Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-14

THE ST. LOUIS PRovIDENT AssoCIA-
TIoN.-This truly charitable association
has been in existence in st. Louis since
1860, and has been the means Of relieving /
a great deal Of distress. Those to be aided
consisted then, as now, of the following
classes: lst-Temperate, industrious, Ia
borers, who, in time of distress, are either
without work, or fud their earnings
insufficient for their families. 2d-Indi-
gent widows, or deserted wives with
young children, whom they are strug.
Cling to support aud educate. 3D.
Mothers who by the needle are striving
to earn a'scanty subsistence, rendering
charity necessary to keep them from
suffering. 4th-The sick and bereaved
generally, who have been brought by
their misfortunes and the times 70 tenn
porsry want. 5th-MechaDics, who
usually provide Tor their own support, but
by loss Of employment and exhaustion
of their means, are compelled TO apBly
for aid. The efforts Of the Association
in aiding each of these classes, have
been to preserve their self-respect and
sustain them in any respectable position
they had previously held, thereby, II
possible, to save them from sinking into
abjeet poverty.
by cooperation in cities through
similar associations, an immense amount
Of suffering might be prevented, and at
very little expense to those able to con-
tribute, 10 matter how small the amount.
TIE SETTLE-F9sTER MURDER CASE.
1t will be remembered that several
months ago, DR.. M. Settle, CT Pamela
! county, Mississippi, was found dead In a
road leading out from Sardis; that Gen.
Armstrong Foster, who left the town
with him, was arrested on suspicion of
having committed the crime; and that
the military wTested the prisoner from
the civll authorities for trial by Military
| Commission. About a week ago the in
vestigatloa before the commission,
| ordered by Gen. Ord, closed It's labors at
Holly Springs. Gen Fosters attorneys
were Maj. l.. ?. Cooper, Of Pamela
county, Gen. Featherston, Col. II. W.
Walter and Hon. J. W. c. Watson, Of
Holly Springs, and after a long and
thorough examination OF the case, the
commission declared him guiltless, and
he was accordingly discharged.
The increased English income tax is
but little over two per cent. How they
would grumble, il they had to pay five,
as we do!
The Hon. s. +. Cary, in his late
speech on the finances, says "The great
State Of Tennessee, Impoverished by
war, her railroads ~dilapida,el, her farms
laid waste, without stock, without impls-
ments of husbGnGry, every industrial in
terest Frustrated, having before the wal
/ SIS, 000, 600 Of bank capital, has now inst
q, 000, 600. Tennessee needs money, and
she cannot get it, even in New England,
unless at an interest OF two OF three per
cent. a msnth, with first class mortgage
security. This nation needs her assist
ance in paying the inteTestand principal
Of our debt. Would it not be a wise
policy to lend 10 the State Of Tennessee
$40, 900, 600 Of greenbacks, taking therefor
her four or five per cent. bonds, and made
payable in ten or twenty years? The
nation would be the gamer at the end Of
that period, even II the bands were never
paid This arrangement 20 doubt would
suit those who had charge Of our late
school fund, if the ten millions were
placed ia their hands FER safe keeping.
He also trpthfGlIy says: 4" I venture the
opinion that there is e great deficiency
Ia the volume Of currency. IN no ouu
try in the world IS the supply Sc small
when compared with the commerce and
the various enterprises reqaigiug
money"
Two whisky distlleliss were seized
yesterday at Boonville, Missouri, for
d~efrauding the reveuue
The United States District Attorney
his filed i suit against Grotenkeaper *
Co., for SlS5, 900 for delinquent whisky
tax. \ similar suit has been entered
against David Gibson for an amount not
ascert8ined.
The abandonment OF Chase by the
bankers, Jay Cooke & Co, is perhaps the
mostsiCual act of ingraJtnde. The Chief
Justice created the opportunity fer them
to amass their priucely fortune, and they
deserted him st the very crisis Of his
Presidential psrils. Secretary N cCulloch,
hitherto regarded IS a strong friend of
Chase, is also against him. Fremont is
among his warmest supporters.