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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-10

THE new city charter, which we
published yesterday, is in some res
poets surprise to many Of our citi-
zens. Under previous legislation a
portion of the real estate Of the city
was taxed for the benefit Of the other
portion, and of all merchants, manu-
facturers, bankers, citizens, and the
rest Of mankind. And this tax, with
reference to pavement of streets, is
now being resisted, on the ground
that it is unconstitutional, partial, I'M
just and oppressive to some. That
tax violates the moral sense of this
community, and is now before the
courts for adjudication. At the time
the burden was imposed many ia
vOred it on n ground and another,
and the press was its advocate.
Now, a quite general consent has
obtained that such a law is based on
wrong principles, and should not eX-
ist. Under these circumstances it
was not anticipated that, pending the
decision Of the constitutional and mo-
raj question Involved, the principle of
taxing a selected class of property
holders for the common benefit of the
community would be re-enacted.
And if it was so, we had at least rea-
son to expect oppression would be
carefully avoided, and that the tax
would be made equal as 6etlceea iadi-
riduals Of The class Of men whom the
Legislature had selected for its Uictims.
But we are disappointed. Some
body in Memphis has fixed up a char
ter, and put it through the Legislature
in the interest Of the contractors and
peculators, and against the rights Of
real estate holders of the city. The
injustice OF selecting any one class for
exclusive taxation for improvements,
inuring TO the common benefit of ali
the people, should be apparent to any
but the most muddy-headed and stu
pid Of legislators. But, as if incapa-
bic Of perceiying such a patent prin-
ciple, the Legislature, by this charter.
not only violates equality in Sc
lectiug its class of citizens TO
be taxed, but goes still further,
and is careful to make the charter
operate as unequally as possible be-
tween the victims themselves! Tax
ing real estate by the front foot. with
out reference to value, and also ex-
empting property in the e almost
quite equally benefited by a pave
ment, operates to throw three-fourtbs
Of the tax on a few Of those owning
the front, and to place the greater
portion Of that three-fOurths on those
owning vacant property, and who are
least able to bear it! What wise leg
islationi What a sagacious body of
public benefactors! OF course, it
IS expected the people will say
amen-weH done, good and faithful
servants-you have been faithful in
adopting the bill sent to you, without
a question of its fairness and Justice,
and now you shall be made rulers of
all the cities of Tennessee on the same
principle. The classes of men ex-
empted from taxation are the most
numerous, and viii certainly APP
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Memphis Losing Trade.

Editors Appeal: On a recent trip
over the line of the Memphis and
Ohio, Mississippi Central, Vicksburg
and Meridian, Mobile and Ohio, New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern,
and the Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroads, the writer of this article
met with a large number of ''com-
mercial tourists" otherwise called
''drummers," from the cities of st.
Louis, Louisville and New York, and
with them only one from the city of
Memphis. Most of these CONNER
cial tourists" and especially those
from Louisville and st. Louis, were
fine, intelligent, gentlemanly fellows,
who are doing much towards direct
ing the trade from our city of the
bluff. The question presents itself
very forcibly to my mind, Why is it
that Memphis has no tourists" in the
field? Don't her merchants have no
fear of the competition from st. Louis
and Louisville? VIII they continue
to rest supinely upon their dignity
and permit these enterprising cities to
direct the trade from their very doors?
A word to the wise ought to be suffi-
cient. E. G.. w.
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a FEw days ago Mr.. FLEMING, the
member from Knox, introduced a bill
10 regulate the publication of legal
notices. a matter about which the pub
lie laws are net very liberal or explicit
at present. The bill was called up on
the 9Th inst, upon opposition by Mr..
STEELE, Of Marshall, who suspects
the bill was " gotten up for the benefit
Of printers it was, on motion Of Mr..
CALDWELL, referred to the Judiciary
Committee, whence, we hope, either
one Of the members from Shelby will
call it up. give to the House the exist
ing good reasons for its passage, and
push IL through without delay. There
is not g State in the Union where
newspaper publishers are so poorly
requited Tor legal advertising as in
Tennessee. The law regulating print
ers' fees has stood for years at existing
rates. The price OF paper, Of ink, Of
composition and press-wOrk during
that time, has more than doubled;
rents. clerk hire, and all the expenses
entering into the production Of a
newspaper have advanced in like pro-
portion. and yet Fir. STEELE, Of Mar
shall, fippantly opposes a bill TO re-
lieve Us 10 some extent-a bill that
viii enable Us TO about get our money
back and no more, with the ready
words gotten up for the benefit Of
printers" Well, it is "gotten up for
the benefit OF printers;" and why,
Mr.. STEELE, should it not be "gotten
up for the benefit Of printers?" Is it
because they work and toll in the pub
lie service, that they should have no
benefits? Is it because they do all
sorts Of labor in the peoples behalf,
and are ever vigilant and faithful,
that they are not entitled to benefits?
Or Is it that they helped to elect the
present Legislature, to turn the scales
Of Radicalism, have really rescued
the State from utter and entire ruin,
that they are to be denied the benefits
Of a bill, every word Of which is based
upon right, upon justice and equity?
Perhaps Mr.. STEELE would like for
publishers to continue las they have
1Or half a century in TENNESSEE TO
4" take out " two-thirds Of their legal
advertising "in charging it on the
books" We demur TO this. We, in
common with cur brethren OF the
press, have had about enough of it,
and we propose, in all sincerity, if the
bill OF Mr.. FLEMING does not pass,
that the publishers Of the State meet
in convention and agree upon a-scale
Of prices for legal advertising that
Will pay them wei and leave a fair
margin OF profit; and further, that
they shall bind themselves to adhere
70 it strictly. Meantime, we urge the
representative from Shelby to give
the bill careful consideration and a
candid support if they can, as We
think they can, in conscience do so.
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WASHINGTON correspondents state
that a number of Tennessee Radicals
are in that city "for the purpose Of
petitioning Congress to interfere with
the present Legislature of Tennessee,
and prevent them from repeating the
laws secured to the citizens of the
State by the civil rights bill, which
they claim the Legislature is endeav-
oring to do" Resolutions of inquiry
: already prepared for presentation
to Congress. So Stokes threat to
reduce the State again under military
jurisdiction is not abandoned. 1t is
the last expiring Radical struggle for
supremacy. But the thing is too dead
in Tennessee to admit anything more
than the possibility of the death
thrOeS.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING:

Transient ADVERTISEMENTS, hrst Insertion ~
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gF-+~fefnents inserted at intervals. 10 be
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r-Iu.
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vance tu every instance.
E.-r5r-eS and Deaths are published as news
THr aa-ulp1imeutary notices Of Marriages,
Tr5g.es ~ Respect, Obituaries and Funeral
Notices. VIII be charged as other advertise
All grU-ch Notices or notices Of meetings
oFCbaritable OF Benevolent Societies, VIII
De charged half price.
q-Snav AppEAL.-Advertisements inserted
In The SUNDAY APPEAL VIII be charged one
sixth additional.
WrrELY APPEAL-AGverJisements inserted
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DAY. rates. In both DAILY p WEEKLY,
one tolrra additional TO DAILY rates.
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IN Mississippi, the more Radical
candidate prevails over his RepubIi-
can competitor. In such a contest,
well defined, our sympathies would
range with the more moderate party.
But the canvass in Mississippi was SO
singular and complicated that We some
time since defined our attitude as that
OF the Western matrOn who saw her
husband fight the bear, "and did not
care which whipped" The wish of
every n who prizes free constitu-
tional government is that the South
ern States shall promptly resume their
natural relations IN the Federal sys-
TEN by the means Of free elections,
ana under the lead Of their own citi-
n The conspiracy of carpet-bag-
gers to rule and plumber the South is
repugnant TO all true American feel
ing. But in Mississippi the Radical
candidate was the real Southern citi-
zen, the Conservative was the stran-
ger-nominated chiefly upon the acci-
dental merit OF being brother to Mrs.
Grant. This threw a new element of
uncertainty into the canvass. For
while the President gave a written
license 10 the military authorities to
sustain AlcOrn, il was plausibly said
that the election Of Dent would cause
no real displeasure at the White House.
How these circumstances affected the
vote we have not learned, but they
must have prevented any very distinct
issue; and IA the result strips the Rad
lcals OF q pretext for Withholding her
constitutional rights from the State,
We DO not know that there is cause for
much regret or disappOintment-at
leastto Democrats.-PhitddelDhid AQe.
Whatever may have been the infiu-
ence Of the APPEAL in taking similar
views OF the Mississippi election, no.
thing could be more absurd than To
charge this paper with anything like
malfeasance in the premises. In the
extreme Southern portion Of the State
the APPEAL has a very small
circulation, the falling of in the vote
are informed, was no less than in
the northern portion-in some cases
the whites hardly voting at all. Box
Is were placed in out-ofthe-way pla-
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Registration Notice.

THE following appointments for Registra-
Il ton are hereby noune
First Ward-N. Miller, s. Main street.
second Ward-Wm. Chase, jr, - Poplar 81.
Ihlrd Ward-f. ?. Adams, 1876 Second street.
Fourth Ward-G. W. Lincoln, S. Madison 81.
FlIth Ward-R. ]. Boughner, Room 6 Court
sixth Ward-Wm. A.Melsom, Waldran Block.
Seventh Ward-0. c. Jones. corner Hernando
street and South Market House.
lar street.
Second street.
Tenth Ward-B. F. Boon. sr.. corner Hernando
and South streets.
The above Offices will eouen from q oicioch
R.m. TO o'clock pm.
J. p. BOUGHNER,
commissions OF Registration for Shelby
County, z. MOI
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81 All debts incurred by individual
owners or employees must be settled
by the party contracting, as none will
be paid at our counter or recognized
as an Offset to any account due this
Office. HEATING, ENGLISH & Co.
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DISPENSARY.

TALEN'S HEAD DISPENSARY. Office 70Jz
u jefferson street, between Second and
Third streets, Louisville. KY, established
1850, and chartered by the Legislature Of Ken
lucky 1851, for the treatment OF all diseases
OF the urinary and generative organs Of both
sexes" including spermatOrrhea or seminal
weakness from early errors, gOnorrhea, gleet,
affections of the kidneys and bladder, and
the diseases of women.
A medical pamphlet, containing sixty large
pages and numerous Illustrations on a new
method of treating the above diseases with
out mercury, and Important advice on mar
riage, etc, sent under seal for . cents.
A varix clasp, warranted to cure varicocele
in four days; price SIS; sent TO any address.
Also agents for Devices Female Regulating
Pnls warranted TO remove irregularities, etc;
price at Office, or by mail, 81. a full assort-
ment of bandages and trusses always on hand.
Male sheaths, superior quality single one 81,
or SIS per dozen. Address,
GALEN'S HEAD DISPENSARY,
- Va~Ha-FHn. r.
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MORSE q HUDSON.
rs Wood Choppers Wanted.

A TO. c. WHITES woodward, ~ miles be-
n low Memphis, In Arkansas. on the river:
good timber, ash and pax. 81 80 per cord for
ehopping; pay every saturday; supplies fur
nished at woodward at Memphis prices. For
better information apply 70 L. LAWHORN.
dealer in groceries and amfly supplies. y
Main street, near Memphi and Ohio aflroan
Depot, Memphis, Tsna. naa9
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NoTIcEIN BANKRUPTCY

In the District Court ofthe United States-For
the District OF West Jennessee-Einth the mat
ter Of W. R. Clements, bankrupt-In Bank
ruptcy-
To the creditors ofw. r. Clements, Bankrupt:
TAKE notice that q final meeting Of the
creditors Of said bankrupt viii De held Al
the Office Of T. j.. Latham, Esq. Register. in
the city Of Memphis, in said District. on the
2lst day of December, AID, 1863. at 10 O'Clock
am, for the purpose OF declaring a second and
final dividend.
I also give notice that I have filed my final
accounts as assignee of the estate ofW. n
Clements. bankrupt, In said court, and that
on The list day OF December next I shall APP
ply TO said court for the settlement of nv said
accounts, and for q discharge from an iiabiI-
ity as assignee OF said estate, in accordance
with the provisions of the 18th Section Of the
act OF Congress entitled IAN act to establish
a uniform system OF bankruptcy Throughout
the United states" approved March 2. 1851.
WILLIAMSON McCLELLAND,
AEAPHIs, December 2, lSSs. al
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MISCELLANEOUS.
REMOVAL.

d G. DUN s. CO, having removed to stan
II. ton Block, corner of Madison and Front
streets, viii be happy TO see subscribers and
friends. W. c. MATTHEW'S,
nos Manager
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Independent Cotton Press.
2O3 MADISON ST.

OUR purchase has been confirmed bv the
~ U. > District Court OF Missouri for the
Southwestern Freight and Cotton Press Com
pany, We are now prepared TO compress 100
bales cotton in 10 hours. VIII have two new
presses up within q few days, Witch will turn
out GOO bales In addition to wha we are now
COMPRISING.
no1 MORSE 4 HTDSON
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GROcERs AND COTTON FACTORS.

WE are now receiving one of the largest
w and best selected stocks of goods 1t has
ever been our pleasure 10 offer to the trade
to hrst-class buyers we are prepared 70
offer inducements that cannot be surpassed,
600 sacks Rio Coffee-al grades;
500 barrels Refined Sugar-aIl grades;
so hhds. Louisiana Sugar-aIl grades;
500 packages Syrups and Molasses-all
grades;
100 kegs English Soda;
200 boxes English Soda;
1000 packages New MackereI;
500 packages Virginia Tobacco;
so barrels Robinson County Whisky;
100 Bourbon Whisky;
100 Rectifed Whisky;
90 Tennessee White Whisky;
100 boxes Layer Raisins;
so boxes assorted Nuts;
100 cases Sardines;
100 cases Brandy Cherries and Peaches.
For sale by FARGASON & CLAY,
seS $50 Front Street.
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Val UAsL PROPERTY FOR SALE

THE undersigned desires to sell his entier
Il interest in the business and property OF
the Memphis Cotton Press Association.
This interest will insure an active business
Terms, one halfeash, balance as may be agreed
on. Lnoll THOMAS GRAVES,
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Re EWgIlLS Appeal
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FOR The CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
". II. STEPHENS, of Shelby.
J. B. HEISKELJ, of Shelby.
4. {. BATE, Of Upton.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE,

HAVING filed with the Clerk OF the County
H Court my final settlement as Executor of
the last will and testament of Mrs. Elizabeth
Rogers, deceased. all persons interested there
in can appear and make their objections, II
they have any, or the same will be confirmed
at the January term, 1870, of said court. This
December 8, 1869, JAS. A. CREATH,
deco Executor, etc,
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CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondents, on Public Events, solicited
from every part Of the United states
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a WEEKLY APPEAL is regularly discontin-
Ee5 ar the end of the time subscribed ana
paid fo. unless renewed in advance. ms
rule is adhered to without respect to per-
sons,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given TO the Stoekhold-
- ers OF the GERMAN NATIONAL BANK OF
MEMPHIS, that the annual election for Dr.
rectors takes place, at the Bank, No. z93 Main
street, between the hours Of 10 O'Clock am.
and 4 O'Clock pm,
On the 18th Day Of January Next.
by proxy.
dec MARTIN GRIFFIN, Cashier.
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Tri-Weekly Stage Line.
U. S. Mail and Passenger Coaches from
Gaines Landing to Camden, Ark.
LEAVES GAINES LANDING
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
AT AN.
no9 wit POPE & MITCHELL.
Mississippi and Tennessee R.R.
CEANGE OF TIME.

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOV. Il, 1863
until further notice, trains viii run as
follows:
NEW ORLEANS NAIL, DAILY-Leaves Mem
phis at u m, making direct connections
Tor New Orleans, Vicksburg and all points
South.
EXPRESS, D~AILY-Leaves Memphis 4:l5 pm,
making direct connection for CoffeeYille,
Water Valley, Oxford, Holly Springs, and
all points North of Grenada, on Mississippi
Central Railroad.
Baggage checked through.
Procure tickets at 27H Main street, or at the
Depot. Omnibuses will call for passenger
and check baggage, by leaving orders at G7L
Main street. AS. IIVERMORE,
c. P. OAKLEY, G. 7. A. [nol4l Gent Sup't.
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-20
Cooperation in France

At the present time when general atten-
tion is being turned to questions Of labor
reform, the following account from a cores
pondent Of the New York Tribune Of the
workings of successful cooperative scheme
in France, will be interesting:
The " Familistere of Guise" was founded
by Godin Lemaire twenty years ago, and is
still in the full tide of success. Go1in Lamarie
was born Of poor parents, in 1917, at Eques-
heress, ard passed bis youth, till IL, to the
labors Of the field and the lime-kiln. He
then travelled for ten years. In 1874, still
a simple workman, he returned to his native
village, and directed bis thoughts to the
founding Of this establishment. The pro-
blems which be undertook 10 solve, were
the equitable distribution Of the products Of
labor, and the diffusion Of wealth, or its
equivalents, among the poor.
The buildings arc composed of two paral-
kilograms, with court in the center, and
covering 324 yards of ground, the most ex-
treme apartments being only 100 yards
apart The wings are also in the form OF a
parallelogram, and have an area Of 200
yards. Cellars and barns are at the dsPo-
sition Of the several families whose privacy
is perfectly secured. The interior courts are
more than 200 yards wide, and from 80 to
40 long, and are covered in with glass.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-20
Our " Glorious Country"

The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Courier narrates the following
incident, in which be participated at the
labor meeting recently held at the Cooper
Institute:
1t was pity to see about twenty thou
sand men congcgated in and round the great
meeting place the other evening, all dissa-
tis6ed, all disguised with the conduct of our
Municipal, State, and National affairs, and
but two or three Of them really capable of
giving vent to their idea which prevailed all
that Republicanism and Democracy here
bad made them not happier, had made them
mot wiser, than were the laboring populations
ofthe old monarchial countries. happened
TO pass the Institute and listened for time
10 the speeches. In the vestibule of the
ball were several knots Of workingmen dis
cusslng the same topics that were dwelt upon
inside. / listened to their conversation
until they dispersed, when one of them, be-
hsving me to be politician, said to me,
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-20
HOueekeePer.

BAKED INDIAN PUEDING-Stir enough
siffed Indian meal into quart of boiling
milk to make a stiff batter; stir in three Ia
blespOonfuls Of sugar, grated nutmeg and
teaspoonful Of salt. Take this from the
fire and stir in three tea cups Of cold milk ;
and then add three beaten eggs Mix il
well. and set it in the oven. 1t will bake
in an hour. If you wish to have it extra
nice, add half pound Of raisins and anoth.
er tea-cup Of milk.
GINeER-SNAPs.-One pint Of baking mo
lasses, one pound Of sugar, / pound Of lard
I ounce Of sugar and tablespoonful Of Gin.
namon. Work the lard moIasses and sugar
together, and add -four enough to make
q stiff dough. Roll out thin, cut with a
round cake cutter and bake quickly.
PoTATo FRITTERs.-Take FIVE or six
large, mealy potatoes, (Peachblows are the
best, and slice them lengthwise, about one
ffth Of an inch in thickness, throwing the
slices into cold water as they are cut Have
ready deep griddIe on the fire in which
some lard or nice drippings have been melt
ed lay the slices in separately and sprinkle
them with salt. Fry them to nice brown
on one side, then turn and brown the other.
Try them with fork, and as soon as one
piece Is thoroughly done, dip it in batter. and
return It to the griddle. BY the time the
last piece is dipped the first will need turn
ing. As soon as the.fritters are Drowned on
both sides, lay them on heated dish, and
put more IN the griddle. They need con
slant attention, to keep them from becoming
too crisp or burned. Half teaeupful Of
milk, one egg, a little salt, and -four enough
to make il Of the consistency Of pOunk-cake,
is q good recipe for the batter. Apples
sliced and cooked in the same manner, and
eaten with sugar, make good dessert
american AgricultwaList.