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VAUGHAN.
VIA. ine Country Press say Of The CaHdl.
date for Congress.

Referring TO the nomination OF Col.
Vaughan Tor Congress, the Bolivar BHLLe-
tin says: The selection OF Mr.. Vaughan
is One that will meet the approval Of ev-
cry man that has the interest of the party
and country at heart. He has, by his
course since the war, endeared himself to
the people, and VIII carry in the next No
vember election a heavier vote than was
" given in this district for a conservs-
tive candidate. Young, talented and en-
ergetic, be will make a member in the
next Congress that will do honor TO the
people of Tennessee.
The Knoxville Fhig says of Col.
Vaughan: 1.-THE Eighth District have
made a most excellent selection. He Is
ayoung man of fine ability, an original
Union man, and will make an active, eff
Gent and popular representative Of his
district and the State in our national
councils. He is a native of Wilson
county, which ave to the nation the Ia
mented James G. Jones, and is q worthy
son OF that grand old commonwealth Of
counties. de was the Seymour blair
candidate for Elector for the Eighth Dis-
trict in the last Presidential contest. and
made one Of the most gallant fights In the
State. We predict for him a triumphant
election and a brilliant and useful Con
gressional career.
The Wing and Tribune says: at has
Dpoh UNI ENA Bf AAuIbN oOhHEOh III uls
satellites that no man who was not a Con-
federate soldier could obtain q nomination
at the hands OF Democracy. The selsc-
tion of the gallant Vaughan as our
standard-bearer nips this SANDER in'the
bud, and proves the truly braye are the
truly generous Mr.. Vaughan hsd no
more sincere earnest and active friends
in the Convention than ex-Confederafes.
who put aside their arms until the
'Stsrs and Bars were furled forever. and
the Southern Cross had gone down in a
s~tariess night.
"In the hearts of such men there is no
proscription-no hate, but an honest pur-
pose TO forget the past, and to labor In
concert with all good men for peace and
harmony in the future. The Eighth Dis
trlct has set IA example worthy of emu-
lstion throughout Tennessee csnd the
South. We have chosen a man WHOSE
record will defy the ~malignsncy of Con-
gress, and whose right to his seat cannot
be successfully resisted. Upon calm re-
Wof the whole ield-upon a careful
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THE MEMPHIS DAILY ARPEAL-TUESI

paid the interest upon their bonds. A
few railroads have failed TO paw
their interest upon bonds loaned them,
and this, together with the vast a~nlountof
bonds improperly, If not f~raudulently is
sued, iind which did not go to the build
ing or equippingfof the roads, has caused
Tennessee bonds to fall below par but IL
these ~defaulting roads were sold, AS they
ought to be, the State, Notwithstanding
the miserable financial mismanagement
OF the last nv years, would owe very lit
tie. H.ad there been no war, the railroads
would have paid their debts, and the tax
able property of the state would have in
creased to five or six hundred millions of
dollars. 1t Is not fair to argue that be.
cause railroads have not been profitable
during the last ten years Of
war and quasi war that well built and
well equipped new roads being great
through lines, and having most impor-
tant connections, such as your Alabama
railroads will have, will not pay large
dividends.
Even now Georgia roads are paying
over eight per cent, n stock in them
is above par. The Nashville and Louis
vile railroad, l am informed, is paying
more than ten per cent. upon its capital
stock.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oFTENNEssBE.
The roads In AiaDhf1 are among n
most important in America. The shortest
line between New York and New Orleans,
between the cities of Cincinnati, Louis
Vile, Nashville and the Gulf at New Or
leans, Mobile and Pensacola, between
Kansas City, and Brunswick and
Savannah, Georgia, between st. Louis
and Savannah, Georgia, between Atlanta,
Georgia, and Camden, Arkansas, between
the Atlantic and the Pacific, is through
Alabama and over your various railroads.
1t will thus be seen that your rail-
roads occupy a most commanding posi-
ton as great through lines connecting
the North ard the South, the East and
the Wegt, the lakes and the CULTS, the At
lsntic and the Pacific. There need be nc
fear that they will not pay all liabilities
which the State may incur for them, and
still be highly remunerative in time to
their stockholders.
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estimate of the claims of the different
aspirants-upon an analysis of the deli
cate and m~any-hued elements which enter
into our State politics, we rest quietly in
the belief that the best nomination posi-
BILE has been made, and we predict the
election of w. ". Vaughan to the next
Congress by a sweeping majority"
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DEMOCRATIC

The Memphis Avalanche (eO~nservRtivet
now copcedes that the Republicans will
carry the fall elections, and hold their W
in the next House Of Representatives.
The above editorial paragraph we clip
from the Lexington Miss Advertiser, a
Radical paper. The APPEAL neither con
csdes nor believes the proposed Republi-
can victory.
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The indications in New York since the
adjournment Of the Democratic couven.
ton At Rochester, are of the most cheer
ing possible character. Unanimity is
perfect, and the confidence of victory uni
versal. upon every question" exclaims
the Hor'd, (Which stirs the spirit and
engages the feelings OF the American peo-
pie at this time, the Democratic clarion
gives a clear and certain sound. Our del
egstes summon up before the bar of the
nation the ~wantonness of radical tyranny
and the wastefulness OF radical imbecility
in the administration of Federal affairs.
They demand freedom of trade and fiscal
reform, to revive the suffering interests
of the people aud TO restore the
purity of cur representative system.
They d~enounee the attempt of selfish
and reckless psrtisans TO SOW the seeds of
hostility between race and race among US
by tampering with our naturalization
laws, and to breed an enduring alienation
of section from section by trampling out
the life Of local self government and de-
stroying the muniments OF municipal ILL.,
erty. In all, beir
utterances breathes and burns tho true
spirit Of the mighty Organization for
which they speak-the spirit Of the great
Democratic party of America-pressing
forward with anew lie and an irresistible
resolution, to recOnquer for the republic
peace within all its borders, happiness
at home and honor abroad. And 20 all
their utterances the people answer, Amen!
Never in the recent history of our politics
has the action of any convention, Of
any party, received a response so
instantaneous, so universal, and so in
spring as our columns this day record
70 the good news from Rochester. Beaten
n dispirited before, the Radicals to-day
viii begin TO dissolve in rout. Their can
Yass from this moment forth viii ha t.,p-
Quoted with the sole aim ct making the
best bargains for its condemned and un-
captains which can be made.
with the Federal administration. for the
last fruits Of patronage yet to be shaken
from a smitten and dying tree. The open.
ing Of the campaign in New York assures |
us victory in the State. It's close viii
assure to us a yet grander victory in the
nation"
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STONE PAVEMENT.

HITY ENGINEER,S OFFICE,
" Im1si MEMPHIS. TKEs., Sept. Is, 1870
pE- Sealed proposals wiz be received at
this ONCE until Il o'clock m. Saturday, octo-
Der LIST, for paving with stone the following
streets and alleys, to-wit;
Second street, from the north end OF the
Nicolson pavement to the northern bound-
AIRY of the city. 81 81 rlqm41s
treet toFourth street. :
And the alley north of Jefferson street, from
Second street to Fourth street.
For further information apply at this office
sele d, HUMPHREYS, City Eng'r.
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SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
How Memphis is Affected by the Railroad
System Of Acknowledged Of
Major Skyes.

At the barbecue given recently at Tus-
cumbia, speeches were made by Messrs.
Lindsey and Peters and others. w have
been furnished by an attentive corre-
spondent, to whom we are very grateful,
with the following synopsis of b speech
of Major Sykes. which was confined to the
discussion of The railway interests OF
Memphis and Alabama. He said:
Myobiect is to deal with you to-day with
perfect frankness and sincerity OF the
subject of the present and prospective
Indebtedness of your State. No State has
a brighter future, if her affairs are man
aged with wisdom and prudence, and if
her statesmen and people are animated by
an enlightened spirit of progress. Ac-
cording to the report of Reynolds,
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ture. the Indebtedness of the State
amounted to $3.50 ,OS3 5l) eight million,
three hundred and ffty-siX thousand,
eightv-three dollars and fifty-one cents.
This does not include the indebtedness on
account of railroads. which amounted to
g, 900, 200.
The liabilities on account of railroads
have been increased since that time but
not to any very great extent. Very few
railroads have as yet brought themselves
within the provisions OF the Act author
izing the Endorsement of bonds by the
State, and many, perhaps, may do
so.
The Legislature of Alabama in 1866 en-
acted q law which provided, in substance,
that whenever any railroad company
should complete twenty miles of railroad
in that State, equip it and put it in good
running order that it should then be the
duty of the Governor to enlarge the first
mortgage bonds of the company, bearing
eight per cent. interest to the extent OF
twelve thousand dollars per mile, which
bonds should not be sold at less than
ninety per cent, for the purpose of ex-
tending said road, and for every addition
al mile completed similar aid might be
extended.
In 1865 this amount was increased to
sixteen thousand dollars per mile. At
the last session the time for the COM
panies to build and equip the first twenty
miles so as to secure State aid was eX-
tended to November, 1871.
1t was also provided in that act that
the President of any company before
getting the Endorsement of the State
should make affidavit that no part OF the
funds used in building and equipping the
first twenty miles had been raised by
pledging the bonds hereafter to be en-
dOrsed by the State, or upon the faith of the
state, but by no means otherwise obtained.
This was the substance of the provision
ia the act of 1870. This was done to pre-
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which TO build the first twenty miles
upon the faith of the bonds thereafter to
be Endorsed by the State. This was q
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the State and was a most excellent
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executed, to protect the State FROM loss.
Under the operations of the Law now in
force, there are several railroads which
will probably get State aid, they having
been partly worked. The names and
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THE Alabama Legislature has passed
an unlsw, which forbids, N penalty of
$500, any person TO "question, challenge
or object to the vote of any person offering
to vote in the State" and makes it a mis-
demeanor TO do so. Thus any negro or
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qualified or not, can register and vote,
and whoever opposes will be subject to
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Tins the two laws taken together operate
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VERY c-ommendable charity has been
originated at Marion, Alabama, the object
of which is to educate, free of charge, the
orphan daughters of Confederate preach
ers, who fell in the late war. Rev.A j.
Battle, a near kinsman of Gen. Joel A.
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Capt. S. Adams Lee, who lost a leg at
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Inc great danger is that the bonds NAV
not be applied in the building OF the
ROADS or may be improperly and fraudu-
lentIy issued. Every dollar should be
applied in extending She road and tbere
should be sOme provision i'm tbe
law securing this. You shoulda
guar against an Unfaithful application
or q fraudulent issue of bonds by strin-
gent legislation and the election ofhonest
and capable men to administer the State
Government,
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Another danger to which your State is
liable is that by hostile legislation or q
persistent decrying of the credit of your
state some of your roads may be
left in an unfinished condition, and have
70 be sold to pay the bonds Endorsed by
the State, whilst even in that event
your State would be saved, harmless
the failure 70 hnishthe roads, would delay
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IOLal s.-...-..-"...".. -.-....-- I4SO miles.
Each of these roads having already
been commenced, will probably en-
title itself to the Endorsement of
its bonds by the State to the
extent of $751; 900 per mile, which will
mount in the aggregate to $40, 200, 600.
In addition to this amount, there has
been extended special aid as follows:
North and South-..-.........-..$l,2 zoo, 900
Alabama and Chattanooga. 100000
Montgomery and E~ufaula--...... 300, 900
Montgomery and Mobile .......... $500, 600
The New York herald., 1870-01-12
HEDIRAL DEPARTMENTS.
Tho Post OHice.

Postmaster Jones left yesterday for Washington to
attend the convention or postmasters and postal
agents which VIII there convene TO consider reforms
In the mail service over the country and discuss the
efficacy Of the recently introduced system Of letter
delivery by carriers. Quite = number Of reforms
are In contemplation aiming to simplify and pro-
m0to the usefulness OF the postal service.
The box system, 1t Is believed, will be
gradually abolished, BY comparison with
the manner Of distributing the mails In England.
and that which wntu very lately has prevailed
here the delivery by carriers is emnently superior
Ihe increase OF business at the New YORK Poss
ONCE has been very marked this season. Tho
stream Of printed matter that pours into The news
paper department daily Is immense ana out OF all
proportion to the limlLed capacity OF the Old build.
Ing on Nassau street. Not alone Is the accommo.
dati0n Inadequate. but the force or men necessary
to conduct the business s unegnal TO the task and
Application has been made for SIX additional clerks
10 attend to the work OF sorting and distributing
the vast volume OF newspaper matter. The conane-
ment OF space just alluded TO Is painfully lelt the
employees OF the Post once, and is very papable TO
those who pay the institution q visit when the mails
are beng sent away by the wagons. The inc0nven-
lence extends to the traffic on Liberty street. which
ut certain hours OF the day becomes blocked up by
reason OF the many mail wagons being draw up
across the main breadth OF the thoroughfare. TINS
state Of AFFAIRS calls strongly Tor prompt hurrylng
up u tue new post once.
The New York herald., 1870-01-12
A SOUND IDEA.


The large Steamers mud East River Nuvisa-
Complaint has long teen made that the Sound
steamers have greatly mperied the navigation or
the lower portions Of tho East and North rivers by
their practice OF running at q high rate Of speed
from the foot OF Canal street where they are moored
when not In a'lstt) around tho Battery and thence
up tho East river to Long Island Sound. meeting
OF the East River Association was held at No. 20
Burlin@ slip yesterday to consider the matter. Mr.
James X. Taylor the president, presided and Mr..
George W. Blunt acted as secretary. The following
memorial was adopted, after discussion to be pre-
senIed TO the Legislature:-
TO THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STATE or NEw
Tha gned ct,zcnso New York and Brooklyn re-
spectuly represent that the passage of steamboats, which
navigate Long stand Sound through the East river
with great danger to the tes and property Of petition
To all Obliged the ferries between
New York and Brooklyn ask the attention your
oabe bodies to the following statement OF facts The East
pier 49, always full OF sailing vesses and the
twenty In number, passing through that reach
era or them 800 feet IN length These steamers pass
right angles the course OF the Long Island erryboas
twenty-five to thirty OF which, ionded with
and teams, are AWAY. IN motion during daylight on
the river The length Of the battery
Corcars Hook Is 1910 feei within there eleven
ferries having al least twenty boats which constantly
CROSSING and which at thu hour when the Sound
uatng the speed OF these Sound steamers while passing
through the East river are sonsany violated From these
facts VIII be seen the great danger to which human Ae Is
exposed by the passage these steamers through the East
river Your petitioners therefore, most earnestly
spectfly AJAX that law b passed prevent all
navigating Long Island Sound through tho Last
river betow Corlcars HOOK.
Copies OF the petiIionhayo been prepared for gen
eral circulation.