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FROM THE FAR WEST.

ST. Louls, Dec. 2.
Gen Sherman has received al letter from
Gen Sheridan, dated f. Cobb, Dec. 10, not
ing his arrival at that post the day previous
with Gen Custar's 7th cavalry and 10 com
panies of the Eaah Kansas cavalry, in all
about 1900 men.
Gen Sheridan spent one day on Custar' 5
battle field and found the bodies Of Maj Eli
OFT and l6 soldiers, also the bodies Of Mrs
Blind and children, white captives in the In
dim camp. Mrs Blind he'd been shot through
the forehead and childrens brains dashed
out against tree.
Gen Sheridan followed on the Indian trail
down the Washita rs miles when be came to
the camp of the Kiowas, when they met him
with letter from Gen Hazen, VIII ch declar-
ed them to be friendly. Sheridan required
the Indians to accompany him to Fl Cobb,
but discovered while travelling towards that
point they we're fending their fami-
lies to the Washl,a Mountains. suspectng
they were attempting to deceive him he took
aSalonta and Honewalf and notified them he
ould hold them as hostages and that if all
Ne kiowas did not come to Fl Cobb, he
would hang them.
Gen SEsridan says the Indians realize now
for the first time that winter will not compel
us to make truce with them, and that the
kiawas have been engaged In war al the
time, and have been playing fast and loose
they have been attempting to browbeAt Gen
Hazen since they came to Fl Cobb but will
take the starch out OF them before leave
them.
Gen. Sheridan. after consultation with Gen.
Hazen, proposes, when the kiowas come in,
to punish those who are known to have been
concerned in personal acts of murder. He
will send Black Kettles sister out to the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and command
them to come in and submit to the same
treatment, and if they refuse to come in he
will carry on war against them in Maahita
mountains. lie wiilleave with Gen. Hazen
sufficient force to enable him to control the
Indians now at Fort Cobb and such others as
may come in.
During the march from camp supply the
weather and snow was very severe, but the
health Of the command was good, only two
men Of the 7th cavalry and six of the 10th
Kansas company being sick.
In private letter to Gen. Sherman, dated
one day later, Gen. Sheridan says the kiowas
are coming in, and that the Cheyennes have
been very humble since their punishment by
Gen. Custar. He has no doubt that the Ar
apahoes will also come in, surrender, and
abide By his terms, after which he has no
fear Of them renewing hostilities.
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A WEEK OF PRAYER THROUGHOUT rHE
WoRLD.-A proposition comes from the
Evangelical Alliance, signed BY the Secrs>
taries Of the British, American, French, Ger
man, Dutch, Swiss, Swedish and Turkish
branches, that the 6rst week Of January Of
the new year be observed throughout the
whole Christian world as week Of prayer.
They say:
''Ths Alliance feel assured that thereby the
hearss Of Ch istians will b refreshed, and the
hands Of those brethren strengthened, who in 9TH
er places ct home and abroad, plead before God
for the gins Of his grace and the outstretching Of
his arm 70 bless his sAareh and convert psrish-
Ing world"
They also suggest special topics for con-
sideration on the successive days as follows :
SUNDAY, Jan. 3d.-Prayer that God would pour
upon his people tho spirit Of grace and Of suppli-
cation.
Monday For tho blessing Of God upon fami-
lies, and all youth and children.
Tuesday.-For the sanctifcation and snlargs-
ment Of the Church.
wsdnesday. For the blessing ef God upon our
rulers aud the nation |; for the establfshnsnt Of
the institatens Of rsigea and the security Of the
rights and privileges Of all classes Of the people.
Thursday.--For orr schools, colleges and SOM
in.rs:, . that thess enjoying their training may b
Friday.-Ror Iorsign 1issisns, and psaes
snong all the natioAs q ths Sasth.
Saturday, --fs ~ 6AbsAaA md ~ nia-
ssday. 70 ~ 49, 4 ~ spsuss = IN u
ssaseyas = Clsass o1isUsA
80 b - 80 j. .gs sss.s sss si & 3sa
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LATE CABLE DISPATCHES,

PARIS, Jan.2,
The journal states that at the New Years
reception the Emperor told Senior Olzaga,
Spanish Envoy, to carry to his Government
the warmest wish both of himself personal
ly and of France, for the happiness and
prosperity of Snain,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-03

From washin g ton
LATE NEWS ny CABLE
FROM THE FAR WEST.
Letter from Sheridan to Sherman.
GOLD CLOSED IN NEW YORK 1856.
FROx WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.
General Grant is expectected to return to
Washington on Monday next.
Brevet Major General Gil.em, commanding
the 4th military district, has been ordered 10
Washington on public business.
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J. D. Cross l. Co ..................13q Main Street
Duncan, Karle 4 Co......140 4 142 Main street
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GAS 4 STEAM FITTINGS.
4ooAr ! Son ........-J ohnson street, bet3d 4th
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DIED.


wILKiNs soN-Jsnuary Cd, At o'eoek p. m. krs.
Jane Wltinson we OF Henry Wilkinson aged 90 years
The funeral services will take place at his residence
nn(o cert street between 9Th 9th, at 81 o'clock
dy th. iends Of te family, and alAo ths Sabbath
School, are Invited TO attend.
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

in Eieksburg. This Is the largest eontract
ever awarded in the Mississippi valley
and some idea of the magnitude OF the
work contracted for can be formed when
we consider that it comprises hfteen nun,
dred thousand cubic yards of earth, ana
the eapitaI reouired for the undertaking
will approximate s., 100000.
The Joint Congressional Committee
on retrenchment and reform, Win theli
( wives and friends, en- route Tor san fran,
oisco reached Chicago on Sunday, and
stortad on Monday for their
THE marty is composed Of the following
| senator J. w. Patterson, VIE ana son,
New Hampshire; Senator A. Thurman
and daughter, Ohio; Senator MorrlI an0
wife. Vermont; Senator A. G. Cattelt
New Jersey. Carl Schurz, of Missouri
Joins the partya at Chicago. The party viii
be absent about six weeks.
The cotton and rice factors o.
| Charleston, S. c., at a late meeting, de
termined to memorialize the City Coun'
| ell for a removal of the city tax on sale:
| of rice and cotton. The tax on cotton Il
one-fourth of zone per cent, and on rice
one-half Of one per cent In Savanna
the CITY lax Is only one-tenth of one pc
cent, and in New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore cotton and rice are not taxed
at all.
Judge Barnard has issued a wri
| eu~ioinfngthe collection from Clarke, Dodg'
| a Co. bankers, Wall street, of the tax 0
| one-twenty-fourth per cen on capital
which, inthe case, amounts to 10000. IN
| papers have been sent to the District AT
| torney, with the request that the sam
NAV be removed from Judge Barnard
| jurisdiction.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

THE success which has attended
Gen. FoRREsT's railway operations in
Alabama and Mississippi has failed
to excite proper attention in this city.
The people of Alabama have almost
forgotten that the original purpose Of
the builders of the road from Selma
was to secure connection with the
Mississippi river at Memphis, and
with the system Of Northern and
Western roads c~onverging at this
point. In Eastern Mississippi, at Co
lumbus and elsewhere, it is said that
the road win never pass beyond that
beautiful inland city. In fact, Monroe
county, just north of Columbus. re-
fused to become a stakeholder in the
Memphis and Selma Railroad Com
pany. 1t may happen that Memphis
will be compelled, unaided by the
city of Aberdeen and the rich county
of Monroe, to build the road, not only
to Holly Springs, but lend it assist.
ance through its whole length to Co.
lumbus, Miss. Cost what it may.
this road must be extended from thi:
city to Columbus. The Mobile anC
Ohio road must have a rival line. Il
has cost as much to ship a bale 0
goods from this place to Columbus
Miss, by way Of Corinth, as from
New York to Columbus by way o
Mobile. Freight tariffs are 50 adjust
ed chat tradesmen and farmers below
Cc5rinth are compelled to buy in st
louis, Chicago, Louisville or Mobile
The rates of freight are defined who'll!
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

In an address before the Board of
Directors of the Mississippi Valley
Navigation Company, delivered on
the occasion of his acceptance of the
Presidency o fthe Institution, Judge
SwAYNE says that, having once
doubted the practieability of the COM
pany's enterprise, he had given it
careful examination, and had now
become not only satisfied, but more
seven convinced that the project is
meritorious, and accomplished, must
eventuate in the great advancement
of all the commercial and material
interests of the Mississippi valley.''
He alludes to the originator of the en-
terprise as deserving for his private
character the highest appreciation
and "for his genius to rank with
RAMSEY and FuLToN," whether his
project should prove too far in adj
vance of the age to succeed or not.
He afirms, what those acquainted
with him win believe, that he would
not give countenance to the new pro-
lect of Capt. DEHAvEN without be-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19
LEFTWTCH FOR

LEFTWICH FOR q. s. HENAIOB.
Editors appeal; Names are being
suggested for L. s. Senator. l beg to
suggest that of the Hon. john W:
Leftwich, or own fellOW-clt1Zen, ana
to state Why1 do so. l.. he would De
q most happy compromise among the
conflicting a~spirants. z. he Is earn
estly conservative, and firm against
| Radicalism. 3. He is, yet, concilia-
tory, and thereby well qualified to OBJ
tain from a Radical Congress whole
| some and useful legislation for the
| State and South, as Others OF more
belligerent habit aud personally OBJ
noxiOus to that party could not az.
4. Though the choice Of the people IN
his District for Congress, he may be
denied his seat so fairly won. .. he
is dignifed, well posted, intelligent,
| able, and of a pure moral character,
all fitting him TO be a Senator most
| creditable to the State. l appreciate
the other prominent names men
! toned. 1t will be readily seen, how
| ever, that the gifted Etheridge and
defiant Johnson, ewing to their attl-
/ tude among Radicals, eouid 2ceom-
pIish little in Congress. They would
be efficient fighters, but We need a man
| Uho has the influence 70 accomplish
results for US, under the peculiar gig
eumstances that are not to be ignored,
and at this critical time. LettYich
can take the oath required, and also
is of West Tennessee, the section OF
the state that SNOW certainly entitled
to aSenatOT. ZiiddleT Tennessee ought
not to claim the Office. J, 1. >.
I'VE shall be satisfied with anybody,
so he is a white man. We suppose a
man who has a right to vote has a
right to be Senator, end that one right
should not be recognized without the
otheF. w must know where men
are, as well as who they are, before
we support them-not denying, how
ever, that LEFTwICH is all right. But
if we abandon the contest for Con-
gress by ~electing LEFTWIoH Senator,
do we not elect STOKEs?-EDs. AP-
Pc
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19
JENVESSEE ELECTION

The following from the New York
Tribune shows pretty well how the
result in Tennessee is viewed by the
more liberal Republicans of the North.
The Tribune says:
The Senter Republicans of Tennes-
see are not so jolly as they had hoped
to be. Their CONSERVATIVE" allies
proved not only more ruinous but
more exacting than they had antici-
pated. Though there was no outright
bargain, it was clearly understood by
those Republicans that Enfranchise-
ment was all that the "Conserva-
| tiyes" were to ask or claim at this
election-that, this being secured, they
would vote not only for Senter but for
especial friends for the Legislature.
AT the last moment, however, "Con-
| servatiye" candidates for the Legis-
| lature were nominated-or voted for
without having been openly nominal
| ted-and most of them easily elected
over the divided and conflicting Re
publicans. The Senter Republicans
| haze therefore carried Senter; the
conservatives" have clutched nearly
| everything else. And there is, natu-
rally, some hard feeling on the subject.
Gen. Grant had 81 ,757 votes in the
| State last fall; and these would have
been about equally divided on Gov
/ ernor; but the later developments of
" Conservative avidity probably
changed some thousands ofthese from
| Senter to Stokes, who thus received
| some 10000 to 10000 votes. Senter's
vote viii probably reach 100, 900, made
up nearly as follows:
Republicans .....-.-. -..-.-.... q, 600
Seymour votes last year.............25, 600
Newly enfranchised ..........-....--55 900
The Conservatives have won a
triumph too sweeping to be secure.
Already some of the old rebel oracles
begin to talk of a "White Mans
Government" and an open alliance
on that platform with the Northern
Democracy. They will doubtless so
manage as to unite and invigorate the
Republicans at an early day; but this
they think they can afford. By u
estimate they are $4,000 strong; while
the Republicans are but $4,000. The
former are not likely to ignore this
disparity.
"There you see the effect of rebel
acknowledgements says aStokes man.
Certainly. 1t would doubtless have
been wiser in the Republicans to en-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

AN important meeting, when its OBJ
iect is considered, was held yesterday
at the Chamber of Commerce to APP
point delegates to g meeting at Spring
field, Mo-, called for the purpose Of in
itiating and furthering the great rail-
road enterprise by which it is pro-
posed to connect Kansas with Mem.
phis. No more important matter to
the interests of this city has beer
preached before the Memphis public
Delegates were appointed to go tC
Springfield, and resolutions adopted
which appear in another column
Roll on the great railroad enterprise:
to completion. And while we are
preparing to stretch U arms to th'
northwest, let us remember also tina.
link which is now out connecting u:
with Selma and the Atlantic ocean.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19
MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10. 1858.
STATE NEWS.

Secretary Fletcher is again attend
ing 20 his duties at the Capitol
Mr.. Gervas Haury, the oldest Ger
man citizen Of Nashville, died at Eo'cloek
Sunday last.
The corn crop in Bradley county is
suffering from the drouth. Farmers do
not think there viii be o~ne-fourth the
usual yield.
The Knoxville Wing says: a lot of
the finest railroad iron manufactured in
this country has arrived here for the
Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad, and
will at once be laid from Coal Creek to
Wheeler's Gap. eight miles. This is the
iron ordered by the energetic President
Of the road, Gen. J.. A. Mabry, some
weeks ago, in New York,
In addition to the Shelby County
Fair Others will be held in various parts
Of the State as follows: Marshall county,
LeWisbUrg, September Gil; Giles county,
Pulaski, September 1918; Sumner cOun-.
II, Gsllatin, September 141S; Lincoln
county. Fayetteville, September 2O-25;
Williamson county, Franklin, September
90-25; Rutherford county, Murfreesboro,
September p TO October 2; Maury cOun-
ty, Columbia, October 2-l0; Montgomery
county, GAINESVILLE, October 40; Warren
county, McMinnvllle, October 40; Rob
ertson county, Springfield, October ll-l6;
Wilson county, Lebanon, October ll-l6;
State Fair, Nashville, October 1924.
The Press and Herald says: A ped
der named Philip I. Germs, of Granger
county, well known throughout portions
of East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina, met with a sudden and awful
death on last Tuesday. Germs was an
eXcitable man, much given to drink, and
when drunk and otherwise irritated,
uttered the most horrible profanity. On
the day mentioned, he was driving his
peddler's cart along a miserable road in
Watauga county. His team became
stalled in amud-hOle. After a time spent
in the fruitless endeavOr to clear his team
he became irritable, and finally worked
himself into a frenzy, beating his horses
and swearing frightfully. While in the
midst of his blasphemy, he was suddenly
stricken dead. A farmer going to market
was directly behind the peddler, and
witnessed the entire occurrence. Germs
remains were inferred in an adjoining
field, and his team cared for until his
family could be advised of his fate.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

ing first fairly convinced that it was
meritorious, and not "a means by
which individuals or the public might
be injured.'i Now that the new or
ganization is complete, We believe
steps are at once to be taken to pro-
cure subscriptions to stock. If the
project should prove a complete sue
cess, as we think it likely to do, the
stock will be very valuable. If on the
other hand, it should prove a failure
as to the revolution in building boats
generally it cannot fail to be as good
as other steamboat stock, which seems
to be good enough to induce capital
lists to invest in that business.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

THE railroad system Of Memphis is
by no means perfect. We have a
great trunk line leading towards each
cardinal point of the compass. Mem
phis is not, however, on any line con-
Meeting the great cities of the North
and South. This end will be attained
by the construction of the Mississippi
River road, to be extended from Pa
ducah to Chicago. 1t was stated a
day or two ago in our telegraphic col
umn. that Messrs. TATE, WEST, BIG
GER and Others had made a contract
for the construction of a railway from
Chicago to Paducah. Ifthis be built
the Ohio will soon be bridged at Pa
ducah, and a road from Vincennes
will connect Paducah with all great
Eastern lines. Paducah thus becomes
a most important railway center, and
the Mississippi River Railway as
valuable as any that terminates at
Memphis.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19

in the interest of Mobile. We do not
believe that President MURDOCH and
the managers of the road are impelled
by enmity to Memphis, but simply
design TO enrich Mobile. Mobile was
almost bankrupted by the construc-
ton of this magnificent highway, and
deserves all that it can be made to
pay. Meanwhile it becomes the pol
icy of Memphis to assert her power
and commercial rights. The road to
Columbus would instantly bring the
Mobile road to terms, and the excel
lence of Memphis as a cotton market,
and the cheapness and facility of rail-
way cotton transportation from this
place to New York would cause the
whole cotton crop of Eastern Missis-
sippi to be sold in this market.
With the cotton, the farmers and
merchants of Eastern Mississippi
would come hither, and this single
road, of itself a profitable investment,
/ would double the trade OF this city,
Not only would it render the Mobile
and Ohio Road impotent for evil, but
make it an agency of good. We
would reap boundless wealth from the
productive regions which it has pOpu'
lated and enriched. When we reflect
that besides this, the Mississippi Cen.
trail Road would be tapped at Holly
Springs, and the wealth of the ricl
county of Marshall appropriated by
Memphis merchants our indifference
to Gen. FORESTS movements be
comes almost criminal. When shall
Memphis and Holly Springs be united
by a direct road? The Chamber o
Commerce should ventilate this al
important subject.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-19
ARKANS4S AND MENPH1S.

Some time agoit was announced that
Col. d. G. Cross had transferred to an
Eastern association of capitalists three
or four million acres of Arkansas
land, with county and individual sub
scriptions amounting perhaps to one
million dollars, on condition that a
railroad should be built at once con-
Meeting st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Helena. OF late we have heard moth
ing of this scheme, and only hope that
the "high contracting parties" will
consummate their plans and make a
wide district of Arkansas bloom like
an oriental garden. This proposed
road crosses the Memphis and Little
Rock line near Madison, forty miles
west of this city, and however valua-
bic the advantages which Helena
may derive from the contemplated
highway, those which Memphis will
gain are unquestionably great. Col.
Cross road will be a branch of the
Memphis and Little Rock line, and
if this were prevented, and Helena
made a prosperous city, Memphis
would be the more enriched by the
proximity and trade of such an Arkan-
SATAN metropolis. We would do
nothing that may initiate against the
prosperity of a neighboring city in a
neighboring State. In fact Memphis
is as thoroughly a part of Arkansas
and of Mississippi in its population,
in trade and in every interest and
sympathy, a it is geographically part
and parcel of Tennessee. A broad,
deep river alone separates US from
Arkansas, and a narrow strip of terri
tory twelve miles in width, intervenes
between this city and Mississippi.
Our political, commercial and indus
trial fortunes and habits Of thought
and action are indentical, and any
effort made to excite local prejudiceS
would be as criminal as unavailiDg.
Therefore we have felt a deep interest
in the success of Col. Cross, whose
plans were wisely conceived as his
mode ofexecution assured their speedy
and successful consummation.
The construction of this road will
add vastly to the population of Ar
kansas, and countless cotton bales to
the commercial resources of Memphis.
The country penetrated is a terra in
coglitd. Travellers have said that it
was rich, healthful and capable of
supporting a population denser than
that of Connecticut. With this road
in operation, and that of Col. PORTER
from Belmont to Hopefield, with the
Memphis and Little Rock and the
Cairo and Fulton Roads in operation,
and in the near future a highway
to Kansas City, the Northern half of
Arkansas will become at once the seat
of a magnificent civilization, and the
most attractive portion of the Valley
of the Mississippi. From these refec-
tons and facts how natural the dedue-
ton that Memphis must become the
first city of the South. The treasures
of an empire are almost within
grasp.
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ORCHARD SPRINGS,
Twenty-One Hours from Memphis, Connect
lag at Lebanon luHctiOn---The only
Change Of Cars.

THIS favorite place of Summer resort Is
4 situated on the Louisville and Knoxville
Railroad, within four or five hours of the
former place, near the base of the mountains,
several hundr feet above Louisville, where
Won have the pure air, together
win tns Elsst mineral and medicinal waters
in the West-Sm54g which is the GREAT
AMERICAN EPsom. Vs.
For a full analysis of the waters Of the vart-
Cus Springs. eXamine circulars, which may
be fo1nd at the Drugstores Of Mansfield &
Higbee, or SteeYeF, eorper Of Second and
Madison streets. leg