Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-29

The American Builder and Journal of
ATt.-The March number of this beauti-
full new monthly is on our table, thanks
TO W. ]. Mansford, of the Catholic Book
store, who is the agent in this city. This
journal fills a gap or hyatus in our peri
odicsl literature already long and seri-
ously felt, and we hope the editors will
continue 1t in the present style Of ele-
gance of design and high standard of
merit.
The Edinburgh ReUie1U, for January,
1S69.-We are indebted to the publishers,
the Leonard Scott Publishing House, for
a copy of this quarterly, which contains
the following articles: "Spsin under
Charles L." "Lord KingsdoWn's Recol-
leations of the Bar" "Ca 3srian Rome"
&" Trenches Realities Of Irish Life"
1.-THE Legend of Tell and RItli, y " Gov
eminent TelegTsphs," "Dean Milmsn's
Annals of st. Paups," Hunters An
nails of Rural Bengal" &c neral U. s.
Grant," and Mr.. Brights Speeches"
The Brooklyn MoHthly.-"Volums One,
Number Ole," Of this new serial candi-
date for public favor has come to hand.
1t is a most attractively gotten up maya
zine indeed, and looks very enticiDg with
its clear print and Er0&d columns. II is
quite a triumph for the "City Of Church
es" to have something distinctive In the
way of q periodical, from those Of its
greedy and sll-Rbsorbing Deighb0r, and
we welcome 1t to our table. The con-
tents are varied and entertaining, and
gotten up somewhat in the style Of the
old Knickerbocker. 1t is published by
Horace w. Love & Co, $40 Fulton street,
Brooklyn.
The Policy of Extending Government
did to Additional Railroads to the Pa
cifc, 6y Guaranteeing Interest on their
Bonds This is the tltle Of the report Of
the majority of the Senate Committee
on Pacific Railroads, February l9, 1869,
which is a most able document, explsin-
ing to the Senate the considerations
which induced them to repsrt in favor of
the policy Of aiding with Government
credit the construction Of two additional
trunk lines Of railway to the Pacific
coast. We have not the time to more
than glance at the headings Of this able
defence of the policy reported, but we
may divide them as follows: The Com
mittee start with the sphOrism a. that
the highways of nations are the proper
measure OF their civiliz alton; ~ they
proceed to show that there is no object to
which Government can so probably sp-
ply the expenditure of money IS the
building Of highways; (3) they aver the
obligation to give the distant territories
railroads, (beihg tho obligations OF .
guardian and governor of the territories
OF Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico; y !
"a the influence Of railroads is to in
crease domestic and foreign commerce ;
(5) two additional reads to the Pacific
are absolutely necessary, for the reasons
that Gone line is not sufficient, and it
would be q monopoly if it were; that
each section is entitled to 2 rosd-the
South as much as the North; that sddi-
tional lines are necessary to have unin-
terrupted communication with the Pacific
coast; that they are q military necessity, |
as they would settle the Indian question.
f6.) The Committee then go on and show
bv actual figures and . course OF ratio
oination that the annual saving to the
Government that would be effected by
these two additional trunk roads WOuId
far erceed the entire sum guaranteed to
aid their construction, They proceed to
shoW how these additional lne5 will 9TH
erwise Day the natiOn-by bringing into
market hundreds of millions of acres of
good land which are nov dead property, |
by adding millions of poI ulatiOn to ito
present number of producers, by indedn-
ately increasing the production of the
precious metals, etc.-reasons. by the
way, and all of them good. a. These
railways can pay the national debt, If
managed as those OF France, aud indeed
of Continental Europe, the railway there
being the true sinking fund for the pay
ment Of national indebtedness. (S. The
North Pacific Road will acquire for us
the British Possessions, and the Southern
Road will annex Northern Mexico. The
Committee then proceed to show that
the guarantees Of the interest upoa the
r lads' bonds is perfectly safe they an
swer the objection of untimeliness of
present aid, and show that tbs sooner the |
work is commenced and the more vigor-
ously it is prosecuted, the better it will
be for the country. This is, on the whole,
a remarkable document, and reflects the
highest credit upon the committee
Messrs. w. ID. Stewart, Chas. d. Drake,
John Conness, Alex. Ramsay, J. G. Alb
bolt and B. F. Rice.
The Druggists Circular and 0emi-
cal Gdzette.-The March number Of this
valuable and to druggists almost indis-
pensable monthly, is at hand. It con-
tsins q larger quantity than usual Of val
liable reading matter on scientific sub
jects-mOstly chemical research and dis
coYery, among which there is 3 very val
liable contribution from the Pen of the
Munich SAvsn, Baron Justus von Liebig,
on beef. tea and the extract of meat lea
trqctum corniS Another is an article
on the danger of prescribing concentrated
medicines. This should be read by every
practicing physician carefully. Il wss
not more than q week ago that a pre-
scription wss sent to a p-bsrmaceutist of
our acquaintance, by a prominent ply
stefan OF the city, which called for q GER
tain concentrated medicines deadly
poison. The druggist asked how it was
10 be taken, as the directions were not
written on 1t, ard saw in q moment that
il the prescription were filed and direc-
ions carried out it would be fatal to the
patient. refused to put up the medicine,
and told the party his reasons. The
physician coming in just at that time, his
attention was called TO it, and be altered
the prescription to suit the strength OF
the oficinal preparation. Ii was the
good fortune or luck of the man that he
went to an experienced druggist, for had
he CHANGED to have given the prescrip-
ton into the hands of most drug clerks,
It would have been put up, and tie Pc
tEent would have 6een 8 corpse in an
hour.
annual Catalogue of the New England
Conservatory of Music: Boston Music
Hall, February, lS69.-This is the title of
s very handsomely printed pamphlet,
containing a catalogue of the officers,
instructors and pupils, also 8 statement
of the object, etc, OF the New England
Conservatory, dissertations on the vari-
Gus systems of music, musical instru-
ments, vocal culture, harmony and mu-
steal composition, etc.. 1t is designed o.
a guide to the student who may seek ad-
mission to the Conservatory, and is an
admirable work.
The Photographic ADVOCATE. The
first number Of this little monthly
brochure is at hand. It contains many
| excellent articles. Among them are es-
pecially worthy of psrusai, those enti-
tied "Common Sense" and "Short
Hand.n
Magazines for april.
LppdRcoh is on our table. It is 8
model number, containing 8 beautiful