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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-15

THE State Convention has author
lied contracts for interest at a rate as
high as ten per cent. A higher limit
would have been equally u~nobjection-
able and more beneficial, because free
trade in money, as in other articles OF
commerce, encourages industry and
progress. We have in this an induce
ment for capital to flow in to the ag-
g-randisement of the State. But the
principal use for money is in CONNER
cial transactions. And the same Con-
vention, which has legislated against
the absurd usury laws, now turns
roundand authorizes the Legislature to
tax without limit to its discretion, the
mercantile classes who use the money!
Certainty as, to the future, equality
and stability in law making, so that
capitalists can prosper permanentlyas
well as presently, and that they may
know how to make their calculations,
is Ofau things the most indispensable.
Under the present state of things in
Tennessee will capital flow in? VIII
it be invested in commercial pursuits,
when it is already announced that the
Legislature is unrestrained in fixing
penalties, andmay at any time levy
taxes so high as 10 make such BUSH
ness improbable? What is to be
gained by giving comparative free
trade in money, when its use in trade
is discountenanced by penalties sufi-
cient to drive it to other States?
The truth after all is that there
is but n road to prosperity,
and that is to let everybody
buy and sell money, goods and every
thing else, freely. and just as they
may think best for their own inter
ests. Taxes should be for revenue,
equal to all, sufficient for govern
ment, and there should be no other,
and no more. In reducing the usury
laws the Convention has sensibly APP
preached free trade. In authorizing
the unequal taxation Of merchants, it
has stupidity gone in the opposite di-
rection. 1t has legislated with a view
to popularity and the effect on classes
not sagaciously with an eye to the
interest, in the maintenance of
those great principles which lie at the
foundation of all advancement Of
States. Think Of facilitating the in
huX OF capital, and, at the same time,
legislating to depress and discouragea
pursuit Of the principal business in
which capital is to be employed! We
think the Convention had better ad-
and turn its business over to the
Board Of School Visitors.
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SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

They CO some things better in the
old country. For example, the Pal
MuU GG;ette asks if there are no in
voluntary speeches made in the House
Of Commons; and pursues the query
with a mild emphasis by asking if all
the members of that body ''voluuta-
rily deliver the speeches we read with
pain, amusement, or surprise the next
morning at our enslaved breakfast Ia
bles?' The skeleton of that question
must have haunted many a reader Of
Congressional speeches.
The Louisville Journal of Saturday
asks: What does Mr.. FOrney think
of plantation manners now. we
should Ike to know? Stewart on
Sumner, and Sumner on Trumbuil,
and crack and crack about in the Sen
ate; and Cox on Butler, and Bingham
on Butler, and Butler on both, with a
specimen Of the true blue ShOO-Fly'
minstrelsy, in the House; and no end
to the noise and bad bloOd-is all this
not a little worse than plantation
manners!' Even Drake was disguised
and felt degraded"
The paragraph has found its highest
development in America. The En-
glishman regards it with suspicion as
a dangerous innovation which may
in some way impair the integrity Of
the British Constitution. The French
man strilgS brief photographic sem
fences on q thread Of narrative or crit
icism. Bat the paragraph as a sepa-
rate unit is indigenous to this country.
The philosophy Of its being might be
readily derived from national condi-
tiOns, habits and tendencies, but as a
literary fact it is obvious.
Freemasons viii be interested to
know that Mastai Ferretti, better
known a9 Pope Plus TX, once be-
lOnged to their order, having Joined
it in Philadelphia when he was a Pa
pal NunciO to this country, and that
he continued TO be a Mason two wears
after he became Pope. These asser-
tons are made on the authority of the
Fra PuOLO Sarpi of Venice, a Catholic
journal devoted TO ecclesiastical re-
form, and, if true, they are certainly
very peculiar, especially when taken
IN conhec1on with the well known
devotional character of the Pope I'M
his earlier years.
Babes now at the Southern motbar,s
breast, truly says the New York n,
oerat, will grow up the most earnest
enemies Of the Pharisees of Nov
England, and for the wrongs done
their sires will have revenge upon the
Descendants of those Pharisees. This
spirit has been instigated and fostered
the North, and the North will he
the sufferer. 1t cannot ALWAYS rnIe
and domireer as now. The Southern
soldiers sword will be passed down
from father toson, during generation
after generitiOn, until there shall be
freedom fol- the South or revenge for
her wrongs.
In social life in Paris, this winter.
the balls ard soirees given by the Pc,
fish exiles have been the most bril-
liant. There has been a sensible de-
;rease in the number of parties given
Dy wealthy Russian and American
residents Oithe French capital. There
mas recently been quite an influx of
Turkish ard Egyptian notabilities,
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TIE Convention of Saturday adopt
ed a proposition giving power to the
Legislature to levy a tax on incomes
from all bonds and stocks which are
not taxed adj Ualoren. This excludes
the capital of the United States bonds.
A poll tax of not less than fifty cents
nor more than one dollar was author
lied. A proposition authorizing a
two--hirds vote of citizens of towns
to prohibit the sale of intoxicating
LIQUORS was voted down. The Finance
Committee voted in favor Of a PROPOSE
ton that no bonds shall be issued to
any railroad company, which, at the
time Of its application for the same,
shall be in default in paying the inter
est upon State bonds previously loaned
to it, or shall hereafter and before such
application sell or absolutely dispose
of any State bonds loaned to it for less
than par. The minority reported adj
versely, setting up constitutional OBJ
iectionS.
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THE main points of the illegal ten
der decision are briefly these:
First-The issue Of greenbacks in
1862 by the Government was, as a
special war measure, j~ustiiabIe and
quite within the spirit of the COnsti-
tuition.
Second-The special occasion for the
exercise of extraordinary powers hav-
ing passed, Congress has not the power
to increase the present issue by any
more legal tenders.
Third-Au money contracts entered
into prior to February p, 1852, are to
be held to be coin contracts, and set
tied only in coin.
1t follows from this last that the
outstanding obligations of the States,
contracted prior to the operation of
the act OF Congress must, II pressed,
be paid, principal and interest, in
gold. The following is a complete
table showing what such obligations
of the States are:
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OF the States are


We publish the above statement for
the benefit of financial men, but par
ticularly to call attention to the fact
that the decision which threatens to
operate disastrOusly in more ways
than one to the financial affairs Of the
country, increases the ''g~reen-back"
debt Of VA State, estimating the price
Of gold at % per cent, just s4.699.2 l
making it, instead Of S39, OOO, 900. over
$43, 10000. With this and the rein
Fiction by the Convention of the
odious, burdensome and intolerable
merchants tax, we have a load
greater than we can carry. If relief
does not come quickly, and in forms
and ways in exact accord with u
condition and growth, reputation is
inevitable. Memphis is worse than
bankrupt, Shelby county is on the
verge Of it, and the Slate is fast rush.
ing into it; and yet we do not hear Of
a ensiblesuggestiOn from any quarter
for the relief of either or all.
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The Missouri Legislature has taken
up woman's rights in the most SEN
sible and practical way, in providing
that the wages Of female teachers shall
be the same as that of males, where
the qualifications and services per
formed are the same. Shat is all right,
In New York, where the sex not only
holds woman's rights conventions,
but enters the medical profession and
mounts the pulpit, we see it stated
that an association has gone to bank
ing. They have the best credit, and
half a million capital paid in.
The irm consists of Woodruff,
CHAPLIN & Co., and knows +" no such
word rs fail" 1t has created a great
stir "op Change" said to be second
only to the " black Friday d~istresses.
And it is intimated that the example
may be initiated in other cities.
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COpartnership Notice.
B. ~GALBREATH

ES-WILLIAM STEWART, HUGH STEWART.
ANDREW STEWART and JOHN c. FIzER have
this day entered into c-opartnership under
the firm styles Of STEWART BROS. & FIzER,
Memphis, Tenn, and STEWART & FIzER, New
Orleans, Ia, being successors to GaIbreath,
Stewart & Co, Memphis, Tenn, and Stewart,
GaIbreath & Fizer, New Orleans, La, for the
purpose of conducting a Wholesale Grocery
Commission and Cotton business, at tbs old
stand of Galbreath, Stewart & Co., No. Il
Union street, Galbreath Block, Memphis,
Tenn. and a cotton factorage and Commission
business at No. 40 Union street, New Orleans,
La. They win always keep on hand a large
stock of goods, comprising a full and COM
plete assortment Of every article In their line
Of business, which they viii sell upon the
most favorable terms. Especial attention will
be given 10 the handling aud sale of cotton.
This branch Of their business, in the Mem
phis house, will be under the care and control
Of Mr. Hugh Stewart, who, from over sixteen
years experience, feels onfdent Of his abil-
ity to manage the same to the satisfaction OF
their customers.
Mr.. Andrew Stewart viii, as before, have
charge of the cotton business Of their New
Orleans house.
The Grocery Department OF their Memphis
house viii be under the management Of VIM.
Stewart and John c. Fizer, as formerly. They
solicit a continuance Of the very liberal
patronage heretofore extended to the old
house OF Galbreath, Stewart & Co., Memphis,
Tenn, and Stewart, Galbreath & Fizer, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
STEWART BROS. & FIZER.
No. II Union Street, Stonewall Block, Mem
phis, Tennessee.
STEWART K FIZER,
No. 40, Union Street, New Orleans, La.
FEBRUARY LIST, 1870. febldAw
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A LONDON journal contains a letter
from a Newgate convict who has late
Iy emigrated to America by the help
of what is called the "Sheriff's Fund
Society" His letter brings to light
the fact that English felOns are ays-
tematicalIy sent to this country by
that Society, on their discharge from
custody. According to his own &C.
count, he has gone to work and be-
haved well since his arrival. But
how others of his class have done who
have been sent over does not so clear
ly appear. As all our cities are edu-
eating home felOns fast enough, we
can dispense with any helps from
England or elsewhere. And if there
is a means of preventing such immi-
grafton, it would be well to adopt it.
Here is at least another chance for
Congress to enforce one Of its higher
laws, with less mischief than custom
arv.
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lighted to see as many marks of deg
radiation imposed on the South "a pos-
sible That which the eloquent PREM
TIss demanded Of Congress in a GER
tain event has come to pass, not only
for Mississippi, but for all the South
ern states-the stars have been strick-
en- ont from the banner Of the Union
but the stripes left behind, as fit en-
blems of their degradation.
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Generatiye Affections.
MISUNDERSTANDING es-Stricture-Gleet-
SOres-SpermatorrhGa Seminal
.Weal1nessESyphilis Prima-

Observation-Disclosures observation-disclosures
SoEes[spermatorrhGa Seminal
.Weakness)-Syphilis (Prfma-
ny and Secondary
Impotence tLOss of Viriity)-Premature
Decay-Debuity.
The press, the pulpit and the lecture-room
are silent on the subject OF diseases of the
sexual organism. A false delicacy conceals
the knowledge for which thousands thirst.
And how terrible are these diseases2 Sper-
matOrrhOea, shatteriug the entire Nervous
System-impalrlng the mind-and causing
se"lf-destructfOn. Syphilis, eating up the
body by plece-meal-lOsing bone, muscle and
nerve, by in~ehes-being literally eaten up
alive, and tOrturing the brain with agony.
Charlatans, or incompetent physicians may
essay TO cure them, but in vain. The onIy
hope and resort Is in the humane and learned
physician who understands their case.
Among these affections. none are worse
than SpermatOrrhoea, or Seminal Weakness,
and emissions. DR.. Woodbridge says, That
the loss OF one ounce Of semina fluid by
abuse, ts equal to the loss of forty ounce of
blood"
The worst form Is when the seminal fluid
passes on unpercetved in the urine.
Empires, and characterless men, by work
ing upon the fears of q mind, too often shar-
ing the feebleness Of the body, not only ex-
tort large sums of money, but, in nearly eve
~ instance, Dave complicated the disease,
and rendered 1t more difficult to cure I have
never yet seen a case OF SeEua Weakness or
ImpOtency cured by M physician bat myself
Ali the affections of the sexual organs have
been deeply studied by me for many years. I
have made a discovery In the treatment of all
syphilitic and virulent diseases which prom
tses to overthrow all former precOncetved no
tons and theories on the subject. l employ
entirely new remedies, and never use nause-
Gus cOpaiba, cubebs, turpentlne and mercury.
In every case / guarantee a perfect cure
Office hours rom 9 AIN 20 5 pm. DR.. ]. B.
Russell, Consulting Physician; L g. Warran,
Physicians. Tit usual courtesy extended TO
the regular profession 1a4dWs
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Notice of Dissolution.

THE undersigned having this day sold
i their stock of goods, business interests
and good win 10 Messrs. John Robertson and
Joseph Bruce, who succeed TO the business,
under the name and style Of ROBERTSON,
BRUCE Co, the firm Of TOBIN, LYNN &
CO, is thereby dissolved by mutual consent.
The new firm OF Robertson, Bruce & Co. as
sumo ali the liabilities OF the old firm, and
are alone authorized to collect and receipt
for the debts due the old arm.
We take occasion to thank all our friends
for their liberal patronage, and cheerfuIly
commend u successors to their favor.
TOBIN, LYNN & co.
%January3l, 1870.
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THE Washington correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press writes: at is
understood that several ex-COnfede-
rates will shortly make an effort to
recover property located in this dis
trict, which was confiscated and sold
by the Government while the owners
were ir the South. Purchasers OF
such property are considerably agi-
tated on the subject, and if suits for
the recovery of them are successful
the ownership Of property of a great
aggregate value in different sections
OF the ccuntry will be affected there
by.n
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THE Radical pioneer, WENDELL
PHILLIPS, has raised his voice in IA
vor of recOnstruCting Tennessee. In
the last number of the A~Bd-S}drery
Standard he remarks:
Reconstruction must, therefore, go
IN indefinitely. We commend the
case of Tennessee to the immediate
attention Of Senators and Represent
ativeS.
WENDELL can "hOld his horses"
The Convention is reconstructing us
without the intervention Of NAY
NARD, SMITH, BEAST BUTLER and
the like.
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OALENfS HEAD DISPENSARY, ONCE 7Os
VI 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 spe-matOrrhea or seminal
weakness nom early errors. gonOrrhaa, gleet,
structure. varteoeele, syphilis in all its stages,
affections OF the kidneys and bladder and
the diseases Of women.
A medical pamphlet, containing sixty large
pages and numerous Illustrations on - new
method OF treating the above diseases with
out mercury, and Important advice on mar
riage.e etc, sent undo seal for . cents.
A varlx clasp, warranted to cure vartcOcele
in four days; price SIS; sent TO any address.
Also agents for Devices Female Regulating
Pills, warranted to remove irregularities, etc;
price at Office, or by mail, 81. A full assort-
mento Of bandages and trusses always on hand.
Male sheaths, superior quality; single onesl
or IS per dozen. Address,
GALENS HEAD DISPENSARY,
n0l6 louisville, KY
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t~oFFICIAL.I
AMENDMENTs To CHAPrER ~. an.

AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER XIV. ART. !,
PAGE 1874, BOUND CITY ORDINANCES.
1T shall be deemed a misdemeanor. and sub
Il jeet TO q penalty Of not less than twenty
i've nor more than htty dollars, to employ
and keep female walters in saloons and tip
ping houses, TO serve spurious, vinons or
malt liquors to customers.
To be connected with or participate in any
Of both sexes, in, near TO, or adjoining sa-
looms or tipping houses, not authorized by
the mayor OF the city.
Approved, Memphis, February 7, 1870.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
Attest:
L. r. RICHARDS, City Register. fehs
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FoRNEY's Chronicle is highly de-
lighted at the fact that almost stimuli
taneously with the election of REvELs
in Mississippi, and the Fifteenth
Amendment in that State and Geor-
gla, " another notable step in the pro-
gressive elevation of the cOlored race
is announced from South Carolina. In
that classic land of the RHETTs, the
HAYNES, the ORRs, etc, a colored
man has been elected to the Supreme
Bench" The peace warriors are de-
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Dissolution of Partnership.

~ The partnership Of W. c. Griswold &
Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent,
DIR. +. A. Schreyer having sold his interest to
w. G. GriswOld.
DR.. Griswold has my warmest Friendships
and esteem, and 1 wish him the greatest sue
cess. DR.. f. a. SCHREYER.
February l, 1870. feblI
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Catarrh.

S~tOpped-up Head, Running Of the Nose, Con-
slant Hawking and Splitting, Constant
Blowing Of the Nose.
Thousands suffer from that most annoying.
dtsagreeable aHd offensive cOmplaint-Ca-
tarrh, Without KNOWN what it is.
Often the seCreted mucous, lowing down
the throat clogs up the lungs, and lays the
foundation JOr consumption.
The most skillful physicians fail TO cure IL.
Recently, several Ear Doctors" Of this city,
nave turned their attention to the treatment
of catarrh, and demand most fabulous prices
from patients.
Icure any case of Observation-Disclosures
head-discharges OF greenish, thick, bin or
glairy mucous from the nose, internally or
eXternally-pain or fuiIness between the
eyes-constant blowing Of the nOse-iaham-
nation Of the nasal pasSages-uICeratiOn Of
the schucideTian membrane, etc, in the
course Of q few day.
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FRAMED RESIDENCE,

One-and-a-hRlf stories, with seven rooms. a
kitchen, smOkehOuse. stable. etc, a well of
excellent water and two fine mineral springs
Tickets viii be disposed OF by the under
signed at S. each, entitIing the holder 10 one
share in the above Association. The pro-
ceeds arising from the sale Of the tickets, for
the security and safety Of the holders thereof
viii be deposited each day as they are sold
with Messrs. Royster, Trezevant & Co, OF
Memphis, Tenn--the funds 70 bs held by
them for the protection Of the holders Of the
tickets until the farm shall have been fairly
drawn for and the title papers properly pre-
pared, conveying an absolute and perfect
title 10 the property.
E Tickets forsale by DononO, Joy & Co..
corner Main and Madison, and at other places
throughout the city. By the friends Of
laIS Mrs. FLORENCE s. v. DAVIDSON.
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SErnfnIa.

Struma, GlanduIGr SwelIings, Running, or
CruSty Eruptions, salt Rheum,
Kings Evil.
The ScrofulR faint, inherited or otherwise,
filing lite with untold misery, Is, BY all usual
medical treatment, hOpelessIy incurahle.
The only true cures which I have ever seen.
are those which have been performed by me.
l Will contract to cure, without fail, every
case of Blood Diseases, even the most terrible
forms OF LeprOsy, Erysipslas. Eczema, Can
GERS, Tpmors, Ulcers, Assesses, and every
form OF red, scaly, or ~disdguring eruption, In
from forty-elght hours 10 q few Weeks.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For S5erB-.AARCUS j. WRIGHT.
County TrUStse---".-A. WOOD WARD.
Tor Tart 5Uector-..- II. D. STATION.
Obanty Ourt Cerk-~.JAALES REILLY
Csrk Criminal OuTt.-.- u. 7. AVERT.
Clerk LIST Circuit Ourt-.-.B. T. REAVES.
Clerk ID Circuit C0urt-~-.R D. BOYLE.
Clerk 81 Circuit Curt....J. MeBROOKS.
Constable 5h or. D5St.--.P. EEARNS.
Magistrates I4th C5V.DSt-.E FLEMING.
y. L. STEWART.
Constable I4A Or. Dist. -. RAMSEY.
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My continued iI-health neeessitates my
retiring from business, and in doing so I have
much pleasure in accommodating my success
sOrs, Messrs. STEWART Bros. * FIzER,
Memphis, Tennessee, and Messrs. STEWART
q FIZER, New Orleans, Louisiana.
to my friends, and hope they wifi con-
tinue their business with them. I viii be
found at the Office OF Messrs. STEWART BROS.
&FIzER, No. Il Union street, Stonewau Block,
till further notice.
W. B. GALBREATH.
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TO THE TRADE

IN STORE AND ARRIVING, AND FOR
/ sale at st. Louis, Cincinnati or Chicago
prices, transportation added:
so tierces Lard,
$50 cases Caddy Lard,
100 kegs Leaf Lard,
Also, at lowest market rates:
500 barrels Flour-assorted brands;
100, 900 pounds Bulk Shoulders, Sides and
Hams,
$50 barrels Pink-Eye Potatoes,
200 barrels Peach-BlOW Potatoes,
100 bags Coffee,
so pockets o. G.. Java,
80 barrels Refined Sugar,
80 barrels New Orleans Molasses,
Is barrels Golden Syrup,
$50 kegs Nails,
300 kits Maekerel,
so halt barrels Mackerel,
70 boxes Excelsior Soap,
80 boxes Olive Soap,
300 cases Canned Fruits,
100 barrels Whiskies-all grades,
Together with q general supply OF
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WANTED---AGENTS.

QnEn PER MONTH, TO sell the only GEN.
WV UlNE IMPROVED COMMON SENSE
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. PRICE ONLY SIS.
Great Inducements to agents. This is the
most popular Sewing Machine of the day
makes the famous =" Elastic Lock stitch - viii
do any kind OF work that can be done on any
machine. 10000 sold, and the demand con-
SANITY increasing. Now Is the time to take
aA agency. Send for circulars. 81 Besoare of
ton. Mass. Pittsburg, Pa; or st. Louis, No.
iRll
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ESTABLISHED 1s41.
ADMINISTRATION NoTIcE.

ETTERS Of administration upon the es-
IL tate OfJObn W. Farris, deceased, having
been granted to me, all persons having
claims against said estate are notified that
they must present their claims within the
time prescribed by law, or they viii be forev-
CT barred. All persons indebted 70 said es-
tate must make immediate settlement.
Brown yles & Brown, Attorneys.
ial4-laW4W John 5. TOOF, Admir-.