINIA.

RICHMOND, May 6-The United States Dis
trict Court, Judge Underwood presiding, met
here to-day. Among the members Of the Grand
Jury are Jno. NJ Bolts, Jos. Segar, Lewis Nc
KeDzie and five colored men. The Judge, in
his charge, congratulated the Jury, and said
that he was threatened with destruction by as
sassination, yet, thanks to Congress, the Court
met now 10 security. This promised better
things for Richmond, a city where the press had
reached the lowest depths of profigacy, the
pulpit had been prostituted by ministering gay
lothcrios, and Nervousness had ruled until half
the births were illegitimate. The jury would
have good deal of work, Guch of it created by
the decentralization of the people, by a disloyal
press, which bad encouraged perjury and coun,
terfeiting to cheat the Government. He called
attention to the fact that negroes were not al
lowed the freedom Of the street cars
The Examiner has information that the ses-
SION of the Court will be prolonged until the
adjournment of the Supreme Court, when Chief
Justice Chase will come here aud preside at the
trial of Mr. Davis. -.- e..s--ft ..-...a
l. Fl. Chandler, the prosecuting attorney. Is
now in New York, consulting with Evarts, Mr
Davis toIusel, about the trial. ... -,- 70
1.-THE language of Judge Underwo cd, to the Grand
Jury is no, only dsgraceful but is destitute of truth
Sucn JndgeS, that Str up &tEHe, are d uiSS NV ~
the high Office, and ought to be impeached]
Elk PRESIDENT DAVIS CASE.
RICHMOND, May Sit is new understood
that Chief Justice Chase will arrive here Mon
day next.
u S. Marshall Underwood to-day received
! the following writ, and leaves for Norfolk With
it to morrow
| The President fhe United States to Brtgodter
General Henry s. Burton, and to any per-
son or persons haUing the custody Of Jefferson
Dauis, greeting:
We command you that you have the body of
Jefferson Davis, by you imprisoned and detained,
| as it is said, together with the cause OF such
n prisonment and detention, by whatsoever
name the said Jefferson Davis may be called or
charged, before our Circuit Court of the United
States for the District of Virginia, at the next
term thereof, at Richmond in said district, on
the ID Monday in May, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty seven, at the opening of the
Court on that day, to do and receive what shall
then and there be considered. concerning the
said Jefferson Davis
| Witness, Salmon p. Chase, our Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States, this
first day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven W. Fl. Barry, Clerk Of the
Circuit Ccur. of the United States for the Dis
trict of Virginia"
Mr. Davis, when he arrives Sunday, will still
be in military custody, and will not be produced
in Court till Monday. 1t is stated that he viii
be kept in the Libby prison, where apartments
will be assigned him.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14
THE PROGRESS OF CRIME

Iftberei is anything of practical application in
the trite trusm that 1T is always darkest lust b.
fore the dawn" then we may possibly take to our.
selves some encouragement upon the score Of ar
approaching moral millennium; for, assuret,Iv
never in the worlds history has been Known
period more conspicuousy marked, than the nrss.
ent, in the extent and atrocty of its guilt ,Dd
crimes. We need not have recourse to The ed;.
flying columns of those choice purveyors of GRIM;
nal details and gossip on social deprayity. IN.
Illustrated Police Neos or The Police Gozen.
so long the contents of the daily journals of III.
North and West are SO largely occupied IN A..
counts OF crimes, the shocking character Of which
no less than the frequency Of their occurrence
makes the communities in which they are Der
periated shudder with apprehension. : 81 F,-tr,,
/, The newspapers are hurdened With detail. a,
iniqnties almost 100 loathesome and terrible 70,
belief In some sections of the country mani,
for blood seems to have seized upon eommuni,ie,
with the violence Of an epidemic disease Hu,.
bands murder their wives. and wives poison thei,
husbands; mstresses shoot their lovers, and zeal.
Gus paramours sacrificed in expiration Of III.
most unholy passions. Women are violated, and
even the helplessness of infancy and the ufrm,y
of age constitute vain appeals for mercy from
fends to whom pity and humanity are emotion.
unknowu.
What are the underlying social causes whence
springs this unparalleled ouicropping of licentiou,
ness 2 To what extent shall the carnival Of crime
continue? and what are the remedies, il asnyi
These are questions, indeed, which are much more
frequently propounded than satisfactorily answer.
ed. In the meantime, the virtuous sense of the
public recoils before the overwhelming and con.
stantly accumulatng evidences Of the sinfulness
which long since ceased to respect all moral au.
thority, and is rapidly tiding itself over all res
traints.-Rtchmond Times
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

A good anecdote of DR. Garth is told in con
nection with the Kit Kat. He paid visit to
the club one night, but said he must shortly go,
as he had fifteen patients to attend. Some good
wine, however, having beer produced, Garth
forgot all about his patients until reminded of
them by Steele. Hereupon, the jovial author
physician said: ats no matter whether see
them to- night or not for nine Of them have such
bad constitutions that all the physicians in the
world can't save them, and the other six have
such good constitutions that all the physicians
in the world can't kill them"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

So Postmaster General Randall recently
placed in the hands of the President his resig.
nation, that the vacancy thus to be created III
the Cabinet might be filled by citizen of one
of the Southern States, now unrepresented in
the executive council. The President declined
to accept the resignation.
The case of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Us. West Virginia was argued in the Supreme
Court last week. This raises the question
of the status Of Virginia as State in the Union,
as West Virginia denies the right of her Legs-
lature to make any valid enactments. The I'M
mediate question is the jurisdiction over certain
counties claimed to have been transferred by
fraudulent representations. 4 decree is asked
reinstating these counties to cid Virginia -
The argument will probably occupy two more
days Messrs Stanton, Addison aud Reverdy
johnson represent Western Virginia, aud Messrs
Andrew Hunter and Benjamin r. Curtis OF
Boston, represent the old Dominion.
Among the Presidents appointments to the
Naval Academy, at Annapolis are Thos Plum
kett of Tennessee Frank l. Clark of Kentucky
Perrin Busbee of North Carolina, and Jos II
Sands, son of Commodore Sands.
The Supreme Court will not have the rules
| in bankruptcy published and ready for distribu
! ton before the 18th of the present month.
the Civil authorities on Monday.
| A petition for the pardon of Mr. Davis was
started here. but met little favor from hi:
| nearest friends 1t is we'll understood that NJ
Davis has not made and it is said on good
authority, will not make any extra judicial ap
peal under any circumstances.
The noted japanese visitors had an interview
with the Secretary of State this morning. mostly
on official business; they remained about ar
hour, and then were accompanied by Mr. Sevart
| to the White House, where they the Presi
| dent again. The presents they brought will
them from Japan are in the Secretary's Office
! and will be presented soon.
| have it on good authority that Mr. Seward
has completed the preliminary negotiations fo
! the purchase of the Sandwich Islands. The
were initiated during Queen Emma's visit L
this country few months ago By the bye, i
is confidently asserted in we'll informed circle
that the next purchase will be that of th'
! British Isles.
Arizona advices say that the war Of cxter
mination has commenced against the Indilns il
tn 1t territory.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

THE LAST MEXICAN MAssAcRE.-The ao
counts OF the massacre at Puebla show that
sixty seven caEtured Imperial offce g were shot
in cold blood OF these, six lad the rank OF
General, sixtyo we're Of inferior grade. The
Liberals In this case appear to have been EMU
lous of the fame of Escobedo, who deliberately
ordered hundred and twenty three Frenchm n
to be shot, What terrible Judgment is to lie
visited upon these Mexican murderers for deeds
N ire appalling in their savage ferocity than any
h story has often recorded, We canno, tell. but
this is sure. that they have justly earned IL G
excavation of all mankind Their half GEN.
try Of revolutions upon revolutions have made
the Mexican people mad; and there is no telling
what atrocity they may not yet commit
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

A SPECTACLE IN TIE STREETS OF LONDON
An extraordinary sight, says correspondent was
witnessed in the principal London streets recently.
Rather more than thousand Of the most miser-
able wretches thaI ever wore the garb Of human
i:y, formed procession and marched in silence
from the neighborhood of Wrapping and White
Chapel 10 the ari>tocra;c quarters of St. James,
and Begravia There was no disturbance or ex-
cess of any kind. Every man was in rags, and
every form and face bore the unmStakable marks
of privation ant distress. A banner or two con-
tanned inscriptions indicative of their character
and their wants, and few carried money boxes
to receive any donations that might be bestowed
upon them. Why, know not, but it WAS not
deemed worth while to r'even. this demonstra-
ton on the part of the authorities, but the siokt
was one that did not tend to add greatly to an
Engshman's pride. These men, il is well known.
we've only the representatives OF body forty times
their number, for it has been asceitained that
there less than forty thousand in the East.
ern suburbs of London, not only out of employ
ment, but reduced to extreme de>titulion and de-
pendent Oh daily charity for their morse of bread
or cup of soup, that keeps the fan,e of life alive
within their emaciated bodies. 1t is friohtul
thing to contemplate, and what is to be the end
Of this state Of things Heaven only knows.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

MARRYING UNDER DIFFICULTIES Yes
terday morning couple appeared in the Pro.
bate Court and demanded marriage license
When the moment arrived for paying the fee
the man was for backing out, but the woman
said he shouldn't do that, ''not by any meaus,"
and she paid for the license. The couple soon
afterwards appeared at Justice Turner'S Office
and the woman made known her ''intentons."
The UNUSUAL appearance of the "happy couple"
attracted unusual attention, and large crowd
was soon gathered there to see the solemn
ceremonies When the couple were asked to
stand up aud face the music, the 'groom" tried
to back out, and the "bride,' seeing there was
no other way for it, remarked that he'd "qot to
stand it," and there 'was no use talking about
it" She caught hold Of the "doubting
Thomas" and squared him up before the JUS
tice, with the order for him to "sail in" Just
then the query arose as to where the fee for the
tying of the hymenal knot was to come from
The man said he couldn't stand the expense
The woman asserted that she had paid for the
license, and the man should pay for the marry
| ing. tie protested that be wouldn't, aud that
he'd 60 to Cincinnati to work The woman
caught him as he was slipping away from the
matrimonial moose, threw him down on the floor,
| and, taking some money from his pockets she
deliberately paid the Justice his fee, and then,
! holding on to her "feller," the knot was tied in
due form. All the while the bride was MUNICH
ing peanuts, and when the ceremony concluded
the floor was Uttered with the shells The
bride saluted her husband with, "Tom you're a
lIar!' Congratulations to the happy couple
were fairly showered down, and were charac-
terized more for their robusticity than their
delcacy; and the tride and groom left "the
prese nee" in condition of jolty which foretold
a bolsterous honeymoon. When last seen the
amable spouse showed her lord into the gutter
at the corner OF Jefferson and Second streets
Dayto" Journal, lst ...
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

PUBLIC DEBT OF TIE UNITED STATES -
The public debt statement shows that during
April the debt bearing coin interest was in
creased S4l SCI, $50; the debt bearing currency
interest was decreased s37, l65,O7O; the ma
tured debt not presented for payment de-
creased 1898, 18; the debt bearing no interest
was increased sl,39S, 1872 so; making an in
crease of the total debt during the month of
80, l6l ,724 46; the amount of coin in the treas
nry during The same period was increased
$685. 900 81; the amount of currency was
decreased $500 ,26s %; leaving total amount
of debt (less cash in the treasury of s2,64l,-
91419 less than on the first Of April last.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

CoNscIi ETIoUs A revolutionary soldier
was running tor Congress, aud his opponent was
q young mtn who bad ''ncver been to the wars"
and II was the custom of old Re, o u ioaary to
tell the hardships he had endured Said he:
Fellow citizens. [ have fought and bled for
my country. helped to whip the British and
the 1nlaus. I have slept on the Geld of battle
with no other covering than the canopy OF
heaven. l have walked over the frozen ground
till every footstep was marked with blood"
Just about this time one f the sovereioos
,w',o had become greatly interested in bis tale If
. ,ferings, walked up in front of tn. speaker
wiped the tears from his eyes with the extremity
of his coat tail aud Interrupted him with:
"Did you say you bad font the British sad
lnj:n,?"
ayes, sir" .....-.
add you say you had slept on the ground
while serving your country, without any k.ver!
IL did"
'Did you say your feet kivered the ground
you walked over with blood?" -....
Eyes" replied the speaker exultinely.
s'Well, them" said The fearful sovereign as he
gave sigh of painful emotion, IL guess I'll vote
for t'osher fellow, for I'll be blamed if you aint
done enough for your oouz,ry"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14
Gbt Westfrn Demntrat.
UNIVERSITY OF n. G.
CHAPEL HILL, May 4, 1867
CHARLOTTE, N. G.

CHAPEL HILL, May +, Ioo''
The annual Senior Festival was celebrated 10
Girard Hall, On the evenings of the "a sno 90
instant. Ga Thursday evening, the following
was the order of proceeding:
I. Influence of Education upon the Moral
Condition of a People-Willis Aston, Halifax,
N C.
H. We should not forget the past-W Fl
Reeves, SomervlIe, .Tena. ys.n4 a..
Ill Influence of Hope upon the Action of
Mcn-Geo NJ Rose, Fayetteville, n. c.
IV.-Rcman Elements OF Civiiization-Hin-
field Guthrie, Chapel Hill, N. q. .>7
v. To be Born, to be Married and TO Die
Robt w Means, Concord, n. G.
Go Friday, the following Seniors occupied the
stage: -.-f @@1# ri. ~-sa..-
i. Causes and Effects of the Crusades-Albert
G Carr, Chapel HILL v: G.
III. Alexander Hamilton-Patrick II. Win
-ston, Windsor, N e.
I'll. Abuses of William 81
Miller, Shelby, N. G.
Nv. The South and Her Remedies ohm G
Young, Charlotte, N. c.
All the Seniors acquitted themselves very
.ereditably, and will, therefore, make no dis
emotions. .-.....
:. % Saturday morning the Senior report vas
read as follows: -.-..
The first distinction in scholarship was award.
ed to Mr. Patrick Fl Winston Of BERTHE county,
". c., the ID to Mr. G NJ Rose of Cumberland
and the Sd to Mr. Robert w MeaDs of Cabarrus
county.
Mr. Winston will deliver the Valedictory al
Commencement, and Dir Rose the Salutatory.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

THE FEAR OF CoxFIsCATIoN.-One Of our
southern correspondents, writing from Mississippi,
says that among that people the existing recon-
struc,on laws Of Congress "sre not SO interesting
a subject Of consideration the threat of con-
,iscaton y that these military bills do not hurt
them; but that 1.-THE fear ofconfscaton is an actual
destroyer of confidence" and that all classes feel
the consequences. No doubt the late doleful
growl of confiscaion from the remorseless Stevens
will tend somewhat to increase southern appre-
tensions of worse things yet 10 Come than negro
suffrage but let the southern people in good faith
meet the conditions before them, and northern
public opinion will secure fair play from Congress.
There need be no fear upon this point.-New
York Herald
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH CoMpANY-A new
telegraph company, with the above name, and
General f Kirby Smith as its President, has
been organized with capital of $50, 900, and is
pushing ahead with considerable vigor 1t will
connect Cincinnati and 81. Louis With New
Orleans and Mobile. At Cincinnati it will con.
Dect with the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company, and with the Insulated Line will
make a continued line from Canada to the Gulf
of Mexico, competing so far with the Western
Union.