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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-21

Editors appeal: The facts affecting
the fortunes of the Little Rock Rail-
road are of record and very few and
simple. We refer to them from men,
DRY. Rrinkley became President of
the company Just before the war, in
1853 or 1860, when the condition of
the company was deplorable. It then
had neither money nor credit. He
had nothing to do with the original
location of the road, and was not of
those who organized the company.
He used his individual credit, and
bought the iron that was taken away
by Federal armies. he still owes, in
aividually, a large sum on account of
the road, and besides, has cashed for
the company about $4,000 of its
bonds at 80 or So cents on the
dollar, while other property holders
here would only take them at much
lower rates. After the war, the Conn
pany was utterly helpless and penui-
less, without locomotives, iron, prop
erty or credit. Our merchants, when
Brfnkley appealed to them, invested
perhaps sixty thousand dollars, which
set the work slowly in motion. Then
came the intervention of the State of
Arkansas in behalf of the impov-
erished corporation, and then came
those, who, seeing that the road was
now a "good thing" sought to seize
and hold it. This trouble was happily
adjusted, andthe work fsnOw progress
ing as rapidly as natural difficulties
will admit. THEREBY stories current
which it is needless now to recite, af-
fecting the conduct of those who have
the disposition of Arkansas bonds APP
piled to this road. Their action has
interposed delays, but they have made
nothing. Whatever may be the OBJ
jectiOns to Mr.. Rrinkley as a railroad
builder, 1t Is a fixed fact, well under
stood in Little Rock, that he cannot
be bought or driven. For what has
been done this city and the State of
Arkansas are indebted to Mr.. Brink
ley, and for what has not been done
go ask Governor Clayton about the
rings that enrich the throne at Little
Rock. H..
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A CORRESPONDENT Of u Jefferson
street contemporary, overthe signature
Of 'Dot," advises members Of the
City Council to read the fable Of "The
dog in the manger." Certainly, all
should read that excellent production.
But, unfortunately for some folks,
after they read they are still wholly
unprohted, because they cannot APP
preciate and apply the moral when it
suits themselves better than other
people. They always think that some
body else is hit-not they. Now it
strikes Us that this very soulless cor
pOration, which Mr.. "Dot' repre-
sents, is the true dog, which has gone
up to Nashville and rather surrep-
titi9usly climbed into our manger,
and is now growing and snarling at
the city authorities. Does it not say
now to the citizens Of Memphis and
70 the city, 'you shall NOT build the
water works, even If we cannotY' It
was a wrong that the dog in the
maDger should not allow the OK to eat
the hay which he could not eat him.
self. And is it not equally a shame
that this company should prevent the
city or wealthy capitalists from build
ing water works for the benefit Of the
citizens, when the company is as
unable TO build the works with its
" capital as the dog was to eat the
hay? Let Mr.. " Dot" " stand from
under his own argument.
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The progress Of manufactures in
this city is the surest evidence Of
coming prosperity. The discussion
of their prOitableness growing out of
the organization of the Wood and
Willow Ware Manufacturing COmpa-
ny, has led to the Inauguration of
other like enterprises. This company
will use no iron in its processes of art.
Barrels, of which the cOttOnseed oil
companies use from seventy-tive to
one hundred per diem, and wagons,
of which a single house in this city
sells three thousand per annum, will
give employment to some sOOty
Vulcan, who must erect his
forge and stithy hard by TO
complete unfinished tasks Of
the wood and willow ware establish
ment. The Messrs. Bruce have found
it impossible to supply the country
with plow-handles. They have re-
Gently imported $1,000 worth; the sup
ply is exhausted, and they cannot
meet the demand. Profits on these
articles. on brOOm-handles and wood
en- buckets, and countless little articles
of every day necessity, are said to be
enormous; and such is the perfection
of machinery used in making wooden
wares, that no farmer, in supplying
his wants, can compete with prac-
ticed skill and steam and mechanical
devices. 1t is said that there has not
been an ax-handle made by a farmer
in the past year in Shelby county.
AgriculturaIists find it infinitely
cheaper to buy machine made Wag-
Ons, feIlOes and spOkes than to waste
time and toll, in competition with
steam and machinery. Mechanics
and tradesmen have learned the orig
inal cost Of all this wooden ware.
They have seen how rich manufactur-
ers in Western and Eastern cities
have become. They have learned
that all the materials used in such
manufacturing establishments are in
finitely cheaper here than in older
States where forests have been swept
away by crowded farming populations.
They have learned that the swamps
of Arkansas, just across the river, are
rooted by interminable walnut forests;
that endless canebrakes are at hand;
that there is a town called Hickory
wythe not far away on the eastern
shore; that hOOp-poles and take
helves " grow ready-made on a thou
sand hills in Western Tennessee.
Beyond all this, such is the mildness
of our winters that machinery is
never stilled, and mechanics wages
are never suspended by the ice king.
Working men are not here, as in
Northern manufacturing towns, paid
least when they need most. The
proftableness of manufacturing estab-
Iishments, like that about TO be per-
fected in wood and willow ware, is a
fixed, unquestiOned fact. Saw mills
came first; then planning mills; then
a box factory, and numberless rude
coOpers' shops; and, at length, another
step is taken by Jack Halstead, Davy
Townsend, Bruce, Tucker, Woodruff,
Belts, and their enterprising assO-
ciates, which inaugurates a new era
in the progress and prosperity Of a
city over which king cotton has tyran-
nized long enough.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

General B. F. Cheatham was in
Trenton last week.
Wheat crops are very fine all over
the State of Tennessee.
Work on the new Catholic Church
of Brownsville is progressing finely.
The Rev. G. T. Hedges is the new
rector Of the Episcopal Church, Som
erville.
The graves of the Confederate dead
of Brownsville r to be decorated on
Tuesday next, 24th inst.
The Mail claims that Union City is
growing rapidly, and that it nOw
numbers over three thousand inhabi-
tants.
Supervising architect Mullett, of the
will be in Knoxville this week to Sc
lect a site for a custOm-hOuse.
The Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad is laying a new track as rap
Idly as possible. A gang of hands
commenced working from Murfrees-
borO south On Friday.
The Bee says: A proposition is on
foot to remove all the Confederate
dead in the old Brownsville Cemetery
to a lot in the new addition, and erect
a suitable monument " their re-
mains.
The citizens living between Frank
lin and COrnersville, a distance of
forty-tWo miles, have sent a petition
to Washington asking that tri-weekly
mail be established between those
two places.
The ROgersvilIe Journal says: ave
learn that throughout the county,
wheat and oats are looking fine, and
the prospect for a good crop was never
more promising"
A writ Of hG6eGs corpus was granted
in Knoxville, on Monday, in the case
Of w. l.. Brooks, confined in the
county Jail for the alleged murder Of
Ragle, at Clinton, some time ago.
The Knoxville Press and Herald Of
yesterday says that, from the infOr-
nation received throughout East Ten
nessee, the prospects for the coming
crops were never better in that region.
The Somerville Falcon Of Thursday
says: ''The books OF the County Reg
lister show that real estate, to the
value Of $25, j96, changed hands in
this county during the month Of April.
The Chattanooga Times of Sunday
says that the policeman, Merriman,
who was shot a week ago last nightly
the negro desperate, Davis, died yes
morning. No clue has yet
been found TO the hiding place of the
murderer.
The HopkinsviIle Conservative of
the 18th inst. says the gross earnings
Of that end Of the Evansville, Hem
deFsOn and Nashville Railroad, only
tWenty-four miles in length, amount
ed to nearly $1,000 during the month
Of April past.
John w. Gilmore, an old conductor
on the Memphis, GAINESVILLE and
Louisville railroad, met with an acct
dent Tuesday forenoon, which de-
him Of one Of his feet. He
left in Erin for medical atten-
ton.
The earnings on the East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, dur
ing the year ending June 10th, viii
amount to over a million and a quar-
ter dollars. Since the consolidation
The expenses of the two roads have
been largely eurtailed.
The Banner says: Sam ArnelI, the
Confederate tanner, was poorer than
! church NOUS when he entered our
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ARKANSAS NEWS.

The White River Valley Railroad
is being surveyed.
Monticello is to have a new court
house, to cost $4,000.
There was a railroad meeting at
Butlersville on the 10th inst.
Chief Justice Wiltshire is fast recov-
ering from his severe illness.
Wheat and Farmer gave another
concert ON Monday, the 18th inst.
BY the LIST of January next, Camden
is to have a schoOl-hOuse, to cost Sll,-
600.
A new paper has been started at
Ozark, Ark, called the Tablet, pub
lished and edited by Messrs. Withers
q Griffin. 1t Is Conservative in.
politics.
A private letter from the famous
hot Springs informs us that there are
already about 500 visitors there, and
they are constantly arriving from
every direction.
The Batesville Times says: "a del
egatiOn Of citizens of Helena, Ark,
visited Kansas City recently, to advo-
cate the change of the termini of the
Kansas City and Memphis Railroad
from Memphis to Helena. I'VE hope
it will not be entertained.
Colonel w. p. Grace has issued a
lengthy address to the people of JET
ferson county, advocating the policy
of voting county aid to the DeYall's
Bluff and Pine Bluff and Little Rock,
Pine Bluff and New Orleans rail-
roads. That county was to take q vote
ON the 10Th inst. as to whether it
would give the proposed aid.
The Hamburg ark Times of the
l4th says: can election will be held
on Saturday, the 18th day of June,
1870, to determine whether or not
Ashley county will subscribe 5000 900
to the capital in the Little Rock, Pine
Bluff and New Orleans Railroad.
This is a matter in which our people
are greatly interested, and we believe
all thinking men will cast their votes
in its favor"
The Arkadelphia Southern Standard
of the 14th Says: "Wednesday last
witnessed two incidents at this place
which the oldest inhabitant' does not
recollect ever to have occurred here
before, and we leave it to those who
believe in miracles to determine
whether the one was the consequence
of the other; the first was the sitting
of a negro jury, and the other was a
genuine earthquake. The latter Oc-
Cured a few minutes after 8 o'clock in
the morning, preceded by a low, rum
bling noise, which was quickly fol-
lowed by p tremendous shock and
%quivering of the earth, violently shak-
ing the various buildings in town
from foundation to garnet, and caus-
ing a perfect stampede of citizens into
the open street."
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THE city of Macon, Georgia, has
donated the ground, and taken sew
enty-tive thousand dollars stock in
a cotton mill, to cost five hundred
thousand dollars. The rest of the
capital stock is held by Boston men.
We have often suggested to real es-
tate holders the wisdom of making
propositions TO Eastern manufacturers
of like character with those submit
ted by Macon, Georgia. Mr.. V. NJ.
Murphy at one time agreed with two
or three real estate holders to define a
scheme of this character. Why was
il abandoned?
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JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS.

Fgra ChdHcey Court JIdge---R J. MORGAN
Second CGnceTy Court JHdge-E h. YERGER
Frsf Circuif Court Judge---C ". HELSHELL
Second Circtaf Cagt Jld9e-RTTNG RALSEY.
Criminal O1tu7 Jtdge.-----J e. FLLPFLN'
Auy-GeaV Criminal OJJyr- LUEEE WRIGHT
Election 10 take place on the 3th May. No
registration or tax certificate required.
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SINCE the Loyal League has gone
out Of sight, the negroes have formed
a variety Of secret societies all over
the South, political, social, to regulate
prices, etc. In Tallahassee, Florida,
at a recent session Of the Criminal
Court, one Of the Fifteenths was asked
by the States attorney whether he.
- Z
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For the ratification or rejection of the pro-
posed New Constitution for the State Of Ten
nessee Except the counties OF Knox, Granger,
Roane and OvertOu, which returns have not
been received), and find The number OF votes
cast for Z" New Constitution" to be lyS,l2l
ninefy-eight thousand one hundred and
twenty-eight, and for the "Old Constitution"
IT,S72l thirty-thFee thousand eight hundred
aud se~venty-tWO, being n majority Of l6iZoI
sfXty-fOur thousand two hundred and ntty-
six for the New Constitution
Now, therefore,, 1, ID. W. SkNIER, Cow
ernOr OF the State OF Tennessee, b. virtue or
the power and authority in me vested, do
hereby declare and proclaim that the New
rs submitted to the people,
was ratified by them at the ballot-bOXi on the
10Th day OF March last, by said majority OF
re4 ,256l sixty our thousand two hundred and
hfty-siX votes.
In testimony whereof, I have here-
unto subscribed my Orioial s~ignaiure,
and ordered the great seal of the stale
[sEALlt TO be affixed. Done atthe Department
in the city of Nashville. this 9th day OF
May, AD., 1870, and of the American
Independence the ninety-fonrths
ID. W. g. SENIEk.
A. ]. FLErcHER, secretary of state. myn
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had taken an oath in any secret or
g~anization by means OF which he had
bound himself lever as a juror to
bring in a verdict against any man of
color in FLAVOR of any white man. He
replied that he had, and the judge
ordered his name stricken from the
list Of jurors. If secret societies are
ever dangerous it is when they are in
the hands of ignorant and d~epraved
men. And when it is known that
shrewd white cut-throats enter them
and take the direction the dan
ger becomes most serious Of all, call
ing for extreme vigilance.
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MASONIC MUTUAL
Assurance Association
or MEMPHIS.
Cooperative and Purely Mutual-Charter
Perpetual-Foreyer Exempt from all
Taxes by The LAVE OF the sfafe
$4,000 for S1OE

EXPLANATION: So makes VOC a member
II Of the Association q. $40 for policy, 81
medical examination fee, and 81 contingent
fee, said 81 payable yearly. IN advance. for
once expenses. On the death Of a member
an assessment Of 81 "a levied on every sur
viVing member, which is tie amount paid 70
the widow or Beneficiary OF the deceased
member, thirty days being given 20 pay IN
the assessment OF s. after due notification.
When the Association numbers several thou
sand they will be classed according 10 ages,
viz: All between the ages OF Is and - years
in one class, and all between . and % years
in another, and so on mp to Is years. which ~
the limit; and every class to be carried 70
500 members, then each policy will be worth
9,0U Until that time each policy viii be
worth double the number Of dollars as there
are members Of the class; 70 at the death OF
a member the surviving members OF his class
only are assessed the 81. The pOlicy fee Of
$40, or the greater portion OF 10, is made a
sinking fund 10 provide Tor the ~0ellnQuen-
eies of members; sud said fund Is loaned on
interest, the interest accruing thereirom.
sitter defraying the expenses, coming back
to the pOllcy-hOlders as dividends. The
advantages over ordinary Life Insurance
Companies are: No panic can break 10; the
fees are 50 small, n required TO be paid az
such long intervals, that any and every man
can secure 10 bis family q COM potency upon
his death. This Company is not restricted
TO members OF the Masonic fraternity.
DC TRADER, President
H NJ. Raglan Secretary
H.G-TRADER, Treasurer.
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mann on OTRECTops.

Hon. p. 4. Scruggs, Of Messrs. Scruggs q
Duncan A. VacearO, Of MessIs A.. NaccarO
& Co: :. stanton. of Stanton s. Moore; A.
Hatchstt,, Of Busby 4 H8JchetI; I'd Pick
EFT. IT.. a3tOrney-at-law IS Union street.
W. K. HODGES. MD, Medical Examiner
Once. No 81 Madison street. APPS d " s
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THE WEEKLY APPEAL.

Published every Wednesday morning, is sent
to subscribers at g 50 a year; TO clubs OF two
or more, 81 year.
We have no travelling agents. Rsmittsnces
must be by dram or pOstodice order. Money
at the risk OF the sender.
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Is sent by mail TO subscribers, one yesr, $40;
six months. IS 90; less than six mouths 81
per month; with SUNDAY EDITION, 81 a year,
&c we'd by carriers anywhere in the city and
su urbs at TwENTY-FTvE CKErs pc week
Sunday edition included.
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southern
HOOP SKIRT M%ANUFACT0RY,
No. 1873 IL MAIN STREET,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Administrators NotiCs.

TTAvfNG taken out letters of ADMINISTRATION
II on the estate OF X 3. Joiner all persons
havtne claims against said estate are noilned
to Ale the same within the time prescribed
nv law. or this notice will be plead in Dar OF
their recovery those having claims Will ME
them with w. ]. Chase n CO., ~ Poplar At,o
with lap26l ROB. N. JOINER, Admir-.
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ROBBINS & APPLETON,

1872 Broadway, llew York.
BB-zsk 10 see The new FULL-PLATE WATCH
bearing The trade mark " AMERICAN WATCH
co., Crescent street, RalthGa, Mass.' II is By
far me best Fli3-pldts Watch made in The United
States, and suTpasses anything heretofore made in
this country for Raill0ay Engineers, Conduct
Ors. etc. apI9 dAw
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PAINTS, PAINTS,
PAINTS |


ID EADY MIXED C0LORS for painting and
N beautifying interiors and exteriors of
Houses, Barns, Out buildings, Fences, etc,
etc. called RAILROAD CoLORs, which name
has been COPY-RIGHTED as a TRADE MARX
any Infringement will be prosecuted to
the full extent OF the law. These COlOrs are
warranted superior to tstrictly pure) White
Lead for the three following reasons;
lsL Because they will cover oNE-THIRD
Q-3) morn SURFACE, weight for weight, con-
sequently more economical
ID. Because they Will stand more exposure,
and remain untarnished MUCH LoNGE
Sd. Because these colOrs WILL NOT FADE
WILL o spOT, which any one can satisfy
themselves, by examining work don In this
city over a year ago.
And lastly-We wish painters and those
wishing to buy Paints to understand-these
CoLORs ARE NOT MUD PAINTS, but are PURE
OXIDES OF IRON, combined with STRICTLY
ENGLISH WHITE LEAD. ground inPUR
LINsEED OIL. Try them. WE WAR
RANT THE LOR NUI GOODS, and wor-
thy the confidence Of the most skeptieaL.
For sale by q. W. JONES Il Co,
Wholesale Druggists.
90 Main Street, Memphis.
myB d&w Sole Agents.
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A
STATE OF TENNESSEE
EXIaCUTTVE DEPARTMENT.
MaehuE1ra Mo- TE-n
18th Day Of March Last,

IN pursuance OF the Fourth Ordinance Of
L the late constitutions Convention. j have
carefully examined the official returns Of the
alerIlnn held ON The
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY.

FISHER AMRS TYLER, p,l;f,alE nd
MATTHEW c. GALIAwAY, Folilicai EuS'
X r FNStTsH, News, city, Commercial
l.. J. DUPRE, and River Editors.
+. l. JAMES,
SATURDAY MORNING, May 81 1870
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MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE

DLANTEBS or merchants designing 70 pur-
L chase Gin lands will do Well 20 bear IN
mind thsI we ARE Sole Agents Tor ~. CAh-
YER & CO.'S" IMPROVED COEJON GINS.
h unequaied beauty o, the stapE OF cotton
ginned on these well known GIu stands, me
lightness of tile ir improved running gear, m
creased yield OF lint, and uany other ac-
knOwledged advantages, maze them more
desirable than in former Yeas, when, as now
they were the E.VOrtte- iVS
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THE DAITY APPEAL

Is published daily and weekly by the Mem
phis Appeal Publishing Company. at the
Appeal Building. No Il Union ST., Memphis,
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WALrRAM WATCHES.
WALTHAM
+!

BS-The extensive use OF these Watches for
the last ffteen years by Railway Conductors,
Engineers and Expressmen, the most eXaet-
ing ofwasch-wearers, has thoroughly demon
strated the strength, s~teadiness, durability
and accuracy of the Waltham watch. To
satisfy that class in all these respects, Is 70
More than 100000 of these
Watches are now speaking for themselves in
the pockets of the peoPle-a proof and a
guarantee oftheir superiority over all others,
The superior organization and great extent
efthe Company's Works at WalthaIn, enable
renders com petition futile, and those who
buy any other watch, merely pay from 3 TO
50 per cent. more for their watches than Is
We are now selling waltham Watches at
less prices in greenbacks than the gold prices
before the war. There is no other manufac-
ture ofany kind In the United States Of which
his can be said.
These time-pieces combIn every improve
Inent that 3 long experience has proved Of
real practical use. Having had the refusal
Of nearly every invention in Matchmaking
originating IN TINS country Or ~ Hsaepe,
testing by the most skillful artisans in our
works and long useo n the part OF the public,
demonstrated 70 be essential to correct and
enduring ime-keeping.
Among the many improvements we would
particularize;
The invention and use of a centre-pfnion of
peculiar construction, TO prevent damage to
the train by the breakage of main springs, is
original with b American Watch Company,
h having had the refusal Of all other con-
t~fivBnees, adopted FOgg's Patent pinion as
being the best and faultless.
Hardened and tempered hair springs, now
universally admitted by watchmakers TO be
the best, are used in all grades of Waitham
Watches.
All Wsltham Watches nave dust-proof
caps, protecting the movement from dust
and lessening the necessity Of the frequent
cleaning necessary in other watches.
Our new patent stem-winder, or keyless
watch. is already a decided success and a
great Improvement on any stem-Winding
watch in the American market, and by far
the cheapest watch Of its quality now offered
to the public. To those living in portions OF
the United States where watchmakers do not
abound, watches with the aforementioned
improvements, which tend to Insure aecuTa-
cy,~ cleanliness, durability and convenience,
must prove ~nvaluable
Every watch guaranteed by the Company.
To prevent imposition, buyers should see
that every watch should bear either Of the
following trade marks:
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ADVERTISING T

In the DAHL APPEAL. 81 per square,, % cents
per line, or 10 cents per line, according to
place. In the WEEKLY, One-half the rates Of
the DAILY. Advertisements inserted in the
sUNDAEH4PPEAL, are charged one-sixth adj
ditionsr 70 above rates. Terms; Cash in ad-
vance.
CORRESPONDENCE,
Containing Important NEWS, solicited from
any part OF the Globe. Writer'S name and
address required on every communication as
private guarantees OF good faith.
An letters on business should be addressed
to A. D. WrrHERsPoON, Business Manager;
and communications and letters for publica-
ton, EDITORS APPEAL.
W. X. HUME, PRESIDENT.
+. A. TYLER, SECRETARY.