Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-24


The contest for the msyoralty is anal.
" one between John Johnson and
John Losgue. The advocates Of regular
ward convention have been laboring for
several days to bring forward Colonel a.
O. Young as q candidate for mayor. His
great personal popularity would have
made him formidable sspirsntY but we
understand he has positively declined the
honor which his friends would confer
upon him, and we further learn that the
advocates of g convention Will have no
candidate in the field, leaving each man
70 vote Is his Judgment may dictate.
From our knowledge Of the character Of
those who have advocated q convention,
We believe they win not hesitate In con-
test between two such candidates as John
johnson and John League. We know
they are honest men, who have the good
of the city at heart, and had rather see the
Office Of msyor in the hands OF an honest
man than in those of q chronic Office
seeker, who, in the short space Of ten
years, has msde colossal fortune out of
Offices from which true men generally re-
tire poorer than when they entered. The
gulf between the two men isquite as wide
mentally and morally as 1t is in honesty
and integrity. We have only differed
from our lifelong partisan associates in
believing bat q municipal election involv-
ed no question OF party politics. The
friends OF q convention, without assent |
ing to this proposition, can have no diff |
Guilty now in cooperating with US. !
OF the two candidates for the may
atty, one is a Democrat, the other |
is q Radical, and II the friends Of q |
convention were sctusted, as we believe |
they were, by desire 70 promote the sue.
csss OF party, they cannot hesitate be-
tween an honest Democrat and an unscru-
pulous Radical. We respect the motives
which marked the advocates of q con-
vention, looking, as they do, with
vsnerstion upon anything to which
the name of Democrat attaches, ss
the HindoO gszss with awe upon his deity.
We trust TO stand shoulder TO shoulder
with them under the banner which the
hosts of Democracy may decide 10 follow
hereafter, involving party issues But
from one end OF the Union to the other the
people have indicated q determine
tion TO take their local elections out of pol
itics, =. rather to select their own csndi.
dates. Believing that John Johnson had
made an honest, faithful snd ineorrupti-
bic mayor, that the interest Of the city
required his reelection, and fearing, as
there was evident reason for fearing, that
q convention would be packed 70 defeat
him, we Joined the people in their support
of Mr.. Johnson, and hoped he would be
reelected Just as the mayors Of Nashville,
Louisville, Boston, Chicsgo, Worcester
and other ciIiss had been elected. In
this course We were scsusEed
solely and entirely by q desire to
promote the public good. We concAde
soual honesty to those who have diss-
greed with us and we see no reason why
this difference should prevent future
union and harmonious scticn Of Demo
crats. From our knowledge of the men
who have opposed the policy Of the AP-
PEAL we cannot believe they will con- !
tribute to the triumph of a Radical whose
election all must agree would be public
Of Tnessprsless exteptm a there lsG,
was another advance Of an &c reported still .
on = fqUiet" market. II this means any
thing, IL means that the advance is based on {
something substantial. This too, is IN the
face Of larger receipts this time last week for !
the same number OF days, which are s., ,lS3 bales
for I'VE days. pointing 10 ll5 90 bales for the 8
week. sales for the day, lSl0 bales THURS-
DAY, the market here was inactive, ana did =
not respond TO New York. FACTORS report : :
the market no better than yesterday. !
The number OF buyers in the market were 3
few. We make no change in quotations, as
sales received to-day were made al about the :
same ngure as yesterday. sales to-day =
amounted to 200 bales. In New York there ! /
was decided improvement in The market, ad- Z
vRncing since yesterday morning &c on
t'steady1r and "Guiet'' market, closed STEADY
with the demand fair, Notwithstanding tue net 2
receipts are reported TO be IOG6i5 for six days I
pointing 10 l27,OOO bales fOr seven days No f
one pretends 10 understand the position at /
this iuncture. The upward movement in New |
York was unlocked for until after the lst Of | a
January; but some circles pretend to say that u
New York is in possession OF news Of q damag- n
ing character and favoring short crop, say : :
sy0nO9, Notwithstanding the report OF the
agricultural bureau al Washington, whose es
tfInats is 10000 bales This report is received ,
with general surprise. On the reception Of =
fbis rsnorf ne New Orleans Times saws thar 4
''previOus reports from the same source do not Z
seem 70 warrant H. nor Is IL, apparently, Just- z
il was common remark that II was utterly
moons lstent with the information previously Il
Iarnlsneo. A shipper telegraphed 70 ioTelgn Il
correspondent that the new estimate was | s
'bosh, which seemed 10 be in harmony with | 9
The general opinion, II the result should .
prove the bureau TO be right, IL Will Increase
confidence IN its future reports; If on the con- q
trsry, as is generally supposed, IL be found :,
from 10O,0J0 70 3lOO0J bales in excess Of the .
true amount, II will cause the burean 10 be re- u
garded with general distrusi-' FRIDAY | n
The market unsettled. buyers, and in b
many instances sellers, were Indifferent;
money was tight and sales We're forced. Trans
actions reached ? 90 bales, but nOtwtthstand- b
ng the advance Of &c IN New York at the a
close OF that market Last evening, sales were ?,
made at figures shade lower than yesterday. \
An active market however. was not antic1-f =
pated until amer the holidays; hence 8 dull a
and unsettled market was no surprise. Lhe4
market IN New York dropped 1sc this morn-i =
ng, reporting the market quiet and weak, -
md throughout the day quiet and nominal" | o
slosing the same, but with an adYsnea 80 n
nidGiing, @ '''-~ n II
'orts FARMERS WILL Read. n
The G5st number Of The SOUTHERN
PARE AND HOME, published in this city, "