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PLEA FOR EMIGRANTS.
How the Public Lands might be Settled to
Advantage.

In publishing the following we must
not be considered as indorsing a policy at
variance with the best interests of this
State as declared in our new Constitution.
As Democrats we are opposed to this or
any other State becoming the banker OF
its people. If for no other reason, we are
opposed to the suggestions of Hard
or communism In q free country the
best policy to pursue is to leave every
man unrestricted to work out his own
salvation, in his own way, and by such
aid as his ability may call forth from his
friends or the public:
Editors Appedl-To-day there are
thousands of beautiful acres of land lying
idle for the want of settlers, and to-day
there are ten times ten thousand settlers
waiting for that same land, scattered as it
is in and throughout some of the greatest
States in the Union. / do not see why
those States that haze so much Of this sur
p'LS land do not make a provision, or law,
through or by the legislative body of each
respective State, by which a poor man
after going n their State could meet
with a little encouragement from the pro-
per authorities, of hat means "a small
loan, say from three to five hundred dol
lars) which would enable them to op-n
out a farm, If loaned for about two or three
years on ten per cent. interest, it would
enable them TO provide not only for their
family, but it would be the means and
making of a revenue that would forever
flow back into the Golfers of the State.
The whole State would soon be peopled
up, and the rapid enhancement Of the
and and real estate inside of five years
would be immense, and between taxes,
interest and the new made revenue the
State would soon ride out of debt.
In my mind there seems to be a great
oversight, on the part of all States, in not
making that provision, that would almost,
as it were by magic, turn their wild lands
into most beautiful farms, by aiding the
poor man to settle them. In a few years
the whole State would become densely
populated with a thriving and energetic
set of farmers, such as would give credit
to any State that would hold out such
noble and charitable inducements.
The game of railroad speculation would
be then pretty well played out, and in
stead of the State almost begging capital
lists to build their roads through their
States, they in their urn 1.-THE railroads)
would seek that great privilege of running
their roads through the State, from the
very fact of the State being densely popu-
lated. They would have something to
build a road, for the different commodities
that would be raised from such a source,
would be immense; and then the travel
of its citizens would be something for rail-
roads to contend for. Capitalists would
seek an investment in those States forjust
such roads as are now built Nth the Gid of
State. Private enterprise would be en-
listed in this great principle of moving
all hat is human and divine, for ia carry
ing that which not only supports the body
but strengthens the very soul of men,
be divine.
A HARD-WORKING DEMOCRAT.
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THE NEW REPUBLIC.
Why the People Ofthe United States should
~Sympaihize with 1t.
MEMPHIS. September 16. 1870.

MEMPHIS, September I6, 1870.
Editors AppeaJ-I like The lone of the
resolutions passed by the Democratic
Convention in Chicago, which 1 saw in
the APPEAL the morning of the 18th.
1t is natural that the German pOpula-
ton of this country should sympatbize
with their Fatherland while contending
with a monarchy. But now since France
has become a Republic, we ave a right
to expect a change in their course.
1t would be a strange sight to see a
people who have absolved themselves
from allegiance to all monarchs, kings
and potentates whatsoever land taken
the oath to support and sustain a Repub-
lican form of government), sympathizing
with a monarchy that is striving to crush
a Republic.
For this reason we have a right to ex-
pect a change in the policy of the German
population of this country, consistent
with their obligations to this Govern
ment, and their relations to the Republi-
can portion of the world in respect to the
people of France.
I would that all foreigners could be-
come inspired with the sentiments por-
trsyed in the following lines by Charles
Mscky:
Men ~ofthought!be up and stirring, night and
day;
Sow the seed, withdraw the curtain. clear the
way
Men OF action, aid and cheer them, as ye may;
There's a fount about to stream,
There's a Light about to beam,
There's a warmth about to glow,
There's a flower about to blow,
There's a midnight blackness changing into
gray;
Men OF thought, and men of action, clear the
way,
Once the welcome light is broken, who shall
say
What the unimagined glories Of the day?
What the evil that shall perish in the ray
Aid the ~dawning, tongue and penn;
Aid l., hopes OF honest men;
Aid 1t paper, aid IL type,
Aid 1t, for thehour is ripe.g
And our earnest mus not slacken into play;
Men of thought, and men of action, clear the
way.
Lot a clouds about TO van,sh from the day,
And a brazen wrong to crumble into clay:
Lot the rights about to conquer-clear the
way.
With the right shall many more
Enter, smiling at the door,.
With the giant wrong shall fall,
Many others, great and small,
That for ages long have held US for their prey;
Men of thought, and men of action, clear the
way.
"They represent the people of the earth
casting of the chains that have so long
bound them, and standing forth in the
lioyht pf fraoIoa, -
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PERSONAL.

The Hon. Tom Avery returned home
from Nashville yesterday. He is enthu-
siastic yer the results of the Nashville
Convention, aud exuberant in his en-
GONNA upon the equality, character and
condition" of the delegates. However
good they may have been-even a delega-
ton OF princes-Tom Avery would only
nave been among his peers.
Colonel John Dawson, of the firm of
B. J.. Semmes & Co., returned home a
few days ago from the Northern and
Eastern watering places. We regret to
learn that Mrs. Dawson was robbed, some
weeks ago, at Newport, R. l., of her mag
nifieent diamond set, valued at $500, no
clue to which has been obtained.
Mr.. Vincent Bacigalupo left the city on
Thursday, accompanied by his daughter
Annie, and Miss Amelia Lagorio, for
Elizabethtown, KY, where he will leave
the girls until they become thoroughly
accomplished.
]. W. McCown, Esq, of the firm of
SprOule 81 McCOwn, returned yesterday
from a W. months visit to the Fast. He
has purchased an immense stock for the
elegant new store. corner of Jefferson n
Main streets. He returned via North
Carolina, whore he spent a week most
agreeably.
Mr.. G. P. Haight, of the Erie Cotton
Express, returned yesterday. He has
had a splendid time at the various water
ing places.
Sam. G. Anderson, Esq, the well-known
cotton buyer, is again in the city, and will
enter into the cotton ring extensively this
season. He has, while absent, visited
Europe and all the Eastern cities.
Among the arrivals during this past few
days we are pleased to note that of u
delicate and fragile friend, Mr.. Z. A.
Frankland, of tho well known auction
house of e. A. FARMLAND q Co., in the
Webster block. He visited Long Branch,
Newport, Saratoga, Niagara, and other of
our celebrated watering places, and we
are glad to say that the medicinal effects
produced were not of such a character as
10 lessen his GUoir-dU-pdaneh. That he is
able to attend to business is attested by
the activity displayed since his return i n
the auction business, in which he stands
A No. 1.
LADIES, call and look at our new stock
of embroIderies now being marked off.
II. w. JOHNS ron q co.
g1Z Main sfraat
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HERE'S A CHANCE.
The HOEey Invested Will Double Itself Ia
Three Months.
The Choicest Lot In Memphis.

The most attractive residence property
in Memphis is the Fred. w. Smith estate
on Vance, east of Lauderdale, near the
new residences of Messns. Cooke, Wheat
ley and Overton. An admirable lot, a
part of this subdivision, will be sold to
day at 81 O'Clock, without Limitation or
reserve, to the highest and best bidder, by
ROyster & Trezevant. The money must
come, much or little. The title is perfect
as the lot is faulfless. Go to this place in
the street cars this afternoon, and see
what this property will command in the
present condition OF the money market.
There was never such a chance for specu-
latiOn,
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FILLING HIS CRIB.
An EntsrprIslpe coIsrsd Man Attempts to
s eeure His Winters Grub from a Fifty
Acre Corn field, and Gets Iusged for
His Pains.

A very superior looking darby, with a
mild, prepossessing and extremely in
telligent face, was before Judge Ray on
Thursday on q writ of habeas corpus. He
was taken out ofjsil for the purpose of
having his little case argued with the
view of getting "clear out" of Jail, and of
bidding a final sdieu to the urbane taller
Of shelby county. The story of his suf-
ferings is affecting. he dwtlt in the
country, between here and the Missis-
sippi line, and adjacent to a plantation
that was prosperous. The other day
when the weather changed and became
gloomy, ~presaging an early approach
of wintry weather, this p~rovident
darby made up his mind to lay in his
winter fodder. On Monday night he en-
tered a fifty acre corn field that adjoined
his shanty and commenced pulling the
corn and putting it in convenient heaps,
say of two or three bushels each. He
spent much of the night at this business,
combining his operations as much as pos
sible to the middle of the field. He was
so busy that he could not carry home any
of the corn that night. At an early hour
in the morning he quietly retired to his
virtuous couch, and slept after the man
ner of an honest worker. After a time
the owner of the field, looking after his
interests as they were being gradually de
veloped by the beneficsnt hand of nature,
his hawk eye caught slght OF Lhe progan
tracks of the nocturnal lsborer.
The impression of fourteens OF the
soft soil could hardly escape
vision. He subsequently, discovered his
shorn stalks, he found the heaps of ears,
and he suspected a bad design. After a
little consultation with his man of bust
ness it was decided to watch and observe
what might lie in the bosom of the fu-
ture. After loon the provident colored
man walked forth to the field and beyond
TO store his harvest. He was fired upon,
but miraculously escaped. He, however,
was captured and lodged in the county
Jail. The plea of his counsel yesterday
was that he did not commit larceny, be-
cause he did not take the corn beyond the
limits of the field. A man can go into a
store and handle. for instance, a number
of hams, take them up and put them
down. Does that show that he designs
larceny? If we examine apples at a
costermonger's stand, does it argue lar
ceny? The judge thought this corn case
was larceny, but he would allow the
sprightly colored man to step abroad if
he would furnish five hundred dollars
bail, which he failed to do. He is yet in
iAil.
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Bill for Divorce.

No. l0.-In the Second Chancery Court OF
shelby county, Tennessee.-Lou Seymour
vs. Emory P. Seymour.
A BILL for divorce having been filed In
N this court, and It appearing from the
statements made under oath in said bill that
the defendant, upon inquiry at his usual
place OF abode, cannot be founds so as to be
served with process, and that there is lust
ground to believe that he Is gone beyond the
limits Of the State:
It Is therefore ordered, That he make his
appearance herein, at the courthouse in the
city OF Memphis, Tenn, on or before the nrst
Monday in October, $50, and plead, an
swer or demur to eomplainant's bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to him,
and set for hearing exparte, and that q copy
of this order be published once q week, for
four successive weeks, In the Memphis APP
peal.
Done at ONCE this the 18th Of August. 1870.
A copy-attest:
ND. 4. STEWART, Clerk and Master.
By Z MALLERY, Deputy G.. and NJ.
Warmer, Lee q Thurmond, Soils. for COM
PlatnanA auA
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LETTER FROs COL. LACEY.

The appended note from Col. A. T. Lacey
will be read with regret by the great body
of our mercantile community:
MEMPHIS, September Is, 1870.
To the Nominating Committee OF the
Memphis Chamber of Commerce:
Ge1aemeRI see by the city papers YOU
have nominated me 10 the position of
this city for the ensuing year. Highly ap-
preciating this distinction, and heartily
thanking you for the honor conferred by
your preference, I must respectfully beg
leave TO decline the nomination.
Very respectfully, A. I. LACEY.
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Non-Resident Netics-

No. SIN the Second Chancery Court Of
Shelby county, Tennessee.-The First Ma
tionsl Bank OF Memphis VS.. John Hudson,
e. l. Morse and Dana ]. JOcelyn.
IT appearing from bill in this cause that
Il the defendants, Z. L. Morse and Dana J..
Jocelyn are non-residents OF the State Of
Tennessee.
It is therefore ordered, That they make their
appearance herein, at the Courthouse in the
city OF Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
Monday in October, 1870, and plead, answer or
demur TO compartments bill, or the same Will
be taken for confessed as to them and set for
hearing exparte; and that a copy Of this or
der be published once a week, for four sue
cessive weeks, In theM Memphis Appeal. This
August 30, 1870
A copy-attest.
NJ D. L. STEWART, Clerk and Master.
By GEO. hALLERY, Deputy @. and NJ
Hutchinson q Townsend, Soils. for COM
plainant. qu3I
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Nonresident Notice.

No. SIN the First Chancery Court ofSheIby
county, Tennessee.-City OF Memphis vs.. B.
H. EpersOn ct al.
1T appearing rom afidav1t in this cause
Il that the defendants, B. n Epperson. the
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company.
the Memphis, Fl Peso and Pacific Railroad
are non-residents OF the State OF Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered, That they make
their appearance herein, at the Courthouse
first Monday in November, 1870, and plead.
answer or demur to complafnant's bill.
or the same will be taken for confessed
as TO them, and set Tor hearing exparte;
n that q copy Of his order be published
once a week, for four successive weeks, in the
Memphis Daily Appeal.
A copy-attest:
Edmund A COLE, Clerk and Master.
By r. J. A Deputy Clerk and Master.
". H Stephens. Sol. for compl'nt- seq
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SKETCHES or OUR NEW GOODS.

Open this morning, an immense assert
ment of
JET BRACELETS,
JET CHAINS, new,
JET SETS,
SASH RIBBONS,
exquisite and rich.
Our own and famous
KID GLOVE.
Bows and Neck Ribbons, Dress Goods,
Irish Poplins, etc.
Black Silks as Bargains. &
BEAUTIFUL SHAwLs,
and handsomer yet, the Imperial jacket
Cloth Sacque, in all colors.
Blue and Scarlet Cloth by the yard.
HERZOG Il BRO.
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1t will please all those who love and
revere the memory of Stonewall Jackson
to know that the concert for the benefit
of the Memorial Fund has been reduced
to an absolute certainty. Most of our
professional talent, be it said to their
credit, nave signi6ed it their pleasure to
assist at it. We can therefore set it down
as certain that it will be a success-s sue
cess commensurate with the grand u
great object had in view.
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The friends snd acquaintance Of the
late Owen Smith, and the public gener-
ally, art hereby notified that the business
of his establishment win be continued the
same as usual. Grateful for past fsvors
and patronage, it is hoped that by prompt
attention to business by experienced
hands, the same will be continued by q
generous and kind public.
MRS. OWEN SMITH.
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DUB Y AT WORK.

A full assortment of the VERY LATEST
styles of jewelry and fancy goods just re-
ceived at the Jet Palace.
l. ROESCHER & CO.,
1928 Main street.
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HrTE d CoRwINE, proprietors of the
Job Printing establishment In the AP-
PEAL Building, IA Union street are
now prepared to execute orders o Job
Printing on the shortest notice. TIL pa
irons of the APPEAL will bear this in
mind and act accordingly.
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A correspondent in our paper yesterday
morning attacked the chain gang-so
called. 1t was surely from ignorance of
the true state of things that he did so; for
the work done by the gang during the
period of its existence has already paid
over one hundred times the cost OF main
tanning it. As TO "parading the criminals
in chains" nothing of the sort is done.
Once in a great while a ball n chain are
attached to some hardened criminal who
has been frequently arrested for viola
tions of law, but otherwise the chain
gang look like any other gang of Ia
borers. AS to the degrading influences,
etc." spoken Of by "Facts and Items"
there are no persons put to work in the
gang but those who are beyond reclama-
ton any other way. Indeed if there be
any reasonable ground of complaint ex-
listing against the police officials and the
chain ans it is that too much leniency
is shown to prisoners, and they are
treated too well. We venture to assert
that the food given the municipal prison.
ers generally and the chain gang especial
ly) will compare favorably with that of
any not strictly first class clearinghouse
in the city of Memphis. There is more
of it pro rata, it is of a better quality and
healthier character, and 1t is better cook
ed than that of nine out of ten of the
"hash earavansaries" in which impecu-
neous clerks and workingmen generally
are compelled to exc out a miserable ex-
istence. We speak from personal and
daiiy inspection. The clerks and other
employees at and around the station
house prefer the food to the lunches set
by several first-cless houses in the neigh
borhood, and eat it with a relish. AS TO
the hours of labor and rules 70 which the
prisoners are subjected, we can also say
that they are exactly those OF laboring
men of all classes. On the whole, we
must commend the action of the police
officials in regard to the chain-gang and
the management OF affairs generally.
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L. B. EATON
j, FEALEY.

Mr.. Holbrook moved that the Building
Committee be authorized to procure the
necessary rooms for those children that
schools in Court street. Passed.
Colonel Eaton presented the following:
ReSolUed, That a committee be appointed
to take into consideration the resolution
of the Board 10 employ a special teacher
of ancient and modern languages and re-
port at the next regular meeting, whether
Il is not practicable to secure instruction
in these languages by members of the
present corps of teachers without the ex-
pense of an additional teacher.
Passed.
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA, August 20, 1868.
Messrs. ZeiLin & Oo.-Our junior editor
has tried your Liver Regulator, and is
taking it now, and finds it invaluable to
him as a corrector of the stomach and
regulator of the bowels. Articles of diet
thai he dared not indulge In before taking
your Liver Medicine, he can now take
with impunity. Very truly,
DYKES d SPARHAWK,
Editors Floridian.
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FIFTY HoURs-NEw YORK DAILIEs.-
Joe Locke, 236X Main street, receives the
Herald, World, Times, Tribune, Sun and
Journal Of Co1anserces also, the weeklies,
ETC., through in fifty hours.
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NOTICE.

LACEs.-We are now receiving a very
handsome assortment of these goods.
II. w. JOHNSTON & Co.
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PU1Grs n FrxruREs-al5 Second st.

A GooD head of hair is desired by every
one The use of HGlpS Vegetable SicIidn
Hair Renescer will restore the hair, if the
hail. cells ara not closed nm.
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WE are now opening the most elegant
assortment of notions and trimming
goods ever brought to this market.
II. w. JOHNSTON q co.
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n CHAIN GANG.

STRANGERS and residents are assured
that it is no trouble to show goods at the
Southern. Palace, 1872 Main street.
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PIANO Covers AND STooLs-Just re-
eeived an elegant and complete assort-
msnt, at II. O. Hollenberg's, 233 Main
street.
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TWENTY-FIVE CENrs.-This amount
will buy a bottle Of Mrs. Whltcomb's
Syrup, the great soothing remedy for all
diseases incident to infants and children.
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NOVELTIES in laces and embroideries
are to be found at the Southern Palace,
49, Main street.
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BLACK DIAMoNDs.-3igley, Melersh q
Co., dealers in P~ittsburg, camel and n
thracite coal, and Pittsburg and gas coke,
Memphis, Tenn.
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A UNIVERSAL SURPRIsE.-Nobody be-
lieved, before the Introduction of PHA-
Ions VITALIA, OR SALVATION FOR THE
HAIR, in the possibility of a preparation
for reviving the natural color of gray
hair, as clear and transparent as the at
mosphere, and as limpid as alcohol.
Everybody believes it now. The old
nostrums are discarded, and the Vitalia
is admitted to be a perfect success. Sold
by all druggists and fancy goods dealers.
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THE best styles of dress goods are to be
found at the Southern Palace, 1872 Main
sfraat-
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MEMPHIS & KEW ORLEANS LINE,
SEASON OF 1901,
The 1ow-pressure steamer

The low-pressure steamer,
RICHMOND, : : Nat Green, Master
h0LlIE ABLE, : : : Dan Able, master
ONE Of the above elegant pas K
senger packets will leave
Memphis for New Orleans EVERY SATURDAY,
Will continue in the trade throughout tina
season. Tvs
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ALL of the latest weekHes and n
lies, just received at Joe LOcke's, 28sH
Mziu street.
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SEE advertisement of DIR. Butts Dis
pensary headed, Book for the million
MARRIAGE GUIDE-in another CO...
umn, II should be read by Sill.
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YOUNG gents style silk dress hats at
WheatOn's. Sign Of the tiger. y
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FOR WHITE RIVER.
FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Memphis and New Orleans Regular

M0nlpnis anu n5W uTjeans Regular
Packet Line---SeasOn of 1901.
BELLE LEE : : j. Frank Hicks, Master
MAGENTA, ]. Slut Neal. Master
One Of the above elegant pas *
senger packets will leave Mem-Z
phts for New Orleans every Wednesday, COM
mencing Wednesday, September l4th, and
will continue in the trade throughout the
season. augS
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LADIES, be sure and examine those
beautiful jewelry and jet goods Just ar
rived at the Jet Palace, 32s Main street.
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STEAK FTTrIsa-si5 Second street.
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BRowN d JONES, 2S2 Main street,
Bethel Block, wholesale and retail dealers
in P~ittsburg, Camel and Ohio river Goals,
and Gas Coke. Both city and steamer
trade supplied.
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Broadway style silk dress hats at
Wheaton q Co.'s.