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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28
WHY

Under the laws Of the State houses
Of m-fsme may be constantly fined
by the Recorder, as they are BY
the State courts. As In the conduct Of
the criminal court, so was it when the po-
lice levied black mail upon the gamblers
and bswds; evils were not designed to be
ersdicsted. This was not the purpose.
Fees were wanted, and secured, and there
resulted no restriction of evils sought to
be remedisd. Policemen, in the q case,
and court officials, In the other, made rich
additions to their income; but the public
discovered no advantage from this mode
Of suppression. AL resulting advantages
accrued to place-holders. Mayor johnson
is endowed with common sense, and
sven rsrer honesty. He saw that
however rigidly the code was admins
tered, these evils, however glazing, are
indestructibls. No city on the globe has
discovered means Of snnihilstinR vices
against which statesmen, the press and
pulpit have inveighed for two thousand
years in vain. He saw that the system of
repression practieed by municipal q
thority, when he came into Office, only
corrupted the police or vexed the Record
er, who imposed fines steadily and in
vain. There were costs snd fees sccruirg
that went into the pockets Of ohee-hold-
ers, and Mayor johnson deemed it wise to
suppress the evil to the extent that it sf-
feoted city officials, and to impose regularly
recurring fines, to be psid directly into
the city treasury. The justice Of the i'm
does not rest upon the vicioUsness
Of bswds or Of gamblers. The reason that
should pay the city well Is because
heir indestructsble pursuits and sbodes
cost us the necessity Of maintaining a
police force. Gambling bells and
oswdy houses are the scenes Of constant
disorder, Of robbery, Of crimes, snd
drunken debsuchery. To maintain order,
where vice reigus, the mayor imposed
he highest possible tax, and the whole of
{ goes into the city treasury, IS formerly
t was distributed among those who levied
black mail. The city treasury is now the
ole beneficiary Of this system regu-
understandable public evils. The
,ublic cannot complain because the spirit
nd letter Of the lsws are executed with
ut the intervention Of those who would
bsorb the income to which the city is en-
tiled because it regulates and controls
wills which no earthly power can destroy.
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AND RONDs.

The amount Of notes Of the bank OF
Tennessee, outstanding is unknown. 1t
seems that 3 Federal colonel named
Crawford, who was for a long time en-
gagged IN the organization and sale to New
England Of negro regiments, found In the
vaults Of the branch bank at Rogersville,
or Athens, a vast number Of these notes
unsigned. He abandoned the trade in
negro soldiers and became a banker. His
issues are undistingnishsble from those
loaned to the Confederate government,
and used In paying Confederate soldiers
at Columbus, Kentucky, and st Bowling
Green. One Of the sblest e~hancellors in
the State has decided that the State Is
bound to redeem these notes, and there
the bill pending at Nashville, which
q Joint committee to INQUIRE
IS 10 the amount Of this Indebtedness of
State. This debt win be funded, and
may add from three to i've mil
lions TO the bonded Indebtedness Of Ten
nessee. If the forty cents tsx-biu pass, 1t
should be 80 amended that three per cent.
the tax win be applied to the payment
the new school fund Of one and q half
million Of dollars required to be created
the State constitution.
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The New York OOzsnercial Badgetis
states that Tom Scott has bought th,
Cairo and Fulton road, and that It win b
extended with unparalleled rapIdity tc
the western ocean. This statement 40
counts for-the fact that Shreveport and
jefferson talk about the diversion of the
the proposed Memphis road to Fulton 1t
signifies nothing. Tom Scott viii find g
campstitor in the Baltimore and Ohio and
Chesapeake, Lexington and Big Sandy
roads, which must hnd g route to
the west through Memphis. Louisville,
and Louisville railroads are a. thoroughly
interested a. this city and 80 the Mem
phis and Charleston road, in the extern
sion Of The Little Rock road to Shreveport.
Memphis viii prefer 10 the cotton r of
Northern LoUisians snd Texas a shorter
to the east thsn viii be furnished by
Tom scott's Cairo line, and then, VIC must
Tom Scott In bridging the Mis-
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z HEN IN CITIES.

II all that Is said about the superior sd-
vsntsges of rural life be true, why do we
see such 3 constant steam Of emigration
Of farmers Sons from their country homes
to swell the ranks Of employment in the
cities and large townsf This Is a problem
that has arrested attention for the last
quarter OF . century, and stn continues
TO "drsw the IRE" Of every co~untry-fsir
and osttle-show orator. While almost
every other artisan is preparing his son
10 take charge of his business, the farmer
il looking 10 another sphere for his boys,
and congrstulates himself II be succeed In
trsnsplsnting them from the soil which
made him rich and happy. And II, per
chance, an exceptional farmer does make
an effort TO keep his sons on The farm, 1t IL
apt to be in vain, for the young men have
nc idea Of digging their living out Of the
soU, ss their fathers did. 1t lie quite true
that men do not, as q general thing,
grow rspidly rich at farming, but |
then few farmers, that are not ut
terry shiftless, fail 70 make a CON-
Portable living, and to enjoy ali
the subs.snt ca mfOrtz Of life, which is
more than can he said of an equal pro
portion OF those who mmepc life in q
city, without abundant means IN these
Gnes. As no fact in political economy is
better authenticated thar that four-nnhs
mankind fail TO acquire wealth, it
would seem that any occupation which
at lesst insure edecsnt living, and
81 the substantial comforts Of life to the
g~restest number, would naturally be
with the mssses. But the fact
thss farming is not populsr with she
masses proves that this Is not the case.
Philosophers have been unremitting in ]
Lhir effort to impress upon ths minds Of
he rising generation the sttractiveness
the soil, and philsnthropists have been
urgent in their efforts to persuade
he halfstsrved idlers and hRDgers-on In b
he crowded cities and towns to make an G
mort to procure themselves homes In sac 9
ions Of the country where lands are /
heap. Bat ali 10 little purpose, the root 4
4 the evil having apparently been un- =
ouehed. The special pleading for The n
oon'ry amounts to nothing. The truth \
= the Insane desire to obtain wealth B
itooo any adequate return Of labor, has d
pfeao from the city to the country, as has t,
q e1trsysganeies Of the former, n
Fnice nave been greatly fostered and an n
outraged oy that food Of psper MONEY. A
Thioh VA the outgrowth Of the lsta wa e
he farmers, eyes are srad y =,
he same goal that dsazies tbosa i
the city merchant and pro =
The bssutiss Of nature and a.
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the comparstive independence Of farm
life are uncoDsidered tribes with him. His
farm must be the means of bringing him
wealth quickly, else It Is dull n unsaf-
isfactory. Wheat at a dollar q bushel, and
corn at fnty cents, viii pay the farmer IN
most OF the western States moderately
for his labor, and q fair interest on the
nj invested In his land; but these
prices will not make him speedily rich.
one year with sRother, almost any crop
that is properly Eeeded and well crlti-
waited, VIII return 9 fair interest on the
money invested, over and above the IN
cidentsl expenses. But that is not salts
factory, and how 10 make agriculture
more attractive to the young man OF the
country Is likely to remain an unsolvsd
problem for many years to come.
At this hour Memphis Is overrun with
Young men from all quarters Of he oun
try seeking employment. Even 80 IL is
in st. Louis. Is there no remedy for the
growing cslsmity9 Gregarious habits
were generated by the war; then came
the era Of speculation, and thus cities
we're made attractive. The many starve,
the few prosper and are enriched, and the
country is impoverished.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28

On the day of the next city elections
all business houses should be closed, and
every citizen should devote the day to
the maintenance Of q wise and honest Id
ministrstion of the city government.
II the people tan, having the power In
their own hands, the calamity win be the
result Of their own misconduct. Those
who refuse to cooperate in every move
ment designed to secure the services Of
an honest and wise chief executive, ce-
serve neither the respect nor confidence
of the many who would assure the pros.
perity of Memphis. From this time I'M
til the day of election, each citizen should
exert his influence to secure unsuimity Of
The fortunes Of Memphis are
pivoted on the result OF coming elections
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28

Horace Greeley hits the nal on the
head when he says: at Is strange how
closely men read the papers. We never
say anything that anybody don't like
but We soon hear Of it, and everybody
tells us about it. II however, ono in a
while We happen 20 say q good thing. we
never hear Of thAt nobody seems to
noties that. We may pay some man q
hundred compliments and give him q
dozen puffs, and he takes It as a tribute
to his greatness, and new thinks of it.
never thinks it does him any good. But
II we happen &c say anything this man
don't ike, or something thst he imaRines
Is q Te0setion on him or his character, see
how quick be flares mp and gets mad
about it. All our evils are duly charged
TO us, but We never, apparently, got any
srsdit for what good We do"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28

THz Selma weekly Times and the
Soxthern Argas have been consolidated,
and the dste Of publication has been
changed to Tuesday. This junction Of
two Of the most excellent weekly papers
In the south will secure the Times q large
increase of circulation and a prestige pro-
porsionsd to the position the Tines and
the argus separately enjoyed in the jour
nalistic world.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28

EVER since the execution Of the muir
derers Of the Park family by the kuklux,
we have waited and waited for the Presi-
dent to declare martial law In Clark coun-
ty, Indiana. We are inclined to think
now that, if the people over there want
any martial law declared, or any writs OF
ha6eas corpus suspended, they viii have
to do their hanging on this side Of the
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FOR SALE.
srocK 81 GRocERlEs

VALUED at abouts seOO, well adapted to n
y al OF the trade. fixtures, good
Mi. Charles Campbell, who has been with
me- foI the past three years, thorouEhly ao-
Quatnleo with the business. q ZOO fudze cf
70 go into psrtnershfa With the pnfcbasar.
business In q paying ona, hut The astfle-
menI OF the estate of the late ]. J. Polk ~.
my sntire attention. is my reason
FOR further particulars apply to DAT
9tROUDkIT, Memphis, or 70 me, AZ Somsr-
villa p. II. BOW Err.
NON SnmarMllla- Tam
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CHICAGO Is recovering her capacity for
noise. She telegrsphs nineteen Thousand
hogs received in the morning, and shows
by actual figures only twelve thousand at
night.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28

ETTh undersigned takes occasion, n this
connection. to q tbs public Tor past IA
Vors, and 70 assure All persons having claims
IN the hands OF tbs late nrm o. Moyera =
Dedrick for cohesion. a5 veil IS these nav
ing claims OF any sort which have uor Vef
been presented that Il VIII cs his eursfsnf
eudeavoT e press business with the utu1lrf
du1gence. arc to give satisfaction TO Al Dar-
ties intruztirg business to him. Il "a viz
pleasure that he nofss agrow11g disposfflon
on thu part OF the 6enersi 60Fernmenf -
deal In q manner mere 1oeral with thoSs
Who tudefsd loss Of propeTt Uurirg ths 90
war, and Il n likewise a source o. rrandae-
ton that me prospects are good or an asriv
saftfemeut OF AL merftorlGus pauS1cD ana
bounty oiaiLna. e - akso worthy ol 49,
q considerable number OF citfzzn- ~
foreign birth living anon rs, WIZ rave NJ
fersd loss and damage or peTSop ana -ro--
erfy during 3 var. are now prsEfded 11ith
ptompt ano efficient means OF rsdrees - tEs
fresty Of washington OF Nay 8. If5f VIZ
these improved facIlt,ies, It is % b. ro1e1
hat AL WortnE claims VII In IN ura mer,f
pronpf attention, and Be- brone6f -
ssst emsnt With iass alfncultfes 80 -
than ever before.
Very respectfully, eta.
alLkhsT NoTERA
Omce4: No. - North Court affeof- Nm -
ean.i fon1oface auudtns, V~cksn1rg, Hl@
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TIE outstanding old issue of the Bank
of Tennessee is supposed t. be s7Qs,6l6 90;
of new, or Crawford Issue, 1886. S24 q.
How il was ascertsined that Crawford did
not distributs a greater sum Is not
known. 2
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~AemInIstraarlx Meslce

A LII parsons indebted to the late Henry v.
n Teag1e are hereby notified to come for
ward and sette; those having claims againet
zatd estate VIII please present them NO
Vom1er usle7L MARY N. TEAGUE.
noiT Wed Ann y ~ Henry y Tea1ns
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Dissolution Of COparlnsrsmp.

THE arm of Meyers & Dsdrfrk, Attornsvs.
at-LaW and United states Clam Agents,
Is this day dissolved BY Mutual eopss6f W.
". derrick retiring. Giloert Euyers a.
sQme8 al liabilities OF the late q 10. and Is
alone authorized to complies the 1nnniahed
or the drm, and 70 collect All out-
standing indebtedness due said d m
GILBERT MOVERS
". " DEDh1CK.
Memphis. Tenn, November 70. ETis
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EIhLVVRIGHT

THE undersigned. theoretical Ind practical
4 MillWrights, with nfteep years expe-
rience, wish to inf0rm the pubic that they
Elevators, Cotton VI WOODEN Wills, Cotton
Gin. or sugar. Houses, put up engines Of any
description or repair the same, in any part
Of the country. Plans and specifications fur
pished on short notice and satisfaction gu6r-
sntesd. h vCry best OF references furnished
from various paris o. the country, Address
~ Front street. JNO. A MCDONALD,
u28 GEO. W.
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II Grant could substitute for General
Robb, tbs Savannah customhouse de-
fsulter, some General Robber there
would be q speedy removal Of this public
pluaderer.
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Grand Gift Concert,
AT LOUISVILLE. KY.
Saturday December IS, 1911,

100000 Tickets Of AaRfsatOn, $50 each.
GuEreney; Aad Tickets, s1B QUARTER
Tickets Will be sent By registsredletter the
money for them may be sent by ?. money
order. gesnbacks or DRAFT
Each ticket consists Of o u quarters, value
" 90 each. The holder Is entitled to sdmis-
sion 10 the Concert, AID to the vslue OF the
git awarded to ii or Its fraction.
so5O,0C0 In GREEHBACkS win be dis
trthQted to holders Of ticS cts, IN gifts OF iron
100000, the highest. to sl09. the lowest, being
|7sl gifts in all The Concert 10 for the beueit
Of The PUBLIC LIBRARY o. KENTUCKY.
b cfftsens' Bank Of KHRfueky Is
Treasurer. and the Sorporators ana super.
visors are the Hon. Thomas e. Bramlette,
Of ken6ueky a~ndtWenfy-ssven
OF the most distinguished and respectable
citizens of the State.
The undersigned, late principal business
for TIE Sensat Of t6s Mercsnsile LiS S9aSe ~
san Francisco, h9s been appointed gent and
Manager Of th1s Grand eft Concert.
The drawing and distribution VIII take
place In public, and everything VIII be lone
70 satisfy the buyers oftickets that their in
terests Win be rs well protee ed "a II they
were personally present TO suparintsnd the
For tickets and Information apply to
O.k. RETERS. I0 Main ST.. Louisville KY,
No. SAator House, New York.
b. n. Hempsted. No. 4le Broadway, NIL
Ma French, Virginia City. Nevada.
M a. Vol, No. 8l8 Chestnut st, 81. Louis. /;
Tickets also for sale IN every prominent /
place In the United states.
Owing TO tbs general derauRemsnt OF malls /
and advertisements consequent on he dis /
astrons eon~f1agratiOn In the West, the sale OF
In this enterprise 10 extended 20 Nov.
90, 1871, at which time the man ONCE, 10 /
SC Louisville, ". Will close for adjustm emit
Of accounts and business. No orders except
b. mail viii be received after Dec. LIST. and no
orderB by mai VIII be nlied after Dec. 10th.
fhe New York once VIII close Dec. 10th:
1ther agencies Dec. 5th. kvery ticket unsoid
l4lh will be cancelled BY lis number.
rhe drawing viii take place IN public : &c.
oth, ie7i, c-ommencing at J IN. and continue
Until the u gifts are awarded. Payment Of
wards viii commence Dec. y, AZ 3 o'clock
IN Circulars Of awards Will be found at
very agency as soon as they can be issued
DIRECTLY, and viii alse be sent 70 ali ticket
as soon as possible. no order viii be |
Lied at main once for less than SO.
MI OAA8. H PETERS. Manager.
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Drawing to Take Place Saturday Evening, Dec, %, 1877.
Each ticket will be registered with the holders name. We have entered
into this scheme wishing to dispose, even at a large sacrifice, of this line of
goods, because, on January !, 1872 we shall discontinue the retail branch of
our business. The reputation of the House is a guarantee for the fairness Of
the drawing. Remember, one dollar a ticket.
PRIZES On EXHIBITION IN CUR SHOW WINDOW.
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qaAAueo sotersI ARo an epportlonment OF
the representatives In the general assem-
bly,, shall be made in the year thou
sand eight hundred and seyentY-one. q
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Q verdict Of H75O9. The defendant q old
enough 70 be her father. The intImscy
lasted several years.
A Hsvaua dlxnatoh 70 Naw yo-k go
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S SDP0s ~ s ~1~ AZ
view Of the further fact that everywhere
in Che oily yesterday copies Of a paper
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Isnhnit the question to any mir-mind-
cd man, even admitting tbst frauds
have hear r-aaft~ar
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age 81 years. Q months and daya. His bed
side wss surrounded by his mother. brothers,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
UPPER sANDUsKY, OHIO, THURSDAY AUGUST g. 1871.

ascended the steps and rang the bell. The
servant who opened it gave a bewildered
look at me, and, with a scream of horror,
precipitately fled to the basement. / push
ed on and entered the parlor. My wife,
alarmed at the outcTy, descended the stairs,
and seeing the open door of the parlor,
hastily came in. Her eyes met mine, her
face flushed, she said rapidly, expected
it-I was sure you would" Her face and
lips blanched; she toltered toward me,
and before l could advance to meet her,
fell headlong TO the floor.
Many days elapsed before I could sum-
mon courage to relate my wretched 6Xpe-
rience, and ask my wife to inform me what
was the nsture of the presentiment with
which she had been troubled on the morn
ing of my departure. Her reply was
this:
when you left had only a vague but
a strong conviction that some mischief
would bef4ll you; what it was l did not
know, nor could give any reason for the
belief. When your body came home it
seemed partial fulfillment of forgotten
dream. The different events of your fune-
raj, IS they occurred, seemed exactly what
| had anticipated, though I had not def
nitely foreseen any of them. The occur
rences of those days, in their effect upon
my mind, can only compare to pano-
rama of familiar scenes passing before my
vision. AS every picture presented itself,
| recognized the scene as one with which
l had been acquainted, though could not
tell what would next appear until it had
been unrolled. When you were placed in
the vault 1 felt that my presentiment had
not yet been completely fulfilled, but /
could not imagine what was lacking, nor
determine whether the conclusion would oc.
curin this world or thenext When you reap,
appeared felt that the sad and mysterious
prophecy of which was the unconscious
and unwilling medium had been verified,
and believed then, as do now, that my
presentiment had received its accomplish
meDt."
A year has passed since the events ]
have described took place, but the weeks
seem short in comparison with the hours
of those days, whose very minutes seem
separately and indelibly scorched upon
my brain.-LipincOtt's Magazine.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
How the Democracy Govern.

THERE is not, propably, on the face of
the earth a political organization as cor
rupt as the New York city government
The funds of the city are appropriated in
millions, almost without formality, by the
ring of which Tweed is the head center,
and there seems to be no reasonable
ground for hope that this work of plunder
can be stopped by any process of law, at
least until the Democratic hold upon the
city and State is broken. 1t is charged,
and it is doubtless true, that twenty or
thirty millions have been added to the
city's debt within the past two years. A
few facts just brought to light by the
Times, show how the money goes. One
A. j. Garvey has had some plastering
work in repairs on the National Guard
armories; and for this ne has received
S197 ,330.34-a sum sufficient to have paid
for plsstering hundred good-sized ar
mories in the best style, and certainly ten
times as much as any work that could pos
sibly be put on the rooms in question
would be worth. Then Mr.. John Il.
Keyser draws S142, ,339.71 for plumbing in
these same armories; Ingersoll & Watson
get $40, 1850 for chairs needed for the
comfort and repOse of the citizen soldiers /;
and George S. Miller scooped the enorm-
Gus aggregate of S431 ,064.31 for carpenter
WOrK In the repairs OF lnSSe same IcTIlDle
armories, which number eighteen in all.
The whole amount paid for these 'repairs"
for nine months in 1870 thus foots up
$941 ,453. .S6-or at the rate of about $780,
600 for each armory.
There are other placers of equal rich
ness in the city, it appears; and the rob
Der ring work them with an industry that
must be appalling to the taxpayers. The
new Court House is one of them. For
"rapairs and furniture in this concern,
and for certain armories, in 1869 and 1870,
according to the Times, no less than S5,-
G63, ,646.S3 was drawn from the city treas
ury. These figures are sufficient to indi-
cate how the utterly irresponsible ring
which rules New York contrives to con-
sumo twenty or thirty millions year of
revenue, and add something near an equal
amount annually to the debt. Possessing
so vast corruption fund, the members of
the ring are able to buy up or crush out
almost all the instrumentalities through
which their rascalities might be made
public, and to so manipulate caucuses and
conventions that their power and opportu-
mites to steal arc continued from year to
year, with the apparent consent and ap-
proval of the people.-Chicogo Republican.