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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-06
EICH MOND

RICHMOND, December 5.-The case Of
Jefferson Davis goes to the United States
Supreme Court.
1t is understood to-day that it is the In
tention of Gen. Stoneman to proceed at
onee to apply the 14th Amendment in
filling the Offices of Clerks OF Courts and
Commonwealth Attorneys.
1t is officially stated that the July In
terest on the State debt of Two per cent.
Will be paid on the 1st OF January. Ia the
United States Circuit Court this morning
the Chief Justice gave certificates Of q
division Of opinion on the motion to
qussh the Davis Indictment. The case
OF Mr.. Davis in this Court was then con-
{inued until the May Term, in order that
the motion to qussh the Indictment may
be decided in the Supreme Court, before
the case is called sgain. The Court then
directed that q removal of the bail bond
of the prisoner be made.
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THE RAILWAY DE<TINIEs OF MEM
EsNHE

The Southern Railroad Association
proposes to build a road from Memphis
to Paducah. The real n sought, be.
yond the acquisition of $500, OG0, is the
control OF freights and travel from the
West. At a very early day the wealth
Of Arkansas becomes tributary to Mem
phis. This consummstion is achieved
not only through the completion Of the
road designated, but by steady adhesion
to a fixed purpose, through a series Of
years. Col. ETHEL II. PORTER has
become, as President Of q road
70 Iron Mountaln, Mo, the hold
er OF nor than a million acres
Of the richest a~lluvial lands In the
valley Of the Mississippi. To this road,
which will constitute q levse on the wes-
tern shore Of the Mississippi from Bal
mont TO this point and Helena, IL Il
supposed that Congress will lend
shsre Of vast sums now lavished upon
like enterprises In other seelions Of the
Union. Lands redeemed from overflow
by this road win be worth tenfold its
cost, and since the quantity OF cotton
thus added TO the crop Of the United
States will lessen the cost Of the cOmm6d-
ity, New England is more interested
than the South in the construction OF
Col. PoRTER's Iron Mountain Road. The
convergience OF the wealth, travel and
commerce. OF Arkansas. destined to BE- one
If the richest of American Ststss) at Mem
1hls, renders the ownership of the short
sst possible road from Memphis TO North
'rn cities, Of infnits value TO 'he So
Southern Railroad Association.
But there is even a Wider field for con
.emptstion. In the olden time, planters
Ooked with infinite satisfaction over
road fields adorned with snow white
Iarvests and each proprietor was a little
nonarch, boastful Of the good order and
I'D prosperity that reigned in has
tile prinelpslity. Memphis sls en-
hroned on the Chickasaw Bluffs sud
,oks far beyond Arkansas for the con
nes of her imperial domains. !
In bygone years Memphis, Ike idols- I
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A-ou,nr,,.n rarre,.


LOUISVILLE. Decenhfr ~5.-Tobseco, sales %
thdalow grades; rev leaf "a 25Gl4G p. Cotton,
&c. Hog, E7JsS p, Vr-Ss. Pork, 80 0G28 %.
BuiS shoulders, 9M@9Sc: sides, I3ZgiS1zr,
Lard. lHc. Grain uuelauged. whisky, rsW
iree, 81 90. RscslPya ~ cotton for the week .
1852 bales.
81. Loufs HaFke..
81 LOUW. Uecem0er 6-Tobeeco unchanged,
Supefins d0uP S5@8 2S Wheat 81 COOL q. Corn
90 zoe UaG 554555. Pork S22 500 3. Bulk
shoulders 99S9se; clear sides l C. Bacon, sides
Ie9ts1c. LarG lie. Whisky CSC.
CfsciHasgf Market.
crECLSFATT. December 5-Family -four. g 80
81 -. Wheat 81 rs. Corn g.. Oats Gees.
Cotton dui and nominal. &c. Whise $50.
POrk-s25. Bulk : ouldels SIC; sides I2al2jS3.
Lard lS<si454e. Butter 3jg39c. Cheese II sic.
Apples y 2@4 So CChse 2LGz5e. sugar i5G
leAc.
Foreign Markets..
~LrvERPooL, December 5-Cotton lower, clo-
sing heavy sales 500 bales; upIands, lid or.
ieaos, lISd
LONDON, Dec9mber 6-COnEols closed at 9254
@s2%. 5-2vE qaist aud easier at 744.
FRANKFORT, December s. Unitsd States
S us closed at TgI.
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Masonic TRIBUTE OF RESPECT


At a meeting Of Leila scott Lodge, No.. 2s9, F.
and A NJ, held at their hall in Memphis, on
December 8, 1873, the undersigned wera APP
pointed a committee to draft suitable resolu-
tions expressive OF the feelings of this Lodge
in regard TO the death OF Brother FREDKRICK
HOOK, beg leave 70 report the following:
WHEREAS, It has pleased the Supreme Arch
itect Of the Univor.o TO call from our Lodge be-
low to the Celes iaI Lodge Above cur late
Brother, FREDERICK Hook be it therefore
Resolvsd, ThaL the members OF Leila Scott
Lodge, No. 2s9, Free and Accepted Masons.
humbly bow TO the ~insCrutnble DEGREES OF our
Grand Master Above, ana express cur gllef at
the sudden death o. our beloved brother.
ResotUedi That We hereby tender our heart
felt s. mpathies TO the bereaved widow, or
Fhans a2d relatives.
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered
on our minutes, and q copy be forwarded to
the widowo of the deceased.
Res0lr6d, That these resolutions be published
in the Memphis Appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
AUGUST BLUM.
THO@. DONELbY,
AUGUST CORRELL.
m
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NORTH CAROLINA.

RALEIGH, December 5.-To the utter
surprise of the entire community here,
Gov. Holden has COMMITTED the sentence
Of Inc negro Alexander Willis, esndemed
10 oe executed yesterday, for the murder
OF Alexander Selh, to mprisonment for
life. L is a matter OF conjecture among
many what could have influenced such
sn extraordinary Executive clsmeney.
The murder was brutal aud ~atfocious be-
you'd comparison, and still exci.es the
highest indignation among the eolored
riufzeus here. A prominent Judge of the
Supreme Court is reported to have said
willis has been alunstic ALI his life. This
may account To- the Gyveruor's execu-
tive action,
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December 5.-A dele
cation Of Sscs and + K Indians called
on the President to-day, to complain of
their agent, who, they charge, is using
his power for the benefit OF traders re-
gsrdless of their interests.
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TELEGHApHIo BIKE


NOV AOEE MHAAfl
new YORK. December 5.-Cotton Is q SHADE
heavier and lower: upiands 2Hg2f4c. SuPes-
dne F.eur s. 60g6 10. Rice dull. Coffee STEADY
sugar, quiet; Cuba uG1IHc. Molasses, quiet
40az7c Wheat very nrm.
Dry GoOds-stsn ara brown sheeting l5Gl5E;
prints, l2hc; printing cloths, 7Aa7ssc; ether
grades are unchanged.
Moaey-fhs market is easier. Call IONS,
5G6e Sterling, steady, 9Eas%. Gold. 354c.
Tnera Is no ouange 10 border Stale bonds.
New Orleans Harlet.
NErE Il December G.-Fiour, quiet (;
81 90. Corn, in fair demand but lower. T7G
7ss Oats, lun, 35c. Bran, dull and unchanged.
Hay, prime and choice scarce; fair, $40 e09S2foo.
ok, Ia request at SIS so. Bacon, nFmer,
shoulders, I2e; clear rib sides, l6s; clear sides,
1870. Lard, quiet bns firm, 10 5leke; keg, lie.
SugAi firm. race pts all sold; common Sc; prime
l2c yellow clarified, lIsz9l2zc Molas ses, d m;
COMMON, AZ 950e; choice, SIC Whisky. Qntet;
Il 0oSl 051zc. Coffee, nrm fair, i49
ls/c; prime, 1BEGlg. Cotton, sales 700 bales
easier; mlddlings, ia g22Xc; move
nents were topped BY rumprs of disturbance
ia Pals (; tecsip s, f73l exports, 54l. Gold, 81.
seriing, commerce Il 4sH9s7c; bank G%S37%c;
New York signt,Ss 9hc discount.
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RHODE BLAND.

PROVIDENCE, December 5.-General
Grant arrived this morning. aud although
a severe snow storm was prevailing he
rode in an open carriage through the
principal streets, which were crowded
with people, to Gen. Burnside's resi-
dence, where rsany persons had an op-
pOrtuniiy Of saluting him.
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Ard RIVERS.

CAIRO, December 5.-Down-Dexter, 8
am; Clifton, 4 am Belle Memphis, 8
pin p, n. Strsder, 8 pm. Up-Kate
Kinney and City of Cairo, s am.
LOUISVILLE, December 5.-Tde river
is falling, with ten feet seven inches in
the canal. The weather is cloudy and
moderately warm. Barometer rising.
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STONEWALL ZOE SALR.


0WING 70 the failing health of JAMES
twko has been in charge OF the
premises as manager and partner foS the last
twenty hse years.. STOSEWALL.a farm en-
0facing about $50 acres of the choicest pOrfio1
OF the estate of the late DAVID CRAIGHEAD
situated In the bend Of Island No. "a. Arkencas
side, is now offered for sale.
There are on the place aoout $50 acres cleared
wei fencso, and now in cotton End corn I. ons
hundred aeles1n hae cypress timber, to which
rem the bank q the rivers, IN com olete nm
ming order, a tratnway. provided wHh railroad
TRUCKS, convenient for bringing lumber fo-
shipment The balance or the land is heavsG~-
tim0ered with oak, ash, walnut. cotton Woo.s
etc IL Is well leveed, and q large portfon ~
the tracs Ia entirely above the hiEhess dooS 1
There are also on the place comfortable HON 9
negro quarter, a gin and cotton trsEs. h. g.
stables, a fine apple aud a peach orcbarr LaS
everything in complete running order -,SnC
enumosr Of rel aole hands, who have Aso,
the place for years, who may ba emT - n
the pm chaser. Also, mules, horses, o LLoy
e. .Sufuefent u wolE IL, anc vef14S
aoout - N. These latter, IL will be sasf-s6o -
ciEpo@e OF 70 the purchaser Of he AM
koF further particulars apply q q
JA1ES + on The 'Praratsaz
X W.SONES, 12 front St reet Nemnbts
CRAlGAkAD, BREAST . GIBSON. -
DEF I'm aS~1F4e 1U
merotA (Daifes1 copy one VsonIh h. and 49, -
to d. Hidden. a2 Front street. Nenpb ! 81 q
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DIED.

H0FFA-At Auvergne Plantation, ITALIA
hatehie county, Miss, on Tuesday morning,
the 24th Of November, HESRY, aged 5 years
and 2 months, son of ]. n. Hofa and Elizabeth
DoBelson Martin.
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CINGINNATI.

CINCINNATI, December 5.-To days
proceedings in the National Board of
Trade were devoted to the finances.
The matter wss finally referred to q
Committee of Seven, who will report on
Mopdau
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&

GALVESTON, December 5.-A FIRE this
morning destroyed the wholesale drug
store OF w. II. Dial and the Internal
Revenue office. Toe building AID stock
OF drugs were insured for about one-half
their worth.
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JoHS REED.

CARPENTER AND BUILDER. No. e. JeFsr-
son street entrance In alley Special at
given to Stair WORK. Houses and We
randahz framed reedT Ns ehtppfnas tnovaim
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NEW m'NT

SATANTED-A situation as Book-keeper by
w a man OF several years' experience in
nrst-classb houses. The applicant was bern and
raised in the city, has q large circle OF ac-
quaintsncas, and can produce the best OF bust
ness references for honesty and capacity. VIII
be ready to lake a situation on January 1St.
Address @ z. ~. az this Office. dahI w
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BRICKWORK.

rHOMAs cUBBINS can always be found at
I I9I MAN STREET, corner Washington.
nSvsJms q THOMAS CUsRNA.
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Spicer * Sharpe,
S5E MAIN STREET,
MAGEvENEY BLOCK.

EAMILIEsin the country and city will ind
T f. TO their interest to call and look through
our stock. Our Gods are fresh, aud selected
expressly fer family use.
New Sugars and New syEups.
CurraBfs.C ifFon, s~nItsnR, Valencia and
Malaga EsfSios--Sf she new crop.
Fruhes-new crop.
spanish oEivss-vcry nne-zew crop.
Grass 4 BTaekwelI's celebrated English
PiekIes-a TsIa assortment. ALI sizes
new and fresh.
and fFesh.
des u SPiCER 4 SEARPE.
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T HAVE hts day retired from the firm Of
/ Ladd, James 4 fitchner ia order to give NY
attention to- farming. The Connsission Busi-
who will settle the business OF the lFte firm.
Z. q. LADO.
December 5. 1855. de. 81
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12

divorce from bis or her lawful companion whose
marital rights alone are supposed to be invaded.
But if adultery is a public crime worthy OF
capital punishment, let the punishment be adj
ministered after fair trial before an impartial
Judge and Jury, and no longer, as heretofore,
by the person most aggrieved and therefore
least likely to judge correctly either of the
fact or of the degree Of guilt involved. We
oppose capital punishment in all its FORMS and
we do not like it any better when administered
for adultery than when dealt out for murder,
nor when inflicted by an injured husband
than when imposed by a court Of justice. But
the temptation to make adultery or the sus-
picion of adultery capital, and punishable by
private assassination, will remain so long as
Legislatures refuse to make it a crime, and to
punish it, as they do seduction under promise
of marriage, and rape, by imprisonment in
State Prison.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12

The Ncw- York Times has letter from Hi
nOis respecting the late Republican State Con-
ventiOn, which, speaking of the gentlemen sug-
gested for Governors, says; -...
There were many objections 10 the nomination Of Col.
IngersOll, based chiefly on his well-known religious
views"
We do not happen to know "Col. Ingersoll,"
though we believe he is a member of the
House; and we have, of course, no suspicion
as to what are his well-known religious
views" but we feel impelled to insist that they
nOwise affect his fitness for political Office,
and should have had no influence one way or
another upon his nomination. He may or may
not be the man for Governor of Illinois, but
his fitness or unftness is nowise dependent on
his religious views.p
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12

We are favored with pamphlet Roll of
I" the Black Dupes and White Renegades who
".voted in Mobile City and County for the
Menagerie Constitution for the State of Ala
bama," which is announced as Published by
order of the Constitutional Club of Mobile"
The object of this publication is unQuestiOna-
bly, to prescribe and persecute these voters, so
that they shall be starved or hunted out of the
State. This is an old dodge, but it seldom
wins. We cite this pamphlet as an argument
for the admission of Alabama by Congress un-
der this "Menagerie Constitution If Seventy
Thousand Men, nearly all poor and dependent,
would brave the consequences of voting to rat
ify it-many of them knowing full well that
they did so at the cost of their children's
bread-they ought to be sustained and strength
ened Room in the Union for loyal Alabama!
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12
WHAT PROTECTIONJsTS BELIEVE.

Although we do not assent TO the Free
Trade doctrine, we at least understand what
it is and are capable of arguing against the
wisdom of applying it to this country at the
present time, without incorporating it or
stating that Free-Traders believe what every
Free Trader knows he does not believe. One
reason why We think We have got O little
nearer to the bottom of the Tariff question
than at least some Free-Traders, is that they
do not seem to have made up their minds
upon our doctrines, but TO have reflected upon
monstT0us Misrepresentation Of our doctrines
manufactured by themselves, and as unlike
the real article as an oval piece OF chalk is
like hen's-egg. When we see bipeds of the
Free Trade breed gathering these fraudulent
nest-eggs under their wings and broOding
over them, growing very lean and snappish
because they can hatch nothing out of them,
We feel sense of benignant pity that the
instinct which prompts them to incubate over
such matters at all is not coupled with the
sense to distinguish truth from falsehood.
The following extract from The Chicago
Tribune illustrates this incapacity:
Protection consists In leaving the exchanges OF pro-
duets free and unta1ed That the consumer pays the tax
certain that he purchases and consumes the taxed
goods The tax s not paid o1 OF the goods but out OF
the earnings ana wages OF tho purchaser n taflH is
nothing but tax on the earnings of the person who
buys the imported article. The notion that duty on
import protects" the and Is paid by the pro-
ducer is akin to the DID, exploded belief that the earth
stood t and the sun and stars reyolyed around IT, be-
cause IL seemed 20 the eye. An ignorant shallow
minded person apt TO suppose thata tax foreign
commodity Is paid by the foreigner and therefore pro
cos the home producer when In point Of fact tho tax
out OF the pocket OF the home OF the
article, and instead Of being benefit TO him, Is dead
loss.
The above extract assumes that Protection
afa hOl do ~ hn IN m
such imported goods as they consume. They
hold no such doctrine. The extract assumes
that PrOtectiOnists deny that tariff is tax
on the earnings of the person who buys the
imported article. They do not The extract
assumes that Protectionists hold that a duty on
an import protects the consumer of the thing
imported, and is paid by the producer No
Protectionist holds any such thing, nor any of
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12

Mr.. George b. Lincoln, an honest man, was
Ousted from the POstmastership of Brooklyn,
because he refused to attend President John
sons Philadelphia Convention. The President
then nominated for the position Thomas b.
Kinsella editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, and a
stanch Democrat. The Senate refused to con-
firm the nomination. The President thereupOn
nominated Johnson Democrat for the Office,
and the natural consequence has been defal-
cation and O suspension.
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12
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ACADEMY or MUsIC-1hls Evenng'-OlauOh OF
Wendell Phillips on "Daue ConreL'
Arr GALLERY. No SO BrOadway-Day and Even
N..i pairi' ~ New BepHbhc Or Emancipation In
a.. rr.rt strts" Also. Foreign Ol Paulrss
BROADWAY TUrUfE-IhS Afternoon and Even
FRENCH THEATER-lhiS Evening -Rchings En-
d., O,ers. 80 "Mantala'
ItprtI- AVE ART GALLERY, corner Fourteenth ST
Ia. ni ubacs Cartoon, The Era Of the Reformation
Tbe Od Osktn Bucket
IRvING HALL-This Evening at 7s.-Blind Toms
Concert.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Day and Evening.
Pieiutes aud Sculptures
NIBLO'S GARDTN-ThiS Evening at u" The
white Pawn" Parsenue Ballet Troupe. Nile. De Rosa
OLYMPIC THEATEB-1his Evening at s." Iiumpty
Dumpty' q. L. Fox
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREIS, No. 5Sj Broadway
This Ryeung 80 O. Birch Wambold. Bernard and Baekus
WMIACKS - This Evening at s. Town and
Country ID w. Wsliack, Charles Fisher
WOHRElI SISTERS NEw-YORK THEATER-This
Helen" Too Much for Good Nature The
N0frel sister, 81. NJ. w. LetugweL
New-York tribune., 1868-05-12
TORACCO FRAUDS.

A Brooklyn correspondent writes as that the
only effectual remedy against the universal
frauds on the revenue by tobacco manufac-
turers is to require every package Of tobacco
put on sale to be stamped according to its
value and authorize the officers TO seize it il
found unstamped At present, the business OF
legitimate manufacturers who pay the 40 cents
per pound tax is completely broken down by
competition with the irresponsible swindles
who evade the tax altogether. In Brooklyn,
three factories alone have capacity for turning
out 10000 pounds per day, and are evadng tho
entire tax. So in New-YOrk, Philadelphia, and
the Western cities Formerly, all manufac-
turers branded their tobacco, and the leading
brands had a reputation that was OF great
value. Now, nearly all tobacco Is sold with
out brands. The general practice Is
to hire some irresponsible stool-pigeon
to incur the risks Of manufacturing
subject to the revenue penalties, while
the parties who furnish him with the capital
pretend to sell him the raw material, and buy
from him the manufactured article. While the
reputable manufacturer is thus driven out OF
business by the smuggler, the profits charged by
the latter are such that the consumers pay nearly
as high prices for tobacco in all its forms as If it
had paid Its full tax TO the Government. The
tax acts, therefore, as a tax for the benefit of
smugglers, dishonest inspectors, and revenue
thieves. We have no doubt the stamp system
would be more efficient for collecting revenue
on both tobacco and spirituous liquors. But
in addition to the stamp system, there are
needed reorganization of our whole Internal
Revenue Department; a yigilant prosecution of
all offenders, a removal of all slow, dishonest
or inefficient assessors, inspectors and collectors
and the appointment of new men after ex-
animation by Board of Examiners. Moreover
it is not improbable that some plan of holding
officers pecuniarily responsible for the loss Oh
revenues may have the effect to secure that
vigilance in the collection of the tax which is
needed If every other plan fail, it would DO
cheaper and better to farm out the whisky and
tobacco revenues to the highest bidder at public
auction and let them be collected on specula'
tiOn, than to leave them as they have hereto
fore been, almost wholly uncollected.