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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND.
Startling Disclosures as TO How 1t was
Manipulated, and by NEOm.

In the APPEAL of Friday morning
we gave synopsis by telegraph of the
startling disclosures made in reference
to the manipulation of the Agricul-
tural College Fund. The following are
the particulars, so far as they have
come TO light. We copy them from
the Nashville Banner of Friday:
As most of the BdnReF'S readers
have doubtless learned from our re-
ports of the legislative proceedings, a
special committee, appointed by the
House, and Of which DIR. Russell, Of
Rutherford and Bedford, is chairman,
is now engaged in investigating the
disposition made of the Agricultural
College scrip, turned over by virtue
Of an act OF Congress to the State au-
thOrities in 1868. This scrip repre-
sentcd 100000 acres OF land donated
BY Congress to Tennessee, as TO other
States, for the purpose Of establishing
an agricultural college or colleges. II
was sold under authority of the Legi5-
lature in the year above mentioned,
by Secretary Fletcher and William
Bosom. The investigating commit
tee has been looking into the circum-
stances attending said sale, and, we
understand, sufficient has already
been developed to seriously cJmprO-
mise Secretary Fletcher, Bosom, and,
perhaps, others. 1t is charged thal,
while these parties pretended 10 sell the
scrip to the highest bidder, after due
notice had been given, but that they
really disposed Of it to one Lewis, an
Ohio specuiatOr at considerably less
than its market value. In fact the
proof on this point is alleged to be 50
direct and positive that the committee
are very confident Of proving a clear
case Of Official cOlIusiOn and fraud.
Two prominent bankers of this city,
and one in MurireesbOro, have al
ready shown that they bid at least
five cents higher than Lewis, and that
Fletcher and Bosom We're fully aware
of the fact. BY tine time the COM
mittee is ready TO report, they will,
we hear it limited, be in possession Of
evidence that will make the Agri-
cultural College scrip business second
only in infamy to the robbery Of
the sacred school fund. Not a link
in the chain will be missing when
the proper time comes for the start
ling developments Of which we have
spoken,
Secretary Fletcher's official conduct
in other respects is also meeting the
attention of the committee. 1t is
charged that he has been in the habit
Of demanding and receiving one dollar
each for affiXing the seal of the State to
bonds issued; that he had not the
slightest shadow Of authority for 50
IOipCr and tlat ha Bal fku= rly-to-tal
fully -, 0G0 from the parties who re-
ceived the bonds-alI Of which viii
undergo rigid Investigation.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21
Woman Suffrage.

In two Observation-Disclosures and
Utah-we have woman suffrage a re-
ality; and of these two triumphs the
latter is infinitely the more import
ant. There are very few women in
Wyoming, but in Utah they outnum-
ber the men. We repeat, therefore,
SAYS the New York Times, our sug-
gestion of the other day, that a great
work is open to woman's suffrage at
the very outset. We have often been
promised that the women of Utah
would throw OF their present degFa-
dation by the aid of the ballot. Now,
Mr.. Cullom's bill cOntemplates the
employment of forty thousand sol
diers or less to put down pOlygamy ;
what if fcrty thousand women or less
anticipate him, and put down poiyga-
my by the ballot instead ofthe bullet
The resplt Of the first experiments in
women's voting will be watched for
with the greatest interest and Curl
OSity.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21
A Tennessee Radical HOmeSiCk.

Mr.. Joseph Powell, commercial
agent of the United States at Port
Stanley, Falkland Islands, writes
home as follows: "YOu may be aware
that this is the last sailing point next
to the South Pole. Beyond this no
vessel ever sails, and human footsteps
are never seen. 1t Is perpetual winter
snow every month in the year. The
Islands are naked OF tree or bush, and
very little soil-high mountains and
hills of volcanic rock cover nine
tenths OF the surface. Nothing Of the
grain kind is raised, no Seed-time or
harvest. There are no animals eX-
cept wild horses and cattle. Foxes
and rabbits have been brought here
and increaSed-much larger than
those in the United States. No snakes,
frogs, fieas, spiders, bed-bugs, or in
seCts of any kind. The wind blows
all the time, often so strong that you
cannot look out. The population, all
told, does not exceed three hundred
on all the Islands, and are very poor.
This is only a haTbOr for wrecks. EX-
penses are very high, and living poor,
no comforts Of life whatever. Board
and lodging, annually, Eve hundred
and twenty dollars. I'll come home
the first opportunity. / am distant
from New York twelve thousand
miles by sea; my voyage to my post
of duty occupied one hundred and
five days. am thirty days sail from
Rio JaneiTO, 300 miles beyond Chilli
and Peru, and GOO miles of Cape Horn.
| wish Won and Colonel Fletcher TO
secure me 2 place at the capital. l de-
sire to live in Nashville during the
remainder of my life"
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A Son inadvertently Kills his
Father.

ST. LOUIS, February lS.-OIr.
AleXes DrCit, formerly of st. Louis,
lately residing in Illinois, five miles
from East st. Louis, on the bluffs on
the Columbia road, was on last Thurs
day accidently shot dead by his own
son, a youth of sixteen years. Seeing
some ducks in the lake, the lad picked
up his gun. asked his father il il was
loaded, and the same instant raised
with his thumb the hammer of the
lock. Before the old man could an
SWer, his boys thumb slipped off the
hammer, the gun was discharged, and
the contents were lodged in the faith
er's right side. The unfortunate man
fingered in great agony until yester-
day, when he expired. The young
man has been in phrenZied state,
bordering on insanity, since the occur
renee, and the family are apprehen-
sive that he will become deranged in
consequence of this deploTable casual
ty.
The diseased, AIxes DrOit, is well
known in ST. Louis, having kept the
French bakery on Elm street tor many
years, and was not only highly re-
speCted in the city bat universally
esteemed, as he was also among his
late neighbOrs. A few years ago,
having acquired sufficient means TO
retire from active city life, he pur-
chased the farm upon which his fam
lily now reside, and where he came TO
his sudden aad melancholy death.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21
Amending the PO tage Laws.

Our readers, without one exception,
we presume, will be in favor of Air.
Bingham's new bill, amendatOry of
the laws relating TO the rates Of post
age. 1t provides that half ounce let
ters shall go for two cents, and that
every additional half ounce or frac-
ton of it. shall pay one cent addi-
tiOnal all newspapers and periodicals,
one cent for four ounces, and one cent
additional for every additional ounce
or fraction. Papers circulating within
one hundred mllas of their plape of
publication, or in the State GI toSr;t0ry
where published, are to 90 free; ana
also exchanges between publishers.
DrOo letters one cent, and an addi-
tiOnaI cent for each half ounce. Man
uscripts intended for publication, net
exceeding two ounces, three cents,
and one cent additional for every ad-
ditiOnal ounce. 1t also provides that
the Postmaster General shall establish
a moderate and uniform box rental.
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Alisnniaa Mnfdar and Suicide.

CHICAGO, February, 20.-On Friday
night John Phipps, a farmer residing
at Sugar Creek, near Lincoln, Ills,
while in AT of frenzy, the cause oi
which is unknown, shot his wife with
a revolver through the head, infict-
ing a mortal wound, and then shot
himself through the head. he eE-
pired almost Immediately. Mrs.
Phipps is still alive but unconscious.
She is a daughter Of john Bucks, an
extensive stock dealer in Logan
county.
Last night and to-day are the cold
est of the season in Chicago. At st,
Paul yesterday the mercury ranged
from five to fifteen degrees below zero,
and a large number of cases Oi
freezing, teaInsters and Others, are re
ported. At Omaha yesterday the
mercury was seven degrees below
zero.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21

NEW YORK, February 20.-The
| Secretary OF the Navy, it IS reported,
has Instructed Admiral Gordon to
enter into no arrangement with the
Spanish officers for the repair of the
war vessels Victoria and Leakad at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard until tho
result of the Congressional movement
on the neutrality question is known.
The ONeill Fenian5 have within
the last few days accumulated a great
number of arms at headquarters, in
dicating, it IS said, an early move
meRt on Canada.
Geo. Arensburg, cOmpOsitOr in
the Times ONCE, yesterday set 2yGl ems
solid miniOn in one hour, said 10 be
the fastest type-setdDg on record
kOhler IL kawenn2, pTCprietOrS OF
the great Lager Brewery at Gustea-
burg, are charged with revenue frauds
and held to bail in $1,000 each to await
the decision of Governor Hoffman.
The steamer Tyber, from St. Do
mingO, brings news that BaeZ has
completed arrangements for the pop
ular vote on the question of anneXa-
ton with the United States. The
feeling in favor grows to q large ma
jOrity for it. 1t is expected the revO-
lutiOnary movement is virtually
ended. All quiet at SANTANA. An
American vessel was unloading cO3i
for the naval station, and pTepara-
tiOns are making for the erection of
Government buildings.
President Baez had received a com
municatiUn from influential parties in
Venezuela, asking his influence with
the American Government in favor of
the annexation of Venezuela to tine
United States.
A Washington special says that the
President has Withdrawn the Kaw In
dian treaty swindle before the Senate
could find time for its ratification.
Seven hundred hatter5 are on
strike ia Orange to compel employers
to dissolve their protective society.
JAS. 2. Byrne, was convicted in Ne
Wark OF arson ia setting fire 10 his
own house to get the insurance.
The Erie Company have reinstated
some of the Jersey City strikers.
A decision was given in the Supe-
riOr Court yesterday in favor Of the
Empire Transportation Company,
who seized an invoice of oil from
Pittsburg to Jas. Bishop & Co, be-
cause freight on previous shipment
was unpaid.
The steamer Ra6are brings advices |
from Rio Jaaeiro to January 18th; |
also, q number Of American emigrants !
whose return passage was paid by the !
Brazilian government.
1T is reported that a Brazilian loan
failed in England.
The Brazuians captured eighty Par |
aguayans at Belle Anesta, and forty |
more at another point.
The Argentine troops have nearly !
all returned home
a Brazilian scouting party found a 1
thousand women in 4 starving cOndi- |
tlon, of whom only four hundred had /.
strength to come away, and report /
the roads covered with other women,
who had been lanced or had their
thrOats cut By the scouts of Lopez.
DaSerters report that Lopez Is con-
canals TO cross the Paraguay
and to descend the Parana; also, that
he is habitu2lly drunk; and that he
has fertilization three hundred and
ifty yards long, defended by seven
hundred men and four guns,at Pande-
room, on the Aguary river.
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Another trial for murder has taken
place at Paris. The victim in this
case was a dealer in Sand, named Del
Dor, and the accused, his step-son,
BertOn, aged 81. The former had
married in 1864 the mother of the
prisoner, and the two men lived on
bad terms, Berton constantly fearing
that all his mothers property would
be squandered by DelbOr. Another
cause Of jealousy was that they We're
in the same trade. On the 18th of 0c-
tober last the elder man, while enter
ing his stable, was struck from behind
on the head with hammer, and died
FIVE days after, declaring that his mur-
derer was Berton. A verdict of guilty
was now returned against this latter,
and he was sentenced to hard labor
for life.
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Rev. DR.. Hatfield on Woman Suffrage

CHICAGO. February l5.-Rev. DR..
Hatfield. pastor Of st. PauIs NJ. +.
Church, delivered a lecture last even
ing on the perniciOus effects Of the
agitation Of woman suffrage. The
speaker held that the agitation was
based on a false assumption. Nearly
every speaker in favor Of WOman's
franchise held that the sex was sOrely
oDDressed. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. The tendency Of
Christianity was to relieve woman
from any unnatural burden. He
was willing TO essert thaJ as
F,asny suffered from the effects of WO-
mans tongue, as woman suffered frOnl
drunken husbands, the greatest evil to
which they We're submitted. The en-
fire cause was Kept up by false repre-
eentatiOns and gross eXaggerauons.
Thus. they claimed that the present
sphere of wOman's activity and use
fnluess was confined TO two or three
callines. while a census taken IN boS-
ton had developed the fact that Wo-
men could be and were employed IN
seyenty-fOur industrial pursuits. Oo-
stacles in the way Of women learning
an honest livelihood were more ina
0inary than real. There were prO0a-
bly as many young men out OF en-
plOyment and eager for Work IN CAl-
I;agO As women.
when be met a woman IN cars OF
elsewhere, with hair cut short and
narted in tOm-bOy fashion, several
saspiciOns with regard 70 heT 9rQse IN
his mind. Was She from hospital,
nenitentiary, insane asylum, or was
She too old to take care Of that which
tLe ADostIe Of old declared 20 be the
cbiaf crown and glory Of woman? q?
The sneaker dealt severely with free
love advocates, etc.
lie admitted that there were good
and pure men and women who advO-
Gated woman suffrage, but they had
no conception toward what they were
tending. They imagined they could
snron half way down precipice aud
chen gtop. He insists that women
don't stand in need OF the ballot for
the redress of any grievances, real or
imaginary. The abandoned women
of Wells street would take advantage
~ woman's suffrage. Respeetaoile
s,zoHaen in our midst, OF a rule, dld
-ef want any more rights ana nee
5on than they nov possessed. He
elosed bY prOphesying injury to the
Renublie ia the event Of the success
OF woman's suffrage.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21

MADRID, February 19.-Gen. Ramon
Cabrean, the distinguished Carlist
leader, refuses to take command Of
the CarIist movement under a reduced
force, and the basis of operation agreed
upon.
The Hnpsrialist says that several
Carlist chiefs recently left France and
entered the north Of Spain.
The newspapers to-day print letter
from the Duke de MOntpensier, who
declared Spain to be his country, by
tradition, adoption and affection.
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The Murder Of Hadama Lambart

The London Daily Nglrs says: "Our
Paris correspondent, writing on Sat
urday evening, gives the subioined
account Of the occurrence: The fash
iOnable quarter Of the Faub0urg ST.
HOnOre was thrown into a state Of
CONSERVATION last night by the news
that a lady had been murdered in her
own house by her fOOtman, and that
the assassin had badly wounded two
servants. The story was but too true.
Madame LOmbart, the wife Of a
fOrEer French Consul General in In
dia, residing at No IL Rue du Fdu-
bOurg st. HOnOre, was killed by her
servant in her husbands presence, he
being paralytiC and unable 10 help her.
The man was a Belgian, and had been
in NJ. LOmbart's service about six
months. At 6 O'clock, Just as dinner
was about TO be served, the servant,
whose name is Francois, came into
the bedroom where Madame LOm-
bart was attending to her husband,
who for years has been reduced 10
pass his days in an arm chair.
An alteration took place between
the mistress and the fOOtman, and the
latter, who was drunk, went out to
the dining-rOOm and returned with Il
carving knife, with which he very
nearly cut off Madame Lombart's
head. The husband, unable TO stir
rom his chair, saw his wife murdered
almost within arms length Of him.
When she was quite dead, Francois
rushed to the kitchen, where he found
the cook and little boy from the pOr-
ter's lodge below stairs. Their screams
brought to the spot the pOrter's wife
aud the cook of the NlscOuntesS de
FitZ-James, a lady living in the same
house. The latter woman attempted
to disarm Francois, but he disabled
her by intlictiug a very severe wound
in her throat. The concierge then fed
with her son, and theTeupOn the man
struck with the knife at his fellow
servant. She, instinctiyely putting
her hands TO protect her head, re-
ceived a terrible wound on her wrist,
the hand being nearly cut of. The
neigh5ors speedily called in the pO-
lice, and the assassin was arrested.
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DIED..

BACI5ALUPO-On the night Of Februar
2Dth. at ~ O'Clock. JAMES. infant son Of Win
cent and Mary BaeigaIupo
Funeral from residence, No. IS Union street
at O'Clock Tuesday, February Z2d.
CURTIS HARVEY r. CURTIS, Of congestio1
Of the lungs, on sunday, February 10Th.
The friends and acqualntances OF Mr.
OPhslia Curtis aud family are requested T.,
attend the funeral. this (AfONDAY) e7enin.
at 3 O'Clock. from the residence, corner
Fifth and LoOney streets, Chelsea.
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Cuban Affairs.

WASHINGTON, February lS.-The
State Department will next week send
to Congress q large batch of documents
bearing on Cuban affairs, including
what is technically called the Sickles'
correspondence with the Spanish au-
thOrities. Persons who know what is
III these papers, sgy they will throw a
great deal of light on our diplomacy
since Grant came into power, and fully
Justify the administration in the course
it has pursued concerning Cuba. They
will also show that Spain understands
and admits that she can't much longer
sustain her ancient colonial policy,
ana that the present leaders do not
think il viii be wise for her to attempt
doing so, They concede that Cuba
viii be an independent State at no
distant date, and assert that the home
government would ere this have given
the Gubans &n advance toward that
end but for the fact that they persist
In maintaining hostile attitude.
The stories so mduStriously circula-
ted within few days, that the Pres
ident had changed front on the Cuban
question, andthat one of the foreign
COHlHlllNeSS Vi OOuSdtSS ~ dbUuL 10
declare for belligerept rights, are of a
piece with other sensationals. The
President, in a talk to-day, declared
that he had neither done nor said, nor
contemplated anything to give color
to the report that he intended iuterfer-
ing in Cuban affairs. He said his per-
sdnal sympathies were still, as they
had been from the beginning, with the
patriot cause; but the insurgents were
losing ground, and he was decidedly
of the opinion that no good would re-
suit from a recognition of the helIig-
erents,
Ia the Senate Foreign Committee,
Cameron is the only member who
shows any serious disposition to push
things for the Cubans, and it Is by no
means certain that he would vote for
belligerent rights. The House Com
mittee is nearer recognition than tne
one on the other side, but not likely
to do more than report for strict neu-
trality between the Cubans and Span
iards.
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FOREIGN SUMMARY.
From France.

FfNtH at2lalgs
PARIS, February lat is reported
that the Ministers, in spite of police
orders to the contrary, will permit the
procession to pass through the streets
on Mardi Gras.
An imperial decree, published in
the official journal, cOuvokes the High
Court Of Justice to meet at Tours on
The Dist of March. 1t provides that
drawing shall take place among the
5.;--::,4l iIIry within ten days, to decide
MhIch iiieirr'',-;-ar - TO fOrm the Court.
The said grand jury VIM - CUInp6seti
of members of the General Council.
The Gazette DesfyT5uaas, the official
organ, says that ON examination of
Prince Pierre BOnaparte, It will be
proved that be was provoked, and
used hrs legitimate right of selfCle-
fense, rs the accusation was 50 grave.
1t is generally believed the Prince
will be acquitted.
La. 1farSeilIaise says that owing
to the prosecution threatened, the
name of ROchefOrt viii not appear in
that Journal hereafter. The name of
NJ. Dargerville is printed as chief ed
itor, but it is understood TO be a cover
for ROehefort, who will continue todi-
rect the paper.
An additional sum of 5000 francs
has been imposed on the La NdrseiI-
LdiSe. Thirteen persons, in addition
to those previously reported, have
been sentenced for participation in
the recent riots. Ten judges were en-
gagged sll day yesterday in the x
animation of removing cases, put
none of the accused were discharged.
IT Is announced that the Empress
Fn0ene will visit Sweden and Nor
way in the spring.
From IsaIy.
ROME, February 20.-The Carnival
opened with the customary cerenO-
MES. The number Of strangers taking
part in the festivities is small, and the
scenes in the streets are not as lively
as usual. Placards against Papal in
faIlibility were found on the walls last
week, and torn down by the police.
From England.
LONDON, February 20.-A deputa-
ton waited on the Board Of Trade
Saturday and urged the adoption OF
the metric system of weights and
measures.
The nunnery case of Sanerin vs..
Storr has been settled. The ex-nun
has received back her dOwry, and
each party pays its own costs.
The Observer is confident of the pas
sage of the Irish Land Reform bill.
The steamers Cambria and NereuS,
from New York, arrived yesterday,
and the Nebraska to-day.
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pANx6lIPT NOTICE.

In the District Court o6tne United States-For
Ter of Hall & Co, Bankrupts. In bank
ruptcy, District of Welt Tennessee.
To whom Il may concern:
The undersigned hereby gives notice Of his
sppointmemt as assignee OF Hall & Co.. or
Memphis, in the county Of shelby and state
of Tennessee, within said District, " no have
been adj judged Bankrupts upon creditors Pc
tttion, by the District Court of said District.
Memphis, Tennessee, the 18th day OF Feb
rusry, A.D., lS7o.
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SKoWHEGAN, ME., February 90
The keRnebee river is at an extEaOr-
dinary hight. The ice freshet is with
out parallel in this section, and many
bridges above have been carried away.
The Kennebec and Portland Railroad
was washed out in one place fifty feet
in length and a depth Of thirty feet,
but has since been repaired. Several
bridges have gone on -AndrOseOggin
river.
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Texas Legislature.

AUSTIN, February 19.-The Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments finally passed both
Houses Of the Legislature. Re5Olu-
tons were presented asking Congress
to establish a general postal telegraph
system. Tabled.
The railroad bridge over the Braz0s
river between HenDstead and Bren-
ham has been burned.
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On tas 24th Of March. Iszn-

II front Of the Office Of Dickinson. Williams
q Co., No 2l0 Front street, Memphis. we viii
sell, for -ssh, TO the highest bidder, the fol-
Sowing described property. viz: A tract OF
land aal all mprOVements thereon, Situ2lsti
on or near the New Raleigh road, known ts
the Ammou property, conveyed - Us Os
Deed i'm Trust and particularly described
J W. DICKINSON.
~ 40 tQ-n rea911 w ". GUY.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
M All Main CT zsn7l,is Ta-7
Valuable River Lands
At
c HAN ERY SAL {.

80 We call special attention 20 the sab
Joined sale OF River Lands, Offering a fns in
yestment to persons wishing to engage in
selling wood 10 steamboats, or IN Memphis.
The land Is denseIy tlm5ered, and when
cleared viii pay interest ON $50 per acre IA
rent or cultivation