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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-08-20

Extract from letter from Hon NATHAN I.Iypsry.
County Judge Of Shelby Co., Iowa dated Harlan.
April IL. 1867 1t is decidedly preferred to any lin
ament sold in this sectOn.
Extract o! letter from SAMUEL S Hupp, dated
Falsburg, Ohio, July II, 1S66.-ln June last Henry
Slanlc had yeayling colt ,ha, had what was sup
posed to be Dypthcria for more than ten diys so
that it cohd not eat, and The throat swollen almost
shut, and the use OF three or four appicaio ions of
the dollar bottles did the desired effect
Fom a. g. Mel, Lewisvillc, CoschoctOn Co, O.
March. lS52.-i have used yolIr Gargling Oil for The
Scratches on my horse mud It cured it with the first
application.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

THE City Convention yesterday re-
srltsd in the selection of AMOS WOOD
RUFF FOR Mayor, FELIX ". ROBERT
sop for Tax-Collector, and ROBERT
9ooDE for Wharfmaster. We regard
the selection as eminently satisfactory,
and a. good as could be made. Mr..
WOODBURY. is man of first class bust
n~s capacity, honest, capable and
faithful. We have no better qualified
man in the city and if people
mesn TO have q good city government.
tho vii see 70 1t that he is elected.
= he vas born in the far north
that wa not his fault. So were
perhaps a majority Of our pe0-
pie There Is not q S0utherner
nc- true 10 his native land
than WOODRUFF to that Of his
adoption. He Is a liberal, en-
terpaisilg and philosophical man
WlJl4l, who viii always prove the
friend Of such public Improvements
- lie city requires, at the same time
lhal lie VII 50 manage It's finances
hat De viii be able 10 pay the en-
p,Jyees of the city what is promised
them. Our city paper ought to adj
vance Il vails II the mere promise Of
his election.
Nj. RosERTsoS, the nominee
Tor Taz-COlector, Is one Of our
worthiest young men, who has a
host Of friends because he IS worthy
O. them. He is freight agent
Of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, and has fine business
capacity, with integrity such as none
viii doubt, and would command half
the wealth Of the city for his bonds
men, II so much were needed.
Mr.. GOODE il the old Wharf
master, who has proved for several
years u faithful officer, and is well
known to our citizens. The
.esideratum Of first importance
in making these nominations is
thus supplied in the selection Of men
Of the right qualifications; and we be-
heve the ticket VIII givesuch universal
satisfaction g. viii Of itself produce
unanimity, and, in the election Of the
nominees, result in sgreat and health
Improvement in the manage
menJ Of the affairs Of the city.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22
STATE NEWS.

Very few negroes voted in Nashville
on Saturday. .
Gen. Mabry, it is generally con-
coded, will be elected delegate from
Knox and Sewer.
The vote for delegates to the Consti-
tutiOnal Convention was very light in
Chattanooga and Nashville.
The complimentary benefit concert
to Mrs. Craig, of Nashville, was a
complete success-deservedly so.
We learn that a few days since a no.
ted desperate named Joseph Cum
mings, was killed on Beaver Creek by
John Cobb.
The painful intelligence of the death
of DIR. S. B. Moore, of Hickman coun-
ty, on Tuesday night, the 14th inst,
has been announced.
House is elected to the Convention
from Williamson county. And so are
A. o. 2. Nicholson and w. Vance
Thompson, from Maury.
Nj. John S. Shibley, of Van Blu
rem, Ark, has been elected Valedic-
torian Of the present graduating class
of the medical department of the Uni
VerSlty OF NaShNllle.
The Knoxville Press and Herald of
Sunday, says: The storm of Friday
night and yesterday morning, pre-
vailed over a large extent of territory.
The wires were borne down by the
weight of the snow and force of the
gale.
The Odd Fellows of Paris are get
ffrlpe n a foEr for thn h,,DG4 - IL
Odd Fellows College at that place.
This institution is devoted to the edu-
cation Of daughters of members of the
Order, and is one of the best schools
in the State.
The Chattanooga Times of Monday,
says: The train on the n. & C. r. II.
due yesterday morning, ran off the
track at Ketchum station. The track
was torn up by some unknown party.
The engineer, Mr.. COnbanks, had his
leg broken. The engine and tender
ran OFF. The passengers were not in
jured.
The New York World SAYS: Stokes
wants Tennessee reconstructed. That
isOnly becauseTe seereconstructed
Stokes at the last election by giving
Mr.. Senter more majority than Stokes
had votes. There's no recOnstructor
so hearty al your direfully defeated
demagOgue.
The Columbia Herald says: Last
Tuesday morning a shooting affray
occurred at the northern end of the
Duck river bridge on the Franklin
turnpike between Nick Holt and
George Grant. Holt was Jealous of
Grant, and threatened to xiii him on
sight. Grant took advantage of the
threat, and shot Holt IS above. The
victim died ON Wednesday.
The Nashville Onion and American
very truthtully remarks that the prac-
tice of carrying pistols and other
weapons concealed about the person,
for purposes of Offense or defense. has
become so common, and is fraught
with so much that is evil. that the
courts cannot too strongly pronounce
against it. It is a matter which
should engage the attention Of grand
juries and the ministers of law every
where.
Mr.. n. T. Yaryan, superintendent
of the Tennessee Oil Works near
Nashville, having some two years ago
discovered a process for removing the
compounds of petroleum
such as are found IN Canada, Kentucky
and Tennessee-and as his process has
been disclosed to some of the refiners
Of oil in Canada by a workman he
then had employed, he has addressed
to the editor of the Scientific american
a letter, in which he communicates
the process for the benefit of all who
may choose to use it.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

PRUDEST men usuallya economic
most, in their private affairs, when
tnaix debts are heaviest and their in
o&ss smallest. Ought it not to be so
VIA 9 State OF a Government Of
S&aF If Tennessee is forty millions
in debt, ought not retrenchment
go reform be the rule in all the de
AuzRents Of its Government, and
pabSc Affairs be so managed that the
d.: shall not 90 Oh increasing at the
nts OF = million q year? If Missis-
sippi, Texas and Virginia have elect
ID loyal" Governors and Legisla-
tsraS, might not the expenses Of the
military arm Of the government be
reduced accordingly, when we are at
usacs: There ID now 4 more than
uslAi share Of individual pc
cuniay distress throughout the
country. A Northern exchange
ays that " the announcement Of fail
ures begins TO come every day from
the direction OF the great business
1nters." While the importance Of
individual economy is thus indicated,
, not national economy, reduction Of
49,, and the supply Of currency ade-
cUste 20 the wants Of our increased
population, also material and impor-
tanA Those il easy circumstances
rs spend freely, and the more the
b--t.. sor the mechanic and the poorer
and ,aborinE asses, who are always
benefited and furnished with labor
and recompense by the Ostentation Of
the rfeh. But the poor should hus-
hand their resources. And what poor
-1op}s should do, poor governments
sed LEGISLATURES should do for them.
T.-s Is more especially true, because
the great burden of the taxes falls on
tb. 0o,-. He Is a worse enemy Of the
peapls. who unnecessarily robs them
biz rsxation, than the foOtpad that
pickS their pockets. Expenditures
not ,iasuately returned in public inn
prov1oents, or in public services rem
dered, axe. 70 their extent, 3 robbery
Of the taxpayers, and especially Of the
poor. This class Of people, more than
any other, should demand measures
of r-eJrenchment by The National and /
State Legislatures. And this not only
1n account Of the reduction of taxa ]
ion, the bulk Of which falls on them l
a the enhanced price Of the necessa-
Of life, bat also because it is the :
most direct way to immediate reform I
n AZ other respects. La view of the \
present depression, the Chicago Times. a
a pursuance OF this view, says: ),
wThe collection Of the revenues Ii
houId be turned over to the States. {.
: n some way reformed. 1t now y
~ thrice As many men, and costs =
- tiaas as nush nsAey, a there b
~
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

in the first year of Edward III, because
it was done IN time of peace. And it is
laid down that if a lieutenant, or other,
that hath commission Of martial authori-
" doth in time of peace hang, or other
wise execute any man by color of martial
law, this is murder, for it is against Mag
ma Charta."
"But the Radicals propose to go
back on this! These ZealOts for negro
emancipation never harbor a thought
OF any other form of freedom; and
their present crusade is against all pO-
litical liberty and in the interest of
military despOtism. In this era OF
the world, Trumbull and Sumner, in
contempt of every right asserted from
Magma Charta down, have dared to
offer a bill that cuts off the privilege
of habeas corpus, and actually winds
up thus:
1.-THE President is hereby directed to
hold and proceed with all prisoners held
in said States by military authority, with
out regard to any civil proceeding or au-
thority whatever"
"And this in the nineteenth centu-
~, in the American Senate, in time
of profound peace! And what say the
American people? We speak out the
utter contempt and adherence that
we and those who think with US feel
toward these Radical conspirators for
despotism."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

SOME Of the members of BEECHER's
Plymouth Church flock are making
faces about his RICHARDSON death
bed marriage, and say "the reputa-
ton of the church, they fear, has per
manently suffered" That is certain
" the ''most unkindest cut of alp
BEECHER has received. The Balti-
more Statesman says of the matter:
"Any transaction that could injure
the reputation Of Plymouth Church,
must have been shameful indeed. In
a speech on the same occasion, Mr..
Beecher said he expected TO come out
of the fight muddied and spotted lin
which expectation he has not been
disappOinted), and that, as the Dutch
man once said, if his foresight was as
good as his hindsight, he should do a
good many things better than ne did.
doubt that is true of all men, but
those who aspire to be guides and
leaders, should be able to look beyond
their nose il one Of the plainest
questions of morality, deCency and
Christianity that any one ever had to
deal with"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

THE impending attempt in Wash
ington to impeach Judge TRIGG, the
United States District Judge in Ten
nessee, because he will do his sworn
duty, unswayed by party and undis-
mayed by the fear of consequences to
himself, is an attempt to proclaim the
audacity and infamy of the Radical
leaders. He cannot be impeached for
want of integrity, and they propose
to impeach him for no better reason
than the possession of it. He has not
made a partisan decision for or against
the Government or the Radical party,
and has held in honest equipOise the
scales of justice. This is his crime.
Can the party in power afford to i'm
peach every independent and honest
who will not periure his soul to
it? We shall see whether they
are fOolhardy enough to persist in the
which will assure their over
throw before the people.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

THE Jackson Pilot, the leading and
official Mississippi Republican paper,
is exceedingly elated over the defeat
Of GRANTS brother-in-law, prOclaims
ALCoRN's majority to be $4,000, and
puts up his rooster and crows Justify
over the downfall of the first one Of
mis- relations on whom Gen. GRANT
has turned his back. He offers a re-
ward of $4,000 for the man who NOM
mated JUG DENT" for Governor,
says DENT is sick from too much AL
CORN with too little water in this
accustomed drink-that he received
only thirty-twO votes in his adopted
county of Coahoma, while ALCORN
received 1900, and that "JUG- DENT"
viii go Immediately into the pardon
brokerage business. All this comes
from the paper which is announced as
/" the official journal of the United
States" and indicates that GRANT is
going back on his relations.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

WE are glad to see the bold on
slaught on the Supreme Court, now
attempted in Congress, is beginning
to startle the patriotic men Of the
country Of ali parties. The effect Of
the speech Of Senator DRAKE, (some
mention Of which we have heretofore
made,) so far from convincing impair
tial thinkers, has actually been to per-
suade some of the Radical journals
themselves to oppose his bill. They
see the danger Of making the legisla-
tive power supreme, when, in the
light Of history, it has always proved
the worst ofsll despotisms-a tyranny
Of many heads. SUMMERS plan with
TRUMBULL's amendment is no better.
In the language Of the Philadelphia
Age-
#" 1t is leveled at the Constitution
nay, it is leveled at all the old princi-
pies Of English liberty that are as
serted in the American Constitution.
and make it the modern charter of
political liberty. II is nearly seven
hundred years since Magma Charta
declared, Let no freeman be impris-
oned, or disseized, or outlaWed, or in
any manner injured or proceeded
against by US, otherwise than bv the
legal judgment Of his peers or bv
the law OF the land. To this and the
succeeding recognitions of it.. every
EngIishman looks, as till very lately
every American looked, to the Con-
stitution of the United States. The
and Statesmen Of England have
.ound in the British constitution limit
both to executive and legislative
power. Chief Justice Blackstone, wri-
ing against military oppression, says:
MARTIAL law, which is built upon no
.ettled principles, but is entirely arbitra-
IN its decisions, is, Is Sir Matthew
observes, no law, bat something in
rather than allowed as A law.
The necessity Of order and discipline in
4 army Is the only thing that can give it
o-untenance; aud therefore il ought not
0 be permitted in times Of peace when
be Kings courts are open for all persons ,
D receive justice according to the laws Of
be land. Therefore, Thomas Earl, Of
,ancaster, being condemned al Ponte-
-act, in the fifteenth year Of Edward II, 5
= martial lAw, hls attaiaed was reversed {
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

TIE following, from one of the ed
itors Of the Mobile Register, is recOg-
missed by our Senior as from an old
V~icksburg friend, who is as full of
facts and Information and scholarship
as the NeW american Encyclopedia,
and makes a broad mark wherever
be goes. We remember when, a
gOOdly number Of years ago, a piece
OF poetry was sent TO US which was
too full of thought and beauty to be
written by any one Of whom we could
think in Vicksburg, and not wishing
to be hoaxed by a stolen composition,
which might too much betray Our
own want of scholarship, we searched
ali the book stores and libraries we
could ind in the infant town to no
purpose. We then determined to 90 to
Mason, (Who even then knew every
thing on such subiects), and that, if
he had never seen it in print, we
would make the publication as Origi-
nal, at a venture. He had not seen
it; we felt perfectly safe, and pub
Iished it in the then Vicksburg Regis
ter. The verses were headed " The
Wreck, F" and turned out afterwards to
have been written by the present
Judge-AdvOcate- General of the Uni
ted States. Our friend is always ready
10 impart literary information to less
well informed people, and has by this
time grown gray in the service. May
his shadow never grow less. Under
the head of " Christmas-the letter
he thus answers a correspondent
from Mississippi:
In yOur last Register I saw the expression,
- cross Purposes Xmas story" am to-
tally lgDOrant ia regard &c the expression
Xmas please e~nlighten me as to whence
II is derived and why used"
The letter X. being the initial of the
title Of the Redeeme,, III Greek. has in all
ages since the Christian era been used as
an abbrevi9tion Of the sacred name. As
used, IL Is not the Latin 81" but the
Greek CHI, corresponding with the hard
Of " Ii in Christ"
The d~iscoverer of America was wont to
use for his signature the a~bbreviation X
Q Ferens "-nOt "x" and "p." but the
Greek cd and rhO-that is, ChrjStgfereRS.
equivalent of Grist0tOrls; and &c
may be remarked that the "x'' in the old
photography, where 81" has
been substituted las Xalapa, OaXaca, I
now Jalapa, Oajaca}, stand for the Greek
letter, and not for the Latin character Of
corresponding form.
In the old times, when paper was a rare
commodity, and writing a rare accom-
Dhshment, n a laborious task, the use
Jf observations was habitual. Thus
originated the use Of eve" for "the.v
YIN" for "thom;' - and "Xtian" and
q Xmas were then as common as "Mr."
&c" are now.
We are reminded, by the subject of this
of the origin Of the hsh as a
'acred symbol, its name in Greek, Lettings
being composed Of the initials Of the
phrase Lesus ChriStus TheOU Yj0s Softer
Iesus Christ, Gods Son, the Saviour.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

IS any necessity for. The hordes of
supernumerary Federal officers should
be thinned out. There must be no
more appropriations of millions to
Speculators under pretence of aiding
some public work. Those expensive
pleasure parties known as smelling
committees must be discontinued.
our military establishment, in place
Of an increase, should be reduced to the
last man, gun, and vessel demanded by
.trict necessity. One-half or more of
lur foreign appointments may, as
well as not, be revoked, and the iunc-
lions of the position either abandoned
br held in allegiance, for the present.
The income tax should not be re-es-
Jablished, or else it should be so ar
-auged that it will not be 70 unequal
IN iUs operations as it now is.
La fine, the times" are hard; and
he people aud the Government will
DO no more than their honest duty in
conforming all their actions to this
unpleasant, but nevertheless unavOid-
able, fact.
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FOR WHARFMASTER:
RORFRT GOODE.
holiday ADHEB7LLYG.

re remind oar merchant friends
that NOW IS the time for them to adCer-
rise hsi- HOLIDAY GOODS. Those
ssho ARE advertising literally IRE SELL
igg largely and reGJjsiag quickly. The
a=as results G1CGit those l0hO haze get to
Gdr-tse, II they but 0UaG themselves
Of ne only means ku05OH IN modern
as-1 b. ichjcH traders can pat them
ssavss III communication Vish the public.
AnvERTBE.
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SPICER & SHARPE,
354 Main ST., faageyney Block,

A RE RECEIVING FRESH GOODS. DAILY,
y by river and rail BY late arrivals we
haSe a fresh supply Of
Borden's Condensed Mflk-the celebrated EA-
L brand LOO dozen;
New Louisiana Sugars and Molasses;
New Buckwheat:
New sweet Roll Butter; also, Goshen Butter;
New old syrups; New Carolina Rice;
Pigs Feet, Hamsa and Lard;
Shaker Preserves;
All varieties OF new Canned Gooos;
Mess Mackerel and Goldfish;
North Carolina Herrings;
Fine Toilet Soap; choice Cofees and Teas.
nOl6 SPfCER & SHARPE.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-22

Senator Drake, Of Missouri, in his
bill proposes to take away from the
Supreme Court its present authority
to " adjudge or hold any act or Joint
resolution of Congress invalid, or in
part, for any repugnancy between
such act or joint resolution and the
Constitution Of the United States.D
1t seems to US this statement, in itself.
should at once ensure the eondemna.
tion Of the whole country.
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MILLINERY.
STORAGE For coTT0H.
UNDERWRITERS wARERousEs

TTNDERwRITER's WAREHOUSES;
M~EMFHIs, September Is. 1869.
MERCHANTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Tba
above Houses are now open to receive aud
discharge cotton. Every facility to seller and
buyer viii be given. To my old psfrons / re-
turn you my thanks; for the future. / refer
you toIhe past long experience in the busi-
ness. ! nope 10 merit your patronage.
- Safety, capacity and Convenience una-
quaieA- Rates same = nrst-class houses.
sSI A WEEfFoRB,
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coRRRsPoNnENCR.

~GoAAining Important NEws, solicited non
49, p-Et - the Globe. Writer'S name an'
"a - required on every communication a.
pr. vste guarantees OF good faith.
HEATING. ENGLISH co.
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FAMILY SUPPLIES.
JOHN LILLY,

351 MAIN STREET,
nEALER in Staple and Fancy Groceries.
II Wines and Liquors. Has now on hand a
nple stock Of the best quality of goods,
both foreign and domestic, to which he di-
lie.
The following goods kept always on hand:
Prepared French Mustard, by the keq.
worcestershire Sauce, by the gallon.
Tomato Catsup, by The gallon.
%leiiies, Assorted, in 3 ID. cans.
Dat meal.
Yarmouth BlOaters.
Cracked Wheat.
Vim. YOunger's Scotch Ale.
Guinness Dublin Stout.
Choicest Black and Green Teas.
Fine Old c0gnaG Brandy, Old Whistles.
Old Port and Sherry Wines.
JOHN LILLY, S5l Main st.,
QeAU Near Union
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'IRSANE ASYLUM.

O T. VTNCENT'S INSTITUTION FOR THE
> INSANE. st. Louis, Mo. This Institution
was founded by the Sisters OF Charity. Au-
gust 10. 1855. It IS private and first-class in
its arrangements and accommodation. In
patients of both sexes and OF ali de-
nominations are received, also those addicted
to taaing opium or other timuianf to ex-
cess nd desire to correct. Fer terms. etc.
apply to Or. TX. BAUDBY or the sIsTER
sRgs
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AnrERrI,INa r

In th.pAur APPEAL. 81 per SQUARE 20 cent,
ls lse. or 10 e-nts per line, according O.
ps-. IN the WEEKsY, one-hslf the rates o
tue uAILT Advertisements inserted IN th
suSDAT APPEAL, are CHARGED one-sixth ad
dl.laaaI 10 shove rates Terms; Cash in ad
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rHp DAmY APPEAL

Is sent by mail to subscribers n year, ~
els ousrter. 80 50; loss than one quarter =
pa- month; with SUNDAY EDrTIoS' sIzayear
- 81 BY carriers anywhere in the city ano
sub1r,s At TWENTY-FIVE CENTs per WeeA
sandsy edition. Included
THE WEEKLY APPEAL,
Published every Wednesday morning Is sem
TO s5.r-ibers a. 3 goa year; 10 ciuos OF Two
or more " year.
W heve no travelling agents. Remittance
mus, % by drat nr postohies Srder. Money
81 n ~isR OF the sender.
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Cotton Land for sale

3and 1oE sale.
A BOUT 5000 acres OF the richest cotton land
"a OF Chieot county Ark, the finest cotton
region in Tax world; il is high bank land;
formerly Belle Point, one OF the FIRST Sc
lections on the river; 1900 acres cleared. bal
anee timber, readily salabie as wood or lum-
Der; leyeed fronting on the river, and encir-.
cled by o beautiful lake: IL has the great add
vantage OF Independence OF the Ievees OF the
main shore, and can be made a most secure
and beautiful domain. Valued, before the
war, AT sl50,0O9; IL is now offered so low that
the profits OF a single full crop VIII pay for it.
II not sold by l5th January, 1870, il viii be
leased on favorable terms. Apply 70
de- J0H& z. D9WBALL, Is. 6euia, Ne.
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STOVES, ETC.
NnIIcE-

HUiiGE,
HAVE this day ~boughtout the interest OF
4 Geo. scott in the stove and Tin Business,
$50 second street, and viii continue the BUSH
nesN at the old stand. All Jobs will be
attended to, and Stoves and Tin
ware said as esssP a. RAE house in the city.
dsH WA. RIDER.
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EEfpnIS APPEAL
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

WEDNESDAY, aOaaIss, DEC. ~, 1865.